MP UR 11
Three Years Of McKinley
In the White Houi-e,
PUT EUHPS Oil TAXPAYEES.
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ReptibHcanisa Is a. Most
jfensire Luxury.
CS3I3 TO EIU.I0S3 PIE A55UM.
TTfce Ksaaaa'ata JeaTe-aasi CMr
-4 With MKlklrr Iaartalt aas,
Calal Hav.tt as4 aBlaa
ta L4tl" -sarlr." la t reae.
a BtM4-NMrr a Balaaea
f Traa.
Of all the f&n who ft red In the
Ka&a City rour-iiiic3 ib one who
tuade tte vvt t-aHtal wai lion. James
l. UkLMtdnoa of Tetueee, the huue
leader of iVtutwrat-.
Kjdtij Smith otm-w Mid: "In the
boxlitblcc Gvd cuade roimd bide and
thr- eorii-red Loire and tL-a he made
round people and three rMBtwl peo
ple to St la lurtn. Hut the trtmhle 1.
the- roend peopie h rot Into the
tl re ornTMl bole a ltd the three cor
jjered !at the round holes, and
twWJj f.t-.
Bk harden vn an exception to Syd
ney rtile at liuu flty. lie fitted the
rr-at asifed him by tlte ua-
tkacal eoomiftif wa equal to Its ex
B.lemK dclirered a splendid cam pal gu
Petb aud prnldiJ with perfect tart
and the absolute impartiality tt Chief
JaitJrt- Marmtall. lie made many
frieod. A a to-mb-r f the boe. I
am proud of hi perftrtaaiice. b-cane
the onlr turn-tutu trmitted to a renre-
wntaiJve fa ccugre at Philadelphia
wa rim the -riu!trLaI cabal which
ran the Rcpti?Jco r.nrcotin let Hon.
Kereoo IL FajDe titore to adjourn alne
Itir Lard son aMed to Li fame at
Kabta lit both as au oratur and a
reeldics oScer. He Ua ttwre tart
than anj taau I et-rr Icew. aud he
had an ample fUld on whk h to tllsplaj
ft at Kaaai tirjr. and he o dlilajI ;
ft as to pleaw rrerjiodj. I ronxrato-'
late ray Bnither Kif Uardm t&ont :
Lo-artUy.
Ttf Mas Milk ihr II b.
There Int a man In .iBwrk-a who
J more gJ thicks than Alfred
Henry Lewis, editor f The Verdiet. I
Soabt If a mn with a tljer w larger i
Toeabnlary etrer wrote for any nwpa- ,
I-r pn!4ihed la our vernacular. Not
hmr lnre he tihed t:p the McKluh-y
lu:'nUtratkn !a the followm; Jam up '
fahloi:
Si K.ir W mm4 . tl Wt.it -
t w Kt aM IU 1hy jrv Tar tS
tsfx eUj irk tL kt m j
t i-4 Tt.j Ki riiiti'ja. J
tiJ MM it fematy (rtk0)rt tiot (Li !
$r. s4 frars sua e.'ra hke ax
l to anf m'i.Vf mliiM4:
Ite-k K.X pmmmlmm.
JIt.s say that we are opposed to 1
expaika and rail e little Atwri-an. '
The name i an lnclu and th rhatre
that we are vtcmr-A to exankii is a
lie. There is so ue tcinrles word or 5
lel2S oaty taoathed aUmt therbarjee.
It i a lie s.a'!e of LjU cloth and
taade willfully. drlllerately, preiswdb
tatedly and with nialire afortbousht. '
I take it that all AraerU-an are expan
kmlna proTIl the exiMtnion is on ;
rfjrht la tbr rifht dlreetion and
will atrecribeB oor littitotlons and
not weaken tb-oi.
Ret a cian d'j tA hare to be a fool
iieorartly fn ott!rr to t an expan-
akr&Ut. I-eaue he d-ires to hi
rota r. try jrrow la a healthy tuancer he ?
do-c not hare to be in fa tot of reach- j
far otrt iadiarrimlBately in all direr-
tews and taking In all cotmtrie and t
all irple; beeau-e a man eats wheat
bread J oo rravmi why be shotild eat
areni': brn lef k-s him food Is s
Do reawr why he sbould fforjre hlmelf
on rouh on rata; lw-ra ue rb-ar prlnff f
water slakes his th!rt is no reason ;
why be should 11 up -n eua fortia.
