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a. V?- .. . - :.. i . 1 i ?1 .r t . Columbus 3Fourual. WEDNESDAY. AUfiUST 4. 1S97. It. M. 11M1 TAHL.K. Lincoln. Omaha. I'lilraeo. SI. Jo-tad:. Ksnom City. Imt-r, llrlrna, Untie. alt Lake City. Portland, M.luKan.l all palaU San 1'rsnrit.rn ami all ra-t aii -outh. point wi. TK.INS UEPAKT. No. 22 Ineenpcr :1 a. m No. Si FrbL?ht and Accommodation 4:15 p. m Dailj except Sandaj. "Daily excepT. Saturday. TKAINS ARRIVn. No. 21 'Pas-eaRer P5 p. m No. SI "Freight and Accommodation 40 p. m Dil except Sanday. ,!aasal& LMO.N I'Af I Hi TIME-TABLh uiris i nsi. OOINO WEST. Col Lmal fi Oia. tn Limped . 105r. a. m Atlantic Ex. 7 J a. ni Fu"" Mail . . . 6:U. ji. in Gr. Is. Iocnl 12:10 p. xu Gr. I-.. Local s-44 p. in Fu-t.Mail. 2:1S p. ni No. 3, l"ii-t Mail. crimen pH-sengtr for through tioints. Going ve-t at IS p .in., ar rimiit I,-nVer7:lUa. in. No. 2. lat Mail car rier pa-.-.eueri' to Schujler. hremont. valley ... 1 4 1.. ... ..r.irw. ..n.. nf -!! II. 111. l'he freight train leavinc hero at "Jit. p. tn. rii. .... .nirair. fmm tirv tta Rllr. OOl.CJlhUK AM NOKfOLK. . car- ienger arrive-from Sioux City ...12:30 p. m lwit-for Sioux City 6.1.i p. in Mixed leat for Sioux City d:00u. m Sined arrive lHJp.m yon ai.ijion ami ocitn uapiuh. Mired lwves . Ahx-t nrriv- l'as-ener leaver arrive . . 6Kw a. m . -:20 p. m .. 1:30 p. w . 12-20 p. in Sotietv oticts. I2T-A11 notice- natter thi- heading will be charged t the rile of $'.' j-enr A EEHA SON I.f )Dfj E No. B8. A. F. A A. M. -Jllwraiar niin.i 2d VVetlnesaav in ch XJTiccntii. AH brethren invited to attend .'V .s. 1-ox, W.M. J. HAsMrhSEN. Sec'y. djali mi. iu 1 nrwii- :.. 11 1 ft O.K.. twl. at their hall on li.irteenth tr- Vi-itinir brethren cordiallj invited ' - A- XN A N- ; " . It. Noiimti?i. Sw'y. 27janl -tf COIAMHIAN I XMl'No Si. WOODMEN OF f he V orld. tneetr every neoond and fourth limrodrof thu inontti. 7-tU p. in., at h. of r. Ilail Eleventh btref,t Kenlar attendance m rer. di-inthle. and all vitmn hrethrun arcor dislij invited to uiet with n; jan' f KOIMANIZKIH HLltCH OV LATl'EU-DAi Saints hold refiilai eerrn-ert every .Sunday bt 2 i.. ni , pruier m-liior on W-4inedaj evening at tt.cir chapel, corner of North street and K&cine Avenue. All are cordiall) mvitetl. lSiulsU Elder H J Hudson. President. GEKMAN UEFOUM1 1 (HL11CH -Sunday r SchwlatJa in I hurch every Sunday ut lu3t)a 111 ( hns-tian Endeavor at 7:30 p.m. 1-adie- Aid Societl erj nri-l i'hurMtaj in the month nt the church. llnov-W GERMAN... ...MILLET AND HUNGARIAN IOE SAl.1 Al EHLR1CH BROS. Wie;t--f bushel. . . . Jnrn.;hiilltHi-v L'lishel. Oats V tmahel Kye --V lmshel Hoss-e' cwt Fat cattle V cvvl PotRtoed bushel Uutter fl 1-ViM 'sJ ilozen Markets eurrei'teil every Tuesday afternoon. KKETS. fa, rc at in (ft 13 . . :, ms : 20 ... : .Mi 4 00 s 10 (a 1 Go to Strauss for the lest photos. Hosts of people in the city Satur day. E. T. Davis, lawyer, oflice in Barber block. tf Dr. Kallmann, dentist. Thirteenth street, tf Born, Tuesday, to Mra.l. H. Britell, a daughter. Mrs. V. W. Walters is quite sick with ia grippe. Dr. L. C. Voss, Homeopathic physi cian. Columbus, Neb. If you want a photo that will do you justice go to Strauss. l!-tf There were several days of hot wea ther last week, sure enough. Dr. C. F. O. Miessler, physician and enrgeon. Eleventh street, Columbus, tf Drs. Martyn, Evans A- Geer, office three doors north of Friedhof's store, tf .lust received, another invoice of nice chamber suits, cheap at Herrick's. 2 Do t.ot fail to see our S-foot galvan ized steel mill for S2T..0O. A. Dnssell A: Soti. tf 7 "Every man has a right to a chance, - and every man has a chance to be eouie : body." J. L,. Sturgeon went to Aurora Sat urday tc purchase more cattle, returning Monday. Please remember that yon can get l just as nice photos at Notestein's as you can in Omaha. tf Treasurer H. S. Elliott took sick Sunday and was not in his office Mon ' day and Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Coolidge will celebrate their fortieth wedding anni Tereary Thursday. The Congregational people are talk ing of putting two heaters into the basement of their church. Aristo Platino photos are the latest style, and you can get them at Notes tein's. All work warranted. tf J. P. Hart started Saturday for Chi cago on a business trip, and will proba bly go farther east on a visit. Attorney J. A. Price of Albion has gone to Ohio to have a visit with rela- tivea in Carroll and Harrison counties. The remains of Mis. Parkinson, who .died at Madison last week, were taken by Mj. Parkinson to Chicago for cremation. Senator Allen arrived home from Washington Friday last. "Wise buyers buy IDEAL flyers,' for sale only by the Gerrard Wheel Works. tf J. J. Dodds, who is attending the Fremont Normal, spent Sunday at home. An infant ,v" "f Andrew Nelson, in the northwest July 27. A hay-rac pleasant drea: day night. ; Jos. Drii Sunday by .ex - Louis Zinnecl Mrs. Ely, of the city, he sick several d "No peao out power, i outlet in acti' Fred Ste wheat last we bushel perac The then as 104 degree 98 Sunday, al Dr. R. D. sor to Dr. He doors north I Bring yc this office. S work prompt! - A'aociabl of O. D. Butl. city, this Wei invited. -Fall D. Fitz them. Wanted, ings by one ployed. Waf this office. .'5 A test we ter pipeo la house on Satt to be O. IL J. H Ken purchased of his irrigation South Platte -FARME1 can get an 8 steel windmi for only 32o.C Baptist c Services Auf -"The Blie mg No servi - Wanted, for cattle, ft Address, witl care of Jodkj - Dre. Mar traded a b year-old sou 1 mas, of Bellu C. C. Har and job woi wiudows mai west of Galle Wm. .1. 