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FRANKUN county.
VOL. 111. NO. 50.
alliance* literature.
jattere of Moment WliM Cuuceni tue
Order and Its Memta
The Indiana State alliance, at its au-
jual meetii g, re-endorsed the St. Louis
platform and resolved to stick to it until
the doctrines are enaoted into law.
***
The Alliance papers everywhere must
h» sustained. They are tbe great bulwark
between the plutocratic elements and the
masses. Let every friend of reform go
to work to double their subscription. It
can be done if all will do what they can.
I/you don't you will always regret it.
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PRESERVE THE ORDER.
The great political contest which has
convulsed the whole nation for the past
(ew months, has ended. During its
progress everything was comparatively paralyzed,
at a standstill. Business was
trade hampered; in fact every avenue of
business was more or less blocked, and
from the general strife and turmoil the
farmers have not been exempt. We find
that they have taken a greater interest
in this campaign than in any other since
the war, and we believe it has been ben¬
eficial, not only to them but to the en¬
tire country. It was apparent to the
most casual observer thit the farming
element of our people had been read
ing and thinking. They are now, as a
class, better informed and can reasoD
more logically and intelligently on the
economic questions of the day than ever
before. The questions has brought naturally arises, such
why is this, what about
a transformation? We answer—and no
unprejudiced mind can deny it—the
Farmers’ Alliance. Then, if this be
true, and it is, our duty is clearly marked
out before us—preserve the order in all
its usefulness, t.ud we believe the breth¬
ren will do this.
In our Alliance halls we have all been
discussing and reasoniug on the things
that so nearly' interest each and every
one. All have reached the same conclu¬
sions, but many of us differed in the
means by which our reforms were to b
brought about.
Some think they should come through
the democratic party; others, just ns
sincere Alliancemen and reformers,
looked for aid thre uuh the Repubiicai
party, while others could see no relic
from the two old parties and worked
with the People’s party. In following
these different parties, as is natural in
all campaigns, much antagonistic feeling
was engendered. This feeling should
not be cherished any longer. Let the vic¬
tor and the conquered shake bands as
brothers and take up the old line ol
study. Let every bub-AUiapee go to
work, read and discuss the acts of the
party in power as regards your welfare,
but do not slight home matters—mat'eis
concerning the /arm, orchard, vineyard
pasture, etc. Study land culture, stock
raising, the cattle-breeding and how to make
farm what it ought to be.—Progress¬
ive Farmer, (Raleigh, N. C.)
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TO BROTHER ALLIANCEMEN.
The election and the excitement inci¬
dent thereto, has passed; and while the
individual favorites of some have been
elected, defeated; the favorites of others have Alli¬ been
shine but tbe principles brightly of tbe of
ance out as as yore.
Every- before demand is just, and as true demands now
u the election. If our
Fere correct, anu necessary to the well
they being of the people before the election,
let are just as much so now; therefore,
all continue the study of the sublime
principles obtain incorporated in our demands,
all the information possible bear¬
ing let upon the several subjects treated;
us familiarize ourselves with every de¬
tail, to the end that we may be ever ready
and able to meet and controvert all op¬
position.
No unprejudiced mind wiil say that
our order has not been a great blessing to
the people, that it is not a great school
where correct principles and theories of
government are taught. The grange has
done much in educating the great agri¬
cultural people as well, and we bid it
spite Ood-speed. Let us be above bickerings, of
and jealousies. The farmers
America must redeem this government
from the false positions and condition*
complained of. No matter what chaoge
may be deemed wise and salutary, it must
be brought about through the ballot box
and by you. This cannot be done till
the great majority of the agriculturists
have been educated out of their preju¬
dices. We cannot educate except by as¬
sociation through organization, hence the
great importance of now turning our at¬
tention and best efforts to the Alliance.
Build it up. Ask your neighbor to joiD.
Furnish him reform literature to read,
®nd thus - little by little dissolve the
clouds of party and sectional prejudice.
The war is over. North or south,-east
or west, we are brothers. Our interests
are the same, and any condition that en¬
dangers any allianceman as a citizen and
taxpayer endangers every other one in
the nation. We can expect nothing from
any source unless we are demanded, in position either to
be demand, and decapitate having the office-holders
obeyed ot promptly. Agitate, organ¬
who refuse prevail if
ize, educate. Right will we
are all true to ourselves, and continue
agitation, organization and education
four years more.—Southern Mercury.
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THE ALLIANCE AND POLITICS.
