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TIIK OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 5. lf03. ft 1 i. X 4 1. V It i I. , 1 i i ! ( w - I it 1 1;- I U I 1 I It I li SOME STORIES OF BLIND TOM Negro Pianist Wai Long a Great Money Maker. INCOME OF EX-SLAVE PRINCELY Ycarlr Front Probably Illah aa ftO.OOO a Tur Paid to Have Mad $200,000 oa a Trip Abrnail. Few public performers ever played to mora money, than Edlnd Tom, who died recently. He was prominently before tho public for twenty years and after that when his trustees were chanced he still continued to play, but not with as much success. His new managers did rot know how to hamlls him-property and handling Tom took lots of tact. Until only a few years ago lis played and his last appearance was prob ably on the. variety stage. For forty years h)m , n)!( own r00m. and when the food : passageway and listen to the rain pat terlng on the roof and from this he mads his "Rain Storm."- 11a was not fsr dis tant from the battle of Manas and this h mails the subject of another piece. . Turn was born blind, but when 1 or 4 years old It was noticed tint he spent much cf his time with Ills face turned toward the sun. In time he developed a little sight. He could i-ee luminous bodies. and persons T hotn he knew well he could recognize when a few feot'away. Alwars Child. When In public Tom would ploy what he was told to. When hs had finished and was applauded he would turn toward the audience and applaud himself oy clap ping his hands. He seemed to take as much enjoyment out of his performance as his listener. He was always happy when he was with a piano, and when he and his managers arrived In a town he was often locked In the hall In which he was to play during the evening. Ho was perfectly safe while he could play the piano. In many ways he was Just like a child, but was even more trouble than a child. His meals were always served to COUNTRY LOOKS GOOD TO HIM Impression! of the West Jotted Down by an Eastern Visitor. he had been an attraction and In the first half of that time he played In almost every town of ar.y size In this country and Canadi and made tours on the other side of the Atlantic. Uven in small towns he did well and as runrt!n3 ' this show was not an expensive one the profits were large. A statement of accounts made by his old manager showed that In one month In 1SS4, which was apent In Virginia, the receipts were more than $4,000 and the expenses t2,0"0. He usually kept on the rosd for nine months out of the twelve, so that his yearly profits may have averaged about l30,tno. On his Irlp on the other side It was said he real Iced' about $300,000, so that Tom while In good hands waa a source of steady Income. It la singular that his old manager, Thomas Warhurst, who for twenty years took' him all over this country and through Canada, died six months ago, and It. was under his management that Tom was most successful. He was then well cared for and well coached In his work and he earned many thousands of dollara for the Dethune family, on whoso estate he waa born a llave-. Salt for Ilia Control. ' About twenty years ago Blind Tom sot Into he courts. He wss born during slave time's and later General Bethune acted as his trustee. It was said that up to 1870 he had " earned more than $250,000. Goners I Bethune then turned the trusteeship over to his son, John Q. Bethune. John Bethune ran a racing stable which was said to be supported by Blind Tom's earnings. He died in 1JS3. and after Ms death his widow brought suit against the Bothune family, alleging that as widow of John Belhunc, she Was the rightful trustee of Blind Tom arid In " this case she was supported by Charity Wiggins, the mother of Blind Tom. Mrs. Bethune won her suit, and since 1MW Blind Tom has been In her care, but she only succeeded In making a success of him for a few years. Blind 'Tom waa born a frw miles from Columbus in the county of Muscogee, Ga., on May BS. 1S49. His parenta were field hands of the pure negro blood, with noth ing to distinguish them from the mass of their rsce, except that his mother had small feet and hands and was of an active, merry temperament. He waa born on the estate of Thomas Greene Bethune, where his parents were slsves. . Tom; was born blind, and as he was un able to learn anything from sight It was generally thought that he was Idiotic. When very young he showed