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III looo l\.t1I , , " matter tor tranemIPelon through
the U. a. laIall. .
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OneVol\r.tnl\dv nco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.00
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qne colomo , tr month , 7 00. One.h,1f col'
_ ulnn , per moutbJ IHO 'lorlcr column. pCI
nlol1\h , .C > O LOeB than quorter COIUU1D , tJI
" .onte per Inch prr IIJ0Dth
: ' anh 011 . 611t 1'0110. GO ccnte per tooh , pcr
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, . .I.ocnl.d\'ortlpln 1\ cell e pllr " ' :0 : each It ler'
tloli.
: , ; NotlclI ot cbnrch talrp , BoclahlclI nnd 1'0lortl\llI-
tillut. hero mOlll" Ip ChIUcd. ! ooo.bllit ratell.
. "I\oolot ) rlottccs nn,1 , rOlllllllllooe. onlJohalt raler
' -Welhllog , "lIc08 frOt ! , haH 11,101' tor ubll.nlup
1I8t of prcll llte
. Death nOlleD" tree , bait prlCA 'or pobllehlo/l
oblLuary Dollcea , nOli cllr < 1s of Ibnnk. .
. Le.nllloLlc\J. : \ , at rlll e pr"ldcd by S'I\totCB of
Ncbrnlll" .
: Thursday , December 17 , 1903.
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: Recd Smoot , congressman from
Utah , will' have to meet the
. charges df bC111g an apostlc of
. : Mormonism. Congress will in-
, velltigate.
The s-emi-annual apportionment -
ment of thc state school fund has
, becn made hj' state superintcn-
'dent Fowler. 'l'hc apportIOnment -
! ment is bascd on 5255,482 , to be
: ; .apportioned to 376,303 persons of
. 'school agc. 'l'l\e \ rate per capita
.ls a fraction less than 68 cents.
fCuster county gets 55,328.92.
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. ; ecn posing as a minister of thc
; .9oipel , is wantcd bj' Insurance
; : Dcputy Pierce of the State Audi-
; j tors o111cc. It appcars that Mars-
: ton bas swindled a number of
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.t.persons in the state by Relling I
L thcm accident and burglar insur-
: : ancc for which hc gave them
: : ' nothing in return for their money. !
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; Gen. Colby , against whom the
I , 'l1'cderal Grand Jur\ .I found an in- , ,
, dictmen t for sell i ng bl ankets to I
, 1 , , the state for which he made no
. accounting states that hc is I
. innoccnt of the chargc and that '
, he has noti1 ed the proper authorities - 1
ities that he was read ) ' to makc
an accounting when they
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' . would straighten out the books
. . which wcre incorrect.
, $ everal county treasurers who I
: remitted too nutch school fund
' ' . m ncy..to 'the state treasurer last
. year'probably wiJI experience a
I'reat : . deal of difl culty in gctting
the surplus cash returned. Last
wintcr the legislature ordered the
mattcr straightencd by drawing
warrants against the permancnt
fund , but Treasurer Motcnsen
has dccidcd to refuse to comply
with tbe order , asserting that
the fund is inviolatc , and cannot
be drawn against it under any
, c rc"mstances whatcvcr. His
. poition is that no mattcr if
-ithousands of dollars should be
annexed to the fund through
, mistalc , not a penny of it could
t be withdrawn.
