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51. ! FODGI-'S, Proprietor,
DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROCRESS AND CULTURE.
PRICE: TWO DOLLARS A. Year.
VOL. XXL
PEKEY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEOEGIA, THURSDAY, APEIL 2, 1891.
NO. 14.
MOUSTQM SHERIFF’S SALE.
■\yill bo sold before She court house
door in' tbo tow n of Perry.. Houston,
county, Ga., between the legal hours of
f ale, on too first Tuesday in April
1891, the following property, to-wit:
The house anil lot situated in the town
of Burr Valley, Ga.,known as the Wm.
Anderson lot, bounded on-the south by
Sarah Frazier, on tho east by lands of
Joe Marshal, west by Vineville street,
and north by lands of J. M.. Walden,
caid lot containing 95 feet front, andruh-
ning back HO feet. Levied on. and sold
as the property of Henry Brown, to sat
isfy a li. fa. from Houston Superior court
in favor of Flanders Bros., vs. Henry
Brown. I
M. L. COOPEK,
March 5,1891. Sheriff.
GEOEGIA—Houston County:■
A. D. Skellio has applied for letters of
administration on the ostato of Dolly
Brown, late of said county, deceased:
This is therefore to cite all persons
concerned to appear at the April
term, 1891, of tho Court of Ordinary of
said county, and show cause, if any they
have, why said application should not bo
granted.
Witness my official signature this March
2,'1891. J. H. HOUSEK, Ordinary.
Georgia—Houston County:
AV. Brunson has applied for letters of
administration on the estato of M. H.
baulk, late of said county, deceased:
Tins is therefore to cite all persons con
cerned to appear at the April term,
1891, of the ‘Court of Ordinary of said
county, and show eanse, if any they
have, wh> mid application should not be
granted.
Witness my official signature this Marcli
2,1891. J. H. HOUSED, Ordinary,
Georg ia—IIoustoS County:
0. 0. Kicliardson has applied for letteis
of administration on tho estate of Mrs..
Lizzie M. Warren, late of said co.unty,
deceased:
This is therefore to cite all porsonseon-
corned to appear at the April term,
1891 of tlioconrtof Ordinary of said coun
ty. and show cause, if any they have, why
said application should not bo granted.
Witness my official signature this March
2, 1891. . J 'll. HOUSES
Ordinary.
G EOll. 1 IA—Houston County:
Daniel M. Vinson, executor .of estate of
Elijah Vinson, deceased, lias applied for
dismission from his trust:
This is therefore to cite all persons
cor.corned to appoar at the June torn!,
1851, of the court of Ordinary of said
county, and show < ;msc,if any they have,
why said application should got be
granted.
Witness my official signature this
March 2, 1891. _
J.H.HOUSEK, Ordinary.
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Speeial attention given to business in
Houston county.
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Attorneys at Law,
Aucox, - Georgia.
Will practice in the State and Federal
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SPECIALIST. CHOWNS AND. .'SBISGES.
!e fortuneslia ve been mode at
fork for us, bv Anna IVerj Aurtln,
erca, nnrt Jno. Bonn, Toledo, Ohio.
Others aredoing as well- Why
U.IinSIeit .fc li 5.. h-'O -mV-VlIiJl vEijino
berry mi-No a ;s c h2duls.
3ui!r, Sunday.
Leave Perry at 4 a. m.
Arrive at Port Valley 5:05 A. JI.
Leave Port Valley at 11:35 p.jt.
Arrive at Perry at 12:40 A. M,
leave Perryai 3:05 r. a.
Arava at Port Valley. 4:10 p. m.
L-ava Pori Valley- at 8:05 P. K.
Arrive at Perry at 9ritQ p. if.
APPLICATION FOP. CHARTER,
- GEOEGIA: ? To the Superior Ccurt
H oustok Cousty. \ of Said County:
The petition of C. 15. Gilbert, J. D.
Martin, j. W. Clark, C. F. Oooper, J. N.
Tuttle, 0- H. Moore, J. H. Hodges, E. L.
