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8 k JEFFEBSOS BEPU8UC A fumt B Mar Ilrmi m TUa r Dku4 It Cww to Htlt- 1 rrar wut CT&Jp T It l TW7 fortunate thin for the wb&l worli that la thee day of mili tary atrap md pro consul, when the zra&sta of the peor-I re feaatlnx their eye epoa ahocJOr strap, rcld lace, told dollars and the golden caJf. that th farssera In Socth Africa, ahonld g:9 ca a laorrtrat!cis of what a ceaofrarr caa da. When It coses to Intlca. the tinsel central, lords, and akw, cam tot he compared with thera. When It cornea to Crh'Jnr they hare pror4 us a hundred battle Cells that cne 5etsorratlc fjrr.er Is more than equal to any ten subject of an etu jire. There Is a country after Jeffer son's ovb heart. No standing amy bat a ssiiitla as posed of the wnola popu lation, both sen and wosea, who go out asd Lett without pay when their heme asd their pnntry Is tttacked 7tal Is what Jeferaoa wasted la this country. I extend of that, we have brss. tr1es. shc-ilder scraps aad pie conntera ei u? by McKinley where the dejeneria coos of the rlca caa go and be fed at the public expense and crder their underling aretizd as If they were oc. A- C. Hales, aa Australian eorres pot.dect was etptured by the eoer fsrrsers aid released by President Mtera. ne has been writing some let tfrs to th Kzgiith preii about whatlauw-t with his hands in pocket and he Raw. when ttiiie the Boer Maes. pipe in mouth. No one pays him any H esrs: special deference He talks to the FafcSh!y It &ay Interest English- j men, the striplings and the women, and ra, and w wa, too, for that matter. I they talk back to him in a manner to know what a nchtiss laager Is really 1 that seems strange to a British famil Iite. and as 1 hate sea half a dozen j lar to the ways of military camps, of then from the eaemys tide of the j "After the chatting, tue predikant, wail a re3h pea and Ink sketch may i or parsoa. If thre is one in the laager, cot be azsi&a. raises his hands and all listen with Ia wr time the Boer rever. under reverent faces while the man of God asy rfresnasiane. makes his laager in ; utters a few words in a solemn, earn tae cp-n country if there are any kop-jest tone. Thea all kneel and prayer Jes aboQt. No matter how secure he Coats up toward the skies, and a few jcay f Ascy himself from attack, no mat- moments later . the , whole ." camp Is trr ft there Is rut a foe witUa fifty j wrapped la sleep. Nothing is heard ttAIh of him, the Boer commander al- but the neighing of horses, the lowing ways pitches his laager In a place off of cattle, the bleating of sneep. and the iJy be-wn two parallel lines of ! occasional barking of a dog. There is hiHsx that to ettack caa be made I no clatter of arms, no ringing of bugles lipoa tics, either front or rear, without j no deep-toned challenge of sentries, no f-Ivisg him aa lcau advantage over footfall of challenging pickets." the aUaeklng force, even if the enemy j -At regular intervals men rise sllent is tea times as strong in numbers. By j ly from the ranks of the sleepers ( pick this raan the Boers make their up their riCes noiselessly and silently, laaf ers al&t Imprcaable. like ghosts, slip out into the deep suad- lf they have a chose of ground they I ows of the kopjes, and other men, rick a narrow ravine or gn!ly. with a eqnrUy silent, glide in from posts they line ct hills la front and rear, covered have been guarding and stretch them with small, rorky bowlders and bushes. eel res out to snatch slumber while they They Crfve their wagons ia between I may. At cawn the men toss their these kills. The wma are placed In , blanket aside, spring up, ready dressed, safaty. for it is a noticeable fact thatjsnd move among their horses; the very laru numbers of womea have foI- Kaffirs attend to tha morning meal, i-e Xowed their h-ssisaaJs and brothers to everlasting rusks and coffee are served th war. ret to act as viragoes, not to j up. horses are saddled, cattle are f lay the wanton, ccr to cases them- j yoked to wagons, and in the twinkling elves, nor to handle the rife, but to of aa eye the camp is broken up and cmrse the woended. to comfort the dy-itte Irregular army is on the march irg. and t lay out the dea- I have j again, with scouts guarding every pass hard them :aging round the camp in front, scouts wajching. (themselves fires in the starlight, hot it was hymns unseen) on every height. that they sxng. not ribald songs. I , They travel fast because they travel have s then kneellsg by the side Hgbt- They use very little water, be ef Bi la the moonlight, but not in cause ther find it imoossible to move wantonnB. bet ia mercy, and many a it from place to place. Many critics tZMs. who wears the British uniform 5e narge ' them with habits of personal t-xlsy