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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-04

1 Heal knowledge. I should, of course prefer to secure hearing from the chief himself. yet I fear to excite opposition or suspicion. But his consort. Mrs. Al oola, has already certain feeling ot iriendllness for us, and perhaps it would be wise to begin with her"
 l agree with you entirely. Wilfred. '' Mrs. Draggs said. "She is coming. too today, to spend the morning Perhaps you might make beginning, and mean. while l will amuse the little boy. I --e take him out upon the veranda. and you may make a schoolroom of the sitting room here"
 The plan was carried out at once. When Abola arrived and was settled cross-legged upon the mating, engaged in weaving a belt for her lord and mas ter, Mrs. Draggs coaxed the dark son of barbarism out upon the veranda, and the Rev. Wilfred Draggs began his les son.
 "Albola," said he, did you know that We white people have a good book that tells us about the long past time when men were first on the earth?"
 His language was simple perforce, as his Moogan vocabulary was limited.
 She showed her white teeth in a pleas ant smile
 Yes" said she. your wife has told me a little"
 Some day" he went on, q shall teach you all to read this good book for your selves. But would you now like to know some of the stories it contains?"
 'Oh' yes," Albola said nodding eagerly. 'I love to hear good stories"
 Then listen" Mir. Draggs began, "and l will tell you of the first man and the first woman that lived"
 With this preliminary he made rapid summary of the early portion of Genesis. passing lightly over the creation of the world, of the plant and animal life. and reaching as soon as possible the Garden Of Eden the biessedness of which he sketched as brilliantly as his memory of Paradise Lost permitted
 Albola was delighted. Beautiful gar den" she said. T love the beautiful gar den! And the man Adam and Eva his wife had it all to themselves! Nothiny to bother them and all day to do what ever they pleased!
 Yes" Mir. Draggs agreed, they surely must have been very happy, so long as they were good"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-04

feter stepped boldly up to the lad, Wnnp ne had refused to slight. "Sipnor beiloni has offered to play my next ac-
 compa niment," he said.
 She turned scarlet. Very we'll" she replied; T don't mind" but refused" continued Peter. CT | Ielt sure that you would play better tbis time." Then he returned to his formnr 1 seat, leaving Miss Beatrix cons,derabiv i flushed '''
 She did play the next accompaniment ! better She rlayed it perfectly It was to
 simple Irish song full of melody and pathos. which was received with A burst
 or applause, louder even than those which nad greeted the two professionals. and an lnsistent demand for an encore Then Peter did very bold thing. con-
 sldering the eminence of his fellow-per-
 formers. He put down on the music stand no less a work than ",The Erl King and said, Play that" 1 And' Miss Beatrix did play 1t with A
 ,ire and grasp that could hardly have been excelled by Belloni himself. Peters
 triumph was complete. Perhaps, though, it was hardly com- ! r,e.e enough to entitle him to go up to MISS Beatrix after the concert was l over and to say to her boldly, Why did you play that first accompaniment so disgracefuily?''
 She eyed him coldly. "That is hardly ! the way to speak to me-" she said. Tn | iact. now that this Is over, there is no necessity for you to speak to me again at alb
 T should like. at any rate, to thank you for playing the last two songs so
 splendidly,'' said Peter Well, yon can't do it now" she re- piled, some what inconsistently. Here | and Ix, T you"
 Hang 1t all, when can I do it." said Peter, 'if you are not going to speak to me again?"
 Father doesn't get up very early in
 the morning." she said. in a low voice.
 before she was whisked off by an irate,
 white-whiskered knight, who cast upon Peter look calculated to wither him
 on the spot if he had not been in the
 process of adjusting his ideas to an en- tirely new development of affairs. It is not necessary to record more than q fraction of the conversation which took
 place during d half-hours promenade of the deck before breakfast the next morn- ir..
 Peter was up and out early, but not very long before Miss Beatrix Budd
 made her appearance The other young
 man was or 10 minutes late, and was given to understand that his company was not required.
 The two of them were standing at the head of the companion way.
 But dearest" Peter was saying,
 what about that little error of judg- ment of mine that enraged your father the other night??"
 You needn't worry any more about that" was the reply. 'I told him last night that it was his fault and he ought
 to apologize to you. He won't do so,
 but, when you tell him, you will find him quite tame"
 "Tell me-" said Peter. Were you really very angry when you found out that it was I who was the culprit?' Miss Beatrix gave a little laugh. "I knew 1t all the time.' she said.-Sketch.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-04
FIVE POpES.

