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fire IL that pump (evidently third
pump, rs ''that pamp" has not been
previously mentioned) should break
down and that pump should have no
other pump to take its placer" There
are four pumps in Mr.. WOodward's
mind. Whether the last phrase refers
to the third pumps feelings or to the
CONSERVATION of the citizens in case
of fire, unless they can be assured Of
four pumps in each station At the
very least, cannot be definitely stated.
On further consideration Mr.. Wood
ward must have transferred bis SYM
pathies somewhere between the begin
ming and the end Of the sentence from
the citizens to the third pump, be-
cause he, as a councilman, recoilected
that the citizens in general are not In
the habit Of doing anything at all ''in
case Of fire." and even il pamp
should break the police would keep
the citizens back with rope in &c
cordance with their usual custom.
The exhortation is only considered
here because Mr.. Woodward is cOun-
Gilman and represents a fourteenth
part Of the city and aspires to be
mayor or head Of a city in such dim.
culties that its general manager
should be a man who can think clear
ly. Words are the signs Of ideas and
q sreech or essay containing pronouns
without antecedents, singular verbs
with q plural subject or decapitated
sentences lacking subject or predi-
cate, is the work Of a man who only
thought he was thinking when he
wrote it.
Extravagance is not absolute, but
comparative. For instance George
Gould's yacht, though it may have
cost q million, and though il may
require q hundred thousand dollars,
more or less, per annum. to run IL, Is
not an unwarranted outlay on Mr..
Gould's part, because it does not bear
an embarrassing relation to his in
come. On the other hand, it might
be reckless for another man to set up
q donkey cart because the keep OF the
donkey would be too large fraction
of his weekly earnings. In like man
ner what is measure of economy for
a larger and wealthier city is unwar-
ranted extravagance ON the part Of the
municipality of Lincoln, which Is now
pSying out a hundred dollars day
more than is received in taxes. The
city expenses must balance with the
income or the catastrophe Of the de-
structiOn Of the city's credit will over
take us. A h0usehOlder's first meas
ure OF eccnomv is to discharge super
numerary servants. Lincoln taxpay-
ers are supporting ornaments in the
city treasurer's ofiice, on the police
force, in the fire department and in
the street commissioners service that
might be dispensed without dim
mutton Of municipal comfort or safety
A mayor, city clerk, city treasurer
and heads Of police, fire and water
departments. as we'll rs police Judge
and . smaller city council, We must
have. But the rest Of the cityhOld
We keep because other cities have
them. IL dismissed they might begin
productive work and thus increase
the wealth of the city instead Of max
ing monthly inroads upon it as they
do now. Unless municipal outlay and
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ance. The willingness Of owners Of
real estate on the corner OF Eleventh
and o to sell at prices very much be-
low its normal rating is not an in-
dication thai values have recovered
their tone. The loss OF value by the
disprOportion between earning ca
pacity and taxation OF various proper
ties Is greater than the annual taxa
tio0 itsels. value Is an elusive qualify
out II Is determined, especialiy IN resl
estate, largely oy It's saieaoieness. II
values were entirely governed Dy tne
desire OF others 10 purchase wnat We
nave our property would De worthless.
AS 1t Is the recently published tax iists
DO not INCLUDE all the lots ana iano
III the county. Inc voters, upon
may oo' iesCS JUG ieSpo""lo"'s ioi
eA''asae@"' eu'i'e olhoes' arc
o'' :" ."'e :" oppo'Ou",cy " uoo,".
i.s '''e,i app,o'si VI 'Sapp'o,el u
'l'e regime which nas ooS. org
nu'noel VI '"o i'ee"''"e'S VI A'"'o'"
'"e" piop.iV
"A popui's. VI a" o'u i,ne uen'ocI@'
VIII "o' 'o's' no"e'e, u'Seus's"' luz
az! ou' " popuiiS' si ueln0Nia av'0 0".
u'ua'e' ou' 'i'e average 'epuo,'oa" -
q niau oi courage experience oeCsrn'
i"a1'on, a"u "ne" .noroue"iy us
eoSVe" "e wa" oo"Se"' W" Ce"p
."e 0,"' 'ue oO. pa..y .oN -
o.e p,aSe ,',:s - 49, ~ S.ns ~,
@ u S p, 80 ..s,,... %
NY 'uV. ~, 80. o"a SS" ~ - o..
s" " " :.'oeu "
y. oe' A," ~ - ~ ~" ".o ,.
next week inhicI punishment iohg
threatened.
storV Ia the november biack Cat
by Miss Martha Pierce OF this city. is
one of the besu of the short. short
..o.;os 30 ,ho or,h The scororv of
'''e n's ,hol" a"ey :" "!oue 70
paiI VI '"e '''.oou'' VI o"e .a ~, @
s'ioAe. a: HS &c" % :" o"' " vie"
' .o.".eS' nv my "
.ne n'',e enl anu "e, raonelo uau :"
0.o 'O"' o'"e' o e -
puee orc Nco' VIC"
MISS fiefces Work is Iast oeing recog-
nized as desirable by magazine pull
lisher,s.