Dennard andC. C. Duncan, of said coun
ty,shows that your jietitiouors,their asso
ciates and snecessors, desire to be incor
porated for the term of -twenty' (20) years,
with the privilege of renewal at the ex
piration of that time, under tho corpor
ate name of Houston Building,Loan and
Tvestment Company, with power to have
and use a common seal, sue and be sued,
to buy, sell, own and deal in real- and
personal property,"to improve real estato
by erecting dwellings, buildings of any
kind whatever, and putting any other
improvements thereon that will tend to
increase the value of the same, to loan
money on real estate, personal property
or other security to the members of tho
company or other persons, to take and
execute deeds and mortgages and all oth
er hens, and to sell or otherwise disposo
of thy same, to borrow money on real es
tate or personal property or other secu
rity, for the interest of the company, and
to have such other powers as are usual
and proper to carry out the purposes and
intentions of said company.
'The petitioners pray for tho privilege
of making such By-laws and regulations
for the government of said company, and
to enforce the same by such fines, forfeit-,
ures and penalties which may bo neces
sary and proper and not in conflict with
the laws of Georgia.
Tho objects of said company are tho
eonvenience-and tho pecuniary profits of
its members, and the business they pro
pose to conduct is that of a building, loan
and investment-association. The fund
for the purpose is to he raised by month
ly installments to be paid by the stock
holders into the company.
The principle ifiice and place of busi
ness shall be in Berry, Houston county,
.Georgia, where a majority of the general
board of directors shall reside, but peti-.
tioners desire the privilege of transacting
business elsewhere within the state, and
to appoint attorneys or agents-fif carry
on the business of said company when
ever necessary to do so.
The capital stock oftho company id to
be two hundred shares of the liar value
when paid up of twenty-five ($25) dollars
per share, and petitioners pray for the
privilege of beginning businoss when ten
per cent of said two hundred shares shall
havo been paid in, and petitioners pray
for tho privilege of increasing said capi
tal stock from t-imo to time as business
may demand and the beard of directors
may direct, to an amount not to exceed
two thousand shares of twenty-five dol
lars each.
The stock of said company is to be paid
in monthly installments on each share,
and-the amount ot said monthly install
ment per share is to be fixed by teo board
of directors, as may be hest for the share
holders and the business of the company.
And vonr petitioners will ever. pray,
etc. . G. 0. DUNCAN,
Petitioners Attorney.
Filed in office this the 11th dayof Feb
ruary, 1S91. .\i. a. bdwaIFds,
Clerk S. O.
GEORGIA: ( The abo ve is a truo
Houston County. ) copy of the original
petition for charter, for the Houston
Building, Loan and Investment Compa
ny, as appears on record in this office.
Witness my hand and seal this tho
lltli day of February, 1891
M. A. EDWAEDS,
Clerk Superior Court:
ONLY A FAKMEK.
Millie Coulidgc in New EngUnd Farmer.
“Only a farmer'*—30 disdainfully spoken
By a woman of faahiou, bo her garments gave
token.
‘•Oldy-a farmer, a tiller of soil,
"With hands stained by labor and hardened by
toil,
Reared in the country, be knows little but work.
Always eats with his knife, while disdaioing the
fork: ' -—
"Only a farmer—so awkward—a boor,
And what is far worse, be always is poor.
*Tis said he’s contented, bis face wears a smile,
Bnt he is no gentleman unlest be lias style."
“Only a farmer," the politician aayr.
’ fis bat little be knows of the means and of ways.
Let him stay on the farm, be it better off tb ire.
We’ve cnonge in our ranks, aye, and many to
spare,.
“Only a farmer,*' did the lawyer exclaim,
There's no lanrelsforLim.andnobonoaorfamo.
Professional men should the offices fill.
And leave the farmers at home- their acres to till.
^llut be not disheartened, ye tillers of earth.
Many others there be who recognize worth.
Whether in office high, or fashion's gay hall.
Or a plain country home, we obey duty's call.
'Of old it was said by tho sweat of man's brow'
Should he win daily bread — 1 'tie honorable now.
