THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
Feb. 23, 18
ECONOMIC DISCUSSION.
Editor Independent:
Id a remit Issueof your paper itrother
Johnson ol North Lonp nroced to give
at aotn l-ssons on "Hut" money
agree with Mr. J. that our nswapupors
I
nd (waiters have either btun led or
drifted away from diicusslon ol thoso
esaontlnl (eatiiree of the money qusstlou
which Hlooe embody prhiclplos. Hot
ball Join Issue with him upon bla treat
meat of the question from tho populist
standpoint.
First I object to bl itatement that
money la value. Whenever thin is ad
mitted we looee much of the 1 trengtb of
our position on this all Important qucs
tlonT Then he goea on In accordanca
with thla admlMMioo and lurthcr on !
trove our poeitlon by adnilttlnur that
there can be money without flat, for he
aye: We bad "five hundred million of
gold In circulation, fifty million ol wbiuli
wu"Hit" and that "bull our llver
money I flat," one must Infer from euult
statements that the rout ol It won moupy
but not flat. 1 should bate to meet an
able advocate of the metal idxaniid
make such admissions, Nor would I
admit that money le value, lt me f(lve
you my definition of money. 1 n utter
aiieeofth sovereign. Who Is thsov
ereltfii? In Itussla it Is tlmcr-ar. In the
United HtattH it le the wopla. If only
tifty niilllone of our five hundred million
of icold Is flat, then we muet conclude
lliut 4 Ml millions of irold le tipcwaarv
to etprnee GO niilllone of flat and If this
le true we could not issua pafwr money
inept that It be baeed 00 coin or com
modify value.
And to declare that money la value
irtjie ue In the Name poeitlon and fur
nishes our opponent ample grounds to
land on to milts tour financial tbeorle.
1st nm again aek and aiieeer the all lin
portant question lor upon thla muet
reetour weal or woe. What then I
money? The voice of the lovereign ut
tered. What I it eeeunco or eMeentlal
quality? An, Power, authority, (Not
value.) I value oeceeeary In money?
Full li-iral tender power, (not value) and
fully receivable lv the eoverelgn power
wnlcli leeuee It. J lie moet bigoted ad
vocate ol metal a money dare not de
pute my definition of money and the
moment he admit It he le defeated. On
the other hand we defeat oureelve
whenever we admit any of hi metal or
valu proposition In connection with
money. The lino of flmitiL-lil argument
which ba been followed lor the past two
year by our politicians and newspapers
Utterly destroy and defeats th orhl
nal populist position, which account
lor our disorganized condition and the
Indifference of our voters. It le our own
people who are defeating us, those who
write and preach must remember that
the rank and tile ol our purty are eo well
posted on the money question t hat non
enee don't go. They know that the
whole strength of their position rests In
the primary truth wltlirexard to money
nd Its control. Home of our statesmen
get very eloquent against the proposi
tion to glv the banker the power to
ieeue and control our volume of money
and with the neit breath advocate the
coinage of gold and silver which give to
them the power ol control just m com
pletely a the other. Do not blame me
'that this I so for I did not cause It, but
imply call attention to the fact for un
leee we heed them we will be swept from
eiletence a a party at the nest general
lection. W have not got the money to
ran an "eipediency" campiugn suewms.
fully, the republican can always beat us
od that line. Our strength Is in the
moral lore ol our position, W must
manolpate production and labor from
commercial jobbery and financial ex
ploitation. Tbl can only be done
through a just financial eystera.
II. (1. Htkwart.
Mr. Stewart mistake Mr. Johnson's
position. When b apoke ol f 50,000,.
000 flat in the gold In circulation, he
waa showing that Irom the gold stand
ard argument a used by themselves
they could not escape the coucl union
that there was 1 50,000,000 ol flat In the
money that they worship, while all the
time they were denouncing flat money,
Dot what kind of thing money that bad
BO value would be, is beyond the 00 m
prehenelon ol the editor ol the Inok
pendent. Honey I not wealth, Mouey
baa, II paper, no utility and it gold or
silver very little What I value?
The eeouomlo definition Is: "Tower In
exchange." Mouey ha power In ex
change. "Value in human estimation
placed upon desirable objects the
quantity ol which I limited". If money
had no value, no one would dtwlr It, yet
all men desire it, Uoubtlsaa Mr. Htewart
nwaas to eay that touy has uu utility
or that it is not with.
