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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-08
MorteAeed Four Times

Look at u. S. Steel. What did the
public pour out it's millions SO literally
for? For second mortgage bonds, for
preferred stock, for common stock.
Who holds the first mortgage bonds?
Andrew Carnegie!
Analyze the position of such buyers
and see where they stand. If the
United States Steel corporation went
into liquidation their lot would truly
be an unenviable one. They might
never get dollar of their original in
vestment back.
Suppose man had real estate valued
at say $4,000; he secures a loan of
$4,000 on this property, giving a first
mortgage to the lender; suppose he Sc
cures second mortgage to the extent
of say $4,000 /. ON someone else; sup
pose he secures third mortgage from
another party, and, on top of that
secures a fourth mortgage from some
one else; what do you value the third
and fourth mortgages at? Put this
question to money lender on realty,
or real estate agent and note the
answer.
United States Steel is nearly analo-
gous to this; Carnegie holds the first
mortgage, a proportion Of the public
hold second mortgage, another por-
ton of the public. hold a third mort
gage (the preferred stock) and the
common stockholders hold the fourth
mortgage (the common stock).
| If United States Steel was in the
hands of a receiver the first mortgage
bondholders would receive their exact
pound of flesh, the second mortgage
holders get. what was left, the preferred
stockholders get the leavings from the
other two, and the common stockhold-
ers would literally get left.
The men that bought the common
stock of United States steel, trans.
crossed every rule of finance, and the
most elementary rules at that. Truly
the magic of great name land sue
.eessful thief. ED. Ind.) is wonderful
United States common may yet b,
kicking around at a fraction Of it
present price, with United States pre-
ferred in the position now occupied BY
the common stock; this condition O
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-08

The capture OF 203 meter hill by the
Japanese announced last week has been
confirmed The Japanese have also
captured other heights, but because
the dispatches give the Japanese, in
stead of the Russian names of the
hills, the military experts are con-
fused and are unalle to form an esti-
nate of the Importance of the cap
lures. One thing seems certain. The
Japanese have full command OF the
larbor from the land side and have
sunk two Russian hattleships and one
armored cruiser anchored in the har-
Dor. The mounting of heavy guns on
203 meter hill and the successful! re-
rulse of every effort of the Russians to
retake it, seems to change the sit
uation entirely at Port Arthur. The
port is doomed to fall in a short time.
although The Russians may retire to
the Notifications or the west side and
south side of the harbor where mar
row tongue Of land has reen fortified
end never yet attacked. With the re-
mainder of the works in the hands OF
japanese the reduction Of these works
would necessarily follow. There has
been nothing but sl1irmishing around
Mukden. The last heard Of the Rus
sian fleet, part Of it wis in the In
dian ocean and part of it was making
| it's way around South Africa.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-08
Hard Times IN England

United States Consul Boyle reports
from Liverpool that throughout Eng
land there are more men out OF work
and wages are lower than probably
for any period within the last seven
or eight years." Municipal and national
statistics show an ever-increasing
number of men unemployed, and wages
for skilled labor have continually fad
len during the last IL months.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-08

For over sixty years Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup has been used by
mothers for their children while teeth
ing Are you disturbed at night and
broken Of your rest by sick child
suffering and crying with pain of cut
ting teeth? If so. send at once and
oct bottle of Mrs. Winslow's. Sooth-
;na Syrup for Children Teething. It's
value is incalculable., 1t will relieve
the poor little sufferer Immediately.
nepend upon it, mothers, there is no
mistake about it. It cures diarrhoea
regulates the stomach and bowels,
cures wind collie. softens the gums. re-
duces Inflammation. and gives tone
and energy to the whole system. Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for chill
dren teething is pleasant to the taste
and is the prescription of one of the
Oldest and best female physicians and
nurses in the United States, and is for
sale BY all druggists throughout the
world. Price. Is cents a bottle. Be
sure and ask for MRS. Winslow's
soothing Syrup"
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-08
Reoreanized Democracy

When they've got it all made over
What will the thing. be like?
Partly Bryan, partly Grover?
What will the thing be like?
When the creature they unveil
Can you tell, right on the nail,
Which is head and which is tail?
What will the thing be like?
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-08
No Children Wanted

A mighty tide of disapproval against
children seems to have set in. A fam
lily Of husband and wife and two chill
dren are living in tent in New York
city because an angry landlord, finding
that there were two children in the
family, elected them without fear or
favor.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-08
FARMERS. ATTENTION.

