THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE: LINCOLN, NEB., SATURDAY, FEB. 8, 1890.
, A TERRIBLE SPECTEB.
A month ago a New York Tele
gram reporter received a letter from a
friend, a physician, residing on the
west side of town, requesting him, as
a special favor, to visit the writer on
the following evening and to remain
with him at his house during the
night.
'I cannot explain here," the letter conclud
ed, "my reason for asking this favor of you,
except that I fear a recurrence of a sight I
once saw, the remembrance of which has so
pi-eyed upon my mind that I fear I am losing
my senses.
"It may be only the ravings of a diseased
brain, but even that is better than to know
that the experience was a bona fide one, and
it is with this hope that I ask you to visit
me and see for yursclf whether or not it is
fency or fact.
"Come on the night I have mentioned or
not at all, ns that is the anniversary of the
date on which I had the adventure.
'I shall wait for you until 7:30 o'clock.
"Dave."
It was not exactly with surprise
that the reporter read the strange
letter, as his remembrance of Dave as
a freshman in school was of a tall,
dark-haired fine-looking Cuban boy,
with large, melancholy black eyes,
whose quiet ways and retiring dispo
sition had made him unpopular with
all save the reporter and earned for
him the sobriquet of "Laney."
He was especially learned in the oc
cult sciences and the works of such
writers as Cornelius Agrippa and the
necromancers of olden times, and
gave promise even then of some time
distinguishing himself above the com
mon herd.
The reporter left school some years
before the Cuban and had never heard
from him from that time until a few
months ago, when he met him in the
city and learned that he had embrac
ed the profession of medicine and was
in the possession of a lucrative prac
tice. The next day was a close and un
comfortable one, with a dark, sullen,
gray sky, and the rain, which began
to fall in a drizzle about 6 o'clock,
made the night which followed any
thing but a pleasant one.
It was a night calculated to make
one hug a cheerful fire at home rather
than to promenade about the wet
streets. Only a few people were out
when the reporter turned down an
op-town street shortly before the
hour appointed and began his search
for the home of the physician.
A thick fog seemed to rise from the
sidewalks, distorting everything into
grotesque shapes, and to the repor
ter, with his mind filled with the cur
ious letter, the very lampposts
seemed turned into ghostly forms,
with long, skinny arms reaching out
to clutch him. His destination was
reached below Sixth avenue, and he
ascended the steps of a fine brown
stone residence.
The door was opened by a servant
and the visitor passed through a
thickly carpeted hall and quietly
opened the door leading into the
back parlor. The form of a man who
reclined in an easy chair, seemingly
lost in meditation, met his gaze.
As the reporter took a step for
ward the man sprang from his chair
with a gasp, but recognizing his
visitor, grasped his hand with a fer
vor that could be felt for hours af
terward. "I was beginning to despair of
your coming," he said. "I was on
the point of putting an end to my
life, when it occured to me to have
you see the sight which has troubled
me ever since I saw it, 10 years ago.
I'll tell you the story;"
Placing his chair so that the light
from the lamp fell on everything but
his face, the doctor said:
"When I left school I was restless
and wanted to do something, so I
took up medicine. I wanted to com
plete my medical course in two years,
so I studied hard, working most of
the time at night in the dissecting
room. The deeper I delved into it
the more Ijealized how little was
known of the science, and before I
had finished my first year I was an
enthusiast. The possibility of instill
ing new life into a body that was
dead to all human belief became my
hobby.
"In two years I knew more of that
one particular branch of the science
than any man that had ever livedo
and I firmly believed that were I to
make the experiment I could restore
new life to a heart that had stopped
its action for years. I made a few ex
periments in a small way.
"I tried my method on the body of
a man who was pronounced dead by
the physicians in the college, and had
the satisfaction of seeing the blood
flow once more and the eye open and
look with recognition on objects in
the room.