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, 'I'lle marvelous industrial de-
vclopment of the United States
' : during thc past decade contains
. no rccord that call comparc with
. " the growth of our great iron and
, stcel industry. 'l'he whole fascinating -
: cinating story of the evolution
' : from vcrJ small beginnings of
, the wondcrful aggrcgation of
cooking ovens , blast furnaccs ,
. and rolling mills , which rendcr
. the vaHey of the Ionongahela
: the vcry center of the world's iron
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elepboning Sauta Claus ,
call up 127. Or better 0
mc in yourself and pick
thing frollt 111) ' large
selectcd stock. SOUle.
acticablc a9 well al ! 8
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ow Souvenir
tcrlin Silver , at i'i
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and Htccl itlduitrics ! , lHt never
been tolli. In a special number
delcll to Iron and Stecl exclusi-
vel ) ' , the Scicntific American pre-
scnts all authoritative account of
how wc hm'e out-digtanccd all
other countries in the production
of iron and stcel. How wondcr-
ful that dc\'elopll1cnt has been , is
shown by the mere fact that in
1810 thp.re were prod uced in the
United States but 53,908 tons of
pig iron , an that in 1902 the
output of pig' iron passed .far be-
rend that of our nearest competitor -
tor , Great Britain , reaching thc
huge total of 16,821,307 tons.
lIow this vast output of pig iron
is converted into armor plate ,
gUll steel , structural shapes ,
luhes , rails , and steel and wire ,
besides a hosl. of other things , it
is this special number's purpoge
to tell.
The attentiQn of the Congressmen -
men from Nebraska is called to
the resolution passed last winter
by the state legislature recommending -
mending an amendment to the
Homestead law , so ate ! provide
for a homcstead of a Section of
land instead of 160 acrcs in the
Sand Hill country. A united
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effort on the part of the Congressman - .
gressman and Senators from
Nebraska , who undcrstand the
situation should be able to secure
this needed amendmcnt within
the prcsent session of congress.
No person will bomestead a quarter -
ter section of the Sand Hills with
expectation of occupying it any
great length of time for the simple -
ple reason hc cannot sustain himself -
self on that amount of land in
the sand hill countrv. Wcre the
opportunity giv n to homestead
[ 1 section it would be an inducement -
ment that would soon populate
that tcrritory with proslerous ;
ranch men and their families.
'l'housands of young men would
be affordcd an opportunity to
go there and build up homes and
small ranchcs. That would ccr-
tainly be an impro\'cmcnt over
the present arrangement , which
only permits of a few ranch men
wIth their thousands of cattlc ,
run principally on government
land. A provision for a Section
homestead would rcsult in all the
land being taken and twenty families -
ilies would be provided for where
but one family is now. The land
after being provcd up would be
a perpetual source of revenue in
way of taxes for the county and
state in which it is located , besides -
sides the personal propertr that
would accumulatc on these small
ranchcs. Under prcsent conditions -
tions a fcw men occupy the whole
territory and the county and state
rcceive but little benefit from it.
The removing of the fences from
the govcrnment land which is
now being pushcd so vigorously
by the govcrnment will not
change the situation materially.
The large ranch men will continue -
tinue to occupy the govcrnment
land by cmploying hcrdcrs , which
expense has been savcd by their
fences. No one will venture upon -
on the cattleman's range to
homestead 160 acres of sand hills
as it would not be congenial or
profitable. But let the govcrn-
ment give every homcstcadcr a
section of that land and in a
\'cry short time every section of
the tcrri tory will be occu picd b ) "
bani fide home scelCrs.
COUKllluar Hllell CQu ed Deott. .
"Harry Duckwell , agcd 25
years , chokc to dea h early yc.s-
tcrdar morl11ng at 111S home , In
the presence of his wife and
child. He contractcd a slight
cold a few days ago and paid but
little attention to it. Yesterda }
mornlng he was seized with :1 :
fit of coughing' which continucd
for SOUle time. His wife scnt for
a physician but before he could
arrive , another coughing pcll
came on and Duckwell dicd from
sufTocation.-St. 140uis Globe-
Democrat , Dec. 1 , 1901. " Bal-
lard's Horehound Syrup wouM
have saved him. 25c , 50c and
$1.00. Sold by Ed. IcComas ,
Brokcu Bow and Merna.
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plenty of teams , good tools and
force to run them. Address ,
P. O. Box 136 ,
27tf Broken Bow , Neb.
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Jh' Ur. C. l'lcketl , .
