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in THE ALLIANCE -INDEPENDENT. DEUKMBKR 21, lt9- THE CAUSE OF PANICS. Taa Truth That Pradaction U Depmden n OoDinmptioi- UE0IE8 WBIOH IMP07EEISH US HowtoWakePsnUs Imposs bleAbilish Usury by a Syst in of Government Banks and Loan on Gord Security. Financial System which we Ad vocal Ponohue'a llairaz'ne, tb great Armr fi..n r.tWIn oriran of Boston, Mas., for Deoembtr publisher a powerful ..4olo frnm the Den of J M. L. Bb eock upon "The Cause of Financial Panics" that la worth committing to memory. The writer tay: After a certain number of discbarges, a cannon bursts. When the strain on cble fxceeda the proper limit, the cable snaps asunder. A panlo bursts pon commerce and Industry by a so auence as inevitable. To an unhealthy ti'ent the transactions of business and mnufacture are conducted on credit Tb's cond tloa Is forced on the business world by a deficiency In the ?rlume of the currency In circulation, ana by the njust and unequal distribution of wealth. In consequence, eredi'i are tended ard expanded year aftryear, till at length they can beat no further strain; thn the o lain break, and ieo le are par"l)zed with f-ar and distress Now forced liquidation begins. There It an immediate demand for the payment of all debts. Banks, even II netly conduced, have loaned their deposits, and cannot meet their llablll ties Securities are sacrificed, and r rices are reduced to tb point of ruin, actoiiei close, and stagnation chokes the channels of trade. All this reveals ibe horrors of a stringent money mark et; 'or the currency available for tlu aajmentof debls U not more than 10 percent of the iodbtedness-and no method short of bankruptcy ba yet been devised for discharging anindebt doers of 1100 with 110. That a panic is not an accidental ca'a thsm, is seen In the fact ibat the evil fulls upon us at almost regular Intervals It appears that 20 years of so called Erpertty is enough to exhaust the nit of creJit, v.lth the exception of oe period when disaster overkok us in lo. In this case the violent contraction f the currency, prccipitxted the panic lo tdvance of the uual term. To g back no further, the financial history of the country has been strained by the Cntcs of '37, '67, and '73; and now the teat disaster, and perhaps the worst Is upon us. UNPRODUCTIVE CLASStS Wby la It, when the labor of . the wintry produces a net Incr'ase ol wealth every year, that the blight of bankruptcy must fall upoa it ev ry 20 yean? There must be, In the exls.lng rooomkal system, some inherent evil that demands an Immediate remedy. Labor does not produce its numerous forms of wealth for the singular purpose af throwiag them into the sea. There b ao truth in econoolos more vital than ttet affirmed by Rutkln: "The croi. 1 production is consumption; and the wealth of a nation is to be measured, sol by what it produces, but bv what It consumes. " Whatever it is, therefore, which obstructs or diminishes con amotion, is a malign agency scattering wherever its influence Is felt, the seed f death. , The cruel fact must be faced without falsehood or eowardice, that certain alasre. iBslgnlfhantln number, butora ai potent In economics till now, absori', Biihout consuming, vast portions ol reduction which they never earne1 For if all the wealth annually produced were coaBumed by the producer; or. 1' the surplus, whatever It was, remain d Id the batds of those whose labor treated it, there could be no panics and no bankruptcy. LEECHES. Who ar the leech s that fatten ot lie labor of the great army of produc tlon? Let no fear or prejudice it strain the question, nor lgi orance falsify, or Bailee dt file the anbwer. 