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x. 1 )'L February 0, lOoo THE ITIjDIIAQHA TLTDUZUIIMj c. r f I . ' , . . . Let one of these be your Valentine 'twill bring you luck throughout : t the . year just as sure as you send for it. They are full of Cloth ing and Shoo information, information that is good information, even if you don't want any clothing or shoes this spring. We'd like to have 'you know about us and the way we sell clothing for men and women, and shoes for men and women. We want our catalogue in your home. Do it this way: Face of PostaL Back of Postal. Nebraska Clothing co. Omaha, Neb. Please Mention The Nebraska f ' Frank Carpenter writing from Hon olulu says: "There are four savings banks in the islands, and the postoffice has a savings bunk connected with if Which has done a great deal of good. It will, I suppose, be discontinued as Boon as the new government is sup plied by congress." Mr. Carpenter's suggestion Is doubtless, correct. Thia being a government by bankers It i3 not at all likely that they will let a povernment postal savings bank exist and where under the stars and stripes. :3t would Interfere with their profits. The reports from Washington are to the effect thit there is serious danger of a general break up of the republi can forces. Four republican senators bare in set speeches attacked the pres ident's policies in regard to different things, and the house committee has brought In a report antagonizing his Porto Rico policy. We expect to see very soon some disheartened fol lower of the g. o. p. arise in congress end repeat that celebrated republican speech which was delivered on tne floor of the honse some years ago. It was as follows: "The apple of discord has been sown in our midst, and unless. nipped fn thebud It will , produce a conflagration whose waves will suh merge this fair land with anarchy." LOYAL. SUPPORT The following have sent in clubs o ' subscriptions since our last report. ) Nothing shows better the enthusiasm of the reform forces than the work "they are doing in this line. We have many letters from others promising clubs in a short time. Such letters and words of praise are encouraging to the editor. Personal replies have been made to as many as possible but there is no harm to repeat "thanks to all." CLUBS MattSterup G. N. Holdernes3 5. J. M. Snyder 4. R. S. Sumner 5. H. B. Miller 6. . T. W. Stratton 6. - S.S. Gerrish 6. H. M. Alt 5. No signature 5, J. W. Karr 3. Ed Crosier 5. -Travis Cle oaons b. J. IS. llagelberger 5. " K. M. Harrison 5. - C. L. Watkms 8. L. II. Lawton 5. F.M.IIall5. Oscar Morton 6. H.B. Miller 6. F. G. Boeltso. Joshua Beeman 18. ' Joseph Lamb 5. -- No signature 7. ' ' No signature 5 B. N. Cleaveland 5, F. M. Borden 8. ' A. E. Sutherland 2. Jacob Benson 3. y HARROW ebrated Bad lon- Ladow patents. pu&ranteea against wear ror tiro ton; alto iMac Seedar t'.-i. Dim Drill $.W. 2 ttjrles, sixe. We ntaka Dim throwing earth alt ""way. trout factory ta taru; no amldleiu.n; aava H to k. ftrnd for bi? eat. free, and price delivered at four etation on buries, haro.aa, rales, 100O other thinrre jroo want. Address HaiMiM Plow to., Bax S1, Alton, IU. laiud fclatoa mIUo dlrtct la U eooHunox. . UMAKE BIG MONEY ENTERTAINING THE PUBLIC. $30.00 to $300.00 lwttfcoat areiloae exaerieaes. No other bask ness pays such lartre iretnrna for the Uttl effort Twnnlrort WA f nraish ? 1-- . Tn wor la easy., strictly higrh rlass and any man can operate tbe out fit bv f ollnirf nir nnr inatrniona. Writ for particular and copies of letters JsJs- on our plan. BTEBTaIXB5T 81 PPLT CO. vS- BaadotBa aad rtfta A moo, CKIl'AflO. ILL. eanaa tals paper waea yea write. The IMPROVED VICTOR Incubator hatches all the fertile egg; ia simple, durable and easily oper atedilOS vatrecatalosoe coDt&in I hr information and lesttraoni&li -rre. 6C9. EBTEl CO, ? DISC t Oaly Sim new ia uw I rr 1 U 39 YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASEv Fob'y 14th, 1900 Is Saint Valentine's Day and on that day we start to send ' out to our customers Four Hundred Thousand Catalogues. ..Town Here Please send us your Spring Catalogue. ...........Name Here Independent when answering; ail-:. HARDY'S COLUMN Sympathy Veto Harmonize' South African War Philippine War Three Big Cities That Old Woman Kentucky. . , , A , - What kind of. sympathy is It, that sympathizes with .the Boers and not with the Filipinos? ' ..." For once we have a mayor in Lin coln who vetos Increase in city ex penses. How can you harmonize the open door policy the republicans now advo cate with the high tariff door they heretofore advocated. It must mean smash down your neighbors door and lock your own, that is if you are strong enough. Might makes right. The