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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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
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