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ALLIANCE LITE.RATOEE.
„ Matters „ Cf ... Moment WMCll COOCfirD ,, tllC
Order and Its Members.
Carcass (N „ rth , „ Carolina) ,, draws ” the j I
»n
line Ibu-: "Tli • time it-a com > in the |
history of the Alliance whe i the test will !
he put to its numbers. If they are * ' r
principle they they will fail. stand, if for party anil |
boodle will
The following State AllUnce« are yet
to It Id their auntnl meeting*: Indiana,
Indianapolis. N,v November 17; Kentucky,
Owensboro mber 8; California, 8,c-
LEcioutr .j, lousing, f mien,, utister i.
* *
Evcn n Pinkertou thugsometiines _ kicks
backwards. One of them, named Lelar,
has sued his employers for *20,000 dam-
age* on account of injuries received from
the workingmen at Homestead. Carnegie
ought to use lu influence with the preai-
deot to get the man a pension.
The chairman of the Independents and
of the Democratic State committees had
a conference ou the subject of fusion in
8ou’;A Dakota recently and It is practi-
cally d„,L.S..od,po..*™. settled that the Democrats will on-
elector,. US...,
the electors agreeing to vote for Weaver
and Stevenson.
Coming Crisis (Colorado) reduces the
national hanking problem to one para¬
graph, and hits it right: Have you got a
“bank” note in your pocket? Then know
tbat somebody had to borrow it out of
bonk at the current rate of interest—10
or 12 per cent. Then know that your
government made this bastard money
especially loaned it for the poor bankers and
to them at 1 per cent per an¬
num! And yet these bankers stick up
their nose aud tell you that the govern¬
ment cannot loan the people money at 2
per centl
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The Maryland State Alliance elected as
officers for the ensuing year—president.
M. G. Eilzey, of Howard county; vice-
president, J. W. Kerr, of Caroline coun¬
ty ; Secretary and treasurer, T. Canfield
Jenkins, of Charles caunty; Stato lectur¬
er, Frank H. June*, of Caroline county.
Executive committee: Hugh Mitchell, of
Charles county; N. A. Dunning, of
Prince George’s county; Charles Gum, of
Worcister county. Committee on the
good of the order: E. S. Ihffron, of
Caroline connty; E. J. C. P.usons, of
Worcester county; J. II. Downing, of
Wiscomico county. F. H. June* and M.
G. Eilzey were elected delegates to the
National Alliance.
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THE SITUATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Governor Tillm >n,nf North Carolina,on
August 30, was triumphantly tenomina-
ted by about 19,000 majority out of a
total 60,000 vote. He was enthusiasti¬
cally supported by “the one-gallus boys”
and Alliance, and bitterly opposed by
the large newspapers, cities and the old
Bourbon Democracy e'ement. The re¬
form psrty, which is composed mostly of
Farmer’* Alliancemen, will have five of
the seven congressmen from South Caro¬ |
lina. W. II. Brawlcy, Conservative
cumbeut), has been nominated over J.
W. Stokes,Alliance in the first district.
I t the second district, G. D. Till-
man (incumbent) and W. J. Talbert,
alliance man, will have to run again, ow¬
ing to other candidates having been in
The race, which prevented any one |
from receiving a majority. It is proba¬ )
ble that Talbert will win. In the third I
district, A. C. Latimer, alliance man,
has been nommated over Geo. Johnston,
conservative. Geo. W. Shell, alliance
man of the fourth district, has been re¬
nominated over J. T. Johnson, conserva¬
tive, by an tstimated majority of 2,000.
John J. Hemphill, conservative, wbohss
represent-d and the fifth district lor several
terms, who is now chairman of com¬
mittee on thcD strict <>f Columbia has been
defeated by T. J. Strait, Allianceman.
John L. McLaurin, present attorney
general the Farmers’ of the State, who is indorsed by
Alliance, received the nom¬
ination in the sixth district over Jeremiah
Smith, who was it llaskelite bolter two
years ago. Gen. E. W. M -ise, Conserv¬
ative, defeats W. H. Heyward, Alliance-
roan, in tho seventh district. These
nominations arc equivalent to election.
The legislature wilt be in sympathy with
the administration, and the county office*
will be filled with reformers in ail except
tho five counties which were carried by
the Conservatives.
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MIDDLE OF THE HOAD.
To the Merulw rs of the Farmers' Alliance and
Industrial Union:
For years we have been studying polit¬
ical economy, “The t ciencc of Govern¬
ment,” from a strictly non partis in stand¬
point, the the truth only correct in politics. method of arriv¬
ing at With un¬
paralleled united unanimity aud enthusiasm, we
have on uscriesof demands which
have been adepted, affirmed and reaf¬
firmed by our supremo council, our State,
county and subordinate alliance. Last
February, at St. Louis, they were in¬
dorsed by twenty other great labor or¬
ganizations. These demauds are the re¬
sult of many years of patient study aud
discussion of the labor problem. We be¬
lieve they are just and essential. The
time has now arrived to test whether we
are going to be practical or not. The
only way to secure the enactment of these
demands into law is through political
action—legislation. We have passed
through the stage* of discussiou. resolu ¬
tion and demanding. These are all pre
liminary and nccess try to the final act ol
voting. Unless followed up by our bal¬
lots, all that we have done will have been
in vain. The difficulty that now confront!
