'IHK NkHKSK4 I IMUH KM I Ik (V I'
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
August 12, 1897
ABOUT THE MANAGEMENT.
Official of Irstitution in low4 Not o
CourttoUH Nbrsk Of-
' ficen.
During our Lriof stuy in Mt. Pli'usunt,
Jown, wa wwofrwiuently told that we
must on 110 account l?av the city with
out visiting tint lttt bv.pltul for the
insane, which hntt the reputation of hi-
Ingotm of the largest and bent conduct
ed Institution of tliH kind to be found in
the central or wi'sti'rii stub'. It in po
si bio that thin tuttmmt I true, for
though considerably dlsnpjioiiitud in the
rt'wptlon glvtm visitor (so different
from the thoughtful and kindly courfesy
eitunded to Iho humblest citizen by of
llcliil in our national capital, or the
public serviinls of the gondii states of
Colorado, Nwbraska, Kansas or Wyom
ing) wo rwillxe that there tuny be many
good things concealed about the Mt.
l'leasant Institution that may huve
feature worthy of imitation if one
could htam what they are. mid, though
Hap'arJinprobablo, it may be Unit
the inmate uie tr.-atod with greater
consideration than are their guests.
After a considerable preparation for so
great an event, we passed through the
well kept grounds and by means of the
north entrant entered the ample hall,
No attendant w I11 fulling, but a
good tinturud looking giuut In uniform
rose slowly to his feet und came from
outside tne building to where we huddled
together wondering if "anybody wns at
home," To him we stated that we were
visitor to the state us well as to the
hospital and that we would be glad to
see the points of interest about the build
ing and grounds. We were then shown
Into a waiting room and left alone,
il'ivlng at thut time no doubt that a
set of courteous oflleial was one of the
feature oil whieh the institution prided
itself we awaited the jileasure of a chat
with the superintendent doubting not
(hat he would Introduce us to the phy
sician, million and other oflleluls, and
alter doing the honors for the great
state of Iowa would either nmiinpuny
11 in htmoii or, if busy, see thut we had
a capable ntti'mJnnt.wjlliiig to give us In
formation and show us all that whs to be
seen, Jtut agniii was there a verification
'of the old udage "lilexsed am he who ex
pects not IiIiik, for he shall not lie disap
pointed." la a few moments our tit
tendrttit returned with a bored and
unhappy look on his fac, evidently
having failed in 1111 iitlempt to shift us
011 someone el ho mid absolve himself
from responsibility. With the cordial
Invitation that he "sposed he might as
well take us through now us any time"
he led the way ut a four mile an hour
gait through ahallundupa nuir of
stairs and rapidly along a few empty
corridors without offering a word ol
explanation or even glancing over his
brawny shoulders to see whether or not
we -vere following. Ileing good on foot
uud not very easily daunted the writer
niMiiMei to catch up and ly men us of
two direct queslious learned that there
were about POO inmates and that some
thing like half that number attend
chapel exercise. The only important
im- of information acrpiired was that
our attendant is acquainted with one
Hpurlock, of York county, in our state,
whose wife had V'sited Mt. Pleasant a
short time "K", and Unit H u 1-1 k
thoiiub caudidute of the third party,
prohibitionists, for congress in our dis
trict last fall is at heart a republican,
Voting that ticket ut the last election
and Intends doing so nxain.
This fuct Mr. Siurloek, a very pious
and morbidly virtuous man him always
denied and we were glad to uncertain I lie
fact from this unexpected source
though it wns hardly along the line of
knowledge se were seeking. After a
forced march of perhaps ten minutes we
hulled nt the lisud of a stairway and
while we were cntrhing our breath the
head of the intittitiou piiHHcd slowly be
fore ns w ith all the sttvt re dignity of a
load of hay. For the benefit ol
future visitors from my state who
limy not Is accorded t lie favor of even a
distaut view of this great muu, I will
say that he has all the outward npsar
ami's i( an i diluted balloon covered
with tan linen. To the build of the 11111
jectiu clydemlule add the action anil
Hnu of the turkey gobbler in his'movtk
nieiit of w If admiration and one can
have a pretty accurate men tul photo
graph 01 this disliniiuinhetl person, An
irrtivcrvul member of the party annull
ed attempted diunity caused him to
look bk h brick hou in puntcieM
but this wns r lisps a shlitly otsi
drawn comparison.