IlationsI i-ei'l- want to expand on
rational Uses. Tbonia Jefferson's ;
ratet aet ws la niakluc th LonUi-
ana pert La. That was the most
profitable and stcpndon tranjictioa ;
fn real estate ptoposed on this earth :
siorf-e the derU took the Karkmr to the ;
top of a h'zh uouataia and offered :
Lim th dominion f tb world to fall
down asd worship hlta. That one act ",
aloxe wonM hare plaeeif Jefferwon in
th- ranks of the icitnuitals even if
had tr writ:ro tb Ie-laration
be
of
I4p-3!tire or Virginia statute for
f!!gk3S free? am cr founded the CcJ
ver4ty of Virginia,.
I am this day la favor tit ansexicg
every foot of the North American
British pwfc5'3 clear to the frozen
in. It Is coatlgnotis territory. 1b-fcab-fed
Ly tawa the sauve sort of peo
ple that we are sad who wonld i-eccaie
grJ ttizess, let I ata eternally op
mmX t esb; Asiatic territory
IA.X tiillrs away. et?re thickly la
tab'ted than any state ia the Union,
InhaWtr-d by rej4e alien to es in color,
tbonrM and baKt. I wo-shl fcfi
r-e.ly ro-h jls-r ia Asia as we need
for ca!!Kg acd natal ttatk-ns. I am
vpprrd t expasdi&g oar territory la
A la It is dar. rervus to our
tatits?tkAc
latata aaMteata a4 Baaae-TeH,
Tbe old proverb. ""Great rolads rca !n
the- use e basset." Cads a new and
fctartiisf Tidlcatioa la the amenes
mf tbecglt aad la>uge of a famous
trt by Ioul NspoleeB and a recent tit
tex alter by Ccdoae! Thec-dore Booaetelt.
Wfcea the Imperial nephew of his
tinrie.- or "Napoleon the Little," as
asfrei v at rA-a rwy4 r at lwflf ffa
1 betrayal and murder of the second
I reach republic e nd his establishment
if the aecond French empire, he sol
emnly ana raiaeiy aeniea m&i rne re
j atored empire meant war, trat epigram-
matically and vehemently exc.uiuied,
I "The empire Is peace f
Colonel Itooserelt Is not only both a
voluminous writer and Toluble speaker,
but Is also an omnivorous reader.
I Whether duricc any of his Incursions
Into history and literature be erer read
Ius Napoleon'a famous epeech to the
chamber of commerce of Bordeaux,
j Oct. 0, 1832 the speech containing the
Imperial max Ira Just quoted I do not
i know; but, if he never perused that
1 remarkable oration, he, by a strange
; concatenation of events and mental
processes, jierformed the most astound
ing piece of paralleling both thought
ai4 expression to be found In the an
nals of oratory.
In his speech before the National
; Jjeagtie of Hepublloan Clubs Colonel
! Itoosevelt earnestly enjoins his coun-
trymen to rememler that expansion s
; does not bring war; it ultimately j
; brings peace.
"The empire la peace!" asseverates
of Hortense. "Expansion ultimately
brings ieaeer echoes the dreaming.
; schemiug. ambitious governor-colonel
of New Vork.
Two lovely berriea. molded on one
stem, the stem of imperialism; twin
: statesmen reveling In iridescent
; dreams of peace peace to be obtained
by a quantum sufficit of throat cut-
ting and bloodletting the identical
sort of peace which reigned In War
. aw on a memorable occasion and
i which damncd to e'erlasting fame"
' the men who secured it by aword and
fire.
Tfc Kaalrr Is Blo4.
Now, be it remembered that I am not
accusing Colouel Kooscrelt of plagiar
I iring from Napoleon III. I would not.
even in the estimation of a hair, de-
tract from his just fame, but one of
two thing Is true either he- had read
I Iouis Napoleon's Kordcaux ce'h and
boldly appropriated or unconsciously
arsioiilated both his ideas and his lan
I guage or the exigencies of the case
compelled Colonel Itoosevelt to use the
! same argument ia favor of his iin
; perialism as the French emijeror used
ia defense f his imperialism.
