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ALLIANCE DIRECTORY. NATIONAL ALLIANCE. President. J. Iluirpws, Filley, Neb. Vice President, H. L. Loucks, Cltar Creek, Dakota. 4 , , T retary, August Poi4. Moulton, Iowa. ' Treasurer, Hon. J. J. Fu-nng, Austin Minn. Lecturer, A.'D. Chas", Watertown, Dak. NEBRASKA STATE ALLIANCE. President. John H. Poweni, Cornell. Vice President, James Clark. Wabash. Pecretary-Treasu rer, J. M. Thompson, Lincol n Lecturer, M. M. Case, Creigbton. Executive Committee: J. Burrows Filley; B.F. Allen. Wabash; Allen Koot. Omaha; L. Henry, Hansen; W, M. amy. North Loup. Post Office at Lincoln, Neb., June 18, 1889. 1 hereby certify that The Alliance, a week Ir newspapVr published at this place, has been JJ&by the Third AttlBtant p?,8' tS J?nenSto be a publication entitled to admisVion inthemailsat the pound rate of . JSKe. and entry of it as such i fordimr y murtPiiron the books of this office, valid "ffithTcharater of the publicat on re mains unchanged. Albert WATKrss, THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. This department Is conducted by the Secre tary of the State Alliance to whom all com munications in relation to Alliance work, short articles upon various subjects of inter est to the Alliance etc.. should be addressed. WHte plain and only on one side ofthe paper, oil.- ikat vr.ii nhnoRo to vour articles out Bend us your name always. THE DEEl HARBOR CONVENTION. Letter From J. N. Camp. Shenandoah, Iowa, Oct. 7, 1889. J. Burrows,- Filley, Neb. My Dear Sir: On my return home from Topeka, whither I had gone by the grace of Gov. Larrabee, as a dele gate to the Deep Harbor Convention, I found your favor of the 80th ult. await inn me. I also found No. 13 of The Alliance, which appears to me a vast improvement in every way upon No. 1. I very sincerely hope you may make the n;incr a sirrfiKss. .and certainly see no , good reason why you should not do so. I take this opportunity to speak to you of the Deep Harbor movement. regard it as one of great importance to Nebraska and all her neighboring states and territories. The harbor contem plated would not only be the means of saving to them several hundred miles of land carnage in reaching tide-water, but would prove of incalculable advan tage as a regulator of transportation tariffs. When we cret trunk lines of railway to tide-water which will cut each other at .right angles, competing for the carrviner business of the trans- Mississippi territory, we shall then have reached a solution of our transportation problem. "The Topeka convention was a splen did body of men, did its business in good form and with admirable temper. If your state was not suitably represent ed in all respects in that convention the fault would .seem to lie with your gov ernor who appointed the delegates. ' I enclose herewith a statistical pam phlet from which you may possibly gather a somewhat more definite idea of the purpose and seope of the move ment than you have hitherto had. I have not a particle of doubt that the proposed harbor will be obtained; ultimately, but- I think not so soon as most of its active promoters hope. The - c ommerce and trade of the trans-Mississippi country now affords the Atlantic cities the richest harvest ever reaped by "capital since the world began, and the East will riot see it diverted to the Gulf without a- desperate struggle for its re tention. All the railroads east of the Mississippi river, and some to the west of it, which follow the lines of latitude, will unite with the commercial interests of the East in opposition to the building of a first class port on the coast of Tex as. The magnitude of that opposition can hardly be exaggerated. To meet and overcome; that opposition is the great work for which preparation must be made. I found men at Topeka, prominent in the Gulf-port movement, who take it for granted that the trans-Mississippi delegation in congress will stand firmly, and as a unit, in favor of the proposed harbor, in the face of all possible oppo sition to it. This is a prodigioas mis take. The history of all our legislation for the control of railroads shows that congressmen" 'and members of legisla tures are more, afraid of aggregated, or ganized capital than they are of constit uencies, unlcs those constituencies be thoroughly aroused, and that they nev er did come' 'square up to the work of regulating railroads until they saw the lightening anil; heard the thunder on