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More than 8,600,000 citizens of this
rountry arc able to bear arms.
Ritteo the universal vogue of the
gummed envelopes sealing-wax is in
much less freqn* lit nse in England and
the United States than formerly, but
it is -till very popular in Franco.
Th* signs of the times point, in the
opinion of the Electrical Review, to re
Dcwe.l activity in electrical circles.
fmpi’ovement and extension of electric
lighting plants and installation of now
electric railways arc leading features
m this movement.
X careful statistician has found that
of the workingwomcn m Chicago
eighty-four percent, earn just a Jiving
not one cent more. Fourteen per
cent, save n little < very year, and the
remaining two per cent, do not get
civ,ugh to keep them from running in
debt.
Geo?go C. Hunter, of Oakland, Cal ,
lias just come out of the surgeon's
bands without n memory, Hm skull
was fractured by a flying bolt and the
brain was injured. Although he is now
otherwise perfectly well, he cannot r- •
member hi* wife or his moth, r. M
though he had a good edit-' it ion Io eun
now neither rend nor write-.
Say the LouiNvillo C'*»urier :
New Jvmvyin trying no intere *tin;; *•.
portment hi road improvement v*ith
lonultN that have far proved v rv
Mutiafaetory. The ayaH*ni iw «»»«• "I
Htatf^ aid in the construction of dm
tile roadu, the aid to be itvnilfthh* onlv
on Condition that tkr county an I i»\
tag dittriol through which runt* tbt
road that i» to he itsipri VI d p*y put
of thu o,o«t. Thn principle in lie
sound one of helping Uiom who help
themselves. The Slate’s contribution * j
largo or small according to tin* h*y.t in •
terest in improTciweiit?' I
f j
Walter Bcnant, th© Hi'itisii easay int i
rontinn* m his crusad** n iin t tin j
women who tak** Hie place of nun in
the work of tho world. Hit* arguno nt,
which not n new <»ne, if* that when n
woman does a manV work she h- ; n
tier cltanoo of a home and it htinband.
If woman work, they work, * t \ * ^fr- J
Bessnt, for a mere subsistence. Hut it i
man demands enough for two peoph
to live upon, so ha can marry an I
•support a woman. Woman frustrate*
tin, unto when riie , ;* : “1 will Go
thu work fur half thu moii-v nu l
the mart remains idle, while the mem y
KOO* iuto tho pocket* ill til*) 111
in nev - maker
i
* > iTm IkisWn .Advertise »crve*
Thor© are an even hall'dozen
net oftkmra in the Bcii»t<s and they
tmiwpns© Ntunc pretty able men, Only
one of the six is « Democrat, and that
m Vilas, of Wi«0on«tn, who played the !
dual role of Secretary of the Jutertoi
aud Postmaster (Icucifd during the
Brat Cleveland reign. Proctor, of Yer- j
luout, was lh«’ warrior of the liarre-**© j
wdtniuistratiou; t-ltaudlcr, of He w j
Hampshire, wasHeeretary of the Navy |
under Arthur, aud Teller, of Colorado,
Secretary of the Interior under th
name regime t"ameron, of Penw*> 1
Vanin, was Secretary of War un i* r j
Proiident Grant, and John Bh *rina t
\yan Promdent Hnyes’s ftuiiitcicr.
f Thirty one persona die I of a duil
•l*rv*tk.ii in ].on<l<>tt during luG < - “ .
•ipht infant ' and twtidy tbi< i ln!t
Noi on© of the unfortunate pe^KUe
hvl ever applied to tie* parish author
ities for relief, and in only on© case
had the doeeav* 1 person been nt ion |
time tho inmate of a V r
hospital. All were people of nt
turned respeetability, who had nu j
upon hard time* and who-o pr id* aud
horror of accepting public aim* * * V •
nuutf the sharpest pang* of hun
A ©ample story is in till it j
record: “Jam©* McDonald* !
ninety years; date of imp J
ary 19th. Deceased would n d i v i
to the parish ; verdict, atar\ain>n
A census the popular i » t. iu
aic of the people of ^an FraiiciiK
twin taken *-! the Kv f U
eitv ib H' 1 of th pa \ i
to fill out a blank pi of t
uumtKr* with t :
would like r G F* in I
to pUv. ~ al } . , |
grammes thus w« n t!; r j
proper t .m vor light t K*r.it i
Of an hvi ! *» ;<> 100 expr*
ere nee Wa. n» r and Sx»
ftad in thirtv-v ; Slru
music w as v t -
IN* K >vcn i
Bolfe, Vi 1 and Boas in
tWi A Ur i\r
want variety Mr at*
on that i u AS
•McGiutv i air
W £ 1 i
4
lor m y t 3 It.
There b.v« t
•’Hisb i v M
other a It t
and pleas! t t
•Tasuhat
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ain
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The present is * great season for r*.
rivals, both moral and financial.
This year the Italians will celebrate
the three hundredth anniversary of th*
production of the first opera,
Th* fauhtoDibte winter trip now j«
to Kj'/y pt, ^ th* New York Ledger.