GEOEGIA —Houston Gounty:
Z. B. Means, administrator on estate
of A. P. Smoak, late of said county, de
ceased, has applied for leave to sell lands
belonging to said estate:
This is therefore to cite all persons
concerned to appoar at tho April term,
1891, of tho court of Ordinary of said
count;, and show cause, if auy they have,
why said application should not be
granted.
Witness my_official signature this the
2 day of March, 1881.
,T. H. HOUSER, Ordinary.
GEORGIA.—Houston County:
J. N. Warren has applied for letters of
guardianship for minors of G. A. and Liz
zie M. Warren, late of said county, de
ceased.
This is, therefore, to cite all persons
concerned to appear at the April
term, 1891 of the court of Ordinary of
said county and show cause; if any they
have, why said application should not
be granted.
Witness my official signature this March
2 2891
J. H. HOUSER, Ordinary.
GEORGIA Houston,County.
Charity Fordham has applied for 12
months support for herself and her two
minor children from the estate of Dock
Fordham, late of said county, deceased:
T.’iis is therefore to cite all persons
concerned to appear at the April term,
18£)1,_of the Court of Ordinary of Hous
ton county, aud show cause, if aDy they
have, why said apqlication should not be
granted.
Witness my official signature this
March. 2, 1891.
J. H. HOUSER, Ordinary.
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CONQUERED.
SATURDAY NIGHT.
Children ©ry for Pitcher's ©astoria.
- - 5. : • .if
“So you’re really happy, Fan?”
said Mr. Avenant.
“Ob, Richard, ,r frankly spoke
the bride, “Jfnever was so happy
in my life!”
Richard Avenant was a hand
some, middle-aged man whose
wavy, jet-black hair was slightly
-streaked with silver.
His wife was a delicate, flower
like woman of thirty odd, with ap
pealing blue eyes and a Dresden
china complexion; and they were
driving up the stately avenue that
led to the old manor house, in the
dusky November twilight, on their
return from the wedding trip.
“That isn’t much of a testimoni
al to your first husband, Fan,” said
Mr. Avenant, laughing.
Oh, but things are so different,
Richard!” pleaded Fanny. “Mr.
Dalton was so much older than I,
and he was such a stern, silent
man. To tell tbe truth, T was al
ways a little afraid of him.”
I see,” gravely observed Ave
naut. “To iuspire you with awe, I
must be stern and silent.”
Fanny smiled, and nestled her
little gray-gloved hand softly into
his.
“Richard,” said she, “there’s
one thing that troubles me. The
children.”
‘My children, do yoirmeanV”
‘Yes, yours. Will they be
pleased with my invasion of the
house?”
Mr. Avenant shrugged his shoul
ders.
That’s a question which I
haven’t asked myself,” said he. “I
marry to please myself, not to suit-
Tom or Rita, or even little Juliet.”
“Oh, but, Richard, this is dread-,
fully hard.on them?”
“I fail to perceive it in -that
light,” said Avenant quietly. “The
children have run wild in the last
three years; my home has been
neglected. If ever household needs
a head mine does.”
“I do so hope they will like me!”,
murmured the bride.
“By-the-way, Fan, when is your
little girl to come to the manor-
house?” asked Avenant
I—I thonght she had better re
main at school until! am a little
settled in my new home,” said
Fanny, timidly. “She is under
excellent supervision.there, and—”
“I dare say,” interrupted Ave-
uant. “But your home is her home
henceforward,' Fan. Always re
member that. And thesooner i»he
joins her new brotherand sisters
the better.”
While the sleigh was crunching
over the hard-frozen snow, and the
bells jingling softly in the bitter
air, the three young Avenants in
the school room in the manor house
were sitting in solemn conclave on
the subject of the new mama,
whom they never had seen. Tom,
a sullen, black-browed yonng fel
low of fifteen, took decisive ground
at once.
“I don’t see what father wanted
to go and get married for,” said
he. “I’m sure we .were all very
comfortable as w.e were.”