I like epigrams. '"The empire is
peace Is a splendid, sonorous, striking
sentence. It apites! to the imagina
tion, it soothes the troubled spirit, but
it was a lie when uttered by the wily
Frenchman, It is a" lletouay, and it
Dever can be the truth.""17
The entire historyJ'bC. Louis Napo
bons tawdry, tinsel empire demon
strates the utter falseness and hollow-n-ss
of his terse epigram. "The empire
la pace. It began In blood; it flour
ished in blood; It perished in blood.
The coup d'etat, which gave it birth,
was one of the bloodiest and most mon
strous crimes recorded in the filer of
time and brought death, imprisonment
and exile to nearly every Frenchman
of that generation at all worthy of re
membrance. Instesd of bringing peace to France
the empire brought the unprecedented
humiliation of Metz and the awful ca
tastrophe of Sedan. It sent I-ouis Na
poleon himself to die an exile at Chis
el burst and his son to die in South Af
rica, a soldier of fortune, fighting gar
age Zulus under the cross of St. George
In the service of that country which
bad caged the great Napoleon like a
savage Iteart upon the sullen rock of
St. Helena.
That's the sort of peace which Louis
Napoleon's empire brought to France.
The Msaer Qaestloau
We stand today on the money ques
tion precisely where we stood four
years ago. Truth does not change to
falsehood in four short years. The
men who wrote the Chicago platform
had the courage of their convictions,
and they have hud no reason to change
their conclusions since.
Consequently at Kansas City we re
adopted, not merely reaffirmed, but re
adopted, th? financial plank of the
Chicago platform in all its integrity
and all Its force, in spite of all cajol
ing, all threatenings and all tempta
tions to do otherwise. From the bot
tom of my heart I rejoice that we did
so. for If we were right then we are
right now.
Individually I have no doubt what
ever that, notwithstanding the recent
unfriendly congressional legislation,
not only America, but the whole world,
will soon rturn to bimetallism under
an impulse of self preservation so
strong that It cannot 1 rented.
The fact that the per capita volume
of circulation has Increased in the last
three years grows out of the accident
that the balance of trade has been
: overwhelmingly in our favor, which
- happy condition was and is purely
4 the result of the failure of crops In
; India and of the abundance here.
! Under normal conditions, good crops
' in the old world and good crops at
home, the balance of trade will, as in
. the past, lx against us. and as soon
as that happens the drain of gold will
begin, aud contractions will follow.
While the Democratic party has not
" changed it position since i&Mi. the Re-
puMkan party has changed Us posi
tion radically. In 1S15 it declared for
IntemaTional bimetallism. At Phila-
del phi a a hrrt time ao It pronounced
for the gold standard In all Its bald
ness and badne. Not only that, but
tje latest Republican platform states
what i positively untrue wherein it
reaffirms Its allegiance to the gold
standard, when, as a matter of fact.
It never had declared for the gold
standard lfore.
tattraatlaaa! Bimetallism.
As a matter of fact the administra
tion never made an honest effort to
secure International bimetallism. The
Wolcott com mission that was gala-
vantlng over Europe would have se
cured . International bimetallism If It
had not been hamstrung by the admin
istration. They were progressing with
amazing rapidity in that direction and
had gained the consent of the Bank of
England when Lyman J. Gage, the
secretary of the treasury, destroyed
their good "works by an interview de
claring that neither the president nor
the people of the United States wanted
bimetallism.
The financial bill passed by this con
gress Is the most monstrous measure
ever placed on the statute books. It
Is sometimes called"the Overstreet bill,
but It should be called the "Atlantic
City bill," because it was concocted
there in vacation by a coterie of Re
publican magnates in secret conclave.
In my mind Atlantic City is the poor
est place in America to ascertain the
settled sober sense or conviction of the
American people.
That bill not only established the
gold standard, which the Republican
party never promised," but It retired
the greenbacks, and let me say that if
the Republican party had promised to
retire the greenbacks there never
would have been a Republican con
gress to enact such a law, and there
would not have been a Republican
president to sign such a measure.
