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PRANKLIN county.
VOL. III. NO. 41.
A Song of Mysteries.
Who shall say what snowflakes light
Fulling on the lambs at night,
Clothed them In their coats of white?
Who shall say what veins of sun
Through the rose's petals run,
’Till they crimson one by one?
This, O Love, Is all our knowing!
Lambs arc clad and flowers are blowing.
When the wild birds are a-wing
Jii the blue and bloom of spring,
Who shall say what makes them sing?
Who shall tell this heart of mine
Why in thunder and in shine
Still tho mossed-oak lures the vine?
We but know the wild bird slngeth
And the Jured vine clingeth, ciingetb.
Who shall say n by rosiest dawn
Gleameth, btreameth, dreameth on,
To the breast of Darkness drawn? *
And why thou, by earth caressed, \
Still hath sought me—loved me best,
Crept like sunlight to iny breast?
Day and Dark may love and sever,
But thou Invest me forever!
—[Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitu¬
tion.
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What the Kettle Sang
BY HELEN M. WHITNEY.
Tho Widow Rubble was brushing
her smooth black hair, and giving her
niece, Dolly Hodges, a piece of her
mirnl at the same time.
“I wonder you ain’t ashamed of
it, and you a church member, tool’
she cried.
“But, Aunt Tabitlia, what is it?
What have I done?” pleaded Dolly,
raising a pair of clear blue oyes to lrtf
aunt’s snapping black ones.
“What have you done I You haven’t
primped and puckered, and set your
cap to catch Deacon Holly—oh, no I”
In her wrath Tabitlia twisted her
baok hair till it was tho size of a hick¬
ory nut.
“Oh, aunt I how can you say snoh
a dreadful thing?” Shy, sweet tem¬
pered Dolly flashed out the words
with a spirit akin to her aunt’s. “You
know it’s not true.”
“I know ’tis true.”
Tho black eyes snapped again, and
the widow brushed aud scolded with
equal energy.
“Didn't I seo .you run down to the
gate ouly this morning in your bluo
merino tiroes, and your best liat, and
ask the deacon to take yon to town in
his spring wagon? And ’lain’t tho
first time, either.”
“Why, Aunt Tabitlia!” Dolly’s bluo
eyes opened very wiilo, as sho looked
at her aunt in surprise. “You know
it was too snowy for me to walk to
town today, and we were obliged to
have that trimming to finish theflutiug
on Mrs. Green’s cashmora dress. I
had been watching all the morning for
aohance to ride down.”
<l I don’t doubt it.”
“I didn’t know the deacon would
pass—how could I? and it would
have been all the same if Farmer Dob¬
son, or old Uncle Peter Jones, bad
oome along.”
“Oh, yes, that’ll do to tell,” retorted
tho widow. “Aud of course it was
absolutely necessary for yon to run
back and get a piece of bread and jam,
or something, for that spoiled young
one that’s always stuck along with Ills
father!”
Dolly laughed, in spite of her vexa¬
tion.
“I wont back for ray muff,” she
explained, “aud Freddie said lie was
hungry, so, of course, I brought him
tho bread.”
“Oh, yon needn’t make excuses,
and think I’ll believe ’em. I know
well enough ’twould bo a good match
for a poor girl like you, that nas to
make your own living. But Deacon
Holly’s too smart to bo caught like
that; and it’s for your own good I’m
a-warning you, Dolly Hodges. But
I shall eorno over and speak to Sister
Dorcas about it after a while, for I
see there's no uso talking reason to
you."
“You may spare yourself the trou¬
ble, Aunt Tabitlia, for my mothor
knows all you cau tell her, already,”
retorted Dolly, as she drow the liood
of her waterproof over her head, and
walked proudly away. But there was
a troubled look in her downcast eyes,
and Hie envenomed words still rankled
in her bosom.
Deacon Holly felt weary and worn
as he enlered'his lonely dwelling- The
large, handsome rooms, with their
costly furniture, had a dreary, deso¬
late look that made him shiver.
The dining-room looked snug and
cheerful. A bright fire blazed in the
ample fire-place, and tho sun streamed
through the west window, lighting up
a pot of vivid chrysanthemums which
stood on tho wide sill.
Aunt Patty, the presiding genius of
tho housekeeping arrangements, had
taken her knitting and gono out to
have a chat with the next neighbor,
having, howover, with commendable
prudence, first replenished the lire
Wiih a fresh back-log aud front stick.
