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THE HENRY COM’Y WEEKLY.
VO 1.. XIV.
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POWDER
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This powder never varies. A marvel of
purity, strength and wholesomcness. More
economical than the ordinary kinds, and
cannot l>c sold in competition with the mul
titude of low test, -iiort weight ilum or
phosphate powders. Si.ld only in cans.
Kov.u. Baking Pmvnrn P0.,10(i Wall street.
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ri!OFESSIO\AL V.l
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DENTIST,
McDojtoitoir, <ia.
Any one desiring work done can lie a---
cominodatcd cither bv calling on me in per
son or addressing me through the mails,
reams cash, unless special arrangements
arc otherwise made.
t'.Ko W. Til:van j WT. Di 'in.
ltltVl> A lHt lit'A,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
McDonoioh, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing
,he Flint J udicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Georgia and the United States Distri'-t
Court. apr27-l v
| IS. 11. TI'RIHB.
ATTORNEY AT law;
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing
the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court 01
Georgia, and' the United Stales District
Court. marl ti-1 v
JJ. 1C I' tt; I V
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
McDonoi-oh, Ga.
Will practice in all the Courts ol Goorfrisi
Special attention given to commercial and
other collections. Will attend all the Dourts
at Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over
Schaefer’s warehouse. jnnl-ly
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ATTORNEY AT LAW ,
McDonough, Ga .
Will practice in the counties composing! he
FUnt Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and
District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention
given to collections. net.>~ Gi
yy %. lIKOW^
’ ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDokochh, Ga.
Will practice in all the counties compos
ing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Goiirt of
Georgia and lii" United States District
Court. * jnnl-ly
Jj A. miIM.IX
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
i 1 AMI-TON, Ga,
Will practice in all the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Georgia a-ml tic District Court ot the
United States. Special and prompt atten
tion given (o Collections, Oct K, ISSH
Jno. I). Stkwart. I It. J - Danikl.
s’rnw.AßT & st a \
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Guikmn, Ga.
J ||{. IS. .1. ARIOMI.
Hampton. Ga.
1 here .y tender my p<; Assionai service to
the people of Hampton and surrounding;
country. Will attend all cal's night and 1
day.
LA II ('A Til).
I have opened a law office in Atlanta, hut
will continue my practice in Henry, county,
attending all Courts regular ’ v. a* heretofore.
Correspondence solicit* d. Will he in Mc-
Donough on all public days.
Office —Boom Gate City Dank h a Til
ing, Alabama slnwt. Atlanta, < .a.
JOHN- L TVK.
January Ist, I^s.
McElree’s Wine of Cardui
and THEDFORD S BLACK-DRAUGHT are
for sale by the following merchants in
Henry County:
D. Knott & Co. McDonough.
Hill & Parker, Lovejoy.
A. V. YlcYicker. B?bb.
Perry As Brannan. Fiippen.
Dr. \V. 11. 11. Pock. Locust Grove.
J. C. Bostwick. Peai.sville.
,1. W. Hale, Sandy Ridge.
W. 11. Gilbert & Co. Stockbridge.
B. F. Harlow, Tunis
GRII FI N Ful N DIFv
AND
Machine Works.
VUc annon tuti-.- I > iG■' • tin t v are
y , prepared to manufactm
rrs ; will take orders for al! k : . ds of boil
ers. We arc prepared to do all kinds ot
repairing on Engines, Boilers and Machin
ery, genera’lv. We keep in stock Brass
fittings of all kinds: aiso Inspirators, in
jectors, Safetv Valves, Steam Guages,
Pipe and Pipe Fittings and Iron and Brass
Castings of every Description.
o*llolo A H tl.tOlT.
% Pl.I TOt’K Vl> BOLD I*l.ol.
Wealth linulil*-!* Min* to *ensl !>>«
Iniiorein > it-lim to .Idit.
Chicago, Aug ]C. —’! bo doors of a
penitentiary are about to open and re
store to liberty a youth of twenty
whose only crime was that he loved
and won the heart of a millionaie’s
daughter. The facts in the ease ol
this ill-fated young man more than
support the marvelous fiction of Ed
mund Dantes. The story involves,
besides the barbaric cruelty of a plutu
crat, the disgrace of a once great news
paper and the added shame of an al
ready dishonored editoV.
