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Caming Brant.
Tne Ninth anneal session of the Na
tional Irrigation Congress, Chicago, No
vember 21-24.
The Sixteenth annaal meeting of the
Nebraska Dairymen's association will be
held in the Dairy building on the State
University farm, Lincoln, December 18,
19 and 2 1900. Address, & a Bassett,
Gibbon, Nebr., for programs or other
information.
Good-btk, William Allen.
"Thk Tree is the Mother of the Foun
tain." Wmooxsra had ten inches of snow the
other day. -
. "8avk the Forests and Store the
Floods" is the motto of the National Ir
rigation Congress.
Skkatok Fairbanks of Indiana will be
arged by his friends as republican can
didate for president in 1904.
Pktek C. Peterson, injured in the
railroad wreck at Missouri Valley, Iowa,
Saturday night last, died Sunday morn
ing at 3:50.
J. P. Malux, for two terms sheriff of
Dodge county, died Friday morning of
paralysis.' He settled near North Bend
twenty years ago.
Eight persons were killed and fifteen
wounded in a collision between a su
burban train and an express Saturday
morning near Paris.
Thk Bee of Monday says that on the
face of the returns Dietrich has a plur
ality of 1,021. Prout's plurality is the
greatest, being 257.
LxADDia democrats favor the reorgan
ization of their party, with the retire
ment of Bryan from the leadership.
Hill, Oiney and Pattison are suggested
as candidates.
Thk population of Nebraska, accord
ing to the official census is 1,068901. In
1890, the state was given 1,068910. This
seems almost incredible, but it is ack
nowledged that a number of the cities
were padded in 1890.
A host of level-headed democrats
thoaght there was no call for a change
of administration in the general govern
ment jast now, and so voted for McKin
ley. Doubtless they have something of
the feeling that Stephen A. Douglas had
when be came to the support of Abra
ham Lincolndn an important crisis.
Thomas Fintjey Bbown, 12 years old,
is dead from injuries received while
being hazed at the Portermil academy
ear Charleston, S. C, recently. Fol
lowing a former custom the boys drop
ped him into a cemented swimming basin
twelve feet deep. The basin was dry at
the time, and no wonder he died as the
It.
Thk great mistake in the late cam
paign was that the campaign managers
did not arrange a series of joint debates
between Mary Lease and Helen Gouger.
It would have added a zest to the cam
paign and been the greatest treat since
the days when Edward Rosewater and
Mrs. Gouger tore the air from the same
rostrum. Central City Nonpareil.
Mark Twain was the guest of honor
at a dinner Saturday night, given at the
Lotas club in New York. Among other
notables present were: Aldrich, How
alls, Depew and Beed. Mr. Clemens
says he comes back from his exilo young
again, ready to begin life anew. "Your
welcome pats the finishing touches to
my renewed youth and makes it some
thing more than a dream that will van
ish with the morning."
Thk politicians are looking over the
laid for pointers, and among other
.things are endeavoring to explain why
k was that Bryan fell behind in the race
in Nebraska Poynter's vote being 99,
048 and Bryan's 9512, a difference of
3J586 in favor of the former. One reason
givea is that Mr. Bryan would listen to
ao advice as to conducting the cam
paign; he would have the free-silver
platform; he would make speaking tours
' the country; he would 6peak in the
The managers in this state are
blaming Bryan himself for his shortage.
I the Review of Reviews for Novem
ber, the editor comments at length on
the American political situation as it
appears oa the eve of the presidential
alectioa; oa the result of the parliamen
tary eleettoae of the past month in Great
Britain, aadoa the issues of the Cana
dian aad Newfoundland elections of
November 7 and a Other interesting
topiea are included in the month's sur
vey of "The Progress of the World"
as the Chinese complications and
of the late John Sherman and
i Dudley Warner.
Thkrk is in this country The Ameri
aaa Protective Tariff League, with head-
natters at New York City; they are
paMmWiw of protective tariff literature,
iaalading the American Economist.
Thb Jotjbxax, through all the shifting
I of the opposition to find a plaaat-
it ueae, has clung to the
tariff as the real thing for
to emphasise, and we have
aesa aay reaaoa to change oar
The results of protection under.
Merrill, McKinley and Dingier
: back for a term of years.
I a bask ground so removed from
arajadiee that the trath of
- coald be plainly seen, and it vis
ibly aaTeeted themflljoa aad more young
patriots, who tor tne mrst tune
i a balk thw year. Wewishtoeoa-
the League through W. F.