1. The banks, they add nothing to ibe productive wealth of the country "What do they filch from it? The 3.700 aiional baoks do business on a capital sleek (in round numbers) of $700 000. WO. They have an average of Individ al deposit amounting to $ 1.800.000. tA. Tby loan this sum of $2,500,000. W) (d dueling reserves), which give tbem an inc'taee that may fairly bt ntimated at 12ti,tmo,(M)0. The Inter Ikev receive on their deposited bond nay be estimated (deducting tax) a ia.000,000 rrore. And for ail ti.ia in crease Uey rfoim no picdu)tiv lab r. Vl 2. Thf Kill road Magnates, by their bow ig. their annual lnceafo if JJjOOOOOOO This um is what tlu-j tail tber "net earning," after th- . fce uken vav for all the labor in rolisd In transportation. & The Monej Ltndors There an bo eiaet .ta.lstioa ol lie anouut ab totbtri l y the gentlrmen Hut Irotti U va. amount of property revtaUe Vf the lasttensua as unU.r mortise. m veil s from tb s'udy of other data, u miulilirfd a an ur.tb'rtt'. otnt'to ut Uiesum that tntrre rfh enil pfouitoer at mw.iw.uw an an II ft' 1 Mai-kt. IU.VrwO.0K. t lia'lwads ..... Jt"0 0Ottt' l lln. Lenders....... fitHIMMHO Total. fKYumuti So much Uken frm prydueil In- A. .. Iikiuit mm iitiit stl!. Ht sides the aralis wtosMl s ' trt ad t ent-n erat. d. tfeer a' lb laJ 4la, tt tl bmW, the Wlrfiajh ..j .t. i.r... nv.iK.'iuiiltf. tbe Bun rf . . . . mhoMk, i. ii wurd. all l irfi liiUe ard ages lea th titlre 5prllB ueenM i- aaevat ttUfU t caa't faiih k. ..iliolrd ftl Ua 111 an IM ylrt Swill $t II (UMHtt m. ... ivlkuiiitill nal 0 t MO. Tt'r r"B W but oae aarr, . .... i . k . . a . h - ib treeia i"r tiU klik am la tiiaaua l'tf. te HMrf, larwee. s4 all lk' lsrtaga(raiBigiu t.l Iran tHrlkuU aal I BBSSft. V'bB laUie peus it .1 . mnA IUt their tolll thCD iitrm w the varied forms of uatlonai stat, ana municipal taxation (a necessary ourren when kept within proper limits, and it nrMntrTbrbitanirav- IHHHiKa w , f , sges), Uke a considerable slice of 1U products and ail tnese exacwons mmi be met before the actual producer can osll aniithlnf Ma OWO. Now, when you Uke from a man 25 or 60 per cent ot wna no una uuut-uj earned what la he to do? He can- n-tf jfr nfiltrrtd bVii hl tlftsS d reduced: and this reduces consunptlon. If, as to many do. he attempts to tide ovrr the deficit in bis resources (for which he 1 not at fault) by means of credit, be is only postponing the evil day, the Philistines will be upon nlm when the bubble bursts in the crsh of a panic; failure is Inevitable, and pjverty starts him la the face. Go d-wn into the depths,, and see the thousands unproductive; go Into the dens of squalid flesUtUtlOB, and WOK upon ovurr suuu snds, festering in their wretchedness, f ha vlnt.f ma nl pnhhap from their birth. and the heart sickens at the horrors Into which an Iniquitous economio sys tem plunges human beings, whose hearts were once as warm aod who hopes as eager as any of ours. Con .nmntinn nurtaiit'ri. ami Labor languish ing In want, starving in sightof plenty! THI WAY OF SALVATION. Can a nation be saved from pmlcs? Certainly, if It can establish an economic system under which no man can thrive on the lab r of others. Shall we con tinue to copy the flnaodal methods of the Old World? With all the freshness and freedom we have found on these western shores, can we make no im provement on the old farms of European life Must it not shame us to confess that we can do no better than to accept the foul bequest of discord and robbery, now attlicling the mourning millions ot th lands beyond the sea? I bemis no po'stbie reason wny we should borrow our ideas and methods of fii anre from the Bo bschilds, than that we should establish a 'atlonal cnurcn, or set up a large standing ai my bball we rttnaln iillnd to ine I acts or our own history? In the midst ot the maddening contention over goia ana sliver, shall we forget that within the knowledge of men now young we lived, and manufactured, and transacted buxi neps. without seeing a single dollar o corn In the legitimate channels of trade and industry; that such a period con Unued lor elgntor n years; na mat i embraced time of magnificent pros