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'The duty of each worker in our cause now Is to see that only the strongest ana mblest men in the various districts should be considered for the position should Be considered for senators and representatives, these men should be elected with no personal fight on them - In their own ranks; they should be men - whose characters are above reproach; 'wen who command the high moral PPort of all the community where y lire. They should be men of ex , jerience and well known, to the body . of voters, whom they look to for sup- . port., They should be men, who when elected, , will not cause their Constitu-. ents.to be ashamed of them,, but an .hoxtor to the district which- they rep i resent, "and to be a source of pride to the supporter. They should be men Who will prove true to every principle advocated by our party, and not vote -Ohalf of .the time-with the opposition, In ofOer to be fair, as they sometimes say. You want men elected when they come to the state capltol who Will not be found the associates of the slick lobbyists that are always on the Aground,. but men of courage, that will listen to those who elected them and advise with-them as to: the kind of laws they want "enacted atid will act and. vote to pass such laws. 'You want - to select such men to represent you as wl'.l return to the district stronger and better able to defend our cause and help to build up. the same. We have many of these in each county, and many of them are men that will not ask for office, they have not thought of being candidates and many times such' men prove to be purver7 best and most useful men, and when placed In positions where they can ex ert an influence, can jind do become a power. Coupled with this , must be ability. : . . If every reformer would take the above statement of Mr. Edmisten and act accordingly we would, have no .trouble in selecting the very best men for those positions. If anyone wm notice, the recent sessions of the legis lature have passed many laws which, have not been constitutional; and pop ulists are not excepted. I chance to V'-say that there have been a quite a number of men sent to our law making v bodies, who have never read the con stitution of the U. S. You can pick up school boys, by the score in every county that could do better than that. ; ' It is a shame that our law making bodies are so neglected. But there is another thing; the U. S. senate is go ing to be a hard thing to get control of in the next campaign; and suppose that one. U. S. senator-would change iff the majority In that body, . wouldnt Nebraska be a good place to buy votes in legislative halls for U. S. senator? The people should beware. WALTER JOHNSON. A NATION OF KINGS Th People of Holland Make a Statement to the World Concerning the Dutch Farmer of South Africa ' Transvaal had been free and inde pendent, ever since 1SS4, as It was free In 1852. - To make good this assertion, we need only cite the words of Gia.l- stone, whose memory is held in deep veneration among the Transvaal peo ple , whose name is now reviled in .England. Alluding to the convention of 1S81 (Leeds, Oct. Sth, 1881) the great Statesman said: "We provided that the Crown should retain prerogatives under the name of suzerainty for the . purpose of preventing pie introduction of foreign embarrassments into South Africa, and we consented freely that the Boers of the Trausvaal should in all other respects enjoy perfect self government and practical freedom and Independence. In his address the Electors of Midlothian VI (Septem ber 17th, 1SS5) he made the following solemn declaration; "We pursued there (S.-A.) a policy that has left the Transvaal free, and divested of all hostility, and has averted a war of "European and Christian races through out the South-African States, which would have been alike menacing to our power and scandalous in the face or civilization and of Christendom. Our measures have brought about the pres ent tranquality of South-Africa." Interference in the home affairs of the Transvaal was therefore out of the question. . Transvaal was grateful for it received freedom and independ ence. -The notion that Transvaal bur ghers were infected with the idea, tint they had wrested their 'independence from Orat-Britain by mere force In contradicted by the following, words of the "Transvaal