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8 7 THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT Sept, 18, 1902 The Man Who W ears Clothes M 12 should send his name and address by the first mail and receive by re turn post a copy of our Fall and Winter Catalogue with samples of the new styles of men's and boys' suits. This will enable him to see that we have a money - saving proposition for him. We do a mail order business with hundreds of other good men. why no t with you? flAYE DK 1005 to 1019 O St., Lincoln, Neb. A HUMAN STANDARD Mr. llingstn Replies to the Indepen dent's Comments on Ills Standard of Human Foot-Founds Editor Independent: In observa tions on comments by the editor it may be said tnat in speaking of inno vations there was none. A horse pow er is a definite number of foot pounds. As to the number for the various number of units in the standard scale, that is left to congress; the principle is what we need to discuss in the field; have that adopted and it will make little difference what number of pounds congress decides upon as the dollar representative in the scale. We are not attempting to fix the price of bread in the market; we can't do it; the buyer and seller will do that for all time to come; and to meddle with, further than to prevent dishonesty of methods, is inexcusable on the part of congress. But it is its sworn duty to regulate values (not prices) and the buyer ana seller look to them to supply an honest measure whereby they can fix prices. Congress up to date has supplied only with frauds, not one of their standards have ever measured values. As to che average of energy varying from time to time required in its pro duction, and of a bushel of potatoes, It most assuredly will vary, but we are not at all concerned with that fact in trying to ascertain the requirements of a measure for values. Not for bread and potatoes, pounds (not foot-pounds) measures tnem and leaves their pres ent values unmeasured. That table from Dunn has as much true bearing upon the fixation of value measure ments as it as a weather prognosti cator for the year 2000 A. D. When bread or potatoes enter the markets to have prices set upon them they are the product of forces already expended; they are congealed yester days. The marked distinction of all commodities and another is this, sin gly or combined in any quantities they do not of themselves possess a hu man want. Not in the case of the farmer's live stock where its nearest approach may be found, for want is there, but it is not human. If the dis tinctions are of immense importance, their breadth is such that none are in capable of comprehending them. Yes terday and time past is not and can not be made to be the present moment although its congealed product is here; ft has entpri1 thA Tiflst timft limit at its completion, its cost in power, human or other, is a past expenditure a yes terday. Of the present moments, forces and their present rate of expenditure, we must gauge them all by the human, which has this distinction, (despite the worst the Magian economists have been able to accomplish) it is the only force that can make intelligent bids in market; the only force that can im part market price. Watch its active and instantaneous operation in the changes of the ticker in any chamber of commerce. There is no congelation about that and yet it is in the most direct relation to the past; it sits in judgment upon its forms correctly or otherwise; but it does so; it never at tempts at any rate to modify the last year's drouth, or to charitably today provide for the now dead sufferers of the grasshopper scourge of the 70's. That it is equally blind to the suffer ing avoidable in the future is its great offense; but such as it is, it is the "now." Commodities are of the past energies; values of the now. That they should be restricted to their only source, as shown by the operations on the market, is a self-evident fact, were it merely a matter of truthfulness with no great results consequent upon its decision. It is also clear that the present lives by consuming the con gelations of the past. What do our systems declare and our political plat forms, even those that refuse to de clare themselves upon the question of standards, but this: the human being Is a commodity. The congealed past to be consumed? Will some of these platiorm economists explain to us what is cannibalism? We are not concerned with indi vidual differences in fixing a standard scale. We are not proposing to meas ure acquired; accomplishments; they all go where they belong with the mechanic's tools of the past