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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT September 20, 1900 I Nithr arc you wcU. The frequent hcaJ cxHcs. the fatigue after slight exercise ; the lack cf appetite, want of energy, a slight but troutle scme pain here or there the loss of flesh and strength: the ease with which you take cold; all this indicates that your health is not as it should be. That is the best thing-to do? All persons suffering-as described above hare ; certain remedy in if. Williams' Pink Pill for Pale People They arc for pale people, for delicate people, for nervous people , for people who are thin and lacking- in energy spirits and appetite. Xhen you take Dr. Williams Fink Pills for Pale People you are simply doing what thousands cf your fellow beings the world over have done with the greatest success. Knowing this it is always unnecessary and often dangerous to experiment with something1 else that is recommended as "just as food." Ai;i rufe' r 4lf cl frm Dr. WiU'imi M ..hacUk4y. X V., postpaid on tfifftr. Mrai pr Hi; six boxct. S2-M. by c of the cidier who knocked hr Coc with the butt of his re volver. The little children bd nd braking from ti bowi and notified the seisbbor. When the police ar rived, ail the fcoltSr had 04 save tu, Tfci one Uj oo tbe floor in a druskea flnuiW Later tbre more of tb assailants mere rapture!. " 3Us!la Freedom o? July rs. ISS9. "Corporal DamioftVr aud Prbate Cote el. toit of t-t. mpaay n. Sixteenth ftUotry. trt-.j out to rlvtliz the Totdo dUtri t. In jn:riiasce of the treat work, tl.ey robbed a fcfKik of a aallrt acd ia?iLd tbrf native wom en. One of tbe ktini was an old !fy ity jr of ace. These two xpnloaut were convicted of tie crime. A soldier named M Bennett of tbe atn company wso m Impli cated in the outrate is not yet dis posed cf." Manila Freedom, July t. "A New York expansionist full of bid lii'jor raa amuck near tbe water froct. Whea a Filipino refused to ell fctia wsae liquor, the patriot raised a bis ditttrtxc and assaulted the ctry who ram to arrest blra. The MEtry wa tbe 2 man and turned upon his astallact and save him a o2Bd thrashing, wbkfc was rather fcatd treatment lor o rood an adm!n Utratkm gib. "W. W. rLii, an Ame rian den tin. atMCdoaed bis wife, ten 'hocsind tci'.es awy from borne, without a -et. and fkipp-d for unknown parts. Tb aUacdcsed ladr was aect borne to fcer svarects in California, a public ywcriptioa bavin ben openM for bat purpo. Manila Freedom Aug ust U. Ztmzzn Scbcs! fond Costl&ce4 From Page On Coati3iftio&ers Rueil a ad Humphrey, -ill bow bow erroneous were the fig urea f e-0ramtiner Rall re tardinx the status of the common wbool land on November 50. lMw. Tbe table are given Me by tide. Pirn relates of figure Correct ttss a Noera r Zo. Uf. br cal ctilatSon. Soc4 coiumi. of fl fares A re ported hr ex-Cfnfa5.ficaer Russell. Acres deeded.. 5CAJSS 311042 HIe contract. SJ7.4f5 Laa coat raft L23.e5T4 ! Vacant 722j5-4.7l 22331.17 Acquired 2.713 J37 10 Not oss item wrrl! It is aston tb!sf tbat these republican cornrais ioners did cot know even bow many anrea of land the state bad act aired for tbe cetjsmoa rhoI fund. Tbe tate had. In fart. 22.703.25 arre that, tie officers apparently knew noth las; ljJt. Hi -Commissioner Russell's rrora mar b shown in this war: Krror is acrea dded 1.76A.07 Krror la sale coatrarta 23.2SS.S4 Error fa rrmtr'-t 24.113.6 Em-r la acre acquired 23.7033 nrror i rant laads.. 2.S734 Tbre ia no escape from tbe fig ure. Tbey rar 1 rertn4 br referr Isg tn tle biencial reports of the ram iioer of public lands and tmild tajrt. Tyrzt bis two tra of vffio Mr. Wolfe has leased all told 1.213.4C atrea of fwitioa school land: that is to asy. be caa acrompiisbM this In about 44 moatbs. la tbe six yra from rwetssbr I. lv. to Norenber Measrs. Husepbrey tad Ru 11 tofetber lea-J oalf !2f,794S acre. It It ay wm4er TncJe Jake" fcaa b-M able to rake tip ovmt f 100,V0 a year more for tbe temporary school fried that th republican offU-e-bold-era er able to do? YE ARE PHOUD OF BRYAN Matter M hat lb rr-rati,a Mtr ft ti .lar aa CrYhara OiiUmi. A t'to paaa and eteau transpire. w rrow prouder of Cryan. First of all a i a rtlemaa ia the true secae cf lb word. Tb republican leader ship ma to lack every elemeat that eater Icto tb ehaxactar of featle bm?. Not oa of tbm cao appear b- a soldiers' reaaioa. a sratberlag of farmer, tfce dMIcatioa of a moau aat or aay other public f unctioa w1tboJt exblbitinc their low-bred asaaaers. Tbey ia variably intrude -tipoa iiKb oecaaloas with tbeir par tisan opiaioas and Insult half