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Republican National Ticket.
For President,
WILLIAM McKINLEY.
For Vice-President,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
Governor,
C. H. DIETRICH, Adams.
Lieutenant Governor,
E. P. SAVAGE, Custer.
Secretary of State,
G. W. MARSH, Richardson.
Treasurer.
WILLIAM STUEFFER, Cumin.
Auditor,
CHARLES WESTON, Sheridan.
Attorney General,
F. N. PROUT, Gage.
Land Commissioner,
GEORGE D. FOLLMER, Nuckolls.
Superintendent,
W. K. FOWLER, Washington.
Camgresueaal Ticket.
For Congress, Third District,
JOHN R HAYS.
Coming Events.
Nebraska state fair, Lincoln, Sept 4
to 7.
National Farmers' congress, Colorado
Springs, Colo., Aug. 21 to 31.
Tenth Biennial reunion of the society
of Crocker's Iowa brigade, at Keokuk,
Iowa, Sept. 2G and 27.
Northeast Nebraska District G. A. R.
reunion, Fierce, Nebr., July 10 to VI in
clusive. Central Nebraska League Assembly,
Fullerton, AugUBt 11-20. Among ex
pected speakers are Hon. Theo. Roose
velt, Bishop McCabe and Prof. Miller.
Sixteenth annual Boone county fair,
Albion, Sept. 19, 20 and 21.
"Last year of fusion,''
allots.
say many pop-
Adlm reminds of
Cleveland reminds of -
Cleveland, and
Bryan has to carry New York to suc
ceed, but how will Adlai help carry New
York?
The real issue in this campaign is the
maintenance of prosperity. Toledo
Blade.
The prospect of a republican success
never disturbs business. Jersey City
Journal.
Tnc counties of Frontier, Chase, Holt,
Sherman and Greeley received soaking
showers on the Fourth.
The " democratic campaign in Ne
braska, conducted on false issues, should
close by a democratic defeat.
Senator Spooxeu of Wisconsin de
scribes a populist as "against everything
that is, and opposed to everything that
is not."
Hekrt Kahleh of Milford had his
eyes severely injured by tho explosion
of a cannon firecracker July 4. The eye
sight may be saved.
The exchange of old government
beads for new ones bearing 2 per cent
interest has exceeded $300,000,000, and
saved the government $8,000,000.
It has been figured that farmers paid
$828,000,000 for the experiment of elect
ing a democratic president in 1892,
through loss in the value of live stock.
The more Bryanites shouted for free
trade, the plainer it was made that it
was the trusts that desired the imme
diate abolition of all duties. Albany
Journal.
Axkeicax credit stands higher than
that of any other nation. Republican
Platform.
The democrats could not have said
that when the last democratic president
was trying to borrow money in England.
. Axokq the republicans, practical una
nimity on candidates and platform;
atong the fnsionists, a divided ticket
and a disagreeable time over the plat
form a large body of 'the faithful' being
asked to swallow the silver-coated, 1C to
1 pills.
Son policemen of Omaha are charged
wit entering e&Ioodb and bumming
Uriaka, and Mayor Mooree is credited
with saying that no member- of the
Omaha police shall put himself under
obligation to saloon men by accepting
free drinks.
The republican candidate for gov
raor had a plurality of more than 10,
010, at the late election. Notwithstand
ing Bryan's tour of the state a few weeks
before th'e election the plurality on coo
Ujcwnnn for republicans was 10,000
larger tham 1896.
.Ex-Postmaster Sooioss of Seward,
who lost his position for using public
aoawy for his owa private use, not
withstanding the sum was made good,
was sentenced to pay a fine of $50, and
to inprieonment in the Dodge county
jail for one year.
It is evident that David B. Hill went
to his home in New York a more popular
aaaa with the democracy of the country
than he had been before, and Bryan's
adherents had no just cause of com
plaint against him, surely. Perhaps
David B. had one eye out for 1904.
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Just as I am opposed to imperialism
in a nation, so I am opposed to it in an in
dividual. David B. Hill, at the conven
tion, with reference to Bryan's domination
as to 16 to 1. "
SOME FIGURES.
ILt&t iLtLG T7"oter
He Con.cru.a.es to oppose sros
perit3T lay 3nis TTote-
The following table will show how the prosper
ous farmer of Nebraska is reducing the mortgage
indebtedness, and retiring eastern capital For
the six months ending June 30, 1900, nearly
$132,000 has been paid off in two counties alone.
