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The Conservative, 1898-07-21
BOARDS WITH: The constitute
OUT "a WMiLIS. of the state of N

many of the western states, is inten-
tionally so constructed as to restrict
the number of elective and a%ppeintive
officers. This feature In fundamental
law grew out of a wise ~forecasting of
political possibilities. 1t was fashioned
for the purposes of economy and frugal
ity in state administration. But the
smartness of modern legislators, whet-
ted by an appetite for official life and
it's emoluments has avoided and evaded
constitutional inhibitions.
No sawmills in the heavy forests of
Wisconsin and Michigan have turned
out "boards" with the rapidity with
which the Nebraska and other legisla-
lures have exuded hat sort Of lumber
upon the taxpayers of this common
wealth. We have boards of railroad
commissioners, boards Of warehouse
commissioners boards almost innumer-
able and almost wholly unnecessary,
and each and all of them have appctites
for fees and salaries. The cost of
"boards" to the taxpayers of Nebraska
is immense. These boards originate
primarily with the idea that common
people are Individually incapable of
looking after their own interests. The
oil inspectors are the incarnation of a
belief that the average citizen of the
state of Nebraska does not know enough
to buy oil that will not blow him up or
set his house on fire, The time is not
distant, if this anxiety for the creation
of public office continues dominant,
when there will be a board of flour in
spectors, sugar inspectors, corn and oat-
meal inspectors, starch inspectors, po-
tato inspectors, water inspectors in fact,
a board to inspect anything and every
thing that humanity can eat, drink or
wear. Paternalism has so established
itself that many citizens of the state
seem entirely unconscious of the fact
that whatever the state pays for in
money must be taken from it's citizen
ship in the form of taxation. Neither a
state nor a national government has any
patent or power to create values. Ev-
cry government is a born pauper. No
government has any money except that
taken by levying and collecting taxes
upon either subjects or citizens. Extra
vagance in government expenditures
means enhancement of the burdens of
taxation. T%aXeaters advocate more
revenues. Taxpayers protest against
more and pray for less taxation. Who
ought to govern-those who pay all the
taxes OF those who eat all the taxes
No tax can be too small and any tax
may be made too big.
j. Sterling Morton, the ex-secretary
of agriculture, has established a weekly
~
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first number has been issued, assures
his enterprise of substantial support
Daily Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Out in Nebraska City a new weekly
paper has begun it's career with the pres
sent month, starting out with a subscrip-
ton list of four or five thousand names.
1t is called The CONSERVATIVE, and CAR
ries at it's masthead the name of J. Ster=
ling Morton as editor. Mr.. Morton was
secretary of agriculture during Pfesi=
dent Cleveland's last administration and
his name was suggested in 1896 as can
didate for President Oh the ticket of the
Gold Democrats. Though he did not
attain hat distinction he did yoemah
service as the champion of a sound cur
rency, and he has always been identi;
fed with the stability and integrity Of
our national affairs. It is not to be
doubted that the paper under his con-
troll will justify it's name, though con-
servatism with him does not mean slug
gishness or Indifference to new and pro-
gressive ideas. There is need Of a
strong, honest and able conservative in
fuence in the very region where the
new journalistic enterprise is planted,
and certainly no haffh Would follow
should it acquire a national reputation
and circulation. It's prospectus is frank
and vigorous. 1t that it
twill treat all Americans as laborers,
either with hands or heads-doing either
manual Or mental work-or both.
There is no menacing leisure class in
the United States. Conflicts between
money and muscle have nearly always
been inaugurated by politicians seeking
prominence and profits through public
Offices" It ''will declare for the con-
tinuance of the single gold standard in
the monetary system of the Govern
ment Of the United States. 1t will COM
bat the free coinage of silver at 16 to 1.
1t will contend that the relative value
of coins made of silver and gold de-
ponds not upon an enacted ratio, but upon
the relative market value of the silver
and gold bullion which those coins con
tain" Finally, it "enters upon it's x
istence with the hope of becoming use
full as a truth-teller, and influential as a
militant exponent of everything in
American social, industrial and political
life which the experience of one hun
dred and twenty-five years of national
: independence has proved to be worth
conserving" Its editor is an able, hon
est, up-to-date man and we expect to
see The CONSERVATIVE reflect these
: characteristics. May it live long and
5 prosper Boston Transcript.
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Che Conservative.