I will not argue the greenback ques
tion. I have simply this to say: There
never has been a war waged by our
country in which the greenback did
not give us . the victory, and if the
greenbacks were good enough money
in the civil war to induce men to leave
children to risk their lives on a thou
sand battlefields in defense of their
country, then It ought to be good
enough money to pay gentlemen who
make their living by reclining in the
shade of Wall street, clipping gold
coupons off coin bonds. If the green
backs are not good money, then, as a
matter or common nonesty, we owe it j
to the old soldiers to pass a law even j
at this late day paying them the dif-
ference between gold and greenbacks
from 1801 to 1805.
Repabllcatns Hare Cbnaared.
By that Atlantic City bill congress
abdicated the paramount function of
government, the money making f unc-
tion. and turned it over to an associa
tion of national bankers, a function
too vast and too dangerous to be given
to any citizen or corporation. That
bill broadens the money question and
puts it on the high plane on which
Andrew Jackson fought Nicholas Bid
die and the old Bank of the United
States, and, as he conquered in the
thirties, so will we conquer under the
leadership of the great Nebraskau.
I reiM-it th.it n-htio wo mflintflin nnr!
position of 1896 in favor of the free
, ,. s i ii , si
and unlimited coinage of gold and sil-i
. ... . . , ... I
ver at the historic rat 10 of lo to 1 with-
out waiting for the consent of any oth-
er nation on earth, the Republicans
have changed theirs and changed it r
radically.
I do not have to make assertions or
quote Democrats to show that we are
right on the money question. I will
quote you a Republican of the highest
degree. Certainly Republicans ought
to believe each other, for nobody else
will believe them.
My Republican witness says: "I am
for the largest use of silver In the cur
rency of this country. I would not
dishonor it. I would give it equal
credit and honor with gold. I would
make no discrimination. I would util
ize both metals as money and discredit
neither. I want the double standard."
These be potent words. They" were
fitly spoken and are like apples of gold
In pictures of silver. They are clear
and unmistakable in their meaning.
Now, my Republican friends, you who
are engaged in the condemned business
of worshiping the golden calf, what'
orator and statesman do you suppose
made that forcible declaration in fa
vor of silver which I have just quoted?
It wasn't Silver Dick Bland God bless
him! It wasn't William J. Bryan, the
peerless leader of the Democratic
hosts. It was no Democrat, no Popu
list. It was a man whom you delight
to honor. Don't all fall off your seats
in a fit of apoplexy when I tell you
his name. It was the head man of the
Republican pie counter, William Mc
Kinley, president of the United States,
and now running for re-election on a
gold standard platform after signing a
6"u emimmu viu. xic in me Ilia 11 WUO
said it. He said it on the floor of the
American congress. It is so printed in
The Record. You can't deny it. lie
can't deny it. Those words were spo
ken by William McKinley, your idol,
with front of brass and feet of clay,
spoken by him while he was yet free
and before he had fallen under the
malign influence of Mark Hanna and
his foul crew of political buccaneers.
What's more, McKinley in addition to
speaking in favor of silver voted for
lt and voted for it repeatedly. He
voted for the original P,lnnrf silver
i hill Tripoli wn n h-n r. 1, w
I unlimited coinace of cold and silver
I , ; . '
i -. "tr ieu ior me
f om wiin iw Allison amendments, ana
? when Rutherfrnud B. Hayes vetoed
j the Bland-Allison bill William McKin-
! lev rntd't tn nace It nror tht Ilorno
veto, which was the noblest act of vhis
public career
l paKstoS U ma, be proper ,o rtate
another fact, which I stated on the
floorof congress in a full house, which
, . . . , .
nnrrr tht w wMiJ
" ' " " " "
Ham B. .Allison, senior and perpetual
uepuoncan senator irora lowa, is tne
urst American statesman tuat ever
made a free silver speech. But, alas!
he, too, like William McKinley, bows
to Mark Haana's command and the
dictates of Wall street and today hum
bly worships the golden calf.
J
Margaret's Lover :
"Aunt Prue, how proud you mast have
felt when yon. won that $100 prize in
your first story competition! I wonder
what you did with all that sudden
wealth.. ' .. ' i ' . -
"I have never yet told any one what I
first did with the money, Margaret,41- re
plied Mrs. Morris, "but it can do no harm
to tell the story, now. It all happened
ten years ago. -
"As I was on my way home with the
two crisp 550 bills in my pocket Imet a
young man who had been one of my pu-"
pils two or three years before. lie was
quite a favorite of mine, and I had
known his people for many years. On
this day he turned and walked with me,
and I soon guessed that he was in some
deep trouble. After, awhile I won the
story from him. He had been speculat
ing in stocks and had 'borrowed,' un
known to his employers, ?100 of. the
firm's money. He had lost and, in de
spair at being unable to refund the mon
ey, had forged his uncle's name to a
check, which, however, he had not yet
found courage to present for payment.
