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THE FAHMEIIS ALLIANCE, LINCOLN, NEB., HIU11SDAY, FEU. 11. 1892. I rJtst'.SzL. vUUS VEK NE "V. fHAITKK III. THE TBUTH AT LAST. Ten years of life in the Australian bush had worked (Treat changes in Toad Faircamp, but it had worked them easily and naturally, foi' he had proved tolwa very fit subject He had ' taken with great et and willingness to the wilil waya of this life in the wil derness, which, as an untauie horse tmpgles apainht bit and rein, renolled at the restrainiufr toueh of so-called law and ordor. His ranches lying for miles " about Waldcck hill, strange to way, had not enriched him, for in order to main tain his position as a cattle king he had Buffered his band of retainers to teooinc, as it were, sharers of his ill -pot ton property. In this he had little choice, for, owing his exigence as he did at the outset to their protecting arms, he now found himself at the head of a baud of hair-marauders, hatf-farmers, who re garded thcniM'lrM as well entitled to an Interest in this vast estate, which lay far beyond the cleared patches of the most 'adventuresome pioneers. In Mtkit asi Ai-tmnl fjstl ti'ArVt i Vtft minima ..,i,r .m. -ain.i.i. ..u edging the dVrrts of the interior that .7 .. ... , . ... . save hands of the law would be able to un tangle the twisted and snarled skein -and trace back the ownership to the .goldea sources, of the Faircamp mil Jionfl,. which Thad, as guardian, had born away from Kan Francisco. Janet Fain-amp, the mistress of Wal deck Hill, had, us the years went by, passed more and more under the donil nation of her husband. Always a weak .1 1 1 ... - - .t.A 1. A 1. awed to servility bv the'hitrh-hnr.dcd measures, the deeds of violence of their , early life in the Australian bush, and more than all by the knowledge of the terrible fraud perpetrated upon her sister-in-law fraud which she her self had made possible. Tho presence of the child ever before her eyes or within her hearing now kept a sense of tho wrong, like a spike In a helmet of tortnre, forever pressed upon her brain, and this was the punishment which had fur rowed Janet's cheeks ami streaked her -dark hair with white. When news of tho coming of Helen Faircamp and her vuo cuuiing 01 iieieu r uireumi) uim ner lawyer reaahed Waldeck Hill Janet had kuiuiwjuvii iiu it-nviUMwu r ii 'kl: 11 throw herself nt her husband's feet and toimnlora him to end the wronr they ! ina jointly wrougnt ny restoring the . . . . . . . . . " . . ' hild to lielen. For once she seemed ble to brave tho lightning of Thad's ' dark eyes and to dare to stand uu dauulcd in his presence. "Thad," she pleaded, "listen to me. They will be satisfied to get the child back again. They will not seek to rob yon of your home in this faraway cor ner of the world." Thad sprang upon the kneeling woman like a panther with uncovered fangs and foaming jaws. "Never! never! I soy," lie hissed out. "That woman embittered my brother ngainit me. She shall pay for it, now tliut I have her in my power." Janet rose to her feet and in a delirium of courage advanced upon her husband. ' lie was thuuderstruck by tho spectacle, and backed away from her for once in bis life, awed by a righteous indigna tion. "Hear me, Thad Faircnmp," she vhhtpered 'hoarsely,' "if you will not act, I will! it J'ou will not speak, I will! Kill me if you dare, but when they come they shall know the truth and tho whole , truth." With a fearful oath Thad burst out: "Turn traitor against your husband, ' "will you; betray me, will you, at this late day? Then you shull get your 'deserts; you shall get what a false wom an merits at her husband's hand, and that is death! You know me, Janet, and if you don't, by heaven it's time you did; and you know I'll keep my word when I say I'll put a bullet in your heart if you betray me. You know my plans, Janet; help me put them into execution, or take the con sequences." Thad Faircamp met his brother's widow and Col. liurstow with a well played dignity, a well-feigned compos ure. In an almost