Nebraska Newspapers

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The Wealth Makers and Lincoln Independent Consolidated.
VOL. IX.
LINCOLN, NEBR., THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1897.
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. IpdtffUHS TAX.
Sonw Season Jy it Should bo
Adopted In Tbia
Country.
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ACOUii ITION VS. CREATION
Impossible for, a Man to Earn
a Million j.
Dollars.
Th'w In Ollur Countries.
T' following la an extract from a
(paper prepared by Dr. C. F. Taylor and
read before tfc American aaaoclatlon for
the advancement ofscionc at Buffalo,
N. Y; The aufcject o! Inheritance taxa
tion hue never received much attention
- in thl country, but i at this time
rapidly coining to the front aa a politi
al laaue In many atatee.
Dr. Taylor says the disposition of
property by will Is not a natural right
WLen an owner of property die the
property that formerly belonged to birn
ia distributed to hie childrnn or bia near
et kin, or according to hi will, if be
baa left a will. We are no accustomed to
tbia that we think helra of the blood
.bav a "natural" right to claim the
property that belonged to their klne
nan now dead, or that u possessor of
property ha a "natural" right to direct
fcy will what auuii oe aone witu nia pro
perty after he ia dead. Instead of being
natural righta theae rlghta are entirely
artificial. Using created by law they
an be unmade by tb same power that
tnade the law.
As a brief inquiry into what li
""natural" in these reapecta lot na take a
fx 0 into the animal world. Who ever
Jieard of a bird building ueata to leare
to ita grown-up deceudante? Tb fol
lowing would be a very ludicrous pio
turn: An old and prosperous bird dies,
lie loaves a row of nest to be rented
out to other birda for the beuefit of bia
.fortunate family, i be rental price ia a
nice fat worm of certain dimensions
very morning and evening foreocb nest,
Let ua imagine one of the beir-birda suf
fering from indignation and hoadache.
The doctor ia sent for, and being of
.sensible and independent aort, aaya
plainly, "You need exerciae." The Indo
lent heir-bird dot not like the idea of
"bUNtling" out upon the wing, eo sends
lor a very fashionable quack doctor,
who praises, flattera and indulge, and
r her birdMhip spends a life of indolent,
miserable eoae, and the unfortunate
"rectera" spend lives of anxious, over
worked hardship.
Au equally ludicrous picture could be
drawn irom any sphere of the animal
kingdom. And it doea not take ua long
to aee that, the natural method ia aa fol-
jows;
l'arenta give protection and suaten
suce to their offspring until adolescence;
then come a briof period of traiuing
and partial auatenance. which aoon ter
minate in the young adult animal be
ing left to depend upon bia own exer
tiona.
ow let na look into the community
life of the aavage. Possession other
than distinctly peraonal objecta are
usually in common. Ifoth Individual
and tribal exUteuce ia dependent upon
tbe protection lor which the tribe waa
orlgiually formed; and tbia fact ia
worth taking into accouut;poscsionsat
death rovert to tbe tribe or to tbe bead
of the tribe, to be used for the general
good. To thia day the sheik of a
bedouin tribe possesses all the property
of the tribe, not for hiitiHelf, but for the
tribe, ror example, tbe guide at the
pyramid turn their earning over to
tbe aheik. At the death of tbe aheik, th
protierty decenda to the succeeding head
of the tribe, aa guardian rather than
posessor, and alwaya for th general us
of the tribe.
Aa we approach civilized life, we not
tbe Individual ownerahlp of property.
Out of thia grew the law of Individual
inheritance, There arc those who claun
that all th glorie of civilisation, the
discoveries ol science, t It wrfection of
art, th exalted hope and aspirations
ol th roc graw out of th dcllniug of
Individual proiierty right and th pro
taction thereof. And there ar those
who believe that the crime, th corrup
tion, th mi wry and woe, th want and
destitution, selflahnea and grand, and
all th iiiibaiNn ebildred uf thea black
and htdeou inou;ire, all th unnatural
and loathaont in ol body and oul, all
of which ar confined ehielly to ao-ealM
clvilUad aiM-n-ty, ar due primarily lo th
Individual ownership of property.
