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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
April 11, 1901.
Special Sale of
Wash Dress Goods.
We hare nde some large purchase
cf wash dress pood and we propose in a .
;ciI ele to gi" cur customers the
iiTttie cf the eitrtxely low prices.
BSf About two hundred piece
Cf nf ' tlutJr staple check
ultpl3 4 pEghasi sold almost
GlH2ffl 57 at 7 to 8cyL;
5C 3 yd price 5c a yd.
Dimity
Cords
Fifty piece prided la wet
and printed dimity cord a,
good tjiea. light and me
aiam colors, worth 7 to
ic a yd.
Bast
More than two hundred
peice very bet quality, r3
t men. ovubie io.a percaues
ClCu-S picretioe. one of the
Ir j irget acd choicest collect
liC 2 Yd ' cok -d style eTer
I cb oar counters, tame a
ct;"y wild at 12t acd ILc a yd, special
price lCc a yd.
Fhs
I'rv.ja fctrrtre-4 mrA fiftw
piece of the genuice Toil
.a a t s
" n Wr4 i'i'V.i Kj s rt!r4 f4 rft-l.Z
binUuinSShsms. choice patterns,
. fast color, sold everywhere
iJC 3 Vu at,12' Dd l a i'1-
i i ak Mriu w a yd.
a at V U Uul J I W 9 JWW
quality printed diulies acd
D
H lawn. choice patterns, light,
iXmllsS B&ediuaa and dark colors,
t . d etery where at 12t to
In nil a - -
HiC d 111 iJC ya. pecie price
PttfunS More than three hundred
UhUiUm pieces of tine printed batistes
D and diutie. such as are
imilJSS frequently f-oid for imported
lot A PfJd. choice and exclusive
12 C 2YuL patterns, worth as high as
fc-w J !,; a yd., special sale price
12 c a yd-
Miller & Paine
0 and 13th Streets
oa lit ice in a drouth-stricken local
ity should contribute a cent, unless
amply able to do to.
J. H. Croek. Grd. Valley, sends in
collect ion of and says: -Permit
tae to say I find It a diSerent matter to
rle funds aow since the democratic
policy of benevolent assimilation of
is people's party prevails, as com
pared with the times when the peo
ple had a voice In shaping the party
policy. The last four years have been
o nearly like the republican tactics
that a Kreat many fail to see Just
where the reform comes In- When the
tarsus are graciously permitted to fur
tuh ifce rotes and the cash only, there
ran be to jrat amount of enttsuslasra
crd pih- I hope and trust that the
t:o is at hand wbea the Independent
pzity will cut loose from that mon
trr ty called fusion and go before the
PcpJe oa principle which alone mill
hriiK latinxr and permanent victory.
I tope the dbt may eoon le paid and
Hir orcanitation preserved to sound
tfce alarm until light shall triumph
01 er might and the republic be saved.
It sn too t sl to see our children's
birthright bartered away and our na
tion already in danger of destruction,
with our abilities to stop or even stay
the evil tendency less potent than they
were four years ago." Yet a well
known Nebraska populht some time
a so. commenting on the tendency to
allow the oSce-holders to furnish al
moit tfce entire campaign fund, re
marked that the last year or so the
fSce-holders contributed practically
all the campaign fund, and the result
Isrt year makes me suspicious that
they did nearly all the voting."
II. F. Wssmund sr.. county treasurer,
Ituibville. Sheridan, regrets that crop
conditions prevent making his contri
bution larger and says: I believe
row is the time to organise for the
battle to com. The question Is: Shall
the people lay down and let the cor
porations and truts rule without hin
drance, or shall the people rise up and
ffend their rights? I believe the peo
ple will he all right, if you give them
a chance" without steering them Into
the camp of bell-wethers of the old
parties; because when you patch up
tfce old party, you have all the rotten
ness therein left and that will spoil
all- If we will make the transportation
question our main Issue for the next
two years In this state, we can win.
