THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
GAGE COUNTY G 0 P'S
A History of IlieOltl Gang anil their more
Keccnt Performances In the Lt '
Klectloiii
Editor Independent: Gage has long
held the distinction of being the "banner
republican county" of the state, and in
days gone by it has to its discredit been
the nursery of as vicious a brand of de
mocracy as ever disgraced any part of
our common country.
While it has to its credit much that is
good and commednable in the indus
trious, wide-awake and business-like
qualities of its citizens; it has politically
to its discredit very much that is con
temptible and mean.
It is the county which is responsible
for giving to the state a Captain Hill,
known by all who knew him at all as a
genuine sample of latter day republican
ism. His name carries with it b certain
odor that reminds us of a certain little
little animal of the cat species. It is an
dor that comes down the flight of time
from those days when Mosher,. Outcalt,
Dorgan and others, classilied as republi
n uint.. were act t:B "miardiun angels"
over the treasury of this great state. It
w BviHentlv the same peculiar odor as
thnt. whii;h ;limrs to the names and
mnmnrif-s of Hartley and Moore. These
men. with others we Uliirht name, W
probably infected with 'it by inhaling
atmospheric poison that existed in the
s-i.-initv nf the state house, the penit. n-
tiary, and the Lincoln asylum when the
piaemic 01 corrupiion, iciwmu
litv nrl rottenness held its sway in
those nullic tilaces.
' Gaffe also furnished the state its
"blatherskite in chief" in the person of
Billy Somniers, a fellow who can squirt
more nonsensical political rot in a cam
paign speech tliau any o'her man in the
great west, Melting-pot Morton and the
han Maillevof Hong Kong not excepted.
Rut, it, mvs him well. He now draws
his rations regularly from the federal
trnntrh. as becomes a subservient and
dutiful dog. He makes up what he lacks
cf brains by a wonderiui supply 01 cneeu
and balderdash.
We have among us also the ex-state
pnntnr. ex-renublican candidate for
lieutenant trovernor and wish-to-be can
date for congressman George Arthur
Murphy, who recently became tamous
as an aristocratic poet. So aristocratic,
indeed, is he that a lady correspondent
of Frank Leslie's Mommy eviaenny
composes bis original poems for him.
This may seem somewhat Insn, but, to
16 George.
Our county is the home of another il
lustrious personage, who has recently
posed before the public as 'somebody
great" and important Who could have
.been in Nebraska during the late state
campaign without hearing of Frank
Prout, the "head stinker" of the state
senate republican committee? But we
cannot believe that a man Can be found
now, even in this republicaa stronghold,
who can be in any way proud of the at
tainments of Frank and his besmirch
iLg associates. The pnblic looked at
ther blackguarding report as a direct in
sult to their own intelligence, and many
republicans voted for Holcomb as a re
buke to indecent and filthy politics.
Frank expected a nomiuation for dis
trict judge as a matter -of recompense
for his dirty service in behalf of his
party, but he failed to secure even the
support of his own ward for that position
in the late republican county convention.
One of the most conspicuous figures
among the politicians of Gage is
the Honorable Dan Cook, who, for maiay
years has played the part of Mark Hanna
for the Grover democrats of the country
He has ruled and manipulated the con
ventions of that party until it went
down and was wrecked with the Palmer
and Buckner ship, on the goldite repub
lican sandbanks.
Dan is now, like his friend (melting-pot-Morton),
a republican. Ho is to all
intents and purposes the captain of the
republican ship in this county. His ad
vent as such however proves him to be a
"second edition of Jonah on board of the
chip. The tempest which his presence
caused on board, during the last cam
paign and even after election has done
much damage to the old vessel. It leaks
badly at present and many of its crew
have become unruly and mutinous.
During the late campaign, many of the
leading men of the party bolted their
county ticket, supporting most of the
fusion ticket instead. They charged
that their convention was managed and
conducted by Dan Cook, who at that
time Was posing as a democrat and they
also charged the republican court house
ring with Bartleyism, extravagance and
all kinds of crookedness.
The fight on the side of the bolters
was led bv Gen. L. W. olby who in his
usually courageous way made a most
vigorous attack on tho Dan Cook repub
Means. He was supported "on the sly"
by such men as ex Senator Murphy and
County Attorney Homey Rinaker, while
many stalwart old time republican vet
erans like Elijah Filley, John Williams
and Ashenfelter fought by his side open
ly and bravely.
