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DO NOT COMPLAIN
f K CAUSE PROSPERITY HAS NOT
I BEGUN BEFORE POSSIBLE.
I Till ) KcusdiiH Why Htislncm Hits Not Ke-
I vlvccl Moro Itnpldly Interesting In-
j tcrvlcw with Senator Culloui on the
| | Complaints Ahout ItuHiuuMS Conditions.
* ( Washington Correspondence. )
\ Incredible as it may appear , there are
apparently some people in the United
j States who are impressed with the cry
\ which the Democrats are raising that
"the promised prosperity has not
come. " It seems difficult to understand
\ ' why anybody could expect the business
; • improvement promised by legislation
I to occur before the legislation is had ,
! • - but thry evidently do , judging from
the reports reaching here.
\ v Reports reaching here indicate a disposition -
| position on the part of some persons to
\ join in the complaint which the Dem-
] ocratfj are fostering by these meaning-
j less and absurd statements.
• j "f can not think it true , however. "
J naid Senator C'ullom of Illinois , talk-
i tng on this subject , "that the people
as a class have any such thought. It
is to be expected of course that those
who arc opposed to the Republican
party politically , especially those who
are willing to make any sort of trouble
for political eifect. would put afloat and
encourage suggestions of this sort. But
I can not believe that the thinking
I people , who know that it is impossible
to enact a tariff law in a single month ,
or even in two or three months , are
making the complaint which the news
papers and politicians are charging
Uiern with. "
"You do not think it reasonable ,
then , to expect prosperity and business
activity until some legislation is had ? "
"Not to any considerable degree. Of
II course the result of the election last
if fall showed to the country that the
i | stability of our currency system is not
Si to be destroyed. But the same vote
| which gave confidence to the business
IK public as regards further destruction
I of our business conditions showed
1 them that a restoration of the pron-
| | nerity which existed under a protective
j | tariff could not be accomplished with-
1 out legislation. "
1 "By the term legislation , you refer
of course to the tariff bill. "
"Yes. That is at least the first step
B in legislation promised , and the first
step necessary to restore business ac-
tivity. "
"The mere promise that such Icgis-
jB lation is to be had yen do not con-
H sider sufficient to start the factories ,
I then ? "
• Bj "No. On the contrary , in n.uy
M& cases , the knowledge that such leg' \ -
< H lation is to be had reduces the amount
9 of work they arc able to perform un-
H til the proposed law is actually upon
H the statute books. In not a few cases
fll the effect will be felt still longer , for
Ml wherever an importer sees that rates
B | of duty are likely to be increased on a
Ml given class of articles he is rushing
B those articles into the country in en-
Si ormous quantities. The result is that
jX | the manufacturers are not only unable
H to determine what they can do in
l | pricrs until they know what the new
jap tariff law is to actually be when it is
'W ' placed upon the statute books , but
jlj they also know that the country is he
ir ing ficcded with an unusual quantity
Ij cf goct's at the lower rates. "
m "The result , then , upon the manu-
facturcr must be to reduce his business
I activity rather than increase it for the
II present ? "
" | i • • Certainly. This has always been
I the cfrc-ct to a greater or less extent of
I tariff legislation. Everybody familiar
1 with the history of our former tariff
I bills will remember that the mere fact
§ that changes were about to be made in
I the tariff law was of itself sufficient to
1 cr.mpcl a temporary suspension of manufacturing -
| - § ufacturing , cr at least to so disarrange
' 1 prices and the possibility of making
erntraxts that business was to a great
extent suspended among that class of
citizens. This is especially true when
a taiiff Is to be changed from a lower
I to a higher rate , for not only is
'
( there uncertainty on the part of the
1 ir.amr.carcr as to what his prices
must It in the future , but there is a
, certainty in his mind that the country
1 is tcing filled with cheap foreign goods
3 rt the old tariff rates which will be
j peddled out in competition with him
j * for many months. "
"It is a fact , then , is it , that very
large quantities of foreign goods arc
now being brought in and are likely to
continue to compete with our own
manufacturers for many months yet ? "
"Certainly. Anybody who will take
the trouble to examine the customs collections -
; lections now being made at New York
and other ports will see that at a
glance. From the day congress mot
and began consideration of the tariff
bill the receipts from customs increased
enormously , doubled , and sometimes
trebled. This means that the quanti
ty of dutiable goods being brought in
i now and for many weeks past is more
than double the ordinary importations
* for the same length of time. In addi
tion to this enormous quantities of
4 goods now on the free list , but likely
| , to be transferred to the dutiable list ,
i are being brought in , but not indicated
; in the increase in customs receipts. So
i when you take these facts into consid
eration , any of us can with a moment's
thought , that the manufacturers can
I ; not make contracts to go on with their
j manufacturing enterprises until they
| - know what the new law is to ba and
j' that even when they do know this they
/ -will he hampered for many months by
j' the enormous quantities of foreign
j goods which the importers of this coun-
j try and the. . manufacturers and dealers
j , abroad-haVe forced into the United
i ] States filling the bonded warehouses ,
f and causing the opening of new ones
in every direction. The result is that
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it will he months before manufactur
ers can resume the activity which ex
isted under the McKinley law. Not
only must they be able to fix definite
rates after they know what the new
law is to be , but they must wait for
some proportion of the enormous Hood
of foreign made goods now coming in
to disappear. While it was expected
that the retrospective clause of the bill
would in time check these importa
tions , it lias not yet done so , because
importers order their goods months
ahead , and the act is only to apply to
goods ordered after April 1.
