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Grocery Price List Aurora Cream Patent Flour.$1.45 Aurora A 1 Flour. 1.55 Kearney Up-to-Date Flour.1.40 Boelus Big B Flour. 1.40 Loup City White Satin B'lour .. 1.40 Bran.*.1.20 Ground Corn. 1.25 Shorts. 1.25 Arbuckle Bulk Coffee, per lb 15-20-23C Holland nerring in 10-lb. kits. All kinds of Smoked Fish. All kinds of Barley Rice. Fine Line of M. D. Wells’ Co.’s Shoes Try Our New Store. Felix Makowski You Want Groceries! You Want the Freshest! You Want the Very Best! Try the New Grocery J ust Opened by R.L.Arthur&Co. West Side Public Square, LOUP CITY, - NEBR. We have our own delivery wagon. Our Stock is Entirely New. Freth, Clean, Bright and Up to-Date, and Our Prices Down to Bed Rock. We Pay Highest Prices for Your Produce. Full Line of Flour and Feed. also. R. L. ARTHUR & CO. Professional Cards A. P. CULLEY, Mtorney&Gonnselor-at-Law (Office: First National Bank) Loup City, Nebr. ROBT.P. STARR Attorney-at-Law, LOUP CITY. NEBRASKA. R. J. NIGHTINGALE Attorney and busderoUiv LOUP PITY. NEB AARON WALL Lawyer Practices in all Courts Loup City, Neb. R. H. MATHEW, Attorney-at-Law, And Bonded Abstractor, Loup City, Nebraska O. E. LONGACRE Office, Over New Bank. TELEPHONE CALL, NO. 39 S. A. ALLEN. DEJYTIST, LOUP CITY, - - NEB. Office up stairs in the new State Bank bmldinp. W. L. MARCY. DBIVIVST, LOUP S1TY, NEE OFFICE: East Side Public Sauaie Phone, 10 on 36 ROBERT P. STARR (Successor to M. H. Mead) Bonded Abstracter Loup City, - Nebraska. Ouly set of Abstract books in county Try the F- F-. F- Dyay F. F. Foster, Prop. Office; Fester’s Barber Shop I Cure Nerve-Vital Debility, Weak ness, Drains, Rupture, Stricture, Varicocele, Blood Poison, Private Skin and Chronic of Man j I do not ask you to come to me Urst If you j believe others can cure {you. Should they fail, idon’t give up. It is better to come late than not at all. Re member, that curing > ;diseases after ail oth ers have failed has :been my specialty for years, if you cannot visit me nersonallv write symptoms that trouble you most. A vast majority of cases can be cured by my system of home treatment, which is the most successful system ever devised. I make no charge for private counsel and give to each patient a legal contract in writing, backed by abundant capital, to bold for the promise Physicians having stubborn cases to treat are cordially invitedwnMFN cured or all to consult with me. *T Vnamiv womb and bladder* diseaser. ulcerations, menstrual 'rouble, etc. Confidential. Private home in the suburbs, before and during confinement. Motherly care and best attention guaran teed . Good homes found for babies. POSITIVELY FREE! rnCEi! No charge whatever to any man. woman or child living in LOUP CITY or vicinity, suffering any CHRONIC DISEASE, a ilO.CO X-RAY EXAMINA TION. Come and let me look inside of you .absolutely free of charge. Di/>h SPECIALIST, GRAND Dr. KICn, ISLAND, NEB. Olficeop-. posite City Hall. 103 W. Second Street. FHE NORTHWESTERN PERMS:—<1.00 PER TEAR. IT PAID IR ADVAHCi Entered st the Loup Oitv Postofflce for trans mission through the malls as second class matter. Office ’Phone, - - - 6 on 108 Residence ’Phone, - 2 on 108 J. W. BURLEIGH. Ed. and Pub. The Nebraska senate seems to be getting into a worse tangle each suc ceeding day. A brother of ex-State Auditor Searle suicided in a hotel at Ogden, Utah, Tuesday. Some men are so small that we ought to put up with them simply because there is so little of them. Representative Raper of Pawnee has introduced a bill in the legis lature to abolish capital punishment. The senate refuses to investigate the presiden't charges against Till man. Possibly a fellow feeling makes them thus wondrous kind, eh? A resolution was introduced in the senate Tuesday to move the state capital f rom Lincoln to Kearney. It was sat down on by purely a section al vote, the nine western senators voting tor, all others against. After the democratic*legislature had finished its nepotism in making selections of employes, a resolution has been introduced ferninst nepo tism. Why did not they do that be fore the employes were chosen? The U. S. senate voted Tuesday on raising the salary of president to $100,000 a year, instead of $50,000, and also raising the salaries of speaker of the house, president of the senate, and others. The Nebraska, Iowa and a few other western senators voted against. The state board of health gives the following statistical report of the births and deaths in Sherman county for 1908: Ashton, 53 births and 7 deaths: Litchfield 38 births and 3 deaths; Rockville 28 births and 7 deaths, Loup City 76 births and 16 deaths. Total, 195 births and 33 deaths. It is said that both the county op tion forces in the house and those in opposition are being watched, shad owed. by hired workers of the opposi tion elements in the state. This statement was made yesterday by one of the legislators who declared he had proof of the fact from certain things that occurred Tuesday night, the details of which he refused to divulge.