Nebraska Newspapers

    THE ALLIANCE.
FUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY U0RNIN6.
BY THE
ALLIANCE PUBLISMIIG CO.
BOHANNAN BLOCK,
Lincoln, -o- -o- ' Nebraska.
All pomtniiTilpftttnns for lh Taner should
lj addressed to THE ALLIANCE PUBLISH
ING CO.. aud all matters pertaining to the
Farmers' Alliance, inciuditg subscriptions to
the paper, to the Secretary.
II. G. ARMITAGE, Editor.
ALLIANCE DIRECTORY.
NATIONAL ALLIANCE.
President, J. Burrows, Filler, Neb.
Vice President, H. L. Loucks, Clear Creek,
Dakota.
Secretary. Augiift Poet, Moulton, Iowa.
Treasurer, Hon. J. J. Furlong, Austin Minn.
Lecturer, A. D. Chase, Watertown, Imk.
KEI1UASKA STATE ALLIANCE.' ...
President, John H. Powers, Cornell.
Vice President, James Clark, Wabash.
Secretary-Treasurer, J. M. Thompson, Lincoln.
Lecturer, M. M. Case, Creightcn.
Executive Committee: J. Burrows Filley;
li. F. Allen, Wabash; Allen Boot. Omaha;
L. Henry, Hansen; W. M. oray, North Loup.
Deputy Organizers: Bobert GrayInman;
Alva Tompkins, Hansen; James A. Butler,
F. wing; Wni. Clark, Banner; John A. Hogjr,
helton; J. W. Hartley.' West Union; P. J.
Beese. Lexington; C. J. Hecham, Cambridge,
W. J. Holly, Cambridge; L. C. Floyd, Brora
field ; Charles Wooster, Silver Creek; Herbert
G. Miller, Cambridge ; Thomas Sinclair, Fuller,
ton; W. A. Mansfield, Gandy; F. J. Frederic!,
North Platte; J. F. Black. Indianola; J. S.
Kiddle, Arcadia; J. F. Harrison, York; Sher
man Stevenson, Alma; G. W. Norman, La
mar; J. Y. M. Swigart, Fremont; E. M. Har
rison, Venango;- Geo. W. Felton, Anjrus;
Louis McBeynolds, Fairfield; Jas. C. Hether
lngton, Beatrice. ,
Dakota Territory: President, II. L.
Loucks, Clear Lake.
Secretary, C. A. Scxlerburg, Hartford.
Misnesota : President, George W. Sprague,
Prosper;
Secretary, George W. Haijr'i, Mankato.
IOWA:-President, A. L. Stuntz, State Centre;
Secretary, August Post, Moukon.
Illinois: President, ; Secretary, Da
vid Ward Wood, 158 Clark St., Chicago.
Wisconsin: President, N. E. Moody Viro
mw. Secretary, A. F. Sands. Fairfield.
Kansas: Presideut, J. M. Morris, White
City; Secretary, T. J. McLain, Peabody.
Washington Territory: President, J. M.
BeedOaksdale; Secretary, J. W.Arrowemith,
Colfax.
Ohio: President. A. M. Smith, Climax;
Vice-Pi evident, W. H. Likins, Caledonia; See
letary, A. T. Goorley, Iberia; Treasurer, N.
C. Bader, Marits. Executive Committee:
Geo.C.Gruber, Marits; Wm. Brocklesby, Cal
edonia; D. N. AUld. Martell; Enoch Dunham,
Harwccd; J. D. Armstrong, Mt. Gilcad.
TiTXTU! ATIOX OF PURPOSES.
Fiofoumlly imprt sscd that we, the Farm-
crs Alliance, iimtta uy me strong unu iuiiu
ful tics of financial and home interests,
should set forth our declarations, we there
fore resolve: , ,. , '
To strive to secure the establishment of
right and justice to ourselves and our pos
terity. " , .
To labor for the education of the agricul
tural classes in the science of economical
government in a strictly non-partisan spirit.
To endorse the motto, "In things essential,
unity; in all things charity."
To secure purity of the elective franchise,
and to induce all voters to intelligently exer
cit&'tfor the enactment and execution of
laws which will express the most advanced
public sentiment upon all questions involving
tbe interests of laborers and farmers.
To develop a better state mentally, morally,
socially and financially.
To constantly strive to secure entire har
mony and good-will among all mankind, and
brotherly love among ourselves.
To suppress personal, local, sectional and
national prejudices; all unhealthful rivalry,
and all seiflsh ambition.
To assuage the sufferings of a brother and
sister, bury the dead, care for the widows and
educate the orphans; to exercise charity to
ward offenders; to construe words and pur
purposes in their most favorable light, grant
ing honesty of purpose and good intentions to
others, and to protect the principles oi the
Alliance unto death.
Post Office at Lincoln, Neb., June 18, 1889.
I hereby certify that The Alliance, a week
ly newspaper published atthis place, has been
determined by the Third Assistant Post Mas
ter fJtneral to te a publication entitled to
admission in tbe mails at the pound rate of
postage, and entry of it as suchjs according y
made unon the books of this office. Valid
hiiethe character of the publication re
mains unchanged. Albert Watkins,
Postmaster.