IVrhap a bred consideration of bow
property tome iutoailateac will throw
milt light upon th right ol Individual
ownarahip and traaautlaaion and th
limit hef..
Kotuuaoa trueo uki am layout
wealthy, Jtjr hi unaldjcd efforU harould
aotrrte wealth. The power to rraat
wealth t vaat.'y InrreAMHl by tool, divt
ma of laUr, itiarhiaery, layantuiaa,
lit., aad tMantlxally tame ar du In
atl, 1 h agaii aa wMWr(ully
Im rvuMHl wiaa Itwwarjr la vrralie
WtxtUli, and by ateait ot ha a(vai'W
IiIim4 ?Mity kw litu itrioeiy
wvaltay la i-tf matvrtal wituluft, row
tttH and laiury.
1irviM tittliM wkivk U lorciMg
HmU to the Intnl. au I will eooa daataal
a rttlUtt). T kuM do llmw MIM'
htru aad UiaruM, tkvaw wtaiif form
walik rll by wKwlf, iigktlully h
Ua
wkiWfttitigludiiMaal laitlwtivw and
aterprM fjr rightful mdt, yt
theae alone would be futile. However
industrious and enterpriaiug Hobinaon
Cruaoe might have been, he could never
have had the comfort that the humblest
laboring man in civilized aociety enjoy.
Give Cruaoe the choicest tool and ho
would be poor, I 'luce on bia ialuud the
moat advanced machinery of modern
times, and teach him all the arts of the
skilled machinist and leave bim alone
again, and ho would still be poor. lie
must nave the cooperation of bia fcllowe
befoie hia position - would be substan
tially improved.
Given all these condition, aud we find
that, while the maaaea labor from morn
till night year after year, and get only a
small portion of th product of labor, a
few get much more than their juat share,
have aervauta, go abroad to live, leave
vaftt estates, etc. If the workingmeo
are Indebted to the advantagea of ao
ciety for tbe improvement ol their con
dition over that of Cruaoe, how much
mora la the man who accumulated (not
created) wealth Indebted to society I For
example, In the midst of our great for
tune today, th following calculation
will be in torus time: It will be readily
granted that a workiiiicmm who saves
on dollar per day above living expenses
every working day, and who baa the
opportunity of doing thia rontinuoualy
month after month and year after year,
ia very fortunate. Hut let u suppose
thuta worklngmau began working and
saving at thia rat at the beginning of
theChriatiao era, and that hia life had
been miraculously prolonged through
all theae centuriea, bow many milliona
(baring interest) would be be worth to
day!' 1 ou will be surprised to near that
hia first million would be only a little
mora than half earned. Thou what shall
we aay to those wbo vet not only on
million, but many milliona, during the
brief tlm of the efficient portion of a
human life? Certainly millionaire get
more than the ad van t aire of tool, ma
chinery, and cooratiou in tbe ordinary
euse. Jt la only by special privilege 01
eome aort that the accumulation of so
much aa a million dollar ia possible.
And the "accumulation" ia not the pro
cess 01 earning, but ol In aome way in
eluding the forcee of civilized aociety to
contribute to Individual coffer Instead
of to th general good.
Our law give protection in the pos
session of thea unearned and unnatural
large fortunea; not only protection In
their poaaeaaion, but the right to trans
mit tbe aurne at tbe death of tbe o wner
according to bia will, or, in tb absence
of a will, the property goee to the des
cendant of tbe owner. It ua notice
that society, the force of which much
more than tbe industry of tbe Individual
created the fortune, make no claim aa
an heir to the fortune; or, to put it in
another way, the state, by roeana of
whose institutions and fostering protec
tion th accumulation aud retention of a
(urge fortuue become posaible, makes no
claima aa an heir at tbe death of tbe
owner. There are two reasons why ao
ciety or the state should be on heir in
these caaea. The first ia, if tbe force of
aociety, rather than tb force of tbe In
dividual, created the fortune, aociety
abould have aright to the poaaeaaion of
at leaar a part of the fortune, if not at
the time of the accumulation, certainly
after the accumulator ia dead.