The cost is 8150 each way-cheap first,
claw passage. Rich Amencans go in
their own yachts, regardbws of ex
pcn*e.
Tt ia estimated that contributions to
nil benevolent purpo* bv Protestant
Ohrirttans *d the United States amount
te, about 885,000,000 annually. Only
one-seventeenth of this is giv*'tt t*, for
ign mission'.
It is said that one bushel of apples
brinfi as much profit in California as
one barrel in the East, and that the
land worked over for gold coin w ill to*
day produce golden pippins that will
bring more gold coin than was pro*
-bleed by tin- ltlin*
TUo MKftttfuHuff’rh' iW'otd, Haiti*
laort nay *: “Xh<* to bring
tin* mill* to t!i<; cotton in growing$ jiikI
New rneniif^tttr^r^ an nog *
tinttiig for thn fmHioii of miPn j i* t!n*
Hotitli for t lif? iiiimufftctui of the fhicnt
cuttfiti [food* a* well an th** futnrncr.
A Kuroj»ean prophet of evil ttayn that
the great Etuopcau war, which mtihfc
come toon, will hi; Imtwe* n France u/id
Oermftuy, l**it that it will involve all
I'nrope, arid will nun ■ very eontiu*
f atal power, h aving Haglnud, tin
i nited Hint* aud AiiNtrulm the tindiK
putod jr»a?'ter n of the world, without
their lmvin# fired n ain^h allot.
The growing fashion ot naming
private rcajdeuc' h Cfdln to mind th©
«t-ory told by Kirk Munroeof a witty
women who lived in an old-faf binned,
quiet New Knglaud town, rolatcs tho
New York Independent, Hhc wrote a
note, in toapottuf to an invitation to
ten, dated at “ Iho Kims," •r Home
such name, newly given by tew
OQinefS to lUo old homestead they had
just acquired, and dated her reply
from #, Tho Hhubarbs,** “For,” as
she said, “it would never do not to
call our placo by some distinctive
name, aud there’s root© rhubarb than
anything else in our back yard."
A railway train which recently
passuJ w**»twai-*l through tho HtaU) of
Ohio wonlfl Imvo atirred tho emotion*
of Edward Jcnner, if he were now in
the flesh, make than all the honorsautl
ilium ntii that '; < ?(> ,ih*iwr’r,'d upon
him in his lifetime fur tin* d moovery
of vaccination A special v»« cinaiiou
train, treating in turn all employes of
on© of tho greatest railways iu tho
world, is tho spectacle that, would
have delighted his heart. Tt is just
ninety-eight years at nee ho eroded
the barrier against tho olden time iu*
curable plague of small pox. Ridicule
and obloquy were the first, fruits of
his discovery, but ho lived long
enough to enjoy tho honor of being
one of the greatest benefactors of
mankind.
_ _
Argentine is tho most advanced ot
all the States ill South America, said
Bishop John P. Nowuian recently. Its
magii ill cent domain extends from tho
frontier of Bolivia to Cap© Horn, in*
eluding Patagonia and Terra del Fu
'’8». fr,,|n **•* Allimti.' (In- !>»«.'
° the t ordillefaH, It is rich in all
thing# which give substantial wealth
t' 1 * Nation "ho rivers arc navigable
1000 mil©* into the interior, Bhcp*
herd* feed more than 70,(10(1,000 sheep
and half that number of horses and
horned cattle oil the vaat pampas,
Their value is estimated at #2<»0,00b,
B00 in gold. In the motintaiu* are
gold, silver, ©upper, lend, Coal and
iron which await the coming of a su¬
) ter tor system of mining, Buenos
Ayres is a city as large ami elegant as
Boston. Hs parks ami palaces, fash
louable drives ami gorgeous * <hii pages
would adorn Fifth avenue.
What is the chief fur bearing animat
t*1 the worldt muses the New York
Tribune. Judged by the atamlard of
fashion, perhaps the much vexed aval,
while on the ground of aristocrat to ex
idusiveness the Hnwoan sable may head
the Hat. But, in point of numbers,
none can compare w ith onr ow n famil
i*r muskrat, which every country lad
whose life has boon worth the living
has captured in a trap submerged in a
frost bound brook, amt stretched its
akin to dry upon a pointed ah ingle
The other day there was a great fur
sale iu London lu four days, at one
auction house, more tban 8,000,000
were sohf; and i*f these more
than one half- to be exact, 1,528,000
were muskrat Next in number
opossum skins, 500,1*00 from
Australia and 120,000 from America.
while the o4orcut skunk and qiortiw
raciSH>n furnished 240.0tH), an*.l the oly
UttU ui uicte By the aide
the t were onlv *2817 Kuaaian
weavers anil « score of
The list c furs com*
pr . of several kind
arivii foxes, laml chin
aiigmrotvs and
as this sa it was
on* of equal magnitude
W fur t .son, the millions of
f it# K. i ! the
rortd t La and 4 .it*
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GEORGIA STATE NEWS.
