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12 THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. ' JANUARY 15. 1903.. . HARDY'S COLUMN ; If It is best and is lawful to have praying among our lawmakers, why is it not equally beneficial and lawfu to allow praying among our schoo children? If men are allowed to pray smoke and get drunk, why not allow children to do the same? If the state government sanctions the drunkard- making machine' by giving a license, why not allow it, to bless the young the old? Inconsistency. We hope the legislature wilj revo lutionize the management of our peni tentiary. Those strong, healthy men can be made to earn their own living and pay all expenses of the institu tion just as well as not: really it would make imprisonment more re formal ory. It would be well to offer a reward to all those who behaved themselves, worked steadily and do their 'work well, a certain per cent of ati they earn payable at the close of their term or mombij to their famil ies if they have families. A few dol lars, when a man comes out of the pen, will furnish him support until he can find employment. The state it self should employ the men, furnish the material an? give no middleman a profit The machinery for making broom handles and brooms costs but little. The lumber and broom corn can be bought and the men can do it all. In one day a man can learn tc make brooms and at a week's end turn out a fair day's work. Then the machinery for spinning binding twine did not used to cost five dollars a spindle. It takes but little power to run twenty-five spindles and but very little training to learn how to spin. Then making barrels, especially apple barrels, it would be a great help to farmers, especially such fruit season;! as we had last year. Then there are many other things that other state in stitutions must have that the pris oners can make just as well as not, and save buying. Of course the labor unions will .fight, any such economy, for they fear one man 'at work in the pen will throw hundreds, out of work outside. It seems that party politicians in office think it not good party policy to force the collection of taxes. It cer tainly is mora ' necessary to collect. .within the year, "what taxes are levied .4 than to increase the valuation of the property that pays its taxes under the present tax collection. Give the sher iff authority and compel him to ?ell and give clear and full title to all property on which the tax is not pair! within the year. Ten days before the sale notice should be served person ally upon the owner of the property. The punishment for the most dread ed crime should be the most dreaded punishment. Hanging is much more dreaded than imprisonment, and every murderer pleads for the prison rather than the gallows. The punishment is not so much because a crime has beer, committed as to prevent more crime in the future. It is certain that hang ing will prevent , the one hung from committing any more crime; not so with the prison, for men plan murder In prison. prevailing policy i3 not to require the head officer of any department to do any work only to draw his big salary and spend it. He must have a deputy, a clerk, a. shorthand reporter and .a typewrite to ttart with and then as many more wedged in as possible af terwards. A board of control of all the state institutions, including all supply purchasing, is certainly commendable. Yes, the home for the friendless should be put back into the hands of the women. They know better how to care for babies than politicians do. No state institution was managed as well or as economically as the home for the friendless by the women. They received by voluntary contributions thousands of dollars to be used in., that institution, thus relieving the taxpayers of nearly one-fourth of the running expenses. The law chang ing management was one of the things that knocked out the party in power. It would be equally proper to take the state ;air out of the hands of the farmers. The state owns the grount". and forr.ishes a part of the running expenses so the state owned the buildings of the home for the friend less and furnished a little larger pro portion of the running expenses. Poli ticians know as much about farming as they do about caring for homeless children. a a There are several other measures recommended in the two messages that should be carefully considered by the legislature. The labor bureau is of no use to the taxpayers. We do not believe in any civil service law that will give a state office for lifr as the national law does. We be ieve the normal school at Peru should be moved into the central part of the state or else a second one established west of the center. District judges are too numerous and five supreme judges wm be a plenty, an odd number would be best so they could not divide even We think one experimental farm is enough. Selling value should be the basis of all tax levies. Up to the present time the policy of every ad ministration has been to increase the mi w C JtS ' n iiuiiiuui ui state oincers ana emmoves We are glad for once that a reduc tion of state expenses has been rec ommended. State, countv and c.itv - - -! oetter pay security companies for bonds rather than not to have any- Dociy watch our treasurers. Every treasurer, city, county and state, should be required to report the re ceipts and. payments of the month and where every .dollar of balance is. H. W. HARDY. in of We do not nee.l a beard of control and a state acountant added to all our present state employes. The present THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL Few People Know How Useful It is in Preserv ing Health and Beauty Nearly everybody knows that charcoal is the aaresc ana most emcientamnrectant and puri fier in natnre, but few realize its value when taken into the human system for the same cleansing purpose. . Charcoal i9 a remedy that the more you take bf it the better; it is cot a drug at all, but simply absorbs the gases and impurities always pres ent In the stomach and intestines and carries them out of the system. . Charcoal sweetens the breath after smoking, drinking or after eating onions and other odor ous vegetables. ' Charcoal effectually clears and improves tue complexion, it whitens the teeth and further cts as a natural and eminently safe cathartic. 