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ALLIANCE DIRECTORY. NATIONAL ALLIANCE. President, J- Burrows, Filler, Neb. Vice President, H. L. Loucks, Clear Creek, Dakota. - . Secretary, August Post, Moulton, Iowa. Treasurer, Hon. J. J. Furlonjr, Austin Minn. Lecturer, A. D. Chase, Watertowuv Dak. NEBRASKA STATE ALLIANCE. President, John H, Powers, Cornell. Vice President, James Clark, Wabash. Secretary-Treasurer, J. M. Thompson, Lincoln Lecturer. M. M. Case, Creijrbton. , Executive Committee: J. Burrows niley; B.F. Allen, Wabash; Allen Boot, Omaha; L. Henry, Hansen; W. M. Gray, North Loup. Post Ornci at LiKCOtN, Nib., June 18, 1889. I hereby certify thatTHK Alliance, a week ly newspaper published at this place, has been determined by the Third Assistant Post Mas ter General to be a publication entitled to admission in the mails at the pound rate of postage, and entry of it as such Is accordingly made upon the books of this office. Valid while the character of the publication re mains unchanged. Albert Watkinb, 5 , .; 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. Meeting of State Executive Committee. Lincoln Sept. 10, 1889. Pursuant to call the executive com mittee of Nebrasaa'Tarmers Alliance met at Lincoln, Tuesday, Sept.' 10, at 2 o'clock p.m. , ; All members present. State organ izer Powers' report since May 4th re ceived and on motion accepted, subject to the" approval of the annual meeting. Accoun taudited and allowed if approv ed as above. Mr. Henry moved that Mr. Powers be kept in the field as or ganizer. Motion carried. After considerable discussion in re gard to delegates to the National meet ing at St. Louis in December, the mo tion prevailed to name the delegates at this meeting of the State Alliance. Tfie following were named as delegates to that meeting: Allen Boot, Jno. II. Powers. James Clark. Samuel Moss. J. W. Hartley. Geo. A. Felton. S. E. Spaulding. S. B. Howard, 1 John A. Hogg. B. F. Allen. II. B. McGaw. "Wm. M. Graj. Jos. A. Kirk. Frank II. Young.' Edward A. Draper. J.A.Porter. ! J.: Burrows. Question as to politicul action and the legality of action taken by Custer coun ty received and a decision rendered in accordance with the constitution. See decision published last week. Moved by Mr. Root, and carried, that the Secretary be authorized to purchase the material used in the Alliance office at its actual . value on appraise ment by disinterested parties Moved that Burrows, Powers and Thompson be empowered to perfect a contract "with Mr.. J. W. Hartley for the establishment of an Alliance busi ness house at Lincoln. Motion pre vailed. , Bequests having been received for liaiuca iUlU ttuuicoaco u: DCLiciinito, iui business and other purposes, it was de cided that under no circumstances whatever does the secretary have a right to furnish such lists. Moved that the secretary of State Alliance submit to the subordinate Al liances of Nebraska the terms and plan of union proposed by the Southern Al liance and Agricultural Wheel for their consideration, their action thereon to largely govern the action of delegates at the St. Louis meeting. Moved and supported that one hun dred and fifty dollars be appropriated out of the state funds to apply pro rata on the expenses of delegates to the an nual meeting of the National Alliance. J. Burrows, Pres. J. .M. Thompson, Secy. Secretary of State Alliance Dear Sir: Please send more blank applications, we initiate from three to eight every night, and our member ship is near fifty; no trouble to bring in new members. The Alliance "takes like wild fire," as well as the paper. In debating the great questions such as National banks, Tariff, etc., it seems to be nearly impossible to keep old wheel horses of the old parties inside of the tugs, but we younger men wilt see the day when this'will make no differ ence, for a brand new party will be built of what will be left of them. Our meetings often continue until one or two o'clock in the morning, so absorb ed in the work do the members become. We expect to have Logan county thor oughly organized by cold weather, and when the farmers, mechanics and la borers begin to pull together by ; the county something will "break." The Alliance seems to have found its field and the membership will back it. "Good, SpJendid" are the expressions we hear for Editor Armitage. Fraternaly yours, , S. E. Keen, Secy. No. 468. Another encouraging letter received this week from D. L. Hackett of Ham ilton county. The Bro. is a thorough Alliance man and rarely writes us without some new name as a subscrib er. The new arrangements with com missions to agents will allow our friends something at least for the trouble involved. Who will send the largest list of subscribers in the next two weeks? N. Dutcher, Secy. No. 608, writes en couraging words promising their as sistance in mi.king the paper a success, and makes that promise more valuable by enclosing $3.00 with list of sub scribers. Many thanks. Wm. HFali, of . Hamilton county, reports the organization of Mason Al liance Nov 702, -organized Sept. 8th with eight charter members. 