January 17, 180L
THE NEBRASKA IITDEPEITDEIIT.
CrcelFs Iron Kearl.
BY JOHN DICKINSON' SHERMAN.
fCor-rtC--. ISO. lTyS:ory Co.)
TU tt fa-hion of th Utter dayi
to Jbo!2 that OtiTr CrssawtU. Cie great
Lord General cf Parlia Eject, vu of
i'4e3n harSnf nt fcrart tt-t tot of
t-e eotUca tlit away the eozsnson
t'ay fcnr-d log-:et la Ui treajt.
Therefore d I 2te?sttire this- ftate
cct tfcat ssy risl'drm and ny chil
dren's children c y hare !t oa record
ever icy aia aJ s-eal wLat Oil Nell
413 do for me. thst Ub I wit Certain
cf th First Troo? of t!ie Irocs!--
It wtre cf a verity most
t-injn 5 Lc!n -iti a wean. Mis
trc. Mar-am A!iTtoa. I loM her
aad w :2 rassy, soisbly on? Oliver
Ifepwcrth. Now, cf a truth, this Hep
worth vu rr by tat-rr cere cruel
tii violest tJ.aa cttr men, ani we
wr tr,-z. of a j-';t But wt Mla
trj Mrrri had cc ar for bis
suit e trfjfbtay carelve-1 & most
b!?t-r fcat f-r rr,-. Ar.4 !a this he was
GrwarrJ5tr3. for, th--?ti I v&i skk
wi'.h lot for Mitrs Margaret, I
irorBfetfNKl fr off. cot daln to make
ir.y :o3 kson. Njw, f hs war
m f'.K !atr--! t firl dS3 ro with
kliii r-d kin. a - aaot natural, and
o !kl c-r with lt Kiss, while
Jleiwtirtij and I rr.a-! fcaJ! to 2er
01 r or l ? - Cloo"! Cromwell, "who
w& -ur nitbur at. J much looked up
to tjr rj As tie -r w-nt oa we rose
la fare w!?fc our eolol until we
both -.- i-s & troo;.. Ar. 1 tiea
i y mm r!A.-i an I Crsait! had
Car'a.a !?;-rth tr-r:frr-1 to a
rrts. -! c: foot. trfipes liep-
wortt rtraUMvar ras to named
a a rA Lo hxi no zzttcj in him
ar.i hi trc 2.l cji4 lira a major.
-t f-r! Wll-
Cit
v
,:,r-.r tv w,,r.i.. . i
d"ihat"r-:.a"Hce should te
tskc i: 4 p-.t th dmaklsg la the I
ehnt of Mi)'-ir Ifx'worth. glrlsg him
t ttv.et cf fft ar.d hor at.d some ord
xsace. Maj'r Hfpworfh rbose a roa
raay t f j ora r zr-.ez. e.f Ix-don-rs
and Rilr.e owtj trtop of the Iroa-tl-if.
At tt: 1 carr-d muth and
had ':;! rlnrt ' f p-ts ! dfsijn.
" irtw rjp a Wit ti wall that fzz
Tt'ir.tt.i th park ef Cratoa Hou
sn-i t;vi j-Ttr.ii e?nand rcr its sur
l a-k to take S
fT r. Th r..r cax
tt t? ve e-i1d.
'Hi" f ri 1 H"p'o-th
"r'v malic- j
1 V - i hack !
v!o:,t deajff lyrl. I thank The."
A.d Tt :: sh.v-ji-!, with fiultati in
iaTry toe- 'l or?-r nr quarter
7rt notie. vhrifr tLy r ir tc!