volkslied." "Knowst thou that Land, in years a - child ?Mid realms of high degree. VOn which the might of Britain smiled When rang tnose words 'Be free?' " : And now we ask: "How did the gov ernment of England behave to that child? ."Whence the disturbance of this happy tranquility, so nobly brought about by your Immortal Gladstone? . Our answer Is plain: England h- haved very badly. As soon as the gold- fields were - discovered, the "happy tranquility" wns disturbed by the in flux ;of i foreigners,, foremost among whom were an international gang of fortune-hunters and jobbers (Rhodes, Belt, Barnato. L. t ...dips, . Farrar, vvernherr, Eckstein. Goetz, Rauliot Robinson, John Hays Hammond, and others)- After the consolidation of the diamond-mines in Kimberley the head men of the gang, hit upon the idea, ' so fatal "yth Transvaal, of consol.- dating . goldmines as well. But I . 4 a . Jill It X A- IB,..,.- MM - k mm. - . m a a a. If you do not want to be disappointed -Insist upon having seeds that ; were! grown by The Nebraska . Seed Co. 1 31 1 FAR NAM STR E ET, OMAHA. this was" not' nearly so easy a thing.' uc uioust; nee oune uau oeeu im to relinquish its claims on the Kimber ley mines for the puny sum of 90,0 ) pounds. The Transvaal had. to be treated with some circumspection. The The Child-State was growing into man hood, was getting, vigorous despite of the efforts to check its growth. . .;; ' "The Transvaal had, among the men. guiding its destiny, men of brave and earnest spirit, who were and are seek ing manfully and profoundly to deal with the great problems before them In a wide spirit of humanity and Just Ice! The strong sympatny of all earn est and thoughtful minds, not only In Africa and the whole-civilized, world is with. them, that of the people of En gland should be with . them (Olive Schreiner.) ' ' Why ? Let us take la hand "the little book of Olive Schreiner; she puts it to all generous and just spirits (and by this time we are justified in think ing that there are a great many of them in England) whether the little republic did not deserve the sympathy which wise minds give ito all who have to deal with new and complex problems, where the past experience of humanity has not marked out a path. "Has not the , little republic manfully and wonderfully endeavored to solve those problems?" Sympathy and generosity! Those arc words unknown to men whose soul Is full of thirst of gold and power. The consolidation of the mines did not suc ceed. The Transvaal people strenu ously resisted every attempt, and had received sympathy and support wheu ever a liberal ministry was in ofhee in England. If there is greatness in persisting in wicked " designs with energy and pa tience, Rhodes and his partners are great indeed! They resolved to bide their line, to wait patiently until the conversatives should be back In power. who, they were sure, would work in with their plans. In case the Trans vaal would not yield, It was to suc cumb under calumny, v never ceasln-jr slander, under the attacks of the Imperialists, who. none the. wiser for Beaconsfield's adventures and failures, had taken a. fresh start, an their coun try's cost. Was the accession to power of the present ministry Devonshire- Salisbury Chamberlain a move of thei Rhodes-party, the party that got so many persons of the very highest rank in England to take an unholy interest In South-African financial enterprises? We do not know, but suspect as much. Chamberlain was the man, who when convinced or persuaded, might be of service to the Rhodes-party: once, in office, he would have it all his own way. He was reputed tor it. The appreciation of Lord Salisbury (in a speech held at Walford. Decem ber Gth. 1883) seems still to apply. And with respect to the Duke of Dev onshire, then Lord Hartlngton? These two were the political athletes "of whom Lord Salisbury speaks in "The Cabinet (Gladstone) under a glass klve." "We have long noted the cur ious phenomenon that Mr. Chamber lain has always his way In the Cabinet and that Lord Hartlngton in spite of. the perfect plethora of wisdom with which he enters into toe Cabinet, al ways in the end submits." . Aud in an other place: "You have only to com pare the language and the manner of those two men. The splendid audacity of the doctrines which Mr.' Chamber lain proclaims, his utter indifference to the results. Lord