Ir. Hall's Cuufh Njrsa Invariant
eur promptly an catarrhal mIWimiis.
This aomhriut uieduiue rf.ru t.xluf
aad baa iruiriiM la the mm! tilten
tiify , the ihtel mrva ul cold ia the
thrift, rnt aad laugs.
HOW IT COMPARES,
tlrrlng. ,rk, VU, I,
NvbrstW n.U'ui, iuvii,t b,
hr inn t punned ,t4 k
thrvufcU uur tMjur, u rs pii mtwr.
if the hti Lu.i )im rwimtnHliM
i )unr hiji i'1!h tne i1.h-h,
eut, I itetr VvinM the It jmps
wsrteol.t HU 11 ll. ! r ut
I hi fur juh to . hi ihy
ta4ke tale U tihi r vUiit wby
tHV W'"'t, I h kt tl
MM U itinera, I U Ins hit
.;- IM'l.t. It fHl Hut, ft I
thm ti t( v ih
kiue, I Ulk tHvrt Is at l-t t
tf .rik I !. the! WvHtKi ur h t
S Wi. Uw ttf Ihrv Ium ti
the Mivr ) tfetntyM it a wn
the aw they aad h It. tl
Keaf fre au m rfi4 tki
t rrwis trtiy
geTTogetTTer
lUltar ta4f4Miti
MsNtUoVa U tk iltietk.
taewast lU ea4ss fmm ttf, e
My ), weevee !, aa4 let's
w , M wesees) ks la
To etobnnse for Nobraaks
laud propnrty. Forty aorea
In prune anu on ret oniony.
Sixunxi mil. from den.
ITIdwsirs fruit farm, ttia lrirt In California.
Is bormeuW Vttllry whera no irrisatluu I
nardfld; wltiiisstnlli) from n gooa town end
railroad dapot, and nmr lbs center ot a vary
Urte fruit oolony. Cllmata s good anr in
ttia 1 atste. ana witter ths Uel In tits stitie. Cn
ovar T.i elar anil tlili) perfnut. Will bear
thla rear. Orchards In uui oondltton, bay
Ins bian well cared fur. Inoiwhtand plantad
aula propartj tat my fu'urs !, St s ohan
ftinjifanUr pravanta movlii. The iroMri
iis be flivlSad. Ad.irw Dr. T. at Trlpistt.
UU)0 Pan'") Naursasa.
lorte, I sincerely beiieva the emlmg
under three party banuiTs U the prune
cause of ths defeat ol H-imtor Allen, flrt
owing to a falee confidence lufuwd into
many ol our workers, second a spirit of
mutual Jealousy. Such a eyettm woiili!
create lastly the Inomtlve itgftvetlie
opposition to appeal to the purmm
shin of He following, near as we are
together, It Is little abort of criminality
forietty jealousy to keep the leaders
apart, when the people have so much at
a take.
I would suggest people republican de
mocracy as a suitable name for the new
party lu contradiction to Mark llanua
republicanism and (Jrover Cleveland
democracy. II the populist mey have
t m lull 11L Ire And referendum and our
contention that all money be a legal
tender without other redemption than
the receipt olenitis by tb government
in dues, I think we can readily forego
everything else, And by the way. would
It not be well to Ihmus all money through
labor only, I, e the government employ
all thesurplns labor, the farms, factories,
railroads etc., that we utilise at so much
a day In legal tender treasury note re.
eel vable (or the customs, and subject to
retirement upon audi presentation,
Would this uot make labar master of
the situation and make it totally Initios-
sible for banker to control the volume
ol money.
II the legislature desire to do the right
thing In making the highest education
both accessable and free to all pupils
alike, they will transfer all school taxes
from all sources, railroad etc., Into one
common or general school lund, build
higher school In the centre ol each
township, compel each district to tax
Itself to a certain limit for teachers
wage and make up the deficiency If
there ba any out of this general fund for
teiohers wages for all know that parents
a a rule are neither able to send their
children to the county seat, high schools
or the state univereity, ObJtion may be
mad to such a system 01 taxation, but
It should be borne In mind that both the
rullrond taxes a also the license comes
Indirectly from the body of the people.
Agitate, educate and demand our rights.
THOMAS A. DONAIIOK.
Wood Ulver, Neb., Feb. 6, 1800.
Editor Independent!