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. $4.65 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 Bock Island B. B. 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. A. B. Bender, secretary of Madison county Alliance writes thus: Walnut Grove Alliance is looming up, no doubt we will add 20 new members in the next month. Our brothers at Warners ville are now working under the ritual and report a bright prospect before them. Our organizer Bro. W. For saith is just getting warmed up in the Alliance work, and when he gets up to fever heat then look out for him for he is Alliance all over. I enclose $1.25 on subscription. If the Alliance mem bers in Nebraska all warm up as Bro. Bender says, something will have to give way. Secretary State Alliance. Dear Sir: A meeting of Furnas County Alliance was held in the room of Four Points of Industry No. 515 on Sept. 14th, at one o'clock p. m. Officers present, J. W. Eby, Pres., Wm. Wait Jr., Treas., C. B. Bachelder, Sec. Open ed in regular form with delegates from Sunny nillside, Four Points of Indus try and Lindon Alliance present. We had a very enthusiastic meeting and quite a discussion about organizing every township in the county which we intend to do as soon as practicable. . C B. B. Cambridge, Neb., Sept. 16, 1889. -s Good. Mr. Osier, of Furnas county, writes: "The republicans of this coun ty have nominated E. ; M. Harrison, Alliance organizer, for county treasur er, to take the place of an ardent ad mirer of Jay Gould, elected by them two years ago." This is all right, and every Alliance man in Furnas county should make it his special business to see that Mr. Harrison is elected. As the Alliance advances, the political parties will un doubtedly find it to their advantage to nominate its members for most of the leading offices. Aurora, Sept. 12. Mr. Editor: Please find enclosed $2.50 on sub scription to your yaluable paper. Those who subscribed for The Alliance some time ago are well pleased with it. Our Alliance is steadily gaining in n umber. We have thirty-six members. Farmers begin to realize the impor tance of organizing as the only remedy against the extortion of trusts and mo nopolies. "United we stands divided we fall. Respectfully, C. F. IlUENEFELD, Sec'y Harmony Alliance. D. C. Wood writing from Buffalo county says: We have just started here, but we. shall let the people kuow that we are alive before spring. The far mers here are thoroughly in earnest and mean business. Geo. A. Felton reports the organiza tion of three new Alliances recently, the last being Blaine Center with 20 charter members, making six organiza tions in Nuckolls county at this date. .1 Geo. Foster sends a good list from Alliance No. 549, and says, concerning the Alliance, fourteen new members were received since the last report was made a few weeks ago. Stock shipped to Allen Boot, care of Bell, Collins & McCoy, Omaha, by members of the Alliance, will realize from $4 to $5 more per car for their stock. Give the agent notice when shipped. Mr. Root is state agent for the Alliance. W. R. Bennett & Co. will sell groceries, etc., to the Alli ances at jobber's rates. Send all or ders to Allen Root. Shipments of vegetables, fruits or poultry, should be billed to Mr. Root, care of Bowman, Williams & Howe's, Omaha. 1 CORN STATISTICS. A Chicago paper gives the follow ing corn statistics: - Where the farmer gets 40 cts., The government gets $1.50, The manufacturer gets 4.00, The saloon man gets 87.50, And the drinker gets the delirium tremens. The Southern Churchman adds: "And the share divided between the drunkard's family and the community is poverty, misery, shame and crime.