perity, the most glorious ever ex perienced in our commercial or financial history? bball we ever escape the humiliation ( f seeing our national public servants, In every stress of finance, going to set k counsel or take orders from the usurer of Wall Steeet, whose Int. r sts a e an tagonistic to those of the people? Th men over whom the panio has m power; who can smile In the midst ol the general devastation, surely the are not the men to whom we should oonllne the direction of financial affair la a time like this. Suppose tbot we, as a brotherhood ol 85,000,0 0, bound to defend with ou lives the land we love, should take th management of our affairs into our owt bands, to administer tbem for the com mon good, instead of leaving our storer if wealth to be the spoils of those whi thrive on our misfortunes, what woul h the difference? It would be all tb difference there Is between the Pom Office and the Western Union, the on. doing the people's w rk w ithout profi'. and the other extorting toll on million of watered stock. For that is th mighty distinction. The railways, tha gridiron the laud and span the coatl neat, extort huudieda of millions fron the people In the form of profit, art-1 taking pay for their labor. It is for th people, not fur the railroad wrecker-, to say how long this extortion is U continue. MOET 6CARCITY. In every panto the fact is fearfulU revealed that the country is dlitressed oy the lack of a circulating medlun Niflictent for its business needs. Tnl scarcity of money compels failure which otherwise might be avoided. The failures are so numerous and s alarming that the most desperate ex pedients are resorted to that they mnj bo hidden from tbe popular sight. In Chicago one day lsst summer the polioi were sent about tne streets on tn singular duty of arresting evey news boy who was heard to cry, "Anothei bank failure!" The banks are vaunt d ms the finaucial bulwark of the country rhev are the last resource In even time of trouble. Yet how - any a'e the- basks that have cot already lailedV Wht n a man in businees cannot me t bio obligations, he must make an a-sign ii ent. Mot to with the banks. In the reAt centres ot trade, where tne banks re Intrusted with Individual deposit of extraordinary amount, aud the vt r-soutces of wblcn, it tne ineory hai.kinc Is tot utterly worthless and de. upilve, should enable thm to breai Verv Storm, ine Diua isuum are iu' 'I. I ... . k A . 4 .-I. COnsplCUOUS. iri iv u uu iron failure under the illegal mar- or "Clear log bouiw oertiflca'es," wblle refuting to honor tne cuecaa wvy aio wkj bouid to pay. And grave twnat- rs wli stand in their places to urge that such vloa'ionsof law must u wiaseu at, hlta tbe sttrving man who steals a pi', foot Is Incontinently sent to jail. Hut HO tumors r m uMn r)n ivr huaineaa man. may hecooduct ing a leglllmaUj enterprise with honestj BUd ability. UUwnro ymnw ""H'l bU b n , and dlseH-M a the searcl y ol money, he Is driven Into bankrupt?) . r'oraiilJ exae's a doubl revenue. The M-aielty ol nine ctiupes thn fi4ii urw, and, at the aauio moineol, U s'ros th vatue of hl bjU. Th tuatk-' value 4feomtodltlea Is gauged B -tby a gold suauard, but by the volume id numei la ctn uttoe; and an ollf md vent eviie ra Hods Its means ao itlvo-d to the drflolrncy of eumoey wb eh the wilehail rvveals. ItlS B'tP'P H1 P'mirilSH IIHW faou by atylng tbat Ib a al "hirad. ts preU-Biw l i a le niouty is intr 'i-w laiatMtlHia. IK h ii .l im leeaskoH U H l a ww f laal t'a at any utlittttat I Wi firms life, Urge wm httardtht Irtut'Oty In- UbJ ivl placisg It Wberw U B ! nff iNsasrupteylf Wh pr.p,rlty atautftita wotwi Baf fm hoard vd; hut In the Baaatitat tra)U aat UtUB to Ut'jratlo. mrttfcf, s'.Kiatlf avaalrS tl ll Id adjure 1PH ..t i. kail "'otinrtJiiMiw. Ti e revlaUauf a taatil ak ltl,!tde Tie 11 -,ter conditions forbid. Men are ocnumbeo by toe terrible facte; and a s-ntlment canoot obliterate a