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i CHARLOTTE M. BRAEME CHAPTER XVIII. ( Continued. ) "Duchess. " he said. "I will try in ev erything to obey anil please yon. Do yon jiot think it would be wiser lo be * i it-ills ? " "No , I do not , " she replied , ciirlly. ' c'Do yon n > t think that , if yon tried f ii you made a desperate effort you coulo lorglve me ? " "I forgive you ? Oh. never ! If.yon lay dying j.iul asked me to forgive you I ftvoulil not. " I "I'.ut , Irene. " he said , bent upon unk ing some impression on her. "what v.'ill 'pcop.e think of the * see us on tliese l > : i < I .terms ? They will Mispcct instantly tint .there is something between us. 1 am no ( Cov/ani. Fighting a duel would not di > itress me ; a blow from an enem.v wouLl a-ouse me to give back another. 1 am not & coward , for I fear no man. M.v arm is 'strong , and I know how to use it. YOJ ! ii ave told me that your father aud hns- > lna inicuJ to slay me if they iind me ( Out. Now , could you go a surer wa.v to point me out to tli"in than b.v showing ftheai on what evil terms you stand with oue ? " . The truth of the words struck her at .once. Naturally enough , if the duke an-1 ; er father saw her showing any great iv- ficntmcut against any one mau they ; would at once suspect him. If siie wis'n- d to keep him from the most terrible * ate , and keep her vengeance in her own Biand , she must not show what she really bought of him. "I see,1' she said , slowly , "you are ( tight. If I show to you outwardly Hie [ hatred , scorn , the contempt thai 1 feel , jit will draw suspicion upon you. I will CB so far wise that I will refrain from that ; but remember , between us there is ino peace between us there is war to .lie inife. " CHAPTER XIX. There cauie a change over the young 5uchoss. She had never beeu gay or Irivolo.i3 , but she hat ! taken a vital in terest in all that surrounded her ; she Lad been a leader iu all the gayetie.s of the 11 ighborbood ; her beautiful face had alive with eloquence. But uow she abstracted ; she was always deep ly engrossed in thought ; if anyone sud- j < leny ] entered a room she started as ; though aroused from sleep. The expres- j siou of her face changed to one of deep study and profound thought. "IIow am I to strike the heart of a zuaiivho has no heart ? " slie asked her self iu despair. The only thing that could make him gtif.'jr would be the lo < s < f fortune , the loss of the means he en joyed for the purchasing of all bis ple.is- jures tiiat might hurt him ; the loss of po j sition might be a keen blow to him , bur i thiMi lie had his wife's fortune to fall " 23.iv.-k on , and Lord Goran t was known to Iw rich ; if he lost his own position , Jie had ahvajs the position that being son-iu- i.w ; to an earl would give him ; neither loss of fortune nor position would punish iiiu as she desired. What should tier Ti-ageauce be ? Yet think as she would , the great won- < 3tr : of her life remained a puzzle still. i ie had sworn to be avenged , and she could iiud i o method of vengeance. " 1ill think over it , until I do man- ago it. " siie said to herself. And these svorus eucoui.iged her until she reached London , when the season began the sea- sen o ; which she was to be the queen. Oue eveuiug as she sat at the opera. Lor e ; os gi.iucing in Hfferently round the "bouse , liugtred on a face that was ter- ! rliilj familiar to her the face of Vane Purrester. Her face flushed slightly as she looked at him. aaJ her white jeweled hands cliucheu each other tightly. .She watch- j ed himhile the bivath came iu hot. ' quick g.i&iis from her lips , and then she smiled to herself a slow , almost cruel inile. The duke was in the box wih : lier. ami when all signs of emotion ha-i left her face and manner , she turned to liim. "lidephonse , " she said , in a slow , cairn voice , "do you see a dark-haired mau in the stalls the third to the right a man vith a handsome , evil face ? " The duke raised his glasses. " "Yes , I see him , " ' he replied. "u'ho is he. " she asked , with complete ' * i know him ; his imme Is. let me tiiiuk Forrester Vane Forrester ; he is what is ttjMMiouly called a man-about-tuwu. " " \ \ n.it is he ? " sue asked. " .Sir..uge you should ask me that ques tion , lui my influence procured him the appointment. He was down in the world Luid Gerant spoke of him to me. I believe ir Hulburt asked him to use all his hiiUenco in his favor. " llc'i face grew a shade paler , and her Zips had a hard look about them ; still she main. , iued her indifference of manner , : altiio..fu the hand that held Use richly jtewc'i. . lorgnette trembled. "He is a friend of'Sir Hulbert Est mere : she said. "lie vas ; Sir Hulbert spoke to Lord < G 'i.iw about him , and Lord Geraiit spu. e io me. " ! "Au.i you ? " she asked. "i ? 