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One hunlred ) 'earg ago-the morn-
1ng at August 3 , 1804-a party of torty-
three white men might have been seen
spreading the mainsail at 0. clumsy
Missouri river bateau as an awning
on 0. little plain above the high water
leve ) of the Missouri river , at-the end
of a woody ridge about seventy teet
high , in Nebrasm ) , sixteen mlles above
' \There , now stands the city at Omaha.
'A little later n. procession at fourteen
Indlans-members at the Otoe and
Missouri trlbes-wound Its way to the
shelter at the awning. They were accompanied -
companied by that omnipresent being
1n the region n. bumred years agq-a
Frenchman living with a squaw-who
acted as interpreter. When all were
seated , began the first council at the
United States government with the
Indian Inhabitants of the Louisiana
purchase-first act In the drama at a
century of struggle between wblte
Americans and red Americans for possession -
session at an empire. The representatives -
tives at the United States government
told the Indians that they were no
longer Spanish or French , but Amer-
1cans-a piece at news which we are
told gave them great joy. They were
promised the protection at the government -
ment at Washington , and its advice In
the future. In reply the six 9hlets ot
the Indian delegation declared 1.Iley
-were pleased with the change at government -
ernment , that they wanted to trade
with the new great father , and especially -
cially they wanted arms to detend
themselves from their enemies. ( What
UtUe cause for pleasure It they had
Imown that the change meant to be
dispossessed , at thclr homes , and huntIng -
Ing grounds. )
At the end of the councn came he
presents-a medal hung by a cord
placed round the neck ot each of the
Blx chiefs , paint , garters and cotn ) , a
canister of gunpowder , and t e most
significant of all , a bottle ot whlske ) ' !
Thus began the official reatlons ) of the
, United States govurnment with the
Otoe and Missouri Indians. How
prophetic It was of the future let him
who cares to k ow read from the last
' . official report at the Indian agent at
the otoo and : Mlssourl Indian agency
In Oldahoma. Diminished in numbers
from 2,000 to 370 , the agent says ,
"many ot these JXope ! ) are addicted to
drlnlt aRd are , both men and women ,
Inveterate gamblers , the otoe being
especially bad about the gambling. No
j punishment seems at all to mitigate
these evl1s. Their days are spent in
almost utter Ideness ) , and worse. for
( , vice an debauchery are rampant. "
J The names at three ot these chiefs
, have been preserved for us In the r c-
ord. 'rhe principal chiefs present were I
Shongotongo , or Big Horse , an Otoe ;
Wethea , or Hospitality , a l\llssourl ,
t and Shosguscan , or White Horse , an
Otoe. The spot was named by Lewis and
Clarle Councl1 Bluff , from the circumstances -
stances which there toolt place , and
their report ot the council concludes
with a recommendation of the location
for a "tort amI trading factory. "
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Fifteen 'ears after the historic council -
cil here described , the first steamboat
( the Western Engineer ) to navigate
Missouri waters arrived five rnlles 'be.
low the Councl1 Bluff. It carried 1\10.-
t jor Long with party of engineers anrl
" scientists who were to malee the first
scientific survey of the region , ThlE
expedition found already at Council
Bluff a force of United States soldiers
en aged In bul1dlng a fort , afterward
called Fort AUdnson. This tort to !
the next eight 'ears was the most ad.
vanced frontier post ot the Unlte
States army , always having several
companies of troops and sometimes
more than a regiment. In 1827 the
post was abandoned an 11 the troopf
moved to Fprt Leavenworth. Some 01
the buildings were dismantled by the
troops. Some were burned by Indam [
or hunters. There stiB remained or :
the plateau of Councl1 Bluft In 185-1
when the territory was organized aD ! '
, , hlte settlers came In to talte U1
claims , a vast amount at debrls-
, brlc1e nnd limestone waBs , bcams anI :
timbers. The early seWers haulel
this 1I.'ay by the wagon-load to bul1l
chlmne's , malto foundations and te
curb , veIls , 'et sa great was the quan.
tlty that thirty ) 'ears later farmer !
were stili haullng brlcles away.
Both these historic sites , that at thl
councll at 180-1 and that of Fort At.
klnson , are wlth\n \ a few hundred 'ard !
ot the present ral1wa ) ' station at Fori
Calhoun. There ) 'et remain plies a
briclebats and debris , long rows ot ex. .
