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pf tANKUN COUNTY.
III. NO. 44.
1 Small. Sweet Way.
Witt’s nevor a rose in all the world
But makes some green spray sweeter;
There's never a wind in all the sky
j ut makes some bird wing fleeter;
litre's never a star but brings to heave*
Some silver radiance tender;
And never » rosy cloud but helps
To crown the sunset splendor;
,o robin but may thrill some heart
His dawnligbt gladness voicing,
god gives us all some small, sweet way
To set the world rejoicing.
—[Youth’s Banner.
PLAYED AND LOST.
I A slight, pale-faced girl sat silently
I I (oying with a piece of needlework on
the low porch of her mother’s house;
i handsome young man lay strctchod
it her feet On the lawn another
[ young coupio were engaged in a gamo
of croquet. Tho sun’s last gleam
lighted up Grace Munson’s face with
i halo of beauty, and Bernard Norton
looked at her with undisguised admir¬
ation.
“There is nothing so lovely as a
lovely woman,” lie said aloud.
Tho pale check of Clarice Barton
Unshed as she quickly glanced at tho
ipeaker. It was (lie third lime within
the hour that he had referred to her
cousin Grace’s beauty.
“Grace ia indeod lovely,” she said.
“I would give half my life to be as
beautiful.”
“And I would give half my fortuno
to have you so.”
No sooner were the words uttered
than Norton would have given much
to recall them; but lie had spoken un¬
thinkingly. Clarice shrank as though
she had been struck, arose quickly
and wont into tho house.
“I am in a pretty fix now I” Nor¬
ton muttered, as lie arose and walked
across the lawn, “That was a nice
ipeech for a feilow to make to the
girl lie expects to marry I And Clar¬
ice is as proud as Lucifer—high-
strung as she is plain, and that is
saying a great deal, by Jovel I never
noticed her Jack of beauty so much
before Grace came. A pity one can’t
find all things combined in one
woman I Wonder if I ought lo apol¬
ogize? Oh, well, I’m going away in
ten days and slie’ll forgive and for¬
get. Absence makes tho heart softer.
And with this consoling thought lie
strolled on to join Grace Munson,
whose companiou was just taking his
leave.
Grace was like a delicate flower
sparkling with the dew of morning.
Sho had soft blue eyes, an exquisite
complexion and golden hair. Alto¬
gether she made a picture of rare
beauty and it was no wonder Bernard
Norton fouud pleasure in merely look¬
ing at iter.
That evening Clarice did not appear
In the drawing-room, and Norton was
free to devote himself to her lovely
cousin. Mrs. Barton observed liis
conduct with displeasure; from the
first she had not approved of her
daughter's suitor, anil wondered what
attraction tiie careless, frivolous young
man held for her sensible Clarice.
Next morning a note was handed
Norton. Its contents filled him with
mingled annoyance aud relief.
“When you receive tliis," Clarice
wrote, “I shall have gone to my aunt
for a time. You do not lovo me, Ber¬
nard, and it ia best for our engage¬
ment to end. Be happy in your own
way and bo very sure I shall be in
mine.”
That was all, nnd Bernard's self¬
esteem was seriously wounded by (he
epistle. - But be consoled himself with
the thought that lie was now free to
woo the charming Grace, and at (ho
end of tiie month made a formal
avowal of lovo to her.
“I have loved you ever t-iuce wo
met,” he said. “Clarice saw this and
generously set me free.” And Grace,
who had become very much enamored
of lior handsome snitor, gave him tho
answer he craved.
Two weeks later Mrs. Barton and
Clarice wero on their way to Europe,
and Bornard was trying to submit to
the stern decree of Grace’s father.
‘Yes, sir, you can marry my daugh¬
ter,” Mr. Munson had 6aid, “if you
leva her well enough to wait three
years. I am opposed to early mar¬
riages. No girl is fit for wedloek be¬
fore she is twenty-one, aud twenty-
five is still better.”
It occurred to Bernard that he was
likely to spend the greater part of hie
youth in the capacity of an “engaged
man,” and he did not improve in
humor thereby.