We must keep to the line that appeals
to men's own selfishness or their own
pockets. Christ's Ideal was the high
est that could b but be was crucified
to piae the ruling claeses and they
could procure all the witnesses they
wanted by bribes. The corporations
are doing the time thing today and
cur pecple stand by and say, 'amen.
Hut give us something with which we
can go to saint or sinner and show
him where he can save a dime or dol
larand we can talk to him. Is Mr.
Wasmusd too caustic? Well, it is
hard to say taat he isn't about cor
rett.
J. l GSlmore. committeeman Kiowa
precinct. Scotts Bluff. (Caldwell), re
grets that "the fasionlsts gave me very
little encouragement in collecting and
homed very little enthusiasm In giv
ing. Their state of Indifference is de-
p'erable.
Tfcos Saunders county workers are
n energetic lot. 11 D. Walker, com
mitteeman for CMar precinct, sends
in a f 7 collection and remarks that he
has been a little slow "but am capable
t lots cf hard work yet for the cause.
Not a particle of doubt about It- Who
ever saw a Baunders county populist
thvt wana't a worker from Worker
Tille? Mrs. li. B. French cf HubbeM. Thav
tt. reports the death "f her husband
oa the 22Z& day of last December of
Don't Miss
This Sale
of
Wash Dress Goods
and while you are iD
.our store see the select
assortments and excellent
values we offer in all the
following lines:
"Wool Dressgoods
White Cotton Dressgoods
Dress Trimmings
Laces and Embroideries
Ribbons i
Hosiery and Underwear
Gloves
Umbrellas and Parasols
Ladies Xeckwear
Corsets
Trimmed Hats . ,
Belts and Belt Buckles
Jewelrv and Fancy Combs
Ladies' Tailor-made Suits
Jackets and Capes
AVhite and Colored Waists
Dress Skirts and Petticoats
Muslin Underwear
Kus and Mattings
Curtains
Sheeting and Muslins
consumption. Thayer county thus
loses one of Its foremost workers in
the cause of reform.
J. H. Welch, committeeman for
Spring Creek precinct. Howard. (Cush-
in;), sends $1.50, remarking: "I would
like to see this indebtedness settled,
and as I make my rounds as assessor
cf this precinct, will collect more if it
Is needed." Well, the more favored lo
calities ought to help out those where
crops failed, and although Howard
county has done well, if she can do
mere it will not come amiss.
O. S. Finch, Cedar precinct. Nance,
(Fullerton), found time to collect and
send in $2 for his precinct.
Jos?ph Lamb, committeeman Rose
Creek precinct, Thayer. " (Hubbell),
writes one' of his characteristic let
ters: "The play of 'hold-fast' as evi
denced over our tate will not cancel
our party debt. I have had la grippe
nearly all winter and have not 'begged
of our drouth sufferers. Old Rose
Creek precinct will be out of the wet
and at the top of the list of contribu
tors." Now watch for Rose Creek.
When Mr. Lamb gets his fighting
clothes on he makes things hum.
H. U. Roberson, Eddy, Hayes,
writes: "I will help you out with a
subscription of my own. Perhaps you
are aware I am against campaign
funds. It seems to me it is a useless
expenditure. Let the candidate go
around and show himself, on the same
principle as we show our live stock
and then let the people do their own
Juoging and vote accordingly. This
th'ng of brow-beating, coercing ana
hair-pulling by political leaders of our
pirties Is a disgrace to our enlightened
voters." Considerable food for thought
there.
John F. Von Bergen, Oldenbusch,
Platte, seuds in a dollar for himself
and neighbor, remarking that "the
first pop. or rather, demagogue, I asked
for a contribution of 25c, told me he
was a democrat now and had no money
to give away. Shortly after the last
election this same man wrote Poynter
congratulating him, etc., and Intimat
ing that he would like to have a job
of some kind. . . ."
J. D. P. Small of York and S. L.
Conger of Inman, Holt, are two work
ers who never lose an opportunity of
doing something when there is some
thing to be done. Mr. Small this week
send in his fourth collection, and Mr.