~.x
The COURIER has received an open
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VGISlIy, very Aluuly WIVES tuC AOhOW-
ing i'm correction Of the sunfiOwer-
Mormon theory republished in these
columns last week:
LincOln, Nebr.. Oct. 29, 1885.
Editor Of The COURIER:
That little item, "WheLce the Sun
flowers Came" in today's COURIER
(page 81 repeats an often exploded
theory Of the nOn-bOtanical as TO the
origin Of the sunflOwer. There were
sunfiOwers all over the western cOun-
try ages before the MormOns came.
They are native from the Saskatche-
wan river On the north to Texas and
Mexico on the south, and from Min
nesOta, Iowa and Arkansas on the
east to Washington, Nevada and Cali
fOrnia on the west. In all this vast
region wherever man breaks the sod,
as by trail or camp. the sunfOwer
grows up taller and more luxuriantly
than on the tough wild sod, and so
becomes noticeable. Mother nature,
not the MOrmons, planted the sum
flower in this great area, and did it
much longe' ago that the writer Of
the item supp0ses-
CHARLES E. BEssEy.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-02
Pay of Lawyers.

In Norway the members of the Stor,
thing receive $3.50 per day during the
sessions, which usually last six weeks,
but which have been extended to as
many months. In Austria the pay is
the same as in France, IS a day.. In
Greece the senators get $1OO a month
and the deputies $50. In Germany the
members of both houses receive about
$3.50 a day. In Denmark the members
of the Landsthing each receive about
So a day. In Belgium each member of
the chamber of representatives gets sS5
a month. In Portugal the peers and
commons are paid the same sum-, which
is about 1856 a year. In Spain the men,
bers of the Cortes are not paid for
their services, but enjoy many advan-
tages and immunities. In Switzerland
the members of the National Council
get $3.50 per day, and the council of
state, the lower house, $3.50. In Italy
the senators and deputies are not paid
at all, but they are allowed travelling
expenses and certain other privileges.
England is the only country where the
members of parliament are not only un-
paid, but have no special rights of priv
ileges. In Sweden the members of the
diet receive $3.50 for a session of four
months, but they have to pay a fine of
So for every days absence.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-02
DlSINHERfTED~F HERESY.
Rev. John Hall Discriminates in His Will Against His Son, Bolton
Hall, Because He is "a Single Taxer. .y%~

ing may find fuel here, medicine there
clothing elsewhere and all they need by
visiting sick societies every week; these
are free, but paid for in heavy taxes
and all to do those things which mer
would do Of themselves and do much
better would we but let them freely
use the opportunities for labor hat ma
ture has provided, and did we but leave
to them the wealth we now take from
them by taxing the products of theil
labor.
1T is a fundamental principle that
all men are equally entitled to the use
Of the earth.
Therefore, no one should be per-
mitted to hold land without paying tC
the community the value Of the priv
lege thus accorded, and from the fund
SO raised all expenses Of government
should be paid. We would, therefore
abolish all taxation, except that upon
the value Of land exclusive Of improve
ments. The tax should be collected by
the local government and a certain pro-
portion be paid to the state govern
ment.
This system would dispense with a
horde of tax gatherers, simplify gov
and greatly reduce it's cost.
1T would do away with the corrup-
ton and gross inequality ~inseparable
from our present methods.
WOULD RELIEVE OPPRESSED.
1T would relieve the farmer, the
workman and the manufacturer of
those X by which they are now
%unjustly burdened, and take for public
uses those values due to the presence
Of population.
1T would make it impossible for
spectators to hold land idle, and would
open unlimited opportunities for the
employment of labor and capital, which
is essential to the solution of the labor
problem"
Mr.. Hall was asked if the impression
had gone forth that he would give. too
lavishly to the poor, and hence the
restrictions in his fathers will.