of their audience. That tbe conduct of s Governor Mount of Indiana, who aloug with Bryan was asked to make an ad dress at tbe dedication of a monument to General Lawton. Not in so many words, but in etfect. Governor Mount accused Bryar. of being the murderer of Lu-a-ton and made a speech that wr r a direct Insult to naif of the peo ple who had com to honor the mem orv of a brave soldier who died on the field of battle. There has not been a more dl'gurtinr. eJ-ibitior. of vul garity and low bredin in this coun try by a prominent man in the last flfiy years. Everything that a vulgar product of Hannaism cocld say to in sult ryan and roue his anger was sa;d by this official protector of a m.:rderer. It bad no more effect upon Bryan than ;ourir.g water on a duck's back. H' arose without the llhtest evi dence of Irritation and delivered an address full of pathos acd patriotism, adorned with beautiful similes, tx pressed in the most elegant English. He paid a glowing tribute to the reg ular and vrdunteer, to tb-? patriotism of thoe vno died upon the Hold and to tfcose. no less deservirg of sratf tu.Je. who died in the hospitals. There was uot a word, a look or a gesture thit -n any way indicated that he re- '.U-i the iil-rrd. vtlgi vicious assault that bad oeen made upon him. Tbe nearest tnat he came to do that was waen he eaid that there could be no greater mistake than to assume that ail the people of aay party were unpatriotic On '.hl occasion, on many others, tbe people who heard him were con vince I that whatever else Bryan might be. one thing was certain. Bryan was a gentleman, and they greeted him with round after round of cheers. Some of the things that Bryan said on that occasion are well worth pre serving. Among them were the fol lowing: "I can hurdly aav that I ara here as a feoldler. for I feel that my military neivice was so insignificant compared with tb service of many who are here today that I am hardly entitled to be classed among the soldiers. I was a colonel, and yet I feel about my til at I fetl about my service in the army, that It is hardly fair that one should be called a colonel who saw no active duty and ho did not have bis courage tested upon the battlefield." "We apeak of people dying upon the battlefield, and yet more die in the hospital thtn die upon the battlefield, and when our camp was rtricKen with fever and I walked through the hos pital and there faw the ixjys suffer ing, away from home and away from friends. I was convinced that the man who diea in a hospital is deserving of as ranch sympathy as the iian who di upon the battlefield. He gives ail be hashi life." "It fa oot for the soldier to deter mine whether tbe command taat takes him to his death Is a just one or not. It is the duty of the foldier to obey, but It U for the people who control things, who make governments, make laws, shape policies ard determine destiny: it la for the people to say what orders shall be- given to soldiers. There is where the responsibility lies." "There are two ways to make men willing to fight for their country. First, let them know that the country will be grateful to them for their ser vices; second, make your country so good that every man will die for it if necessary." In this connection The Independent cannot refrain from calling tbe atten tion of the few men in this state who were once popn lists, but who are now supporting for president aa ex-banker woo lives In tbe worst governed and most corrupt city In the United States, who baa seen the ballot made a mock ery of and the money taxed out of the people stolen by the millions and has never once raised his voic or written one line In condemnation, to the dif ference In tbe character of the man they are now rupportlcg and this man Bryan, wbom tbe regulsr populist par ty his made Its nominee for presi dent. How men tan let their partisan prejudices so lead them astray is an other of rhose things that no true pop can erer comprehend. Crcker's Utile Speech Croker made a speech the other day. It was not very long, but hundreds of thousands of copies of It have been printed and circulated as a campaign document. It was as follows. "If I were to use bow a common ev- ry-cay expression to convey my idea of the young man seeking a future, I should say: He is up against it. He may get a start, or what looks like one, but I don't care what he is clerk, messenger, bookkeeper, any thing you please there is no ladder on which he can climb. Hundreds of letters come to me every day telling me just these things, and hundreds of letters come, too, from young men