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t V'! , UAUISON PRESS-JOURNAL OSO. O. CANON. Editor. HAMtMOM. - - NIMAIW NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES B. P. teaman, to told. a pioneer of Aurora. ;Cyclone" t Wahoo. Davis drew a big crowd Harvard experienced the first froat of the season Thursday nrght. t . ' Hoa. a. -M- Hitchcock addressed aa Immense crowd at Fairfield. German day at Columbus and was celebrated with a vengeance. W. F. Miller, the oldest settler of Calhoun, died after a lingering illness. The residence of Mrs. Dora E. Gra ham at Wisner, burned, together with all Its contents. Dr. Charles Crawl, who was injured in a runaway at Randolph Saturdey, died of his injuries. The Paddock hotel of Beatrice baa made a bet of $250 that McKinley will carry Nebraska and Kansas. A war Is on between the mayor and one member of the city council and on of the saloons at Auburn. Rev. Samuel Gregg of Harvard has , started an innovation In the way of giving sermons on "popular subjects." " ' Wynne re is to have free rural deliv ery. Thenrst route selected will be south of town and will be about twen- ... f , mA. It. Jolgth., McCook's -famous Nebraska Brigade hand closed Its open-air concerts at JfcCook last night with a superb se lection of sacred music. Dr. Lang, formerly superintendent of the institute for the mllrm at Beatrice, has at last come to time and turned over the money due the state. A street parade with the Ancient Or der of United Workmen band of twen ty pieces and a real goat was an en livening feature at Peru last week. . i p. Robert Ingle died at Chadron from Injuries sustained by falling in front of an engine. For years he had been a conductor on the F., K. & M. V, road. The Aiken murder ease, at Plainvlew occupied two days over the Inquest. The Jury returned a verdict that he came to his death from a gun shot, the party being unknown, t Work has been begun on the new Anheuser-Busch block at Wymore. It will bo one of the largest In the city, and built of white pressed brick and two idea will be of plate glass. It has Just leaked out that Fred Bpecbt, a wealthy farmer of Dunbar, was parted from- $500 and a diamond ring by answering a matrimonial ad vertisement in a Chicago paper. Burglars held high carnival at Bea ver Crossing. .They robbed a hardware tore, a general merchandise establish ment and the poatofBce. It is thought the thievea reside in the neighborhood. The grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias of Nebraska was in session in UBCOIB last week. irmy- ncw-aaeium were initiated. The principal business of the meeting was to adopt a new state constitution. The semi-annual session of the Ne braska Liquor Dealers' association wa held in Fremont. Over 100 of the men engaged in the liquor business were present.. The meeting was held be hind closed doors. Secretary of State Porter has com- pleted the official form of the ballot to be used on election day. The only change from the old form is that there to an Increase in the number of space for crosses and the addition of a space la which the people may signify their choice for United States senator. ... The board of. supervisors at Beatrice : ffered a reward of I3O0 for the j ' isal and conviction of the murderers ;;.0ed Schlake, who was found dead sMsaT Pickrell this summer. This, with ;f tJto taw offered by the ataU and $W j: to Ichlake'a relatives, brings the total . toward offered up to MM. Carl Bartenbach was shot and In ' ataatiy killed by his brother-in-law, ' ITeiaiaii Keilbeck, at the home of the '' latter, two : miles south of Holbrook. ghtTtawbach and his wife have bad t quarrels, and a year ago be treated for wlfebeatlng. Pub- Bo sentiment Is entirely with Keilbeck, what to a respected and prosperous eGr- SIMPIJB, BUT TRTINO. A mm wist to growiag gray in bust las aaai has forgotten all about ih: of hto school-days, is often a grown-up daughter simple question she has at school or collage. He to tha Kfcety pvaated becauos he starts tkt belle that he "doesn't know ' A Detroit girl who la atunding the naafaasj school, says tha Free Press, told gWtMkm the other night that st had Cn sastrstoea la punctuation lor him O i. mil Taati aha wrou thla sen- y 'trv m M J mm sui or. crj 0tagtSir ww shewed hte. i tt ma'am. aaM. tort or. v r'MCtosjf after all,' " tlK rr2U Mm. ' .1 -I - l23m ttsi r4or pertot SOAP TRUST WASHERWOMEN ARE FORCED TO SUPPORT THE TRUST. HOW STATE IS ROBBED Starch Factory at Nebraska City la In Tha Combine.