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4 Va J L NKW ALLIANCS SONQ. Ts k of wsc wir puller who lired l Al- lb looked kilo Ids boo&jt and Umt h nw be: Sat ks, "Oh! Mr. Bee, jou hare bma bit ing ne, Aad he cracked hi bone upoa the tUme wsjr up it aimv. Cbarus-Ob! Drid; Oh! David; DaTid wait far Chicago. a That waa a "man of destiny," Ms girth waa Tory (treat; Bit tcind wac lined with ran it lea about the area &t atate; . Obo fcore to terra fai oouDtryKan his time he'd "consecrate," Sst he's frcae to aert deserted defeat de- - spite the rule of fate ! Chorus Oh ! Grorw ; Oh!Grorer; GroTer wait far Chicago. m. There was a maa from Indian who wore a fa o hat, Aad from the banks and industries, with cunning, "fried the fat." Star years he's occupied the chair where Grover CleTelauTl sat Aad his record is as rotten and pretty near aflat. Chorus Oh! Branie; Oh! Beanie; Wait for Minneapolis. nr. TSsore was a maa who had a bill, M'Khsley waa its name, Which taxed the peopla to protect the rob hers la their gi 1; Bait Uka a motu he ...-ut his wing in its delusive flame, And fall outside the breastwork disfigured, sore and lame. Choraa-Ofc! William; Oh! William; Wait for Mtmraspolis. V. Amn Is a man, a working man, on whom . wacaareiy, Bis reoofa is a spotless one, we'll show it by and by; Ha la ao politician; to serve mankind he'd die, Well shout his name at Omaha the nest 4th of July. Ghana-Ob! Zion! Oh! Zfap! Zlohwhen the people come. Dr. A. S. Houghton. A Delivered at the Oratorical Contest at Crete, Hebruka, by A, D. Harmon of the Ootner University, Lincoln. Nebraska. A Scholarly and Eloquent Discussian of the 8ubject: Loyalty to Principle Indispensable to Reform, God has given to every generation Its peculiar task The plrbelnt of France suffered the oppressions of the priests, the nobles sod the throno. The herces of her revolution shed their blood to brehk a tyrannical yoke. Oar fathers faced the belching throat of English cannon. They severed the bonds of a hateful union, and brought Into the arena of pol itical history a nation dedicated to free. . They grsi-ed it with Incomparable immunities. Tbey mantled It with a ting striped with their own blood and to us it is committed for preservation and ad vancement. Patriotism, ever present, prompts us to paint our future In optimistic colors. It Is lotnetlmes well, however, to relieve the canvss slightly with pessimistic shad ws that we mav see things as tbey are. Oftlmes while Phoebus illuminates the earth fmm bis chariot, the darkest cloud is gathering beneath the western hills. When France was beginning to glow In the splendor of republican liberty, the cloud of' Napoleonic monarchy was gath. ring behind the Alps. We are to day enjoying the sunlight of nnparalelled prosperity. Uut is not a storm brewing beyond the horizon of American politics? Certainly capital is being elevated; Ubor depressed. Wealth, properly distributed Is a national blessing centralized, a deadly foe. Egypt was once the pride of antiquity. But she transferred her wealth to the hands of a few.' She erected ber sphinx, her obel isks, her pyramids, to proclaim her tm- uiui vamr. i uej ar now monument or a race torgotten. The genius of illuml sant Greece dispels the darkness of men tal night. She builds cities of wealth and refinement; of wisdom and culture. But avaracious men seize thereiirns of eovern ment. They drink her energies to ouench their own pecuniary thirst. The light of her glory went out in the darkness of an unending Ignominy. Proud Home, under equality of laws and proper apportion- . ment of wealth, dominated the other kincdoms of the world. But greed for wealth surpassed virtue and love of coun try. The oracles responded unpropitious ly. The eacles flew to their evrles. Rome saak Into the terror of despotism. A quarter of a century nip there was an approximately equal distribution of wealth in this country. The millionaire was yet in the future. The capitalists possessed only one-third., But now they possess two tniras 01 our entire national wealth. Tweuty-flve years ago Gould became a millionaire. He has since ac cumulated two hundred millions. Should - his present wealth continue to increase at the rate of his first million," twenty-five years hence he would possess forty bil lions. Msy we not expect the advent of the billionaire! fcgypt, Greece and Rome forbid his coming. Ia his deso late wake would follow a million paupers to mark the pathway of want and destruc tion. Our government, almost the con' sumationof human jurisprudence, would become a disgrace to civilization. That such a day will ever come, we do not ar gue. That It Is possible is apparent from our country's history. The discovery of gold in California waa the poor man s chimera and the rich man's paradise. Uur nation rejoiced when with the glittering gains, she paved her