-" And we might add: The devil gets the drunkard. . i 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 chauged three cents in one week not long since. Many other things the same. Allen Hoot, , 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 to. This matter must be attended to at once Isecretaiy of the State Alliance. - Editor Alliance: Not seeing any thing in your paper from here. I ven ture to send a few lines. About a fortnight ago the farmers around here organized a Farmers Alliance. The county around here is not very thickly settled, the laud being mostly owned by speculators who hold their land at an advanced price while the farmers improve the country, thus advancing the value of their land while they re ceive the profits of our labor." We are taxed according to the improvements on our farms while they pay but a slight tax on their land. I believe that the farmers around here, without an exception, will join the Alliance. Yours respectfully Foster, Sept. 16. C. E. Staley. Insurance in Dakota. We have before us a full statement of the insurance business of the territory of Dakota during 1888, by all companies doirg business therein, compiled by the Auditor. By this it appears that the Fidelity Fire Ins. Co., of w'h Mr. Wardall is President, wrote risks in that year to the amount of f 2,567.519 33; and paid losses to the amount of $17,150 86; and that the Alliance Hail Association wrote risks to the amount of $4,251,105, and paid losses to the amount of $73,529 17. The next largest busi ness done by any Dakota Co. amounted to $1,542,884 of risks written. With this one ex ception the Fidelity did twice as much busi ness as any other Dakota company. This is farmers Insurance. What is the reason the farmers of Nebraska cannot do their own in surance? Answer: The insurance laws of the state, passed at the dictation of the eastern Insurance ring1, has up to this time prevented. POVERTY AND AFFLUENCE. In the current number. of a leading literary monthly publication no less than five of the general articles treat upon some phase of the unequal dis tribution of wealth. Each writer ap parently agrees that the rich are grow ing richer and the poor still poorer. To him that hath, more is being giv en, while to him that hath not there comes additional destitution and 4. ri : j : - r : IYYtlUVt lillC 19 iiu uinciciicu ui opin ion' amon sr the political economists j-, - x regarding the fact that the present state of affairs does not conduce to the greatest happiness of mankind. They are agreed that there is plenty to eat, drink and wear in the world. It can be more generally, and, as some assert, more equally distributed. Hutchinson News. The steam syrup works at Fairfield are turning out 100 gallons of syrup per hour, twenty-five men being em ployed in the mill and ten men and teams being kept busy hauling cane. This is one of the solutions of the sugar trust. ' A Butler county farmer named Conffal, living east of David City, committed suicide by cutting open the arteries of both arms with a razor. His body, was found by the roadside twenty-four hours after the deed was done. Too much mortgage, perhaps. Priee List of Oils to Alliances. 150 test, medium white coal oil, 11 cents. 150 " - prime " " " 10 175 " Y. L. 13 74 stve gasoline " 11 " 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. Allen Root, State Agent. CONSISTENCY. , There is nothing more noble in a man than to see him practice what he preaches in his daily walks of life. In this it appears to us from a. little transaction that has lately taken place in this section that a certain leading jurist is not all that he claims to be. This gentleman is continually crying "down with monopolies," and pro fesses to be a fast Iriend of the poor roan and poor classes; still when a neighbor asks the privilege of a road across his land, this high-minded gentleman modestly asks the sum of $1,000 as damages for about $4 acres of land that is assessed at $3.00 per acre. It is not our fight; but it looks so contemptibly small that we cannot help noticing it. Polk Co. Observer. Editor lliance: The above puts me in mind of some of the farm ers in this neighborhood. We have a few farmers here who have raised some winter wheat. Now, the mar ket price for winter wheat here is 52 cents for the best. Now two of these farmers here that belong to the church, but do not belong to the Al liance, won't sell their wheat to their neighbors for seed" for less than 75 cents, : There is another farmer here who has some new kind of potatoes, and right at a time when potatoes were not worth anything