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1L QUAD AFTER CATS. EVERY MAN WANTED ONE TO MAKE LIFE WORTH LIVING. a RokW Baa4 f Six Hutol tit IBaca la "Bis; Hpe L Iff la J. Vat It Was CaM f They Ca, The; tew sad Tkey Lit Oat. Copyright. 188S. by Charles & Lewis. A 70a came nptbe trail you, first struck -Big Hopes" DfgKings, which had a pop ulation of About 900 miners. Two miles farther 00 70a came to "Aunt Sally Flat," which had a population of 100 less. Only , mile farther down waa "I-want-Ugo-home" town, the population of which was anywhere between 75 and 900. Some men who wanted to go home packed np and lit out; others who wanted to go bad to wait around for wings to fly with. One day notices were posted np in all the towns for a public meeting to be held at "Aunt Sally Flat" on the third day after. It was announced, that a crisis bad arrived, and that able speakers would be present to disc ass it and point out tbe remedy. Mining was hard work and poor pay that season, and we were ready to wel come even a crisis. There were plenty of miners who didn't know a crisis from a climax; but they were willing to learn the difference, and on the date appointed everybody knocked off work, washed his bands and put in an appearance. If any one expected to hear that tbe time had come to declare war against England, march into Mexico or demand that Uncle Sam furnish us fresh butter he was disap pointed. Colonel Bill Taylor was one of tbe "able speakers," and be began with the landiug of the Pilgrims and scaled down to "Aunt Sally Flat," and announced that we must import 500 cats as soon as possible or pre pare to abandon tbe neighborhood. We were not only being overrun by rata and mice, but every man was homesick for the presence of a cat. If 500 women could not be induced to come out and marry ns and make our homes happy, then get 600 cats. Women first cats a good second. A gri PLENTY OF CATS. 1 malkin on the hearthstone, after tbe toil of the day, would remind us of borne, soften up our hearts and make better men of us. Without the refining influence of cats none of us could hop to reach that better land. Cats longtailed or bobtailed, striped or spotted but we must buve oats. He was followed by Judge Hopkins, who acknowledged in a sneaking sort of way that he would rather see the old family cut than his wtfe and seven children. Ha wanted a cat to bold on bis knee as he sat and looked into the fire and called up rec ollections of day gone by. He wanted to stroke, her fur and bear the p-u-r-r-r-r, which would bring up a vision of an idiot setting out from his farm in Ohio to slash around among the mountains of the west with a pickrx and a backache. The judge wept as he talked of home; he wept still harder as be talked of oats. Give him a cat and he would live on and not care a cent whether school kept or not. The old oaken bucket, a smokehouse, a pig pen, a barrel of soft soap, any of these would gladden and cheer and encourage, but only tem porarily. He didn't want 600 women to come out there, as his wife would be sure to be one of tbo drove, but he did want cats, and be wouldn't be captious about tbe color. 1 Other speakers followed in tbe same strain, and it was finally voted to con tribute a purse and send a man east for cats. No contribute no cat. On their ar rival each cat was to become currency, representing ten dollars. Any attempt to discount was to be considered the same as murder in the second degree. As I had a broken arm and was laying off, tbo choice fell upon me to go east, collect the cats and lead tbem into the promised land. In due time I struck Ijcavenworth. Ii two days I cleaned that town up so thoroughly that for six month's afterward the owner of a cat was too stuck up to speak to tho mayor.' Then I went to Atchison and se cured everything down to a kitten which had just got its right eye open. They still insist that I set that town back five years by my fiendish expedition. St. Joe was bed rock. I took 322 cats out of that town behind a two mule team, and was out of range before the terror stricken people had recovered their presence of mind. It is firmly believed in St. Joe today that but for me there would have been no Chicago, or Kansas City. Real estate had declined 20 per cent, before I got across tbe Mis iodri. When I finally left Topeka I had COO cats. There was only one left in the stato of Kansas, and she was blind in one eye and dying of old age. I had two wagons fitted with cages and had two tender hearted men employed to help me care for the cargo. I started with an emigrant train, but after tbo first night out the peo ple threatened