"Well, the end of it was that the crisp
$50 bills in my possession changed hands,
the forged check was destroyed, and
Charlie left me, with broken words of
thanks and a few earnest promises for
the future.
"Did he erer repay you the money,
auntie T
"Yes, he paid it all back in a few
months. I believe he has always lived an
honest, upright life since, and I have
never regretted the first investment of
my prize money."
A short time later, as Margaret Rim
mer was on her way home, she heard a
deep, manly voice say, "Good afternoon.
Miss Margaret." And Professor Hay
fell into step by her side.
"I have just been calling on my Aunt
Prudence," said Margaret, as they walk
ed on slowly. "I have spent a delightful
afternoon reading some of her old stories.
ym knoWf ghe won a hundred dollar
prize once wjtn one or iier first stories."
"Yes. I remember." said the professor
somewhat absently, looking down'as he
spoke at a few fluffy curls that escaped
from beneath the brim of his compan
ion's hat. "I remember that I met your
..r iti )ar that sli received the
. n1 allowed me to walk part
of the waT home with her. You know,
she was my teacher in the old high
school."
"No, I did not know it." replied Mar
garet slowly with a shock of surprise.
To herself she-" was repeating with a sick
heart: "This is the end of auntie's story.
His name is Charles Hay, and it was he
who walked home with auntie that day.
He must never know that I know." She
forced herself to take some part in the
conversation, trying to pnt aside for the
time the thought of what this knowledge
must mean to her, that she could never
sin look P to wi.tb ""vfV,
soect. that the sweet fancies that had or
,"1 L ' . f ,iMri,r
late begun to come to her or a dearer
fp.,s5n t., thetn must be reso-
iutejy crushed out. JS'o, it could never
be just the same again.
When a few days later Mr.. Hay called
on Margaret and in a few manly words
told her of his love,. Margaret gently, but
decidedly, refused his offer. She -would
gire him no reason, except that it could
never be. No, she cared for no one else
but it could never be. So the professor
went sadly away, and Margaret, with
pale face and eyes dim with unshed
tears, sought her room.
For hours that night Margaret Rimmer
lay awake and wrestled with the prob
lem was it fair to condemn the man of
30, honest, respected, who had won his
place in the world, for the folly and sin
of ten long years ago? Had he not nobly
redeemed the past? But still, how
could she respect him as she might if she
had never heard that wretched story? A
forger. .-a thief! No, she could never
trust her life's happiness to one whom
she could not reverence as nobler, great
er, than herself.
Margaret was calling on her aunt a
few days later, when Mrs. Morris re
marked, "By the way, you remember the
story I told you about the young man
whom I helped out of trouble with my
prize money?"
"Yes," said Margaret faintly, wonder
ing what was to come.
"He called on me yesterday and
brought me a photograph of his two chil
dren.' "His children!" exclaimed Margaret.
"Yes; he is married and has a lovely
wife and a pretty little home."
Margaret listened as if in a dream.
"Then then it was not Mr. Hay?" she
stammered.
"Mr. Hay! No. indeed. Charles Hay is
the soul of honor. Why, what in the
world made you connect him with this
story r
"He he said he walked home with
you on the day you received the prize
money, and he said he was one of your
old pupils"
Mrs. Morris looked puzzled. "1 may
have met him that afternoon, and he may
have walked part of the way home with
me, but Why, Margaret!"
For the girl had thrown herself down
beside her. aunt and, with her face hid
den in the folds of Mrs. Morris gown,
was half sobbing and half weeping.
The older woman patted the girl's bow-
! ed head, while her face lit up with a sud-
j den understanding.