1 It absorbs the injurious gases which collect in the stomach and bowel; it disinfects the mouth and throat from the poison of catarrh. All druggists sell charcoal in one form or an other, but probably the best charcoal and the most for the money is in Stuart's Absorbent Lozenges: they are composed of the finest pow dered Willow charcoal and other harmless an tiseptics, in tablet form or rather in the form of large, pleaaut tasting losenges, the charcoal being mixed with honey. The daily use of these lozenges will soon tell -in a much, improved condition of the general health, better complexion, sweeter breath and Tpuror blood, and the beauty of it is, that no possible harm can result from their continued use, but on the contrary, great benefit. A Buffalo physician in speaking of the bene fits of charcoal, sayst "I advite Stuart's Ab--sorbent Lozenges to all patients suffering from gas in stomach and bowels, and to clear the complexion and purify the breath, mouth and throat; I also believe the liver is greatly bone fitted by the daily use of hem ; they cost but twenty-five cents a box at drug stores, find al though in some- sense a patent preparation, yet I believe I get more and better charcoal in .Stuart's Absorbent Lozenges than in any of the ordinary charcoal tablets.? i Those who attended the meetin the Nebraska State Historical society Tuesday night differed widely in their appreciation of Hon. Edward Rosewa- ter's historical reminiscences on "Rail roads in Nebraska Politics." Thnso who have for years been apologists for and participants in railroad domina- ;on were, of course, highly incensed: but those who have conscientiously op posed such domination were well pleased. Mr. Rosewater can certainly lay no claims to oratory, but stored away in bis memory is a vast amount of val uable historical data accumulated dur ing his long residence in the state. iHe began by relating a conversation he had had with Marvin Hughitt of the Northwestern system at Chicago in 180L'. A labor df.y parade was in progress and Mr. Hughitt remarked (indicating the paiaders), "There go the men who make this government." "Yes." assented Rosewater "when you let them," "What do you mean by that?" demanded Hughitt. And thf editor of the Bee proceeded to en lighten Liin. He pcinied out the selection of a lo cal attorney and delivery of his pass; the f lection of a kcal surgeon and delivery cf his the pass given tj the lor.'!l editor. Then the first primp ry, where the attorney, surgeon, editor, station agent and section men cout relied made nominations and selected delegates to suit their favor ite railroad. How in a very short time the railroads had secured absolute do minion over the politics of Nebraska, working, quite naturally, through the republican party. He recalled the incidents in connec tion with the submission of the con stitution of 1871 a document contain ing wise provisions for keeping rail roads in their nroDer Dlace as mm. mon carriers and preventing them from being nionarchs of all they sur veyed. How by stratagem a clause was inserted for universal taxation which had the effect for ohce in his tory of aligning both Catholic and Methodist against the constitution. Yet,1 notwithstanding the union of railroads and churches, the constitu tion was adopted by a majority of the Ea Ea r,a r.n La E3 nn Ly E3 E3 Ea eg E3 gjj 10-4 gray wool Blankets, reduced from 13.50 to, En per pair E3 M gray wool blankets, reduced from $4.25 to, ca per pair ii'j H-4 gray wool blankets, reduced from $4.50 to, n.T per pair 12-4 gray wool blankets, reduced from $7.00 to, fcj'J per pair . 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Comins. down to the present oay, he hesitated for a moment anJ then intimated that he was engaged in relating history not news. A voice in the audience asked him to go affead, but he refused, saying: "What has occuijed recent ly you know as well as anyone." One man in tt audience, Dr. Georgs L. Miller, was evidently much dis pleased with Mr. Rosewater's address. After adjournment he was heard to declare that the railroads were com pelled to enter politics in order to protect themselves against blackmail. "Yes," said another, "and Rosewater himself has helped to blackmail them." IF HAi?ftiaE$SOR Prof. Vincent advises The Indepen dent that the grain growers will have headquarters at the Capital hotel, this city, during their meeting next week. At this meeting the Minnesota eleva tor law will doubtless be considered and an effort made to secure its pass age by the legislature. It proposes to arm persons, associations and cor porations, purporting to run elevators or grain warehouses, with the right of eminent domain, permitting them to condemn and take sufficient railroat! right of way for a building site. HEADACHE At a& drug stow.. 2S Dok 25c. 0U&DEAURTOSH0T BEFORE YOU BUY. lANUTACIUBtO By HARPHAM BROS.CO. Lincoln. Neb. DON'T Set Hen the Same Old War. and let lice kill tbem on the nest! Tiffany's Sure Death, to Lice. PweA will Kill all vermin.and your hen will brinri her brootl off free from lioe. Tlflanys PanE, gon lice KlJler "UqtiW," guaranteed to kiir all llCB and mit Tnatantltr km- 11 colts, calves, and hogs. By using our Bprayer a very ft Tuirie au cracKS. IS pray r1? Of,house for spWr lice. It i a powerful ditto- Pprayer.il.W). Can pet it free wn .-re no agents bvi little w,rfe Xnr . 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