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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-01-21
Office of p. j. Kennedy.

Office of p. j. Kennedy.
St. Louis. Jan. IL, 1899.
TO the Courier,
Lincoln, Neb.:
MY Much Respected Courier-A dear
friend OF mine mailed me COMES Of
your paper of December and Decem.
Der 10. Some of the literature it con-
taii'ed nerved my conquered spirits
and nature to fighting heat, and the
Uniform goes once more to lay siege
to the bitter end against a class of
boodlers and destroyers of respectable
and Industrious citizens homes and
their families.
Enclosed please find check for Ito.
Tor one year to the Courier, the ten
cer'ts for collection. My paper is vet
gilt edge, 100 cents on the dollar the
world over. No matter how much the
Mosiher gang of sand-baggers and
bank-wreckers disfgured me finhn.
cielly, my credit is A No. Land my pa
per gilt edge-no matter who holds
it.
Every taxpayer i'm the state of Ne
'braska should be reader of the Cour-
Ter. Why do l say this No one can
forget the vigorous, manly and hu-
name fight for the peoples rights.
freedom and liberty made by the
Courier in Omaha at the trial of the
indicted cashier of the Capital Nation.
al bank. The steps the Courier took
incite the displeasure of Uncle Sam.
In this condition the peonle
found in the Courier a vigorous ally,
SO able, so deliberate and SO accurate
was the gunner's fire on the federal
arm OF the strongest government in
existence the Courier was escorted nv
the nations marshall to appear for
contempt before the federal tribunal.
Herod was on the throne. The man.
~ and womanly fight made by Morton
Smith and Miss Sarah B. Harr,s-I ann
informed that Mr.. Smith has since lost
his life by accident, and il such is the
case hope and TRUST that his spirit
shines on the bosom of it's heavenly
Creator as bright and as brilhnat as
the planet Mars on a cloudless, starry
night In Nebraska sky-was worthy
of their steel.
The weapons Displayed by those two
noble people In behalf of their plum
de'ed clients was far more stubborn
and persistent than the Resistance
with which Dewey had to contend at
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-01-21


case OF fire In the latter place the
papers which advocate sending the
department there neglect to say. The
taxpayers. the large proportion Of
whom have never been out Of the
state, are to pay the expenses Of these
burly firemen, q million of whom could
not teach the Parisians how to handle
are any better than they already do.
II fremen and cOuncilmen.were not
in the habit Of junketing at the ex.
pense Of the taxpayers, this PROPOSE
ton would be received with the
amazement it deserves. AS 1t Is the
Kansas City taxpayer sees no reason
why he should not send glittering
fireman to Paris there to ride about
on fire engine and condole with the
hremen OF Paris, whose city council or
cOrrelative body, does not believe in
sending men employed to put out fires
to foreign nation. Certain countries
Of the Orient have sacred animals. In
India 1t Is q COW, or a monkey, or a
snake. In Persia 1t Is an elephant.
In the wOolly part Of America it is
fireman or policeman, especially the
former. who Is shielded from labor
and reserved for those occasions where,
in blue cloth and brass buttons, he
can make civic occasions Respondent
by his presence. That large part Of
the community which neither holds
Office nor dictates nominations but
just pays taxes. has not realized how
irrelevant and impertinent the fire.
man Is. Sometime it will learn that
the diversion Of the peoples money to
pay for an European tour for firemen
Is an absurdity that nothing but a
democracy would be guilty Of. A
monarch would be assassinated II he
proposed such thing. The emperor
Of Germany was scarcely allowed to 20
to Turkey, though he obtained i'm
portant concessions for the German
citizens of Turkey while he was there.
Kansas City cannot claim, however;
that the ignorant tiremen can be Of
any diplomatic service to France.
Around the senate VI the United
States hover always the agents and
representatives of trusts who are Sc
lected for their knowledge Of the
world and their good fellowship. 1t
is their business to be on dining terms
with the senators and 1t Is their bust
ness to prevent legislation tending to
lessen the absolute power which
well organized and ably administered
trust Yields In many cases, perhaps
in most cases, the effect Of the comb.
nation OF the producers or manufac.
turers Of any article has been to stop
the waste OF competitive production
and to lessen the cost Of the article to
the consumer. 1t Is only when the
trust Is able to procure extraordinary
privileges that it becomes necessary
TO keep agents at the national capital
to prevent the people from asserting
themselves through their representa-
tives.
An overweening respect for money
reduces the real usefulness OF
citizen, but "a business man" with
this characteristic becomes dangerous
to the ideals and the liberties Of the
whole people, when he gets into the
senate OF the United States. That
legislative body is the tempe OF de.
mOcracy. and the stalls for the money
changers should be ripped down and
they themselves should be driven out.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-01-21

