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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
SUGAR L0B5V ROASTED
Legislative Members and Emp'oyts
Fathom the Significance of the
Meetit g.
They KoaadlvIRoaat KMMwaJjjid the
Committee ,&eiit"llltlir to InHiifliue
Legislation for a Beet Sugar Bounty in
1 .
.' Nebraska.
T ho beet sugar lobby mot with a re
ception hint evening that was more
. noted for its warmth than for it cor
diality. The members of the committee
had come down to Lincoln in full force,
headed by Howwatcr, ex-(Jovernor
Furnas, W, N. Nusou of Omaha and J.
B. Cessna of llastir gs, like ronrinj? lions,
seeking whom they might devour. They
appointed a meeting lust evening in re
presentative hall, to which all state
oflicTH and legislators were invited, and
announced it tobetbeiriutentiou to" ex-
1 plode" with rebounding reverberations
the loaded claim that the Nebrunka
suirar factories are members of the
octopinn suirar trust. They have been
delegated to thin work, tho.v said, br the
Grand Inland conrentic A the beet
sugar grower's association, having been
appointed as a committee on legislation.
Ex-Cloveriior Furnat presided and
Judge Cessna opened the matinee with
an argument in favor of the sugar
bounty as necessary to the encourage
ment of the infant industry in this
state At tha close of hi remarks he
submitted the following resolution:
'Hesolved, That we respectfully urge
upon the congress of the United (states
the restoration of the duty upon sugar
which was in force prior to lb'.K), or to
impose ftich import duties as will effect
ively protect the American sugar pro
d liners from the ruinous competition of
. sugar exporting nations and from the
equally ruinous monopolization of the
suirar trusts."
There were quite a number of members
of the legislature present, but they were
not of the stripe t he bounty beggars had
expected, and alter discussion the resolu
tion was unceremoniously rejected. And
during the discussion these gentlemen,
who had assumed to ome'to Lincoln
and call a public meeting for the pur
Eose of storming the reform citadel in
ehalf of the sugar trust, were roundly
roasted and seemed to deserve it more
thn they did to enjoy it. '
Representative Stebbins of Lincoln
county administered a mild roast .to
Cessna
Rosewater was thunderstruck with as
tonishment. He thought there must
certainly be some mistake. Those who
voted tho resolution down must have
done so from a suspicion thnt it favored
the sugar trust, when in fact it was di
rected against the trust.
Then Representative Stebbins waded
into Rosewater and denounced him for
having appeared in the meeting to in
fluence legislation in behalf of the sugar
bounty. He had noticed, he said, that
during the agitation of many public
questions uose water bad always been on
the side that brought him the most
money.
Rosewater was kept busy denying the
insinuations and charges of his energetic
assailant, and when he proposed a re
consideration of the resolution, the pr
position was rejected. It was evident
that the sentiment was greatly against
1 the proposed bonuty. The lobby had
not been at work long enough and
hudn t sent enouffh ngents.
W. G. Whitmore of Vally submitted a
resolution calling upon the legislature to
encourage by suitable legislation the
building ot new factories.
L. A. Ueltzer of Omaha moved to
amend by providing that a bounty sys-
tern be not adopted in doing so. This
amendment was carried but during the
discussionvJenkihs of Jefferson spoke in
behalf of the bounty and Horner of
Uawson favored a bounty for new
motorics only.
The motion as amended was thereup
on adopted.
The meeting was about to break up
wheu Secretary Nason submitted a reso
lution declaring the state morally and
legally under obligations to pay the
bounty claims that have accrued during
the past two years. This arrested the
movement to retire and brought out a
number of pointed responses.
Major Llelten, custodian of the senate.
denounced the members of the commit
tee as political tricksters seut in to
and influence legislators.
Judge Cessna responded by roasting
T : . 1 1 1 i:.. . n
uieueu uuu imiuiiiif r iirnas.
Zimmerman of York protested against
the treatment bnug given the commit
tee and managed to restore order and
allowed Rosewater to introduce a reso
lution calling for an investigation by the
legislature of the complaints against the
Ox nan Is. He also took occasion to de
nounce a reference to him by Representa
tive Dobson in the house the previous
day. in which the report was referred to
wherein he and Roggen had conspired to
make Oxnard seuator from South Da
kota. He said the charge was unjust
and unfair, ana the story a myth.
