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Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-28

competent administrations for our
domestic concerns, and the surest bull
warks against anti-Republican ten
denotes; the preservation of our general
government in its whole constitutional
origin, as the sheet anchor of our
peace at home and safety abroad;
jealous care of the right of election by
the people; a mild and safe corrective
OF abuses, which are Topped by the
sword of revolution where peaceable
remedies are unprovided; absolute &C
quiescence in the decisions of the ma
Jority, the vital principle of republics,
from which is no appeal but to force,
the vital principle and immediate par
ent of despotism; a we'll diciplined
militia our best reliance in peace, and
for the first moments in war until reg
ulars may relieve them; the supremacy
of the civil over the military authority;
economy of the public expense, that
labor may be lightly burdened; the
honest payment of our debts and sa-
cred preservation of public faith; en-
couragement of agriculture and of COM
merce as it's handmad the diffusion
of information and arraignment of all
abuses at the bar of public reason;
freedom of religion, freedom of the
press, and freedom of person under the
protection of the habeas corpus and
trial by juries impartially selected.
These principles should be the creed
of our political faith
Jefferson has oftimes been dubbed
an infidel and an atheist hut he was
not. On the other hand, however, he
was not hide bound dogmatist grovel-
ing before the foolish plumbers of dead
barbarians. He believed in the free
dom of the brain as we'll as the hand.
He was one of those whom Alexander
Pope described as being;
''Slave to no sect. taking no private road
But looking through nature, up to natures
God"
In the address from which we have
already quoted occur these expressions:
Enlightenment by a benign religion,
profound indeed, and practised in
various forms, yet all of them inclui-
ing honesty, truth, temper ance, graft
tude and the love of man; acknowledge
ing and adoring an overruling Provi-
dence, which by all its dispensations,
proves that it delights in the happiness
of man here and his greater happiness
hereafter. And may that infinite
Power, which rules the destinies of the
universe lead our councils to what is
best, and give them favorable issue
for your peace and prosperity"
The foregoing certainly breathes a
spirit of profound reverence for an all
wise and omnipotent Power, taking an
active interest in the elfare of men
and shaping the destinies of nations
a personal God. He realized, however,
that blind faith was tbe Gulf Of tbe
foolish. He had been given a thinker,
and as he could use it for no other pur-
pose, concluded that it was made to
think with, hence he said:
Elk Reason on her seat firmly,
and call TO her tribunal every opinion;
question boldly even the eXistance of a
God, because if there be one, He must
more approve the homage of Reason
than of blind Fear
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-28

The Billings Gazette has not been
having any accidental discharges of
the mouth lately concerning the ROSE
BUD COUNTY NEWS. Grandma Becker
has probably concluded to take to
Mark Hanna's advice and "let we'll
enough alone. =
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-28

Let's see. 1t is in -1Gsops fables,
that we are told of the little fly that
remained upon the hub of the wheel
during a chariot race and remarked:
"Oh my, what he'll of a dust n,
raising.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-28

Discretion is oftimes the better part
of valor. Samson might bestride a
lion, but he certainly would stear clear
of a skunk.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-28

Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarhoea Remedy has world wide
putat!on for its cures. 1t never fails
aud is pleasant and safe to take. For
sale by Peter Droese.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-28

'Illiterate wordmonger" How a
bout referring to God as . the al
mighty"
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-28

"'Tis but a waste of lather to shaw,
an ass. "-Shakespeare.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-28

Elk Reason on her seat firmly,
and call TO her tribunal every opinion
question boldly even the exstance of a
God, because if there be one, He must
more approve the homage of Reason
than of blind Fear
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23
q PATTI REVIEWS HER YOUTH o.
SECRET: NEvEr. WORRIES AND IS NEVER EXCITED

