Funding for the digitization of this title was provided by R.J. Taylor, Jr. Foundation.
About The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1891)
8- F. Hershey says in a recent article: •‘Woman lives longer than man, goes in sane less numerously, commits suicide one-third as often, makes one tenth the demand on the public purse for support In jail, prisons and almshouses.” -a 1,090,133; Philadelphia, Brooklyn, 804.377; St. Louis, 480,357; Boston, 448 446,u0/ 507- Baltimore Lai .mo - 433.547; Ban Francisco, 297,090; Cm- • > 296,309; Cleveland, 2J1,545. Japan enjoys the dignity of a brand new House of Lords, specially invented and created by the Mikado. It is com posed of “Princes of the blood, men with high titles, gray-headed servants of State, young men of bright intellect, and wealthy farmers and their sons.” The German Government, in the esti¬ mation of the Washington Star, is muni jficent and far-seeing in its cncourage jment of science. It hn3 endowed ex ploring parties in all parts of the world, 0 aiding Emin in Africa, Curtins in Greece and tho . less , famous , men else where. It is reported that in addition toother aids heretofore extended or .greed „p M D, ICCa i. p have tHO,. 000 and his assistants half that sum or the mamutatcure of the Koch lymph for the cure of consumption. I A writer in the North Chinn Herald,ol Shanghai,asserts tliat the climate of v.sin Is growing col Jer and its tropical animals are tlowly retreating southward, j Ll proof of this lie quotes evidences, his¬ torical and referential, of the former existence of elephants, tigers and leopards in China. Tigers and leopard are, however, not jet extinct in China and are common enough in 0 irea. Tho bamboo, it is said, formerly grew naturally in parts of the country where it now has to be taken care of. ‘ ' | One of the most singular facts about tho growth of London is its regularity. It may be roughly taken that every month about a thousand houses nro added to Loudon. In August of last year 76o,3b7 \ houses lial to be .....j!.,! supplied by the water companies wita water: iu September that number had increased to 767,797. In August of 1889 no less than 754.274 houses had t.) bo supplied, or 12,113 below tho number in tho same month of this year. In September of ' 1890 the companies -ii, had to supply i -in 10, 976 houses more than in September of 1889. This extension is not coufincd to o„o r ,i» ofbut» preference is still being shown fur tno north and northwest suburb?. They have been taking a census in Iceland recently, and they tiro iu trouble there. It appears that so great has been tho hegira to Canada and the United States it has taken away from tho island fully 20,001 people. This does not seem such a very largo number, except wheu ouo considers that the original popula¬ tion was only about SJ,01J. One-fourth of the entire population, then, ha? emi¬ grated! The result is disastrous. Taxes liave great"; increased, while properties have become reduced in values. Tin harvests, too, have been lessened. Thcro seems to be but one way out for the Ice¬ landers, observes the Boston Advertiser. They must follow the vanguard au.l abaudon their island to the walrus and Ibear. Apropos of a remark attributed to Bismarck, , that , , , ha , had , , been tan means of liberating SI,000 human souls from their encumbering carcasses, a writer iu Ilu fert > ryr-usrs IKe^y raises th the question >-fio whether waether > i Bismare-k is as great a uuu as Dr. Koch, who bids fair just now to score his four score thousand, and indefinitely more, of lives preserved ever year. Dr. Koch must be conceded to be a very great fel low if his lymph does all ho hope? it will, says Frank L.cs’i:'s. But, after nil, the importance of lives lies not in their num ber, but in their quality. There nro plenty of people in the world, aud in Europe especially thero is no little dis¬ position to consider that tho man who creates SO,090 vacant situations docs as well by his country as the one who pro cents SO,000 unexpected applicants for work. Speaking ot England, General Booth declares that it