IF FOR INSTANCE
Your butses h coal, and you give honest measure and
honest value a you should do you should expect the
fame kind of trade relationship in your dealings.
You do as you would be done by. You expect it. Do you
always find it a you would I What's the moral ? Healthy,
s monjs , (thiog in ur Spring and Summer Catalogue.
If yonrV in the city of Omaha se it in our window, on
our punters. Your money's worth or your money .back.
That what made the Nebraska the most popular cloth -'
in cr' store in the wet. " ':- " " "' '
OUR PLAN 1
i to f- loiter clothing and better made clothing than
r anyone el. V keep always in the advance- If you
navjj't one of our Spring Catalogues, better send for one!
Mention the Nebraska Independent Whon Writing
cats tho fct eretifd ,. war cm . two i
kesiffhrre. 'Jfa&f men, . ia the i
prise . clUtt ,ba vitMxairo 1
.Iron fTodactir psri'ait ad eet to
! Sosth Africa asd She Huiippsci, Cuba i
mmd Perto . Hxm, where the, consume':
iscmms&e aasoucts cf good and destroy i
eullkse aaore, which add to, the de-,
t tzM&d as4 help pric, , - - - j
W thaek , the, cb! thota great and
ossixjpotct co, that thou didt ispire
the telad cl h demist - to invent a
. w proces v. ertracticjf gold from low
jp 5 ore frxa th old w heap acd
' dura; In Colorado. called lh cymaeide
proe, by which the prodtclkm of gold
ha Lr s&ore than doubled th whole
world over, which greatly iaw asea th
1; aasosEt of mazxy ia ctrrolatioa and
' kp to raW price of what we prodaoe.
-V.V thasth that ,tha ht had a
law paed crtsatieg buadreds f .' cew
back, which with th old ce wilJ kmie
fcuadred of ciUIkifc of xaon, that for
a tks at Jas!, will go . 1c V ctrculatioa
asd 44 .to th 4olaj& of isoce od
will belp nose c.:to tai prioML ,
V." thiih thou hajtrderd
cec?io ?Tizj&t'f -a- fcusdesd
ci-lc.n os a &;wrjirjr. for that will mzk
keep ep ti pric of mVml asd trcm asd
th' es-sy t pay for it all will eon oct
of the atmsdaet crcps which tha baet
prwdl ttatr abaU..ratee. -
Aid cow w hstssfoly pry tbm that
ihtKj wilt eesficc tb ware ia South
Af rka, th Philippic acd fatr sjw
ooelwiifv, aSor with' drcsith, p
t&e aadl Jaacifce ia W'Ors a&aniriM,
co that w ss.iy fcar good pi as4 a
tmif mark for all' oar - frraia, borx-a,
tit?l and ciaci2faetarfd" ' good. '"We
kaow Oh!'3IcRIa.!y. that when th r
pttblloLa ' party i is power that co
drouth or Lot wiod will erer aSict u,
ljt that they will ecsa opoa other
cdtsstrie. cake s world bhortag. which
w ca r"p; 'y at vi prk. for thou
wilt kep " th drotjtha-aBd" hot winds
wy froso vm a.sd at all lis- provide c
with gectl asJ rfrehiff raica.
"Sow ' to the. Oh! McKicley. who
dost at all tisa proride, famih coa
tribute, f.11. adtaicieter, procure, effect,
brirfjf aboct. cocfer aswJ betow all bles
ltga.isd create all pre-prrity that the
ecfsj nf iesi fa the i.,Eite4 State en
" foy, b thatka -r more- Arsa.T
la a . rjeoert icterHew Dr. Andrews
taid; "JElish ahiald be given proper
prosii5esas asd algebra and gwsetry
thsmid be gisea plaoe in rder that the
Htjdect isay frsa as exact atd logical
habit of thopght.". 3ow that is exactly
what the lcdpe?ict b&f .been m kmg
. adrocatiti What good,, does arj,. sort
of as edu-avadi Ki&3f when. he
It-are the v;Jity he carnot reason.
