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ALLIANCE DIRECTORY. NATIONAL ALLIANCE. President. .T; Burrows, Filley, Neh. , Vice Pretident, M. L. Loucka, Clear Creek, Dakota. Secretary, AutfiPt Post. Moulton, Iowa. Treasurer, Hon. .7. J. Furlonjr, Austin Minn. Lecturer, A. I). Chase, Watcrtown, Dak. ..NEBRASKA STATE ALLIANCE. President, John H. Powers, Cornell. Vice President, James Clark, Wabash. .Secretary-Treasurer. J. M. Thompson, Linco.n Lecturer, 1. M. Case. Creiffhton. - Executive Committee: J. Burrows Filley; ILF. Allen,' Wabash; -Allen Boot, Omaha; JL. Henry, Hansen; W. M. Gray, North Loup. Tost Offick at Lincoln, Neb., June 18, 1889. 1 hereby certify that The Aluance, a week ly newspaper published at this place, has been determined by the Third Assistant Post Mas ter Cleiierai to fce a publication entitled to admission in the mails at the pound rate of jot&ge, and entry of it as such is according y -mude upon the books of this office. Valid while the character of the publication re mains unchanged. ALBEKT V ATKINS. Postmaster. COUNTY ORUAMZEKS. The following i3 a list of the later appointed county organizers. Adams County, A. C. Tompkins, Hansen. Antelope"' Jas. A. Butler, Ewinjr. Banner " Wm. Clark, Banner. Buffalo ' . " John A. Hogrfc, Shelton. Boone " Henry C. Keister, St. Edwards Cass " E. G. Cooiey, Weeping Water. Chase " G. W. Norman, Lamar. Clay " ' L. Mc-Reynolds, Fairfield. Custer . J.W.Hartley, West Union Dawson " P.J.Reese, Lexington. .Frontier " C. J. Meeham, Cambridge. Furnas " W.J. Holley, Cambridge. Gage " J. C. Hetherington, Beatrice. Urecley " E. A. Hadley, Scotia. Goeper, " H. G. Miller, Cambridge. Hall " L. Henry, Hansen. Hamilton" L.C.Floyd, Bromfleld. Harlan " Sherman Stevenson,Alnia. Hayes " E. I), a hue, Galena. Holt " Rob't Gray, Inman. Howard " T.C.Porter, St. Paul. Hitchcock" J.D.Stockton, Trenton. Lincoln " F. J. Frederici, North Platte. Lojran, " W. A. Mansfield, Gaudy. Loup " Win. Evans, Taylor. Madison " Warren Forsaith. Madison. Nance " Thomas Sinclair, Fullerton. Nuckolls " Geo. W. Felton, Angus. Perkins " E.M.Harrison, Venango. Pierce " S. J. Plymeseer, Foster. Platte " Henry Guiles, St. Edwards Polk " Jas. Miller, Silver Creek lied Willow J. F. Black, Indianola. Sherman " E. A. Draper, Litchfield. Webster " O. B. Pitney, Inavale. York " J. 1". Harrison, York. THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. This department is conducted by the Secre tary of the State Alliance to whom all com munications in relation to Alliance work, fhort articles upon various subjects of inter est to the Alliance etc., should bo addressed. Write plain and only on one side of the paper. Sijrn what you choose to your articles but send us your name always. The Silver Question. Mi;. Editor : Permit nie to inquire, v, h:it steps, if any, have been taken in regard to having Nebraska represented in the convention which is to meet on the iijth of November at St. Louis. The questions that will come before tljat convention are of vastly more im portance to the fanners and productive industries of this state than a presiden tial election. For years it has been clear to many, and the common mind begins to grasp it, that the demonetiza tion of silver in 1878 was one of the causes of the present condition of uni versal indebtedness and frequent fail ures in business, stagnation in trade, idleness in mines anil shops, want and misery everywhere. Our braying legis iflurc in that year had followed the lead of a peculiar force that was among us but not of us that same force which demonetized gold and made silver the only power for payment of debt or taxes in India, a province of the British empire, has at the same time demon etized silver and made gold the only standard for the payment of debt or taxes in England. Xot satisfied with mbbing the Indian once, it must rob him twice for the benefit of the home government. This compels the pro ducer in India to sell his products for the money of India, silver, which must be sold again to buy gold to pay taxes to the home government of $80,000,000 annually. Vv hat is the difference with us since 1873? It is most humiliating to know that after following the lead of tin English banker named llazzard for sixteen years, the American producer is on a level with his brother producer, the riot of India; and his American patriotism withers and his valor dies when he comprehends that Jiis be loved government is only a financial province of the British empire. The loudest braying force, which predicted all sorts of calamities from the coinage of $2,000,000 a month of that debased stuff, of which only $r is a legal tender for the payment of debt, which have never