would be more merciful to poison her “submerged tenth” outof the world than to let them live on r.s they do. There arc plenty of lives for use, and if Bismarck's work was worth S0,(H)0 of them, it must not be condemned because of its price any more than Stanley's last trip is necessarily tc he condemned on analogous ground*. j j ALLIANCE NOTES. j NEWS THE ORDER FROM i ALL SECTIONS. Items Two papers, an English and a Scandi navinn, have been estab.ished in Dakota , by the State ALiancc. The executive council of the Farmers’ Alliance of Ka> sas hive sent four state lecturers int > the field. The business of the several State A'li ance Exchanges f..r the year part amounted to $10, 01 ) 0 , 000 . The Farmers’Alliance *.** is the biggest tbing on earth. Was born of necessity iu the Slate of Tex s, and has killed more pol ticians during its brief exist ence than any other known power. It is h. re to stay, or words to that effect.— Alhunce Monthly. *** chm>nd, Ark ) Little Hirer Pilot (R : aity?: The pleasant and harmonious meet ing of the Farm, rs’ Allian. e at Ocala, lorida, has proven bevorid the shad w of a dou(H tliat thl . ghost 0 f , eC iouaiism no longer stands bet.'ten th-farmers of the north and the south, the east and ^'legeST TSf&Z eats and laid phtis to protect themseives and their posterity. May the bhssing.s of God rest upon the works of the noble order. *** Living Issues (Boston, Mass.) fiance says: Union is coining. The Fanners’ A has led the way. Over tliecnasm of North and South, over the soldier’s grave, Kan¬ sas and Florida, the farmer oi Dakota and the planter of Louisiana, have shaken hands. What tu achievement —fort> congressmen at its first election. The farmers t night us how. Even ■ lack and white are brotjers in the farmers’ Alii ance. If that difference in the South can be forgotten, can reformers of the Lust and North come together? Thomas S Gellibraud, of London, and Louis von der lloya. of Germany, pro po-cd to the direct tiado convention in session in Atlanta recently that if the Southern States would interest them solve- to the extent of a guarantee of 5 per cent of the sum neci saury to build four steamships to ply between Europe and the Southern porta, that they woum fn nish the steamers and commence di rect triidu ut ()tlct , 1Le couwution ap pointed a canv sser for e.ch State tu seeme $50,000 as a guarantee at once. So it secerns ihut direct trade U ah' ut to tuke practical 8' ape at last. A lar.e majority of those piesent were Alliance men. At meo'ing . of the Seventh , „ Congres a * sioiml Distri( Farmm . und Lahore.*’ Un j 0 ■ of the Sta e ol Missouri, held at Bowling Gieen, tho following resolution „„a Industrial Union assembled at Ocula, Fla., December 2, 1890, gave to the world a Dccln atiouof Principles of the Farmers’ ftlR i Laborer^’ Orga.dzatious; therefore be it Resolved bv uicrs’ the Seventh Congressional District Fo and Laborers’ Union of Missouri, That after careful examination of the same, we heartily indorse the dec la ation aud believe it to be as just to all as any set of principles that the mind of man could formu ate. *** 7'he Alliance Times (Anderson, Ind.) snys: IheAliance is a political priuci- organ ization and teaches politics; its pies are purely |>oliti< al, its iutentr ns are politica), and the mau or woman who is thinking of becoming a member wuib anv other understanding had beiter nut send in his application for membership. While it is po itical it is non-punisan, Some people do not know the difference , between itics is politics sci and partisanship. Pol the nce of government; | sanship—well it is anyth ng to beat the . other part', regard.css of principles or anyttiing else. * * The Alliance men of Kansas are im pressed . with . . the great of , the , Order, which is the purpose shall help that strong | f he w «‘ k wl,e never their greater strength ‘ded . mid . tue basis lor 18 net serves us , mucl , t lmt tho Alliance does in business j co-operation. The following from I ^ iehita, describes the broad line in ^‘ued'n'lCuiMis’^ ‘‘The‘ aHU rnee 'lee j j tutors to advocate over the