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THE FARMERS' ALIil ANGB. LINGOLNI NEB;, SATURD AY, N6V-8, 1890. i f .-4 1 f i . t Y 1 80MB LOCAL MATTERS. OF GEN ERAL INTEREST. struck at 8 o'clock on Monday night, and all the wires into the city are idle. The walkout is on account "of the dis charge by the company a few days ago of six operators, ' supposed to belong to the Brotherhood. The discharged men called on Superintendeat McMichael, in LMinneapoIis. on Monday afternoon to try and en ect an agreement, out were not recognized and the strike is the re sult. 4 ;i ;'v' ; - ; Manager Perry of the Western Union telegrapn office in Fort Wayne, Ind., received orders from Superintendent Wright of Cleveland to discbarge all operators who were members of the Brotherhood of Telegraphers. There are only three operators in the office. and they are advised by the leaders of the Brotherhood to withdraw from the Order and retain their positions. ThA war hturpin thp. Wpstprn TTninn This Co. having bought the entire stocK telegraph company and the Brother- f Shelton & Smith, and added a large hood of lelegraph Operators reached - Maxwell, Sharpe & Ross Co. The removal of the above firm from its place near the corner of 10 and O to ew : palatial quarters on O street is a matter of general interest. This com pany now occupy the new Oyler 1 & Cochran building, 1582 to 1538 O street. Their floors are 50 feet wide by a 143 deep. The first floor, embracing the width of two stores, is occupied by dry goods, boots and shoes, furnishing goods, shelf hardware sporting goods and groceries. The second floor is oc is occupied wholly by furniture, this amount, making a fine displify The third floor is occupied by stoves and tinware, and the fourth is used for storing and finishing furniture, etc. The enterprise of this firm is very Manifest. Their new quarters are ca paeious, electric lighted throughout, and in them the buyer can supply al most any want. The establishment is a redit to Lincoln, and will be appreci ated by our citizens as well as by their umerous country customers. The Alliance reportes also looked into the Bazar, 1023 O street, where a magnificent stock of sealskins and furs are on sale; Ilerpolshiemer and Co.'s great exposi tion department stores, where every thing under the sun may be found; II. R. Nissley & Co., corner 10th and P. streets, where kind and attentive salesmen show a fine genera Istock; Miller & Paine, 133 to 139 South 11th, which always looked like a bee hive, so full is it of customers; J. W. Winger & Co.'s, 1109 O street, where exeat barcrains are coins: in all O cj w kinds of dry goods. All these places show great activity, and seem to be doing a thriving busi- ess, which may be accounted for by the fact that thev advertised in The Alliance. Coming upon N street, Rudge & Mor ris, 1122, seem always to be thronged They carry a large stock of stoves, fur aees, hardware, etc., and are kind and bliging to customers 1 C. W. Nicely, 241 South Eleventh, arries a full stock of groceries, and is kind and obliging to his customers Baker's clothing house, 1125 O street, and Hurlbut & Co.'s clothing house, orner JOth and P, should not be forgot ten. They are both excellent places to kuy at. The Glove Factory, 206 south 11th street, where all kinds of gloves may be kad at wholesale or retail, should also ke remembered All the dealers named above advertise in Tbe Alliance, which is sufficient guarantee that they are all enterprising aad know their business. The men who ret business are the men who look for it; and those are the ones who appre ciate it and know how to attend to it St. Louis Tuesday morning, when four of the oldest telegraphers in the com pany's employ in St. Louis were notified that their services were no longer satis factory, and that their connection with the company would be terminated with such notice. The men discharged were D. B. Gandy, T. I. Irwin, C. B. Graves and C. McNeill. Gandy had b en in the employ of the western Union for twenty-five years and McNeill for seven dream, but still in my dream), I took a fancy to wander, without the) guidance of the captain, in other and out-of-the-way' parts of the steamer. There I stumbled upon things that shocked and troubled me the more, because in such strong contrast to what had first been shown me. Down in the hold 1 found dark and narrow rooms that I could scarcely believe were