. SUMMER DAYd HATK COME.
The summer days have come , dear ,
I'll toll you bow I know ;
Amidst the dandellonod grass
"White headft begin to show ;
-And as I Bat with book Intent
Last night , it came to pass
-A. big Juno beetle came to warm
His feet beside my gas.
Ho dropped down In a shriveled heap ;
I stabbed him with my pen ,
And laid a book upon his corpse
To hold him down , and then
I turned to write a letter
To a friend ' 'about my age , ' '
And ere my first apology
"Was half way down the page ,
"Full twenty bugs had come to see
What kept their comrade so.
They lifted up "Poetic Gems"
And brought him forth , and lol
He straightened out his broken legs ,
Unfurled hie singed wings ,
Humped up his flattened backandslruck
The strain the Juno bug sings.
"Then sang they all about my ears
And drove mo from the room ;
And by these presents do 1 know
That summer dayshavo come.
[ Barbara Moss.
PIONEER PLUCK.
33ow Mrg. McShane Defended Her Home
Against Savages.
Jiocky Mountain News.
Nineteen years ago this season an
enterprising Irishman and his wife
started for Pike's Peak , with thousands
of others , from the states. The young
couple hailed from Pittsburg , Pa. , and
after tarrying a few days in Denver
-started for Kusseville , near the head
waters of Cherry Creek. This point
"
"was then , as now , a great center of at
traction for gold seekers , prospectors
and others. Arriving there with a
slender outfit of provisions and tools ,
David McShnne and his wife , the sub
jects of this sketch , concluded to pro
ceeded a little further toward the set
ting sun. They looked the country
over carefully and decided to take up a
homestead on the beautiful Monument
Oreek. Although it was six miles from
the nearest settlement , yet the pros
pective advantages overruled the pres
ent , and in a short time a rude home
was built , a crop put in and prepara
tions made for the coming winter. As
time passed on four sturdy children
came totgladden this home in the far
west , neighbors settled within a few
hours' ride , and the pioneer's cabin
was made to resemble the home they
had left in the east as far as possible.
The McShanes prospered , and as time
wore on became noted for considerable
possessions. In 1868 a band of Chey-
ennes and Arapahoes swept through
the country , killing the defenceless ,
burning houses and driving off stock.
At this time the father was absent at
Colorado City , attending to neceessary
business. The predatory savages swept
down from Ilussellville , where they had
established a camp , upon the home of
the devoted couple.
But here they met an unexpected ob
stacle. Mrs. McShane had learned to
handle a rifle , and on the approach of
the Indians she collected the children ,
barricaded the doors and windows and
* waited patiently for results. Near the
house were some small stacks of hav ,
and in a field was the live stock , con
sisting of horses and cattle.
The Indians circled around the place ,
keeping out of range of the defenders ,
as it was easy for them to see the house
was occupied. Finally they sent for
ward a messenger , who imperatively
-demanded a surrender , promising all
sorts of pleasant things. The reply was
a rifle snot , and then another , telling
them that there were determined de
fenders in the barricaded place. They
knew that the country behind them was
aroused , and that at any moment an
attack could be expected in the rear.
MpShone's prowesss as a marksman
was well known , and atter a council ,
the attacking party decided to move on ,
not before , however , collecting all the
stock of horses and driving them off.
To prevent this Mrs. McShane was
powerless , and was only too well con
tent that the hay stacks and house were
not burned.
Emerson's Hope , Carlyle's Despair.
Lecture on Kmersou.
You will find many earnest preach
ers of our popular religion to be fer-
yeut in their praise and admiration of
Carlyle. His insistance on labor ,
righteousness and veracity pleases
them ; his contempt for happiness
pleases them , too. I read the other
day a tract against smoking , although
I do not happen to be a smoker my
self. " " said the "
"Smoking , tract , "is
liked because it gives agreeable sensa
tions. Now , it is a positive objection
to a. thing that it gives agreeable sen
sations. " Shortly afterwards I was in
specting a school , and 1 found the
children reading a piece of poetry on
the common theme that we are here
to-day and gone to-morrow. I shall
soon' be gone , the speaker in this poem
was made to say
' 'And I shall be glad to go ,
For the world at best is a dreary place ,
And my life is getting low. "
How usual a language of popular re
ligion that is , on our side of the Atlan
tic at any rate ! But then our popular
religion , in disparaging happiness here
below , knows very well what it is after.