Following is the score:
PLATTE COUNTY:
Real estate mortgages filed, 32b, - $386,231.64
MADISON COUNTY:
Real estate mortgages filed, 189, - $226,880.56
" " " released, 296, 286,471.67
Platte county has paid off the debt at the rate
of about $12,000 per month, and Madison is not
far behind with a trifle over $10,000 per month.
DEPARTMENT SEMDS WAXHDTG.
Recording Officer Mast Vote Bevenue
Stamps on Filed Document.
We call the attention of Journal
readers to the following reference,which
may prove of immense value:
The department of internal revenue at
Washington has sent a warning to the
collector of the district of Nebraska in
regard to the failure of recording officers
to note upon the record of documents
filed the presence of the revenue stamps
required by the federal law.
This matter is a very important one,
as, under the law, no instrument which
does not bear the requisite stamp can
be used as evidence in any court or for
any purpose required by law. Through
the failure of the recorder to note the
presence of the stamp, the record of the
deed or mortgage is rendered defective
and an abstract of title cannot testify as
to the validity of the title. Property
rights are thus jeopardized, as the re
cording of a real estate mortgage with
out mentioning the stamp is not con
structive knowledge to all parties of the
existence of the mortgage and a mort
gage duly. recorded of later date from
the fact of its beariug a stamp might
take precedence of a mortgage of earlier
date whose record is silent regarding
the stamp.
The government provides no punish
ment for the officer who fails to note the
stamp, but as the stamp is a material
part of the document legal proceedings
could probably be maintained against
the officer and bis bondsmen for any
damages which might follow the failure
to mention the presence of the stamp.
Of course the failure to mention the
stamp does not invalidate the paper duly
stamped, but should that paper be de
stroyed the record could not be intro
duced in evidence to show that it ever
existed. For these reasons the collec
tor is instructed to bring the matter to
the attention of every officer whoso duty
it is to record stamped paper and to seo
that the presence of the stamp iB noted
where it is placed upon any document
filed for record.
Bead the following parallels made by
Samuel Gompers, president of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor:
1893.
Since August of
this year we have
been in the great
est industrial de
pression this coun
try haB ever expe
rienced. It is no
exaggeration to say
that more than 3,
000,000 of our fellow-toilers
through
out the country are
1899.
The revival of in
dustry which we
have witnessed
within the past year
is one for general
congratulation. It
is beyond question
that the wages of
the organized
workers have been
increased, and in
many instances the
hourfl of labor ei-
without employ-
inent,and have been ther reduced or at
so since the time , least maintained,
named. '
Samuel Gompers is a DEMOCRAT.
Exchange.
At Kalamazoo, Michigan, Sunday
there was a cyclone accompanied by a
cloudburst and hail, tho damage done
amounting to about $100,000. There
was some six inches of rainfall in half
an hour. The celery crop may be to
tally destroyed. Xo lives were lost in
the storm, but several stores were very
badly damaged and the wires and poles
of the telephone company were blown
down, also trees in the city. The streets
were obstructed for many hours on ac
count of the fallen trees. Kalamazoo
river overflowed its banks and is doing
much damage to the crops along its
banks. At the Michigan insane asylum
they almost had a panic among the pa
tients. The storm seems to have been
general throughout the southwest part
of the state.
Am Ideal Climate.
The first white man to set foot og
Utah soil, Fatter Silvestre Velez de
Escalante, who reached the GREAT
SALT LAKE on the 23d day of Sept.,
1776, wrote in his diary: "Here the cli
mate is so delicious, the air so balmy,
that it is a pleasure to breathe by day
and by night." The climate of Utah is
ose of the richest endowments of nature.
On the shores of the Great Salt Lake
especially and for fifty miles therefrom
in every direction the climate of cli
mates is found. To enable persons to
participate in these scenis and climatic
attractions and to reach the famous
HEALTH, BATHING and PLEASURE
RESORTS of Utah, the Union Pacific
has made a rate to OGDEX and SALT
LAKE CITY of one fare for the round
trip, plus 12.00, from Missouri River, to
be in effect June 21st. July 7th to 10th
inclusive, July 18th and Aug. 2d. Re
turn limit Oct 31, 1900.
For fall information, call on or address
2aug ' W. H. Beshav, Agent.
