THE FA KM Kits' AMJAXCK. lifNCOTiN. NKH.. THITKSTMY, JAN. 14. 12. etoldi tiinmin Tivatz. An IntewrtinI tetter by Ktnnk firmer. Eorrca Fabmiu' Alluuci Io a recent rbtt to tk chief agricultural counties of England, til: Norfolk and Suffolk, the writer could not bat ootice a iimilwlty of cause aid consequent mult regarding farming matter there and here. Altnough prioe and fields aeeised high compared with our own, yet the margin of profit waa apparently lew; hence much discontent. Soma well acquainted with the English farmer. claim that aa a class, tbey will assert they are on the verge of ruin, whilst at the same tiras placing mta-j at bank to their credit. But if so, the question arises, why ao much changing from 'one rented farm to another, which if at all like the same thing here, denotes anything but prosperity or satufao tion. The fact was plain that many farmers were deaenfrating into mere agents for either the owners of the cattle which they fed, or the land they tilled. . Mao oasea were met where no stock at . all waa fed, which in England It a ae rlous matter in farming; and in case even the pigs were sold off soon aa lit tered. This means a close approach to poverty; and In Suffolk and Essex especially, there are In consequence many once lucrative farms lying In weeds. The Scotch of the lowlands with their excessive thrift, are coming In considerable numbers to Essex, a county art! lining Loudun; but steady filling an old stocking by thrift, does not mean any more there .than the ad vent of cheaper livers would here. The thought arises, whether it should be &eoearr for the farmer to work away a long life ia an effort to merely make enas meet, wnen tne worm arouua mm is full of nam rat pleasure, which it should be his lot to partake of, equally with the urban population, whicn flock to the seaside, lake and muuntnin lu multitude tor recreation. It Is a change in scene that often gives pleas ore, but the farmer sees i he name place, the same faees, and often times living wlthia a few miles uf the ocean, never sees i s majesty, or feeis its refreshing influence. The only change that could be discovered in the farmers hum1rum life was the weekly visit to market. There at least good fellowship as.erts public (a combination of notel and aaloon,) where the inevitable glass of beer must be drank, may acuount for tome of the weekly meeting!. In all market towns are - Corn HtHa " where cra)uif sold by sample Nogiisb farmer would think of taking off gaiu without having first contracted its de livery. ,.. , i . u t t The cattle marko's are always well attended and plentifully supplied. The eight of so many flue steer is to be seeu no where else in such perfection. The profits of the business, however, seemed to be very variable Here one would think comes io one ot the mistakes of the English cattle feeder. All feuding itock is purchased f.'ora either the Irish graaler, or the foreigner; the Dane more often than others This eystera makes the prime cost very high, as muchtts 175 being paid for average two year old atock steers. The selliug piioe when fat the past season was from tUO to 1130. Considering the cost of feeding thre ia a bare profit, iu fact tome have to be satisfied with the ma nureoloft for the laud. The favorite money crop seemed to be barley, many asserting that wheat and cattle paid little or nothing .and were only htaJlel with to hope that they might There are however two classes, both small, who apparently were making the farm pay one the city farm buyer, who with capital, could command an experienced stew ard and be able to buy and sell at the right time. Here is oue similitude to ourselves. We think we huvo discov ered the reason why so many ia this glorious west are forced Belief aud buyers at inoportune times, hencejihe reform movement am on gat the pro ducers. Ano her class was that which Included the small farmer whoso wite made but ter and raised poultrv, whilst the ealves were raided for future feeding, O te oould easily understand how the Irish man and the Dtne could undersell ibe EoglUh farmer on butter, when the same man woul i pay hlui $50 to $75 for his young cattle. The labor question is also a factor. The system of farm ng for a large pro portion of grain and the the growing of roots necessitates a heavy labor hill, and in spile of low wages 8 si 00 to $3.00 per weea without board the number employed affect the assets considerably. Agitation U in progret-sto a ay the exo dus of the best of the. labor to the cities and cotonies. O d men are plen tifui on the farms, which mty mean houest service, but not always profit able. The laoorer blames his e jiplover for small pay and occasioualiy strikes, but an impartial otraerrer can ee notVnrJn the fa mers c.rcHiiisance' to admit of more pay to bis men 15 dog a renter and twx paver he peneral'y is at his wits end to meat obiig tots and In many cases Bi.