I f.cktzri at l!$ wcrla. for I guessed
that in (irrfijyn tltr m it be women
aid cMldrea. tit th-y tp soon fcr
gt in tie fire joy of the- onet. My
trrp wag ic the r at hill. Inside
was a rai-ble of muiketeen and pike
rra id by'.-td tLcM th rttat etair
i as ro?iM with r-r liners and
TtiSits. raoc e tha worren and
ehKJf-fi. Midway up tre stsir ttood
r.-.r rcrap.ir.Ion of
,4
rhsjcinfc to .s arm
u hi in- c
!ehlr. J thfja s
' a month. And just
-I X!!f trff I::rrartt
I..:r1 Chi:iia?f.-;r-l caueht sitht cf me 1
an" !: t.s r?;-n lay cowa thrr arms,
that I s town to and
v . . . , , ..
i e'i iz.-tt, czz..u wnn
th herr-r t th pit that had
tht h:vi been I
d'.sr-d f. r : ., thre
mh of th Load.rers
:-.rr:- th- trsl
stoztiir: "No
Q's.artrr;
lkth t f ib- li -:' Sralie i
"Yrt, U-ri rhin'r rrd' I i: i like !
a it. a f"T.r.r". "rJ shall have
j
meat.- And then 1 took fc: offered j
word In tc-k't-n of turr-ndr. Then ia
trod Maj .r iirywc'rth..
-i!: - h
t r.r-l.
"you are hr
Cap-
ill
ri-y
V
His word wrt whirling half acre
the great halh
UIs Vyh:rh. Verily I chose
::." Azi then he smilM a emooth
srr :le for which 1 oui have torn his
crafty hrt out.
"I thank yo-j. Major Hepworth, I
tr.s'.i- rpiy. Thf.r have scrrtrndered.
Hrr !. Ltrd Chill. nrfcrd'J sword."
With that 1 effred L!n the hla lf.
-What Is this?" he cried, stepping
back as-3 rfu-!cg the sword, "iiur
reiider? Tou forKt. sir. that I ordered
no Quarter. And bhind him the
Laadone-s took up the words "No
charter!" with a wild ferocity that
st the vonu and children to scream
ing with terror and made even Lord
Chinisgford'a scornful fat e grow white.
f "X pray yos. Major Hepworth," j
said, -countermand your order. Here
be women and children. Els 'tis mcr-er.-
Fcr a space cf & score of seconds
KM$t Hgwcrfa Ir?etj.tg3 .. ...cterisj:
light and left. He 8 air me Bettlns
tt n&4rht hla order. Hc saw oa tb
?roud, -cala t&c of the woman be had
iroced act lot coo tempt and loathing
tnspeakabla. Then the deril 1& him
broke locse.
"Mutiny!- he cried. "Wychcrleigh,
rou are under arrest. Drop your
iwcrd and retire to the roar. Ismdon
ra. I Kive the p-rlao&er Into, your
tasd to work your wllL To th at
tack!" "Ironside, stand fast!" I shouted
to that my to ice rose above all the
bell of sound that broke loose upon
Lis order. And like a laving wall of
rtl the First Troop 'of Cromwell's
Ovn closed up behind :ne. Ch, but
the clang of their spurred, heels on the
mart!e floor was a sound to bear and
ifcank the Lord of Hosts for! So we
Iacd each other for an instant while
that devil Hep worth's face went livid
for rage and the Londoners strained
and surged behind him. A davil he
was and with the devil's own courage.
For, shouting: the charge, he came on,
iword in hand, and his men behind
him.
Midway I met him. His sword
went whirling half across the great
hall. My point stood at his throat.
Perchance the devil glaring out of his
eyes discovered a blacker devil In the
eyes tbt glared Into his.
And Lord Chillingford and his. aye.
to the meanest scullion under his roof
tree, went out of Grafton House under
safe conduct.
I fat in the guardhouse, waiting for
I the dawn and death. Yet I was at
pace with fate. Even to die the death
of a mutineer had no sting. For I
!fcad laid down m llfe 10 save "e
woman l ovej, ana I tnougnt of the
morrows dawn with a smile.
Cromwell was in London on press-
E business with the Parliament, and.
a,s BDsence. tney ixaa given me
fhtort P6 mischance of
it! T had be known te wouM have
A key turned In the door; the bolts
were pushed back. The door opened
and shut and .a woman's figure stood
dark in the feeble candle light. No
need to ask who It was. I rose and
stood staring. I could cot speak,
j "John Wycherleigh." she said, "when
I we walk in the valley of the shadow
i of death a maid may do that "which
at &nother tlme she would not. So it
ib mai i nave come to you unbidden.
