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The Conservative, 1901-07-25
According to the
o MAJ h q World
Herald corporate
NOT A RIGHT.

capital has no right that burglar or
thief is bound to respect.
In fact the World Herald proposes re-
wards for thieves who will steal from
the Standard Oil company, and by i'm
plication encourages defalcations, de-
ficits and larcenies among all employees
Of incorporated capital.
The Conservative, 1901-07-25
The pc erl e S S
leader, instructor,
preceptor and i'm
pc ra tor of de-
MORE INSTRUCT
IONS NEEDED.

Pc I q UOI OI UC-
mocracy in America recently is
sued didactic directions for the
management of state democratic con-
vention at Columbus, Ohio. But his in
structions were not needed. They were
violated sixteen times and not obeyed
one time. Other states will soon hold
democratic conventions, and more or
ders should be issued by the modest but
peerless, and sent out in some commoner
form, so that "the plain people" may
understand and follow them.
The Conservative, 1901-07-25
tt 9 Fremont
Herald suggests
that, instead of
SUPREME JUDGE.

nominating Colonel Bryan for governor,
he be named for the supreme court, to
succeed Norval. 1t is very good sug-
gestion, but there is no law to prevent
his being nominated for chief justice,
governor, and president, all at the same
convention, and thereby saving good
deal of expense and unnecessary travel.
The Conservative, 1901-07-25
The Honorable
Church Howe ,
long an able rep.
CHURCH HOWE.

long an able rep
resentative and leader of republicanism
in Nebraska, will be welcomed home to
Nemaha county on July 30th, 1901, by a
very large and enthusiastic assemblage
of his fellow citizens. Mr.. Howe, after
an absence-in the consular service of
the country-at Palermo and at Shelf
field, England, is coming home on a
brief visit. He will receive an ovation
from his old friends and neighbors.
The Conservative, 1901-07-25
A PERMANENT
ROAD FUND.

Wells, after speaking very favorably of
the tree-planting agitation and the in
stitution of Arbor Day, commends The
CONSERVATIVE for advocating the sale
of 33 feet off from each one of the &C.
feet-in-w width roads of the state of Ne
braska, the money to be used for a
permanent road fund. The Vidette
thoroughly appreciates the great benefit
which would come to Nebraska if law
providing for the narrowing of the
The Conservative, 1901-07-25

The government
of tn e United
States pays into
each state and
territory annually
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-14
A Story of
St. Patrick's
Day
ny Edith Session. rupper

white-robed novices. He smelled the
incense, he heard the roll of the organ,
the solemn voice Of the priest. He
shivered and, turning, buried his face
in his pillow.
Suddenly the alarm reused him. He
listened. He sprang from his bunk.
and moment later was down the pole
and in his place on the truck. His face
was like the face of the dead. AS in
a dream he heard the cry: "Where
is it?" and the answer from a dozen
lusty throats: THE convent"
The convent and the Orphans Home
adjoining were ablaze 1t was evident
at glance that the buildings were
doomed. The main business was to
save the sisters and the children.
The bravery Of the nuns and their
proteges was only second to that of
the magnificent fellows who fought for
the lives Of these helpless people. -Ev-
eryone recalls the amazing fortitude
and courage displayed at this frightful
hour. The children had been drilled
for just such a moment Of peril, and
nobly did they now obey their in
structors. Such deeds of heroism as
were done that bitter morning are
never lost. Their memory remains as
an eternal inspiration.
Tom" Brennan thrust ladder up
to window of the dormitory just be-
meath the huge gilded cross that sur
mounted the roof of the convent.
In this window, serene, calm, her
lips moving in prayer, stood sweet
faced sister, holding in her arms a
tiny crippled boy So symbolic was the
attitude of this holy woman that not
one heart in the vast crowd below
failed to respond.
1T is Sister Mary Beatrice." moaned
the mother superior. She knelt upon
the bare ground and crossed herself.
When Tom Brennan, his face black
ened with smoke and his eyes blazing
with heroic excitement. reached the
window, Sister Mary Beatrice looked
steadfastly at him with her old sweet
smile.
He held out his arms.
THE child first, Tom," she said, as
she laid the little boy on the broad
breast of the fireman.
A mighty shout went up from the
crowd below. All had seen that sub
lime act. All realized what it meant
A dozen hands received the child and
Tom Brennan turned back up the lad
der.
He lifted Sister Mary Beatrice from
! the window.
| For one instant he held her on his
heart.
Then as the frenzied spectators
groaned and cursed and prayed the
convent walls swayed in.
| And at the foot of the cross Ton
Brennan died for his Maggie darlin'.
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-14
a Famous Irish Shrine