It has its eye on a happiness in a future
life above the clouds , in the New Jeru
salem , to be won by disliking and re
jecting happiness here on earth. And
so long as this ideal stands fast , it is
very well. But for many it stands fast
no longer ; for Carlyle , at any rate , it
had faCed and vanished. Happiness in
labor , righteousness and veracity in
the life of the spirit here was a
.gospel still for Carlyle to preach , and
to help others by preaching. But he
baffled them and himself by choosing
the paradox that we are not born for
happiness at all. Happiness in labor ,
righteousness , and veracity ; in all the
life of the spirit ; happiness and eternal
hope that was Emerson's gospel. I
hear it said that Emerson was too san
guine ; that the actual generation in
America is not turning out so well as he
expected. Very likely he was too san
guine as to the near future ; in this
country it is difficult not to be too san
guine. Very possibly the present gen
eration may prove unworthy of his
high hopes ; even several generations
succeeding this may prove unworthy ol
them. But by his conviction that in
the life of the spirit is happiness , and
by his hope that this life of the spirit
will come more and more to be "sanely
understood , and to prevail , and to work
for happiness by this conviction and
hope Emerson was great , and he will
surely prove in the end to have been
right in them. In this country it is
difficult , as I said , not to be sanguine.
Many of your writers are over-sanguine ,
and on the wrong grounds.
The Boss Snake Story.
The News of Berrien , Ga. , prints the
following : Last Friday Messrs. R. Q.
Houston , B. R. Johnson , George Mc
Millan and W. K. Roberts went on a
deer hunt in the Alapaha river swamp ,
about three miles Irom town. Afte
taking their respective "stands" Mr.
Houston went below about three miles
to "drive" up the swamp. "When he
was near the Brunswick and Western
railway bridge which crosses the Ala
paha three miles east of this place , on
his return , an immense rattlesnake
sprang from the brush and buried its
fangs in the calf of his left leg. He at
once called for help , and fortunately
Mr. J. P. Loyd , section master , who
was having some work done near by ,
heard and responded to his call. By
the time Mr. Loyd reached him , Mr.
Houston's leg below the knee was
swollen to twice its usual size , and he
was suffering great pain. Mr. L. bound
a ligature around the leg above the
knee , and then boarded his hand-car to
.come to Alapaha for a physician. Dr.
Fogle was soon found and hastened to
the scene of suffering. When they
reached Mr. Houston's side , wonderful
to relate , he was found sweetly sleeping
and the swelling was almost gone from
his leg. Around him were lying dead
nearly a half bushel of mosquitoeswho
had drawn the poison from him. The
gentlemen , in great surprise , aroused
Mr. Houston , who , barring a little
weakness from the loss of blood , was
as well as he ever was. This is a won
derful story , and some may be inclined ,
just as we were , to doubt it at first , but
we are personally acquainted with all
the parties mentioned , except Mr.
Houston , and we do not believe they
would vouch for a story not true in
every particular. The snake was killed
by the section hands , and measured
five feet and four inches in length , and
had nineteen rattles and a button.
The Country Editor.
Oakland Acorn.