"I nearly lost my mind with the
sense of my triumph, but there was
one thing still unfinished. I could
only restore life for a few minutes, and
how to make it a complete success
was my next endeavor.
"Finally I felt sure I had the key to
the mystery which had baffled the
science of man. But 1 was afraid to
try the experiment,
"I felt a sudden horror of the whole
affair, and engaged my mind in the
study of the branches which I had
neglected.
"I was assisted in this endeavor by
the fact that I had suddenly lost
nearly all I possessed, and I went
abroad and started a practice in a
poor neighborhood of Edinburg.
"My practice was increasing, I had
become engaged to a beautiful girl,
and my prospects were as bright as
any man could desire, when I sudden
ly determined to return to this coun
try. "Here the old subject came back to
me with redoubled force, but I fought
against it manfully. One night I
went down to college and purchased
a cadaver.
"I had an operation to perform
the next day on the throat of a man
uptown, so thought I would look
again at the muscles and tendons ol
the neck and throat, so as to be sure
of what I was about.
"There was one young student in
the dissecting room when my cadaver
was brought up, and as he wanted
an arm I sold him one off the body I
was to opperate on.
"It was of an Italian, a man who
had been found drowned in the East
river months before, and the body
had probably been pickled for weeks.
"Well, we remained there an hour,
chatting merrily. He was sawing
the arm to pieces, and I was cutting
the neck and throat. He finally cut
off the arm entirely at the shoulder,
and then, noticing an abrasion on
the forehead,cut the skin away to see
what it was.
"I shall never forget the cut.
"It was square about an inch in
width and once, when his knife slip
ped, he made a peculiar running slash,
which reached almost to the left ear.
He left me soon afterward alone in
the room not exactly alone, either,
for each of the 20 tables held a body
underway of dissection.
"It got around toward 12 o'clock,
and I unconsciously began to dwell
on the old subject. It took hold of
me with more than the old force, and
I began to think how the body I was
operating on would look restored to
life
"I did not intend to experiment,
but all the materials were on hand;
I was alone at the dead of night, sur
rounded by the dead only, and I be
gan to work.
"At first failure crowned my efforts.
I grew anxious to succeed and tried
harder.
"Suddenly the hard, gray flesh
took on a better color; the blood
flowed from the arm, neck and fore
head, and with a sigh the body sat
up and looked at me with a face I
shall never forget.
"I plunged my knife into the body
again and again, and at last had the
satisfaction of seeing it fall back
a grain on the table. To make sure
that it was dead beyond doubt I
drew my 'scalpel' across the throat,
severing the jugular vein and carotid
artery, and then, more dead than
alive, got back to my home.
"I was ill for months afterward,
and when I recovered I started again
for foreign lands, but I traveled here,
there and everywhere trying to shake
on the horrible specter, dust a year
after I was in Berlin, and on the ani
versary of the night I had raised the
dead 1 attended a ball given by the
American consul. I dressed early, '
and, presenting my card was at once
admitted to the reception room, and
until midnight enjoyed myself as well
as I knew how.
"I stood near the entrance talking
with the daughter of the house, when
a voice at mv side said:'Sirnor.
a card" and turning I saw
a servant standing at my side. I
took the card, and was about to
give him some directions, when I
glanced at his face.
"It was the face of the body I had
brought back to life. There was no
mistake. There were the scars of the
cuts of my knife at his throat, the
square cut on the forehead, with the
long gouge to the ear, and the left
arm was missing at the shoulder.
"1 fell insensible, and wrhen I recov
ered I could not find the servant.
Madame knew of no servant with one
of his arms missing and the scars on
his face as I described them, but the
daughter had seen the man as I did,
so there was no mistake.
"Every year since that time the
man has appeared before me, in one
shape or another, on the anniversary
of that horrible night in the dissecting-room;
and is it any wonder that
I want to end it all with a bullet?
Sometimes I think I am dreaming or
crazy, and I have brought you here
tonight to examine me one way or
the other."