fan Wb n men see banks and business firms tottering all about them, and tumbling to swift ruin, what a mockery it Is to cry "conndeace:" The cry would have as much effect la the midst of an earth quake. No! ii the people are to find re lief, let them enlarge the circulation of money, tne I lie-blood of business and industry. Have we not seen what an abundant currency could accomplish? In the throes of civil war, when craven, cow ardly gold deserted the flag, the gov ernment was compelled to issue vsst snms oi money, under a necesblty that the usurers could not countervail, and unexamined prosperity followed. While Wall S rjet was madly gambling in im aginary gold, the prairies of the West oarkled with bountiful harvests f Nature's annual gold; and the price of the poor man's flour was no more affect ed by the quotations of the Gold itoom than it was by the rings of Saturn. No Black Frldaya them Oiled the land with panlo. To make panics Impossible, urury must be abolished. b cause the 12,000, 000,000 which productive Industry pours every year into the vaults of the unpro ductive few is exported mainly in th form ol usury. the honor of which i distinguished under the euphemism o' jnienst." Whether the claim nfumrrhas any lust ecomomlc or moral bitsls ia a de bated, if not oebatable, question. On this point it is enough to say, that an device which enables a man to livt without labor on the labor of others i a self evident and eternal wrong. Did not the anti-slavery agitation con vino this people that no man bad a politic r moral right to make another man bi slave? As usury docs this, there is an odof the question. Jn abolishing usury it is doubtlis- true that th banks iil no longer re main a part of our financial system, because, without usury, banks could n longer exist There can be no hazard In this for the dWappcarxnce of an un productive class can but give new wing to production. What! shall we tak our industrial prosperity upon the exls tence of an institution which, when a 0' lsis comes, cannot pay its debts? REAL BASIS OF MONEY. Tha money of the country is the peo ple's money; and may not a man order the use of bis own. if he does it justlv t There is not a dollar in lejal circula tion today that does not stand on the faith and integrity of this great peopl". It has no other basis. And this Is wh it passes current all over the land with out discount or depreciation. Now, vblch is wiser, for the people to u-e their own money for the row n goo i or permit a few usurers to lay a vasf. an aual tax on the productive industry ' the country ? D.ies this need an answei ? Co effect a complete reform, it is on y accessary for the people to do this: Withdraw the currency they have gratuitously loaned the banks, a"d issue all money directly from the foun tain head, the central organization of the public service. Then and this is he fundamental provision let the peo ple decree that their money may bt loaned to all who give good security without interest, and without other charge than the expense of transacting the loaning business. Do this, and u-ury is abolished lu a single blow. Without pointing out all the far reaching blefslngs of such a reform, it can only be Bald now that it would tend m ghtlly to secure to every msn the 'alue of his own product, that it wou d make -anics impossible, and that com mercial wrecks would be unknown. For the convenience of business, thi 1 an depositors could be made the saft receptacles of individual deposits, a hlch, to the unspeakable gain of th toromerclal world, depositors' check ould never be dishonored. With the establishment of the system 'bus brief! v sketch) d, there would bt m mey enough for the use of maaufac- ure aod commerce, productive industry ou!d be freed f torn the snare of th' noney. lender, and production and con sumption go hand In band. It would '.ask the imagination to foretell wdh lew achievements would