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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY. A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO HOME RULE, TARIFF REFORM AND BOURBON DEMOCRACY. VOL. XV. *TTTTCi "O A T>TTT? mar ho found on at Chw. XXULo IT ±LL H.IV p. Rowell &. Co's A«*wHpa|M«f Advertlsim? Bureau (10 Sprue** BtA where advertising iSJISSSukS be iWo luf H IS NKW YW*- 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, Oct. 44. >. H vlvsy Ti’iiner H- d. min, l ex. 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. m m® mm X .'“ArPSWSFor LOST or TAILING MANHOOD; LmS CHLfi«G«ieral anJ KEKVOUS IiEI'IlITY; g€jTTHnii|s , J'VV'oakii©Bßof Body and Mind, EUoota Error s cr Exocaaa* in Older Young, (Bobus?, 3ioo)« BANUOOT* folly Restored. Wow to enlarcf »t«d 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.” NO. 25