As the doctor finished he sank back
in his chair, wiping away the perspir
ation, which stood in beads on his
forehead.
The hands of the clock showed the
hour of 12, and the doctor was about
to speak again, when the door bell
rang, clear and loud.
The doctor started to his feet, his
face ghastly white and his body
trembling from head to foot, and
would have fallen to the floor if the
visitor had not supported him.
He looked up at the scribe with a
piteous look in his eye and mumbled.
"There he is."
Forcing him back in his chair, the
reporter s' mified in a whisper for him
to remain iuiet while he went to the
door, and, opening a case of surgical
instruments as he went out, he took
a long, hef rj post mortem knife, and,
concealing it in his heavy coat, pass
ed out into the hall, closing the door
behind him.
The light in the hall was very dim,
but, turning on the gas, the reporter
unlocked the chain holding the door
and, opening it, admitted a short,
thick-set man, whose face was con
cealed by a wide brimmed, soft felt
hat.
"Is the doctor in?" he asked, with
a slightly foreign accent, moving
closer as he spoke.
"No," replied the reporter, as he
care ully handled the long knife;
"but if there is anything the matter
with you I can attend to you, as ho
left me in charge when he went out
of town."
"You lie!" hissed the man. "He
is in and I want to see him."
As he spoke he lifted from his head
the broad-brimmed hat, showing a
face decidedly Italian, and as he
looked at it the reporter could not
repress a start.
There, plainly visible, where the
scars described so minutely by the
doctor, and the man, noticing the
start, smiled grimly and said:
"Ah, I see he has told you of me. I
guess you had better send him out."
The reporter opened the door,
and grasping the bright, shining
blade by the handle, moved toward
the visitor. As he advanced, the
specter retreated unto he stood on
the stone steps leading to the street,
and then, with a mocking laugh,
turned and disappeared down the
street.
"Well," anxiously asked the doc
tor, after he had returned, what was
it?" . -
"A. gentleman from Fifty-seventh
street who wanted you to go right
away," answered the reporter. . "I
told him you were out and would go
in the moraine:. He was in a hurry,
however, land started to look for an
other doctor."
"Then it was not the specter?"
"No "
"Thank God for that!" and he fell
over in a swoon from which he never
recovered.
How a Horse-Thief Trapped
Himself.
A well-known member of the crimi
nal class named John Dinon, who
has recently been discharged irom
jail after serving a sentence of twelve
months, says the Melbourne Argus,
was arrested on a charge of stealing
a horse and buggy. The circum
stances which led up to his arrest are
certainly peculiar.
About 8 o'clock the morgue was
lighted up for the reception of the
body of the little boy, Fred Oughton,
who was drowned at South Rich
mond. Just at that time Dinon
drove up to the gate, and as the
building had not been in existence
when he was last at liberty, he was
unaware of its nature. He knocked
at the caretaker's door and asked
that stabling might be provided for
his horse. Mrs Davidson, the care
taker's wife, reported the matter. to
her husband, who was engaged in
the morgue with Constables Bartley
and Gardiner, and they came
out to see who the man that had
made such an extraordinary request
might be. They saw at once by
Dinon's appearance that it was high
ly improbable that the vehicle,
which was similar to those used by
travelers, and contained some sam
ple boxes, belonged to him, and as
he was very evasive in his answers
he was taken to the city watch house,
where he was recognized as Dinon,
and a charge of horse stealing was
preferred against him. He admitted
that he had mistaken the morgue
for a hotel, but declined to say where
he had found the horse and buggy.
In a Hollow Tree.
About two and one-half miles east
of this city is a large redwood trea
twenty-four feet in diameter, which
is hollow, the inside having been
burned out many years ago. The
tree is in a lone place, and is seldom
visited by any one save an occasion
al hunter who may stop there for
shelter from the storm. A few days
ago a hunter was attracted to the
spot by the sound of voices. What
was his surprise to find snugly en
sconced in this novel place a family
consisting of a man and his wife and
three children. To close the opening
in the tree a rude door had beed con
structed of deerskins. Inside t he tree
benches and tables had been con
structed of redwood bark fastened
together by wooden pins.
