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Atkenx Banner, Bat.
A BOODLE CAMPAIGN
j.whimpered around that money
,lv licieg used to uurrupt the
15 ‘, t | t „,isl:iuire and defeat the Alli-
1 An eil'irl will be made to buy
jpiiuenee of newspapers and men
1 * M . a „ i-onirol the vote or reprc-
nl i w . s in ilir interest ol an auti»
<"|i'Treasury U. S. Senator. The
„f ihe Farmers’ Alliance
w D( ,w in their death-stiuggle in
(, and if necessary will spend
' mi ,|j 0 n dollars to defeat and break
tiiis organization. They ieal>
e fact that it Governor Gordon
t will give the Alliance
will dare
18
down
,J0 til
is defeat*
c l, ft power that no one
jgl j D eonilmt it. But if Gordon
it means a degrading and
i ing defeat to the farmers
: , 1 s the death-knell of the
usury hill. The eyes of the
uctry are turned on G ior-
ere is a death-grapple now
between the politicians and
llio farmers. The lines are drawn
ou Gordon and Sub-Treasury bill.
Iiuiuuui
Sul,- f
Wll dt* i
gi* 1
«ning 1
-HE RAILROAD commission.
We learn that a bid will be intro-
d,i,h;(I in the next legislature to elect
ii,,. Kail road CimmisBioners by a
popular vote instead of leaving their
i|j|Miinliiicnt to the Governor. This
f jli he ii wise law, and doubless
pain, as there seems to be a popular
uprising; in its favor among the AU
!:;ieemen. The Banner editor has
always advocated this bill, for we be
lieve that the best safeguard
that can possibly be thrown around
the people against to oppressive
powers ol the railroads is make the
Commissioners directly responsible
Hiiie voters instead of the one man.
Tue Governor should have the ap
pointment of as few otlicers as possi
ble, for when you make our public
servants accountable to the people,
they will he more careful in their of
ieial acts. We have no war to make
our present Railroad Commis -
miners—they are all good and true
men -but what security -has the
people of Georgia that at some fu-
re time untrustworthy men may
lot be appointed?
ately discussing the Sub-Treasury
bill, and we find amoog its outspoken
advocates such meu as Judge J. K.
Hines, Ex Gov. James M. Smith,
Ex-Senator Thomas M. Norwood’
Mr. Pat Calhoun and Hon. J. F.
Hanson, who are peers in intellect
abd legal knowledge of any men in
Georgia.
The next stage of this bill will be
its passage by congress. If the
farmers Bland firm in their demands
they are as sure to have the Sub-
Treasury bill made a law as that the
8Ug*w!ll set this evening.
STATE ELECTIONS OF 1890.
What Officers Are to Be Voted for In
the Various States.
INDEPENDENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
The defeated politicians in the
Palmetto State have put au opposi
te ticket in the field to Tiiiman
an l the regular democratic nominees,
but they will buried too deep for res«
traction. Since the farmers have ob
Lined control and exercised tbeir
purer,the old political bosses all over
the county have adopted a rule or
ruin policy, and will try and accom
plish through negro voles ends that
they could not attain in the white
nub. Bui these independents are
counting without their host. The
formers arc the Alliance. They
?'*'e the negro employment, and
dun it comes to voting they will
put in about as many blacklist lots
iathi box as the old town ringsteris,
*’hat these bosses are attempting
a big scale in South Carolina is
thobeing tried in several congress-
Nul districts in Georgia. The
Alliance is uow fighting for their
fights and their existence, and must
•bad together and vote together as
<oe man.
IN BANKS
blE BANNER EDITOR
COUNTY.
At an invitation from bis friends
Hanks county, the editor of this
will address the Alliance at
Ari
P on next Saturday. Col. Winn,
'ta congressional nominee in the9lb
dasirict, and perhaps other speakers,
also he ou hand. We have long
a desire to visit and mingle with
* Jr hanks county friends, but
♦"•nethiag always prevented our ac*
the kind iavatione JLbey have
* al u »- If nothing prevents, how.
tVer ’ will certainly be with them
^Saturday next. Banks has aU
* a }*heen one of the iron-ribbed
Staticcounties of Georgia, and
her
ate noted for their iodus-
*0, thrift
ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT.