and as any other W , commodity to be bickered for between buyer and seller but the man himself is superior to all other things .on the market; and ve demand that recognition at the hands of congress. Until they comply it is not In the power of man to erase the fact of cannibalism from their records. " h;'" ELLIN GSTON. Minnehaha, Minn. (Like most contentions, the chief difficulty between Mr. Ellingston and Ine Independent i3 a disagreement on the meaning of terms. With him, "price" is something vastly different from "value." The Independent de fines "price" as. "value stated in terms of money." If a horse will exchange for two cows, it is evident that the horse has value and the cows have val ue. The horse is of the value of two cows. Each cow is of the value of one-half a horse. But the owner of the hor3e might desire to exchange him for wheat. Now, a cow will ex change for 25 bushels of wheat; hence, the horse is of tne value of 50 bushels of wheat. It is evident that there should be some common term an ar bitrary one by which these various values might be stated. The value of the horse has no name until we apply money terms to it. As soon as we do, ihen the values of all the other things can be given appropriate names. And tnis we call "price." If we name the horse's value $100, then a little cal culation shows the price of a cow to be $50, and the price of a bushel of wheat to be $2. Certainly, congress has never sup plied a standard that has "ever meas ured values," for the good and suffic ient reason that values cannot be measured. We frequently speak of "measuring tne depth of affection," Dut no one ever seriously believed that affection can be measured by any standard adopted by congress. Con gress has given us the dollar as a unit in price calculations, but it does not measure anything in the strict sense of the word.- And it would not if we changed the name to "human foot pounds." It is not the sworn duty of congress to regulate all values. The constitu tion gives it power to "coin money and regulate the value thereof." And that can only be done by regulating the supply to suit the demand. The dol lar of today is different from the dol lar of 1896. The coin representing it has not changed in any way, if we ov erlook slight abrasions. It will pur chase much less of goods on the aver age than it did in 1896. Its value is mucn less than it was in 1896. Evi dently congress has done nothing to ward "regulating its value." - Mr. Ellingston lays great stress on the yesterdays and the now. There is no "now," except the fleeting moment dying at its birth. There is no pres ent except the point dividing the past from the future. Certainly pounds measure the weight of bread and potatoes. And if Mr. Ellingston had a standard of hu man foot-pounds to "measure" their value, it would have to be based upon the energies expended in the struggle to get possession of the bread and po- 83 MM u.r.xjv iter mm PUBE MALT ia one of the best known whiskies on the marl et and is E-.ost prescribed by pUj-r,-.ciaris and moat K--ij liwu uy tae men vo knew whi Trfci-rey is and insist on nar-? it. It has been or cTer thirty years bv the fv.aons ViIlotr Springs Bistillery and is pocutivol; gnnrnntccd as 10 parity U3 well . . . a.rg tne finer Ul HI)? ffh!;b- . ; I Willow Sp'gs Distillery, Omaha at good 13 nof"- i-.ivor You tatoea and not on the energies expend ed , In producing them. Although', the prospective purchaser might know that only 5 foot-pounds of energy had been expended in the production of a loaf of bread, he would, if sufficiently hun gry, and bidding against other hungry men, give in exchange what cost him ten foot-pounds of energy to produce. Botu buyer and seller are dealing In "concealed yesterday" and it is "yes terday" by the time their transaction is completed; but whether the calcula tion is made in foot-pounds or in dol lars and cents, the result is the same: the necessities of the one make him give more for the one loaf than he would immediately after for another. Ed. Ind.) Not so Badly Mixed Under the caption, "Mr. Thompson Mixed," the State Journal a few days ego said: "The populist newspapers are pub lishing an interview with W. H. Thompson, fusion candidate for gov ernor, which is attracting attention owing to a misstatement regarding the personnel of the state board of equali zation. "The interview indicates that if Mr. Thompson is as well informed regvrd ing taxation as he is concerning the make-up of the board on which he seeks to serve, he has much to learn," pM a gentleman whose attention was called to the matter. The Interview purporting