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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
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FRANK IAMS returned from France October 10, 1901, with, the largest importa
tion of stallions to Nebraska in 1901 only man in the United States that imported
all black Stallions. He imported 40 BLACK PERCH ERON640
They re h "town Ulk." The peopl tbrtfif hit bai And
babble orr with these sayings : "The most seleet and UrJrAtt
black stallions I flyer saw." "Erery one a winaet and as wide
tiawiton." "The choicett lot lams ever i$brteL" "fink
lama alwajshas the best horses." "Has many prise winner
at leading; horse shows of America." ' "Won't have calls."
"His horses won $1,300 at Omaha exposition? "la fact, they
always win." He has on hand 4 r)- : --j ?
inn Black Percherons, Clyde, iflft '
I UU Shlrea and Coachers.i ,., ,1 UU ; V
They are 2 to 5 years old, weigh 1,600 to 2,400 lbs.., lams has
MORE black stallions. MOBS ton and thick stallions, MOfcK
money makers and TOPS, more g-OTernment afcfcfoTed and
royal bred stallions than ALL Importers of Nebraska, lams
speaks French and German and needs no interpreter, knews
the breeders in LA PSRCHZ. This with twenty-ire yeati'
exnerienee sarts $300 on each stallion and ceti the ibest horses.
irrespective of their cost. He has no salesman, sates yon the middleman's profit, a lei no cold
brick talk, guarantees to show you more black ton stallioca than all isaportets or Nebraska or
pay fare and $20. Don't be a clam write lams. He pays freight and fare of borers. Barns La
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, ST. PAUL, UOWAIID CO., NEB., ON B. & M. AND U. P.KYS. . ;
References s St. Paul State Bank. First State Bank, Citizens' Nat. Beak.
, WE ARE NOT THE LARGEST IMPORTERS ;
In the U. 8. Neither have we all ton horses. Bat we do make five
importations each year. Oar stables at Lincoln, Neb. and at South
Omaha Union Stock Yards are full of first-class stallions. If you want
a good one for what he is worth, it will pay yon to saa us. Our horses
won sweepstakes in all draft and hackney classes at Nebraska State
Fair 1901. Addrens all correspondence to :. .
p WnTSflN WnnnS RRfR & KPIIY nn I Innntn NMh
SaSSSlF SPECIAL NOTICE-Wood, Bros., of Lincoln, Neb,; have two ears of
Shorthorn and Hereford balls and cows for sale at a bargain.
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WASHINGTON NEWS
The Independent wishes to call at
tention to its Washington correspon
dence and ask its readers to note the
very great difference between what is
published in these columns and what i
is furnished to the dailies by the As
sociated press. The latter's account of
the objection made in the senate to the
confirmation of Knox as attorney gen
eral was wholly different from what !s
found in the special correspondence cf
The Independent. The Associated press
at first failed to- send out the fact that
the nomination hafl been held up In
the senate. ' Afterwards it spoke of
the opposition to Knox as feeble and
only spite work of a few individuals,
declaring that the senate had treated
it with contempt. The account of The
Independent correspondence is wholly
different 'The cause of the opposition
and the names of the eminent men who
were engaged in it are all given, along
with many other particulars, which on
the face of the account bear evidence
of careful writing and an earnest en
deavor to get the actual facts and give
them to the public.
The o.tber correspondence concerning
western matters and things that the
people of this state are interested in,
is of equal importance and is a matter
that the Associated press always sup
presses. The Independent has three
corespondents on the ground at Wash
ington a staff of writers equal in
numbers to the force kept there by any
of the great dailies and they are all
writers of equal ability to any of the
Washington correspondents. Not one
of these writers has any motive to
misrepresent the facts and the orders
of this office i3 that the greatest effort
shall be made to get the truth, and
only the truth. Two of these writers
are special correspondents for The In
dependent, while the other writes for
several different papers. The readers
of The Independent will be better post
ed on the occurrences in Washington
than those of any other paper in the
United States in regard to all matters
in which all the people are interested.
