THE ALLIANCE.
BY THE
; ALLlAlICE POBLISDIIIG CO.
" ", BOHANNAN BLOCK,
Lincoln, -o- -o- Nebraska.
All communications for the pw ' sh
addressed to THE ALLIANCE fUWLISH
JNG CO., aud all matters pertaining- to the
Farmers5 Alliance, Includitg- subscriptions to
the pape. to the Secretary.
, H. 0. ARMITAGE, Editor.
ALLIANCE DIRECTORY.
NATIONAL ALLIANCE.
Lecturer, A. D. Chase, Watertown, Dak.
NEBRASKA STATE ALLIANCE.
President. John H. Powers, Cornell,
ee Pres dent, James Clark, Wabash.
seteS-Treasurer, J. M.Thompson, Lincoln,
rurer. M. M. Case, Creiflrhttm.
Executive Committee: J. Burrows Riley;
R F AUen Wabash; Allen Koot, Omaha;
E" HenVy. Hansen; W. M. Gray, North Loup.
DeputV Organizers : Robert Gray, I nman ;
Ai Tompkimt, Hansen; James A. Butler,
JrwPm.Clark1 .Banner; ,A H
HSLexingto. " C. jMecham, Cambridge,
KeeseexiuB" T n Floyd. Brom-
W. J. W"y, Tiiw TnrPk: Herber
field; Charies VYu"' V-K.ia
G
ton
North
Kiddie, Areuu. . . r.w Knrmftn
man Stevenson, a., "e. M. Har-
maJ vlninJo Oeo. W. Felton, Anus;
Lo&yns,Fa1?fleld; Jas. C. HetW
ington. Beatrice. , . . ,
Dakota Tekritobt: -President, H. L
iSSfcy-5Sin Hartford.
MiffioTA --President, George W. Sprague,
FrOPp.;.r..t nTtttt W. Haiirh, Mankato. -8!SwASS2n
jC. L?8tuntz, State Centre;
I4rvAugu6t Post, Moulton.
iNSPresident, Secretary, Da-
vS wood, 158 Clark St., Chicago.
Sj vir-
ntV-fcretary, T. J. McLain, Peabody. ' r
wIEtot Territory :-President, J. M.
Red, olksdale; Secretary, J- W. Arrowsmith,
-President, A. M. Smith. Climax;
vPr7sidit W. H: Likins, Caledonia; Sec
V a nomiev Iberia; Treasurer, N.
rlSffer Mari Cve Committee:
'r "r Cruber, Marits; Wm. Brocklesby, Ca -'Stonia
NT AUld. Martell ; Enoch Dunham,
Harwood; J.D. Armstrong, Mt. Gllead.
DECLARATION OF PURPOSES.
vwrfmmdlv impressed that we, the Farm
T.r a man united by the strong and faith
?rf 31i 'Sal and home interests,
ouVdnetiortrourdeclarations, we there
to strive to secure the establishment of
rShtanajustice to ourselves and our pos-
teToTabor for the education of the agricul-
SSrS'thS S?t?of;;ln tnV essential,
unity; in alL things charity franchise,
pScnntn
socially and an:n gecUre entire har-
sister, bury the dead, care ior vi rf
educate the orphans, to exercise d
ward offenders; to construe oras
purposes in rtS'aX lntentlonB to
feSX Irinciples of the
Allianee unto death. ;
I hereby certify that ihe hasbeen
ly newspaper P&Ass Itant Post Mas-
Vferalto be a publication entitlea to
SSffiSnbfmall?at the pound rJe of
lctenmneu -"".ThHr-ntlon entitled t
postage, and entry ox km va a
mains unchanged. Ax.bi,kt JAWi.
ALONG THE LINE.
municationt hi delation to Alliance work,
SortSSta- upon SJSSa.
gt to the Alliance etc., should be adresseci.
Write plain and only on one side of be . paper.
Sign wW you choose to your . articles
send us your rit$ae always.
JMSSIXG.
Any inforrrfation in regard to the
whereabouts of one Geo. E. Crem,
who when last heard from, was in the
employ of Pratt & Ferris as Wagon
Master in Nebraska, will be thank
fnlly received by the undersigned.
He is about 5 feet tall, red hair
and beard, blue eyes, weight 2co lbs.
Send information to Allen Boot,
Omaha, of to W. W. Crem, Seymn,
Texas. -
Charter No. 685 is issued to Hope
well -Alliance, 4 Merrick county, with
twenty-two members. The secretary
Clark Brown, in remitting for charter
says, the farmers are determined to
win and will unite for self-preservation..
