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GENERAL VAN XVVCK
MONT.
At the request of Senator VaVyck
the date of the rms iiicotin ; ; to beheld
hold at Fremont oa Wedtttadny , Octo
ber 10th , la changed to Saturday , Oc
tober 7th. General Connor nnd HOD.
M. K. Turner huvo agreed to
the citizens of Dodge county nt the
Bitno mooting.
LET every nnti-monopolint conati-
tuto himself a campaign cotiitniltco of
ono. Victomn nro won by work , not
by wind.
NUMEROUH cabinet cban ca arc in
proipcct. General Arthvrr csn work
rnoro .wonders in a cabinft thnn thu
Divonport brothcra
MASON hiui been rofuaod
a writ of Imbutis corpun by th < 3 nupromo
court of Ntry York , but General Siior-
inan , nn acting secretary of war , han
rccomwiiiidnd hia pardon by tlio preni-
dent. Matou h.s baun puni&hed nuf-
ficicntly for his miaduiuoatior , which
consisted in trjing to chont tlio gallows -
lows of thu oowp.idly u snar.in of I'res
ident Girlield.
Tine Omaha Jlqiublican is kosp-
ing it before ( bo people that nny
opposition to corrupt republican rule
ia direct aid to the democrats If it
over comes to u point whoru the j > eo-
plo are compelled to chooao between
an honeat democrat nnd a dtnhoiicst
republican voters will not take long
to make up their tninda as to their
choice.
JUDOE TUUNKHY of the
vania supreme court , in a huit involv
ing the obligation of a railroid com
pany to houor H ticket uold by a
scalper , haa decided that when n rnil-
road has i.inuod a ticket it must honor
it , no matter in whoso handu the ticket
may be and rauat carry the holder the
distance otipulated on its face.
TlIF. revK'ftl Of bow rule , machine
nppliai'dct and fcdcr.il dictation in
Now York nnd Pennsylvania havfl
made thosp status the battleground.
The republican voturo are determined
to strike down the machine * politicUnu.
to repudiate the trlcka and fraudo of
ward politico , to rebuke the national
administration intermeddling , and
to assort the rights of , the pcoplo , oven
at the coat of republican detect. The
party can well atlbrd to submit to Ilia
heroic treatment. Otuiturizuiou ia
the only oU'ectiva reinody , The demo
crats may carry Now York and Penn
sylvania , and may even gain thu con
trol of the nnxt uongroes , bat the re
publican party will bo the stronger
in 1884 for the banishiuont of the
machine and by rcmion of the now
demonstration of its power to reform
the abuse * which grow up in ita own
rankti. It ia also possible that a demo
cratic con roia may contribute mate
rially to republican auccoss in 1884.
Chleagt Tribune ,
Those are strong words from a
launch republican journal , They ap
ply with equal pertinency to the re
publican otato of Nebraska , which has
boon handed over to llio tender mercies -
cies of monopoly bosses who hide be
hind the mask of party loyalty. The
republican parly will ba ntronger for
their dofoit. Parasite like they are
flapping ita vitality nnd pUylnx font
and loose with every principle of trua
icpublicuniem. Moro democrats are
made every year in Nebraska by the
railroad attornoya thnn by nny other
influence , and republican aucacsa in
ith'o future can only bo assured by the
defeat in the coining election of every
, republican candidate who owes hit
nomination to the aid nnd cllbris ot
corporate monopoly.
DOWN WITH THE BOSSES.
"Down with the boasoa" is the cry
which ia ringing in Pennsylvania and
Now Yprk , where n corrupted party
organization has attempted to foist
by fraud and force their notuiiu-cn
upon the voters of the republican
party.
"Dawn with tha bossee" should bu
the rallying cry of every reputable
citizen of Nebraska who cares more
for Ilia own aolf respect as a man and
a voter than ho does for the aulQsh in
terests of designing party loaders and
the dictation of the managera of cor
porate monopoly ,
Fraudulent parly methods under
Bon Cameron's rule were responsible
for the great republican revolt in
Pennsylvania. Corruption and bribery
at Saratoga , under Jay Gould and
Stove French , have started a defection
from the republican ranks in New
Vl
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Tork , which will result in the olcclton
of a democratic governor.