judicial manner.' before which the. outlaw quailed in spite of himself, liarstow stated the main facta of tho case upon which ho based his charge. "1 hardly know, madam," replied the accused, turning to Helen with a sneer and a convulsive twitch of the tinge?, 'what reply a man should make to this wretched business, instigated after all 1W 1 WMi Hi Ltviuto The Puree ArHiWire. these years by your surerservlceable attorney, but before I say anything my self-respect bids mo hurl back into Ins teetn this insult to my wife and to me!'' "I'll speak when the time comes," said Helen, calmly, "but for the present, air, I must beg you to address yourself to my legal adviser," An ashen pallor of rage overspread Thad's face, but Ur.rstow appeared not to notiee it. 'If the charge we make is false, Mr. Faircamp," continued the lawyer, calm ly, "there can be no insult in It, for you are safe beneath the panoply of truth and honesty, while we poor fools, chas ers after the unreal, victims of our own speculating, stand exposed to your acorn and contumely." Thad caught at this thin line of rea soning thus skilfully tossed to him. "I need not be told that by you. sir," he blurted out, sneeringly, "but there's another aspect of the case, which is that, when a man makes up his mind to play a desperate game tor a big stake, as you are doing, clouding the good judgment of thu lady by your vile hy- pothesis, be hardens and steels himself against any insult which n honest man can put upon him; but my life for many a year has been cast among violent nnd headstrong people. I spoke a little too quickly. You are right Yon are de Benring of our contempt, and nothing else," Col. Bars tow bowed with mock polite Bess. , ......'. "As for your allegation of fact," eon- M PSl j : ' 1 tinned Fsfrvarnp. "upon which bat ' roar eaM. that there was no reason for me to leave San Francimm, it disappears with the other fabric of falsehood when the sun of truth falls npon it It is only natural that my wife's relations, whose funds I waited in stock gambl ing, nhmild at thin late day le adverse to iwiving a family scandal. They are ten years older, they deem we dead, or as pood as dead, and. alarmed by your wretched intermeddling, they naturally aver that no fraud was ever committed; that they were mistaken." "It maybe, Mr. Faircamp," replied the lawyer, with a nod of acquiescence, "that I am the poor deluded victim of my own speculation. 1 admit the possi bility, but that is not enough. As the attorney of Helen Faircamp, I demand that vou lav before me positivo and conclusive proof that the lojr born be neath your roof at Oakland is the son of Thaddcua and Janet Faircamp and not the son of Jasper and Helen Fair camp!" "Curso you, sir!" blurted out Thad, taking a step forward und making a motion as if to draw a firearm, but lie suddenly halted, although his bronzed face was drawn into lines of de moniac fury to regain mastery over himself as he glanced nt the newcomer standing on the threshold. "Take care, Thad," said the scout, for he it was. "It might be dangerous foir von to rrscjs for your shooting iron in that way." "Your answer, Mr. Faircamp," cried Bars tow, completely ignoring the timely entrance of the scout. "What proofs do vou want?" asked the outlaw in a husky voice. "Can there be ttterproc.f in this matter than t heevi- ilnniM nf fl.A hrtV rttVtl ftlthOI And the boy's own father . and mother? No other living soul was pres ent at the birth of this child save a col ored nurse, who died beneath this roof six years ago." "Thaddous Faircnmp," said Helen, starting np and walking towards her brother-in-law, "why this mystery bout this child? Wherein he? Fto div,chim! Let him stand face to face with me! A single glance into his eyes may annihilate every vestige or sus- piclon in my mind! bend for him! ' "Impossible! saiti Faircamp. 