my life and I bad .to cut loose. The cats were reasonably quiet 'dur ing the day, bat as soon as night fell it seemed as if the front and back gates of pandemonium had been swung wide open and a prize chramo offered. Strong men turned gray haired that night, and next morning three innocent children were buried in one grave. , When near the Colorado line wo were at tacked by hostile Indians. Tbey bad been hovering about during the afternoon, and as night fell they gathered to reap the har vest of scalps. There seemed to be about 400 of them, all imbued with a great deal of enthusiasm, and they had olosed in for business when a Iavenworth tomcat hap pened to look cross eyed at a chap from St. Joe and a row was the consequence. In one minute after time was called 606 cats of all ages, sizes and colors, and each with a voice strictly his owb. began singing out. It was a calm, still night just the sort of a night to.be scalped by Indians and the row in tbe wagons could have been heard five miles. We heard the chief calling out to bis warriors not to he alarmed, and not to desert their country in her hour of peril, but he couldn't hold them. They fell over each other in their haste to get away ado scale some tenderfoots camped twelve miles to the north of us. and we were not again iSolested. These same Indians after ward went about the country warning their esteemed contemporaries that we were "bad medicine " and would steal tom ahawks off a dead warrior's grave and to have nothing to do with us. It was a mean piece of business, but you can't ex pect much good of an Indian. One fall day we drew near "Big Hopes" diggings. Everybody in the three towns dressed up in bis best and came out to welcome the conquering hero and the cats. Every man wbe bad two shirts tied one of them to a pole (or a Sag. Every one who could yell did so. Only eleven cats had died of grief ea route, and there was still a eat apiece. Speeches were mad and quartet aang. "I Want to Be an Aaget" Men who had never exhibited the slightest emotion, even when accidentally struck with a pickax, now wiped tears from their yea. We went into town with men cheer ing, males braying, flags waving and cats yowling, and it was unanimously Reaored, That we celebrate tbe day: that after toe celebration isovcrwe divide up the We celebrated. There wert three bar rels of "celebration" rolled out, and no one was excused. Next morning we crawled out to divide up, but there was nothing to divide. Some boozy idiot bad opened all the cages during the night, and every cat was gone. Some were making for Pike's peak others were on their way to Leaven worth to renew old ties. We spent a week tracking one old Tom who was undecided which route to take, but be gave us the dodge and we packed up and abandoned the country. We knew that luck was agin us. THE ARIZONA KICKER. Prop-Mi of the Liveliest Paper la the Great West. W Chanced It. While we were over at Lone Tree tbe other day, Steve Watson wanted us to marry him to a girl named Ramson, who has been living is the family of Major Hastings. We knew we couldn't do it as editor, but we were not so certain in our capacity as mayor. We finally agreed to take the chances on it if Steve and tbe girl would, and tbe result was that tbey were made one. We used tbe regular form followed by clergymen, but put in a proviso that if Steve ever stopped his subscription to our paper tbe marriage should be considered null and Void. Until we have time to look np the law in tbe case we will marry any and every couple ap pearing before ns for that object, charging only one year's cash subscription to The KICKER. If it transpires later on that we had no authority the ceremony can be gone through with elsewhere or things left as tbey stand, but the subscription must be considered a go. Please call at tbe mayor's office between 2 and 4 in the afternoon. Card of Thanes. The undersigned takes this method of returning bis heart felt thanks to tbe fifty or more citizens who gathered on Thursday evening with the intention of pulling him np to a limb, but who courteously and patiently lis tened to bis explanations and finally de cided to give him one more show: I came to this town nnder false pretenses, as I hereby publicly admit. I claimed to be a bad man from tbe Bad Lands, and expected to sort o' run things. I am not a bad man, but only a weaK imitation, instead or having killed five men, as 1 publicly boasted, I have never even shot at one. As I stated to he vigilance cum. mittee, l struck tbe wrong town, and Instead of trying to play bad man any longer I am going to work. I will put in ten houps a day at