to come from Mr. Thomp son makes him say among other things: "I propose to see, if I am elected, that the executive council, composed of the governor, land com missioner and treasurer, will raise the railroad assessments very materially." nis is the first time any one con nected with the state government ever heard of an "executive council." If Mr. Thompson means the state board of equalization, that body is composed of the governor, treasurer and auditor. The land commissioner is not a mem ber of the board. It will be remem bered that the fusion legislature when ? hp.d full control promised to pass a new revenue law and failed to do so. When the state board of equalization was composed of fusionists no "very material increase" was made in rail road assessments, thus again demon strating that promise and fulfillment are two different things." The Journal need not worry about that interview. It was given to the reporter of a Sioux City paper at the time of the old settlers' reunion at Da kota City.- The Independent has had no opportunity to ask Mr. Thompson as to the facts; but over in Iowa an "executive council" makes the railroad assessment, and the reporter was doubtless at fault. Mr. Brennan, the fusion candidate for land commission er, was at Dakota City that day, and the chances are that the misstatements about the personnel of the state board of equalization were also the report er's mistake. The Journal need not worry Mr. Thompson will know how to assess the railroads; and he won't call a star chamber meeting of railroad attor neys to prepare a "second answer." Getting Scared The State Journal is doing consid vroM wtetilrtg through the republi can grave-yard these days, but occa sionally gets an extra nervous spasm -n pin't help screaming outright. Hear it: . "It is considered significant that the only man who is known thus far to have bolted the nomination of Mr Mickey is Ed. A. Fry of the Niobrara Pioneer. Fry has been known for years as a consistent and persistent henchman of E. Rosewater. During the campaign of two years ago he was the confidential man employed by Rosewater to trail about the state. Take this bolt in connection with the starting of a newspaper by Frank Helvey of Nebraska City, another Rosewater man, to fight at least a part of the republican ticket, and the thing begins to have a meaning. Are these bolts merely preliminary to a big bolt to come?" The fact is that the Omaha Bee is doing more for the republican ticket than the Journal can possibly do. Rose water is holding the anti-monopoly, anti-corporation republicans in line for the ticket by holding out the idea that the question of increasing railroad assessments can be settled by man damus suits even if the board of equalization is hostile, being selected by a conference of railroad lawyers. The idea is fallacious, but the Bee holds them in line just the same. The Journal has no influence except with brass-collared, corporation re publican heelers and they would vote the ticket even if the Journal ceased to exist. Of course, if the "big bolt" should come, as the Journal suspicions, it would make a rattling of the dry bones. The Real Question The real question in this campaign Is whether the people want to con tinue these present prosperous times or go back to the kind of times we had under Cleveland. Quiz. The real question in this campaign is whether we want the same kind of a do-nothing legislature, as we had two years ago under. the control of the cor porations or do we want a legislature that will do business. It is not na tional politics, it's state politics. We want an administration in the Kearney reform school that will not be so ex travagant as to make it necessary to discharge the chaplain and cut down at every point as is now the case. We want a board of equalization that will assess railroad property at more than it was ten years ago, instead of the one we have now, who the leading re publican paper of the state called upon to do their duty to the people and rot to the railroads. Vote for Hon. W. H. Thompson for governor and for the balance of the fusion ticket. We don't want Clevelandism nor the poor administration we have had in the last two years. We want, at least, to try something else. Jason L. Claflin, in Ord Journal. Joint Debates i The season of joint debates is arrain at hand. Before ' populism was born twelve years ago such things were not WHEN OTHERS FAIL CONSULT ire 1 1 iiii 1 SEARLES & SEARLES Main Office Lincoln. Neb. SPECIALISTS IN Kcrrout, Chronic mad Private Diseases. WEAK MEN "SK" All priTate diseases and dis orders of men. Treatment