?
Jas. Cameron writes from Beaver
City for blanks and information to
form an Alliance in that neighborhood.
Requests of this kind come in every
dav showing that the Alliance move
ment is attracting attention all over
the state,
' Tracy P. Sykes, secretary of Blaine
Alliance No. 469, sends in report for
quarter and adds: - Our Alliance will
hold a picnic on Thursday, Sept. 19, at
which Hon. Allen Root will be present
and deliver an address. He also asks
for supplies, which we send him.
Bro. J, F. Burge of No. 664, Butler
county,; has been taking a short vaca
tion,' and spent several days spying out
the land in Colorado. Among other
things that interested him was an Al
liance with thirty members. The Na
tional Alliance should look after our
sister state.
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 B. & M. $4165 per ton. Cham
berlain plows, good as made, shipped
from Omaha, 14 and 16 inch, $14. By
one-half car lots, $12.25. Champion.
self -dump steel wheel horse rake $21.00
Centerville, Iowa, coal, at the mine,
. $1 .25 per ton. Can be shipped direct
to all points on the Rock Island it. B.
at regular tariff rates. Points on U.
P. add $1.60 to Omaha rates; by St.,
Joe $1 to regular rate. - This is one of
the best Iowa mines. :
Dannevirke Alliance No. 681, of
Howard county, was organized last
week with ten charter members and
the following officers elected: Presi
dent, H. Mortensen; Sec'y, Jorgen
Larsen; Treas., C. H. Jensen; Lec
turer, A. W. Christiansen; Sergeant-
at-arms, Niels Ebbersen; Door keeper,
John Ieth. Bro. A. Nielsen, who or
ganized this Alliance, says it will
more than double its membership the
next meeting. . v
C. A;. Hutchings writes from Ber
trand as follows: : We are trying to
organize a subordinate in this neigh
borhood and we ask you to send us all
the necessary instructions, blanks, etc.,
so we can get to work as soon as possi
blei We just begin to '-warm under
the collar," and see no reasou why we
cannot have a good strong organiza
tion in our county. As the letter con
tained an application for charter, with
fourteen names, their efforts must
have been entirely successful.
We make the following announce
ment to cover cases where an organizer
is appointed and commissioned for a
and proper, unauthorized persons can
not arrogate tu themselves the position
and duties of organizer and make a
business of organizing Alliances. In
counties where organizers have been
regularly appointed and commissioned
such self appointed organizers will not
be recognized nor will charters be .is
sued on their application. Sec.
W. II. Austin sends a list of sub
suribers from Clarks and mites in
connection as follows: Many inquir
ies are made these days concerning the
the objects, aims, etc., of the Farmers'
Alliance, and your paper seems to an
swer the general questions more fully
than many of our members are pre
pared to, consequently we think it
best to distribute as many of the pa
pers as possible. We hope after the
busy season is over to mate at least a
resrp.r.tahle showiner from this sec
tion.
Several inquiries have been made as
to the manner of organizing a County
Alliance. The County Alliance is
merely a delegate body from the local
Alliances of a county and . is simply a
closer union of the different, locals. No
elaborate form is needed and nor separ
ate charter is issued, but delegates are
elected from each local as provided by
the constitution, officers are elected
and measures for concert of action in
any enterprise are discussed and set
forth, while the members get better
acquainted with each other and a bet
ter understanding is reached as to what
the farmer most needs. "Sec.
Some inquiries have been received
in regard to the liaDmty or stocK
holders for the indebtedness Of a cor
poration, and in answer we quote
from the revised statutes as follows:
Subdivision corporutions, Section 136,
page 257, revised statutes of 'Nebraska.
Every corporation " hereafter created
shall give notice at least once a year
m some newspaper printed in tne
county or counties in which the busi
ness is transacted, and in case there is.
no newspaper printed therein, then in'
the nearest paper in the state, of the
amount of all the existing debts of the
corporation, which notice shall be!
signed by the president and majority
of the directors, and if any corpora
tion shall fail to do so all 'the - stock
holders of the corporation shall be
jointly and severally liable for all the
debts of the corporation then existing,1
and for all that shall be contracted be
fore such notice is given. See. -139,
same subdiivsion. If any corporation
fail to comply with the provisions of
this subdivision in relation to giving
notice, and in all other matters, the
property of all stock holders 'will be
liable. If, therefore, the laws govern
ing corporations is followed in all par
ticulars, no stock holder is liable for
more than the amount of stock per
sonally owned by him.
