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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
May l, 1902
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25 lbs best granulated sugar .... $1 00
25 bars Lenox Soap 75 O
1 lb can best Baking Powder 25c
1 lb pure pepper 25c
3 boxes best corn starch 25c
All the above for g2 50
Combination No. E 2.
25 lbs best granulated sugar.... (1 00
3600 parlor matches 25 C
10 bars Lenox Soap. 25c
3 large sacks Table Salt 25c
1 lb pepper ...-25c
3 10c bottles Bluing 25c
1 lb can Baking Powder . . . -25o
All the above for $2 50
Combination No. E 3.
25 lbs granulated sugar $1 00
2 1 lb cans Baking Powder 50c
36 boxes Parlor Matches 25c
10 bars Lenox Soap 25 C
1 lb best Uncolored Tea 50c
All the above for $2 50
Combination No. E 4.
25 lbs Granulated Sugar $1 00
2i lbs Mocha and Java Coffee 50o
1 lb pure pepper. 25c
3 large sacks Table Salt -25c
lib Baking Powder... . 25o
i lb best Japan tea.v. 25o
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Com bi nation No. E 5.
25 lbs granulated sugar . ........ $1 00
10 bars W. R. Soap . 25o
1 gallon vinegar. 25c
1 ib best Uncolored Tea 50o
3 boxes corn Starck 25c
36 boxes Parlor Matches 25o
All the above for $2 50
Combination No. E 6.
25 lbs best Granulated sugar. . 00
1 lb best Japan Tea 50o
6 cakes Toilet Soap 25c
10 bars D. C. Soap 25 C
3 10c packages soda 25c
3600 parlor matches 25o
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KIND WORDS
huge combinations in restraint of
trade before actions against them will
have any effect. To fight the trust3
under the present regime is like fight
ing a stage duel. . Both sides come out
without a scratch and the attorney
general then announces that we can
not destroy the trusts although the re
publican party is opposed to them.
Rut. their rrv of the full dinner nail.
their appeal to the stomach of man
has been heeded and when the price
of edibles goes up, then the republi
cans bejrin to deplore the trusts. The
stomach and not the head is their cry.
Although it is announced that the at
torney general will Wring suit' against
the trust, there has not as yet been
any action filed against the beef trust.
We are beginning to hear bad re
ports from the island of Mindanao,
the second largest in the Philippine
group. The natives polygamous,
slave-holding Mohammedans had at
tacked the Americans there and driv
en them out. General Chaffee hastily
inquired whether the United States
wanted him to resent it, and was or
dered to use all his reserve diplomacy
before doing anything to suppress
them and make them suffer for their
attack. After defeating them in two
small skirmishes they came to terms.
These are the people, to whose leaders
the United States pays ten thousand
dollars annually. Bribes them to keep
quiet, while in the meantime they are
allowed to have slaves in contraven
tion of the. thirteenth amendment to
the constitution which prohibits slav
ery anywhere within the jurisdiction
of the United States. Whenever it is
mentioned that there are slaves under
the "broad stripes and bright stars"
some audacious republican says: "We
' can't go to war with the Moros. They
are too powerful." Meanwhile they
are willing to spend thousand and mil
lions of dollars to choke liberty out of
the northern Filipinos, but are un
willing to abolish slavery in the land
of the Sultan of Jolo. What a sight
slaves and harems under the stars
and stripes! With the United States
paying a monthly salary to the keeper
of the harem of the sultan. Their only
excuse is the "Moros are too power
ful." Doesn't it compare very forcibly
with the action of Commodore Deca
tur in the early days, when he routed
the forces and sunk the pirate ships
of the same Moro3. Tne Moros were
not too powerful for a little nation
then, but a few in the Philippines are
too powerful for a nation whose boast
now Is: "I am a world power."
The omnibus bill, providing for the
erection of many public buildings and
the purchase of many sites, has been
reported to the house. Nebraska
fares very well, better than perhaps
For over sixty years Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup has been used by
mothers for their children while teeth
ing. Are you disturbed at night and
broken of your rest by a sick child
suffering and crying with pain of Cut
ting Teeth? If so send at once and
get a bottle of "Mrs. Winslow's Sooth
ing Syrup" for Children Teething. Its
value is incalculable. It will relieve
- the poor little sufferer Immediately.
Denend upon It, mothers, there Is no
mistake about it. It cures diarrhoea.
