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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY.
A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO HOME RULE, TARIFF REFORM AND BOURBON DEMOCRACY.
VOL. XV.
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IHO J'OI! T1!\A»!
Hen* is !!if orvm (unity of n lifi'liiuo. \
spU-iiilid form h:ml pasture a limit one mile
and a half from Henderson, Texas, most
under ft nee I’ll • luiul lies well. Herr ion
use no l-u inn and make more cotton per
acre than they do in the south with fruanoe
The lands are mostly and, r torce and well
tirolnot'd where not in enlliviiflon. $4 !>(>
t K r acre. Terms easv. A, 4 1 1\ to,
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I'IiOFESSIOS A I v.t i: s * P.
I |it. i*. « uspih'l.l.
DEN T IST,
McDosnroH *«a.
Anv one desiring wurk done can «hj itt *
sotnmodr.ted either liy calling on mo in per
son or addressing me through the mail>.
I'crms cash, unless special arrangements
arc otherwise made.
Gko W. Bbtan j W.T. Dickkn.
IIRVAA & IMCKKN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
McDonol’oh, ‘4a.
Will practice in the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
ef Georgia and the United States District
Court. a P r27 ' ,V
JA*. 11. TI B'U.K.
attorney at law,
McDonough, Ga
Will practice in the counties composing
rhe Flint Circuit, the Supreme i.ourt of
Georgia, and the’ United States District
Court. mar|h - | - V
.1. BKA«*N,
attorney ai law.
McDoNocon, 1 - a
Will practice in all the Courts <*l Georgia
Special attention given to commercial and
other collections. Will attend allthetourts
it Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over
The W ekki.v office.
j I . W%l * •
ATTORNEY Ai LAW.
McDonouuh, Ga .
Will practice in the counties composing the
Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and
District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention
givin to collections. octfi- Tit
A.BKtttn,
' ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonocgh, Ga.
Will practice in all the counties compos
ing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia and the United States District
Court. janl-lv
DUNCAN & CAMP.
WHOLESALE GROCERS AND DEALERS IN
Flour, leal, Lard, Sops, Goffees, Tobaccos, Cipro ote
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 are our Brands, manufactured ESPECIALLY
FOR US and we guarantee ever}' sack.
Write as for quotations. We 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 give satisfaction. Sam
ples sent free on application.
We have also a fine line ot
Mew Orleans Syrups,
which we can sell at “ROCK BOTTON PRICES ” We
will make it to your 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,
n WHITEHALL ST., ATLANTA. GA.
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WBAK. I N DEVELOPED ORGANS* PARTS OF ROD*.
Absolutely unfailing KOBE TREATMENT—R#tiffin In • day.
flfu testify frc«i 60 Sutea and Far*lfn ( auutrles. ITrlu then.
Dwwr!nfl>« Bonk, ciplnnallon and proof* mailed .trilcd) fre9.
ERIE it!LDICAL. CO. v BUFFALO. N. Y.
TEN DOLLARS
will be paid for the best description of the celebrated
Nast Cartoon entitled "The New South" reached by
The Kaai Tennmee, Virginia A Georgia
Railway. Description shall include all resources
Bhown in the cartoon. Contest closes Dec. sist.,
185*0. Decision by three distinguished southerners
Address B. w, WBENN, Knoxvills, Tkjjn.
(j A. PKEPLED,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hampton, Ga,
Will practice in all the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Georgia and the District Court of the
United States. Special and prompt atten
tion given to Collections, o#t 8, 1888
!,vo. D. Stewart. | R.T. Daniel.
M’rKWAUT A I»*SIKL
ATTORNEYSAT LAW,
Grikfin, Ga.
| jit. it. .i. tmoi.it.
Hampton. Ga.
I hereby tender my professional service to
the people of Hampton and surrounding
country, Will attend all cal’s night and
day.
jonm f.. in..
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Gale City Nalionl Bunk Building,
Atlanta. Ga,
Practices in the State and Federal Courts.
Iliil FFIN FuDNIIKY
AND
Machine Works.
I t'e announce to the P"bl:c that we are
\ prepared to manufacture Fngine Bon
ers : will take orders lor all kinds of Boil
ers. We uie pre par. d to do all kinds ot
repairing on Engines, Boilers and Machin
ery, generally. We keep in stock Brass
fittings of all kinds; also Inspirators, In
jectors, Safety Valves, Steam Gauges,
Pipe and Pipe Fittings and Iron and Brass
Castings of every Description.