The following extracts from the ad¬
dress of President Loucks delivered at
the national convention in Memphis, will
prove interesting reading just at this
time:
“I concede the right of every member
of the Order to work and vote for the
political party of his choice. I concede
his right to choose between the Alliance
and a political partv. I believe it to bo
the duty of every true Allianceman to
advocate and support our demands as its
his judgement seems best. As an offier
of the Alliance he can do so officially,
consistently, but I deny push his right inter¬ to
use his official position to the
ests sf a political party that has not
adopted our demands, or, wone than
that, fighting them. The iriven non-partisan rise to
feature of our Order has
THE ENTERPRISE. ♦
CARNESVILLE FRANKLIN CO.. GA., FRIDAY. DECEMBER 16.1892.
much mi understanding of just what we
mean and a clear definition of the term
would be advisable at this tim*. In
connection therewith it would be well,
and I would recommend that you se
rioualy consider whether it
not be wise to make the support of our
demands a test of eligibility to member¬
ship avoid in the the order. In that way we would
fighting anomaly demands. of having members
our One member op¬
posing our demands can do more harm
than ten who are not members. I hope
the Alliance will never become a partisan
organisation, that is, the tool of snv po¬
litical party. So long as other classes
remain and perfect organized, organization we must perpetuate
our or remain
at the mercy of the organized classes. It
is not enough that a political party has
adopted threshold our demands—we arc yet ODly
on the in this movement We
must continue the work of education on
economic demands, principles and this incorporated in our
can be done much
better inside our organization than
through a political party. In too
localities the mistake has been made dur¬
ing fort the past year of concentrating all ef¬
for the success of a political party,
neglecting We the Allianco organiz tion.
mud now turn our whole energies to
the upbuilding of our order on a more
solid basis, and the work of this session
should be devoted especially to that line
of work. We should economize
ever economv can be practiced without
impairing efficiency.
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THE ALLIANCE IN GEORGIA.
Senator 8. Farmers’ H. Ellington, president
the Georgia Alliance, in an in¬
terview regarding the of present Alliance, condition is
and future purpo>e» the
quoted as saying: “As next and year rebuild is an
off year, we purpose to try
the Alliance. In most sections of the
state it is still in a fairly good condition.
It some sections of the state considerable
indifference has been brought about by
the political excitement of the year, but
we feel confident of our ability "to build
up the waste places. The Alliance of
Georgia is determined not to go tv pieces.
It is necessary for the preservation All other of
the farmers themselves.
business is organized. The people’s
party itself organizations, is composed representing of twenty all
different
the industrial classes of this country, and
if the farmers were to allow the At iance to
go to pieces they would be at a disad¬
vantage even with the balance of the
people’s party. As it is they hold the
controlling hand. If we lose our organ’za-
tion then we give up our controlling
voice ned will be forced to take a sec¬
ond ry place. Apparently the allfaDce
has been thrown into the background but by
the political ixcitement of the year,
most alliancemen have had a well-de¬
fined idea that as soon as the elections
w- re over they would go back to the alli¬
ance and reorganize it on a firmer foun¬
dation than ever. We know now better
what we wan’. We know better from
what we are suffering than we ev. r knew
before, and while the alliance may never
be so strong in numbers again as it has
been, it will have a better work¬
ing strength. I look for it to
be quite as powerful, and more so,
than it has been in accomplishing legis¬
lation, because those elements which
came into it, not from sympathy with its
purposes or because it had anything ends in of
common with them, but from
their own, havo been a dead weight
to the alliance. This class has been
eliminated. It is a very poor allianceman
who holds his political fealty to any than po¬
litical party in greater estimation
he does the principles of the alliance. I
am an allianceman first, and am a peo¬
ple’s party man only sb a means to an
end. Any man, it does not matter what
his past affiliation has been, if he is
a good allianceman, can work in har¬
mony with any other good allianceman.
That element or faction of the ariiance
to which I am reputed to belong holds
the prir.ciples we advocate in the alli¬
ance nearer than any political affiliation
with any party. We believe in the de¬
mands that we are advocating. We be¬
lieve them first. If the democratic party
advocates our demands, we will vote
with the democratic party. If tbe peo¬
ple’s party advocates our demauds, we
vote with’the people’s party. In other
words we vote with tbe party and pro¬
pose to vote with that party which advo¬
cates out demands and that will agree to
enact our political views into laws if they
get into power. We hope to get back
into our membership all that class of alli-
nDCtmen who really believe iu our
demands and believe that the farmers
have been suffering from bad legislation
and have been discriminated against, and
honestly want those wrongs to be righted.
We have no war to make on any c ass.
We have no war to make on the towus.
We simply say that certain laws have
helped tbe towns build up at the expense
of the country, which condition of thing",
if kept up, is obliged to bring ruin to the
country. Alt that we want is a fair dis¬
tribution of the products of our toil, and
we believe that if certain laws were en¬
acted and certain laws repealed that we
would be placed on an equal footing with
our brothers in other professions in tho
race for a livelihood. i‘*
“FUTURES” AND “OPTION8.’’
Hon. W. D. Washbnine, in tbe American Jour¬
nal cf Politics.