occurred; on the con trary it has saved us from a deeper deg radation than we are now in. We will get there if we keep on. The conduct of a legislator that will degrade the pro duct of his own country, which pro duces more than one-half of the world's supply of silver annually, stands un paralleled in the history of legislation lor infamy. Now, shall Nebraska have a voice in that convention, and ask of our next congress to stop following the lead of English bankers; the full remonetiza tioii of silver; free coinage up to the limit of the production of this country, to be stowed away as coin or bullion on which to issue certificates for circula tion (nobody wants the coin), and en large and beautify that spot in our pres ent financial system which John Knox calls the dark spot, w hich is for the pro ducer the only bright spot in that vil lainous dark hole? That bright spot is the $346,000,000 of the people's own money, they have used for twenty-live years, free, without bond or interest gathering coupon, which, if allowed, both bond and coupon would have gathered from the earnings of our fellow laborers at six per cent, and that is but little more than one-half of the amount wu have paid. Allow it doubled in twelve years, $792,000,000; next twelve years. $1,58 1.000,000. This much is the gathering of the coupons alone which you have saved. And this is what John Knox calls the dark spot. Think of this and nothing else, farmers and la borers, until you comprehend it, and if you act as you have for the last twenty years, the Lord have mercy on you. So when the certificates issued upon precious metal deposits shall fall short of $o0 per capita, this bright spot should be enlarged to that point and kept there perpetually by the government, so take away from the creditor forever the power to rob the debtor periodi-cally.- I sincerely hope that Governor Thay er s attention will be called to this, and that he will appoint twenty delegates and twenty alternates.- If a single one gets there he should be clothed with the power to act for the state. Allen Root. Sahhath Horn. BY S. K. GRIGGS. Like sight of home to the wand' ring one, Like joy of youth when the task is done, Like glow of Are on the dear old hearth, Like drops of rain to the lurching: earth. Is Sabbath morn. Like white of sail on the lonely deep, Like Xfnad of hope when the troubles sweep, Like Klam of gold when the cloud are relit, Like hush of peace when the storm is spent, Is Sabbath morn. Like kiss of sleep when the day is o'er, Like face of friend on a distant shore, Like wir.jrs of nbrht to the fainting bloom, Like voice of faith at the closing: tomb, Is Sabbath morn. Like notes of glee in a d'rjre of sighs, Like songs of oid when the daylight dies, Like glimpse of stream in a waste of sand. Like touch of love from a dear one's hand, Is Sabbath morn. The Senatorial Tight in South Dakota. BV II. L. LOUCKS IX DAKOTA RUKALIST. The first senatorial fight in South Da kota is over, and the corporation forces in the U. S. senate are re-inforced by two more monopoly representatives, and this almost purely agricultural state is without a representative in either branch of congress. In our demand for repre sentation Ave were cordially backed by the organized forces of labor in the towns and cities. There is something radical ly wrong when such a state of affairs can exist. The sentiment of the state was clearly in favorof our candidate. Then why was it that with a majority of farmers as we think we have though not yet sure of it that we did not elect our candidate? It must be clearly understood that all farmers are not alliance men. e have only a few representative alliance work ers in either branch of the legislature. We have been making the serious mis take, ot thinking that active alliance workers should not be candidates for political office. As a result but few of our earnest workers are elected. How ever, the sentiment was so strong in fa vor of greater farmer representation that the senatorial aspirants in making their selections were careful to choose farm- ers who pledged their votes to them. We hope their pledges went no farther. A farmer chosen by the politicians is the worst enemy to farmers' interests that we can have. We protest against their being called our representatives. Farm ers ifid not, in many cases, take care of the primaries and conventions. Candi dates were not publicly pledged, and as a result were non-committal. They were more easily implicated by financial as sistance in carrying their election, or by threats of opposition if they woidd not pledge themselves. We are satisfied that many were thus influenced. We know where such attempts were