Price List of Oils to Alliances.
150 test, medium white coal oil, 11 Vt cents.
150 ' prime, " " " IWt "
175 " Y. L. " "13 "
74 stove gasoline " 1154
These oils in barrel lots. The best
harness oil in either one or five gallon
cans, 70 cents per gallon. Pure Neat's
foot oil in one to five gallon cans, 60
cents per gallon. In barrel lots, 50
cents per gallon. Axle grease, thirty
six boxes in case, $1.85.
A.L.UES Root; State Agent.
Official Notice to Alliances.
All Subordinate or County Alliances
wanting coal the coming season fiom
the state agency should send in the
number of cars wanted, the grade of
coal used, and be sure to. ' state what
railroad they are tributary V to. This
matter must be attended to at once
and reports sent in promptly to the
secretary of the State Alliance.
State Agent's Notice.
It is verv desirable and will save
some expense, and be better in every
way, if the Alliances will bulk their
ordftrs sn nna Rhinmp.nt. will dn fnr
many parties. It is found that little
or nocmng can oe "savea on groceries
a. xn Tr a i
l reuiu. xl oruers are m unuro&en
rmrlracrAS part Yio Via1 of -irtKho-ra' rafaa
Prictt lista r of litt.lA ntwumr. nnlv in
a general way. The price on sugar
changed three cents in one week not
long since. .Many other things the
same. allen hoot,
J State Agent.
FOR INSURANCE. See or address Swigurt
& Bush. Mead, Neb., Special Agents Par-
Nebraska.
Two Nice Tales.
A Waterbury man drove down nere
ft few days ago with an aged and ap
parently gentle horse, writes a New
York Sun correspondent from Ansonia,
Conn. On his return, in going up
Foundry hill the horse balked. Every
thing was done that a numerous help
ing crowd of bystanders suggested,
from blowing in his nose to building a
fire under him, but the beast would not
move.
. At this point an Ansonia man
happened along, and, looking at the
horse, he recognized it as one he had
known many years ago, and he volun
teered to start him without difficulty.
Telling the Waterbury man to get into
the carriage, he borrowed a big chew
of fine-cut tobacco from one of the
crowd, stepped up to the horse and in
serted it between his teeth. The horse
actually seemed to grow younger. He
chewed once or twice, gave a slight
whinny and started off, and no further
trouble was experienced on the home
ward trip. The man said the horse
learned to chew tobacco when a colt
by nosing a paper out of his owner's
pocket, and the habit clung to him.
Up in. Waterbury a father and son
each smokes a pipe. The father uses
one kind of tobacco, while the son uses
another. One morning recently the
father said to his son: "John, if you
have got so you like the Turkish brand
why domt you buy it?" The son re
plied: "Well, father, I was just think
ing that if you were so well pleased
with the Virginia mixture you should
use it altogether instead of your own."
The father and son thereupon came
to an understanding. Each denied using-
the other's tobacco, and its mysteri
ous disappearance from their respective
jars was the cause of much suspicion.
Sunday afternoon the father lay on a
lounge in the itting-room and, by
chance, glanced through, an open dool
just in time to see the family cat jump
on the table where the two tobacco jars
were kept.
It xceedingly surprised him to see
the cat put her paw into first one jar and
then the other and paw out a big wad
of tobacco, which she easily devoured.
This she did for perhaps fifteen min
utes, and then jumping on to the floor
proceeded to the back of the store and
lay down calmly.
Xater in the day the same perform
ance was gona through with, and the
entire family saw it. though they could
scarcely believb it. The cat has been
stolen several times, but has always
come back home again in a famished
condition, but began to fatten up just
as the tobacco began to disappear.
A Montana Woman Physician.
Miss -Maria M. Dean is a homoeopa
thic physician who took a little office
and hung out her sign three years ago
in OHelena, Mon,, which has a popula
tion of about eighteen 'thousand souls.
Miss Dean neyer practiced anywhere
else. Her income last year was be
tween $11,000 and $12,000. Born in
Madison, Wis., she was graduated from
the Wisconsin University and from a
Boston medical school. , Then she went
all alone to Berlin to -still further
prosecute her. studies, where she en
countered great difficulties in gaining
admission to a hospital until Prof.
Schroeder interested himself in her
cause, -inis gained ior ner lull oppor
tunities to -study in her chosen field of
medicine." Dr. Dean is about thirty
years old and is said to be a woman of
remarkable ability. She is one of the
most popular and most prominent resi
dents of - Helena. Although full of
pluck, she is not a bit masculine. She
is an excellent shot and can hit eleven
or twelve birds out of thirteen on the
wing. Dr. Dean is. of medium height,
has light hair and complexion, weighs
150 pounds, does not want to marry and
probably never wilL Epoch.