Hartlngton on the other side .... does not pledge himself to an opinion." No sooner was the present ministry in office, than Mr. Rhodes set to work with his utmost energy. From Rhodesia came Jameson's criminal raid, a mysterious piece of work no more fully cleared up as j-et, in spite of the revelations 'of the "Independ ence," than was the Dreyfus case in France. That something was brewing against the Transvaal independence, has been amply proved from private letters, dated from Nov. '03. written to rela tions and friends in Holland. The Burghers were on their guard, and, as of old, ammunition , was distributed. The wicked plot miscarried, as you all know. " But the manner1 in which Rhodes' name was sheltered, the shameless farce of the parliamentary inquiry, the non-payment of the in demnification, caused the scales to fall from the Boers eyes. They now be gan to see that the plot having failed war was meant. Troops were ordered out to Africa in larger numbers .than at any previous period. The outlander questlon was one of the pretexts; and as in 1S79 Sir Gordon Sprigg failed to cable the mediatory proposals of Pres ident Brandt and Sir J. II, de Villier, chief justice of the Cape Colony, send ing them by-the mail (thus being the Indirect cause of Majuba so Sir Alf ed Milner by purposely cabling President Steiin's mediatory proposals . in a maimed condition prepared for . the English nation a series of defeats that totally eclipsed Majuba, " " ! Sir Balfour attributes those defeats to the undervnlulnff of the Boers! Ls this possible after Sir William But ler's statements?" Was Mr. Chamber lain not informed through the firm ot Kynoch and Co. and other firms about the Boer's armaments? Rhodes, the 00000X000000.OOC o o I10RTH Order direct and get Trees and Plants at less than one-half of Agent's prices. Full assortment of . o o $ o o BEND E nuRs s 0000000KKhX0K000 Cape Sardanapalus, confiding, in .En gland's irresistible force suffered His almost "sacred person" to be shut up In Kimberley, which the British army had to defend at any cost, that his dia mond-mines, which had an attractive power for hUn. might be safe. By what considerations was Sir Buller cr the Committee for national defense led, in leaving a considerable . force in Kimberley? f .-. , . Human hearts are now shaking with grief and indignation. So numerous are the victims to the lust of power and gold, that we shudder at sight of the figures. Whatever their nationality, they are men! Added to the misery of thosands of lives lost, there must and will rise iu England a feeling of uneasiness and remorse among those who have been silent, and whose voices might have averted danger, when the' crime was going ; to be committed. Honour to those who braved the fury of the Jingo mob! The levity with which your govern ment skipped into this horrible war is perfectly disgusting. To those indi viduals among the civilized nations. who have followed with loving interest the-rise of the young republic, this cruel and unjust assault' is a heart rending spectacle. There are millious of men and women on the continent, who, though having neither friends nor relations in the South-African repub lics, can hardly go as usual about their dally tasks. Their hearts go out to the simple folk whose history . they nave studied, a history unparallelled In the annals of the world. Whatever Jingo papers may say to the contrary, the Boers have no betters; no nation in Europe, the English perhaps excepted, dare think themselves the betters or even the equals of this free-born race. They are a nation of Kings. The En glish prisoners of wrar, at least tne best among them, once returned to En gland will bear witness to their no bility. This nation may be extermi nated through force of numoers, tney cannot submit, they cannot live under a foreign rule. 1 - . Fully acknowledging the spienaia courage both of the English officers and the privates, yet from the. begin ning we entertained fears with respect to their possible conduct towards their enemies. The way, which wholesale slaughter has always been glorified in, the detailed accounts of these horrible butcheries (for instance in their ware in the SoudaH) forced upon the public In English newspapers and periodicals. amply justified our fears. Sone of these soldiers hai ever raced an enemy of the white rac-3 except in the Trans