Away up in the north of Ireland, in
County Donegal, is Lough Derg which
contains by far the Oldest and most
famous shrine of all the land of Erin.
For centuries untold 1t has been the
resort Of pilgrims, and every year,
from June 1 to August Is, it is
thronged with penitents.
The Tough, or lake, is six miles in
length and four in breadth. 1t contains
several small islands, two of which
are known respectively as Saints Is
land and Station Island. The scenery
for many miles around is neither beau
tiful nor is it forbidding. 1t is simply
dreary-inexpressibly dreary. There
are no trees, no broken or graceful
hills, but only slopes of desolate, un-
relieved moorland.
This unpromising spot attracted the
attention of the British world in the
middle of the twelfth century, when
one Henry, Benedictine monk of the
Abbey of Saltrey. in Huntingdonshire,
wrote marvellous book describing
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-14
MAGGIE
DARLIN'

Gee. Toms in luck!" said Larry
Finn, as he watched two of the pret-
tiest girls in the ward sail by the en-
gine house and give Tom Brennan, the
handsomest fireman of hook and lad
der company No. - perfect fusilade
Of eye alteration.
ITO the divil wild Tom" said Dooley
Bryan, struggling his brawny shoulders
in downright disgust. He don't be
human. What ails him OF dunno. All
the gurrils in the parish crazy over
his dommed black eyes, an he not no.
ticin' thin. Bedad, Larry, OF cud
knock his head off for a sthupid, on
feelin', craven image"
Was he always so?" inquired Larry.
He was" returned Dooley, 'iver
since Maggie Harrigan TUX the VEIL"
"Oho!" said Larry.
"They were engaged" said Dooley,
enraptured with himself as a gossip,
"whin Maggie got the vocation. 1t
was near KILN Tom. But av course
he couldn't do nothin'."
He couldn't?" said Larry. "Why
didn't he carry her OFF,"
3. "Murther! fot do ye be sayin'? 'Tis
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-14

After ages of neglect the traditional
resting place of the remains Of Ire
lands patron saint in the cathedral
graveyard In Downpatrick has been
covered with memorial stone, n
rough. weather beaten bowlder OF
granite. weighing about seven tons,
from the mountain side of Slicve-na-
Lnrgie. where 1t rested at n height of
600 feet. Upon the upper surface OF
this bowlder is cut an Irish cross.
faithfully reproduced from one cut on
al equally rough. unhewn stone found
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-14

THE CHILD FIRST, TOM"
the bride of heaven she is. It's
ashamed of you OF am, ye baste. No,
poor Tom had to submit. but he's
nivver been the same. OF suppose
now," concluded Mr.. Bryan, medita-
lively, "if one of thin Numbers av
the Four Numbered were to come by
and give Tom the glad eye he'd nivver
Encourage her. 'Tis sthrange thot the
nuts allus fall to the toothless divils."
With which sage observation Mr..
Bryan betook himself to the burnish-
ing Of hose cart as relief to his
overcharged emotions.
All was true. Since the day "Tom"
Brennan tore his manly heart out in
bidding an eternal farewell to the
beautiful girl who renounced him for
her vocation the big fellow had never
been the same.
All women were like shadows to
him. He had loved one truly, devot-
edly, and he had been forced to give
her up to heaven. He could never
love another. In vain were appealing
and languishing glances sent in the
direction of this superb young speci-
men of Irish-American manhood.
Tom" never noticed women. He
simply went about his business of saw
ing lives and property as If there were
nothing else in the universe for a big,
handsome. athletic fellow
Often, as he lay in his bunk at the
engine house, as he rode tempestuously
through the crowded streets, as he
fought the flames, he repeated to him
self the last words he had said to his
beloved: Il love you, Maggie. darlin'.
l would live for you or l would die for
you, and since you bid me tear out my
heart, must do It."
st. Patrick's anniversary morning
dawned-the very one on which Tom"
had hoped to lead his sweetheart to
the altar He thought of her as he
reused from his dreams OF her sweet
face. Life was over for him, he said.
He saw again the crowded church, the
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-14
Woman Posss a. = Man.