- regulates the stomach and bowels.
cures wind colic, softens the gums, re
duces Inflammation, and gives tone
and energy to the whole system. "Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup" for chil
dren teething Is pleasant to the taste
and Is the prescription of one of the
oldest and best female physicians aDd
nurses in the United States, and is for
sale by all druggists throughout the
world. Price, 25 cents a bottle. Be I a
any other state. Representative Bur
kett has gotten an Item for the erec-'
tion of a public building at Lincoln,
Neb., which amounts to three hundred
thousand dollars. While. the erection
of a public building is a matter of
great local concern and pride, there
are many who think that Lincoln is
very well supplied in that line just
ai present, r or tne past nve con
gresses the representatives from the
First district of Nebraska have in
troduced measures to provide build
ings for Plattsmouth and Falls City.
Yet the city of Lincoln now well sup
plied has gotten an enormous appro
priation ana the two other cities have
gotten left. : Lancaster county makes
the nomination and so Lancaster coun
ty gets the plum. Verily, this is re
publican logic!
Whenever a fusionist gets an item
on the bill he Is doine Drettv eoori
work. That young statesman and
hard worker, Ashton C. Shallenberger,
has gotten an appropriation In the bill
for Hastings, Neb., for one hundred
and twenty-five thousand dollars. It
is the most money that is given to
any town of its size in America and
Mr. Shallenberger must have done
some pretty tall hustling to get It
tacked onto the bill in a republican
congress. He is certainly entitled to
great credit for it and the county and
district should show Its appreciation.
It must be remembered that this is
Ilr. Shallenberger's first term and this
makes the work to secure an appro
priation all the more work. One ap
propriation is a good piece of good
work during one congress, but having
gotten this one, Mr. Shallenberger is
determined to get one each next time
tor the towns of McCook and Grand
Island.
Mr. Robinson from the Third dis
trict has also gotten an appropriation
of one hundred i thousand dollars for
the building at -.Norfolk, Neb. For
thi3 he is entitled to great praise for
he labored incessantly in behalf of tha
Norfolk people. , ( - ,
The senate passed the river and har
bor appropriation bill which carries
with it the expenditure of over $70,
000,000, and devoted the rest of the
week to the consideration of the Phil
ippine government bill. This will
probably be the special order in the
senate for at least two or three weeks
more and it will be followed by. the
discussion of the Hepburn canal bill.
The house passed the military fortifi
cation bill and also the military aca
demy appropriation .bill. The house
agreed to modifications of the senate
amendments to the oleomargarine bill
The conference agreed to the most lm
portant items In the Chinese exclusion
bill which passed the senate at the
last writing.
In my letter of last week, I gave
the names of Burkett and Mercer in
the list of opposition republicans. I did
not mean to have It understood that
Burkett and Mercer were among those
thirty-three republicans, calling them
selves "Insurgents," who united with
the democrats to remove the differen
tials on sugar. Burkett and Mercer
voted with the republicans on every
measure against the democrats except
on the final passage of the measure
On the question as to whether or not
the decision Of the . chair should be
sustained, they obeyed the mandates
of their boss and voted to sustain him
They were not Insurgents and so
should not be given a place amon
those who revere principles above par
ty. They are machine republicans
through and through.
WM. W. BRIDE.
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What a Paw of Oar Subscribers are SayinS
The Independent's mail is getting
so heavy the past few months that no
attempt can be made to print one--tenth
of the many good things our
readers are saying. The editor's desk
is piled up with well written manu
scripts on the single tax, socialism;
taxation, financial matters, banking,
the Philippine question, etc. And near
ly every subscriber who is selling Lib
erty Building postal cards has a kind
word to say for the paper, or expresses
some thought on political matters
which would furnish the text for a
good sermon.
With so many good things to choose
from it might be thought that the edi
tor's task is an easy one but al
though it is pleasant, it is far from
easy to read so many hundred letters
and papers day after day and week
after week, in order that our readers
may get the cream of the news and the
best editorial thought.
But this must not be construed as
expressing a wish that any subscriber
should refrain from writing to The
Independent on any subject and as
often as he likes. The editor is al
ways glad to hear from his readers.
Some of the best work he does is the
outgrowth of suggestions from his
readers. Although it is impossible to
print all the letters, either in whole
or in part, no letter is thrown aside
without careful reading. Write when
ever you feel like it.
John Young, Hendry, Manatee coun
ty, Fla., says: "I have read The In
dependent the past two years and am
well pleased with it. I take no other
paper."