I m In the last Issus of your paoer the
following editorial: "How a union ol
forces is to be effected In the next cam
paign Is being dircuesed more or lees in
all the populist papers. The Indki'Kn-
uknt calls attent ion tq one ol the moet
practical plan yet suggested which Is
outlined In a communication by Miss
Helen Oofl and printed In this isue of
the paper. The Indei'Kndknt would like
to receive oommuuioitions from the old
and tried werkers and the new recruits
a to their opinion ol the efficacy ol such
a plan, if a platform were adopted In
the making ol which all bad due repre
sentation, one ol the difficulties would be
out ol the way. It will be pretty bard
to get togother II any on ol the plat
form eontaln a plank that either ol
the other parties believe to be funda
mentally wrong. That was tbe trouble
last time."
1 see that we have got back Into the
same old question that set Wharton
Uarkeron hi ear. Ignatius Donnelly
weutto piece over tbeeame thing.
Beiug that these middle-of the road fel
low have deeerted their company. I
suppose that leaves us free to do what
we would consider beet for the welfare of
tbe party and the mhuIh. It always
seemsd to me that It took a cbrouio
otfloe seeker to make a good middle ol
t byroad populist. It was supposed,
that at the organisation of the populist
party the popU bad become tliml of r-
uttllcao politics asd tlevelandiem and
bad corns together to organise a party
that would represent the inhipK When
this oiganisation was effected, It was
the policy of the new party to advocate
thediidntegration ol tbe old parties.
we said that It should not be the policy
I a man to vote a ticket regardlne as
to whom was placed on that ticket. We
went etui lurtber and said that a man
should not be tied down to a Party,
Now we advocate tbeee thinirs becauae
It would ba to our benefit. I do not
mean ae a party, bat a a peo,ts llvlug
under the law. We advocated tl.l doe
triuethat we might have better men to
Oil theoltlciM ol both the state aud na
tion. It could elect bettor meu to
ottloe, (hen we would expect better regu
lations In ths I'nltod Htatee, and ths
diMHilntlon ol the combination Had truat,
ow Kit was the poliev ! ths populist
party lodu hU It t ,i lor t lie lu ur
eal ol the iwupta, aed if neevwutrv to dw
solve party liees, why do at th pre
eat time stand tn tbe middle of tbe road
and eay that w da hot n as alliance
wtthauv other party, We are nulla
the middle ol the road, but we are the
aetl thing tit it, rue a Imuoa baois,
Nowldit aot axMia tt eay aMtnlng
bout lu.l.m b-ftuMi I waatn lavortd
theeadofaene-et mI brvaa. IWua, as
Meg we b.v it. will I trouble m
. and weeaa erv as Miaey otaa
k-Mt'tal raa a I tats.
at tt -uhl aal have J mm
ww Mlw M ii'U a wkib and e
U' as I am efttvm.-. tt Ve gt ilvmo.
MORE KILLED.
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ttltlf tMl t SXlliHI i aktfMtUli
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VwtHMi A, WMoeWd la thk, fuv
m asd kfrae. Jil Ut aWst,
VttH M U
ItUste ldwsr-1 swe A.
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I. ts"t tuitffc, ngfcl.
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CALIFORNIA
FRUIT FARM
left) ellHvv, eevcrc,
tSergeunt Wiibnr K. Camp, Comiiany
U, left thigh, sllgtit.
First Hergeu int Williiuit F. Cook
complin J, nwk, severe.
(,'uptaiu Albert II. J foiling worth
company (', thigh, eevcre.
Hecmul lileiiteuant l!ert T), W'hedon
com puny ('. right Milgft, se-vcre.
TWKNTIKTH KANWAS WOUNIHD.
J'rlvate Frank 1). Hillings, company
I, whot tli rough knee yesterday, n!cl-
(Ie 11 tel. serious,
In 1he cable of February 11, In, the
llt of First Montana wounded', James
W. Kennedy anirl WlWInm Kennelly
compnny O, are identical, the ratte.
name Iwlng on error, ahot right, thigh
severe lieutenant flnrdenslilre, First
Montunn, wounded, Is VVlllluin (Jam
hlre, formerly private, company (I.
OTIS.
HUMPHRbY BRO'S. SALE,
The Ifuinphrey Ilrothers Hardware
Company ol Lincoln, Nebraska, will sell
the following article on the (lust. Lar
son farm three and a hull miles norih.
west of Davey, February 28, 1800
Horse and carriage, cultivator and
other siiiull articles,
A BROAD PLATFOTM,
Our I'latform Covers the rield asd Offers
Itellefto tlie Many of the 1'reaent,
Tbe now quarterly called Justice, re'
oeutly started and publlsted at lODcy
street, New York, ha in it first Issue a
vast amount ol sound and solid reading,
The following Is clipped from different
portions ol the mugixlne.