1 urday. He evidently ha of Genoa tha A pleasa Wednesday i Mrs. Warren of her friend. Decree o railway und instituted a; States was e: in U. S. cour Hepairin ialty; also ra boiler work engines for 1 lnmbus, Neb "The v.c sleeves to hei butter and ja ert island wit his moustach It was a o'clock) that Thompson c Rose on the ter Wednesd The whe in the nortl "craze" for s speaking, wa together to 11 Miss Le been visiting solo Sundaj church. Mil prano voice 1 ly appreciate The cit. wagon mad' capacity of 5 in sprinkling part of the James Jenki -Miss M number of yi afternoon at friend, Miss lightful timi will return b Miss To; Miss Duffy Tony ie a ci qnainted wi' make a tirst both in her t The Baptisto decided to hold no evening church services daring the hot weather. That's right. People who are working all week need to rest as much as possible Sundays, and if they attend morning services they are doing well these hot days. The Post says that quite a number of Fullerton men have the Alaska fever, Alarm for Teat. Tuesday evening last week Chief Bert Galley, after consulting with other city authorities in the matter, ordered the fire alarm given for the purpose of evi dencing to State Fire Insurance Inspec tor Hartmann the strength of our pro tection against fire, in order that the rate of insurance may be lowered in the r.itv n verv desirable consideration, 1 BininVfVfWfVtlOTT1vnfffnnvIVIwvnRiniwVlH I Sfrsanal Mention. SnnntiiiiiiiiiiiiimuHiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiti(i Miss Gouth, of Ohiowa. is visiting her brother, George Gouth. Miss Madge Cushiug goes to Fairbury Thnrsday to visit her sister. "" " " rri.i.. T :L. 2fflm?wm??mfflmtwmmfflnfflnmfflfl H STORY PROFITABLE TO READ c .rvNTi! ti,of Tiriii cvo von t.hft Quarters, the Halves and the - 1 A crowd go camping week. They tack, mosqu tents. But crowd who t time. The Col land Epwort at McPhersf. Last year ar Union picnii it was giver probably be The resi was quarant Harry, a lad and Mrs. H. their new h afflicted are not considet Friends word of th Bacon at A the age of 7 county in U when ehen son. bhe i PROSPERITY'S WIDE SWEEP ilon has been cuforcnl through foreclo-1 the sun ris-os at the usunl hour upou jiu j would not have beeu considered during tires, hut this is on city nroncrtr which was mortgaged in the thiys of inflation. There Lae lieen very tvw forecloutes on farm l.-.mls. It is vMill.ntfil that in 1.VIT t... .,r..,ln..f earth still turning on its a lis. the Whole Country is on the Highj Road to Good Times. Unprecedented Showing of Mortgages Cleared Off by American Farmers. Great Democratic Journal Produces Indisputable Evidence of This Fact. y Newspaper Precs Everywhere Continues to Testify to the Business Improvement. The testimony of returning business j not yet had an applicalioi. for a loan from activity which has been presented by this paper in the past two months, through a collection of statements of the press of the country, irrespective of party, has attracted much attention and been received with much satisfac tion. So gratifying has this presenta tion been, and so ranidlv do the evl- any farmer. Helena, Mont. Information obtained from loan agents and officials of this county is to the effect that tho mortgage iinlehtedpo!: is being gradually reduced, and that this process has been going on for tome time. Fanning settlements are so stn-sll and wio'clv senarated that it i 1 difficult to give their condition, .ilthough it J - . . . r 1 - ... oences or prosperity accumulate irom is nelievcil to be improving slowlv. In e-ery direction, that another series of , tlie regions where stock growing is the statements of verv recent date are here-1 chief industry the ininrovesiicnt is de- iiie live slock ami i-i.-i ...-. ln.ln.iriA will aggugate -51!t.tHMKH). This, dis tributed among :iT0.)oo pe,i.:c. is enoiish to give a coniforlal.Ie living ami. jn addi tion, to make a great inroad on their iu debtiiln..M. St. I'.-mi. .Minn. Tlu mortgage and 10:111 business on farm lands in Minnesota has falln: off more than .V) ht fnt lur mg the last three years, principally in the last year and a half. Of the loans that were in existence in Minnesota on farm ing lanls three years ago the various con cerns differ slightly on the percentage that has been paid. The lowest estimate places it at 10 per cent and the highest at 'J.', per cent, while the average ecnis to be 10 " 20 pr ent. This i 1,,.I,1 by ,. mort gage and Iicmi roti ems to lie a wonderful Miowiu.;. when it U taken into considera tion that a vast amount of mouev was loaned in Minne.