Walmmaa, general secretary, apoa the
i werk done by the orgaaisatioa
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Battalions of patriots of all parties
marched to the polls in support of the
government and the flag. President McKinley.
A Tital Ptiat.
Evidently the voting population of
this country, so far as their opinion is to
be judged from the count of the ballots,
believe their interests are safer in the
care of President McKinley and repub
lican influences, than with Mr. Bryan
and the men who seemed all in all with
him.
The republicans bad declared the
principles upon which they expected to
guide the affairs of the country, and they
had honestly endeavored to fill all their
promises.
They were more than usually success
ful because their policy of protection to
A,TnuTA" industrial interests was effect
ively at work and none cared to question
its continuance the common people
were convinced of the utter folly of
resorting to large bond issues and ques
tionable sales of the same to furnish
means for the current expenses of the
government, as was done by Cleveland,
and seeing that President McKinley had
exercised good judgment in all matters
coming up for his decision, was magnani
mous and thoroughly patriotic, they con
cluded not to change administrations
while so many important questions were
pending.
Gentlemen of the opposition, if you
wish to have any hope of success, any
time, you must devise some means, be
sides the issuance of bonds in time of
peace, for meeting the current expenses
of the country.
It Gaea For The Soul.
A prominent man said recently that
Boston was the first city in the country
to get on the wrong side of a question,
and by that he did not mean that this
was shown by vote, but that a certain
number of its well known citizens could
be relied on to take a reasonless posi
tion. It is true, and we have just proved
it But we may rely on the west, with
citizens as broad as their own plains, to
grapple with a question from a practical
standpoint and not consider it as theory
only. Boston Transcript.
Rkpdkucans, who are now again en
trusted with the administration of af
fairs in the state of Nebraska, should
take to heart all the lessons that the
people intend by this to convey to the
so-called, reform fusion forces, which
promised so much and did as little for
the people of the state. We believe
each man elected to a state office will
consider himself a committee of one to
give his best services in the discharge of
his duties. The offices are publio trusts,
and when so administered by good, ca
pable men, as we believe the republicans
elect are, party fealty will best be ex
emplified. Lttttr frmrn I. H. land.
Editor Journal: The Journal al
ways interests me, but the one several
numbers back with report of the Pio
neers meeting was especially enjoyed.
Of course when I think of my old neigh
bor, Jacob Ernst mending chains and
wagon wheels for the trackers to Salt
Lake, in a shanty blacksmith shop, with
an ox hide hanging in place of a door to
keep the sharp prairie winds out, or of
my friend, J. E. North getting married
on horseback, for want of better accom
modations, or something of that sort. I
can't claim to have been a pioneer of the
first water. But I came so near that I
remember well of seeing a fine deer and
two fawns, coming within a few rods of
where I was turning over the sod, near
our little house, just above Columbus.
They remained nibbling the crisp prairie
grass while I called the family to seethe
beautiful animals, and then quickly
walked off.
I am always glad to think I went to
Columbus early enough to see those
grand upland prairies in all their virgin
beauty, when they stretched away in
their freshness, unbroken, as far as the
eye could see. In other directions a dark
spot would appear which on approaching
developed into a clump of cottonwoods
sheltering a little house with a corral
and hay covered sheds near by. The
great shed forests so familiar in my boy
hood, were more majestic, but these
undulating prairies were more beautiful.
Now those long stretches are covered
with well tilled farms, with school
houses, and homes of comfort and cul
ture. It's a wonderful transformation,
but I am confident that the evolution of
your part of your great state has but
commenced.
A MODEST FORECAST.
Mr. North's predictions as to what
irrigation will do for you, may seem to
some, visionary. To us, who know what
it has done, what it is doing, his estimate
that it will speedily double your farm
values, seems a most modest forecast.
Knowing the character of your wonder
ful soil, and the poaaibilitiee of such soil
when married to water, abundant and
regular in sapply, I should put it much
stronger. With my present experience
in handling water oa land, had I the
choice between taking my old section
farm on the bluffs for a permanency, de
pending on yoar unreliable rainfall, or
100 acres of it with constant and abund
ant water for irrigation, each at the same
cost, I shoald not hesitate a moment in
choosing the latter. Tm aare I could
make a living easier and accumulate a
competence more surely and qaickly
from the much smaller area.
I know that something has been done
in Platte eoanty towards irrigation. To
what extent and with what success I
have aot been able to learn. I am
anxious to know, as in spite of my far
away absence, I find my interest in the
grand old agricultural eoanty is about
as strong as whea my home was there.