VICTOR Incubatnr
ImbFtMrn .mil tsm Snrsut c: tm
J,. ;tc turn mm. mmi t nooaafch
IKXrrOR J. Lv ilcKEK.
Ctj Blocs, Cor. 11th and X Sta.,
LINCOLN, NEB.
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tera of dxssoflc diseases of the
internal organi, is dalljr treating
the mmt" evere chronic cas, and
hy his swjceei ul nsetbod km gained
the oocfideooe of the public, Send
liiia a tro-oarjce vial of morning
urine hyxprem not hy mail).
ckarss paid, with 'fall 'name and
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If he is carried eway with, every catch
phrase and soph istry thit appears in the
current literature and the daily press,
his years of study, as fars usefulness
to mankind is concerned amount to
nothing. If students had been taught
to reaison, orators would not have gone
orer the country during the last cam
paign filling up their time with such
phrases as "wrand money, money of the
world," "every dollar as good as every
other dollar etc .No such phrases are
found in any standard work on political
economy. If the gold bugs have one
man in the United States who ever made
a logical argument, this writer ha failed
to find it in the tens of. thousands of
pages of their epeeches" and writings
that he has persued in the last twenty
years. II has never heard one of them
make a speech wberein he did not con
tradict bis own statements every few
momenta. - . ". - : -
HARDY'S COLUMN :
A Holy Pair- An Eclipse Good Candi
dates Slavery "or Freedom The
l , Beit Decline New York Thieves
Ia Marriage a Failure The Timber
It Is Made Of Change of Church
Doctrine and Rules- Prosperity Not
Prosperity, " '.
Hurrah for Thompson and, Rosewater
for senators! Two of the best represen
tatives cf eastern ; republicanism that
can be found west of the Missouri. Cor
porations and corruption funds first, and
the common people afterwards. A splen
did pair!- - ' '
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A total eclipe of the sun will put in
an appearance May 18th in the forenoon.
It does not amount to much however,
for it is only the moon passing between
us and the sun, -
-
We never heard the republicans talk
so much about nominating good men for
office. They had better talk more about
adopting a good doctrine. ;
-
Lincoln will go down through all his
tory as the great emancipator, because
of liberating four million slaves. Mc
Kinley will go down in all history as the
great American enslaver, for he tried to
enslave nine millioas and would have
succeeded only that the people cut him
off at the end of his first term.
What is tha reason so many of the
best republicans in Nebraska refuse to
accept nomination for a state office? It
was not so . when a nomination was
equivalent to an election. It is because
they know Bryan will carry the state by
thirty thousand majority. But it is fun
to teethe two fights go on, in Douglas
and in Lancaster. It is dog eat dog.
The people will not suffen
; ' 7 - ;
s Th republican thieves of the state of
,"NfW 1 OI ft. are liVfc v gcv ujo uau-
.HYPNOTISM.
Ltearn to hy pnotize
aivi Con-cbox. the
BQiads of others:
males people lore
k4 "
. " the andyJt) ove
01 vuom you wieb
mtk r.sa by the
hoar. Plkase the
old and tie rounar
asd bad habits. Etrerr known
Mcret tboroturhiy taoht by nail. Large illas-
trstj iea and rail tmruculsrs for Gc to wit
fwetajte. addrs all order to Prof- C E. Wil-
mm Uos WZ. Loaoum. eb.-
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Our prices are right; cur work the best.
1023 O street Over Famous, Lincoln,
Api
dling of that sixty millions of canal
money asked for. Most of the people
begin to see that transportation by rail
costs less than by canal. Up to this time
they have' been taxing : themselves for
the privilege of shipping at the highest
rate. ., "i . ."r- - . .
: : : v
Is marriage a failure? This question
has been publicly discussed and private
ly meditated upon, times and half times.
Once I-was young, now I am old, and
never have I seen two loving hearts, with
four willing hands, joined in marriage
that was ever made a failure. Lust and
laziness .make failures everywhere.- A
happy home is heaven on earth.