—Thursday State Journal. Editor Beushausen has only been in the newspaper business two weeks and yet he has already began to dope his readers over the awful and heart rending attacks of republican news papers on the Peerless W. J. Bryan, the perennial but ever failing grabber after the presidential chair. Charley, like all Bryan worshippers, can't bear to have the only William Jennings' political cuticle cauterized. But he'll get used to it. allee samee Bubby Bryan. The mortgage indebtedness filed of record in this county for 1908 is as follows: On farms, 208: amount, $372,096.59. On town or city lets, 69: amount, $44,947.82. Chattels, 1,258: amount, $385,283.43. Total amount of mortgages. $802,327.84. Released: Farms, 198; amount, $240,274.70. Town or city lots, 44: amount, $21,084.90. Chattels, 1,163: amount, $452,149.88. Total amount released, $713,509.48. Showing $89,818.36 more placed on mortgages than was released. E. A. Brown of Sherman county in troduced a county option bill, the second of the session. It differs but little from that of Raper of Pawnee, which was introduced the first day introduction of bills was the order of business. Instead of 10 per cent on the required petition, this bill makes 20 per cent the number. Instead, also, of allowing the contest of whether county option shall prevail in a county to be threshed out each two years, this bill makes it necessary to limit the vote to once in four years.—Thursday State Journal. Governor, or rather $x-governor, Sheldon served some six days over his time as chief executive and pres ented his bill to the state auditor for some forty odd dollars, which the auditor refused to pay and submitted the question to the attorney general for his opinion, which was to the effect that Sheldon was not entitled to more than his regular salary for the two years. And Sheldon being so poor in purse may compel him to take advantage of the bankrupt act, too, unless some of his hero-worship ing gang come to his rescue. Bah! The fun is growing fast and furious at Lincoln. The democratic legis lature has recounted the vote on supreme judges and Gov. Shallen berger has appointed four judges in accord therewith, two of them being a replanting of Sheldon’s appointees, while Rose and Dean are to be sup planted by Holcomb and Sullivan, the latter being the democrat who served one day and then resigned. Now it will be a merry row to see which appointments get a lasting grip on the judicial ermine. And all this might have been saved had Sheldon made a fair division of the judicial spoils between the two big parties, instead of exhibiting his sore head over defeat. f Snap Shots at Sunday. For several weeks, the Northwest ern has contained items of criticism of the methods of Billy Sunday, the famous evangelist, who, like Sam Jones, seems to thrive upon sensation alism. It has not been done to cast reflection upon religious sentiment, but upon the man Sunday's interpre tation of it. We know of his work and methods in various towns and acknow ledge he has given the Sam Jones style a knock-out blow, by beating that famous evangelist in his sup posed copyright on blackguard evan gelism. Below we publish a letter received from our young friend, Charley Minshull at Spokane, Wash., where Sunday is at present engaged in a great tent meeting, raking in the converts and shekels unprecedented, and where the public is much divided over his methods, a monster petition being circulated by those opposed to his sensationalism and questionable language, asserting that his language is not tit in part for utterance before the thousands of women and children who throng daily to hear him. Mr. Minshull disclaims criticism of the Northwestern but says: “‘Coming from an ordinary person these state ments would be vulgar—coming from [ Sunday they are quite the opposite. Accompanying Mr. Minshull’s letter are a large number of clippings, news paper reports and editorials from the Spokane paper, which, by a careful perusal, more than confirm wliat the Northwestern has said in regard to the sensationalism, vulgarity and obscenity of the Sunday talk. Should we print excerpsfrom these clippings, we should be in fear of disguisting our readers, and rightly place the Northwestern in question as to the right of transmission through the mails. We have them in our ollice for perusal by any reader of this paper who may take the trouble to call and read the same, but excuse us for not giving them space in our col umns for the better reason that the Northwestern wishes to have a wel come place at every fireside and fit for perusal by all even to the most innocent and guileless child in the home. Spokane, Wash.. Januaiy 11, 1909 Dear Burleigh: I notice in the last few issues of the Northwestern that you take a shot at the evangelist, Billy