the. prairies. So it will be in regard to . this Gulf-port undertaking. Now, tak ing the seven slates and seven territo ries represented in the Topeka conven tion', and it is safe to say not one man in u hundred of their citizens of fair intel ligence has any adequate idea of the economic value to himself or his section of the proposed deep harbor. A vast amount of educational work among the constituencies (which means farmers), will have to be done before the shrewd, "prudent" congressman of these states will recrard it otherwise than suicidal for him to invite the wrath of eastern capital by an vactive, aggressive fight for a harbor on the coast of Texas. The Alliance, the Homestead, and perhaps one or two other journals, are exactly adapted for this educational work. Sincerely Yours, : J. N. CAMP Lamak, Neb., Oct, 15, 1889. Mr. J: Burrows, Lincoln, Neb: Dear Sir? ! was in Lamar today when the news arrived of the defeat of Har lan. Having read of the defeat of lleese in our paper, ,! want to say to the readers of our paper that the indignation of the citizens of our neighborhood at the proceedings of the railroad monopoly knows no bounds, and they declare they they will not vote for a railroad nominee and unless the Democrats put up straight man who will stand firm for the the people, wo, urge you to use all in fluence in your power to have Reese anc Harlan run independent, and we wil five them a unanimous support. We cannot and will not longer be ruled by this infernal B. & M. gang. Yours fraternally, '-..y "'. A. S. Allen. Vice Pres. of Alliance No. G13. . FROU ENGLAND TO FRAIICE. GLIMPSES OP LONDON, PARIS AND THE BLACK COUNTRY. A aiemory of . the Song of the Shirt. Where Dickens Foond His Inspira tion In the Home of Hugo. Meeting Bartholdi and See ing Buffalo Bill. Journal of United Labor. The day following our arrival at Bir mingham Sisters Durschlag, Dempsey and myself visited Oradley Heath and vicinity, commonly called the black country, where women make chains and nails, a full account" vhich will be found in my report to the Scripps League." Returning to the city I visited the Free Library, in which there are 90,000 volumes; also the Art Gallery, in which is' a choice collection of paint ings and sculpture, prominent among the latter a beautiful exemplification of Hood's "Song of the Shirt" the form of a woman sewing, with a look of such hopeless despair on her face that it filled me with pity, while underneath are these lines: '0 God ! that bread sheuld be so dear And flesh and blood so cheap?" Perhaps the most striking object of in terest to us in Birmingham was the New . Street Station, said to be the largest railroad station in the world. It is covered by simi-circular roof of glass 2,200 feet long, 424 feet wide and 80 feet high. It covers 11 acres of, ground, and containes 13 platfoims. About 800 trains pass through daily. From Birmingham to London, a three j hours ride,gave us an opportunity to see some very pretty landscape scenery. Arrived in London in a drizzling rain. An attempt to portray all the grandeur or misery of London in a three 'days' visit would be folly. But after a visit to the Strand, Trafalgar Square and Charring Cross, a ride "up the Thames, past the Tower and Wapping Old Stair s, one could readily see where ; Dickens found the subjects for the life-1 inspired pen-pictures which have im mortalized his name. A visit to Wool wich Arsenal, St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, the Palace of Westminster (commonly called House of Parliament), the National Art Gal lery, the Museum, Albert Memorial and Hyde Park will soon impress the visitor with the cause of an English man's pride of London. While in Lon don 1 met at a dinner at the Tavistock Hotel Robert Lincoln, United States Minister; Mr. Bigger, the Irish M. P.; also Mr. Howells, M. P.; as well as several members of of the London press, among whom was one young woman, Miss C. G. Furley. Left London on Monday. August 12, for the home of Victor HugoParis that city of whom an eminent writer once said: ,"For her beauty, her gran deur, her historic fame; for her warlike deeds, her power to lead the mighty nation, and to crown or discrown her monarchs, no city on earth is worthy to be the rival of Paris." Beautiful and historic it is without a doubt, and more interesting in itself than any ex position. When we first arrived 1 think we all felt a good deal the way Mark Twain put it, that everything