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POOR DEGENEKATK VERMONT What a solid and permanent republi can majority can do toward the de generation of the whole people of, a state is shown by some'statistics that have been brought out in the triangulr fight for governor in Vermont. They have some sort of a state agency for the sale of liquor there and the sales show that from these agencies, not in cluding the boot-legging and drug store sales, over one-quarter of a mil lion dollars5 worth of liquor was le gally' required by a population of 182,-' 356 people for medicinal purposes, and the .health reports show no epidemic or undue prevalence of disease! j That is not the worst of it. Some months ago Dr. Ashbel P. Grinnell of Burlington read a paper1 before the medico-legal society of New York on the consumption of stimulating drugs in Vermont, which attracted, much at tention at the time. He found by in quiry that "in the regular drug stores and in 160 of the 172 general stores in the state of Vermont they sell every month 3,300,000 doses of opium, besides what they dispense in patent medi cines, and besides what the doctors dispense, which gives IY2 doses of op ium to every man and woman in the state of Vermont above the age of 21 years every day in the year." That is the condition that fifty years of republican rule has resulted in, in the ancient homes of the Puritans. The same tort of degeneration is observ able in the nation at large, though not to the same extent, since the republi can3 took charge of the national gov ernment. No doubt it would have been as extensive if the party had been as certain of national majorities as the state of Vermont has been. A few missionaries sent to opium-eating Ver mont would perhaps do as much good as if they were sent to opium-eating China. There are several states in the union which have had just as perma nent and solid democratic majorities, but no such degeneration is noticeable. Bourbon rule is bad enough, but not half as bad as that of this "God and morality" party. SUBLIME AND AWFUI To describe the barbaric splendors of the privileged few who have ac cumulated millions from franchises voted to them by the people, new words have to be invented. The ac count given In the special telegram to the Record-Herald of the Vander bilt ball that cost $100,000 has the fol lowing paragraph: In the panels of the room are set large mirrors, in front of which gilt consols. American beauty roses were massed on the console tables and mantels, being reflected many times by the numerous mir- Tors. " ' " ' ' ' ": The editor of The Independent has a pretty fair reference library, but neither in dictionaries, cyclopedias or other works could he find out what "consols" were. He knew that the word "console," aside from its ordi nary meaning to comfort and sooth, was used as an architectural term meaning a sort of bracket to support a cornice, but the other word was be yond his ken. It was probably used to duly impress the common herd with the unknown, mysterious, wonderful and awful splendor of the Vanderbilts, so that they should be duly reverent to those "to whom God in his infinite wisdom had confided the property in terests of the country." It is to be sincerely hoped that it did have that effect The sons of the men who made a gift to Vanderbilt of a franchise for the New York Central worth hundreds of millions are likely to be duly im pressed with "gilt consols." The breed has not improved any since the time in which the elder Vander bilt lived and flourished. that all the great, fundamental econ omic truths are also hoary with age. Some years ago the editor of The In dependent in hi3 .ardent study of economics often Imagined that he had thought out something new, but It was never long afterwards, as he pursued his studies, until he came across -the same Idea fully and completely stated In some authoritative work on politi cal economy. So he has long since j given up the idea of promulgating any r new truth and contents . himself in j trying to put into the cvery-day lan guage the old 'truths, recognizing that the form In' which they ary stated in t the .great volumes often makes them ; incomprehensible to' the common man. It is well to remember how the mind Is ' influenced with meaningless catch phrases. The phrase "sound ; money" is absolutely meaningless. No ' sort, of study of it enables a man to j attach any meaning to it. None of those who used it ever attempted to define It, Yet it had a wonderful ef- feet upon the voter. This '.'balance of trade" phrase is a sophistry that . has been in use for more than a hundred years. Its use in the last presidential election controlled many votes. That question played a very prominent '. part in politics about sixty years ago. In speaking upon it, Daniel Webster said (Life and Speeches, vol.2. III., page 118) : "By an unfavorable balance of trade it means that state of things In which importation exceeds ex portation. It is said that if a na tion continue a commerce like this it must be rendered bankrupt. The fallacy of this argument con- sists in supposing, that, whenever . the value of Imports exceeds that of exports, a debt Is created to the extent of the difference.