State the policy have commenced of farmers | orga> izing and making lo ms on corn to enab e poor farmers to me t their obligations without being compelled j to put their corn on the market. Tha | first company has been organized. It is j composed oi live hundred members, each putting in $200, aud it is proposed to take care of the poor mem «era of a ot tain number of sub Alliances. It is said I that vvithiu a few days similar loau coiu J panics will be organizetl re-o.utiou covering the passed eu tir State. A was stating the that every $1 bushd of corn should br.ng farmer > r more.” TnE demands. j The demands recently nra’e by the National Farmer*’ Al iaueeaud ladu-tr al Union show that they had a full coucep tion of tbt* res | mi sibil it u*s, aud tiat were cautiously tuas mg donands that they intended to enf rce. Summed up in brief, the seven demands made show that they will require only about thirueu bills oi laws, as iodows: I First demaud: 1. Law abolishing Da tional bank 2. Law establi-hing sub I treasury plan. 3. Law establishing sys- 1 tcm of 2 per ce t land loans direct to the people. 4. Law increasing volume of money i o $50 per cap ta. prohibiting Second demand: 5. Law dealinsr in futures. Third ucrnand: 0. Free coinage of 8. Law for f e iti nt r unearned railway land grants and limiting their land holdings. | Fifth demand: 9. Law revising tariff in the iute.est of the producer. 10. Law | f , ri , jj n ,, a g aduated income tax. 11. Law retim ing government expenditures. ef¬ Sixth demand: 12. Law creating ficient control of railroads Seveuthd mand: 13. Law for the election ol United States senators by di¬ rect vote of the pe ople. * * * AN AI.MANCK VICTORY. Judge Peffc-r was elected senator Tues d ay by"the Kansas legislature overwhelming to succeed Mr This i s an v i, t0l y tor the Faimers’ Alliance, whose Cl Us(J (J(J e8p0Used p e ffer is a naan of . fcducation aud a |,iUty, with an irre proaihabie personal character, though not as much ol a schol r as a man of ai lairs. lie wa born in Pennsylvania sixty ed¬ years ago, and the foundation of his ucation was laid in the louutry school house of that s ate. In 1870 lie moved to Kansas, locating on a c aim govern¬ ment laud in Wilson county, engaging in farming and the practice of law. In 1874 he was elected to the state senate as a republican. he presidential elector In 188D was a on the republican ticket, and in 1881 was appointed edit r of the Kansas Farmer and mo ed to Topeka. He theu aband¬ oned party and politics and devote 1 him¬ self to the study of economic questions. During the campaign he w.ts a declared candidate for the position to which lie lias been nominated by his party and Judge Pcffer litis alway taken t great interest iu agricultural matters, inti is thorooghly eduea ed in the bu¬ colic si cnee in politics, lie unreservedly indorsed the St. Louis platform and the Ocala platform of the National Fanners’ Alliance the I du^trinl pic’s Union, iu and Kip the plat¬ be¬ form of p> e party sas; lieves the gov, rnmeui should aid in im¬ proving harbors un i rivers iu the Sooth, and building north and south railroads; iu the West iu irrigating lauds demands; where ever and as fast as settlement and, first of all, the issuance of money euough to set the people on their feet again. *** lHtN TERRELl/S VIEW'S. Ben Terrell, national orguniz r for the Farmers’ Alliance, made an ub e nddr ss before the convention of the Farmers’ and Laborers’ Union of Ken ucky, which met nceutly in Lexington, lie appealed to the inhabitants of the cities and towns to aid the farmers to promote the better condition people of the agriculturists; that they were of the same government, and what was the iuterest of one ciuss was. the interest of all. He declared that the Alliance was not a partisan organiza¬ tion, but it stood ready to rebuke any party or administration whic h did i ot iieed the demands of the laboiing class. He said that the farmers, both north and sooth, would sta d shoulder to shoulder iu the fight against the common euemies of mam-iud—namely, specula¬ tors and stii monopolists. There