Conger his third, since the ways and
means committee began work.
Jacob Stunmetz, McCook, In send
ing a dollar for the Independent says:
"I would like to see the paper sent to
more republicans; it surely would con
vert many of them. There are many
ftopulisis in this and adjoining coun
ties I cannot see why they are so
i:ekward. I have talked to a few in
McCook and some of them claim they
have raid as high as $5 toward paying
off the debt but our county don't
show good, nor west of us. I believe
the pops need more punching up than
a genuine Bryan democrat. I am for
reform at all times. Went to the civil
war as a Douglas democrat and came
cut the tame. Served In office In Mc
Cook under President Cleveland's first
administration; but his second term, I
was not 'in it.' From Stephen A. Doug
las to our Commoner, one of the great
est and truest democrats of the present
age. William J. Bryan, whom I shall
always, follow where he leads. We
cannot win in this state without com
bination. I have been la the state thir
ty years and well remember the time
when , J. Sterling Morton, Martin of
Omaha, and others were favorable to
making combination with the alliances
and all other organizations similar. I
hope we may keep together enough re-
formers to win out next election.
F. L. Ray, Central City, Merrick,
says: "L do not know of anyone solic
iting funds here and take this oppor
tunity of throwing in my mite. I see
some of your readers kicking about
the committee being in debt. Without
questiou we are to blame for the cir
cumstances that compelled them to do
this, and I do not think we should
blame the committee for using its best
judgment."
A. Erskine of Lynch, Boyd, writes:
"I had expected to see in the Indepen
dent acknowledgement of a remittance
fiom our Brush precinct committee
man but did not. Having lost my
crop last year because of grasshoppers
and my hogs with disease, I felt so
poor that I thought I would do noth
ing. However, I spoke to B. L. Cham
bers and De Fimple and send you a
dcllar."
W. H. McClellan of Union precinct,
Gosper (Arapahoe) sends a dollar for
the Independent collection, paper to be
sent to a republican friend, and re
marks: "I have watched your ef
forts, as reported in the Independent,
with much interest as well as some
disgust at the tardiness of the re
sponses. When short of funds last
fall, Mr. 'Edmisten made an urgent ap
peal to the workers for help. I tried a
few that I thought could spare some
thing and, failing in that, sent a small
sum from my own pocket. Mr. Edmis
ten then stated that if each precinct
would send in $2, the committee would
be free rfom debt. It seems strange
to me that this small sum cannot be
raised in each precinct, no matter how
poor. I have been unwilling to ask
for subscriptions for the simple reason
that about 95 per cent of our farmers
are paying the eastern part of the 39c
for a very poor quality of corn, with
which to carry through their horses
aud a few hogs. And as we buy about
eveiything else, there is very little sur
plus cash here; but you can bet your
ducats that we are aH putting up for
the republican campaign fund through
the trust route, whether we are poor
or not. I find that the average man
would rather pay $10 to a trust as
profits, than to pay 50c direct to a fund
to be used to down the trusts. The
republicans seem to be following the
advice that Pitt gave to the king that
while he could not tax the people very
hJgh directly, there was a way where
by he could tax the very coats off their
backs and they would never know it.
Art! it seems to me that our people
really like this trust domination, or
they would combine and down it. The
people's party has a large amount of
work before it, in the way of educat
ing the people, and old pops can look
tack with considerable satisfaction to
the work already accomplished. Al
though the old parties are compelled
to steal a part of our principles, we
must not forget that they will steal
the very foundation of this republic
if we but let up and give them a
chance."
It is true that $2 from each precinct
would clear up all the debts if it could
be collected at once and without much
expense. But it costs about $50 to send
a letter to each committeeman, and
hen if only two or three out of every
hundred pay any attention to the let
ter, the returns barely cover the ex
penses. Although a .good many com
nulteemen have been doing some ex
cellent work, they constitute only a
small percentage of the total number.