The fight however is still on and prom
ises to be a most stubborn one on both
SOME BARGAINS
NEBRASKA FARMS FOR SALE.
itr i Hnurt
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money making farm. Vntisnnlly good orchard
f be( varieties of frail. The purchaser of
this farm can get the bent st very profitable
flures. Address Nebrsnka Independent, Farm
Number 121, Lincoln, Nebraxka.
No. ago. Whole improTed taction within 12
miles of Lincoln, st 11M.IV per acre. A regular
nap. Address Nebrsxks Independent, Farm
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Mo. 3tt. H ighly improred 103 acres In Otoe
eoonty, splendidly located. One of the choice
farms of Nebraska. Can be bought right or
will trsde for a larger body of land suitable for
stock raising. Address Nebrsnka Independent,
Farm Number iSi, Lincoln, Nebraska.
No, 448. Fine oombinstion grain and stock;
farm in Jefferson comity. 'M seres, mostly val
ley land, very rich. About 100 acres In cultiva
tionA) acres hay land. Living water, timber.
Bemarkahly cheap. Address Nebraska Inde
pendent. Farm Number 4H. Lincoln, Neb.
Mo. 400. X.UU acres splendid alfalfa land In
Bepublicaa Valley can he bought at a bargsia
price; alo acre alfnlfa farm in Morgan Co.,
Colorado. Address Nebraska Independent,
Farm Number 4', Lincoln. Nebraska.
Mo. 475. First clays quarter sect Ion In Lan
caster county for sale: 1M seres under eultisa
tion. No buildings, A goad buy. Address Ne
braska Independent, Farm Number 47S, Lin
coln, Nebraska,
Mo.4H3. A stock and feeding farm. Ever
necessity nro-'ded for convenient and economi
cal handling v. stock, including sidetrack and I
nipping pens on the place. I his Is the oess
Plant ot Its I
kind, and the cheapest in the West,
t?F.b,n
Owner going
ka Independent, Farm Number tK), Lincoln,
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ll i tuuiili n the t'aoiory. but they admit oar
epdonen ' utisic iiootl. ''Tlielf low is joui
Kin." Ml. AIIVANt'K ha already been
miide. but will Mill I bene Boons t old prlree.
Pint coins first sol-veil. Kend tor freeoittalouiieof
Plows, Harrows, Oisc Harrows nd 0 her Goods
selling at Sid Prices until Jan. 1st, 1900 on:).
Kapfrood Plow Co., Alton, HI.
Only l'low 'Factory la D.8. wiling direet t larao
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sides. Gen. Colby is now attempting to
oust twaperi-ons from their official por
tions the county treaserer aim juuge.
lie has already tiled charges against
them in court and a decidedly warm
time can be expected soon among these
divided republicans. With such circum
stances the future prospects for the re
form forces here is rather encouraging.
The g. o. p. being in the condition ol a
"house divided against itself" moans its
downfall. This calls for unity of feeling
and action between the fusionists of the
t-Qiinty which con not fail to bring us ul
timate success, uur cause nas gaineu
much during the late campaign despite
the fact that the populists of the county
had to get along with an imperfect or
ganization. Now let us do better with
staning on the campaign of l'.MKJ. With
a wide a vakr, stiong and perfect orgatii
zatiou we can win.
E. E. Ellis.
Iieatrice, Neb.
NEWS FROM MANILA
A Nfbriihka. Hoy Writ The Army In the
North McKlnley's Hired Havana do
ail Kxtsellviit Amount of Killing.
Editor Independent: I have waited a
long time but have not heard from you
so 1 take the privilege of opening, if you
wish, correspondence with you, and will
try to give you a faint idea of the situa
tion here. Things have chanced but
little since Col. Eager left. The 8:30 law
is still in force and is liable to remain so
for a long time yet. The native police
manage to keep Manila's riotous popula
tion quiet as possible. Their work is ex
cellent. Prices are still rising in Ma
nila, and gold is worth $2.0G2 at the
tanks a very nice thing for the boys.
I've been very we 1 since I was di.-
cLarged. Charles Keed died a couple of
weeks airo in the first reserve hospital.
Roy Dunken is a corporal in Co. D,
iitiih regiment, ana is now in rorac.
Forisberir still works for Wolf Bros., and
T nin the north line Times man. The
Times is improving fast, and I will mail
von a conv now and then.
1 1 ve at No. 10 Ualie 1'iaen, wanea
citv. and have a good time. I talk pretty
good Spatish now. Are any of the
First's officers accepting commissions in
the new volunteer outfits? If so, who
are they?