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'l'his whole subjcct is a remarkable -
able cpisode in the histor ' of Otis
country and from its conspicon
absence from our writtcn history
it might wcl1 be doubtcd , but the
occurrcnces hcre relatcd are substantially -
stantially true and are many of
them drama ticall ) ' dcscri bed in
Uncle 'roms Cabin. Indecd the
thing rcads almost like a fairy
talc but the necessitics of the
cases seemed always to justify
the mcans used even to the prc-
\'arication from the whoie truth
that the participants were oftcn
compelled to rcsort to. Here is
one instance where the ingenuity
and daring hravery of a woman
was plainl ) ' shown and full ) " realized -
lized by so we men who had for
thcir purpose the taking of two
escaped girls back to sla\'cr ) ' .
One MillyVilhersln if 1 remember -
member the name right , li\'ed in
a colored settlement near the
mouth of Cabin Crcek where it. .
joins White Rivcr in Randolph. .
county. This settlemcnt were
free colored peoplc who had heen
emancipated b ) ' their master or
mastcrs 111 term and settled thcrc.
Br some means best known to the
officcrs of the underground rail-
roa , two girls of 14 and HI years
or perhaps lcss , grandchildren of
Mrs. Vlilherson had escaped from
thcir masters in 'l'ennessce and
stopped with their grand parents ,
Mrs. and Mrs , VI. 'l'hc master
who was said to be a preacher
hearing of the wherebouts of his
property came to a neighboring
settlement of white people collected -
lected a posse of fifteen armed
men headed by another preachel'
and with an officer and "a scarch .
warrant proceeded to the Wilher-
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son home which consisted of two I
log cabins built a few fcet apart
with the space between 'enclosed
making three rooms but having
only one outside door. Mr.
Willerson was not at home. Mrs.
Willerson was a powerful woman
but little past the prime of life ,
Wcighing ovcr 200 . p unds .and
who could usc an x . or a rifle :
equal to the average back woods- I
man.Vhen she saw her home
and lovcd ones thus threatened
she did not faint nor scream but
just plantcd hersclf in thc door
armed not like the more mo ern
"Carrie" with a hatchet , but
wlth a good broad corn cutter. .
( A pretty formidable weapon I
imagine ) told the mcn she would
hew in peiccs thc first man and
the next , wbo attempted to entcr ,
with as much neatness and dispatch -
patch as Old Samuel dil Agag
the Amalekiteish king before the
Lord. She had a grandson with
her in the house , a mere lad but
who had some of the blood of
his grandmother in his veins ,
whom she dispa.tchcd th'tough a
back window and ordered him to
mount a horse after getting the
triumper that hung on the wall
and blow for "de Lord's" sake to
raise the neighbors. 'rhe slave
hunters seeing thc boy on the
horse commanded him to stop but
he was not just thcn in a stopping -
ping mood , nor did he stand on
the order of his going but went.
The men fircd several shots at
him and one grazed his elbow ,
but this only made him ridc the
faster and blow the harder. Soon
a large number of colored people
were on thc ground-thcse were
allowed to pass in and out of the
cabin at will , but the ol1 cer with
the search warrant was not allowed -
lowed to enter. While this was
going on the girls were dressed
in boys clothing. An intclligent
son of the old lady demanded to
see the warrent , read it slowl ) '
aud found fault with it all for the
purposc of consuming time.
\Vhen all things w re ready the
girls came out unrecognized ,
passed through the crowd and a
a little distance from the house
sheltercd by the thick wood8 ,
from a log the ) ' mounted hchind
t\\oo \ horsemeu and rapidl ) ' con-
\'eycd to Newport to U nc1e Lewis
wlere the ) ' were concealed await-
"a coU\'enieut . "
1Ilg more \ season.
