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Death of Vice President Hobart.
The announcement of the death ol
Garret A. Hobart , vice president of the
United States , is a cause of profound re
gret and sorrow to the people of this
country. Although never a prominent
figure in the councils of the nation , Gar
ret A. Hobart has for many years been
a potential factor in shaping its policies.
As a member of the republican national
committee , he was active in organizing
victory for his party and in mapping
out the work for its campaign managers.
Since his advent to the vice presidency
Mr. Hobart has exhibited admirable
traits in the discharge of his official
functions and what is most creditable
became one of the trusted advisers ol
President McKiuley upon the grave
problems with which the administration
has been confronted. In this respect
Mr.'Hobart's relations to the chief ex
ecutive were exceptional ns few previous
vice presidents had ever risen above the
mere figurehead on the prow of the ship
of state.
Personally the late vice president was
a genial gentleman , approachable at all
times to all classes. Above all things he
was a level-headed man of business with
a quick grasp of conditions and a deep
insight into human character. This
quality doubtless was what made his
views on public men and measures
sought after by those charged with
greater responsibilities and authority.
Omaha Bee.
SENATOR JOHN M. THURSTON and
Miss Lida Purinan of Washington , D. C. ,
were married in the national capital ,
last Saturday morning , with modest par
ticulars. The senator , his bride and
party at once started south in a Union
Pacific private car on a short wedding
tour , and expect to be in Omaha by
Thanksgiving. Congratulations.
responsibility borne of duty
cannot be evaded with honor. We are
in the Philippines ; our flag is there.
The first requirement the indispensible
requirement is peace. No terms until
the undisputed authority shall be ac
knowledged in every foot of territory of
the archipelago. After that , then Con
gress will make a government under
the sovereignty of the United States. "
President McKinley at Milwaukee.
THE newspapers are complacently
iterating and reiterating the ' 'scare
head" statement that "Admiral Dewey
has taken a wife. " Well , if that were
among the possible accomplishments of
any "lord of creation , " the "hero of
Manila bay" ought to be able to perform
the feat ; but we will wager "dollars to
doughnuts" that the admiral capitulated
and was "was taken , " this time , if he
never surrendered before in his heroic
career.
AMERICAN capital is being rapidly in
vested in the islands which have of late
come under the control of the United
States government. The business men
of the country realize that we have to
send abroad $250,000,000 a year for trop-
sical products , and think they might as
L get their share of the profits from
the\production of these articles , every
dollans worth of which can be grown in
Cuba , POfto Rico , Hawaii , and the Phil
ippines , aud thus keep this vast sum o
money withvn our own borders insteac
of distributing it to the outside worlc
every year.
"THE time is rapidly approaching ,
says Hon. John Barr\tt , President Cleve-
lands minister to Sram , "when Japan ,
China , Korea , Siam , and the Philippines
will consume every pourd of the South's
surplus cotton , manufactured or raw ,
and make her absolutely independent
of the British or European market.
Every farmer , laborer , and manufacturer
in the South should have deep concern
in Ameiica's Asiatic opportunity. There
should not be a discordant note from
the Roauoke to the Rio Grande in sup
port of a policy to extend , protect , and
control the markets of the Orient.
Baking Powder
Made from , pure
cream of tartar.
Safeguards the food
against alum *
Alum baking powders are the greatest
menaces to health of the present day.
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The Official Vote.
The official vote of the Fourteeutl
Judicial district has become known , am
although it does not materially changi
the facts already made public in thi
connection through the medium of TIN
TRIJJUNK , the exact , official figures ma ;
be interesting to many of its readers
Here they aie :
Totals . ' . . . . 553 HI
Norris * total plurality 440
This victory becomes more luminous
when compared with the heads of the
opposing ticket. Judge Holcomb , the
Fusion candidate , carried every one ol
the eight counties , his total plurality
being officially 603.
SINCE the late election , there are more
people in Red Willow county than pre
vious to that event , who are not surprised
that Judas sold his Lord and Master foi
thirty pieces of free and unlimited.
