1 1 r fiilllllOFr CP Th3 GREATEST til - EVER m. SPECIAL FOR READERS OF NEBRASKA IHDErZNDERT If you are in need of elegant SUIT OF CLOTHING, or OVERCOAT, for yourself or your boy, thisy opportunity to get it. We want new subscribers to THE INDEPENDENT, k kra willing to give you a Valuable Premium tor your effort in securing them for us. Show your copy to your neghbor and jnvite him to subscribe at the meeting of "The Farmer's Club," or any gathering of the farmers of your neighborhood. You could easily seoure a club of fire to - twenty new names, t By doing you will be helping the oause ef reform, helpiag us, and helping yourself. We guarantee the clothing to fit you, to be of the Actual Valu Represented, to give satisfaction if it does net, return it U us at our expense and we will return your money. Yoa hare our guarantee that the goods w" not be "Shoddy!" We could not afford to send oat that kind. We get the clothing through the largest aid most reliable clothing dealer in this city. It is our plan to give the readers of the INDEPENDENT aa opportunity toesm the money we have beea paying to solicitors for salary, eatpeosw, and transportation. W'i are puttiag Money Bt the prajaiuia that's why we oaa give the high class and valuable premiums we do. ' HEBE'S THE OFFER f : - ; For a Club of 20 New Sub- Btiribers, paid one year in advance, we' will send you this ; MAN'S ELEGANT DRESS SUIT, choice of round and square sack, or cutaway frock styles. These suits an made from 20 -oz imported clay worsted or a 22 oz blue serge, They are gents of the tailoring art, being cut, made and trimmed equal to suite belling at $15.00 and16.50; eizes 34 to 4a j For a Club of 15 New Siibsc iips, paid one year in advance, we will lead you this Mani Fine .W?-- Extri to i SSL Dres3l is II- Mff 'iiaae ir pie mil MM M grade ofl If f ' 1 black; 34 to 48.1 I tu or paid this m a trip- -t "i e s Ji,nriisii Coat has wide silk velvet col- french faced: all facings are d; all seams .are silk sewed, body1 linings are of the best talian cloth; colors, blue and value $12.00; sizes frona a Club one year f 12 New Subscribers advance we will send yoi Bay's Long rant i Suit, age 12 to 19 years, maj of all wool cheviot in colors, bj, black, or mixture of brown. Tjsje suiUj are, worth $3.00 to buy, w, makesour offer a very liberal orit.J For a Club Subscribers elegant Mens' or B worth f 1.00, colors blui nal, all hare different s niings. 2 New ill send you an ;' Sweatier lack or carui- f ings for trim- For a Club of 3 New Suucribers ' paid one year in advance we will send you til Boys' Knee Pant Suit,! Ape 3 to 8 years, in veste style, or 7 to 15yein plain double breasted, Suits of like quality aie often sold at tiMf. Colors bjfc, blue or brown, also Scotch mix wires, T?-t i XTniTT Rn'hcirri Vpt pai(ear in advance and your own ra- nfiw-e will send an eleRant pAent' f Boys' Silk Plush Cap worth 75c, sizes in s, Ci O 6i; mens' aize, iit to 7. SiGES ... We ire the sam9 gunrartee for the shop wflVr that we make fur the cloth ing odes above. For ten and Women. For niiiiscriber paid one vpar in ad vance wi$l fond you nhoes as follows: FoClub of 3 names Pair or Women's b.st (2.00 shoes. FoOlub of 4 names Pair Mf.or Women's bawt li&Osthoca. Folub of 6 names IVtir of M s or Women's bestf i.50 Khoes, Foroys and Girls. For 2 niiiwrit tions we will wad rou a rair of Boys' or tiirls lrt ! i " -. , , r J YOlt CLI H OP 3 NlS a pair of Boys' or Girls' best. 1. 75 shies. M a Mir of Boytf or GWW bet-1 n.00 sho . ' I , Tt,. j.ri f.iTi-r ai tircmiums aie furnishetAVebsr A Tlr-Hira. 1041 f) street, Lincoln, Neb., one of the oldest and niOht r.tle shoe houses in the atata. We fully euarnnl-e them. . V ' The above offers are good until January 1st, 1 Addrrs all communications and make all mor Independent Pui rders payable to hing Co., ThQ Cass cl tha Boers (Gjfitiuuod from page 1) hg this litte Tianvnal, to the effect that the Bcer have broken their agreenient of and of 1884 in failing to cive to the litlHiider, as they iironii-ed. "euua ptllitical aud other rihu." But they did toot auree to give any tx.htieal n;htf j that word is interpolated ly the Briiih nnd by those who argue in their behalf. What they did aree to do and what they gave was equal privilege and civil nunta oetTe ttie law; and, in further arice of that agreement, srticle 'J!