ever meant as re cepticals for human beings. Into these dungeons, dimly lighted, admitting not one-tenth the air necessary for health, reeking with filthy odors, and alive with vermin, men, women and children were indiscriminately crowded. Cover ed with rags and gaunt with hunger, they clamored in God's name for a crust of bread or a drop of water. When food such as it was was thrown down among them, a scramble ensued as to who should obtain enough to sustain life; some were trampled under foot, some were crowded over the railing in to the water and were drowned. Shrieks, groans and blasphemy assailed my horror stricken ears. Appalled at the awful sights and sounds, I fled to the cabin, where I sought ' out the cap tain, and inquired: ' "My dear sir, are there not provis ions enough oh this boat to furnish a full supply for everybody on board?" "Certainly," he said, "an abundance of the best the markets of the world DAVE SAME BUTLER . AT THE BUSINESS., Notwithstanding the set-bacK, wave C7 Butler irot last summer at the hands of this paper, he continues in the same business at the same old stand. He is a dispenser of boodle in the form of free transportation, and probably in the form of monev as well. No honest teen years. All four were classed as j can furnish. first-rate operators. They have been ? "Are there not rooms enough so that among the most prominent workers in the local organization, and were notified last Thursday that unless they severed their connection with the Brotherhood they would not be retained in the com pany's service. Their discharge there fore is taken as the first local declara tion of war by the Western Union against the Brotherhood. The Steerage Passengers on the Ship of every passenger can be comiortaoiy lodged?") - . - "Plenty; that portly gentleman yon der at the gaming table has twenty rooms, besides those occupied by his own family, that he is ready to dispose of at a reasonable advance on what he paid for them at the clerk's office when we started out, and nearly all of these other gentlemen have more than they need, that they bought on speculation on purpose to sell again. If you will bring them any purchaser, I have no doubt they would give you a handsome commission." I felt mvself rapidlv growing hot.1 "Is this the waj"I exclain ed," that you are carrying out the published declarations and promises of our company, in our advertisements inviting people to take passage on our steamer our solemn pledge that all passengers shall be treat ed alike, and guaranteed equal oppor tunities for life, liberty, and all the com forts and luxuries the boat anordsr' tinguished " writer upon questions of glittering generalities in dead earnest, State. BY j. l. m'ckeery. Last evening I attended a lecture on the labor question. The substance of the lecture was that there is no real cause for complaint in the condition of the working masses to day; that it is as good as could be justly expected; bet ter than it ever was beiore, and grow ing still Letter gradually, year by year. statistics were given originally com piled, the speaker informed his audi- bv Mr. Edward Atkinson, a dis- this character showing The Warehouse Scheme. , U. S. Hall, president of the Farmers' Alliance in the state of Missouri, has is sued a letter to the members of the or der on the scheme embodied in the Tance and Pickler bills for lending money from the national treasury on warehoused farm produce. In this let ter, which is published in the St. Louis Journal of Agriculture, Mr. Hall not mere ly takes ground against this scheme be cause ' it is unjust, inequitable and ex travagant, violates the constitution and would bring financial ruin on the coun try, - but he declares that it would be nbversive of the principles of the Farmers' Alliance and would distract the attention of farmers from the injur ies they are suffering and the remedies they ought to apply. "Mr. Hall says that the fundamental principle of the Alliance as declared by its constitution and proclaimed by its lecturers is, "That we demand equal rights to all and special favors to none." "But," he says, "in supporting the schemes proposed in these bills, some of our national officers ask us, now that we are organized and built up, to turn to the world and say in sub stance: 'We did not mean what we said when we declared that we were in favor of equal rights to all and special favors to none, but