Hecond, the elate haa many ward
growing up in vie and ignorance, aud it
needa Ua rightful resources to give
healthful and moral surroundings and
needful educational advantage to those
who, without auch aid, will become crim
inals and paupera luatead of useful citi
zens. We have seen that in the animal world
the "natural" inheritance of tbe off
spring I sustenance during the period of
incapacity, and traiuing during the
period of adolescence. It is seldom, and
only through accident, that the young
animal fails to receive tbia natural in
heritance. When adult life ia reached
further inheritance invariably ceoaea.
Kbotild not society, or oa aome would
prefer to express it, the state, insure to
its needy younir tbia "natural" inherit
ance, particularly when it baa so good a
claim aa an heir to these large unearned
fortunes? Those wbo inherit by descent
or will these immense fortune (only by
grace of the law) get a superabundant
aud undeserved inheritance, while the
waifs of society do not even get their
natural right of auatenance and train
ing. My proposition la to take a portion
Irom tbe excoasirely larue inheritance,
and with thia portion restore tb natu
ral aud liulili'u! iulieiitituiw to the toai'a.
Th almtraotinar of a part of au In her I -
taut I usually culled an Inheritance
tax; but I pioteat against thia theory.
An estate, whose former owuer ia dead,
belong to uo one, except by the grace
aud oouseut of th state. Kx-I'remler
Itonebury aay that th dead band ha
no right. Tb will that the hand now
dead ha executed la also dead, except
aa tbe elate bring it to life. The d
eendanta of the lormer owner did not
earn th wealth, heuc it i not their,
except aa the tat may permit. Titer
I abundant legal authority lor ttiia
ptwilitin.
1 contend mat Iha state should o a
Drat aud prafvrred hair to a portion of
very xcwaaivdy larga estate; alter
huh th remainder may b divided a
at present, ih state inherltanc
should aot b nut into th enral ImJ
fur ordinary ipna, tut b devoted to
lhetblialiUMMit ol lustitutiou lor the
uateuane aud traiuing ol i bildrvu Iroiu
In slum id th ilti wboaa natural
pruteviur have ait bar died or antln-
eom patent.
I ls pnui-ipla ol iulieritane taxation I
all tatabiialied all UVT tb flllle,
witrld. I naUad gat twalv -f cut of
bar tulal rUli (about "l.,IMHI,(HH
trout lat Miina, aad some oaalria get
aa aitfb a tweaiy twrraut, ) ranee iai
aa Dills during Ida, a Wall a property
trauaatitiati at th daatl ol tha uwuar,
Th Mpattvaa of th world that
Ihwkiwdof tat t .IU'tel ilr aad
t'oatiaaatj oa KlgMk I'ag )
KA1LK0AD PROBLEMS
The Authority of the Ooyarnment
to Buy Railroads and
Operate Them.
OPINION B7 T. E. WATSON.
Title to Eailroad Property Not More
Sacred Than to Prirate
Property,
Tb frlneltl of "Kinlnant Doraslu."
Tb problem of govornmentownerahip
of railroada ia not well understood bj
th masses of th people. Moat peoplo
do not uuderatand tb meaning of th
"right of eminent domain" and th
method by which government owner
abip could be brought about.
A prominent railroad official, 13. W,
Carter, recently wrote letter to lion.