If 1 am rot welcome I will give you
thacks fcr the S1 f Mte at your
nanus ana set me gone." so low ana
ad was her voice that I scarce knew,
it for hers, for Mistress Margaret Fuller-ton
was a proud woman, holding
herself aloof, and not given to a show
of feeling. She went on:
"For I would not have you think,
John, that we were thankless or
idle in your behalf. First we
sent word to Cromwell. I made a way
to Lord Wiiloughby. I told him all
and I aaked for your pardon. But the
mo&t he would grant was this pass
to the guardhouse. And when Grom-
I ell came half an hour ago I went to
! him
"Ha!" I cried. "Cromwell here! And
what said he?" '
j "UttJe," she answered sadly. "He
I heard me to the end then nufitJonfid
me close. He sat silent a BDace and
t thn strode out the door without a
I word. John, he is a man of iron body
ana
soul and mind of iron I under
stand him not
i So t h f v th a art A nr Ttrnrri nf
hope from my colonel!
v. .u x bush uuu
ayiEJ in my beart wben you came
in? Twas this: Tbough she lie In
i some other man's arms she can never
foet'
There was silence between
I us for a space and then her little hand
drew me to my feet and I took her in
my arms.
"Jack." she whispered, "on my
knes I begged of Lord Wiiloughby
the life of the man I loved. If not
you. then none shall Hark! What
is that?"
Of a sudden the ground shook with
the tread of a horse and the air was
full of the clink and rattle of stirrup
and sword. Then came stillness again.
I dragged the oaken bench to the
window and together we stared out
into the darkness. Round the guard
house was ranged company upon com
pany of horse, the fitful light of the
oampfiresr Cashing on headpiece and
sword. It was the Ironsides.
And as we clung together, staring
and doubting our eyes, the door of the
council hall opened and Cromwell
strode out. Behind him was Lord
Wiiloughby and General Crawford and
others of the council. In the glare of
the torches we saw Cromwell point
with outstretched arm to his regiment
of horse. For a moment Lord Wii
loughby stood like a stone. Then he
made a gesture of assent and submis
sion and went off to his quarters
without looking back.
We sprang to the floor in an agony
of expectation. The door flew open
and Cromwell came striding In, booted
and spurred and plastered with mud
from his ride from London.
"Free you are. my lad!" he cried,
"and still captain of my First Troop.
The fools! They swore you should
die till I showed them our Ironsides
here and told them to take you If they
could. Then they changed their
minds."
And this much I will tell you of
what my colonel said, but his further
speech to me and to the blushing wom
an on my breast I will not set down;
it is for my wife and me and none
others.
But this I will say: When the Iron
sides beheld us three come forth, for
ence their iron discipline was forgot
and a shout went up that minded me
of the day when the First Troop took
the Royal Standard at Edjs Hill,
TEOOPS STARVING.
DEPLORABLE CONDITION IN
SOUTH AFRICA.
Tommy Atklna obliged to Subsist oa
food Unfit for Bwbm Being, Whll
Tons of Rations Ara Held Up by Red
Tape.
A war correspondent with the Brit
ish army in South Africa. A. G. Hales,
in a recent dispatch to a London paper
scathingly denounces the officials in
charge of the army commissary both
at home and In South Africa, and con
demns the unwonted display of red
tape which impedes the work and effi
ciency of the troops, all of which he
classes as criminal neglect. He says:
"Let me tell you how our army In
Africa is treated by the incompetent
people of the good city of London. I
will deal now, particularly, with the
men who are acting under the com
mand of Gen. Sir Leslie Rundle. This
good soldier and courteous gentleman
has to hold a frontage line from Win
burg, via Senekal, almost to the bor
ders of Basutoland. His whole front,
extending nearly a hundred miles, is
constantly threatened by an active,
dashing, determined enemy an enemy
who" knows the country far better than
an English fox hunting squire knows
the ground he hunts over season after
season. To hold this vast line intact
Gen. Rundle has to march from point
to point as his scouts warn him of the
movements of the tireless foe.
