A QUESTION.
death be an eternal sleep ,
Why doth the spring return
To floattir flowers beneath our feet ,
And tha wastes of winter spurn ? *
If death be an eternal sleep ,
Why doth the burled grain
fiend forth new harvests for men to reap
And whiten the spreading plain ?
If death bo an eternal deep ,
"Why the ocean's ceaseless flow ,
When the planets all their Journeys keep
And never weary grow ?
If death bo an eternal sleep ,
Why do we hope for heaven ,
When we approach the mercy seat
And ask to bo forgiven ?
If death be an eternal sleep ,
When will justice come ,
To those who toll for others' meat ,
And receive but scanty crumbs ?
If death bo an eternal sleep ,
Why did the angels go
The poor man to bear to Abraham's seat
While the rich man was In woe ?
If death be an eternal sleep ,
Why was man e'er born ,
And why should ho his vigils keep ,
If there Is no coming morn ?
RAYS OP LEARNING.
Many things in the course of human
life are grievous for want of rightly
pondering this trnth : that if we need
them not , we should hardly meet with
them , and if we do need them , we
ought not to wish an exemption from
them. [ Dill wyn.
A wise man looks upon men as he
does upon horses ; all their caparisons
-of title , wealth and place he considers
but as harness. [ Cecil.
Wickedness may well be compared tea
a bottomless pit , into which it is easier
to keep one's self from falling , than ,
being fallen , to give one's self any
stay from falling infinitely. [ Sir P.
Sidney.
Be true to your own highest convic
tions. Intimations from our own
souls of something more perfect than
others teachif faithfully followed , give
us a consciousness of spiritual force
and progress never experienced by the
vulgar of high life or low life , who
march as they are drilled , to the step
of their tunes. [ Channing.
Extinguish vanity in the mind , and
you naturally retrench the little super
fluities of garniture and equipage. The
. blossoms will fall off themselves when
the root that nourishes is destroyed.
[ Steel.
They who have never known pros
perity , can hardly be said to be happy ;
it is from the remembrance , of joys we
have lost that the arrows of affliction
are pointed. [ Mackenzie.
The improvement of the understand
ing is for two ends. First , our own in
crease of knowledge ; secondly to en
able us to deliver and make out that
knowledge to others. [ Locke.
The Nebraska State Historical Society.
To the People of the State.
The Nebraska state historical society ,
organized 1878 , has been without any
means , financially , other than very
limited contributions by members , as
membership fees and annual dues. The
sums thus derived have not be'en suf
ficient to defray incidental running ex
* I penses , stationary , postage , express ,
etc. Under even these adverse circum
It stances , we" have , collected a great deal
of valuable historical matter'and data ,
but without means for their publica
tion. At the session of the legislature
in 1888 an act was passed recognizing
the society as a state organization , re
quiring reports annually to the gover
nor , and providing for publication of
such , in pamphlet or book form , as ex
tent of matter will demand.
I am now engaged making up a re
port embracing the transactions of so
ciety , and data obtained Irom its or
ganization to , and including the year
1884 , We need more , in order to make
such a volume as will be of greatest
value to the state. We have reliable
and detailed histories of 38 of the 67 or
ganized counties. We should have
them all. We have biographies of ter
ritorial governors , Burt and Black ; of
Senator Hitchcock ; of pioneer citizens ,
Dr. Lowe , Stocking , Morrow , Mrs.
Mason , Mrs. Morton and Mrs. Creigh-
ton. We should have scores of such.
From early settlers still alive , auto
biographies are desirable , and will be
more valuable , especially if accompa
nied with early historical recollections
and reminiscences. We cannot visit
in person in order to obtain these. Can
only make an appeal through this me
dium , and that of the press. The press
has been generous and liberal , and will
doubtless so continue. <
For present purposes , we desire , es
pecially from earliest settlers say
those of , and prior to the first decade
of territorial existence , and all past or
present territorial and state official ,
answers to , substantially , the following
questions :
1. Name in full. Not initials , but
given names complete.
2. Exact date of birth.
3. Place of birth.
4. Names and nativity of both per
sons.
