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eecond-clays matter.
"WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1894.
The Sidney populist paper is
countenancing the removal of one
of Cheyenne county's commission
ers if necessary "to use the-rop i
no other way.'There you have it.
Anarchy in'a nutshell.
Frajtce is apparently keeping a
little in advance of the procession.
Last Monday morning the.govern-.
ment chopped off the head of : Vail
lant, the anarchist who threw the
homb in the French chamber of
deputies some .weeks ago.
And now the Bryan democrats
and populists are busy circulating
the story that there is a base combi
nation on between Secretary Mor
ton and Senator Manderson which
will result in the return of the lat
ter to the U. S. senate by means of
democratic votes in the legislature.
During the past year, notwith
standing the great financial storm
which swept the country from end,
only ten banks in Nebraska suc
cumbed to the depression,and of this
number but two collapsed entirely.
This is a record of which the state
may well feel proud.
On Thursday the house passed
the Wilson bill,income tax included,
by a majority of sixty-four. A few
democrats voted against it, but the
kickers cut little figure. The sen
ate will consider the measure this
week, and indications are that it
will pass that body.
If Colonel Cody will carry out
his scheme of bringing a colony of
Quakers to his big ranch near
North Platte, remarks the State
Journal, he will win the hearty ap
proval of the people of Nebraska.
There is nothing better in the
world than the genuine Quaker,
such as they grow near Philadel
phia. The name of Judge Holcomb is
already being used in connection
with the pop nomination for con
gress to succeed Kem. As a candi
date for supreme judge we believe
Holcomb carried this congressional
district, but if the republicans put
up a clean and popular man, which
they must and will do, they can
elect their candidate.
Few men who have died in this
decade x to whom the text, "Man
goeth to his long home and mourn
ers goeth about the streets," applies
more appropriately than in the
death of George W. Childs, who de
parted life Sunday night. It is a
beautiful tribute to a noble, unsel
fish life, and an object lesson not
to be lost.
The two Wall street men who
came to the rescue. of the adminis
tration in the matter of the 'fifty
million loan at the last moment, to
save the credit of the government
and avert another.panic, were stal
wart republicans. 'Carlisle could
not raise a dollar with all his talk,
but Wall street hacl confidence in
the .two republican financiers and
came down with the dust. Ex.
The Era is very much alarmed
lest in the event of a strike at this
point the local militia will be com
pelled to charge with fixed bayo
nets upon the strikers. Mr. Elling
ham should quiet his fears. The
railroad employes at this point are
law-abiding citizens, not given to
acts of violence, and in case of a
strike will conduct themselves in
the same peaceable manner which
characterized their actions in the
strikes of 1884 and 1893.
Both Kentucky senators voted
for the confirmation of Hornblower
for judge of the United States su
preme court. Since that action
the democratic legislature of the
old blue-grass state has instructed
them to vote against the confirma
tion of Peckham for the same posi
tion. Instances are rare where the
actions of senators run awry to the
instructions by their state legisla
tures when they are of the same po
litical faith.
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The Nebraska delegation m the
house split even on the final vote
on the passage of the Wilson bill,
Bryan, McKeighan and Kem vot
ing for and the republican mem
bers against it. The income tax
bait worked like a charm upon the
populist members, says the Bee,
and they were led right into the
democratic camp alongside of some
of the most rampant gold bugs to
be found anywhere. It may take
the populists some time to discover
exactly "where they are at."
So far as The Tribune knows the
republican parly has not fostered
the American Protective Associa
tion, and as that organization may
Save a presidential ticket in the
field in 1896, it is hardly likely the
republicans will assist the A. P. A's
at the risk of defeating their own
candidate. . We are creditably iu
formed that the membership of the
two A. P. A. councils in Lincoln
county is composed of democrats,
E)pulists and republicans. If Mr.
aker received the support of the
organization it was of a compli
mentary character.
It is announced that Chairman
Voorhees, of the finance committe,
will see to it that the tariff bill is
rushed through the senate without
delay. Indeed, the republican min
ority will not attempt to obstruct
it passage, but will let the law go
into effect after reasonable discus
sion, realizing that industrial and
business stagnation call for the
earliest possible action. A few
.years of democratic "tariff" reform
i.will be enough, when the work of
"protecting" American industries
will again be entrusted to the re
publican party.