-ota durin- the" l.r.nn, times. Jt means thu? thai nine). i.-.u !..., ! State .Journal. paid back over and above what has been borrowed. There have been practicallv no foreco.Miies. That the State has felt the pinch of ji.im iiuie depressed times. The tiuancial re- I Krts now show that money can be secur- - rt-.. 1 ed for any reasonable enterprise at rales I'a.Ttmi Oti the Mortensici. , -, , . . .. . ., ,.. ;., :i 1 .1 . ' from .'.. per cot down, showing that eon- An mMUcible and positive proof that 1 ,. ? , , ...,,.,:,. aim u . a.r lllll livl l Ut ttltli V aaa in . . mi i'""-,"-v ii .,-,:.. . 1 uuiuir i;iis iLiiiriicti .11111 l lull vu"i.i from ,, he s..itl. D:,i.,lt:t fanns. Ilu.,m,ilis "r aff.ur .are ommg ,,,o eiuourag- (esiro , brf . ing and that Williams County, at least, is seeing the dawn of better times, is fur- ( nished in the following figures, given out In- f I...-.... !... M..1..M ..r ITU ........ ! Since .Ian. 1 last the number of mort gnres tilL-d for record in this county is lf0. while the uumber released is mJ.lh that to-day there are 1KI fewer mortgages on Williams County Innd than there were on even small rates rather than having it lie idle. St. Louis Star. Jan. 1. 3SP7. The record by months is as follows: Itecorded. o ....... 31 .17 14 IW ..January .. . ..February ..March .... ..April ..May ...June (2!).. Ilpavil. ..BU ."."." ."..l4.;i ....... ..M. ....... r! Wil their This shows beyond dispute that Hams County debtors nre paying debts, an"! no condition of affairs could I be more promising than just this. Ohio cretarjr Gage Confident. At the end of this fiacal year." resum ed Secretary Gaye. lookinc Ter the offi cial statements which had just been plac ed upon his desk, "the condition of the Government is nil that could be desired. ' There is no trouble with the gold reserve. that barometer of confidence. The busi ness men. capitalists and investors, not only of enr own country, hut of the world, are coutent with our situation nnd pros pects. All the nervousness which for merly heM us in its toils has disappeared. In its place we have confidence in the future, confidence in the Government, confidence in ourselves. The hoarding of gold has stopied and much of the yellow metal that was put away during the de- STANDS BY ME.HANNA FALSE CHARGES DENOU BY SECRETARY WARNER. 4 WliS flflt a-if fill tTlflt f.lrttflM ' -I M thnf '..-. -i. ; ' "- "." "-""( uie mmi : "" e iarmers from oin- fiirtbr into debr. When the bottom fell out of the boom the fanner was the first man to take to the woods. He iinmediatelv cut 111s Fouth 110 Welt a Xortli. The truth is. our Southern States are 111 gooil tomlitiou. All their products f re in touch with market-. Man ufacturers are advancing steadily. Husi ness in hitrber is growing at a rapid rate, ami the Mippjy of timber is immense. The reat staples of agriculture, with cotton pression has come out and gone into cir- dilation. The tide began to turn the day l'res:deit MeKinley was elected am 1: I has b ! running the right way ever I time."-Chicago Times Herald. Tiic I.ant of the Ilnril Tiniest. We have r.bout seen the last of the hard time- and the movement has begun toward the rosperity that seems so long coming. It :t;mot. in the nature of things, be rapt I. because the American market i much ea-her than those of the Vnrtben, ' s; erow.Ie I with foreign mip-iriations. r - . ......a, ... with presented. These statements are all remarkable nnd striking, but none of them is more fo that the lengthy one from the New York Sun, which has gathered from all parts of the country information about the condition of the fanners and the rapidity with which they are paying off their mortgages under the better prices for crops, and the lessons of the past four years, which have taught them the importance of taking the first cuiedly noticeable. Three years of plenty have put the sheep and cattle men in prime financial condition. The advance in wool this year has been particularly helpful for the sheep men. who have had two years of favorable conditions on the ranges. '1 lie copper, gold and coal mining camps of the St.Mo are working to their limit, and indebtedness will be gradually lessen ing in Huso camps. On the whole, the conditions of the State are improved. Denver, Colo. Colorado has mid off lieills :llinro.l!il:ititi' S OOO OllO ini the nriuin.... 1 . i r '-i.ijt' :ini nrfiTinoi-i tiica .irw;T i -i .1 . . pcni-min - 'ii V , -..-..-,.,,, Ilieir H.;iU, nave mo worm lor tlicir ,l.J.tl faer currctl no nc- 2Iiarket: :ilMi ti,e twer products, lotniiis ltlnl. .!! . - - " ""t-TsmtMi i:irmtnr has 1:0110 :i 1 t-it.w n.wi .i;kf..r i...t ;. ...t ,i.. r 7. "'JfV.Wa"'rHcv,us,,loM,n,,esota!tlie Noiihern cities, get the best of the f?2 !h,k T ,,,t1,? f:nr Ul1, "? i market every year, and are mostly con- f ' tc" hv d:,,ry !nterpst- 'i here sinned bcloie the Nortliern crops come in. !! I ,f ,rrani.e". an,i ha,f :,s' At Southern industrial centers tn.de in . 1 411 r.r i:irTnrinc i?i iiintmei.. n...i i . ... .v.... .!.. 