"These are things , " continued Sena
tor Cullom , as he resumed his paper ,
"which the intelligent people of the
country ought to understand and they
are intelligent ; and if they will stop
to think a moment of these facts , I am
sure they will understand it. "
G. H. WILLIAMS.
Question of Sugar Market.
Mr. Henry Wallace of Des Moines ,
Iowa , delivered an able and instruc
tive address before a beet sugar con
vention at New Ulm last week. He
puts the question to the farmers in this
way : "Why grow 50 bushels of corn
to the acre and sell it at 20 cents per
bushel , when you can grow from 10 to
20 tons of sugar beets to the acre and
sell it at from $4 to ? 5 per ton ? "
Fifty bushels of corn at 20 cants
aggregates $10 ; ten tons of beets at $4
aggregates 510 and twenty tons of
beets at § f would bring $100 per acre
gross. If the possibilities of profit from
beet culture are even as good as the
lowest aggregate named , it would not
take much to induce our northwestern
farmers to turn from corn and wheat
growing to sugar beet culture. All
the inducement they would need would
beJJie guarantee of a steady market
for the beets.
Could a steady market be insured if
a large percentage of our farmers were
to engage in beet culture ? On Ihis
head Mr. Wallace presents some facts
and figures that are very striking. He
says there is practically unlimited mar
ket in this country for sugar. .Accord
ing to official statistics our people have
consumed during the past three years
an average of nearly 65 pounds of sugar
per head. To supply this demand we
have imported during the last four
years an average of 1G72G13 tons of
fcugar , and to pay for this sugar re
quires about our total export of wheat
and flour combined. "We pay , " says
Mr. Wallace , "from $7G,000,000 to S12G. -
000,000 a year for our imported sugar ,
while our exports of wheat and flour
combined have been but about $95,000 , -
C00. St. Lcv.is Globe-Dmccrat.
1'alse Figure to ISolstcr I'rcc Trutlo.
A very careful and a thoroughly in
formed writer on finarc3 has thrown
down a gauntlet which Mr. Worthington -
ton C. Fcrd. chief of the bureau of sta
tistics "in the treasury department dur
ing Fresidcr.t Cleveland's term of of
fice , must pick up. or confess himself
to be discredited. Mr. Ford has stated
officially that the exports of American
manufe cures for the calendar year
1S9G amounted to $256,982,505 , and
thereupon the Democrats have assert
ed the Wilson tariff to be the most ben
eficial of measures , acting directly to
ward enlargement of cur foreign
trade , and. of course , creating a de
mand for home labor in the manufac
ture of the articles exported.
It may bo said in passing that if the
free trade statement. "Tariff is a tax
added to the price of the thing upon
wh' ' i duty is paid , " be true , then the
wages paid for the manufacture of ar
ticles cf expert must be lower than
those paid for articles manufactured
for home use. For such exports must
compete with the "untaxed manufac
tures" cf foreign countries.
But the gentleman who. under the
signature of ' • Statistician , ' ' occupied
nearly two columns of the Inter Ocean
of Wednesday , waives all special plea ?
and boldly denies the accuracy of Mr.
