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D. M. AMS8EltltY. ' . . Editor
1.'f\Ico In Oll ter Ulock , 'oarth An.
Bawred at tbe potolDco at Droken Dow , Neb. ,
II .ooooc1-alau mauer \rAll.mlnlon tbrouKh
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O.e illar. In advance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' 1.00
ADVEUT18lNG RATlt8.
Uoe colamn , pu lontb,17.00. One.balt col.
allln. per mouth . 1100 Quarler column. k.et
lIIouth. P.W .LeB than qalllwr colnmp. ro
cente per loch Ilor month.
Card. on IIrlt page , 60 cent. Iler Inoh. per
mouth
Local.d'ert lui" cen e per lIoe each II.or.
\1ou. .
Notice ot cburch flirt. 10ciabieB find onlertala.
Renu . "hero mone , I. Chlllilell , one. holt rllte "
! \oolot } ' 1101leo. and re nlntlone. ono-halt rlliu.
' .waddlng roUeea tree. bait prlef' tor pnblhnlog
lI.t ot
_ De.t Crcllnte treo. h.\\r . \ pIle- for pnhll.hlDg
Jltuaf7 noUcu. and card. ot tbanka.
_ Legal noUco : .t ralu pru'lded b1 1 I\tDtO' at
ebra.ka.
; - Thursday , December 31 , 1903 : .
, We were made to say last week ,
y a t'pographical error , that
the republi = n national convention -
tion would be held in Chicago ,
Januar } ' 21 , when it shoul have
read June 21.
State Auditor Weston is to be
congratulated that he was able
to extricate himself so honorably
from his trouble that was forced
upon him through his onnection
with the bank in Wyoming. It
has developed that Mr. 'Veston
was in no way responsible forthe
bank failure and did every thing-
honorable to get the matter
straightened up.
The Northern Pacific I ailroad
Company has issued to take effect
January 1 , 1904 , maldug it arc-
quir ment for continued service
f that company that its emplOyees -
plOyees shall be 'absolute ' testo-
tel'ers. ' 'If all railroads will follow
in this and see the . rule is enfor.-I
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ed the .railroad wrecks which
have caused so. great loss in life
and propertY'in the past will be
greatly lessened. Overwork and
whiskey are the two great causes
of railroad wrecks.
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Of the ten postoffice officials
under indictment for graft as the
result of the Bristow investigation -
tion , not one entered the service
under the civil service rules.
They were' all political appoint-
ments. The other twenty-two
caught on the net are outside
politicians or manufacturers.-
State Journal.
It is also a fact worthy of note ,
especially by those democrats
who are so much exercised over
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the discovc v of th alleged
croolccdness in the department ,
that all the principal offenders
are democrats who were appointed -
ed by the last democratic presi-
dent. 'fhdt party was in power
just long el ough to inject the
virus of graft into the civil service -
ce and the republican party has
been busy ever since trying to
eradicate it.-York Times.
For some time the opposition
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has endeavored t : "break the.unit-
ed frpnt of the republican party
by trying to creat jealosy between ' .
the admirers of Presi 1ent Hoose-
velt and Mark Hanna. I assuming -
suming this attitude they ex.
prrssed great admiration for the
president and put up the danger
signal against Hanna. li'ailing
'in ' this way tc\ cause a split they
have now chaaged their tac cs.
The president i denounced it1
the west for investigating the
ranch business and. in the eas !
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. for not standmg wIth the mone , }
power. 'fhis is an evidence thai
they now conceed that Roosevel1
will be renominated and the enl )
hopes left them is to prejudic (
the voter against lum on 10ca
.issues. His administration 0
national affairs are so popula' '
that many of the democrats it
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apprm'al.
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CAN completes thc old year. It
has been one of activity in business -
ness circles with the citizens of
Broken Bow and the county.
