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LOVE IS "BEST Jo :By Florence Hodgkjn-scn CHAPTER IV—(Continued.) And then Harold amazed them by th» qheation: “Is then* a school at Easthlll-On 8«a? 1 never heard of one.” Ka*thill-on-Sea was about two miles from East!)ill proper, in the opposite direction from Dynevor Manor and the Uplands. Within the last few year3 some speculators had got possession of land there, and were trying hard to convert what had been a fishing ham let Into a watering-place. They had not succeeded well, and the present result was a hind of straggling, un finished settlement, which wa3 neither town nor village. The old Inhabitants of Basthill rather made game of the new watering-place, which will account for Kitty’s laugh. “I really don’t know. Harold; I hardly ever go to Easth 111-on-Sea. There may be half a dozen schools; but I hope not, for their proprietors sakea. for I can’t Imagine that any one would send children there.” >t "I think you’re hard on the place, said Harold. “There’s a very good beach and a splendid atr. 1 suppose people are to bo found who ^can '*° without niggers at the seaside.’ "Ah, but they’d want decent roads and tolerable comfort.” objected Kitty, “and you know when it rains Eaathlll on-Sea is almost a swamp, because no one has made up the roads. Then they only bake every other day, and the butcher’s shop opens twice a week. It would take a good deal to make up for such drawbacks.” "It Is all so unfinished,” said Mrs. Dynevor. "The roadB are staked out, and Imposing names painted on sign boards, like 'Elm avenue.” and ‘Se3 View gardens,’ but neither avenue nor gardens boast a single nonse, auu mo roads are not even divided from each other, except by a few posts. •‘Why are you so suddenly interested ■in Easthlll-on-Sea?” demanded Kitty. "You can’t possibly have been asked to recommend any one a school ^liere? "Oh, dear, no; but I came home from •Marton by train, and a girl got out iat our station who wanted to go to Bagthill-on-Sea. She asked the porter the way to Mrs. Tanner’s school. He questioned the ticket collector, and even the station master himself, but neither of them had ever heard of it. I couldn’t help feeling sorry for her, she looked so tired and sad. It must Ibe hard lines to come off a long Journey and not find any one who can direct (you to your destination.” “Poor thing!” said Kitty, and then the subject dropped. None of the three guessed the influence the lonely little traveler was to have on their lives. It , vbevor dawned on Klty that the un known girl who was bound for a school «o one had ever heard of was to be tier dearest friend. CHAPTER V. Nothing will describe the desolation which Ailed Beryl Undon'a heart 'when qhe stepped on to the platform at Bauthlll. She had left Ijomlon Ailed .with the one desire of escaping from tier father and stepmother. Ever since she heard of the former's marriage her one end and Object had been to get safely away from Elchester square. It was only when she had actually start ed, when Mrs. Markham’s kindly face vrfiB lost to sight, that she realised she was going among strangers, that a new, untried life lay before her. with not one friendly voice to brighten It. It was a long, tedious journey, and involved two changes. Easthill was on a branch line, at which only the slow est of trains condescended to stop. She was very plainly dressed in black: but all her things had come from a West End shop, and there was an air of distinction about her not often seen In a lonely little third-class traveler. ,'f She was eighteen, though -she looked older—a very small, fairy-like crea ture, with soft, wavy brown hair, and \)lg, lustrous blue-grey eyes. Her com plexion was very fair, and had the .daintiest carmine tint. «... •.» • U She knew absolutely nothing of the 'country. ' Brighton. Brussels, where «he had been at school, and the tall house In Elchester square had made up her world. To find herself at a little rustic station, with only a few cottages In sight, was almost alarming. ■And- no one at the station had heard of Mrs. Tanner's school. That of lt aelf was enough to discourage her. "Don't you be afraid, mlssle," the station master said kindly. “If you wrote to the lady, and she had your letter, she must live here somewhere, and the postofflce are the best people K to help you find her. You go straight along this lane till you come to a sign post, take the road marked ‘Easthill on-Sea,’ and presently you’ll see four or five shops. The postofflce Is the ■first of the lot, and they'll put you right." Beryl left her luggage