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WWW WiFWWTTT \n^^SL " c , "" . J? YMpnBI6H TI1H, "Tfc : W ^ The profits for fruit culture fu California are seen from the following: Raisin culture in Fresno County yields from $150 to $400 per acre, walnuts from $200 to $400, apricots, peaches and prunes average $250 per acre, and in the .vicinity of Riverside the receipts per acre on orangos have been as high as $1200. States tne London (England) l'U-Bit*: The ipiestion of servants' breakages came before the Illooinsbury County Court. A domestic said sbc was discharged without notice for breaking a picture, and Bucd her mistress for a month's wages. She Judge said many people thought ley might stop wages for breakages at - 4.-fc-y ;?-r *? iwumiw ? Nras n mistake, and the defendant must pay the amount claimed, with costs. j . 1 It Is allege 1 that in India and in Eu^ ronn tllft m ltir.it fur V111 i t o i r.? lint ai >n _ liar. Ia the for.ner country they aro ingor, disease and grief, grief being the chief cause of suicide amoag wo nea; whereas iu Europe the motives are mainly alcoholis u, love, misery and fe ar of punishmeut. It is curious that tho proportion of suicides among Pursues is great when compared with Ihe smaltness ^ of the community. J The London I/iucet deaouicos as ifalsc the doctrine that abundant hair is fa sigu of bodily or mental strength in *Tmau. It says that despite the Samson 'igt ! ^precedent the Chinese arc mostly bald, ttrey form the most enduring of ! races. The average mad house furnishes proof that long and thick hair is not a B\gn of intellectuality. The easily I Wheedled Esau was hairy, while the piighty Ci8sa?- was bald. "Long-haired men are generally weak anl fanatical, and men with scant hair are the philosophers and statesmen and soldiers of the world/' r ColouelTheodore A. Dodge presents in tho Forum an alarming picture of the uu protected condition of our country from [foreign invasion, especially on the coast of the Lakes. "In two weeks after a declaration of war," he writes, "England could place fifty gunboats on tlio (Lakes, aud more than thirty armored (vessels in the harbors of our leading V cities, nud could concentrate 75,000 regI jular troops in Gaiffbln, backed by n sturdy 1?? .? ? ?? Igr .OoldiuPGatc.' * One of the fads of the German Emiperor is to oblige woikingmeu to insure their lives. His syste.11, asserts the Boston CuUivilor, is very unpopular. It requires about thirty years for these insurance policies to mature, and if, through sickness or misfortune, payment ceases . without death of the insured, all that is ^ paid is iost. It is regarded as nnothcr scheme to tax the people, as all tne employes and soldiers of the empire have a Let of their wages deducted to contribute to the Hminulsnry insurance fund. There ?? ? n'ccc. ntiiiy many policies that lapse. If workingmen want insurauco they should organize c tmpanies 011 the mutual ?- ?plan, which would give thein a part of the benefit of the lapsed policial. ^ A military correspondent who ob^^.served the German military manoeuvres iu Mulluiusen writes: "Throughout these niaiueuvres 1 have been very much struck by tlie thoroughness of all the trausport, catering, an I other arrangements, down to the minutest detail, as well as by the remarkable endurance of the troops. The regularity with which the sevcrn' regiments arrrived at their destinations, and were fed and rested, was simply marvellous, considering the distauccs covered and the prevailing heat. Everything went like clockwork. The Twenty-fifth Division bivouacked in fields lying to the north of Mulhausen. They were encamped in rings about forty yards iu diameter. A canvas fence two and one-half feet high was put up around each ring for the protection of the men when reposing at night from |thc wind, and in the ceutre of oach ring la big bonfire was lit to warm the sleeper?, who lay in two rows. One company, jcomprising 139 men, lay, in each ring. [Every soldier slept in his greatcoat, with tvaistbelt fastened. His valise forme! his pillow, a bundle of straw his bed. {Close by, the rifles of each company were ? piled in regular groups. There were five rides to each pile, and on the top of the muzzles a helmet was placed, the jfour remaining helmets belonging to too O-.ners of, lying bo?id? the butts. Two odief'^ slept side by side