Do you remember that trill? And
then the way, later, that she played
with the rye" as kitten with q
ball, tossing it higher and Ligher, roll
ing and turning. till it finally ended in
big, round gurgle and then came to
an end 1t was In the simpler things
that Mime. Patti was besr-..The Last
Rose of Summer and Home, Sweet
Home" and the enormous audience
that filled Albert hall arose to these
and gave her an ovation
As far as manners and appearance
go Nine. Patti was as young and 90
Quettish as ever. She was dressed
in pale yellow with a picture hat
perched upon her black and curling
hair To have seen her running airi-
ly up the inclined plane that leads to
the platform of Albert hail.. bowling
gayly to right and left, you would not
have given her a day more than 20.
She is wonderful woman, is Nine.
Patti. 1 doubt if any prima donna of
to-day will have such a record of song.
Fortunately for her she has never
torn her voice with sWagner's music.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

Lind was to a generation past. When
1 told young American girl that 1
was going to hear Nine. Patti sing
she looked at me aghast. patti sing!
I thought that she was dead and
buried ages ago. To prove that she
was alive and singing took the young
American girl to the concert with me.
To my great delight Nine. Patti gave
her old familiar repertoire. She first
sang Costa Diva with .Voiche
sapeta'' as an encore. Then the jew
ell song from Faust, with within a
Mile of Edinboro Town" as an encore.
Then 1.-The Last Rose of Summer"
Home, Sweet Home and Comm
Thro' tn Rye
No one can truthfully say that Nine.
PATHS voice is as fresh to-day as it
was thirty years ago, but every one
must admit that is is marvellous, con-
sidering her age, for she has turned
60. As for her style and method,
they are unimpaired. 1t seemed to
me as though her songs had been ar
ranged for a lower key than of old,
but / may be mistaken. Her trills
were liquid and brilliant as far as
they went, but the famous one, None,
they say have ]" was much shortened.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

Grand as that music is it is death to
any but German voices, and even
they cannot long withstand its strain.
Patti has confined herself to Italian
operas and English ballads. Since
she was so small that she had to
stand upon a table to be seen, she has
been singing in public, and before
that she played the violin in an or
chestra of which her father was the
conductor. Notwithstanding her long
life before the public, she shows few
signs of wear and tear, because her
life has been made easy for her. She
has always had some one to stand be-
tween her and all worry. She is
never allowed to be excited. Louisa
Loew, the companion of fourteen
years, after her quarrel with Nine.
Patti published the story OF her life
to the world. 1t was not all a pretty
story, particularly the part relating to
NfcoliE:, but it was undoubtedly true.
Nine. Patti has been treated more or
less like a valuable racehorse. Her
food, her exercise, her rest, all are
looked after by specialists, and have
been for years. An article published
recently in a London paper tells a
different story. 1t Gays she "eats
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23
WOES OF GERMAN OFFICERS.
Matrimonial Snags in the Path of Kali
ser's Soldiers.

ser's Soldiers.
AS censor of military marriages
German Emperor William has defined
what manner of wedlock is permits.
sible to Prussian officers and what
marriages are 'strengthily under
said" His new order states that an
officer with 1,125 a year must have a
private income of 1915 In order to
marry. A district officer of gendarmes
must add private means of $525 year
to a salary of 5000 to win the privil-
eye. Officers who haven't $3.50 pay
mustn't marry at all.
The kaiser's is the busiest mAtri-
monial bureau in the world. Each
officer who desires to double his
duties and halve his rights must
state his prospective father-in-law's
business and tell whether the lady is
maid, widow or Divorce, and in the
latter case why. Proofs must be in
closed of her income, education and
repute. If there is no obstacle, social
or military, the wedding bells may
then peal out their merry note.
Interest rates upon such German
investments as the ''kingly and kaiser
ly" bureau will accept are low. A
young fellow practically must have
$4,000 to $4,000 in his own name
before he can think of matrimony If
the lovelorn one has not the cash
well, in that case he can give up his
commission and come to a country
where he may marry on nothing a
year if he likes.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

what she likes, she lives as she likes,
she takes exercise as she chooses, she
has no physician in attendance. She
has no nerves." If this be true times
have changed When she was last
in New York she had he'd own cook,
her own doctor and her own phys
ical attendant. As for nerves, she
had them all over her body She sell
dom ventured outside of her hotel.
and when she did she drove in a
closed carriage and stuffed cotton in
her ears to keep the cold out
Nine. Patti has not yet succeeded
in selling Craig-y-Nos, her Welsh cas-
tie. and she still spends the most of
her time there. The place has cost
her a fortune and it takes fortune
to run it. Like every prima donna
that ever was born, Nine. Patti loves
the country. 1t is, of course, the con-
trast to the excitement of their pub
lie life that makes singers and actors
eager for the peace and quiet Of
green fields.
/ say again, Nine Patti is wonder
full woman, and it is still a genuine
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23
BIRDS MADE THE SIEVE.
How Truthful Coal ShoveIer Wasn't
Believed.