The editor began his bn mess- ca
reer as a Itook agent and accumulated
a small fortune. It was by means of
his fortune that ho gained control of a
newspaper made famous by the.vicissi
tudes of its existence since the death of
its founder and proprietor. The new
editor sought to rebuild the pupetfs
fallen fortunes, but steadily it lost in
prestige and receipts. A time came
when it was necessary to raise a larger
sunt of money to keep the papet on
its kgs. The editor became a “Na-
poleon of finance.” He organized a
new company, of which he was made
president, and lured his friends into the
sinking ship. But thousands and tens
of thousands could not stop the leak.
In a short time a new financial turn
became imperative. The editor talk
ed to people who wanted a franchise
and gave his note for SIOO,OOO. Af
ter a while the note fell due. The ed
itor said he would pay it when certain
real estate transactions then pending
were completed. Many times he made
the same excuse, and constantly the
affairs of the editor and his paper be
came more entangled.
One day, while the editor sat at his
desk, a visitor called. He was a rel
ative of the holders of the editor's note
for SIOO,OOO, and came as their repre
sentative.
“I give you,” said the visitor, “just
one hour *iii which to meet that note
or to prepare to go to jail.”
To raise SIOO,OOO in any length of
time would have been difficult enough;
to raise it an hour was impossible.
“It won’t help matters any to send
me to jail,” added the editor.
“Then,” replied his visitor, “take
your pen and make over to me every
thing you own real estate, persona!
property everything. Do this and 1
will give you fifteen days in which to
make your note good and cancel this
document.
The editor complied and the visitor
departed.
IN QI'IAT OF SIOO,OOO.
Then the editor bestirred himself
and demgnstia ed how easy it must
have been for him to make a fortune
selling books. lie found a friend
whom he had thus far overlooked and
got $”0,000. He went to a contrae
tor who had a large municipal axe to
grind and needed newspaper influence,
and got $25,000 tnort:. From various
sources came contributions, which
swelled the total to ovi r $90,000.
Then the ex-book agent, with only
six more days to his credit, began to
fear that his hand had lost its cunning.
Accident favored him.
Another newspaper had unearthed
a tremendous sensation which chiefly
concerned the plutocrat of this history.
It was a matter of odssip, which reach
ed the ex book agent's ears, that the
sensation would never be given >o the
public lor the reason that the man of
wealth, upon being interviewed, had
said :
“If you publish such an article I
will be justified in killing you.”
The ex-book agftit had c -me hon
estly by his titje ; threats of killing
were of no eo sequence, lie put four
of his best men to wor 1 :. and in three
days was in po-s-s-don of the other pa
per's story, wh ;so truth was abundant
ly attested by names, date-, affidavits
and certified copies of legal documents.
Omitting names, the story was materi
ally as follows :
Till-: HKGIXXIXc: OF A UOMAXCK.
Frank Donahue, an industrious fel
low scarcely eighteen years of age, be
came, some eighteen or twenty mouths
ago, the off! er of a profitable newspa
per-carrier’s route io a f ashionable res
ideuce portion of the city. One of his
patrons was a millionaire manufacturer,
whose residence was the most irnpos
ing on the young carrier's route. Ev
ery morning he left a paper inside tiio
heavy outer hall door of the million
are’s residence. I• e arrived at this
point on his route nearly as soon as it
was light, before even the servants
were astir. For a long time he saw
no one ; tie. handsome residence might
have boen deserted for aught he knew.
Finally one morning as the young
carrier was leaving the grounds after
depositing his paper inside the vesti
bule as usual, he heard the sound of a
window being opened. (ilanciug back,
he saw regarded him smilingly from a
second story front window a young
girl of charming,' though rather child
ish, features and the loveliest blonde
curls the carrier thought he had ever
seen. The girl was smiling at him;
there could be no mistake, so lie touch
ed his can pnl't-d\ ml went on his
war.
Next morning the girl again at
the u inflow, amt the rex', a d the
next. The diffidence of the \oun_ ear
lier began to \vi ■! 1 off. an I one morn
ing when the g! i’s nod wa- particular
ly encouragti _• md her smile partieu
laily bright lieilaied to throw a kiss
as 1 e elo.-ed the /rout gate, installtlv,
to his in!■■!'«- delight, the g>| wafted
him a k■ s in rejjirn from ti e tip- of
hei pretty lingers and hastily i-bi.-ed the
v\ iudow.