not over 25 cents this farmer would not sell his potatoes for less than one dollar. But he did not get his dollar, so he threw his potatoes to the hogs. This man don't belong to the church nor to the Alliance. There . is another OBTAIN CHICAGO PRODUCE fes n?he wy to d2 tbis lA J? hiPour Butter, Ef 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 bo tt ! you can find a better irrket. We make a specialty of receiving shipments direct from FARMERS AND PRODUCERS, and probablThavethe largest trade in this way of any house in this market. Whilst you are looking around for the ebeapest mar rLIn whlch to Duy yur goods and thus economizing in that way, it will certainly pay vou iJr.ve 8ome attention to the best and most profitable we- of disposing- of your produce. We correspondence from INDIVIDUALS, ALLIANCES, CLUBS, atid all organizations Twf81!011 If requested, we will send you free of vlcfl tn' daily market report Bhippinfr directions and such information as will be of ser vice itoyou if you contemplate shipping. Let us hear from you. , SUMMERS, MORRISON & CO., COMMISSION MERCHANTS, .174 S. WATER, ST., CHICAGO. REFERENCE :-M3tropClitan Nation Bank, Chioago. Mention The Alliance. farmer in this neighborhood who does belong to the Catholic church, who sold his wheat last spring to some ' of his neighbors, for sec J , charging them 90 cents, when wheat was only 80 cents on the market. But he did not sell all his wheat at that. After spring seeding was done wheat went down on the market and he sold the balance for 65 cents. This man is not an Alliance man. There are two other farmers in this neighborhood who have winter wheat to sell. One belongs to the Alliance and the other does not. These two men sell their wheat to their neigh bors, for seed, at the market price. These two men are doing as they wish to be done by. This shows that the farmers will stick together and set their own price on their pro duce, when it comes to selling to one another. Lord! ar'n't the farmers united? The farmers are ripe to set their price on their produce, but it must be in a systematic form, and the Alliance must push this thing to the front. It is being done in Texas. and it must be done here. The State Alliance must elect a state farmers board of commerce, and ev ery county Alliance must elect a county farmers board of commerce. We must carry into effect the princi ples in the constitution of the Alli ance. Organizing is not the only thing to be done. When the Alli ance sets the price on all farm pro duce in comparison with the price that the farmer - must pay for that which he consumes, it will draw the money out of the iron boxes and and put it into circulation in spite of the Old Nick. S. M. Davis. coffee pounded in a mortar and roasted on an iron plate, sugar burned on hot coals, and vinegar burned on hot coals, and vinegar boiled with myrrh and sprinkled on the floor and furniture of a sickroom are excellent deodorizers. Milk may be canned just as you would can fruit. Bring the milk to the boiling point and fill your jars to the brim with it; then shut air-tight. This will keep any length of time, and be just as good when opened as 'vhen it was put up. Stains of vegetable colors, fruit, red wine.and red ink maybe removed from white goods by sulphur fumes or chlorine water. On colored cot tons and woolens, wash with luke warmsoaporammonia. Silk thesame, but more cautiously. ; John Robe, of Maryland, says that an old cider barrel; cut in hall will make a good cradle for twins. ;'It will be er-onomy," he writes, "nnd may help to solve the problem. 'What is the matter with us?' " TJiank vou, John! Farm Journal. J.-C. McBRIDE. H. S. BELL. McBRIDE & BELL DEALERS IN Real Estate, Loan andlnsurance Office, 107 S. Uth St., Basement, lincoln, - - - nebraska. Agrents for M. K. & Trust Co. Houses Built on ten years time. Debt cancelled in ca6e of Death. Anything to trade let us know of it. NOTICE TO MILLERS For Sale or Rent, A Roller Flouring mill with water power, one mile from Lincoln. A T. SAWYER. An Imported Shire Stallion (or SALE. Six years old, perfect temper, first class pedigTee registered in the English Shire Herd Book. Can show as good colts as In the State. Owner having to leave.the farm, will sell or exchange .for desirable property. Carriage and new harness wanted. Inquire at The Alliance office. FARMERS' UNION INS. Co., of Grand Isl and Neb. I. N. White and A. Kodgers are Special Agents for