ALONG THE LINE.
This department is conducted by the Secre
tary of the State Alliance to whom all com
munications in .relation to Alliance work,
short articles upon various subjects of inter
est to the Alliance etc., should be addressed.
Write plain and only on one side of the paper.
Sign what you choose to your articles but
send us your name always.
We have tins week sent out supplies
cf different kinds to the Subordinate
Alliances of the state. The account
bocks are new, and, we are confident
they will he couvenient and useful, as
they serve a double purpose, being a
receipt and record of standing com-
these supplies will notify the state
secretary at once, and any Alliance
whose membership exceeds the num-
V . 2- 1 n st-a--- r---rl wart 4" i rr
uei fctni can nue uiuic uh ayiniaiyju.
To these desiring rules of order and
-guide for conducting meetings, with
other suggestions, I would state that
we csn furnish the book called ''West
em Rural Rallying Song Book," to
Alliance members at the low price of
3 5e. eacb, by mail, or $170 for one
half dozen, by express. This is done
simply to accommodate the Alliances.
We make nothing on these books.
The Subordinate Alliances of Fur
nas county met at Indianola last week
and organized a County Alliance with
A. G. Dole, president; A. C. Black,
secretary, and A. Utter purchasing
agent. The County Alliance will meet
again on August 3, at 1 o'clock p. m.,
when all members of Subordinate Alli
ances in the couuty will be admitted
., as delegates. A cordial invitation Is
also extended to members cf Alliances
elsewhere to meet with them. New
Alliances are being organized right
along in this county.
Ero. W. O. White sends us three
subscribers from Ansley this week.
Bro. A. B. Cooley; ol Cooleyton,
Loup county, sends application for
charter for Cummings Park Alliance
with twenty-two members. The offi
cers are: President, C. K. Hall; Vice
president, A. L. Carter; Secretary,
Gilbert Cummings; Treasurer, A. B.
Cooley; Sergeant-at-arms, I. J. Lundy;
Doorkeeper, W. C. Gates; -Chaplain,
Geo. Cummings; Lecturer, James
Abinartby.
sro. iiacKeu, or uroinneia, writes a
letter to the secretary this wreek, and
encloses, as usual, . a subscription to
the paper.
Bro. Larkin J. Fletcher, of Oak,
sends application for a charter for an
Alliance in his locality with eleven
members and more ready to join.
II. C. Rominger, of Clay Center,
send four subscriptions to the paper
from Hastings and Osco.
J. W. Dorland, secretary of Alli
ance No. 590, sends us four subscribers
from Elgin.
Bro. Alex King, of Emmett, sends a
list of four subscribers from Atkinson
and Emmett.
Secretary Henry Crandall, of Union
Alliance, sends us a list of four sub
scribers from Plainview.
; J. W. Mayo, of Cambridge, sends $1
lor the paper and will present its mer
its to his Alliance at their next meeting-
.',v;
J, IL Baldridge, of Grant, Neb.,
sends three subscriptions to the paper
from his place, for which he will
please accept our thanks.
Secretary J. W. Heavy, of Grachus
Alliance, reports eight new appli
cants for membership at their last
meeting, and everything as merry as a
marriage bell.
J. B. Carnes, of Precept, Neb.,
writes for blanks, constitutions, etc.,
for organizing an Alliance. They will
have fourteen charter members. And
thus the work goes on.
We are sorry to hear that Secretary
C. J. Mecham, of Furnas county, lost
two valuable horses by lightning a few
days ago. We shall hope to hear of
something good going his way soon to
balance with his serious loss.
Bro. L. Thomas, secretary of Muddy
Flats Alliance, reports thirty-seven
good substantial members and the as
surance of several more soon. They
are all encouraged in the work by the
grand results of the brothers in Da
kota. STARVING.
Twenty thousand people are starv
ing in the mining districts of Illinois.
Yes, many a pale and hunger pinched
face is looking into the faces of the re
lief committees who are so nobly strug
gling to aid them, and begging for
only a mouthful. But these noble
Samaritans cannot half provide, and
unless they soon have help, many a
poor haggard face will be struck with
a death stare. All day long and all
night long can be heard the faint cries
of children begging of despairing
mothers for something to eat. These
poor mothers clasp their starving
babes to their breasts and try to nurse
them but the starving mother has no
nourishment for them. My God, is
this not a black stain upon this free
and equal government of ours that
her toiling thousands are coming to
this? Do you ay these people are
strikers? No, my ' friend, they are
victims cf a lock-out a limit of pro
duction to squeeze prices by a giant
coal trust. To be sure the affair took
the semblance of a strike. It was
designed it should by these tyranical
coal barons. That would cover up
their wicked intentions and shoulder
all the stigma upon their poor slaves.
