THE .FAltMtilLS'-'AliljlANCEj liTXCOLNNKH , TlOJiWDAV MA..M7.-1SU2.
NOT' CROWD tD,
' rne, will yfn utK inn me. o wowjwr-
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And in litU hoy and maiden
GliJtd llinnub to tray ing miow.
On each i)e tit banks towtr upward,
Gray and ragged tra-crownd hi!t,
Worn in many sinuous cunnwrt
By lue fpdiig-tini' torra-bom rilli.
On ther elide with daring nwiftr
Koandrd creeks and rose bloom.
Colder (till tbe wind is bloving.
,' Daylight din in graying gloom.
"Just onea more up creek." lie argea.
Then he adds with beep',n
"If the nict ' yonlliinkno? .
' : "Ctmm there ain't many there."
! Mad je Merlon.
60ME MYSTEKIOUS DEATH'S.
HtOil TUB EEOOKDS OF A fRENCH POLK.K
MAN'. I had some renown aa successful
rogue-catcher; and I had eonr-o experi
ence, too. My field of operations, as
a- usual thing, lay within the confines
of the Department of the Lower Alps;
and though I served under the Sub
prefect of the Third ' Arrondisment,
yet the prefect of the Department
called on roe when he chose. One
morning it was in the latter part of
May I received a note from the Pre
fect, ordering me to come to Digue,
and see him with all possihledespateh.
The missive came through the office
ol our Sab-prefect, so I hnd nothingto
da but ft ready and start. I toolc
aa early dinner; asauiued ttie dress of
a maaaat-. browned mv face and
hand; and net forth. . I reached Digntf
jaa t nightfall, and as soon a it
w (ark I watted Uion the Prefect.
U Mcrned to be relieved when he muv
me, and at once took mo to his pri
vate closet.
"Now." said I, "have you got work
for me?"
"Yes," he replied. "Hit down and
listen." i ' .
We sat down, and having tasted a
glass of wino, he proceeded:
"Within a few month past thore
have been some of the most niyHteri
ont murders committed in this de
partment, and the Department of
Var, that, have ever cCo under my
notice. Tliey are done, mostly, oa
the road from Castellane to Anna.
The first victim was a Marseilles
merchant, who had conio up to Cas
tellane to purchase preserved fruits.
His body was lound by the road side,
near the line between the two
departments; and at first "H was
supposed that he must . have
fallen there and died in a lit, as no
mark of violence could be found upon
him. His . pockets had been rilled,
however. The next one was found
near Annot, and under the same cir
cumstances. He was a merchant also,
and from Nice. Since then live or six
more died upon the rood in the same
mysterious way; and no marks of ill
usage have been found upon any of
them! but they all have beeu robbed."
' "Have most of them stopped in Cns
kUanor' i asked. w
- The Prefect told me that they4 ' had.
' '"And leappoee thty mint havtput
op at the same inn there?" I remark-
Yes," said the Prefect.
I hen supposed that some of the
landlords must be concerned. But my
companion iraoemed me that tbey
bad been narrow ly watched, and that
no shadow of evidence rested against
them.
"But," said I, "is there not some
poison in this natter? Some innkeep
er may administer .the potion, and
then send at) neVonipliee after the vic
tim." i rff if-! 4
"No," returned the Prefect, with a
hake tf the head. -"Exporieneed
pnyBICimi Ue muiii hd mvm-
acliB of several of tho dead nion, but
no trace of poison has been found,
It is a mysterious, affair. , The Sub
prefect has done all ho could, hut
without effect; and now we inenrt to
give the" whole ; thing into
your hands. You minst go to Castel
lane at once, and there you can pit
such further information as the Sub
profectcau give you."
Alter conferrinir a while longer with
the Prefect, he let me have a ;suit of
ordinary ' tradesman's clothing; and
thus habited,. I went to a hotel and
put up for the night.-. ;j In , the morn
ing I procured a horse, and set out.
reachina Castellane before noon. Dur
ing the day I pretended to be doing
business. I went to the woollen lac
tory and examined a lot of stuff; and
also visited several places where pre
served fruits were put up. i learned
that most of the people who come
thereon business stopped at an inn
kept by a man named Juan Fontaix;
so I left my horse there, and engaged
lodgings. ff
After dark I called upon the Sub
prefect. ' He 'told me that he had
used all Hie means within his power,
but had becu able to gain no clue to
the guilty part'. Most of the mur
' tiered Victims had been from Mar
seilles, and the excitement in that city
was intense. Gendarmes had been
sent out upon 'the watch. The last
victim hod fallen only four days be
fore, and the deed was done fifteen
. minutes after the policemen had
-passed the spot.
