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OFFICIAL ORGAN
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FRANKLIN county.
VOL. 111. NO. 34.
budget of fun.
humorous SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES,
Hot Weather Philosophy—The hand
ot Nod— A Sporting Question—A
Hecultar Person—Scienco
to the Rescue, Etc. J
t
Wo envy not the fellow who I
Is ne’er compelled to toil, do
for he has nothing else to
Except to sit and boil.
But we, who don’t have time to shirk,
Are happy with our lot.
For we’re so taken up with work
That we forget ’tis hot.
—New York Journal.
A GREAT CONVERSATIONALIST.
Miss Scadds—“Do you think Mr. Cal¬
low is a good conversationalist?”
Miss Munn—“Oh, yesl Why the
dear fellow can say ‘Weally now’ with
lifty-two different inflections.”—Puck.
A PECULIAR PERSON.
ghe—“I knew her intimately for sev¬
eral years, and saw her in every condi¬
tion of life. She was delightful—abso¬
lutely without peculiarities.”
Another She—“Is it possible? What
a peculiar person she must be!"—Judge.
ALL HE WANTS NOW.
“Mr. Henpekt loved the woman he
married so much during courtship that
he had no peace of mind until he made
her his wife.”
“Has he peace of mind now?”
“No, he has a piece of hers every
flay.”
a half-hearted effort.
Daughter—“Yes, I know Mr. Staylate
comes very often, but it isn’t my fault.
I do everything I can to drive him
away.” Gentleman—“Fudgef
Old I haven't
heard you sing to him once.”—New York
Weekly.
A SPORTING QUESTION.
Athletic Youngster—“How large is
Lapland, Papa, and how many people
are there in it?”
Father—“I don’t know. Why?”
Athletic Youngster—“I only want to
figure out how many Lapps there are to
the mile.”—Puck.
not too young.
“I have just gained your mother's
consent, Clara, dear.”
“But, Mr. Swift, I am so young, I—
really—”
“I don’t think it will make any differ¬
ence, as I am to be your stepfather. ”—
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
THE LAND OF NOD.
Mrs. Bloggs—“Is your husband troub¬
led with insomnia, that he cannot sleep
of nights?”
Mrs. Jonesy—“No, he is employed in
a store that doe3 not advertise, and so
has acquired the habit of sleeping during
the day.”—King’s Jester.
SCIENCE TO THE RESCUE.
Housekeeper—“Has any way been
discovered to kill the pe3ts that destroy
carpets.”
Greit Scientist—“Yes, madam. Take
up the carpets, hang them on a line, and
beat them with a heavy stick.”
“Will that kill the insects?”
“Yes, madam, if you hit them.”—New
York Weekly.
A PHILOSOPHICAL LITTLE HEAD.
Young Wife—“Dear me! I put that
plaster of pans iu an old baking-powder
can; snd now I don’t know which is
the baking-powder ind which is the
plaster.”
Husband—“What do you want to
do?"
“I want to mend a lamp."
“Well, you can only tell by experi¬
menting."
“Of course. Why didn't I think of
that? I will make two sponge cakes,and
put one in one and the other in the
other.”—Puck.
———-
he caved.
We were going through Canada, and
as soon as sva entered the Queen's do-
minions a St. Louis man, who was in the
Bmoking-car with us, began to talk. mo,”
“No petticoat government for
he was saying, “I wan; to get out of this
country as quick as I can. I tell you,
gentlemen, I never did believe in petti-
coat government; women are all right in
their proper spheres, but when it comes
to government—”
At this moment the car door opened,
and through the volume of suioke a stern-
herself. visaged, spectacled woman presented
“Is that you, Hiram? I guess you se
smoked about enough. Come back into
the sleeper. It makes me sick and dizzy
to stay here. Come hurry up," and she
held the door open while she waited.
And Hiram meekly followed her,
without a single protest against the home
article Free of petticoat government.—Detroit
Press.
A PROGRESSIVE CONUNDRUM.
“Miss Gracie,” he sad, with an en-
hand gaging smile, “did you ever try your
drums?” at one of these progressive conun-
“What is a progressive conundrum, j
Mr. Spoonamore?” inquired the young
lady.