Thus It Is that we find society more
and more divided into but two classes,
compared with which, all former class
distinction were merciful. Met ween the
lord and his serf, between the master and
bis slave, there was room lor the feelings
of pity, of kindness, and even ol regard.
Hut no suori feeling 1 there to soiten tbe
relation between tbe owner of the great
corporation and the toller In It employ
or tbe public wbocontrlbote to Its gains.
Hetween them stand tne soulless mons
ter Itself. deaf to all appeals, and to
every consideration of humanity; and we
sin labor reduced to the lowest extrem
ity, and worse, turned out of employ.
ment, a machinery doe more and more
the work. Almost the first step taken
by the trust upon It formation I to
shut down a nuniber ol plants, and turn
the laborer adrift: reducing, at the
same time, the wag of those remaining.
Its next tep, 11 Indeed, not It B rut, is
to crush out all competitor into the
already overcrowded rank ol labor,
Then turning It attention to the public,
it reduce tbe price ol the farmer's and
other labor products, and raises tbe
price ol all supplies, until like tbe laborer
reduced to the woret straits, these, one
after the other, lose their (arms and
places of business, and join the army of
tbe unemployed. Four million tramps
we have already, and we can surly ex
pect their numbers to Increase. '
Politic Is Inlected with these condi
tions; wealth and corporate Influence
control legislation. II laws are under
taken against them, I it but to satisfy
popular clamor, and such law are not,
nor Intended to be, effective; while on
the other band, the most vicious legisla
tion In their Interests can be bad when-
ever desired. The courts having dis
solved tbe railroad trust, the most
Iniquitous ol them all, it promoter
make their open boast that they are
"waiting lor legislation." And well they
know they ean procure It; tbelr hench
men All the halls ol legislation, many ol
them in tbelr service as paid counsel,
their pocket tilled with railroad passea,
and not beeitating at more open bribes.
Political bosses, in city, state, and na
tion, amass tbelr mysterious millions,
while our law seem to have no other
end in view than that to enrich and pan
der to great corporation. Ibe citizen
has, somehow or other, come to feel that
when he cast hi ballot, it I not for
himself. He transfers bis suffrage regu
larly Irom one party to the other, in tbe
vain hope that each will prove more sin-
, or I Mia diahoneet, than the last; yet
eo lar aa be can see, It is but a choice ol
political evil, in which after all, be ba
little ooncHrn. These are not tbe con
ditions ol freedom; they art tbe symp
tom that were present In ancient repub
lics, when they bad ceased to be such
except In name.
Well might tbe great Lincoln, bl brow
yet saddened, and hi heart wrung, by
tbe awful havoc of our civil war, cry out
In aoguiah ol spirit that not all ol that
dire ooufl wt, uot all of the thick gloom
and dreadful uncertainty of It worst
day, had ever tilled hint with uch ap-
prvnausoa aad dread a tbea couditious
wuicb be so clearly foresaw.
Tbe toiler ol the world enn. many ol
them, recall the day when their lathers,
by tbe hard toll ol their bands, with but
ths rude! implemeuM ol industry, yet
lived in plenty,
Inelarmer plantlana cultivated his
eora with hoe aud shovt-l plow; be eowtnl
tils wheat by hand, harveal4 it with
hand sickle or cradle, aud thresh lit
situ tne flail of by the crude treadm td
burs, IttsgtMut houaewiie, too, apua
asd wove the Uurle lor the clot slug w
Ibe laauly wild spinning wheel and head
loom, aud made the emitting, baitir Ibe
day td tbeeawtug utseblue. sub eiut
nioa kevtile and thread, let, II It all
ism duMtdvestegve, and brf Ibe
railroad brousM ta wuitd'e Mtrkta lu
aia dttor, be tutea tid bis btrnt lnv ol
Iim u m br ., wU an Veil, was lure-kani-tt,
aud ! tidi.