was "Delightfully Frenchy". Streets made fimiliar by history and Hugo's novels at once claim attention: the Rue de Rivoli, Bois de Bologne, Champs Elysee and Faubourg St. Uonore; the Palace de Concordia, the Tuilleries Gardens and Arch of Triumph are ob jects which, once seen, can never be forgotten. The fourteen day's staj in Paris was fully occupied, and had it been double that time we would not lave seen everything of interest out side of the Exposition. Besides our dinner on Eiffel Tower, where we met the great Bartholdi, who gave each one as a souvenir a piece of the first cast of the Bartholdi statue, and the break fast tendered our party by the Ameri can Minister,we were given a reception and a banquet by the members of the Workingmen's Exchange and a recep tion and lunch by the Muncipal Coun cil in the Hotel de Ville. which means the same as a city hall. It is a magnificent building finished in marble, onyx and gold. There are very many churches, foremost among which is Notre Dame. There is only one En glish speaking Catholic Church, St. Joseph's. The Exposition is wonder ful. Jut to look at from , the outside, it covers a vast area of ground, 288,000 meters; and the total cost of laying out the grounds, erecting buildinds, etc.. was nearly $6,000,000, Machinery Hall costing $1,500,00 ). To view every ex-; hi bit and inspect every gallery means a walk of fifty miles, unles you are wheel ed around in one of the many bath chairs which are truudled about by men of all nationalities, but particular ly the barefoot Chnamm. The United States, with all her wounderful facili ties, was most conspicuous by the ab sence of what we were so capable of showing. There is no doubt that, among all the interesting things the Exposition offers, the Eiffel Tower stands first. It is a masive iron struc ture,' 984 feet high, containing 7,500 tons of iron. Its complete cost was $800,000. It has four legs, covering four acres of grround. Two hundred feet up they consolidate and form the first landing, which has a seating capa city of four thousand, and is occupied by restaurants and stalls where souvi- nis of the Exposition are sold. Two hundred feet further up is the second landing, where a printing press is in motion and a daily paper is printed, called the Figaro. From this up to the third landing is over 500 feet. Above this are the drawing room, bed room, dining-room and kitchen of Mr. Eiffel, and to which the public are not admitted. As I stood at the top of this great structure I was impressed not so much with its height, nor yet grand view of the surroundings, as with tbe dauntless courage and peril of the brave men who erected and completed it, placing every bolt and bar in proper place from this giddy height;yetnotone accident among the workmen marred its erection. ine only inconvenience in making the ascent of the Tower is that the passengers have to change cars en route, so that it takes from one to six hours to make the trip. On the last day of our stay in Paris it was decided to accept an invitation previously ex tended by Hon. W. F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill") to visit his Wild West Show in the evening. At our dinner Colonel and Mrs. Murphy of New York. called on us and presented us with four large cakes of genuine Yankee corn-bread, baked in Buffalo Bill's camp. They have worked indefatigably to secure a corn exhibit in Paris, but Congress fail ing to make a necessary appropriation they were disappointed. They hope, however'" to succeed at the Exposition in New York in 1892. After doing justice to the gift of Cclonei Murphy, escorted by himself and charming wife, we started for the Wild West grounds. Afer making the acquaintance of the "mama" of the tribe, as the lady is cal led who, by the way, is a Philadelphian, and viewing'with a great deal of inter est the quaint little tents in which the people live in this miniature village, we started for the great amphitheatre where the preformance is given. On the way, however, our party spied a genuine American engaged in a genuine Yankee occupation. He was a South ern darkey selling peanuts. They rushed upon him pell-mell, and I do not think his peanuts would have long withstood the strain of their purchase naa not tne cow-Doy Dana struct up the "Star Spangled Banner" in the distance. The boys broke ranks, and like a crowd of school-boys let loose, started for the music. We were ac corded the seats of honor which