Grace was an acknowledged belle
aud for a time he was pleated at Iter
success. But there was a secret bit¬
terness underlying his pleasure, for
he saw little of his betrothed except
lu society’s whirlpool. There would
be no change in this siato of affairs
uti il their time «t probation end«d,
*ud feeling iu a fal-g ppsitipn, fep P”IF
THE ENTERPRISE.
eluded to spend the remaining year is
travel.
When lie bade Grace good-bye he
was struck with the fact that she
looked much older than site did at the
time of their engagement. Two years
of dissipation had left their mark upon
her delicate beauty.
“Be careful, Grace,” he said. “Keep
eomo of your roses for me until I
claim you.”
He said nothing of her fidelity; ho
was only- afraid she might lose the
beauty lie worshipped.
Grace was sorry to loso her lover;
she felt desolate for a whole day and
cried herself to sleep the first night.
But Bernard wroto her charming let¬
ters of trnvol and sho soon forgot her
grief. She scut him in refer.i tho
briefest of notes, for the charming
Grace did not excel as a correspon¬
dent. But ono glance at tho porce¬
lain picturo ho carried consoled him
for that.
“A fellow can endure weak, insipid
letters,” lie thought, “better than tho
sight of a plain face across his table
three times a day."
Bernard loitered here and there*
then made his way slowly back. He
was in no haste to reach Chicago until
a few weeks before the time appointed
for his marriage, which was to tako
place in early autumn. One morning
in July he rang tho bell of the Mun¬
son mansion and sent up his card to
the ladies. There was a step on the
stair, tho trail of a garment anil a
woman entered—a woman of medium
height, with a beautifully rounded
figure and a face of dazzling bril¬
liancy. She approached Bernard and
cordially extended her hand.
“I came down to make your wel¬
come a little less inliospitabio, Mr.
Norton,” sho said, “My auut and
cousin are unfortunately at a concert;
they were not aware of your return.
Yon are quite well? I do not find you
so much changed as I expected.”
Ho looked at the charming speaker
in mute wonder.
“I beg pardon—I—I”—he began.
Her face was a ripple of smiles as
she regarded him, waiting for him to
proceed.
“Is it possible I am so changed that
you do not know me? Have three
years aged Clarice Barton so much?
For the first time in his life Bernard
Norton lost his composure, He sank
into a chair with au ejaculation of
wonder.
“Clarice Barton l” he cried. “Why,
it does not seem possible 1 When did
you return?”
“Nearly two months ago,” Mis9
Barton replied with her well-bred
composure as she gracefully seated
herself. “My dear mother died in
Rome last winter; Europe was unen¬
durable after that, so I came back to
America.”
“But you are so changed!” Bernard
murmured, after expressing regret at
her losi.
Miss Barton smiled sadly.
“Tiie years change us all.” 3be said;
“tliey leave their mark.”
“Oh, it is not that I” he hastened to
say. “You look not a day older than
when I last saw von; but—pardon
my boldness—you are wonderfully
improved.” people.”
“I am like my mother’s
Clarice answered quietly. “They all
mature late; and the climate of Italy,
where I remained most of Hie time,
was very beneficial to me. I hope to
return in the course of a few months.”
Tliey fell to talking of their travels
ami 12 o’clock struck before Norton
thought they had been chatting twenty
minutes. At that moment tiie hall
door clanged and steps came towards
them. He arose to ids feet
“Impossible!” lie said, iookiug at
his watch. “I cannot have been here
an hour. Really”
What lie would have said remained
unspoken, for Mrs. Munson and Grace
appeared in tiie doorway. His be¬
trothed was very bccomoly dressed,
but so faded that she seemed like the
ghost of her former self. Three years
of society had done their work. Tho
clwek had lost its bloom, the nose was
sharpened and tiie beautiful eyes
lacked lustre. As she stood besido
Clarice for a m ment site seemed ut-
terly eclipsed by her once plain cous-
in. of tiie lovers was con-
The meeting
strained, and Bernard took his depart-
are, promising to call thc next day,
which he did. Grace informed him
that be must wait patiently for two
more weeks before he could see her
often, as she had engagements for
every hour.