. !Ex-Senator Van "Wyck.
How the mighty have fallen! How
evanescent is that bauble called fame!
Two years ago the man whose name was
in everybody's mouth, C. H. Van Wyck,
rode high on the wave of popularity.
Now he is forgotten and his name is
but a play tiling in the mouths of all.
And whero is the man of brain and
:rawn P Alas! from mora till night on
a wind-swept farm on the lonely prairie
land in the county of Otoe may be seen
a bent form and a pair of legs toiling
at the protruding ends ' of corn. In
deed, it is a hard task t to say "where
fame's eternal camping ground -is locat
ed. Lincoln (Neb.) News.
Mrs. "Wanamaker's Charities.
If Philadelphia's merchant prince,
John Wanamaker, succeeds: to" the sec
retaryship of the navy, -Mrs. Wana
maker will fill the trying ; position of
social successor to Mrs. Whitney. Mrs.
Wanamaker was Miss Brown, daughter
of her husband's partner: in business.
She is a woman of abounding charity
and has alwavs been mom interested
in giving comfort to the poor than in
devoting time to social pleasures.
Those who know her here speak of
several large and notable charities of
rhiiadelphia which are : the tangible
work of her benevolence. "She is very
entertaining in society and. all her
friends say will perform her full-share
in the hospitalities of the cabinet cir
cle Philadelphia Tinma.
OBTAIN CHICAGO
The wav to do this is to shiD vour Butter.
Beans, Broom Corn, Green and Dried Fruits.
fact that rou may have been sellinjr these articles at home for vears Is no reason that you
should continue to do so if you can find a better wrket. We make a- specialty of receivingr
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 goods and thus economizing in than way, it will certainly pay you
to give some attention to th6 best arid most profitable wc? of disposing of -your, produce. We
invite correspondence f roxi INDIVIDUALS, ALLIANCES, CLtJ BS, - 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 II you wjuiempiaie snipping, uex.
SUMMERS, "MORRISON OO.V
r COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
HEFERENCE: Metropolitan Nation Bank,
Paris Esrrs
The census of Paris beggars, which
was taken recently by the prefecture
of police has brought to light some
curious facts respecting mendicancy
in this city. It is a matter of history
of course, that Paris beggars have
always been a peculiar set of people
from the days of the Cour de Miracles
to our own, but the gueux seem to
thrive more than ever in the times,
when money is made with compara
tive ease and distributedwith gener
ous hand. The Paris beggars have,
accordingly, grown prosperous with
the age, and we are rather far from
the days of the genuine rags and
squalor of Miracle court. The beg
gar is nowadays well trained in his
profession. There is tee novice who
begs indiscriminately from door to
door, and the "old bird" who only
rings the bells of mansions. The
gueux have a directory of their own
m which the names and addresses of
rich philanthropists are given as
well as the dodges to be used fr un
loosening their purse strings. Irns
is called the "Guide of the Grand
Jeu," or "big game," and costs G
francs. There is a smaller volume
for petitjeu," which gives the ad
dresses of mere bourgeois people and
only cost 3 francs. These guides are
carefully compiled and are constant
ly increased by new aditions, each
beggar who has discovered a donor
selling the name, address, and char
itable qualities of the philanthro
pist to the publishers for a franc or
two. Full instructions are given to
the mendicants in the guide-books
as to how they are to demean them
selves before those to whom they ap
ply for alms. Rich radicals, they
are told, give largely to people who
represent themselves as victims of
the reactionaries, or even to those
who allege themselves to have suf
fered as communists at the hands of
the Versailles government. Others
are told what clothes they are to
wear when on duty for a prosperous
beggar is supposed nowadays so
have a wardrobe. Some philanthro
pists, for example, give generously
to those who affect "clean poverty,
that is to say, poverty with a well
washed face and faded clothes.
Others are munificent to shabby-genteel
people who have been ruined in
trade, while some are only "fetched"
by famished jaws and absolute rags.
M. Jain, a police inspector lately
came across, in a lonely haunt of beg
gars, a man who had been a notary
and who, to show the officer what he
knew, babbled legal phrases in Latin.
Members of Parliament are, as a rule
a great mark for the beggars.
Keal Dow's War on Smoking'.
Gen. Dow is strongly opposed to
the use of tobacco, and has carried
on a life long cursade against it.
