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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-09-24
MILES AND ROOSEVELT

PRESIDENT Roosevelt and General
Miles are the very opposites Of each
other. Roosevelt advocates the build
ing OF big navies and the constant stir
ring up of the spirit of war. On the
other hand General Miles, in a recent
Interview, said: 1--WE need not con-
stantly appeal to the war spirit to keep
the American people patriotic. | have
had experience in wars and have new
e. found the Americans lacking in
prompt patriotism or in fighting quail
ties in any worthy cause. % Roosevelt
constantly urging the war spirit as one
OF the necessary elements of the siren
ucus life and the words of the old gen.
eral of a hundred battles makes a
striking contrast Further along in the
same interview General Miles saws:
In my recent journeys across the con-
tinent was more than ever impressed
with the underlying wisdom and tran
quill virility of the people. They do not
want war. They want peace. y
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That lot of convicts could carry
Or counterfeiting to such an extent
tnat the whole adjacent country was
fioded with spurious coin keeping up
the work for months, without the
knowledge of the OFFICERS of the pen
ltentiary, is a thing that the people
Ct this country will never believe.
Quay has been appointing criminals as
bad as himslf as officers of the pris-
ons in Pennsylvania. The mullet
heads of the state will however con-
tinue to vote as he directs.
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Nearly every member Of the Unit
ed States senate has graft of some
kind which he works for al that is in it.
Tom Platt's graft is connected with
his express company's business. 1t is
said that he not only gets all the gov
eminent business in transporting mon
ey but the prices paid are enormous.
All New York is excited about a little
graft that one Parks, a labor leader
worked, but Parks has been convicted
and sent to the penftentiary. Tom
Plat has a graft worth hundred of
the walking delegate and no one says
about it. Did you ever re-
feet why such a condition of things
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would come out and denounce Tom
Flatt's graft in the same way they
did that of Parks, Tom would soon
be fastening toward the penitentiary
also. What is wanted in this country
more than anything else, is an unsub-
sidised, honest press. Think that over
and when you can, selp to spread the
circulation Of The Independent.
$4,000
The government has long been in the
hands oI The rich and administered
for their benefit with little regard for
the small business man, the farmer
and wage worker. That is why The
independent calls it 'plutoeratic.
Plutocracy means government by the
rich and that is the very sort OF gov
eminent that we have.
The county commissioner who was
arrested in Colorado by the military
simply upon the order the satrap in
command hes sued the state for $780,
900 damages. 1t is probable that the
people Of Colorado will pay dearly for
having gone back to republicanism,
as several other suits of the
character have Deen begun. Juries Sc
lected from among the common people
will have something to say next.
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For many months it has been dvi
dent that Villain randolph Hearst
will be no inconsiderable factor in the
next national democratic convention,
but the great democratic dailies aside
from Mr.. Hearst's own papers have
studiously avoided mentioning him in
connection with the presidential nomi-
nation. Of those that reach this Of
flee only two have given any outward
sign that there is such a person as
Hearst or that he might be candi-
date for president. Norman e. Mack's
Buffalo Times in short editorial par
agraph, and Tom Patterson's Denver
News in a cartoon representing Miss
Democracy pointing with pleased
look in her eyes at portrait of Hearst
and saying: That's rather a good
looking young man." Notwithstanding
this conspiracy OF silence" among the
democratic papers, Hearst's boom
grows steadily.
With 10000 postmasters, all of any
active republican parti-
sans and every postoffce On agency
for getting subscribers for plutocratic
papers, while every reform paper is
Disseminated against by Madden and
his leaders, makes heavy handicap
for any reform party. Yet many bat
ties for liberty have been won against
greater odds. Give The Independent
100000 subscribers and the skies will
begin to clear.
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A correspondent writing from Seat
tie to the Boston Herald says that the
northwest is much interested in the
silver question, but that the propos
al to issue asset currency has been
the cause Of great revival of the
old greenback theories. That is simply
to acknowledge that the populist re-
vival has reached the Pacific coast and
Is of so much force as to attract the
attention of the correspondents of the
eastern papers.
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The republicans of the state of New
York have unanimously nominated
Dennis O'Brien, the democratic nomi-
nee for supreme judge. Catch the re-
publicans of Nebraska doing thing
ike that! Judge O'Brien has made no
better record as judge than has our
own Sullivan.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-09-24
BRITISH CABINET BREAKS UP


