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YOUTH AND AGE.
I.
*0 Youth is always host P* ha said.
With glowing eyea and lifted head.
“There is so much for us to win
From years that keep the sunshine iu.
For every life-force we have lost
^Tis Age, the debtor, p a y s the cost-*
b YoiitH is best!” he said
1*0 Age is surely best,” he said,
Vt ith soulful eyes aud silvered hoad.
\V© rest within the sunset light,
And fael the soft approach of night.
Behind us lie the pain and strife,
And, just beyond the larger life—
O Age is best!” he said.
•»William If. Hay He, in Independent,
ACROSS THE BAY
BV will msENEEB.
The warm sunshine of a summer day
sws^sttwsw
vst .....wearers
against ,he sky. sie.at to .ho wes
he bright waters of the gulf g.eamed
like poll sued steel through the amber
llaZi '
Along the rolling upland , plum , . lhal
composes the gulf coast two horsemen
were riding U-iiurely to the south. The
first was a man of aimit forty-fire, tall
and in oscular, whose s arty face and
dark, flashing eves pronounced him to
be of Spanish descent. His companion
was a youth of seventeen, with a bright,
handsome face and dear bine eyes. lie
undoubtedly was ail American. Each
carried a repeating rule „f the n„«t
proved 1 pattern, ’ with belts well filled with
•
The boy was Paul Benton, whore home
was Los Angeles, and who was on a vis ,
to his uncle. Elsie, Don Miguel De Aim*. U.s
sister aged Mtren, had «*»»•
pnuied him. and t.iev were to spend a
month at the Do Alma hacienda, a <le
lightful old buihlmg, with wide sweep
ing verandas. Situated upona gentle Slope
three miles inland from the gulf.
The ................----- eastern coast of the Gulf of Cali
fomia is indented with inlets winch ,.
many
are almost invariably inclosed by per
pendieular cliffs, and upon one of these
small iniets called Ba Chiquito (Little ■
Bay t, which lies thirty miles north of
where the Rio Altar empties it* water,,
into the Gulf, stood the Dc Alma hacienda.
Although this is a fine grazing country,
it is also one of the best fruit growing
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»i i-v-jj wj w =
the jotelbgence that a fen detached
gangs of Apaches had been discovered iu
the mountains and foothills, and a ranch
man and two herders were reported to
have been massacred by the savages the
night before.
Upon hearing this news Don Miguel
bad become alarmed, and after
ing a couple of repeating rifles aud a
hundred pounds of cartridges, he and
Paul had set out on their return to Uie
hacienda.
“Uncle,” said Paul, “do you really
think the Apaches are in the neighbor
hood?”
“ I’m afraid so,” replied the don, “and
we must take ev err precaution to prevent
trouble •**>Wpr with the Indians “ in V this 7 local- T
it 'V'' “buch ,, has been , „ he . case *. heretofore, . ,
but the recent Ap. 1 the outbreak in An
vom, has caused the United Stales Gov
ernment to take the matter m hand and
an army which has been garrisoned at
Fort Grant had been sent m pursuit of
the savages. Thia has resulted iu driv
ing then south into Mexico.”
The ground over which the two wore
riding was of a light, sandy character,
covered with a short growth of bunch
grass, with here and there a strip of bare
sand, out of which rose the giant cacti
like grim sentinels.
“Look!” cried Paul, suddenly point
ing to the east. “What are those long
sticks over yonder? ' There! they are
moving!” the
Don Miguel glanced quickly to
left, and as he did so an exclamation of
astonishment broke from his lips.
“Whatjs it?” asked Paul.
“Apaehes, or I’m greaHy mistaken!"
dresses. Those sticks yo* saw are their
lances which appeared above the hill!
We must ride for our lives!”
Quick as a flash the two spirited 'swept
horses bounded forward, and
across the rolling plain, a
cloud of sand rising in their
wake. But scarcely had tbev traveled a
hundred yards when, with unearthly
yells issuing from their score of savuigc
throats, a gang of Apaches spurre eu
horses across the lull and came thum or
ing in - pursuit. the fugitives
Though well mounted,
recognized their great peril, and urged
their horses forward at the top of their
speed. To attempt to hold their own
against such heavy odds in an open fight
would be worse than madness, since the
Apaches were known to be well armed,
and the most desperate of all the savage
tribes in the West.
Glancing backward, Paul’s heart sank
within hirn as he saw, through the roll
ing clouds of sand, a score of hideous
fac^ fares sweenino weeping down down the the done slope iu hot
p miles ahead lay the
Full five
Would they be able to reach this before
their pursuers could overtake them!
A sharp report rang out from behind,
and a bullet whistled by and struck in
the sand just ahead.