Rosewater was givingthitnself a de
cidedly flattering recommendation when
11. D. Rhea calmly and impudently in
quired whether or not the Union Pacific
railway company had not paid him large
sums of money for his support on cer
tain measures. Rhea said he had been
so informed by au attorney ior the
Union racinc
Rosewater indignantly denied the as
sertion and vehemently declared that
neyer in his life had he accepted a dollar
tnat ne nna not nonestiy earned, and
lny one who said he had was a liar.
Rhea pushed his catechism a little
rarther, bat Rosewater continued to de
iy and to combat by telling how much
taxes he paid and how he had liberally
donated to various institutions. He
bad always paid hisshareof the bounties
willingly.
Stebbins said that only forty-two
members of the Grand Island beet sugar
convention had favored a bounty and
tnat ttoeewaier auenaea it in tne inter
No fits after first day's use of Dr
Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Free f 2
rial bottle and treatise sent by Dr.
Kline, 981 Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa.
et f the miitar trut, and Rweialer
iiied it. il'i'luriiiii (lint tli irtiNt iiii'l
he Oxiiurd wvrv not jointly inn-riftwl.
if ch'wd quounir i".eiiatr All-11 re
cent remarks in the m'liut itj reference
o the hiitfur bounty.
In the huM.mli, caused by the excited
peeche at tli l;it of the ineHiiijr, all
nli'H were aiiH timi tn ineinoer.
OIIIV a I'W Ol WtlOlll WepMeil in trie HOUne,
trnmped up anil down the ail.
The nivttiitiitiiiir 1 evolution wh ioki
ami th meeting adjourned niot of tlie
members of the lt'ginlatur having do
parted. THE MONETARY CONf EKENCE
As Siz:d up by a Man on the Ground-
Think it a Fizzl.
The monetary convention is a thing
of the past. It has demonstrated 111 a
most convincing way that the possession
if dollars no more gives a man a knowle
dge of financial economics than .the
ownership of a watch will make him a
watchmaker.
It was a convention made up largely
of meii who represented personal inter
ests and personal possessions. The
mass of the h-si than three hundred men
who made up th'iH convention, and who
never gave utterance to a woru or
thought in it, and who, judging from
their acts, had no power "of 'expression
except by clapping hands. They served
about the same purpose in the meeting
that the dollar mark does before a row
of figures. Much the larger part of them
were bankers selected by a few of the
boards of trade of a few of the larger
cities of the country. A large part of
these boards of trade, so represented,
are situated in Ohio, Indiana, New York,
Pennsylvania, Illinois and Connecticut.
Of the whole number of delegates repre
senting boards of trade New York fur
nished 33. Indiana 21), Ohio 30, Illinois
'21, Maryland 8, Michigan It, Missouri
12. tour staees, New lork, Indiana,
Ohio and Illinois furnished about half
the delegates, while ten states furnished
75 per cent of the whole number.
Oi these delegates, those not actually
engaged in the banking business were
holders of bank stock or buyers and sel
lers of what other people produce. The
great producing, labor and agricultural
classes were almost without representa
tion 111 the convention.
The loud and pretentious claim that
these less than three hundred men repre
sented the busiue-s interests of this great
country is an assumption so bold and
bare-faced as to be ridiculous.
Delegates on the floor with rhetorical
flourishes talked about the great inter
ests of labor represented by the conven
tion, when not a single representative of
any labor organization sat among its
delegates. The agricultural interests, it
was claimed, were represented in the
convention and deliberations, when the
very call was so made that it was impos
sible for there to be in the convention a
single representative front any agricul
tural organization.
This convention was called together
with the assumption, unexpressed though
t may have been, that banking, if not
the only, is the principal interest of this
great country; and the entire proceed-
ugs indicated that this was the thought
and feeliug of the convention, itself.
1 he whole convention, from start to
finish, was dominated by a few men in
Indiana. Ohio aud New York. If a sin
gle one of these men has even a mediocre
knowledge of financial economics, it has
never been disclosed by anything he has
ever uttered.