gladden the Und, what undreamed of energy aid nthuslasm would Inspire the people, v hen men could engage in any legni nate enterprise in t'. e happy contclou 83 that the terror of no panic banes like the sword of Damocles, over the.r lead. Th Missouri Paclio rt ute are spII In? ronnd trio tickets tSan Francisco. Cal., for IOf.5U. Tickets good uutli pril 30th, 1394 PROCLAMATION. Cheap Rate -Somethln Everyone Bnouiu itnow. That the rates to all points west via the "Worlds Pictorial Line," Unlo t'aclfio system, are very low. For in stance, Denver, Colorado Springs md Pueblo, 1510 75; Halt Like, Ugde. , Helena, Spokane and Portland, Ore.. Ii00. first class; 81900, second class llund trip rate for California, mid winter fair, $5 50, San Francisco, L Angeles and Portland. A has bo ti heir custom (or years, the Union l'cltlr vlil run the famous l'u I man touris' .loepers to California and Orvgoi i ilnu. Multitudes have tried then and pronounce them just the thing They are run aany. Tlis ears are built on the same gn oral plan as the regular first olaa Pull man tourist sleep r, the oo'y d. flnret.ee btdng that they are not U'holU-r il They are furnished complete w. 1th good comfortable hair nattr , aarin biaokcta snow white tinea cur lulus, I'len y ot towel, combs, orusin '0., which sttcure to hs tHVUnt of hirth a much irlvcj as Is to ho had In first class sleiers. l' ere are aU rf arte toilet rts'ttis for la ' Ira ami git U-mM Bad smoking Is ahsoluUtly iiruhlMt'd. r'or full tn'ot mutton s-'itd f r I'ull- an Potortist S'eefee 1 atl-t, J T. MaariN.O.T. A.. I0IIO8I, K. II, tUno,OeBerl Agent, Ltnrolt, Nsb, Itl llllNt.TtlN ItOt'TVl ttlNOVUll NLKkfalU AMU CIIAtH CAK Hani times cut bo figui with th (turliagUia wbt n It eoiitea to the a vniuuliifjr ilia travitltntr kibl'e I . ui.ui aJ.llil.ina In lli l.i r alruxU iftlvBUtd mi vie ire fovir daily last v 1rv iraies imniiB au r uitttirugh r-awilttlui chair t ar, Pul B vetihuli sU ais and the erii iHHulr iUuiug rare. Ask ItoaueU at H. A M do or lkmt at elty uhlcw, rw. UHh and O rvote aKaiut thea a traiu W it UuU and the swutn. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON XIII, FOURTH CHARTER, IN TERNATIONAL SERIES, DEC. 24. Tut of the Lacaoa, Bv. axil, S-Sl (A Mis sionary Laaaoa) Memory Teraea, 18, 17. Goldca Test, Kev. axil, 17-Cwasameatary by the Bv. D. M. Btcarna. Impressed with tha fact that in this se called missionary lesson we have also a grand Cbriatmaa lesson, bringing before us His coming again, which draweth near, we make choice of this. 8. "And I, John, aaw these thing and beard them." Then he tells us that he full down to worship before tha feet of the angeL He actually aaw these wondrous sights and beard these faithful and. true words. It waa probably before this that he wrote, "That which we have seen and heard declare we onto you, that ye also niay have fellowship with us" (I John 1, 8). How do the things of God which we see and hear affect nsf 9. "Then salth he onto me. See thou do It not, for I am tby fellow servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of tbem which keep the aayings of this book wor ship God." Compare xlx, 10. Only aatan of all creatures seeks to be worshiped (Lnke iv, 7). Let as remember it when tempted to desire applause, and may it be our whole aim to honor God. See how this book is honored in heaven. 10. "And he saitb unto me, Seal not the sayings of the njopbecy of this book, for the time is at band." Contrast Dan. viii,. 96; xil, 9. In view of the command of this verse, bow great must be the sin of tboae who virtually seal up this book by never reading it or preaching from it, but even going ao far as to ml vise people not to read it. This I know ministers to be guilty of. The Lord will see to it 11. "He that ia unjust let him be unjust still, and so with the filthy or the righteous or the holy." When the end of this stage of our life comes, whether it be death or the coming of Christ, as we are then found so shall we continue, whether unjust or holy. This verse, however, may teach that we are to proclaim the truths of this book w hether it make people mora holy or more unholy. 