Greeley and Wheeler counfes We invite you to investigate the merits of this company and see where the difference comes in. In the first place, you only pay one per cent for your insurance, gif White & Rodoers. FOR INSURANCE See or address Swijrart & Bush. Mead, Neb., Special Agents Far mers Union (Mutual) Ins. Co., Grand Island, Nebraska. JT. 3ST. ROBINSON, Kenesaw, Adams County, Nebr. Breeder and Shipper ef Recorded Poland China Hogs. Choice Breeding Stock for sale. Write for wants. Mention The Alliance PRICES FOE YOUR a4 Actirit j of the Ancients, Modern man thinks himself a fin .Viiow, und habitually contrasts hU virtues, wisdom, intellectuality, and inventiveness with the correspoL ing: qualities possessed by hibpred cessors of every age, much to tl disadvantage of the latter. This conceit, says the Boston Globe, is amiable enough. It ha b been held by fivery generation of the past. It will govern the men of the future, who will regard the people of our era with pity as inferior to their lemark able selves. Many able writers have bent their energies to the puncturing of this balloon of vanity. Wendell Phillip's famous lecture on "The Lost Arts" wasgiven to thousands of audiences, which marveled at the wonderful ac complishments ot men of ancient limes, and departed thanking Provi dence that they were reserved to live and act in later and better times. Prof. Max Muller's Inst contribution to the Forth nightly Review goes over the same ground and ill probably have a similar vanishing effect upon the minds of all except a few of its most thoughtful readers. It is, how ever, worth while to ptudy some of its arguments, if only crudely to realize that men made up of flesh and blood are the same kind of crea tures whenever and wherever they live, that they Vent through the same struggles for existence, had the same love of thought and inventive capacities, and were actuated by the same passions in the days of the Pharaohs as in these last years of the dying nineteenth century. Consider withTrof. Muller that the philosophy and poetry of Greece and Rome still live in "Milton, Racine, and Goethe." You can see that Frederic Harrison is as truly the in tellectual child of Aristotle as he ad mits himselftobeofAugusteCompte. Remember that the invention of the alphabet was a greater triumph of mind than the discovery of the spinning-jenny, and that it is owed to the Egyptians, who first produced hieroglyphics. "Your L," says Max Muller, "is the crouching lion, your F the cerartes, a serpent with two horns; your H the Egyptain picture of & sieve." The Arabic figures from one to nine reached Spain through India. To invent these was to discover "that without which the mechanical and electrical sciences could never have become what they are; that without which we should never have had steam engines and electric tele graphs." Surely, the ancient Hindoo waa not less brilliant than modern man. The Babylonians were not fools when they invented the sex agesimal or 60 system, by which we still divide the hours and minutes of time. The Greeks conceived the idea of coined money in the seventh cen tury, B.C. They could not have been less practical or less thoughtful than the men of to-day. The forms in which we express our thoughts, the very phrases we use, are as old as the art of expressions itself. .These things ought to be borne in mind whenever the men of old are un der discussion. They should evoke new interest in our predecessors in activity. Above all. they should teach us that we must not underrate those who have long since returned to dust, while we are enjoying the fruits of their industry. Living man is better than his prototype, because he has learned to be a little less sen sual, a little more eelf-controlied, and a great deal less cruel; but he has the same head on his shoulders, filled'with about the same kind of gray matter. The Ghost or Cameron Pass. Chicago Herald. In the summer of 1882 W. C. Hart, the geologist, and two other enthusiastic collectors of specimens were encamped near the lava beds between the head waters of the Cacha de la Poudre river and North Park. It was a rough, broken region, and the desolation was heightened by the proximity of the crater of an ex tinct volcano, while bare rocks and dead timber were everywhere. The hope of securing rare formations for their cabinets attracted the gentleman to the uncanny spot, for everyone averred that Cameron Pass was haunted by the spirit