“Haven't you heard of them? Why
. ball
is a of yarn like tae le.ter ~
cause a ball of yarn is circular a ci m
lar is a sneet, a sheet is flat, a flat is @45
a month, 945 a month is dew, a .deer »
swift, a swift is a shallow, a swallow is
a clination taste, a taste is an inclination, an w-
is an angle, an angle is a point,
a point is an object aimed at, an object
aimed at is a target, a target is a mark,
a mark is an impression, an impression
« a stamp, a stamp is a thing stuck on,
a thmg stuck on is a young man m love ;
Gracie. i
THE ENTERPRISE. * /
“I don't think you have the answer
quite right,” said the young lady. “A
ball of yarn is round, a round is a steak,
a stake is a wooden thing, a wooden
thing is a young man in love and a young
man in love is like the letter »t* because
Mr. Spoonamore," and she spoke clearly
and distinctly, “because he is often
crossed.”
The young man understood. He took
his hat and his progressive conundrums
and vanished from Miss Gracie Gaming¬
house's alphabet for ever.—Chicago Tri¬
bune. ,
HIOHT AT HOME.
Within a mile or two of one of the
smaller towns of Nova Scotia there re¬
sided for a number of years a gontlamau
by the name of Quagmarsh. Ho was a
very ecentric old fellow, and though
rather taciturn by nature, when ha did
have anything to say it was generally
cogent and to the point, Soon after
coming to M-, Mr. Quagmarsh in¬
vested several thousand dollars in the
purchase of an utterly worthless farm,
which the owner, a member of tha
ubiquitous family of Brown, represented
to him as a veritable Garden of Eden.
Now farming on a piece of laud that
has little drainage, either natural or ar¬
tificial, lacks the elements of success.
People there f ore were not surprised
when, after a couple of years of zealous
Hard work, the planter assigned, gave
up farming as a profession, and accented
an agency in a large insurance business.
A short time after these events Quag¬
marsh happened to meet the author of
all his woes.
“Mr. Brown, didn’t you say that farm
you sold me was particularly well
drained !” said h«.
“Ah, yes; but, you see, tho late
rains—”
“And that it was the best farm in the
neighborhood for raising oats?”
“Yes, I believe I did say something
like that, though the oat crop varies
“And that the soil was specially
adapted for potatoes?”
“So it was at one time; but every soil
requires a change oi diet, so to speak.”
.“And that it was entirely free from
rocks?’’
“Well, not entirely."
“And that you were accustomed to
raise seventy barrels of apples and from
twenty to thirty tons of hay annually?'’
“Oh, I admit that was an exaggera-
tion.”
it Well, Mr. Brown, I won’t call you a
liar, but if I were to see you coming
down the street with Ananias on one
side of you and Sapphira on the other,
I would say that you were in the bosom
of your family.”—Harper’s Monthly.
Big Rats Own a Ship.
Probably no ship that eaters the
harbor of Philadelphia is more dreaded
by the sailor man than the Earn line
steamer Unionist, owing to the fact that
she is nearly alive with rats. Thousands
of these animals enjoy all the luxury of
sea life, and every effort to rid the ship
of the plague has proven futile, Those
on board the Unionist dread to sleep, as
frequently they are awakened by the
pricking sensation of a number of rats
running over any portion of the body
that may be exposed, and thus the
handsome ship is rendered a pest hole
by the rodents.
Captain Neate, the commander of the
Unionist, is at his wits’ end to know
what remedy to adopt. He always c:ir-
ried his wife, and the conditions were
such that he had erected on deck a
wooden house, in which both live nearly
all the time. Not long ago he adopted
a plan to smother the rats by means of
closing up all the hatches and burning
sulphur throughout the entire ship. By
this he succeeded in getting rid of a
few thousand of them, but a few weeks
is ter the ship was as thoroughly infested
as ever.
The rats on board the Unionist are of
a peculiar kind, and the climate here
seems to agree with them, as they have
developed in size rapidly. Some are
actually as large as fair-sized cats, and
bave weighed as much as four pounds,
They are of a rare species, never seen iu
tins country, and Captain Neate think!
they are the pure East Indian rat.