can bear me witness that I speak j tincleanliness. It Is true that In their in trsth. I laagers one does not see as much soap The Boer, ne-rer. If he caa help It. j and water used as In our camps, but allows him to b separated from his j tnis is possibly due to rant of oppor borse. and tb hardy little sriinals. j t unity as much as to want of lnclina ism!y about .".a hands high and i tioa. They do not seem to understand very lightly framed, are picketed close j tbe first principles of the laws of sani to the spot where the rider deposits ftati on. sad had this season been a wet s Tit cad iankets. If the Boers j inseadof a peculiarly dry one, I ven allow thsa to grass oa tie hillside dar- j ture to assert that typhoid fever would th 4Jtj they raa a rope through the ; hare wrought tar more havoc among caiter near the horse's mmxle. and tie j tfcem than our rifles. It cioe above th knee Joint cf the! i gaw no gambling. Iieard no bias sear foreleg. By .this means the horse I phemy, noticed no quarreling or bick- M i I.. w iui uwi v : away at any pace beyond a siow wauc. and m Is eailly caught and saddled If rrJlrt la a hrry. The oxea aad sheT to fee cd for slaughtering par po are driven up close to the camp; a wagon rr two is drawn across the ra vine above and below them, and they thB cannot etampede If frightened by anything. rs thy ciimb the rocky heights en e4tbr side of them, wluch J2T have small chances of doing, as the Kainr herdsmen sleep 03 the hills above them. -Having pita ,w. laager . the com- j anier sends oet his scouts. Some am4 off on horlck at a pace they ca.1 a trine gait which all the Ijr edsotte their nags to adopt. It Is not exsxtlr aa amble, but a onsln to it. marveknuily esy to the rider, while it enables the nag ts get over a wcnderfnl lot of gronnd without knocking npw It also allows the horse to pick his way among rocky ground, and so save his legs. whre an English, lad ia a. or Austraiiaa horse would be as to cripple Unfl! In very short j crzer. As soea as the mocnted scouts set tff oa their Journey, holding the reins ' carelessly !a their left hand, their handy itle 2anser rlfies la their right, swaying ear!s2y la the saddle, after the tuhloa of hash riders the world enrer. the foot scouts take tip their po sition among the rocks aad hmbs oa th ti;is oa front and rear of the mu m m rrr-t tm s m 4 lifai ajtrer. . i-aca seou?. n&s ms n-e ia ais hand. hU pipe In his teeth, his bando lier fail of -cartridges over his shonlder. and ht scanty blanket nnier his left 5: ilf iZ f " . m "Ix. r kirw. that oa his aratness ths lives, of ail may depend, lie know tbat hJivJ.B u . i, t'r ttr4s aad the worsen trust him. j fa t a republican f?,fcT"fif ""Iboun antixpsnsionkt of the out f :ri;tsl. soldiers ever did So matterl , -:fi j-i . . - . fmitd. the Boer sentinel is never fjuthie to hlS Orders. '1, .v00 I"ger 1 Is tM for the night tot a very ex hasstlr ro-diCK. as the Boers do not e la for Icmrs of any kind. Here a tarpsalia Is stretrhed over a kind cf temporary rldt pole, blankets are tossed down oa tne hard earth, wtdavt are es4 for 51110-, and the coatf-a Is compJ'. A little way far ther ievs the line a rele canvas screen Is thrown over the whrl of a wacoa sa4 a 'family, er rathtr husband and wife, make themselves at home under the wafa. while the slscle men simply throw tfcetsseiv at fall lenirth a the ground, wrap their one thin, small blanket ronnd them, and smoke aad Jeat fcwrrlly enouh. 4rb!l the kaflrs light th fires aad make the colfee. -There Is crcSy aay timber la this pan of Africa, and th f 344 use J la LL 1 dried manure of cattle, pressed Into ! slabs about 15 inches long. 8 inches wide, and 3 inches thick. The smoke from the fires is very dense, and soon fills the air with a pungent odor which Is cot unpleasant in the open, but would be simply intolerable in a build ing. The coffee Is soon made; and the simple meal begins; It consists of 'rusks' a klndof bread baked until it becomes crisp and hard and plenty of steaming hot coffee. I never saw any people so fond of this leverage as the Boers are. The Australian bushman and digger loves It, and can almost ex ist upon It; but these Boers cling to coffee. They live when out In laager like spartans. They dress anyhow, sleepanyhow, and eat ust rusks and precious little else. Talk about Tom my and his hard times! Why, a private soldier a the front sleeps better,dres3es better, and eats better than a Boer gen eral, yet never once did I hear a Boer complain of hardships. -After tea the Boers sit about and clean their rifles. The women move from one lltUe group te another, chat ting cheerfully, but I faw nothing in their conduct, or In the conduct of any roan toward one of them that would cause the most chaste natron in