Tlii ct-Jiort, delicious minutes they
McDonough, ga.. Friday, august, bo, insd.
I stood with clasped hands—then tied.
, Alter that lie grew bolder. There
j was a good hour before anyone in the
house would be astir. There was ab
solutely no danger‘of detection Why
should they not enjoy that hour ?
Then the carrier learned what had ttll
dong puzzled him—why the daughter
of a millionaire should < osire the atten
tion of a newspaper carrier. She was
a victim u> the decrees of fashion. She
was too old to be allowed the license
of a child and too young to have any
part iti the social relaxations of adults.
There had long been rebellion iu her
heart. Site saw that the carrier was
strong, good looking and manly ; smil
ed upod him first in eoquetjy, then in
interest, then in affection. Now she
loved him ; told him so, and shyly al
lowed him to kiss her twice every
morning.
During the next twenty-four hours
the enraptured carrier scarcely ate and
slept not al all. He reached the mil
liotirli e's t*s*Kk:ntb a full halt iepr ear
ly. There was no lace at the window,
and he was in despair, lie walked up
the front steps and dropped a paper in
the vestibule. At that instant the hall
dooy opened hall way, and the carrier
thought lie must be dreaming- Stand
ing a little back within the* hall, dress
ed in a lovely flowered-silk morning
gown, smiling at him, with a finger on
her rosy lip, was the girl of the win
dow— the millionaire's 1 (i-year-old
daughter.
THE VICTIM OF A I>I,OT.
One morning the girl was pensive
and preoccupied. The carrier refet red
to the change of mood and tenderly in- j
sisted on being told the reason of it.
Reluctantly she replied :
“I am almost sure we have been ob
served. You must come earlier and
we must be very careful.”
That very day the earner received
a note from the millionaire manufactur
er asking him to call at his office, lie
went with some misgivings, but brave
ly.. 'There was a long talk in the man
ufacturer’s private otfice. 'The million-'
uire was pleasant of tone and language,
made no harsh remarks nor threats of
auv kind, but was very firm on one
point.
He wrote a check for an amount
that almost made the carrier’s heart
stop beating. Hut he would not have
touched it, with the conditions attach
ed, had his refusal meant death.
The manufacturer tore up this check
and wrote another for double the
amount of the first. The carrier’s face
was as white as ashes when he rose
from his chair and stood before the
millionaire.
•‘I love your daughter, sir, and she
loves me. She has promised to be my
wife, and all your millions do not equal
in my mind the value of that promise.”
'l*6 millionaire manufacturer sr..ilod,
pleasantly, begged the carrier to re
sume his seat, and left the room.
Presently he came back and in a man
ner that was almost fatherly, asked tho
carrier all about his business arid Ins
ambitions. lie gave the young man
much good advice, told him he was ,
much too young to think of marrying,
and assured him i f his (the million
aire’s) kindliest interest in his future.;
At this point theie was a knock at the,
door, and the manufacturer, rising dis j
missed the carrier with an encouraging I
tap on the shoulder.
When the carrier had -walked one i
block from the manufacturer's office
he was joined by John Allen, a former ‘
companion who had fallen into bul
ways and spent some months in the
county jail. Together they walked an
other block, when two detectives in
plain clothes approached and arrested
them on a wan ant charging them with
burglary. It was useless lor the car
rier to protest his innocence, lie was
taken Jo jail, where, the very next day,
be learned that Allen had turned state’s
evidence and been released, and that
he, Frank Donahue, had been indicted
for larceny,
In some way the girl learned of her
lover's predicament Secretly she dis
posed of some small article of jewelry
that would not likely be missed, and
with $25 00 in her pocket visited the
office of a young lawyer named Grice,
whose social engagements were many,
and engaged him to defend her lover.
Lawyer Grice had an interview with
Donahue, in which the unfortunate
youth opened his heart to its very bot
tom, and then left him to himself for
nearly a week. Then he called at his
client's cell again and, with a very
long face, declared that the carrier’s
only hope was a plea of guilty.
“But lam not guilty,” said the
prisoner. “I would rather die than
plead guilty when I am innocent.”