Sunday. This man is at present holding a series of revival meetings here and having heard him, I was particularly attracted by your com ments. You may lie acquainted with his methods, and may not, but in either case. I enclose some clippings from our leading daily papers which may interest you. The editorial is from The Spokesman Review, our morning paper. Sunday is making a stir in this place, and will no doubt do a great deal of good. His taber nacle. which was erected especially for the purpose, will seat about 8000 people. It is filled to overflowing daily, and “overflow” meetings are held in a near-by building which will accommodate about 4000. Some of the articles are rough, to say the least, but they do not do hinf justice. To get the Sunday meaning of them, Sunday himself must speak them. Coming from the ordinary person these statements would be vulgar coming from Sunday they are quite the opposite. This is by no means a criticism on you or your paper. Simply some information for you, which you may already know. And by the way, don't stop the the paper. I could hardly get along without the Loup City news. Hoping that you will enjoy the clippings as much as I do the original remarks, and wishing you the compliments of the season, I am, Yours very truly, Chas. Minskull. Dr. Long at Sanitarium Collegeview^ Neb., Jan. 18, 1909 Dear Burleigh: Please change the mailing list to read John II. Long, Collegeview, Neb., care Sanitarium. I sold out my store and am a free lance once more. I am here for my heart, which got to acting up so that for a time I thought 1 was to go to the scrap heap, but the doctor here tells me that if I will win out against tobacco that I mav live to see Taft succeed himself or some similar glorious event. This institution is indeed a good one. It is ahead of anything in this state, and I have been in the other two big ones in Lincoln. Bailey’s sanitarium is a most excellent one, but I am inclined to give this one the blue ribbon. No medicine here. Just water. Yes, and electricity. Both are applied scien tifically. I begin to think that I am getting better. During the past two months I have been unable to do anything and had made up my mind to take a trip to the old country, thinking that an ocean voyage might do me some good, but I got switched olf here and am glad that I did. I can walk two or three blocks now. The swelling has left my limbs and I feel fine. I shall stay here just as long as I can see that I am being benefited. With a great deal of pleas ure I have noted the success of the Methodist bretliern and it certainly does look as though the right would win in your town at the next election. Well, the man today who has no sympathy or who opposes the forward march of the coming of the King is not wise. The old apostolic days are rapidly returning, and there is no knowing where that movement will end that started in Cleveland the other day where it is said some 11,000 have started to live as Jesus would live. If that proves a success, watch the fire that it will kindle. Great! Why not? If religion is simply an other name for doing right as Christ saw the right, why it simplifies matters a whole lot. Well, I didn’t intend to write all this stutf, so here’s where I get off. Fraternally, i J. H. Long. | Educational Meeting A meeting of teachers, prospective teachers and persons interested in school work was held at the school house on Saturday, Jan. 9th. The committee, consisting of Prof. A. M. Young and Miss Smith, had prepared an extensive program, but owing to the inclemency of the weather few were able to attend, hence the pro gram was not altogether carried out. Despite this fact the meeting was both entertained and instructed by a paper on the “Recitation” by Miss Beynon, an address by Mr. Pedler on “How the Public Judges a Teacher,” and also an address by Supt. Hen drickson on “Teachers’ Wages.” Miss Beynon’s paper on “Recita tion was pajticularly educational. She asserted that the purpose of a recitation is to test a pupil's know ledge, his acquired mental power and also his skill in school arts, thus giv ing the recitation a broader value than is ordinarily given it. She showed the advantages and disadvan tages of the two methods of testing, namely, the question test and topic test and explained the difference be tween them. To her exposition of tiie subject was added a discussion by J. F. Nicoson, who said that one of the recitation's chief ends was to economize time. This brought a dis cussion on the length of recitation, followed by an address by Mr. Pedler on “How the Public Judges a Teacher” Of all things of which a teacher might; know with advantage before hand, no one will deny that one of the most important is to know how the public generally, passes upon and judges her in a community. Mr. l’edler’s address was therefore [of special value and assistance to begin ners, as weil as to those who have been in the