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Augrust 2, 1000. THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. FOP TiUL HOUSES ILILX!!Vfrt4 All tit Old W or k-r at Ik fLt ('itktiea u4 Went Hmmm I elig T Year Editor Independent: Again I com to tomes t yoa and your thousand of reader, and if I fchoolJ fco far forget trjKlf as to drift into politics, I ak tardes. We are fcavie a cise "wet rain and it i gaakkig thousand of bushel of corn and tr,"" and sture by the arre. No doubt tear. 7 will credit it to Mark and Li man a they did the hot wind to G rover aii year agx the IMth cf thi caoath. The ora looked ut a tic then a it doe d&w and jet it was aiaam4 a blank. In 1:0 we bad the big crop that sold for even and eight cent buhel. and atLl the farmer refused to be tapy. While at Lincoln to the convention, 1 went do n t the train to tiit gome friend whoe I expected a delegate. WLii Jtir.g, I beard a railroad era p.e ay be ihed it would rainrain n-ae republicans, he eaid. and drouth rti4e fc? of jure be bad read it in the fjr and kzrm it tu a fact. If that can exulJ bate beard the great tribute of He people, C. A. Town, be oaid bare bad better reason for the faith lLk.1 a in Lizu. Ye. 1 down to the convection. I a la.t eetr year .!d when I started, bat don't thick I aia ruore tbsn i mixly now. I ct uh, o many of tie t4 Lti hor mh't bare txvn in tie Larr.e fc-r twenty tne year, at.d jet to i more than eer in ptmeA I atet tea or more who were at Cincin nati ia ifJi, J e-e begin to tell cm ome phykai!y. but rueclaiij they are a de temited arid vtoru a eier. Among tbeea wa that old war bore, Allen liuot, brother If owe, be of the Sarpe central. Frank Htbiuard. be vt pore food ncUnrttif ho f.rk without the hope of np or iticr. L'r-le CVilbj c f VAtin;r ton county. L'rcie Todd -f Otoe and brother iieicher. and that old veteran w ho eesed to tand &iaoi aiooe at one tin-, J lb Weater. JSiiteeu year ago be ti telling the people Luw our public tsocey or rootey in In treasury wm be inc uJL Socae of our new convert bare jut g;ol onto it, a the boys ay. Better late than never. Throsh the kindne of ke friend I to permitted to read an Omaha paper, the True Poulit- I was led to belie re that I would be a little kceome at the state cocTention thought perhaps I and a few state oSciai would be the crowd, bat I find that D. Clem wobble in that a he do in oiL.a other matter. Right bare let ne ay jut a word to ciy mid-dle-cjf-tb-road friends, and I know there are aosie of (kxTa nobleroeo among tiseaj, though I hate cot found one in Wy county. Would it cot be better to get alnwt all the reforma we ask for under the tia decaorrat an to get all we dont want under the name republi can? Take the leader of our party and the adlrer republican party who are wil ling to aShate with sjjrer democrat, then take the leader of the xnid-raaders and compare them and their records. If you nd a better type f manhood in the did roader. 1 aay it is your dutr to go with thea; if not, I ay go with "the multitude and wis. It wa ay privilege to read Wharton Iirer paper three year. I found but bttie fault with hi writing, but it wa what he didn't write that I kicked on. The oty council of ITiiladelphia let a litti teaJ of 'SJ or 40 million dollar o through- agaa franchise. 1 think- fr. iWraer knew nothing of it. or if be did I failed to find any account of it in hi paper. He &ay have been out of town at the tittle. One core request I make, that yoa trv to rind out where the back ing of the True I'opulit corner from. I know that you don't want to be asiant iJatoerat. and every vote ca-t for Bar er ia a half rote for Mark and his man; and every vote cat for your state ticket ia virtually a half vote saying that you favor going back to the old time ma chinethe machine that you tpent so ix.uch tistie and nooey to retire from ac tive buine. Vou don't want to gr back to that od kicg bulk again, 1 know cm dEiL And now a word to that reformer who want a dollar here to redeem an other daCIar with. To hita let te ,ay. you virtually demand two kiod of vu'xjfj, one better than the other. Now, right here I make the aertioa that we neter bad that kind of a dollar, a re deemer. otl to a litnited extent, perhapci a few in the United Hutes treasury. llmj&r