The next tim Margaret met the pro
lessor sne suiiiea on him so sweetly tnat
! tbe. ior ma,n was. bewildered. TCey
;!" xrequenuy, ana at Margaret s rc-
tquest the professor resumed his caKs.
j At last he ventured once more to tell her
j of his love, and this time her reply must
hare been a favorable one", for when the
! nrofessor left, some time later, he KIk
as one who Lad received a crown,
' An so Perna's be had, for a man can
ZSZl !tt. 'T " '
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j .t .
Tak Ins: a Bath la jroaanaesbara:
"Tcy say that the Boers are a dirty
people. Is that overdrawn?"
The South African llepublic is sub
t jected to long sieges of drought. I went
there in February. Great rivers had been
dried up, and the country suffered fear
fully from a drought of several months
For the first three days in Johannesburg
I used the same water to bathe my face.
The fourth day, Sunday, I got three bot
tles of mineral water to be used in my
Sunday ablutions. Some people bought
dozens of bottles of water at 12? cents a
bottle for their baths. Of course the poor
could not afford such a luxury often.
Thus arise the reports you speak of.
Columbia State,
AM
Begins Here on iionday,
July, the month
less oaas ana enas, DroKen lots, remnants, etc., on tne
shelves and counters. Then we have procured the
mill ends or factory lengths of many mills through
out the country.
this event. On Monday the whole
senting every department in the store, will go on sale
at ACTUAL MILL COST. This means that it's pos
sible for you to purchase these, the best of the seasL
on's wares, for what they cost the makers. Send for
a special circular
JI&eoit(W7m(
Fusionists Agreed
The money planks adopted by the
three fusion parties are in perfect har
mony this year for the first time. We
have at last come to the agreement in
our statements upon .. this most para
mount and important plank as will be
seen by reading the three planks which
are here re produced:
Sioux Falls, Populist We reaffirm the
demand for the reopening of the mints
of the United States to the free and un
limited coinage of silver and gold at the
present legal ratio of 1G to 1, the imme
diate increase in the volume of silver
coins and certificates thus creafed to be
substituted dollar for dollar for the
bank notes issued by private corpora
tions under special privilege granted by
law of March 11, 1900, and prior national
banking laws, the remaining portion of
the bank notes to be replaced with' full
legal tender government paper money
and its volume so controlled as to main
tain at all times a stable money market
and a stable price level.
Kansas City, Democratic We re-af
firm and endorse the principles of the
national democratic platform adopted at
Chicago in 1896, and we reiterate the
demand of that platform for an Ameri
can financial system made by the Amer
ican people for themselves which shall
restore and maintain a bimetallic price
level, and as part of such system the im
mediate restoration of the f ree and un
limited coinage of silver and gold at the
present legal ratio of .16 to 1, without
waiting for the consent of any otner
nation.
We denounce the currency bill en
acted at the last session of congress as a
step forward in the republican policy
which aims to discredit the sovereign
right of the national government to issue
all money, whether coin, or paper, and
to bestow upon national banks the power.
to issue and control the volume of paper
money for their own benefit. A perma
nent national bank currency, secured by
government bonds, must have a perma
nent debt to rest upon, ana it tne bank
currency is to increase witn population
and business, the debt must also in
crease. The republican currency scheme
is therefore a scheme for placing upon
the taxpayer a perpetual and growing
debt, debt for the benefit of the banks.
- We are opposed to this private corpor
ation paper circulated as money but
without legal tender qualities and the
retirement of the national bank notes as
fast as government paper or silver cer
tificates can be substituted for them.
Kansas City, Silver republican We
shall not cease our efforts until there
has been established a monetary system
based upon the free and unlimited coin
age of silver and gold into money at the
resent legal ratio of 16 to 1 by the in
ependent action of the United States,
under which system all paper money
shall be issued bythe government and
all such money coined or issued shall be
of full legal tender in payment of all
debts, public and private, without ex
ception. A glance at these three planks shows
that they are nearly alike in language
and are identical in spirit. AU of them
demand the free ceinage of silver at the
ratio of 16 to 1 and money issued by the
government without any "redeemable in
coin" attached to it. This is a triumph
for the peoples party that no one thought
possible of accomplishment a few years
ago. Every old populist is entitled to
carry his head a little higher whenever
he contemplates how he has helped to
educate the mass of the people up to an
understanding of the great money ques
tion. '
Oar First Restaurant.
Until 1S30 restaurants were unknown.