“Lie forward on your horse,” cried
the don. “They are evidently trying to
shoot our mounts. If they succeed we
have nothing left but to fight till the
last, for they will show ua no mercy if we
arc Faui captured.” riding close his uncle,
was now to
and the two horses were straining every
muscle. thundered, mile mile,
On they alter
juke Cotttttg ottrtuil.
VOL. II.
and still the Apaches, yelling and firing,
came like a horde of fiends in pursuit. would
Only a mile now and the gulch stood
be reached, on the shores of which
the lie Alma hacienda. But how were
they to cross the inlet! The house stood
on 'the opposite bank, and there would
be no time to wait for tho boat to be
brought over by one of the men before
their pursuers would be upon them. The
heart of Don Miguel sank within him as
he realized their desperate situation. voice,
‘'Paul" he said in a hoarse
“the boat is on the other side of the
inlet. There is no hope that we can have
it brought over before it will be tod late.
AVlieu 'your we reach the cliffs fling tfy 'to vourself
from horse, and we'll find
shelter behind the rocks. There we’ll
have to make a stand and try tho best
we can to repel them.”
Paul nodded an assent, but no sound
came from his white lips.
-
Elsie Benton and her cousin Inez stood
srsusa–ttfi snart-ss-M
bay rolling stretched to h. over ™‘ ,e » which »“f the of burning ““f^
sunshine lay like a sheet of flame. A
quarter of a mile to the east, a large
orange grove, where a number of Men
cans were at work, could be plainly
seen
“Inez, said Elsie, pointing to the ,
northeast, “what mountain w that vntu
a top like a haystack?"
“Oh, that is what is called Sim
Perrigo's Peak,” answered Inez, “and it
was named after one of the missionary
priests that came from Spain to Sonora
ower a hundred years ago.’’
“Did he live on that mountain?" asked
"‘“Mo; but his cabin was situated at its
base . He was killed there by the savages
about a year after his arrival, and was
buned on the mountain su e T here a a
lug marble cross standing ovei Ins
gravel I should like to visit the place!
“Hmv
cried Elsie. “Is “Is it it very very far? 1 in r
“Twenty “Twenty miles,"answeredInez. miles, ’ answered Inez. “But ‘But
wait—I’ll get father's field glass, ”
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and she disappeared mto beautiful the bouse, iustru- iustru- soon soon
returning, bringing a
meut with a powerful lens
Elsie took the glass, and a Ijustc 1 it.
Then, pointing it at the mountain, she
cried:'
“Why, Inez, it looks as if it wasn’t a
half mile away ! There, I see the cross!
1 ; doesn't, look bigger than my finger,
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much, declared Elsie, and pc ■ 1
uncle will take us to visit the mountain
sometime.
“I’ll ask him, answered Inez. “But
I’ll go bring the booa aud we’ll read the
story.” Aud again she entered the house
while Elsie continued to gaze with ab
sorbing interest toward the distant peak.
Presently she let the glass sweep the
broad table land lying west of the
ain range. As she did so a little cloud
of dust attracted her attention. Then,
as she looked more closely, she furiously discov
e rcd two horsemen galloping
tmvaad the hacienda The second glance
convinced her that the two horsemen
were Don Miguel and Paul.
f* *v “ T
her hand, as she discovered a gang of In
. dians, with steel pointed swiftly lances gleaming
m the sun, flying in purs,., .
lurning about, she called loudly for
Inez, but no answer came in response.
Again she glanced across the inlet far to
,„e north, but only a faint specie was
‘ visible to the nuked eye. The advancing
horsemen were fully four miles away.
With a trembling This* hand she again lifted
■ the glass. time the pursuing
j savages were plain to the recognized view and with the
a feeling of anguish she
awful peril in which Paul and her uncle
; were placed. What was to be done?
There was no time to summon the men
. who weie at work in the orange grove;
but she must raise the alarm. There
might vet he hope.
. Perhaps the fugitives would distance
the Indians and arrive at the hacienda in
time to bring the fruit gatherers to their
assistance. But a sudden sickening fear
: took possession of her. There was the
inlet and with no boat on
There was no time to be lost. Attberate
they were riding it would only be a few
! minutes till they would reach the opposite
shore of the inlet, and then if the boat
was not there
The glass dropped from her hand, and
with a cry of agony upon her lips, she
turned and lied through the house, down
the stairs aud out into the yard. She
glanced.quickly about her. There wasno
. one m sight.
“B>^i inez Inez.
She half shrieked the name, mt I 11 .,
. deep m the exploration of a huge cbe. .
in the basement, remained oblivious to
j her call.
