.-i
Vs
-w9 &m
Aug. 21,1902
THE NEBRASKA IXTDEPEITDEITT.
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
mv5vj4., ua,,. uaia oe tree
. A I VsV V
Li
H
1 7th & Douglas Sfs
ROHRBOUGH BROS., Proprietors.
FALL TERM Begin Sept. ist. New classes m all Department.
CUUKSK OF HTLTIY Regular Business, Preparatory, Combined, Normal, Civil Service.
Telegraphy, Shorthand, Typewriting, Elocution, Oratory, Ijkw. Physical Culture and Penmanship.
WORK 1UK BOAKli. Any student will be given a place towork for board while attend
ing the College, Write us about it. .
UfCNKKAL. 1NYOUMATIO N The College was moved into new quarters March ist.
Many additional facilities and equipment have been added. Over one thousand students en
rolled last . year. The Omaha School ol Law is now con nectrd with the College. We have a Col
lege Band, a College Orchestra a Literary Society, a lecture Course, a Series of Public Entertain
ments, a Board of Trade and many other features not common to the ordinary Commercial schools
We have accommodations for over six hundred pupils at onetime. Positions for gruduaies are
always provided. It will pay you to attend the Omaha Commercial College this year. A Cata
logue will be ent f re to any address. ' ' .' ,
ROHRBOUGH BROS., Proprietors.
t
(Established 1531)
COURSES. Business, 8hortband, Typewriting,
and Common English.
TEACHERS. iMeu of successful business ax-
Prien and recognized teaching nbility.
EQUIPMENTS. ExcelleuU Evry facility for
the rapid advancement of students.
EXPENSES. -Very reasonable.
Catalogua and beautiful souvenir of Lincoln
FREE. Address. '
ADVANTAGES. l-Indifidual instruction when
needed.
2 Students permitted to advance as rap
idly as ability will allow.
3 Classes for those of limited as well as
advanced education.
4 Assistance rendered in securing em
ployment.
5 All advantages of a Capital City. .
LINCOLN BUSINESS COLLEGE, LINCOLN, NEB.
J tyjp? 30 Courses Preparatory, Normal, Collegiate, Business, E,
JJ(p772&m(f Shorthand Telegraphy, etc. Strictly rlr.t-clns.. JSo and V
1 , 1 1, , , . "(- rri upwards for boardT room, and tuition 48 weeks. FREE f
l iii'lii lTt&,t)9wrsr tuition to one from each county. We pay your car fere up "
Jt'tJTjrsonh-hs lii'inii. to 1 100 miles. Fall term opens Aug. 19. Catalog Free.
The Lincoln Academy.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.
PREPARES FOR COLLEGE, TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS.
ACCREDITED
by the Stat Universities of Nebraska, Iowa, and six other colleges.
TEACHERS
all specialists, college graduates, holding Master's and Doctor's degrees,
$1,000.00
in chemical, physical and botanical apparatus.
Athletics, literary and social clubs, splendid library privileges. New
If modern building. Tuition, $20 a semester.
REFERENCES. Chancellor E. B. Andrews, Hon. W. J. Bryan, Ex
Governor Poynter, Editor Nebraska Independent.
T. M. HODGMAN, Prin. and Prop.
FIGURE JUGGLING
Railroad Tax Bureau Shows Loss of $1,300
r Mil cm K. C. X. rr. in Nebraska
Poor Shews That Whol Road
Earad$620a Mile Net
The Independent has believed all
along that the figures given by the
railroad tax bureau are correct, but
thouht that the object was simply to
mystify the average taxpayer by an
array of big figures. Colonel Brown
and his co-workers apparently have ac
cess to statistical information pre
pared especially for their own con
venience. Much of it cannot be veri
fied by reference to either the inter
state commerce commission reports or
to Poor's Manual. The following let
ter is self-explanatory:
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 15, 1902. Mr. C.
E. Williamson, Editor Pawnee Chief,
Pawnee City, Neb. Dear Sir: On the
ready print side of your issue of July
24, 1902, appears one of the railroad
tax bulletins, "issued under authority
of the railroads of Nebraska," which
deserves especial attention inasmuch
as It refers to a road which runs
through your county the Kansas City
Northwestern, now controlled by the
Missouri Pacific and a part of the
Gould system.