Day after day the lawyer called, and
each day his face was longer than the
day before.
•‘lf you don’t plead guilty,” he said,
“notning can save you from the peni
tentiary. ‘‘The evidence given by your
companion is too conclusive. If you
plead guilty I hope to save you by ap
pealing to the rnf'icy of the court. 1
know of no other way it can be done.”
in Ills despair the carrier yielded.
He pleaded gnilty and was sentenced
to serve two yea is in the state prison.
tiik t..vsT ix- r h.i.mi.nt or mi: tf 100,
000 hum).
First the ex-book agent called on the
lawyer m the case.
“tt hy did you do this thing ?” de
manded the editor.
The lawyer was not in the least dis
turbed.
“I gues-,” lit; replied, “you would
I ave done it yourself if the influence
had been brought to he ir on you that
was brought to bear on me.”
Then the editor played his largest
trump. He called at the office of the
millionaire manufacturer and requested
a private interview, it was granted.
• V • i'n -k'ss” said the. A YV'» tak
ing n roil of manuscript irfiteSj© l 'pocket
to gather and sell newwj^Hft*gQtly
end iii v-fii-H' w,iys aiuDjii. UisUttl'V
sell! in t! . (vlninns of injjWw-paiau^
1 Imm- a piece of uewiq|raxN|Kfl|
im iiJi-ntKin to publish ! gv-rinw
nun ''lug unit s- 1 can
1 profitubA in Mime other jMk'* Witt)
your permission 1 will read :jit (* yduJ’
The millionaire nodded.ji .-red the ed
inn
-
those p.>-:; -s. of it . whicWt^pow
i-ient priii-l i f the truth of_£V whole,
\Y In-11 lie had t
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tent ion to publish that fH-'jsj'%'Nt|»-»r
-- vv morning ?”
“1 -lia'l eel taiuly do so,® ui-wer al
the editor, •'unless befOreS o’clock
thif afti-rnoon 1 can dispyaeD !’ i: to
greater advantage.”
•‘What do yen *• ■'•ode*-* 'WI
dt*Ukrs'nnu cents when iiniiwljjitsd in
your paper ?” *
“At least $10,000.”
“1 will give you $5,000.'-’ <nfd tin
man ufacturer.
“1 will accept $7,000,” r [died fin
ed it- r.
The story was not published. Two
days later the editor cancelled his potu
for SIOO,OOO.
Petitions for the pardon of the young
carrier were mysteriously suppressed,
and when he leaves the state prison it
will he at the expiration f the term to
which he was si ntencod.
The Mliili-Tiii!«-<l Ciiw.
Stories of President • Lincoln's keen
humor are seemingly inexhaustible.
One, which 1 think has uevyr appeared
in print, comes from a man who hei.i a
prominent office under Lincoln, and
who knew the great statesman well
At an official ball some thieves made
off with many of the hats and overcoats
of the guests, so that when the presi
dctUal party was ready to take leave
Vice-President Hamlin's head covering
was not to he found.
“I’ll tell you what, Hamlin,” said a
friend : “early in the evening I saw a
man, possessed of itoeti foresight, hide
his hat upstaus. I am sure he would
he willing to donate it to the adminis
tration, and I will go end get. it for
you,”
When the hat was produced it was
found to be very much after the style
affected by Hamlin, but it wine a badge
of mourning, which emblem the Viri
President ripped off with his penknife.
The party stood chatting merrily as
they waited for the carriages to be
driven up, when a man stepped directly
in front of Mr. Ilutnlin and sto -d stor
ing at the “tile” with
was covered.
“Wh;u are you. isMtifiug .at. sir ?”
asked Harfi'fm* "• ’ :• ,
“Your hat,” said tlmlffi%vjjy
it had a weed on it I would ::i ?
mine.”
“Well, it has n’t got a weed on it,
has it ?”
“No, sir,” said the hatle.ss man, “it
hasn’t.”
“Then it isn’t jour fiat, is it?” asked
Hamlin.
“No, I guess not.” said theVmn as
fie walked away.