war. In south Africa is assuming greater proportions. The English have, now, au army of over 200,000 and have commenced, or are about to com mence, the fourth or fifth attack. If there is a god of battles and he Is a god of justice the Boers will whip and drive the British home. The war in the. Philippines goes mer rily on. Our boys are taking thirty or forty strongly fortified towns daily and-killing as many patriotic rebels without losing a hair or a single man. The Filipinos are all driven to the mountains, men women, and childreu, and now the military must give place to the civil in governing what is left. The three big cities of the Atlantic coast think they are all that is worth noticing in this country. If they think silver is dead it is dead: if they think shooting the gospel into the Filipinos is a good thing, it is good; if they think trusts among manufacturers is good for the common people, it is good; If they think reduced prices for farm produce and advanced prices for manu factured goods is best for farmers, it is best, and no body has any right to question their judgment. Does it look right or just, to let that old woman, up in England, three or four thousand miles away, govern the Boers in Af rica. They are an intelli gent, highly civilized people. They are devoted Christians fighting for . God and their native land. They keep their powder dry and take good aim. They are a colony of farmers, the English people never ' have helped them one cent. They have no standing army, no navy, no sea coast or harbor. They are home stayers, never have meddled with their neighbors. "The same may be said of the Orange Free State peo ple. The justice loving people of the whole world should rise up and say to the old woman' hands off, you never shall be Empress of all Africa, It seems more consistent for an Empress to fight for imperialism than for the president of a republic. There never was a blacker midnight lie than the assertion that we are fighting to ete rate and civilize the Filipinos. The fighting Is for the taxes that we may get out of them, and the money we may make by trading with them. We never can subdue the"Filirinos so hut that a standing army will be-needed iu evtry corner or every Island and a navy anchored in every port. Neither can England ever subdue the Boers MEDRASKfl TREES li ft.. 7; Cherry trees, S to i tt $2 HONEST IHQOAlin W e pay Freight. Apple trees. S to 4 Lpplo trees, S to t ; Peach trees, $; Cknoord Orapes. fi.M, i nei r hundred. 1000 Kunsian Mull- berry, tl. Locust, Ash and Osage Hedge at very low pnec. tawot w. jueca narstry, box is & Jaoaea.neb. Fairbury Nurseries. 25 Apple Trees for... 25 bud'ed peach trees A I r0 Concord grape vin Our trees hare been in. spected, are healthy, well rooted and sent to oar cus tomers true to name. Ad dress CM.Hurlburt.Mirr. 25 CENTS FREE.-. Our descriptive cata- logue and due bill for 23 cents eent free to any address. Fairbunr. Nebr.. Box M ..We Pay Freight TUE.nosT live ci.icris. from a tray fall of tSTKS. That is what the SURE HATCH lit CU BATOR a desi(riMd to produce. and H Son it wtta treat regularity. Haadredaiaa. Letwiqnots yoaaprkwlaid dowaatyoar atatloa. Our Caiatoroe.cWk aUlef araotlcal ponttrf Infonuitioa. h frrr art anM UB8 HATCH INCUBATOR COMPANY. Clay Center. Nebr. FOLKS irSF pounds per auoataw IIABHIRst mm Uu-vtnsn se reavra' TDeiiesea. XlfiaUi B, JIOOsV I1EK. Address JsS. jKMOtUC AtOipeC Ctueo ilL and Free States people so but that a standing army of a hundred thousand will be needed to keep them under. They may blow a thousand into eter nity at the mouth of cannon as they did the Sepoys, yet the grit will show itself In the blood of coining genera tions. "' Y In order to rightly appreciate the condition of things In Kentucky we must put ourselves down there, -shooting a ( man there is thought as little of as shooting a dog in Nebraska.. Up to the present time both parties seem to have law on their- side, excepting the shooting of Goebel. The condition is very similar to that in Nebraska seven years ago when Governor Thay er called upon the state militia to help seat state officers who. were , not elected. -, A democratic nomination iu Kentucky, for many years, has been equivalent to an election, the same cau be said of a republican nomination in Nebraska and when this rule failed it was hard for the big parties to give up ; The first mistake was made by Goebel, in not withdrawing from the convention when he saw it was likely to divide his party. Had he desired the good of his party, above his own preferment he would have done it. The convention voted a long time for three candidates and finally it was agreed to vote once more and after that the can didate having the least number