A remarkable story of male imper-
sonation was revealed in a London Do
lice court in connection with an arrest
for alleged money frauds. The pris-
oner. named Catherine Coombe, aged
66, described as a house decorator, ap-
peared in the dock in male attire.
For forty years Catherine imperson-
ated a man and worked on board
peninsula and oriental steamers in va
rious capacities, and also for London
firms. She says she was married at Is,
taught school and then thought there
were better chances of advancement
as a man. Eventually she married a
lady's maid, with whom she lived for
fourteen years.
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-14
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English
Remedy

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1t will heal your sore lungs
and will positively cure Con-
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l always Recommend AcKERs ENG
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A. d. Cook. Druggist. Bellefontaine. o.
Write to us for testimonials and free
illustrated book on Consumption.
Sold At 2bc, SOC and 8l.OO q bottle.
II you are not satisfied return tho bottle to
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Gilpin observer., 1901-03-14
THE DUTY OF MOTHERS.

What suffering frequently results
from mothers ignorance; or more
frequently from mothers neglect to
properly instruct her daughter!
Tradition says woman must suf-
fer" and young women are SO taught.
There is little truth and great deal
Of exaggeration in this. If young
woman suffers severely she needs
treatment, and her mother should see
that she gets it.
Many mothers hesitate to take their
daughters to physician for examina-
ton; but no mother need hesitate to
write freely about her daughter or
herself to Mrs. Pinkham and secure
the most efficient advice without
charge. Mrs. Pinkham's address is
Lynn, Mass.
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-14

on the island of Inisclothran, one of
The Islands of Lough Rec, where st.
Dalrmid founded his famous ecclesi-
lstical settlement about the middle of
the sixth century. Under the cross the
name "Patrlc" is cut in Irish charac-
ters copied from the earliest known
Celtic manuscripts. This simple treat
ment is considered TO be the nearest
approach to the form Of monument
which would have been constructed
about the year d69. the supposed date
Of st. Patrick's death.
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-14

the penitence and punishment Of cer-
tain knight of King Stephen Of Eng
land. This knight. Sir Owain (the
name is spelled in many ways), seems
to have been one OF the most appall-
ingly wicked men that ever lived. Ac-
cording to the story Of Henry. he en-
tered cave in the tiny island OF
Lough, and there passed through the
experiences of purgatory. The critic
of folklore may deem the experiences
OF Sir Owain as being only the work of,
vivid imagination or vision OIL
fever, which wrought deep impress
sion upon his soul. The circumstan-
tial nature of the descriptions, how
ever, impressed the religious world
profoundly, and the narrative of the
knights vision Of purgatory passed
into other lands. One hundred and
twelve years after the appearance OF
Henry's narrative Dante was born. In
i's Inferno" his descriptions of pur-
gatory. are much the same as Henry's.
In fatt, it is impossible to believe that
the great Italian poem was not in-|
spired largely by the strange. unearth-
ly narrative of the monk of Saltrey.
The great work which made LoughI
Derg familiar to the literary world,
however, was not the poem of Dante.
but the drama of the Spanish poet
Calderon, entitled Saint Patrick's
Purgatory." This was written in 1895,
when the author was "a years of age.
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-14

Mrs. August Pfalzgraf, of South
Byron, Wis, mother of the young lady
whose portrait we here publish, wrote
Mrs. Pinkham in January, 1899, saying
her daughter had suffered for two
years with irregular menstruation-
had headache all the time, and pain in
her side, feet swell. and was generally
miserable. Mrs. Pinkham promptly
replied with advice, and under date of
March, 1899, the mother writes again
that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound cured her daughter of all
pains and irregularity.
Nothing in the world equals Mrs.
Pinkham's great medicine for regu-
lating woman's peculiar monthly
troubles.
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-14