“I never shall crilher mother,’
said Margarita, a handsome bru
nette, with her father’s Greek fea
tures and dark, liquid eyes.
“Stepmothers are -always hor
rid,” lisped^ little Juliet. “Mrs.
Jones says—”
“Oh, hush up about Mrs Jones!”
said Tom, the autocrat. “Of course
she’IFSay anything. She loses her
situation as housekeeper. But it
ain’t the stepmother alone—it’s a.
great rawboned girl from a board
ing school, who’s coming to spoil
all our fun. I do think father
must have taken leave of his
senses.” .
All of a sudden the door opened,
and a quiet voice, which they all
knew, spoke: ___
_ “Oh, here you are, young folks!
This is.your new mother. Come
and kiss her!” - ,
Tom sullenly’extended his hand
Rita turned a cold cheek to Mrs.
Avenant’s caress. Little- Juliet
stood stolid, and never returned
her stepmother’s gentle kiss.
“They will be "more accustomed
to me after awhile,” said Fanny,
deprecating the rising cloud upon
her husband’s brow.
It was not until thelnext morning
that she spoke confidentially to her
elder stepdaughter.
“There is a considerable differ
ence Between your age and Jnliet’s,
Rita,” said slie.' “Would yon not
like a Companion nearer your
years? My little Nannie is twelve!”
Rita tossed her haughty head.
“Thank you!” she said; “but 1
don’t need auy more new company.
There’s quite enough in the house
as it is.” _'.
Fanny shrank as if au asp had
stung her.
“Then,” said she, “Nannie shall
not come.”
Rita described the scene to her
brother, as they skated together on
the pond.
“I’ve scored one point against
the usurper^” said she.
mantel, hung.the portrait -of the
first Mrs. Avenant.
“Look dear!” said Fanny. “I
have had yonr mother’s picture
brought down from the store- room.
I om sure papa will not object, and
it seems almost like banishing her
memory to put so lovely a painting
away. She must-have had'a very
sweet face.” ■
Rita’s Hard visage softened. She
murmured somtthinginandible and
turned away.
Oh, it’s all play-acting!” snarl
ed Tom, when Rita told him. “I
didn’t think she could have palled
the wool over yonr eyes so neatly.”
Trlally think she meant it,”
said Rita.
‘■Gamm&n!’' growled Tom.
But .within the week Tom came
into the parlor to get a photo
graph. Fanny went to meetliim.
“Oh, Tom, you are the very per
son. I want!” said she. .‘‘Come,
play something for me on the or
gan)- Papa says yon‘are a fine per
former.”
“Good for you!” said Tom.
“Did you see the. new upright pi
ano brought to the house -this
morning? There’s plenty of mon
ey to buy folderols for Mrs. Ave
nant, but when I asked father for
a parlor organ, he said he couldn’t
afford it. Oh, I,m of no conse
quence in the world!”
Juliet was the most- impractica
ble of the three. She- had such a
cold she could scarcely speak, but
when Mrs. Avenant brought her &
cup of flaxseed and lemon, after
she,was tucked up in her) crib, the
stubborn child refused to drink it.
“I don’t) want it,” said she,
hoarsely.
“Bat, darling, it will do your
cold so much goodl” _
“No, it won’t!” whined Juliet.
“I won’t touch it! Mabel Dner
read a story-book once, where the
wicked stepmother poisoned the
poor little girl. Go away! I don’t
want .you!”
Fanny stood silent for a moment.
Her lip quivered. The quick tears
started to her eyes.
- “I hope, dear, that you will un
derstand me. better one of these
days,” said she, as she quietly left
the room. .-
How shall I ever win the love
of these prejudiced young creat
ures?” she asked herself. “For
Richard’s sake, I must and will!
Nor shall Lever complain to him
of their caprices and vagaries* Oh,
no! it would be toojeruel for me to
constitute myself a bone of conten
tion between him’gand his dead
wife’s children.”
And so, when Richard Avenant
pressed the question as to Nunnie
Dalton’s arrival at the manor house,
she put him off with some excuse
as to the necessity of - finishing a
certain course-gfmusic lessons be
fore leaving school.