by mail ; consultation free. Hrphilis cored for life. All forms of female weak ness and Diseases of Women. Medicine. JSnables ns to enarantee to cure all cases curable of the noie, tbrotit, cheet, atomacn, liver, blood, skin and kidney diecase, Lost Manhood, Night Emissions, Hydrocele, Varicocele, Gonorrhea. Gxeet, Piles. I- ietula and Rfcta: Ulcers,' Diabetes and Brieht's Disease, 100.00 for ft case of CATAlilSfl, KIlJEUMATiSM, DYSPEPSIA, r SYPHILIS we cannot care, if curable. new 1 or mail Call, er address with atamy I Mala Office Drs. Searies & Searies I rKse."' t-lINCOLIN NEBRASKA Electricity StriCf UTS filBRt method withont'paT) eattinc Consultation FBtiE. Treatment by known in Nebraska. Now they have come to be as common as corn shuck ing. Tribune. You are right; Ross; the populists have advanced principles they have ever been ready to . discuss and will ing to defend.' There was a time when the republicans had principles they were anxious to discuss and could de fend before -tfie. people. Now it is "let well enough alone,' and then crawl in their hole and pull the" hole in after tnem. R. D. Kelly in Fremont Leader. Let Them Say Yea or Nay The. republican leaders' make no de nial of the Baldwin 'interview. If true, i thows the - rhost high-handed at tempt to control stated politics for rail road interests ever made in 'Nebraska. Every member ;df that party who ap preciates what it means for their par ty to put another failure and disgrace into the governor's chair should in sist that a plea-of guilty or not guilty should be entered to the Baldwin in terview. Geo. L. Burr, in Register, Aurora. This Would Catch Mickey. "We must be moderate in our con demnation of these (railroad) officials, since they are the victims of the sys tem and often really deserve sympathy, for they are usually honorable men. and would under no circumstances do a wrong in their personal affairs. We must awaken to the fact that th3 people cannot expect them to safe guard or look after the people's in terests. The people, must look after tbeir own. Under certain circum stances, the worm will turn. Would that the people had the spunk of the woim. The people must stop electing to office the men., named by the rail roads. Excerpts - qf rom Rosewater's brici in the . mandamus case against the state board of equalization. But What Will the Printer Save? The board of county commissioners met in regular, monthly session this week Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs day. Besides allowing the usual batch of bills, the board let the job of print ing the delinquent tax list to the Jef ferson County News at 8 cents per description for land and 4 cents for lots. The usual price is 20 cents for land and 10 cents for lot descriptions. The printing of the ballots and the court docket was let the Fairbury Journal at the rate of $2.50 a thou sand for the ballots and $10 for the court docket. The price paid last year for printing tnis work was $5 per thou sand for the ballots and $25 for the cow': docket. The board has started out to save the county some money and their action this week shows that they are doing it Fairbury Journal. "Frying" Mickey The Pioneer had hoped to see such a Healthful change in the state's admin istration under republican rule that it would manifest itself to the people. The republican state convention, in- Nobility Recommends N The above portrait is that of Countess Mogelstud, of Chica go, III., whose gratitude for the benefit received from the use of Dr. Miles' Nervine prompted her to make this statement: ""It affords me great pleasure to add my testimony to the very excellent merits of Dr. Miles' Nervine. Although I am past 80 years of ape I find it soothes the tired brain, quiets the irri tated nerves and insures' restful sleep. I never feel contented without a bottle of it in the house." . Gratefully yours, Christiana Maria, . : , Countess Mogelstud. Maes; Neryine ... - is a nerve tonic and strength builder that starts right in re storing. health immediately. , Sold by all Drwrslt. Dr. Mites Med foal Co., Elkhart, Ind. stead of decrying Governor Savage for pardoning Bartley, could have put out the whole state house gang and prof ited by the change. The platform of the republican party is opposite to what the actions of the officers for two years have been, and how the peo ple " can expect any better execution on a mere platform promise is not plain. It is, in the first place, a very poor judgment of human nature that will compare mickey with the "Little Giant" Thompson as to his ability. Maybe Mickey ha"s the wealth in dol lars, but