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r 6 October 5, 1899. - ft 0V A" rV Clippings. A GOOD MOVE. ; The Nebraska silver men are endeav oring to secure the services of Hon. F. J. Van Vorhis in the state canvas now on in Bryan's home state. Mr. Van Vorhis is, without douht, one of the best posted analytical speakers on the nation's com merce and money in the country, and if the Nebraskans are successful in secur ing his services he will make thousands of convert Mr. Van Vorhis was a load ing republican in this state for, years, was a member of our state senate for two terms, is an able orator and, best of all, is eonsciencious in his utterances and belief. -Our Standard. , RANK PARTISANSHIP, The talk about some people being rank partisans is ofteifindulged in, but the mere fact of the two Seward republican papers not even making a one line men tion of ) great an event a.i the coming of W. J. Bryan to their city to speak, is about as rank an exhibition of bitter partisanship as you find. The many populist and democratic readers of those two republican papers ought to feel Troud of such hide-bound bigots. These papers claim to be newspapers, and yet . .this bit of important news to many they refused to publish. Ulysses Dispatch. WHAT WOULD GRANT SAY? Wonder if plain " old General Grant didn t give an angry kick at his comn nu when his daughter married , that Rus sian Drince a day or two aeo. It is said he did some lively, though ineffectual, kicking when his daughter XMeuie mar ried the dissolute English dude with a handle on his name, and expressed a feeline that he would rather she would have married the humblest man in our own land. With her sad experience the old man might feel worse now. Hutch ison Gazette. THE WORLD WATCHES NE BRASKA This is what is usually termed an off year in politics in Nebraska, the candi dates for state offices to be chosen con sisting of one justice of the supreme court and two regents of the state uni versity. The approaching election in Nebraska, however, is engaging the at tention, not only of the people ofv the United States, but of the civilized world. The cause of this is the fact that the gold combination have determined to put Nebraska back into the republican column at the coming election at any cost in order to weaken, if possible, Bry an's claims to the democratic nomina tion next year. The bimetallism of the world look upon the United States as the only nation where the people have r",-e power to defeat the gold combina tion and regard the candidacy of Jtsryan as the most important factor in the con test National Watchman. ' - . THE CRY OF TREASON. The policy of expansion has about it no sacredness that should or can shield it from the discussion and criticism of the people, by whose voice only its adop tion or rejection can lawfully be decidod. The CT of "treason, with which the supporters-of Mr. McKinley have sought to intimidate opposition and silence criticism, is both cowardly and decidedly cheap. When we have an opinion upon the Philippine war, or upon any other matter of governmental policy,' that we believe ought to be given to th6 public, whether it may happen to be in accord with or contrary to the policy ' of the party in power, we ! shall - exercise' th.e right of every American freeman and speak it forth: and the cheap yelping1 of "treason" by individuals or organs that know no higher authority than the man date of a party manager and would as quickly raise their cry upon the exactly opposite side, if the party ring-master snapped His whip that way, is not going to seriously disturb us. New Voice. .. PROSPERITY FOR WHOM , The Hutchison, Kansas, Gazette ; tells about a man who invented a hav Dre.tf. sold a good many, but when he came to manufacture them he found that - he could not get the malable castings which hejniust have. ' Whenever he applied to a foundry, he was referred to a firm in Tcnness.ee. That firm always told him that they were so rushed with orders that they could not fill this one until Borne time in 1900. -l ' , ' ' ! He had a friend in an Ohio town where he knew there were large iron works and asked him to see what he could do,- amswer-the- word -came that the works there were shut down closed by the trust. 