any sort of labor for six dollars a week, and I trust that I may in time secure the respect and good will of tbe gentlemen who so kindly re frained from palling on tbe other end of the rope. My two guns and my bowie knife an; for sale cheap, as I have no further use for them. Hank Scott, Ex-Bad Man from the Bad Lands. It's Our Wat. As our contemporary has only 400 circulation and is often obliged to come out on a half sheet or skip publi cation altogether, what be says regarding us has no opportunity to reach the public LET HIM SHOOT. For this reason, and because we are kind hearted by nature, we permit him to use our columns this week as follows, and make no charge whatever: We hereby announce to the public, and have documentary evidence to prove our allegations, that the editor of The Kicker followed the traffic of body- snatching for more than five years in the state of Ohio, and that he escaped from Joliet while he had yet two years to serve. We further add that we have armed oursclf to Bboot bim on sight. EDITOR lilO HOHANZA. As to bis charges, they are chestnuts two years old, and will only make people smile. As to his shooting us, be has tried it on five different times and misera bly failed. We will stand up against a wall and let him shoot six times at us from a distance of ten feet, and if he plants one bullet within twelve inches of any part of us we will donate fifty dollars for a local hospital. He doesn't belong out here at alL His sphere lies in peddling popcorn in the effete east. TALLT Again. Recognizing the fact that this town has done much for The Kicker, and feeling deeply grateful and desiring to sbowour appreciation in a sub stantial manner, we have purchased in the east and shall present to the town alinnd fire engine of latest pattern. At the pres ent date the sole outfit of our fire depart ment consists of a stepladder and an old tin pail, and we are at the mercy of tbe de vouring element. W e are no alarmist, but we must confess that our slumbers have been nightly disturbed by visions of red tongued flames licking their fiendish course up and down Apache avenue devouring saloon after saloon, wiping out one poker room after another, attacking one edifice after another, until tbe heavens for miles around were lighted with the baleful glare of a conflafrration. ful of disaster to our tppauea aim ueipiess cuiy.eus.. Our present will be named after oui paper. We are not as thoroughly posted as we hope to be on fire engines, but' we venture the statement that thiB one is full jeweled, return fluo8,.patcnt cylinders and copper bottomed, and that every citizen of the town will be proud of it. We under stand that bis honor the mayor (who is onrself) will soon issue a call for a pubtic meeting to organize a fire company. We suggest that be be made chief of tbe fire department, while we hereby announce our readiness to serve as foreman if elect oVl. Tbe engine is expected to arrive vn about tour weeks. Got Left on Hyena Roast. As we drove along over a'South Carolina highway we encountered a circus and men agerie on the move, and when clear of it we came upon adozen men standing around the dead body of a hyena. The animal had died in his cage and been bauled out on tbe ground. He was old and faded and bie fur rubbed off in spots, and the circus people decided that tbe pelt was not worth taking. Tbe party was nbout to move on when up rode the proprietor of a country hotel about four miles further down the road. "Ijook a-here, gentlemen," he said when tbe incident had been explained to mm, "would yo' hev any objections to my cuttin off a bind quarter of that hyena and takin it home?" "Of course not; but what can you want of it?" "Wall, Jedge Ridley, of this circuit will be along today, and he will stop with me fur dinner. .The jedge is a mighty odd man. He'll ridenp to the boas block about half past 11 o'clock and sing oust " 'Hellol the tavern! " "Wall, jedge, glad to see yo.' -'Kin I hev dinner f Of co'sp,' 'Kin I brv roast hyena fur dinner " 'Yo' kin. Git right down and come in. I was expectin yo', and I'vt got the nicest piece of hyena yo ever did put yo'r tooth into in all yo'r bo'n days.' "That's what I want a hind quarter fur, continued the landlord. "Thejedg is odd, and I want to please him." Be was told to take the whole body If he wanted it, but be contented himself with quarter, and was in a happy frame of mind aa he rode on with us. We were booked to atop at his place for dinner, and we got around there just before tbe judge and his white mule came into view down the dusty road. All were anxiously waiting when his honor rode up at a jog