to the porter's mercy and started. The lane seemed interminable. Perhaps In summer time It waa pretty; but It was a late season, and the trees were hardly in bud. Their •bare branches almost met in the mid dle of the lane, looking very like black, threatening hands uplifted against her —or Beryl thought so. She reached the sign post without meeting a single creature; but another half-mile brought her to the shops, and her heart gave a thrill of relief as she recognized the postofflce. It waa quite unlike any postofflce Beryl had ever seen, being a cottage with all business transacted in the front parlor; while the room on the opposite side appeared to be a baker's, one stale loaf and half a dozen stodgy looking buns being arranged in the window. “Can you tell me the way to Mrs Tanner’s school—Woodlands, the house Is called?” asked Beryl anxiously. The young woman behind the counter was better Informed than the railway people, for she answered with out any hesitation: “It’s the last house on the front.. The name’s not up; but you can’t be mistaken because there are no more houses.” This was conclusive; but Beryl felt positively sinking from weakness and fatigue. She looked at the loaf of bread and buns, and finally asked the damsel In charge if she could have some refreshmcnt-r-“a cup of tea or something.” “The fire’s out, I expect. You can have a glass of milk and a plate of bread and butter, If you like.” The fare was plain, but It revived the traveler. The attendant gave her plenty of local Information while she ate and drank. Mra. Tanner had not been at Easthill-on-Sea long. There wasn’t much opening for a school; (here were very few residents, and nat urally viators didn’t want to send their children to school when they came down in the summer. “You do look tired!” she concluded. “But lt*B not much further now. The end of this street leads to the front, and Mrs. Tanner’s is the last house on the right” Beryl found the house easily; but her heart sank as she looked at it. It was so new that at the back the piece of waste ground called a garden wa3 not yet fenced off, and the front rail ings had not yet been fenced off. Woodlands looked as though it had been built elsewhere, brought to East hill on a trolley, and Just popped down on the first vacant space. The wind howled round it, the waves which dashed over the shingle seemed to laugh derisively at it, and even to poor Beryl the huge board over the front windows—“Ladles’ School”—seemed grotesque In such a place. She rang the bell. It was so stiff her fingers could hardly move It, and when at last it rang it made such a noise she decided Mrs. Tanner would think her new teacher very impatient. There was not the least sound of move ment in the house, and Beryl was actually contemplating a second ring when the door was flung suddenly open, and a very small servant in a very big white apron stood regarding her curiously. "Is Mrs. Tanner at home? I think she Is expecting me. 1 am the new governess.” ‘‘You’re to come this way,” said the child—she really was very, little more. And Beryl followed her across a good sized hall to a small sitting-room at the back, the door of which her guide opened encouragingly. ‘‘You go straight in,” she com manded. It was a very small room, and rather sparsely furnished; but what Beryl saw first was a tall, slight woman in widow's weeds, who came forward to meet her with such a frightened face that the girl felt compelled to take the lnitative. “I am afraid I am later than you expected, Mrs. Tanner; but it is a long walk from the station, and I came slowly so as not to lose my way.” "You look cold and tired," said Mrs. Tanner gently. "Sit down and warm yourself. Rhoda will bring tea soon; l waited for you.” —• "It was very kind of you.” Beryl began, and then she broke down help lessly and cried as though her heart would break. Of course it was behav ing disgracefully, it was most unschol astic and childish; but those few kind ly words had been the last touch. Mrs. Tanner did not seem in the least angry, She took Beryl s band and held It for a minute or two, then she said gently: "I don’t wonder at your being upset, my dear. When I first came here In January I loathed the place quite as much as you can do. I came from a pretty country rectory, with a dear old garden and trees that had stood the test of centuries, and this bleak, des olate place seemed terrible to me; but, Miss Lindon, work is the best cure for sadness, and even Easthlll-on-Sea seems brighter when one is busy.” “Please forgive me!” said Beryl, pleadingly. “Indeed, I am not discon