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Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-13

there come a couple of his staff Of
ficers a hundred yards behind We stopped.
and General Sheridan came up, pulled in
his horse, and said, Boys, how 1t it?'
Campbell replied, General, it's a rout.'
He threw his eyes quick at me, and said:
Not quite that bad! The Eighth and Nine
teenth are scattered, but the Sixth is soidl'
"A young lieutenant. with a Nineteenth
corps badge on his cap, was hurTying byi
Sheridan wheeled around to him. Lieu
tenant, where is your commando L don't
know the lieutenant shouted, and was
hurrying on agdin. Damn YOU turn back
and find IT. Sheridan yelled, and passed
on. The lieutenant stopped. Who was
that scoutT That was General Sheridan
I said. I'll turn back!' he cried
1T was the same all along the road; the
men were coming bach up the valley faster
than they had run down it; ahead OF us
they were running toward the road. and
lining up on either side. and as we rode
along there was just one great roar of
cheers"
He told OF the ride back to the front,
where the Sixth corps and remnants of the
Nineteenth has been sullenly battling
holding off the confederate army all the
day.; of how the ebb-tide that had turned
came roaring back to the fight In q flood
OF men who could scarce be held back
from the attack until the lines were suf-
ficiently reinforced and reformed. And
when he told of Sheridan, bareheaded.
riding along in front of his battle line
where It waited the command to advance,
he rose from his chair, and his eyes alight
with the old battle fire, he pounded the
desk with his fist. There has been a lot
told and a lot written OF what Sheridan
said that day, but here Is what he did say
the very words; I was there, I heard, and
these are his very words. A man, out OF
the ranks. called, General. where will we
sleep t~onightP General Sheridan stopped
his horse and turned; he didn't speak loud,
but IN the hush that fell his words seemed
TO ring: Wen sleep in our old camps to-
night. or Wen sleep in helip And a mo-
ment or two after that he gave the signal
10 advance, and the whole line moved out,
cheering like mad, History tells the rest"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-13

october 1. N. F. Bennett commenced the
first hotel about the same time. The
Wayne County Review moved from La
Porte in November, publishing the first
number in Wayne December g.. The depot
was completed May l, 1882, yet the rail
road reached Wayne in the fall Of 1881.
The present condition of the county is one
Of thrift and prosperity. Go where you
may In this commonwealth and you will
find little indications of poverty. 1t is not
a large county, but II is one of the richest
counties Of its size in the entire state.
To the strange travelling through this
county, II is but little wonder that con-
tentment and good cheer reigns supreme.
1t is settled by an excellent class of
people, who have made the most of their
opportunities and nave carved out homes
from the raw prairie that would be an
honor to any of the old settled states. Many
farmers own automobiles, several carriages
and a piano, and there is a general feeling
of peace, plenty and prosperity. The county
as the present time has a valuation of
$2l, 951, 10000, and 1t has a population Of
about 1900. But few counties in the state
are as well provided with free rural routes,
and rural telephones as Wayne. There are
fourteen rural routes in the county that
serve on an average of about five hundred
people each, and more than so per
cent OF the rural population are in touch
with the outside world by telephone. In
some localities they have a regular hour
for a neighborhood chat, which does much
to keep them in touch with their county,
state and world at large.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-13

Nebraska normal SChOOls
BY a recent act of the legislature the
property of the Nebraska Normal college
becomes the property of the state for use
as a state normal school. The Wayne
Normal has successfully taught more than
5000 young men and women during the last
sixteen years. The college is located on
a beautiful campus of ten acres just north
of the city and three-fourths of a mile
from the depot. Good walks lead from all
parts of the city to the buildings. The
college building and the auditorium are
built of brick and nicely finished. Each
building has three floors used for recita-
ton purposes. The departments of sci
ence, music and shorthand are conducted
in the college building. The offices, chapel
and other departments of the school are
in the auditorium. The two buildings con
tain thirty recitation rooms, offices, fac
ulty room, cloak rooms and are furnished
throughout with appropriate furniture, APP
paratus, electric lights and hot water heat.
A majority of the young men on the
farms finish their education in the country
schools. They have had but little or no
opportunity for a higher education or to
become acquainted with the science under
lying farm work. These facts have led
this school to organize a year course in
agriculture.
As long as civilization endures, people
must wear clothes and eat the food OF
civilized man, and just so long will Il
market obtain for the products of Wayne
county. Therefore, it may be truthfully
said that their prosperity and welfare are
grounded in the earth and plenty and
content are their heritage.
The past has dealt kindly with the city;
the present is all that could be wished.
and the future holds out promises, the
contemplation Of which must fill its people
and friends with joy, in anticipation of the
many blessings in store for it. Wayne has
found itself and is here to stay.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-13
Dairy and Fruit Farming.