ION the contrary" said Mr.. Hall, II
"ii hho"h W NC ODpOSeu " dlIllSS lVllS.
If | had any amount of wealth 1 would
not make the poor still more. helpless
by giving them money, but I would
give them opportunities to earn money
for themselves.
"Our whole system is wrong. Plat
is as bad as Tammany. l shall vote the
regular citizens ticket
Mr.. Hall is a member of the Reform
club, the Princeton. Sons of the Rev.
olution. and is an active worker in the
Association for Improving the Condi.
ton OF the Poor. He believes that the
workingmen should so into politics
not as democrats or republicans, but a.
good citizens, working for their owl
interests and the publication of polite!
and the government.
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Prince Ferdinand of Roumania, who
has been hunting in the Carpathians,
expressed a desire to kill a bear, and
soon after had the luck to start two
up, one of which he shot. On examin-
ing the carcass he found a hole through
the nose. as though the animal had
worn a ring, and inquiry brought out
the confession that one of his retinue
had bought the bears from a Snowman
in order to crafty the princes wish.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-02

Four immense five-story brick flats
in Harlem have been moved 105 feet
to make way for a bridge, the opera
were 1926 j~ack-screws under the build
ings and at each signal they were shift
ed three-sixteenths Of an inch. The
contractor received SO, 900 for the work,
which was entirely successful.
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Cincinnati Enquirer: Mrs. weddcash
You know that I made you what you
are. Weddcash-That's right, woman:
gloat over your work!
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Chicago Record: you don't soon, -
y"patn1z with your husbands in
somnia' mo; he has the snoring kind
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-02

Chops, birds and dry fish are all
most delicate when broiled in paper.
Use heavy white note paper spread:
with olive oil or butter. When the ar
tlcle to be broiled is laid therein, salted
and peppered, the edges of the paper-
case shoul be turned over several
times like a little hem, and pinched to-
eether close to the meat. The paper
Will char a long while before ignitine.
and the contents will be basted in their
own juices. The time required for
probing in paper is usually about eight
minutes. When the paper is wen
rowned the contents will be done to.
a turn-juicy, delicate and dieestible.
1or even he stomach of an invalid.
serve in it's envelope, which conserves
the heat and juices to the of
eatlng. The large flet Of chicken broil-
ed In this way is delicious and easv of
assimilation.
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promised. Success slipped through
your fingers. In 90 it would have been
useless for you to demand tariff for
revenue only. 1t would be idle for you
to go to the country and say that it
would bring prosperity. daughter and
applause.) Now, my democratic
friend, say that you needed new
issue in '96, in fact you had to have a
new issue. 1t was, to use classic ex
preston, "a ground hog case. !"
The old issue would not win. Let me
illustrate. Your little brother had an
issue. Your little brother the Peoples
party. had been promulgating the
populistic doctrine of the free coinage
OF silver. And there had grown a
large number of republicans and demo-
Gratis who were just like populists.
Many of them would have felt insulted
to have been called populists. 1 only
say that whatever they were called,
they were Simon pure, first,
last, and all the time populists in
belief. Both the republican party and
the democratic party toyed with this.
i am disposed to think that both parties
were to blame. We never meet an is
sue until we have to. OF course we are
all in favor of all the silver we can use.
1T will be all right" we said. "Do not
worry about it, but all this time il
was taking root deeper and deeper
Coins Financial School had been scat
tered broadcast, and the country was
ripe for political revolution. You had
to have new issue. Now for the illus
tration. You saw your little baby
brother, two or three years old, playing
with firecracker. 1t belonged to him,
but it looked as though it would pop.
Naughter) 1t looked all right when
you lit it, but it did not 90 off. I)|
You went over where your little
brother was and you laid hands on that
tirecracker. You held your convention
first. You seized it and ran off with il
and called it democratic. He said
II was not fair, and swore he would
nave his revenge and he got even with
you by stealing your entire party, fire.
cracker and all (Laughter) have no
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than thatY Let me state the argument
which your use most frequently. You
say that the government opens its
minis and permits the free coinage Of
gold. Anyone can have it coined free,
and you say tHatsif the government
permits.the free. coinage of gold thought
to permit the free coinage Of silver.
And you ask: Is not the owner of the
silver bullion as good a man as the:
owner of gold bullion? If the govern
ment coins the one, you say the govern
ment ought to coin the other. Is that
not catchy? Did it not almost catch
you? 1t caught some very good men.