. "One of the efforts of the State Ir
rigation Association will be to se
cure the enactment of a law by the
state legislature creating a new
county office to be designated Fire
- Warden. The duties of this officer
will be to supervise the plowing of
fire-guards, and clothed with the
same power as a sheriff he can, in
case x)f fire, compel citizens to turn
t as a posse to fight and extin
guish fires, and to compel railroad
Mipanies to comply with the law
in regard to fire guards. The As-
ociation will petition the legisla
ture to provide for such an officer.
. It is an Ohio man this time who
.proposes marching on to Washing
ton with 160,000 men. His name
is:Co"Xey, and he is bound to have
$500,000,000 in greenbacks issued,
or he will have blood. - Mr. Coxey
is backed in his sanguinary enter
prise by- one Carl Brown of Cali
fornia, evidently the talented lec
turer in buckskin who delivered
himself of some amazing ideas and
displayed some frightful pictures
in this state a year ago. If Brown
is behind this movement it is time
for the secretary of the treasury to
set the printing presses in motion.
It is money these 'chaps want, and
the more there is of it and the
cheaper it is the more highly will
they be pleased. Journal.
The West Union Gazette, one of
the mouth-pieces of O. M. Kem, the
misfit congressman from this dis
trict, says:. "We understand Con
gressman Kem has decided on ac
count of ill-health not to be a can
didate for re-election." What
bosh! It is not on account of
ill-health that Kem has decided not
to be a candidate. This early he
has seen the handwriting on the
wall, "weighed in the balance and
found wanting," and well knows
that he could not secure a renomi
nation much less a re-election. Of
all miserable failures as law-makers,
Kem stands pre-eminently at
the head, and as for his service to
his constituents it actually amounts
to nothing. We would like to hear
of one populist in the Sixth district
who feels proud over casting his
vote for the red-headed cuckoo.
How the income tax, as passed
by the house, may affect Nebraska,
is told in the statement of W. E.
Annin, the Washington corres
pondent of the State Journal: "A
carload of fat steers in Nebraska
will sell on an average for 1,000 to
$1,200 and the hogs fattened with
them 300. The farmer who fat
tens and sells three carloads of
steers and the hogs usually fattened
with them will be compelled to pay
an income tax. He is not even al
lowed to deduct the "price he paid
for the-cattle in case he buys them.
By this provision every creamery
and cheese factory must pay a tax
on every dollar's worth manufac
tured above 84,000. One that
makes S75,000 worth, and there are
many which do, would be compelled
to pay over $l,4u0 tax. By anoth
er provision practically every loan
association and every building asso
ciation must pay on its income
over 84,000. It is not clear but
that merchants will be compelled
to pa' on their sales,- deducting
only expenses and interest, as the
rest of the goods can hardly be in
cluded and are not usually under
stood as included in the item of
'expense' ".
Nebraska Lands;
Chief Clerk Harry Shaffer of the
State Board of Agriculture is busy
preparing the statistical tables to
appear in the forthcoming annual
report of the Board. The statiscal
tables will be of especial value this
year, as they will afford Nebraska
people interested in agriculture an
opportunity to compare last year's
results with those of more pros
perous years in the past history of
the state.
The first table shows the relative
proportions between the improved
and unimproved lauds of the state.
In 1893 the abstract of the asses
sors returns shows that tor Hie first
time in the history of the state the
improved lands exceed, the unim
proved. The acreage of improved
lauds for 1893 is reported as 15,-
289,858; unimproved, 13,041,457.
In 1892 the figures were 13.270,422
and 13,345,809 respectively. The
following brief tabulated statement
will show the number of acres of
improved and unimproved land in
Nebraska for four years past:
Year. Improved. Unimproved.
1890 11,719.359 14,228,821
1891 12,050,219 14,266,540
1892 13,276,442 13,545,869
1893 15,289,S59 13,041,457
The average assessed valuation of
improved lauds has also increased,
as will be seen by the following:
Year Avr. Total.
1890 83.89 845,503,415
1891 3.82 47,020,378
1892 3.72 49,357,703
1893 3.94 60,294.544
Nebraska's improved lands are
devoted to cultivation as follows:
Product. Acres.