wealth in dollars Is not to be compared with wealth in, energy of mind to meet the demands of better government. It is not creditable to a candidate to make a great fuss over his "stock-raising and farming" in good duds, in order to catch the farmer vote. The farmer or the average citi zen does not care a rap about Mickey's agricultural tendencies. Has he the heart of the people in mind, which is administration of affairs of the state not the framing of a national policy so perfectly as Mr. W. H. Thompson, the fusion candidate for governor? In fact, with the distrust of the republi can officials now in office at. the state house, the Pioneer should prefer see ing the whole lot retired than to see the republican party indorsing malad ministration or hoping for any good coming out of Mickey. Ed. A. Fry, in Pioneer (rep.), Niobrara. PREFERS TO KICK Mr. Crnni Rfiifiea to "Grin tind Hear It" But In!t Upon Kxerclslntr Hl Con Ktitntional RJgrht to Objpct Editor Independent: The history of our national economic and financial policy since the civil war is an un broken record of fatuous ignorance, emprical experimentation, an insolent disregard of best established induc tions of science, among which are tax ation, on public transportation. That tnis . service should be rendered the public at the least cost would seem to be the only logical deduction. Why burden it with a tax, a burden which must be borne by all, but whose ap plication is local? I say, borne by all, for indirectly the entire people contri bute to the corporations. The Fair bury Journal quotes me as saying: "The injustice was only apparent in the school districts." The application was his. What I demanded or recommended was to remove and exempt the corpora tions from all taxes, believing the ma chinery for tax gathering could han dle the adjustment of taxes easier and honester, and that to compel a cor poration to collect a certain sum to be used for the public would be to justify them in maintaining high freight and passenger schedules. As a matter of course, the corpora tions should be compelled to lower their rates the entire lump sum of taxes so rebated. I agree with you, public ownership is the only correct solution. I shall not grin and bear it. I shall kick and through your paper invite all my farmer friends to kick with me. WM. H. CRANE. Steele City, Neb. Special Mark8t Letter . Three days of this week bring over 30,000 cattle,- Monday's run being the largest on record for South Omaha 12,525. Market has kept about steady on best heavy steers, but is weak and 10c to 40c lower on all other kinds. Common and light cattle especially feel tae decline. Feeder demand keeps strong. Best corn-fed beef $6.00 to $8.00 choice grass beef $5.00 to $5.50, choice feeders $4.50 to $5.00, fair $4.00 to $4.50, common and light 53.50 to ?4.uu. butcher cows $3.25 to $3.75, canners and cutters $1.75 to $3.00, good stock heifers $3.00 to $3.25 ,veal $4.50 to $6.00, bulls $2.00 to $4.00. Receipts of hogs still light. Prices $7.80 to $7.65. Very liberal receipts of sheep, but market is fairly steady and demand keeps strong. Lambs are 10c to 20c lower: Killers. Feeders. Lambs .'. $4.50 $5.00 $4.0023 Vonrlinsr 3.75 4.00 3.5060 Wethers 3.40 3.65 3.3550 Ewes 2.75 3.25 2.UU Zo Ae-pnts wanted, lady or gentleman, to represent one of the largest silver- ... . TXT f... ware houses in tne country, we iui -nish magnificent case of samples; also sample premiums given with every sale; $15 per week absolutely sure. Regal Silver Co., 212 Union st., Provi dence, R. I. 6, A. R. Encampment, Washington, 1. C, Oct. 6-11 WASHINGTON, D. C, OCT. 6-11. The Union Pacific and C. & N.-W. lines will sell tickets at greatly re duced rates for the round trip to the (jr. A. R. reunion at Washington, D. C. October 6-11, 1902. For dates of sale, limits on tickets "and full information apply to E. B. S LOS SON, Agent., Lincoln, Neb. Roofing Liberty Building Work of Construction Nearly Completed. Will be Ready for Occupation Early in October. All Cards Should be Sold or Returned by That Time LIBERTY BIULDING. . . . The work of constructing. Liberty Building is largely finished. The roof will be in place this week if no un expected delays occur and as there is but little inside finish necessary it will be ready for use early in Octo ber. On the whole the work has progressed very satisfactorily. Th- material secured from the old build ing which we purchased and tore down has all been used and to much better advantage than we had expected. There is almost no waste material from it and the saving on account of the pur chase has been large. There