THE ENTERPRISE. |Y . r
and hung the iron tea-kettle over it to
buvo building a lire in the kitchen.
Aunt Putty’s othor preparations for
tea were nlrondy made. The cold
beof wa9 sliced and set away in the
safe. The apple butter was already
dished in tho cutrglass howl; a mince
pie was cut, and a pitcher of sweet
cream stood ready for tho table, which
was already set, and covered with au
extra cloth lo protect it from the dust.
Tho gingorbread was sliced, and a
plate of honey stood in close proximity
to a loaf of browubread and a pot of
yellow butter.
Deacon Ilolly was tired, and throw¬
ing himself into an easy-chair by the
fire, ho fell to incditatihgou his lonely
lot.
It was three years sinoo little Fred¬
die’s mother had been laid to rest un-
dor ihe daisies on the hill.sidc, and
tho deacon hud never ceased to miss
her.
Somehow, tho more ho thought of
her tho more attractive seemed liis
latest day-dream, of giving the sub¬
stantial old houso another mistress,
and his boy a now mothor. Ho looked
down with a smile at Freddie, who
had fallen asleep before tho fire, with
his head ou a crimson ottoman.
The smile was followed by a look of
perplexity as Deacon Holly leaned
back iu the cushioned chair, and set to
work ou a problem that had recently
begun to puzzle him sadly. And while
he puzzled, a pair of biack eyes seemed
to claim his attention iu the fore¬
ground, while two bewildering bine
ones cast shy glances at him from a
distance, as if too timid to approach
nearer.
The black eyes looked very attract¬
ive, tho blue ones very entrancing,
and the frown over the deacon’s nose
deeponod perceptibly.
Presently tv most wonderful thing
occurred. Au amazing thing, such as
tho doacon hud never heard of in alt
his life before.
Tho iron toa-kettlo, which bad for
tomo time been singing away quite
merrily, suddenly puffed out a cloud
of steam, lifted its lid, tilted itself on
one side, aud leere 1 at the deacon in
the most ludicrous and uuaccouutable
manner.
The deacon could scarcely believe
tho evidence of liis senses. He put on
his spectacles and stared at the kettle
in amazement.
To his intenso surprise, (he erratic
kettle blew out another cloud of
steam, tilted si iff farther to one side,
and gave a broader stare thau over.
It then began to sing, in a boister¬
ous tono:
“Double, double, toil and trouble,
The deacon’s married the Widow Bubble.”
At tikis Deacon Ilolly drew himself
up with an air of quiet dignitv.
“I beg your pardon, Mrs. Kettle,”
he said, mildly. “Yon aro laboring
under a mistako. I am not married
to anybody."
“Oh, yes, you are, old chap,” re¬
turned tho tea-kettle, saucily. “Yon
aro married to the Widow Rubble
that was, and she’s out in the kitchen
this niinnlo, jawing Aunt Patty for
putting so much wood on the fire, and
for having both honey and apple but¬
ter for supper.”
“Dear me,” sighed the deacon. “I
really had no idea of such a thing. 1
think you aro mistaken, ma’am, in-
deed.”
“No, no, deacon, no mistake about
it, I do assure you. Such things fro-
quoiitly happen, my dear sir, take my
word for it,’’ persisted ihe kettle.
“But— but it certainly cannot be a
a legal marriage, when it occurred
without my knowledge.”
••Oh, bless your heart, that makes
no difference—no difference at all, my
dear slid You are m for it now, and
will havo to face the music. Rubble
rhymes to trouble, you know. Tho
worst of it is, tho poor little boy will
oorno in for his share of the trouble.
I tell you, it made my blood boil to
see her order that poor child around
before you came home today. No won¬
der he’s asleep o n the rug Ibis ir.inuto,
and when sho made him shovel off all
the 8iiow from around the house, and
thou finish goUing that load of coal
into the cellar—a bitterly [cold day like
this, too.
The deacon groaned.
“I should think you’d a known bet¬
ter, deacon. I really should,” went on
the tea-kettle. “Didn’t your common
sense toll you that Rubble rhymes to
trouble, and Dolly rhymes lo Holly?
What could be plainer than that?
However, it’s loo late now, and here’s
the new madam at her tricks already.
Look at her now, a-grabbing that poor
child by the scruff' of the neek, and
hustling him into the kitchen, just ba-
j I ca, '* “I e won ^p^Uiid t stanu U/’mfied , the deacon
jumping up. glad you’re awake, deacon,”
“I'm so “I've
id Aunt Patty's mild voice.
j sa to wake
I waited half an hour for you
Equal Rights to all, Special Privileges to None.