18. "And behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give every man ac cording as his work shall be." Compare verses 7, W, and cbapters I, 7; 11, 25; 111. 11. and note the oft repeated "1 come" and the admonitions. Bulvution Is all of grace, but reward is accordliiK to work. See I Cor. ill, 8, 9: Luke xix, 10-19. These rewards are not given at death, but at resurrection. when Jesus shall come (Luke xlv, 14; 1 1'et. v, 4; II Tim. Iv, 8). 13. "I am alpha and omega, the betrfn- nlng and the end, the flret and the last." When our souls can say, Lord, Thou art all this to me, first and last in everything, be ginning and end of everything, then all is welL 14. "messed are tbey that do Ilia com- mandnienta, that they may have right to the tree of life and may enter in through the gates into the city." The It. V. says, "Uiessed are they that wash their robes." Well, we cannot keep IIIh commandments till we have washed In His blood and re ceived the new heart which only can do His will, if we, like A brum, are looking for the city (Heb. xi, 10), we will delight to be found doing His wilL 18. "For without are docs." etc Com pare chapter xxl, 8,87. And if you are glad that your name is in the book of life. and that by His grace you are neither fearful nor untruthful, then seek those without. 16.' "I, Jesus, have sent Mine ansel to tes tify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David and the bright and morning star." The first clause of this verse, taken in connec tion with verse 6, seems to me one of the clearest proofs that the Lord God of the holy prophets and Jesus are one and the same. The root and offspring of David, taken with Isa. xi, 1, 10, show Him to be both God and man, David's Lord and Da vid's Son. As the bright and morning star He promises himself to the overcomer In chapter ii, 28. The watchers all this dark night will see and meet Him as the morn ing star and come back with Him as the sun of righteousness (Mai lv, 2) when He appears for Israel. It. "And the Spirit and the bride say come, and let him that heareth say come. And let him that is athirst come, and who soever will let him take the water of life freely." The first clause seems to be the cry of the church to her Lord to come in response to his "Behold, I come quickly." The others or at least the lust two are Invitations to the sinner to take the water of life freely. They remind us of Isa, lv, 1; John vii, 87; Horn, iii, 24. There is noth ing to hinder those who bear but their own will. 18, 19. "If any man shall add. If any man shall take away." Now comes a most solemn warning to any one who would dare to odd to or take from the words of this book. Read the same warning iu Deut. lv, 2: xil, 82; Prov. xxx,6; Jer. xxvl, 2; xxlii, , SO, and say bow it is that men dare in these days, in spite of these warnings, to commit both of these sins. Is it because, turning from the truth, God has sent them delusiou (II ThesH. ii; 10, lir. 2a "lie which testifieth these things salth: Surely I come quickly. Amen. Kven so, come, Lord Jesus." How could He say "quickly" when He knew that almost 2,000 years must pass flrslf One thousand years la with the Lord as one day (I Pet. iii. 8), aud accordlug to that reckoning He has been gone scarcely two days yet. We mail look at things from Hiastaiuinoint. Do our hearts say, "Come, Iord Jisiisf" If we understand that things will grow worse aud worse both lu the world aud lu the pro filing church till He come; that we can pot have our glorified bodies till lie come; that we are to occupy and show forth His death till lie cotue; that satan and anti christ aud lUbjloa will rug till He come, then we will surely pray, "Coius, Lord