everv other field suffering greauy.
Crops where the hail struck are to
tally destroyed.
Beatrice J. C. Brown, a merchant
of Burchard, and J. C. Fletcher of this
city, two civil war veterans who were
In Andersonville prison together, met
here last night for the first time and
talked over old times. Mr. Brown
served during the war as a member
of the Eighth Iowa cavalry and Mr.
Fletcher the Third Iowa cavalry.
. Fremont The attendance at the
Fremont normal school is the largest
in its history, the total enroll
ment reaching 1,250. The increase is
owing to teachers who are taking
special courses in order to receive
state certificates. The rooms in the
dormitories ' are all taken and board
ing house keepers in the northeast
part of the town are having all they
can accommodate.
West Point The annual conference
of the teachers of the Garman Luth
eran parochial schools for the north
Nebraska district is now in session at
West Point. Forty teachers of the dis
trict are in attendance and the con
ference is proving a great success.
The sessions are held in the St. Paul's
German Lutheran church, under the
presidency of Rev. A. R. E. Oelschlae
ger, pastor, and close today.
Lyons Robert Small, who has been
in charge of the work for Phelan &
Shirley at the big cut on the Great
Northern railway, about twelve miles
. north of Lyons, has completed his
work and expects to leave before long.
Assistant Engineer McKellip, who has
been in charge of this division, also
expects to finish his work this week.
Fremont The prospect of a new
naturalization law which will make
the obtaining of naturalization papers
more difficult and expensive has stim
ulated naturalization business in the
district court.1 Judse Hollenbeck has
held two session for the purpose of
issuinsr final naners to Fremont resi
dents, some of whomjiave lived here
for twenty years. Saturday it is ex
pected that a carload of Stanton
county would-be citizens will be here
for their papers. There will be no ses
sion of the district court in that coun
tv until fall.
Beatrice A party of Union Pacifio
surveyors was running lines south of
the city yesterday, and it is reported
that the company is making plans
to remove its roadbed from the east
to the west side of the river between
Beatrice and Blue Springs. For years
the floods have interfered with traffic
over the Dresent roadbed, which fol-
lows the Blue river for miles, and it
is understood the company intends to
seek higher ground by biulding a new
line from thhrolace to Holmesville and
thence to Blue Springs on the west
side of the river. By this change
there would be no danger from floods
Auburn This vicinity had a ram
fall of one inch which, following a
rainfall of over two inches some days
aero, makes the prospects for a good
crop very flattering. Wheat is just
ready for harvest and some of it is
being cut. The yield is going to be
above the average and the quality of
the grain fine. Ten days ago tne out
look for oats was very poor, but it
has snrung up so rapidly since the
rain that the farmers are predicting
a large oat yield. The fields of corn
are quite spotted and the corn seems
to be farther back than usual, yet
it has a good color and the prospects
for a corn crop is as good as it us
uallv is at this time of the year. If
nothing happens to injure the fruit
crop we will have a bouncer. The
prospects for apples has never been as
enod within twenty ears
Broken Bow The average assessed
valuation of cattle in Custer county
is $3.59, and not $2.59, as erroneously
fpnnrted.
Schuyler The hottest day of the
season so far, was yesterday, the ther
mometer reaching 102 In the shade
The hot weather and the rain, which
fell Monday, is the best kind for corn,
which is growing rapidly. Work was
Rtartpd this week on" the 'large Odd
Fellows' hall, which is being built as
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a second story to the Odd Fellow's
block. The hall is to be one of the
arerest and best halls in the state.
The tinners of this' city will put a
large city clock in the tower.
Seward Some farmers are report
ing finding green lice on the corn.
The lice have but recently appeared,
and are getting to be a pest.
Beatrice A grain buyer of th's city
stated vesterday that in his opinion
the wheat and oats crop in Gage coun
ty this reason would be ' better tftan
the last, and judging from the yield
of wheat reported from 'certain quar
ters, his statement is correct.
Seward Samples of grain from the
farms of the county shows that the
kernels of the wheat and oats are
well filled and will make a tremendous
vield. Harvest will commence next
week. One local dealer here has sold
50,000 pounds of binding twine.
Seward Work is progressing rap
idly on the Milford line west of the
yard district. So much grading has
been done that the location of the line
can be followed from Emerald to
Milford. At Milford . piling is being
driven for the Blue river bridge and
the big steam shovels are working at
both ends of the big cut.
TMcar Harvest began in this sec
tion yesterday. Wheat is m splendid
condition and is going to be a Dig
vield. Some of the farmers say that
they will have a yield of forty bushels
to the acre if the season continues as
favorable for the harvest as at pres
ent. Rain, however, is needed for the
corn and oats as well as for the pas
tures and grass.