telling me that they can't get em ployment. Where are all the little business places that used to be the feature of New York, and of all this country, too, not many years a$o? Where are all the little grocery stores and the other stores where whole fam ilies had an interest in the business and every member of the family, as soon as he or she was able, was em ployed? They have all been destroyed and destroyed by the trusts. If the issues of this campaign were thor oughly understood Bryan would get 90 per cent of the votes in the United States, because 10 per cent are now running the 90 per cent and getting their hearts' blood." FRATERNAL INSURANCE Internal Revenue Commissioner and Old Companies Undertake to Tax Them Out of Kxlstenre. It is a mighty good thing that a presidential election comes around once in a while and that the people of the United States still have a right to vote. If they did not the mass of the people would soon be paupers and slaves. Not long since the old line insurance companies who have piled up millions by their excessive rates, evolved a plan of getting rid of the fraternal insurance companies which were proving dangerous rivals. They found a willing co-worker in the com missioner of internal revenue. G. W. Wilson, an appointee of President Mc Kinley. If his published decision had been enforced it would have ended in the extinguishment of every purely fraternal insurance company in the United States. Congressman Stark has been doing some very effectual work on behalf of the fraternals. an account of which is contained in a letter to Chairman Edmisten. which u printed below. Aurora. Neb.. Sept. 11. 1900. Hon. J. H. Edmisten, Lincoln, Neb. In re sponse to your telephone communica tion communication touching the ar ticle in the State Journal this morn ing, giving an alleged interview be tween Collector Houtz and myself, permit me to state that I have not the honor of a personal acquaintance with Mr. Houtz; that 1 never had an in terview with him in my life on any subject whatever, and such statement is without any foundation of fact whatever. Touching the other matters permit me further to say that I am not now and never was the attorney for the Nebraska Mutual Life Insurance com pany at Stromsburg. Neb. I never was its director, only relation with that association is that of policy holder. Mr. A. W. Little, secretary of the company, wrote me that one C. P. R. Williams, a deputy collector, had called at the Stromsburg office and demanded that the company forth with pay the sum of $2 internal rev enue tax on each policy issued since July 1. 1S98; and requested that I take the matter up with the commissioner of internal revenue at Washington for the reason that if that holding was adhered to. the company must come to an end. I wrote a letter on that subject to the Hon. G. W. Wilson, commissioner of internal revenue at Washington, D. C, who replied in sub stance: "It was his judgment that the taxes were correctly assessed and in terms stated that he could not tax the policies at their yearly value, but insisted upon their ultimate value." This company issued a peculiar policy by which the beneficiary is only en titled to receive $600 the first year, in the event of the death of the insured and the amount is increased $100 each year until the maximum. $X500. is reached. Both of those letters are now in the possession of Secretary Little. On the 22d of August last I received a telephone communication from Secretary Little, that the deputy collector had been at Stromsburg, Neb., and stated that the tax must be paid forthwith and that the directors were then in attendance; had passed resolutions that Mr. Little go to Wash ington and appeal from the ruling of Collector Koutz, and that they desired that I should accompany him. as the compeny was largely made up of my constituency, and its main office was located in the Fourth congressional district. I consented to go; met Mr. Little at Omaha and proceeded to Pes Moines. Ia.. and there had a confer ence with the officers of the Bankers Life Insurance company, and from thence went directly to Washington where Mr. Little filed, over his own name as secretary, a showing to re verse the ruling of Collector Houtz. The matter was taken up from day to day with Commissioner Wilson and an order was made by him that Col lector Houtz make a full report. The contention of Mr. Little was that his association was a beneficiary asso ciation and not conducted for profit, hence was exempt. When the report of Mr. Houtz reach ed Washington we were informed that it was