Do you wish tC sell your farm? l.
SO, send full description, lowest price
ard best terms. Or, if you wish 20
buy a farm, ranch or Lincoln home.
write to or call IN Williams & Bratt
1105 o ST., Lincoln. Neb.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-08

sage declaring thai, it is the province
OF the United States to heep order In
the South American republics caused
the London papers to dub The president
Police Constable Roosevelt"
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-08

Judge Parker ran $4,000 behind his
4.cket in New York city and county.
Tom Watson made some speeches ther1
and Palliser was in charge OF the
campaign for the peoples party.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-08

making such wry faces and kicking up
such q row. What is the use OF APP
pealfng to the interstate commerce
commission. It has no more authority
over rates than country schoolma'am
h:s srhe United States court took all
It's power away long time ago.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-08

Over in Europe they also thought
that .sthe beet sugar industry would
be destroyed" If they did not have a
tariff and bounties. They tried that
scheme until the people got very little
sugar and the governments were about
to be bankrupted by excessive taxa
ton. Then they called the Brussels
conference and abolished the boun-
ties and lowered the tax so per cent.
That was about a year ago. Now the
people have all the sugar they want
and the government income has IN
creased in Germany $3,0Gc,OOO on ac-
count Of increased consumption. That
means that the people have four times
as much sugar as before and the gov
crnment increased revenues When
ever any restriction Is puC upon trade
and exchange that reduces the pro-
duction OF wealth. But .asiff grafters
always deny it.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-08

Congress convened at y m. on las
Monday and during the days OF the
&c ssion food of bills Wee introduced.
There is not one among them that Is
~ the interest Of the common people.
The landslide prevented that.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-08

The passage in the presidents mes
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-08

AT last when the conditions in New
York can no longer be hidden, the
charity organizations and ether bodies
are beginning to tell something ABOUT
the horrible conditions there. The In
dependent has been telling its readers
OF those conditions for nearly year
and was the only paper in the coua-
try that would print the facts. A New
York dispatch of December Z. now
saws. Charitable institutions in this
city report that never before have they
been called upon tc assist SO great a
number of unemployed men. Accord
ing to statistics at the munlclpa'
lodging house in First avenue. nearly
40 per cen- more idle men needed help
ii, November than was the case year
ago."
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-08

Mr.. Winston Churchill has joined
the liberal party in England. In a
recent address before workingman's
club he calmly announced that If he
were a German he would vote the So
cial democrat ticket there. He, how
ever. took pains to denounce and re-
pudiate MARKHAM socialism That is
the position The Independent has al
ways occupied. The German social
democratic party is simply populisn
and not socialism at all.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-08

The Chicago Public says: Certain
safe and sane democrats of the At
lantic seaboard are reported to pc
again secretly combining tc fasten the
democratic organization N the clutches
Of plutocracy.''
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-01
OKLAHOMA THE LAND OF
OPPORTUNITIES.

Oklahoma, rich in undeveloped
possibilities for agriculture, hor-
ticulture, stock raising, mining
and manufacturing-a chance for
the Homeseeker.
The Frisco System, with its con
ncections, offers through train
Union depot, to all the principal
points in the Great Southwest.
Why not take advantage of
the special one-wny and round
trip Homeseekers, rates in effect
April 5th and 10Th, and sector
yourself just what the opportun-
tiles are. Full information and
descriptive literature may be had
free by addressing D. H. Maloney
General Agent, 415 Park Build
ing, Pittsburg, Pa. If
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-01
Women and Jewels.