made and failed! The band wagon has a charm for many. The protessional political liar lias great faith in its power, and the campaign all through luts been one of bluff, to catch those whose only principle is to be on the winning side. Was there ever such a travesty on representative government? Notwithstanding all these difficulties together with the po litical machine of the republican party being persistently used against us, up to 3 p. in. on the afternoon of Tuesday we Avere confident of success. There Avas a Avell defined combination of interests as between or in favor of candidates. We believe there was a solid compact on the corporation side betAveen Moody and PettigreAV. There Avas a natural combi nation .between the supporters of War dall and Edgerton. Judge Edgerton had many Avarm friends among our Alliance members men whose faith in him Avas implict. When the famous partition of offices elective and appoin tive Avas made in Washington last win tcr, it Avas generally given out that Moody and Pettigrew Avere to be the Senators, Judge Edgerton to be a can didate to keep others out of the field, gather all the strength he could, and at the proper time AvithdraAv, leaving the field clear to Moody and Pettigrew, he in turn to be rewarded by the J. S. District Judgeship. This naturally worked against the Judge. In a per sonal interview Avith him Ave were satis lied Avith his emphatic denial, and be lieving his honesty of purpose and sym pathy Avith the. great plain people, Ave resolved to support him. The warmest and best friends of Wardall and Edger ton Avorked in perfect harmony, but the persistent and emphatic statements of those Avho Avere supposed his friends, that it Av as the Judgeship and not Sena torship that he Avas after, had a very de pressing effect on our workers and their supporters. Notwithstanding all this about 10 a. m. the confidential friends of each candidate had a conference and compared notes Not counting a single doubtful Representative Ave had ninety seven votes for the two. We decided to press on to a vote at once, immediately after organization. At 2 p. m. Ave had secured and had the promise of five more Representatives, and the band Avagon brigade were looking our Avay. Then the whole poAver, prestige and pat ronage of the state and the federal governments Avere brought to bear. Gov. Mellette, Avho Avas to leave , on a special at 2 p.m., held it until the foul conspiracy had succeeded. Every Moody-Pettigrew striker shouted "Edg rton is out of the race, and goes on the bench!" His workers were off, the band wagon brigade veered to the mo nopoly side, and PettigreAV and Moody Avon. We, do not like to speak harshly of one Avho has so long been held in high es teem as has Mr. Edgarton. We pinned ned our faith to him and have been de ceived. Through his actions Ave haA'e lost the fight after victory has been as sured. Should he. receive and accept the appointment of U. S. District Judge then avc can come to no other conclusion than that was the price for the betrayal of his friends. FURNAS COUNTY ALLIANCE. Furnas County Alliance had a success ful meeting at Ilendley, on No a. 9th. Eleven Alliances Avere represented by delegates, one Alliance, Spring Green, organized but a few Aveeks ago, sending nine delegates and reporting a member ship of eighty-nine.- The best of feeling prevailed throughout the meeting, and action was taken to complete the organ ization of the county. W. J. IIOLLEV, County Oorganizer. ALLIANCE MEN ELECTED. In Hamilton County the Alliance elected four of the county officers. In the republican convention they secured the nomination of two Alliance men, and in the democratic convention of five. Of these four were elected, among them the nominees for Sheriff and Treas urer. ' XOTICE To All Delegates to the National Meet ing: at St. Louis. CHANGE OF DATE OF MEETING. By a mistake the date of the meeting of the Southern Alliance at St. Louis Avas stated to be Thursday, Nov. 5, and the meeting of the "National Alliance Avas fixed for the same date. The cor rect date is Tuesday, Nov 3rd. All delegates aviII therefore please take no tice that the meeting of the National Alliance Avill be held at St. Louis on Tuesday, Nov. 3rd. Under the date of Nov. 11, Mr. Post informs me that arrangements-' -have been made Avith most of the railroads, and are expected to be madeAvith all, to carry delegates for one and one-third fares for the round trip. Buy through tickets Avhen possible, taking the usual certificate, on presentation of Avhich at St. Louis return ticket will be sold at one-third fare. For any further information address Mr. Post, or on arrival' in the city call upon