Meanwhile General Lawton, with an
other living column, is rapidly driving
the rebels out of the province of Nueva
Ecitra. Already he is far in the north
of the wrovinca with a victorious army
that hardly knows any opposition, and
the M acabee troops and Lowes scouts are
routing the rebels for miles to either
side of the route taken by Lawton's col
umn. The Macabees are splendid sol
diers, perfectly fearless and knowing ;he
country like a book, they torm a very
valuable nart of the advancing army
Their unrelenting hatred for the Tagals
in general has lately been stimulated by
freuuent attacks on their city by some
of Aggie's ladrones to such an extent
that their work is that of fanatics. Two
hundred of them have made a night at
tack on a village held by a thousand of
Aguinaldo s best men (the red legs) and
came off victorious with hardly any loss,
and when one of their fellows go down
his brothers in arras take an oath of ven
geance over his corpse. They carry the
U. S. Kragg rifle and are experts in its
use. many of them having seen service
in the Swinish volunteer army.
The railroad rolling stock is gradually
falling into the hands of the Americans
Three engines were taken at Angeles
and also several cars.
The engines are being renamed after
the di iorent generals and colonels of the
U. S. army and the roads are still in the
hands of the government.
Bacor, Cavite and San Fernando de
la Panpanga all have a civil police force
on the same plan as that of Manila, but
each town has a different uniform, and
thev all have given perfect satisfaction
so far. M. Eaton.
Manila, P. I. Nov. 7.
Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup cures any
case of bronchitis, lung affection and
erintio. Physicians prescribe this re
liable remedy, and druggists recommend
it: because it never fails to cure, and
costs but 25 cents a bottle.
Every citizen of Nebraska is interested
in the permanent educational tunas,
"the trust funds" as they are sometimes
called. Being several times larger than
all three of the other funds combined,
the permanent school fund usually at
tracts most attention. Some weeks ago
a table was given showing the receipts
in this fund from tho In-ginning down to
November 30, 18'.)8, showing a total in
vestment of 13,144, 531.54 and cash on
hand amounting to t2:W,408.03. During
the fiscal year ending November :it),
18!li) the receipts were as follows:
BKrEIPTS.
Sale common school land
Sale saline land
V. 8. U per ceirt fund
Total accretions to.the fund
INVESTMENTS RETKENID
State bonds paid
County bonds paid
Hcliool district bonds paid
General fund warrants paid
240.4 3
I'M ()
M9 UU
$nt:i,or9 S6
$ i.2fi7 :n
147 !
202,632 8
Total receipts 1657,166 65
IK VESTMENTS MADE.
Registered county bonds 1 21 .000 00
Premiums paid on bonds 2.HW 62
General fund warrants 5M. W
Premiums paid on warrants 6..I07 10
Total invesments made during year. $711,6:14 78
The total securities held by the fund
on November 30, 181W, are as follows:
United States bond
State bonds
County bonds
School district bonds
General fund warrant (and prem).
I lvono on
55.IIUI mi
3,012,Kfl
Z7.l8 7!S
62H.;i 67
Total securities hel4 $3,7:,lfl0 42
Cash balance on baud lNi,UrS HV
During the year tho investment were
increased 3)7,058.88, and the cash bal
ance reduced 154,408.14. In other words,
thd investments for tho year exceeded
the total receipts by the last mentioned
sum.
T Cure m Cold in one Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablet
j All druggists refund the money if it fails
E.W. Grove1, signature is on
' each box. 25c.
The Congressional Stench
Editor Independent Seeing a light
ahead I say, congress be , cer
tainly. The righteous condemnation of
every honest person in this nation will
rest on every one favoring the currency
bill now before congress.-
The hogs are in the parlor, and they
will stay there if the Bryan forces hog it
in 1SXX) as they did in Playing the
small boy to the democratic band wagon
is a thing of the ia-it
That fool aoi in ')'A was the cause of
the hogs getting into the parlor.
it unit currency oni was enst, h ma
sea, it would kill all the lish in the At
lantii; ocean, as it h intended to kill the
indnstritis ol tho ncoiile. If Christ
stiould make a speech in congress on the
passage of that bill there would be some
very emphatic language utna.
The light ahead is the certainty or iuo
civet cats in congress slouching them
selves out.
What they should pass: Be it anact-
en, etc.- That me currency oi mo
United States shall ever be a triune cur
rency, gold and silver 10 to 1 and
t eaur. notes. And further be it en
acted, that every postotllce is a U, S.
bank, loaning moi ey to the pe pie ai o
per cent per annum; and taking it on de
posit when the people don't care to use
it; and mi king it a crime for any piiva 8
party to loan money at interest.
A. ii. LACK,
Auburn, Neb.