The Unionist for some years previous
being chartered by the Earn Line
steamship Company, was engaged iu the
India trade, principally between Pondi-
c herry, the French settlement of India,
and Marseilles, carrying peanuts, and it
wa3 j a this way that the rats were first
gotten on board at Pondicherry, they
being very fond of peanuts. After this
j; ie Unionist went from England to all
parts of the world, but the rats in the
bo [ d bad some cargo to gnaw at until
BO w, and confined themselves to that
p 0r tion of the ship, never catering either
the cabin or the forecastle.
Since January the Unionist his been
carrying coal to Cuba and reloading
w bh iron ore, and the rats being unable
j 0 subsist on either commodity, have
forsaken the holds and have invaded the
Cft bi n The sailors have all got news of
.
[bis, and it is next to impossible to get all
a cre w to go in her, as the rat, above
things, is what Jack is most afraid of—
Philadelphia Record.
An Emperor’s Luxurious Train.
Austrian railway . have
The companies
presented the Emperor Francis Joseph
with a train de luxe, which has just been
constructed for his exclusive use. Tnero
are eight carriages of which one carries
the hgjjJgT “^notherfa kitchen appropriated
for i n rrga^e. There is a wagon,
entirety y furnished, and traents( a saloon for the (wuh Im-
te CO mp ar
er ®‘ The Emperor has two
oae ot - wU ieh is abed-
room, w t sleeping compartment for
the hr= [ flw ^piefrisdivided aoc j t h 8 other
.
a spacious threesection,_i^ - ’ dinin ' room r °° m ’ar‘ a
mto a
smokmg^ T c
m e• )uxriou5iv furnished and
‘
d d. The whole train
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Journal.
Equal Rights to all, Special Privileges to None.
CARNESVILLE FRANKLIN CO.. GA.. FRIDAY. AUGUST 2(1.1892.
VIEWS OF THE MINORITY.
The facts developed by the “jag”
committee are presented in a minor¬
ity report, and sustain Mr. Watson’s
terrible indictment upon the only
count the majority dared dispute.
This report follows in full:
To the honorable House of Representa¬
tives :
The undersigned member of the
committee appointed to investigate
charges contained [in the campaign
book published by Mr. Watson, begs
to submit the following minority re¬
port :
In Friday the House of Representatives
on last, Mr. Wheeler, of Al¬
abama, arose to a question of privi¬
lege and read certain extracts from
the campaign book of the People’s
party, whose author he stated to be
Mr. Watson, of Georgia.
Mr. Speaker Crisp ruled repeated¬
ly that the language quoted raised
no question of privilege, and en¬
deavored to proceed with the regu¬
lar business of the House. Mr.
Wheeler, however, was not to be di¬
verted from his purpose of making
an attack upon Mr. Watson. He
still kept the floor in spite of the re¬
peated rulings of the chair, and
finally directed attention to the para¬
graph of the book wherein Mr. Wat¬
son arraigns the present Congress.
The Speaker having ruled that two
sentences in the paragraph raised
questions of privilege, the gentleman
from Alabama [Mr. Wheeler] pro
ceeded to denounce Mr. Watson, by
name, in the bitterest and most un¬
measured terms. This denunciation
was taken up by the ostensible leader
of the House [Mr. MoMillin,] who
made use of such terms of abuse as
had not been already pre-empted by
Mr. Wheeler.
At the conclusion of these seurili-
ties, Mr. Watson took the floor to re¬
ply. He called the House to witness
that he had not assailed the gentle¬
man from Alabama [Mr. Wheeler],
but had done all in his power to
avoid the unpleasantness. While he
was proceeding to take up in their
order the charges of falsehood which
Mr, Wheeler had made against him,
Democratic members of the House
continually interrupted him in the
most offensive manner, and Mr. Mc-
Millin, the ostensible leader, was
specially prominent in cutting off the
explanation which the House had
voted Mr. Watson the privilege of
making.
The interruptions were so persist¬
ent that in spite of the manly attempt
of Mr. Butler, of Iowa, to secure a
fair hearing for Mr. Wat-on, that
gentleman was forced to abandon the
specific charges of falsehood which
Mr. Wheeler had made against him,
and come at once to the sentences
complained of.
Mr. Watson insisted that he should
have the privilege of commenting
upon the whole paragraph, so that
its real meaning might be more
clearly seen. denied him,
This was and, there¬
fore, he had no other alternative than
to say whether he believed his own
words to be true or false. He stated
that they were true, and no sooner
had he thus asserted his honest opin¬
ion in regard to bis own statements,
than he was hissed by the Demo¬
cratic side and virtually driven from
the floor.
