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i L s I J WAITING FOR THE ANGELS. wiiUng through days of fover, W ilting through nights of pain, Fr the waft of winjrs at the portal, For the sound of soups immortal, Aud the breaking of li.e's long chain. There is little to do for our dear one Only to watch aud pray Jls the tide is outwari drifting. As the gates of heaven are lifting, And its gleam is on her way. The tasks that so often taxed her. The children she held so dear. The fctrain of the coming and poinr. The stress of the mending and sowing, The burden of many a j j ir, 4 Trouble her now no lontrer. She is past the fr.-.l aud care. On her brow is the nuse.'s token, The look of pease unbroken. She was never before so fair. You see, she is waiting tha angels, -And we wa aro standing apart. For us there are los aud sorrow; For her is tho endless morrow. -Ami the roaping-liun of the heart. Margaret K. Sacg.rterin Harper's Hazar. HIS NAME WAS I5K0WN. Frank Smith and 'oko Mason com posed the firm of Smith & Muon. dealers in general merchandise at a email frontier point in Kansas. ISe for coon??' to Kansas Frank and Zeke had mot a younjr lady who was attend in? school in their home town in Ohio. The young lady's name wai Grayson, and, as she was both beautiful and -accomplished, the young mon fell dos lporately in love with her. For several weeks they each paid attentions to her, and thousrli she treated them both kindly, it soon be came evident that she had a decided preference for Frank. One night after the trade was over and the customers had gone away, Frank said: ' "I received some welcome news to day." What is it? ' Zoke asked. I have a letter from a certain liti tie jlrl you know who- and sho says she Is coming out to this pai l of (he country to live." What!" Zeko exclaimed. "Miss Grayson coming out here:''' That's just what she writes in her letter." Frank replied. 'Says hor father is somewtiero in this section now looking up a claim, and as soon as he gets located and puts up a house he and the balance of tho family will come to him. So I supposo they'll be hero against not fall." "You will help her fa!her to get a claim, of course. '' said Zuko. Why. yes. I'll do what I can for him. Hut, aside from the river claim lowa there, I can't figure out any thing worth having right near this. The good land is all lakou up except that one piece and 1 want that my elf." But you have no right to it. Frank, nd you can't hold it if some settler disputes the matter with you. ' "I know that, but I've held it a year by 'bluffing.' and I'll continue to hold it that way." Well you wouldn t attempt to .."Muff Miss Grayson's father, would i don t know. I d like to accom modate him for hor sake, but I'd rather keep that claim for hor and , myself." Just at that moment the clatter of horse's feet was heard without and a little later a man rode up to the tore and dismounted. He was a set tler from the river district Why, Jko," said Zeke, "you're out late to-night!" Yes said the settler, rath or late. .But I came after the do tor." Who's sick?" asked Frank. "I don't know ihe man. Hs's a stranger who squatted on the rivor claim to-day. I was up the river this afternoon and riding across the claim, I saw a covered wagon over by the timber. Ho seemed to bo in a bad fLx, and I thought ho ought to have a doctor. " The doctor had gone out in the country, but within half an hour he returned and immediately be and Ike set off to visit the squatter. Now that beats tho nation. " Frank said, as soon as ihey were gone. "I wonder who the old chap is that's had the gall to squat on my laim!" I don't know." said Zoke. "I wonder if he's needy?" Ah! I suppose he is." said Frank, coldly. "These squatters are nearly always sick and needy." "I suspect wo should have gone down there with Ike and the doctor to if there wasn'tsomething we could -do for the man." Zeke said. Like as .not he is out of provisions." Well, let him be out ' said Frank. It isn't my business to trot around ' feeding men who jump my claim. 