PEOPLE who are losing sleep over the
frequently repeated suggestions thai
England's experiences in India prove
that a large standing army will be re
quired in the Philippines should divide
the standing army of India into the pop
ulation and then see how it fits condi
tions in the Philippines. The standing
army in India consists of 225,000 men ,
of which one-third are Europeans and
two-thirds natives. The population ol
India is 300,000,000 ; that of the Philip
pines , 8,000,000. Make the calculation
and j'ou will find that at the'same ratic
we should have to keep in the Philip
pines 2,000 of American and 4,000 ol
native troops.
Election day has passed away ,
And Willie's won the tin ;
Some politicians smoked cigars ,
Some drank a little gin ;
Our customers drank water
And claimed 'twas rather thin ,
But the tender , juicy meat we sell
Caused them to loudly grin.
So everybody , great and small ,
Come in and see out goods this fall ;
Tho' we may fail , we'll surely try
To merit confidence while you buy ,
For all our goods will stand the test ,
Game , beef , pork , mutton and the rest ;
And the poultry is the very best
At the market of Marsh & Everist.
DANBURY.
E. L. Dennis is slowly improving.
W. A. Minniear has , this week , taken a
lumber of his cattle out near Goodland , Kan-
as , to winter them.
About 500 bushels of alfalfa seed has been
hipped from this station , this week. The
eed has been engaged at $3.75 per bushel.
We understand that our schools will give
in entertainment in the near future for the
aurpose of buying a microscope for the
chool.
Six hundred turkeys were bought by Wil-
onville merchants , this week , and they in
urn sold them to W. N. Graham of Danbury ,
vho is shipping a car of dressed poultry off
D this line. Review.
Since Sunday night , about two and one-half
nches of rain fell in this neighborhood , and
he farmer who had in his small grain is in it
now. Quite a large amount of wheat was
own in this vicinity during the last month.
Last Wednesday was turkey day here.
'Jute Graham received about seventeen tons
of live turkeys for shipment to San Francisco ,
3alif. He furnished employment for about
eventy men , women and children for three
lays , picking and dressing the turkeys for
shipment.
Last Wednesday , at the home of the bride's
parents , Mr. and Mrs. S.W. Stilgebouer , Mayo
Green and Lulu Stilgebouer were united in
marriage , Rev. William Hardcastle of Cam-
aridge officiating. A wedding dinner followed
: he ceremony and a house full of guests en
joyed the feast. The young people were pre
sented with numerous handsome and useful
jifts. Mr. Green is a prosperous young far
rier of this place and his 1-ride an esteemed
roung lady of Danbury. Both have many
riends to wish them happiness.and continued
> rosperity.
A Frightful Blunder
Will often cause a horrible burn , scald , cut
ir bruise , Bucklen's Arnica Salve , the best in
he world , will kill the pain and promptly
teal it. Cures old sores , fever sores , ulcers ,
ipils , felons , corns , and skin eruptions. Best
iile cure on earth. Only 25 cts. a box. Cure
; uaranteed. Sold by McConnell & Berry.
TYRONE.
J. Watson of Clarinda , la. , is here for a few
ays.
Pete Pearson's new Jones scales give good
atisfaction.
John Vanmeter has erected a fine family
lonument in Tyrone cemetery.
Church meetings are held in Tyrone school-
ouse , while the new church is being built.
Mrs. R. S. Baker drove out from Bartley ,
'hursday afternoon , to visit friends at the
ostoffice.
L. O. Griffith went , last Wednesday , with a
ir of hogs for Blair & Moore to St. Joe , re-
irning on Friday.
Our weather man here struck it right in
redicting the present change in the weather ,
ut he did not set any date.
While tearing up the old church at Tyrone ,
ic first of the week , the workers unearthed
me animals of the pole cat variety , and it
asn't much of a day for skunks either. We
re inclined to give Tyrone the bakery in this
ne of industry however. Wilsonville Re-
ew. !
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er is it a liniment for outward application , but an ar
ticle to be worn and is made of certain metals that
draw the uric acid from the blood. It costs $2.00 and jig ,
never wears Out. Written guarantee to refund money in 30 days 1 *
if not entirely satisfactory. It cures Rheumatism Acute
Chronic , Muscular and Sciatic , Lumbago and Gout.
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Box 14Harttord , Conn.
The Primary Teacher.