<*But vou aud Clarice can console
each other,” she said. “It will be
pleasant to compare notes of traveJ.
Bernard was no* slow to ava.I him¬
self of litis opportunity, and for two
bright, brief week* be walked, talked,
drove an d chatted with 'he charming
Vfoiuuu Whom h« h»4 ottos » Whwd.
Equal Rights to all, Special Privileges to None.
CARNESVILLE FRANKLIN CO.. GA.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4.1892.
What a blind fool ho had been! It
was Clarice ho loved—Clarice ho had
always iovod. Sho was tiie boy’s
fancy and the man’s ideal. It was
this culturod, interesting woman who
suited him and not tho faded, frivo-
lous Grace. He grew mad with pain
and rage as he realized his position.
He walked into the parlor ono
afternoon, where Clarice was playing
softly.
“Do not let me disturb you,” he
said, as sho half rose from tho piano.
“I am in a inood to have my savage
soul soothed by music. Are tho ladies
out?”
“I think so,” answered Clarice. “I
have just returned from my walk and
have not scon thorn.”
She played on softly, her dark
f
dreamy eyes fixed on space. Bernard
looked at her with a brooding pas¬
sion. Suddenly lie crossed over to
where siie sab
“Clarice,” lie cried, “my own Clar¬
ice, I cannot be longer silent I I love
you—I have always loved you. Years
ago you cast me off for a foolish whim
and I tried to content myself by form¬
ing other ties. I know now that I
have never forgotten you. Clarice,
take me back again!”
His voice was trembling with emo-
tiou; but sho stood coldly regarding
him and tier voice was very 'hard as
site said:
“Mr. Norton, I cannot excuse this
behavior. I loved you once very
dearly, but you made mo ashamed of
that lovo and I cast it out. I have for
three years thought of you as my
cousin’s betrothed, almost lior bus.
band, and you insult both her and me
by your conduct. I supposed you
knew that I am to be married as soon
as my term of mourning expires.
Allow me to pass.”
She swept by him like a queen. The
alcove curtains parted aud Grace stood
before him.
“I have lieavd nil,” she said. “Go,
and never let me see your face again.”
She dropped the Bliining solitaire
which site had worn so Jong into bis
hand and pointed towards tho door.
With bowed head ho left her presence
and wont down tho marble steps for
tho last time. He had played for each
in turn and lost both.
The Yirtues of Saffron.
To the virtues of saffron whole vol-
umes have been devoted, references
to soma of the more important of
which are given iu Cauou Ellacombe’s
“Plant Lore and Garden Craft of
Shakespeare,” where there is a long
article on tiie subject. The plant was
chiefly used for diseases of tho lungs,
whence canoo its title of Anima pol-
monum; for assisting the eruption of
measles, small pox, etc., (in measles
it is still occasionally prescribed;) as a
cardiac aud general stiinnient, and as
digestive and slrengthener of tiie
stomach. To his last (supposed)
virtue its use in “incats” is due. Lyte
says that so taken it “comforteth the
stomach, and causeth good digestion,
and sodden in wine it preserved! from
drunkenness.” It was also used as a
love philtre, and it still enters largely
into some pop dat- receipts for “mak-
ing up” horses. ■.*
Tito most extravagant notions of its
powers were formerly held, and some
old wt iters went so far as to term it
tiie king of vegetables, Even so late
as the middle of the last century it
hold a prominent place iu our official
dispensatories, but it lias now come to
be used only as a coloring aud flavor*
ing agent, being medicinally almost
inert, its property (such as it is) being
mildly stimulative. Tiie medical
council lias recently had under discus¬
sion the propriety of omitting it alto¬
gether from the next edition of the
British Pharmaco|i<Bia as a useless and
expensive drug—[Notes and Queries.