CARNESVILLE FRANKLIN CO., GA., FRIDAY. OCTOBER 14.1802.
up, and I’m dreadful afraid the tea is
spoiled, stauding so long.”
Tho deacon rubbod his eyes and
stared at Aunt Patty, at tho cozy
tabic, at tho merry blazing fire, and
then at the iron tea-kettle.
It hung demurely from its hook over
tho ruddy blaze, singing in low, sub¬
dued tones, unlike tho boisterous way
in which it had so recently been in¬
dulging.
A weight seemed taken from the
deacon’s heart, his spirits rose. Ho
was not married, after all I
“Whore’s Freddie?'’ he asked, as no
took his sent at tho table and sipped
his tea.
“Oh, the poor child was 60 hungrv
I gave him his supper long ago, and
he’s gone off som’ers, I don’t know
where.”
Tho deacon finished his supper with
a good appetite and a light heart
The Widow Rubble made quite an
atiractlvo appearance in her wine-
colored merino dross, with her black
hair smooth aud shining, and her
checks a little, just a little redder than
nature had made them, her black eyes
as black as ever.
“Must you go? Do stay longer,”
she was saying, politely, to her friend
aud crony, Miss Miranda Peek, who
had run in for a half-hour’s gossip.
“Oh, donr, no, 1 must go at once,”
returned the visitor.
“But I must say,” sho added, as
her hostess accompanied her to tho
door, “I should think that boy would
bo an objection.”
“Oil, not at all.” The door was
open, now, and the widow’s voice
was high and shrill. “Freddie is old
enough to be of some assistance now,
and I should put him to work at once.
He lias been spoiled ail his life, I
know r , but I would soon put a stop to
all that.”
“Good evening, ladies.”
The words proceeded from a tall
form which loomed up ill the dark¬
ness, unperceived before.
Both ladies uttered little shrieks of
surprise.
“Dear me, Deacon Holly! I did
not soe you in the dark. Do w’aik
in.”
Mrs. Rubble gavo her friend a terri¬
fied pinch, which the conscience-
strickeu Miss Peek returned with iu-
terosl.
(‘Do come in, deacon,” persisted
tiie widow, determined to bridge mat¬
ters over, if possible.
“Not tonight, thanks, Mrs. Rub¬
ble,” returned the deacon, politely,
but coldly. “My boy, Freddie, has
run oil', and I called to see if he was
here.”
“The dear child i He isn’t here,
deacon; but come hi, and I will send
out to look for him. He can’t bo far
away.”
“Oh, l couldn’t think of troubling
you. Ho has probably run over to
BOO his friend, Miss Dolly Hedges.
I’ll just run over and look him up my¬
self. Don’t let me detain you, la¬
dies.”
And the deacon walked off.
Dolly’s bluo eyes dropped a Hltle,
and the color deepened on her rounded
cheeks as the deacon entered and dis-
coveicd Freddie sitting in her lap,
making himself quite at home, pulling
her curls and her blue ribbon bow.
When, a short time thereafter,
pretty Dolly Hedges became Mrs.
Deacon Ilolly, the disgusted widow
informed her friend Miss Peek, in
confidence, that it all came of Dolly’s
making so much of that spoiled young
one.
Unconscious Mrs. Rubble! She
never suspected that her fate had been
influenced by wbnt the old iron tea¬
kettle sang.—[Now Yortr Weekly.
Harvesting Hay.
Now, it i» a wonder somebody
hadn’t thought of this before. Of
what? Why, of harvesting hay just
as grain Is harvested. Judge Davis
has tried it on Ids farm near Mineral
Point. The reaper and binder tniro-
duced into a field of timothy grass
worked splendidly. The sheaves of
grass cured rapidly in shock, the hay
was free from sand and dirt that is
usually collected from raking the
ground, retained much more of its
sweetness, tenderness, and aroma
than if treated by tho old scattering
aud bleaching process, and Judge
Davis says the hay is not only Worth
$2 per ton more thau if harvested in
the usual way, hut that both expenso
and labor were saved. Now, why
didn’t somebody think of all this
years ago?—[Columbus (Ohio) State
Journal.
So Cause for Fear.
Tourist—if you saw me drop down
this horrible precipice, you would 1 re
terribly upset, would you not?