I . Elsie stood looking
For a moment
wildly about her, a tumult of fear
; agony at her heart, then she
shrieked for help at the top of her voice,
an d catching sight of a high pole on the
top of which a large bell was hung, used
, to summon the laborers to dinner, she
hastily grasped the rope that hung sus
!,ell pended within her reach and rang the
. furiously
a momen s);p
fled toward the inlet. Swift as a deer,
! she fairly flew across the level space, and
plunged down the rocky slope to
, dace where the large ferry boat lay
: moored on the tranquil waters. Close
’ beside it a small skiff rested upon
margin of the inlet, and into this Elsie
! leaped lightly as a bird.
j j Has'Uy loosing the painter,
grasped the oar and shot the small craft
ieto the shining bay.
; She had only one thought now, and
; that was to save Raul and her uncle from
; the danger that menaced them, never for
! I one moment stopping to think that
might be placing herself ia the greatest
ZEBU LON. GA., TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1890.
peril. Eisie was perfectly familiar with
the management of a boat, and this
knowledge now stood her in good stead,
Swiftly the little skill shot across tha
water, and no sooner had it touched the
north shore of the inlet, than Elsie sprang
ashore, aud throwing the painter across
a rock, she bounded swiftly up the cliff,
Reaching tha summit, she glanced
quickly to the north, and sweeping
swiftly down toward her, sh* beheld
P ftul and her uncle, not a quarter of a
mile away, a score of savages, with wild
gesticulations, thundering close behind
them.
Leaping upon a huge bowlder Elsie
waved her handkerchief high m the air,
Then motioning toward the inlet that
the was fugitives ^Tthe nmght Tpd know hat ho bo^
mu sh^ to the water's
edge In a moment had turned the
boat about, and leaping . ur ,
there straining her eyes up the cliff, her
face as pale as death.
-“HiHHH
backs of the foaming steeds, and leaped
incline toward
u(j re8 t heaveus! Elsie and alone 1"
^ tho tlon as the two sprang
boat There was no time to
cr08 s the inlet before the foe would be
.... be’heard for already the sound
beyond the cliff.
T , ' j bf ,i n,„'„ ar «nd n,.nt
s’ 5 i i fop» he
• , . m f 1 P
‘
: stroke* there
| a „ was a
, . b above
■
j , faces n^red of half a dozen cliff
Apache warriors peered over the .1 ,
followed by the gleam ot lances among
i P°«* rocks. of their The rifles i ie« “«“^»elondw- sounded along the
<
. ^ ^ ; n6tant) moved a , if
, » inap ^ ; va tion, Don Miguel *oar, had, .hot with the boat one
#weep of
under an overhanging cliff, and the bub
i ]( . t ^ struc!i harmlessly into the water, a
j | sale distance behind the little craft.
with llowl3 of ba ffled rage the Apache*
( ; now charged » down the rocky slope, but
I reached the water’s edge the
( ,. owe j t be boat around a huge
j : 11 i,'i.„ j root- ‘ ^ which overhung the
j to completely
! Jew tnle ft ■ it, oecimants
Tf the tn.tmnmiL of above
the,,, came the sound
i^n h - a f h
' 11 r L
l , Zt–SZr–STSi'S t d rection o the
. rrrss 1 t, srs
:
! Finding B themselves outnumbered as
^ ^ outwittet , the whole gang of
Anaches R beat a hasty retreat, and rode
j ^ j„ the direction of the
ing ’ car rvinff 6 Paul’s and the don’s
. ' ^ wj ll t ^“ m The men f r0! n the
. • da ,’ however |i started in pursuit and
gucc „ t . r , e if . vent „ a T iu recapturing them.
j t , )jtt | b ,, at wa3 rowe d ashore
| R , , . Bummon pd
h J f„ awalth.1 r heln and the ringing HI
I thw
’ |.
na rowlv pscaped death - and
when the story , orv of ’r Elsie’s Elsie * deed acea wasmaae was made
y,'"*"’ hlsle s » f J ridded'ttebmve l1 tbe '’"If Zl taber
, tears -
---•
xlie Kout h of a Snail.
; The Ridable mouth of the tnaii ia armed w ith
! a instrument in the shape
» ‘ a remarkable ' ^ “ * saw-like * 1 tongue. g Prob
»' f, '* j ti(il(J or another
v cut nS are the edge* o
a * p, “ upon vvhicn w ch a s to been re '
, himsel .
gahog . and i is flabby-lookmg 1 k.u . o imagine
bow such a soft am
j n»al can have made snob clean incisions
j mstrumen Uut wlt ^ an concea examina t wu o e cu mg
j der on this score van -‘ : re t resembles resend e»
a long, narrow ubb n -
manner that only a sma P°
called into use at once. no y n -
tributed over the eu ire sur ace o i
ribbon are an immense number of execs
sively sharp little teeth, designed m a
manner which admire >y a a P s crn 0
which they .