trot, stopped at the horse block and called out: "HeUol the tavern!" "I've had mt mind made rp for some RHINOCEROS POTPIE." "Hello, jedge!" replied tbe landlord, as he stepped out into view. "Kin I hev dinner yeref" "Of co'se yo kin." "I'm powerful hungry." "Glad to hear it, jedge-glad to hear it." "And I'm sorter pertickler about my satin." "Yes, I know." "I've got my mind made up fur fur" "Reckon yo' hev, jedge, an yo' won't be disappointed," put in tbe landlord aa he grinned and rubbed his hands at thought of the roast hyena back in the kitchen. "As I was sayin," continued his honor as be slowly dismounted, "I've had my mind made up fur some rhinoceros potpie, and bein as you've got it I guess I'll stop with yo' while the mewl takes a rest." We tried to argue tbe landlord into tbe belief that life was worth the living, but it couldn't be done. He sat down and beck oned for death to come and stranglo him. M. Quad. Poisonous Waste Products In the Hody. In pneumonia the quickened breathing shows both the effort of nature to make up for tbe loss of that part of tbe lung which is ineffective, and also the stimulus which tbe increased waste poison in the blood (in creased owing to diminished lung capacity, and therefore diminished oxygen) exerts upon the respiratory machinery. So, again, when less blood is carried to the lungs, owing to the artery which leads from the heart to the lungs being partially blocked, with a clot, the same effect is produced. Probably a somewhat similar condition arises after hard work, either in old age or in a feeble state of health. The tissue, not being in the firm condition of the tissue of. a vigorous person accustomed to daily work, breaks down in large quantities, while at the same time the circulatory and respiratory machineries are no longer at their best, and therefore the oxidation is imperfect. On the next day the infirmed man is poisoned by the unusual quantity of waste in the system, and feels discom fort in many parts of his body or limbs. Popular Scienoe Monthly. The Irreapreaalblc oufllrt. Jesus was crucified by the Romans in a Roman province, not because of his offence which might . have re ceived a nobler or less ignominious punishment. , but because he was a workingrnan, not a soldier; and con sequently ranked with the servile class in contradistinction to the noble class of the "Zeus" family, of the Pagan religion. The . ens" families of old Rome. md the lutooracy" of to-day. rep resent the same class, they were, the priviluged class by robbing the bal ance of mankind, they added to their pelf until 1, b00 of tnem owned the then known world free luborers were confronted with imported sla.es from the surrounded con tiered nations, industry revolted, the farmers and laborers became patriots and soldiers, In the last death struggle they' were utterly destroyed, and i. 000 of their leaders. were crucified the "Appfan Way" andj ; 00. 000 of theg rank and Lie of the patriot army were put to the sword; this was only seventy - four years before Christ. The Plutocracy of to-aay are importing Italian I.az eronl, foreign pauper labor and crim inals to break down the independent free American laborer, reduce him to surfdom. compel h'.m lo revolt against the conditions, intended to ruin him, and then, introduce him to the fine Italian -hands of that bund of merce naries and cut throats, the "Pltiker tons." 13;', 000 of Ihese misoieants are now here, in this so-called land of the free; they are armed with repeating riflos. revolvers, swords. Galling guns, and protected in the large cities, buildings, forts and arsenals, stronger than the Uastile of Paris," furnished and kept by the Plutocrats, for tho sole and only purpose of changing th:s Republic to an absolute empire. When men disappear, they are almost always found, if found at all, in "Pink erton's sweat-box." where many of them are tortured into confessing crimes they never committed. These sweat-boxes are made similar to the traps, prisons and dungeons of the Holy Inquisition, so prevalent during the dark ages. Christ is, being crucified daily in these sweat-boxes ;,or he still wears the robes of workinginen; this is his offense. Who created the Plutocrats? The Dem-Rep party, 'monopolistic twin." VVho created the Piukertons? The Plutocrats. Are the Piukertons organized by authority of any law ol the United States, or of the several states?