The scandals and gossip of the capital
will be cut off short, but things of im
portance will be described in detail.
Some news of importance has come
too late to get into this edition in full
and it is here summarized:
Postmaster General Smith has re
signed and Payne of Wisconsin has
been appointed in his place. The news
sent to The Independent is to the
effect that Smith was forced to resign
because of his attitude in regard to
suppressing newspapers and other per
iodicals by executive orders issued by
one of the clerks in his department.
It is said that there were hundreds of
men In Washington working silently
to force his removal. Some of them
were men of great wealth and influ
ence. The matter went so far that a
threat was made to begin a war on the
railroads to stop - the exorbitant
amounts paid to them for carrying the
mails. This brought the railroad in
fluence over to the side of the pub
lishers and that soon settled the mat
ter. Smith, the . retiring postmaster
general, was behind the Loud bills and
has been the moving spirit in all the
work to curtail second-class matter,
but when the railroads saw that their
graft was in danger if the war was
kept up, Smith had to go in a hurry.
It is probable that the raid on little
country weeklies will now stop. The
most astonishing thing in regardto
this change in the cabinet is the an
nouncement that the new postmaster
general Is in favor of the government
ownership, of telegraphs and that he
will prepare and have a bill intro
duced into congress providing for mak
ing them publid property, ' ' - " '
In regard to the Knox matter, it may
be remarked that no one expected to
prevent the confirmation of the attor
ney general, for it has always been
conceded that the president has the
.right to select his own official family,
but the object was to call attention to
his career and the evident bias of that
officer in favor of trusts. The object
has been fully accomplished.
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J LITTLE THtNKS.
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What a good thing for England that
the Irish are not Boers. " i
All the coal dealers are dead set
against heating plants.
Dewey has been heard of, and so has
Schley; heroes of Manila and San
tiago. But who has ever hear of
Benham and Ramsey? ' -
If Governor Savage were to attend to
his official business in persori, instead
of playing clown in various , doubtful
shows, things might go be'tter.
The wisdom of Edgar Howard, and
the others, is now fully vindicated.
They all have presidential candidates
galore nearly three years ahead ;of
time.
Chairman Jon.es of the national dem
ocratic committee always 'makes fa
fool of himself. Why has he intro
duced the Schley resolution in the sen
ate, and thus make it to some extent
a party issue? Jones and Richardson
are'a goodpair, indeed.
Coal dealers have no rights that de
cent men are bound to respect; they
always rejoice over other people's mis
fortunes. They smile while others
are freezing. Not only that, but they
charge higher prices. Yet more,- their
scales arc always one or two, hundred
pounds short "for good measure."
The idea of electing Lawfor to the
city council is good for the company to
which he belongs, but is very bad for
the people. He is frank about it when
he says: "I cannot afford to 4)e for
the people. My interest is with my
corporation." The people ought to be
swindled and robbed when they vote
for such cattle.
Germany is bound to have a slice o?
South America bordering on the Car
ribean sea. France and Great Britain
have homes there and therefore Ger
many musjt have one. ' Roosevelt had
better be careful. The Germans will
prove as disagreeable fellows when we
tackle them and Invite them to "go
way back and sit down" as the Boers
have proved to the Eilglish.
Boston of Today
Boston beans from Chicago come, her
brains from rural" towns;
Indianapolis makes her books, London
her coats and gowns; -
She's sold her bays of lyric days for
stock in copper and gas,
And swapped her spavined Pegasus
for a nimble syndicate ass.
And who knows Crispus Attucks? of
the crowds which pass him by. ;
Addicks, Lawson and Whitney are the
names we conjure by. ;
And pilgrims fresh from the woolly
west get a decided chill V
To find Bostonians frappe, who never
saw Bunker Hill.- -
The things that Boston used to boast
are mostly to be found
Securely weighted down by stones and
pillars underground;-- .;
There are her saints and heroes, her
. subway, aye, and her pride,
And there that love of freedom bold for
which her fathers died,
Now she gets her garments, her ac
cents and her notions - -
From those she thrashed in ruder days
on lands and seas and oceans.