men. The daily payroll Oh all Ameri-
can railroads combined, officers and
clerical staff included, amounts to about
50, 900, 900 day.-New York Sun.
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called THE CONSERVATIVE, and which
will be published "in the interest of the
conservation At all tliat is deemed de-
sifable In the social, industrial and po-
litical life of the United States"-in-
Guiding the gold standard, civil service
reform, the rights Of corporations a
well as individuals, and economy in
public administration, Mr., Morton Is Q
powerful champion Of sueh causes. and
the fact that his subscription list con
tains 5000 to 5000 names before the
first number has been issued, assures
his enterprise Of substantial support
Daily Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
The Conservative, 1898-07-21

j. Sterling Morton, the e~x-secretary
of agriculture, has established a weekly
paper at Nebraska City, Neb., which is
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Inc fastidious public: She (scorn-
fully) = twenty-five cents for that
hatr' He-sDot's der best I can do,
lady. Dose SECOND hand hats vos hard
to sell. You haf no idea how many
granks dere are vot Won't buy holdings
bat new hatsl'-[Puck.
Cawker - "This yar is affOrding
opportunities for people to brush up ther
knowledge of geography" Cumso-
els it?" Cawker-sIt is. Only yes
terday Sprocketts discovered that
Hampton Roads weren't good for cy-
cling. u Harper's Bazaar.
Askins-'T wonder how it is that
these actresses always look so young
in their lithographs?" Grimshaw--
'sOh when an actress is young she has
her picture taken, and when she is old
she does not depart from it."-Judge.
Some men seek glory in the lannon's
mouth. but those who seek it in their
own mouths are in an overwhelming
majority. Boston Transcript.
If there is any mystery about the
construction of any Of SPANS battle
ships the Holland torpedo boat ought
to be able to get to the bottom OF 1t.
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Deafness.

Among the few ear troubles that
may be fittingly spoken of in this
journal comes, first and foremost, that
greatest of all ear troubles-deafness.
And deafness arises from number OF
causes, only one or two of which can
be indicated in this paper. A leading
aural surgeon states that numbers OF
people travel hundreds and thousands
of miles to consult him about deaf.
ness viii III is entirely due to collec-
ton of wax in the,ears, which is easily
and safely removable with a syringe
and warm water. This experience is
fully borne out in that of other prac-
titioners and patients who come to ua
in great concern about their deafness
are sent away perfectly satisfied and
comforted by the application of some
softening material to the wax and the
removal of the softened mass by care
full Swinging.
This leads to another cause OF deaf
Mesa sore and congested throat,
and enlarged tonsils, quinsy, etc. The
deafness that not infrequently &C
companies a cold is in many cases
traceable to the blocking of these
little tubes, which convey air and
sound to the ear. Hence gargle OF
alum water with little cayenne
pepper, may relieve this form of deaf.
ness by improving the condition Of
the throat; or a wet bandage round
the throat, covered in turn by gutta.
percha tissue OF flannel; or linseed
poultice may cure the same condition;
and in cases of chemically relaxed
throats, with accompanying deafnesss,
the cold douche to the throat is in.
valuable, if systematically used; and
chlorate Of potash or carbolic acid
lozen.e, eaten occasionally, will also
be beneficial.
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Cobalt Mine Richer Than . Gold One.
A cobalt mine is more desirable
than the richest golden bonanza
OF all Of the Rocky Mountains, and
cobalt has been discovered at Grand
Encampment, Wyoming, by the French
mineralogist, Charles Poulot. Cobalt
is worth $1.8O q pound, and George
Doane, the copper king of the Grand
Encampment district, has q mine
where thousands of tons Of this ore
are already in sight. Cobalt is the
active principle that colors blue all
porcelain and glass. It is the active
principle of blue in oil and water
painting. It is one Of the rarest
minerals; Norway, Sweden, and
Bohemia have in the past furnished
the bulk Of tho worlds supply. The
Doane mine yields $IQ8 to the ton in
cobalt. This is only one among
hundreds of copper mines at Grant
Encampment, and if they all contain
cobalt Wyoming's new mining district
within year may be producing more
wealth than any three mining districts
in the world, not excepting Klondike,
the Transvaal, and Cripple Creek. II
cobalt exists in the Grand Encamp-
ment copper ore to the extent that M.
Poulot asserts from his chemical an
alysis of the Doane ore Grand En-
campment will add to the mineral
wealth of the world 500, 000,0 an.
nually or else the price Of cobalt will
be reduced to minimum. New York
TimAs
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oda PI.oe to GROW Mushreoms ;.