According to the bulletin there are
20.1 (twenty and one-tenth) miles of
thi3 road in Nebraska. It starts at
Virginia and has Its terminus at Kan
sas City, Kas. That portion running
through Pawnee and Gage counties
was originally the K. C. & B. from Vir
ginia to Summerfield, Kas., but on
January 1, 1897, It was merged into
the K. C. N. W. In November, 1900,
the M. P. secured control of the K. C.
N. W. by exchanging $2,983,500 of its
stock for a like amount of K. C. N. W.
first mortgage bonds and all the K. C.
N. W. stock.
Now, the bulletin shows that the
road paid taxes as follows:
In Pawnee county $1,859.63
In Gage county .. .. 351.68
$5,000,000. MARK. PASSED
THE LOYAL PATRONS OF HOME
INDUSTRY AND t BELIEVERS
IN UPBUILDING HOME IN
STITUTIONS WILL RE
JOICE TO KNOW
THATv ;
THE BAHKErTrESERVE LIFE
Has Now More Than $5,000,000 at
Risk Upon the Best Selected
Lives in the West.
ASSOC. PROF. MATH., UNIV. OF NEB.
Chllllcotae Normal School
I Chillicotbe Commercial I'oUega
SEVEN
GREAT V
nHllIll X 1 Chllllcothe School of Oratory
dUUUULU ; cwnicothe Musical Conservai
Chllllcothe Shorthand Collesro
hlllloothe Telegraphy Collega
hlillcothe len-Art college
Conservatory.
enrollment 329. $130 pays for 43
weeks' board, tuition, room rent, and use of text
books. For FREE Illustrated Catalog address
ALLEN MOORE, Pres., Box 21, Chillicothe, Mo
Last year's
SH0RTHMID
Typewriting, Book-keeping. IS pro.
fsors.-l .000 students. JIUO.OU) col
lege building, cheap board and
reasonable tuition. Graduates se
cure good situations. 61-page Illus
trated Catalogue F.ee. Address
1). L. MuMelman, Fres.
6 EM CITY BUSIHES5 COLLEGE.
Quliiey, - 1111 noU.
The Professions
1622-24 Farnam Street
Business. Shorthand, Typewriting and English.
Students who desire It are assisted to positions to earn
board while attending. Send for catalogue.
The professions at all times offer in
viting fields for the ambitious young
man or woman. We often hear it said
that the professions are crowded, but
at no time in the history of the world
has there not been an actual demand
for jthe especially skilled in each of
the so-called learned professions. We
believe this to be markedly true of
dentistry. A young man or woman
enters a dental college. and at. the, close
of their college course they at' once
find themselves in possession of a
working capital which in almost any
of the towns of our state will give an
income of one, two or three hundred
dollars a month. We have within our
acquaintance a recent graduate of the
Lincoln Dental College of this city
whom we have reasons to believe
equals the largest named amount each
month. Such conditions will bear in
vestigation by those seeking to change
their calling in life. W. Clyde Davis.
M. D., D. D. S., Dean, private office,
206 Richards block.
ON'T Set Hens the Same Old Way,
and let lice Kill tnem on tue nesfcj
Tiffany's Sure Death to Lice PowdM
will kill all vermln,and your hn will brlnj1
her brood off fre from lice. Tlffany'a Para
gon Lice Killer "Liquid," guaranteed to kill
all lice and mites. Instantly kills lice on
colts,ca!ves, and bogs. By using our Sprayer a very
Utile goes a great way. Penetrates all cracks. Spray
bottom of house for spider lice. It i a powerful dutn
frctant. $1 per gal. can; 65c gal One gallon and
Sprayer, 1.50. Can get it free wh jre no agents by a
UtUe ox.W ft as. Tki Ti jfant Co., Lincoln, Neb.