nounced that no exceptions to this
rule are to be made. Therefore being
unable to accept the idea Of woman
division superintendent, general man.
ager or president, they were obliged
to dismiss all the women heretofore
employed by the road. The only diff
ference between the directors of the
Northwestern and other corporations
employing women Is that the former
had the courage to follow false
premise to its legitimate and logical
conclusion. Other roads employ
women in subordinate positions and
make a practice Of advancing men
whom the women rank, in length Of
service, ability, and in all tests by
which promotions are made, over them.
II women are not capable of being d.
vision superintendent, general man.
ayers and presidents, they ought to be
dismissed from the service in disgrace,
as they have been on the Northwest.
ern. 1t is cowardly and inconsistent
TO employ them and apply civil service
rule to everybody but Woman. The
question Of equal pay for the same
service would soon be settled IL all
employers had the courage Of the
Northwestern management. Women
are either fit for everything or for
nothing They should be employed as
individuals and the same rules an.
piled to them as to men or they should
not be employed at all. The North.
western is the first corporation to pub
licly accept and act upon the inevita.
BILE result of the premise that women
are incapable Of holding positions of
responsibility. The road ought not
to be bOycOtted for display Of logic
and sincerity as rare as 1t is admirable.
II women are capable of the general
manager act such policy as the
Northwestern has adopted willshorten
her probation. If she is not the North.
western is still right.
The Lincoln correspondent Of the
WOrld.Herald gets up some lurid stun
for that paper In last Sundays edi.
tiOn Mr. Bradley said the ministers Of
Lincoln had been asked by some of
the other senatorial candidates to
preach sermons aimed against Mr..
Thompson and the ministers were so
indignant that two OF them announced
that they would preach sermons advo-
eating for senator just the sort of man
Mr.. Thompson wants it supposed he
Is; for instance, business man of
long distance vision. As matter OF
fact the Lincoln ministers have not
been approached by Thompson or
anti Thompson. The yellowness OF
this particular correspondents letters
seems to be deepening with the sena-
torial situation.
II the women Of this community
could be united 10 an organization for
the sanitary and aesthetic improve.
ment OF Lincoln and University Place
there would doubtless be much good
accomplished. The city federation
fell apart from its own weight and the
cOheslveness Of city union including
all philanthropic, literary, religious
and economic societies is likely to
suffer the same fate. Much of the
good work which has been accom-
plished is due to the inspiration OF
devoted minister or teacher, or leader.
Large and loose bodies composed of
smaller bodies are apt to lack in bar
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-01-21


him. He cannot stop to consider un-
born generations whose inheritance
he may be asked to vote away. This
man Is no dreamer, no orator, no
talker. He is concerned with dollars
and cents. To be sure George Wash.
ington, Ulysses s. Grant and Abra-
ham Lincoln were not good business
men. None Of them, had he been
sent as senator to the United States
senate from Nebraska, would have
devoted his whole time to getting
government building for Lincoln or
to getting on the inside Of the Mica.
Tagua canal schemes, or to manipu.
lating appropriations primarily In
his own interest, and secondly in the
interest Of the people who sent him
there. Thank the Lord, none Of these
men we're "busincss men," General
Grant was so bad business man that
when the firm Of Grant & Ward failed
he sold all his personal property; the
swords presented to him by grateful
people; the jewels given him by the
kings and queens, all the voluntary
tribute his genius and patriotism had
levied from the world General Grant
sold at auction in order that he might
pay the debts his son had made. 1t
was most unbusinesslike and showed
that he was man of ideals.
There is much depreciation Of the
dreamer, the orator, the poet, and yet
this country Is great because Of their
dreams. Mr.. Bryan has conquered in
spite Of Obscurity and poverty because
he lie a dreamer. What business
man" even in this commercial cen.
fury has accomplished what Mr.. Bryan
has? Men of the Nebraska state leg.
islature: ideas rule the world: A
gifted orator, who is at once good
man and an idealist, can compel an
homage that a business man" can
advertise for forever and not secure.
Pulses respond not to appeals to the
pocket, though votes do sometimes.
Personal loyalty, such as James G.
Blaine inspired, is not a matter of
money. The obscure Bryan was at
tended by genuinely devoted mob of
believers wherever he went, and he
never bought man. The newspapers
sneered at him and called him an
orator, forgetting that since the days
Of DemOsthenes OratOry has fired the
hearts Of people whom cupidity has
failed to move. None Of the men to
whom the nation has built mOnu-
ments and the lesson of whose life we
are using to bring up our children
were simply business men. II they
were gifted with the commercial in
stinct they we're far sighted enough to
appreciate the greater Importance of
purity, integrity, good name, and
the love and gratitude of their kind.
America Is not the dry goods stores,
gas companies and all kinds Of CON
mercial organizations, so much as it IL
the greatest democracy on the earth,
the creation Of dreamers and Of non
cOnfOrmists. who left their business
interests In England that they might
freeze and starve and be free In
America.
The action Of the directors of the
Northwestern railroad in Diminishing
all female employees has been severely
criticised by wOmens clubs and assO-
Citations Of women. Even Mrs. Hen.
rOtin, who is woman of large char.
ity and accustomed to make deliber-
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Bigelow.

