SUNDAYSCHOOL CONVENTION -■? ENTHUSIASTIC FATHERING OF S S WORKERS -4 Eleven Different Sessions Held Full Houses Upon Majority of These Occasions The Sunday School convention held in Falls City Saturday evening and all day Sunday was a success from start’ to finish. Eleven different ses sions were helt| and,. in the majority of instances they wire attended by full houses of interested and atten tive listeners. Rev. Lewis of Lin coln, slate secretary, gave the con vention several practical and instruct ive addresses. Miss Brown, the state primary worker, in her own in imitable way held her audiences,while she pressed home the significance of teaching iiie little people. Prof. Crogg of Peru, spoke in the morning in the Electric theater and in the ev ening in the Brethren church. Ilis addresses were very much enjoyed. The following officers were elect ed: .1. O. Shroyer, Humboldt, presi dent; It. O. Bonier, Salem, vice-pres ident; VV. H. Wyler, Dawson, secre tary, 10. R. Mathers, Falls City, treas urer. Department Superintendents .!. R. Nanninga, home department; Sam Liclity. Falls City, missions; A. E. Wachtel, Rulo, pastors; \V. W. Clou gh, Falls City, elementary; Mrs. .1. C. McBride, Stella, intermediate; 11. 10. lloyd, Humboldt, A. B. C.; Mrs. Tyner, Salem, temperance. District Superintendents—Mrs. .las. Osburn, Rulo; C. N. Allison, Falls City; B. A. Esseley, Falls City; Mr. Tyner, Salem; A. D Sargent, Hum boldt. Resolutions. We the Richardson County Sun day School convention assembled, de clare ourselves as unreservedly in l'avoi; county option. We believe the “Greater Sunday school Movement," is dependent tor its success upon closer affiliation amopg the churches and more hearty co-operation of all phurehes and Sun day school workers. Therefore, be it resolved that wo urge the organization of a propagan da ©f aggressive agitation through out the county, Further be it resolved, that the ex ecutive committee be instructed to take the necessary steps for the accomplishing of this work. Further be it resolved, that we pledge our hearty support to the fur therance of this effort to create a public consciousness in Richard son county favorable to the largest and best things. Further be it resolved, that we hereby express our appreciation for the service rendered by our county officers, state workers and the kind ly assistance of Prof. Gregg. COM. Adbpted March 20, 1910. A prize consisting of a map of Palestine was given by the state workers to the Sunday School with the largest delegation. Pleasant View easily carried it off. There were twenty-five delegates present from this the most distant school in the county. It is expected to push the influ ence of this organization in every nook and corner of Richardson coun ty. Steps will at once bo taken and plans formulated for the carrying out of a vigorous and effective cam paign of agitation. We urge all friends of the cause to co-operate heartily and loyally and help make these efforts the moral and religious betterment of Richardson county ef fective. . We would also most earnestly urge upon all officers, to at once acquaint ihemseiveb with the duties of their department and push' the work with vigor and persistence. W. H. WYLER, Sec. Falls City, Neb., March 22, 1910. Convention Notes. • A Forward Movement all Along the bine,” the watchword for 1910. Six 'simultaneous meetings in the morning with a good attendance at each place. Three simultaneous meetings in the evening with a full house at each of the meeting places. ,T. O. Shroycr, Superintendent of Pleasant View Sunday school head ed a delegation of 29, the biggest delegation from any school, and from the school farthest away. Miss Alice Gilbert and Miss Hattie Hart came up from Rulo Saturday an remained through the convention. J. E. Eastwood, principal of the Stella schools, came down Saturday as the delegate of the Methodist . school. A strong official body was elected and the organized Sunday school work is certain to receive a strong forward impetus during the year. The special music provided for the different meetings was highly ap preciated. All the visiting delegates so far | us known w» r« hospitably entertain ed by the people of Kalis City. Modern methods, higher standards, i lass organization, graded schools, and the missionary spirit were some of the main themes touched on by the speakers. .lust as the farmer is ambitious to produce "market toppers,” so the Sunday school worker ought to strive to bring the boys and girls un der bis care up to the highest ex cellence and finish.