'rhere are very few , either in
town or county , hut what can
congratulate themselves with the
progress made. Those that arc ,
not better off financially han i
they were at the beginning of'the
year 1903 arc exceptions and- not
the rule. We are plcased to .note
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that the Rm'uDLIcAN has bcen
favored with a liberal share of
the business. 'Ve havc more
than held our own. While our
office help hns had to put in niany
extra hours to keep up with 'ihe
business , our subscription list
has continually added to and we
have increased our list over two
hundred. Thanking the public
for the liberal patronagc received
we enter upon thc duties and responsibilities -
sponsibilities of the New Year encouraged -
couraged to renewed vigor in our
efforts to sen'e our generation.
Hoping to merit your continued ! ,
patronage the RitpunLIcAN extends -
tends to all a "Happy New
Year. "
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New FrnturC8.
This' week we present the
re ders of the RnpuDLIcAN with
two , new features that .we hope
may meet the approval of the
general public and the women
especially. One of these rtew
features is the illustrated monthly -
ly cale { da on which the RUPUD-
IICAN has the exc.lusive right for
the county , whic'h will be a re dy
referenc for all. The other feature -
ture is the " \Vomen's Pattern
Department , " illustrating one or
more of the latest styles and affording -
fording the readers an opportunity -
ity to obtain the patterns by
sending tcn ccnts with the coupon -
pen to the Chicago house when
the patter)1 will be mailed im-
mediately. This is no advertising -
ing schemc , but is simply for the
benefit of our readcrs who may
be interested in keeping posted
on the new fashions. The price
of the pattern merely covers its .
cost and postage. 'l'hese stye.s !
will be found this week on the
seventh page and we will trj' . .to
have it occupy the same page
each week so our readers will be
able to readily find it.
The RR1'UDLICAN will endeavor
to keep in the lead of its competitors -
petitors as it has in the past by
furnishing its patrons with up-
to.date ncws , adding such new
features from time to time as
the general "reader appreciates.
lIartl 011 the Hlllleot Shlpller.
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The western railroads -have
adopted a new rule to take eff ct
the first of the year in regard to
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transportatlon of len with stock.
Stockmen will not be' given free
transportation to return aft r
taking their cattle to market and
will not be gilen free tra nsporta.
tion to go to buy stock.
'rhese priveleges have been so
frequently abused by those whom
the roads' sought to favor it
caused the new rule. 1 t will ( be
l n. hard blow on the honest mal1
who has alwdYs becn fair wittJ
the railroads. It is all instanct
where the innocent must suffe !
with the guilty. Can there nol
be a rule with sufficient protcc. '
tion mad so that the hones' '
shipper and buyer can continu (
to enjoy the courtiscs of th ,
roads ?
COUKbIUK' hpeU C.ulted Deatb.
UHarry Duckwel1 , aged :
years , choke to dea h early ye.s
terday mormng at hIs home , 11
the presence of his wife anc
child. He contracted a sligh'
cold a few days ago and paid bu' '
little attention to it. YesterdaJ
mormng he was seized with ;
fit of coughing which continue (
for some time. His wife sent fo
R a physician but before he coull
arrive , another coughing spel
came on and Duckwel1 died fron
suffocation.-St. Louis Globe
Democra t , Dec. 1 , 1901. " Bal
. lard's Horehound Syrup wonle
have saved him. 25c , 50c an. .
$1.00. Sold by Ed. McComas I
Broken Bow and Merna.
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CUAI'Tnlt VI.
It scelDs incredible , but the
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13th .articl of the I ndinna constitution -
stitution of 1.851 was adopted by
nearly a hundred thousand IDn-
jorit ) . . It was submitted to the
J ; > coplc as a separate proposition
from the rest of the document.