Ford's figures , and in great detail sets
forth the name and value of every class
of manufactured exports during 1S96 ,
and finds them to be not $256,962,505 ,
as officially set forth by Mr. Ford , but
$13S,493G37. Inter Ccaan.
Tired > f the Populist Combination.
The Topeka Democrat Is a newspa
per of unimpeachable Democratic reg-
ularity.which put its brains in its pock
et and faithfully supported Bryan in
the campaign of 1896. . This is what
it has to say about the matter now :
Fusion is dead in Kansas. A united
Democracy and no further fusion with
the selfish and arrogant People's par
ty. The supreme duty of the hour for
Democrats in Kansas is to cut loose
from the festering corpse of the Pee
ple's party. The ranting Populists ,
with full power to act. have tried their
hand at state government. Does any
sensible man want them back again ?
We should profit by experience. The
Democratic party did not win in the
late presidential campaign because it
took too lieavy a load at Chicago in
its platform. Capital is proverbially
timid. The business interests of the
country took alarm at the revolution
ary platform. It was a clear case of
"biting off more than they could chaw. "
The result should serve as a warning.
The Populist party is doomed. It will
novel command the confidence of the
pecple. If the Democratic national con
vention in 1900 shall repeat the blun
der of 1S96. in laying down a platform
to catch Populist votes , we believe it
will meet with even a greater disaster
at the polls than it did last November.
What Trotoctlon Did for Industries.
In 1S70 the total amount of capital
invested in manufactures in the Unit
ed States was $2,11S,208,7G9. In 1S90
it was $6,524,475,306. In 1870 the num
ber of persons employed in our manu
facturing industries was 1,939,000. In
1890 it was 4,712,022. In 1S70 the wages
rtrrn""w ' * * * t'frffrsMMM Sff * w l'.tf
L * h I Wi i
paid to employes of this description
amounted to $775,5S4C43. In 1S90 tl' 'j
wages paid wore $2,283,216,529. In JS70
the value of the products of Arr.orican
factories was $4,232,325,442. In 1830 it
had increased to $9,372,437,2S3. These
are merely a few of the naliont features
in tiie progress of the nation under
twenty years of continuous protection.
Here was prosperity which lasted an
era of widespread industrial develop
ment , of increasing employment and ol
rising wages without precedent in the
history of human affairs.
The T.egltiniato Fruits of the Chicago
JTitrorin.
In addition to this abandonment ol
the vital principle of tariff reform , the
convention at Chicago nominated foi
president a man who had repeatedlj
declared that the free coinage of silvei
was the only aim to be considered , and
who in the whole course of his can
vass either evaded questions about the
tariff or absolutely refused to discuss
the subject. The cue was taken by
all the free silver orators and press ,
and from first to last nobody heard a
tariff speech or read a tariff editorial.
The subject was tabooed. There was
nothing but silver and abuse of sound
money Democrats.
Four of the five Democratic members
of the House who voted for the Ding-
ley bill are pronounced silverites , and
the Republican silverites and Popu
lists in the House either voted for the
bill or refused to vote at all. Not
even to this late day has Mr. Bryan
abated one jot or tittle of his cam
paign position that free silver was the
whole thing.
What impudence it is , then , in Mc-
Miliin and other sixteen-to-one-or-bust
enthusiasts to get up now and howl
about the tariff principle which they
deliberately shelved in the national
convention , to gain protectionist allies
with whom they are still cheek by jowl.
Memphis Scimiter ( Dem. ) .
No Ileal Democratic Cains.
Mayor-elect Harrison of Chicago ,
spoils the beautiful theory which Dem
ocratic shriekers were spreading
broadcast that the municipal elections
were a hopeful sign of restoration for
the Democracy. He admits that the
success was purely upon the question
of municipal reform and that national
questions did not enter into the cam
paign. Investigation of the conditions
attending Democratic success in other
cities show that this was the case gen
erally. In not a single one of the
municipal elections did national issues
cut any figure , while in the state elec
tion of Rhode Island , where national
issues were at the front , the Republi
cans increased their vote 20 per cent
over that which they gave to William
McKinley in 1896.
Heavy Weight Clothing : That.