1 m going down there to-morrow, but I'm not going to in juire after his health. I'm going to givo him orders tc move on as 60on as he is able to drive." Do you think Alice Grayson would 1 indorse sucn an act as you pro pose. Frank?" Why wouldn't she?" . .O .. n ...... I.... fnlli.il urns timiU.I. -situated and someone drove him off. Do you think 6he would be pieased?" No-o, I suppose not. Hut tliat'3 different thing." Not a bit of it. It's just the same thing, only it would bo a different ox that was gored." The next morning the doctor came to the store soon after it was opened, and finding Frank and Zeke both (there, he said: My squatter patient down the river is in hard straits, and unless he has a little assistance for a few days I am afraid he will hardly get along." Is he very sick. " asked Zeke. Yes he is. and besides he's desti tute. Two or three nights ago he was robbed by a couple of men of all of his money, so he hasn't a dollar or a particle of food. He says he has Dlentv at home, but it will take two weeks to hear from there. 1 sent a telegram this morning, noti- frin? his wife of his condition, and -BUQ Will J?m ua V1J WUb UWl What is hi nam?" Frank asked. Hi name i Brown." 'Frank breathe 1 easier. He had suspected that tho man might be Alice's father. What do you eav. Frank?" Zeke asked. "Shall we bclji tho man oul of his difficulty?" No. I shan't" k rank replied. ! am not responsible for his bal luck, and beside he has taken my claim. I'll go to see him after awhile, but only to do what I said last night. 1 have nothing to rjive him." Well." said eke, "you have a right to do as you please." A few minutes later eke and the docto r drove away across the prairie j io direction of the squatters: in tho direction of the so wagon. They found Ike with the sick man. and as he had remained all i night he was compelled to go home, j so cko took his placo and remained through tho day. j You haven't seen or heard any thing of Alice Grayson's father, have you. I rank?" Zeke questioned one morning, as he was preparing to visit the squatter. No. not a thing. Frame replied. It scorns queer that I haven't too. for bo must be somewhere in this sec tion." Shortly after Zeke reached thej wagon that morning, and while he was preparing1 some breakfast for the sick man. he saw a carriage ap proaching, and after the lapse of nearly an hour it came close enough for him to discern its occupants. The doctor was driving, while be hind him sat two ladies. He waited until the carriage halted at a little distance from tho wagon, then going forward was about to salute tne doc tor, but suddenly stopped, transfixed with astonishment. At last he mur mured: Miss Grayson, is it possible?" "Indeed it is. Mr. Mason." said a soft voice, "and I am glad to meet yon. The doctor has been telling us how kind you have been to papa, and now we have an opportunity to thank you " 1'apa?" eke repeated. "He is not your father? His name is Urown." Ho is my stepfather only," Alice replied, ' but he is as dear to mo as a father could bo and you have saved his life." Just than a horsemnn rode up and with one glance into the carriage he btopped. full of astonishment. The horseman was Frank and he recog nized Alice. In a few words the doctor informed him how matters were. Frank blushed and hung his head. He knew by the coolness of Alico's greeting that she had no love for him but ho did not know that the doctor had informed her of his con duct toward her father. Ho learned that later, however, when, chancing to meet her. he at tempted to retain hor old-time friendliness. "I did think Ilovod you," she said, "but I find I was mistaken. I'm srure I never did love you." Two months later Frank sold out his interest in the storo and went furthor West, and a month later still Zeke and Alice were made man and wifa Brown kopt the river claim and built a nico home on it, and now he has one of the finest farms in the West. N. Y. Recorder. Dining Cart. Dining cars are generally run at a loss and are attached to trains simply as a matter or attraction. A steward, four cooks and five waiters are at tached tD each car. The food costs from 1. 000 to RoOO a month. It costs from $ 1H. (100 to f'Ji'. 000 a year to run one of these cars, exclusive of the wear and tear on tho property and incidentals. In somo place and particularly in the .South, sleepers aro also run at a loss. A sleeping car leaving New York for Chicago is supplied with li'O sheeta li'O pillow slips and li'O towel? The washing is done in different cities, and is given out in great quantities at tho low rate of $1 per 100 pieces. An equipment of linen, which lasts a year, is pur chased in amounts of $50,000 worth at a time. One company, for 700 cars, uses every thirty days 2,400 dozen cakes of toilet soap. 1.200 dozen boxes of matches :$. dozen hair brushes. ;"0 dozen whisks. (iJ doun combs, and a vast number of spouges and feather dusters. Porters receive from $30 to $.10 a month. The found Ster'.ing. The origin of