Thomaa E. Wateon, aaking him bow tbe
government could obtain possession of
tbe railroad. Tbia railroad official aaid
that be regarded railroad "charter" aa
"contract" between tbe companlea and
tb atate and Inquired of Mr. Wateon,
"Can tb atate ignor ita contract, and
retake th soil on which railroada have
been constructed'"
Mr, Wataon called Mr. Carter' atten
tion to th fact that if he will look in
Webster dictionary he will find tbat
thaVKight of eminent domain la tbat
superior dominion of the eovereign pow
er over all tb property within the atate,
including that previously granted by
itself, which authorize it to appropriate
any part thereof to a necessary public
use, reasonable compensation being
made "
In abort, tb principle of eminent do
main ia tbat the eovereign power in a
atate ia auprerae; tbat individual good
must give way to general good; that
private property must yield to public
necessity reaaonabl damage being
paid.
, Thia ia th law under which the rail
roada got their real estate. It muat oc
cur to Mr. Carter npon reflection tbat it
would be a atrange atate of tbinga that
th legislature could take hi land aud
give it, at an assessed value, to th rail
roada, and that after tbe railroada got
it tb title was mor sacred than when
be bad it.
A railroad cannot own land by any
higher title than Mr, Carter doea. When
public necessity take a slice of hia land
for a corporation, wby cannot tbe eame
law get tb land beck and bold it for tb
public for whose benefit It waa first
taken?
Mr. Carter ask a me if I think a charter
ia a contrast. Under the decisions I am
bound to aay yea. Hnt when the atate
grant bim a neadright grant to a piece
of land, ia not tbat alao a contract? Ia
not every man'e title to land a contract
which tbe atate by it conatitution and
law engage to protect?
ily what courae of reasoning do we get
the notion that Hmith' land deed ia leva
sacred that a railroad charter?
Let ua illustrate:
In the city of Atlanta th railroad
coropaniea hav certain lota of land.
Upon these Iota they Dulld varioua
houses. 1
Now, In the eame city there Is the Na
tional liuilding and Loan association
owning lota and owning house.
There are also your Individual citizens
owning Iota and bouse.
A great Are breaka out and becomes
unmanageable to tb Are companiea.
The city authorities decide tbat to save
th great capital city of the atate it la
necessary to blow np an entire block of
building and tbua make a gap In tbe
progress of th fir and so stop it.
Mr. Carter must admit that under tb
law tb house ol the private citizen can
be destroyed to save Atlanta.
He must admit tbat the house of th
Iiuilding and Loan association can like
wise be blown to piece.
ill b for a moment contend tbat th
tUae UtiwUttillk to tiid lu'i'luAui (.&&
not be made to yMd likewise to public
necessity? Certainly not. II will admit
that the law which take from th on
will take from th other.
Well, if tb city of Atlanta can take
railroad iirojierty under tbe law of pub
lie necessity, why cannot tb national
government do likewise?
Mr, t arter will remember th great
Chicago Or of 1H70. Ioe b know bow
it waa chcke?
()ii. 1'bil. Kherldan, aeelng that th
usual mean wer entirely unable to
inaater th (lame, l.law up block after
block of th nuaat building la th great
city, and thus stopped th fire. Corpora
tion iirorty waadtro?d just a that
of individual la ordr that public good
might reault
Judg Thomas M, Cooley ia one of th
greatest lawyer now living, II la an
authority u,xin th eultl of conslitU'
lioual law. aud he i-ertainly ranuot be
accused ol hostility to tbe railroads,
II say
it Is th rlahtful authority, which al
ia u la every sotareigatr, to control and
rt-gu'ate tltoa right of a publi natur
winch rtaiu to It tlllfus In eotnmoa,
aad to appropriate and eoutrol Individ,
ual prorty lor Ik publte bant a th
piltilu) safety. ivatilaiiew, aacaaalty or
wllar may demand,"
To aliow Mr. Carter Ih absolute want
ot raaatia lor hia Mr that th law 1
agalsst a upon thia point, I quote Iroia
nm ot tb dactsioa ol th eourte
la ik Msiaahpi, pNg 11 J 7, th
ourtayi "lk right (ot mtaaat du
main) ia iuberent in all government,
and require no conatitutlonal proviaiou
to give it force."
In a New York decision this language
ia held by Judge liogeboom; "Title to
property la alwaya held upon tbe implied
condition tbat it muat be surrendered to
tbe government, either In whole or In
part, when the public necessities, evi
denced according to the established
forms of law. demand."