Professor Wilson , who is now adding
to the $75,000 which he has drawn in
salary from the government during the
past few years , by writing articles at
so much per column for the New York
Herald , says in a recent attack upon
the Dingley bill that the wool tariff
will add more than 25 per cent to the
cost of clothing. By this he mean ?
that about $5 will be added to the cost
of a suit of clothes. As the rate of
duty named by the bill averages 12
cents per pound , the professor must
calculate that 40 pounds of wool goes
into a suit of clothing. But what bet
ter can be expected of a man who
framed such a measure as that now
upon the statute books bearing his
name ?
The South "Wants Protection.
The experience of the South in the
past few years with the new industries
developing there , the manufactures and
the new demands which they call out
has strengthened the protective senti
ment very greatly. Not only has it in
creased the demand for material for
use in the manufacturing establish
ments , such as cotton , lumber , iron ,
coal , wool and other articles of that
class , but it has also proved advan
tageous to the general agricultural in
terests of that section.
Buddha's IJirth place.
Buddha Sakya-Muni's long lost birth
place was recently stumbled upon ac
cidentally , according to the Pittsburg
Chronicle , by a government archaeol
ogical expedition in Nepaul , sent tc
explore the country around his Nir-
wana stupa at Konagamma. By a blun
der the expedition met the Nepalese
authorities 15 miles from the place tG
be explored , near the tahsil of Bhag-
wanpur , in the district of Buraul. Whils
encamped there a monolith of the em
peror , Asoka , was noticed standing ten
feet above the ground. On it was a
pilgrim's inscription of the ninth
century , which led the expedition tc
dig around the stones to a depth of
fourteen feet , when an inscription oi
the emperor was found. He states that
in the twelfth year of his reign ( about
239 B. C. ) he had erected this column
on the very spot where Lord Buddah
was born. Eighteen miles northwest o !
the column the expedition came upon
great ruins of stupas , monasteries , and
palaces ' covered with forest and
stretching for five miles to the Ban-
ganga river , the circumference being
about seven miles. This is the site of
Kapilavastu. the capital of Buddha's
father , and will undoubtedly yield in
scriptions earlier than those of Asoka.
Excavations will be made there as
soon as the famine which is now af
flicting Nepaul is over it is hoped next
winter.
Trust.
Law may surround the right of prop
erty with ever so many safeguards , but
if personal integrity is not in the com
munity our deeds and bounds are not
worth the paper they are written on
Rev. R. F. Johonnot.
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GROWTH OF CHICORY.
BULLETIN FFIOM THE NEBRASKA -
KA EXPERIMENT STATION.
Haw to Obtain the llest Id-suits Prepa
ration or thn Crouml Kind of Soil
Neccsnary Planting and Culti
vating Information or ( Jen-
ortil Interest.
The Chicory Industry.
The Nebraska experiment station
has put forth a bulletin concerning
chicory cultivation in this .state , from
which some extracts are here taken.
The soil best adapted to raisin" ;
chicory is a sandy loam , provided there
is a sufficient water supply. Jn very
dry seasons heavier soils have been
more productive , owing to the fact
that they retain moisture better than
those of a sandy nature. It is particu
larly desirable that the. subsoil be
loose and friable , havingno underly
ing hardpan or gumbo. Such a forma
tion prevents the downward growth of
the tap root.
The question as to whether bottom
land or upland is best adapted to chic
ory culture is simply one of water sup
ply. Chicory will thrive where there
is a very small amount of water in the
soil , but cannot produce as much sub
stance as when this element is present
in normal proportion. On the other
hand a : .oil overcharged with water
will not only retard the early growth
of the root , but will prevent a normal
ripening- . The super-saturated soil is ,
without doubt , the greater of the two
evils. Land that is ordinarily too wet
for small grain is likewise too wet for
chicory. Land that is too dry for
small grain may produce a good crop
of chicory root.
What is usually termed rich soil is
desirable , provided it is not newly
broken. New land should never be
planted in chicory , as it induces a
woody growth.
r.vi.i. Pi.owixo.
The importance of fall plowing of
the land cannot be too stronglj * empha
sized. The time for starting the pre
paration of the soil will depend some
what upon the nature of the crop pre
ceding. If this be some small grain ,
plow the stubble and weeds under
soon aftei the grain lias been removed.
If the season is dry , there is a distinct
advantage in plowing inimediately
after taking off the grain , as the soil is
more moist than after standing ex
posed in the sun for several days , and
is consequently more easily worked.
niCII SOIL XKCKSSAP.V.