of an emigrant's daughter. Joe Shepler, a well know mountainer, who was Eiloting the party through the hills, ad often seen the ghost, and prom ised his companions that they should see the strange apparition before returning to their homes. He said tli8 spirit was a thief, and frequently stole food and furniture from the camps of hunters who ven tured within her uninviting domain. At dinner August 12, 1882, Shep ler calmly announced that the spirit of Cameron Pass was approaching, and pointed to a strange being which was swiltly moving toward thecamp. The marauder came to within 500 yards of the men, and seizing a haunch of venison which had been placed on a stone ran off with it. Hart picked up his rifle, and, calling on his comrades to follow, started in pursuit of the thief. She they were sure it was a woman led them a lively race directly toward the lava beds. Beincr close Dressed the hunted creature dropped the meat and sped j onwaru to ine opening 01 ine cave. The pursuers entered the cavern on the heels of the strange robber and found the warm body of a dead wom an. The corpse was that of a wom an about 25 years old. Her only clothing was a rude gown, fashioned of skins. Her hair was very long and she was sunburned and barefooted. The remains were buried decently. All exploration " of the cave dis closed the fact that it had for some time been used as a habitation by the alleged spirit. The ground was covered with bones, nnd, although there were cookinir utensils about, it was evident Hint they had never btn-n used. Thf unfortunate girl had subsisted on stolen meats, roots and leaves. She had triefl meat for win ter use. For several years she waa thought to be a spirit. Arrest of a Desperado A few ya-rs aio I had a jcreat desire to enter the United States service. I didn't care in what capacity iusi so bo long as I cot my livin? from Uncle Sam. Mentioning my desire to the United States marshal for the north ern district of Florida, it waacratin- ea. 1 was at once ushered into the presence of the United States juds 1..1J . utjiu up my nsnc nana and, with a heroism worthy of a better cause, swore to support the Constitution of the United States, though at the time I was hardly able to support my own cvmstUution. Taking my formidable) commission and a supply of station ary, I went back to the village of Dead Pine to await orders. Dead Pine is a small town so nam ed because there is a large live oak in front of the principal saloon. Dead Pine is not an imposinz place. At that time it had a little depot, some stores, some mortgaged . farmers and three saloons. It also had a malarial back country, with plenty of 'bad men" living in it, a couple of half starred churches, and 'some Christains loaning money at from 2 to any ppr cent, monthly to their struggling neighbors. It waa also the center of a lumber and turpentine dis trict, where prominent citizens steal etate and government timber and call it business. In a few days my trouble began. I received a portentous document from headqunrters at Jacksonville. It had four impressive and sinister looking official stamps on the envelope, and ordered me to at once seize the body of Thomas Perkins, supposed to be lurking somewhere in the country.and btinc said body before the United States court, then in session at Jack eonville. By a careful reading of the somewhat diffusive warrant, I discov ed that Thorn an had been guilty of perjury in violation of the statutes in such cases made and provided. An hour later the folio wing dispatch waa handed to me: Offick of thb United States MaiuhaIj, Jackkoxvillk, Fla. To United States Deputy Marshal, Dead Pine, Fla. Understand Perkins denporate charac ter; get help necoaaary; take him dead or alive. Marsh At That dispatch made me very indig nant. Get help indeed! Not I! I was 6 feet 1 inch in height, weighed 185 pounds. If I couldn't alone arrest one man I was unworthy to wear the bright red ribbon on the lapel of my vest labeled "United States marshal." Besides, it I got help, there would not be enough glory to co around. I wanted it all for myself, and deter mined to bring in the prisoner electby my own unaided efforts, or occupy one of the misfit coffins at the village undertaker's. The first thing was to locate the gentleman, who, suffering from some affection of the intellectual liver, had resorted to perjury. 