in. squure-shape.l, high-sided tents. Tattoo /was not soun le 1 on the bugles. Everything was done as in actual warfare. Sentries were p iste.l within an I about Ithe extremes of the camp, and another pentry kept silent guard over the three colors belonging to the three battalions 'of his regiment, eased and (irmly planted ju the tround." THE LATEST NEWS. Interesting Dispatches From the North and Oar South. The Points of the Compass are Pretty Well Covered by the Following Condensed Telegrams. I Senator Vance, of North Carolina, is in Home with his family. He returns to the Uuitcd States at the end of Noveml>er. The Texas State Fair closed after a very successful season, lasting sixteen days. The first blizzard of the season is reCrrted in North and 80.th Dakota and innesota. to hare teen the | genuine article. Ex-Governor Albert 8. Marks, of Tennessee, died suddenly in his room, at the Maxwell House, Nashville, at an eary . hour Wednesday morning. A pistol shot fired as a joke at Chillicothe, Mo., caused one of a party of Halloween revellers to.die in a few minutes from heart failure, caused by excitement. The experiment of sending a,message by relays of bicyclists from Hartford, Conn., to New York City, a distance of 122 miles, was accomplished in eight hours and twenty-six minutes. Suows are reported along the Alleghany Mountains from Pennsylvania to Virgiuia. The earliest snow in years fell at Charlottesville, Vn., and four inches at Winchester. The Tennessee coal miners who released 300 convicts at work in the Briceville Coal Mines Friday night did not hurt anybody. Sheriff Rutherford has gone to Chattanooga, having been warned to leave by a committee of miners. Governor Buchauan is determined to, uphold the law. The purchase of 8,000 Texas cattle in seventeen train londs cost Davo Rankin, the cattle king of Tarkio, Mo , $222,000 besides the freight expenses of $30,000. It has been calculated that the right band of a good compositor in taking type froiu the frame to the stick while setting up 9,000 ems in eight hours cov ers a distance of 26,000 feet. About 300 of the old-timers of Atlaut,< have organized under a constitution and by-laws. An old-timer in Atlanta is a man who has lived there since 1850 and stands well in the communitv. One of the Arguments of Minneapolis against Paul is that hy building an ice pnlace as an advertisement is Attracted Attention to the frigidity of the climnte and checked immigration to the Northwest. The bootblacks of Atlanta have held two meetings, and have decided to raise the price of a shiuo faom a nickel to a dime. At.JJhe. firat-JwattlW jKUsi ?*? * pic inree times a dry in Charlotte last week, was the driver of a public dray in his native town before he became a preacher. Ilis outfit was a small, rickety, rattling, ramshackle of a wagon and an old sorrel horse. He was a familiar figure at the railway stntion, and his most profitable jobs were hauling drummers' trunks to the hotel. A plague of locusts has been worrying the farmers in the Argentine Republic this fall. Late reports state that the locusts have completely destroyed the llax, wheat and potato crops in San Gcronimo ami Santo Tomas. The extent of plantations destroyed covers 60,000 k loiuctres. Gen. Jackson's old kitchen nt the White House is now -- ?u c;Cvutor ?Mgiuc room. But the old-fashioned ovens arc still there and the niche in the wail remains where the big crane was suspended in the old days of primitive hospitality at the Kvecutivc Mansion. Ex-Governor David Meriwether, of Kentucky, recently celebrated his 92d birthday, and from all reports he was the most active man present at tliegathcriug. lie was blithe and gay and sat down to dinner eipiipped with nil appetite that would have done credit to a boy. Some years ago American cotton s ed was planter! in Turkestan, and the development has been something phenomenal. In 1H84 about 660,000 pounds of cotton were exported, while the product for this year is expected to reach 3,r>00,000 poods, or about 123,000,000 pounds. Montoomkiiy, Ai.a , [Special.]