tell us that you intriabir find the redee&er locked n p. not cccaeatable, it of aight when wanted. .. ILK MILLER. t inde. Neb. FOR FIFTEEN CENTS With many thank to tho-e un!Sh workers who have o largely extended the circulation cf the Nebraska Inde pecdest during t e lat few months, the rnanagerent thi week, being deter mined to do iu full part in the cam paign. makes a new offer. The Inde pendent will W wpfct from now until the end of the campan for fifteen cents. This i the l-et c J-r made by any Ne Lra.xa new-j tper. .r:.e few counties darirjf the lat cau-paiQ put tout of the f uLd rai-fi far county purios in V aendmg each week to voters in their eouEtie a cxpy of the Iniepeadent. Thi resulted in fruch lar'e increase in the fut-ion vote of the- counties that every one of them have adop'ed the aa-e pn fur tbi campaign aad have ent e thr an J it f nam. On county -u!i -x.r a !at yr for 4 c cof.e. 1 i.c r,.'-t t . .T K '. gate u tL they arrive,'; i-j Lt-it,.! o cjwne to J he It4Ge-e-tJent .f - ird r-rw their .tLtt fr th: e-- z-x, Ihe ini rt C .t i reid, not oa.y to vend to d-m ou ui o.er, but to icpu iiU who do not take it o that th aay be j id with tie facts aud figure i:h hich U treet their op. cent tn cirwir.ji a the fght go- n The lndepjr04 wi, furnish nnrror!g iial a&i hx pr.nt niter than any other reform weekly i the United States. Along with this liberal offer of the paper for the campaign for fifteen cents, go the premium for the clubs. The premiums are just as represented and are of ral ralue to alL Some of us hare been fighticg in the reform ranks for many years. Now there feems a prospect of success such as we have never had before. There ia everything to make our hearts glad. Let u work: as we have never worked before, and there can be no more eifec tire work for reform principles than eending the Indepenaent each week dur ing the campaign to some one who does not take it. To any man the enormous amount of matter that will be printed in the Inde pendent during the next three months, will be worth much more than fifteen cents. The paper has many depart ments. It contains the current news of the world. It has matter for the family. It gires the market. It contains stories. It fetands up for Nebraska and the west. It lights for the common people on every ififeue. It furnishes much of the matter u4 by public speakers. Your neigh bor wants it. Call bis attention to this offer. People's Party Platform We. the people's independent party of the state of Nebraska, in delegate con vention assembled, approve and ratify the platform of our party adopted by the national convention at Sioux Falls, and we pledge our unfaltering allegiance to the nominees of that convention, W. J. Lryan and Charles A. Towne. -We heartily commend our state ad ministration for its wise, hones and eco nomical conduct of public affairs, and we appreciate the faithful service ren dered by our congress delegation. "We pledge our legislative nominees, if elected, to enact a new revenue law providing for the taxation of all classes of property upon an equitable basis, and containing a provision for the taxation of public franchises in accord ance with the constitution. The iniative and referendum are ba-ie principles of populism and should be made part of the fundamental law of the xtate. '-We are in favor of a law prohibiting the use of railway passes, or other form of free transportation by any person ex cept a bona tide railroad employe, and providing further that when any public official accepts free transportation from any railroad or street railroad company or accepts a frank from a telegraph, tel ephone or express, company, his office shall thereupon ipso facto become va cant. We disapprove the course of those officials who have in the past violated our platform by the acceptance of rail way passes. While recognizing that the state legislature cannot vacate the office of a representative or senator in congress for acceptance of a pass from a railway company or a frank from a telegraph, telephone, express or sleeping car com pany, still we are emphatically opposed to their receiving such favors from these corporations. We pledge the nominees of this con vention to exercise their utmost endeav ors to secure a reasonable