They were reduced to the beggarly
pittance of less than 8o cents apiece
per day and had to pay out of that for
sharpening their picks, house .rent,
and stand the discounts of getting the
company scrip in which they were
paid cashed or be robbed at the com
pany store if they received par value for
this scrip in goods. Finally they
were froze out, and whether they made
threats of violence against the com
panies or whether they didn't we do
not know. At all events the process
of covering up diabolicalism on the
part of the rich mine owners could not
be complete without the militia. So
they were hurried to the scene, and
under the cover of their , guns these
poor victims of corporate greed half
starved miners, were compelled to
build a stockade an Andersonville
hell hole, out of coal props into which
they were huddled and starved into
quietness. The same forces which are
to day depriving the wftrkingman of a
living for himself and family and mak-
ing him a meejc and humble slave, are
at work upon the farmer. We, the
people, the government, have .turned
the issuing of our money over to a
few bankers thereby helping the m
form a trust out of itthe father of all
trusts, to rob us with. Should we
not hang our heads and blush
with shame? The farm is mortgaged;
its products fail to keep up interest,
taxes, and afford the farmer a decent
living. Why? Because the combina
tion of bankers to whom we delegated
the power to furnish us money have
limited its production in order to spec
ulate, form trusts and combines to
fleece and rob us with, for, bear in
mind, these bankers do not stop at the
million's they extract from the people
through the National banking system
itself. No, they are into every trust
and combine today using their power
of contraction on a game of freeze out.
Mr. farmer you are as sure of being froze
out of your farm.unless you help change
this present diabolical system, as you
are that the stars shine. Are you go
ing to do it? By and by when mat
ters get to a point of desperation on
account of your neglect to do your
duty as a true American citizen you
will want to fight.
You ought to be made fight your
self. : -
There is no occasion for violent
measures. Everything can be brought
about peaceably, and for this . purpose
the Farmers' Alliance is in the field
today and if you want peace, join
its sturdy resolute band and help ex
tinguish the glowing embers of a bloody
revolution which are almost ready to
burst into flame over this fair land
of
ours.
With trusts, pools land
every description forming;
immense aggregation of
the hands of the few the
years; with the laws made
protect, and make richer
corners of
with the
wealth in
past few
to foster,
the rich;
with the agricultural industry
bottom rail bearing all the
as the
weight
and burden of these combines, the
farmer who has not the sense to see the
necessity of organization or the man
hood to uuite in defending his inter
est ought to be a slave. The Toiler.
State Agent's Notice.
It is very desirable and will save
some expense, and be better in every
way, if the Alliances will bulk their
orders so one shipment will do for
many parties. .It is found that little
or nothing can be saved on groceries
at retail. If orders are in unbroken
packages can be had at jobbers' rates.
Price lists are of little account only in
a general way. ' The price on sugar
changed three cents in one week not
long since. Many other things the
same. Allen Hoot,
State Agent.
WINGED MISSILES.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton is 71 years
old.
Lady Randolph Churchill has taken it
into her head to become an authoress.
Tennyson derives from his works between
$25,000 and &,m a year, Browning and
Swinburne $,(XX.
It is reported that Sir Charl03 Russell's
fee for acting a3 counsel for the Parnellites
before the special commission is 830,030.
The purchase of 4. and 4)4 per cents by
the government sin; August, 1SS7, has ef
fected a saving of 35, 550,107 to the govern
ment. The controversy over the question per
mitting the free importion of Mexican ores
is being heard bfore the assistant secretary
of the treasury.
Reports to the Farmers' Review of Chi
cago show a falling off of 4 per cent, in
the condition of the wiuter wheat crop,
owing to drought. '
Ex-Attorney-General Garland "has had
good luck since lie hung cut his shingle in
Washington in corralling more law cases
than he can take care of.
Three ladies who have recently taken the
platform in England are Mrs. Fry, tbe wife
of an M. P., Mrs. Spence Watson, and Mrs.
Dale, the daughter of Sir Frederick Mill
bank. . Lady Sondhurst, who may bo obliged to
give up her labors in the county council
has under her charge twenty-three baby
farms, three lunatic asylums and several
schools.
Attorney-General Dalton of Massachu
setts must be the great American diner-out.
He casually admits having attended 127
dinners and banquets during the last five
months.
The naval board of design has completed
the plans for the 203-ton gunboats, which
will soon-be published, and is now at work
upon the details of construction of the
Thomas ship.
French army horses are shod with shoes
requiring six nails, and the army is divided
as to whether the number should be seven
or five. The government hardly expects to
be overthrown.
Mis3 Rhoda Broughton says that she was
inspired to novel-writing by reading Miss
Thackeray's "Story of Elizabeth," and
learning that it was written by a woman as
young as herself.
It is announced that the recent papal
decree constituting an independent univer
sity at Montreal has been quashed at the
instance of his eminence the cardinal arch
bishop of Quebec.
A Washington despatch says that the
government suit against the Bell Tele
phone company will be pushed with as
much energy as though there had been no
change of administration.