She had scarcely been more than
a week in her newjhome when bus
iness called Mr. Avenant suddenly
to the South.
“I am sorry to leave you so soon,
Fan,” he said tenderly. “Do you
think you ean)|manage without
me? I shall speak pretty plainly
to Tom and Rita. I don’t approve
of th^ir manner toward you; and
as for Juliet, she shall submit her
self to you, or I’ll know)the.reason
why.”
“Don’t Richard!” coaxed Fauny.
Use no coercion—only let me
have my own way. You will see.
I am sure they will love me in
time.”
‘I don’.t see how they can help
it, the young rebels!” said Avenant-
I dare say the servants, have been
filling their heads with nonsense.”
‘Did you see?” crieil wrathful
Rita. “Papa kissed the usurper
when he went away; but when it
came to; our turn, it was onlj',
‘Good by, children! Be sure yon
mind mama!’ ”■ _
-Mama, indeed!” growled Tom.
“Well, if she'll let me alone that’s
all I ask!”
“And I,” said pert little Juliet,
“shall do as 1 please now! She
nin’c my mama, and I won’t mind
her!”
“What is she doing in the par-
loi‘?” said Rita. “Meddling and
making and ehauging all the fur
niture around. Well, I declare!”
She bounced into the parlor, her
lips charged with insolent remou
strances; but all of a sudden her
mood chauged: .
There, in its bid place over the
“On the organ!” -repeated Tom,
incredulous of his own senses.
For where the cottage piano
had lately stobrt a beautiful organ
reared its double manual of keys
and glittering array of tops.
“I am so fond of organ music!”
said the young stepmother, “and I
get so little time to practice. Play
‘Jerusalem the Golden,’ Tom. That
is my favorite hymn;”
“B-bat what will father say?”
stammered amazed Tom.
“I’ll see to that,” smiled Fanny.
I heard Rita say that you had al
ways wanted an orgaD, and I do so
want to-make you ha.ppy!”
“Thank you,” said Tom sheep
ishly. -
And in a second he was seated
on the organ bench, absorbed in
grand melodies.
Bat little Juliet was the most
obstinate of all. She refused ,to
play with the French doll that
Fanny dressed for 1 her; she would
not say her lessons to the new
mama; she was either immovably
sullen or iusufferably pert, until
one night when Pedro, the garden
er, brought her in senseless.
She had slipped on the ice and
broken her leg!
“Ob, my poor little darling?”
cried Mrs. Avenant, receiving her
into her tender arms.
Aud Juliet, slowly struggling
back tq consciousness, tightened
both arms around Fanny’s neck,
and almost inaudably murmured:
“Mama!”
Nannie Dalton sat- dolefully irr
the prison school-room at Mrs.
Midge’s “Seminary For Yonng
Ladies,” with two big round tears
in her two sea-blue eyes.
“Everybody is going home for
the holidays,” sighed she, “and I
haven’t any home to go to. Even
last year was better, when I stay
ed with mama at the cheap board
ing-house where the rooms were so
chilly, and' we didn’t get enough
to eat. I did think that when
maina married Hr. Avenant, we
should have a real home of our
own, but—”
“Visitors for Miss Dalton
please?” announced Mary, the par
lor maid, flinging open the door.
And a tall, pretty girl, of about
her own age, appeared.
‘Are you Anna Daltou?” said
she. I'-ln Margarita Avenant-
Kiss me, please—we’re going to be
sisters.”
The color fled from Nannie’s
cheeks.
“Mama—isu’t—sick?” she fal
tered- - J
Why are you here, Miss Ave
nant? Why didn't she comp her
self?”
Because,’ - said Rita, “we want
ed to surprise her. Ob, Nannie—
I may call you Nannie, mayn’t I—
she is such a darling! Juliet has
been so sick and she has nursed
her night and da£, and Tom is just
getting over rheumatic fever; and
tie’ll hardly let her go oat of the
room, and she has been so good to
me! And she has nearly worn her
self out, and grown so thin and
pale; and we want- her to be very
happy while papa is gone. So Pve
pretended an errand to see my aunt
in New York, and have come here
for you instead. And you must go
right back with me. Iwant to see
her. smile- and her eyes sparkle
again.’