'And so weee how it is. Prices on all sorts of i iron ware have mote than doubled during the last few months. Manufacturers say they can't sup - y the demand! but meanwhile they, being in a trust, are very careful to keep enough factories shut down so that the deman will not be supplied As Mark lluiiua is the corner stone of this trust, be is manufacturing prosper ity, but for whom? ' TOE BIG COPPERHEADS' - "I believe in the declaration of inde pendence. r-,iiiOinas. b. lieed, Angust 1.1, is;. ! . - . "W ha i ever may happen, I am sure that the first J"i ii o d.srict will nlwcys be trio to the princip'e.4 of liberty, m f govertii.ieiii mm ) lie ngh of num."-" Thomas JJ. Jed, Op: ember 10, 1H... : 'Rather lin n uim.e u wer of eor,)t est on ihis p.oj le (1 'ii:pii on), 1 would I p An chor n.u s,l oijt oi the harbor." Ad miral 1 rMy. .l;nr.my, 1S.:;. ' )i r linn I ten in f ivo. of violri.ee bm;.r ; j , .o.-. 'i),e isl,imsareal tbi.-i i. oi; cv i . bioc a. .ed l,y n fleet, Kiid w r rei -, i.i ii' in enV. TLj i l.rior m.il K.vy i f .hug rhwUl cea.-j. I i- 'Mil'i in mi ee i.utonoiiiy Lit con c !, ;.. -Lw. MHM'XHiion ulit. be t.J.ic- al'ot.t. 'i his i my t.pinion.yind I cliOnh. 1. o hfe v.diMici; ni once put a s.op io. At.vo"iiiij' ,o Die, the concc-s-s on t -e!t ;i,v(p,ut fni, oi glit to I e the u.oni jimf i.Hu vre cost logical solution." - Atilmr.il iewy, At'tfu;-' IM, lSoi). "V. b.ii we w,;w. Miu MUip this w:cursed war. ,JU i.i tiiii ior diplomacy, time for uiiiUji 1 u.ei;iK!int,M. Tl.efl men aie iniiu!ii( 1 At lf.coor bridge they w. i ft. iiA Uie Ainericiiis brought their r.timon .o wulun thirty the yrd: of IS till i t 1 dies. Sik-M "men hi.vn the t). b j ffht j.eurd. Ail' they wnu U n 1 ulc j niJce." - C n. llfury V. Lawton, lis ,trti: ,t'il Uy t the . lie', leter A.ui; Qu'A'n Le Corgu-grtitonalist, beptem- THE FATE OF NATIONS. Shnll the Vnltrtt MtatfB aftr Hnndred Vi-ar of Prwuperity, now Kt-pmliate Hie tontitutioi"? All of the great civilized powers of the oriental world fell from the highest pin nacle of civic and literary culture by a departuje from frugality, common hon esty and national economics. The fun damental principles of the founders of those great ancient states and common wealths was made complete by the aid of the venal and the corrupted large national armies, led and controlled by the most designing and ambitious men of those ancient days. Now, what are we to look for in the future in these United States, where similar causes are at viork. and have been for the last thirty -five years sapping the foundations of individual prosperity, and - poisoning the fountains of liberty by a privileged class? We have been a free, and at the same time the most prosperous and pro gressive people of the world, while our laws were observed and the constitution was held to be the supreme organic law of the land. But men high in au thority in the republican party say we have outlived the constitution of our countrv. criven to us as a pledge for a free i?overnme t bv the fathers of 76." While ministers of the eospel. high in holv orders, nroclaim in public assem blages that the Declaration of Indepen dence is a lie and a fraud, (the Magna Charter of our liberties). With a standing army at a cost of 1200.000.000 a year of the people's money, while their sons carry the arms in the swamps and jungles of a tropical climate to prosecute this most unjust of all wars, with the fathers in the field working at low priced products caused by the sound money system of the party in power to pay the bills; with an unequal stamp act added to their burdens instead or an in come tax on the rich, with a w"ar prose cuted in a most deadly climate 8,000 miles from home without the sanction of tha war power of the government (the congress), atrainst a people that have fougkt for 200 years to stay the hani of Spanish oppression that they might have a free government of their own, the same for which our fathers fought to bequeath to us an eternal heritage (a national bill of rights) a free government of our own. With combines and trusts of billions and hundreds of millions of recent growth in full possession of the supply trade (a ju dicial holdup) at extortionary prices to bleed the people at every