the purpose for were in
Minded. Ihe quantity o iese, e*
. j mcred.ble-one species, for instance lias
I Sy of them The reason for
suiface Iks. is the fac - a y Y
: becorneworn * wa . .
nbboa ^cofied^d the , - teettt
the is
which before were p - 1 j.
| ward to take the place ^ ^ of 0 “^fl,™^which those w c
have server eir . If P
ot the mouth consists of a horny surface
against which the .harp-tongned mont
! ^ A Ujf
jected to a regular file-like rasping on
the part of the tongue. So effective an
; ingt ^ ume „t d oes this form that the tough
i eave9 0 f the lily may £ often be found to
. . , ' it .—//,«,/man’*
, _, .
'
- -
_
' in Enormous Cannon.
. ,
I he American Lonsu a ' 1
j a recent report, desen « 0' urges - gun
yet manufactured at Krupp s works a
Essen, which is intended for the torti
; fieations of Cronstadt. it w made M the
finest quality east steel and weighs 270,
I 000 pounds (about 135 tons), the calibre
ig inch, and the barrel 44 feet long,
! the core tanng been removed in one
piece. The great*? -
feet, and the range about mmuto 12 m,I« each esti- It
will fire two shore per
mated to cost *15°0. At the tml the
projectile, 4 ie «; long jb td we,ghing 2<>00
pounds, was prppe ed byactorgeot
TOO pounds of powder and penetratea
19 inches ofarmor, going 5
yond the target.
At a shooting . party t of five guns m _ re
cently given by Count vv eissemburg, o
Germany the bag consis e o
hares aud 219 pheasants, snot On one
] day.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL,
WORK OF THE FIFTY-FIRST
CONGRESS.
PROCKMDlKOa OF TUB 1IOUSR AND SKN’ATK
BRtnritD—UKI.lBlSBATtOS* OVKll MVr
TRRB OB' MOMENTOUS IffTBRMT TO OUH
Common country.—notes.
.
In the house, Friday, , Mr. David- ,
on
son, presented a protest of the citizens of
k'T taj-iffbill. M 6 st against the tobacco schedule of
the Referred In motion of
Mr. O. Neill, ot Permsylvama a molu
up0 £ ^0 to Sa^ueit lUudi, « pE
The.house then resumed con
si ble purpose of the bill Was to extend
tJje rjghts of American authors to foreign
authors But the measure meant vastly
on every reader of a book, from the boy
with his primer to the college professor
with his scientific work. Mr. Bland
characterized the bill ns a scheme for a
monopoly. The bill was further Peters, opposed
by Messrs. Mills, Culberson, of
Kansas, Anderson, of Kansas, advocated Stockdale, by
Payson and Lmd, and said was copyright law
Mr. McAdoO, who the
was written by Moses in the stone tablet
in tho words “Thou Shalt Mot Steal!"
Two amendments offered by Mr. I’aysou
were adopted, lhird but on tha vote the on bill, engross- it
mt ’ nt imd reading of was
da^-ycaa, 98; nays, 120. A morion
to recon8Klor was made but was defeated.
Among ,he bills reported in the Senate
on Friday from the committees and placed
on the calendar are the following iHenate
0..“ l’iouL'Sll for the dassl
fteation of wonted cloths as woolens. Mr.
Cullom, from the committee on inter
state commerce, made a report with tes
timony on the subject of American com
meree by Canadian railroads. Ordered
printed. amend tho Mr. Vest Introduced act, a bill stat- to
interstate commerce
ing that its object was provisions to place express
companies under the of that
act, and asked the attention of the inter
»t»te commerce committee to the subject j
the bill was referred to the committee on
interstate commerce. The concurrent
«‘ 9olution . heretofore offered by Mr.
Dolph, requesting the president to enter of
negotiations with the governments
■ssz%sosi IttSA'ZVi
dependent pension bill was Said before
the senate, and the bill and amendmem,
were referred to the pension committee,
The customs administrative bill was then
taken up, and a long debate followed,
All the committee amendments were
agreed to and tho bill was of passed—yeas of
33, nays 18. On motion Jones,
Nevada, the bill authorizing the issue oi
treasury notes on the deposit made of “uufin- silver
bullion, was taken up and
b, ,sinws ” from Wednesday next
unti .' disposed . of. After the executive
s,;89ion tll e senate adjourned, Saturday, Mr.IIop
i n the house, on
<d minois, called up h.s motion to
t able t h f T U f 1 fo «^!? aer he ™ tu
v , i t
Sr.8»iaC*!S.aBSS order by the speaker. The house then
went into committee of .the whole, Mr.