It was for the most part a dead ,
letter notwithstanding its great
majority. and persons of color
ontinued to come and go at their
plc sure except runaway slave ! ,
tDe t hired thcm and traded with
th m without so much as asking
them where they were frolD. I
Our county , ( Randolphl alone I
Qf all the counties l'f the state
gave a majority against the 13th
article of the constitution of
1851. Because it was in some
counties before the war and in
,
all aftcr the adoption of the 14th
and 15th amendmcnts to the con-
tit tion of the United States , a
dea'd' letter it remained. a black
spot'on our state constitution until
1881 , than the voters of the state
noticing the inharmony of the
thing repealed it and adopted a
cons'titution in harmony with the
constitution of the United States.
This neglect was just simply
the result -of the fact that the
thing was dead before and not
being enforced was just forgotten.
Under the working of this infamous -
famous law , one Benjamin Rut-
land , a colored man , whose truth
and veracity was never doubted
sold a horse to a fellow , who paid
$100.00 all in counterfeit money ,
knowing that it was such at the
time. 'fhe purchaser was arrested -
ed and readily identified by .Mr.
Rutland as the man from whom
he had received the spurious
coin.
coin.No
No enc doubted his guilt but
the court was powerless. 'l'he
accused was a white man. Thc
witness against him was a negro ,
and under the law he went free.
for outlands testimony could not
b takeninthecourt.
In the asse smeent and collection -
tion of taxes there waS no discrimination -
crimination made between tb'e
wliite man and the black man.
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The , black man paid hjs full
share of taxes for all purposes in
proportion to hig property , but it
was expresily ! provided in the
school laws that no negro or person -
son of mixed blood should receive
no benefit from the school
fund of tbe state. In this way
he was absolutely robbed , to educate -
cate 'the children of his whjte
neighbors while his own children
were shut out of the house which
his money had helped to b .ild
and were left to grow up in ig-
norance. In justice to the slav
state . properly so called , it must
bc said that' ' not aU the wrong by
a gre'at deal done to the negro
was confined to tbeir terdtory.
Sometimes we wonder why thc
north had to suffer as they did in
the war. But we must remember
that whatsoever we sow that alseJ
shall we reap and by sowing such
seed as the law spoken of above
we create a sentiment in ead
community that perhaps as il1
this case must be wa ! hed out it :
blood.
We have only aken one ste {
L above this law yet , for our woo
l' ' lDen have no rigbts above that 0 :
the darkie at that time in semi
r respects for her money goes t (
t- pay taxes and while her childrer
: . has thel advantage of school , sh4
to as in most of the states no'oicl
fl1 determining who shall govcrr
the state or make its laws.
B\'etheren should we not aW lk4
to the fact that we might do :
little bctter in this respect.
Almost every free state had itl
code of black laws which alway
discriminated against the colore. .
man. No one who had a taint 0
negro blood in his veins coul
vote or give testimony agains
a white man in any court but h
was allowed to give testimon ,
against a man of his own colOl
Consistency not an o\'erly brigh
jewel in tbose days. In COtlSt
quence of the adopt ton of thi
article a book was prepared fc
, the use of the county cIeri
wherein to register the names (
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show that they were residents ot
the state before the ratification
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Bllt as far as Randolph county
was conccrned it was almost a
failure. Just 12 was registered ,
One by Geo. W. Monks , who was
then the county clerk , who said
to my father on one occasion that
if each negro registration
I brought him $100.00 he would
not be n .very rich man , for that
only on was issued in 1853 , two i
years after the law was passed. :
'l'he other 11 'Were issued by H.
I H , NeO' , who was a first class
clerk , but I was told by one who
had eell the record that : VIr.
Neff had little heart in his work.
Four years ago I was in conversation -
versation with Col. Ncff , then
nearly nint ) ' years old , about the
changes in our county , when the
subject of dla very and its horrors
came up , immediately h is eyes
brightened and he said :
"Doctor , 'fhank God there
were but few in this count ) ' who
e\'er favored slavery , tI and then
spokc ver ) ' feelingly of my father
and others , _ who unflinchingly
stood by the cause of freedom.
He was a Methodist and he
said they and the Friends stood
side by side in pleading the cause
of .the down troddeh slave.
