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MAN'S MORTALITY.
The following poem is considered a poetical
teem of the first order. The original was
found in an Irish MS. in Trinity College, Dub
lin. There is reason, 6ajrs the Interior, to
think that the poctn was written by one of
those primitive Christian bards in the reign
of Diannid, about the year S5(. and was suiijr
and chanted at tho last crand assembly of
kinr. chieftains and lords, held in the fa
mous halls of Tara.
Like a damask rose you see.
Or like a blossom on a tree:
Or like the dainty flower in May,
Or like the mornimr to the day.
Or like the sun, or like the shade.
Or like the gourd that Jonah made:
Kven such is man whose thread Is spun.
Drawn out and out and so is done.
The rose withers, the blossom Mastctb,
The flower fades, the morning hustetb.
The sun sets, the shadow dies.
The gourd consumes, the man he dies.
I.Ike the grass that's newly sprung.
Or like the tale that's new begun.
Or like the bird that's here to-day.
Or like the pearled dew in May,
Or like an hour or like a span.
Or like the singing of a swan;
Even such is man, who lives by breath,
Is here, now there, in life and death.
The grass withers, th tale is ended.
The bird is flown, the dews ascended.
The hour Is short, the span not long.
The swan's near death, man's life is done.
Like to the bubble in the brook.
Or like in a glass much like a look.
Or like the shuttle in weaver' fvhandJ,
Or like the writing on the sand.
Or like a thought, or like a dream.
Or like the gliding of ant ream:
Even such is man, who lives by breath.
Is here, now there, in life and death.
Tho bubb'e's out, th look forgot.
The shuttle's Uung, tho writing's blot,
This thought is past, the dream is gone.
The waters glide, man's life I done.
lake an arrow from a bow.
Or like a swirt course of water flow.
Or like the time 'twixt flood and ebb,
Or like the spider's tender web.
Or likf a race, or like a coal.
Or like the deHbtig of the dole.
Even such is niau. whose brittle state.
Is always subject unto fate.
The arrow, shot, the flood soon spent.
The time no time, the web soon rent.
The race soon run. the goal soon won.
The dole soon dealt, man's life soon done.
Like the lightninir from the sky.
Or like a post that quick doth hie.
Or like a quaver In a song.
Or like a journey three days long.
Or like snow when summer's come,
Or like a ixaror like a plum:
Even mi eh is man, who neaps up sorrow.
Lives but this day and dies to-morrow.
The lightning's past, the post must go,
The song is short, tho Journey so.
The pear doth rot, the plum doth fall.
The suow dissolves, and so must all.
BRONCHO BERTIE.
The Rangers' Adopted Child and
Her Traffic Death.
From 1876 until after the Victoria
raid in 1880 Northwestern Texas aud
Southern New Mexico wero overrun by
well-organized bands of desperadoes and
"rustlers," and the State Rangers were
kept busy night and day hunting them
down.
In Presidio County, Tex., there was a
particularly desperate and determined
band of outlaws under command of
Dave Anderson, who was ably assisted
by his two brothers, Fred and Bob.
They robbed tho ranchman right and
left, plundered stage coaches and pri
vate ambulances, and even attacked
stores at some of tho small villages.
In the spring of '79 the Hangers began
a determined war on the desperate out
law organization, and during the spring
and summer had many battles with
them. Several were killed, others were
captured, and the gang linally broken up
and driven from the State. " The chief
outlaw alone remained behind, and
finding a hiding place in one of the deep
canyons of the Prison Mountains he
managed for several months to so effec
tually conceal himself that wo dually be
gan to believe that he, too, had fled tho
country.
One day, however, late in the fall, a
Ranger discovered his camp in an almost
inaccessable canyon on the head waters
of Lone Cottonwood Creek, and at once
hurried to camp and gave information.
The cpmmander of the Company,
Capt. Charles L. Neiull, at once ordered
out a scout of twelve men under com
mand of Corporal D. M. Goosley, with
orders to either capture or kill the out
law chief. Two days after leaving camp
we reached the uij;hborhood of the
bandit's stronghold, and three men were
sent forward on foot to reconnoiter. We
had a high mountain to climb, on the
other side of which Dave had his camp.
It had rough and rocky sides, but was a
level mesa on top. We were walking
across this plain when a shot mug out
on the clear air, and the man ou my
right fell to the ground wounded
through the left leg. The shot came
from the direction "of a loose pile of
boulders on our right, and looking up
quickly we saw the man we were search
ing for spring from behind the shelter
with his Winchester in his hand. He
raised it to his shoulder to shoot, but
before his finger pressed the trigger
Private Julius M. Bird, who was. a
little behind me and on my left side dis
charged his own weapon and the outlaw
reeled and fell. Wc walked toward him
and discovered that he was stone dead.
Bird's bullet having enetrated his heart.