Peters, of Kansas, in the chairs on the
diplomatic and consular made-all appropriation
bill. Three speeches action were taken and po- the
litical. No was
bouse adjourned.
h M «, t „ m ,, ssa „„
hav , "S - ' " received death'^,f from the Semite lin
comidng the death of Hem,tor Beck and
funera | serv i ccg> Mr. Beqkinridge offered
a resolution accepting ^ the invitation and
t0 appoint a eom
mittee of nine representatives committee to appointed tako ac
tion, with a similar
, t j )e 8 eBa t* to tuke charge of the
funcri 1 arrangements, 'ino resolutions
were auopted unanimously The house
then, as a mark of respect to the deceased,
ftt2:30 adjourned till lueeday.
The Kentucky delegation met m be
cliamber at 1
, M, nday morning to take action resp et
seftarivo (LlLle presided and 'the
Jumm n. bcck, we imtt lest a valued
friend and a wise aud safe counselor in the
llischarge of our , mb;fc d„tiei. That
Kentucky has loit her great! st statesman
“ Dd rsMvoriato of tlic principles her oi
government that w-ould promote pros
perity lTiat, the United btat.es has lost
one 0 f the most earnest, forcible and suc
oessful advocates of the prerervat,on and
* * » There was an unusually large
attendance of senators present in trie
chamber, and of spectators in the the opening galle
ries Monday morning when
prayer was offered by the •haplain. with Mr.
Beck’s desk and olutir were covered
black crape, and a feeling of solemnity
seemed to pervade the chamber. The
chaplain made a feeling allusion to the
“shadow of death” under which the norl
atc As soon as the journal of Sat
ur day was read, Mr. Blackburn of Ken
(tu; ky, sent to the clerk’s desk resolutions
0 f sorrow and regret at the taking away
of Ho,,. James Beck late a senator from
(he State of Kentucky, fho resolutions
were declared adopted unanimously and
the senate adjourned rill 12 o’clock
NOTES.
Both houses of congress adjourned
Tuesday on account of Senator Beck’s
funeral.
The republican silver committee, on
Tuesday, agreed to report to a caucus
the bill reported by Senator Jones, wiPi
one or two amendments.
A large number of applications for
asrassass /"
A large number of inquiries have been
received bv republican members of the
ways amt means committee respecting of the
th* date of the probable fixed passage in bill for
tariff bill. The date the
and beginning from of operations contained is July 1st in next, these
statements
communications, it appears that the
business of the country is in a very un
settled condition, iu anticipation of un
looked-for changes in the tariff. It is
stated depressed that the and sugar disturbed. trade, in particular, in
is To these
quiries Ihe reply is being made that the
senate ly before cannot the 1st possibly of July, puss which tho bill fact final- in
itself, would necessitate n change in the
date fixed in the bill; and the probabili
ties arp tljat tljo ghjuigcij to be made will
provide mat die b.o , 1 . 1.1 fI nui t o.e Cli C.
before the beginning of the next caleu
dot year, and possibly not until the 1 st
of July, lfiyl.
NEWS OF THE SOUTH.
BRIEF NOTES OF AN INTER
ESTING NATURE.
PITHY ITEMS FllOM All. POINTS IN THE
SOUTHERN SI'ATKS THAT Will. ENTER
TAIN THE HEADER—ACCIDENTS, PIKES,
FLOODS, ETC.
A fibre company was organized at New
Orleans Saturday-capital one hundred
anil fifty thousand dollars.
A special of Tuesday from Shreveport, is
La., says the river is still rising and
now seven inches above the 1884 mark.
It. M. Sawyer, Narragansott, superin- Electric
tendent of the Hampton, Va.,
Light compuny, was drowned in the
Roads while sailing Saturday night.
A contract was signed Tuesday in
Chattanooga, Tend., by the terms of
which the United States government or
dinance works of Boston, Mass., will he
moved to East Chattanooga.
A dispatch of Sunday from Shreveport, one-tenth
La., says: The river is now
higher than 1884 and still rising steadil 1
on tho Caddo side, while the county
from the lake to the river is n sheet m
water.
Mayor Beck, of Vicksburg, Miss.,
having received telegrams for from aid, wired many
parts in the Delta applying Sunday the time
Secretary Proctor that
for sending government assistance had
come.
A dispatch of Tuesday from Jackson, and
Miss., says: Ex-Governor Lowry iu
Colonel W. of H. writing McCardle history have of joined, Mississ
the work a
ippi, from its first settlement to the days
of Jefferson Davis.
The special train bearing the remains of
the late senator, members of his f um y
and committees of congress, left, Wash
ington, Tuesday at 8 o’clock p. m. for
Lexington, Ky., over the Chesapeake
and Ohio railway.
Hix white prisoners made their escape
from the old county jail at Greenville, S.