I asked the Sub-prefect if ho had any
suspicious. He answered that all the
suspicion lie had held was fastened
upoiivJuan Fontaix. the 'innkeeper.
Nearly all the murdered men had
topped at his house, nndhe must
have known something of this business.
I bade the officer keep perfectly
quiet, and not even to let one of his
own men know of my presence. Then
I returned fo the.ijui, and finally
entered into a conversation with my
host upon the subject of the mysteri
ous deaths.. He pronounced it won
dcrful; anil assured me that it had in
jured him more than he could tell.
"By Jove!" he muttered, "they will
be suspecting nie uext, if they have
not done so already."
I was soon satisfied that Juan Fon
taix knew nothing of the guilty party.
He Was very -fearful," and at times
blanched and trembled ntthe thought
of being apprehended for the crime,
,Mol people would have seen in this
Kigrni ot guilt; out I inougnt utuer
ntlv. ":" . 7. V "
-.' .1 snent all of the next , day in the
town. MsLensiblv ensoaed in business
-with the factories, but; in reality huut-
, ins after some clue to, the object of
my mission. . Nitfht came again; but, I
had found nothina new. . I , wis per
fectly satisfied that-the murderer had
laid his plans so deeply, thatvno ir
T vuraotftntial clue could be found. If I
would find him, 1 must catch him with
the nrocif nnon him. - .- U K ;
I had given an a4'uiried name at the
inn. and fitated time 1 belonged to
Toulon. On the next morning I
railed for mv bill, and Informed my
host that I wsa oft for Lome. Then I
went to the fruit prewrvor's and told
him the same, stating that I must
confer with my partner before I con
cluded my bargain. After this I went
to the woolen factory, and saw the
business agent. His name was Louk
Cazaubon, and he had come to
Castellane about a year before. He
seemed to be a gtraiuhtforward,
business man, and yet he was the only
one I had seen whom I really wished
to siiNpect. In conversing upon the
murders, he had been a little too free
and off-handed, treating the subject
more rooly than a man with a heart
would be apt to do. But still I had
thus fcr been able to find nothing
against him. On the present occanion
I told him, as I had told the others,
that I must return to Toulon.
"If you have not the ready money
with you, we can give you credit," he
said.
I told him I had plenty of money.
but I was not fully prepared to pnv
i no prices ne naa aeuinnuea. j is nuu,
"Verv well:" and added, that he
should be happy to sell to me when I
came ngain. I bane mm gooa-aay,
and then departed. As soon as 1 was
alone. I bc-nii to eusoect Monsieur
IuisCssaubcn in caiccst.. When I
told him that I had money, but did
not purchase, because be charged me
too much, why didn't he banter me?
Simply because he wished me to leave
town with my money in my pocket.
At least, so it appeared to me. This
was sufficient ground for me to work
upon, and I rode to an out-of-the-wey
place, and left my hore, and then re
turned and concealed myself in a posi
tion where i eonid see the movements
of Louis i Oxntiboii. In a tuv
mirmtei. he came ont from hit fac
tory, and - walked away. His
step was hurried mid eager., I felt
Mire that he Was not the man who did
the direct work of death. .The plot
was deeper than that, or he wouia
have been discovered ere this. So I
resolved to wait a while and see if he
returned. I would havefollowed him,
if I could have done so with safety;
but he iniulit have detected me and
that would not do. However, in less
than fifteen minutes he came buck.