a great fondness for sounds, and musical aounds exerted a con trolling Interest ovor htm. . Ha learned to talk when young and spoke clearly and dis tinctly, but his words had no meaning and were simply Imitations of what he heard General Bethune, when he heard . that Tom'i mother had said Tom had not sense enough to learn, declared thla waa a mis take.' Ho went to Torn and said: "Tom, sit down." Tom repeated the words. The general, then repeated tl.s order and at the same time rt Tom on the loor. "Tom, get up." said the general. Tom sat still and repeated.. He then, ordered Tom to get up. and lifted him to his feet. Next time Tom was told to Bit down he did so at once and promptly rose to his feet when ordered. From that time Tom learned quickly.' " Everyone tried to tench him. Ills First Performance. When Tom was about 4 years old a piano was brought to the house and as soon as he heard this Tom was entranced. One night hla mother had neglected to lock her door and Tom disappeared. He found hla way into the Bethune house through an open window and early In the morning the piano was heard. Tom was seated before the Instrument playing one of the pieces he had heard and playing It correctly with both hands and using the black aa well as the white keys. From that time he was allowed to use the piano and soon ho sould repeat any piece he heard. Then he began to compose himself. Jle would sit at Ui piano for hours. .When asked what he was playing he would say. "That was what the trees ssld to me," or "That Is what the wind says." One dsv a German music teacher cf Columbus heard Tom and de clared that he knew more music than he could teach or learn. Tom was later coached by aome pianists. They played for him and he learned what they played and afterward repeated It In public. In this way Tom learned to pluy thousands of pieces and In his repertoire were sonatas of Beethoven. Mendelssohn. Bach. Mossrt, all the best known marches, many of the pianoforte solos well known, plantation songs and a number of original pieces de scriptive of what he hnd heard. On of these was "The Rain Storm. When very young Tom used to stand In VISIBLE SIGNS OF PROSPERITY Crop Prospects and Flood Damages Land Values la Nebraska Si Specimen of General Thrift. was brought to him he would always In sist that the- sugar bowl should he as full an It was possible to make It. l"nles It was full Tom would storm and refuse to eat anything. Then when he had fin ished his menl he would steal the sugar left and hide It. He was so heirless that he had to be dressed end even to have his face washed. It was not every one that he would allow to attend to his toilet. On one ocrawlon his manager had to leave him In the hotel and before leaving him explained how he could regulate tho heat In the room. "Now," said he. "If this room gets too hot turn this radiator this way. and If too cold turn It the other way," and he Illustrated what he said by guiding Tom's hand. Then to find out If Tom understood he asked what he would do If tho room was hot. Tom had his finger on the radiator and with easo pulled It out from the wall. When very young Tom used to like to hurt other children st tl;at he ni ght hear them cry. It wus thought that he did not do this out of cruelty, but because of his fondn'ss for all sounds. Cne he choke 1 a younger brother nearly to death and at Knottier time burned an Infant Mstr. This m mln lusted all I Is life and any exclama tion lnd'catlve of parn always gave hlrn great pieasute, although he always ex pressed sympathy for the sufferer. Once when In a small town his manager locked him In the hall as usual and Tom amused himself w'th the ptano. When his manager returned he was surprised to llnd Tom holding a man down on the floor and al most choking him. Tne man waa yelling and Tom was delighted. Another pi-oullar fai cy cf Tom's was to stand on his head. Almost the first thing he would do on entering his be Iroon was lo Jump over the foot of the bedhead f rst and stand on his head on the beJ. Thli he wou.d do over and over again and then would rub his hands and chuckle with de light. Test Br a Skeptic. When Tom first made his appearance many musicians were skeptical as tj hlj abilities and many visited him. One of lhi (list was Prof. Oeorge A. Kelly of Pittsburg. Tom Waa 4 eurs old at the t'me and In order to test him Prof. Kelly played a piece of his own compo st on which had not bsen published. Tom ployed it at once as accurately and with as much expression as tho professor. Thir teen years afterward Prof. Kelly saw Tom again. Tom remembered the Incident of many ears previous and played the pro feasor's pieco agsln. 