pathway into financial fame. Labor waa then a co-partner with capital. The miner and the prospector were one. But is not the universal cry 'to day "only the rich cat prosper there?" Her mines are not only under the control of domestic syndicates, but foreign capitalists have also been permitted to entrench them selves. They have reduced our fairest province to a state of tenancy. They have snatched from the laborer bis golden shield and now demand his servitude. If he would not be a serf he must seek other fields. Whither shall he turn? Shall he cross the waters to foreign countries? Oppressive tyrants dominate there. Shall he go to the east and compete with op pressed American and outcast European labor? Hope of liberty leaves his breast. Hunger and destitution compel him to surrender h!i last defence, his ballot, to organized capital. Shall he settle gov ernment lands and become a farmer? - A landed aristocracy will blight his heart's ambition. Two hundred and six ty thousand square miles of our land are now owned by capitalists. New Eng land is irretrievably ruined. Her far mers are discussing the propriety of the tenant system. Illinois and other west era states are under a mortgage indebted- ' aesa of over fifty per cent. These in cumbrances have been incurred under the unparalleled prosperity of the past. These artificial financial stringencies still exist.- Parasitic millionaires still contin ue to fix the price of crop. Where is the hope of the farmer? But domestic capitalists are not our ' worst enemies. Foreign capitalists own isad la this country eqoal la area to the whole cf England, Ireland, eoosiaaa ana Wale. They Lav millions Invested In ur iainn!ai:turs. Thev are Irving to work theia with foreign labor. Behold their attempt in buyiag our breweries to deBle, debauch and pruiane ue anpui luted blood of our eitlfSS. Examine the early history of Britain. These countries have been cesturlt-s centralizing their wealth and establishing the tenant svsttm. l ney nan w ueyeiui within themselves. But their money tyrants now spread their parchment over our sacred soil. Their oppressed citizens escape to our bountifut shores, a lurr ies, the nurse of their offspring, may be' come in a nicni. neir to ueir tunAa. -- - Beware! lett the "Land, of the tree aEd the Home of the Brave," shsll be come the land of the rich and the home of the slave. The laborer, like the American Indian, has ever been drives wMtwird in search ot a Home, n nen the last acre of public land shall have beeu taken he U1 see tne sun siiine ior the last time on a free people. When merciless capital controls agriculture. our common dependence, we snni jook to capital for subsistence. Republicanism is at an end. Lovers of liberty, what is your reply ? Shall we live subject to the mandates of asoney tyrants? Shall we bed the English lion in our flag, and fatten It on the Domes 01 our sonsr 1 ne black men, clamoring for the light of reason, sav no. The white man, buying his neck to the yoke of a galling tyranny, iorlrtds. How, then, can it oe avenea r The mariner, sear a dangerous coast, watches, with Intense Interest, for the appearance of beacons. Let us, then, discern the lights upon the rock, threat ening our craft. A true government gives to every citizen equal opportuni ties. It knows no discrimination. Hut the repulsion that exists between capital and labor has separated the people and made two let! net classes. One is lordly ana mandatory; the other humble and subservient. This is the beginning of the caste itystem the curse of foreign mon archies. Corporations, too, demand special fsvori. Syndicates. destroy comr petition. Are we not, then, drifting upoa the reckv shoals of despotism? in threading the narrows of our poilbw leal blstoiy let us be guided by the bea cons which reason lights before as and history has set behind us. Governments near destruction as they approach man's Ideal; perfection, as they approach God's plan. Until they Imbibe the principles of the Omnipotent King, plowshares will be moulded Into swords, ana river ot blood will continue to flow. Where governments fail to respect God, right sounds the tocsin of war. Thla I our revolution. The Creator is mightier than the creature. Capital Is the creature of labor. Before Wull street hoarded a single dollar the laborer washe.i it from the mountain sands, tie poiunea the gems that deck the crowns of kings. His bsnds raised the columns that form their georgeous palaces. But the servant con trols the master. In every republic every citizen is king. Where is the poor mars scepter?