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OFFICIAL OflGAN ~ op — franiclin cojunty. Voil III. NO. m “Langh-'a'Eitfic Bit.” Here 's a taotto’-ju'st your fit .- “Laugh atfWIe'Mt.” ' • When you tbvok'ymi 're trouble hit.i “Laugh a'little blt.V : Look Misfortune. in the face, • • w. Brave tbe beldam’s ,rude grimace; .. Ten to one't will yield its place If you have the grit and wjt • ,rust to laugh a little bit.' ‘ii ■ Keep your face with sunshine lit;-- “Laugh a little bit.” Gloomy shadows off will Hit' If you have tbe wit and grit Just to lau^b a little'bit. Cherish thft as‘sacred writ:— r. i ■. “Laugh a lintte bit." “Laugh Keep it with.yPii, little ht.” sample it;— a v Little ills yifll sure Mttdc -yipjij ' .■ Fortune iffay not sit beside you. Men may liioek nnd Fame deride y#u, But you ’ll mind them not fc-wbif It you laugh a.little-bite- - . . . t — [J. Edniuod" V.-iieoky in-St.-'Niehoias. - max’,- . ,, THE EDITOR’S WOOING. nr herbs .jfpittnEST• giIaves. The editor .'had ' lig Wed. his '.'cigar just as the - level- light-' glimmering through his by- no-means - immaculate “sanctum” wiiido-iySy Jiidrcatcd that tho glorious orb of day, somewhat obscured in fag. and matropAliUiu smoke,was about to-disappear behind, not exactly the . western hills,-, but what caine to ’f JiKsaftie lliing iu a city,. the western roofs" and chimney 'tops.' Kail Rubens, tlie editor* of the weekly Shiner, was a tail, bright look- ing man of thirty yqars, one of those individuals whose very face.’and‘fpat- ures indicate that they ale born to- conquer destiny. lie had been, veryf successful tlu-ojiglf life,[but it yyas be- cause he Had dcmauilcd' success a courageous •pc'iwisteiiey’-'tfmt'.would notbc careless, wavy locks, drooping Tow upon his forelteatF,' ami dark-brown eyes, verging upon,black, lie „was not handsome, ybt- 'ihb ’ eye' witli pleasure upon his" face, and. in his. light edtiorial coat, spniewhat. worn at tlie elbows and shiny at the seams, and the velvet cap, -fasseled 'aild braided with, gold, he looked evqry- inch tlie chivalrous and frank-liearlQd American. Or, we might phrase it “gentleman,” did we not secretly be¬ lieve that thc former JiJ lo is far tlie nobler and more coiny>fchetistve of the two. C ’ • •• -' . As we said before, Air. Rubens was just drawing the first-inhalation of his Havana, when the dbpr. opened softly, and a beautiful young lady rns+led in; a young lady ' wfiojn lie bad met a score of times itr* fbe gas-lighted drawing-rooms of “sbeiety,” :wliosc beauty lie had worshipped-afar off', and whom lie had nucousciously as- associated iu his mind with diamonds, pearly silks and tulle draperies, looped up with hot-bousc flowers. He started up, coloring, and -thrust¬ ing his weed. Joebind a pile of, “‘ency¬ clopedias.” ' ;. : “Miss Ainslie!” ’ “Am I interrupting 'you, Mr.. Ru¬ bens?” she asked, softly.' ; “ “Interrupting me? Not in tbe-lcast in the world; iti f ict, I feel very much honored by — by fy please ' take a chair.” I Aud Karl tipped a iteap of yet 1111 - . scissored newspapers oft the nearest chair and drew it eagerly forward. Blanche Ainslie .sat ,’d.own, her paie- bluo silk dress' ' subsiding round her like the billows of a'-Sapphire sea.' Blanche Ainslie was very handsome,' witli azure eyes, and bright, chestnut-, brown hair, while lier complexion, although ratlior pislc,* was clear'as ivory, and her feaiiu es-. w'ere-ms ■ deli¬ cate as if she bad been’a Greek girl iu the days of olcljPrax^feies.' While Karl uricoiiecioiisly ' noted these things jn brs mind bo was mar¬ veling inwardly what lucky had procured- him this visit. Did she mean to invite h ; m - to- cone of Ahe soirees of iicr nuclei '-UieV. rich, old itroker, or was sbme'sfirpi'jso’.party.oai the lapis, too'Bxclusiv'o'TMr *thV diuary medium -of -c;r«ls' dr paper? For Jlr. Rubetis rather prided bimself upon the entree lie was ginning to gain within the enchanted portals of New oik-society. Almost at the same moment - Blanehe looked up. . 1 “1 on arc wondering what brings me here,” she Said, balf-smiling. the it opportunity,” Whatever it was, Karl X on answered, but ^imnk with prompt gallautry, although lip could feel tbe tell-tale Blobd rising ’ to his Oeek. “And I may as Kell tell-: you the whole truth atxofice,!’ said Waiiclie, her voice faltering sii»liliiy 3 «n'd' (WO- red spots glowing upon; “My Uncle George “nil we are going bc.yep'-pooy. « “i’ailetU” echoed-Ksi j.-^Smcil/.T.it. eaiinot be possible—-allqjst itF*' that is I Lad not heard of . • 4* THE ENTER PRISE § --,--T.--•- - ‘T.ut it is truo, neyerlbelcs^,” Ain a lie said; "''and all the world will know oi it but too soon. And Mr. Rpbcns,” she'added in a Id wet* "and' ,'jnoro- IresilYling vtMee, "I in’xf&i' VfD something for my own support—citiutr teach, sew, play companion to an in¬ valid lady; or cam my 1 living’iiwsomS way not unbefitting a gentleman!*, daughter; and I have concluded to try niutnvrite foi;,the papers.” ‘'-Indeed-!’.’ said Carl, not, knowing • what el so to say. ( '\Wj 4 you. give me a chance in the columns of the Shiner?” she asked, With a very evident' effort. “I lie-. Hove I coufiV Write as good stories as of those that ’ ’’ publish ainl‘ some you pay for."' .' H Mrr-Rubens ivYs Sb'fcly pnizled what to say. How could lie loll this'pretty creature-sitting there before him,' in halo-of her yo ith-aud.- beauty and Tfigli.social position, that-slic'could tip jitbro" ,hopp. to succeed as a • sketch writer than a man could expect to build a houso or construct a steam engine -without an hour of practice or "experience ? Had slic been a shabby, Spectacled old liidy','or a middle-aged female-with cotton gloves “and high cheekbone's,' it would lmvff bcelt easy enough. As it was';- her blita-'i^fes,- Bhiuling wistfully into his, sefrtu&d 1 -to paralyze the very nerves of- his tongue. • ‘ .,«j i mve got a little story here,’? weu t ou Blanche, producing a noatlv folded packet, ‘‘which I have worked !‘-IsSrU upon, and—if you would 'khidl’y look at it, and give me your on'pwjitdicod opinion’-^-”, ^ “Certainly,” said Karl, recovering ][f 3 self-possession, and bowing as he " to ’oic" (lie packet. ’ > • • . ; <‘<'jq ici . e arc 60 me verses, too,” said -Biauche, rcddeniiig, “and a-little - es- two, written as spicily as po's- gi, a j[ , j C ome tomorrow to get your opiuipn?” .. “By up means,” said.-Mr. Rubens, politely. “I wili not.trouble you to come down to this unfashionable lo¬ cality. If you will allow me to call and see you——” “I .shall be so much obliged!”-said Miss Ain die, eagerly; aiid Karl knew iliat she meant it. - - ; “ Blanche Ainslie went awnv, leaving an intangible little •scent-'of attar of roses belnudRier—and the s»n dipped ' down beliid J^j;himn«y tops, aud the sanctum, becijine .dark and gloomy mil at oiicq. ,, . . . . isU Karl Rubens “How pretty she thpliglit; “but, pshaw! ^the idea o hqf'.i'tvTiiing for tlie papers! Poor child-, how little idea she' has of the^ -life-that lies before he!*. IIo\v eVhi, I will take the • papers to> Di'S nud zec. what she says-aboutVMn. '* ’ Miss Diana.-.Rubens- was- h . ihiiided yoiuvgdady, .of a certain-age, who read,Carlyle,. trausialed-TIcbrew, kept house l’qr her brother, and did nearly as much of tho. “heavy work” of tlie. Weekly Shiner as did the editor himself. . ■ .... / “FidUlestic'ksi” . Diaiia, said Miss as .her brother, over’ his evening cup’of tea, tossed : tlio manuscripts" to'ward her, .and related firs- sfory. ’-“TAItle Blanche Ainslie could • n<v •' thoro'write- for tjj'o. paper than any But;every woman thin ks-islie’s a bai '11 authoress, and iTothllig but personal experience will gl^ud the.', idetj. out bf them!” read tbo ’ peatly. Then Miss Dina written pages one by one. . “Scented will) i v oso,” said slie,' scornfully. “Stuff aud nonsense !” ■ ,' “Well?” said Kart, at last; lboking up- from his'-owii* writing, as Miss Ufinna laid, tho packet down, witli a loud. “Hem!’-’ -ufiiich • sigmlicd the contplfeiiou of-heilask. ' • “Fiddlesticks!’• was the brief-yet sigiiificant reply. •• : • • - Karbrubbed bis.noso with the end of hUpen-stick, evidently a idtle | ' appointed. . . ’ CY^. think Uieyjon’t do?” said —/ ‘•Of cottise Giev' uie> Xvon’t , ” said" Miss' ■“iw is ^ -gius • •■i fiirriii-iiio t uv pf noiVadavs? It- she- o- bail 6.9 nt me a ew.gft? *. .repines .. . takTn°°out la hd Wcw ; ^iit an im^ssible" ° end luve.s-oiy wi i_ tl 10 e .