-oucr or la er has to leave the farm fr some more hopeful occupation. The g od old times when the English farmer nude money and wa ab.e to hunt foxes wuh the squire atid parson, passed away with the ad veut of western competition The sav ings of those years are all but gone in endeavors urged on by hope of return ing good times, which never come. Meanwhile the farmer makes room for the steward or the weed, aud himself, if Kgd, retires on the wreckage, or if jouug. becomes the land owueis agent, or perhaps triej his luck in simie city or foreign country. But as there are exceptions to every rule so is it with farming in Kngknd, Simio were apparently prospering In all occupations a few iudividtials through extraordinary powers of man agement aud toriunale circumstances, wiiim OHur in-in tnair teiows in spue of Re aer.il adversity. But expec tation are founded on the average tal ent of the farming world, and lesults shou d be such a- would bring average c-imfortg and profits. Toe firmer reith -r expects or &-ks for riches, but lout lougingiy forward '.o the time when ordinary powers, honestly and industriously used, should receive thoir just re war a ihefcogitsh farmer is in th'i same boat wit h ourselves, both sub sequent to the idle rich which through eitoer hereditary or unjust methods claim the source of all wealth the land then claims its products by means or tricky Hoards ot lrade and watered railroad, and last of all claim the farmer or his labor for life fwbloh is the same thing.) accomplished by means or bhyiocktsm pitting a amall amount of money against a large am mot of labor by knavery in politics or h? p cr in principle ani gen eral leeua-like propensities. Mr. Editor please exouse moralizing; these things mast create thought and study before action. Ovt ar of b ipe is erisen in our Alliance, aua thought gives place to ertlea. Where It will end we know not but will aertr catil the Ao eriraa fanner la aafeiy clear ef ail the rocks andsbnals of Injustice Tonrs fraternallf. C. NaSH. Ts the Delegates ef the Annual Alliance Convention of the Hitional Tar men Alliance. Moclto-. Aopanoo- Co. Ia , January 5, mi. I Railroad rates have been eecured for delegates attending the Annual Con vention to be held at Chicago, III , Jan 27th and 28th. 183, of afire and one third for the round trip, upoa the cer tificate plan. Oa the certificate plan, as in .ge on most of the railroads. It passenger pays full fare ia going to the meeting and secures a certificate (or receipt) therefore from the ticket agut by request, at time of purchase, and this certificate (or receip ). when coua- tersigned by ibe proper official at the meeting, becomes authority for sale of a return ticket over the same road, between same points, at oae-tbird fare. thus making one fare and a third for tne round trip. Where the journey Is made over more than one line. It Is frequently necessary 'or the passenger to purcnate separate local ticket and procure certificate thereof for each of the lines io thie ter ritory over which be travels in going to the meeting, aa many of thesj line do not honor the certificate of any other line Delegates should therefore ascer tain from the ticket agent what portiou of their journey can be covered ty the certificate procurable of hiw and pur chase tiokets and secure cer'.lnoaies tilled in accordingly. Failure to pro cure or present certificate invalidater any claim for reduction in return fare. The tickets purchased for going pas sage may be either limited or uulimiutd according to rate paid or n gulations in effect on the line over which tt reads, but the return tickets sold at the re duced fare will, in all cases he limited to continuous passage. Certificate wilt nt be honored for return tickets at re- dined rates unless presented within three days after the date of adj .urn- mentor the meeting. Sauna y not beiug accounted a day, nor will certificates m honored in cases where going tickets were purchased more thau three days prior to the commencement of the meeting. Negotiations are pending for a rate of one fare for the round trip, which, if successful, it will be arranged so that delegates will get the advautage of the same with the certificate designated as above. I'be Convention wilt be held in Far- well Hall, beginning January 27'h at Ou'clooa a. iu. Ileatlqaarterg will bo at the Sherman House where a special rate of 13 60 per day has been se. uied. .. L - L 111 I - L uaies ai a cneaiwr ncuse win a mo De secured. Very truly ours. August Post, Sec'y The Homestead Again. GILBA.D. Neb, Jan. 6, 1893, Editor Alliaw : I notice in TflB Farmers' Alliance of Dec 8Ut. an open letter to the Iowa Homestead, by Rev. N. II. B. of Minneola Neb , and I wish to make a few remarks corrobor atlng bis statements of the sneaking way in which the Homestead U being used as a tool by the g o. p. to win back the farmers to their