?'This was the sixth day of the .great Southern Exposition, and an iuuneuau crowd was present. .it-ny nimpson, o? ixansas, was the orator of the day, and among other things he said ihat if the farmers could not get their rights out of old parties they would take care of thcmselvis This sounded iike independence to all Democrats. MuaKOGKir, I. T.?The filing of a petition in equity for a number of Cherokee Indians asking the partition and the allotment in sererality of nearly 14,000,000 acres of land of the Cherokee Indians, is creating quite a stir among the Indians of the civilized tribes. It is thought to be the largest land suit ever instituted in America. Kx President Hayes was in (Columbia, S. C.. Wednesday, together with his son, It. I\ Hayes, and Dr. L. M. Curry of Richmond, in the interest of thcl'cabody fund. Scc'y of State Tindal gave them a reception in the evening. Mr. Haves' talk was merely on the object of his visit, and expressive of the pleasure he was experiencing in seeing that city and the South in general. He anid he could not be otherwise than pleased at the cordiality and w?rm?h of his reception, nud ho spoke with much pleasure of the opportunity afforded him of visiting the schools of white and colored people in this State which are aided by the funds he represents. The party went to Orangeburg Thursday and visited Chnflin College. Mifi.in. Tknn , (Special.)?Thomas B. Ward, son of Mr. J. B. and Mrs. .1. C. Ward, living thirteen iniles east of Jackson, Madison county, while standing on a stump let his gun slip, the hammer str kintr the rtnmp firing, causing his death in thre: hours. His last words were he was going to rest. =* 7^? Wasiiingtok, D. C.?The statement prepared at the Treasury Department shows that that there was a net increase in circulation during the mouth of Octoher of $33,810,125, and a net increase of $9,182,503 in money in bullion in the treasury during the same period. Ranching in Florida. [From McMillan's Magazine.] Ranching though the least known, is the oldest industry in Floridu. For a great number of years eat tic raising for the Cuban and West Indian markets has been an occupation of the active Floridiau. From Puuta <?*rda and Punta. ltassa, ports of Charlotte harbor, about teu thousand head of cattle are annually exported to Cuba. They aro not fattened, and, iudeed, arc only rounded up iuat Deiore exportation; conseouenuy uie ue?i is wretched st^T, aud the f 14.or $10 .paid quite as much as they are worth. "Rie pasture is poor and the breed still poorer; and, although there is a movement afoo* to improve both, there can be little dcub that as the southern countries are settled herds will diminish in size and the rang of pasturage be greatly restricted. Itancl ing as ranching will gradually die, an dairy farming will reign iu its stead. Military Parade and Drill. Avql'sta, Ga., [Special.]?Ten thousand people witnessed the grand military parade and review at the exposition In he infantry prize drill the Floyd Hides, of Macon, wire announced as winners; Percy Hitles, of Houston, Ga , second; Oglethorp Infantry, of Augusta, third: Clinch Hilles, of Augusta, fourth. In the calvary drill the team of Hiehmond Hussars, of Augusta, won the prize. In the individual individual infantry drill C F. Walker, of Middle Georgia Military and Agricultural College Cadets, of Middleton, Ga., won the tirst.aiid .1 W. Vaughn. of the Baldwin Blues, gtWRBItl Af Same" college, second. Ex* President Hayes arrived Friday night and was the guest of the Augusta Exposition. He held a reception at the Expositon Saturday. Assignments of the Bishops. Cincinnati, (Special.]?The board of bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church has made the following, among other assignments of presiding bishops to the aunuul conferences for the next six mouths: Bishop Stephen M. Merrill, Atlanta, Ga , Jauuary 13th; Annistou, A I.. 1........ i-i> Of.#l, . A In ? <111 J -V/..., January 27th, aiul Columbus, Miss., February 3rd. Hisliop William P. Mallalieu, Merid'an, Miss., January fltli; New Orle ns, January 13th; Little Bock, Ark., January 20tli; Van Huron, Ark., January 27th. Bishop William Ninde, Jacksonville, Pla.. January 13th; Pcrnaudina, Fla., January 20th; Orangeburg, 8. C., February 3rd; Newmti"/ Ga ,' January 27th. Bishop John M. Waiden, Falls Church, Va., March 2nd. wamn nftsii 9 iIB il' Hanover College, during his trip througwj the East this'summer made n ,j}piht of looking up everything that he ctpild find which was of historical interest. Among other places he visited tfie graveyard of the old South Church, in Boston, and while there found an old and battered tombstone with the following legend: Here lyes ye Bodyc of Mary Goose, Wife to Isaac Goose. Died ltJKO. Immediately the thought came to the Professor that this might be the tomb of the original Mother Goose, and liis subsequent investigations have proved it to be true. Strange, indeed, does it seem that liostonians could nave aiiowon f?U iiito obli.iuu almost tlie very resting place of their lirst poetess, the author of "Mother Goose Melodies." How York Legislature. Nmv Yohk City, Special.]