- No one, endowed with the light of reason, would surrender bis rights of citizenship. No one, whose neart Is tilled with purity, woum wreit it from him. Ignorance has blinded the eyes of the many, while avarice has opened the way for the crafty, ignorance is the bane of free institutions. Special favors announce its presence. Neglect of duty maintains Us existence. Centralization crowns Its efforts. The wall of the miner, the strikes of the. laborer and the want of the people tell us that such Is our condl tlon. Political reformation, It is argued, would right these wrongs and give labor equality with capital. Perhaps it would, but how long would this last? capital ists have arisen becauss of their ample opportunity. The people have surren dered to them their bletsings and their prlveleges. if tbey would regain and maintain them they must be able to com pete In the business world. 1 bis they cannot do. The penniless hands of the laborer cannot compete with the gold- lined hands of the wealthy, the solu tion Is not to be found in legislatures. The light of Intelligence must reveal the hidden mystery. The intellectual world must be changed. Its horizon must be extended. Its cloudy sky must be cleared. The people must perselve, through the vista of ages, the effect ot a ballot on posterity. They must know when they cast their ballot they do not rob themselves. But intelligence alone would make a nation of "cultured devils." The ignorant would become crafty. " The crafty would become avaricious. If, then, we would elevate and equalize the people the standard of ambition must be chnugetl. Extensive bunk accounts and railroad stocks must no longer give position In society. Men are now blinded to every color but the glittering of the yellow. They are deaf to every sound save the clinking of 'he coin. Women pride themselves oa rustling silks and sparkling diamonds. The whole nice worships and reveres that which betrayed the lowlv JNazarene. So long as culprits disgrace society and pave their way back into social favor with their gold, maidens will weep. So long as legislators Bell their votes, human ity will suffer. But when love of virtue shall surpass love of money, and ostra cism from society shall be the pepaltv ot the transgressor, villlans will disappear. When political death shall be the penalty of the demagogue, political purity will not be an "Irridescent Irenm." When Shylock shall realize that t take a pound ot flesh is h crime, and to draw blood Is death Wall street will disband. Such a stat ute will be written on every heart and pro claimed In '.every legislature when hones ty, Integrity, virtue and godliness shall be the ambition of the race. The millions that are now spent for self-gratification will then be used to lift up the people. The pride of the Individual will be 'his service to the race, and not a high seat In the synagogue. OlcomlDgman, quicken thy footsteps! Pset, tune thy harp, and Inspire the dor mant to action! Philanthropist, proclaim the Immortal principles of right! lie former, hurl thy Ungual dart Into the Iron hearts of the despots! Humanity will then bridge the chasm that separates capital from labor. The two opponents would then enter from either end. With the flag of freedom floating over them and the abyss of dissension beneath then. -i in ...-I.- i i- ... . iney win suhkb nanus a reunited nation. A ballot In the hands of a righteous and intelligent voter is the sharpest bayonet that ever pierced a nation's foe. Capital will surrender its sceptre and abdicate its tyrannical throne. The political sea will begin to stir. From the north and from the south, froai the east and from the west, will arise the waves of social and political purity. V hen their crests kiss each other In the sunlight of a hope re newed. the turbulent elements will sub- siue. me snip oi state once more on a serene and placid ocean will sail into other harbors of prosperity and peace. Thurston County. Pender, April 29, 1898, S. C. Falrchild, assistant state lecturer, of the alliance, addressed the people of this place last evening. Owing to the failure to advertise th meeting there was but a small audience, but those present evidently appreciated his straight-forward exposition of the nation's financial legis lation, and many favorable comments can be heard to-day. If Brother Fairchild ever visits Pender in the future, a crowd ed house is assured. He will address the people of Thayer precinct this evening. Herman Frees. Opposed to Lelaad StanfVd. BujokiriaLD, Neb, Msy 3d, 192. Editos Allmucb laDWRSDam I see bv vour late issue that Nebrss k Independents are hwlag a lively interest In the choice of tue new psity president and vice president. This Is right, and I am glad they have not dis graced the cause by adding their mite to the Stanford boom. Jtepuwican papers and a few ratios- as reform pspers. are assuming that Stanford's position as tuccessf ul business man, (plunderer, more proper) r.l ' beauteous millionaire, ana author of the land-loan bill, (but Rot or iginator of the land currency Idea, makes blm the most available man lor tne peo ple to honor, and