() do tails that "all person, other than tlacks, coclortuing he nisei ves to the laws of the Transvaal 8Ute will have full oppor tunity to enter, travol, and reside in any pari of it; They will be entitled to hire or pwhess houses, manufactories, warehouses, hhops, and other premises; they may carry on theirwonimerce either is petsou or by any ageats they msy see fit to employ; they will not be sub jected to restriction! in respect to their person or property, or in respect to their commerce or industry, or in taxation, whether, general or local, other than those which may be imposed upon Trunsvaal citizens." And article 27 reads; "All inhabitants shall have free access to the courts of justice for the protection aud defense of rights," which is exactly what the British citizens have in the city of New York. If tey waat more here, let England send her armies and fleets to this, country and force us to give them the franchise without their forswearing allegienoe. The claim is made that the taxes are unequally levied. This claim also is abso lutely false; all people are taxed alike. It is is true that there is a tariff on dy namite, from which Some of the citizens of the Dutch republic reap additional protits. A great outcrr is made bv the foreign ers, who havo taken out of that country aunog ine past year one Hundred mil lion dollars of gold, as to the burden some taxes. Well, the latter amount to two and one-half per cent on the Drofits of the gold mines: as the corporations wnicn have taken away this gold have paid dividends to their stockholders i veru's irorci sixty 10 one nunaro per cent per DDum. the injustice of tan out J cry is self evident. According to an English authority Slatfcaro, in his book on "South African States" the personal tax on any one in the .Transvaal, rich or poor, does not, probably, amount to more than twenty, five dollars per year. The Crown .Leaf Oold Mine Company produced in round numbers over two nnliion dollars gold, distributed live hiinHrnft thousand del lars protits, and paid to the South Afri can Government, for repts, licenses, and other privileges, six thousand dol.ars. The Robinson Company produced three million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars of gold, and distributed (ine million one hundred and Boventeen thousand dollars as dividends, and paid to the government two thousand dollars. The New Times Company produced four hundred and fifty-two thousand dol lars in gold, distributed four hundred and fifty thousand dollurs in profits, and paid the government thirty-four hun dred dollars. The Transvaal Coal T rust produced 20(1,945 tons of conl, aud paid ih government three hundred and lif teen dollars. The Consolidated T .an it and Exploration Comp. ny, which owned over two hundred apd fllry farms of sis , vnousand acres each, paid tlie govern ment thirty i-ix hundred dollars. As to dynamite, more is charged for it by the South Africa Chartered Company at the ivimoeriey mines man is phanm n Jr. hannesburg, many miles further inland, with more expensive transportation, and including the Transvaal tax. I regret that I am interviewed upon upon this subject wiihout my authori eies and without time to give book and page for the statements which I make. 1 repeat that the facts should be collat ed, arranged, and published broadcast tht. f. AmuriiHina mots bn.nt T ivruc ujnj X14ilj CUP llUtU, refraiu from denyinir. as I would like n and can truthfully,, the many untn quibbling, ard misleading statemeu that are