The same methodn have bccm
adopted in Nebraska , and the ean.o
outcome ought to follow. K. K.
Tnlontino nominated by the railroad
henchmen , Lorati OMrk counted in
by brnzcn-facod fraud and Jim L ird
placed on the ticket in the Second
ili/itrict / an the representative of a
jnrty majority , should each and all
follow Uij.irrr and 1'olgcr to the de
feat which tli.'s fall ivwiiits candidates
who have rccutod their nominations
In opposition to the popular will.
The only way to cruih out baasism
is to provo that the people ave moro
powerful vhati the bosfcs. Pardon-
ini ; fraud ii iril the method
to pravciit iln rcciirrotice. Protcit
IM ntiy other manner th-m nt the polls
ll not hocfljotm' . The rule of the
bosses n-t.-ipoiHS people willing to bo
iul jd. Too dictation of the railroads
ia b.nud on the refuial nf voters to re
volt ir * 5uit c rtrpir.iti ) n roision. So
. ( OP party In vdori arn reliable and
roprcsent tlio puty well they nhonld
followed. The moment they arro-
Riiiiliy attempt to assert thomculvoa ns
nero poK-orful than ilio parly itaelf
they must bn dnpoccd.
ON THE KONOPO-
I.IEJ.
Valnntino'a address beforo' the Val
ley County Agricultural oooioty ia rc-
markablo chiefly for what it docs not
contain. There ia a great deal of tally
given to thu garden isasa bureau of the
government , and n heavy puff for the
committee on agriculture , of which
the West Point land chirk happens' to
bu lha chairman. The tranoportation
( lUostion is handled very jjingorly. It
i nat tu hi oxpcctod that Satnn will
denounce Sitau , and it wivi not in the
order of things that 1 ] , K. Valentino ,
the aiudidiito of the Nobrackii mon
opolies , would duro to raiao hii voice
very lourlly u Hinut his railroad mast -
t r.i , After ruferrini ; to the uudia-
putoil fur.t that far morn tint altercated
in diec'usaions of thu railroad ques
tion , Valentino aaye :
Thu ri ht to control railroadu by
national and uti\tn Irgishtion ia con
ceded by all , but how fur that control
may bo carried is yet un open ques
tion. The ownurd and oporatorH of
raitronda claim thai vro have no moro
ri lit 10 control or unciurliiito to rejju-
late thu fiireu and r.itc3 of freight over
their vivriotia lim-o thuu we have to iii
tlio pn'c'O of v. ranptr or morcr tlmfc ia
manu'auturud ' If a corporation char
tered by a utato. Tlu-y claim the
aionoy is their own , thnt they have
invested to build tliiuu ro.idj and tint
tlioy should be pcrrnittEd to regulate
fiires Mid freight , the came as a
meru'.mnt doei thi pries of his
waror , but willi Ihsso gcntlomen , I
have no doubt , mary of you disagree.
The national and Htnto govornmonta
luvu been moat liberal and generous
toward thcso corporations , doinitlng
largo nnd rnluablu tncts of lund to
thotu. and rhere in ocirc'jly a county
In this atnto that 1ms a railroad , but
what li.n nidcd it more liberally , and
to-aay is being taxed to meet theeo
libeirlitica. It coc.ta lar o aums of
inondy1 to build ratlroida , ' nnd in our
onutitnie Uiey have been built in
sparncly eoltled acotions , whatcT I presume -
sumo it docs not now pvy to operate
them. # * * *
But ruilioads ara necessary to you , in
dividually nnd as n clacs. Your inter
ests and theirs nro molt intricately
interwoven ; without them yon can
not reach the marUota with your pro
ducts and your stock ; on the other
hund they cannot prospur without
sour products and Block to transport.
