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The independent., 1903-12-10
RE-DIsGRACED

uc IcpuUliCdHS uISSIdc6u tnlS state
until it was a stencil in the nostrils of
the people all over the Union. They
not only robbed the state treasury, inn
noverished the schools, let the teach
ers go without their salaries for a
long time, but brought Generalization
and grating into every county in the
state. Then the populists got control.
They prosecuted the thieves, doubled
the apportionment to the schools and
during the hardest years that Nebras-
ka ever saw reduced the state debt
100000.
Then the republicans got the gov
eTnment again. In good times, when
taxes are easily paid, they have in
creased the state debt to $2,000,000,
and engaged in the same schemes of
grating all over the state and from
top to bottom that brought disgrace
upon Nebraska in the days Of Mosher,
BARLEY and the old gang. Their
United States senator is indicted in
this state, and their state auditor in
Wyoming; their late adjutant general
is now charged with getting away
with $4,000 worth OF blankets. What
else will develop in the near future
no one can guess. but that there is
plenty more to come every one be-
lieves.
1t seems that there has been a
typographical error in the headlines
and writing in all the republican pa
pers. Instead OF Nebraska being re-
deemed it has been re-disgraced.
These editors hereafter should see to
it that the letters following re
should be rearranged so that the word
will be "re-disgraced" instead of Ere
deemed"
The Independent is not ready to in
1orse Mr.. Groot's estimate of Tom L..
Johnson in this issue. Opinions are
often colored somewhat by personal
animOsities, of which the public is
not generally informed. This may or
may not be the case with Mr.. Groot.
The mayor of Cleveland has many
qualities which, at this distance, The
Independent cannot but admire. 1t by
no means regards Mr.. Johnson as in
fallible or as representing every re-
form which The Independent would
like to see effected. But on the whole,
it has believed that Mr.. Johnson's
heart is in the right place, even If
his head does lead him to advocate
certain financial measures which The
Independent regards as inimical to the
public welfare. Mr.. Groot is un-
doubtedly right in his regard for the
Importance of the money question;
but The Independent is not ready to
believe that Mr.. Johnson is man
without political or business honor. :
Doubtless Mr.. Johnsons scheme for
uniting the two wings of democracy
was faulty-Clarke should not have
been nominated-but that it was rath-
er piece of political blundering than
otherwise, The Independent would
prefer to believe.
N~~N~~~~~~~~~
The independent., 1903-12-10

18th and Dodge ST., Omaha, Neb.

democrats; the Jefferconians Of Co.
6G6 populists and 18,909 democratic
democrats.
Ten years later 19C3), based on an
average of the votes for judge and
regents, he estimates the relative
strength as follows:
rIulOcTalS ................... .JJ,J18
JeHerSOnlans ...........,.......7S 10, ,5S0
In this calculation he continues To
count 1885 plutocratic democrats and
gives the remaining 81 ,302 Lc the re-
publican party proper-all, however,
voting together to defeat the Jeffer-
sonians. He divides the Jeffcrsonian
vote into 68,507 populists and 1903
democratic democrats. Here Is where
our friend falls down in his analysis.
The democratic vote, although smaller
than the populist, is certainly mucn
more than ten thousand. A good
many who were originally democrats,
and afterwards joined the peoples
party, have, since FUSION again al
lied themselves directly with the dem
ocratic party-how many, Of course,
the figures could not show, and no.
body knows.
His analysis is not encouraging. Ten
years ago the Jeffersonians lacked but
six thousand Of breaking even with
the plutocrats; today they are 21 900
behind. Our friend, S. p. Gibson OF
Star, Neb., suggests-and there Is
merit in it-that fully one-third Of
the populists who voted for Honest
John Powers in 1890 have been crowd
cd out OF the state through the fore
closure Of mortgages. Their places
have been taken by republicans and
plutocratic democrats from Iowa and
Illinois. largely.
The independent., 1903-12-10

Joe hartley smiles al he remarks.
1t heslna to appear that was not
the only one."
The independent., 1903-12-10