-. . . The excess of imports over exports, in truth, usually shows the gains, not the losses of trade." It will be seen that what The In dependent has said about that re publican sophistry is nothing new. It has only been reasserting economic laws long since established and ac cepted as true by all thinking men. CHANGE THEIR ATTITUDE The English reviews are making savage criticism of America and Amer icans. This government is accused of a design to annex Canada and all the South American republics. The Sat urday Review remarks: ' "It is unfortunate if not excep tional that the United States can not be satisfied with the plain, straightforward policy of - self-interest without attempting to ex plain it as a disinterested and highly moral position. It was on this basis that the war with Spain was undertaken, resulting in the Philippines being annexed and Cu ba, being put under the heel." . . .. .; Not long ago The Independent re marked that the Boer war being ended and the United States being no longer necessary as a base of supplies for the British, the soft solder of . the British press and British office-holders would come to an end. The marrying of Am erican girls to lords and dukes, the fawning of the New York snobocracy upon the English aristocrats and the condescention of the nobility is not what binds, nor their absence what dissevers the two nations. It is the contact of commercial interests and needs in time of war. England having made a tool of the administration in her imperialistic enterprises and now having no further need of its services, instantly changes her attitude. If the Boer war was still being prosecuted and the British ministry still needed the assistance of the United States as a base Of supplies, no such paragraph as the one quoted above would ever have appeared . in a prominent English paper. NERV01KS PROSTRATION : - CURED BY PE-RU-NA. i 1; . i I.. - fj ' ! . J. A. SIMPSON. . '. -. ;! !i Seo'y B'd of Education, San Francisco. HOW LONG WILL IT FLOAT? The warnings that The Independent has been giving concerning this credit balloon that the trust promoters and banks have sent kiting ten thousand feet high are being re-echoed in Eu rope. In a recent article the French economist, Leroy-Beaulleu, says: "It seems, nevertheless, that for a year pa' the successful daring of the rican financiers has been turning a little into presump tion. Their gigantic scaffold of trusts would : hardly seem proof now against every strain. They have failed in their effort to keep copper at a price the double of what it costs to get it from the general run of good mines. Their great steel trust also inspires" doubts. It seems now as if they were beginning to see a scarcity of capital for the support of all this succession of syndicate and consolidations. And it would not be surprising if within 12' or 18 months the United States should suffer a violent speculative reac tion, if not a thorough collapse." The constant demand from Wall street for "more money" with which to keep their credit balloon afloat, the desperate and futile efforts of Secre tary Shaw to furnish it, together with the fact that for every additional dol lar added to the currency there are ten dollars of credit piled on top of it, makes one doubt whether the balloon can be kvpt afloat for 12 or 18 months. . THE OLD SOPHISTRIES The remark of Mr. Van Vorhis In last week's Independent that the mod ern sophistries are hoary with age should be followed with the statement Hon. J? A. Simpson, Secretary of the Board of Education of San Francisco, Cal., writes : M : - ' "I have found Peru na a n ideal tonic. Some months ago 1 suffered with neu rasthcnla (systemic catarrh), caused by too close application to. off ice work. My system seemed worn out and I felt far from well. I found Peruna bene tited me very much. It built up the entire system and made me feel like a new man. I believe it is well worthy the high praise bestowed upon lt."- J. A. SIMPSON. Systemic catarrh always gives fair warning of its approach, and can be easily warded off by the proper treat ment, Floating brown specks before the eyes, mental confusiop, fits of ner vous headache, sleeplessness, flashes of heat, chilly sensations, palpitation, irri tability, despondency; any of these symptoms or all of them should he promptly met by the use of Peruna. v. Congressman E. V. Brookshire, from Indiana, in a recent letter from Wash ington, D. C, says : " From what my friends say, Peruna Is a good tonic and a safe catarrh cure." E. V. Brookshire. "Summer Catarrh," a book written by Dr. Hartman, President The Hartman Sanitarium, on the subject of the ner vous disturbances peculiar to summer, ent free to any address by The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O. ROOSEVELT'S DEFENSE There has been so much criticism of the speeches of the president on the trust question, he has felt the neces sity of making a reply. In this reply which was given in his speech at Fitchburg, Mass., he said: "Now, it does not do anybody I ' any good, and it will do most of us a