It io1 therefore , plain that you should
bo on moat friendly torms. There
should bo no aMtagonUm between you ,
nnd it ii my opinion that it would bu
far bolter lor all concerned if , in fix
ing the rates of fare and freight , the
rnilroad manager could consult with
the merchant and the farmer , the pro
ducer and the shipper , and fix rates
so that each should bo fairly treated ;
that they should observe the motto ,
"Live and lot livo. "
" ITho moat aggressive manager in
Nebraska could find no fault with
these statoiuonti M Valentino well
knew. The plea for the railionda is
very carefully inserted in the utito
inunt of the least forcible objections
against thorn. Of the extortions and
discriminntion of the monopolies
u ainst their patrons , of their refusal
lo piy taxes on their lands , of the
undervaluation of their property this
tool of thu railroads takrs good oaro
tn uny nothing. Ho has no protest to
mnVo agaiuat the abuse of corporate
power in manipulating local
and national politics. Ha utters
no word of denunciation for
the purchase of legislators and the
bribury of our courts , Ho dared not
raieo hia voice against the brazen-faced
fraud nt the late convention in which
thu attempt to seouro the atuto board
of uqualizition wua made by counting
out the choaen representative of the
people for treasurer. These nro phases
of the monopoly which K. K. Valentino
tine passed by inoiloncoandcontontol
himself with a few mildly drawn re-
nmka against "stock watering" which
he informed hia hearers unless stopped
would neccasitato the regulation of
railroads by law. Of congressional
control ho remarked :
Numerous billa have been Intro
duced iu conare3s looking tu control
of railroads , and ns many opinions
expressed r.n there are bills. The onu
which Boem most popular 11 the Rea
gan bill. That or some simi'ar ' bill
will bs before cangrcas for action dur-
in 2 its uuxt sussion , and I shall vote
upon it as I beliavo will boat servo the
interest * nf Nubraaka , nnd I suppose
members from other states will veto
for each olaudus to bo insortod'as will
bast suit the interests of ihoir own
particular asctlon. Aa the interests of
Bootions differ ao will the votes of the
men representing those districts.
If Valentino' * past votes in what ho
calls tha "interests of Nebraska" are
any criterion from which to jndtjo of
his future Action , hi constituents will
pray that he may bo found abnont at
roll call , He has been ft consistent
opponent of every measure looking
toward regulation of the monop
olies. Ho assisted in strangling the
bill for railroad extension in Northern
Nebraska , because it conflicted with
the intoronts of the railroads for which
ho was rotrincd , and in every job in
which the railroad lobby nt Washing
ton was concerned , K. K. Valentino
drew a plunj.
It was not to bo expected , as wo
said before , that this nominee of cor
porate monopoly would dare to plant
himself upon an anti-monopoly plat
form , or to douounco the flagrant
abates committed by his masters.
II in spaccb , na n bid for vntcn ,
will fail. It is neither flush ,
Hah nor fowl , and wo
greatly mistake if the farmcra
of Norlhurn Nebraska permit them-
nelves to bo tnkon in by any such
meaningless twaddle.
NEBRASKA I.AND RINGS.
Kror ninco Nebraska was. admitted
Into the union this state has boon in
fested by a gang of land sharks who
have sought to rob the people of their
patrimony in the public domain. First
wo had the atato capital rint ; with
Dave Butler and Tom Ken nerd at ils
head , who engaged in Iho general land
business on a very largo icalo. They
disposed of thouuands upon thousands
of acres to oir line railroads built on
papnr and they managed to trallic
away the t.ilino lands , penitentiary
lands nnd public improvement lands
to land rings and corrupt jobbers.
Then wo had a swamp land ring under
the Furna.i regime , which voted
to give Tom lionnard & Co.
fifty per cent of all the hinds to which
Nubrn'ika waa entitled from thu na
tional government under the swamp
land uct. It uui computed that there
wuro millions in this tchumo. Then
wo had thu land grabbers nnd home
stead ( iwindlors1 ring , with Valentino ,
Schwenck & Co. aa head centers.
This ring infested northern Nebraska
and the Elkliorn valley as dealers and
jobbers in homesteads , which wcro re-
icorved nnd "covered up" for the ring ,
and cold to acttlera at extravagant
premiums. But the most dangerouti
nnd rascally ring of Ir.nd sharks Hint
Ins over cursed Nebraska , ia thu pub
lic school land ring , which bus quietly
been opoiating through Stii'.o Land
Cammissioner Glen Kendall.