in part confidential and that it would be inconsistent with the public welfare to permit us to read the same; the only document we were permitted to see being a copy of the report of the company to the state auditor which showed among other things that the association had a fund for promotion and extension. The com missioner stated that made it a com pany doing 4 business tor profit and that he should so hold, that he would reverse Mr. Houtz as to his holding to a $2 rate on the taxes and would only Insist on the yearly value: Not be ing the attorney of that association I cannot advise you what their future procedure will be in the matter. Of course it was a great substantial ad vantage to scale the rate from $2 to FECIAL FALL OFFER! I hands and introduce our Of $11. for this Famous CAQLI Snwlnr Machine, which is actual cost of manufacture. It is thoroughly modern in et-ery respect and Is guaranteed satisfactory or money refunded. This is only a sample of oar bargains in rehiclea, luuraess, furniture, grocerie. etc C((r "The Home taat Ssvt y a Money" WESTERN ME&CANTTLE CO. fept V OauktJSe- Sour Stomach "After t was taae4 ta try CASCA XX ETa. I will n erer be without them in tbe house. Mf llrer was in a Terr tad shape, and my bead ached and t had stomach trouble. Now. since tak ing Caaeareta, I feel flae. Mr wife has also used them with beneficial results for sour stomach." Jo. KBSHUsa, 121 Consvess St.. St. Louis. Mo. Jasvwsw Palatable. Potent. Taste Good. Do Good. heer Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe. 10c. Sac. 60c. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... Sterna Key raaeaa?. k !. Mntml. Rav Trk. MS If QTQRAfi 80,(1 -nft,c?2JLnr'e5 r all dfa- UWaIUsUAtf gists to CrBE Tobacco Habit. 48 cents as their claim in the start was something over 4,000. The final order makes it less than 25 per cent of that sum,. Touching the relation of fraternal beneficiary association with this mat ter, meaning thereby, orders that fur nish insurance with a lodge system and ritualism, permit me to further 6tate that on November 16, 1899, Com missioner Wilson made a decision in the matter of the Bankers Life as sociation of Des Moines, Ia.. known as Treasury Decision No. 21779. It appears that the Bankers' Life had placed on their policies internal revenue tax stamps to the amount of 8 cents per hundred, for the amount named in the policy beginning July 1, 1898; that the amount was substan tially $16,000 a year and this large expense induced the directors of that association to ask for a repayment to them, they claiming to be exempt from war revenue law. These facts were obtained by conversation with the officers at Des Moines, but opinion does not give them. In that opinion the commissioner states tnat the para graph in schedule A relating to l.fe insurance makes four classes; First Fraternal associations or or ders. Second Beneficiary associations or orders. Third Farmers' purely local cor porative companies or associations Fourth Employes relief associa tion, operated on the lodge system or local co-bperation plan with the fur ther distinction that they must be such an organization as are conducted solely by the members thereof for the exclusive benefit of their members and not for profit. The opinion then holds that the company is not within the exemption. After disposing of that he proceeds to say: "Presuming that a company comes within one class specifically set forth, it then has to have a further test applied to it as to whether or not it is conducted for profit." , It. is clear that, he now refers to one of the classes specifically v set forth which takes in fraternal associations or orders that issue policies of insur ance. He then proceeds to lay down this rule: "Such companies as make assessment based upon fixed prem iums to be collected at regular inter vals, without regard to whether or not a loss actually occurs, are com panies that are, in the opinion of this office, prima facia conducted for pro fit,' That is a square adjudication that fraternal associations having the lodge system and ritualism, requir ing a stated sum to be paid as an as sessment every month without refer ence to whether i loss actually occurs or not, are associations conducted for profit and outside exemption. The newspapers gave great publicity to the matter and the well informed fraternal insurance men immediately saw the effect of the decision. The national fraternal congress happened to be In session at Boston. Mass. They sent a telegram to Commissioner Wilson in regard to the matter and he thereupon decided, by