BRITISH CABINET BREAKS UP
The editor of The Independent has
been trying for several days to gather
facts enough upon which to base an
opinion concerning the cause of the
breakup in the British cabinet. The
conclusion came to is that Joe Cham
berlain will in the end win out. We
have been saying for a long time that
the European nations would put up
fighting tariffs or invent some other
way of defeating the tariff protected
trusts of thoS country, that are able
By overcharging the people at home,
to plan for dumping large part of
their products upon the European ma
lions at lower price than the goods
can be produced there 1t is evident
that that is the object that Chamber
lain has in view and that the two
members of the British cabinet who
AAe~SO WAtAul avn Will Hill dIc III Iull
sympathy with the plan.
. It will not be hard for Mr.. Cham
terlain and Mr.. Balrour to get the
English people to consent to system
Of retalitory tariffs. 1t will not. how
ever, be presented under that name,
Tor tariffs" is like a red rag to a
bull to Englishman. 1t will be covered
~ under nice phrases sucn as politi-
Clans are wont to invent. Mr.. Bal
four has already coined one. He calls
Il freedom to negotiate so that free
dem to exchange may increase" AS
long as the word free is tucked in
very frequently the pre1udices of the
free tradrs will be mollified
The tariff SHELTERED trusts are going
TO bring upon this country a great dis
aster in its foreign trade. This move
Eent in England is only the begin
Ling of it. It will not be ten years
until every great European country
will have retalitory tariffs for the pur
rose of defending their own home
markets against the goods of the tariff
shelterd trusts.
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IL one thing can be definitely said
about socialism, it is that it rest on
spirit caste which is foreign to every
true American ideal "Class conscious
ness" "proletariat," and all that, may
have had some raison d'etre under the
conditions that existed in Europe when
Marx formulated his philosophy. There
were Glasses" there whose conditions
were fixed by law. But there is no such
state of things in these United States.
When the republicans were going it
blind in their advocacy of imperialism.
the people of the United States were
lead by the plutocratic press to believe
that the Philippine islanos were almost
wholly Inhabited by savages. The
recent United States census taken in
the islands shows that out of popla-
ton of 100000, only 650.o
classed as uncivilized and 6,35O,OOO are
put down as Christians and civilized.
Every one who in those days said that
we were subjugating civilized and
Christian people wa. put u
copperhead or little American W.
was "slandering the army"
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REGULATED PLATFORMS
Hon. B. S. Rodney, delegate in the
house of representatives from New
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The republicans of the state of New
York have unanimously nominated
Dennis O'Brien, the democratic nomi-
nee for supreme judge. Catch the re-
publicans of Nebraska doing a thing
like that! Judge O'Brien has made no
better record as judge than has our
own Sullivan.
The Washington times., 1903-07-12
Hangman'S Pay.

In the East n hangman's trade is very
profitable. AS soon as person is con-
demned TO be hanged notice is sent TO
the executioner. who has the privilege
of erecting the scafTold wherever he
pleases. and at sunrise the next morn
ing he begins his work Accompanied
by his assistants, who guard the con-
demned man and carry material for the
scaffQld. he goes 10 some prominent
place in front of large dwelling and
there proceeds to erect the scaffold.
A few minutes later the owner OF the
large dwelling rushes out and implores
him TO go somewhere else.
I don't want 10 have a man hanged in
front OF my house." he explains.
''All right" says the hangman. I'm
willing 10 go elsewhere provided you
pay me for my trouble in coming here
and for the time which 1 have spent at
the job"
Though the sum which he names is
pretty large, the owner of the large
dwelling pays Il without a word. where
upon the hangman goes on to another
large dwelling. where q similar scene is
enacted.
In this way several hours are spent
BY the sxecutioEer in extorting money
from AL the Tlagnates in the neighbor-
hood. When MS purse is at last well
filled has orects the seafsold in some dark
wood and soon the Unfortunate man,
who has been trampiag after him all
day. is at rest
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Journalistic Device.

