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THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 14 , 1005.
Democratic. County Conven
tion , Sept. 10 , 1905.
The Democratic County Con
vention is called to meet in Valen
tine , Nebr. , Sept. 16 , .1905 , at ten
o'clock a. ra. , for the purpose of
placing in nomination candidates
for the following offices :
County Clerk.
" Treasurer.
" Sheriff.
* * Superintendent.
" Judge.
" Surveyor.
" Coroner.
And the transaction of such oth
er business as may come before
the convention.
The basis of representation for
the several precincts will be one
delegate for every 10 votes or
major fraction thereof cast for E.
H. Whelan for attorney general
in 1904 : and one delegate at large
from each precinct , said apportion
ment will entitle the several pre
cincts the following representation
in said convention :
Ihirlcy Buffalo Uike
Boiling Spring * Cleveland
Dewey Lake Enlow
Ely ( iwrgia
German ( iillaspie
Gooue Creek I rwln
Kennedy Kewanee
Ixmp 3 Livara
Merrinian 4 Minneehadu/.a
Mother Lk 1 n.el 5
rieu-tant Hill 2 Sparks 3
Schlagle 3 Sharps Kauch \
Steen 3 Table
Valentine 8 Woodlake
The delegates present from the
2nd commissioner district will also
nominate a candidate for county
commissioner to succeed John L.
Koseberry , the present incumbent.
The precincts comprising said dis
trict are Mother Lake , Steen , Buf
falo Lake , Gillaspie , Kennedy ,
Loup , Pleasant Hill and Goose
Creek.
It is recommended that the
precinct caucuses be held Thurs
day , Sept. 14 , 1905 and that a pre
cinct committeeman be elected by
them. It is further recommended
that no proxies be allowed and that
the delegates present cast the f uli
vote of the precinct represented
by them.
M. CHRISTENSEX , Chm.
I. M. RICE , Secretary.
Pettijohn rule in Cherry county
had a severe shock last Saturday ,
but Jim triumphed again. A trade
sometimes wins when promises
look like "a bird in the bush.7'
Some people say that Jim Petti
john .ias run things with a high
hand in Cherry county and he has
smoothed things over in the same
old way too often , but Pettijohn
-always has a promise that wins
them back.
Young men who are forming
the habit of chewing tobacco should
also learn to clean spittoons. It is
& filthy kabit. Imagine a man
sitting at a t a desk all
day long with a spittoon half full
of amber slop and old "chaws"
of tobacco , chucked under your
nose. Cut it out.
People whe chew tobacco and
spit on floors , in coal pails or on
stoves are too dirty to live in
houses. A barn is good enough
for them. It is bad enough for
them to spit in cuspidors , and we
notice that someone who doesn't
use tobacco must clean the filth up
or it remains uncleaned.
The Cost of Living.
Many men and women having
steady employment and fair in
comes find it more and more diffi
cult to save money or to make
both ends meet.
They would realize the cause of
their trouble if they would com
pare the cost of living with form
er years. This comparison is
shown in a recent number of Dun's
Review , containing an elaborate
computation of average prices for
hundreds of articles for forty-five
years. Adding the prices of all
these articles together , dividing
them by the number and basing
the computation in proportion to
consumption , we have this showing
of the cost of the necessaries of
life :
I860 average cost $121 63
1861 average cost 312 73
1870 average cost 165 47
1875 average cost 137 57
1880 average cost 122 67
1885 average cost 96 46
1890 average cost 90 19
1895 average cost 80 99
1896 average cost 77 78
1897 average cost 75 50
1898 average cost 72 45
1899 average cost 79 94
1900 average cost 95 29
1901 average cost 95 66
1902 average cost 101 58
1903 average cost 100 35
1904 average cost 100 14
1905 average cost 100 31
In other words , § 100 a month
income now will go about as far as
§ 90 would in 1890 , or § 80 in 1895.
At the time of .the exposition in
Omaha , in 189S , it is computed
that a man on a § 72 salary was as
well off as he would be now on
§ 100.
The increase in the cost of liv
ing may be attributed to the high
tariff laws passed since 1897 and
to the development of trusts un
der the shelter of those laws.
Think of these things wheii .your
income seems to pinch. World-
Herald.
The Might of God.
TheYar Lord stood upon the
border of his kingdom. The gems
in his crown blazed like the corona
of the eclipsed sun. The medals
on his breast sparkled like the
stars. In his hand was the sword
which bad cut a way to tke very
heart of the mighty French. In
his heart was the ambition to rule
the world.