Duelling on Bicycles-
Duelling on cycles is reported to be
a now diver sion in Spain. T wo incut'
bars of tiie bicycle club of Granada
recently met in a knife duel, which Is
probably tiie first duel ever fongiit on
wheels. Accompanied by their ser-
geauts tliey wheeled out some distance
on the road to Malaga, to a secluded
spot. There posted 700 feet apart, at
a jign they wheeled for each other,
each directing his wheel with the left
hand and brandishing iu the right
that terrible knife of Spain, “navaja.”
At the first clash Perez pierced the
left arm of Moreno, bat at t)ie third
encounter Moreno thrust his knife into
Perejs right breast. In a fow minute*
the latter died of internal hemorrhage.
— [New York Journal.
They Would Drop.
“Why do the birds in their little
nests agree?” asked the pretty school-
ma’am of Freddy Fangle-
“’Cause they’d fall oat if they
didn’t,” Frtdtif replied,w [da igo.
SEAWEED HARVEST.
Where French Peasants Get a
Precious Fertilizer.
Each Year They Meet to Reap
the Briny Reefs.
The seaweed harvest along tho
northern const of France is an im¬
portant occasion to tho agriculturists
of that region. This precious fertili¬
zer is protected rigidly by (lie govern¬
ment, and any one who is found
guilty of gathering any of it before
the legal permission to harvest it lias
gone forth, is liable to bo severely
fiued.
The harvest lasts but one week, and
is always proclaimed by the towu-
cricr in the public squares and in
front of the churchos after the cele¬
bration of High Mass on tho Sunday
preceding the highest soring tide o*
the year, which generally occurs in
March.
Early on the morning of tho ap¬
pointed day the whole populace, from
the peasant possessor of half an acre,
with no other help than that of his
own family, to the wealthy farmer
heading his large band of hired help,
turn out armed with fhort, sharp
sickles.
As soon as tho receding water per¬
mits, alt fall diligently to work. Soon
every rock and ledge i» sliavon of its
brown, slimy fleece and left as bare as
the back of a shorn sheep.
Then preparations are made for an
attack on the reefs, so numerous along
tho southern coast of the English
Channel. Everything that will float
is pressed into service. Hugo rafts,
roughly put together, are constructed,
and noxt morning, with tho current
of the ebbiug tide in their favor, are
towed by the people in the boats eight
or ten miles out from the coast.
Low water leaves them stranded on
the reefs and all hands make the most
of their time, laughing and singing as
they work, for the seaweed harvest is
always hailed with joy by all classes
of tho peasantry, particularly by the
young people, who get almost ns much
fuu as labor out of the expeditious to
the reefs.
Yet the work is hard aud extremely
trying, evon to tlio most robust con¬
stitution. The worker kneels on the
dripping weed, grasps a iiundfui in
the left hand and with the sickle in
the right, cuts it off close to the rock
aud places it in a bag. As soon as
one lias cut as muen as lie cau carry,
the sack is taken on tiie back to the
raft, upon which it is received by men
with pitchforks, stacked and securely
roped.
In a little time all employed are
wet to the skin. But they pay no at¬
tention to their discomfort aud work
gaily on until the rising tide compels
them to desist from the work of
harvesting, and gontly lifts tiie strand¬
ed rafts and boats on its shining sur-
face. As soon as they are well afloat
the start is made for the shore.
Towing along tho heavily loaded
rafts is tedious work, and tiie prog¬
ress is slow. Tiie wet harvesters are
soon chilled to the bone by the keen
east wind which prevails in this latitude
during tiie month of March.
The morning ebb tide leaves tiie
rafts and their spoils of seaweed high
and dry on the smooth white beach.
They are instantly surrounded by a
crowd of noisy, eager people and all
descriptions of vehicles— wheel bar.
rows with a woman between the
handles and a boy harnessed by a rope
in the front; dilapidated donkey-
carts drawn by decrepit old donkeys;
or heavy two-wheeled wagons drawn
by four, or often six, of the sleek
dapple-gray horses of the country,
harnessed in a long line one before
the other.