The shooting had alarmed the rest of
the party, and as we returned to our
wounded companion they came pouring
over the side of the mesa to assist us.
The corporal was leading and I briefly
informed him what had taken place. He
sent two men back with the wounded
Ranger to'tlie place whero we had left
our horses, and the rest of us crossed
the mesa and began the descent of the
mountain on the other side, at the foot
of whir 'i the dead man had his cam p.
It wa. very cleverly concealed, and
we were within one hundred yardsof the
spot before we saw the little tent and the
two canvas-covered wagons, which com
prised his equipment. At the head of
the narrow pass down which we were
marching was a rude cow-pen, and when
wc passed it we heard a childish voice
singing a quaint rhyme. The whole
party halted, and the man in advance
peered around a huge boulder which nat
urally fenced one side of the pen.
"It's only a baby," be said, and went
forward.
We followed him in ingle lile. Under
rough brush shelter was seated the
singer, rocking herself to and fro in a
home-made chair, and busily engaged
in dressing a dilapidated doll. She'look
ed up as we approached, and we saw
that her face was round and pretty, lit
up by two great, brown eyes that looked
into ours unabashed. She was as brown
as a berry, and a tangled mass of yellow-curls
fell down over her shoulders.
"Howdy!" she cried, and clutched
her doll tightly.
Howdy, little one?" said the cor
poral. "What's your name?"
"My prop'rest" name is Anuie Rob
erta Anderson," she answered, ''but Dave
calls sae Broncho Bertie, 'cause I'm so
wild."
"And who's Dave?" queried the cor
poral. "Dave's my daddy. I've got two
more, but they're up in the Territory.
The Rangers driv 'em out Davs
wouldn't run, and h? says, he'll git some
on 'em yit."
"And how old are you?"
"I'm almost eight, but Dave says I'm
powerful peart of my age. I kin ride
and milk, and sometimes Dave lets mo
shoot his Winchester. Dave giv' me this
doll. 1 call her Lucy. Ain't she pret
ty?" And she held the disfigured manikin
for our inspection.
"Very pretty, little one," was the cor
poral's comment. v
"Be you all Dave's friends?" shVJiaid,
sharply, and look ng at us inquiringly.
"Oh, yes," answered the corporal, and
I don't think that falsehood counted.
"Where is Dave?"
"lie left camp this morning." said the
girl, "aud said he mightn't be back 'fore
to-morrow. You'd think a little girl
like me 'ud be afraid to stay alone in
camp, but I afn't. I 'muse myself with
Dolly all day, and when night comes I
cover up my head close nnd go to sleep
and don't know no more till daylight.
Dave says there's no bad varmints right
'round here, and if Injins or Rangers
should come I don't reckon they'd hurt
a little girl like me. Do you think they
would?"
"No, little one," said the corporal, and
his voice softened. He was silent a mo
ment and then spoke again.
'Dave won't come back anymore,"
he said, "He's gone gone up into
the big territory, and he sent us here
to look after vou."
"Did he? "Well, ..hat's good of Dave
but then he always was good to me.
Where are you going to take me?"
"To our camp."
"How far is it from here?"
"A long ways."
"Can 1 take mv dolly?"
"Certainly."
''Then I'll 'pare myself right away."
she said, and walked towards one of the
wagons hugging the doll to her heart.
The corporal sent two men up on the
mesa to bury the dead outlaw, and
others "rounded" up tho cows and
wagon stock. Our horses and the
wounded Ranger were brought up, and
in two hours' time we were ready to
st.wt. We followed the creek down to
Borilla Spring and then took the Gov
ernment road through Lympia and
Mooskie Canyons to our camp. Broncho
Bertie rode in one of the wagons, and
when we reached camp and turned tho
outlaw's outfit over to the captain, the
child was formally adopted by the men,
and we pitched her a tent alongside the
captain's.
Rangers, as a usual thing, are a rough
lot, but the heart of every man in the
company was warmed toward the little
waif, and when she was ready to retire
they all clustered around the tent to see
her safely in bed. Before climbing in
she knelt on the ground, and clasping
her little hands raised her brown eyes
heavenward. Instantly every hat was
doffed aud every head bowed, and the
eyes of some of the men were swimming
when the Broncho's simple petition to
the Throne of Mercy was linished. She
kissed each man good-night, and there
was a hush unusual and solemn around
the camp-tire that uight.
She remained with us nearly a year,
and so potent was her influence that a
curse was never heard about tho camp,
and Mad Milton hunted up an old Bible
which had been a present when he left
"the States," but which had never been
opened since his i.rrival on the plains,
and began to study its sacred pages
during his odd moments of leisure. If a
man visited the post and did not bring
the Broncho a present when he returned
lie v:is considered guilt- of high treason.
Blackhawk Davis nought her a gentle
pony and taught her to throw the lasso.