The head of the family stated that
he came from Oregon last fall, and
not being able to pay rent for a
house had moved his tamilyinto this
living home. He had thusfar made
a living by odd jobs on farms near
by, beingcareful to never state where
his home was. One of his children, a
lad about 15 years of age, stated
that he had caught about seventy
five coonsjind forty foxes in a steel
trap, and had disposed of the skins
for enough to clothe the family.
The boy himself was dressed in a
suit of coonskins. The mother bore
the appearence of a once beautiful
woman, and her speech showed she
had been cultured. They were all
very reticent about their former life
and how they had been reduced to
such straits. They expect to spend
the remainder of the winter in this
sylvan home. Healdsburg (Cal.)
Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.
A Resistless Fire,
Fire and Water gives an account
of the recent conflagration in Bos
ton, which may be taken as coming
from an expert, and mentions a few
interesting points. It is curious
that the first alarm was given from
the same box from which was sent
out the alarm for the great fire in
1872, which also began in Kingston
street, then occupied by small dwell
ing houses. In just one minute from
the striking of the alarm an engine
was on the spot, but the flames had
burst from every window in the
building, the Brovvn-Durrell store,
before a line of hose could be laid.
In a few moments fourteen more en
gines had arrived, but the heat was
so intense that the solid streams of
water from the hose turned into
steam before they entered the win
dows, and the engines might as well
have blown air at the flames. In
twenty minutes the walls fell, and
the fire crossed the two adjacent
streets. All the engines in the city,
thirty-three in number, were hur
ried to the spot, and help was sum
moned by telegraph from all the
neighboring towns, and even from
Springfield., a hundred miles away,
and, notwithstanding the heavy
rain which prevailed during most of
the time, nearly seventyengines were
assembled and pouring rivers of wa
ter on the fire before it was subdued.
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Somewrifat Mortified.
A number of book men were relat
ing professional anecdotes the other
night. "About twenty years ago,"
said one of them, "I was employed
with the Lippincotts. Thomas
Hughes was being lionized very ex
tensively, and when he came down to
Philadelphia he came to see the pub
lishing house. After he had inspect
ed the whole establishment and ex
pressed his surprise and gratification
the head of the house took him by
the arm and said: 'Now, Mr. Hujxhes,
1 want to show you one of our great
est publications "Allibone's Diction
ary." It contains some information
about every author of any account
in England and America. Now, let
us see for example, what it says
about Thomas Hughes.' So he turn
ed to H, and lo! the name of the au
thor of 'Tom Brown's School Days'
wasn't there." Philadelphia Press.
ABOUT THE FARM,
Hints for Farmers and Busy
Housewives to Appreciate.
' ' -
Ihe old idea lhat plants gave off
secretions that were poisoLOiis to those
of like character with themselves has
been generously exploded by scientific
investigation. There are no such secre
tions. Plants exhaust the soil, and
when they require plant food, which is
scarce, the supply soon becomes diffi
cult. That is all there is of it. The
worst case of so-called poisoned land
can be cured by applying the fertil
izers of which the soil has been de
pleted. For Northern latitudes the Southern
Dent corn, which requires1 a long sea
son to mature, is not best either for
fodder or ensilage. Some of the
earlier Northern varieties, which will
either mature or come into earing, are
much better. It is 1 not merely the
smaller amount of nutrition that is to
be taken into account. Much of the
bulky, immature corn put up in silos
is not worth the labor it requires to
handle it in putting it up and feeding
it out.
Try the fattening hogs with char
coal. Ten to one they will eat it
greedily, and will recover their appe
tites if they have lost them by too
heavy feeding. The alkali corrects
the ascidity of the stomach. Possibly
it might in time injure digestion, but
the fattening hog has not enough fu
ture before him to make this of much
consequence. Breeding hogs 6hould
not be fed corn. With a diet of milk,
bran and roots they will not need the
charcoal.