was no sectional e among the farmers of the uation. They are all for one end—bet¬ ter times. He deprecated class legisla¬ tion; said it was iujur ous to the peo¬ ple, and doubly so to the farmer, upon whom the brunt of everything falls. The farmers were patriots, not par tisans, aud whatever was good for the couu ry they would always go j or it. He said that the farm ers as a cla-s wer • educated; that tney w'ere readers and thinkers, and their or ganizatiou did not bind them to any po litical or religious view-, but reserved to each individual member a perfect free dom ol political aud lurther re.igious said thought and action, lie that the farmers have determined that parties shall support the peopl , uot the peoi le sup p ult the parties. And the party in the fu j ure w | d ch will gain the votes of the A1H ance will be the party which will enact legislation for the lelief of the people. And they reserve to cast a ballot which will relieve them from the oppession to which they are subjected. He concluded g a yj u ,r that the Alliance to cultivate th „ tri ,. nds hip, ud good will of al classes, and asked that everybody join the tarm ers in trying to do away with Scctioual j sm NATI0NAL FARMEIRS* ALLIANCE, Officers Elected—The Next Meet¬ ing In Chicago. A dispatch from Omaha, Neb., says; Chicago was selected as the p ace of tne next meeting of the National Farmers’ Alliume at its sessi n Thursday morning, The only other business transacted was t e electi >n if uffi ers, which resulted as follows: President, J in 11. Powers, Nebraska; vice presidents, Ctnirle- Mor¬ gan, Pennsylvania; Thom s Finks, New York; H. Sickens, Ohio; V\ il ^h* 115 Kiuerd, Indiana; Milton George, Illinoi ; G. M. Buits, W isconsin; G. Colms Missouri; J. Westfall, Iowa; J. J. Furlong, Minnesota; W. A. Jones, Nebraska; G. F. Cravens, Washington; seen tary and tieasurer, August Post, Iowa; national lecturer, George Law reuce, Ohio; first assistant uatioual lec urer ' kwi Mu Dona lu, ,, Minnesota; ftuanid assistant, J. \V. Havens, M^h l0 S tou -_____ King Kat-atatta'S last official ret was to five lusfi'uet ons rejrar.iiug United the treaty i# Vweeu Lawaii ana the states. • • • • MEN weak oryy/.l ® i Who have diseased! DEVELOPED, who or are suffer-l organs, from of youth} ing and Excesses, errors or or' any Mustang for and BEAST FOR Forty Years THE STANDARD For Sa!e BY ALL DRUGGISTS S' ' vfivs For, 1 s, 49 YEARS & m OfllY 7'”! ORIGINAL I 1 Pr/: 1 Ki ‘ - Caveats, and Trade-Mark? obtained, and all IV. ent business conducted for Mcd'rae fees. Our OflM is Oppose? y S. P^ent Office, and we can secure patent in less time than those remote from Washington. photo., with dc cri*'. Send model, drawing or c tion We advise, if patemabl- or not. free c . char"e. Ocr fee not due tin patent is secured. A Ptmohlet. -How to Obtain Patents, wit i names of actual clients in yourState, county, < ; town, sent free. Address, C.A.SNOW&CG. O .’C Opposite Patent Office, Washington, ~~ PASKF.F-S J»IV Institute Medical & Surgical U.1J4 N. Spruce Sf., Nashville, Term. Treat a i>d Cureail Chronic Cis tapeases. leases. Deformiucs aud Surgical Sexual diseases of Men, Kabifsor /><*•*.«-* Op andTW«teLvlig4« un and the Whiskey Habit, etc. Sanitarium H«« jhtal in couueci iua. YEARS OF VARIED sad In the Use of CURA. we Alone owiy for all 3 2,000 References. Name this paper when you write. ■fc 9 > sCw > ife H i& V m m © a limiteqtimeeree if guarantee they can^ to^ STORED, method and our^ ap; afford a CUBE 1 keal A D ™ URS ‘ Don’t brood over your condition, nor give up in despair ! Th®usands of the Worst Cases have yielded to our HOME ence that we employ, and we claim the monopoly op uniform f/J/f Medical Ce., 64 Niagara St., Buffalo, N. Y. EXPERIENCE S ^^and TIVE METHODS,that Control, orders of I f OP jf METHODS 1 ! HOME cwwl c 2PVBieHTEB'^ A SECRETARY WINDOM DEAD. After a Banquet Speech He Suddenly Expires. Hon. William Wimlom, secretary of the treasury o the United States, died Thur-day n'ght at 10:05 o’clock, in the banquet ha 1 at Delmonieo’s, where he was the goest of the New York board of trade