When th’s little sei ne was explained
t.. 0 President Lincoln he laughed hearti
ly and said :
‘■'That reminds me, Hamlin, of a long
time ago when 1 was pioneering and
soldiering in Illinois, and we put up a
joke on some officers of the United
States army. My party and I were-a
long way. off from the comforts of civ
ilized life, arid our only neiglfbors were
the garrison of a United State* fort.
We did pt city well for rations, had
plenty of salt, meat and flour, but milk
was not to be had for love *or money,
and as we all longed for the delicacy
we thought it pretty mean that the "f
--ficen of the fort,' who had two cows—a
stubbed failed one and a lilac!; and
white one—offered us no milk, tin ugh
Iwe threw out many and strong hints
that it would fi.e acceptable. At last,
after much consultation, we decided to
teach them a lesson and borrow or steal
one of those cows, just as yo« choose to
put i.. But how it ci uld be done with
out the cow being at once identified and :
recovered was the question. At last
we hit on a plan. One of our partv
was dispatched a day's ride to the near
est slaughter house, where he procured
a long red cow’s tail to match
the color of the stub-tailed cow. after
possessing ourselves of which animal
we neatly tied our purchase to the poor j
stub, and with appetites whetted by :
long abstinence we diank and relished
the sweet milk which .’our cow’ gave..
A few days afterw.vd ,*e were honored
by a call from the commander of the
fort. ‘Say, boys,’ said he, ‘we have
lost one of our cow-.’ <)! course we
felt very sorry and expressed our re
gret accordingly. ‘But,’ continued the
commander, ‘I came over to say that if
that cow of yours lias a -stub-tail, 1
should_gay it was our-.’
“ ‘But she hasn’t a stub-tail lias
she ?” we asked.
“‘No.’ said the officer, 'shecertainly
lias not a stub-tail.’
“ ‘Well, she isn’t your cow, then,’
and our argument was unanswerable as
was Hamlin’s.”
Sweetheart (to Bashful I,over—“l
had a funnv dream last ni«bt, Heorge
dear.”
Bashful lover—“lndeed! What was
it?” •
S.—“l dreamed you asked to kiss
me.”
!’•■ h.—“ What did you sav ?”
S.—“l refused.”
B. L —That’s too had.”
S—(carting down her eyes)—“Well,
but, you know, dreams always go bv
cpntranes.”
mi!|ltl/OM lit) 111 IS.
Stun- Trilltil'ul I'nrls I'mill
lil'i-lilbinl .laim *.
WC wke ijie following inm- from
the fiilß ikstie of the Arizona Kicke;
Pt if A • F All i.\. —Mr. V .niamaker
[ha* refined to appoint us to the post
tnusiersbip of. this town. Iho blow
has at fallen. Honesty, in teg
rhy, merit, intelligence and enthusiasm
have gone for naught. A w.dieted,
hump-backed ignoramus, who can't
spejl gum, and can scarcely add 2 uml
is!, is returned in preference.
Do wo. turn the other cheek :
Not much! The first thing ue did
alter receiving the news last night was
to burn up a vest tvhii-h was purchas
ad at Wan.uaaket’s ten \ cals-ago. W e
shall neyer, never buy another dinl
from hut establishment. W<• ask out
vi'tßu*t»d.f>to make-the same re.-ohe Ihe
f.Nwiv '.this: be brought to terms 111,
wfcnglffy form mu»t -be cubbed >u die
dust, lie must be given fo understand
that the bulwarks of A mm-ican liberty
still tower aloft, and that jto free barn
American can be trampled on with im
p unity.
Sic Semper I'j/ntnuis ! Which moans
that we have camped on his trail.
Paini-ti, Aci'Hifxt —Together with
about twenty other gentlemen, w< were
sitting in front of the Grook house last
Tuesday evening, when thu 'Tuscan
stage suddenly drove up, having unex
pectedly at rived fifteen minutes ahead
of time. One of tho outside passeng
ers ha-1 the appearance of a detective,
and there was a sudden seatteiation of
loungers. It was laughable to see Col.
Jones, Maj. Wicldam, Judge Perdue,
Prof, Wise and o:hers tumble over
each other as they broke for the sage
brush.
