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Sharp County record., 1899-01-20

money in it, bee; use We put it
there, and now is tie time to
grasp a f)rtune and have a hot
time all for one price. Call early
and AVOID the rlsh.-Portland
Enterprise.
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letter. salt.Rheum and Eczema.

The intense itching and snarting, Incl,
dent to these diseases isinstantly allayed
oy applying Chamberlain 5 Eye and
Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases
Live been permanently cured by it. II
is equally efficient for itching piles and
favorite remedy for sore nipples,
chapped hands, chilo.'ains, frost bites
~ chronic sore eyes. 25 cts. per box.
Sharp County record., 1899-01-20

have been a great sulZerer from Constipation
for over Il e years. NvtE!ng gave me any relief.
My feet and legs and abdomen were blOated so
could not wear shoes on my feet and only loose
dress, saw Ripans Tabules advertised In our
daily paper, bought some and took them as direct
ed. Have taken them about three weeks and there
IS such change! l am not constipated any more
and | owe IL all to Ripans Tabules lam thirty.
seven years old, have no occupation, only my
household duties and nursing my sick husband.
He has had the dropsy and am trying Ripans
Tabules for him. He feels some better but 1t will
take some time, he has been sick 70 long. You
may use my letter and name as you like
Mrs. MARY GoaaAs CLARKE.
7 have been suffering from headaches ever
since | was u little girl. could never ride In o
Sharp County record., 1899-01-20

WANTED:- The Post st-Dispatch
wants an agent in every hamlet,
every village, every town, every
city. This is the opportunity Of
a lifetime to establish c. profitable
business. 1t costs nothing to try,
You can get the support of your
leading citizens, who viii be- only
too glad to see you start,
The Post Dispatch Is in great
demand, It's agreatpaper. It's
a member Of the Associated Press,
No other 81, Louis evening paper
enjoys this distinction. The
Post-t ispatch has war cores
pondents at all points Of interest
an | with the fleets now in the
Pacific and Cuban waters.
BY mail only go cents a month.
Write at once for particulars,
Address, The Post Dispatch,
81, Louis, Mo
Sharp County record., 1899-01-20

DR.. Cady's Condition Powders, are
Just what a horse reeds when in ba(
condition. Tonic, blood purifier and
7ermifuge. They are not food but
ledicine and the best in use to put a
horse in prime condition Price 9S
cents per package.
Sharp County record., 1899-01-20

Tabules regularly. shekeep5 q few cartons Ripans
Tabules In the house and says she will not be WIN
out them The heartburn and sleeplessness have
disappeared with the Indigestion which was
formerly 10 great n burden for her. Our whole
family take the Tabules regularly especially aficr
q hearty meal My mother is nifty years OF nEe
and Is enjoying the best Of health and spirits also
eats hearty meals, an impossibllty before she
took Ripans Tabules. ANTON Il. bLAohES
Sharp County record., 1899-01-20

NJ r.old boy
suffered with pains IL
his Lead. constipation
and complained Of HI
stomach. He could NJ -
eat like children OF his
age do and W hat he
did eat did not agree
with LIN. He was thin
,otF.np onlnr
Sharp County record., 1899-01-20
I want TO l. sorm you,

I want TO l. form you,
in words OF highest
praise, Of the benetit
I have derived from
Eipans Tubules. ! an q
professional nurse and
In this profession q clear
head ia always needed.
Ripans Tabu.es does 1t.
After one Of my cases |
foundry self completely
run down. Acting on he
advice OF Mr. Geo Bow.
or. Pin. g., $50 Newark
Ave, Jersey City, l took
Ripans Tabules with
grand results.
Hiss BE:5Ig WIEDgAs.
Sharp County record., 1899-01-20

Reading some Of the testln' nlalS IN favor OK
Rpaus rabuIes, tried them. Rlpans Tabrles not
oniy relieved but actually cured my youngster'
the headaches have disappeared bowels are IN
good condition and LIE never complains OF MS
stomach. lie 10 now red chubby faced boy. This
wonderful change attribute to ltipans Taoules.
l am satisfied that thcyw viii benefit any one from
ill.,, cradle to old age) il taken according to drec.
tions. E. W. PRICE
Sharp County record., 1899-01-20
ON LYNCHING.