is not much more of Interest to be said until we have moved in then to all our friends WELCOME. Come and see the doors of Liberty Building will al ways be open. All those who have cards unsold are requested to sell them, or, if ypu can not sell them, return them before Oc tober 1. We wish to close our books and complete the list by that date. Do not neglect it. Here is tne list of those who have ordered cards since our last report: Previously acknowledged 527 1 To 6tate committee 25X D. H. Kittle, Buck Horn. Wyo 20 Samuel Cross, DeKalb, Mo 5 Thos. -Turney, Culbertson, Neb 5 G. W.. Ferbrache, Sutherland. Neb. 5 R. H. Shapland, Bartlett, Neb 5 W. W. Shortridge, Amos. Ore 5 Geo. Austin, Tekamah, Neb 5 R. E. Wiley. Monroe. Neb 5 jb. T. Jones, Wolf Creek, W. Va.. 5 W. J. Bryan Bliss, Dorchester. Mass. 5 N. Cochenour, Ro3eland, Neb 5 V. M. Faxon, Reeds, Mo 10 W. Z. Thompson, Palava, Tex 5 F. J. Van Vorhis, Indianapolis, Ind. 5 Oliver F. Clocker, Stanton. Neb 10 Marvin Warren, Fairbury, Neb 5 J. Chas. Yingst, Harrlsburg. Pa 5 Ed. Coder, Guide Rock, Neb 3 W. E. Hiatt, O'Neill, Neb 5 Jno. Alfs. jr., Atkinson. Neb 5 Wm. P. Clark, Talmage, Neb 1 Mrs. Zeviah Denison. Tunesassa.N.Y. 5 Total rso2 Chas. M. Bowen, Buffalo, N. Y.: Personally I am at a loss to know whether to vote the populist or liberal democratic ticKet this fall. My only reason for voting the latter would be to show the extent of the dissatisfied democrats, or, in other words, "stand up and be counted." (The liberal dem ocracy have a pretty ; good populist; platform it can't make, much differ ence which you do. Ed. Ind.) As long a3 plutocracy remains in control of the government there will be "nothing to arbitrate." Australia taught us how to protect the ballot, will New Zealand teach us how to avoid strikes and prevent the monopolization of all industries? The trusts have demonstrated that the old aphorism that you can't get something out of nothing is false. By the watered stock dodge they get mil lions out of nothing. NEW PULLMAN SLEEPING CAR SERVICE LINCOLN TO KANSAS CITY. 1 Wfw3CR Beginning July 1, the Missouri Pa cific will inaugurate a Pullman Ca Service between Lincoln and Kansas City, leaving Lincoln at 10:05 p. m.. and arriving at Kansas City at 6:05 a. m. Passengers may remain in the sleep er at Kansas City until 7:30 a. m. if they desire. For berths and reserva tions, apply at City Ticket Office. 1039 O St., or Depot, 9th and S sts. F. D. CORNELL, P. & T. A. At the close of last week money was 10 per cent in New York and the bank reserves had reached the lowest point for this time of the year since 1893. And the crops are to be moved! his compliments and asks for a ten hour cessation of hostilities, 'cause the Duchess of Tommyrot wants to com aboard and take a look around." "My compliments to Commodore Thingumbob,, and give the order to cease firing. Tellthim. also with mv compliments, that I will come aboard his flagship arid" pay" my compliments to the duchess." "All right, sir." Whereupon the two commodores got out their shoehorns and proceeded to insert themselves into their naval dress,, suits. Small Holding. He thought the earth was given him To hold against all others. And straightway did he then proceed To boldly rob his brothers. But when he settled up accounts Then was he pained to see The earth he owned was but a plat Just seven feet by three. Populist State Committee Adams, John S. Logan, Hastings. Antelope, R. H. Rice, Neligh. Boone, H. C. Keister, St. Edward. Bex Butte, Ira Reed, Alliance. Boyd, Jos. Leatherman, Butte. Brown, C. W. Potter, Ains worth. Buffalo, Peter O'Brien, Kearney. Butler, Fred A. Allen, David City. Cass, James Reynolds, Union. Cedar, John H. Felber, Hartington. Chase, Dr. Hoffmeister, Imperial. Cherry, A. M. Morrissey, Valentine. Cheyenne, Gus Wellner, Sidney. Clay, Theodore Griess, Clay Center. Colfax. J. A. Grimison, Schuyler. Cuming, C. L. Siecke, Wisner. Custer, C. H. Jeffords, Broken Bow. Dawes, Con. Lindemann, Crawford. Dawson, E. D. Johnson, Lexington. Dodge, R. D. Kelly, Fremont. Douglas, J. J. Points, Omaha. Dundy, M. M. Chase, Haigler. F.xlmore, C. Smrha, Geneva. Franklin, John A. Barker, Franklin Frontier, James H. Bayston, Stockville. Furnas, John T. McClure, Beaver City, Gage, H. T. Wilson, Beatrice. Garfield, Ed M. Tunnicliffe, Burwell. Gosper, B. F. Downer, Arapahoe. Greeley, Patrick H. Barry, Greeley. Hall, Bayard H. Paine, Grand Island. Hamilton, F. M. Howard, Aurora. Harlan, W. J. Furse, Alma. Hayes, L. H. Lawton, Palisade. Hitchcock. A. L.' Taylor, Trenton. Howard, C. B. Manuel, St Paul. Jefferson, F. A. Carmony, Fairbury. Johnson, Grant