Wayne county is making rapid progress
In the dairy industry. At the present time
these farmers have 6,S4 COWS on their
farms, where they are using $50 hand sep
arators. Last year they sold and shipped
out $500 pounds of butter and $500 gal
Ions of cream. At the present time these
farmers have 10000 acres seeded to alfalfa.
The poultry industry bids fair TO become
more and more prominent each year. Last
year there was marketed by the farmers
$4,000 dozens of eggs and 2S2, 900 pounds
Of dressed poultry. A better impression
can be obtained Of the resources of this
county when we state that last year the
farmers produced 92. 800 acres of corn, over
1000 acres Of wheat and 1850 acres of
oats.
1t is encouraging to note the progress
that is being mad over the entire county
and the special pains that is being taken
on nearly every farm to produce enough
fruit for home consumption. 1t is an ex-
ception to find a farmer who has neg
lected to provide himself with an unlimited
supply of strawberries and in most cases
raspberries as well. At the present time
the farmers have growing and in full bear
ing 80, 0OO apple, 55S pear, 1900 peach, 1880
plum and 1900 cherry trees.
Holding the key 10 a rich territory that
is constantly developing and expanding, the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-13
Language OF Clothes.

A pompous colored woman wheeled into
the cloak department of ID down town
store.
"Can 1 direct you madam inquired
one of the managers.
"Yes-sah. All wants the gown depaht-
ment."
What kind Of gowns, madam" further
inquired the official.
why, women's gowns, Of %co'se," replied
the customer, disgustedly, "Y'all think All
wants a gown TO a MANI"
But, madam" explained the manager
you see we have different kinds of gowns.
There are tailor-made gowns, evening
gowns and night gowns.
mo sab" put in the woman, promptly
"Ah dom want no tailah-made gowns, OF
night gowns, or early in the evenin'
gowns. What All wants is jes' a plain
gown to do washin' in. All wants a calico
wrapper. Thath what All "-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-13

city of Wayne is certain to be an impor-
tant distributing and jobbing center. The
city owns it's own water works and cleo
trio lighting plant, and both are run at a
profit. The schools are in a f%lourishing con
dition. The churches are not only well at
tended, but the pulpits are filled by some
of the most able ministers in northern
Nebraska. The business blocks Of Wayne
will compare favorably with other cities
and the stock of goods carried by the mer-
chants and the sharp competition in trade
draws customers for many miles in every
direction.
Wayne is the county seat of Wayne
county, and its court house has every APP
pearance of this city remaining the county
seat for all time to come.
The streets Of the city are well laid out
and bordered with many excellent shade
trees. 1t seemed to be the intention of the
citizens of this city from the very start,
to make it one Of the most homelike little
cities in the entire state. This can be ap-
preciated best by visiting it in midsummer.
The city has three banks, with a deposit
of $1,000, 600, which is perhaps the best
showing FOR it's size of any city in the
state.
The city is now engaged in putting in an
extensive sewer system. me city mas q
first class creamery that has done and i
doing much for both the city and the
farming community. The Touring mill 10.
Gated here has been a potent factor IL
drawing trade from other towns and
counties. The two brick yards manufacture
and ship out large quantities of brick, be.
sides supplying a strong home demand
The X-ray incubator factory located
here, is responsible to a certain extent fol
the large increase in the poultry industry
in this county.
The Commercial club of the city, con.
sisting of eighty members, was organized
about six years ago, and it's influence has
been seen and felt on every hand. Tn
State Normal School was secured for this
city largely through their efforts, AM
they are ever on the alert for anything tina
will add to the beauty or business of the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-13
Active school Life.

