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October 19, 1899.
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A REPUBLICAN
tie Still Stand for the Doctrine Laid
Down by Washington, Jeflrou,
and Lincoln.
Editor Independent: Your paper is
all 0. K. It is outspoken and to the
point I believe Mr. Bryan is the man
that the people should vote for for their
next president I am afraid unless the
peoples' party, the silver republicans
and the reform democrats, who believe
In the O-.aha platform, fuse, that it will
be hard game. I will Bay I am a Lincoln
republican would to God there were
more of them. Most of the republicans
kave left their principles out in the cold,
and harnessed themselves in the rob and
steal gang, who go in for trusts, monop
olies, state banks, the Philippine war
and the mighty gold dollar. The Cleve
land democrats join hands with McKin
ley republicans in trying to please the
masses. Will the masses be leather
headed enough to let them do it? I do
hope the people will get their eyes open
and join hands in one grand party and
overwhelm the money power that has
brought disgrace upon themselves and
the country at large. Isn't it enough to
try to crush liberty at home without
going 9,000 miles away to crush the Fiii-
SinosT Liberty only think how much
le word stands fori The Filipinos are
fighting for what our forefathers fought
for 120 yeara ago for freedom and lib
arty. The twenty millions we paid Spain
might as well hi ve been thrown in the
fire. The Uanna-McKinley way of run
ning the boat is bad, bad for the people
and good for the money power, trusts
and the like. The wise teachings laid
down py Washington, Jefferson, the
great and good Lincoln and others, are
not heeded or practiced by them; neither
has it a place in their heads or hearte.
Now, Mr. Editor, I don't believe that
one party can win against the republi
can party. Those who believe in the
Omaha platform ahould come together,
unite in one grand party and knock the
socks from this money power party. We
want a government for the whole people
Shall we have it, or will we allow our
selves to be made peons of? Go on with
your work and, if possible, knock the
scales from the eyes of the masses that
they may see clearly the road they are
traveling before it is too late. However,
I think we are learning what is hurting
us, and will be able to cast our vote for
the best man in 1900. A party named
the united liberty party wouldn't go bad.
for all anti-trust men, free coinage of
silver 16 to 1 men and the greenbackers.
Let us join hands to accomplish these
things -nd the government is ours and
not the gold bugs.
Yours with success,
iv. Ii. II. LocKLim
The Craxe for Independence.
I believe that if the insurrection is not
ended too sooon, the Filipinos will be so
hearily sick of independence that, there
will never bo any more trouble on that
score. Independence was a craze with
these people. They did not understand
what it meant, but their worship of the
Idea amounted almost to fanaticism.
Now that they really know what inde
pendence means, it is the best object
lesson they ever had, and it will not be
necessary to continue it much longer to
forever settle the question.
- ' The reader who has taken the trouble
to read up on American history and the
Causes leading to the war of the revo
lution may at first blush think that
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' wit auove is a quotation irom remaras
made by King George III. This, how
' aver, is not the case, The above lan
guage is from the lips of General Otis,
according to an interview printed in the
New York Sun. Appearing in a thlek
and thin administration organ in must,
of course, be accepted as inspired. The
words sound very much like the woods
of Lord North, who was George a prime
minister.
"Independence was a craze with these
people I" Well, so it base been a "craze"
witn otner people, it was a "craze"
with William Tell and the hardy Swiss
mountaineers. It was a "craze" with
the indomitable Spartans. It is a "craze"
witn the Koers in Africa.
"Now that they know what independ.
ence means!" That from the lips of a
man supposed to be leading American
troops uuder the American nag!
Is it General Otis' mission to destroy
the "craze" for independence? Is it his
mission to destroy the desire lor Inde
pendence and self-government and force
into submission a people who believe
themselves to be lighting for the very
same thing our forefathers fought to se
cure? I it the mission of the American
flag to cure the "craze" for independ
ence?
"So heartily sick of independence!"
These word from the hps of a general
in the American army?
"I believe that if the Insurrection Is
not ended too soon, the Filipinos will be
so heartily sick of independence that
there will never bo any more uoub e on
: that score." Is this an eplana;ion of
Oti' faiinre to end the insurrection? Is
, be afraid that a Midden ending will not
not milnce to crush the "craze for inde
pendence?". Is he paltering nd delay
ing and temporizing for the purpose of
forever crushing the "craze for inde
pendence?"