'Ah, you are afraid," came almost in a whisper from Helen. "louaaronoinoin s, y r tnai ; jubi, ...jr m.v wo " to run from you with horror, to stretch out his arms to me. U1IAV AIKH1 I UBU1UAL 1TTII1 IliHlVIIli) UUH Ti IJUtipjoaao) Ara uuiB-Mju.! l.t dooji am jo tijiridaj oqx asnoi( jo BMOmUM AJ3A 8111 JADUU d(l DOITnd PUB i ' " "H i.M si- i-ii m u - , - - l,,A ""l iopu, . ui uluu-. ""IT-w n UIA Will UII.W1 r, X qiJnnr iuuaof oiut ano bmojo, pmrr J.ionoKijd m no ' A'w4i!&j pun A'unoq huojj.kI Hnll3 Pun 'uuoj -j.k! o ifjnp 9Aq I "Apm 9iimn,Jojnn (tin.1 joj Biliuq (f asjjii 8U0dmuip i;o ao; 'qof 8oa()ooq ' oq nuv 'Motunii pamiapxa ,,'dtuooaiu aj 'u.wop era ootis sums-csND pMjq ano.i ,,'ojll auoi jo; oniw.iMsnn q on rj.I J i"uM saibavj uiqiiAv uojiloa sjii; oacoi mm no u,ilTt.ji; o oui Aui souioo,, 't(dnm(j) jo ojiuiw v qi!M dnniojntT pminjiuoa ,,'am 'aou pur H)nip OIll l lrt'-'IaP on iuo.ws 'opjs ai o) dua .-a waoiiuiu xmt Xpjn;H m pun out uioj; pjoA v AoijmT 'umn jnoA eHttisim noi 9.-i1nf jo )jnoa psjitia-os jo sajnuajo , pjurt am Aq paiumainq pun popiraj q 0 tinos oqi sjojou pojodsutu pun ouioq Xut woaj nao) aq o; josXui m -jnd 1 n1"!9 JsaK ' "oatuino u qona o 9mquH tnqajJAai;' dmnuli ptH pjOj Jjuj ..iuojaamv o u.m3tf .-- ,,ai -pmbnoiaiqw rdmu m luauo An tiomAi aumup ''Jbaub smv joj io papjM oq iit.u saacmnn aboii pun '11 OAOjd Moq MOUJ1 n!AV no gjno foq B!,(, jj Odjisnf jo lanoa v uj 'A)unoa oosp uiu l ntitj jo mf putuS phi Aq p-V"!P -nj naaq 9Acq noA tpm.w jo; 'ofljBtp aaut poa era hijav sarins P-Hi fl oqi oj uanja-J isnm no xfHno uj ofMTOOndMUjeWrrB,. Ul-uaj, samC -d3 tnjAV 'uorupwa jo Biupuaiu i -yunqiuu 8,q? jo B.u ou : Av& 'ifl nojssassod m nj 9Aiq i qijAk jjasmjq apjs -oq 'pnux pwtioa ..jattn pu upini.V.. ..-noitnnwjjnf trjj pno.Cjq pa.iouKU put) pa)3npq OAnq 'ins wo jo sainiins oqt jo aoiiHoiA ui .'noA tuoqA Aoq m jo aaqiom oqi q amnoaim napn oq; wuuqa r i.utwroj ;owKOWaq(.A. ..Mnt.l.Pr! h Claimed, snrino-ina- I4! .9lP!!!:Utf lM toward Janet, but she refused liis em- n.uv,.a i pu H ". increasingly ambitious sueu forecasts Auvjsjim P!W ,,'dmiKupvi tmnppnqx . Def omc W ;snjuJi8 aSauqo ra M t ft oting will satisfy M. 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UBmo.w pijiinvaq ODnosiqiaii.v 'naiJuuqn A"iqujai 09 'paSnnqa os ' t e.na -l'"1!! p-wwasa AqiwimA's jo Xia s 1 v ukxu oqi poaajua dmtt,Vnti au -.Cuomi;sa; ino ijoqo. o pouotrrums -q ajj.vk ano.t j.-kj -sajajpuj tained to speak through the telephone oiqnuuA qnns uodn osua Am usaa ,nop to millions of subscribers, and daily in I uaqio eq; ao A"av ano aaniqmasaa stallmcnts of novels to be continued to jo innr njaui aq; joj sjun "a I qil morrow morning will be given bv pop u laA" 'aa;;am spt jo ;uauiarv:w A"paads ,nlar authors. Man is to be fed oa the qant o Jiapjo u pauoaaj pnq aw choicest viands, laid on as New iver qaiqAi noon ajunutupu nmijaa jo sn qoj inm ;napiaa aiquja; snri oqM 'aa-tMiq aq; uu8aq M'dmua4j'lj 'Jiv,. mooj mtnu aq; o;n jaq uhotoav psziuoSo Pl AvojsjirfT sqos 9AispxAnoi a.ua "I'll A1 Alno nao-iq 'aauaxis daap nj -! nioaj paarams oq pmo. uojs -eajdxa iuiJuo s;j jo aoniqqaias ajbas popaaq iia;adutoa aq pxnoqs ;j uaq.u uaAO ;q; panuaaiq pun tuo; naaq anj s.pm oq; puq Xumua os aoj 'Aiin;no aq; paJOABj a.i o; paoraas o;a -aoog aq; o uaiinj q ;snra .aqs out spj q;;M aaq naj nq MOjsanfr ;6n pq pun 'Aoq p ,.q; io ;qJ3is aq; ;n joj joq pastiOJO. .4 jo Aia aLvS uoio ,t-p.foj8ap A"ia;apiuioa a.fa auo 'tuo; 'papinnu; 'u.vvop tLuojq; Spaaq Suiaag sq; A'q ua?(iriJaAO shai nos jCjv. '"unqd aq; UMop ;najao; pmo 9Tx paanod paw papadmv;s daaqs m oSb sA'itp o.mx -jiasanoA" aoj aas A"bui noA 'amoo 'duuajins jo paq no uiqi. sati uos A"pj ' dmu.ip3 pandaa Vos aq; jo ajq;ou jiwj t 'mopimt ox hAi. Innrr thin nrmu whlln tior Tn1., war ; upturned with a pitiful look of half j frVnzy, half dispair, as if the trath was , to be mode lcnown at lost Thad was Bs ood as his word, but as he leveled his pistol at his wife a quicker hand had pressed the trigger of another. The ballet strudk the wrist of the out law and literally shot the pistol from his hand, but a shot from a concealed assassin sought to do what his leader had failed to accomplish. Janet fell backward with a groan. When the smoke of the firearms blew away Thad Faircjinp