Interesting Cnllinas lor t!ie Pemsii ot
the Casual Reader.
Fippen will soon have, anew depot.
Th*' citizen* there have been working
for it noun; time.
Like county people arc agitating
tlie question of building a new court¬
house nt JCebulon.
a
Twelve thousand dollars delinquent
state and county taxes remains to tie
collected in Bumter county.
There w ill be less idle lands in Polk
county tins year than ever before.
Every available acre is being utilized.
A very promising move is now being
made to establish an oil mill in Perry,
and thereby keep the cotton seed at
home.
Americas businesa men are trying to
organize a co-operative body for estab¬
lishing a telephone exchange on that
plan.
A roovniiiMit Jh oil foot to organize
a (stock company for the purpose of
starting uj» a canning factory at
Jiabiin, with » cupecity of 2 f WMI cans
per day.
< iovor Northen )uih oftcrctl a reward
fot the capture, with proof to convict,
<*f the jmrticM fte-ttiug fire to the court*
}i*;riM*’ at Franklin, the county neat of
Heard.
Itono hill pouter# will hetcafUiT bo
r<‘*piircd t*> jmy a rcgifttratioii tax ami
will ii <A )?** allowed to pont bills pro
iiijMCtjoi^Jy without coruient of proper¬
ty t.wrierH,
(I over nor Northen hun received the
resiguslbm of Oaptaia MeManUr, of
th** Hurkt Idght Infantry and a mem¬
ber of tin* state advisory board, II in
buHineaw in of hucIi u pressing nature
thut he cannot give the necessary time
to them* two places.
The insti uciiouH in reference to quar
terly payincntK fur public school arranged teach¬
ers* HalaiieH, etc., have been
in the form of h circular and will be
sent out nil over the state. Other cir
cularn on the hiunc lino will also be
iwailed in a few days.
l h« National bank, ot Brunswick,
opens for business under tedegraphio
approval of Comptroller F.cklei. The
new bank baa complied with nU the
legal requirements previous to the
opening. Organization was perfected
by paying in £150,000 an cash capital.
*
In fiv<- iliitrit-ls of Bilfli county
thcru arc 3,300 persons who arc re¬
quired under thu law to )a*y poll tax
whoso uamns do not appear on tho tax
digest of tin- county. Therefore, those
3,300 persons do not exercise the right
of suffrage, and do not pay any poll
tax to the county.
J’reparation* arc well under way for
the entertainment of the next annual
convention of tho American Street
ltaihvny Association, which meets in
Atlanta next month. This convention
will bring into Atlanta’s gates ail of
tho prominent railroad men of tho
country who are interested iu local
tru importation.
The sixty-second annual commence*
incut of the medical department of the
rniveraity <>f Georgia at Augusta will
take place nt the Grand opera house
tin Monday, April 22nd. The orator
who will address the twenty-five gradu¬
ates will he Bishop Alliens G. Hay*
good. William F.. Boggs, I>. l>., LU
!>., chancellor of the university at
Athens, will present the diplomas to
the young men.
\t the sixth annual encampment of
the department of Georgia, Grand
Army of the Kepubhe, at Savannah, a
resolution was passed recommending
that Atlanta be chosen as the place for
holding the national encampment in
1805, and that the delegates to the eu
ertinpment be instructed to cast their
vote accordingly, hi case such in vita
turn should he extended by the city of
Atlanta.
t'oiiunbus is considerably worried
because the (itsorgia Midland ami Gulf
railr«»ad has dtacotitinned its <h>uble
daily pasacager service l»etwi*on Co*
lurnlum atid Atlanta Tram No. 50,
which has been leaving Columbus at 3
o’cbn k p nr , ami No. 53, which has
b«. n arriving at 12:27 o’clock p. tu.,
wi-iv taken and now Columbus has
not a train to Atlanta ami the cast af-
11 11 oVlock a. ui. Not only is pas
st»nger travel w'rtoudy inconvenienced,
but the mail facilities are Imdly crip¬
pled. root* business necessitated the
tliKooiitinuancc of the double daily ser
\ ice.
A report has bceu rtHVive^l at bavau
uah that Justn'e Jackiwm is to bv trana
ferrtsl t*» the sixth judicial circuit, aud
that dust ice White, the recent up*
point« of the supreme court, is to be
OSB luwt to the Savannah circuit. The
Central litigation will, therefore, Vh»
removed from Justice Jackaou** juris¬
diction and w ill go under charge of
w hovve in apjHunb d to the fifth cir¬
cuit. The attorneys interested are very
sorry u SCH.' duatice Jackson lose the
t'as«' , but thev do not think it will rna
ter mil v nffix*! tt; litigation. There
will be little doubt, they sav. about
Justice White's ability to master it in
a very short time
( oitiniisaionet Brad well has called a
U i I of the ev>mmissiouer* of the
SutniiH r Normal school, to be hebl in
Atlanta on thi 24th of March.
state re fust h! t« » appropriate anything
for this purpose at the last meeting of
. at ure but Captain Brad well
is mg to trv to raise monev from
other a»>urces. rhere is now in the
alibis «»f the committee on nnauces of
Summer Normal sotaKd out 4 thotto*
z>d dollars w hich is the Gilmer fund,
hi« wi ft the school for four weeks.
he tcliuming are < meabart of the
hoard: Vrotemm Baker, superintend
cut of school#, Havannah; Kev. l)r. It. *
H. Battle, Shorter ooilege; Lawton
fj. Kraut, superintendent of schooia, j
Augusta; Chancellor /Hoggs and Capt.