OMHOin A BAIJOIT,
Opqi I f,', p and WSllßkey
B. M .WOOL LEV,m' U
Atlanta, Ga. utGeelOtkj Whitehall S»
McDonough, ga., fhiday. December ,5, ihdo.
UNREST.
Lato one* tright, while I was sitting
In nty chamber All alone.
And the wintry winds were sighing
In a dreary monotone,
Suddenly I heard a whisper.
Sounding: quite distinct And near,
As tho rustle of a garment
Foil ujkwi my listening ear.
Turning quickly from my writing,
Peering out into the gloom
Of the shadows lurking darkly
In the corners of the room.
There a misty form was floating,
Fading quietly from sight;
Slow recoiling, disappearing.
In the shadows of the night.
Quickly from my chair I hastened.
Crossed the room with eager feet,
Widely flung tho croaking shutter,
Letting m tho snow and aleet;
But of that whioh I was seeking.
Not a vestigo did remain.
Closing then tho screening casement.
Went and took my seat again.
Long into the night I sat there
Writing, thinking, dreaming dreams,
While the shifting rays of moonlight
Filled the rooms with ruddy beams,
'Til u sudden sense of comfort
And an all pervading peace
Filled me with a drowsy languor,
Bidding mo ray labors cease.
Then no longer did I wonder
What the misty form might be.
That 60 softly left ray chamber.
From my sight so quick did flee;
For from out the deepest recess
Fed within my troubl’d breast.
There had gone—l hope forever—
The wiki spirit of unrest.
—Frances Rawlins in Omaha World Herald.
Meaning of the Word ’‘Cigar."
In the first plaeo the word "cigar" is
of modern date, and is derived from
the fact that when the Spaniards first
smoked cigars they were smoked in the
orchard, or "eigarral,” so called from
its being the abiding place of thoso
soothing, sleep producing Insects the
balm crickets. Hence "elgarro," a
small roll; “eigarron,” a largo roll, and
ultimately "cigar," linked oven in namo
with the most soothing, dreamy sound
in nature.
The first cigars made by the Span
iards were of tobacco loosely rolled and
held together by the silken lining of
com shucks, and always with a straw
running through the center, to bo with
drawn before smoking, so ns to secure
a good draught. These were first in
troduced into England in 1787 by
the son of a Spanish grandoo visiting
London, and from there spread all
through Europe. This is the history
of the birth of the cigar into civiliza
tion, but wo must look considerably
further back to find the first records,
and then can find no origin, but only
data of its being in existence,—Now
t’ork Telegram.
Producing Foci with Water.
A coal washing plant has been erect
ed at a colliery in Yorkshire, England.
The plant has a capacity of 400 tons
per day, but has dealt with 500 tons by
the wet process. The system adopted
Is carefully sizing the smudge and auto
matically washing and rewashing after
crushing the various sizes. The plant
is driven by a 100 horse power steam
engine, and the water used in the proo
ess of washing is circulated by means
of a powerful centrifugal pump which,
when in full work, circulates nearly
five tons of water per minute. The ob
ject in erecting tiiis plant was to pro
duce a high class coke out of a mixture
of very dirty hard and soft smudge.
The coke produced is of uniform qual
ity, and the ash in the coke is steadily
kept below 4 per cent. Besides tljo
prejtaration of tho stnudgo for *hc coke
ovens a quantity of small peat suitable
for fuel is produced by the wariicr.—
New York Telegram.
Naked Children.
Fully throe-fourths of tlie babies of
the world go nuked until they get to
bo five or six years old. The Canadian
Indians keep tlieir babies naked up to
a certain [*>int, and as for the little
Coreans, they wear nothing but a short
shirt until they are as old as our school
boys. Little Egyptians of both sexes
trot around without any clothes on,
and the poorer portions of the Chinese
children are often without clothes. I
have seen qnite largo boys and girls
naked in Havana, Cuba, and in south
ern California, or rather on the Cali
fornian peninsula. Sheffield Tele
graph.
It is now demonstrated that the
nerves of lower animals may be success
fully transplanted to the nerve stumps
of man. Dr. licdart successfully graft
ed the skin of a chicken upon a child 2
years old. Dr. Bartens succeeded in
grafting the skin of a dead man 70
years old to that of a boy 14 years old.