meant that we were in favor of special privileges being granted to the owners of surplus wheat, corn, oats, tobacco and cotton, living in the wealthiest counties in the United States, that cannot be granted to any one else in our entire land.' " He goes on to show how the warehouse scheme could be put in operation in only twenty-one out of the 114 counties f Missouri, and contends that it would bring ruin on the farmers who avail themselves of it while the syndicates would make fortunes out of it. ; But the note which rings clearest and truest in his whole letter is his declara tion that "it is class legislation that has driven -us into this organization, to defend ourselves, our ' wives, and' homes, while ' the monopolists , would be glad to get us to advocating class legislation for - ourselves, for this would most effectually shut our mouths against their class legis'a ion." STRIKE OF TELEGRAPHERS. War Declared by the Western Union Against the Brotherhood. 1 The Vanderbilts and Jay Gould seem to think they are strong enough to down organized labor.1 So the fiat has gone out that no K; of L. shall be . employed on the Central road, land no member of the Brotherhood of Operators be em ployed on the Western Union lines. It says to the working ma: . ! subordinate your independence, your manhood and your' soul -to our behests,-Or we will starve yon and your wives and children. The following, from the Journal of the K. Of : L.; gives an-idea of the situation on the Western Union; . Alt- " " . aii ine operators, tnirty-seven in number in the Western Union Telegraph VAHUJIOUJI B 1U Oil IttUI, iUlilll., that within the last fifty years the hours of labor had been reduced from an average of twelve or thirteen to ten; that wages had increased by a considerable per cent; that the purchasing power of the money thus earned was greater than ever before; and that, taking all things together shorter hours, higher wages, and enhanced purchasing power of money the laboring man of to-day was much better off than the laboring man of half a centuay ago. Other sta tistics were given shewing that there are fewer pampers now, in proportion to the population, than there were half a century ago, that the average length of human life had perceotiblv increased within that period. In short, the speak er took a very roseat view of human af fairs in general. The speaker concluded with a glow ing peroration, portraying our present system of government as being the best the world ever knew, and bidding his hearers beware of Socialists, ' Nihilists, Communists, Nationalists, and other promulgators , of wild and visionary schemes who are seeking to , undermine our grand and glorious institutions, and turn the Ship of State aside from the course experience had shown to be safe, at the risk of striking upon hid den rocks, upon " which she would in evitably go to wreck and sink from hu man sight forever, i I " ' ' ' r ; SI started homeward in a mathemati cal frame of mind. I doubted the' accu racy of some of the speaker's statistics; but, even accepting them at their face value, they failed to impress me 1 as he probably .expected , they would. Be sides, there were certain other statis tics, of which he- made no mention, that I mused upon as I walked. I recollected that no authority esti mated the average wages of laborers in this country, or in any ' state in this country,' as high as $1,25 a day $372 a year making no reduction on account of illness ; or accident. Nor ; need we take into consideration the coal-miners of Pennsylvania and Illinois, the sugar cane crushers of Louisiana, and others of this class, who have werk.but a part of the year and are paid in store-orders, which can be disposed of only for goods at double the price paid by cash purchasers. But let us take for a start ing point this unusually liberal income of $375 a year. Laborers mostly live in cities; they must do so, because their work is there. In a city the poorest habitation fit for a human family to live in can not be obtained for less than $7 a month $84 a year. Take $84 from $375, and $291 is left for other expenses. Di vide $291 by 365, and the quotent 80 cents a day is the limit of the expenses of the average laboring man and his family. If he has a wife and two chil dren, making a family of four, that is 20 cents each; if he has a family of five, it is 16 cents each per daj' for