It is the irl ( 9nco of this ring , act
ing through C. II. Gere , who was a
ailent partner in the Butler & Ken-
nnrd ring that caused thu following
plank to bo smuggled into the repub-
liotn platform :
IldolnJ , 'Hint tha policy of the atato
bonrd of landa and building/ , favoring the
lonFinc , for terraa of yenra. of our xchool ,
unlTcniUy nnd agricultural college land ? ,
at a fair rental , In preference to felling the
same , undrr tbo option given by law , meets
\vith otir approval na the best possible
sneana rf proioivlnp the heritage of our
children , and providing regular anil ever
increasing revenues lor educational pnr.
pones.
pones.When thb aingular plank wta first
given to the public Tin : DCS regarded
It aa mere bunkum , but we have since
discovered n very hugo darkey in that
wood pile.
This innocent plank endorsing the
action of Glen Kendall in leasing the
land on option ia designed to cover a
stupendous fraud. Wo have it from
reliable authority that the school land
ring has already pocketed thousands
of dollars out of school lund leases.
The way they operate ia about aa
follows ; The atato school landa nro
first appraised under the order of tbo
bonrd of public lands , cf which Glen
Kundall is thu head end front. The
appraisers are picked from among Iho
ring and the lands are appraised at n
very low rate.
They then forward an application
for n twenty years' luauo to Glen Ken
dall , and they got the use of thu land
at six per ixtit , which is about six
cents tm ucro per annum. Largo
tracts of tchuol lands are thus leased
to the nn ; ; and then cublot to
actual iietilore. These leases
are granted without notice to
anybody and nobody outside of thu
ring knows unytbirg about them , If
a farmer wants to pasture caltlo or
wauts to cut hay hu has to pay around
sum or purchase thu leuso. Wo have
been assured that for a sii.glo tract of
land in Madison county the ring was
offered live hundred dollars bonui for
the lease within a week. When the
parties who have bought school landa
under former contracts fall behind in
their payments thu landa are declared
forfeited by the land commission'
and leased "at "
er option" to
tlio ring at very low figure * ,
U ia to endorse this system of robbery
and jobbery that thu republican party
has been imposed upon by that mys
terious plank in thu platform , And
Glen Kundall is the right man to carry
out these swindling operations. Glen
waa up to his oars in the old survey
ing contracts that ccandalized the re
publican party for a number of years
and were thu keynote of thu revolt
against the old dynasty six years ago.
As a matter of record we append the
following list , which nj y throw
s ; > mo light upon the political
operations of the name old
land sharks both in Northern and
Southern Nebraska , Nearly every
one of these surveying contracts were
moro or less fraudulent , and the Ken
dall's and the Paul's cut a consider
able figure In theaa swindling oper
ations ,
The statement showing the con *
tracts and condition of public surveys
nnder special railroad deposits of
$41,438.54 during the n cal year end-
in Juno 30 , 1872 , is substantially as
follows : Stephenson & Slocnm ,
April 5 , 1872 , 80,000 ; Wiltso , Ken.
dall A Court , $0,000 ; Keyes & Jami
son , $5,875 ; Park & Campbell ,
83,360 ; Paul & Harvey , $3,000 ;
North & Broker , $0,000 : Milnef &
ItoMonor , ? 5,1CO ; Pollard & Wells ,
83,300 ; PAtrick it Stout , $2,400.
Statement of contracts under ap
propriation for fircil year endit'g
Juno.'JOth , 1873 : U'chards & Wil
bur , § 0,120 ; Wiltso , Kendall it Court ,
S13.100 . ; Jfhn B Crosby S3.000 ;
Hholdon it Fftirficld , $5,800 ; Pitrick
i'i Stout , § 1,200 ; Slocum , Stepheneon
it Slocum , 50,000 ; Daughetty it
PArmaloo , 80,140 ; ISnoa F. GMJ nnd
John N. H iyo , § 5,515 ; 'N. I Pnuhxnd
llobort Harvey , 84 530 ; La Munyon
it Oampboll , 83,500 ; making n tot.il
of $50,1)41 ) in contracts for hscal year
ondiug Juno C0h , 1873.