had disappeared. The outlaw 1i1 darfedotitof the honae, thrown Diicieii on ins none, ami. fol lowed by several tnisty companions, bad sought refuge in the mountain. The steel of Janet's corset bad de- A S'UGH ieMTINZL WTWI 0VE TUt CMAWM. A 61SCLE BEXTTNEL WATCHINO OVEB TUB LITTLE CARAVAN. tected the ball and her wound was but slight one. She f-oou revived Mill iieutly to give a brief description of tho mud committee upon iier sister-in-law. "Then the poor lad who was trampled nd disfigured by the fleeing herds of sheep is my son and not yours, Janet?" iski-d Helen Faircamp. "Xo, no!" gasped the fainting woman. "Not" so! Not mi!" "Not mine, Janet?" whispered Helen breathlessly, us she raised her sister-in-law in her arms. "No, It's falc," said Janet; "another falsehood added to the long, long Use Robert, your son, is alive and well. That injured boy is I know not whose." ,"Kobert olive and well!" exclaimed several voices in tho same breath. "Yes" continued Janet, "a close prisoner in one of the out-buildings on tho ranch, where my wretched hus band confinad him nt news of your ap proach to Waldcck Hill." In a few minutes a handsome lad, with the brew, large blue eyes set wide 8part, curly auburn hair and dimpled ehin of Helen Foircnmp; in a word, a jre8,,mWan(50 cven more striking than c u Jirn had nTerred It to be, was led . . . . k - , ..,1 ll him. sira-a nornlnn-d thnn him thn two halves of the Faircamp fortune were joined together again. ,.Mv tlear Jlelcn, saia jmrsiow w excitement had somewhotquieted down, .. . . , 1.1 "I have always felt that I would live to set this trreat wrong right, for I had Faircamp Sprang Fmm Hrk Chais. a suspicion of it at the time it was per petrated. Thank God," tho work of my life is done!" Bmife too K.t ' dv o( thn hnn(1 "Has just begun, you mean, my dear warm bc mistnken. JULES VERNE HAS A VISION. Wonderful Thing"' He Predicts for tli World a Thousand Years Hence. M. Jules Verne has been sp culating as n.lint -ill Ka H,o !!., nl rf , 000 hf A J denee,x. Uln(ls her dominion it is noticeable how I converse with each other while eating; Bn( accumulators for condensing ana ; radia ting nt will the sun's rays. Such are the advantages to bo enjoyed by the inhabitants of a certain city called "Universal City,'' tho capital of the United States in the year of grace 2S91, i England by that time will, according to M. Verne, navo become a province of the United States. The public will be kept informed of the. latest political developments, not only upon tho terrestrial globe, but npon Jupiter, Mars and Venus. Not that they will read newspapers. The newspapers of the day will be spoken. Brilliant descriptive writers will be re- water is at present, and it will lie suf ficient to step into a toilet cabinet to be tubbed, shaved, dressed and brushed in the space of two minutes. . Fen a new digestive apparatus, "warranted for two jwars," will be ob tainable. But one thine we. or rather our posterity, are told not to expect, They must not expect to live forever, A certain Dr. Foithburn's experiment "in freezing his own body and causing himself to be kept for 100 years turns out a complete failure, so obstinately does he refuse to bc resuscitated. Commissioned Moth Exterminators. A commission of gipsy moth extermi nators, acting at the expense of Massa chusetts, under legislative authority, has been at work in the vicinity of Bos ton. The State has already spent $100, Ooo In its war upon this insect pest, which in more than one suburb has stripped the trees entirely of foliage. Tho ravages were worse in Middlesex county than anywhere else, and billions of eggs were there destroyed. Indeed, the nuisance has become so offensive that tho fire department was frequently called out to wash moth3 off the trees and afterward crush them with rollers. This winter the superintendent of an nihilation will keep fifty men employed at marking trees with the fatal white circle. Twenty-one years ago the gipsy moth was unknown in Massachusetts. About that time a French professor, who brought