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ALLIANCE DIRECTORY. VATtnMAt, AMjf ANCB. President. .T. Burrows, Filley, Neb. Vice President, H. L. Loueks, Cloar Creek, Dakota. ecretary, .August Post. Moulton, Iowa. Treasurer. Hon. J.J. Fn-'ong, Austin Minn. Lecturer, A. l Chose, Watertown, Dak. NEBRASKA STATE ALLIANCE. President, John. If. Powers, Cornell. Vice President, James Clark. Wabash. Secrctary-Treasjrer, J. M. Thompson, Lincoln Lecturer, M, ,M. Case, Crcighton. Executive Committee: J. Burrows Filley; B. F. Allen, Wabash; Allen Jtoot, Omaha; L. Henry, Hansen; W. M. oray, North Loup. Post Office at Lincoln, Neb., June 18, 1889. I hereby certify thatTna 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 tlie mails at the pound rate of postage, and entry of it as such is accordingly made upon tho books of this office. Valid while the character of the publication re mains unchanged. Albert Watkiks, Postmaster. 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. Write plain and only on one side of the paper. Sign what you choose to your articles but send us your name always. How Shall I Yotc How shall I vote, i a very serious question, among those who partially orJ fully comprehend the situation in which the country now is. If a vote is to ex Dress the will of the voter, creat care should be taken that it expresses his will and not. the will of some one else. It is the solemn duty of every voter to thoroughly examine himself and find put just what his opinions are on ques tions at issue. When that is determined the more difficult task arises to find an individual to represent them. These two questions solved, voting is a very simple matter. - Then alone will the bal lot express the will of the people. This defeated, voting becomes a farce and the ballot a lie, and so bare faced for the last twenty-live years that thoughtful men have become alarmed. The remedies yet proposed form but a system of inconsistencies and defects- The individual voter carries within himself the entire remedy. If by any combinations previous to the day of election he is practically defeated in his principles or candidate, he cannot go to the polls and vote without voting a falsehood. More, that falsehood is counted as God's truth against him. The effect, of this is disastrous in the ex treme. A falsehood voted in Maine is counted in Texas and Oregon. This living lie once born is the foundation on which is built the great political par ties. Not vote at all i the remedy. By fo doing the voter will not add his por tion of the fuel to the flames that are consuming him. Let us apply this prin ciple to the coming election. Let every voter carefully, prayerfully and consci entiously survey the whole situation, and if you unaided come to the conclu sion that the corporations have defeated Norval. never let it be said that you have voted a falsehood and that false hood counted as truth against you. If upon examination Ames is found to be a corporate tool (which is more than likely then one is just as good as the other) and you cross over to Ames for revenge for the loss of Reese, you vote a double falsehood. No, never! Vote it -blank, and let the Supreme Judge of Nebraska be elected by votes that re flect the will of those who cast them. 10,000 unbiased votes is all he would have. Laws in the Second district should be treated the same. Every voter in the district knows his record, and the 5th of November will determine how many fail to think, and- so far forget them selves, and be found climbing upon the donkey that corporations have saddled for them. Lot the corporation vote elect the corporation ticket. It would not mend the matter in the least to vote for Casper, only stultify yourselves. The only safe way not to be counted against what you believe, is to v ote them blank. Try it once. Think over the matter enough to have an opinion of your own and vote it. or'not vote at all. A. 11. Notice to Farmers of Cass County. Wm. II. Pool, candidate for Recorder in Cass county, is a member of the Wa bash Farmers' Alliance, the first Alli ance organized in Cass county. He has a good farm near Wabash, the result of twenty years hard work in Cass county, and Ls in every way qualified for the po sition, having tilled the office for one term to the satisfaction of all Cass coun ty people. His interests are identical with the interests of the farmers and laboring men of Cass county. All Alli ance men should vote and work for Mr. Pool. While on the other hand we iind a young banker, a son of the illustrious banker oi tass county, Known all over jNeorasKa as uu x armeie. ine young mam Charles, that, the banks of Cass county would bring before the people for Recorder, has quite a reputation for money making, and has been guilty of practices which disqualify him for the mm rages oi t ne people lor mat or any other office, as is shown by the docket in the Justice Court of Plattsmouth, of the 17th day of