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•IN THE HOME OP FARMER JOHN.*
We tood together in early spring,
Farmer John nn<l I:
Together w<> heard wild bird Hog,
Farmer J hn nn i
Rut few nan thrive 5 song >r flower
Ho in toil w<* tilth's morning hour
He turned the furrow and dropped the sec j
He sowed wit] ■r the waiting mead.
He pruned and grafted the orchard trees,
He planted the ;ar len and hived the bees
And 1 kept the cottage trim and neat,
While love made labor light and sweet,
In the home of Farmer John.
We stood together in Rummer time.
We heard the brook’s slow-measured
rhyme
Rut w< aid not wait to dream, for lo!
If ham th Beds would grow!
Ho he toiled the tn _ corn among,
Adowu the clover bis icy the ho swung;
The path that awn to lie ibeop-field led
f | riy and Into his cheerful thread
And not till the 'tnrs shone out at night,
Was th e rest or *-n by tha firesi 1 !e bright
In t homo of Farmer John.
We stoo<l together in harvest hour,
To count the wealth of the autumn’s dovrer
The huge, sl< moving loaded wain
Had homeward brought the ripsne I grain
1 bo lair.is were filled from Moor to eaves
With fragrant hay and of “-bound sheaves;
I he trees had showered their fruit of gold
far more than crowded bins could hold;
Hut la tter and best of all, we knew,
Had been love’s sunlight, warm and true,
in the home of Farmer John.
M> stood together on winter’s crest,
, Farmer John an 1 I;
W'o saw the uni fade out in the west,
Farmer John and I; '*
But what though spring, with its birds, had
fl**!,
And what though summer Mowers were dead t
I he song and fragrance that could not sleep
Wero hid away in our hearts to keop!
And happy are we, th nigh years roll on,
I ill all life’s summer-time is gone,
And e’en its harvest-hour is past,
For love, we know, will bloom to the last
In the home of Farmer John.
—Louise K. Upham, in the Ledger.
MAKING A MATCH.
W IIV, 1 wouldn’t
marry the best man
that ever lived!”
V/ And she meant it
J what
or, answers
'■ the same purpose,
- she thought
1*1 she
meant it. After all,
how few of us ever
really know what
we mean? “I en
gaged myself once,
when a girl, and the simpleton thought
he owned me. I soon took the conceit
out of him and sent him away about his
business.” The voice was now a little
sharp. What wonder, with so galling
a memory, “No man shall ever "tyran
nizc over me—never! What the mis
chief do you suppose is the matter with
this sewing machine?”
“Annoyed at your logic, most likely,”
said my friend, a bright young matron,
as she threaded her needle. “Mv bus
band is not a tyrant, Miss Kent.”
“I am glad you are satisfied,” was the
laconic reply.
Miss Kent was a little woman, fair as
a girl aud plump as a robin She wasn’t
ashamed to GWU lliflt she was forty years
old ami n Id maid. She had earned
ler own living most of her life, and was
proud of it. She was a good nurse, a
faithful friend and a jolly companion,
but stroke her the wrong way and you’d
wish you hadn’t in much shorter time
than it takes me to write it.
“What are you going to do when you
ire old?” persisted the mistress of the
establishment.
“What other folks do, I suppose.”
“But you can’t work forever.”
“Can’t say that I want to.”
“Now, Miss Kent, a husband with
means, a kind, intelligent man—”
“I don’t want any man, I tell you,
Mrs. Carlisle; 1 wouldn’t marry the best
man living, if ho were as rich as Croesus
and would die if I didn’t have him.”
There was something behind all this
I knew well. My friend’s eyes danced
with fun, and as .Miss Kent fitted the
waist, she threw me a letter from the
bureau.
“Read that,” she said with a know
ing look; “it may interest you.”
This is what the letter said :
My Dear Jennie—I shall be delighted to
spend a month with you aud your husband.
t here must be, however, one stipulation
aboufnmrrinVe! l ~l°!haS“ev5 y be' “ftSSh
again. Twenty years ago to-day 1 wrecked
iny whole life. So unsuitable was this mar
belit ibat
vo the marriage institution a mistake.
So for the lust time let me assure you that
iiv V °i U 't V . llmri ,y.the OU ' S best C °Mark woman i!axsin that ever
Your old cousii,.