fold. Thayer and Jefferson counties as well as Holt county, are being flooded with sample copies of the tiomntead, each copy having an editorial on the Farmers' Alliance warning it v.ot to dabble in partisan politics, but to ex periment ou tne most economical way to raise 8o , hogs So cattle, and SOo wheat. It also advises the farmers in an ar- tio e entitled, "The Farmer and the Laborer" not to unite with the -'labor ing olemont" because "their interests are theoretically the si me but not ap parently tne auie." i r-s ino aomnt ad knows and says the fai mers and labor ers Interests are l ha same, only an ap parent difference; but we should not by any means get together and find this out for fear it would completely destroy th-! g. o. p. How well the old party loaders are manipulating the political wires! While the tJomesttad is warning the farmers agaiubt united political action with the "laboring element," the U. na na Bee is advising the laboring class not to unite with the farmers, because thy are capitalists and Irving to break down their wages. The Hex even denounces the grand and pood T. V. Powderly for advocating their united politic! actio a. Now 1 would inform these two hire lings of the g. o. p., in the language of the greatest of Americans, "you may fool all the people a part of the tim, but vou cannot fo 1 a part of the people all the time," and the part that you are not fooling at tne present time is tne Knights of Libor Farmers' Alliaace aud other kindred laor organizations. IRA C L'KAVEK The Way to Win. OvK.it, Custer Co., Neb., ) Dec 20. 1801. S Editor Alliance: For a long time I have resolved to write a few lines of eneourafcOJient to the readers of your respected paper. Not became I am ovetilowiDg with talent, but because I am so terribly interested in the welfare of abustd humanity. It U pleasant for mo to hear from farmers and their wives and daughters through the col umns of The Alliance, and others may feel similar. We want to work up a family feeling all over the state, and to do tbU we must be more sociable Tell in our simplest manner what our greatest interests are, and how to regain our niHirues. 1 am not talking to-u gat under tho shadow of the Amaucs lor that ''excludes politics." I want to say to vou, brothers aud sister, that we eau't study nur iot&rects too much ?s liborers and producers I We know '.h. t we do not gut for our products what we should hate- But prics are made by our money kings in their oern interests, and we are obliged to submit. t he remedy is to go on in. our well doing, stick to the iudependent party, and pav no attention to tho abuse that is heaped upoa our leaders, such epi thsts as "communists," "calamity howl ere," etc ; but a' and up to the work just as we did when soldier boys, toucuing elbows aa we advance, and we will win, for trod is on tur side. Don't let u be divided, rather submit to a few wrongs than lose our rights. Prepare for our (-eeming) hard work in our leisure, and io! it 1 easy. This will win in 03, if each of us make proper use of the talent our Master has entrusted with us. Yours for "victory aud reform." Salem Twist. A fine 100 la Loup Co. to excharga for a 40 in south cartel n Neb. 81U t Addrs-sA J Kigbt 4 Co. 1024 O St.. Liacula, Neb. TEI D1X SIDE 0T THE PAST TUB. The Chicago 77iA'iNew Year nnm br contains a compilation of the mur ders, derations, lynching and suicides of 1891, a record which the Philadelphia Press pronounces "ona of the saddest as well as one of the most Interesting reco da broogbt to light" It ia esptci ally interesting to the atnder t of social problems. The number of murders committed la the United States in 1MH was 5,906. an increase of 1.61C over 1890 and of 8,339 over 1889. A startling enormous gain. indicating, with the snicidea. rapid! g r hanging conditions. Of the 6,904 mnr defers 123 only were executed, 195 were 1,'nched. and the rest escaped. The suicides increased in number in like ratio with the murderers 3 331 be ing reported n Increane over 1890 of 6U1. The following are given aa the causes: Dtwaonfener.... l.tt L'nuor TA L'nuua Silt DiMppo nted love IMS I rrMrutr 4K I'l Oi-ailB.. ...... 1 DoiaeuelnfelicU7a Baaineat lae... ST The saddest of all sad things wa know is self dent ruction. Mea cling to lif though miserable. Thry cliog till all bM ia lost, till all fear is loot, or over come, and take the final, awful piuags because they cannot bear hunger aud cold, lonel ness wretchedness, the long ings of life which they have no power to satisfy. The sane man who is driven to despondency aud suHde by the bard hopeless eondi' ions of lifx forced noon him, by taking his own life furnishes the most terrible arraignment of our laws, onrsnlfinh straggle la whieh the weak must tight the strong The ficrht grows fiercer as tha means of life be ome more and mora moaoDoliaed. fru-ts are multiplying and competition among fie