Two Farms lor S2I3
I have two nice farms for sale five
miles from Mt Claro, Nob. For partic
ulars address box 13, Mt. Clare, Neb.
S. HUNZIKKH.
It is estimated that the democratic
nominee tor regent, r joson men, win
have a majority of nearly 8,000 less than
Holcomb's. The populist state commit
tee explains this by saying that thous
ands of voters made but one a in voting
for regents, and this rosulted in both
McGi ton and Kich running away be
hind their respective tickets, bomo
others explain it by saying that many
populists pick out only the populists to
vote lor on tne lusion ucKei, to uie uu
vantage of Holcomb and Teeters, while
democrats abide by the ticket they rati
fy. Wo know of instances of the former
class hero in Dodge county, professed
and proud of it Fremont Herald,
Quoted in Nebraska City News.
The spirit of the above is not to be
be commended. Tho cry of bad faith is
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not. pontic, neiuier is mere iuuuuouoh
for it. It may be true that in isolated
cases populists boast 'of bavinor knifed
the demooratic fusion nominees; and it
U equally true that democrats in places
have scratched populist fusion candi
dates. But such practice is not general
and not commended by any true friend
of reform. Mr. Teeters is not now, aad
never has been a populist, so tho Herald
and News began with wrong premises.
In almost every county in the state
except Hamilton and Washington, the
fusion candidate for regent whose name
came first received more vqIcs than his
fellow nominee. Even in Mr. Teeters'
home, Kich ran seven votes ahead.
When the original estimate was made
it was not thought Ely would run ahead
of Reese, and this made the estimate too
low. In twelve counties where Rich's
name came first, ho ran 1,445 ahead of
Teeters; his name coming second in the
other counties cost him at least 7,000
votes. Then, too, there were over 5,000
prohibition votes. A glance at the num
ber of middle-of the-road populists as
compared to bolting democrats, should
silence this talk alniut populists not
standing by the ticket.
THE 6ASE OF THE BOERS
SlatriiH-nts Made by 1'aul Kruger IWl'ore
the War-An Inter -low with Olive
Schreiner
A writer in Ainsley's Magazino who
went to South Africa to look into the
dispute between the Hoer republic and
England gives an account of an inter
view with Oom Paul. The words of the
Dutch ruler were carefully taken down
and present the lloer side of the case.
This is w hat Oom Paul said, as reported
by this writer:
I lirst asked him why he did not give
the Uitlanders the franchise. This, I
thought, would open up an extensive
field, for it has furnished tomes for the
archives of Great Ilritain and of the
Transvaal. Oom Paul disposed of it in
one paragraph.
"A man," he said, quickly, and with
out removing his pido from his mouth,
"cannot serve two masters, bitticr he
will forsake the one and love the other;
or else hate the ono and cleave to the
other. Now, the English, though they
behave themselves properly and are
oval to tho state in a way, invariably
fall back on tho Queen when it suits
their purpose, lhe tiermans are not so,
Well, we have a law for bigamy in this
country, and a man must put off the old
love lefore taking on the new.
We were talking about the suzerainty,
and England s ability to form a cordon
about the Transvaal and starve the
Boers out
"If the Lord wills it," said ho, "they
can do it. If not the hnclihh may build
a wall about us as high as Jerico and
we can live in plenty for a score of
years.
"liut we do not want war. i his coun
try is big enouh for Boor and Uitlan-
der. All arc welcome. Every white
man will be protected, and when he
shows a willingness to share the burdens
of his adopted country he will see that I
shall treat him fairly and give him the
right to vote.
"'As for the suzerainty,' Raid Mr.Olad
atone, on March .'0,1880, I cannot admit
it The annexation itself was a trick,
Let it bo to the everlasting dishonor of
Eneland if she presses this claim. If
the acquisition of the Transvaal were as
valuable as it were valueless, I would re
ptidiato it because it has been obtained
by means dishonorable to the character
of our country.'
"Tho wealth of our mince was not then
known. They alone are responsible for
England's luHt to possess this country.
We abide by the London convention. It
has nevsr been broken by us, though
Eneland contends that small technical
breaches have been committed. The
convention provides only for certain
civil rights for foreigners, but has no
reference to Dolitical rights.
"For years we fought and blod to hold
this country long before its wealth was
known. We were too poor then to at
tiact the greed of England. Should we
now jield when the Lord has giveSi us a
reward for our labor and toil? Before
Heaven, no.
'My constant prayor," ho concluded,
'is that the Lord will save us from war,
Should ho let it come, however, then we
will give a good account of ourselves.
Every Boer will tight for his country.