“Rich, isn't it ’ " said Jennie iwo? and the 1
nointed to the rWm,- t’he « ®
. whose back mvhlt.ji’rr 1 ,p™ ucr
I Shock t'he'ine^
“Y uVH see ” said •' m i
wimH’'’inouirc 1 '' 1 / C I
. uwlut. inquired 1 Miss Missr Kent,quite -f
unaware of our pautQmime.
“That parties which, are chemically
attracted will unite. Don’t you think
this sleeve a little too long. Miss Kent?”
“Not after the seam is off. But what
were you saving, at*Professor Mrs. Carlisle? The
fiber day, Boynton’s, I saw i
some wonderful experiments.”
“And did they succeed?” inouired 1
Jennie, *
demurely *
“Beautifully ”
w>nt , ’. r 1 never J et botched
aiohin mv V
,, T ) ", k , I< T l ulte understand
,r K . cut perplexed.
.
Ulktag,bod'S,ITirdear'- ‘Bother n ,,11’*?' r??i Wl “ n
..
1 * beUcT - .
said, but the tone was mu ~ ffi
uatured than 1 exnectrd
The ik y „ Cousin •” Mars vr , arrived, -3
and I liked wnnn\ l ! Rt ° D Ce Au imaa PPJ'
'
marriage thought ‘ !Ue i be<?a th lust thm
in =
7^ e S ° U
'
Bern m 1 accepted the situation
* y n ! C t0,d Iue aud for
' ’
liftpan ’
v - ? 1 Sd
few rne U ? ° f “ ise 7 tb ^
could w endured. Death relieved
1 dm im at last, f and now the fellow
tctuaHy Door
believed himself au alien from
domestic happin ess.
Singular as it may appear, Cousiu
Mark was the embodiment of good health
and good nature; fifty, perhaps, though
:< dtdn fc look it, and as rotund and as
frebh in his way as the little dress
maker was iu hers. As I looked at him
I defied anybody to see one and not be
reminded of rhe other.
“I was surprised yon should think it
aecessary to caution me about that,
cousin -Mara, cooe 1 the plotter, as she
*tood by his side, looking out of the
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window. “The idea of my twin:* sd
ridiculous!’ And in the same breath,
with a w.nk at me: “Come, let us gO
to my sitting room. Wc are at work
there, but it won t make any different
to you, will it
Of course Cousi Mark answered
“No” promptly, as innocent as a (love
about the trap being laid for him.
“This is my cousin, Mr. Lansing, Misi
Kent.” And Mr. Lansing bowed politely
and Miss Kent rose, dropped her sets
sors, blushed and sat down again. Cousit:
Mark picked up the refractory imple
men and then MP-. Jennie proeeeiec
with rare caution and tact to her labo
of love
Two or three invitations to the sew
ing room were quite sufficient to mak.
Ootidn Mark perfectly at home there
and after a week he became familial
enough to say.
“Tf you are not too busy I would like
to read this article.”
“Oh, lam never too busy to bo real
to,” Miss Kent would say. “Sit down
by the window, in this comfortable
hair, and let’s hear it.”
After a couple of weeks, when th.
gentleman came in hoarse, with a sud
de n cold, Miss Kent hustled about, hei
voice full of sympathy, and brewed hint
ll dose which he declarer! he would nevei
forest to his dying day, but one dost
cured. After this occurrence, Miss Kent
was a reallv wonderful woman.
All, what an arch plotter! She let
them skirmish about, but not once die
she give them a chance to be alone to
gether. Her plans were not to be de
stroyed by premature confidence unti
the very evening preceding Cousit
Mark’s departure for California. Then
Miss Kent was very demurely asked to
remain and keep an eye on Master Car
lisle, whom the fond mother did not
care to leave quite alone with his nurse.
“We arc compelled to be gone t
couple of hours,” said she, “but Cousin
.Mark will read to you—won’t you,
cousin?”
“Certainly, if Miss Kent would like
it,” replied the gentleman.
