THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
MATSCH 14,101)7.
INIIE&RA SKA
IfrflAST year in Lancaster county the
L pupils of the eighth grade in the
public schools had to pass the follow
ing test in spelling in order to get their
promotion cards: '
1. Write and define words containing
the following prefixes: pre, re, semi,
anti, fore.
2. Indicate the pronunciation of the
following by the use of diacritical
marks: relief, oak, chestnut, cartoon,
wagons.
3. Use the following words in sen
tences: Presence, presents, profits,
prophets, scent, cent, pare, pear, gilt,
guilt. '
4. When and for what purpose
should the dictionary be u.sed?
5-10. Examiner pronounce
words
these
1. Spelling
2. Acreage
3. Agriculture
4. Anticipate
5. Bronchitis
6. Injurious
7. Offence "
8. Campaign
9. Camera
10. Cartridge
11. Convenience
12. Decorate
13 Imperative
14 Tnvinriblf"
15. Lieutenant
36. Official
17. Description
IS. Elevator
39. Embarrass
20. Incredible
21. Jewelry
22. Lymph
23. Obstacle
24. Facinate
25. Forfeiture
26 Habitual
27. Hypnotize
28. Industrious
fl Mprcenarv
an Dnr.aslonal
ll,L4H-ll"". "
Is any beneficiary of "the good old
times" when children were really
taught to spell" ready to take a try out
with the youngsters who stand this
test? ,
Miss Rosa Hudsputh, editor of the
Stuart Ledger, has become one of the
marked figures of Nebraska journal
ism. Her appearance at the meeting of
the state press association suggested a
sketch of her career to President Reed
of the association, editor of the Shelton
Clipper, which reads this way: "Miss
Hudsputh bears the distinction of be
ing the most noted lady editor in Ne
braska and probably one of the most
noted in the United States. Miss Hud
sputh went to Stuart, a frontier town
in Holt county, several years ago and
established her paper. Like all other
frontier towns there was a dearth of
refinement and a surplus of rough ele
ment in its malceup. Miss Hudsputh set
about - in an endeavor to reform the
town and thereby incurred the enmity
of the rough element which was so
much in the majority. She kept up her
fight for the moral improvement of the
town until she became the victim Of
all sorts of indignities at the hands of
those whose enmity she had incurred
in her endeavor to carry out the
methods which she thought were right.
The hatred of the girl editor . finally
become so great that one night an at
tack was made on her place for the
purpose of wrecking her plant and
driving her from the town. And it is
proba-ble that bodily injury might have
been done her but for her great cour
age. When the mob made their attack
' on the place she stood them off with a
gun, threatening to hoot the first man
who trespassed on her property. The
ruffians realized that they were up
against a pretty serious proposition and
they withdrew without doing her any
serious damage. The fight eventually
culminated in the establishment of an
opposition paper, .but Miss Hudsputh
was not long in putting her contempo
rary to rout a3 she, .had the mob that
stormed her castle, only by a some
what different method. While it is not
claimed that she has accomplished the
reform she set out to accomplish Miss
Dudsputh has shown the people of Stu
art that a courageous young woman
dependent upon her own resources is
not to be outdone by a lot of hoodlums
who have no regard for the law of
either God or man."
A "h'anted" tree at Norfolk gave the
editor of the Press the occasion for this
story: "A colored mammy approached
us and asked us if we believed in
spirits. We told her we set the W. C.
T. U. column for the Press every week
and therefore did not believe in them.
She told us to quit fooling and said
she would show us a sure enough dem
onstration of spookdom if we cared to
nee it. The night in question was a
ith enough rain
falling to make tho crossings and walks
slippery, and we would have preferred
to wend our way homeward, but curi
ous to know what the old lady had to
show us, we tuld we would go and sco
tho sight, even though we had loft
our rabbit's foot on the exchange table
Wo took our way eastward until we
tamo to th corner r First street ami
Madison avi-nw. l'mm tun we wolk.-.l
a l.-ilf block north f !! U" wmI a Ul
of First street cntil opposite tho city
waterworks. -Sonu-fiits iwcrrui '
am cwln f' to I. ippcn to tnt hyar
town wu' lour. i- 'K 'm ,nu
lee editor. th epirltn nm sending ft
mMt rrom Mrtt ln.l tellln' nil
Uut It. IM.k hp In dt hynr tr- by
tho vaterworM plant and to' your
HP Hh pointed u rron'ced linger to
tho iop of fr... m "h"
fUhe of Pl l,u' ftr ,'t',rl f,,r
a few minutes and went out; again
this was repeated, with a sharp click
ing detonation, until It took no big
stretch of imagination to believe that
the trembling figure at our side was
telling the truth. At times the flame
would burst out into a beautiful green
sheet, then It would become a small
ball of deep violet and then again it
would turn to a beautiful crimson, all
the while accompanied by a stacatto
like tattoo, as if someone from another
world were endeavoring to communi
cate with us. It made a beautiful sight.
