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% Godbye ! ¥
There's &ki m’mn' in the blowix'
m'mdm stealin’ through the
sses 0’ the trees;
And a mist seems fallin’ dreary on the
. mountains towerin’ high,
Axnd I feel my cheeks grow teary as I bid
~ you all goodbye! :
“Goodbye,” the winds are sayin’; “good
. bye” the trees complain,
As they bend low down an’ whisper with
their green leaves wet with rain;
“Goodbye,” the roses murmur, an’ the
‘bendin’ lilies sigh -
As if they all felt sorry I have come—come
: to say.geodbye.
I reckon all have said it some time or other
m Wik
And casy like, with eyes cas down, that
dared not look aloft )
For the tears that trambled in them—f¥r the
lips that choked the sigh,
When it came a-swellin’ from the heart an’
made it beat goodbye!
I didn't think 'twas hard to say; but
« standin’ here alone,
With the pleasant past behind we and the
future dim, unknown,
A gloomin’ yonder in the dark—the tears
come to my eye,
And I'm weepin’ like a woman as I bid you
all goodbye.
The work I've done is with you; maybe
some things went wrong,
Like a note that mars the music in the swest
flow of a song;
But brethren—when you think of me, lonly
ask you would
Say as the Master said of one: ‘“He hath
done what he could.”
And when you sit together in the time as
vet to be, |
By your love-encircled firesides in the val- 1
leys fair and free,
Let the sweet past come before you, and
with something like a sigh,
Just say: “We ain't forgot him since the
day he said 'Goodbye!”
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THE TIN BOX.
¢ltis a very mysterious business,’’
taid Lawyer Smpkins, rubbing his
tose, and adjusting his spectacles.
“Hiram Green sent for me, ten days
before he died, and gave me his bonds
and securities to draw the July interest
for him. Iput them all back in the
tin box myself, and he counted and |
examined them. The day he died he
tried to teil me something about Jerry
and that bex. Jerry —tin box—all in
the box—Jerry,” was about all I could
make out.”
‘‘And the tin box was stolen,” said
Tom, the lawyer's son and partner.
‘‘Well, it has disappeared. If it
~was stolen, it is of precious little use to
the thief. Every paper in it could be
traced. Trust old Hiram Green to look
out for that."”
¢*What was it worth?”
“‘To a lawful owner, about twenty
thousand dollars.”
“Then Jacob Green is so much
poorer! lam glad of jt.”
“Tom! Tom! Jacob Green is our
client "
© “All right! Ishall not proclaim my
opinion on the house-top; but, between
ourselves, I think he is the meanest man
lever met. Why, he must be a rich
man, and he grudges his family the
necessaries of life. TLook at Allie!
There is not a servant at Rye Hill who
has not a better wardrobe than Alice
Green!
Just so!” said Lawyer Simpkins, with
a twinkle in his eyes. Her husband
can make that all rght though. Eh
Tom?”
Then Tom, blushing crimson, began
to ta'k again about the tin box and old
Hiram Green's will.
“‘Left everything to Jacob,” said the
lawyer; ¢‘the house, recal estate, and
personal cffects.”
¢¢And Jerry?”’
“Was not even meuntioned in the will.
Hiram Green ncver forgave Jerry for
failing in business, declared he had no
head, and wasn’t fit to be trusted with
moncy.
“He was his nephew, though, just
as much as Jacob, and he nursed him
faithfully at «he last.”
“But Je:ry is a dreamer. Jacob will
double every dollar the old wman left,
while Jerry would probably spend a
legacy in a yeur or two.”
. It was not alone in the lawyer's office
.that the subject of Hiram Green's will
‘sad the disappeamgyce of the tin box
~were topics of co. ‘crsation. Every
‘body at Rye Hill had an opinion to ex
press, a theory to advance. Mrs. Jacob
Green and Mrs. Jorry Green were talk
ing the whole matter over on the porch
of the old howse where Hiram Greon
s E e e
“1 wonder what he'll do if it ain’t,”
muttered Jerry, unheard by the others.
*‘He says,” continued Mrs. Jacob,
“that it will take & heap of money to
put this house in decent repair, and
settle the business! Dear! Dear! He
talks as if his uncle’s legacy left him
poorer, instead of richer.”