Great Britain to blush or droop her eyes. "There is in the laager an utter ab sence of what we term soldier disci pline; men moved about, went and came in a free. and easy fashion, just as I have seen them do a thousand times in diggers camps. There Is no relating of officers, no stiffness, no itarch anywaere. The general lounges f ring. AN APRON WORTH $50,000 Wrkd hy Stry, Q ! of Sti, "While AwItiBp Her boom at "" th Block. There has recently come to light an spron, prrjbably the most exquisite ex ample of needle work extant that bus ied the ficirers of the hapless Mary, 2 divert her L- 1 a, ia f i a s uvtii 4L-i aucvuusuj uwtu caw block. The fallen sovereign all hope one 5enlerd her interest upon it dur ing the latter part of her long confine ment, and created the masterpiece of iseediework. Just before her execution she hecretAd her prized apron under the lining of one of her robes, which kept her treasure safe until recently the gar ment was ripped iparL Its history has since been fully authenticated through llir written bv the ill -starred nnpn m friendly ambassador at Psris who nuggled the materials oat of which it was wrought Into her dungeon. By strange chance the apron cams into the twkm of an American, who has re fused S50.000 for it, and has also declined 53,000 for the privilege cf unraveling a single stitch to learn its secret, which is a mystery to all the experts. Its owner has consented, however, to its reproduc- tioa ia Urge size ia the June Lsdies Vff W ' Home JaurnAL A Buriingtcn Attorney y?- was oomiMted oy tne republicans of ... f, e,th tVtJri(.t ,nr xr. spoken botw neiuier is a protecuom-si. m reived the sobriauet of -Hea- Tint http than 11 MAfl.n . gentlemaa by nature. lie is a first class bus, but ia politics ts es&snUnlly a crea tion of the Ilurlisgtoa railroad. This is not aB.iM. year ia Nebraska, and it Is too bad to sacrifice him, for a corpora tion spokesman 29 already defeated. Grand Island Democrat. Special E-rlf- to Colorado aad f tah via fh Cller BKk llaad Mt Paclde Hallway Jon 21, July 10 snd 18 and Acgust 2. Good returning cntil October 31, 1900. Denver and return. tl3.25; Colorado Springs and ret am, il8.SD; Pueblo and return, 119.00; Salt Lake City and Og den and return. 13-2. CO. For further in formation, spplf to 11 W. THOMPSON, A. G.P. A,Topeka, ctF.IL BARNES, C. P. A. Lincoln, Neb. 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Kepublican papers are running an al leged call for a "delegate convention of the people's- independent party of Nebraska- to be held in the city of Grand Island, June 27, 1900, signed by Alfred Fawkner, "chairman state executive com mittee, and E. F. Morearty, "secretary, for the purpose of nominating presiden tial electors and state officers. These gentlemen have mistaken their author ity. They have no power to call a state convention of the people's independent party, because they are not officers of the committee or even members of that party. No populist has any wish to de- Erive the mid-roaders the pleasure of olding a state convention, because with their ticket in the field it will reduce the number of republican votes, but 4heir convention cannot be held as a conven tion of the "people's independent party" it should adopt some other name. And the real committee of the people's inde pendent party should immediately take legal steps to prevent e jeh improper use of the party name. The Markets Weekly market letter furnished by H. R. Penny & Col, 131 South Eleventh Sh, Lincoln, Neb. P' Lincoln, Nebn May 2nd. The senti ment of the wheat market has under gone a change, not from any new causes however, but rather from a belief that bearish influences have been discounted in the present prices. The liquidation of the May option is now over, and in stead of prices suffering as was expected, they have become of a firmer tone. The present price is such that exporters ap pear to be picking up as much suitable wheat as they can. Thdrange of prices for , to-day while very narrow were very firm, July Open ing sold up to 67 and down to 67K, closing 67a.. The corn situation still continues strong and ths bull movement took on new life the latter part of last week by reason of a falling-off in receipts. Ex port demand is' good, and demand for feeding and ; manufacturing purposes large. " If the usual May and June movement sets in it may prove difficult to maintain present prices, however, it is probable that farmers will not be ready to sell freely before the middle or latter part of themonth. And again.it may be that the usual large run that occurs in May,' may have already gone forward on the high prices of a few weeks ago, if such is the case the prices will undoubt edly go higher. In addition to these facts, the crop is