X9OH0OS
released, 522, 4&7,3u.ot
Our fusion press iu this district are
vociferously announcing that "the best
congressman the Third district ever had,
John S. Robinson, is going to be renom
inated and re-elected this fall." Will
the brethren kindly tell us what John
S. Robinson has done iu congress that
entitles him to the praise they are sing
ing. If he has been so great and done
so much there is surely some record of
it and if our brethren are disseminators
of knowledge, surely they will not hesi
tate to give us the record of John's ac
complishments in order that all may be
as well informed as they are. Dish out
the facts. Wayne Republican.
Company X.
Headquarters Company K, First Reg.
X. X. G., Columbus, Neb., July 8, 1900.
Company orders Xo. 3. On and after
Thursday, July 13, 1900, any non-commissioned
officer failing to answer to
roll-call at two consecutive drills, with
out a satisfactory reason, shall be re
duced to the ranks.
Any sergeant failing to answer to roll
call without a satisfactory reason will
be fined 75 cents.
Any corpdral failing to answer to roll
call without satisfactory reason will be
fined 50 cents.
Any private failing to answer to roll
call without a satisfactory reason will
be fined 25 cents'
The above fines will be in effect on
and after Thursday, July 13, 1900.
By order of John H. Brock,
Captain Commanding the Company.
Real Estate Transfers.
Becher, Hockenberger & Chambers,
real estate agents, report the following
real estate transfere filed in the office of
the county clerk for the week ending
June 30, 1900.
Pioneer Town Site Co to Wm and Lena
Htebler, 'ot 21, blk 6, Coralea, Neb.w.l 60 00
Jennie Drammond to Harriet Reed, lot
7, blk 6, Gerrard'a add to Colombox,
wd. 40 00
Conan Anderson to J A Peterson, ne4
ne 34-18-3w. wd 1000 CO
lttith Horner to Cons tan Andenton, e2
net and n2 set 34-18-Sw, wd 4000 CO
EnKelke But to Paul Hagel and F N
Stevenson, part eel net 7-18-le, wd. . 1 00
Hi-nrJ- Engelbart totiuslav EnKclbart,
w2 n w4 U and e2 net 10-lU-le. qed . . . . U00 00
Pioneer Town Site Co ta Fred J Smith
part out lot A in 1st add to Lindsay,
wd.
Pioneer Town Site Co to Win Levey
bhun, part ont lot A, 1st add to Lind
say, wd
Chan Moroe to Johanna Weiser, blk
40. Columbus, wd
Ohas Schnth to Chas Schnth n2 27-20-
W 'W U
C E Early to Wui Conner, 2 ue4 32-18-lw,
ud
175 00
783 00
40 00
1 00
100
Eleven transfers, total $ i.OOtf 00
WEEK KNDINU JULY 7
M Davis to Jane Miles, art w2 ue4 3.
lt-Sw, wd $ 100
Mary C Steffe to Anton Fangman, pt
lot rt, blk 1, Ottis 1st add to Humph
rey, wd MOO 00
State of Xebnwka to heirs of C E tirip,
w2 sol 10-2CUW, wd 5C0 00
J H Hamilton to Diedrich.Hollman,
ne4 28-20-le, wd 44s0 00
E S Dundy, jr., matter in chancery to
Patrick Murray, lots 5, 8, blk 37, and
lots 5. 6, blk 44. Columbus, deed IMS 00
Five transfers, total t 8,Os6 00
Weather Eeport.
Review of the weather near Genoa for
the month of June, 1900.
Mean temperature of the month
Mean do same month last year
Highest daily temperature on 26th ... ..
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.71.27
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. 47
14
'. 17
Jjowest ao on the stb
j4UUt Waj S i
High winds days ,
Clear days ,
uir uajb
Cloudy days
Kain fell durtnic portions of days
Inches of rainfall
Do same month last year
0.S5
4.23
Prevailing winds S.E. to S.W.
Heavy thunder storm on the 20th at
at 6:30 p. m., with great display of elec
tricity; several places were struck but
not much damage done.
Lunar coronas on the 2d, 3d and 8th.
Very hazy on the 24 and 25th.
Far a SuMMer Oatimg.
The Rocky Mountain regions, reach
ed via the UNION PACIFIC, provide
lavishly for the health of the invalid,
and the pleasure of the tourist. Amid
these rugged steeps, are to be found
some of the most charming and restful
spots on earth. Fairy lakes, nestled
amid sunny peaks, and climate that
cheers and exhilarates. The
SmoncR ExcrmsioK Bates
put in effect by the UNION PACIFIC
enable you to reach these favored local
ities without unnecessary expenditure
of time or money.
