THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
OCTOIIEll 2D, 3
John Samuel Paid f J,oo
John Kamuel live In Hrowo conn.
!y, Kansas, Ma in a farmer thlrly-flve
year of age. Ha tame to Kanaaa from
the Kast lu '!, brlUKinff a young wife,
two children, and soma money, The
money hn Invented In 1(10 acre of IhiiiI.
Hit iuld a good prlc-slx thousand dol
lar, two thousand down and a mort
gage buck for four thousand. Dut It
wu it well-Improved farm and
worth It,
There have been fat and lean yeor
In Kuniuiu, ami In I1M2 John Humuela
Kilil owed threw thousand dollar on
lilM place. J!e liiid reduced the. debt
oiih thousand dollar, an vtk of
out) hundred dollum pee year, and kept
the Interest pu,d up, 1 1 1)4 expense In
Chased with the growth of hi family.
Hi wir' heultli wa not no good of
lute, uild b paid Ull occasional doe
tor's hill, Home Improvement mid
extension must 10 tuudo on the funn
Imllillnga. ll would he fortuuute If
he could make these additional liecc
uuvy expeiidifun s, keep (tin Interest,
mill up ii nd continue applying ona
hundred dollum per year on the mort
gage. tin t'Mill.ed at fhl rate li will ho
very old man before Iho farm will he
free, from dehl, If hn dies Die home
Will hn Hold; pelhap at time when
It limy bring little, If any, more thiin
the morlgngn, The saving of n llfe
limit will hit lost mid the wife mid ehll
dreii will Buffer.
One day a stranger appeared mid
asked permit n to explain Ufa In
auranee, Mr, Hamuels listened Intent
Jy, conceded It wn Juitt what he need
ed, that he would HM ft pulley, If he
rould pay for It, hut h owed three
thousand dollar on li Im farm, mid It
wa ull hit could do to piiy tint Interest
Bin) a hundred dollum it year on the
principal. Am I ha premium on a pol
icy itt hla age would he $ 102 00, lia did
Dot Bee how hn could curry It,
"rtuppose," wild the agent, "Hut per
ron who IioIiIm thlM mortgage on the
furm Mhoiild sny to you: 'If you con
tinue to puy l he Intercut, a before, hut
instead of piiylntc one hundred dollurB
year on the prlnelpnl, puy tint $102,01
lu r year, I will, If you did, cancel the
morlguge, m I v I ilk your wlfii the farm.
If you live twenty year, I will release
Hid mortgage, giving the farm to you,'
You sorely would accept ouch a propo
sition,' Now, Mr, HumuelB, continue
paying the Inieritft, hut InBUnd of
imydm one hnudreil dollar per year
on lh principal, take ihnm thou
mru dollar policy In the Old i.ln
linnkere l,if inNiirance Company of
Nehrka, which at. your thirty
five, will (out l02,fio ruch ytur for
twenty yearn, If you die, your life In
auraine will pay the loan and l"uve
your home free of dht. If you live
twenty year, your caitli Bcttlcinent,
conitlHtliiK of the Kiiuranfei d rimcrvo
nd eh 1 1 iiinied urplim will puy the
moilKB and leave you 1210,41, You
have paid out $2,or2,Mi, and have left
2UM, Unix payliiK a deht of three
thoiiKHuil dollurB with $l,Ml.r.r,, or
alxty-two cente on the dollar, having
irieurmhlle a aunrautee Unit, nlmuld
you die, the deht I canceled."
For more than a century, fermit and
li oin en have hren puld for In thlu in mi
ner, by jxillclee In Old Una Inaurnrico
Companlca. Permit our aent to ex
plain the detail more fully, !f you
want more land, auk for Circular No, 1
"How Jone Houaht and 1'ald for a
$0,000 Farm." If you are a renter, or
JuKt starting In biiMlneH, or working
for a Balary, auk for Circular No, 3,
allowing how, without security cn your
part, you may buy a bond on twenty
year' time, guaranteeing to your fam
ily a home, If you din, and to your
ilf a homo If you live,
For further Information addren the
DID LINK HANKKIW I ll'K INHl ll.
ANCK COMl'ANY of Lincoln. N
tiraitka, w
IN INDIANAPOLIS
Mr. V urhU 1 hn.wi Hnh n ) A h
rvial i'llf (nplii Jwi fe.nil4
- k(illlk Motltil t.