Little Annie Daily, of Syracuse, was told
that arsenic would give ber a beautiful com
plexion, and so she sprinkled some on her
bread and butter and ate it. Usual ver
dict by the coroner's jury.
A land of milk and honey was the mecca
of the ancients. In those days only one
person ia nine can eat honey without having
colic, and only one in ten can drink milk
without being made bilious.
The governor of Texas has put up six full
sized wire wiudow scree ds at his mansion,
and it will be no use for him to hope for a
second term. The country elector says such
extravagance must be rebuked.
John Shine, a Tennessean, invented an
over-shot water wheel, and because it would
not work he took a musket and over-shot
his head off. He might have lived to see
some one else solve the problem.
A boy once saved the Marquis of Queens
berry's life, and he was asked to name his
reward. "Half a crown, sir," was bis
prompt response, and the marquis eagerly
handed it over and went his way.
It is alleged that the United States buys
all the cheap' teas grown in China, while
the best grades go to England and France.
In return, however, we send toCninaallthe
poorest and cheapest canned goods.
The department of stati authorizes the
most positive contradiction of the story
that Minister E'nauder has declined the
Danish, mission because ho had learned
that his appointment wa not acceptable to
the Danish government.
J. M. ROBHTSON,
Kenesaw, Adams County, Neck.
Breeder and Shipper of Recorded Poland
China Hogs. Choice lireedinjr Stock for
sale. Write for wants. Mention The Alliance.
OBTAIN CHICAGO
PRODUCE i
The way to do this is to ship your Butter, Ejrgs, Poultry, Veal, Hay, Grain, Wool, Hides,
Beans, Breom Corn, Green and Dried Fruits, Vegetables, or anything you have, to us. The
fact that you may have been selling these articles at home for years is no reason that you
should continue to do so if you can find a better irrket. We make a specialty of receiving
shipments direct from FARMERS AND PRODUCERS, and probably have the largest trade in
this way of any house in this market. Whilst you are looking' around for the cheapest mar
ket In which to buy your Roods and thus economizing' in that way, it will certainly pay you
to give some attention to the best and most profitable wcr of disposing of your produce. We
invite correspondence froxi INDIVIDUALS, ALLIANCES, CLUBS, and all organizations
who desire to ship their produce to this market.- If requested, we will send you free of
charge our daily market report, shipping directions and such information as will be of ser
vice to you if you contemplate shipping-. Let us hear from you.
SUMMERS, MORRISON & CO. ,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 1 74 S. WATER, ST., CHICAGO. '
REFERENCE: Metropolitan Nation Bank, Chicago. Mention The Alliance.
The gold on the dome of the Massachu
setts state-house is 33 carat fine which
makes every true Bostonian look up to it
with a sense of satisfaction that there is ne
pinchbeck about it.
It is reported that the Buddhist priests oi
Osaka, Japan, alarmed at the falling oft in
religious zeal, contemplate sending oul
Buddhist missionaries, after the manner ol
Protestant Christians.
The corner-stone of a hotel for women
was laid in London a short time ago. The
occupants will be allowed to do their owi
cooking and - housework, and the rent oi
rooms will be from $1.25 to $2.50 per week.
A Virginia kitten .has been trained t
drink through a straw! Thus far, however,
it has only taken milk In that way. It U
only the kuman animal that has ever been
prevailed upon to drink cobblers and suet
like fluids through a straw.
Missionary (in a prison) : "My poor f rienC
I suppose you regard these walls with hatred
but" Prisoner: "Regard them Viti
hatred! No, indeed. I regard them wist
gratitude. They are my protection. I an
in fcr bigamy, and both wives are furious.
It was a Massachusetts legislator who s
beautifully remarked that "the gentleman
from Blankville has hit the nail on the head
in a nutshell." When it comes to wrestlins
with the vernacular, tho Massachuseiti
legislator is bound to win the fall everj
time.
The London Standard' sac;-s that miUioni
of dollars have been spent on the heathen oi
China, and it doubts if one hundred do Jan
has thus far come of it The Standard seemf
to forget all about the opium traffic, whict
has teen so important a part of British mis
sionary enterprise.
When Columbus landed in America, h
found the Indians imbibing the fumes oi
tobacco through straw tubes. The great
eMscoverer doe3 not say so, but it is under
stood that tlie savages came down on a
special train, and h3 only saw thc3 v. ac
got out of the smokLig-car.
It is said that only one doctor out of seven
make3 $1,000 a year. What is needed to put
the profession upon a paying basis is llu
free importation of diseases from foreign
lands. But the fore'gn doctors must to kept
out. Whoever draws up the bill will see to
it that this provision is incorporated.
A young lady will read a novel, an 1 tbs
no'tler and braver the hero the more stoutlv
will she maintain that the character 13 nat
ural to life. A married woman, on the con
trary, nine times out of ten, will clooo the
book in disgust and declare there never was
such a man. Can any one explain tlm? ,
M. F. Pease is the latest inventor of thu
telephone to come before the public. It is
wonderful how many of these original in.
ventors there were. Were they too modest
to press their claims earlier, or was it a de
sire to escape tho maledictions of the users
of the useful little nuisance which caused
them to keep their mouths shut?