We dressed ner richly but fancifully,
and the captain gave her a minature
Winchester and a tiny six-shooter and
belt. She was always in line at
roll-call night and morning, and gen
erally answered "present" when her
name was called.. The lieuten
ant taught her to read and write and
"Happv Halmon" gave her lessons en
the vioiin. She was a merry-hearted,
gcncrous-souled little elf, and the sun
shine of her presence made our rude
camp always bright. Her quaint obser
vations and practical suggestions were
a constant source of merriment among
the men. Her favorite was "Reckless
Jeff," probably because he was merely
a boy in years with a smooth, fresh face
and great blue eyes as large as her own
brown orbs. Jell" was a good-hearted
fellow, as generous as a King, and as
chivalrous as an old knight-errant, but
he had an unfortunate habit of taking
aboard too much post whisky. The
fiery liquor always inflamed his passions
and brought out his worse traits of
character. When "under the influence"
he could be moved neither by threats
nor entreaties, and his favorite amuse
ment was "shooting 'em up" when his
reckless but usually accurate marks
manship inspired uuiversal terror in the
hearts of his human targets, for he con
sidered it nothing remarkable to cut the
roll ou a Mexican's sombrero with his
bullets or shoot the buttons off a cow
boy's jacket. The bottles and decanters
on the bars of the casinos suffered
whenever he "turned himself loose."
One of his favorite feats, of which lie
was very proud, was to shoot a cork
from the head of a man at a distance of
twenty yards. In camp he was always
practicing with his six-shooter and the
Broncho frequently became his target
holder. She seemed to have no fear
only unbouuded confidence in the accu
racy of her friend's aim, and she would
laugh gleefully and clap her hands when
a particularly close and dangerous shot
was made.
It was the first and only Christmas
the Broncho speut with us. and in her
honor, ostensibly, and for her amuse
ment, the boys extemporized a great
variety of frontier sports and games.
We had a big tub of egg-nogg, and
several of the boys drank too much.
Jeff was one of these, and before dinner
he had taken aboard so much of the
seductively intoxicating compound that
his face was flushed, his gait unsteady
and his manner loud and boisterous.
We had been exhibiting our skill as
marksmen, and Jeff had been a silent
and scornful witness of our somewhat,
to him, tame and uninteresting feats
with the six-shooter. Finally he drew
his own weapon.
"You fellows shoot very fair," he
said, "but I'll show you something that
w shooting."
He pulled the cork out of a flask which
he drewjrom his pocket, and handed.it
to Broncho Bertie.
"Stand up. Broncho!" he said, and
the child took a position about thirty
paces distant, against the gnarled trunk
of a live oak tree. She faced us with
flashing eyes, and her, cheeks crimsoned
with excitement. Placing the little cork
on top of the mass of tangled curls
which covered her head she folded her
arms and cried -out that she was ready.
"Don't shoot, Jeff," cried one of the
boys. ''You're nervous; don't shoot!"
"Nonsense." cried the ranger. "You
ain't afraid, Bronea, are roar'
"No!" slfc answered. "Not when
you shoot!"
He cocked his weapon, threw it up
and slowly lowered it until the tiny cork
was in range. We watched him in breath
less silence, and it seemed to me that
his hand trembled. He threw up the
pistol again, somewhat impatiently,
and, dropping it quickly, pulled tho
trigger when his keen eye caught the
bead over the bright barrel.
There was a flash, a- loud report, a
stifled scream, a chorus of horrified cries,
the Broncho reeled and fell and we
rushed toward her. The bullet had
struck her curly heau just below the hair
line, making an ugly wound from which
the blood and brains were oozing. Wo
raised her up, but there was only a flut
tering, tremulous gasp for breath and
she was dead.
The murderer stood in the same posi
tion, staring straight forward. Sudden
ly he raised the smoking pistol, pressed
the muzzle to his temple and fired be
fore anyone could interfere to prevent
him.
That night a group of tearful, sorrow
stricken men gathered around the wide
grave which had becu prepared for both.
They had loved each other in life, and it
was fitting that they should sleep to
gether in death. "Few words were
spoken, but our mute grief was mora
eloquent than could have been the most
glowing eulogy. To this day no man
passes the little cairn of rocks which
marks the double grave without rever
ently lifting his hat. Col. G. W. Sym
onds in Detroit Free Press.
THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS.
Au Klement or Ecclesiastical Power aud
Security.