some eggs over for a natural history collection, allowed them, it is said, to blow out bt a window. Hence all the trouble. - 11 PHP r r -w ,m iii ' mssm THE "HONEST MONEY" FRAUD. rtr eh Prlntry "Hit far GoU aa Co d-Hai Carraary. The honest (f) money" tystem, which is tho chief corner-stone in the platform of the Republican part..", is a vstem of money based upon pap?r, declares the Topcka Alvocato. Tho money enters circulation as a loan, secured by a mortgage on property cithor dircctiy or indirectly. Gold moDey is no exception to this rule It do not enter circulation and perforin tho functions of money until as in terest bearing debt is created. All productive securities which are taken as security by tho banks derive their solo value from their power to extract usury in some form from tho owners of property. Ever dollar of this money passes through tho bank a num ber of times, and an interest bearing debt is created every lime, thus ndd ing debt upon debt and usury upon usury with no increase in the number of dollars by which these debts can be paid. This process has been continued until all the money in the nation is only siiflieicnt to pay a fraction of ono year's interest. This burden of interest-benrine debt is the basis of the so-called honest money" system advocated by tho old parties. There b nothing honest about it It is merely a piece of machinery for creatine debt tho principal of which can never be paid. Its sole valuo consists in its legal powor to exact mury from productive labor and legitimate business. As long as the people sustain this system by their votes and strive vo pay the interest it will continuo to be the source of enormous profit to the money power. . . Tho interest bearing debt rests upon property and forms tho basis of gold bug money. The People's party holds that the property which gives value to tho debt is a bettor basis for money than the debts, the principal of which can never be paid under tho present monetary ?ystom. The property is the only actual value which gives vuiue to the dobt or tho money based upon lhe debt' Both the dobt and the money aro only legal values, and tho poopio are the law-making power, just us soon as they choose to express their will through tho ballot box. Tho pcoplo create these actual values by their labor, and as citizens and voter 3 they have the right to creato tho legal mo- dlum by which actual values are ex changed. There Is not even common every doy horse sense in tho system that covers tholr property with an in terest bonring dobt in order to secure a medium by which that property can bo bought and sold, labor om ployed and inoro property created. -The in famous and opprcssivo nature of this sybtem of making our debts the bnsis of our medium of exchange is only equalled by its absolute stupidity.- lo illustrato: A farmer nocrts money in ordor to make necessary im provements that will onable him to increase his power to create wealth by his labor. Under the present sys tem he goes to the bank, places a morttrago on his farm for $1, 000 bear ing 10 por cent per annum, running fivo years. The mortgage is worth to the bank tl, 000. with $.500 added for interest, or 1,500. The money is worth to the farmer $1,000 less tho 500 paid as interest, or only $oOO a clear loss to the farmer. If he is very shrewd he may be able to shift the loss onto the shoulders of others and save himself, but in any event productive industry has been a loser of all that the banker realizes out ef the operat'on. The only real valuo in this transaction is the property pledged for the payment of the 1. 