1 .,.. iiiif.vi sniiiw mrr!.ii laud Oiegonian. the opiwrtuuitv of pavins off their debts, 'r'f ;.'' "OMmatmg j.',uw.'juu since tne whenever possible. he article, it ! ":" , Jr' a,:,cl b"r ktTS, rcl,ort morv will be seen, covers all sections of the j ind L country, and shows remarkable pros- ( lional r.ank of Denver on the first of the lerity and prompt application thereof ; month hrd .flo.OOO.oOO in deposits, the to reduction of indebtedness, a double ' P. en test in tho history of the institution, condition on which the farmers of the j which is the oldest in the State. The country are to be congratulated. Here ' u.anag-rs say that they find less demand is the collection of convincing dispatch es appearing in the Sun: Seattle. Wash. For the first time in majority or tliem have lieeii m.l.. Iished since 1SI2. The effect of the es trblishment of these creameries has been almost electrical. It has been the prin cipal cause of the large payments of mortgage loans. At the end of the month the fanners get returns from the cream eries. A great many of them, in fact al most all the larger creameries, are co- activity. I'ort- Ncw York Times Admit It. The New York Times (Democratic) takes i hopeful view of the business out look and believes that the tide has turn ed for the better. While the Times is opposed to the Republican tariff policy. exceeded all previous records in the fiscal which must be consumed before our own nianufai trtf rs can enjoy that which they 1 have been heated out of by a low t.irifl'. 'and our own wage workers receive the earnings that are going into the poel.cN s,,P!"It ,s"own InJ of Ihiro..e::ii producers. Wheeling ln:e!P ( t.ihle slave tryin. enccr. Nature Ik Helping. Nat hip is preparing bountiful harvests I that will ;:rcntly facilitite the recovery of I business during the coming fall season. I Iiidicatir.:-s point to continued activity in the exuort trade, the volume of which i-pveral jears there is much idle money in Washington. This state of affair is due in a groat measure to the excellent crop of lblitJ ami to the prospects of still better crops m iS'i. AH the wheat belts of t!i State, mclisding the I.i lor m.i'iey than at any time since they embark; d in business, and that the bank has simpiv become a place of deposit, ow ing to :J.c .ic,peroiis condition of the city and St-tte'. which precludes a ready mar ket t r h-:.ns. Never I. as thre In en so much Inoe money in t10 Western countrv. owing iin:iii'lv t.. ill.. ;......, .!....- ... t 1: I.ed of the f'o-1, , ",; . . ""l 7"- V '?."'"-; lumbia. the l'.,Io.w o.untrv. the so.nh- :","' , l,!H'',UM1 'e "." -ia"".."-., western pait of the State: and Skarft -: ;.AM,'m '." I,vc s,,!d: .rilM1"- CjI"- - --- 1 rTiiiii iitiiii-w. !.... ...a. 1- ..i... "l will pioduce. it 1 f,..?:.. , .? I,,.,,, 1 ,....., , , " iti .11111 .-"iieei. ;iihi uav nnd Whatcom counties, is estimated, at least one-third more than ever before, and the first step of the fann ers will Le to taise the mortgages of their farms. "The debt of the farmers of Washing ton." said C. E. Vilas of the Washington Nation il I.uilding, Loan and Investment Association of Washington, "will be de creased at least 25 per cent by this year's crop." It. P. Latimer of Dexter. Ilorton & Co. Fays that a reduction of 2o per cent on debts for the last three years is a low figure. The estimates are that the fann ers will gain $10,000,000 from the crops of 1SJ7. Jacob Furth, president of the Seattle National Bank, says a great tiHmber of niortgai.es on farms have been paid off. nnd he has advices from the IJig ltend to the eftect that this year's crop is of the very best quality. A like condition exists in the Pa louse country. Levi Ankeny. hanker of Walla Walla, was in Seattle a few days ago and said that Walla Walla had too much idle money. E. C-irdin of J. Adams & Co. says the wheat crop will be the largest ever pro- uuceu ni vv asningion. amounting conser vatively to about 18.000.000 bushels. The farmer will probably get 55 cents in east em Washington and 7l cents at this port. Seattle, owing to the opening of the Oriental trade, will handle six times as inucL grain as ever before. Mr. Cardin Kays thete will be better times this fall than in five years. Last year an east Washington farmer went to the North western Kank in Spokane. "Take my farm." he said. "I cannot pay the mortgage." The bank not only declined to do so. but rave him seed wheat. This year he. will dear himself of debt and have a snug La l.i ii co. Portland. Ore. The farmers of Oregon. Washington and Idaho, owing to the uood price of wheat, have been enabled to pay eff most of their mortgages, and this year will get almost cntirelv out of debt. In Washington loan agents find their business greatly restricted on account of Populist legislation. The late Legislature pa&scd an act increasing the amount of property oempt from execution, and abol ishing the peisonal judgment clause in all mortgages, so that only the property mort gaged eat' Le held for money loaned. In Oregon loan agents are not hindered in this manner, but they report a very slack demand tor money at the present time. Bismarck. N. D. Inquiry