¢ wish it did!” muttered Jerry.
Aloud he said, “Maria, if you'll get
me & hammer and some nails, I'll save
Jacob twenty-five cents by fastening
these steps. See here!’” and he rattled
the steps on which he was sitting, and
which were wholly detached from the
porch.
] wish you would,” said his sister
in-law; 4 T'm ina panic every time I
go in or out, especially if I have the
baby in my arms. I'll get the ham
mer.”
“Dear me, Jerry,”” whispered his
wife, a little later, ‘you go at them
steps as if you were trying to hammer
the house dowi. Anybody would fan
cy you had a spite against the nails,
you give them such vicious blows.”’
“lold your tongue,” growled her
husband. “lam only - making them
safe!"”
He roze as he spoke, and straighened
himself, muttering.
“That,s a good job done!”
“Come, Sally,” he said, presently,
“we'll be getting home! 1 only came
over to see if there was any news of
the tin box.”
““Not a sign to be found,” said Mrs.
Jacob, ¢ and Ido believe Jacob will
| be in a lunatic asylum if it don't turn up
- soon.”’
| Jerry tucked his wife’s hand under
' his atm, and walked down the road to
his own cottage, asmall, shabby house
‘where Sarah Green vainly strove to
make old things look new, and stretch
a dollar to the needs of two.
Smce his uncle’s death Jerry had
been, more moody and shiftless than ‘
ever. Brooding over his injuries was
not the way to improve - his fortunes,
and Sally had hard work to make her
needle supply the daily waats.
It was just three days before his
uucle dicd that Jorry loarnad that Hiram
Green had left his entire property to
Jacob, already the richest man at Rye
Hill. Then the bitterness of his disap
pointment scemed to literally turn his
brain, and Sally trembled for his rea
son. With all his faults, if faults they
were, his disregard of money and want
of business capacity, Jerry Green was a
man to win strong affections. And it
was the fact that even Hiram Green
kept up a sort of grudging affection for
him that made Jerry hope he would not
entirely forget him in his will. :
When his last illness attacked the old
man, it was to Jerry he turned for the
affection Jacob’s harder nature could
not make acceptable. It was Jerry and
Sally who nursed the invalid day and
night with faithful, unwearied care,and
it was with a bitter sense of wrong that |
Jerry knew himself to be disinherited.
Still the man’s gentle nature overruled
his anger, and the last three days of
Hiram Green's life were as tenderly
nursed as if Jerry knew himself to be
his sole heir. :
But afterward the whole nature of the
man seemed changed. Knowing the
sympathy of the people about him was
with him, he was never weary of telling
of his wrongs; and he made no secret of
his delight at the disappearance of the
tin box, and the large slice of property
it contained.
A year passed away, and then all Rye
Hilt knew that Jerry Green lay ill with
a fever, and the doctor had given him
up. Very sick indeed he was, and
Sally was heart-broken, when one day
he whispered a request to see Lawyer
Simpkins alone. Seeing a lawyer
seemed to poor Sally a death- warrant,
though Jerry had no fortune to will
away.
Wondering, but ready to humor the
whim of a dying man, the lawyer an
swered the summons at once.
“Mr. Simpkins, will you promise to
keep secret what I tell you now?”
Jerry asked im a hoarse whisper,
“Certainly I will; lawyers have to do
that every day.
“Then I will tell you where TUncle
Hiram’s tin box i You have the
key." o e T ;
' “Yes, but—Jerry Green, don't tell
me you arethe thief.” .
alf thads %0 Doliers o O Wit
“11l kesy your secret, Jerry, for ‘
believe you when you say you were
balf mad.”
Great was the excitement at Rye Hill
when it became known that Lawyer
Simpkins had had a communication
from the party who had stolen the tin
box, confessing the theft, and revealing
the hiding place, There was a group
of half the people of the village in
fiont of Jacob Green's porch when Jer
ry's carpenter’s work was torn away,
and the earth that covered the buried
treasure removed. Lawyer Simpkins
took a small key from his pocket.