Mr. Tracey, of New York, having
assumed guardianship demanded over the honor
of the House, that Mr.
Watson’s words bo “taken down.”
This highly technical and satisfactory
procedure having been had, the epi-
sode was over for the time being.
In a few moments, however, Mr.
Boatner, of Louisiana, introduced the
resolution under which our commit-
tee has held what is called an inves-
tDation. °The
resolution required us to as-
certain whether it was true that
“ drunken members have been seen
reeling about the aisles,” and whether
“drunken speakers have argued
grave public questions, etc.”
At the beginning Mr? of the so-called
investigation, Watson stated
under oath that had the opportunity
been oiven him to explain, he would
have said that while the charge was
a part of an indictment against the
house, the number of members who
had been seen drunk on the floor
were few, and that so far as his
knowledge extended at the time the
book was written, they were con-
fined to three—though he had heard
of others.
He disclaimed anv purpose to act
as prosecutor of the House in fhe
so-called investigation, and declined
tog ; ve names of individual
gx t under compulsion.
As a matter of fact, no mention
d f * individual member
0 of Alabama, was in-
troduced as a witness on the other
side.
Mr. Watson said he felt bound to
™ ^reduce sufficient testimony to
that he had not fabricated a
slander when hp he wrote wiote ,i. the e lineg lines
complained ot. of that
In support his assertion
members Se had be?n seen reeling about
aisles intoxicated, be produced
8e veral honorable members of this
hndv who substantiated his state-
Mr. Da*i», of K»»,
Muller, of Iowa; Mr. Kern, Mr.
Otis, Mr. Baker, bad each seen mem-
hers drunk on the floor of the House,
An analysis of the testimony will
show that it makes out a case against
at least four different members.
Unless each and every ono of those
honorable members are slanderers of
the House, then Mr. Watson is not a
slanderer.
Mr. White, of Iowa; Mr. Shell, of
South Carolina; Mr. Turner, of
Georgia; Mr. McKalg, of Maryland,
and other witnesses, had seen one in¬
toxicated member on the floor of the
House.
Mr. Iviigore, of Texas, had seen
two.
On this branch of the case there
was proof made out as to several
members having been seen on the
floor in the condition described by
Mr. Watson. The proof was posi¬
tive, and came from members of the
House. To meet this proof the other
side put up merely negative testi¬
mony—members who had not seen.
Some of the witnesses thus sworn
are noted absentees. Mr. Stahlneeker,
of Now York, by some strange over¬
sight, was not sworn. branch
On the second of the case
the proof was equally positive.
Drunken speakers were shown to
have debated grave public questions.
Mr. Davis had seen two such in-
stances. Mr. Otis had seen two.
Mr. Butler had seen two, and several
other witnesses had seen one. These
witnesses had not all testified as to
the same occasion, or as to the same
individual.
One of the members testifying had
witnessed such a scene during the
discussion of the river and harbor
bill. Another bad seen a similar in¬
stance on a pension night. Another
had seen a like occurrence during a
coloquy between members. Several
had seen it during the Noyes- Rock¬
Hence it is submitted that unless
these honorable members are all slan¬
derers, Mr. Watson is not a slanderer.
They have said under oath just what
he was hissed for saying in his book.
As to the particular case of Mr.
Cobb, the minority has this to say :
He admits he was drinking his whisky
during the latter part of speech ;
his witness and colleague [Mr. Oates]
testified thn the whisky was having
an evident effect on him. A South
ern lady [Miss Bessie Dwyer, of
Texas,] says she was in the speaker's
gallery and that the gentleman’s con
dition was one of intoxication, and
was causing comment in the genera'
gallery and in the press gallery. It
was shown that the New York pa¬
pers made charges of drunkenness
against the gentleman next morning,
and that the gentleman’s friends ad¬
vised him to let the matter be, which
advice he took.
It is submitted that if Mr. Watson
has slandered the House, then sorm
member or members haVe done the
same, and that the House has bee:
somewhat slow in making its assault
upon the great daily newspapers, and
even now does not propose to inves
tigate the press gallery and bring the
offender to a reckoning.