among lead ing agents of loan companies develops the fact that few applicants for farm loans exist in comparison to former years, and hundreds of farm mortgages harp been paid rei-ently. The exact reduction of the mortgaged debt of the State would be im possible fc ascertain without investigation of the iccetds of each county, but the ag gregate decrease will lw large. This im provement has come about through more scientific fanning, greater attention to iliversificnticn of products, and the ex tension of the stock industry. The latter has assumed larger proxrtioiis .imon- Miial! farmers in tin? last few years than ' j taken the plate and the profits that for merly accrued to the corn growers. In the city there is a great deal of building going u through a desire to eninlov funds 1 that would otherwise he idle. This takes away from the banks one of the most lu crative sources of loans, for building has always been carried on here on borrowed funds. Fruit glowers who have scored one of the most successful years in their history say that they do not want money, us the buyers aie all too eager to get their crops to wait for the holders to move it. New York, Chicago and St. Louis commission men are making advances that properly belong to the Colorado banks. They are taking the fruit on the ground, and as the value of that crop alone is estimated at JO.Ol-l.OOO. the fate of the introduction of outs.de capital, it may be seen, is a serious handicap for the local hoiders of money. The mining world is not taking ny money, and the bank rate, which has usu ally been held in Denver at from 10 to 12 per cent, has fallen to f and (i per cent, with money begging for employment at those figures. Des Moines, la. Investigations made lien through local agencies and financial iticf !!' nlk m,-.i 1 lw. 4.. A .1 ....-.......,,.,, .,..,.... i.ii.- ..ici nun iowa farmers have been paying off rather than adding to their mortgages. Owners of unimproed lots are the principal borrow ers. The fanners of Iowa had a hard time of it last winter, due to the softness of the corn crop and the death of S25.000. 000 worth of hogs of hog cholera. If those hogs had been fed to sell the sur plus com would be of much smaller bulk now. anil prices would probably rule high er. During the last few weeks com in local stations has been quoted as high as 22 and 2T, cents, this being in the places where farmers feed rather than sell their corn. There arc- few fnrmers who are behind on interest payments on mortgu-es Money was rover more plentiful in Iowa than it is now for loaning purposes. The ruling prices for money are now G and 7 per cent, rarely S per cent, which is the legal rate. Some money in large quanti ties and on long time has Ieen loaned on real estate security for per cent, which was unheard of until recently. There is a scramble among money lenders to pick up good loans. That Iowa mortgages arc fewer now than they were a few years ago is admitted by all money lenders. The hard times have caused some eople to go into debt, but there has been greater econ omy practiced and there has been a desire io seme up ami negm even with the good times that are felt all over Iowa to-d-ir- Sioux- Falls. S. D. The loan agents of Sioux Falls all agree that the last four years have been years of wonderful ("cbt paying. D. L. McKinney said that 30. 000.000 would just about cover the ag gregate of the debt liquidated in that time When the hard times struck South Da kota four years ago people stopped going into debt, because they could find no one of whom to borrow. Then came an era of close economy, followed by a superhu man effort to get out of debt. For the lt tn'A .-fii.w frti. ei- tw.n. , ic .,.. ....... ..,-..- .....v uwrii gOOU, alllj ij"r--LP I -J i w. Hi''- UNCLE SAM "I'VE GOT IT AT LAST!" vvc: ijv.ij.--. .-.,, IIH....IU11S ior nuiitlretls , Ior iue lasi jtar nave soiu ror n -ood of new b.ard have been filed with the ' price. The creamery industry has Drou-'ht Secretary of State. The raising and ship- j into the State $3,000,000 a year, and live ping of stock is the most profitable occu- stock 2.",000,000. pation of fntmers. and not until recently! Loan agents here are unable to place has it bcn taken advantage of here. one-half the amount they are willing to The .ii.vnnce in the price of wool 'ias loan, even at a reduced rate of interest been worth hundreds of thousands of dol- j Mark Iviissell. whose company has l.r0() lars to the State, and nearly very farmer ! loans in South Dakota, says that over 30 has a nock oi sneep anu receives part of j per cent are paying up in full at tuaturity are the benefit. The new law allows the State Board of School Lands, which has the custody of $1,000,000 of the permanent chool fund, to make loans on farm lands of the loans and most of the rest making partial payments. Figures from several counties show that where cne mortgage has been .recorded operative concerns, owned entirely by the farmers, who share the profits among themselves. In this manner they have al ways enough money to buy their groceries, clothing, and such