Judge Cooley expressly eaya on page
651 and 6.1a that "Every specie of
property which the public need may re
quire" is subject to th law of eminent
domain. In enumerating th different
kinds of property h mention corporate
froperty and franchises, and cites a
ong list of decision to sustain bia po
sition. There are no authorise and no de
cision to the contrary.
Hence we think Mr, Carter, having had
bia reaaonabl objection respectfully
met. may dismiss that particular point
In the discussion as not being well taken,
and may tollov ua aa w examine the
mora eerloue argument usually ad
vanced In opposition to tb railroad
piank of our platform.
It being quit clear tbat tb law au
thorite tb government to pay a fair
price and take the rallronu for public
us, the next thing to consider I tbia;
Doe tbe public good requir it? To
answer tbia Question w must study tb
present system of corporation owner
ship aud get a correct Idea of it dan
gers, ita evils and ita abuses.
At tb very start, w ought to bear In
mind that tbe railroad wer never in
tended to be private property in th
usual sense 01 tb word.
(jur law maker did not consent that
any corporation should own tb great
power and privilege of transportation
in th eatne way that you own your
borae or your cow. ion bold your land
and your atock without awing any do
tie to tb public except to tbat your
property does no damage to your neigh
bor.
Such property la private and personal;
you buy it for your private use, pay for
It wub your private funds and uae It for
your private good, Tb public did not
help you get it, and tbe public ia not
concerned with tbe way you manage it.
Rut with tb railroad property it I
different.
They got their land and tbeir char
tera and tbeir varioua powera and privi
leges upon tbe diatinct idea that they
were to undertake the diacarg of public
dutie in a manner beneficial to the pub
lic. Tbey bold their property pledged to
tbe public duties tney promised to per
form. Hence when tb chartered right
granted them ar exercised witbout re
gard for the good of th public, common
ease, M the instinct of self preservation,
suggest tbat the people abould change
the system,
Uuder our law neither a private per
son, nor a corporation, nor even a tate
can get th ownership of a navigable
river, Why; nimply because a water
high s ay concerns the public generally,
aud the public should keep it open for
tbe free uae of all.
Thus the Havannah, or tb Ohio, or
tb Mississippi river ia a much tb prop
erty of plain John Jone a of tb Van
derbilt millionaire. Tb humblest row
boat baa aa much right to na those
water highway aa the costliest steam-
ship.-
Tbua our forefatbera aaid in tb
strongest sort of way tbat those tbinga
which were of a public nature ought not
to go into private control, Tb com
merce of tb whole world I interested in
having open road. Tbe man wbo
travel and th man wbo ships freight
have a natural right to do so witbout
paying a tax to worn one els for tbe
privilege.
If you want to raft your log or your
lumber down the Ohio, you bav tb
right to do so.
if you want to get into a boat and
travel down th Havannah, you hav
th right to do so.
lty th wisdom of your forefather th
water road bav been kept open, tbe
government own them, and th beggar
ha a much right to na them aa a king
baa.
Tbe same principle applies to your
dirt roads.
W used to have toll-gate in soma
parte of tbia country, and tb citizen
who carried bia produce to town bad to
pay a tax to som private corporation
which owned th road.
Hut th turnpike road, with ite vexa
tion charge lor traveler and vehicles,
haa almost disapeard and w now
hav th free dirt-road from ocean to
ocean.
Th public work them, and tb public
owns them, aud the public use them,
I'pon our river and Un our dirt
road will be found about th last mm
uaut of that principle of equality Upon
wbicb our republui waa fouudwd.
A an instuuosof th Insolent appro
priation ol proerty by th corpora'
tion, notice tb telegraph line which baa
bera strung along th dirt-road ol
Georgia! 'I hi "right-of-way" for th
corporation waa worth thousand ol
dollar.
What did they pay? Nothing.