Mrs. Rhoda Beard from Harlan, Ia,
was UP visiting her children, Mr.. M.
Beard Christmas and returned Mon.
day.
V. B. Smead is spending Christmas
and New Year with his wife and
friends at Sheldon, Ia.
There is good deal of booze sold
in Bigelow. Look out or the deputy
marshall will light down on you some
time when you don't think Of it.
D. A. Reynolds is quite sick at this
writing. :,
Miss Lena Harrington. is quite
sick with scarletteena but is getting
better.
Axel Jensen of the Lampert lum
Der Co. has gone home to spend
Chris: mas and New Years with his
folks and expects to bring home a
bride with him.
David Ryans house is nearly com
pleted. David is rustler. ~
Ihe post Office was changed JAN
uary second with G. NJ. Davis as
post master.
Geo. Bailey is doing rushing
business in his restaurant.
VIM. Waterman is doing a large
buidess there days, his store is full
all the time.
AL Mckee is our barber now, come
come and get good clean shave, he
does it up in good shape.
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ORG.

The young people enjoyed party
at Mr.. VASES last Thursday night.
A most enjoyable time must have
been had for it was very early when
the party brobe up.
On Christmas night Miss Birdie
Call took trip to st. Peter to visit
her mother. She reports Mrs. Call as
being very much improved and able
to inquire about all her cid neighbors
and friends, and that she will return
in the spring.
Charlie Burnham lost an eighty.
dollar check, a few days ago, but
fortunately it fell into good hands
and was returned to the owner.
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.BR EW STER.

A Happy Now Year to everybody
A dance was given by Geyerman
and Moffat last Monday night.
Miss Mary Moffat was home visit
ing relatives and friends during
Christmas.
Pete Geyerman was home on two
weeks vacation during Christmas.
MIR. Erickson and wife were both on
the sick list during Christmas.
School started at the new school
house last Tuesday. -
The Edlund family expect to move
back to Heron Lake. = =
The town election went as follows;
LeMorris, Mayor; Haggerman and
Berreau, recorders; Besther, consta.
BILE; McChesney, treasurer.
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.A REMARKABLE GIFT!

$40, 600 Given Away. The En-
inent Physician and Scientist,
Franklin Miles, M. d., LII. d.,
Gives Two DOLLARS and q Hall
Worth of His Marvellous New
Treatment TO Each Sufferer
From Nervous, Heart and
Stomach Diseases.
Such remarkable generosity haa.
seldom, if ever been equaled many
thousands Of people suffering from
lingering diseases of the nerves, brain
heart, liver or stomach to obtain med
icine free Of charge and to test the
marvellous curative properties of DR..
Miles New and Complete treatment.
Few physicians will permit every
one of their patients to test their skill
and their treatment free of charge, be,
cause few have such unlimited con
fidence in their remedies born OF
wonderful success. What can be fair
or or more liberal7
Many hundreds of references from
Bishops, Ministers. Business Men
Farmers and their wives sent free
DR.. Miles New and Complete Treat.
ment has cured many hundred cases
pronounced ''incurable." It is q
most remarkable improvement on
the usual treatment and is eminently
scientific.
| The eminent divine and editor
Rev. VIM. Bell, of Dayton, Ohio
says editorlally in the Sunday Schoo
Union: eve desire to state thai
from personal acquaintance, We know
DIR. Miles to be most skillful specia
list, man who has spared neither la
Dor nor money to keep himself
abreast of the great advancement i,
medical science. He is withal a thor
ough and conscientious gentleman
and his Offices are constantly throng
ed with people who come from al
parts of the country to avail them
selves OF his very great skill"
Do not fail to write to DR.. Franklir
Miles, Masonic Temple, Chicago, fo
examination blank, and $3.50 worth
of Free Treatment just suited K
your case. If
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05
Water Horses Frequently,