1 located him. Six miles from town, in a veritable wilderness, two miles from any other house, lived, moved and had his be ins, Mr. Thomas Perkins, in whom this great government of our was so intensely interested. The next thing was to make neces sary preparations. I made them. In the morning by the bright light, of a beautiful winter's day, a stout wagon, drawn by two sturdy and reflective mules, was drawn up in front of the village hotel, which was very inap propiately named "The Delmonico." On the front seat was my negro driver and pilot, Bill. On the rear seat sat the writer. Under a blanket at my feet was a Winchester riHe and a- double barrel shot gun well loaded with buckshot,' al though I was oppressed with a harrowing doubt as to whether hadn't put the buchshot in first. In the pocket of my overcoat was a Smith & Wesson double action sixty eight, and m the breast pocket of my inner coat a bowi knife that had once belonged to a Texas evange list. A curious crowd had gathered to see me off. They knew my mission, though none of them knew who I was alter. They cheered me with novel suggestions and well meant advice. "I say. Cap." said one, "ye'd better take a bottle of whisky erlong wl' you. There ain't no barroom whar you're goin.' " My driver looked approvingly at this speaker. "He won't look very pretty comin back: here with a furrer driv cl'ar through his chist, will he?" said an other. " 'Twouldn't do fer him to go out bar hunt'n' at night -with that red nose shinin', would hit?" That last remark hurt my vanity. My nose was rather red, but it come from an undue partiality for stewed tomatoes.noc from any other C9 UPe. "When you fire at him, Cap, watch that off mule's hind leg, fer. he's goin teY kick." said a long, lank feller on the outskirts of the crowd. v Even the negroes had something to say. Approaching me with deference, one of them whispered to me confi dentially: "Boss, ye'd best tie dat fool nigger what's drivin' ter the seat, fer soon's he hears a can pop he's gwlne ter jump out an' run like de debil." Bill' gave the mules a stimulating touch 01 the wnip and- away we went. For two miles out we had eood roads. After that, the roughest and worst that I had ever seen. Stumps, tangled roots, hills, gul Jies, swamp, coduroy, and the county commissioners know what else, made a regular penacea for the twin evils of dyspepsia and love, according to the jolting up theorists. Now we were in the wilderness, asolemr. awful Silence, broken only by the tramping of the mules, the creaking of the wag on and the hiccoughs of the driver, who was about half drunk when we Btarted.' It a pine wilderness, and the underbrush alfgone, no song of bird, no scent of flower, no flutter of insect life, a strange, dreary desert of forest. Here was majestic trees aged with a century of growth. Gazing at their stately tops, one could well imagine that in days agone perhaps under the very trees "we were passing, "Lo, the poor Indian," had once assembled to shake dice to see who should pay for the beer. . I was absorbed in these meditations when the wagon ran into a huge stump and away I went sailing out into space. The shot gun about this time decided that it was tired of riding and came along also. Neither of us were hurt, and we resumed our seats In th 285l 8UD rather uawimn8' i We were now Retting near the camp, of the enemy and a rather curious sensation took possession of me Of course it was not tear, but my heart evinced a curious disposition to desert its pericardium and homestead th lower portion of my throat. I cock. ea both tho rifle and the shot gun, placing them sideways in the wagon to satisfy the manifest uneasiness of the driver. The revolver I took out and placed on the seat by roe, cover l1?. ltLltn. 8.uPrabundance of coat tail. The knife I loosened la ita eheath. About half a mile fur ther on I saw approacning one ol the most villainous fooklng men I La3 ever seen. He was of negro blood neatly white, of herculean frame, and if not a born criminal and assassin. should have had his face indicted for malicious libel. He carried a glitter ing ax on his shoulder and eyed me insolently. The driver turned around with whisper, "Dat's him, boss'." My knees now partook of th? general excitement, my hand trembled as if my best girl was about to refuse me, and my blood seemed determined to go into the cold storage business. At the same time an overwhelming conviction reached me that this was not the man I was looking .for, and that it would be impolite to risk a suit for false imprisonment. As he came opposite the wagon, mv driver drew ud and assumed the initiative. 