--Nebraska Should Take Warning Indianapolis, Ind. (Special.) The soap trust commands a capital of 125.000,000, and the starch trust about half that amount the two trusts hav ing a capital of about $21,000,000. The-e two trusts, to a certain extent, supply the same class of consumers though the soap trust does vestly the largest business. In "the homes of the peo ple they operate together and by ad vancing prices, reap rich harvests. Soap is ssld to be pre-eminently an article of civilization, because cleanll- rM, - Un ,tiufwnt4t Hn(t of All physical refinement, and It has been proposed to estimate the progress of civilization by the consumption' of soap, the formula being to divide the total quantity of soap consumed in a given time by the total population con suming ity the quotient expressing the civilisation of the community. And this formula la offered by a modern scientist of distinction, and gives to soap an Importance and dignity of spe cial significance. Hence, it may be af firmed that the manufacturers of soap may be classed among the world's greatest philanthropists and benefac tors. To make soap it appears, Is essen tial tn civilization and refinement: to make It dear is to obstruct the march of progress, civilization and refinement, and promote Ignorance, fllthlness and barbarism, and that is Just what the soap trust la engaged In doing. INDIANA'S CONSUMPTION OF SOAP Indiana la distinguished for her civ ilisation and refinement, e?nd measured by schools, churches and the consump tion of soap, she Is In the van of pro gress. The estimate Is, taking hotels, laundries, factories and homes, that the annual consumption of soap In In diana will reach 100.000.000 pounds, or an average of forty pounds per capita of the entire population of the state. Before the soap trust began plunder ing the people of Indiana this 100,000, 00 pounds of soap would have cost, at 2 cents a pound, $3,000,000, but the . . . L-M aa.. I i I i Mnt. trust aov.m.e ; pound, making the coat $4,z.000 yesr, an Increase or ll.KO.QQO, or Mi cents per capita for every man. woman and child tn the state. And while rob bing Indiana of ftlJW.N0 annually the trust pockets from the whole country by Its looting sad freebootlng policy aot toss than $40,00,to. TUX STARCH TRUSTS WORK. It to estimated that the lanndrlea ad homes of Indiana consume annu ally 2l.lto.0to pounds of starch.; Prior la the advance forced upon consumers, starch was purchased at t cents per poand, the cost of the Indiana con Mmpttoa amowktlng to $4l.to. The trust advanced prices to I I-S centa a pound, making the coat to the people 73t,H, the advance amounting to a clean steal of tflt,tl a year. Assam tag that the -an tire country has pop lattea of ,tot,l4 the starch trust woald secure by Rs piracies HJItltH tot amount equal to its capital steak. The two trusts are filching money from every home In Indiana and from every hotel and boarding house, and from every laundry, and they are able, by their operations, to rob tti? people of Indiana annually to the extent of $1,562,810, and make the whole country pay them a spoliation tribute of $49, 898,120, equal to their entire capital stock of $35,000,000, with an overplus of $14,981,120. V ' This tribute is taken by ceaseless pet ty larcenies, but In the aggregate swelling to a grand larceny of astound ing proportions. PAYS FOR BONNETS AND 006$. Theatre Tickets and Other Private Expenseo Charged Up. Washington, I).' C.,'Oct. 16. The ad ministration feels called upon from time to time to make a bluff at prose cuting the parties implicated in t he Neely Cuban scandal. In order to quiet all outcries until after the elec tlon. the report of Assistant Postmaster General Brislow will be given out. The report proves conclusively that Perry Heath's friend, and Senator Hanna't protege, Rathbone, was a party to thf frauds. As yet, howevef, nothing haf i2CC2 2?" t???'" rfiMni Kim M U thoisxh be Is in Havana where tt could be brought to trial any day. Cory don Rich, ' Neely's private secretary furnished the most damaging test) mony against Rathbone. It appear that Rich bad several private and con fidential talks with Rathbone. In these Interviews Rathbone assured Rich that there were many discrepancies in the money order accounts and mentioned one Item of about $14,000 In which Neely was ishort. Rathbone told Rich not to get frightened and to keep, the matter quiet. "Whais the use of mak ing a fuss about it?" said he. When Rich asked Rathbone if he knew how many of his surcharged stamps were reserved from burning, he replied "that he would answer as he had answered Colonel Burton for Ills purposes he did not know, and did not, give a d " The Cuban press and the Cuban peo ple cry out against the methods of the parvenu carpet bagger sent down to govern the Cubans from this country. And In the light of the few items that appear In the bill of expenses Incurred by Mrs. Rathbone, It would seem, that' they have reason for their complaint. It appears that upon one occasion Mrs. Rathbone came to the United '8 fcstes. accompanied by Secretary Wilmot, who afterwards 'presented a bill of Mrs. Rathbone'e expenses to be paid from the Cuban treasury. The bill Included, among other things, the following: Theater tickets for May Irwin show ........ ,.......$ Bonnet trunk $.00 $.00 i.oo 4.00 2. $0 1.0m l.M M.7 Ot-nleb dictionary , iKT tlc)uU for ,he clno Theater tickets Stamps snd special deliveries., Subscription to "Town Topics", Pocketbook . H bill. Mrs. Rathbone Another hotel bill, Mrs. Rath- bone ' Another hotel Wll, Mrs, Rath- bone 1 so Transportation of Mrs. Rath bone's dog, "Fannie"... There are also three other hotel bills that it appears that Mrs. Rathbone In curred, afl of which include Items rat. ed as "wine and bar." The wine and bar expenses aggregate $3te for one month. " - The American people were not forced to pay these cspenses; they were lev ied sen met the Cuban revenues. Were the Americas people forced to a tend each petty ' tyranny, were they asked to stand the pseudo regal strutting or rat-bole, psOctans from Indiana they MUtd andoahtsdly rise ,a rebellion u! yet, tosisi tha Cabas people en- ter a faint protest against these things they are accused by the present ad ministration of being ungrateful. There is little to be proud of and much to be ashamed of in the records of our dealing with Cuba. We ' have broken faith and failed to comply with the solemn obligations that rested upon us. The republican party, however, through its upokesman declares that the" "pearl of the Antilles' will , be forced to endure these things In the future as they have been forced to en dure them in the past. "Cuba Is to be held," declar Senator Beverldge, and when Beverldge spoke it was McKln !ey speaking through him, "as a colo ny, as a dependency?, as a vasseal state." Against this dark background? the po sition of the democratic party stands out in bold relief; mindful of our prom ises, mindful of our obligations, realiz ing the priceless value of our national honor, declares id all -the world that the Cuban people are and of a right should be free and Independent. The democratic party fear to deny liberty to others, lest in return liberty should be denied to us. A thought that would make a subject would make a king. We camiot be Imperialists abroad and democrats at home and we endanger lemocratlc Institutions when we have a president" who ts Kmperor or tne Kast and West Indies, lord of innumerable isles in far-off seas. With, nations, as vith individuals, the law of retribution tolds. And upon the day that we bui:d i yoke for the Cuban people, we had best bend our backs to bear a burden also. Cuba calls for Justice at our hands, and if we are still freemen at heart, we must hear and heed her calL SEVEN VALUABLE BOOKS FOR $1.00 On receipt of one dollar we will send the following seven books, postpaid, to any address: Coin on Monpy, Trusts and Impe rialism by W. H. Harvey. .Price 25c' Coin's Financial School.... Price 25c Coin's Financial School Up to Date , Price 25C A Tale of Two Nations. ....Price 25c " The Great Debate Between Roswell ' G. Horr and W. H. Harvey ' Price 25o Number Seven Coin's Financial Se-rii-. Containing the Harvey Iaugh lln Debate, and a vefballm copy the Congreislonal Record on the days the bill demonetizing sliver passed the House and Senate of the United States In Congress In 873.. ..Price 25c Bimetallism and Monometallism by Archbishop Walsh -...Price zSc Two dollars worth of books for on dollar. Seven volumes, making an ex haustive library on the subjects of money, trusts and Imperialism, sent postpaid on receipt of One Dollar. Ad dress: v ' COIN PUBUSHINO COMPANY, Chicago, III. John Boyle OR Illy suffered many hardships and asd a variety of experi ences. He wrote; "My experience of life maken me aura of one truth, which I do not t-y to eip ain; that the sweet est happli esa w I now, the very wins of human life, cocoes not from lore, but from eacrlflce f rom the effort to make otbe s happy. Thla to aa true to me aa that my flesh will bam If I tones red-hot m itol." A week ago Charles Jensen, says the Chicago Journal, told Mamie Shulta, whom he wanted to marry, that she was a bird. She and pome Jewelry left at the same time, and now he wants the police to put hto bird In anjroa rage, - LADIES' COLUMN. ONCE IN A WHILE. tt Is easy enough to be pleasant When life flows by like a song. But the man worth while is one who , will smile When everything goes wrdtig. For the test of the heart la trouble And It always comes with the years. And the smile that Is worth the praises of earth Is the smile that shines through tears. It is easy enough to be prudent When nothing tempts you to stray, When without or within no voice of sin Is luring your soul away. But it s only a negative virtue Until it is tried by fire. And the life that is worth the honor of earth Is the one that resists desire. By the cynic, the sad, the fallen. Who had no strength for the strife, The worlds highway la cumbered to day; .. They make up the Item of life. But