Boston's no longer Yankee,-American,
Athenian; "t ;
She's' either beefy British or tea and
toast Bohemian. v ., -
The hall that Faneuil built still stands
. .' in all Its pristine dirt,
The . only thing we've" got perhaps,
' V' which hasn't changed. its shirt
They call it freedom's cradle and per
7 haps it's aptly styled; .
Well, Boston bas the cradle, but God
knows who has the child.
Perhaps they keep it captive in the
Province House forlorn. ; 1
To interest the lion or amuse the unf
' . corn. " - - -
The voice of Bunker. Hill today sounds
" just a trifle crude,
For antique Yankee notions are bad
form and very rude.:;
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Lincoln :.i8 .essentially a city ; of
schools and colleges and universities.
It would, therefore, seem that spelling
ought not to be a matter foreign to the
scholarship 6f the city. But a brief
jaunt around town during this cheer
ful holiday season will incline one to
the belief that the school-master has
been abrdad a , goodly portion- of th6
time! ' One of the largest stores in the
city placards the "fact .that it has "A
fine iihe of smokers articels," and calls
attention tfl:the factythat "Something
useful will be appreciated by a freind."
a The- subject of socialism is one that
is engaging the; attention of the peo
ple right now.,.-' And it is a"; growing
question, too..: It seems., strange that
bo many , people of - average intelli
gence should ; be so woefully ignorant
of What socialism really is. A leading
member, in one-pf : the most liberal, of
churches recently heard the word "so
cialism? uttered, in a conversation and
Immediately: began to abuse socialists
and socialism inbitterest terms. He
said it was unchristian and foreign to
the principle of the good Book. ; : ;
A socialist standing by picked up a
New- Testament' and quietly showed
his .brother the scriptures wherein it
is Stated that the early disciples held
all-things in common. - ,i-
The early . Christian , church was
purely socialistic, and the Christian
who does not know this to be true Is
woefully ignorant of his Bible.- Some
of, these, days men will understand t the
difference between socialism and an
archy, and when that day comes men
will begin to ; talk intelligently on a
subject, that they now talk about, with
an amount of ignorance and prejudice
almost measureless. . . . .
. A hypnotist has been creating a
great deal of excitement in Omaha. Ho
put himself ko .sleep for a week,, dur
ing which time" he neither moved nor
took; sustenance. V But his performance
contains nothing marvelous. - Some
thing like six million republicans have
beaten that record. They have re
mained immovable, transfixed and to
all appearances asleep for more than
five .years, duriny which time they
have taken no substantial mental food.
Secretary Gage insists that we need
more money. The first thing we fcnOW
Gage. Will be denounced as an inflation
ist , .and thrown over the republican
trahsom. . :
; Time was when the United States
supreme court : had ; no difficulty In
making : decisions ithat decided, . and
which were easily understood by the
people. But that was before the
United States supreme , court under
took to decide . against the constitu
tion by handing down a decision that
knocked 'the constitution so 4 full of
holes that it looked like a collander.v
The fact, that a man is a banker is
no sign that he understands the science
of money. A man may ' be a good
bldcksmlth Without "knowing- anything
about the geology of -iron.
A great deal of the! mystery of bank
ing will be cleared -up as soon as men
begin t6 understand that banking is
merely the-buying and selling, of mon
ey. A farmer Stores tyheat in an ele
vator, just, as a merchant stores mon
ey in a bank. A banker sells a dollar
and six cents, payment being deferred
for twelve months.
The ' day after the last election a
Lincoln newspaper man who is a work
ing democrat happened to have busi
ness in an office where there are a lot
of radical republicans. . As the demo
crat stepped in one ot the republicans
greeted him with the remark;
"Hello, old man! What do you think
of the election?" .