reduction in freight and passenger rates. The railway employes of this state have practically no redress for injuries sustained, and we pledge our legislative nominees, if elected, to enact a law mak ing the railway corporations liable for all injuries sustained and deaths incurr ed by their employes while engaged in the performance of their duties and without negligence on the part of such employes. - "We deplore the conditions that have heretofore permitted fraudulent hail in surance companies to fatten off the agri culturists of the state, and we demand that the insurance laws be so amended as to give the farmers of Nebraska that measure of protection to which they are entitled. We favor the enactment of legisla tion requiring mutual fraternal insur ance companies to make definite con tracts with their members and prevent ing them from abrogating or impairing the value of such contracts by alteration of their by-laws. "We are in favor af a re-apportionment of the state into legislative and senator ial districts. "The populists of Nebraska extend their sympathy to the South African re publics in their brave struggle for lib-n erty." Am lacamuiaBlrallTe Flnarmaw. Ihd you ever ask a hagin&u a ques tion about tome other subject than one connected with the railroad? The flag tuan. always smoking a pipe, will set his teeth hard on the stem, will look up the road, thn down the road, then up the road aain. lie will not look at you. For two full minutes be will not give any indication that he has beard your question or that you are In exist ence. He will then look up the road and down the road again. This time be may take his pi;e from his mouth, but he will not look at you. lie will work the tobacco down Into his pipe with bis forefinger and look up the road again. Still be will not look at you. He begins, however, to give a faint sign that he has heard your ques tion. A minute later, looking down the track, be may ask you to repeat your question. You want to know where John IJrown lives. He looks up the road again, takes several strong pulh on the pipe tad gazes long and earnestly down the road. He has not as yet looked at yon. That Brown Is it?" the flagman may then ak. "John Brown." "It's Jerry Drown you want?" "No: John." "I he wid the Off Four?" "No." F:!;i the feuiD ccntlnue to look rp t!. road and !;tv:; tie road, lie takes ih: pip'? frf-in !- Hi.. never lookir.jr at : 'i rwe- ?5'-!r.c 2 that .vxu are in etMec-. an 1 .;, "If lie Isn't wid the Big Fonr. bow the mischief should I know 'inir" India mipvll New a. Read the revid Ui of -Premiums for Krery body" cn nnv.bcr fs" The In dependent for the campaign, 15 cents, and elegant premiums to those who tend in club. ' The reform worker who does not push the circulation of the Independent is not tsking adrantt.-e of his strongest Uiens of doing yoou. AT LAST. ni not have her in the house; I tell Tou I will not h id wita that helpless tittle baggage wi hing around her too! Where would be i y quiet and comfort?" "Horatio Heath!" ' The pale faced woman looked ip one stern, swift glance. They were a strange pair, this brother and sister, living alone, far out from the busy, gossiping village. There had been a younger brother, long ago. A fair. haired, blue eyed boy, the pride and pet of the family, and to him the partial father was going to leave his farm and money. The elder brother, Ho ratio, was strong muscled and miserly. He already owned a good bit of land and was claiming his wages regularly every year. Hannah, the one daughter, was provid ed for by being the heiress of a maiden aunt, and so old Farmer Heath, whose practical, hard working wife had died wheu the little Kdward Everett was born, made an idol of that fair browed baby; loved and petted him beyond all reason, had him educated in the best schools, and, as a crowning piece of ex travagance and folly, actually brought home a secondhand piano and would sit for hours listening to Everett's low, mu sical voice and simple accompaniments as he sang and played in the twilight. Presently the boy announced that he was going to be married. Within a year the father died suddenly, and neither will nor money could be found in the house. There was a thor ough but useless search made. Horatio and Hannah