In effect June 21, July 7 to 10 inc.,
July 18 and August 2. One fare, plus
$2.00, for the round trip from Missouri
River to Denver, Colorado Springs,
Pueblo, Ogden and Salt Lake City. Re
turn limit October 31st, 1900.
For Time Tables and full information
call on
2ang W.H.BK5HAM. Agent.
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CELEBRATED. 1
a focetii or july r.ojcAircB
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Copyright. 1900, by P. McArUror.
MOXG the very
first families to
reach Ongiara
for the summer
season were the
Greshams and
the Davises. It
is doubtful if ei
ther of them
could tell exact
ly why they had
closed their town"
houses so early,
and the two who
were chiefly re-!
sponsible would ;
have denied us
ing their influence if they had been ac
cused. And, anyway, neither would have
thought of accusing tho other. The
Greshams and Da vise- Jived iu different
cities during the winter, but it so hap
pened that they bad selected Ougiara as
the choicest spot ou the great lakes for
their summer outing. They had tried it,
for the first time on the previous year, ;
and it was in that way that Jack
Gresham and Polly Davis first met. They
had met only a few times, but were so
congenial that all winter they, had been
thinking of each other, and it was due
to their influence exerted on their re
spective families that the flitting took
place as early as May. And when they
met they immediately began to act as
if they had known each' other for years
and had been in the habit of meeting
every day. It is strange, but true, that
people who are acquainted and think
about each other a great deal find their
friendship ripens just as quickly, when
they are apart as if they were associat
ing daily.
Jack and Polly promptly began to en
joy the beauties of Ougiara in company.
They organized botanizing parties of two,
went boating and fishing, and discovered
that at no time of the day is the air so
invigorating or long walks so healthful
as in the early evening.
But,, although they were inseparable,
neither of them was aware of the fact,
for nothing had happened to make them
study the stata of their hearts. Of course
they were teased by their friends, but
they were so sure of the platqnic char
acter of their friendship that they didn't
mind in the least. One evening about the
middle of June, however, something un
expected happened.
'I have made up my mind," said Polly
as she swung in the hammock that Jack
kept in motion, "to celebrate the first
Fourth of July in the new century by
doing something unusual, though I
haven't decided yet what it shall be."
"Well, you have plenty of time to make
up your mind."
"Not so very much only about two
weeks."
"About a year and two weeks, you
mean, don't you?" said Jack.
"Certainly not," Polly retorted, with a
slight show of temper. "Now, surely you
are not one of the cranks that try to
prove that the new century does not be
gin till the begiuuiug of the year 1001."
"Oh, I don't know that I am so particu
larly cranky in thinking so, and, anyway,
1 have the majority of the world with
me." -
"Well, Matthew Arnold used to say
that the majority is always wrong, and it
most decidedly is in this case."
"I don't see how ou earth you can say
so. The argument is just as clear as a
pikestaff."
"Well, I'd like to have a look at that
pikestaff. I suppose the argument you
refer to is the one about dollars and pay
ing them out one at a time until you hare
paid 100."
The tone in which this was said ex
asperated Jack by its condescension, and
he answered in the same strain.
"Not by any means. The argument 1
use is much simpler and suited to any
grade of intelligence."
"Indeed," said Polly. "Would you
mind prattling it out?"
"Not in the least. Let us suppose that
we have 100 volumes of 365 pages each
and each divided into 12 chapters. The
first volume would be volume 1, and so
on fo volume 100, and if I started to
read them I couldn't say that they were
all read until I had completed the three
hundred and sixty-fifth page of volume
100, and iu the same way a century can
not be complete until the three hundred
and sixty-fifth day of its hundredth year
has elapsed."
"That's no argument at all," said Pol
Jy. "Books and years are entirely dif
ferent things."
"But each book represents a year."
"No, it doesn't; not any more than
that cow out there on the commons does.
You surely Tbave studied rhetoric even if
"SO, IT DOESXT, XOT ANY MORE THAN THAT
COW OUT THEBE."
you haven't studied metaphysics." (Pol
ly was rather proud of her Wellesley ed
ucation.) "And you should know that
you must never compare a thing that is
concrete with a thing that is abstract.