RUINS OF THE OLD MONASTERY.
Eight years before book entitled
"The Life and Purgatory of st. Pat
rick" had been printed in Spain, and
this is what gave the dramatist his
materials.
In this day of Spanish study in Am
erica there is the beginning of a re-
vival of Spanish literature and doubt
less Calderon will become more famil-
lar to American readers. No other
drama from his pen will prove SO in
teresting to American readers. The
author perpetrates an anachronism by
making Sir Owain (whom he calls
Enjoy a contemporary of the Irish
saint. Otherwise he adheres closely
to the accepted accounts Of the lives
| OF both. In the drama Patrick and
| EMO are both wrecked upon the Irish
coast and brought before the king
the former receives only contempt,
while the latter is favored by the mon
arch. EMO elopes with and murders
the kings daughter, while Patrick con-
verts his hearers to the Christian faith.
The impious king demands an ocular
gatory, and enters the cave in the islet
of Loug Derg, from which he never
emerges. EMO, returning to Ireland
(after his flight therefrom) to commit
a murder is prevented and tormented
night after night by a mysterious fig
ure, heavily cloaked and muffied, with
whom the wicked knight proposes. at
last, to fight. The latter finds. how
ever that his sword only cuts the air.
He pursues the figure, and tears off its
cloak, only to find a skeleton. while
spectral voice exclaims: II. alas.
am EMO. How dost thou fail to recog-
nize thine own self?"
After this the unique adventure. SO
suggestive of the later known Rubaiyat
of Khayyam, EMO is penitent, and
seeks the saints in the cavern. On his
way he meets the kings daughter. re-
stored to life. He enters the cavern,
from which the impenitent never re-
turned. But to the Joy of all he again
comes forth purified from all crime.
and relates the strange scenes through
which he has passed in the neither
world.
The drama is one OF great power and
of absorbing interest. 1t will repay a
perusal, even in the imperfect transla-
tions now to be found in the market.
1t is claimed that the original mon
astery on Saints Island was erected
by st. Daveog, disciple OF st. Pat
rick. This was destroyed by the
Danes in the ninth century. In the
thirteenth century the island was al
ready very famous. In 1897 the place
was devastated by order OF Pope Alex
ander VI. but 1t was restored by order
of Pope Plus III. Twice has the sane
tuary been suppressed by law-once in
1882 and again in 1904. However. no
law has been able to lessen the inter-
est in this slngularly fascinating spot,
with its strange history and associa-
tions. At the present time about 1000
people visit Station Island annually. It
is but 1870 yards long and sixty broad.
but 1t contains two chapels, bell tow
er, n presbytcry, n hotel or "hospice"
of sixty bedrooms, and six lodging
houses. Saints Island. near by, con-
tains the ruins of the old, old monag-
terry. destroyed in 1oS2. The cavern,
likewise was DESTROYED
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-14
Women Prcpondorat. In Norway.

In consequence of emigration there
is n greater preponderance OF women
in Norway than in almost any other
country In Europe. Tho census OF
1891 showed that there was an excess
of women over men OF almost 10000.
while in 1876 this excess only amount
cd TO $4,000.
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-14

For Stomach, Liver and Bowels.
Indigestion is effectually cured by
the original HERB medicine. GAR
FIELD TEA. which causes a normal
action of the digestive organs.
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-14

You can get your picture in the Den.
yer papers by reporting that you once
sold hammer handle or cigarette.
or some other deadly weapon to some
person suspected of being the "Capi-
tol Hill thug"
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-14

Perhaps the reason Mars is making
such frantic effort to signal us now
is that it wants a piece of China before
the final settlement is made.
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-14

Many American lives have been sac.
rifced for the British cause in South
Africa and will be sacrificed as long as
we can get a good price for our mules
Gilpin observer., 1901-03-14

The doctors disagree except on the
point that they should do all the DOCTOR
The colored American., 1901-06-22

ance might, and probably will, place
him without the pale of local tolerance,
and he might be compelled to surren
der his Office in answer to an adverse
public sentiment. Duty called him,
however. and he never finched. He
fought the good fight, and carried his
point. What splendid precedent has
been established What an ennObling
example has been set for the conservat-
ers of law and order! What shame
ful light has Merrill placed about the
cowardly sherifs who have heretofore
been ''powerless" to live up to their
sworn duty!
The country needs more Sheriff
MerriJls. Let his tribe Increase, and
We shall soon see the last of the infa'
nous blight of lynchiug, that is fast
setting at naught our pretensions to
being Christian nation. Sheriff Mer'
rill Is hero, every inch of HIM,
The colored American., 1901-06-22
THERE is LIGHT AHEAD.

The attitude of the Alabama Consti'
tutiOnal Convention is threatening to
the future well-being of the Negro, and
at first glance most of us have been in
clined to give up hope for any consid-
Grafton at the hands of its members.
But new light has been thrown upon
the situation by a strong letter written
to the convention by Ex-Governor
Thomas 6. Jones, opposing the distran-
chisement of the black men, and Civ
ing excellent reasons therefor. The
letter is published in the Montgomery
Advertiser of June 4, and no better or
stronger argument against disfranchise
meut, notification and yelled fraud
has ever been given to the public. As
Ex-Governor Jones is a potential factor
IN the convention and promises to lift
up his voice along the lines Indicated
In his letter, it is evident that there are
still reasons to hope for favorable
turn of events before the end of the
session. Advices from observant men
who have Upent some time in Mont
gomery show light ahead. and things
are not as bad as it was feared they
might be. In our next issue, The Col
Ored American will go into this matter
more thoroughly, as it is to the highest
Importance to the race everywhere.
The colored American., 1901-06-22
END TO THIRD TERM GOSSIP.