liF.ancinl pore, with ample laws, if enforced, to stay this plundering of the poor by these triftts and combines, but without a disclaimer on the part of tho powers that be. With railroad, telephone and telegraph corpor ations doing business atenormotis prohts on watered stock at 4 to 1. With mar tial law in time of peace at the mines at Wardner, where hundreds of working men, held in. a miserable st'ickane, treat- e 1 by negro regulars of the army, worse, if possible, than the Andersonville hell, without trial by jury, with a full knowl edge and consent of this (administration, because they ' are nembers of 1 labor union, with a design .by capitalists 'to break up the federation of labor that they may have a full monopoly of 'pro roduction and labor from colonial pauper labor at starvation wages. ,. With polyg amy and slavery installed under our na tional flag in Sulu by the declarative will of the present administration,1 with a salaried heathen prince in full control of, slavery and polygamy in those is lands, the most destroying and. deirrad ing institution known to the race of man. A prince salaried at a 11,000 per month out pf the revenues of t is country to keep the old flag of state -r the stars . and stripes afloat over his much cherisked harams as sovereign authority for hi debauchery and much condemned sys tem of slavery. Slavery and polygamy is, de facto, in existence under , our. flag notwithstanding tha Thirteenth consti tutional amendment declaring that slav ery and involuntary servitude are of the past, except for crime. If thene facts be true, were Lovejoy, Phillips, , Garrison Brown, and the immortal Lincoln. Wash ington, Jeffer-on, Franklin, Henry , and Jackson once more rehabilitated what would these great men, once the living beacons and watch towers of our nation al liberties, say to these,, conditions of destroying forces? The echo . would come, ye degenerate sons i of illustrious fathers whence are you drifting in . this great worfr of national ruih? Well and truly would .they proclaim from the out going of their patriotic hearts ' that , we have outlived the constitutional prerog totives of our couijtry. nnij-thatttie "Dec laration of Independences today in the hands of the ruling forctw of this govern ment a fraud and a lie. ' l3 From the history Kit 'Xhej World we learn that governments are rarely revo lutionized without , the - aid of armed force. -JJl tyrant and . ambitious j men who have sinister designs agajnst their government hrst seek the help of mer cenary armies before they become ob trusive in the people's common rights. The great standing army of our govern ment, created by . republican votes, is today the greatest menace and the mt to be feared in the coming' inevitable conflict between capital and lalwir. The unrest that is abroad in the l'.nd,t vincod by strikes of the luWoring class to obtain living wages from the vast trusts mid combines, is but4he foreshadowing of thit! conflict to come, and capitalists .are pieparing the way by-tin uid . of the tiiguer courts, by .' injunction and by uuiiiial luw to break all federation in hibor; thoie with the help Vf- a , mercen ary standing army to rn belch any move j mane by concert of . labor unions with the mushes, as government r.furin ws never known to come only from the common people, to right this most start ling of all evils that threaten our liber ties, capital ngnin-.t lalior, which is Unlay at work by tliis ' eriiaiiptsin HVit.-iti I v Conquest of colonial iKisMeionn that L; rich ot thin country limy lie granted urc limited franchises, and that chiau' for eign pauper labor can be utilized in th?" slates wnich will place the tailoring cIhsh on a level with serfdom of the old world, that trtws and combines can run a rich harvest of mountains of wealth at the cost of the poor and lowly in stal by producing and laboring men of this great commonwealth. Look well to your votes ieui it 1 too ijite before the party in power seal your fate and fix future serf- uoiu aa your certain and inevitable uooui as a fixture of the rich.' ' t , , ' " 4 : W Miavrn Burchard, Neb. "; i TatroDize our advertisers. Ilrviy t Kcd Cloud. . . Editor Independents-Coin Harvey addressed a large audionco at the opera house