7-7-' :-7''-, '::
The republican party is made up of
millionaires, bankers, corporations and
trusts. The east is solid republican, the
west is solid on the other side, while th6
lake states are uncertain. Modern re
publicanism does not lit the west genera
ally any better than it does the state of
Nebraska. Abe Lincoln republicanism
ruled the state solid for thirty years, but
JtJiil McKinley republicanism has been
knocked clean out of the box. The west
will never consent to let this government
be run by the east. The lake states will
probably continue to sell themselves
where they can get the most money and
yet the common poople are beginning to
get their eyes open so it will take more
money to buy them this year than it did
in ninety-six.
It is stated that quite a chancre is to
be made in some of the orthodox doc
trines and rules of living. The Calvin
ists, some of them, are talking of drop-
pine the doctrine of foreordination. If
they would apply that doctrine as an old
Presbyterian preacher did to us sixty
years ago, there would be no objection to
it. lie said that God foreordained that
every human being who behaved himself
should be saved and made happy and
comfortable in this life as well as in the
future. On the other hand those who
chose to serve the devil here would be
permitted to go to the devil in the future
world as well as this. Then some of the
methodists are demanding that their
general conference, now in session, shall
repeal the rules against dancing, theatre
going and ornamental dress. They find
it is about as hard to keep young people
from steDrnnsr to music as it would be to
stop healthy Tambs and kids from skip
ping and playing. Then in regard - to
dress, we used, to see women rejected
from love feast for wearing ribbons and
frills. The men dressed the same as
other men, shiny hats and shiny boots,
silk - neckties, tobacco-scented breath,
but never one of them was ever rejected.
If women must dress odd, why not make
the men dress odd, as well. '
As was expected, - the " high price- of
building materials and the labor troubles
have cut short the building boom fully
one-half.. - The trusts and the high tariff
fellows begin to see it now and prices are
falling rapidly, and wages for all kinds
of labor are sure to follow. It is now
too late for a good year's trade; they may
shut down half the factories in the coun
try and this year will not equal last in
volume of business, farmers are not
going to pay two prices for lumber, fence
wire and farm machinery and sell their
wheat fprhalf of . one prc The repub
licans , are . increasing tne ; volume oi
money just as Bryan said four years ago
was necessary, only they increase by tne
issuance of bank bills instead of legal
gold and silver. Now, . whenever the
bankers want to raise the rate of inter
est all they have to do is to lock up a
few million of their own bills, just as the
manufacturers are now locking up their
factories to raise the price of. goods.
They are not going to retire the green
backs until after election for if they do
they know that the banks will have to
reduce their circulation, for to redeem
their present - volume of bills in gold
could not be done. , One year from to
day if Bryan is not elected we will see
the same kind of a money twister we
saw in ninety-three. The last currency
bill passed is only a machine for the
bankers to work the common people
with. The only way tp head them off is to
elect Bryan and stop borrowing money
for anything.
News of the Week
, Republican nominees for state offices,
made Wednesday are as follows:
Governor C. H, Dietrich, Adams.
lieutenant Governor E. P. Savage,
Custer. , t -
Secretary of, State G. W. Marsh,
Richardson.
Treasurer William Stueffer, Cuming.
Auditor Charles Weston, Sheridan.
Attorney General F. N. Prout, Gage.
Iand Commissioner George D. Foll
mer, Nuckolls.
Superintendent W. K. Fowler," Wash
ington. -
Delegates-at-large:
II Rosewater, Douglas.
John M. Thurston, Douglas.
.John H. McClay, Lancaster.
John A. Ehrhardt, Stanton.
A terrific mine explosion occurred in
mine No. 4 of the Pleasant Valley Coal
Co. at Schofield, Utah. More than two
hundred lives were lost. One hundred
and thirty-seven bodies have already been
recovered. The cause is unknown but
is supposed by some to have been the
blowing up of a number of kegs of blast
ing powder. ; " .
Captain George Lyon, of Nelson, was
at the capitol Wednesday attending to
business -pertaining to affairs of the
company. The captain is always on the
lockout for anything to improve the
equipment and organization of the com-
Paay- 7 .7'.' i 7
Captain Stockham," Captain Moore,
Captain Talbot and Lieutenant Kennedy
were among the officers of the First Ne
braska regiment in attendance at the re
publican state convventioa.