IM8TB THIS in TOCB BAT.
Republican politicians crudest when
ever fusion ists quote Abraham Lincoln
or Henry Ward lleecher in opposition to
a policy of iiuperiali-m. They will aim
protest when William McKinley' is
quoted. Mr. Mckinley has said some
tilings worthy of republication. Aniung
such are theo:
In Dcvemlier, 1897, William McKinley
Paid: "I speak not of forcib.e Bnnexa
turn. Tliat, according to our code of
, moral, would be criminal nggrrs-ion.
At 1 ronton. O.. October 1. lft&. Wil
liaru McKinley said: "The freedom and
noli lira! enuaity of all men must be
fully and honorably recognised wbrrever
our t;', flout.
In New York Ciy May 30. 1881), Wil
- lilt. ii McKi ley said: "Tlie deelnrasion
of indepcude nee sounded Ilia voice of
lilierty to all tniin'diid. The cautious
il conservative wbi e believing in it
Menial truth doubted I'.swi doin ami it
poli.-y. It was in advance i.f ;.i.o thought
of the treat hoiiy a' the .people. yet it
!ir.el a feeling for inU'4'H'eri-(. ami
en in.-.priiiv.'ii lor well government whicl
hinae a republic that has now lived more
thari a century. Out of all that came a
republic that stands for human rights
and human destiny, which today repre
went, more than any other government,
the glorious future of the human race."
At Albany, N. Y., February 12,1895,
William McKinley said: "The greatest
names in American history are Wash
ington and Lincoln. One is forever as
sociated with the independence of the
states and formation of the federal
union; (the other with TJN1NERSAL
FEEEMm 3d tho preservation of the
union, tVV&fiington enforced the Dec
laration of Independence as against En
gland; Line ln proclaimed its fulfillment
not only to a downtrodden race in Amer
ica, but, TO ALL PEOPLE FOR ALL
TIME who may seek the protection of
our flag."
In 18!)0 William McKinley, speaking
Bt the New England didncr in Phila
delphia, said:
"Human rights and constitutional
privileges must not be forgotten in the
race for wealth and commercial suprem
acy. The government of the people
must be by the people and not by a few
of the people; it must rest upon the free
consent of the governed, and all of the
governed. Power, it must be remem
bered, which is secured by oppression,
or usurpation, or by any form of injus
tice is soon ' dethroned. We have no
right in law or morals to usurp that
which belongs to anothor, whether it is
property or power."
RANK TREASON.
When Admiral Dewey was asked after
arriving at New York, about the news
paper correspondents at Manila, he re
plied: "They are a fine set of men and, no
matter what I told them, they never
misauoted or betrayed my confidence.
And there never was a place they would
not go when the lighting was going on.
This is rank treason to the high and
mighty Otis. Has not Otis declared
that the newspaper correspondents at
Manila are a lot of camp followers, irre
sponsible vagabonds, trouble makers
and riffraff? Has he not declared that
they are a set of magnificent Jiars.whose
reports must be censored to prevent the
people from being misled by false state
ments? Otis has declared that the
newspaper correspondents are only al
lowed in the island by his forbearance,
and he asserts that they are not to be
trusted to file truthful reports. There
fore he acts as a censor and eliminates
and interpolates to suit his august fancy.
He carried this so far that the corre
spondents united in sending a "round
robin" to the people of the United
States, getting it to Hong Kong by mail
and having it cabled from there to the
United States. The moment the "round
robin" was made public in the United
States the administration press filled its
newter plate departments with denun
ciations of these correspondents and de
clared that Otis acted properly in pre
venting this irresponsible . gang from
tilling the minds of Americans with
lying reports calculated to hamper Otis
in his great work."
But here comes Dewey Admiral
George Dewey, the hero of Manila bay
and the idol of the American people
and says: "They are a fine lot of men,
and no matter what I told
them they never misquoted me or be
trayed my confidence."
Treason! Hank, ribald treason!
