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The Farmers’ Alliance. Ex-Ssnator Robert H. Jackson, presi dent of the Farmers’ State Alliance, has called a contention of represent* tites cf that growing organization to meet in Atlanta on the 17th day of this month. The assembly will be largely attend ed by the repteeentative farmers of the state, and there is nodonbt that impor tsnt results will grow oat of their do liberations. An agent of the Alliance is to be put in the field charged with the duty of raising from SSOO 000 to $1,000,000, for the purpose of estab fishing an Alliance exchange. The growth of the organization in Georgia has bsen mot remarkable. There are now more than forty thous and members of the Alliance in this state, and Free. Jackson is of the opin ion that before the year is out there will be at least one hnndred thousand members. In Texsi the Allianoe has not only established an agency for handling the produce of Jits members, but it is build ing mills and factories. The agency appears to oe i very simple matter. It's not a money-making affair, being operated solely in the interest of the members of the Alliance. The mem bera ship their cotton to the agency, and also boy tkeir goods from it. The only charge is the cost of handling the cotton, and when goods are purchased the members pay only the cost of man ufactnring and the freigh . Piesident Jackson says that agamies are to be established in Georgia, probably in At lanta, Macon, and Savannah; and sub agencies are to be established in every county in the state. The farmers seem to know what they are about, and they are proceed ing to carry out their plans with extra ordinary earnestness and vigor. Mrs. H. H R ('itu-'uo, who has al ways been identified with the Maes* ohuat-t*B wornau suffrage movement, has a veiy unique kitchen. It is built of sheathed hard pine, with rafters ov erhead and a big closet at one end, the top of which forms a shell several feet from the root. Ou this shelt are group dd earthen vessels and some pitchers, with two stone idols, which she calls her Lares and Penates The cooking utensils are hung on these kitchen walls in designs as artistic as the works ot art in a lady’s boudoir. Each article has a place in the most convenient nook, and the whole room is a irodel of labor saving inventions and neat, orderly housekeeping, while here and there crops out a poetical faucy or old New England legend. In 6ome convenient place is a pilo of note paper and a pencil, on which to jot thoughts that come while wash ing dishes or overseeing the baking. Alihoogh on account of the systematic anangements of the household this modern priestess needs but little time in her kitchen, when Rhe does offer np herself as a sacrifice there the result is such as the gads would appreciate were they to banquet at her dining ta bl e | Commercial Advertiser. The Rev. Geo H Thayer of But r bon, Ind., y*: " B i nd wife owe our lives to obiloh 6 Lon sumption Cure.” For sale by W. B Mason, H< mer. Advertising. An advertisement in a newspaper does its work all the time. Like the growing crop, it does not stop to rest at night, nor on Sunday. Like mon ey at interest, it brings in enre ro tarns, and never halts in its good work. Money judiciously invested in advertising is not thiowu away, as some people seem to supptse, but is the seed that germinates trade, and the powerful fertilizer that keeps it grow ing. Gen. Grant on the Tariff. When Gen. Grant made his trip aronnd the world in 1877, he address ed the manufactures of Sheffield, Eng., and in the course of his speech, he said: “It mast be recollected that the country which I bad, at one time, the honor of representing, has gone through a great war and contracted a great debt in suppressing a rebellion. That makes it necessary to raise a large amount to support the running expenses of the government and to pay the interest on the debt, which is ow ing in foreign countries to a large ex* tent. It is impossible to raise the e revenues from internal sources. The protective tariff is a matter scarcely heard of now in the United States, though it was a common subject of talk years ago. The reason it is scarcely mentioned now is that the revenues from impoits is simply regarded aeo"e of the means of raising tie necersary money to pay the interest on the na tional debt, and the other expenses in cident to the carrying on of the gov eminent; and if we were to abolish the revenue from imports, the foreign bondholders would very soon cry out against us because we failed to pay the interest on the bonds they hold We get along rapidly enough in that direc tion. and wo will compete with yon in vour manufactures in the tna kets ot the world ” m During a heavy rain au I thnoder storm, the tow boat, Future Ci v and three barges from St. Loui . came n collision with three Uaited S a ee war vessels at anchor in front of the ci'y of New Orl ans. La. Tvvo oi the barg<- *ere sunk and the third was badh damaged, but most of its freight wii be saved. The two barges sunk ao total loesfs. One contained 51 000 barbels of bulk wheat and the <oher a full cargo of freight. ihe first vei-Sti stiuck by the Future Ci'y barge wat the Atlanta. One of the targes, drift ing eideway, struck the prow of Atlanta, and being held fast, causer the Atlanta to drag along shore foi nearly a mile. Finally, a number of tugs came to her assistance, pulled iff the barge and beached it; the other two barges drifted by tie Atlanta. One of them struck the Galena aid sunk, breaking the Galena's anchor ohain aid causing her to drift down the stream. Thebbaber b e was at length taken in tow by the tug Magnolia and the warth’p secured. Ihe third barge ■track the Yantic, swur g around and was somewhat damaged, but the Yan tio was nninjared. The G ileus reseiv ed slight damage to her rigging and bows. Otbsr vessels of the fleet suf fered no damage. The barges belong ed to the Mississippi Yalley Trans portation company. The loss amounts to about one hundred thousand dollars. FREE TO ALL. Call at the Store of General Mer chandise & Plantation Supplies, Dry Goods, Notions, Flour and Meat, Sugar and Coflee, for Cash, or Country Produce Taken in Exchange at Highest Market Price. W. C. J. GARRISON, Homer, Georgia. Cheap Uash, Store. <M*O.o©\A,, General Merchandise & Plantation SUPPLIES, DRY GOODS & NOTIONS. Keep on hand a full stock of Groceries, Flour, Meal. Meat, Sugars, Coffees, Teas, Molases, Tobacco and Cigars. Country Produce Taken in Exchange at Highest Market Price. When in town call in. Notions and Groceries, J. E. STEPHENS, HOMER, GA. A Nice Line of Confectioneries, fiKvJCb, lSoliO.ee© 0.v.'l yeo d o.\V, Ounry Produce Taken in Exchange at Highest Earket prices.