I know that disastroas and discouraging
mistakes are frequently made inorganix
iag aad carrying out irrigating projects
in new districts. Bat when the right
to plan aad execute are ia manaee-
it the results are never doabtfal.
After ten yearaof earetal study of the
matter I am as confident as Tcaa be of
aaythiag that has not yet come to pass,
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that the arid and semi-arid lands of the
coast, .are, ia the not far off future, to
carry the most prosperous communities,
and the highest civilization in America.
FIFTT-ACRK FARMS.
Conceive, if you can, what will follow
when your rich lands are divided np
into farms of fifty acres, more or less,
each producing as much or more than
your present great ."arms of hundreds of
acres, realizing a constant income, in-'
stead of one year of abundance, followed
by others of scarcity or failure. Imagine
the elevating influence of the neoessa
lilly higher grade of agriculture par
sued, the improved social culture and
other advantages coming from closer
neighborhood relations. What would it
mean to Columbus in a business way, to
be the capitol of a county capable of
sustaining, under the beat irrigating
methods, a population equal to that now
occupying the entire portion of the state
west of you, if it were divided into such
small holdings, each producing a revenue
greater than the present average earn
ings of your larger farms.
A MISTAKE.
I know that many have the same
notion that I once held that irrigation is
well enough for small fruit and vegetable
farming but not practicable in general
agriculture. This is a mistake. The
advantage of irrigation over scant or
irregular rainfall, is relatively as great
in general farming as in fruit or truck
farming.
The large profits sometimes returned
from fruit-raising, probably should not
be expected from irrigated stock and
grain farms. But the latter would have
many advantages over our specialty of
fancy fruits. Remarkable prosperity
has come to our own little community at
Riverside, for instance, during the past
few years: Last year we marketed at
favorable prices over" 4,700 carloads of
oranges and lemons. But it has taken
many years of careful labor'and expense
to bring our orchards into this present
production bearing. Besides, there is
the unstableness of market, constantly
facing us. Our crop now maturing is
even more promising than last year, and,
present conditions remaining, as good
prices are assured. But a most uncom
fortable contingency stands squarely
before us. Were I fully convinced that
Bryan would be elected, I would only be
too glad to contract our product for less
than half we received for a less amount
last year. One of my neighbors who
was offered last week $18,000 cash for a
fine orchard of ten acres, but refused to
sell, told me that if Bryan was elected
anybody could have it for half that
amount. Oranges are luxuries and dur
ing such stagnation of business as is cer
tain to follow a change in the adminis
tration, luxuries will be omitted from
the table, while bread and meat must be
supplied, though at greatly reduced
prices. Four years ago our fruit busi
ness was in a precarious condition. Be
tween competition with the low priced
labor of the Mediterranean country and
low ocean carriage, and hard times in our
own country, greatly lessening the con
sumption of oranges and lemons, the
business was threatened to be wiped out.
The new administration gave us a slight
tariff on our product, and what was more
valuable to us, a prosperity throughout
the country that made a market for our
luxury, and this indicates the result
Instead of heavily mortgaged orchards,
when the bonds for $40,000 recently
voted by our city for a High school
building were sold last week, they were
all taken here at home at a net rate of
3 per cent interest, Do you wonder
that we are strong for McKinley out
here?
The point I started to make was that
in the nps and downs of general business
and political conditions, the producers
of staples are, as a rule, on the safe
ground, in agriculture as well as in
manufacturing.
STRENGTH OF IRRIGATED FARMS.
Again, while a properly irrigated fruit
farm, even in dull times, makes a profit
long after one not'irrigated is unable to
pay expenses, so an irrigated grain or
stock farm can hold its own against low
prices, while the one unirrigated is
meeting with heavy losses. We are
entering upon an age of intensive farm
ing. The best margins of profits lie in
that direction. The difference between
meager and irregular crops, and large
and constant crops, is too little appre
ciated. The cost of the latter is con
siderably increased over that of the
former, but in no such proportion as are
the profits.
When we came here moat of the butter,
cheese an J pork came from the east, and
the beef from the mountain ranges.
Now our butter and chseso and muoh of
our pork and beef are produced on our
little irrigated farms, at a reduced cost
to the consamer, though at a good profit
to the produoer.
