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The Conservative, 1901-01-24

was about ten miles south of the Ne.
braska line. in Republic county, on the
Republican river; and THE CoNsERvA.
TIVE has erred on several occasions in
conjecturing, from inspection of the old
maps, that it was on the Nebraska side
and in the neighborhood of Superior.
The newspaper article from which we
have our information makes a further
statement as to the origin of the name
Republic for this sub. tribe of Indians
in regard to which something may be
said in another number of The Con-
SENTATIVE.
A Suggestion.
Kansas thus delighteth to honor one
of the places of historic interest within
her limits Iowa has taken great pains
with the grave of one of Lewis &
Clark's men, whom they buried on
bluff below Sioux City could the present
Nebraska legislature do better than to
mark in some fitting way one or all of
the three old army posts our state
possesses Fort Atkinson or Calhoun,
Old Fort Kearney at Nebraska City, and
the Fort Kearney of the freighting days?
A. T. r.
The Conservative, 1901-01-24
REPLY TO THE CHRIST MYTH e

To THE EDITOR OF THE CONSERVATIVE
have read with much interest the
articles in the recent numbers of your
paper on "The Christ Myth" pro
and con. Mrs. Evans article has
been treated historically and personally
and I would like to treat it from a
theological standpoint thus:
Two kinds of proof may be adduced
in behalf of Christianity, internal and
external. The internal arguments are
drawn from the nature, scope and doc
trine of Christianity coupled with the
sublime character of the author of
Observation-Disclosures. The external argu.
ments are based on the authority of
those who embrace Christianity as we'll
as the authority of some who denied
Christianity as we'll as history.
Some Internal Arguments.
The doctrine of Christianity is so
simple, so grand and so sublime that it
cannot be considered as the work of
man, although this doctrine is the work
of several authors who committed to
writing what they learned from Christ
and who composed their works, at
distance from one another. Yet in these
doctrines there is no contradiction, but
they form one harmonious and consistent
whole. In them are no absurdities, no
contradictions, all the doubts, con.
lectures and capricious fancies of every
system till then are satisfactorily
and sufficiently solved. This alone
would be suffi ,ient evidence of the
truth of the. doctrine of Christianity. A
sublimer morality than philosophical
minds had been accustomed to hear is
presented to us; morality, that not
only solves all the secret mysteries of
The Conservative, 1901-01-24
PIXIES REPUBLIC.

through the roundabout medium of the
New York Tribune, of the establishment
by the neighboring state of Kansas of a
permanent public park on one of the
interesting historic spots located within
the borders of that commonwealth.
They seem sometimes to outsiders
to be somewhat fantastic in their
ways, down in Kansas, but they
have good hearts and lots of good
ideas, and if one could not be a
Nebraskan one would perhaps not find
it such an extreme hardship to be a
Kansan. We of the South Platte
country should have an especial fellow
feeling for our neighbors on the south,
for we came near having our lot thrown
in with theirs-how near, few of US
know, for the story Of the annexation
project of 1868 has never been written.
This time it is the Kansas State His
torical Society which has accepted gift
of land from Mrs. Elizabeth A. johnson
of White Rock. This land is said to be
the site of the puzzling Pawnee Republic
which was the scene in the year 1905 Of
two striking occurrences /; the first being
a visit from Spanish military force
from Santa Fe, numbering several hun
dred. under the command of Lieutenant
Malgares the second visit from a
detachment of the United States army,
consisting of sixteen privates and five
officers, under the leadership of Captain
Zebulon Montgomery Pike. The Span
ish came to explore the country, turn
back any Americans they might en-.
counter and "renew the chains of
ancient amity" with the Pawnee, Omaha,
Kansas and other tribes of Indians they
missed the tiny band of Yankees, and
explored no further than to this Pawnee
Republic, where their hearts failed them
and they turned back. The Americans
were out to view the unknown region
their government had lately purchased
and to do with their might whatsoever
their hand found to do. Coming to this
curious Republic, they were confronted
by the abhorrent sight of a Spanish flag
waving before the head chiefs tent
Captain Pike at once called for it's re,
moval. His army could not have been
very imposing in the eyes of the
Pawnees, single village of whom could
put a thousand warriors on horseback at
moments notice; especially after the
recent passage of the gay Spanish troop,
with upwards of two thousand horses
Pike himself admits that "this was
carrying the pride of nations little too
far" but the Spanish flag came down
and the emblem of the United States
was exalted in it's stead. This event,
which the good people of the neighbor.
hood hold to have been the first raising
of the stars and stripes over Kansas soil
The Conservative, 1901-01-24