One of the best qualities of shaving
brushes is mode out of the liair of
badgers, and the business of catching
them is still so active, in spite of their
comparative scarcity, that upward of
5,000 badgers’ skins were exported to
Great Britain from America in one
year recently.
The results of mechanical and phys
ical tests arc considered by German
authorities as having proved the fitness
of aluminum bronze for artillery and
small arms, particularly as recent ex
periments with smokeless powders have
shown so great an injury to steel mnde
artillery.
According to Professor Francis Fan
vel-Gourand, there is a negro king on
the west coast of Africa who rejoices in
the unpronounceable name of liagaba
h as amadasabalanaraliitaragaradaiam
masakalafarhamahinahtalaladalahe&la-
rahnamahagabaha.
What a strong, quiok tlirill of sym
pathy must flash from heart to heart
when two halting cripples meet and
pass on a crowded street—while all
about are happy, straight limbed ones
who tread life’s pathway like orowned
kings.
▲ Confession c* IHotary Faith.
I am today as straight in my spinal
column as a pine of my native state.
At tho ago of 80 I va* in tho itinerant
ministry of lIIC Methodist Episcopal
church, nod when I had been preach
ing two years a physician said to me:
"You must step ;reaching or you will
not live five years " He has been in
his grave forty years. After this busy
and exciting life of sixty years, I am
here writing a word to my ooovals, and
“my oye is not dim, nor my natural
force (much! abated.” Why? Be
cause. with the blessing of God. 1 have
watclied the operation of nature’s
teaching and obeyed the teacher, and
taken care of myself.
For eight or nine years past 1 have
eaten no flesh of dead animals. For
many years I have eaton whole wheat
or Graham broad. My breakfast is the
principal meal hr ths day—two soft
boiled eggs, a sauqer Of oatmeal mush,
bread and one of coffee. My din
ner is bread, a t Uee or two, a cup of
weak tea; at night, a half a pint of
milk and a slice of bread. I hardly
know, from any sensation, whether t
have eaten or not. I have gained in
weight, and suppose, unless some acci
dent befall me or I slip into some in
discretion, I shall be at last a cente
narian.—Rev. Mark Trafton.
Remarkable Pieces of Cutlery.
"Yes,” said a Main street hardware
dealer, “that is tho largest knife In
America. It was made to order by a
firm in Germany. Ono matt did tho
wliolo job, and it took him just a
year. ”
Tlio knifo in question is known to
almost every person in Cincinnati, and
perhaps for 100 miles round. It has
fifty-six blades t ' is a chest of tools
in itself, contain;- 1 ? anything from a
slender toothpick or a cigar punch to a
pair of scissors or a bandsaw. Tlio
handle is of tortoise shell and tlio
movable parte are gold plated. It
weighs thirteen pounds, and a modest
card says, “For sale, $500.”
“That is not the largest in the world,
though,” continued the dealer. “Jona
than Crookes invented and made a
nniquo and superb specimen of cutlery
in the shape of a knifo with 1,821
blades, which has been t.lto wonder of
tho world of cutlers. lie then worked
for Joseph Rodgers, of Sheffield, Eng
land, who now lias tho big knifo in his
possession; but Crookes has since started
up in business for himself, and witJi his
old employer and George Wostonliolm
has made Sheffield famous for its cut
lery.”— Cincinrfati Times-Star.
The Way of Ilalng Thine..
In Japan babtes are carried not in
the arms, lint upon tho back. Etiquette
compels tho removal of the shoes rather
than the doffing of the lint. Boats are
stranded with their stems, instead of
their prows, on the shores. Instead of
saying northeast or southeast, the Jap
anese say costnorth or wostsouth. Wine
is always drunk before, not after din
ner, and sweets are served before the
substantial viands of a meal. In all
books tho footnotes occur at tho top of
tho page; keys turn to the left, carpen
ters plane toward the liody instead of
outward, and in cash accounts the fig
ures are written first and tho correspond
ing item next.
Tlio Japanese mount the homo from
tho right side,-the harness is fastened
in all parts on that side, and tlio mane
is brushed and made to grow that way.
In his stall tho horse is placed with bis
head outward, and his food is always
served at the stable door from a tub.
In Japan women fall in love with act
ors, but never a man with an actress.
Among Japanese women tlio penchant
is to sow on laces, cuffs and frills topsy
turvy and wrong side out. —Cor. Chi
cago News.