Tha puhlto road belonged to a drowsy
bublut. To grab it and ua It wa th
Ida of the idawak corporation.
Tbey grabbed and they ued. And th
drowsy publi looked on, grumbled aud
submitted a usual,
Ihoaa dirt -road belong to th laud
owner ua ew h aula,
'lb publi ha no title to th road-Is"!
leapt to uaa it lor travel, hhtiuld lb
publw quit Usiug tt for Uaval, tbe laud
owner iul. agata lenc It In t4 grow
hi rro upon it.
What right did a Nw York telegraph
eorporaltou bav to mov in and lake
hmhmhmihT .Nona, or did tlt egula
tura hav Ih right to grant thatu tt.
power.
(Catiud ua I HtU I'im,)
mat mmm
Decreasing Wheat Area a SerloM
Problem for the Eng
lish People,
DEPEND ON OTEES NATIONS,
Thirteen-seventeenth li Supplied
Iby the United States
, and Euasla, ,
Kffart la Com of fTsr,
The Cable. Loudon, publishes an arti
ale written by Thomaa it, Head ou tb
wheat supply for Great liritalo, Ia view
of th present conditions of tb wheat
market and tb position occupied by
tbia country at tbia tlm lo supplying
the wneat to the world, tb artu-i 1 in.
teresting. Mr, llead aar: "How to
plac this country (tb English govern
ment) In a trior secure position a to
tb wheat supply I tb most important
problem tbat at present require sola
tion. It is tb most vital Imperial que,
tion, W now bav a band to-moutb
supply of wheat, and for over two-thirds
of oar daily bread w ar dependent 00
tb will of foreign power.
"Hlowiy tt total average amount of
wheat held by u at on time baa de
creased, until w now, ou a avera,
hav only about two weeks' upply ia
London, and on uiootb'a rquirmiite
In tb whole country, and import nearly
a week' aupply aeb week, Witbout
doubt w ar tempting i'rovidewi to
our undoing,
"Last year our possession sent 0
only sufficient wheat for threw week'
bread, and w wer dependent on for
eign conntrie for mora than two-tbirds
of our daily bread. Of tbia foreign sup
ply tb United Mtate and Uusala sent as
about thirteen seventeenths.
"Hure'y this la a most dangerous po
sition for this country to bw in, a war
with either tb United Htate or Jtuasia
would expos o to most seriou scar'
city, whilst hostllitte with both eoun
trie would be certain to bring u face
to foe with famine.
A bofctil fleet of modern Alabama
would be mora likely to bring tb Brit
ish empire on ber knees, under present
conditiona, that a fleet of the most pow-
enul batt!e-bip.
Doring tb war between China and
Japan ric wa oaeiared contraband of
war; without doubt wheat will 0 de
clared to b contraband of war in tb
next naval war ia wbicb wear engaged,
'J'he enemy would be likely to receive la
formation of tb departure of aay abip
bringing a wheat. If oar agent abroad
bad purchased thia wheat for ua, th aa
tion who bad sold It would be likely to
be pleased to hmr it waa lost, a the re
maining wheat tbey had to JI would b
Increased in valu.
Tb Insurance against war risk would
be very high, and necessarily tb pfK of
wheat that reached u would b enor
mous. Th poor would die lik die, and
hunger would b fighting for our enemy
mora effectually than any armed lore;
and although our navy might be victor
ious wherever they wer able to meet tb
enemy, witbout doubt a bitter cry of
anguish wonld go up from our starving
people lor bread and peace, and ourgov-
eminent would be belplee to resist that
cry.
Tbua might our magnificent empire b
battered lor want ol a little wheat.
Many regard our' possessions a pkely
sources to obtain all our wheat Irom;
tbey bar sufficient lund, it I true, to
grow all our requirement, but tb peo
ple ara not ready lor such an undertak
ing; and. even wer tbey to grow u(fl-
cient wheat to meet our requirements,
we should still bav th question of hos
tile fast cruisers to fan. A nation should
for ber daily bread depend only on ber
own resources, on ber own fields, stack
yard and granaries.
