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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY.
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A JOURNAL DEVOTED JO HOME RULE, TARIFF REFORM AND BOURBON DEMOCRACY.
VOL. XV.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—lT. S. Gov't Report, Aug. *7, iSS^
Baking
Rjwcfer
ABSOLUTELY PURE
FKOt-'KSS / OVI /, r.i li ns.
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DEN T IST.
McDonough • •a .
Any one work done can I»e ae
commodftied cither By eallinp on me in per
son or addressing me through the mails.
Terms cash, unless special arrangements
are otherwise made.
Geo W. Bryan j W.T. Dicken.
BSKV O A DICKIE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
McDosoiou, '-»‘a.
Will practice in the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit,the Supreme Court
of‘Georgia and the United States District
Court. apr27-1y
i \H. 11. TliKIH®.
attorney AT LAW, '
MrDoNOvmif Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing
the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia, and the United Slates District
Court. marl fi-1 y
|r ~. iGilLv.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
McDoNOi on, G«.
Will practice in all the Courts ol Georgia
Special attention given to commercial and
c»thcrcollections. Will attend all I Courts
at Hampton regularly. Ofe. " upstairs over
The Wkfki.v otlico.
J V. WAM,
ATTORNEY A I LAW.
Mo! >oNm;iiii, Ga .
Will practice in the countieseompos ng i lie
Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and
District Courts of Georgia. Prompt at i» ntion
to collections. octs- 751
A. IIKOHiV
’ ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MsDoNoumi, Ga.
Will practice in all the counties compos
ing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court, of
Georgia and the United States District
Court. jun I -ly
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Duhtlm & lillii.
aMGHHMHHH tsasss®
WHOLESALE GROCERS AND DEALERS IN
Flour, leal, Lari, Sugars, Coffees, Tobaccos, Cigars etc.
ALSO, HAY, BRAN, OATS, CORN
and all kinds of Feed Stuffs a specialty
We beg to call special attention to our Brands ot Flour,
OCEAN SPRAY,
POINT LACE
AND PRINCESS
These arc our Brands, manufactured ESPECIALLY
FOR US and we guarantee ever}* sack.
Write as for quotations. Wc guarantee satisfaction and
the lowest possible prices. We also call your attention to
our TOBACCOS,
“GOLDEN SPARKS,”
“HENRY GOUNTY 9in.s’s,”
AND “HOE CAKE.”
These goods we guarantee to gi\ r e satisfaction.’ Sam
ples sent free on application.
We have also a fiqe line of
New Orleans Syrups,
which we can sell at “ROCK BOTTON PRICES.” We
will make it to }’our interest to see us before buying.
Thanking our friends for their patronage in the past and
soliciting a continuance of the same, we are
Respectfully,
DUNCAN & CAMP,
77 WHITEHALL ST.. ATLANTA, GA.
q a.
attorney at um,
Hampton, Ga,
Wi 11 practice in all the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Georgia and the District Court of the
United States. Special ami prompt atten
tion given to Collections, Oet 8, 1888
Iso. D. Stkwaxt. | lt.T. Daniil.
MTEWAKT A •
ATTORNEY’S AT LAW,
Guikkin, Ga.
| |R. It. .1. AIIMII.M.
Hampton. Ga.
I hereby tender my professional service to
the people of Hampton and surrounding
country. Will attend all calls night and
day.
j oin tvi:.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Gate City Natioal Hank Building,
Atlanta. Ga,
Practices in the State and Federal Courts.
(Hi [FEIN FOUNDRY
AND
Machine Works.
\A To announce to the Pnldh- that we are
? i prepared to manufacture Engine -Boil
i•» ; will take orders for all k'ttds of Boil
crs. We are piepar* d to d«. all hinds ol
repairing on Engines, Boilers and Machin
ery, genera*ly. We keep in stock Brass
fittings of all kinds; also Inspirators, In
jectors, Safety Valves, Steam Guages,
Dipt* and Pipe Fittings and Iron and Brass
Castings of every Description.
osiioui* a WAiiio rr,
fSntitt fiTa EM3^lWhiakeyHaWt3
SynN cured at home with-
BHI 8s SI N aWßout pain. Hook of par*
■B B B BwPj ticuiars sent r)HK£«
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Atlanta, 4*u. utttce Whitehall fc>*
McDONOUGHr GA.. FRITtA Y, OCTOBER, 24, 1890.