He walked now with asorer, innocent
air. It seemed to say "Uli: I hitven c
been up to any minchief, as you can
Heel"
I sawCninuhon at his desk again,
and I returned to my horse. I knew
that I hod a risk to run now, but I
was ready for it. I( the factory agent
was at the bottom of the crime, and
meant to have me robbed, he hnd
already set his machinery in motion,
mid the next development would he
upon the road, i examined my pis
tols, nnil then left the town, taking
the road along the river, towards
Aups. H , . ,
At the end i halt an hour J camo to
the slopes of the Bnriols mountains,
and soou , afterwards entered the
wood. I now began to lie very care
ful and keep my eyes about me. I will
not say that was wholly without
fear; tor the mysterious manner in
which tho murders, had Iwendone,
verged so closely rrpon the marvelous
that a sort of,iiperst,itiou.i -dread at
tached to it. Had the victims been
shot or ran through with it sword, or
had J heir throats cut, I should nave
felt uo sort of dread. But this was
new ground. Death had come here,
nobody know how. It might have
come from an invisible hand, and in
dead silence. r Yet, when I reasoned
upon the subject, J felt sure that the
murderer nmat approach very near ,
to nla victim ere the mow was strucK,
since it must be some direct and pow
erful agent that could cause death in,
so strange a manner. , , t . i
I had crossed t he little cascade of
Saint Esprit; , and was descending a
short steep hillside, wlieu I saw ahoy
hy the roadside, at tne foot or tne
descant. engaged in whipping a mule.
lie watt a slightly ouiit leiiow, not
more- than fifteen years ol age, and
his t-oarse garments Were covered with
meal. I knew that there was n. mill
upon a branch of the Verdon, not far
buck, and 1 supposed he might be the
miller's boy. As I came nearer, I
saw a largo suck noon the ground,
close by where the mule stood.
"What's the matter, my boy?"
I asked, as I drew up near him.
"This ugly mule has thrown both
me and my bag of corn from his
back," tho boy answered.
"Are you hurt?" 1 continued.
'My left shonlder is hurt."
he said. "and I can't
lift this sack again, if monsieur would
help me, I would be very grateful."
I ntil this moment the idea of sus
pectina tho hov hnd nut entered my
head; but the suspicion flashed npon
me now. no was aitogetner too Keen
a looking fellow for a miller 8 appren
tice. He gave me a glance from a pair
of quick, sharp eyes, that meant more
than he had spoken. And tiien, it 1
had not been verv nvnch mistaken, 1
had seen him holding his mule firmly
with that left hand. i
1 leaned from my saddle, and moved
towards the boy, being careful to
watch his everv movement.
'jSow. ' said he, "it you will inko
hold of that end, we will put it on
He lifted at the other end, and pre
tended that it hurt his shoulder; and
In lieecred of me to lift it on alone
I professed to be willing to comply,
and stooped down tor tha t purpose.
KeeiHlio niv ueau m em-ii a nwiuuii
t hat I could watch him by a sidelong
dance. As I bent over and took hold
ot the sack, 1 saw mm carry ins nana
. -t t a
in his bosom, and draw something
out. I saw his dark cyo flash, and
heard his quick, eager breathing, in
an instant I related his wrist, and bent
it upward, and hs I did so, I heard a
sharp reuort, like the explosion ot a
percussion enp, and saw a tiny wreatl
ol smoke curl un iroin t ne nana i ncia
He struggled to free himself from my
grasp, but I held him with the grip of
iron, and tasteneu my gaze upon mm.
"I've found you. have J. I said,
drawing one of my pistols, and cock
ing it. "I will simply inform you,
that I am an olncer ot tne r retecture,
and that 1 have been hunting for you.
Just offer a particle more of resist
ance, and a bullet goes through your
brain, isow give me that weapon.
The bov was frichtened. and trembl
ed violently. .
"It is only a tobacco-pipe," hj said,
as he handed it to me.
And certainly it looked like nothing
more; but I had seen enough of it to
know that evil was in it. It appear
ed to me to he an ordinary meer
schaum pipe, the bowl colored as
though by long use only the amber
mouth-piece was missing. I did not
stop to examine it then, but turned
my attention to its owner. I aw
that he wus still trembling with fear,
and I knew that now would be the
time to work iisjii him. , '
"So yot; nre si-II'mg yi.ur od to
Monsuur Lotiii fVta-iton?" I remark
ed, by way of tat: ing him know that 1
vn thoroughly informed.
He started, and I nw very plainly
that he knew just what I meant; but
he tried to recover himslf, and clum
sily asserted that he did not know
anything about the individual I had
named.
"You needn't lie to me," I sternly re
plied, "for I know all about it. Ixiuis
C'izaulon has Iwen watched by me
when he didn't dream of surh a thing,
lie thought J was a tradesman. But
yon are young, and I would save you.
Confess everything to nie, and I prom
ise you that your life fehail le spared."