All work together, hauling tiie weed
to tiie fields already prepared to re¬
ceive it and the spring crop of barley
and potatoes. That it may be success¬
fully used as a fertilizer, the seaweed
must be got into tiie ground as soon
as possible after it leaves its native
element.
So much hardship is always under¬
gone during the seaweed harvest that
its close is always marked by a large
increase in the cases of pneumonia
and severe bronchial disorders, which
often terminate fatally. However,
the8e facts never affect the popularity
of tiie occasion. Every succeeding
year the proclamation of the “Goe*
menrie” is welcomed with equal en¬
thusiasm and tho passenger lists of the
crazy old boats arc just as well filled
as if there was nothing but pleasure ia
store for their merry crews.—[Youth’s
Compauiou.
It is claimed that the largest floating
dock in the world i» at Bermuda. It
h bsi fye? I »qir a.ul 123 'aoi wide.
A troublesome Model.
Not long Aigo 1 hud a nonpareil or
“painted finch,” u South Ameriouu
bird, from which 1 was making a
drawing. Ho was a blight little bird,
but ceitiiinly was not a good model.
1 caught him at work one day (
“lonciiing up" a drawing I had jusl
finished. It happened in this way I
1 was called out from the studio lo
speak to a caller, and during my short
absenco my feathered frionid—who
seemed to be n meddlesome follow—
p tinged into the bowl of painting
water to tako a ball).
. With wings and tail ho vigorously
sprayed the colored liquid all over the
drawing, and before loug had changed
my picturo—a painting of birds—lo
something more nearly resembling a
fireworks display on the 4(li of .Inly.
When I came hack to the studio ho
was putting on the finishing-touches;
but as soo h as lie caught sight of me lie
flew out of iny reach.
I will not attempt to describe to you
my feolluga at that time; but 1 will
simply say that within a few days
after this event I presented the leath¬
ered model to a delightful old lady
who is fond of birds and flowers.
She thought him “a lovely bird—lie
was so cute;” hut one day when Mao
neat old lady had finished watering
her window-plants, the nonpareil saw
an opportunity to show her how
“cute” he could be. Ho proceeded to
take a bath in the muddy water and
spatter it over the clean, white cur¬
tains.
This was a bit of fun just to his
taste. In fact, whenever and wherever
a clinuco offered he would bathe, If
the faucet wero loft running ho would
get under it, and almost drown liiin-
Boif. I Itavo seen him on a cold win¬
ter’s day bathe and bathe again, until
he was so thoroughly chilled that I
feared he would die.
On these occasions I would take
him in my hands and hold him by Die
heater until ho was warm and dry;
but 1 have always suspected that lie
had very little sympathy with my
method of making him comfortable,
and lie plainly showed that ho much
preferred the “water CAire” to this
drying process__[St. Nicholas.
Necklaces of Mummies’ Eyes.
Speaking of things that are not
what they pretend to bo, you may re¬
member wliut a talk there was a while
ago about necklaces and other orna¬
ments composed of the oyes of Peruv¬
ian mummies. Their structure was
like that of pearls, each one being an
aggregation of successive enveloping
layers; their color was from golden
yellow to golden bronze, aud they
were found to be susceptible of a very
boautiful polish. As a matter of fact,
however, they are raorely the crystal¬
line lenses of the eyos of large squids
or cuttle fish. In the rainless roigou
whence tliey wore obtained, the
corpses of tho dead were dried in a
sitting posture on the salty sands and
uitro beds, often thousands in one
place. Being thus exposed to tiie pub¬
lic gaze, cuttle fish eyes were placed
in tho oi bless sockets of the mummies
to render their appearance more attrac¬
tive. For tliis purpose, eacli spherical
lens was cut into two hemispheres.
Sometimes the colors in these remark¬
able bodies are in alternate bands, like
Mexican fire opals. — [Washington
Stnr.
A Fight Between a Crab and a lint.
Workmen at Baltimore and Ohio
elevator “C” saw a fight between a
crab and a rat the other day. The rat
went down a stringer to get a drink
when a crab caught him by tiie head.