POLITICS IN LOUISIANA.
A rartisan Account of the Conflict That
Has Agitated the Farmer’s Itlliut.
In August the Fanners’ Allianco of
Louisiana met in convention in Baton
Rouge to decide upon the part it would
take in politics. The convention showed
the organization to be very stroni’, par
ticularly i:t the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth
districts of the state, where it probably
hits enrolled a majority of the wliite
voters. At the same time that the white
Farmers' Alliance met in Baton Rouge
the colored Farmers’ Alliance met in
Alexandria. The two organizations ex
changed congratulations, and the ne
groes adopted resolutions expressing
their willingness to be led by their white
brethren. The fasten Rouge convention
decided that it tfronld be inadvisable to
organize a new political [party, but that
it was best that the farmers should act
within the Democratic party, and, as in
Georgia, capture its organization and
adopt the Alliance platform. As the
farmers probably contributed a major
ity of the Democrats in half the districts
their plan seemed practicable enough.
Somehow it dfd not work in Louisiana
as it had done in Georgia. The farmers
had actual majorities in three of the dis
trict conventions, but failed to utilize
them. The sitting members from the
Fourth. Fifth and Sixth districts all re
fused to approve the Alliance proposition
or to support the sub-treasury bill. They
were threatened with defeat ifrithey
would not accept this bill, but they
maintained their independence. In the
Fourth district Mr. Blanchard wtis
waited on to express his views on the
subject, ami again declared himself
against*the bill, yet when the conven
tion met he was nominated from his per
sonal popularity and following, while a
very remarkable platform was adopted,
which asked him to vote for a bill some
what like the sub-treasury bill, if a
measure similar to thaf could be framed
which in his opinion would be constitu
tional
In the Fifth district it was the same;
in the Sixth even worse. The conven
tion there was a Farmers' Alliance con
vention. and had no trouble in adopting
resolutions iri favor of the sub-treasury
bill, yet after doing this it renominated
the lion. S. M. Robertson, the sitting
member from the district, who is op
posed to tlie sub-treasury scheme. The
result of its campaign, therefore, was to
carry the conventions and adopt its res
olutions, and then to nominate men op
posed to these very resolutions. A great
many of the farmers were very much
dissatisfied with these barren victories,
and insisted that, as they were in a
majority, they should control the Dem
ocratic party. Several of the Alliances
determined not to accept the action of
the conventions, and farmers’ conven
tions were called to consider the situa
tion, and decided upon the advisability
of placing independent candidates in the
field. In the Fifth district a majority of
the fanners decided that it would be un
wise to nominate an independent candi
date.
In the fourth district, however, in
which the Hon. H. W. Blanchard is the
Democratic nominee, the farmers’ con
vention at Natchitoches decided to bolt
and placed T. .1, Genee, state lecturer of
the Alliance, in nomination as an inde
pendent candidate. This created the
greatest stir in the Alliance camp. Near
ly half the delegates to the convention
walked out. They were earnest in their
support of the sub-treasury bill, but they
were not yet prepared to antagonize the
Democratic party. A majority remained,
however, and determined to support
Genee on the Alliance platform. The
contest would have been an exciting one,
as there is no Republican candidate in
the district, and Genee would have prob
ably received a majority of the negro
votes.
The pressure, however, was too great,
and after a few days’ deliberation Mr.
Genee decided not to run. This action
wtis regarded as very strange, as he was
a strong advocate of the farmers putting
up independent candidates of their own
in most of the districts. The president of
the Alliance, however, and most of the
leading men in it opposed the bolt, and
pointed out that it would bring ruin to the
organization. All its members are Demo
crats. and if they found that it was fight
ing the Democracy their party feelings
might cause them to desert the order. Mr.
Genee, therefore, came down, and the
Farmers’ Alliance as a consequence finds
itself without a candidate for congress
in the state, although it is in a majority
in half the districts, and its members
are compelled to vote for men who re
pudiate a measure (the sub-treasury
scheme) which the Alliance convention
in August declared must be supported
at all hazards. Considering its great
membership the Alliance has done very
poorly in its first political campaign.—
New Orleans Associated Press Dispatch.
The (.'hiuofie a® Farmers.