' "The result, merely confirms the
opinion I formed some months ago,"
replied - the democrat.,
"What's that?"
''That if you Will only fill a republi
can's stomach you can slap his face
whenever you feel like it."
.A. representative of The Independent
happened to be in a North Platte town
on Thanksgiving day, and while walk
ing up, street met an old friend who is
engaged in the banking business. Af
ter talking over old .times for a f eW
moments The Independent man asked:
"Say, Chris, have you ever taken The
Independent?''- ,' .
"No, I never did. Your local agent
struck me to take it a few months ago"
and I told him if he would end it over
I'd get -a porus. plaster and try to get
something out - of it.'!
"Did you succeed, Chris?"
"No. I tried, the plaster, but I
couldn't draw anything out of it."
"Well, perhaps you'd better 5try
drawing something out With ypur
brains next - time. The trouble with
you republicans is that you never
think of using your - brains' on any
thing." i-':,' f.Vv,;.-- ' ; t:" vv
! : The republican : newspapers, of Mis
souri are experiencing another pro
tracted spell of that "carrying . Mis-,
ouri" feeling. From the Wednesday
after the first Monday in November
until the Sunday before the first Mon
day in November the republicans ' al
ways carry Missouri. -The remaining
two days Of the; year! are always oc
cupied by, the democrats in doing the
same'thing. ; . -v " ' ,
j-When the time came for the new
senators to be sworn in, Senator Diet
rich came near being lost in the shuffle.--He
was almost hidden from sight
behind a mass of ..flowers sent to his
desk .by "admiring friends" and did
not. Step forward with the other' new
senators. Just before the last -words
of the oath were being administered
tb the others Senator Gallinger dis
covered Deitrich and ; hurried him to
the f font in. time' to hold up his hand
and nod hi3 head with the others. We
have w made diligent - search but have
failed to find where Nebraska ever did
anything to Gallinger that would cause
him to act so cruelly.
. . Judge Dunne of Chicago must be an
irishman; y He has decided that it ,1s
not contempt of. court to criticise . a
decision of a judge: after it has been
handed down. Will Judge Dunne please
inform us how a decision could -be
criticised .- before it . has been handed
down? -y ; .
' Third Assistant Postmaster General
Madden objects' tos periodicals that ad
vertise ideas. . But Mr. Madden would
profit greatly by reading such adver
tisements.' ' ' '
President Roosevelt : objects to the
practice .of docking,, horses' tails, but
the message proves that , he willingly,
consents to the, practice of docking
presidential1 ideas" concerning the
trusts,
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- Jest 'Fore Christmas. "
Father calls' me: William, sister calls
me Will,- -v . ,
Mother calls me Willie, tmt the fellers
- - call, me Bill! . . .. ..
Mighty glad I ain't a girl ruther be a
, . boy, . A---
Without them sashes, Curls and things
. that's worn by FauntJeroy!
Love to chawnk green r.apples an go
6wimmin' in the lake v
Hate to, take the castor-ile they give
for belly-ache! -'Most
all the time the wbole . year
" roUnd, there ain't no flies on me,
But jest 'fore Christmas I'm as good
- as I kin be. '
Got a ; ykller dog named Sport, sick
him. on the cat; . ,
First thing she knows " she doesn't
know where she Is atl
Got alclipper sled, an' When us kids
goes out to sfide, !
'Long comes the grocery . cart, an' we
1 '. all hook a ride! ,
But . sometimes when the grocery man
; ( . is -worrited an' cross,
lie reaches at us with: a whip and lar
- rups - up his hoss, ( - ,
An then we laugh an' holler," "Oh, ye
. never teched me!" '
But jest "fore Christmas I'm as good
cs I kin be! ...
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Gran'ma says she hopes that , when I
, git to be a "man;"i;i'A: -m;
I'll be a missionarer like her oldest
brother, Dan v
As was et up by cannibuls that live in
: Ceylon's Isle, .
