The independent., 1907-03-14

should the QlcllOHdfy pe us7eu
$40 Examiner pronounce these
words:
/. Spelling 16. Official
. Acreage IT, Description
3. Agriculture lS. Elevator
4. Anticipate 19. Embarrass
< bronchitis 20. Incredible
6. Injurious Il. JeWelry
7. Offence 22. Lymph
8. Campaign 23. Obstacie
q Camera a. Facinate
10. Cartridge 25. Forfeiture
II. Convenience 26 Hab1tuai
12. Decorate 27. Hypnotic
13 Imperative 8. IndustrlouS
IA. Invincible ~ Mefcenary
Is. Lieutenant ~. OccaSlohal
Is any beneficiary OF "the good ola
tines when children were really
taught to spell' ready to take try out
with the Youngsters who stand this
test?
Miss Rosa Hudsputh, editor OF the
Stuart Ledger, has become one or the
marked figures OF Nebraska journal
ism. Her appearance at the meeting OF
the state press association suggested a
sketch of her career to President Reed
of the association, editor of the shelton
Clipper, which reads this way MISS
Hudsputh bears the distinction or pe-
ing the most noted lady editor in Ne
braska and probably one of the most
noted in the United States. Miss Hud-
south went to Stuart, frontier town
in Holt county, several years ago and
established her paper. Like all other
frontier towns there was dearth or
refinement and surplus of rough ele-
ment in its makeup. Miss Hudsputh set
about in an endeavor to reform the
town and thereby incurred the enmlty
of the rough clement which was SO
much in the majority. She kept up her
fight for the moral Improvement OF the
town until she became the victim OF
all sorts of indignities at the hands OF
those whose enmity she had incurred
in her endeavor to carry out lhe
methods which she thought were rlgn'.
The hatred of the girl editor fnally
become SO great that one night an at
tack was made on her place Tor the
purpose of Wrecking her plant ana
driving her from the town. And 1t is,
probable that bodily injury might have
been done her but for her great cour-
age. When the mob made their attack
on the place she stood them off with
gun. threatening to shoot the first man
who tresDassed on her property. Ihe
yuffians realized that they were UP
against pretty serious proposition and
they withdrew without doing her any
serious damage. The fight eventually
illuminated in the establishment Of an
onnosition paper. but Miss Hudsputh
was not long in putting her contempo-
rary to rout as she had the mob that
stormed her castle, only by a some
what different method. Whlle ll IS not
claimed that she has accomplished the
reform she set out to accomplish MISS
Dudsputh has shown the people OF STU
dependent upon her own resources is
NOT to be outdone by a lot of hoodlums
who have no regard for the law or
either God or man.
A "hanted" tree at Norfolk gave the
editor of the Press the occasion for TINS
story: "a colored nanny approached
us and asked US if we believed IN
spirits. We told her we set the w. e.
II. ". column for the Press every week
and therefore did not believe in them.
She told us TO quit fooling and SAID
she would show us q sure enough DEM
onstration of spookdom If we cared 10
see It, The night in question was
warm one, very dark, with enough ram
falling to make the crossings ana Walks
slippery, and we would have preferred
TO wend our way homeward, put curl
Gus to know what the old lady had TO
show ms. we said we would go and see
the sights. even though we had lett
our rabbits foot on the exchange table
We took our way eastward until We
came 10 the corner of First street and
Madison avenue. From here we walked
n half block north along the west SIDE
of First street until opposite the elty
wnterworlIa. "SometlnS powertui na"
ann rwine 70 10 happen to TINS hyar
town bcfo' long; look hyar YOU mas
ter editor. the spirits am sending y
message from spirit land tellin' all
ahout III Look up I'm that hyar tree by
The vnterworks plant and see TO your
aelf she pointed crooked finger 10
the top of a tree and as she spoko /
flashes OF pale blue FIRE Sputtcrcd Tor