The College of Cardinals is ostensibly
recruited from persons who pretend to
the honor of its membership on the
strength of extraordinary virtues, piety,
learning, or spiritual achievement; and
the Council of Trent, in addition to de
manding from candidates for the Cardi
uulate the same religious distinctions
and ecclesiastical qualities which were
desiderated in the occupants of the
episcopate, made it an instruction to the
Pope that the- should be chosen, so far
as possible, from among the most capa
ble persons in all parts of Catholic
Christendom. Gifts of birth and of rank
presently came, however, to count for
eligibility as if they were gifts of the
spirit; and even Kings sought for the
relatives of Kings a distinction which
only by the attraction of mundane acci
dents of pomp and splendor could be
considered as at all belonging to this
world. For every Cardinal was a po-,
tential Pope; and every Pope was a ik-'
tential partisan or arbitrator in cases
where sovereigns disputed with each1
other. In former times, indeed. Kings
had a right of presentation, and Cardi
nals who had been created in accordance
with such royal nominations were known
as Crown Cardinals. The family pride
and social pretensions of the Popes
themselves tended to aggravate this
abuse of selection; and the result was
nepotism and other favorism. "Paul V.,
for instance, is described as having had
a particular aim throughout the whole
course of his Popedom, 1605-21, to
ennoble the Corte Romana, to impart a
new and singular majesty into the sa
cred college, and to select such persons
as were proper by their owu grandeur
to defend the honor of the church. Ac
cordingly in those promotions, he ad
vanced five Princes "of very great qual
ity" to the Cardinalatc Maurizio, son
of the Duke of Savoy, who renounced it
afterward in favor of amarriagc which
better suited his ideas of the eternal fit
ness of things; Ferdinando and Visccnzo
Gonsaga, both sons of the Duke of Mo
dena; Carlo di Medici, son of the Duke
of Tuscany, and Ferdinando, Infante di
Spagna, who, as historians report, im
mortalized th honor of the Cardinalate
by fighting for the faith of Christ. Still,
the grander the entourage the less the
relative glory of the Supreme Pontifl;
and other Popes made it a matter of
principle and practice to keep Princes
and nobles aloof from a dignity to
which, judging by the debased standard
of expediency, they seemed entitled for
at least the secular ease, influence, and
prosperity of the church. That the na
tive and hereditary nobility or royalty
of the members of the Sacred College
was an element of ecclesiastical jxnver
and security was recognized even by
reforming writers within the Roman
communion, who were keen to espy the
abuses of the Papal system. And this1
recognition has taken place to such an
extent that the exclusion of noble and
princely candidates from the Cardinal
ate has been brought forward as a kind
of petty treason against the church, over
which they had been called to rule, ore
the part of pontiffs who grudged that
the shadow of their throne should be.
relieved or irritated by the glory of tool
near a rival. London Society.
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YOUNG CALVES.
Considerations with Itespect to their Feed
aud General Condition.
The feeding of young calves is now n
timely subject for consideration. Full
feeding up to the point of perfect diges
tion and assimilation should be the aim.
It is eas- to discover when this point is
reached! The condition of the bowel
discharge is an accurate test. As soon
as the dung has an offensive odor diges
tion is impaired, and either the food is
given to excess or the character of it is
not healthful. As a rule sour food is not
wholesome for calves. If one oes to
the cattle markets and visits tne calf
pens, the "buttermilk calves" are read
ily found by their filthy odor. The
calves may be plump and appear all
right, but the contrary will soon appear
when a purchaser gets them home. The
fasting will soon affect injuriously the
soft, flaccid, unhealthy flesh, and the
calves will fail in a serious manner, and
time and food will be wasted in bring
ing them into condition again. This
experience should warn the owners of
calves to study carefully the feeding,
and to use only the best of food. It is
easy to have sweet milk for the calves,
and it will pay to warm this to 90". At
this time calves are sufficiently advanced
to take a considerable ration of the meal,
but the full feeding of this should be
cautiously reached by gradual increaso
of the ration from a small and safe quan
tity. The moment diarrhea occurs feed
ing should stop for forty-eight hours.,
and then small doses of hot sweet milk!
only should bj given. N. T. Times.
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On a certain occasion, says the
New York iptisl, Mr. W. K. Travers
was in a stage going up Fifth avenue,
and his son, W. R, Jr., who was then
a very small boy, was sitting on his,
knee, the stage being very crowded. Ai
lady got in and there 'was no seat for
her. Mr. Travers, with his usual dis-i
play of gallantry, said to his son : "B
BUfy, g-get up and give this 1-lady your
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NOTARY PUBLIC,
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Columbus, Neb. 491-7
T REEDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office on Olive St., Columbus, Nebraska
14X
MONEY TO 1-04W.
Five years' time, on improved farms
with at least one-fourth the acreage under
cultivation, in sums representing one
third the fair value of the homestead.
Correspondence solicited. Address,
M.K.TURNER,
r0- Columbus, Nehr.
V. A. MACKEN,
DKALER IN
Foreign and Domestic Liquors and
Cigavs.
11th street, Columbus. .Neb. 50-y
-VTcAIISTER BROS.
A TTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office up'Btairs in McAllister's build
ing; 11th St. W. A. 3IcAllister, Notary
Public.
JOHN TIMOTHY,
NOTARY PUBLIC AND CONVEYANCER.
Keeps a full line of stationery and school
supplies, aud all kinds of legal forms.