And the two young girls hogged
each other heartily.
Fanny Avenant was sitting all
alone by the fire In the nursery.
•Juliet, surrounded by toys, had
fallen asleep on a law couch. Tern
was soft!}'playing old hymn tunes
on the organ, in the adjoining'
room,andslre was beginning totliin k
sudden footsteps sounded in the
outside hall.
She started up, one baud on her
heart.
“If I didn’t know Nannie Was
twenty miles away—’ thought she.
The next moment' mother and
child were clasped in each other’s
arms. *
“My own darling mama!” sobbed
Nannie.
“Mine too!” cried Rita, nestling
close up to the pair with, affection -
ate jealousy. “I bronght her, moth
er! I went for he.r; aud Tom was
ia the plot. He knew all about it.
Richard Avenant came back the
next evening, and the_ children,
Nannie included, formed a tri
umphant- escort for him from the
lodge gates to the house, all re
lating what “mama” had done for
them.
“She gave up her piano for me
to have a parlor organ,” said Tom.
“Wasn’t she a trump?”
“She' made me well when I was
sick!” screamed Juliet, who was
.being drawn on e sled. “I love
her!”-
She is such a darling!” chimed
in Rita. “And Nauirie is too nice
for anything!’ -
Please don’t!” said Nannie, col
oring up and smiling. (
“So you have conquered the
young rebels,” said Avenant, when
his wife bad welcomed him to a
home-like home. “Well, I might
have known it! . I believe there’s
nothing you can’t do!”
Aud the cup of Fanny’s success
was very sweet.
The Remedy for Scarcity of Money.
COTTON CULTURE.
Sontlitrn;Cultivator aud Dixie Farmer.
A correspondent - of the BanneV-
Messeuger, of Buchanan, Ga.,
talks with practical sense about
the inconsistent habit oE wasting
the strength of the soil-in raising
the stalk of cotton:
“The seed and lint is what- the
plant is cultivated for; all agree to
this. Well, the lint is -a natural
appurtenance to the seed; all agree
here also. Well, both grow in the
boll. Now, how many bolls can
one stalk of cotton produce? No
one seems to, know. There has
been 160 open bolls.jpicked from
one stalk of cotton at once, and
other bolls cracked and green, left
on the stalk uncounted. But ah!
it was in,a field where the rows
were three feet apart and the stalk
had three feet on.each side of it.
That is what you would call good
distance. Now here! There are
4,830 square yards in one acre. All
right. Now suppose you have one
stalk of' cotton to every square
yard—just one—and every stalk
shall mature and open ten good
bolls. Now, we have 8,300 bolls to
that one acre, and counting one
hundred" bolls for a pound, we
have 483 pounds of cotton from
one acre. Now, why not get that
much cotton from 4,830 stalks, as
well as to get the same amount
from 57,960 stalks on an acre?
Now, readers, do you see where
the waste occurs? One stalk of
cotton, will utilize all the available
plant food contained in one square
yard of soil, if well cultivated, and
it will yield more profit to the lit
ter of the land than twelve stalks
to the square yard will; the same
lint from a stalk that has ’good
Alonroo Advertiser.
The general complaint that is co
extensive with our -national limits
now is, that money is too scarce.
The financial braih of the masses
is heiug- taxed to devise means
whereby this complaint may be'
abated and money made more
plentiful. - A reduction of the tar
iff, free coinage" of silver, an ex
pansion of the currency and the
abolition of the tax on state banks
are all demanded npon the idea
that.this would replenish the non-
plethoric purses of the people eve
rywhere.
These "desired changes wonld-no
doubt bring some apparent relief;
but even all these changes com
bined would not be a panacea for
all financial ills of all the people.