"Gen. Rundle's task is a colossal one,
and any sane man would think that
gigantic etforts would be made to keep
him amply supplied with food for his
soldiers. But such Is not the case. The
men are absolutely starving. Many of
the infantrymen are so weak that they
can barely stagger along under the
weight of their soldierly equipment.
Thejr are worn to shadows and move
with weary, listless footsteps on the
march. This is what the soldiers get to
eat, what they have been getting to
eat for a long time past, and what they
are likely to get for a long time to
come:
"One pound of raw flour, which the
soldiers have to cook after a hard day's
march, is served out to each man every
alternate day. The following day he
eats one pound of biscuits. In this
country there is no fuel, excepting a
little ox dung, dried by the sun. If a
soldier is lucky enough to pick up a
little, he can go to the nearest water,
of which there is plenty, mix his cake
without yeast or baking powder and
make some sort of a wretched mouth
ful. He gets one pound of raw fresh
meat dally, which, nine times out of
ten, he cannot cook, and there his sup
plies end.
"What has become of the rations of J
rum, of sugar, of tea, of cocoa, of gro
ceries generally? Ask at the snug little
railway sidings where the goods are
stacked and forgotten. Ask in the big
stores in Cape Town and other seaport
towns. Ask in your own country, where
countless thousands of pounds worth of
food stuff lie rotting in the warehouses,
bound up and tied down with red tape
bandage. Ask yes, ask; but don't
stop at asking, demand reparation of
somebody high up in power.
"Don't let some wretched underling
be made the scapegoat of this criminal
state of affairs, but the taint of this
shameful thing rests upon you, upon
every Briton whose home,privilege and
prosperity is being safeguarded by
these famishing men.
"The folks in authority will probably
tell you that Gen. Rundle and his
splendid fellows are so isolated that
food cannot be obtained for them. I
say that is false, for recently I, in com
pany with another correspondent, left
Gen. RurIle's camp without an escort.
We made our way in the saddle, taking
our two Cape carts with us to Win
burg railway station; leaving our
horseflesh there we took train for East
London; then back to the junction
and down to Cape Town, where we re
mained for 48 hours, thence making
our way back to Winburg, and from
Winburg we came without escort to
rejoin Gen. Rundle at Hammanonia. If
two war correspondents could traverse
that country and get through with
winter supplies for themselves, why
can't the transportage people manage
to do the same. These transfer people
look with contempt upon a war s corre
spondent, but if we could not manage
transport business better than they do
most of us would willingly stand up
and allow ourselves to be shot."
Tcnerlffe's Primitive Laundries.
According to Consul Berliner's re
port the laundry methods at Tener
iffe are primitive, to say the least. He
writes of the treatment of -his white
duck suits. "First washing them
without soap, the laundress then puts
them on the ground and beats them
with stones. It's enough to break your
heart to see her ripping up your Sun
day suits with those sharp rocks.
When this process Is finished she
soaps the clothes, puts them- in dirty
water, and then goes back to the ston
ing process again. When she's worn
several holes in a suit she hangs the
entire outfit on a tree or lays It in
the dirt to dry.' Chiquita sends Mr.
Berliner's crash suits -home, after shu
has so violently assaulted them, heav
ily starched, and the owner is unable
to wear them until they are clubbed
into wearable shapelessness."
Walter Q. Gresbam't Portrait.