He gavc me an account of the
septration : in the Methodist I
church on the slavery question 111
or about 1840 and in a modest
way told uf the part he himseH
played in the ause 'and , something -
thing of how hc felt when in the
army when the proclima ion o
Lincoln was iS5ued. He said he
did not hav 'i ' p be made over but
gladly acc pted it as one ! tep
higlJer in man's civi1azation.
Col. Neff has sic1ce that gone
to his reward at a ripe old age
and the end of tI.n earthly life
that was a beacon worthy of our
admiration.
It might be well to give some
idea of how the ex-slaves were
received in Cannada and why
they were not driven from pillar
to post after reaching the Canna-
dian shores.
In the first place the deep rooted -
ed prejudice : against anything
that looked like the equality or
its possibilities that existed in
the'United States did not obtain
in the English domaiJis and although -
though there were casters in
their society it was not on account -
count of color.
The circumstances attending
the settlement of the refugees in
Cannada were favorable to their
kindly rec'eption by the native
people. The attitude of the
Canadian g'overnment toward
this class of immigrants was always -
ways one of welcome aud protec-
tion.
I It was generally known that
they had sufferedfft1any hardships I
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Eight months ago I was 80 ill !
that ! WnB compelled to lie orBit !
dowu ncarly I l the time. My
lltomnch was so wc : c IUld upset
that I could k-eep nothing on it
nd I TOmitcd frequentJy. I
could not urinate without S1'.C4t
pain IUld I coughed so much that
my' throat and lungs were raw
and sore. The . doctors pronounced -
nounced it Bright.s disease and
others said it was consumption.
It mattered little to 'me what
they called it and I had no d
sire to live. A sister visited m
from St. Louis IUld asked me if
I had over tricd Wine of Cardul.
I told bet I bad not and sb&
bought bottle. I believe that.
it saved my life. Ibelievenumy
'Women could IIllYe much sufferIng -
. Ing if they but Icnow of ita value.
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Don't you want freedom from
pain ? Tab Wine of Cardul
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and make one supreme effort to
e be wen. You do not need to bo
Y a weak. holple auJferer. You
can have a woman' . health and.
doa 'Woman'nrorldnlife. Wbr ;
not eecuro a bottle of Wine of
Cardul from 1QUr druggist to-
day'
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Otl their jo rne- north wnr - r
that they usually cume with
naught but the unquenchable
} 'earning for that libert } ' depri\'ed
them by the United Statc .
The manefestations of delight
by fugitivcs when landed on the
Cannada shore was another evidence -
dence of the sincerity of their
aspiration for freedom. 1 beheve
I read in an old book many ye rs
ago of a peoplc whD h d been
cruelly oppressed , that when their
feet touched the ground that
"flowed with milk and honey"
their jOj' and rejoicing knew no
bounds nor do 1 remember that
anyone put an ) ' restraint on their
enjoyment.
Captain Chapman the commander -
mander of a vessel on Lake Erie
in 1b60 was requested by two acquaintances -
quaintances at Clevcland to put
ashore on the Cannada Side. two
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persons , who were of c urse fugit - I
t \'es and he gave the following
account of the landing :
" \Vhile they were on my vessel
I felt very little interest in them
and I had no idea that the 10\'e
of libert } ' as a part of man's nature -
ture was in the least possible degree -
gree felt or uuderstood by them.