Believed.
In the mountains of Tennessee n
stranger came upon a man who was
shoveling coal upon a wooden sieve.
Upon inquiry how on earth he got
such a curious thing, the old man re-
piled:
stranger, I don't think you'll be
leeve me If / tell you.'
"Oh, yes, certainly" said the man.
Il will believe YOU"
WALL said the mountaineer, sit
war this way. About five years ago
l lived down on the side of the noun
tain whar woodpeckers and other kind
o. birds is powerful thick. That ar
thing"-pointing to the sieve-"war
my door to my cabin. 1t 'ud mock any
bird that flies. Tud jest sit thar
some summer evenin' and Jest move
it and every bird came that war imi-
tated
tHowsumever, one day I left my
cabin to go huntin' and went pre-
ambulin' down the mountain. Wall.
some wind come along and made that
ar door initiate woodpecker. First
one come and then a whole pile O.
the critters. They lit in on the door
and when / come it war jest like We
see it,"
The man thanked him and moved
on
81 don't believe he thought / war
tellin' the TRUTH" and he resumed
shove1ing.-New York Herald.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

The late E. M. Reed was vice-pres;-
dent of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad in the palmy
days when that road was paying 10
per cent dividends. Reed was a close
buyer and used all the arts and sub
tleties necessary to hammer prices
down to their lowest figure. One day
he was negotiating for an improve
ment in the way of a locomotive ap-
pliance, and after wrangfing for some
time over the price said to the sales
agent:
How much will your concern make
on this Transaction" To which the
reply came, Ten per cent"
Great Scott!" said Reed, you want
to get 10 per cent profit on this one
sale. do you? Why, bless your soul, Ii
takes our road a whole year to make
10 per cent"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23
An Egotist and a Woman
BY JESSIE LLEWELLYN.

BY JESSIE LLEWELLYN.
Copyright, 1902. by Daily Story Pub. Col
1T was a sad affair." he said
"Yes?" She regarded him curiously.
So this young man, known to his linn
tied circle of friends as 1.-The Egotist, -
possessed sympathy.
They sat on opposite sides of the
long table in her fathers library. At
the farther end of the room the crate
fire had gone out, but she did not
ring; it might encourage him to stay
after he had told the story Perhaps
he was not the egotist that people
thought him to be. He seemed to
feel the tragedy in what he told-else
why should he be telling it?
"And you knew him very well?"
she asked.
ooh, very wel1-in a business way.
The governor used to rely ON him.
Afterwards when l took on the bust
ness, 1 kept him-out of kindness,
you know. I'm soft-hearted chap"
Eyes, I know" she interrupted. HE
was incompetent? You felt sorry?"
"'Not that exactly, oh, no. He was
a good man-student and digger
great chemist. 1 appreciate a digger.
1 even took him over to the club for
lunch once or twice. He was a nat
ural gentleman. Then, anyway, I'm
a humane chap at heart regular
democrat, you know"
you say he was very gifted scien-
tist?" she asked quietly.
HE was that. We paid him big
ger salary than any extract house in
the world ever paid a chemist. The
governor and 1 always looked out for
good men-and paid for them. 1 can
tell man of brains the minute 1 lay
eyes on him. It's just natural for me
to know one on sight-funny isn't it?"
Very" she replied.
I'm a queer contradiction he ru-
minated, absently crushing some rose
petals ON the floor with his wide foot
Il was never before so shocked to
hear of a suicide. He had often spok-
en- to me about himself when he had
one of those melancholy attacks.
encouraged him, for I'm an easy sort.
Fellow can move me to tears and not
half try. You see he had married a
girl-well-the good fellow type.
Said he owed it to her after pro-
nounced attentions had made people
talk. She told him that. He felt sor-
ry for her-acted the fool as those
studious chaps always do. and married
her. Now. Il"
And She?"
went to the other extreme. From
being too-er-jolly she 3verdid re-
spectability. Joined woran's clubs
and things-that sor. was the best she
could do. Developed into a shrew.
do you know what I'd do if found
myself married to shrew? Oh,
I'm"
What did he dot"
ooh, he!" A grave expression came
over the young mans round face. He
turned his profile toward her-he had
a good prof1le-and passed his fingers
through his front hair, careful not to
disarrange it. las 1 said before, he
was one of those fine, super-sensitive
souls; the kind that Quivers at a
rough word. I always know how to
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23
One Sure Sign.