The Public of November 2S contains
a supplement giving a fine half-tone
engraving of John z. White. one of
the most Industrious single takers In
Chicago. Mr.. White at one time stu
died law with the intention of prac-
tlcing. but, becoming dlsgmsted with
the pcttlfogging and chlcanery Of law
practice. he abandoned his plan. en-
tered printing Office and haa since
earned his living as lourncyman
composltor he polled stSt sstea as
the peoples party candidate for con-
gFess In 1884 In triangular contest.
and In iSsG. ~ the fusion candidate.
polled sSa.s, Mr., Waite u now de-
voting his entire time 10 the single
tax propaganda.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-16

Z. P. Land Co. Room 8. Union Depot,
Kansas City, Mo-, or ]. K. Ballantine,
Special Agent, Room 3, 523 Kansas ave
nue., Topeka, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-16
FOOD OF BELGIANS.
Citizens of the Little Kingdom Are
Good Livers.

Ask any one where the daily food is
hest and the answer invariably, from
one who has not been there. will be. ''In
France" yet that eminent F'renchman,
Taine, traveller and writer, says; The
tables d'hote of Belgium are the hnest
in Europe" Belgium is a small count
try. only two-thirds as large as the
state of Maine, but it has a wide range
of food products, because it's location is
favorable to the importation of those
which cannot be supplied at home.
Nearly everything in the vegetable
line is supplied by the farmers who live
lust outside the cities limits and bring
their fresh wares into town twice Or
thrice week for the market leans,
chicory, endive. carrots, of two kinds;
tiny turnips, tomatoes. cabbages of sew
eral varieties, celery, potatoes, Brus-
sells sprouts, peas. onions, may be tound
in the market almost any time. Nearly
all vegetab les except the cabbage grow
much smaller than those seen in Amer
lean markets, but they are very sweet
The celery is not fit for table use UNI
cooked and is never served raw, but APP
pears in soup or as a vegetable In white
sauce The celery roots also are cooked
The potatoes are very small, but the
Flamande prepares them so they are
always mealy. They are served without
their Jackets but not mashed, or in any
of the forms often seen in America
Chicory is a favorite dish, but not paia-
table to Americans. 1t is bitterness
itself. It usually accompanies roast
beef. The bean is like the lima, with
broad pods. Carrots are tiny things,
looking, save for color. like the turnip
adish The turnip is small and white
The fish supply of Belgium is su-
perior to any in this country save 10
the largest cities. Nearly every variety
of food fish IS to be found in the mar
kets Many of the fish are swimming
in a big tank of water and the pur-
chaser selects one which is lifted in a
net and dispatched at once There IS
thus no question of freshness. Snails.
best markets.. There are two varieties
of Holsters, that known here and a
speckIed kind that is brought from
Norway The oysters are not good,
having metallic flavor and being
bearded They are small. too. There
are no CLAIMS on the market, but in
their place are mussels. that look like
those seen on the coast here. They are
very good and are steamed, adding to
them a sprig of celery. a bay leaf. a
quaint cafes called muSsel houses. and
are sold from carts on the streets. They
are too cheap to be served at hotels.
but form representative Belgian dish
The meat supply is inferior to this
country's, game being of few varieties.
scarce and very dear. But one seldom
has tough meat served him. The cooks
know how to make it tender, and those
with silver knives. Sharp knives make
a difference in the seeming toughness
of meats.
Belgian cooks use a great deal of oil.
It takes the place of butter and is used
wholly for frying. They combine vege-
tables usually cooking two or more
together. Cabbage and celery, carrots
and peas, tomatoes and beans are COM
mon combinations. The carrots finely
sliced are cooked in oil with peas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-16

