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November o, 1899
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THE LEARNED MAN
has a fortune that he can't be buncoed out of clothing knowledge for in
stance. Our clothing buyer is a learned man in his line. He may not know
whether the 20th century begins in 1900 or 1901, but it is 16 to 1 he knows how
clothing should be made. He's a learned man in his business; he knows the
clothing business as it should be known for your benefit, for ours. He knows
what to buy, when to buy it, and where to buy it He lives among the cloth
ing marts of this country, at the headwaters of the clothing business. He
improves each year in his knowledge.
This fall he gives you the same suit of clothes for less money than last fall; he
saves you from tl to 85 oh your Overcoat his knowledge of the business helps
you, helps us. Those Men's Suits, at $10.50, is it a wonder why we sell so
many? Why shouldn't we? It isn't often you can go into any store and find
such values as we have in this special suit. Fancy Cassimere, double breasted
square cut, satin faced, perfectly tailored, latest style, you'll recognize the dif
ference in the make, style and finish
less than $20.00. Take the ones at $8.50 and $9.00. We'd like to have you
compare them with the ones you find elsewhere at $12.50 and $15.00. Quite a
difference, you say. So it is. This is a different store from most stores.
'Twouldn't be so popular if it wasn't
BRYAN AND ALT6ELD
An Va paralleled Outpouring of the People
of Lincoln to Hear Them Speak.
The rally held in Lincoln last Satur
day night was a surprise to everyone to
the f usionists as well as to the republi-
' cans. There has never been such an
outpouring of the people of this, city at
any time before, not even in the last
presidential campaign. A large crowd
was expected and the Oliver theatre and
Bohanan's hall had both been secured,
but the awful jam of people at both
places was beyond precedent. The
meeting was advertised to begin at 8
o'clock. By 7 there were more' people
crowding around the doors of the Oliver
than would fill the building. The doors
were not opened for a long time and the
people packed up against each other as
closely as they could get 100 feet from
the entrance in every direction. When
the doors were finally opened, the thea
ter was filled in less than five minutes
to tbe very top seat in the highest gal
lery, and every inch of standing room
was occupied. The people continued to
come and the police bad to take a firm
stand to prevent such overcrowding as
to make the place dangerous.
At Bohannan's hall very much the
same state of affairs existed. Hundreds
of people went home who had no chance
at all to hear the speakers. The crowds
at both places were more largely made
up of voters than is usual, and among
them were many republicans.
Only a very few of the audience had
ever seen Governor Alfgeld, and when
he came upon the platform and " they
saw a quiet scholarly, mild looking man,
whose hair did not stand on end all over
his head, Ihey were somewhat astonished.
Hundreds of them, no doubt, expected
'to see an anarchist with fierce and awful
countenance, whose very look would be
a terror. On the other hund there stood
a man the very opposite in appearance
to what the plutocratic press and car
toonists had placed before them for the
last six year". His appearance is gentle
ness personified, and his deliverance
when speaking is more like the old fash
ioned humble country preacher, than
the campaign orator. He proceeds very
deliberately, distinctly pronouncing ev
ery word and every sylablo of every
word. His jestures are very few. He
strives for no climaxes. He has a mes
sage to deliver and he talks right on
with such close reasoning and constant
sincerity that before long he has every
man within the sound of his voice eager
ly listening. His honesty of purpose
and singleness of heart make an impres
sion that few men can make. Governor
Altgeld is not only an apostle of reform,
but he is ono of the greatest thinkers
and philosophers. -
The power of the plutocratic press is
nowhere more plain than in the univer
sal conception of the personality and
character of Governor Altgeld that it
.. has impressed upon the mass of the
people. Here is a man that they have
represented as a tierce, bloodthirsty,
cruel, and desiring the destruction of all
that men hold dear in modem society, j
What is tho truth? He is the very op
posite of all that. He is gentle, kind,
scholarly, refined. That is the man that
thousands of mullet heads, in Nebraska
truly believe is a wild-eyed anarchist,
with every hair on his head standing on
end.