necessary commodities of life, while on the farm they produce their own Hour, vegetables and meats. The result is that from the sale of their wheat, cats. corn. ork and beef they realize a net profit, and it is this money that has been used to pay off the mort gages. Little Bock. Ark. Although the crops in part ot Aikansas were cut short by drought last year, the people by economy are getting out of debt. The people look forward to an era of railroad building in the near future unparalleled in the history of the State, from which they confidently expect good results. The State debt is not large and will be considerably reduced by the acts of the special session of the Legislature. Gov. Jones thinks very little of it will icinain at the end of his admin istration. The loan companies are doing Tery little business in the State. Many of them have withdrawn recently. Lincoln. Neb. The report of the State Banking Board just issued contains much encouragement for business men. It shows the condition of the State and pri vate banks at the close of business on May 2(5. 1K7. as compared with that at the close on Dec. 31. 1S9C. At present there are 400 banks, as compared with 414 on Dec. 31. During the interval 23 banks have closed, 3 have reorganized and i new banks have opened. Under the head of liabilities there is a general fall ing off in the amounts, with a notable exception in the item of deposits, which shows an increase of 51.OOS.t52S.lK5. In resources there is an increase of $1,227. 123.40. These latter two items, resources and deposits, are regarded as especially encoumsins by business men. nnd is ly no means a supporter of the present administration, it is not a calam ity howler, but is crying down the mean sensationalism of most of the Democratic press which is retarding prosperity. In the financial articles of the Times the hopeful signs for future business pros perity a.-e ? ohited out. In Saturday's pa per one cf the best known stock exchange men in the country, the head of the firm of Charles Head & Co., is quoted as de claring that the tide has turned in the right direction. In accounting for the strength v. hieh the stock market is show ing and the wonderful advances that have occurred. Mr. Head explains that Wall street foiesees great improvement in the business of the- country and believes in the near approach of good times. Grain Price Show It. Here are the results in the grain mar kets, the prices being those quoted in Chicago: ., 1KW.. JVheat. No. 2 .V,i Corn. No. 2 27:6 wan.. .o. ' it H.re. Xo. 2 32 Barley. Xo. 3 30& These quotations show that everything except torn is higher than a year ago. and the decline in corn (only 3 cents) is due to the fact that last year's crop was the greatest ever known, while the crop of the yen Lefore was almost a failure. Moreover, i-o far i it from being true that cor., is now selling "lower than ever before." it is shown that even corn is high er now than rn many occasions in former years, ami higher than it was last Sep tember, which was "before the last elec tion." So the Kegister demands with some pertinency: "Why did this conven tion lie even about corn?" But tile comparison does not stop with grain. Here is an exhibit of prices of livestock at Chicago now and one year ago. like grades being stated in both years: 1W. 7014 23 34 32 i.n7. $3 4.1 4 .Ci Will Silence the Croakers. Like the ns"P tide it will not fill all the litt!" nooks and channels at once; and so. mau.v ma feel skeptical about it. But this wiii make no special difference with the fact except to retard it. The more hope anl confidence the quicker and more complete the revival. It will not be long before 'his confidence will be general. Business will be brisker. Merchants will feel it and lejriu to solicit trade and to advertise as of yore. Traffic and travel will increase. More and more, manufac turers will increase their purchases and products. Building and real estate will show si::ns of it. Once Congress ad iourns with the tariff settled in favor of American industry, and American indus- j est rat-s always go up. Capitalists will , try will as ccttainly take advantage of it ! not risk their money unless given an over- i as morning follows night. Before the elec- ! abundance or security and promised a ' .- i .i - i . - . - - . ...... tions in -ove-iner mere is every reason nigii rare oi interest, isui me minute htis- iness conditions begin to improve everv year ended last mouth. The total value of the iiMTchnndisp exports for the fiscal year was $l,051.Hb7.()!il: the largest pre vious total was $1.030.27S.14S. in 1M2. ..il0 ny:orts for ' fiscal year were $704. 