of votes should withdraw. Ibis agree ment was carried out. The chief com plaint was that Goebel had more votes than any time before. The anti-Goebel democrats bolted' and worked with the republicans. There is no doubt that fraudulent votes were counted, on elec tion day, by both sides. The canvass ing board decided the republican can didate was elected and he was sworn In. But the law also provides that the legislature has power to review the action of the canvassing board and de termine who was elected. The demo crats had a majority in the legislature and of course they decided Goebel was elected. The party that submits iu Kentucky will be the strong party after this. It was so in this 'state. The populist party submitted to a gross wrong and now can snap their fingers in the. faces of republicans. Another great mistake was the pass age of the. Goebel law. There was no justice in giving the legislature power to annul the decisions of the canvass- ng board. But the legislature acted under that law. Then there was no good to be gained by giving the gov ernor power to adjourn the legislature to .a distant part of the state. The governor acted under the provisions of the constitution. Now let the Chief Justice of the supreme court, a demo crat, name the men to hear the case and decide. Governor Taylor prom ises to stand by the decision. " mis of m WEEK. The British censor in South Africa becomes more expert in his business every day, so the public is left In total Ignorance of what Is going on there since the last thrashing that the Boers gave to Buller's army. There are con stant rumors, but none of them have een verified. The British government s still pouring in troops and there are about 200,000 of them there , now. They have learned one thing since this war began and that is that a de termined people fighting on the defen sive, armed with modern arms is a different sort of thing to what the British have ever tackled before. A line of men lying behind entrench ments, armed with magazine rifles, Maxim, Gatlin, and automatic guns, cannot be routed "at the point of the bayonet" which the State Journal has bragged about so much, for the men who handle the bayonets are likely to all be dead before they reach the en trenchments at all. The thing that has most interested the general public is the Taylor insur rection in Kentucky. The republicans undertook to introduce South American politjcs, overthrow the legal govern ment fy force and establish a dictator. This attempt has met with such uni versal condemnation that even Mark Hanna dare not back it up. The demo crats have from the beginning obeyed the law and made no appeal to force. All the shooting has been done by the republicans. . This appeal . to law has been approved by all right thinking men everywhere and while the diffi culty is not yet settled, it seems to be In a fair way of settlement. One thing has been brought out in this contest beyond dispute and that is that a railroad corporation is at the bottom of the whole of it. A railroad corporation has attempted to over throw the government of Kentucky and install a dictator. This has been charged all the time by the democrats, but the letter of Henry Watterson, ed itor of the Courier-Journal, sets the matter at rest. Mr. .Watterson's state ment is as follows:- "The head and front of our present troubles in Kentucky, at once the source and the resoui-ce of the revolu tionary proceedings by which the gov ernment has been, for a time struck down and a military dictatorship set up In its place, is the Louisville & Nashville llailroad company. "In the recent state convention it supplied material resources in : such abundance as to draw out all the dangerous element of society and put into activity all the force of political adventure. The two lead ing parties to the contract were as nothing by comparison with its gigantic machinery for corrupting the election. ' The hordes of desperate mountain men who were precipitated upon tne state capital could never have got there except through . its agency. It is at this moment the back bone of the movement to transfer the state capital from the city of Frank fort, Its lawful abode, to the little vil lage ot lxmuon, m laurel county, it Is believed that the . withdrawal of "ts support from the de facto government would stop dangerous and lawless pro- ceeumgs. "The sole purpose of the Louisville & Nashville was at every cost and hazard to defeat the election of Mr. Goebel to the governorship of Ken tucky. In some way he had given deadjy offenses to the management -of the Louisville & Nashville, and this management felt that it must destroy him. lit Tins cprrnlnlv rlnno tViie vn'i.t doing it tas brought upon the people