tented; It was only that you were so kind to me.” “Did you expect me tobe an ogress?” asked Mrs. Tanner. “When you have had some tea and feel rested I will tell you all about things. I am afraid you will find plenty of rough places at Woodlands, but they won't be of my making." Tea was delightful. With curtains drawn and the lamps lighted, the room seemed quito a snuggery; aud Mrs. Tanner saw that Beryl had plenty of the fare provided. “I would rather tell you everything before you see my sister,” she said, when Rhoda had taken away the things. My husband died last Novem ber. He was the best and kindest man who ever lived, but he wasn’t busi nesslike. and when all the expenses | were paid I had only £20 and the fur j niture to keep myself and the chi!dr«m. | Of course I knew I should have to [ work; but I had never had to earn my living, and I did not know how to set about it. My sister is the only near relation I have. She is very rich, and she likes to manage. She decided I had better keep a school, then the twins could be educated for nothing. Her husband has a good deal of prop* erty round here, and they offered this house rent free for three years. “Of course”—she flushed painfully— “the Wilmots are In a very good posi tion here, and it would not do for It to be known any one connected with them had to keep a school, so I prom ised Mary I would never mention the relationship. She has really been very good. She speaks of me to people as ‘a young widow in whom she is Inter ested,’ and altogether I have twelve pupils. If the new ones promised thi3 term courts tomorrow I shall have fif teen. They pay £2 a term, so that I have £90 a year; but T found out If I had any one who could teach French and really good music I should get more scholars and keep them till they were older. That is why I thought of getting help. Besides, with only Rhoda, there is a groat deal to do domestically, and the twins’ clothes havo to be made and mended.” “How old are the twins?” asked Beryl. “Four. Rather young to be in school all day; but I can’t send them out alone, and I don’t like them to be in the kitchen with Rhoda. Miss Lindon, I know I am offering you a very small salary; but I think if you and I ‘fit in’ you may really be happier hero than in a grander situation.” “I am sure of it,” said Beryl. “Mrs. Tanner, I don’t think any one In the whole world can bo lonelier than I am, and if only you will keep me, I shall be glad to stay.” Mrs. Tanner gave a little sigh. “Mary—Mrs. Wiimot—will be round In the morning. You must not mind if she seems a little overbearing. Oh, and there is the thing she wanted me to say—she does not like your name at all.” Beryl professed her regret, but hard ly saw the objection was her fault. “R’s in this way,” explained Mrs. Tanner. “The show place near here, Dynevor Manor, belongs to a Mr. Lin don, though General Craven lives there. Mary thinks it a slight to Mr. Lindon that my teacher should have the same name. Her husband is his agent, and goes to see him sometimes at his grand house in Elchester square, Belgravia. Of course I told Mary Mr. Lindon would never hear of my school, much less my teacher’s name; but she was very disagreeable, and said it could not matter to you, and that by changing one letter the name sounded quite differently. Do you mind being Miss Lendon? You see. it won’t make any difference to your letters, because most people loop their l’s now, so that they look like e’s.” Beryl felt inclined to bless Mrs. Wil mot. If, as she now felt positive, her father were the owner of Dynevor Man or, why, then, her one desire was that he might never hear his fugitive daughter was living beneath its shad ow. She had never heard him speak of Sussex, or of possessing property In the country. Surely it was strange that, with all England before her, she should have drifted to the one place where he had interest. School began the next day. The fif teen girls were nice things. Mrs. Wil mot's Interest had procured some. The clerk of the works empldyed by her husband to watch his interests in the building operations, sent three small daughters; the tax collector contrib uted two; but there was a sprinkling of a higher grade—the curate’s only child, and the doctor’s two little gii’ls. Mrs. Wilmot struck Beryl as far less refined than her sister. She and her husband were rich, and gloried In their money, though as yet it had not been able to force an entrance into the so ciety of Easthill proper, which was of the select and exclusive kind known as “county.” ' . (To be Continued.) CHURCH MONEY. Some Odd Ways In Which Women