'Tom could name any note played on a piano and musicians would try to catch him fcy striking keys at random, and how ever discordant the chords might be. Tom would name every nots with extraordinary quickness. He did this tor Charles Halle for Moscheles and for other noted mu sicians. The Albany Argus of January, 18'6. do st ribed Tom as "a wild, uncouth figure angular at all points, which should b. curved and ourved at points that should present acute lines loose Jointed, clo8 3 worlied, thick lipped, sprawl footed, wl h forehead almost covered with kinky locks, eyeballs prominent and distended and an dlot c, staring expression of countenance- In short, a regular specimen of the African 'n his unadulterated and barbaroua con dlt'on." It then described what Tom could do, how he would name any note struck, how he would call off correctly twenty notes that had been founded rapidly, how he played BeethoVeh'a "Sonata Pathetlc,uo without a false note or slur or dscoid or orrlrs'on. Tom's wonderful memory lasted through his life. V'hen last performing In Brook'yn he was visited by the daughter of his old m.-nuger and atkel If he remembeiel one who had gone twenty-five yeara before Why, yn," said Tom, "she used to was! mah face," and then he talked of his oli friends and seemed happier than ho had been for a long time. Pointed Pnrseraplia. Btraw-vote fiends ought to be thrashed. A stitch In time may save a big surgeun fee later. If you would lengthen your llfo shorten your worries. You may have noticed that hard cash Is hard to acquire. Many a man who is sure he Is right lack the energy to go ahead. Men who drink to drown their aorrow twee mlnfortune with a amlla. A girl's Idea of a ringleader Is the first man to arrive with a solitaire. The man who gets Into politics for what there Is in It doesn t get lonesome. A young man might have a poor opinio of the girla he la fond of if they were hi sisters. Somehow the average man never feels called upon to repent until after he ha been caught with the goods. Chicago News. Protect Your Property pn Against Fires and Tornadoes ;Mfo Hearing much about the sources of west ern wealth snd the Immunity of the west In psnleky times, a correspondent of the New Tork Evening Pest decided to Investi gate for himself and wisely chose Ne braska for his observations. Writing to the Post from Broken Bow he says: "To the causual observer from the east, the west certainly appears prosperous. There Is little of the pessimism prevalent In Pittsburg and other cities further east, and there ! a manifest spU-It of hopeful ness that Is Itself Inspiring. This docs not mean that the people here have not suffered financially from the panic of last October, for they have. The high price of corn, and the low prices of cattle, sheep and hogs In November, December. January and Feb ruary would of themselves have been suf ficient to Inflict heavy losses as compared with former periods, the difference running In Individual cases from one to several thousand dollars, which means a great deal more to the average farmer and rancher than might at first thought be supposed. Hogs and cattle, after phenomenally heavy runs, have recovered sharply In price, the latter having reached tho highest prices Iij years for fat combed steers. Feeding corn at 60 to 60 cents a bushel on the farm and selling hogs on a basis of 4H5)5V4 cents, per pound hsve not been very profitable, but a good crop of corn this year would bring larger gains to the stockman. The bull campaign In May corn, there fore, was not tho blessing Imagined. It forced up the price of the grain to 60 cents per bushel, and many feeders were com pelled to buy much corn to carry over their stock. The Immediate result was noted In the Increased receipts of half-fat cattle and ogs at all primary markets. The secondary result Is reflected In the Increased acre age of corn the uppermost Idea being that the people who feed cattlo and hogs must raise more corn or materially reduce their holdings. The Heavy Rains. The crop outlook at tho moment Is com- Idcrably mixed. The prolonged wet spell las ended, but before It was succeeded