?Every iitlilic'aii in the Statu is now filming on ,he political complexion of the f.egis nture is should Democrats control both or.mehes it is admitted that the first thing lone would be redisricting of the State. :loth parties are claiming majorities in each branch, hut the latest received by he Associated Dress indicate that the Vnate will stand: Republicans 17, tcmncrnts M, Independent Hepublicans I. Accordieg to >ame returns the Assom?lv will stand: Republicans (JO, Demo< i its Gti, and Indepemlent Democrats 2. Hayes iu the South. Ahiikyim.k, N. C., [Special.]?Hon. J. R M. Curry of Richmond arrived here Tuesday and was joined by ex-President Hayes. They will make a tour of the South for several weeks in the interest of the Poahody and Slater school tund. Ex President Hayes is an active member of the Peabody hoard, and the President of tlij Slater fund. They will visit Columbia, Augusta, Atlanta, Talladega, Mont gomery, Memphis, Florence and Flash vi lie. Gov. Fleming Tonsted. Ku.rcioii, N. ('., [Special.]?Friday morning Governor Holt tendered Governor Fleming, of West Virginia, a reception at the executive department. It was t i i i I IWtlHIMHIlU ?l 11 <111 <111*1 i!ML>U IIII ill Mil n ?'i business men as well as officers attended it. Governor Fleming was never in ties Hate before, lie lias made pleasant impression liere. lie spoke Faiday and afterwards lie and his wife and a party of '.imminent people dined ".villi Governor ilvlt tit the executive mansion. Charges Against Briggs Dismissed A New York speeial eays: The New York Presbytery, which was to try Prof, ('has. A. Briggs, of Union Theological Seminary for heresy, met this morning in the Scotch Presbyterian church, on West 14th street, with a large attendance Prof. Briggs was present and pleaded his own case. One of the chief charges against hiin was that lie disputed the exemption of the Bible from error. The session ended at six o'clock by the Presbytery dismissing the charges. {Tlover makes excellent si!ago when it ia put up properly, hut It requires careful handling and heavy weighting, or it ig liabie U jjoil. r? SC~^ WORK Of WOSSN FOSnUSRK How They iMratod Oa* of the Oono mission* of Postmaster-General W?n?mtktr. Washirotow, D. [Special. 1Amopg the 2,000 or more report* whic the Post Offlco Department has receive* thus far from dm couety aeat Postmaster ait; sixty-one from women Postmasters a county seats. Of theaetweaty-nineat one undertook the visitation ef the fourth class offices of their counties, fire dele crated tho work to their Assistants, an* the other twenty-seven corresponds with the department, and promptly be gan the required visitatirjlis by corn* pondaoce or by proxy. y One Georgia Postpdatwla suggest* annual visits; another reported that maa; keep them. An Illinois Postmistress reported tha not one of the visited Poet OfBcee wi perfect, pot even her own An Idaho Postmistress rode 304 mile on hdraeback to make her inspections and cheerfully spent $20 in the process. A Kentucky woman vent her roundi with horse and buggy, *|*nt?$80, and re ported that every Postmaster visiter! would welcome closer rchtions with tin department. Another inKVtttucky trnv oiled over 100 piles and spent $13 foi horse lute alonwSS^ A Louisiana Pdstaistrtss reports that she keeps bankrupt willitgly in order tc to improve the service in l|ar own village, A Postmistress in Misdwippi reseller] the Post Otlices off the nBroad.line in ? sailboat; another in Hisainippi travelled through the piny woods Island without hesitation. A New York woman fisited 44 Post Olliccs with a horse and Carriage, travelling 291 miles, and a Nqfrtr Ciroliitf rrfi mm was so cOflTteouslf'welcom** by alt the Postmasters that siepromised anolli cr visit next year. V A Texas woman omllted to visit onr Post Office because it Muired a hoise hack ride of thirty-five utiles. A Vermont woman wis not preventer from visitiug the offices because it is com posed of live islands. Virgiuiaand California Postmistress^ visited every office in their counties. A Pennsylvania woman attacked thi ir.,n/>r.a?.