telegram, reply ing that fraternal companies would not be taxed. Since that time Collec tor Houtz has written a letter to the postmaster at Utica in which he states that the Modern Woodmen are exempt. I have been a member of the Wood men for nearly fourteen years, and know that it has funds for promo tion end extension which is usually paid to deputy counsels and for "Hus tler Buttons" and the publication of a valued newspaper called the "Wood man." In tbe decision handed down by Commissioner Wilson he abandons his oral judgment that the Nebraska Mu tual Life association was conducted for profit and holds in effect that the company is not a beneficiary associa tion and hence not within exemption. Perhaps one of the reasons that led him to this conclusion was the fact that in the State vs. Needels, reported in the 90 Illinois report, at page 166, it was decided in effect that money paid out for services for promotion and extension was compensation aud not. profit. So that much was done for the Woodmen. I think it a fairly good statement of the law that it is the duty of collec tor of internal revenue when a person or association is prima facia liable, to proceed to collect the taxes and that he cannot excuse himself for any failure to exhaust his authority in col lecting on the pretense that a person or association should not have been assessed. As to the reason why Mr. Wilson did not proceed I do not care to hazard a guess at this time: your judgment is as valuable as mine in that regard. To ray mind the visit to Washington was a success in this that our hearing brought to the attention of fraternal Insurance men the hold ing of Commissioner AVilson and he proceeded to make a decision that re verses his views as set forth in the Bankers Life opinion, even if done by the extraordinary method, a de cision by telegram. I know of no more valuable associations In our community than those, which protect In order to get our eataJosrue in your line nf orxvl. wa ara maVir a soecial iirlea 7fr-S CANDY I f CATHARTIC y. the widow and the orphan by going to their financial relief when death affirmed its claim upon the bread winner. ; These associations have al ways, ben upheld by public opinion and sustained by the courts and to my mind It is the duty of every man, when he finds that he is charged w!th some official duty to go to great lengths to protect and conserve them. I am glad in a humble way that I have been of tome sen ice in that di rection.. With expression of high personal es teem, I am very truly voure. W. L. STARK. Down on McKlnley Coshocton, O., Sept. 10. The Mus kingum conference of the Methodist Protestant Church today adopted this resolution: "We condemn the present adminis tration, which, in the face of full pow er to prevent it, has allowed the liquor traffic to extend its withering curse over the insular possessions and de pendencies of our government, which thus lends itself to the destruction of the helpless millions it has pledged its honor to protect. "We condemn the president of the United States for his nullification of the anti-canteen law and submit that such action is subversive of the forms of our government, dangerous to the liberties of the people and without precedent in the history of our coun try. We affirm, also, that in his per sonal habits and bis official acts he has betrayed the interests of temper ance and rendered himself unworthy of the support of Christian men." Fully two-thirds of the minister present have heretofore been republi cans. No Need of It. Now the fusionlsts say they always knew Mrs. Lease was dishonest. They are a little late in making the confes sion. Bixby. The populists never engage in works of supererogation. Bixby and his pa per denounced her for years in such vituperative terms, there was no need of the populists lending a haad at it, and since the praise of the Journal is sure to damn anyone and ruin their character and standing in any com munity, the populist see no need now of saying anything further on the subject. There is more catarrh in this sec tion Of the country than all other dis eases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be Incura ble. For a great many years doctors ! pronounced it a local disease, and pre scribed local remedies, and by con stantly failing to cure with local treat ment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitu tional disease, and. therefore, requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney Co., Toledo, O., is the only constitutional cure on the market. It Is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts direct ly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. -Th6y offer one hun dred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi monials. Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. THE LINCOLN ACADEMY Are you going away to school some where? If so, let us sit down and fig ure a little, counting time, expense and thoroughness. At a small town school your expenses amount to about $4 a week, or $144 a 3ar. You can attend the Lincoln Academy for that and even less. The average expense is $3.72 a week, or $133.92 a year for board, room, heat, light and tuition. High schools require four years, the Academy 3. But the student here works 10 to 12 hours a day. not sim ply 6 to 7. Four years at $144 a year $576. Three years here at the average $133.92 $401.76. a saving of $175 and one year's time. Students always do better in a school away from home, especially when they have such excel lent advantages as here. The instruc tors are specialists, with broad col lege training, and are recommended by university professors. In fact, the third year can be taken in the univer sity free under university instructors. Fourth annual announcement is sent free. Registration Sept. 17-22. FOREIGN POSSESSIONS If They Were a Searea of Wealth Than Spain Wuld Be the Wealthlet Nation oa Earth If foreign possessions were a source of wealth, Spain would be the richest nation in the world today. She was the first power to establish colonies, and her colonial empire has impov erished her people, demoralized her government, corrupted her service and brought her to the abasement in which she lies today. Foreign possessions may furnish places and fortunes to favorites of the government, but tbey have never added a dollar to the wages of labor in England. Spain or any other country, and, in the nature of things, . they must operate to reduce them. When we challenge the Imperialist to name one instance in which trade has been promoted by conquest he shifts his ground with an ease that shows his arguments are loose as his morals. Confronted with the stern facts of history, he abandons the sor did contention that his policy will pro mote trade, or. In plainer language, that there is money in it, and assumes a lofty attitude of devotion to human ity and civilization. He tells us that while foreign possessions may be un profitable, it is nevertheless a duty imposed on us by civilization to take possession of territory inhabited by weaker races for the purpos of civil izing them by subjecting them not to the influence of our political institu tions from these they would be ex cluded but to the authority of our office holders. If It be necessary to shoot the na tives as Kitchener shot the dervishes, in order to Impose this government upon them, the imperialist Is quite ready, and indeed rather eager, to civ ilize them In that effective method. Civilization by slaughter is not an original device. It has bsen often' HON. ROBERT S. OBERFELDER. Hon. Robert S. Oborfelder, demo cratic presidential elector, a widely known and popular member of the Nebraska fish commission, was born in New York city, December 8, 18F5. He was educated in the public schools of the American metropolis, came west to Council Bluffs, la., at the age of nineteen and entered the employ of a large mercantile institution. During the winter of 1876 when the Black Hills excitement was at its fever heat, he located at Sidney and engaged In the general outfitting business. He is a member of Oberfelder & Co., the largess business house in Sidney. He tried; it has never borne salutary fruit. There was one great civilizer by tbe sword who has left some Im pressions on the world. He lived about 1.300 years ago. His name was Mo hammed. The followers of the prophet believed they were the sole depositor ies of civilization, and in order to dif fuse that civilization over the world they offered the outside barbarian his choice between the Koran and death. This surely was imperialism pure and simple. The difference between the Mohammedan imperialism and the latter-day imperialism is a difference of men, not of methods. The promotion of civilization is the pretense by which nations have always sought to excuse or justify asts of ag gression.. ... Morality is never advanced by crime. Justice has never been vindicated by wrong. Civilization has never been promoted by barbaric conquest or bloodshed. People cannot be improved by denying them the opportunity to acquire from experience the true les sons of self-government. There is but one way to qualify a nation