build their hope thereoa. Such assumption is most disgusting to those familiar with the Mr be "worked hard to capture hi millions" and aware of the pressing need of railroad reiorm in our fair state alone. He pompously as serU la an interview, that America's rail roads are the cheapest in the world; ana he condescendingly expresses his willing ness to be our cndtdc if we. will drop everything, but the financial plank. After that could we trust blm, even if be pledged himself to our platform? fie seems to retain all the marvelous cheek f hi youth, or middle ge, when he with other, secured those mighty privileges from the government which characterized the Union Pacific steal. Writer In the Xon-Conformist express themselves quite forcibly on this subject, aad entirely to my liking. 1 cannot here do it justice, bnt the idea of nominating an adherent Of the g. o. p., who never endorsed aa alliance principle nor attend ed a conference of labor, to lead reform force avd stand as a pillar of safety lor the people against plutocracy, is most ri dlcuious. tils bill It hi oral enon on reform line and that after a long public career. It la clearly a step to get Dim popularity with the farmers. Moreover it 1 very faulty, with the old republican exception clause." Such a nomination would be exactly a parallel move with that the republican party might kave made whenjLby.ifof tadon, the slavery issn'lf. ' Beiae opposed to the extension of rlaxery. thrr should have selected the wealthiest, rnpst unfeeling slave holder in tue sonth as their executive ana siana-ard-bearer Instead of the noble Lincoln. That wouK have saved the rebellion and bloodshed, and a score of things; but the g.o. p. never would have been and where would abelitlon be now? My choice of all the noble, qualified men who stand squarely upon our plat form, would be Weaver or Donnelly; though there is much force in Mr. Tay lor's arguments 'fa wing Mr. Powderly. But have we sufficient evidence that any considerable number of eastern opera tives, outside of organized labor, have the respect sr.d confidence, which he describes, instead of harboring feelings of jealousy and dislike for one exalted above them. 1 know such feelings are encouraged by certain cliques, and the subsidized pres". Of course the knigbts of labor will stand by us, (Weaver Is one, I believe,) but tbey seem only a hanarui, compared to either alliance. Uhall the candidate be the choice of the greater or lesser number? Can all organizations be thoroughly Impressed with the central idea, that, whoever he be, we must do our duty, and elect him If we can? 1 greatly fear our help In the conservative arrogant east will turn out like the Ohio election nearly all McKlnleylsm. So far as 1 can lesrn, the labor candidate, Mr. Seltz, was "not In it," he, a tried and true war-horse, too. My experience and knowledge o railroad employees lately inclines me to put my trust and spend my energies with the agricultural popula tlon and rural villages. The city dallies have done tholr work well, and the wall of yrejudice, misrepresentation and jeal ousy of the aspiring farmers is too high for the average city man to ' mount. A portion of the campaign fund, judiciously expended by. experienced managers, may succeed m. carrylng .Nebraska this fall. The greatest stuml-ling block to our work in Umana, as 1 nnd, is the work of our legislature and expenses, so grossly mis represented by partisan papers. This can be partially removed, no doubt, by a generous destrlbution of circulars and pamphlets, arranged in a concise, attract ive manner, and ablaze with undeniable facts on this point. 1 liked Mrs. Kelly s plan of co operative crop proceeds to swell the campaign fund. Every alliance u alive should do something. Uive the proceeds from a supper, or a festival If no other way presents Itself. MBS. A. 1. LUCAS. Ratification Meeting- Editor Alliance - Independent: A grand ratification meeting was held In Dawson county at Lexington, April 30th. It was announced some time ago that on this date the people's party would meet at the place mentioned, and they did, about 500 strong. Farmers from all sections of the county and adjoining counties ' left their farms for a day to show the interest they have in this move ment of the farmers and laborers. Gen eral YanWyck andiHon. C. D.