* 1 pro oil stilts *• mU- •., j«d .. h.m« mm_ i'shaw- “Poor cn 1 ^. Sli ai “ l Karl v ‘ ’ ' :. . , , - 4'^ “ peat 1 . 0 m Sion. she was so suie ^ . .. ; _ “They a ways aie. 8al ‘ ‘ ' - at Karl his st.oiig-.n...aeJ Meat b.d _ he ^ te- •memberei, ^ -Statsc*, *■* ■ - I..’.. R'.itrteho Ain ... «"’• “ soundly . - ._______ of e ... help thmkjng t fee 1 suddenly idducet o * BPyeJ'iS' , wm.hh to nlier Equal Rights to all, Special Privileges to None. FRANKLIN CO.. GA„ KKIPA V. JULY . 1.1892. last he.fell-asleep, it Was'tft dro’iim of bluo eyes,-aud ehosliftlf hair “braided with shifting lights of gold. Karl had always admired the broker's pretty.-niece - from a respect- fid distance.. Now it seemed as if aho wore fniicrand more attractive than ever.- In fact our editor, although ho -was hot fully aware of it himself, was;-ho-vering dangerously near the magic ground of love. Me-called at Mrs. Ainslie’s tlie next evening witli, the condemned' thantt- ,scripts in lits pocket, ami I do believe had he not stood in righteous fear of his strong-minded - sister lilana, lie Would havo told Miss .Aiiljslio that her productions were “accepted,” and secretly burned them in tho sanctum tire. As it was, it was too late any such sly system of double deal¬ ■ ing, ■ Blanche was at home, sitting among the splendor that was to be hoys so brief.a time now, and iter bright, up¬ ward look, as lie entered, went to his very heart. ... “I fceMikc Crookback" Richard,” lie thought, “going (b murder the inno¬ cent little princes in tfio Tower.” s.Trij And wlitm lie told her, as gently aS he could, that tlio stories and poetry would not pu&s mrtstcr, site burst into tears? Mr. Rubens could not endure those bright .sparkling drops. “Blanche!” lie faltered, “don’t.cry. Dear Blanche, it is not worth it!” And.before they parted tint , even¬ ing, Blanche AiusVie had half prom¬ ised to consider the possibility of accepting the /di'tor’s'loVe, since tlie editor could not-'accept' hev cOnt'ribu- 'tidns. j 1 ;. ■ ".“Tho-Mc# of supporting yOurself is .very ridiculous,” said liui'l. “lt’-s a great deal better to lot me support you;” .. And so Blanche Aiiislio became an editor’s wife, and the happiest of little matrons, and to this day Karl keeps the little packet that was “respectfully declined.”—[The Weekly. Cause of Ygriegation of Leaves. The variegated color of leaves, as in some kipds of geraniums and. the. coleus, is believed to be due to, some kind of disease or defective growth. This variegation is called sporting, and is not propagated by seeds, but only by cutfings'of the plant.' [ft tho case mentioned, in whiclFa variegated gerauium, cut 1 back to the ground, - throws up a number of-new stems, of whiuk some.bear green leaves aud the 0illtei . ? w .i lite 0 „ cs , thc..spostipg. takes ^aiieibcr form, and ns those stems . all p.roceed.from^buds g^^of in tlie main stem, ilie buds are evidently stronger than'tbe.oth^rs, but why they should exactly alternate it is difficult even to suggest. It may be possible, however, that the plant so severely cutback lias •made a natural effort to survive tlie iojuty and has produced a more vig- -or-ous growth from some of the buds, and these mage- vigorous stems bear the green leaves. There are often cases analogous to this which go to show that plants possess Hie' same power as anima's to make an unusual effort exist under " unfavor- to able circumstances, lin'd this seems to bean instance of this cla-s.'. Tlie green ’stems are tlie larger because .they avb tlie strongest and tins is also (he reason why’they arc green.- A curium allied to rliis occurred iu tho writer’s experience JaloJy. A potato -which had a pretty purple sKipcd blossom, but which had never bccn.kuowii to bear a sect] ball, had _a b’.ooin cut for a bouquet and'afterwhrd was set in tho ground in thi ? 1 gitfdcn'. ft fook' root «/d made n Weff-WlNmd -Iftre- a-'small po- of tato at the root. was a case . ua - m jf C ’ g effort to survive and pcrpeW- iate the plant under unusually depress- - ing ci ,- ctt |„stances. -least we look ; . otit iP 4lUltwWH r 4 .