In a work like this, if less than 50 per
cent respond, then the. committeemen
are undoubtedly negligent. That is
the condition right now.
Grindstones
Direct from maker to user. 75-lb. stone, diam
ster 20 inches, $2.80. 100-lb. stone, diameter 24
inches, $3.30. Either she stone mounted. $1.25
extra. The prices inclnde cost of delirery at
nearest railroad station. "Write for circular.
P. L. Cole, Lock Box 381, Marietta, Ohio.
H'KINLEY AUD MORGAN
Th Great Promoter Holds Exactly the
game Relation to Mack That He Did
to Grover
Whether Cleveland is president or
whether McKinley is president, things
go on in the same way down at Wash
ington. The same men appear and the
same influences are at work.
A Hartford paper says: "It is not
yet a criminal offense for the president
of the United States to confer with Mr.
J. Pierpont Morgan."
No but there are blunders that are
worse than crimes. And it was cer
tainly a blunder of the first magnitude
for Mr. Morgan to suggest and for the
president to make the appointment of
a chief counsel of the steel trust as at
torney general.
It was not "a criminal offense" for
President Cleveland to confer with Mr.
Morgan five years ago as to the sale of
$100,000,000 in bonds. But it was an
nounced that Mr. Morgan's syndicate
was to get the whole Issue for 104,
though bonds of a similar character
were quoted in the market at 118.
The appointment of Mr. Knox is a
double-barrelled blunder, which if not
corrected will inevitably injure both
the administration and the great steel
corporation. It will do more than any
other single act of the president could
do to convince the people that plutoc
racy really triumphed in the election,
under cover of a defense of the cur
rency. If the steel trust can select the
minister of justice, to whose care is
committed the execution of the laws
against trusts and other monopolies,
what limit is there to Its power. And
what protection is there for the peo
ple? This great trust and kindred organ
izations may by this move of Mr. Mor
gan be safeguarded for four years
against federal interference. But is it
a wise and prudent action thus to jus
tify the apprehensions felt and the pre
dictions made in the presidential cam
paign as to the alms of the plutocracy?
The billion dollar trust began with
Morgan's visit to Cleveland in 1893.
The nine millions that Cleveland made
him a present of from the taxpayers
money put Morgan in a position to
make further financial conquests. The
safety of that trust was insured by an
other visit of Morgan to McKinley. The
assurances were such that Morgan felt
safe in making a long pleasure visit to
Europe. He is over on the other side
now and will be for many months, but
McKinley and Knox will see to it that
no harm comes to the billion dollar
trust in his absence.
PRIVATE SECRETARIES
Their Most Arduous Duties mmd the Im
portance and Power That They Ac- .
quire While in Washing-ton
The Hamilton County Register,
George L. Burr, editor, has an attack
on The Independent last week. This is
what Mr. Burr "says:
"The Nebraska Independent com
plains of the present delegation of
populist congressmen because they do
not employ somebody to furnish that
paper with the news. To the writer's
knowledge they, have neglected and
refused to print many such items sent
directly from members, at the same
time filling their columns with untrue
and unreliable news sent out by writ
ers of no standing whatever. The mat
ter they copied from the New York
Voice last week was so warped by pre
judice and twisted by exaggeration as
to convey an idea very far from the
real facts in the case. There, is no
gain to a party in having a press that
stands ready at all times to sacrifice
sincerity to sensationalism, and it
would be a good thing for The Inde
pendent to reorganize its editorial ;
management." y
The reorganizing fever seems to have
struck Mr. Burr as well as Dave Hill
and Grover. Cleveland. The editorial
department of the Nebraska Indepen
dent seems to have suited the people
who read the paper so well (and every
worker in the populist party in the
state of Nebraska is a reader) that the
circulation has grown to be the larg
est of any populist paper in the Unit
ed States. The Independent does not
pretend to be infallible, but it never
made such . glaring errors as appear in
the above article. In the first place
there is no such paper in existence as
the New York Voice. The article com
plained ot was written by Mr. Johnson,
long connected with the Nebraska uni
versity, and whatever his political
opinions may be, no one ever ques
tioned his reliability and perfect hon
esty. Perhaps it may be well to give a lit
tle history of the work of the "private
secretaries" ""to populist congressmen.