learned It. The women folk of the Methodist church at Oxford recently set out to earn money for certain church pur poses, and a meeting was held at which each woman or girl recited the method by which she had earned her contribution, says the Boston Journal. Some of the recitals were funny enough to convulse the audience, and a few are epitomized as follows: Miss Mary Dobbs started out to do some Janitor work, but got tired and sub contracted the job, though saving for herself a margin of profit. Mrs. M. Collins said that one day her husband was tearing around the house hunting for his overshoes and said he would give a half a dollar to know what had become of them. She told him she had sold them to the ragman, and demanded the half. Mrs. Bay kalso mined her own house and saved the dollar which an old colored man de manded for the job. MUg Zulu cole engaged In a great variety of employ ments. She got 5 cents for washing Mrs. Middleton’s dishes, 10 cents for doing some sewing for her sister. 3 cents from her uncle for keeping her mouth shut five minutes, 5 cents for killing three cats. 15 cents for sweep ing the sidewalk in front of two stores, and 5 cents for popping some corn. Miss Lyda Mills made 50 cents by mending the harness and making a new halter for tne cow. Miss Lettie Morrill got 50 cents for doctoring a sick calf. Tombs are but the clothes of the dead. A grave is but a plain suit, and a rich monument is one embroidered —Fuller. 5 1 State Capital ©bservations. g 3 Expressions Emulative for the Good of Republican Supremacy. nnniTiiiiTmTiYmim rmrm?»irriTmTm¥n S LINCOLN, Jan. 14. At this writing the senatorial situa tion seems to be as far from a solu tion as it was before the legislature met. The tension is becoming a tre mendous strain on the constitutions of the candidates and their aides-de camp, and the members of the legis lature are becoming a trifle weary over the outlook. Diversified interests, state, personal and otherwise, are in evidence, and the average legislator who will be in the fight to the end is hardly able to de cide which way he will jump. It is conceded that there are many of the members pledged to support and use all honorable means to secure the election of certain men. but not all cf them are bound. There are many in both the house and senate who are possessed of a free hand, and it is to these the not directly interested citi zens look for a happy and honorable solution of the struggle. It is a question whether any of the present aspirants can win. The sit uation each day seems to get more complicated, and is fast approaching a tangle that may only be unravelled by the throwing over board of every one now dead set on being elected, and choosing from among the wealth of splendid material in the republican party of the state two of the ablest and cleanest men to be found, without re gard to what has happened in the past. The situation may call for this road out of the difficulty, and if it should, we see no reason why it should not come as an agreeable surprise to ev ery Nebraskan who regards the state’s interests as paramount to all else. While the partisans of each candi date are extremely anxious their man should win, a desire superinduced by the hope of “getting something," the average Nebraskan is interested most in having the state represented in the senate by able and pure men, who will not only be able to do something tangible for the state, but also reflect credit and honor upon the common wealth through dignified and conscien tious efforts to legislate for the people of the nation in all matters which may arise in the senate. The partisan does not care for any except himself, and he desires most the inan from whom he can get the most. Contrary to the partisan who thus hopes is the citi zen who desires that the man elected be so fairly and honestly in a clean fight, and against whom there can arise not the faintest breath of sus picion of having secured the position coveted by foul or tricky means. X X An attempt was made last week to secure a second meeting of the six leading candidates for United States senators, but resulted in partial fail ure. The indications, however, are more favorable than they have yet been for the candidates getting to gether on the calling of a senatorial caucus. Four of the six held a second meet ing. Those present were D. E. Thomp son, George D. Meiklejohn, Frank M. Currie and Edward Rosewater. With them was Speaker Sears. .They ad journed to meet again at 8:30 the next morning, when Governor Crounse and E. H. Hinshaw, or his representative, are expected