A year ago 1 sold for a friend in San
Francisco a lot of land in a then unbuilt
western suburb. A Chinaman had been
using it as a garden. The land was
sandy and had not more than 390 by 2.10
feet surface. The Chinaman therefore
had the full use of about two and one
quarter acre For this speck of ground
he regularly paid §75 a month, and he
lived on it with an assistant. He used
the land to grow vegetables, which he
sold to Chinamen to be peddled through
the city Despite the high rent he was
making money. The Rev. Mr. Vroo
mn. now Chinese interpreter in the
California courts, who was for twenty
five years a missionary at Canton, and
was subsequently among the Chinese in
Melbourne, informed me that he knew
of two Chinese in the latter place who
made a living for themselves and a horse
from a quarter of an acre of land. In
addition to thus supporting themselves
and the horse they each sent SSO yearly
to their relatives at home.
Chinese now rent at least 50,000 acres
of fruit and bottom lauds within a
radius of 100 miles of San Francisco, for
which they pay from four to ten times
what a white lessee could afford to pay
for the same. —Thomas Magee in Forum.
Adviitljyar t*> 6am pi®.
On one of ’Mb hottest t»f duly days
there drove jip tithe hotel, where half
a dozen limit fat** guests? wore vainly
endeavoring*to «o?[> cool, a buggy ip
which sat a Dvtjt haired, elderly mtifi
and a gayly <JFvjtJki jbut rather vnljafcr
looking The
stopped, and Kite’ man, greeting
the company m <9f engaging and affa
ble manner, toward them a
handful of dingylprmted sfips.
One of the more ent.erp<j<ing of the
hoarders picked up’ th?V*lip which
fluttered near his fupt, arid discovered
that Profestjor Ditunoira and his cele
brated family itoncertaml
in Hie. town hall of the
village fcdfsfenp evening.
“f am Professor Diamond,” the
elderly man announced, as soon as he
was satisfied that tl® reader had discov
ered what the circulars were about.
“This is my oldest'daughter, Maria.
Now, Maria.”
With the word he produced from un
der the seat a wheezy accordion, and
began to play “Pull for the Shore." In
the most absolutolyjndlfforent.naiiner,
but with the a calliope, the
young woman begatrnlso to sing, and
went through two or three stanzas
without stopping for breath.
“YVe generally give folks a sample,"
the professor expkiined, as she con
cluded. “Now, how hi any of you will
take tickets? My other daughter is a
Sight likelier singer titan this one is.
Tickets tire only fifty cents with re
served seats.”
And out of sheer amusement the
hoarders all bought tickets to the con
cert thus advertised by sample. —
Youth’s Companion.
The Most Co in moil M.«Miuotation,
“YVliat is the most common misquo
tation in the English huiguge?” asked
the inquisitive mouther of the Cogburn
club as the purist entered. The an
swer came promptly:
“YVlien Greek meets Greek, then
comes the tug of war.”
“Well, what is the matter with that?”
asked the inquisitive member.
“That is the most ' million misquota
tion in the English liiaguage,” respond
ed the purist. “I heat'd the late Rescue
Conk ling say once tha t he won a bas
ket of wine from Clement,l,. VTillandig
ham on that quotation. Ho wagered
that Mr. Vallindighatu could not tell
what the correct words were, nor who
wrote them, nor when tlmy wore writ
ten. And he won on every point. Now
put yourself Vtillaudigham’s
- place. What wo#<rj hjAstmvo tierfet” ’•
“I should have declined to make the
bet,” said the Inquisitive member.
“And I,” “and I,” came from till
parts of the roqjn.
“But I should not,” said the purist.
“ ‘YVlien Greeks joined Greeks, then
was the tug of war’ iH the correct quo
tation. It was written by Nathaniel
Lee, an Englishman, about the year
1700.”
“Did you ever see it quoted correct
ly?” asked the inquisitive member.
“Never in the newspapers.” said the
purist.—Utica Observer.
On a Hallway Train.
“YVhat a lino color that man has on
his nock,” whisjiered a gentleman to
his companion as they sat together in
one of the incoming trains. “Yes,” an
swered his companion, admiringly gaz
ing on the bronzed neck just in front
of them. * “I suppose he’s been oft
somewhere with the rod and reel hav
ing a fine time.”