6. Any further account of your an
cestry will be desirable , or reference
, ) 12. Any
' early life in this state.
18. Business engaged in here.
14. Public offices held United States ,
state or county. Where , and how long.
16. If you are or have been connect
ed with'any corporation , society , pub
lic institution , secret order or church , ,
either as an officer or member , please
state facts of same.
16. If you served in the United States
army , please give dates of enlistment
and jl
an < of the ? new paper , " and A. E. 01
yoi
isit its editor. P1
lift del the figures of Charlie , Boyle , who no
tipround taking the census of school
% n , last week , there are 16G school
en in this district.
sw se
be r hardware men have sold an iin- th
: ! amount of barbed wire to par- re
reHi
tiv ving up on the Frenchman. Mc- Hi
toify and settlement of Nebraska , bio
graphical notes of our pioneers and o
eminent citizens , deceased ; and facts
illustrative of our Indian tribes , their
history , characteristics , sketches o
their prominent chiefs , orators ant
warriors , together with contributions
of Indian implements , dress , orna
ments and curiosities.
2. Files of newspapers , books , pam
phlets , college catalogues , minutes o
ecclesiastical conventions , associations
conferences and synods , and other pub
lications relating to this slate.
3. Drawings and descriptions of ou
ancient mounds and fortifications , thei
size , representation and locality , i
any.
4. . Information respecting any an
cient coins or other curiosities fount
in Nebraska. The contribution of such
articles to the cabinet of the society is
respectfully solicited.
5. Indian geographical names o
streams and localities in this state , with
their significations.
G , Books of all kinds , and esoecially
such as relate to American history ,
travels and biography in general , and
the west in particular , family genealo
gies , old magazines , pamphlets , files
of newspapers , maps , historic nianu-
scrips , autographs of distinguished
persons , coins , medals , paintings , portraits
traits , statuary and engravings.
It is desirable to have a full attend
ance at our annual and quarterly meet
ings. We intend , during thi ? year , to
inaugurate new social and other feat
ures , by which they will be " made more
attractive and interesting Still , these
meetings are but the machinery by
which the organization is kept in mo
tion. The real is work is done ad in
terim all the while. Will the people
aid ? We are willing to give our time
free in this work. Let us have mater
ial , and we pledge a volume of inter
est , and worthy perusal and preserva
tion. As the duty of preparing the
first report has be m devolved on the
president , for the present address the
undersigned at Brownville , Neb.
fioBT. W. FURNAS , President.
Sir Sydney Waterlow.
[ larper's Magazine.
Sir Sydney is one of the most li've
and useful men "the City" can boast ,
and one of the most practical philan-
; hropists of philanthropic. England.
Born in 1821 , he was at thirteen head
boy of the Southwark grammar school ,
and the next year was apprenticed to
the government printer , Mr. Thomas
Harrison , who put him in charge , in
his eighteenth year , of the private
printing press in the foreign office in
Downing street. At twenty-one , his
apprenticeship over , he .crossed the
Channel , and while in Paris worked as
a compositor in the Galignani estab-
ishment. The year following he
oined his father and brothers in build-
ng up what is now the enormous sta
tionery and printing business known
as Waterlow & Sons , limited. In those
days printing and lithography had not
superseded the-"law writer , " and Sir
Sydney will tell of his own experiences
n spending the midnight ink , when
clerks from offices all over the city used
o eke out their day pay by joining of
an evening the great staff of copyists at
'the writers , " whose pens were" flying
; o make ready the parliamentary bills
or the next day. It was largely through
Sir Sydney himself that improved
methods came in vogue. Hard
work brought success and hon
ors. In 185Q he .became common
councilman for the ward of Broad
street , and in 186S alderman for the
? ard of LangboUrn ; in" 1866 , sheriff ,
when he was knighted ; " in" 1872 , lord
mayor , when he was made a baronet ,
Sttr. Gladstone expressing his. lively
satisfaction in tendering , the honor to
one "who , independently of the high
office which he holds , has deserved so
well of the people of this great me-
ropolis for his intelligent and inde-
atigable philanthropy. " He is the
lead , as treasurer , of St. Bartholo
mew's hospital , to which , in 1872 , he
> resented Lauderdale " house , Highgate ,
vith its fine grounds , "newly fitted as a
convalescent home. He' was from 1874
to the general election in 1880 the asso
ciate of Sir John Lubbock as a mem-
> er of parliament for Maidstone , but
* ince that year he has represented the
mportant borough and port of Grave-
send. To be at once an M. P. , a Lon
don alderman , and the head of a great
lospital and of many philanthropies ,
demands * an industrious devotion for
which the honors do not pay extrava
gant interest. London also owes to
lim the police telegraph and Hospital
Sunday fund. Sir Sydney Waterlow
las recently resigned his position as
alderman , after a service of more than
a quarter of a century. It will inter
est "kin across the sea" to know that
he present Lady Waterlow is anAmer-
canlady.