has owned the adjacent land for nearly
thirty years, has presented to the state a
tract of eleven acres, covering what is
said to be the exact spot; thus setting a
notable example of intelligent public
spirit, and securing for her own name
the grateful remembrance of posterity,
to time when the memory of other
Kansas women, who have sought fame
in more explosive ways, will have
perished from off the earth.
About the Flag.
The whole truth regarding the occur
rences of Monday, the Goth of Septem
ber. 1906, however, is that they did not
pass off so exactly like an ordinary 4th
of July flag raising as one might sup
pose. In fact. after he had carried his
point Captain Pike deemed it polite to
return to the Indians the detested yellow
banner, and then he marched on, with
his sixteen infantry, toward the Rocky
Mountains, where there awaited him
such suffering and such monument as
perhaps have fallen to the lot of no other
of our soldiers. If now some prophetic
vision could have been granted him, as
he trudged over the endless plains, of
the next encounter between those two
flags, ninety three years later?
Pixies Story.
His account of the affair is worth
reading. CATER the chiefs had replied
to various parts of my DISCOURSE" he
says, "but were silent as to the flag,
again reiterated the demand for the
flag, adding that it was impossible for
the nation to have two fathers that they
must either be the children of the
Spaniards or acknowledge their Ameri.
can father. After silence of some
time, an old man rose. went to the door.
and took down the Spanish flag, and
brought it and laid it at my feet; and
then received the American flag, and
elevated it on the staff, which had lately
borne the standard of his Catholic
majesty. Perceiving that every face in
the council was clouded with sorrow, as
if some great national calamity was
about to befall them, took up the con-
tested colors, and told them, that as
they had now shown themselves dutiful
children, in acknowledging their great
American father, had no desire to EN-
barrass them with the Spaniards, for it
was the wish of the Americans, that
their red brethren should remain peace
ably round their own fires, and not
embroil themselves in any disputes
between the white people; and that for
fear the Spaniards might return there
in force again, I gave them back their
flag; but with an injunction that it
should never be hoisted during our stay
At this there was a general shout of
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-10-25
Wen. women ma Mnnners.

Professor Edwin G. Dexters discovery
that boys st school are less influenced
tAal girls by THE attitude Of the home
toward educational Matters 50 that
uqrs from an ill home DO better than
Fifis, has wider application throughout
lice.
Men in general, as they 20 on through
all years, adjust then elves more easily
p the changes which the school life
brings than DO women The English
novel to say nothing Of American life is
guy Of the instances where q successful
man is able to change his dress, deport-
mont. manners and language while the
women Of his family are v3inly strug-
eins with the new habits, the now Gus
toms and the new costumes which new
wealth or station has brought.
lhis is less true in this country. but it
uas its truth here, though diminishing
uQth. To a man, after all. a house is
only a porch. To a woman it is a nest.
a man does not necessarily carry about
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-10-25
4 bMINIsTBAToRs NOTICE..

THIS ls ~ give notice thaf tho subscriber
have obtained from the Orphans CONT for
Frederes County. Ma letters 90 admluistra.
ton upon the estate of
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-10-25

BREED ONLY TO THE BEST.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-10-25

$ TO SUIT THE TIMES.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-02-08
Street Needlewomen.