There are five popes on the face of the globe. They are the pope of the Latin church; the schismatic, or orthodox. pope; the father of the faithful, ruling at Con- stantirople; the pope of Tibet, who has 5CO, ,O0Q.G00 of subjects, and the schismatic pope of the Mohammedan world, who reigns at Morocco.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-04
A MUCH KISSED TESTAMENT.

MT. A G. Charsley. of Beaconsfield. Bucks, one of the oldest corners In En- gland, is resigning appointment. He was chosen deputy to his brother, MT. Freder- ick Charsley, in 1856, and he has held the coronership since 1882 MT Charsley has in his possession a Testament which has been used at inquests in the division of Bucks for over 1G0 years.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-27

mere Goa t. keep some of the in
situations warm in July, under the
rule Of grafters, than it took to
keep them warm in January, I'M
der our administration. The adj
ministrations before the fusiOnists
came in were full of grafters and
yet, Governor, the expense of rum
ming them under those erafters
was much less than it has been
since you have been governor. The
only way, that this can be account
ed for is on the theory that in y our
administration there are more graf
tiers and worse grafters than in the
worst days of any previous admin
istration. The whole truth will
never be known unless you meet
Mr.. Berge in joint debate. But
you know, Governor, that joint
debate which would fairly and
honestly put the people of Ne
braska in possession of all the facts
concerning your administration of
affairs, will drive you from power
and uncover the dealings of the
grafters and expose them to the
public. Is that why you decline
to debate? T. S. ALLEN,
Chm. Dem. State Committee.
B. r. B. WEBER,
Chm. Peoples Ind. State Com.
Lincoln, Neb. Oct. 81, 1904.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-27

withstanding an increase Of their
taxes, which, driving the people tC
desperation, your administration
has made a tremendous increase in
the state debt and the state is 60
| ing deeper in debt all the time?
We levied lower taxes than you
have, and still we paid off hun
dreds of thousands of dollars OF
debt. You have levied much high
er taxes than we did, and still you
are increasing and piling up the
state debt. These plain, truthful
facts, Governor, explain why it is
that you refuse to meet Mr.. Berge
in joint debate. In Joint debate
the people would learn the truth
and hypocrisy and cant would be
put to rout.
But the point that we want to
impress as to the railroad revenue
law, is that it is not reducing the
state debt; that the high taxes
which are burdening the people are
all being eaten up by your admin
istratlon and that, Notwithstanding
all this, the state is plunging deep
er in debt. The appropriation
bills show the increase in the ex-
pense of running your office; of
running the auditors office; of run
ming the banking department; of
running the attorney generals Of
flee; of running the land commits
sioner's Office; and so on, but the
heaviest increase of all is in run
ming the state institutions.
Without your defeat we cannot
get into these institutions to tell
the people the whole truth. But
the enormous increase in the ex-
pense of running the institutions
plainly shows that graft is being
worked in all of them. OF neces-
sity, grafters must be running
these institutions or the expense
would not be what it is. When
we were in before, and got at the
books, we found that the states
money had been squandered and
stolen; we found that heifers,
weighing from five to six hundred
pounds each, had been bought and
put on the state books and marked
as steers and oxen weighing a
thousand and fifteen hundred
pounds each; we found that it took
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-27
Fusion Committee
Makes Rely to Mickey.