1 found him a most excellent ] > o- sation : i the inland revenue ollice. with sin iiKu io of 110 less than eight hundred jicr am. iii , and he was well pieaoed over 2l , I ; ; > . -.n'C you. " She was quite silent for a few min utes ; thfu rihe laid her head on his arm. ' " "llu'epuoii.M' , " she said , gently , "I am oiug to ask you a favor will you grant It without wanting to know win1 ask ft ? " "That 1 will , most assuredly. " he said. "If you obtained that position for him , jouid you take it away ? " "Of course I can. Surely. Irene , that > Is not theiiain ! who tried to " , lie paused looking at his wife in utter consternation. "Xo 1 uii ierstaud no , that is not the jrnan. Bat there came to my knowledge once a great wrong that he had done a . horrible wrong and the person to whom { lie did tli.it wrong , hoped that he would ' ie punis.itMl. Punish him , Ildephonse take from him what you gave him. " The duKe's Cue old face grew dark with : A frown. "You cannot tell uie the wrong , Irene ? " ie said. "No. I cannot tell you ; m.v word should a/c suJlicieut1 she replied proudly. j "I will trust you , " lie said. "You are | kind of heart aud generous by nature ; you would not let me punish the man un less be richly deserved it. It shall be as you say , Irene. ' ' The consequence of that conversation was that in a few days afterward Vane j Forrester , to bis surprise , received a note I to say that the ollice he held was abol ished , so that his services would be no" longer required. And then Vane Forrester began to won der what fate pursued him ; he could get nothing to do. Long since be had run ! through his private fortune ; he had j drunk and gambled , and had done every- j thing on earth that he ought not to have t done. For years he had hung about the \ clubs , and had fjieiied himself on rich men. one after ; u.ouier. getting what lie could from them. Sir Ilulben had prom ised him he would Use all his interests for him. He had done i > o , and the result , was that the d.iko had found him this appointment wiiv. ! was to make him a rich riiaji for liL' < ; now bo had lost it , and a curse soonied to have fallen on 1 him. . "Have I a hidden foe ? " he cried out. , "Does some enemy dog my footsteps , and I fodow me to set everyone against jiie ? | The first time I go anywhere I am well | received , the second time the doors are closed against me. I cannot understand it. " While the pockets of the solemn , silent man who had had a long interview with the Duchess of Bayard wore filled uith ; gold , and she herself almost wondered to ; find how much money she was spending , until Vane Forrester giow desperate aud ' gave up the struggle ; it was useless. Every door was shut in his face , every . man seemed to be against him. The men who had been his friends would have nothing more to do with him. They told I each other there was something against him. and though none of them knew , what it was , the rumor grew and spread until his oldest friciuls passed him with- ! out a nod , and he was alone in the world. The end of it was that , gaunt , hungry , almost friendless , the once brilliant , j wicked man presented himself before Sir Hulbert Estmere. j " 1 have reserved you , " he said ; "you : are my last resource you must help me j I helped you. * ' "I would not'help you more if you were dying. You did what you pleased to call a service for me. I did one in return for you , and now we are quits 1 shall do no more. " "I am a ruined , broken-down man , " he returned. "Serves you right , " sard Sir Hulbert. "I deserve shooting myself for my sin ; but I never forget that you led me into it. But for such men as you , men like my self would be ten thousand times better than they are. * ' "I thought you would hoip me , " said Vane Forrester , his face quivering , and his voice hoarse with emodon. "I do not see why you should. 