vaal, (hence "their defeats). Doing per fect justice to the dignified and nu mane conduct of the majority of the English officers and privates, we must state with regret that a very large number behaved even worse than Wfe could have expected. The accounts of atrocities Committed have' come to us across the ocean and have raised deep indignation . throughout Europe. We, of Holland, j consider it our duty to communicate to the people of Great Britain what has reached us, and leave them to judge for themselves.. Our comrnunieamons chiefly relate to the treatment of prisoners, ot wounded, of those who surrenderee, the treatment of the so-called rebel, the burning of farms, without strate gical necessity, the abuse of the White flag, the engaging of Kaffirs as militarj men, in short to those matters the. re-, ports about which are continually con firmed, and which are turning South Africa into a Pandaemomium. With conceivable dread the world asks: What will be the end, when the White, making M'ar upon each other and indulging in feelings of revenge, might be unable to restrain the excuses of the Blacks, who have been witness es of deeds of violence on so large a scale? Tojthem every white man is an enemy of their race. They will rob, plunder, devastate, ' assassinnt-3 till the whole of South-Africa is laid waste! After this follows a mass of sworn testimony in regard to the statements made in the appeal including many atti davits concerning the inhuman treat ment awarded to the Dutch prisoners, and especially of Gen. Kock, who was mortally wounded, left for twenty-four hours in the British ' camp" without food,' thrown into a tent with common soldiers, denied the attentions of his kinsman who was captured with him and died from neglect. The paper also contains the statement of the English prisoners who all bear testimony to the kindness with which .they ha vu been treated while In the hands of the Boers. Much of this testimony is fur nished by Mr. W. A. Stead, the noted Englishman. " k ' . Including in the evidence is a state ment of a German merchant who has lived for fifteen years in the colony and was known as a great friend to England. He says:, : , "Knowing you to be a warm friend of the Boers, myself being almost an Anglo-German, it is with some reluc tance that I write to you on the sub ject. . . " - ' ,' . "Of course I am not going to give you an account of the fighting, taat kind of news having been wired all over the world. I must confess be o o o Fruit Trees, Plants,Shrubs,Roses O 40 Varieties Strawberries. 14 Varieties Raspberries. Other Fruits In large supply. S NORTH BEND NURSERIES, o . usnn ucnu, neor. y Dodge County. forehand that I ' am completely cured of my Anglomania, in consequence ot the scandalous behaviour of .; the En glish soldiery. Immediately upon the occupation of Dundee, people who had fled . from that place, brought tidings about the behaviour of General Yule' troops towards the inhabitants. Not only did they rob the people of thcly money and of every article of value, but they destroyed all that they could not take with them" They rushed Into the public ' houses, indulged in drink, until they had lost their wits, and wound up by damaging and smashing to pieces all they could lay their hand on. They forced, their way into shut up, houses and:. did violence upon Women and half -grown, girls. So pow erless were the officers against these excesses, that if they should have in terfered, they would have run the risk of being themselves beaten down. The soldiers were at their very worst on their way back from Dundee to Lady smith,. Along the whole, line of road farms were burnt down, after Doing thoroughly ransackffU. ' In many cases, Natal-Boers who were defending their wives and their property were beattm down, so that as a matter of course tue majority of Natal-Boers rose in bitter hatred against the "English and joined the ranks of the South-African repub lics.' ' v.; : - .. ,; ,. ,,. ':-": - .: . "The English officers are fully aware of the fact, that unless they let th; soldiers have their way in this respect, they won't fight any more. The officers are bitterly complaining, about the in creasing lack of discipline. The most, incredible cases of insubordination oc curred, in consequence of which dozens of soldiers were 'put " into custody, again to be released on their comrades