—J. (). Shroyer. Rev. W. W. Plough of the Breth ren church has the largest teachers’ training class. Zion, south of Dawson, has the largest home department. Over two-thirds of the schools have not yet paid their apportionment and Richardson county will get a black mark if the schools do not hur iv to the rescue. Barada district is already planning for a grand temperance rally in the next temperance Sunday. Stella, Rulo. Salem and Pleasant View are each getting ready for a local convention. Kalis City will hold a district rally in the near future, Dr. Allison, dist rict superintendent, lias the mutter under advisement. Little “'Moon-Flower.” We have in our homes a little Chinese girl,ten years old. Her name is Nguok-Hua ("Moon Flower”) and when she was two years old her mother died, and her father, who was away from home a good deal, mak ing rubber in the jungle, left the lit tle girl with another Chinese family. She was quite happy in this place, stayed there a long time. Then a little boy in the house got smallpox, and his mother, fearing tiie little girl might get it too, told her fath er he had better take her away. This he did, and sold her to another family for $;!"> (gold)! She was bought to be the wife of the oldest son (now nine years old) when they are both of age, which according to the Chinese is 16 or 17. If a girl baby is born she is often sold to another family, to some time become a daughter-in-law, while her mother, if she happens to have a little son, buys somebody, else's girl baby to become his wife at some future date. In most cases, these children are well treated; indeed little ''Moon Flower” is the only one 1 know who has had a hard time. Her future mother-in-law practically made a Slav of her. When other children of her age were at play, she was cooking or getting firewood, or washing out clothes. Her work was not done when night came; she had to stay up till almost midnight to prepare pig-feed for the next day. In re turn for all this work she got noth ing but blows. On her head she has a scar which was made by this wo man hitting her with a knife; on one side of her face sin has a similar mark; her little body was full of bruises when she catne to us, eight months ago. Rite was brought here by iter father, who could no longer endure seeing his daughter suffer. She was never allowed to speak to bin), for fear she might tell of all that was done to her. lie told me that she never dared to complain to him, even when she got the chance, but one day she said, "You told me they wouldn't beat me here." While she was with her mother-in-law, I Hardly saw her smile, and she never laughed when this woman was around. Her father had great difficulty in getting her away, and finally suc ceeded with the help of our Chin ese preacher. According to an agree ment then made, she is to stay with us six years. At the end of this time she will, in the opinion of the Chinese, be of a marriageable age. They would be glad to goes not (tie explanation lie in just such cases as this? A popular magazine recently printe an article about an Italian who lived on twenty-six cents a day; and every where, in any city of the United States, it is possible to see men from tic Old World who are daily liv ing examples to Americans in thrift, industry and persistence1. There are thousands of farms hi the United States abandoned by Americans who failed to make a liv ing there, and now occupied by Ital ians, Swedes, Russians and other Europeans, who are making good in comes. The land is the same, and there lias been no added outlay of i capital. The only difference fs in plain, old-fashioned charactei. Thej ability to work, and I lie willingness t endure privations, forego pleasures I and disregard the demands of fash ion—these are the qualities that are putting newcomers to ibis country on the highroad of power. The process is nol patented, and there is no discrimination against , those who are not immigrants. Near The' Pit. No man can help other men if h constantly sees the worst in them, llis words and his very presence | help to bring out that worst and tiler by to push them still/lower. For thej man who looks at the worst side, of others not only cannot see the] good that is in them, and their pos sibilities for still greater good, but j he invariably sees worse things in them than are actually there. Th e hunter for evil cannot even estimate j evil accurately. 1-Ic has lost his] own hearings and is destroying his; own powers along with the injury ho | does lo others. He is in peril of j becoming both n murderer and a suicide As Hugh Black has said: “When a man says, every man lias his price,’ lie’s pretty near the pit; lie’s ul the edge j of it. The cynic is simply trying to make the rest of the world as Imd as he thinks it is.” The cure for this disease is the deliberate culti vation of the power to see good, by hunting for it, dwelling upon it, and rejoicing in it wherever it can lie found.