Whe,re every prospeck " pleases an'
only man is vile!
But ' grah'ma she has never been to
" See a Wild West, show,
Nor read the life of Daniel Boone, or
else I guess' she'd know
That Buff 'lo Bill an cowboys is good
enough for me! v
Excep' jest .'fore Christmas, when I'm
: good as T kin be! .
And then1 old - Sport he hangs around,
so solemn-like an' still,
His eyes they seem a-sayin': "What's
the matter, little Bill?"
The old ,cat sneaks down off her pearch
an', wonders what'sbecome
Of them two enemies f hern-that
Used to make things hum!
But I am so polite an' 'tefrd so earnest-
ly to "biz, ; ' -'c-w !.:
That mother says to father: "How im-
' prOyed our Willie is."
But father, havin' been a boy hisself,
V suspicions ' me" ;0's '
When,- jest -'fore " Christmas; I'mas
utf -.-.good'as I - kin .be. i -,. ... .
For Christmas with its lots an' lots of
candles, cakes and toys,'
Was made, they say, for proper kids,
, annot for naughty boys;
So -wash your face an', brush your.
. hair, an' mind yer p's an' q's,
Ah' don't bust out yer pantaloons, ah'
don't wear out yer shoes;
Say: "yessum' to the ladies, an' "yes
: .sur" to the men, ; .
An' when there's company don't pass
yer plate for pie again;
But, think in' of the things yer'd like
' ' r to " see " Upon that tree, .
Jest 'fore,, Christmas be as good as
yer kin be! ".. .
. ; , " - Eugene Field. '
HAL
F OUR ILLS
ARE CATARRHAL
' IN NATURE.
Catarrhal Diseases are , Most
Preval ent in W i nte r.
IS THERE NO WAY OF
ESCAPE FROM THEM?
Pe-ru-na' Never Fails to Cure
Catarrh Wherever
Located. . -
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The; senate has ratified the isthmian
canal treaty so now they can gc ahead
if the continental , railroads do not
stop them. Public improvements have
the same effect upon old corporations
that improved machinery has uponpld
hand labor, and they excite the same
opposition
The Charleston, S. C, exposition, for
the display of the "new- southern and
the . West- Indian industries, is now
open for sight-seeing. The climate
down there would contrast with north
ern zero just now ' v T
If the Chinese would bring their,
families, and become citizens as the
Germans and Irish do, .we would be in
favor 6f letting them come. They are
competent to teach us ' in the art of
economy and industry. They never get
drunk J 1 they never beg. . ,
; Yale , college has graduated over 22,
000 students in two hundred years and
oyer half -of them are still living.
Over three thousand have risen into
public notice as teachers, authors,
preachers, lawyers and statesmen. t '
; Seven Vmillions of gold was shipped
to .Europe last month on; one steam
ship. The United States mint reports
that over. $257,000,000 of gold has been
dug,' during the last year, by the whole
world.-1':-'.' '- .r-:'1:'
.The ;, great republican reform that
the present congress wll. probably work
out will be to double the salaries of all
the 1 United'" States officers and then
provide them, a pension t for life after
they, gbout of office., This will enable
them, to. : spend all their salaries oh
elections,gamblIng, and fooling around
just as 'the high-bloods do in other
empires and kingdoms. Still further,
their Wives and children must be pro
vided with a . big pension as ; long as
any. 'of them 'live. x All life officers
Should be permitted to retire on full
salary at forty on account of old age
and. to give other, office-seekers a
chance. It is not the first time that re
publicans have burned their fingers by
BARRED PLYMOUTH V
. ROCK COGKERALS
of best breeding for" sale. A, N. Dafoe,
Tecumseh, Neb.V ,
- There are some things which are as
sure as fate, and can be relied on to occur
to at least one-half of the human family
unless means are taken to prevent.
Pirst, the climate of winter is sure to
bring colds' s '
1 Second, colds not promptly cured are
sure to cause catarrh. , -
Third, catarrh improperly treated is
sure to make life short and miserable.