Iusures against fire, lightning, cyclone
and tornadoes. Office in Powell's Block,
Platte Centei. 19-x
J. M. MACFARLAND, B. K. COWDKRY,
AttsrsiyislHoUryPaWc. Collector.
LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE
OF
MACF ARIjAND & COWDER7,
Columbus, : : : Nebraska.
J. J. MAUGHAX,
Justice, County Surveyor, Notary,
Land and Collection Agent.
ISTPartieb desiring surveying done can
notify me by mail at Platte Centre, Neb.
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U.RV8CHE,
.
llth St., opposite Lindell Hotel.
Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars, Whips,
Blankets, Curry Combs, Brushes, trunks,
valises, buggy tops, cushions, carriage
trimmings, Ax., at the lowest possible
prices. Repairs promptly attended to.
TAMES SALMON,
CONTRACTOR ANO BUILDER.
Plans and estimates supplied for either
frame or brick buildings. Good work
guaranteed. Shop on 13th Street, near
St. Paul Lumber Yard, Columbus, Ne
braska. 52 6mo.
T H. LAWRENCE,
DEPUTY CO. SURVEYOR.
Will do general surveying in Platte
and adjoining counties. Inquire at the
Court House.
COLUMBUS,
NF.BRASKA.
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IOTICE TO TEACHERS.
J. E. Bffoncrief, Co. Supt.,
Will be in his office at the Court House
on the third Saturday of each
month for the purpose of examining
applicants for teacher's certificates, and
for the transaction of any other business
pertaining tn schools. 57-y
JS. MURDOCK & SON,
Carpenters and Contractors.
Havehad an extended experience, and
will guarantee satisfaction In work.
All kinds of repairing done on short
notice. Our motto is, Good work and
fair prices. Call and give us an oppor
tunitytoestimateforyou. isysbop on
13th St., one door west of Friedhof &
Co's. store, Columbus. Nebr. 483-v
MAKVFACTU1CKR OF
Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware !
Job-Work, Roofing and Gutter
ing a Specialty.
'Shan on Olivn Kireet ilnnrn
north of brodfeuhrer's Jewelry Store.
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tjr CMTea-
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The largest'and most enthusiastic
convention that ever assembled iu
the city convened yesterday (Oct.
13th) at the Maeanerchor Hall.
J. E. Moncrief, chairman of the
central committee, called the con
vention to order, and M. K. Turner
was, on motion, selected as tempor
ary chairman, and J. J. Truman as
temporary secretary.
Ou motion, J. M. McFarland, W.
H. Selsor, YV. A. McAllister, John
Wurdomaun, C. W. Hollingshead and
S. J. Whoeler were appointed a com
mittee on credentials, who reported
the following as entitled, prima facie,
to scats in the convention :
Granville Twp., J I Robinson, W
H Selsor. GW Clark.
Humphrey Twp., M C Bkedoru,
F H Geer, D Grahan.
Sherman Twp., Henry Bargen
barg, Herman BakehuB, Henry Wur
demann.
Monroe Twp., J J Truman, J J
Judd, J E Dack, U E Wiley by proxy
ERUall, SJ Alexander, C W Hol
lingshead. Loup Twp. Jno. Eisenuian, Fred.
Meedel.
Creston Twp., C Heitsman, N
Olson, S J Wheeler, Silas Fleming.
Columbus Twp., J II Reed, L
Gerrard, Geo W Wescolt, W T Wal
ker.
Bismark Twp., Juo Wurdemann,
Herman Wilken, Henry Rickerts.
Walker Twp., Ole Oleson, N D
Anderson, J P Johnson, Neils Olson,
A A Linnegran, A E Pinson, John
Newman.
Columbus City, 1st Ward, E Pobl,
H P Coolidge, J W Early, W A Mc
Allister; 2d Ward, II Ragatz, B R
Cowdery, M. K. Turner, S S McAllis
ter, John McMahon; 3d Ward, M
Wbitmoyer, G W Clother, J S Mur
dock, Carl Kramer, W B Backus, by
proxy J M McFarland, J Rasmussen.
Lost Creek Twp., Wm Los-eke,
Peter Kettleson, L II Jewell, Wm
Wilson, Wm Steiubaugb, Ed Hoare.
Woodville Twp., D L Conard, W
J Irwin, H Guiles, Edward Irwin,
Robt Gillespie.
On motion of Gerrard, report was
received and committee discharged.
The motion to adopt the report of
the committee, was objected to by W
J Irwin as to the proxy of R E Wiley
by E B Hall, and ou motion of Geer,
E B Hall's name was stricken off the
roll of delegates, and the report
adopted as to the rest.
On motion of W. A. McAllister, the
delegates present were empowered to
cast the full vote of the delegation.
On motion of Hollingshead the
temporary organization was made
permanent.
On motion of Hoar, Chris Mccdel
was admitted to represent Butler
Twp.