The report of condition , ite. , of non-
tracts under sppropriation for fincil
year imding Juno 30 , 1874 , has the
following names :
Prtrk & Cirapbell , ? 4,200 ; Wjltncit
Court , § 9,208 ; Dau berty , Pimiialue
t C.mipbMI , $8,850 ; Stophcnson it
Slocum , $ ! ) ,000 ; McElroy it Stephen-
son. § 7,080 ; "Dorrlnpton it Fiutliold ,
7,700 : hirton it Kmidall , $7,500 ;
Chapman it Sanqcr , § 5,700 ; White it
Hull , $ .1 000.
Thb report of contracts for the year
ondinp Juno 30 , 1875 , shows : Wiltso ,
Coitrr & McOlurc , $9SOOj Do.-rington
it Ffiirti.ild , e8,880 ; McBroom & Hull ,
§ ! ) , 120 ; StHphonson it Slocum , 59,000 ;
McElroy it Stout , § 0,000 ; Dougherty ,
Parmoleo it Campbell , $7,800 ; llich-
nrds it Richards , § 0,400 ; White &
Hull , § 3,000.
The controc'-s for 1875-70 were ns
follows : Stcphonson , Slocum nnd
Ilnrdin , $11,000 ; McElroy mid Eeuch-
er , § 8,400 ; Sahlegol and McBroom ,
811,000 ; Dougherty , Parmaleo and
Jlillor , § 8,750 ; Kendall and Doom ,
§ 8,000 ; DarritiKton , Wells nnd Kuhl-
man , $9,000 ; Wm. Maxwell , § 0,000 ;
Franklin Potter , § 13,000 ; Alexander
Schk-ael 81,800. Total expenditure ,
$100,300.
The following additional contracts
vroro reported for 1875 , under special
dopojiU : Wiltaa , Court it McClure ,
$9,782.05 ; Djrington and Faiifmld ,
§ 8,880 10 ; McLrown it Hull , § 9,129.-
. ' 18 ; Stcphonton & Slocum , § 9,990 39 ;
McElroy < t Stout , § 9,018 35 ; Dough
orty , Parmaloo it Oampboll , $7,808.-
20 ; lUchards & Richards , $4,79(5.78. (
For the year 1870 , the following
contracts were Jot conditional on nn i
appropriation by congress : John W.
Boaman , $12,000 ; i\vl it Harvey ,
§ 8,300 ; Witlse , Crowell it Burton ,
$11,400 : Dornnatoii it Fairfield.
§ 9,000.
Simon Cameron Pictured.
New Yotk Tribune.
Not long ao I saw a quaint , briary
sort of old man , the iron in tbo cor
puscles of his blood aluminous nnd
grey , his air constrained yet aer.rch-
ing like the smartest old follow in the
township making hb annual peep at
New York , and he carried in hia hand
a sort of rod or rude bough or shep
herd's crook with vihich ho picked his
way into n Broadway street car with a
young follow who r-ppearod. to bo
steering him around , and ho was none.
Ho accrued an apparition Cf Baillio
Nicoll Jarviu or Argyll , como out of
the highlands nf Scotland from a past
generation. Vet it KM Simon Cam
eron. A dizkiah shade in the pupil
of Hi eye like cmokcd ham denoted
the Pennsylvania Dutch that lay en-
wrapt in that clauny , clanny nature ,
tor ho u of Caledonian snow crossed
with old Rhino peasant stock , and
those who know the paculiaritiea of
thu old Suaqnohanne German race
uscribu moru ui Cameron to hia moth
er's typo than his father's. That gps-
sipping cleverness and insinuating in-
quuitivmicEtu into your worldly good
uud the hint that he might help you
better it ; nn apparently childish kind
ness and familiarity , a snooking pas
sion for details ttud close memory of
aftronts , slight./ , opposition or kind
ness , and perfccc unidoality or igno-
rnnco Unit there can bo a higher prin
ciple than material gratitude , toll the
old peasant soldier Block that has been
plowed under the limestone clover
tiolda of Lancaster county for n cen
tury and a half. Mixed with the
Sotch this blood produces politicians
of astonishing tenacity and thickners
of cuticlo. The Scotch mixed with
Holland Dutch resulted in such colonial
nial politicians aa Kobrt Livingston
the emigrant , whoso bonat it was ,
while absorbing lands , oflicos , matrimonial
menial alliances , Indian jobs , nnd
what not , that "ho had rather bo
called a knavu than a poor man. " In
the third generation this BaUvian
stock produced two conn , ono of whom
made Joll'erson president , the other
made Jackson so.