lyncnllS anu llIiprolHlu leCh-Vie
entertainments. That they are
to be deeply deplored 20 one
} doubts and that tie taking OF
human life without judge or j,rJ
or trial or conyi C ton is a most
, vicarious atcnemen! for the sins
& ,ainst purity and virtue AMI
should be condemned by all
law at iding citizens.
But a few papers go too far
and condemn too severely the
men of mobs. Some of the m
even condemn the ones who do
the lynching more severely than
the ones lynched. Surely they
are not so bad as the man who
trough lust or avarice or greed
or spite Stays virtue and takes
hlman life. The ones who do
the lynching are indeed impul-
siye to a fault, but the brutes
who are lynched;
"Fiends are they, not men, but
devils,
Caring naught for all that's pure,
Bending all things to their
! passions,
Death and ruin making sure"
nry truly meet .vr just de-
."rts, but their sl9yers, tn ones
vho take their miserab e lives,
are not to be 50 etern&lly con-
demned.
So ne Of these papers call on
the Legislative powers to relieve
Iu3 of moblaw. The call is in
vain; the crime is beyond leg5S-
latiye control. IL might pass
law upon law until the statute
books contained naught but laws
against lynchings, and lynchings
will continue to occur. 1t is a
passion that exists in all men
and can never be suppressed
until the crimes which instigate
and arouse this passion have
ceased to occur. For mon IL
continue to avenee such wrongs
with just sucl punishment cas-
long as life has passion" AS
long as black fiends befoul pur-
ity and virtue, as long as such
crim;s are perpetrated by them
just so long may trey expect to
be strung up to a tree and left
as dangling, damnable object
Lesson to these who are tempted
to follow in their footsteps.
1t is wrong to lynch men.
'Tis true that two wrongs never
made one RIGHT. We deplore
mobs as much as any law -abid-
ing citizen cen do, but we de-
plore the causes more than the
co. sequences crd condemn the
ones who create the cause ten
thousand times more than the
ones who bring about the con-
sequences; for one is demon
for whom hell is too good, and
the other is an impulsive, yet
ardent champion Of virtue and
and love and homo.
The history of mob law can be
traced directly to the courts
delay in dealing with criminals
md its increase cen be attributed
solely and only to the courts
increased lemency; for we are
convinced that If the law would
take the course it should take,
never another wretch would be
hung by other than officers whose
duty it is % tie the knot and
and jerk the leperous monster
to the very bottomless pit of
pordition, there to roast eternally
IN the fire unquenchable and
flames unchecked. But the
courts delay justice, temper il
with too much mercy sometimes,
and often the ends Of justice are
defeated, a rapist or murderer is
again turned loose to seek whom
he NAV deyour, while the VIC
Sharp County record., 1899-01-20

WI Va b. AAsc - ~ " ~
place without getting @
headache aud sick at my
stomach. | heard about
Rlpans TGbules from an
aunt Of mino who was
taking them for catarrh
OF the stomach. She has
found such relief fro :
their use she advised ,
t. taLe them 100. az.
hsve O3cn doing so siL.co
last October, and viii
say they have complete
ly cured my headaches.
| am twcnty.nine years
old. You are welcome
to use this testimonial
Mrs. J. BaooKAYRE.
Sharp County record., 1899-01-20


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hehai
7heyrh hMnnd proonehie oegns ee
Sharp County record., 1899-01-20

Mother was troubled
with heartburn aud
eleeplessness, caused by
indigestion, for O good
Dany years. One day
the saly q testimonial
In the paper indorsin., 3,
Ripans Tabules. She
determined to give them
q trial. was greatly
relieved by their use
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-15

the head or the FAMILY owning them Dies
An American Steamship Line.
When we have our own steamship line to
the Argentine the chances for Americans
will be materially bettered. This will be
especially 80 as to our import and export
trade. A nation cannot work we'll CONNER
cially without tools any better than an In
dividual can. Our greatest trouble is that
we have not the best tools Of commerce.
Steamers are among commercial tools, and
the European nations have all the steamers.
There Is today not a single maritime port
OF Importance on the coast OF Europe that
has not its regular steamers for Buenos
Ayres, and the Argentine merchants can
order by cable and know that they will
surely get their goods within twenty-five or
thirty days..
The lines from and to New York are all
English and they are so slow that 1t takes
thirty days to make the actual voyage and
they are SO far apart that replies from cable
orders are uncertain. There is a steamer
from Europe to Buenos Ayres almost every
day In the month and one can leave Buenos
Ayres for Europe nearly every day.
The steamships which 60 to Europe are
much finer than those which 60 to the
United States, so much better, indeed, that
passengers to New York often go there by
way Of Liverpool or Southampton rather
than direct. The fare Is not very much more
and the time not much longer, although
the distance via Liverpool Is greater by
more than 5000 miles.
The steamship lines which, ply between
Buenos Ayres and Europe, as well as those
which go from New York to Buenos Ayres,
are making money. l am told that the
lines between Buenos Ayres and New York
annually divide profits to the amount of Is
per cent Of their capital stock. They charge
from $50 to SITS for passage. and their
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-15