The infant Carlisle, thanks to good
management, was never awake in the
evening, so the victims of this matri
rntmial speculation would have plenty of
lane. The back parlor was the room
llu,st bl use during the evening, aud out
of this room was a large closet with £
large blind ventilator, and out of this
closet a door leading to her back stoop
and garden. Imagine the surprise when
I was told that Mr. Carlisle was going
to the lodge, and that w r e, after profuse
warnings about the baby, and promises
not to be gone too long, were to pro¬
ceed to this closet overlooking the back
parlor by way of the back gate and gar¬
den. In vam I protested.
“Why, you little goose,” laughed Jen¬
nie, “there’ll be fun enough to last a
lifetime. John wanted to come awfully,
but I knew he’d make an awful noise
! and spoil everything, so I wouldn’t let
I him.”
The wily schemer took the precaution
to lock the closet door from the outside,
so there was no fear of detection. Oa a
high bench, still as a two mice, wt
! awaited results.
Presently Cousin Mark, as if arousing
from a protracted reverie, asked
“Would you like to have me read?”
“Oh, I’m not particular,” replied Miss
Kent.
“Here H an excellent article on elec
’. affinities. H>w would you like
5 that?” .
Jennie’s ei 8 o., side almost took
away my breath. -__
“Who is it by?” she inquired. . s
Jennie exclaimed (clear in my ear):
“That is to gain time, see if it ain’t.”
“It’s by a prominent French writer, I
believe,” said Cousin Mark,
“I don’t think I care for a translation
to-night,” said Miss Kent.
“Nor I; uor reading of any kind,” he
continued. “This is my last evening in
New York, Miss Kent.”
“I hope you’ve enjoyed your visit ,’ 1
she returned.
Jennie (into my very head this time);
“She’s as shy as a three-year-old colt.’
“I didn’t think I should feel so bad
about leaving,” Cousin Mark went on
“lie is the wreck, you remember,’
whispered Jennie,
A long pause.
“I think I hear the baby,” exclaimed
Miss Kent,
“Oh, no,” said Cousin Mark. “Yov
are fond of babies, are vou not, Miss
Kent?”
No answer from Miss Kent.
“I have been a lonely man, Mis:
Kent,” Cousin Mark resumed, “but .
ncver realized how lonely the rest of my
life mast be until I came to this house.’
“Now h I T °"’ must lo ” e,y return .’” c< * to ocd J “ business n ‘ e -
my
and my boarding-house—boarding hous«
for a man so fond of domestic
I ite as 1 am ’ Miss Keut - 1 have
friends in Sau Francisco, of course, but
no fireside like this, no one to care lot
“ «>. *» badly ii
I die.” '
“That’ll fetch her,” said Jennie.
“I wish that I iived in San Francisco,”
saw id mid. Mis3 v aeut, ent in m a a Httie lut ouiverino d =
\ 0 ’' c ' ”^ 0UC0Uu ca upon me a an>
“T lf y °. U Ueede ' au vthm S’
-
Jennie . in convulsions.
If ^ go .J° California with me,
Mlss Kent, I il wait another wees.
* ba ‘ ^ ^ould folks say? she t said °
We don care for folks ’ sau ^ Mark *
“If you will go, we will have a house as
pleasant as money can make it. You
shall have birds and flowers and horses
:inc i all that you want, and you shall
never sew another stitch tor anybody but
me WiU b e my wife?”
Just then Jennie and I stepped up an
° th " ™ “T 'P 5 tb:,t
mRlc > wb o would not marry the best
man that ever liv ® d ’ hu ?ged close to t
51:4113 , breast who wouldn t marry tht
best woman that ever lived, not even t(
^ve her life. We came away then, but
it’s my opinion that they remained ir
just that position till we rang the bel.
half an hour later.
“Why, Miss Kent, what makes yout
face so very red?” inquired Jennie udoc
eutering;“aod Cousin Mark,how strange
lvvou ‘i ook : Your hair is all mussed
* 1 "•*
E ‘And 1 hope to have it mussed often,”
said Cousm Mark, boldly. “Miss Kent
aud j are to be married this week.”
j en me laughed until her face was pur
j !nouudinsr Ic and w hen I went up stairs Miss
.V = her
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cra a -____
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A superb newr bridge has been cor
structed in Rome over the picturesqu
Tiber, and it is considered one of tb<
finest modern works in the city. It h:
been christened Ponte Margherita b '
their majesties of Italy.