Guide—Oh I not in the least; you
have paid me lot advance, you knew.
ALLIANCE LITERATURE.
Matters of Moment Wiiicli Concern ilic
Order and Its Members.
The man who would sell his vole,
would scll lr's soul to the devil and
make a liberal discount for cash.—Clin -
cinnati llirald.
* *
*
“No reform, moral or intellectual, ever
came from the upper class of society. of
Each and all came from the protest
martyr and victim. Tho (mancipation achieved
of the working people must themselves.— be
by tho working people
Wendell Phillips.
“A dollar will buy more to-day fhau
a’ any time in the history of this conn
try,” say the politicians Yes that is s i.
It will buy more of the farmers’ cot toil,
corn, wheat, meat, horses ’and cattle.
Yes, almost three times ns much ns it
would fifteen or twenty years ago. a
dollar will buy nearly three day’s woik
now ou the farm where it only bought
one a few years ago.— Ex.
***
An exchange slates that there is very
little dfference between the Greenback
platform of 1884 and the Omaha plat¬
form this year. The difference, however,
is in favor of the Omaha.
The Grecnbackers stood against the
wicked financial system of the govern¬
ment, but failed to offer as good substi¬
tutes as the Omaha, They were against
giving away public lands, favored laws
agaiust railroad discrimiuafion, and fa¬
vored government postal telegraph sys¬
and a income tax.
*
* # Cleveland bond¬
When the Mills and
purchasing scheme was being rushed
through the House, General Weaver said:
Where is the money which this resoluiion
seeks to have paid out in the purchase of
Government bonds? It is not in the
Treasury 1 Fifty-nine millions of it are in
national banks, aud they aro using it
without interest. The Secretary of tho
Treasury has serious doubts about his
authority under the law of March 3, 1881,
to purchase bonds with this money. It
is a little singular that some doubt did
not arise in his mind as to bis power to
deposit this amount of money in tho
uatioaal banks .—Alliance Courier.
***
who is it?
The Sentinel, Lansing, Mich., makes
the following points about prices: A
man with ft,000 on interest at 10 per
cent in 1868 could by with his income
400 days? work, 400 bushels of w heat,
1,000 bushels of corn, 2,500 pounds will of
cotton. To-day the same interest work,
buy from 1,000 to 1,500 days’ of
1,400 bushels of wheat, 2,500 bushels
corn, or 20,000 pounds of cotton. The
days work have not grown shorter, the
measures smaller or the weight lighter.
It is the dollar that has grown more
costly. It tak< s more work, more grain
and more cotlon to get
it, while the interest on the
mortgage remains the same. Who has
brought ab ut these conditions, this
monev-lendcr or the wealth producer? continue
Who is “working” Congress to
this system, the money-aristocracy the or
the wealth producer? Who own
great city dailies who howl for a contin
uation of these conditions, the rich or
the workingmen? Who is the biggest
tool God ever let live, the man who
mikes “politics pay” or the man who
votes to continue this robbery of himself
and family?
***
POLITACAL ATTITUDE OF THE FARMERS
ALLIANCE.
To Industrial the Members of the Farmers Alliance and
Union:
For years we have been studying polit¬
ical economy. “The Science of Govern-
meat,’’ from a strictly non-partisan method of
-Cndpoint, the the truth only in correct politics. With
arriving at enthusi¬
unparalleled uuanimity and of
asm, we have united'on a series de¬
mands which have been adopted, af¬
firmed end re affirmed by our -upreme
council, onr State, County and subordi¬
nate Alii nice. Last February, at St.
Lmis, they were endorsed by twenty-one
other great labor organizations. These
demands are the result of many years of
patient study and discussion of the la-
i or probh m. We believe they aro just
aud essential. The time, has now arrived
to test whether we are going to be prac¬
tical or not. The only way to secure
the enactment of these demands into law
is (hrough political aerion—legislation.