An unfortunate accident occurred in
this connection. 'The Hon. Timothy
Shooks, late of Indiana, probably be
lieving that ho had been sent for for
barn burning, or horse stealing, fell
over a bench in his hurry to abscond
and broke bis left leg, and it will pro
bably be two months before lie will be
able to be about again
A Posstni.f Mistake.—Col. Keno
Jones, who was pulled up o a limb by
tho b iys«tha other night as a warning
that no snide games will be allowed in
any gambling house this bailiwick,
i as called at The Kicker office to pro
test that we were mistaken in the way we
sized hi<u up in our local columns, lie
showed us letters of recommendation
from piominent parties in Washington,
Philadelphia and New York, and he
exit ibited the 'Testament given him by
his mother twenty-three years ago and
Worn over his heart ever since,
f' R e may possibly have been utistak
y 4'AlvVci. up U a
tocwzzfer, Moamtsf, and escap
ed 'convict, and in encouraging the
boys to pull his neck as a warning. If
so, we are very sorry. 5 'The only way
lie can satisfy us of Ids integrity is to
fiown upon anything like a skin game
in his establishment in future.
Sot, f. Agent. — We have been ap
pointed solo agent in this town for the
Kentucky Hemp Company, limited,
and will he the only one handling their
famous “No. 0” rope. This rope, as
most of our readers are aware, is made
for and exclusively used as neckties
for bad teen. It will stand the great
est strain, run easier, tit tighter, and
give more getieial satisfaction than any
other hanging rope in the market. No
matter what sort of a neck a man has,
this rotin settles to the right spot at
once. We sell it in twenty foot lengths
at $2 per length, and where more is wan
ted the price will be made satisfactory.
Give us a call before purchasing else
wlieie.
There is one. - In answer to “Cor-!
respondent” last week, who asked if
there was a railroal line running
through this town, we replied that if
such a line existed we had never heard
of it in the two years of our stay. Wo
now desire to inform him that there is
a line—a branch of the U. P. Road—
and that it runs two trains per day and
gives excellent service.
The manager of the line, Mr. Ben
Davis, called at our office yesterday
and handed us an annual pass over the
line, and we take pleasure in saying
that tho ears are of the best make, the
fare reasonable and that the line lias
done much to build up our town.
“Not Ykt.—We have often been (
ashed why we did not establish a Dai-
Jy Kicker, and many individuals have
promised us their hearty support. In
the first place we are now running un
der one roof a great weekly newspaper,
| a harness shop, a grocery, a feed store
i and a great boot and shoe house, and
we haven’t much time, and in the sec
i ond place when we have any money to
throw away we’ll do it by establishing
a school of philosophy lor Indians.
W e’ve got a good thing as it is, and
we don’t sigh for the whole earth.”
“Yes, lam badly in debt and can’t
meet a man who is not my creditor,”
replied a young man the tether day, as
Ihe stood off a creditor lor the dozenth
time.
“lint can’t you set a time?”
“Hardly. I may, however, call a
meeting of my creditors soon.”
“What for ?”
“To lay a plan before them by which
| they can get their money.”
“What is your idea ?”
“To have them elect ine President
of the United States. The salary is
5.10,000 a year, and I can easily live
ion SIO,OOO and divide the rest among
Imv creditors. .Just mention it to vour
| folks, will you ?”
The Convention in
Mneon.
Ihe Alliance convention liaised its
work yesterday afternoon.
It will hardly he charged hy those
who favor jute and ather trusts, and
those who favor railroad and other ille
gal combinations, that the farmers did
not do their work thoroughly and
well.
Tli v had put their hands to the
plow and did not turn back. It may
Int stated in | assiug that u good many
consequential ideas about farmers not
being in favor of legislation to enforce
the state constitution were laid away
under tin sod They yet retain enough
of their fathers to maintain a constitu
tion that is threatened hy combinations
and conspiracies.
'The resolution adopted unanimously
bv tbe convention demanding of tho
present legislature the passage of soipc
tuna Aire co-carry Into effect the counti
n'' < Vi. ,ii-.aihion against iii
nations to defeat or lessen competition
was aimed directly at the opponents of
the bill which seeks the enforcement of
the constitution.
'This was oife result of the conven
tion.