made by the British themselv and by. their sympathizers. But not Englishmen aie false hearted, not ill Englishmen are governed by their poi et; and once place before the vast nt jority of the masses of the English rf pie facts to show that they are tSl lx unjustly, or that their government fis acting unjustly, and that the vast Ma jority will rebel against being made the tool of wrong. I rely upon the powerful voice and vote of such men in the ext meeting of tiarliament fo do iiwlitlfl to the God feaiing Boers in the same Woy that their noble model, Gladstone, did them justice in 18S1. ( il:irW,! tt vnarownain, is the "average End lish man. The action of Great Britain in n. bly based upon the grievances form by the Litlanders and published London ""limes, which are to feet: fJlL.i it.. 11-- ITtit-. 1 ... manner ine uuianners, "Ji vote in the levying of taxes." true of all foreigners in the city York, in the State of New York, the United Slates of America; gland attack us for that; the Liimnderj Mve no vu k- payment tf fifth-ia!." Has been consulted as to Hie salari heads of departments of this ci have just been passed upon by t of fcistimates: Or as to the the president and other Unite Otliciftl.it They have bo control oft'Jieduca ttonof the country." When 1.1 id En gland control the education eJ her ows country? They never had f rc- ncbv,ls in England un'il wuhtn the f last orty years, f-lderiy bngii.inmrn dl not know what free senools are. Fil-r. public schools arose in Holland. Wlr n l-ydon wns rewardod for its resistar Jc to Spaa ish tyranny in Vt'ti, the rtwarj aked by its citizens was not relief froJi taxes, ii wa not the great bocn of tline days, a free annual fair, but a free jtniiver-ity : and that was prantcil by I'.'illiam tlie Silent and the Htales Genertd, and the university of Lryden stf nils Im it.s monu-mi-nt toi.iy-a iniversity fot ofbuild int's, but of profenwirs and ijurr ni of the Creates! name in science, mrdiinn, law, and tiieo'ok'y. Th! free hioo's of lf.l land were brought to the Ujiiitd States of America by the Dutch j who M'tlled JJanhattan island in ltiJfl. They tave f ree schools in the South) Afriiv.n l!e public, and they arn not under the con trol of foreigners. Neitlier con ,fier many, if she so wished (hef 'citizetm are bo wine and fair,) force upon t'i United States the use of the German language "The Uitlamlirs hava no power in the munieual government of, their town, joiiannentiurgj JNeither have' un naturalized British objects any yoiue in the contMl jf any American city "Ihe jurors by whom they are tried are not their pre"", but burghers, their nominal mas ." Turn is true in New York, in tha United States, as well as in the South African Republic. It is for tunate for tb existence of the United States. I . "They pay almost the, entire taxation of the country ." This is.iot true. They pay the pro rta taxes levied as before explained, providing they are owners in tlo proper' iefe which produce. There is no tax levied upon Uitlanders. Foreign residents in New York City thus ruv in- directly a considerable part of the axes levied through rents and through the tariff. That does not eiv them anv right to representation in the legislature or in congress; if it does, will England send her armies and navies heref "Their children born in the remiblic have been deprived of the birtkrUrht of citizenship." There is nosuch birthright in the "nited States or anywhere el. Children of a British subject, born in the Uuited States, remain British aub- jects unless they choose to become Amer ican citiens, just as children born abroad of American citizens remain American citizens. Citizenship is not a birthright; it is granted by the state. "lJoies, loans, given as thouarh Denwm. ally from the pre-jident, are made indis criminately to the burghers." We have neard ol such things in this country as that "to the victors' belonsr the sdoHs." and that the