¢‘Stop a moment,"” he said, as Jacob
Green was about to take the box, *‘as
executor of Hiram Green's estate, 1
must open this box and sec if the con
tents are all right,”
There was a sudden catching of
breath audible as the lid of the box fell
buck. Onthe top was an open paper,
and Lawyer Simpkins read aloul:—
“I, Hiram Green, do give and bequeath
this box and all it contains to Sarah, wife
of my nephew, Jeremiah Green. I leave it
to hérasa token of my love for both,
and because I think she will be more care
ful of 1t than my nephew. And Ido ask
of my lawyer, Robert Simplkins that he do
see my wish carried out, an ve to Sarah
his advice about investing ths .noney.
“‘HiraM GREEN.”
There was one moment of intense si
lence and then a cheer reat the air.
Every man there was glad that the
‘miserly, grasping Jacob Green was dis
appointed, and every man rejoiced fox
Jerry and Sally. i
But the sick man was humble as a‘
child when the lawyer told him the |
news. He did not die, nor did anyone
but Lawyer Simpkins ever guess his
secret, but he was a broken, premature
ly aged man, creeping humbly about
and living on the income his wife drew
from the contents of the tin box, which
he had hidden from spite, and by so
doing, overrcached himself.
«If Thad died without telling,” he
thought often, ¢Sally would never
have had the money, and Jacob might
have found the box, after all.”
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Cats and the Moon.
Everybody knows the sunarstitions as
sailors, particularly, of course, in re
gard to their sailing on Friday; but
they are also superstitious on other
points, and from this fact we get the
saying, “Rats desert a sinking ship.”
Again, they resent the presence of a cat
on board, and usually that of a corpse,
although as regards both of these in
stances the superstition is not suffi
ciently widespread to altogether pre
vent the occurrence. Speaking of cats,
it is well-known that they were held in
such high respect by the ancient Egyp
tians that their mummies are met with
about as frequently as human beings,
and this was from a superstitious
belief in their intervention in
the affairs of men. A special
goddess among the Ezyptians was rep
resented with the head of a cat, and a
temple was erected to her at a town of
the name she bore—Bubastis. In the
Egyptian mythology Bubastis was the
child Isis and Osiris and the sister of
Horus. What is mnot so generally
known is the fact that the cat among
the Egyptians symbolized the moon.
As to the moon there was in ancient
times many superstitions. Our word
‘“lunacy’’ is derived from the latin
name of that planet, and the disorder
is still believed by many to be caused
by it at its full. Bailors in the tropics
have been known to become temporari
ly deranged because of sleeping with
their faces exposed to the rays of the
full moon, while fresh fish hung up on
deck under the same conditions are said
to spoil in a short time. —Star -Sayinga.
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Costly Canine Collars.
*Some dogs in this town wear collars
that cost $200,” said a decaler in
those articles to me yesterday. +of
course, such valuables are worn only
by the pamperel pets of the rich; the
average owner of dogs thinks he or she
has done well in investing $3 dollars in
a collar, and by a good many a plain
leather strap, with name plate, i
decmed ample for safety and identity.
Of Course, a dog with a SIOO or a S2OO
collar has got to be watched pretty care
fully, and they usually ride in the car
raige of the master or mistress, The
existence of a good many Fifth avenue
and Madizon avenue dogs might well
be povied by the ook of our clty,
Hdlte Way of eL e
R e B A e
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ALLIANCE NOTES.
WHAT THE ORDER AND ITS
MEMBERS ARE DOING.
ITEMS OF INTEREST T 0 THE FARMER,
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS OF
THE COUNTRY.
It is asserted by the foreman on the
larm of the late {lon. Primus Jones, that
the first bale of cotton this year will come
from that farm. He says the examples
and methods of Colonel Jones are being
strictly followed on that farm.
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The County Alliance of Gwinnett
county, Ga., favors the holding of pri
maries in the different militia districts to
nominate candidates for the general as
sembly, and for delegates to thenext con
gressional convention and for governor,
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The cotton bagging factory for Ameri
cus, (a., is an enterprise already assured
for that wide awake city. Itis an Alli
ance necessity, and the thirteen adjoining
counties invited to take stock in the en
terprise should respond with alacrity.