We have passed resoluiion through end tho demanding. stapes of
diS'Ussicn,
The-e are all preliminary and necesary
o the final act of voting. Unless fol¬
lowed up by our bal ois, al! that we have
done wi:l have been in vain. 1 ho diffi-
c ully that n iw confronts us as an organ-
izai ion is that whilst we are a unit on
< nr demands we are not as to
methods of securing them. We all
must agree on the common-sense propo-
sition that the ouly way of securing them
is to vote for them. Uufortu-
nately, our partisanship, in some
cases, has proven s longer than our
allegiance to our principles
When we first m-.de our political de-
mands, wc, to that txtent, bee mc'a p -
litical organization. In doing so, we
did not become a political party, nor do
I i hink we, as a class, ever should. Bo-
main long as organized other classes and professions professions, re
as classes or
we too must perpetuite and strengthen
our organization. B it having, as an or- do-
ganizition, made certain political duties
mands, we have correspondmg to
oral perform. When we requested he sev- de-
mands, political parties to imidied adopt our promise
there was an
that if they did, we would support them
if not, we would oppose them. We
have been met with the contention that
ihis would interfere with our obligation, political
freedom. Before takino the
w e were assured that it “will not con-
ftict with the freedom of your political edu
views.” The Aili nice'ha? been an :
c it or. Our demands are onr “political
views.” Instead of interfering with, we
urueour members to s: and by end sup-
ort and v ta for their po itical vi ws.
Se^do^If 0 tur k anf
a X.
mands cm only be cry.-talliznd political in o law
through the medium of a party.
follow up a political party after they have
promised, compel them to keep their
promirs. Second. It is very will itnprob-
able that any political party unless enact they
our demands into law
nrnmlMtndrt ro Third a’nolitical Tt is Yitterlv
ridiculous ridiculous to to evneet expect a political nnrly pauy
to enact our demands into law
so long as they arc fighting 1 •
The man who has sufficient faith to bo-
iieve that they will, lias enough to re-
move a mountain, but faith even of that
kind will never move a moved political parly.
They live on and are by examine votes.
Our first duty as citizens is to
well the promises of all political princi¬ parties
ns contained in their platform of
ples, and then follow it up by their rec¬
ord to learn which political party is our
party. politira! having adopted
One party direct conflict our
demands, it would bo in
with our obligation to ask you to support
a political party that has not done so.
Worse, it would be asking you to vio¬
late the sacred right of franchise, which
should be guarded as the ark of cove¬
nant, As an organization wo are bound
to support our principles. As citizens, it
is our duty to voto our We princi have pies. reached Our
Order is on trial. n
point wliero wo are certain to lose some
members, and it is wise to consider the
situation carefully. To push will on aggres¬ those
sively and in earnest, we lose
who love their old party bondage better
than our principles. this critical To time be weak will or insure vac¬
illating at aggressive
the loss of the earnest, mem¬
bership, who are honestly advocating
our principles as of paramount import¬
ance to that of any political party. No
l rue allianceman can hesitate which
course to pursue. Admitting a loss,
which we must, which method will in¬
sure us the greatest gain? Unquestion¬ consistent
ably, the honest, manly, de¬
course of voting as we talk, resolve,
mand and pledge. Experience iu the
state elections, where we have voted for
our principles, lias demonstrated that
our gains has more than balanced onr
loses in numbers, and strengthened us
in and influence.
A few maybe lead away wiih the
idea that, because a political party has
adopted onr demands, oif efforts should
not be concentiated solely for the party.
This would he n grave mistake. We
must perpetuate ami strengthen onr princi¬ or-
ganiz ition as a bulwark for our
ples. present and prospective. adopting A tower
of strength to aid the party
our demands and a terror to the political words.
party fighting them. In other
we must remain independent of that su
perior to political p rties. It is not
enough that a political party has adopted
our demands. Political parties arc them pro
verbiiilly bail. Wo must follow up
to fen that they perform. New issu s,
vital to our interests, will ali a continu
ally, Without organization we would
again be at the mercy of other organized
c asses, and would ag in have to go
through the laborious work of organiza
lion to rescue ourselves.
Our only hope and safety is in perpet
tinting and perfecting our organizttion. arid
pressing forward victory consistently is assured. per
sistentty imt 1
Fratem II ', II L LotJCKS,
Pwri-W N F A & I. U.