The neck in front of them turned
slowly and twisted slightly around with
great difficulty, and a voice which left
no doubt ns to the neck it canto from
said: “No, I ain’t t>een off with my rod
and reel, but if yer so doosid curious
I’ve been off with a bottle of iodine
and a tough earache.” And the kxiino
stained neck turned slowly and stiffly
back, leaving the two gentlemen to the
study of ita bronzed mahogany and to
the consideration of the ease witli
which people hear remarks carefully
intended not to reach their ears.—New
York Times.
Cat* an HmnmLK
I am obliged to send you an anec
dote of my oat, u long haired bltiek
Persian. Living In the suburbs, we
are Infested by cate of all kinds, and
are perpetually driving them * away,
aided by the said long haired favorite,
who pursues them off. the premises,
witli hair and tail standing wildly erect
and presenting a most alarming appear
ance AVe feel that this violent demon
stration must be a joke, as the same
cat constantly carries the remains of
iter own dinner about twenty-five yards,
across an open space and up some
steps, to feed the identical animals she
has driven off an hour or two pre
viously.—Cor. London S[x‘ctator.
A PoMI’.
Travers—Say, old man, great scheme I
Am going to London. You order what
clothes you want. Same height, same
breadth. I buy them. Bring 'em
back. Good fit. Cheap. Eh?
Dashaway—Splendid. I'll make out
my order at once. When you get lack
I’ll pay you.
Travers—You will, eh? Well, I'd
like to know how in thunder you ex
pect me to get over there.—Clothier
and Furnisher.
Since 1857 England’s small wars have
cost her alxzut $110,000,000. The war
with China in 1857-62 cost her *30,000,-
000; the Abyssinian expedition in ISC7
70, $11,500,000; the South African war
in 1879-80, $11,000,000; the Nile expedi
tion in 1884-85, $6,250,000; tiie Afghan
war. between JBBO and 1888, $15,000,-
000.
SI.OO CASH, $1.50 ON SPACE: AND WORTH IT.
FEATURES OF HOTEL LIFE.
r.neau Who Cl'oato Trouble Over Their
Own Thought le muienM.
“I toll you. tuy son, behind the coun
ter of a hotel office is a good place to
study human nature, and he must h<<
very obtuse who stays there very long
without gaining a vast amount of ex
perience," said the clerk. “There are
men and there are hogs, gentlemen and
cads, fn fact, all sorts and nil condi
tion* of humanity are to lie met at a
public hotel, and the clerk soon gels to
know them all and estimates thorn no
corditigly. Of course 1 realize there is
no particular credit hi being honest,
s .hut a*"'the same time 1 like to see lion
esty. acknowledged. I remember an
“old gentleman lost a jackki,tf*s hi his
room once at tlie Sherman house, and
the girl sent it down to the office. It
was not worth ten cents, but tlie owner
was so pleased with the girl's scrupu
lous regard of property rights that he
gave me $1 to send up to her.
“About a week later this same girl
sent down a fat poekotbook, which she
had found on the floor of No. 46. At
the first opportunity I opened it for ex
amination, hnd found it contained neat
ly SB,OOO in bills, bonds and certificates
of deposit. Two hours later in came
the owner, a man of about 55, with
gray hair and beard. He asked for his
key in an excited manner, and without
another word rushed for tlie elevator.
Pretty soon he returned white ns a
sheet ’Oh, sir,’ ho sighed, ‘l’ve lost
my poekotbook, and with it all 1 have
in the world.’
“ ’Where did you lose it?’ 1 asked.
“ 'I don’t know; 1 can’t tell; I thought
it was in my room, but I have hunted
all through it unsuccessfully.'
“ ‘ls your room made up I’ 1 Inquired.
“ ‘No; that is, the lied is not, but the
sheets have been taken out, I notice.’
“Then I asked him to describe Ilk,>
poeketbook and its contents, which lie
did very accurately, and as he finished
1 pulled out the lost article and laid il
before him. I wish you could have
seen ills face change color; it was »
revelation. Ho laughed and cried by
turns, and then asked tho girl's name,
so that lie might reward her suhstan
tially for her honesty. Well, the old
fellow stayed a "week longer, but after
receiving his hill one night ho dis
i, appeared, and not only never reinem
bored the chambermaid, blit oven for
■ got to settle his hoard bill. It is base
acts like this that occasionally make
one lose all faith in human nature.
