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WELLINGTON, KANSAS, MAY 29, 1893. No. 31. COMMENCEMENT. The commencement of the Wellington High School was held last Friday evening.

At an early hour the best citizens of the city began to arrive but it was not until 8:30 the commencement began, every seat in the house being sold. The first on the program was a piano solo by Maude Wheeler. The invocation was thee pronounced Rev. Thos. Penick of the Cumberland Presbyterian church.

Miss Bessie Walter then sung a beautiful vocal solo, "Love in Youth." Miss Grace Lamme then gave the Salutatory and spoke her oration "The Yellow Craze." Everything seems to be crazy after yellow. Even naturs paints her choicest dowers beautiful yellow. The women always wear yellow in their clothing. Bul the craze for yellow gold is part of the nature of nearly everyone but there is no satisfaction to any one whose only aim in life is to gain gold. Miss Gertie Hitchcock followed with her oration, "Nature lodges her Treasures in Stony ground." Gold and silver is found deep down in the rocks, coal is dug from the mines, diamonds are found in the soil and pearls ore found in the depths of the sea.

With man the true feelings and motives are hidden deep in his heart and a person may possess faculties without knowing it, which need but to be developed. Lou Richardson next favored the audience with a vocal solo, "The Fog Bell." "Electricity the Coming power," was the subject of Fred Curtis's oration. It is evident to everyone that we are on the verge of an electrical age and when steam as a motive will he a thing of the past. Almost every new invention of importance is operated by electricity. There is ninety per cent of power lost by the use of steam and only from twelve to a little over forty six by electricity.

The water power that is now wasted might run dynamos enough to run all the ships and machinery by electricity. Electricity is fast gaining a foot hold and different kinds of machinery in almost every trade are now being run by electricity. Miss Annie Worden's oration was about "Our Rainbow." The rainbow was formerly an object of wonder and its origin was given in a beantiful fable by the ancients. The cause of the rainbow has since been discover ed. Every person has a rainbow in his life.

Many have pursued rain. bows of ambition and some few have reached them. The vocal solo "Serenade" by the Kid quartette was encored. Miss Jennie Townsend then spoke V. cf "The Seeking of the water-fall." She told of a party who set out to fud a waterfall which as they" appro ached it receded from them.

So is it with the human race. We strive to attain something and it seems to be growing harder and harder to reach, yet if we do not try we will never at tain it. It is better to try and fail than not try at all. Miss Lottie Wheeler, the sixth graduate, talked of "Modern Delusions." Her oration was the only one which might be called humorous. She spoke of the delusions of people, of the delusive South Sea Bubble, and the boom of several years ago.

She closed by asking the audience to consider what she had said as "just about delusions." Miss Lilian Worden next sang a vocal solo, "Fiddle and The final oration of the evening was "Optimism vs. Pessimism," by Walter Morris. He said the American belong to an honored race. The optimist believed in developing and the pessimist believes in letting the race take care of itself. Mr.

Morris is a good talker and a deep thinker and spoke slow and distinctly. He f. llowed his oration with the vale dictory and thanked the patrons, in structors, board of education and others for their efforts in behalf of the school. Miss Minnie Shaw rendered a vocal "Love's Young Dream." Rev. J.

D. Botkin presented the diplomas. Prof. Butcher in behalf of the teachers presented Supt. MeClain a beautiful chair.

A violin solo by Prof. Husse was loudly applauded and Rev. J. E. Den ham pronounced the benediction which closed the eight annual commencement of the Wellington Publie Schools.

MARRIED. Mrs. Emma E. Starr, formerly residing on south Jefferson avenue, was married to Jobn Good, a prosperous farmer living near Mayfield, last Thursday noon. Disgusted at the puny efforts of the local rainmakers, Dame Nature thought she would show us how it was done.

So she sent us a big soak ing rain Tuesday morning. A heavy rain fell this evening and although it only lasted about ten minutes, it succeeded in making things wet. LOCAL BREVITIES. V. C.

Sleeper has been appointed as overseer of public works. A Wellington man sleeps in his oyclone cave every night. He is not a- fraid of cyclones but he is a married man. Ed Whitlaw has sold the Farmer's Home restaurant to Nelson and Cranfield who will run it as the "Demonico Restaurant. By the tearing down of the old Keystone Mill another Sumner county landmark passes away.