A very curious case has just been
brought before one of the Rouen law
courts. Some time ago a tight-ropo
(lancer was performing at a local music
hall when the wire suddenly broke and
she fell from a giddy height right on
thc unfortunate conductor of the orches-
tra, who was so overcome by the shock
that ho fainted and when he recovered
consciousness was found to be deaf and
dumb. The affair created no little ox-
citement in the Norman town, and a
tremendous controversy soon prevailed, divided
fhe inhabitants, indeed, were inclining
into two camps—one side to
the opinion that the unlucky conductor
was only shamming, while the othei
stoutly and indignantly maintained that
there could not be the slightest doubt
as to his good faith. Although nearly
two years have elapsed since tho accident
occurred, the unfortunate musician has
not uttered a syllable, nor has he shown
by the most feeble sign that he cun hear
a word that is addressed to him. Ilia
application for damages, however, has
been rejected. In the judgment it is set
forth that if he became dumb it was not
owing to his “receiving” the tight-ropo
dancer on his head, but to the “saisisse-
meat” resulting therefrom, and attribu-
table to liis excessively nervous tempera-
incut. This judgment is exciting considerable a cer-
tain amount of criticism, for
sympathy being felt in many quarters
the unlucky victim of the music-hall ao
JTinrral Springs (Ohio) tomes to the
front with a monstrosity. The head of
the child, if such it can be called, cartilage resem-
bles a rhinoceros, and is of soft
and almost transparent. By close obser-
vation the blood can be traced. The
least'touch will cause the child to open
mouth and make a noise like an cn-
ra g e d animal, says the San Francisco
Examiner. A triangular mark of blue
color extends entirely across its forehead,
The case is vouched for by Dr. Connor,
xf. yy. Cross and E. W. Johnson, of
Mineral Springs. The freak consumes
about three quarts of milk daily. The
child belongs to a family residing near
Blue Creek, in that county. Its left eye
is black, while the right eye is a deep
blue. Its hair from its nose back to the
right side is light and fine, while the
opposite is coarse and black. The left
hand and foot resemble the claws of an
animal. It makes short barks like a
doit.
reassurance..
Timid Lady going up in Washington
Monument elevator)—Conductor, what if
the rope breaks that holds us?
Conductor—Oh, there are a number
more Timid attached Lady—Bat as safety if ropes. they all break
where shall we go/
Conductor-Oh, weli .mum, that all
depends on what kind of life you havs
been hvimr bcforc^^^
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Northern !? r . r ‘ ave ], Icpuhlicin. 18 . Vw 0 In for the Cleveland. language
0 f the Pennsylvania l<\rmor, “both are
A y„to for Weaver Is » vote for
good ^ government, reform and justico to
M * 1 , of thig country.-Ex. J
Billion dollar Congresses arc great lux-
eries, but still a free wool bill was in¬
troduced and a vote was taken on the
shouldn’t free coinage complain. of silver. Perhaps billion wo
Tho next
dollar Congress will appoint on iuvestiga-
iug committee to find out what has be¬
come of fhe English sparrows. Truly
we shouldn’t complain.
Republican bosses in Texas nro advis¬
ing their followers to vote for the Pluto¬
cratic Democratic Stato Ticket in pref¬
erence to the People’s ticket. Just so!
We have argued all the time that this
would ho both tho result. parlies Tho plutocratic cl¬
ement in are consolidating
to whip tho great reform party in almost
every State. Men, wake up anil save
the country. It is doomed if plutocracy
gels another grip.—Ex.
Freedom of speech is denied to an
American in the Capital of Georgia.
What kind of democracy is this? It is
an insult to cv cry wealth producer who
paid his taxes to build tho capital.
Our country people have been denied
the use of the capital to hear their own
man speak. Their repreSentati /cs have
been insulted in their own house—not
allowed to speak in their own building.
Southern Alliance Farmer (Atlanta, Ga.)
President Harrison has appointed that tho
international monetary committee is
to confer wiih English aud French bank¬
ers on the stiver question. Three of five
men aro known to be against any change.
The result, if anything is done, will be
to fasten upon the country demonetization something
worse, silver. perhaps, It is' than plain the that Hnrrisou is
of
ilaying into the hands of money kingB
is much as Cleveland did while bo w»s
President. It is the duty President of tho people
o elect au bluest man this
fall.
AN ALABAMA STHAW.
Tho contest eases in Pike coim-
'y have been decided in a'or of tho
ontestants and the effect of the decis¬
ion by Judge Hubbard is to restore to
Kolb a majority of 910 in Pike county,
instead of a maj rity of 55 for Jones,
ibis is a diff oonce of 665 votes in tho
count as now stated. When all these
’ ontest cases shall be decided, the effect
will be to show that K>db has a majority
of the votes cast at the election. Wheth¬
er tho legislature can refuse to take cog -
nizanco of his ju riciai ascertainment of
frets, by which the face of the returns
will be changed, depends tip n the hon¬
esty and integrity of its membership.—
Alabama Ilernld.
PUBLISH YOUR OWN RECORDS.