.1 saw that the boy wavered, and I
followed up my advantage; nnd ere
long I hnd niiu bent to my wishes I
made him understand that I held his
life in my hands; that I could protect
him from the vengeance oi nny one
whom he might criminate; hnd that
he had everything to gain, and noth
ing to lose, by a full confession. He
came to it gradually and reluctantly;
but my wit finally triumphed, and I
gained his secret. , .
His name he said, was Henry Du
pin. He was born in Paris, but never
knew who his parents were. He
went to live with Cazaubon when
quite young, and had been with bim
ever Bince.Hs sftid Css&sbon used to
be a chemist, aud did eonie business
in that line; and it waa in Paris that
he invented the infernal machine,
which they have since used with such
fatal effect. About two years previous
to the present time they left Paris to-
I jet her, and spent nearly a year in
traveling over ine siniuom, murder
ing and robbing for a living. Finally
they come to Castellane, where the
master obtained his present situation,
while tho boy wen,t into a mill close
at hand. Cazaubon marked the vic
tims that wtre to be robbed, and the
boy then did the work. Ho used var
rio'us artifices in carrying out his plan,
but the usual one was the same that
he had tried upon me.
nie boy then explained to me' the
secret of the pipe. Only the outer sur
face was of meerchaum. Within it
was a pistol of the finest steel, and of
the most exquisite workmanship.
The stem was I he barrel, and the lock
wan concealed within the bowl, and
covered with tobacco. A thin plate
of met al protected the curiously con
trived lock, nnd upon this the tobacco
rested.; A pressure of the thum or
finger upon this plate discharged the
weapon. In order to cock it, the
plate had to be removed. And now
comes the infernal feature of the con
trivance. The powder used in the
littlo barrel was Cazaubon's own
manufacture-, and very powerful. For
a wad a piece of felt was used, and on
the top of this was placed the misslo
which did the mischief. 'I he boy had
lvo of them with him. stiched up in
the ..lining of his cap.. He took them
out and showed them tome. This
projectile was a tiny arrow, not larger
than a cambric needle, with one end
sharp and the other beat down to a
thin feather. It was of fine steel, but
coated with ft' greenish yellow sub
stance,; which was the most virulent
and speedy poison that the chemist
could concoct.' That needle once with
in tho course of the blood, and death
was already at the heart. Its wound
no mortal eye could detect. It punct
ured the skin not, so palpably as the
prick of a pin. He who sent it on its
fatal errand made mini of his aim,
generally striking the neck, nnd the
victim would fall into insensibility ere
he conld comprehend what had hurt
him. ...
I retnrned to Castellane With' the-
boy; and having left him in charge of
the Snb-prefect, I took a ' gendarme
along with me, nnd went to the fac
tory. Monsieur Cazaubon was sur
prized to see mo hack so soon; but he
was more stn prised wnen l asKea nun
to take a walk with me; and .when I
called in the gendarme, and bade him
put on tho huud-eufw upon him, ho
was ready to sink to the iioor. ve
had him secured before he had sense
enough to resist, and he wasconveyed
to the oince ot tim ssnn -protect wun
out trouble. At first he denied every
thing: but when he found that this
would not avail htm, he swore ho
would kill the bov.
In due time Monsieur Louis Cazau
bon was tried nnd condemned t o
death; and the Prefect of Dingo took
possession of the infernal machine.
JJcforo the vihain was executed he
confessed his crimes told how many
years he had .worked to ..perfect his
fatal instrument, and produce tho
poison nnd also owned that the boy
Henry had been ' driven to help him
through fear of his life. s
So the rasca.l was executed. Honry
Dupin spent two years in confinement
and was then set tree, and commenced
an honest life. As for me, I got oil
the rtraisn I deserved, and nerhaos
more. At all events, I had done the
country some service, and the people
were not slow to acknowledge
it.
AFTER THE BUGS.
How an Ex-President of Harvard
College Kept Hs& I'romlSe. -
The late Rev. Dr. Hill, the honored
ex-president of Harvard, was once on
a crowded train with a number of emi
grants and spent his tituo making pa
per dolls for the cross, tired children
of a poor emigrant woman who wa s
overcomewithpoverty, trouble and
the perplexities of travel. Soon after he
came to Portland canker worms be
gau to annoy the beautiful trees on
State Street very unic'i and it. was
feared that they would be destroyod.