C., on Friday night last. They made
their escape by cutting a hole through the
ceiling on to the roof, from whence they
lowered themselves by a string of blank
ets to the ground.
Governor Buckner, of Kentucky, on
Monday, sent formal notice of Senator
Beck’s death to the legislature, and the
election of a successor will consequently
take place on May 18th. A joint adopted resolu
tion of respect and regret was
by the legislature.
A largo headed party of New Gen. England 8 Anderson, excur
sionists, and by William . M. J. Pennell, of
of Portland, Knox
Brunswick, Me., Sunday stopped their over return at east.
ville, T un., cordially on received, taken
They were most points of interest, and
about the inqueted city to citizens.
were b by the
Dispatches from Bruslcy Landing, Pla
quemine, 8 t. Mary, Morgan City and
other points in Louisiana, report tho
overflowing water rising everywhere be
tween the Mississippi River and Bay ou
Teche. There is but little hope, for tm
jirovemcnt in that section until the flood
now coming down tho river has run out.
A Raliegh, N. O., dispatch says: The
returns of crops for Aprh, as made by
one thousand correspondents, and as sum
marized by ttie department of agricul
ture, show the following percentages of
condition: Wheat, 84J; oats, 81f; rye,
80 J; corn, 96; cotton, 92; clover, 90;
meadows, 98j; orchards,’ 64.
The Confederate Veterans' camp, of
New York, held a m eting Tuesday night
to pc,rfeet arrangements to attend tho UH
veiling of the monument of General
Robert E. Lee, at Richmond, Va., on
May 29th. There was a large attendance,
and the members were enthusiastic over
their proposed return to Dixie.
A disjiatch from Austin, Texas, says:
The papers in the suit to bo brought
against the officers of tho State Farmers’
Alliance are about prepared and will he
filed at once. It is understood they will
charge that $ 1 , 200,000 has in been what misap
propriated, but by made whom or man
ner lias not been public.
According to the report of the State
Commissioner of Tennessee for April,
the condition of the crop on districts April 20, of
was, in the wheat growing
West Tennessee, 15 per cent, below an
average; in the wheat comities of tl e
neutral basin, 21 jicr cent, below, and in
East Tennessee valley, 14 per cent, below
average.
Letters received by negroes at Tarboro,
N. C., Saturday, from other negroes who,
last November, went to Louisana from
F.dgecombe county, bring the terrible
news that seventy-eight of them have
been drowned or died there in the past
fortnight. The news from the flooded
districts causes great alarm among the
negroes in east North Carolina, and will
do more than all else to check the
exodus.
A NEW LABOR BILL
TO BE INTRODUCED BY THE GERMAN GOV
ERNMENT—A RADICAL CHANGE.
A cablegram from Berlin, says: The
main features of the new labor bill to be
introduced by the government are the
prohibition of Sunday holiday man.lesta
J . rov ' 8 j ou3 ()f t be bill,
NUMBER 24.
FARMER’S ALLIANCE NOTES.
NEWS OF THE ORDER AND
IT 8 MEMBER9.
WHAT 18 BEING PONE IN THE VAHIOUB
SECTIONS FOR THE AuVANCEMKNT OF
THIS GREAT ORGANISATION.— LEGISLA
TION, NOTES, ETC.
The Newton County Gh. Farmers Alli
ance passed resolutions Friday endorsing
the sub-treasury plan, now before con
gress.
***
The Farmers’ Alliance Exchange ot
South Carolina bus been ia opmwtiou twe
months and a half, aud lias done a busi
nesn in that time aggregating $30,000.
** *
There are 186 county Alliances and
about 2,810 county sub-AIlianees, with t,
total membership of about (15,000 mam,
and 20,000 females in the Stale of Geor
gi*. **.
Tho Alliance is on a trememb u» boom
in Forsyth. Milton, Gwinnett am. W Iton
counties, Ga. In Gwinnett alone then
are forty sub-Alliances and a very lafgt
membership.
***
We r.ow have twenty-eight States
and Territories organized in our grand esti
Union, North and South, with an
mated membership of nearly three mill
ions.— Weekly Toiler.