Hon. j. II. Mickey, Lincoln,
Neb. Dear Strive are in re-
ceipt of your letter of the IS inst.
in reply to our letter in which we
suggested a joint debate between
yourself and Hon. Geo. w. Berge.
We regret very much that you de-
clined the challenge for joint de-
bate and, in place Of manly &C
ceptance, have sent to us and have
published letter, which, for de-
ception, has no parallel in the po-
l;sical history of Nebraska. We
again invite you to meet Mr.. Berge
in Joint debate on state issues at
Omaha or at Lincoln or at both
places. In this way the speeches
would naturally be published in
the daily press and would reach
the people of Nebraska. Decept-
ION and evasion may easily find
place in publication and they do
find place in your letter. But On
d public platform, where you would
be face to face with Mr.. Berge, the
truth could bc made plain.
The reason why you have de-
clined this challenge is because you
we'll know that you have concealed
a large part of the truth. You
know that even your most rabld
partisans would desert you in dis
gust if the real conditions existing
in this state were known to them.
In your letter you try to make
ont that the state Indebtedness has
only increased Sl51. 100000 since
the fusion administration went out
of power. That statement is in
correct and you certainly knew it
was incorrect when you wrote it.
If you will meet Mr.. Berge in Joint
debate we will prove to the people,
not only the inaccuracy of the
statement, but that you must have
known it was inaccurate when YOU
made it. You arrive at these fig
ures by sleight- of hand perform
ance that would do credit to lug
gler. You charge the fusion adj
ministration with alleged unpaid
claims to the amount of 1872, 900.
Of course, some unpaid claims are
always left over from one admins
tration to another. In the tcans.
action of the states business it
cannot be otherwise. Butyou con-
cealed the fact that the fusion adj
ministration paid ss0,631.46 of
claims left over by the fotmes re-
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-27

publican administration. You did
not include these claims left over
by the republican administration
in your statement of the debt of
the state when. the fusionists went
into power.
You gave the warrant indebted
ness only. But, when you came
to figure the debt when the fusion
lists went out of power, you added
the total amount of the unpaid
claims to the warrant Indebtedness.
You must have done this deliber-
ately and with the intention to de-
ceive. You surely knew what you
were doing: you knew that this
statement would be disaproved if
you dared meet Mr.. Berge in joint
debate. Knowing this, you de-
clined, and, instead, issued mis-
leading statement hoping thereby
to deceive the voters. Not for
your benefit, Governor, but for the
benefit of those who may be de-
deived by your letter, we give the
information that the appropriations
made by the fusion legislature to
cover the claims left unpaid by the
republican administration will be
found in the session of Laws of
1897, just as we give them here.
But, Governor, these are not the
only misleading statements in your
letter. You seek to make the peo-
pie believe by half truth and half
falsehood that extraordinary ex-
penditures were made under your
administration to the amount of
S6O5, 900. Your article adroitly
leads the reader to believe that
this money has been expended, and
that that is one reason why the
debt has been increased. That
YOU likewise knew to be wrong
when you wrote it. You included
in this S6O5, 900 the sum of $50, 900
for the Normal school at Kcarney,
when you knew, or should have
known, that only $,367.51 of it had
been spent. You knew that the
corner stone of the building was
laid only Tuesday of this week and
you knew that when the building
was completed the states debt
would be increased S49,632.49
more. But in your usual decep-
tive way, and with a false pretense
of fairness and truth, you wanted
the people to believe that the build
ing of the Kearney school helped
to account for the states enormous
" increased debt. You included
in your statement 100000 for
the Insane Asylum at Norfolk
when YOU knew we'll that warrants
had been drawn for only $685. IS
# that amount, and the remaining
%, 1896 is still to be paid and
added to the Statt's debit We
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-27

We want everybody in the coun-
ty to read these figures on state
finances. They are taken from
the records at our state capitol.
After you have studied them care
fully you will decide that the re-
publican administrations har
robbed the taxpayers, and their
candidates for state office are not
entitled to your vote. Vote for
Geo. w. Berge and the whole fus-
ion ticket; turn the the rascals out.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-27

Don't forget Jas. Smiths stock
sale Nov. +. Notice his big sale
ad on next page.
Get your tickets of Harry Hill
singer for the 90 rounds glove corr
test between Ireland and Collins.
Mr.. Livingston, of Missouri Val
ley, an old time friend of Frank
Fischer, visited him last Thursday.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-27