CHALLKHQa TO REPUBLICAN 1BADBKS.
The McKinley administration has en
tered into a treaty with the sultan of
Sulu, and this treaty will confront every
republican orator in Nebraska.
The first article of this treaty provides
"the sovereignty of the United States
over the whole archipelago ef Sulu, and
its dependencies is declared and acknowl
edged." The second article provides
"the United States flag will be used in
the archipelago of sulu and its depend
encies on land and sea." Then the tenth
article provides "any slave in the archi
pelago of Sulu shall have the right to
purchase freedom by paying the master
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bun usual uminrH aiuc,
The World-Herald challenges any re
publican leader in Nebraska to defend
this treaty, and will give space for the
publication of the defense.
AN OBJECT LESSON.
The administration organs join in one
grand chorus to tell the farmer he is
prosperous because he can get zi cents
for his corn under me oenencent admin
istration of William McKinley. And
these organs do not overlook any chances
to inform the farmer that William Mo
Kinley is responsible for this good price
for the corn. But the farmer who stops
to figure a little will have grave reasons
for doubting the particular brand of
prosperity pointed to by the adrainistra
tion organs with so much pride. It is
true that corn is demanding a better
price than it did in 1897 at this time of
year. But how has this advantaged the
farmer?
In September, 1807, corn was selling
for 22 cents in Omaha. A farmer who
had 5,000 bushels of corn to crib and wai
compelled to build a crib could load up
253 bushels of 22 cent corn, haul it to
Omaha and trade it for enough lumbe
to build a crib, the 3,014 leet of common
lumber neee-tsary for a crib large enough
to hold 5,000 bushels of corn selling at
that time for F..n..
In September, 18!f, corn was worth 5
cents more per bushel than it wan in the
corresponding month of 1SH7. but the
farmer who has 5,0I0 bushels of corn to
crib right now must haul 2(5 bushels of
corn to Omaha 1o trade for enough luni
ber to build the cr.b, the lumiier now
selling for f4.:K. In other words. It
takes twenty two bushels more of 27 cent
corn to build the crib now than it took
of the 22 cent corn in 1SU7.
The republican organs will have great
difficulty in convincing the farmer that
lie is greatly benetite l bv this particular
brand of "prosperity."- World Herald.
Dr. Bull' Cough Syrup, the people's
friend, has been in lu-e oer fifty years.
It cures the e crest affections of the
thmat and lung-', cuch as, bronchitis,
grippe, laryirgitiHmd incipient consump
tion. 1'nco only 25 cents a boltlo.
A IIIIILKTKt'xT.
A Bible Tru-4 is the very Intent, S. C.
Britten, of Kiin-in Ciiy, w rne of fhe
Bible publi-her who is in the combina
tion. iifi hesy' that, it Is to ! a big
one, coinbin tig nil of the Bible publish
ing concerns in t"n ,'an I as well as Amer
ica. . It is openly willed, and in fact the
menibersof tlie i-oiut'i'ie -cem to lie proud
of it, tbtit 1h J r ce of Bibles will be in
created miiry yrr ceo'., and iii're than
doubled. Mr. B.it.on :iys the business
of l;i' pil'i -fii"! i-i now lie. ng curned
..n at n lo. i;d 1 i.Hf me combination is
the on'y n. The publisher, ac
cording to lik i.' of it, bvtiig obliged to
keen their ph,n. riming in order to
hold together meir wording organiza
tions, have cut deep down into the prices,
and fught each other until now bed
rock has been reached, and something
must be done to nave them from ruin.
Mr. Britton savs that any one can bring
out a set of Bible plates, and fight the
trust, but that any Bible that they mignt
publish would have but a email demand,
for people nowadays want Bibles with
so-called "iSible helps, etc., w lacuuaie
thn work of reading and studying, and
all such Bible helps are copyrighted and
owned by the concerns which will belong
to the trust! It will result in less liioies
leincr sold, less religion will be scattered,
and eventually will result in barbari-m
taking the piace or civilization in tni
country.
Rttpubliban Fundi.
The great banks, trusts and corpora
tions could put up all the money that
the republican campaign managers could
use and never feel the loss of it, but
they don't propose to do it unless they
have to They will make all the office
holders contribute to the utmost limit
and what is lacking they will furnish.