A tunnel sixty. feet below the level
Of the streets of Edinburgh, con-
structed for the use of the North
British Railway some fifty years ago,
has been used for the past ten years
as place for the cultivation OF
mushrooms. It furnishes constant
temperature and an absence of light,
both of which conditions are favora-
bic for the growth Of the mushrooms,
and SO successful has the propagation
been that the Scottish Mushroom
Company is said 70 be in control Of the
British market for cultivated mush-
rooms. It uses 800 mushroom beds,
twelve by three feet, and the output
at times amounts to 5000 pounds OF
mushrooms per month. The effect
has been to diminish the amount fur
nished by the French growers, who
formerly controlled the English mar
ket almost absolutely.
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An Experts Opinion: Burgh-'T
see the scientists claim that strawber-
ries are 81 per cent water" Ralston
1.-THE scientists are away off. Straw
berries are 81 per cent box bottom.
IL Chicago News.
On Deck: Acquaintance-"You
never get seasick, Ell? Too bad!'
The inyalid-s'Why is it too bad?
have troubles enough" Acquaint-
ance-But seasickness would mako
you forget all your other troubles. -
/ Puck.
Mr.. Jonsing ties as I wuz comm
out of Marse Jones' gate wifi de fowls
ali met de pahson." Wife laghast)--
A"W-wot did he say?" Mr.. Jonsing-
HE said he wuz comm ober to tex
dinner wifi us tomorrcr. Truth.
Suitor Ito her young brother)-
"Come, you ought to know; is there
any chance for me?" Brother-"Oh,
you are all right. That isn't what's
troubling Name. She's wondering if
there's any chance for her. Boston
Transcript.
| II hope that you fully appreciate
the fact that when you are married it
| is for life, and that the obligations you
assume are most solemn" said the
minister to a couple about to be mar
ried in his study. eyes, sir" replied
the bride, cheerily, 1--WE know oil about
| it, for I have been married three times
before, and him twice, and we know
the ropes pretty well by this time. -
Harper's Bazaar.
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interviewed the Dentist.

A girl employed in one of the large
laundries in town found her teeth in
rather deplorable condition while
ago and decided to have false set of
molars. She gave her order to a
dentist, and when they were finished
he promised to send them to the
laundry.
In the meantime, one of the men at
work about the laundry learned of her
predicament and decided to play a
joke upon her. While cleaning out
an ash barrel be discovered an old set
of false teeth which he brushed up
and wrapped in a piece of paper.
He then hired messenger boy to de-
liver the package to the girl person
ally.
The set was evidently too large, for
when the girl came down to the laun-
dry the next day she looked like fe-
male chimpaAzee. Her mouth was
stretched all out of proportion. She
took them back to the dentist, and it
would be worth $7.63 to know what
she said, inwardly and outwardly, af-
ter a personal confab with the dentist.
Portland Express.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.
,ilt arms shadows with spears.