GEORGE T. MURRELL. Editor
of cheap sound currency to do the busi
ness of the country on a ca*h_ basis.
That the railroad men meet aud discuss
the advantage to their business of flush
times, made so by such currency in
SHOULD CITIZENS outside the ! abundance. Thenlettlic bankers in. et
in couventiou arid say what changes
the fiscal system of this country they
^ Plctoanl
*Ui>.
and hospitality. We look
anticipations to our
T «E THREE ORDEALS.
An ? new
l f
U r a t je °ple must
1 *** ordeals:
measure of relief or re
undergo
» and abuse.
j' »derati oc .
J ^iMtrvativo action.
e s «ti I'leasury bill has passed
rouoL ,1,. r
^ e “t tirst stage, aud is nowin
Alabama elected state otlicers and leg
islature August 4th; wiil elect eight
members to congress November 4th.
A rkansas elected stale otlicers and leg
islature Sept amber ‘2st; will elect live
congressmen November 4U».
California will elect suite officers,
legislature and six congressmen No
vember 4t.l».
Colorado will elect state officers, leg
islature and one congressman Novem
ber 4: Ii.
Connecticut will elect state officers,
legislature, and four congressmen No
vember 4th.
Delaware wiil elect governor, legislat
ure and one congressman November
4th.
Florida Will elect supremb court jus
tices, comptroller, legislature and two
congressman November 4th.
. Georgia elected state officers and leg
islature October 1st, and voted upon
two proposed amendments to the con
stitution of the state—one extending
the benefits of the state pension to wid
ows of Confederate soldiers, and the
other allowing the reading and refer
ence of bills by titles when introduced;
and will elect ten congressmen Novem
ber 4th.
Idabo elected state officers, legislat
ure and one congressman October 1st.
Iljinoia will elect state treasurer su
perintendent of public instruction, leg
islature and twenty congressmen No
vember 4tli.
Indiana will elect minor state officers
and thirteen congressmen November
4th.
Iowa will elect minor state officers
and eleven congressmen November
4th.
Kansas will elect state officers,legisla
ture, seven congressmen and vote upon
two proposed amendments to the state
constitution November 4th.
Kentucky elected clerk of court of ap
peals and delegates to a convention to
revise the constitution of the state Au
gust 4tli; will elect eleven congressman
November 4th.
Louisiana will elect six congressmen
November 4th.
Maine elected governor, legislature
and four congressmen September 8th.
Maryland will elect six congressmen
November 4th.
Massachusetts will elect state officers,
legislature and twelve congressmen No
vember 4th.
. Michigan will elect', state officers,
legislature and eleven congressmen No
vember 4th.
Minnesota will elect state officers,
legislature aud five congressmen No
vember 4tlu
Mississippi elected delegates to a con
vention to revise the constitution of the
state July 20th; will elect seven - con
gressmen November 4th.
Missouri will elect minor stato offi
cers, legislature and fourteen congress
men November 4th.
Montana will elect legislature and one
congressman November 4th.
Nebraska will elect state
officers, legislature and three
congressmen, and vote upon four
proposed amendments to the state con
stitution November 4th. The amend
ments relate to prohibition and high li
cense, provide for five^upreine judges,
ami Increase the judge’s salaries.
Nevada wiil select state offi- ers, legis
lature, and one congressman Novem
ber 4tb.
New Hampshire will elect governor-
legislature aud two congressmen No,
veinber 4th.
New Jersey voted upoh two proposed
amendments to the state constitution
September 30th. One of these amend
ments cancels the prohibition against
special legislation regulating the inter
nal affairs of towns and counties, and
the otber eliminates the clause in refer
ence to tbe appointment of judges and
the court of common pleas. Will elect
legislature and seven congressmen No
vember 4 th.
New York will elect judge of the
court of appeals, two judges of the su
preme court,' assembly and thirty-four
congressmen November 4th.
North Carolina will elect chief and
associate judge of the supreme conrt,
legislature and .nine congressman No
vember 4th.
North Dakota will elect state officers,
legislature and one congressman No
vember 4th.