August, 1885. This is .it. c i i -i-- uv rvuiu uih nnwi i-uc j.iiiiiieie uuuks would like to buy into office in Cass county. Look out for your interests as the banks would do. and work for Wm II. Pool. , Orafino, Neb., Oct. 22, 1889. Mr- J. M. Thompson, Dear Sir: Inclosed find $2.00 for subscription to your valuable paper The Alliance. The Alliance will be the emancipator of the farmer and laborer if they will onry read it and study the issues of the day as it clearly points them out, and then, when tiiey see how matters stand, throw party affiliations to the winds, and act in har mony tor their-own interests as ra tional men should. Yours veiy truly, A. W. Graham. Why are Farmers Poor. The prncipal reason seems to me, to bo the scarcity of money, for if the farm er has no money it stops his purchasing power, and as soon as the farmer and laborer's trade falls off, the commerce of the world is stagnant. If there was plenty of money the prices of the farm er's products would be enhanced, and enable him to pay his, hired help better wages, and he would not have to scrimp his family, but could go and buy the necessaries of life, and increase trade, thereby giving an impetus to trade which is impossible under the financial system of to-day. Now as to the prac ticable remedy. Compel congress to increase the currency of the United liviva mini inc unto ui iuc luuuvw the farm raises to equality with the sal aries of public officers and high priced railroad presidents, which would ena ble us to pay our taxes, and pay off our debts easily. Of course we expect bankers and capitalists to kick and be bitterly opposed to this move, and mon ey is a powerful factor in the manipula tion of this government. But if wre conclude that this is the right thing to do, and go at it with a will, we can make it win. Some farmers may op pose the idea of inflation, but when we remember that our population has in creased several millions during the last twenty years, and during the same pe riod our government, through the influ ence and in the interest of capitalists, has drawn in the greenback and the fractional currency which was in circa lation, and have locked up most of the silver in government vaults, and issvied certificates instead in denominations so high they are entirely out of the reach of the people, we can easily see why money is scarce. Again, twenty years' ago we had good times. We also had forty dollars per capita circulation. To-day we have hard times with less than twelve, dollars per capita of circulation. This change in our national finances gives money a power over us which if continued will soon break us down. Of course no patriotic citizen would favor inflation beyond a point which would serve the best interests of the people. Now let us demand of congress the passage and enforcement of stringent laws against trusts and combines. . Brothers, this will give us the relief we seek, and nothing else will. Des peration stares us in the face. Will desperation drive us from our lethargy to fight this thing to a successful finish? Yours for the right, John D. Axdeksox, Ansley, Neb. THE KEY SOTE. The Multiplication of Political Issues. The adoption of new issues bj an old dominant party, before said issues be come popular, is sure to disintegrate and defeat the party. The same policy pursued by a new organization or party is sure to prevent its growth and make success impossible. These propositions are self-evident when we take into account the actual facts. Let us consider the facts. The leading basic and principles of the People's Party, of the Knights of Labor, of the Grangers, of the Farmers Alliance, and Labor Unions, are: First Abolition of Land Monopolv. Second Money at Cost. Third Transportation at Cost. Perhaps none of these organizations have yet literally adopted these precise formula. But a careful reading of thier declaration of principles and literature, will show that these three propositions are a condensed synopisof their leading principle and practical aims; and the only means of accomplishing their avowed purpose The Emancipation of Labor fro31 the Tyranny of Capital. A large majority of the American people are already in favor of these principles as a means of emancipation. In other words the primary Pur pose and End of all these organiza tions and their friends and supporters, is the Emancipation from the tyranny of capital; and the above three political measures are regarded as the means, and the only practial, constitutional, and conservative means, for their accomp lishment. All these organizations and their friends unitedly make a large majority of the people. Therefore, all that is necessary to accomplish our end and purpose, is to unite in what we all most desire. All that prevents an immediate union on these three essential measures is the multiplicaiou of minor side issues. THIS MULTIPLICATION OF ISSUES IS TTIE MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS OUR EN EMIES TAKE TO "DIVIDE AND CON- QUOR." AND IT IS TIIE MOST FATAL MISTAKE OUR SIIORT-SIOIITED FRIENDS MAKE. ' There is no rational hope of our suc cess till, we unite on the above named essential measures, and set our faces as a flint against the introduction of side issues, (however good in themselves,) till the primary end is attained. Jio North, no South. Every Alliance man that failed to hear the National President, J. Burrows, of Filley, Neb., and the National Lec turer, Ben Terrell, of Texas, missed the greatest treat of his life, by not being at the Alliance meeting in Wmfield Sat turday, Oct. 19. Their speeches were simply grand,-and no one could fail to understand and appreciate their talk One of them v is a southerner and the other a northerner, but they can prove to there ''auvi ukao, I x i oc jl i.coo. ..i "Wimm-n. 41., u-,i ""wtici cuuudis tiio vuiuuie money in any country, is absolute mast- ler of all industry and commerce." I James A. Garfield. any non-partisan -spirited man why telligent labor, and a good portion is es- should be "no north," "no south." R5?.1, aa;a?te 'V toT -yt PurIoses. tVnc 1?., T.noa WSUUUiU AUtiA-oic, JJcnislUHU, iUaiUB. CONDITION OF THE PRODUCERS. Will the Next U. S. census snow the Mortgage Indebtedndss on Farms. There is a growing feeling that the farmers and other wealth producers do not receive an equitable return for their tiol. The statement is repeatedly made that the rich are growing richer and the poor poorer:" that 95 per cent of the wealth of the country is owned by less than five per cent of the population; that three-fifths of all the wealth is in the bauds of less than thirty thousand persons, and that the sturdy, self-respecting farmer i3 becoming the American peasant. Much statistical information is gathered and published to show the production of wealth in this country, but none to show its dis tribution. An important step in this direction, in fact the primary step, would be the collection of data to show to what extent the farms and the homes the basis of our civilization are owned by their occupants and free from debt. Correspondence has been had with the chiefs of the bureau of statis tics of the various states, by asking them whether they had collected any such information. With singular un animity they reply that the facts are of great importance and ought to be col lected, but that the labor and expense of such an investigation are too great to be undertaken by a state bureau, and that the work naturally devolves on tue national census. Mr. "Robert P. Por ter. suDerintendent of the eleventh cen sus, in reply to correspondence on this subject, tays the act authorizing the census did not contemplate the collec tion ol these data; that before he can undertake the work t there must be special legislatin by congress instructing him to do so, and that he will lay the matter before the secretary of the in terior with a view to secure such legis lation, mere is no aouot that it a general public demand existed, the legislation could be secured. The coun try cannot afford to wait till another census for the facts, as at least fifteen years would be required to make them public, and in these days of the rapid concentration of wealth into a few hands that time is too long for a first diagnosis of the case. By that date the patient will be fatally ill. With a view to creating such a de mand the Western Economic associat ion of St Louis has issued an address to the farmers and other wealth pro ducers of the country. The practical method of procedure is for any body of such individuals, either organized or unorganized, to adopt resolutions of the following character and to send them to Washington: Whereas, There is a growing belief that the farmers and other producers of the country do no t obtain an equitable share of the wealth which they create, and that the farms and the homes of the country are very largely under mortgage; and, Whereas, Exact knowledge on this subject is of great impotance in the study of the social and economic ques tions of the day; therefore, be it by in sert here the name of the body adopting the resolution and the locality. Resolved, That it is our judgment that the next U. S. census should show what percentage of the people of this country occupy their own farms and homes, and what proportion are ten ants: what proportion have their pro perty free from debt; and of the farms and homes that are under mortgage, wnat percentage or the value is so mortgaged; and be it further Resolved, That the secretary of this meeting be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to Hon. John W. Noble, secretary of the interior, Wash ington, D. C,and a copy to the congress man from this district, with a request that he use his influence to have these facts collected and published. This matter is neither republican nor democratic. It is purely economic. The appeal is made to you Tersonally, the