a long way from har vesting and set-backs of any kind will be turned to advantage 'in making up prices. The majority of people cannot get away from the idea that 40c or over for corn looks high, considering the large crop of last season, and in view of the moderate , movement which has taken place the greater part of the year. The July corn opened this morning at 41afn sold up to 413-4', down to lOJg and and closed at 41c Liverpool cables showing corn opened there jjd up yes terday and closing Jgd lower than open ing. .. . - v. . The . market in provisions has been of a lower tendency for the past week, ac counted for mostly by the large hog re ceipts. July pork opened this morning on a range from 12:10 to 12:45. This se vere "break of Monday's close of . 12.-60 was caused by a selling stampede of out side holders, on stop orders and no ap parent support from the packers. In fact most of the packers were sellers. The marketaold as ; low as 1207 and closed 12:17 against f 12.90 last week and $8.50 a year ago. If ; the large re ceipts continue, the provision market will naturally hnd a lower level before any substantial gains may be erpected. The market in oats drags, and while relatively strong they -should be closer to corn. Cash demand is poor. Pros pects so good For the new crop that any advance appears hard to hold. Chieasro, May 2. Cash markets: Wheat No. 2, red& and 70S: Xo.3Ted65S and&S;No. 2 hard 65; No. 3 hard 61 and 65; No. 1 Nor. spring 66 and 6S ; No. 2N.8. 65 and 66. Corn No. 40; Sa. 2 whit 40; No. 2 yellow 404 ; No. 8, 40S ; No. 3 yellow 4a Oats No. 2, 23 K ; No. 2 white 26H and 27 ; No. 3, 23. This Morning . Liverpool cables: .Wheat unchanged; corn one-half d lower. South Omaha May S Hog receipts 5.000; weak to 10c lower: 500 and 525: bulk 510 and 515. Cattle receipts 1,700 steady. Sheep receipts 1,- auusteaay. Chicago. May 3 Hog Teceipts 4S.O0O; market weak 5 and 10c lower; top 53c ; - Cattle receipts 3,uuusiow. Mteep X3.UU0 steady. , : The National Convention ine national convention ot tne peo ples party will be called to order at 2 p. m., Wednesday, May 9, at Sioux Falls. The national committee will meet at 8 p. m., the evening before. Half rates have been granted by all railroads. Head quarters will be at the Cataract Houa. A HAPPY CITY It baa Practiced Populism for Fifty Tears, the Inhabitants are all "Well-off and there are no Paupers. . I have made a discovery. I have found and studied the prettiest, happiest, and in its unambitious way, the most pros perous small town I ever saw. I have seen there an almost ideal object lesson in the municipal ownership of utilities. The town is Vevay," Ind. It lies dn the Ohio River, about midway between Cincinnati and Louisville. I was born there, and I have been revisiting the town after an absence of forty-five years. The county of which Vevay is the seat has not one foot of railroad within its borders. The town has no factories. And yet its people, less than three thousand in number, are enviably well-to-do. They have two banks and" three Erosperous weekly newspapers. Their omes are all comfortable, and many of them luxurious. - They have a curt house that would do credit, in its archi tecture and its proportions, to a town of twenty times the size of Vevay. Their main thoroughfare, leading down to the river, and the broad wharf or levee, at its foot, are well paved with stone. All their other streets are ma cadamized after the best modern meth ods, and are kept in perfect order. So are all the main country roads that lead out from the town into the rich and highly cultivated farming regions round about- " In all the residence streets there are perfectly laid and perfectly kept side walks of artificial stone, and the streets clean enough to satisfy the demands of a Waring. They are bordered on either side with stately sycamores, tall elms and broadly-spreading maples all jeal ously cared for by the municipal author ities. In addition there is an adequate water system, supplying water in adequate abundance for all uses. There is a telephone system with astonishingly cheap rentals so cheap that almost any house of consequence has an instru ment in it and with long distance con nections to Cincinnati, Louisville, In dianapolis, and all towns between, at rates of charges that would seem im possibly low to New York victims of the telephone monopoly's extortion. For ex ample, it cost me twenty cents to talk to friends in Madison, twenty miles away, and only forty cents, if my expense memoranda is correct, to communicate with Cincinnati. Still further, there is an electric light plant which furnishes light so cheaply that no gas company can exist in the town. The municipal tax rate of a people who enjoy all these, benefits the well