Otoe Count , . IIAII 7,20D Children ,
County Superintendent R. C. Klnl
ns made the following report of chll
dren In Otoe county ot schoo age
which Incudes aU children betweOl
the ages of 5 and 21. There are 3GO
girls and 3,578 boys , I\ . total ot 7,209
or 21 more children at school age 11
the county than were reported las
year.
It's a woman's prl.i1eges to chang' '
not only her mind , but her name ai
well.
cavatlons marltlng the barrace ) cellars ,
deep pits , once powder magazines , a
noble locust grove planted in the early
fort days , whoso seeds have given life
to a multitude of other locust groves
In the state. Every year the farmer's
plow and the gardener's ralce reaps a
harvest ot military buttons and early
coins. Spanish coins ot the seventeenth -
toenth and eighteenth centules maleo
the buIlt of the crop , showing how
close the connection with Spain and
how long after American purchase and
occupation her mintage maintained Its
supremacy. Somewhere-wlthln a few
I hundred yards ot this field bearing Its
annual harvest of rellcs-Is the spot
where Lewis and Clark sat vis-a-vis to
Nebraska Indians In the first Louisiana
purchase council. No student of the
place Is yet bold enough to drive a
stake and cry "Eureka. " At the IJ1lse
of the plateau ran the river in 1804
and in 1819 , whose wat.ers are now
three mites away toward the Iowa
bluffs , with marsh and ) alcc and cultivated -
vated farms between.
In the da's of Fort AUelnson the hIlI
above the plateau was occupied by the
fort cemetery , where were burled several -
eral hundred soldiers an'd others.
After the military abandonment the
headstones were broken , scattered and
lost , except parts at two with the date
1823 , now In the museum of the Nebraska -
braska State Historical socloty. Th
very mounds themselves were for the
most part obllterated , and on the
slopes where the rains wash the plow
now and then throws out a fragment
at a human skeleton.
In November , 1901 , J. A. Barrett and
A. E. Sheldon , of the Nebraska State
Hlstorlca ) society office staff , explorel1
and photographed the teatures of both
sites under the gUld mce of W. H.
Woods , who has llved on the ground
for thirty years and bas a passion for
hlstorlca ) work. On our return the
suggestion was made that the centen-
nla ) of the council ought to be cele-
brated. In June , 1902 , Mr. E. E. Blackman -
man of the historical society visited
the 81t6 and In discussion with Mr.
Woods proposed the erection ot a
monument. These were the .prellm-
inary steps by the Nebraska State Historical -
torical society.
On the other hand , Ule Daughters of
the America. Revolution , Independent
of any outaill5U'l'f'f.ion ! , were movIng -
Ing In the same directIOn. In the summer -
mer of 1899 ladles of the Omaha chapter -
ter visited the site of old Fort Atldn-
son , were charmqd with Its beauty and
associations , and dlrllssed pans ) for
erecting a monument to marlc Its 'slte.
In the summer of 1901 , Mrs. S. B ,
Pound" at Lincoln , state regent of the
D. A. R. , noted the report of the erection -
tion of the Pllte monument In Kansas.
This stimulated her zea ) to do the
same by the historic sites In Nebraska.
fhe : : 'read uphe early records and ,
finding that the Lewis ao < l Clarle (
I ( 'ouncll was held on the Fort AUdnsol1
plateau , propostJl at a meeting hel
In October , 1901 , the project of marle.
Ing the site. At. a genPl'al meeting 01
the state cl1 ) t er of the D. A , R. il1
the summer of 1902 It was resolved te
ask the state to taltC the Initiative
According , In the legislative sesslor :
of 1J03 ! , Representative George I
Loomis Qt Dodga county Introduced
l11 approlrlatlnr ; $3,000 to erect ar
: \11r.roprlate m0I111ml'nt. After a har (
fiShl the bill wrss lest.