The convention then proceeded to
the nomination of a candidate for
County Judge.
FIRST BALLOT.
V. M. Cornelius 87
.I.C. -Martin '22
S. S. 3IcAUister 4
Cornelius waB declared the nom
inee, and the same was made unani
mous, by acclamatiou.
On motion of Gerrard, M. J. Uogao
and J. J.Sullivan were admitted as
delegates from Shell Creek Twp.
For County Treasurer, E. Pohl was
the unanimous choice, by acclamation
of the convention.
For Sheriff,
FIRST BALLOT.
C. C. 3Iiller "
Dan. Condon
Herman Pieper
31. C. Bloedorn
J. C. Tiffany
Chas. Heitsman
SECOND BALLOT.
Condon 2:1
Bloedorn 13
Tiffany 5
Heitsman 5
THIRD BALLOT.
Condon 21
Bloedorn 17
Heitsman 5
FOURTH BALLOT.
Condon 23
Pieper 14
Bloedorn 20
FIFTH BALLOT.
Condon 31
Pieper
Bloedorn , 20
SIXTH BALLOT.
Condon..
Bloedorn
34
31
On the sixth ballot C9 votes haviny
been cast, 3 moro than were entitled
to vote, on motion, the ballot was set
aside, and another vote taken.
.Condon's nomination was after
wards, on motion of Hoare, made
unanimous by acclammatiou.
For County Superintendent ot
Schoole, .1. E. Moncrief was nomina
ted, by acclamation, and unanimously.
For County Clerk, the conveutio-i
did the panic by M. J. Hogan.
For County Surveyor, the sam
action was taken for R. U. Lawrence
For Coroner, the same action fo
Dr. F. H. Geer.
The delegates selected to the state
convention were : B R Cowdery, Ed
Hoare, S S McAllister, S J Alexan
der, Wm Steinbaugb, L Gerrard and
Carl Kramer.
The central committee so far select
ed, are Granville, J I Robinson;
Humphrey, M C Bloedorn ; Bi-mark,
Henry Rickerts; Sherman. IMiry
Wurdeman; Creston, Will-am EUs
rath; Grand Prairie, Peter Larseu;
Columbus. J 11 Reed ; Waiker, Jbhn
Newiunn ; Wnidille, J L Truman;
Duller, ('In m 3!e!l-i; Loup, .lohu
Eiseniuiiiiii ; Monroe, C W Hollimra
lfad; Lost Creek. J R Smith.
First Ward Columbus, H P Coolidjrp,
2d, Henry Ragatz, 3:1, Carl Kramer.
Henry Ragatz was elected chnirnian
of the committee, and the convention
adjourned.
J. J. Truman, . M. K. Turner,
Secretary. Chairman.
Remlicma Cm
PARENTS ANO TEACHERS.
Ib Necessity of Hearty Co-Upcratloa
twetn Then.
The fact is conceded by those who
properly understand or appreciate the
laboriousness of a teacher's position that
his remuneration is frequently incom
mensurate with the amount of work re
quired of him, and no rightly thinking
man will, I believe, dispute the assertion
that so long as the tcaclicr uau command
little more for his service than is paid
to an ordinary laborer, just so lonjj will
the cause of education be retarded, and
no one will have the rijrht to complain
u uui sv;uuuis an: cumuiuieu in a uegii
ent and unsatisfactory manner.
However, in an effort to correct tho
evils existing in our systems of instruc
tion, there is something else to be con
sidered besides dollars and cents.
Tho conscientious in.-tructor, bo he
'college professor" or "country peda
gogue, ' is not an automaton that drags
listlessly through six hours of labor per
day, after the fashion of a horse in a
treadmill, contented merely to draw his
salary aud to retain his place; he is a
man of nobte principle, who realizes the
responsibility of his position; hi inter
est are identical with those of his pupils,
and he will bend every energy forMheir
advancement.
To such a man the hiiMues-s of teach
ing is fraught with Many cares, for, be
ing in thorough sympathy with his pu
pils, he not only rejoices over their suc
cesses, but also grieves with them whea
they faii; thus does he coutinually alter
nate between pleasure and sorrow. Where
is the individual w ho can contcmpIaU
this veritable hero and not deeply sym
pathize with his praiseworthy endeav
ors? Justly does lie di-.-erve" both ade
quate pecuniary -oi:ipu:iliou for Iim
labors and the .cutty encouragement
and co-operation of his patrons. There
exists in the minds of ncinv parents the
erroueous idea that lh- h:ivo no part to
perform iu their child ren's education,
save to pay for their tuition, while tho
teacher is expecU-d to do the
rest. Hetis required to bear the brunt of
pupils1 irregular attendance, he must
make up for lack of home training and
instruction, and yet. in the "face of these
obstacles, if he, by the end of the ses
sion, shall not have carried the child
through two or three sets of text-books,
he is considered derelict in the discharge
of duty and much dissatisfaction is felt.