C. F. Brodock, White Bird, Idaho, re
marks that "the republican prosperity
has not hit me quite as often as it has
some, but at the same time I want
you to keep sending me the paper and
I will let you know when I want you
to stop it. I like the tone of The In
dependent and the way it has of deal
ing with and exposing the government
thieves. We need more papers like
it."
Speaking of .the roll of Liberty
Building Guards, Peter Johnson, Wii
ber, Neb., says: "I am bound to have
my name in that list and I hope to
live to see it win. Please send me five
of those cards and I will try to sell
them. I think it is every populist's
duty to do this much."
"Appreciating your efforts in an at
tempted resistance to the tide of polit
ical corruption," says County Attor
ney T. S. Nightingale, of Loup City,
Neb., "to the evils attending upon
centralization of wealth, of concen
tration of power in the federal gov
ernment, of an un-American and in
humane policy toward the Philippines,
and being well satisfied with the high
moral tone of your paper, I herewith
forward draft for $3 for a 'block of
five.' "
Butler A. Jones, Indianola, Neb., is
a young man of 26, but says he has
been "fighting and shouting for lib
erty for 13 years, and expects to keep
it up until we gain the victory; but
then I do not intend to lie quietly
down, for we must remember that
eternal vigilance is the price of lib
erty, and anything short of that is
likely to cause disaster."
Hon. J. H. Wright, Ruskin, Neb.,
who reoresented his district in the
legislature in 1897 and 1899, sends for
a block of five and remarks that "one
great trouble is, the ones who need
to read The Independent most will
not read it at all. I would like to see
those who claim to be reformers read
it more and quit supporting the trashy
republican dailies." This calls up the
fact that of the precinct committee
men to whom Chairman De France
sent Liberty Building cards, and who
returned the Fame unsold, more than
half of them do not take The Indepen
dent. If the facts were known, how
ever, it would be safe to say that prac
tically all of them take at least one
republican paper.
W. H. Dech, Ithaca, Neb., who was
a power on the stump in the old days,
but who for a time seemed headed to
ward Deaverdom, says he has sold one
block of five and "when I come to Lin
coln will give you $3 more and you
may send them where they will do
the most. good. I for one am not afraid
of your selling out to our enemies.
May God speed you In your good
work."
Geo. N. Smith, R. F. D. 1, Kearney,
Neb., says: "The Independent is what
we swear by. I could not do without
it. It is my Sunday reading. I be
lieve if we use good horse sense this
fall we can clear out the g. o. p. in
good shape. Give us for governor
either Allen, Stark or Sutherland and
we will sweep the platter clean."
E. O. Smead. (Section 24-8-16, Kear
ney county), Kearney, Neb., says that
the C. E. Adams circulars reached
him. He asks: "If there is a secret
organization among the republicans of
the state. The letters sent out by
this republican aspirant for congres
sional honors are all marked on the
back of them with some marks, evi
dently done with care and for a pur
pose." Will Mr. Smead send The In
dependent one of those letters?
Richard Pearce, Long Run, Ky.,
asks The Independent to publish a
sermon every week, thinking it would
be an advantage to the paper. Tho
Independent could not undertake to do
that. It is too much like space, writ
ing. Some of the sermons might be
good and some not worth printing.
Preaching along the lines laid down in
Christ's sermon on the mount would
do very well, but the church militant
sermons so prevalent today don't
square with The Independent's ideas
of Christianity.
James M.. Whitaker, Falls City,
Neb., expresses gratification because
the state convention is to be held In
Grand Island, recalling the different
times the people of Lincoln have ill
treated the fusionists at convention
time. He believes that the conven
tions should nominate "an able, clean.
conservative, young, active and vigor
ous populist; one who can compete on
the stump with any man that the re
publicans may nominate." And he
feels that George W. Berge of Lin
coln is the man.
J. W. Jameson, Wilcox, Neb., sends
The Independent a copy of the circu
lar C. E. Adams sent out to the old
soldiers of the Fifth district, and
says:. "As I have been a populist since
1890 and have never voted anything
"I sold the .first block of Liberty
Building cards so easily that you may
send me another. As long as I can
sell them " you may keep sending
them."