Talk of the Toddlers.
"Hurry , mamma , " said a little child
vith a cut finger , "it's leaking. "
"Johnnie , I told you co get me warm
rater. That isn't warm , is it ? "
"It doesn't lukewarm , ma , but it
s. " [ Yonkers Gazette.
A little girl on Carletoa street was
resented with a doll by an older sister
he other day. The child , noticing a
) ruise or indentation in the wax , said ,
'I dess it was born in a hurry. "
When little Mary went on board a
ferryboat for the first time , as the boat
began to move she looked up very
much astonished. "Why , mamma , "
she asked , "where are the ferryboat's
feet ? "
Totor's mamma said to him : "My
son , why did you open the door of your
little bird's cage ? " Totor hesitated an
instant and then replied : "Mamma , I
wanted to give him. more air. " Chi-
< go Sun.
ur Ipwo children in the Tutleries gar-
ubli were extolling the qualitiesof their
pective papas
junt 'Mine is as tall as the garden wall , "
one.
'My papa can see over the wall. "
Fyot 'And mine , too , when he has his hat
ic p " [ Parisian Pickings ,
uniay School Teacher What has
lem lesson to-day taught us ?
little Boy That we must shun evil ,
'eacher But we are told that money
'the ' root of all evil. Now , what far-
does the lesson teach ?
Little Boy That we must shun the
evil and grab the root. [ Pittsburg
Chronicle-Telegraph.
A little French boy awakened his
mother early the other morning to ask
her what God is , and whether ho had
eyes , a nose and a month.
"My child , " replied the mother , half
asleep , "God is everything , the heav
ens , the infinite everything you can't
understand. "
"Then , " said the child , "God must
be an American , for there are some
little American boys at school and I
can't understand them at all ! "
[ French Fun.
The Language of Postage Stamps.
Philadelphia Record.
"There is one of the sort of letters
that make me tired , absolutely so tired
that I can't even swear , " remarked * a
clerk at the postoffice last night , i n a
tone of deep disgust , as ho tossed aside
a pink envelope from a pile of letters
on which he was cancellingthe stamps.
The offending missive fell on a corner
of the table among a dozen others
which bad all in a measure contributed
to the clerk's "latigue , " and after he
had concluded his task he reached over
and pulled the lot toward him.
"Just see here , " he said , continuing
his wail ; "not one of these letters is
properly stamped. Look at this , the
stamp on the upper left hand corner ,
and this one is down at the bottom , and
this right in the center , with a heart
drawn around it , and , hang it ! why ,
here's a new racket , the stamp stuck
on the back , " and as he rattled on he
gave each of the epistles a vicious jab
with the canceling stamp and then
tossed it into the mail bag.
"Do you run across many of that
kind ? "
"Do I ? Well I'm
, pretty good-na
tured , and you wouldn't hear me kick
ing if it was only once in a while ; but
they come along by dozens , and , by
Jove , around Christmas and St. Valen
tine's day about half the extra mail is
stamped in some awkward way. "
"Who do it ? "
"Well , principally silly people who
are in love. I fancy most of the letters
stamped in those queer ways are love
letters or valentines or Christmas cards.
