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H---.J ? V: I V- i. . 14. :-. : ': B:r l s ... i J.- I. .. 2-t - t M- . t . Pii." -t w - . 1 n .-. . ESTABUBHKO MAT 11, 1870. olumb us gonruaL Columbus, Piebr. Katerad at the Poatotfice, Colambaa, NebrM as road claw mail Blatter. WalMifeTity V.X.T7UZXtC0. TEKMB OF SCBSCBIPTIOS: Oaeyaar, by Bail, postage prepaid $1.80 lix areata.. .75 WEONE8DAY. OCTOBER 18, 1809. Imii lfci f THE JTOTTBiW- AUc-Plaaa bk at tfca date pyaait Tiviinu m tk wrapper f yamr TOUBJIAM. mrmm tk aaargiaef THE JOURNAL. Up to tkia date, Tamr . as paia t atm t rar. M f REPUBLICAN TICKET. t. : '.". "' State. r . .;.' . - For Supreme Judge, :. ".. M. B. REESE, of Lancaster County. . v -5" -':. For Regents of the State University, I .'Cv-. E.O. M'GILTON, of Donglas County, r , ... BR. WILLIAM B. ELY, of Brown I '-''' County. J -'V. Jmdlclal. ' For Judges of Sixth Judicial .District, ! .- A. B. OLSON, of Dodge. f .r: - W. T. THOMPSON, of Merrick. Craatjr. For County Treasurer, JOHN EKMAN, of Walker Twp. For County Clerk, CAPT. CHARLES W. JENS, of Co lumbus. For County Judge, RALPH PUGSLEY, of Monroe. For SupL Public Instruction, W. T. CRAIG, of Monroe. For Clerk of the District Court, ERNEST C. HALM, of Granville Tp. For Surveyor, W. J. McEATHRON, of Columbus. For Sheriff, O. E. STEINBAUGH, of Humphrey Tp. For Coroner, DR. DEBERE, ofPlatte Center. Ds. Bbtax, who prescribed free trade for the country in 1892, and free silver in 1896 continues to write prescriptions, despite the fact that the country de clines to take his nostrums. E. G. Sig- gers. Sixteen to one is not cutting much figure, we notice, in this campaign. If the relative amount of gold continues to increase at the ratio it has for the last few years, it will be necessary to keep changing the 1G to 1, to keep anywhere in sight. It is in the nature of things it appears that there is always to be an opposition crowd iu politics, but the kickers now have certainly the flimsiest set of griev ances ever brought forward in a cam paign in this country. Wahoo' Wasp. Pia iron, that homely and unpreten tious metal, is an infallible barometer of the financial condition of the country. When production decreases, it is ev ident that hard times are approaching. When production begins to increase, prosperity returns. E. GSiggere.' Jonx A. Barton, a farmer near Chen ey, Nebn, who was subject to fits, was found dead and his body partly devour edjby hogs in a pen on his place Sunday week by his Bister, who lived with him. It is supposed that he was overcome by one of his attacks while feeding his hogs. AMKBiCAXj'shipping interests will be able to take care of themselves, if given an equal show with other nations. Ag riculture, manufactures, mining and commercing are the four strings to the present American violin, and it is a very pretty tune the bow of prosperity in the hand of President McKinley is playing. The country dances well to the music. E. S. GbecseTj, master mechanic for the Burlington at Havelock, killed him self at his home in that village 8:15 Tuesday evening of last week, using a pistol, the ball entering his head just above the left eye, ranging upwards and coming out near the top of his head, blowing entirely away all that part of his head above the course of the ball. He had been with the company thirty aix years, and had lately been discharg ed. J. Sterling Mobton has dug up a letter by W. J. Bryan, in which he says: "I assure you that it is the money that is in the office, not the honor that at tracts me." A fac simile is published in the Conservative, the Bee and Lin coln Journal. The importance of the publication is not very apparent except that Mr. Bryan had denied ever writing euch a letter strenuously and continu ally denied it, and then J. Sterling sim ply published it Mr. Bryan had just forgotten about writing it These has recently been a mining re vival at Dodgeville, Wisconsin, to which the Chronicle gives a column of space. There are fifteen mines now operating within a radius of three miles of the eovrt house, and at least five more will be opened up within the next two weeks. About S&50 a day per man is the prod uct The old shafts used by the early inhabitants are cleaned up and work started