He always has claimed that tobacco
dulls the. moral sense. . Many years
ago, before there were any railroads,
a man traveling in a stage coach
with Dow one day lighted a cigar.
"I wish you would stop smoking
sir said Dow. ,
"Is smoking offensive to you?" the
man asked.
"Yes. sir."
"Well. I'll stop as soon as I've
finished this cigar."
Without another wrd Dow sud
denly reached forward, pulled the
cigar from the man's lips and threw
it into the road.
The man fired up but looked a t the
well knit figure ot his fellow passen
ger, regarded the bright light in his
eyes and cooled off.
"I recall an incident coming down
the Rigi, while I was traveling in
Europe," said the general. European
railroads did not provide a separate
smoking car then, and I don't know
as they do now. A passenger in .our
car was complacently smoking his
cigar. "You re an Englishman, sir,
aren't you?' I said to him.
" 'Oh, no,' said he briskly; 'I'm an
American.'
'What! you an American and
smoking in the piesence of ladies!"
"He stopped smoking, but with
poor grace, and he looked as it he
would like to eat me.
"He was ol a different type from a
man whom I met on a steamer in
the English channel. I asked him to
stop smoking, and he. did so with
profuse apologies. I told him that I
believed that tobacco dulls the moral
sense, but he smiled at the idea.
"You furnish a proof of my theory,
sir, said I. 'You were smoking when
you ought not to have been, and
you acknowledged it as soon as I
called your attention to it Tobacco
dulled your moral sense.' " Lewiston
Journal.
TjIARMERS' UNION TNS. Co., of Grand Iel-
L' and. Neb. I.N. White and A. Kodgrers
are Speeial Agents for Greeley and Wheeler
counties. We Invite you to investigate the
mer'tsof this company and see where the
difference comes in. In the first place, you
onlv my one per cent for your insurance.
-Stl - White C Kodgers.
JVM. KOBHSTSON,
Kenesaw, Adams County, Xebb.
1
' Breeder and ShiDoer of Recorded Poland
China Hoirs. Choice Breeding Stock for
sale. 'Write for wants. Mention The Alliance
PJRICES l?01t YOUR
Kam. Poultrv. veal. hv.
Hay. Grain, Wool. Hides.
Vegetables r anythiwgr yc
linirrou have, to us. The
articles at borne for years Is
us near xrom you.
r74 S.' WATER, ST.., CHICAGO.
Chicago. iMentkm The Alliance.
They Played Billiard All MgliU
A good story is told of the late S.
L1;M. Barlow's experience, several
years ago, with some Democratic
friends who had gone to his summer
home at Glen Cove, on Long Island,
to spend a holiday with him. The
party was made up of the late Gov.
Tilden, Charles A. Dana, then as
now editor of the Sun; Manton Mar
ble, editor of the World; Smith M.
Weed, since become prominent in
politics, and one or two other nien
position. After dinner, hw este
made their way to the bilhard-room
and began to play. fonIoHn5
Tilden confessed to sleepiness and
proposed to go to bed. Mr. Barlow
Accompanied him, with the purpose
ot returning lafc?r to his pleasure
seeking friends, but when he got up
stairs he reached the conclusion that,
as his guests knew where to sleep, he
would follow Mr. Tilden's example.
He did eo and slept soundly after
daylight the following morning. On
awakening he heard the rattle of the
billiard balls, and concluded that.ns
his guests were such early risers, it
was quite desirable that their host
should get out as soon as possible.
He did so, and went to the billiard
room, where the game had proceeded
without, interruption through the
whole night. He found at the door,
the only exit, his faithful but fierce
bulldog standing guard. The guests
had made, during the night, one at-'
tempt after another to get away
and go to bed; but the bulldog hac
done bis duty so successfully as to
prevent their departure, and there
was nothing else to do through all
the long watches of the night but tc
return to their cues and billiard table.
A Tor j Yiew of It,
St. James (London) Gazette.
The state of Illinois has sent Mr.
Gladstone fcn address of approval,
signed by the senators a nd the mem
bers of the house of representatives,
and the governor, the lieutenant
governor, the secretary of state, the
attorney-general, the auditor of pub
lic accounts, and half a dozen of the
judges. "That," said Mr. Gladstone,
chuckling, "is I think pretty execu
tive and judiciaL," It is also pretty
impertinent and intolerably officious.