II Il Is a novelty it must sometimes be
q convenience to be able to have ones
garments mended on the street while one
waits. In nearly all the principal cities
of China native sewing women are to be
seen seated on low stools or perhaps on
the sidewalk mending articles Of mascu-
line wearing apparel.
The accomplishments of these street
seamstresses are somewhat limited, their
efforts with the needle being confined, as
q rule, to running" Other branches of
needlework are practically unknown to
them. As a consequence, their efforts are
better appreciated by natives than by
American or English travellers.
They are never short of patrons among
the Chinese tradesmen, for these are
often natives of other districts and. hav-
ing come to the city to engage in busi-
ness, have no one to mend a rent for
them Their wives being left at home,
they are glad to employ the street needle
women. For this class of customers the
skill of the itinerant sewing woman an
swers every purpose.
The Ledger Monthly has q good word
to say for these Chinese sewing women.
As a rule, they bear an excellent reputa-
ton. They are usually the wives of boat
men and laborers who live In the house
boats which line the creeks, and their
needles are a great help In solving the
problem of maintenance in q crowded
ri1v
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-02-08
TRIALS OF A BOOK DEALER
All Sorts Of Devices of Customers e
Get Something For Nothing.

All Sorts Of Devices of Customers e
Get Something For Nothing.
"You would be surprised to know how
much petty rascality we encounter in
this line of business" said local book
and news dealer the other day. did you
notice that old fellow who went out a
few moments ago with bundle Of news
papers under his arm? He caused my
sales accounts to get pretty badly mud
died before I finally dropped to his little
game. He used to linger over the period
ical counter for an hour or two at
stretch. and whenever he got q good
opportunity he would lay down one Of
his old papers or magazines and pick up
a new one. When he had secured what
he wanted, he would calmly stroll out.
We noticed the roll under his arm, but 1t
seemed to be the same one he carried In.
SO it excited no comment. When my
suspicious were finally aroused. l watch
ed him one day and made a careful mem
orandum of everything he took. As he
was leaving l presented him with the
bill, which he paid without a murmur,
and naturally l supposed that would be
the last of him. But he still drops in
occasionally, and | have to waste con-
siderable valuable time watching him.
This is an extreme case" continued the
dealer, but great many people prac-
tice the substitution game on a small
scale. and. if caught. they claim they
have made mistake. There 10 no way
of proving they haven't. SO we have to
let it go at that.
The other day young woman came
in and after lingering about the shelves
few moments approached the clerk on
duty and held ont new book. got
this novel here yesterday she said. and
would like to exchange it for -, nam
ing another at the same price. She was
accommodated. and it developed later on
that the story Of the first purchase was
pure fabrication. She had simply picked
up one book and snapped 1t for another.
There are other kleptomaniacs, and plen-
ty Of them. who take no pains to invent q
subterfuge, but boldly lay hands on any
volume they want and walk OF with It
The very audacity Of the performance
generally carries II through. and even II
q clerk suspects he 10 too fearful Of max
ing a blunder to ask any questions. All
the dealers suffer losses Of that kind. and
there doesn't seem to be any way Of
guarding against them. A man would
have TO have as many eyes as fly to
watch every stranger who comes in."-
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-02-08
TIT Fer Tat.

A wearied Clevelander stepped from Q
train at Pittsburs one morning at an
early hour and rushed into the depot
luachroom to get breakfast. He wat
extremely tired from a long ride and
consequently not In the best of moods.
what do you wantT snarled one Of
the waiter girls She had q get up too
soon expression on her face and spoke
savagely.
"A little courteous treatment" re-
sponded the traveller.
1--WE don't keep it here" rejoined the
girl.
II thought So" was the laconic reply
Of the Clevelander. "Give me some reg.
ular eggs"
1--WE only keep fresh eggs" replied the
girl.
Everything fresh around here7" que
Hied the Clevelander.
YES" she Kissed through her teeth.
81 thought So" the traveller replied.
Az the traveller ate his breakfast in
silence he wondered who had the best
Of the skirmish From the look on the
girls face she. too, was bordering over
the same Question.-Cleveland Leader.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-02-08
BILL WAS TOO SMART.

