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CHESS' ) The Chess Editor Bids Adltn to Hli Retd- ,mr Exchanges and Contributor lve t Hearty Tbanki for tut Favori fTd My Chess Friends:' "Good-bye" is hard to say, notwith standing the poet has assured us that "parting is such sweet sorrow." In- semuch as I am obliged to discontinue The Independent chess column, and abandon all my other chess projects, it is . due to . my friends that some ex planation "be made.' A personal letter to each is at' this time impracticable, and I must be content to say my say through The Independent. . In a general way I desire to corrob orate the testimony of those who have claimed so-much for chess. :To me it seems much too serious a study to ever serve as a mere game;, but if it be re garded as a mere pastime, there are ; few who, holding such., opinion,- really appreciate its beauty." . With me chess .is work hard , work, severe mental strain; long hours' of study, the burn ing of much midnight oil. Recently it "natj become more than that it has be come a passion, a habit which was In juring my physical health.,: It, may be a confession of weakness to make this admission but grant that, and what is one to do? Simply quit, as it seems to me. . ... . - I have no regrets for the many hours employed "In studying chess but oni should not make chess the chief aim of life, and its fascination is so great Xor; me that I must simply give It, up. The habit can be broken now but. I am net sure it could be a year or two hence. DeQuincey , told the world something' about the opium habit. . I desire to avoid giving the. world "De France's . Confessions of a Chess Fiend," unless you choose to call this farewell such. ' . First, permit me to take leave of my exchanges. As soon as conyenient my name should be cut off every exchange list. Brothers Walcott of the Boston Post, Helms of the Brooklyn Eagle, Jacobs of the Burlington Hawkeye and Des Moines Leader, Spencer of the St. Paul Disnatch, "Miron" of the N. Y. Clipper, Uf degraff of the Guthrian, Napier of the Pittsburg Dispatch, Dr. Graham of Checkmate, . McPeak of American Chess World, the editors of the Literary Digest, British Chess Magazine, Sachovy Listy, San Antonio LIght,"each and all of them are here by and herein" (Brothers Spencer and Miron know the correct legal verbiage) bidden farewell and God-speed. May they always be able to enjoy chess without becoming a slave to it! Second, I must say good-bye and Good-speed to the Pillsbury National Correspondence Chess association, that greatest of all associations . for dis semination of knowledge regarding the royal game. President Parke and all bis able lieutenants deserve a greater meed of praise, than my feeble pen can translate into understandable Eng lish. To them and the members in the Midland Division in particular, and the whole membership In general, are extended my heartiest good wishes. Third, the members of the Nebraska Chess association are hereby extended greetings and farewell. My resigna tion as .your secretary has been filed to take effect New Year. As a parting word, I would suggest that the due be reduced to '25 cents a jrsar, in order to secure- a larger membership. The players of Texas are ; anxious for a match and should be acommodated if possible. . Our r inter-state matches in the past have brought - about many firm and lasting friendships. To, Van Nuys and Van Noorden of Ohio, Gib son and Voss of Kansas, McGrath and Hooker of Mississippi, and Hunt and Harmer of Iowa, are due not only my best wishes, but also the thanks of every chess enthusiast for their un tiring efforts in Caissa's behalf and their uniform kindliness and courtesy to all with whom they have dealings. Fourth, contributors and solvers of The Independent come in last because they are nearest my heart. The sus pension and final discontinuance of this column, with the consequent breaking with all the pleasant associa tions which grew up with it, is the hardest task I have to perform. Yet It seems to me imperative that I take the step. Other duties require sub stantially all my spare time. The cup is bitter, but must be drunk to the dregs. - No fashionable sipping will suffice. , Mere mention of the names of all my friends secured as a result of The Independent column would en croach on the limited space accorded me for this farewell. I shall ever look back to this period of my life with the feeling that I