- No. they are outlaws .nni brigands as much as Jesse James and his fol lowers. Why do tbe people tolerate them? liaiuse they are divided by the machine called the Democrat and Re publican parties. Will the --Pinks and Flutes" ever be driven out of this country? Yes, when the voters cast their bal lots for country, home, wile and chi d and a government of, by and for the people. ben will that time come? It will come very soon. Agitation, edu alien and patriotism will bring it to pass. How soon? Kighi iuoa it is In the air. BEWARE OF DEBT. Tbe AUUaea Oo a K-tjr for Katloae as Well aa ladlrtdaala. Possibly no command of God is so universally disregarded as this injunc tion. "If thou lend money to any of my peo ple that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury." Ex. xxii. 2S. "Take thou no usury of him or increase but fcr thy God , that luy brother may live with thee. "Thou shalt not give him thy mouev upon usury nor lend him thy vituals for in crease." Lev. xxv, 36 and 7. J-jekiel xix, ? says: "He that hath not given forth upon usury neither hath taUen an increase hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity and hath executed true judgtmeol between man and man." What is usury? It is interest Not as some would say, interest charged above the legal rate, but it is t Imply Interest. This command of holy writ is ene of exceeding judiciousness. Its disregard has caused tbe tottering of nations and tbe wreckage of un numbered thousands of individuals. In this day debt means irterest, says the toiler. If interest had been prohibited when tbe Christian relig ion first dawned upon an enlightened world we would never have knows nations to groan under bonded debts, neither would individuals have sacri ficed the pleasures of home because of promissory notes and mortgages. The point is had Interest never been coun tenanced by civilization the infamous national and individual debt system would have died without a beginning. It would be s herculean task to now attempt to legislate against interest that Is to attempt to prohibit the pi ac. tice between borrower and lender, but all admit that there would be no bor rowing or lending was it not for tho interest or usury. Interest which is inseparable from debt, both national and individual Is a burden which cannot be unloaded un less by some method the debtor takes unto himself, not an additional amount of weakh, but an additional amount of money. If A. borrows 1(0 for a year at 10 per cent he must have $110 with which to pay it. To bring this point to a plain illustra tion, suppose four men isolated from the balance of the commercial world: A. has $10, B. borrows it for three months at three per cent interest; A. has another $10 which he loans to C on the same conditions, and still an other to ). Imagine one of these parties with certain necessaries of life while another had others. They then begin the Interchange of articles just as tho classes or sections of a great nation will da It is a scramble with each one to beat.one of the other two out of the thirty cents, which he must pay as interest to A. There is only WO among them, and there is 30.90 to be paid, so where is the ninety cents to come from? Sup pose B. is unusually shrewd in manip ulations in trades and conies out at the end of three months with $12, and 0. not so successful comes out with $10 and 1). of course has (8. Each has a debt of tflU.Su to pay. Suppose they have mortgaged to A. thoir supply of the necessaries of life, as the farmer does hU farm. C and D. would bo bound toi:U n o rider their Bharns or a part thereof or else prom ise a greater interest for more time. Now suppose theso three men had agreed upon a certain kind of paper who a certain mark or design us a measure or values in necessary ex change of articles between them and have issued it to tbe amount of 30. 10 each, the result would have been that at the end of three months their exchanges would have been perfected and no debt whatever would have har assed their dream Bewaro of debt, because with It comes interest and usury, a plague to nations and a curse to man. There is a remedy for nations which is ul.so a remedy for individuals. Do as tlie Alliance proposes, give us legal tender greenbacks. Kantian. There aro 101 towns in Kansas with a population o; more than 1.000. their total population bain'g, in 1M0, b7. 611. About l.OOUOOv) people live on farms in this state, or about 20 ,000 farm families. Of these, tW, 000 farm ers and their families are tenants and 138. 00 J farmers work their own farms. Of the 138, 0t0 resident farm ers who work their own farms, .Si. 500 are under mortgage to the amount of 38 8f,r cent of tho former value, or aoout 35 per cent of wnr.t they would sell for now. Since the man who is mortgaged is practicaiiy a tenant. there are 155. 