working claw Is forcing thousands Into sweater's dens, ami ter euients that breed disease and death. rtir twin aie driven bv huncr-r. bvin- Miflitsirnt waves 1b to urnst tin tion and j'.iup at last Into the black water of despair. Mo hers are poisoning their children teeane tbey oannot earn euough by was ing and sewlug.fo sup uorc lbeni, and prefer death to separa tion . Anxiety and uncertainty it the onstant mental burden or the millions. and beggary Is it bin the reach of all. W lib each twist ef the screws above us. rnen ea-d'y hv the runner kirin. the morally and phvsicallv weak are erowd- ed down luto pauperism, insanity, crim ami tiesperauoo i ne each-tor himself strangle in which all must engage culti vates in eacn individual all that is self Uh, mean and cruel. And the laws which allow the publicly rieed-d land. money, miues and means of transporta tion iu ne wreucnea from ine people and contro led by the few, are the di rect cause of the increasing poverty. awie&suehs, misery anil o Deration whieh the reco ds year by year are showing. Resolutions of Graoohul Alliance No. 669. LlTCltriKLif, Neb., J to. 4, 1803 Editor Farmers Alliance: 1 send vou resolutions for publication passed bv our Alliance. Gracchui A liance No. 669 of Sher man county at its regular meeting Jan. i, 1803, passed the following resolu tions: RtsolMd. That this Alliance favors the mb-Treaniry p'an, as a means of breaking up the rubw dens f gam blers aud dealinginftit ns In tarm prod nets, which we think U one of the great st curses to the American farmer ana laDorer. Resolved. That we send a con? of theso resolutions t Tub Faumers' Alliance tor publlcaMon. Jam ro R M. cheat Resolutions of Condolence. Wi'ioaiiie Alliaaod. Nj. 859 Dao. 66, 1891. Whereas, II has pleased God to re move Iruiu our midst by deatn. our es teemed aud worthv brother Miehnel Peacock, therefore be it AVWccrf.'lhat in the death of hrnthnr Peacock thU Alliance has lost a worthy auu milium nicmner, Kesotvea, lhat we the member of Alliance No. 039 do hereby cxwnd our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved widow and family of our decnasnd brother. Resoloed, That these resolutions be spread upon the records of our A liano i and a copy be furnished the widow of the deceased also to The Farmers' Alliance aud Beaver Cii v rimes lor publication. I L. W. Vocno, Uouiuitttee J N Anderson, ( K Baxter. For monei nn Nebraska farms ad- dross A. J. Ri bv & Co . 8U1 10 6O S- , Lincoln, Neb. MORE OR LESS SCIENTIFIC. There are few flowers whose perfume la actually deadly. The flowers of the kali nm ah, or death plant, found la the islands of Java and Sumatra, emit a per fume so powerful as to overcome, if in haled for any length of time, a full grown man and ki.liug all forms ot insect life approaching it It is in'.imated that over 2,700.000,000 pounds in weight of phosphoric acid are removed every year from the soil ot tha United States in the crop of rereals and of hay and straw, or about nineteen pounds an acre of oereals and twelve pounds an acre of gram. To maintain the fertility ot the soil this vast amount of this special mineral must sooner or later be returned to it. The native agave is one of the moct useful plants known to the Mexican. It bns been cultivated there certainly as far back as 1518, and its roots, leaves and juice yield a variety of products. Paper is made from the pulp of the leaves, twine and thread from their fibres, and needles from the sharp tips ot their leaves. Those leaves also serve as thatching tor the houses of the poor. In Pouth Carolina the output of phos phot is over 000,000 tons by companies with a capital of over $0,000,000. while the capital of companies engaged in the same business in Florida js over SoO.000, 1)00. When it is remembered that phos phate mining did not begin in South Car o'ina until lt87, and not until 1888 in Florida, the phenomenal development ot this industry is apparent. GRAINS OF COLD. A loving heart is the truest wisdom. The reward ot one duty is the power to fulfill another. Ihat whioh is everybody's business is nobody's business. 1 he less people speak of their greatness the more we think of it. Reputation is what others say we are, character ia what we are. All men are frail; but thou shouldst reckon none so frail as thyself. Sincerity is the indispensable ground of all consciousness, ot all heartfelt religion. Men are always invoking justice; yet it is justice that should make them tremble. Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of bis abilities, and tor no more. Character is always built up by the in tention to do right, and the right is al ways oar duty. Insomnia la Dangerous. fir. Sara B. Ctiaae la a preat believ er hi rewrintr the brain. Fhoaaid: People die sooner from brain work than they do from physical work. XTt ought not to be obliged to work so aatokilloorselvee. We can stand a preat deal more of phyaicnl work if ire have proper conditions oflile than we can brain work. The brain ia n verj pecnlinr organ, and require more attention and care than pre hope any other organ of the body. It in net have plenty of rest and plenty of change and recreation. The only way to reet the brain properly and thoroughly ia by takingsleep. lithe brain becomes overtaxed nnd weary through a constant amount of work and worry it rnnat be rested by hav ing an entire change ol scene and con dition. When the brain haa become wearied the whole body become dis organized, and for a man to be in a healthy condition his hrnin must be ktrong nnd clear and active. The brain is the moat active nnd hnrd worked of all the organs of the body, and great care must be taken that it ia not overtaxed and overburdened. Students particularly should avoid studying too hnrd. Person who are troubled with inaomnin are in a very dangerous condition. There a re many' who obtain only two or three hours sleep ina night nnd yet feel compnrat ively well and free irom pain. They will however,break down very sudden ly. This is mused very often by their nerves not being in a healthy condi tion, and unless attended to at once may develop into insanity. New York Mail and Express. Th Horse In Battle. An officer of experience, writing on ths behavior of horses in battle, says: "Vt hen it comes to battle, a horae seems to knoweverythingthat is going on; but be does his duty nobly nnd seems to be in his element. He enters into the spirit of the bat tle like a human being. He shows no (ear of death, nnd it is singular that if his mate is shot down, he will turn to look at him nnd seem pleased. A horse in my battery was once struck by a pie e of shell which split his skull so that one sids wns loose. The driver turned him loose, but he walked tip by the side of thegun and watched the firing, nnd when a shot was fired would look awny in the di rection of the enemy as if too see the effect of the shot. When a shell would burst near by, he would calm ly turn nnd look at it. When he aw his own team going back for ammunition, he ran back to his own place and galloped back to the caia Kn with t lie rest. When the lieuten ant pushed him aside to put in an other horse, he looked at the other one sorrowfully while he was being harnesses up, and when he seemed to realize that there was no further use for him he lay down and died. The lieutenant stronlary asserted that he died of a broken heart." Court Journal. Tupper's Egotism. Sir G D , a personage not un known to fame, once encountered the late Martin Farquhar Tnpper on a Clyde steamer, and was accosted by him in these terms: "I perceive that 1 am not the only distinguished man on board." Mr. Tupper smiled not as he spoke, being quite in earnest and, indeed, wishing to pay RirG what be conceived to be a bisli com pliment. This little incident occurred on deck. Presently Mr. Tupper went down into the cabin, but beloredoing so handed his umbrella to a young lady, a perfect stranger, to take enre of it for him. "Young lady," ho ob served to the astonished recipient of the umberella, "you will now be able to say in after life that you once held the umhereHa of Martin Tnpper." nmesmileless expression as before. The story is told of Tupper that one evening he attended a dinner party alter having lost his portmanteau in the afternoon, and nt the table, when he had talked a great deal about his loss, a wit who wns present inter rupted him by saying: "If 1 had lost rny portmanteau, Mr. Tupper, I, be ing an ordinary man, should have been justified in boringa dinner ta ble with my grief. But you, Mr. Tupper your philosophy is prover bial." Sun Francisco Argonaut. A Dog Coaxer. "Doc Trofit" Holloway, the tramp who was found a short time ago in Connecticut, nearly dend from expos ure, is well known there because of the fascination he exercises over dogs. He has been seen accompan ied by as muny as twenty-five dogs, and he always has from four to ten with him. Almost any iloir will fol low him with hall an invitation, it is said, and when he coaxes no dog can resist him. Valuable dogs have been known to leave their mastersto take up with Holloway, and, when brought back would seek the first opportunity to join tho beggar. Holloway has been so long a wan derer that he can claim no town ns a residence, but, so far as can lie learned, he was born in Foster. R. I. Exchange. Bogus Coffee, Lookout for a new kind of cofle that is not coffee. Some clever Frenchmen at the island ol He-union have discovered that the fruit of the wild ornnge that grows there has thearomuofthecoffee berry. As it costs less to raise the wild ornnge than the regular coffee, naturally the planters are substituting the lormer for the hitter, and the gov ernment even has ordered that a great part of the highlands on the island be reserved for the cultivation of the new