For Sals
0 R
Goofl farm, 1 miles to station, Fill
more county, good 8-room house, barn,
granaries, hog house, 130 acres under
cultivation; price till August 1, 1902,
$35 per acre. Another nearby, in
York county, at $31.25 per acre. Sev
eral very good' farms In Harlan, Fur
nas and Gosper counties at $12.50 to
$15 per acre. Lancaster county, $30 to
$67.50. Gage county, $42.50 to $45,
near Firth. Four hundred acres near
Endicott, Jefferson county, $16.50. Two
V, very fair farms in Hall at $22.50. Sev-
eral in Buffalo, $10 to $25. Ranches,
all sizes, some for trade, in Holt, Rock
Brown, Cherry, Sheridan, Keith,
Blaine, Custer and otner Nebraska
counties. Also some very cheap prop
erty in Colorado. When writing say
what you want and how you want to
pay for it. LAWS & DOLAN,
f Lincoln, Neb.
THE NEW MODEL SUSPENDER .
Is a new invention that promises to revolutionize
the Suspender trade. The
web is ot the best quality;
the notched tips are of fir m,
oak-tanned belt leather;'
the fasteningsot first-class
lf, very sou and flexible.
Adjustable front and hack,
they will not slip off the
shoulders or tear off but
tons. There is no metal to
rust, break, or cut the
clothing the only abjust
able suspender made with
out metal. It will outwear
any suspender TnadcWhile
for men o? heavy work it
has no equal on account of
material and wearing qual
ities, yet it is dressy enough
for anyone, making it a de
nirable suspender for all
cla?ses. Less value is re
ceived in the purchase of
the ordinary suspender
than in any other item of
dress. The best js the cheapest.
Ask yotvr Dealer for
"THE new nonpi
and talce no other, or send 50 Cents and we
will mail you a pair postpaid. Regular lengths
All of these goods are made out of the very
test material. We believe the people will ap
preciate me vaiuc iney gex at lllese low prices
Meserve-Edgerfon fiifg. Co,,
UXCOLK, - - - NEBKASKA.
On 20.1 miles $2,211.31
Or a little over $110 per mile. No
date, is given, but I assume it was the
taxes of 1900 paid in 1901, as most of J
The bulletin then pretends to give a
statement of income for the Nebraska
mileage, presumably for the same year
as the taxes. It is as follows:
Gross earnings $10,519.14
Operating expenses 37,431.35
Loss from operation $26,912.21
This would be at the rate of $1,
338.91 loss for each mile of road in
Pawnee and Gage counties, in addi
tion to the $110 taxes per mile. I don't
know where the tax bureau got its fig
ures, but it is very evident that some
smooth juggling has been done some
where. It is simply a trick of book
keeping whereby the entire earnings
of a road could be credited up to a
mile if they chose to do so, and sim
ilarly the entire operating expenses
could be charged up to some other
mile. There are statistics obtainable
for this line, which extends over 174.13
miles, including trackage rights over
12.48 miles of leased lines.
According to Poor's Manual for 1901
and the report of the interstate com
merce comriiissioh'the lnbdme account
of the K. C. N. W. for the year ending
June 30, 1900, was as follows:
Gross earnings $415,709
Operating expenses 307,771
kv.i : 1 AT noo
ict eaniiugs f xui,900
This would give net earnings of
$619.87 for every mile of line both in
Nebraska and Kansas. The Nebraska
mileage amounts to 11.54 per cent of
the entire line operated, and 11.54 per
cent of the income above set forth
would be as follows:
Gross earnings ...r $47,972.82
Operating expenses 35,516.77
FAT TO FAT
People
Weight w7th R CS U CtO '
Reduce your fat and be renued. Ketlne your
fat and be reduced. "Keducto" is a perfectly
harmless vegetable compound endorsed by'
thousands of physicians and people who have
tried It. We send you the formula, you make
"Keducto" at borne If you desire, you know
full well the ingredients and therefor need
have no fear of evil effects. Send $1.00 for re
ceipt and Instructions everything mailed In
plain envelope. Address
Ginseng Chemical Co,,
3701 S. Jefferson Av., St. Louis, Mo
fl
14
Wanted For U. S. Arm v.
Able-bodied unmarried men between
ages of 21 and 35, citizens , of United
States, of good character and tem
perate habits who can speak, read and
write English. For. information apply
to Recruiting OfflcersPostofflce Build
ing, Lincoln, Neb., or 16th and Dodge
sts., Omaha, Neb.
GREATLY REDUCED RATES
...VIA...
Wabash
Railroad.