There is a widow near Milledgeville, Ga.,
who has 'seven daughters, but no
sons. Ste owns some land, which she and
her daughters cultivate. Last year one of
the daughters went to the woods with an
ax and cut out and made a plow stock, fast
ened on a plow, and with a little steer plow
ed for a crop of cotton, raising seven tales.
The treasury department has given thirty
days' notice to Adams Express company of
the termination of the contract with that
company for the transportation of public
moneys and securities. Secretary Fairchild
believes that the service can be performed
at a rate lower than i3 now paid, and to that
end has invited proposals for such transpor
tation. -
A man who got hopelessly lost in the bush
in South Australia resorted to an ingenious
expedient for escaping from his dilemma.
After, wandering about for four days ho de
cided to cut, a telegraph line and camp on
the spot. His plan worked. The telegraph
repairers were sent out along the line to
discover the cause of the interruption
and came upon the wanderer in time to save
his life.
The Rev. Charles II. Parkhurst rec3ntly
6aid in a sermon : "Enjoying people that
are congenial is not love; it is not loving
them for their own sakes. If irrepressible
love toward men a3 such characterized our
church members in three months our church
es wotld be filled ; our whole present sanctu
ary methods would be blown, up, leaving
too little to make a respectable f uneraL
Sermon gormandizing is the straight road
to spiritual apoplexy. Whenever satan sees
a proselytizing Presbyterian or Methodist or
Baptist go into a place and try to establish
1 church where there is no room for it ho
takes a week's vacation.
Sidney Barcume of Lapeer, Mich., the
other day redeemed an election bet by the
terms of which Thomas Holmes was to kick
him across the street. A large crowd
assembled to witness the lun. Barcume
took his position on the curbstone, and
Holmes, after a running start, fetched him
a mighty kick. Barcume was bounced six
feet out into the street, while the kicker lay
down on the ground with one foot held fast
in Barcume's trousers and his other leg
trailing out behind like the rudder of a
lumber raft, while Barcume kept right on
at a 2:i0 stride, dragging hi3 opponent
through the slush and dirt to the opposite
side, where the heat was to end. Here
Barcume unrigged a concealed bear-trap
that had caught the kicker's boot at the first
assault.
A woman of Georgia who was deeply in
earnest on the marriage question proposed
to a young farmer whom she knew well to
bet on election. She wanted to bet herself
against himself that Harrison would be
elected. The farmer said he didn't want a
wife, but, as she importuned him, he finally
said: "Well, I'll take. that bet,becauso Cleve
land is sure to be elected, and I won't take
you till I get ready." "All right," she said,
"and if Harrison is elected you've got to
aiarry me on inauguration day or give mo
your farm." The young fellow agreed to
this, but since the election of Harrison he
has shown a decided inclination not to live
up to the agreement. He has turned his
farm over to a creditor and gone to Texas.
The woman says she will follow him and
make him pay the bet.
T10R INSURANCE. See or address Swijrart
L' & Bush. Mead, Neb., Special Agents Far
mers Union (Mutual) Ins.
Co., Grand Island,
iNeDraska.
Job Printing For Alliances.
We are prepared to do any and all kinds
of printing for Alliances. Letter and
note heads, envelopes, cards, by-laws,
circulars, handbills etc. Send in your
orders and we will do the work at pri
ces as reasonable as it can be done.
PRICES FOR YOUR
A Youthful Reformer.
There was a storm in the big
house at "Woodstock. The outward
signs were in the violent manner of
a young man who, with flash of light
from his steel-gray eyes, rushed down
the steps of the mansion, flung him
self into a buggy waiting there, and
disappeared at a rattling pace down
the street.
In the Ions: drawing room stood a
girl, her little figure drawn up to its
greatest heightwith small hands
clenched, and bright defiant eyes;
full of angry tears. Her rosy cheeks
were redder still from passion, and
her lull young lips pouting like a
child's.
"There! He has gone! For good, I
hope!" she exclaimed with vehemence
aS Llie l"liiJ anuj. x ill
heartily glad of it. Oh, what a relief
to have quarreled and gotten rid of
his masterful, overbearing ways."
The girl threw herself into a luxurious
chair, dug a much, crumpled lace
handkerchief into her tearful eyes,
and sobbed excitedly over this final
break in the relations that had exist
ed so long.
The trouble was brought about by
simple means, as most lovers' quar
rels are. "Wilbur Tyront had come
in the cool of the affternoonto ask
after her health, as was his custom
after an evening . spent in dancing,
he had also brought her a box of
sweets, of which he knew she was
very fond. White she was nibbling
daintily at her bon-bons, Wilber.the
donor, somewhat inconsistently re
marked that she must not indulge in
those things too much, as it was not
conducive to health. He also as
serted in his usual positive tone, that
she had taken too much refreshment
Inst night to bo good for her white
dancing. This last unfortunate re
mark fired Ituby's quick temper, for
she was just as plump as a girl dared
be and still remain graceful, and she
guarded her appetite closely, for the
reason of her inclination to embon
point. Moreover, how could he accuse
Vipr nf (rnnrnmn(l!7iiin
at an evening
mfsvi ninmoTit.''
w a aa 4.'