Wheat 1,340,416
Corn 3,870,689
Oats 1.203,800
Barley 110,171
Meadow 935,155
Flax 50,124
Rve 60,978
Millet 15,595
Miscellaneous 31,095
One of the most significant fea
tures of the report is the showing
in regard to the falling off in the
acreage devoted to corn and the in
creased acreage devoted to wheat,
as compared with the year 1892. In
1893 Nebraska farmers cultivated
3,870,689 acres of corn. The year
before they cultivated 3,981,754
acres. In 1891 they devoted 4,538,
009 acres to corn and in 1890 they
planted 4,317,682 acres. In the
three years following the year 1891
the decrease in the corn acreage
amounted to 667,993. !
Somerset Snap Shots.
A. Green was a North Platte vis
itor Friday. . " ;
Elder Stapp arrived- here from
the east Thursday. ;V
L. R. BJckfold, of Duilcens, was
in these parts Sunday.y
H. C. Lord is reported on the
sick list.
J. H. Knowles, J. F. Brittain and
J, McConnell were North Platte
visitors recently.
Bert Donelson has just completed
a well 160 feet deep for Charles
Spelde.
Will Hazen came down from
North Platte Friday.
L. J. Randolph was a Wallace
visitor Thursday.
Will Jones expects to soon com
mence digging a well soon.
Elzie Smith was thrown from a
broncho Tuesday night while re
turning from the literary, getting
his face severely cut. 1
Dr. W. M. Calvert was at North
Platte on official business.
John Kendall and H. A. Wissler
are both having trouble with their
wells, caused by the walls caving in.
The question of woman suffrago
was debated in the literary society
here Tuesday night and after being
hotly contested was unanimously
decided in favor of the same.
During the campaign of 1892,
after listening to a three hours'
speech from our present deputy
sheriff, .showing the evil deeds of
the republicans, but saying nothing
of ifs good ones, we realized that he
was a man of bravery. Still even
then we were not prepared for the
bravery he recently showed in com
ing into our midst and capturing
two of our wild fifteen year old
boys with the assistance of only
four deputies. However, such rash
ness is to be condemned, as it would
be sad to chronicle the sudden tak
ing off of the deputy while in the
performance of his official duties.
We would therefore suggest, that if
it is necessary hereafter to arrest
any of our desperate characters that
he bring out with him the North
Platte company of Nebraska Na
tional Guards to assist him. The
expense need make no difference,
is the countv has to foot the bill.
O. I. C.
BRITISH TIN TLATE TRADE.
Bejolclng In Wales at the Proposed Re
duction In Oar Duty.
In the Swansea district the procedure
in connection with the abolition of the
increased duties imposed on English
produce imported by America is looked
forward to with the very greatest inter
est because it is certain that included in
the repeal will be the increased duty on
tin plates, which has had such a serious
effect on the staple Swansea industry.
At present nearly half of the mills in
the trade are idle, and directly it is cer
tain about when the repeal will come
into force there may be general prepara
tions for a restart of the 200 nulls or so
now idle.
But much depends on the date fixed
for the McKmley duty ceasing and the
old low duty taking its place. It will be
remembered that the date of the imposi
tion of the McKinley tariff was pretty
wall known long before it came into
force, and the conseauence was that
there was very active buying by Ameri
cans in order to get the plates delivered
at the lower duty. The date reached, or
at least the last, day on which the ship
ment was possible for delivery before
that date, there was an immediate ces
sation of buying, and a stagnation set in
which continues even now.
This state of things might have been
to, a certain extent avoided if makers
had so arranged the output as to prevent
the American market being glutted as it
was before the act came into force.
Bather the reverse will be the case now.
Till it is known when the repeal will
have effect, buyers will only buy such
plates as are absolutely required for im
mediate consumption, and the date once
reached there should be an immediate
demand on a large scale for plates.
The great hope is that the repeal will
be as soon as possible. It is believed that
the repeal could become law next month,
and the sooner the better. Of all things,
it is hoped it will not be put off till June,
as suggested, for that month is the can
ning time, and it would be a very bad
thing for the tin plate trade were the re
duction of the tariff to be put off till
then, for canners in their own interest
would naturally only buy as they wanted
plates, for any purchased in excess of
their actual requirements to the date
would be at a loss to them. Liverpool
Cor. South Wales News.
The small ring of capitalists who reck
oned upon McKinleyism to shut out
Welsh tin plates from the United States,
and who have since discovered that they
were sadly out of their reckoning, are
naturally "bucking" against the Wilson
bill. The material reduction in tariff
virtually involves the extinction of tin
plate making in America. Cardiff West
em Mail.