Jewels, candy, flowers, man
that is the order of woman's pref
erences. Jewels form a magnetic
mighty power to the average wo-
man. Even that greatest Of all
jewels, health, is often ruined in
the strenuous effort to save the
money to purchase them. If a
woman will risk her health to get
a coveted gem, then let her fortify
herself against the insiduous con-
sequences Of coughs, colds and
bronchial affections by regular
use of DR.. Boschee's German Syr-
up. 1t will promptly arrest con-
sumption in it's early stages and
heal the affected lungs and bron-
chial tubes and drive the dread
disease from the system. 1t is not
a cure all, but it is a certain cure
for coughs, colds and all bron-
chial troubles. You can get DR..
Green's reliable remedies at d.
A. Memberships.
Get Green's Special Almanac.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-01
Iowa's Superiority.

In answer to the question,
''Where is the state of matri-
mony?" The Chicago World
says: Well, las near as we can To-
late it this happy State is one OF
the "United" States. 1t is
bounded by hugging and kissing
on one side and cradles and bab-
les on the other. Its chief produc-
tons are population, broomsticks
and staying out late at night. 1t
was discovered by Adam and Eve
while trying to find passage out
of paradise. The climate is sui
try until you pass the tropics OF
housekeeping, when squalling
weather sets in without sufficient
power to keep all hands down.
For the principal road leading to
that State consult the first pair Of
blue eyes you chance to meet.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-01
We Repair
Anything

That is bought In a jewelry
store and many other things
= hat are bought In other
stores If others cannot re-
pair your broken articles
bring them to us and we'll
repair them for you If 1t Is
possible to do so. The charge
will be moderate.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-01
Jewelers..
Farming in the South.

The passenger department OF
the Illinois Central Railroad COM
pany is issuing monthly circulars
concerning fruit growing, vegeta-
Bile gardening, stock raising,
dairying, etc., in the States OK
Kentucky, West Tennessee, Mis-
sissippi and Louisiana. Every
farmer, or homeseeker, who will
forward his name and address to
the undersigned, will be mailed
free circulars Nos. l, 2, 3, 4 and
5, and others as they are publish
ed from month to month. Z. A.
Richter, travelling passenger
agent, Park building, Pittsburg,
Pa.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-01
Brain Food Nonsense.

Another ridiculous food fad has
been branded by the most compe-
tent authorities. They have dis
PEELED the silly notion that one
kind of food is needed for brain
another for muscle, and still an
other for bones. A correct diet
will not only nourish a particular
part of the body, but will sustain
every other part. Yet, however,
good your food may be, its nutri-
ment is destroyed by indigestion
or dyspepsia. You must prepare
for their appearance or prevent
their coming by taking regular
doses of Green's August Flower,
the favorite medicine of the
healthy millions. A few doses aids
digestion, stimulates the liver to
healthy action, purifes the blood
and makes you feel buoyant and
vigorous. You can get DR..
Green's reliable remedies at D. A.
Memberships.
Get Green's Special Almanac.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-01
Best Cough Medicine for Children

When yon buy a cough medi'
cine for small children you want
one in which you can place i'm
plicit confidence. You want one
that not only relieves, but cures.
You want one that is unquestion-
ably harmless. You want one
that is pleasant to take. Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy meets
all of these conditions. There is
nothing so good for the coughs
and colds incident to childhood.
1t is also a certain preventive and
cure for Group, and there is no
danger whatever from whooping
cough when it is given. 1t has
been used in many epidemics OF
that disease with perfect sue
cess. For sale by G. W. Grier.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-01
TO REMAIN PERMANENTLY.
President and Secretary of Win
dow Glass Workers Won't Co..