Ivlltur Independent: The city of
ImltunuptilU hint Juiit piinhiMl ihrtniMh
a in iiit iiml i iuiipalr.n and i leciltm tlm
.ih iili.ii liU'M of Mhtrli are worthy of
(lilmlderntlou,
Hl or fceven limlitlm before tlm elec
tion the litnimhetii imtvur, wm butt
cMitrot of the machinery of tlm reputi
IK.ifi party, numr, i oiiv.'iuiim i,i ,e
(I lli'it Mini blllini'lf r'lni,Unitl'il, Thu
wr renanbd by many et a "iap"
tniivemeht ttiul, With ItiaiiV litter
tlliwn In hi Hilinhittitraiinii dlnp
liHttug ti the puny or' ef and iti
1 1 i,) ,uu'H, created Iniernte
Hiattfin Unit thln I tin nartr.
Imriiiu the Biltitliier fntio inn lh
di mm railc party held a i"tmnti..u to
'tint a ilty thalruma ThU vouwu
uoii wa controlled by the very worat
Inllui'iicii In the city, anu nmcuni
iriau for chalrmon, who came to the
city a few yenra kko under a cloud,
and who liu ben nnd I now Idcutl
Ced with the loeat and vlleat cluaac
.i tho city. For ''rul year he Im
been lit the bend of ft ','" of city
peddler and Im acquired tunnn prop
erty, HI reputation ha been unanv
ory In ulmoMt everything Mint to
make a yood citizen, To tniikn the
matter woran, ho la a ao-called deino
crut of the rainier and Huckner at ripe.
)iiiln 1H!I hn waa Ihn 1I for nil
iho dirty political work reported to lu
IIiIh city for the defeat of the party
to which he now profeBBia to belong.
During thut campiilKH b ealub-lli-heil
hlmaelf In un olllco In Ihla city
from which (being furulahed wllh
plenty of money) b" iim rnled to dleor
f.niilzn the parly, lie did everything
i could to emburruMM uud tlefeut the
parly of whh h Im I now n fhalrmiin,
It waa an ad of pollllc.nl Indecency
mi holh aide wh"ti he wn aelected li
chairman, mid, If the men who pre
Imd to hn HW'h enthualuiiilc iidmlrcrB
mid Biipporlera of Mr, llryiui hud ludd
ui. their bund with Iho leant eneiv.y,
(hfl whohi (llav.ruceful party bHuuiIoii
would have been prevented, Ilia un
let I Ion wua part of a achemn, and of
which Ihn BuhMefiinnt nominal Ion for
mayor wa another pari, to nl vo over
Into tint hand of the r'orgtmlerg the
city organization, A largo per cent
of the democrat went dlBgualtfd with
the all mil Ion, and not only refuaed to
Biipport tlm nominee, but declared it,
to be their piirpoB ty mnim tneir
vote count two liy voting Ihn repub
lican Itd'Ct.
Thla wu the all nut Ion when Iho
cuoipalKii opened, The dlaatlafled idn
ment In both part In went very bit
ter, It la u con'Tvtve alaleinent
that one-half the voter of each pnrly
were dlaantlafled, Ho nut of lhoo In
Ihla frame of mind were expected to,
and did, dote their eve to every con
bIiIkiiiIIoii except party reyulurlly, and
did wllh cxpi'cMHlotiM of Inlcinm ilia
gnat awnllow tin tlcl eta made for
them; hut bo many were openly re
belllouH, hunt lie, and delcrmltied that
It wa manlfeHl., and admllicd almoat
timuilniouMly, that, If the republican
candidate wu elected, bit liiuat be
elected by deniocraMc vole, and, If
Iho democratic caiull'lute wu cl"i id,
he iniiMt be elected by republican
votea,
Under Iho clrctimNlancea, It would
atipeur that it wu a good time for
l ha auccPM of an Independent tlcM,
but In thl Ml ui it lb law have been
bo modified, by politician who foru
biw dnngnr In an Independent move
ment, that every (Mianlhle oliNtncin ha
been put In Hut way by leglalullve re
Birlcllon to makti It very illlllcult, If
not IrnpoiBlhht, lo organlzo auch a
n.ovcmeiil.
There wn a candhlnie on the pro
hibition ticket that wa practically In
dependent, hut the party ha never
lad over 'I per cent of the poaalhlu
vote of the city, and a an Indepen
dent movement It waa pr-atly hamp
ered, For a time It, loot ed a If thl
candidate might poll a large vote, but
a tho campaign procreBfed tho effort
wa mado by both old pttrtlea to In
crinae (he belief and fear that a .vote
for thl candidate might pimalhly elect
the man tho voter particularly dnalred
to bent.