assuming a threatening attitude. At Durban no respectable man, far less a woman, can venture into the streets after sunset, for fear of being assault ed and robbed. . Ah . acquaintance of mine, whom the soldiers recognized as a German, was so badly treated by some marines that he is now in the sick-house with three of his ribs broken and a fractured arm. It was only owing to the coming up of a patrol of officers, that he escaped being mur dered." : '';";-, "r ' DrvBuIfA Cough Syrup cures over night the most stubborn cold as welt as all its complications tickling in the throat, husky voice and violent cough ing. It is the most wonderful medicine science has produced. ' ' AMERICAN PROSPERITY It Is All for the Banker, the Bondholder, the Trusts and the Farmer Is not " ' In it v 1 ' '-'' .'' Editor Independent : In the year 1890 we could hear nothing but the lack of confidence. The state of Ne braska was redeemed by the populists and they established confidence. "Now We hear on every hand of great pros perity. This .comes from the republi cans. They do riot stop to tell you that the boasted C prosperity does not come from the high price of wheat or cotton but" by the;' government giving to .'the 'banks' i $30,000,000 of the peoples money sent to the gang in Wall street to be loaned to the people. This is the peoples' but they have to pay Wall street interest on it. Then the admin istration fellows Will boast of the prosperous times 'we are having! The only fellows that are prosperous are the trusts and combines, originated by the administration for the benefit cf the republican party. Out here in Hamilton county they are so close to the confidence head quarters that republicans never stop for a min ute and tell you . that the farmers are prosperous and' get large prices for what they have to sell.' They have large prices to pay for what they buy. The price of wire nails before the trust was Organized - was $1.20 per 10.) pounds. . Since the trust $4.10 per 100 pounds. I call that prosperity to the trusts Barbed wire 3 times as high as before the trusts. But the republicans say they re opposed to trusts. This is not the case, for If they were op posed to trusts as they claim to be. they would stop them, for they have the president and the congress and the courts. Then try to fool the people by saying they are opposed to the trusts and will have a plank in their plat form against trusts. There is -about as much truth in their statements, as there was iith the devil when he told his angels that he was afraid ot fire. That was about as reasonable, as the talk that the republicans put up about the trusts and the great prosperity. ' , Who are the prosperous ones? the bankers, bond holders, combines, trusts and the railroads. I am a retired farmer, but I . have got sense enough to know when I am being robbed of my liberty and my property for the benefit of : those ; who put up their money to hold power and to control the people at their, will. I was raised a democrat, went in the army a demo crat in 1802 in the 48th Indiana, after: the war I did not pole a vote till in 1870, then voted for Peter Cooper, the candidate of the common people and I belong to the common people todays thank God.W. N. L.AK1N. Aurora, Neb. ' The Gulls all Bit Editor Independent: As I have leisure I will say a few things on pros perity, I mean British-republican pros perity. To go over all the money ques tion would be useless as every one who can read has read it and heard it dis cussed times without number. Still I w-ould like to ask the British bankers and politicians a. few questions. V were told by their speakers and Brit ish papers, if the producers of wealth would put McKinley and his herd of office-seekers in .office they would make good times. ,The gulls bit at the bait and the British won. The farmer wen: to work with a will and bought lanx amounts of machinery and gave their notes secured with chattel mortgages, payable between the first of October and , the January following. These debts wvere placed In just the wrong time for the debtor and In just the right time for the . creditor. These notes were placed in the local banks or some agency. , Notice is served on them where their notes can be found, and no extension will be granted Now comes the rub. The grain trut known this and .they put a buyer in every town. Said buyer exhibits a