Half Rates Round Trip. (Plus $2.00) to
Sandusky, ColumbusToledo, Cincin
nati, Indianapolis, Louisville and
many points in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio
and Kentucky Tickets sold Sep
tember 2, 9, 16, 23. - '
Less than half rates to Washington, D.
C. and return. Tickets sold .October
2,3,4,5.
Half Rates, Round Trip, to Buffalo, To
ronto, Niagara Falls, Pittsburg, De
troit, Cleveland, Columbus and many
points in Michigan. Indiana, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ken
tucky. Tickets sold October 2, 34, 5.
Half Rates Boston, Mass., and return.
Sold Oct. 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Loner lim
its and stopovers allowed at Niagara
1 alls and Detroit on above tickets.
For rates and all information cull at Wihsith
New City Office, 1601 Farnam St., or write
Harry E. Moores, Qea'l Agent, Passenger Dept.,
Omaha. Neb. "
Grave Monuments
If you are looking for the best
workmanship and most durable ma
terial for a grave monument - ami
prices that are reasonable write to
Kimball Bros., Lincoln, Neb., for ' il
lustrated catalogue of tomb stones and
monuments. , A1J their work is first
class and their terms are easy. Men
tion The Independent -
Net earnings $12,456.05
Every mile of the K. C. N. W. from
Virginia to Kansas City earned $619.87
net in the year named, yet by a slight
Juggle of the figures the 20 miles in
Nebraska caused a loss of $1,338.91. Is
it wise to place much confidence in
such statements? Possibly the tax
bureau down in Kansas shows that the
Kansas end of the road was also oper
ated at a loss. It could be done very
nicely by throwing the bulk of the
gross earnings to the credit of the
Nebraska end.
The tax bureau method of giving
statistics may be likened to a labor
ing man keeping a debit and .credit
account with his fingers and other
parts of his body. He earns, say $1.50
a day. "My right thumb earned 25
cents of that," he declares, "my right
fore finger earned 25 cents; my left
thumb earned 20 cents and my left
fore finger earned 20 cents ; the other
fingers earned 10 cents each. It cost
me $1.25 for living expenses; that Is
12 cents 'operating expense' for each
finger and thumb." Of course some of
his fingers show net earnings and
others net loss but the man himself
had just 25 cents net. It's just the
same with the K. C. N. W. the whole
road must be taken Into account, and
it had net earnings of nearly $620 a
mile. CHARLES Q. DE FRANCE.
SPECIAL MARKET LETTER
FROM NYE AND BUCHANAN CO..
LIVE STOCK COMMISSION MER
CHANTS, SOUTH OMAHA,
NEBRASKA.
Cattle receipts largest of the year,
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, over
20,000. Beef cattle stead. Desirable
cows, stockers and feeders firm and de
mand good. Common stuff weak and
lower. Best feeders and killers, $4.80
to $5.60; fair, $4.25 to $4.80; stockers,
$3.00 to $4.00; common, $2.50 to $3.25;
canners and cutters, $1.75 to $2.50;
stock calves, $3.25 to $4.50; veal, $4.50
to $5.50; choice cows and heifers, $4.00
to $4.50. ,
Hog receipts light, but market still
weak and lower until past two days,
when there was a 10c advance. Range,
$6.60 to $6.85.
Three days of this week bring near
ly 44,000 sheep. Mutton sheep be
gan dicllning a few days ago. but
feeders tecamo stronger, and all are
quoted In cue range now. as follows
Tearlings, $3.40 to $4.00; wethers.
$3.30 to $3.75; ewes, $2.75 to $3.40;
lambs, $5.00 to $8.X0; stock lambs,
$3.50 to $4.00; culls, $1.00 . to $2.00;
vjeed .' ciand for feeders. ,
B. H. Robison, president of the
Bankers' Reserve LIf6 'Asociation, pub
lished a bulletin last week announcing
that the week's applications carried
the association by the $5,000,000 mark.
This is a most remarkable record,
for the company wrote its first policy
five years ago. Organized before the
Iowa stipulated premium law had been
adopted in Nebraska, the first two
years ; of the company's? career con
tained nothing phenomenal.
Three years ago adapting its policies
to the present law, the Bankers' Re
serve Life Association immediately
began, to make its presence felt in the
western irsuranoe field:5 : '
Three years ago only about half a
million was at ri3k- Today more
than t5.0f0.000 is In force. -The pre
mium receipts and assets of the com
pany have correspondingly increased.