The executive and legislature oi
Illinois form a body which, judged
by the importance of their functions
and the magnitude of the interests
intrusted to their care, is consider
ably inferior to tin London county
council. "We wonder what would be
the particular kind of screech set up
by the American eagle if Lord Ros
berry and his colleagues and their
assistantjudge and head clerks were
to send an address to President Har
rison in favor of free trade, revenue
reform, the abolition of jobs, and the
suppresion of the Irish caucuses,
machine politicians, and agitators
throughout the territories of the
United States. '
Dangers of Plutocracy.
The danger that arises from this
unequal distribution of wealth and
its accumulation in the hands of the
few is altogether real. It increases
the power and influence of a pluto
cratic class, which tends more and
more to direct the forces of society,
to subsidize the press and even the
pulpit, and to confine the manage
ment of political parties, the result
of elections, the nction ot legislative
bodies, arid the course of public ad
ministration. The real peril at pres:
ent comes from the fact that a pub
lic policy has been adopted in the
past and still maintained, which in
volves the pecuniar' interests of cap
italists directly in the course of legis
lation and the action of the govern
ment. The taxing power of the gov
ernient is used for their benefit, and
so long as it is so used thev will en
deavor to control its operatiou. This
has done more to build up a pluto
cracy, and does more to maintain it,
than all other causes combined, and
the most effective means of averting
the danger of its absolute and per
manent control in public affairs is
the adoption of a system of taxation
that shall give it no advantage.
New York Times.
She Won the Umbiella.
W. J. Norris, a prominent mer
chant of our town, thought to back
down one of our young ladies would
be a nice thing, so made her the fol
low incr proposition recently: That
if she would take a little ten cent par
asol, which is about the size of a pal
metto fan, hoist it and walk up Main
street a certain distance and return,
carrying it over her all the wav. that
he would reward her with a silk um
brella. She at first hesitated, but,
after, making numerous futile at
tempts, finally made off with the lit
tle mushroom shaped concern held
aloft over her graceful form. She re
turned in n few minutes bearing a
note with the signatures of a number
of the clerks attached stating that
she had passed by or arrived at their
stores with the parasol in position.
Mr. Norris gracefully turned over the
umbrella to its rightful owner, and
the yoang lady departed with two
umbrellas instead of one. Mr. Norris
will hardly make another such offer
soon. Warren ton (Ga.) Clipper.
Chewing-Gam and Buttons.
A wad of chewing-gum and three
trouser-battons in the collection
basket ? at the Saturday meeting of
the Sunday-school assembly at Ocean
Grove, N. J., aroused the ire of Presi
dent E. H. Stokes of the Grove as
sociation. He made an analysis of
the collection of that day and found
that of the 3,500 persons present
815 gave 1 cent, 17 gave 3 cents,
380 gave 5 cents,,170 gave 10 cents,
and only 12 gave as much &s 25
.cents each. The other 1,100 con
tributed the chewing-gum and but
tons. The total collection amounted
Record.
STANLEY'S WRATH.
Somw Experience. oT cCJon"
brated Explorer of tne car on
tlnent. tl
The Rev. Frank H- Kaason writes as
follows in the Christian Union: -
The following facts concerning
Henry M- Stanley have never been in
print. Tbey were given tome by Wil
liam Bradford, the marine artist and
arctic explorer.
In the year 1873 Mr. Bradford, re
turned from his Greenland explorations,
was in London publishing his sumptu
ous volume on "The Arctic Regions."
It was brought out under tho patronage
of Queen Victoria at $125 per copy. At
this timo he met Stanley, who was in a
towering rage. "He was just back4
said the artist, "from finding Liv
ingstone, and was now very angry at
the cavalier way in which he had been
treated about publishing his book
through Murray. It seems that John
Murray was away, and the partner
present had received Stanley quite
nonchalantly, and said he was not quite
sure whether they could publish , his
book or not, and, anyway, nothing
could be done about it until Mr. Mur
ray's return. I said to him: Mr.'
Stanley, are you particular to have
Murray publish your book?' 'No.'
Well, I can tell you of some very good
publishers, who, I think, would be glad
to publish it, and that is the firm of
Sampson Low & Co. They are publish
ing my book, and, I think, would be
glad to get hold of yours. If you wish,
I will see them about it.' Do so, Mr.
Bradford. Til bo glad to have you.'
"So I went down and saw Mr.
Marston of the firm and said to
him: 'Mr. Marston, would you like to
publish Stanley's new book on Africa?'
Yes, sir, indeed we would; but I
thought Murray was going to have it.'
'No, I guess not. Would you like to
eee Mr. Stanley?' 'Certainly, sir."