us as an organization is, that whilst
we are a unit in our demands, we are not,
aa to methods of securing them. We all
must agree on the com mou sense j ropo-
sition that the only way of securiug than
j* to vote for them. Unfortunately, our
partisanship, than in come cases, has proven
stronger ples. our allegiance to our priuc-
When we first made our political de¬
mands, we, to that extent, became a po¬
litical organization. In doing so, wc did
not become a political pirty, uor do I
think we, as a clas-, ever should. So
long as other classes anil profession* re¬
main organized as ciusses or professions,
we, too, must perpetuate aud strengthen
onr organization. But having, as an or¬
ganization, made certain political de¬
mands, we have corresponding duties to
perform. When we requested the several
political parties to adopt our demands,
t tere was an implied promise that if they
T* J. 0,,ld »upport thorn; if not, wo
d ,£ d<b ’ 8B them. We have been met
with the contention that this would in¬
terfere with onr political freedom, Be-
fore taking the obligation, we were
sured that it “will as¬
freedom not conflict with the
of your political or religion,
view..” The Alliance has been an edu
i
cator. Our demands are mir “political
views.” Instead of interferioi; with, we
urge our members to stand by and fup-
port aud vote for their political views.
It is the only honest and consistent thing
we can do. If you believe any other
platform of principle* more important
than our<, then they are your political
views, and it is your duty to support
t|„ m j n preference to ours. Our de¬
mands can only lie crystalized into law
through the medium of a political
party 3 '
I lay down three c -mmon sense propo-
sitions. First, It is always necessary to .
follow up a political party after they have
promised, to compel them to keep their
piomues. Second, It is very improbable
tbat «nv ,f, uoli.ical ,! n.rtv will enact our
dem „ n , aw nl(R , they first prom-
..e to do so. Third, It is utterly ridic-
nlous to cxnect a political party to enact
our demand-* into law so long as they arc
lighting them. The man who bis suffi-
cient f.Jth lo heiieve that they will, bits
enough to n move a mountain, but faith
even of that kind will never move a po-
litical party. They live on and are
moved by votes. 0.ir first duty as cili-
r.ena is ... ex .mine well the promise, of
all political parties as contained in their
platform of princ iples, and then follow
it up by their record to learn which po-
litic.l party is our party.
Our poll*h n! patty having adopted our
demands, it would be iu direct conflict
«i.h o„robU K . ; ,iou,o ..k ,o»
apolitical patty that has not done so.
Worse, it would be asking you to violate
the sacred right of franchise, which
should he i-uarded ‘’J: as the ark of i, our “e
..
bound to support our principles. As
citizens, it is our duty to vote our prin¬
ciples. Our mder is on trial. We have
reached a point where we are certain to
lose s. me members, and it is wise to
consider the situation carefully. To pu^h
on aggressively and in earnest,
wo will lo-e those who love
their old party bondage better
than our principles. To be weak will or
vascillatiug at this critical time, in¬
sure the loss of the earnest, aggressive
membership, who are honestly advoca¬
ting our principles that ns of paramount im¬
portance to of any political party.
No true Allianceman can hesitate which
course to pursue. which Admitting wil! a loss,
which we must, method in¬
sure us the griatest gain? Unquestion¬
ably the honest, manly, consistent cour'e
of voting as we talk, resolve, demand
and pledge. Experience in the State
elections, where we havo voted for our
principles, has demonstrated that our
giins numbers, have more than balanced our losses
m and strength-ned us im¬
mensely in prestige and influence.
A few may be led away with the idea
that berauso a political party has adop¬
ted our demands, our efforts should now
lie concentrated solely for the party.
This would be a grave mistake. We
must perpetuate and strengthen our or
ganiztliou as a bulwark for our princi¬
ples, present and prospective, a tower
or strength to aid the party adopt¬
ing political our demands and a terror to
the party fijbting them. In
other words, we must remain independent
of and superior to political parties. It is
not en* ugh that a political party has
adopted our demands. Political parties
are proverbially frail. We must follow
i hem up to see that they perform. New
,s ’ u f. 9 ’ v ' al *® “ r ‘ uter8t9 -. w !> « rl9e
C ° Ut ,T„ , L 7“', r
WC ‘
*ould again be at h the mercy of_ other or-
R»°>*' d classe , and would a 2 ain have to
go ztiion through the laborious work of organi-
to rescue ourselves.
Our only hope and safety is in perpetu-
ating and perficting our organization,
pressing forward consistently and persist-
eotly until victory is assured.
Fraternally, II. F. Loucks,
President N. F. A. and I. U.
“Hand and Seal.”
The expression “hand and seal, "which
occurs reminder so frequently in legal documents,
is a of the time when few men
were able to write even their own names.
Scores of old English and French deeds
are extant, some of them executed by
kings and noblemen, in which the signa-
ture is a hand dipped iu ink, the seal be-
lug th? afterward appended, together with
siuo, of the cross, the name of tho
man executing the deed being written hand by
another hand Dipping the entire
in ink was, however, inconvenient and
dirty, and later the thumb was substi-
tuted 1 he seal continued to be used,
and though now it lias become only a
formality, legal practice has in many
ways ‘ A pronounced its employment 1 indis-
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A CAT THAT ENJOYED SHOOTING.
