the Conservative.
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A FAIR LITTLE WORLD OP MY OWN.
I've a fair little world of my own ,
A plnco wlioro I outer uloiui
With Fancy to stray
O'er her beautiful way
And list to her musical tone.
O , she shows mo such wonderful dreams
And I see such radiant gleams
Of all that is bright
And all that is right ;
We drift over wandering streams ,
Over streams with a murmur so sweet
No one can their music ropcat.
I find not a word
To tell what I've heard
From voices whoso echoes were fleet.
And so oft when with Fancy I flee
I turn to look backward and see
The charm that she lends
To faces of friends
Who live not in visions with me.
A charm from the flashing in sipht
Of thoughts that with love are alight ,
Like halos they fall
With grnco over all
And linger with tenderness bright.
Away from the tumult and drone ,
From throngs in which one is alone ,
The shadows uplift
And restful tides drift
In that fair little world of my own.
MAUY FiiENon MORTON.
AN HONORED NAME.
The widow of a mnn who was iii bus
iness in Nebraska before Fremont , the
Pathfinder , set his foot on its soil , has
just died in Kansas City ; so short has
been the time since those things hap
peued which seem to us already ancient
history. This was Mrs. Mary Chouteau ,
the wife of Pierre M. Chouteau , who
was a nephew of Frederick and Cyprian
Ohouteau , all three being members and
officers in the American Fur Company
of St. Louis in the early part of this
century. Fremont made one of their
advanced posts his starting-point for
both of his expeditions. In the early
part of June , 1842 , "I proceeded in
steamboat , " he says , "to Chouteau's
landing , about 400 miles by water from
St. Louis , and near the mouth of the
Kansas river , whence we proceeded
twelve miles to Mr. Cyprian Chouteau's
trading-house * * * * * to whose
kindness , during our stay at his house
we were much indebted. " One year
later settlement seems already to have
made some progress. "On the 17th of
May (1848) ( ) I arrived at the little town of
Kansas , on the Missouri frontier , neai
the junction of the Kansas river witl
the Missouri. " The lauding place mus
have been Kansas City ; the warehouse
a now forsaken spot near the little town
of Turner , in Kansas.
The American Fur Company's re
cords appear never to have been pub
lished ; it was still in existence in 1842
for Fremont met one of its parties abou
where Kearney now stands , vainly en
deavoringto get their season's catcl
down the Platte ; but it seems to have
been dissolved soon after that , and to
have been succeeded by individual
traders. This is a point , however , on
vhich the writer has not been able to
atisfy himself. A book published in
854 speaks of Buford , North Dakota ,
as "Fort Union , the principal fort of
, he American Fur Company , " but a lit-
; lo further along mentions a treaty made ,
'several years since , " between the
Blackfeet Indians and Messrs. Pierre
ihouteau , Jr. , & Co.
Though this woman was only seventy
ears old when she died , it is related
hat no steamboat had ever navigated
he Missouri when she first ascended it ,
, vith her husband and a party of French
rappers. It was practically an uu-
irokeu wilderness that they traversed ;
> ut it did not long remain so. The
Mormon migration , the Mexican war
and the gold discoveries followed close
upon one another , and the process of
settlement was in full swing. Pierre
houteau got him a steamboat , which
lie operated to and from St. Louis until
after the civil war ; then he retired to
Kansas City , and , like his wife , ended
iis days in the great city they had seen
grow up from a simple jumpiug-off place
under a hill.
The name of this family has left its
impress here and there on the map ; it is
borne by towns in Kansas , Indian Ter
ritory and Montana , and by counties in
Montana and South Dakota , though the
last two states have marred the effect of
their tribute by spelling the name im
properly. The trading operations of the
Chouteaus were carried on almost wholly
in Nebraska ( which was bigger then
than it is now ) ; but our state has es
tablished no memorial of any kind to
the men whose explorations and enter
prise did so much to favor its develop
ment. It is a pity that this is so ; it
would be no more than right to give
their name to the next county we give
birth to , taking pains while we are
about it to spell it correctly.
The railroad em
CORPORATE pioyees of the
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EMPLOYMENT. \ . ,
country are to be
congratulated on the establishment of a
railway correspondence school under the
able management of Mr. Geo. H. Baker
an experienced and careful student o
railroad affairs.
The Railroad Educational Association
with headquarters at No. 1 Madison
avenue , Chicago , 111. , is Mr. Baker's in
stitution and is now supplying scholar
ships to locomotive engineers , firemen
trainmen , as well as trackmen and shop
men.
Enployees wishing to make their ser
vices invaluable to their cornpanie
should apply for scholarships , and young
men who are ambitious to enter the rail
road service will find it much easier to
obtain employment if they secure diplo
mas from the railway correspoudenc
school.
Full information can be obtained by
addressing Mr. Baker.
A
LEADERS. .
bor of The
ugton Post has an editorial upon leader-
hip which is rather amusing because
of its Baron Muuclmusenisni. It eulo
gizes without stint the leadership which
lumped democracy into defeat and dis-
olutiou in 1890 , and denounces that of
Grover Cleveland which advanced it to
victory in 1884 and in 1892. The Post
eves the leader who can assure dis
aster and damns the one who gained
.
A NEW CREED.
A correspondent of The Outlook asks
for space for the following creed , which
says seems to bo held by President
McKiuloy and his political advisers :
I. I believe in keeping up the old war
raxes to prevent trade with Europe and
now war taxes to force trade with Asia.
II. I believe in the exclusion of ig
norant Europeans and the inclusion of
more ignorant Asiatics.
III. I believe in a protective tariff
where farmers would trade abroad , but
in free trade where manufacturers seek
a market.
IV. I believe the public can not man
age monopolies at home , but can man
age subject races on the other side of
the globe.
V. I believe in home-rule for Ireland ,
but in alien rule for the Spanish islands.
VI. I believe in a Monroe doctrine ,
which forbids Europe to interfere with
self-government in America , but per
mits America to interfere with self-
government in Asia.
VII. I believe the Spanish islanders
are unable to govern themselves , but
will bo fit to help govern us.
VIII. I believe the blacks have a
right to govern themselves , but that
whites and blacks have a right to gov
ern yellows.
IX. I believe that taxation without
representation is tyranny when applied
to us , but philanthropy when applied by
us.
us.X.
X. I believe that governments get
their just powers from the consent of
the governed in America , but from the
conscious superiority of the governors
in Asia.
XI. I believe that militarism and
foreign broils are the refuge of despot
ism in Europe and of republicanism in
America.
XIL I believe that American policies
have made a little America and that
European policies will make a greater
America.
Every democrat who has faith in the
founders of democracy and holds honest
money necessary to the body politic , as
is pure blood to the individual organ
ism , will continue to antagonize Bryan-
archy and all that the term implies.