of iveniucsy ine incalculable wrong and iue uire aisgrace 01 transactions tmex h. c. Yoreo HEAL ESTATE & Farin? Do 70a want to FARM LOANS..... SELL your Farml Do you want a farm LOaN at 5 per cent? If you do, see me, Hf "V"aTTTeT- Richard s X J U Pi tr BloekJUncoln 118 NORTH ELEVENTH STREET. ampled in the 'history of republican government. "We are now. as we have been for thirty years, under the administration of the two Newcombs, of Standiford. and of Milton H. Smith the friends, and the' sincere friends, of the Louis ville & Nashville railroad. We would do it no harm. It is because the things here stated are true to the letter and known to be true by Mr. August Bel mont, the financial head of the Louis ville & Nashville, tind Mr. Milton H. Smith neither of whom, as railway officials or as gentlemen, would em barrass, or offend both of whom we have hitherto held in high personal es teem, that we make this plain state ment, appealing to them to come at once to the front and to the reliet of a position for .which they are respon sible. "One motion of " the head of the Louisville & Nashville railroad and the whole lawless Taylor fabric falls to earth, the unsubstantial figment pf a dream." It will be seen by this statement that the head of this move to over throw the government of a sovereign state is in Wall street and the prime mover of the whole strategem is. the head of a gold bug banking house. These Wall street gold bug bankers will hesitate at nothing. If they will undertake to overthrow a state gov ernment and set up li dictator, they will do the same thing with the gov ernment at Washington if it Is their interest to do so and they think that they can succeed In the attempt.. They are land "pirates, worse than the feudal lords of the dark ages, they nave no principles except those based on greed and no affection for any thing except gold. If August Belmont can over throw the state government of Ken tucky, how many state governments may the Rock tellers, the Morgans and the rest of thei when combined over throw? There ia a nest of -treason down in Wall street that it will be well for the patriotic citizens of 'this country t shear of power before the land is deluged with blood. The news from Otis conauered isles of the China seas, is of the same char acter as has been coming to us for some months past. The Filipinos are whipped, disbanded, disorganized. nothing left of them, but nevertheless Otis sends every day or two an ac count of -a fight, in which some of a morion's hnvs are Killed and , wound ed.. This las. list of killed and wound ed and died Of disease was a very long one. ; -;;t . "? ' -; : ' Conirress has been cutting up some verv. rmeer .eaners during the week.' The ways And means committee of the house has solemly come to the con clusion that to escape the admission of goods from "our colonies" free of duty, is to declare that territories are not part of the United States. It has decided that the United States consists only of forty-five states. New Mexico, Arizona. Oklahoma. Indian Territory. and Alaska are not a part of the United States any longer, we nave a ngnt, therefore 'to eharsre dutv UDon every thing Imported into the United States from Oklahoma or Arizona. When the "Ron ch Til iers who foucrht at El Cane.V and San "Juan hear that they are no longer citizens of the United States, but "subjects" residing in our colo nies, they may feel like setting up some sort of a government of which they will be citizens and not subjects. News from Washington is to the effeet that renublican members of con gress and senators are still being flooded with letters protesting against the abandonment of bimetallism and denounclne the gold bill that re cently passed the house. This has caused a great deal of trouble ana so frightened the members that sena tor Aldrieh offered an amendment to the financial bill which provides that w. a a nothing in the measure snail piace oo stacles in the' way of international bi metallism in the event that other na tions concur. 