musk and he did grab me tight, affec-
tionate like
He got off at Larrabee street. Mr..
Flanagan"
And how do you know that. Tim?"
There's curve Just before you get
to the station and I noticed two marks
on the floor where he had set his crutch
to steady him when he stood up
And how did you get the thief and
the papers, Tim?"
Just trailed him, Mr.. Flannag gan. He's
a bad one and he's wanted for arson in
San Francisco. and so we're going to
send him out there for trial, because
he'll get it harder than for stealing your
papers and you won't have the trouble
of appearing against him.
Tim Grogan and Mary Flanagan
had been married a month. The old
man went to their modest little fiat to
make a call. He found them out, and
sat down to await their return. Mr..
Flanagan wanted match. He
couldn't find one and so he opened the
closet door to continue the search. The
first thing his eye fell on was a crutch
with a nail in the end of it. The next
thing was a bottle of musk which was
smelling to heaven through the stopper.
The next thing was a red wig. The
Kerry man who stole Mr.. Flannagans
papers had red hair. On a hook were
the queer coat and vest that the
stranger wore when he opened up the
conversation.
A great light broke in on Mr.. Elan
nagan. THE rascal he said to him
self Tim disguised himself, stole my
papers and then had an easy job find
ing Them
Old Mr.. Flanagan was not without
the forgiving spirit. Mary and Tim
came in. Mary" said the old man,
Tim mistook his vocation. He'd make
a first-class thief.
Tim, my boy, you remember the
fellow who got the drink off Casey. Jim
McGarry's bartender? Jim said the
stranger was good for the drink if he
already had it"
wei yoa'ye got me where that fell
low had Jim McGarry after he had the
drink down You've got Mary and
suppose I'll have to stand for it,
Chicago Record Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-16

plication of this medicinal metal. But
in the success of the most recent expert
ments in inhaling the emanations of
radium into the lungs as a cure for
phthisis commonly known as consump-
tion) there lies the prediction of even
more astounding results to the medical
world. While radium, with the X-ray
and the Finsen violet ray, has been used
in cases of tuberculosis of the skin, the
most sanguine physicians have not
hoped to extend it's application to con-
sumption, who is on the staff of the
Boothby hospital, will bring to this city
from abroad a few grains of radium,
and as his work has been in treating
cases of skin tuberculosis he will expert
ment with radium as a cure for con-
sumption of the Tugs. This fall Boston
physician, who is on the staff of the
metal, placed in a dark room, will make
a diamond shine, so powerful is Its radio
or ray activity, and accordingly the
emanations of the metal, when absorbed
into the lungs. in the few cases already
tried. accomplish greater results in five
treatment would in five years. The de-
struction of the lung cells and tissues
is stopped, the surfaces heal over and
breathing becomes natural. OF course.
the radiun emana tons are tempered by
passage through some metal, which re-
duces their intensity, but the healing eff
feet is not lost. After the metal has
been we'll tested at our consumptive hos
pitfalls we shall know it's full value
Boston Advertiser.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-16
TR SIS OVERCOATs FOR SIS
Shown elsewhere as worth $25 to $35


Spinach and cabbage are served in
one; cabbage and sour apples are
cooked together. It is largely a mat
ter of what one has on hand
The Belgian cooks excel in flaVoring.
They use many more ingredients than
other cooks. but only a trifie of each.
One Glove and piece of bay leaf are
all of that to go into a dish. but these
Titles added to others make most
appetiZing whole. These cooks have
learned not to scorn trifies. and the Sc
cret of the uniform excellence of their
food lies in that.
There are three grades of living in
Belgium, and various shades in these.
The tables of the wealthy and of the
large hotels are spread and served much
as they are in England and America.
Salad in Belgium means lettuce or other
green vegetable, always dressed with the
French dressing, and more often this is
mixed by the one using it than not. One
who asks for chicken salad is brought
a slice of chicken. with lettuce separate.
The mayonnaise dressing and the flesh
salad is something almost unknown.
The Belgians are lovers of sweets, which
appear with every dinner, and the va
riety of small cakes is apparently I'M
limited.
The middle class live very comforta-
bly, Breakfast for both of these classes
named is heavier than the French, but
lighter than the English. Coffee and
rolls, Sllce OF cheese or an egg III the
SHE'LL or slice of tongue, or perhaps
some sweet cookies. make the break
fast Cheese in this country takes the
place of meat. and is of all sizes and
fiavors.
Lunch comes at p and in very we'll
to-do families may be simply bread and
cheese and beer. or it may be of some
more elaborate dishes Huitze pot.
which is the Belgian pot au feu, OFTEN
makes the lunch dish. This Is made by
boiling whatever meat bones there may
be- small sausages, vegetables, all sorts
of things in meat and vegetables go into
the pot without much rule and are cook
ed together. and the fiavors are added
in right proportion. forming an excellent
and substantial dish. The very poor
children wander about the markets ana
pick up the stray leaves of cabbage. a
bean pod, castaway carrot or onion,
and carry them home to form the huitze
pot.
At 4 o'clock coffee is served. often with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-16
Farm and Ranch Lands