Nervous debility , the curao the
Americui people , immediately yields
to the uction of Brown'ri Iron Bitters.
HAS EMMA ABBOXr A BABY ?
Tbo Vexed Quebtlou Settled In an
Interview with tno Prlrna
Donna.
The query which tsuxpnued in f > o
headline above has , for \.ceks past ,
boon secretly nursed or openly pro
pounded by the numberless admirers
of the popular prlnia donna , Emma
Abbott. Floating paragraphs have
hinted at the recent arrival in the
singer's family of ono of these tiny
tokens of wedded bliss , in polite
society yclept "babies , " and in the
vernacular of the street referred to as
"kids. " The air of eecresy nnd the
atmosphere of uncertainty which have
enveloped this alleged offspring of the
house of Abbott , have bean especially
oxasporaliuc to the publia.
The public says : If Emmv :
Abbott has been required to devote
any of her time to learning a cradle
song , or any of the lullabies which
fond mothers tenderly croon over
their "tiny messengers from the great
unkuQwn , ' it should bo our privilege
to know it. Is she not ono of the
public's pets , and being such , is it not
our r'ght to know whether or not that
pet is being perpetuated in the thap *
of a small scale singorl
And perhaps the public is not un
reasonable in its demand. _ Bo that ru
it inty , the curiosity exists , nd it
remains for Tnx BKB to remove
the drapery from the family crib and
reveal its emptincer. During the
visit of a BEE reporter to Kauaan City
this week ho joined the innumerable
throng which each ovuningfillcd to the
floors the olognnt Conies opera
house , whore the Emma Abbott graud
English opera company was giving per
formnncea. Having been improvi
dent , he had secured no seat in advance -
vance and was doing an artistic posing
net in the lobby when ho was invited
by Mr. Whcclur , the company's busi-
ne.is manager , to make himself com
fortable behind the scones and to wit
ness the performance from that poinl
of vantnge , nn invitation which was
rondily accepted. Whun Miss Abbott
smiled recognition ft t the reporter , nnd
came towards hint in the ontrncto
with her customary cordial welcome
what wna more natural than to nk ,
"IIow's the tootey-ootsj t
"Tho what ? " And this was the ex
clamation which camu with unmusical
vociforousncss from the ringer's lipc.
'Tho little 'un , the enfant terrible ,
the Baby , with a big B , " explained
iho reporter. "It since I am in a
state of uncertainty an to the pronoun
which would best apply to its uex. "
"ThoBAby "s a myth , " the un-
matronly looking Emma emphatically
usscrted. The reporter thought to
refer the labial Bound to n lisp in the
aingor's articulation nnd congratulate
her upon being the mother of a litllo
miss ; but ho had in mind the untime
ly end of several punsters and ho
contented himself with remarking ,
"Then there is no baby. "
"Not in the Abbott household as
yet , " the prima donna continued ,
don't know whether to bo annoyed or
only nmuscd at that otory. It's one of
tbo Munchanson romances that otua
natofrom the imagination of thatawfu
Eugene Field , of the Denver Tribune.
I foul that I must deny the story and
sat myself right , nnd yet I know that
tha denial will not travel half so fast
nor bu nearly tie widespread as the
atory ittolf. The Denver Tribune has
harped on that Gctitioua baby with
such pertinacity that nearly every ono
in that city fully believed it by the
time I arrived there. Then the baby's
appearance described and till with
with such un air of verisimilitude that
I wns tempted to bo half uncertain
myself as to the existence of the cause
of till the hubbub. Now I appeal to
you : Do I look motherly ? "
The reporter c < sizud up" the appear-
ar.ca of the prima donna nnd was com
pelled to admit that eho had rather
the appearance of n girl than of
mother.
'And worse than all" the maligned
Emma continued , "my fiiencts are
writing to mo blaming mo for having
kept it all a soorct. My mother religiously
ligiously believes every thing aho reads
in the papers about me "
"What amazing credulity , " the reporter
porter ejaculated.