Five dollars of assets have been
accumulated to meet every dollar of
actuarial liability.
The year 1901 was a banner year,
but . 1902 , breaks all records and the
Bankers' Reserve will go into 1903 with
$6,000,000 of insurance in force.
In another year the business will
reach $10,000,000, and the beauty of it
all is that every dollar of assets is in
Nebraska. It is a western institution,
officered by western men, full of west
ern enthusiasm, determined that this
western enterprise shall not only win,
but win triumphantly.
B. H. Robison, president, McCague
building, Omaha, Neb., wants 100 more
insurance underwriters for territory
offering an extraordinary, promising
field fo business.
HEADACHE
At S tfrug stares.
25
25c
4
Biggest in Years!
..THE.;
Nebraska Slate Fair.
Lincoln, Sept. Istr to 5th.
FIGURES THAHELL
i-- . . . """Ti" ri
A , Farmer Keep Book for Year and
Shovr the Profit from Hit 320-Acre
Irrigated-Farm- -
For sbme reason as a class farmers
do not keep any record A ot the earn
ings of their farms. Almost every other
line of business does. We have here
an exception to the rule. The follow
ing letter ' shows the Earnings of an
irrigated farm In northern Colorado:
Greeley, Colo., June, 41902. Woods
Investment Co., Lincoln, Neb. Dear
Sir: I had under cultivation on my
320-acre farm eight miles northeast of
Greeley last year 210 acres, as follows:
100 acres oata and wheat. .
tbraabed. ;. . 2,900 bush
50 acre potatoes, dog. 7,0.0 bushels
50 acre alfalfa, bar cat .200 ton
10 acre sugar beetit delivered '
to factory. 190 ton
I sold of the above the following:
2.NX) btiabel wheat and oat, at
70c per bushel $1,750 00
6,000 bushels potatoes, 75c per bushel.. 4,500 00
100 ton alfalfa, at SS per ton 600 00
190 ton sugar beets, at S4.50 per ton.. 855 00
2 beeves, at $40 each KO 00
Total .' $7,685 00
Had Z men, at JJU per month,
9 month ....$540 00
Care of 10 aeres beet, at $20 per
acre 200 00
New machinery and blacksmith
bills 200 00
. 940 00
Balance for the year..!. ..$6,745 00
Sold butter and eggs to pay for
groceries.
I have never regretted my move o
Colorado. Fanning here is so easy
and so certain that prosperity, is sure
to attend the efforts of any farmer. who
is at all industrious and frugal. I
have found the markets good as a us
ual thing, another Important factor
in successful agriculture. I have
found the lalsing of wheat; alfalfa and
potatoes especially profitable. Farm
ing under Irrigation, with a good wa
ter right, I consider an Ideal occupa
tlon and I am contented. Yours re
spectfully, C. D. NEFF.
Lands equally good In the same lo
cality and as satisfactory in every
way as Mr. Neff's farm, has proven are
offered fcr sale at low prices and on
easy terms by the Woods Investment
Co.. Lincoln. Neb. See their ad. on
page 8. . ' ,
Happy Homes
Nothing conduces more to make
home happy than - music. The high
prices usually charged have prevented
many from having a musical instru
ment.. W. O. Prescott & Co., 114 and
302 So. 12th St., Lincoln, Neb., in their
great discount sale are offering prices
and terms it would seem the poorest
can have a musical Instrument. This
sale continues only till September 6.
See their advertisement on another
page.-; - . ;
A GUIDE TO VALUES
What the Wall Street Jowrnal Say About
Railroad Having Una In Nebraska
The Wall Street Journal, published
by Dow, Jones & Co. at 42-44 Broad
street. New York, is a newspaper of
wide circulation among Investors and
speculators. - It gives the latest and
most reliable news regarding stocks
and bonds, quotations,: railroad reports
of earnings, etc. One page in partic
ular is of interest to the people of
Nebraska, who have been surfeited
with tax bulletins. It i3 headed, "A
Guide to Values; What Leading Rail
road Shares Are Now Earning.1 The
Independent' .quotes figures from the
Issue of August 7, 1902.
CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY.