reader. Next time you attend a rneetiug ot the Wheel, the Alliance, the Farm ers' and Laborers' union, ordinary mass meeting, or whatjnot, introduce resolu tions expressing these sentiments, and send them to the officers named. As the reassembling of congress is at hand, and as considerable time will be re quired to procure the necessary legisla tion, and to prepare the schedules for the .next enumeration prompt action is necessary. CHEAP EASTERN FARMS. The State Immigration Commissioner of Vermont is letting a little daylight into the past and present financial methods of the two old parties. Here is what he has to suy about what the in dependent and prosperous farmer has found out in 'Vermont, under the glori ous financial management of the repub lican and democratic parties. He says; In the town of Reading, Windsor county, 4,000 acres can be purchased at from $3 to $4 per acre. Some of this land has buildings, and some has only old cellar holes and stone walls to tes tify to former civilization. In Chelsea, tne county seat oi urange county, a farm of SO acres, with good barn and farm buildings, has just sold for $250; another farm of 300 acres, with good sou anil good buildings, was recently sold for $1,100, and there are many othei opportunities to buy real estate equally low. In Vershire, m the same county, thirty-five to forty contiguous farms are abandoned and unoccupied. Many have fair buildings, and others could be made comfortable with small outlay. Thev can be bought for a sum not to exceed $5 per acre, and considerably less for much ot the land. In Jamaica, Wind ham county, a farm of 300 acres, with fair buildings, sugar orchard, wood and timber, is listed at $810; another of 152o acres, good buildings and orchard, at $700; 1)0 acres in high state of culti vation, at $760. Norton, Essex county, reports 20,000 acres of good farming land selling lor $o an acre. In that county there are more than 125,000 acres oi unoccupied contiguous land, which would make good producing larms, and could be bought very low. In Newark, Caledonia county, there are at least twenty-live farms of as good land as any in the country, which can be bought lor irom $3 to $4 per acre jl ne commissioner states that there are large tracts of tillable land which can be bought at a price approximating the price or western lands, situated near schools and churches, and not far from railroad facilities. Much of it can be made to yield a liberal reward to in .." , Hiqually as startling ngures can be e iurnished DV any state in the Union. oil -i , autl by tho time tne mortgage business is complete, even these ngures will look large. W. C. T. U. COLUMN. Edited by Mrs. 8. C. O. Upton, of Lincoln, Neb- of the Nebraska woman's Christian Temperance Union. The editor of The Aixtance places the re- BponsiDinty or mis commn in iue eure oi tne above editor. The following is one of many beauti ful tributes, in prose and verse, sent to Miss F. E. Willard,Nat'l. President of W. C. T. U. on the ccasion of the cele bration of her fiftieth birthday, Sept. 28th. MIT FRIEND. To F. E. W., 1839-1889.1 My friend. Ten thousand call thee by that name: They share thy thought, thy work, thy fame; They build beside thee day by day The fair accents of God's highway They bear the burden and the heat; They follow on with willing feet Where ways are rough and strong still x With folded hands stand idly by, And call thee friend ! Mv friend. They also call thee so who stand For truth and freedom in me iana , The sage, the poet, the divine, The 8tateman, offer at thy shrine, Each from his own fair laurel erown, A spray to weave into thine own ; While I, not having bays to share. Stand mutely by and smiling dare To call thee friend J My friend, A round of years ago we stood And looked, at Ufa and truth, and good Until the place grew dim and strait; But as we looked, the eastern gate Swung heavenward, and we faced the morn. The old day died the new was born; Since when, beneath the broadening light, I inly bear the same birthright, And call thee friend 1 Dear friend, Thy year-glass runs with golden sand. And thousands greet thee through the land ; Yet in this little soul-space, where We saw the light, we breathed the air Of the new day that glows and grows In silence, like the unfolding rose, On this small coinge of vantage I Stand heart-secure as they pass by, And bless my friend. Mary A. Lathbury. DRUNKEN JIM. There was a crowd of jeering, hoot ing boys up the street, a few carious men pausing to ask, "What's the row?" and a few women's faces peering from doors and windows near by, as poor drunken Jim in his futile rage re sisted arrest until the policeman's club felled him, and bruised and man acled he was hurried off to the lock-up. "What has the poor man done?" nslrPil Q hvetanilor " -'0" said one, "It is only drunken Jim on a tear again; he has 'em every so often you know." And I walked away asking' myself, how many drunk