Another of great importance was the
consolidation of the Wheel, a split
from tho original Alliance in Texas
the Laborer's union and tho Farmer’s
Alliance 'into one tremendous order, to
be known as the National Farmers’
and Laborers’ Uuipn of America
This consolidation took place yesterday
morning, as telegraphed to The Jour
nal. It means that more than a mill
ion men have hound themselves in a
close union for their mutual benefit
and to preserve their rights. 'These
men represent more than 5,000,000 of
population, and with their influence
probably 10,000,900. It is a colossal
guild, 'The world has never seen its
equal since the crusades.
Another important achievement was
the determination and use nothing but
cotton fabric with which to coven their
cotton. This i- the death knell of the
jute trust. 'The farmers kill one at a
time. Buyers have said they would
give lhe premium demanded, that is,
eight pounds to the bale, for cotton
wrapped in cotton hugging. Liverpool
and Columbus only of tho world’s mar
kets oppose this measure. They say
they want no cotton bagging. 'They
might as well demand that oysters he
sent to them in starfish shells. Tho
cloth bagging has come to stay 'The
fear that there, would not, be enough to
cover this year’s crop has proved un
founded. It was started hy the friends
of jute. Cotton mills are everywhere
in the south offering to manufacture
this baggie*. ’There will be enough of
it.
Tho farmer* demand that the tare of
eight, pounds shiU ho allowed by all
markers. Thu clMlYrcnco betVoeii two
hales of equal weight, one in jute and
one in cotton, is more than eight pounds
of clean cotton in favor of cotton bag-
ging. They think they have a right to
demand that they get. the benefit of
these eight pound*.
'The price of cotton was fixed at 12T
cents hy the Alliance convention. The
farmers say they cannot afford to raise
cotton for a less piice. With the help
of tin- Exchange they expect to lie
able to control the crop. If they can
do so, theie is t o doubt but that they
will be aide to sec ure the price deman
ded. 'The farmers adopted a resolu
tion urging the legislature to appropri
ate money to pay teachers- to whom the
state is indebted. They say thev con
sider these unpaid claim* as a blot on
the state.
'They also expressed themselves in
favor of educating the masses. 'They
want to la-gin the cultivation of a tree
by properly planting the seed, and
carefully training and pfuning it, and
not start at the topmost branches. They
are in favor of the common schools, to
train up their buys and girls to lead
more useful and happier lives.
'They did and said many other things;
but one of their chief works was the
closer welding of all their common in- j
forests and purposes, the » result of the
most important, aggressive and yet
withal most harmonious convention of
farmers ever assembled in the world.
'There was not a harsh sound, no
! jangled hells, no discord, no clash. All
went merry as a wedding, though the
greatest and most vital interests of
j American, especially southern, fanners
were at stake.
One happy result of this harmony
was the unanimous selection of Hon.
L. F. Livingston as their president for
Ihp coming year.
Other results were the absolute and
compact union of all in the objects
and plans of the order, and the quick
formulating and agreeing upon the
definite methods of work.
It was a convention remarkable for
its accord, for the magnitude- of the in
terests it deliberated upon, and for the
prompt courage with which remedies
were proposed and adopted to protect
the threatened rights of the farmers.—
,1 tlanln Journal.
Whirl They Were.
Young Goldsmith—“ Did you notice;
j the young lady 1 had with me to the
reception last night?”
Mr. Browning—" Yes, she was a
stunner.”
Young Goldsmith—“ Did you see
; the roses she carried?”
.Mr. Browning —“Yes, they were
lovely. What were they ?”
Young Goldsmith—“A dollar
apiece
PiMt’LKS, boils and other humors are
liable to appear when the blood gets
heated. The best remedy Dr. J. H.
McLean’s Sarsaparilla.
It ii»«in on lli«* ncililrminran.
When Peter tho Great came to the
throne of Russia, less than 200 years
ago, Russia was without a navy and
]K)ssessed only one sea-port, tlte frozen
Archangel on the Artie Ocean. The
famous emperor laid tho foundation of
a navy, employing Venetian and Dutch
shipwrights to build small vessels on an
inland lake, lie also learned practical
seamanshin himself by cruising on
Dutch ami English ships at Archangel
and by living the life af a common
shipwright at Saurdam. lie waned
with Turkey, and taking the city of
Azof, secured a southern seaport. In
his subsequent wars with Sweden he
secured possesion of the mouth of the
Neva, and thus gained an outlet to the
Gulf of Finland. And here in tho
marshes, looking westward, he laid tho
foundations of tho present capital, Bo*
foro he died he warred with Persia and
extended his empire along the Caspian.