by normal weather, more rain hud fallen In tho western country since the middle of May than In many years, and the dam age by floods west of the Mississippi was enormous. Farmers were prevented from cultivating their corn fields on account of excessive moisture, and many have been obliged to replant two and three times often with a hoo. because they could not use machinery. The result Is thnt In Iowa and Nebraska, the great corn states, the plant Is very short, while the weeds are abundant. A couple of weeks ago there waa a vio lent storm, accompanied by small cy clones at different points, and the pre clpltatlon In six hours was about four and half or five Inches. Wheat and oats were little Injured, but corn fields were Inundated, and thousands of acres were washed out, necessitating replanting, the growth from which may not escape early fall 'frosts. The corn rows were turned Into small running Btrcams, and corn that was not washed out was largely covered by oll. The outlook the morning after that downpour was Indeed discouraging, but a drizzling rain, followed by two days of sunshine, had the effect of washing away the dirt from much of the covered corn, and the sunlight made droopy plants recover from their prostrate position. The real effect of such storms, outside of a few unfortunate Incidents, us measured by the season's returns, will not bo ntntertal; but farm work was put back nt least ten days, which Is an important clement, when harvesting and mowing crowd the workers. Grain on Hand and Prices. There Is very lit t lo grain In the country west of the Missouri river. Elevators are empty, though bids of 60 to 63 cents per bushel at the railroad stations In Nebraska did bring out more offerings than railroad and elevator people imagined. The Bur lington system rushed corn to Chicago, giving cars laden therewith the right of way. Elevators along Its lines are largely controlled by Armour Interests, and this explains the rush orders to deliver the corn In Chicago before May 29. Cribs were drained of all the corn that could possibly be spared, and at tho highest prices re ceived since 1SS2. when contract corn sold at $T per hushel In May of that year. Though the grower, as a whole, benefited little f n m the high prices of corn, he did profit considerably from wheut and oats, and the western farmer In general has prospered. Tke Rise tn Land. Lands have risen all the way from 50 to 200 per cent In the past seven or elnht years, snd a sale of $100 per acre near this town was recently made. This seems like a phenomenally high price for farm land In central Nebraska, and so it Is. Expe rlenced people frankly deprecate such val uatlons for fear that a reaction might un duly hurt the community In the future. Yet the upward tendency seems to be of a sub stantial character. Bids of $r0 per acre for land along streams are numerous, and one ranch has Just been sold by people who had put such a valuation on the prop erty that they did not expect any one to meet their terms. Pasture land and farm land not well located, which ten years ago traded at $4 to $ per acre, is selling at $10 to $20 per acre, while $3) acreage of 1!Y brings double that price now. Thcso ad vantes are largely attributed to the Incom ing of farmers from eastern Nebraska and points east theruof, who have sold theli farms at $S0 to $K0 per acre, and who be lieve they can raise almost as good crops on $20 to $60 laud aa they could In their former locations. Second Week of Our THIS IHO fm.F. HAS FROVF.X AX 1MMKNSK SVCCF.SS. 1HGOF.1 BVK AT i'f.AST ONK-HALF)N VOllt l'UHCIlASE IS XOW AT ILVXD. YOin CREDIT IT UOOII. ltlftOF.K nABOAIXS FOR THIS WF.KK AWAIT YOV. VOI R OITOHTI MTY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SAME. YOU DO XOT I. LI) TO I AY CASH, 1 Ol II Iron Beds S3.50 values, sale price. . .91.89 $5.00 Iron beds, fancy design, sale price 12.95 $7.60 Iron beds, seamless tub ing, sale price $4.95 $10.00 Iron beds, high grade, sale prce 90.60 $15.00 iron beds, extra special value, sale price 97.93 $20 00 Iron beds, very massive, sale price 912.BO Bmss Beds $35 00 values, large tubing, sale price 939.50 $45.00 brass bed, large 2-ln. tubing, sale price 927.50 $60.00 brass beds, very massive handsome design, sals price Is $39.50 Dressers $12.60 dressers, $ large draw ers, sale price 98.93 $17 00 dressers, extra well made, sale price 910.50 $JO00 dressers, quartered