this afternoon. Many persons in this part of the country have for a long tima desired to hear tho noted champion of the money issue, and this is their tir:t opportunity of having their wishes gratified. A great many farmers drove a distance of twenty miles, and judging by the interest taken in the speech and the careful way in which they followed the speaker they were amply rewarded for their trouble. He dwelt at length on the money question, and by many apt illustrations showed the farmers here how bimetallism would mean thousands oft dollars in their own pockets, which line of reasoning most vividly appeals to the average American citizen. In conclusion he sixike briefly of the dangers confronting tlwpeople on great aggregations of wealth and the formation of trusts, and took a decided stand airninst. exnansion. His speech was characteristic of the man and his elucidation was concise and pointed. Withal the event was of con siderable imnortance to Populism in Webster county. Robt. Damebkll. Red Cloud, Neb. Harlan County. Editor Independent: Ex -Governor nolcomb and Secretary of State Porter addressed a large and attentive audience here last night The meeting was a sue cess in every way. Mr. Porter conipared the business methods of the republicans with the methods of the present encum bents and -proved by the records that the taxpayers had been benefited by the oh an era to the amount of one and a half mittinn Aitllnrs. ' ' v Governor Holcomb addressed a large audience at the fair grounds in the after nnnn and made manv friends, who fol Imviul him in the court house where he ennkn ncmin. - ' , , This is Mr. Holcomb's second meeting in this county this fall, and it is expected that he will receive a nanasome majors here the 7th of November. Beaver Center, Neb. Sheridan County. Judge Neville, "Cyclone" Davis, and Mr. Fleeharty, addressed a large meeting here the 22d inst. The best of feeling prevailed and much good will result, as many voters of all parties were present Our county conven' fon was held the '25th, WBS wen represeuieu nuu vn; nnnnwui 011s. Democratic representation on the ticket for clerk of the court secure.-, their enthusiastic support of the whole ticket andthe triumphant election of the same, , Hay Springs, Neb. :, W. H. , t ., Second to None. . . . 1 , Independent: I see by your issue of Septimber 21 that you have lost all by the big Lincoln fire, so I will come do vour aid with the dollar I owe you. . I am sorry . that the Indepedendent Publishing company -met witn ,,sucn heavy loss. I think your paper second to none, and like it better than ever be fore. Just keep right on after the melt ing pot philosophers.' They will drop their melting not soon. ?, - . . ? - Yours for reform Bryan, nd America for Americans, as against the gold stand ard and imperialism, mormo'sism, and slavery. ' ' v , W. J. Slater. , ElmCreek, Nebi -i v , w ,y ' - ''.. -r -1 1 North and South B. It. , , Editor Independent: I have organ ized a town site company in this citjrarid contracted with it to locate, survey and estimate the cost and secure the right of way for.oiy North A South railroa. from the Kansas line in Thayer or Knuckolls counties to a point on the Missouri river in Knox county. -1 , s v m . . .. We are in .want of instrument men- There was one in your-building last winter. ' Please place me In correspond ence with him or others as toon aspos- ,. We want to begin work in a week at or, near Henderson. , . . , . " , 1 E. J. RCHDBLL, Gen. Mgr. Neb. & Gulf Ry. Co. Hastings, Neb.-'-.' .,. - Iawpn County.' 1 1 ' .Editor Independent: People , assem bled from a radius of twenty miles around Cuawford to listen to Hon. Wm. Nevilfe, Cyclone Davis ' and Mr. ; Flea hoarty., The ixple were enthusiastic and flhowed their appreciation by round after round of applause. Judge Neville was in bad healtk and wot able to speak long, but hi.i popularity and the devotion of the people to him and his cause was manifested in every way possible. Mr. Fleahearty'is an able speaker and his address wasvinthusinsticfllly cheered. Hon. J. H. Davis, of Texas; better know . 'as "Cyclone," ft)nowed Mr. Flea hearty and kept, the audience in h'j-ici attention and good cheer by bis entr r taining manner until ii?:'iv. 