000 borrowed, and this property belongs to tho farmer. Now, if the only actual value is in the farm, why not establish a system under which the farmer could convert that value into a convenient form to bo usod as a medium to en able him to make the necessary im provements instead of turning it over to the bank as security for a loan and then paying 10 por cent for the 1 privilege of using the bank's crediu while tho farmer owns tho only credit in this kind of transactions that has any real value. Under a system by which property could be converted, at cost, into a medium by which proporry may bo changed, labor employod, and more property created, money would be come ttio representative of actual valuo pldoged for its redemption in such actual values as the holder of guoh money desired to purchase, and the producors of theso actual values would savo all that they now pay as interest to non-producers. Such a monetary system, based on actual values, would be honest in the true sense, and would always bo equal to the demand. Every dollar would be secured by actual values, the use of which tho world cannot afford to dis ponso with. Panics would be un known, tho means of payment would bo equal to the value of the wealth created by the people. There is nothing more senseless than tho charge that this would be a system of unhealthy inflation. The inflation in the volume of the currency, under this system, would be but a small fraction wlion compared with the in flation of the volume of interest-bearing debt undor our present system of dishonest money, which is but a prom ise that wo will do something that never can be done. J here la just as much danger In our creating too much value as there is in our having too much money based on valuo. INDEPENDENCE IN POLITICS. No Indications of Reform by the Ornt Parties. Either of The result of the election in New York, which confirmed by an enor mous majority the powor of Tammany aall and all the forces which it repre sents, and prevented the completion of toe ballot law: the oleotion of Mr. Crisp as speaker of the house of rep resentatives by a lammany-HiU Gor man combination; the correspondence between tho speaker and Mr. Mills; and the appointment of Mr. Elkins as secretary of war, are all illustrations oi tho present false political situation. It arises from the fact that the two great parties do not represent the chief public issues, says George Wil liam Curtis in Hamper's Weekly, and that neither or them, as a party, caa be trusted as an agency to secure the honest government which is an object transcending all questions of policy. In this situation the body of independ. ent voters is nocossarily very large. So long as the two pirates retain their traditional hold, and Republicans and Democrats follow tE party mai'hine, controlled on one side by leuders like Quay. Piatt Clarkton. Dudley and their comrades, and oa the other by HilL Gorman and Spring er and Tammany hall, a great multi tude of voters will be necessarily un attached to party and party action will be determined without regard to weight of character, experience and iuteili- genca hich would be of the highest servi o to any party. It is idle to say that a citizen Is necessarily impotent who does not join a party, and that he ought to join it and try to influence it Tweed used to propose to respectable young Dem ocrats to become mombei-s of the Tam many machine. But his ob'ect was to make them stool-pigeons. They were not to control, but to give his control a respectable air. When a president thinks that Mr. Klkins is the kind of person who should be ca'.lod iot3 the cabinet is it a good time to join the Ilepubiican party in order to secure another kind of cabi net officers? When tho Democratic majority in New York declares em phatically its confidence in Senator Hill and Tammany HalL and in the house selects as speaker the repre sentative of active opposition to a Democracy of which Mr. Cleveland is the representative, is it the moment to join the party in order to persuade it to renounce Tammany leadership? Ecforni within tho party is the merest chimera The occasion and necessity of reform arise from the fact that tho party, which moans its majority, is going wrong. But so long as the party is successful how is the minor ity to persuade the majority that it ought to mend its ways? A party is a body of men who agree, not who lsagroo. When a voter feels that his party needs to be reformed he must procure its defeat and then he ceases to bo a