oak, highly pollsnwi, sale pejen Is 918.73 ?S.0O dressers, very massive. Btle price 915.00 $35 00 dresser,, large selection., sale price 910.50 Chiffonieri $'.50 chiffonier, five Inrire drawers, stile price 94.93 $12nn chiffonier. French bevel plate mirrors, sale price 97.75 $17.f.O chiffonier, highly pol ished, sale price $11.80 $25 00 ch'lffonlers, quartered oak and polished, sale price Is 910.73 $35.00 chiffoniers, very mas sive, saJe price 919-60 Pa. rUr Suits $25.00 three-piece parlor suites, velour covering, sale price is 913.93 $35.00 three-piece parlor suits, silk upholstering, sale prlo Is 919.78 $40.00 three-piece chase leather parlor suits, sale price 923.50 $35.00 five-piece parlor suit, velour upholstering, sale price 1 919.73 Couches $12 50 velour couches, steel springs, sale price 97.50 $22 50 chase leather couches, finely upholstered, sale price Is .....1 912.50 $35 00 chase leather couches, mitsslvu upholstering, sale prlco 918.60 $35 00 sofa bed davenport, vel our upholstering, heavy ok frame, sale price $23.73 179 for this handsome PARLOR ROCKER (Exactly like Illustration.) Ia made of selected stock and has beautiful golden oak finish, heavy embossed carvings and large com fortable arrus. Is extra well and is an actual $4.00 value. Extension Tables $10.00 extension tables, large 42-ln. square top, 6 ft. extension, sale price 95.93 $15.00 extension tables, very heavy, extends to 6 ft., sale price $8.73 $22.50 pedestal extension tsbles, very massive, highly polished, sale price $12.60 Dininrf Room Chairs $1.2t chairs, golden oak finish, sale price 79o $2.00 dining room chairs, wood or cane seat, sale price $1.10 $5 00 box seat diners, highly polished, sale prlco a98 $5 00 rockers, wood or colder seats, sale price is a" Big Sale of Carpets, Rugs and Draperies -J-. - ----- 'iW Ingrain carpets, 60c values, special, per yard 39o Ingrain carpet, strictly all wool, sale price, per yard 59o Brussels carpets, good quality, sale price, per yard 63o Velvet carpets, $1.25 values, at, per yard 79o Axmlnster carpets, $1.50 values, salo price, per yard 89c Art reversible rugs, 8x12 size, $7.50 values, sale price $3.98 Reversible rugs, 9x12 size, fine quality ingrain carpet, $10.00 values, sale price $0.50 Brussels rugs, fringed, $3 00 values, special $1.89 Brussels mips, 9x11 size, $18 50 values, sale price $11.76' Velvet rugs, very pretty pat terns, $7.50 values, sale price Is $3-98 Brussels rugs, 9x12 size, extra quality, $22.50 values, sale price $14.50 Velvet rugs, 9x12 size, very handsome patterns, $35.00 val ues, sale price $22.60 S150 for this PrlA- cess Dresser i!6IS & fArNAM STREETS. OMAHA. Tarmai $1 Cash ; SOo Weekly (Exactly llko cut) It is miulo of solid oak of a se lected grain and Is highly polished. Has an 1Sx36 French bevel pinto mirror and is caully worth $20.00. Sideboards $20.00 sideboards, mado of solid oak, salo prlco $12.50 $30 00 sideboards, very massive, largo mirrors, pule price $16.50 $25.00 buffet, highly polished, sale prca $13.50 $20.00 china closets, bent glass ends, sale price $12.50 $25.00 china closets, quarter sawed oak, sale price $15.60 $7.50 kitchen cabinets, extra well made, sale price $3.73 $4.50 folding go-cart, sulo price ..$2.23 The Peoples Furniture and Carpet Co. Established 1887. $7.10 collapsible go-cart, sale prlco $5.60 WHERE BRUMS BEST KNOWN Measure of Democratic Leader Taken by Nebraska People. CANNOT CARRY HIS HOME STATE l'rospera I'ndrr Clean Republican Role and Believes tn Roosevelt Policies Parts About the Political Situation. In the following companies and you get First Class Protection wd Your Money in Even of Loss. Sole Agents for Northwestern Fire and Marine Insurance Oampany Old Colony Insurance Company Rhode Island Insurance Company Dubuque Fire and Marine Insurance Company Reliance Insurance Company We Adjust i-iosses We Have Capacity for Carrying Large Lines of Insurance. Hastings & Heyden Insurance Agency Byron R. Hastings Edward T. Heyden 220 South 17th Street. , Phone Douglas 1606; Ind. AlCl. Nat. Meistcr Car of Horses In Summer. It is doubtful It there is any tliau of the year wl-n the suffering among siiIp'uIh is greater than In the summer time. This applies partlculaily to the "beuHis ut Ijur aVri" the unlmals that must hi bur in tne interests of man. A merciful man is mer ciful to hi beast, and It is tu he hoped that those who have the care and direction of the animals will be lntrexid in re ducing the amount of n.lf f ring that musi be endured by them, to a minimum. Ilemg tar.