The reason that you give for this parti-
atty is that you say that silver is the
poor mans money. and that gold is the
rich mans money; that the govern
ment being in the clutch of the rich
men coins his bullion free. You say
that the country being thus within the
vice like grasp of greed, yields obedi-
ence to the plutocrat and reaps its ven
geance on the masses. My friend, IL
you have that in mind, you are not in q
condition to candidly discuss this ques-
ton.
Continued next issue.
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criticism. ! am only stating facts.

criticism. am only stating facts
1 say you seized upon this principle.
You called it yours. The MARSHALL
town chairman declared that there were
just two parties in this country. You
may call them three if you want to. l
want to say that there are only two
great parties-the republican, and the
party that IS now advocating the prin-
ciples of the populist party.
Now, my friends, want to describe
that tirecracker that has cost you SO
many votes. 1 have no apology for
bringing to you again the money ques-
ton. Why? LIST. Every time Demo-
cratic convention is held, they reaffirm
the Chicago platform. They reassert
that William Jennings Bryan is the
best exponent of the doctrine, that he
is the best informed, clearest in state
ment and safest in teaching of any
man of Democratic faith since Andrew
Jackson. This being true, I have
right to assume that this question is
still in politics. When the Democratic
party appoints committee to manage
their national politics, they appoint
silver men and silver men only to re-
present them on that committee. And
this is why say that the silver ques-
ton is all there is in politics today.
And it is the only issue on which we
have gained vote for the last two
years. l am more willing to discuss
that because know we can beat them
on that issue.
They propose free and unlimited
coinage for silver. That the govern
ment shall furnish the coal, the fuel,
the power free without expense to the
citizen, and permit everyone who owns
silver bullion to bring it from all the
world, from under all skies, from all
mines, to our mints, and there have it |
coined free. The coinage shall be free |
and unlimited. The silver dollar shall Il
weigh sixteen times as much as the
gold dollar. That we shall, attempt |
this alone, and if we succeed, the honor
and the prosperity incident thereto
will all be ours, and if we fail and have
disaster, this also will all be ours. And
my silver friend, can you state it better
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buy and sell both of us. They never
voted the republican ticket in their
lives but they are going to vote it this
year. (Applause) There were five
newspapers in Davenport, three demo-
cratic, two republican. All five of
them this year hoist the republican
state ticket, all five hoists Joe Lanes
name for congress and only one hoists
the democratic county ticket. Why
this change? What has cost you, my
democratic friends, Scott county? /
will tell you why. For the first time,
my democratic friend, in the history of
your party the question of free coinage
OF silver was inserted. in the national
platform in 1896. Prior to that time
they had not SO much as squinted at
such provision. 1t was not the first
time that this doctrine had been in
politics. This doctrine of the free
coinage of silver is of populistic origin.
This does not cast any reflection on it.
l only wish to trace it thus to it's orr
gin. 1t is of populist:c PRONUNCIATION.
1t belonged to the populistic party by
right OF discovery and by right of pro-
mitigation, and it did not belong to the
republican OF democratic party.
/ wish to speak in this connection a
few words on the tariff. You, nv
democratic friend, represent school of
political economy You have contend
ed all these years that the tariff should
be economical, and it should not be so
levied as to afford protection. We be-
long to different school, and the re-
publican party always has contended
that the tariff should afford protection.
Both parties were sincere In '92 the
people said we will-give the democratic
theory a trial You promised, my
democratic friend that if this policy
should be placed in operation it would
bring increased and permanent pros
perity. You said you demanded better
times than those of '92, and you de-
manded that it should be tried,o 1t was
tried. You know the resulfnjs You
were sincere and so were we. Certain
ly the result was not what you had
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these men are now in our party. APP
plause.) And just as good men still
belong to your party as ever belonged
to any party. And say this the more
willingly because am inviting them
to come into our party, and expect
them to come. (Applause.) Again let
me say that you have lost some good
men. Who are they? They are not
men who have been dissatisfied with
the treatment you have given them.
They have received everything they
ever asked. They have not come to
US seeking Office. We have appointed
none of them. Why have they come?
There must be, or ought to be lesson
in it to you my democratic friends.
There must be a lesson in it to us re-
publicans.
1 was down in Scott county the other
day. 1t was the stronghold of your
party. We gerrymandered it off with
Clinton, Jackson, and Johnson coun-
ties, and said they could have their
democratic representative in congress
as long as they pleased. They have
elected twice republican for congress,
and no district in Iowa is safer today
than the old second. The republican
candidate for congress in that district
and / went down to little town in the
county about the size of Deloit. 1t is q
crossing point of two roads and may
have few more stores than Deloit.