-Schrader were present and delivered stirring ad dresses both In the afternoon and even ing. The St. Louis platform was adopted unaaimously with much enthusiasm. The fanners of this county feel enco ir aged as new additions to the people's party are making themselves known dally, la additmn to adopting the St. Louis platform the course of Hon. O. M. T " 1 T T ... . a. . . ivem aim iion. v.a. jncrvelghan were also heartily endorsed. It is the unani mou desire of the Independents of this county to return Hon. O. M. Kem to con gress, giving him a chance to complete me goou wors aaeaay commenced, be :ieving mat every effort that can be put forth In the Interest of the people is beine done by Mr. Kem. Ihe crops of this county are looking uur, aim iv kitfb new me ana zeai to the farmers. While thev hone to raise a rood C , 1 I. f ... , , . . o crop on their farms they fully expect to raise as large a crop of politics during the year. i ours tor success, A. Hayseed. Box Butte County Alliance- Regular meeting first Saturday in each month. Presidents and lecturers of all subordinate alliances are requested to meet at 11 o'clock. A full attendance at alliance at 1 o'clock Is requesed. Impor tant business to be transacted. Hemingford, Neb. Clark Olps, President, Condolence- Hackbury alliance, No. 1379, send res olutions of condolence on the death of Brother Berry Ryan, and extending sympathy to his bereaved family. (Slgued.) llus. Fanxy Dowsing, Oi.f, Bredeson, 1). J. Rogers. ' James Brapley. Tree Planters of Lancaster County. I shall have at 54th and R street, one mile east of Wyuka cemetery grounds. East Lincoln, a full impnlv of nnnle cherry, plum7 and shade trees, small fruits of latest varieties, evergreens and ornamentals. 100,000 soft maple, one and two years old, choice for grove or windbreaks. My stock will bo ready for sale about April 1st if weather is favorable. I offer for sale only what is adapted to the climate, and all stock warranted true to name. I expect to start a fruit nursery at above place in the sprint;. Call and see my stock, or address me at Bethany P. O.. Lancaster county, Neb. W. I . Wxight, Propr. PLiTTOSM AID A3D&ES8 OF TO UDEPHDEST PUTT. Adopted at 8t. Loois, February 24, 1892. "This, the flrst rml labor conference of the I'd! tad State and of the world, rwpraaeo- uu ail divisions or uroaa aoa runu orraa- tsea iMuscrr. assemsiM in national eoosreas. Inrokio' upoa its aooon ta tote torn and pro- uuaa ei AimifBir um, puia rono u ana for t prcduoer of this nation, this declara tion or union and inaepenaen e Th ooadltlont which surround as best justify our oc-ODe ration. We meet in tae midst of a aaUon brouirtat to the Terra ef no- rmi, political, ana material nun. uemipaon dominates the ballot box, .the legislatures, the eonaress, sad touoheeeven the ermine of the beaofe. The people are demoralised. Many of the states have been eempeiled to Isolate w voter at ue ptiiioj- piaeee la order to prevent universal intlmidauoa or bribery. The newspaper are subsidised or nussied, publlo oplnlira silenced, business prostrsutd, our banns oovered with moruraa-es. labor Iisbov- enshed. and the the land cenoeatraUna; la the bands of capitalists. The urban workmen are denied the rig-bt of onraaitatioa far self-pro. teetloat Imported panpcrUed labor beau dawn their wa-s; a hireling- stand Ins army nnreeoniied br our law. 1 established to hoot them down, and tbey are rapidly de generating to European oooditions. The fruit or the toll of .millions are boldly stolen to build op oelossal fortunes, unprece dented In the history of the world, while their possessor despise the republic and endanger liberty. From the aama nrallfla vumh nr. erameDtaJ lnjustloe we breed the two great clssi as-paupers and Billionaires. Tue na tional power to create moaey Is appropri ated U earloh bondholders; silver, which has bees accepted as oeln St aoa the dawn of his tory, has been demonetised to add to the pirchasing Bower at gold by decreasing vaiae of aU forms of property a well as hu man labsr, and the supply of currency 1 purposely abridged to fasten usurer, bank rupt enterprise aad enslave ind ustry. A vast conspiracy against mankind baa been organ ized on two continents aad Is taking posses. Sic n Of the world . I f not met and nvart h mwn oaee It forebodes terrible social oonvulslons, wwDnoi mi oiTiiisauon, or in estab lishment of aa absolute despotism. "In this crlau of hsaiaa affairs the iatell. rent and working people, producer of the United States, have anma tnaokhartn tka nu. of acaoe, order and society, to defend liberty, prosperity, and iusttoe. -neaeoiare our anion and Independence. We assert onr purpose to vote with that po litical organization which represent eur principles. "WCOham that th nnatmllln IhHii..iu. dominating the old political parties have ai- I lewMtae existing-dreadful conditions tode vdop without serious egart (to restrain or prevent them. Mather do they now intend toaeoomDHah reform Thaw h.. ,mn gstfeertebjnora, in the coming campaign ev- jiii vign, iaey propose to crown the outcries of a plundered people " with the up roar of a sham battle over the tariff; so, that corporations, national banks, rings, trusts. watered stocks." the demonetization or sii. ver. and the oppressions of usurers, may all be loit sight of. "rhey propose to saorlfloe our home ?d Ohildren apoa the altar of Mammon, to de stroy the hopes of the multitude in order to secure corruption funds from the great lords ef plunder. "we assert that a peuuoai orraxuation. reo- resenting the political prinoipie herein stated Is necessary.to redress the grievance of which we complain. 