It is claimed that the results of the
recent census show agriculture to have
made leas progress during the decade
than any other leading industry. I'm
sure this will not be the report ten years
hence, and the largest factor that ia to
bring aboat the inevitable change is to
be irrigation, in which Platte and the
adjoiaing coaaties shoald lead in the
middle west. J. H. Bkkd.
Biverstde, California.
Our friend's fears ia regard to Bryan's
election seem to have aot been well
founded. Ed. Jourxal.
OMAHA PRICES.
Fitzpatrick will give
you goods at Omaha
prices. Follow the
crowd and see.
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si In Imlaliisr sad eallaat ia Mihraiks for old
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PESSIMISTIC PAETY.I
DEMOCRATS ALWAYS LOOK ON THE
DARK SIDE OF LIFE.
C stlta tiaaaa ChanetertotlMWaMh
Dtatteamtefc Them Praam aallet
'reTer Frateatls Letter
Fataerta
My Dear Boy:
So old jnaa Skinner says that there
will be war In the PbllipplBes for 20
years yet, that we will soon, see the
time when men wUl becoaacrlptad In
every township for service la Calna
aad that we are bound to have a finan
cial crash next spring, and then the
poor people will see the hardest times
they ever saw.
Well, I guess the old man la a typical
Democrat. He certainly baa all the
symptoms. Perhaps I had better tell
you what the symptoms are.
There are certain constitutional char
acteristics which distinguish the Dem
ocratic party and opposite cnaracterls-'
tics which distinguish the Republican
party. When I tell you what they are,
you will see why I want you to be a
Republican.
First The Democrats are pessimis
tic. They, always look, on the" dark
side. They perpetually expect evil
ahead and see nothing but evil In the
things that now are.,. You pick up'
an average Democratic platform and
yon find It full of phrases like the fol
lowing: "We protest," "We denounce."
"We disapprove," "We view with
alarm." One of the strongest reasons
against the party Is that they are al
ways striving to make the people dis
contented with their lot add to' tUiaeta
with anxious forebodings for the.fu-.
tore. Right In the middle or abundance
and cheer' and victory they Insist fast
we are all going "to the bowwows;'' .
'Now. It Is the nature of Republicans
to be optimistic The Republican party
sees the bright side. Thankful for' the
blessings of the past, they look forward
with confidence to the future. They
expect good things, and the expectation
helps bring good things to pass. Tbey
rejoice in the greatness and prosperity
of our highly favored land. They look
upon our schools and churches, our
farms and factories, our army and
navy, and their platforms contain
phrases like these: "Thankful for the
past," "We rejoice." "We congratu
late," "We point with pride." They
bring to the people a song of hope and
cheer and content Be a Republican,
my boy, and "keep sweet" Don't let
yourself get soured and pessimistic.
Second. The Democratic party seems
unable to learn from experience. One
reason why I fit In easily Into the Re
publican party Is because I can learn
from experience. Eight years ago I
was a free trader. I read about free
trade in a book, and the free trade
theory was presented lna very nice
way. I still Insist that free trade Is a
nice thing In a book so long as you
keep It In the book, but when you take
It out of the book and apply It to wool
and eggs and pig Iron and things It
doesn't work worth a cent The ex
perience of this country from 1893 to
1997 made me a protectionist But our
Democratic friends have failed to learn
the lesson. In their platform this year
they still denounce our protective tariff
law.
If there-Is 'anything positively settled
by the experience of nations, It m that
the best standard for a nation's cur
rency and for the world's currency Is
gold. For centuries the nations bun
gled along endeavoring to keep up two
standards, silver and gold, with'tlie re
sult that the comparative values of the
two metals were constantly changing
and the cheaper one driving the other
out of circulation, making currency
scarce, values uncertain, exchange
troublesome and commerce difficult
Through experience the nations. one
after another learned that the honest
way and the best way is' to have' one
standard and that standard the best
money gold with a hundred cents'
worth of gold in the dollar. We have
learned that since a standard dollar Is
a measure of value. It should contain
the value that It represents.
All civilized people In the world have
learned this except the Popullstlc-Dem-ocratlc
party. Tbey come out In 'this
year of our Lord 1900 and propose to
roll back the wheels of progress and
return to the financial ways of bar
barism. Now, the Republican party does learn
by experience. It keeps up with the
procession. When a thing has been
tried and found wanting, the Repub
lican party drops it When a thing
baa been proved to be good by experi
ence, the Republican party sticks to It
My boy, the Republican party Is not
perfect by a long ways. It has some
men In It who are not good. Any great
party must have some such In a world
like this. It may sometimes make mis
takes. But the broad political princi
ples of the party are true and right
and It Is the party that learns from ex
perience. You be a Republican and
you will not be sorry.