Ohio will elect minor state officers
and twenty-one congressmen Novem
ber 4tli- , . ,
Oregon elected state officers, legisla
ture and one congressman June 2-
"Pennsylvania will elect state officers
legislature and twenty-eight congress
men November 4th.
Rhode Island elected state officers and
legislature April 2nd; will elect two
congressmen Nb7«»ber 4th. .
Sooth Carolina wilT*!f»t»taleofficers
legislature and seuen congr6S§0iun^N o-
vctnboi* 4tbt
South Dakota will elect state officers;
legislature and two congressmen No
vember 4th.
Tennessee elected supreme judge Au
gust 7th; will elect governor, legislar
ture and ten congressmen, November
4t Texas will elect state officers, legisla
ture aniTelcven congressmen and v*
upon two proposed amendments to *
constitution of tbe state November 4f"
One of tliese amendments relates
the state tax and the other- authorif®^
4sl:i
l U»is
: and
ago the man who ad-*
tat relie! of our farm-
. * e ,l hatt °f ridicule, and
s ‘ : slapdjr and abuse were
4v the brightest int
calmly and di
the legislature to create a com
to regulate railroad traffic.
Vermont elected state officers, Ie;
tare and two congressmen Septeiu
Virginia will elect ten congr<~'
November 4th. ... *
Washington will elect legislate
one congressman November 4tb.
West Virginia will elect judge of
court of appeals, legislature and
congressmen November 4th. u
Wisconsin will elect state offl g*£
- nine congressmen
ALLIANCE COME TO THE HELP
OF THE ORDER? IF SO. WHY?
■ There has been a very perceptible
improvement in Georgia since the or
ganization of the State Alliance iu the
fall of 1887. This same result had ob-
tained wherever the order has existed
for twelve months. Tlie improvement
has invariably begun with the farmers
and has extended to every branch of
business and every profession. The
fact is universally admitted that the
Alliance organization is tbe source of
Shis advance, and yet there are those
who still oppose tbe order. There are
others who still take neutral ground
neither for nor against. There are
many newspapers yet bitter in their
opposition, and mauy decidedly on the
fence, not knowing on which side to
fall. There area few (chie.ly weekly)
papers that are very outspoken in their
favor. The fact that our daily papers
are published in large cities, gei e ally,
may account for tbeir opposition, and
the fact that our weeklies are published
iu our conutry towns, so nt*ur and so
dependent upon the country people,
may account for the liberal course pur
sued by many of them. It cannot be
that the »veekly press is more liberal,
intelligent os patriotic. It must be the
environment. Again, the oppositou
front the individuals is chiefly confined
to towns and cities. Now, why this
state of-facts?
Is it possible that our great daily pa
pers are not in sympathy with the farm
ers? They proclaim themselves decid-
ly so. Is it possible that our wholesale
and retail merchants are opposed to our
people and their efforts to better their
condition? They would become indig
nant if the charge should be piaced at
tbeir doors. Is it possible that our law
yers and insurance men, our railroad
men and others so dependent on the
producers and toilers, have no fellow
feeling for those that sustain them, and
wdio are struggling foi existence under
sueii adverse circumstances.
This charge would, if made, be repell
ed as untrue. Still the ouposition ex
ists, bitter and determined, and that iu
tlie face of avowed sympathy and friend
ship from all these classes.'
How caii it be explained? Will tbe
newspapers, merchants, lawyers, rail
road men and others allow Alliancemen
to draw their own conclusions as to the
cause of this opposition ? If so, rest
assured of one thing, that the conclu
sion will not be very complimentary.
Would it not be better for the* newspa
pers to hold a convention and take into
consideration the principles and objects
and methods of the Alliance order, aud
if correct approve and sustain them -if
wrong, point out the wrong and give
the farmer- a chance to correct the er
rors, and thus enable us to go hand in
hand, building up this grpac state and
country. Would it not be the better
part of wisdom for our merchants bank
ers and railroad men and others, that
are fighting us, to hold similar conven
tions, approve or designate our mistakes
and thus enable us to place ourselves ou
platform upon which we can all stand,
and from winch we could all operate.
The Alliance people of Georgia have
constantly aud persistently declared
their intention to do no harm to auy
class. Come now and let us reason to
gether, and like men either point out
our errors and give us a chance to cor
rect them, or if you find us doing more
ood than harm bid us God speed at
east.