'Assemniea en tae anaiversarr or tne birth of the Illustrious man who led the Srst great revolution en this continent against oppression, filled with sentiment which act uate that grass renerauon. we seek to re store the government of the repnbllo to the naads or tne "plain people" with whom it originate. Our door are open to all paint or the compass, woaskaii honest men to join with and help us. "inoruerio restrain tne extortions or ag gregated oapltal, to drive the money onangercout of the temple; to form a perfect union, esiBDiiaa justice, insure oemestio tranquility, provide f r the common defense, promote the general welfare, aad Becure the blessing ef liberty for ourselves and our pos terity, we do ordain and establish the fol lowing PLATFORM OF PRIHCIPLBS: 'We declare the union of the labor forces of the United States, this day accomplished, permanent and perpetual. May its spirit en ter Into all hearts for the salvation of the re public and the upllftingof mankind. wealth BeioBga to mm who oreates it. liv ery dollar taken from Industry without an equivalent is robbery. If any will not work neither shall he eat. The Interests of rural and urban labor are the same; their enemies are laenticai. B EM Aims STJMIBATIO. "1. We demand a national currency, safe sound and flexible, Issued by the general government only, a tall legal tender for all debts, publio and private, and that without the use of banking corporations, a just, equit- BUIV) U1CBU VI Jl IVU1UUUU. HV VCA UVal W CA' read per cent as set forth In the sub-treas ury plan of the Farmers Alliance, or some better system. Also payment in discharge or It obligations for fublio Improvements. H.-ne demand free and unlimited oolnaee Of (liver. "3. We demand that the amount of circu lating medium be speedily Increased to not less than (60 per oapita. 4 we demand a graduated Income tax. a. We believe that the money of the country should be kept as much as possible In the hands of the people, and hence we de- and that all national, and state revenue shall be limited to the necessary expenses of the government, economically and honestly administered. Wedemand thntnostal savinn banks be established by the government for the sare aeposit or tne earnings or tne people and to facilitate exchange. "T.lbe land, lnoluding all the natural re sources of wealth, is the nerttase ef all the people and should not be monopolized for speculative purposes, and alien ownership of land should be prohibited. All lands now held by railroads. and other corporations In excess of thir actual needs, and all lands now owned by aliens, should be reclaimed bvthe a-ovorn meat and held for aetual settlers only. "b. Transportation being a means of ex change and a publlo necessity, the govern ment should own nnd nnnrato the railroads in the interest ef the people. "9. The telegraph and telephone, like the post office system, being a necessity for the transmission of news, should be owned and operated by the government In the lnterestof the people. Cotner University Summer School Commences July 5th and lasts 8 weeks. Tultiou $8; board and room $2 50 per week. Classes organized in leading studies from intermediate Arithmetic to Geometry onu Cicero. Write for particu- lar to 1'rok. K. L). Harris, Institute Conductor. Bethany Ilights, Lincoln, Neb. Cheap Lands. I have foi sale or trade C.900 acres of land situated in the corn and si'gar belt of Nebriiska. Full sections, halves and quarters, all improved. If you wish to buy for cash, on time, or trade a well improved farm for a larger body of land your correspondence is solicited. V. M. L.EIGHTON, Real Estate Broker. 145 Ssuth 10th St. Lincoln, Nebr. Notice. The Nobraska State Hall Association will issue policies June 1, 1892. Any one wishing hail insurance at cost should addrscs J. M. Sanford at Fair- Held, Neb., enclosing stamp. Give him your name, po?t office, sec tion, town and range, with amount of insurance desired. He will make out and send nrnner naners and return for your signature should you wish to be come a member. Address, J. M. Saxford, State Agent. 