Assuming, of course, that the measure
is not destroyed beyond recognition in
its progress through the houso of repre
sentatives and the senate, the reduction
on tin plate from 2 1-5 cents per pound
to 1 cent per pound is a' great concession
and ought to stimulate exports from
South Wales and so make up for the dis
tress of 1891-2. Pall Mall Gazette.
Consistencies of the Wilson Bill.
Potatoes, a northern and western farm
product mostly, a tariff is proposed at
10 cents per bushel, or 20.78 per cent ad
valorem. But on
Peanuts, exclusively a southern prod
uct, the protection is to be 1 cent per
pound, or 72.86 per cent ad valorem.
Hoop iron, when used for cotton ties,
to cover bales of southern cotton, is to
be free of duty, but
Hoop iron, when used to cover bales
of hay, the product of the northern, east
ern and western farmer, is to be taxed
80 per cent ad valorem.
Iron ore is placed upon the free -list,
but
Kaolin, a product of South Carolina.
is protected by a duty of $2 per ton, or
zb.&s per cent aa valorem.
Apples, eczs and cabbasres. which are
products of the energy of the northern,
eastern and western farmers, are put
upon the free list so as to suffer from
competition with the almost pauper la
bor of Canada, but
Rice, which is exclnsivelv a southern
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product, has been the object of very ten
der care and solicitude. Mr. Wilson and
his confreres had fonrotten. when rice
was under consideration, the proposition
which they laid down of ad valorem du
ties being the only proper ones, and pro
tected their darling southern product,
rice, bv making specific duties covering
every possible form in which' the article
couiu ue importer xneduty on cleaned
rice reduced to an ad valorem basis is
83.89 per cent, but these trentlemen hav
informed the northern manufacturers of
woolen and worsted goods that the coun
try would not submit to higher ad va
lorem duties than 40 per cent.
LABOR AND CAPITAL.
The Duty of tho HoK It to
k Bond.Between Thesfe
Everv effort is now being saft, at it
has always been made in the tatio cr
ate a conflict oetweea laqor i Mgttai.
This is as foolish as it is nn jnt$. Those
who agitate such ideas can generally be
found among men wno ao not cut tnem
selves to work, but who prefer to go.
around and create dissensions, ana trou
ble where none had previoujodatod.
Such men are mischief make:
factors. ,
Labor and capital are and must be
one. They are necessary to each other.
Without the use of labor capital would
be idle. Labor cannot find .work unless
there are factories, mines or farms where
its work is needed. Capital would be
uselessly employed in building factories,
opening up mines or laying1, out farms
unless it could secure the labor .with
which to do the needed work.
Any antagonism of labor toward cap
ital that is employed in nonew enter
prise which affords an opportunity,, for
men to earn an honest livingis absolute
ly wrong. Any antagonism of capital
toward the labor it employs, and which
it needs, is also absolutely wrong. These
two units, labor and capital, are so
wrapped together and so involved with
one another that they must work to
gether "and in harmony in order "to ac
quire mutual success.
It is well to consider for a moment
who are the men that emplo3the capital
and own the mills, tho inides -or the
farms. They are men who have come
here and worked hard at their callings,
and who have by their energy and perse
verance pushed ahead of others. They
have acquired a position that thousands
of other hard workers are today hoping
to secure for themselves in the future,
If it be wrong that these men have sue
ceeded, then it will be equally wrong for
others to follow in then: footsteps of sue
cess.
We believe that the employers of labor
in this country are not hard taskmas
ters. A good employer does much for
the welfare and comfort of his employee.
mere are tnousanaa or men. wno can
bear witness to acta of kindness they
have receivedfrom "the boss" acts that
have helped them to secure'their own
homes perhaps or to improve their con
dition with some extra comfort. In help
ing the men they know-they are acquir
ing their friendship, and a good employer
is always aware that ho will secure
greater interest in his work if he extends
the hand of kindness to men working to
day where ho worked a fewyeters ago. '
It is not tho employers of ''capital who
desire to injure labor. It is'these men
from village hamlets who have been in
trusted with the work of tearing down
the protection that the 3lcKinley act
gave to labor it is their leaders in con
gress and at the head of the adminis
tration. These are the men who are
enemies to both labor and capital, and
with a crafty canning they attempt to
make trouble between labor and capital.