had formed the acquaintance and had the friendship of the salt of the earth. I cannot refrain from mentioning by name Young, Bar ry, .Walcott, Very, Gamage, Dyar and others of Massachusetts; Dr. Sleeper of N. H.; Dr. Dalton, Mills, Akerley, Helms and others of N. Y.; Napier, Longacre, Younkins and others of Pa.; Oldham of W. Va. ; Robbins, Dr. Orms bee, Cowles, Moise nad others of Mo.; Edwards, - Updegraff , Hunt, Harmer, Jacobs, and a host of others in Iowa: McGrath, Hooker, Reece, Smith and others of Mississippi; Middleton am! others of Texas but the task is too great; the list is too long for , the pur poses of this publication. In this connection, a number have paid subscriptions iu advance for r fa ft - permanently cured. W van M 1 1 k V taitafuily prosalse you aa a r 1 1 solute aura au matter what I . I lata W , your condition for External, Internal, Blind, Bleeding of Itching- Pilot, Caronis or Recent, wiibxmt undergoing any urgieal operation or interrnptioa oi business. Thousand cured who aad fives np in despair of ever retting relief. ...., ;' - irdi coxtinu to avrrmnr it ate awthlna: t try our treatment. Sample and pertleoiars mailed ' Ho, a. L- HtADLti. Paris. IU., write: . 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Thousands of Pile sufferers who had given up in despair of ever being cured have written us letters full of gratitude, after using our rem edies for a shore time. You can have a trial ample mailed FREE by writing us full particu lar yoar case. " ' - HKRMITREMEDTCO. U8 Adjrms Express Building, Chisago, 111. I Headache kills, not necessarily suddenly, but SURELY. It preys iipon the intellectual powers more than we realize. It consumes the vitality faster than nature can replenish it;- and we cannot tell r' just .what moment a temporary or complete aberration of the , mind will result.. Headache and pain .should be promptly , re- moved but properly. Many . pain -cures are more harmful than the pain. Beware." If you would be safe, take "As a result of neuralgia 1 lost the sight of my right eye, and the pam I . have suffered is incomprehensible, be ing obliged to take opiates almost con tinually. A friend gave me one of Dr. Miles' rain Pills and it promptly re lieved me. then purchased a box and now my trouble is gone. They have also - cured my daughter of nervous headache, and I heartily recommend them to others." W J. Corley. Ere- mond, Texas.' , - .- , . Sold by Druggists. 25 Doses, 25c. Dr. Mifes Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. CO OO 60 CO OO CO CO GO OO OO OO GO CO CO "Castles,": the correspondence chess magazine? I had contemplated publish ing. I am now. checking through near ly a bushel of accumulated letters, and immediately after the first of next year will return the various amounts, paid ir.3. The magazine could be taken up by some one with sufficient leisure time and means to make it a success. I sup pose that Checkmate's list and the ma terials could be purchased at reason able cost of Dr. Graham, Prescott, Ont., and I have a list of nearly 3,500 good names and addresses, each on a separ ate card and' alphabetically arranged by states, that could ne used to ad vantage by the prospective publisher .'n pushing his magazine. In conclusion, a copy of The Inde pendent is this week sent to all my chess friends.! Consider it a good-bye hand clasp; and my , best .. wishes ., for your continued, success in every un dertaking;, , '., - , ' ." A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. CHAS DE FRANCE, No. 1836 So. 25th St., Lincoln, Neb. Debating Clubs The suggestion made by Mr.', Bryan and so often urged "" by The Indepen dent lurfng the last few years that de bating clubs be organized in' the town and precincts -all over the country, seems - to have met with the indorse ment of the people in many, parts of the country. One has been organized in Denver, and one In Lincoln., People of all shades .of opinion, on public ques tions are Invited as speakers which is the only way of making such meet ings interesting to all. The program for the 'Lincoln club is as follows: Dec. 22. Subject, "Can the material interest of the physician and . his pa trons be made to harmonize under the present social system," Dr. H. S. Aley. , . , , '.