1'tiH suH-riiiteiident may bat ln
very luy, but he didn't look it. After
b had laded from view our attendant
with mirthing likeuuimation announc
ed that hi dates sers over and that he
would scud stun one to udut't us
throUKM tits other wards. Aftrr he was
Roue w titinwd linn, lis wasa k(hI
knurl! fellow sud though Ik' could not
IHinct-hI that m inus as guide Ixin-d him,
Its was only pm.nni.lv, not acutely, rtds
to us a was Ids Ivtitnl aim lollosed
him. ' waited rliiiN a couple ol
miiiutr aba woman with an pri-
S'oa es Iter In e St tli.iiigH ln. iiim
Iking lory OiS'trffw Md. r hrr Simmi
hitt aas at bmt an lurtto r af Idas
tier luoutk, el rod hurriedly pat u and
with m ei like tlis springing i a salad
siwl trap ii t id out, 'Vtons on." alu r
eke Kl. iMtlvd tea or tle l t Utou I
a. Kit I li (at' at I luiUiSihl u
littbi ittu k, Is nits swtpt on a utd
Iks! Uft wtuirf lacs !, as nirMioa
4 dv rsotiil ispirr aitd Sksl ta kf
ttsef d e Uii4 mm I ttMMai th doors
tbr a a proumtf , a 'tia'r ap
rt m a e'ka taut; ..
iiatiag upoa lr l i l ei lni( rto4nt
aaaiw ou HiiiK rl m vrt4is
MrroaJiu, il 'hl l a i'l't to
hats tit tuiMii.iiin of lHaaily.
( uw4'ily sir Iruiio-I na
ail a iMMiitwr ol ti (ariv t)vttiisi 'I
.tU that, W s bM '-iajd
slt Moakl Im Iwllrf Ikaa sks ap
ir J, walsrvd arkly t la sira h
forvs til tipMis !
aW. ks rUMksst. "loa 1 1.'
sK aaapt!, lla Ika ! t kUa."
"Il apara iarf tkaa war aailal la
fUMU," It kairM la tta(la
tory Us, "a," aa Ik rply, "V.
kt sKilwlsl, too, " W d 's'l Ikiak
tuatti wlai ,Ntl.aka kopilala kf,'
His courage ns well as breath being ex
hausted, be dropped back to his oarty
completely squelched, and the dispir
ited procession swept rapidly through a
corridor or two to the pluce of begin
ning, where they were ui-missed by a
lovely wave of the ha mi accompanied
by the only informal ion elm hud bo
stowed, "Thtt't the wty out,"
Whether or not the report that the
Mt. l'leasant asyluin has superior ar
rangemeuts for feeding its patient Is
true; whether or not they have an ad
mirable place to Hlaugh tor u ml care lor
meats; whether they have any conven
ience or siwciaj lacilities for taking
care of patients, we are utterly unable
to state. What we did not see It bus
taken us some tune to relate. What we
saw can be told in less than four lines:
We climbed u winding stairway, grand,
Wo saw a rather spacious hall,
Through thi ws ran a loot-race, and
Tin) t wu all.
A, Yoiikku.
SOME COMPARISONS.
The Attack ot the Sut Journal on Eric
Johnson Without Foundation
The Htale Journal has uul another
conniption fit. I trolled up itscyesaud
groaned so that even Joe Johns on wept,
It was about Krlu Johnson and the
iirintlnir of the huzielutiv manual. It Is
sa'id that Krio used some of the old
plates of thu previous edition. A the
plate were good, and contained tlx
matter that ha lo go Into every miinu.
ul, 110 one could give a good reason why
he should not use them. The Journal
failed to state that Kric lost money on
the job, und that Ins tend of ICric having
filched money from the state, the stats
filched several dollars from Kric.