tel i Production in Cali fornia beiner un equal to the demand, and ; desiring to increase our output, we have acquired X; a unpice janaea, Estate adapted to successful Fig Culture, which we will sell - in 20 acre tracts at actual cost and on easy terms, plant with Fgs, bring into bearing for the purchasers and contract to purchase the fruit at a price insuring the producer a large annual income. These plantations afford perfect security, and, because of re liable., and ; experienced management, are available to corporations, estates and non-residents.' Illustrated booklet free. Southern California Fig Co and Shippers) egram every morning telling what wheat and hogs are worth or what he can pay. I have a note out for $!)) I borrowed at the bank. I. had to put up $400 worth of chattel seeuntjv where did that hundred dollars and all the rest loaned on the same terms come from? Eastern capital. This money thus loaned, is furnished by the best banking system in the world. When this money is sent out- on Its grabing mission. It on one of the waves of prosperity. As soon as the producer has sold his wheat at 34 ro 30 cents per bushel and his hogs a c $2.40 to $3.00 per hundred, and has paid principle and interest at 2 per cent per month. , (This is the wave ot British prosperity.) Then the British banker calls in the capital after he and the cattle, wheat, and hog trust has forced the farmer to the wall.' ine British farmer as well as the other fel lows will figure up how much have I made. lie looks at his figures. They are all 000. Then the British capitalist will send another batch to his confi dential' banker to loan at 2 or 3 per cent and get another string of chattel mortgages. The gulls bite, McKinley grunts, which means another wave of prosperity. After a while this money comes due again, the gull scratches his head andays: "Well I must get the cash or my credit Is gone." By this time they have a money agent in every town to loan money on land. Their rate of interest is ten per cent, with 2 per cent premium for making the lonn. When comes to a show-down the bor rower must pay for an abstract and expenses after making out the papers and recorder's fees. v v When a mau has his property ali wrapt up in chattel mortgages, and can't make any money, how in thunder can he make any by borrowing on his lands. But 1 suppose the gull look for another British wave. Oh! give us a rest. How long will the American people be fools? Has the British sen timent eminating from that dirty Tory British hole of infamy, New York C.'.ty. got the power to make jumping jacks, of the American people. J. M. SMITH. Baker, Boyd Co., Neb.' Kansas Seed House The season's offerings of the Kansas Seed House, of Lawrence, Kansas, are thoroughly up to . date and progressive, including the best in vegetable seeda, alfalfa, Kaffir corn, Siberian millet,- for age plants of all the desirable kinds, tree seeds of every description, and a thousand ; profitable things for , the market gardner and farmer. They will mail free, to all .who, write, an elegant catalogue that gives prices end all particulars. We advise our readers to send their address for same today. Their advertisement appears elsewhere in this issue. ; ' Increased Indebtedness The report of Sidney J. Kent, deputy commissioner of labor, showing t he mort gages filed and released in Nebraska during the six months ending December 31, 1899, presents some food for thought. FAEM MOBTOAGfcS ' , , No. Amount Filed.... ;.,.7,M4 - $ Soi.3Kj.51 Satisfied 9,951 604,212.88 Increase:............ $ 297,170.03 Decrease i,wi .-, , Tows and Citt Mortgages -'- " No. " Filed .................. . ...3,284 Satisfied ...3,875 Amount. 2,78,922.22 4,265,014,42 Decrease 591 $ 1,466,092.20 Chattbi. Mortgages " "' . " No. 