H. H. Hawkins; tailoring clothier,
DuBois, Neb., orders a block of five,
remarking: "I like the plain, clear
cut style of The Independent's editor
ials.. I am the democratic committee
man for my precinct, but I am a fu
sionist and can't see why we can't get
together when we are all professing to
fight for reform in the state govern
ment. I have voted for every populist
candidate that has been, on the ticket
since 1892, except one, and he refused
to run on the ticket with a democrat.
Last fall my action was vindicated for
he proved to be a Dclemdeaverite."
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Hard at Work.
Mr. J. D. Cockrill, Elk Creek, Neb.,
sends in $3 to pay for a block of Lib
erty Building postals for "myself and"
some old friends" and says: "I re
ceived your package . of papers today;
I drove 20 miles and distributed them.
Hurrah for Bryan and 16 to 1; he is
the living monument of the Declara
tion of Independence."
Mr. John Moles, Fairbury, Neb., or
ders a second block of five, saying: "J
had not much trouble to dispose of the
first five. I want your paper to have
a permanent home. I enclose a clip
ping from 'the Kansas City Star about
Mr. Bryan, and think any man that
prints such stuff is either a fool or
doesn't know what he is talking
abont." This was a pretended biog
raphical sketch.
THE WOODPILE
Is There an African Hiding In It? Sid
Foree Thinks There is
Editor Independent: In regard to
the proposed breaking up of the Brit
ish war supply camps in this country,
I am more than half inclined to be
lieve that the British themselves are
the instigators of it. For this reason:
The South African war is getting to
be too hot for the British to hold on
much longer: and they are looking
about for an excuse to let loose. Now
then, with the perfect understanding
that seems to exist between the aris
tocracy of England and the adminis
tration of affairs of this country, noth
ing is easier than for this administra
tion, at the request of the English
government, : to break up these war
supply camps and serve the double
purpose of furnishing England an ex
cuse for stopping the Boer war and
manufacturing a lot of political ad
vantage for the imperialist party in
this country. SID FOREE.
Plattsburg, Mo.
Errata
The Independent's linotype operator
is one of the best and most accurate in
the United States. Many and many ,a
galley will not have an error, but a
few weeks ago he was taken down
with the smallpox and The Indepen
dent was obliged to get along with
outside operators. This will account
for a number of annoying errors
which crept into the last two or three
issues of the paper. The errors would
be marked in the proof and the lino
typer would make an error in setting
the line to replace the incorrect one.
It simply resulted in swapping one
error for another. This by way of in
troduction to the following letter:
Editor Independent: About thr
middle of my letter in The Indepen
dent of the 17th I am made to say:
"They make the gold coins legal ten
der for all debts, public and private,
except where otherwise stipulated in
the contract." But my letter Itself
says: "Threy make the gold coins
legal tender for all debts, public and
private, but make the silver dollars
a legal tender for all debts public and
private except where otherwise stip
ulated in the contract."
Again further on toward the close
the paper makes me say: "Until the
per capita far exceeded the whole per
capita circulation as now existing."
But my letter itself says "until the per
capita contraction far exceeded the
whole per capita circulation as now
existing."
If your typesetter is permitted to
make such egregious, inexcusable
blunders as those without paying big
damages for them, my series of let
ters will be terribly weakened In go
ing through the press.
MARVIN WARREN.
. Fairbury, Neb.
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PERILS OF ALASKAN TRAVEL
Letter Carrier's Herolam Described
In aw Intereetintf Letter.
A letter telling of the perils and
hardships of travel In Alaska has been
received by Mr. Henry Rechtih, dis
bursing clerk of the department of
justice, from A. R. Ilelllg, who is the
clerk of the United States district
court for the district of Alaska., says
the Washington Post. Mr. Heillg Is
stationed at Eagle, Alaska. The com
munication tors dated at that place
Nov. 30, 1901. The letter inclosed the
voucher for Mr. Heilig's salary for the
month of November.