- Dec. 29. Subject, "Can one be hon est and succeed in business today," Dr. P. L. Hall. Jan. 5. Subject, "Does territorial expansion, in the U. S. conduce to so cial and economic progress," Judge Cornish. Jan. 12. Subject, "Are trades unions an aid or hindrance to social and econ omic progress," C. A. Simmons. Jan 19. Subject ,"The prime cause of industrial ; crisis or panics," Fred Herman. .. Jan. 26. Subject, "The industrial revolution," Wulbur F Bryant. Feb. 2. Subject, "Should the work ing class try to save," R. VV Maxwell. Feb. 9. Subject, "The classes, social and economic, in modern society," A. C. Park. Feb. 16. Subject, "What should po litical economy teach,". Prof. H. J. Davenport. Feb. 23. " Subject, "The philosophy of history," A. E. Sheldon. March 2. Subject, "Trade unions, past, present and future," S., J: Her man, i March 9, Subject 'What is the mis sion of the populist party today," Ex Governor Poynter. March 16. Subject, "What , is the mission of the democratic parjy to day," Jas. Manahan. ' . March 23. - Subject, "What , is the mission of the republican party today,"' C. H. Gere. " March 30. y Subject, "What is the mission of the socialist labor party to day," S, J.: Herman. April . 6e t Subject, "Who pays the taxes," Capt. L. W, Blllingsley. April 13. Subject, "The destiny jf the middle' class socially and econ omically," T.H.Tibbies. April 1 20. Subject, ; "Is the world tending towards democracy or imper ialism,'.' Dr. H. S. Aley. . April- 27. . Subject, "The evolution of machine- production," W. 1 Locke. May 4, Subject, "What is the func tion of the state," O. W. Meier. May 11. Subject, "Is charity a social curse or blessing,'; O. B. Polk. ' " - ? May 18. ; Subject, "The evolution of property." A. C. Park. C ; , , f May 25. Subject; "Wealth, capital and value defined," Prof. G, Lang- worthy Taylor. . ; June 1. Subject, "The primitive ac cumulation of the capitalist class." Dr. II. S. Aley. June 8. Subject, "The philosophy of socialism," Mrs. Millie Herman. 88 88 88 S3 CHAIP JUJLf 1 il 1 The Commoner, (Mr. Bryan' Papar) 1 yr, Thelndependent,pilf 1 JtH I ft Send your order to either paper at Liu 1 l , om, xor. CO do Special Washington Letter. HE Ohio Kilkenny cats are. at it again. All that much vaunt ed harmony of which . we heard so much in November has vanished like a dream, and Fora ker, Hanna. Kurtz, Cox and company are clawing, yawling and caterwauling In most vigorous fashion. General Charles Dick has phenomenal luck in getting himself "mentioned" for big places. Six weeks ago he appeared to be easily; in the lead for the governor ship. Here lately his particular friends are booming him quietly for United States senator, though it is hardly pos sible that he could oust the erstwhile fiery Foraker, and he would hardly desire to oust Mark, as the Cleveland boss has made General Dick what he is, or largely so. ' . . But. really, Hanna. Foraker, Dick, Kurtz and all the rest of the bosses and leaders big and little have to take back seats when George B. Cox of Cin cinnati goes on the warpath. He is really the biggest Republican in Ohio. He is a very Warwick and they all make obeisince to him. Those who know him well say that he possesses many good qualities, and he must have lots of brains to hold tbe primacy among Ohio Republicans as he has done now for several -years. It's ! a wonder that he does not have himself elected governor or senator of the United States. In this day of com mercial politics he would be strictly in the swim. Democrats In Hrrmony. In the . meantime, while the Ohio Republicans are at each other's throat and Dulling each other's hair, the Buck eye Democrats appear to be working in Greater harmony than usual. Tom Johnson and John R. McLean appear to have buried the hatchet, and let it be hoped that they did not leave the handle sticking out. If Johnson and Mcl-ean would really form an alliance, offensive and defensive, there is no reason why they might not be govern ors, senators, vice presidents, cabinet ministers or even presidents. ' Stranger things have happened in this world and stranger things will happen again. They are two strong men intellectual ly rand in the very flower of. their years. By nulling together they could accomplish much. Hon. John Jacob Lentz, who is wagj Ing a contest for a seat in the house of representatives from the capital dis trict of Ohio, is surely possessed , of . faith hat would move mountains, it he succeeds in his contest, be will be one of the wonders of the world. . . , , Moody's Glass House. Mr. Moody of Massachusetts in his pious and patriotic effort to deprive the