^.as.the tuber -wasia very weak one, tho small plant p| . p du CC d a seed ball with seed.-fNcw •Y <, Viv' T i" lcs -. ------—---T 7 . - .It-Vxjksftas.though the salmon nsh , erles j of, Ihe"'CoVuinbia Ejver, which jave ad ^»d' ‘fenoi-m’otfsly to he wealth °f the” Northwest, woliitfin'the'coui'se of a few yeaWbecome'cxtiiict. • The Tate of ihe ; Cofuihlfia: wilK-injobably bc ^ tll0 6 . c „ im „ t0 ri « r rtrbm ‘wbiciiT-lver tbe sairnon- have almost 'drs'a'ppefft'ed. Fisl»Jfwjjnaybtf ‘ passed- be /?. e ” forCe them, b.qUt H not thought that any- thing can be-sdOfto-’-'du *£bi» way •'■that wonW suffice to .A,^ili saye. Jhe fisheries. It ; ee ^ fi.at th 9 not re^in in ,. lhe ^ (>f which are fre- Uiat'i'tHV,' |l'fnin;lT'rtiWUv Tirnn'iliefl TGe'salnofe'iiilsIiiTt^Sf tfta eoniined to Bri(istr d oJ „mbia unff’ 4 Ah&a&UfiitnrtQ ’■ (C’ol. 1 I’cpublic.v.i. . (J/V1TI 1 1' TR \1I INC r Ati Interesting By-Gone Feature of Western Life, . ' Driving Big Herds of Cattle Thousands of Miles. Tho tmrb-wiro fetu-os shut off the groat trails lliat stretched from Cor¬ pus Christie through tho Fan Handle of Texas, and on up through New Mexico and Colorado and through the Indian Territory to Dodgo City. -The coming of tho railroad also mado this trailing of cattle to (he market super- flurons, nml almost destroyed one of’ Dio, most remarkable features ’o£ the West. This trail was not, of course, an actual trail, and marked as such, hut a general driveway forty wide and thousands of miles Tlio herds of cattle that were over it numbered from 300 head, a| >d wore moving constantly- from the. early spring to tlio lato fall. No caravan route in tlio far Eastern ' countries can equal this six months’ journey through three different States, anil through all changiis of weather And olimuto, and in the face of con¬ stant danger- and anxiety. This pro¬ cession of thousands of cattle on their slow march to - the North was one-’ of tho most interesting and distinctive features of the West. 'Ait ‘‘outfit”- for (his expedition whuld consist of as many cowboys as • werb needed to hold tho herd together, -a Wagon, witli (he cook and (lie tents, ■anil-extra ponies for tho riders. In tho morning tlie camp Wagon pushed on .ahead to a ' suitable resting-fdace for the night, and when tho herd ar¬ rived later, moving, on an average, fifteen miles a day, and grazing as it went, the men would find tho supper ready and tho tents pitched. And then those who wero to walch that night would slowly circle around tho great army of cattle, driving them in closer and closer together, and singing as {hey rode, to put them to sleep. This seems an absurdity to tlie Eastern mind, but the sound of something familiar quieted and satisfied these great stupid animals -that cau be soothed like a child With a nursery rhyme and when frightened cannot bo stopped by a river. Tho boys rode slowly and palienlly until one and then another of the herd would stumble clumsily to the ground, and others near would follow, and at last tlio whole great herd would lie silent’ and immovable "in sleep. But tlio watch¬ fulness of tlie sentries could never relax. Sonic chance noise---tho shak¬ ing of a saddle, some cry of a wild ani¬ mal, orfhe scent of distant water carri «1 by a chance breeze across .-the prairie, 0 r nothing but sheer blind wantonness —would slart oneof tlie sleeping mass to his feet with a snort, and in aniii- stant the whole great heard would go tearing madly over tho prairie, tossing their horns and bellowing, and filled -with a wild unreasoning terror. And t| ie „ n,e skill and daring of tlio cow- boy. were put to their severest tost, as be saw his master's incoiiie disappoar- j,ig towards a canon or a river, or to j ogc itself in the brush. And tho cow- hoy who tried to bead off and-drive back this galloping army -of frantic animals bad to ride a race that meant his life if his horse mado a and as the ho-rse’s foot often did slip, there would be found in the morning som ewherc in tho trail of the stain- peding cattle a horrid mins of blood a i,d flesh and ieathor. Do,you wo’ndor, then, that after tuig i m if-y 0 »r of weary, restloss riding by ^ and slpepiess anxiety and matching under too stars by night, w hep the lights of Dodge City showed ac ,-oss the prairie,, thp cowhoyki eked fect out of his stiimps, drove the Wo6d tfllt ot th c pony’s sides,. and .