With what a flourish of trumpets did
they come together! The world wa to
know of this wonderful assemblage of
wisdom, and its influence was to be felt
to the ends of the earth. True it had in
t an ex-secretary of the treasury, an ex-
governor of a state, two congressmen
and a professor of an eastern college!
liut how has this great combination of
wisdom manifested itself? What decla
rations have they made that will enligh
ten anybody? What more do the peo
ple of this country know now than they
knew be ore?
This bankers' convention has declared
11 favor of maintaining the present gold
standard. We have known ever since
1808 or earlier that the banks, moneyed
nterests and creditor classes were in
favor of a gold standard. This conven
tion of moneyed interests declared that
the greenbacks ought to be retired.
This is ueither new nor startling. For
thirty years the banks, bond-holders
aud other creditor classes have been
trying to get the greenbacks out of their
way. These two declarations are all
that this combination of business wis
dom and sagacity dared to trust itself
to make.
Under cover of these declarations of
old and long-standing purposes, there is
a scheme for the organization of a lobby
committee. This scheme, with Hanna
of Indianapolis as engineer, and lugalls
of Cincinnati for conductor, was rail
roaded through the convention under
the gag of the previous question. This
committee will in no way differ from the
committees that have huug around the
lobbies of congress and have played Me-
phisto to all nnaucial legislation for
thirty years.
1 he little contest over the method of
appointing this committee was interest
ing and suggestive. It was not diffcult
to see through the bankers scheme. It
appears, however, that Mr, Walker, Mr.
Fowler and Mr. Wharton were foolish
enough to imagine that the purpose of
tne convention was what it pretended to
be the public good when the fact is
the whole thing was contrived for the
benefit of private interests.
In furtherance of this scheme it was es
sential to its success that they should
not lose control of the power to appoint
this committee. To put the appoint
ment in the hands of delegates from each
state would have made it difficult for
them to control the appointment, and
might have resulted in the selection of a
committee that they could not control
at all. The purpose is to give this same
old lobby com:nittee a little more pres
tige by sending it to Washington as the
committee of a convention, but under
the scheme adopted they will be under
the control of New York, Chicago, Cin
cinnati and Indianapolis. The private
interests represented will thus, it is
hoped, be somewhat covered up and con
cealed by the shadow of this so-called
great convention of business interests.
There were in this convention, no
doubt, many gentlemen who really be
lieved that the purpose ' of its call was
patriotic; but had they known these men
who contrived this scheme and who
dominated this convention as we have
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known them in Indiana, they would not
by their presence there hae aided in
giving it a semblance of respectability
and patriotic purpose. (
The controlling spirit in this conven
tion was Mr. Ingalls, superintendent of
the Big Four railroad system. Mr. j
Hanna, it is true, was made the frontis
piece, but the power behind him was Mr.
Ingalls, with his great individual wealth
and backed by the wealth of this great
and utterly unscrupulous corporation.
J o expect a patriotic spirit to emmata
lrom such a source is to expect to ' gath
er figs from thistles and grapes from
thorns." lhe legal content made by
this corporation under the direction of
Mr. Ingalls to avo'd the payment of just ;
taxation in Indiana, and which was
1 1 11 i n j fc.' . . .... 1
enoeo oniy wnen tne uaueu mnimiBu
prenie court dwided in favor of the peo
ple., is of too recent date not to be re
called by the people of the state when
they hear, from the same source, such
loud professions of interest in the public
well a re. I
We are justified in making a very liber-'
al discount from the ostentatious profes- j
sions of high morJ purpose of such men ;
when it is known that corporations in
which they are interested have been ben
efited by false affidavits their subordi
nates were permitted, if not actually
required, to file.
Laying aside all questions about the
motives that were behind, and the pur
poses for, the call of this convention, the
economic absurdities to which expres
sion was given in the speeches made be
fore it, and responded to by prolonged
applause irom the delegates, were calcu
lated to till one with astonishment, par
ticularly if previous pretentions had en
gendered an expectation that there
would be heard there eviaence 01 great
economic learning t
Hie temporary chairman gravely an
nounced "confidence" as the foundation
of all business, but tailed to tell the con
vention in what thoy were expected to
have confidence. Unsupported confidence
is a poor basis for anything. The trou
ble with the whole banking system at
this time is the amount of bauk credit
involved in business, that has no basis
whatever except a blind and unsupport
ed confidence of its unsuspectiug victims.