Bradwell, Vj|o wchai/ioan of tho body. »
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The date of the e&i»p of inatmetion
at Griffin and the time when the com
panic* shall go there have all been ar- I
ranged and the gt46*raor has approved 1
of them. Camp The Nor arnoal from camp Mav will 21st lie j j
held at
to June 14th. With the date of the
encampment fix- * and the 1
arrange
mentof the tonri perfected, the mill- j
tary hoys are all lappy fcj-,v* and can begin j
to anticipate the of camping at
Camp Northen 4 ail the beauty of
fresh spring. Tit. Fifth Uegiment j
band of Atlanta f.llent. me been secured for
the entire encai, This is an .
enlisted soldiers of liaud, the «Mt fate. its The members are | 1
same per
diem as last year will be allowed both
the officers and mn, and the regula¬
tions enforced duS^og the camp of 1893
will be in fore*: tlw year.
I Wat «
It is reported a petition has
been filed at M fflgowery, Ala., by
the bondholder Of the Bavannah and
Western railroad for the removal of
Mr. 11. M. Comat - co-receiver, and
the separation or -Vc property from the
Central Railr> *d of Georgia. The
movement comes through the Central
Trust company, of New York, and is
probably taken as a matter of policy
to secure a segregation of interests
which some of the holders of the Sa¬
vannah and Western railroad bonds
regard as not identical. Mr. Comer
is now co-receiver with Capt. B. J.
Lowry, of Atlanta. It is not believed
that the petition i£ based upon want
of confidence in Mr Comer, but is a
movement looking to a divorcement of
the interests 'of th) two reads.
ALLIANCE LITERATURE.
Wiiat is Beiui Den; for lae Advaucj
inenf ana Uplmipi of tin Oraer.
The “honest dollar” is the dollar of
the dishonest shylock. Milo (O) Su¬
burban Advance.
The safest place to put the life of
the nation is in the hands of the farm¬
er. For thirty years it lias been in the
hands of the lawyer. Exchange.
»»,
The man who ih farming and is op¬
posed to the Alliance going -into poli¬
tics is a candidate for some office. We
have never seen this test fail .—Living
Aye.
.%
The people own the country, the
political bosses own tin people, the
trusts and combines ow n the political
bosses ami the devil owns the trusts
and combines. Sulphur .Springs
(Tex.) Vindicator.
Did any statistics) financier ever
pause to refleoU^t the world’s w heat
crop of 1892 was less than that of
1887 by 120,000,000? What becomes
of the theory of overproduction?—
Atlanta Constitution.
■ ,*»
“The New Monetary* System” is pre¬
pared by President 11. L. 1 mucks in
pursuance of a resolution passed by
the national council and is intended as
the official view of the money plank of
our demand. Let every Alliance man
read it.
The farmers should perfect their or¬
ganizations as rapidly as possible.
The first great light against the money
power is to bo made this year, and the
forces should lie organized mid work
harmoniously together. — Southern
Mercury.
The Alliance is developing some
strong debaters among their members.
If you do not belong to the Alliance
or Grange, you are missing the first
class opportunities for social and men¬
tal improvement, and there is no bet¬
ter place for farmers to exchange ideas
on farming, stock raising, etc., etc,
Farmers’ Tribune.
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The Columbia Cotton i’tant says:
The nows we receive from all parts of
the state indicate that there has been
a pronounced revival in Alliance work.
Farmers are becoming more alive to
the absolute necessity of maintaining
« live organization for education and
self-protection, 'flic faithful work done
by earnest and intelligent Allianecmeu
is bearing fruit,and we predict that
from now on the order will show aeon
slant growth in members and effective
influence.
col. cock's iiGmiuA Y
t he Mate Alliance of Northt'arolma
in session at OrtHmsboro in August,
tsi'3, oas-ed the following resolution:
wliiTiM, The Polk .Memorial Associ¬
ation lias so far fallen short of success
in its noble purpose . .ml whereas we
believe that our Alliance brethren are
wilRng and anxious to aid them in
their efforts; therefore be it
BcsoIvihI, By the North ( srolitua
Farmer*’ State Alliance, that April 24,
1894, nt lieiug the birthday of Col. 1.