T 1 sunnoso s«PJWSO 1 I snail shall tax tax your vonr powers nowers Ol of
belief , if i tell you many more of Middy 8
doings. But truly he was a strange cat,
and you mav as well be patient, for you
will not soon hear of his equal,
captam was much given to rifle practice,
and used to love to ashore and shoot
at a mark. On one of his trips he allowed
Middy to accompany him, for the simple
reuson, I «o.'u suppose, that Middy /«., decided to
b„, mid *,..«„* »*,„
the captain did. Once ashore, the marks-
man selected a lino large rock as a rest
for his rifle, aud opened lire upon his
target. At the first shot or two Middy
seemed a little surprised, but showed no
disposition to run away. lie After the first
few rounds seemed to have
since the captain
was mal racket it must be
entirely . , right . . , and , proper, and nothing
about which a cat need bother his head
m the least. So, as if to show how cu-
tirely he confided in the captain s jndg-
meat and good intentions, that imper-
turbable rat calmly lay down, cur cd u ( \
and went to sleep in the shade of the rock
over which the captain’s rifle was blazing
and crackiug about once in two minutes.
If cooler anybody was ever acquainted should with a
be pleased or mere hear self-possessed particulars.-—[St. cat I
to the
Nicholas.
FLYING FOXES.
My first introduction , to a family of
fl\mg foxes afford me an agreeable sur-
pise had associated writes a young them, correspondent. belonging to the I
bat family as they do, with an idea of
rcpulsiveness, and they are not repulsive
at all. On the contrary, they are very
attractive, with prettily-shaped heads,
dark, bright eyes aud f§J|pli|, sharp muzzles, and
graceful ish-brown bodies hair. covered No flvinw with M soft .............. f__ fox yellow- is "ever
seen without his overcoat, '..... iu in the tue shape
whirA* snane !
of wide, flexible, folded winp, whicn, t
a svjiva^J
when he feels inclined to retire into soli- !
tude, he unfolds and wraps about him
....... head and all, and thus shuts the *
out pry¬
ing world. That he prefers to spend Ids
life in hanging positiou—head ..... . ............. down—
suspended in bv the strong hooked claws
which his legs end—is nobody’s bust-
ness but his own, and as long as it doesn’s
give him a rush of blood to his head, and
he likes it, there’s nothing to be said
against it.—[Detroit Free Press,
PEOPLE’S PARTY COLUMN.
Cnrrent Comment Coiicerning tiie
Crnsadc Against Oppression.
The Road (Colorado) says: Oregon is
ablaze with Weaver sentiment. His Port¬
I land speech was heard by tho largest
crowd th it ever listened to mortal m in.
It is a cyclone, a landslide and an earth-
quake in that State. Gov. PeDnoyer be-
fieves the Populists will carry that State
u.j, fall by 30,000 majority.
m m
. 1 .General ^ .... Weaver presented . , after
was
t g'oOoTcopIc nJ aTfe-loS Democrat*
tvilh a' bTut’iJ cune cornV-d of iTs
email pit ccs of horn, mounted in virgin
silver iu th-t shape of a horse shoe. Tho
j, cn(r ul responded in a graceful speech,
jn which lie accepted the unique gift but
declared “the other fellows would need
caneg after November.” " \
t
ft 01 , ^ . . .ImTr nZhnn . Demon '
7 ftanih t. J\ ’
. .i h hfi ° ni(
, Republican, _ , n . h
mog9 i )HC kcd in Kansas and
the silver ststes The ofeldhJ’ newsnaner ore-ana
of the Democracy are P "the with the
f . eh.eeeX. ,, g th SS t0 L ,j ye bSifflS nartv
voices are falling A upon ‘ unheeding eats,
f. I)tmorrftP 71 fl inned a wav Ll its dav
of %™ ™ Ce and U won , i C l ba for r - 8 lven thls
’
side ii* politicalKra.e."
The following letter was sent forth
from Wall street not so very long ago to
the servants all over the country:
Developments important abroad this week have been
quite as iris as those at home. The con¬
tinental ci which has long been pending
seems lo b - at hand. Wo must proce d with
caution aud guard well every move made, for
the lower order of the people are already show¬
ing signs of regtii S3 commotion. Prudence will
Iheitfore dictate a policy of apparent yielding
to the popular will—until all our plans are so
far consummated that we can declare onr de¬
signs without fear of any organized resistance.
The Farmers’ Alliance and Knights of Labor
organization-* in the United States must be care¬
fully watched by our trusted men and we must
take immediate steps to either control these or¬
ganizations in our interests or disrupt them.
DEMONSTRATE YOUR SINCERITY.
To the members of the People’s Party and
Friends of Reform Throughout the Union:
Our national committee is sorely in
need of funds to meet the necessary de¬
mand* of the campaign. The people are
coming into our ranks daily by the thou¬
sands; counties, districts aud states are
calling piteously for help. With your
timely aid efficient men can be sent to
the proper localities and the battle be
won. Will you not respond at once by
sending your contribution without delay
to M. C. Rankin, treasurer, Terre Haute,
Ind.? The situation is our justification
for making this appeal to you. Fail not
as you prize your liberties.
James B. Weaver.
Jamee G. Field.
people’s party in tiie north.