Be sure of one thing, that the opposi
tion as now exhibited and carried on,
will alienate our people from you as a
class, and instead, strife and loss to both
sides impede the development of the
oountry, and bring into the settlement
between us, parties and methods to be
deplored. Let us assure those on the
outside that this reform movement can
not be biokcn, it may be mended or bet
tered by your help. It cannot be turn
ed backward, the highway in front may
be smoothed by your assistance. Do
not be deceived, ‘revolutions never go
backward. If allowed to go on without
your help, the result may not be so good
to tlie farmers as they might be—but
the evils entailed, will be there to stay,
and those evils will convince you when
too late of the folly of your present
course. Fall in, my friends„and give us
the advantage of your wisdom and sym
pathy, help us to eliminate the evil, if
any, and march on with us in our efforts
to improve the masses—“morally, so
cially, int llectually and financially.'
is there nothing to stimulate and en
courage you to act. Look to the im
proved condition of the farmers in Geor
gia for two years. Look to the better
collections by tlie merchants. Look to
the cheapening of the necessities of life.
Look to the wonderful increase of taxa
ble property this year over last. Look
to the contented and industrious labor
in Georgia, on the fields and in our
simps. Look at the action of our cotton
producers during the month of Septem
ber when financial disaster was staring
you in the face. The farmers come for
ward and notwithstanding the decline of
cottou of over two cents per pound, they
hurried the cotton to the market at a
sacrifice and relieved the mouey strin
gency when they could have held back
every bale of cotton until the 15th of
October when their debts would have
been due, and bankrupted nine-tenths
of tbe merchants in Georgia. How
long can you safely rely upon such re
lief if you continue to oppose and light
them. It is a risky business for
you. This kind of sympathy and aid on
tbeir pare must not be met with the in
difference and antagonism now exhibit
ed or their patience may turn to re
venge. We thank tbe liberal, manly,
sympathetic newspapers in Georgia that
have come to our assistance, and we
know each and every one of them.
Wo thank every lawyer, merchant,
railroad man, banker or business man in
Georgia that has turned a hand or spo
ken a word in our behalf and time wiil
demonstrate our gratitude to such but
what shall we say to those and ortliose
who delight to persecute and binder our
efforts? We do not ta-tejou. We do
not wish you evil. We do uot intend
to hinder your estate or mar your sue
cess. But we beg you to ponder well
your course and remember that 100,000
brave men cannot tod will not be in
timidated. We beg you to refresh your
minds by reading the history of all re
forms, genuine and needed; when once
well under way, no power on earth has
or ever will crush, all you can do is to
retard.
We suggest in good faith that the
lawyers meet in convention in Atlanta
and take into consideration the
would suggest for the good of the peo
ple.
In a word, let us have some honest
concert of action for the good of all. It
must come. It will come to some,with
out this effort aud those that do not
share in the good may have no one to
blame but themselves. And last but
not least by any means, let those that
have been shaping legislation for these
twenty years meet in convention, not
as partisans, but as citizens and formu
late and give to the public the reasons
for such legislation a i now nitiict, de
press and curse this should be prosper
ous and happy country.—Alliance Far
mer.
AND STILL
ANOTHER.
MADISON COUNTY INSTRUCTS
AGAINST CORDON.
Resolutions Passed by the Alliance
of That County.
legislature and i
Gla,
state officers,
Sec
And still they fall in line!
And the Governor’s chances grow
less every day.
Tlie Alliance of Madison county in
struct against him, as will be seen by
thefollowing
RESOLUTIONS 2
Whereas, Our beloved governor,
John B. Gordon is an avowed candidate
lor U nited States Senator; and whereas,
he has seen proper to publicly announce
his • ppositiou to our Sub-Treasury bill,
iherelore be it resolved by Madisou
County Farmers’ Alliance, that our sen
ator aud representative elect are hereby
requested not to vote for said John B.
Gordon asUuited States Senator, or any
other man who is not in sympathy with
said Sub-Treasury bill or something
similar.
Resolved, further, That tlie secretary
furnish our senator and Representative
with a copy of these resolutions, also
the press with a copy for publication.
I. J. Meadows.
Above unanimously adopted by C'oun-
Alliauce.