The line between fictitious sales and
sales of actual property should be clearly
drawn. There has been a persistent ef¬
fort on the part of those who are op¬
posed to any legislation on this subject effect
to convey the impression that the
of any such legislation would be to crip¬
ple and interfere with legitimate trade.
Most of the arguments, in fact, that
have been mad 1 *, have been on the basis
that sales of actu il property even could
not be made for future delivJry, under a
law prohibiting dealing in options. And
in this way very many have been greatly
misled and deceived. Dealing gambling, in op¬
tions is nothing more than
pure, simple and absolutely cold-blood¬
ed. Its devotees do not contemplate the
delivery or receiving of property,_ and I
do not suppose that ibere is an instance
on record where any property passed,
but it is simply a bet on what the value
of that property may be at a given time
in the future. I think that cvcu those who
are opposed to legislation against it do pot
claim that there is anything in “dealing
in options” except gambling. million bushels
For example, A sells a
of wheat, if you please, to B. to be de-
Equal Rights to all, Special Privileges to None.
livered next December. A does not own
• bushel ot wheat, never had a bushel
and does not expect to have, and B, who
has made the purchase, never expect*
that A will deliver the wheat to him at
the time specified in the contract, but ou
the expiration of the contract the two
gentlemen make a settlement on the
basis oi the price that wheat may beat
at the time specified. There is no own¬
ership of property; there is no change of
property; there is no legitimate transac¬
tion. It is simply a bet on the part of
two operators as to what the price of
wheat will be at the time designated. So
that this, as the case of "options," sim¬
ply becomes a wager as to the price of
and property finally at a given time in the future,
resolves itself into a bet and
nothing more. All assumed sales of
property where there is no ownership,
where operators on boards of trade as¬
sume to tell property, wheat, pork, or
cotton is ownership, on exchange* delivery where of there
no where no the
property is expected to be made, should
be placed under the ban of the law. I
cannot see how any merchant doing a
legitimate business, or banker, is to be
affected in the slightest degree by the
passage of a law making such sales ille¬
gal. It would not touch commerce, ex
cepting, perhaps, the bank which acta
i n many cases rather as a holder of stakes.
These transactions, as we all know, are
carried on exclusively on margins. These
margins and, amount of to enormous deposited sums of
money, course, are in
different banks. I Can see how banks
with such deposits would be affected un¬
favorably, because deposits of this kind
>re very large.
These people talk about “fettering
commerce.” Let me ask how commerce
can be fettered, obstructed, restricted, or
in any way interfered with under the pro¬
visions of such a law? It would only sup¬
press gambling and nothing more, and
gambling of the most vicious character
'hat has ever existed, compared with
which the Louisiana Lottery is but a Suu-
day school. How can commerce, how can
trade, how can any dealings of the mer¬
chant be affected by the fact that the gam¬
bler or ooeraior cannot sell for future de¬
livery millions of bushels of wheat and
thousands of bales of cotton that do not
exist?
What is the commercial feature of such
a transaction, and in what possible way
can it affect trade, exceptins by creating
a condition of uncertainty? From the
best information I have been able to ob¬
tain, at least 95 per cent of the sales on
the Chicago Board of Trade are of this
fictitious character, where no property is
actually owned, no property sold or de¬
livered, but simply wagers or bets as to
what property may be worth at a des¬
ignated time in the future. It has
finally come to this ’hat the opera¬
tors on boards of trade fix prices
of different articles without regard to the
law of “supply and demand,” or any
natural conditions whatever. So that
the business of the country has reached a
crisis that is absolutely unbearable; so
that the boards of trades, which are a
necessity in conducting the commerce of
the country, have been subverted from
tbe uses and purposes for which they
were created, and have been turned into
gaming resorts where tbe great products and
of this country are made tbe basis
foot-ball of gambling transactions.
AROUND thk house.
To clean articles of papier-mache, wash
them with a little lukewarm water and
soap and rub them vigorously with sweet
oil. milk ii
A useful saucepan for boiling
marked with the initials “B. N. O.,’’
which are the initials for “Boil Not
curious contrivance the
saucepan is arranged so that it will not
boil over so long as the milk is kept a
quarter of an inch below the inside
flange. As soon as the milk boils, the
cover acts like a safety-valve and lets oil
the steam. when
This is the time o' year rooms
are to be repapered. The scraping ofl
the old pa)H;r is the most tedious part of
the work It may be much lessened if i
boilerfu? of boiling water is shut up in
the room over night. The steam loosens
the wallpaper very perceptibly; if then a
little hot water is applied with a white¬
wash brush to the few’ places where rem¬
nants still cling to the wall the task can
be very readily accomplished. implement which
A new household
will delight those who have suffered th"
annoyance of putting down a modern
carpet at home with the old-time carpet
stretcher and tacK hammer is a combina¬
tion stretcher and tacker. By its means
the carpet is stretched in place and tacked
at the same time. The carpet stretcher
itself was deemed a veritable boon some
score or more years ago, when it was first
invented. It was but a simple contriv¬
ance, but it met a decided want and
saved the labor of stretching and pulling
the carpet by baud. If the new contriv-
unce provo to be a success, it will do
away with more than half the present
abor of putting down carpet.