“Lots of men will come downstairs,
# «uvt JUreakJ.iHt and go nttofrl tfuTt-TmsF
ness and then return in half an hour
or so in a great hurry, saying they left
their money or gold watch under the
pillow, and anxiously inquire if the
money or hills have been found. To
tho credit of tho chambermaids I am
glad to say that rarely have I found
them dishonest, and anything left in
tlie rooms under their care is as safe as
if in the office vault. And yet how
often are they accused falsely I"
“1 shall always remember how I
roasted a man once at the Sherman
house," resumed Charlie Hilton, when
George paused for breath. “1 was on
the afternoon watch when l Saw the
cheek hoy approaching tho desk hang
ing on to an overcoat at which q guest
of the hotel was tugging viciously.
Both man and hoy were excited and
each tried to speak at oncci
“ ‘This coat belongs to me, and I in
slst upon taking it,’ asserted tlie man,
making another desperate struggle at
the desired article.
“ Why don’t you show up your
check thenT sung out the lad in tlie
same breath.
“ ‘You didn’t give me a check.’
“ ‘I dkfif you left your coat.’
“ ‘You did not. I lafd my coat on
tho counter and you forgot to give me
a check. This is my coat and lam go
ing to have it.’
“By this time a crowd had collected,
and after tlie man had ceased I ordered
the youth to releaso the garment and
let the claimant try it on. With a sneer
of triumph ho grabbed tlie article and
crawled inside, when ho found to his
intense astonishment it was at least
four times too largo, and plainly belong
ed to some one else
“Among tiie spectators of tills com
edy was an old fellow who hod been
.writing letters all tho forenoon, and
when the row began lie slipped away,
returning just as the guest was trying
to sneak off amid the jeers of tiie
crowd.
“ ‘Hi, there! See here.’ said the old
gentleman, holding up a brown over
coat. ‘I guess this is yours. I found
it on tiie armchair where you threw it
I this morning when you came in to
I write some letters. ’
“'l*!ie man snatched the coat and
! was breaking away when I called to
I him and gave him the worst tongue
lashing lie had ever received. 1 was
pretty mad. and I let loose for all I
| was worth. Everybody enjoyed it cx
’ cept the victim, for ail knew ho richly
deserved tiie scoring. He finally cs
caped, and only returned that night to
pay liis bill. Ho left without having
had tlie grace to apologize to tho boy
for the many gratuitous insults he had
inflicted."—Chicago Herald.
The Invention of the Wheelbarrow.
The invention of the wheelbarrow
lias boon credited commonly to Pascal,
a French pliilosopher and writer of
about tlie middle of the Seventeenth
century. According to Littre’s diction
ary of the French* language, however,
the wheelbarrow was invented by a
Mr. Dupin in 1669. One or the other
of these two accounts has been accept
ed generally—in France at least, where
every useful invention is believed to lie
of French origin. Exchange.
Their I’tutform.
Tho Franklin County Farmers’ Alli
ance, which was organized at Gahanna,
0,, recently,adopted tho following scries
of resolutions:
"Resolved, That wo demand that there
shall be a return of imbues to tho peo
ple, so that they, and not politicians,
Rhall manage public affairs.
"Second—That the people in their pri
niftty meetings shall have supreme con
trol over all public servants the same as
a business firm: that they (the people)
shall, when in their judgment their
servants are derelict and corrupt, recall
thorn from [Kisitiou and place others in
their stead by a simple majority vote i .
their primary capacity.
“Third—That the income of officials,
tioth state and county, shall bo reduced
to a fixed salary, the feo and commis
sion system abolished, covering all such
Into the county treasury, and that no
county official shall receive over SIOO per
month.
"Fourth—That all personal pro) sir tv
In tho form of note’s, bond*, mortgagixi,
stocks and other evidences of indebted
ness shall no liste<l»hy assessors and
stamped, and where any owner of the
same refuses or fails to report such tho
said notes, bonds, mortgages, stocks and
other evidences of indebtedness duo said
owner Hhull he exempted from all laws
for the collection.
"Fifth—We hold that whoever con
trols tho public highways of a country
is master of that country, anil that the
function of a railroad iH to carry fix sight
and passengers as expeditiously and
cheaply an possible, and not for the solo j
purpose of running the distribution of a '
country to put big dividends Into the
[lockets of a few.
“Sixth—We hold that the instruments
of production and distribution bolongfof
right to the laborers and workers ; the
[people), and should ho under their solo
control and for their benefit, and not to
put big profits into the hands of the
idlers.