Recently a circular letter signed by W.
F. Burdoll, treasurer of the Ohio repub
lican committee has been sent to all the
office holders in the west. A copy of it
is handed to the editor of the Indepen
dent It is rather interesting reading
and is here reprinted:
Dear Sir: A democratic victory in
Ohio this fall would carry with it almost
full control of the political machinery of
the state, thus enabling the opposition
to entrench itwelf for the presidential
camprign of 1900.
A special session of the legislature,
called by a democratic governor, would
restrict the state for congressional pur
poses upder the apportionment of 1900,
thereby reducing the republican repre
sentation from this state in the lower
house of congress, and, perhaps endan
gering our majority in that body. These
facts, it seems to us, will forcibly ap
peal to every republican.
We hope you will be willing to con
tribute to the legitimate expenses of the
committee, in it i efforts to maintain re
publican supremacy. In this connec
tion we desire to call your attention to
"An Act to regulate and improve the
civil Service of the United States," ap-.
proved January lGth, 1883, as well as
the rules promulgated by the president
thereunder. For the benefit of those
who have, not the law at band, we en
close herewith an extract therefrom,
embodying paragraphs 5 and 6, of Sec
tion 2 and Sections 11 to 15 inclusive;
also Sections 1, 2 and 3 of Rule 2, of the
civil service commission, which bear
specifically on the question of political
assessments.
You will observe that the law, while
not prohibiting officers and employes
from making voluntary contributions
for political purposes, provides that
such contributions shall not be made to
any federal officer or employe, or to any
one within a federal building or estab
lishment For this reason, and to avoid
violating any of the provisions of the
law, the committee in charge of the
financial branch of the campaign work,
is made up of persons in no wise con
nected with the federal service. The
members of this committee are acting
on their own responsibility, and no one
connected with the federal service is in
any way concerned, directly or indirectly
in sending this circular to federal officers
and employes, In sending us a contri
bution, you will in no way violate any
provision of the civil service law. We
are asking for voluntary contributions
to assist in defraying the proper and
lawful expenses of the campaign, and
we win ne responsible for the proper
distribution of any funds which may be
entrusted to us.
On account, therefore of the import
ant bearing the result in Ohio this year
will have been the greater contest of
1900, and because of the fact that the
defeat of his party in the president's
home state, would be heralded by the
opposition a a rebuke to his admmis
tration, we hope you will aid us in this
contest by sending as liberal a contnbu
tion as you can afford.
Please send remittances or make
checks payable to the undersigned, who
will acknowledge the same.
Very respectfully,
W. F. BUBDF.LL,
Treas.
TWO REPENTED.
Dkwion Connty In all Right. Enthnnlutlo
Audiencru and Large Crowd! to
Hear Sutherland.
Editor Nebraska Independent: last
night at Overton occurred the last cf a
series of meetings in Dawson county by
Congressman R. D. Sutherland of Ne!
son and Hon. W. H. Jennings of Tecum-
seh. With one exception these meetings
were well attended and all of them gave
the best of satisfaction The first meet
ing occurred at Farnam on Saturday
night. Never before did Fit mam have
such a political meeting of any kind. It
is a republican town and gives a republi
can majority iu the precinct so that this
is no small compliment to the speakers
and to the local populists who had charge
of the arrangements for the meeting.
The hall was packed full and two repub
licans signified their intention of quit
ting their old party love and al i,'n.ng
themselves with the great parly of re
form. Tho next meeting was at tiolhen
burg on Monday afternoon. This town
is also a republican town but ihean
nouncement of the meeting did not draw
like that at Fiirnnm, and the resuli wa-i
not satisfactory. Ilud the meeting lieen
set for Tuesday or Saturday the chances
are that there would have been a much
better attendance, for farmers come to
town on those dnys to market their hogs,
and do their trading, lozad was the
next meeting place ami here the speakers
were again greeted by a well-'illed hou-e
and much good was done. 'J be meeting
at Overton was enthiisiatic and one lo
make glad the he;irt of tl,e retormer.