L, l’olki Is* set apart as Polk Memorial
Day. and that each Sub- Alliance in the
Slate he requested to meet on that day
for the purpose of raising and collect¬
ing funds for this purpose,
to la* conducted in such a manner as
shall suit the pleasure and convenience
of each Alliance
Resolved further. That after success
of this object is assured, the Suj Te'; ■ v
1 otnieil of the National Farmers Alli¬
ance and Industrial Union. In* peti¬
tioned to meet in annual session in the
city of Raleigh and take part eith er ill
laving the corner stone of said monu¬
ment or unveiling the same. North t’aroiina
The delegates of the
State Alliance *t the annual sx-ssion ot
the Supreme Council *t Topeka. Kan .
February, 1894. report that the above
resolution w*» laid J*cfore that body
and by that vote it res**>lveJ to h*dd
the next Supreme Council in the city
of Raleigh, *0 a# to be present at th.
unveiling of said monument, provided
it could be completed for unveiling at
that time.
X MOvrwBNX tO»AH6 SOUITKI
The foilowiLc editor *1 appeared to
the Sfn,vtfa'tarr/,' of a recent date,
ajj<j ^ jt directly conc rflR every toiler
j fl ttd* country, we reproduce it:
'‘The m<4 Herioasmatter presented
v , the attention of the American ye l
j,f t . this moment ia tho continuous
decline of the prices of the commotli
tic* produced t>y the agrienltnral pop
The downward movement
has persisted for a period of twenty
years. It was at first regarded with
indifference. Jt has now gone so far,
with a distinct promise that it will go
farther, as to excite the apprehension
of every thoughtful and patriotic man.
Even the New York Evening Post, a
Journal that is usually hostile to Amer
I <“" mP rests, always representing
British theories and policies, has con
^ed that the wheat growers of the
country are selling their product below
''**•*• it
“The measure of the loss to them
and to the nation uay he estimated
from the following facts: The average
farm price of wheat on December 1st
wan not only the lowest ever known,
but 10.3 cents below the lowest ever
reported. The average for corn was
13. <5 cents below the price in 1890.
The average for barley was 40.6 cents,
the lowest figure npon record, as
against 54 cents in 1891. i he farm
valne of cotton was the lowest eeer re¬
cored, being 6.99 cents per pound
against 8.^4 cents in 1892.
“ These figures, however, only show
the decline within recent periods.
The average value of an acre’s product
of the leading staples in 1873 was
815.65. In 1893 it had fallen to 88.17).
'i his is a decline of not much less
than 50 per cent. Wheat fell in the
twenty years from 813.16 an acre to
$6, or more than 54 per cent, The
value of an acre’s product of cotton
within the same period tumbled from
828.10 to 810.65, a fall of 63 per cent.
These statistics are representative of
the whole ease. They stand for a de¬
crease of value along the whole line of
commodities. They cannot be ex¬
plained upon the theory that there is
over production, for in many while years the
the crops have been short,
price, although advancing slightly for
a time, has never failed to resume its
downward movement. Simultancous
ly with the fall of prices there has
been, of course, great shrinkage of
farm values. The farms of Pennsyl¬
vania, for example, were worth 865,
000,000 less in 1890 than 1880.
“The decline of values means simply
that the farmers of the country get a
continuously diminishing return for
their labor. They constitute 40 per
cent of onr population. They supply keep
our mills in operation. They
Jhe great market for American fabrics;
their wants create the bulk of the
commerce of the nation; when they
are prosperous everything prospers;
when they become poor, business of
every kind must languish. The far¬
mers are in debt. The dimensions of
their indebtedness enlarge as prices
go down. That which they could have
paid with 50 bushels of wheat ill 1873
now requires 100 bushels. The more
they pay the larger the debt Eastern becomes.
The people in the great com¬
munities have been accustomed hith¬
erto to regard lightly, perhaps even
contemptuously, the complaints of the
farmers. But now, with hundreds of
millions of farm mortgages, here held,
in default for principal and interest,
perhaps the hitter cry of these unfort¬
unate people will he heeded.
“It is useless to look for payment
from a debtor who loses money upon
every crop lie raises. It is useless to
talk of foreclosure npon a farm which
will bankrupt any man foolish enough
to buy it. Borne people in the East
are nt last learning that the interests
of our fellow citizens in the West ar j
closely bound up with our interests.
The manufacturers are learning also
that the American market, for which
they eagerly contend, will never again
he so good a market as it was, unless
prices shall go up instead of going
down. When they are fully awake to
the nature of the situation, they will
join with investors, with merchants,
with the railroad companies, in trying
to stop a movement which must inflict
enormous injury upon the whole coun¬
try. decline
“Who profits by the of
prices? Europeans, chiefly. We pay,
probably, $2,000,000 a day to them in¬
terest. We put most of the obligation
in food and other raw products. While
the debts, named in dollars, remains
fixed, the payments made in foreign
commodities grow larger month after
month. We have permitted England
to control out financial policy, and
she has so controlled it that every
payment of debt to her practically en¬
larges the obligation. Bhe feeds her
people cheaply at the expense of the
American farmers who sell their pro¬
ducts without profit. Bhe runs her
mills with American cotton bought at
half its real value because she has fixed
tin price. We have sent enough ma¬
terial to her shores to cancel much of
on r debt • to her, but the debt is as
great ns it ever was, probably greater,
And, while we permit her thus to rob
and ruin our business, her represen
tativesat Washington are now engag
ed in trying to destroy out mamifac
taring industries for her future advan
tage grapple
"The American people must
with this problem of falliug prices,
They must do so with a resolute pur
pose to give the farmers justice. If
they shall not do so. we shall have po
htieal troubles west of the Mississippi
river which will shake the nation from
center to circumference. '
DAMAGE BY HIGH WATER.