When you go to the fair or the ware
house and see the improved elements
for farm work, do not turn away with
the idea that they were made to 6ell
and make mcrey on. New conditions
require new methods, and while there
are many kinds of implements in the
market for each kind of work and each
agent or dealer tells the best story he
can about his own, it is safe to believe
that either of them are better than the
old method, and in many cases there
may be but little choice between the
new ones.
The old spike-tooth harrow was just
the thing to tear up the furrows of
the original soil that was full of brake
roots and would get sufficiently pulver
ized by the time it was levelled down ;
but now with clear soil and smooth
furrows, scratching the surface is no
what is needed. The soil now needs
to be pulverized and made loose as
well as smooth on the surface, and
some of the?e implements which work
below the surface, in a manner nearly
the reverse of the working of the
ancient harrow, is what we need.
Louis Keller, a Detroit butcher,
challenges the world to a contest in
sheep-killing. In a recent competition
he killed, skinned and removed thG
inwards of twenty 6heep in thirty,
eight minutes and thirty-five seconds.
His opponent finished fifteen sheep
in the same time. The fastest
operation was a sheep in fifty-two
seconds. The contest took place in a
hall in Detroit, and was witnessed, by
a large concourse of butchers. The
show was gotten up by the same par
ties who two or three years ago got up
a horse-shoeing contest, in which Mar
tin Dunn overcame all competitors
It would probably pay farmers who
do then own butchering, often by
slow and tedious methods, to go to
stockyards or other places where men
who make a business of killing ani
nals learn great expertness and quick,
ness in these operations. After seeing
these thejr will certainly be able to
make quicker time at home, and will
get new ideas about convenience for
doing this kind of work.
Whenever the belief of Dr. Collier,
that sugar can be made at a cost of one
cent per pound, becomes realized, it
will be largely used for finishing off
the fattening of stock. In fact, were
sugar as cheap as it was three or four
years ago, before the trusts put up its
price, its cheaper grades and refuse
syrup could be profitably given to fat
'cning animals. Sugar is nearly pure
.-.arbon, as also is fat. In the old days,
when slaves performed all the work in
hipping the canes, grinding them and
manufacturing their product, planters
always noticed that the negroes rapidly
fattened at this time, though working
mure hours per day than at any other
sbdfcon. It may be urged that so much
sweet food is unhcalthful, but to this
it can be answered that the starchy
food are in the mouth and stomach
converted into sweets during the pro
cess of digestion.
Chew a pie;e of bread or cracker
slowly, so as to entirely mix it with
the saliva in the mouth, and you will
find it becoming sweet from this chem
nal change of starch into glucose
sugar. It is not so sweet as cane 6ugar,
and probably not so fattening. At
least it is more palatable, and animals
fed all the grain they will freely eat
may have their ap'petitea whetted for
more by the addition of a little sweet
ening. Horses, when taught to eat
sugar, often become extremely fond of
it. A little wild oats will make ihe
coat shine, but it is not good for f ur
aishing muscle horses at work.
A fad for winch the holiday seasou
is responsible is the "shopping brace
let," one of the prettiest of pretty
j conceits. The band is of gold or sil
ver aim st of the fineness of wire, the
ends turned back in 6uch a manner
as to form a hook, by which the brace
let is secured. Oil the top of one of
these hook 8 rests a marguerite, its en
ameled petals forming a rich ground
work for its jeweled center. Attached
to the under side of this single blos
som is a long fine chain ending in a
double-barred glove hook. The modus
operandi is to slip the bracelet, on the
wiist, fasten the gloves, slide the bar
on to the unhooked band and connect
the hooks. ,
The residence of Mrs-Sherry, which
is being built in Fifth avenue, New
York, will have, it is said, one of the
most beautiful ball-rooms in the cast.