Catarrh spares no organ or function of
the body. It is capable of. destroying
sight, taste, Smell, hearing, digestion,
secretion, assimilation and excretion.
It pervades every part of "the human
body, head, throat, stomach, bowels,
bronchial tubesj lungs,' liver, kidneys,
bladdeiand other pelvic organs. - ;?
That Peruna cures catarrh wherever
located is attested by the following tes
timonials sent entirely unsolicited to
Dr. Hartman by. grateful men and wo
men who have been cured by Peruna:
Catarrh of The Head.
Mr. D. R. Ramsey writes in a recent
letter from Pine Bluff, Ark., the fol
lowing: n "My son, Leon Ramsey, four years of
age, suffered with catarrh of the head
for eighteen or twenty months. He took
one bottle of your Peruna -and could
; hear as good as ever." D. R. RAMSEY,
:.,:'' Catarrh of The Nose." '
' Mr. Herman Ehlke, 052 Orchard street,
Milwaukee, Wis., writes:
. "I am entirely cured of my catarrh of
the nose by your Peruna. . . My case was
a severe one." Herman Ehlke.
! Catarrh of The Throat . .
B. H. Runyan, SaleSville, O. writes :
" I suffered with catarrh of the throat
for five . years. ,1 was j induced to try
Peruna. I have used five bottles and am
perfectly well." B. H. Runyan.
Catarrh of The Ear.
Mr. Archie Godin, 188 "Beech street,
I'itchburg, Mss., writes : ? -. ;. . .,-,f
x u Peruna has cured rnft of., catarrh of
the middle ear. I feel better than I have
ifor several years." Archie Godin. .
PERWNA
Knocks All Forms ' ot
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Catarrh
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A TEN STROKE FOR PERUNA.
, Catarrh of The Lungs.
Mrs. Emilie Kirckhoff, Ada, Minn.,
writes: ; -' "
" Through a violent cold contracted
last winter,.! became afilicted with ca
tarrh of the nose, which in a short, time
affected my lungs. I took Peruna which
cured me thoroughly. I now feel better
than ! have . for forty ' years." ?Irs.
Emilie Kirckhoff.' T -
Catarrh of The Bladder.
1 Mr, John Smith, '311 S; Third street,
Atchis6n;K;an., writes : -'
'I was troubled' With catarrh of the
urethra and bladder for two years. At
the time I- wrote to yod I was under the
care of my home doctor, and, had been
for four months. ". . , r
. f'l followed your directions but two
months, and can siy Peruna cured me
of that trouble.-"JohriSmiihi
V'Catarrh ef The'lBoWets. ,
; Mr, Henry Entzion, South Bend, Ind.,
writes:;.; " .
. ''The doctor said I had catarrh of the
bowels and I took his - medicine but
with no relief. ; I was getting wrse all
the time. " 'J: : ;;,;".' ' ' ": .'': ""
- "Before' I ' had taken ) a half bottle of
Peruna I felt like a new man." Henry
Entzion. . , , " - '
Catarrh of The Kidneys. "
Peter J. Unger, Hawley, Pa., writes:
"I think thai; I ampyfectly cured ot
catarrh of , the kidneys by Peruna, as. I
have no trouble of any kind." Peter
J. Unger. '
Catarrh of The Stomach.
A. W. -Graves, of Hamnvond, Ind.,
writing to Dr. Hartman, says :
li l am well of catarrh of .the stomach
after suffering two years. ; I have taken
flvo bottles of Peruna and one of Manalin
and I feel like a new man now." A. W.