The People’s Party leaders have had a
conference in New York, and decided to
establish an Eastern headquarters at 465
Washington street, Boston. It was de¬
cided to run full stato tickets in Maine,
New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connec¬
ticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl¬
vania and Maryland. A proclamation
was issued reciting that within the past
four months demands have been made in
widely separated sections of the country
on the part of the laboring classes for the
tedress of wrongs, referring to the
Homestead aud Buffalo strikes and tbc
building tradts troub ein New York. It
is stattd tbat the People’s Party is in full
sympathy with organized labor in its ef¬
held forts to that impr -ve it* condition, but it is
events have proven that the
only permanent improvement can be
made through the polls. The three vital
principles of the Omaha platform are
urged upon organized labor and other
people as a rsmedy for existing condi¬
tions.—Economist.
GEORGIA DEMOCRACY IS DESPERATE.
An . dt , . of ,, k . h ,
V b t ' r :° n 9lr 01 ' 9 ““ wl g ° W
-
desperate , the fight fl , 1 between the « Georgia
democracy and People’s party is, can get
a f ?' r ldci ‘ of ' ^ comparing this edito-
'J* the . 1 £ I eople on \^ s e party Atlttnta platform Constitution : with
j en ^Vas t^Kt-pubCn p°ny'a ^ man’s
Look at this platform! L proper that the
Gove* nimnt shall issue rnouey to tho amount
of $50 per capita, and lend it to the people on
real astate mortgages at 2 ptr cent per annum.
would Now, bo the farmers borrow and others who own land
able to cheap money under
such a law. but a poor mau with no laud to
mortgage would not find the situation improved.
° u tl)0 coll,rar V, h- would be the victim of class
i e „ i9 ; a(il , n . He would get no relief, while his
! . Jand-owning neighbor would be favored by the
Government.
This third party schemo is in the interest of
(he well-to-do classes, and it utterly ignores the
; Thougandg of m( n whose vote , ar , Bolioltf(1
by the third party leaders do uot own a foot of
real estate. They are discussing this land loan
pl* n a pd wondering how them it at can u11 benefit them, fram-
; was
-a-fsaat mfigasssi
powerful that they would be able to keep their
tenants iu a condition of wage-slavery all their
hve».
m/^tT It will be noticed tha; the
pa*ty platform does People’s
not propose to furn¬
ish money ou laud security, but by the
subtreasury plan or a better system. Since
the subtreasury plan contemplates the
{, , iro du C ls of tho laud, and not the land
s0 | f( a9 secar j tyi it i9 as plain i y in the
interest of the “poor man” who produces
but little as it is in tho interest of the
nlen w j, 0 produce much. Truly the
Dura0C racy must be in desperate straits
whcu it3 cbief 0 ° ig con [. r )eUed to re-
t0 .
s ” c “ a P‘ aiD misrepresentation of
‘ IIC * S - Economist (Washington, D. 0.)
! TIIEIR ACCEPTANCE.
j | nomination In his speech f**r president, accepting the Mr. Democratic Cleveland
! used good English. ” " But there was not
anything the 1 lift fulD faintest hope ) t. . I i a of . \ t financial fannn A* ni relief or
of that nature to be gleaned
from it. It seems he carefully avoided
saying anything that could be construed
or misconstrued. If he should come
South and see unrewarded labor and
Ia i se 6 cent cotton a few years he might
be a different man. If he could go West
and struggle with n mortgage, and be
carried several miles by a cyclone now i
«' ,d 'hen, perhaps he would repent. _ As
it It la is he ho lives llvoa in in the tho prosperous oir air of nf m Wall Woll I ^
nrranprnm
street. If he ever was poor he has for-
8,1 .. about . “• . _• 11,9 closed ,
R ott en e J cs
to the u ntce « 1! y for a change. As long
as corporations can breed millionaires he
will sto idly refuse to listen to ai! reason.
Mr. Harrison, in his letter accepting
' bc nomination, differs from Mr. Cleve-
land in one respect. He is in and wants
tost*y in. Mr. Cleveland it out and
w*»nta to get in. Mr. Harrison attacks j
the policy of the d mocratic party, but (
offers offers nothing nothing better. better. He He simply hope,
■ that the and false doctrines
ol protection The democratic will again platform place him has in
something power.
about state banks. He op¬
poses thut, but suggests no change by
which the government can again control
our money. He talks about honest elec¬
tions, but ignores tho fact that the whole
people have been cheated out of their
votes by the politicians for several elec¬
tions. The democratic rot about state
banks was put in to catch suckers. It is
contrary to the teachings of Jefferson,
who opposed any plan to issue money
except by the national government.
President Harrison asserts that “the gen¬
eral condition of our country is one of
great terrible prosperity,” notwithstanding the
state of alfairs existing. He is
1 said to be an elder in the Presbyterian
church, but he will have to stick doser
to the truth than tbat if he passes muster.
Although there is nothing in the prom-
lse of the would be rulers. The Czar of
Russia or Iving of bpsio ore nearer their
subjects than either. The policy of
C.eve-land and Harrison seems to be to
They help the strong and oppress the weak,
know nor care nothing about any-
bod y worth bss than a million. Nothing
would be 8! ' id b J either, if elected, about
chauics congresalookingafterthofarmersormo- Contrast
their records with
of Weaver and see which deserves
y° ei ur N v »te.—Progressive C,) Farmer (Ral-
S b ’ ’
I’OPUIiAR SCIENCE NOTES.