the word sterling, as applied to English money, is a singu lar bit of linjuistie history. Esterl ing. in old English, meant a man from the East, or Irom the continent of Europe. During the reign of Henry III. of England the coin current be- j-, j., . . . . came so ueuasou mm it passou lor a tithe of its nominal value, and the neceisity for improvement became apparent. There were no refiners in the realm who could separate the alloy from the previous metal to the extent of purifying tho latter and rendering it fit for coinage purposes., so a num ber of Esterlings were brought from Germany to do the work. The coins they sent from the royal mint were so much superior to those in common use that they were known as the Esterling money, and by popular cor ruption soon became sterling. A Jev IlritUh Stamp. A new stamp is to be issued in great Britain to the value of 4 pence 'J cents to be available for all postal, telegraphic and revenue pur poses. It will be the first stamp is sued of this value, and its issuance is called for by the new features of tele graph and parcel post business. The First Mowing Machine. In 1822 a patent was issued to Jer emiah Bailey, of Pennsylvania, for a mowing machine, and he constructed two machines tho same year. It is believed that these were the first ever made. KDITORIAIi PARAGRAPHS. The distillery at Nebraska City has been cobbled up by the great whiskey trust. Thr jwople's party i the first new party in the history of the nation to win any electoral votes in its first national campaign. What has become of the reformers ! who wanted the alliance to secure re ! form by controlling the old parties? It i lrwiks as though thev have been com- , 8Wallowed up by the old parties. r J Ir the fanners of tho United States would only free themselves from the shackles ot party and stand together for their own interests, they could have a genuine congress meeting in Washington instead of the counterfeit affair which met in Lincoln last week. Several democratic editors are al ready in the field as candidates for the post-ofliees. 'Among them are J. D. Cal houn of Lincoln, and E. J. Hall of Grand rsland. We whh them all suc cess, and these two in particular. The democrats in the Georgia legis lature have voted a resolution asking congress to repeal the tax on state bank issues. It appears that a Georgia man was responsible for having that plank put in the Chicago platform, and now the party will find itself in trouble if it doesn't carry that plank into effect. Tm: republicans of Nebraska are just now extending a good deal of gratitude and honor to Chairman A. E. Cady of their state committee. This is per fectly proper. The republicans owe a great deal to Cady. He has proved himself a good organizer and a shrewd campaign manager. The republican politicians of Kan-ns have sprung a scheme to divide that state into two states, East aud Wc Kansas. They think the west end wouia 03 saieiy repuoucan. inis re minds us of Geo. W. E. Dorsey's scheme to divide Nebraska which did not materialize. The republicans have already begun "calamity howling.' The following head lines of an article in the Philadelphia Press are a sample howl: "Cleveland's victory affects industries; many manu facturers closing down to await the action of congress; orders falling off rapidly; proposed tin plate mills will not be built: maker3 of glass shades working on short time." Some persons when asked to sub scribe for a reform paper, complain that "tho times are hard." But why are the times hard? Simply because the people have been misled by the subsidized press of the country. The only cure for hard times lies in carry ing out the reforms proposed by the people's party; and the only hope of success lies in tho education of the peo ple through tho reform press. Hence every man who desires to relieve the hard times should give a liberal port to tho reform press. sup- Coxgressman Kem left Nebraska on Friday November 25 on his way to Washington. He expects to visit friends in Indiana for a week, aud to bo in hi-seat ready for work when the session open3 December .". Before leav ing Lincoln, Mr. Kem expressed him self as very hopeful that the indepen dents in the coming legislature will succeed in electing a United States senator. He believes the general tri umph of the people's party is only a question of time. General Weaver expresses the opinion that the democratic party really intends to repeal the tax on stato bank issues, but a good many other leaders of the people's party