en Jims are turned out of our saloons on this bleak night, maddened with drink, to endanger life on the street, to be driven like dogs to the cal aboose, or to go home to terrorize their weak wives and hapless children? If '"drunken Jim" were simply a sort of infernal machine into which one turn a given - quanity of alcohol and it would go forth to alarm, injure and destroy, how speedy a punishment would be meted out to him who would pour in alcohol that supplies the mo tive powerl Yet, to day, that is about all the poor man is. II is .will is gone; his sell re spect is lost, his hope, if it be not dead, it has cause to be. What is there left but a machine to be fired ready for brutal deeds, by the rnmsellers hand? And the rumseller does more than that, he reduces Jim from a man to a ma chine, so he both makes and sets the infernal machine in motion. Is there no law to stop such deeds? "Drunken Jim" was blue-eyed Jimmie to his mo ther, and back in the vine-covered Indiana farm-house, she dreams of her James "out west" seeking to make him self a home. How cunning he was with his tool, when she used to call him her "little carpenter." How proud she was when he brought her the nrst money he had earned! What a good workman he' was I May those eyes be closed to mortal sight ere they behold the boy of her hope and dreams transformed to "nrnnban Tim 5 Xl UUBCU U IU1 And God pity the state that licenses saloons to destroy other mothers sons who "go west" and in their loneliness and homesickness drift into that mad- storm in the gulf of which poor "drunk en Jim" has fallen! The bible says: "Woe unto him that putteth the bottle to his neighbor's lips and mateth him drunken." The license law says: If you pay the legal lee into the treasury you may offer the bottle to your neighbors at your pleasure, and make them drunken and bring them to poverty, and beggar their families and destroy their souls. Can the government that for a cash pay ment licenses men to do this wickedness avert from the doers the woe that God has pronounced? Will it not, rather. bring the curse down on its own head? And if these io;nt partners in the business of destruction are punished with woe equal to the woe they cause, then who shall sound its depths? Is it not time that they who fear God and desire to keep His commandments should separate themselves from every party, by what ever name called, that is guilty of upholding this sinful sys tern? 'How else can they escape their share of retribution, how else can they stand with a clear conscience before their God? The iruit of high license is ripening fast in Nebraska. No comment can add to the effectiveness of this unblushing account of collecting the monthly tax levied upon brothels m Omaha, as pub lished in the Daily Herald of that city: "Avery handsome income indeed is the city's share of the profits of pros titution in Omaha. The sum varies slightly each month, but $1,500 is a low estimate of the average reciepts per month. This month bids fair to exceed this figure,$l, 173.50 having been paid to the clerk of the court yestesday. At through the day a silent procession wound its way to the clerk's desk, and another line of silent ones glide out If a child brought tho money it was in variaby a sable-skinned cherub. Trust ednegro women servants and, in a few cases, the keepers of houses, appeard in person." Union Signal. Measured by area prohibition has triumphed in states containing 149,100 square miles of territory this year, ana failed m the "battle of the ballots to carry in an area covering 64,085 square miles. But the trouble is, liquor don' want the beautiful, free prairies; l wants the nation's boys. What Is the Matter With BasI oessl There is no question that confronts the people today of so much vital im portance as this one of business. Travel from Maine to California and a nearly every place you may chance to stop you will hear this same cry, "What is the matter with business?" Throughout the country try business never was so stag nated as at the present time. And what is the cause? Simply no money wtfti which to move the goods. Where is the money? In the United States treas ury, and in the banks, locked up How came it there? The law put it there. How are you going to get it? The same way it was put there by law. How are you going to get the law? By turning these thieves and robbers out, that have been plundering us for the last twenty years, and placing statesmen not scheming demagogues, in their places. This is no fancy notion, but something real and serious; and unless relief comes very soon nothing but gen eral bankruptcy will stare the business men of this country in the face. Goods are a drug in the market simply because the people have no money with which to buy them. The money put into the treasury by this gang of quacks must be got out to do its mission. We have millious of money lying idle in the treasury, and millions of debt lying out