***
Remember, Alliancemen, that your en
emies are now at work trying to stir up
strife among our membership, attempting
to blacken the fair names of your chosen
leaders. Tuis is dono to divide your
forces and cripple your influence. Money
aud corruption go hand in l.and when
the enemy decides to ruin you .—Southern
Mercury. *
* * is the
Oppression beyond incentive endurance determined
motive power or to
resistance, and is clearly shown by the
unprecedented rapid coming together where ol
tho industrial classes of Kansas,
the com is fifteen cents a bushel and
burned for fuel, utid where in many coun
ties eighty farms out of every hundred
are mortgaged and foreclosures made at
the rate of 200 a week in the State. Farm
ers are slow to move, but when driven to
resist tlie oppression, woe be to the op
pressors.— Weekly Toiler, ***
What is tlie Alliance good for if it ean’l
accomplish something ou this line? Is it
any disgrace for it to go farming into politics for of
the protection of the interests
tho country? AM it needs to do is to be
ware that it is not hoodwinked by arch
schemers, who are sure to seek its influ
ence for their own personal whole aggrandize
ment. depends The prosperity that of of the the farmers, coun- and
try upon take hold of the
we waut them to govern
ment and establish themselves on an en
during basis of prosperity. —Leesfoiryer,
Leesburg, Fla. ***
Read a good word and a strong one for
the Alliance which we clip from the
Middle Georgia Argun: ‘ 'The people tbau of
Butts county are more united now
<’\ iT before on all questions. The Alliance
has done more than any one thing to bring
about this state of things.” This is Just one
of the many good things which the
Alliance has done. A little later tho
papers will say: “The people of Georgia united
and the South are more thoroughly finan
for their mental, moral, social and
cial improvement than ever before, and
the Alliance has done more than one thing
to bring about this state of affairs.” Tho
Alliance wants to do .—Southern nothing but good,
and that good for all Alliance
Farmer.
*** Felix
The following ruling set forth by
Corput, Chairman Executive Committee
8 F. A., iu the matter of five cents per
,
capita required for dues to the National
Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union,
will be read with interest: “In order to
meet the requirements of the National
body, the State Farmers’ Alliance of
Georgia by resolution passed at its annual
meeting ou the 22 d day of August 1889,
increased the yearly dues of the County
Alliances in the sum of five cents per
capita, it becomes the duty of tho state
secretary to charge the same to the va
rious County Alliances, arrearage on these
increased dues will debar the county from
representation as constitution provided in and 8 «c. by-laws 8 . Ar
tide 3, of the
w, *(»..«('
Washington in dispatches section say against protests the are
coming from “options” every “futures”
Butterworth or
bill, which pieces a heavy license fee
upon dealers in futures, together with a
tax upon speefied every articles pound or bought bushel of sold, ccr
tain so or
Its object is to break up the which speculative have
(lcftlings or corners the grain,
taken jiiace in cotton
and meat markets of recent years.
.hat portion of the bill which relates to
cotton, in place their of relieving burdens, the and farmers, the
only increases at
same time should the bill become a law,
would terribly cripple industry, one the of the
south’s most important man
ufacture of fertilizers. Under the pres
sent practice fertilizers are shipped the and
sold during the winter months for en
suing cotton crop. The farmer has not, as
a rule, to pay cash compel for the same. To give
a cash noto would him to mark
et Ids crop by a given date to meet his
obligations, a conditi n w hich the buyer
would be quick to take advantage of to
his detriment. What he does do is to
give a cotton valuation note,- payable pound, in cotton but
at an agreed per ia the
since this is given before n plant is
ground, it would Tho not come under practice the ex
tvnption ables the clause. farmer to present part, and often en
pay his a indebtedness
an important produce part of fair valuation, which
with his at a
the fertilizer manufacturer then converts
into cash. Abolish this method, aud the
grower becomes a victor indeed, while the
increased uncertainty of receiving
ilia pay injures directly the
manufacturers of the fertilizers.
The Butterworth bill is one of two im
portant measures recently committee. reported from Tlie
the house agricultural lard bill. The
other is the Conger men
who favor the Butterworth bill, as a rule,
oppose the Conger lard bill. Both sides
PRINTED EVERY TUESDAY
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ZEBTJLOJT - - GEORGIA,
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parry lee.
A SPLENDID ADVERTISING AGENT.
want ft day fixed for the house to con
sider the bill they favor, but want tho
other laid aside. Those who favor the
lard bill are very much opposed factions to the of
Jfotterworth bill, and the two
the house are lighting cneh other’s bill
vigorously. For this reason it is believed
by many that neither of the two bills will
pass. ____ .
SENATOR BECK DEAD.
FELL SUDDENLY AND EXPIRED WITWS A
TEW MOMENTS.