Governor Altgeld's speech was devoted
principally to the discussion of imper-
',' ialism. lie made, in his masterly way,
the same points that have been 6o often
presented in these columns. The speech
was not made up of climaxes where ap
plause would naturally punctuate it, but
was a sustained course of reasoning from
beginning to end. The conclusion was
so firmly established when he reached
the end that no rcaoning- being could
avoid its force. Nevertheless, as the
force of the argument grew and grew
upon the audience, rounds of applaase
broke in upon him. He spoke for over
an hour and then went over to Bohan
nan's hall to deliver another address to
the great mass of people assembled
there, who had been listening to Bryan.
When Bryan came upon the stage to
deliver his twelvth speech for that day,
paler and more worn than we have ever
seen him before,- the audience greeted
him with HUchViun 's of applause as
"were never heard in tiat theatre. Bryan
stood near the froni. the stage for a
long time motioning ,th his bands for
- silenco before lie could iegin his speech.
The magnificent audience and the
shout of tho geople seemed to inspire
him with new energy. He made ono of
happiest efforts of hi;t life He spoke
with great animation nn1 frequent ges-
turcs. The j peech was in a lighter vein
Jinan that pi en i y governor Altgeld.
PILES tti&ffil&SP &
wMratiooi on fV t so fritad.
iJfrnrfea FREE
from anything in your round that sells for
He made an unusual number of happy
and telling hits and the audience nearly
split their sides with laughter. In
speaking of the republican argument
for imperialism he said it consisted of
three points: "There is money in it.
God is in it. We are in it and can't get
out." In discussing these three poiuts
almost every sentence was followed by a
round of applause. Tbe scoring he give
the hypocrites who wanted to claim that
they were acting under divine guidance
was terntic.
Bryan spoke until his strength gave
way. but the last sentence was delivered
with as much force as the first In
shaking hands with him after the speech
it was found that 1 notwithstanding the
energy with which he had spoken, and
the heat of the theater, his hands were
as cold as ice. All the vitality seemed
to have gone out of him.
G. O. F. Chaplain Reports.
Editor Independent: I waz hired az
chaplin to doe the praing for the staite
sentral committy and I helped them all
I cood in that line and kept up their
6pirrits too the last but the wayz ov
providense are inskrootable.
But the good book sayz hoom the
iiora luvetn be chaseth. Verily theee
are trublus times and az the messengers
cum in and sho how the Fillestines hav
prevaled every tru republican must feal
his bouels yorning to giv forth a grate
wale ov wo. Therefore the committy
besought me too promulgate this form.
The State Jurnal iz too deaply moved
by the hevy stripes too print it republi
cans read the Independent, so I bring it
to you:
Horrible iz the tidings! Nebrasky iz
again desolatid! The ded has rizen!
Gone agin to the pops. O Nebrasby Ne
brasky! How oft wood we hav gathered
you to ourselves as a goos gethers her
brude under her wings but ye wood not
be assimilatid! We sent you the the
songs ov the monk ov Arbor Lodge
without munna and without price but
you turned to bim a deef ear. Wale!
For we nominatid a saint of the big
Sixth fur kongress. He had a soft hand
and a yerning hart but he is still taking
tne case under aavizement while our en
emies do flout us. Wale! For we put
up a spotless lam tor judge but our ene
mies iound his pedigree to be that ov an
unsavory gote.
Wale! a double barreled wale! For
we sent out a man like unto the Rose ov
Sharon to begile the people with song,
but he returns to us wild-eyed, his hare
on end and chanting a planetiv durg
like this: I sed to the mare, O Mare!
Night Mare! you sat on mi stummick
nite: and the trumpets tha blare, and
with claws in my hair the goblins are
holding me tite.
Brothers, our g. o. p. iz dowd! We
thought him a leviathan but he iz pros
trait and roles up his plaintiv eyes like
the upturned gaze ov an expirin caff.
All brothers wale!
Rev. Solman Bulkins.
Chap. G. O. P. Sentril Com.
P.S. I had to hurry in ritin this. I
will see Chaplain Mailly and we two will
formulate one for next week.
Who Paid?
Who pays for tbe engine and special
car that has been used the past two
weeks to pull Bryan and Holcomb over
the state to make campaign speeches?
1 he common people cannot hire special
trains for two weeks at a stretch. Ster
ling Sun.