Every houe will be a fort. The old and
the young will shoulder a rifle. Aye,
and the Women, too. We will live and
die together. '
"Beloro God, the English havo no
right to force us in this way. 1 have
made every sacritice. My trousers they
demanded, and 1 gave them. My coat,
too, they havo taken. Now they will
havo my life. I cannot give it. Blood
shed we do not want, but if England
will have our country, then let her lake
it; but it shall be over our bodies, and
the ash-heaps of our property and goods,
1 have said it."
With ihat Mr. Kruegor" took up his
his hut and with quick, short strides
walked out to the street.
Joseph L.Stickney who was one of the
reliable war correspondents in the Phil
ippines when the war first broke out has
now been sent to South Africa. A let
ter has come through the mails from
him. He has giveu the caso-la thorough
study on the ground. He sides with
the Boers. HU letter contains an intor
view with Olive Schreiner and from it
the following extract is made.
"Tho Knglish cannot understand that
South Africa is the country of. tho peo
pie who live here. They are no longerJ
Dutch. English, Herman, American.
Thev are Atrikanders. just as your fore
fathers in 17 76 were Americans. Who
doubts that that tho American colonies
would have remained loyal to England
if George Ill's ministers had permitted
them so to remain? It is so with the
people here. There are thousands of
Africanders like my husband, who is of
unkroken English descent, who prefer to
remain subjects of the queen, but who
are treated with the injustice and con
tempt that was visited upon the Ameri
can colonists a century and a quarter
ago, until they were driven, to tight for
their freedom. The English hear only
one side, because Rhodes and his follow
speculators, coruprenending tho power
of newspapers, have made a part of their
plan to get possession of the press here
in Cape Colony, and, as far .as possible,
in Knilimd.
"THo Boers Nbelieve in tho justice of
their cause, and they will bear all thoy
can; but beyond a certain point they
will feel there is nothing to bo done ex
cept to get their guns and begin to
shoot.
' Behind them thev feel there is a God
This is a factor in the situation thatcan
not be disregarded. You cannot intitui
date a man who is absolutely sure that
God is hghtuig with and for hun. lou
may kill him, but that will not discour
age his companions. He has done what
is right the only thing ho could do, in
fact and when he is killed he will get
his reward in heaven, while his enemy
will be no nearor success than he was
beiore. For this reason this is to be a
siruggleof years. It is possible per
haps probable that the Boer republics
will be overpowered by sheer force of
numbers, but that will not settle the
question at issue. Indeed, the whole
scheme of tho men who have brought
on this war will not have been successful
with the warfare upon the Boere in the
Transvaal and the Orange Free State;
they will not be satisfied until they have
driven Cape Colony into civil war. That
was a part of their purpose, and it is due
solely to the enforced absence of a part
of the conspirators that this feature of
the struggle has not been brought
about"
Uncle Sam's Wash Bill
Washington, D. C, Dec. 14. Special
Correspondence. The tax-payers who
furnish Undo Sam pretty liberally with
pocket money have a right to know what
ho does with it. Not that any secret is
made of it, however; the record of the
smallest expenditure is open to the pub-
lie, if the public only knows where to
look for it I have been making some
investigations in out of the tvay lines,
and can tell you of a few items of heavy
expenditure which have seldom been
brought to public notice. Uncle bam s
laundry bill, for example, costs many
thousands of dollars a year. The amount
of napery used by congress, by clerks of
the various departments, and employes
in the other branches of the government
at Washington, is something enormous,
and tho supply always kept on hand
would till a fair sized warehouse. 1 he
treasury department alone owns 7,000
good linen towels, each red bordered
and with tho cabalistic "U. 8." in the
center; and uses upward of 2,000 every
day. The interior department proper
uses an average of 050 every day! the
pension office 500 a day. Then there is
the postoffice department; the great
state, war and navy departments; the li
brary, the agricultural department, the
printing bureau, the patent oflice; the
bureaus of education, of labor, of In
dian affairs, the census, the geological
survey, and many others, soiling thous
ands upon thousands of towels every
day. 06 would think that the greatest
number would come from the dirties
place the bureau of engraving and
printing; but it is a singular fact that
the much smaller number of exceedingly
"tony" and always immaculate clerks of
the state, war and navy department
squander the most napery. The lavato
ries of the capitbl furnish no small per
centage of the weekly "wash," for be
sides its several hundred employes, many
of the well groomed congressmen prefer
their ablutions "in the altogether," as
Trilby would say in the splendidly ap
pointed marble bath rooms provided by
Uncle Samuel. All these mountains of
soiled linen, though given out by con
tract to certain well known laundrymen,
who have grown rich on what seems a
very small price (32 cents per hundred
towel), are most of them renovated bv
the good, old fashioned method of wash
tubs and elbow greace, by colored wom
en of the district in their shanty homes,
at a much less price than the contractor
receive for the finished work.