After having read the Journal f
thought 1 would see how the Holy and
Immuciilulo retniblicans did these
things. In 1MH!J they paid lirud
Hluughter f'l.VU-'O for ''compiling,' the
manual und fl.00 each for printing
them. .Now poor Kile did not put in
any bill lor "compiling" at ull uud got
05 cents for printing.
Ja 1HH7 Jiiadgot f.WO.OO "preparing"
and the Ktato Journal f 150.00 for print
ing the manual. Honest Kric did not
put in any bill for "preparing" uud got
U.'l.'l-'.f.O for printing. This is the story
told by the vouchers ,No s 4H7,, 41
dVJ, 42.TJI, niiiHVf.Vjrj. Any man who
doubts can go and look at them.
Now Jirud Hluughter is a very clever
fellow, it is said that he wept when he
saw that article in the HtuteJournul. He
knew that there wns an old not) ut the
capital loosing over the books and had
a very good Idea ol what sort 01 a reply
would be made to the at tack on I'.rlo
Johnson.
Awuy back in 1H77 f'.rad got S2.'0.00
for "preparing copy for thu secretary of
state," In 1HM; ho got fL'00.00 for
compiling the manual, in JHN7 lie got
.0,00 lor "preparing," und other
years I have not had time to look up,
but you may bet your money that I'-rad
was there all right T, II. Tiihii.kh.
SMALL HAPPENINGS.
THAT FAMOUS CIRCULAR.
Sent by the Labor Bureau to the Mana
ger of lb Argo Manufacturing
Company.
The following I the circular which was
sent out by tbo labor bureau, to which
Curl Morton took exception uud that
caused him to sign the disgraceful letter
written by his father, J. Slifuig Mor
ton, to J, A. Kdgerton. The correspond
ence is to be found on page 0. Our
readers can determine lor themselves
whether the circular contains mailer
that should offend any hiiHincNs man:
Lincoln, Neb., July I I, lMi)7.
Hear Sir: We desire to Inform you
thut the free employment depart
ment of this bureau is now open
and has on file a large number of appli
cations lor all kinds of positions. If you
need any help in any line, we would be
glad to furnish you with a list of appli
cants in that line, us 011 file iu this of
fice, (u.-services in the matter are en
tirely free, us we are operating under a
state law; und our object, m writing you
to advise you of the existence of Hie
department uud to secure places for th"
worthy unemployed.
neliois, us nearly ns may lie. to lur-
nish an intelligence office fur the entire
tals, lietwieii those who want work
uud those who want help; uud we desire
essN'iully to supplant thn vicious pri
vate employment agencies thut prey on
the needy. To do these things we must
have t lie active co-os-rallon ol all the
the employ r in the state. May we have
yours?
Hoping lo hear from you soott, I re
main, very truly yours,
J. A. DiMlKUTo,
I'hii f chief eldrk sUte labor bureau.
J ist tiy lo box ol rscarl,th la
est liver and bowel regulator eer mad.
Moo; To Loan.
Any
IHiuity good Chattel s-urity.
amount liout o,oo to f Mat 00
Vt.M, lfci, Itooiu ,'ti Harr llloek,
Lincoln, Nb,
(Mention th laib lsad. ut I
Ik (tat IrriftWa Jarjal.
lU'pM'Miiliiig th ihonsau Uot t'riga
Una laruisis la tra Amr', tlir
Moalv on pniraal putiiutod l' l-iy rep
rrwallitii titir iMtrts, UmUIui Hi
ho. Ut til th Iirtt4ltd d stiit i ot
Id t u lit hum ol " rul Anne4,"
a knioU.iiit iil yi poirs'ttol latt
aiiit.t rtli to ad Hoi uitertwd la Ir
rssiioM mat l 1 and Ike ad laaevmval
id lH.le.n tHlep( mf, ksllua' bolia
I om 1 1 icmUIio h ik llll t-tu ol
lb MeMkuippt Mlr ldiBf il.iasl,
a t l ta teratut'sitdii( l,5s
HlXUlklf.