>. -I 1 O uviiiviiuuuo uiiuvi vi vioi*iu^ i?i offices, many of thein among the Alle ghany Mountains, and disposed of it. A West Virginia woman wrote thn some of her office* were almost impossi hie to bo reached, but she would reae tliem just the same. An Alabama Postmistress rcgrctte that she could not undertake the work as it was impossible to hire any convey ancc in her county, and one in Mississipj asked to be excused, a|f she was vet custody <>f t^p jemaittfc of Mr. DavR Mis. Davis sMa her Vmband had oftci expressed his aversion to any .publicit or famous piaei of burial and dcsirci a ipiiet and secluded place for himself and that his whole family might rest uea him She said she hud finally decided o Hollywood Cemetery, but had not as ye decided upon the exact spot. She nssui cd the ladies that as soon is lier eclectic was made and tho interment had takei place she would then "?"? pucr tho niioi section to Hollywood Memorial Associa tion. Mrs. Davis' son, Joseph, is buriei in Hollywood. It is ulso Ibe place of in terment of some eighteen/thousand Con federate soldiers. Mre.^^avis cxprcs.se lier most earnest desire to *p^t"e lliclimon her future home and no lonj er a question of ftnytliiugt Pit kioons. she can make satisfactory financial ai ruiig-inents she will soon tic back t spend the rest of her days The site ( the monument to Mr. Davis will be lei in the hands of the Davis Monument A: socintion. CHICAGO'S~ELECTI()N. The Republicans Make a Clean 8 wee of all the Offices. Chicago.?Complete returns receive from every prec nct in Cook count? she but the Cutiie Republican ticket wf elected Tuesday. Not a man seems 1 be missed. The Republican candidat* for county commissioners in tho city dii t riot appear to have received niajoritit varying from 7,000 to 14,00^. IJekhar Republican candidate for drainage trui tee, received 5,000 more votca than an other candidate for tbnt.gjftke. The on] Democrat elected waa Lyman P. Cole; drainage trustee who conies in as a m nority representative. It is one of tl most sweeping Republican victories ev< known in Cook county, and is large! due to c ntinucd dissensions in UicDemi cratic ranks. A significant feature < the election is that nearly every man ei doised by the American or "know-notl in"-' association lumcnr* to have bet ' -elected. Proctor Resign*. IJrm.iNOTON, Vt.?Secretary Procti arrived here from Washington.* Befoi leaving the national eapitol he wrote h resignation as secretary of wa* and place it in the hands of the President, h time was stated for the resignation i take effect, !>ut the expectnt on is tli the President will forma'ly accept shortly. Three Children horned to Death Ral.kioii, N. C , (Kp?;$Ut^]?News w received h re of r .terrible alTair nc I,uml>eiton Edward Pdtman, a wcll-t negro, was on his farm with his wil picking cotton, having left locked in I house three children, the oldest agi seven years. The house caught on ti and burned like tinder. The : mains of the children found wera t head and four hones of the oldest one. Jtipsta tins o|\teie^ a military surrej t'u. Jamea, I ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT. i * Several Substitutes For the SabTreasury Bill. i ? 1 jj ,4fc Reformer" Dissects These Subeti- | J tutes,(Offered in Response to the ? Request "Give us Some* thing Better." I e I h ?- [National Economist.] ? t i The Alliance has always said: "If ( 1 you don't like the sub-treasury plan give | - us something l>ettcr. We are not wed ded to auything. What we want is relief, financial relief, and we do not care 1 from what source it comes or ^ J i ttybc permanent in its fecueticial effects." 1 ^ SENATOR BUTLKtt'8 BCB8T1TCTK. | g The press reports that Senator Butler t offers as a substitute State banks of issue, t if i *- ?? -? - j /i tiv iiivaus Dut:u imuKs ivs inose wiiu ex- i istcd before the war, having the name or ' similar powers and privileges, his plan is , open to these object ions: ) 1. The plan is not honest. No indi- I I vidual or corporation has the right to live c 3 *n(^ grow rich on the interest of the t money he or it owes. I mean just what d r 1 say?