and transportation. His had been the first to ist of the evening. He had finished his respouse and had stated himself, swooned at once, and died al¬ most immediately. Every effort to es oro him was made, but in vain. He died of heart disease. The gr-at assemb age at once di-solvcd. Mr. Windom had been the which only he speaker responde and t was: the sen * 'Our iment Coun¬ to r try 's Pr sperity Is Dependent Upon it* Instrument of Commerce.” THE NEWS IN WASHINGTON. The announcement of thesu Iden death of Secretary Windom, iu New York, gave utmost as great a shock to his official friends and associates iu Washington as did the shooting of President Gat field to> the memb rs of his - iiicial household. It was so terribly sudden and unexpected that all who heard the news were profoundly shocked, and so overc me as to be unable to express the grie'' they felt. bearing the sad As soon as the telegram intelligence was received by tho Associ¬ ated Press, i s contents weie immed.ately communicated to President Harrison, at the white house. When the message was read to him he was greatly distressed and almost completely overcome. fits of Mr. Windom was subject to heart failure. On Tue day last he was seized with an attack while on the steps of the treasu yat Washington, but hedid not lose consciousness and was able to take care of himself. The sped d committee appointed to escort the remains to Washington assem¬ bled at 9:30 o’clock Friday morning, in Communipaw st don of the C’t-n ral rail toad and awaited the arrival of the casket containing the remains of the secretary. Tne body was carried from the Fifth Avenue hotel, and conveyed in a I earso to the railroad depot at the foot of Lib¬ erty street. Secre ary Tracv and Attor¬ ney General Miller and C. M. Ueddley, private secretary of the dead statesman, attende I the remains to Washington, A committee consisti g of Captain Am¬ brose Snow, James B. Talcotr, Ex-Judge Arnovx, Seth Thomas, Darwiu li James and General H. Will y, representing the board of trade and transportation at whose banquet Secretary Win om was stricken, accompanied the remains as a guard of honor. THE REMAINS IN WASHINGTON. The president and membeis of his cabi¬ net assembeled at the Baltimore and Ohio railroad station at 4:15 o’clock for the purpose of receiving the remains of Sec¬ retary Windon, whom they last saw alive on 1 uesday at the regular meeting of the cabinet. ESCORTING TEE REMAINS. The special train arrived at 4:40, and when alt was in readiness a proces-ion station was form d, and moved out of the in the following order: The body bearers with the casket on iheir shoulders; th# president and Mis. Blaine; the vice-presi¬ dent and secretary of state; the secretary of war and the postmaster genera ; Rev. Dr. Hamlin, pastor of the Church of the J Covenant, and Secretary liusk; the attorney general and the secretary of the interior and General Schofield; Sena t- r Paddock and R presenta ive Dunneli Assistant Secretary Solev aud S licitor Gem ral Tuft; Assist nt Secretary Spauld¬ ing and Treasurer Huston; First Comp¬ troller Gilkerson and Second Aud tor Patterson; Fourth Auditor Lynch, Com¬ missioner Hull day, Regis'er Kosecram, Senator Washburn and Assistant Secre¬ tary Wiilets, ami a long line of treasury offieia s, l umbering several hundred. Airivi g at the residence, the iollowed presi¬ dent and ad of his • iiicial family they the remains into the hou-e, where ware taken iu char.e of the undertaker. The secretary leaves a wife «nd several ebi.dren. TOO HASTY. “It breaks my heart to think of it.” “What does?” off “Old Bullion failed and I broke my ‘“Well?” match with his daughter.” “It turn# out Bullion had tamed over all his property to his wife.”—lLife. HANGING MIGHT IMPROVE ntM. observed Rivers ... * 4k The Indian,” picture of discontent. ’ “and he . “Yea,” said Brooks, is ?n a frame of mind.”— [Chicago Tribune. ^ Whoare/Vfflvoi/sand • MEN • | I ,thescorn of their /«. potent and the fellows con¬ and! tempt of friends companions, leads uato W ^all POSSIBLY patients, BE RE own Exclusive pliancea will There is, then.