Graves. , ...... ( . v '. . .. y ,
. Pelvic Catarrh. , '
Miss Katie Loehman, Lafayette, Ind.,
writes: -;, ' r
" I had? pelvic catarrh, ; pain in th
abdomeii,' .back, - hd., stomach trouble
and headache, caused by catarrh. I fol
lowed your directions ; took Peruna and
Manalin according to directions, and
how happy I feel that I am relieved of
such a distressing ailment." Miss Katie
Loohman. .,. ,-
A. book on the cure of la grippe and
'catarrh in all stages and phases sent free
to any address by-The Peruna Mcdicine
Co., Columbus, Ohio. . ; '
salary grabbing. ' They may think .that
the millionaire bankers- corporations
and trusts will be able to put out the
people's fire, but there are still men
living who are good firemen.
The next reform will be to unite all
the banks .trusts" and through , rail
roads into one company, then next
they will seek to own all the shipping
and pocket all the ship subsidy and on
top of that they will want a high pro
tective tariff on all ships that come
into our harbors. Soon after that no
person will be eligible for the presi
dency or for congress unless he owns
at least a hundred thousand dollars of
stock in the great company.
We have noticed that when corn Or
any other kind of grain was a. short
crop and prices began going up that
before another crop was harvested
prices would go down. - When corn is
double or triple the usual price not
near so much : will - be . consumed.
Farmers are selling their hogs before
they are near as fat as they usually
are. Cattle men are feeding wheat in
stead of corn.' One man? on-the Piatt
has already fed. ten' thousand bushels
of wheat. . We would advice the farmer
to sell his corn and not hold it for a
dollar. We knew a man to hold his
three .dollar wheat -for three and a
half and finally sold for one dollar.
Christmas is near by. We are not
of the class who think Christmas pres
ents, birthday and marriage presents
are all ' foolishness. The heart and
thought usually go with the .presents
and as a rule they reach the heart and
awaken thought and memory. Let
your Christmas present this year be
something useful and lasting.- If it
needs to be small and of little cost,
let it' be a book, a pencil or pen-holder,
a thimble or pair of cissors, a news
paper or magazine. TOys and candy
-may answer for small children." Don't
try, to hide the giver from them. Half,
the comfort in a present is in knowing
the giver. The true story about Santa
Claus is full as interesting to children
asthe mysterious character of com
ing down chimneys with a bag full of
presents. , Santa Claus or St. Nicholas
was a true living person in' one of the
far northern countries where the days
an much shorter and the nights much
longer than they are here on Christ
mas. . Where horses and cattle cannot
live and where they have no railroads
or canals: The reindeer and dogs are
their beasts of burden and conveyance.
The reindeer can live upon twigs and
bark of living trees. There is plenty
of wild game and fish, but the reindeer
is the Only tame meat they have. His
tory or fable tells of an old man who
thought a great deal of children. Ev
ery Christmas he used to go around
with a sacjt full of presents and give
each v child a present. ; He finally go t
so old he could not walk the rounds
and he had . to" ride ; in a sledge and
drive a reindeer. When he did not get
around 'before dark, children used to
haiiF their stockings on the door-post
and in the morning the children would
find; their, presents.' His. ..name , was
Nicholas and was such a good old man
that they sainted him after death and
since . he has been , known as Saint
Nicholas, or Santa Claus ,
.- A'' few I words . to i the - boys and girls
about letter writing may not, be out of
place. The ' business ; .rule of , letter
writing is. to give the ' name, of your
pOstoffice, state day of the month and
year, and if you live in a . city you
should give the number and street
where you live: ,
Lincoln Neb.," Dec. 16, 1901.
- ,;';;;. : 1415 C . Street.
Next after your place of residence
and date : should follow the. name of
the person you are .writing to, only it
should be given" near the lef t-hanl
margin of , the page. . But one title
should be attached to , the name and
that should be the highest to which he
is entitled. Judge is higher. than Esq.,
and Colonel ' is higher, than Captain.
Following the name: the compliment,
Dear Sir, should . follow and if she is
a married woman;; Dear iMadam.