Look at this , " and he fished out the
pink envelope before mentioned. It
was directed in a feminine hand to a
man in Norristown , had the stamp in
the center , with a conventional heart
drawn around it , and smelt like a cake
of hotel toilet soap. "Now I must
say I don't often get 'em that bad. If
I did I'd soon go crazy , for you don't
biow how exasperating it is to have
to stop and change your regular clock-
like work because one of these things
comes along and breaks up your steady
trot , as it were. "
"Perhaps there is some language of
postage stamps , and different positions
nean different sentiments , " suggested >
; he reporter. "For instance : Up in .
; he left corner , 'I love ; ' in the lower
eft corner , 'Do you love ? ' "
Of course there is. and I'll tell you
list how it goes. Whenever a stamp
s put anywhere but in the upper right-
land corner it means just this : The .
man , woman or child who stamped
the letter is either a fool , or a crank ,
or an idiot , or wants to be smart , .
or1 " Here the conversation was ;
cut off by the irate clerk being called
away , and the scribe went out in the
dark night.
Adelaide Neilson's Lover.
Philadelphia Times. c
Society and the stage both had a f
- : i
frightful'shockin the sudden death of
Admiral Carr Glyn. The prospective Tg Td
jord Wolverton was a universal favor-
te , really an intimate of the Prince of g
t ; (
IVales , and one of the few Englishmen ti .
whom the Duchess of Edinbnrg seemed tisi
; o like. His death finishes the chapa
: er of the Adelaide Neilson romance.
n
! think there is no doubt he would have
married that beautiful Peg Wellington
f she had lived until after the admiral's -
„
daughters were married and out of the IV
need of paternal chaperonage. His
was the ideal character of the sailor :
rank , generous , loyal , staunch , and
.rue. . It was those" qualities which set
him apart from the crowd of Neilson's
other lovers ; he loved and was capa- ;
) le of making a generous sacrifice for
hat love ; therefore he offered mar
riage. She loved , too , and popularly ,
but it was of him alone she thought
when she sat down , with testamentary
> en and paper , and faced death. His
uneral service was an impressive
ceremony. The interment is to >
> e made in the family burying
ground somewhere in the country , but
or the convenience of those in town when
wished to pay a last tribute of respect
a service was held in St. Mary Abbott's ,
lensington , of which church the cousin
of the deceased , the Honorable and
Rev. Carr Glyn , is the vicar. The
coffin was borne into the church by
slue jackets and over it was thrown a
union jack , upon which was placed the
deceased admiral's insignia , his hat ,
sword and epaulettes. The admiral's
two sons , Henry and Frederick Glyn ,
walked as chief mourners directly be
hind the coffin , and following them
came the Prince of Wales , who seemed ,
: o have difficulty in restraining his tears
from flowing. Exactly thus was it I
saw Admiral Glyn himself walk , weep
ing , behind Neilson's coffin , and I - assure ;
sure you the recollection was one that ,
jrought vividly to my mind the noth-
ngness of all things , the instability of
luman plans. Looking around upon
; he crowded assembly of mourners ,
nvoluntarily I murmured , "Dabit
Oeushis quoque finem ! " [ God will
put an end to these also. ] And then
; omes the never answered question ,
"Why ? Why all this suffering , striv
ing , anguish , love and death ? "
ANTHRACITE FOE THE WEST.-
Five BUlllon Tons to Be Sent There This
Tear.
Philadelphia liocord.