A portrait of the late Walter Q
Gresham, secretary of state under
President Cleveland, is to be given
place of honor in the galleries of the
emperor of Japan. This is to be done
as a tribute to Mr. Gresham's services
in negotiating the treaty between the
United states ana japan wnich was
adopted- during Cleveland's second
NEBRASKA SENATORIAL FIGHT
TVajs That are Peculiar and Tricks That
are Vain Confusion and Bitter
ness its Chief Character
istics. The ways of the republicans around
the Nebraska legislature are peculiar
and their tricks, which are many, are
vain. There are two senators to elect
one. for four years and one for a term
of six years. There are twenty candi
dates. No two of them have votes
enough, if combined, to elect. .There
fore combinations are useless. For
the most part these candidates hate
each other worse than the devil hates
holy water. Two or three of them have
votes enough to prevent an election
unless they are the favored ones and
get one of the places. It looks, there
fore, like there was to be a high
old time for many weeks. Thompson
has more votes on which he can rely
than Rosewater has. But Thompson
has enemies, bitter enemies, and lots
of them in the republican party who
swear by high heaven that " he shall
never be elected. Rosewater also has
enemies, but he ' has more friends
among the rank and file of the repub
lican party than Thompson has. The
newspaper men are for the most part
for him. He is a fighter, a stick-to-it
sort of a fighter, and carries at his
belt the scalp of every republican
scalawag he ever went after. The re
publicans whom he has fought in the
past are so dead politically that they
have no influence and can't hurt him
or aid his living enemies. Meiklejohn
seems to have tire aid of Mark Hanna.
How much that will count for we will
have to wait to know. The remainder
of the gang are. mostly keeping their
men in hand so that they, when they
do throw them to some candidate that
has a chance of election, can make a
stiff bargain. There Is a great deal
more in this fight than the election of
two senators. Think of the share that
Nebraska republicans will have in all
the rich appointments that will be
made during the" next four years.
There is a great standing army to be
officered, there are commissions , ga
lore, there are sinecure positions and
big salaries by the thousand to be dis
tributed, and the two senators from
Nebraska will have appointments with
salaries attached amounting to two or
three million dollars to har.d out to
those who can select the winning men
and give them substantial assistance.
There is lots of money in it. That is
what brings, these big crowds to Lin
coln. That Is the way the man of
common sense looks at it, but the mul
let heads think It is pure patriotism
that brings these men here and causes
them to spend thousands of dollars for
hotel bills, whiskey and other neces
sary things that go into the cost of
electing a United States senator by a
AN
All
In conjunction with our great manufacturers' Sale of
pose to inaugurate the greatest sale
in these parts. If
these busy days of clearing. This sale is truly
each and. every item oeiow namea, wnen careiuiiy mspeciea ai inp siore, win roveai lu yuu w.
vi-mo-o harcoirt in ifaftif: Vmi will not find a snantv stock to make vour selection from, but on
the other hand you will
is.the largest, oest stocKea, ana oest equipped 01 any m ine wesi. xieau wi-u sre-,- u;v x
item below named; there is money in it for you. , Mail orders filled, money back if not satisfled
Handkerchiefs
Men's Japanette Handkerchiefs . . . . 5o
Men's Japanette Handkerchief S...1O0
Men's Linen Cambric Handker
chiefs 2c
Men's Turkey Red Handkerchiefs . . . . lo
Men's Linen Handkerchiefs, plain
- a
or fancy border so
Men's Pure Linen Handkerchiefs 12JC
Hosiery
xviens an wooj uoso, www
r n 1 1 -IV.
only....... 10c
Men's wool hose, worth 25c, only .12Jc
Men's wool hose, worth 30c,
only 19c
Men's Rockf ord Socks 4o
Men's pure dye seamless socks, in
black, tan, blue or red 8Hc
Men's extra fine half hose 12JwC
Men's fine half hose 19c
Little Bargains
Gold plated collar buttons, front or
back. 5c
Link or plain cuff buttons of a super
ior quality 25 C
Men's unlaundered white shirts .... 25c
Men's hose supporters ............ 10c
Ear muffs, 25c quality. 19c
Turkey red handkerchiefs lc
Boys' odd knee pants -19c
Boys' shirt waists, for boys age 11,
12, 13 and 14, regular 50c, 75c and "
fl.00, only 33o
Brownie overalls, age 4 to 14 years. 25c
25 per cent discount on all flannel
shirts. Choice of all our $3.00,
$3.50 and $4.00 stiff hats, only. $2 40
Choice of $1.00, $1.25, and $L50 caps,
only , ..78c
Special lot of fine colored silk hand
kerchiefs ....................... 25c
THE ARMSTRONG CLOTHING CO
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.
republican legislature.