food, clothing, furniture, books, education, amusement, travel, medicine, doctors coffins and funerals. In other words, the average laboring man's family sub sists upon from 20 to 50 per cent less than the different states and counties, according to their own statistics, are accustomed to pay per capita for the support (lodging excluded in all three cases) of their paupersoand criminals. lhere is another side to this picture the millionaire. To say nothing of the magnates who boast of being possessors of forty, hfty or one hundred million dollars; but to stop at one million dol lars, accumulated within one man's lifetime of, say, forty , years what does ; that involve? It involves accu mulations at the rate of $25,000 a year; $83.33 a day, on an average, for three hundred working days in a year, straight on through all the forty years, And the man with the income of $83 a day insists that the man whose labor bring's him 80 cents a day ought to be satis hed with his lot-because, forsooih, even this is better than' it would' have been had he lived half a century ago. Such were my musings as I wended my way homeward after the lecture. ' I presume it was the ' speaker's elo quent peroration1 relative to the " Ship of State" that gave origin, color and tone to my dream that night. I thought I had taken passage on an ocean steam-: er; a steamer of a line of which (in my dream) I was one of the owners and di rectors of the t steamer But in my dream nothing seems incongruous or Farmers and Merchants Insurance Co., Lincoln, Nebraska. OFFICERS. B. Thompson, President. 8. J. Alexander, Secretary. H. J. Wi.n. Vice President. C. w. mosher. Treasurer. surprising to a person in a dream I thought that every person on the boat as well as myself; was a stockholder, and had, under the rules of our organi zation, a right to a voice in its manage ment. . - " The captain and other officials of the boat showed me everv attention. 1 It said the captain. "It is evident that you do not fully understand the system upon which the affairs of .this .boat are administered. It is the oirly true and safe system that has ever been tried approved by centuries of experience The key-note of the system can be sum med up in one word, "Competition.' The meaning of the word is. " set all you can, and hang on to what you get When we started out from port, some of the passengers, delayed to say good bye to those they were leaving behind; some went to tlie railing and looked over curiously to see the big waves dash against the vessel's sides; husbands were caring for their wives; mothers were watching to see that their children were not trodden under foot in the confusion of getting the steamer under way Bven while this was going on darkness cncne down upon us. Then all these people began to ask wtiere they were to sleep, lhey soon found that every body had not been so foolish and incon siderate as they. A few. gifted with laudable foresicht and most commea- dable business sagacity, had quietly gone and locked the door of every avail able room on the steamer not only those which they and their families needed, but all the rest and pocketed the keys, so that anybody else that want ed a room would be compelled to come to them and pay them a round price for the use of it' - "That was an infernal outrage!" exclaimed; r " Not at alL" said the captain; "you seem to f 01 get that the same chance was open to all, but only a few had the intelligence, and foresight, and public spirit to grasp the opportunity. I was oing to , say," continued the captain 'that bye and bye the passengers be gan'to inquire when supper 1 would -'be- ready. But these men, who had already clearly demonstrated their business capacity, had guarded this point also they had locked up all tbe food, so that anybody that wanted any must buy them. Having taken possession of the cabin and the stores of provisions, this class of passengers, who had proved their right to be considered the aristoc racy of the steamer, forced the prole tarfaVifclass down into the steerage.Jand afterward employed them to sweep the cabin, make up beds, care for children, set the table, wash dishes, and do other menial labor. This was a great kind ness on the part of the cabin passengers; if they had not f furnished the others employment, and paid them a little something for it, there must have been terrible suffering among them before the end of the voyage." "You did not