We pay cash for second hand oat and
corn bags. Elevator Mills Co., at N. E.
R. R. Depot.
Happening to Our Congressman—A
’Bird Seexs his Proteotion.
Mr. Earl Overby, the genial aud pop
ular sheriff of Oaonee couaty, was in the
city yesterday,.and among other things
told the following on Congressman Carl
ton : **J ust aftei the Congressman had
succeeded in having the game law pass
ed, before Clarke was cut off from Oco
nee, he whs out at my* iiduse, in W»t-
kinsville. It was the night sifter the
law was made*and we were sitting in a
room discussing the matter. Ot a sud
den we heard tne whiz of a eovev of
turds frightened by suiue one from their
nest, and one, blinded hy the light, en
tered the open window and perched on
Mr. Carlton’s chair.
‘Mr. Carlton,’ said a lady present,
‘That bird kno.vs ol your kindness in
working for the game law, and now
seeks your protection.’
tr rhu (Innt
A PECULIAR OCCURRENCE.
PUTTING ARSENIC
MEAL.
Tenderly, the Congressman picked
up tbe little creiture, and carryiug it
to the window, let it tly away. The
hird allowed this to be done without a
flutter, and seemed to know that Mr.
Carlton was helping it out of trouble.
Happening as it did the night of tbe pas
sage of the game law, it was v»yy pecul
iar, aud the coincidence impressed all
of us.”
Call at Stern & Dorsey’s and see all
the latest stvles in furniture.
A BAD ACCIDENT.
Mr. Ed. Couch Badly Injured at the
Paper Mills.
There was a serious accident out at
the paper mills Friday, and a young
man named Couch was badly inju e I,
It seems that the hands were engaged
in removing some bales of rags from one
room to another, aiftl Mr. Coucli was
standing near the door separating the
two. These bales were brought to the
door, and then thrown otl' .the trucks
with great force. As'one of these was
thrown, Mr. Couch stepped in the way,
and Was struck with all the force of the
bale. He was thrown a distance some
12 feet, 1 ailing on his head and knock-
g him senseless.
It was a terrible li^k, and a wonder
that he was not killed outright. As it
is he is in a bad fix, and tlie latest news
from him yesterday was that he bad not
spoken a word.
1 . , . ..
Church Notice.
Missionary mass meeting, Bogg’s
Chapel, Athens Circuit, Saturday, Oc
tober, linh.
PROGRAM.
11 a. m.—Preaching by pastor.
1 p. m—Talk to young people by
,\:ias Mattie Grady, Superintendent Ju
venile Missiouary Work of North Geor
gia Conference.
2 p. m.-^Preaching by Rev. W. D.
Anderson.
Dinner will be served on the grounds.
Tbe public cordially invited.
I. M. Blanton, Pastor.
Oct. 10,1890.
FOUR MASKED MEN
Clayton Loyd a Second Hawes—His
Wife and Five Children Dead-Tbe
Murderer Lodged In Jail—He' Want
ed to Marry Another Vvoma—Threats
of Lynching.
Special by NewsT leg-run Association.
Ozark, Ala., Oct 11.—The people of
this vicinity were startled this morning
by tbe information that Clayton Loyd,
a farmer about thirty-five years of age,
poisoned last night, with rough on rats,
bis wife and children.
Tbe poison was placed in the meal and
when dinner was cooked the little chil
dren partook of it, three of them failing
dea 1 at the table.
Mrs. Loyd was taken deathly sick,
and iu a few hours tlie baby, a wee lit
tle thing, breathed its last this morning.
Loyd bears a very unsavory reputa-
tisn and lias broken frum jail several
times for various offenses.
The cause.of tbe killing, it seems is
another dick hawks affair.
He wished to Wed a beautiful young
lady in Texas, where he has been for
some time, and to accomplish this end
l>e secretly slipped back in the dead
hours of the night and forever ended
the life of lus wife and loving little
children.
After the fiendish deed was commit
ted be took the train and
They Dare Too Mach, and Daring Lose
All —The Army of the Disappointed
. Who Huvo Loft tha Country for the
City—Room at the Top.
The stage hero in the conventional
drama has n way of getting on in life
that excites my enthusiastic admiration.