where they ended. The ad vanced price of ore is the reason of the revival. Years ago, only lead ore was taken out now the principal mining is done for blackjack. From all over the coantry, indications are that mining in terests in all lines, are being closely looked after. It has been but a very few years when almost the whole cry against the repub lican party was directed towards the overthrow of the policy of tariff and reciprocity, and the substitution of free trade. The country did really have a little taste of what they might expect to continue for all time under that line of policy, but that taste was more than suSdent to satisfy the thinking people a little of it like rancid butter, went ' a good ways, and really there is no fur ther qaestxm in that direction. The tratfc is, the solid, thoroughly-practical prisdple is found in a well-adjusted - protective tariff, with reciprocity trim sriafs. If any country wishes to do bajsiaess with us, we will find some line MtaaUy advantageous, along which hoth eaa exchasge products and do well In his speech at the Chicago da' banquet President McKin- cj ley said : "Our national credit, often tried, has been ever upheld. CI It has no superior and no stain. The United States has never mi repudiated a national obligation, either to its creditors or to hu- J inanity. It will not now begin Republican Ticket. From the Monroe Republican. Our candidate for treasurer, John Ekmann, is a bard working and indus trious farmer. He is not an office seeker, but will handle the county funds and account for them to a cent. Ralph J. Pagsley and Chas.;W. Jens were both soldiers and made good records in the .Philippines. They will make just as good officials as they wore soldiers, and no mistake will be made.in electing them. O. E. Steinbaugh is a former Monroe boy and his old friends, regardless of party, will take pleasure in voting for him for sheriff. That he will fill the office satisfactorily goes without saying where he is known. V Ernest C. Halm of Granville township is a business man and well known all over the county and is thoroughly com petent to fill the office he aspires to. He has held many responsible positions in the several towns in the county. Ernest C. Halm. At the meeting of the republican cen tral committee Saturday last, the decli nation of Gus G. Becher as candidate for clerk of the district court, was ac cepted, and Ernest C. Halm of Granville township selected to take the place. Mr. Halm is a business man well and favorably known over the county, is thoroughly competent in every way for the position named, and will make a vigorous campaign. Mr. Halm is a native of New York state, born in 1861, and has been a resident of Nebraska twenty-one years, coming here with his father, living on a farm in Boone county the first six years. He worked in this city for Oehlrich Bros, and for Wm. Becker, and for Mr. Rasmussen and Mr. Hickok, both here and at Platte Center. He has been engaged in business at Humphrey the lost four years. The nomination for one of the most im portant offices in the county came to him unsought on his part Thoroughly competent and capable, it is conceded that he will make an excellent clerk of the court. He will be an honor to his party in the discharge of the duties of the office. Once the protective tariff was the bugbear used to frighten young politi cal children; then, when they did not stampede ns it was intended they should, the money-system of the country was ransacked to find a talking point in a supreme effort to exploit populism and discredit republicanism. But it didn't work, because republicans have had the faculty of seeing the salient points of a policy, and of adhering very closely to the good and practical. In 1896, the party was for sound money, no less un reservedly than usual. The party had been the cause of the enactment of a law providing for the resumption of specie payment in 1879, and ever since that time all our dollars have been as good as gold. The republican party in 1896 declared unalterable opposition to every measure calculated to debase our currency or impair the credit of our country. With these general principles guiding the policy of the nation's great party of progress, the Ship