Shortly after the girls wcrc gone
there wa.s a compromise affected
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by whkh the slave hUlltcrgwrc - !
allowed to cnter the house and
scarch for thcir property provid-
cd however if found , the girls
should he taken to the county
scat and have a fair tria1. On
cntering instead of screams from
frightcned girls , deep curs ng
from disappointcd slave hunters
were heard and some ivory teeth
showed quite conspiciously in the
jaws of thc'bl cl ; who w rc in
the plot. When Ncwport and
dcinity Was searched in vain for
se\'cral days the girls were sent
to Canada.
I have often wondered whcn I
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gat in Qualcr mceting and saw
John and Yimri Bond sitting on
the " shelf" is
or near "top ( that
thc gallery ) whether they had
any hand in the abo\'c transaction -
tion , and the ilent answcl' was
thus , I imaginell that they did
in all bnt the threatened use of
the corncutter , fOl' according to
Friends Disciplin thcy thought
that this kind of work was not
what the corncutters was created
Jor , but "for a more noble and
glorious purpose" of putting up
corn fodder for milch cows in the
winter time and furnIshing the
immortal \Vhitcome RiJey something -
thing to weave into his poetry ,
for how should he allude to the
frost being on the pumpkin and
the fodder in the shock if there
had becn no corncutters.
-rany exciting occurances and
somc amusing ones as well took
place in the progress of events.
At Oberlin , Ohio , noted for its
seat of learning and college ad-
vantagcs , a town al wa's abolition -
tion in sentiment and ( here lct
us mora1i7.e again ) whose noted
collcge I believe was the first to
open her doors to the admission
of women students on an equality
with mule students. This seems
to he in the cternal fitness of
things. All honor to the college
ill those dark days where the
rights of all were respected without -
out respect to sex , color or previous -
vious condition of servitude and
without the con.sent of the fugi- :
ti\'e slave law an regarding .th
Dred Scott decision as inimical
to the dc lar.t.tion of indepen-
dcnce that all. men are horn free
and equal and should have said ,
all women too. .
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'l'here were many ruses practiced - .
ed by the inhabi tant'S of Oberlin
in helping the slave gain his
freedom. You know it" is 'quite
common , for white students to
black themselves to represcnt the
colored people in our exhibitions ,
but on the occasion of which I
now speak the students had concealed -
cealed a flecing slave , for' fcw
days and felt t ICY had an elephant -
phant on hand ; but some genius
was equal to the occasion , and
suggested painting hi m white
which was done Ltld IJe. rpde pff
quietly to a secure place miles
Mns. CECELIA STOWf.
Omtor , Entro Nous Club.
176 Warrcn Avcnue ,
CmcAOo , ILL. , Oct. 22 , 1002.
For nearly four ycars I suffercd
from ovarian trou lcs. The doc-
oor iDsist l on aD operation as the
only way to gct well. It however ,
strongl ) ' objectcd 00 an operation.
: My'liusband felt dishcartened as
\Vcll as I , for homo with sick
woman is n disconsolate plaeo at
best. A friendly draggist advised
him to get botUo of Wine of
Cnrdui for me to try , and he did so.
I bcgan t9 improyo 1D nfow day ! ! and
mYrccOvcrywanc11'rnpid. : Within -
in cighteen weeks r was anothcr
being.
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Mrs. Stowe's letter shows 6TC ! !
womnn how homo is Baddcnod by'
fe o wcakncs Ild howcompleteJ1. '
W mo of Carthll , cures that' eietc-
ness and brings hcalth nnd : happiness -
ness aa-ain. Do not go on suffer'- .
inS' . Go to , our ggi9t today'
nnd secure ' 1.00 bottle of WiDe
of Cnrdui.
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He is holding hi h glce with ' us this year , because -
cause we are stocked Witt'l thc finest line of
Lamps in Custcr county at about one-half of
.onr competitors prices. Call and look at them.