His only parallels in rail life are those
uncommonly good young won celebrated
by E. P. Roe. and Macaulay's remark
able Scotchman, who “if he enlisted be
came a sergeant: if he was taken into a
ware house os porter be soon became
foreman.'* and so on
All onr popular writers -would seem to
be in a conspiracy to foster this illusion.
The lad who leaves the country for the
village or the village for the city
LEFT FOR PARTS UNKNOWN.
The people here and in Newton, the
scene of the crime, are terribly excited.
VERDICT OF THE COBONKR’S JURY.
The jury impanuelled rendered the
following verdict:
We, the jury, find upon examination
that the deceased family came to their
death by poison administered by the
bands 01 one Clayton Loyd.
As before stated, Loyd is a villian of
the deepest dye, and his family have
long dreaded him. He has, on several
occasions made threats to tbe effect that
be would
Hold up a Train In Missouri.
Special by News Telegram Association.
Fort Sq/rr, Kansas, Oct. 11.—At
midnight last night the Missiouri, Kan<
sas and Texas passenger train was rob
bed by four masked men near Schell
City, Mo., at the Osage riyer water
tank.
As tbe train was slowing np to take
water the engine was mounted from
each side by tbe masked robbers, who
compelled the engineer to dismount and
knock at tbe express door for admit
tance. ,
The messenger threw out the money
packages. It was not a heavy money
train. The robbers were evidently no
vices. The procedure was very similar
to tbe recent work at Otterville.
KILL THE WHOLE TURNOUT,
and but too well fulfilled bis threats
la t night.
Loyd was captured last night at Don-
alsville, Ga., a little station on the Ala
bama Midland. He will arrive here to
to-day, and threats are made that he
will be lynched.
Your reporter has just interviewed
Loyd, the five-times murderer. He
denies everything, and says he left
home at 9:10 o’clock on last Fri
day morning, and bis family were
all in good health. The names of the
children are, Cora Lee, aged 10, Lam
bert, aged 7, Dick, aged 5, and Emory
age.J, 2.
He is in Ozark jail under guard. He
has a bad face, and it is easy to see dev
ilment in his eye. He is unquestiona
bly guilty.
We pay cash for second hand oat and
c >rn bags. Elevator Mills Co., at N. E.
K. R. Depot.
IT DIDN’T PAN OUT.
THE
JEFFERSONIAN
TION
CONVEN-
Conslsted of Eleven Citizens of Doug
las—They Looked Awful Lonesome
And Adjourned to Prepare Resolu
tions—The Democratic Nominee
Must be Supported.
Special by News Telegram Association.
Atlanta, Oct. 11.—The Jeffersonian
convention, which met in Atlanta to
day, was not what might have been
called a success.
it was composed of eleven gentlemen
from Douglasville and a few visitors
from Atlanta.
On motion of Mr. Camp, Mr. W. A.
James was elected chairman tod C. O.
Peavy was elected secretary.
THE CHAIRMAN'S TALK.
The gentlemen were evidently disap
pointed, as they saw that tbeir appeals
to tbe other counties bad met with no
response
Upon taking the chair, Mr. James
stated that the meeting had been called
to nominate a candidate against Colonel
Livingston, but as none of the counties
had responded to tbe call of Douglas,
there was nothing to be done except to
issue an address to the voters, stating
tbe principles on which they stood.
DREAMED OF FLOWING THE DEEP.
free coarse to run and be glorified. He
is sore to prove involnablcrto his employ
ers, and to rise rapidly through all the
grades from junior clerk to junior part
ner, from ronstaboiit to special traveling
agent with big salary, liberal “allow
ances,” and a swell turn out on the
country roads, with silk hat and a shirt
that buttons at tbe back.
Now, what becomes of all the other
fellows? They must be fifty times ns
numerous; for any observant traveler
can see that more than fifty as
many youths are aiming for these nice
places as the business of the country
will sustain in them. Almost every,
smart country boy wants to locate in
tbe village or small city; almost every
clerk iu the latter longs for the. large
city. Every day’s trains from New
England bring scores of. ambitious lads
to New York city; every boat down the
Hudson brings other scores; with the
drove of stock from tbe west comes al
ways at least one employe who wants to
stay, and every coasting schooner that
lands at New York loses one of its
crew—a contribution to the great army
of stragglers. Every day 1 see scores of
new ones in the park: every night, that 1
am abroad 1 see them thick about cheap
hotels. Where is the Samuel Smiles
who wrote of those who did not sno-
ceed? Who will relate their sorrows?