Observations made to determine the
transmission longitude of Montreal electric show that the
of the current across
the ocean and back occupied a trifle over
a second, the distance being 8,000 miles.
A gold coin passes from one to another
2,000,000,000 times before the stamp or
by impression friction, upon while it becomes silver coin obliterated
between a times before changes
3,250,000,000 it be¬
comes entirely effaced.
Wonderful Screws.—A n authority
on the subject asserts that the smallest
screws known arc those used by the
watch manufacturers. The fourth jewel-
wheel screw is very minute, being almost
invisible to the naked eye. A person of
ordinary eye-sight would pronounce it a
»-;ction of a very small hair. With a
glass it is seen to be a perfect screw,
with threads so fine that it would take
200 of them to wind round the little
speck of wire to a distance of a half an
inch, it providing they they were that long. As
is are but the forty one-thous¬
andth of an inch in diameter and less
than one-ten thousandth of an inch in
length.
Effect of Heat on Hair and Nails,
—It is ger erally understood that the hair
and nails grow faster in hot weather than
in cold; but, perhaps, few are aware that
any temperature can impart so great a
stiinulous to the growth as Colonel
Pejevalsky, the Russian traveler, says the
Central Asian heat did during his jour¬
ney in those regions. In June the ground
became so excessively hot that travel in
day time fortnight was rendered impossible. With¬
in a after this oppressive weath¬
er set in, Colonel Pejevalsky says that
some youthful Cossacks of his party,
whose faces were perfectly smooth, de¬
veloped short period respectable of beards days. within the
twenty
Wonders in a Ton of Coal. —There
is more in a ton of common bituminous
coal than most people are aware
of. Besides gasses, a ton of coal
will yield 1500 pounds of coke, twenty
gallons of ammonia water, and 140
pounds of coal tar. Destructive of the tai
gives us 09.9 pounds of pitch, 17 pounds
of creosote, 14 pounds of heavy oils, 9.5
pounds of naphtha yellow, 6.3 pounds of
naphthaline, pounds 4.75 of alizarin, pounds of 2.4 naphthaole,
3.25 pounds pounds of
solvent naphtha, of aurine, 1.5 pounds of phenol,
line, 1.2 pounds 0.77 pounds of toludine, 1.1 0.40 of pounds ana-
of authracine, and 0.9 pounds of toluene.
From the last named product saccharine
is obtained, which is 223 times sweeter
than sugar.
A Dust Detector. —Some curious
color phenomena have been observed by
Mr. John Aitkin when air is suddenly
expanded, tion of and have instrument, led to the called construc¬ the
a new
“koniscope,” of impurities for roughly iu the determining air.
the amount The
instrument consists simply of an air pump
and a tube 20 inches long provided with
glass ends. The air to be tested is
drawn iuto the tube, where it is moist-
sned and expanded. If comparatively
few dust particles cubic centimeter—the are present—say,
|80,000 ner color
is very faiut, but a blue of increasing
depth occurs becoming as the particles dark increase with in
number, a very blue
4,000,000 per cubic centimeter. The
koniscope makes it easy to trace the pol¬
lution arising in our homes from open
flames and other causes, and to separate
pure from impure currents in the rooms.
BABIES IN PASTURES GREEN.
A Gentleman who made a bicycle tour
round the world, tells of a queer sight he
saw iu an out-of-the-way part of China,
where the people have many quaint cus-
tomes: “I saw about twenty Chinese
infants tethered to stakes on a pitch of
greensward, like so many goats or pet
lambs. The length of each baby’s tether
was about ten feet, and the bamboo
stakes were set far enough apart so that
the babies wouldn’t get all tangled up.
Each baby had a sort of girdle or kam-
merbund around its waist, and the end
of the tether-string was tied to the back
of this. Some of tho little Celestials
were crawling taking about on all fours; others
were their first lessons in the fea*
of standing upright, by steadying them¬
selves against the stake they were tied to.
What queer little Chinese mortals they
all looked, to be sure, picketed out on
the grass land like a lot of young calves
whose mothers were away for the day!
In this respect they did, indeed resemble
young calves; for I could see their
mothers at work in a ricefieUl a few hun¬
dred yards away. All the babies seemed
quietly contented with their treatment.
I stood and looked at them for several
minutes, from pure amusement at their
unique position; but although they re¬
garded me with wide-eyed curiosity, I
never heard a whimper from any of
them.”—[Children’s Work for Children.
What. a Bad Egg Is.
There is water a-plenty in a froeh-laid
egg, but no more air than thero is in a
hammer. As long as it will you remain can keep the
^ ou j 0 f your "but egg SWeCt
aud fresh, nobody has succeeded in
keeping it out more than six days. It
sounds funny, but the moment you give
un fresb sir tbat moment you min its
health. People wonder why a bad egg
is so positively obtrusive as to odor, but
they s Wouldn’t. What do they e-xpec t of
a combination of sulphuric putrified acid, albumen, de¬
cayed acid cheese, . _ and ultra-rancid carbonic
gas, ammonia mar-
garino set free? Honeysuckles?—Pitta-
ourg Bulletin,
FACTS AND FANCIES.
A special room in tho Hahnemann hos¬
pital in New York is fitted u'p lor sick
laleswomen.
places A medifoval writer on devils demonology
the total number of at pre¬
cisely 44,335,550.