The amount of anthracite coal to be
taken west this year is said by the pro
ducing companies to be greater than
ever before known. It is variously es
timated at from 4,000,000 to 5,000,000
tons. The officials of the Philadelphia
and Reading raiJroad company state
that the latter will be the amount. The
most extensive preparations have been
made in Buffalo for handling this coal
for Western shipment. The Lehigh
Valley railroad company has spent
$3,000,000 , and the Buffalo , New York
and Philadelphia railroad company
fully $1,000,000. The Reading and
New York Central have made extra
preparations , but are bidders for water
front that will give them exceptional
facilities for the shipment of anthracite
coal. Navigation opens upon Lake
Erie on the 1st of April , and the hard
coals will then begin to move to the
lake ports in large quantities. Parties
in this trade state that the west is be
coming the best market for anthracite
coals , especially for domestic purposes ,
and that the only difficulty will be in
shipping it fast enough. In sections
where wood has for years been the only
fuel used , anthracite coal has won great
popularity. One ton is equal to four
cords of wood ; and the price of the lat
ter being § 3 per cord in the forest , and
anthracite coal only § 9 per ton , coal is
the cheaper fuel of the two. The su
periority of the coal over wood in con
venience is readily seen. In St. Louis
there were 300,000 tons of antharcite
coal consumed last year , against 175-
000 tons the year previous , and it is ex
pected that 400,000 tons will be taken
there this year. Chicago is to be the
greatest consumer of anthracite coal
among all the western cities , and a few
figures prepared by the coal-association
of that city will show how rapidly the
anthracite coal trade has there increas
ed. The amount received there in 1880
was 797,349 tons ; in 1881 1,102,748
tons ; in 1882,1,081,421 tons , and in 18-
83 , 1,245,411 tons. This year there
will not be less than 2,000,000 tons dis
posed of in that market. The mana
gers of the anthracite trade contend
that the west.will absorb all the
surplus stock.
Jim Wo's Shanghai.
New York Bun.
Mr. Mulcahey lives up stairs in a
Mott street tenement. Ah Jim Wo has
a laundry in the basement. Mr. Mulca-f
hey , who is of a sporting turn of mind ,
kept a red game bantam of' warlike
temperament confined in a three-cor
nered coop in the yard. Ah Jim Wo
has a gigantic shanghai , which he has
been trying for a year to fatten for the
table. Mr. Mulcahey had frequently
expostulated with Ah Jim Wo because
the shanghai pecked at the bantam
through the bars of the cage. Yester
day morning Mr. Mulcahey discovered
the shanghai with a grip upon his
chicken's tail feathers , trying to drag
him through the bars. The chicken
didn't come out , but the tail did.
Mr. Mulcahey was indignant. "Why
don't ye keep that beast av yours in the
bouse ? " he demanded.
"Looster likee fightee you looster , "
explained Ah Jim Wo.
"Them things don't fisht , " exclaimed
Mr. Mulcahey , in disdain.
Ah Jim regarded the game compas-
ionatelv , and exclaimed : "Him too
"
.ittle "
Mr. Mulcahey whispered hoarsely
ind impressively : "Have ye anny
money , Mister Wo ? "
"No got velly much. "
"Can ye cover a five that yer long-
.egged devil'll stan' up till the game ? "
"All lite. Come back , click , " said
kh Jim "Wo , and he tucked the long-
.egged fowl under his arm and retired
o the laundry to prepare for battle.
Mr. Mulcahey winked solemnly at
VIr. Flaherty , who sat on the fence.
Fhen he deftly fastened a jiair of long
jteel gaffs upon his chicken.
Ah Jim Wp reappeared with his
ousin Hop Gee , and several gentlemen
rom up-stairs followed them into the
fard. The Chinaman put his bird
iown and Mr. Mulcahey threw the
jame at him. The game crowe'd , strut-
ed up , and walked around his big an-
.agonist , looking for weaK points. The
ihanghai elevated himself upon his toes
ind looked down sideways at the pig-
uy. The game flew at the stanghai ,
vhich dodged and tried to run , but
-he game headed him off. There was
flutter and a flash , and the feathers
lew from the Shanghai's breast , and
hen Mr. Mulcahey's chicken sneezed
ind lay down upon the ground to do it
iiore conveniently.
"What ails the burrd ? " shouted Mr.
tfuclahey , and then he grasped a
lothes-pole for support , for the big
me set one ponderous foot on the
janie's back , and gave his neck a
vrench , and the little chicken expired.