president rewards the members of his party; and we have yet to hesr that Great Britian is going to war with us because some of those rifts or favors are not made to unnaturalize British subjects. The Uitlanders sav that "the money ooroos. of course, Sfora their pockets in the G4 instance." The money comes from the cold mines and from the soil of the South African re public. It is is dug np by the Uitland ers; it is sent out of the country without enriching the latter. Ihey cotBDlam that "the cnncio le has been established that the BAVtrnmAni should take up bonds on farms so as to prevent tbe ands nasinir into the hnnrU of the Uitlanders," Wise old Dutchmen Tbe iandd will soon pass into the hands of the Uitlanders, but through murder and robbery committed by the "civilia icg forces'' of the British Empire. If time and pluce were allowed me, I would detail the historical facts which show beyond disproof that, from the the time England conquered Cape Col ony,' she has pursued an unjust, false, bullying policy towards these Dutchmen, ? driving them step ' by step into a wilderness which Great Britasn did not own, and which she dis claimed owning, and show conclusively that the claims of England today are untrue, or are manufactured of greed and l ypocrisy. The situation remains that the-Uoited States will stand by and sf e the citizens of this smallt ' (public y the without rithouf. Decern bex 28, 1809. PRE WNTORfl SALE -JACKETS m SUITS AT . -HALF OFF Vfr C!inJ Mfml its own season, for we need roora for the new Wson'n go.xla. That's the reaf-om ke such offerings asi thise. A lot nf to . pebble cloth, astraHdnl nn.l hov ia )Ine, gray.. and black, , Assorted si Va ha ci rt r- 1 - 1 . ' m ' vvo VAV, Vl i , and up to $si50. All - made with th, ' OnfalenovratOHF-HAl' r n err- lot of s U l T5 b iLi.," nJiL V ; ' vCTa Colors, black, gray, tan,. fJnd blue. The newest Wl e8, perfect : 4fittinV worklnauhtp. On sale tHs week, while th.v U.l ii a . r- OFF. -1 lot of Chiidren'o rj-WLV.vhl. wvrue aw juu PBE-NVEHTORY SALE-Dress OnriHa ani. , - . wwvkw uuu KJIXJOlo and $2 Foreign Norelties at 9ti t at 581.15; II quality 5 in. cheviot 7 tUOovert clotlls at 95C; 0c noydty dm goods at 85c; 50c all wool ergf at 3QCi 85c all 'Wl homesnnn Blaik jacquards worth flm nRrt i . S i u9? 'h i i i , r OUC. fine all woejl black granite clotl 50 in. wide, at Enriish llJOand $1.75 importe. Wpon .Cl IQ tt 4 ...1 .V?1' fensi- lated ii tne I'm ef- i-e no 'his i.H I f New itid in i En. in the ngland of tho which Ikmrd f.nes 01 States in the curriculum of our Uitlanders desire to forcfl the Tiansvaai ichools. ichools, ai the English Into L I VlHlUllll C5U, line iiansvaai cnoow. i days and timoa to come. I Wiped off the face of the earth enormous power of a monarchy raising a voice of protest and exercising the riirhts given to tlie United Spates by the arbitration treaty ra late ly concluded at The Jfague, and so largely brought about by the influence!! -L ATTC, . . . M 01 iue srreai ingnsn empire in conjunf' tion with that of the great American ye Pllblic. 1 , I articleof the arbitration trfcaty expressly declares that it shall be I the right of any third power, without l,4)ing guilty of impertinence, to proffei its good offices and mediation to any two powers about to engage in war, or, even after war is becun. Mark yonif Not wai) until one or both of the powers re quest intervention, but prone. Jt is suggested, in tiehalf of the British view that Great Britain caused tbestJ articles of that treaty to be so wordod as ex pressly to exclude the trouble which was brewing (nnd which it would now appear sho intended to foment) be -Ween her self nnd the South African republic; but as a liiwyer, it is my opiniot:. Upon the construction- of this treavy lhat the British point is not well covered, because the independence of the South African republic is the very points at isue. If the point at is-ueis to ca-o war, it is