'undown. although a la.ve numl)Ar v e hri from a'great dijf.itice. Jle rrpi.iinM the danger of the trusts, uwl KVf l pl'iuily bow different is the tnVyw the rriniii licnn party today tli.i '. in 1 ha d.-.Y. of Abr.ibam Liniroln in veL'rd io hmn'in nvery, ixilygumy, mi)i,opt!y, niul the regulation oi tne currency. akhuIoa out the injuslico of .making tho national debt in coin and the-vrromf irt timv at tempting to make 1he wmie payable fn gold, lie answered the cPir,'e of ofir oug-i inn 1 inn ins onists ravi-teil jwiymg the debt in dishonest nioney by hinting that the fusionlsu were wiling to f i.):ifi even the second contract, R'hch was in fi:ct an imposition on the fieb.w. In re gard to the pt.yimr- ul Uie debt, their honesty in that rrf-jKvt 1W011 Id in- sus tained in all the courts' of juries on twrtli or in heaven, but they obj.-cfed to a change of venue to Vm ollinr place. ' WHAT A ROAR DID WLat"vr r may lie said of the populist party, which is an ntThool of the old greenback party, ono thing is sure, I. i., the most imrt;mt of its 'platform de mand have been. tfl . en tip ami adopted byoiher parties almost entirely, und whether 'he populist pnrty gains victory under lU own bannor, or- whether it forces some other-party, to t nact : into law its platform demands, it will have accomplished the much needed end sought for and the world will be belter lor it having made a vigorous "roar" to nllghten the people.-Heacon Light KOLCO AND FORTER. Kx-Ooveruor and Sunolary of Ntnlr Sneak to I.ar(;' Aiiill' re In HlU'licoek ( itunl.v. - Editor Independent:-Ex -Governor Holcomb and secaetary of state. Porter sixike here last night to a largo and en thusiastic audience. 4The M. E. church was secured for. the occasion and was packed full, many being obliged to stand in the aisles. As the train which brought the shak ers was not due until 8:1,1, the meeting was called to order by County Chair man Taylor, and the audience enter tained by the fusion candidate for county clerk, W. A. Stewart, until the arrival of the speakers of the evening. Mr. Porter was lirst introduced and reviewed briefly the affairs of th executive branch of the state government as conducted under republican md populist administrations. By comparison of statistics taken from the auditors reports, he showed that under populist government the taxpay ers of the state had been saved many thousands of dollars and that state war rants, which were at a discount of from five to seven per cent under republican rule, had been brough up to par and even to one and one-half per cent pre mium, and are at the present time at a premium of three quarters of one per cent. -." v ', y-- v He referred to Eugene Moore, who plead guilty to stealing 124000, and the supreme court in the face of this con fession rendejed a decision in substance as follows: "Gene Moore you innocent fool, you never stole a dollar of this money you say you did; you don't know what you are talking about; get out of here and go free." Mr. Porter closed by asking the audience which kind of an administration they preferred, ona which would increase the state debt over $1-, 000,000, or one which would collect less taxes and reduce the debt over 1700,000 in twenty-two months. , Governor Holcomb spoke more in gen eral on the political situation and the issues and principles involved in the campaign. He urged the importance of every voter doing his duty on election day. Referring to fusion he sain that while it was true that some of the prin ciples advocated by the populists were not acquiesced in by the democrats and silver. republicans, this was. no reason for not working together. 