A before atnted, tho only bopo
cither the republican or tho demo
crat h. candidate! had of elect inn rented
tir-oti the number of iINmhIImIIihI vote
that could bo aecureij ftoui the oppoa
tng parly, No one could predict the
number' who would not, vote nt all,
The "atuy nt home vol proved to be
)f or iiu per cent of the total voting
lopulittlon. and thlb ni't'cnr to have
been about equally divided between
the two part lea. Tho prohibition-Independent
candidate and other tleketii
received about 15 per cent of th, poe
Bible vole, About I'A or 70 per cent of
the total oHhlble vote waa cam for
the republican and the democratic
candidate. The democrat won by
hi out KiHI vol CM,
A Btudy of the altnatlon, and of tlm
niiirim, mnl e it ipii hiire that one
third or more of the vole cnxt for the
it'imbMcan were cant by democrat,
tind uhoiit the Mi,ine per idit of vole
ciiNt for the democrat w. re uh by re
publh an. The prohibition cuiidituit
v an a man or t b au character, a IiiimI
mm inun of ability and lnte!rliy Not
u word cteibl be Hubl a un it bin,, nin
nine out of ten m.-n rH ready to ad
mit that hU fieri hut Mieihl he the best
ho the city, Notw!thtandinK th alt
nation and hin h g iteru ailmlnsh.tut
the r adii Vkan ih ululed Th remit
lu both part Ira waa i ureal e, of
milt Intense bltterne thut rver (4.n
Kblerailun ta thrown .i the wind n
upt the ile.lre to beitt ne candidate
Hat, ordinarily, (he mtt-r .m,, have
UfH evia-ttdl tl eniiimrl. i , ,.
im bIv (.tUnittied that tnott T "mi j,t.
iH) tbtnoiraU a, Vt.t,n ith
aloul (he Biima iiumber of repuldt, m
11m man vlte4 rHeh,., ,n i(,,n
Frank lams,
$ VP- -i' v ( X'; 'f. : -
HI'I.I.O, MV MUNKV fOVI" Welratln are ripe, t un DUInn tr i mile In m .
men, but I kANK IA1H Hi'l'H Till! PACK P R 'VIIMIK1 VM OP 5TA.l.'ss. 'Il,,vi, .
I'KI'B 1HAIN OP HVI! CM chartered hy I HANK I AM AT A tost 01 j .
IAMS' 5PECIAL TRAIN
ef Inipnrled flilllhiiiit, delivered AiikikI OT, l(Hi:i, nt Ht, Paul, Neh,, Iriiiu New Yoik in r.n !,!,
lime, 'I'liu iinly lmirlatlua ot mullhiliH nwtie( hy oat man triivi'llnti hy prcli fiprr.i Mm.
They coinlxl of
loo Black I'crclicroii5, Belgians nncl Coaclurs 100
'twit t- five yeiim (.ldo PI! CI.NT M.ACH, B PI:H CI:N T TON IIOH5t:, All .Pn,v,d
and ulainptd by Ihf I Mrnpvae invtrnmret. remnually neli-eled hy UflS trom hrrJrrt. ! i,, y
nre mild to he tint heit lid of big -boned "Ut DralUra" ami "llluh AwIImk" Cumlifri l.ivin
tiUMip III ll3,
IAMS 5PHCIAL PKICIE5.
(twlng to pour erepi la I'lirope mid lAMh ninny iidvnnliiie lie him ImiiihIpI it,, i,,.,.,
cheaper llinti ever lor "lep pi)l hrr." M will eil yon h hettcr miilllon m f i.,hi unit I,
11,1111 iiru hlfif folit to eomi'iiiileii nt t:'.,ixw lo f I.ink), Thin aiiiiriinleed or lnr- l,Hi uiiii,ii
I'.fO a dny tor your tronlile you the Jnde,
Ho tiiel nee IA'1., he will va m $i,o lo f,fiooMi uliilllnim imd !,,, y,,,i i, in
II,, ii lliun in ft he mitii lu nil luiioriliiK I'drtm In Nehrimku. Vi klllj HH I IM.M tAlAl.oul i:
(N I AUDI.
Hflrni'fl HI, I'uul Hlnle Hank, Hint Hliile Punk nil, I 1'IMeiiH' Nnlloiiiil liniih ,
ST. PAUL, NEBRASKA.
per cent of the total poaalblo vote, and
one-third or more of thl came from
Ihn parly to which ho did not belong,
The moral purpoto, the deal re for
public welfare evldcnceij by BUch vot
ing, doe not appear to be encourag
ing, Tho very beat purpoae that can
lie Imagined a choice between evlla.