Eigbt Inches of Rain Flood the Missis
sippi ' Valley.
1 he damage to property _ in tho - Vls- , r
sissippi valley by storms and floods
during the past week is beyond caleu
lation. Bridges have Iveen washed
sway, houses wrecked, railroad tracks
displaced, farm land has been flattened
out, especially in the bottoms, and
crops have been delayed, where before
every prospect for an early and highly
favorable season for farmers and plan
ters was anticipated. During two
days the precipitation at Memphis
reached about eight inches. There are
eleven railroad* entering Memphis, and
every one 1 >f them has been subjected
*0 Washout*
Lotus Kossuth ttead.
Advices from Turin, Italy, are t*
the effect that Lout* Kossuth, tb«
Hungarian patriot .is dead
THE REFORM MOVEMENT.
Current Cment Concenunf tie Great
Me Against Oppression
Now that spring work commences do
not allow yourselves to forget all about
reform matters. Keep up the agitation
„„ while you plow ..J
In this struggle for reform we are
not fighting men, but systems. IV e do
not object to any man as being a born
and bred monopolist, but we do object
to his working at it—it interferes with
the rights of others .—Liberty Hell.
It would look better if the Populist
senators and representatives would re¬
frain from voting on all tariff ques¬
tions, as it has very little to do with
making the people poor or hoodoo prosperous the
and is only the means (Mo.) to a'
masses. — Memphis Farmer
Union.
After thirty years of “unparalleled
prosperity”—for money mongers and
heartless speculators, “where are ad¬ we
at?” We are under a democratic
ministration going the republicans one
better in subserviency to the goldbng
combine,—Tarkio (Mo.) Independent.
fa olden times when a prophet fore¬
told an event and it failed to come to
pass they fell upon him and stoned
him to death. The stuffed prophet,
Grover Cleveland, and his compeers,
in both old parties, predicted good
times on the repeal of the silver bill.
" lMI 1 UI, R ^’V,.’ They should
>«* ■*«»«* , t(> * lth ballot8 .. ’
England is constantly raking in our
products and coin, simply because she
holds credit against this nation upon
which the annual interest account
amounts to millionsof dollars. Interest
is what is draining onr people and
making England richer, and yet in the
time of peace and plenty another batch
of interest bearing bonds are fastened
upon ns.— licet ern Advocate.
Attorney-General Olney has render¬
ed an opinion that the silver cer¬
tificates are not lawful money. It
would seem that Carlisle must have
considered them lawful money to re¬
deem tin in with gold. According to
our goldbng theory nothing but gold
itself will go as money in this country
regardless of what the law declares to
be money.—Lake County (S. I).) Tn
dependent.
Representatives of 10,000 miners in
North Alabama held a secret caucus
recently to decide upon what course to
pursue in the state campaign. The
platform of the Kolbites was indorsed
and the miners nominated candidates
for the legislature. Their candidates’
names will be placed on the Kolb
ticket. This is somewhat of a surprise
to the democrats, hut the miners elnim,
it is said the Kolbites have promised
to give them relief by removing the
coifviets from the liiiues, ami fef- tlmi
reason they J favor their platform.
It was left for the Indianapolis un¬
employed to discover where the trouble
is located. Instead of appealing to
congress for relief they have addressed
an humble petition to Queen Victoria,
begging her to let go her grip on the
administration so that it can do some¬
thing for the relief of this people.
Her Majesty will hardly comply with
tliir. request as her “American prov¬
inces” are the most valuable part of
her dominions. Bhe has been milking
TIncle Barn’s cow a long time and is
not apt to let go as loug as it gives
such good milk.— Nonconformist.
There are 17,599 employees of the
government residing in the District of
Columbia. All of them draw enormous
salaries in comparison with what other
people of the same capacity get, and
the people of the whole United States
are taxed three and seventh-tenths cents
per head to help pay the taxes of the
district, so those employees not only
get their big salaries hut they have the
people at large pay half the expenses of
their children's education and other
public conveniences. If one wants to
enjoy tin 1 full blessings of plutocracy,
that is the privilege of taxing other
people to pay his own expenses, let
him come to Washington. — Er.
t'OLI l'HAL CONSCIENCE.
All who aro thoughtfully watching
the trend of modern polities are
alarmed on account of the absence of
conscience among old party leaders.