41-9t Fairfield, Neb. Mr. B. E. Ineraham will open to the public at Bennett, Neb., this week, a large stock of general groceries. Ex perience in the Dusiness has prepared him to buy good goods at lowest prices, and it is his purpose to build up the largest possible trade by means of small protit attractions. He will make the in terests of the peoplo his own, serving them to the best of his ability as buyer and seller, and consumers will tind it to their financial advantage to patronize him. Mr. Ingraham has leen for some time connected with J. W. Hart ley In the Alliance State Agency store here. He is a man of the people, one with them in both interest and sympa thy, and from the first will especially attract tfco farmers and working classes to deal with him. State Agency quotes: Glidden barb wire, painted, 13:25; gal vanized, 3:75; (hog or cattle) in stock for immediate shipment. J. W. Hartley, State Agent Pres. Powers' Appointsnent. Presides! Powers has .ads the foliowtcg snsoenoemenis for May and June, and win oe in me oounties on dab names. Locml committees should arrange place add t.ae of aeiding meetings aad notify Sista Oao- mary iiHisipaen ss soon is possible where me am not a reaay aone so. . Cheyenne rounty: Ixxlge fole. May is. hidney, yA. Banner county: Harrisburg, Poott's DiuO county : Gering, - Box Butte county: Dswes eennty: Crawford, Whitney, Thadren, Bbeildaa county : Brown county: Eockounty: Cherry county: Cody, Valentine. Woodiake, Keys Paha county: Morden, jpringvlew. Bolt county: Boyd county: Knox county: Niobrara, Bloom He'd, Creighton, ' 18. " 1. " 21, lpm.o " " 27. ' SS. May 8). June L " 6-7. " s-:o. Jnne2d, l p. m. aa, " 4tn, " 11. 2 p. m. " 1. " 14. " 10-18. " 22i " 23. " 26.' STATE LECTURERS DATES. rtatM nf Aaalatant State T u.., wr V Wrlg-ht: Jefferson May 2 to T. - I to 14. " IS to 22. " 28 to 88. . " auto June 4th. Thayer " . NuckoJs " Webster ' Franklin " Thayer County Alexandria. Mat Carleton, ' 10. Davenport, 11. Hebron, ' 12. Byroo, " 13. Hubbell, " u. Date ef Assistant State Lecturer Decb, ASBOlntmsnts for Po'k County : May 7. Ooeola, --' Saturday, " , Bbelby, Monday. lfl, Ktromsburs-, Tuesday. " 11, Coopers school house. Gref lev Countv: Msy It, dcotia. i, ureeiy center. " 17, Bpaufdlng-. Assistant Lecturer Fsirchllil will he in the following-counties on the dates names : noil. nay 13-13-14. Boyd, ' 18-17-1S. Keys Paha, " 19-20-21. Hock. 23-24-25. Brown. " ai-rr.sx Cherry, " 30-31 ' June 18-4, The efficers and members nf the nnuntv alliances should see that the meetings are properly rppoloted and well advertised, that people may reap the benefit of these lectures. J. W. Edoirtok. K. T. Karnswortb. EDGERTON & FARNS WORTH, Attorneys and Counselors at Law. Room 814 Niw York Lira Building. OMAHA, : : ; : NEBRASKA By S. 8. KING, Kansas City, Kan. A Portrayal of Some Political Crimes Committed in the Name of Liberty. Fads and Figures from the Eleventh Census With maps and Illustrations; Mssaachusett enabled to accumulate r-ore wealth than nine (treat western and southern state" 1 Pennsylvania more than telvel Hew V'ork more than fifteen! Agriculture and labor robbed. Kead what tbey say: Congressman O. M. Kem, Nebraska: After careful perusa , I unhestUtinBly pronnunco it a srand little work and ought to be in Vie hands of every American citizen. Senator W. A. Pefler ' You hare done a good work in yom llttie book 'Bond Holders and Bread Winners. It is the best presen tation of the subject ever made. C. C. Post, the great leader and auther of Georgia: It is a valuable addition to the re form literature of the day. The showing of who wins and eats the bread of the people Is elear and lucid. The work is unusually read able. Single copies 25c. Address all orders, ALLIANCE PUB. CO.. Lincoln, Net). CAUTION TO DICTIONARY PURCHASERS. Don't be Duped There have been placed upon the market sev eral phetopraphic reprints of a:i obsolete edition of " Webster's iiictionary." These books are offered at low prices By canTasser?, dry jjoods dealers, grocers clothier?, etc,, and in a few i;-. stances by newspapers as it premium fr eutistcriptiuns. 'Hks consisting partly or wholly if this eompaiatively Worthless reprint are given various names. "The Original Webster's DirlKinary," "WeMeri Kncvciopedie Diotionary,", ": Webster's t"nabridieeC'- " te ster's Big lietionarv," ttc.ete. Many announce tne&ts concerning these Reprint Dictionaries are Tery mibleauinir, but the Webster rs-ri::t portion of each fiom A Ut Z is the same,: riy nve years tiehina the tunes, and printed Iroin plates made by photographing the old faires. There are no illustrations in the bedy ef these books, and eurh as arc- grouped at the back tre mostly discarded pictures flora old books. The Id dictionary Long Since Obsolete ispadJed out iy ar. us addition j cullfd from various sources, but the body is the same that was published when Poik was president and duly buried at the incoming of Lincoln. The Web ster current fi.rn Lincoln to Harrison, is the popular copyrighted " I nabridsed," which has recently been supn-seded by Webstik's Intf.e natiokat. Ihrrn arv, ft new noftk from cover to cover, fully abreast of the times. 