the crowned heads of Europe occupy, and when Mr. Cody and his entire troupe appeared in the arena he called for three cheers for the American working men, and any one who has ever heard an Indian whoop can imagine how heartly they were given. Five of our party rode around the ring in the old Dead wood coach, under a rain of firing that would make a man's life of but little value were it real instead of a sham. After the performance we met , Dr. I. F. Powell of Wisconsin, Mr. Cody's foster brother, and well known in labor circles as labor's champion and friend; also the General Manager, Mr. Burke, .nd several others. Mr. Cody received us warmly in his tent, and expressed his determination to form part of the attractions of our Ex position in'92. On Sunday morning at 8'oclock we bade our French friends good-bye and started on our homeward route, which I will endeavor to describe in your next issue. . Mrs. L. M. Barry. TARIFF NOTES. Will the republican party be wise and destroy Mr. Cleveland as a political fac tor by lowering the tariff in a manner which shall work confusion; to trusts and relieve the burdens of the people? It cannot crush Mr. Cleveland's cause, but it can make that cause its own. Chi cago News. The tariff is a tax paid by the consu mer in an increased price of the article consumed. Kansas Jeffersonian. There is no reason why the manufac turers of woolen goods should be pro tected by tariff duties against foreign competition, that is not equally applica ble to the producers of wool in this country. If the theory of protection is good for the former, it is just as good for the latter. It is good in both cases, or good in neither. New York Inde pendent. The woolen manufacturers are willing to let congress do what it Avill about du ties on wool if it will, by prohibitory tariff, give them control of the market for fabrics. The people who buy and wear clothes will have something to say on this subject at the ballot box in 1892. New York World. It is an insult to common sense to af firm that the tariff enhances the price of wheat, corn, oats, cattle, hogs, horses or mules, poultry, butter and cheese, milk, hay, fruits, vegetables, cotton or tobacco leaf. The price of the farmer's products is fixed by the foreign mar kets, and the price of nearly everything the farmer buys is determined by the tariff and its incidents. This is an ugly truth, but it cannot be wiped out. Chicago Tribune. . Protection is a species of taxation by which the consumer is made to support the government, while the wealthy pro ducer or manufacturer is, by this pro tective taxation, enabled to charge and obtain a higher price for his wares. Mobile Bulletin. If Cleveland and his tariff reform had won the day, our ears would have been stunned with the charge that this policy has already stopped hundreds of looms, tlu-own thousands of workmen into hopeless poverty and wasted millions of capital. With what huge head lines the journals advocating the doctrine of pro tection would have announced these successive disasters, and with what pa thetic language they would have called upon the people to witness the truth of their predictions? Each successive fail ure would have been pointed at as a further illustration of what foreign com petition, encouraged by the heartless and unpatriotic support of the free tra ders on this side of the water, was do ing to ruin the fair fabric of American industry. New York Journal of Com merce. There is no use to try to fool the farm er and laboring men again. They will vote squarely against the robber tariff, and don't you forget it. Dayton Work man. About six thousand hogs have-been shipped up to date for the present month from Kansas City to Mexico. None but the largest animals are select- en tor this purpose, anil the average weight will not fall much below, 300 pounds. This makes an aggregate shipment of hogs alone for less than a month of 1,800,000 pounds. This is the trade of a single city in a single com modity with the republic of Mexico, and the way to protect it is for the United States to allow Mexico the privileges which she is ready to extend to this country if she can, count on a reciproci ty of favors. Kansas City Star. i MORE MONEY. A Behind-the Times Paper Which Be gins to See the Light. The Washington Sunday Gazette, says the Chicago Sentinel, which has heretofore kept itself within the shad ows of the dead past so far as the mon ey question is concerned, puts