—S. S. Times. On a certain daily in one of our large cities worked a middle aged reporter with a wife and three children There would soon he an other one and the family was poor. One evening there was a big fire. Every paper had a half-dozen men at work covering it. The middle-aged reporter was the only one available in liis office, and they sent him out on it At two o’clock in the morning came the word that the man had been caught tiudei' a fall ing wall. It was the next afternoon before they found his body, scorch ed, crushed, almost unrecognizable. Up in her cramped little flat, the widow was crying softly, with her three little ones trying in their child ish way to comfort her. Down in the newspaper office the other men were getting up a subscription list. They asked the managing editor to contribute. He looked at them in surprise. “The paper does not want you boys to take up a collection,” he said. “The management will look out for that. You may get some flowers, if you choose.” Then lie sent for the widow. When she stood teai fully in his office, he turned to her gravely. | “Madam,” lie said, “we sent your I husband to cover a fire. He is still covering it. Until lie returns we shall expect you to draw his salary every week.” Hard to Classify. | "How about this new student's ideas of orthography?” said one professor. | “He has me puzzled,’’ replied the I other. "I can’t decide whether he is j simply illiterate or a spelling reformer ! in advance of his time ” Judge Lindsey and Billy, One boy was Hilly, u twelve year old boot black, who dropped on his knees crying and begging the judge not to send him. when sentenced to Golden. "Hilly” said the judge, "you are crying because you are scared. What are you scared of? Me? Why should you be afraid of me? May n't 1 given you a square deal? And havn't 1 given you every chance I could, helped you every way to be a good boy at borne?" "Yes," Hilly sobbed, "blit "You can’t be a good boy at home You want to move on all the time, and by and by you’ll Just be a ‘vug.’ Now you don’t want to grow up to be a bum; do you? No, you want a chance to learn a trade and be a man." The judge explained at length that Golden was not a reformatory or a prison. It was only a school, a good industrial school, where a poor kid that hadn't a chance at home could learn a trade. "Why." said the Judge, "I’ve been there. I like to go there. And I toll you everybody up there Just, loves a kid that tties to do his best, they help him. Nobody hates a kid at Golden. No. shoo.” By and by the tears ceased to flow. The judge described the school and its shops, its military organiza tions, its base ball nines, and then, as the judge says, ‘‘When fear van ished, and interest began, I appeal ed to the boy's nobility, to his hon or, pride, his loyalty to me." Judge Lindsey seized for this purpose the very preparations the police had made for their "joke on the judge." lie introduced Billy to the report ers. "What do you think the cops have told these reporters, Billy?" he said. “They have told them that that fool judge was going to trust little Billy It, to go to the industrial school all by himself, and that they were go ing to have the laugh on the judge because they knew Hilly better than the judge did They say they know irou'll never go and they are say ing what a fine joke it will be to have the reporter write a story to morrow telling how the judge trust ed Billy, and Billy threw the Judge down, ditched his papers and ran away But I believe in you, and I'm going to trust you. I'm going In give you your commitment papers; we'll see whether you stay with me, or stay with the police. 1 want these reporters to tell just what hap p.*is, so it will be up to you, Hilly, you go to Golden or skip.” As the judge proceeded, Hilly's In-ad began to go up in the air. By and by he pushed the cold tear out of his eyes, and when the judge ceased to speak, those eyes wore blazing. ‘Madge," lie said, “You know John Handing, don't you?" The judge hesitated. “You know, judge; the kid Hi' fel h rs call Patty Felix." "Yes, yes,” said the judge. "Well," said Billy, 'lie's my chum, Fatty Is. Now here's my shine-box. You give that to Fatty, you gimme them papers. I’ll show 'em. You trust me, and I'll stay wit.' ye, Judge, and we'll fool ’em all right.” And off went Hilly 1!, twelve years old. out of the eourt room, down through the streets—the streets he loved—to the ear; then over three railroads to the town of Golden where asking his way, he climbed the long, lonely hill road to the industrial school just to show a doubting world that “it” works. Was the world convinced? No. The grown-ups marveled and even the boys sneered. The Judge “fix ed” the boys. He heard that they called Hilly a “chump" up at Gold t-n. so lit; went up tlu rc, and he told the story in a speech which made Hilly’s face shine like his old shine box. That speech, repeated again and again, at Golden and in Denver, and all over the state, has made it an honor to go alone to Golden; a test of pluck, loyulty, and self-con trol. And, on the other hand, to “ditch your papers and run,” is a disgrace In Hoyville now.