Overton precinct is i Iih banner populist
nrecinct in Daw-jni- coun:y and the
Mieaker were given a crnliil reception
Mr. Sutherland ha I bu-..ii.sat, Kearney
which leuuiieii hi lulcii.lm and hw was
not present, bill M r. Jennings and Mr.
Vincent were w.i, i.y ecii.il to the ur.cn -iott
and g.ve i In iui. Police rich !ret.
At all of il.c-e m-'ei.tu: -o ne of the can
Uidalej on the I union ticel weie piuMiut
and appeared brietly belore the pcop.e
No belter ticket was ever up tor the suf
frages of the voters of this county. I I
the reform voters will go to the polls tlii
fall there is no doubt of the result in this
county, although tho republicans are
making their last grand stand their su
preme effort, to wrest the county from
ponulist control.
The success attending the meetings
heli and the enthusiasm of the rank anil
file of the party, indicate that success
will be ours in Nebraska this year.
Mark wood Holmes.
Lexington, Neb. 1
THE MALAY AT MIXDEJf.
Editor Independent: Chaplain Mail-
ley spoke here this afternoon to about
half a house full. He tried to be funny
and to some extent was. A vigorous
clapping of the bands followed nearly
every sentence. His style of argument
was like the following: Populism tends
to pessimism and in time affects the
liver, and the only relief is to join the
republicans. He got off his favorite ex
pression about the administration right
or wrong and said that is what made
sore spots on the anti-imperialists and ho
repeated it in order to keep the wound
open, ile said the war really commenceq
when our forces would not allow the t il
ipinos to enter the city and loot,anJ
plunder and kill. After that they wero
angry and abused our troops every way
they could. To be sure he said we fired
the first shot. Then he illustrated it by
saying: Suppose oneof you would go out
in the street and a person should coma
up and abuse you and call you all man
ner of names and you should smash him
on the mouth, who would begin the fight?
.Later he said it was the obstructionist)
on the floor of Congress that precipitated
the war and on them rested every drop
of blood that had been shed. This re
mark caused a mighty clapping of hands
it took a prodigious load off of McKin-
ley's shoulders. When he came to the
treaty and the 820,000,000 he becarnn
eloquent and with scorn and disdain b
repudiated the idea that we bought the
islands, lie said it would not buy ono
little corner of the islands; they wera
immensely rich. One coal mine is 2
foot thick and,15 miles long. That $20,i
000,000 was a display of our greatnen
and generosity, a concession of a con
quering nation to a vanquished one, and
any one who would lindfault with tha
was a mighty small American. He did
not try to produce any argument, but
depended on sentiment alone. He ad.
mitted that McKinley made a blundej
bv nroelaiminL' in advance a rioliev foi
Cuba, in the mnnagement of the Philip
pines he would be more discrete and give
h'.a policy as it developed. He let the
cat out of the bag. Ifanna wants thai
coal mine. His speech did no good foi
imperialism here.
O. KlCHMOND.
Minden, Neb.
BRYAN ON TRUSTS
(Continued from last week.)
"Place the food and clothing and all
that we eat and wear and use into the
hands of a few people, and instead o
being a government by the people ii
will be a government of the syndicates
by the syndicates and for tha syndicates
(applause.) Establish such a govern.
ment and the people will soon be power
less to secure a legislative remedy foi
any abuse. Establish such a system
and the night before election a man will
be notified not to come back the day
after election unless the policy of the
trusts' candidate is successful. (Con
tinued applause.) Establish such I
government and instead of giving the
right of suffrage to the people you vir
tually give the right of suffrage to the
heads of monopolies, with each man em
powered to vote as many times as he
has employes. I am not willing to place
the laboring men of this country abso
lutely at the mercy of the heads of mo
nopolies (cheers) I am not willing to
place the men who produce the raw nm
terial absolutely into the hands of the
monopolies, because, when you control
the price that a man is to receive foi
what he produced you control the price
that he is to receive for the labor in the
production of that thing.
"The farmer has no wages, except as
the wages are measured by the price ol
his product, and when you place it in
the power of the trust to fix the price ol
what the farmer sells, you place it in the
power of the trust to lower the wage!
the farmer receives for his work, and
when you place it in the power of the
trust to raise the price of wheat he buys,
vou do the farmer a double injury, lie-
cause he burns the candle at both endj
when he sells and again when he buys
of the trust (Oreat applause.)