Timber Four Thousand Years Old.
Probably the oldest timber in the
world which has been subjected to the
use of man is found in the ancient
temple of Egypt, in connection with
stonework, which is known to be at
least 4,000 years old. This was the
only wood used in the construction of
the temple, and it is in the form of ties,
holding the end of one stone to an
other. When two blocks aro laid in
place, an excavation about an inch
deep was made in each block, in which
oae of these wooden ties, shaped like
an hour glass, was driven. It is, there
fore, very difficult to force a stone
from its position. Theso ancient ties
aro made of timarisk or Shittim wood,
the samo as tliat from which the ark
was constructed. —Bt. Louis Republic.
Drowning the Miller.
“Drowning tlie miller” originated
from the following fact: If the mill
stream below the mill is dammed or
stopped the water is ponded back, and
tlie mill becomes what the millers call
“tailed.” There is too much water,
the mill will not work, and th" miller
is said to be ‘'drowned out.” Hence,
when too much of any one article is
put into a mixture, it is called “drown
ing tlie miller.”—Detroit Free Press.
bather lUiA
In the familiar song, ‘'Poll for tlie
Shore,” there is a line, “Cling to self
no more,” which, m sung by the col
ored children in one of tlio schools,
sounded strangely, and on having it
said slowly it was discovered that they
were singing, “Clean yoorseif no more.”
—American Missionary.
It is stated by a pharmaceutical con
ference that tlie growth of the patent
medicine mania lias been tremendous
in recent years and that the present
generation fa much more credulous
than die last.
AN AFRICAN CHIEF’S BADGE.
Horaclo Cling, to a Dram Toakrtlla
Wliloli I>r. Hctor. Gave lltm.
Among tho many wrecks of dark
continent royalty now drifting about
Germany h the Somali chief, Hussein
Farrar, 110 got a taste of Teutonic
civilization while aiding tho German
Knrin Pasha exjiedition, and oonld not
be kept from hurrying off to the empire
of the ITohcnzollcms as soon ns lio got
the $l5O allowed him for his services.
Before sailing he invested S2OO in two
cabs, two oabmen and a superintend
ent. whom lie left in charge of his liv
ery business in Aden.
Ho created a panic the first day he
appeared in Dnter den Linden, and the
! police hail to lie summoned to prevent
tho crowd from stealing from him a
battered brass teakettle that he
clutched tightly with his right hand.
Every effort, was tnado to dissuade him
| from disturbing the Ipnftiic pCneo hv
swinging this kettle wherever ho went,
j but. in vain.
110 refused to explain his affection
for tJris rather curious adjunct of his
street costume, and not until Hr.
Peters, tho explorer, eamo to Berlin
was any satisfactory reason for his be
havior obtainable. Tlio rival of Rtan
ley, however, unraveled tho mystery.
When tho Emin Paslia expedition was
in the Mnssnl country, ho said, Hussein
oonduetod himself with extraordinary
bravery. Peters wished to reward him,
but had nothing of value nt hand to
give away.
While rumaging about in camp for
some kind of present, lie came upon an
old, leaky, brass kettle that was alxmt
to bo thrown away. He had it pol
ished at once, called together tho na
tives, and in their presence gave it to
Hussein, with tlio nssunuico that such
an article among white men was tlio
customary reward for great deeds.
Since then Hussein lias never let tlio
kettle out of Ids sight. When fighting
he wore it tied to his waist; on ship
board lie carried it in his anus, tuid in
Germany lie always takes it to bed
with him.—Chicago Times.
Bduoatlon In Switzerland.
In Switzerland tlio state's first busi
ness is tlio education of tlio youth.
Teachers must, first of all, bo univer
sity graduates, or else be graduates of
high, very high, class normals. They
are employed for long terms, almost
for life, and are pensioned whon grown
old in the publio service. Tho schools
stand at the head of everything; oven
tho army oosts less than their schools
do.
Their system contains six kinds or
grndes of preparatory schools below
tho university. There nro tho primary,
the secondary, tho repeating, tho spe
cial, tho Real schools, and the gymna
sium, tlio last answering in rank to the
American college. Tho first two of
these schools aro cumpulsory and free,
but tho pupil may choose between at
tending the secondary school and the
repeating school. This latter is Intend
ed mostly for tho benefit of the very
poor, who cannot spare the children
from labor after they have finished
with the primary school.—B. 11. M.