—Lincoln Steffens, in McClure's Magazine. THEN AND NOW. When Washington was president He saw full many an icicle; But never on a railroad went. And never rode a bicycle. He read at no electric lamp, Nor heard about the Yellowstone; He never licked a postage stamp, And never saw a telephone. His trousers ended at the knees; By wire he could not send dispatch He filled his lamp with whale-oi grease. And never had a match to scratch Hut in these days its come to pass, All work is with such dashing done— ! We’ve all these things;but, alas! We seem to have no Washington The County in General The “Doings” of Our Country Triends and Neighbors. VERDON. George Fogle was a Falls City vis itor Tuesday. Joseph Veal was a Nebraska <'ity visitor Thursday. T. Li. Hall of Lincoln is visiting his mother. Mrs. Julia Hall. Mike Meli/.a has purchased a fine new auto from Walter Vcach. Mr. Wray of Peru was a pleasant called here a few days ago. Zaek Hrlginan of llarada was a bus iness visitor here tin1 past week. Fred llelneinan was translating business in Falls City Inst week. Claude Veal spent last week with bis grandmother, Mrs. Kllzn Goolsby. John Hall and Charles Wear made a trip to Falls City Tuesday even ing. Several from here attended the au tomobile show ni Nebraska City Iasi week. Mrs. John Griffith and daughter, kid nil, were county seat visitors Wed nesday. Rev. Genrries returned the latter part of the week from a trip to Full erton, Neb. Adam Gehhanl sold Ids farm east of town to Conrad Fohr last week for $135 per acre. Miss (lassie Hold) of Union, Nob., is visiting her brother, Flemming Robb and wife. Mrs. Moore and daughter. Goldie, visited friends in Falls City a few j days last week. Mrs Roy Kd wards of Shubort is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Quinton Slump and family. Ode Sailor and wife and Mrs Van Sailor und daughter. lOltu. drove to Falls City, Tuesday. Mrs. McManus came up from Falls City Monday for a short stay with her mother and daughter. Kd. Griffitli and family drove to Falls City and spent Sunday with Ur. H. G. Griffith and family. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pool are the parents of a son, that came to make IiIh home with them, March PI. Mis. Lucy Cornell arrived lust , > (k from Kalis City and will make I In r home with Ed Keeker and wife. \li. Luras is the proud possessor of a fine new louring ear which he recently purchased of Walter Vouch. Fred and Henry Helm man went to Omaha Thursday, where they pur chased a line team of horses, re turning home Friday. .Mrs John Walker and children re turned to their home in Falls City Monday after a visit, of a few days to the former’s mother. Airs. Eliza Goolsby returned home Thursday morning after a three months’ visit with her daughter,Mrs. R. E. Veal and family at Laird, Col. Medicines that aid nature are al-j ways most successful. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy acts on this plan. It loosens the cough. relieves the lungs, opens the secretions and aids nature in restoring the system to a healthy condition Sold tty all drug gists. SALEM. Mrs. Glen Curtis and son, Glen, Jr., arrived from St. Joe Monday for a short visit, with Mr. and Mrs. 0. W. McCool. Rev. Day of Falls City was in Sa lem Sunday evening helping with tie’ revival meetings. Mr. and Mrs. Tlehen attended church in Falls City Sunday. Miss Helen McCool returned from St. Joseph Monday where she had been visiting her sister, Mrs. Curtis. The revival meeting at. the Chris tian church will close Thursday ev ening unless arrangements are made different. Joe Lord returned from Omaha in his new auto Sunday. Henry Feldmann and wife went through Salem Saturday on their way to Falls City. Jesse Emmert was down from Bern Saturday. Mrs. Miles G. Jones left Wednes day for Missouri to be present at the fiftieth anniversary of her fath er’s ministry. This event was to lie given by the church the seven teenth of March. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Stabler left | for Humboldt Tuesday. They have ! been visiting J. O. Stabler. Chamberlain’s Stomach and Li vet Tablets are sale, sure and reliable and have been praised by thousand, cf women who have been restored tc health through their gentle aid and curative properties. Sold by all drug gists. DAWSON. Misses Elina Harlow and Ellen Wyler spent Sunday in Falls City. Miss Bessie Guinn was a Falls City visitor between trains Saturday Rev. I loldeman returned home from conference Friday morning. The basket social held by Miss Flora Bacon and pupils was very successful. The program was ex collriit. The Kiris' quartet of Daw son composed of Misses Gladys Hus er. Anna Kliinn. Hazel Graham and True Stratton sung several selections Rev. Roan of Aurora arrived here Tuesday. lie gave a stirring address at tile Evangelical church Sunday evening. Rev. Doughrnn entertained quite a crowd at a St. Patrick’s party on Thursday evening. The school held its annual field meet last Friday afternoon. The Sophomores carried off the honors The scores were: Sophomores, lit. Seniors, ill'i; Freshmen, 14; Preps, six. Rode on The First Locomotive. There died the other day in Des Moines, Iowa, Edward Entwliistle, aged !)4, who hail semi the steam lo comotive' from the start to its modern perfection, foi ns an English hoy of sixteen he rode with George Stephenson on (lie trial trip of the ‘'Rocket,” the first locomotive over built When tlml epoch making trip was made from Manchester to Diver pool in 1 Nil 1, Stephenson's hand was on the throttle and young Enl whist h was the fireman. After the first few trips hud been made, Stephenson turned tin' care of his invention over to Ills assistant, and Knlwhistlo made two trips daily over the first rail toad for nearly two years. After at taining his majority, Katwhistlo came to the United States and in 185(1 set tied In the lowa city. Ills first em ployment in this country was as tu engineer on the steamer Troy, run ning on the Hudson river, and later lie removed to Chicago, where he served as engineer on lake steamers for several years. In Dos Moines he was in charge of the engines In var tons large mills. Mr. Entwliistle re tained until his last illness a clear memory of his trial trip with Stepti enson, and I lie story is thus told in the DesMoines Register and Deader "The train of littlo cars behind the 'Rocket,' as Stephenson's locomo live was called, carried distinguished Englishmen, Including the slockhnld ers and promoters fo the new rail toad company. Crowds cheered the party at Manchester when 'he train started, and other crowds gathered al the stations on the way to Liver pool, where a monster reception was extended to the train when it arrived A fatal accident occurred at Grand ■Iunction, ubout midway between two cities. Lord JIuskinson, one of the stockholders in the railway company, was standing In the second car, bow ing to the people at the station, when he fell to the ground and was run over icy the third car. Ills death resulted almost immediately and his body was carried to Liverpool on the train. Despite lids fatality, however, tin> trip was a pronounced success, for il marked the? beginning of a new era In the progress of the world.” From Life. I was the shabbiest girl at the of fice. It. was no one’s fault and no one’s shame that we were poor—l had intelligence enough to know that, i knew, too what, a sacrifice mother had made to pay for my tuition at a business school. Still, the knowledge of my shabby clothes forced itself upon me, particularly my old black skirt. Oli, if you knew how I hated that I skirt: Mother had cleaned it and pressed it, pr> ssed It and cleaned it. I but it seemed "bent” with age, land all the office girls looked so fresh I and pretty in their trim business I suits. I imagined tin; first morning Dun they were all pitying ine and felt them looking at my shabbtaess, and during noon hour I wan so miserable! But when I went back the next morn ing I noticed that one of the girls had on nearly as old clothes as I I did, and she was so nice to me I j fancied she was glad I had come I because of her mutual poverty. Not I until after 1 earned enough money to buy some suitable, nice clothes did I realize that the “poor girl,” as I thought her, had drifted back into the prettiest, most tasteful clothes, worn by any of the girls. She had only borne me company at. a most trying time, and she knew, because her fellow workers all admired her. the object lesson would keep them from hurting my feelings. The day has come now when new clothes are usual, when I may even achieve an appearance that Is known as "stylish.” Hut in my office when a girl comes in shabby, painful sen sitive, as I was, “bear her company' until the better time shall ocme. —-. Say. Do you know where to get good ; seed potatoes? I have ’em. The Early Six-Weeks beats them all. I Call at State Bank or telephone 3!<. 6-tf FRANK GIST. i >