Mr. Phil- CheAV, chairman of the local committee, No. 9 North 8th St., who will give information as to hotel and quarters. . J. Bckkoavs, President. The Farmer's Alliance. A man who knows nothing of the "Farmer's Alliance" may ask: 4iWhat is the 'Alliance' anyway?" Tell him to ask any other man who belongs to it and attends it, and this will surely be the answer he will receive: "it is an organization of the farmers, to protect themselves against mon opoly." And it is true in everv sense and eA'ery word. "But will they succeed?" he asks. Yes, indeed they will succeed; have they not succeeded to a certain extent already? Yes, and time will tell, bet ter than all my words can ever tell, the gradual success of a good and noble cause, steadily increasing and develop ing until it will spread its pure and spotless wing .of protection over one of the noblest and greatest nations of this world. Does not its success show you that its power is spreading step by step, and, with this motto: "Never say fail," for its guiding star, will prove to you the power of these short Avords. Ask the barbed wire merchant and the twine merchant of the Farmers' Alliance. They can tell you, if they will, that they have ha-e to discount all their goods they sell to the Farmer's Alliance direct. Some Alliance men, Avho can scarcely be called Alliance men, who do not attend the meetings often enough to know what the Alliance is doing, often get "taken in" by agents. The vigilance of the Alliance men is never-ceasing. The farmers just begin to realize that they are, or ought to be, the ruling power. Without the farm er,the merchant and banker cannot live. They cannot live upon their gold or merchandise. They must have Hour, vegetables, fruit, meats, cotton and woel. Who grows the wheat to make the flour; grows the vegetables and fruits; raises cattle, hogs and poultry for meat; whojgrows cotten and who raises sheep to get the wool for cloth ing? The farmer. And who gets so small a profit for his labor as the farmer? Now why should not the practical farmer be our law maker, our govern or, our congressmen and our president, when lie alone sustains and supplies our government with that which only a farmers can supply Bread? By bread I do not mean simply the loaf , but I mean everything upon which the people sub sist. Head this well, and think much of it, and find that in it by which, you may profit. If there is not truth in it wherein does the fault lie? Nellie Peregrine. Woonsocket, S. D. The Election in Antelope County. Elgin, Nei?., Nov. 9, I8S9. Editor Alliance: I notice in The Alliance you request all sub-alliances to take a vote on whether they are in favor of a union of, the northern and southern alliances. Alliance No. 590 has taken that vote, and it was unani mous for sending delegates favorable to the union. And now, Mr. Editor, as the practicability of the farmers 'put ting a county ticket in the field was discussed considerably earlier in the fall, I Avish to give you our experience in the matter. We met as a farmers' mass convention of Antelope county, and the court house was full of farmers and farmers' friends on that occasion, and a full county ticket made out, called "The Farmers' and Laborers' Ticket." The farmers' and .laborers' ticket carried, save one. The man Ave nominated for clerk lost by fourteen votes. He was as good a man aswe had on the ticket. The cause of his defeat was, botn republican and demo crat tickets had a very popular man on for clerk. But except the loss of clerk we deem it a signal success for the far mers of Antelope county. And what we have done every county in the state can do, because 1 don't think there is a county in the state that had a more un favorable outlook for the farmers than existed in most of Antelope county last spring. But in looking the political field over, we were satisfied the pres ent system of contracting our currency is the cause of the scarcity of money, and the scarcity of money causes a de pression in prices of the products of the farm, thus making it not only diffi cult, but almost impossible, for the far mer to meet his obligations, no matter how or to what degree he may practice economy. And then to make the mat ter worse, to meet urgent debts he is driven to borrowing money at the high rate of interest a man in a tight place is compelled to pay. But you may say what does county officers" have to lo Avith bettering our financial system. True, but there must be a beginning, and Ave wanted to know the strength of the farmers' move iii this county. We hope next fall to send a republican to Lincoln Avho will honor his seat in the house by manly arid straight for ward conduct. The position we took