state of Louisiana of representa tion in the house does not seem to have considered that he lives in a political glass house himself. They have in the old Bay State certain educational qual ifications on suffrage very similar to those recently adopted by Louisiana and other southern states. Senator McLaurin Out of It. Senator John L. McLaurin of South Carolina is one of the most amiable of mortals; but, having made his polit ical bed, he should be content to lie in it. Just why he should expect to de sire to participate in a Democratic cau cus it would be hard to tell. He ap pears to advocate all the things held dear by Republicans and by so doing takes himself out of the Democratic party and nto the Republican., If a man lies down with dogs, he may ex pect to get up with fleas. The McLau rin movement In South Carolina never did amount to much, and when Presi dent Roosevelt dined Booker Washing ton it was dead as the men who lived before the flood, for "negro suprema cy" is the one thine that can always be relied on to unify the white people of the old Palmetto State. ' : Got Their Names In the Papers. It Is strange how small a thing will get a man's name printed in every newspaper, in the United States. Be fore congress convened it was heralded far and wide that the minor parties had disappeared and only the two old regulars, the Republican and Demo cratic, held the forts, but on the 2d of December Judge Neville of Nebraska, to the surprise of everybody, . bobbed up serenely and nominated Judge Stark of Nebraska for speaker and vot ed for him solus. This got both Nev ille's name and Stark's Into just about every paper in America, although Judge Neville had no such purpose in nomi nating Judge Stark. s Hon. .lame D. Richardson of Tennessee was too bashful to vote for himself for speak er, he voted, for that splendid gentle man, Amos J. Cummlngs, which got Amos' name into the papers. Major McDowell, clerk of the house, recog nizing the humor of the situation, ap pointed Richardson, Stark-and Cum mings a committee to escort General Henderson to the stand, so that by having a sense o humor McDowell got his name Into the papers. Taken all in, all. It was a great day for "ads," for several clever and aspiring statesmen. Nobody begrudges them anything good In this life. - i The Kftlse nd Castro. If It were not for the Monroe doc trine and the puissant republic back of CLAMffS Ohio Republicans at Each Other's Throat -Democrats Working Together 83 3 CO 00 OO ' CO 00 00 GO OO GO OO. OO uu It, what Kaiser Wllhelm would do to President Castro would be a:plenty. This Castro' appears to be a crapulous, 111 mannered upstart, going about with a chip on his shoulder and relying " on us to, support the Monroe doctrine. He is Very' much inclined to cut such fan tastic capers as are calculated to make the angels : Weep. Really, while we are dead stuck on the Monroe doctrine, If the young kaiser could catch Castro off his reservation and give him a sound whaling we .would think Billie had done a very good thing. r , New York Bosses. . . - A rumor, very much In need of con firmation comes from Gotham to the effect that;. Senator Thomas :i Collier Piatt, the "easy boss," Is about to retire from the leadership of the New York Republicans. Somehow ; New. York bosses, either Democratic or Republic an, do not retire until they, are com pelled to, and3lr. Piatt is no exception to the rule. He will retire when his coffin lid is screwed down good and tight above j his cadaver and not till then unless Colonel .Teddy gets a good, strong grip, on the nape of the , Piatt neck and the slack of Piatt's panta loons, In ' which case something may happen, as in the case of the late la mented Mr. McGinty when that excel lent gentleman fell to the bottom of the coalhole. . ; Missouri and Maine. Whether Oklahoma and the Indian Territory will come Into the Union as one state or two, they will probably come in at this session of congress. If they are admitted as one state, it will be one of the finest in the rare and ra diant sisterhood, and it would come In with four or' five representatives in congress, the largest number any new state ever started with except Maine, which began with seven, has fallen to four and came near being reduced to three in - the last congress. f Missouri and Maine- came in together, Maine with seven!''ahd Missouri ' with one. Now Missouri has sixteen; while Maine has only four," whlch- pfoves