A story illustrating the hard-head-
edness and sheer common sense of
the late DR.. McCosh, the noted dean
of the faculty of Princeton Univer-
sity, was told recently. He made
the acquaintance of a couple of
Scotsmen who worked as farm hands
on an estate near Princeton, and,
learning that they did not go to
church, hauled them over the Goals
for backsliding and induced them to
attend Sunday services regularly.
They were simple-minded men, with
immense respect for the venerable in
structor, and they invariably ran to
him to settle disputes or to advise
them in matters of business One
morning they appeared before him as
he was going to chapel, and told him
they had had a quarrel as to the sign
of hearing the first cuckoo of the
season. Jamie had said that it was a
sign that the one who heard it would
speedily marry; Sandy declared it was
a sign that the hearer would get
speedily rich.
Its a sure sign of somethin', doc
tor. What may it be? Can We tell
us?"
Yes said the doctor ITO hear
the first cuckoo of the season is a
sure sign you're not deaf"
And he solemnly turned on his
heel and left them staring after him
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23
'-rhe details. It IS the details Ina.

The Details 1t Is the details that
cannot
"Oh. certainly" Curiously his face
relaxed in a broad smile. He raised
his hand in grand gesture and
stroked his small black mustache
Il just told you the story" he be
gam we were speaking earlier In
the evening of literary ability. Well
/ wrote a friend of his a complete 40
count of the suicide, and-do you
know, 1t was the most graphic thing
1 ever did? The way it impressed me-
and all makes me believe that 1 have
real literary ability. Funny, isn't it?n
Very" Her voice sounded strange
to both of them Her arms were
held close to her sides and her hands
were clenched.
What's the natter" he asked
again.
Her face was very pale. He won
dered stupidity
And now" she said in a repressed,
monotonous tone, Il will tell you
something funnier, even than yourself
I've got to tell"
Her voice had risen, but she care
fully modulated it again.
For fifteen years you knew him In
timately. For fifteen years. 1 knew
him, too. 1 loved him-always-be
fore his marriage-long beforehand
afterwards. I love him-now. You
see he didn't need you-or anybody
Ehe-weNgood-nig Oh. good
night"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

and although he was only a salaried
man in the house 1 actually grew fond
of him. We would tell college yarns
and l.
you were in college together?"
mot exactly. He had gone in for
the German and Russian universities
after ages of examining on this side.
OF course with the governors
money
eyes, 1 know" She swiftly replied
and dark red overspread her face
and neck. You became intimate
friends, and-how very sadie it
was only last week, wasn't it?"
Committed suicide last week. Took
five grains of morphine and was as
dead as-er quite dead in no time 1
was with him that afternoon. He was
down-hearted and / just thought of
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

pleasure to hear her sing. l would
much rather hear her, even though
her voice may have lost some of its
freshness, than most of the famous
singers of to-day Patti was born, not
made, and she still sings with all her
old time grace and charm. The young
girl alluded to at the beginning of this
letter was enchanted. 81 feel" she
said, turning to me, "as you might
have felt if you had been taken to
hear Jenny Lind" Not exactly"
1 replied, for 1 could only have been
taken to hear Jenny Lind before
was born"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