Why, 1 will. Yes. *in Horace and
Minerva's spite’* I will sing tbe epio of
the disappointed.
Time was when the popular stories
dealt largely with seafaring lifei the
farmer's boy read them on rainy days
and in “nooning hours,” and while rest
ing in tbe wood or field he dreamed of
plowing the briny deep, it was easier—
tbe dream—than plowing corn at any
late, and when be climbed the haystack
be sighed for other climes. Rarely, very
rarely, was that dream translated into
action, and not one time iu fifty did the
experience continue beyond the first
voyage. The heaving deck brought the
heaving stomach, and “A Lif« on the
Ocean Wave” he found could be sung
with far more jollity on dry land, while
no foothold for tbe “Kailor’s Hornpipe”
was so sure as the old bam floor. To
succeed on the sea one must be bred to
the sea—the exceptions may be coanted
on the fingers of one hand.
How the country urchin’s heart swells
at his first circus, and how be envies
tbe nice little boys who turn such pretty
somersaults in such elegantly spangled
tights! If a novel reader, his next ambi
tion may be to “shoot injnns” or be a
cowboy, to arrive just at the right time,
to “dash madly through the prairie fire”
and rescue the emigrant maiden from the
“redskins." (N. B.—The American In
dian. in his fall-blooded state, has
no natural red in bis countenance.)
And tbe practical part of this dream
is often realized, for there are many
cowboys. Their average life as cow
boys is three years. Not that they
all die, though many do. as the life is
one of frightful exposure, but they wear
out and quit in sickness or disgust F
the most part it is a life of insupportable
loneliness: not one young man in fifty
can endure it five years.
But what of tbe many who seek the
great city? Ah. the great city! The
cruel, treacherous, voluptuous city—how
It is actually worth the time spent to
seethe elegant line of furniture at
Stern & Dorsey’s.
Foul Play Suspected.
Special by News Telezram lenociMion
Brunswick, Ga., Oct. 11.—The hor e
and buggy, hat and other articles be
longing to O. H. Hopkins, a New Home
sewing machine agent, were found, in
the marsh at Bryant’s landing yester
day . Sheriff' Bcrrie and others went at
once to search (or the missing man. No
trace of him had been discovered at the
last report and foul play is suspected.
in other cities) a large majority eimpiy
pass on. They remain from three weeks
to three months, spend all their money
and all they can Borrow, and then pass
on. With rare exceptions they are
ashamed to retnm to their native places, -
and so they go elsewhere, generally to
the westward, according to the natural
instinct of the Aryan. Of the minority
which remains a year or two, a very
large majority finally pass on. They
may be found driving teams <n the ooal
mines of Pennsylvania or farther west.
Working as deck hands on steamboats, >
common laborers about western towns,
or, very rarely, as substantial farmers
itfthewtet
Many, too many, who aim to be clerks >
or actors or journalists hang about bar
rooms and do a little work now and then .
—and wait and wait and wait till their
market is gone. Of all professions none
require steadiness and reliability more .
than tbe stage and journalism. Many a
really able- writer is sure of poverty be- ’
cause a manager cannot rely upon him. '
He does splendid work for a while, but
;|ust when the pressure is greatest he
Ihfls to report Then he is done for.
And it is astonishing how soon these
stage managers and managing editors
do iearu to reooguiz.- such a man at
sight They may never have seen or
heard of him, bat to their keen eyes he
might us well have “unreliable” stamped
all over him in ten line pica.
Perhaps 5 per cent of all the seekers
remain in the city. Of these one may
make a great success, and one or two on
average success. The others must com
pete with the native lads of the city, of
whom there are more than enough, and
all sink Into inferior positions to stay.
And yet Now York is a good place—for
one who has a specialty. Let him be
master of some one thing, oven though
it be the violin or banjo, and there is A
place for him. But he must be* thor
oughly the master of it For mediocrity
in all lines New York is the best place in
America to si;iy away from.