on its spectacles long enough to take a look ahead and utter the following: There is one feature of the political economy of the day that has not been settled by the recent election. Yet it is most essential to the well-being of the country one that like the ghost of Ban quo will not down at the bidding of the monometalist, and one that must be settled in no distant future. This fea ture is the more money one, commonly called "Greenbackism" and receiving that popular designation. It means that the prosperity of the people re quires plenty of money. Money, be it re membered, is not value, as the advocates of a gold currency erroneously assert. It is but a representative of value. As such representative it may be made of anything from paper to gold. The sole value given, as money, to money issued by a goverment, is the credit of that government. If the money so issued have an intrinsic value, it will com mand that value not as money but as merchandise. For example: When the Southern Confederacy was on its last legs, a dollar of the United States money was worth about one hun dred thousand dollars of the Confeder acy. After the Confederacy had fallen, its paper dollars Were absolutely value less except as paper, A gold dollar of the Confederacy, after that goverment had gone up, and consequently without credit, was just as valueless as money as was the paper dollar. It was not regarded as money, for it represented no credit of the , goverment that issued it. Bat its commercial value was that of the amount of gold it contained, at the then ruling irate of gold value in London, and it would have commanded that value as merchandise wherever such merchandise was bought. This shows, we think, that money is not value in itself but is' the representa tive of value. Now we have an imminse amount of value in this countr.y The wealth, or the commercial value of tbe United States may be put, for illustration, at the round sum of sixty thousand mil lions of dollars. We use this sum merely for illustrative purposes. We have not less than sixty millions of people. We have not less than one thousand millions of money in circu lation. We cannot carry around with us our houses, our" farms, our mines, or forests when we want to transact busi ness. We must carry with us a rep resentative of them. That represent ative is what the common concensus of the people may decide on, or for safe ty and uniformity, what the govern ment shall decide it to be. To confine it to gold or to limit it to an amount utterly insufficient to carry on buisness without suffering stringency in the money market will not do. We must increase the money supply of the coun try. '."'' The Sunday Gazette comes near the truth in the above. It says "Money is but a representative of value." That is right. Now would not money issued by the goverment on land security, first mortgage, say to one-half or one third of its value, be a representative of value? Would it not be such quite as much as a gold or silver certificate and much more than a paper currency based on gold alone with not over a quarter enough gold to redeem it? THE RESULT OF LOW WAGES. About the middle of this century, Sir John Lubbock, an eminent English man, wrote as follows, viz. "There is likely to be an effort made by the capi tal class to fasten upon the world a rule through their wealth, and by means of reduced wages, place the masses upon a footing more degrading and depend ent than has ever been known in his ory. The spirit of money - worshippers seems to be rapidly developing in this direction." This language seems pro phetic in the light of such facts as these: v . . "In London, March 19th, 1887 there were exclusive of lunatics in asylums, patients in hospitals and vagrants, 103,714 paupers officially reported in her care; and it is said some 48,000 helpless distressed vagrants hide away in her dens and Slums; 60,000 families, or 240,000 souls manage to eke out an existence in her cellars; 20,000 saloons are supported by 600,000 drunkards; 80,000 women are driyen to prostitution and 250,000 women get but S1.50 per week. The income tax returns show that 57,000 persons own three-fifths of all the wealth of the kingdom." The above official facts constitute a literal fulfillment of the prophetic words of Sir John Lubbuck. From the state of New York a farm er writes: "In the last twenty-live years the price of produce has been re duced one-half, while, salaries, interest and