373..K15: and in spite of the big increase under the tariff stimulus in recent months the yerr's aggregate was smaller than that of 1.H, j,nd i,.ls been five times ex ceeded since lim Philadelphia Becord (Deni... Calamity Howlers Ii-cournCe.l Testimony which conies from everv cen ter of hnancr. trade and commerce in the countrv. is not calculated to afford much encouragement to the professional calam ity howler and the croaking Brvan fol lowers. They had hoped that the depres sion would continue until after the f-ill elections. But the tide of improvement has set in and it will not be stayed at the command of the demagogues who prev upon ail verity and hope to gain political advannge from the miseries of the peo-I,,c-. Vit'' the dawning of pros-ken'tr which is at.hand. wilbcotno'the last blow to Bryanism and financial heresy and dis honesty. Wheeling Intelligencer. Calamity Screamer, in Tronblc. There is nothing in this world that will start the Bryanite to yelling calamity' Calamity! Calamity! more quickly than" the word prosjierity. If he sees" it or hears it anywhere he at once proceeds to tear his hair and to rush around as aim lessly as Hies in midsummer. His eves start from their sockets, he foams at the mouth .-nd has all' the symptoms of vio lent hysteria. Dubuque Times. tSJVt. nfi"q oft Cattle 3.VI oheep ........ ........ 1 75 3 23 From all of which it appears that ca lamity howling for polities may easily overshoot the mark. Interest Rote ntirl Prosperity. No better indication of returning pros perity is to be found than in the decrease in interest tales. It -hows not only that there is an abundance of money in the country, but that the money is seeking investment. When times are hard, moiiev scarce and there i- little confidence, inter- Co-operate with Republics n. It will be a great disappointment to the people who had hofied that the tariff issue would embitter the gold Democrats against the Republicans to find members of that pr.rtv co-operating- with the Be publicans for the defeat of the silver i-emocrats everywhere this fall, hut it is quite apparent that the Democrats who opposed the election of Bryan last fall will be as earnestly against the silver can didate this year. United Mine Workers Secretary Saya the Ohio Senator Hat Improved the Condition of Ilia STen False Storiea Circulated About Hi cm, Kntera a Protea. William Warner, Secretary of the Unit ed Miue Workers of the Pittsburg :s trict. ha entered in earnest protest at the manner in which the names of miners' officials are used in statement!, concerninr, the treatment of miners by Senator Mark A. Ilanua. He says: All these stories published abont the atti tude of Mark Hanna on labor are false. Jvel7 time you see the names of uirself or latrlck Dolun. President of the district, coupled with these stories. It Is done with out our knowledge. I have denied them re peatedly. but what can I do to sto; their cir culation? The true story of Mr. Banna's attitude to HIS Workmen Mill! hitrinl imlnn !..,,- ... far- as his nilui:,s interests in Westers IVnnsyl I vaula are concerned. Is thnt he It the best man In the whole district to work for. I do not know Senator Hanna never saw Dim In my life. Mr Detail and myself voted the free silver ticket last fall, and will .!. so again ir we can get a chance. We have no interest in .Mr. Hanna' candidacy Tor L lilted States Senator In Ohio, but the fact that we are opposed to hint in politics secmn to have given some writers the Idea that they are licensed to use our names to tell absolute falsehood- about him. jlr. Hanna never to 07 knowledge took an active Interest ?ii the mines here. Ills general manager. Thomas II. Voting, how ever, has done more than any other man to bring about a better condition of the miners. H,. ha n-orfcl night av day in conferences and comir.,rtees. pleaded ?-th operators, walked over tie entire dUtnvi. money, and las been a verl liiir to il.) situp enod. neIect- ; lug his own business, and now his employer .- K-iwiruei. vvun abuse ami u?s ai.er Hav ing lost thousands of dollars lu v-cklug to maintain the mining price. I have written the miners in OMr. that such proceedings are disgraceful, t Uave advised them to defeat .Mr Hanna on a straight silver issue If possible, hut if they want u friend to miners every miner in the I'nltcd States should be for htm The work done by Jlr. Young hiiiI the Pan Handle Coal Company. In which Mr. Hiiuna Is a stockholder, nud Iinnlel Hanna. his sou. U . manager, does not date from the time Mr. Hanna entered actively Into politics. Long before he was thought'of in this connection he took the stand to par the highest wage In the district. If Mr. H.inna has dime thin for political effect It has cost him several fortunes. I d mint b"lleve this, however. To-day he I- paying the highest price paid in the I'ittslnirg district. He has a contract with ids men whereby he cannot reduce the price even if he desires It. while nit his competitors are paying their tuea ( cents less per ton. Not only that, hi is fairer In Ills dealings with his" workmen than nlne tenths of the operators, and this is one of the great e.-t boons t" suffering miners, who invariably are robbed of mo-l of their earn ings. While I cannot consclentionsly support Mr. H.inna In his political views, yet noth ing would give me greater pl'-jsnre than t disahi:-e the mind- of the people of Ohio that Senator Marl; Ilanua Is tyrannical, mean, or pavs hi- workmen less than Ills iimpetito-.s. If there vv.- a gt'Tt.-r mute ber of Mart. Hannas there v.euhi be les.