Fawnt Brioham.
The 1'erkinsjCounty News has been
"benevolently assimilated" and now gives
allegience to Mac and Mark. Its editor
claims that there is more money in sup
porting the republican party. It is to be
regretted that thero is considerable Bier
it in his claim, too.
MAKING A XYLOPHONE.
Charming Winter Tank for Young
sters W ho Have Unaleal Talent
and Can Handle Tools.
One of the simplest of musical Instru
ments is the xylophone, and by working
after the following simple directions,
may be made at little expense by ileft
handed boys or girls.
Very hard wood gives the best tone
to a xylophone," said a young appren
tice who has had experience. "Ulack
walnut, hickory and (spruce are first-
class. The ilrst one 1 made, continued
the young man, "was a- two octave in
strument without any semitones. It is
made from a large piece of black wal
nut, seven-eighths of an inch 'thick,
which I took from some old heavy furni
ture. I cut it out 20 indues long and
15 inches wide at one end, tapering
down to a width of six inches at the
other end. This board is then divided
evenly. and cut up into 10 strips 1
Inches wide, varying In length from six
to 15 inches. The wood must be of even
grain and a piece without knots- se
lected, t '
The next step is to bore two parallel
holes through the sides of the entire set
of, the bars or keys (AA) large enough
to draw cores through in order to hold
the various sent ions together. The
holes are about 2 Inches apart, and
are started from the" short bars. With
the 10 ranged in order and held tightly
together, und the course of the two
holes drawn across the top of the bars
as a guide, you bore through the center
of the first bar into the second. Then
the first bar ea be taken away, the
holes continued through and into the
third bar, and so on through them all.
This method of work prevents irregu
larity when the bars are strung to
gether. "Now comes what I-think is the most
Interesting part of the work tuning
the bars. Lay them temporarily on two
strips of soft material, so that the tone
flf each strip when struck may be dis
tinctly heard. After sounding each bar,
you can best tune it up by the aid of a
piano? Finding on the piano the note
aearest to the tone of the lowest bar,
this strip of wood can be mada to cor
respond with It perfectly by slight cut
HOW TO MAKE A XYLOPHONE,
ting. For Instance, if the tone of the
bar is lower than that of the piano key,
plane the bottom of the bar slightly.
This will raise the tone with each shav
ing until it corresponds. On the other
hand, if the tone of the bar la higher
than that of the piano, saw a slit on
the under side of the bar. This lowers
the tone, and you saw deeper until the
correct tone is obtained.
"In this way cue bar after another Is
made to correspond with the scale of
the piano until the two octaves are com
pleted, very little sawing or planing be
ing necessary to bring the tones up or
down to proper pitch.
"The bars may then all be fastened to
gether by means of a strong string
stretched through the holes ana tied
at the ends, and very small round felt
or leather washers cut out and placed
on the string between the bars, to keep
them apart.
"Two strips of strong felt the length
of tie Instrument, half an inch wide and
about as thickj are glued firmly across
tiie under side of the bars. These form
a soft cushion for the bars to rest upon,
w hJch'allows them to give clean, vibrat
ing tones.
"The two hammers, or "drum sticks,'
with which to strike the notes can be cut
out of small blocks of wood, thin round
sticks with handles being inserted and
glued into them. Skill in picking out
the tones of different tunes is soon ac
quired, but practice is necessary to give
the longer notes the fine tremulous or
vibrating sound which makes this In
strument so musical in the hands of a
good player."
With these simple instructions, a boy
ought to be able to make a very satis
factory Instrument. St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Fifty- Years Pensioner.
A typical instance of the effect of I
pension en longevity comes from Lu
ton, where the death has occurred of a
man in his eightieth year, who enjoved
for over half a century an anoual al
lowance from the war office. He was
born in 1818, In Canada, where his fa
ther was a soldier, and at tfie age of
eight became a drummer boy, subse
quently blossoming Into a full-blown
private of a foot regiment He never
did any fighting, and retired at the age
of 30, with a pension, on account of ill
health. A few years later he joined the
Bedford constabulary, and attained to
the rank of sergeant, subsequently be
coming an Instructor of fife-and-drum
bands, and holding the post of drum
major In the Luton volunteers.
A Story with Moral.