Dr. Hill was equal to. the emergency,
and with all his knowledge of bugs
and worms did wo-t impose to
have the handsome trees in front of
his residence destroyed hy insig
nificant canker worms. Accord
ing he made a preparation
largely composed of printers' ink
and girdled his trees. While thus cm
ployed in raiment suitable for the
workahidv sailed down tho street
and asked him nbout the remedy. She
explained that the trees ahoot her
residence were injured by the worms,
and asked him if she could not engage
him to treat them. He said he would
if lie conid get time. She asked him
liis name and he said "Hill" and after
extract iiu from him ft promise to
come up and examine th trees, she
went home and proudly told her
husband what she hail done. He
recognized the diyine by her descrip
tion and was appalled but Dr. "Hill"
kept his promise, in spite of the
mortified lady's ; protestation; aud
the trees are alive and thrifty today,
Fairfield, Me., Journal.
A CHANCE OF BASE.
Kmt of l It - AV.imrm Figa-laa; Cdi-r
lIW-r -l tr
The enemies of the AKi.inc ' hr.re
again changed bae. Aon t-vWenco
of this, notti-o the changed tone of lae
pres. dispatches ard the partisan
press, one ot the must important agen
cies through which they wo.-k. 'J hoir
policy in tbo begina n; waiono of ia
tiiffereom to entirely Ignore the or
iraniratina. ntr the U.-.Um Oa..
Cuii'-noian. to go on with their old
time tunes and knitting thinking
from the depth of their t-enco t that
tho movement would soon die for tho
want of their condescending notice of
it But the incrv;ven e:il cuillituJ
grew and continued to grow. They
became alarmed: held a hmried coun
cil of war and decided that the hay.
s -cders rau.t be brought to their senxe
that the causes of compla'r.f- mut
be ridiculed and ro - hoo - dad
and the officers must be abused
nnd , crushed. In the meantime
they would stop the - members
from thinking and lnvoHtigat:n oAi
economical lines and make thorn for
get their debts, high tnvc aial tho
low price of products by appuuliu? ty
their partisan prejudices, then thsy
wcu'.u get up a scare, cry thtrd parly,
negro in the wcoJpile, etc. and try to
etcmpedo iho whole organization.
This w the comic farce they played
last iiiinmcr nnd fall while the tragedy
of real conditions was I nrndening a:;d
deepening in and around the home cf
the already poverty-pinched wenitli
producers of a great and rich country.
In tho meantime tho people continued
lo think mid rend Urr tlieuiwlves. 'ihoy
saw the iriinie of tUo money devil as
playc'd by hlfttool.'the politician. "I hey
turned a deaf cur to the pai-liMUi ap
peals and refused to bealaruioi by the
scare crows. They were alarmed,
however, but It was at the alnrming
'uiauipuhition of tho money power.
-They looked on and grow monj deter
mined day by day. Tho enemy halted,
called uunthcr council of war. They
put their heads together and wore of
the opinion (with one or two excep
tions) that ridicule and persecution,
partisan appca's and scarecrows were
the wron j weupops. for tho multitude
was growing more ana more- incon
venient under such treatment They
decided lo sto their upon warfare and
to try trctesr". Whn' ail of tlieir
plans are we do not knew.
dim of their new plans i to put on
sheep's- clothing, try to get very Iriend
ly with the .'iu mor. to lament With
him over the haril times, ami' deelaro
that wo most have n oro inoi-y. In
fact they will talk Alliance criiieiples
(but idwiiy lit tho ab,u-.iot) and ap
pear to bo pretty good. Alliance won
themselves. Th -y hop'oby till means
to convinco- un that tho organization is
no longer necessary, for the party and
everybody -is will the farmers ieir re
lief, on! way or another. Such nww
is the tone of ouu papers that have
fought tho Alilanco; indeoi nro-still
lighting tt. for UiU is Siiuply a &
method by which they hope to doilrny
it What all of thoir plans are we-do'
not know, but in thw meantime- we
must keep on. the lookout. In hatto
when the . enemy suddenly di-appeuns
from ' the from, loot out for 'a 'lank
movement orau" attack from behimk
A crisis' is at hand. This is a; greaS
conflict between tho manhood of uiariy
and tho wealth of a fe. . l.'poti the
result depend the destinies of liiis-w-publican
form of government Lot
every wealth producer watch, pray and:
worif. Tho enemy havo - changed, buna.-.
Be ware I ." - 1 ' ! ' "' " , " ' 1
.The Comlnx Morn.