The room is to be fifty feet square and
forty feet high and roofed with a
dome of stained glass to harmonize
with the decorations and througk
which the glare, of the electric light
will be 6of tened. At one end of th&
room is the musician's balcony, over
which is to be a sounding-board, and
under which Chesterfield seats and
cushior.el divans will be placed for
dowagers. The finishing of the room
will be done in white and gold after
the court of Louis XVI; the walls will
be draped with ivory and pale green
brocade, and the hangings will be of
heavy tapestry cloth. Besides the
dome lights there will be sconces of
French gilt along the side walls, and
the floor will be as perfect as it can be
made. The banquet hall is to have a
pink interior, and for tea and lunch
parties there is a suit of three smaller
rooms to be known as the pink, yellow
and blue parlors.
A writer in Harper's Bazar gives a
few hints regarding the furnishing of
a sewing room. 4 'One may be guided
by taste and length of purse, or by
economy and common sense." 1 have
6een a remarkably dainty sewing room
fitted up a la Japanese from the bead
and bamboo portieres to the matting
and rugs upon the floor, and another
where the furniture consisted of rat
tan armchairs, rocking chairs, table
and footstools, with work and scrap
baskets to match, all decorated with
bows and rosettes, and with delicately
tinted ribbons drawn through the open
meshes of their frames and plentifully
supplied with plush cushions.
But one that bore the stamp of com
fort as well as utility contained a cut
ting table, so constructed that when
not in use it could be folded flat and
hidden from sight ; a few chairs, the
legs of which had been shortened, 60
that the person occupying them could
at one and the same time find a resting
place for her feet and a support for
her back; a lapboard and a sewing
machine. In one corner stood a three
leaved screen, intended to place before
the window during the process of
fitting, and a row of hooks ran along
the wall, from which garments under
going manufacture or alterations were
suspended beneath a curtain. Neither
had the useful skirt form been for
gotten. - Some lovely Japanese curtains and
everything is Japanese at present, you
know have a dark-blue border about
three inches wide around the entire
curtain ; over the centre are trailing
flowers and vines, the former mostly
in pinks. For the toilet table there is
nothing much more necessary than a
Jar of common salt it is a panacea for
so many ills. A little of it dissolved
in warm water is sure to remove the
siight inflammation from eyelids red
dened by a long drie in the wind. If
used for a gargle, it will allay any
Might irritation in the throat which
causes the tones of the voice to become
less smooth and musical. A bottle of
glycerine and rose water is also of par
amount importance for rubbing on the
face and hands at night to keep tha
skin smooth.
Fashion Notes.
Little matiuee9 of white broadcloth,
lined with rose-colored satin and
fastened with clasps of carved silver
are seen at the opera Saturday after
noons.
In London the fashionable srorts
women decorate the forefoot of their
saddle horse with a broad gold band
on which is engraved the initial of the
i.hoioup'bbred's name.
Among the decorations in Mrs.
Pierre Lorillard's boudoir are skins,
antlers, claws, a brush or two and
some wings of small and wild game
brought down by this famous shot,
who thinks nothing of taking long
tramps in pursuit of her favorite
amusement.
Four oysters, freshly opened, served
on the half shell with a slice of lemon
and thin brown bread, make a perfect
beginning for perfect dinner. Gamey
soup should never be served when
birds are to appear, nor tomato soup
when that vegetable is to be used in
the sauce or salad.
The latest f ootrest represents a huge
tomato made of red silk, filled with
curled hair and scented with orris-root.
An equally novel bit of fancy work is
the cucumber roll for a chair or sofa,
made of tinted silk as nearly like the
natural green as the market affords. In
smaller sizes these same vegetables are
designed for table favors and penwipers.
Ruled Against a Quadroon,
Kansas Crrr, Mo., Feb. 4.-Jndge Field
in the circuit court today decided the case
of Simpson 0. Younger, a quadroon, vs. A.