-. des tr.ntieii and complaiut amoi:g the coal miners. Mr. Itrj-an's. ."-Cent JNjllar. Mr. Bryan's speech, as reported in a Democratic paper, till.- about half a col umn. It is a calamity wail. "People who were afraid of a 5iic dollar six months ago." he- said, "would be glad to get a 25c dollar now." The speaker might have :nhled that hi- Populist supporters would, be best pleased with a no-cent dollar, and , he voted for that himself when he gave his ballot in 12 to Weaver as a presi- , deutial candidate. Mr. Bryan rend a , newspaper clipping arguing that the de- . preciation of farm lands in England is due to the gold standard ami the plotting ot moiiry changers. But he made no refer ence' to the comfortable tiuancial condi tion of England generally anil its. treasury surplus, nor to the fact that many British farmers contend that free trade is the source of their troubles. The Nebras ka if s assertion that this country is des perately sick seemed particularly grateful to his audience. The remedy, iu his lan guage, is to "turn over the affairs of the., nation to one man and let him think and . act for us." While the name of the man was not mentioned, it is easy to guess who he is in the opinion of the orator. The statement that the American people would now be glad to get a 25'- dollar shows the glibness of Mr. Bryan's tongue and the light caliber of his mind. Having started out to cut the dollar in two. he is ready to bisect it again, and would doubt less drop the remainder .without the slightest ceremony. It is this fantastic readiness to jump into any wildly radical experiment that makes Mr. Bryan a fav orite with every revolutionary element in the country. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The Populist Revolt. The Nathville Populist convention seems to have performed the work laid out for it with neatness and dispatch. Called together by Mr. Thomas E. Wat son and other irreconcilable of the same type. t reflected from first to last the spirit e ultra-Populism. The motto ot the contention was "no entangling alli ances." The 70 delegates who attended it put themselves on reconl in the most positive manner against all future deals, compromises or agreements of fusion with either of the old parties. Thesp men and the considerable number of Southern and Western voters they represent pro pose to keep strictly in the middle of the Populist highway hereafter. Believing in the suinciency of Populistic doctrines for the cure of all the evils of the body poli tic, th-y will follow- no leaders and adopt no pla. forms save their own. The stand they have taken is most dis tressing to Mr. Bryan and Mr. Jones of Arkansas. The convention's as-crtion that "we do not believe that the question of free silver is itself a broad enough platform for a national party." is espe cially calculated to harrow- the feelings of the late Popocratie candidate. For without the issue of free coinage, Bryan ism must inevitably collapse. "LiviiiK Waxes." The purchasing ability of the great masses is what decides good times or bad times, ami that ability comes of "livim wages." Globe, Boston. Mass. And the "living wages" come only un der a protective tariff. at a very lew rate of interest, aad it has ? five have been paid. Some of the liquida to believe that the croaking of the calam ity howlers and the nostrums of the Bry anites will teem as ridiculous as do the predictions of the last-day prophets when one is nnicus to invest, even though the investment will bring but small returns, and money is put into enterprises which Iowa. Ohio and Indiana farmers are not going to be as "easy meat" for the calamity howlers this year as they wt-re last, owing to the fact that they ar? get ting a trifle of five- million dollars more for their wheat crop this year than they did in 1&9C. Other Kviilenccw of Improvement. The New York Daily Bond Buyer has an article going to show an improvement in the business situation. It takes as it text the quotations of municipal bonds. which are not so subject to the specula tive irregularities as many other securi ties. The rrl"-r states that within three weeks t..iIowiug the defeat of free silver at the polls Inst November $33,705,714 of municiiKiI securities were sold, whicL had been h'-M up awaiting that result. The restoration of confidence has proceeded since ih-u time with gratifying effect on these investments. Since Jan. 1 cf the pre-ent jear municipals of the value of SfS-l.My.373 have been sold, an average of $M.l-4.c!5 per month, as against a total of S52.713.727 and a monthly aver age of $,715,22S for the same period of lfcoe. eaveo turee "cultural, mm. 1 aacuij 4uiuouave iomma w .. . John Keeler, Eugene Bacon of Arkan-1 church Sunday morning and evening for j There were no attorney fees on this I orchestra, under the instruction of Mr. I erything in our line at reasonable prices, 1 sas and Wm, Bacon of New York. JBev.MickeL 1 allowance. 1 Gores. I and strictly in line with the order, tf EVERYTHING KEPT that is expected to be found ia a nrst class, up-to-date grocery, store. 1 I 1 I sl-t