1 The republicans evi dently believe . that that amendment will suffice to "fool 'em" once more. The state board of transportation or dered a reduction of 30 per cent in the local distance rates for the transporta tion or grain. The order will take ef fect February 20, and, unless complied with by that time, the railroads will be required To show sufficient cause why it should not be enforced. Engine for Sale ' Eight horse, upright engine and boiler complete miu. iu guuu tyuuiuuu. x-ux sale at a bargain. . Call or address The Independent, Press building, 13th and 3S Lincoln, JNeorasKa. ECONOMICALLY MANAGED Dr. Coffin Making: an Excellent Showing in the Conduct of the Asylum ' r for Insane - Much has been said in the past about the conduct of the state institutions of all kinds. It is a subject that the taxpayers should give careful atten tion. Large sums of money ate ex pended every year in the maintenance of these eleemosynary institutions. The last semi-annual report of the management of the Lincoln Asylum shows the average number of patients In that Institution to have been 337 and the average per capita cost of tneir maintenance , to have been $71.94 which is about two dollars less than for any similar period In the history of the institution. A visit to the insti tution and inquiry from disinterested parties shows that the patients are splendidly cared for, good clothing, gooa iooa, ana many luxuries. The buildings and, property; are la excel lent repair - All the roofing, the cor nice, the waterworks, reservoir, and all outside wood, tin, and iron work have been painted. : Many repairs have been made Inside including considerable decorating v and high-class- painting. The electric plant has been, improved in many particulars, new switch board and other conveniences. "The entire building has been re-wired with a well insulated wire. The old wire , was pqorly. insulated and the danger from fire from the defective wire was con siderable. - - A considerable part of the appropria tion made by ; the legislature remains unexpended. More than $1,300 re mains in the cash fund after the pur chase of a new safe, wagon scales, and other necessary articles, On the farm are 45 cows, 50 other cattle, 18 horses,, and 205 hogs.- A large garden will be put in to supply the vegetables needed -during the spring and summer. , v Dr. Coffin's management is a credit to himself and to the political party he represents. Mn his selection Gov ernor Poynter chose wisely. .Electric HeadligMs The Burlington is equipping its pas senger locomotives with the new elec tric headlight. Several of the engines running between Burlington and Chi cago now have the electric headlights, and within the'next few weeks others will be equipped with them. The elec tric headlights can be seen a distance of seven miles on a straight track. The electricity is manufactured by a Little dynamo between the stack and the head light for the cab and tender. The mina ture electric light plant on each engine is examined by an electrician at the end of each run. The incandescent lights which are provided for the cab and ten der are sufficiently shaded so as not to blind the engineer and fireman. GOVERNMENT OVERTHROWN The Republicans Resort to the Bayonet and Drive Away the Kentucky Legislature At 4 o'clock Feb. 1, printed notices were handed around the lobby of the Capital hotel, signed by Speaker Trimble, asking all members of the leg islature to meet at the west door of the hotel at 5 o'clock, preparatory to holding a session in the capitol build ing. It was generally understood that admission ' would be refused, -but the democrats determined to demand ac cess to the building as a matter of form and to put the republicans upon record. At the appointed time the members fell into line, and in columns of twos, headed by the tall, form of South Trimble, the march was taken up to wa.rds the state house grounds. . On both sides ana m tne rear came a large crowd. . ' As Speaker Trimble approached the gate, which was guarded by two sen tries, the soldiers stepped back, low ered their bayonets anxT allowed the speaker to pass through. "Are you a-member of the legisla ture?" asked one of the sentries. ' "I rim," replied the speaker; as he started up the brick walk toward the capitol. The same question was put to the other members as they approached, and when ; it came the turn of the crowd, the sentries fired the same" query at every bunch, and every bunch answered in chorus, "I am." Upon the landing at the top of the steps, a. long line of soldiers was drawn up, under the command of Cap tain Horace Cochran. Bayonets were fixed, the men stood firmly and it was evident to Mr. Trimble that the mo ment for negotiations had arrived. Ap proaching the captain, he said: "We demand admission to the hall. We are members of the legislature, and desire to hold a session." Clerks Leigh of the house and Desha of the senate also demanded that they be allowed to enter. , "We have orders to admit nobody ,". replied Captain Cochran. "We have a right to enter this hall, ' said the speaker, "and we demand that we be allowed to do so, in order that we may ajttend to the business of the state." "I have orders to admit nobody and you cannot go in," was the reply. The . speaker turned around and standing upon the top step he said to the crowd. "We came here to meet as members of the legislature of the state of Kentucky. We