000 farm families who do not own the land they occupy and 4-5,000 who do. The relative number of owners to tenants is lapid ly diminishing and five years from to-day as things now are going, the ratio will scarcely be one to ten. It is very difficult to cultivate patriot ism under such circumstances t.nd our Kepublican friends who have produced this condition by their laws had better hurry up and put a flag not only ever the school house but at every cioss road, to teach the transient occupant to reverence the laws that Lave rr.aie them paupers and to realize tho $.:,? ence of tho power that supports tho-e laws. It was certainly a mistke in ur plutocratic matters to uMov the common people to think at sll. They should have been more vigorous in applying brass bands, flambeau clubs and monkey shines generally. Alli ance Tribune. 1'ou ay Learn a Thing or Two. If you want to see how near tbe money power has free white people under its control, watch a primary in a city, where plutocracy is on one side and the rights of the masses on the other. To be a party slave is bad enough, but to be both a party slave and the puppet of a set of bosses, is certainly a condition that a freeman does not tolerate. It is well enough for partisans of candidates to work zealously and earnestly for their fa vorites, and to use all the persuasion, argument and logk ' hey can command to elect their man; bul there is a Hue of demarkation beyond which the ille gitimate and obnoxious become; the worst species of intolerance and ab horrent tyranny. It ought to be made criminal for Buch methods to be un dertaken or practiced. To make a man fear that he will lose his employment, or suffer in the management of his business, in case be shall exert his right of suffrage as bis conscience and interest may dictate is one of tho worst curses of this age, acd it is bound to go from bad to worse until serious results will follow. K. T. faBXSWOBTa edgerton faensworth, Attorneys and Counselors at Law. Boom (14 Ksw Tons tin Bcildiso. OMaHa. t 1 t t HIBBASKA Nebraska SaviDgsBank 13 and O St., Lincoln. Capital $100,000 The Oldest Sating Back of Lincoln. I soil hfiibib or MPOSITOaa. Pays interest on the Host Liberal Terms. Receive deposits of od dollar and ap. wards and has a thi:drens Dine depart eat. Persons living In communities without Bavins Banks are Invited to write for Infor mation. Call or send a postal tor a neat vest pK'ttl DOOB. lit! J Mw Badge. The sceompsnytnf 4 tit in peaks for Itself. People's Party for our Country sad Fiar; A !, Every reform sr should have one. Price, soUd fold l M. Cold plrtsTi cents. Send orders to vn if a a asTni wamea. w Tomma. Pt, by Gw. B jn.ii. wy. tin Mention this paper. LINCOLN rvlor nudlltlsi foraeqairlnt know led- i? V ""up, mpia caieuiauons, Manual arithmetic, commercial law, short-hand, typs-wrltlut, eo 1 anondenoa, and tele aphy. Tor circular addraa, D. K. LIUJBKUKift, hm., Lukioui, Nta. 200,000 ARE SINGING raoH TBI In and Labonsongster! The demand for the little book was so Terr heavy that the publishers havs now somplev d a beautiful MUSIO EDITION Revised and enlanred. In superior stvle. and furnished In bath paper and board aovera. This Is far the largest songster In the market loriae price, and thacareiulljr prepared In dex enables both word and music editions to be used together. TheMuslo Edition resent bin in i'P aranoe and slse Gospel Hymns. Moi of there books are In use than any other Labor PorKter publlihed. The demand .1 Imply woneerfull. With larglv Increased facilities for publishing, all aiders can be filied the same day received, whether by the doien or thouand. Price, single copy, pa per 30c; board, 25c, post paid. Per dozen, 12.00 and fli.M post paid. Word edition, SO pager 10c. Aluamcb Pvb. Co., m unooln, Meh. Homes and Irrigated Farms, Gardens and Orchards in the Celebrated Beat River Valley on the Main Lines ol tbe Union Pacific and Central Pacific R. R. near Corinne and gden, Utah. Splendid location for business and In dustries of all k indn in- the well known city of Corinne, situated in the middle of the Talley en the Central Pacific R.R. She lands of the Bear River valley are ow thrown open to settlement by the construction of the mammoth system of irrigation rrom tne near lake and river. just completed by the Bear River Canal uo., at a cost 01 a,w,oou. The com pany controls 100,000 acres of these line lands and owns many lots and business locations in the city of Corinne, and is now prepared to sell on easy terms to settlers and colonies. The elfmate, soil, and irrizatiner facilities are pronounced unsurpassed by competent judges who declare the valley to be the Paradise of the Farmer, Fruit Grower and Stock Raiser. Nice social surroundings, good schools and churches at Corinne City; and Home Markets exist for every kind of farm and garden produce in the neighboring cities of Ogden and Salt Lake, and in the great mining eamps. Lands will be shown from the local of fice of the Company at Corinne. IStf MONEY IVI ONOPOLY. EON. H. L LOUCKS, 1 Nut. vicr-presldeot P. A. & I. U. writes, "Thl Money Monopoly Isone of the verv beat work. on the sur jeot I bave read. All our worker' should push its sale for it is a vote wlnneg -Send us awoooles." 