Somebody has written up the coun
try editor in about two columns of non
pareil for a New York paper. The
subject is not so unpromising as it may
first appear. The country editor has a
hard road to travel. He is the re
porter , the book-keeper , mechanical
superintendent , business manager , col
lector , mailing machine and soliciting
agent of the establishment. His work
is hard , his receipts small and his cred
itors numerous. In a small town an
editor has to steer his course so as to
avoid giving offense to different circles
of society , the religious denominations ,
the business community and the rural
population. If an influential old farmer
svanls a three column notice of his new
barn , it must appear , or Ihe editormust
lose a hundred subscribers. Patchwork
quilts , big beets and phenomenal eggs
also clamor for space in the columns of
: he country paper. In the course of
ime the rural scribe becomes either
jocose or morose , but in either frame he
continues to make friends who de
mand free advertising , and enemies
who work against him. The country
editor is always getting ready to aban
don journalism for something else , but
be rarely carries out his threat. He
generally dies in harness. In some
wild communities editors occasionally
meet with rough treatment. Some-
Limes they are driven out of the coun
try , and when other methods of getting
rid of them fail , they are sent to the
legislature. The city editor gets a good
deal of fun out of the country editor's
work , but the man who bears the bur
den regards it as serious business. The
little local weeklies scattered all over
the country are all in their way poten
tial factors of civilization. They de
velop their localities , bring their re
sources before the world , and in aman-
ner educate their readers. They are
always on the side of the churches , the
school , progress and reform. Men who
ive and die working for such objects
are permanent benefactors and deserve
a substantial reward.
Nebraska's Crops.
listings Gazette-Journal.
A boiling down of the crop reports of
all our state exchanges may be ex-
iressed about as follows : Spring wheat ,
) ats and rye are looking fine and prom-
sing an extraordinary good yield. Rye
is heading out in good style , with long ,
veil filled heads and a good strong
growth of straw. Corn has come up
as well as the average of years ; the
tand is much better than had been
loped for from the great cry that was
raised about poor seed. Grass is mak-
ng a heavy growth and pasturage and
lay will be plenty this season. Small
! rnit prospects are exceedingly good.
Fhere has been no serious delay of
arm work from excessive rains. Tree
ind hedge plants are taking an extra
growth. The entire farm prospect is
as good as it ever was at this time of
year. Every farmer is looking ahead
o a bountiful harvest and a consequent
relief from debt.
The Country Press.
American Journalist.
There is one thing that strikes us as
) eing most remarkable in the conduct
of United States journalism , and that is
he pith and strength of expression that
runs throughout the so-called country
> ress. It really is the country press
hat thought finds the strongest expres-
iori. Occasionally a country editor
) etrays ignorance or carelesness of the
ule of Grammar ; sometimes he gets a
'little off" on the matter of propriety ;
but the country editor , like the country
voter , has a large force of shaping the
lestinies of the people for whom we
ournalists all write , than the so-called
metropolitan press combined. Indeed ,
the facts lead to the following kind of a
formulation of the use of newspapers :
The papers of the great cities supply
current news in the mass , as is their
province to do ; the country newspaper
digests the news into the shape oj
practical and effective thought. The
man of the counh y has time to think ;
he of the city has barely time to record ,
and if he attempts to make deductions ,
his time" so short and his opportuni
ties so liable to be tinctured with bias ,
that he frequently comes to grief and
has to eat his own words. It is in the
city that the doctrine has grown that a
newspaper has neither conscience nor
memory ; such a doctrine would ruin
the most successful country newspaper
in the union. The great dailies of the
great cities are magnificent organiza
tions for the collection and dissemina
tion of news , but there their functions ,
except as to the manipulations of loca.
political and social affairs , cease. The
.country newspaper should be a vehicle
of thought , and generally is so. The
facts are spread before them by the
great city dailies , and they control or
guide public sentiment.
Blissfnl Babyhood.
"Oh , mamma , " said little Paul , when
the new baby was shown him for the
first time , "can I wear baby's dresses
when I grow tall enough ? " [ Philadel
phia Call.
Scene , a Sunday school : Young lady
o.atechising the children on the plagues
of Egypt. "Y. L. "And what became
of the plagues of locusts ? " A pause.
Then s'lnall boy at the bottom sudden
ly : "Please miss , I know ! John the
Baptist ate them. " [ Boston Tran
script.
"Bobby"said his aunt at the dinner
table , "will you have a piece of the
rhubarb pie or a piece of the peach
pie ? "
.Bobbie thought for a moment and
then replied :
"I guess I will try a piece of the rhu
barb pie first. " [ Philadelphia Call.