are denied admis sion to the building and are repelled by force. I do now declare this session of the legislature adjourned and it will meet subject to my call." Down the steps went the speaker and behind him followed the crowd. There was no sign of disturbance throughout the incident, everything being con ducted in an ". orderly and dignified manner by the legislators. There is very little heard now about the legislature meeting London to which it was ordered to go. and there seems to be a general feeling among the democrats and republicans alike that the next regular meeting of the legislature will be held in the capitol building. There has been no .an nouncement of any - intention on the part of Governor Taylor, but It seems to have become a tacit belief that he will rescind his action of yesterday be fore the time set for the meeting at London. Anonymous letters tnreatemng as sassination are going through the mails In considerable numbers. They art. practically of one nature, in forming the recipient that unless he mends the error of his political ways he will be shot down. Occasionally "somebody threatens to stab, but the general trend of assassination seems to run toward gunpowder. Annual Meeting The Lincoln Mutual Hail Insurance Company held its annual meeting in Lincoln recently. Many farmers were in attendance. The company has written about $1,000,000 insurance during the past season and have already paid 50 per cent of the losses sustained. There are many assessments unpaid which wnen couected will come very near pay ins all losses in full. The officers of the company were re- eieciea. ju. jacixeynolds of Lincolm, president; Mr. McKenzle of Blue Hill, vice-president; J. Y.M. Swigart, Lincoln. Bcureuiry. v.. lively ti::es ahead The Old. Greenback! are ' Polishing- Vp Their Shooting: Iron and Stray Shots 'are Already Heard. Many of the old creenbackers who first inaugurated this fight against bank money, though that was thirty years ago, are rubbing their Joints and preparing to take a hand in the coming campaign. Several articles from theni have been noticed during the last few weeks. Here is part of one from the pen of Allen Hoot: ' - - After reading H. W Yates so-called patriotic speech on the house currency bill, we were irresistibly led to the fol4 lowing reflections: , fr v The bill in itself is totally vicious and bad. There is not a single redemption clause in it. By the text of the bill it has no other. numose than to. Day the bonds of the United States and Its other obligations in the gold coin of the United States and 25.8 grains of gold shall constitute a dollar, or one- tenth of an eagle, "the unit." - w Now I would like to ask Mr. Yates or anvone else by what power or au thority does 25.8 grains of gold make the unit of money. Would za.a grains of gold "in a goose quill be a dollar for the navment of United States bonds? This suggestion in itself is ridiculous, and yet the text or tne Dili provioes this and nothing else. It takes something more than 25.8 grains of gold coin to constitute the dollar and that something is which is not in the bill, the stamp of the govern ment, and the statute authorizing the stamp. : Then it is clear that it . is tne stamp and the statute and not the 25.8 grains of gold that constitute the unit of money. ", - V-'' Now, Mr. Yates as he says, a me long democrat, breaks with his party because the democrats are dishonest when they say that it" is the stamp ana statute of the government tnat maiccs the dollar and not the substance , on which it Is stamped.' Mr. Yates says the republicans are right and gold makes the honest dollar. v Tt f now known bv this currency bill that the republican platform of 1892 was not honest, but a fraud and that the democratic platform of 1892 was a iio nd that Grover Cleveland kicked the whole thing over board and made his- entire canvass upon nis letter or acceptance, and no one but Grover knew what that letter of acceptance? meant .until he called tne extra session of congress in 1893. Then it became apparent that the eighth financial con spiracy was being carried out. (Mrs. Emery told of seven) commencea in 1807 with an English-banker drawing ronommenriations for financial legisla tion, to be advised by Hugh McCui- loch. the secretary of the treasury, in action in congress. ? This enrrenev bill is the ninth finan cial conspiracy in the interest of banks, trusts and millionaires, ana againsi the great mass of the common peopie. Re-Establish Slavery Now that it has become apparent that what we are fighting for in the Transvaal is the right of the mine- owners (scarcely one of whom is a British subject or desires to be), to employ black labor under a system which revives all the