< camo into', town” with both, gups go i..g at once, and yelling as tbongh tl40 P® n< * u P »pe'ech of tlio past six months of loneliness was striving for . ,, * ' ...... TJie Banana'Industry, South American people do not re- gard the banana as a luxury. There j 8 a “banana palcb—in every- gai-tlen just as surely as you find-a potato b ., c4 - „„„ e „ IS m„. „t,i„ u,e United States. S.omc kinds grow wild j n (he woods,’but the fruit of such P lanl9 is “ 1 ,u f st a1 ^ 8 t0 ° bitter t0 c . at . _ ; A growing h’anana plant looks, from a little disifiiuce, somewhat like an immenae culia illy. The rows arc sured^om young^hoots-whidt are .gptatiFuins. the gumuil,'jntt we set Soon they struct, up n^o^r,^ 1 V 0 long leave*, nkSfa rlftind stick. After a lime the leaves uncurl and Jiang do>'ujTu branches, and othel's, c’ulefi quifo as tightly, tako their places. This tlm pllinl keeps up until, .with a.dozen or more great leaves spread out, it begins to look quite tree Jiko. Hut tho trunk is not hard wood lika ilio oak or pino; it is nothing but leaf steins, so sheathed and folded and liardciie.fi lo- getlior as to sttslaiu tho great above. --At tho end of nine months a deep purple hud appears in tlm centre of the leaves, ; As it lengthens and droops downward it looks like a purple heart, When this opens it shows within a number of ltngs'of •bright littlo buds arranged around tho "stem, and by and! by ouch littlo hud bursts into a yellow blossom. Cradu- ;illy die fruit i develops, from the cluster of liny .green pods to tho bunch frequently weighing one hun¬ dred pounds. ' After bearing fruit tho old plant dies, and from the now shoots which ’ spring up from its roots young plants are started. At Trinidad, in tlm West Indies, •.■bananas are dried and shipped in largo quantities. . Tim variety winch yields Urn host result in drying is the “tiros Michel.” There is every - reason to bolievo that lined bananas will soon ho an im¬ portant item in tho trade of tho West IfidioS. ’ This itrticlo can be conveyed io liviitket from remote districts over bad ’roads without injury, and tho risks of handling and sea vov. ges aro small; ’.ThfcSbanana is one of tho most pro¬ ductive of fruits. Its yield is esti¬ mated at forty-four times (hat of the potato, or one hundred and thirty-one times that of wheat. TJjgro arc almost as many kinds o£ banangs as there arc of apple's—big opes, a foot long; thick ones, like small inusknielous, lind littlo “lig” bananas that aro the best in quality. For cooking, bananas aro taken while-yet green, and may be fried, roasted, baked or broiled. If taken when fully ripe they aro too soft and sw.eet for cooking. In whatever way they m ty be cooked bo sure and serve them hot, for as soon as they begin to cooi they become tough. A common sight along tlio Amazon River is the camp tiro surrounded by groups of natives roasting bananas among the embers; this- is really tbo most do- lightful way to cook them.— [Ameri¬ can Hardening. Africa’s Greatest i’est. AJ1 white men who visit regions in Africa infested by Hie tsetse fly have much to say about it. Tliero is now evideuco that tho tsetse is moving gradually,to. more northern regions, ancf (he cause is supposed to be tlfnt Sou'fil Africa is depleted of its- large-’ ~ r much of which is moving game • uortliwtti-d to get away from irunters,. and tb’e tsetse lly goes with it. ■’ The. insect is only a littlo larger thnjr-the ordinary houso fly, and it re- .scinbles -the honey-bee. Its sting is hardly sot annoying as that of a mos¬ quito,, hut near the bane of its pro' boscisjia. a little bag which contains its poison It lives on tlie blood of ani¬ mals, and only a few species aro fa¬ tally iribicted by 11 s bile. Gallic, horses and-dogs, however, cannot live when lliitci! with the tsetse fly. -Nil-' lives'\WP> herd cattle and travellers- . w | )0 d.