1902. 1901.
il months gross. $49,318,500 $45,963,031
Hi months net.. 18,406,526 16,341,811
The 1902 gross earnings show an
increase of $3,355,469 over the 11
months period last year. Net earnings
show increase of $2,064,715. For the
fiscal year. 1901 the surplus (that is.'
what was left of the gross earnings
after paying operating - expenses, in
terest on bonds, and taxes) was $7,-
785,098; this-Is equal to 7.03 per cent
on the stock ($111,142,800). i
CHICAGO, ROCK ISL. & PACIFIC
1902. 1901. ;
April gross $ 2,119,177 $ 1,972,937.,
April net 510,408 507,583
Increases: Gross, $146,240: net
$2,825. For the fiscal year ending
March 31, 1902. the Rock Island sur
plus was $7,220,941, which was a lit-
tre better than 12 per cent of the $60,-
000,000 of stock then outstanding.
Stock is now Increased to $75,000,000;
and $24,000,000 of 4 per cent bonds
have been issued for purchase' of Choc-
tow, Oklahoma & Gulf road, running
through Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Strange to say the Rock Island's oper
ating expenses in Nebraska were more
than its gross earnings, and in Iowa it
barely managed to get through with
out loss; yet somehow a mystery of
railroad bookkeeping the road man
aged to rake up 12 per cent returns
on its stock.
CHI., ST. P., MINN. & OMAHA.
1902. 1901.
4 months gross.. $ 5,623,934 $ 3,190,183
An Increase of $433,751 in gross
earnings. For the fiscal year 1901
this road's surplus "after first
charges" was $2,729,250; equal to 9 per
cent on preferred and 9 per cent on
common stock. Amount of preferred
stock, $11,259,912; common, $18,559.-
034. . s .
MISSOURI; PACIFIC.
t 1902. .1901."-
5 months gross. .$14,450,871 $14,039,879
5 months net. v. 4,233,740 4,872,585
Gross earnings increased $410,992
and net earnigs decreased $638,845 in
the five months, showing that this
road is "paying its dividends to the
property." In other words, the Mis
souri Pacific must be making some
valuable Improvements and charging
the cost to operating expense. For tho
fiscal year 1901 the Missouri Pacific
surplus was $7,478,522; equal to 9.8 per
cent on its $76,050,000 of stock.
UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM.
1902. 1901."
11 months gross. $43,639,839 $39,964,132
11 months net.. 20,270,065 17,326,389
Increases: Gross, $3,675,707; net,
$2,943,676, Fiscal year 1901 left a
surplus of $13,157,768, which was equal
to 4 per cent on the $99,538,800 of pre
ferred stock and 8.8 per cent on the
$104,052,900 of common stock.
ieraMI
a o)
Brick Layers at Work on the Walls of the Second
Story. Expect to Have the Roof on by
v" " - September ist
WHY YOU SHOULD ASSIST IN THE WORK
Do You Prize tho Privileges of an American Freeman's Ballot and the Voice
You Have In Shaping the Affairs of the Government? v
To any of our readers Interested The
Independent will say that the Woods
Investment Co. are a responsible firm
and are offering good lands at low
prices and easy terms. See their ad.
on page 8. If Interested correspond
with them. Mention that you saw
their ad. In The Independent. They
will treat you right.
FARM BARGAINS Samples.
In tne most beautiful part of the Republican Blver
Valley. Wheat 25 to 50 bushel per acre. Alfalfa 4
tons per acre. Corn wlU be 50 to 75 bushels per acre.
Kn-acre niarmy improved auaua rancn, sz..i per
acre. 160-acre highly Improved upland farm, $15.00
per acre. 440-acre upland ranch, 16.75 per acre. 320
acre partly improved alfalfa ranch, t23.00 per acre.
Now Is the time to bay, before prices are advanced.
TeU me what you want.
JAMES HUNTER, Republican City, Neb.
There . may . be some who at first
thought wonder why they should be
expected to assist in helping to extend
the circulation and influence of The
Independent. - A little thought will
convince them it is a privilege, almost
a duty to do so. Do you value the
privilege you enjoy as a free Ameri
can citizen and; appreciate the im
portance of, the power of the ballot
that you' cast? Do you realize the re
sponsibilities you owe to yourself and
to your children and future genera
tions to use your ballot judiciously and
intelligently? The Independent is the
leading paper of its class in the United
States. It advocates certain prin
ciples of government believed to be
forthe best interests of all the people.