1 , base ly enough , asked your help ; you gave it , and I repaid it. Would to heaven you had refused me wheu I asked it. 1 loathe you for your compliance. " ' "I could swear to hcvt-n , " cried the j"I "that I have a hidden foe ; it is j just as though someone had swirn veii- geam-e against mo. I cau never succeed iu any single thing , and yet 1 know of no enemy in the wine worki. " lie paused abruptly , for Sir Hulbert' ? eyes were fixed upon him with an ex- pro.--.ion of stunned ami bewildered amaze. "What makes you thhik that ? * ' he ask ed , slowly , with a curious whiteness coin ing over his face. "I could swear it , " he cried. "I can not tell who , or wnat. or why it camiot j all be coincidence , there is too much sys tem iu it. 1 swtar that somewhere un der the pitiless sky I have a loe wnu follows me , and tracks me , au.i ruin > " me. Sir Hulbert was silent for a few min utes. Could it bo possible that the- beauj j tiful. injured woman , who had threaten- ! cd him with vengeance , had absolutely , taken vengeance on his accomplice ? It looked like it. "Who found for you the position you heid in the Inland Revenue OfJice ? " he asked. The answer was : "The Duke of Bav- ard. " "llow did you lose it ? " "It was taken from me ; given up be cause they were reducing expenses , 1 was told. " "Have you asked the duke to help you ' ' since ? "Yes , 1 have ; but I received a letter saying that he declined to use any inter est that he might have for me , aud that I was not to trouble him again. " "Havo you ever seen the Duchess of Bayard ? They tell me she is very gen * ' erous she might "Xo woman can help me , " he cried ; "I want the influence and interest of a man. N'o. I have not seen her ; if I did it would be of no use she would not help me. " He never dreamed that the beautiful woman , resplendent in jewels , who had looked at him that night at the opera , i was the girl at whose mock marriage he ' tiad laughed as the very cream of jests. "There is no homeless dog iu the street that has been so driven , and worried , and ill-us < 'd. as I have been. " cried Vane For rester. "Give me a few pounds enough begin life with in another land , and foil will not hear of me again. ' " So it happened that ho loft England in safety , and after some years became 1'iite a famous man in New York. The > riee of his crimes was to be paid him > \ other hands than those of the woman : vhose life he had helped to mar and spoil. CHAPTER XX. l The summer came again , the brilliant London eason had ended. Saxonhurst .v.-ts to bo more gay than ever this year. } : io of tho royal p"PS had accepted in invitation for a week's shooting. Sir Inlbert ana Lady Estmeru were going , ind to Irene's great delight. Santon Dar- ; y promised to spend at least three weeks here in the autumn. A brilliant party > f guests was invited to meet the roj-al irince , and all went merry as a marriage icll ; with this exception , that in the ; icuutiful face of. the mistress of Saxon- hurrt thero was something no one under stood. She was brooding always over one and ihe same thing her vengeance , and the shape it would tako % There came one beautiful day in Sep tember , a day that the Duchess of Bay ard never forgot. A shooting party to Durton Chase had been arranged , and the gentlemen were both eager and anx ious over it. But on the morning Lady' ' Estmere was not quite well she had aj fainting fit ; not serious or alarming , but Sir Plulbert would not leave her. In ! vain she prayed of him to go , and not I to debar himself of a day's pleasure for' ' her trifling indisposition ; Sir Hulbert ] would not go. "It would be of no use , . Lira , " he said , " 1 should not enjoy my self. The thought of your pale face would never leave me all day long. You j should not have made me love you so much. " ' 'I am very glad you do , Hulbert ; but , believe me , I am quite as well as I was yesterday. You see , Hulbert , that cluster of trees over there , the silver beeches ? " "Yes , I see them , Lira , " he answered. "I could go now , " she continued , in a tone that was like music , "and place my hand ou the very spot I stood , when the first rush of love filled my heart for you , | Hulbert. I remember it so well ; you stoo.l leaning against a birch tree , your head bare , and the wind playing among your bonny curls. My darling , you know I liked you when we were married , but I did not love you ; it was an open ques tion , as you will remember , whether I was to love you or not. " There were a few moments of silence , and Irene , who sat listening unavoidably just outside the