the virtue that conquers passion. And the sorrow that hides in a smile It Is these that are worth the homage of earth. For we find them but once in a while. COOKING RECIPK3. Eggs a la Polette Mauke a rream luce as for baked eggs, adding the Juke of a quarter of an onion. Bol. the eggs hard, cut them Into quarter pour the cream sauce over them, sea am with pepper and salt, and Serve. This Is a palatable first course for a luncheon. Bread Cake One pint of risen dough, a half cuyful of butter, a coffc-e cupful of sugar, three eggs, well beatert, a pound of stoned raisins, carefully flour ed, a little nutmpg, and sifted flour enough to make a proper cake consist ency. Place In pans, let rise fifteen minutes," and make In a slow oven. Sweet Nut Sandwiches Chop together one cupful eeediess raisins, one cupful English walnuts, one-half cupful grat ed cocoan'ut, two lablefpuonfuls grated chocolate, and mix well together, mois ten with a little cream, spread between egg-shaped pieces of whole wheat bread previously buttered. Macaroni an Gratin One pound spa ghettiboll twenty-five minutes in salted, boiling water. Pour off ail the water; put back on stove to simmer, then put in cream, a little Parmesan cheese, and pepper, and stir carefully. Then put on small tin dishes well but tered. Add a few pieces of butter on top; sift on Parmesan cheeHe; place in a quick oven to brown. : . Mint Sauce Pik leaves cf fresh young spearmint from the stems, wash and drain them on a cloth, chop them fine, put them tn irvy boat, to three tablet-poonfuls of mint add two table spoonfuls of fine granulated sugar, mix thoroughly, let stand a few minutes, pour Over this six tablespoonfuls of white wine vim ear. Prepare this some time before Ktrving, that the flavor of the mint may be thoroughly extracted. White Cake Beat to a rceam one cup. fu! of sugar, half a cupful of butter and one-half of a cupful of cornstarch. When this mixture is perfectly smooth, without a lump, add the whites . . of three rfigs beaten to a stiff froth. Fla vor with essence of bitter almonds. Then stir In half a cupful of milk, add a cupful of flour sifted with two tea snotmfuls of baking powder. Bakeln a moderate oven, and frost the thick Just before it gets cold. head, feet and wings; singe and wipe; split down the back, remove entrails and the breast bone; lay It on one-half a sheet of letter paper, buttered thick ly, fold edges together and turn them over twice. Place in a wire broiler, and brail ten minutes over coals, lifting It frequently to avoid blazing the paper. Open paper, lay bird on hot toast, pour on the Juice from the paper, add salt, pepper and butter, and garnish with watercress.' , v" Dream sandwiches Stew a cupful of prunes very- tender, remove the stonft and pans the prunes through a colander, sweeten to taste, and mix with one-half cupful of walnut meats and blanched almonds, which have been chopped fine, flavor lightly with vanilla, and add a speck of salt. Spread the mixture light ly on the end of a loaf of 'bread, and cut the slices off as thin ss possible, remove all crust, ani roll the sand wich up firmly. If the bread will not rbll, cut in fancy shapes. Olive Hand wicbes Stone a dozen ol ives, chop them fine, with a stick of celery and one small cucumber pickle, add a teaspoonful of catsup, one-half teaspoonful of made mustard, a salt, spoonful of salt, a speck of pepP'sr. and a dash of cayenne; mix well and spread on thin slices of brown bread, press together firmly and remove H crusts. Other bread may be placed over the dressing. , WILD MORNING OLORJES. n r. f. aska how to rid land of alld morning glories. It may be done without the loss of a crop or any additional expense by plowing the ground deep after remove Ins a crop of small grain or nay. August la the time and the dryer and hotter the better. U the weather to dry, which It Is during August, the sun will burn through as deep as the ground Is plowed and effectually de stroy all roots of the glories, aa well as other noxious weeds, as deep aa the ground Is atlrred. My word for It, two such treatments In succession, will rid the foulest of land of glories. The first treatment If thoroughly done at the right lima will -ntch nine-tenths of them. Try It Tha limits of the paragrspner have about been reached In a Denver paper, wbicft eltes the caae of a Colorado man whose wife became petrified and whom, despite death, he still regards as his aM girl. MISCKIXmNCOUS NOTES. A hair mattress Is better than feather bed. Gold ornaments may be safely washed In soapy, warm water. Grass stains may easily be removed from any white material by washing the stained garment In aptrtta of cam phor. ? To brighten tortoise shell combs and pins, rub them with alcohol, and after drying with a soft rag, use bismuth powder to render them bright. If a moth miller la seen In a cloaet. It