Eternal jutice,ba9 drawn hor sword.
over the nation, and tho man is aJo-l
who cannot seo (if he will investigates
the gathering storm thai is soon to
burst upon this nation like a mighty,
cyclono if its financial- system Is not
changed. The groans of millet:! ng
humanity as it hows under tho burden:
of debt, and the cries of bo neless
women and children for food and- rai
ment, will uot always go unhcodud.
The day of retribution: will: come
when justice will be muted to all men
whom we havo placed in Positions-im
law-makers, who havo beCr.u-ed the
trust confined t thenii They hiuvo
bartered, away the right tf tho peo
ple, squandered tho public domain, .-tn.1
frittered uway tho iruits of honest toil
with perfect ludifferotice; and whtn
any one dares to open, his mouth and
asks why. ho is called a calamity
howler. Justice, before itiiiir hew
judgments on a nntiom ba nttn s
sent forward her calamity tn-iclvr- m
every ag'j of the rooridi and every
warning against ew l from the tv li
ning of thu world till the-present. !.
been a calamity howlur. but ni ev ..n-y
iustaneti where thole- llinsr went
unheeded, the euhwiii!. has- e n- ni
Lthe same, '
' When tho londurs of the- ilitii
party were being mobbed and -s. s-e
so unpopular that thoir puper wc
not allowed to bo wHkt throuvrh t. r
mails, they wei ealled enlsm.tv
howlers. I wonder if ttnyW.y re
members whether tbw eolaniiti mirm
or not. Though a quarter ot a en
tury has passed yet this irunet-aistn
nor tho next will get over it. I
this nation gaum adding sin to n
till It eoraos. down with a crali and
sinks in oblivion to rise no inor-.-'
Or will we rise and go to tho - polii.
Ulco meu and rid this country . i.e
thieves and vampires that are u,4
linj; tho very lilo blood of tho i-.-t
lion?
The hard times, the insttitiug s-;i:,-mas
nor Finley ruiinjrs. that nre 1- t ;
used to defeat tho will of the poop V4',;
no more t-top this reform n ov .-rn
than it -will stop the swelling o u
the Mississippi, or tho surging :! -..
of the M'ean. 'J he great und ...
principles of eternal ,ius!!co are b
hind' iu ; The two otd part-le t)
have been quarreling and m.iuS- g
thu bloody shirt for JH) year " .-
proven that tbey ai-e cijiiailv i'
ho., that there is do vital '
twe-n t'aein. Alliance T-'in -.
In Their Own Interest
Why does this plutoeratio element
of our people call so lustily for an
honest dollar? I think I can see
enough light through tbo cracks to
have some littlo Idea of it. I expect
if the silver, dollar of 412 grains
could : be changed, it might in some
way effect the payment of tho bond
See? Therefore they want an honest
dollar. Yes. change the unit of value
In which the bonds were mado .pay
able, and then tbey would not be a
legal tennor iti payment to tue bond t
holder. TiK-y want the commercial j
value of th- silrer do'.lar lo oiual that .
of lu !gal value a money. This
wilt not da It U absolutely prepos
terous to attempt to regulate the legal
value of money by the comraarcial
value of the material of which it U
composed. It is an impossibility be
caute the commercial value of the
material is controled by the Inexor
able law of demand. As supply and
demand fluctuate, this value will fluct
uate. We therefore, unhesitatingly
assert that money receives all its
valuA from the law creating it It is
wholly a creature of law. Tho law
makes and unmakes it' The .'legal
value, which is tho only money value,
remains the same so long as the law
creating it remains unchanged though
the commercial value of the material
may fluctuate ever so often and ever
so much This is tho reason why
gold was at a premium of $2,53 to
$2. 80 during and a short time after the
war. The Toiler. .
CAUSE OF HARD TIMES.
The Conditio Tint II Emlred the
iittrFttrr Pt4n
A arrest many good p-plo can't un
derstand why time grow harder each
year notwithstanding productions con
tit!i:a!!y increase and strictest econo
my Is practiced. 1 says tho Southern
Alliance r'nrmer. If lhy carefully
examine the following statement they
will easily seo tho cause. 1 roin the
most nuthonlio sources wo find that?
tho four leading crops of l-J'Jl were
follows:
What, 611 TsO.OOO bu
CioftOH, S.fiilt, 4(0.00 lb....
fern. J.iMM.Vt.lllo bu
Ojik, ;:M,3l,0 0 bu
5;a47.',7U
?5i.M ,001
2 ,2 Sli 'MJ
Tfilid "....1.8!B.224.'J0r.