WHY HE LIKES MUSIC.
A Payalelaa WheM Repatatlaa as a
Critic Waa Blasted.
There's a physician In Baltimore who
adores music. His taste, to be sure,
runs rather to "Old Black Joe," "Su
wannee River" and such classicsbut
still any sort of music-will do, and. he
listens to It all ecstatically and with a
properly Intelligent look on his face.
It was therefore believed that he had
a fine taste for harmony, and his repu
tation as a critic was established- and
grew apace as reputations will, good r
d. . ..- . jnc
The other evening aa his- daughter,
approached the house In Whieb'-.thls
physician lived she heard the strains
of "Home, Sweet Home," proceeding
from the library.
v "Father's at.lt again." "she said to
herself softly. "I wonder who he has
coerced Into playing for him now?" -
A glance disclosed -the fact that' he
had bribed three street musicians, two
violinists and a harpist Into giving
him a private recital. Tbey finished
the air Just as the young woman enter
ed, and the physician turned to her
with a beaming face. "That 'Nearer,
My God, to Me,' la a beautiful thing,
tent ltr be asked.
It was the first time he had commit
ted himself on the subject of "tunes,"
and his glory began to diminish from
that moment for his daughter told the
Incident aa what she considered an ex
cellent Joke.
Now the worthy man says that' he
likes music solely as an Incentive to
thought and listens to It when he wish
es to solve some knotty problem of ar
tery or bones. Just as those who suffer
from Insomnia go to church and listen
to the sermon to be put to sleep. Balti
more News.
kart aat aae dtatr !
that la to ataa ay taa
teKlalar.
Weleaaw
Four years of a Republican adminis
tration have made hives of ladastry
out of more than 960,000 haunts of
Idleness aad souphoi
A NIGHT OF S0BBINO.
MnBSSeBBBm -S,
MRS. GALLUP LAMENTS THAT HER
. TIME ON EARTH 16 SHORT.
lie BTcara ta Smaaraa to Get
to Be aa Aaael wl Bai a IMpe
' Talk WMa Mr. Gallaa Aaaat
J Me anaaM Select Fa Mil
Wife.
CssrrigM. we, ay a a. Ltwia.
After supper Mr. Gallup had gone
ver to the store for a whetstone aad a
paper of carpet tacks, and as be want
Mrs. Gallup was washing ap the dishes
and singing "The Home Over There"
with great feeling. He returned la
half, an hour, and as he reached the
kitchen door the souad of sobbing met
his ears. He looked la to find Mrs.
Gallup weaving back and forth on A
chair with her check apron at her eyes.
Something had happened. He didn't
Inquire what It was, but turned about
and sat on 'the doorstep and In an ab
sent way began sharpening a sickle
with the stone he had bought It was
five minutes before Mrs. Gallup volun
teered an explanation. When she saw
that he had neither anxiety nor sym
pathy, she hitched her chair Into the
doorway, used a fresh spot on the
apron to wipe her eyes and finally said:
"Samuel, when you've got that sickle
sharpened you might go over to Mrs.
Bebee's and tell her that I shall be a
dead woman before tomorrer. You
"GIT READY TO BK AN ANOtX!"
needn't beat around the bush at all,
but tell her right out She'll rather be
expectln the news. She was over here
this afternoon, and she said I waa lia
ble to git my summons at any time.
I've got it all arranged with her about
the funeraL"
Mr. Gallup did not look around. With
calm deliberation be spat on the whet
stone, and with calm deliberation he
drew It back and forth across the
blade.
"Yes, Samuel, my time baa come!"
sobbed Mrs. Gallup after waiting a
reasonable time for him to speak. "A
few hours hence and you will be a
widower, and a few days hence you
will be wearing a red necktie and can
terln around after a second wife. When
you started over town, I was aa happy
as a lark and nadn't tne siigntest Idea
of dyin. Ten minutes later when I
went to carry the butter down cellar
there came seven knocks on that emp
ty, cider bar'L and as I stood there
shakln I heard a whispered voice a-say-In,
'Hanner Gallup, git ready to be aa
angeir It was my summons, and I've
got to go. Nobody kin hold back agln
a summons. What kind of a second
wife shall you marry, Samuel?"
Mr. Gallup had paused In his labors
and was looking absently at a robin In
a cherry tree.