Unless the hind is very rich it will
*
need manure. Spread the manure
after the shallow plowing , the manure
should be well rotted. Subsoil and
surface plow in the fall. or. if that can
not be done , plow as deep as possible.
If rotted luaivartt is r.ot y.vailv.\ilfc. it is
advisable to keep fresh manure piled
during the winter , instead of spread
ing it in the fall. Keep the pile moist
enough to prevent its overheating
( fire-fanging ) while standing. In order
to have water convenient , the heap
should be made within easy reach of a
pump. Do not have the manure too
wet. or decomposurc will be retarded.
There arc very obvious advantages
to be obtained from the fall prepara
tion of land. In the first place , it
leaves the ground much cleaner , espec
ially if it be plowed early. It exposes
a large surface of soil to the action of
the frost during the winter , and this
leaves it in excellent tilth in the
spring. The ground , being broken tip ,
holds the rain and melted snowwater ,
and , when the temperature is favor
able , undergoes the chemical action
before spoken of.
PLANTING AND CULTIVATING.
Planting should not begin tmtil the
soil is properly warmed and the dan
ger from heavy frost is passed. Ordi-
narity- from the 1st to the 20th of May
is the best time. Seed at the rate of
one and one-half pounds to the acre.
The seed should not be placed more
than three-fourths of an inch below
the surface of the ground , and in case
the soil is wet. one-half inch is suffi
cient. If planted deeper the young-
plants will not have strength enough
to reach the surface.
The planting is best done by means
of a garden drill. The greatest care
must be taken not to crack the seed ,
and a drill that will avoid this will be
selected. The planter should drop
about four seed at a time.
SLPAHATING OK THINNING OPT.
When the plants attain a size suffi
cient to admit of their being pulled
conveniently , they must be removed seas
as to leave only plant standing from
from four to six inches apart in the
row. If the stand is thick when they
first come up it will be easier to cut
them out in bunches by hand. If two
plants are left together their roots
combined will not weigh as much as
one properly developed. It will also
increase the labor of topping. The
operation of thinning out should ba
completed before the plants have ten
leaves. If this is not attended to
when the plants are young the removal
of the roots will injure the one it is in
tended to leave. A day or two aftei
the first plants are up it may be judged
whether the stand is good or poor. If
the latter the bare spaces in the row ?
should l > e replanted.
IIAP.VKSTIXG.
The implement best adapted to har
vesting the root is the beet loosener.
This breaks the connection of the root
with the soil , and so they can be pulled
by hand. Another way. but not so
convenient , is to run a plow beside the
row o as to expose the root on one
side.
side.The
The tops are cut off the leaves at the
base of the bottom set of leaves. A
corn knife is generally used for this
purpose.
GKNKKAI. P.KMAP.ICS.
Chicory is a crop requiring careful
attention and considerable labor for
successful culture.
The cost of raising an acre of roots
is about 830. allowing for the labor of
a man and team at S3 per day. that of
a man alone at Sl.f 0 per day. Eight
tons of roots may be retrarded as an
overage yield , although fifteen or six
teen tons are within range of possi
bility.
The leaves of the plant make a fair
cattle food , but should not be cut or
pastured off before harvesting. They
should not be fed to milch cows as
they make the milk bitter.
The county commissioners through
out the state are getting in their work
on the bridges , most of which suffered
'
( rom the Hood.
NEBRASKA TOBACCO.
i.xpertn Say the Weed Can lie Cultivated
In the stut. . With Profit.
A cigar made in Nebraska and of
Nebraska grown tobacco , says the
Omaha 15ee. may cause the inveterate
smoker to shrug- his .shoulders in con
templation , but there are such thing's ,
and it is said they are not bad ones , ,
either. There are any number of cigar
factories in this state and a fair qual
ity of tobacco is grown here. 11
Ilosenstock of this city purchased
within , the last few days about 7,000
pounds of Nebraska grown tobacco.
The men wlio raised it sire C. It. Chase
and Wells S : Neiinan all of Schuyler.
It is true that Wells Ai Neiman culti
vate the product more for pleasure
than for profit , but it is said by those
who are competent to judge that to
bacco can be raised at a profit in
Nebraska.
Mr. Kosenstock says that the state
Wisconsin raises about 1)0,000 ) cases of
tobacco each year , which is about 300 , -
; " i00 pounds. Any tobacco which can
be used at all is worth . " > cents a pound ,
while the greater portion of it will
easily bring-10 cents. This state is as
favorably located as Wisconsin and Mr.