The first one established in America
Jras started on Park row. New York,
by Edward Wlndust. whose place be
came the resort of all the famous per
sonages of the earlier. part of this cen
tury who resided in the Knickerbocker
city. Deimonico I started his cafe ou
William street, and the furnishings
consisted of a half dozen pine tables,
with chairs to match. Cups ami sau
cers of earthenware, two tined forks,
buck bone handled knives and an im
posing tin offeepot completed his out
fit. Deimonico waited upon his pa
trons himself, arrayed in white cap
and apron. Kansas City Independent.
"What We Are Worry Ins About.
A problem that is now stirring the
literary centers of Boston to their base
Is whether a woman who is engaged in
the manufacture of penwipers is a real
"literary person" and entitled to mem
bership in the Authors club. After
Boston decides this question she may
proceed to relieve the anxiety of a
waiting world by deciding whether a
quilting bee ought to be classed as a
literary function. Baltimore News.
END
of' stock clearing,
Bought them
giving full particulars. v
Lincoln, Nebr.
lie Fixed tne Picture.
On one occasion when the well known
English painter, Mr. Val Prinsep, It.
A., was engaged at the Royal academy
In varnishing a picture he unfortu
nately upset a high box on which he
had been standing, with the result that
the sharp corner made its way through
a picture immediately below his own,
causing a large and jagged hole in the
canvas.
Horrified at what he had done and
dreading to meet the artist to whom
the damaged picture belonged, Mr.
Prinsep sought the academy secretary
and begged for permission to repah
the canvas. His request was granted
The severed threads were stitched to
gether. A he seam was covered with
paint, and so skillfully was the teai
touched up that the picture was sold
at the private view on the next daj
Fortunately the painter of the pic
ture, when affairs were explained tc
him, was rather more amused thar
annoyed at what had happened. Lon
don Chronicle.
Aasigrntnar the Topic.
When the committee that was assign
ing the toa?t list came to "The Ideal
Newspaper." the little man in the corner
spoke up instantly. 'i-
"Oh, that's easy," he said. "There's
only one man fitted for it."
"Yes?" they returned inquiringly, but
they were by no means sure. that he knew
what he was-talking about.. . -
"Of course.' he replied confidently. ,
"we must assign it to Smith."
They looked at him scornfully.
"Why. man," they cried, "he's not an
editor."
"Of course."
"WelL what does he know about ideal
newspapers?" they demanded. "What's
needed for that toast to make"It a suc
cess is a theorist who never has been
near a newspaper office and doesn't
know printer's ink from violet writing
fluid." Chicago Post.
Magnetic Healing
The Kharas Infirmary Company (in
corporated) have established a large
branch office at 1600 P street, Lincoln,
Nebr., for the benefit of those suffering
from chronic and so-called incurable
diseases who are not in a position to
come to headquarters in Omaha for
treatment. The patrons of this office
may rely upon the fact that the manage
ment is perfectly reliable, and that if
the manager tells you he can cure you
it means you will be cured if you take
the treatment of him, or at any author
ized KHARAS MAGNETIC INFIRMARY. e
ware of imitators if in doubt. Write
headquarters at 1515-17 Chicago Street,
Omaha, Nebr. Sent free.
Something Entirely New on Silver
Proves by a series of tables and dis
cussions that the MONEY QUESTION
ISN'T DEAD YET.
"The Decline for 32 years, 1S66 to 1S93,
in the Export Price of Farm Products,
by C. G. Bullock, Lincoln, Nebraska."
It is the best campaign book for 1900.
Should be in the hands of every cam
paign speaker, every farmer, every voter
who wants to know the truth. New
ideas, new evidence. Send for.a sample
copy and keep up with the procession.
Fitteen cents a copy. Indefkxdent,
Lincoln, Neb.
Farming in Colorado and Nawr Mexico.
The Denver fc Rio Grande Railroad,
"The Scenic Line of the World," has
prepared an illustrated book upon the
above subject, which will be sent free to
farmers desiring to change their location.