for self-government, and that is to Im pose upon its people the duty of gov ernment forcing them to suffer with out relief the consequences of riot or extravagance allowing them to en joy unmolested the fruits of industry and order. When the imperialist is shown that his schemes for promotion of trade and of civilization are both futile and unsound, he is neither discomfited nor abashed. With undisturbed assurance and un abated vehemenie he proceeds to tell us that if we withdraw from the Phil ippines we will imperial the prospects of an alliance between England and this country. I am not alarmed by this threat. It is quite true that the English press and a certain portion of the Eng lish people are unremitting In their efforts to persuade this country to adopt what is called a vigorous foreign policy. England's anxiety that we should hold the Philippines is not caused by love of us, but by her own self-interest. Bourke Cockran. ! "There is one thing that can happen j to the American flag worse than to be hauled down. That is to have its meaning and its message changed." cv Henry Van Dyke j iTT" FOf o3l6 Clean stock groceries in resident portion of Lincoln. Sales. $40. a day. Small expense. Invoice about 11.500 cash, or bankable paper. Good place for man and son. Excellent school facilities. Address 400, Nebraska In dependent. NEWSPAPER FOR SALE. A populist paper in a live county seat town of 1,700 inhabitants; estab lished 27 years; reason for sale to close joint stock company. Address this office for information. Girl Wanted Girl for general housework; perma nent situation; go od wages and small family Address Mrs. Evans, 1704 D St., Lincoln, Neb WHY DIE PREMATURELY When you can get well easier and quicker than you got sick, and make $100 per month besides. Don't say you can't until you have written a postal or letter for free in formation showing what others have done and are doing. Z. R. Lincoln, Deb. FARM TO RENT Well improved 80 acres in Seward Co., Neb., i miles from railroad, 1125 cash rent. Address 125 Nebraska Independ ent, Lincoln, Neb. Dr. LoaisN. Wente, dentist, 137 South 11th stteet Brownell block. was elected mayor of Sidney in 191. and served with credit to himself and the town. In October, 1895, he was appointed by Governor Holcomb as a member of the state board of fish com missioners, and is now the president of that bodj. Hvls extensively en gaged In ranching and stock-raising, and owns one of the best improved Ir rigated farms on the Lodgepole creek near the village of Lodgepole. He is also president of the Sidney Stone company, whose Inexhaustible quarries are located near the city of his resi dence. Mr. Oberfelder is a democrat of state reputation; a personal friend to nearly every public man In the state and a gentleman of culture and refinement. A Few More Pointers About Gregg Shorthand Insti tute, Brace Block, 15th and 0 Sts., , Lincoln Nebr. Rohrbough Bros,. Proprietors Pointer . No. 1 Gregg Shorthand i now the most popular system lu the state of Nebraska. It has but one posi tion, one slant, no shades and but few rules and word signs. We make a spe cialty of Gregg Shorthand and the Moshsr syste n of Touch Typewriting. It will pay. you to attend a college making a specialty of these systems. A new class will start Monday morn ing. Make your arrangements to start then. Pointer No. 2 We are receiving calls for competent stenographers ev ery day. Business men are recogniz ing the Gregg Shorthand Institute as being a first class institution in ev ery respect. Pointer No. 3 Night school is in session Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evenings of each week. Shorthand, Touch Typewriting, Book keeping and other business branches may be had. Skilled instructors will be in charge. It will pay you to in vestigate. We can save you time and money. Circulars free. Tel. 665. DAILY TOURIST CARS BETWEEN NEBRASKA POINTS AND Utah, California, and Oregon ARE ATTACHED TO "THE PACIFIC EXPRESS" FOR Utah and California AND TO "The Chicago-Portland Special" FOR OREGON AND PUGET SOUND Personally Conducted One a Wk: 5. B. 8LOSSOX. ebrak A re at. SPECIAL EXCURSIONS Via Rock Island & Pacific railway to Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Salt Lake City and Ogden, on sale Sept 18. To nearly all points In Minnesota, Io wa, Missouri, Illinois and Wisconsin, on sale Sept. 26. All the above one fare plus 2 for the round trip and ; good until Oct. 31 for the return. - For further information address E. W. THOMPSON, A. G. P. A., " Topeka, Kas. " F. II. BARNES, C P. A., Lincoln, Neb. ;, $ 1 V