window , knew well how they wore filled up. "I will not be interrupted in that fash ion , llulbert , " laughed Lady Estmere ; "how can I speak if you stop my lips with kisses ? " "My darling , " he murmured , "I have never deserved such love as yours. " "Why not , Hulbert ? " she asked , wist fully. "I cannot tell you. The lives of men are not as the lives of women. By your side I feel as a black vulture must feel near a spotless dove. " "But , Hulbert , * ' said the sweet , wist ful voice , ' "you have never loved anyone except me ? " In the golden sunlight and fragrant silence , the duchess found herself listen ing , with her heart on her lips , for the answer. If he had said , "Yes , in my youth I had a mad love for a girl , and did her a great wrong , " she would have been inclined to mercy , but the answer came : "No ; I had fancies , as I told you be fore , vain , foolish fancies , but I have never loved any human being truly , my wife , until I loved you. " The blue sky seemed suddenly to grow red ; the trees and flowers , the fountains and the distant woods , all trembled be fore Irene ; a rush of roaring waters filled her ears ; she dropped the book , it fell in the soft , green grass ; she started from her seat w a a low moan. She would not go back to the house , because in doing so she must pass the window where they stood , his arm round the graceful figure , the fair face bent on his breast. She could not pass them by ; it was not that she loved him , but that her whole soul was fired by that one word , "fancy. " ' She went down the terrace and crossed the flower gardens ; from there she went through the woods ; the thought of being indoors Deemed to stifle her. It was well that she did not hear what else passed between them the caressing words , the endearments. "I shall not let you remain indoors all day with me. " said Lady Estmere. "It you wish to please me , you will go out for a couple of hours , at least. " "I will go , if you wish it , " he said ; "I will go after them to Duruton ; I will start just before noon. " Before he left her he bent down and kissed the beautiful face. "Heaven bless you , my dearest wife ! " ho said , and wondered at the solemnity of his o'wu words. He went through the grounds whistling and singing as he wont , his heart warm with love for the beautiful wife who lov ed him so well. He came to the beach trees , and smiled as he thought of her loving words. The blue heaveiis seem ed to smile , the sunlight smiled , and he wished , with all the fervor of his heart , that he had always been a good man. As the wish grew in his heart he saw , away in the trees , the glimmer of a blue i dross , the dress he had seen that inorni i ing worn by the Duchess of Bayard. What was she doing there among the trees , away from everyone , and quite , - alone ? he wondered , with more than a' ' I touch of anxiety. Was she unhappy ? ' t Had she come there to weep away her . sorrow ? ilis heart went out to her ; he , v remembered her fashion of wandering . alone , if ever any little cloud came be-i tween them. | ' "Poor Irene ! " he murmured ; "although * she is a wealthy and beautiful young ] duchess , poor Irene ! " j * ; A strong impulse came to him to do what he had never done before to beg ' her pardon for the wrong he had dono ' her. In that moment he forgot her TOW of vengeance ; he forgot the revengo t which she had always threatened him with ; he forgot everything except , how c young and fair and innocent she was when he found her by the brookside. and t despairing when she had left him at j Beechgrove. He was supremely happy t In the love of his wife , and his heart 3 went out to her in pity. He longed that t she should forgive him ; he longed for B ber pardon ; if he h. i that , he should be o most certainly the 'lappiest man in the a world. o. . He would goand A her now ; perhaps r < an this lovely , balmy morning her heart f- ' would be softened to him ; the sunshine , fc the flowers , and the fragrance might i' ' plead for him. He would ask her for a the love of heaveu to forgive him that ais sins might be blotted out of his life ° ind forgotten. P lie left the beech trees and went in he direction of the blue dress ; he could lot find her as qufckly as he had hoped 10 _ lo ; at times she would vanish from his sight among the trees , and at other times le could find no path leading to wheft G ihe was. ( To be continued. ) B\ \ Income of the Churches. _ , The income during 1901 of the six tj n'incipal Protestant church organiza- ions shows a falling off from the year J ) revious , and is as follows : Baptist , ' 12,575,000 ; Congregational. $7,350,000 ; " Episcopalian , $14,856,000 ; Lutheran , ( S,100,000 ; Methodist.