that-Democracy is superior to Republicanism. he Republicans of Missouri have thrown aWay more 'chances to carry the" state than can be counted on : the fingers of :'w6" hands. Every time the Democrat's for& disposed to act the fool the Republicans raise' them at their own gamfe of 'asIniiiJty. Just now the Kerens add Hitchcock factions are making sueh'a holy show of themselves over a few appointive places that the chances are that the Democrats will hot only elect a state ticket," but will also bag all of the sixteen congress men, even wresting Bartholdt's dis trict from him, as he is In the thick 'of the Republican factional row. They are a "rum set," those Missouri Repub licans. They can't carry anything. Passing of Babcock. Mr. Babcock of Wisconsin is In a fair way to learn that the way of a Repub lican reformer, no less than of a trans gressor, is hard. Babcock saw certain Inequalities and iniquities In the bless ed Dingley bill of sanctified memory and proceeded at the tail end of the last congress to introduce bills to rem edy them. From that day to this his name has , been anathema maranatha among his Republican colleagues. There is no more amiable man or . courteous gentleman than J. W. Babcock of Wis consin. I am Inclined to believe that he acted from conscientious motives, but his bona , fides will not save him. He Is a ruined man. The idiotic Jab ber of the average Republican paper amounts to absolutely nothing, but there are certain .Republican Journals that 'tower above the riffraff papers and challenge the thought of the coun try. Among " these is the St. Louis j Globe-Democrat. It is wealthy and a great money maker. It is ably edited, 1 It has no aies to grind. ' Indeed it treats the Republican party in the state in a most disrespectful "manner. , On one, occasion the Jefferson City corre spondent of The G.-D. telegraphed the brilliant editor, J. B. McCullagh, "The Republican " caucus condemns' The Globe-Democrat" Instantly : McCul lagh ; telegraphed, " "The. Republican caucus be d- d!" . That was the last ever heard of , that, but when so emi nent a. Republics n Journal as The G. D. bops on to Brother Babcock with both feet it is high time ; for. Brother Babcock ,to be looking for, new polit ical affiliations. The G.-D. says: . The elimination, ot BabecckUm in .Jfce house of representatives hat not Waited for congrees to formally take up its actiTe buaineu It hat been accomplished tiirough almost Unanimous expres sion of members against tariff, revision and through the attitude of that roost powerful com mittee of-the' fecuse,' tile ways and means. Con gressman Bibcock does not admit, as yet,, the en tire abandonment of his propaganda. He says he will offer" and urge his hill and that he will seek to secure through his own party the stps Which his bUI provides in the way of reduced rates on certain - manufactures which . he claims are sold cheaper abroad than they are marketed i the United States. '-' . A year ago Mr. Babcock was one of the, most powerful and best liked members of the house. Today there aje signs of ostracism. It- has been urged that, while .he might suffer from the feei lng against him among his colleagues in th house outside his own delegation, he did not be lieve his own stste delegation would extend th ostracism tQ him, but within' the week the dele gation met and. after much discussion; sdjourneii without, selecting representative for the delega tion on the congressional committee. The full significance of this movement is realised when it is recalled that Babcock is now chairman of the congressional committee and as such served so acceptshly that his work has been generally com mended. "It 'is admitted thai; much of the credit for the present large majority in the house is due to his wise advice and assistance, combined with conditions at large in the country. Now, with a repudiation facing him from his own state delega tion and the possibility of opposition in his own district, Babcockism seems doomed. Roosevelt Enjoys Himself. ; President Roosevelt appears to enjoy himself hugely In the White House. Presidents Cleveland and McKinley stood at a large flat topped desk, and the visitors went to them. Not so with Colonel Roosevelt. He does the walk ing and most of the talking, swings round the circle and has something jol ly and appropriate to say to every one. He has a good memory for names- and faces a most J valuable