! T7T\I> 4 I T I 4 VDrilPV
-Tv/il A EJL1 AlN jl Ei\ ,
j Kotes and Current Comment Regarding
j
the Great Reform Movement.
JF.RRE SIMPSON HAS SOMETHING TO SAT
Of THE ST. LOUIS PLATFORM—STATUS
OF THE BUB TREASURY BILL—NOTES.
The Alliance congressmen and senators
are doing grand work considering the
ITc“
ta?.f
their preset ce felt nevertheless, even by
the old party wheel horse who mav be
sneering at them, but each succeeding
year lessens the power of such men who
are but the tools of monopoly. —Sentinel
(Uorydon, la.) * ’
*
tb
‘reform act the one whoadvocates'r°.
j will forms for give the sake of party. The one
form say, me anything labeled re¬
to get my party success, and the
other will say, give me any party to se¬
cure this reform. The true cause of re¬
form is heavily loaded with men who
neithesotinderstand or care for the reforms
tb at are popular, but are doing the most
agitating in favor of them, in order to
get a party that will give them a job.
Their ignorant and erroneous support of
measures they do not understand is often
strong evidence against the cause.— So.
Alliance Farmer.
*
* *
The politicians are having a great deal
of trouble trying to decide who has a
right to go into the primaries. One of
them says: “No man is eligible unless he
has always voted the straight Demo¬
cratic is eligitde ticket.” unless Another is says': “No one
he going to stand by
not only what this convention does, but
what every other one does that has the
same kind of a label on it.” Now simply
enforce these absurd statements and no
party would ever be able to gain a single
j vote. We thought that the great desire
I of every party was to gain votes and
grow stronger. Away with such bosh!
Any man 1p>s a light to go into the pri¬
maries who does so in good faith.— Pro¬
gressive Farmer .
***
ENDORSE THE ST. LOUIS DEMANDS.
According to dispatches, the Oconee
county, S C., democratic convention as¬
sembled in the courthouse at Walballa,
Monday. Twenty five of the twenty
t-even clubs in the county had full dele¬
gations in attendance. Organization was
effected, and after some discussion the
convention adopted a resolution setting
forth certain demands on finance,
land and transportation. These de¬
mands are well known as the de¬
mands of the St. Louis convention, and
were adopted verbatum as expressed in
that platform. Nominations for delegates
to the stats convention were made, and,
bcfoie the election, each nominee was
required to express his standing on the
above resolution. The delegates elected
stand square on this resolution, and are
instructed to support no man for dele¬
gate to Chicago who will not pledge
himself to do all in his power for the
incorporation of the same in the national
platform.
*
don’t BE BULLDOZED.
At many of your primaries you will
find certain men xvho will try to bulldoze
members of the Alliance and prevent
them from taking part in the meetings.
are the same fellows who were
awhile uacn. sO- terribly frightened about
the Third Party. They declared that if
the members of the Alliance went into
the Third Party that the state would be
lost, and that the country would go to
the devil. Now they h ive gotten afraid
that the Alliancemen will go into the
primaries and control them, so they are
trying to find some way to keep them out.
They are trying to lay down strictures
and qualifications to irritate the members
of the Alliance so that they will put out
a Third party ticket and not go into the
primaries. By these methods they hope
to be able to divide the Alliance and beat
it in the conventions, and probably at
the polls. Every American citizen has a
right to go into the primaries of any
party, if he does so in good faith; that is
if he intends to standby results. Mark
it, some of these very men who are trying
to keep AVliaucemen out of the primaries
will be the first men to bolt if things do
not go to suit them .—Progressive Far¬
mer.
***
how is the sub treasury bill?
q’p e National Economist states that in
nuiries have been pouring in upon that
paper regarding the disposition of the
sub-treasury plan m congress. With a
view to ascertaining the bottom facts as
to what has or will be dope for it this
session by reform brethren, the presentee
of the bill, Colonel Livingston, of Geor
gia, tt was seen at the capitol. sleeping," he
is neither dead or
said. “The committee on referment
have promised me a hearing before them
as soon as possible, and I lave agreed
with Mr. Waison, of Georgia, to each
take an hour in its advocacy.”