of it, sapping us to death with interest, and the enterprising business men fail ing at the rate of 14,000 a year for the need of this very money which these quack statesmen have put beyond their reach, simply to satisfy their greed and enrich a few money jobbers who have their clutches on the throat of business, strangling it to death. Business men, laborers and all pro ducers, you must join hands again&t this class of robbers and remove their hands from off the throat of industry, and give it a chance to breathe, or you will be dead ducks. National Ad vocate. Give Them The Law. A conductor of a Union Pacific freight train Monday threw a passenger from the train in order to comply with a com pany rule wrhich is not sanctioned by the law of the land. The passenger failed to purchase a ticket and tendered the mon ey for, his fare; but under the rules of the company conductors of freight trains are not allowed to accept money. Not only did the train official decline to ac cept the money, but he threw the passen ger forcibly from the train, and the man sustained injuries which will make him a cripple for life. Railway companies have many im pudent rules, but none is more presump tious that which sets all law at de fiance and declares that money is not a legal tender. The tender of the cash entitled the passenger to a ride, and the Act that he was a human being should nave protected, him from such a brutal assault. In this instance there is an ex cellent opportunity for two branches of the court to deliberate with profit to the community; the civil branch to in terpret the law regarding the rights of indiviuals and the duty of corporations; the criminal branch to determine that even a wealthy railroad cannot protect an employe who chooses to adopt the tac tics of a brute. World Herald. The American JNewspaper Annual, published by N. W. Ayer & Sox, Phila delphia, adorns our table. This is a ery valuable and comprehensive work, t contains a list of all newspapers and periodicals in the United States and Canada, complete lists of all religious, agricultural, medical, commercial, sci entific and educational publications, and of all publications printed in foreicrn anguages, and a vast amount of general and statistical information of practical aluo te almost every business man. Another leading feature is a carefully prepared description of every county in the U. S., giving its location, area; near navigable streams, character of its sur- ace and soil, leading crops and manu- actuies, and its county-seat and popu- ation. It gives the population of every state, territory, county and county-seat, of all the large cities and towns, and of almost every place in which a newspa per is published. While no publisher can afford to do without this work, it is also invaluable to business men who are advertisers. Price $5.00. High interest, high rents and usury have cursed labor and civilization more than pestilence, famine and war: and strange as it may appear, it is the usur er, cursed of heaven, condemned by prophets and bold men,thrust out of the tempie oy the Divine Master, that is to-day ruling the kingdoms of Europe, robbing the toiling masses in every land, and shaping the course of both parties in this nation. Richard F. Trevellick in Toiler. Price List of Oils to Allances. 150 test, medium white coal oil, 11V cents. 150 " prime " " " 10i 175 " Y. L. " " " 13 74 etove gasoline " 1114 " These oils in barrel lots. The best harness oil in either one or five gallon cans, 70 cents per gallou. Pure Neat's foot oil in one to five gallon cans, GO cents per gallon. In barrel lots, 50 cents per gallon. Axle grease, thirty- six boxes m case, $1.8o. Allek Hoot, State Agent. Stock shipped to Allen Root, 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. Orders for coal must be sent in dur ing September to insure the price and certainty cf having orders filled. Van Dyke, Wyoming, coal, $1.75 per ton .Nut or egg coal $1. reignt on any lines or u.l . in iNeorasKa srzo per ton; on B. & M. $4.6o per ton. Cham berlain plows, good as made, shipped from Omaha, 14 and 16 inch, $14. By one-half car lots, $12.2o. Champion self -dump steel wrheel 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 R. R at regular tariff rates. Points onx U. P. add $1.60 to Omaha rates; by St. Joe $1 to regular rate. Tnis is one of the best Iowa mines. SUBSCRIBE FOR ALLIAIC F11BEB' in UltS. 00 Magnificent Premium Offer! oo In order to compensate our friends for their nid in extending tho circulation of Tb Alliance we make the following UNPKECEDENTEDLY LIBERAL OFFERS of Premium: History of the Johnstown Flood. Illustrated. 450 pages. Cloth binding, elegant print. RETAIL PRICE f 1,50. We will en4 The Alliance one Year and this' book, post-paid, for 91,75. 