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) Both the Stal.e IIhtorlca ) soclet ) . am
. the Daughters of the. RevolutiOl
I jolnecl torces in the " 'Inter of 1904 fo :
a common monument 811d celebratlon
A joint meellnr ; IIf , ' ( 'presentatlves 0
. ! ! ( State HI tmC'l1 nodet ) ' , Daughter :
of the Re\'olutlon , and Sone ot till
Revolution waR held at the l\Il11arl
t.otel , Omaha , , fag \ , ] 901 , at whle ]
- committees were DlillC1lnl ( as follows
SorloulIl , . Uurue , : by LR III I' ,
A 10-year-old daughter at Marti I
- Sorensen , who llves at the corner a
Seventeenth and F streets , Fremon1
was quite' badly burned by accldentall ,
overturning a lamp. The laml ) set fir
to bel' cothlng ) and the furniture il
the room , Her Injuries nre very pain
ful , but not dangerous.
Mrs , OeorJe : , wl ow ot the late JIenr
George , the polltllal : economist of No ,
Yorle , died at her homo in l\Ionticelle
N , y" aged GO ) 'ears.
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On program , Mrs , C , S. Lobengler , J.
W , Datten , and A , I , S'lchlor. , On ar
r ngements , J. H , Daniels , Amos
I"leld , trll , A. C. Trouptr . B. n
Pouud , E. Po , Bla : man ,
Since thAt time the committees hM'e
been bus ) ' completing plans for the
celebration , August 3rd , It was resolved -
solved nfter DIuch 11lscusslon to place
the monument In the ) 'ard of the Calhoun -
houn public 31'110 : > 1 , under the shade of
giant locust trees whoso parents /re /
on the old Fort Atlelnson site. Thl
.Is nt some little distance from both
the Fort Atldnson an (1 the probable
Lewis and Clarlte sites , but Is In a conspicuous -
spicuous public place where It can have
the care or Cuturo generntlons of s'chool
children and teachers. After a long
"earch for a Bultab ) Nebraslm stona
to malte the monument , a houlder WM
found by : 'Ilrs. Pound on the form of
Mr. P. Lonsdae ) , about two miles north
at Lincoln. It Is n beautiful bluish
pink Sioux Falls quartzlto , welghln
ahout eight tons , found resting on n
hlllsilio amid a mass ot compc\11IC1n I
11ouders ) and gra'el , where It had been I
dropped hy a melting glacier which' '
carried It on Its long journe ) ' from the
mother lode north of the MissourI
river , This huge boulder hl\s heen.
ralRed lettered and shipped to Fort
Calhoun. where It awaits the celehra-
tlon at the hundred years anniversary
slnco white men anl1 Indlnns firnt
strucle hands on the Nebraslm soli ,
The stone bears on ono faro the Inscription -
scription :
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Daughters at the American
Revoutlon ) , Sona of the
American Revoutlon ) , nnd
the State Historical Society
of Nebraslm.
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Roallltrntiofl Wns 104,3 4 ,
The total registration for homestead -
stead homes on the Rosebud reservation -
tion to be opened by the government
was 104,324 , distributed as toHows :
Bonesteel , 34,004 ; Fairfax , 8,690 ;
Yanleton , 57,434 ; Chamberlain , ,13G.
There Bre about 2,1300 Quarter sec.
tlons to b opened to homestead entry -
try , the drawing for which 'Till be held
under government supervision al
Cbamberlnln , S. D. , August 28.
Commissioner 'V. A. Richards of the
gener l land olllc has wft Washing. .
ton for Bonesteel , S. D. , where he wllJ
superlntenf ! tll0 drawing which opens
to settlement nearly halt a million
Bcrea ot lands formerly belonging to
the Rosc ud Indian rcsermtlLm. .
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Let the l'l&ht 00 On.
A telegram trom Cleveland , 0 : , says :
"A tremendous fight is brewing be.
tween the steel Interests and the big
, railroads ot the United States. The
cause ot the impending war Is the un.
derstandlng that the United StatOE
Steel corporation Is planning to build
a railroad tram Loraln to Plttsburg ,
The railroads say that if this Is done
they will first refuse either to accept
shipments from or gtve business tc
t this road. In addition they thNateIl
to bulld mills with which to malee al :
the Bloel that Is used by the railroad !
I that are represented In what Is Imowr.
as the community of Interests. "
nlo , . Cut G. A. R. nnte ! ! .
Dissatisfied with the conditional ratl
proposition being put forth by thl
Central.l l > assepgcr association lines Ir
connection with the G. A. R. encamp.
l ment at Boston , the lines ot the West.
ern Passenger aesoclatlon hl\.ve de
clded to fix no special rates east 0
Cl cago. Tichets 1\)9 on sale Augus
12 , when rate cutting IL' anticipated.