chose the apprais ers, and all the real and personal estate was divided into three parts and apprais ed according to law. Everett was to take his portion and leave. And thus it came about that Ev erett and his young wife were launched upon the world with only a few hundred dollars between them and absolute want. Ten years went by, and a rumor reach ed the old Heath farm that Everett was dead and his wife and child were coming back to the village for assistance. "I suppose they might come here," said Hannah doubtfully, and that provoked the grumble with which this story opena. They did not live happily together, this stern faced sister and quarrelsome broth er. Horatio Heath went down to the long meadow alone to see if the fences were in order, so that he could turn the cattle in without fear of their finding their way ou to the railroad. "That pesky wall and bank," he grum bled, "is allers a-cavin in, and I have it to mend, for they never think o touchin it. I wouldn't mind it if it came down on to the track some day and stopped the trains for awhile, long enough to let 'em know their dnty." Even as he spoke the treacherous bank, washed by the heavy spring rains, came slipping down, and a heavy bowlder striking him unexpectedly threw him on his face. "Help, help!" he screamed, writhing about and trying to rise in vain. "Help, he!p!" he called again, and a bright little face peered over the crumbling, shelving bank. ' "Are you hurt?" asked a childish voice. "Yes, I'm awfully hurt," he groaned. Go for help, do, and get me out of this." "Oh, dear me, there comes the train! piped the little voice. "I can see it slow ing up at Meadow station. Where's a stick?" I must have a stick. Let me have your cane." And, snatching off her little red petti coat, she tied it to the stout walking stick the farmer had dropped and went flying up the track in the very face' and eyes of the advancing engine. Fortunately they saw her in time to stop the train, and a strong armed fire man picked up the little creature as she stood trembling with excitement and ex ertion and just ready to fall. She told them of the caving bank just around the curve and the man with his head on the rail. They soon rescued the farmer from his perilous position and found that both legs were broken and his collar bone dislocat ed. When they were taking him home, he would have the little heroine who had saved his life go, too, but she had slipped away and was nowhere to be found. Of course in a place like that the little stranger could not long remain hidden, and it was known all over the village long before it reached Heath farm that Horatio Heath had been saved from a horrible death by his brother Everett's little daughter. For Horatio Heath was raving in the delirium of a fever. Suddenly waking out of a long, lethar gic sleep, the sick man, staring in the doctor's face, asked: "Where is that child?" "She is down in the village," said the doctor soothingly, not quite sure if his patient was sane even then. "I have seen her bright eyes looking at me day and night," said the man. "I w-ant to see her. I'll give her armfuls of gold, whole armfuls." "I'll bring her here if you would like to see her." said the doctor. "Oh. I would be so glad so glad!" muttered the sick man. "I believe I can't die without seeing her once more." So the next day the little girl stood, hushed and frightened, in the sick room. "Tell the gentleman what your name Is," said the doctor. "Lucy Heath, sir." was the reply. "Lucy Heath! Mother's name! Who are you?" questioned the sick man wildly. "It's your brother's daughter," the doc tor said, answering for the child. - "Rut your father is dead," persisted the sick man. "and you are very poor." "My papa was a teacher, and he's not dead a bit," was the resolute reply. But Horatio Heath had met with a change of heart while he struggled there between life and death with the horrible sound of the coming train ringing in his ears. And he would not be satisfied until he had brought his brother back to the old place and shared his wealth with him. New Yofk News. Coats tn Fit IlancbTmcka. A curimis illustration of the advance of ih cutter's art is shown nowadays iu llii leaking of cioihos for hunchback niou. Forty years ag. as middle