made and well kept streets, the smooth, artihcial stone sidewalks, the abundant water supply, the trees which make the whole town a park, the telephone and electric light conveniences, and all the rest of it is only one per cent; and the growing profits of the municipality from the telephone and electric light plants, promise within a year or two to reduce even that tax by one half. All this is the result of the municipal ownership of public utilities, under the vigilant scrutiny of an alert public opin ion, aenng in perfect harmony for the public good. The town's ownership of the profitable utilities has enabled it to provide the comforts and to create the beauty from which there is , no direct profit, without imposing more than the very lightest tax burden upon the peo ple. The total municipal debt is only 70,000, with an interest charge of less than $3,500, and both are diminishing at a rate that will extinguish them within a brief period. "But what about politics?" I asked. Suppose a gang of rascals should get control of your city government?" "They never can,"-was the answer, "every man of us makes it a part of his personal business to prevent that. We have party nominations for municipal offices, of course, but everybody in both parties feels that no man should be nom inated for a local office in whose hands we cannot confidently trust the control of these vital interests of the commun ity. No such man ever is nominated, in fact: and if by chance any such should be, his own party would leave him with out any votes to cast when the polls close. We cannot afford any such mis take as that and we all know it" Under the system of municipal owner ship it has been the care of every citizen that all works of construction should be well done, at honest prices, with no "rake-off" for anybody. Nothing has been undertaken by the municipal au thorities till a committee of the wisest citizens of both parties had thoroughly investigated methods and counted the cosh Then the authorities have adopt ed the methods found by the committee to be best, and in no instance, I am told, has the cost of any work exceeded the committee's estimate. - So far as possible local labor alone has been employed in the construction of public works, with double advantage to the community, for local labor is cheap, and its earnings are expended in the town. " ' Ther is no such thing as pauperism in this well ordered community no trace of the "poverty that suffers." There axe some rich men there. The great majority are comfortably well off in their work and their business under takings. - There is not one human being there who has not a roof over his head, comfortable clothing on his back, and all the wholesome food that he wants to eat, every day in the year. The town is very slightly more populous now than it was when I left it half a. century ago. But if it has not grown much . in muni cipal stature, it has enjoyed the im measurably better growth in beauty, comfort, and social advancement, which I have tried here to indicate. Now, as then, the sole business of Vevay's people is to exchange the goods that prosperous farmers need for the products they dig out of the soil and to send the latter to larger markets for sale. But there was little of beauty in Vevay then, little of , comfort, some rather squalid poverty, and practically nothing of that enlightened public spir it which has wrought almost a miracle since the people learned what the real purposes and functions of municipal government are, and without theorizing about it, put into practice the best teachings of state socialism. GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON. Where the Wage Workers Beiong The populist party was born of the demands of the farmer and wage work er, inose wno tooK part in tne pre liminary work Incident to its organi zation, remember that these two classes were especially appealed to. The Farmers Alliance, the Knights of La bor and the Trade Unions formed 90 per cent of the party's original mem bership. It was long after its forma tion when the new movement bade fair to be a power, that any consider able number of the professional classes embraced ics teachings. With the ad vent of these classes, the demands of the wage workers have failed o re ceive the attention that their interests demand, and thus there is being formed within their ranks an organization known as the Social democratic party, a distinctively class movement. Its leader is none other than Eugene V. Debs, the noted Labor Leader and Lec turer. Debs is looked upon as a mar tyr by many of the workers on account of his incarceration in Woodstock jail. While generally considered a sincere man, his judgment has been generally questioned, even by labor men. He