" And has written to know what the
little darling's name is , and what's the
color of ita hair. "
"And BO the thrilling epiaodo in
which a woman's ecrcama were berne
upon the midnight air in Iho halls of
the Denver hotel , nnd all the hurry
ing to and fro in corridors , nnd the
anxious consultations of eminent phy-
eici'jn'j in that alleged case of croup ,
waa but a figment of the Fiuld-iau
imagination , " queried the reporter.
"Simply that , nnd nothing moro , "
was thu response , "and if you will
kindly and authoritatively deny thu
cxisteiicu of this baby which is becom
ing a real 'enfant terriblo"yon will be
doing mo un inestimable service. "
The reporter promised that the ser
vice should bo done , and so the baby
is choked off at nn early atago in ita
existence.
* It ia impossible for n woman to
sutler from weakness after taking
Lydia E. Pinkhum'a Vegetable Com <
pound.
SEWING FOR CHARITY.
A Labor of Love In Which a Number
of Lady Finders Engage.
For several dnya back , in response
to the call of thu Sisters of St. Francis ,
published in those columns , a number
of ladies have been occupying one of
the now wards at St. Joseph's hospital ,
working a largo amount of new ma
terial into pillow-slipa , quilts and com
forts for the beds in the recently
erected wing of the hospital. Sarcr.il
sowing uuvchinoa , together with a
number of nimble r.nd export flagon ,
have made the walls us miuice !
aa they have conduced to making the
eceno moot animated and pictureequo.
Several doziii pillow .ilips , n number
of comforts and sheets and other es
sentials were Iho result of this anima
tion and devotion , u result commend-
nblo in ituelf , nnd gratnful to the over
worked Mstcra , who , while careful ot
the victims of sickness nnd misfortune ,
nro not less mindful of the kindnoau
of these who lend assistance in tha
hour of need , 'From them the writer
learned that the following ladies
had been engaged in the
work of charity : Mrs. J. W. Gannett ,
Mrs. W. Wallace , Mrs. Grant , Mr * .
K 0 , McShane , Mrs Itecht. Mrs.
Otrhart , Mrs , Johnson , Mrs. B Gal
lagher , Mrs. 0. V. Gallagher. Mrs.
lr. Stone , M.S. McGinn , Mrs. Itnyer ,
Mrs. Wagner , Mrs. Schneider , Mrs.
T. Swift , Mrs John I. Redick , Mrs.
Swartzlander , Mrs. J , B , Furay , Mrs.
O'Ruark and Miss Ella Creightou ,
Miss Grant , Mies Herrick , and the
Mhsea Katu and Lizzie Murphy
Contrary to the expectation of the
sisters , all thu material baa not yet
been worked up , and before it can be
done , at least another day
will be required. The aiators have ,
however , decided to leave that till
next week , when they may again call
upon their friends. They are doubly
grateful for thu generous response of
our ladica to their call , aa the latter
are , doubtless , pleased to have boon
atl'jrdod an opportunity of helping
these sacrificing women. The next
call of Iho sisters wiil enable others to
avail themselves of a similar oppor
tunity.
Kidney Disease.
Pain , Irritation , retention , Incon
tinence , Deposits. Gravel , etc. , cured
by "BuchupaibaJ1
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TO
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"HUB PUNCH"
Is iui article ot such raie amluxcirillii , , mirit a
dmme u ] < lact ) on otrj xi
A Soainl OIn < of Hub Pnnoli it a
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BY
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FEED AND BOARDING
STABLE.
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CANE & 11AUUOMD , froprl * n
THE CITY STEAM
$
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AT TUB UATE OP
Three Gents
Each. ,
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The charges nnd retinn j > nBtn ? must nc-
company thu iiack.i o. tjpccul mica to
lar 'B clubs or agencies ,
WILKIN'S A CVAN S.
$500 REWARD.
Tlio l \e nnnril will ho | i : > I l to an ) pcnou
uho ulll ] ) roduw u I'altit that will riual | thu
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U'arrantixl to bo 1'lro and Water 1'roof. AD
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ST. LOUIS MO.
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318 14TH ST.BET. FARNAM AN
DOUGLAS.