$18,951,000 ; Prfesa' ' ) yterian , $10,338,000. / tl POPULIST HOT SHOT. Selections Made by C Q. DeFrance Chairman Populist State Central Committee. The Ticket There was never a list of candidates presented to the voters of Nebraska of such uniform high character and abil ity as the one nominated at Grand I1 and. Every one of them Is a man of integrity whose character is unassail able. Every one of them is a man of distinguished ability. Hon. W. H. Thompson of Grand Is ! and , nominated for governor , is a pop ulist who has maintained his connec tion with the democratic party , while his "N other , John R. Thompson , long ago came over to the populist party and wa elected judge by the populists lirst in 1891 and they have been re- electing him ever since. W. H. Thomp son is known to almost every man in the state , for he has been an active fighter against the corporations in this state for many years. We populists have always looked upon him as one of ourselves. He has , while not pos sessed of any great amount of this world's goods , always been a liberal contributor to the populist campaign expenses. He is an orator of great 'orce and power and because of this ong ago was called "The Little Giant. " f it is true of any man , it may be said ) t W. H. Thompson that he has no jnemies who are clothed with flesh' ind blood ; but the corporations who nave no bodies to be kicked and no oouls to be damned , hate him with a fierceness that is indescribable. No iobler , grander , whole-souled man 3ver lived in the state of Nebraska than W. H. Thompson. His theories cf government and political economy ure all in accord with the doctrines so .ong advocated by The Independent .rivery populist in the state will sup port him with enthusiasm. The Hon. E. A. Gilbert , the nominee for lieutenant governor , held that office for two years while Poynter was gov ernor. He was a silver republican and when that party discontinued its or- , ianization promptly declared himself t populist. He resides in York , Neb. , > vhere he has a large law practice. He js a man of the very highest character , i good lawyer , a well-read economist , an able speaker and the sort of a man vho commands respect wherever he Goes. John Powers , the candidate for sec retary of state , is known of all men , ( .hat is all men in this and adjoining states. He was the organizer and the first president of the farmers' alliance. In 1890 he was elected governor of this state and was counted out. To pre vent him from taking his seat there was the greatest row at the state house that ever occurred there and the mili tia was called out. At the end of the contest after the republicans had held the government by force , and kept a man in the gubernatorial chair for months who had not even been a can didate in the previous election , the office was given to a gold bug demo crat. John Powers has always had a warm place in the hearts of farmers He may be called the father of pop ulism in Nebraska. He is The Grand Old Man of the state. While advanced in years , he is still full of vigor. When Ire was made chairman of the state convention at Grand Island arrange- xlents were made to relieve him of ' Tie most arduous work by providing with an assistant. But Uncle JtSin didn't need any assistance. The session which followed lasted 24 hours , teaiuding one whole night , but the Old Man stood on his feet wit ! . In hand , controlling that body of excited and earnest men and at the end jf it did not look half so exhausted Ami dilapidated as many younger mem- 30ns on the floor. The democrats ac cepted his nomination with just as enthusiasm as was manifested .a ' .he populist convention. He will be e. tower of strength to the ticket. C. Q. De France , the nominee for auditor , is a populist known to the tvftole party. He has been chairman af the state committee for the last But that was not the beginning jf his populism by any means. He , ioo , is one of the old-timers. Years igo iis masterly letters were printed n The Independent. He is an economi st of wide scholarship and for some 3iOLths has been the assistant editor > f Tha