-"on the interest of the money he r or it owes." It is right that you collect ? ^ iuterest on what is due yon, but it is rob- a t bery to muke your neighbor pay you in- c tcrest on what you owe liiiu? This is 3 I what the "State bunk" of Senator Hut- a k ler's does. The bank issues for every c I of coin it holds lhrec(inore or less) d t "promises to pay" dollars. If the issue tl is three dollars in \ aper promises Tor one tl ^ dollar iu gold, of course two of these bills h rest ouly upon "thin and insubstautial a III ml II t notes which arc the mere "promises to * pay" of the bank?the people pay inter- t est- to the bank, to the extent of two5 thirds of its issue, and tho bank is enabled to grow rich upon the interest on . that money which it owes to and has promised to pay the people. I leave out *>f J' view the interest the bank collects upon ^ the money it owes to depositors. The ^ s old "free banking system" is no better. 2. There is grave doubt as to its ^ constitutionality. Tho trend of decisions, and of culightened public sentiment Is certaiuly against it. The national gov. trnmcol alone has the right to make money. The States have delegated the ^ Ai.iu iiwxtiov tax tli* frpiwral ornV . jmjwui iv IA/AU IIIVUVJ w n'v ftVMv. n" eminent. Can the Btatc delegate to the . citizens a power that is inhibited to it by the constitution? 8. It is class legislation of the worst 'I character. It is legislation in favor of' ,y money capitnliH^^^^ct^^^^^^p^ ^ i- go backxagain into the mire froui whicli r? we arc just beginning to emerge. Apart e from the curse of sin, the delegated powc or of one class to create money and exact i. interest for its us? from all other classes a has caused more misery and suffering to y the human race than nil other causes com- j it hincd. It has created the rich to live in '. luxury and ease, hut at the expense of | it the poor who must live in squalor aud sulTdflng. I u One would think that 110 one with a it knowledge of the past, however bitter the picsent waters or burning the present , u sands, would propose a return to the a bondiiuc of fc'gypt. L<uk itacK one limit 1 o tired years over our own history and that 1- of the mother country and see the lurid J il panic tires that burned up the substance , 1- of the people. At every decade they ^ 1- g'eam in the sombre light of history? d 1857, 1847, 1837, 1827, 1815-'17. The , d national banks, an improvement upon f the old "free banking1' system of Sonalf tor Butler, cairn; in with the,war in 1882 r- and postponed the crash until 1873. No o one can deny that the banking system of ?f our 0*11 and the mother country was the ft main cause of all these disastrous crises. ' 5- No; the substitute will not do. The 1 people have gotten too far along in their 1 study of political economy to return to an ohl relic, of linanciul barbarism. "We the people" will make ami issue our own money to ourselves without interest. P Till? N. V. TMBCNK'k 81'HSTITUTE. It is no experiment. It is simple in its 41 workings, it is free to all. Nor)??s leg. w islatioui, necessary to carry it into effect 19 ami heyoml doubt it is constitutional. ? The Tribune's plan is to "raise more 9 corn," and it is conveyed to the people in s* these pleasant words: '* "Willi lietter weather the mortgages *1 vanish, and als > the idea that there must be a new party in order to raise more 'y corn." Ij In other words. hail weather ere* atcs the mortgages, and your relief lies ** not in til! orga .ization of any political ,c party, but raising "more corn." 5r Yes, men of Kansas and Nebraska! ly You wh> burnt your corn becuisc it v/pH cheaper than fuel, aie told by the Tribune that bad weather made your mortgages; that better will cause 1*" them to vanish: that you need not seek ;n through the ballot, through a new party to rigiityour wlongs; that you do not need a government warehouse in which to store your corn until you can reap the ar profit, which goes to the speculator ami re the gambler, but that the way out of your is trouble lies in raising "more corn'1?yes, d "more corn for fuel. '<> TilK N. Y. W t#-A Ir'.S SI'IIRTITl'TE. . This is also ct^^xtutionnl. It doesnot necessitate "a swait. -^f otfieeis" to e.nry it into effect. It is ffee from tlie charge of "natcrnnlism." The World, like Jolt's a9 war horse with the bat tic, only "smells ar the bnttlc afar offTrue, it is open to Q_ the charge of "class