'Some people have tried to separate
the laboring man who works m the fac
torv from the laboring mau who works
on the farm. I want to warn the labor
ing n an in the factories that wh n they
join with the monopolies to crush the
farmer, as soon as the farmer is ci usheil
the laboring man will be crushed and
his ally will be destroyed. (Applause)
and in a test of endurance the farmer
will stand it longer than the laboring
man. I come from an agricultural state
-oneof the irreat agricultural states of
this nation and I wfant to say to yo
that while our peop'e are, I Mieve, a
unit agiiinst the trusts we can stand the
trusts longer than the laboring men; we
can stand all the vicious jolicies of gov
ernment longer than the laboring man
can.
"The farmer was the first man on the
scene when civilization began, and he
will le the last to disappear. (Applause)
The farmer wants to own his home: he
ought to own it. I think this nation U
safer the larger the proportion of home I
owner. (Applause.) I want every man I
with a family to own his homo. Tli'ij
farmer wants to own his home, but if!
vou won't let hi'ii bo can rent. Ho will'
have tola employed to work the farm,
becau-e the fellows who would take the
farm wou'dn't work if they had it. Take
from him by mortgage, if you like, but
the man who foreclosed the mortgage
and buvs in the property will not work
the farm. He will need the farmers to
work for him, hut he will have togivt
the farmer enough to live on or th
farmer cfttieot work. You may drive tb
farmer down so he cnnot buy coal, bul
he can burn corn. (Lnuchler.) Utit y
drive the coal minor dwn so h" cannol
luy corn n;iil he c.-imioi rat conl. Yot)
enn drive Hie farmer down fo he cannot
buy f ie ory inade U"oK bittlinwife cur
do'like the wife of old make the cloth
inn of the Ciuiiiv off of the farm. 'Hot
when you v i-e your fnotorir it ilj
take all the accumulated Wtfiilin ol Uit
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
CATCHING GIRAFFES.
Taken While Younw by a Tribe of
Hunters Llvln In Africa.
With all the opening up of Africa
which is now going on, when railways
and telegraphs are rapidly pushed for
ward, mines worked, land tilled and
towns are rapidly opening into being
in so many directions, it is little to be
wondered at that wild animals, especially-the
more timid sort, such as the
giraffe, are driven farther and farther
into the interior and are becoming rarer
and more difficult to find every day.
The Somalia, a tribe of hunters living
in the eastern part of southern Africa,
capture the yonng giraffe by means of
ONE CAUGHT BY HAND.
the lasso. Sometimes this is need from
the back of a horse, but more often tho
Somalia lie in ambush for the animals,
and then, carefully waiting for a fa
vorable chance, they cast the nooses
over their heads. The yonng creatures
are then hobbled so that they cannot
run nor stray far away and in a few
days become perfectly tame and docile,
though always timid and shy. They are
readily sold to dealers in wild animals.
always on the lookout to fulfill com
missions from the owners of some men
agerie, circus or zoological garden in
Europe. Chatterbox.
The Laoechinar Plant.
The laughing plant grows in Arabia
and derives its name from the effect
produced by eating its seed. It is of
moderate size and has bright yellow
flowers, which grow in tufts, and leaves
of a dark green color. Its fruit is a pod
or capsule, stuffed with a velvetlike
padding, in which lie snugly imbedded
two or three seeds resembling small
black beans.
The natives dry these seeds and then
reduce them to powder. When admin
istered in judicious doses, the powder
produces effects very much like those
arising from the inhalation of nitrons
oxide, or, as it is called in common
parlance, "laughing gas. "
The person to whom the powder is
given shouts, laughs, sings, dances and
acts in a ludicrous way. His merriment
lasts for about an hour; then he quietly
falls asleep. After several hours he
awakens and has not the slightest recol
lection of anything that he said or did
while under the influence of the pow
der. It is said that an overdose of laugh
ing plant powder is likely to cause se
rious results, but a small quantity does
no harm. The powder is sweet, and it
is a common joke to put a little of it into
the coffee of some unsuspecting person
in order to have a laugh at his expense.