"No , I must not play hookey , " re
sponded a nice little boy to his rough-
looking school companion. If I do ,
my father will chastise me. "
"Whoa ! Is that all your pap does
when ye play hookey ? My daddy licks
me , " "he said roughly. [ Kentucky
State Journal.
There was company at tea the other
evening , and Miss Eight-Year-Old was
discovered wtth a battered nose.
"Why , Jessie , how did you bruise
your nose so ? " said one of the sympa
thetic ladies.
" to kiss the curb-stone "
"Trying - , was
the brief , but perfectly lucid , response.
[ Washington Hatchet.
Our Leisure Classes.
Boston Journal.
"Aw , well , don't you know , " said the
distinguished titled Englishman who
was being entertained at a prominent
club the other afternoon , "what I miss
here in this country is the existence of
people who are not in business * and
money-making you have no leisure
class here , don't you know. " And his
iriend told him he was altogether mis
taken ; and , when they went out for a
stroll on the street , pointed out to him
an organ-grinder who was playing
dolefully upon his lugubrious instru-
irent , and piloting a monkey up the
side of a house after pennies , while a
crowd of several hundred lined both
sidewalks and filled the roadway , and
when the performer and his companion
moved on accompanied them in a body.
And later the pair observed ninety-
seven persons watching five men who
loisted a safe into a four-story window ,
and eighty-six others who killed time
by inspecting a dozen Irishmen en
gaged in digging a cellar. And the
Englishman expressed himself as hav
ing gained a new notion of American
society , and learned that the leisure
class flourished in this country to a
most extraordinary degree.
How He Came Out.
Merchant Traveler.
4'1 understand"said Charlie to Fred ,
that you went up last night to see
your girl's father and ask him to adopt
fou as a son-in-law. How is it ? "
"Yes I meandered that-
, up thatway
about the time that twilight and day
light get mixed up so you can't tell a.
m. from p. m. "
"Did you see the old gentleman ? "
"Of course I did. That's what I
went for. "
"And did you make the proposition
previously cited ? "
"I did , for a fact. "
"Well-how did you come out ? "
"Darned if I know. The old man
caught rue under the eaves of my pant
aloons with his foot , and as the windows
dews and doors were both open , I
don't really know just how I did come
out , but as I saw the carpenters putting
in a section of new sash this morning ,
I am led to believe that I came out of
the window. You see , I was in some
what of a hurry and didn't stop to
make a careful investigation as to the
exact locality of my exit. Good morn-
iug , I'll see you later. There comes
the old fellow"now. . "
A Little Account of Thirteen Years
Standing.
Rutland ( VtO Herald.
An occupant of one of the oilices in
the city building in Rutland told Friday
evening a little anecdote that we repro
duce. "The first part of the story
took place about thirteen years before
the mam event that I am going to tell
you about. I was a young fellow and
was taking a girl to ride. We drove
into Greene to a party in winter. We
got out at the house where the party
was to be , played games for half an
hour , kissed the girls , perhaps , and
then drove home. Well , sir , thirteen
years afterwards , a number of years
ago , a man dropped into my store. He
said , 'How d'ye do , ' and so did I.
He said , 'Your name's R , ain't it ? '
Said I , 'Yes. ' 'Let's see'said he , 'you
was out to my house to a party , warn't
you , once ? ' 'Yes , sir , and had a good
time , ' said I. Then the old fellow
drew a piece of paper out of his pocket
and passed it to me. 'You owe me a
little bill , don't you ? It's all writ down
on the paper. ' The paper was a bill of
forty cents for baiting the horse thirteen
years * before. I made him sit down
and reckon interest before I paid him ,
and then I told him to get right out of
the store. "
UNCLE SAM'S PAY EOLI.
What it Coat * to Bon the Government and
"Where the Money Gee .