Men whose social status is beyond
question and whose word in business
matters is as good as their bond, pay
m>t the slightest regard to their
pledges concerning political affairs,
lin< l openly repudiate every promise
and obligation which they have enter
( >,1 into with their constituents. They
annually “work' the masses for votes,
and as soon as the election is over
they wheel into line with the classes
an d help to fleece their constituents
When befot the people they talk
jondlv about the interest.- of labor and
Berate Wall Street and the corpora
. { , 11 „inlt«..,w applause, Bt
t'ore they ate comfortably seated in
their high office a few British
speculators and corporate nabobs
warp them to their purp< w aud the
trusted representative turns *111 a des
pieable traitor unworthy of the fur
th-r ofidenee “ft ho- who placed
«»"» lu T\*wer. next rritauce is
upon ! the t “machine, which stands by
ni , „ eo!1 , ul ,, rat ien, and the peo
pie are dragoone*! through party m
. re¬ into an endorsement of their
tv But the worst and m. -t
n-id-ration in Connection
with it all is the tact that thew mol*
-tr itr tge- ar«- thrust AST. tal. v
i ’ n th* thrifts of the ptople, »n ‘
*b- v calmly 5. *r is with cit.prow0-;. or
cv-mpisint. Blind, unreasoning wor
>hi{ >i party is one of the spxnt crane
‘ ***” »g* ■ * Q d it is responsible f.yrthe
maj**riV out Daspucaht aaG
recreant public -■•r-ants bans ujsm tt
with abstdute assurance, now*’war.
thanks 1 t*> Providence, there are tia
mi-takable signs of an awakening which
will -6&ke society to its very f> n.la
ft It eat too 9 on. —
/
APPEAL or THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE,
Both the democratic and republican
parties have established headquarters
;;;>
during the campaign. It is the opm
ion of the shrewdest politicians at
Washington, that if the People’s party
takes advantage of the blunders and iu
famy of the present administration,
SS 5 i 1»M «i
balance of power in the next congress.
It is also admitted by the closest ob¬
servers among both the democratic and
republican politicians that the next
election of president will be turown in
the house, which will give the Popu¬
lists the power to dictate who shall
he the next president of the I nited
States. The election in the state of
Oregon comes of in June, and in
Alabama in August. We are almost
absolutely sure to carry Alabama and
we stand an even chance with either
of tlie old parties in Oregon. To help
to corrv Oregon and Alabama is to
help put life and enthusiasm in our
party in every state in the union. The
People’s Party is composed of the
great common people of the country
w ho are poor and honest. It has no
millionaires, hank or railroad corpor¬
ations upon which to call for cam¬
paign funds. The national committee
has established headquarters at Wash¬
ington where it can j rocurc an unlim¬
ited amount of campaign literature at
a small cost, One thousand dollars
used in our party will do as much work
as a hundred thousand dollars in either
of the old parties. considering the ah
After carefully prospects for ove
facts and the bright feel our
party in the coming campaign, we
it our imperative duty to appeal to our
people everywhere to come to the aid
of the National committee in doing
this great work. In the last election
our party polled more than a million
votes for president. We now earnestly
appeal to i,000 of that number to give
us 85.00each, 10,000 to give us $1 each,
20,000 50 cents each, 20,000 25 cents
each, and the remainder of the 1,000,000
to give us 10 cents and 5 cents each.
We also earnestly appeal to all People’s
Paitv Clubs, Legions and Leagues to
raise- what funds they can for the com¬
mittee, by taking up collections, giving
entertainments, etc. Me make this
request because we believe it our duty
to do so. If our party ever attains
success, each member of the party
must contribute to that success not
onlv with his ballot,but with whatever
means he can spare. Io respond
promptly will" and liberally means all success time
that bless the nation for
to come. All contributions should be
seut to M. C. Ban kin, Terre Haute,
Ind., w ho is treasurer of the National
Committee. Very truly yours,
J. H. Turner, Secretary,
L. J. McParlin, Secretary,
H. E. TaubenECK, Chairman,
M. C. Rankin, Treasurer.
SENATOR COLQUITT ILL.
A j>a„g Pr ous Recurrence of His Old
Paralytic Trouble
Washington b special of Tuesday
0 ,, , ... ■ • .
Ktl 8 0,111 , ! r ° n —ir’iT^ „
' ‘
critical \ condition. . - He , at
was
capitol Monday apparently as well as
usual, hut late in the night he became
very ill and continues in a condition
that is alarming to his family and
friends. This time Senator Colquitt’s
throat is affected and he has been
speechless since the attack. Dr. Walsh,
his physician, says it is not another
attack of paralysis, but a continuation
of the old attack. Though Mr. Walsh
does not say that his condition is such
a- to fear immediate serious conse¬
quences, he is very much annoyed at
the turn the disease has taken.
1
Queen Victoria is in possession ot
a curious needle. It was made at the
celebrated Redditeh and needle represents manufactory the Trajanl atj
Column in miniature. Beenes from
the Queen’s life are depicted on the
needle, so finely cut that they are
only discernible through a micro¬
scope.