let them eat at the same table, and share your provisions, I sup pose." I remarked in a tone that I in- tended.showld be ironical. "Certainly not," replied the captain; " the cabin passengers gave the steer age passengers upon their paying for it in work as much corn, and pork; and liver, and other coarse but whole some food as it was supposed they really needed or was good for them. If they had been given too much they would have only wasted it. We flung it down among them and let them fight for it. In this fay 'competition' got in its perfect work." "But," I remarked, "in this 'com petition I see that some fail to get anything; in the contest among them selves lor enough to sustain lite many actually lose their lives." ' xes, said the captain; "that is the crowning beauty of the system which we have put in operation among passengers. In the struggle for exist ence tbe weakest are either killed out right, or fail to obtain sufficient food to sustain vitality, and so starve to death ry either process we secure natures, great end, the survival of the fittest. The puuy, feeble creatures are weed ed out of the tpreseut generation, and prevented from propagating their kind into the next." In my waking hours I never. indulge in profanity; but, - being 'at' this 'time asleep, the O.d Adam got the better bf me, aud in my dream I gave' ;utterance to- some- very emphatic expressions. which 1 saw considerably surprised the capiaiu out um not aiscoucert mm, for he proceeded to justify his policy: vuuipimic Djoiriii, llts aixlKl. is proving itself a grand suocess.TThe statistics ot 1880 show that this steam er during that year fed out to its steer- elnsinn mv h reached, as Mr. At kinson has clearly shown, by another and entirely independent line of statist ics, thus: In 1880 our steamer lost by death amnnor its steerage passengers, as as follows: 124 by ship fever, 92 of other diseases, 55 in the general struggle for ! rood or water or air were irampiea un der foot and fatally injured. 24 in fight ing to obtain their share of food were thrown over or fell over the railings of the boat and were drowned; total 295: man knowing his methods, willingly Last year the fatalities were as follows: . ' . ... U'.m xr man Died of ship fever. 115; of other diseases, comes in contact with him. No man 74-im,nr1aa.1H;rirftallv. 42:drownfH lean receive his favors ana remain a 24; total, 248. A decrease of 47, or J pure man. His touch is contamination nearly 16 per cent. Again statistics association with him is blighting. If ZgFT&SXJSSS ao -t believe this let ,hem ride pav cabin passengers for rooms was free awhile, when they will realize they $9 25 per. voyage; on our last trip the are approaching perdition. average price paid was 5.o, a gain to those who have to pay for such rooms and a loss to those who have them to dis pose of. This reduction in price has arisen solely from the competition among sel- ers. in short, statistics snow mat we have only to keep right on in the course we are now pursuing in order to achieve a grand success in the administration of the affairs of this mighty and majestic steamer." Great Heavens!" I cried in indigna tion; "what manner of man are you, that you can stand here and deliberately enter into a comparison of the statistics of such needless inhuman cruelties and murders, and comment upon them as if seeking an excuse - for their perpetra tion and a pretext for their continuance? Can you not realize that a man whose heart has not become hardened by con stant association with such scenes, the act that one set of men, who do no work except the brain-work of planning how to exploit and defraud their fellow creatures, are permitted to enjoy all the comforts and luxuries of the steamer s cabin, while another set of men, who do all the work,? are compelled to burrow ike rats in dark and noisome quarters, and subsist on such meager and wretch ed food as their tyrants may see fit to dole out to them, is a monstrous ini quity, in no way to be excused or palli ated by the fat-t that possibly ten years ago it was worse than it is now? Can you not understand that ail com pari sons aside the mere existence of any statistics of this sort, showing that at any time in the history of your com mand 01 this steamer, even sone person died of hunger in the midst of all this plenty, or to escape starvation was com peiied to trample down his fellows or m TORE We commence to-day and will continue to sell DRY GOODS AT OUT PRICES. ! Aasetta December 31st, 1885. . ........ floras 82 Assetta December 31st. IWi l'.2W7 N) ABsetts Decembuflst, l"S7 188.43 06 A88ett8 uecemtwr 3"bi, jco jk,43 uo ABsetta December 31et. 188 z,84Z 7 Surplus as regards policy holders f 240,732 18 FIFTH ANNUAL SBtTLEalBNT. January 1st, 1890. - ASSETS. Mortfira&reB (first liens) and accrued interest..... ra.i3U 24 State warrants market value 27.4;) 08 Bills receivable and accrued interest 63,161 70 Bills receivable and accrued interest secured by chattels.....:.... 3,205 34 rush In banks and company s office. 21.082 72 Cash DremiumBin course collection 12,508 11 All other oroDerty Deionaring rouo, f,s bu Stockholders secured notes 5U 000 00 Cotton Flannel, worth 7c, for, 5c. Cotton Flannel, worth 10c, for 8c. Cotton Flannel, worth lac, for 10c. . Cotton Flannel, worth 15c, for i5c. Yard Wide Dress Flannels worth 25c for i6c Blankets worth 1$ per pair for 75c. . Blankets worth 51.75 per pair for 51.45. Blankets worth $2 25 per pair for $1.75. Blankets worth 53.50 per pair for 52.50. Men's Wool Underwear worth 51.50 for 51.00 Mens Underwear worth 60c for zi Ac Ladies' Underwear, worth 51. for 75c. Ladies' Underwear worth 50c for 25c. Maslin worth 7c (or $tfc. Muslin worth g4c for 8c. . Ladies' Hose worth 18c for I2jc. Children's Hose worth 15c for ioc. We are sure you will save money by buying your Dry Goods from ms. Hoping you will favor us with your patronage we are VERY TRULY, lmi7 Sc OO. 1109 O Street. $213,812 79 LIABILITY. Capital Stock. .......... Reserve fund required Alloiker liability.. .. Surplus - $100,000 00 by l&w 116.527 60 3,110 81 24.204 68 DEAL DIRECTLY $243,842 7 from May 15th, 1890, to be trampled to death by them, is a burning disgrace, a hideous certificate of your own incompetency as a com Number of losses August 10th, 1890. Windstorm losses 51 Litrhtninar losses . lad or wmcn iz was live stock. EFarm and resident property a specialty. The Farmers and Merchants have es tablished an enviable reputation at home and abroad for immediate adjust ment of claims and prompt relief af forded in full satisfaction of loss, Ihe people have explicit confidence not only 200 mander? Tt lftafea tn mp tfirv miich as in the company's ability, but ready dis- .1 i -. .... y ... I 9! A. - J.. 1 2...tn Z nll liv.a a.n posiliuii lu lit: ivi jusbijr m tu iiuugi uuiu all patrons. The restored value of de stroyed property is expected, and is the onlv verv simple reason why owners seek insurance. The Farmers and Mer chants of Lincoln, Nebraska, has a reli able board of undertakers whose special obligation in the event of destruction, is sound as national currency. The sin gle item, of value returned, as shown in though you were the willing tool of the tyrannical and cruel element whom you have allowed to gain possession and control of the steamer, and who proba bly pay you well for thus playing the traitor to your employers and to hu manity.' If this be too harsh a iudg ment," and these outrages are simply the result of yur inefficiency and innocent mismanagement, none the less does their WITH THE GROWER AND Sei-ve IlVEicicile Profits! ESTABLISHED IN 1872. ACRES CHOICE TREES AND PLANTS , Suited to Nebraska, Ready to sell. Stock True to Name. Satisfaction Guaranteed! PACKED TO CAItHY SAFELY. Larg-e Stock of Forest Beedlinsrs at Low Hates and to responsible parties on Um. orrespond at once before rush of delivery. Send for Catalogue. Mention Farmers' alliance wben writing:. Address CRETE NURSE MES, or E. F. STEPHENS, CRETE. NEB. RUDGE k MORI OVtft TOO KINDS ANseim THE GENUINE S i niOM 110.00 TO m.M ' J Jit BEAR TWmADt-MW. II existence demonstrate the nraetit nepes- the above statement for one hundred - e ? . i r , 1 . U t.wrst a vSmolo lstaf- In on lln Nil v oi mi i in intM i imih huh run i cm (.nance auu iuu ivi" v ouiuiai, jvo i in the administration of affairs.