Hut the ptiu uwm are every!
king I Boml , why, si mm fctr
iw.tt.Mi Hif has iMcrataed ea attorm ta'
Ijr, tiw- it nut brttt- teem tf Wapuud
lg rttir. ( bis -! sow rt Hi
vva(t is ewry HM id Ml. in, t
att-r all, Ust 4 ahkh the rl WR
il lha wi-fld iKiwautla. It ts tkt tttr
hit h ai all sutvtsg, ktth tssbW
alulivelw exutri, or ti h td
hit WMNta 4tritMa aa4 daath Is
IhtroHtee, I, ta.)lat at a wbx
exliie, t tt k 4,ia
mi Uiaeeeid wuhtett Ps ai l, l auJ
ta HMsa 1 skua 4 rita ta liMMtai as
as- a tw wta' a,
H tsftul lalka rwKHtal !( tdeneWly
Mta a ld I ts as tt hi
.ultam, thst ewtt t. la Im tuaad, Km
Sm atmi ) f.ir t.k I k
sm Hh piJmm as thy sea.
iMMtti 4 -esl UililiMNSt, uf
11, ts ss,y aagta eMai, htky the
ataitfce 1st, tvs atlvv. M ehst ait,
mati0grvie4 Intat the atsitt.
Ie
wa,
levi UN we , Ylkist mi Isasla
I ha, taJ the earesl t I a IheUt
adoption; for the advocate of each will
give no real or lasting support to aov
partial platform which does uot include
1 he issues tbemeelves regard anirapor
tent. Any platform, to meet wKh gen
era) acceptance, must- then, satisfy the
views ol all, and embody every needed
at-peet to reform,
In accordance with the above conclus
ion the editor treat of the extreme ol
wealth and poverty, trusts, railroads
city franchises, banks, land monopoly
inheritance and In fact all the distinctive
principles of tbe populist party. The
populist party has never been a one
Idea party, but It broad platform in
eludes the remedy for ail, or at leas
most of the present evil from which
humanity suffers,
AceMeni In a Qurrsy .
Omiiu, Neb., Feb. 17, 1800,-John
O'Connell, 2217 Pacific street, this city,
wnile work ng in n. stone nnurrv. pa.
eel veil a bad cut which refuaed tn haul
until he began taking Hood Karen par-
111a ana used Hood' Ullve Uintment,
wuinri cured mm.
HACU1FICKI).
It I with great regret we note the
death of (Jiiy Llvugston at Manila.
killed in battle, (Juy whs one of Nebras
ka's brluhtcst, best and most promising
young men, We have no doubt that be
was foremost in the charge. The whole of
the Philippine is not worth 11s much to
this country a (Juy Livingston was. He
graduated from Urn University In the
law department, and hi future waa verv
bright, yet It was sacrificed on the altar
01 imperialism, Crete Democrat.
WATSON UPHOLDS JOHN LAW
la His story of I 'en nee lit- oius
(lie l iirri-ney ftut-allun,
It Is the history of France, written
from thn point of viw and wfth the
polemic pun of Fi.pnlistn. Mr,
Thomas h, Wubion believes in John
Law's theories of money.
110 inns ironicnuy writes or tne re
ception at first given to that idea:
"lie wa an expert mutlmuiatldan
and an cntlinslust on flnundul subjects,
tjclloving, as ninny other well meaning
entbtislasts have done, that ba bud
tM-iietnitml the mystery of the money
qnostlon. Ills theory was that the clr
dilation slionld bo increased and that
the true basis of money was the credit
of the nation. Hit formulated bis plan
of a bank and bored pooplo by talking
about it, becoming almost as great a
imiwiiice nsColiiiubiisdbl when be went
wunderitig about Kuropo tiegging kings
to lend tit 111 money with which to find
new world. The inventor of now
things are terribly tlrowoino treat nn-s,
Had NajHdeon Is-en able to listen more
patiently to itols-rt Fnlton, ho might
iave realized that tbe idea of tbe steam
boat, propifly opplbsL would have
swept the wisslen sailing ships of Eng
land oil the seas and sent tbe liritish
empire to reck and rnin.
"What wus the fainon 'system' of
John Law! In a nutshell it was this:
To imrrcuso the money supply of the
nation so that circulation woo Id be
quickened, business unconragod, enter
prise stimnlatcd, labor employed, prod
ncts multiplied, prices raised and debts
more easily paid.
"This shrewd Hcotchmun aaw that
tho world wa chained down by silver
aud gold. He saw that commerce tried
in vain to spread her wings for a bolder
fight Ue realized that tbe world' stock
of the precious metal was too small to
supply the needs of mankind for money.