"You needn't feel at all dellklt about
talkin It over with me," said Mrs. Gal
lup as she dabbed at her eyes with the
apron. "I've alius s'pected you'd git
married ag'ln If I should die, and I
shan't howl and squeal about It Mrs.
Bebee says If her husband marries
ag'ln she'll haunt him, but you needn't
be afraid of me. I'd rather you mar
ried ag'ln. If you didn't you'd be goln
to circuses and dogfights and candy
pulls and become as wicked as Silas
Johnson. S'pose you've kinder had
.your eye out hev'n't you, Samuel
that Is, you've kinder made up your
mind about what sort of a woman
you'd marry?"
Mr. Gallup withdrew his gaze from
the robin and returned to his work of
sharpening the sickle, and Mrs. Gal
lup's nose bad grown very red with the
pulling when she continued:
"There's the WIdder Lapham, Sam
uel, and everybody says she's wuta
$2,000, but I wouldn't want you to mar
ry her. She's too hlty tlty for a man
of your age. While she was swingin
In a hammock she'd let the bread burn'
up In the oven. She'd want you, to go
off to a picnic every day In tbe year,
and If you had any soft soap In the
house you'd hev to buy It. And there's
the WIdder Davis. She's a good house
keeper, Samuel, as I'll admit, but tbey
say she gits streaks on. One day she'll
be laughln and gigglin all day long, and
the next day she'll be as sulky aa a
mule. She kin make a pound of tea
go as fur as I kin, but she told me
with her own mouth that she bad four
pairs of stockln's last year. Could you
put up with slch extravagance as that,
Samuel? Wouldn't you be thlnkln of
bow I alius got along on two pairs a
year?"
Mr. Gallup whistled softly to himself
aa be felt of the edge of the sickle with
his thumb. The whistle conveyed no
direct Information, but was a whistle
In tbe abstract Mrs. Gallup looked at
tbe back of bis neck fpr a moment and
(Worked up and choked back a sob and
then said:
"There's Phoebe Cousins, whom ev
erybody likes, but she's an old maid
andsot In her ways. She never back
bites nor gits mad. but she wants ev
erything Jest so. If you come into tbe
house aad throwed your hat down oa
the floor or pulled your boots off la tha
parlor In the evenln, she'd raise tha
awfulest kind of a row. I guess you'll
hev to marry a gal, SamueL Yon are
eld nuff to be the father of any gal
around here, but I don't see no other
way. Hev you got any pertickler gal
In mind? I waa thlnkln of 8ue Sebins
tbe other day. She's 20 years old and
a great hand to work, and mebbe you'd
be nappy with her. Her mother says
8ue likes to be petted. You've aever
petted me, but mebbe you'll change
when I am gone. No, SamueL I can't
remember a time In 27 years when
you've pulled my ear or patted me on
the shoulder or poked me In the ribs.
I-I"
The remembraace that there had
been no shoulder patting or ear pulliag
during all those long years brought a
fresh outburst of emotion, and for two
minutes Mrs. Gallup sobbed bitterly.
Mr. Gallup laid down the whetstone
aad the sickle and picked up the paper
of tacks and balanced It on tbe point
of his finger, but be was oblivious of
his surroundings.
"I I don't complain, SamueL" said
Mrs. Gallup when she could control her
voice again. wnea I saw that you
want van hanA tn Tht T lot ft am T'an nM I
anan J waa a
and wrinkled and scrawny, and I can't
w -- t1 - asw a aaa w
Raaaaa 0aYsa9aT' I aar
far aettla. It will be different
with a gaL however. If yon don't pall
her ear, at least once a week and call
her aaael. hell git sulky and finally
ran away with a tin peddler. Mrs.
Bebee-waa say! that Bertha WUUasaa
would make a good gal wife fur you,
had Mrs. WnUaas says that you coald
mat do ibetter than- to marry Mary
Hawkins, bat I ain't goln to pick oat
aobody far yoa nor aad fault with
yoar chaice. AH Tm gola to do Is to
die aad: become aa aagel aad let yoa
do Jast aa yea waat to. Pre got Jest
one leetle favor to ask."
Tha lamp hi her throat and the tears
la her eyes checked her speech for
half a mlaate. aad darlag that time
Mr. GaHap pat tha tacka down and
lifted ap the sickle agala.