The permanent chairman, on assuming
the chair, told the delegates that they
were to "agree that there ought to be an
enlarged aud increased use of silver coim
convertible at par into, and redeemable
in, gold," This absurd proposition that
has in it not only no evidence of econom
ic knowledge, but is utterly devoid of
even ordinary common aud everyday
business sense, was followed by a perfect
storm of hand clapping by the delegates.
It did not occur to Mr. Patterson in the
preparation of his carefully written
speech, nor to the convention wheu they
heard it read, that there was neither
common sense nor business sagacity in
making a redeemable money by an ex
pensive process, .out of au expensive
metal. If money must be redeemed in
gold, it might just as well be made out
of paper and save expense and waste of
valuable material. ,
Mr. Irish treated the'eonvention, on
call, to one of his exhibitions of smooth
language that had not an idea in it be
yond platitudes about "experience" and
"sound scientific principles," without a
word about what experience has shown
or science taught, while ex-Secretary
Fail-child talked about the importance
of the question they were expected to
consider, and was greatly concerned lest
the convention should do just what it
did do "demonstrate that there was in
this body not sufficient wisdom to arrive
at something wise and conclusive." He
told the convention that if this proved
to be true, tiiey might "tremble for the
future of the couutry." It must be as
sumed therefore, that they are trembliug
accordingly.
The economic dsliberatioa of this
woirderful convention of "business men"
who assumed, without authority, to
represent the great business interests of
this country, did not rise above the ordi
nary polemics of a country debating
club. The extraordinary assumptions
made for and by this convention, when
measured by the results of its delibera
tions, will be remembered for a few
months as one of the grotesque events
preceding the incoming administration.
Flavius J. Van Vorhib.
RHEUMATISM IS A FOE which gives
no quaarter. It torments its victims
day and night. Hood's Sareaparilla
purifies the blood and cures the aches
aud pains of rheumatism.
HOOD'S PILLS are the best family
cathartic and liver medicine. Gentle, re
liable, sure.
Legislative Economy, :
, It may be that my style of writing is
too radical in seutiment for the good of
our party or our cause. If this is so, I
would willingly muzzle my pen and oil
my thinker. I have the faculty of some
times putting things in an awkward
light, but I do not intend to injure the
cause. The cause is dear to me, and 1
would not cast swine before pearls,
Neither would I jeopardize the Bucctss of
your paper by contributing what is not
palatable to its readers, and yet my pen
is spoiling for a fight along the lines of
reform. If I could be sure of increasing
your subscription list by a score,! would
pitch in.
How is it that the mau who draws the
biggest salary does the least work. It
has been urged that we must pay well
or we could not gst good, honest men,
but practice proves that the bigger the
pay the bigger the rogue. Our
state constitution provides for seven
state officers to be elected by the people
As railroads increased and other states
elected raiiroad commissions, it was de
termined to appoint some for this state,
Three were appointed under the title of
secretaries, whose duty was to hear com
plaints, take testimony and recom
mend. It would seem with a salary of f 2,000
each, they might do all that was needed
to be done, but no, these secretaries
mast have a secretary to do the work.
a shorthand typewriter. These four
are all to be paid by taxing the corn-
growers and pig-feeders ol the state.
Why not let one of the three be short-
hand typewriter. Th man who hoes
corn has to husk it too.
Then there ure six janitors to sweep
and dust one room, aud a fireman and
spittoon cleaner thrown in, each at f ' a
d-i.y. The first seven, leaving out the
filth pot cleaner, for that job is worth
15 a day, and I would not do it for
that, as I would much rather clean pig-pen-i
do no more work tfiau one of our
twelvorooin public school janitors, who
does all the firing, sweeping aud dusting
at (i ).00 per in iith an 1 scores
would be glad to fill the, places. Why
such unnecessary expense to the tax
paver? With two millions delinquent state
taxes aud two millions more county and
city, it is about time for tax-eaters to
begin to look around. It is hard enough
to stand republican extravagance, but
populist extravagance pinches harder,
because we were promised better tilings.
Don't increase our taxes or our debts
with any O nulin circus, sugar bounty,
fish commission or even u Lincoln stitue.