aged persons an recall, the cost of a hunch back man wrs likely to fail more or less hosely from l im, while now his coat is made to fit lam, as far i?s f.t prves,, as well fl any !na:i"s. While the tailor over co:nes many ordinary defects of man ia fashiouing his clothes he cannot, of course, overcome this one, but he can cut garments that will make the least of it and will St the wearer with the same ap pearance of trimnesx as thatwhich char acterizes every garment designed with car nrvd that is what he does. Nr York Soa. THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER'S SON: A strip of land jutting out into the gulf of St. Lawrence was at the time I write of known by -the "name of Cape Hurri cane. A magnificent lighthouse had been built at the extreme point, and hard by stood the -cottage of the keeper, an old seafaring man named Samuel Johnstone. Besides two daughters he .had four sons, the youngest of whom, Harry, aged .14, is the hero of my story. - One day Samuel Johnstone was left alone with his little son. As night approached he perceived that the sky was overcast by heavy thunder clouds, that a cold, wet wind was blow ing from the north, and the experienced mariner at once concluded that a great storm was impending. . 'Harry," he said, entering the cottage and addressing the boy, who was reading by the open fireplace, "run down to the cove and pull ap your skiff high and dry." Along the barren shores of Cape Hurri cane were scattered the cabins of fugitive Indians, outcasts from their tribes, and here and there might be seen the shanty of some fishermen, who could act also the roles of smuggler and wrecker when occasion required. , Harry found his task of placing the Sea Gull beyond danger more difScut than he imagined. Hence it was some time before he -was ready to return to the cottage, and when he turned his steps in that direction the waves were already lashed into fury. - The lighthouse lamp, constructed on the revolving' plan, now flashed its radi ance through the intense .darkness of the night at intervals of a minute's dura tion. Harry stopped suddenly, with an ex clamation of surprise and fear, as he approached the cottage. He crept up to the window and looked in. Four wreck ers, awkwardly disguised with masks of canvas, had -captured and gagged the keeper, wresting from him at the same htime the great -iron key of the light house. ! ' ; He crouched down in the shadows un der the window sill and in a few sec onds had regained his presence of mind. His father was helpless. It was his duty to act to outwit the men to save hun dreds of lives now at the mercy of the wreckers. Harry had not long to wait. Two men were left to guard the prostrate form of old Samuel Johnstone, while two others cautiously left the cottage and ran swift ly toward the 'lighthouse. The key turn ed in the lock and both entered. The next instant Harry had followed them. Harry quickly removed his shoes as he gained the entrance of the lighthouse. The door was left open, He listened. Both men ascended the stairs. The boy's heart beat with great thumps against his side as he felt for the key. If he could secure it, it would be easy to lock the wreckers out when they came down and then to repair what damage they might have done to the lamp. But the key was gone. - - At all hazards he would follow the wreckers to the top of the lighthouse. Trusting to his knowledge of every nook and cranny in the premises, Harry, with the stealthy, motion of a cat, ascended the steep, narrow winding stairs. Up and up he went.; every slight noise send ing a thrill of terror through him; up past loopholes,' which now admitted no single ray of light; up until the second and last round was almost completed, and then he stopped. He recognized the wreckers. One was an Indian, the other Miles Graham, a white man, and both suspicious and dan gerous characters. "Ugh!" exclaimed the former as he paused on the last step. "Me hear um noise. Sa!" - The brave boy never moved a muscle, but the beating of his heart was painful in that awful moment. Two steps to one side, and either one of the men would have trampled him where he lay. Would they strike a light? "Go on, you coward!" Graham cried impatiently. "There ain't no human bein