They are working for foreign interests,
but in order to succeed they must first
sever the bond that exists here between
labor and capital. The duty of the hour
is to strengthen "that bond. American
Economist.
Protect All or None.
It is proposed by the advocates of free
trade to reduce the revenue of the gov
ernment by $75,000,000 by lowering the
barriers between tho cheap labor of Eu
rope and the well paid labor of the United
States. -Labor has made America and
owns it. Any changes in- oar-fiscal pol
icy should be made with a view to pro
tecting and stimulating the labor of this
country.
The removal of 75,000,000 of customs
duties would have an opposite effect. It
cannot be done without reducing the
wages of labor to tho low level of foreign
wages, and without the destruction of
flourishing industries, which now give
plenty and comfort to millions of house
holds. It would make the millions of
men now employed in the manufactories
competing producers instead of buyers
of food and thus bring ruin upon our
farmers.
The American policy of protection
must either be sustained or abolished.
There can be no compromise.. A part of
the protective labor of the country can
not be selected for destruction and a part
left. Tho policy which has protected our
metal industries and given us. cheap iron
and steel and thus established textile
mills and given us cheap clothing has
likewise developed our mines and in
creased our flocks. It has also, in the
words of Jefferson, "placed manufac
ture by the side of our farmers and given
them the incalculable benefits of home
markets."
Transfer the mining of coal to Nova
Scotia and of iron away to Spain and
Cuba, and hundreds of thousands of
American miners would be compelled to
crowd into other occupations or starve.
Under protection the output of all our
products has largely increased, and the
price of our product has been greatly
cheapened. Springfield (Mass.) Union.
"It was the iIver"biH ananot tae YVU
son bill that closed the mills and sent
5,000,000 workmen to' begging bread," I
said to a crowd of idle workmf-n "at the
Paterson silk mills.
"How much silver did Cleveland buy?'
asked Mike Fielding, one of the best
weavers.
"Why. ho bought $7,000,000."'
"Yes, and the Republicans bought
$419,000,000, didn't they?"
"They did, Mike."
"Now," said Mike, "why should there
be prosperity and why should wages be
high while the Republicans werejbnying
$419,000,000, and tho mills all stop, wages
go down and the divil be to pay when
Cleveland bought $7,000,000? No: it
wasn't the silver bill at all. It was cut
ting down the tariff that closed the mills.
Every time they cut down the tariff our
wages will be cut to match. The poor
laboring man will have to stand it."
"But, Mike, how would you make the
times as good as they were when Harri
son went out?" I asked.
"Why, Td undo this Wilson tariff
tinkering that is lowering our wages and
closing the mills. Kill it, I sayf
"But, Mike," I said "Mr. Cleveland
says the Wilson bill will lower your
wages, but it will make cheap goods and
we can. ship them to Europe. Weil gain
a foreign market."
"But, be gorry, it'll make chape-wages
too. Yell niver sell a shirt in Germany
till our wages are as low as theirs, and
when that comes I will gc back to Oire-
land. What we want here, be jrotry, a
to make the $600,000,000 work
which we now ship from E
year. If we boys can make1
000,000 worth of goods at
we'll be sweltering in our fatMaa. Wall
get steady work with good pay7 ad a
good protective tariff is the oaly ting
that will do it You hear Mike FMd
ing!" ' .
"Mike," I said, 'Vou have art wio
thinking," and I have beem
about it ever since.
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Should you want to buy a kaifo, make
sure that you get one that was made in
this country. American knives are tally
as good as those made elsewhere. They
are cheaper, and they give employment
to Americans, with whom you live, aid'
associate. - ; - 5l
Common Sense now
governs the People
wno Wear Shoes.
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it has not always been so necessity now makes it so. The wearers
are not wise when they pay a fancy price for a shoe to have it good, and
VEST USWISE when they buy the shadow of a shoe at'less than a good
shoe can be produced. Conditions are such that the average person
cannot afford to do either. They must get their money's worth. Dol
lars are too scarce to throw away. The people who buy our MADE TO
ORDER GOODS are always pleased with their bargain. We quote you
prices on Children's and Misses' School Shoes, not the rough, cheap
looking kind commonly called school shoes, but neat, strong and durable,
as follows:
5 to 7 at 65 cents, 8 to 9 at. 75 cents,
10 to 12 at 85 cents, 13 to 2 at one dollar,
Either Heel or Wedge Heel..