Drop everything we can live over night
without before going into debt any
more. "
II. W. Hahdy.
The advertisement of Drs. Copeland &
Shepard, which appears on another page
of this paper, is one which every sufferer
from catarrh slfonld read carefully. It
points a way in which those so affected
may be cured, and that, too, without
any great cost for treatment or meili-
cines. 'One of the most thoroughly ap
preciated points in the Copeland & Shep
ard threatment is that thecostis limited
to $5 per month, which jncludes both
treatment and medicines, and that but
a few months are required to cure the
most aggravated cases." freatmentcan
be secured by mad with just as thorough
effectiveness as if the patient visited the
doctor every d ay. Full particulars may
be learned by witing to the address
tiamed in theadvertisemmt.
THE GLASS SUBSTITUTE.
Tectorlum, a Translucent, Infrangible
Material for Window Lighting.
The new invention, tectorium, is a
translucent, Infrangible substitute for
window glass and such as is used for
skylights, conservatories, verandas,
storm windows, transparencies of vari
ous kinds and in street windows where
it is desirable to admit the light while
excluding observation from without,
says the Philadelphia Times. It was
Invented twenty or twenty-five years
ago, received medals at the Antwerp
exposition of 1885 and other interna
tional exhibitions and was . the ma
terial adopted for the roof windows of
the London aquarium, which have an
area of 97,600 square feet. Tec
torium is a sheet of tough, insofuble
gum said to be bichromated gelatin
about one-sixteenth of an inch in
thickness, overlying on both sides a
web or network of galvanized iron or
steel wire, the meshes of which are one
eighth of a square inch. Both surfaces
of the tectorium in ordinary use are ap
parently covered with a varnish of boil
ed linseed oil and it feels and smells
similar to the oiled silk that Is used
In surgery and for sweatbands in, sum
mer hats. It is lighter than glass of
equal thickness, is tough, pliant and
practically Indestructible by exposure
to rain, wind, hail or any shock or
blow which does not pierce or break
the wire web by a violent thrust. It
may be bent in any desired form and
fastened in position by crimping, nail
ing or with putty, like ordinary glass
and when punctured may be repaired.
Its translucence is about the same as
that of opal glass; its color, a green
ish amber yellow, which fades gradu
ally to white from exposure to the sun,
so that while arresting the direct rays
of sunshine It transmits a soft, modu
lated light which is said to be well
adapted to hothouses and conserva
tories. It is a poor conductor of heat
and cold and thus preserves a more
equitable temperature than glass in
rooms containing growing plants. Its
surface is well adapted for painting in
oil colors and is used for illuminated
windows, signs and transparencies In
which strength, lightness and Immun
ity from breakage are essential, espe
cially in arched, curved or irregular
surfaces. The only objections which
are urged against tectorium are that it
is more "or less Inflammable and that In
very warm weather the outside surface
is somewhat softened until dust will
adhere to it, but this may be removed
by wiping or washing, a service that
is usually performed by the rain in
exposed situations. ,
DEADWOOD NICKNAMES.
Queer Titles, Worn by Some of the Old-
Time Characters.
The wild and .woolly West is distin
guished for many peculiarities, but
none so much as the singular names
assumed by some of her people, in
some castes "thrust upou them" The
late Johnny Swift kept a list of such
from the early days of Deadwood that
made amusing and interesting reading
after that poor fellow's death says the
Deadwood Pioneer. Among them
prominently appeared "Wild Bill,"
"Calamity Jane," "Lobster Charley,"
"Big Shot Brown," "Bed Rock Tom,"
"Smoky Jones," "Rattlesnake Jim,"
Colorado Charley," and many others
filled the long list that were familiar
and well known to all the old settlers
of the gulch. . Each and every appel
lation was a distinct feature of the in
dividuality of the bearer and by these
names they were known and addressed
and no other. The ledgers of the
merchants possibly contain to this day
many of these names. In sauntering
down to the Elkhorn freight depot the
other morning a reporter of the Tion
eor thought he recognized in a tall,
fine-looking individual in front of Jim
Allen's saloon, a Mr. Larkin, a mer
chant of Chadron, and saluted him as
such. lie drew himself up to his full
height and said smilingly, ' 'I am not
Mr. Larkin; my name is "Hold-Out
Johnson, this morning." The reporter
begged his pardon, passed on, wander
ing what it had been the night before,
and m-lsing over the singularity of ths
bms.