Aleut Canoes.
Two firemen who were on the steamer
Alice Blanchard on a trip to the Yukon
river, says the Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
brought" back two made novel of rawhide, Aleut canoes. sup¬
The boats were The only
ported by horizontal ribs.
opening is a circular hole in the center,
large enough for a man’s body so that he
can sit down. A flap of rawhide sur¬
rounds the hole, and when the occupant
plants himself in the Iwttom of the craft
he draws this flap up, fastening it tightly
around his body under the arms. This
makes the boat practically water-tight,
and he can paddle along in the roughest
kind of weather withon danger of
drowning. If his craft rolls over all ho
has to do is to paw the water until he
gets his head to the surface again, and
the boat, having stationary ballast, im¬
mediately rights itself.
Some of them are made with two holes
to accommodate two passengers. The
two brought down are the single pat¬
tern. They are about fourteen feet loDg,
thirty inches across and of a like depth.
They are very light and can easily be car¬
ried about. ' The owners are going to
keep them at Lake Washington. It is
said two men came down from Alaska in
one some years ago and had been upset
on numerous occasions on the way, but
they never suffered more serious injury
than getting their shoulders wet.
PEOPLE'S PARTI COLUMN.
Currant Comiaent Concerning tfia Great
Crnsafle Against Oppression
I he Savannah, Ga., Cottou Exchange
will oppose nil anti-option bills. They
say that dealing in fututys is absolutely
necessary.
The faruicre and laboring class must
place themselves, financial!?, where they
can fix a price on their labor. They c> in-
pose 80 p' r cent of the population of the
United 8tatc*.
The estimates for next year# expeuses
of running the various departments of the
government are $.'i3,9t)-». o<l3 more thsu
the estimate of the pre ceding year. The
llepubiean ad mini Stratton i« determined
t n give the Democrats some tough prob¬
lems to solve.
The gteit overshadow lug eurse oi
America to-day is tie m nopoiisb He
puts bis hand on e-very bushel of wheat,
every sack of flout and every ton ot
coal, and n t a man, wotnsu or child in
America but feels the touch of the mon¬
eyed despotism.—Talmsg
* *
Bills have already been introduced m
the Tennessee, Alabama, Ge* rgia and
oi her state legislatures to abolish convict
lease labor in mines. Sentiment is ripe
for it, and the pressure of the people
upon tbe state governments is being ap¬
preciably felt. This is *s it should be. Let
every man, woman and child throw ail
their influence against iega’ized wroi g
wherever it exists.
Another big trust has been formed.
This time it is a beer trust, and the prof¬
its wilt be $750,000 a year. The R. tb-
childs are is into it. The president of ttie
combine to g< t a salary of $75,000 per
annum. Of course beer is a luxury.
But the ; riucipie is the same. Why
can’t the bankers attend to 'heir busi¬
ness? Their profits are bad enough with
out helping otheis to form trusts and
rob the people.
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'I he latest returns of the vote for mem
bets of the legislature of California show
thatneithfr dtmocrals joint nor republicans
will have a majority on United ballot, and
that neither can elect a Stat s
Senator without the help of tbe People’:-
Party members, and it is apparent that
the seven 3 hird Party men in the legis¬
lature will hold the balance of power.
The democrats are five short of a major¬
ity, while the republicans require seven
votes.
THE PEOPLE VS CORPOItATI 'NS.
Let us appeal to all good citiz.es for
help to break the power helping of monopoly,
says nc exchange, by us elect
men who can be trusted to legislate wi-e-
ly and fairly ior the common good. of In
this way we will secure the help the
patriotic masses of all classes of citizens.
Let us make our meaning clear that we
do not mean to injure the corporations,
Dor to deprive them of a single right.
At the same time let us have it distinct¬
ly known that we know our rights and
mean to have them. The time is past
for play. Let us now work. Instead of
the corporations ruling us, we should
rule the corporations. They are our off¬
spring. The people and give tranchises. the corpora¬ They
tions their rights
also give them tbeir patronage and em¬
ployment necessary to their success. As
already possessed of extraordinary bene¬
fits from the people they have no right to
a dominating influence in the govern¬
ment.
GEN. FIELD ON’ THE ELECTION.