mention these larger matters and
pass by the minor statements of
similar character; but, when the
balance of the appropriations are
put into warrants, the state debt
will be increased nearly S1S5, 900
more.
But, Governor, while you did
not say it directly, your letter
plainly intended to make the pub
lie believe that no extraordinary
expenditures occurred under the
fusion administration. Governor,
the Session Laws of 1897 and of
1899 both show the truth in regard
to this matter. We need not state
what these extraordinary expendi-
lures were for your enlightenment,
because you knew all about them
when you issued your misleading
letter. But we do state it for the
information of the people of Ne
braska. Here are the extraordin-
airy expenditures made by the fus-
ion legislature in 1897:
'; ing for Norfolk Asylum .......S % 600 90
Hastings minimum. 10000 90
Land 90 5000 90
DOrmitOry State Normal School, Peru o0,O1O 90
Wing for State University. ......... $4,000 90
Trans Mississippi Exposition ..... 100 600 90
Total. ......................S2ll. 900 %
Here are the unusual appro-
prlatiOns for 1899:
At Hastings Asylum. ....... ......S 80 10000
Engine House at same place ..... 5000 90
Wing and Heating Apparatus at Lin.
com asylum. .......-..... :. 40 600 90
" ell and Pump House. Lincoln ....... 000 90
Engine Indus rial school Milford . $50 90
Bind lnStitue, Nebraska City.......... 5000 90
Engine House Dear and Dumb In
stitute.. Observation-Disclosures. 100000
School Building Deaf and Dumb In
stitate NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. % 900 90
Rui ding and furnishings at the
Feeble Mind d Institute DIT
Beatrice OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $500 90
Sickness and expenses, list and 3rd
Nebraska. Observation-Disclosures. :. 1900 90
ENpen returning The lst NeDrassa 10000 90
Vault for National 'iuard .............. 1000 GO
Stand Pipe. Normal School ........... 5000 90
improvements OF Hosplta Soldiers
and Sail RS Home Grand Island $500 90 !
Site. Soldiers and Sailors Home Mi ord 10 800 90
Bulld;ngs ant improvements State
University. .............. " 800 90 |
Total appropriations 1899 . S325, 40 90
Add to these. unusual a, preparations
1897 ......... .......... Sell 900 90 |
Amt ,f unusual appropriations . $3.50, 400 20 |
Governor, if you will deduct the |
uneXpended portion of the appro-
priations made in 1903, and which |
will yet be added to the states
debt. these figures show that the
fusionists spent more money for
permanent improvements and 9TH
er extraordinary expenses than
your administration has spent.
Why then the enormous increase
in the states debit The reason is,
Governor, that the whole state
aud state institutions
IRE filled with a lot of political
oarnacles who render no valuable
service to the state and who are
carried on the pay roll at the pub
&c vApeuse, whiIe taeiE business is
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-27
TERMS

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Display advert isi"g-1 inch single column 15c
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additional space $500 per inch per year engraved
blocks extra; Sl.O0 each.
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Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-27

Look at the other figures publish. They Why
didn't Andrews tell you that this why he loved the grand old
party because large expenditures there's bigger chance
ge and robbery. Andrews get what's coming
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-27

llL.N IL VI. Ia 49,
of West Virginia
For Rep. 9th Cong. Dist
w. Il. McNeel, of North Platte.
For Rep. 52nd Dist
Elmer +. Vifquain.
For Senator 14th District
C.. +. Coffee, of Chadron.
For Commissioner 3rd Dist
VIM. Butler.
State Ticket.
For Governor
Geo. w. Bergc, (pop.) Lincoln.
For Lieut.. Gov
DR.. A. Townsend, dem Franklin.
For Auditor
j. S. Canaday, (pop) Kearney.
For Secretary of State
r. +. Watzke, (dcm) Richardson.
For Treasurer
John Osborn, (pop) Pawnee.
For Attorney General
Edward Whalen, (dem) O'Neill.
For Land Commissioner
A. A. Worsley, (pop) Boyd.
For Supt. Public Instruction
A. Softley, (pop) Perkins.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-27

W. f. Andrews his speech the house boosted
his ability look figures for himself at Washington D.
affairs. We understand that he works the auditors Office
Why in the of didn't he look up
these figures institutions and during the
eight and tell the where their money going
-Four years.
partly tells the tale why Cherry county charged
follows 1901 to TO 1900 1900 100 - %
Each taxpayer the paying his share and this where
the money
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-27