The county from the start has had an
active school life. There are eighty-one
school districts with ninety school build
ings and 1875 teachers A. e. Littel is serv-
ing his second term as superintendent OF
the schools of the county. He is a mar
well qualified for the position and the
schools rave made excellent progress under
his management.
The county has seven banks and fourteen
grain elevators. Wayne county has sixty
miles of railroad and six railroad stations,
But few counties in the state have villages
that will compare with Winside and Carol,
with a population of nearly 1000 each,
They are both good trading points for Il
rich section of farming country, and they
early acquired the spirit of western hustle.
so common to towns of this size through
Nebraska.
1t would be difficult to secure a correct
impression of this county without driving
out to some of the prosperous farms and
the large feeding pens. One soon forms
the impression that their chief industry
Is In the growing and fattening Of well
bred live stock, 1t is quite plain that a
large share of the farmers income comes
from this source. Last year the farmers
OF this county sold and shipped out more
than 26,OOO head of beef cattle, A., 400 fat
hogs, 24 well bred horses and 500 lnuttor
sheep. Besides his these farmers sold and
shipped out 465. 900 bushels of corn, sc, OK
bushels of wheat and G62, 900 bushels OF
oats.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-13
Organised Under Governor Butler

The county was organized by the
proclamation of Governor David Butler, in
the fall of 1870. The first election was held
September 5, The electors Of the county
have voted bonds at different times and
for different purposes. On February "a,
1874, they voted bonds for $4,000 for the
purpose OF building a court house. Total
vote OF the county was forty-seven. There
were % for and 21 against. The next bond
election was held January IS, 1876, when
$4,000 In bonds were voted to aid the
Covington, Columbus & Black Hills Rail-
road company. The bonds carried by fifty
votes and fifty majority, no vote being
cast against them, but they were never
issued.
The Burlington g. Missouri Railroad COM
pany owned originally 5000 acres OF land
in this county. There was at first twenty
five sections of agricultural college and.
There has never been much government
homestead land in the county. as there
are not more than about thirty homesteads
in the county. More than one-half Of the
entire county was at one time owned by
private parties, nonresidents who held II
for higher prices,
The village of LaPorte, formerly located
seven mlleS Soutneast OF the present CITY
of Wayne, was laid out May p, 1874, by
Scion Bevins. 1t was located on high roll
ing prairie on the north side OF the valley
of Coon creek. 1t was made the county
seat in the fall of 1871, and the court hous,
was erected in the fall of 1874, at a cost o
$1l, 9SS. The school district of LaPorte con
tanned forty-three children. The postoffic
was established February p, 1871, c. Fl
Hunter, postmaster. The people Of Wayn,
county held their first Fourth Of July cele
bration at this point in 1871, with NJ. 7
Sperry as orator of the day. c. H. Hunte
read the Declaration of Independence an
r.. b. Crawford had charge of the singing
There is little left of LaPorte, except tn
old court house, to tell the story OF tn
deserted village.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-13
True story of sheridnn,s ride.

In Harper's for June is printed the mar
rative of one Of Sheridan's scouts in which
he tells the true story of sheridan's famous
ride.
IL looked across a large clear field and
saw a black horse at full speed coming
out Of the woods, and ! said to Campbell,
There comes the 'Old Man"-we always
called General Sheridan the "Old
Man"-and he said, Can't be: he's
in Washington. l looked again for
a moment. and then said. It's him;
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-13

that you'n be back home in two weeks,
as good SIS new"
The patient went off gayly to write his
letter. He had il finished and sealed, but
when he was licking the stamp it slipped
through his fingers to the floor, lighted
on the pack of a cockroach that was pass
ing, and stuck. The patient hadn't seen
the cockroach. What he did see was his
escaped postage stamp zigzagging aim
lessly across the floor to the Dashboard,
wavering up over the Dashboard and fol-
lowing a crooked track up the wall and
across the ceiling. In depressed silence
he tore up the letter that he had just
written and dropped the pieces on the
floor. Two weeks!" he said. 81 won't
be out of here in three years."-Pittsburg
Chronicle.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-13
Most Remarkable Feature.