Gen. James G. Field, vice-presideutial
candidate on the People’s party ticket, has
written n letter to Gen.Weaver, in which
he says:
“Mr. Cleveland owes bis election to our
presence in the field, which enabled him
to secure electoral votes by pluralities
north of the Ohio which he could never
have secured by majorities iu a contest
narrowed to the R- publicans on the oue
side and the Democrats on the other.
Take from Mr. Cleveland the electoral
votes north of tbe Ohio, which ho got by
virtue of pluralities, and he fails of an
election by some twelve or fifteen votes.
Our party of tbe south will watch with
interest for the lead of the more power¬
ful North and Northwest, and I the hope you
will maintain your position in front
and give us all the advantages of the
more compact organizations of the two
grand sections. Mr. Cleveland’s admin¬
istration, I hope, will meet expectatafiocs the promises
of his friends and the just
of the people will be fully realized in a
national prosperity. If ao, well; if not,
then tbe wrongs of the people will cry
aloud for redress through our party.”
THE anti-option bill.
Tbe opponents of the aati-optiou oill
arc determined this measure shall not
become a law and a itroDg force has
been organized to defeat it. Very influ¬
ential opposition to this proposed legis¬
lation exists in New York, Chicago, Mil¬
waukee, New Orleans and other large
cities, and it is understood that a delega¬
tion from each of these places will be in
Washington to use their influence in pre¬
venting the passage of the bill. Tbe fight
will lie almost entirely confined to the
Senate and those who led the opposition Louisi¬
last session—Senators White, of
ana, Wolcott, of Colorado and Iliscoek
of New York—will probable take the,
foremost steps to kill it. The tactics to
be pursued, it is stated, will be the same
as that adopted last session. An attempt
will be made to taik the measure to
death, and it is report" 1 that long
speeches with this eud in view have al¬
ready been prepared. It if said that Vice
President Morton will not consent to the
adoption of a cloture rule.
POVERTY AND FRANCHISE.
The Spirit "( Reform, organ of the
New York State Alliance, lias this to say
about the purchase of votes in the recent
eb ction :
“An empty ►teimuch and the cry of
hungry children do.* much to perpetuate
old political creeds. Extreme oppress
ro*i cr<a es poverty and ho who has fath¬
erly '* lirg f..r hi* childro”, rot with
difficulty resitt the t<mpt..ii>n to
accept toe bribe and be fa’sc t > him¬
self; his fellow men and country; and
ct.sf his ballot at the dictation of
the enemy. I mm ditto need blinds
the eye* of men to future welfare and
food or clothing obtain'd w th money
gotten fur the sale of franchise is as ac¬
ceptable ns that obtained by the returns
ot labor. 1 he raising of Urge cauipaigu
funds is asute indication of »u oppressed
I cop e. Money for the sale of the great-
tst privilege afforded to mau is loath-
some to him who is in circumstances of
ease ami eomiort. No greater campaign
funds were ever raised than at this last
election, proving beyond a doubt that it
could be used to good advantage among
the laboring people, especially in cities.”
STARTLING STATISTICS.
„ Tbe census reports of 1880 ahow that
there are on record in the failed States
nine million mortgages which average,
$450 each, making a tout of $5,000,000.
Ihe census reports also show that the
average value ot each farm in the United
States has depreciated $1.20; the aver-
age per acre of deprecation since 1864
has been $28. That in 1840 the farmers
owned 80 per cent of the wealth of the
country, and that they owned lew than
21 per cent in 1890. Total number of
farms in the United States 4,225,995; of
these 1,024,701 are renters. Of these rent-
>rs T02 224 arc compelled to divide
equally their crops with their landlords,
while the greatest share asked of the
British farmer is one fourth. Over one
million American renters, while the
homes ot our people—the heritage controlled of
our children—are owned and
by f> reisners. Think of it. Foreigners
own 84 000,000 acres of our land—
ea. ugh for farms of 160 acres for 500,-
000 of our renters. Two hundred nud
eight)-one million acres of our lsnd own¬
ed by railroad corporations and eyndi-
cat'S—cm ugh to make nine states the
s’z > of Ohio.
Who own the railroads? The money
power, c niposed princ pally of English
lord* nod dukes. And yet we have over
> million American farmers without
ms.HH New Y rk with its two million
ini abitauts, only 13,000 own homes. Iu
Chic go, population 1,200,000, less then
two and ene-fourih per cent own ail the
real is’ate. From 1880 to 1890 the pro¬
ducers increased the wealth of the ccun-
ir 30 |ier cent--they increased it from
$4 1.0 )0,000 to $66,000,000. Who got
the mcieiisi ? In 1890 of the $66,000,000,-
000 of wealth in the United States, 30,-
000 trading capitalists possess'd $38,-
250,000,010, leaving $29,750,000,000 for
the remaining 83,000,000 inhabitants.