It must be remo:nbercd that fhce
prices are for products dollvored to
Now York or New England manufac
turers. It is safe to say that it costs
producers 1" per coat of tho value, or
vViT-t.&'&'ttil to sack or bale, pay the
freight tdorago and ineurunce on these
products from points of production to
place of manufacture or new York, ft
is customary to deduct six months' in
terest on the money invested from
the price pf product nt tho lime of
purchase which lu this caso amounts
to to i H. These item.- de
ducted from tho gross amount ieavos
$1. Ki;!.iti'i 7 0 as the amount realized
by the producer for tho four leading
staple crops of this country. It must
be remembered that at least ono-hulf
of the-wheat, corn and oats is con
timed at houo. 'consequently only
tji.ii. ,10t including cotton, is
marketed 'J1tc-e hems deducted from,
tbo gross amount leave !!:'. l..080l
ca-h actually Kiid to tho producer, it
is vstimatetl'lhat th;ro are 10.DJ0.P00
pt-ojile eiiguffed in producing tbeso
c.ojih, coiisc-piertUy they receive fill
per capita for nu entiri year's 1Im1 ;
out f which they must support them
selvKW, pay th interest on what they,
owe and tint various taxes imposed
Tho estimated ind!ble liiess' ti, pei
p.e of Me I'n tod- .latos is placed 'at:
V- ,u:io. u w o. 0. and the average in
terest at per cent. We Und thor
people- pay or ntleinpt to pay $l.;!00.-u-.iii.
iM.k iutdct .-t - aaiKmlly grost. or.
. ..;) i 'more than they realized
from 0eir ..' leading uronn.' 'in
view ot such fact, the reasoa for
tiiB-e htrd HtswM is easily perceiv-iid."
Thestr- cnd;LitMts have evolved the
Allium inii-tieasury plaid awi tho
price-. raw .prtktucts are dririg
mlU'oriJi tn it- support becaust they
Ic.iow tnnt it wilt reduco interest iw t!
tper cent per antimm. . Ihls one feature
;,0l ine- sno-i,ie ury piaa wuv ciwvmi on
n "in ul waving t f 00 000. 000. t the
p -o.liuCT-f. ami quadruple our volume
of iiuHn-jr. vvitn iho increase-ol tnr,
'heiividat a aiedtam will come tae- in-
e;va-.-u-f lb wages of our laborer on
the turnf. 1b tfee shop, mine aud fe
ti r,v. 'i'h'tn is a very impoctant mat
;for. sinew aiarteon-twenlieths of w-
jpeoplw hvo-nothing to selL Ixit tbeir
j wayes.
! Mwo motii-y. lcs interest,, aod les
it;vfM is tko battle cry of ocgatb.ed
jtabor. a ot1 it i-s noticeable that noon
ipMiee these-demands except Saytoclc
er their tls. , Header, watzjh on I
see if our diagnosis of lh vase- is nit
KH-'t(Ct.
navtlia and BoikIh.
A', publication now ly tag befbre us
sy- the bonds held by the UniteJ
Siate-i as seenrity for the- circulation
of iational builds amount to ::2u.
Oii.uOJ. Average those boutis at -I
p-.-r cent iniei-e.it. the people pay on
Itiem annua ly, - 800. 0o0 Tbe banks
tiiat own these bonds are entitled to.
and wo suppose have, from tho gov
ernment s IDS. lOo. 000 of black backs,
or national bank notes. This money
can only ba got into circulation by
bon-owing it from ttw Utnlcs. and iris
sale to suy that, not a dollar of it is in
circulation upon whieh somebody is
no!, paying ns muci as per cent iti
lost. To got. the whole h mount in
ciresihtlioi) tlo:. tuo people must pay
mi aUdaional ltt.M)L,tmt)i Hero is
tho best bunking system the world
ever aw!'' How do you liko it? You
pay tho government and the govern
ment pays to tbe bunkers nearly nino
million dollars and you pay to tho
bankers direct nearly fourteen mil
lions and all tbis to get into a very
precarious tditmlntion less than two
hundred million. We call upon nd
vocntos of tho national banking sys
tem to either deny ibis nnd establish
their denial, or Ciso defend it.
What would we havo instead of it?