'f Hon. Thos. Gaines at the bead of the Tel. sb Laoor Bureau orders ttiO copies and say'e w. m. is a RTHDa ejeKipuaer. Qu Kesd the following unsolicited tpstlmonles Farmers' Alliance. ns Hombotb Falls. N. Y res Your box of 196 "Money Monopolies" iuhas received. We have concluded to pla "Whither are we Dritttngr ss a Nation at 88 "The Money Monopoly" in tbe bands of onranizcrs. etc-, for aie throughout ially BiMri uciictiub iimi uj in in kvwuiunviuu T11A.V moMali may be affected and greatest sT accomplished. re- 1 tmu we win oe ame 10 sen many tnoa not a-d copies of "Tbe Money Monopoly" dutent iae couiiuir spring; huu aummer. loun , . t Jan. 27. 1KI I. K. Tiller Of Another prominent Alliance man ssapid "Or alii he works 1 have ever read on kI by fubjett, and Itaveread a pood many"Mo' ;ni Monopoly" is by far the best. Send uiisi"8 copies. Yours for tbe ri?ht. areas n. w. ijERMoSkWesb Sec-Tress. Fsrmers League of MsUwegf. Cni. Jesse Harper ), "The Money Mi. poly is it utility, toe 1 est dook now in pi a cyclopedia shnort priceless. Price, pi epaid 26cts. For sate at this off of Scientific America con. Jbjbmmmw fnsa mkii ,000, a ill- TRADE MARK ltn- DCBION PATINtO the COPY RIGHTS, from For Information and free Handbook write to Oldeat tmtam for aeoarinf patents In Amet mines r.vury pax u laaen mil or na ) urvrun in vkiq com- lUfHIUVVIIHIIIW ITVD 1 W VU1 W 4-V.a '5, ,060 La eat circulation of any scientific paper In ? P1111' wuriu, ouieoaiaiT uiaiirai man should be without Iv. lllnitrated. No Intelllet and I. W.fclw A? ft, rear; $L30 Ml months. Addreat MUNN 4 C Vru TO BIJSHIBS. 931 BroadwaT. 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W rC BINDERS 137,665 1891 SALES AND TWENTY-SIX MTIjTalOl POUNDS or TWINE get a copy ufn Ann rnAin aim" a book Or S-tWWa DEERING AGENTS EVERYWHERE BONDEDPUBLIC BW 'ffi&f" fruS? f jC if '? J - 1 ALLIN ROOT, Btook Art Nab. But wane, tin os ana Financial SHIP YOUR OWN STOCK. Allen Root & Live Stock Commission Merchants. Reom 84 Excitant Building, SOUTH OMAHAi ITiL'lA. Before jou ship send for Us market. airiasnOS. Paokara National Rank, ft aha First Natlanal Bank of Omaha. M.tf Commercial National Bank. Omaha. n Shippers oan era- sli-tat draft on ns for 98 CAPITAL NATIONAL BANK LINCOLN OAriTAL, C, W. MOSHER, President. 11. J. WALSH, Vice-President. R. C. OUTCALT, Cashier. J. W. MAXWELL, Assistant Cashier DISXCTOKS. E. THOMSP0X. P. HAMER. A. P. S. STUART. ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. W. W. HOLMES. R. C. PHILLIPS. THE DOLLAR TYPE WRITEE- ABCDEFGHI JKUWoVQRSlTltoy JTi 7i.1oiira'7onrt . moRt scatte.lrrrev dss over hity tnousan people '-a the total abstinence pledge and ix converts were received into nuroh. The fathers strongly de jQnced the Montreal civil authorities for their apathy in enforcing the liquor law. The denunciation was maue m tno presence of Mayor McShane and a num ber of other prominent city officials and produced a great sensation. The effect was so great mat mayor jurauuao win other officials were led to sign the pledge.' A Drunken Father'a Deed. Niles, O., April 19 Samuel Williams returned from work crazed with liquor and attempted to drive his entire family from the house. His daughter, aged -io. tried to quiet her father and he savagely attacked tier witn a Douer. e struca hr two terrible blows, one over the richt. eve and one on the tOD of the head, fracturing tne sitnii. xie tiien rosueuw the table, seized a common case knife .. ', 1 1 T T . 1 . 