It publishes facts without fear or
favor and endeavors to furnish the in
formation to its readers necessary to
enable them to cast an intelligent
ballot. If you believe in the prin
ciples advocated by The Independtnt
and that their enactment into law
would benefit the nation as a whole
it is your duty as a patriotic citizen
to do your part in helping to make
them law. When the nation needs
soldiers in time of war to defend it
self from its destroyers and preserve
its blessing to the people, it is your
patriotic duty to volunteer your ser
vices as a soldier. If the privileges
you enjoy are worth so much sacrifice
in time of war, are they not worth
the lesser sacrifices of time and atten
tion necessary to preserve them in
time of peace? As prevention is bet
ter than cure, so it is better Nto keep
the machinery of government moving
in such lines that war and revolution
will be unnecessary. The citizen who
gives time and attention to problems
of government in time of -peace is as
truly. a patriot as he who follows the
flag in war. The man who studies to
improve his country in quiet times Is
the man who can be depended upon
to fight for it when needed. A politi
cal coward always makes a "cold
footed" soldier.
The man who pretends to be too
good to interest himself in political
matters and dismisses the subject with
a contemptuous sneer that "he don't
care" should be reminded that he can
not escape the annual visits of the tax
collector and that he and his children
will be required to assist in paying
tht political fiddlers. c, He should be
reminded that many 'of the world's
most powerful nations--have becomS
drunk with imperialism and gone to
wreck and ruin. The treasuries were
depleted by greedy politicians and the
people reduced to poverty, burdened
beyond endurance hy unequal and un
just taxation. The Roman republic
and Spanish kingdoms are but two 11
lustrations. Shall we profit by their
lessons or shall we follow the same
road to destruction?
The citizen who "don't care" about
polities' is of doubtful patriotism. He
is the political rogue's delight and they
only wish that his kind may increase.
He growls a little, but pays the bills
ROY'S DRUG
STORE
104 Ml 10th St
We say "Roy's" drug store as a
matter of fact It is EVERYBODY'S
drug store almost. Roy only con
ducts it, buys and keeps to sell he
goods, and meet and force competition.
Our patrons do the rest. We want U
remind you of seasonable goods, viz:
Garden Seeds, Conditl - Powders, Lice
Killers, B. B. Poison, Kalsomlne,
Paints, Oils, Varnishes, etc. '
Wo make a specialty of all kinds of
Stock and Poultry Foods, etc. Don't
miss us.
Roys' 1 04 No I Oth
FREEZE OUT SALE!
It is impossible for us to get a lease on
our present quarters at any price and we
are forced out of business.
We intend to make competition so
strong while we remain in business, that
every one in the state will remember the
Freeze Out Sale.
Here is a corporal's guard of prices
selected from a regiment of bargains:
50c Kermott's Swamp Root... 29o
50c Hall's Herbs 17c
81 Temptation Tonic 59c
9 1 Neal's Hair Tonic 59c
Stock Foods, Heavy Drugs, Lubricat
ingOils, 33 off. Peruna, Miles, Celery
Compound, S. S. S., Pinkhams 64c
each f 1 bottles.
Keep your eye on this space for bar
gains. .
Rjggs ass
1 2th and O Funke Opera House.
and does nothing to check the rob
beries and political extravagance.
If you believe In the principles ad
vocated by The Independentthe prin
ciples of the people's party it is your
duty to help extend its circulation and
Influence in order that those prin
ciples may be made law. It is your
duty to assist in electing men who will
support and advocate the same prin
ciples you believe in. There is no way
you can accomplish so much for the
advancement of those principles as to
fissist in increasing the circulation and
lafluence of The Independent. The
man who reads The Independent soon
becomes a student of political con
ditions. The result of his study is
always a vote for better government
Thousands of honest men are sup-
porting the republican party through
force of habit and political prejudice.
It is education and information they
need to show them the dangers from
the continuation of the political poli
cies i Of the present . administration.
When they have read The Independent
for a time they will begin to think
and men who think do not vote the
republican ticket. - s
Do you not know of men in your lo
cality who should read The Indepen
dent? Why not send for a block of
five Liberty Building subscription
cards and invite them to subscribe?