Recently an Australian publisher find
ing that the circulation of his paper was
sensibly decreasing. determined. by hook
or crook. to regain the lost ground. and
consequently as the first step in this
direction he wrote and published the
following startling notice:
II was tenderly embraced this morn
ing BY one OF the handsomest married
ladies In the city. and / propose 70 pub
lish her name aud address IN this paper
al an early date"
No sooner did this notice appear than
there was a rush for the paper and very
soon the entire addition was exhausted.
The rush continued for sevelal days,
everyone apparently being most anxious
TO learn the name OF the very handsome
lady who had embraced the publisher so
tenderly. and while it was yet at it's
height the following curt explanation
appeared:
The very handsome lady who embrao-
ed me so tenderly was my lawful wife"
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Gold Pan for President.

One of the unique presents bestowed
upon President Roosevelt during his
tour of the West was q solid gold
miners pan. from the Arctic Brother
hood of Alaska, members of which or
ganization endured the hardships OF the
frozen north in Alaska in quest OF the
yellow metal. and who have centralized
in Seattle. Wash The pan is 90 carats
fine and weighs 20 ounces. The metal
Of which 1t is made came from the
mines of Nome and other Alaskan
camps The pan is inscribed with the
Presidents name and title, and also
bears an invitation to the Chief Magis-
trate TO visit Alaska.
The Arctic Brotherhood was formed on
the steamboat City OF Seattle in the
early rush TO the Klondike. From the
first II grew rapidly and now numbers
thousands OF members. many Of whom
are the prominent men of Alaska.
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A Giant Mushroom.

Little mushrooms, growing in caves,
are common and uninteresting. but a
mammoth snow mushroom nine feet IN
diameter, weighing a ton. and perched
upon the summit OF the SeIkirk Noun
tain. Is a veritable wonder and extraor-
binary freak Of the elements.
These remarkable snow mushrooms
have just been reported by DR.. V. Cor
nish. f. r. G. s., before the ROYAL Geo
graphical Society OF London. They are
formed upon the tree stumps near the
Glacier House, in the Selkirk Mountain
3. c.
In Telling trees a stump Of several feet
In height is always left, and this is the
stalk or pedestal OF the mushroom. The
Seikirks extract an immense snowfall
from the moist airs OF the Pacific. The
fall OF last year was forty-eight feet,
and the depth of the snow on the ground
was SIX feet.
The mushrooms are formed OF moist
snow. When the wind "a llght-which is
always the case in this region-the snow
surface remains rough. presenting many
points for attachment. The upper sur
race Of the fake which is eKosed 10 the
air remains moist until another falls
upon It, when the surfaces in contact
are united by thin layer OF ice, which
is then part OF the structure OF each
snowflake.
AS the depth OF the snow deposit in
creases the pressure OF superintendent
layers slowly squeezes air out of the
lower layers These become more COM
pact and more tenacious as the process
proceeds. a stump two feet in diameter
mad mushroom nine feet across, the
lower part projecting three and a half
feet all around the pedestal A broken
tree four feet in diameter had a mush-
room twelve feet across. The weight of
the mushrooms in most cases IS over a
ton.
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For the Blind.

In the school for tho blind founded in
Lisbon by BraDco Rodriguez new kind
OF industry has been established, which
is proving most remunerative TO the in
mates 1t consists in unraveling or
picking" vegetable hbers, which are
used as stufing material for furniture.
beds, and other articles. A blind per-
son, working eight hours, can earn from
AZ 20 81 cents day. and many orders
for work are expected as the founder OF
the school has written 10 all the furni-
ture makers in Lisbon and Oporto beg
gins them 10 give him their custom. The
blind who DO this work receive all the
profits, and hence are much interested
in the new enterprise
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tanning 10 that household remedy; then
there are the testing and classification
Of timber in regard 10 strength and du-
rability; the best way to stop sand drift
ing by tree planting, and many others
Of similar nature
The report of the forester for 1909
IS particularly encouraging in one point
that which records In brief the chang
Ing attitude OF private owners OF large
Forest reserves They are coming more
each year 10 look TO the bureau for ad-
vice on the management OF their prop
erty. This is given free by Uncle Sam
on condition that the owner pay the bare
expenses OF an expedition 10 the forests
TO be looked over and advised upon. The
owners arc often quite willing TO do this.
for IL means more profitable manage
ment Of their woodlands-and money IS
most eloquent persuader.
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THE BUREAU OF FORESTRY.