but them in the cottage within miles of us. Go on, I tell you!" Soon their echoing footsteps died away in the distance, and Harry rose with a prayer of thanksgiving on his lips, for the danger was passed. Quickly he ran up the last flight of stairs, and one glance showed him all. The wreckers had not extinguished the lamp, but simply broken the revolving apparatus. In another lighthouse farther down the coast the light was stationary. Pilots therefore would naturally mistake one for the other and run their ships upon the rocks. Harry, however, was equal to the occa sion. Closing the heavy door of the little circular apartment, he bolted and barred it firmly. Then, standing on "a stool, he found that he could reach the lamp and move it easily with his hands. "One, two. three, four, five, six, he counted with the regularity of a clock until he reached GO, and then the bril liant light flashed out upon the darkness, and many a pilot miles away upon the bosom of the stormy gulf saw the well. known signal and steered his vessel ac cordingly. The infuriated wreckers, vowing venge ance upon the person who had outwitted them, ran up the narrow stairway and flung themselves again and again upon the stout barrier which separated them from the heroic boy. Amid the howling of the storm, the curses, threats and pistol shots of the baffled ruffians five feet away from him Harry calmly continued counting the weary minutes of the long, terrible night. His arms ached, he was almost overcome with fatigue, but he never flinched. The wreckers, who had made their ! cape before daylight, were afterward captured and punished, as they deserved i to be, by imprisonment for a long term of i years. The little fellow received a bronze med ; el for heroism from the government and I later a rich office, in which he was con i firmed for life. London Evening News. ) . A Self Conaclotit Youth. i "I'm sorry about this war in Soath Af ; rica." said Willie Wudungton. ' "It doesn't affect you personally. 4 1 "Yes, it dfwi. Half a dozen girls have j told me it was going to make diamonds ! more expensive. Maybe it was my cgv i tistic imagination, but every cne of thora ! seemed to have a 'now is the time to buy i engagement rines' look in her eye. i Washington Star. Hard to Understand. can't understand Humpkin's "I Ger man friend at all. "Why?" ? - "Because 1 don't understand German." Philadelphia North American. BEST PAPER;' ; . L0VEST RATE The Fifteen Cents; for the campaign and a valuable premium to those who send in clubs. Fifteen cents for the Nebraska Independent for the campaign is the lowest offer made by any refornrpaper. Besides that a valuable pre mium is given for those body" on page 6. The testimony of all the- county committees and campaign workers is that the sending qi the Independent is the most effective and lasting campaign work that can be done. It keeps all who read it informed. It furnishes the facts and figures upon which the arguments of public speakers are based. Its readers know the progress of reform every where. It fires the hearts nf every member of every family where it is a weekly visitor.. It thought and its readers are the most enthusiastic fighters in the whole allied armies of reform. Make iip a large list of names and send them in. In six weeks every one .of them will have their war paint on. Only fifteen cents for the whole campaign " CHR5vS a t Aaaress all communications mtenaea .... .. .V Xt or mis department to in cness uaiior a Independent. 2646 Gai field street, Lin- X coin. Nebraska. X Aug. 2, 1900. VOTES. The game Hammond vs. Biddle, a Philidor's defense, in the finals of the Nebraska Chess Associa tion, resulted in a draw after 35 moves moves on each side. The standing of players in the finals is as follows: Hammond, 3J to Biddle, 2 to Hinman 0 to 1; Rasmussen, 0 to 4; and Rice and DeFrance have nei ther finished a game. The indications are that Hammond and Biddle will have a neck and neck race for first place. Geo. E. Lundberg, formerly of Bloom field, has removed to Lyons, where he is opening a general merchandise store. For a short time he desires to lay chess aside. William J. Duffy, 99 Cross street, Law rence, Mass., is interested in correspon dence chess. Perhaps some of our class might play him a game or two. Sand the chess editor ' 15 cents in stamps'f or a three months trial trip to the Independent, SOIXTIONS AND SOLVERS. Problem No. 23. (Forsyth.) 