A tierce tug followed, tiie rat appar.
ently having the better of it for s
while as lie could steady himself by
his foothold, The crab used his
method of propulsion witli energy,
and churned tho water about him.
The rat’s power of endurance finally
gave way, and ho fell overboard, but
lie still did his best to release himself.
Ho struggled hard, but the crab held
on until the rat was drowned, but was
so exhausted by the fight that when
the rat floated to tiie surface the crab
swam away. —[Baltimore Sun.
Pets for the Young Folks.
Children naturally take to pets, aud
if given a charge of small animals e
taste for stock raising may be de¬
veloped at an early age. Of course
they must be instructed how to feed
and manage at first, aud after that
they will take pleasure in the work
aud be on the watch for improve-
meats. A man who gives no thought
to bis children except to get work out
of them will not bo apt to keep them
ou the farm after they become of age.
— [Now York Observer.
The new German army tout is divis¬
ible into two portion*, each of which
can bo converted into au overcoat in
c*«s? si? rain.
| ALLIANCE UIIlATtm
Matters of Moment Which Concern
Order and Its Members.
The story about a County Alliance in
Virginia passing resolutions denouncing
the Btatc Alliance foi using funds for
campaign purposes is a canard. An ex¬
press agent, a real estate agent and a
politician got up the stoiy for effect.
*\
Qrand View Sentinel (Texas) lias a two
line sentence which contains a pick meas¬
ure of comparison. The the tight agriculturists which is
“on” today between
and monopoly’s hirelings, litc titered
down, means simply the (ffort to prevent
the farmer “equal rights” from a govern¬
ment he founded and which lie mainly
supports: “Tho bankers get !)() per cent
of the value of their deposit. The farmer
asks only 80.”
Wo pity the man who honestly believes
that the present tariff laws protect labor,
and we cannot command language severe
enough to express our contempt for those
who seek to lead labor astray upon ibis
point when they must know that they
are downright liars. They and are certainly
dishonorable enough mean enough
to steal tiie silver quarters from tho eyes
of a dead man, and kick tho body be¬
cause the quarters were not five dollar
gold pieces .—Chicago Exprcia.
**• if bondholder
At the present time, . .
a
chooses to deposit his bonds with the
Treasurer of the United States, he, in
addition to receiving interest their face on them,
receives 90 per cent, of value
in treasury notes. Tho subtreasnry plan
proposes that when a farmer shall depos-
it his grain in a subtreasnry warehouse,
lie shall receive 80 per cent of its value
and, in addition, pay the Government 2
per cent for tho loan. Now wtiere is tiie
difference between the two plans? And
if there is a difference is not the subt reas¬
ury plan most favorable to tho nation?
Why is it that the bondholders’ deposit
is a good thing while the farmers’ de¬
posit is a bad thing I Why?— Truth,
(San Antonio, Tex.)
« *
Au exchange tells of a Sub-Alliance
that sent in its charter because there
was a division on politics, That is
sheer nonsense. Evory citizen bus a
right to his own peculiar political views.
We have repeatedly called the attention
of the brethren to this fact. An Alliance
leader who teaches one thing in off years
and another during a campaign, is an
object of pity. He is not a safe nor
consistent leader. But the private mem¬
ber of the Alliance, who perhaps, has
not taught should but is merely forced a pupil trying think
to learn, not be to
sny particular way. Convert him if you
can, but above all things do not fall out
with him simply because be doesn’t see
everything as you do .-Progressive Vtamer.
Dakota Ruralist (South Dakota) speak¬
ing of the fact that gold or silver is only
a commodity upon the ocean, says:
“Three leagues from shore and all mon¬
ey becomes commodity. Yet the old
parties want European financiers to say
whether we shall have silver for money
in that country. The United States pro¬
duce two-thirds of all the silver in the
world. Other nations have to buy of us.
The cheaper they can buy it the tuote
money they make out of it. Other na¬
tions buy wheat of the United States.