Byers in Harper's.
Rwt tlie Groat
Tlio medicine for tlio heart, of all
other organs, is rest —mental and bodi
ly. This does not mean doing nothing
at all, Imt not overdoing; least of all,
not giving it anything in tlio way of
physical ill boing to overcome. This
must bo provided for at all points.
Food may lie delicate and plentiful, air
and sunshine generously admitted,
liaths and massage do their utmost-,
and chilly sleep for want of some extra
blankets or dull days with a poor fire
will so disorder tho circulation that tho
other cares go for nothing as far as
positive gain is concerned.
It takes an all round intelligence to
secure the common health. Most peo
ple take tho ono chance of it that pours
out of a medicine bottle. Others add
to this care abont food and batlis, and
half care about pure air, while they
take lit,tie rest and next to no sunshino
or any cheerful stimulus of pleasure.
Of course, the result is unsatisfactory.
—Shirley Hare’s Letter.
A* to Prewcrlptlouj.
A correspondent of The Chicago Tri
bune complains tlrnt ho took a foreign
prescription to a druggist in Chicago
who declined to return the paper after
putting up <lhj medicine. The writer
claims that In England and Scotland
tlw apothecaries rotum prescriptions,
retaining copies. A Chicago druggist
thinks that a good case can be made
out for both customs, although “under
ordinary circumstances in this city any
druggist will give a customer a copy of
the prescription ho brings in unless the
physician’s request is to the contrary."
No Danger.
Jamser—What arc you doing nowa
days?
Spacer —I am writing the lives of
great men for a biographical diction
ary that is being compiled.
Jamser —Aren’t you afraid to under
take work of that sort?
Spacer. —Oil, no! Tbo men I am
writing about are all dead.—l’uck.
I>l4n't Want Any Extra Work.
“I’m trying to got up a good pen
name- What do yon suggest C
“Don’t ask mo. I’ve as much as I
can manage to make a name for my
self.” —Munsey’s Weekly.
A St/vrk PhraM Watered.
Slie —Ho talks like a book, doesn’t
he?
He—Yes; an unpublished one.— ;
Harper's Bazar.
SI.OO CASH, $1.50 ON SPACE: AND WORTH IT.
Bon Terrell's \ Ini s.
Ben Terrell, national organizor for the
Farmers' Aliianoe. made an able ad
dress before tho convention of the Farm
ers’ and Laborers’ Union of Kentucky,
which met recently in Lexington, lio
ap]iealed to tho inhabitants of the cities
and towns to aid tho farmers to promote
tho better condition of tho agricultur- ]
ists; that they were people of the sawo
government, and what was tho interest
of one class was tho iutorest of nil. He
declared that tho Alliance was not a
partisan organization, butitßtood ready
to rebuke any party or administration
which did not heed the demands of tlio j
lalioring class.
lie said that the farmers both north •
and south would stand shoulder to
shoulder in tlio fight against the common
enemies of mankind—namely, specula
tors and monopolists. There was no
sectional st.rifo among tho farmers of the
nation. They were all striving for one
end—better times.
He deprecated claw legislation; said it
was injurious to the people, and doubly
so to tho farmer, upon whom tho brunt
of everything falls. The farmers were
patriots, not partisans, nnd whatever
was good for tho country they would al
ways go for it. He said that the farm
ers ns a class were educated; that they
were readers and thinkers, nnd their or
ganization did not bind them to any
political or religions views, but reserved ,
to each Individual member a perfect
freedom of [Hilitica] and religions tlionght
and action.
He further said that tho farmers have
determined that parties shall support
the jieople, not tho people mip]Hirt tlio
parties. And tho party in the future
which will gain the votes of the Alli
ance will lie that party which will enact
legislation for tho relief of tho people.
And they reserve tho right to east a bal
lot which will relieve them from the op
pression to which they are subjected.
Ho concluded by saying that the Alli
ance wanted to cultivate tlio friendship
and good will of all classes, and asked
tlwt everybody join the fanners in try
ing to do away with sectionalism.
Mitlitt Way far New Men.