bogus coffee. Oue bright gleam on the coffee horizon is the fact that the new berry will be so cheap, that it will, if its culture suc ceeds, drive out chicory, nnd ns an adulterant it is said to lie much less vile than that staple coffee cheapen er. New York Sun. TO TAP THE SOUTH. The CaaadlM FhiIIi Arvaagiag t Ka Umd IU Um, MptXEAPOua, Jan. 12. There is bo longer any serioua donbt that the Ca nadian Pacific means to desert the snowy plains of Manitoba and Ontario and ran ita trains through the fertile valleys of North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin. The Canadian Pacific owns a controlling interest in the "Soo line, and the latter wilt be utilized bv the Canadian Pacific company ia bring ing; traffic through the United btatee. An extension has already been built by the "Soo" from Uankinson, N. D., to Valley City, and aa soon as the weather permits the extension will go farther north and reach the Canadian boundary. The Canadian Pacific is con struct ing a line in a southerly direction from Regina and this line will connect with the Valley City extension of the "Soo." When this connection is made there will be a continuous track from Vancouver on the Pacific coast by way of Retina, Valley Cirv, Minneapolis and Sanlt Ste. Marie to flalifax on the At lantic co art. This will tl.en be the route utilized by the Canadian Pacific in transporting its immense truffle from ocean to ocean. Illlaois-linra toag-ne. Chicago, Jan. 12. A meeting of the niinoia-Iowa league was held here. Jul -iet, Rockford, Quincy, Cedar Rapids and Peoria were represented. Ottnuiwa, Aurora and Davenport will be dropped this year, and three other cities, one of which will probably be Springfield, Ills., will lie taken into the leagne. It wue decided to schedule games and a salary limit of $750 was adopted. AGAINST THE SETTLERS. Decision Handed Down in tha DeiMolnei Blver Land Ca Eviction Must Be Resorted To. Fort Dodge, Ia., Jan. 13. Hike a knell of doom into many happy homes in Webster county canie the news from Washington that the United States su preme court had decided the famous Des Moines river land case against the settlers. Notwithstanding the general impression that a decision adverse to the settlers was a certainty, many of the settlers still confidently believed that their homes would be saved to them. Their last hope is now gone. Evictions will have to be resorted to to remove many of the squatters from the lands which have been their homes for almost a lifetime. The case decided bv the supreme court was appealed from Shiran northern Iowa district. Attorney General Stone presented the settlers' cause. Union PuclOo'i Annual Review. Omaha, Jan. 12. A Union Pacific statement reports the employes of its system as averaging about 24,000, with with a monthly pay roll of $1,000,000. About 2,200 employes resido in Omaha. Of these 500 are engaged at the head quarters, 1,800 in the shops and the re mainder in the yards and local freight offices. The mileage for 1891 was 7,068, with no chonge during the year. In 1891. sixty-six locomotives and sixty freight caboose cars were added to the rolling stock. The freight received at and for warded from Omaha and South Omaha daring 1891 (September estimate) was as follows: At Omaha, received 462,879 tons, forwarded 210,813; at South Omaha received 225,980 tons, forwarded 126,951. For the year ending Dec. 1, 4,357 cars of stock were forwarded from Omaha and South Omaha, and 14,549 were re ceived. The rolling stock of the system is as follows: Locomotives, 1,058; Pull man sleepers, 67; dining cars. 13; other passenger cars, 706; freight cars, &'.,647. THE MARKETS. Chicago Grain and Provhlons. Chicaoo. Jan. 11 WHEAT January, mic; May. 9 Wo. CORN-January, asc: May, "c. OATS-January. Stc: May. 31MlXo. PORK-January, S11.30: May, S1L7U. LAKD-Mav. I6.A2MI. RIBS-January, $.V5?H: May. 56?H. Chicago Live Stock. Union Stock Yards, Chicaoo. Jan. 11 f CATTLE Estimated receipts. 8,00 1 hnad. Natives. 13 ACftt.76: cows bulla, ssnnajl in. Tenuis, 1.J5.43.75; western beeves, $2.20&i.u0. H003 Estimated receipts. 40,000 head. Heavy, U lUijM 8": mixed and medium. 4.00 4:20: Hgbt.3.7.Va4.15. Firm. SHEEP-Westorns, 14.4035.75; natives, $3.75 a5.15; Texans, Hi7&84.J Kansas City Live Stock. KANSAS City, Jan. la CATTLE- KatimatMl rnr.oir.tr. 1 nm h.4. shipment. 2,0U: steers, steady to luc or lao lower: cows and feeders steady. Bales, dressed buefand shipping stoers ranged Jl.ai4i: cows and beifers, 11.k.t3 in: Btocbers and feeders. $2.Sii!3.30; mixed. sl.IB3l.00. HOGS Estimated rceeints. 6.J1M hrl: hfn. ments. 2.7m. BnUc.f3StVftJ.ll5; rangers, javUii 1.U5. Market 5c lower, closing strontr. Omaha Live Stork. Union ftock YAnns. I Omaha, Jan. 12 i CATTLE Estimated receipts, 2,800 hmd. Lam to 1.500 lbs.. $3a5'a47i; 1 to l,:i00 lbT J(.75ii4.5: 900 to 1.1UI lbs , 2.75&S.75; choice cows, 2.0oa3 211: common nun slio..9iti- good feeders. 