abandoned the A. R. U. at a time when had he stood by it, it would have been a .power in the Labor world. Never was a more self sacrificing and altru istic spirit shown by men, than was shown by the rank and file of the A. R. U. Men holding lucrative positions abandoned them that they might as-' sist in battnng for the serfs of Pull man. Never did the spirit of true Americanism shine forth more bright ly. It was the-old spirit that defied tyranny at Concord and Bunker Hill. The A. R. U. was victorious, when the corporations called upon Grover Cleve land for assistance, and it was fed eral bayonets that turned that victory to defeat. It was this point when firm ness was needed, that Eugene V. Debs pn (o) MM 0& 1 3th Sts LACE MAT is 1116 month of aU nun? a flip months in the year for the bUnl AlMO. sale of Lace Curtains. We have made special preparations for this season and promise to show all who call not only the largest assortment to be found in Lincoln, but the best values as well. Here are some of the lines we are selling; ' Ruffled Muslin Curtains, some with tamboured centers, others with plain centers, 65c, $1.00, L25, 1.50, 2.00 3.00 ana 4.uu a pair. Ruffled Lac; Curtains, $2,50, 305, 4.00, 5.00, 7.00 and 8.00 a pair. k English Lace Curtains; choice patterns, 75c, 90c, $1.00, L25, 1.50, new 2.00, LoO, 3.0U, 4.00, 6- and 7.00 a pair. Brussels Lace Curtains, 53.50 to $22.00 pair. '- Crotian Lace Curtains, $7.50 to $15.00 a pair. French Battenburg Curtains, $5.00 to 517.00a pair. WHITE " THE rush has com HDCOO rnnno menced in the white UnCoO UUUUoi dress goods depart ment and we confidently expect it to continue for many weeks. At present our stock is large and almost every piece was purchased when n rices were verv low. While this stock lasts we are in a position to give you excellent bargains, ; We are selline India Linons. Persian Lawns, Scotch Organdies, . Victoria Lawns, Swiss Mulls, India Mulls, Nain sooks, Dotted Swiss, Piques, Marseilles, Dimities, Lace Lawns, Checked and Striped Lawns, etc etc niLLEIR LINCOLN. threw up his hands. At a time when thousands of sympathizers rallied to his support, and a great political party the uemocratic party, refused to sup port the man it had elected as Presi dent, and under the leadership of a young and magnetic leader, William J. Bryan, denounced, government by injunction, and, by that very act alone brought down upon himself the united opposition of the corporations that had fought Eugene V. Debs. It is true that Debs supported Bryan in 1896, but no sooner had the wires announced the election of Wm. Mc Kinley, ; (an election encompassed by coercion and fraud) than Debs again weakened.- Admitting his sincerity, u is apparent - that he has behind him some unscrupulous leaders. A vote for Debs is indirectly a vote for McKinley and Hanna. The fusion forces under Bryan stand as a stone wall against government by injunction. There is no possible hope for the election of Debs. There is every prob ability that Bryan will be elected, and every vote cast for Debs, weakens his chances. This is well understood by tne republicans and their allies,' the middle of the readers, whounder the influence of hanna's barrel will ad vocate the election of Debs. The populists can consistently ap peal to the wage workers, because the wage workers assisted at the party's birth. Greater prominence must be given to the demands of organized la bor. Government by injunction, the shorter work day, higher wages, child labor, the abolition of contract labor in our penitentiary, and the abolition of the contract system in state work, should be cardinal tenets of the peo ples party. - 1 As the Populist party was the first to give organized labor recognition up on its state ticket in 1S94. so must the fusion forces give labor such 'recogni tion in 1900. The vote of organized la bor should be ours and with the recog nition we rightfully owe to it, we can go forth justified in appealing for. its support, for its every hope is in the success of the fusion forces especially in that champion of the wage worker and the farmer, that splendid com moner .William J. Bryan. - ; Socialism , - Prof. Frank Parsons sounds the key note of populism as distinguished from socialism when he notes a difference be tween private or personal utilities, mu nicipal utlities and national utilities. The socialists have attempted to dignify communism by calling it socialism and themselves socialists. But they fail to distinguish between utilities which are essentially private or personal in their nature and those which are public in character. One's coat is a private utility; it should belong to the wearer. A street railway is a municipal utility; it should belong to the municipality. Railroads, Nebraska's