Nevertheless the common people did
pay the bill and we can do it again. The
common peoplo paid the whole expense
of this campaign. We subscribed a dol
lar a month and paid in tho money, and
we have the receipts from the railroads
to show that we paid. Furthermore we
are going to keep on doing that way un
til after Bryan is elected president in
1900. It is lots better than relying on
assessments of the officeholders. Coin
Harvey raised most of the money. When
tke editor of the Sun reads this will he
correct his statement? Not much. A
republican editor was never known to do
such a thing. He is afraid that if he
did it might have a tendency to make a
populist of him.
Where do you buy your shoes? San
derson's, 1213 O St, have the best shoe
for the money that can be made. They
guarantee every pair to give perfect sat
isfaction. Try them.
Some republicans who ought to have
sense enough to know better, express
surprise that they did not poll more
votes. When the leader. of tbe party
Hnd their principal speakers continued
unceasingly to attack the very founda
tions of this government they should be
surprised that any man, In the state of
Nebraska, would vote their ticker. Be
fore plutocracy got in the saddle, any
man who would have repudiated the de
e!a ration of independence would not
h e received a vote in this whole ftate.
CITY OWNERSHIP.
OBJECT LESSON IN MUNICIPALLY
OWNED AND OPERATED RAILWAYS.
Liverpool's Jcccessfnl Experiment
With Its Street Car Lines An Ex
ample For tbe Cities, Great and
Small, of the lultew State.
The street railways of Liverpool
have passed through every phase of de
velopment. A generation ago there was
private management pure and simple.
This was succeeded by municipal own
ership of the tracks, with operation by
a private company, which lu turn gave
way to municipal ownership and mu
nicipal operation of the entire system.
The experience of tho city during each
of these periods throws much light on
the growing tendency In Great Britain
to municipalize till street railways. V
Among tbe. first Hues to be construct
ed was the one in Liverpool In 18(10, but
It was not a success and died In In
fancy. Toward the close of tho decade
a new undertaking wus promoted, con
trolled principally by Americans. Tbe
old lines were somewhat extended,
but in 1S97. when the city bought out
te company, there were only seven
miles of track, wholly Inadequate for
a city of over 400.000 population, pos
sessing a commorco second only to
London. The service was bad. Fares
were high. Little attention was paid to
the Interests of the city and Its citi
zens. Hence the corporation Interfered
and, paying the company 5130,000 ($20,
000 per mile of single track), took pos
session of the' lines. The price paid
was rather high, but public Interests
demanded the sacrifice. Tho city prob
ably would have undertaken to operate
the lines then and there If tbe house
of commons bad not been so strongly
opposed to such a sudden and farronch
ing extension, of municipal activity. It
waa not until several years later that
an exception was made for Iludders
fleld, owing to the Impossibility of se
curing a private company to ojierate
tho lines constructed by that city.
Soon after purchase was effected the
system was reconstructed and extend
ed until In 1895 there were over 43
miles. The annual rental received by
the city was 1Yi per cent of the pur
chase price and cost of construction
and 10 per cent of expense of recon
struction, a sum barely sufficient for
many years to cover cost of main
tenance and repairs and Interest on
capital Investment. By 1803 the In
vestment hnd become very profitable,
and a considerable fund was used
every year to reduce taxes, tiut In
other respects the system was very
unsatisfactory. No form of mechanical
traction had been Introduced. The an
tiquated horse car still dragged Its
weary length along. The company
claimed to be eager to Improve the
motive power, and probably It was, but
Its terms weretooonerous. It wanted to
bind the city hand and foot for a long
term of years. The city council, know
ing how successful municipal control
had been In Glasgow, Sheffield and
other towns, would not be deceived.
No agreement was reached.
Further, the company would hot un
dertake to operate new lines unless
larger net profits were certain. The
city always constructed , tracks as
rapidly cs the company would lease
them. But Invariably the Interests of
the community were made to wait on
money getting. The company was un
duly and unwisely conservative.
Transportation to and from the
suburbs was very restricted, causing
overcrowdlug In the control portion of
the city, with nil the attending evils.
In other directions similar results ap
peared. The company would not re
duce fares because It was not positive
that Its net profits would be Increased;
nd unless they would bewhy should It?