“But you don’t expect the committee
to give it favorable report?” shall have
“No—adverse. But we a
favora b le minority report; it will goto
the calendar, aud no effort will be spared
t0 get 5t bef ° re tbe boUSe f ° r COn 8 iden V
tion. I am not prophesying, - but , if . f work
will get it up, if fight will get it up, you
hear some of the best sub-treasury
thunder and lightning on tbe floor of the
house you ever 1 stened to. Tell the alli
I ance all over the Union that the sub
treasury lies next us, and its standaru
bearers will see it takes no s ep back
ward, but, on the contrary, onward
the Nicaragua canal.
The following resolutions introduced
at the i ate cana l convention at San Fran
c j sco define the position of the Alliance
of California and its president: assembled
Whereas, This convention
i n San Francisco to device ways and
1 means for the speedy construction of the
; Nicaragua canal, and whereas the people
I of this State mufi have relief f>om the
excessive rat s of Languor n’io-> now
j filched Tom them by the grasping rail
| road corporations, built with the govem-
1 ment credit, thtreVie,
the Resolved, That we earnestly request
president of the United States to re- of
»ew the treaty with the government
Nicaragua, 'dent that was negotiated by Pres
Authur in December, 1834, and
withdrawn from th- senate by President
Cleveland, and make such terms with
me Jlarinme canal company o Nlcara
gun, as may be just and honorable, for
the purchase o< 'he r right in the coa
cessions »nd p ivlieg^s granted them by
he governments of Nicaragua and Costa
Rica.
L Keao.ved, Te at the govt rnment of the
ni e i Ft iter take all necessary steps
(or the ► peedy construction of the said
Jina , aDd own and operate it in th i in¬
terest' r f the com tierce of ih: United
Statts aud of He world. and f >r the re¬
lief of th * pe — f the Pacific coast
rom the band.t rnilro.d corporations.
the conflict is on!
An exchange says: A grea,t battle for
principle is raying! It is the beginning
“f tI,bfr . an Trepressible conflict in which
e 1 roducer or the accumulator
•k’AmV'Jrt* the"'eaUh P pro d
f - urrrs and v ' b ° ! ' insensible to the mag
nll ude .°‘ tf >e i sue. The work of edu
:a ! ion . ,n th ? Alliance lodges has had the
e “ ect ? f b,in giug thousands upon thou
tiouized fan I s into political a compact which has revolu
ernment has thought. The gov
stood “hands off’
si?™.^*u , ss2SLd r .jys
: ” re redllce<1 «° “
1 ^ servitude not becoming , a free
'-ountry. The people are awake to the
dreadful conditio >. They see how and
where our institutions have been pros¬
tituted for selfish aims; this has been the
great educational work of the farmers’
organization of the past ten years. They
ire arrayed now in bonds of union to
suppress the ulcerous evil of class su
premacy Uand in hand with the furm
*r c n be found the wage earner
M the cities—it means a conflict, in which
right will predominate, aud in which the
-vila of class supremacy will down. The
ide cannot be stopped, let it flow on;
let the revolution be at the ballot box
and not at the bayonet’s point.
*
* *
OUR DUTY TO ACT.
The following from the Progressive
Farmer has the right ting: “The mem¬
ber!- of the Alliance all over the State
re practically a uuit for our demands.
Yts, we are a unit for the principles of
reform, but unity of thought aniuuuts to
rotliing without unity of action. There
tore we must act as a unit in getting our
piincphs enacted into law. Without
m.ity we accomplish nothing; with unity
we are invincible. Then in what way
diall we act? By what method of action
-hall we secure these reforms? In short,
in what way should every true reformer
act? B youd any uestion, it is our
duty to follow^ th plau that is the
surest, quickest and best wray to se
>u:e our reforms. Who is to decide
which is the surest, quickest and best
way to win? The majority of those who
favor ref' rra. A majority of the coun¬
ties have a'ready decided that it was best
to go into the primaries and send dele¬
gates to the State Convention May 18th.
Therefore we all should do the same
thing. Let our individual opinion about
which is the best way, be whatever it
may, it is now our duty to go the way
the majority has decided is the best.
We must act in unity, and the only way
we can is to act in every case with the
majority. In all things essential unity.