Guilt arms shadows with spears.
The fame of devotion is kindled 81
he altar Of prayer.
The best secret keeper is the ono
hat does not know it.
Leisure hours are the best or tho
worst part Of our lives.
No fraud is more wicked than
sheating in love game.
Hope is the automatic feeder IN the
human threshing machine.
It is as easy to impose upon child
once as it is difficult to do it second
time.
Idle men are more burdened with
their time than the most busy are with
their business.
Set no standard for others-they
may live nearer to the light they have
received than you do.
Time is always fooled away. when
we try to build towers OF our Own
from which to get into heaven.
A man who does not know how to
learn from his mistakes turns the best
schoolmaster out of his life.
Do not try to drive some undesira
BILE topic from your mind. but crowd
it out with something better.
Be patient with every one, but
above all with yourself. Do not bt
disturbed because of your imperfec
tions, and always rise up bravelJ
from fall.
Reverence IS the soul of religion.
When that is gone, there is little left
with which God can be pleased.
Where nothing is sacred, everything
| becomes common, even God himself
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ONE ENJOYS

ONR ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys.
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head.
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial In its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 80
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try It. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA re SKRUp CO.
Gan FRANCISCO. Cal.
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While teaching class in Sunday
school recently the teacher asked:
What was Noah supposed to be do
ing when the animals were going into
the arkp" She received several an
swers. At last little girl put mp her
hand. ''Well." she asked, "what do
you say?" Taking the tickets, Miss,
said she.-Tit- Bits.
Further Trouble: cit isn't Spain Tn
afraid of, )" said the passenger with the
skull cap. s'But after we have hum
bled Spain we are going to have trou-
BILE with another power that hasn't
been friendly to this country for sew
eral years" ''What power is that?"
asked the passenger in the linen dus-
ter. s'The United States senate, re-
joined the other.-Chicago Tribune.
All He Required: Skullins the road
agent)-s.Lady, stand in great need
NV symat'y." Lady-sIndeed| Skull
lins-''Yes, lady. I'm one NV de un-
fortunates crew NV Spanish merchant
ship de United States ships captured. I"
Lady-s'Poor mani and 30 you are
looking for work." Skullins-s'No,
lady; food an money is all I require. "
Judge.
Cool: "This is the fourth time you
have asked me to marry you" said
Miss Cayenne, rather impatiently.
"How often do you wish to refuse2''
"Well," replied Willie Washington,
'T think three times quite sufficient. "
Washington Star.
Another Patriot-"I understand
that Bindle is going to apply for a
pension" upon what grounds, I
would like to know? He never fought
for his country" mo, but he came
over on the Paris and his nervous sys-
tenn was upset" Chicago News.
Untitled Expectations: ''That man
Tithertson's regular torpedo boat. "
''How do you make that out?" ever
since he was boy at school people
have been predicting great things OF
him, but he's never done anything
worth mentioning" - [Clevcland
Leader.
A Remarkable Man-"Is Jones OPP
posed to the sensational newspapers?'
Smith-"He's not only opposed to
them, but he doesn't read them. -
| PUCK.
Henry v. was SO swift runner that
he could take wild buck in Q large
park without bow or other weapon.
Prince Arthur, son of Henry VII,
was fine shot, and in his honor good
marksmen were frequently called Ar
thur.
| Henry VIII. had several bowling
alleys built at the palace Of Whitehall
he excelled at throwing the hammer
and at archery and made law which
forbade any one over twenty years old
shooting at mark less than 220 yards
distant.
| Charles I. was playing chess when
he received the letter telling him that
the Scots had agreed to give him ovel
to the parliamentary forces.
| James III. was 80 expert at golf thai
no one could equal hi:n except an En-
inburgh shoemaker named Patterson
whom he finally vanquished and pre-
scented him with large sum Of money
by way of consolation.
Different: ''Those folks next dool
must have bought that house." "Wha
makes yo1 think so 2" heard bel
scolding the maid for driving a picture
nail in the plaster. Detroit Free
Press.
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In the days of old he would have
rushed to his fate blindly, says the
Burlington lIowa) Hawkeye, but the
new woman has made the new man
somewhat more cautious than he used
to be in the old days.
She could see by the way he fidget-
ed around in his chair that he made
up his mind to come to the point that
evening, but desired to look little
way into the future first. ;
ssSary," he said, abruptly, after a
rather painful silence, "hev ye any
bloomers?"
"Nary bloom, she replied, prompt
~.
ever expect to get any?" he per-
sisted.
ST never had no hankerin' fer
pants" she retorted.
''Sorter reckon that yer husband
kin look arter everythin' in the pants
line, dossye?"
''I wouldn't have q man that
couldn't"
"Course ye wouldn't" he said,
thoughtfully, and then he pondered
the matter for few minutes before
continuing.
"Hev We any idee tibet ye know
more about politics than me?" he in
quired ct last.
'What dye s'pose 1 know bout
politics?" sheretorted. ''D'ye reckon
there's any politics in the cook bookr'
He nodded his head approvingly.
ST ruther like the way ye talk" he
said, ''but ye don't seem to be up to
the times. Most O. the wimmin now
adays wants to do all the votin' and
all the talkin'."
"'Tain't my STYLE" she returned. !.
"D'ye think, he asked, becoming
more earnest than ever before, thet
I know my own business better'n you
kin tell it to me?"
ST wouldn't have We sparkin' round
here eff ye didn't" she answered
shortly.
"That settles i'll" he exclaimed,
ioyfully. "Will We marry me?"
And so the matter was settled.
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round I'll. Earth.