la o.f tt e u !V,l HI silra eitn
nUr la Ik hI si I aoiks lk
Jtiursal aulli miUl lr ol big .i
sat a t lrM ! oa vr oa rvi id
.VI nHti la siaiuiMk V04 all lb ir
ratoa ol h a.n4, auk 0
4imi im k ol oraiul kail oh arav
iar lilasiralis; sa la triald lv
rti,i. td tw titast H, asr, V U
lor, I. IV tt IA, Kater.t'oU
labaalr vaa ar ! al al
lU Aasi lra4l-MI) ila Hk
lrl, I S rsl.
Auditor Cornell has returned from a
short visit in the country.
June Abbott has returned from a
pleasant trip to Colorado.
1'rivoto Hecretary Ibmton Maret. has
gone on a pleasure trip to the liluck
Hills.
Mrs, Mnry ICIIen Lease lias been lect
uring la Iowa and her agent is billing
her for a number of town la Missiouri,
Cyclone iMvis is billed for n number of
speeches In Iowa during tue approach.
Ing campaign,
A labor exchange at Akron, Ohio, that
bus been In operation for a little over a
year, Is a decided suewss,
Milwiiukee Is lo decide by I ho referen
dum whether thu (iermun language Is to
be taught in her public schools.
The next session of the Trims-Missis-sippi
congress will be held at Wichita,
Kansas,
The Annex Ib-stauranl Ifi.'l Hon Hi
12th street, best in the city. Meals 1 'c,
JJeputy Hecretary of Kt.ate 0, C. Wees
uerhuM gone for a vamtion trip to In
diana, Tim secretary of state's office I busy
distributing the copies of the acts of the
last legislature as fast us they are re
ceived from the publishing house,
J. M, Whlttaker has called the county
convention of the people's Independent,
parly of Itlchardson county to be held
nt Fall City, A ugust 'il, 1 8'J7,
The brewer urs about to orguni.o
Into a national trust, Forty-fl v per
cent of the stock of the breweries I
owned by L'ugllsh noii' residents,
A large number of New Kuglund
factories began the 1st of August by
closing up, At Fall ilivcr alone, eight
thousand mill hands were thrown out of
employment.
Hnpcrln tended t Jackson lias visited
many of tb! western counties and has
nt tended many meetings. He has gone
to Halem to address the Lhuutumiuu
now in session at mac place.
Major K. 0, I'Vehet und hi son have
gone to timing Horn mountains on u
fishing trip, 1 ho ma or also visited his
old post nt Fort Mclviiiney, Us will re
turn In time to attend the encampment
of the National (Juurd, in case the gov
ernor decides to have an encampment
lids year.
Charles A. Host, the heaviest stock
holder and principal creditor of the Liu.
ton Manufacturing company at Hugi
naw, Michigan, with a capital slock of
1100,000, filed a bill this afternoon ask
ing for the appointment of it receiver 011
the ground that the concern is insol
vent, Liabilities are 170,000,
Mr. I'.r.vaa Is resln g In yellow Hlone
I'urk, Mrs. Jiryun und the children hav
ing uccompuniod him there. The l'a-
ciflc Hlope papers gave detailed 11c
coiinl of the Hryiin tour und (eligibly
editions of all the speeches made. No
such crowds had ever la-en seen in Hie
town visited. At Walla Walla
"Mother Lagan" who was present
when I'ryua was born, was one of the
first to grasp his hund at the depot.
Walter Clark, Associate Justice of
the Hupremo Court of North Carolina,
in a recent address to the HtaOi liar
Association of Teniiesee, made a formal
arraignment of the Constitution of the
I. nited Htale, pointing out its tenden
cy to bring about centralization. j
urged that the Lulled mutes Metiutors
should bs elected directly by the teople
J lie appointive power 01 the (resident
and the evils to wliich it so plainly
leuds were clearly brought out.