Yawning is not always a useless net,
for it often cures catarrh and other afflic¬
tions of the throat.
For three vac.int chaplaincies in the
United States army over 4,000 applica¬
tions have been filed.
'] he constitution of Louisiana permits
women to hold any office connected with
public education.
A German so'entist estimates that the
Dead sou will be one m tss of solid salt
within less than 500 years.
The railroad dining cars in this country
earn baggage more money than the sleeping and
c-iia together.
The French order of the Legion of
Honor now has 45,000 members, of whom
12,458 are per-ong in civil life.
A town in Michigan has a firm of gro¬
cers named “Juke and Jack” and a grog-
gery kept by “Jack and Jim.”
A bicyclist has been sentenced to seven
months’ imprisonment at Glashutte, Ger¬
many, because every night he would
crosa the railroad track at some point
just in front of the locomotive so that
the engineer was in great straits not to
kill him.
There are now in the United States
twenty-one law firms composed of hus-
bauds and wives, and there are about 200
American ladies who practice law in the
courts Several or manage legal publications.
women make large incomes by
the law in America.
One of the fastest voyages from China
to New York was made in the summer of
1880 by the steamship Glenogle of the
Glen line of Glasgow, which arrived from
Amoy in forty-six days. The fastest
time Was by the G!en3hiel of the same
line—forty-three days.
A witty writer ha3 observed with much
trutli that every man is, in a sense, three
different men. Ia the first place he is
the man he thinks himself to be; in the
second place, be is the man other per¬
sons think him to be; and, finally, he is
the man that he really is.
A canvassir whilein Washington, Me.,
was surprised to find six successive house¬
holds in which no newspapers were
taken, and upon calling at the next
house asked the reason, and was informed
that not a member of the six families
could either read or write.
The Burmese women are important
personages, and they play a great pari
in their household. They choose their
own husbands, and divorce them when
they like, retaining their own property
and all they have earned ; they are at lib¬
vorced. erty to marry again when widows are di¬
Chillian money is of very little intrin-
' sic value just It is simply small
now.
tags of pasteboard. The maker of each
tag writes on it the sum for which he is
willing to redeem it, and uses it as cash,
It passes from hand to hand as money,
and in time comes back to the original
product r, whose duty it is to promptly
redeem it.
A place for “visiting babies” at the
Chicago World’s fair is under considera¬
tion, and a space is likely to bo re.
servi d near the woman’s building, on
which a house may be erected for this
purpose. Nurses trained to care for
children wiil be in charge, the mother'
will get the children checked, and, with
calm eon ciences, enjoy the tour of the
grounds unhiudered.
Better Still.
TuUer—While I was fishing the other
day, I saw two fish come up and, bite at
my hook at the same time.
Jagway—That’s nothing. I came
home from the club the other night in
two cabs.—Life.
A Portland (Me.) man has invented a
bicycle engine which he claims will
propel the ’cycle at a speed far greater
than that of our fastest passenger trains.
Bulrushes Shaken by the Wind
Do not vibrate to the passing wind more read -
ly than weak nerves vibrate to the slightest
noise or other trivial cause of their disturb¬
ance, which would be disregarded by the vig¬
orous. That benignant tonic, HostetterV
Stomach Bitters, strengthens them through
tho medium of restored digestion, and thus
remedies their super-seusitiveness. Malaria
kidney and liver complaint and constipation
are cured by the Bitters.
Some of tho African tribes pull their fingers
till the joints crack as a form a salutation.
dl For sorders, Dyspepsia, Brown’s Indigestion, and Stomach
it use iron Bitt rs. The Best
'ionic, rebuilds tho system, cleans the Blood
and strengthens the muscles, A splendid ton-
ic for weak and debilitated persons.
invention Tlte thermometer has been proven to be tli -
of Galileo in 150*;.
The Only One Ever Printed.
CAN YOU FIND TnE WORD ?
There is a 3-inch display advertisement In
this paper, this week, which has no two words
alike except one word. The same is true ol
each new one appearing ench week, from The
Dr. Harter Medicine Co. Tois house places a
“Crescent” on everything they make and
of publish- tho word Look and for they it, send will them the name
return you book,
BEAUTIFUL LITHOOKAPBS Or SAMPI.ES FIIK.E.
J. call S. PARKER, for Fredonia. the $100 N. reward, Y., says: for “Shall I be¬
not on you
lieve Hall’s Oa'arrh Cure wil 1 cure any case o
catarrh. Was very bad.” Write him f or par-
ticulars. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Dyspepsia, and constipation impaired will digestion, weak
Btomach, relieved by neeebam's Pills. 25 cents bo instantly box.
a
If afflicel with sore eyes use Dr. IsaacTItonip-
son’s Eye-water.DrutFgistssell at 25-per bolt ;e.
indigestion Cured
“ I have for years been
troubled with distress in
^ M my stomach and indiges-
t * on ' " ben I took
Hood's Sarsaparilla the
5| jyjk- f effect ing. It was gave surprio- me .great
relief, and I now eat
SSaCfc without that terrible dis-
■ Wm. W.tde. tro-s. I also rest well at
whit night hi and am in HOOD'S rood general health, for all of
thank SAHSAPARIL-
LA." W.M. Wade, Boot and Snoo dealer, 1*
Merrimack Street, Lowell, Mass.