to be present. The four who met succeeded Id reaching this agreement: That they will acquiesce in the calling of a joint senatorial caucus, which caucus shall make its own rules; that the call for the caucus must he signed by sixty members to become effective; that forty-five votes shall be required to make any candidate the caucus nomi nee for United States senator. tt X The meeting of the republican state central committee, which was to have been held this week, has been called off. It was rescinded by Chairman Lindsay in order that there could be no misconstruction of the committee’s position. The committee officers in sist that the organization will main tain strict neutrality in senatorial matters, pnd for fear a meeting just on the eve of balloting for senator would be an incentive for some com mittee to mix in the fight, it was re garded best to postpone the call, which was already to be mailed out. Talk of the holding of a committee meeting started tongues to wagging about the unfortunate episode of two years ago when the executive committee was disbanded at a stormy session just as tha legislature was opening, the pres ent officers seem particularly anxious to avoid subjecting themselves to criticism and particularly to head off even the possibility of repetition of the- cause. at at Charles Penn, ex-sheriff of Custer county, has been appointed comman dant of the soldiers and sailors' home at Milford by the board of public lands and buildings. Mr. Penn is an old soldier and has an enviable record as an officer and a commander of men. He and other Custer county people were congratulated freely on the rec ognition given to that county. K «t After an exceedingly warm session the state banking board made its ap pointments for secretary, clerk, sten ographer and four .bank examiners. Ed Royse cf Broken Bcw was chosen secretary of the banking board. A. M. Dodson of Wilber was selected as clerk and Frank Smith of Tekamah wa3 elected as stenographer. Quite n fight for hank examiners fol lowed the selections for secretary, et al. Auditor Weston insisted on each member of the board being allowed to appoint one examiner, but Attorney General Prout and State Treasurer St-uifer refused to agree to that propo sition. A majority vote was required. The Douglas county contests in the house were settled last evening by the house committee on privileges and elections in favor of the contestees af ter a session after the adjournment of the house. A number of law points were discussed and the attorneys were present to make citations from the rec ord when necessary. The outcome was in doubt many times and when the final decision came it was on a vote when the republican members were divided. at at The entire house committee wa3 present with the exception of Bies ner of Thayer county. The only mat ter remaining undisposed of was whether the votes alleged to have been illegally voted in South- Omaha, amounting to a few over 150, should be thrown out of the count entirely This proposition was decided in the negative by a unanimous vote of the committee as the members found that the contestants had not shown that in vestigations to discover the voters al leged to have been fictitious were car ried on in a thorough manner. The contestees disproved enough of their claims to make the committee hesitate to act further against them. •s « The next question was over the votes oast by persons who swore in their votes and failed to comply with the election law by depositing their affi davits in the proper hands. This af fected particularly the vote in the first and third wards, thirty-eight votes in the former and five in the lat ter having been recorded where the proper affidavits were not in evidence The committee by a vote of 7 to 3 on strict party lines, voted to strike out all votes where the law governing the swearing in of votes had not been com plied with. There remained then the question of fact as to the number ol votes to strike out. K *5 It was alleged that concerning the forty-three votes in the wards above named not a word of evidence had been introduced to show that the vot ers did not take the prescribed oath or furnish their affidavit. Chairman Whitmore of the committee held the view, following the rules of law. that the presumption was the work of the election judges had been lawful in ev ery particular and he would hold that the votes recorded had been cast le gally until it was proved otherwise. In these precincts named he held there was no evidence shown by the con testants that the requisite oaths had not been administered in