Of secretaries. 10 q familiar one and illus
Il. ~. tho .heLiCacJ, as we'll as mex
pediency, Of permanent measures to meet
merely temporary conditions.
Our fundamental law was framed at a
transitional period in the history OF con-
stitution- making in America. The consti-
lions which preceded 1t were OF
the old type containing merely the
bill Of rights, the framework OF government
and a few other general provisions. Those
framed in more recent years are of In
creasingly widening scope, extending far
into the field Of general legislation. The
Nebraska Constitution occupies a position
midway between these two types. 1t has a
less extensive scope than those framed dur
ing the last decade, but 1t covers many sub
tects which would have seemed out Of place
In the constitutions Of the early part Of the
century. Such are the articles XXI, XII.
KID relating to railroad and other cor
portions, portions Of which have been of
frequent consideration by the supreme court
In recent years.
Unchnngcabiiity Of the Constitution
Perhaps the most effective, and at the
same time most serious OF these peculiar
features OF our constitution Is its unchange-
ableness. For Its own amendment 1t re-
quires "a majority OF the electors voting
at the election and this has been con-
strued by the supreme court to mean .
majority Of the highest aggregate number
Of votes cast at the election whether for
candidates or propositions, and not merely
a majority of those cast on the amendment.
One Of the judges In the opinion wherein
this construction is announced frankly
recognizes that taking the past as q
criterion by which to foretell the future.
1t would seem that under the construction
adopted, 1t will be almost, II not quite,
Impossible to change the present constitu-
ton, however meritorious may be the
amendment proposed" And this convlc-
ton is not confined to the judicial, but is
also shared by the executive branch. Our
new governor in his inaugural message calls
attention to the fact that although pro-
posed amendments are submitted at almost
every session OF the legislature, yet Sin
the press OF other matters and in the ex-
element Of political campaigns they are
lost sight OF and fail to receive popular rati-
f~cation." The justification for this re-
mark will appear when We recall that while
our constitution has been In force for al
most a quarter Of q century, and while at
one time lin 1886 as many ~
twelve propositions OF amendments were
pending, there is but one instance where a
change has been actually effected and that
only through a legislative recount after the
proposition had been declared lost by the
Official canvassers.
Disadvantages Of the Interchangeable
Feature.
It seems to be conceded then that our con-
s~titution is practically Interchangeable by
amendment, and II so we find here not only
a most peculiar feature. but one OF gravest
concern to the wealth. Doubtless II
is important that our fundamental Law
should be stable and secure, not changed
with every wave Of popular caprice. and not
easily manipulated by designing politicians
But on the other hand 1t is not an edifyins
spectacle to behold a great commonwealth
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-15

where needed legal reforms are rendered i'm
possible because the hands of the state were
~fettered In Its infancy. Take the example Of
the voting machine, which Is regarded by
all who have studied its workings as a val
liable addition to the electoral machinery,
insuring at once a speedy and accurate
count. This device was unknown when our
constitution was framed and the trainers
made its adoption impossible under present
conditions by inserting the apparently in
nocent requirement that "all votes shall be
by ballot" This Is but one OF many in
stances where our present constitution pro-
vides an effective barrier against really de-
sirable legislation.
A remedy for this plight into which our
laws have fallen seems to lie In the calling
OF a constitutional convention, and a general
belief that this Is the only possible solution
is Indicated by the fact that both our In
coming and retiring governors have recon-
mended that plan to the present legislature.
1t Is gratifying to know that such q course
meets the approval Of some who speak with
authority. Mr.. 3. L. Godkin, ed
itor Of the Nation, always con-
sentative and never even an optimist,
thus characterizes the constitutional con-
vention as a factor in American political
development: Through the hundred years
OF national existence II has received little
but favorable criticism from any quarter.
1t Is still an honor to have a seat In Il.
The best men In the community are still
eager or willing to serve In It, no matter
at what cost to health or private affairs.
| cannot recall one convention which has
incurred either odium or contempt. Time
and social changes have often frustrated its
expectations or have shown its provisions
for the public welfare to be Inadequate or
mistaken, but 1t 10 very rare indeed to hear
its wisdom and integrity questioned. In
looking over the list of those who have
figured in conventions Of the state of New
York since the Revolution one finds the
name Of nearly every man OF weight and
prominence. and few lay 1t down without
thinking how happy we should be II we
could secure such service for our ordinary
legislative bodies"
Who shall say that the creation of such
4 body at this time would not summon to
the service OF the state many gifted clti-
Gems OF whose assistance the state Ia now
deprived because present political condi~
lions fail to attract them? II 80, the result
would tend to quicken and regenerate the
not too wholesome civic life Of our be-
loved common wealth, besides facilitating, by
the removal OF obsolete constitutional bar
riers. that steady improvement in laws and
institutions which Is the normal tendency
OF every free and intelligent people.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-15
manent monument to his patriotic and pub
lic-spirited endeavors."