Before the War Lord to the
eastward , stretched a vast domain ,
great in population , commerce ,
art and agriculture. At his back
were 1,000,000 armed men on foot ,
100,000 cavalry , 10,000 cannon
the finest array on eart. Afar , on
the sea , was a glorious navy of
battleships , cruisers , destroyers ,
submarines and transports.
All Christendom stood expect
ant of what that mighty arm and -
ravenous ambition might do , for i
the War Lord had come faom a
race of warriors , had been reared
in the "divine right of kings , "
iiad learned to believe that might
is right.
All that imagination could in
vent , this king's ambition craved.
All that martial force might prom
ise , this Lord of War might at
tempt.
As the great War Lord stood
gazing into that foreign land there
approached across the plain a soli
tary old man. He approached
like one deathly weak , or crippled ,
stumbling , falling , rising , stretch
ing his bony hands towards heav
en , with noiseless prayer. As he
came near it was seen that the sil
ver of his locks had turned to yel
low with dirt. A rheumy flood
rolled on his cheeks from his
sunken eyes and into his beard
trickled a saliva that was black.
"Back ! " he cried. But should
a War Lord and 1,000,000 armed
men stir for one sick old creature
like this.
"Who are you ? " asked the king.
"My name , " he said , "is Chol
era. "
Then turned with one accord that
mighty host , and fled , shrieking
in terror , "Cholera ! Cholera ! " The
very horses threw their riders and
trod them under frenzied hoofs.
Brother cut down brother whe im
peded his flight. None minded
the great War Lord , who threw
away his crown and sword and ran
with the rabble. Muskets were
cast aside. Cannon were left as
they stood , but covered with bod
ies of strong men who had come
forth to kill or die , and had died
of fright because their flight had
been checked an instant. Thous
ands were trampled into the earth.
A million men in a panic ! The
greatest route the world ever saw.
And every man who lived through
that madness , flew to his home ,
gathered his wife and children in
his arms and crouched in a corner ,
with wild eyes and white face ,
trembling over what might entei
the town.
The puissant War Lord on one
hand ; the microscopic bacillus on
the other ! The littleness of man
in great things ! The might of
God in little things. Omaha Daily
News.
The Republican Conven
tion.
Last Saturday was a busy day
for the boss republicans of Valen
tine. There had been a fight on
for the office of sheriff ever since
the supreme court declared the
"hold over law" unconstitutional.
Chas. Sherman was a candidate
years ago when he had to stand
aside for Layport and has waited
patiently ever since for his turn.
John Simpson was also an old-
timer and in line for promotion
but he was not told to "come up
higher. "
H. S. Savage was another can
didate and had been working the
country some for the delegations
and managed to get the promise of
a number of votes here and there
and was prepared to force the
nomination , but when the conven
tion was called to order it was
found that Sherman and Simpson
together had more votes than Sav
age and the two former , not wish
ing to be beaten by a new man ,
they agreed to consolidate their
vote on the one polling the largest
vote on the first ballott.
During the recess at noon while
the committees were getting to
gether the bosses also got together
and made a few dexterous changes
in the program to carry out their
plans.
At 2:00 : o'clock p. m. the con
vention proceeded by electing Pet
tijohn chairman of the precinct
committee for the ensuing year.
The temporary organization was
made permanent with C. H. Cor
nell as chairman. Ed Clarke re
ported on credentials and Petti
john read resolutions which sound
ed good to republicans. Nomina
tions were then in order.
F. M. Walcott up and told what
i good fellow Jack Keeley was and
bold him to come up higher. Some
fellow stamped his feet when the
Judge sat down and then they
suspended the rules and clapped
; heir hands when Jack was de-
ilared the nominee for clerk.
There was a fight on treasurer ,
kl f Morris of Woodlake nominated
VIr. McDill of Woodlake , and El
Li. Heath nominated Mr. Arm
strong of Cody. It is said that
2. C. Cole , the county assessor
mgineered this deal and had se-
; ured delegations for Armstrong ,
lis brother-in-law , by virtue of his
as county assessor. Arm-
i *
strong was nominated after taking
a ballot. The county assessor
looked pleased when his brother-
in-law got up to make a speech
| and told them that he was nc
'speech ' maker but that he was bet-
, ter with the pen and all right oc
books. .