transportation remain about the same. United States bonds which were bought for 40 to 50 cents on the dollar, are now paid at $1.00 to $1.30 and no taxes, while in New York state real estate pays nine-thnths of all the taxes. While the farmer has been working the money sharks have been devising ways and means to rob in him of his hard earnings. The millionaires on the one hand and the struggling farmers on the other tell only too well how how they have succeeded. What is the cause of all this? Legislation. What is the cure? Legislation. When will the cure be brought about? Never, so long as farmers continue to vote for money sharks and corporation law yers." The Australian System in Connecticut. Little Connecticut has adopted the Australian ballot. Says the Chicago Herald: "So long as open ballots prevailed in Connecticut the factory owners were enabled to drive their employes to the polls in gangs and vote them as they chose. This they systematically and in the most shameful manner did from year to year. No considerations of de cency balked them; no efforts of the op position sufficed to prevent them. When coercion failed money was employed with equal shamelessness. - Hereafter these things are not to be. A factory hand may now, like his neigh bor, prepare a ballot in secret, cover it with an envelope and place it in the box without disclosing its nature to a living soul. No heeler or overseeker can in timidate him, for these worthies are not allowed near the polls. Bribery, also, becomes a matter of very much greater difficulty; for, though the henchmen of the protectionists may contract for votes, they can have no assurance of their ability to deliver the goods. The new plan of elections in Connect icut is essentially the so-called Austra lian plan, which i3 now offered to the people of Iowa. Not unlikely, its adop tion in the latter state would be produc tive of some startling results." The above constitutes a verv eosrent argument in favor of the secret ballot. J - L tv-v i W e hope the Alliance men of Nebraska ; will demand of their next legislature the passage of this law. Stock shipped to Allen Root, care of Bell, Collins & McCoy, Omaha, by members of the Alliance, will realize 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 Alii- ances at jobber's rates. Send all r-' ders to Allen Root. Shipments of Vegetables, fruits or poultry, Should be billed to Mr. Root, care of Bowman, Williams & Howe's, Omaha. W. C. T. 0. COLUMN. vSfltSft byrM8S F"Acs E. Towjrsfjer. of r-K.L Jeb ' ot the Nebraska Woman's Christian Temperance Union. The.?w0rof The Almascb places the re sponsibility of this column In the care of the above editor. Figs From Thistles. ' EHILT BAKER 8MALI.K. I've lately been doing-some thinking Turning things round in ray mind There are lots of thing3 to think of, When once you get at it, I And. v Tve never been much of a thinker. But what can a fellow do " Who's stuck a rusty nail in his foot, And vacation not half through? There are some of the Bible verses That sound at the first real queer, But when you just work thera over, The queerness will disappear. Now 'bout "gathering flgs from thistles," T has a curious kind of sound, But I've been thinking it over, And the meaning is plain, I've found. I don't know as I can tell it, But it means that a thing won't grow On or from something that's different The Lord has made it so. You can't get plums from a peach-tree. And a kitten will grow to a cat; A puppy a dog surely will be. And nobody wonders at that. If we plant in the spring the grain of corn. We know that It won't grow wheat. And you can't from the stalk of a rose-bush. Expect something good to eat. And so I carry it farther, And surely I can see That an idle, useless, troublesome boy, Won't grow to the man for me. If I'd be like Grant or Garfield, Or the old Emperor over the sea. With millions of loving people - Hoping and praying for me, I've got to be first a splendid boy From good boys grow such men It just as surely follows, As the sun will rise again. "Whatever we sow, that we shall reap, It is only saying the same. If I sow "wild oats" in my spring-time, I can only harvest shame . Now I've got pretty tired of thinking. But I know as sure's I can whistle, No boy or man in all this world Ever gathered a "fig from a thistle!" Nicotine. I am the Spirit Nicotine; ( Ti8 I who guide the lips between, Through tbe lips 1 trace the brain. There I am a mighty pain. I