'lie said it was not a question now as to whether we were to got a scientific system of money, but a que.tion of preventing the gold standard from being permanently fastened upon this country, and in this the fusion forces are agreed and consis tently work in harmony, leaving the other nu6stions to a future settlement, .' The governor made , a gxd, sound, fair and logical speech, and the audience was favorably impressed with him on his first speech in' our county. Alto gether the meeting was a grand success and has done much? good for the fusion cause in this county, and we are safe in saying that it will win by a good major ity.. r (, 4 ,,,Xr , , f, i Robt..1i Evifis.; , Itryan In Geneva. , The little city of Geneva was in ga'a dress on the 23th, the day of the rally of the fusion .forces, who, were to ha ad dressed by W, J. Bryan. ? . At an early hour wagons and buggies from the adjoining country began- to ar rive and every train brought in its load of wkite-badged ; "Bryanitea.'' " ? Ladies were much in evidence and wore their white badges with pride., , v .,.. Bands from Fairmont, Exeter, Graf ton, and the Geneva Ladies' Band met the trains and entertained the crowds while Gov. Poynter and Mr. Bryan had luncheon. fn-i' .nii,u,t. . v.o A stage and seats had been arranged beside the courthouse in the pretty park: nags and bunting made bright bite of color and appropriate mottos gave sug gestions for thought, . , A quartette composed of Messrs. John soni Probst" Pardurt and fthackleford sang "America. Judge II. P. Wilson introduced Gov. Poynter who briefly in troduced Mr. Bryan in well chosen words and he was frequently applauded. ' Five thousand people cheeret when Mr. Bry an rose and bean to speak. . r: : , .. - Uegnve a masterly review of the faults and failures of the present adminjstra tion and called upon the republicans to examine and see u the promised bless sings and benefit had arrived. He talked about the benefits of an Income tax, the election of United States sena tors by direct vote rf the people ane the money question. .TrUsta and combines came in for tteir share, His remarks on tlie Philippine question and the atani ing army wrought the people up to the nigncst pitch, itis appeals for the free dom of those pcopla was cheered to tho ecno. , Hisnuotat ions'" from leading republi cam who had "changed frnt", in the last few months ' were' cheered and laughed at by the crowd; and, taken al together it was a great day and mVny votes were made for Holcomb and the stale ticket. r .,'. , Governor Poi nter went iu the eveing 1. l.fii- 1 . n 1 . ... . . 10 ailing: n,a :nrgt ljonem lan seuieiuent, wheT they were in the midst of celebra ting S .'Jxiimm dry. " ' Toe fosti vi ie fcre wtonped and all g itlc.-ed in (he Lrgest public hnll where dv governor ndur-ei them after an iiiipKciipLU ie"'i.iou was held and all sluxi'f li .11 is wiui a "real live governor." much 10 iheir delight. Nothing could h-ive pIiV.M t tueni more an 1 many -iio had never r,io;e vowd ihe licet nc claml their in eiitiiin of 'do ; so. " Al though tlie'ci.y iji -strongly republican the county nil! givn a '..rong innjority for Holcomb tin.-, lall. 11. G. li. Krriwh; Wnmii. It is tm'y wi iin the pist year or two that Fu-ne'i wi-.-p.i hiiveUfn allowed the 1 inf rui of l!:eir o.vn e iruin.-s; tins. my scrap (f sufTi'iige gran ! J lo the,n is the right to vo 0 lt j 'dge-i of the tnbunais of comuieice; und in certain chi.-M of iniKirt.int cws ( is for Jnilaiice, ite?. tiotn of Identity.) the testimony of a woman is not, rewiveif in cour;. She is legally incapable of testifying lo the Identi y ol a person who.n she my have known nil her iije-a incapable as if '.he were an in.-suc person or un idiot. Who would not today consider the testimony of .Minima Dreyfus worth more th.in half tho wittie.' Ifors the court nt Renne.f , Who would not say Ui;it such .1 woman is belter wonhy to vo'e thun that whole clique of conspira tors! pei juror and forgers, the generals of the French aruiyf A CIVIL WA EPISODE THE RAID UPON PORT, GIBSON . - WHAT CAUSED IT. AND Fifty Ariatoerntlo 8unthrn Girls Were Taken im I'rlvoner of War and Were. Carried ,t Vlikibnn and There Held aa lluslau, "I was mixed tip In one little unre corded event of the civil war,'sald General li.,"that was Interesting ftum Its very unusiinlness, and which, as' l look back upon It, seems strangely plo turesqife. We were attached to what was known na the marine brigade, a lit tle tWt of 12 'Unclad' river steamboats that piled up and down the Mississippi river after the surrender of Vlcksburg. The term 'Unclad,' by the way, Is some what misleading, as It Is not remotely connected with the white metal, but sig nifies rather boats heavily planked with oak for the purpose of protecting them somewhat from the ravages of bullets. "One day our little