great deal of harm to take steps which will check any "prop er growth in a corporation. ; We wish not to penalize but to reward a great captain of Industry, or the men banded together in a corpora tion who have the business fore thought and energy . necessary to . build up a great industrial enter prise. Keep that in mind." What the president means by "a great corporation" may be gathered from the following sentence in -the same speech: ' s ' "If some of those who have seen cause for, wonder in what I have said this fall on the-subject of great corporations, which are pop ularly, although with technical in accuracy, known as trusts." That is the president's answer to the demand that he enforce the Sherman act and institute criminal prosecu tions aeainst them. He will not do it. That would 'penalize them." "We wish not to penalize but to reward" the trusts. In the same speech he says: "I ask you to ponder on the ut ter folly of the man who either in . a spirit of rancor. or in a spirit of folly says, 'Destroy the trusts.'" Thst is the position of the president on trusts carefully defined and made in reply to criticism. He will have no part in destroying the trusts or in prosecuting them under the criminal :'" r.-,-''' . .;;!7 -.. law. He will not enforce the laws on the statute books made for their sup pression. It will .be seen that the trusts have in President Roosevelt the most astute defender that has yet ap peared, and that he, himself, frankly makes the statement in such language that there can be no doubt about it. He impresses this statement upon his hearersjn the following words: ... ; "I want you to thiqk of what I .have said because it represents all '. the 'sincerity and" earnestness ttyat" F have, and I sayto you here from this platform nothing that I have not already stated and nothing that" I. would not say at a private table with any of the biggest cor poration managers of the land." There is no doubt that President Roosevelt would make those state ments to "the biggest corporation managers in the land." They would likely rise from their seats, reach across the table 'and all want to shake hands with him at once while they were giving him assurances that they were, first, last and all the time for him for president in 1904 and every year afterwards as long as he should live. In this same speech he tells what he would have done about the trusts, ri.st of all he wants a constitutional amendment, which perhaps could be obtained sometims toward the last of the , century. His further action he states in reply to the one who would do something effective, as follows: "I will try to find out the evil. I will seek to apply remedies, which I have already outlined in other speeches. But if his policy from whatever motive, whether hatred, fear, panic, or just sheer ignorance, is to destroy the trusts in a way that will destroy all our prosperity, 'no!' " Now every man of common sense knows that it is in the power of the trusts to produce a panic any day. J. Pierpont Morgan could go down to Wall street and issue a lew orders any morning that would tumble over the bouse of cards that the trusts with their watered stock and the banks with their inflation of credit have built. Therefore the position of the presi dent is this: "As lor.g as the trusts will threaten to produce a panic. If any action is taken against them, to every suggestion to do so, I answer, 'no!' " There , is but one conclusion to be reached from all this. If. any man honestly believes . that the .trusts shouldbe overthrown, he cannot sup port Theodore Roosevelt or his party. To do so is to defeat the very thing that he wishes to see accomplished. INJURE. RELIGION TV.e Watchman. 'a Baptist paper, af ter quoting thp rvords of President Baer, makes thr following remarks: "I? this means anything it means that those who control the prop yl ty interests of the country are Christian m.r,; that God gave them this control because they know better what is for the inter est of tLe p-o than the people themselves, and that the proper at tirud of labniu'g men toward cap- itolt?l3 is not that of criticism or resistance or refusal to work, or th i f set t 10 eny means to im prove their condition,' but humble acceptance of what the capitalists , do for them ss the expression of the divine will. We do not won- der th?t laboring men who imagine that Christianity ihvolve3 such a conception tf Gcd as this, and that capitalists, vmany of whom have , gained theh wealth by. op pression and iiieu&T practices, are ; his repnwentalives, repudiate the' churches and all Christian institu tions. President Baer's sentence will do more harm to the cause of religion than he can ever atone, for. And we quote his words,' not to give thera currency, but to re pudiate for on:i.tlves all that they assert, and all that they imply." The Independent ' does not concur with the Watchman's view that the cant of Baer will injure religion. .It will perhaps have a tendency to wake up the church and bring some, of the preachers to their senses. They will bogin to see where, they, are drifting, that is, if they are not wholly de generate. , : 1 JOINT