llc-eplrlted endeaV0rs.'
The earl OF Norbury, who has come 80
prominently before the public in connection
with Mr.. Hooley, is the great-grandson OF
that John Toler. first Lord Norbury, who
was compelled to retire from his ONCE of
chief Justice Of Ireland. This Lord Norbury
was as famous as Sir Henry Hawkins 10
today as a hanging Judge. At his funeral,
when the coffin was lowered by ropes into
the grave, a voice was heard from tho
crowd: Give him plenty Of ropes. boys.
He was never sparing Of 1t to others"
John d. Rockefeller, when a poor lad, had
his frst picture taken with his class at
Oswego academy. Oswego, N. Y, In 1853.
1t was a daguerreotype and when Rockefeller
became rich he tried to buy 1t from his
former teacher, william Smyth. who refused
to sell at any price. Mr.. Smyth died a short
time ago and his son has since sent the
picture to the millionaire. In the same
class were: General /. s. Catlin. Bishop
George Worthington Of Nebraska and
Charles r. Colburn, Pennsylvania state su-
perintendent Of schools.
Speaker Reed says the Louisville Cour-
kr.Journal. lis fond Of joking about his
size and likes to meet men who are larger
PhyoASoAy as hO 10 n INV yCdib ueO u0
met for the first lime Mr.. Turk, the general
passenger agent of the Southern railway, .
genuine son OF Anak, who overtops Mr..
Reed by two or three inches and outweighs
him by several scores Of pounds. To the
mutual friend who had introduced the big
couple Mr.. Reed said: Say, was your object
In introducing me to Mr.. Turk to call at.
tention to my diminutive size?'"
Lord Iveagh Edward Cecil Guinness),
whose munifcent gifts to Dublin and the
Jenner institute were announced the other
day, was born f~fty-one years ago and was
educated at Trinity college. Dublin. From
an early age he took a keen interest in social
and philanthropic movements and has long
been known for his benefactions to Dublin.
His father had restored st. Patrick's cathe-
dral at his own cost and the family carried
on the good tradition, over $3.50, 900 being
spent on the cleansing and restoration Of
Christ Church cathedral. 1t IL the con-
gested area between the two cathedrals
which Lord Iveagh now proposes to rebuild.
His lordship was created a baronet In 1885
on the occasion Of the visit OF the prince
of Wales to Dublin, was raised to the peer.
age In 1891 and made a knight Of st. Pat.
rick three years ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-15
His Life Was saved.

Mr.. J. e. Lilly. a prominent citizen Of
Hannibal. Mo-, lately had a wonderful de-
liverance from a frightful death. In tellins
Of 1t he says: 81 was taken with Typhoid
Fever. that ran into Pneumonia. My lungs
became hardened. I was SO weak I couldn't
even sit up In bed. Nothing helped me.
expected to soon die OF Consumption, when
! heard OF DR.. Kings New Discovery. One
bottle gave great relief. I continued to USE
It and now am we'll and strong. I can't say
too much In its praise" This marvellous
medicine Is the surest and quickest cure In
the world for all Throat and Lung Trouble.
Regular sizes 80 cents and S1.00. Trial
bottles free at Kuhn & Cos drug store;
avery bottle guarantaad.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-15
GOSSIP ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE.

1.-THE death Of Francis N. Brooke" says
the Philadelphia Press. ''deprives Philadel.
phia Of one Of It's most energetic and public.
spirited citizens. He has been identified
with many public undertakings. but lat
terly he gave much Of his time and In
terest to the old revolutionary camp ground
OF Valley Forge. The State park, which
has been created out Of the battle-ground,
IL mainly due to his exertions. It is stii
an incomplete project. but Mr.. Brooke car.
rled It on 90 far that 1t will remain q Q pAs.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-15
A Marvellous for Producing
Light.
From the New York J~ournal.)