“Seventh—That tlie members of the
Franklin County Alliance will vote for
no candidate at the election in November
next unless ho pledges himself to*vote or
use his influence in every way in opposi
tion to rings and trusts of every kind
whoso object is to limit [production, de
stroy competition, create artificial scarc
ity and enhance prices."
Awful, If Truo.
The McKinley bill, threatens to foro
close every farm mortgage. That is
what it was intended to do. That is
what it will do. Tho proof of it is as
clear as tho noonday sun. If any man
dottbtfl It after reading tho facts and giv
ing them candid consideration lot him
give his reasons or hold liiq peace,
t This is tho simple truth. { It is not ex
aggerated. Uis a condition, not a the
ory, that now confronts every free and
independent farmer who owns tho [prod
uct of ids hands. Any exaggeration is
[purposeless, for there is no escape. Farm
ing in tho United States is a rained in
dustry. Tlie decree hut} gone forth. The
hill has been signed. There is no repeal
of it possible.
The farmer must soil out at whato er
[price tie can beforo tho sheriff sells him
up. Ho can gain nothing by voting one
way or another. Tho time for voting
lias passed. Ho Voted in 1888 for his own
ruin, and now it has come upon him. Ho
has been buncoed by the mill owner out
of his fppreign exchange market, and
now lie must pay through his nose, Le.t
him meet his new condition gravely,
soberly, thoughtfully. To howl, to ask
for assistance, to tippeal for mercy is not
Only undignified but useless. N<p one
will lift a finger to help him out of the
[pit holms himself digged, and the mill
owners will have no mercy.—T. E. Will
son in Omaha World-Herald. ■
Tho G. A. A. r.
Tito farmers of New Jersey have a
new organization, based upon tiie fol
lowing resolutions:
" Whereas, adversity litis overspread all
American agricultural interests; and
whereas, there seems to bo no betterment
for tho fortunes uml conditions of farm
ers outside of their own individual and
collective resources in manhood, will,
wisdom and strength; therefore, he it
“Resolved, That we organize our
selves into a deliberative, intelligent and
unswervingly resolute national union,
to l»e known as tlie Great American Ag
ricultural union, loyal to all constitu
tional and [patriotic principles of our
great republic, strengthening tual ce
menting tho bonds of sectional union
north, south, east and \vc :t by our com
mon cause ami sympathetic interests,
so ail justed as to leavo no conflict of
sectional competition and estrange
ments.
“And further, be it resolved in this,
that our moral force, by a sublime con
sistency of symmetrical integrity in
prim-iples, in motives and results, shall
.be felt an'l approved throughout the
whole nation; and whereas, wo till the
land, feed all mankind, and are in truth
tlie source anil dependence of all pros
perity, mechanical and commercial, be
it therefore
“Resolved, That we know henceforth
hut one [party of purpose politically, and
only vote as one man for tho good of all.
as agreed by the union.”
One Minnesota County.
The Allianco in Yellow Medicine
county is strong—stronger even than has
been reported; but os no complete can
vass has been made of the county its ex
act strength can only l>o estimated.
Tlie causes for the Alliance movement
taking such a strong hold hero are just
pis hard to determine as in other coun
ties in the state where such a condition
of affairs exists. Perha;ps tho tariff
question cnt.-i a larger figure hero than in
many other counties, but there is no
more actual knowledge on the snbject
among the fanners of Yellow Medicine
than elsewhere.
Tlie prime cause of tho movement is
to be found in that feeling of restless
ness which has been instilled into the
farmer’s mind by the Alliance agitators,
and he is now pr••paled to kick over the
traces ami fight shy of the old parties. —
Letter in St. Paul Pioneer Press.
AMONG ENGLAND’S WARSHIPS.
How Unelo Sain'd Cruiser# Looked Among;
llio Ijiltisli Ironclad*.
Almost liko yachts they look com
pared with somo of their huge neigh
bor*, foi Homo of Irreuivßritain's •Wrong
est and most terrible sea monsters oro
gathered in the harbor, lying on the
waters as if in shunbor, quiet and tran-
I (Hill enough now, but awaken
at their mistress' bidding, mid to vomit
forth death and devastation from their
steel clad sides.