Jeans." Otherwise not. St. "The grace if our Lord Jrua Christ be with you all Amen," bat a precious ending to a most previous book yea, ti the whole book of book ft we are saved by grace, we stand in grace, aud there U wore grace to be rrld (th. 11, I; I tout. , I, . I lVt, I-1U It Is Uor tot the unde asrvtug from first to last, A Wise Aasas. A shah once asked a group of bis court lerawhoiu thy thought the x ' f man Mtusalf or hia father r At DM Beeul4 get iit rvi'ly to mi ilatitfi-rvue aqiiesttim, the answer to wbUib Wight tost tie etmrttvr their head. At l-t a wily eld tourttef eat, "Your father, sire, fur tbouich Jfuw are pit la )uur father la all other re !., lu ll.ls he I super)! te you that ke had a greater eva ll4u )ui have." A weatera gvoli-a'Ut say lht K .. xi wheat to aiiotkev 1,0") )r Ufre StliaitstlKg lUe Beveaaary fvrlWef the Sulk SEEDS Timothy. BhGrr-a. Top. Oniom SH.. Windsor Hotel- JOSEPH OPELT, Manager. Cof. Q Sfs, Lincoln, Neb. . L. BANKS tf) dTD 3 Lrrf Percucron, Englisb MY horses won more honors than any Importer's in Am r ca at the following firs' State Fair, De Mollies; Nebraska Stae Fair. Lincoln; anl the Kansas Oity Kil'.'i IK93. My Ulack I'ercheron stallion, Jeannot, and my Belgian stallion. 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A.liai)ce- li)depei)dei) pdCosi7iopo)il:an Magazine One Year for 12 00 Is for new subscribers To old sub criers we must add twenty-five o nta, making the two publications 12 25 It tt an old uh o' rr semi I mi ut a new name and $2 00 can secure the magazine sent to his or any addtvsa. Offer to Canvassers. A sample cop of our paper and THK COSMOPOLITAN will br sent to anyone who will canvas his or h'-r nl4'hb trhmal, town or county and s cure us whateutworlp llooe v bo ttMala d upon tho' wonderfully attractive terras. Friends of Our Paper and the poopU's cause, who can give the time, wld do sm of this as mKtoaary woik. Hut lhie who would devu'e mwrw time W It vao ri sr-au' wrio by wrlueif us. ne appeal U our Young Friends eiiwH'tally tn take bold rf this ruigt,tsirnoi4 work of ntrHltjtii 1 1ts LL A.Si r Mtr.'K4PtaT,tb lt,)e's Kr, ani toe baet ntAj ll of tl. sof prloUid, Addrrea all ordore, anxHrdtr.f lo hu wrms, v Allianco Pub, Co.. LINCOLN, NKB. J- c;,i?RXI. moo-1402 bum tt Red. While. 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CHICAGO. ILL. See thtt your tlckts rt-ad via the l Missouri facitio rout for aao r rancieco, Cal. City tiokot ofll -e 1201 O stree.. TOUUIST VXU TO CALIFORNIA. ' Cheap Itate, Quick Trip. The travel from the nrth anu north west territory, tapped by The Gkkat ock Island Koutk, has demanded ervlce of this character, aud banning October 6tb, tourist oais will leave Minneapolis evory Thursday morning tud join tbe rtruiar tourist tram out of Ohlcsfo every Tnurnday atrnoon at Columbus Junction, Iowa, at 11 P. M. Onirsl Iowa and tUc grvat west slope district of the Hint d. iut U aud will eotdve a similar sfvio-, and bi'irlnrilnfr ttoiober 10th, a I'hlll iU.H lt l.laud Excursion Car will Itiare Albert Lea .vt-rj Tueeilav moruluir, and via Llvnr mO' r,- ,d.' nd Aosrut, will arrive stlH Mokni'S that evimnir, and Wed. nisday A. M Ifo wtst ou the "Ulff Kl",'' via Omaha, Uiioolo and ltulle till, at which silt It will join the rvirular Tut slry tralu (rtn Ctuoaico, Full pirtlou are as to nhuap rate lekels (or this trip ad alsuas tootwt 'IrarlU la the Umrt.t ear t-h erlully aiv.'n on afplica'Uiu in any Great Hot K Island U uu TU k ,t nt, or stfeDt at ooMpin stations ol wnavoUnif Uae, J no, 8.a,ta ru ti r A t nlva.-o. 4. Fun eALu a It llfil li s:.V.. hva a ltiikfitiJ N'swspaiHir I'oUlimr Miwjn'a for Tnt l.iidor has tw I ' but a short tint., i.,l Iiiut.l It AUltlllW live-hrto aiwr r.!HJirit M , tun hi.ih w.ll h fall nualaubwtl. II toa v. wu i either liw ro'd. r or Mot r, wrH us Ur pi to AttUNCst itaumiiMt ivv. l.tntiula, Neb. Solid to-dayy aiijjeai J UFO. Bwrea. ol waitB, um ""vm