in the county cam-ass was that no man would vote for a. measure that he be lieved was directly opposed to his wel fare. We are laboring to get The Al liance in every, house, for with 'the healthy literature it -contains farmers and laborers will be able to get the par tisan scales from their eyes, and see their way clearly. Respectfully, : j. w. d. W.C.T. U. COLUMN. Edited by Mrs. S. C. O. Upton, of Lincoln, Neb., of the Nebraska Woman's Christian Temperance Union. The editor of The Alliance places the re sponsibility of this column in the care of the above editor. " BOYS WILL BE BOYS." " Boys will be boys." We resent the old say- : Uls, '..." Current with men; Let it be heard, in excuse for our straying:. Never again ! Ours Is a hope that is higher and clearer, Ours is a purpose far brighter and dearer. Ours is an aim that should silence the jeerer; We will be men. ' Boys will be boys " is an unworthy slander; Boys will be men! The spirit of Philip in young Alexander Kindles again. -As the years of our youth fly swiftly away, As brightens about us the light of life's day, As the glory of man hood dawns on us, we say: We will be men. . When " Boys will b3 boys " you exclaim with a wink, Answer us, men! How old are those "boys?" Is their age, do you think. Fifty or ten? It may be the boys with whom you used to go Considered wild oats not unpleasant to so ay; But how looks the harvest you hoped wouldn't grow. Now you are men ! Boys will be boys?" Yes if boys may be pure, Models for men; If their thoughts may be modest, their truth fulness sure, - Say it again! If boys will be boys such as boys ought to be Boys full of sweet-minded, lighted-hearted glee Let boys be boys, brave, loving and free, Til. they are men! Harlan H. Ballard, in Christian Union . Church and Saloon. Nothing i i truer than that the church is the conservator of God's truth upon the earth; nothing is truer than that the saloon is the conservator of all that is evil, of everything that "loveth and maketh a lie." Setting these two facts down before us, and then arraying on each side the worldly forces that are upholding them, we are sometimes appalled at the dif ference that exists. Look at the mil lions that are invested yearly in rum. Contrast it with the money paid to sup port our evangelical churches, and weep for poor humanity so blind to its real interests, so ready to spend its money for that which is not bread. If God's power were not behind the f eble ness of .His folJoAref s, they would be trampled out of sight. I feel as if we needed to sound ail the drums of the salvation army, and more, to arouse Christians to use larger methods, to give for the support of the gospel as if they verily believed it the best thing ever offered to a needy world. Among the contrasts that make me blush, these tAVo statements may. be cited: The people of a certain denomination of Spokane Falls, W. T.,are trying to raise money to build a church. Among the plans for this purpose is one of asking a church in each state to piece one block of "crazy patch-work," having in the center an autograph of the gov ernor, with date and name of state. This unique collection is to forma quilt to be exhibited and sold at auc tion. A Lincoln church society will furnish the block for Nebraska, and it is to be hoped that the plan will work well and help them to build the needed church. How much that church is needed and how inadequate the means used will be seen by the 2nd statement: "We saw (in Spokane) last Sunday night 'Dutch Jake's beer garden.' It is a tent three hundred feet long, open day and night, seven days in the week, filled with drinking and drunken men and boys; one thousand were seen there at one time" Think of it! While Aromen are mak ing a silk quilt to be sold to pay for a stone in the church foundation, maybe, Satan pitches his tent, and poisons boys and men, not Sundays alone, but all days of the week. Prohibition Avas defeated there and woman suffrage received a light vote, and Ave are told that men of both par ties haggled for days over the question of putting the word "God" in the con stitution. Truly, Ave Avho believe in the mission 6f the church, must meet the saloon force with more business-like methods, attack it more valiantly, and cease to support parties that "justify the wicked for a reward." Only thus can we meet the dire necs sities of this fast age. "Unless a powerful political party outlaws the liquor traffic, there is reason to fear that municipal misrule may im perii republican institutions in all the larger American cities, and in the states under the control of such cities, and become so virulent as to become incapable of being put down at last