The evidence further showed thal
an honorable colleague and party as¬
sociate of the gentleman heard him
call several times for whisky, and
that he considered him intoxicated,
and that his condition was a source
of comment upon the part of man}
members.
Mr. Otis testified to this instance,
as did several other members of this
body. Probably the richest brought
nugget
to light by the laborious prospecting
of our committee, was contained in
the testimony of General Tracey, of
New York.
This member was introduced . tn be-
half of the accused. He said that he
had listened to the argument of the
gentleman who was said to have been
intoxicated, and this argument had
left him in a very peculiar, not said, to say
complex, state of mind. He in
effect, that when he went away, his
mental condition was such that if any
one had told him that the gentleman
in question was intoxicated, he should
not have been surprised; but that if
the man had said, on the contrary,
that the gentleman was perfectly so-
her, he should not have been at all
astonished,
The author of this report has lost
considerable sleep in trying to figure
out what this language means, but
finding the effort too severe for sum-
mer work, has had to give it up. He
merely spreads the riddle on the
Record of this House as an illustra-
tion of the aggressive state of mcom-
prehensibility into which the Aew
York mind can sometimes stagger.
Mr. Watson offered to prove that
the House keeps a bar-room in the
basement for its own peculiar accom-
raodation, and that members freely
patronize it. He was not only de-
nied the privilege of proving this,
but Mr. Boatner decided that the
Record [{ e cord Would. should not not be be allowed auowea to to
show that he bad offered to do so.
It is submitted that when drunk-
entsess is charged against the House,
it is competent to prove that the
House has supplied itself with the
usual orthodox means of getting
that it moke. ».e of
means in the regular and accepted
way; and that therefore the
result, which uiually the wild flows product from
causes, is not
malice and slander, but is the legiti¬
mate offspring of that John prolific Barleycorn. citizen
generally known as
The conclusion this minority has
reached, therefore, is that Mr. Wat¬
son has not violated the privileges of
this House by defending himself from
a violent and continued assault; nor
has he deserved its censure for say¬
ing that, which other honorable mem¬
bers of this House have sworn is the
truth. Jerry Simpson.
A Clear Case of Shut Up.
Gore, Ga., August 8, 189‘2.
Mr. Editor —You will please pub¬
lish the following agreement and
facts:
A. J. Moore, of Chat tooga, agrees with
T. J. Lyon, of Bartow, that if the
United States Senate has not been
Democratic at any time since the war,
that he, A. J. Moore, will not open Ills
mouth during the present campaign
on the stump. And if it has been Dem¬
ocratic, that T. J, Lyon is not to open
his mouth or make a speech during
this or any other campaign of his life.
(Signed) T. J. Lyon,
A. J. Moore,
August 1st, \V. 1RA2. H. Bushin,
J. J. Bagwell, of Folk.
Attest: K. W. ChastaiN, “ ”
Julian Khog,
J. C. Stanley.
Now, for the benefit and informa¬
tion of Mr. Lyon, Mr. Martin of tho
Tribune, D. B. Hamilton, and others,
I give the 1869-1871. Senate of the Forty-sixth
Congress, —Morgan Houston,
Alabama and
Denis.
Arkansas—Garland and Walker,
California —Booth, anti-monpolist,
Farley, Dem.
Colorado—Teller and Hill, Hops.
Connecticut—Eaton, Dem., Flatt,
Rep.
Delaware—Bayard and Saulsbury,
Florida—Jones and Call, Dems.
Georgia-Gordon, Dem.,Hill, Ind.
Illinois—Davis, ?n- • : Ind., i i Logan, T liep. i>,.„
Indiana—McDonald and V oor-
hees, Dems.
J owa —Allison and Kirkwood,
j{ p p g
Kansas—Ingalls h and Plumb, Reps. 1
.. Kentucky , , Beck ., , and , R imams, i.
Oeins.
Louisiana—Kellogg, Rep., Jones,
Octn.
Maine—Hamlin and Blaine, Reps.
tOryUnd--Whyte «.,d Groome,
Beict
Massachusetts—Dawes and Hoar,
Reps,
Michigan—Ferry ” and Baldwin,
,,
Minnesota—Windom and McMil-
Ian, Reps.
Mississippi—Bruce, Rep., Lamar,
jj e|n
Missouri CockreS und V„„,
Dems.
