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OFFICIAL organ —OI*— 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. -s£i 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^^^ . ,, , . . W)L . , OII ,__TT u |l U ri PEOPLE’S PARTI COLUMN t I Ciml ftMM! c “ 8r « CniSSfle klMl OilOrCSSjOIL , f . '; r w Wea v ‘' r w a v ' ,te J" . r lr IIar ' . Sout h 1,1 . A vote 1Hoa ‘ !rn 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.