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A grand reunion of the Alliance of that
section of Georgin, and the old soldiers
will be held jointly at Flat Reck camp
iround, Heard county, July 24th. Col’s.
ivingston and Northern will address the
Alliance, and Gov. Gordon, and Gen.
Phil Cook will talk to the soldiers. A
big time is anticipated.
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If the farmers Alliance continues to in
crease for a year or two more at the rate
at which it has been gaining during the,
last twelve months it will soon be the
largest organization ever known in this
or any other country; and if it sticks to
gether and properly exercises its great
power it will be easily ableto accomplish
such a revolution in the legislation of the
country as will result in giving the far
mer, not only his rights as a citizen, but
after breaking up the trusts and combines
which now rob him of.much of his earn
ings, will also place the farmer in posi
tion to become a legislator in the inter
ests of his county and his claims.—Ex.
sk
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Our farmers are taking more real inter
est in their farms this year than we ever
have known before; there are more ter
races, and the soil is better prepared than
at the same time any previous year in the
history of Georgia. At least, this is our
opinion after a careful observation. We
believe further that this state of things is
due mainly to the Alliance movement.
Then let the movement that has brought
such a result go on in its proper sphere
until the ¢red old hills” of Georgia are
made to blossom as the rose, every farm
is free from mortgage, and the inmates of
every home contented and happy.—South
ern Alliance Farmer.
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The Southern Alliance Farmer (Atlan
ta, Ga.,) has the following to say regard
ing one of the dangers that confronts the
Alliance: If all Alliancemen will be true
to the cause and withhold their votes
from men who are not, and have never
been, in sympathy with the struggling
masses, and will support only those whose
past records, not only in officc but at
home, show plainly that their hearts are
with the people, and that they are of
pure character and worthy of confidence,
our success is assured. Our danger lies
in division. Alliancemen have their per
sonal friends among the politicians, and
may be induced to vote for them when
they know they are not in full sympathy
with us. Sectional, county, or town pride
should be left out of the question. Men who
are true to our interest are the men to
support. Aswe have said before, simple
ability will not do, for if it was turned
gainst us it would do great harm. The
heart must be right. We can no more
afford to turn our legislation over to men
who serve the money powers than we can
afford to leave our children’s inheritance
in the hands of a faro dealer. Being a
farmer or an Allianceman only, does
not fit a man for office, but being in full
sympathy with the people, and having
the will and ability to work to‘their inter- |
est, does make a man worthy of support.
Where will you find such men? The
time when a few politicians in each
county, district or state, can meet to
gether and apportion out the different
offices is at an end. The peoplewill take
a hand in this business and have deter
mined to have representation. 1
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In Col. Polk’s argument before the
senate committee on agricultureat Wash
ington, on Tuesday, ne sketched the de- |
cline in agricultural values in the . face of
the marvelous progress and development
of their industries and interests during
the passed dccade, and insisted that
something should be done for the farmers.
He charged the fault upon the financial
system of the government, which had re
sulted in high-priced products. The
remedy, Colonel Polk suggested, was
three-fold—first, restore silver to its dig
nity and place as money metal with all
rights of coinage and a.!the qualities of
legal tenderwhich gold possesses; second,
issue sufficient amounts of currency direct:
to the people, at a low rate of interest,
to meet the legitimate demands of busi
ness of the country, and which shall be
legal tender for all debts, public and
grivate; third, secure to such issue equal
ignity with money metals, by basing it
on real tangible, substantial values.
Mr. Polk was followed by Dr. W. C.
McCune, chairman of the national com
mittee on legislation of the Alliance, who
MBI IOIITE Bt a 8 eMI e
where the Grangers’ bank, 1n 1879, loaned.
$3,000,000 on certificates issued to the
farmers on wheat deposited in warchouses
owned and controlled by them.
CURRENT NEWS.
CONDENSED FROM THE TELE
GRAPH AND CABLE.
THINGS THAT HAPPEN FROM DAY TO DAY
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, CULLED
FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.
The Pittsburg Commission comgnny,
the e%reatest bucket shop in Pittsburg,
failed on Saturday.
It is rumored that there are serious dis
sensions in the French ministry, and an
early collapse of the cabinet isr{eared.