Nebraska—Paddock and Saun-
ders, Reps.
Nevada—Jones and Sharon, Reps,
New Hampshire—Rollins 1 and
Blair, . . Keps.
New Jersey—Randolph and Me*
Pherson, Dems.
New York—Conkling, Rop,,
nan, Dem.
North Carolina—Ransom and
Vance, Dems.
Ohio—Thurman and Pendleton,
Dems.
Oregon—Grover and Slater, Dems.
Pennsylvania—Wallace, Dem.,
Cameron, Rep.
Rhode Island—Anthony and Burn-
-ide, Heps.
South Carolina—Butler and Hamp¬
ton, Dems.
Tennessee—Bailey and Harris,
Dems.
Texas—Maxey and Coke, Dems.
Virginia—Johnston and Withers,
Conservatives.
Vermont—Edwards and Morrill,
Keps.
West Virginia—Davis and Here¬
ford, Dems.
Wisconsin—Cameron, Ind., Car¬
penter, Rep.
Democrats 39, Republicans 31 ‘
Independents 3, anti-Monopolists 1.
majority „„r Hep.bli.
cans of 8, and over fusion ot 4. '
While the Democrats had this
majority in the Senate, they had a
majority of 41 over Republicans and
..J over over fusion fusion in m the tno House House.
Now let Mr. Lyon hold his pra.e.^
A. J. Moore.
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The Kansas Commoner (Wichita) _
talks like a philosopher:
j) 0 J you know that when you speak
of „ th parchaB ; ng p0W er of the dol-
, ar „ mu8t firgt purc hase the dol-
] ar and that if they are scarce they
... oomo high in your labor or pro-
, f the sarae ? Would it*not
better to have cheaper dollars,
better paid labor and more business
atapro fi t ?
1 Western Herald (Girard,
Kansas,) says.
No one questions 4 the statement so
often madc by [L the plutocratic papers
, ' . richest nation on the
earth. Bu. 1 , m „ JM naners fail ' \
to tell them readers that , 95 per cent
<>f this great wealth is concentrated
m the hands of one-half of one per
enure popoUBoo.
FOR ALLIANCE MEN.
News of the Great Reform Movement
That is Sweeping the Country.
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS ON THE GREAT
QUESTIONS OF THE HAY—OTHER NEWS
OF INTEREST TO AU.IANUKMEN.
New Providence Alliance, No. 114(1,
Rankin county, Miss., unanimously re¬
solves to support no political party of
men that are not pledged to principles of
the Ocala demands reaffirmed at Ht.
Louis conference. In a strictly non-parti¬
san spirit they will examine all political
platforms und choose between—both
state and uationnl.
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* *
Bertie County Union, North Carolina,
declares that as the rights and liberties
of the people are being constantly
abridged tickets, by the elections of presidential
nnd senators by the money of
plutocrats, that they demand of their
representatives in Congress the repeal of
present laws and direct election by the
people. They also appeal to all good
Americans for agitation and support of
these demands.
“FREE TO STARVE.”
To the American wageworker: So you
think you are “freo,” do you? Well,
suppose you try !o put your freedom into
practice. You “can quit,’’ you say.
Very well. But you must no employed
again, soon, by some one, or starve. To
he employed again means that you are to
submit to conditions similar to that
against “quit,” which you lately rebelled and
as you term it. Now, since the
interval between being employed and
quitting is the only freedom you possess,
yet which brings no bread, it logically
follows that your boasted “freedom” is
tho freedom to starve. Can you pick a
flaw in that sequence? No? Very well,
then. You are an American, nay, more,
a sovereign! What now is your duty?—
San Fancisco West Coast Mail.
THE ALABAMA ELECTION.
The Southern Alliance Farmer , under
the head of “The Alabama Fraud,” suys
“The most rcliablo reports from Al»-
"hows that even from Jones’ count
tho minority J over Kolb is less than live
thoU9lu ld _ There is no question but that
Kolb c(lI . rie( i the state by from twenty to
thirty thousand votes, it was manifest
that the Jones crowd intended to count
Kolb out when they refused positively to
Ko,b ’“G raaoa f” nt P® ,h -
Ihis was hii exposure ot their intention
j n jh e matter, and the result has demoD-
strated the truth of the charge thut the
“mossback” democrats of Alabama were
determined to seat Jones, regardless of
«>o vote he received The Jones men ad-
come from tho black belt, when in many
counties the majority was greater than
the vote of tho county. While Kolb was
elected on a fair count, yet he did not
receive us enthusiastic a support as would
j
ment in Alabama. However, and it was a
victory against ring rule aristocracy.