"I received the check for my salary
for August on Nov. 15," Mr.NHeilig
said. "This is the last received, by
reason of the slowness of the mails on
account of the difficulty In travel this
time of the year. The mail carrier
going down stream was fastened In
the ice and obliged to float with it ten
miles beyond his destination before he
could be extricated from his danger
ous position by men on shore. The
carrier ' coming up stream broke
through the ice and sank twice, but
managed to roll over on a cake of ice
on coming up the second time and
scrambled to shore. The malls, being
on a dog sled, were not Injured, as
when he felt the ice breaking under
him he yelled at them to mush on,'
and they went ahead. "
"He found a cabin, without matches
or fire, whose owner was out examin
ing his traps. For a time he tried to
avoid freezing his legs by pounding
them with a club until they were raw,
but finding this unavailing and being
in Imminent danger of losing his feet
or legs he ran back to the river, broke
a hole in the ice and stood in the wa
ter until the owner of the cabin re
turned. "When he arrived at Eagle, all his
toes were black as coal and both feet
were covered by what appeared to be
one large blister. After a day's treat
ment he started on foot for Dawson, a
hundred miles away, against the pro
tests of every one here, who urged him
to wait longer on account of the dan
ger of blood poisoning. But the indom
itable will and energy of many of
these carriers and their strong deter
mination to get the mails through on
time would not let hlrd be persuaded,
and in two days we heard by wire of
his safe arrival at Forty Mile, about
fifty miles toward Dawson. He should
be at the latter place now, though we
have not yet heard from him.
"The season has been unusually
mild, the thermometer having not yet
gone lower than 40 degrees below zero.
In the absence of wind, of which there
has been very little this year, 30 de
grees below is the favorite tempera
ture for travel,. and for walking about
the town no one thinks of wearing an
overcoat. But when the breezes blow
and the mercury goes below one wants
to keep under shelter."
MISSIONARIES FEAR REVOLT
Letter From Fnsan, Korea. Telia of
Antiforelsn Feeling:.
A letter received at Lapeer, Mich.,
from Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Sidebotham,
Presbyterian missionaries at Fusan,
Korea, tells of a probable outbreak in
that country, says the Chicago Inter
Ocean. They say:
"The foreigners at Taiku are in a
state of alarm. The governor here
hates the foreigners because of the
way they have obtained land and be
cause the land they have has been con
secrated, according to heathen rites, to
the spirits and should not, according to
heathen belief, be desecrated by the
foreign devils,' as we are called. The
Taiku officials have had a grievance
against the missionaries for a long
time, and finally the governor has
agreed upon a plot to murder the for
eigners and is waiting for a favorable
time to dispatch men to do the horrible
work. Sixty miles north of Taiku a
body of Boxers has formed, and they
loudly proclaim their intenelon of anni
hilating the white skinned people. The
Taiku people are hemmed in and have
no possible way of escape. Americans
in Japan think that a general uprising
in Korea must come and that it will be
the signal for combat between Russia
and Japan."
A Chinese Exposition.
Preparations are making for an exhi
bition of American goods and manu
factures in the Crystal Palace, London,
next summer. Good luck to the proj
ect! This again brings to mind the fact
that American business men ought to
be up and doing about a great, perma
nent, effective exposition in China,
with branches in several of the larger
cities and with additional ramifications,
such as traveling shows," which could
be moved from place to place through
that most densely populated section of
the globe, says Harper's Weekly. We
have comparatively little to do with
military and political troubles there.
We are China's friend, and we hope
China recognizes the sincerity of our
friendship. Other nations may balk
and squabble and hold multitudinous
councils, but the plan for Americans is
to make an organ sd demonstration of
that which we hare to offer in the prod
ucts of our fields and inines and mills.
Ours is a pah not of war and intrigue,
but of open, honest commercial deal
ing, and it would be worse than folly to
let this opportunity escape through
sheer negligence.
A Carnegie College Tell.
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college yell, and it ought to be some
thing that will be characteristic and
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compliment to its eminent founder,
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Powderly Politics.
The use which labor fakers can be
put has always been utilized to Its
fullest extent by the republican party.
The way they do it and the close con
nection that exists between the repub
licans and the plutocratic democrats
in the eastern states is well illustrate!
by a letter of Powderly which has re
cently been published. It is as fol
lows: Treasury Department, Office of Commissioner-General
of Immigration,
Washington, D. C, August 5, 1898.
Dear Mr. Fitchie: I have just
had r. long interview with Mr. Porter,
the president's private secretary, who
is a candidate for governor of Con -:
acticut. He wants help to carry the
primaries, and it i3, in a sense, an ad
ministration fight. In Bridgeport they
have taken snap action in calling the
caucuses for tomorrow night; this he
did not know until after he arranged
for the interview with me. Under the
rules of the party In that state, this
year, any one who "believes in the
priiples of the republican party and
who will vote for' the nominees" may
vote in caucuses, and now to the point.
Can you . reach any one in that city
who will assist Mr. Porter tomorrow
evening. I know the time is short.