accordance with law. It was a fault in taking the testimony, perhaps, as it could have been secured, but for his part, he could not see his way clear to rejecting the votes without this needed evidence. On the vote Brown of Furna3, Tanne -^ of Nance, Hamilton of Butler ani Loomis of Dodge, stood with the chair man against Marshall of Otoe, War ner of Lancaster, Armstrong of Nema ha, and Hibbert of Gage. This was sufficient to declare that Rohwer, who is contesting Johnson’s seat, will not gain admittance to the house. The Youngs-Hunt case was decided in the vote not to exclude the votes alleged to have been illegally brought into the district. K K The need of important legislation on many subjects this session becomes more and more apparent. The call for radical changes in the law’ brings the necessity of close attention to work. The legislators therefore feel the senatorial fight a big burden. It i3 the unanimous opinion that it should be settled at the earliest possible mo ment. As a great many of the diffi culties expected from diversified though important legislation in the middle of a heated senatorial fight, may be obviated for a constitutional convention or the appointment of a commission to codify the laws and suggest needed changes, it is likely that some action that will raise a great burden with one lift may be ac complished. r. k The tall men of the senate who can not get their knees under the desks provided for the state are Trompen of Lancaster and Owens of Dawson. Mr. Trompen, the Boer senator, has the distinction of being six feet six inches in height and Mr. Owens reaches about the same altitude. The custodian of the senate recently raised the desks of these two senators by placing large glass insulators such as are used on telegraph poles under the bottoms of the legs. This probably gave rise to the rumor that the two desks had been placed on telegraph poles. The raised desks will be a source of comfort for the two tall senators, but they may obstruct the view of the other solons. K K The state printing noard has an nounced the appointment of L. A. Williams, editor of the Blair Pilot, as clerk of the board. Mr. Williams had charge of the literary bureau of the re publican state central committee dur ing the last campaign and did efficient work. He will continue the publica t.ion of the Blair Pilot. His duties at the state house will keen him busy a great part of the time, but he intends to devote as mucb time as possible to his newspaper. He succeeds A. K. Sheldon as clerk ot the board. V. After the decision of the con test, Ed P. Smith and W. F. Gurley, were feeling pretty good. Mr. Smith con gratulated ihc committee by saying: •This is the first legislative contest, gentlemen, that I know of that has been decided strictly or. the points of law involved.” * Gen. A. V. Cole of Hastings has been appointed commandant of the soldiers' home at Grand Island by Governor Dietrich. This appointment was not unexpected, but it was not made until a host of candidates had gone through the mill. The new commandant will take charge of the home February 1. Representative Evans of Lancaster Intro duces the First Measure. WHAT IS PROVIDED BY THE BILL Cuts Senate From SO Members to S3, and' Bouse of Representative* From 73 to 67—The Increase That Douglas County Get* by the Measure. LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 12.—The first rcapportlonment bill to be introduced made its appearance in tue house. It redistricts and reapportions tne state senatorial and representative distncts. its author is J. E. Evans of Lincoln, county, a member of the house com mittee on apportionment. His bill divides the state into twenty-eighti senatorial districts, instead of thirty senatorial and sixty-seven representa tive districts, as at present. Mr. Evans claims that his hill isi the result of long and careful study; and has not been framed with parti san intent, but with the wish to re uistrict the state in such manner as would be fairest to an sections. His bill gives Douglas county alone four senators and thirteen representatives, beside giving a float senator to Doug las and Saunders. Sarpy is taken from Saunders and put into a senatorial district with Cass county. Following is the context of the bill: House roll No. 6, by J. E. Evans of Lincoln county—Tb rediatrlct the state and the representative and sen atorial districts. 1— Richardson and Nemaha counties, one senator. 2— Pawnee, Gage and Saline, two sena tors. 3— Johnson ar.d Otoe, one senator. 4— Cass and Sarpy, one senator. 5— Douglas, four senators. 