National Democratic Ticket.
For President
ALTON b. PARKER,
of New York.
For Vice President
HENRY G.. DAVIS,
of West Virginia.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-06-26
Body of a Young Man

bets The house of the tragic poet which IS
represented as the dwelling Of Bulwcrs well-known
hero still bears on its threshold the inhospitable
inscription Of Care drcm Cteware of the dOgO.
At the Temple of Isis fingered long climbing the
steps the ancient altar and trying to peer down
into the aperurcs for the reception of the remains
of sacrifices. The Temple OF Fortune, too had its
destinations, and would gladly have sacrificed at
the shrine of the tickle goddess too oftCiouS guide
who persisted in following about. and almost she'd
tears over our refusal to be personally conducted
The Thcrmr. where found the swimming pools
too small the stalls for the butchers and shmongerS
blocks, with the gutter for carrying off the blood and
water the bakchouses with their mills for the grind
ing Of grain-alI held a human interest.
Thanks to Young Italy were lucky enough
to some Of the wonderful plaster figures being
photographed among the ruins. These casts show
corcluSi,cly than any description could all the
horrors endured by many of the unforturates who
Pcrishcd in the rtiess storm Of volcanic punice.
At the l,g1rring of the excavations the piles Of
ashes found among the ruins broken up and
thrown with the other debris Then it was discovered
that they had once incoScd human bodies, These
bodies decaying left the impression Of their forms,
and Professor Forelh an experiment, removed the
bones and filled the cavities with cement. which,
hardening. made perfect cast. One Of the most
interesting Is of a dog. tcarfulIy Ccutortcd Another
Is Of a man living on his side his hand beneath his
check though sleeping On some Of the figures :
the impression Of the metal belts they and
Young girl slight and weIforucd, has the scrlllarcr
Of a rIug upon her finger.
The evening shadows were hurring the outlines Of
temple and column paused for a moment on an
cmiucnCe above the amThithcatcr, and memory Will
always recall Pompcii it appeared then, disclosing
many of its treasures but Withholding its chitfest
Jewels the heart secrets Of the life throhbing
between its mutilatcd walls HELEN ~ GIvENs.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-06-26
Relics From Vesuvius

r. rs e - ~ 50, ~ oiP vi |
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1 ,lI1 t So : 'o' 'is l"'S 'lils"'
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t ms ;P 'ISt ~ VI. 0o''-I9 Il II I'l
H. o, GNU i, az 'l 'l'" '"' IeAI Gay
f VII ftt;l t; % - - a. anu .le
i: ~ ~ " ~ we "td seen S.ice
~, -. t; - tf:r -, ~'' anu i'''ii'ii
O i5 G',5S $50 '.L'', u iO'' oL
oo wy eI enough lIe poorest ana most PoPuiouS
~ 49,, | :.l ,i l ''l- 'tt' Seol illy
- - ~ ",'lN ".,e looiS l'dy
I-to ''N''' We So' i'"''I o0l "'eS CROWDED
W, I..l.I nf ,' ,,.;- g., a., II.
" ~ ,' ~ '.I1 l,S ~ 's - I'S
80 ", ~ I'm - '.tS ',II ana "S
lo. III ~ S,r mi o'l "a -'S IN ~. E.,I oIoTlhS
Ms'I'3 i',lS.S '-','' 'II ooI - l'tF aduiS In',
80 - ..'e llil ,,I'' cIIe'l'''d
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-06-26
NHTHEN we announced
wv h wing set our
hpartc IN n biCyCIe

hearts on a bicycle
trip to Pompeii, two Italian
friends, whom we desig-
mated collie c lively a.
Young Italy" scoffed and
said it was merely the
American desire to do
something that the rest of
the world was not doing.
They also called our atten-
ton to the streets and
roads of Naples and its
vicinity, largely constructed
of lava blocks roughly laid,
and offering anything but
an ideal highway for the
wheel. Lastly, as a clincher,
they added earnestly that
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-06-26

spoke to us OF the myriaGs
who had passed dry-shod
over them-the lords of
pleasure and its victims,
the patrician and the peas
ant, all the teeming life
that surged between these
mutIlated walls.
At the public drinking
fountains we fitted our
hands into the depressions
worn in the stone by the
palms of thirsty souls who
have been dust and ashes
for over eighteen centuries.
We entered the wine
shops, W here perh aPs
another Glaucus and his
noble friends came down to
inspect the muscles of their
favortes and arrange their