only by military force. It is for Amer icans, who believe in government of the people for the people and by the people, to see that such government is made so Avise and strong as not to per ish from the earth. There is growing up iu the liquor traffic a power that ah ready has its clutches upon our throats; and a loss of time in orgrnizing a national reform may be the loss for ever of an opportunity to save our na tion from being wrecked by political misrule. Joseph Cook. WHAT IS AN INDUSTRY? If, upon our streets, there stood a man from morning: to night, and from night to morning. Avith a glass and spoon, mixing a little hot water, a little brandy, and a little sugar, and when Avell mixed A-ouId pour it in the gutter, but for every glass thus mixed he would require from some of our laborers, me chanics, buisness men, or, professional gentlemen, ten cents; how long Avould the community submit to his opera tions, even' though he plied them indus triously? The Common Council would be appealed to for the protection of a free and intelligent people against his robberous outrage. But how circum stances alter cases! He croes before the Council, pays the price, takes out a license, fits up a room, puts on a white apron, mixes a little hot water, a little oranuy and a little sugar together, takes the ten cents as before, then pours the mixture into a man, and man and mixture go together into the gutter; and we call th8 Avork he is doing an indus try which the industrious and or- aer-iovmg must grve their "cool cash to support." We should pon A .-.11 ii . uci wen uise sruuis. itenect udoii what this traffic, for which Ave take blood money," is sending by way of tut; guiter to rum ana death. I irst, and least, millions oi money that should give nome comtorts to wives and child ren. The principles of free government, for which our fathers died. That is not all; to keep full the ranks of the 200,000 drunkards annually created by this death-dealing traffic, one boy out of ev ery five, through city, town and coun try, must be given; one girl out of every five through the land must be laid upon the altars ot sorrow, misery and lust, that this industry of our Christain civi lization of the nineteeth century may go on. If famine or pestilence was sweeping through our land, smiting ev ery fifth boy and girl, takiug food, clothing and shelter from millions of other people, how we would mourn. Christains would appoint their days of fasting and prayer, that the hand of the avenger might be stayed. Infidels would rail out against the God whose existence they doubt," for dealing in heartless cruelty with the creatures of his creation. The responsibility and results of this traffic Avill be laid at some one's door. Shall it be'at yours or mine? That we may answer this question in safety to our own souls, let us devoutly pray to the God of wisdom to see ourselyes and our connection with this evil as he sees it. Narcissa White Kinnev. A WIIITECIIAPEL VICTIM. The Pall Mall Gazette says: In his speech at the Presbyterian Synod the other evening llev. John MacNeill cre ated quite a sensation by telling the following tale: He was speaking of temperance, and said that last Sunday, when he preached a temperance sermon at the Tabernacle, he received a letter that had been written by a lady on the danger of the use at communion of fer mented wine. The lady in her letter told a sad story of an inherited passion for drink. There were four or five of them several brothers and two sisters - the children of intemperate parents. Her sister had unfortunately inherited the craving, and before she was four teen had taken to drink. The others became converted and did all in their power to cure their sister, but it was of no use. The sister at length mar ried comfortably and children were born. But the craving for drink grew greater, and at length she was sent to a home for inebriates, where she stayed a year. She left apparently, said the sister, a changed woman. Soon after, however, her husband caught a severe cold, and before going out one morning drank a glass of hot whisky taking care, however, not to do so in the pres ence of his Avife. Then, as was his custom before leaving, he kissed his wife. At once the fumes of alcohol passed into her and in an hour she was a drunk and roaring woman. She went from Avorse to Avorse, and at last left her husband and children, one of them a cripple through her drunkeness. The husband died two yeas ago, a white haired and broken-hearted man, though only forty-five years old. "Need I add' said the sister in her letter, "what be came of her? Her story is that of Annie Chapman, one of the recent Whitechapel victims. That