One of these Lamps would make a beautiful
Xmas Gift.Ve are also heavil ) ' stockcd with a
pure and wholcsome line of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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e"VV 1903 Can.dies :
ft NcwValnuts , Philberts , Hazel Nuts , Pecans ,
Almonds , Peanuts , Chestnuts. '
China Cracker Jars , Plates , Cups , Mugs , \Vater "
Sets , Shaving Mugs , Sauce Dishc ,
Cake Plates , etc" etc. ,
FOrYollr Christlnas Dinner :
Oysters , Oranges ,
Celer ) ' , Bannanas ,
Cranberries , Grapes ,
Figs , Raisins ,
Dates , York State ApPles ,
Nuts , Sweet Apple Cider ,
Pure Honey-comb and cxtract-B made.
Send your Christmas 'l'ree committee to If
fl' us. ' : ill : ' : WEN , t
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qway turned his horse loose and
took the cars for Canada.
At Oberlin several slaves were
conveyed out of town in hroad
daylight under a load of hay to
another place of safet ) " . At one
time the ) ' sent out a deco ) ' wagon
with sevcral free colored' people ,
some dressed as women , knowing
that they would be followed
Which they were and the whole
com pan ) " arrested. As much delay -
lay as possible was made and in. .
three or four hours the hunters
found that this was a'lI'sell , " bu t
It furnished time for several real
fugitivcs to be shipped over the .
road witbout det ction.
At enc time Henry Sugart of
Grant county , Indiana , had in
his' keeping , a fugitive slave who
was a man but quite diminutive
in size weighing little more than
a hundred pounds. The hunters
were known to be close onto him
and so Henry ticd him up in a
bundle of fodder and thrcw him
into a pile of bundle in the barn.
Soon tbe hunters came and after
going through the prentiscs and
finding nothing they insisted ou
examining the foddcr stack.
Henry said all right "and as I
want to fced some to thc cattle
anyhow , I will help yon. " So
coming to the particular sheaf
and being' a big stout man hc
just carried , 'not "the niggcr in
thc wood pile" but in the bundle
of fodder and threw the fodder ,
darky , body , breachcs and all to
the cows. After the hunters had
gone "lie "fishcd him out and set
liim on a stool or sent him to
school or sent him to Canada. If
you wish to know just which he
did ) 'on ask my fricnd Nelson
Brandenburg of the Merna tablc
TO cu.u A COL.n IN ONI DAV
Takp l.jlJal\vD \ Brome Qolliloe Tlblct. , All
rUlI'llel1i ; retuDd tbo , nollt ) ' It It fa\le \ to turu.
E W , Grove'e elgDlltorele on UQb ! tax. 25c.
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and whatever he says I will vouch
for as he was a neighbor of Su-
garts at the time spokcn of.
Oldl\Ir. Hadgins , fathcr of the
aftcrwards Prof. Hadgins , used
to tell a story of an anti-slavery
gcrman named Hami er , who was
a huckster travcling over the
country buying up poultry ,
rabbits , quails and sclling fish
and othcr things that thc farmers -
ers nceded. His wagon was
covcred and had a hen coop at
the back end. A small place
in the back part was cut ofT
from the front by a partition also
reaching up to the covcr so that
one looking into the wagon from
the front end would seem to be
looking at the part against which ,
the hencoop wag fastencd. Bar-
rcls , kcgs , and boxes usually fill-
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Crossing the Holidays
without an adcquate coal supply
should not he thought of. Your
pleasure may he spoiled hy the
fear of a coM snap which will use
up all your coal all time" when
yon can'l get more IlIIme lately.
Bett r let us send you up a ton or
two just to increase your confidence.
It Won't Spoil
c\'cn if you 110n't nee it right
awa ) ' , and you can takc onr word
for It that the price will certainly
not go an ) ' lower this winter ,
Dierks Lumber & Coal CO ,
BROKEN BOW - NEBRASKA.
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Alwavs bavo the.llost . quality of
I umb.r and other
building \oa-
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'Phone No. ' 19.
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