. An old sailor once appeared to girt
evidence in a case of assault, when he
was asked the following questions: The
Judge "Where was plaintiff standing
when defendant struck him?" Witness
"Who are they r TheJudge "Don't
you know the difference between plain
tiff and defendant?" Witness "No.'
The Judge "Well, yon are a nice chap
to come here and give evidence! And
you doir't know the plaintiff from the
defendant? Where was be when the
man struck him?" Witness "Abaft
the binnaclel" The Judge "Abaft the
binnaclet Where Is that?" Witness
"xou are a fine chap to sit as a judge!
And you don't know where 'abaft the
binnacle' T
Railroads Make Trusts
With ab.oljte equality over the rail
ways of the country so that every butch
er could ship a car of cattle just as cheap)
as the Big Four Beef Combine, the Big
Four Beef Combine could not hold a
monopoly of the mea business in Amer-.
ica for twenty four hours. Today, under
government management, the letter of
an oil producer, a miner or butcher, goe
to its destination with the same speed at
the same cost and with the same precis
ion as the letter of an Armour or Rock
efeller. Send their oil, their coal, their
meat, to market upon the same term of
equi lily, and these great trust combina
tions will soon bo gett ing rid of their
$'.J5.000 a year lawyers, and their $'.25,000
a year managers upon the proposition
that their business will not stand such
high priced men. And these manager
l soon be engaged in building up a
business, a property, a proprietorship of
their own. and those lawyers will soo
bo engaged in a better business than
that of advising their principles just how
far they can go without getting behind
the prison bars.
Jiehind tho power of railway discrimi
nation, tho B g Four Combine, the sugar
trust, the steel combine, the Standard
Oil Company, and the rest of these trust
combinations feel so secure in their
power to throttie competition and plun
der tho producers and consumers of
America, that the stock of these com
panies, some of them from fifty to ninety
per cent water, are selling from two U
four hundred cents oa the dollar. ,
'. Holiday It ill tn via tho Uarllngtoa.
For Christmas tickets will be on sale
Dec. 23, 24 and 25.
For Now Years tickets will be on sale
Doc. .10 and 31, and Jan. 1, 11)00, betweei 1
all stations not more than 200 mils
apart Return limit Jan. 4, 1900.
Rate one fare west of the Missouri
river, fare and ono third east of the
Misssuri river.
G. W. Bonnelx, C. T. A.,
Burlington Route.
' Burn the Greenbacks
Washington, D. C, Dec. 14 (Special
correspohdenee.)McCleary of Minne
sota, on banking and currency commit
tee, on his own responsibility said h
was in favor qf cording up tho green
backs and burning them. Loud ap
plause on republican side. lie was aU
in favor of selling all silver we havo ex
cept such as we can use 83 subsidiary
coinage, ' v t
, ;
WE SELL tllhECf TO THE FARMER.
hard m c!mi.
U-in., 18 as..
ft'ldTni? Oang'C?
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in ho narrow.? to,
HWU other umci.w
mil rata I on tie fret.
Writ now und cut
rsauilv fur full v.irlf.
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ftP.75 BOX RAIN COAT
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MirhM srwiad ttnmy s. irrui, uwn mnr
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SFH IAL OrrkK rSIlk, 92.75. "
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t'lalai full (mirth, iliSilile breaiitsd,
Hairrr Tslvet roliar, fsnvy plsll HnliiR.
tnriirrvif sswml'Mms. Hultsbls f in
born Hl .anai, snd fuarulml
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nf W MackintoKhm lip to 6 0,
ij Slid Mmie-to-Meailtreniliw.a.'Mj "'c.-
' r.t .t fnim th m totiam writs lor
SEARS. ROEBUCK 4: Co. Inc.! CHICACO.
(bean, Hoeoscii vs. sis wufiMifvir .--.-..,
$19.75
send OHE COLLAR
cat tula ad sal aad and ts
sa. snd we will mnd you
tins NEW FunllASp
CUTTCR, r ireittlit. 0.
. annjeei
tlaa. You a
You can examine
-v ttstjronrtr
OtN. sndlrrasa
. siillar yas
a.ra at i
tret if bt depot
r fM rmm hnyetM- '
fcr mi iO Pft.lt ikT
ORE SONKT, sndonsofths S.d"l, 'r aad
f,. .t.'hh ltra you rver aw, Ty ttos ft lir lit sirent
pus speciai omit riwrt, a, i;'-h7
ks the i.i si-tit it b order, or ls.ts snd rrMifirt.
TnlalstaablTriil SIILS r 11.1. " '" v. .
flKAIl mads fl-n ,'livtd seoond frosrth """T.