Yes, let every man go into the primaries;
the battle will be fought there. If you
stay out, you are defeating the cause of
reform.”
***
.TERRY SIMPSON TALKS OF THE ST. LOUIS
In ?Taj?orm.
answer to cbe^-y -'ion, “What are
your general conclusions about the St.
Louis convention?” asked by a reporter
some da\s ago, Hon. Jerry Simpson said :
“It was successful far beyond my expec¬
tations. Considering the various ele¬
ments (here assembled, and the conflict¬
ing interests they represented, one thing
stands out clearly: The desire of labor
to unite was so strong that, every minor
issue- and every man’s hobby was laid
down upon the altar of his country, it
must be obvious to every man, woman
and child that between this and Nov. 4,
the last great battle between capital and
labor, enslavors and enslaved, oppressors
and oppressed, is to be fought. We will
rally such forces to our banner as will
make plutocracy the world over trem¬
ble. Both sides are preparing for the
fray, aud it will be a fight to the death.
Plutocracy is awake to its danger. They
are strengthening tbeir forces by a na¬
tional guard, and asking for appropria¬
tions for additions to the army and navy.
In New York, the seat of plutocratic gov¬
ernment in this country, they leave 80,
000 children out of school for lack of
financial provision, and erect a $ 2 , 000 ,
000 armory. In Chicago a fort, or rather
a castle, stands as a grim threat to the
people, should they ever in desperation
rise against centralized power. The con¬
vention of St. Louis was the first drop of
the coming show er—the gathering of the
masses, the beginning of the organiza¬
tions which will resist and must over¬
throw the reign of the money changers,
who have, by sptcial privileges class
laws, Tobbed aud oppressed the poeple of
this great republic. Face to the front,
boys, and pass it down the line; we are
coming. ”
COTTON REDUCTION.
The Average Decrease in South Caro¬
lina About Twenty-Five Per Cent.
The Charleston News and Courier in
its issue 0 : Wednesday publishes special
reports from every county in South Caro¬
lina in regard to the reduction of the
cotton acreage. The reports show 7 that
in all sections of the state there has been
a considerable reduction iu the acreage
planted in cotton. In some sections it
will not amount to more than 5 or 10 per
cent, and in others it is as high as 50 per
cent, and in s >me instances large farmers
have not planted a single cotton seei.
Taken altogether, it is safe to say that
the average reduction for the state is
about 25 per cent.
A very gratifying feature of this new
farmers’ movement is that the acreage
tnken from cotton is beiDg given to bread
crops. the Reports from every county show
that lar^. st crop of oats, wheat, corn,
etc., are planted that have ever been
known. The acreage in thesi crops, as
c mpared with last year, is considerably
more than doubled. All the farmer,
j seem less determin Similar *d to raise interest more bread has and
’ cotton. beer
m inifesttd in regard to live stock.
THE PUBLIC DEBT.
Figures Showing How Uncle Sam’s
count Stands.
The public deLt .-tatement issued
the treasury department Monday
he total interest-bearing debt to
$585.029 030; total debts of all kinds.
$1,600,170,724. Total cash in the
ury, $797,625,346: net debt,
378; decrease of debt during April,
$778,375; balance in the treasury,
clude g $100,000 000 gold reserve,
578,160. Gold certificates
$175,644 879; silver certificates
ing, $330,499,002; currency
outstanding, $80,500,000; treasury notes
of 1890 (bullion purchase notes), $93-'
223,690.
AN ADDRESS
Promulgated by the Conference of Alli¬
ance Presidents at Birmingham.
MUCH DIFFERENCES OF OPINION AMONG
DELEGATES BET HARMONY PREVAILED
THROUGHOUT THE MEETING.