-tui to halt the uniniul on the shady side of the street, seeing that It Is sufii (tenlly watered and keeping the he.id cool by sponging whenever there Is mm o (nr tuniiy Will do much toward making the heat bearable for the animal. Comf Tiubh flallH and sleeping nu irters can lie oro V Uled at the cost of very little trouble. It Is to brf hoped that while nun is doing 11 for his own protection from the heat he will not forget his hore. liahlm re American. A aid l.laht. The fortune teller whoso specialty was restoring lost and stolen articles by her powers of dlvlation and spirit help, was pert urhed. Bhe had missed a wallet full of bills and a diamond ring from her LureaM drawer. "Maria." l'a cried to her assistant, "have you taken the moot effective means to set those ankles back?" "Yes m." said Maria. "I reported It right off L.. Iha btllw '.blliin.v ,bi.Ia. A Btaff correspondent of the Philadelphia North American, Angus McSween, while enrouto to Denver to report the democratic national convention, stopped In Omaha and Lincoln and looked the political situation over. The results aro detailed in the letter following, dated June 30: Prosperity so firmly established that it was not shaken by tho manufactured Wall street panic of last October, a clean, pro gressive state administration, abiding falt'.i in the Roosevelt policies and a firm con viction that Taft stands for thoso policies and will carry them out In his administra tion will keep Nebraska safely republican, despite local pride In Bryan and the fact that ho to to be the candidate on the other side. There is less discontent In Nebraska than In any of the eastern states. No one here cares about the nomination of Sherman or how It was brought about. All they know about Sherman Is that he Is on the ticket with Taft, and they will vote for him simply because of that fact. They don't know that there Is an Aldrlch- Vreeland currency law proclaiming to the world the servility of the congress to the financial Interests of Wall street. They do not know that such evils as are borne by tho people of Philadelphia and other east ern cities arising from political corruption and boss domination exist. They do know that the republican party In Nebraska has effected great good through legislation; that Governor Sheldon, who is to be a candidate for re-elections Is the most progressive executive the stat has ever known; that Sheldon and all pro gressives here have accepted the nomination of Taft as a positive endorsement of the Roosevelt policies by the national party, and that no reason exists why Secretary Taft or the state ticket here should be de feated. Preparing Bryan for Slaanhter. Down at Uncolns where the democratic leaders of the whole country are gathering to pay their homage to Bryan before pro ceeding to lenver to make him the demo cratic candldute against Taft, they are really preparing a victim for the slaughter. In the opinion of the best-Informed men ol the state, Bryan has no mure charx-e of getting the electoral vote of Nebraska than he has of getting the vote of Pennsylvania. All conditions which might affect the situation are agalns him. It is declared that never before in the history ol the states has there been such general tios- Derlty as that now existing. Csitle are hluh, hogs ure high, corn and wheat aro high, and 11 these the Nebraska larmers have to sell. Enormous crops In the present year ar assured, and a period of plenty, .uih as uddi to all binsinc-jis activity. Is yroinlnfd tor tho fortunate joele of the state. Tiuy do not understand Biyan's talk of discon tent among the rr.a-se or of the outlaws committed against the musses by tin. re publican party. Tiny have pasd that riage here, and such outrages an the peo ple were formerly compelled to submit lo are now prevented by statutes recently enacted by a progressive repub lean legis lature. Bryan U an Old story. Another clrium.