- As one equal conflict with lightening and fury age passengers daily, on an average, 12 ounces of potatoes, 10 ounces pork,-1$ ounces tripe, i or a pint of Indian com. with occasionally some carrots, turnips, etc.i thrown in. The statistics of 'last year showr that we fed our steerage pas sengers aauy 14 ounces potatoes, 11 ounces pork, if ounces tripe, of a pint was as grand and beautiful a specimen j Indian meal, and minor articles iri pro sea. Mighty engines of polished steel forced it , through the billows like a thing of life. Its parlors were finished and furnished in a style bf Oriental magnificence; its table was 8 supplied with the choicests viands from ail cli mates. - ': .::" " ? The next morning (not after my portion. ' An - anal j sis of these figures uy mr. xAiwaru AiKiuson, one- oi our cabin passengers and a 'distinguished political Economist, discloses the ffaet that our steerage passengers are now ire uetviug on an average iy per cent, more food than they did only nine ye"ars ago a slow but steady gain of more than x per cent, per annum. A similar con of the owners of this steamer, I give you fair notice that 1 shall, at the brst op portunity, report to my associate stock holders the condition o ; affairs I have found, and use niy Tjest endeavors to bring it to an. everlasting end, and se cure your dimnissal from a position you have shown yourself utterly incompe tent to nil." "But whait would be the use of my in- tenenngr " said the captain; "ii l were to bring all those miserable wretches up from below " ' "It strikes me," I interrupted angrily, "that it comes with poor grace from your lips to sneer at them as 'wretches' when your own brutal treatment, or the brutal manner in which you have per mitted others to treat them.' has been thing that has made them 'wretches. "Wall, wretches or not, if I were to allow them to come up here' and have the freedom of the cabin, and an equal chance for everything on board, human nature is human nature, and will work itself out; the energy, enterprise, fore sight, and sagacity oi the stronger and brainier class of passengers would soon assert itself; in some way or other they would manage to gain the upper hand of the weaker and less aggressive class, and in a short time we should Una our selves again in the same condition that we are now, and the same scenes would be re-enacted." "Of course they would, you unmiti gated idiot, ' 1 retorted, expressing my self in my dream with a directness and correctness which politeness would probably have prevented my doing in my waking hours; "of course they would, so long as the infernal policy of competition is , permitted to prevail. t is precisely because what we now be hold on board "this boat is the natural and inevitable result of the ' policy of 'competition,' that I denounce that policy, w haft do you - imagine you were appointed captain for? What is your idea of the duties of your position, if one of those duties, and one of the most important among them, be not to hold in check the strong and self ish and aggressive elemewt on board the steamer, and see to it that the weaker and gentler, the more peaceful and better-behaved, are not robbed and slaughtered?" The captain, as a last resort, and for ack of something better vto say.' in quired, "If this policy of competition is to be done away with, what do you propose to inaugurate in its place?" Justice! l answered; "the-policy of making every one on board the steamer do his share of the work, and no more; and of letting every one hate his share of all the advantages, com forts, and supplies the steamer affords, and no less."-Here is room enough for all, 1 food enough for all; 'and these rooms, these provisions, these tables, these carpets, this furniture, this library, these windows by day and these electric lights by night, are for the use, and the equal use,' of every one on board who pays his passage and behaves himself. You ought long ago to have learned this from the rules designed for your, guidance that are nailed up conspicu ously all over this boat from the engine- room to the masthead, prehxed by the statement that they were adopted in order to 'establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,- provide for the commbh defense, and promote the gen eral welfare " ; r - j ; ? So earnest and vehement had I be come at this' stage of the , Conversation that . I awoke. But as my waking thoughts had overlapped into dream land; so ' tbe steamer of rov dream seemed very real to "nie long r after I awoke; and I found, myself repeating the concluding lines of a poem. a part of which I used to recite in school when a boy: r . ....,.