II is interesting to note the evolution
of what was formerly the division, but
now the Bureau OF Forestry. The work
has enlarged its scope immensely in the
last few years. until now It embraces a
much wider area OF interests than one
would suppose belonged TO the noble
science OF forestry.
Besides the work expected to come
from IL as a matter Of course, such as
the conserving Of national parks and
Government timber lands, there are a
host Of other specialized branches Of this
interesting profession It includes the
chemical Investigation OF tanning ex-
tracts from native woods and barks; the
production Of turpentiRe by orchard
ing. new system which bids fair to
rcYolutiOnize the whole industry per
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COLLECTING CORKS.

The fact that the worlds supply OF
cork is much less than the demand has
been working a peaceful revolution in
many trades
In the big hotels. restaurants and
saloons the cork perquisite is now a
moderate valuable privilege. They are
no longer cast contemptuously by. but
are thrown into a box or cask, where
they accumulate until the cork picker
arrives, who pays a round sum In cash
for all offered to him The average wait
er now employs corkscrews which infiict
minimum damage upon the cork, and in
many places where a number OF bottles
are opened in the course Of a day
steel cork extractor is used
Many large corks can be recut with
considerable profit. others, which have
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Portable Auto House.

A genius Of Springfield. Mass, has in
vented a portable automobile house
which IS made in sections, and which
can be put up or taken down IN a few
minutes. as there is not a single nail
used IN Its construction. The house -
made of pine, and the roof Is covered
with chemically prepared duck or press
cd steel IN imitation OF shingles.
Both of these roofs are waterproof.
and the latter Is said to be absolutely
freDroof, which the automobile is not. in
many instances. Such an edihce may be
purchased for less than 500, and Is de-
various points where the owner OF the
automobile may desire TO temporarily
sojourn.
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been injured. can be cut so as TO discard
the injured portion and utilize that
which Is sound Corks which have been
discoiored by grease can be cleaned by
benzine. ammonia water or lime and
water. Those which have been discolored
or favored by medicine can be rendered
usable by long continued boiling with a
small amount of chloride of lime and
subsequent drying in a kiln or oven
The finest quality consists OF cham
payne corks. These always command a
good price. 1t is possible to reuse them,
and this is said TO be done by many man
ufacturers both at home and abroad
Others can be recut so as to obliterate
the makers or bottler's name, which IS
usually branded upon the side or lower
surface.
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First Steam Turbine.

Now that all the engineering world 70
resounding with praises OF the achieve
ments of the wonderful steam turbine, &c
is apropos to remark that the idea is not
as novel as generally supposed by the
admiring lay public In fact. it dates
back considerably more than ESQ years.
when Branca. the philosopher, and one
OF the most astute scientists OF his
time. formulated a rudimertary steam
turbine. This plan of applying steam
directly to the wheel was published by
Branea in 1929.
The Washington times., 1903-07-12

20 both sides of the general plane Of the
hoop and are comparatively few in num-
Der in the direction Of the circumference
OF the hoop. On the other hand. several
corrugations project in lateral dircc-
ton, and as a result an apparently sin
uous or undulatory movement is pro-
duced.
Whether children Will prefer this new
tangled toy TO the ordinary one, which
gave so much pleasure to former gen.
erations, remains to be SEEN That this
new hoop moves more gracefully than
one composed OF plain circle OF wood
is evident, and, If it is capable os at
tanning as much speed and is not ham
pered in any way by its undulatory mo-
tion, there Is little doubt that many boys
and girls of the twentieth century will
give 1t fair trial.
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Queer 'LOgrOlling."

Londoners were initiated into the mys-
teries OF logroIling a few days ago by
an expert named Barton, who acquired
bis skill in Canada. The ordinary log
used for spinning down the Mississippi
weighs about four hundredweigh:. but the
log used by Barton at Putney, near
London. was a log only in shape and
consisted OF nine tin cans. which were
soldered together. each being one foot
IN length.
On this the expert balanced himself as
easily as If he was In G boat occasion
ally varying the monotony by sitting on
a chair with table in front of him or
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Hair on Bats Wing.