Hood’s Pills cure liver ills, constipation,bil-
ousneos,jaundice and sick headache. Try them-
Young Mothers Z
1F« Offer Tom a Remedy
trMcA Insures Safety to
Life of mother and Child.
“MOTHER’S FRIEND”
Robs Confinement of it*
Tain, Horror and Risk.
suffered Afterosfngonebof bus little pain, tleof and « mother’s did Friend” X
weakness afterward usual uot experience that
ASMS OiOE. in 15th, such cases.—Ida.
Lamar, Ho.. Jan. 1391.
Sent $1 by AO express, charge* prepaid, on receipt free. of
price, per bottle. Book to Mothers mailed
BBADFIEld BEGCLATOK CO.,
ATLANTA, G A,
BOLD BY AU CR0QQ13T3.
Nothin? Uot Aw ay.
An old deed recorded in Petti* county
oyer fifty year* ago con'nius a good illus¬
tration of tho legal verbiage common in
such instruments in etrly times. In ad¬
dition to forty acre* of land sold for IV
consideration of flf,y dollars, tho docu¬
ment conveys '-‘all and singular—appurt¬
enances, appendages,mlvowsong, curtailngcs, benefits,
commons, cow houses, corn
cribs, dairies, dovec its, cnsemeuU, emol¬
uments, freeholds, features, furniture,
fixtures, gardens, homestalls, improve¬
ments, immunities, limekilns, meadows, parks’,
marshes, mines, minerals, orchards,
pleasure grounds, pigeon houses, pig-
styes, quarries, remainders, reversions,
reuts, rights, ways, water courses, wind-
mi Is, together with every other necessary
right, immunity, privilege and advavtago
of whatsoever name, nature or dcscrip
tion.”
Cheap Barometers;
A plug of tobacco, by its moisture and
roftness, will iudiente the approach of a
storm, a ioo-e window cord will tighten
up just before a rain, and a pair of gloves,
ordinarily tight ou the hands, will be¬
come almost baggy on the approach of
bad weather.
Sample Packago Mailed Free.
Address Small Bile Beans . New York."
The St. Louis Chief of Police requires
the 1000 Chinese in that city to be
photographed.
Long bo prevented spells of sickness and heavy doctor bills
can Ismail. by using in time Bile Beans
There are 525,000 Congregationalists
in the United States.
Go twice os far as liver pills and cure oftenor
—Small bi le Bean s.
A million dollar sugar refinery is to be
built at Brooklyn, N. Y.
To aid Digestion take one SmaU Bile Bean
after eating. 25c . per bottle.
There were 1500 railroad accidents in
New Jersey last year.
Constipation cured by SmaU Bile Beans.
Them itches made yearly are woith
8185,000,000.
Fob impure or thin Blood, Weakness. Mala-
ria Ni uraigia. Indigestion, and Biliousness
take Brown’s iron Bitters—it gives strength,
making old persons feel young—and yoang
persona strong; i leasant to taka.
In 1850 Bonelli devi-ed a method of using
electricity in weaving.
A Matter of Life or Death.
Do yon know that the state of the blood run-
ning in your vo’.ir veins veins is is the cause of your sickness
or your health? This is a most important mat-
ter, although deal overlooked by people who show
a great of good sense otherwise. Your
blood lias to be kept pure, or your whole system
gradually check check disease becomes and a wreck. It costs very little
to to correct the stats of the
blood if the matter is takeu up in time; but it
costs a great after deal, disease and has is often gained impossible, if
taken taken up up alter disease nas a foothold.
If you are troubled with Syphilis, Itch, Hu¬
mors, Pimpjes, Swellings, Scrofula, Skin Malaria, Disease, Catarrh, Rheumatism, Fevers,
Liver and Kidney diseases, Old Sores, Erup¬
tions^ any other disorders resulting from im¬
pure blood, write at once to Dr. S. C. Parsons,
derful Savannah, remedy, Ga. His Blood Purifier is a won¬
and only costs one dollar per
bottle. Send 2c stamp for pamphlet containing
a Parsons lot of private Female and Regulating valuable information. Dr.
Pills are very effi¬
cacious. Write to him without delay.
Our old reliable eye-water cures weak or in¬
flamed eyes John or granulated lids without pain.
Price 25c. R, Dickey Drug Co., Bristol, Va
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ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup and refreshing of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
to the taste, and acts
gently Liver and yet promptly Bowels, on the Kidneys,
cleanses the sys¬
aches tem effectually, and fevers dispels colds, head¬
aud cures habitual
only constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
duced, remedy pleasing of its kind ever pro¬
to the tasto and ac¬
its ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular Syrup remedy of Figs k nown.
is for sale in 50c
aud $1 bottles by all leading drug¬
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro¬
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK. N.Y.
BileBe&ns
SmaU
Positively cure Sick-headache. 40 to
the bottle. Price 35c. Reliable, Econom¬
ical. Sold by druggists
I
• purify the blood, ore safe and cf-1
SS&V
X of Appetite, Mental Depression,®
• l Mnlill Digestion, Pimples, Sallow®
V " Complexion, Tired Feeling, and#
Xto perform their proper functions. Personsjriven to®
3 over-eating are benefited by taking a TARUlE after?