- . ,, "Sail on. Sail on. O Ship of State! Sail on. O Union, Btroiur and great! Humanity, with all its fears, With all its hopes of future years, Tb banging breathless on thy fate! ' ; In spite of r ck and jempet roar. In fepite of iafee lights on the shore, 5 ' Stf I on, nor fear to breast the sea. tears, Our b arts our hopes, our prayers'our Our laith, triumphant with our fears, i Are all with thee are all with thee 1 of tpe wind is sumciently convincing proof that every poncy is goiu nnru, and all sufficient reason for the remark able DrosDeritv the Farmers and Mer chants enjoy.- . ; 20 tt. HOG CHOLERA CURED We will furnish medicine to cure One Herd of f ick Hogs in each Township it the United States tree Hive express office and number of hogs. Call r address ' ' . I Ht HALL MtUlblNt LU. . lfW North rweltth Street, 4w21. ST. LOUIS, MO. Hastings Importing Co. BERG & STOREY Hastings, Nt-D., 1 hiva nn hand Choice collectionof Imported PiTCber on and French Coach Stallions, that for Style..'Ae-, tion and Qualltj combi ned,def vcomj petition. All our horses are Uegis tered. and Guaraneed to be sure breeders. Prices low and Terms easy. Address as above,,. .. - v n ml7 EXPOSITION DIMM HALL, nai N Street. - , LINCOLN, , . ,- - NEBRASKA. S. J. ODELL, Proprietor. Mr. Odell has newly repaired, refitted and steam-heated his JMning Hall, and is able to give better accommodations than any dining hall in Lincoln. Visitors to the city will find this a very- convenient place to stop. MEALS 25 CENTS. k&s? BUILDERS' HARDWARE AHD TOOLS. Table and Pocket Cutlery. Stoves and Tinware. , The Largest and MostlComplcte Stock la LINCOLN. 1122 N Street. TORY WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, ...... REMOVED TO MONTGOMERY BLOCK, 206 S. 11th, St., Near Cot. of N. and 11th Sts.. Opposite Alliance Headquarters. ufactured aad sold Cheaper than any place in NeDraina, Gloves and Mitten TflTl We beg: to announce the enter ance OF THE Western Glass & Paint Co., Upon the commercial field as a candidate for patronage. With ampi e capitai long ex pekiknce. and facilities for reachinjr every portion of the country over direct lines of railroad, we venture to assert our superior advantages. . A GENERAL Wholesale PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY. Established 7 Years. 8ml4 REMEMBER THE REMOYAL. IF YOU WANT TO BUY DM AI CARPETS ; - - ' IN ' ; - PAINTS, OILS, VARNISH, WINDOW GLASS, PLATE GLASS, FANCY - ? AND DECORATED GLASS . Will ber conducted:"' Our City Retail Depart men will be furnished with everything be longing to the business. . . This Company has secured the Sole Agency in this mmket for the leading manufactures of the different line pertaiinir to the Pain ter's and Builder's supply trade. r ,Tne inquiries o . purchasers . are solicited. Western Glass & Paint Co., UNO OL.N, NEB . No. 324, 326. 328, 330 South 12th St. 18-4-t AT LOW PSICES EOR CASH, WE INVITE YOU TO CALL If at any; time you are dissatisfied with a pur chase made from us, the goods canbe returned and money will b e refunded. Very Respectiully, MILLER & PAINE, 133 to 139 South Uth St., Lincoln, Nob. 1603. 18C& F. W. II0HMAN, Ol!et mui nu)t complete Mxt&U Hou6 in the state, display ing leaiiruj awl first-class PIANOS and 0BGANS. A full tins of Violins, Accordeons. ao4 lii sloal Merobandts. 8bet Munlo and Most Booki A-iU for olobra.tod . mtkMitf Brass Iastrumcnu. Th Alliance oaa sar from 16 to per cnt. Special Terms m Clubs. Oorrespoodeno or a call olloit4. 1140 O Street. ! F. W. HOHMAN. -jwnenin.e-8atrrages-of the peo ple iare for sale -their -liberties. are at stake. The bay em of the former will be the betrayers of the latter. S. C . ELLIOTT, . r PROPRIETOR OF CHINA HALL. .?a i. f.k-i , DEALER .-IN . j f.- China, Olass, Qu.eenaware, Chandeliers, Lamps, Oaa Fixtures, Table tf s : i Cutlery, JStc ; 1212 O Street, Lineoln, Neb. AMERICAN LIVE STOCK COMMISSION CO. . ROOM Si EXCHANGE BUILDING, IS CO OPERATIVE AND SELLS ALLIANCE STOCK: Consign to ,J- - tv . , ALLEN ROOT, Care of A. L. S. Co., A', lfttf South Omaha, Neb. ':v 111 L. HURTiBUT Sc CO., a k Co, I ft DEPABTMENT HOUSE. We carry one of the largest stocks west of tbe , Missouri River, in Dry.: Goods, Carptes, Boots, Shoes and Groceries. We are prepared to figure on la f ontraots of anything in our line and ALLIANCE PBO ' j ? j . PLB will do weL to g-et our prices on Staple and Fancy goods. t Farm Products exi hanged for Grocer! ea and Dry Goods, Shoes and Carpets. We have three store rooms and our ' , ' my . - j " r"' " Carpet Department extends over all. Youv.will save .money . by writing us for prices and samples etc. O.otf) Corner I Oth and P Ctrectx r