The time required for journey
round the earth by man walking
day and night, without resting, would
be 1913 days; an express train, 40
days; sound, at a medium temperature,
32} hours; cannon ball, 2l4 hours;
light, little over one-tenth of q Sec
ond; and electricity, passing over a
copper wire, little under one-tenth
of second.
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No comparisonl Naval Commander
'"To give you the information you ask,
young man, would be premature, and
might cost two or three battleships. +"
Correspondent-.But, good heavens,
If I don't get that information, it may
cost me my job. Chicago Tribune.
A Movable Epoch: "What is time
immemorial. Uncle Jim?" thine i'm
memorial is as far back as You feel
posted on ancient history. Chicago
Record.
ST hope, papa" said Bobbie, "that
the government isn't buying its torpe-
does of Mr.. Spillkins down in the vii
lage. I got some there last Fourth of
July, and half of them wouldn't go
of" -[ Harper's Bazaar.
Perhaps that frenzy of enthusiasm
which the correspondents represent as
existing at Key West over the notable
victory of the Nashville was scarcely
warranted by the event if one consid-
ers only the Importance of the prize.
Giddy Young Thing s'Do you know
that as Hamlet you reminded me very
much of Booth?" Eminent Young
Tragedian :" Ah, indeed?" Giddy
Young Thing-'Yes; your costume was
almost exactly like the one he used to
wear when he played that part.
Rural Trepidation:: aDoes Aunt Re-
becca take any interest in the WARP"
eyes; she says she hopes the guns
won't be near enough to disturb her
setting hens. Chicago Record.
Little Georgie-"Do you folks ever
hove family prayers before breakfast?''
Little Albert-"No, we only have
prayers before we go to bed. We amt
afraid in the daytime. cleveland
Leader.
When st. Louis heard the rumor
that the mule market had been COR
nered she rose majestically and kicked.
For xtra-hazardous war duty, some-
thing in which daring and suffering
would count, why not enroll special
corps of baseball umpires
Awfully Hard Up: Dunmore-.eThat
Smudgkins must be awfully hard up.o'
Dadlow-"Why?" Dunmore He's
been Cumming me every day for a dol
lar, I owe him for the last six
months. ~ Roxbury Gazette.
Mrs. TT am worried because my
husband is keeping something from
me, and don't know what it is"
Mrs. S.-"My husband, too, is keep
ing something from me, and I am
worried because I do know what it
is" Mrs. T.-"Indeedl What Is it?!'
Mira SIT is money" Tit Bits.
Judge ito wife Of defendant $50
you were present when your husband
broke into the girls high school. I" ssOl
COURSE I v6el Would your wife allow
rou . hfook iu1o : girlf high school
Ion ~ = DlasttsE.
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Her nerves ate strong and she Is In perfect
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