It demonstrates the desperation of the
Unhss tho law-abiding citizens take
matters into their own hands and stop
such hiuh-handed outrages as was per-
petrated in Alabafha by tho Jones men,
the country will soon be in a state of
anarchy. Let the good people demand
fairness and see that fraud is put down
; n high places.
•r*
PRESIDENT LOUOK S’ VIEWS.
President H. L. Loucks advances some
original and entirely logical views as to
•■right of between the national government Phipps & to Co,, in¬
terfere Carnegie,
and their employes at Homestead, Pa.
He says: “It is the protective system of
this government, as asserted and exer¬
cised in its patent system and in its ar¬
rangement of tho incidence and rate of
tariff taxation, that gives it a right to
intervene between this firm and its work¬
men iu this instance. When Carnegie,
Phipps & Co. accept protective the patent system tariff of
th}u country and its for
tho goods tho firm makes; when it come
in under these patents and these protec¬
tive tariffs,and .gets the benefits of them,
it becomes to that extent a ward of the
government. It no longer depends upon
its own unaided exertions in a field of
free competition, but becomes, in¬
stead, a ward or client of the
government to the full extent that
it accepts the protection and the
benefits of the government's patent and
tariff laws. For that reason the gov¬
ernment has a right to interpose in the
conduct «nd managemint of the business
of this firm, and to prescribe STILT in its rela-
S
came to the United States and asked
a s a favor, that the people of the United
States should give it a bounty upon all
the goods that it makes. ‘I waDt this
bounty,’said j’ tho firm, ‘to enable us to
h h , r wlt „ cs to the men we employ.’
United ,y or y replied that the is what people of want the
States, ‘if you
f or W e will agree to give you ‘of the
t, 0UB t y ,> and the people did burden the
United State accordingly
themselves with the payment of the
XTora ‘ nm-ctive tH.iff Jn the fo
d u o{ uvm . Therefore, now, while if
after the firm gets its bounty, and
it continuously is in rereiptof its bounty, the
it, instead of advancing the workmen wages cuts because m
down,and locks out
^”5 in and compel, Stateshavc not a only perfect the
right to step of the workmen, but also
reinstatement
to enforce such a distribution of the re-
ceipt. of the firm for its products be-
tween the firm and its workmen as shall
secure fa, the workmen that improvement
of wages that the bounty, at the lequest
of the firm, was given for.”
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JUSTICE TO ALL.
The National Economist, i fficia! organ
of tie Alliance in the United fjtatcs,
OFFICIAL ORGAN
—oar thh—
FRANKLIN COUNTY ALLIANCE
$1.00 PER YEAR.
comes less for out squarely and says: “It is
members of congress and
their to complain of the Economist for
constituents and the general public
well informed as to the record made by
the representatives of the people. It ia
the plain duty of this paper to inform
their constituency when congressmen
sacrifice their interests, and that duty
will, in the future as in the past, bs
strictly performed, both by editorials in
these columns and by communications
from national officers, as the public in¬
terests and emergencies of the case may
require. This is a plain and solemn duty
to the order, and complaints against it,
no matter how unpleasant it, may
to the aspirations and nmbitions of
any man, whether h» belongs to the
Order or not, will have to give way to
tho general good and go unheeded.
greatest care, however, will be exercised
to be just in this matter. Nothing
just criticism or indisputable facts shall
ever go through these columns.
very fact that this plain duty exists, car¬
ries with it. fully us great u du'y and
sponsibility to deliver messages of
proval for the course of those who hav.i
been faithful to the causo of the people,
and nothing will do moro to
the cause and induce men of
and brains to espouse it than to
them that the people will sustain them,
regardless of party, in every battle
tight with the enemy. To fail to do
is a gross act of injustice, and
deter many of the best men
joining the ranks of reform or doing
thing in its favor. What the
need is information that they may
gently condemn where condemnation
ueeded, and approve and sustain
to approve and sustain is the no-rest jus¬
tice to those who have been faithful and
true. To keep from the people the truth,
demned; is an injustice impart which would the be surely con¬
to to people the
truth, is the sworn duty of all national
officers, and the man or men who object
toihe people having information, whether
favorable sli or unfavorable, they have provided interests it bo
true, r ’ws that to
work oui. unfavorable to the public in¬
terests, which will not stand the light of
truth.