pursue my fatal track . , ' Down the arched and marrowy back. And the verterbrte grow slack. Naught can hinder.naught can swerve; I pervade each secret nerve. Pick my meal with knife and dart y From the palpitating heart; Quaff the leaping, crimson flood Of the rich and generous blood. I the yellow bile diffuse, Paint the face in ghastly hues. Muscle and sinew May not continue To hold their wonted haughty pride. The while I through the system glide. Slowly I my purpose wrea a, Slowly fades the blooming cheek. Gloomy fancies I suggest, Fill with feas the hardy breast. The limbs then fail. The lamp Jiurns dim. Life hears death's hail, And answers him. , Heart and liver, lungs and brain. All their powers lose amain, And yield to me; And I! And I! Laugh to see My victim die. -- Jewish Messenger.. Who smites the.rock and spreads the water, Bidding drink and live a crowd beneath him, Even him the minute makes iirmortal. Robert Browning. The hardest blows reformation has had the temperance in this centurv have been in the fact that some reform ers have halted under the delusion of this high license movement. You know what it is. It is the white flag of truce sent out from alcoholism to prohibition to make the battle pause long enough to get the army of decanters and demi johns better organized. Away with that flag of truce or I will fire on it. Be twern these two armies there can be no truce. On the one side is God and so briety and the best interests of the world, and on the other side is the sworn enemy of all righteousness, and either rum must be defeated or the church of God and civilization. De Witt Talmage. , A veiy practical and inexpensive way of aiding temperance is the erection of drinking fountains and watering troughs in front of churches and reputable busi ness places. It is a well-known fact that, in large cities, the only convenient place for watering horses is in front of a sa loon, and that many men are driven in to a saloon through thirst who would gladly patronize the fountoin if it were at hand. Dr. Judson, of New York City, has a drinking fountain near his church, and the baptist Tabernacle Church of Boston has recently erected one in front of that edifice. It is estimated that 67,830,565 bushels of grain are used in the production of malt and distilled liquors in this country annually. This feartul waste would furnish to each of the 1,000,000 families of our working classes an equivalent of six barrels of flour, while the $900,000, 000, spent annually for intoxicating liquors would give each family a bank account of $900. - Price List of Oils to Alliances. 150 test, medium white coal oil, 114 cents. 150 " prime " " " 104 " 175 " Y. L. " " " 13 " 74 stove gasoline " 114 " 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 Der srallon. In barrel lots. 50 I cents per gallon. Axle grease, thirty- six boxes in case, $1.85. Allen Hoot, State Agent. Orders for coal must be sent in dur ing September to insure the price and certainty of having orders filled. Van Wyoming, coal, $1.75 per ton. Nut or egg coal $1. Freight on any Hnes of R j Nebrask $4.25 per to. 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, i .25 Ttpr ton. Can be shipped direct to all points ou the Rock Island R. R. at regular tann rates, iroiuis ou u. P. add $1.60 to Omaha rates; by St. Joe $1 to regular rate. Tnis is one of the best Iowa mines. . ' ; XjlOK INSURANCE.-See at addreSwigart ereaSu&?& Nebraska. TIE ' THE FABIJERS' OWN PAPER. Magnificent Premium Offer! ; ,v,' 00 , In order to compensate our friends for their aid in extending the circulation of Tho Alliance we make the following UNPKECEDENTEDLY LIBERAL OFFEItS of Premiums: History of the Johnstown Flood. Illustrated. 453 pages. Cloth binding, elegant print. RETAIL PRICE 11,50. We will send The Alliance one Year and this book, post-paid, for $1,76. Or, we will send the book for Seven new names for one year at one dollar. Magner's Farmers' Encyclopedia. Profusely Illustrated. Beautifully bound in muslin and gilt. C30 pages. This u a wrtu vnown Standard work. It embraces a full compendium of veterinary knowledge in att branches of farm husbandry, and a vast amount of information which should be in mry farmers' family. RETAIL PRICE $2,75. Wc will send this book, post-paid, and The Alliance One Year for $2,60. Or, we will send the book for twelve newoiames at one dollar. Stanley's Wonderful Adventures in Africa. Profusely Illustrated. Beautiful muslin and gilt binding. 