Explain to them that The Independent
is making a special rate for subscrip
tion clubs of five or more at the pres
ent time in Its effort to raise funds for
the construction of Liberty Building to
be a permanent home for itself. If
they have never read the paper before,
now is the best and cheapest oppor
tunity they will ever have to do so.
We are now pushing the work of con
struction and desire to send out the
remaining Liberty Building subscrip
tion cards in the shortest time possi
ble. Work has begun on , the second
Btory and the roof should be on by
September 1. Will you assist in
spreading the doctrines of the people's
party by selling a block of five In your
neighborhood? Crop conditions are
good and the sale of cards should be
an easy matter. There is no better
place to find buyers than , with a
threshing gang. Send for a, block and
try it. Any you do not sell you may
return.
Here is the roll of sales to date. May
we add. your name to the list?
Previously acknowledged.:. : 5271
To state committee 2500
D. H. Little, Wichita, Kas 20
Thomas Turney, Culbertson, Neb.. 5
G. W. Ferbrache, Sutherland, Neb.. 5
R. H. Shapland, Bartlett, Neb. ..... 5
W. W. Shortrldge, Amos, Ore.,... 5
Geo. M. Austin, Tekamah, Neb 5
R. E. Wiley, Monroe, Neb 6
E. T. Jones,' Wolfe Creek, W. Va.. 5
W. J, Bryan Bliss, 211 Hancock St.,
Dorchester, Mass........ 5
N. Cochenour, Roseland, Neb 5
V. M. Faxon, Reeds, Mo .....-0
W. Z. Thompson, Palava, Tex 5
Total
7851
The Plan
For many years the greatest need of
The Independent has been a perma
nent location-ra home of its own.
Once secured, expenses can be re
duced and the paper made a greater
power for good and more valuable
and interesting to its readers. To
build this home The Independent has
asked the cooperation of its readers
in the sale of 10,000 subscription cards.
The c&rds are printed on regular U. S.
postals and are put un in blocks ?
five. Each card is good for a year'
subscription. For the five cards, (flvo
yearly subscriptions to be sent to five
different persons) the charge is $3.00,
60 cents for each card. The regular
subscription price of The Independent
is $1.00 -per year, and for single sub
scriptions it does not accept less than
that. It is only because funds are
needed for the construction of Liberty
P.uildlng that the unparalelled offer
of five yearly subscriptions for only
13.00 Is made. ,
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
MARBLE, GRANITE, SLATE
f
Several hundred finished mon.
uments always on hand, from
which selections can be made.
A personal call desired; where
this is not convenient, we will
mail designs, prices, etc.
Send for illustrated booklet,
free. Mention this paper.
KIMBALL BROS.,
1500 O Street,
Lincoln, Neb.
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
0
O0OO-OOO0OOOOOIOOOOOOOO0OOO o
ONE GALLON WINE FREE
With every gallon finest 10-year-old ) Both shipped in ( DO I I!
" OLD TIMES WHISKEY " 5 '; I 00.13
We make this unparalleled offer to introduce quickly. Old Times Whiskey won
first prize and gold medal at World's Fair and is guaranteed Ten Years Old and
absolutely pure. Send orders direct to . . '
Eagle Liquor & Bottling Co., Western Distributers, .KiTa Kansas City, Mo
? Not a Candidate;
A Press dispatch from Muscatine!
Ia., under date of August ' 8, "saysr i
William. J. Bryan settled for all time
the rumors that he will be a candidate
for president in':i904 in an interview
today while dn the way to Danville,
111., where , he Is to ' speak . tonight.
Colonel Bryan, when shown yester
day's reports that he might again be a
candidate, was much nettled,, and ex
pressed himself in no uncertain man
ner. He said he wanted the. matter
settled right now, so there could be no
further question. The Mason City in
terview, he said, was unreliable.
"I will not be a candidate for presi
dent in 1904," said Mr. Bryan. "While
I would not promise never to be a can
didate again under any circumstances,
I have no plans looking to the future
nomlnatiin for any office. I am per
fectly content to do my work as a
private citizen and enjoy my editorial
work. I shall continue ' to advocate
with tongue and pen reforms which I
believe to be necessary."