It will be seen from these figures, that
although • ur tanners, artisans and ether
t“ilcr« produced the increase of $22,000,-
000, a few capitalists absorbed most of it.
The weaKh of the Vanderbilt fnmily is
estimated to be $360,000,000—annual in¬
terest at 7 ptr cent, $21,000,000.—New
York World.
en EE COINAGE OF SILVER.
Now is a good time to read up on the
quistion of free coinage. During the
past few mouths the Reform pi-
persand books have shed much light on
the subject, but there is much to learn
yet. The gold-bugs try to mystify the
money question, and leading papers that
lean that way poo bah anything increase said in
favor of free coinage or an in
the volume of currency, by any method
sugge ted. Statesmen, philosophers the and of
political economists from time
Aristotle to the present day have always
agreed upon two points—that money destroy is
the creation of law, and that to
or withdraw one-half of the money circu¬
lation doubles the purchasing po wer of
the half that remains in circulation. The
effort is felt rather than seen in the de¬
cline of prices. In 1864, the Supreme
Court of Iowa handed down the follow
ing decision: “When the legal test is
applied, each doilar, of every mode or
form of currency, declared to be legal
tender, has the same value, without ref¬
erence to the material of which it is
composed.”
In the legal tender decision the United
States Supreme Court cover* the same
point. After saying that 100 eagles coined
after 1834 would pay a debt of $1,000
contracted before that date, though they
contained no mpre gold than ninety-four
eagles at tte time the contract was made,
it says, “and this not because of the in¬
trinsic value of the coin, but because of
its ietrnl value.” Two values are recog¬
nized by the court, a bullion value and a
coinage value.
Up to 1873 silver had been a full legal
tender for all debts public and private.
At that time this quality that had been
conferred upon it by law was taken away
and has never been restored. Silver is
money now only in the sense that paper
is money end for the same reason. Neither
is a full legal tinder. Both rep resent
gold which alone is money. In gold stand¬
ard countries gold does nil the work of
money.
Having settled the question its “legal ot value,” “vvliat
constitutes money,”
the next thing is to consider the (fleet
of demonetization. The methods adopted
to secure the passage of the bill in 1873,
by the use of English boodle, and the
insertion of a word itf t r the bill was
disposed of, ought to be looked upon as
crimes of the darkest hue by all honest
people. That Congress has failed to
remedy the wrong since is another crime.
We have shown in these columns al¬
ready how cotton fell in price about $2
per hundred since 1873, until it became
impossible for farmers to raise it and
live. The demonetization act no doubt
had much to do with it, but there are
other causes, most of them growing out
of the same legislation. that it takes
It is ihe same, thing to say
more wheat, cotton, beef, etc., to piy a
debt than it did be’ore; and that is the
same as to say that, the dollar is harder to
get—it takes more work to get it—than
before. The natural effect is to dwarf
enterprise, cramp business, oppress la¬
bor, prevent the debtor from paving bis
debts, stagnate agriculture and reduce
the value of all real estate. The value
of land must decline as the value of the
produce of the land declines. Here is
where the laborer, farmer, mechanic,
banker, merchant and professional the silvet man
all find a common interest in
question. By the fiat of law we him
OFFICIAL ORGAN
—or toi a—
FRANKLIN COUNTY ALLIANCE
d* Cfeed a shot? crop, an artificial famine
of money. As with a short crop of any¬
thing. ».) with ’.hi-, Wkst it there exchange i", i?
more valu.ble because \ull
for nto c of oth t lUii'k-*. As money in¬
creases hi valor, everything else decreases
in value.—Exchange.
POPULAR SCIENCE NOTES.
Blectrio.u. 1 >KPl>'iMoils. —sub¬
lectof electrical distribution is common-
iv illustrate! by it* analogy to hydrau-
j lies, and Mr. H. G. Dari* Vtes
easily understood definitions of electrical
lerms.- J ’oft, unit of pressure, called
electromotive force, corresponding to
pounds of steam of water pressure; am-
pere, unit of quantity, called current,
corresponding to gallons of water; ohm,
unit of resistance, similar to friction;
watt, unit of energy consumed, 746 watts
being equal to one horse-power, as is 38,-
^ f{Krt £ire bubatitute dynamo
for l*, for pipe, and electricity electrical
for ter and conception of its ele-
trangmiggion j s at once clear a* to
mentary phenomena. Bracketing analo-
gous electrical terms, we may aav that a
cefMin mim ber of pounds {volts} of
prt . ssurc are required to overcome the
f rict ; on [resistance] of the pipe [wirel in
ori ] er that the water (current] mav flow
at the rate of so many 'gallons the pipe (ampere*! [wire]
per minute. The larger
the more water [current] can be carried,
and the less will be the friction [resist¬ might
ance], Manifesto the friction pipe [wire] [resistance]
be so small that the
would absorb a very Urge proportion of
the power of the pump [dynamo], leaviug effect,
but little remaining for useful
therefore the two horns of the dilemma
are—if the pipe [wire] be too Urge it will
cost too much; if too small, the loss will
be too great.