Mammy refused to go an Inch closer to
the mysterious lights so we went it
alone. We stood directly beneath the
tree, with sparks falling all around us.
To make, sure we were not asleep, a
spark was .allowed to drop into the
palm of our hand, and as a reward we
received a severe burn. The mystery
was too deep for us, so we thanked the
superstititous colored lady and went
home, determined to discover the cause
of the mysterious llames from the top
of a growing tree. Calling up Engineer
Graul of the pumping station the next
day .we' asked him If he had noticed
the strange phenomenon and he said:
'I told the electric light people to take
that wire out of the tree long ago;
tho branches have worn off the insula
tion.' " 2.
The Warnlest argumentative conflict
that has convulsed any portion of the
state in a long time is the debate over
the question of county division in Cus
ter county. The chief subject of dis
cussion is the question of whether the
small or the large county is the more
economical unit of administration. It
would seem for practical , purposes at
least as important to prove whether or
not being a county seat does or does
not add to the value of property in a
village'.
F. B. Tipton writes the Reward Inde
pendent that he finds June the best
month to sow alfalfa. Says he: "I have
tried both fall andarly spring sowing,
and later. All things considered, have
had the best luck showing between June
15 and 20. The early sown somehow
gets much weedier than the late sown.
Any farmer knows that about June
10 every weed known to agriculture
gets an extra hump on it in the way
of growing. By waiting until this
'spring rush' is over,,' you get rid of the
bulk of the weeds. Then; anyone who
ever attended a Fourth 1 of July cele
bration knows that between June 20
and July 5 we are apt to have plenty
of moisture. This assures the bringing
up of the seed all together, thus get
ting a good stand, and all tho plants of
the uniform age and height. I find also
that it is seldom necessary to clip a'-
falfa sown in June, as it usually holds
its own with the weeds. This is not
true of alfalfa sown in May, which
must sometimes be clipped three or
four times, and observation has shown
me that clipping weakens the young
plants, and destroys myriads ol them.
I should therefore strongly advi.-;e sow
ing between June 15 and 20. Of course
oni) can imagine years in which this
would fail, owing to a very dr July
and August, but I will take chances
with this over the earlier or later sowing."
Effltt Mme
In February, 1881, the Nebraska leg
islature adopted the .following resolu
tion: "Be it resolVed by the senate and
house of representatives of the state
of Nebraska:
"That the election of a f United
States senator by the people would
tend to produce better legislation, avoid
charges of corruption, be more in har
mony with our state constitution, and
less expensive to the people of the
state, s
"Therefore our senators and repre
sentatives in congress are herby re
quested to use all honorable means to
have an amendment to the constitution
of the United States to that efTec
properly brought to the people and
adopted.
"Iterolved, That tha secretary of
state bo and Is hereby instructed to
transfer a certified copy of this memo
rial und joint resolution to our senators
and representatives in congress.'
Nebraska Is ipncially credited with
being tho plonker In tho direct election
of senators movement. Mr. Gere,
founder of The State Journal, was nn
advocate of tho reform as a young
man.
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because a well-nourished body
has greater productive capacity.
Thus you will also be able to
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because for value received there
is no food so economical as
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In a dust tight,
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NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
ting the rates down as low as one cent
a mile. 'It was done as a matter of
business No doubt the system of pre
senting attractive bargains will be re
sumed as soon as the managers re
cover from their irritation and allow
business considerations alone to rule
their actions.
A gentleman who Is visiting rela
tives in Lincoln at tho present time
and who has spent two yea; ; in
Louisiana raising cotton with negro
help, says that the crying need of the
cotton raising sections is Italian labor.