In Western Kansas and Eastern Col
orado
Low Prices Ten Years Time.
Iuferest 6 Per Cent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-16

nothing more. but there may be rye
bread and cheese sandwiches. or per-
haps slices of piped-koech. This is
Flemish honey cake. and is good for
children and dyspepties, were there any
in Belgium. This is the rule for maxi
ing 1t, and was copied and translated
from a Belgian cook book. Any Amer
lean cook can make as good piper koech
as that of Belgium:
Put in a large bowl two pounds of
honey which has been heated. add
as much flour can be worked in,
cover. and set away for three or four
weeks. Then flour the board, put the
dough on it, make holes in different
parts of the dough and in these put
two tablespoonfuls of cinnamon, one
of cloves, one-eighth pound of soda dis
entire amount of dough- Roll and
double like pie crust until the dough
is soft and can be pulled lengthwise.
Make into loaveS and bake slowly. Try
by pressing finger on top of cake. If
done, the pressure will not leave
mark. When done. glaze with an egg
beaten in milk. Children always like
this.
The dinner even of the middle class.
is an important matter for which at
least an hour is taken. 1t begins with
a soup, always inexpensive and usually
made without meat. then follow meat
and vegeta bies and pudding or sweet.
Beer is the universal drink of all but
the wealthy. who take wine. ~
The poor people live on beer, bread
and potatoes This will be their diet
day after day They seem to thrive on
it and are seldom thin and scrawny.
The laboring class lives on this, add
ing to it coffee in the morning and
cheese now and then. Meat is rarely
eaten by the laboring classes of France
and Belgium except in the form of
sausage. Mussels are a favorite with
these people
One of the most uninviting dishes
served at a Belgian table consisted of
small cells fried in oil, their tails in
of snakes is seldom seen.-F'rom What
to Fat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-16
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Mrs. D. B. CoIcord died Tuesday at
Denver. The body, which is being
brought to Topeka. will reach here Sat
urday A short funeral service will be
held at the grave Saturday afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-16
Assumes Am Responsibilitv.

well. there's one thing about Nuritch
he's very considerate of others
NONSENSE He's a regular bore. For
one thing. he's forever boasting that he's
self-made, and
That's just it. He never intimates that
somebody else might be to blame Phil
adelphia Public Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-16
New Rock Island Appointment.

Circulars we're received today at the
Rock Island offices announcing the APP
pointment of H. F.. Bryan as assistant
to Fourth Vice President j. s. Stevens,
who is the new head of the operating
departmen Mr.. Bryan has been with
the Rock Island at Chicago for several
months. He came from the Great
Northern.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-16
George Helwie Hurt.

George Helwig, Santa F'e switchman
was injured in the Santa Fe yards at
between two cars and he may lose his
arm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-16
Inhaling Radium.

Radium has wrought such curative eff
fects in so many diseases that a new
promise nowadays is not regarded with
the wonder that attended the early ap-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-16

She-"Oh, she married a duke and has
lived happy ever after" He-'I thought
they had parted" Shelves, that's
why she is happy. Judge.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-02-18
TOO Long.

An old lady of his flock once called
upon Dr.. Gill with a grievance. The
Doctors neckbands Were too long for
her ideas Of ministerial humility, and
after q long harangue on the sin of
pride she intimated that she had
brought a pair of scissors with her
and would be pleased IL her dear pas
tor would permit her 10 cut them down
to her notions of propriety.
The doctor not only listened patient
ly, but handed over the offending white
bands to be operated upon. When she
had cut them TO her satisfaction and
returned the bibs, it was the doctors
turn.
"Now," said he, "you must do me a
good turn ALSO"
Eyes, that I will, doctor. What can
It be?"
"Wsell, you have something about
you which 10 a deal too long and which
causes me no end of trouble, and /
should like to see 1t shorter"
Indeed, dear sir, 1 will not hesitate.
What Is it2 Here are tho scissors.
Use them as you please"
Come, then" said the sturdy divine,
good sister, put out your tongue."-
London Telegraph.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-02-18
Engliah In Java.

a. book published in Java, called
1.-THE West Java Travellers Guide"
says of a certain sanitarium: cat the
establishment is a physician. The sick
may invoke the physician for daily
treatment, with use of indictments.
Children below ten years pay for lodges
half of the price"
Under addresses and Announce
ments', is politely recommended "the
hotel prigin, with occasion for warm
baths, where till now all reconvales-
cents, as well as Mrs. Physicians and
particulars and officials, have found
back their health. Cures malaria, COM
plains I'm the chest and other %fatnesses,
green sickness, cutaneous disease"
etc, and we are assured that 'this
healthy abode for reconvalescents has
also occasion to many delightful idylic
excursions to which saddle horse and
tandees are stationed when before
timely ordered"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-02-18
rhe Movement of population.