profession for some time. He pointed out the fact, often over looked by the teacher, that outside assistance and resistance to the efforts and policiy of a school are very great factors in the progress of that school, hence, the public natural ly judges a teacher in proportion to her ability to gain outside assistance and overcome outside resistance, and that this ability depended not so much on a teachers’ educational qual ifications as upon her use of tact— common sense applied. He laid par ticular emphasis on the fact that school boards hire a teacher not on the basis of her educational bualitica tions. but on her ability to organize and govern a school. He said further that educational qualifications are conceded an applicant, but she must demonstrate power to secure public co-operation in her efforts in school work. Mr. Pedler's views were so complete and so near those of the the meeting generally that no dis cussion followed. It is to be regretted that more teachers were not able to hear this excellent address for a large number of a teacher’s difficulties arise from her inability to secure outside aid. Mr. Hendrickson next gave a dis cussion on “Teachers’ Wages.” He showed that wages were growing higher and higher and promise to continue to grow in the future. He made this distinction between the teachers, that a good teacher could never be wholly compensated for her services to society, w hile any amount of money, however small, was too much for a teacher who simply kept school. A discussion of this subject resulted in the conclusion that a teacher should receive a sufficient income to enable her to live comfort ably and economically and to ley up a competency for old age. Tbis closed the program and the meeting was adjourned, everyone feel ing himself ahead for having attend ed. Teachers, let us all attend these meetings in the future An exchange of ideas cannot fail to help us to keep in touch with' the best methods of educating the young. Those also who intend to take up teaching will find much assistance and preparation in these meetings. Therefore, every teacher and prospective teacher should take an interest in these meetings and if possible attend them. One Knocked on Us, Too A subscriber complained the other day because the Sun printed articles of a religious nature, and stated that the paper was supposed to be a demo cratic organ, and not a Sunday school paper. This leads us to ask said sub scriber what kind of a paper lie would call the Commoner? If it is anything, it is a democratic organ. And the Commoner is constantly publishing articles of a religious nature: hardly a week passes but it does this very thing. The editor of that paper, Mr. W. J. Bryan, is a man whose rrtind and soul is large enough to enable him to see that the religious life of men is one of the greatest elements of strength and uplift in the country: and to emphasize that nature is noth ing more than common sense. We would remind our subscriber, too, that probably fifty per cent of the homes into which the Sun goes are vitally interested in some church. The narrow-minded man thinks that everybody should appreciate and dis like the things he appreciates and dislikes in newspapers. But we can not trim our sales to please narrow minded men.—Aurora Sun. Cummins of Iowa, Root of New York, Hughes of Colorado, Chamber lain of Oregon, Johnson of North Dakota, Brandegee of Connecticutt. Gallinger of New Hampshire, Over man of North Carolina, Clarke of Arkansas and Penrose of Pennsyl vania, were among those selected by their various state legislatures Tues day for U. S. senators. Hopkins of Illinois was the choice of the senate but the house is still in doubt. Supervisors Proceedings Loup City. Nebraska, Jan. 12,1909 County board of supervisors met in session this day as by law provided. Members present, Wensel Rewolin ski, Henry Thode, W. O. Brown, J. I. Depew, C. .T. Peters, E. H. Allen and Win. Jakobs and R.H. Mathew county attorney, and C. F. Beushausen clerk. The board organized bv election Jas I. Depew temporary chairman, after vote was taken on the permanent chairmanship which resulted in the election of Jas. I. Depew forchairman for the year 1909. The minutes of last meeting were read and approved. Louis Bechthold county assessor presented the follow ing names to the board for the ratiti cation, for deputy assessor ifor 1909 which appointments were ratified by the board as follows: Oak Creek Johh 'laciejewski Logah J. Q Pray Washington L. AV. Callen Elm T. C. Chamberlin AVebster AV. B. Reynolds Loup City E. A. Brown Ashton J. F. Beushausen Rockville John II Maiefaski Clay C.M. Snyder Harrison Albert Dickerson “ Scott Henry Doon Hazard George AV. Holmes The board presented a list cf names for jurors. The chairman announced his committees as follows, road Peters, Thode, Allen. Bridge, Jakob, Brown and Rewolinski. Claims, BrowD, Thode, Allen. Finance, Jakob, Rew