Canadians are considerably wrought
up over the action of the school children
in sending greetings to the Boers. .The
board of education at Windser, Ontario,
will send two delegates to Manila with a
resolution of sympathy f som twenty-four
hundred school children for Aguinaldo,
the Filipino leader. This is to offset the
action of the Philadelphia school ' chil
dren sending a message to Kruger -
Congress has passed the bill granting
a pension of forty dollars a month to
Mrs. Stotsenberg. She has two little
daughters to caie for and educate. The
pension is her only means of support,
and while not large will be of great as
sistance. Congressman Burkett urged
the passage of the bill and deliv
ered a splendid speech in praise of
the dead colonel.
The Bohemians of Nebraska are press
ing the candidacy of Mr. C. V. Svoboda,
of St. Paul, for the position of secretary
of state. He is a well-known and suc
cessful business man, thoroughly quali
fied for the place. He is popular in his
community, has been school director re
peatedly, was president of- the local
Farmer's Alliance, and served three
terms as county clerk of Howard couaty.
His nomination, it is generally conceded
would be wise and add strength to the
ticket. There are about 25,000 Bohemi
ans in the state and the recognition of
one , of their fellow countrymen would
certainly please them and arouse their
interest in the success of the ticket.
The' tremendous advances predicted
by Lord Roberts in South; Africa, re
calls the little ballad: "The noble duke
of York with his , ten thousand men
marched up the hill and then a marched
down again.". " ;
Thurston and Rosewater. Yes, they
are both great and good men, delegates
at large to the republican national con
vention. Doubtless every republican in
Nebraska would be proud to have his
son follow the example set by these two
Sast masters in the art of deceit and
ouble dealing.
President Kruger has issued an order
directing all British subjects to leave
the Transvaal republic forthwith.
Admiral Dewey was enthusiastically
received in Chicago, although there isr a
marked falling-off in ' the praise given
him by republican papers, before he de
clared himself sufficiently opposed to
the policy of the president to be a can
didate against him.
At the dictation of the representatives
of the Standard Oil Company, the plan
for the purchase of the Danish West In
dies for $2,000,000 has been : abandoned.
It is rumored that the Danish " govern
ment will attempt a sale to r Germany.
Such a sale would be in violation of the
Monroe doctrine. The German govern
ment will insist that the present admin
istration by extending into Asiatic coun
tries has abandoned the Monroe doc
trine and that it is therefore null and
void. Over this, serious trouble may
ensue. -.-. ...
In Columbus, Ohio, yasterday, Mr.
Bryan addressed the- largest', audience
ever assembled there. "t Eight thousand
people were packedQiiJr the auditorium
and five thousand could not get in.
. The May day celebration and parade
in this city was a success in every . par
ticnlar. Thousands of people took ad
vantage of the low rail road rates to
come to Lincoln and senjoy themselves.
The dayvwas pleasant and all - were ap
parently', pleased ,and -satisfied s -The
management; deserves-, congratulations.
D. A. Campbell, for ten years clerk, of
the supreme court, stepped down and
out May first and was succeeded : by Lee
Herdman, the new appointee. " Ev- W.
Nelson, deputy clerk, also took his post,
E. J. Streight making, way for him. W.
F. Bryant, deputy reporter, was also in
stalled. Misses Stevens and Wooster
assumed the duties of clerks in the of'
fice. Miss Stevens has been in the land
commissioner's office, while Miss Woos
ter came from Central City. All are ex
perienced clerks and qualified for the
particular positions to which they have
been assigned. It is a well chosen
force. ' 7. - - "
Mr. George L. Raymer, the only mem
ber of the First Nebraska Regiment who
re-enlisted in the Philippines has made
application for his discharge and Gover
nor Poynter has been asked to assist in
procuring it for him.
In the Sixth Congressional district
the republicans have nominated Hon.
M. P. Kinkaid for congress and in the
fourth district J. D. Pope has been se
lected for a similar duty. -
The democrats of Michigan at their
state convention declared for Bryan with
Towne for vice-president. ,
The Filipinos surrounded a detach
ment of 30 American soldiers and in two
days siege succeeded in killing 20 of
them and wounding most of the others.