Home of our moneycratic exchanges
are exhibiting publishing a great deal the of fac-simile enter-
prise by issued by General Weaver
of orders at
Pulaski. Team, in 1863 Gen. Weaver
was only a colonel, and if he did auy-
thing objection ible to ihe citizens there
t was merely carrying out orders of su
perior officers. It is evident that the
eitize s at Pulaski, who are so ready to
swear lo hotheads things, are found fair samples in of the
partisan various parts
of the country. It is a hotbed of parti-
and sectional copperheads who strike
ijjet* the blind adder. II General Weaver
was a military tyrant, why is it that
something is not beard from him at other
poin's? lie was in the war from first to
| M t,. After he left Pulaski he became a
general, promoted for bravery. It looks
fke he would have been more tyrannical
then than when a subordinate ofli or.
jj e must have been on southern soil at
] eBS t a y ea , c f the war. Why didn’t he
exhibit bis “tyranny” at other points?
jf j,,, WHS a tyrant, why does it not crop
ou t i u l,is private life? Instead of that
you always find him on the side of the
weak against the oppression of the strong,
Weaver opposed was a thorough secession, Union
man He Southern
jj 0 ] e ff pjg business, his fireside and
fought us like a man four long years,
p; v ,. n after they whipped our hard boys, things Gen.
\y eaV er may have said some
fl b 0U t us. He does not deny it. When
two men Ell out it generally takes the
best of them more than n few minutes to
get over the qu irrel. Gen. Weaver had
been mad four years. lie had left nw
family, exposed bis life, encountered all
kinds of hardships. It would be too
much to expect at'a mere human to go
home after all that and say: “Oh, it’s
all right. 1 fought them four years,
but I was wrong, they were right. I’ll
hire somebody to kick me.” He didn’t
feel that way. No other Northern man
did. No Southern man did. It was
not the best people of the South that
caused Gen. Weaver to say hard things
about us in a political speech. who It didn’t was
the vaporings of the skunks
go to the war, but who began to fight
just as soon as the surrender was an-
nounced, and have kept it up ever since,
Doubtless he read their anarchistic
threats, and read of their bulldozing and
bitter expressions. It w«s they who
exasperated him aud made him use lan-
guago that now sounds so hi rsh.
Let us contrast records. Ex-Confed-
crftte .olclier^ y ur ahnti m please,
when compared to the records of Ilar-
rison !in ,j Ueveland either as soldiers or
citi8enB) Weaver’s record shines like a
diamond placed beside a sandstone.
vv<! see Weaver leave bis happy home
at the first sound of the tocsiu of war,
he put on his uniform and sups in the
, front r „ rika to fight for the pieservation
of the Union. He felt that it was his
“'‘'Y- Not until the list man surrend-
£ve«p e KngT New^YoT
OFFICIAL ORGAN
—OJ 1 TECB-
FRANKLIN COUNTY ALLIANCE
$1.00 PER YEAR.
»s. Cleveland does not answer the
country’s call, hut he dots hire a measly,
! j loreigner and sends him as a sub-
*ututo to shoot into tho ranks of our
inrES4 t ward ho 8juth Jta
charges ? ,' that # he , was as only , t0 President th of «
New England. It wi.s only hecauso the
South thought he could he elected the
second Ume that they voted for him.
Ilis third nomination was forced on tho
South. Contrast liis financial views with
those of General Weaver. Do you sup¬
pose Gen. Weaver will declare “that we
have the best financial system in the
world” and threaten to veto “any bill
to chango it,” if he is el cted Pn sident
(and ho will be)? Hasn’t he acted just
tho opposite at ull times?
President Harrison 1ms some kind of a
war record. Ho was made a General be¬
cause he was a grandson of President
Harrison. But you rarely see anything
about his “brave deb ase of his country.”
But since he his been President tie has
tried to get up a war with throe different
foreign nations. He is a “tighter adminis¬ from
away hack” now. During his
tration the country has been the scene of
much internal strife. Within (lie past
three months there has been civil war at
Homestead, Buffalo, in Idaho and Ten¬
nessee. Both he and Cleveland havu
taken sides wiih the plutocrats. What
did General Weaver do? When ho first
heard of the trouble at Homestead ho
exptessed his sympathy regretted for tho outraged
workmen and said he the stato
of affairs that is plunging this country
into a rebellion of tho masses against the
plutocratic classes. is, first,
Fellow citizens, (ion. Weaver
a gentleman; second, a statesman ; third,
a soldier. Ho is human, therefore not
infallible, but unless you wish to perpe¬
tuate tho reign of p utocracy yon will
not long hesitate when casting your bal¬
lot for President. Weaver is a patriot; lenders
Cleveland and Harrison are ihe
of plutocracy. Under Weaver’s admin¬
istration wo wilt sec better diiys. Tiro
administration of either of tho others will
rush ns on to the fate of Greece and
France. If von don't see it as we do, wo
are sorry for you .—Progressive Farmer,
(Raleigh, N. G.)