Time is something 'abstract, and the
measurement of it should be compared
with another abstraction."
"I'm sure I don't know what on earth
you are talking about with your concrete
and abstract."
"I didn't suppose you would. But I
have a way of explaining my position
that U also suited to every grade of in
telligence." "Indeed," said Jack, recalling his own
angry remark and her reply to it.
"Would you mind prattling it for my
benefit?"
"Not in the least. I suppose you have
noticed that on my bicycle there is a
thing called a cyclometer. It registers
the number of miles that I travel."
"Well?"
"When I travel one mile, it registers 1,
and when it has registered 100 my first
century is completed. In the same way
when it registers 1,900 miles it means
that I have completed 19 centuries, and
I immediately begin my twentieth. Now,
we have registered 1.900 years, and for
that reason 19 centuries are complete. It
is just the same with the age of a person.
I was IS on my last birthday, and I say
that I am IS years old, and the Christian
era was just 1,900 -years- old on its last
birthday."
"Oh! I suppose if one bunted around
for it they could find some exception that
would prove anything, but I can't see
for the life of me that miles are a bit
more like years than books are."
"Well, if you can't it is because you
don't know any better," said Polly hotly
as she jumped out of the hammock.
"Well," said Jack, with an air of lofty
decision, "I may not know much about
the kind of arguments that they teach in
ladies' colleges, but I know more about
some people than I did."
"! .suppose-v ouimeamthat.f 6r.metiiMr.
THE DAY THEY
r?
Gresham. Well, I don't know that it is
any particular business of yours knowing
anvthing about mcone way or the oth
er." "I am glad you think so. Miss Davis,
and I hope that your celebration of the
last Fourth of July of the century will
be a notable one." v
"The first in the new century!" she
snapped.
Nonsense!t
"Idiotr
"Woofr
Having thus reduced their vocabularies
to inarticulate sounds, they separated in
high dudgeon, fully resolved that never
again would they speak or recognize one
another on the street. During the two
weeks preceding the Fourth ot July they
both spent most of their time hi careful
ly avoiding eacfy other and for that very
reason met more frequently, because one
was afraid of meeting the other in their
old favorite haunts and for that reason
kept away from them.
"Now all my summer's fun is spoiled,"
Polly said to herself at least a dozen
JACK MARCHED GRAVELY UP TO THE DAVI3
COTTAGE.
times. "And all on account of that thick
headed Jack Gresham. Well, I'm glad
I found him out, anyway. If we had
been together all the time, there is no
knowing what might have happened, and
just think of haviug to go through life
with such a' stupid! But, oh. dear, I wish
we hadn't quarreled just now or that
there were some other young men in town
that were any fun. But all the other
young men are silly, and at the worst
he is only stupid. Dear me,, but I am
lonesome!"
Jack's meditations for the two weeks
might be condensed into a paragraph
about as follows:
"There is no getting around it, I was
falling in love with her, but it is a good
thing I found her out when I did. Whew,
what a spitfire she is! And then think
of having to live with a woman who
thinks she knows more than you do!
"But, oil. je lords of ladies intellectual,
Inform us truly, bate they not henpecked you all?
"Guess I'll go fishing today. No, I'll
be banged if. I will! I'll go botanizing.
But darn botanizing auyway!'r
By the 3d of July they were both lone
ly and very miserable, and Polly had not
yet decided on her uniqne celebration.
She had thought of exasperating Jack
by buying a lot of set pieces, each put
ting the number 20 in some different
way, and getting her little brother to set
them up in some conspicuous place where
Jack could not help seeing them from his
home. But still that would not be so
very much fun after all. Jack, on the
other hand, discovered during the two
weeks of the quarrel that not only had
he been in danger of falling in love with
Polly, but that he was in love with her,
and he argued himself into the couvictiou
that if they" could only get into the new
century safely they would have a hun
dred years ahead of them before there
would be any chance of anything arising
so exasperating as this end of the cen
tury dispute. After he had arrived at
this conclusion an idea came to him that
was remarkably bright, even Polly after
ward admitted, for such a stupid fellow.
On the forenoon of the Fourth of July
Jack took an American flag in one hand
and a flag of truce in the other and
marched gravely up to the Davis cottage.
Polly smiled in spite of herself and grant
ed the armistice.
"Have you decided yet on the unusual
celebration that you were thinking of for
the last Fourth of July of the century?"
"For the first of the new century," said
Polly.