Judah, manager of the Ninth street theatre,
f or the defendent. Younger brought suit
tor f5,0O damages because, after he had
purchased tickets for the orchestra circle
in Judah's theatre he was refused admit
tance to that part of the house, udge
Field ray: "A theatre Is not a necessity,
but a luxury, and a ticket of admittance is
a licence revocable at the wish of the man
agement" The decision of Judge Field
woes much further than the case cited, as
it gives theatrical managers almost arbi
trary control ot whom they shall or shall
not admit. Under It the proprietor of any
theatre can refuse admittance to any one,
white or black
The Ohio Lieutenant Governorship.
Columbus, O., Jan. 3L The contest for
lieutenant governor was dec ded in favor
of the Hon. A. Y. Marquis by a strict party
vote of 18 to 16 yesterday afternoon. After
a brief review of the case by counsel, a
vote of the senate oseated Mr. Marquis.
After the result had been announced Mr.
Lirappon was heard. He claimed that no
trial had taken place under the statute and
that he would still set as lieutenant gov
ernor of Ofaio, but he will hardly carry out
bis statement, an the crse Is ended and the
decision of the senatw final.
An Axe Trust
PrrrsBUBO, Pa., Feb. 5. Representatives
of the toaiiL.sf axe manufactories of the
Dnitf-G States met hera today to form a
combination or true to control the trade
"f edge tools in th United States. A com
mittee whh appointed to meet here on the
lltn to formulate plan ard a gcseral
m:etirg will be held in New f rk the lat-t-r
ptrt of this nnontb. O W. Mack ey. who
'gan'zed the white lead trust, is at its
AUTISTIC . PORTRAITS.
PETT OTUDIOQ,
STEVENS STRAWBERRY.
In the STEVENS we have the most remark
able STRAWBERRY ever introduced. It is
the earliest and best shipper of any berry in
existence. At this writing (Jan. 18.) at its
home in Alabama the vines are loaded with
green and ripe berries, while Michel's Early
along side will not bo ripe for a week, and
Crescents are just coming into bloom. So
j you see what a treasure the STEVENS is. It
; does not melt when over ripe like other sorts,
, but dries up as if evaporated, making it the
j beet shipping berry in existence. Send for
description and prices. Also inclose 1 cent
stamp for sample copy of Peninsular Horti
culturist. It is full of just such reading mat
ter as you need. Address
ALBERT H. CLARK, Cambridge, Md.
Im33 Box 117.
Wi. Daily & Co.
LIVE STOCK
n
ts
Cattle, Hogs, Sheep
and Horses.
CASH ADVANCES ON CONSIGN
MENTS. ROOM 34, Exchange Building,
Union Stock Yards, South Omaha.
References; A6k your Bankers. 18tf
Lightning Wcll-Slnklng- Machinery.
Maicero or iiyaraunc. jettinp, kctoit-
Wind Mills, huiiins, etc.. Sold on
OlOEngrftvirprB.F.arthStratiflca.
(lis ana yuauty or water.
ICives Light, finds Gold.
, .iiaiiea ror xs eta.
Jas Book 25 eta.
ilia American
. Well Work.
AMiOKA. ILLS.
MAPLE WOOD ' FRUIT FARM AND
SUMMIT NT7BSEBY.
Covington, Ohio. Established 1887.
GRAPE AND STRAWBERRY SPECIALTIES.
20 Apple Trees, 1 year, first class - $1.00
50 " " " " 2.oo
Sample Grape Vine, by mail, 6c
Concord Grapes, per 100, - 3.00
" " 50 - 2.00
MAIL OR EXPRESS EREE.
Fine descriptive catalog-lie and our whole
sale trade list to every farmer or farmer's
son who names this paper in ordering-.
3m33 MESH CAS3EL, Prop.
J". ROBINSON,
Kenesaw, Adams County, Nebr.
c
Breeder and Shipper f Recorded Poland
China Hog. Choice Breeding; Stock for
sale. Write for wants. Mention The Alliance.