Thus It reasoned. Wages were kept
down to keep profits up. The work
ing day was unduly prolonged 12 to
15 hours out of every 24. Improve
ments were Infrequently made. The
cars were seldom painted or cleaned.
In every direction all was made sub
servient to the piling up of profits.
Whether this state of affairs was due
to the avarice of the company or the
desire of the city authorities to lower
taxes matters little. The fact remains
that the system of municipal owner
ship and private operation did not
work well and. In fact, does not ap
pear to have worked well generally In
England. It was and Is preferred to
private ownership and operation be
cause of the need of public control, but
everywhere, as In Liverpool, the need
of and demand for better service at
lower rates have driven the cities into
municipalization.
In 1S!)7 an agreement was finally
reached between the company and the
city whereby the former received near
ly $3,000,000 for Its lauds, buildings,
ears, horses, etc.. very liberal terms
from the Company's point of view.
Kept. 1 the expei lmept began. The re
sults have demonstrated Its wisdom.
The Introduction of mechanical trac
tion was begun at once. Continental
systems were examined, the overhead
trolley selected and the expenditure of
$.".000,000 to extend and reconstruct
the lines decided upon. Already nearly
30 miles bare been transformed, and
the work Is going forward at the rate
of three miles per month. Cars have
been Introduced from Germany and
the united States. The contrast be
tween the present bright, clean, com
modious and well lighted, painted and
ventilated cars and the dirty, weather
beaten, dingy, cramped and uninviting
cars of the former regime Is very
marked. Arte tbr passenger whether
he thinks municipal tramways are a
(tiler-ess.
Almost "rpial Improvement has been
made In tho number of cars run. For
example, in the busy hours of the day
134 enrs now pass down Lord street.
one of the business streets of the city,
ns compared with less than half that
number prior to 1807. On many lines
there has boen an Increase from a three
to a one minute service. At the same
.time fares have been reduced. Penny
stages have succeeded twopenny fares,
and the distances have been extended,
o that uow all fares are about 20 per
cent lower thau formerly.
The employees have also shared In
tho benefits. Under company manage
ment the men worked from 12 to 13
hours dally. The present maximum Is
10. W ages have not been lowered ac
cordingly, but In every Instance have
remained the same, except lu some
cases, where there has been nn Increase
of 13 per cent. Uniforms have been
provided without additional cost. The
drivers have been taught at the ex
pense of the city how to haudle electric
cars, a great advantage to them, and
In every way the condition of the men
has been greatly Improved.
The effect upon traffic of thf Improv
ed service wus Instantaneous fad enor
mous. During the week ending Aug.
12, 1897, under private company, 797,
502 fares were puld. In LSI)!), for the
corresponding period, the number wns
1,523,705, an Increase of nearly 100 per
cent In two years. And In the mean
time only 12 or 15 miles of uew road
had been constructed, the attention of
the department being taUen up with
the Improvement of the present sys
tem. Probably one-half this increr.r.o Is due
to the Introduction of penny fares fo
short distances. Whether the reduc
tion In fares will lower net profits can
not yet be decided. The tramways still
produce a large profit, but whether It
is as large as formerly Is not the deter
mining factor. The act of parliament
authorizing municipal operation ex
pressly forbids the application of the
profits to the lowering of tuxes, and It
seems likely that the traveling public
will be the ones chiefly benefited.
But let us glance at the financial side
of the scheme, remembering, however,
that It has been In operation only two
years; that expenses In 'tho beginning
are unusually high; that experiments
must be made; that 30 per cent more
men nre employed owing to reduction
of hours of labor; that fares have been
lowered 20 per cent; that ninny acci
dents happen at first, etc. The total In
come for 1S9S was about $1,000,000; the
expenditures for maintenance and op
eration. $1,280,000." leaving a gross
profit of $320,000. Of thlsl amount over
$2ii0,000 was used to pay Interest on a
capital Investment of $4,750,000 and to
provide sinking funds sufficient to pay
off the er.tire capitalization In 23 or 30
years. There still remains $00,000, ev
ery possible charge having been pnld,
a most excellent showing. Further,
the department Is on precisely the
same footing as to taxes, national and
local, water rates, etc., as the private
company. No favors have been shown.