of State has steered clear of all financial breakers; was never in safer waters, and is literally and truly all right, continually conscious and proudly conscious of the fact that a surplus is a very much more agreeable thing to manage than a deficit The Journal feels like congratulating Admiral George Dewey upon his safe return last week to Vermont uplands to the first new state of the American union added to the original thirteen; to a land prolific in good, substantial, solid men and patriots, who welcomed him home with open arms and open hearts. True greatness is never copied, and his fellow-citizens may never know how much the manhood of our hero is indebted to ms boyhood lire and sur roundings for that solidity of character which is his, and that love of country which has been to him the source of his inspiration at the other side of the world. The marble and the granite of the Green mountains are no more conspic uous in the physical frame-work of the state, than are the grandeur and the strength of character of her sons and daughters in the history of our common country. Long live George Dewey. Those who were at the opera house last evening heard one of those ad dresses that is heartily appreciated by an audience and one that the "enemy" must admit is true. Mr. Whitmore dis cussed Mr. Holcomb's record from a democratic standpoint he himself being a democrat Every charge that was made against Mr. Holcomb is a matter of record and the most ardent supporter of Mr. Holcomb does not even attempt to refute the charges. Mr. Summers took up the state issues largely but took occasion to throw in a few sledge ham mer blows on questions of national interest He is a very entertaining speaker and had no difficulty in keep ing in close touch with his audience. Blair Pilot The new railroad has been opened from Skaguay to Lake Bennett in the Klondike region, and telegraphic com munications were made last week through from San Francisco. giaiiwuiuiiHiniiiinBiwiiiimifi I Sfefcititnal Steal. I I 1 ""wawniftiMniiisMisiiHomaaiPnHwi For all fresh cuts or wounds, in either the human subject or in animals, as a dressing, BALLARD'S SNOW LIN IMENT is excellent; while for sores on working horses, especially if slow to heal, or suppurating, its healing quali ties are unequaled. Price 25 and 50 cts. Dr. A. Heint and Pollock & Co. ;xxx900oooooo CREDIT. 34 to do either." M XSOHQOOQRaOQQQS FtC ttf tt 1 1 f f t Serstmal Mtntitn. m m 4444 B. R Cowdery of Lincoln was in the city Sunday. M. C. Calto was in Omaha Sunday and Monday. Mrs. C. C. Gray returned Sunday from her trip west. John Wiggins and son Ralph visited Omaha Saturday. Miss Anna Sturgeon visited relatives in Rising over Sunday. Mrs. M. Brngger and her brother, A. Stenger went to Omaha yesterday. Miss N. B. Dawson and Miss Millman of Silver Creek were in the city Satur day. Mrs. C. H. Matthews is visiting with Mrs. J. L. Lamb, of Brown's Valley, Minnesota. Miss Anna Berger returned Saturday from an extended visit with her sister in Fairbury. Mrs. E. H. Jenkins returned Mon day from a few weeks' visit in Madison and Norfolk. A. M. Jennings and daughter Flor ence, left Tuesday morning for their home, Fitzgerald, Georgia. Mrs. R. H. Henry returned Thursday from a visit to her son Robert in Colora do. He is enjoying excellent health. Miss Anna Gietzen will leave in a few days for Riverside, California, where she will remain indefinitely for her health. Mrs. D. N. Miner, her son Eddie and daughter Laura, and Mrs. Crumrine were at Omaha Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Mrs. John Murphy of Rogers returned home Monday, after a few weeks' visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Fitzpatrick. Mrs. Dr. Baker and Miss Bessie Sheldon returned Friday from York, where they attended the confederation of Woman's clubs. Miss Emma Segelke spent Sunday at home from attending Normal school in Fremont She was accompanied by Miss Decker, who visited with her. MraC. H. Sheldon and daughter Miss Bessie, Mrs. J. G. Reader, Mrs. George Fairchild, Mrs. R. T. Page and Mr. H. J. Alexander were all tourists to Omaha on this morning's train. A. M. Darling came down from Mer rick county Friday night. He looks as rugged as in the 70's, but like the re mainder of Nebraskans of those earlier days, is sporting some gray hairs. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Tschudin of Woodburn went to Colfax county Satur day to visit at Adolph Ernst's over Sunday, returning home Monday. Mrs. Tschudin and Mrs. Ernst are listers. Platte County Teachers' Meeting. Tho teachers of Platte county will meet at the Lindsay High school Satur day, October 28, 1899, the session begin ning at 1:15 p. m., sharp. Songs by Primary, Intermediate and High School pupils. Piano selection by C. E. Charnquist Moral Education a Necessity A. R Dougherty. The Ideal Teacher L. W. Fike. Literature in the Rural Schools Jessie M. Maw. Why Teachers Leave the Profession E. C. Hicks. Free High School and Compulsory Laws Edward Waggoner. School Incentives Gertrude Fellers. Importance of the Common Branches C. F. Carey. Monroe. From the Looking Glasa. Monday night, Oct 9, fire broke out in the Monroe Grain Co's elevator, and was well under way before discovered. so that nothing was saved. One freight car, C. B. & Q., was en tirely burned, and one U. P. car badly burned at one end. The U. P. coal shed was burned, and a close call made for the depot, one of the Grain Co's granaries, and the premises of F. H. Gerrard. The elevator was insured for $1,200 and the grain for $1,500. The elevator cost $2,000, and had a new gasoline engine, recently put in. Beal Estate Tnuufera. Becher, Ja?ggi& Co., real estate agente, report the following real estate transfers filed in the office of the county clerk for the week ending October 14, 1899. Israel Glock to Jacob Syalo, awl ac4 13- 19-Jw.wd. $1000 00 Delia Swain to Andrew Paprocki. lots 1. 2, 7 and 8, blk 41. Colombas, wd.. . 1300 00 U P Ry Co to Wm N Combs, e2 nei and n2 sel and nrt aol 7-lfrw. wd 1300 00 Wm H Deegan to K Muck, lot , blk 7. 1st add to Lindsay, wd 165 00 Frederick to O D and D A Folliett, aS sw S2-19-2W. wd 2000 00 Anna B Wilkinson to Samuel Mahood. lot 4. blk 127, Colnmbns. qcd 400 00 Kmeline C Saley to C MeKelvey. lot 7. blkU.SteTen'aaddtoCoLwd 650 00 Louise Brandt to H F J Hockenberger, Iotal,2.blk4.ColajBbas,wd 1400 00 H P H Oehlrich to A F H Oealrick. un divided K ot ptof lot 2, in blk 84, Columbus, wd S300 00 J H Bnshe to K Hack, lot 4, blk 7. Lindsay, wd. 400 00 Albert GreUa to Israel Glock, sw4 ae4 23-l&2w.wd. , 800 00 U P By Co to George N Lamb, nw4 sw4 lB.19i2w.wd SU 90 Twelre tnuufera, total I1S.4S8 90 Oar Kates te the Grtattr Daily sales, good ten days $4.15 for round trip. Tuesday sales, good seven days $2.75 round trip. Saturday and for train number four Sunday sales, $2.60 round trip, good re turning following Monday. For further information call at Union Pacific passenger depot. W. H. Ben- bam, Agent. SsgvgxSrSs HOLCOMB'S HOUSE BENT. Official Record Showing the Facts! of the Scandal. Silas A. Holcomb, while governor of the state, not only accepted an uncon stitutional appropriation for the pay ment of his private house rent, but by the nsft nf nadded vouchers he took from the state treasury almost double the i amount of money that the house rent ' actually cost. It takes no argument to substantiate this. The records are the best evidence. When the legislature of 1893 made a tat the house rent house-rent appropriation for Governor Crounse, the last Republican governor, it was promptly vetoed. Crounse in his message declared it unconstitutional, and said the legislature had no power to increase the salary or perquisites of any state officer. Governor Holcomb had no such re gard for the constitution or the law. He regarded the law :i "a farce and a sham," as his sworn testimony later dis closed. He was glad to take the house rent appropriation, and he intended to make as much as possible out of it. The records show that for the first six months after the appropriation was available in 1893, Holcomb lived in a house belonging to A. O. Orandall. There is no evidence of tho actual amount paid Crandall for the rent, but the vouchers drawn show that for each quarter the governor drew $180 in ad vance. He had Crandall sign the vouchers. On the 1st of Ootober Holcomb rented a house from Mrs. Gould at the rate of 30 per month. And yet the records show that for the quarter ending Jan. 1, 1896, he