Novel Measuring of Water Depths.
—Frederick J. Smith, of Trinity Cotlege, find-
Oxford, explains a curious way of
ing the depth of a piece of water at a dis-
iance. “About two years ago,” lie time says, the
“I wished to know from time to
rate at which a river was rising after a
fall of rain. The river was a consider¬
able distance from the spot where its
height was to be known. By means of
the combination of two organ pipes and
a telephonic circuit described in the fol¬
lowing lines I have been able to make
the required measurement within rather
close limits. At the river station an or¬
gan pipe was fixed vertically in tut in¬
verted position, so that the water in the
river acted as a stopper to the pipe, and
the rise or fall of the water determined
the note it gave wheu blown by a smal'
bellows driven by a very small water
wheel. A microphone was attached to
the upper end of the organ leading pipe; this was
in circuit with a wire to a town
station at gome distance; at the town sta¬
tion there was an exactly similar organ
pipe, which could be lowered into a ves¬
sel full of water while it was sound¬
ing. By means of the telephone the
note given by the pipe at tha
river was clearly heard at the town
station; then the organ pipe at this
station was lowered or raised by hand
until it gave the same note. The lengths
of the organ pipes under water at the two
stations were then equal, so that tha
height of the water in the distant river
was known. The determination can be
made in less than a minute by auy one
w r ho can recognize the agreement of two
similar notes. The arrangement when
first tested was so placed that the height
of water at two places near together
might be easily compared. I found that
a lad with an average ear for musical
sounds was able to get the two heights
to agree within one-eighth of an inch of
each other, -while a person with an edu¬
cated ear adjusted the instrument im¬
mediately to almost exact agreement.
The total height to be measured was sev¬
enteen inches. A difference of tempera¬
ture at the two stations would make a
small difference in the observed heights.
For instance, taking a note caused by
250 vibrations per second, a difference
of 10 degrees C. between the tempera¬
ture of the two stations (oue not likely
to occur) would make a difference ol
about 0.02 feet in the height, a
of no moment in such a class of
u re meets. The and organ made pipes of metal were
square section
resist the action of the water. ’’—
Singapore at the World’s Fair.
Consul Rounsevelle Wildman, of Sin-
gapore, who is coming over as a com-
missioner to the World’s Fair, is a jour¬
nalist of considerable note. He was edi¬
tor of the Idaho Statesman, and at
one time on the staff of the Kansas City
Times. Mr. Wildman has arranged a
large exhibit for the fair. It will consist
of three palm-leaf bungalows, each about
thirty by fifteen feet, eight feet from the
ground, enclosed in a square court. In
the bungalows will be the exhibit. The
court will be decorated witli palms, and
will contain monkeys, and untive women
wearing sarongs and making Oriential
fancy articles. Through Sultan Consul of Wild-
man’s solicitation the Johora
will visit the World’s Fair. Mr. Wild¬
man is at present visiting the Sultan at
this place in Johore. The Sultan is a pro¬
gressive Oriental, and will light his pa¬
lace with electricity upon his return from
this country. Consul and Mrs. Wildman
are ber. expected The Sultan in Washington will in in New Decem¬ York
arrive
July next.—[Harper’s Weekly.
Queer Crab*.
The administrative report of the Ma¬
rine Survey of India for the official year
1891-92 has been Alcock published. lias specially Among ob¬
the animals Dr.
served is the red ocypode crab, which
swarms on all the sandy shores of Tnd a.
The bigger of its two “palm” chclie, or uij p* s,
bears across the a long only basal
toothed ridge, and on one of tno
joints of the “arm,” against which the
“palm” can he tightly closed, there is a
second simitar ridge. When the “palm”
is so folijpd against the base of the
“arm,” the first ridge can be worked
across the second, like a bow across a
fiddle, only in this case the bow is sev¬
eral times larger than the fiddle. Dr.
Alcock concludes that the use of (he
itriduiating organ appears to be that u
crab, wheu it has entered its burrow,may
he able, by the utterance of warning
notes, to prevent other crabs from crowd¬
ing in on top of it.—[New York Post.
$1.00 PER YEAR.
her name.
“I’m losteol Could you And in#, pleaseP
Poor little frightened baby!
The wind had tossed her golden fleece.
The stoDe bad scratched her dimpled knee%
I stooped and lifted her with ease,
And softly whispered “May be."
“Tell me your name, my little maid,
I can’t find you without it.”
•’My name is Shiney-eyee," she said. hemfc
•Ye*. but you last?” She shook her
“Up to the bouse 'ey never said
A single flng about it.”