_
DYNAMITE.
Facts Not Generally Known About
tills Explosive.
what Very dynamite few people have a correct idea of
is, of what it is made,
and the uses to which it is put. To tho
French belongs the honor of its discovery
and its first use.
explosives. Nitro-glycerine is the force of ail high
usually Dynamite is the name most
given to these explosives, though
other names are sometimes used.
mixed Dynamite with various is simply ingredients. nitro-glycerine Nitro¬
glycerine is made by mixing sulphuric
and nitric acid with sweet glycerine, the
same that is used by tiie ladies to prevent
chapped glycerine hands. is Mixing the acids and
where the great danger lies
in mixing the making of agitator nitro-glycorine. it is called The
tank, or as
tank, by dynamite filled inside makers, is a large steel
with many coils of
lead pipe, through which, while the mix¬
ing is in progress, a constant flow of ice
water is maintained. This flow of ice
water is used to keep tiie temperature
of the mix below 85 degrees, as above
that point it won lit explode, nnd a hole
in the ground would mark where the
factory is lmd in been. The nitro-glycerine
stored large earthenware tanks,
which are usually sunk in the ground to
guard against ingredients blows or severe concussion.
The other for making dy¬
namite ure: Nitrate of soda, which is
found nesia, only in Chili, carbonate of mag¬
and wood pulp.
Dynamite is put in paper shells usually
1} inches in diameter and 8 inches in
length, shell and weighs cartridge. about It h pound to
each or has largely
taken blasting, the place it of black hundreds powder of times for
as is many
stronger and consequently more econom¬
ical. It is used chiefly in mining all
kinds of ores, coal and rock, and sub¬
marine Without blasting its aid and railroad railroads, building. especi¬
many
ally those crossing the Rocky Mountains,
could not havo been constructed; with¬
out it Hell Gate ia New York harbor
could not have been destroyed, and with¬
out it the miner, at prices now his bread. paid for
mining ores, could not earn explode
Dynamite fall will not it will burn from without any
ordinary or jar; 42 degrees,
explosion, and freezes at 10
degrees above ordinary freezing made point.
The bomb of the anarchist is of
metal or glass and filled with pure nitro¬
glycerine arranged so as to explode by
severe contact with any hard object.
These bombs are, of course, never made
by a reputable dynamite factory. in¬
Five or six millions of dollars are
vested in the manufacture of dynamite
in the United States, and its use is con¬
stantly on the increase. The fumes of
nitro-glycerine be produce cured intense taking headache,
which can by a very
small dose of it internally.—[Detroit Free
Press.__ of the
In a pool enclosed by one large
greenhouses at Greystone, the Yonkers
(N. Y.) country home of the late Samuel
J. Tilden, lives an educated black bass.
John Forson, the head bass gardener hook at Grey- two
stone, caught the exercising on a consider¬
summers ago, and by
able care succeeded in saving its life.
In the big palm house, where stately
tropical plants rise to the height of thirty
feet above a jungle of rare plants from
the hot countries, this bass now disports confine¬
itself. During its two years of
ment in luxury the fish has learned to
obey the commands of Mr. Forson, and
a whistle from his lips will bring it from
the dark recesses of the pool in a twink¬
ling. A snap of the fingers will cause if
to disappear just as quickly. If a worm
or cricket is held above the surface of
the water even to the height of a foot
the agile bass will leap for it, and greedily fish
gulp it down. Mr. Forson says the
seems fond of him and willing the to pool. sport
with him as long as he stays by
It has several tricks that The it performs only at
the will of the gardener. in the pool is com¬
panion the bass has a suu-
fish. Several German carp were there
when the savage black fellow was in¬
troduced into their society two years ago,
but the introduction was advantageous
only to the latter. The carp were soup,
eaten up. The one sunfish either defen¬
ded itself with vigor against the bass,
or entered iuto a truce, for the two live
together in harmony now.