Close to our ship is the Anson; on
i tho other side the iiuge Uenbow, with
, massive hull and white, fortress
like superstructure, points the muzzles
of her enormous guns over the tops of
the turret, like liarbettes On her decks,
1 tore and aft, while from the ports in
| h® r K *des the cannons of her butteries
1 peer menacingly outwanl. A, fringe of
davits, from which here nqd there a
| bontjs hanging, runs on Mth sides of
[ her tipper deck, and her tall military
mast, the tops bristling with machine
guns, tapers aloft, amidships.
The Alison Hies the Hag of the rear
admiral; on her quarterdeck scarlet
coated, white helmeted marines are
drawn up and the band is playing;
alongside of her souiodionts uro lying.
Farther out in the hay the Iron Duke
has shaken out her topsails, and tho
canvas droops from tho long yards in
; raeeful folds, while from her bows to
aft of her mainmast the white clothing
;>f her crew, hanging there to dry, flut
ters from tho clotheslines.
Over by the long stone wall of the*
New Mole the Northumberland and
'.lie Colossus, the vleo admiral's ship,
mil a number of smaller vessels—dis
patch boats and yachts- are moored,
while back among the colliers tho
Monarch's white ensign marks tho
presence of a man-of-war in their
midst In the otllng another naval
monster, the Camperdown, is steaming
slowly out to sea.
The harbor is alive with row .boats
and launches of all kinds. Yonder,
glancing, like a fish half emerging from
the water, conies a small, quoecly
;■!loped craft, finding with astonishing
rapidity around our ship for a moinerlt
it darts oil suddenly, and, with a swish
and quick splash, something drops from
its side. A moment later a dull report,
a flash of lire and a little puff of blub
smoke curling over tho water some
distance beyond us, where a little nsL
flag waves from a sort of buoy floating
there, shows us that tho torpedo that
wo have just seen launched lui.sreached
its mark. —lt. F. Zogbauin in (Scribner's.
r
A Scolding Husband Cured.
A woman whom Imr husband us(>d
frequently to scold wont to a cunning
man to itKjuiro how slm might curt*
him of ids barbarity. The sagacious
soothsayer beard her complaint, ami
after pronouncing some hard words
and using various gesticulations, while
lie lllli'il a phial with colored liquid,
desired her whenever her husband was
In a passion to take a mouthful of the
liquor and keep it in her mouth for live
minutes.
The woman, quite overjoyed at so
simple a remedy, strictly followed the
counsel which was given her, and by
her silence escaped the usual annoy
ance. Tim contents of tho bottlo be
ing at last exjiended, she returned to
the cunning man and anxiously begged
to have another possessed of tho same
virtue.
“Daughter,” said tho man, “there
was nothing In tho bottlo but brown
sugar and water. -When your husband
is in a passion hold your tongue and,
my life on it, lie will not scold you in
future."—New York ledger.
Where Lace* Ar« Mu<lo.
The English thread laces aro made
in the south of England, hut the work
ers am rapidly dying out and tho
younger people aro taking to employ
ments more profitable. The amount
of thread lace brought into tho market,
therefore, grows smaller from year to
year.
The Venetian limes, which at one
time did really come from Venice, are
now largely manufactured in Brussels,
whence they are sold to the merchants
of Venice, and resold again by them ns
Venetian lace.
In general lace workers are receiving
so little compensation that new comers
into the art —for art it is—are rare.
To counteract this decline the lace
manufacturers of Belgium have found
it necessary to establish schools in that
country for the education of tho young
in the coarse ns well as the fleer grades
of lace making.—New York Evening
Bun.
I'aetA About Lightning Stroke**.
A statistical investigation of lightning
strokes in central Germany, covering a
period of twenty-six years, has been re
cently carried out by Herr Kastner.
The number of eases has increased
about 120 per cent.; in 1889 it amounted
to 1,145. The author distinguishes four
thunderstorm paths. The starting
points of all these are in hills, and in
their course the woodless districts and
flat country, river valleys and low <
meadow ground about lakes seem spe
cially liable, while the wooded and hilly
parts generally escape. Tho hottest
months (Jane and especially July) and
the hottest hours of the day, or thoso
immediately following them (3 to 4 p.
ok), show the most lightning strokes.—
Chicago Herald.
Danger!
Elderly Visitor (to parrot)—You lit
tle love, kiss me.
Parrot (moving over to tho other
eud of tiie perch, in alarm) —Meher-
cule! next tiling she’ll bo wanting to
marry me. Ejioch.
Xo. 1