Ironed tlrrouifhotit with Sst liwwaj Ires, Mlssla kot
srada tardrard acid aaaaa. BOIlY mads of ls sir
aeiwrnifd cutler atm, aIM ssaah. all lolntj esreftilly
att.-d. (rlued, screwed snd plwifd. PAINT Kl in be-t
dmwIIiIo mntr. thorooirlily rohbsdon with pnnitaw
ono.r.lrlilyi)llhl,nestly striped and ornamented.
LTHoLSTI.kfcU In nnert style full "Prtnj remoTable
en-hiona. heavy dark trrrenlxHly elotlj. SHAHS well
trimmedand nriUhed. Wetitht shout m lbs.
ORDER NOW. DON'T WAIT FOR SNOW.
Ih.ll s llatlted sawarr fas sa .Id at SIO.75.
BH.AT A DAf Wrif'irFrrfnttr('atloruel.J
ter.ii.so. SEARS. ROEBUCK ft CO. (Inc.). Chicigo.
(Sears, Beebaek AOs. are UwrsevMy relUMe MUsM
a. SEND 50 CENTS HVJ?.5S!
1 .aad yaeear erlasratrS La liai s anua mj
eierraa, t . II. W., eeldeel leeiaaaMllea.. It it a
th-eelae La Rerta Aewrteaa made liiat) umeut of
fc-rral beauty, perfect rowewood Itnlan, very
biKhlypollrhrd. Handaomely tnlsld around
aoiinil bole Slid islets alelae m aaea, eenaiew
knead ua edia. KliiKerboard swurstely fret
ted with rained frets, lalaid sarl sealllaa sate,
laiertraa Blade .aleal Seed, aad Saeal aleeel staled
Ullplere. 1 KKMI LJSSI-oaoi lla, powenui
and aweet fined, furnlahed complete wun
meilraart ef seat saa III; ateet etrtase aad a
slsaale leetraetiea sees wUHia tsacuss say
one how to play.
VAAPJISB 1MI VI Ilia at jaa, nam
eVe and If found 'tlyB represented
and the (resteat saesaai tea ercr saw ar
Beard ef pay theeipreae agent S3. OS
leaa Me, er AS. IS sad eisreea ekarsee and.
the complete outfit la yours. batlafae
tion Kuaiauteed or money refunded In full.
CDCPIAI PRFMIIIM OFFER. With sTSry order
acoompanlsd by
tl.Se caKb lu lull we will slvs a tattered Saertardj
lean. It ts an accurals amide, barlns all notes, with
.harps an flats In full lsw, and can lis eaallrad-
lu-ted to any guitar without chancrlnsT the tnWrs
nvnt. With ths uas of the lettered hnsrerboard any.
one ran learn to play without the aid of a teacher.
Write for free muilcal In.tmmentand piano and organ
rstaloenie. SeeerUdas all.inalwailiiall arleea. Addreee,
SEARS, ROEBUCK A CO., CHICACO
tins, AOISUA A t o. see tsarswiSly rUaBJe..'SMss.
ONLY S2.75
6S.NO NO MONEY. Cut this
so. out. aud a.-ml to us, a late
jour w.Mrkt aad aetsal, aire num
. her ef Inches around easy at seat
aad a.k. and we will eeitd this
ICABTIf III fill TslNMtt ICAVEI
tints CAP! to you by saurear.
t'.t-U..au!Jett to evsnifnatlon.
You cat. sasnilns and try It en
at your near-set eiprees of
fice and ft round Berfeelly
eatiafaetery. eaaetly aa rep
r. a. ales aae we aveaa
ever saw as searef.
pay ths sipresr
airent mmr aaeelsl
o'er prleS2.7Se
sad eisreaa ekarsee.
Kipreae ehsrirss
wlU STSrstrs 9 to
Bu cents for each
I 000 miles. THIS
CAPE IS LA
TEST STYLE
FOR FALLAnd
WINTER, made
from an eitre See aad
Seay all waet fclaek erhlee
mala. ItsrttM Hes
ter rial, tl Ischea krtif. btt full sweep, lilnch upper
rape, ettra full. I sper ease aad larse ateeai eellar, weautl-
fu Ir trimmed wtth kl.-k S.llle aeal rart tipoar rape
trimmed with three rowa snd collar with two rows of
See siakalr kraldi sloth button ornaments. Tate ease k
See taller made laraeekeat and r-l'ial to oir.es that eel 1st
more than double ttieprb-e. Write feefreefleak Calaleeee.
SEARS, ROEBUCK A CO., CHICAGO
tewsre, SeesacA A is. are Iksreatsiy nllest-teller. J
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