owinski, and Peters. The bids on county printing was next taken up by the board and after examining all bills on file, the board awarded to the Northwestern the contract for print ing legal not ics, blanks and stationary. Tlie Times Independent was awarded the contract for publishing the super visors proceedings. The bid of the York blank book company for lot one was rejected by the board and the clerk instructed to buy said materials contained in lot one on the open market. The following bonds were approved by the board. J. w. Burleigh for publishing notices and supplies. R. It. Adams justice of peace for Elm township. F. W. Clancy Constable for Harrison township. A. L. Enderle for Webster town ship. F. A. Pinckney justice of peace for Webster township. The request of R. I). Hendrickson, county super intendent, asking the board to set aside $100. 00 for an institute fund was granted by the board. The request of the county treas urer and county clerk for deputies for year 1900 was on motion granted by tiie board. On motion board adjourned to next day January 13, 1909. C. F. Beushausen, County Clerk. Yes, Mr. Farmer, you don’t need the honest, homely old work horse any more until spring again gladdens the earth. You are an honest man and pay your debts: don't forget to pay this old horse what you owe him. regular meals, plenty of good hay, a clean, warm barn and water when ever he's thirsty. He, like Taft, will turn down the wine glass, but good pure water touches the right spot. You owe this debt just as much as any promise you ever made: you, to a great extent, owe him not only for his patient toil the spring, summer and autumn, hut for his Datient and kindly actions: he could have kicked the dashboard out of your wagon any old time or set his foot in youi stomach when you came to throw or the galling harness. He's a good fellow and you owe him, so pay the debt.—Columbus Tribune. Dressing the Chicken. One evening on the farm a little Blum child was enjoying the first glimpse of pastoral life. On a little stool he sat, under a tree, bent with Its load of ripe peaches, beside the cook, who was plucking a chicken. He watched that plucking operation gravely for some time. Then he said: “Do you take off their clothes every night, loidy?” In Chicago, of Course. A mother hid her $1,500 worth of jewels in her little daughter’s slipper, forgot all about it and the next day threw the slipper into the garbage ■ can. Of course, it happened in Chi cago, says the New York Herald. Where else would a child’s slipper hold ail those gems? New Railway to Alps’ Peak. An electric railway is being built on the Zugspitxe, the highest peak in the Alps, on Bavarian territory. Its height is about 10,000 feet. The rail way will run to the summit, while a hotel will be built at the 7,000-foot level. City Would Buy Coal Mine. The city of Vienna is now trying to secure control of mines in Moravia. The reasons given for the purchase are the high price of coal and the dif ficulty of securing a steady supply fof the municipal gas and electric plant* $50 Reward. We, the undersigned, offer $50 re ward for evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons poisoning dogs in this city the past few weeks, or at any time in the near future. W. P. Reed, Edgar Draper, T. H. Elsner. MAZURKA DUKE (No. 221339.) My excellent Shorthorn Herd Bull, for sale, also some young high-grade Bulls, showing both breeding and quality. xY choice lot of Barred Plymouth Rock Cockerels that will please you. Call and see what I have at Wild Rose Stock Farm One mile east of Loup City, Phone, 2 on 12. L. N. SMITH. y ---—- * Having sold our farms, we will sell at joint Public Auction at Burman Farm, one mile east and 2 1-2 miles north of Boelus, and west of Dannebrog, on Wednesday, January 27, p09 I Commencing at 10 o’clock a. m., the following jescribedj)roperty^^^ 3 Three Head of Horses 3 One June colt, one sorrel mare bred and one sorrel _ 9 Nine Head of Cattle 9 Three spring calves, one 2 year-old heifer, one 2-year-old steer, three milch cows and one 3-year-old bulb 55 Fifty-five Head of Hogs 55 Twenty-five pifs, twenty seoats, eight brood sows, two Poland C hina Jx>ars Machinery, Grain, Chickens, House Goods : Five-hoe cultivator, riding cultivator. 2-row cultivator, 2-section harrow, 3 section harrow, 2-hole corn slieller, disc harrow, manure wagon, farm wagon two years old, manure spreader year old, hay rack, hay rake, horse-dump ha> rake, Deering mower, I leering binder, end-gate seeder, 11-foot seeder, 11-foot force feed seeder, 14-inch plow, lft-inch sulky plow, corn planter, grist mill, thresher horse power, set single harness, set heavy express and set farm har ness, 10 steel hen coops, sure-hatcli incubator, hog breeding crate, _ cream separators, one union churn, 1(H) bu. seed oats, 500 bu. shelled corn, oOO bu. ear corn, 40 bu. seed com, 1000 bu. cobs. 24 Rhode Island red bens, 0 single comb roosters same breed, 6 rose comb Rhode Island red cockerels, 20 dozen half-breed pullets. 