DISCUSSIONS There is a growing demand every where that the republicans shall come out of their holes and meet their op ponents in joint. discussion before the people. The .cowardly republicans have for . the j last eight years been afraid to meet their opponents any where. They ; will resort to anything to avoid, meeting, an opponent before the . people. In every ; campaign the people are . a jury, and all : the facts should be presented to ; them so they may intelligently, decide the case. To, refuse to discuss public questions is to hold ; the . people .. in contempt, to sneak away and avoid . discussion and endeavor! to : prevent - the people from hearing,; theuestions debated is , an attempt to deceive the jury that. Is .to decide the-case. The rich can : buy the newspapers, that is, most.of them, and present their side of the case ev ery day- in the year. The poor man finds, his side of the case, excluded from the newspapers by the money of the rich and: he himself . Is always ex cluded, from the platforms where the side of , the corporations is presented by the ablest speakers that money can hire. A party that; denies to the poor, man the right. to hear, the case dis cussed by able men on both sides is not only cowardly, but vicious.. The re publicans of the eastern states no more dare to meet their opponents In joint debate, than the corporation cow ards who run the republican machine In Nebraska. ', .... I ,; - ' While there are men on fusion ticket who have ,neyer.5 practiced public speaking, there , is not one of them who is afraid, to meet his opponent in joint debate. There iat: a republican can didate who j, dares,, tq dp At. 1 If the re publicans are., elected we shall , have -a government by 'political cowards who dare- not attempt' to defend their pol icies before .the- people when there is danger. Of a reply being' made. It will be the kind. of . government to be ex pected from, cowards. V the courts. A frown from Morgan makes the whole financial world shiver with fear. ". . t . , ' Since 1896 - the 'money power has vastly increased its dominion. What are you going to do about it? Shall we Bhiver and cringe until we are made wage slaves' to the trusts or shall we say to .these financial moguls: "Lib erty or death." x ; Editorial Notes. (rnc- The bicycle trust ha3 "busted." It was organized after the most approved fashion. Its stock was watered to the usual amount and all the other details attended to. It had bonds preferred stock and common stock and 60 per cent of all the manufacturers com bined into one "big corporation," as the president calls a trust. Neverthe less a receiver has been .appointed. - If one only styles himself a banker,. the people will hand their' money over to him without the least security by the thousands. The other, day a man appeared at Washington, Ind., gave out his name as Pleasant .: Durham, stuc1:' out a sign of "bank" and . the people rushed to hinf to give him their money. When - Durham had gathered a little over $10,000 he. quietly disap peared. Nothing is known of him or his former life. The editor of one of the leading L democratic papers in northeastern Ne braska has engaged in the real estate business and desires to sell his news paper and plant. The office has power newspaper and job presses, a Fair banks & Morse gasoline engine, paper cutter, about 130 fonts job and-ad.- type, " 350 pounds body type and an abundance of slugs, leads and other material. Paper has over 1,000 cir culation. $3,200, half cash, or $3,000 cash, will buy it. i'tfii Why don't you get in the habit of trading by mail? It's a good deal 'easier to sit down at; h'oine and 'make oiit an order and send it by mail than it is to hitch up and go to town and spend half a day. Besides that, when you send an order you can take your time to .it; (nobody to talk to you nobody to urge you to take something you don't wan't. - We want youno order your clothes, and your boy clothes, aud your wife's clothes, and your girl's clothes, from us. " We'll save youmoney; give you re liable goods. , vr . OUR; GATiAILOGUE8 are now. ready,, ono for men and one : r - for women, . Write a postal card for either V. one or both. r ' in bit NebrasK a Clothing CQiij Omaha, Neb. V "WB WILL MAKE A PANIC" When a bank fails it is the poor and the hard-working' business man who loses and not toy any great extent the rich.1 It stops the' high salaries, of bank officials and transfers them to receivers and the, men they employ, but the receiver and his employes are tak en from the old "set that ran the bank before it broke. A panic take3 . the savings of the poor which have been secured by the hardest toil and the closest economy practiced for years. The money put in the bank by these is not annihilated. Somebody gets it and makes no return' for it. In the last, fifty years billions of dollars have been taken from the poor in this way and billions more are to be taken in the same way in the' near future. Without counting the national banks there were 1,234 bank failures from 1864 to 18967-with liabilities of $220, 629,988. Arid from 1863 to 1882, 87 na tional banks smashed with a total