quality In a public man. There , is a hearty good will about what he does and ; says which goes .far toward making people comfortable. " ;f'''V ... . When I called, on the president Sen ator Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver of Iowa was there. As I looked at the hand some and well groomed brunette I could not help recalling ; the line, "So near and yet so far." If Piatt, Quay et al. had not forced the vice presidential nomination on Colonel Roosevelt, the chances are ten to one that Dolliver would now be president. He was unquestionably" the prime favorite for the position till Thomas Collier Piatt and, Matthew Stanley Quay worked their rabbit foot on Teddy and unwit tingly made a president when they were merely trying to make a vice president. New Cabinet Officer. ; - It really looks as if a new cabinet position is to be created, to be known as the department of commerce, though it will be difficult to define the duties of the office. 3 But there is no trouble to create a. new office or to raise the salary of an old one. . It is only when the effort is made to abolish an old office or to reduce , the emoluments thereof . that the tug of war comes. Just why a bureau of commerce could not be created in the agricultural de partment which would answer every purpose and save, much money is one of those things which it appears that no fellow can find out. Lodge Succeeds Hanna. It is generally taken and accepted' In and about Washington that Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts occupies about the same place in Pres ident Roosevelt's affections that Sena tor Marcus A. Hanna occupied in Pres ident McKinley's. Roosevelt and Lodge are leaders in literary political circles, and both, believe in the strenuous life. It is rather remarkable that two men so young should dominate things so completely. They are both of the blond style of beauty, are good dress ers and fully up to the latest literary fads.1 , . " Second rCla8s Mail Matter. It seems that some things can't be settled In this world. . For many years now, many c great and good men. have spent, a vast deal of energy and time trying to shut out of the mails as sec ond class matter the bogus magazines and reprints of old books, whiph bring the government Into debt. It has . al , ways, been contended that the law is ample to accomplish the purpose. Some two months ago It was given out that Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith, an old and eminent newspaper mari, had actually formulated a plan which would work all right, but there appears to be a hitch about it some way. True, the deficit is not as large now as It was several years ago, but It is too large still. There is no reason why the postofflce department should not be self supporting that is, no valid reason. Free rural mall delivery will become universal in a few years, and penny postage is almost in sight. Our postofflce department is the largest business concern on earth and has been a vast blessing to our people. Stamping Out Anarchy. A little common sense and vigorous action opportunely taken are sometimes worth ever so much of high flown theo rizing. The people of Cleveland ap pear to have dropped on to a practical plan for doing the anarchists. While General Shattuc of Cincinnati and other distinguished statesmen were pes tering their heads, inducing insomnia, to devise statutes to stamp out the reds a few hard headed American citi zens of Cleveland, without laying any claims to even the rudimentary prin ciples of .statesmanship, appear to have hit the bull's" eye precisely in the cen ter, as the following dispatch shows: Ci.evE!iAxn, 0., Dec. fl. Public sentiment and the ' police today combined and succeeded in breaking up a meeting of the Liberty association, the Cleveland organization under whose suspices Ertkma Goldman, "the queen of the reds," deliv ered the lecture which is said to have fired the brain of President McKinley's assassin, Leon Czol gosz. The, first meeting of the association since the death of President McKinley was held a week ago today, and arrangements were made at that time for future meetings, rent money being paid to the proprietor of the hall in advance. Joseph E. 1 Miller, the proprietor of the hall, rented the ball and permitted the first meeting to b held, not realising that the association was the one which has long been spreading the dangerous doc trine of aaarchy,s During the