The Dream of the Tor.
The Sandman I oat a dream one night
A dream meant for boy.
It floated round awhile, and then
It aettleU on a Toy.
The Toy dreamed that it ctood in tlxm
With quite a row ot boys. f
The teacher rapped upon nil dcak
And cried: "Leaf noiael Lew noiatl"
Then, looking at the Toy, he acowled
And said, "Next boy foretell."
"Oh, please, air," cried the little Toy,
"1 don't know how to spell.
"Indeed I don't know bow it iat
I'm sure I am a toy,
Althoueh I seem to be In class
lad dressed up like a boy."
"What's that? What's thatf the teacher
cried.
In awful tones he spoke.
Be came with strides across the floor,
And then, the Toy awoke.
There lay the nursery ery still.
The shelf above Its head;
Tb.' Arc burned dimly on the hearth;
The children were in bed.
There lay the dolls and Noah's Ark.
"Oh. oYar ni," said the Toy,
"1 Juat had u h a dreadful dreamt
I dreamed 1 was a boy."
Kaihcrine i'yle in St. Nicholas.
Trnnaplanted "Guttersnipe."
. In one of the dormitories presented
by the three children of Waldorf Aster
of the home at Dath the bedsteads are
brass, the window panes of leaded
glass, and the hangings are of prftty
flowered cretonne, says the New York
Commercial Advertiser. The room is as
dainty as a rich child's nursery. When
httlo girls are brought into this room
for tho first time, they invariably stand
in tbo doorway, looking nonnd ad
miringly, but not seeming to realize
that this i. where they are to sleep.
Many of these children havo never slept
on any kind of a bedstead before, und
tne letters and poetcarils they send
bomu next morning usually coutaiu al
lusions to the "gold beds."
Just an Yon Look at It.
"Tommy." saWl the teacher, "how
many Is the half of eight?"
'tin tup or sideways? axUed Tommy.
"Whnt do you mean by ou top or side
way'" "Why. Imir from the top of 8 is 0,
and Lulf of it sideways la U!"
fnrllnl fmnan.
Tli" missionaries tell Home very pretty
ntnrvv of the ne of words by hoiiio of
the frib"i of Africa. One tr.l' rails
thuii'l r "tho sky's irnn." niornin;; i
culled "the d.iyV chill." and when ice
wtiM shown to tbciu they said. "It is
water a.-leep."
VICTORY IN r 6BRASKA.
It In TSovr Only a Question the Major
ity I'opallnin Will Get. :
The Populists must be getting a little uneasy
about Nebraska. "Coin" liarvey haa been speak
ing in the state for a number of weeks and it
billed for a long time ahead. W. J. Bryan it
also announced to maka a number of speeches in
Nebraska during the campaign. It would seem
as If they were making unusual exertions for an
"off year." The trouble is Mr. Bryan is a little
fearful that the state may get away from the
lusion forces this year, which would somewhat
dama;e his boom for l'JOO. Seward Reporter.
The Populists are not uneasy about
Nebraska. They know it is all right
They Just want to make the majority
so big that nevermore will there be
any lighting ground for plutocracy la
this state." No faithful preacher is
ever satisfied with the size of his con
gregation. He constantly wants to add
to the number of those who shall be
saved. We are not lighting to elect
ilolcomb. He is already elected. We
are trying to save the perishing, the
poor Republicans that are still in the
gall of bitterness and the bonds of in
iquity. You know as well as we do
that you haven't a ghost of a chance to
carry the state this year. You are
right now going ever the state with a
fine tooth comb trying to catch some
ambitious lawyer who Is willing to ac
cept the empty honor of nomination,
and you can't find him. Nobody Is
willing to be made a propitiatory sac
rifice for your sins. We are going to
run a great big campaign In an "off
year" just to show wbat the Pops can
do when they get waked up. We are
going to bold mighty meetings, with
barbecues and processions. We don't
have to send to Washington for ora
tors that can thrill the people with
false tongues and lying promises. Our
orators are homemade and to the man
ner born. The prairies are Just alive
with good speakers. They speak well
because they speak from full hearts
and honest minds. Yes. we will give
you a campaign that will make your
eyes bay out and your brain stand on
end. We are going to try right hard
to carry every county In the state and
will come mighty near doing it. Hold
your soul In patience until you witness
the salvation of the soul. Omaha Non
conformist. Political
Economy and Human Na
ture.