The „ Farmers , Al.nnce .... convention met
“? v3J?outld,n lute"!’' ; f r EmT»w« pUfu
' TtS u 'P r esonteu. I he meeting, which
Ra * stcret > %VftS called to order b >’ Col. L.
ot Te “’
Considt rable differences of opinion are
fcnown to have developed in the confer
Mice as to the extent to wlneh the orier
ihould be influenced in politics. The
Peop’e’s party idea prevailed by a large
majority, the but the element that oppose!
taking Alliance as an order into pol¬
itics was strong enough to force a com¬
promise. Some of the members pro¬
claimed their right to freedom under the
jenstitution of the order to vote as they
p'eased, and the address given below
formally accords that right. But all
members of the order are urged to vote
for their demands. The proceedings
were harmonious and it isuadirstood the
members go home with a general pur¬
pose to hold the Alliance out of local
ti di5idUaU A, “
»nce pHndpies
The Birmingham Age Herald was fur¬
nished with the following as a correct
statement of the alliance proceedings and
prospects: “The day was spent in re¬
ceiving reports from different states upon
the situation and perfect harmony seems
to prevail, and wi-e conservatism that
will prevent any radical action governs
the entire work. All present express a
determined support of alliance principles
by their c nstituents, and seem to be
disposed to keep the order entirely free
from any partisan estrangements.”
W ODDS OF ADVICE.
Following is the text of the address:
To the Brotherhood of National Far
mers* Alliance and Industrial Union: We,
the presidents and executive officers of
the states of Tennessee, Kentucky, Mis
and Florida, together with the members
ot our national executive committee,
national legislative committee, national
judiciary committee aud President Polk,
huving-been called together in council to
consider the reported peculiar conditions
in the order in the southern states, which
it was believed seriously threatened that
harmony, brotherly love and unity of ac
tion so necessary to the success of our
cause, and success of our order in these
states, after counseling together and
hear,ng detailed reports, rejoice to sav
to vou that we feel greatly encouraged
nnd iosvireA by the spleodid spirit o<
uuity and determined adherence to prm
ciplo which pervades the order in nearly
eve.y one of these states, notwithstand
ing the combined < norts of our enemies
to sow seeds of discord in our ranks,
pending heated political contests, local
and
We therefore feel it our duty as serv
ants of the people we represent, standing
upon the outposts and watchtowers of
this, the greatest political revolution ever
lt nown to the nation, to say to you that
we have entered the crucial period in the
hi«tory of our great reform movement in
w! ich tire greatest caution, earnest de
liberation nnd strict adherence to our
principles, are neeessary to preserve in
tact that organization which stands today
as the sheet anchor and hope of millions
of wealth producers in the great b ittle
for the God-given rights of humanity,
You are congratulated upon the great
harmony and unity of sentiment inreg rd
to the alliance principles which prevails
withiu your borders, and upon the fact
that a careful canvass of the subject at
this meeting has shown that practically
the members of the order in these states
stand squarely upon their demands, with
the avowed determination of holding
devotion to them above that to any uieth
od of acti n, and that today the number
of those who so tniorsed the princip’es
of the alliance is much greater than ever
before.
The sentiment a ! so prevails, strong and
uniform, that this great order as an or
gamzation is the greatest of all modern
forces for the spread of reform educi
tion, and that its work must he perpetu¬
ated and encouraged in this high sphere
entirely free from any partisan entangle¬
ments. The only danger which seems in
auv way io threaten a lack of the fullest
development and prosperity of the order
aie those which attend the disposition of
a few men and papers to publicly criti¬
cise and condemn others for their meth
ods. This is net of sufficient extent to
damage our order, but it mars tfiat per¬
fect unify that should prevail, and al
wa's injures all concerned, and is con¬
trary to the spirit of brotherly love and
forbearance that should prevail. Another
evil which fortunately prevails disnosition only of in
very few localities is the
members 10 seek political office at the
hands of their brethren, forgetting that
principle of alii v ce doctrine which de¬
clares that the office should se^k the man
aud not the man the office. In consid¬
eration of these views as to the situation,
the following rules of action are suggest¬
ed as well calculated to enable the order
to go through the coming < rdeal of fierce
political contest and come out strength¬
ened and purified.
1. Let a spirit of harmony prevail and
let unity of action be the rule. Let none
condemn a brother who stands squarely
by principles of the order < r spe-k in any
way disparagingly or disrespectfully of
him bec-tu-e they may differ as to the
best methods of enforcing our principles.