"If a ealy this. SamueL You needn't
do ao weeplB far me when I'm gone,
aad you needn't hang over the gate
and try to look aty broke up over my
loss. Yea kin go right to pbiyln check
era aa soon aa tbe funeral ia over, but
some night later on, when you are all
aloae la the' house and tbe crickets
are slagin, I want you to .remember
that I had my good p'lnts as well as
my bad. I want you to remember that
I ased a clothes biler with seven holes
In the bottom fur nine years without
meadla and that I hain't had a' new
corset fur 'leven years. Our teakettle
la over 0 years old, and I've made one
set of cups and aassers last us since
we was married. That a all, SamueL
and now Pll go In and die, and you kin
be lookla around fur your second
wlfer
She rose up with a sob and retreated
Into the house, but Mr. Gallup knew
nothing of It He hung tbe sickle on
a nail near the door, pnt the whetstone
and tacks on a shelf In the wood shed,
and then walked down the' path, and
dosed the henhouse door aad cast a
look Into the pig pen. When he re
turned to the house. Mrs. Gallup was
looking at her bowl of emptyings under
the stove and humming the air of "I
Waat to Be an Angel." She had bad
her lamentation and got over It and It
would be three or four days before she
would break out again. M. Quad.
PRESIDENTIAL LIGHTNING.
iS Praak If erred a Yeaaa Law
ataaeat to Bet aad He Waa.
The lightning caused me to bet on
the presidential election In I860." said
a Wall street man, "and I won.
"I'm not more superstitious than the
average Individual," continued the
man, "although my act would Indicate
the contrary. I was a young man In a
taw office hi a Kentucky town. My
preceptor had pasted oyer his desk a
poster containing the portraits of ail of
tbe candidates, Lincoln and Hamlin,
Breckinridge and Lane, Douglas and
Johnson and Bell and Everett The
poster contained the platforms of the
various parties. There was some un
certainty In that campaign. My pre
ceptor waa an enthusiastic Douglas
man and wanted to bet ail he had on
his candidate. It was my first experi
ence In a presidential campaign, and I
had a fool notion that Bell and Everett
would be elected. I had never made a
money bet but I was aching to take np
my Blackstonian preceptor, although I
tacked nerve.
"One day there was a thunderstorm.
Tbe lightning loosened a number of
things hi the town, the building in
which I waa a law student being one.
In one of Its pranks the lightning cut
In the wall on which that political
poster was posted. The result was that
the upper part of the poster hung down
from the wall, covering up all the can
didates save Lincoln and Hamlin. De
spite my sympathies for Bell and Ever
ett I Imagined I saw In this condition
of the poster the result of that election,
and a few daya later when the Doug
las enthusiast talked on his upper
notes and offered to bet $25 even on his
man I took him up. He was very much
astonished to think I would bet on Lin
coln and Hamlin. He said I was a
young ass and other things and that he
would bet wlth.me to teach me a les
son. After the election he asked me
how I came to take the chance, for
there were few Lincoln votes hi the
town. When I told him the source of
my tip, he grew serious.
" 'You have won your first bet on a
presidential election,' he said, 'but re
member, young man, lightning never
strikes In the same place twice.'
"But It did In this case. Lincoln was
re-elected." New York Sun.
DRESS AS WELL AS YOU CAN.
It la Oae'a Datv to Preaeat a Fleaa-
laa Afacaraaee.
This story Is told In Denver of a man
who waa once a leading merchant
there. In the early days of the city
be walked Its streets, out of work ami
money. He was poorly clad, out neat
and clean. He sought employment
from a prosperous grocer and said he
was willing to do anything. Tbe mer
chant at length sent him Into his cel
lar to clean out a room so foully dirty
that many a common laborer had re
fused to enter It When the young
man appeared In the evening, he was
aa neat hi his appearance as he had
been In the morning. Of course the
merchant thought he had done little or
nothing. But when he saw the cellar,
clean aad fresh, he said to tbe young
"You've not only shown that you are
willing to work, but also that you have
some respect for yourself. I guess I'll
give you a Job."
This young man, who in a few years
became the head of tbe selfsame busi
ness, realised the Important fact that
the worker Is often scrutinised as close
ly as his work.
It Is a maa's duty toward his fellow
man to dress aa well aa he can afford
to. Nowhere In nature does tbe poorly
dressed maa find any excuse for bis
lack. Even the lowest forms of animal
and plant life are clothed ia pleasing
colors.
Reptiles crawl In richly mottled
skins; beasts of burden and birds of
prey are clad In fur and gay plumage.