The cheaper they can make wheat here,
and the higher they cun make it in Eu¬
rope the more money tho dealers in wheat
cun make out of it. European financiers
with their agents in this country have
been too sharp for our unsuspecting yeo¬
manry."
TOP MOST READ.
The Peninsula Farmer gives the fol¬
lowing true advice about the necessity for
Alliance literature: “Now there are some
things we want to my to you about Alli¬
ance and other reform books. You need
them; you cannot get along satisfactorily
without them. It is true the reform news¬
paper is indispensable to every Alliance-
man who wauts to keep up with the
times, but you cannot afford tiie time to
hunt over the files of a paper for two or
three years back to find in what particu¬
lar copy some point or article or state¬
ment appears that you wish to refer to.
Nor nre they handy (a hundred or two of
them) to carry around with you when you
want something to refer to when making
an argument, and every Allianceman
ought to argue in a friendly way with all
his acquaintances, make converts of them
and see they stay converted."
JOURNALISTIC SAGACITY.
The Winteraet, Iowa, Review tells of a
great journalist in that State.
“Some years ago he ad vised the farmer
to burn his corn—not his oedul bunions,
but his good yellow, Boies field corn
because the price was so low, and burn¬
ing it would produce a sorcity; hence
the pr.ee would advance, and hence the
farmer would make money. See? But
the farmer who burned his corn discover¬
ed the advance in price did not benefit
the fellow who had none to' sell after the
incineration. Great bead, somewhere on
that paper. This is a fair sample of
journalism by great(?) trouble journalists. and They they
know just what the u,
Kelt the dear people. If they make too
much they can reduce the quantity by
fire. Our farmers don’t work, but they
bring about au “overproduction,” fools and rascals, There
s an overproduction products.”—Exchange. of
but not of farm
***
THE WOODS ARE BURNING.
From 'he Piogreseive Farmer.
A prominent and wealthy manufactur¬
er, who btis the faculty of seeing the
inside of things, instead of looking en¬
tirety on the surface, while candidate, discussing whe
’•he prospects of a certain
baa been prominent in Alliance circles,
said: “Oh! bo is to blame for all his
trouble. He taught the reform, people that they
needed and mus'. have but when
he got them in the notion ho tried to
sidetrack them. He has set tho woods
on fire and can’t put it out. i ii That is
a very apt illustration. Several very
‘prominent" alliancemen, who have had
u< i| ii flueuce, did Ie<4 peoplg forward
OFFICIAL ORGAN
—or TEC sc—
FRANKLIN COUNTY ALLIANCE.
$1.00 PER YEAR.
until there was no stepping. They
even said in national convention
that “if the existing par¬
ties do not rccogiiizi us we must form
a new party.” They told tho people this
was right; that relief must come at any
cost. The people believed it. Indeed
it was no hard work to convince them
that it was true. But there “prominent
citizens” could not deliver tho goods.
Some of thorn were offico holders, and
the party that elected them had well dc-
finei 1 claims upon them. But the people
said “wo want that relief you said we
needed so badly. We have waited long
enough. You told us that 1892 was
the limit: that if the old Darties
didn't show tbeir hand wo would
then march out as one man.
When matching teachers timo refused eamu some
of these to inarch
with their pupils. But promise many prominent did
ones stuck to their tutu
march out. With others who did “set
the woods afire” there ia no peace of
mind ; they are in the soup, Tho Pro-
gressive Farmer may be mistaken—it
does not profess to be infallible—but it
is still on tho march for reform that it
lias told the the people they of tho noeded. people Wo
consider welfare wo
represent of more importance than the
success of any man or party, and will
never lie caught telling the people one
tiling tliis year and another just bb soon
SB a campaign comes on.
***
THE SILVER QUESTION.
A correspondent thus expresses bis
views on the silver question: “The way
in which tho demonetization of silver af¬
fects tho price of cotton cannot be too of¬
ten called to the attention of the people.