Grant to every brother honesty of pur
, se
2. Let fealty to the principles of the
order be tbe true and < niy test of mem
bership and let those who value partisan
affiliations more than their alliance obii
gations be informed that their order de
ma ds strict a D d full devotion to its
pr nciples and leaves each to his own
methods, but that method can in no case
cnntr orinri-fif n-d. therefore, all wh
affiliate should accept as supreme the
principles of the order. the obli«
3. Every member who takes
gation always administered to those who
join, is first told as a condition precedent
and upon which all that is to follow is
predicated: “That it shall in no vray in¬
terfere with your political or religious
liberty." Therefore, this order as such,
or any of its hr inches, has no right to
take any partisan, political or sectarian
religious action, We urge upon the
brotherhood of all reform associations
and ah good citizecs who believe as we
do, that the enactment of laws based
up n our demands is for the preservation
of free instit ution s of our government
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and lo rescue the masses from degraded
servitude, that they use all honorable
means to secure the election of men to
sage of such law s.
Finally, brethren, renv mber that de
votion to our principles is only to be cm
phasized aud our influence made effective
by voting for our demands at the ballot
box. We send greeting to the brother
ho< d in the north nnd the great north
wist, and assure them that our hearts
beat in unison with them in their efforts
for industrial freedom, and we will stand
by them in all laudable efforts to redeem
this country from the clutches of organ
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them at the ballot Box Tor the enforce
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btgned by all the members of the con
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* !1A1 DAY WAS n AO OTIFPT VfUlEil,
-
Although Workingmen in Large
hers the
A London cablegram says: The ex
pected and long prepared for labor dem
onstrations wero held Suvday in most
the large cities of ttie c -ntinent and va
rious manufacturing and mining districts.
In many places the authorities had for
bi tden the holding of pr cessions, and
the workingmen observed the holiday by
taking their families to suburban resorts
and passing the day in a quiet manner.
In view of the many outrages perpetrated
by the anarchists during the past
few months, and many threats that have
been made to make the day memor
able for its disorders the authorities in
all continental cities adopted most fitrin
gent pieeautions to prevent or suppress
any outbreak. Every city has its contin
gent of socialists and anarchists, and
May day was the appointed time at, which
they were to show themselves in force
and to^ive proof of their power,
Thus tar advices received show that in
most places the day was passed harmless
ly if not quietly. There were assemblies
of workingmen, where speeches of an
iufl imrnatory character were made; but
the police were generally it on the alert,
and good order, if was not absolutely
preserved, of order was occurred, easily restored when
brioches
May day was observed m London in , a
very quiet manner. A large procession
formed on the Thames embankment and
marched io Hyde Park, where monster
meetings were held. A large crowd of
speakers addressed the crowd, including
Cunningham Graham,the socialist member
of the house of commons, Tom Mann and
Ben Til ett, lab r leaders, and Hepniak,
i Russian nihilist.
D spatches from Pari'", Berlin, Vienn i,
Madrid and Rome say the day was ob
jerved by para ies, etc., but no riotout
demonstrations were mad *.
THROUGH A BRIDGE.
An Express Train Crashes, Wreaking
Death and Disaster.
A disastrous accident occurred Thurs¬
day on the Atcbis >n, Topeka and Kansas
railroad two miles west of Fort Madison,
la. A vestibule train crashed through a
bridge aod seven persons were killed
outright and twenty-three injured. The
engineer and fireman are among the
killed.
The < fficial statement made later at the
J,ou Mark., K iDsas City. Mo, Luthe,
Cornelius, Kirnsville, Mo.; S. E. Berk,
ley, West Point, Mo.; John C. Greens,
Macon, Mo.; one lady and two children,
The train was a through California ex
P re ss which left Topeka at 2:40 o’clock
fhurday afternoon. Near Revere the
:rd in struck a pile trestle bridge which
had been out ol line. The train went
through to the river thirty-six feet below.
The wrecked cars were the engine, ten
der > baggage car, coach, chair car, a
tourist s eeper and Pullman. The dead
»nd injured were taken to Fort Madison.
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look,
Such a gaze of close concentration,
As you'li see on the face of tbe man wh#
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His first d tblisbed communication.
JUDGING FROM APPEARANCES.
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he was paying attention?”
“ Yes. How did you know?”
“ 1 aaw morning on the street
and ^ noticed that he had lost all that
jaunty , air he used to have about him.”
iNew York Press.
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