^nd 0 n horses or oxen must- „ vo jd ;tha: fly regions or lose their stoc |j.., For human beings its bite has no serious .Consequences, JM,- % Swan, a missionary in Katanga, near the western headwaters of the 'c 0 ii“q,' says that recently the buffaloes & ' differ of ul u A-frica, which from' ihose’olthc Congo, h ive been moving - n orthwanl into the Katanga country-; f t .is to tfio btiflalo Unit ilio English , r ,issTonm y attributes (lie prevalence. of t 1 l 0 is ^ cts0 in Katanga. • When Liollt . I^'Marincl went to h'alange,. more than a year a i.ue’nding‘lo “0 he took a dozen hoad ^ . >catUe , leavd t ] jcnl 4 t.the station there and raise A- i a ,- gc herd.' '’Tiro tsetse was too miicl!* .......... time otily two of thc cattle remained, Soufetimes''the poison kills the vie- tim in a week -or- ten days. At olhol times the animal lingers along for ’several mouths. Tbe-symptoms are those of blood poispning. White meti A fi« «pm. tto ............. with (he:gradual disappearance ot large game the tsetse wit! vanish. If U »H il wi eliterpdses “ bc im P that 0S8iblc would . carry op inhny certainly (jiiive in some regions now infested 11 bV the lly. —XNew York Bniil' __ - 1 Astronomical. .:i - . xf ifl*/-.dear, have .?*« IW 6 * spots bnHhc.'SUn ? seen Wife—No, not can a JLra.»Wlf .. . yfcu . A**H-Win upstairs . 'and Took at .Wui^w lpis measles.— riruth, FOJI ALL1ANCEMEN. * -« •* * __ Notes and Current Coraraent^ Regarding (lie Great Reform Mo?ement. EUI.OOIUMS ox PKEB1DENT 1’OI.K AND CON¬ GRESSMAN STACKHOUSE- -NOTES OAT1I- KIUU) FROM TUB REFORM FIELD. Every day that closes finds the great reform inaueuratisj, by tho Alliance stiougur. It is moving on iu solid phal¬ downed. anx to victory. Truth cannot he Alliance *♦, speakers, Alliance writers havo urged and urged tho Allianccmon to stand together. Whst is tho use of standing together nnd then voting against each other? • • The *** . government could operate tho railroads at a saving of four hundroii and fifty million of dollars annually. This would ho a very handsome sum to save tho people, tays tho Southern Alliance Farmer. •fc >k As the Louisiana farmers at the polls broke down tho lottery system of that state, so must tho farmers of tho United States wipe out at tho polls the stock,- grain doing far and produce gamblers, who than are Ilio lottery more widespread the ihunngo Farmer. ever did, says Peninsula The sub-treasury *** the Progressive Farmer. is a principle, says is that having That principle the government tho sole constitutional power to create money shall issue it iu sufficient quantity direct to the people, 011 proper security.without 'tho intervention of a middleman. Can any just man object to that? •* V • >k H* The people who produce the wealth of the country have been listening to the men who get thc proceeds of thntrweelth and voting it straight for twenty-five years. The producers, have gone to the poor houso and the favored few have giowu rich. This is tlio situation and yet we are asked to fold our bauds aud close raeket.— our Ex. eyes and still keep Tip the *** •Apply the Alliance catechism faithfully, brethren. - Evidences multiply that you arc doing add this, and this is well Keep it up, ift'-r but candidate one more question answered to the li-t - a has up all right on thc list already laid down, ask him this question more: “How long have you learned that catechism?” “How long havo you been standing on that plat¬ form?” Just at, this point many a trim¬ mer will be caught, says the Cotton Plant. *** At a meeting of a number of frionds of. the late Ool. L. L. Polk,- held in Ral¬ eigh it was determined held to call a public meeting to he in Aletropolitan Hall, Raleigh, Juno 33d, at, 12 o’clock, for the purpose or organizing a Polk Memorial ’Association, looking to thc erection of a suitable monument to his memory. To this end, a committee appointed by said of meeting, interested cordially invite thc co-operation those throughout thc coun¬ try. * . At * . The Birmingham (Ala) Aije Herald ndml s the justice of the present great uprising of the pooplo when it says; “The motive for this movement is what, is commonly called, ‘financial for want of a more specific term, - relief.’ That, ‘financial relief is d,epumped to copse in The tlio shape particular of ail Vx'pcnsive -by which’ currency.’’ methods the currency is asked to be expended and distributed is where the adventurers and quacks got in their work. The bottom principle of it, an ‘expensive currency,’ to-day commanda the sympathy of every citizen of America except thc limited number of bondholders and money-lend¬ ers whose interests lie in contraction.” *** There is scarcely a local paper in tin- land, says an exchange, which ’ will’ re- • fuse to publish Alliance items.if they, are furuislied. Send in « short report of questions every meeting were-discussed you hold. and Sta give-tlie e what names of the speakers. iStato what, li fo¬ ra whom. ly exercises -Announce wefe presented -meeting, and by your next btate when and where it will he held . flake it a part of your regular work t and yoir the will’be'Sui-prised increato in in’-a attendance. few-days' You. at' your • wilt find some of your neighbors who llum-jlit ‘the Alliance "didn’t amount to much” sending in their names to join. Many a lodge wastes aw.ay and loses in¬ terest Iri'its work for the lack of a little good management. * ^rk ' — * proceed/ TM OOOD ' Mr.Towderly if leadei tbs'Knights oT-Lalm^Veports his organiza'ion in ex- Neariy 8,000 member* «>e .^ne.nbership'of the Allrance/and it' would not be a had. idea jo do some missionary ” ” r k r f bo^ifferenee It .m((kes ho.v poor tthey good are uor-bow rich, but be sure they aie ijticc meetings and reading reform litera- ature. Like the Knights of Labor and -kll-sirailas organizations, the AllianceEas poTtS ‘ AnorganTzadoos. Uke'V^- worthy people; alfmake mistakes. The Alliance is now-ia-a heillthy condition. afl(»and'accomplish rn a day thht'gsHhat -has. taken years • to accomplish, have- '^d^VrlhemoHTufluStlafo^g'SS' worlff. By Careful riwoage-' tion in the ment, and patience jt will yet revolution^ iza this counfry, and at no distant day.. b, yonr ^-Priyre^, ;Z'.~ F«r- ‘ ‘ '* i-.viT*»iC.wjiig js abvifef ^xtdue of Abe t)b-‘ *he jeer ot the National and educate Citizco^.ABMMgrJ tlflffVo??T-i oTThe 8 OFFICIAL. DBG AN THB— • •* FRANKLIN COUNfY ‘fttQMCt? . $1.00 PER YEAR. io'wih and ciues upon tho questions of tlm day. ; -tyo-aim to with us all who muforM platform of 1802, to tions. membership in other reform Any perron over sixteen years age holders, may join our order excepting 'otlicers or salaried attorneys railway, bunking express, telegraph *«**. f'ct corporations. Wo work in and harmony with the Kuights of the Farmcrs’ Allianco, and h ive tho hearty endorsement and . , tion of all the other workers and lenders of the nation. The vote of tho towns nud cities is tbo only hope of Wall street, aud every trim reformer should aid us in our efforts to push tho work of organization and ed¬ ucation in every city, town and. village, and thus unite ai d Rtrengthon our forces. The interests of tho business men are identical with those of tho farmer nnd la¬ borer, and all feel the hand of oppression upon them. Our oppressors never sfecji, rad we .must e.vei .be watchful:and and doing. The enemies pf the people aro tion leagued together in secret organiza¬ and wo must meet them and defend opr through rights by counter organizition. tho provisions of our order, would-be disturbers- and' insidious foes arc sension excluded, thus guarding against (lif- ami n'EXTII OF CONmtESSMAN STACKHOUSE. Eli Thomas Stackhouse, member of congress, from the sixth district ofSouth Tnroliqa, died in Washington, D. C., at J a. m., June 14th inst.. Brother Stack- liouse was taken suddeuly aud died in a 'ew hours from heart failure. lie just ’returned to Washington from Ra" eigh; N. O., as one of tbe pall-hearers at lie funeral of President Polk, aqd though lot foeling well, was able to attend his lutffes in the house of representatives on 'he ivo day preceding bis d.oath. Represents- , Stackhouse, was born in Marion lounty, South Carolina, March- 27,’1824; was educated in the country schools, taught school four years,between the ages I ,nineteen und twenty-three years; in 18-17 settled