drew in advance $180 for "house rent." The date of this voucher is Sept. SO, 1893. Tho next voucher drawn was on March 3, 1896, when Holcomb took $350 all in a lump, the voucher saying it was for "houso rent," but did not say what period of timo it covered. This was the case with all future vouchers, an adroit effort having been made to cover up the misappropriation or steal. The record of all the vouchers drawn, as shown by the books in the auditor's office is as follows: May 2, 1895 $180.00 July 11, 1895 180.00 Sept. 30, 1895 180.00 March 3, 1896 850.00 Dec.84, 1898 300.00 Aug. 7, 1897 130.00 Deo. 24, 1897 360.00 May 26, 1898 250.00 Aug. 8, 1898 100.00 Dec. 10, 1898. 200.00 Jan. 6, 1899 83.30 $2,303.30 Governor Holcomb deliberately mis appropriated and put in his pocket each month a little over $19. All this in spite of the fact the appropriation is for a certain amount for house rent, "or so much thereof as may be necessary." No quibble will justify the steal. The state officials now admit the wrong, and to prevent tho vouchers from being in spected by the public, the auditor has removed them from their usual places with the other vouchers in the vault, and has them concealed at tho present time in Deputy Pool's desk. A good way to prove this is to go and ask to see them. The sworn evidence given by Mrs. Gould shows how much was paid for the house which Holcomb rented of her on the 1st of October, 1895, and which he still occupies. She testified before and investigating committeo as follows: Q. Who runted the property? A. Both of us; my husband and my self. Q. Who is tho tenant? A. Mr. Holcomb. Q. What does he pay nowf A. xniriy uoiiara. Q. Who pays the water rent? A. He does. Q. Tho rental price is the same as when you rented it? A. Yes, air. Hero followed a number of questions re lating to the rental value of property in the city as compared with years ago and the testimony resumed as follows: Q. What year was It with reference to his being elected governor? Do you know the year that you rented it to him? A. Why, I am not positive when the rent began, but I think it was hi October, 1895; I couldn't swear to that I hadn't only 15 minutes to get ready in and I hadn't much time to look anything up. I think it was October, 1895, he first rented it. Q. After that your husband did the leasing? A. Yes, sir. Q. And you don't know how many years he rented it for; that Is, you can't recall now? A. I suppose it would bo since 1895. It would be four years. This is 1899. Q. In collecting the rent, Mrs. Gould, to whom was it paid? A. It was usually paid to mc, but to Mr. Gould when ho was at home. Q. Who paid it to you? A. The governor. Q. How didjghe pay it to you, by check or money? A. Sometimes in money and some times in check or draft. Q. Were you ever paid by warrant from the state? Di 1 the state pay you? A. No. Q. It was always paid cither by money or a private check? A. Yes, sir. Q. Was it paid monthly or quarterly? A. Monthly. Q. In advance? A. Not always. Sometimes it would bo pretty near two months. Sometimes the 15th and sometimes near the last. I never was paid right at the day. Q. Did you collect it by going after it, or was it brought to the house? A. He usually brought it to me. The legislative investigation commit tee, before which this evide-ice was g'ven, tried to get Holcomb to testify, e refused to come forward and ex plain himself, for the good reason that no explanation was possible. The f ol lowing is a part of the oommittee's offi cial report: "The 24th session of the legislature of the state of Nebraska, by house roll No. 63S, a bill making appropriation for cur rent expenses for theblennium, appropri ated the sum of $1,500 for house rent for the governor. The 25th session of the legislature, by house roll No. 614, also ap propriated for the purpose of house rent for the governor the sum of $1,500 for the bienniam. Complaint having been mode to the committee that this sum had been misappropriated, evidence in relation to the same was heard, and from the evi dence we find: That the first two vouch ers drawn against this fund thus created were each for the sum of $180, each pur ported on Its face to bo for three months ho louse rent: the warrants in navment wereoi oeing urawn to A. u. urandall. Theso vouchers wore, to say the least, ir regular in that the first drawn May 2 was for rent to July 1. 