Articles of Incorporation have been
filed with the secretary of state by the
Redskin Mining company, which pro
poses to deal 111 mining proMrty and
mines in Colorado from its headquarters
ut Lincoln. The coin puny Is to liuve nil
authorized capital stock i,f 1, (((, 001)
and when the fee is paid it w ill contrib
ute to the revenue of th secretary ol
state's oIIIch over $100. Tim incorpora
tors are Corey M. Hunt, L. It. hullle,
Fred A. Miller, I). C. Hell, imou Young
uud L. 1 1 illicit.
Cougressmiiii O.tborne has been in
vited to accompany Hon. William J.
liryau this full on a trip through Mexico,
to study the industrial conditions of
that country uud to look into the silver
question related to monetary affairs iu
l he I 'nited States. Congressman Osborne
a ill probably accept, il the trip can be
made before congress convenes iu
Heceiliber.
On page 5 of this Issue; our readers
willllud what Dr. Hhcpurd has to say
this week. It will pay every on to turn
right to it uow. A great ieiolly sys
tem Hindi is the work and pride of lr,
Shepurd. is the result of years of faith
ful study uud effort. All classes of
isiople iu Nebraska who cannot go I j
Oiiniha for treatment, may tie cured ut
home. The farmers o Hie N est, tlud it
epciully lortuuiii lo get rid of chronic
disease wnnoilt III h-ii 11I a hie (o
the city. Send toda v lor lr. Kliepnrd's
New llook mid consultation blanks, 1011
will never regret it.
Pom Oood Paretic,
I'Oll HAl.K One twomnted tension
top surrey in good repair 175, one
two-seated loindv wagon f.'l.'t, on
rou I curt 1 1, one a I top buugv cheap
nl f.'l.l, one top ih livtry wagon, with
an shade, good u new, i.i, on ex
tension lop rat -under lurriss f 7."V.
oes nt l, on lop bimgy VJ.V one
at ll't, lo al lll ea h, oimi .'M lop
baggy, good Its new, f V, OH 7 lop
buugy t V on at l. on al .".0,
itnw liliggles Ion Isen piiillli-d OVef
by Mr. jpp, on id Ik 11 rarnsg
ptontvr n Hi int. Mliuv hUo a
ranopf lop 1 hsftou, i., f 5, pries
11,'. 1 tin ni. iii ii top urrv I'l'i,
pre liO, imw ml under csiiopy .
sirftv, piiild or, f"., go.u m
it. , i rwd siiois, hum at f J , II .
.11 fillraik, ks pll Ulilitadi
ssoUi'f 1 ir ol U dM Molui ear-
rmge. plini-liui, l.titigMV, fosd ii
hmkma' IfloiKe laud tig ot
our Boors, lb li.st stisk ta lb
lalf 4 ItiMtr, posif ihlntor, an
lr,Hi M u ehoa gi'ds, will tra l aa
rarila, hiluu, ttMrfgure lor ot I
ouna al Ihwir Kk s ur, a i la
biat it on mldr ir earriag, 4
ratds-r iir !.. I rtir loa pha
lon, ad N Usoa M iliar, arad aa I
wraatJ, wdl Ira l lor ewoad bawd
ell lire al lktr vwk ala. a ka
alHtlall s-siUfi oit,H(Wi lo"i.
aad wart aalrd a kave op buaay
lor fit aad rvnkl, wks k la ei ilen
itiy a llil. II ai krf Unai'
llstdaare I o , roiai r Mtk aad V
Look for the new stock of
LAMP
and
Qiieeaas-w-ajre
At Rudge & Morris Co.
Aug. 10th.
We will add to our stock ol House Furnishing Good a full and complete
line of Crockery and Lamps--will havj; the only complete stock of
House Furnishing' Goods
Wt-st of Chicago. Why not buy everything you want to furnish your house
with at one store. 15y doing no you can get better terms and lower prices
than if you purchased the same amount at half a dozen different stores.