Where tbia ia Hnpissible tb Ideal state
should lav reached to auch a degree as
can be effected with moderate aocrtfloe
and atate help. Whilst promoting an
increase in our own wheat area we might
encourage our possessions lo send u
inev wheat.
Th wheat area in th United Kingdom
ha decreased, a shown In tb lollow.
ing table:
Year. ' No. of Acre in Wheat
1N.V1 4.21.1,051
iMOfl ;t.IO,f.n4
1H7 ,IH,f..'.5
HHH , ,J,.'lft.',45l
IMi l,73,ll
On another page of thia issu Mr.
Iiuisa IWII. a farmer' wile, give her
i per inc with tb Hhspard Medical In
stitute, Flv year ago when I'r, ihf
ard adopted a low monthly lew for all
patient other doctor mad vigorous
objection but I'r. f bepard eonliuud hi
praelio pist th same, and tly I
treating hundred of patieut each
month. Ill prey tic I probably the
largest la Nebraaka. Ilia buaina land
ing ami raaloaaiblllty I beyond que,
tion, Hundred ol Ih beat paopl in
luwa, Nebraska, Kansas ai.d other weal
em state ara takiug !ratmut and
praising It, Kvary week afef al surad
pstMiil will tvtily la thea roluuius aa
to bis or bar rurw. Our readers should
Invtwtigal I'r Hhepard'a treatment aud
plan; it wtil roat nothing. Write to him
and aak for bla Iraa riraulntioa blanka
with parlieular of ft Hunt Traat
intdl. Alter you bav invali(tei the
matter II you want Ih treatment It will
oatytiu an ntor than the nmdnln
aloii would eoat at your leal drug
atora, II you don't want It thr te no
harm don ft lalantettl on another
1sga, la wrttlHg ad-lraa Mhapa'd Mat),
ia! litattiate. Ail, Mil and ilia Saw
York l.lle Huildisg, Omaha, Nebraska.
riCOM THE GENEVA SCHOOL,
ontning of tb Msanw In Wbicti it I
Conducted,
Tb 0uva Industrial ffebool
wa built In 191 and is located
owetalf mil northwest of tieturva, FilU
mors county, Thai ar now seventy
young girl at th school, l'rbp
ther is not another state institution ia
th state that will aneouiplUh aa mueb
good for tfi fotar gtwaratioM a tbia
ecboof, for tb reason that here many of
the mo then of tb 01 1 generation ar
taught, not only book and (Iterator
but tb vseful avoeatbna of lit, asd
tbeir moral and spiritual water ar oV
vefoped as well, fbey go forth tron
this institution realizing that they ar
to b useful women In tb world, trW
a witbout fit teaching tkwy rwasir
br It would Im better Pit tb stat Mid
poaterify that tbey never wer bora.
It might be well in thia eonawtioa to
know something of tit officers wbo bare
this school In cbarg, Tb suparinteod'
nt, Mr, Wfer, believe In tb teaching
of Him wbo did oa Calvary aad by It
xarnpf fa Inculcate into tb mind ol
theae girl th right Idea of true woman'
bord. In politics b i a popnlhit, bar
ing team avraf Uum in tb
legislature, ltbr as a unfa
ir or clerk of som tmporimt
ommittew, a delegate to tb Ciaslnnatl
convention in IMfl, and to tb fat Mt,
lxui eonveation whkb aomlaated
Uryaa, and i now secretary of th tte
ewntrai committee, Mr, Weber ba made
som most xewlient swlaetion in tbosw
wbo aaaist bim In tb Institution, Tb
matron, Mrs, K, N, 1'billfVk, of fAk
eouaty, wa for tbrwyswrs a fwiOa
ary to Africa, know well tb lajport
aue ol training young girl litt aaefnl
live, Mrs, M, V, Wlllard, ot (iraad Isb
and. wbo I family manager and tabr
of tb "A," or older das of girl, i a
mother bsrselr, and take a mud inter'
est in tbe young ladle a many of
their own mothers bav doa, Mb bae
tb lov asd respect of all ber etam.