A young teacher said to me , the other day ,
"I wish you would open a school for primary
teachers. I feel every day that I know less
and less. " That is a hopeful sign ; as she will
then employ every means at hei command to
remedy her defects ; and.as it is not practicable
to open such a school , I wonder if I could
embody a few practical hints in a series of
short articles that might open the way to mu
tual inquiry and thought , leading to advance
ment. Under the term primary teacher , I
include teachers up to the Sixth grade ; and
they hold the most important positions in the
ranks of educators. As the foundation of a
house must be strong and perfect , or the whole
structure is poor , so must the foundation of an
education be strong and perfect , or all the
wealth of the world spent upon the super
structure can never make it more than a gild
ed bauble. The beginning of the teacher's
preparation , after she secures her certificate ,
is with the child : She must learn something
of child nature before she can put into prac
tice the development of that immortal mind.
What would we think of the physician who
had spent many years learning all about drugs
and had not learned the physiology of the
body and the effects of drugs upon it ? The
young teacher has usually made just such a
foolish blunder. She has learned something
about what should be put into the mind , but
what does she know of the mind itself ? Imi
tation is the first characteristic of the young
mind , and upon this we must commence to
build. Do not depend at all upon the reason
ing powers of the young child ; he does not
reason. He may be curious , and ask you why
for this and that , but this simply shows that
he has come to you with his eyes opening
wider every day to the wonderful things , so
new to him , so old to you , and you may find it
hard to get up any enthusiasm over the simple
task of adding to his vocabularly one new
word ; but , if you would succeed , you must do
it. I would not have you follow any iron-clad
rules as to your manner of presenting new
things to him , but you must make it interest
ing , and get his attention. As soon as tha :
flag's , change the work , or pass to recreation
Within the first day you should be able to
gain his attention and interest , and then you
can begin your work in earnest. Keeping in
mind that faculty of imitation which alone is
solely his at first , you must give him nothing
but the good and true. Curiosity will soon be
aroused , and this will show that you have
gained attention. He will want to know wha
comes next , and why. Then he will want to
do the things he sees you or his companion
do. Now comes your greatest task ; after he
has learned to do , to keep him constantly do
ing until he can do well the task assigned
One of my first lessons in primary training
was , never to weary of repeating the same
thing over and over , always keeping in mind
the importance of putting it in new ways. For
instance , in teaching words that have no per
ceptible meaning by themselves , auxiliary
verbs "have" etc. , they must simply be im
pressed on the mind through their use in sent
ences , and may have to be told again and
again. Imagination is also an important fac
tor in mind culture. The child who has it
well developed will learn more rapidly than
the one who has not ; but it may be stimulated
in the one who has it not , and checked in the
one who has it over developed. Many par
ents and teachers object to its cultivation ,
arguing that most children have already too
much of it , as exhibited in their plays. It
: ertainly should not run riot and commit ex
travagances , which lead to falsehood. It
nust be guided and directed. Can you not
remember the time when you could imagine
yourself in China , picturing all the quaint cos-
umes and tea-gardens simply from some story
old you or a geography lesson ? It is this
acuity of imagination which allows us to
: omprehend things we have never seen. Too
iteral a mind will often think , as I once did ,
hat Iowa was red , soil , trees , and everything ,
jecause it was colored red on the atlas. A
ittle girl four years old stood at the window
luring a thunder-storm. She was not afraid ,
> ut was intensely interested in trying to find
mt what caused the thunder and lightning.
Vt last a solution of the mystery came to her
md soon we heard her explaining to a little
daymate that God was driving out in his
hariot. The thunder was the rumble of the
hariot over the great heavenly mountains
nd the lightning was the lights turned on by
he angels to show the road. To what heights
f knowledge of science and nature might not
uch a mind be led , unless spoiled by narrow ,
uperstitious teaching : and this same trait of
imagination is the foundation for such perfec
tion. In Germany a large part of the great
literature is taught the youth in his first school
years. Poems from the best German writers ,
that teach patriotism , humanity and obedi
ence , are committed to memory. The greatest
prose selections are read again and again ,
until the purity of the language and the wis
dom of the thought become a part of the mind
itself. This method is also prevalent in our
own bestschoolsand has become a great factor
in ethical training , from the first grade up
wards. Imitation and imagination , then , I
consider the two qualities of mind which the
teacher has to build upon when the child
starts to school ; later other factors may be
considered. MRS. M. J. CORDEAL.