The main fight was on when
nominations were called for sheriff.
Colonel Towle paid John Simpson
a glowing tribute and placed him
before the convention as a candi
date. Col. John Tucfcer modestly
placed the name of Chas. Sherman
before the convention. In a few
well chosen words Charles Reece
then told what a good boy H. S-
Savage was and they began tc
ballot. After several ballots Val
entine voting last , giving 12 votes
to Savage and S to Simpson , Sav
age was declared the nominee.
Savage was called for aud made a
nice little talk. Then they called
for Simpson , to tell how he liked
being defeated we suppose. We
never could stand that and didn't
blame John for turning red in the
face as he tried to speak cheerful
ly. Sherman was called repeated
ly and finally responded and told
them frankly that he didn't like to
be defeated but would kave kept
still if they hadn't insisted. It
was a mean trick to defeat a man
by trickery and then ask him to
get up before the convention a
house full and say how he liked
it. Many were laughing over the
result as the names of the defeated
candidates were called and it look
ed insulting for the fight had wax
ed warm.
Attorney Easily got up and said
that he would nominate a person
who was no gentleman for the of
fice of county superintendent and
finally explained that he wanted to
nominate Miss Kortz who respond
ed when called upon to make a
speech and told what Longfellow
said of an old apple tree in com
paring his own vigor that its
blossoms were as fresh as a young
tree and tried as an inference to
imagine the republican party an
old apple tree bringing on new
shoots every year as new voters
that would take care of the public
schools.
Several ballots were taken on
county judge. Ben Hobson nomi
nated W. T. Bullis and someone
said Nels Polen wanted to run for
judge , then everybody remembered
how Polen had been hanging
around as a bailiff every term of
court and thought how funny Pol-
en would look if they would nomi
nated him and it was time for a
little fun , so Polen was nominated.
Some yet say that Bullis and Mc
Dill were traded for Savage for
sheriff.
A. T. Tostevin and Dr. Lewis
were re-nominated for surveyor
and coroner by acclamation and C.
J. O'Connor was nominated for
commissioner of the 3rd district.
Chairman Pettijohn has been
walking the streets ever since the
convention to smooth the ruffled
feelings caused by the defeat of
the peoples' wishes. Some say
they are tired of Petti John's prom
ises and others say they have put
up with his high handed rule as long
as they will. It was his dictation two
years ago at the convention when
they elected him chairman that
they knew his plans : "Two years
more of Reece and then Keeley , "
with a snap of his finger , and it
went it his way.
Penbrook Quills.
Theo. Tillson has been quite
sick but is improved at present
writing.
Miss Florence Smith will teach
in western Cherry county , at
Harlan.
Wonder if Professor Watson
abtains his school items in the
same manner he hoes his meals.
School commenced September 4
in district 23 , known as the Welch
listrict , with Miss Olive Bliss as
teacher.
Several children from district
$ o. M are attending in No. 28.
A.mong them are Alma and Theo-
lora Tillson , Jettie and Fred Ham-
ir and Clara Sorby.
Miss Annie Tillson and Mrs.
Fohn Hittle , Frank Grooms and
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Roy ICuskie were visitors at Mrs.
John Swain's recently. Plenty oi
ripe melons , a shady croquet
ground , three lovely girls and a
charming hostess are almost too
attractive a combination. But like
all earthly things , it can not last.
The young ladies will soon begin
teaching and Mr. Swain's family
will remove temporily to Mr. Mc-
Farlands place.
EAGLE.
Simon Xews.
H.A.Davis is working for Mr.
Pay ton.
Miss M. Davis was a Simeon vis
itor Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson were
Simeon callers Sunday.
Chas. Bennett and daughter Josie
went ta town last week.
Lulu and Charlie Spoin weni to
towd Friday to take in the circui.
Smiles can't catch much news at
present but will find more next
time.
time.Mr.
Mr. and Miss Peterson of the
Hancock ranch were at Mr. Young's
Sunday.
S. J. Blakely and wife went down
on the river Saturday to visit Mrs.
Blakely's parents.
Charley Bennett is home for a
rest after working for S. J. Blakely
all last winter and this summer.
Miss Klingman says she enjoys a
her school at Simeon very much ,
but would enjoy a larger school
niucb more.
Milt Latta and daughter passed
through Simeon last week enroute
to Valentine , the latter to be doctor
ed for an abscess in the head.
SMILES.