-t jnce which is wuiniiii; to Bryan's dl -advantage in his own elate and which more than counteracts any pride which Ncbraskan may feel ixjeause cf their fellowship with Bryan 1.. the fact tliat lo these people Bryan and ins doctrines are an old story, slalo ai.d un profitable. The very lniijiiacy of the pio Vle In Nebraska w ith the democratic leader has diminished their admiration ul ills good qua itlea. Beide (hat, Bryan's inconi-l jtciicte, better known here thuu elsewhere, luu occasioned dottbts reverting Ms sincerity. Ho cjuiU i.ot inukc ui.y piopo ltlou now, whether radi-al or conservative, tna: would occasion any surprise to ills fellow citizens or arouse more than the usual degree of interest with which all l.i van's utterances are regarded. The indications are, therefore, that Bryan, lo bis prepara tions for the national race, Is Ilk a horse that haj bu overtrained or aa attur whose performances have palled upon tho public. On the other hand, the republican or ganization in Nebraska has never been In better shape. It Is dominated absolutely by progressive leaders. Tho sullen, dis contented faction is composed of reaction aries, the former hirelings of corporations and corporation men themselves. If there were to be any cutting of the republican ticket, It would be by these men, but the very suggestion that they would go to Bryan is preposterous In itself. Keeping; Pace with Krfurnii. Although the fight has attracted less at tention here than In either Iowa or Wis consin, probably because tho forces opposed to the public Interest were never so strong In tills state as in the other two, the progressive idea and the achievements of the progressive republicans' republican ticket, it would bo by these advancement made in either of the other states. Under the leadership of Governor Sheldon the Nebraska Uglslature has, within two years, established a railroad commission with rate-making powers, enacted the t cent fare under which the rallrcads aro t:ow operating and has provided for taxa tion of franchises and of corporation prog enies until it has been possible to reducs taxation upon all personal holdings of reul (state, whether agricultural cr mu nicipal. Political corruption, never -very ram pant in the state, except In the old days when tho railroads were In con'rol. Is now almost unknown. Governor Sheidon las given the s'ate the cleanest and most ef ficient administration in its history, and will be renominated, together with all the other state olflclais, by a party which ab solutely believes in and has attempted to rarry out within the state tho political doctrines upheld by Roosevelt and Taft. The prevailing spirit among the republi cans Is aggressively independent, and dis content with the action of the last congress and the demonstrations of reactionary ac tivity in the republican national convention would be greater had the people of tho Hint ' not been so exclusively engaged In con sideration of their own affairs. People's Will Obeyed. Prosperous Conditions which now prevail and have prevailed for a number of years have made It difficult for Nobraskans to understand the extent of the evils under which other sections of the country have been laboring. They declared themselves in favor of tho regulation of corporations through taxation and the railroad commission and the will of the majority was immediately carried into effect. Where, there exists so good a system- of popular government as It to bo fouijd In Nebraska, It can be understood that men who have become accustnmvd to clean poli tics, to the keeping of promises by political organlratlons and to legislation enacted in accordance with popular demand and sonll mert can only wonder that in other states the people do not assert themselves and ef fect tho samo reforms that havo been estab lished here. Pity for the DoH-ltiddcn. They regard the boss-rlddcn peoplo of Pennsylvania wit!; contempt rather than with pity, and hold that a public Incapable of controlling its own public uffairs Is un worthy of tho opportunity to control them. To rnerj of this chaiucter and this spirit Bryan will talk In vain about wrongs and abuses existing east of tho Mississippi river. He will talk In vain of polllical corruption In the city of Philadelphia and othor east ern cities. Nebraskans either will not be lieve him or elsa they will think that the fault Is with the peoplo themselves If they submit to conditions against which Ne braskans havo already maintained success ful revolt. It is a raro lesson In practical politics which these people of Hie mlddlo western stales would teach the east. If tho east were willing to learn. Practical politics, as tho phrase Is understood In Nebraska, and tho practical politics known In Pennsyl vania are as far upart