Mllo Roy Maltble in New York Jour
nal. A RAILWAY MONSTER.
A Rail war Combination That Bhoald
Help Government Ownership.
Plana are being perfected for a com
bination for good or evil of 37 rail
roads, with an aggregate mileage of
73,000 miles, or nearly half the total
mileage of the United States.
These railroads are capitalized at $2,
180,019,294. They earn each year above
their operating expenses over $200,
000,000. Whatever may be for the good or the
harm of one of these roads is to be
considered for the good or the harm
of all.
In other words, it Is to the interest
of the roads running across the conti
nent to fight the Isthmian canal, In or
der to rake more dollars out of the
pockets of the people.
The cross continent roads can there
fore make their fight with $200,000,
000 in their hands and $2,000,000,000
in their pockets.
If other railroads want to make ex
orbitant rates In favor of brother
trusts, -they will buy the necessary
legislation to do It
They will have the power to mold
senates, cabinets and presidents. They
will stand at the head of all trusts as
lord high dictator. They can freeze
cities for the want of coal. They can
starve communities for the lack of
provisions. They can ruin small deal
ers with rebate rates ar.d cheap com
petition. In short, they can control
the commerce of the couatry and wield
It for their own benefit.
Of course they will not do this so
openly ns to cause a ballot box Issue,
but the combination Is not alone for
the purposes of arbitration and traffic
agreement, ns has been asserted.
It Is for the purposes of offense and
defense, nud In this the power of the
combination will be almost Inconceiv
able. The "offense" on the part of
these trust' Is their campaigns against
competition and their systematic ex
tortion from the people. Their "de
fense" consists of warfare against all
legal restraint.
Such combinations are legal and can
not bo helped, but they are bringing
the day of the people's own railroad
combination ever nearer. New York
Journal.
Uoneat ITanna.
We admire Senator Ilanna. There
Is no nonsense nlMiut him. He Isn't a
hypocrite. He doesn't say benevolent
assimilation when he means murder
If he wants anything, he doesn't lcg
for It, but he goes after It with a club.
He defies the people and lets them feel
his eqntenipt. He worships nothing
but money. He schemes for power
only to get more money. He manip
ulates bis puppet McKlnley as a help
to his own private business and will
throw him overboard when be ran use
Mm no longer. Ilanna does not deny
the existence of trust, ns Allison does.
Ho does not claim that the Republican
party will destroy them, as most of
the party leaders do. ne boldly says
they are a good thing and the more we
have of them the better. Omaha Nonconformist.
M. & P.
O and 13th St.
I nAtn) Tnus far this season wwe
LttQlwS have had the l"skt
business in our cloak de-
f 1vrri partment we have ever
VlOlll known. Most of our
' uiuern were piacea eariy
enough to ceoure tho
very lowest prices and as
A fonMeriiinnrA ma Kaua
Jackets
been in a position to offer exceptional
Vhlues.
We have Indies black cloth jackets of
good cloth at 82.50, f3.50, 4.50 and $5.00,
$5.75, $(i.OO. 86.50, $7.00 and $7.50 each.
Ladies' cloth jackets in black, brown,
tan, gray etc., $8.00, $10.00, $12.00, $15.00
and up to $20.00 each.
I rt 4 !AJLali,s' pluh. capes of good
LdUlCS quality, 16 inches long.
trimmed with thibet fur,
nfsl. lined with mercerized sateen
rlUSn M5h. Plush capes of
good quality, 20 inches
f rrtf lonff' tlimUiei with fur,
LdUCS brfli(i 8nd Jt. "ilk lined,
r $3.75 each. Tlush capes of
extra quality, 27 inches long, 125 inch
sweep, trimmed with thibet fur $6.00
each. Other xtvliui f nluh .umu st
$7.00, $3.00, 89.00, $10.00, $12.00and $15.00
eucn,
Cloth
Capes
A special value in ladies'
boucle cloth capes, 30 in.
long, 110 inch sweep, (.form
collar, trimmed with thibet
fur, lined with good quality
sateen, price $4.00.