week he was notified f the character of the association, and when the members assembled at the hall today and opened their meeting he offered the president of the as sociation, Walter Behlan, to return the rent moh ey and told Mm to leave the halL Behlan and other members refused t go, and the police were called. Cuder the threats of arrest the members of the association finally left the meeting place. :; That's the ; way it should be done. Let the,' coppers throttle every "red" In the land, and they will soon see the folly of their course. Nothing succeeds like success. There is no room In this country for the reds. They will keep on frothing and cavorting about until they will be strung up some fine night by a preconcerted arrangement in ev ery' city and town in America. Thej are a lot of pestiferous idiots and ought to be thoroughly stamped ont of every nook and corner of the republic. - iff- f . J - OYSl GOOD FREE, TO..... Any boy who wantsi good books absolutely free (we even pay postage) can obtain them in a very simple way. All you have to do is to JEND UJ THE NAMEJ AND ADDREJIEJ of a few of your boy friends. If you wilt collect the names and addresses of your boy tnends to the nuimberof 50 and send them to us right iiway. we will send you promptly a handsome book of your own selection from the following titles: Amamnth SpriP V J2m Roilo in Geneva; Rolloin Holland; Rollo in London; nil aiaillll OCUV RoHoinN aples; Rollo in Paris; Rollo in Rome; Rolloin Switzerland; Rollo on the Atlantic; Rollo on the Rhine; Rollo in Scotland; All Aboard; Boat Club; Poor and Proud; Try Again; Now or Never. 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The best Piano made in 'AmericA today for the price at which it is sold. ! . - . , The new high grade Schiller jrecently placed on the market is one of the finest Pianos made at any price. For particulars as to prices and terms, address the tlews Piano 1120 O St., Lincoln, Neb. LEAVE ORDERS FOR TUNING' AND REPAIRING WITH US Go. O V 0 U I I I 0 OK BAD BLOOD CUBED. 1st. 2nd. or 3rd stages of Syphilis cured U II II I LI O fc'r Full l'i box treatment never fails. ' Pica pies, skin eruptions vanish as if by magic. Remember money returned if not satisfactory. $2 single box. By mail, plain wrappers. H nam's Pharmacy, 1805 Farnam St.,Omahs,Neb. L INCOLN SAN ITARI U M Sulpho-Saline Bath House Sanitarium 14th and M Streets LINCOLN, NEB. A Thoroughly u I'p pod c I e n t 1 f I c Establishment All forms f baths s Tar kish. Rntsian, Roman and Electric, with special attentio to the application of sNatural Jalt Water Baths, foe the treatment of all aente and ehronic noo-ron-tageons enrable diseases. Rheumatitra, Skin, Blood and Nervous Diseases, Liver and Kidney Trouble, and all forms of Stocnaeh Trouble are treated successfully, atarrah of the Btomach and Bowels, Heart, Disease, acute and. chronic, are all greatly benefitted and snany permanently cured by taking the Natural Salt Vater Baths (Schott Method as first given at Naahem. Germany. - A separate department, fitted with a thoroughly aseptic surgical ward and operating rooms, offer special inducements to surgical eases and all diseases peculiar to women. The Sanitarium is thoroughly equipped for treating all diseases by modern successful methods. It is managed by physicians well trained and of extended experience, specialists in their several departments. Trained nurses, skillful and courteous attendants. Prices reasonable. Addrese L i n cal n , Sa n i ta r i u m LINGO UN, N E BR AS K A ANOTHER TOURIST EXCURSION TO CALIFORNIA. To accommodate the . increasing travel to California, the Burlington Route has added to its service another weekly excursion, in tourist cars, per sonally conducted. ' . The Burlington's through car ser vice to California is as follows: , Standard Sleepers Daily, ; Omaha. Lincoln, Hastings and Oxford to San Francisco, connecting at latter city with fast train for Los Angeltrs. Tourist Sleepers Personally con ducted every Thursday and Satur day, Omaha, Lincoln, Fairmont, Hast ings and Holdrege to San Francisco; every Wednesday and Thursday, Kan sas City, St. Joseph, Wymore, Superior and Oxford to San Francisco and Loa Angeles. All these cars run via Denver and Salt Lake City, passing thfi grand panorama of the Rockies by daylight. If you're, going to California, you will be interested in our new 40-page folder, "California Tours 1901-'02." It is free. J. FRANCIS, General