'Is your name Perkins?" Naw", was the surly reply. My thermometer immediately re- smued its normal condition of 72 in the shade. "My good man said I, carefully concealingall weapons, "I am looking for one Perkins: can you inform me where that most esteemed centleinan lives?" "In that house over yonder." he said, pointing about a quarter of a mile distant, where a thin snire of smoke emphasized a tumble down lo house. ' When about 100 yards from the house I halted the team and gave a. few briel directions to the driver. With the rifle at full cock I cautioui- ly approached the house. It was ol rough logs very rickety, with the usu al stick and mud chimney. Outside of tbo smoke from that there was no sign of lite about the place. Silently I came up to the back door, with a vigorous kick sent it off the leather hinges, and covered with the rifle a figure dimly seen in the semi-darknes3 of the room. "Throw up your hands!" I com manded. "If you stir I'll shoot." From the h?ure, in shrill, frightened accents, cume. "For de Law'd'ssake, watcher mean white man. I ain't dun nuflin." The gun dropped from my nervous hands. Thomas Perkins, alleged desperado, was an old crippled negro, about 178 years old, half paralyzed and wholly stupid. Three hours afterward 1 drove Into Dead Pine with my prisoner, to be greeted with ironical comment and up roarious laughter.' "Did he kick much, Cap?" said one big fellow, while another, after eyeing Perkins a moment in silence, said, a he moved off: "Yes the thing is alive, I saw its tongue wiggle." Four hours later I was in Jackson ville, and delivered my prisoner to the United States marshal. As the ma jor audited my accounts and drew a check for my expenses he was shaking with ill suppressed laughter. "What do you see so funny about this?" I inquired, rather tartly. "I was wondering what the judge will say when he sees him," was the reply. Just then the judge strolled in. -He gave a look at the prisoner, then at me, and inquired mildly, but with a merry twinklo in his handsome eyes: "Did you have much trouble in se curing thi desperado, Mr. OtUcerfV' . The major fairly roared. I took my check and left the room. I have not seen prioner, United States marshal, or Jacksonville fince that eventful day, and J Dead Pine shall know me no more forever. Hamilton Jay in Detroit Free Pree. Poor Security, A certain gentleman, who keeps a boarding house lor the accommoda tion of actors not far from Union square, has resolved that he will never again accept the manuscript of a play as security of an unpnid board bill. An author mannger, whose name is quite well known in theatrical circles, lived at this board ing house something over a year ngo, and when he was ready to depart he was financially embarrassed. So he stated his case to thelandlord, and left with him as collateral a scal ed package, which he said contained two manuscripts of n well known play. Boniface was good naturcd and lenient. He thought tho play was valuable and that the author would in time pay the bill. The package remained for a year. Then the landlord called a theatrical business agent into council and they broke the seals. The contents wera 250 "property plots" of the pla.y, but there waa no manuscript in the package. The "property plots" list of the properties required at; n performance are worth the price of p"o"i"te old paper. ewiorkStar. Electrical Currents. We have in the case of electric waves along a wire and a current within it, and tho equations of Max well allow us to calculate these with perfect accuracy and give all the laws with respect to them. "We thus find that the velocity of propagation of the waves along tv wire, hung far away from other bod ies nnd made a good conducting ma terial, is that of light, or 185,000 miles per second; but when it is hung near any conducting matter, like the earth, or enclosed in a cable and sunk into the sea, the velocity becomes much less. When hung in space, away from other bodies, it forms, an it were, the core of a system of waves in the other, the amplitude of the disturbance becoming less and less as we move away from tho wire. But the most curious fact is that the electric current penetrates only a short distance into the wire, bein" mostly confined to the surface, e pecially wherg the number ot oscilla tions per second is very great. II. A.Ilowland. . 1