A Washington special says: Senator
Beck dro ipped dead at, the Baltimore and
Potomac depot, at Sixth aud B streets, n
few minutea before 4 o’clock Saturday
afternoon. lie had just returned from
New York and was leaving tile train in
company wit.h his daughter, Mrs. Good
ies, wire of Paymaster Goodloe, of the
marine corps. He had reached the g !te
separating the depot proper from the
train sh si, when lie fell and expired in
about five minutes. He was immedi
ately carried to the .superintendent’.', office
and a telephone message si nt to the Na
tional arrived liociil the for a physician. Before dead.
one senator was
Before arriving in the city, on the lim
bed, the senator was cheerful aud appa
rently in the best of health. He con
vened pleasantly with his daughter, imd
expressed his gladness at being back;
again in Washington. When the news
of the senator’s death reached the senate,
that body immediately adjourned, The
remains were carried to Con gressuian
Beckiuridge’s home on Capitol _ demonstrated hill. An
examination by physicians death caused by
that Senator Beck’s was
paralysis of the heart. The Kentucky
congress',aval delegation assumed charge
of tho remains, and will finally arrange paid
all details, respect, of course, being
to the wishes of Mrs. Goodloe.
THE EIGHT-HOUR STRIKES
BEING CONDUCTED OUDEItt.Y— THOUSANDS
OF MEN OUT.
The signal was given Saturday morn
ing aud the iron moulders in most of the
large manufacturing establishments in
Chicago went out ou strike at 7 o’clock, old
or rather refused to go to work at the
rates. They asked for the eight-hour
day and uniform wages. This was re
fused. Among the manufacturing con
cerns which are closed are the following:
Barnmn – Richardson, foundry, 150men; Wells
Ajax Forge company, 150 men;
– Bench's Car company's works, 1,01)0
!)](’!) ; Chicago Car Wheel foundry; F. E.
Robert’s foundry, 100 men; Decamen –
Duks, furniture factory, 400 men; Chi
cago Cottage Organ company, 700 men.
From three to four thousand sash, door
and blind men walked out of the various
factories in the southwest lumber district.
Even thing remained quiet, notwith
standing the large number of men idle,
and the police say they are not anticipat
ing any trouble.
Of tho 1,202 journeymen carpenters in
Louisville, Ky., between 900 and 1,000
struck on Saturday for eight hours and
twenty-five cents an hour as minimum of
wages. One contractor only has signed
the arbitration committee’s agreement, exchange
and the Builders’ and Traders’
has so far ignored ihe movement.
REYBURN’S RET PROJECT.
A PENNSYLVANIA CONGRESSMAN BUYS AN
ISLAND—A GREAT RESORT.
A dispatch of Sunday from Raleigh, N. of
G’,, says: Congressman Reybnrn, Head,
Pennsylvania, will purchase Bald
or Smith’s Island, at the mouth of the
Cape Fear river. The island _ contain*
five thousand acres, aud has thirteen miles
of superb sea beach. The mile price boulevard paid for
it is $22,500. A thirteen
will be laid out, encircling the island,
while broad avenues will traverse it. A
hundred thousand dollar hotel and cot
tages will be built, with boat-houses aud
bath-houses, with military parade ground Jersey.
like that at Atlantic City, New
It is a pet. project of lleyburn’s. Ho in
tends to make the place both a summer
a id winter resort. It will be a formida
b'e rival o f »"v nn the coast.
REFUSE TO GIVE IN,
TUB COLLECTOR OF CROP STATISTICS HAV
ING A HARD TIME OF IT.
Comptroller-General Whright, of Geor
gia, is in receipt of a communication
from the tax collector of Lowndes
county, saying . that the farmers there „ are
refusing to give in their crop statistics.
SSA’TSSttJSfiO, Calvin, of Augusta,
Uy Mr. Martin V.
al1 ^ since it began to operate ,a great
many complain*, have been com.ng m
from the t«j* collectors. he Lowndes
county collector says the farmers re use
to give in crop statistics, claiming Col that
*«? ^ting under instructions A
Livmgston^preside–t of the State Al
______
TEX A9 WIND 8 TORM.
SEVERAL PEOPLE KILLED AND PROPERTY
DESTROYED.
A dispatch from Wills Point, Tex.,
says: A hurricane struck hero at 12:30
Saturday, and every house iu town is
more or less damaged. and several Two injured. persons
were Methodist killed outright church and public school
The
building were demolirheJ, while other
churches were blown off their founda
tions. A number of stores aud residences
were blown down, and nearly all busi
lcss bouses were unroofed, and all goods also
.adly damaged. Tlie hurricane
visited Mesquite, Thornton, Terrel and
ither points in its track, doing great
lamage.
BURNED TO THE GROUND.
THE SINGER REVVING MACHINE FACTORY
IN ASHES.
The Singer Sewing Machine factory at
Elizabeth, N, J., Tuesday night, was dis
covered to be on fire at 11 o’clock. The
entire fire department responded engines to the
alarm, but water from the stream building
had little effect. The main was
entirely reported. destoryed. Much Many the narrow stock eseap and s
are of
books and records of the company were
saved. About two thousand men were
employed in the building destroyed. The
loss will aniouut to several million dol
lars. Insurance or loss not known.