Passenger Agent, Omaha, Neb. Railroad company has adjusted with the government its land grant. Some of these lands have been restored to the public domain. and are, therefore, subject to entry under the " UniteU States land laws. The Lincoln Iani office has advertised the dates as De cember 16 when the same will be sub ject f to entry. , One can easily see the finish of the treasury surplus In the perusal of the bills Introduced in this congress, which now number over 6,000. A republican legislator warms up to a surplus "like a sick kitten to a hot brick. Andrew Carnegie has offered con gress $10,000,000. for the erection of & great national university In thi3 city. No one is worrying for fear the money will be refused. Washington never refuses anything. H. W. AISLEY. . Judicial Common Sense Good common sense will command more respect for the bench than any thing else. Contempt proceedings have become so frequent of late that ' the people are losing -what little respect they had for the judges. They sub mit to judicial decisions and abide by them, but respect for the courts has been growing less and less ever- since the judges undertook to make law, then interpret it and afterwards en force it without the assistance ot a jury. A recent opinion handed down by a jugde in Chicago concerning the arrest an imprisonment, of , an editor and reporter on ths Chicago American goes far toward retitoring the bench to some, degree of respectability. The judge said: . "I see no reason why a judf.e should have a different remedy for attacks in the public prints than a president, or a governor, or a congressman. Cer tainly criticism" of ? a public official, - if just, will do good; if unjust, It will do no harm."- - . , - :. .. In concluding the court said: "I am clearly of the opinion that ; the lan guage used in open court by Judge Hanecy amounted to a final order dis posing of the case under consideration, and, that being a final order, under th doctrine of 'contempt' as laid down in this state by our. supreme coisrt in the case of Storey against the people, that the -relators- had a right to comment and criticise that decision, even to the extent cf libeling the honored and re spected judge who rendered that opin ion, without exposing themselves to prosecution ' for contempt of court." ; ; , Free, Homes Washington, D. C.-, sDec. (Spe cial Correspondence.) The B. & M. Meier & rieler Attorneys, 1341 O St. NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT DEFENDANTS. To Catherine Rogers, Thomas Rogers and Bar ker Emery defendants. Yon and each of you take notice that on the 27th day of November, 1901, Elijah J. Garten filed her petition against you and others, in the District Court of the Third Judicial District of Nebraska, in and for Lancaster county, to fore close the lien of a tax sale and certificate of November 24 th, 1899 made by the county treas urer of said county to the plaintiff on the fol lowing property towit : Lot eight S) North east quarter (N. JE. M) Section thirty (30) Town (11) Range eight (8) Waverly Precinct Lancas ter County, Nebraska, for the delinquent etie and county taxes of the years 1892, 1-S.t, 1m-4, b95, 1896. 1897 and 1898 and the lien of State and County Taxes on said property for the years 189 and I9U0 paid by the plaintiff under certifi cate on which there is now due the plairititf the sum of thirty-six dollars and terenty-seveo cents $:i6.'.7) with costs of this notice and in terest in twenty dollars and fire cents (5i.05 at ten per cent per annum from November 2tn 1901. , . Plaintiff prays that said property be sold to satisfy said liens, and the costs of this action including an attorney's fee as provided by law and for general relief. You are required to answer said petition on or before the third day of February. 19"2. ELIJAH J. UARTEN, By Meier A Meier her Attorney. 6j)C Any of the following $1.00 patents for i5 cents: $1.00 Peruna ..hoc Miles Nervine..... bc Pierce's Remedies 65c Hood's Sarsaparilla &c Palne's Celery Compound.... 65c Wine o Cardul C3c Stuart's Dyspeptic Tablets. Pinkham's Compound ., Kilmer's' Swamp Root Scott's Emulsion S. S.- S.....V..... are fctill selling Castoria. $1.00 $1.00 $1X0 $1.00 $1.00 $1.C0 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 We Pitcher's formula, 13c. Dr. TTv R1J ,65c . 65c .65c old 1 Pharmacy 12th and O STS. Where goods are to be shipped ad i 25c for cost of boxing and drayage. St V