Mia Laura lck, of r airmont, i tb
family manager and teacher of tb "tt,"
or smaller tt a, Mb ba bees a teavchar
for nin years, ! never tire ia oVing
for and working witb tb litti onaa, I,
C, Urannan. of Omaha, I eUtrk a4
steward, W prdet tbat no farwsti
gating commit tea will vr find a bort
ag in Li anumU, Mrs, M, II, liakr,
Crate, baa cbrg of tie sawing etas,
wbr tb pupils ar taught to do ail
kinds of sawing, Mrs Tucker, of Gtva,
teaches tbeaa bow to cook, and Mian
Mattel Ionovaa, of Oatewa, ba cbarga
of tb laundry department, Mmt,
Kftuf, A York, ad liaatstr, iA Lta
eola, look after tit mtrnr1g aad
rlamblng oVpartmant, 14. Mrti. ol
Valparateo, atlaad to tb farm, T, C
Caanis. M, ) of Oetevra, J ttr pbyst
dan, Wlien any of ta readers of tb
IsiKfcsocsy visit (iaatrva fUy sbould '
not fail to go out and as tbi iatitv
tioa and msk tb aeriuiata of ita
genial officer, O, W, 11,
tO THE BUrrALO ENCAMPMENT
I, N. Leonard, a TWva from Icjcaa
tef County, Will V(t Hi Conrad),
Mr. I, X. Laosard, tb well ksowa
farmer in tb aort hern part of tb coun
ty, ba gon to tb national ca mo
ment of tb 0, A, R, at Buffalo, K, I,
II ba taken with bim some samples of
fruit raised on hi farm, Tbsampte
ara as good a can b found in tb state
and will convince tb Xdw York people
tbat Nebraska la suited to fruit raising
aa well aa corn aad stock raUtag. That
ia a practical and aaneibUJway to advrr
tia Nebraska.
Mr, Leonard waa a mwmber of tb Wtb
Indiana veteran Infantry, In wbicb b
served for four years and four month.
II bas an excellent military record,
Waa twice wounded at Cbatacboocb
and Hton Itiver. Tbr ar lew man
wbo wer participant In more battte
than Mr. Ixnard, II has praparad a
batlg vary handsom In Ite design. It
consist of piece of nick I plated metal
with th nam of on of th bait law la
wbicb Mr. Leonard was engaged stamp
ed on ewh jit, and all of them linked
together, Thar ara twenty plate car
rying tb name of twenty batttea, aa
lollows: (irewa UrUr, lltiffolo Mountain,
Hlillah, Corinth, I'enyville, Ite nv III,
Wild Cat Mountain. Xtona Hivar, thu ka
mauga, lookout Mountain, Missionary
Itidgs, llingold, Haltos, lUsMica, Adaia
ville, Kuaaw Mountain, f'hatUcboo
chae, franklin, Naahvtil Ooldsbor.
Th grain iroducte of Nabraaka tbia
year ar value.) at about I.V,iMXJ,teK,
Whan sold It will materially lucre th
vol urn of money In circulation la tb
late. An Incraaa in th vol uui of
money always brings good tlmea.
The following la tblit of dlgatea
to tb populiat slat convention Iront
Itewaaeoustyt X, II, Mtewart, J. W,
I'liiniiiier, M, J, loi,T. It. f arlay. W,
1. Haywood, M. M, It. ftfuart, . J.
Adam, Waller M, Kara aad 1 rank fsy
dar, At the populiat primary la ,aacatar
braaim l liwfd Mttaday alght, a raol
lion wa poaad lavorisg luaios, About
lty volar war praat aad pattest
hartiMiwy pravalUI. Th dlegatioN
rome in th ran van lion unlHalrueiad,
gubarrltei (of III pSH7t
np to data
Ksst po ted
faasaraU Uwatate liver, lldacya aa
owtlai av iliaa,waksa ar rfca Xt$
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