Japan, according to a new census just
completed, shows a population ot
41.089.940.
ATLANTA MARKETS.
corrected wbeklv.
(Tec—lAoMted—ArbnckWs lirorerio*- 100 iK
Co -4.10 IB
c«ses.Lion 24.10c,Levering’*24 10c. Green-Ex¬
tra choice tlVic; choice good 20>^e: fair 19 $c;
common 17 *Jh18>£c. Sugar---Granulated
powiiei e 1 5“c; cut loaf
white extra I 4e; New Orleans yellow clari
fled 4a4 l /,c, io low extra C 3-“-i4j. syrup-
New Orleans choier 45c; pnioe 3f)iO l ie;oomoiou
aOftSOc. Molasses-Genuine Cuba 35@88c; im
itatiou 22(<?25. Teas—Black ti5@35c; green
40@t»e. Nutmegs «5(?!85c. (.'loves 25(g.TV;
innamon 10.; 1 r 1 £ c. A1 sp ce It'ctHc. Jamu
ca ginger l*<c. Singapore pepper lie, Mace
$1.00. ltice, Head •>■; goo I 8ait---IIawley’s 5U; common
tt4c; imported Virginia Japan5($5%c. "Jc. Otiees- Ill’s :3idi4;
da : ry $i.50; bids. it.O'; paila 0'c;
White fish, half lie If barrels, $0.tXV@’).5O. Soap.
Mackerel, lbs *3.U0@S 75
Tallow, too liars, 75
turpentine, 6s) bars, 6) llw, $2.25 a 2.6);
Candles—rsraliuc lie; slar lie. Matches--
400s $4 00; 300.* 83 OOa3T5: MOs $200*2 75; 6 '*
Sjtiw* $3 73. Soda-Kegs, bnlk <lo 1 lb pk"-*
5L.V, risen, 1 ib dot and “IbsSe, clo%b)
C‘ 4 c. Crackers—XXX soda o-y . XXX butter
fitjc. XXX pearl oysters'6, XXX 1 jCtaiiell and excelsior De;
7e: lemon cream »c; ginger snaps 6c: FieneU eorn
luiis 12al2V*. be. Candy—Assorted Canned goods-Condetise stick 1 MUk,
mixed 95a4 00. Sil
$<; 00a8 00; imitation maekerel*3
men $5 25*5 50; F. W. oysters $175; L W
$133; coin *2 50 a 3 50; tomatoes $3.00
. Lump
B*Ji potash $3 20. SUrch—Pearl 4c;
4 nickel packages $300; ccilatoid i i.ft).
, *i 40;
Pu-I !e«, plain or mixed, piule $1 n , quirt-,
$! ratal 80. Powder—Itifl.-, kezs $3.35; VJkegs,
$1 90; kegstl 10. Shot $1 53 per sack.
Flour, llraiil nntl Ilex'.
$1.00; Flour—First fancy patent $3.10, $4 fancy 50; seems $3 03. J patent- family
extra I,
42 50. Corn—No. t white 52--. Mile
5tc. Oats. Mixed 40.-. white 42.-. Texas rust
proof 48i Seed rye, Gt r^.a 75 a*<0v
Hav—Choice timothy, large '-alai, 95’.
So. 1 timothy, law* b*.«w. t'5r; ch *to»
timothy, small bales, 9V. No. i timothy, small
bales. 80c; X 2 timothy, small bales, SO',
jpal—Plain 52'; bolted 50c. Wheat brau-
Large sa.’ke 85', etna*: sacks S7e. Cotton
seed ra«* >i—$1 31 y*r twt. Steam feed—$t.13
ner >*wt Stuck ; .as 60x45c per ho. White,
60»6S- Boston Ivins *2.65aJ 73 per barbel.
Iecceae*<, 41.75a 2'‘u. Gin*—Pearl #2.85*
t #BBtr» IVsdwre.
Fee* fulll^c. Baiter—Western creamery
27 .s3Ucch’Tecnesare ISs20.'; oii.tr tmeic*
IP'ptS* I ;re and pcmitry-Tnrkey* Sfl0r chicken* p--r
ifc. li*n* 95 27 : e. rjr.uv
).. -<- 25x35-’; fr.ix. 10* i‘ Dressed
poultry—Turk*;-* Motive—lack- Hal.V' fhv;*.*
tcv 4ri*ii p *tf -m, 2.3'“*9.75per
bt>L sn, Rotate** 7 '*75c per b;i. Honey—
Strain -1 salOe; iniiwtn. -* T-W2 1 ;-. Onion*
75-x$1 03 per Lu. fi 73*2.75 per UU. Cabbage
2a2-,c per
Pmviniaa*,
Cl^ar riV fkk^s howcil
Ssg&r-cured Ml hi iO yllv, J*. a
bo nmnri at era $3* C&iiforv ia, Sj te a
(si ! . sJSa S &n it* LA ?'. isa 8 . C-Jtntoaad VAr
Isflti— 11*4x6: £5-54 -: ogb MiJ'Ulu* *