Is a good plan to bum a little camphor gum very promptly. Frequently this simple precaution, If taken early In the spring, will rid that closet of moths for the season. Perfume to Keep Away Moths Take one ounce each of the following: Cloves, nutmeg, mace, carraway seeds, cinna mon, and Tonquln beam, and six ounces of orris root Grind almost t a powder and put In muslin bags. Put these among your clothes. To Get Kid of Cockroaches Have you ever tried spraying their holes with a strong solution of carbolic acid? ' Two tablespoonfuls of the acid to a pint of water is the right proportion. If the holes are sprayed with this every two or three days for a fortnight, the cockroaches will disappear. To Clean Iron Bedsteads The fol lowing paste is excellent for this pur pose; MIX together one gill of paraffin, half a gil ; )of naphtha, and enough Tripoli powder to make a rather sft paste. Apply with a bit of felt, rub til! dirt is removed, dust with dry Tripoli powder and polish with a soft cloth. ' Cleaning Gilt Picture Frames An onion cut In half 1 the best thing V . - --'.. : .;!. fromc Th H I rf must be removed with this, ana m frame then sponged with water and patted dry with a soft cloth. The l.sa the frames are rubbed the better, ir the frame has gone beyond cleaning. get a bottle of gold pa!nt ""' apply according to the directions supplied with the bottle. Oil paintings should be sent to a regular cleaner. Faded Carpets Re-Dyed It may .be news to some of the good housekeep ers that, where dyeing establishment are easily accessible, carpets may be dyed, when faded and worn, Just tm same as many other things. This Is often done, especially with hotel and apartment house floor coverings. Cnr pets are uxually r'edyed in a solid coU.r. what color will lake best dependlne on the original hue. Through this fresh coloring the original design usually shows, but outlined as a darker shade of the new color. : - To Keep Fresh Meat Sweet CharrosI is of great value In keeping Ice chent, store rooms and food sweet. Place a shallow dish of fine charcoal in the ice chest. It poultry or birds are to be hung in a cool place for a few dnyn, remov the Internal organs and partial, ly fill the body with charcoal. New wrap the birds in paper arid hang- up. If the outside of poultry is rubbed with black ppP relt will be still further protected from (lien, fimall birds, liver, kidneys, sweetbreads, etc., may be wrapped in ParalTlne paper and then burled in- a bed of charcoal. For keep ing large plean of meat and poultry here Is a simple device: Have a lurse barrel or hogshead half filled with charcoal. Put meat hooks on a strip of Joist and place it across the top of the barrel. " Have a netting spread over" this. The barrel may be kept In a cool place, and plves of meat hung on the hooks. The charcoal will keep the atmosphere dry and aweet, and tlie netting will be a protection afealnst In sects. Should there be danger from rats and mice, use wire netting. THE HOME DOCTOR. To extract live insects from the ear. pourjn sweet oil, grycerine, or salt and water., Homelimes the insert will craivl out If the ear Is turned to a bright light. Bathe the fnce and hands o a fever ish person with warm water that has.a bit of common soda dl.'solved In It. A fw drops of alcohol or cologne I often pleasant to use to bathe the sick A nurse should u care that no per. son having wet or even damp clothing should enter the sick room. Never get out of patience with the whims of an invalid, but try to coax and soothe without irritating him. A form of treatment for poisoning from Ivy, which has received approba tion from scientlfis authority, Is to wK slice of bread with water, dust it with common washing soda, and apply t the eruption, keeping the bread wt from the outside. Half an hour of this treatment is said to effect a cure. In the treatment of burns there is nothing better than the old-time appli cation of pure lard and flour. It la well worth while for every housekeeper to buy some pure leaf lard, render it with the utmost care, and put It. while pip ing hot, Into pots or" bottles, which may be hermetically sealed. A cupful of lard mixed with flour to form a soft paste may be applied to a burn with out loss of time. Virtues of Watercress The wster. cress Is a plant containing medicinal virtues. A cartons characteristic of It la tbat.lf grown la a ferruginous stream It absorbs Into Itself five times the amount of Iron that any other plant does. Ror all anaemic constitutions it Is, therefore, specially of value. But It also contains proportions of garlic and aulphur, of Iodine and phosphates, and la a blood purifier. Bishop Berkeley once wrote, "West ward the course of empire takes It way," but even Senator Beverldge mis. quotes ths famous line, misquoting "star for court if f v .i'V7... '.it ,. uf .,; A : V J .f. s org., -