2.50?r3 00: common feeders, S-i .i 60 Market steady to lower. HUGS KRtimatod receipts. 8.500 head. Liht, 3.fl0(t3.li: mixed, 8 UOTJtf.Do; heavy, S.i4,4.oa. Market 5c to 10c higher. PRODUCTS OF SKILL. A perfumer in Cannes uses 20 tons of violets every year. The Lick telescopic photographs are so perfect that they must be strongly magni fied before their details can be examined. ine munu-ipat authorities ot Toronto recently ordered the police to make a count of the unoccupied houses in the 'ity. The count shows that there are 1,1.79 dwelling houses and 504 stores va cant in the city. To harden tools for engraving they are heated to whiteness and plunged into seal ing wax, withdrawn after an instant nnd plunged in again repeatiue the pro.-ess until the steel becomes cold. The tool will thus become almost as hard as a dia mond. in tho bottom of Texcoco, a large lake in Mexico, is supposed to lie the entire lot of copper coins, made by Don Antonio de Meuiloza. In 1.141'. They were consigned there, it is related, by the natives of that date, who did not regard copper favora bly as a metal for coins. Consul Gracey summarizes the condi tion of streets and highways of Foochow, China, in the following report to the de partment of state, Washington: '-There are no roads In this part of China. The streets of Foochow are from six to twelve feet wide, many of them covered with stone stalls, whi( h are filthy beyond description, and are perfectly execrable. We have no wheeled vehicles, and, as a consequence, merely foot-paths all through the coun try " "Nearly aH the counterfeit coins afloat," says nn expert to a writer in Epoch, ' are silver pieces. As the whole process of making gold coins is more expensive than making silver ones, so it is more expensive to counterfeit gold than silver coins. There are always a good many counter feit silver dollars floating about, although during the last few years there has been no peroeptib'e Increase in them. There are comparatively lew spurious gold pieces out." turn t. m ,. i,, I Mty m rk4ta afrto-ne Mber 4r Ikatsfee kn ' a mb fnr Ik f fcrwt bm4 f.vnri m a tuprnur Tmr4j. M It lopp-4 In ennvk infant y rka nifecr eo"e rn liMNfiiMntr. Pe ! pf- lw ar4 nnniw l n m-rti, any lr rt.t HI ' 7m aMBfi Bottia tn. uarge klvfiueaiMl (I. r.m ALLIANCE THE SEED HOUSE FOR THE PEOPLE. Pat's 3 'o 4 ci t' each, "her sed cheap o p-oror'ion Wantr)t nesh and best quality. Any one sending a cems SEED HOUSE. to pay postage and packing we win end ample pkt of onr eeds. Special club rale to All'anowi. try n. Send far ratalojrne. Alliance Seed Hnae. 81 8m tirove City, Kantat You who are in need of FRUIT TREES, Forest Trees for timber Claims ORNAMENTAL TREES, Shrubs, Grape vines or smalt fruit will save 50 per cent by buying of the Jan sen nursery. Nursery prrown ash, one rear old, 50c to 75c per 1000. Everything else as cheap in proportion. A nice bock telling bow to plant given wit h every order Write for price list; satisfaction guaranteed. REFKEHCK. Jansen Bank. Jansen, Neb. liarbine Bank, Fairbnrj. Neb. Address Janten Nursery, 80 8m G. B Gailbraith, FroD. Mention h' par"r Jnien, Neb. . GERMAN NURSEltlES. l grow and have for sale a large slock of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Crape Vines, Small Fruits Flowii ig Shrubs and Forest Tie Seedlings for Timber Claims I do not belonsr t" ny syndicate or comM nanon, and mi prlcet are vt-ry low Heine a member of tne alliance a thin place I won d r-.t'-r ai y one to the sicretaryof our lni(ie ht-re Pr oe llais tree. Write me in Knirlub r German a 'd ddre. Sl-Um O KL rODERB'flOER Jflrann Co. Ilower. Nehranta. PLANTS AND fREES. A full auRortr-.ent of FORSET AND FRUIT TREES, Plants, vinos, etc.. rf hardiest sorts for Ne tirapka. Bpeolal prices to Alliance societies end for ppce UM to North Bebd Nurseries. North Bend. Dodge Co., Nebraska. Pstablisbcd !H73 J. W. MTt'VKNKON. Pronr. EVERGREENS S , JU AND FOREST TREES. S STt. For Wlnd brnka. OrnimonL rtc. l S HardleM Varieties, huimj grown ' SoKch fine, z to 3 iwt, til) prr s iuv. semen am AoatnaneiuctrM a llnga, 11 Iu IS lncnn. 110 pr WOO. 4, Olbor Um nd wlrtles In pro Ik portion Orar 10 nillliuu lor .le. 1 Jt flood local Asinti Wanted. D. BILL, fctergrnea Specialist, Dandra, llhaoia, SEEDS! GARDEN, FLOWER A FIEI.K Herd Potato, KKIUT TKKE, PLANTS A V1NKS all bl lilnri. Oup ffpec riTAi nr.ne U . Nrptr, ult hu N. Biz IMflHrr-s give, :uni... Arrant. IWrlptfea. .d ftlB PBit'KX for HKNT UOOIIH. Pon't mU weinx tt before b.iTino. Send address to-Kr '. FAH fO0 A S6H. - fur rfftiwl M li.T Ageou "2 rtnt-lnw wlnur and otber .no woer owl Mayor. Aju ; w A(..u. OBTAIN . CHICAGO -. PR1CF3 x FOR x YOUR PRDOUCE. The way to do this Is to ship your Butter, Poultry, Eggs, Vea May Crain Wool. Hides. Beans. Broom Corn. Green and Oried Fruits. Vegetables, or auytniug you have to us. The fact that you itiav have been selliug thvse articles at home for years, is no reason that you iliould continue to do so. if you can lind a better market. We nr.