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I Children's Dn , . In st. I.onh.
I It Ie announced that the world's fal :
management has decided to admit chll
dren under fifteen years old free 01
certain dates to be specffled from tlml
to time. It Is decided that August :
would be the first date for free ad
missions \1nde this rule. There mus
be one adult to each five children tc
SQt the benefit at the rule.
Impatient Morchant-"When arl
you going to mahe up your mind to pa :
me for that bedstead you bought 81 :
weelts ago ? "
Impass\'e ! Customer-"Well , I neve
malto UI ) my mind In a hurry abou
anything. You'll have to let me sleeJ
on It some moro. "
l\Ustress-"And so 'ou are going tl
get murled , Bridget ? "
Irish Sefnt"Yes , mum ; you see
I thlnle every glr ) ought to 'get mar
rled at least once In her life , "
Mrs. Cutter-What were those large
red , white and blue Ivory lozenges
saw In your poccct } Illst night ?
Mr. Cutter-Oh , those-those ar
trading stamp3 , m ) ' dear.
Mr . Cutter-There , that's just wha
I thought they were , but mamma de !
elares they had Iomethlng ! to do wltl
some lelnd of a gamo.
John Gehhart Eold his large and wel
Improved farm three miles east 0
Phillips , to W. R. Lonof / Washing
\ ' ton Center , 1\10. , conBlderatlon , $10 ,
000. ; ' , Ir , I.onl ; will toltl' T'"ac. . ' ' ' '
of the place Bomo time In October , MI
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REPUBLICAN PLATFORM STATE.
MENTS ABSOLUTEL.Y TRUE.
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HIstory Proves That Tariff Reduction
Has Always Been Followed by lausl.
nCl3 Adversity , While Higher Tar- !
[ ffs Have Brought Business Prosperity -
perity ,
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The anI ) ' , 'ulnernble point found In
the Hepubllcl1.n 111l1tCorm , trolD the
Del1100catlc and lugwumJ.1 etandl10nt [ ,
is the sentence :
"A Domocratlc tnrf [ { has always
blJen Collowed b ' business ndvorslt ) . ,
a Hellubllcan tariff h ) ' bus'ness [ l11'OS-
perlty , "
'rho statement might haTe been
wordl'rJ a little dlrterently nndl'etalnod
the snmo meaning , Pla'forms \ nro not
details amI plnnka are oot olabora.
tlun : : ! . arcnlun el'l 'ing IH'lncllles nro
enunciated In the tcr.sest 110SSttlo : wny ,
never amhlguous to the honest Inter'
preteI' , but sometimes capable olmuch
twisting by the demngoguo. Porhnlls ,
for the benefit of our free traders , the
sentence fhould have rend :
' ' 'rnrler reduction has nlwn's been
Collowell by business ndverstty ; higher
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tariffs b ) ' buslncss prosperft ) . ,
This Is whnt the 1)lank mrons , nnd
this [ s what the free traders lcnow It
mean9 , and the ) ' also lenow that It Is
truc , although the Springfield Rel11lbll-
can ho"'ls "liar" nnd the Now Yorle
Times contents Itself with "menda.
clous" and " 8I11y , " whllo the Boston
Herald , New York Evening Post nnd
their echoes thlnle it osltlvely sha.mc-
ful.
ful.The
The Springfield Relubllcnn goen to
the "Tartfl Hand Doolt" of too Amerl.
can Protectlv Tariff h ague and ixes
up one ot the tables to sull Itset [ , For
Instance , It says :
Act or Chnrnctcr. State or buslnellI.
1S-Woo eel ree-trade. . . .Gobd times ns n rule
up to 1657. .
Reference to the files ot the Ropub-
) lean In the early fifties in both Its
editorials und news columns , will
8how who Is doing the lying at this
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tlon of the RCll.bllcan partth pnrtJ
at protection ,
In 1816 , the tarlrr was reduced nnd
adversity corne ,
I.n 1824 , the tariff wus Increased 'an
prosporft ) . camo.
In 1828 , the tarlrr waR sUIi further
Increased , and increased prosperity
was the rcsult.