Very well, I'll bring him down this
afternoon.' As I was going out he
said: 'Mr. Bradford, do you suppose
that Mr. Stanley is ready to consider
an offer for bis book?' I think so,
sir.1
"I took Stanley down to see them,
and Mr. Marston asked him it he was
prepared to consider an offer then and
there. 'Yes, sir.1 'Well, Mr. Stanley,
we will give you $10,000 for it and a
liberal share of the profits.1
" 'I'll do it,1 said Stanley. And a
happier mac you'vo seldom seen.
Now, Mr. Stanley,1 said Marston,
'when can you begin to furnish us
copy?' 'To-morrow morning, sir, and
every day thereafter till it's done.1
Just one word more, Mr. Stanley. Will
you please say nothing about this for
four weeks? I've a special reason for
asking.1 'Yes, sir; that suits me,1 said
Stanley. And so the bargain was
closed, and Sampson Low & Co. have
been Stanley's publishers ever since.
"A few weeks later Stanley went to
Lsee John Murray, and the following
conversation occurred: 'Mr. Murray,
I've come to see about, your publishing
my book. Do you wish to?' 'Yes, I
think that we may be able to, Mr.
Stanley. But we can not afford to give
vou much for it, as it is a kind of ex
periment. But we'll publish it, Mr.
Stanley.'
" 'No you won't,1 broke in Stanley,
with an oath, and, turning on his heel,
left the great English publisher
astounded at the young African ex
plorer's audacity.
"On another occasion," cays Mr.
Bradford, "I was sitting at a great ban
quet of the British association at
Brighton. It was in the evening afier
tho 'African afternoon,1 so called.
Stanley had been down for a speech
late in the afternoon, after several
English geographers had spoken. But
I noticed during the second speech, by
C. R. Markham of the Royal Geograph
ical society, that Stanley's wrath was
rising. The speaker in alluding to
Livingstone had just said a word re
flecting upon him.. As soon as Mark
ham was done, Stanley, at two bounds,
was in the center of the platform, and,
leaning forward and stretching out his
finger with concentrated scorn toward
MarKham, began: 'You easy-chair
geographers, sitting on your cushioned
velvet carpets, what do you know about
it? Livingstone, after a long, arduous,
perilous march, says: "I think. I have
found the sources of tho Nile." But
you, from the seclusion of the libraries,
declare: "We know that he was not."
What right have you to decide such ,a
question? And then he gave it to them
hot. And yet in fifteen minutes he had
them ' all, ladies and gentlemen, on
their feet crying 'Hear! hear! hear!'
The Baroness Burdette-Coutts waved
her handkerchief, and even the Emper
or Napoleon, who was present with the
Empress Eugenie, arose and handed
Stanley their card. I tell you, Stanley
was the most scathing man I ever
listened to when he was mad over Liv
8 tone,
"So, in the evening, before going to
the banquet, I said to him: Now, Stan
ley, keep you temper. Don't disgrace
yourself. Don't say a word to-night.'
For I knew this very Markham was go
ing to preside. Well, Stanley promised
that he wouldn't say one word. But
they placed him at Markham's right
hand. I sat across the table where I
could see him. Pretty soon I noticed
that he and Markham were talking
earnestly. Then the bull-dog look
came into Stanley's face, and then he
jumped up and off he went.
"It seems that Markham had urged
him to speak, but Stanley had declined,
when the following conversation en
sued: But, "Mr. Stanley, you must
speak. That is the purpose for which
they invited you here.' Is that the
reason they invited me here?1 "Cer
tainly, Mr. Stanley; we expect you to
favor us with a speech.' 'Well, I
won't,' 'But' thrusting his hand deep
into his pocket 'here's a guinea for
my dinner.' And off he stalked in a
towering rage."
The Law About Hiring Help
A verbal agreement between the
employer and employe is, however, in
most cases just as good la law as
I
a written one, providing it can be
proved. The principal exception is in
the case of a contract which is not to
be performed within a year from tho
time it Is made. The laws of most
states say that a contract which is not
to be performed within a year can not
be enforced unless the contract, or a
memorandum of It is in writing Blgned
by the party to be charged. If a farmer
hires a man to work for him for ono
year, the timo to commence the day
the contract is made, or possibly the
next day, the agreement need not
necessarily be in writing. But if tho
time is to commence, say a week or a
month hence, it is not binding on
either party if it is only a verbal bar
gain.' If such a cortract is verbal only,
the farmer can discharge his help at
any, time, and tho help can quit at any
time without being liable for damages,
and generally without loss of pay up
to the time of leaving. It should bo
remembered that a minor U not
bound by any contract of this nature,
whether verbal or in writing; and wr. llo
the employer, if of age, wilt bo obliged
to carry out the provisions of his
agreement, the employe, if a minor,
may break it at any time, leave his
master's employment, and collect wh?t
he can prove his services were worth
up to the time of leaving. This is so,
although he looked as if ho wero ot
age, or even if he falsely represented
himself to bo such.