Independent. His nomination : ame.out . in the following way : The -i.3 were there to do the best for the party , and among the le things they resolved to do to put a scientific accountant in . e 01 the auditor's office. That is 2 sort of a man that is needed there. > o 3uch man was ever elected to that ) iitce. The man who was elected was \aied upon to appoint as his deputy u accountant and the populists re n vived to put the accountant himself In 13B t the office. It was one of the 13si things that the convention did. si T e France gets through with Icsi he o , republican records in the audi- si or's & &i the populists will have ma- eriai enough upon which to fight state sta ampsigi i for years to come. a : Dr. JT. I > r. Lyman , the nominee for ai aihi re" j"tr. is a thorough business man. him lia ; * tectiOn was made according to m he fcd populist principle that office it houM ssek the man and not the man 5 ( he office Dr. Lyman was out of the la tate to attendance at the death-bed st : stoi f tis aged mother and knew nothing oi bout . 'Jia matter. He was selected be ci cid muse ts was the man best qualified d ( or the place. He is a populist , having b < been a silver republican. It bPC 3 eaid that Dr. Lyman is the only man PC PCh a the state who was ever elected to h ( n important office unanimously. He S ( as also the distinction of being one ot . f the very few men who changed his fa olitical party while holding office , IeTl [ e was treasurer of Adanis county , Tl olding the office as a republican when thm [ ark Hanna held his convention in m Judge Davidson amended Henry W. frady's speech by striking out the cr rords "as Elisha did" and by SUD- tic tituting the word "commerce" for ca earth , " and then palmed off the whole in aragraph as his own. It is probable Ja . tiat Davidson didn't care to bend po own humbly and pray exactly as na nami Elisha did , " and present republican mi mdencies made the change from na earth" to "commerce" seem more In ye ccord with the eternal fitness of CO lings. ye St. Louis. The next day he publicly announced that he was no longer 3. re publican. He left the party of bank ers , trusts and railroads for goo < ? and when tho silver republicans broke up their organization , joined the popul ists. He is the best qualified man in the state to hold the office of state treasurer , not only by his acknowl edged integrity , but by his long ex perience as county treasurer. Judge J. H. Broady , the nominee for attorney general. Is a democrat and a man of the same high character as the other nominees. He was elected district judge for two terms down in a portion of the state where republicans were as thick as flies in August , because in spite of all the cor porations could do the people had per fect confidence in him. He was nomi nated by the populists and democrats as their candidate for congress in the first district in 3896. But the congres sional district was not only largely re publican , but contained several coun ties in which Judge Broady was not personally so well knov.n and he was defeated. No man but a republican was ever able to carry that district except W. J. Bryan , and at the last time he ran he had a very close thing of it. As a lawyer , Judge Broady stands at the very top. Always being against corporation rule , none of the great corporation fees ever camp his way , but his practice is large and the confidence of the judges in his opin ions is so great that his name on a brief always is a great thing for a client , for phe judges are sure to give it careful attention. The nominee for commissioner of public lands and buildings , J. C. Bren- nan , is a representative of organized labor. After his nomination he made a little speech to the delegates , and speech-making being out of his line , he was embarrassed. He said he was just a common mechanic , which he immediately corrected by say in ? that he was just a common man. but lie was a good mechanic. His administration of the office that he held at the Geneva reform school was so honestly and carefully conducted that it commended him to all lovers of honest govern ment and it was thought to be the right thing to say to him : "Well done , go up higher. " Claude Smith , the nominee for su perintendent of public instruction , is the only candidate on the ticket with whom this writer is not personally ac quainted. He has been elected three times as county superintendent of