From the New York Journal.)
Science in recent years has given no dis
covery equalling in brilliant impressiveness
to this, the newly invented Carburator Gas
Light.
The public is indebted to Col. II. II. Hardy
of Covington, KY, for its origin.
An average plant complete will cost $70.0 0
This system makes a five-fold better
light than gas or electricity at a cost of rs
per cent less than either. Districts are to
be established throughout the various states,
and representatives will be assigned territory
for the purpose of introducing this new
enterprise.
An extensive company has already been
formed with a capacity for turning out over
a Thousand plants per week. This corpora
ton is known as the Commercial Incan-
descent Gas Machine Co., and Is located at
Cincinnati, o.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-15

After 5-year-old Willie had gone to bed
on Christmas eve his mother went into
the room to see II he had hung up his
stocking properly for Santa Claus. Much
to her surprise she found that the little
fellow had appropriated one of hers for the
occasion and had attached a slip of paper
on which he had printed in a bold hand
one OF his Sunday school texts: THE
Lord lOvvEtH a CheaRfuLL giVveR."
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-15

It warns you in the winter, cools you In
the summer and Is good At all times, Cooks
Imperial Champagne.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-15

when Messrs. Bryan and Thurston were the
rival candidates.
But the legislature has at no time
actually provided for a popular ballot Upon
senatorial candidates, and as the constitu-
tional clause Is permissive only and not
manistory or sSif-txscutinT the votes
which are cast for this purpose are not
officially c~anvased and are treated as a
mere voluntary expression by the electors.
Mo : a Il no Instance ass q Seaa orial
contest In this state been determined or
even materially affected by the popular vote
cast for a particular candidate. Never
the less this provision has been incorpor-
ated into the new constitution OF South
Carolina, and was probably borrowed from
ours, as no other instrument of the kind
embodied such a plan. Under more favor
able conditions, too. It may yet prove to
be the transitional step toward the direct
popular choice OF United States senators.
rev oa,ccs avs sma = "a aries.
Law has been characterized by an eminent
Italian jurist as the product OF economic
conditions. Our state constitution, as the
highest expression OF local law, illustrates
this in several features. Indeed II may
be not inaptly termed a "grasshopper" con-
stitut'oH. for in 1875 when 1t was framed,
the state was just emerging from the gloom
and destitution caused by the insect scourge
of the preceding summer The scrupulous
care with which Offices were limited and
salaries curtailed shows the influence Of
these conditions on the work Of the con-
v~ention. The highest salary allowed by
the constitution is $4,000. and yet even
that sum must have seemed a fortune to
the impoverished Nebraskan Of a quarter
OF a century ago. The story Of how these
checks and limitations regarding ofhces
have been evaded through such means as
the creation Of boards and the appointment
The evening times., 1899-08-03
MAY USE AUTOMOBILES
PostOffice Authorities Soon to Make
an Experiment.
IL Practicable, They VIII BE subsfi-
rured for the Present Vehicles i'm
the Collection of Washington Mail.
superintendent Bell Gathering
Data Regarding Their Utility.

For the past three days Postmaster Mer-
ritt has been in conference with the Off
cials OF the Postofice Department on the
subject of using automobiles for the col
lection of the local mails Superintendent
Of Carriers Bell has been instructed to Sc
cure all the data possible on the subject
TO be submitted to Postmaster Merritt
The Postofice Department is known to
endorse the proposition and Mr.. Merritt is
anxious 10 try the experiment as he de-
sires to improve the service in every way
possible He stated to a Times reporter
this afternoon that nothing definite had
been decided on, that the matter was still
under consideration and that he thought
II probable that automobiles would be tried
here as an experiment in a few DAYS.
While not committing himself. he intimat-
ed that il the experiment proved a success
the new method of collecting the mails
would be adopted.
The several manufacturers and con-
trollers of the automobiles have been in
correspondence with the Postoffice Depart
ment officials with the view of receiving
the privilege Of furnishing the experiment
tai machines. Under the present method
of collecting the mails carriers assigned to
this work are allowed SIS per month for
horse hire, and nearly all of them own
the horses and vehicles. The adoption of
the automobile would therefore necessarily
make changes. but, Postmaster Merritt
says, the matter could easily be arranged
and would not require special legislation.
Ii is not proposed TO abolish entirely the
collection methods now in vogue.