Now this political overturning—nover
exceeded and only twice equaled in our
our history—means new men nnd new
measures, or it means nothing. Yet with
a blindness that is phenomenal the
“managers” of both parties are already
putting forward tho same old names for
the presidency in 1802. just as though
tho professional politicians, and not tho
common people, were to namo the candi
dates. So the daily press resounds with
the names of dovelnnd nnd Blaine, or
McKinley and Carlisle, or Dopow and
Hill. But as it was the farmors’ vote
that has largely caused tlio Into tidal
wave, so it is tho wishos of tho vast pro
ducing tnnssos, especially of the central
and western states, and of the Mississip
pi and Missouri valleys in particular,
that must govern, not only tho policy,
hut the nominees of both parties.
Any failure by either party to recog
nize this overwhelming element will re
sult in such a development of tlio People’s
party ns will equally imperil Republican
and Democratic chances in 1893, possibly
captnro the presidency, nnd certainly
sweep tho country like a whirlwind in
189(5. Our grout northwest—Minnesota,
the Dakotas, lowa and Nebraska, joined
by Kansas—has spoken in stentorian
bines. Tlio restlessness under bosaism
in both parties shown in that section is
deeply sympathized with among the
common people throughout the east
and south. Tiiis element—tho common
people, mostly fanners and farm work
ers—are about ready to unite all dis
affection in tho People’s ;mrty, unless
tlio Democratic nnd Republican 1 tosses
give way to new men and enable tlio
masses to use thoir power through exist
ing parties. This result is inevitable.
Tlio people, not tlio jioliticiaiiH, are bound
to rule.—Fann and Homo.
The F. M. It. A. Growing Kapiilly.
Tho report of tbo secretary of the
Fanners’ Mutual Benefit association,
presented at tho annual convention re
cently held in Springfield, Illn., contain
ed, according to tho dispatches, tho fol
lowing statements concerning menjber
ship:
Total membership in the country 107,-
785, divided among tho several states as
follows: Indiana, 61,830; Illinois, 43,175;
Kansas, 0,870; Kentucky, 1,867; lowa,
1,819; Missouri, 715. It is estimated by
Becretary Stollo tliat there are at least
50,000 more members who have not Win
reported. I'fie total number of lodges in
the Uniteil States, according to the sec
retary's report, is 4,947, and of these 2,766
were organized daring tho year just
closed. Of the lodges organized last year
1,608 are in Indiana, 807 in Illinois, 152
in Kansas, 61 in Kentucky, 49 in lowa,
! 38 in West Virginia, 80 in Ohio, 13 in
} Nebraska, 10 in Missouri and 2 in Ar
kansas. During tho year there have
| been organized 78 county assemblies, of
j which 41 arc in Indiana, 16 in Illinois, 6
j in Kentucky, 3 in lowa, 3 in West Vir
ginia and 1 each in Nebraska, Missis
sippi and, Ohio.
It Don't I’ay.
In the recent debate before the Kenne
bec County Orange, O. Mcoder, of Al
bion, said he was a farmer and not
ashamed to own it. Believed in farm
ing and the possibilities of tho farm,
but it was a fact it did not pay as other
avocations, and enough had been said to
substantiate the statement. It was true,
they could have tho best air, schools,
etc., but what were they going to live
upon—in tho matter of dollars and cents?
Where is tho remedy? We are told
on every hand if farmers would attend
to their business as others did they would
succeed. Do not farmers work as many
hours?
Other avocations can hire men and
make it pay, but farmers have prices set
In both buying and selling. The profit
of the farm goes to others instead of to
the fanner.
They tell about the farmer’s life being
an independent one, but what is he in
dependent in as prices are set for him?
The only remedy is co-operation and in
dependence enough to look out for them
selves. —Lewiston Journal.
WELL WORTH TRYING.
The "Experiment” of Farmers Controlling
Law Making llotlleg.
For tho first time that tho Farmers’
Alliances of this couutry have put in an
appearance as a distinctive political fac
tor in an important general election, they
have rnndo a remarkable showing, espe
cially in Nebraska, Georgia, Minnesota,
Illinois, and moat notably of all in Kan
sas, where their organisation seems to
have been far more effective and com
pact than that of tho trained politicians
of tho old parties.
A striking illustration of the alacrity
and energy with which they have forged
to tlio front is also observable in Mis
souri, where of the legislature elect, con
sisting of eighteen state senators and
140 members of the house, fully two
thirds are farmers, a greater proportion
perhaps than was ever indicated before
in any legislative body. The legal pro
fession is usually present in large force,
hut in tlio Missouri house of representa
tives there aro not more than eighteen
or tweqty lawyers all told.