as tho polos. Hera practical politics means that the people unite to effect some practical purposa through legislation, and tho election of pro gressive, publlc-npiritcd men to office that will bo of benefit to the whole peoplo. They cannot understand that "practical politics" which menus guns control In thif interest of special privileges to corpora Hons and gruft to the members of the don Inant political organization. . Klahtiutf Iron Hust. A bitter and disgusted wall has gone tipl from the farmers of the I'nltod States In. rcKnrd to tho miserable quullty of the wlr fence they are obliged to uso. Bo write Rene Buche In the Technical World Mag a line for June. 'J'hcy can hardly get ulong without It, but it Is most unsutlsf uclory by reason of the rapidity with which It Is destroyed by rust. Of course, tills means to them much trouble and a ginid dual of expense, and they have been making a good deal of u nrw about tho matter, even appealing to the government for help. In rovponso to this agitation, the secret tary of agriculture., Mr. James Wilson, somo time ago, ordered a special investi gation to be mnilo, the task belnir handed over to Dr. Allerton S. fiiKliman. Blnca then the Inquiry has been earnnmly pushed, and many tliinxs have fx-on ha mod which, had not previously been suspected es pecially In lcluiion to the true, cause of tin' rustiiiR of Iron and steel, which Is vry different from what has always boun popularly supposed. Tho writer trues on to describe the methods uilopted for improv ing the quality of wire and for guarding It agalnut ruxt. A llaehelor's Reflections. A man will chooso going to church ba-i foro a family picnic. The reason a Klrl like to have her hal callexl irnldcn Is because It Isn't. A woman has an awful clevwr way of not knowing anything but beJriK able? to manage a man who knows It all. New. 1 York Press. N IVlonday Will Stari the Jr BIG SALE OF LILLIPUTIAN SHOES JL The hnirrst of our ow fiho-s go on sale Monday at greatly reduced prices, ook In our window und be con. vlncid that this ertle- excells all other as a nionf y-saviug bale. Our Ktuvk is comooM-d of tlu finest shoes pro duced for Ixiys, girls and balden, so when you purchase a pair of theno shues you get tho K1NICST LK VTlIf'It l'.EST HTVLK nnd MOST Dl ltAIU.i: F(M)TVK. AT FACTOllV OUST. ' ' STABTBIOHT" SHOES FOB CHILDBEN "UTB AID DUIB" BHOE3 FOB CHILDBE1I. Misses' "Sturlrlght" mnke. ankle strap pumps, with buckle also two hole Gibson ties, in tan ca r leather ami patent leather, size 2 4 to 5V. regular price .1.7j, at, pr, 3398 Sizes 11 to 2, regular price til 01. at. pair Misses' Oxfords and Gibson Ties, with ribbon laces, in kid leather and patent leather, extra quality; sixes il to 2. regular price $2.50, Monday ti.7 Misces" Kid leather Gibson Ties, with silk ribbon laces, extra qualilv, sizes 11 to 2, regular price 1 i'j and 1 2.00. at, pair (1 B9 Children's Ankle Strnp Slippers, "rftartrlgbt" make. In pat ent and tan calf leather, sixes 11 to 13. regular prlco :.i5. Monday i'tzes 84 to 104. regular price 2 25. Monday l.b3 -HOLLAND" SHOES TOM. BOYS. "AX.DZH" SHOES FOR BOYS. Children's and Babies' Ankle Strap Slippers, "StartrlKt" make, patent leather and tun eulf leather, klzus 6 to 8. rrgular plliu SI hi, and $1.75. Monday ti.gtf SUes 2 to ti, regular price $1.25, Monday UUO Children's Kid Leather Gibson Ties, silk ribbon laces, extra quality, sizes Mi to 11. regular price $1.75, at. pair.l.i Baiiles' Strap Slippers, patent leatner, regular price li.im, Monday 69Q Regular price 75c, Monday atto Boys' Bow Shoes, in fall calf, dull leather and patent 1-Hther with the straps and buckles. t,Ues 1 to i, reg ular t rice ft 00, per pair 1.S Boyn' I.ow ShocK, In tun calf leatlier, Goodyenr welt soh, best atyle. xlze 1 to 5. r gular price $H 50. Momlay .W.W Boys' J'ull Leather and Tan Leather Oxfords, sixes 11 to lS'ii. MKuiur price pair Sl.BS Voting IjhIIcs' Low Nlioes, iu Military and t'uUuu heel pumps, colonial buckles, Oxfords and Gibson ties, in In-own huct'e, tan ralf, patent leather and dull leather, alo white, blue and pink calf leather not a pair, of our young lutfies' low shoes reserved sizes 1 to 7: Regular price $6 00. $5.50 and $5 00. Monday 93.60 Regular price $4.50, $100 and $3 50, Monday 93.00 J SCE THE WINDOWS THE SHOE DEPARTM'NT IS GROWING NSON & THQBNE CO. r 1515 131! DOUC1 STOUE CLOSES AT C O'CLOCK EXCEPT SATUH. DAYS 7 V o