The first vote taken for senators
was on last Tuesday. There was so
much confusion In the minds of the
republicans that they voted for some
men, both for the short term and long
term. Then they appointed a com
mittee to arrange for acaucus. There
was so much confusion there that the
committee was discharged and they"
will now go it every man for himself.
The first vote for. senators resulted
as follows:
Short Long To
term term tal.
G. D. Meiklejohn... 3 19 22
D. E. Thompson.... 2t v . , 24
E. Rosewater 12 12
E. H. Hinshaw 12 2 11
F. M. Currie 2 18 20
L. Crounse........... 8 8
E. J. Hainer. ...... 5 .. 5
M. P. Kinkaid...... 4 1 5
Church Howe ...... 4 - 4
E. A. Tucker....... 3 .. o
W. H. Newell. ..... 11 2
C. H. Dietrich...... 1 .. 1
G. A. Murphy 2 2 4
W. V. Allen........ 48 2 50
G. M. Hitchcock.... 1 23 24
W. H. Thompson... 3 32 35
W. J. Bryan 3 3
M. F. Harrington... 1 .. 1
G. W. Bergei ....... 4 4
I. J. Dunn 1 ; .. 1
Dr. Kay 1 1
R. G. Sutherland... 3 .. 3
J. R. Hays... 2 2
L. D. Richards....... 11
Francis Martin 1 .. 1
Senator Owens..... 1 .. 1
W. S. Morlan....... 1 ' 1 2
T. L. Norval... 2 .. 2
N. V. Harlan.. 3 ., 3
J. H. Van Dusen.... 1 1 2
S.P.Davidson........ 1 1
D. H. Mercer.... 1 1
Two members absent. "
The fusionists in the above list num
ber eight, of whom Allen, Berge, Har
rington and Sutherland are populists
and W. H. Thompson, Hitchcock,
Dunn and Bryan are democrats. The
votes cast for .Mr. Bryan were cast
against his wishes. All the others are
republicans. If any one can find ana
basis for a forecast in that vote, they
are at liberty to try. The Independent
has no disposition to try.
Wednesday the first joint session
was held, the two houses meeting in
the hall of the house of representa
tives. The ballot was as follows:
Short Long
term. term.
D. E. Thompson........... 31
Crounse 1 9
Currie 2 18
Hainer ................... 5
Hinshaw .. 15 1
Meiklejohn 2 24
Rosewater 1 13
Martin " 2
Van Dusen 2 1
Church Howe 1
Harlan 2
0
you can't come,
have the full benefit of
Suspenders
Men's suspenders 8c
Men's good suspenders 12 J-C
Men's extra quality suspenders .... 19 C
Men's leather suspenders ......... -19 c
Men's fine quality suspenders ..... 25c
Boys' suspenders at,... 5c, 8c, 12Jc 15c
MEN'S LINED DRESS
Gloves, Mittens
All $2.00 gloves and Mittens, go at
1 50
All 1.50 gloves and mittens go
at 1 13
All 1.00 gloves and mittens, go
at 79c
All 75o gloves and mittens go
at 59c
AU 50o gloves and mittens go
t, 39c
SPECIAL LINES IN
Work Gloves,
Mittens
25 Dozen leather gloves and mittens,
goat .25c
50 Dozen leather gloves and mitteas
go at .....35c
100 Dozen gloves and mittens, worth
65c and 75c, go at. ..-50c
Neckwear
100 dozen fine, pure silk teck, string
or four-in-hand ties, worth 40c,
sale price.... 25c
60 dozen extra fine, silk teck, puff,
string or four-in-hand ties, worth
75c, sale price.. 50c
EXTRA SPECIAL
AU of our fine Christmas ties, in puff
teck, and four-in-hand ties, that
sold at $1.00, L50, and 2.00, choice 75c
SALE
Kinkaid 2 1
Murphy 1 1
Norval 1
Lindsay 2
Sheldon 1 ..