THOSE FRANCHISES
There KeverWas Sh A Grand Scheme of
Carpet Bag Looting Planned on
Earth Before.
At its meeting Friday the cabinet con
sidered the details for the government
of President McKinley's dependency,
Porto Rico. -7
The opportunities for the building up
of the republican machine through the
exploitation of w this island are so many,
the plums are so juicy, the fmchises are
so valuable, and the Porto Ricans them
selves are so - helpless, that it 3 is well
known that Mr. Hanna and a few ! other
republican manipulators will to' the
management of 'affairs down there.
The applicants for the pleasant places
at the disposal of the President are nu
merous. None but tried and true Han-na-McKinley
men . will be appointed.
Their loyalty must be such that when
McKinley pushes the button they will
do the rest. ' . " 7
Aside from the imperialistic feature of
the recently enacted law is the fact that
McKinley's appointees composing the
council, a minority of which is to be
composed of Porto Ricans, are to dis
pense the public franchises of the
iiland. " . "
It is estimated that there is $500,000,
000 worfh of franchises to be let within
the next two years. There is a belt line
railroad, encircling the island, originally
projected by French capitalists and com
pleted not one twentieth of the entire
route. There are in addition four trans-
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a combination. See No. 82.
CrWe have hundreds of combina
tions ask for them. .
Special Combination No. 68.
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25 bars Laundry Soap... ........ 1 00
5 lbs. extra good roasted Coffee. . 1 00
lib. best uncolored Japan . Tea ... 5Q
2 lbs. best Baking Powder ....... 50
5 lbs. best Rice........ 50
4 lb. best Ginger.... "... 25
lib. best pepper.... ...... ....... "25
o 00
All the above packed securely and der
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We are the largest distributors of
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(DEPARTMENT
226,228, 230 and 232 NORTH TENTH STREET,
insular roil roads, two running east and
west and two running north and south,
with their numerous connections.
There are water works plants, electric i
lighting plants, trolley lines, sewerage
contracts, paving contracts, dredging
contracts for San Juan end other ports,
and avast scheme for irrigating the
southern half of the island by the boring
of a mountain for the purpose of permit
ting a river to flow through, the benefi
ciaries to be taxed under" the Spanish
law for the privilege, the tax to be col
lected by the government and paid to
the corporations fortunate enough to se
cure this franchise.
Thus it is clear, with the f2.000,000
annual revenue of the island to disburse
and millions of dollars worth of . fran
chises to give out, the administration
can reward its henchman by giving them
executive positions, and its financial
backers by giving them perpetual privi
leges by which they can add millions. of
dollars to their incomes yearly.
Here are some congressional opinions
of the law:
Representative Richardson: A more
imperialistic measure was never made a
law. The whole future of the island
and the lives of the people are placed
without the right of appeal in the hands
of the president. - - . t
Representative Sulzer of New: York:
The law is passed to give the trusts and
other republican institutions the right to
squeeze more millions out of the unfort
unate Porto Ricans. - - -
Representative DeArmond of Mis
souri: There is not in the history of the
country a measure so despotic and under
which the . rights of the people are so
completely ignored. -
Representative , De Graff enreid: . The
bill makes the Porto Ricans little more
than serfs. The island is certainly a rich
field for the friends of the president un
der the law. . - ...
; Representative "Wilson of New TTork:
I now understand just why the president
changed his mind." By this change J of
mind he is enabled to dispense-more
patronage to his faithful followers.
SPECIAL FOR SIOUX FALLS
One fare for Round Trip to the Populist
National Convention.
The railroads have granted a one fare
for the round , trip to Sioux Falls to
those who desire to attend the Populist
National Convention. A- special train
with Pullman and Pullman tourist
sleepers will leave. Lincoln 1:45 p. m. for
Sioux Falls, allowing those who desire
to attend the banquet of the Peter
Cooper club at Omaha, May 7th., will be
granted stop over - privileges for that
purpose. The special will-leave Omaha
at 11 p. m., and arrive at Sioux Falls on
the morning of the 8th, the day of -the
convention. The train will be side
tracked and those desiring will be per
mitted to make the cars their rooming
headquarters. Is is expected that a
large delegation will take advantage of
this excellent arrangement effected by
Mr. Jackson, city ticket agent of the F.