on a farm,.where his family now live; in 1801 respo.nded soldier's; to the call of h*s state for ' served in j.ongstreet’s corps, army .northern Virginia, and was promoted to 1 colonelcy for gallantry on lie field; before recoistruefrion -he was luce times elected to re prose of his coun- y- in the slate legislature. Atost of his fe has been devoted to the effort to •Iiivato and improve Kouthern agricult- U'o; these efforts doubtless caused him to bo elected and re elected president of the Stato Alliance duriug term of eligi- ulity; is a member of all the orgauizv ionH in his state designed to benefit atr- rieulturc, and a trustee of tho State Ag- I'icultnrai College; was elected to the ifty-second congress ns a democrat. The rrder sustains a great loss .n the death >f Brother enjoyed Stackhquse.^^o.mao yutjouth Carolina to a greater extent ove and respect of the-’people. '-lie rnfluence Was ’ 1 good Christian man. whfiso upon all those with whom he , .came in contacFWas to make them better fo'rhav- ing known him. * * ON THIS DEATH OF COL. POLK* In its announcement of the death of President Polk, the National Economist pays a glowing euiogium to the great Al¬ liance leader as follows: “L L. Polk, prisident National Union, Farm¬ died ers’ Alliance and Industrial in Washington, on June 11, 181)2. This umple announceineni chronicles thc death if one of tho greatest, grandest and best men of modern times, .a man who held mo7<?'hearts the . the first place" in among farmers and laborers of-Arseaica than any other words' man that of bis a’ddrhss' day„ The.thoughtsynd the ar-j , a .to everbe'nf tlie' of this great leader must highest praise and most profound friend lespcct and and veneration. II 0 was tbo champion of the poor and oppressed, and his sympathy always went out freely to those in trouble and distress. In intel- lectual attainments and ability he was the peer of any man, and his oratory was of the highest order, enubjing him ,tg, touch tlie most Smcep'tmle heartstrings of his enraptured vhearijrs in Bis inspired appeals toy trutb.and justics,, He possessed a heart big enough .to loyq the Abtld, and of too -fine a texture to ever for a moment admitisn»iltfp*(r& indomitable mo¬ tive., Ho combined, with an perseverence and energy, u pure Chris¬ tian* 'manhood which' ctlabibd* him' to square the problems,qf every djty life. witli the law of God. No higher tnrfn. plane than his eau be• reached by A. proper conception-of responsibility- and to God, ,of duty .to himself fellow man, are essential attributes'of a great leader, and this man possessed' them in the .highest degree. It is ijicet .and titling that the entire order, of which he was tho tieloved fchiefttiiil, pause and rfcflebt, nnd remember that, the liighe-t can pay to his memory is to emulate his virtues by lifting their hearts to .Ctedtbat hereafter each will lead a better and purer life. Col, L. L. PoHr was born in Anson county, N. C., in April, 1887. • Wa 8 -bro‘iight up on a farm. Was elected to the-lower house of the North Caro¬ lina general assembly, in 1800. . ' .in 180.1, tered the confedrqte distin'ctlbn i jirmy during the wftV.' served witli Was again elected to the North Carolina general assembly elected .in 186-% delegate and soon there-'. the after was as a to constitutional convention of- North iipp. missioner In 18p of agriculture, 7 ; ■ he was appointedfpnto.. and .begap.the. publicsSion of the Progressive 'FSrtnei' id' 1880, and commenced orgaaizittg bejomed ■ tarAt- ers’ Faimers’Alliance; clubs in bis state. Io.1_887 ejected the was secre- tary of the Farmers’-State AHianCe of North Carolina at its first, organization, was -elected_ first, .vjee-president .pf the, NaCcmai-Farnrcrs’'Alliance and Co-'op'er- -stive .Union <j 6 America 'in .1887,'and re- 'electeffin' 1888...At Uae ti»h-;b«ia at : SI. Louis’,. December. of 8 , ..W89, -be was - Sleeted presi’de’nt and-. Ind.HSr the National Farmers’ ” Aljiancp ’ trial Union. . j !k ^ n k^rte-eftjoct*>fWip T ^" ^paring the caribou hv the tluttor Kjitsii.gMweiiip ^»d 1 ;■ Sw&ftwtviuil'fo;? t-- -■ ,- ft TOr *i n g i^i.nt | ! tl| i> qui* of IU >UL() 1 m itg (no-dh,