It has been suggested by some
writers on this subject that a good
remedy for making money more
plentiful, especially in the cotton
growing states, is to supply the
provision demand injthese states
with home products. And a prop
er consideration of this suggestion
will discover that there is wisdom
in it. Common sense dictates that,
if the cotton states produce au am
ple supply of provisions and home
supplies, the demnndfor money by
the cotton growers will not be half
so great.-
To illustrate: If A produces on
his one-horse farm, twelve bales of
cotton and no corn, oats, wheat,
hay or meat, there must- be enough
money to pay for his twelve bales
of cottoD to enable him to procure
his needed supplies. But if A
produces his supplies and five
bales of cotton, then he will de
mand only money enoughjto pay
for his five biles. Thus he reduces
his demand for money about 60
per cent, and places himself, as a
farmer, out of the clutches of the
provision speculators. ThrerTule
can be made to apply generally, as
well as in individual instances, if
the people will it.
Nor has there been in twenty
years stronger reasons for the
adoption of this role by the cotton
planters of the south than now. ex
ist. The immense cotton crop, of
last year, owing to its reaching be
yond the-world's demand for cot
ton, sold for less than the cost of
production. "And if a similar crop
be produced this year the same re
sult will obtain, and the producers
will be the losers.
The only way to hedge against
such results with absolute certain
ty is for the cotton growers to 're-
duce considerably tfr&area hereto
fore devoted to cotton, and to ex
pend tjie time, labor and money
necessary to produce an over-plus
of cotton, in*the production of oth
er products that are an absolnte
necessity.
If the southern farmers willjnot
do this, they may expectjlowjpriees
for cotton to continue, and they
need not calculate on. profitable re
turns from their famling opera
tions. For- from such mode of
farming in the cotton belt such re
sults cannot obtain'. And if the
alliance, which has grown to be a
power, willjturn its attention to a.
reform on this line, it can and will
accomplish great good for the
country.
The idea held to by. most cotton
Tlie Democratic Program.
room is of better qualify than that,
from a stalk that has been crowd- J )rodnceis j that cotton is the pnly
farm product m which there is any
money, is not onlyjan en-oueous,
but a very mistaken one. To these
the proposition that iess cotton and
more provisions grown in The cot
ton states will make money more
plentiful, may seem incqmprehen
sible; nevertheless,jthere are few
propositions pregnant with more
truth;
Under the farming regime that
has prevailed here for more than
twenty years, the motto, “the more
cotton from the south, the more
money in southrons’ hands,” is a
terrible mistake.
- It requires twice as much time,
money and labor to prodacecoiton
from whicn there is no profit to the
.producer,as it does to produce oth
er products which not only pay
.file producer one hundred cents in
the dollar,"but a good profit on his
investment. Why our southern
farmers will not act upon this
truth w.hen the evidence to sup
port it is so prominentand strong,
is one. of the unanswered ques
tions.
ed. Some, say crciwd cotton to
make it open early, but no one has
ever said crowd cotton to make it
mature good, long lint. When
corn is too thick on. land it does
not make as big ears as when it
has more room. Farther, -I hold
that the early opening of cotton,
caused by crowding on the land is
not due to maturity, but to starva
tion.
“There is yet a great deal more
that I might say on this subject,
but desist lest your patience gets
threadbare.”
Illinois and Wisconsin have
counties in which the Enlish lan
guage is never used.
, o-
Specimen Cases.
S. H. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis.,
was troubled with Neuralgia and
Rheumatism, his Stomach was dis
ordered, bi3 Liver was affected to
an alarming degree, appetite fell
away, and he was terribly reduced
in flesh and strength. Three bot
tles of Electric Bitters cured him.
Edward Shephard, Harrisburg,
III., had a running sore on.his leg
of eight years standing. Used three
bottles of Electric Bitters and sev
en boxes of Bnekleu’s' Arneai
Salve, and his leg' 'S sound and
well. John Speaker, Catawba, O.,
had'five large Fever sores on iris
'leg. doctors said hi; was inonrable.