E. & M. V-, and J. H. Edmisten,
chairman of the populist state commit
tee. The train will be splendidly
equipped and every possible accommo
dation will be provided by the company.
Lincoln parties intending to go should
telephone to Mr. Jackson at number 544
for further particulars or write him at
Lincoln. : ' - "- '
- Labor Paper Speaks Plainly
That the laboring men through their
labor organizations intend to take a de
ffiUafl In)
.n
promises to surpass the first one in
to the shrewd shopper. As soon
exhausted another line eqLially
place and we have added several extra inducements
for the second and possibly the last week of this, the
season's most successful sale.
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50 lbs. best fine Granulated Saffar. ......
8 lbs. Lion or Arbuckle's Coffee
25 bars Lanndry Soap................
3 lbs. best Tea......
1 lb. pare pepper .........
2 lbs. best Baking Powder.
5 packages best Yeast Cakes..
S packages best Soda
5 cans I,re..... ..............
3 lC-cent packages Washing Powder......
6 lbs. best Basins.....
H lh.best Ginger.. .t .4...'.. ..........
S lbs. best Sice......'. ..i. ....
3 HVcenfe pa c Vases of Store Polish. .......
6 lbs. California Prunes.. .
3 large cakes Tar Soap.. .. J..'.
2 lbs, choice mixed candy.
8 lbs. Rolled Oats
3 cans Oysters........
1 largest box of Matches.
2 bottles Lemon Extract.........
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1 box of Starch...
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Delivered free to your B. R. station for $10.00
cided stand in the coming campaign and
that their position will be in support of
Mr. Bryan - is shown by the following
which appeared' at the head of the edi
torial columns of "Fair Play" a weekly
paper published in Lincoln in the inter
est of organized laboring msn:
-'7 HOW WB STAND 7
Fair Play will deal in antis this year
of which it has a large supply and which
will be in demand by a large majority of
the American people before the national
campaign is over an4 . deposited in the
ballot boxes throughout the land by the
masses next November.- To sum up,
Fair Play is opposed to trusts, militar
ism, alliance with any nation outside the
American continent, injunction by the
courts when affecting the rights of work
ing people, and most emphatically
against the single gold . standard in the
United States and territories now and
forever. -; It will deal with other antis as
they accumulate later on. . Fair Play is
in favor of amending the constitution of
the United States so as to permit the
election of president, senators and jus
tices of the United States by direct vote
of the people; in favor of . all the princi
ples contained ia the declaration of
American independence; a strict adher
ence at all. times to the Monroe doctrine,
and sympathy and aid to all people strug
gling for liberty, jthe initiative and ref
erendum, the municipal ownership of all
public . utilities, and the complete en
franchisement of. woman on equal terms
with men, and last, but not least, the
nomination and election of William Jen
nings Bryan as an American president
of the United States of North America."
In another editorial in the same paper
is the following . endorsement of Gov
ernor Poynter. . V 7 . J 7
- "Gentlemen, the governor!" W.' A.
Poynter, occupation, farmer, is one of
the best men that the people of Nebraska
have honored -with t their suffrages and
placed in the executive.' chamber of the
capitol. We predict that the people will
demand his' nomination for a second
term and see to it that - he is elected by
a large majority." ; - - , a
'Wild-Eyed Pops t 5:":
Away dowi in the ' South' Pacific,
tucked , away in a corner in' the nether
part of the world, is a group of three
islands which but few can. locate with
out an atlas, yet which contain from
the standpoint of political economy the
most progressive people in the world.
The many great questions which we
are debating they have solved, and in
the solution set an : object lesson for
the world. In tnis country the monop
olists brand those who advocate public
ownership of public utilities as "social
ists," "cranks," etc., and the unthink
ing portion of the public echo the cry.