Wolf bounty claims for killing
wolves have been filed in the audi
tors ONCE at Lincoln, Neb., to the
amount of so, 1000, and more claims
are coming in every day. The state
legislature at its last session appro-
priated $4,000 for wolf bounty, but
the appropriation was vetoed by Gov.
Dietrich because no provision had
been made for the payment of old
claims. So the next legislature viii
have four years accumulation VI
claims to take care Of
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

some such thing at the time. I'm
pretty good reader of human nature,
you know-pretty good. l.
you and he were associated daily,
and were very close friends for sew
eral years, were you not?" Her voice
WIS beginning to sound as if it came
from a remote corner of the long
room and she shivered as he spoke
again.
For fifteen years-ever since be-
came manager in my own right. He
was as fond of me as lawfully fond
of me, but l didn't discourage tit
pleased him. When I'd come down IN
the morning after a-well, after hav-
ing been detained late the night be-
fore, I'd feel his eyes on my face.
Then he would slip up behind my
chair and lay his hand on my Shout
der, for all the world like the gov
ernor used to do. And he'd say:
Take care of yourself. old man;
you're working too hard. 1 couldn't
bear to see another name at the head
of our stationery. 1t would break me
all up, old man. That's the way he
would talk The way that man loved
Very" she replied, still more
quietly.
But started out to tell you about
the suicide. Saddest thing / ever
knew That afternoon had told him
in plain words that I'd promised an
other man his place-fellow / met on
the other side last summer. Her
brother you know You'll not feel
er-jealous when you get the cards I?
I gave you two opportunities want
you to-wen you know people and T."
And the man." she reminded.
"Oh, he. He took it all right.
Business is business, you know. He
never said a word Just got little
whiter-it was a little sunderland
walked straight out of the building.
What l didn't just like was the way
he went-not even waiting until four
O'Clock. but I'm naturally a soft
hearted chap. and didn't say much.
He must have gone straight home
then They say he stepped into the
house and asked for his wife She
had left word that she had gone out
and would not be home for dinner.
As he went out again, they told me,
he met his little girl playing in the
yard with some children. He asked
her to go with him for a walk, but
naturally enough. she said she would
rather stay and play with the children.
She never was much for her father,
anyway. He was quiet, you know.
Nobody ever knew him-except my
self knew him like book. T.
And he died alone without any
body2"
We'll. that was the last anyone
ever saw Of him. alive. The next
morning they found him in his bed.
And his face
She got up suddenly PLEASED"
was all she said.
Whats the matter?" he asked
your eyes look 30 peculiar
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

Senator Hoar has bought a house on
Connecticut avenue, Washington, q
three-story brick structure of a dozen
rooms He borrowed the SIS. 900 which
it cost, but hopes to make a profit by
selling before long. He and Mrs Hoar
have boarded for thirty-three years in
Washington hotels Much disappoint-
ment is felt in the capital because
Senator Clark does not intend to build
q residence ON the site of the old
Stewart castle which he purchased
some time ago. Finishing touches ara
being put to his splendid home in New
York, and it is said the senator win
not build again outside Montana
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

When l read in the papers that
Nine Adelina Patti was going to sing
1t Albeit Hall went out straightway
and bought seats, writes Jennetta L.
Glider. I had not heard Nine Patti
since she sang in opera at the old
Academy of Music, New York, sup
ported by the long since dead and
gone Nicolini. That was in =, but
why give dates? 1t was too long ago
for one to be particular about such de-
tails. 1 am sure that Nine. Patti
would rather not have me recall the
year.
And here was Patti-the real flesh
and blood and no ghost-going to
sing again. There was no Nicolini
this time, but brand new young hus-
band, whose name was published in
brackets under her more famous one:
NINE. ADELINA PATTI. ::
Baroness Cedarstrom).
To the present generation the name
of Adelina Patti is what that of Jenny
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

ut was sad affair" he said.
deal with that kind of a man Now
most people do not-but-well-you
wouldn't think tim naturally of
the artistic temperament myself
funny with my business ability, isn't
it? I could see, you know. that the
woman was driving him to the edge OF
his nerves-that she was killing him.
Never saw such q picture of misery
as he grew to be. Always looking on
somewhere and not hearing anything
that went on around him. We grew
intimate may say very intimate
He was a gentleman, you know. al
Wayn without cent, but q gentleman,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

The summer girl Who falls in love
thinks she is having > warm Tina
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23
NINE. ADELINA PATTI.
Baroness Cedarstrom).

To the present generation the name
of Adelina Patti is what that of Jenny