Trees blossom In wonderful foliage,
and that most plebeian of vegetables,
tha onion, revels below tbe ground In
colors that irtlsts seek to Imitate and
above ground In a leafage and bloom
odd and beaatlfaL
Everywhere In nature beauty Is com
btaed with use. It remains for man.
the hit-best and. noblest specimen of
tbe Creator's handiwork, to be the daub
In the color scheme of the universe.
Weekly Bouquet
Aaasagrr.
Freddy Is the son of a Fourth avenue
stockbroker, yon will understand, and
la therefore familiar with some of the
terms of tbe profession.
4Papa,, said Freddy.
"Well, my soar
Ia there such a worm as a book
worm r
"There w such a creatare. Freddy,
bat It very rare. The term book
worm, however, la applied ta a person
who la continually poring arer books.''
"And paper
-waur
Ta a maa who la always poring a
tM OCntCT A
tape wormy
THE SECOND MARRIAGE.
Bcr mM brora cjra) apsaxiag to Ua I
aa tarns tat aiaVa ef awltcat i
taqri
' Witt aaMarcd pact.
Be. tattac at the Ha tot aot the ejw
Ihataieai togaa awMat tone tkatlhs.
daafl vnaata. aaai
a too yoear , aloae." we tear.
"Tata waawn's air aa waa tat arat. im taaa
Sac's ead a ytar."
AW. tiwa. aat'a lata twehre inoath kaaath tat
day;
at. ok. poor gfeoet. the ealy Het teaiy.
Tea. with tat priest's aaea!
"IW aew list cuaaa as feadly as tat oli;M
lam's lore ia browa eyes as then was ia Mat;"
"The gisre is cold;"
Tha ela. yoa kww. looks ban witkowt a viat;"
Bat. ak. Death Makes. wha two souk tetartwiae.
No toM place far tha aew!
-Yet this his arat troa Sow'r of low any ka;"
Oh, oa the dea4.wilt'a grsT why pear oat aallt
Tet bitterly
Til say. The dead is goat forever mow.
Aad better love kbould garland this youag brow
Thin life be blooaleas alL
Laaghter aad bells ring o'er the bridal tralai
Bat through them stgb upon the loTe tuned ear
Low tone of pain.
Oh. haste aad Rare into Bine eyes, ary wMs,
Till soul tells soul that lore ia love for life
And life begin but here!
-Joseph L a Clarke ta Criterion.
Beaaeaalalaa; Fael.
There are many good housekeepers
who are indifferent in the matter of
aavlog small coal and cinders. Unseen
waste goes on in most bouses In this re
spect If housekeepers would make It
a point to see that all cinders and ashes
are thoroughly sifted daily, they would
be surprised at the fuel tbey would
save.
After the cinders have been removed
cold water should be poured over them.
This causes them to make much better
fuel when mixed with coals. Better
and safer Area can be kept up in bed
rooms than with coal alone, safer be
cause with cinders there is no danger
of sparks flying about
Tbe best kitchen Are is made by put
ting coal In front, banking up cinders
behind and then leaving tbe fire alone.
To be constantly stirring a fire takes
all the life out of the coals and also
"starts" the dust-St Louis Post-Dispatch.
Hereto Treataseat.
In Guiana, If a child Is slow In Its
movements tbe parents apply an ant to
the child Instead of a whip to make It
move faster. This little ant bites more
cruelly than a mosquito, and Its bite is
apt to be troublesome afterward. Aa
you can Imagine, this treatment does
not make the child kind to others, and
the children of Guiana are said to be
particularly cruel to animals. The lit
tle boys In Guinea do not reckon their
age by years but by their ability to en
dure pain. Until he gets to the point
where he can let tbe Hucu ant bite him
without wincing be is considered mere
ly a baby.
Mr. Creker la a Jaker.
Boss Croker declares that only Re
publicans are responsible for tbe wick
edness of tbe Tammany Ice trust Cro
ker Is somewhat of a joker.
Land far Sals.
Council Bluffs, Iowa, July 17, 1900
To whom it may concern: I have been
authorized to dispose of as much of the
Augustus Frank Estate lands in Mer
rick and Platte counties, Nebraska, as I
can find buyers for, and I have author
ized Mr. John Sides of Carson, Iowa, to
represent me in the sale of these lands.
And he will receive offers for land which
he will submit to me and I will then
refer them to the party having charge of
the estate fur his acceptance or rejec
tion. Mr. Sides is also agent for the
U. P. lands. W. J. Davenport.
Headquarters at the Silver Creek State
Bank, Silver Creek, Neb.
tf John Sides, Agent
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