Morlan 1
Hays m 1
Richards 1
Allen 57 ..
W. H. Thompson.... 68
Sutherland 1 .
A DESCRIPTIVE NAME
Several Correspondents Send in Sugges
tions to Correct the Misnomer of
the Republican State Organ.
In view of the well-known proclivi
ties of the paper I suggest that it be
called "The State Jackal," as being
truly expressive of the work of it and
its correspondents to which, notably,
Harrison and Johnson are devoted.
ARTHUR E. CHILDS.
Norfolk, Neb.
I hereby submit the name "Judas
Journal" as the appropriate title ' of
the Nebraska State Journal. "Devil's
Mouth Piece" and "Satan's Emissary"
might also be appropriate.
BELLE GOODRICH.
Geneva, Neb.
I suggest the "Cotton Mouth Re
publican Journal of Lincoln."
T. F. GRAHAM.
Alma, Neb.
I will give a -name for the Journal
"The State Hypocrite."
K. D. MERRICK.
Brainard, Neb. , -
You wish a name for the Gold Stand
ard Liar. I can't think of any strong
enough to suit me, but will send this
mild one "Dirigo." It is certainly
the leading liar.
JEREMIAH LE RUE.
Perris, Cal.
I don't expect to win the prize, but
I suggest as a name for the State
Journal, "The Imperialist Anti-Silver
Blatherskite." CARL SANBURG.
Sutton, Neb.
Suggestions of appropriate names
will be received until February 1, on
which date The Independent will pay
$5.00 to the person who sends the
name that is accepted as the most ap
propriate for general use. Send in
your suggestions. .
Republican Taxation
A recent bulletin of the department
of labor gives some interesting sta
tistics relative to the cost of main
taining city government. From It we
learn what Lincoln taxpayers have no
doubt long suspected, that Lincoln
of Furnishing Goods ever kiiS
order by mail; it's
worth of Fine Shirts, Underwear, Hosiery, Gloves and
Mittens, Collars, Cuffs, Suspenders, Handkerchiefs, and the
like will be disposed of during this 'sale greatly to the ad
vantntrfi of those who make an .effort to be with us during:
worthy of your most vigilant investigation, for
our entire furnishing goods department, which
Oxford Mufflers
$2.00 Oxford Mufflers 25
1.50 Oxford Mufflers ... 1 1 13
1.00 Oxford Mufflers. .....75c
75c Oxford Mufflers.. ........... 50c
50c Oxford Mufflers 39c
Night Shirts
25 Dozen night shirts 39c
Regular 75c grade night shirts .... 5 0 C
Flannel night shirts, at 50c, 75c, and
-. 81 00
Shirt Bargains
Special and liberal prices named on
our handsome line of Men's stiff bosom
colored shirts. ,
Three Important Lots
LOT 1 All our regular line of Men's
all colored, stiff bosom shirts ; come
plain or pleated bosom w ith two
, pairs of cuffs; shirts that bear the
trade mark of Monarch, Wilson
Brothers, Eagle, Elgin, Lyon
Brand, and Griffin. Shirts that
sold in our store all season at $1.50
and $2.00. Special price 13
LOT 2-Odd3 and ends of Men's
fine all colored, stiff bosom shirts,
elegant patterns, liberal scale of
; sizes, true value $1.00 and $1.25.
Sale price.............. .79c
LOT 3 Here is the greatest clean
up ever made. We have bunched
about 25 dozen Men's all colored, .
stiff bosom shirts, many we ad
mit are only odds - and ends but
they truly represent the grandest
values ever before offered. - Some
of them are remnants from our
fine line of Eagle shirts, some are
of the Monarch brand, others of
the Manhattan make. True val
ues 75c $100 $1.25, and $1.50. All
go at....... .49c
government costs its citizens nearly
twice as much on the $1,000 valuation
as Tammany-ruled New York. Here
are a few figures:
RATE PER $1,000 VALUATION. ,
Lincoln, Neb......... ,..$38 00 1
New York. N. Y.--.