1895, while the second, drawn July 11, 1885, was for rent to Oct. 1, 1805, thus paying the bills for rent be fore they matured. 'The committee further finds that from about the first of October, 1805, to the end of his term of office the governor occupied a residence on A street In the city of Lin coln, owned by Mrs. C. A. Gould, and for which he paid a rental of 130 per month, which sum was paid monthly at the con venience of the governor, and to the en tire satisfaction of Mrs. Gould; that dur ing the time he occupied said residence as governor he presented vouchers in his own same amounting to f 1,93.20, three of which, amounting to $710, were not sworn to as required by law, for the payment of which the state auditor Issued his war jl .. ' - -r Z'ZZ." rants on the state treasurer. "The committee were unable to procure the attendance of A. C. Crandall, to whom the first two warrants were issued, to as certain tho amount actually paid to him for rent, but giving the benefit of the doubt to the vouchers as filed, and ad mitting that $50 per month was the amount of rent actually received by him, it will be seen that 9T&90 of the amount set apart for the payment of house rent has been misappropriated by Governor Holcomb, and your committee would recommend that your excellency refer this matter to the attorney general with instructions to take such steps as may be necessary to recover from Mr. Holcomb the amount thus mwppropri$sd." Thi man wno makeg paddafl i vouchers, who arranges to have them I ooncealod from the public gaze, who refuses to appear ana tesiuy oeiore m committee,-and who fails to explain in any way why he pocketed this money, is now a candidato for the office of su preme judge. Tho house-rent fraud is only one of the many reprehensible deals entered into by this "politician for spoils only." He is not fit for the supreme bench, and should be repudi ated at the polls. Kr. Bryant Political Moral. Some time ago the Hon. J. Sterling ' Morton made the public assertion that ' wuuam i. jmtu iu u v m mk ' money that is in the office and not the UUUW tuav atut.K mo. Such a remark from Mr. Bryan could not be regarded as a probability by those who believe him to be a leader with high moral standards and honorable purpose. The charge having been made by so prominent a citisen as Mr. Morton, on the other hand, created much comment. Mr. Bryan's friends refused to believe Mr. Morton and vig orously denounced him for making such a false accusation against their idol. Finally, on Sept. 26, Mr. Bryan, when at his home in Lincoln, was in terviewed on the subject and he denied ever having given expression to such an utterance and added that whatever Mr. Morton might say was unworthy of credence. It was then "up to" Mr. Morton. Accordingly in the issue of his paper, The Conservative, of Oct 12th, he published a facsimile letter re ceived by him from Mr. Bryan in which the language quoted is found. A photographic reproduction of the let ter leaves no doubt as to whether Mr. Bryan did or did not make use of such language. The decision is in Mr. Mor ton's favor. Friends of Mr. Bryan will offer the excuse that the letter is ten years old, that he was, when he wrote it, much younger than now and that, if such language and sentiment be objection able, the transgression has been out lawed. If this lenient view of the case be granted the fact still remains that Mr. Bryan was, on Sept. 26th, 1899, at the zenith of his powers and perhaps of his fame, and how, therefore, will he be excused from denying the utterance? Obviously Mr. Bryan's political op ponents have too generously conceded the sincerity of his purposes, the in tegrity of his character. Mr. Morton !. tk.l nn has not convicted him of any greater defection from the straight path of rec titude than he purposely and publioly made in 1896, when, on his tail-end campaign, he advised voters to wear gold badges and vote for silver. This endorsement of hypocrisy and deception was certainly as unbecoming a presi dential candidate as anything Mr. Mor ton has proven against him or of which he stands self -convicted. If "a vote for Holcomb is a vote for Bryan" is to be adopted as the fusion shibboleth this year in Nebraska, then theso things are to be legitimately con sidered along with the Holcomb "cigar box" settlement with Defaulting Treas urer Bartley, the house-rent record and ballot-fraud connection. Mr. Bryan, profiting by his corres pondence with J. Sterling Morton, should not forget the postscript, "burn this letter. 