England is the great cotton spinner. In¬
dia is our greatest competitor in of cotton India.
crowing. Silver is the money
England uses silver in buying India cot*
ton. This silver she buys in Europe and
America at seventy cents and passes it in
India at one hundred cents. Our cotton
ig thus brought into c< inpetition with
cotton so | urchssed. England needs a
constant supply of cheap silver for such
purposes <>f trade. Demonetization of
diver furnishes her with just the supply be¬
die needs. Iu 1873 < e many
gan to sell lts silver. It sold
357 millions and has got more for
inlo. As the sale proceeded falling
tho from price of attd silver England kept kept get¬
year to year,
ting it cheaper ami cheaper to conduct its
Eastern commerce. Demonetization there
may have been accomplished by bribery. favor
and affection without
But Germany only bad about 850 mill¬
ions of silver in circulation. Eugland
knew that would not make a attention permanent
supply. So she turned her to
the United States, and with what suc¬
cess we are familiar. We produce year,and 118
million doliurs. worth of silver a
if this can be kept out of circulation, it
insures its being cheap as long as it is
produced. There is a brotherhood among
thieves in ail nations. The men who are
in favor of a tight currency understand
each other all over the world, as the
coming monetaiy conference will demon¬
strate. Money,not kings,rule Europe. No
nation there can go to war without the
cunsent of a few great bankers, and these
mostly do business in Frankfort and
London. The great capitalists in this
country are backed up with English of
money. Considering the amount
British capital invested in America there
ought not to be much difficulty about
these two nations coming together in the
money conference. It was much harder
for Eugland to gam this advantage than
it is to keep it now. The monetary con¬
ference, if it do. s anything, will fix the
ratio between silver and gold while the
former is degraded t.y adverse legisla¬
tion, nnd it wii be too late to alter it
when remonetization increases its value.
As long us England can keep silver at
nearly one-third below its normal market
value, it can keep southern cotton at
somthing like onc-third below its normal
price, by keeping it iu compc-
tition with cotton put chased w.th the ar¬
tificially cheap monoy.
“It !s a wcll-ektitbllshcd fact,” said a
Buffalo man the other day to a Buffalo
News reporter “that some dogs will eat
almost anything in the way of food, nnd
the we also animal frequently displays hear marked of eases appetite where
a
Irish for intoxicating that liquor, the but climax I’ve got in an
setter caps my
opinion. liking “Did you ever hear of a dog
onions? No? 1 thought not. Well,
tliis setter of mine wouh'1, I firmly be¬
lieve, run a mile if lie thought he could
get, au onion at the end of the journey.
We gave him one for fun two years ago
it when he was very and young. since He snapped been
up at once, ever he has
growing fonder of them, “He will
wade into two or three old, rank fellows
and demolish them with the tears start¬
ing from his eyes, and when the lighf
spring onions come around he is nevei
satisfied until he has a plateful with hij
dinner.” _
There was a disastrous fire at Freien-
wald, in Prussia, at which eight people
lost their lives. A young man was ac¬
tively engaged in rescuing men and
valuables when part of the house fell in
and two rafters caught him tightly by the wedged legs.
Both his legs timbers were so that he could
between the not
be extricated and ho was surrounded by
flames in a minute. In his terror ol
having to die a slow death by being
burne :d he cried out to the men to shoot
him or kill him in any way so as to save
him from burning. But there was non*
to respond to bis prayer. claspknife In desperation of his
he fetched his out
pocket and deliberately cut hi3 throat in
full sight of all the people surrounding
the burning pile.
Workmen at the Baltimore and Ohio
elevator saw a fight between a crab and
a rat at Baltimore. The rat went down
a stringer to get a drink and a crab
caught him by the head. A tierce tug
followed, the rat apparently having the
better of it for a while. He could steady
himself by his foothold. The crab used
bis method of the propulsion about with him. energy, The
aud churned water
rat’s power of endurance finally gave still
way, and he fell overboard, but he
did his best to release himself. He
struggled hard, but the crab held on
until the rat was drowned. The crab
was so exhausted by the fight that when
the rat floated to the surface the crab
twuui awav