When Mr.. Taft was in the south a
Cracker did him some small service,
which was paid for and, like the man, for
gotten. Some time after the president
elect observed a seedy individual hanging
around the golf links.
rs there anything you would like?" Mr.,
Taft presently asked. good naturally, hav-
ing just made a wonderful drive.
Thar sho is. Aid like to see 20 inaug-
uration,' the cracker announced, and was
Instantly frightened almost to death at his
own daring.
We'll" Mr.. Taft replied, smiling; but,
anyway, a Georgia cracker was in Wash
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-13
This win Jar You.

London is holding it's sides because Of a
wonderful new joke. It's rather a shame
to tell it to you Sunday morning, when
your thoughts should be serious, but it's
too good to keep. The first Englishman
asked the second: why is Melba like a
Dutch oyster?" Get ready, now; it's COM
ing Because she is an Australian" Isn't
that the acme of wit? An 'oyster alien!'
And people dare to say the English are
not ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Republican.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-13

The pioneer settlers Of Wayne county
were 3. F. Written and Mr.. Bean, who
located on the Logan in the summer Of
1868. william Jones followed shortly after
and took up a homestead. In the same
year a small colony from Illinois at the
head of which was Willard Graves, entered
the county and settled mostly in the south
eastern corner on Coon creek.
The first postoffice was established
September 8, 1870, near the Logan bridge
and called Taffe, after Hon. John Taffe
of Dakota City. William Agler was the
first postmaster. The first child born in
the county was Patience c.. Hunter,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Hunter, Decem-
Der 16, 1870, The first marriage in ;he
county was that of Mr.. T. Sperry to Miss
Sarah Ann Eayrs, May IA, 1871, and the
first death, that Of a son of Mr.. and Mrs,
William Vroman, August 6, 1870. First ser
mon preached in the county was by Elder
Vanduser OF the Methodist church at the
home of A. S. Miner near the Logan bridge
in October, 1870. First school was taught
by Miss Jane DIN in the summer of 1871,
at LaPorte, the whole county then being
in one school district. The first practising
physician was r. B. Crawford.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-13

force of the statute Of February 26, 1879,
the county was without definite boundary.
Wayne ounty lying on the divide between
the Elkhorn and Logan Valley is mainly
upland. From one-third to one-fourth of
the surface is valley.
This county is quite fortunate In its sur
face soil. 1t lies east of the sand deposits
and both its valleys and rolling prairies
arc composed OF exceedingly fertile soil.
The county is we'll watered by the Logan
creek and it's branches, Dogtown, Rattle
snake and Coon, in the eastern, northern
and central portion. Plum, Humbug and
Spring creeks have their sources in their
southern part and flow south into the Elk
horn.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-13

Following the statement he made during
his sermon last Sunday that society in
this city is rotten" Rev. J.. Frederick
Rake, pastor of the First Baptist church
of Charlottesville, Ind, in a signed inter-
view says the ball room is responsible for
much that is deplorable in society, Girls
go to the ball room because they like to be
Rugged" he declares. Announce a dance
for girls only and how many would be
there?" he asks. The dance is all public
Stiffness" he continues. when people are
a failure in their head they try to develop
their feet. The ball room is silly and
dancing is simply hugging to music"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-13

He's got no business to yell like that.
II he were my child he would get a good,
sound spanking
He deserves it, the mother admitted.
I don't believe though in spanking him
on a full stomach
Neither do L. said the visitor, but you
can turn him over New York Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-13
Selections from the Story TeIler's Pack

ington on March 4. He had never been ten
miles away from his home cabin before.
What war the most remarkable thing
bout the whole shebang, Bud?"
Bud elected a stream of tobacco Juice
with precision.
Me bein' thar" he replied with empha-
sis,-Harper's.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-13
Whom Wnyne WAS born.

The village Of Wayne was laid out by the
st. Paul & Sioux City Railroad company in
June, 1881, and IT has been a success from
the start. The first house was built by r.
7. Maxwell in July, 1881. The first store
was opened August ], and within a month a
general store was opened by Britton,
Hardenburgh and Johnson. The Logan
Valley bank was moved here from LaPorte,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-13
In a Bad Way.