There does not seem 10 be anything
extraordinary about a bats wing. and
yet the smallest section OF il when ex-
amined through a microscope is OF sur
passing interest not only Tor the natu-
ralist, but also for everyone else who
is not utterly blind 10 the wonders OF
nature.
The microscope shows that every hair
on the wing. and indeed or any part Of
the bats body. is composed OF numerous
The Washington times., 1903-07-12

A dance under somewhat novel con6i-
tions took place the other day in min
ing camp in Washington State. Two.
new cyanide yats were being put in. and
it was decided, in order to celebrate
their completion, to hold a dance iu-'
side. Four sets of dancers We're going
simultaneously in each OF the big ves-
sells, the couples having 70 climb down
ladders to reach the floor.
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Odd New Hoop.

In the accompanying picture is shown
a tey hoop. which is entirely different
from the ordinary hoop. The latter, as
everyone knows. for there is no toy
more familiar or more popular, is as
round and as plain as an old-fsshioned
wedding ring, whereas the latter is curv-
ed and bent In most extraordinary
manner
The fiat band or section of a cylinder.
of which this new hoop is composed,
consists OF a series OF uniform and grad
ually curved corrugations, which project
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NO USE FOR HYPHENS.

because people have said to themselves.
We don't need the hyphen. for by
emitting 1t and Joining the various parts
OF compound words we can make them
all. single"
II France ceases 10 use the hyphen,
other countries may follow her example.
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lying at full length on the log. he says
that in Canada. where he has spent FIVE
years as logroller. the logs often weigh
as much as five or six tons and that half
a dozen lumbermen sometimes bring as
many as 200 or 300 logs down the
stream
His skillful performance is attracting
much attention in England. and there
are some who believe that logroiling may
yet become a popular sport in that coun-
try
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and in that case we may expect 10 see
in print such words as railroadtrain,
baggagemaster. topsyturvy, ticketof-
leayeman. spreadeagle, speakingtrumpet
helterskelter. worldwide. SpanishAmer-
lean. Englishspeaking. tenementhouse
loveaffairs, subtreasury. and selfeduca-
tion.
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its reputation is owing to the uneanny
noises, said TO be groanings OF souls in
distress. which sound from it's barren
limbs in times of high winds That IL
leans always toward the ocean and IS
quite commonly seen with its lower
limbs hung with dead serpents and other
crawling things that have come up from
The water Is another fact cited in argu-
ment by those who credit the tree with
little good.
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lie be given to this strange tale by its
appearance. Gaunt, misshapen, and
leafless, it's lower limbs and branches
have also q look as though they were
dead, while still they serve to strongly
accentuate the abundance OF life thrill
ing through the dense LEAKAGE at the
trees summit
1t is not because OF some malicious
spectre that the cypress os tho point
has been dubbed haunted; more likely
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A Water Monkey.

How many people know what water
monkey is? 1t is a utensil quite COM
monty used in the tropics. and is nothing
more or less than jug. of very porous
clay, with small mouth, and provided
with means for hanging IL up. II is al
ways hung In breezy spot. IL one can
be found. and the water contained in it
becomes comparatively cool-a point Of
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According to foreign Journal. there
is at present tendency in certain parts
OF France 10 write compound words as
though they were single. Why anyone
objects TO the harmless little hyphen no
one has explained. but presumably. If
IL is ever discarded, the reason will be
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HAUNTED CYPRESS OF MONTEREY.

At the south end of Cypress Point.
Monterey. Cal. from where the water
OF the ocean appears in harmony with
its name OF peace and the view UP the
coast is irregular and rocky, there rears
itself, amid loose powders, an Ill
famed cypress tree. II is said by those
who know IL well 70 be haunted, and
menace 20 the good fortune OF all who
pass within its radius. Nor would the
The Washington times., 1903-07-12

It is usually imagined that the incan-
descent electric light gives out very lit
tie heat. AS a matter Of fact only s per
cent OF its energy goes to make light,
while "a goes into heat.
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A Harvester was used last autumn in
Canada with cutting bar no less than
thirty-hye feet In width. II takes fifty.
horse power traction engine TO pull it.