FOR BOYS AND GIIiLS.
INSTRUCTIVE READING
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
FOR
Origin of You're It Learning to Walk
Two Little Tou In Church Boy
Com position on fcailnra A Water To
bocgon. VE DONE MY
best to learn to
walk,
Bpt find It very
hard,
And when I'm
standing on my
feet
I'm always on my
guard.
Eecause perhaps
you've noticed
this
If I happen to forget -When
I'm thinking then of other things
That I'm not sitting yet.
The floor is apt to rise up quick
An9 hit me quite a blow.
Which makes me feel I'd like to sit
That's why I'm sitting now.
Two Little Tots in Chnrch.
Two little Kansas City tots, one 5 and
the other 4, were allowed to go unat
tended to Sabbath school. At Its close
they decided to remain for church and
sit in the front pew with their grandma.
Now grandma was not able to go to
church that day.' Disappointed as they
were, they remained, and were very
quiet and attentive.. Finally something
was said that greatly annoyed them.
Then whispering commenced.
"If he says that naughty word once
more we will go right straight home,"
whispered Lucy.
"Yes, we will," said little Bessie.
Suddenly the tots looked at each oth
er, then, picking up thelr ipapers, walked
hand in hand down the long aisle and
out of the church.
On their way home they passed the
church In which their other grandma
worshiped. They decided to visit her.
In they went and walked down to the
amen corner and seated themselves by
grandma. i
At the close of service grandma
marched two crestfallen little culprits
home. Then she took them to task for
"disturbing the meeting by coming in
so late. ,
"Now, grandma, you know," said ex
cited Lucy, "that you always told us
when people said naughty words we
should run away from them. The
preacher he swore, he did, and I said
to Bessie that if he said that word again
we would Just have to go home. He did
say It again, and we runned off from
the church."
"What did he say?" asked the amazed
grandmother.
"He said, devil!"
Origin of "You're It."
"Boys, do you know why you say,
'You're it!' when playing tag? Of course
not; the professor didn't either when we
asked him the other day, but he prom
ised to put his entire mind upon so im
portant a subject and let us know at
ofice. '
This is what he says, though with
some of his big words left out:
"The people who live over In England
do not seem to think much of the let
ter 'Ji,' being in the habit of dropping
it from the words where it belongs and
putting it where it does not belong.
What fun there is in it, or why they do
it, no one can tell; but they have been
in the habit of it for a good many hun
dred years.
"For this reason, when the little Eng
lish boys who were great, great grand
fathers years and years ago were hav
ing grand times in their games, they,
too, kept dropping their h's from the
words they were shouting.
"So, when they played tag, as boys do
now, touching each other with their
hands, whenever one boy hit another he
at once shouted out: 'You're 'It!' for he
could not say 'hit,' you know.
"And all the generations of little boys
who have since then been playing the
game continued to say 'it,' instead of
'hit,' even after our fathers learned in
America to always put their h's in every
other word where they belonged.
"Now, boys, let me whisper a word of
warning. Don't tell your teacher what
the professor says. If you do she'll
never give you any peace, but will rap
on the window at every recess and tell
you to say 'hit instead of 'it.' "
Let the Bear Kat Him.
"Speaking of hair-raising adven
tures," said the president of the Ancient
Order of Ananias the other day, as he
lighted a match at the tip of his nose,
"reminds me of a little picnic excursion
I had about five years ago up In the
Rockies. There was a party of us out
there from Chicago hunting and fishing.
We were camped on a trout stream
away up in the Ute Pass, and, as I
would rather fish than lug a gun about
all day, I made daily trips to the stream.
One day I went much farther than ever
before and finally came to a pool that
lay between two high rocks. To reach It
I had to climb up the mountain side and
out on a shelf of rock that overhung
the pool twenty feet below. I dropped
my fly and as fast as it struck the water
I had a spreckled beauty on the end of
my line. But all at once I heard a
scratching on the rock behind me and
on looking around I saw a big she griz
zly bear coming for me with her mouth
wide open. There I was, without gun,
pistol or even pen-knife to defend my
self with, and sure death If I jumped
Into the stream."