19 .SO
Baltimore, Md.....
19 80
18 50
18 04
16 2t
15 10
13 50
12 SO
11 72
9 10
Philadelphia, Pa,.
Tll-lfFolrt XT IT
Chicago, 111.......,,
Louisville, Ky...
Cleveland, O... .......
St. Louis, Mo...
Cinrinnnt! n
Providence, R.
Boston. Mass ... . ..w. 8 95
Portland, Ore.'.'.'.......... 8 00
Salt Lake City, Utah.... 7 25
McKeesport, Pa 7 00
Indianapolis, Jnd... ........ 6 00
Allentown, Pa.................. 3 79
, Includes the charge for county pur
poses. 5 .
On the average the citizens of most
cities pay about one-third less taxes
than the New Yorkers. But the peo
ple of Lincoln, notorious for their dis
courteous treatment of a candidate for
president their . fellow townsman
grope along In the dark and with much
grumbling pay nearly double the rata
the Tammanyites do, yet make no at
tempt to discover and remove th3
cause of this exorbitant taxation.
Big bargains in shoes at Webster Xi
Rogers, 1043 O st., Lincoln.
Stop Some Stealing
Reservoirs on the headwaters of tha
Missouri . and its tributaries . would
leave no excuse f for appropriating
many of the millions that go into the
river and harbor bill and cut off the
stealing that is done to build dykes
and levees. That is the reason that
a good many congressmen take so lit
tle interest in. the irrigation of the
great west. Those who suffer from the
floods that periodically , devastate the
lower Mississippi see the benefit that
would come to them from irrigation
reservoirs. The New Orleans Picayune
remarks in regard to. that matter as
follows:
"The flrat and most Immediate bene
e,fits would result to agriculture in thj
use of the water to Irrigate the arid
lands of the far west. . The second re
sult would be the diverting of those,
flood waters from the Mississippi river,
thereby relieving the lowlands of the
valley from the inundations they periodically-
cause without, such diver
sion. While Louisiana has a general
Interest in the improvement of the
entire country, and in the promoting
of its agriculture, this state's special
interest is In the relief , Jtrom floods
from the great rivers that pour their
waters down from the mountains upon
the lowlands."
Shoo sale at Webster & Rogers. ' ,
cirMSfipxir-
a good, safe way
A GENEROUS OPPORTUNITY TO
BUY
Winter Under
wear , Made possible by pur GREAT
JANUARY SALE. By way of
' explanation, we have bunched all
broken lots, all short lines, and
have put them on one . table. The
1rices named on goods will ecarce
y equal the original cost of manu.
facture, thus showing to pur patrons
the most liberal saving ever made
possible on this particular line.
!- I i C ! I ! 1 ,
rive Lou 01 dpeciai importance
LOT 1 Broken lots of Men's shirts
and drawers, worth $1.50 and $2.00
only.... ....1 00
LOT 2 Broken lots of Men's shirts -and
drawers, worth fl.00 and
$1.25, 50o
LOT 3 Broken lots of Men's shirts
and drawers, .worth 50 and 75c. .. 29 O
LOT 4 -Broken lots of Men's shirts
and drawers, worth 40c ......... 29 O
LOT 5 Broken lots of Men's shirts
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.hots' neece lined snir-s ana araw-
era, 19o
Special Bargains
Work Shitfts
Men's work shirts, worth 30c, on!y?l9o
Men's work shirts, worth 35c, only, 25o
Men's work shirts worth 45c, prjy 35 o
Men's work shirts worth 50c.r,nly 39o
Men's work shirts worth COc, only 50o
Collars and Cliff s
Pure linen collars, all f 'yles........7o
Pure linen cuffs, all styles.. ...... .He
Large assortment of odd colors (pure
linen), over 25 doren in all, worth
10c, 15c, and 20y each. lo
Celluloid cuff ai......,, 3c, 5c, lOo,
. and . .....,......., 1) C '
Celluloid cis-.at 10o, 15o and....25c
I