There aro certain things which will
justify a farmer in discharging his help,
and. certain things which will justify a
man in leaving the service of hU em
ployer before the timo is out and with
out liability for damages. Tho man
may be discharged if he disobeys tho
lawful and proper orders of his employ
er, if his .conduct is immoral, if he
uses insulting language to his employ
or his family, if he is frequently drunk,
if he habitually neglects his wort, if
he is insubordinate or defrauds hi em
ployer; also for committing wanton in
jury to his employers property, or for
incompetence Dy reason of physical or
mental defects not discernible when ho
was hired. It has been held that if tho
man is intoxicated when ho comes to
commense his work, the farmer need
not tako him. In case the man is dis
charged for cause, he is entitled to
what his services were worth up to tho
time of his discharge.
Of course if the conduct of tho
farmer is such that tho man is justified
in leaving, he can recover his wage
for the timo he has actually workeJ.
Among tho causes which will justify
the man in leaving aro an improper
conduct on the part of his employer,
such as an assault , on him, insulUcient
food or lodging compelling him to do
unlawful work such as unnecessary
work on Sunday (necessary farm work,
such as taking caro of live stock, is not
unlawful), the pi-evalenee of an epi
demic which renders it dangerous to
remain and any acts of tho farmer pre
judicial to the morals of the workman
or to his safety, health or reasonable
comfort. Habit'jal b!aphotny o.i the
part of either has been held a goo J
eason for tho other dissolving tho
relations existing between them, un
less both are addicted to tho samo bad
iiabit. Sickness of the man for a
lengthened jieriod in one case tiro
weeks releases both parties from tho
contract. The employer is not bound
to wait unreasonably, for tho restor
ation of the employe's health, and the
necessities of the employer are regard
ed as a measure of what is reasonable.
Slight grounds for discharge or for
leaving are not regarded as - suflicient,
and the burden of proof is on him who
sets up the grounds to show that they
are valid and sufficient. When a
laborer has once quit his employer's
service the employer is not obliged to
take him back again although tho man
changes his mind and wants to go to
work again. It has been held that
when a man has good causo for leaving
and throwing up his contract, and does
not do so at the time, he waives and
condones the Cause and can not after
ward rely on it as a good reason for
quitting his place. American Agri
culturist. Prince Bismarck's Doctor.
Bismarck's doctor, the famous little
Sweninger, is a remarkable and a de
lightful man. He is a creation of Bis
marck's, more or less. He looks like a
Russian prince, has tho most piercing
black eyes I have ever ssen, a close
clipped black beard and mustache,
massive, wavy coal-liko hair, and a
quick, incisive and nervous manner.
He became disgraced at the very out
set of a promising medical career by
an affair with the wife of one of the
professors in the college whero he oc
cupied a small position. The wife was
a beautiful Viennese woman, and sha
had been married to a large and beery
professor of Chemistry whon very
young. When she met the fiery Swen
inger she fell violently in love with
him. There was the deuce to Ky a
terrific exposure and some tort of an
affair between tho doctor and the pro
fessor, which resulted in Sweninger's
imprisonment. Bismarck had taken
in interest In tho case from tho fact
".hat Sweninger's actions towards tho
woman had , been exceedingly manly
throughout. The young doctor ca mo
out a ruined man and tried to practice
&n Berlin, but there was ho hopo for
him until one day he was sent for by
the Chancellor of the Empire. In an
hour Bismarck had made his fortune,
simply by the mighty influence of his
patronage. Now tho two men are
close and fond companions. Corre
spondence of the Philadelphia Times.
Dorothy Takes the Trick.
Dorothy (aged idne, who Is anxious
to get a present) Mother, if you do
not givo it to me I shall not love you.
Mother Dorothy, we don't lovo Deo.
pie for what they can givo us. If that
were so your father, and I would not
love you at all, for you givo us noth
ing.
Dorothy (after some thoufrhtl Oh.
yes, but I do givo you something.
Mother V hat do you givo me?
Dorothy (vith a nico courtcsv A
great dei of '.iuii"c.