MILLER
F03TUJIE AT JKCS3! 'p&Mlg
tnoniali. Ii unUkt am akuni tiwr InMotad. Makm huttw In tam bIhuIm At thahntinm
of the tub U a screw propeller that the gearing revolve 1G00 revolutions minute.
This Immtnu agltitio causes the globules to break InxUntly and the battarlsiMea, j
nu buuvt in imi irnnuna dciot mix nnncrs ana nve win Duy. a scientific wonder .
Mrs. Gentry of Ky. nude f90in 2 weeks. W.B. Reddish of Va. made 1185. H.I
emiia oi iowa, aom tat, says ne wi u sen oov la
they sell tight t tbe door. Mr. Cheater sold 8
weeks, made fJ62. Agent nuke 1200 a month.
Chrlut In l'olltle.
Christ taught that Ood was the uni
versnl Fa;herand that all men were
brothers. He also taught that God was
no respecter of persons, that the soul of
any one of His children was as precious
in the eyes of God no matter how hum
ble, as that of any other no matter how
great.
Upon this doctrine the declaration of
independence securely rests. Who,
having read the teachings of Christ, can
read the following from the , declaration
of independence and not feel that they
are the fruit of IIU teachings.
"We hold these truths to be Belf-evl-dent
that all men are created equal; that
they are endowed by their creator with
certain inaleniable rights; that among
there are life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness. That to secure these righta
government? are instituted among men
deriving their just powers from .the con-
Attempt have been mad by many to
minimize or to altogether deny that the
teachings of Christ brought forth Ca
higher civilization. But all such are
confounded when it is pointed out that
hospitals and asylums to care for the
decrepit, unfortunate and dependent
members of society followed in the wake
of Christianity. The teachings of Christ
taught men are responsibility for their
unfortunate brothers which was no
where accepted in any age by any peo
ple until after Christ tauirht the father
hood of God, the brotherhood of man
and his gospel love. The text "In as
much as ve did it not unto one of the
least of these, my brethren, ye did it not
unto, me," teaches tho responsibility of
the strong to succor the unfortunate.
In our own country following tho foot
steps of the fathers for more than a cen
tury in the village church . and the dis
trict school, the bible and the declara
tion of independence have gone side by
ide unchallenged, unquestioned and
alike considered infallible. The pro
duct of our institutions has been men
and women, not only sound of body and
mind butwho through wholesome rivalry
have made advances in science, art and
invention until in the astonishing short
space of a century they have eclipsed all
competitors and now stand at the head
of all nations in point of intelligence,
wealth and power. They havo also
reached a higher moral plane than ha-
ever been attained by any other people.
We hive been for a century the wonder
and admiration of the world, and our
success has been a standing threat and
menace to kings, emperors and despots
everywhere.
The most shocking and monstrous
proposition that haH yet emanated from
any source has been from a few of the
American ecclesiastics who favor a gun
powder gospel in the Philippines and
justify the practices of Islam in the
name of Christ. To all such the Amer
ican people should say with one voice, in
the words of the Master:
"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypori'es; for ye make clean tho out
side of the cup and of the platter, but
within they are full of extortion and ex
cess, for ye are like unto whited sepul
chers which indeed appear beautiful
outward, but are within full of dead
men's bones and of all uncleanness.
National Watchman. ,
They Arc IafliloK.
The ordinary man has always been
puzzled whenever he undertook to rec
oncile the lives of a good many ministers
and professed Christians with tho creed
they profess to Iktlieve. If they really
believe in a future life, and expect to
meet face to face at a judgment seat
their fellow men with whom they have
associated in this life, how can they
treat them as they dot Mr. Flower, in
The Coming Age, writes on that subject
as follows:
"Do you imagine for one moment that
if a man realized that after death he
would come face In face with those he
might have helped here, and that by the
immutable laws of the universe he must
reap what he has sown, he would Iw
M.&P.
O and 13th St.
-Wom It feenis strange but it in
If ill III nevertheless a fact that
we can sell you warm,.
WaaI wo" made double mit
ff U0I tons Juat cheap as you
coma ouy me yarn to
knit them. We have all
wool mittens for ladies
AW Inn? Id lOlrt m
good double mittens at 20o a pair and
double mittens of coral saxony yarn at
25c a pair. Children's wool mittens at
lOo a pair and doublo wool mittens for
children 15c, 20o and 25c a pair. , ,
BLANKETS
If You are Interested
in, .;.."