RELIABLE RECIPES.
Soft Boiled Egos.— Put the eggs in a
saucepan, cover with boiling water and
lot them stand where they will keep hot,
but not boil, for six minutes. The white
should bo of a soft, white, jelly like con¬
sistency, and tho yoke soft, but not
liquid. To boil eggs hard, keep tho
water just below the boiling point twenty
minutes.
French Rolls. —One quart of milk
(fresh three from pints the cow), flour. one teacupful into
yeast, of Make a
sponge, and when light work in a well- "
beaten egg, a teaspoon fill of salt, two ta¬
blespoonfuls melted butter, half a tea-
spoonful of soda dissolved in hot water,
a white tablespoonful flour make of sugar soft dough. and enough Set in
to a
a warm place till very light, form into
round balls, dip each on one side in
melted butter and put iu a baking pan
When light (in about with an hour) gut deeply
across each bull a sharp knife.
Bake half an hour. Dipping them in
melted butter makes them fall i part "
readily when turned out from the pan.'
Guef.n Corn.— Green porn is dja-,
tinctively an American vegetable, in .its.
familiar form of succotash, when it is
cooked with Lima beans, or when it is
boiled upon the cob. Yet there are many
other excellent ways of cooking this
vegetable, which are equally, delicious
and not so familiar. It is not generally
known that green corn makes a delicious
soup either by itself or with tomatoes.
Cut one pint of corn from tho cob.
Do not cut tho kernel entire from the cob,
but with a very sharp knife Then cut the outer tho
edge of This each brings kernel all off. the milk scrape and pulp
cur.
of the kernel and leaves very little of the
hull. Corn scraped from the cob iri this
way is much better than when it is cut
in entire kernels from the cob. This is
also the best way to prepare corn for
succotash.
To make the soup, put tho pint of
corn thus scraped in a double boiler with
a quart of milk, and cook it for ten min¬
utes; then take two even tablespoonfuls
of flour and mix them with a tablespoon¬
ful of butter, which has been melted in
a hot spider. Add a half cup of milk to
this mixture, aud then a cup of the soup
in the double boiler. When the mixture
boils up, stir it well and add it to the
soup in the double boiler. Cook it about
five minutes longer iu the double boiler,
stirring it all the time. At the end of
this time add the yolks of two eggs,
beating them into a little of the boiling
mixture first. Stir the soup two min¬
utes after the yolks of the eggs are
added. Then serve it at once.
This soup is very nice served with
little squares of white bread from which
the moisture has been thoroughly dried.
Sources of Beautiful Colon.
The cochineal insects furnish a groat
many fine colors. Among them are the
gorgeous c armine, the crimson, scarlet
carmine and pur le lakes. The cuttle.
fish gives the sepia. It is the inky fluid
which the fish discharges in order to
render the water opaque when attacked.
Indiana yellow comes from the camel.
Ivory chips produce the ivory black and
bone black. The exquisite Prussian
blue is made by fusing horses’ hoofs and
other refuse animal matter with impure
potassium carbonate. This color was
discovered accidently. Various lakes
if derived from roots, barks and gums.
Blue-black comes from the charcoal of
the vine stalk. Lampblack is soot from
cerain resinous substances. Turkey red
is made from the madder plant, which
grows in Ilindostan. The yellow sap of
a tree of Siam produces gamboge; the
natives catch the sap in cocoanut shells.
Raw sienna is the natural earth from the
neighborhood of Sienna, Italy, Raw
umber is also au earth found near Umbria ^
and burned. India ink is made from
burned camphor; the Chinese are the
only manufacturers of this ink. Mastic
is made from the gum of the mastic
tree, which grows in the Grecian
Archipelago. Bistre is the soot of wood
ashes, Chinese white is zinc, scarlet is
iodide of mercury, and native Vermillion
is from a quicksilver ore called cinua-
bar.—LNew York Herald.