member of tho party. i Here are lour questions which are now most paorainent and upon which the great body of independent voters agree. They are tariff reform, civil service reform, a sound currency 'and an honest government. Hut there is no party which stands for thoso issues collect'vely. The Democratic party professes tariff reform and rejects its especial representatives. Tho Repub lican party calls itself the party of honest currency, and Republican sen ato! are free silver leaders. The platform of both parties speaks politely of civil service reform, and tho administration of both discredits it Both denounce political corrup tion, and each collects and spends cor ruptly as much money as it can. If It bo the duty of "every citizen to join a party, which party shall ho join? Shall it be the Democratic whieli prefers Mr. Hill and Mr. Gorman and Tammany hall as its leaders or tho Republican which honors Mr. Elkins and seriously trios to replace John Sherman by Foraker? It cannot be said that these are not the ncccptcd leaders of the parties. If they are cot, who are? Nobody de nies that Mr. Croker asserts truthfully that Tammany h all is tho only organ ization in the o ily recognized by the Democratic party of Sew York, nor that Senator Hill is the actual Dem ocratic leader in the statu. Nor will anybody deny that Mr. Halt is the Republican leader in New York and Mr. Quay in Pennsylvania, nor that the attempt to justify the appointment of Mr. Elkins is an evidence of decline in ttie true standard of the public service. . It is a time when parties do not rep resent the actual division of political opinion, and when both parties de grade the political standard, and it is therefore a time of groator political independence than ever. Keep It Before the People. The press of the old parties falsely report that the People's party of Kan sas is dying out and the people aro re turning to their ofd parties. Not withstanding these malicious false hoods, the official returns of the last election show that the total vote of the state In 1891 was 40, 299 less than in 1890, and that the People's party cast 6,888 more votes in 1891 than were cast for the state ticket in 1890; and that in counties where tho Peo ple's party was defeated in the last electioa it was douo by a combination of tho two old parties against it Keep these facts before the people. Advo cate. Farmers and Politics. Farming for farmers and politics for politicians, have played havoo with the farmers. The farmer will here after attend more to politics and see that tho affairs of this country are run on the principle of "equal rights to all and special favors to none." The pol iticians would profor to run it so that a clas can secure benefits, so that boodle can be secured from that class to run each campaign. That is just what has produced the troubles that environ tho peopls. Alliance Herald. Notice to Ceal Consmer. I have been ablo to complete arrang nionts whereby we are better ab.e than we have oeen neretofore to niaki satisfactory prices , on all grades of Canon City and Trinidad coal, as well as the best grades of Northern Colo rado coal, over any line of road run ning out of Denver or rueblo. men capacity is sufficient to guaraatee prompt shipment. I will keep pur chasers posted on prices npon applica tion. The lowest possible wholesalt rates are obtained. Cash must accom pany all orders. j. w. maktlei, state .am., Lincoln, Neb. For the Germans. The first and only work ever, written on currency reform in German is "Guld" bv Robert Schilliucr. It is a translation and enlargement of his"Silver question" and sure to make converts, l ne rotau price is 25 cents, but it will be furnished to reform organizations nnd agents at a greatly reduced rate. A sample copy will be sent for 15 cents. Address Alliance Pub Co., 20tf Lincoln, Neb. The Time Is Coming:. TtnnVlnrr is the chlel factor in the mechanism of exchange. When the nrndnrvrn of wealth, have sufficient intelligence, to provide themselves vnrrvmcv at coat bv which to enoct AYRhnncresL