4 bedsteads complete, 10 chairs, 1 family library, 2 rock ers, 100 jars canned goods, bed room suite, 3 tables, 3 sew ing machines, large cupboard, rug 10x12 feet, cook stove, 3 heaters, parlor organ, etc. etc. FREE LUNCH AT NOON. Tormc All sums of $10 and under cash: over $10, ten month's time at L cl Ills* ip pgr cent interest, with approved security. S. C. Keim, Auc. H. P. BERGK, Chris Appel,Clk. J. P. BERGK. CROSS EYES! are in 9 cases out of 10 the result of Eye-Strain, which if relieved by glasses in early life would never cause crossed eyes. Preliminary symptoms of Eye troubles that cause crossed eyes are: Pain in back of eyes; pain in temples, sometimes running over ears; print jumps after reading for a time. These are strong symptoms that the eyes will soon cross un less the eye-strain is removed. It will pav you to see me at the St. Elmo hotel. 1 do not go out of the hotel to work. Not a drop of medicine used. PARKINS, the EYE WAN / Are You Doing Yourself Justice? MR. FARMER: —Are you looking ahead for your son, or if you are a renter are you looking ahead for yourself? Are ^ you going to accept this chance for a homestead that Uncle Sam has made possible for you? Are you dozing over this, while your more alert neighbor is acting? Don't you realize that the irrigated homesteads now being offered by the govern ment in the Big Horn Basin and North Platte Valley will prove to be the richest land prizes that the government has \et be stowed on its citizens. You certainly ought to know of the present land hunger in this country. Now you have the gov ernment furnishing you 80 and 160 acre tracts of land iriigat ed by the intelligence and financial security of Uncle Sam who has suddenly become the greatest irrigator the world has ever known, who offers you abundant and perpetual water with the choicest land at $35 to $45 per acre in ten annual payments without interest;—land that will yield more in one year per acre than the price of the farm. Do you realize what a “good thing” this is in this day and age? If you do not. let me tell you something about it. Personally conducted homeseekers excursions lirst and third Tuesdays of each montli. Write D. Clem Deaver, General Agent. Landseekers' In [formation Bureau. 1004 Farnam St., Omaha, for literature. No charge for his services.__ J. A. DANIELSON. Ticket Agent. Loup Citv. Nebr.. _ L. W. WAKELEY, 6. P. A., Omaha. We’re In A Hurry Even when a newspaper is growing like the Lincoln-Daily News, itspub lisliers are not satisfied but want thousands of farmers and other state folks to be reading it, and the quick est way is to make a cheap trial offer in the hope that you will like the paper and keep on taking it. This offer beats them all, only S!5 cents for a daily newspaper from now until the close of the legislature, April 1, 11*08 We stop it then unless you send in money to renew it. Don’t pay your money to strangers for any newspaper Send direct to the paper or hand it to your postmaster. The Lincoln Daily News is always a live one, but just now during the legislature, you will get a dollar’s worth for your trial quarter, and if you decide then not to stay with us, we’re the loser, but we want you to try it, even if we do lose money on your trial. If you don’t say that The News is the plainest, frankest and fairest paper you know of, we miss our guess. No nasty medical ads, no liquor ads, a paper for the whole family. Watch Jyour man in the legislature. The Lincoln News will print the truth about him. The sooner you send in a quarter the more papers you will get. Farmers and Newspapers. In an address to an audience of farmers in Texas recently, the speak er had the following to say regarding the country paper and the attitude the farmer should take as regards the home newspaper: “As a rule the farmer has no firmer friend than the country press. The [ home paper is distinctly the farmer's own paper: supported directly and in directly by farmers who compose the backbone of the subscription list of the printer and largely for what enterprising merchants advertise. Now, brothers, let us not forget our friends. Let us see that that our subscription is paid a year in advance; we can do it. The man on the paper that lights my battles shall have my support. Another thing, the merchants who advertise are the ones who make it N possible for us to get a good local paper and the men or local firms w ho are too penurious to advertise and help support the local press have no right to the farmer’s patronage. I propose hereafter to go to the live advertiser and the man who will do his share in supporting the local press, thus contributing to my sup port rather than buy of a man who proposes to take all and give nothing A in return. If farmers as a class would " support their friends the other fellow would soon be out of business.—Ex