"Wilbur," she returned with as
perity, ;'I do wish you 'would keep
your eyes on your own partner and
not be foi ever minding me. Mr.
Koss brought me some ices, knowing
I was very warm. You happened to
glance over at that moment and saw
me enjoying them. It makes me
fairly shudder now to remember the
dark look you threw mo. It was
none of your affairs who I was
with or what I was doing?"
"Who could help noticing 3our ex
treme absorption in Mr. Ross, I
wonder? Because you encouraged
him he actually tried to make love
to you, there, before my very eyes.
I'll wager anything he proposed to
you right in the candle light with a
room full of people about, nnd you
let him do it. 1 tell you," soizing her
wrist very roughly with his strong
right hand and bendirfg over till his
passionate face almost touched hers.
"I won't have the girl I am engaged
to marry be the lvcipient of propos
als of love from other men. and
you've got to understand that once
for all!" .
Ruby's face whitened with pain,
but her dark, angry eyes looked fear
lessly into his. "Wilbur, let go my
arm. You hurt me, don't you see,"
holding up a plump fair hand and
wrist that was reci and white by
turns where the fingers had closed
tightly upon it.
"I may be your financee," she ex
claimed, with a determined, angry
ring in her voice, "but I nra notyour
slave. You have a most violent, un
governable temper, and yon nre
fearfully jealous of me, Wilbur Ty
ront. I have no longer any enjoy
ment when I go out with 3011. Thi
best thing we can do is to agree to
separate at once and forever. Need
less to say I shall be very happy to
do it!" drawing a.long breath of an
ticipated freedom and relief.
The effect on Wilbur was magicjti,
for it had never occurred to him that
this quarrel would have a more seri
ous result than many others these
hot-tempered young folks had ex-
Eerienced. He jumped as though he
ad been shot, and his white, strongly
marked face was drawn with intense
emotion as his steely eyes looked her
through and through.
"Yes," he said with hissing intona
tion, "and marry that fellow Ross,
with his gentle insinuating wajrs, his
mild blue eyes and everlasting violin.
That's what you'll do! I wish you
joy of your quiet, tractable husband.
He will make a first class slave and
do your bidding, which I would not.
You need never apprehend interfer
ence from me." Wilbur cast her one
stormy, furious look, which she met
with angry, disdainful eyes, and was
gone.
Ruby Ward staid quietly at home
for a few days, fearing to meet her
quondam lover at the house of their
mutual friends. There was no need,
however, of her enforced seclusion.
News was brought her of Wilbur's
departure on a business trip to the
West, whither, it was said, he had
gone expecting to remain. Rejoicing
in her newly found freedom, Ruby
joined the good circle again. Findlay
Ross and others soon filled the place
that had been appropriated by one
so long and life seemed an endless
round of balls, dinners and recep
tions, all the pleasures dear to a
a bright, young girl's heart.
Why, though, was it that at the
end of a year this gay life of society
began to pall on restless Ruby?
Everything that had once been so
congenial grew distasteful to her.
Her only real pleasure lay in her
violin lessons, wnich she still contin
ued with Findlay Ross as teacher.
She liked to hear his quiet, manly
tones, discussing with her some so
cial problem of the day, pausing now
and then to listen to her replies,
which were often . incoherent, though
always eager in expression. Findlay
Koss, anxiously endeavoring to
please, had discovered this was now
tho only way to interest his capri
cious friend nnd pupil. Of love she
wouhl hear nothing, though, be lt
paid to his credit for persistence, no
hftd trted more than once to gam n
: i.i. 1 TTiirtntions unu
javorauie iwunu;;. -. ,
societv chit-chat she despised.
"I think I need on object m life
6he mused reflectively one day. It
certainly is true that the useless life
I nm leading now has no. charm for
me. Yes, I'll g to see Mrs. San
born, who is attracting general at
tention just now with her woman's
reform speeches. It would be quite
suitable foe me to take an active
part in some brancli of woman's
work.
Mrs. Sanborn smiled a littli
pleased, intelligent smile, as her eyes
rested on the girl sitting at a table
in her reception room eagerly scan
ning some woman's paper. she had
taken up while waiting. She was tall
and rather handsome, with a fair
round face and pretty gray curls
pushed back from a broad forehead,
and eyes that shone with good feel
inir and a snarkle of merriment be
sides. Ruby wa3 pleased with her at
first glance, and the serious young
eyes rested confidingly on the other
woman's face. "Oh,' I'm so glad,"
exclaimed she, eajrerly, "I was afraid
you'd be you'd be " i
"Mannish?" returned Mrs. San
born. "Oh, no that is not at all neces
sary. Many people have that im
pression, I know, but it is a very
wrong one. Of course, we must be
strong and positive in our assertions
and iiot afraid to speak publicly
if we wish to benefit our
cause, if we were mannish
it would be setting a poor example
to our followeis whom we wish to
be essentially womanly and true.