'Amount. Filed ..........49.320 t25.7tJ2Jm.09 Satisfied , 23,685 $13,047,061.28 Increase .23,635 . $12,715,311.81 ' Lancaster and Scotts Bluffs : counties do not keep a record of their chattel mortgages and are not included in the statement. c , : A consolidation of the three ' tables shows that the mortsraze indebtedness of Nebraska increased over $11,000,000 in tho semi-annual period, v , Mortgage Prosperity Do Nebraska republicans recollect their shibboleth in 1891? -Mortgages are an evidence of prosperity, said (Sen ator Paddock. "No man " can prosper until he gets in debt," echoed the repub lican editors; "the people are contract ing many debts; ergo, they are prosper ous." ,.' " .. .Since 1895 a great amount of mortgage indebtedness has been liquidated, no small amount of which has been by fore closure and sale of the mortgaged prop erty For some time republican editors nave been nungriiy watching every mortgage statement, and whenever a de crease of indebtedness appeared, a great cry went forthi '.'Under McKinley pros perity Nebraska farmers are paying their .debts." . r- Contracting debts was the republican idea of prosperity in 1891. Cancelling debts (moat any - old way) . is republican prosperity in 1900. : " FIG X (Fir Packers and Shippers) V J 133-134-135 StlmHon Blk., V LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (Devoted especially to disseminating a more thorough knowledge of this most instructive , of all games among the readers of the Independent. : Ad dress all communications intended for this department to Chess Editor , In dependent, 204G Garfield St., Lincoln Neb;'- v .Vv:A:--. ' ""y-y notes. . ' ; E. W Ilawley, Waunakee, Wis., de sires to learn the game of chess ami has joined the Independent's class. kelson Hald, president ;of the Ne braska Chess Association, Dannebn g. Neb., sends subscription to' the Inde pendent, and i says : "I believe your chess column will be a success and will strengthen chess in Nebraska." 1 N. G. Griffin, W.) SA8wlm and C. Swim, living near St. Edwards, Neb , all members of the state association. are enthusiastic over the prospects of a chess column In the Independent. Judge S. H. Sedgwick, York, eb:. also a member of the state association. - says: "I do hot know of any No-, braska periodical which gives chess the attention it is entitled to have." ' B. B. Itice, Grand Island, , Neb . writes that "the article on chess in Ne braska Independent ls the best I have ever" read, and I thank you for it." (This was ar quotation from lie v. L. Turney. Ed.) ' ; ; Dr. A. E. Bartoo, Arcadia, Neb., is well pleased to have the Independent give its readers a chess column. The doctor is also a member of the state chess association. y G. A.- Damon, 1G18 Harney St., Omaha, wants to join the Nebraska Chess Association and enter the next correspondence tournament. To all who wish the independent's Chess Column Success: Look up last week's paper and write at once to the Chess Editor.' answering the- seven questions therein asked. SOLUTION. Last week's problem was intended primarily to test how well each mem-, ber of the Independent's class had learned chess notation; but the position will bear some study in working out mate by White, Solution is as follow-: l .WHITE. BL.ACK. 1. Q-KR 8 eh , V K-Kt 7 (a) 2. Kt-KB 4 jch K-Kt 8 (b) 3. Kt-K 2 ch K-Kt 7. (c) 4. Q-QIt 8 ch K-R 7 (d) 5. Q-QKt 8 ch . K-Kt 7 (e) 6. Q-QKt 7 ch (f) K it 7 . 7. Q-QR 7-ch - K-Kt 7 ; 8. Q-QR 0 ch , K-R 7 9. Q-Q C ch. K-Kt 7 10. Q-Q 5 ch K-R 7 , 11. Q-K 5 ch K-Kt 7 - , 12. Q-K 4 ch K-R 7 13. Q-KR 4 ch K-Kt 7 14. Kt'KB 4 ch K-Kt 8 (g) 15. Q-K sq ch K-R 7 10. Q-KB 2 ch , Q-Kt 7 ch (must) 17.Q.X Q mate. ' (a.) If . K moves anywhere else, the Black Q is lost. White cannot afford to exchange queens, because K and Kt cannot mate a lone K. (b.) Again Black must move to pro tect his Q. , (c.) White's tliird move was made to clear the two diagonals running from QR 8 and QKt 8 to K sq and Kit 2; Black is compelled to move to Kt 7 to protect his Q. ' ' (d. and e.) Both forced moves. - (f.) On his fourth move White oe- gan to zig-zag down to his fourth Hncv checking all the while. This is neces sary, in order that Black may not check the White K and thus draw the game. White's object is to reach the diagonal beginning at his K sq and ending at KK 4. A close study of t'.e moves will show the reason for this. BEGINNERS. ; Beginners in chess should at ouce provide themselves with a chess board set of men, and some book on chess. The board and men may be purchased of , your local bookseller, who can doubtless procure for you a book on chess. ' ", "u' - '. For those who feel like expending $2.50 for a book, there Js none better than "Chess Openings, Ancient and Modern,'by E. Freeborougli and C. E. Ranken. Among the lower-priced books are "Modern Chess Instructor," by W. Steinitz, $1.50; "Chess Open ings," by James Mason, $1.00; "Prin ciples of ; Chess," by James Mason. $1.00; "Common Sense in Chess," by E. 