I do not advocate parental dictation
either in the discipline or mode of in
struction iu schools, for this would bean
unwarranted assumption of authority,
and no teacher of spirit will ever brook
such interference.
However, private suggestions from
patrons, if kindly given, are always in
order and would be gratefully received.
Moreover, a parent ought to manifest
a genuine interest in the studies nnd
progress of his child. Just here I would
say to all parents if in the preparation
of lessons at home your children should
encounter obstacles that they cannot
surmount, and should come to you for
assistance, do not tell them you have no
time to be bothered and that they must
carry their difficulties to the teacher,
who is paid to attend to their wants; but
cheerfully help them out of the trouble,
talk to them about their studies, incite
them to more diligent application, and
let them feel that you are concerned in
their intellectual as well as physical
welfare. Above all, impress upon them
the vital importance of punctual attend
ance at school and the necessity of strict
obedience to the teacher's commands.
A little Hme thus employed will not
only greatly facilitate the teacher's la
bors and conduce to their success, but it
will yield you a rich dividend iu tho
more rapid advancement of your child.
May the day be not .far distant when
parents and teachers, throughout the
country, shall learn the importance of
greater co-operation. W. O. Fof in
Cut rent.
m
Grant's Unostentatiousness.
"I saw a good deal of Geueral Graut
while I was Adjutant-General of the
Fifth Army Corps." said Colonel Fred
T. Locke. "I was aboard General Grant's
own steamboat after the battle of Vicks
bnrg, when the Congressional Commit
tee came down from Washington and
gave him the gold mcd:tl voted by Con
gress.togcther with resolutions of thanks
to himself and his officers. He showed
great modesty on ihu occasion. He
wouldn't trust himself to mak t any ex
traordinary n-jdy. He took a piece of
paper from his pocket. :uid read that he
accepted the medal aud thanks of Con
gress, and would take the earliest op
portunity to convey them to the officers
under his command. I saw him fre
quently on the battlefield, but he was
just as unassumiug there as everywhere
else. I saw him once sitting on a rail
fence, with a soldier's overcoat on. calm
ly smoking a cigar and listening to the
talk of his corps officers who were
around him. No one would have taken
him for the commander of the armieof
the United States." A". Y. Sun.
The Dead Prince Consort's Room.
A long time ago I went over the
house and came to a room which had
bceu religiously closed for years. It
was opened by special order and there
Issued from it a certain hallowed odor
which exhales on opening a long
closed sanctuary. The blinds were
drawn and semi-darkness prevailed. We
drew near a table and my guide ex
plained that this wa the late Prince
Consort's room, and everything was to
daj jij,st as he had left it when he died.
The dust was nearly a inch thick on his
writing-dcskfa half-used quill was lying
crosswise where it had fallen from his
hand or its rack; there were several ar
ticles about a paper-weight, a book, and
to the right near the abandoned quill, a
little carved frame, aud in this frame a
portrait. I think I can sec it now the
youthful Victoria painted by Wiuterhal
ter. Her majesty has a sweet, fair face,
and rosebud mouth, and she wears an
apple-green gown, the tint just glim
mering through some folds of lace. This
picture was always by the Prince Con
sort's side, and when this sanctum was
vacated forever no oue dared to touch
it or even the smallest object in the
room. By the Queen's orders it stands
to-day as it stood then. The dust is a
Iitttc thicker on tapestry, chair, and ta
ble, the quill still lies in its old place.
anu me nine royai picture smiles as
sweetly as of yore from its half-dimmed
frame. I need not s:iv that this cham
ber is never opened ou a revel night,
but I could not help thinking of it as wc
walked once more through other lovely
but less sacred apartments. London
Cor. Charleston (S.C.) N-ws.
Hot wood ashes applied to a stove
when cold will remove grease. Cover
the spot entirely; do not lie sparing of
Ifca ashe. Indianapolis JourttaL
Fifth avenue. New York, is the
richest street in the world. N. Y. Sun.
Lightning struck a Chinaman in
Montana and changed his' complexion
from yellow to black. Denver Tribune.
The Governor of Massachusetts
gets a salary of five thousand dollars a
year, and the Mayor of Boston tea
thousand dollars. Boston Post.
The cigar tester in the New York
Custom House says that a simple way
to case heartburn from smoking is to
touch some of the ashes to the tongue.
How many women know that ia
the revised version. Psalm Iviii. II,
ireads: 4The Lord giveth the won!:
The women that publish the tidings are
.a great host!"
The writer and the schoolmaster
might find it advantageous to go to
Abyssinia hand and hand, as tho pres
ent literature of the country consists of
only oue hundred volumes. Current.
When a man offers to sell chickens
,for ten cents each in Southwest Geor
gia he is suspected of theft When a
man asks more than that in Northwest
(Jeorgia he is suspected of lunacy.
Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle.