then n fit subject Of mediation and arbi tration in order to prevet unnecessary bloodshed. That Is wbir the arbitration treaty is for. i I I have lately receiveJ more than a thousand letters from prominent Ameri cans throughout the United States, from Maine to California and from Dakota to Florida, and 1 have been surprised to find how many of them contsin expres sions of fear tb&t we shall offend Eng. land, especially because of her newly found friendship for the United States B- exhibited during our recent war with Spain. I wonder if Sampson, Schley. Dewey, and the men behind the guns at Son) ii.go and Manila were thinking of the great moml assistance given us by Great Britain when they attacked the enemy! My impression was that Amer icans fought those battles, and .my im pression was then and is now, that if the European Jtowers had interfered, even withEnglandincIuded.aU true. Ameri cans would have stood to tht )r guna against those combined tiow in the way in which tho- true Varied Dutch men are now about to di',, for their coun try under the shot ap. (.bell of Great Britain. If I havr Rot to he the frjend cf Grent Bntaip in anything that he may do wror.v I do not want her friend r v 1 '),", wrn mt ,'t' barked p-.e up in it, J do not want her frkl.'p, Americans must rememlicr Wftr'aitigton's advice to "observe gmid Tftith nnd justice toward all nations," and, further, that "against the insidious wiles of foreign iniluence the jealousy of a free people otik'ht. to wi awake.'' Be ware of Enghipd. Tor myself, 1 t-uy with Eu.ermn: ' (loili.ilil; I am tirnt of kin. Mjr nlifcl- It fa mime l Krpdlum ' riiixwohiiii to l. )tur kinir: Hp Ii.iI1 B.iiitd Tour )ifitliiir eat ntvi rt. Unffiid you it!i tii iii(T. - Ant re inll tximrt irtnj 7n ii'liitnirHM io wrtp. Jf-tp tl,- wln rttniiot h-lt nsain. 4 ; llrware ffom rllil to n-jtervn. I tried Uw'ibln rfst'lent Kruger on Thursday, Oi'tobrr 12, but my ?uesnge cannot reach him; it h slops-d by a !;riti'h military cerwrhip, tnU.l.lmlied Ut 5 p. fu. on October 11. This littlo band of devoted christian republicamt, Who have prayers in all hou-K'S and prayers in ramp every morn ing, have dedicated themselves to deilh to maintain the principle that no foreign nation shall force upon them citizens horn they - do not desire. They aite shut out from tho rest of the wotld. We shall not hear any truth about tf em for days and timoa to come. VBc taffeta siikrf atHflft 85c aiidSl iM:fc,..,. Y7 r ..""1" effJot,, smtable for rtrect a d evening e.r a qq, , We re Sole Lincoln Agents -1" for uutferick's Patterns and Publication et Biaa 85a Mall Orders Receive Every Possible Ca and Afttstfea At This Store f fife Lincoln Nebraska y friend General P. J. Jouber.'when heilkissed his wife and started . , hilmen up Majuba hill, paid to ';r ,jie difl not expect to see her again): ij'j10 Bfitish are mighty, but our God;u ,.i mly" 4 S his morning I received from i Jcjpibert a lAbter with his aiitr,(1B)')i(J sipnui ure ti' is proonrsy ine isj(J((,r wiich I shall receive from him) L,2..u risnjs: j roimoiy oetore you (J,jve ti's inner c.ngiana wui nave Jned nron us ner cannon, xnai win ffjiw i -L'iioini.'; iioii ouiy Knows w jne efid will be. We rend in all nij,n Newspapers of nil the auxiliary. jm from all lands and colonies sent Jl jj. Chamberlain hy Canada, AustrtJ jn' dia, New Zealand, all to help ci to the enrthvthe poor little band o . . so that, unlo-s there be a God L A sires that they shall live the j,e ,f" 'Africander' will soon lie no more .,., r-George W. Van Siclcn, in the Aflar-Illnnrr IhHt. Idianapons Journal "Well Hungry Hlcsiu, "here is the first -food thing I Ter read about them al- ' lege dudes. " . v "Wot ia it?" aiked Weary Walklai with little intemt. v j n aja lot or 'em msu no, it ain't fther. It's ruan. i hCy was up the 'e. " if: bad a eui a cane of gravy eoyeriu A Po.nU.lo XxiilanittlAn. New York Journal: Harold I Algy'g engagement with