In 1833 , the tnritr was changed by n
measure enl1lng for gradual reduc.
tlons , nnc1 80011 aCter the first roduc ,
tlon buslncss lleprosskm rc.sllttcd , and
when tllQ second reduction 'WQS mnde
came pnnle and ruin ,
A high tariff WRR onack > d tn 1842 ,
and with It C I1a return to prosper.
It ) . ,
This brin 11S again to 1C-IG , with
Its re uction of duties , nnd In spite
of most Cnvornhlo attolldant conditione
wo soon found ourselves where Sam ,
uel Bowles crlcII to Congress for mer.
03 { , nntl the Hell\lhlicau howled for n
return to protectloll , Dut the Creo
tl.tulers of the South l\1\oW \ tholr busl.
ness , nnll hi 185'1 cllmo still lower du ,
tics nlld still moro moor [ ) ' .
That Is In brief the story In 1tew
sentences which UIO above plank tells
In a few wortls. A1Hl no amount of
squirming by free trallers or cries of
"liar" nnll "me11l1aclo\ls" will change
l1lstorr or alter facts.
Every tariff reduction In our history ,
without exception , has resultCllln bus.
Iness depression Bud adversity ; nnll
every Incrense in the ttU'ltr , without
oxcepthm , hus resulted in prosporlt ) . ,
That Is the Issuc , gentlemen , and that
will slvo us the victory ,
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The MInta or th. Mitis.
( TUne-'IW n Johnnll ) Comes MarchinG
Homo. " )
EI ht ) } 'ars ngo 'Us very sure
'I ho times were boo :
"Slx , , " to ono" wall Dryan' cure . ,
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'rhe sliver "tall.
He Imlll It wo the m tll woulll Rtnrt ,
AnI ! coin "ellppell" l\oHars \ n-Ia-carte . ,
Prolt\erlt ) . would cheer each hea1.t
And sorrow nce away.
Ehtht years ago , when tlntes were hard , :
Ami bl\d-llo ball-
McKlnlfl ) ' held the winning carll ,
The cum ho Imd.
'He Imll' Ir we the mills woulll start ,
Ami gl\'o home lalor back Its part ,
Pl'OJ.'Ip'rlty woull1 Jov Impart
And drlvo the wo1t away.
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- ever again the arguments concerning I
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- the st.ate ol business 'under the tariff
_ of 1846 , None but n. tew free l1'ador
f who consider that truth Is a lie well
stuck to maintain that we had no hard
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times under that tariff.
"Dut what about 1873 and 1884 ? ye ls
the tree trader. We will say that un.
der the Merrill tnr ff and war tariffs
r we were doing splendidly , until 1872 ,
_ when it was thought best to malC reo
ductlons , and UICSO roductlons were
not only on n general 10 lQr ccnt
hasls , but many articles were put on
the free list. It can bo said , further ,
that these reductions and transference
to the free list came at a very untor.
J tunate time , and , aggravated by the
money situation , IJro\llght \ about the
panic of 1873 , and the business depres.
slon which followed. Duties , as a
whole , were , however , protective , and
under the protection thus afforded we
recovered and went onward In the
march of prosperity and progress.
Dut alns ! In 1883-n'1ere were Repub.
IIcans with "Ideas , " and tho. result
was compromise , and another vital re.
ductlon ot duties , particularly In the
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wool lnl ustn" . 'rhe tree lIst " "as furth.
er Increased , and again the result was
_ "Duslness depression , from which , how-
evep , wo recoverell because at the gen.
eral IJrotectivo character at the lav.
As the Uepubllcan admits hard
times under the tariff or 189-1. wo will
Q slmlly turn to the other sldo.
. In 18GO , the Uepubllcans found the
country and Its Ifldustrlos paralyzed ,
- Protection brought prosperit ) . .
In 1890 , duties were Incrcaljed and
prospcrlty Increased with ggantlo [
strides.
In 1897 , the country and its people
wcre banlerupt , nnd again n resort to
p"otocl on not only brought prosperity ,
, but brought It In a measure unplral.
lelNI In the history of nations.
Now , to go baclr. prior to the forma.
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Eight plenteous 'ears have since passed
by ,
JIurrp.h ! IIurrnhl
No morl ! the kids trom hunger cry ,
HUlTnhl Hurrah !
McKlnleY' I'lnn to start the mlJls
Droll'ht ! baele good cheer o'er'alo and
hlUs ,
Expettlnt ! all our l < rec-Trl1de Ills ,
AnI ! tllo mlnti-whyl They're nIl
right.