Avas my sister." St. Louis Advocate: The moment you lessen the trade in liquor you widen the markets for the real necessities of life. He who ceases to spend his money at the saloon has the more cash to use for bread for his children. No one social movement would do more for the farmers of America than the in stant abolition of the liquor traffic. The gospel is the real basis of political econ omy. Those who consent to the traffic sin against the very markets of the world. Going, Going, Gone! Last Thursday a week ago a farmer stood on our streets trying to sell a wagon load of large, fine potatoes. He waited long and impatiently no cu s tomers. lie walked up and down, called attention to the excellence of his potatoes no bids. Night was approach ing. At last he jumped onto his load, raised his voice and gathered a -crowd of curious people around his wagon by saying: "I am going to sell this load of pota toes at auction give me a bid; at what do you start 'em? They must go, gentle men, at whatever you bid. There is a wolf down in that basement yonder (pointing to the building) who has a mortgage on my farm, and I haven t a dollar to pay the interest. He was out at my farm the other night, and I told him the situation. He said take some potatoes and porkers to town and raise the money for me. So here I am with my potaitr3s, and have tried all day to sell them. Now who bids?" ' "Five cents" was the first bid. The firmer worked up the bidders until he struck off his load at 14c. a bushel, and received the handsome sum of 4.20 for a load of thirty bushels of magnificent potatoes, which Avas not decent pay for digging them and hauling them to town, which he hurried over to pay the "wolf in the basement."-Iowa Tribune. Proposed JoTemmental Telegraph. Postmaster General Wanamaker an nounced to the conference of postmas ters of the leading cities that has been in session in Washington that he should recommend to congress the establish ment of some sort of postal telegraph in connection with the postofiice de partment. This is a pet scheme of the postmaster general's, and he cannot be talked out of it. After a long investi gation he found that his plan oi utiliz ing the letter carriers for the deliTery of the telegrams of the Western Union company is njot altogether practicable, though lie is still of the opinion that a service based on this idea would be of great benefit to the public in the Avay of cheaper rates. It is understood that after the conference between Mr. Wan amaker and President Norvin Green of on this subject last summer the plan of an arrangement between the govern meutand the telegraph company .was abandoned. Mr. Wanamaker, however, still hopes to get some legislation in the direction of the government control of the telegraph service. Orders for coal must be sent in dur ing September to insure the price and certainty of having orders filled, van Dyke, Wyoming, coal, $1.75 per ton. Nut or egg coal $1. Freight on any lines of U. P. in Nebraska, $4.25 per ton; on J3. JU. 4.6o per ton. Cham berlain plows, good as made, shipped from Omaha, 14 and 1G inch, $14. JJy one-half car lots, S12.25. Champion self -dump steel wheel horse rake S21.00 Centerville, Iowa, coal, at the mine, $1.25 per ton. Can be shipped direct to all points on the Rock Island It. 11. at regular tariff rates. Points on U. P. add $1 .60 to Omaha rates; by St, Joe $1 to regular rate. Tnis is one of the best Iowa mines. TOK INSURANCE.T-See or address Swig-art jl a, uusn. Mead, jeD., fcpeciai Agems far mers Union (Mutual) Ins. Co., Grand Island, meurusita. PREPARE FOR WINTER! A Complete Assortment of n.OTHIE VJ JU KJ JL J.JLJLJ. 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Deep Milking Strains at Low Prices. PRICES FOR Y0UII Foultrv. Veal. Ifav. r.rnln. Wnnl. in.loa. 174 S. WATER, ST., CHICAGO. Chicago. Mcutfon The Alliaucr CITY. fiiUDfflB BILL For Corn and Cobs, Feed and Table Meal. It 1 more durable than any mill 011 the market. & Self-Dump Hay Rakea, Cultivators, Coin oeioro Duymg. Agents anieu in 1, ihk-cu- PAY RETAIL, PRICES WHEN TOU CAN E0 BlT wholesale WHATEVER YOU ' EAT, WEAR On UCE. W23 HAVE :o AaEidrs. Y7rita for full Cnta!op.ie tfnt FKC3. H. R. EHAGLE oi CO., armors' Wfcalesato Sijppty J5cuscf C3 WABASH AVE., CHICAGO. W. D. NICHOLS GENERAL DEALEU IN Piea,l 3E0sta.te, BEATRICE, NEB. . Have some Fine Rurirsliia in Improved l'arins. Lots For ale In Every Addition in the City. OFFICE, 505 COURT ST. TELE. ttt. IJ tf , ,- H 1 , .. . , JONES, HE PAYS THE " FREIGHT. B-TON WACON GCALSS, fif. ICAM ESS Freight' raid. Warranted for 5 Year AffcnU Wanted. Send for Term. FARMERS' fCS Itarn nod Warrhomr ple. JONES OF BINGHAXITON. Bingliantoix,N. Y.