public schools in his county and ev ery time by an increased majority. Those in convention who knew him said that he is a leading man amonq ; the educators of the state and from his long connection with the public schools is eminently qualified to fill the office. NORRIS BROWN'S KEY-KOTE One of I he Diioords Which the Keoorili Soni'd TJmt "Surplni" oueofth * J Minus X Kind ] "There stood at the end of the first year , " j ffirmed Norris Brown in the republican state convention , as he waved his arms wildly and glared at Lhe galleries , "to the credit of the pres ent state administration the sum of 587,231.61. " "Republicans , " he contin ued , "one of the material issues o ? : his campaign is , Shall the state and ts taxpayers be again turned over to .he tender mercies of deficiency build ers , salary purloiners and interest col- ectors ? " Suppose we look into this credit of 587.231.S1 just a wee bit. Part of it : onsists of an item of $17,690.88 at the nstitute for feeble-minded youth nt Beatrice. This is figured in this way : rotal appropriation (2 ( yrs$109,700.00 ) lalf for one year 54,850.00 Expended in one year ( they say ) 37,159.12 Surplus 17,690.SS But there are two misstatements In he figures given. In the first place , he total appropriation includes $15.- 00 for the purchase of laud ; but not . cent of the ? 13,713.90 expended of his land appropriation is included In he $37,159.12 , which is said to cover he first year's expenditures. In the . econd place the expenditures cover a eriod of only 11 months instead of a 11e ear. e : The legislature of 1901 gave this in- titution $20,000 more for current ex- enses than did the legislature of 1S99. 'et these spell-binders and key-noters te ave the audacity to talk about defic- jncies and surpluses. The present 3publican administration spent near- i $7,000 more for current expenses at tlF leatrice in 11 months than the tti- tlai ionists did in a like period as the fol- ai > wing ( written some weeks ago ) will si tiow : siv That republican "surplus" at the v < : ate institutions is rapidly dwindling 3 we examine the figures. Some time la go we showed that at the soldiers' th ome , Grand Island , the republican tl ; lanagement or mismanagement , as ef really is has expended about $2- at )0 ) more in 12 months than the legis- iture allowed for one year , nitwlth- anding the fact that the legislature 1901 gave the soldiers' home for m irrent expenses nearly ten thousand jllars more per year than was ever jfore appropriated. Yet republican ipers have been printing a table pm- arting to show that at the soldiers' ta Dme there was a "surplus" of $1.- 32.86 from first year's quota. la gr .her words , that the management had viW .iled to spend quite all of what the W gislature allowed for th1 first year , ar tie table is a tissue of lies , because irrD ie expenditures really cover but 11 D ( onths instead of one year. as The republican tendency to "crib" by ops out at nearly every state conven- ov 3n. Two years ago atthe republl- Di n state convention Chairman Jenk- th s , the doughty colonel from Pete a i .nsen's county , swiped a lot of sup- isedly brilliant sayings of Mark Han- L and used them without quotation ch arks , and at the recent railroad tour- to iment Chairman Davidson , the law- fie r-chess-player-statesman of Johnson Da unty , rendered a sort of left-handed t sincere homage to Henry W. Grady th < . * . The gooTl , old Biblical term "lie" if none too strong to use in characteriz ing these republican mlsrepresenta- ' 5113 regarding the records. Our Mothers used to teach us to use the milder term , "story. " when we wished to indicate that someone had told the "which that is not , " as Lytton" ex presses it in "The Coming Race. " But when it is evident that a certain state ment has been told with malicious in tent to deceive , the Bible term is cer tainly the best Our subject this week is the institu tion for feeble-minded youth at Ben- trice. Referring to the table prepared by the republican press bureau at the capitol , and printed in the Lincoii Evening News some weeks ago , we find the following pretended comparative statement : Fusion expenses , April 1 , ' 99 , to April 1 , 1900 $56,896.28 Republican expenses , April 1 , 1901 , to April 1 , 1902 37,159.12 Republican "saving" $19,737.16 Certainly a remarkable showing. If true. But it is neither a comparison of one year against another , nor is it correct. The fusion expenses include nearly $27.000 expended in the erec tion of four new buildings , while the republican cxpensps do not include nearly ? 