Prtectlon first , make no mlstalte ,
Hurrah ! Hurrnhl
Then r'qlproclty-not take-
JIurmhl Hurrah !
Our plnttorm rl\vors Uncle Sam ,
Blands pat for every honest man ,
Put all lawbreakers under ban ,
Anl1 gUllrds our liberties.
Our nominees III nineteen-tour ,
Hurrah ! Hurrah I
Are sllre to win lho race gnlore ,
Hurrahl Hurrllhl
1\'lth Hoosovolt tried nnll Fairbanks true ,
And Oregon's nineteen tllouslmd plu-
The Demles-nt the finish-whew !
Will not bo In the raco.
-gdwln A. Hartshorn.
What McKInley Thought ,
The tariff busters have juggled WltIl
President : McKinley's Duffalo Speecll
In puerllo effort to prov that III
favored reciprocity , oven In compeU
tlve products , which he never did
or Republican reciprocity the lament
ed president said : "Our endenvol
s\1ould \ alw "s bo the opening up 01
new marlwts for the l1roducts of OUI
countr ) ' by granting concessions te
the products ot other lands that we
need and cann t produce ourselvcs
and which do not InvQlve nny Joss 01
lahar to our own people , but tend te
Increase their elUployment-Freo
port ( III. ) Journal.
The fleal [ ssue ,
Nlne-tenths or the newspaper com
menw. both DMnocratic and Ropub
Hcan , are devoted to the tariff anI
roclvroclty planles at the l11atforn
adol1tcd at Chicago. The Barno pro
Iortlon will undoubtedt. , " hold goo I
throughout the entire campaign , Wh <
sa's now that the tariff is not at
Issue-In tact , ulmost the only Issu. .
-which separates the two partIes h
the cent st ot 1904 ?
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'n SILV R IJINING.
SWEET THOUGHT TO SUSTAIN
. THE FAL. TERER.
' ' 'Tis Well , Perchance , We Arc Tried
and Bowed ; For Be Sure , Though
We May Not Oft ec It Delow ,
There's a Sliver Lining to Every
Cloud. "
'rho ) Joot or vrlellt who told liS thl8
lerve.1 : ! nmnklnll III the hoUest wl1yf
For It lit UI' the carth with the Btar o [
Wlss .
Tlmt lJeaeons the 80ul with'cheerrul ,
rny , . . .
roe otten wo wanl1er l1espalrln& , and
lJIII\lI. '
nrenthll011' ullelcs > 1 murmurs alolllii
Out 'tIo1 ! 1 < 111I101' to bltl US seck a'ld flnu
" . \ IlIver ! lining to every oloul1. " .
: \Ior wo nol walk In the 1111\1tle grounll
\ \ here nought but nutumll's dead
Ie/\\'es 1\1'0 seen : '
Uut I'l'l1rch lJenellth them , and peoplng
n rO\ll1l1
. \1'0 the ) 'ollns Ftlrlng turts or blue
1\1111 greclI ,
" 1'18 Il beautlru [ c 'o thnt eVer perceives
' 1'ho III'CSCIICO or Oed 11mortality's
crowd : '
'Tis n tllWlllg creell that thlnlts anll
bcllo\'cs
\ "
"Thcro's 1\ sliver lining to every
cloUd. " ,
l.ct US loole closel ' botoro ' , " 0 conl1enm
BUlllleli that bellr flO bloom nor trult ,
TluI'e 11111) ' not bo beauty III leaves or
slcm ,
Hut virtue mo ) ' dwell rar down tit the
root ;
hnl1 let \Is" beware how wo utterly spurn
Drothers . thnt 8el'tn 1111 co1c1 anl1 proud :
It thelt. bOlloll\s were oJlonell , perchance
We II1lght
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! 'here's 11 sliver lining to overT cloul ! , "
I.et US not CIlSt out Mercy nnd Truth .