® Agents Wanted; EIGHTY per r ent profit. *
CHOLER
Its Origin and History;
-ITS--
PREVENTION
AND CURE.
An interesting Pamphlet mailed to any ad¬
dress on receipt ot Stamm
Dr. L H. HARRIS, Pittsburgh, Ta.
Consumptives and people
who have, weak lungs or Asth¬ %
ma, should use Piso’s Cure for
Consumption. thousands. It It has has not cared injur- £ i
od one. It is not bad to take.
It is the best cough syrup.
Bold everywhere. 25e.
vfeli
$5to$15 p iW
k; LIGHTNING PLATES
and plating jewelry, watefce*
f! tableware, &c. l’latcs the
G welry good a*
B w, on ai kiuda of metal inetat
& t tli gold, ailver or capiial.j n ickcl.
Z, pcrience. No
■U/’ ryffiPT'-ff r S fSl® k... ■jpTJ very house has goods necd-
ias plating. Wholesale t»
aS3£lS!Jb£OTlars. a * eDl ’ *»• Write for circs-
II. C. DELNO A
Co., Columbus, O.
coinc to build?
Send for Illustrated Catal ogno, containing 26 hand
some " 0M designs, ** UOUhtS, FREE. A .ddress NIIOPI’KM/O
U 3 Broadway, New York
" "
xr IM. __ U. .. ......Thirty-cv. n, '93
Isfists W. Li DOUGLAS
value which fur represent prices nsked, the best as U7 ohu J 6 r ya K&B B&m. FOR
thiiusiitids will testify. 1^3 W ^ 8l®a F GENTLEMEN,
DTTAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. W
THE BEST SHOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE MONEY.
A genuine sewed shoe, that unit not rtp, fine calf, seamless,
smooth insiue, flexible, more comfortabie.styiish and durable tnon
any other shoe ever sold ot the price. Equals custom made shoes
fine im ported shoes costing from $3 to $12. and all others who
CO dll Police Shoe, worn by farm ers
yvi want a good heavy calf, three soled, extension edge shoe,
easy to walk in, and will keep the feet dry and warm.
$2. 5 «e e nfo The increasing sales show that w ork¬
They are made for Berrice.
ingmen have found this out. Youths’ SI.75 School Shoos nra ...
B/SVCI T SJ and
Dv v worn by the boys everywhere. 'I he most service¬
able shoes -md 3^11 nud-Sewed. S'2.50, E2 and SI-75
LADlBv _ , jt tnetesthon-
Shoes for Misses are made of
Ss'SsaiiKS'v gola or fine Calf, a, desired. They are very stylish .cone
a b ^\^^N^waro^^s^utin
tbeTrkestamp«3ou l ;sho., r eh.
oat w7il'Douglas' name and het.cm-
ASK r.v..T FOR W. L DOUGLAS’ SHOES. SSf^SSKS'^lS.
chants where I have a* agente. Write fer Cmtnlegue. W- R- Douglas, Brockton, .u
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s i
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» sassage
“German
Justice Syrup’ of the
ktnson, of Lowville, Peace, George Wil.
Minn., makes deposition Murray Co
a concern-
mg a severe cold. Listen to it. • ‘i„
the Spring of 1888 through
posure I contracted , ex-
a very severe
cold that settled on my lungs. This
was accompanied by excessive night
sweats. One bottle of Boschee’s
German Syrup broke up the cold
night sweats, and all and left me
in a good, healthy condition. I can
give German Syrup my mostearnen
commendation.” ©
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w r-
y, LITTLE
4 r LIVES
< PILLS
£C
1-
1)0 SOT GRIPE NOR S1CKES.
Buro eiir. fer SICK lit AD-
AC'UJbj, pation, impaired diq;estioB,consti-
uT k torpid glamh. Theyarcu®
io ^ vital zines8. organa, Magical remove effect mtusca, diz-
Bk andbl adder. on Kid¬
neys Conquer
ioo bilious nervous dis¬
orders. Establish nat¬
ural Daily Action.
blood. Beautify Purely complexion by purifying
Vegetable.
nwrbetoo’muchfE^h vi*iU contain! cl,carrie<Fln vert
pocket, convenience. like lead Taken pencil. Business man’s great
where. All easier than sugar. Sold every¬
genuine goods bear “Crescent”
Send 2-cent stamp. You get 32 page book -with sample.
OR. HARTER MEDICINE CO , St. Louis. Ma
AN ASTONISHING
TONiC FOR WOMEN.
McELREE’S
Wl
It Strengthens the Weak, Quiets the
Nerves, Relieves Monthly
Suffering and Cures
FEMALE DISEASES.
ASK YOUR DRUGGIST ABOUT IT.
41.00 PER BOTTLE.
CHATTANOOGA PED. CO., Chattanooga, Tern.
Unlike the Dutch Process
No Alkalies
— OR —
Other Chemicals
are used in the
preparation of
W. BAKER & CO.’S
itlBreakfastCficoa U
which is absolutely
pure and soluble .
fe hr jf|*| i l( the It has strength more than of Cocoa three mixed times
rig Sugar, with Starch, and is far Arrowroot more eco¬ or
_ .
nomical, costing less than one cent a cup*
It is delicious, nourishing, and easily
DIGESTED. _
Sold bf Grocers everywhere.
& Mass.