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He actually Rive more w-mu. for less money than any Buggy or Harness factory In the world. All gouda hand made and warranted for yean. Get our prices and compare tnem with your dealers. ALLIANCE CARRIAGE CO. CINCINNATI, 0. North Court St., bp. tho Court Tlis) Most Powerful, . yt th.e Simplest ia to Succesf ajly Wcrir -nniuv to mo nrr, 4ff A. mas ,l tw. r Wood and steel Mills also Wood and Steel towers. Our mills are guaranteed to not be excelled by any and we oan make'yon low prices and low frelirbt rates. Ilsur- mill should blow off the tower or need hit renaira within year from the time of sale, we will replace 36-lm SPENCER MANUFACTURING CO., Blue Springe, Neb. This Institute has four courses hand, Penmanship and Telegraphy. The short-hand course in cludes instruction in 'shorthand, typewriting, penmanship, correspondence, initiatory book undoubtedly the best equipped bhort-hand school in the west; it has 15 typewriting machines, each having an elegant drop cabinet which keeps it clean and free from dust when not in use. The business course is most complete, thorough and practical, and includes instruction in book-keeping by single ana double entry, rapid business writing, business arithmetic, commercial law, business correspondence, actual business practice, rapid calculation and spelling. Ihe department of telegraphy is m charge of agentleman who has had twelve years experience in railroad and telegraph service. 1 lie course includes instruction in teiegrapny, rapid drill, plain penmanship, railroad book keeping and spelling. students prepared here readily secure situations as station agents and telegraph operators. Ihe penmanship department teach penmanship. Instruction is given in plain aad ornamental penmanship of every description by one of the finest penmen in the world. A full staff of experienced and a course of instruction in be of lasting value to every earnest and faithful pupil. Good board and lodging may week upwards. Catalogue .and JouriMi of application. An elegant set of that cannot be equaled by any one else in the west, will be sent to those who ask it and enclose ten cents in postage stamps. Address LILLIBRIDGE 43r LINDELL INDEPENDENT CORNER 13TH AND Three blocks from Capitol buildine. town hotel. Eighty new rooms just completed, including large committee rooma, masinK no ruums in mi. u HERMAN-:-BROS., WHOLESALE Mil Is, Gaps BRANCH BEATRICE, GRAND ISLAND, FALLS CITY, WEEPING WATER AND Special Attention PRICES 1.0W. 1017 S t019 0 STREET. WHERE DO YOU BUY DRY GOODS? M EVERYWHERE. 200 farm? nml Sn.ftO seres of wild lnnrl In Iowa. 58 desirable fruit far in Misrmri int OOp '"'1 w'M'ancl. alui , 84 improved farms in southwest Dakoto. 45 OOO acres of wild IhimI and 88 tnie f.irnrj in nartlie.ist .hraka. 67 farms ami over OO OOO acres of oral ll aud fine oak tlmUei -land In Arkansas. 73,000 acres of ihe best pine and o"kliTnb Tn Missouri Can sei trscis of lO.Oufl acres nnd upward'. 44,000 ""es of omnRe phosphsteTnd pine land 111 lorida. All can be sold in tracts to suit. Title's K1iaranteed. We do more btKtnew Tand Lave a larger, better and lower price list of land than any other firm in the Tnited States Address Iowa and Minnesota Immigration Company, 14 ,4 ' Fit Avenue. Cedar Rapida, Iowa. Publishers "Weetem I.and .lournal," subscription price, only 50c per year mnl enr.r f oa application. Omaha ofhee. C. E, STAi-TXY, 308 fheely Block, Omtoa. Xeb. T ADVERTISE ALLIANCE-INDEPENDENT. ALLIANCE, GRANGE, LEAGUE m JS Mambersasd thousands oi other food rl . AA . men and true, nstronisrd us so HU-rally tnai ws were ouinpeiled to buy. burid and tm-rea HUT iaClllt. Bum ,fw -. r- uuw have one of the LARGEST CARRIAGE sad HARNESS FACTORIES IN THE WORLD. The Alliance Factory runs when others shut aawu or nreas: up. n j a,r House. A" Grwda .72.50. FARMERS AND STOCK MEN. In ail localities where we h&re no estab lished agents, we wi l sell directly to you at prices which will be satisfactory. If you are needinr anything; In wind mills, pumps, tank., pipes, etc.. we would be s-lad to have you correspond with us. We manufacture both? same free of charge. of study, viz: Business, Short - keeping and spelling. This is is designed to prepare pupils to and capable teachers are employed any department of this school will be obtained at from $2. 50 pr Lducatioii will be mailed free on capital letters fresh from the pen & COURTNEY, Proprietors, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. .-HOTEL HEADQUARTERS. M STS., LINCOLN, NEB, Lincoln's newest, neatest and best ut- a, Li. nwVJLli k DUiN, rTOPTS. AND RETAIL id Fraislg Ms. HOUSES: AUBURN. 19tf to Mail Orders. LINCOLN, NEB, We Sell to all for Cash and to All for the Same Low Price. We guarantee the price on every arti cle in our store and will refund the mon- VXey to those who think they have paid too much. If that is the way you like to do Dusiness we want your trade. We want those who cannot call at the store to send for samples. Yours etc., & PAnS LINCOLN, NEB'.