There are two saloons in the town,
each with hall in connection. We
took up from Davenport six coaches full
of people. The people came in and
filled the two halls to OVERLOOKING, and
by alternating between, Mr.. Lane and
/ occupied the time until about eleven
o'clock. And then they served supper
in each of these halls, without other
refreshments. Naughter.) Returning
home, two seats turned together in
front of me were two old Germans.
Back of them was man who knew to
be worth $150,0O0 Turning to me he
said, do you know those two men in
front of your" replied that I only
knew them to be business men of
Davenport. he remarked "They can
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CONTINUED next issue.)
Mrs. F. H. Morgan, of Dunlap, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. j. P. Conner.
THE MARKETS.
Grain, Provisions, Etc.

Chicago, Nov. Z.
FLOUR-Moderate demand and steady.
WHEAT-Unsettled. December, 65h0
65M; May, 661s@661sc.
CORN-Firm. Cash, $4,000: December.
Zs1A@32c; May, S3M@33Mc. s.
OATS-Steady. No. 2 cash, 241kc; Decem-
Der. 23H@241sc: May, 249s@NMc.
RYE-Quiet and easier. No. cash, SIC:
Nos. 511sc. and No. 4. 49c; May delivery, Soc.
BARLEY-Was q shade weaker. Poor
seedy Barley, 34@36c; feed, S703Sc; low
grade mailing, 3s@40c; fair to good. 40@45c,
and choice to fancy, 46@50c.
PORK, LARD AND RIBS-Stronger.
January pork. $9.071s; January lard. $5.0211
to $5.05; January ribs. $4.65 to $4.67h.
POTATOES-Market weak. Burbanks, %
oslo; Hebrons and Peerless. 27@30c; Empire
State, Rose and Kings, 2@29c.
EGGS-Steady. Strictly fresh eggs saI-
able at 18c; and recandled stock, new cases
included, about 19c.
BUTTER-Ruling quiet and feeling easy.
Extras, A@211kc; dairies. 12lk@19c.
LIVE POULTRY-Market quiet Tur.
keys, 1850; Chickens, 4@61kc; Ducks, &c pee
pound; Geese, $3.00@5.75 per dozen.
New York. Nov. 2.
BUTTER-Firm. Western creamery.
151x@2Sc; Elgins, 23c; factory, 117z@1411c.
CHEESF-Steady. Large white S15c:
small white, 9@91sc; large colored, SIC;
small colored, 9@9Ac.
EGGS-Firm. Western, 23c; southern
1912@201ac.
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Live Stock.

Chicago, Nov. 4.
81 5o@s45 for Pigs; ss25@s.7o for light: 1926
@345 for rough packing; $335@3.7711 for
mixed. and So. 5o@3.se for heavy packing and
shipping lots.
CATTLE-Market fairly active. Feeling
firm. Quotations ranged at $5.25@5.60 for
choice do; ;4so@4.so for fair togood; A1o9
4.75 for common to medium do; $4.00@4.45
for butchers Steers; $4.00@5.30 for fed
Western Steers; $2.9O@4.O0 for Stockers:
$4.00@4.5o for Feeders; $1.75@4O0 for Cows:
s2.60d4.60 for Heifers; $250@4.25 for Bulls.
Oxen and Stays; 81. 1904. 10 for Texas Steers;
s360@4.55 for Grass Western Steers; $3.50
400 for Western Cows and Heifers, and
el00Q7.25 for Veal Calves.
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DENIsON MARKET SUMMARY
Notice of Appointment of Ad-
mtnistralOr.

TEE 6RA sTATp 90 cpu IUWA' In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of
Henry Kruse late of Crawford County, deceased.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR.
To whom it may concern:-YOu are hereby
notified that on the 2sth day of October, 1885,
letters of administration were issued to the pn-
dersigned as administrator of the above entitled
estate, and all creditors of said estate are noti-
fed to file their claims In the Office of the Clerk
of the District Court. in and for Crawford Coun-
ty, Iowa. within one year from the date OF this
notice. according to law. and have the same
allowed and ordered paid by said count, or stand
forever barred theretrom.
Dated November 9Th, 1893
WILLIAM KRusE Administrator
A. T. BENNETT. Atty for Estate.
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Chicago, NOV. I.
FLOUR-Moderate demand and steady.
WHEAT-Unsettled. December, 65h0
655s; May, 667s@66kc.