When they went to Washington The
Independent tried to get some of them
to send, either to The Independent or
some other populist paper, such news
as was not setn out by the Associated
press. One of them generously offered
to send a column letter every week if
he were.paid $10 a week for it. As that
is a higher price than is paid to any
writer on the New York Journal, with
the exception of the political editor,
The Independent could not afford to
pay it. When so informed no . more
letters came. Everything that could
be coaxed out of these gentlemen, who
get $100 a month for attendance on a
congressman, that was of 'general in
terest or worth printing was published
in The Independent, but it was but a
few lines at most. Wben W. E. Curtis
lies went" without contradiction The
Independent made a protest that
seemed to wake them up. Mr. Burr,
then sent an article. But by the same
mail there came another on exactly
the same subject signed by three of
Nebraska's congressmen and the edi
tor took the otte that was signed by
the cbngressmeTa in preference to the
ono signed by "Mr5.' Burr.
Now these five private secretaries
were at Washington through the most
important session congress ever held.
Matters of the !utmost importance to
the people of this country were con
stantly occurring, much of which was
suppressed by the press agencies and
not one of these hundred dollar men
could send a line to their state to help
the party that sent them there to aid it
in the most desperate fight in which it
was ever engaged, unless they got $10
a column for it:
But these private secretaries wanted
$10 a column for articles sent to aid
their own party in their own state.
Private secretaries seem to get to be
bigger and busier men than congress
men when they get down to Washing
ton, as is proven by. the fact that one
of the congressmen sent ten times as
much matter to The Independent for
publication as all the. private secre
taries put together.
This writer has spent too many
years at Washington as a newspaper
man not to know just how private sec
retaries of the ordinary congressmen
spend their time and just how much
time they have to spend. It is true that
some of the secretaries of congressmen
belonging to the majority and who are
members of important committees
have all the work that they can do.
But the secretary of a minority con
gressman has no such amount of labor
imposed upon him that he cannot nna
time to do a little for the information
of the hard working farmers who have
spent days of time and dollars in mon
ey in defending the principles ana
building up the party whose success
made it possible for the private secre
taries to live in Washington and draw
$100 a month.' -
After a private secretary has lived
in Washington during two or three
terms of congress he gets to be a pret
ty big man in his own estimation.
When he comes home he sees no im
propriety In denouncing state officers
of his own party and declaring that
the state organ, which in his absence
has secured a circulation in every state
in the union and has become an educa
tional and political power such as no
populist paper ever before had at
tained, should have its editorial de
partment reorganized. Great is George
L. Burr. The Independent presents
his name for nomination for supreme
judge at the next state convention. If
that cannot be secured for him, we
propose that he come here and take
charge of The Independent during the
next campaign. By the time he writes
three columns and prepares two or
three more for the printer every day
for a week or two, he may sigh for the
balmy breezes of Washington and long
for those delightful trips down the
Potomac, the ''planked shad," evenings
with the Marine band and all the other
delights that "private secretaries" so
much enjoy. -
Spanish War Soldiers
It will be of great interest to the
Spanish war and Philippine insurrec
tion soldiers to know that through the
efforts of Gus. A. Tyler, state organizer
of the Society of Service Men of the
Spanish war, and Richard O'Neill, sen
ator from Lancaster county, formerly a
member of Co. F., 2nd regiment, N. N.
G., that senate file No. 72, a bill, for
an act to provide for the admission
of soldiers of the war with Spain and
Philippine insurrection, and the
mothers of such soldiers, to the sol
diers' and jailors' homes in this state,
was passed with the emergency clause,
thus making it a law with immediate
effect. All soldiers of those wars are
now entitled to admission to the hofes
under the same conditions as apply to
the old soldiers.
HIS TROUBLE.