Blauser, Tecumseh. Kearney, E. C. Dailey, Minden. Knox, Charles Crockett, Bloomfield. Lancaster, H. E. Dawes, Lincoln. Lincoln, A. F. Parsons. North Platte. Loup, R. S. Scofleld, Taylor. Madison, C. S. Evans, Norfolk. Merrick, Thomao Farrell, Chapman. Nance, W. P. Hatten, Fullerton. Nemaha, E. B. Quackenbush, South Auburn. Nuckolls, C. G. Sowy, Nelson. Otoe, E. S. Whitaker, Syracuse. ' Pawnee, D. D. Davis, Pawnee City. Pierce, Hason Turner, Pierce. Phelps, A. J. Shafer, Holdrege. Platte, Clarence Gerrard, Columbus. Polk, C. C. Bennett, Stromsburg. Red Willow, R. A. Green, McCook. Richardson, F. Greenwald, Falls City. Saline, Fred Hier, Crete. Sarpy, Charles Nownes, Papilllon Saunders, J. L. Coleman, Memphis. Seward, G. W. Fuller, Seward. Sheridan, H. F. Wasmund, Rushville. Sherman, H M. Mathew, Loup City. Sioux, W. J. A. Raum, Harrison. Stanton, W. H. Woodruff. Stanton. Thurston, E. G. Kellener, Pender.. Valley, J. A. Ollis jr., Ord. Washington, C. B. Sprague, Blair. Wayne, H. C. Kellogg, Wayne. Webster, William Craytill, Red Cloud. Wheeler, J. N. Larson, Bartlett. York, Cliff Frank, York. Modern Naval Procedure. The din of battle was terrific, for the 13-inch gans were hammering away. nd the steel-clad hulls ot tne vessels were dented and scarred. Suddenly the defensive squadron's flagship showed a pennant. "Whats that? queried tne com mander of the offensive fleet. ' "Signal, sir." "vVhat is it?" "Commodore Thingumbob signals Never Touched 'em. The president said down in Wheeling. With a show of considerable feeling- "The truths must be curbed." But they re still undisturbed. And go right ahead with their stealing. Strictly Business. "Does Sincherly take much interest in his business now?" "Does he? Well, I should say so! He loaned me $150 on a chattel mort gage and charges me 3 per cent a month." After Information. "Papa, when folks are married in the middle of the day It is called a wedding at high noon, isn't it?" "Yes." "Well, if folks are married right after supper do. they call it a weddlns at seven up?" ... A Query. Maiden fair, so coy and sweet, With brown eyes and tiny feet. Tell me now, O winsome witch. Of your hair say which is switch. Warfare up to Data. General Buzfuz "I have construc tively blown your ships out of the water." Admiral Wiggleson "But I have theoretically knocked your forts to smithereens." General Buzfuz "I congratulate you upon,your splendid victory." Admiral Wiggleson "I congratulate you upon jour magnificent triumph." Orderly Slavvy (entering) "I have the honor to report, sirs, that the ma terials for practical irrigation have been tactically compounded, sirs." Mlslnjf. There is a land of pure delight. Of angels bright and fair; Where there's no need of anthracite But Baer's Not there. Some Preventives. .I0UID ELECTRICITY TJi Harmless, effective, and powerful in cur- . , 1 A. 1 J 1 lnoT nil irinriftv. inner, sioiiiacii. auu rueu- matic troubles. Never be without it. Send $ 1.00 for trial bottle. LIQUID ELECTRICITY CO., Box 583, Lincoln, Neb. Now that the chilly nights and mornings of early autumn are with us. the house mother should see that the clothing suits the season. It is yet too early, except in case of delicate chil dren, to bring out the flannel under wear, as the atmosphere warms up with the punshine, and the extra warmth from heavy clothing would render the child uncomfortable. There should be old garments, however, laid away from last winter's wear, which are thin, and, in most cases, these can be used;, but if not, there should be some light additional over garment for the early hours one that can be laid aside when the morning chill i3 off, or thrown on as the evening ad vances. At this season of the year, when coughs, colds and catarrhs are readily contracted, preventives are important, as. even slight attacks of these pre pare the way for more serious trou bles, by weakening the system, and rendering it liable to attacks of dis ease. One of the best materials for chil dren's night gowns is. canton flannel flannelettes, in the various weight. Some of the colored ones are very pretty, but white, unbleached, is the most serviceable, as it Is warm. soft, easily laundered, can be boiled and scalded to suit any case, and they last several seasons. White, unbleached canton flannel will shrink when washed, and should be made quita large when new. In the case of young children, or those afflicted with disa greeable urinary ailments, the canton flannel is much better than wool flan nels. If one wishes to trim them, there are plenty of pretty, coarse cot ton laces that can be very effectively used.'