Mr. Cockran's political economy may
perhaps be unanswerable." The struc
ture of his argument was unquestiona
bly well built. But It will all fall Into
shapeless ruins because Its foundations
are buljt on sand.
lie fails to take Into account the
frailties of man. Philosophy Is all
right In Itself, but It should be kept in
the schoolroom. Man's weaknesses,
his passion and his greed always upset
Its beautiful reasoning. Man is not al
ways a reasoning animal. I would sub
scribe to everything Mr. Cockran
and the professors and other theorists
said If man were an angel. But the
trust Is a monstrous commercial de
formity. It overthrows all the laws of
political economy by the crushing force
of Immense resources. It has no con
science. There are no good trusts.
Human nature makes such a thing Im
possible. The trust will not reduce
prices until It Is forced. It cannot be
forced If It Is a monopoly. It will not
raise wages until it Is compelled. It
cannot be compelled If it Is the only
employer.
These, statements may violate the
laws of political economy to which Mr.
Cockran and the professors appeal.
But human selfishness and greed have
a disagreeable habit of setting at
naught all the beautiful rules and ax
ioms of political economy. H. S. Pln
gree In New York Journal.
Treason the Crime.
Nowhere in all our past until Harri
son's administration was the policy of
using the dearer dollar established.
Jefferson used to coin the dearer dol
lar. Jackson reduced its bullion value.
Pierce cheapened the money of circu
lation. Lincoln and Chase gave us the
greenback and In 1873. according to
their own peculiar logic. John Sherman
and the Republican party stole 3 cents
on the dollar from every creditor to
get this nation over to the cheaper
gold. Four years later, with Stanley
Matthews in the lead, the Republicans
again declared for the cheaper dollar,
and that declaration was reiterated In
the senate but a short time ago. In
1S!)( there was uot a county in tho
United States which did not declare
"for bimetallism In one shape or an
other. There has never lieeii an ollicial
act of congress nor a vote of the peo
ple which surrendered our rights In the
matter, and If McKinley. (Snjte aud the
Repuhllean congress attempt to legis
late this country Into gold monomet
allism treason Is their crime, and the
penalties of the Inw should be their
portion. Topeka State Record.
Another Fore Inn Mar.
The Hon IV n Mr-. I'i.iii.it. chair
man of the Srl'ra.ks Dfrnmrsilr stile commit
tee. "I will mske si rcllml in anll"paninn
cumnalim as I know how." he tells the Kansas
City Journal, fet persons'!. he Is an expansion
ist, and s rank one at that. A eery aiiommo.
dstina: sort of Pnpu'lrt Is Bin! Mar-t He is an
expansionist msnaflns: sn sntlexpanjinn rsnvsm.
and he is a plutwrat msns-lfta an sntip utocrat
canvas. II- eems not wholly atiflVd with his
niatihlnss loader "Prvan has ml to wihtnr
around on the war qu atlon." an tltnt. "snl
we are liable to su5'r the lns nf nisnv votes as
s result." But sivs.hini armmd is one of the
colonel's famous imuwrni'ttn. N-w York Mun
Here Is another Jol lot of foreign
lies taken Into the Nelunska ltepul
IWan patters without n.iiuraHr.ntlon.
B' nton Maret Is not nn expansionist,
and he never said he was lie Is not
a plntoernt lie did not fny tlmt "Bry
an has ifot to HWfl-diltt!: around on th
war tlles1lon." He did say. however,
that Holeonib would be el-ctfd su
preme .finite by an Inniieiwe majority,
hut The Sim does. not mention Mint,
There in no doubt now tlmt on the
part of the Republican hl N to he
n etitiipnljrn of mi:gtitllccht' mendacity
They lire gullie to try nnd lie their
t'cltet Into oftlce, Their entire stik
In trade is falsehood aud deceit. -Oma
, hn Nonconformist
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