Recently I crossed that little scallop
of green which is dignified with the title
of “CityHallpark^becauae*it lies be
tween city hall and the postoffloe, Broad
way and Park row. About it there is a
faint semblance of rural life. It was early
forenoon, yet every bench was fulL
Every third or fourth man was asleep;
and ou the face and hands of at least a
thirdof the men there 1 noted the unmis
takable evidences that they were re
cently from the country.
The authorities tell me that there are
never lees than 60.000 able bodied; will
ing, unemployed men in New York.
These are the disappointed. Of women
the surplus is simply frightful, for there
are 80,000 more women than men in
New York, according to the last es
timate. Of the eastern people who go
soon,
questions in the Georgia Alliance plat- w e say positively we have the largest
lorm and report thereon, lae rner- selection of furniture carried by any
chanr* meet in convention and discuss in the world,
the advantage to them of a sufficiency Stern & Dokbey.
A Clever Woman.
A clever woman is one who look-
eth well after th - * wavs of her own
household and one who undertakes
nothing that she does not understand.
A clevCRjvoman is one who always
makes the xbest of any sitnation. A
clever woman is the woman we all
should have far our guide, conn sell or
and friend. A clever wonfim 1- the wo
man that wilt speak a kind word for
Skiff, the jeweler, and retonly give him
her patronage, hut solicit others to
do so
rescuing the emigrant maiden.
it does sack them in! How it devours
the freshness of country youth! How
like the fabled maelstrom does it swal
low tbe unwary and cast them upon
distant shores, mangled out of all sem
blance to the original type! Why
there no American Hogarth to picture
the sorrows and trials of the apprentice
and desk in New York or other cities
no Juvenal to lash their follies; no John-
EVERY BENCH WAS FULL.
west the proportion of tha successful is
greater, of course, because the rapidly
growing west honors the drafts made
m it. Ho who can get a fairly good
ce and hold on is reasonably sore of a
tide that will float him high. Character
of course tells in the west as every
where else, but the exceptions are more
numerous there. As the life that now
is may be characterized as a mlxad game
of chance and skill, so the section in
which chance is the more a factor is the
field for the more daring. I have in my
mind’s eye one peculiarly brilliant in
stance of success in spite of character,
bat it is not to be taken as a model.
He was, when I first knew him in In
diana, a Methodist exhorter, and thought
to be on the road to the regular minis
try: but he “backslid” and joined the
a , ran for the legislature and
beaten, became a “Befonn-
" was defeated again, went to Mis
souri and kept a railroad Mloon, ran off
with another man’s wife 'and went to
the mining regions. Thera begot the
option of a wildcat mine and sold it to
some confiding Englishmen for $100,000,
swindled his‘‘pals" out 61 most of the
“swag,” bought a county and went to
the territorial legislature. There he
took high ground in favor of •‘retrench
ment and reform,’' and sold'hia vote
influence to a railroad company, worked
through the legislature an act of incor
poration for a concern in which he was
a silent partner, then sold out his part
ners and everybody else, and the last 1
heard of him be was a rich and influen
tial citizen, the owner of thirteen good
barroom sites, tbe dictator of politics in
his district and the biggest scoundrel in
the new state, J. EL Rmnx
A Fanny Typographical Error.
The people of San Francisco are laugh
ing over a compositor’s blunder which,
some of them say, bringB the statement
nearer the troth than the original copy.
The printer, in setting np a list of per
sons whose claims against the city had
been allowed by the hoard of supervis
ors. substituted a k for an 1, and pref
aced tbe list with the assertion that “the
following bilks were Ordered paid."
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Ex-Senator George W. Jones, of Iowa,
is a well preserved and jaunty man of
nearly 90 years. -Hi* head 1b covered
with bunches of wavy, white curls, and X
bia Vqnjjyke beard tod mnstachios are
white and curly. But his figure is still
light, sinewy and graceful. He lives in X I
Dubuque. La.
soii to give new lessons on the
of Human Wishes?”
Of nil the young seekers
A Slean Mas.
The 10 h
thin man, who, after ho has been
ed just as closely as it is possiblo for Mm
to be squeezed, takes keen pleasure in
im-