That Throbbing Headache
Would quickly leave you , if youused Dr ,
King's New Life Pills. Thousands of suffer
ers have proved their matchless merit for
sick and nervous headaches. 'Ihey make
pure blood and strong nerves and build up
your health. Easy to take. Try them Only
25 cents. Money back if not cured. Sold b
McConnell & Berry.
BOX ELDER.
John Miller is on the sick list.
The corn sheller started , this week.
There is no dust on the people of 15o :
Elder.
William Doyle is improving since his recen
severe illness , and is able to sit up part of the
time.
John White lost a valuable animal , first o
the week , from being too much in the stock
field.
These have been fine days for hunting , and
the boys have been improving them to th
utmost.
Little Johnnie , son of E. C. Lakin and wife
died , Wednesday night. He was one of th <
brightest little fellows in this section.
We have been having the finest rain of the
year. Some of the farmers have been improv
ing the time putting in more small grain.
William Walters and Colonel Stephens
were engaged , part of last week , in breaking
a span of colts just purchased from William
Weygint.
Dick Brewer is buying up all the stock field :
in this neighborhood , and is having them en
closed with a fence for winter range. Mahion
Campbell is doing the work.
Robbed the Grave
A starting incident , of which Mr. Oliver i
Philadelphia , was the subject , is narrated by
him as follows : "I was in a most dreadful
condition. My skin was almost yellow , eyes
sunken , tongue coated , pain continually in
back and sides , no appetite gradually grow
ing weaker day by day. Three physicians
had given me up. Fortunately , a friend ad
vised trying'Electric Bitters' : and to my great
joy and surprise , the first bottle made a. de
cided improvement. I continued their use for
three weeks , and am now a well man. I
know they saved my life , and robbed the
jrave of another victim. " No one should fail
to try them. Only 50 cts. , guaranteed at Mc
Connell & Berry's.
SOUTH SIDE.
The dust has ceased to fly.
There was a good meeting of the Endeavor
society , last Sunday.
Let's go to McCook and see the football
jame , Thanksgiving.
There will be preaching at the school-
louse , Sunday , December 3d at 3 p. m. All
ire cordially invited.
Frank Fitch and Earl Ludwick visited the
Pleasant Ridge Literary society , last Friday
evening , and report the society doing nicely.
Miss Kathryn Duffy is making preparations
or a Christmas entertainment to be given by
he school children and a few outsiders. Our
chool has been a grand success and no doubt
his entertainment will be looked forward to
vith the anticipation of having a good time.
You never know what form of blood poison
nil follow constipation. Keep the liver clean
iv using DeWitt's Little Early Risers and you
nil avoid trouble. They are famous little
tills for constipation and liver and bowel
roubles. D. W. Loar.
Eastward the star of Western progress
ikes its way. They are now stuffing ballot
exes back there.
Dr. H. H , Haden , Summit , Ala. , says , "I
link Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is a splendid
ledicine. I prescribe it , and my confidence
i it grows with continued use. " It digests
rhat you eat and quickly cures dyspepsia and
idigestion. D. W. Loar.
O rrytt > 'y ? ' ff'F'i& ' ' * Jto\ . " "
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Dec. 14-15-16
should have the at
tention and assist
ance of every one
who desires to build
up this section of
Nebraska.
POULTRY-RAISING .
is one of the biggest interests of Red Willow
county. More people nre iu it ; more livings come from it ; it
is easier to get started iu at , than any other business.
WE OFFER TWO PREHIUHS A
A $5.00 cnsh premium for the best pen of
barnyard chickens , hnlf blood or under , exhibited by a farmer's
wife. Also a § 3.00 dress pattern to the pen of chickens , six or
less , laying the most eggs during the chicken show ; the dress
to be selected by the winner. Some claim that blooded fowls /
are the best layers ; others , that common hens beat them every
time. Hero's the test ! Bring on your layers and get the
dress !
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WE MUST NOT NEGLECT.
to tell you that money can be saved as well as
made , and that one dollar saved represents five or six earned.
You can save money by buying your goods from us ; goods
that are new and desirable ; garments that are perfect-fitting ,
well made and serviceable ; prices thnt mean business and make
business. See lists in recent papers.
Soliciting your trade ,
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