People who think it does not cost
anything to run a great government
like this , even on a basis of "economy
and reform " should read
, an appropri
ation bill or two to be undeceived. The
house appropriations committee is
struggling to make a record in the way
of economy , yet its appropriation bills ,
considered in detail or aggregate'are
astonishing. Take the legislative , ex
ecutive ana judicial bill , as reported ,
for instance. It shows that the sala
ries of congressmen , taking both
branches into account , are over two
millions of dollars per year. Al least
the bill appropriates this sum for sala
ries of members , § 380,000 being for
salaries of senators , and § 1,695,000 for
members of the house. For mileage
the appropriation is § 143,000 and for
salaries ot officers and employes of the
house and senate almost three-quarters
of a million. For the botanic garden ,
which furnishes the members with free
bouquets , 821,700 is appropriated. The
sum allowed for the civil service com
mission and its traveling expenses is
$27,300 : The department of state is
quite moderate in its demands , the es
timates being but $131,000. The treas
ury department makes up for this lack
of enterprise on the part of the state
department by calling for $9,242,000 to
run its business , and gets $9,130,064.
The war department , which is largely
run by army officers , whose pay is pro
vided for by the army bill , only costs
in this bill $2,069,000 , while Mr.
Chandler's navy department , with
characteristic modesty , only wants
$362,000 , and is cut down to $282,000.
The interior department's estimate is
$4,128,785 ; the sum allowed in this
bill is $3,817,779.
There are some curious features in
the bill. For instance , it allows the
chaplain of the senate but $900 per
year , nnd pays the messengers to the
committee rooms $1,440 per year , or
one-half more for legs than for praying
ability. To the telegraph operator in
the senate it pays but $900 per yearthus
giving to skilled labor but little to run
with legs only. For reporting the de
bates in the senate it allows $25,000 , all
of which is paid to one man. Of course
he must pay something out of it for
help , but he is said to make about one-
half of it "clean net cash. " For report
ing the house debates it allows $26,000 ,
but it divides it among five men , the
"chief" getting $6,000 , the others
$5,000 each. Out of this they pay their
assistants who write the reports at
"dictation" from these stenographers ,
taking it first in short hand , and then
writing it out on foolscap paper in
broad lines , so that the member , if he
desires to revise it may have plenty of
room between the lines for correction.
For "page" boys , whose duty it is to
be at the house and senate and run at
the call of members , on the most
trifling duties , too , as a rule , the bill
allows $15,000 , paying them $2.50 per
day. Under the head of "executive"
it gives to the president's assistants the
following : Private secretary , $3,250
pefcyear , two executive clerks , $2,000
edch ; stenographer , $1,800 ; six clerks
at salaries averaging about $1,400
each ; three ushers , who get in all
$3,800 ; five messengers at $1,200 each ,
one steward at $1,800 per year think
of this , ye who pay your cook $100 per
year and tht reluctant ; two doorkeepers
ers , at $1,200 each ; one watchman
$900 ; one fireman , $864. There is
also a "contingent fund" of $8,000 for
miscellaneous expenses , while the "sun
dry civil" bill makes allowances for
the expense of furnishing and keeping
up the white house irom kitchen to
office and bed room.
GEMS OF THOUGHT.
Defect in manners is usually the de
fect of fine perception. Elegance comes
of no breeding , but of birth. Emer
son.
son.The
The sufficiency of thy merit is to
know that thy merit is not sufficient.
[ St. Augustine.
As the fire-fly only shines when on
the wing , so it is with the human mind
when at rest it darkens. [ Addison.
A miser grows rich by seeming poor ;
an extravagant man grows poor by
seeming rich. [ Slienstone.
By struggling with misfortunes we
are sure to receive some wounds in the
conflict ; but a sure method to come off
victorious is by running away. [ Gold
smith.
There are few , very few , that will
own themselves in a mistake , though
all the world deem them to be in down
right nonsense. [ Swift.
Modesty is to merit as shades to fig
ures in a picture , giving it strength and
beauty. [ Bruyere.
I think it must somewhere be written
that the virtues of mothers shall , oc
casionally , be visited on their children.
[ Dickens.
Good nature is the very air of a good
mind , the sign of a large and prosper
ous soul , and the peculiar soil in which
virtue prospers. [ Goodman.