When Guilt Is beroro115 In chains
and shame , I
When Jln8slon nnd vice hn\'e canltored
Youth ,
And Ago IIvos on with 11 brandtll .
fl1\II1O ;
Somethlnl : oC good may stili bo there ,
' 1'holl'h ! It'oleo may no\'cr bo heard
III0ul1 ,
For , whllo blnek with the "npors or pes-
tIIellt nlr ,
"Thero'suslh'cr lining to over ) ' cloud. "
gad are the sorrows tlmt oftontlmes
come ,
lIellv ' and dull anll blighting and
chili ,
ShuttlnJ ; the light trom our heart' nnd
our home ,
Murrin ! : our hOJ1t's and der'lng our
wl\l \ :
Uut lot 118 nllt , .Ink beneath the woe :
' 'rls well , Itrchnnce , we uro tried an
bOIVed : I
For bo 'Illrn. though we may not ort see
It below , . .
" 'I'here's , 11 IIUver lining to every cleud. "
And when stern Death , with skeleton
hand ,
lIns snntched the newer that grow In
our hrenst ,
Do wo not think ot n fairer land , ,
Where the IOlll arc round and the
WOUl' ) ' at resl ?
Oh , the hope or the unknown Future
t1PI'lngs
In itA IlIlreRt strength o'er the ceffin
nnd shroudl
The shadow Is lIonse , but Faith's IIplrlt-
volco sings :
' ' 'rhero's 11 sll\'er linIng to every eloull. "
-Elizll Cook. '
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WANTED TO GET EVEN. I
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DQwn-Trodden Man Eager for SatIs.
faction Before He Died. '
Aboard the great ship the slIenco of
dCBpalr reigned. She had otrucle on an
uncharted rect , and owIng to the heav ) '
sea the boats had either been steve In
against the ship's side or swamlled In
lho attempt to lowor. A stalwart pass.
enger stole up to the captain's aidc' .
"Do ) 'ou thlnle , captAin , " he uslecd ,
"thnt there Is the slightest chance 01
our being saved ? " I
"Look here , " said thq slelpper , In'
tones at disgust , "that's the fourth
time you'vO aslccd mo that questl n.
WII ) ' . you great .lubberly brutQ , I bo-
Hove you're . the greatest coward
e.board ! "
"S.sh ! No , I'm not , " said the burly
lJassenger. "Dut loole hero : You see
that old buffer Btandlng by the rail ?
Well , he's my rich uncle , end all my
lire I've done nothing but put up with
: n s cantanlccrousness and humor lilm
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every wa ) ' I could. But It the ship's
going down , and thoro's no hope , I'lf
Jilco tlmo to give him just one gl\1l1
soun Icicle for nil the lroublo ho has
lJUt me to ! "
Just then the ship ot rescue hove 1n
sight , and above the Sll Ut ot joy the
raucous volco ot the old man by ho
rail was henrd , commanding his dutl.
ful nephew to totch his bed.socks and
hol.water bottle from his wator.logged
.tnteroom. ,
A Sic , " Yankee ,
Europe cnn never , It seems , get used
to the yanlcoo way of doing buslnoss ,
eVln In England , where ono would
thln1c the ' had enough exporlence to
understand WI.
One London paper devotes consld.
erablo space to telling of the visit of
an American ml11lonal1'e , who cu led
lo a London firm that he would call
UIJOn them on the next Wodne day nt
10:30 a. m. Almost on the minute he
arrived and taIlwd to the senior part'
, ner for twenty minutes at a rate thnt
almost gave the Londoncr heart fall.
tire. Next day he came again , and In
thirty minutes had closed n. deal that
. meant a good many thousand pound8
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a year to the London firm , and on Sat.
urday was on thO' ocean again , bound
for New York , leaving the partners In
n daz ; which was dispelled only by
contemplatlns the Blgnature on the
paper.
ToIS the wonder would bo , not ho , !
h finished his business so soon , but
what he did with all that time between
Thursday and Saturda ) ' . - Dos ton
Globe.
In the Wrona Department ,
A prominent pl.yslcan [ tells this
stor ) ' at the eXllellse of the modern , :
craze tor IIpeclallzation In the medical "
profession : A poor woman trom the "I
East Side of New Yorl ( went lo a I
nenr.by dispensary to asle aid for her
little 110n , who hnd one ot his fingers
smashed with a baseball bat. At the
first room wboro she aplll1ed she was : :
. told b ) ' a curt attendant that the boy . ; '
could not lIe treated therQ ,
"Wrong place , " ho eoplalncd : , "this
Is the o 'e and oar department. "
"Yere Is der thumb nmi finger de- ' ,
IJartment ? " inquired the woman , simp.
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