The long standing theory that by
reason of their professional education
and experience lawyers were, of all
classes of citizens, liest fitted for the
making of laws is thns heavily discount
ed. At least the new and advanced idea
steins to have taken possession of the
public mind that tho citizens who stand
most in need of remedial legislation anti
whose claim is that their interests have
been most neglected on tho floors of con
gress and in their ntato legislatures, are
beet qualified to determine what their
needs require and what should be done
for the general amelioration of their
condition.
Whether it is wise to put legislative
centred in tho hainls of any particular
class is open to question. It will cer
tainly bo open to grave objection if class
legislation prove to Im> tho result. But
tho experiment is well worth trying and
tlio outcome in Georgia, Kansas, Mis
souri and elsewhere will Iki watched
with a good deal of interest. It cannot
be doubted that popular sympathy is
with tlio farmers for the most part, and
it is to bo hoped that they will succeed
in meeting the new responsibilities that
they have (cammed as becomes good
citizens, not only alert to their own pro
tection, hut broad minded and sagacious
enough to consult the general welfare at
the samo time and avoid mistakes that
might serve rather to aggravate than to
relieve the situation. Particularly de
sirable is it, ns they value their hopes of
future prosperity and tho pcrmanencoof
tlieir civil liberties, that they steer clear
of visionary panaceas for the ills they
bear. —Washington Post.
Mttko No IVI intake.
It will require more tiino and much
aiudysis to determine satisfactorily just
what part the farmer took on election
day in discomfiting all tho political
prophets. His view is about as follows:
He has net yet lieoti given full credit,
north or south, east or west, for tho j>o
tency of his influence and vote in tho re
cent campaign. Ho accomplished far
more within tlio two parties than has
been made to appear. Ho lias toppled
dominant parties from control in soveral
states; he lias made suro of a respecta
ble fanner nipreseotation in both houses
of the next congress; but that is all of
less significance than the local revolu
tions lie has wrought in a thousand mi
nor political distnets whore a chango of
control hns come with all the unexpect
edness of an earthquake.
It can hardly lie said broadly that ono
party hns gained or suffered inoro than
tlio other; but ono tiling tho farmers’
movement has proclaimed thnnderingly,
namely, the sheet anchor, tho chief re
liance of each party in the agricultural
vote, broke away on tho 4th of Novem
ber. The Republicans begin to realize
tlris; tho Democrats iiavo not done so
yet. It happened that tho revolt took
tho form of a tremendous Democratic
victory. Tho measure of Democratic
success was as great a surprise to the
victors ns to tho defeated. But the di
rectors of all the branches of the farm
ers’ movement declare that tho Demo
crats will make tho greatest mistake of
their lives if they interpret tho resuit as
their own distinct party triumph.—New
York Sun.
Keep tlie I'roiu !*«•*».
Time after time parties have “swept
the country" at election and gone, to
Washingtou with the mistaken idea that
because the people put them on guard
the people gave them unlimited privi
lege. What a mistake! This assump
tion led to a policy of arrogance, selfish
ness and political folly and, as a result,
the party was swept out of office as com
plotely as it had lwen swept in. This
has liappcnod time after time and it will
happen again. The poplo demand re
forms, and will gladly intrust their
cause to the party that seems to them
pure, loyal and honest; but they will
drop that party like a hot potato if they
find tho same old mean, bigoted, tyran
nical spirit that has made them despise
tho old parties. The farmers’ movement
promises much for America. Lot us not
let it all end in promise. Let it bo built
on principles so fair, broad and strong
that all lovers of liberty will be attract
ed to it.—Rural New Yorker.
To Fix tlie Doartlff,
Judge Peffer, of Topeka, said to a cor
respondent of Tho Kansas City Times;
“The people's movement is pledged in its
platform in the railroad commissioner
question. Tho board will either bo abol
ished entirely and tho matters brought
before it settlod in the legislature or a
new board to lie elected by the people
provided for. Tho commissioners will in
all probability bo elected by the people
ami their powers extended. The state
tiooxd of agriculture has never been run
to suit the farmers. It has been nothing
more nor less than an advertising medi
um to get people into tho state, and after
the immigrant arrives nothing is done
for U» benefit. This board will bo re
model: 1. The redemption *of home
steads f>r!d ur.d.T execution is another
matter cf i t jrtanco. Interest rates
are far ' - :. a id tho legislature will
take : . 'icing them.”
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