Do you see? Now, what can I do
for yon?" asked Mrs. Sanborn with
a pleasant smile on her iace.
Ruby silently handed her a card,
which the lady read, without allow
ing any sign's of previous knowl
edge escape her. "I have heretofore
b?en more of a society girl than anj
tiling els?, but I'm tired of nil that
Dovi, and want some object in life. I
thought woman's work the most fit
ling thing for me to enter. Mrs.
Sanborn, what can you fnve me to
do?"
The lady slowly considered: "You
nre young," she" said, "and unmar
ried, without any experience what
ever in this new field of work. How
would ethics do? You can then in
fluence your immediate circle of ac
quaintances and broaden your own
mind as well. There are many books
to read. If you have a taste for the
weird and strange, take Rulwer,
Crawford or Dumas. They all treat
of occurrences seemingly superna
tural, yet frequently taking plane in
every day life. Study these, and you'
will become less superstitious, more
credulous and more familiar with the
paradoxes of life, which are many.
To inform yourself on the currents of
popular thought, read and observe
such authors as Draper, Gladstone
and Henry George. Action quickly
fellows thought nowadays, and to
be able to understand the restless
movements common to all classes of
American people, we must become
conversant with the writers and ag
itators, who .by their pens and
ppeeches, are causing these disturb
ances. First the cause, and then the
remedy," ended the lady, with a. very
sweet smile into the bright, earnest
Oace o: the listening girl.
"What has all that to do with
woman's work? I thought you
would give me some real task to per
form amongst women."
"Oh, no: wait till you are grown
grnyheaded like us reformers, and
then go out into the world if you
wish, make speeches and give stir-:
ring, useful advice to tho people.
Your part now is to study the cause
of all the discontent and trouble in
the world and find out how much
woman, by hr work and efforts, can
influence it for the better."
After more conversation Ruby
went home with many serious prob
lems of the conditions of life' cours
ing through her .young brain, while
Mr. Sanborn went to her escritoire
and wrote the following note to her
nephew in the wilds of Indian Ter
ritory: "My Deah Wir-rcn I hare been here but
a week, aud by eorao cuiioiiR coincidence
your former little sweetheart did not wait
or ino to find her out, but came to ist me
inmyofflce. It was eac.v to recognize her
Irom your description. he is interested in
woman's work, is tired of a butterfly lie and
want eomethinjr peiious to do. Oi course I
gave her light work, moral culture nnd books
to rend, which will force her into society
only enough to stimulate her interest by
fo:-inng a club, and told her the real work,
ppeech-maklng mingling with the masses,
ph. was to come afterwards. Dear little
heart! She wtnt away with a brain full of
great thoughts and projects, wishing so
much to do- something great and good.
There was nothing in what I said
that would lead her away from the
thought of marriage, yon may feel assured
f that. She is to come often and let me see
J er and help her. Now, my boy, don't you
think it about time you were leaving that
wild Indian district and coming into a more
civilized life? According to the report I hear
from Oklahoma and surroundings, it is dan
gerous to lire within miles ot the place, es
pecially anyone with sucb a fear-naught,
danger-loviug ifhture ns yours. Come home
soon and j'ou will find manyirierids to wel
come you. especially one, who, if I mistake
not, thinks much, even if she does say ngreat
deal to indicate that deeper, nobler feelings
are stirring in her heart than ven were there
before"
Ruby was very much drawn to the
noble, whole s'ouled woman, who
threw herself with such devotion in
to her cause, so willingly giving time
and aid, where it was of most avail.
Her own little club was doing finely,
as she had the benefit of Mrs. San
born's advice on many occasions. It
even seemed to her that the quality
of her temper was improving 6ince
she had made an honest confession
of her weakness to Mrs. Sanlorn,
who listened in sorrowful, sympathet
ic silence, and asked her gently at
the end if she did not fear it would
some day precipitate dreadful trouble
on her. Ruby's guilty memory told
her already this had happened, but
she promised herself that by keep
ing the image of this lovely woman
in her heart she could better control
her unruly moods in the future.
She was growing so much inter
ested in her work when an event oc
curred which changed the current
of her thought entirely. Wilbur Ty
ront came home and went immediate
ly to her with his own impetuosity,
asking to be forgiven. He pleaded
his cause well. Ruby felt the old
love, that had only beei held in abey
ance for so long, rush back upon her
with all the force of pent-up will. Her
eyes were bright with team of soft
ness as she gavje him the answer he
waited to hear. Then she asked him
if it were worth while considering tho
matter of their union until it had
been proved satisfactorily to both
that their tempers were more con
genial than of old.