“But, dear," l said, "what is your name?*
“Why, didn’t you hear n»a tell you?
Dust Sliiney-eyes.” A bright thought cams
Yee, when you're good; but when they blame
You, little one-it’s just the same
When mamma has to scold you?”
“MV mamma never scolds,” she moans, ]
A little blushing ensuing.
“Opt wheu I’ve been a-frowing atones.
And then she says" (the culprit owns),
“Mehetabie Sapphire Jones,
What has you been a doing?"
—Anna F. Burnham-
HUKOIt OF THE BAY.
Tarts of speech—Hyptieut.—Truth.
Goes through without change—The
shopper.—Puck. of
The iudispensible servant is master
the situation.—Judge.
Clothes may not make the man, but
suits make the lawyer.—Elmira Gazette.
Fame is a bright robe; but it soon
wears out at the elbows.—Barn's Horn.
“E irty to be 1 an 1 early to rise”
Makes of a man wbat most people —Judge. despise.
When odc woman praises auother,
folks think she is sarcastic. — Ham’s
Horn.
What is done cannot be undone, especi¬
ally if it is a hard-boiled egg.—Texas
Siftings.
Success shows off our good qualities;
lack of success shows oil our defects.-—
Texas Siftings.
A man has to he puffed up well be¬
fore he can blow hi* owu horn with
proper vigor.—Puck.
Th^sigu-painter may make a dollar
while the steeple-painter is making
ascent.—Boston Courier.
If you want to get ahead in the world,
don’t lie abed in the morning thinking
about it.—Atch son Globe.
A great many “gentlemeu of the old
school” do not seem quite to have fin¬
ished their education. —Puck.
It is noticeable that a little man is
always very mild in his testimony against
a big man in court.—Atchison Glob,
It's a queer thing, but the course of
true love runs all the smoother the more
it is studded with rocks.—Southron.
Had Her There: Mistress—“You’re
the biggest fool I ever knew.” Maid¬
“You forget yourself, ma’am.” —Judge.
Every man who gets whipped for a
sin complains that other people have
done more and been whipped less.—»
Atchison Globe.
“I think Charles the First was crazy,”
said Professor Bungleton. “He certainly
lost his head," observed Professor Sin-
git, berry.—Southron,
It does not fo’low that all women are
purseproud simply because they invari¬
ably carry their pocket-books in their
haads.—Boston Transcript.
Notwithstanding the precautions takeu
by attendants at a circus tent to swell
the treasury, the rain will sometimes
beat its way in.—Statesman.
North Side Mother—“Oscar, why
can’t you be a good boyl” Wayward
Four-Year-Old—“Mamma, it makes mo
*o tired!”—Chicago Tribune.
“That is Miss Sharp singing. Her
father is having her voice cultivated.”
“You can easily tell that.” “Howl"
“It’s barrowing.”—Cape Cod Item.
A London woman advocates the use of
dynamite in securing “women’s rights."
This is carrying a disposition to blow
the men up to an extreme.—Washington
Star.
Nellie—“Mamma, Geordie’s swallowed
a quarter an’he’s chokin’“Oh, my
child, why did you do it? Now I
haven’t enough for oar fare. ”—Chicago
Priscilla—“But don’t you think it’s
a girl’s duty to ask the consent of her
parents?" Prunclia—“Oh, yes; unless
she thinks they won’t grant it."—New
York Herald.
“Lightning never strike twice in th*
same place,” they say, “No?” “No.”
“Well, how do you account for it?”
“Must be minipulated by a woman, I
suppose.”—Chicago Tribune.
“Sraiggins appears to grow Somebody more
stupid every day." “Yes.
told him that a little knowledge is a
dangerous thing, and he is trying to
forget all he knows.”—Washington Star.
When the city mau on a farm begins
to talk at the breakfast tablo Rbout
“speckled beauties” he wants to make it
plain at the very start that he doesn’t
mean the horny-banded farmer’s daugh¬
ters.—Somerville Journal.
“Now, wife, you have again given mo
too much tea. I asked you for a cup
half full. Don’t you know what half
full is?" “Well, Johu, I ought to. You
have endeavored to illustrate many times
wbat it means.”—Buffalo Enquirer.
“What a sight you are!” “Just as I
was leaving the house to come to tha
club my wife pelted me with flowers.”
“But that doesn’t account for your
bruisedand battered appearance.” “You
see, she forgot to take them out of tho
pots.”—Fliegende Blaetter.
White-Tie Knees.
Race meetings in India generally in¬
clude some comic features, and the
latest novelty is a “white-tie race,” in¬
troduced at Kirkee. The competitors
ride a certain distance, dismount, and
kneel before a lady while she ties a
white tie round their neck in « neat
•w, then they remount and start for
r. winniug post. Much depends on
s lady’s deftness,—Chicago Times,