"Never mind that," said Jack. "I don't
care when the new century begins. All
I know is that I will not be happy in it
unless you agree to begin it with me.
Why not celebrate this Fourth by get
ting engaged? And we can celebrate the
next by getting married, and then we'll
be sure of celebrating the right day."
Polly was so taken by surprise that
she didn't even say, "This is so sudden!"
Instead she disappeared quickly into the
grape arbor, while Jack followed. When
they emerged agaiu. they had agreed
thoroughly that they didn't care when
any old century began, and two Fourth
of July celebrations had been arranged
for instead of one.
Take the Tombitoae Aloaa.
The cemetery superintendents say
that there is one peculiarity about the
funerals of Chinamen which Is nev
er noticed at any other funerals. The
tombstone always comes along with
the fune-al. Most of the tombstones
are simple slabs of marble, with the
inscription In Chinese characters,
which are arranged up and down In
stead of across the stone. In two or
three Instances the funerals of Chi
namen have been known to be delayed
because the friends of the man who
was to be burled were waiting for the
tombstone to be finished. The stone Is
always taken to the cemetery in the.
undertaker's wagon. Baltimore Sun.
Contrary.
"I think my Uncle Jerry," said Aunt
MehitabeL "was the contrarlest man I
ever see. I remember of his plckln
up a hot p'tater once when we was
eatln dinner, an there wasn't no com
pany at the house, nuther. An what
do you s'pose he done with It?"
"Threw it at somebody?" conjectured
aue of the listeners.
"No; he held it In his band till it
blistered him."
"What did he do that for?"
" 'Cause anybody else would 'a' drop
ped it!" Youth's Companion.
A Gentle Reproof.
"Why is it that you people have so
many revolutions?"
"My friend." replied the South Amer
ican, "you forget that each country
must have amusements suited to its
temperament. You also overlook the
airy facility which practice gives.
Hence your misuse of language. Those
are not revolutions. They are merely
romersaults." Washington Star.
An Eatjr One.
He entered the cheap restaurant and
took a seat at one of the tables.
"Will you have a 15 cent dinner or V
25 cent one?" inquired a waiter.
"Is there any real difference?"
"Certainly."
"What is It?"
"Ten cents." Ohio State Journal.
The western part of Persia Is In
habited by a species of camel which Is
the pygmy of its kind. They are snow
white and are on that account almost
worshiped by the people.
In Henry VIII's time a lamp was
found In a monastic tomb that had
been burning for 1,200 years.
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DRAKE'S QDE
JO v'-
OLD GLOrtY.
Joseph Rodman Drake's ode to "The
American Flag" ranks next iff popularity
to "The Star Spangled Banper" as a ver
sified tribute to Old Glory.' Drake died
at the age of 23, so that precocity has
been justified in one instanccat least.
He was a poet in his childhood. In his
twenty-second year he wrote "The Cul
prit Fay," the work upon which his repu
tation" chiefly rests. The date of his spir
ited ode is not certain, but he attached
little value to it. When on his deathbed,
a friend brought it to his side with other
fugitive pieces, and the author said,
""Burn" them; they are of no value." They
JOSErn HODMAN DItAKE.
were preserved, however, and the ode
was ineludeJ among others in a collection
published iu 1833.
While not suited for musical rendering,
like Key's masterpiece, "The American
Flag" contains many lofty flights of
poetic imagery and gems of poetic ex
pression. An Englishman who was com
paring notes upon literature with an
American cousin asked him which four
lines ot poetrv be considered the finest
in the mother tongue. The answer, given
offhand, was a quotation of the first four
lines of Drake's ode. After listening
with breathless attention the Briton said,
"Yes, I think I quite agree with you."
THE AMERICAN FLAG.
When Freedom from ber mountain height
Unfurled her standard to the air.
She tore the azure robe of night.
And set the stars of glory there;
She mingled with its gorgeous dyes
The milky baldric of the skies.
And striped its pure, celestial white
With streakings of the morning light;
Then from bis mansion in the sun
She called her eagle bearer down,
And gave unto his mighty hand
The symbol of her chosen land.
Majestic monarch of tl e cloud!
Who rear'st aloft thy regal fonc.
To hear the tempesi-trumpings loud.
And see the lightning lances driven.
When strive the warriors ot the stona.
And roll the thunder-drum of heaven
Child of the sun! to thee 'tis given
To guard the banner of the free.