It Is not natural for the horse to RI
long without q drink of water. His
stomach 10 small and cannot hold wa
ter supply for a long time. Watering
morning, noon and night when at work
in summer time is none too often. If
the work isvery heavy two tablespoon
fuls Of oatmeal stirred in the pail will
make the horse drink better, and will
also prevent 20 much. cold water from
injuring his stomach. It is a mistake
to suppose that horse or any other
domestic animal prefers to drink water
only few degrees above the freezing
temperature. If it is lukewarm the
horse will drink more freely and the
water will be less apt to injure him.
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corn and cow peas, ten days; for serra-
della, beet balls, rye grasses, timothy,
tobacco, Lespedeza and other field and
vegetable seeds not named, n days;
grass seeds are slow to start, ard for all
grasses except rye grass and timothy,
from 20 to % days may be required.
Kentucky bluegrass and Bermuda grass
are very slow to start. The periods
recommended are those adopted by the
United States department of agricul-
ture in its seed tests. If the seeds are
good and fresh, most of them will
sprout in less than half the time al
lowed for the test. It is essential, Of
course, to see that there is never q
lack Of moisture for the seeds and that
the cloths are never allowed to become
dry. It is also advisable to soak the
seeds during the first ten hours by put
ing enough water in the pan to touch
the bottoms of the bags; this will has
ten the terminating process, but too
much wetting will tend to spoil the
seeds.-Guy E. Mitchell, in Ohio
Farmer.
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PRACTICAL SEED TEST.
Quires Absolutely No Expendi-
ture Of Money.

Testing seeds on the farm is such q
highly satisfactory practice that, hav-
ing tried itonce by good method, tits
likely to become an established feature.
Nothing can be more,vexatious than to
carefully manure ndprepare piece of
ground for some particular crop, plant
the seed just at the right time and in
the right manner, and then, after wait,
ing q reasonable time finally discover
that poor seed has been procured in the
beginning and that only part Of it has
come up. Experience like this can be
avoided by seed testing, which is in re-
atty very simple thing, and requires
absolutely no outlay of money.
In the first place, seed should be pro-
cured early in the season, to allow plen-
ty of time to return it and procure
other seed, in case it is found to be poor.
All the apparatus necessary for ordina-
~ testing of the terminating powers of
seeds is tin pan, like cake pan or
bread pan, a little cotton cloth Or sheet
ing and a dozen or so sticks, long
enough to reach across the short way of
the pan, as shown in the accompanying
cuts. A couple of little headiess brads
can be driven into each stick, which
latter should have square edges 80 as to
rest steadily on the pan, and on these
pins pieces of the cloth can be hooked
at the four corners. These cloths or
bags should have strip sewed at the
bottom which will reach to tn. bottom
CT the pan, while the bag itself, in the
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WILLMONT,

Clyde and Willie Stevens of Stay
ten CANA down to spend Christmas
with friends and relations.
Mrs. Dickman of Leota cied at her
home last Thursday and Yves buried
at St. Kilian Dec Oath.
Miss Hannah Geisel who has been
working down in Sioux City the psst
year bame home December 81 tn.
There will be new post moster at
St. Killan after New Years John
Mock is the lucky man.
Ezra Geisel expects to leave soon
for Naperville Ill. to attend school.
An entertainment was held at the
school house in District &c, tres
was also decorated by the help of
the school children who rendered the
program in very trained manner.
The program is as follows:
Address Louis Sell,
Song. Christmas Day.
Dialogue. The Training. Eda
and others.
Jingle and Christhmus songs.
Rec. Louie Hultum.
Rec Sammie Geisel.
Dialogue. Morning Call. Clara
Graf. Lizzie Geisel.
Rec. Louie Sell.
Song. 1899.
Rec. Clara Graf.
Rec. Josie Pass.
Rec. Flag Of our Country.
Kec. Ezra Geisel.
Rec. Lena Pass.
Rec Carrie Sell.
Symposium on Homer lena Ge1sel
Mary Marquardsen. Martha Pank.
Lille Sell. Lizzy Geisel. Followed
by a song. Old Folks at Home.
The member: of people who attend
ed were nearly 100. Teacher
Miss. Knips.
The, Misses Levina and Lizzie
Geisel are spending their Coristmas
at Worthington. s.. ua..
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Notice.