"He would never have become so Ad
dicted to drink if it hadn't been for the
trouble he had." -
"Why, what trouble did he have?"
"He had trouble in keeping away
from it." Philadelphia Press.
The New Moth Destroyer
, There have been few really great in
ventions in the world great because
they have met a demand of society
have supplied a want of the human
family. In the early days of fruit
growing, the birds destroyed the in
sect pests and whole orchards were
not devastated. But with the disap
pearance of the birds the Insect pests
have multiplied till orchardists are in
despair. It is an open secret that
while spraying has done some good,
it is at best a clumsy and costly sub
stitut j for birds, and for years Ameri
can orchardists have watched for some
inventive genius to produce a cheap
and effective destroyer of the insects
that prey upon orchards. Mr. Hasel-
ctto T
cr" "Ait. - a-
snns
MOTS
tine has produced the device that will
revolutionize orcharding and garden
ing. Like all other really meritorious
inventions, its utility lies in its cheap
ness and simplicity anyone can oper
ate it in fact, it operates itself, and
when properly adjusted extinguishes
itself at midnight. It works at night
and takes no time from other pressing
spring work. The only brain power
needed in connection with the Ne7
Moth Catcher is to see that the traps
are secured in time and placed in posi
tion and lighted so as to attract the
moths when they first hatch out. If
this is done, no moth will ever get old
enough in the vicinity of the Moth
Catchers to lay eggs, and the breed will
soon become extinct. There will al
ways be need of the traps, however,
for some careless men will not use
them and will continually raise crops
of moths to stray away and do dam
age unless the Moth Catchers are kept
in readiness at the proper season to
continue the work of extermination.
The Central Farmer of Omaha, Neb.,
has accepted the general agency for
this device. See advertisement in an
other column.
COURT COMMISSIONERS
Republicans Play a Gold Democrat and
Get Four, the Democrats Three and
Populists Two
There was a dead look in the su
preme court for several days over the
appointment of nine commissioners
provided by the recent legislature,
which act Dietrich vetoed and then
vetoed his veto, so that the law finally
stood. Tuesday afternoon the court
announced the following appoint
ments: John H. Ames, gold democrat, Lin
coln. ' J. S. Kirkpatrick, populist, Lincoln.
Roscoe Pound, republican, Lincoln.
E. R. Duflie, democrat, Omaha.
George A. Day, republican, Omaha.
W. G. Hastings, democrat, Wilber.
I. L. Albert, populist, Columbus.
S. H. Sedgwick, republican, York.
W. D. Oldham, democrat, Kearney.
From the first Judge Norval demand
ed the appointment of four republi
cans and the deadlock occurred from
that sort of hogishness. They call the
appointment of a gold democrat a com
promise, but The Independent can't see
it in that light. It would much prefer
the appointment of a man who had the
honor and honesty, to say that he was
a republican, than one who sneaks
around town saying he is a democrat
and always works for and votes the
republican ticket.
It is said that the court will be di
vided into three divisions with one of
the supreme judges at . the head of
each. It is to be hoped that these
judges and commissioners will go to
work and clear the docket during the
two years that this commission is pro
vided for, but The Independent has no
faith that they will. These lawyers
know their own interests and the
sources of their own incomes too well
to do a thing like that. It is more
likely that at the end of two years they
will be asking for three or four more
commissioners instead of reporting
that they have cleared the docket and
asking to be discharged.
Educate Tour Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
10c, 85c It C C C. fail, druggists refund money.
School Money for Danees.