1 i. and slashed his throat, completely sever ing the wind pipe. He died in a short time. The daughter is still alive but no hopes are entertained of her recovery, Chicago Painters Strike. Chicago, April 19. The Painters' and Decorators' uaion, with a membership of 2,700, inaugurated a strike for a mini mum scale of H cents per hour. De mands were made on W. P. Nelson & Co. and J. B. Sullivan, two of the largest firms in the city. Both farms refused to grant the advance, and their men were called out. Unless the Master Painters' association comes to terms within a few days, all the painters in the city will strike. Mrs. Schmidt Insane. Chester, Pa., April 19. Mrs. Caro line Schmidt, the defendant in the Pfitz enwayer murder case, has become in sane. Her attending physician has ad vised her removal to the Norristown in sane asylum. The necessary commit ment Twiners have been made out. The 'case ismade peculiarly sad from the fact that the woman is soon to become a mother. Beatrice Geta the Meeting;. Beatrice, Neb., April 19. The re quisite fund for securing the meeting of the Nebraska Trotting Horse Breeders' association was raised here. The meeting will be held Aug. 9, 10, 11 and 13, and promises to be one of the best ever held in the state. The meeting will be held at Linden Tree park. Two Victims at Casper. Casper, Wyo., April 19. Two men reported shot on Salt creek were brought in by the sheriff in a helpless and ex hausted condition, and are housed at one of the hotels. Their talev of the killing of Champion is horrible and their present condition critical. May Iay tn Borne. Rome, April 19. The socialists declare that they will make a show of their strength on May day and the authorities of the various Italian cities are anxious over the outlook and are taking precaa tions for public safety. MOWERS TWINE MACHINES WMIH rON FANMKMS) Vf.i. DEERING & CO. Chicago, U. S. A WAREHOUSE ELEVATOR CAPACITY j 600,000 bushels. ifnw v 1 nv 1 vm n maerminiiM All grain weighed, inspected and sto- ge rotes enaeusnea oy state omcers. Write for rates and full nartlmilara and consign shipments care of WOODMAN & RITCHIE CO., Mm! OMAHA, HKBKASKA. OBO. 8. BROWN, Sales .aa, H r. Oomrjanv. Nahraaka Havtnnand Kjrnaanm R'a. Amah. Central City Bank. Central City, Neb, par oent of oost, bill ef la dins: attached. NEBRASKA $300,000. 46tf C. VT. MOSHER. C. E. YATES. a still re ded stood. "" and bones vera! acres of ground. . Af tor several hours' work the searchers had succeeded in gathering about ISO pounds of mangled flesh and bone, which is all that remained of the dead men. The cause of the explosion is unknown, and a representative of the company said it would be impossible to ascertain it. Trampled to Death. London, April 19. Thousands of ex cursionists visited Hampstead heath. . On their return a great rush was mads for the trains. In the crush some ons fell at the foot of a staircase of the rail way station and in a moment hundreds of persons above were thrown into a struggling heap. Two men and six children were killed, and thirteen others were serioualy injured. Defeated by Mexican BeroInUonlste. Rio Grande City, Tex., April On the 17th of April, at sunrise, at a point forty-five miles north of here, W. W. Shelley, sheriff of Star county, with seven men, suddenly came upon a de tachment of twenty revolutionists and a fight ensued. Sheriff Shelley was shot in the right hand. Jose Garr anno, a Mexican deputy sheriff, was shot in the head. Both men were wounded in the first volley fired. Three deputy United States marshals were in the fight. Tha revolutionists were too strong and tha office, being unable to cope with them successfully, beat a retreat. Two of the revolutionists were killed, but none of them was captured alive. Troop O. Third cavalry, left for the scene of tha fight. A Thieving- Bank Clerk. Grand Forks, N. D., April 19. Carl Nelson, clerk of the Union National bank of this city, who was arrested for embezzling the bank's funds, has made a full coufesuon. In custody of officers Nelson is assisting the cashier in going through the books to ascertain the extent of tlie shortage, which is the result of his speculations lor a year or more. The bank is sound and promptly met a slight run of depositors. Gamblers who won th mnnev stolen bv Nelson are nnder arrest. The bank officers will proceed against them to recover. t 9 Belief Measures. Dublin, April 19. The Parnellites are arranging for a convention at Cork, for the purpose of devising measures for the relief of evicted tenants, ine arcn bishop of Cassel has appealed to the anti-Parnellites to support the movement, but they fight shy of it, believing it to be some new ' election dodge against them. The evicted are feeling more and more every day the effect of the falling off of Amer ican contributions. It is on by a question of which will Buccumb first. Commissioner McBrlde Too Haaty. St. Paul, Minn., April 19. Insurance Commissioner Smith has not received any response to his telegram to Com missioner McBride of Kansas, protest ing against the revoking of the license of the St. Paul German Accident Insur ance company in that state. The latter company is perfectly sound and is inde pendent of the fire insurance company. Oi