horrors of slav ery, to transfer the burden of taxes from the profits of ' mining - to the shoulders of the workers, to lengtnen hours and reduce wages, no one will be found willing to continue shedding the best blood of the Empire for such a purpose. A Federal South Africa, with .the Transvaal and Orange Tee State as constituent. parts, is a possi bility if the war be ended soon. 1 If. on the other hand, it drags on its weary length to the bitter end, then sooner or later the British flag ill neither float over Cape Town "nor Zambesi, nor any where between. For a time the whole of the people were deceived, but they will not be so readily taken in a second time. The campaign of calumny and insult against all who had the courage to speak out on the side of fair play, and glorification of all and sundry who Kansas nPAflBes, nove,, flowy Maker. Standard " ULt.K 0 U 2BKVa!lirSSSS5 for arid regions, Onion Seed and Onion Sets. Large stock of tree seeds. Elegant catalog mailed free on application. Write for one NOW. KANSAS SEED HOUSE, F. Barteldec Co., Lawrence. Kan. FiMAlME f w more state prize winners and Exposition winners. ; "For 18 years lams has led all horsemen with best horses, lowest prices. Big bargains for next 30 days. All AMS RECEIVED $1,320 For 3 I IAMS"BON TON" and "JAQUES COEUK hast nas u saiesmaa in country, bare money ky. going direct to lam' boras and bny a winner ha guarantees to show von more stallions than all otter importers in Nebraska. Good guarantees: and lams pays freight. Good terms to responsible parties. Stallioas exchanged. 1 40 HEAD OF 1400 TO1900 POUND idr.is dnu nis norses are mascois 10 On U. P. and B. & M. Ry. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE FflEEo Upon application, we will mail to your address our CATALOGUE, in which is listed all . , 7 The Leading Standard Fruits adapted to the Northwest. A ful line of Nursery Stock on hand for the Spriia of 1900. Fruit Trees. Small Fruit Plants, Ornamentals, Forest Shade Tree! and Seedlings. EVERGREENS. Address, ea TT T n at mm took the war sidt, I played out, anl reason begins ta assert itself.' Now that money can no ' longer be had cheap, there is a great slump In , the building- boom, which means that the speculative builder; will now find that patriotism consists In bringing the war to a - - speedy : lose. London Labor - Leader. ; N TfcaG. 0. P. Farr.:rs It would also be true to say that theJ class of farmers who-give chattel mort gages to secure cash ; rent, sell their feed to pay interest and winter thelf stock on the pure air of Nebraska, am X republicans. In i fact there are very few prosperous farmers ' In Nebraska who are republicans. And there ares very few farmers in Nebraska who have sense enough to look out for their own interest, who are republicans. A man who has sense enough to be a pop ulist can usually be relied upon to take, care of himself. Exeter Enterprise. Fruit Growers Marshall Brothers, proprietors of tha Arlington Nurseries at Arlington, Neb.f have issued a catalogue ot fruit trees,, vines, small fruits, ornamental trees." shrubs, plants, etc., that contains much 1 valuable - information. It tells the , number of trees and plants that should be grown on an acre of ground, direc tions for transplanting, how to winter trees, spraying formulas, etc., etc. ' Everyone interested in fruit growing: i should have one. ; Sent free. Address Marshall Brothers,- Arlington, Ne braska. , v OOOOOOOOOPOOO Bromiis Inermis Our State University has just . issued a Bulletin (No. 61), descrip-' tive of Hungarian Brome Grass . (Bromus Inermis). Get one, they . are free, and put out a pasturo of - - . - - ' . . . i the only grass that withstands ex . treme drouth and cold. We have the seed. Price: 30c per pound, 3 pounds 80c, post paid; 20 pounds for $3.60,50 pounds $7.50, 100 pounds $14.00. Broom Corn This is the year to put it in. Don't run the risk of getting poor seed. . just to save 3 cents per acre. . . '' ' " ' - MISSOURI EVERGREEN, $2 per bushel ' TENNKSEE EVERfiREEN, $2 per bushel DWARF EVERGREEN, $Z per busfeeL CALIFORNIA GOLDEN, $175 per bushel - 1 - ' v Elf We will send sample if you wish. T l&rOur Catalogue is free. a seea uo. LINCOLN, ': BoxAisoo. - ; NEB. OOOOOOOOOOOOO IMPORTER and BREEDER - " PERCHERONSi ) SHIRES-CLYDE and COACH ERS. C IAMS' Horse Show at the Omaha Expo, had all the people Judges; Superintendents and all ON TUB RUN to see the largest exhibit ol horses on the grounds. MOEEJ BLACK STALLIONS than all e Makintf Greatest Horse Fxhihii AT OMAHA EXPOSITION.! A. VT M ar lk ... . . ..3 in n. S.-.wortV vn to see. I AM 3 CHUNKS and DRAFTERS for SALE peopia wno no cssinsss with him. , : ST. PAUL, NEBRASKA fT Arlington. IIS D9 Nobraoka. f I A J