-ke a 8pcialty f receiving shipments direct' from FARMERS AND PRODUCERS, and urobably have the larjjpgt trade in this way of any house in this market. Whilst you are looking around for the cheapest market in which to buy your (roods, and nun economizing in that way, it will certainly pay you to give sause attention to he best and most profitable way of disponing of your produce. VV invite cor-.-uspondence from INDIVIDUALS, ALLIANCES, CLUBS, and all organizations who de sire to ship their produce direct, to this mtrket. If requested, we will send you tree of charge our daily market report, shipping directions and such Information ts will be of service to you. if you contemplate shipping. When so requested proceeds for shipments will be deposited to the eredit of the shipper with any holeale house in Chicago. Let us hear from you. 11 -3m . Summers. Morrison & Co., COMMISSION MERCHANTS 175 South Water St., CHICAGO, Riifrrcnre: Metropolitan National Rank Chirag-n. JOHN J. GILLILAN J Ha for sale and exchange a large list of bargains. 100 lots In Gilli' an's Col ege View addition. These lots lay smooth, are on the Electric Street Railway, ai d tear Union College. Lois and Houses, and lots in all parts of Lincoln. , Acre tracts aud lots in all lw College suburbs 160 acre, twelve miles of Liuooln for i0. per acre. (27-5t) Lands improved aud unimproved iu all purls of the State. If you wish to buy or sell write mo. If you have horos or cattle to trade write me. Attention is called to tie write up of College View and Union College in the next issue of this paper All business promptly attended to. . NEBRASKA SEEDS. Kpb'-Rf ksno ere pleased to learn that the eetmis ranks their favorite state third among 1Kb "eeil procuoinff states of the Union. A full ilne .f these freea and oh toe sneda ip uar-rt-d by i.W DELANO UR03. Lee Hark, Custer Co . Neb. Oldest nnd (jtrirMT sopd Growers In the 8'ate. ratainirun fn-e on upoUoatinn. Save i the i Dollar If you are A Bed Room Suit, a Stove, a Lounge, a Chair, or In fact anything you use in the house call on MEIER'S HOME 127 and 129 N Uth We will Save 1 s suaa w 6f at net ood leal be raa do will aoea be able U de more tor him than be does do. The surt fact that charity Is te bagta at boa is all ta proof wa md that tt sfaonlda't stay tber. l!asy men and many women enjoy pop alar sateen, not because they are kaowa, but because they are aoL FOR SALE CHEAP. A FuH-aloedtd Polled Angus Bull. Sired by Erin N9. 7470. Dim, Jade 746i Goodaoimil. weight about 1 lb 8 years old. As I am leaving the farm.will sell for ha'f valu. Call ouor write to - Oswald Pa Mint. lt4 bhelby, Nb. W. C. T. U. DINING HALL, 138 S 12th St., Lincoln. MiELS' 25o. First cla table and attendance. Lunches at all hours, 3'lif JENNINGS HOTEL, ALLIANCE HEADQUARTERS. BEST $1.50 AND $1 00 PER HOUSE IN THE CITY. DAT E. JENNINGS. Presrieler. Cor 9th & Harney, Omaha, Neb. 1 FURNAS v4 CO. HERO ;fea LARGE ENGLISH BERKSHIfiES. H S. WILLIAMSON, Prop., BFAVER CITY. NEBRASKA. Thirty i-hoke pigs of Anrll farrow left, also faur litter of June farrow. Iiiduormems to purtus starting- herd. Orders booked for cows bred tor epnnir farrow, ckook A No. L Prioes right. Mention tba Alliance. 20 B1LSAI Fit aD iffectira iftiie Tbruat aniLnno Sweat as eeMa, eeacbs, ereaa, asthma, ttf Inea-xa, hearseaess, breaehitts and ialp ieat eoasampttaa, aad for the relief of eon tneaitiv patients In advanced stages of tha disease. . If year drat flat does not handle, send direct ta W. B. Howard UU and N streeti Lincoln, Nebraska. U rem iax it au bbtooibti. U EOfASIT. COM BUSY BEE "WASHER G arar.ievd u rtm esaler md dm iMtter wrk tfaavn in? iu the wrt'l. Nfl rt.hbuiB tuweaaarr Wtohaiieoge a iriaj witb bt oiber nauiblu. WsirrtuisMl or nf wwi oa monmj reruoara ir bm -ourr aatUlaoiorr. Pin m tul. Haves tlm, mour nod ohHbei. Juat tba nuhiu fur ladle wlf are not w troQK. TboneMidl of lavltea who u-nt in hir iheir wahlna ttoii., Buwiv ibatexaM bt using u BCV BEE" WAMIKR. Hav ir aireurtb, healib, ubhj, clothes and rww.nv bv ,uvt -loit oul dtl In ihl martbiac. ftoo't betp the Vahr unleaa It ault too. W arc rrwponalble and mean J art waat wa nay. W Invite rnu te lnr.t'ctr iW'-uariilr before nek ins aoenu Wr will fortHt S1O0 m anrnna who will nnn that m th full ammtnt in a diaaattfiHt DurobaMcr. 1 ARFNTS WANTED 52KrffiC!ST-J!sy are very siHuraarul. Parmera and thlr w(tb tnnk 1200 ro ttijO n..a Airnuir In Uliuiiti AA Stin D.lc u 1- hi to thoM dMrinar ao agcncir, onlr tS. Alao celebntti PEXN WKIKIifflu amfulboiiiiehnld artlrlea at Inweat whnale ftrier.MrW in ntir I. at. LAKE ERIE MFG. CO., 155 Et 13th St, ERIE, PA r.x.in. or tKiirnror m par-T. u rirr for natalnmi-and t REAL ESTATE BROKER, Lincoln, Neb. wanting 30 4t FURNISHING HOUSE St., Lincoln, you Money.