Dui ing all the years that have elapsed
since Peterji death the dream of the
Russian monarchs has been to secure a
seaport on tho Mediterranean, so that
tho Black .Sea might no longer be an
inland hotly of water from which her
war vessels might not pass without the
etwlent of other powers. ITer* many
wars with Turkey have all been direc
ted to the achievement of this purpose.
Rut so far she has only succeeded in
creeping along the shores of the Black
Sou. Turkey, and her ally England,
• old the Dardanelles and the Helles
pont and Russia’s navy has been penn
ed up in the ancient Euxine. But a
most important cession has lately been
made to Russia, which gives her the de
sire of her heart. Tho delay that has
been bad before this was done shows
the deliberation of Russian diplomacy.
• hie o' the results of tho treaty of Ber
lin was that the little mountain princi
pality of Montenegro was given a small
cession of territory, including an out
let on the Adriatic Sea at the port of
Antivari. This concession was readily
made by the great powers, because it
tlitl not seem to disturb in any way
that dclicato equipoise which congress
es and conferences for the despoilment
of iht* Sick Man try to keep up between
the different parties to the congresses.
But how the sagacity of GortsclukofT
is seen. The Prince of Montenegro
has ceded the Port of Antivari to Rus
sia, which thus secures a foothold on
the Mediterranean, a harbor foi her id
vy, a coaling and supply station, and a
position of strategic importance. The
possession of a single city might not be
important, but tight back of Antivari
lies the little nation of splendid lighters
which is called by the Czar, “Russia’s
only faithful nlly.” Russia now be
comes a power in the great Mediterra
nean. It is no longer closed to her
vessels, in time of war, for she can keep
a licet cruising in the Mediterranean
all the time, and if England closes Gi
braltar and the Dardanelles, tho fleet
has a habitation and home at Antivari,
The possession of the port is, however,
a great menace to Austria than any
other country, and designed to cause
some hesitation on the part of Franz
Josef before he proceeds to carry out
his desijnis on Belgrade.
n n
One of t he Niuartrsl,
“Como over and get introduced to
one of the smartest girls in Philadel
phia,” said the Colonel the other morn
ing, after we had finished our cigars.
“I don’t call her a beauty, but she is
highly educated and as sharp as a ra
zor.”
“Detroit, Detroit,” she mused as we
were introduced. “Oh, yes. 1 can
place it now. I was wondering wheth
er it was in Quebec or Ontario. I was
there once.”
“Indeed.”
“Yes, and the people were celebra
ting the Queen’s birthday.”
“I see.”
“'They were celebrating it by a snow
and ice carnival. You are a very pa
triotic people.”
“Well, yes.”
“1 suppose the Johnstown horror
has rendered them somewhat apprehen-
I sive in Detroit ?”
i “As to what, tna’am ?”
“Why that Lake Michigan might
; burst out and sweep you all away.”
“< >li, we do not feel any fear of
that.”
“Don’t you, indeed. Ah ! yes, but
how stupid of me ! The Rocky Moun.
I tains are between you and the lake, of
■ course. Are there many wild animals
left in Detroit ?”
“A few grizzly bears and mountain
lions.”
“And the Indians ?”
“They never apptoach within a mile
of the stockade, and they don’t kill over
a dozen people a week.”.
“llow nice ! I must sit down some
time and talk to you a whole half a
day.”
When the Colonel and I had returned
to our end ot the veranda I looked at
him. lie had his face turned away. It
was all ot two minutes before he slowly
wheeled around and brought his fist
I down on his knee with the exclania
; tion: i
“Well, I’ll be hanged ?”
De Veterinaire—“Mr. de Veteri
naire ?” Do you know, Miss Oldbyrde,
I wish—that is would you—l mean can
you not call me something else ?
Miss Oldbyrde (tenderly)—Oh, it’s
all so sudden and I’ve only known you
such a short time, Mr.—oh, dear! what
1 shall 1 call you ?
De V.—Dr. de Veteriimire, if you
don't mind.
For a safe and certain remedy for
fever and ague, use Dr. J. 11. McLean’s
Chills and Fever Cure: it i* warranted
| tt) cuie.
NO. 18.