The chance tire that a luivo per cent
of vole did not ilae to even Ihla low
It vol, but worn caat out of wheer party
l lie, not for tho purpoao of electing
aonutbody for In benctlt of Ihn city,
but lo beat Homebody,
In the Intenao bltlcrncaB of the light
within the parlle Urn Intercut of tho
city wero butt sight of, There la a III
tlb encouragement In the hrinllng
away from party tven upon thla low
n olive, but not enough lu tho general
ultuatloii' lo encourage tho hope that
In the future vote will bo caat wllh a
view lo public lntoi'CHl, Pnrly ties
at em bard to break, lkjth of our
Culled Hlftte gonatora made speeches
In the effort to nave the discredited
npitbll'ttn candbluto. Their appeals
wtro for party loyalty. They bad not
a word to say about loyalty to moral
or political principles; not a word
aLout loyalty to public Interest! or
loyalty to tho right. There are times
when loyalty to party means treasou
t.'i public welfare, und to every prin
ciple of right and Justice, If thla na
tion loae II h proud place in the opin
ions of mankind, that Iohh will be
irttsed by party ' ill y. If It shall bo
that thla tuition la to ceuae to be a
republic. In everything except name,
the hlHlorian will write "party loyal
ty" ns the caii.su of t lint deendenco.
I'T.AVICH J. VAN VUltlllS.
iRdlanapulIu, Intl.
LORD ALVERSTONE
A GENTLMANE
I'.vary Anierbaa Take tiri IIU Hat to
the Able and l alr-Mlndd ItrltUh
Ktprttcnlatlvt oil the
ALASKAN BOUNDARY COMMISSION
Convinced of the JiiMtlce of the
Auii rlian t'tiutentinit, He v.m Uig
1-1 i H and .lu-it HttouHh
o Say S.
The Uluit iM'Uiitliiry ipiesttou ha
been imir or but ineiiai lui! Biuce Hiv.
riUry KeWKrd pal-l ItuU T,iaaii
tor Ituusttut Aiio rliit, Therit hi nev
er been UOli It doubt aUmt the I' riu
of the treaty iih lUi-ta, but after
Alaaka and tho norlhwem iirrliory
bigan to attract nlletulou riinmln iiikI
Iho Cnliod Binles have been a iililo
Irritable along tho coiihi from Van
couver to Mount Kt. 1'11,'ih. When the
Klondlko gold, fluids were iIIhuimp'iI
tho prospect of friction win prympt ly
discovered, Wllh cliaraclerlHlie pxai
ICI!H0 ,
AMKIMCANH AND CANADIANS
agreed upon a tenlnllve line atnl i.nli'
government has recogiileil thin llu'
na the International boundury. I;,r
tK.ro than (wo years we have bhc
nlout our business and pml'inly
awaited tho conclusion of the matier.
Our patience Is rewnrded hy u ruin
f ilu victory and the victory In
LecuiiHo tho rti'lllsh rcjireMeiitutlvi' mi
Ihi commission was broad ciwukIi t
do Justice even at the riiili of ofT-tnI-intr
a British colony.
THIS lUNKIIItS ItKSKUVK i.WK
ccngrntulntes Americans upon the f
suit of -thla arbitration. H reiiret- ilif
( ir.appolntnient of the friendly iol! m
tho norlh, but both shies in a Iwi
test cannot win. lu every oiit''st
wnged by this aggresahe youiu: lieine
company for western Hie f mui'-io i'"5
ns against the life inMuran.e inci. ilu
HHiikira Itestrve Idle has lonnd Am-r-bnns
favorable to fair deiliiii; J'1"1"
tlce appeals to the noUh- lieim" "f
Americana and wlu-n
U, II. kohison, i i; i 1 1 t : n r
sends his elllclclit cani.:.b a. r e u "
i nu'lalm the glorious cr -! e
Industry In life InsuraM.-e .c. m ''
ness generally ntl t " 11 1
ho directs the i"ci 11
rnnlicrs Itenerve 1 He
,.i ' 1 1
und honestly with v
others. No other ,
It nd. through I old H -
l l4 a the prln, itde ac.l
wioner or biter l,,,rt ' 1 '
Itievit.ltdO.
lltiMCSKKKCUS l-t"
via tli ; "
KtH'K ISLAM " 1 1
o (klili.'Ui.i a"-1 I x "
greatly re 1'i.ed rr -N
einl . r 3 mu I I " 1
li th. onlv line roio.'
rront Nebrk; !' '""
p.il t'" "' 1
imper and full ' '
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lilt, 11 t 1
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