battalion of four companies was ordered to steam down the river, disembark at Rodney, march to Port Gibson and there consult seal ed orders In regard to further proceed ings. Imagine our surprise upon' read ing th Instructions that we were ex pected to capture and carry back to Vlcksburg as prisoners 60 of the most aristocratic Confederate young women In the city. However, we had served long epougb to obey orders without question, and, provided with guides fa miliar with the town, we set about our bizarre and uot too agreeable task. We first established headquarters at the residence of a prominent Confederate Judge. ,' , "Then different squads were sent out to call at the homes of the young wom en and escort them to the place of ren dezvous. The Instructions were that they must report at headquarters with in two hours on penalty of their family residence being burned to the ground. The only Information we could give them (the whole transaction was as much a mystery to us as to them) was that they were to be taken to Vlcks burg as prisoners of war, but were on no account to suffer any discomfort or Indignity. , "Of course, there was great weeping, walling and gnashing of teeth from tender mothers, loving sisters and Irate fathers and brothers. But the Incident had to be accepted as belonging to the fortunes of war, and at the end of two hours 49 of the 'CO, "attended by anx ious friends' and relatives, were at the rendezvous.' Mercy was Implored for one delinquent. An additional hour was granted, and, at their own suggestion, several of the young women were dis patched to her home to persuade her to follow their example, in gracefully submitting to the inevitable. The result was that before the hour was up the last fair prisoner had put In an appear ance, though In a very defiant mood. 'Our troubles, however, by no means ended here. Indeed,' they were hftidly, fairly begun. The next question was bow to transport our beautiful captives to Rodney, a distance of some 20 miles, oyer roads that were In a frightful con dition from the devastation of war and consequent neglect All the good bones, too, like all the good men, wero off to the war, and as for carriages, the'y bad: moat decidedly fallen Into' a state of Innocuous desuetude. ' 1 '- 1 "There was obviously nothing for us to do. therefore, but to gather together all the broken down old horses and di lapidated vehicles In '. the vicinity, which we somehow managed to hitch together with plow hf. messes, bits of rope, straps, etc. Wltb these improvised coaches, drawn np Into line, began the process of loading on our .victims, and when they : were all stowed away It was a motley looking procession. 1 can assure you. Even the sound of fare wells and the sight of weeping eyes could not blind us to the humorous As pect of the scene.. You .must rpnienibej; that we' were all pretty young fellows In 1803. The civil war was, fought by men whose average age was only 23. ''Well.- we made onr way slowly, amid tears and laughter, to Rodney; where we embarked for ' Vlcksburg. Upon arriving there the young women were ta en before the provost marshal, who put them on parole, confining them to the limits of the city.; Most of them bad friends in the town wlu whom they chose to remain, and suit able quarter were found for the rest. "The reason for the whole transac tion then transpired. It seemed that some northern young women school teachers tiad lieen taken prisoners by the t'oufedf -ate and were at that mo ment In their camp, where they were forced to wash and mend for the sol diers and perform other menial serv-li-es. Thes Confederate young women w-ere. tliifcfore. lo be held as hostages until the northerd women were re-t-ased 'There was little delay In the ex rhange. aim we had our visitors In Vlcksburg nly 30 days. .They were, however, vry gay. delightful days. Yankee oflh-rs ami t on federate maid ens Interiiiiiiglr'd socially, and fiie ao quail" turn o rudely forid ujkiu the ucam.ru m ut iiernera proved in some .m.' tiiiices 11 tuutuul pleasure. I could. Indeed, poln, to more fhnu one roman tic u nrrin-r. that was the direct out Mimc of our rndl upon Port Gibson." Washington Times. ; . 