Where the Italians have been Intro
duced on the plantations they have
made a remarkable showing. The race
problem, ho says Is rapidly solving
itself. On one plantation near wher
he was located, seventy negro families
were employed. In the last year , but
one birth to the negro population of
the plantation was recorded. The
death rato, he says, is considerably
higher than the birth rate in that part
of the south. He says:
"A great many negroes in the south
are now so white that you must know
their pedigree to place them. The
white blood in them is not the best,
and the mixture of white and black
has not Improved the quality of labor."
When a railroad politician talks
about the direct primary bill his voice
is full of tears on behalf of the people.
It will "cost so much," and may even
result in the nomination of the wrong
men for office!
The railroads In n circular Just 1s
Hiied declare it their intention to make
th new two-cent faro th "only possi
ble rate to apply on Nebraska, pastn
Iter tare." All per la I penults, party
rate and excursion offering ur
thereforn withdrawn. No compUlm
will bfi mad over thin announcement,
even if It is plainly mndn tit u tpirlt
of resentment an reprisal. In tho
lrul'HeiiM.iU to tiavel, ometimt put-
Boston announces for May 30 its fifth
annual work horse parade. The as
sociation having the parade In charge
is a purely charitable one, Its only
object being to improve the condition
and treatment of work horses. No en
try fee is required and all kinds of
work horses are admitted excepting
hack and cab horses. A new class Is
added this year, to consist of letter
carriers' horses, and It. is hoped that
this recognition of the usually unfor
tunate animal employed in that ser
vice will have a tendency to improve
his condition. The parade Is in no sense
a rlcn man s snow, ingw narness ana
new wagons count for .nothing. In fact,
exhibitors are requested not to use
them. Another novel feature in the
Boston parade Is that ago counts in
favor of a horse. The older a horse Is
the better his chanco of winning a
nrizo. provided that he Is In good con
dition and serviceably sound. There Is
a special class for "old horses" that
Is to say, horses which nave noen em
ployed continuously by the same per
son or firm (or Its predecessor) for ten
years or more. Tho prizes In this class
are numerous and valuable, consisting
of sums of money and of gold and sil
ver medals contributed by the Massa
chusetts society for the prevention of
cruelty to animals, by the animal res
cue league, tho home for dogs, the red
aero farm, the home for horam und by
vui'iou.1 individuals.
posed in advanced communities In this
country for dealing with the liquor
traffic. Four out of every ten China
men are supposed to be opium" users.
Immediate prohibition Is out of the
question, for smokers will ' risk their
lives and sell their souls for opium.
A gradual elimination Is therefore to
be put Into effect. The number of
opium shops will be decreased gradu
ally, the production of the poppy will
likewise bo reduced. Opium smokers
will be required to secure licenses and
opium merchants will be allowed to
sell only to those who show their li
cense. At the end of ten years all offi
cials who use opium will be removed
from office, scholars who cling to it
will be deprived of their degrees, and
nu wno- persist, in wnatever station,
will be denied the right to appear at
public meetings or social gatherings,
and their names will be publicly pla
carded. Previous to the Initiation of this
policy the United States began ques
tioning other powers with oriental pos
sessions concerning a united policy for
stamping out the opium trade and
opium consumption in the east, and it
is now announced that Great Britain,
Japan and China have consented to a
conference with the United States on
the subject. Needless to say, everybody
In the United States is heartily in fa
vor o? eradicating the opium evil from
the Philippines, China, Japan, India
and wherever it exists. When our ef
forts have been successful In extract
ing this mdte from our oriental
brother's eye there is a chance that he
may gratefully respond by pulling out
of our own a few beams that we have
meanwhile overlooked.
II.OII1U H OH MI'lt'M.
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IMt December China put Into effect
a decree by which It Is honed to extin
guish the ue of opium In tho emplro
by the end of ten year. Th plan fol
lowed U wirull&r In theory to that pro-
snoKT m:s.
Hungarian railway traveling is the
cheap:l In Europe. On some linos
one can travel third class six miles
for 2 cents.
For Europe generally the population
increases yearly by forty-one to every
10,000 inhabitants.
Madrid lies higher than any other
European capital. Its height above
the sea is 2,090 feet
The average annual death rate of all
the. standing armies of the world is
9 per 1,000. .
Spain is the greatest lead -producing
country and Germany second. ,
. Rapid growth of the finger nails
Is a sign of good health.
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