Cotton Blankets
' ;" or ";:,C."
Wool Blankets
You can buy them cheaper now
than will be possible later in the season.
Whether you buy now or later,, wbeo
you do buy just remember what wo told
you. ' s '
& PAINE; '
next tew tnontns. Z. X. Hlatt save
first duy, made (24. Mr. Hauyof Mich. Sold Tata t
Ths Qveaa Blttsr htaksr Co, U 1111 riaamtl.t
likely to spend ten thousand dollar on
a banquet while in his own pity men
were falling from exhaustion after day
of fruitlessly seeking for work, or when
children in the sweaters' den were piti
fully crying for food? Do you believe.if
those citizens of New York, who hold
high places in the church, and during
the week operate in Wall Street, realized
that 'whatsoever a man soweth that he
must reap,' and that the day after hi
death he must confront his deeds and
appear as he really is, they would con
spire with their partners to deceive oth
er men in a gamble in which they virtu
ally played with loaded dice?
"Do you suppose that statesmen, or
those in high political positions would
deny the simple demands of justice and
right, and refuse even to entertain the
golden rule, if they believed that the
morning after death they would be
judged by the same golden rule?
"The fact in that, hnnrnvnr mtiMi an.
ciety may give mental acceptation to tbe
theory of another lifa nr tha avnlta!
teachings of Jesus, a very large propor
tion oi me memDers in tne cnurcn, aa
well as those in tho world, pos
sess no vital faith in. nn rcnlivinir .wir..
viction of another life, and what it ne
cessarily implies if justice sits at the
helm of the universe. A realizing sense
of this cannot fail to transform life in
the nation or civilization which comes
under its innuonce.'
CLAZED PAPER.
Field an the Cause fur ths Alarming In
crean In Near-Slghtednesi. i
According to a certain number of
German ophthalmologists, the use of
glazed paper has a prejudicial effect
upon the eyesisnt. There lies the
cause, they say, of the continuous In
crease of myopia during the last fifty
years. Formerly a dull, grayish paper
of coarse texture was used. Now the
paper has a smooth, brilliant surface,
with luminous reflections that were ab
sent from the rough surface of the old
paper. In old books a soft light easily
brought out In relief the characters,
which were printed In heavier, blacker
type. Now, with the glazed surface,
tho light Is all the more reflected, be
cause the characters themselves are
finer and less pronounced, thus giving
rise to a play of light and shade that
Is most fatiguing to the eyes. To
prove this It suffices to take an old
edition of the magazines printed ar
tistically and compare the effects pro
duced on the eyes after half an hour's
reading. For this reason hyglenlsts
recommend the avoidance of glazea
or highly polished paper In schools.
The paper should be of a grayish or
bluelsh tinge. In any case It should
sot be white, and never brilliant.
The Way to go to California
is in a tourist (deeper, personally con
ducted, via the Burlington Route. You
don't change cars. You make fast time.
You see the finest scenery on the glolw.
Your car is not m expensively furnish
ed as a palace sleeper, but it is just ax
clean, just as comfortable, just as good
to ride in and nearly ?20.0U sheaper. It
ha-4 wide vestibules; PintxcV. gas, high
back Keats; a uniform Pullman porter;
clean bedding; spacious toilet rooms;
tables and a healing range. - Being'
strongly and heavily built, it ride
smoothly, is warm in winter and cool in
summer.
In charge of each excursion party iri
an experienced excursion conductor who
accompanies it right through to Lo
Argeles.
Cars leave Omaha, St. Joseph. Lincoln
and Hastings "very Thursday, arriving
San Francisco following Sunday, Los An
geles, Monday. Only three days from the
Missouri River to the Pauirlc Coast, in
cluding a stop over of 1 hours at Denver
and 5j hours at Salt Lake City two of
the most interesting cities on the conti
nent. For folder giving full information, calf
at any Burlington Route ticket office, or
write to J. Frascis.
Uen'l Pass. Agent, Omaha, Neb.
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