Indolence is a delightful but distress
ing state ; we must be doing so mething
to be happy. Action is no less neces
sary than thought to the instinctive
tendencies of the human frame. [ Haz-
litt.
litt.It
It is one proof of a good education
and of true refinement of feeling to re
spect antiquity. [ Sigourney.
Politeness is like an air cushion.
There may be nothing in it , but it eases
our joints wonderfully. [ Bulwer.
Pride is increased by ignorance.
Those assume the most who know the
least. tGay.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is
hot , but make it hot by striking. [ Ed
wards.
A Pennsylvania man left his wife
Because she always made him enter the
louse by the back door. We naturally
infer that the cook was not particularly
good-looking. [ Burlington Free Press.
Henry Dore , of Rochester , was kick
ed by a horse Sunday and received a
jroken leg. Now let somebody sing
"Never take the horseshoe from the
Dore" to him.The Hatchet.
M. A. SPALDING ,
AGENT FOR THE
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Sold Low for cash , or on easy payments or
rente ! until the rent pays for the organ.
M. A. SPALDING , Agent ,
McCOOK , NEBRASKA.
STOCK DIEECTOEY
DENNIS M'KILLIP.
Ranch on Red Willow. Thornburg , Hayes
County , Neb. Cattle branded "J. M. " on
leftside. Young cattle branded same as
above , also "J. ' ' on left jaw. Uuder-slope
right ear. Horses branded "E" on left
shoulder.
FOR SALE. My range of 1,000 acres of
deeded land in one body , including the
Black and Byfield hav lands ; timber and
water with two good farm houses and other
improvements. Convenient to No. 1 school
privileges. Situated in the Republican val
ley west Red "Willow creek. Call on or
address J. F. BLACK.
Indianola , Neb.
W. J. WILSON.
Stock brand circle on left shoulder ; also
dewlap and a crop and under half crop on
eft ear , and a crop and under bit in the
risrht. Ranch on the Republican. Post-
office , Max , Dundy county , Nebraska.
HENRY T. CHURCH.
Osborn , Neb. Range : Red Willow creek ,
; n southwest corner of Frontier county , cat-
lie branded "O L 0 * ' on right side. Also ,
an over crop on right ear and under crop on
. Horses branded ' ' 8"
left. on right shoulder.
SPRING CREEK CATTLE CO.
Indianola , Neb. Range : RepublicanVal-
ey , east of Dry Creole , and near head of
Spring Creek , in Cuase county ,
J. D. WELBORK ,
Vice President and Superintendent.
JOHN HATF1ELD & SON.
McCook , Neb. , Ranch 4 miles southeast ,
on Republican river. Stock branded with
a bar and lazy on left hip E
J. B.TV1ESEKVE.
Ranch , Spring Canyon on the Frenchman
River , in Chase county , Neb. Stock branded
as above ; also " 717" on left side ; " 7" on
riirht hip and "L. " on right .shoulder ;
"L. " on left shoulder and "X. " on left
jaw. Half under-crop reft ear , and square-
crop right ear.
C. D. PHELPS.
Range : Republican Valley , four miles
west of Culbertson , south side of Republi
can. Stock branded " 1G1" and " 7-L. "
P. O. Address , Culbertson , Neb.
THE TURNIP BRAND.
Ranch 2 miles north of McCook. Stock
branded on left hip , and a fewdouble cross
es on left side. C. D. ERCANBRACK.
STOKES & TROTH.
P. O. Address , Carrico , Hayes county ,
Nebraska. Range. Red Willow , above Car
rico. Stock branded as above. Also run the
lazy ei brand.
GEORGE J. FREDERICK.
Ranch4 miles southwest of McCook , on the
Driftwood. Stock branded "AJ" on the
left hip. P. O. address , McCook , Neb.
PROCTOR.
McCook , Neb. , range ; Red Willow creek ,
in southwest c > rner of Frontier county. Also
E. P. brand on right hip and side and swal
low-fork in right ear. Horses branded E. P.
on right hip. A few branded ' 'A' ' on right
hip.
ALL LIVE DRUGGISTS SELL
SPRING- BLOSSOM I
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