'J Readers of this paper are being fur nished some impartial evidence of the questionable acts of Silas A. Holcomb, token from the records. A consider ationoi it by tne public is all tnat is necessary to elect M. B. Reeso justice of the supremo court. Dewey was going to blow the admin istration dear out of the water when he arrived. Ho would tell the world the mistakes of tho government. He would give Aguinaldo a patriot's certi ficate. So said the "antis." Dewey i home again and he reafiirms what ho has always said since the 1st day of May, 1898 that tho authority of the American flag must be established in the Philippines. There were many loyal Democrats of the north, who, in the sixties, gave their support to the administration of President Lincoln because they believed their country more worthy of preser vation than any political party. The indications are there are many such in Nebraska today. They realize that to vote against the administration by sup porting the fusion party this year wUl be to give aid and comfort to enemies of the American flag in the Philippines, and thus commit a grave and irrepar able blunder. That Nebraska will stand by tho president in this emer- :ncy, as the brave boys of tho First Nebraska stood by tho flag in tho Phil ippines, is practically a foregone con clusion. AUTHORS' MANUSCRIPTS. He Neeeaaary Fr Editors Read Them From BesinMlaa: to Had. Once more the tale goes round of the author who sent a story to three jour nals and had it returned by every one withoat having been read. He knew it becauce he had pasted two of the leaves together. Very likely. We do not think of reading through a half or a quarter of the articles that are sent to us. It often does not take half a minute to dis card what one knows he doesn't want It is an old saying that one does not need to eat a whole joint to learn whether it is tainted. It would be a revelation to some of these writers to see how fast an expe rienced and conscientious editor can, at times, go through a big pile of essays, stories or poems. The title is often enough, and he would say, "We don't want an article on that subject" The next article begins with a page or two of commonplace introduction, and that is thrown aside in half a minute's in spection without turning more than the next page. The next begins with a platitude "We can't print that stuff." The first verse of this next poem has false meter and is tossed aside. The next begins in schoolgirl style, with "dove" and "love;" it is not read through. Of the next the editor reads ten lines. It is simply a dull descrip tion of a stream in a forest not want ed. The next poem begins in a fresh way, seems to be constructed according to the rules, is pretty good. It is put one side to see if other better poems will crowd it out The next is a story. The first page is promising, but the sec ond shows a coarse strain, and the read ing stops there. Ten articles are decided upon, and with sufficient good judgment in ten minutes, for a minute to a manuscript is often twice as much time as it needs. It does not take that long for a dealer to stick an iron skewer in a smoked ham, draw it out and smell of it Not one article in a dozen perhaps needs to be read through. New York Independ ent. Beth Sides. Pp Yon saw that big boy whip ping the little one, and 70a didn't in terfere. Suppose yon had been that lit tie boy? Bobbie I did think of that and wat going to part 'em, but then I happened to think a'pose I waa the big boy? So I left 'em alone. 'London Fojk Te Chicago aaa the East. Passengers going east for business, will naturally gravitate to Chicago as the great commercial center. Passengers re-visiting friends or relatives in the eastern states always desire to "take in" Chicago en route. 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