loss to depositors of $7,000,000. In the panic of '93, 141 national banks sus pended in three months, and 415 pri vate : banks, trust . .': companies., co lapsed. The total ' loss can never be computed. For months millions of men and women were but of employ ment, and the destitution in the great cities will never be forgotten by those who saw it. Remember that plutocracy caused that suffering ' Intentionally. It was publicly announced that the banks in tended to give the people an object les son that would teach them the power of the banks and the" futility of oppos ing them. It proved successful. From that day to this the party in power has not dared oppose, though schemes are progressing that will make the people hirelings to the trusts and pile up for tunes in the hands of the manipula tors such as the world has never be fore known. "" The threat to produce a panic cows the president. From his brave utter ance, "shackle cunning," he has re treated to the position that' the trusts must not be penalizedbut rewarded Before this "money power," vaster. and far more portentious than it was in 1893, the whole nation stands cow ering. '., The words, "we will produce a panic," makes every business "man halt and brings pallor to the face of every depositor in a bank. Meanwhile these financial moguls ride rough-shod over the president the congress and The police courts of the country seem to have more courage, than" some of the higher courts. - The other day a Patterson, N. J. millionaire was fined twice in the police court in one day, once for employing child labor in his' factory and the second time for, run ning his devil wagon sixty miles an. hour through the streets of the city. For the first offense he was fined $50 and for the second $20. When a mil- ionai re appears in the federal courts, the judge takes his hat off to him. : SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES (Established ISSi) COURSE. Bfitin'ei,''Shorthand, Typewriting, TEACHERS. en bt successful busineti ex- Secretary Shaw's idea of making an elastic currency by getting the banks to issue more notes, has had the effect that every man of common sense knew t would have, of advancing the price of bonds -to an unprecedented figure. ir a banker gets bonds to secure an additional circulation he will haVe-to pay a price for them, that will eat all the Interest which he can hope to get on his note3 for three years in ad vance; It will take more patriotism than any banker was ever known to have to go into a business like that. Derien.ce and reccuroized teacbmir abilitv. EQUIPMENTS. Excellent. Krery facility for the rapid adyancement of students. EXPENSES. Very reasonable. Catalogue and 'beautiful souvenir of Lincoln - J KEE.. Address. . 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If labor unions should demand that every employer should pay from two' to four more laborers for" every one SEVEN GREAT, V SCHOOLS ) ' Cnftllcothe Normal School CblHlcothe Commercial College unimcotne bnonnana tjouege -C blHlcothe TeleirraDhy College thllllcothe l'en-Art College Cbillicothe bchooi or Oratory ChUUcothe Musical Conservatory. mnlQK0dv, ;they..iwaul4;bev-doingftinlyr y iHvtotlmtia. iisff'Wi'ffif what caDital, has been doing for: many wfeeksfboard.tuitiott.rTOfti rent, indusBoi text; years, wnenever stocK is waierea, in terest is collected on capital tnat nev er existed, and as all the 'great trusts are watered from 100 to 400 -per cent they , are doing exactly the same, thing as the unions would . do , If they en forced a demand that ror every nana employed, the trust should pay for two or four more that did not exist. bopks. For FR&E Illustrated Catalog aaarea. 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It ia powerful disin fectant, f 1 per gal. can; 65c M gal Ce gallon and sprayer, vi.au. j,m get it iree wd jre no agents oy m iittla work for w. Tat Timant X),. Lincoln. Neb. THE NEW MODEL SUSPENDER When the managers of the coal roads added the business of mining to the business of common carrier they committed a crime agamsr, me laws Of Pennsylvania, but they were is a new invention that promises to revolutionize never prosecuted for .it and no militia the suspenaer trade, ine was ever called out to enforce tne law. ,nnt,hitinsiri.nffim' When the miners violate. the law the oak-tanned belt leather; initio car. frt tio ennt In o hnrrv the fasteninjrs oi first-class . , i A i.jii nnATC. ii calf, very sott and flexible. wuu oruers iu hiiuoi uu ts.ui. rium ou Adjusublt; front and back, this it appears that there is one kind of thty win '--not-slip off the government for the rich and another shoulders or .tear off but- , , , . , . w. tons. There is no metal to kind for, the poor. The miners seem mst. break, or cut the tn Hkfi that sort of thine for they have clothine the onlyabiust al wavs voted - for the Dartv that ad- able suspender made with- ministers the government In that-way Perhans some day they will learn better. out metal. It will outwear any suspender made. While for men. of heavy work it has no equal on account of material and wearing qual ities, yet it is dressy enough e- oenaior niuai