Ladies' Coats, One-Third Off!
Also a big reduction on
Carpets, Notions, Etc., at moderate prices.
THE
one-third
this line
all Winter Underwear. Dry Goods, Clothing'
We now offer our full line of Ladies' Coats and Jackets at
off. Now is the time to-buy if you are needing anything in
NO LONGER DEMOCRATS.
A Cfeicago View of the Glass and Building
Trades as Affecting labor.
Mr. George F. Kimball, the well known
johber of window and plate glass at
Chicago, has submitted for publication
the following discouraging views re
garding tho trade:
"It is difficult to speak of the condi
tions in the glass trade without seeming
to be a prophet of hard times. The tariff
agitation, pointing to a revision that ap
parently means disaster to the manufac
turing and jobbing branches of the glass
trade, has affected sales until it hurts ev
ery, one engaged in the business from
the laborer up and down. Speaking in
general terms, I should say the volume
of business in glass has been decreased
fully 20 per cent as compared with last
year, and if it had not been for tho
World's fair and the business which fol
lowed as a result or its presence Chi
cago's glass trade would havo been at
least 33 per cent less than it was a year
ago.
"Studying tho situation as carefully as
may be, there seems to be no important
factor in tho trade disturbanco outsido
of the tariff revision proposed by the ad
ministration. The glass trade has suf
fered ever since Mr. Cleveland came into
power from tho knowledge that the tariff
schedule would bo lowered and other
wise disturbed. Tho result has been a
decrease in purchases by jobbers, a con
sequent reduction of manufacture, fol
lowed by the discharge of large numbers
of workingmen and the shutting down
of aany large plants. Today only two
plate glass factories are running, and less
than 83 per cent of tho window glass
factories are at work.
"The jobber who has any stock at all
is glad to dispose of it at cost, and tho
man who has no stock is waiting to see
what congress is going to do before he
purchases.
"Another factor in the business is the
absence of the men who intend to build.
Ordinarily permits are taken out in the
fall for buildings so the foundation may
be laid and everything put in condition
for completion early in tho spring. So
the fall permits indicate in a measure
what is to be done in the way of build
ing during the ensuing year. The per
mits issued this fall show that very little
construction is contemplated during tho
winter and coming spring. Taking all
the indications, I cannot see where the
glass manufacturers and jobbers are to
get any business in the immediate fu
ture, and I do not look for anything like
a resumption of favorable conditions be
fore late in the summer of 1894 or early
in the fall.
"This is bound to affect labor in tho
glass manufacturing and kindred trades.
If. the duty on glass is reduced 50 per
cent, it must, in my opinion, come off
the laborers' wages. The material in a
pane of glass does not amount to any
thing as compared with the cost of la
bor in that pane for instance, a pane of
glass selling for $100 in Chicago has raw
material in it worth perhaps $3. Any
reduction in the selling price must come
from the cost of labor. Take our polish
ers in this country, and they are paid
$2.50. In Belgium women are employed
to do the same kind of work and are paid
20 cents a day for it. If the duty on
Belgium glass is taken off, the American
polisher can expect to see Lr. wages cut
down just to the extent of the reduction
in the tariff. It is practically determined
already by the large manufacturers that
they will have to cut wages 50 per cent
if the tariff proposed by the Wilson bill
is put into effect.
am a Democrat myself, and most of
my men voted for tho Democratic candi
date, at the last election, but in the face
of the situation not one of them would
do it again if the opportunity offered."
To add to the woes of Kansas
populists, John P. St. John has cast
his lot with them.
s '
A Mother's Mistake.
Mothers frequently make a mistake m
nenlectinc the Couirh of a child. A Fort
Wayne, Ind., lady writes: My little
daughter G years old had a severe Couch
hut as it was nothing unusual I thought
nothing of it, and allowed it .to run on for
4 or 5 weeks, when it became so obstinate
she began losing flesh. I called in a
phvsician who treated her three weeks
without benefit. A neighbor insisted up
on my trying Ballard's Horehound Syrup;
it relieved her from the first dose and she
began gaining flesh rapidly, when wo had
used two bottles her Couch had entirely
disapueared. I would not he without it
It does mt constipate my children. Bal
lad's Horehound Si'rup is free from
Opiates. It's tho most soothing Throat
and Lung medicine in the world. Price
50c. and $1.00. Sold by A. F. Sireitz. 2-1
The New York Sun admits that
congressional landslides in that city
were caused by the Wilson bill.