687 pages. This is a tionkof absorbing Interest, and no one will regret Its purchase even at much more than our prkv. RETAIL PRICE $2,75. We will send this book, post-paid, and The Alliance one year for $3,73. Or, we will send the book for twelve new names at one dollar. We are enabled to make these unparalleled offers because of wholesale contracts male with Jobbers. Address, Alliance Publishing Co.. Lincoln, Neb. AURORA, KANE CO., 111., IMPORTER AND BREEDER OF Cleveland and Shire Horses. 300 YOUNG AND VIGOROUS STALLIONS AND MARES, OF CHOICEST BREEDING NOW ON HAND. LARGE IMPORTATION RECENTLY ARRIVED. I will make special prices and liberal terms to parties buying before winter. 200 High-Bred IIolstein-Friesian Cattle. Deep Milking Strains at Low Prices. When answering Advertisements mention Thk Alliancs. Ifm OBTAIN CHICAGO Theway to do this is to ship your Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Veal, Hay. Oraln, Wool., Hid. 'teans, Breom Corn, Green and Dried Fruits, Vegetables, or anything you have, to us. Tho avi umi juu umj un, u ruiuiiK i"fe aruuies m nome Tor years is no reason that you ihould continue to do so if you can find a better nrkct. We make a specialty of reeeivinir shipments direct from FARMERS AND PRODUCERS, and probably have the luYcvst trade In :his war of any house in this market. ket in which to buy your goods and thus to give some attention to the nest aim nu invite correspondence i'row INDIVIDIM who desire to ship their produce to this market. ...m u y''i uioiRci ii inni, ciii.iiu8 uiiTCuuns ma sucn lniormauon as will lt-of cor-i-ice to you if you contemplate shipping. JLet us hear from you. SUMMERS, MOBBISON & CO., COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 1 74 S. WATER, ST., CHICAGO. REFERENCE: Metropolitan Nation Bauk, THIS QUAKER IS THE IMPROVED DURING 1880. Grinds finer; runs lighter, is Also Manufacturers of Hand Sheilers, Post-Hole Diggers. Send for Catalogue before buying. Agents Wauted in Unoccu pied Territory. 3ral8J SPRINGFIELD IMPLEMENT Co., Springfield, O. WHY PA Y RETAIL PRICES WHEN YOU CAN BUY AT WHOLESALE WHATEVER YOU EAT, WEAR OR USE. WE BLA.VE2 NO AGENTS. Write for full Catalogue Bent tbxb. H. R. EAGLE & CO., F&rrasrs1 Ufcolssalt Supply llcustv e3 WADASH AVE., CHICACO. W D. NICHOLS GENERAL. DEALER IN r BEATRICE, NEB. Have some Fine Bargains in Improved Farms. Lots For Sal In Every Addition in the City. OFFICE, 50T COURT ST. TELE. 82. 10tf. GREAT-WESTERNFEED 'STEAM UC. Great Western Feed Steamer AND TANK HE ATE R Cooks one to three barrels feed at one filling. Fire box surrounded with water on top and sides. Any kind of fuel. Easily managed and cleaned as a box stove. fSend for Circulars. Agents wanted. UOVEE H. M. CO.. 3inl6 Tama, Iowa. J. C. McBRIDE. II. S. BELL. McBRIDE & BELL DEALERS IN Real Estate, Loan and IrLSzra.iio Office, 107 S. 11th St., Basement, lincoln, nebraska. Agents for M. K. & Trust Co. Houses Built on ten years' time. Debt cancelled in case of Death. Anything to trade let us know of it. J. M. ROBTJSTSOIT, Kenesaw, Adams County, Nebr. WiT)iM,t'lTrrr"!r(1 Breeder and Shipper f Recorded Poland China Hogs. Choice - Breeding Stock for sale. Write for wants. Mention Tho Alliance ' ' f LARGE I FIRE-BOX; J ! 3 FEET LONG g ENTIRELY rwU M FOR ALLIAICE -00- PRICES FOE YOUR If requested, we will send yon fno of Chicago. Mention The Alliuuc CITY (ME MILL For Corn and Cobs, Feed and Table Meal. It more durable fhan any mill on the market. Self-Dump Hay Rakes, Cultivator. Com Wm. Daily & Co. LIVE STOCK Co inn !1! Is it Cattle, Hogs, Sheep and Horses. CASH ADVANCES ON CONSIGN MENTS. ROOM 34, Exchange Building, Union Stock Yards, South Omaha. References; Ask your Rankers. istf NOTICE TO MILLERS For Sale or Rent, A Roller Flouring mill 'with water power, one mile from Lincoln. A.T.SAWYER. TBL J. THORP & CO., Manufacturers of Rubber Stamps, Seals, Stencils, Badges and v Baggage Checks Kvci v Description. Established 1W0. S. ilU St.. LINCOLN, NEil. Job Printin tfEATl-Y PONE A.t tlais Office H. C. STROLL, -TP-TTrv BREEDER OF J$ XheM Most Imnrovrnl Ttroo.la rr . . r Poland China, Chester White, Small Yorkshire and Essex Hos. Satisfaction guarantor in all cases. P. O. Address. BEATRICE. Neb Whilst Von nra lnnklnor Hvnimd fr& thn lwikvt economizr;g in that way, it will ccrtainl v rv von )st profitable wc- of disposing of your product. We lLS. ALLIANCES. rrVlll anrf .ill ssion IJerchan wirrcr fsfm Ytft r