To hoter in the sulphur-smoke.
To ward away the battle-stroke.
And bid its blsndins shine afar,
Like rainbows on the cloud of war.
The harbingers of victory 1
Flag of the brate! thy folds shall By,
The sign cf hope am! triumph high.
When speaks the signal trumpet tone.
And the long line comes gleaming on;
Ere ft the life-blood, warm and wet.
lias dimmed the glistening bajonet.
Each soldier ec stall brightly turn
To where thy sky-born glories burn.
And, as his springing steps advance.
Catch war and vengeance from the glance,
And when the cannon-mouthins loud
Heave in wild wreaths the battle-shroud.
And gory sabers rise and fall.
Like shoots of flame on midnight's pall.
Then shall thy meteor-glances glow.
And cowering foes shall sink beneath
Each gallant arm that strikes below
That lovely messenger of death.
Flag of the seas! on ocean wave
Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brarc;
When death, careering on the gale.
Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail,
And frighted waves rush wildly back
Before the broadside's reeling rack.
Each dying wanderer of the sea
Shall look at once to heaven and tnee.
And smile to see thy splendors fly
la triumph o'er his closing eye.
Flag of the free heart's hope and home.
By angel hands to valor given;
Thy stars hate lit tlie welkin dome.
And all thy hues were born la heaveij
For ever float that standard sheet!
Where breathes the foe but falls before us?
With Freedom's soil beneath our feet.
And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us!
Golf at Hot Springs, S. D.
The golf links at Hot Springs are
among the finest in the West. They are
located on tho table-land sonth of town,
a high, wind-swept plain where it is
always cool. The surroundings are ro
mantic in the extreme. Right ahead of
you is the rugged mass of Battle Moun
tain while to the left is Echo Canon,
one of the most beautiful canons in the
Black Hills.
The links are only a few minutes walk
from the hotels and end near the famous
plunge bath where, after a morning
spent in "teeing," and "putting" you
can enjoy the delights of a swim ip the
clearest, cleanest, mobt crystal-like wa
ter in all America.
During July the Burlington Route
will run tea cheap excursions to Hot
SPThedatea are; July 3-7-8-9-10-14.17-18-21-28.
The rate is one fare, plus S2.00 for the
round trip. Tiokets bear liberal return
limit and the Borlington's service to the
Black Hills is unnvaiieu.
Call on the local ticket agent of the
x - m R "R R and let him tell vou
what it will cost you to make the trip.
j. r KA.NCia,
General Pawenger Agent, Omaha, Neb.
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Stmt Special latas via Vain Facile .
Cincinnati, Ohio, July 12-15, conven
tion Baptist Young People's Union, one
fare plus $2 round trip.
St. Paul, Minn., July 17-19, convention
Republican League of the U. S., one
fare plus $2 round trip.
Kansas-City, July 4, democratic con
vention, $7.60 round trip.
Charleston, S. C, July 7-13, National
Educational Association. 338.30 round
trip.
St. Paul, Minn., July 17-19, National
Republican League, 13 So round trip.
Williams Bay (Lake Geneva) Wise.,
Juue 15 Sept. 5, Y. M. C. A. Fare and
one-third round trip.
Chicago, Aug. 27-Sept. 1, Encampment
G. A. R , 815.20 round trip.
For further information call on
2may W. II. Benham, Agent.
To Chicago aid the East.
Passengers going east for business, will
naturally gravitate to Chicago as the
great commercial center. Passengers
re-visiting friends or relatives in the
eastern states always desire to "take in"
Chicago en route. All clashes of passen
gers will Uiid that the "Short Litfe" of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail
way, vin Omaha and Council 3liiffs,
affords excellent facilities to reach their
destinations in a maimer that will be
suro to give tho utmost satisfaction.
A reference to tho time tables will in
dicate tho route to be chosen, and, by
asking any principal ugont west of the
Missouri river for a ticket over the
Chicago, Council Bluffs Omaha Short
Line of the Chicago, Milwaukee St
Paul Railway, you will be cheerfully
furnished with the proper passport via
Omaha and Chicago. Please note that
all of the "Short Lino" trains arrive in
Chicago iu ample thno to connect with
theexpresstruinsof all the great through
ear lintw to the principal eastern cities.
For additional purticulars,titnetablet,
maps, eta. please call on or address P.