Farmer's SON Who Thought He'd
Have Fun With an Elephant.
"My son Bill" said the old farmer,
was just too smart fur anything. I had
a big red bull who used to git loose once
In awhile and lick everything in the state,
and Bill was ready to bet his last cent
on that eritter. One day when a circus
procession was comm up the road Bill
come runnin from the barnyard and saysi
dad. I'm goiD to let that bull out
Fur whyP says.I.
Fur to see him hev fun with the ele-
plant
"'Don't you do nuthin of the kind. The
elephant would break bis back in holy
mint
"'Never, dad-neverI Our bull will
roar one roar, dive one dive, and he'll
tumble that behemoth into the ditch and
then upset the band wagon. Dad, it's
the chance OF our life to see a heap Of
fun
'Waal. row." drawled the old man,
bill said 80 much that told him to 20
ahead Mebbe that bull smelt them three
elephants q mile away, fur when he was
Let out be was ready fur row. He paw.
ed and bellered and worked his mad up,
MIN "ASh eAGpAdulS COIu6
along he selected the biggest of the three
and made fur him. One of the circus
men called out fur rs to take our critter
away. but we was lettin him take keer
of hisself Jest then. With heller and
q rush he was upon the elephant. but
things didn't happen % Bill had planned
EN-. Say. now, but that big beast met
our bull head on and knocked him fat,
and then he got his trunk under him and
dung him into a swamp and never even
looked back at him. We went down to
see our bull and he had tears in his
eyes, a broker leg and one horn gone.
looks at Bill, and Bill looks at me, and
bimeby says:
bill. This critter cost me $40 in cash.
"Don't say a word. dad he says as he
SITS down. with a big sigh. I thought 1
was the sRaRtsst Teller In this county,
but I was feolin myself. ri work three
months fur SIS q month and pay fur the
bull. and II I'm ever fool 'nutf to buck up
ag'in another elephant may somebody
kill me with . crowbarp Chicago
News
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-02-08
aumuer,a Lack of Humor.

Charles Sumner in most matters was
quick enough Of apprehension. yet even
he lacked the sense of humor. 1t Is said
that one day after tidings had arrived
from Washington of the suicide Of Prov
ost Paradol. the brilliant French embas-
sador, Sumner was giving his theories as
to the cause of the act when Lowell ask
ed, did you see the ambassador often
before his deathT
"Yes," was the reply; 81 saw him ev-
cry day"
"Did you converse with him In English
or in Frcnch?"
''Oh, talked nothing but French"
"Gentlemen," said Lowell. 1--WE do not
need to seek any further reason for his
death. This fully explains the suicide"
The explosion which followed, we are
told. Sumner was never able to under
stand.
To friend who had expressed his SYM
patty for Sumner when taken III he re-
piled. II am not afraid to die, for l have
read through Calvin's Institutes in the
original in."-Saturday Evening Post.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-02-08
HEROIC TREATMENT.


A Binghamton man began to hiccough
last Saturday. He hiccoughed all day
and all night and was hard at It Sunday
ed friends gave him seemed to accelerate
the hics. People sent In from all over
town and recommended sure cures, and
he steadily grew worse.
Then q wise neighbor had bright idea
He thought it all out by himself. He
went over to the hiccougher's home and
was ushered into the room where the at
ficted one was fast hiccoughing his life
away.
"Hello." said the neighbor in a light
and cheerful tone. Flows the old soak
this morning."
The sufferer rolled his eyes at the
neighbor in panied surprise.
Don't give me any of your crocodile
glances," snorted the friend. "If you'd
quit drinking when l told you to. you
wouldn't be in this shameful condition"
"Wh-hic-at's th-hic-at" gasped the
sick man.
"Oh, don't come any of your innocent
business on me-" cried the neighbor. II
know you, you old sponge"
The hiccougher's face turned red.
"What-hic-did-y
he suffered.
Called you a sponge, you lobsterw
beloved the neighbor. You're a pretty
object lesson for your unfortunate chill
dren. amt you, you gulping old hypo-
crite?'
Get out of my-hic-housew roared
the sick man.
go to blazes" yelled the neighbor.
I'm going to stay right here and see the
last Of you. The people on the street
sent me over. Wait until the old VOLTS
gone they said, and then wave a flag
out Of the window They're going to
have a jollification supper and fireworks
tonight. and don't you dare to disappoint
'emw
This was too much for the hccougher.
He said several very bad words as he
made a dash at the neighbor, and they
raced around the room q half dozen
times. the hiccougher getting madden at
every jump, and then the neighbor dart
ed through the door and escaped.
The sick man flung a fowerpot at him
as he raced down the yard. and then he
suddenly realized that his hiccoughs had
gone.
For that was q part Of the neigb6or's
theory, you see. He believed that if he
could get the dying man real excited and
angry the affection would leave him, and
he proved he was right.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-02-08
MY MOTHER-lN-LAW.