If tine progress of population had
been continuous from the remote peri.
DDS of antiquity, 1t Is evident that the
numbers of mankind would be much
greater than they are, and the globe
would be already overstocked with hui
man beings. But other causes not less
mysterious I'm their operation have
checked that, progress. Many of the
populous countries of antiquity have
become deDopulated and apparently
unable TO support life. 1t Is uncertain
whether at the present moment the
population of the globe is greater than
1T was 1000 or 1900 years ago. There
lis congestion In Europe, I'm India and
in China. There are innumerable tribes
In central Africa on whom even the
slave trade makes no p%erceptible Inn
preston
But the vast plains OF Asia, which
swarmed with men under the Assyri-
nm, Babylonian and Persian empires,
are deserted. The civilization OF Eu-
rope is no longer threatened by the
eastern hordes which swept oyer the
Roman empire la the earlier centuries
OF the Christian era, But that prodi-
Eions migration laid the foundation of
the states. of modern Europe.-Edin-
burgh Review.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-02-18
THEY DRINK SEA WATER.
Coclkntoos and wild Pigeons Do Not
Seem to Mind 1t. =,

Coc1kntoos and wild Pigeons Do Not
Seem to Mind 1T. =
Gin 1881, while resident on GaZelle.
peninsula, the northern portion of the,
magnificent island of New Britain, in
the south Pacific, L had many oppor-i
tunities of witnessing both cockatoosI
Ind wild pigeons drinking salt water.
I was stationed ut a place called Ka-
paira, the Their 'farthest out trading
station ON the whole island, and as Il
had but little work to do 1 found
plenty of time to study bird life In the
vicinity. Parrots of several varieties,
all of beautiful plumagc, were plenti-
full, and great flocks of white cocka-
toos frequented the rolling, grassy
downs which lay between my home
md the German head station in
Blanche bay, twenty miles distant,
while the heavy frost of the littoral
was the haunt of thousands of. pigeons
These pigeons, though not so large as
the Samoan or eastern Polynesian bird,
formed an agreeable change of diet for
us white traders, and by walking about
fifty yards from ones door half a
dozen or more could be shot in as
many minutes. y
"My nearest neighbor was q German,
and one day when we were walking
along the beach toward his station I
noticed some hundreds of pigeons fly
down from the forest, settle on the
margin Of the water and drink with
apparent enjoyment. The harbor at
this spot being almost ~landlocked and
the water as smooth as glass aAd with
out the ~faintest ripple, the birds were
enabled to drink without wetting their
plumage. My neighbour, who had lived
many years in New Britain, told me
that this drinking of sea water was
common to both cockatoos and pigeons
alike, and that ON some occasions the
beaches would be lined with them, the
Gockatoos not only drinking, but bath
ing, and apparently enjoying them
selves greatly. During the next six
months, especially when the weather
WAS calm ard rainy, 1 frequently no
ticed pigeons and cockatoos come to the
salt water to drink.
"At first / thought that as fresh
water In many places dubbed Up
through the sand at low tide the birds
were not really drinking the sea water,
but by watching closely / distinctly
saw them walk across these tiny run
nels without making any attempt to
drink. Then, too, the whole Of the
Gazelle peninsula is cut up by count
less streams Of water, and rain falls
Throughout the year as a rule. What
causes its Gpusual habit of drinking
sea water? Another popularity Of the
Nav ppitotn ord Noxrr I,oIo, n frtr,nDn
ds it's fondness for the chill pepper
berry. During three months of the
year, when these berries are ripe, the
Birds crops are full of them, and often
their flesh is SO pungent and smells SO
strongly of the chill as to be quite UNI
eatabIe."-Chambers'~ Journal. .,tl@ss. Z