Therefore he proioe4 that in addition
to the metallic money coined the state
should issue a pajwr currency based
upon tho pnblic credit
'When this suggestion was first mado,
it was laughed out of court. Even now
there are well meaning people the world
over who have a anix-rstitious reverence
for the old orthodox doctrine about
money, John Law, having a pair of
eyes, dared to use tbom, having a mind,
vontured to think for himself."
After very Interestingly recounting
the fact of Law's stupendous specula
tion Mr. Watson finds cause for blam
ing him only in the fact that be iwrmit
ted himself to ba somewhat diverted
from bla original achetne.
He sees nothing nnsonnd in the
"Mississippi Bubble," but on the con
trary cite the present wealth of the
great American states which have lxn
sine created out of Law' grant, as
bowing conclusively that bla enormons
stock lasnea, based npou what was then
a wilderness, were Pot excesslva. He
wrtteei
Had not a wild erase for speculation
suddenly broken out and wrlcd all be
fore it John Ijw'b tympany would
proUMy bave added as much to the
grandeur and tit hes of France's the
tlaat India company brought to Ureal
llritsin.
Titer was nothing chimerical tn hop
lag thai dividends ctiuhl U paid iiau
am U a sum.
The more the syateut of Law 1 studied
tbe leas vtlravsrisut U will appear Hi
bank was 4)(sitUto upon ptwimly the
sum pitm I plea wbUh bring pttans-rity
li tha Nuka -f our mwu time.
'Mr, Wlm m.vs that while "papa
Utaiey U a kI Ihta, as rain U U I
IftMklble bt beta t iuw h pa r Hehef,
at It la KMit.b It gvtft valaittltiius
vi la l Mitt " Itttl he dKitaes ta
lt.tr lbs fcstai-f 11km wleiUdivve IH4I
the pUa t4 1UU44 g.veritititl lUt
aua .v wvxtld b la ty day taaay
nk !( IU
it ynf W asid tUt whet ba
etntMht i U .wy i-f ttruu4
t- . willaUata itte .mImuU.
T ttitsU tt ta Ktlhg thai w
siatHottts ate e-t At ta g"t II ths
ixtitiH tt Is t l latttl ths
.wrf .i Uv 1 U haw tM4WV w-bllats hail
MtMpsM th amy, Ww Htuy leali
kali tt tMt U My, WmW lusay
h si 14 ftlta, vwtWtw keaav it.-ft.-
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THE DINNER TABLE.
Fvery good housewife take a pride In
having ber table set with a pretty cloth,
fine china, and sparkling glass; and our
husbands and brothers enjoy it a much
as we do, only they do not often men
tion the fact. This doe not necessarily
Involva A lurira nnMuir tnr mnnv nl thn
cheap table linens have beautiful designs
uuu wnen sept epouessiy cieun Will look
better than more expensive piece that
are not well cared for. It is not consid
ercd necessary now for everything on
uieiauieiooeoitue same pattern and
design. Pretty piece af china and glass
ware mav be tilircbiiNed from flma tn
time, and will help tbe appearance of the
tauie wonneriuuy, ana the amount they
cost would scarcely be missed.
A silence cloth save the linen and
deaden the sound of ' the dishes. Two
or three thicknesses of an old white wool
blanket will answer the purpose, or if
necessary to buy the material, the white
couon oiankct wnicn are thick and
oft, will be as Inexpensive a anything
and will do nicely, Hpread It smoothly
upon the table, turn the edge under and
tecs 11 aecure v to keen ir irmn a nn im.
Colored damiialt will do fur nthur
but let the cloth used on the dinner table
be white, with no color unless it is it
border of pale blue, pink or yellow. Cen
ter nlecea and Hollloa uli..il. t.l.,1., n
elaborately embroidered, are not only
handsome but economical as well, for
they save the tab en loth end Iteno ir
cloau. Kmbroldery silk In delicate col
on stlOW the work to better wdvutilii.ro
than pure wbit, and If one will use the
proper enre in lauimering tnerti they will
retain their linunlifid
iast. Heat the wator until it Is luke
warm, dissolve a lit Liu IKia-di.rndl.ni.il
In it. and enouurn soao to maka a irrwi.i
suds, Hitch articles should never be
washed aud boiled with Mia nlhnp tvhir..