"What did you do?" cried the Boston
man in great excitement.
"Do? What could I do? I just sat
there anfl Jet the blanked Jhing eat me
up."
Coltl Day on the Railroad.
"The coldest day I ever knew," said
the traveling man, "was when I trav
eled up the branch to Glinton last win
ter. I knew It was cold When I saw
the fireman get or top the engine with
a shovel to shovel away the smoke as
fast as it froze. Soon after we started
the conductor entered the car, knocked
his head against the side of the door
to break off his breath, and yelled 'tick
ets!" before it froze again. But it was
no use, the word only penetrated a few
feet and stuck fast in the atmosphere,
but, as we could all see cleai'y, we could
. mm
m
lionrwkit t'nanphtotieatrd.
,'udge 1 was famous as one of the
tcft compassionate men who ever sat
noon a bem-h. His soitnet. of heart,
however, did not prevent bim from
doing bis duty as a judge. A man who
had been conv!ctcd of stealing a small
a
; amount was broutrnt into court tor
J sentence. He looked very sad and
hope ess and ttie court was mwu
moved by his contrite appearance.
"Have you ever been sentenced t im
prisonment?" the judge asked. "Nev
er, never!" exclaimwd the prisoner,
bursting into tears. "Don't cry don't
cry," said Judge Q. consolingly,
"you're goinjj to be now.J
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ntrong growth, than most any other va
riety. .
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lowing prices: Turchasers expense, 7
l ounds, $1; 15 pounds, f 2; 30 pounds,
$3. Remit by express, money or postal
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nearest express and postoffice and your
name in full. Enclish & Co.,
Fertile, Polk Co., Minn.
Kuioved. .
McNerney & Eager have moved their
law othce to room 8, Newman block,
1025 O street.
PDIfcinCD miule to attach to any
Ull I II LIC II size or make of pump
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fjrin. A wonderful niHchin- AIbo
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bastian, Gen'l Pass. Agent C, R. I. & P.
R'y, Chicago, for the slickest pack of
playing cards you ever handled, and on
receipt of such remittance for one or
more packs they will be sent you post
paid.
Orders containing 60 cents in stamps
or postal note for same amount will se
cure five packs by express, charges paid.
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Chicago,Rock Island
Pacific Railway.
The Rock Island in foremost In Adopting any
plan calculated to improve speed and Rive that
loxnr.r. safety and comfort that the popular
patronage demands. Its equipment is thorough
ly complete with Vestihuled Trains.
BEST DINING CAR SERVICE IN THE
WORLD.
Pullman Sleepers, Chair Cars, all the most ele
gant and of recently improved patterns.
Its specialties are
FAST TIME,
COURTEOUS EMPLOYES,
FIRST-CLASS EQUIPM'T
and first-class SERVICE
given
For toll particulars as to Tickets.Maps, Rates,
iddIv to any connon ticket airent in the United
States, Canada or Mexico, or address
JOHN SEBASTIAN, G.P.A..
Chicago.
SULPHO-SALINE
Bath House and Sanitarium
Corner 14th X St.,
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.
Open at All Honrs Day and Night
All Forms of Baths.
Turkish, Russian, Roman, Electric.
With Special attention to the application ol
NATURAL SALT WATER BATHS.
Several times stronger than sen water.
Rheumatism, Skis, Bicod and Nerraas Dta.
aaaa, Ura and Kidney TroUMee and Chroale
Ulments are treated successfully.
gSea Bathing
ay be Joyed at all seasons In onr laraa SALT
IWlMMINa POOU MiH3 feet, t to 10 feet deep.
Stated t nnUorm temperature of 80 degrees.
Drs. M. H. & J. O. Everett,
Uanaaiac PhysWaaa,
ru
Homeseeker's Excursion.
Ylia tho Burlinitton, January 5, 19
February 2 and 16. On the above dates
the Burlington will sell round trip tick
ts at one fare plus '$2 to all points in
Vrkansas, Indian Territory, Oklahoma
ind Texas; also to many points in Ari
:na, Louisana and New Mexico. For
ill information apply at B. & M. depot
r city office, corner Tenth nnd 0 streets.
GEO. W. BONNELL, C. P. and T. A.