hold to the con trary view. They say the promise made at Chicago was simply made to hold in line southern leaders with whom stat-a banks is a hobby. Time alone will decide which opinion is cor rect. Of one thing we may rest as sured, that the tax will not be repealed unless the money power desires it. Many members of all parties in Ne braska express themselves in favor of amending the Australian ballot law. Tnc present ballot is inconveinent, it gives opportunities for official trickery in arranging and printing tickets, and it is a source of many errors on the part of voters. Most other states ad opting the Australian system have what is known as the ' blanket ballot." The full tickets nominated by the vari ous parties are printed side by side. At the head of each ticket is a picture of some kind so that even the voter who can not read can easily distinguish the ticket of his party. If a voter desires to vote the straight ticket of his party, he simply makes a cross opposite the head of the ticket. If he desire9 to vote a mixed ticket, he can do so by making a cross opposite the name of each candidate he wishes to vote for. There seems to be quite a general senti ment in favor of adopting this form in Nebraska. Subscribe for PES DENT. The Alliance-Inde- stlafled with Her Lot. Little Dick Don't you wish you was a boy '.' Little Dot No. I is glad I isn't Little Dick Why? Little Dot 'Cause mamma says I is bad, an' 1 know if I was a boy I'd le badder. Jt Spoiled Hi m. Blinks That fellow hharpleigh is the most insufferably conceited man I ever saw. What has he ever done tc gain such a high opinion of himself? Winks I believe he once found a mistake in a newspaper. An E'ft for ISuitlneaft. Fool Woman (in railroad train on cold day) I'ardou me, sir, but this window sticks. Won't you undertake to open it? Gentleman With pleasure, madam. I am an undertaker by profession. Ural 111 Assured. Mrs. lie for in (joyously) Now that you have liecn elected to the tity Council, I suppose we'll have deeent drinking water at last. Mr. lleform Y-e-s, I can afford to have an artesian well now. Low Hates for Nebraska State Teach ers Association. The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway will sell Tickets to Lincoln at low rates on certificate plan. Ask your licket Agent for particulars. Jno. Sebastian. G. T. & P. A. Chicago, U. S. A. 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The Direct Line to aud from Pike's Peak, Manitou, Garden of the Gods, the sanitariums, and Scenic Grandeurs or Colorado. Via The Albert Lea Route ci T.nmn Tr'n dnlln between Chlcasro ar.d Minneapolis and St Paul, with THROUGH Eccllidiig sas City. Through Chair Car and Sleeper beta ivnrin Hnlrlt I.nlce and Sioux Falls via Rock Isl: The Favorite Line to Watertown, Sioux Falls, Uip Summer Resorts aud Hunting and Fishing Grouuits ol I ho KnrthtVMt For Tickets. Mar, Folders, or desired information afpiytoany Coupon Ticket Office, or address E. ST. JOHN, JOHN SEBASTIAN GecT 2Iaccr. Gen'l Hit. t Fa5S. A sU CHICAGO. ILL. WANTED SALESMEN .hTTie'or our well known Nursery Stock, Seed and.Seed Po tatoes. Fine opemni; for a few pushing men at t?ooil waes Apply qui k, statins' a);e. L. L. MAT SCO.. Nurseryman, Horist and St Paul, Minn, THE OMAHA HAY PRESS i Manufactured by the MARTIN & MORRISSY MANUFG CO OMAHA, NEB. A Full Circle. All Steel. Rapid. Dur able and Light Runner. 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We make a specialty of receiving shipments direct from FARMERS AND PRODUCERS, and probably have tho largest trade In this way of aay house in this mrkct. vrjii8t you are looking around for the cheapest market in which to buy your goods, and thus ec(nooiia ing in that way, it will certainly pay you to give some attention to the best and most profit able way of disposing of your produce. We ALLIANCES, CLUBS, aad all fTganizi-.tloBg this market If requested, we will send you ping directions and such information as will he of service to you, if you conterupiate ship ping. When so requested proceeds for shipntei ts wili be iepi sited to the credit of the ship per with any wholesale bouse in Chicago. Lit as hear iron you, 47 ft Summers Morrison & Co., COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 174 Reference: Metropolitan National ALLEN ROOT, Stock Agent, N 'braska State Farmers' Alliance. Ollice and Financial SHIP YOUR ALLEN ROOT LIVE SfOCK COMMISSION MERCHANTS, South Omaha, Neb., Room 34 Exchange BuirJing. 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