We would havo tho soveraineut issuo
this e.irt;u!ation direct. This would
save h interest on the bonds. e
would have it put in circulation by
payment of nation.-.l oxpenso. to the
et?nt of a largo, portlo.i of tho na
tional revenues. This would leave the
money in tbe bunds of tho people aud
save tho fourteen millions paid in th
'.nletest to tbo bankers It would i
croiiso the circuiatiou a circulation
thai', the money pownr could neither
uii;uinulat') nor control. This wo;;ld
ieereusa price. An iucren'O of price
would .'tiiLutate industry, sul tho peo
ple to work, and bring abiut tho pro-i.
'perity wo once hnd. but undor tho
gold standard national bnnk system.
Cmler tha; we never did never will
nad !cvci' can. havo Indua'rial pros-
ferity. SMxtythree millions o( rK-opux
srh'eh system do you want?
1 ino AUianoo Auvooaio: ias papin
say the Alliance has been losing
ground. That is true, nad the reason
it hurts U that so much of the
; -ground is tho old h unestead acres
gone Into tho mortgage pot.
Our list of choice literature is made up of the best and most reliable reform
books, by the most noted writers. If you want to keep posted on tbe great ques
tions before the American people you should consult the authorities. We name
below nnmbrr of the best beoka published:
PAPER. CLOTH.
Tb' I- Uway Problem, by Stick-jey. The greatest sensation of the
.. :s this great book- on tbe railway problem by a railway
p--tent. Cloth edition has 14 illustrative diagrams I .'0 1-00
J as -u l.-trards, by Hamlin Uir'and, a new book that should be
rexd by every Alliance member in Nebraska. Dedicated to
the Fanners' Alliance it gives a graphic, description of life in
a pioneer settlement, and the gUmp'ses of city life are not in the
least overdrawn iW
Main Trve!ed Roads, by Himliu Garlaud: Don't fail to read it. . . M
In Office, Bogy. The latest scusatlou. 27,
Dr. Huguet, DonDelly JJ0 135
Cassars Column " 50 - 1 3"
Whither are W e Drifting, Willey! l :
The Farmers' Side. Senator Peffer of Kansas- has in a vary careful
and plain manner stated tho injustice of tbe pmetst methods in
this now book, and outlined plans for relief I 00
Looking BackwarJ, lSellamy... , ..TO 1 1 00
Emmet ISonlore, Reed. A new book ot engrossing interest by a
popular author 50 1 25
Driven from Sea to Sea, Post. Alook that should be read by all.. . .50 100
Aa Indiana Mn. 'Armstrong. A well told story of a young man who
entered politics" and what tame of it... 5D low
A Kentucky Colnael. Reed. Tho deepest thinker- and the most pro-
'grcssive of all the writers of humor in this country Opie P.
Reed, and this is his best work. .to 1 (0
The Coming Climax in the Destistes of America, by Lester C. Hub
. bard. 480 pages of new facts and generalizations ia American
politics. Radical yet constructive. An abundant supply of new
amunition for the great reform movement 50
A Financial Catechism, Brice .60 ICO
A Tramp in Society, Cowdrey i M 1 25
Richard's Crown, Weaver..., .50 4 1 0
The Great Red Dragon, Woolfolk 50 1 00
Pizarro and John Sherman, Mrs. Todd 25
Money Monopoly, Baker 25
Our Republican Monarchy 25
Lalicr and. Capital J 2t
Ten men of Money Island, Xortou. Col. Norton has told hie story
in a way that cannot fail to interest you, send for a- copy 10
Geld, Shilling. Tbis book should be in the bauds of every German
in the state 15
Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Rules 25 50
Smith's Diagram and Parliamentary Rules 3D
Roberts' Rules of Ordor ' 75
Seven Finaucla! Conspiracies. 10
Labor nnd Alliance Songster, words only 10c eacln Per dozen MO
." " " ' Music el. 20c " " " by ex 900
" " " " board -25c " " " 2.50
Songs of Industry. IIo wo. In this -ook the author has given- us a
number of entirely new songs, words and niusie complete, and
Alliances will lind it a splendid collection .-.. . . . . 20
' Any bonk on the list sent post paid on receipt of price. liberal discowa-fct to
Alliances wishing to purchase a library. . v
We at offering The Fakmebs' Alliance one year, aud any 50c book ei tbe
list for tin ly $135. Address
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Patronize Home Industry.
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