Beatrice The Nebraska Telephone
company yesterday connected up its
lines with the Independent lines at
Filley. This will place Beatrice in
direct communication with seventy
'phones on the Filley line, thirty on
the Dane lines, and 100 on the Ger
man lines up in Hanover township,
thus covering the field completely in
northeast Gage country. After all
connections are made a nominal toll
will be charged.
Seward At the mass meeting
held by the citizens at the court house,
last Thursday night, in regard to the
Burlington leaving Seward four or
Ave miles away from the main line of
the railroad, speeches were made and
a committee of nine was appointed.
The Denver & Omaha railroad, which
is supposed to be the Rock Island, is
likely to come through here soon.
Fremont All the local insurance
agents of the city received notice this,
morning of an advance in rates an
along the line of from 15 to 40 per
cent, the latter being on paper mills,
of which Fremont has none. School
buildings are raised 25 per cent and
almost all other classes of business
thp samo. All stocks are rafsed 20
per cent, but there is no raise on mer
cantile buildings or dwellings. Fre
mont rates were already high and the
present raise business men consider
uncalled for.
, Fremont Surveyors who are work
ing on a railroad line west of tMa
city are now in Colfax county, ab' ut
ten miles north of the line of the
Union Pacific, the line being a straight
one from where it leaves the north
western corner of the city. The sur
veyors, which indicate a new town,
are about ten miles northeast of North
Bend, and an equal distance southwest
of Scribner. Leavitt is passed about
a mile to the north. Other surveyors
are said to be in the field further to
the northwest along the same line.'
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Hardest Animal to Handle
The elephant i3 the most treacher
ous, moody, changeable animal in a
menagerie. They are twice as dan-
e-prmia as tisrers. lions, or bears, ine
men who handle the big cats in their
cages are forced to watch closely and
carefully while they are in the cages
with them, but that lasts only a short
time.
The Cheerful Man
(From Success.)
The cheerful man is pre-eminently
a useful man.
The cheerful man sees that every
where the good outbalances the bad,
and that every evil has its compen
sating balm.
A habit of cheerfulness enables one
to transmute apparent misfortunes in
to real blessings.
He who has formed a habit of look
ing at the bright, happy side of things
has a ereat advantage over the
chronic dyspeptic who sees no good in
anything.
The cheerful man's thought sculp
tures his face into beauty and touches
his manner with grace.
It was Lincoln's cheerfulness and
sense of humor that enabled him to
stand under the terrible load of the
civil war.
If we are cheerful and contented all
nature smiles at us; the air is balm
ier, the sky clearer, the earth has a
brighter green, the trees have a
richer foliage, the flowers are more
fragrant, the birds sing more sweet
ly, and the sun, moon and' stars are
more beautiful.
All good thought -r?nd good action
claim a natural alliance with good
cheer.
High-minded cheerfulness is found
in great souls, self-poised and confi
dent in their own heaven-aided
powers.
Serene cheerfulness is the great
preventive of humanity's , ills.
Grief, anxiety and fear are the
great enemies of human ,, life, and
should be resisted as we resist tne
plague. - Cheerfulness is their antidote.
Without cheerfulness there can be
no healthier action, physical, -mental
or moral, for it is the normal atmos
phere of our being.
From Leslie's Weekly. 1
; The latest statistics relating" to the
human frame show that the average
height of the American woman has
increased.one inch in the last decade,
while the man -has not gained a frac
tion of an inch; in fact, has lost a
fraction. There is food for thought
in these figures, yet it will not do to
get hysterical about them, as some
sensational newspapers have done.
There is no reason to aver that the
future woman will be a giantess and
her consort a pigmy. Bather the de
duction may be made that the woman
is gradually losing her frailness and
is approaching somewhat the virile
strength and stature of the man.
This is hailed as a consumation. de
voutly to be wished, because it will
make for a future strong and vigorous
race.
A century ago the woman of slight
frame, petite and short, was the
normal type. A , large woman was
looked upon as abnormal and mascu
line. In the last two decades woman
has come into her own. She has won
recognition from educationalists; she
has left the fireside for the shop, store
and office, thus competing actively
with men in the arduous cares of
daily business; she has been forced
to develop her frame and strength
because of this active - competition.
We see in the result of this so-called
emancipation of women a larger,
stronger and brainier woman.
The normal woman a decade ago
was five feet five inches tall. She
has added an inch, end probably will
add another in another decade or
generation. Then she will arrive at
the average man's height. The. craze
for athletics on the part of boys and
girls will tend to enlarge ths frame,
even if it does restrict the amount of
knowledge. The frame of the girl is
even more susceptible to the enlarg
ing influence of exerc'se than that of
the boy, by reason of centuries or
repression.
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