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For the next 30 days we will send a 25c. sample FREE to, anyone ending 10 cents to pay for the mailing. Agents wanted: Write to-day. SWAnSDH RHEUMATIC CURE CO., 160-164 E. LAKE STREET, CHICAGO. recommending any particular book on chess, but strongly advises those who desire to learn -the game to buy at least one "Of the cheaper Tjooks. If your bookseller cannot furnish any of those named above, the Chess Editor will gladly give you the address where they may be purchased. . As to board and men, the beginner is urged to procure a board with squares at least ljxlj' inches, and a, set . Staunton pattern chess men -of 'fair size. .'.-a-. ' j . FURTHER t ADVANCED. In addition to the abbreviations -given last week, the following are used: ; ... f- . ,4 ch means Check. . dis ch meahs Discovered check.' dbl ch means Double check. . means Moves to x. means Takes or captures. ' e. p. means En passant. " ' j sq means Square. O-O means Castles King's side. O-O-O means Castles queen's side. ! means Good move. . ; , ? means Bad move. 1 ' . Place White K on ICR G, and R ori KK 2; Black K on KR sq. Now, White may play K-Kt C dis chl f ' Place White P on K 5: Black P oo Q 2. If Black plays P-Q 4, White may reply r. x P e. p., placing the Wnitta P on Q 6, and removing the Black 1. Place White It on QR 2, Kt on QU 6; Black K on QR sq. Now, Whito may play Kt-B 7 dbl ch. The words "Castles KR" or "Castles QR" are often used instead of the signs given above. But if castllns may be done on only one side, then "Castles", is sufficient. As these preliminary explanations can be made but once, each member of the Independent's class in chess is urged to make a scrap-book In which should be pasted each week this col umn v for future reference. Have no hesitancy about writing the Chess Ed itor for explanation of anything you do not understand in the lessom given. 5 - PROBLEM. White: K on K 2, Q ou KR 7, R oa K 4, Kt on QR 0, P on KRt 5. Black : K on Q 4, Kt on KR sq, U. on Q 3, and K 4.- , - White to play and mate in two moves. Solution will be given in two weeks, with names of all solvers. ; "Value" and "Price" In discussing economic , questions it will prevent much needless confusion of ideas to uniformly define the word "price" as "value expressed in terms of money." - i -If you exchange a cow for ninety bushels of oats your estimation of the cow does not exceed your estimation of the oats otherwise, you would not ex change: and your neighbor's estimation of the oat does not exceed his estima tion of the cow, for the same reason. Now, so far as this exchange is con cerned, the value of your cow was sup posedly equal to the value of your neigh bor's ninety bushel of oats; or the value of one bushel was one ninetieth of the value of your cow. Theoretically, per haps, the "price" received for your cow was the value of ninety bushels of oats; but the "value" received was also , that of ninety bushels of oats hence, there is no necessity for two words, to express exactly the same idea. , , Now, KuppoFe we attempt to give an arbitrary name to value, simply for the sake of ' convenience. The name is not material anything will do. Suppose we use the word , "cent," which at the time is a name for the value of about two quarts of oat. Then the value of one bushel would be named "sixteen cents;" and the value of ninety bushels would be named "1440 cents." And the 'price" received for jour cow. her "value expressed in terms of money," would be 1410 cents. C. Q. DE FRANCE. The supreme courthas given Attomey-i-General Smyth permission to docket hi petition instituting quo warm to protee ings against the present fire and poli o commission in the city of Omaha. The petition attacks the legality of the commission as at present constituted and is for the purpose of again getting before the court the fire ana police com mission law of 1897, vesting iu the gov ernor the power to appoint the members of the commission. - Frank B. Hibbard, deputy food com missioner, whose salary vouchers the auditor refused to honor, has filed a pe tition against the auditor to compel him to allow the vouchers. tho Rhoumatic Ouro demonstrated ito 2 . wonderful curativo power ? it has novo faltod to ouro RHEUfflA TtSMQ in any form. Aouto or Ohronlom X Ilere 1 whnt a Prominent Physician has to tay who has had 33 ' :