1 . Smflr and D-trlwi Torah'tnae. !;';.;. ;i of ioiiitstone literature, we rave some li our own cetimery which enl 11 !ttlf queer. On one ot tho t wh'ea ivnrk a grave not no -cry ol Is tie following: : July isk ., : ; nil . ; v "wit , ?-, Vi- " 1 H rw ! . F'oin Rlx Wl'a. -Prnnkfort (Ky. Ronndab Kd Willow County. Editor Independent: The first gun's of the populist and free silver forces were fired today in this cityiy ex -Governor Holcomb candidate for supreme judge and W. P. Porter secretary of state. There was a large crowd of people in the city who were called together by ours" drum corps at 2 o'clock p. m. ami the meet ing was called to order by C II.. Bayle, chairman of the populist "county central committee at 2:30 p. m. .. Secretary Porter opened with a sjeecli of about one hour, dealing exclusively1 with the state is.-ues, and the manage ment of the ship of state by the fusion. forces at Jjincoln, and presented such a bewildering Brray of facts, figures and arguments in favor of maintaining the ,, fusion forces in power in the state, that we, heard republicans say afterthe meet ing was over that his arguments were unanswerable. Governor Holcomb then followed in a speech of about two hours in length, dealing with , the nutional and interna tional questions, that are exercising the minds of our statesmen of today, and de livered a most x eloquent anff telling speech. . - - ' . He impressed all who heard him with his honesty and sincerity. " While he was scathing, sarcastic and cutting, at the same time, he was kind and cour-,. teous to all his opponents. He had noth ing but kind words for his opponent ex Chief Justice Reese, The large opera house was tilled to the walls with a very intelligent and appreciative audienou who sat in respectful and careful atten tion durirtg the three hours occupied in the skeaking. The meeting him given new impetus tot the fusion forces in Red, Willow.,'.. . '-...- ", ,:.. Indlanola, Neb. ' ClieapfRatoiTla. the Burlington; Chicago 19:40, St Louis, $10:50. Sale dates October 2d to Oth inclusive. Cheap rates to all eastern points, New York, Boston, Washington, Philadelphia, Bufr falo, Pittsburg etc. ' t . Portland, Seattle and Tacotna 150.00.. Round trip tickets on sale October 14th, 15th and 10th, limit November 16th 1899. Stop overs in either direction. Cincinnati, O., 1 1-3 fare on the ce? cate plan. Date of sale October 10; 19th, limit October 15th. f Kansas City, Mo., Priests of parade 95.75 round teip. Tiekd sale September 27th to October 7i u October Uth. v St Louis fair, $12.55 round tr;i,w ets on sale October 1st to Oth, oder limit October 15th. oade) Apply at the B. A M. depot-iOQfl ticket office corner 10th and O; ov full information and tickets, I . a. w. IWt C banks jmade THE CAMPAIGN0 k Hon. J. II. (Cyclone) ' (.'ol. P. I). Eager will spL . , following plavcc: kue all r- ' Polk county, Oct.'G. f But . -,-;:,- , ' onlj '"' ' : ; W. IL Harvey will Bpcafy, Minden," Oct. C. ' ' W , i Meelijigs for. Hon.-Robert Schi ling, of Milwaukee, Wis. ; . I ! Adams county, October 6, and ; Clay county, October 9 and l&V . ; Fillmore county October 11. ,( i ' Seward county, October . 12 ; 13. .;-,,;,, ;) ,1:, a.'-,y . ! V 'I -... ! :aiW : ; Dates for Congressman R. "D. Sutherland and'1 lion. W; Q.. Jen-' nings of 'Tecumseh,' Neb:'' ' 1 Stockville, October 6y afteruoxra.' s Curtis," October 6, erening. " J y Elwood, October 7,' afternoon. ' ' ' j ' Farnam,' October Y, evening;- - t Gothenburg, October 9, afternoon I C'oz&d,' October' 9,' evening:'" I Lexington, October' 10, after ( Overton, October 10, evenin1, 1 Kearney, October 11, aftern , Shelton, October 11, evenin If you are looking for home, you cannot do better investigate, the advantages iy tiers In the new state' of U elima'te in .the world, is mfj tempered " and "no 'couritr greater hatural-Tesonrces.-y M is much land to be bad chcbli advwhtage of the tialf! 'rate i feet on the first and third Tjon of each month to go to W4, it to look over the field ffftkm See that your ticket wJS; Rio Grande Westemf1' ithat will carry you thror.f 'ke a in1 tnnut f a vnroU tM . "v g For copy of 'Toil ily, write to Gc ijike City.. i7 -r -r.-c , EXTRAtT7 li:l I KJDctfstf :; 3 UtLino.,in, fry AqUARV FOR GOOn JlBER. A YSPRICE3. ctoH. -T,i'.. mm 1 lh f 1 7 i- a. , ft