Mist Va A .1- . .... mm nweiie must oe oroKen off. j Bee them togetner any nrerl . Perty Perhape they are married ever THE RIPENED.SHEAF Tlif Father of Governor Poyntrr j tlp Ohl Ag luin the Iniiumer, tton, listel fc l le H w? Throng;. William Chapman Poynter, i Governor William A. Poynter, his home at Albion, Christmas had been dangerously ill and h ei for a Jong time. lie spent ll days in Kentucky and Illinois many years was a Christian until incapacitated by age. man of great force of characte telligonce. He leaves his aged two sons, Governor W. A. Poynter, Elder Poynter was A man r personality, of clear logical m eettied ideas and always hadth of his convictions. Becoming a in early life he devoted his r( proclaiming from the pulpit tL(ff lugs of Christianity. His. mil ki was always in full aiH with H hu em v th ' g i t5 i Uel Bgf s a 7 ry I Wi n : Too Maeh froflt in It Phtladelpuia Bulletin: "Wky 4 yen think postage stamp sellers eagkt to-pay a license?" , "Because they are la the 1iekr boat- ess.". ? ( : , , , THE ItlARKETS. Eana Cllf. CATTT,-riMa kur t 4 n oosKr , .... ,.,, Kikdvtauwft Fe(Jr Wesiarn nun nnr,'tXM ai XnOlna Vwiri" HOOS Caoimj to k:ivr if nt-n r no, Tret. .. , wrts-Na mi ..::::;": OATS-NO, t rye-no. s PUIUR-P.uat. air fcii'.!"" Kanoy ......, " HAT-CholM ilmoUiy,"' "" httJncr '.Zl DftAN anUl J'OT'TStt-ciiSi.-ero-fn Kotis-rsioi.,, . . porArots..;r...';.. '. I ti i ftj . &J i if. I TJ 4 e t ia T l I 0 I St- n or tt S i a 7 itf l J?J et i U 3S m a is energy to the cn:He of educati.fi 0f "1,botih fe.frbfk and li,,erHl kii'i .v --.uintr ijn or rjuruf t A p.oner waller in Woodfor ' f 111., ho occupied with honor dif ' V MtxDH of public trust. He waT -ciatti in a public way with suci" ' Lincaln, Havid Da?is, Adlai r'e and others in the public attain iu' n-ss. pr-klu.-J' rhe funeral was held at AltSo L o,i!nauciea oy ii.iaerijemmO' nul by Elder Hout, txith memlx Christian denomination n I I a w wmer, ty of th Worl4. M Bandy Pikes Tings ain't f .n) jis wuna, jjiuy. K( Billy Coal gate What's dj now, Sandy? Sandy Tike Wby, I'se Jesi in a little flnkln'. Here's fh fluteJ fellows dat git a good Jfer Vrn PUtnf Wa ham tn All a r.i.i.,. before we kin git a little cold Itch. It' P) am i ngni. unicago News. s f l lai - ei si ti It S It i-' iBs-Corcmon t prl.. H(XJS Paosiiwr and slilpykarf.. i uj oncr.i rairtocoalM KLOUR-WUter iut tVHEAT-N Jrtwl.. OOHNo J OATS Na .. HUrrElt-CriDry'."".rV bnui. t u ' St Loalt CATTr.B-NUvMdlWppj. t 2S Teinn . 4 noGs-Hof sii 6HEKP-l-!Moehol...;;,' '" t lt -uwr-ciioii.... ; J; wheat Na t rj ; , v;ii,i-.Trg, i mitWl OATS- RYE uuiTr I.A RD i'uun n l OJ 4 SS H 4 W till m tf( it A tit n eiu aw a n t w I M IH 4 j till) i mitwi SO 4 i i rrn-CreanwrT , i , ( j I 5-Wwtera neii I 0?o t H4 I a. Whin others fail consult Thau Mi Cullr.l tli Dm T, I.I . . , f uuitimora American i:s nirrice (to tramp) Did yea ever ha! a ro mance In your lifo? J ; Tramp Yes, mum; I had 'surct heart oncct dat looked Iiko y t Mm Sourface (setting oulnoiLcr piece of pie) And did she df Tramp No, mum. Me Uk w mt d me to marry her, to ,Ta nway from home. ' i.i TII SEAPLES & SEARLES Main Office mm y-LlilgOll, I1CU. RPfCIALISTS IN , frlvat ll WEAK MEN ttr. j -1 A A Ocntln II Ut', Philadelphia ; North iiwr;rn;j "Dreaming of the futun asked, as the conversation lapse J the nih lime. 1 "Yes." she replied, "I " murh pleasantw than living irtrfDt A'lnrtTldl1 snddls oriut nf men 1'roatnwat bf znsl) ;coitiialtiiti(iti fra S phlin cmr J for llf- . AH ftrrmiof frmn't w4k Prr tad UUcum ot we ElectricinSoJC -ilMft n to rowintPB to rnr t ti tnnble f it ihe n'", lhtit. rriel, it.u"n. Ilror, bland, n nd kidncr ViM-iitef, I.nut Mnabncst, N.uhl "Ct,l'ilr. H i 4 Hid H t U!r?T. Dliibul 1 Hiltht'i Dl, IOO OO for nn oU TKHrf KSM MAII1U. XJtSV-tA 1 Ski'MU IS wtbumotctr. 7 L ml - m . . mwm' lntitra 9 r.loof ... i 1 1 laiUI C ft Ulbr.1 meiDM wtuioni i yiSBarles&Scauas Ute I irvi i M Munn r tr 7 V 9 i