The strike of lasters at Brockton, Mass.,
ended Thum}ny, the firm agreeing to pay
one-quarter of a cent advance in wa%les.
The striking carpenters of Chica%o ave
sent a memorial to Secretary Blaine,
stating their grievances against the con
tractors,
Employes of the various railways in
London have been warned that they will
be dismissed if they absent themselves
from duty on May Ist for the purpose of
taking part in the demonstration which
ghe workingmen propose to hold on that
ay.
A dispatch from the City of Mexico
says: On Wednesday forces, under Gen
eral Hernandez, attacked the Yaqui In
dians at Los Canons de Jubsiba and
Laconia, and after several hours of fight
ing routed them. The Mexican forces
lost one officer and two soldiers, and five
soldiers were wounded.
Five sisters, named Comovieroff, the
youngest 19 years old, committed suicide
at Moscow, Russia, on Thursday. Ashes
found in their apartments showed that
they had burned a number of papers be
fore taking their lives. It is believed
that fear of arrest as nihilists led to the
commission of the deed.
Exports of specie from New York last
week amounted to $271,040, of which
$202,5687 was gold and $68,453 silver.
Of the total exports $6,681 gold and all
1 the silver went to Europe, and $195,946
gold to South America. Imports of
specie last week amounted to $58,640, of
which $10,525 was gold and $48,115
silver.
A Vicnna, Austria, dispatch of Thurs
day says: Serious anti-Semite demenstra
tions have occurred at Baillia, forty-three
miles southwest, of Carow. About 400
persons made an attack upen the Jewish
quarters and wrecked & number of dwell
ings and shops. The troops were called
out to disperse the rioters, but did not
succeed in restoring order before eleven
of the men were killed and many injured.
An explosion of dynamite in H. R.
Doan’s drug store at Delevan, Wisconsin,
Thursday afternoon completely wrecked
the building, breaking windows in stores
a block away, ‘and knocking the cupola
off a school house two blocks distant.
The roof of the drug store was blown
into the air, and of four men in the build
ing two were rescued, badly hurt, and
two perished in the flames.
The Inman line steamship ¢‘City of
Boston” unloaded a part of her cargo at
her dock at New York, Monday morning,
without having entered the custom house,
In consequence the custom house author
ities stopped the work of unloading and
seized the vessel. Notice was sent the
Inman line officials calling for an expla
nation, In defanlt of this, confiscation
is threatened.
-The mill of the Anthony Pcwder com
pany, at Negaunee, Mich., caught fire
Wednesday evening and blew up, shocl |
ing the whole of Marquette county.
Twenty minutes later there was another
heavy explosion of powder thrown out by
the first. The shock in Marquette, eleven
miles distant, was severe, while in Ne
gaunee store fronts were blown in. There
was no one in the building at the time.
The loss cannot be estimated, but it will
"be heavy. .
THE IMMIGRATIONBUEREAU
ORGANIZES A BRANCH IN JACKSONVILLE,
FLA.~—AN EXPOSITION TO BE HELD.
W. W. Pemble, commissioner of the
organization of the Southern Interstate
Immigration bureau, arrived in Jackson
ville, Fla., Wednesday, and in ‘a very
few hours organized the first branch in
Florida for porfecting the union. A
great southern interstate exposition and
permanent traveling exhibits is to be
held in onc of the large northern cities
in 1891. Branches will be formed in
every large city and town in Florida.
Boston or Chicago will probably be the
city chosen for the exposition.
A BOILER EXPLODES.
INSTANTLY KILLING SIX MEN AND SERI
OUSLY INJURING OTHERS,
A special from Newecastle, Pa., says:
An explosion occurred at Etna mills
Wednesday morning, three'men being
killed and six badly injured; two wifi' :
probably die. The flue end of a bigboiler
collapsed, and in a moment the place was
drenched with scorching steam, Full
an hour was lost before tfie injurned men
could be rescued, and the last dead body
recovered. R
DROWNS HIS CHILDREN
AND ATTEMPTS SUICIDE—HORRIBLE CRIME
- | OF AN INSANE FATHER, wg{
A well-to-do farmer numed Morsison,
liviog two miles from Shelburae, Ont.,
siter drowning three of bis children in &
s Soned brigipl