The lumber and material of the old mill has been carried to the vacant lots formerly occupied by the Episcopal church on north street. Interesting promotion exercises were held at the city schools. last Thursday and the forenoon of Friday. Samples of the work, writing etc. were strung up all along the wall.

Most of the work is very nice and reflects credit not only on the scholars but on the teachers as well. A banquet was given the recent graduates by the Alumni of the High School at the parlors of the Arlington Hotel, Monday evening. A bout fifty persons were present. A banquet was spread, toasts were given, speeches made and those who attended passed a very enjoyable evening. PROF.

BEAR SUPERINTENDENT. At the meeting of the board Tuesday evening an informal ballot was taken on Prof. H. F. M.

Bear being elected superintendent of the Wellington Public Schools. All the members voting in the affirmative a motion was made to make his election unanimous. The motion was carried: Mrs. E. T.

Norris, Miss Utie Kirk, Miss Myrtle Simmons, and Miss Edith Leonard were elected as teachers. All except Mins Leonard are former Wellington teachers. Prof. J. Dyche was elected principal of the High School.

An assistant principal will probably be chosen from some of our teachers. Mrs. E. T. Norris was elected principal of the Fret Ward school.

WELLINGTON MARKET. -Soft, hard, Cox Oats-250. Cattle- Chickens--Spring, hens 6 cents. -150. Eggs, 11 cents.

LIKELY TO DIE. This Monday morning as Jefferson Wilson residing on North street was walking in his yard he suddenly fell down. He was carried in the house by friends and laid on the bed. He ie old and infirm. The doctor has since given up all hope for his recovery and, as we go to press he is very low.

DIED. Miss Minnie Ferguson, after a lingering sickness of many months, died Monday afternoon at 3:05 o'clock of pneumonia fever which later converged into consumption. The funeral was beld Tuesday morning at ten o'clock at the family residence on W. Eight St. Miss Minnie was a little over seventeen years of age, beloved by all her friends and mourned by all who knew her.

Although young she was a devout Christian and died with the hope and knowledge of eternal life. Interment was made in Austin cemetery, twelve miles from the city. DECORATION DAY EXERCISES. The decoration day exercises took place Tuesday afternoon. At twelve o'clock the stores were closed.

At two o'clock services were held at the M. E. Church. After a selection by Caman's Military Band Mr. Charles Wilsie, made a few remarks.

The male quartette rendered several vocal selections. W. L. Chambers called the Roll of Honor. A well written essay by Mrs.

M. M. Carson "Our Country's in Memoriam" Was much appreciated as was also Levi Ferguson's splendid oration. At the close of the services the procession consistof lodges, G. A.

K. N. W. R. marched to Prairie Lawn Cemetery.

At the cemetery the following order of exercises was observed: Music by band. Memorial exercises by G. A. R. Address by Chas.

Willsie. Firing of salute, by Co. B. 2nd K. N.

G. On account of our paper being a little late we are enabled to take an advantage and get in some late news. The Silver Birch. Beside the graveyard gateway grows, With silver boughs, a slender tree, That, swaying as the east wind blows, Bends low, and seems to beckon me. It need not bid me; well I know almost time for me to go.

With white face, through those iron gates, On my set lips no last good-by, Where, by my mother's side, it waits, The narrow bed where I must lie! And its green sheet the grass will spread, And cover me from foot to head! Dark, dark and still! but wherefore fear! God's love is than'God's Heaven more wide; And, close to what life held most dear, I shall sleep by my mother's side: And, when I waken, I shall see Her tender smile still waiting me! -Marian Douglas, in Harper's Bazar. The Journalist. Scribbling always with might and with main, Turning out chai along with the grain, Writing in joy and writing in pain, The journalist lives. Telling how fortunes are made in a day, Recording how millions have been swept away, Telling the news of the grave and the play, The journalist lives In harrowing haste he scribbles each page, Attent to the heartbeats of humanity's gauge, Writing the history of his feverish age, The journalist lives. Below him the presses are humming a song Of dollars and cents, as the sheets fly along.

And be his work weak, or be his work strong, The journalist lives. With eye on the future and heart armed for right, Close up the the end front with in valiant humanity's might. fight, Battling to The journalist dies. -J. R.

Stevenson, in Journalist..