JUNE 11 , 1903.
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
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Great School Vacation Piano Sale!
THE GREATEST EVENT OF THE SEASON
June nth We : Offer
8 Beautiful Pianos (used six months) for $169
1 0 new Grand Upright Pianos, oak, ma
hogany and walnut finish, for $185 to . $205
5 2nd hand Pianos, most as good as new,
for, each ; . . . V . . ! . . . $140
10 Fine Mirror Top Cabinet Organs, each $36
Big cut on every instrument in stock. These
instruments aire not shoddy but are all honest
made, reliable instruments and
Fully
Warranted
Perfect Satisfaction.
Easy terms for payment to responsible parties.
Established 1876. Reorganized 1902.
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138 to 142 5. 12th St., Lincoln, Neb.
BESS
SHE AND I
A H.art to Heart Tslk With Old R.der.,
Especially The. la Mebra.ka
It is utterly impossible for the edi
tor with his shattered nerves an J
bleeding heart to reply to those who
have sent their sympathy in this
hour of supreme trial. Only those
who came to these plains when they
were uninhabited and built homes
upon the prairies can understand how
hearts can be bound up-in a home
which they have made with their
own hands, or the feelings of an old
man when he realizes that he na
longer has a home. A "home" is not
the land, the houses or the trees, how
. ever beautiful and conveniently ar
ranged.. It is the association of loving
hearts of those who abide therein.
From Mrs. Tibbies diary of July 6,
1882, I quote the following: '
"I have been married nearly a year.
It does not seem possible I was mar
ried to Mr.' Tibbies 04 th$;23d oi' July
last Mr. Tibbies, his two daughters
and I have been living here in a tent
on our claim of one hundred and six
ty acres. There is not a tree or shruo
on the place, nothing but arrow gras?i
everywhere. No roads, no path i,
nothing but earth and sky. Towards
the north is the prairie clear to the
horizon with not a house or sign of
cultivation. Towards the south are
settlements along the Logan valley.'
We thought then that our wander
ings had ceased and that here w 5
should quietly remain and " build . a
home. But the fight for the protec
tion of the law for the Indian tribe
was not ended, and earnest requests
made for us to go east again were
complied with. Some years were spent
upon the lecture platform, but every
year we came back for at least a few
months and did what we could to
make a home. When, all the cases
concerning the Indians had reached
the supreme court and congress had
passed the "severalty bill," we cam's
back again to live in our "home."
Corn was only ten cents a bushel.
The farmers were in great distress.
She often talked of the hardships and
unending toil of the poor farmers'
wives. She said that their lot was
harderthan that of the Indian womei
had ever beeit and she longed to help
them. One day she visited a farmer's
wife who had a sic little girl. When
she came home she said that those
three children had not a single toy,
and spoke of the effort that two little
ones had made to amuse themselves
with a few buttons and to keep very
still because their sister was sick. A
letter east brought some toys and
bool 3 for little children. They were
sent by Mr. Flower, the editor of the
Arena. - -
As the times grew harder and thi.
farmers suffered ' more and more,
Bright Eyes began to attack the great
and perplexing questions of civiliza
tion. She studied political economy,
in a speech delivered in DeKalb, Ind ,
i 1 1894, she told an audience of 3,000
i ople how she became interested in
the hardships of the toil masses. A
large part of that speech was print? 1
in the local paper in DeKalb. She
was as willing to give her life for the
suffering whites, as she had ever been
for the people of her own race. Only
those who know how she loved
"home" and the unspeakable dreal
with which she was always seized
whenever she was about to appear on
any platform ,even after she had ad
dressed hundreds of audiences s
large as ever were addressed by any ;
American spealer. often running up
far into the thousands, can under
stand the sacrifice she made or how
deeply she sympathized with the
farmers' wives who rose at daylight,
cool ed, washed, sewed, mended and
scrubbed until late at night each day
a.id the only return was a home with
bare floors, scanty food and - poor
clothing, while there were no pic
tures on the walls and no books on
the shelves.
At first she was opposed to us tak
Ing an active part in the great con
test then coming on. She wanted her
home to see the corn grow and hear
the bird - sing. At last she said: "We
ought to do what we can." In 1893
we left iiome and went to Washington
as icrmiondents of the press. For
three years on the platform and with
her pen she spoke and wrote for the
toiling masses. The strain was toj
great. Her health failed and mada
necessary absolute retirement. Still
she longed for "home." The house
was repaired and improved and a
year ago she came bac' During that
year her health improved and espe
cially during the last three months.