Kosenstock says the question is , why
cannot that amount of tobacco be
cultivated here as well as in the state
further east ?
The cultivation of tobacco , like the
cultivation of beets , requires constant
attention. It must be kept clean and
worms must be guarded against. The
soil around the plant must also be
kept loose , and in fact , the crop re
quires constant attention until it is
harvested. Then it must be cut at the
right time and have a proper place for
seasoning. This requires carefully
built sheds for that purpose.
Mr. Kosenstock says that a farmer
with two or three boys to do the work
can care for about three acres of
tobacco. lie cannot afford to pay
high-priced labor to care for the crop.
Any boy old enough to handle a iioe is
old enough to care for the crop , and
farmers after a little study and investi
gation of tile plant will soon learn how
to direct operations.
That portion of the tobacco used for
wrappers is the most valuable , while
the binders are next in value , with
fillers last. The better care the crop
receives the more wrappers will be
gathered , and therein lies the profit.
It is estimated that about IMOO pounds
of tobacco can be cut from • n acre ,
which at the lowest price wi i brin < ;
$00. This result , it is predicted , would
be improved each year , just as in the
raising of sugar beets , according to
the advancement the farmer makes in
the knowledge of how to cultivate the
plant.
As to climate conditions , tobacco is
like a great many other crops , in that
it cannot prosper under a dry season ,
nor under one that is wet. Its worst
enemies are the tobacco worm , which
can be guarded against by careful
waViliintr. and the hail , which no one
can control.
Wells & Ncinnn at Schuyler culti
vate a good deal oi tobacco each year ,
but , as mentioned a'wve. they do so
more from an interest int that a de
sire to profit from their work. It is
said that their plant is about as com
plete as any on the larger tobacco
farms in Kentucky. They have all the
facilities for the successful operation
of the business and employ nearly all
the work they require in securing a
crop. They find a ready sale for their
product , but their expense is said to be
so large that the returns do not leave
them any margin on the investment ,
unless the pleasure of smoking the
Nebraska-made cigar of Nebraska-
grown tobacco furnishes the remunera
tion.
Interest in the Kxptxition.
Manager Ilosewater , of the depart
ment of publicity of the Trans-Missis
sippi exposition , has returned from an
extended trip to New York and other
large eastern cities in the interest of
the exposition. He reports consider
able success in the business which
carried the members of the committee
east. They had numerous conferences
with the heads of large railway cor
porations , and were given every as
surance of substantial interest on the
part of railroads in the exposition in
the way of liberal stock subscriptions.
Ceorge M. Pullman , president of the
Pullman palace car company , also
promised to aid the exposition with a
liberal subscription , and the same suc
cess was met with from the Western
Union telegraph company. Francis ( ' .
Cable , a former resident of Omaha ,
subscribed S. > 00 for the Edgemont
company of Edgemont. S. I ) . , and
promised a further subscription when
he had an opportunity to lay the mat
ter before the directors.
Insurance CompaiiieH Object.
Last year the Security Mutual insur
ance company of Fremont , the Lincoln
life company of Lincoln , and the Equit
able insurance company of ( irand Is
land incorporated urder the insurance
laws of the state , paying State Auditor
Moore the fee of 810 each for such in-
corporation. The present insurance
commissioner has notified the com
panies that the fee should have been S. > 0
for each , and has made a demand for the
balance , the attorney general having
decided from his construction of the
law that the full amount should be
paid. The Fremont and Lincoln com
panies have refused to pay the balance ,
claiming that a S10 fee was all the law
called for. The Grand Island company
lias not yet been heard from. The
Bankers " Reserve and the Rankers "
Guaranty companies of Omaha have in
corporated under the same law this
year , and paid the full fee. The two
objecting companies have consulted
attorneys and will contest the demand
made by the commissioner.
The summer school for the teachers
of Sheridan county will open .lime 7.
Good instructors have been secured by
Supt. Ilriggs. and it promises to be
one of the most interesting institute ?
ever held in the county.
War Veteran sluot < Himself.
Cyrus Sellers of Syracuse committed
suicide by shooting himself over the
right ear with \-ealibrc : ! revolver.
His body was found in the barn of Mr.
Tuttle. with whom he wns living.