When courted wi Maggie, her mither did cry
That name could be suited like Maggie and /;
But since we've got mairret a change Ii owre a.;
Moo l Gamma get on wi her mither ava.
When she talks a rim up by the Preside she sits
An gets on to Maggie for cleaning my butts,
She says, "Dinna learn him sic fashion ava"
She's a msddlesome lady, my ther-in-law.
She picks faults wi this and she picks faults wi
that;
She even picks faults WI DOR innocent cat.
She sculds at cor wean when he greets on his
NAV;
She's q heidstrong auld lady, my mither-in-lsw.
When she speaks Of DOR neebours, she Rms them
a. doom,
An she thinks there's no mony like her in the
toon;.
II she does ony guild turn, fu loudly she'll b'aw;
She's real fond Of herself, my auld mther-in-law.
Some NIGHT will open my mind on her yet
An tell her Of something she Wilma forget.
I'll tell her she Wilma come here misca'
Folks wha niver haze hermd her, my mither-in-
1ayv
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-02-08
THE MIDNIGHT SKY.
II IL the Oldest Picture Boob In Our
Possession.

Possession.
The Oldest picture book in our possss-
sion Is the midnight sky. We stand out
under the stars on some clear moonlsss
night, and, looking upward, though no
forms are visible, though 1t is only here
and there that the natural grouping can
by the utmost legitimate effort Of fancy
be made to fit SOME preconceived shape,
yet we still seem to see the whole vast
dome covered with mysterious frescoes.
There in the north shine the two Bears,
the unsleeping guardians Of the pole. Be-
tween them Winds the Dragon. There
stands Cepheus the king, and by his side,
In midstream of the Milky Way, is seated
Cassiopeia, his queen. The figures over
head and to the south change with the
changing hours and seasons, and the De
cember midnight brings us the most glo-
rious show of all. There is Orion, follow
ing him are Sirius and Procyon, his dogs;
above are the Bull and Twins, and high
er still Auriga and Perseus join Cassie
peia on the Milky Way. Andromeda,
chained to her rock, lies beneath her
boastful mother, while her enemy, the
great Sea Monster, is sinking down be-
low the western horizon. The April
nights give the predominance to Arctu-
rus, the most brilliant of the constellation
Of Bootes the herdsman, who stands with
one hand stretched toward the Crown,
the other toward the Greater Bear. Be
meath him lies the Virgin, while the Lion
is rushing downward toward the west.
The Scorpion Is the lord of the south
during the short summer nights. while
the Tyre, with its bright blue jewel Vega.
claims the zenith, and between the two
giant heroes, Ophiuchus and Hercules
spread their huge limbs. The September
midnight is the time for Pegasus, and
then the watery and fshlike constella-
lions have their turn-the Dolphin. the
Sea Goat, Aquarius with his stream and
the southern Fish, the twin Fishes and
fair Andromeda's huge marine persecu-
tor.
We seem to see these forms, though no
form or semblance of the form Is really
there. For from great antiquity men
have looked upward to the heavens and
have pictured thereon, In their own
thought, certain forms which we have in
herited from them by long tradition
forms which became so real to them that
the stars themselves on which they based
them seem to fade out or to be but as the
nails which kept the pictures In position,
while the forms remained the real objects
which filled the heavens. - Nineteenth
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-02-08
Made Over.

"Great Scottr' he exclaimed when he
saw the bill. why, this is outrageousw
"oh. no. dear: it is very reasonable"
she returned.
"But you told me-" he said. that you
would be content with q made over
gown"
WELL" she answered, "you said you
made over 81 900 in your last wheat deal,
and bought the gown on that made over
basis"
And what could the poor man do?-Chi-
ca1o Post