"lean answer for mine," Wilbur
asserted, confidently. "Ry the time
a fellow has spent a year of his Hfo
among Indians and half-breeds, to
sa3' nothing 01 the white roughs, or
claim jumpers, that are worse than
all the others put together, ho gets a
chance to spend a lot of his surplus
energy, ill-temper nnd contrariness
in a place where it is needed most to
command. Thero are both danger
and excitement in a life of the real,
wild West, nnd I chose it for that
memorable day I, was desperate for
something reckless to do. .lust in
the nick of time Uncle Sanborn camo
in saying there wns an Indian
agency to bo filled, which ho wished
I would make an effort to get, so ns
to be near his wife, who had taken
up her station down thero for a
time. ' Ho hadn'tnn idea I'd accept,
but 1 was off quicker than a flash.
He couldn't understand it exactly,
but Aunt Annie did. When I got
there I made a clean confession of it
to her after awhile, it got so lonely
on quiet starlight nights, and nho
was just like a mother to me, any
how. Aunt Annio rather liked the
quiet nights, but it was because she
had so much work to do and noblo
work it is, too, as I've gotten to un
derstand after being with her. She
is so cheerful and companionable.
The people hated to see her go the
worst kind and I did, too, but I ad
vised it, ns the President had al
ready issued his proclamolion rela
tive to the Oklahoma hinds, nnd wo
were so near tho line that it was naf
er for her to leave. Her next field of
action, sho said, would be in this
city, as she wanted to bo near uncle,
and especially to see you. I left ev
erything in her hands, tolling her to
call me when needed, and, dearest, I
have been called. Do you mind the
deception?"
".Not in thelcast," responded Ruby
promptly, "I consider it very kind iu
.Sirs. Sanborn to try to bring two
such willful, undeserving people to
gether. I nm glad sho is your aunt
for now I shall have tho right to
know her, and bo able to pursue my
work in some small degree under her
guidance. I hope you aro not de
luding yourself with the notion that
I am going to rive up my interesting
ursuit when I marry you. 1 ou wul
lavo to accept me, views and all, in
consequenco of our almost fatal
quarrel."
"I felt tho need of Aunt Sanborn's
strong nerves and skillfull assistance
badly enough during the Oklahoma
troubles to know the value of com
petent women. You seo people got
ciazy nnd beyond all reasons about
that dry old cow pasture lain!, nm!
our settlement had to take hold and
quell some serious disturbances.
When I got a ball in my shoulder
and one in my hand, nnd was forced
to submit meekly to have them dm?
out by an incompetent backwoods "
surgeon, who had, of course,
not the slightest regard for
his patients' feelings, I fn-o-ly
confess I wished for a
woman's quiet presence and a few
home comforts. It was getting
pretty tough down there, and I was
rrowing tired of life. A sprinkle of
danger is good fun, but when it gets
serious nnd there is so much to lose
and nothing to gain by staying, it
doesn't seem worth while to tay
and risk nil. So when I trot Aunt
Sanborn's last note I gave up the
position ns soon as possible and
camo home. That was ten days
ago. I haven't lost any time, have
I?"
"No," answered Ruby, lifting to
his a piJr ot eyes that shone with a
depth of feeling and steadlastness of
purpose, but half concealed by a
gleam of laughter. "You name just
in time. I have been so intent upon
my work that I had thought serious- .
ly of adopting it asn life-long oc
cupation, but now since I am to
adopt you also, I do not see how 1
can manage both."
Family Refrigerator.
The following, which is cheap, will
answer the purpose ns well as a
costly refrigerator, and will probably
useless ice, too. Make an oblon
box of sufficient size to hold the
articles to be kept, and line it with
tin, sheet-iron or zinc. If strict
economy.is to le practised the joints
need not be soldered, but the sheets
of metal must be lapped an inch and
a half, and the posts in contact
painted with thick white lead, ami
then nailed with a double row ot
small nails. This box should be at
least 2 feet deep; 3 feet would be
better. Across one end make a slat
skelf to hold the ice, say 18 inches
wide one way and the width of the
box the other; this shelf to bo 12
inches from the floor of the box. On
this shelf put an ordinary tin pan
with sides 3 inches from the floor of
the box. On this tdielf put an
ordinary tin pan with sides ii inches
high, and tilt it a little s that tho
melted ice will run to one in which a
hole must bo made to let put the
water into a vessel placed beneath
for that purpose. Another box must
be made enough larger than the first
eo that when the first one made is
placed in it there will Ih an eight
inch strips on edge, one at each end,
nnd one foot from the end of the
large box. Fill up even with top of
these strips with sawdust, chaff, cut
hay, or straw packed solid, set in
the smaller box, letting it rest on
these strips, and fill in the space all
around with some packing used in
the bottom. Make a double cover
large enough to come even with out
side of a large box and hingo to back
of same. This cover should haven
sixinch space filled in ns before di
rected. Put the ice in the pan, cover
with an old blanket, and vou can
keep anything cold, and when you
raise the lid of the box the cold air
will not "tumble out" half as fast as
it will out of one of thoso patent
refrigerators with vertical doors. I
made a creamer on this plan, using
ice-water to set tho milk in, and it
worked first-rate; kept in all day
niid the milkc&ver soured, noniattti
hon much thunder there wiw.