u Uirable susoendcr for all terms as united States -senator to tne classes x vaiue is re- nppmas. nf his state. it was "their ceived in the purchase of vates that sent him there. Now he The best 'S the cheaoest. state convention. inat snows tno ... Ask your ple.r for stuff that republican senators are maae . t tHR nfw nonpi . Of. He Is a fair representative of the and take no other, or send 50 Cents and we Whole lot. They have used the negroes wiU mail you a pair postpaid. ,. Regular lengths as tools to further their political for- ilrlmrToraec: tunes and now that tney can no longer Au 0f tnese goois are made out of the very further those fortunes they abandom best material. We believe the people will a p- 1, T.0 InHpnPnrtont has nftpn told preciate tne vaiuc tncy get anncse iow prices. the neerbes the truth about that mat ter. Will we here In Lincoln see tne negroes as eager to vote the republi can ticket in the future as In the past? Are they all of the sort that the more you kick them the better they , like you? Well, hardly. Mesenre-Edgerton Mfg. Co,, LINCOLN. - - - v r NEBRASKA, pmm Do You Want a Genuine Bargain Hundredn of Upright Piano returned rrom reiuinr to tx ditpMd of t once. They IncUde Steinw.jri, Kneb. Kiwher., Sterlings end other well known mke. ny e.nnot be dit- eelliJO, Alo beeo- ! l8 1 1 1 .Jl V. W rlerhtatSI2S,tm, H 11 B VI tlSOBd flfis. A fine minora . Thpn thPV dpflare that they Instrument t 290, Hilly equel to many miners. A nen tney aeciare Wcjf I ,i00 iM01- Monthly J-eymento eeepVt. Freight only about t5. Write for list end pertieuUre. Tou meke a. itret sarin. Pianos warranted as rlroMrMO. uiusn-atea riano norn rree. All the owners of anthracite coal mines have formed a union. None of them -will deal Individually with the will not deal with the miners' unioa and that each individual miner must make his own contract with them. The coal barons can have unions, but the miners must "not. Besides that, If the miners break the law, the state sends the militia swooping down on them When the coal barons violate the law, the state takes no action against them, even when they have been most notor ious violators of the law for years, and still are at the present time. That is the kind of government the republi can party has given this country and IVOHHEALY lOOAdamt 8t. CHICACO. World's largest music house; sells Ererythlng known in Musi. GREATLY REDUCED RATES f f l eA a Wabash Railroad. Half Rates Round Trip (Plus $a.OO to Sandusky Columbus, Toledo, Cincin nati, Indianapolis, Louisville and many points in Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky Tickets , sold Sep tember 2, 9, 16, 23. Less than half rates to Washington, I). C. aud return. Tickets sold October 2, 3, 4, 5. naif Rates, Round Trip, to Buffalo, To ronto, Niagara Falls, I'ittsburtj, troit, Cleveland, Columbus and man points in Michigan, Indiana. Ohi, Pennsylvania, West-Virginia and Ken tucky. ' Tickets sold October 'A ill, 4, ix Half Rates Boston, Mass., and return. Sold Oct. 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Lon- Ha. its and stopovers allowed at Niagara - Falls and Detroit on above tickets. For rates and all information call at WahH New City Office, 18U1 Farnam St.. or wr Harry . Moores, Oea'l Agent, i-asD-r Dei Omsha, Neb. FARM BARGAINS Samples. In the most beauttlul part of the Republican Hiver Valley. W heat 25 to 50 bushels pr acre. Alfalfa 4 tons per acre. Corn wUt be 50 to 75 bushfls per acre. 531 -acre hlsrhly improved alfalft. ranch, Si2.75 per acre. ltiO-acre hlzhiy Improved .lipland farm, flS.MM.. ' n-.v, v.i, per acre. 44fl-acre upland ranch, i.(5 per acre. 320- J eto., vj llio.ua, amu. acre parOy lmprovea alfalfa ranch, r-w per acre. Home Visitors Excursion to Eastarn .Points . The Missouri Pacific railroad effpr to its patrons the exceptionally low rate of one fare for the round trip o: September 2, 9, 10, and 23, to certai; points iu Ohio . and, Indiana and o- October 3 to 6, Inclusive, to all poir.:. in Central Passenger association tt ritory, some including Illinois, Iu! iana, Ohio, etc. Tickets limited v days for return, but not later tha November 3. . This will be your opportunity Lvisit your old home and friend3. a:.- the Missouri Pacific, with its splemi. road bed, its fast trains equipped wit all the latest and advanced improvt ments and conveniences, takes you : the "Gate-way," St. Lfcuis, the Worl.r. Falr City with. Its magniccnt Uni station where direct connections ar made for all points. Pullman Sleey .M from Lincoln -to Kansas City daib For further information, call at cir ticket, office, 1039 O st. . F D. CORNELL. P. & T. A. Wanted For U. S. Army. Able-bodied unmarried men betwc ages of 21 and 35, citizens of Unit States, of good character and tr perate habits who can speak, real a?i write English. For information arr-1 to Recruiting Officers. PostorUce Bui! : ing, Lincoln, Neb., or 16th and Do !., Now is the time to buy, before prices are advanced. thp mlTiors as a hodv have sunnnrterl it TeU me what you want. with their votes. J JAMES HUNTER, Republican City, Neb. W. M. Morning, attorney, rooms 31 311-312 Richards block, Lincoln. Ne