IVJail Order The most complete stock of up peries, Queensware and Hardware ii ST . . No. 8 General Catalogue Send for our It is free to every one. Special Catalogues on Refrigerators, Baby Cabs and Office Furniture. Freight paid on all orders of $5.00 and over for 100 miles and beyond 100 miles we allow for the -first 100 miles. -- ' : v ; : Send us a trial order. "We guarantee to please sites. you, and if goods are not returned at our expense, 1 RUDGE & GUENZEL CO., (Successors to Rudge & Morris Co.) Mention THE INDEPENDENT. IIAy 3,1900. nn (u) m ii 0&l3thSts If you want a white dress or white goods for any other purpose, come and for yourself. n CpblNR IT is conceded by. those in a 1l,Iu position to know that our HA I o millnery department can be . depended upon for the very latest styles and best possible values. We can please you in a ready trimmed hat, we ' can please you in a hat trimmed to order, or we can trim your old hat to please you. You are given a special invitation to - visit our millinery department. STANDARD PA. WHAT kind of paper DCD n TTCDI!0 Patterns do you use? PER PATTERNS Did you ever try the Standard? There are no paper patterns better than the Standard, and no others nearly so good that are sold for 6uch low prices We have been agents for the Standard patterns for many years and our sales hate increased 'so rapidly that we sell almost as many in sa week as we sold a year ago in a month. If you have never used a Standard : pattern, try one the next time you buy. f READY JADE R?VtoV? UHnmCgl I O. ready - to -.wear gar- , ments, that we offer argrcat assortment in our cloak anduitdepartment. Tailor-made DressesiH -Silk Shirtr Waists, -jviou - Cotton Shirt-Waists, White Shirt-Waists;: v:.i' Dress Skirts',. ; . -Petticoats, etc., etc. mBM NEBRASKA. telegraphs and other means of transpor tation and transmission of intelligence of a national character, are national utilities; and they should belong to the nation. .. DeFbancb. -t "The salary of President McKinley for an entire year is less by several thousand dollars than the income which comes to Carnegie in a single day. C-With the ex ception of the Czar of Russia, the com bined incomes of the leading rulers of the world dwindle into insignificance be fore the capital 'which this one person commands." Review of Reviews. Mr. Carnegie is in hU 65th year. He began life as a poor boy, his first salary being $1.20 per week.. He would make an admirable subject fofjan essay in our trust school ;books;Vlsshowing what one young man did by industry and thrift- No one need entertain any but kind feelings toward Mr. Carnegie but any person who has the welfare of the nation at heart must feeL that there is something radically wrong with any scheme of government . which permits one man to accumulate the earnings of others to such an alarming extent that each day he absorbs the entire produt tion of 5,000 men (assuming that each produces on the average $10 worth of products per day), or whose daily income is greater than that of 50,000 laborers at $ 1, or ,20,000 mechanics at $2.50 per day. It how ' transpires thafvt the Milton Park Clem Deaver-Joe Parker aggrega tion is making overtures of fusion to the social democrats, and one of ihe proba bilities of the coming, rump convention at Cincinnati is the endorsement of Debs for president." Fusion with the re generated democracy under the leader ship of Bryan, with every , indication pointing to success is damnable in the eyes of, these political freaks; but fusion with.the social democrats, without .the slightest show of even a corporal's guard of following, they denominate political wisdom. The ability" and . sincerity of Debs is not " doubted, but . he has not even the ghost of a show to be elected president; this the mid-roaders must concede. Neither can the abilhy and sincerity of Bryan be don'oted and ev erything points to his election. : H. L. Priestly, in his Recent Decis ions of the Higher Courts," Cram's Magazine,: Chicago,) calls attention to the recent decision of the Nebraska Su preme Court regarding; dealing in op tions. The opinion was written by Judge : Holcomb. The court held that contracts for future delivery of grain, where no grain is transferred- or intended to be delivered, are against'public policy, and therefore void and non-enforceable. The true test is held to be ? the intention in the minds of the ; parties to purchase for ' actual delivery, and. thaU the contract , would be valid even if the seller did not have a bushel of grain. The question! was never before passed upon in Ne braska. Largest Housed . - to - date Furniture, Carpets, Dra in the West.' satisfactory they, can be jj ana money reiuno ea. I jnmln NphrPK ltUI1 1 UrdMVd. l m i m s t hi i V V