Before entering the buffalo harbor -
bor I ran in near the Cannada
shore , manned a boat and landed
them on the beach. 'rhey said i
'Is dis Cannada , ' I said 'Yes
there are no slaves in this coun-
try. ' 'fhen I witness d a scene
I shall never forget. 'l'he } ' seemed -
ed to be transformed ; a new ligh t
shone in their 'eyes , their tongues
were loosed , they laughed and
cried , pray d : lnd sang praises ,
fell upon the ground and kissed
it. hug-ged and kissed each other.
crying 'Bress de Lawd , Oh J'se
free befo I die. "
Say Union Soldier. did you not
sometimes when ) ' 01.1 had been in
prison and had not seen Old
Glory for a long time feel a good
cleal that way when your eye- ! ;
'fell on the folds of the old flag
and JOlt saw her floating in the
breeze above 'your heads. ,
'l'be movement to Cannada had
begun when the inter-lake portion -
tion of Ontario was largely an
unsettled r gion ; and indeed
much of the interior during the
period of the refuges imnigra- ;
tions was in the process of clear-
ing. Moreover the movement
was enc of small begi 1ing and
gradual development. It brought
into the country what it needed
-ngriculturallabor to open up
government land and help for H.e
native farmers.
In the "elbow" of land lying
between Lake Ontario and 14ake
Erie the fugitives were early received -
ceived by the Indians un1er ! Chief
Brant having possessions along
the Grand River and near Burlington -
ington Bay.
In the territory extending
westward along- the take front ,
white settlers were working their
clearings that is ( making clear-
lUgs in the clense woods ) which
began to take on the appea
ance of cultivated farms. But
farm hands were not plentiful
and the fugitive slaves were
penniless and eager to receive
wages on their own account. It
was not to be expected that the
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Take LuaUvo 1Iromo Qulnlnn 'l'ablet . All
rDjtgl.t. I'I'tond tbo mOUtY It It tlillB to rure.
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the outh could wor c to the best I.
advantage in their new surroundings -
ings in a northern c1i nate where
the work was entirel ) ' differcnt
from their former occupation.
But such was the disposition of
the white people in the different
parts of Canada and such the demand -
mand for laborers iq . this fa t . '
devcloping section , that th
Anti.Sla\'ery Society of Caunad ; ! )
in its second report made in 1853 : .
"Thc true pi'inciplc is now to ' , , " ' "
assume that every man unless ' ) r , )
disabled bj' sickness can sustain ; 1T .
himself and his family after. he '
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has obtained steady'einploj'm nt. , ,
and our obscr\'ation warrants tbd 1t :
assumption. .A 11 titat .tble.
boddied men and women require
is a fair chance , friendly ad\'ice ,
a little encouragement and sometimes -
times a little assistance at first. ,
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Those who . ' ' :
are really willing. to , "
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work and there are very few who .
are not. can procure employme t I. f
in a . short . time after their j'
arri'al. .
The fact that there were larg '
tracts of good land in that portion
of Cannada accessible to the fugi-
ti\'es was a fortunat" circumstance -
stance , for the tlesire to possess
and cult \'ate their own land was
wide-spread among the escaped
slaves. 'rhis eagerness drew
many of them into the dense
Cannadian woods to hew out
little farms for themselves , and
live the life of pioneers. Very
m ny nice cozy log cabins were , . , . .
built and small lots of ground
were cleared off where they made
comfortable homes. and the ) '
managed even here tomake ; some
arrangement wherebYtheir children -
dren could. have somc education. .
Encouragement was l o.t lacking
to induce refuges to .take up land
as se\eral ; Aid Societies were organized -
ganized both in Cannada and 1n
the United States for' this purpose -
pose and these societies procured
tracts of land and founded colonies -
ies on them.
While all this was being done
in the North the masters in the
Sou tll were equally .lctive in endeavoring -
deavoring : to prevcnt their slaves
from atteinpting' to escape. 'fhe
state of ignorance in which the
slave population was sought to
beCpt ! must he regarded as au r
admission by the master class
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ture lmsin : ; s never mislead a cus-
tomcr. That is the guiding principle -
ciple here. We sell lumber for
just what it is find for just whut it
1S worth. No foisting of inferior
stuff for some oetter grade which
it closely I ctcmblcs. ! The fol1ow-
ing.lots ; of. . , . .
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arc W01"lh the attelltion of builders
unci others. We can quote vcr\ . '
low prices on large quautitict. :
Dierks Lumber & Coal Co. ,
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