New Zeland has passed that stage, how
ever. The government, which aside
from the figurehead appointed by Great
Britain, is one of the most democratic
in .the world, owns" and operates the
railroads, telegraphs, express, tele
phones, etc., throughout the island. As
a consequence when a New Zealandex
wants to go on a journey it costs him
instead of three cents a mile ten cents
for thirty miles. It is said also that
even at this low price the government
is making too much money and will
soon reduce" the rate. . The public is al
so served ill the use of other public
utilities In like proportion as to cost.
The receipts from government owned
railroads, express, telegraph and tele
WEEK OF THE
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Gents Per Found
Dakota or Nebraska by ordering
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40 lbs. best fine granulated Sugar. $1 00
2 lbs. Mdcha and Java Coffee ..... 50
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4 lbs. fancy evaporated Peaches . " 50
4 lbs. choice Rasins 50
4 lbs. choice California Prunes ... 7 50
2 lbs. best Baking Powder i':.. 50-.
1 lb. pure Pepper.... 25
2 lbs. best Tea. 1 00
, - $5 00
All the above packed securely and de
livered free to any railroad station in
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A complete Price List mailed free
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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.
phones pay all expenses of the federal
covernmpnt: hpsiriA Interest on thA In
vestment and a sinking fund to met
construction bonds, thus largely ell ml
nating the element of taxation..
New Zealand is far from being alone
in furnishing an object lesson in show
ing a saving to the people in public
ownership.--
Austro-iiungary reports $5u,uuu,uou
profit on her public railroads in 1898.
Yet the ticket fare from Budapest to
Cronstadt, 457 miles is $1.53. On the
public railways in Germany the third-
class rate is only one-fourth cent a
mile. Yet the government profits annu
ally exceed $100,000,000.- ;
New Zealand has also adopted an Im
proved system of effective voting, in
suring each citizen an opportunity 'to
effectively express his will ; also the In
itiative and referendum, and while we
are only beginning to debate the ques
tion of equality as regards sex,, woman
suffrage is established, and not only do
the women vote but it is said take a
more aotive Interest in politics than the
men, frequently casting more votes. :
An imnrovftd svRtpm of land , tATiiirA
is also in operation, which prevents
a monopoly of land, and which Is so
popular that since it went into opera
tion the effect has been, to largely re
duce the percentage of population in
cities. ; The effect of the operation of
these and other advanced conomic prin
ciples vis seen In a better distribution
of wealth, and such has been the pros
perity that the island has doubled In;
population in 18 years...
The object lesson of militarism is
unique., an a. nistoncai sKetcn or. tne
country, Issued . by the New Zealand
Shipping' Company," we - find , the fol
lowing paragraph:
"The maintenance of order in the
native-districts is , entrusted ; to a spe
cial field force numbering 634 men,
who may be looked upon as forming
New Zealand's standing army., ' The
men are aisinouiea over tne nauvs
districts in squads of 40 to 200 -.men.
The present tranquil state of these dis
tricts enables the men'' to be usefully
employed in the construction of roads
and bridges, in carrying, mails, and in
other - ways." v - '
7 Instead- of the men composing a
standing army, fooling - away their
time In idleness and gambling or em
ployed" in killing -and being killed In
foreign conquest in the antipodes under
the excuse of expanding trade, they
might better be "usefully employed in
the construction of roads and bridges"
throughout uie country, and construct
ing reservoirs and irrigation systems
in the great West. Such employment
would cost the government less tuan
tne exploits in wnicn tne army is now
embarked, and from the standpoint of
an increase in trade, would produce
Vmnlrerle of millions In vnlrio nhoronu
the present employment is a dead
waste of money. National Rural.
THREE STATE CONVENTIONS
Fusion Forces to Gather Here on Wedncs
" 7 daVtJily H"
The democratic, populist and free silver
republican state central committees is
sued their, calls for state nominating
conventions to be held at Lincoln at 2 p.
m. on Wednesday, July 11.
The democrats will meet in the Oliver
theatre, populists in the auditorium and
silver republicans in the conservatory of
music hall.
The basis of representation is the
same as at the late state delegate con
ventions. .. y J
point of interest
as a line becomes
el lie
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