legislation," because re it will flourish best upon a certain iso ,?i thermal line. Here it is. The World ed M>'H: ire "Fiom Florida to Texas,let the Farm er?'Allir.acc renounce the pawn broking he idea of sub-treasury ami find fortunes in the culture of that fragrant bulb- the onion " r0! Yes, farmers, you who helped with money to build the hinh dome of Lua 1 Pulitxcr building are told by the Work that hat its home there, to give vour el forts to secure the tub-treasury plan an "find fortunes'* iu raising onions. It would seem it is time for 0?o farmc and the laborc: to take back those word "or something better," and demand th lub-treasury plan without amendment pure and simple. A Hkformrh? ****** Lenoir County Alliance, North Care Una, requests the publication of the fol lowing resolution* unanimously adopted Whereas tho political press have mad iiimArAtta oM??tlfu n???l igginvt our honored national president L>. L. Polk; Resolved, That wc, the County Alii ince of Lenoir county, in convention as temhlvd, do still hold our president ii iiuh estveio, *ud Oust our SoUkio him* rcnr.fttun gentlemen end nol?le odicer i inshnkcn. Resolved, That the slanders made nub ic against him, in every instance, liavi o our satisfaction been disproved, am hat we will stand by him with untlinch ng zeal. ***** * The Department of Agriculture, ol Victoria, Australia, sent circular* to tin lead teachers of all the graded school? uitside of the metropolitan area a shorl imo ago asking for their views a* to tin Icsirability of giving iuntruction in ag iculture to th? children attending those cliools. Of 1,248 teachers, 84 per cent, re fnvoinble to the introduction of agri ultural lessons in the rural schools, ami 4 per cent, of them already have aomc cquniutance with the theories of ugii ulturc. In fifty-two cases school thil ten alicady earo for gni-dc<B or trees in tic school reserves, and the majority ol be scholars attending 8(19 other schools isve garden plo*s or assist their parents t hpn\e ii| flr-^T8V- *** ious of wild flowers, weeds, grasses, inects and huttei flies, aud these collccions have beeu used in object lessons. ****** The State meeting of the Michigai llliancc was held last week under tin iioat favorable circumstances. It passet esolutionn squarely endorsing the t)cali leinands in full. The follow ing olliccr verc selected; President?A. E. Cole. Vice-President ?I). H. Deming. Secretary?Anna K. Potter. Treasurer?A. D. Carlton. Lecturer?L. E. Lockwood. ... %f W It If .. ....n i;napiain ?mib n>. m. mvum. Steward-H. B. Trcba. Doorkeeper ?A. McCal vcy. ABs't Doorkeeper?J. W. Placeway. Bergeant-at-Arins?E. P. Fleming. Member of the executive committee, fc ivo year*? J. W. Exving. ?? 1 Delegates to the P?tioa^t^| ~Bddti i.e held in 1832? <50 000,000 ? Fair times. 1837? 150,000,000 ?Booming tiniei 1843? 58,000,000?Panic. 1847? 105,000,000 ? flood times 1857? 215,000,0( 0 ? Dooming timet 1858 ? 150,000,000- - Pan ie. 1805-1,051,282,873, 530 failures dooming times. 1878 ? $738,2111,000, 5,183 failures Panic. 1877 $000,443,000, 8,872 failures Prostration. ****** The ?juarterly mee ing of the Aike iounty, 8. C , Farmers'- Alliance ?<>0 ;;!;sr.c <>l ?iie court house in Aiken. It was decided to reduce the ucrcng l>lautcd in cotton next year ami to plan note grain, corn, peas ami grasses an tlso to raise more incut. They will uwu the netiou of the Cotton Growers' Cor vention which meets in Atlanta soon t determine the acreage of cotton to tl plough. The farmers were advised l hold back all the cotton they could I briu# bvttvr ****** The Alliance in North ami 8 >uth I)i kota arc doing well. They learned tli doctrines of the Alliance early, and hu\ lo a greater or lesser extent put them int practical use. The report of the proceedings of the > C. tsta'e Alliance shuns a business trim action through the S'ate business agent of $494,000. ****** The Scotland Neck, N. Farinei Alliance are taking steps to reduce tl acreage of the cotton crop next year. ****** The Order in Mississippi is prospcrin and increasing in numbers. Two White Men Lynched. Babtkop, La.?A. W. S. Felton ai J. T. Smith, late residents of Meer Kotij in this Parish, were taken from the Pi ish jail here by a hundred or more me conducted three miles east of the tov and hanged to a tree. They were accn ed of having murdered J. Dykus son months ago. They then disappearc goiug to Kat)"as, but returned here In we.