And tha trouble hss barely commenced.
Shiloh's Vitalizer is what you need for
Dyspepsia, Torpid Liver, Yellow Skin or
Kidney Trouble. It is guaranteed to give
you satisfaction. Price 75c. Sold b'
North Platte Pharmacy.
Tariff Tinker Wilson has insinuated
that wage earners are being "forced" to
sign the petitions that are pouring into
congress against his bill of destruction.
We are afraid that the coercion screw
applied from- the White House to the
chairman of the ways and means com
mittee must have affected that gentle
man's ideas of fair play. This is a free
country, and people are not generally
"forced" to do things against their will.
There are more than 60,000,000 of peo
ple who now see things differently to the
smaller number of less than 5,000,000
with whom the worthy chairman is in
the minority. But there are exceptions
to every rule, as the president has fully
proved during the last nine months,
when he "forced" congress and his ex
ecutive officials to do his bidding. These
are the only instances of "force" th.tt
4-fcav been used under the present ad-
ainistration, except in the later effort
to thrust upon the country a
tariff.
The fact that congressman Kem
has drawn his salary for the month
that he wasn't in the house will be
taken as evidence that he has not
been abducted and that he is not
lost, strayed or stolen. Hub.
Mr. Albert Favorite, of Arkansas
City. Kan., wishes to give our
readers the benefit of his experience
with colds. He says "I contracted
a cold early last spring that settled
on my lungs, and had hardly re
covered from it when I caught
another that hung on all summer
and left me with a hacking cough
which I thought 1 never would get
rid of. I had used Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy some fourteen years
sigo with much success, and con
cluded to try it again. When T had
got through with one bottle my
cough had left me, and I have not
suffered with a cough or cold since.
I have recommended it to others,
and all speak well of it," 50 cent
bottles for sale by A. F. Streitz and
North Platte Pharmacy.
Sheriff Finn of Greely county
nearly hung liimsplf tin other day.
He was hurrying through a vacant
lot in Greeley Center, when his neck
came in contact with a rope
stretched from a pole, and he was
jerked from his feet with sufficient
force to fracture his collar bone.
He will know how to sympathise
with a murderer if he should be
called upon to execute one.
Ballard's Horehound Syrup.
We guarantee this to he the best Couch
Syrup manufactured in the whole widf
world. This is saying a prpat deal, but
it is true. I'Yr Consumption, Coughs.
Colds, Soro Throat, Sore Chest, Pneu
monia, Broiicliilis, Asthma, Croup,
Whooping Couch, and all diseases of
the Throat and Luncs, we positively
guarantee liALLAKO S ilOItKHOUXI) bYltCT
to be without an equal on the whole faco
ol the globe. In support of tins fctate
mrnt we refer to every individual who
has ever used it and to every druggist
who nas ever sola it. sucn evidence is
indisputable. For sale bv A. F. Streitz
I want 3-ou to understand, John Henry,
that you ain t to drink that Mailer s bar-
saparilla nil up; 1 got it for pap and mo.
I'ap he sez mam you no down and get
bottle of Ilaller's Sarsaparillu and Bur
dock and win cit over feeling so tired
and bad nnd git rid of all them pimples.
bo let tnat alone now or sale by b ,
II. Loncley.
Ladies or centi. Agenfs.$75
a wcrt. Exeluilre territory. Tk
lUptd Dbaffnarr. Wubu all tb
aitutt lot a rarailj In one mlante.
WutLzt, riotr and drirs ihrm
viuumt wetting the hand!. Toa
push the batten, UieinacfclDcdoca
the rest. I'.ritht. polWhed diibe.
and. cheerful wlrr. To Kalded
.florere.DOJoilciJhtthUnreloihinr.
.... utdho KI-Jiei.Domuj- IKrin.
O'jrable.wirranteil. CIrcolare frea.
W. P. HARRISON i CO., Clerk Sa. li, Caliunbns, O.
Chamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment
Is a certain cure for Chronic Sore - Eyes,
Granulated Eye Lids, Sore Nipples, 1'iles,
Eczema, Tetter, Salt Kheum and Scald Head,
2-j cents per box. For sale by druggists.