8. 5Pk kt. 8. 5 K 1 P. 2 B 5. 8. 8. 8. C. R. Oldham, Moundsville, W. Va., D. F. Logan, Norton, Kan. and R. E. Brega, Callaway, Neb., send solutions. Mr. Old ham is quite sure that K-K5 will win against Black's best play; Mr. Logan has no choice between B-Kt3 or R2; and Mr. Brega pins his faith to B-Q5. Probably all three are right. Mr. Logan says "the idea is to keep Black from capturing the BP, as the B and RP cannot win." Mr. Brega thinks "the secret is to take the waiting move with the B. Mr. Oldham thinks it is "quite a puzzler, and I am not surprised that the game was declared a draw as there so many opportunities for a stalemate." Mr. Oldham shows this win with the RP: 1. K-K5 Kt-Kt4 2. P-RGch K B a K-B6 KtxP 4. P-R7 Kt R 5- B-K6 Kt-B2 6. B KU KtR 7. B R5 Kt-B2 a K-Kt6 Kt-R ch 9. K-R3 and wins. Messrs. Brega and Logan are practi cally a unit on several variations, one be ing as follows, the words in parentheses being Mr. Logan's moves: LBQ5(R2) Kt-B 2. P-R6 ch KxP a K-B6 Kt-R2 ch 4. K-K7 K-Kt2 5. B K4 (Kt) Kt-B & B-B5 Kt moves 7. BxKt and wins. GAME STUDIES NO. 15. In chess, as in any other kind of fight ing, defense may be divided into two kinds protection and counter attack. For example, the moves L P-K4, P-K4;2. Kt-KB3 have been made; White has at tacked the black KP; Black has now the choice-ef a number of different ways of "defending" the pawn; he may play P KB3, a 1 move considered inferior, to which White will probably reply KtxP. and if Black takes the Kt White forces a win in short order: this is known as the Damiano gambit. Black may play 2. P Q3, which marks the Phihdor defense, again protecting the KP; this defense is also considered weaker than some oth ers. He may also play 2. Q-K2 or B3 still protecting the KP, although neither of these are in general favor. He may also play 2. B-Q3, another weak move. If a protecting move is desired, there is none better than 2. Kt QB3, but this gives White the choice of a variety of continuations, any one of which Black may desire to avoid. For example, a B- Kt 5 n arks the Ruy Lopez, which we - i-j - i i , j nave siucuea scruewuai in use past, ana which undoubtedly gives White a longer I and more persistent attack than any J other form of opening. Or, a B-B4 ma? ; b.ryed; now lilck may desire toavoid j ,t!lf Giuoco Piano or Uvan.-- pambit, in ( hkh he wul refrain fromrepmng a V B, but will play a Kt KB3, giving the two knights defense. To avoid ell the?e openinsrs, Black may resort to a counter attack, instead of protecting his KP, by playiagr - Kt-KBa which marks the Pe troff defense,-. or Russian game, and which our class will now give some weks of study. Freeborough, in hi ""Chess Openings" thus introduces the Petrotf : "This coun- ! ter attack is an attempt on the patt of the second player to equalvze the game by oriniug aoout a similarity -oi posi-j who get up clubs. See constantly pushes ahead into new fields off tions. It dates from the Gottingen Ms., 1490. Walker, in 1841, describes it as 'a counter attack but a bad one.' It was, however, revived by the Russian player, M. Petroff, and carefully analyzed by M. Jaenis-h who, in the, Palamede, 1842, considered it the best reply to 2. Kt-KBa It has since that time been adopted in several, correspondence games, but has not held its ground in public estimation, and is now rarely played." , Since the Paris tournament this year, however, where Marshall, the young Brooklymte, made such a wonderful showing against the world's masters, adopting the Petroff counter attack on nearly every opportunity, it is highly pro bable that this defense will again leap in to popular favor. Free borough continues: "The first player may, if he pleases, turn the open ing into a lively gambit attack by 3. Kt xP, P-Qa KtxP, KxKt, etc; or, as rec ommended by Mr. Steinitz, he may play a P-Q4; or he may transpose the game into the Boden-Kieseritzky gambit by a B-B4, KtxP; 4. Kt-Ba If le play a straightforward game, the position be comes one that may occur in the French defense (L PrK4, P-K3; 2. P-Q4, P-Q4), where the King's pawns are exchanged early, and ,4he bishops and knights brought gradually into action supported by the rooks. This slow development permits considerable variety in the order and selection of -moves. ' Exhaustive analysis is impossible in such positions, and all that can be done is to indicate the general tendency of certain lines of day which have been selected . by ana yists and players as the strongest on both sides." . ' ' This latter thought, it should be re marked, will apply to all study of book play. The objeat is not to memorize a replying move to every possible move your opponent may make, but rather to learn the general style of an opening and be ready to take advantage of any weakness exhibited by him. The first player need not accept the proffered pawn, but may transpose it in to the KB opening, by a B-B4, or into the three or four knights' game by3. Kt QB3. If White play a KtxP, Black should not immediately capt're his opponent's KP; the following scores show why. 1. P-K4 ,2. KtrKBS a KtxP 4. Q-K2 5. QxKt a P-Q4 7. P-KB4 8. Kt-QB3 9. Kt-Q5 10. QPxP 11. PxP 12. B QKt5 P-K4 Kt-KB3 KtxP Q-K2 P-Q3 P-KB3 Kt-Q2 QPxKt 3-Q3 PxP QQB3 QKKt3 ia QxQ ch PxQ 14. KtxP ch with advantage for White. But on his th move Black could take Kt with either QP or BP; suppose 8. .... - . BPxKt 9. BPxP PxP 10. Kt Q5 Kt B3 . - 11. B-Kt5ch P-B3 12. KtxKtch4 PxKt laBxPch K-Q 14. B-Q2-with advantage for White. Or, ia this latter variation. Black may vary at his 11th move thus: 11 K Q 12. KtxKt PxKt ia PxP PxP 14. B-Q2 with a like advantage for White. PROBLEM-SOLVING TOUR LA ME NT. The Independent this week adopts the continuous tournament idea, belie ring that to be the best way to keep up in terest in problems and end games. Each problem or end game solved will entitle the solver to credit for a given number of points. When any solver reaches 50 points, a suitable prize will be awarded, his score cancelled and ' he may begin anew. SYNTHETIC PROBLEM SO. 1. This style of problem is a favorite with the Boston Post. In analytic problems the positions are given and the solver is expected to discover the proper moves to give checkmate, in synthetic problems this is reversed. The pieces employed and the moves are given, and from this the solver discovers in what position the pieces must be piaeed on the board. Tiio pieces are: Mate is as follows: Key-move, 0-K4. If 1. K-g; 2. Q Kt7, K K2; a lit-KG, mate. K-02 If 1. K-Q2; 2. Q-Kt7, K-K2; 3. Kt-K6, mite. 1k-0 If 1. K-B2; 2. Q R7, K-K2;a Kt-KG, mate. JK-li If 1. K-B; 2. Q R7, K-K2; a Kt-KG, mate. . rv rs From this data given you are to recon- a. 1 s a . rr struct tno prooiem. xnere must oe no other key move. If any piece mav stand on more than pne square an not afecttbe mate as given above, the fact should be noted. Three points for solution. "Premiums for Every-! PROBLEM NO. "20. ' An end game illustrating the power of a Q. Single handed the white Q, with 'the move overcomes all obstacles and fi nally mates the black K. A point for each move in the score for shortest solu tion. White to play and win. BLACK. IUj hi &sl $ L' i' fm. m, TP- 'eto ru vh p n suit r iH It- 4 rss V " A " I "I Ud UsJi LjL4 LuJ Wi wn w rn w& hA IJJ idOttHM ii-jMA IUMM "P" ft mm r i ' f 1 tm iu WHITE. Populist State Committee The following is a list of the new state committee. Adams .Dr. J. E. Steele, Hastings . ..O. S. Gossard, Oakdale Antelope . . Banner Blaine, Boone Box Butte... L. W. Campbell, Albion V. M. lodence, Heminrford Boyd Brown ...V JP.W Km Jpseph Knkac, Butte G. 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The only useful purpose it evj served was in the Peninsular war. win' British dragoons could be most enil distinguished from French by their i-ock tails. - It fell into disuse with the det-Iiu of road coaches, aud we owe its.nuwe come revival to their partial restniutior it is senseless, narhnrous and uisiiu'f in?; t inujets needless sunermg up brood mares and horses turned grass. deimviu2 them of their out nat'i defence against flies, besides the mi, pain and shock ennsed by the op Itself. It should be discouraged in ' possible way by influential ; person' those who lead the fashion in such i and acrieoltiiral societies should br ed to refuse prizes to exhibit which undergone this mutilation. Black woe