-k and made violent threats again several of the citizens, Imthon the stict of Meer Houge and Bastrop. On a count of these threats both men had he jailed. San Francisco Wants the Nation Conventions. Han Fiiancirco. [Special.]?1This c wants the ocxi national conventions, a M. II. Young was authorized to offer a inducements, even to the extent of < flaying all necessary expenses, that wot Wring the Hepublican Convention he The name offer is to be made to the Dt crnts later. A Model Politician Dead. ('IIAIII.K-.TON. S (' . |S|>ecilll I ?Mil acl Kelly, letter known as The O'Kel a well-know i politician, died here Tin ! day. c is sai ' to have been the en politician in Charleston'who never wa ed h public office. 11c wax an all-aron politician, owing alleg'fiuce to no p and used to write political squibs for I papers cracking a brut] wIjci^vvi be i> one i ? ???m } THE FALL ELECTIONS, r ti ,r Flower in New York and MoKinley in s Ohio Elected. e ? Political Development* in th* IiT States Holding Election*. >. '* The In test returns from the five State in which the greatest interest centered L> this year niv us follows: Major Mr Kin ley, llcpublican, has been > elected (lov? rnor of Ohto, by a plurality lau.ing from 15,000 to 20,000. The People's Party tlcko received only 11,500 votes lloforo tho election tbey ? claimed 00,000. TU UopubUoeas cl*C* T.tem^nc^WhrnhnT'egislnture. a ItusseM, Democrat, is re elected Oover- , .,f \l I SS- 1** AAA AAA I iiiii.'voiK-miNiMfn, Willi XOO.UUU majority. The Legislature is Republican i? ami the whole Republican State ticket I except camliilnt > for Governor is elected by a small majority. Russell, 150,000 votes; Allen, 151,000. I'KNNSVI.VANI A. ? The news from the interior of Pennsvlt vania shows Denioeratic gains, but the Republicans havo a majority of from 85,000 to -10.000. R08WKLL P. FLOWER. KKW YORK. Nkw Yoiik. ?The Times says Flower's majoii'y is not short of 28,000. ,r Nkw \imXy n ihajOntyls'lmiy 2o,My? I. '' H ILUAM MC IIHUr. / " c # ohio iia iii, y ItKI'l'bmcan. ' Coi,r.mimts, Ohio.?Return* from nil pails of the Stale show conclusively that 'l not only is Molvinley elected, but that ' the Republicans have a pood working ? majority in both branches of the LfgUla,c ^re. The Republican executive cow-v niittce clniniH a majority of 88 on joiftfc Lu ballot. This iuhui.es thu ixluia milii to I ho I'jijtml tilnUiu Sonflto, fuMI" renders the Foraker.tes powerless to ie MCW YOltK I.KOISI.ATt'HK I'UOIIABLY DBM- > \ Ul llA l lt. Nkw Yohk.? Returns received by the Assoc'atcd I'less up to noon show Demoj ciats elected ill New York 10 reprc'sentaH' lives; Republicans 11, foilr districts in iy doubt, i t urns so far indicate Democrats will c.u iy three of these and Republicans ' ! ? Senate will thus have a majority of > two. Same returns indicate assembly ( will stand til Itepuhlieans to 04 Democi In and one county Democrat who was ciiilo.--..; by Republicans. Of Democratic seats four still in some doubts and of '1' Rep ihliciins one. f(KHi;i,T IN BItOOKLYN. IliiOOKi.YN.?Complete returns from Kings count v gives Flower a plurality of id 10,185. Brooklyn elected Boody, Democrat, ir- mayor by a plurality of 7,800. "t NS. IIII ASK A ItKITHMCAN. Omaha, Nkn?Returns from the city ami State very meagre, but careful csti'l0 mates give I'ost, Republican candidate ( * f(?r Supreme Judge, 0,000 majority over |S, Kdmiston, (hid 1'eo.) Kntiro city and c unity ilected by majorities of 200 to 2,000. lCt.? KI.KCTION NOTES. (!ov Hi!! claims that Flower's majority will he 40,000, ft* The Democratic vote in Ohio in 1889 wa> 379,423; tlie Republican vote was ilv 308,551. nil The Democratic vote (for Governor) in ,ny New York in 1888 was 059,404; the Rei I i: fill 4B4 Vnr Pr.?J L. JK- (ii'iuu .111 > mr mi.i i !/ ,wi ?_ ilil dent, the Demoni ic v. t ) ..was 635,015jttL re. the Republican vote 650,888. JB m* lu 1888 Russell's sotc wns 151,8^H^_. Allen, 188,8112. In 1800 Russell's was 110, ' 07 ; Allen's, 181,454. His rrflj jority of 5,000 this year shows a falling ly, Tliere is a vigorous and determined irs- movement on loot among the men in 'dy Philadelphia ngainsl the promiscuous "t- surrendering of seats iu public conveysnces to women. the Tt has been official! reported thst 4w wheat crop of North Dakota is aboyl WJJOO.UOO bushels, * is i - \ . r- -