TO HORSE OWKEBS.
For putting a horse in a fine healthy con
dition try I)r. Cady's Condition Powders.
They tone up the system, aid digestion, cure
loss of appetite, relieve constipation, correct
force" bill 1 k"me7 disorders and destroy worms, giving
i iiu iv incio an otuorover worxeu norse. m
I cents per package. For sale by druggist3
IT. J. BROEKER,
Merchant Tailor.
flT. 33 1XT 33 H. A H. 33 2 -A. 1 31. 33 31
LAEGE STOCK OF PIECE GOODS,
embracing all the new designs, kept on hand and made to order.
PERFECT FIT GTJAEANTEED.
PRICES LOWER THAN EVER BEFORE
' Spruce Street, between Fifth and Sixth.
HOW IS THIS ?
L. ABT & SONS,
Manufacturers of Fine Clothing, .
218 and 220 Market Street.
CHICAGO, Jan. 13, 1894.,
Messrs. STAE CLOTHING HOUSE,
North Platte, Neb.
Gentlemen: We are in receipt of your esteemed favor
of the 8th inst., and have decided, owing to the back
wardness of the season, to accept your offer on the lot of
Overcoats and Suits which you order, (although they are
some of the most desirable portions of 'our stock to-day),
and which we have shipped as per invoice enclosed here-
You are doubtless aware that these goods are billed
in.
to you at about 5U per cent of their cost of production.
However, on account of the general depression in trade
in large financial centers, we are willing to accept your
proposition, but wish to warn you at the same time that
such prices as those you offer are not likely again to-pre-vail
for many a day. Awaiting your further commands,
we remain veiy truly yours,
L. ABT & SONS. :.
ON SALE AT
The Star Clothing House
WEBER- & V0LLMER, Props.
No. 2496.
FIRST
NATIONAL BANK. -
North Platte, - Nelb.
Authorized Capital, $200;000 :
Paid in Capital, $50,000.
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NESS TRANSACTED.
Sells Bills of
Exchange on
Countries.
all
Foreign
INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS.
A, F. STREITZ,
TJG-G-I S T
Drugs, Medicines, Paints,
POINTERS' SUPPLIES,
Window Glass, Machine Oils,,
Diamanta Spectacles.
APOTHESIE.
CORNER OP SIXTH AND SPRUCE STREETS.
PINEST SAMPLE ROOM IN NORTH PLATTE
Having refitted our rooms in the finest of style, the public
is invited to call and see us, insuring courteous treatment.
Finest Wines, Liquors and Cigars at the Bar.
Our billiard hall is supplied with the best make of tables
and competent attendants will supply all your wants.
KEITH'S BLOCK, OPPOSITE THE UNION PACIFIC DEPOT.
gSSie PROTECT YOUR EYES.
.SPECTACLBb TUT? XT TTTD OriTTTT,T fl
JA. h0 we W?JV? Eye Expert of C29 Olivo St., St Louta,
jSaftliStteeovr York' has appointed
yyetSby A. F. STREITZ ns .-mem for Iris mlflhrnfiTK.
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IL'enL for Ins r-nlnhra tort
Changeable bpcctaclcs aud Eye-Glasscs. Theso glasses
aro tho greatest invention ever made in spectacles, and
overy pair purchased aro guaranteed, so that if at any
time a change is necessary (no matter how ecratched
tho lenses), they will furnish tho party with a new pair
of Glasses, free of charge.
A. F. STREITZ has a full
all who wish to satiafy themselves of tho gront superiority Of these
glasses over any and all others now in use, to call and examine them at A F
STREITZ, Solo Agent for North Platte, Neb. No peddlers supplied. "Tho Best
in tho World. None genuine unless stamped Non-C'hangoable.
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PATENTED JU1YZ1.TSS85
J. F
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DEALER IN
Farm : Implements;
WAGONS, BUGGIES,
V A ' I 'll ii
WW I IO -S S-V I MO I 7 - w tr -s. I L
Hiiiuimiio, iia.iiic?ob, QIC
JOS. F. FILLION,
Steam and Gas Fitting.
Cesspool aud Sewerage a Specialty. Copper and Galvanized Iron Cor
nice. Tin and Iron Roofings.
Estimates furnished. Repainnir of all kinds
loenst Street, Between Fifth and Sixth,
North Flatte,
Nebraska.