clothes, as that would ruin tbem In a
short time, wash them lightly between
a M' ,T PMUU'U UtfU UU UIH7IJ
long enough to become so badly aoiled
the' hard rubbing I needed to get them
clean, llorax la the beat aud eafest
article known to Molten water, making
very little rubbing necessary and does
not Injure tbe most delicate colors, and
lor that reason a little borax should be
added tit tha mutur In urlili.h nnv em
broidered piece or delicately tinted fab
ric are wanned, inns through two
water, adding a little boiled starch to
the second. Vev lirt.la atiiri.li la
as they should not be made etiffler than
new linen. Press the embroidery on
the wronir aider then Iron IIim rxifiMlmlur
of the linen on the right side to give it
the aloes It should hnva. Thla aivum tint
embroidery a raised effect and makes it
show plainer. K, J, C,
CamblsalloB ma 4 Trasla,
If yon Inquire carefully yon will dis
cover that yon can scarcely make a pur
chase in which the price i not dictated
by a combination over which tho mer
chant yon deal with ha no control
Nor doe the process stop here. Tbe
very newspapers, njKin whoso Independ
ence and honesty the people depend for
their instruction on public alTuirs. have
combined, primarily to "Vbcapen the
cost of collecting the news, intoaglgun-
tio news trnst, called the Associated
Press, which, controlled by a few men
at Chicago, ha been able to distort tbe
trntb in many prominent instance and
to poison with such distortion tbe very
fountain of popular Information. Gov- j
ernor Pingrea
A. C. MUTZ, rr&ft
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A Gaveramaat Telearwpkt-
Congressman Corliss of Michigan has
Introduced in the house a bill for the
laying of a telegraph cable from somt.
point on the Pacific coast of the United
Htatea to Hawaii and thence to the
Philippine and Japan. Mr. Corliss, it
is understood, has long favored a postal
telegraph for our own country and
therefore this wise and businesslike
move on his part will bo no anrprlso.
As waa pointod out in these columns
mouths since a coterio of capitalists has
obtained from the local Hawaiian gov
ernment certain concessions for the lay
ing of cables, subject to the approval of
the American secretary of state. We
hope that this approval ha not been
and will not he granted Tho achemo
contemplates a auflicicnt subsidy from
this government to maintain and oper
ate tho linn. No proposition of such a
nature should be entertained at this
tlnio. The country ha the benefit of
ono experience of that kind already.
Tbe first telegraph lino in tho world
was bnilt under a congressional appro
priation. In less tliun three year it was
surrendered to a private corporation.
Tho blander was a most costly one for
the people, for they have bad to puy for
an inferior service hundreds of millions
of dollars more than it wonld have cost
if the telegraph had remained under
pnblic control, besides building up one
of tho most rapacion monopolies the
country is cursed with.
For mora than a third of a century
there ho been an incessant demand for
a restoration of the telegraph to the
Sistal service. Therefore this move of
r. Corlisa is in tho right direction and
wa pledge bhu tho support of our order
in making it a complete success.
Knights of Labor Journal.
When answering advertise
ments mention Independent.
,
A athr rurln to Hat Hprlnn. i, II,
Those who And it Inaonveninnt nr Im.
possible to leave home during the sum
mer month will be Interested In tbe
announcement that on tbe '2Hth ot
February, the llurlengton Jtoute will
sell round trip ticket to Hot Springs at
half rates,
Tickets are good for f hirtv rbiva from
date of issue long enough for visitor
to reoefve substantial benefit from a
course of treatment at the Horlners.
Hot Korinirs laru-eat hotel, thn Uvnna.
as well as its prldclpal bath bouses are
open throughout, the year. Hot Hprlngs
climate, even In midwinter, I clear, dry
snu sunny, not neany a coin, a a rule,
m that of Nebraska.
For tiekttta and fnfnrmntinn nhmif.
train service, apply at li. k M. Depot
or City Office, Corner 10th and O Hta.
U. W. HONNICM,, V. P, X T. A.
CHEAP LANDS-CHHAP IIOME-
BKICKKIW EXCUiUSION,
To enable Interested people to in
vestigate opportunities to get good
farm land, cheap, the Elkorn line will
on February 21 and March
7 and 21, sell ticket to point In north
ern and western Nebraska and part
of Wyoming at one fare, plus $2.00, for
round trip; minimum fare 19.00, For
particular call on A. 8. Fielding, C. T.
A., 117 Houth Tenth street, or depot,
corner Ninth and 8 atreeta.
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