A. Nash. General Agent, Omaha, Nob.
J. M. CURTIS,
ice of die Peace.
p Would respectfully solicit a share
of your business.
opttce:
Over First National Bank at rear of hall
ISaprtf
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
Columbus State Bank,
Cliartpr No. 7,
IncorjMtruletl in the State of Nebniskti.
at the dote of business,
June .10, l'.KHt.
UF-SOURCKS.
Lonu anil discounts
...iior,.oi.t OH
Overdraft, wcinvd ami unsecured.
2,ttM S3
Stocks, Becnritieti, judirmentu, cIhiiuh,
Banking houmu furniture hmiI fixture.
Other real eatate
Current expenses und t.tiM, iai.i
Checks and other cash items
2,1' 01
9,176 id
12,930 77
7,M&il
SUM)
Due from National. otatH and Private
lianksanil Bankers
131,6.17 0
Cash Currency 2,805 U)
(iolil 4,185 W
Silver dolliire 1,1V, Ml
Fractional siUer. 1,'JT-I 38
Total ca--.li ou baud !,4t9 S3
To
.2S1,791 W
LIAIULITIK.S.
Capital btwk pnid iu..'. $ 50,000 00
Surplus fuuil 700 00
Umlivitleti iiroiifs 13,107 40
lotlitiilii.tl deposit; subject
to check 3 B7,4i0 Wi
Demand certificates of de
posit 19,440 98
Time certificates of deposit 17.9W 01
Due to State and I'm ate
liauks and Banker 3,099 J-'-'l,7,l7 Hi
Total.
.1.791 M
ST VTK OF NklMSK, ) a.
County of Platte 8S"
1, M. Brafawr. cashier of the aloie-uaraed
hank, do solemnly swear that the above state
ment is correct anil a true copy of the report
made to tho State Banking board.
M. Bruckieb,
Attest:
Leander. (ikurmiu. Director.
Wm. Bucheb, Director.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 91 h
day of July, 19U0.
11. F. J. lIoCKh.NBfcHUER.
Notary Public.
PROBATE NOTICE.
In the matter of the estate of John Bucher,
deceased. Notice to creditors.
Notice is hereby Kiven, that the creditors of
said deceased will meet the administrator of said
estate, before me, county jud;e of Platte coun
ty, Nebraska, at my ottice in Columbus, said
county, on the 26th day of July. 1900; on the
2thNlay of October. 1900. and ou the 'JWh day of
January. 101. tit 9 o'clock a. m. each day, for the
pnrpose of presenting their claima for examina
tion, adjustment and allowance.
Six months are allowed for the creditors to
present their claims and one year for the admin
istrator to settle said estate from the 26th day of
July. l'.HM), and this notice is ordered publish
ed in Tue Couimbcs Jouknl for four con
secutive weeks, prior to the 26th day of July,
19U0.
T. D. UoBisoK,
4 july 4 County Jadge.
0.E.STEINBAU6H,
Blacksmith ami
Wagon-Making Shop.
HOKSE aHOEISfi A SPECIALTY-
WATER TANKS, all kinds and
sizes made to order.
Yoca Patron oeSouciteu-
Thirteenth St.. next door east of
Commercial Nat'l bank. lQjan-3m
UNDERTAKING!
We Carry Coffins, Caskefs and
Metallic Caskets Burial
Robes, Etc.
DO EMBALMING
HAVE THE BEST HEARSE
IN THE COUNTRY.
T D. ST1KE9,
ATTORWET AT LAW.
Offico. OlWe St. np-tair. in First National
Bank Bid's.
ly.y COMIX '.1-. NBASKA-
W. A. MCAMJSTKB. W. M. COM5EI.IC.
VeAIXISTER ft CORXELIDI.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
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Spring
Work
Is at hand and you art doubt
less needing something iu w lit..- of
FARM MACHINERY. I have antici
pated your wants and have on baud a
complete stock of
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CULTIVATORS, T-.
HARROWS,
SEEDERS,
PLOWS,
WAGONS,
BUGGIES, ETC.
ill'
&I am agent for the old reliable
Columbus Buggy Company, of Colum
bus, Ohio, which is a sufficient guaran
tee of strictly tirst-class goods.
LOUIS SCHREIBER.
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call on W. H. Benham,
23maytf Agent. .
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FROPuIKTOIt or TBI
Omaha Meat Market
Fresh, and
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Game and Fish in Season.
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Hides and Tallow.
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