The mayor of Bridgeport, Mayor Tay
lor, is friendly to Mr. Porter, but he
is a candidate. Can't Mr. Sweeney run
over and get some of his democratic
friends to get into the caucuses and
help our friends4 out? I make thid
suggestion, and ask you to do what
you can. I am writing other friends
c- the subject. If you have any other
one who understands Connecticut pol
itico, who can be trusted, get him to
work. With best wishes, I remain
sincerely yours,
T..V. POWDERLY.
A Rhode Island Merger.
The Rhode Island legislature has re
cently passed a bill giving to a corpor
ation the following powers:
"With power to lease, purchase, ac
quire, hold, possess, exercise, use, en
joy and dispose of property, rights,
contracts, powers, priviliges and fran
chises of any and every gas company,
electric lighting company and street
railway company incorporated under
the laws, of the state of Rhode Island;
and with power also to acquire, hold
and dispose of the stocks, bonds, se
curities and obligations of any and
every such company, and of any and
every corporation, whenever organized,
which owns or controls at least a ma
jority of the stock of any such com
pany." In speaking of this bill, the Spring
field Republican says: "The syndi
cate of the state of Rhode Island has
finally been perfected, and its sale to
monopoly for private profit is com
plete." Under this bill it will be but
a short time before one company owns
and controls all the gas, electric light
ing and street railways in the little
l urgh. Then they will take all the
traffic will bear sure enough. It will
make industrial slaves of the popula
tion and there will be no remedy save
revolution. To the same pass the
whola United States will come if no
check is put upon the power of the
republican party.
The labor disturbances in Belgium
have been quieted, and all the strikers
are to go back to work. The city of
Brussels has suffered most severely
from the strike.
The celebrated author, Frank R.
Stockton, t.-ed at Washington, D. C.
April 20th. He was 68 years of age
and for many years has been famous
as a novelist and writer.
Camping in Colorado
is one of the most delightful and in
expensive ways of spending a vaca
tion. A book with the above till
containing full details of where to go.
necessary camp equipment, and its
cost, either purchased or rented, with
full and accurate information for the
inexperienced, is being prepared by
the Great Rock Island Route, and will
be sent free, with other Colorado liter
ature, on aplication to E. W. Thomp
son, A. G. P. A., Topeka, Kas. You
will be astonished to find how cheaply
the outing can be made.
Cloudcroft
Is a splendid summer resort, high up
in the Sacramento Mountains, in New
Mexico, on the El Paso Short Lino
(Great Rock Island Route). If yen
are looking for rest and recreation,
you can find them at Cloudcroft. Th
mountain breezes, fresh with the fra
grance of the great pine forests, brin
health and cool nights. Cloudcroft
gives ali the pleasures and benefits of
a sojourn in the mountains. Its s'ory
is best told in a handsome booklet
just published by the Great Ro-k
Island Route and which can he ha 1
free on application to E. W. Thomp
son, A. G. P. A., Topeka, Kas.
Two Books Two Cents
The Burlington Route has just is
sued two publications of great interest
to homeseekers.
"Nebraska" is the title of a iS-pao
book descriptive of the agricultural re
sources of the state, profusely il
lustrated with farm scenes and sup
plemented with an accurate sectional
map.
"Big Horn Basin" is an illustrated
folder telling all about the rich but
undeveloped portion of Northwestern
Wyoming. The Big Horn Basin con
tains wonderful openings for small
ranches along good streams, with a
mllion acres of government land open
for settlement under the United States
land laws.
Both publications will be sent to
any adress on receipt of two cents la
stamps. Address J. Francis, Centra!
Passenger Agent, Burlington Rout?,
Omaha.
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION.
STATE OF NEBRASKA.
OFFICE OF
AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.
Lincoln. February 1, 1X'.
It is hereby certified that "The Assurance Co.
of America" of New York, in the state of New
York, bat complied with the Insurance Law of
this state applicable to such companies and i
therefore authorized to continue the busine
of Fire and Lightning- Insurance in this 5tai
for the current year ending January 3nt. 19ut
Witness my hand and the sral of the Auditor
of Public Accounts the day and year firt above
written.
CHARLES WESTON, Aud. Pub. Ac ts.
By H. A. BABCOCK, Deputy.
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Men who want sensible, good
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inspection our latest catalogue and sample book of men's acd
Boys' Suits and Pants. We know it's worth while writing
for and if you have clothing to buy you will find our price
genuine money savers. Please send your address on a postal
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