"Be the powers , " cried Mr. Mulca-
ley , "it's snuff the heathen sprinkled
n his rooster's breast to shanghai me
oor burrd. I'll not pay. "
Ah Jim Wo picked up the dead fowl
ind said : "What do you call 'em pa
oosta's toe ? Lishman cheatee Jim
iVo. "
"I'm beat entirely , Mr. Flaherty , "
laid Mr. Mulcahey , dolefully. "Them
Chinese is full o' deceit. "
How to Read a Novel.
lartford Post.
Open it in the middle ; glance at a
page ; catch the names of the charac-
iers ; turn to the last page to see
whether he married her or she died
ivith angels hovering around the head-
3oard ; turn to the beginning and see
vhat the matter was with the old man ,
lad why he didn't approve of the
match. You have thus acquainted
yourself with all the essential facts of
he novel , and can imagine the moon
light walks , the sylvan dells , the after-
ffl. A. SPALDING ,
AGENT FOR THE
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Sold Low for cash , or on easy payments or
rented until the rent pays Jcr the organ.
M. A. SPALDING , Agent ,
McGOOK , - NEBRASKA.
STOCK DIEEGTOEY
DENNIS M'KILLIP.
Ranch on Red Willow , Thornburg , Hayea
branded * ' J. II. ' '
County , Neb. Cattle on
leftside. Young cattle branded same as
above , also ' J. " on left jaw. Under-alope
branded "E" left
right ar. Horses on
shoulder.
FOR SALE. My range of 1,000 acres of
deeded land in one body , including the
Black and Byfleld hay lands ; timber and
water with two good farm houses and other
improvements. Convenient to No. 1 school
privileges. Situated in the Republican val-
fey west of Red Willow creek. Call on or
address J. F. BLACK ,
RedWillovr , Web.
W. J. WILSON.
Stock brand circle on left shoulder ; also
dewlap and a crop and under half crop on
left ear , and a crop and under bit in the
right. Ranch on the Republican. Post-
jffice , Max , Dundy county , Nebraska.
KENRY T. CHURCH.
Osborn , Neb. Range : Red Willow creek ,
in southwest corner of Frontier county , cat
tle branded " 0 L 0on right side. Also ,
an over crop on right ear and under crop on
left. Horses branded ' ' 8" on right shoulder.
SPRING CREEK CATTLE CO.
Indianola , Neb. Range : Republican Val
ley , east of Dry Creek , and near head of
Spring Creek , in Chase county ,
J. D. WELBORK ,
Vice President and Superintendent.
JOHN HATFIELD & SON.
McOook , Neb. , Ranch 4 miles southeast ,
on Eepublloan.river. Stock branded with
a bar and lazy M on left hip Q
J. B. MESERVE.
Ranch , Spring Canyon on the Frenchman
.i-iver , in Chase county , Neb. Stock branded ,
as above ; also " 717" on left side ; "O.L.
on left hip ; " 7" on right hip and "L."on
right shoulder ; "L. " on left shoulder and
"X. " on left jaw. Half under-crop left
ear , and square-crop right ear.
C. D. PHELPS.
Range : Republican Valley , four miles
west of Culbcrtson , south side of Republi
can. Stock branded " 161" and "f-L. "
P. O. Address , Culbertson , Neb.
THE TURNIP BRAND.
Ranch 2 miles north of McCook. Stock
branded on left hip , and a few double cross -
ea on left side. C. D. ERCANBRACK.
STOKES & TROTH.
P. 0. Address , Carrico , Hayes county.
Nebraska. Range , Red Willow , above Car
rico. Stock branded as above. Alao run the
lazy < N brand.
GEORGE J. FREDERICK.
Ranch 4 miles southwest of McCook , on the
Driftwood. Stock branded "AJ" on the
left hip. P. 0. address , McCook , Nob.
W. N. PROCTOR.
McCook , Neb. , range ; Red Willow creek ,
in southwest corner of Frontier county. Also
E. P. brand on right bip and aide and swal
low-fork inright ear. Horses branded E. P.
onrighthip. A few branded "A" on right
hip.
ALL LIVE DRUGGISTS SELL
RPRLNG BLOSSOM !
* - ' THE * - * GREAT
Ante-Bilious and Dyspeptic Ooze.