One bottle Electric Bitters and
one box Baeklen’s Arnica Salve
cured him entirely. Sold by Holfz-
it was time for Rita’s return, when claw & Gilbert, Druggists.
The United States of old sup
plied the world with mackerel. To
day, laments the New Orleans
Times-I^emoerat, it does not catch
enough for home use, and the
greater portion of the- mackerel it
consumes are imported, the conn-
try paying ont over 810,000,000 a
year for foreign fish.
National Democrat.
The democratic party Has a mag
nificent career of power and nse-
fulness before it, if it will adhere
faithfully to the Task it has under
taken, and assume no new burdens
until the_work it is now engaged
in shall have been completed.
The fight for tariff reform has
only commenced. The democratic
party has been mobilized; it has
taken the field; it has encountered
the enemy and routed it But it
has not yet dislodged the eneiny;it
hasjdriven thejenemy outjofjthe
House of Representatives; it mast
drive the enemy out of the Senate
and the presidency before it can
relieve the country from burden
some and nnjnst taxation.
The democratic party has still
to restore the House of Represen
tatives to its Constitutional posi
tion as a deliberative body. It has
still to | defend the rights of the
states against federal encroach
ment. It remains its arduous du
ty to protect the treasury from the
bnrglarous schemes of snbsidists.
Now, to hold the party together
in this great and good work, and '
To keep the reernita who are daily
swelling oar ranks, we must toler
ate, some differences of opinion on
other points.. Some of us want
free coinage of silver and some do
not; some want civil service re
form and others do'not; some want
Henry George’s single tax and
others do not. While we have
practical bimetaljsm, and would
have efficient public servants un
der a democratic administration,
and a fairly equitable system of
taxation under a reformed tariff,
let U3 not quarrel among ourselves
about the means, as to which we
differ, of attaining the ends, on
which we are all agreed.
Let us remember that the more
planks there are in a platform, the
fewer people can stand on it; the
more articles there are in a creed,
the fewer people will subscribe to
it.
The republican party recognizes^
the fact that it was beaten last fall
on the tariff, force bill and House
rales issues. It is making every
effort to change the issues. It is
trying to substitute the currency-
for the tariff. On the tariff issue
we are certain to keep New York,
New: Jersey and Connecticut, and
to add Massachusetts and Rhode
Island, and possibly New Hamp*
shire, in the east, and Minnesota,
and with almost equal certainty,
we may say Wisconsin and Illi
nois.^
. If we allow the tariff isse to go
to the rear, and put the currency
question in front, we are playing
into the hands of the enemy.
Folk-Lore and Folk-Cora.
Some of the scientists who make
a specialty of folk lore have lately
been making inquiries about the
malady which the country people
called spring fever. It is a gener
al malady, though more disagreea
ble than serious. Yet it should be
taken note o£ While the r scien
tists are inquiring about the tone
of the malady, those who are suf
fering the lassitude, nervousness
and melancholiajhnt are its symp
toms, should run the disease ont
of their systems by means of*that
more subtle scientist and folk-
curest—8.- S. 8. This is particui *
larly necessary, since spnng fever
leaves the system in such a condi
tion that it succumbs - readily to
diseases that are more dangerous
and less easily controIleiL 8. S. 8.
is a preventive as well as ffreme-
dy. ^ '
A dairyman who thought his
cow did not pay for her feed, put
her in a stall aud began feeding
her for the batcher, says an ex
change. He kept on milking her
because be did not want to lose the
little milk she gave. Very soon
the cow improved so much in milk .
that he gave her more feed, and in
return she gave him more milk,
aDd so the cow kept on until be
fore she was fat enougbrto till, she
made more butter, than her meat
would have been worth. There
are a good many cows of this kind
if their owners only knew it
Masssachuseets is now the most
densely populated of all the states;
“still room remains for a million
or more of inhabitants in-Boston
and its vicinity,” remarks the hos
pitable Transcript.
Lord Randolph Churchill holds '
the opinion that a man has learned
a whole encyclopedia of political
information when he i3 able to dis
criminate between a statesman and
a politician.
PH