oav debts and employ therasolves in producing what they consume, they will then be masters of . . ... .. . the situation. Ana unut mey ao mis, they will be compelled to psy tribute to banks and monied syndicates In the shape of usury, for the privilege of exercising their natural rignt to ex change the wealth created by their labor. Exehange. Ti PARMER J. BUKROWS, : : Editor. t J. M. Thompson, Bus. Mg'r. BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE. STRONG! FEARLESS! TRUTHFUL! RELIABLE! The leading Independent Paper of the w& uncompromising and uniltrHie In its advocacy of auti-monopoly principles and its chtnapionship of the rignts of the world's toilers. It receives no corporation patronage, and its editors never use free passes. Its Editorials are Clear Cut and Convincing. Its News Service Clean and Reliable. 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We know of one hirh railroad fciai no tor a monili nas worked until II o clock at night, and yet has kept well informed of current world events. llerenisthisMagaiine. It ffives him a ru nnin? commentary on important events, besides a digest of the best articles in louu-iupurary magazines. Price 25c. 82.50 a Year. iUk-WS lUSTlD. dt B BITES OS APrUCiTIOIl. b.wto.co.1. THE EEYIEW OF REVIEW8, for Sample (opj. 13 Aalor Nan, Xw Vork niACnoflses. 0) H Z a u u u OS Ou The most exquisite preparation for the skin. Cures Chapped Hands, Chafed or Scalded Skin. Removes Tan, Freckles Burn. and Sun- Perfectly harmless, after shaving. Ezcollont to nse S iu i SjE of fire for $4.03. Seal for Simple &pf. and Fiirmslii Goods. HOUSES: AUBURN. 19m3 to Mail Orders. LINCOLN, NEB. THE FARMER'S SIDE " Where we are, how we got here, and the way out." By Hon. W. A. PEFFER, V. t. SENATOR TUO KiNaig. 12 mo, cloth Fries, 1.00. There is a demand for comprehensivt tmi authoritative book which shall rcprcfeut tn furmcr, aDd set forth his condition, the influ ences surrounding him, ud plans and piwpcetr for the future. This book has been written I" lion. W. A. Pefler, who was elected to th United States Senate from Kansas to miceee Senator Ingalls. The title is Tub Farucr' Side, and this indicates the purpose of the work In the earlier chapters, Senator Teller dr icribcs the condition of the farrner in variow parts of the country, and compares it with th condition of men in other callings. Ho carcfull examines the cost of labor, of living, the price of crops, taxes, mortgages, and rates of latere Ho gives elaborate tables showing the iscreai of wealth in railroads, manufactures, banking and other forms of business, and he coin pa re this with the earnings of the farmer, ano tie wage-workers in general. In a clear, forcibi style, with abundant citations of facts and t, ures, the author t..lis how the fanner rcache, his presont unsatifactorT condition. Then foi lows an elaborate discussion of " The Way out,' which is the fullest and most authoritative pres entation of the aims and views of the Farmers' Alliance that has been published, including full discussions of the currency, the questions ot interest and mortgages, railroads, tho sale 01 crops, and other matters of vital coneequence. This book is the only one which attempts k cover the whole ground, and it is unnecessary to emphasize its value. It is a compendium ot tbe facts, figures, and suggestions which the farmer ought to have at hand. Tn Farmer's Sids has Just been issued, and makes handsome and substantial book of 289 pages. We have arranged with the pub lisher. for its sale to our readers at tho pub lishers' price. Tbe book may be obtained at our office, or we will forward copies to anv address, post-paid, on receipt of 11.00 per copy". Address AI.IAXCK rCB. Co., Lincoln Neb. The Alliance Vindicator: Lower Interest and higher prices will solve the whole financial problem. Let money go down and product and labor will go up. Then all will prosper if laws are uniform in their bearing and the government makes money for tho people like it makes postage stamps for the people at one price to all. i