The deceased w as once a member of
company I. Fight regiment. Illinois
infantry , and had an application for a
pension pending. He leaves a family
of four small children. His wife died
last December. No cau.se but general
despondency is assigned.
Hon. W. J. Bryan , nowin Lincoln , is
gradually recovering from the injuries j
he received in the south.
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ricrc's an odd story. And you must / fl
believe it , for facts cannot bo denied. f W
Here is a little list : Lillian Burr. | M
Eleanor Beebo , Harriet Avery , Carrie T H
Holeyn. Rita Selby. These young la- JH
dies wer-c all successive Tonys in "A f * H
Trip to Chinatown. " They 've all JH
made runaway marriages. Now.what
allurement has Tony for the marriage- yM
able young men about town ? jr M
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.
To quit tolmcro easily and forever. Ii mas- M
mid vltfor. take N.o-1o- V
netlc. full of life , nerve
llac. thu wonder-worker , that makes weak H
. driiuslsts. Me or * l. • '
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KunraiifuiMl. Hooklctaud sample free. Ariilrovi J
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I'erfootly Wllllnc. " *
"Do you think your mother would . -
let you have another piece of cake. M
Willie ? ' "Oh , yes , ma'am. She told M
me to be sure and get filled up while t S
had the chance. " Detroit Free Press. M
Itl n Very Cheap Trip. H
Chica" < > to Nashville via. Big Four Rotito H
to Louisville and : i stop at Mammoth Cavo.
For full particulars address .1. C. Tucker , - "
( . ! . N..A. . or H. W. Sparks. T. 1' . A. , Bit ; J
Kuiir Kotite. SM. Clark St. . Chicago. * J
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himself , he could have plenty of amuse- H
itient. M
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mjtloii , alUjs pain , cures wind colic. • 'Gitntsaliottlo- ?
A man who has one new idea a „ J
month is a genius. I
Impure Blood , i
"I have found Hood's Sarsnpanlls. . in ex- W
scllont I'icMlIciii" . : Uy little jirl was atliicted * v
with eczema for seven years and took many y
kinds of medicine without relief. After taking
a few bottles of Hood's Karsapanlla she was ,
cured. " Mas. K.imv Ku.wki.in. Hnncoye , '
New York. Get only Hood's because *
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Is the IJest-in fact the One True Blood Purifier. • .
the host after-dinner
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$100 To Any Man. 1
WILL PAY SlOO FOR ANY CASE 1
Of Weakness In Men They Trent an if fl
Fail to Cure. k
An Omaha Company places for the first iH
time before the public a Maoicai. Tueat- jH
mcxt for the cure of Lost Vitality , Nervous fl
and Sexual Weakness , and Restoration of
Life I'oree in old ami young men. No
worn-out French M
remedy : contains no
Phosphorous or other harmful drugs. It is V
a WoxnuiuTi. Tiiatmextmagical in its M
effects-positive- its cure. AH readers. fl
who are sitU'ering from a weakness that S
blights their life , causing that mental and J |
physical suffering peculiar to Lo-.t Man M
hoodshould write to the STATK 31KD1CAL V
COMPANY. Omaha. Neb. , and they will
send you absolutely FKEK , a valuable fl
paper on these diseases , and positive proofs *
of their truly Maoicai. Tikatmixt. Thons-
amis of men. who have lost all hope of a
cure , are being restored by them to a per- 1
1 ect condition. 1
This Maoicw. Treatment may bo taken m
at home under their directions , or they will
pa\ railroad fare and hotel bills to all who M
prefer to go there for treatment , if thev - ) M
tail to cure. They are " fl
perfectly relinble ; J ,
have no * reo Prescriptions. Free Cure v .M
teiwrIle * OICLh fakcThev av"
> _ . < ) . ( )00 ) capital , and guarnnteo to euro V
every ' ease they treat or refund every dollar - 9
or their charges bo M
may deposited in a
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I have been troubled for twentv vears fl
with constipation , indigestion and sleepless *
mghts. but since taking Dr. Kav's Renovator -
tor I can sleep like a child. Dr. " Kay's Renfl
ovator is worth its weight in gold. I am 9
an old adv. 07years old. Yours , , M
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Kecipe * . a new Wpnge book , worth Si 00 to M
any one sent free for 2 1
age by Dr. B. J. Kay Medical to . pay Omaha. post- 1
< ! § 1 CURE YOURSELF * M
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