Over seven thousand cigars were
found by rcvenuo officers aboard a
steamer which arrived in New York a
few ilavs ayro. The cijrars were found
in the ice-boxes, the water tanks, under
tho coal and other out-of-the-way
places. AI I'. Tribune.
A philosophic farmer iu New Jer
sey says "there ain't no cause for a
deal of frcttiif iu tho world. It always
evens up about so. When the grassis
thin, the winter is open, so that when
the hay crop is poor we don't need
nigh so much firewood."
A lady living in Naugatuck, Mass..
while looking over the old family Uible
recently, found an old Colonial six
pound "note, dated 1758. The note was
good for seventeen ounces ten penny
weights of silver in New Jersey. On
one side was printed: "To counfeit
this is death." Uoston Journal.
A prominent Mexican says that
"Mexico owes less per capita than any
other nation on the globe only aboflt
$117 per head." In this country Cov
ernmont officials are paid monthly; in
Mexico, every fifteen days, and tho
Treasury is behind now only one aud
one-half payments, or three weeks.
The Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution
says: "The first coffee ever produced
in the United States was grown by
Madame At.eroth. near Manatee, Fla.".
in 1880. Madame is now seventy-eight
years old. She has twenty-live coffee
trees on her plantation, and has suc
cessfully demonstrated the fact that
under proper culture coffee may be
made to flourish iu the latitude of
Florida."
A Texas man, already aware that
his boy was dull of apprehension, ob
served" during a heavy shower that the
youngster actually did not know
enough to come in when it rained.
Much impressed with the result of this
proverbial test, he applied to the court
to have the little fellow adjudged idi
otic and committed to an asylum. The
motion was denied, however, no other
evidence Lcing presented to sustain it.
Chicago Times.
A scientist states m a net result of
a number of observations that there is
au exhilaration of the puKc rate and a
flight elevating of temperature from
smoking. If the average temperature
of uon-smokers were represented by
one thousand, that of moderate smok
ers would be one thousand and eight;
while the heart in the former case
was making one thousand pulsations,
in the latter it would beat one thousand
one hundred and i-ighty times. Hence
the harm of tobacco smoking. Phila
delphia Press.
Timber depredations on public do
main are still carried on, with little
effort on the part of tin: authorities to
check them. Among others the Chinese
in Placer County, Cal., are said to he
cutting immense quantities of siigar
pfhe on Government land. The trees
are cut by them to be made into
"shooks," and if their grain is not per
fectly straight the trees are abandoned
and other trees cut down. By this
method great quantities of trees, are
felled aud spoiled for any purpose.
San Francisco Chronicle.
An English Judge, so goes a cur
rent story, was traveling in Germany,
aud entering his name in the visitors'
book in a certain city, he was particu
lar to append even- titular distinction
he possessed. The next comer, notic
ing this, added to the other titles,
"Toady aud Tuft-Hunter." The re
porter of the local paper, who did not
understand English, called, as usual,
for the l'st of visitors, and copied from
the book the full description of the
Judge, with the additional words,
which duly appeared in the newspaper
next da3
The limitation of yellow fovcr to
restricted areas is oqe of the charac
teristics of this disease, even when epi
demic, and it take.- some curious
phases. The specific gravity of the
poison is great, and it clings to sur
faces. "Frequently its rate of progress
may be mathematically defined." says
Dr. F. W. Reilly. "so many feet per
day independent of any recognized in
fluence, except a perpendicular obsta
cle." Iu Mobile a board fence stopped
its progress, aud a bluff bank held it at
bay for weeks in Memphis. Hence the
value of removal and the sanitary lino
when this disease appears. Pittsburgh
Post.
--Ambrose Chapman, a Waterbury
farmer, has discovered one way to kill
snakes which has heretofore been uu
known. Up has for many years been
a sheep raiser on tho hills of Walcott.
and he says that his sheep have a novel
method of destroying their enemy ,the
rattlesnake. A- soon as one of the
reptiles approaches a flock of sheep
they quickly but quietly form iu a Hue
and walk round and round the snake,
breathing upon it as they pa. until It
becomes stupefied and finally dies. Mr.
Chapman insists that he lias seen the
operation performed by his sheep a
number of times, and always with suc
cess. Hartford Post.
Ten years ago, when Clarence A.
Posley, a West Point graduate, married
the daughter of Dr. Sterling, a New
York millionaire, his wedding present
from his father-in-law was a package
containing SIOO.OOO in United States
bonds. The young people went away
on a wedding journey and left the
money with the doner, where it nas
ever since remained, they drawing the
interest. Dr. Sterling died last Jan
uary, and his will leaves all his prop
erty to the daughter, but docs not
mention the $100 OOO.given to the son-in-law,
and at his wife's suggestion
Mr. Posley began a friendly suit to re
.oover the money, which was decided
ia his favor by a New York Judge. Jf.
T. Herald.