In promptly putting an end to the
third term talk by short, pointed and
unsquivocal declaration, President
Mckinley has again commended him.
self to the country as a patriot, a high.
minded citizen, looking for nothing
but the public good. The gossip as to
his intention to aspire for the honor
which Washington declined and which
Grant was was denied, was of incon-
sequential character at this time, but
it would have grown to a point where
the national policies might have been
mlscOnstrued and our success in deal.
Ing with some important problems
might have been seriously endangered
Mr. Mckinley has set all speculation
at rest, and the country can 90 on
striving to adjust its difficulties. un
hampered by spooks and goblins of i'm
perial ambitions. The presidential
field is now wide open, and the as.
pirsnts are free to rally their forces for
1904. President Mckinley has done
wisely in so frankly declaring his DO
sitiOn.
The colored American., 1901-06-22
The Colored High School,

The commencement exercises of the
coiored high SCHOOL, took I lace at the
Columbia theatre last Thursday night,
June 18th, before large and represen.
tative audience. The class was 8 large
one and many bright young men and
women received their diplomas. Mrs.
John 4. Francis, the school commits.
siOner, presided. The address was de-
llvered by Prof. Kelly Millerin bis own
inimitable style, while the remarks by
commissioner Mcfarland were inter-
spersed with wit and wisdom. Prof.
Robert Il. Terrell is to be congratulated
upon the most excellent showing Of his
class and the manner in which the
exercises were carried out. The EN-
pire orhestrs, Mr.. Alexander 6ewell
manager, rendered music at intervals
during the exercises.
The colored American., 1901-06-22
Third term talk IS shot AIR.

After, all, the Negro is sometimes
given the benefit of a doubt. at Roa'
noke, Va, the other day, the dead
body of a man was found in a pool Of
water. The remains were IN such de-
plorable condition that it was sues
ton whether the corpse was that of a
white or colOred man. The coroner
guessed colored, the undertaken guessed
white. The coroner compromised the
matter by giving the weight OF evil
dence to the Negro side and ordered
the burial of the body in the colored
cemetery. It will be interesting to
know what some people will do when
they find black folks in heaven.
The colored American., 1901-06-22

The Sunday Globe is a "warm
member but it may do good if it sue
ceeds in calling attention to some of
the palpable abuses that have been
perpetrated without rebuke for several
years in the executive departments
Officials are careful when they know
that a keenwitted newspaper man is
after them-and we'll they may be.
The colored American., 1901-06-22
SATURDAY, JUNE %. 1900.
A REAL, LIVE NERO.

There are heroes and heroes, but no
chevalier stands higher in the admira-
ton of the lovers of powerful govern.
ment than one Joseph Merrill, sheriff
of the obscure little town of Carroll
ton, Georgia.
What did he do? Not much. per-
haps, in the eyes of those who rate he
roes by the old time standards of lead
ing great armies and taking magnifi
cent cities. He simply did his sworn
duty, and protected a prisoner intrust
ed to his care until the case could be
disposed of by the final action of the
legal authorities. The fact that the
prisoner was black, and had been con-
victed of heinous ofense cut no figure
in the philosophy of Merrill. His duty
lay IN safely holding the body of the
man until called upon to deliver up 10
some other officer of the law. A mob,
fearing that justice was about to mis-
carry or at least meved too slowly to
suit the needs of the case, turned out
to perform the usual lynching stint,
expecting to find the sheriff the usual
easy mark. with the usual bluff of re-
sistance that wouldn't resist very siren
uousIy. Here was where the mob
reckoxed without its host. Merrill,
assisted by but two companions, took
determined stand against the surrender
of the prisoner, and to hold the moo at
bay. the use of firearms became neces'
sary. One of the attacking party was
killed outright, and others were severe
ly wounded MObs are invariably
cowardly, and the members speedily
took to their heels after this onslaught
Merrill's act was that of a real, live
hero-a hero whose attitude cannet be
estimated at this brief remove from the
CarrolltOn incident
Here was a white man, placed by
virtue of his office, in charge of mis-
erable Negro prisoner, of whose guilt
there was but little doubt. Arrayed
against him were the putative ''best
citizens" Of the neighborhsod-his
friends, and perhaps relatives. To
have yielded would have brought no
discredit upon his ValOr, while resist