1 it . iaii n. nmMMi 1
s t ltnaa hub n 11 t iiiuiiiiiiiinrii nr riiinii
II IUU VVQIII IUDOIIOWUIO Ul UUIJUIU i
In the near future now is the time to buy, a the new tariff will advance
prices at an early date,
Space Forbids
further detail in this issue.
Suffice it to say that we will endeavor to carry
the most complete stock of House Furnishing in
the west, and at a less price than it can be pur
chased elsewhere.
HUME MORRIS CO., :
a. 4am m umut
1110toll20 NSt, Lincoln, Neb.
SlBB 17-fCftmUMtolkmUnw f Win V
Hn.sMTM Ml !. effltmi fM alnieifi
r
r
ft Bousing Economy MleS
A Slaughter Sale!
ON LADILH SHIRT WAISTS.
7.'i(! Lndifs' Shirt WuislN. now !':
fl.00 und II.V.5 Lndii-s' Shirt Waists
,tl(!
now
ULfiO und 1 .75 Lndii-s' Shirt Wnixts
now
Lacesl Lacesl
Irish Points und Orlfnliils nt Urn
lollowiiiuri'diiftion: c, 10p, 1'jy
14c. 10c, and lUfl. lU-milur ilfs
H 12 V, 1H, -0,;, Mn,,
Hosiery
00 doti-n Missi-s' S,'Ullllis llililu'd
l ine I !, iilmoliiti ly IiikI IiIiii K,
.1 lo 7, ri'Kular ri- l-V.
HS'li
7i lo 0, nKiilsr riii 1 tins
wei'k
lilt!
iav
1 loiln Laki-idw I.. I.. MikImi, 1 yd
vild ritiiiliir rice .V Ihis ark... IV
t'l ini I'riHMi-iit ShiriliiM. i la'
il,- a yd, this .-k r.cyd
;ii ,m I'riin li liinshain rrsular
ritv 1 11, litis amk .
Shoes! Shoes!
. . .Hanoi I us. . . .
7'2 (mil's Ludi'-s' Kid button nnd
IH'cdlii und om rii, inti'iit tii ton,
I'i'Ktiliir pricn $1 .i0 nnd f 1.75. this
v.i'k f L.'i.'iiir
(id mir l.udi)'' Kid liutton, tiHll
toi'. iuti-nt tip, 2 to H, ri'KMlnr
lriu f2.00, this week 1.711 pr
00 pi iir Liidifs' Kid hut ton uud Iik'u
poiiitid tot s, pitliint tip, to 7',,
rcKulur pricn 2."0: this wmk f 2.15 pr
.'10 puirn Lmlii's' Kid hutton uud Ini'u
iit-ioHo Icm's, atent lip, 2!i to 7,
rcKiilnr rii' $.'1.00; this wk..........2.45 pr
Children's and .MImmV
Oxfords and Slippers.
21 pitiis ('iilldn-n's Hli'ipcrs, ri-uulur
priinlMM and f 1 .00; now., "uu
.'III piur Mi, llilnrd, rliiirimile,
iitixllii tut-, i to n, ri'Kulur prico
now inn
21 puns MiiV ( ixtunls, t'luM-olnl,
iiiwlltt lit, r', In 11, r wnliir piiin
f I. till, UOW SlK
Groceries.
2 Hi'k)l I'offr J,',,,
rid Apriroi, ,'l It, lur,
i'rh'd IVni'lo', emrn nun, r Hi lu
hm d IN are, r Hi,.. ihi
l.tlra limirK Irs hiliiim, Muulur
pm 1,'if, 1 bis mI, -r U , I2',i'
linod I'liinilnrrtl Japau '1 1 11, liulr
litkw.H.V, I It ak r Hi V5n
ii'iill. I', Ira tMe ak, r ll htk-
T V U. I'. IVa llo a,k, ir IU ,,,, ... n.la
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IHL1T &
OC1 O Ctrcot,
Oppcclto HP- O.,