In Leeds, England, the School Board
has received a proposal, which has
been referred to a committee, with
the understanding that it shall be giv
en full consideration, to furnish smok
ing concerts, billiard matches and
dances, the expense to he taken from
the educational rates. -
FARMING IN CHINA
Labor Has No Value and Flesh and Blood
are the Cheapest Things in the
Whole Country
The state department has made pub
lic one of the last reports of Consul
Wildman, of Hong Kong, who is cred
ited with having sent Aguinaldo to
Admiral Dewey in the Philippines, and
who with uis family was lost aboard
the Rio de Janeiro in San Francisco
harbor a few weeks ago. The reports
"a aw ivoirt
2 rv- k? cut
j; 31 MOTH.
states that there is no market in
southern China for American agricul
tural machinery. Its agricultural land
is divided into small holdings, many of
which are not over an acre in size, and
very few running over 10 acres. Every
available inch of . this land is under
cultivation, and the planting and reap
ing Is all done by hand; where plows
are used they are of home manufac
ture and are as primitive as those of
biblical times. The majority of the
peasantry, Mr. Wildman says, live at
the rate . of from 2 to 5 cents a day,
and even if they could afford to pur
chase modern American farming ma
chinery there would be no room to use
it. Grain is either trod out of the
straw by water buffaloes or whipped
over an open tub. Even if an entire
village should combine to buy an Am
erican thrashing machine, it would be
considered too wasteful both in the
way it mangles the straw and the grain
and In Its expensive upkeep. In south
ern China there are no horses except
the diminutive China pony, and, as
the agricultural country is mostly flat,
there is no way to utilize water power.
As for steam it is an impossibility, fuel
being one of the most expensive Chi
nese luxuries. . Labor has almost no
value and flesh and blood is the cheap
est thing on the market.
EUGENE ARAM.
Highly Idealized in Lyt ton's Novel of-
That Name.
Eugene Aram was born in 1704, at
Ramsgill, Yorkshire, England. Though
but the son of a poor gardener, he
contrived to acquire considerable
learning, married early, and became a
schoolmaster, first at Nidderdale, and
afterwards at Kneresborough, where
he became intimate with one Daniel
Clarke, a shoemaker. The sudden dis
appearance of the latter in 1745, at a
time when he happened to be in tem
porary possession of a quantity of val
uable goods, threw suspicion upon,
Aram, not as Clarke's murderer, but
as his confederate in swindling the
public. His garden was searched, and
in it was found a portion of the mis
sing property. Aram was arrested and
tried, but acquitted for want of evi
dence. He now left his wife at Knar
esborough, acted as schoolmaster in
different places in England, and ac
quired, in spite of his nomadic mode
of life, a knowledge of botany, herald
ry and various languages. His secret
was betrayed by a confederate, who
excited suspicion by the loudness of
his protestations that a certain skele
ton that had been found near Knares
borough was not that of Clarke. The
accomplice was at last driven to con
fess where the murdered man . had
been buried; the bones were exhumed
and identified, and Aram was arrested
at Lyn academy, in Norfolk, where
he was acting as usher, and thrown
Into prison on a charge of murder. He
was tried at York on August 3, 1769,
and sentenced to be hanged within
three days. At the trial he conducted
his own defence, attacking with great
acumen, plausibility 5and curious eru
dition the doctrine of circumstantial
evidence. After his condemnation he
confessed his guilt, and wrote a de
fence of suicide, but failed in an at
tempt to illustrate his essay. In. ac
cordance with the sentence he was
hanged on August 6, 1759. Eugene
Aram has been highly idealized In
Bulwer Lytton's novel of that name,
and his arrest is the theme of Thomas
Hood's powerful poem, "The Dream of
Eugene Aram." . A play, "Eugene
Aram," by W. G. Wills, was produc
ed by Henry Irving in 1873.
Whistler's Punctuation.
A young Philadelphian, who has Just
returned from a" season of art study in
Paris, says of the painter. Whistler:
"He is personally very quiet and re
served. He is not at all the elfish, ab
surd creature of the anecdotes. In his
art class he distributes among the stu
dents long, narrow slips of yellowish
paper, on each of which is beautifully
written a sentence, such as: . 'Art is
the science of the beautiful,' Punctu
ation marks, dashes and parentheses
do not suffice for the delica'te shades
of emphasis and pause which Whistler
tries for when he writes. To get these
delicate shades he spaces his words
those set close together being intended
to be read swiftly, and those with two
or three inches of space between them
requiring a lingering reading, wth
long pauses." "
FOOT WEARINESS.