6— Douglas and Saunders, ona senator. 7— Washington, Burt and Thurston, one senator. s—Dakota, Dixon and Cedar, one sena tor. s—Cuming, Wayne and Pierce, one sena tor. 1U—Stanton Madison and Antelope, one 11— Boone, Nance and Merrick, one sena senator. tor. 12— Platte and Polk, one senator. * 12—Dodge and Colfax, one senator. 14—Butler and Seward, one senator. In—Lancaster, two senators. IB—York and Fillmore, one senator. 17— Jefferson and Thayer, one senator. - 18— Nuckolls, Webster and Franklin,1 one senator. 19— Adams and Clay, one senator. 20— Kearney and Buffalo, one senator. ' 21— Hamilton and Hall, one senator. , 22— Howard, Sherman, Greeley, Valley,', Wheeler, Garfield, Loud and Blaine, onej senator. 22—Knox, Boyd, Holt and Rock, onei senator. ; 24— Brown. Keya Paha, Cherry, Sioux,) Sheridan, Dawes and Box Butte, one; senator. < 25— Lincoln, Logan Thomas, Hooker,; Grant. McPherson, Keith, Perkins, Deuel,) Cheyenne, Kimball, Banner and Scottsi Bluffs, one senator. 26— Custer and Dawson, one senator. 27— Harlan, Phelps, Frontier and Gosper,1 one senator. 28— Furnas. Red Willow, Hitchcock.) Chase, Hayes and Dundy, one senator. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS. ; 1— Richardson, one representative. 2— Nemaha, one representative. 3— Richardson and Nemaha, one repre sentative. 4— Pawnee, one representative. 5— Johnson, one representative. 6— Otoe, two representatives. 7— Cass, two representatives. 8— Sarpy, one representative. 9— Douglas, thirteen representatives. 10— Washington, one representative. 11— Burt, one representative. 12— Cuming one representative. 13— Washington, Burt and Cuming, one representative. 14— Dakota and Thurston, one repre sentative. 15— Thurston and Wayne, one represen tative. 16— Wayne and Stanton, one representa tive. 17— Dixon, one representative. 18— Cedar, one representative. 19— Cedar and Pierce, one representa tive. 20— Knox one representative. 21— Knox and Boyd, one representative. 22— Antelope, one representative. 23— Madison, one representative. 24— Platte, one representative. 25— Madison and Platte, one representa tive. 26— Colfax, one representative. 27— Dodge, two representatives. 28— Saunders, two representatives. 29— Lancaster, six representatives. 30— Gage, three representatives. 31— Jefferson, one representative. 32— Saline, one representative. 33— Saline and Jenerson, one representa tive. 34— Seward, one representative. 35— Butler, one representative. 36— Butler and Seward, one representa tive. 37— Polk, one representative. 38— York, one representative. 39— Fillmore, one representative. 40— York and Fillmore, one representa tive. 41— Thayer, one representative. 42— Nuckolls, one representative. 43— Clay, one representative. 44— Thayer, Nuckolls and Clay, one rep resentative. 45_Webster, one representative. 46— Adams, two representatives. 47— Hall, one representative. 48— Hamilton, one representative. 49— Hamilton and Hall, one representa tive. 50— Merrick. Nance and Boone, three representatives. 51— Howard, one representative. 52— Garfield, Wheeler and Greeley, one representative. 53— Sherman and Valley, one represen tative. 54— Holt, one representative. 55— Holt, Rock, Brown, Loup, Blaine and Thomas, one representative. 66—Keya Paha, Cherry, Hooker and Grant, one representative. 57—Sheridan and Dawes, one repres sentatlve. _ _ 5g_Box Butte, Sioux, Scotts Bluff and Banner, one representative. 69—Deuel. Keith. Cheyenne and Kim ball. one representative. 60— Lincoln, one representative. 61— Custer, one representative. 62— Custer. Logan and McPherson, one representative. 63— Buffalo, two representatives. 64— Kearnev, one representative. 65— Franklin, one representative. 66— Harlan, one representative. 67— Phelps, one representative. 68— Furnas, one representative. 69— Dawson, one representative. 70— Dawson, Gosper and Furnas, one representative. 71— Frontier and Hayes, one representa tive. 72— Red Willow, one representative. 73— Hitchcock. Dundy, Chase and Per kins, one representative. Pates for Nebraska Races. HASTINGS, Neb., Jan. 12.—There was an. exceptionally large crowd in attendance at the meeting of the Ne braska Racing circuit, held here. Horsemen from various parts of the btate were present and took much in terest in all matters discussed: The circuit is composed of thirteen Ne braska towns and the dates have been fixed as follows: bremont, July 31, August 1, 2; Hastings. August 7, 8, 9;’ Fairbury, August 14. 15, 16; Hubbell. August 21, 22, 23: David City, August 28, 29, 30; Seward, September 4, 5, 6;t Lincoln, September 8, 9. 10, 11, 12, 13*, 14; Auburn, September 18, 19, 20.'