Water and light bills will be due
January 1st, 1899, BY calling at The
Village Office withlng the first five
business days you may save s pei
cent. discount. / cannot leave the
Office alone to collect your accounts
during these days.
M. 8. SMITH, Vii. Clerk.
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RUSHMORE.

The Christmas tree and Grandma
and grandpa's merry Christmas was
one of the pleasant evenings long to
be remembered at the NJ. E. Church.
At the Presbyterian Church a
goodiy number with their little ones
enjoyed Christmas tree.
Mesdames Willard and daughter
were visitors here on Monday.
Miss May Lansure has resigned
her position at the store of S. B. Bed
ford and Mary McChord will take
her place.
Donald Petit and Doctor Petit will
go to St. Paul Monday night.
Will Christensen and sister
Josephine were called home at Man
kato on Thursday night on account
of the sickness of their father and
mother and we are pleased to learn
they are quite recovered and Mr..
Christensen has returned.
On account of the holiday week
there will be no paper issued.
Mr.. and Mrs A. Schaefer and Ger
tie and Teddy were with Father and
Mother Wemple on Christmas.
The five yong ministers are max
ing quite stir this week. Services
all the week in the Presbyterian
church Sabbath next, three services
at the M. E. Church..
Mr.. and Mrs. John James spent
Christmas with their parents in
Grand Prairie.
Miss Putnam, of the Mankato
Normal School, and sister of Luverne,
are home for the holidays, visiting
their parents Mr.. and Mrs. Putnam,
The Rushmore school is closed un-
til second Monday in January.
Died, at Rnshmore, the morning
of the End of January, 1899, Jonas
Bedford in his seventy-eighth year.
And so again one of the old pioneers
and best of citizens has left us, a
good friend and pure Christian drop
ped away apparently without suffer
ing. Peacefully he sleeps. Funeral
Friday Of this week.
A Schaefer left for Owatonna Fri
urday morning.
Chas Myths and w. H. Max,
we'll called on US New Years.
Fred Bedford left for the Univer-
sity Monday night.
Sheldon Welnple is visiting his par
ents for week or so, arriving last
Thursday.
Married, at the residence of B. w
Pope, luis son Chester to Miss May
Laisure. Our best wishes are extend
ed to the young couple. May they
live long and prosper.
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So far as can be done, bees should be
crowded up in small quarters, SO as to
economic their natural heat during
the winter. I
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OOONT1 Of NObLEo. DoCcl1VSF, IL 1875.
In. the matter of the estate OF Sarah W.
Pratt, Deceased. 49,
On receiving and filing the Petition of Job D.
Pratt of the CO unity OF MOBILES representing
among other things, that Sarah w. Pratt late 81
the County, of Mobiles in the State Of Minnesota,
on the eth Of day April, "A D. 1895. at the County
of Mobiles died inteSt ate, and being an inhabi.
tant of this County at the time at her death,
leaving goods, chattels. and estate within this
County, and that the said Petitioner is q
son Of said deceased, and praying that
administration OF said estate be to Job d.
Il is ordered, that said petition be heard be-
fore this Court, on Monday, the 30th day Of Jan.
uary A d. 1899. at One O'Clock p. M, at tbs Pro-
bate Once IN, the Court House in orthington.
III said County. # 162 ''sss-7'
Ordered further, that notice thereof be given
to the heirs OF said deceased and to all persons
interested, by publishing this order once In each
week for three successive weeks prior to said
day OF hearing, in the Ellington Advance, .
weekly newspaper printed and published At
WorthingtOn, in said County. Isl,
I Dated at Worthington. Mimi, the 9th day Of
December, a. D. 1898. sTsssl
BY the Court,
q. NJ. Corr, 5g
IsHAI. Judge of Probate.