Every day she would tell how happy
she was. She planned to entertain
many, friends. She wished to take
them down among the hills and woods
along the Missouri river and live
close to nature for a few wee' s,
gather wild flowers and listen to the
songs of the birds. Suddenly she was
stricken and died within three days.
fiom the first hour of her sickness,
altai vgh her temperature was con
stantly 104 and 105 degrees, she never
thought of herself. It was her age I
mother, her sisters, her nephews and
nieces and even the animals on th3
place.
Her last words to me, because they
may help other broken hearts and
like so many of the things she said in
life, of universal application, may bo
here repeated. After requesting that
some wild flowers and lilac branches
might be placed where she could see
them so that she could feast her eye3
upon the color, (she had a true art
ist's love of color), she said, among
other things: "Don't worry. Pleas j
i Dn't stay in tic room long at a
time. Really don't It is better for
me and for you. You can come in fre
quently, but don't stay long at a
time." Then, after a pause: "I don't
think that it is right to ask friends to
make promises, which, whepv things
change, may be difficult of fulfillment.
You and I have planted every tree,
shrub and flower on this place. When
the big walnut trees were planted, I
dropped the walnuts and you plow 3 1
them under. . While you planted th-j
shrubs I stood by you. If you can,
1-eep the place just a.s it is for a little
while before strangers come to in
habit it. It will be very hard for you.
The only thing that will help you will
be to work. Keep on working. Only
work will make life endurable. Be
sides your writing, work in the gar
den.' The anemone and the holly
hocks will bloom after a while. Yo 1
will remember that you and I planted
them together, but if you work, you
will be able to bear it It may help
you to remember that thousands wait
anxiously each week to see what you
write. ,To many thousands it. makes
their lives happier. But most" of all,
it is for your own sake that you
should work."
I can only say to the readers of The
Independent that I shall endeavor to
fulfill these Injunctions and work for
the benefit of the toiling masses to
which her heart went out in such
measureless sympathy.
Standing by the lifeless form of her
who did all that she could to maka
the world happier and better, I sense
the coming of an hour more gloriou't
than words can express and a life
more real than that of the present
Farms That Pay Big Interest
Stock farm of 1,280 acres 12 miles
from Lincoln, 2 miles from Denton;
400 acres cultivated; 90 acres in al
falfa; first-class buildings. Ideal
stock farm. Price $30 per acre; east
terms. No. 734.
Choice farm 500 acres two and half
miles northwest of Omaha. 300 acres
under cultivation and 200 acres in
hard wood timber. Highly improved.
Price $70 per acre and dirt cheap. This
is No. 735.
Half section farm four and haif
miles west of Agnew, Lancaster coun
ty; one-third under cultivation; im
provements in poor repair; good up
land and will make a choice stoch.
farm. Price $45 per acre; $5,000 cash
and time to suit on the balance. No.
724.
Very choice farm mile and half
from Agnew, 260 acres under cultiva
tion; splendid builuings; rents for
two-fifths delivered in market. This
is school land bought under contract
from the state $2,000 nine years to
run yet. Price $50 per acre and is
one of the cheapest farms In this
county. No. 718.
iizu-acre stock farm 9 miles from
Lincoln, 3 mile3 from Woodlawn. All
level except 80 acres which is rolling,
but tillable. 90 acres under cultiva
tion, which made 70 bushels oi com
per acre last year. All fenced; no
buildings. Price $35 per acre and very
easy terms! . ,
320-acre farm on west Oak creek,
Butler - county, four and half miles
from Dwight 170 acres under culti
vation; buildings are all large and iu
good repair; some timber; 2 miles to
creamery. Price ?4C per acre. No.671.
280-acre farm joining good town in
Fillmore county. Splendid soil, fair
ly good buildings; will divide If de
sired. Price $46 per acre. No. 643.
160 acres of grass land all under ir
rigation ditch, . water right paid in
full. In Sedgwick county, Colorado.
Price $3,000. No. 637.
200-acre farm near Waverly, all
choice bottom land, none better in the
state. All in high state of cultivation
wild rents readily at $4 per acre cash
rent, or one-half of the grain deliv
ered in market. Price $70 per aco.
Tli is farm must be seen to be appre
ciated. Good improvements. No. 6J3.
Write Weber & Farris, Lincoln,
Neb., for any further information con
c rning any of the above.
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bination orders for groceries. It will
save you money.