, John P. Sargent,., Esq. . ,
; , Pear Sirt ' " ; " '" :
If you are coresponding with young
people give their fUlloname without
title or compliment. ".The first thing
you should acknowledge, the receipt of
your corespondent's last letter, if you
have received any.l If it was a busi
ness letter - answer it - and then write
what you have to offef.If it is a friend
ship letter it is proper to state health
conditions' first; "But' do not' put on
the old form of stating the conditions
Of , your own health, then; wishing the
same blessing upon your correspon
dent.; We saw a letter once that, stated
'.'I am very sick and have not been off
my bed for a whole Week and I hope
this"; letter will find; you enjoying the
same blessing."'. All those old forms
should be avoided. Write just as you
would talk bout the', matter you
would talk - about should you meet.
There are several; endings for letters
that are, common, the - following is
quite, common:, ; - i
. ; : : " ; Yours Trtily, -
Kv"Jnn:C: Grant. ; '
Letters to stranger&vWill either prove
a credit to the writer ora,slur upon hi3
scholarship and good sense. ! . ... .
pet What You Ask For!
When you ask for Cascarfets Candy
Cathartic be sure, you get them.
Genuine" tablets Stamped C.J C. C.
Never sold in .bulk. ' A substit utor is
always a. cheat and ' a: fraud. B eware !
All druggists, ioc ;
LIKE OLD TIMES
An Old Soldier Aceidentally-" Sees a Copy
. " of The Independent and He Wants -'
to pat on HIi Wsir Paint Again '
Editor Independent: After reading
two ror three copies of your paper it
seems : like bid times. . I, .kicked over
the tugs in 1876 and never have seen
any reason to get back."'! cast ray first
vote' for Lincoln in the army.' After
the war I soon saw hbw things were
going .and have been- trying to help
right things ever since. I hav sworn
I would quit, but can't, 'although be
tween you and I;T' don't' Bed any show
when I think of some of the methods
of the bosses and the ignorance of the
average puddlnY head,; My heart fails
me.'..-! I am reading; the Inter-Ocean.
Sometime, ago k subscriber wrote them
about silver. They answered 'him all
right till the end, then told him that
tho reason the silver dollar was worth
100 cents was because the government
was bound to redeem it in. gold or
other money if the holder demanded it.
I. v rote them to show their authority.
My:inquiry w.a3 never answered. You
see-they make any statement they
choose and never allow it to be dis
puted. I sent the matter to The Com
moner, thinking it was good ammuni
tion, and they never paid any atten
tion to it. That reminds me of what
you have said about democratic op
portunities. Our bosses are so afraid ,
the average mullet head will find out
something that our farm papers will
not "allow a word, to be said about
leaks anywhere else except on the
farm. Old soldiers howl about II. Clay
Evans and then election day" take their
medicine and next day begin to howl,
an! the bosses smile.
Could you tell your readers about
how much of their t,Ime the supreme
court actually put in" at the work we
hired them to do ?. My idea is, If I
hire out by the year, as I have done,
th5, man who hires me, has a right to
all my-time "and if I should adjourn
during the heated term I would not get
pay. See the "leaks?" I wonder how
th5, InterOcean and; Mark. Hanna
wtmld like to run their business on
such - lines. V wish they were com
pelled to. I have no right to expect
you' to print such a" mess, but look it
over and you may get some ideas.
I live in Taylor county Iowa. I
served four years in Co. 65th Ohio.
I am drawing $12 a month, which is a;
great help to a poor man, . Of course it :
is nothing beside Joe Wheeler or Jim
Lcngstreet's, but you see I only fought
fo ar years to save the government;
thjy' fptight five years to destroy the
same government,.' Maybe . I had bet-tet-keep
still or the bosses might,
Hoke Smith me:" J. II. OSBOftN.
Hopkins,- Mo.
Worth Twice Its Price
I think the Independent a good pa
per and would not regret paying twice
iti price, ... r w J.. B. .BETTS.
YOca, Neb. J.
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aain. Send your nam and
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walchea C.O.D. for exaininntion before paying-a cent, and if yo
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warranted 20 yr. pay your expreea ipnt S& a exprma rharxet
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