The Iowa Steam Feed
Cooker. .
The most practical, moBt con
venient, most economical, and
in every way the BEST STEAM
FEED COOKER MADE. A
glance at the construction of it
is enough to convince any man
that it is far superior to any
other. For descriptive circu
lars and prices apply to N. F.
SPR.tH. nmaha N; f r i It.
TIN STEAM FEED COOKER CO.', Manning,
Iowa. Stimtf
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r talk Cutter
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FARU MID GARDEtl SEEDS
CROP OP 1890.
SPECIAL
ARRANGEMENTS FOR
Buying Farm & Garden Seeds
AT WHOLESALE RATES
Can bo made by Alliances by addressing
DELANO BROS.
LEE PARK, CUSTER CO., NEB.
Write at once. tfm31)
BIG APPLES
are grown n our trees. The largest stock ef
FOREST TREES
for Timber Claims In the world. 5!";) acres In
Nursery Stock. All kinds of new and old
Fruit, Forest. Ornamental Trees and Shrubs.
11J A Tl?C2 and Mnall Fruit at hard
IxXtAJT JCiio times prices. fA papor
devoted to Kruit-G rowing, 1 year 171 f) If If
to all who buy $1 worth of stock. 1? I tAjl j
Our Nurseries aro located within fifty miles
of the center of the United States, and our
shipping facilities are unexcelled.
SPECIAL PRICES TO FARMERS' ALLIANCES.
"Send at once for Price List, to
CARPENTER & GAGE,
3m30 Fairbury, Nebraska.
T. W. LOWREY,
Lincoln, - - Nebraska.
Will be pleased to quote prices for grain to
members of the various Alliances, and all
parties interested. He lias been engaged in
the grain trade in Lincoln for about eighteen
years, and knows all the best markets. He
will handle
GRAIN ON COMMISSION,
Will pay sight drafts for all reasonable
amounts on consignments. He will also clean
grain at his elevator in Lincoln at reasonable
prices. His references are First National
Bank, American Exchange Bank, or any
bank in Lincoln. He will be pleased to cor-"
respond with all managers of Farmers' Alli
ances, and solicits the Bame. :tMf
HOME GROWN
APPLE, PEA It, CIIEHKV, PLUM. (JUAI'E
VINES, AND ALL SMALL FKUITS.
As I am a member of the Farmers Alliance
I will make a discount of 20 per cent from list
prices on all orders sent through Secretary
or Business Agent. Address
MCE TO MILLERS
For Sale or Rent,
A Roller Flouring mill with water
power, one mile from Lincoln.
A. J. SAWYER.
REAL ESTATE LOANS
On farms in eastern Nebraska and improved
property in Lincoln for a term of years.
Lowest Current Rates.
R. E. & T. W. MOORE,
EIC1IARDS BLOCK,
Corner 11th & O Streets, Lincoln.
J. C. McBIUDE
II. S. BELL.
McBRIDE & BELL
DEALERS IN
Real Estate,
L,oan and Insurance
Office, 107 S. 11th St.,
Basement,
LINCOLN, - - - NEBRASKA.
Agent for M. K. & Trust Co. nouses Built
on tu years' time. Debt cancelled in case of
Death. Anything to trade let us know of it.
In our effort to be independent of the Trust
we have gotten some sugar, nice bright yellow
like the old-fashioned plantation. Clarified.
They really have
MORE SWEETENING QUALITY
than the Refined White. WILL YOU HELP
THIS MOVEMENT to
Get Ahead of the Trust?
tVPacked. In Linen Bags of 100 pounds.
Prsce $5.88 Per Bag.
WE HAVE NO AQENS.
Write for full Catalogue. Sent Freo.
H. R. EAGLE & Co.,
Farmers Wholesale
Supply House,
68 WABASn AVENUE, CHICAGO.
-j n PL 1 SpliSf
ANTITRUST
SUGARS