DOCTOR came up to a pa
tient in the DiXmont insane
asylum, slapped him on the
back, and said: We'll, old
man, you're all right. You can
run along and write your folks
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-13

EOM the days OF the trapper and
fur trader, of the buffalo and
INDIAN; from TIE primitive pratt
RE ana unexplored rivers, to
Wayne county as it is known
todaY. Is a wonderful pilgrimage
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-15

gate to convention of men who were
every day workers, but the hospitality
of the people seemed as lavish as if
the visitors had been bankers. Every
where a badge of the convention made
the visitor welcome, and substantial
business men would stop the wearers
on the street and express their pleas
ure to have them as guests, and John
Wannamaker, the great merchant, was
not too busy to tell them about the
many places of interest in the Getty
of Brotherly Love-" That was more
than twenty-five years ago, but the
memory OF the hospitality of the peo-
pie of that city will last forever and
we feel sure that such spirit is a
valuable asset to any city.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-15
Circulation Double That of Any
Other South Mississippi Paper
HELP THE VETERANS.

The News wishes again, to remind
it's readers that they have an oppor.
tunity for doing the old soldiers a
great favor, by making a small contri-
button to a fund to assist those who
wish to go to Memphis to attend the
reunion, next month and we are sure
that a small amount can be contrib
uted by each of our readers, which in
the aggregate will make quite a num-
Der happy, and those who give will not
be the worse off financially, but they
will be much richer in the conscious
ness of having made some one happy.
1t is not a question of whether we
are in sympathy with the ideas of the
old soldier, either South or North, but
we must admit that the sentiment
which animates them is one that
should be fostered, if our country is
to maintain that martial spirit which
nations must have if they are to en-
dure. The color of the uniform does
not matter now; the son of the vet
eran who wore the blue has a con-
scious pride in those old, infirm and
crippled soldiers in gray, who carry
their tattered banners in the broil-
ing sun at each reunion, for he knows
that it was that spirit which brought
victory at Ticonderoga, Yorktown, New
Orleans, Monterey, Saltillo, and the
capital of the Montezumas; it is the
same spirit which animated John Paul
Jones, the immortal Lawrence and
brought victory to our colors at Manila
and Santiago. A spirit which we
want to foster in the sons and daugh-
tiers of our nation and one which we
hope will be transmitted to their
children and their descendants for
ever.
This sentiment is not sectional; it
is national and today we glory in the
heroic deeds of a war which cement
ed the bonds of our nation with the
blood of her bravest sons; and who
will say that the price was too much
If fraticidal strife shall have been
made impossible in our country for
ever. With this sentiment in our
breast we can give without seeing the
uniform and rejoice though our eyes
cannot see the banner of the fast dis
appearing warriors of a day that is
gone forever.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-15
Emanuel Movement Is Discussed
By the Episcopal Congress

BOSTON, May 15.-An attempt by
so-called radicals in the church to have
members of the other denominat
invited to deliver addresses was G .
feated by the general committees in
charge of the Episcopal church ca
gress in session in this city. The
copal church in an official capacity
but the committee decided that to
admit outside spectators might add to
the tumult which arose from the pas.
sage of the open pulpit amendment
adopted by the last general confer
ence. At tonight's session was dis
cussed the subject of psychotherapy
as embodied in the Emmanuel move
ment, a system of mental and spir-
itual healing originated by Rev. DR..
Elwood Worcester of this city. The
session was largely attended. Psy-
chotherapy, as an aid to pastoral
work, was defended by Rev. Lyman
P. Rowell, of Northampton, Mass,
and Rev. DR.. Samuel S. Marquis, of
Detroit, DR.. Thomas Darlington, health
officer of New York, and Rev. Dr..
Charles L. Slattery, of Springfield,
Mass, formerly dean of the cathedral
of Our Merciful Savior. Fairbault,
Mimi, held dissentinp opinions.
Rev. DR.. Powell said in his address;
"The Emmanuel movement is the
first intelligent and systematic effort
to save psychotherapy to scientific
by placing the responsible
ity on the doctor for the determina-
ton of the times and instances in
which It is to be employed, to save
It from application to the uses of
cults by reinforcing it with
aith common to the Catholic and Pro !
estant alike"
DR.. Darlington said: 1.-THE danger of
he movement is not to the medical
but to the church. The
hurch has at many times in the past
uttered from quackery. II psychic
lerapy becomes a function of the
lurch the opportunities. Of such peo-
e are multiplied" II
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-15

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