Those Who Mast Stand Still Should Be
on Bugs.
A great many years ago the old
fashioned back-country housekeeper
learned that when she had any .work
to do that involved a great, deal of
standing on her feet in one place, she
was the gainer by folding a piece of
carpet or a rug and placing it on the
floor under her feet. It has taken the
business men a long time to learn just
what a -great many of the grandmoth
ers and aunties of this world knew
very long ago, namely, that people
who stand in one place for any length
of time would save a great portion of
their foot and leg weariness if they
arranged for something soft on the
floor. One sensible nan spread a thick
coating of tan bark on the floor of his
warehouse;' another used sawdust and
found it a great advantage.
Where these substances cannot be
introduced with safety or convenience,
a light platform of rather thin boards
for the men to stand on has been found
of great value in the saving of
strength. In offices where men are con
stantly on their feet thick manila mat
ting is helpful in avoiding that ex
treme weariness to which active people
are subject. Wearing loose shoes with
a thick insole of felt Is recommended
when floors are extremely hard and
unyielding. A little attention to some
of what appear to be the minor details
of life will oftentimes repay the pains
taking employer in Increased useful
ness, and the ability to accomplish a
greater amount of labor. .
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Important-Testimony Omitted.
An ex-justice of the peace tells the
following story: During the time he
was in office a young man was
brought up before him on the charge
of gambling. The evidence was con
clusive, and the judge imposed a fine,
which was paid on the spot. When
the case adjourned, the defendant re
mained behind and asked the Judge for
a few moments conversation. "The
case is over," he began, "and the fine
has been paid and it's settled so far
as that goes, but I want to tell you
how It happened. You see, the cop
told us If we didn't stop playing he'd
run us in. Well, we were playing a
jack pot. I had an ace, three queens
and a king before the draw. I discard
ed the ace and king and drew another
queen. There were good hands out
against me, and they tried to bluff me
out and I stayed with them.' Now,
what I want to know is, what you
would have done in a case like that?"
"Stayed with them if the gallowj had
been in sight!" cried the excited
judge. "Why in the name of com
mon sense was not that evidence
brought out at the trial?" Salt Lake
Tribune.
Pictures of Tunnel Work.
Wherever excavations are being
made for the underground rapid tran
sit road a lot of spectators may be
found watching the workmen ,s in
tently as if they expected to see sjx en
gine come out of the hole. ' The photo
graphers who are busy around each of
these excavations are the targets for
all sorts 4 of, questions. The photo
graphsers who are busy around each of
these excavations are the targets for
all sorts of questions. The photographs
are . to play an important part in the
records of the underground. . When
the set is completed they will give
practically a biograph history of the
construction of the road. Each sec
tion of the street and the adjoining
buildings are photographed before' the
work is begun. When the excavations
have' been made frequent photographs
are taken showing the progress of the
work. These will prove valuable rec
ords for the contractors if any damage
suits should be brought against them.
It has been suggested that when the
rapid transit road is completed copies
of this big set of photographs be
mounted in one large album and pre
served as part of the city records. It
will be the most complete pictorial his
tory of a big woric ever made. New
York Sun.
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Insurance on Pierpont Morgan's Life.
It is said that insurance policies to
the amount of ; $20,000,000 have been
taken out on the life of J. Pierpont
Morgan by business men whose invest
ioest might be expected to lose in val
ue, temporarily at least, by Mr. Mor
gan's death.
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17 pounds granulated sugar 1 00
3 cans standard tomatoes 25
4 cans corn. , 25
2 cans imported peas. , 25
3 pounds maple sugar . 25
6 pounds hand picked navy beans., 25
6 pounds prunes 25
5 pounds dried peaches 25
9 bars SilTer Leaf or Santa Clausis
soap i 25
Crackers by the box per pound. 05
Good potatoes per bushel 40 ,
Highest prices paid for conntry pro
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