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We are enabled to make these unparalleled offers because of wholesale contracts made with jobbers. ' SPECIAL PREMIUMS For otjr Lady Friends. SILK CREPE SHAWL, 33 inches squaro inside of fringe, which Is il knot 5 inch deen. This is a very beautiful and dressy shoulder shawl. Colors, black, cream, pink, tanlina!. light blue andlemcn. We will send Tnic Alliance one yeai and this shawl post-paid toe 93 .75. Or, wo will send the shawl for fourteen new names at 9 1 .00 a year. CHINA SILK SHAWL, With heavy all over hand embroidery; size ineide of fringe W Inches fiuare, with 8-knot heavy 6J inch silk fringe. A very rich and dressy shawl. Colors, old gold, pearl, cream, iink. white, light blue and cardinal. We will send The Alliance one year and tho above slmwl poet-paid for $7.25. Or, we will send the shawl for 33 new names at one dollar a yar. Persons competing for these premiums and failing to obtain enough names towturt them, will receive our regular cash commission, viz: we send five papers one year for t4.U0. Our Lady friends can easily obtain these beautiful shawls by spending a portion of thelc leisure canvassing for The Alliance. address. Alliance Publishing Co., Lincoln, Neb. G-EIO. HI. BO"V7"3ST5 AURORA, KANE CO., 111., IMPORTER AND BREEDER OP Cleveland and Shire Horses. 300 J5TOUNG AND VIGOROUS STALLIONS AND MAKES, OF CHOICEST BREEDING NOW ON HANI). LARGE IMPORTATION RECENTLY ARRIVED. I will make special prices and liberal terms to parties buying bcruro winter. .00 IIigh-I3red Holstein-Friesian Cattle. Deep Milking Strains at Low I'rice. When answering Advertisements mention The .Alliance. l m OBTAIN CHICAGO j PRODUCE fcss- The way to do this is to ship yourButter, Epsrs, Poultry, Veal, Hay. flr.iin. Wool. HIU-i, Means, Broom Corn, Green and Dried Fruits. Vegetables, or anything you have, to u. Tli met that .you may have been selling these articles at homo for yours is no reason that you liould continue to do so if you can And a better nrket. We make a specialty of rcceivin shipments direct from FARMERS AND PRODUCERS, and probably have the largest trade in -.his way ot any house in this market. Whilst you ore looking around for the cheapest timr bet iu which to buy your goods and thus economizing in tha". war. it will oertaliilv miv iou to give some attention to the best and most profitable wr." of disiioslng of your produce. We invite correspondence frovi INDIVIDUALS, ALLIANCES, CLUUS, and all organization w ho desire to ship their produce to this market. If requested, wo will send you i're of Dharge our daily market report, shipping directions and such information aa will be of sor vice to you if you contemplate shipping. Let us hear from you. SUMMERS, MORRISON & CO., COMMISSION MERCHANTS, REFERENCE : Metropolitan Nation Bank, THIS QUAKER IS THE IMPROVED DURING 1889. Grinds finer, runs lighter, is Also Manufacturers of Hand Shellers, Post-Hole Diggers. Send for Catalojruebefore buying .Agent Wanted i C,,o-"- pied Territory. 3m 181 a.r.K.A.wwx NOTICE TO MILLERS For Sale or Rent; A Roller Flouring mill with water power, one mile from Lincoln. A. T- SAWYER. W. D. NICHOLS GENERAL DEALER IN BEATRICE, NEB. Have some Fine Bargains in Improved Farms. Lots For Sale In Every Addition in the City. OFFICE, 505 COURT ST. TELE. 82. K'tf J. C. McBRIDE. II. S. BELL. McBRIDE & BELL DEALERS IN Real Estate, Loan and In.svLra.no 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. ROBiisrsoisr, Kenesaw, Adams County, Nebr. Breeder and Shipper f Recorded Poland China Hogs. Choice Breeding Stock for sale. Write for wants. Mention The Alliance H. C. STOLL, BREEDER OF IllSSTho Most Improved Breeds of Poland China, Chester White, Small Yorkshire and Essex Hogs. Satisfaction guaranteed in all cases. P. O. Address. BEATRICE. Neb X J. THORP & Co., Manufacturers of Rubber Stamps, Seals, Stencils, Badges and Baggage Checks Or Everv Description.. Established 1880. 322 S. ilth St.. LINCOLN, NEB. E PRICES FOR Y0UII 174 S. WATER, ST., CHICAGO. Clxlcago. Mention Tho Alliauc. CITY GRDIl MILL For Corn and Cobs, Food and Table Meal. H moro durable than any mill on the market. k Self-Dump Hay Rakes, Cultivators, Corn a-ch xjux-ajj9.au.xum a. ojumiiiiwu, v. BEATRICE "WOR.KIS. CHA'S IIEIDHART, Proprietor. 018 EAST COURT STREET, N. E. OF POST OFFICE. EstalolisliodL 1868. MARBLE AND GRANITE MONUMENTS. HEAD-STONES, TABLETS, VAULTS. SARCOPHAGI, & CEMETERY WORK OF ALL KINDS. 3tr Branch Yards, Rrownvillcand Rock Port, Mo. Wm. Daily & Co. LIVE STOCK MI is Cattle, Hogs, Sheep and Horses. CASH ADVANCES ON CONSIGN MENTS. ROOM 34, Exchange Uuildino. Union Stock Yard, South Omaha. References; Ask your Bankers. t GAEAT-WESTERN-f ZZQ -STEAM ETt) LARGE FIRE-BOX. 3 FEET LONG TOP SID! Great Western Feed Steamer AND TANK HE ATE ft Cooks one to three barrels feed at one filling Fire box surrounded with water on ton and sides. Any kind of fuel. Easily ma nageii and cleaned as a box stove. Send for rimilani. Agents wanted. BOVEE II. h. m.. Jmltt Tama, Iowa. iKAN "H u ii n ii i i 1 1 Tr ..wl s Commiss n ar i nan ?ctj; I" .".iw- ?'r s ? j-T