The glass blowers who have
been in session in Cleveland, O.,
during the past week, ended their
convention Wednesday and most
of the delegates left the city last
night. The elections, which were
begun Tuesday, were finished
with the appointment OF three
committees-the Wage commit
tee, consisting of eight members
the Board of three trustees and a
committee of eight who will act
in conjunction with like commit
tees from the factions which have
not yet affiliated with the new or
ganization in completing the
amalgamation.
About 80 per cent of those who
formerly composed the Phillips
and Burns factions have joined
the new organization, but the re-
naming 20 per cent are still hold
ing out "For the reason" said
President Phillips, "that they still
preserve sentiment for their old
organizations and wish to pre-
serve their old connections with
them. 1t is probable, though, that
they will be brought into the fold
shortly, as they realize as well as
we do that amalgamation is es-
sential to the glass blowers, as
well as the employers.
The Wage committee met with
the Executive committee and de-
cided that Cleveland should be
made the permanent headquarters
of the organization, as that city
is centrally located and the abb
sence of any of the four crafts
there would avoid the danger OF
any one faction exercising undue
influence at conventions. The
president and secretary will re-
main there permanently. Ths
next convention will be held in
Cleveland in July.
Charles Smith represented the
Sistersville Window Glass COM
pany at the above convention. He
arrived home last evening.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-01
A Promising Oil Country.

The Creek, Usage and Cherokee
nations in Indian Territory are
receiving wide recognition as a
promising oil country, and capital
and development have so far
brought handsome results. The
oil is of superior quality; the ter
ritory is reached directly by the
Frisco system, who issues free of
charge, a booklet, giving full data
concerning the country and its
possibilities. Mailed to any adj
dress upon request to Sidney Van
Dusen, 706 Park building, Pitts
burg, Pa. 1,tf
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-01

A worthy successor to a most
successful Eovel is "SIR NOR
TIMER" newly come from the
pen of Miss Mary Johnston, au
thor of "To Have and to Hold
Price Of this book is SIPS at Nc
Coy,s Book Store. st
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-01

David Harum and many other
books which sold heretofore for
$1.50 are now on sale at McCoy's
Book store for Is cents.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-01

OredLly heuuCeu One way SOl-
onist Fares to tie West via B.
& o. r. r.
During the Months of March
and April the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad will place on sale
daily from all stations, one way
Colonists Tickets to principal
points in California, Arizona,
British Columbia, Colorado,
Montana, New Mexico, Oregon,
South Dakota, Texas, Utah,
Washington, Wyoming, etc., at
greatly reduced rates.
For tickets and full informant
on, call on or address Ticket
Agents, Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-01

For RENT Pleasant front room,
suitable for two gentlemen. or man
and wife. Irquire at OH Review.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-06-22
STRANGE RAJ TRAPS.
The Way Ostrich E4Gs Are Utilized
In Coptic Churches.

Ostrich eggs are regarded by the
Copts as the natural emblem of watch
fulness, and practical effect is given to
this idea among these people by the
very curious use 10 which they put
them in their public buildings particu-
larry in those devoted TO the eelebra-
ton OF divine worship. Whoever en-
tiers Coptic church cannot fail TO
notice the numerous ostrich eggs which
hang above and around him.
The explanation is simple The
churches are much infested by rats,
and these animals as experience has
shown, have been in the habit OF crawl
ing down the cords by which the lamps
are suspended, for the purpose of get
ting ut the oil and drinking IT, To
hinder these four footed thieves the
cord belonging 10 each lamp is passed
through the shell of an ostrich egg
which is thus fixed at moderate dis
tance above the lamp. The smooth
polished surface of the shell offers an
impossible barrier to the willy and ad
venturous rodents, SO that they in
variably slide off and tumble to the
ground If they attempt a passage
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-06-22
A LOST ISLAND.
Old West Indian Legend That Dates
Back to Columbus Time.