This publication gives valuable informa
tion in regard to the agricultural, horti
-.,,Hnr.l snri live trok interests of this
section, and should be in the hands of
everyone who desires to become acquan
ted with the methods of farming by ir
rigation. Write S. K. Hooper, G. P. &
T. A.. Denver, Colo.
When Fending in ciubs of subscrip
tions DO NOT FAIL to mention the
premium you desire. Best plan is to
cut out the premium list and check the
article or articles desired. Remember
we are neither hypnotists nor mind read
ers and must depend solely on you to
state plainly what you want.
Office of the Nebraska Mercantile Mu
tual Insurance Company is 1241 O St.
I). C. Perkins is City Manager. Phone
GC0. : -
Dr. Louis N. Wente dentist, 137 South
11th street Brownell block.
Sharpie's Cream Separators Profit
able dairying. . "
SALE
Aug. 6th.
has left. number-
in anticipation of
collection, repre
&e$Mi&
Tours in the Rocky Mountains.
The "Scenic Line of the World," the
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, offers to
tourists in Colorado, Utah and New
Mexico the choicest resorts, and to the
transcontinental traveler tbo grandest
scenery. Two separate and distinct
routes through the Rocky mountains, all
through tickets via either.- The direct
line to Cripple Creek, the greatest gold
camp on earth.' Three trains daily each
way, with through Pullman, palace and
tourist sleeping cars between Chicago,
Denver, San Francisco and Los Angeles,
and Denver and Portland. The best line
to Utah, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and
Washington via the "Ogden Gateway."
Dining cars (service a la hote) on all
through trains.. Write S. K. Hooper, G.
P. & T. A., Denver, Colo., for illustrated
descriptive pamphlets. , ,
OPTICAL GOODS.
The Western Optical and Electrical
Co., located at 131 North 11th street is
composed of old citizens and thoroughly
acquainted with the business having
fitted eyes for twenty-five years. Cer
tainly they ought to be competent to do
good work. They are permanently lo
cated with us and that means much to
the purchaser of eye glasses and spec
tacles. , ...
AT CUT
HATt ...
fl 00 Hood's Sarsaparil la .... i ..... . 7-e
T 00 Paine's Celery (.-oujpouudb, ..
1 00 Ayers' Sarsa pari! law,? i . r. . . 7r
1 00 Allen's Sarsapanlla , . . . .-. , . . . 75 ;
1 00 Allen's Celery Compound T
1 00 Scott's Emulsion .... .. . ........ 75c
1 00 Kinsr's New Discovery 75c
1 00 Peruna.. ,75j
1 00 Swamp Root...... 75c
1 00 S. S. S. . . i 5c
1 00 Pinkham's Vegetable Compd. 75c
1 00 Jayne's Expectrant .75u
1 00 Beef Iron and Wine Tonic . . . . 75c
1 00 Pierce's Favorite Prescription . 75c
1 00 Miles' Restorative Topic... ..75c
,1 00 Wine of Cardui. 75c
1 00 Slocum's Ozomulsion. ; . . .v. . .75c
1 00 Radfields Female Regulator. .75c
1 00 Shoop's Restorative 75c
1 00 Indian Sagwa..... ....75c
' 1 00 McLean's Liver and Jlidney
Balm..... 75c
I 00 Mother's Friend . . ........... .75c
I I 00 Woman's Health Restorer 75c
1 00 La-cu-pi-a ...75c
1 00 Hostetter's Bitters..... 75c
1 00 Iron Tonic Bitters .75c
1 00 Electric Bitters.. 75c
Johnson Drug Stor j
Low Prices
141 So. 9th St. Lincoln, Neb.
'QEM'gbiBaler
Warranted th.
hebtaet. at rem.
t-bl cbMCMt fc fastest t all
Circle 1 aler 10 th.
Can be DMrilarf
market. Mad. ot wrought steel
with one or two horse.. Will bale Id to Ih ton nf K u .
a day. Write for description and pners.
. CEORCE CRTEL CO., QUIWCY. ILL.
150 MILES ALONG
THE COLUMBIA RIVER
BY DAYLIGHT
ON ;
rT!i3 Chicago Portland Special '
ONLY TWO NIGHTS
MAKING THE TRIP
MISSOURI RIVER TO PORTLAND
For tickets, time tables and full informa
tion call on
E. B. SLOSS0IM, Agt.
Little Oval Photos,
25c pe. dozen.
uabme
ta $2.0(1
Per dozen.
PREWITT A
SPRING
MEDICINES
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