15,000 expended in the pur chase of land. Even a pretense at fair ness would suggest that if the one Item be included that the other should be also. Exclusive of appropriations for re pairs , furniture , implements , build ings , land , etc. , the legislature of 1899 Save this institution for what might lie termed "maintenance proper. " the sum cf $67.600 ; for the same items , th * legislature of 1901 gave $87.600 or twenty thousand dollars more. For im provements the legislature of 1899 ga > $53.250 ; the legislature of 1901 gavo $22.100. How these were expended w * shall now inquire. The fusion expen ditures are for the eleven months , as shown by the auditor's books from April 1 , 1899 , to April 1. 1900 ; the republican , from April 1 , 1901. to April 1. 1902. It should be noted here that the April expenses were not paid 5)y warrant until affr May 1 , and tlio March expenses until after April 1 : hence the supposed year is only eleven months. However , the comparison can be made on this basis , inasmuch as It will follow the table prepared by the. lepublican press bureau. Fusion. Repub Superintendent . . $ 1.83:5.26 : $ 1,833.26 Steward 999.95 91G. 3 JVIatron 715.26 699.54 Teachers 2,040.00 1,850.00 Employes 6,305.52 9.285.03 Fuel and lights. . 5.075.89 5.990.05 Maintenance 8,8T.15 ! 12.007.3S Farm supplies . . . 300.00 347.43 Office supplies . . . 103.25 284.85 Telegraph , etc 91.52 114.15 School supplies. . 13.60 Medicines , etc 306.71 139.93 Library , etc 3.50 28.00 Amusements , etc. 99.38 * 53.23 Incidentals 36.85 " Maintenance proper $26,819.84 $33,556.82 Repairs , etc 886.29 1,311. < * 1 Furniture , etc. . . 290.32 60G.59 TVH Farm implements 38.70 . 216.00 Brush shop 41.73 Laundry mach. . . 2.90 [ mprove grounds. 1.50 Add to ice house. 14.25 Paints and oils. . 157.83 Four new bldgs. . 26,776.04 \dd live stock 533.75 Barn , etc 898.80 Purchase of land 13.713.90 Total expended.$54,987.67 $50,879.02 Instead of a republican saving of ) ver $19,000. it appeal's that for cur- ent expenses the republican super- ntendent expended nearly $7,000 more n eleven months than the fusion su perintendent did in a similar period. Buildings and similar permanent im- > rovements are no part of the current ixpenses , but are intended to be used or many years. They should not b j ncluded in a comparative statement if this sort. The manifest unfairness n if charging four new buildings againet fiM he fusion administration and careful- M y omitting the purchase of land un- er the republican administration , is pparent to any fair-minded man. But he republican press bureau wasn't rying to be fair * ' it wasn't even try- ng to tell the truth. Corporation greed never had a bet- er demonstration than the fight tlat : he railroads have made in almost e\- ry state in the union against pavii. heir just share of the taxes. They ave put up the same sort of a con- jst in every state that they have In lebraska. The more they getha lore they want. They have increased leir net earnings enormously. Tha inancial Chronicle's compilation for [ ay , covering 91,858 miles of road , lows a pain In gress revenue , agalns : ery large figures for a year ago , of 1,619,227 , or 9.18 per cent on a mileage rger by only 1.76 per cent. The an- iracite coal roads are not included in ie returns , and thus the immedi-jto tects of the strike cannot be known ; present. The most disreputable assaults ever ade upon the army and navy have en made by the republican party , it is tried to bring disgrace upon tho > ads of both departments of the roih- ry defense of the nation , army and ivy , by its bitter assaults upon ths eat commanders who have won the crories of which the nation is proud , hen talking about "assaulting the my , the hired writers on the great ipenalist dailies never mention how 2wey , Schley and Miles have benn saulted by the republican leaders. ' adopting Grady's language as his ra. One thing is certain Judge widson at least showed better taste an did Colonel Jenkins. It may he sin to steal , but why steal trash ? Norris Brown's speech 3.3 temporary airman was marked by his inability distinguish between the truth and tion ; and Permanent Chalrma ? ividson's speech showed his inabil- r to distinguish between his own and a language of others.