There is an old legend in the West
Indies which hats been handed down
from the time of Columbus 10 the Of
feet that somewhere among tie numer-
Gus Gays of the Caribbean sea there
exists an island inhabited only by Wo-
men
The aboriginal Caribs and AraIWaks
found 1t inconVenient to have women
around in times of war. sually when
the enemy conquered number of the
tribes fairest maidens We're carried
off. So goes the story.
The deplorable possibility of losing
all the women of the tribe was aYerted.
however, by the prompt action of the
chiefs, who ordered all of the remain
ing female element 10 this unknown
island in the Caribbean. According to
the legend. the place is copiously
watered by ideal streams, overShad
owed by breadfruit, mango, plantain
and all the neccssaries to life and
poetry The husbands and lovers were
allowed to visit the island paradise not
more than twice year in times of
peace.
But 1t is further handed down that
all the men of the tribe We're even
tually wiped out in an Indian war and
that all trace Of the isle Of women was
lost According To Washington Irving,
even Columbus made vain efforts to
find it.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-06-22
THE BUTTERFLY.
Some of the Extraordinary Gifts of
This Silent Insect.

some OF the extraordinary Ol1ts OF
This Silent Insect.
The extraordinary gifts of the but
terhy race have always excited the
wonder not only of naturalists. but of
the most ignorant observers their 81
lent and unseen changes, the instinct
by which they distinguish their favor
tie plant food las, for instance, even
among the scarcely differing species Of
the complex race of asters, where they
show themselves, as Professor Asa
Gray said, better botanists than many
of u.s." their skill in depositing their
eggs unerringly on or near the precise
plant on which the forthcoming cater
pillars are fitted to feed, although they
as butterflies have never tasted it. To
these should be added their luxurious
spread of wings, giving opportunities
for those likeneSses and variations of
color which protect them during the
few days of their winged state; the
brief time when, if ever, their eggs
must be laid and the continuance Of
the race made sure. The whole realm
of animal "mimicry," as it is now term
ed, reaches its highest point i'll them
and leads TO some extreme cases, as in
the fact that, while butterflies are or
dinarily homogeneous, there is yet one
species iii Africa which has departed
50 widely from thus rule that the male
has not one mate only but actually
three different wives, each 50 utterly
unlike him in appearance as To have
long been taken fer wholly different
speeies.-T. w. Higginson in Atlantic.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-06-22
ATLANTIC CITY DIVISION.
Leave Philadelphia, Chestnut sire,
and South Street Ferries:

Leave Philadelphia. Chestnut street
and South Street Ferries:
For Atlantic City-.6 90 a m, ell, y;
am s ex, - am exp, $3.50 a m exp,
20 m exp, Sl0a m exp, t10:45 m exp,
Sl1 m exp, II p IN exp, oil 30 p m
exp, - p m exp, 10 p m exp, et3 40
m exp. "a p m exp, t4;30 p m exp,
S4:45 p m exp, 5p M exp, IS p m lei,
t5:lO p m lei, at5;40 p m exp. *7:15 p m
1880 p IN exp.
For Ocean City-S+1 m, .s:45 m ,
1915 m, tl1:45 m, t2:15 p IN, dt4 %
p m, Is u m, at540 m
For Cape May-St7 m, 1870 m,
"S:45 m, S9:l5 a m, ttl;45 m, bill 40
p m, ct4:15 p M. s p m. at5:40 pm
Sea lsle-S'7 m, +S:45 M, t9:15
p m, dt4:20 p m, s. p m, af540
81" Daily IS" Sundays, go Week
days, "a" South st. 80, "b" South
st. 80, &C South st. A, "a South
st. 4l5. Sc South st. $3.50, 20" Sat
urdays only, IS Si.00 excursion.
Detailed timetables at ticket offices,
18th and Chestnut SITS, S34 Chestnut
St, 1905 Chestnut St., coo South 81
ST., 1869 Market st. aud at Stations.
Union Transfer Company will call
for and check baggage from hotels
and residences.
L. A. DICE, EDISON j. WEEKS,
Genl Sup't. Gen'l Pass'r Agt.