Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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and Pus Gurrert ^met .;/ fts 7^ ^ ; this yeai It will b% over nine million bales. > i ' . i. t The crashing power of domestic sor'tow is strikingly manifest in the lives of -two queens, remarks the Chicago Graphic. The sad later history of the 'Empress Eugenie is well known. Not po well, however, is that of the Empress Elisabeth, of Austria, who, once noted for equal beauty, has now lost both that and brilliancy of mind. She is expect lag. to summer at Carlsbad in strictest privacy. ? I A prosperous German residing in * America writes of a recent visit to bis native country, thus; "One day I saw a treview of cavalry in Berlin. There were (thousands of meu cantering gayly along 'for the entertainment of the young Erajperor?the War Lord as he calls himnelf. The next day I went into the t (Bonntry, and not very far from the cap ' tital I saw a sight that was pitiful enough. One woman was holding a ;plow, and this was being dragged through the earth by two other women .and a dog harnessed together. Here, then, were two pictures?the idle horses .and the idle men capering about Berlin, the women and dogs doing the work of men and horses in the country 1" The average rate of farm wages In tne Cnited States is $12.54 per month aud board. This is nearly double che amount paid fifty years ago and twenty per cent, higher than in 1879. It must be remembered that in addition to an actual ' increase in wages the purchasing quality of a dollar has been nearly doubled since 1879. The condition of farm laborers is also improved, maintains the Chicago Graphic. Machinery does most of the hard work formerly performed by the "hired help," the hours of labor have been shortened and the opportunities for laving are more numerous. The farm laborer is situated far more agreeably than the day laborer in cities and towns who haa to work for a dollar or a dollar . and a quarter a day, out of which he has to pay for his board, lodging, washing and other incidentals. A discussion over the question, "How to Manage a Wife," has brought thousands of letters to the New York World. The winner of the unique contest was adjudged to be Rev. Charles F. Deems, the well-known metropolitan clergyman, wt)oee contribution was signed with the appropriate signature, "A Joiner." Dr. Deems's little prize essay is as follows: " 'Manage?' What is that? Does it MM ABM 4-A AAisieAl} W A mono Of A uifAU vis wubiv/u ?? o iuaua^c a uuior. fWc use our superior hu nan intellect to control and guide his superior physical strength so as to obtaiu the best results. But a wife is not a horse. IWhere two persons are well married the (wife is superior to her husband in as many respects as he is superior to her in ethers. If happiness is to be the result of the union the first business of the husband is to manage himself so as to keep himself always his wife's respectful friend, always her tender lover, always h#r equal partner, always her superior protector. This will necessarily stitnu Jate the wife to be always an admiring (friend, always an affectionate sweetheart, always a thrifty housewife, always a confiding ward. And this will so react Upon the husband that his love for his (wif? will grow so as to make it easy for the husband, with all his faults, to bear with all the infirmities of his 'one and (only* wife." Referring to the recent alarm near POttavrlle caused by the fear that a leaking dam might burnt the Philadelphia Ledger nayn: " There in something wrong about dam building in Pennsylvania or the water reservoirs of the State would be able to withntand summer stormn." No doubt, also nayn the New York Herald, thin warning in needed, k not only in Pennsylvania, but in other W States, and especially in all localities where the topography admits of a sudden concentration of torrential rains. In cloudbursts the descending sheet of water gains greater force than large meteorites which have buried themselves in solid rock. In the cloudburst at Fort Elliott, Texas, in May, 188%, hailstones fell in heavy masses and lay in drifts six feet deep on Sweetwater Creek. After the famous tornado at Holtidaysburg, Penn., in 1888, the earth presented the appearance of having been bombarded, not by drops, but by masses of water, excava ting her* and there *'a great hole ot basin." To be storra<proof, dams is mountainous districts should hereafter be amply strong enough to resist such K. glacial or aqueous artillery discharged from the clouds. And i? they cannot be mide secure they should be built only in plnees w.iere, in case of bunting, the resuming flood will not loap and swoop do vn upon defenceless and unsuspecting towns and Tillages, but will expend its force bj.rnaless?y. | CABOR AND ANTI-OPTION. rhe Senate Argues Both Questions Without Action. Senator Peffar Favor* "Band* Off" For Employer and Employe*, and Senator Whito Closes His 4i Hour's Speech. WAenmnTON, D. C.?[SenateJ?Mr. ?effer, Farmers' Alliance, of Kansas, railed up his labor resolutions and said rhcre were only three ways to meet the lifficulty which now faced tie between rmployces and employers. This, he adnittecd, was unpopular. Another way was for the government to tako hold and egulatc the rates of warns. This was rejarded as unconstitutional. The third way was for the government to deal with hese great labor-employing esiab'iahnents ns it did with the private lands of ;he people: condemn seize and pay for :hem. This, he thought, would be re i-,J .. -tin i-ti ? ^aiucu u nuii -ruie revolutionary man the second proposition. But he submitted there was no other way to arrange these disputes except through the blooay ;ates of war. 'Therefore, he recommended to the government the first proposition : "Take your hands off and let employee and employer settle the matter or themselves." The resolutions were referred to the committee on education ind labor. Mr. White, Democrat, of Louisiana, :ouc!uded his speech against the auti-op;iou bill. lie said in the community in .vhich he lived, and he presumed elsewhere, when a difficult matter of comnercial law was involved, the custom was .0 call in commercial experts. Acting >n this principle, he called the attention ?f the Senate to the fact that there was a persistent, consistent declaration of all die commercial bodies of the country igainst this bill. He read the protest of .he chamber of commerce of the city of New York, the greatest advisory coirnercial body in the United States, and he hankots of New York, Chicago and New Orleans, and a long list o( all the sther commercial organizations which 3ad protested against the hill. There ?vns not a cotton bloom in all tho South nu States today which did not in some tvay trace its origin back to the capital represented in these great petitions, yet we were told that these gentlemen did aot belong to the producing class, and nad no right to be heard on this great ^ues'ion of commerce. He also read telegrams lioua the leading cotton factors and lice and sugar leders of New Orlcaus, opposiog the bill. He exhibited tables, which he said p oved that before the period when the of "future" scHinn wh in?ii<riir!.V iX ju tins coiton Irnut," thJ'ia11"""J*'JiT 1 C.V5 irising from a glut in the market was j greater than it had been since, and that * the greater the amount of future sales iu proportion to the crop the higher had ocen the prices. Mr. White concluded his speech shortly before 5 o'clock, having occupied in the two days about four hours and a half n its delivery, and the Senate took up he Canadian retaliatory bill, passing it. The Senate then wen* \nV> executive session. GOV. PATTISON FIRM NOW. He Says He Will Remain in Homestead All Summer if it is Necessary. Homebtead, Pa.?Col. Colgren, the Provost Marshall, said to a reporter: "I was talking with Gov. Pattison about the situation here, and he said something to me that I thought was quite important. He said: 'Colonel, there are $8,000,000 in the State Treasury. I will spend every cent of that money. I will raise more money by mortgaging the whole 8vate, nnd I will stay here myself all pummi r to suppress this sort of thing and restore liw and order here.' I asked him if I might repeat that, and he said he had no objections to my doiDg so." The reporter mcutioned this to the Governor and he seemed somewhat annoyed by it. "I have nothing to say on that subject," be said, "I would rather not .1-? .s ii ucuv uui uu1iu1 iv. This statement of the Governor is the severest blow the strikers have felt yet. it means that even if the works are in full operation with non-union employees the troops will remain here. The strikers will have no chance of revenge. It meansthat the State of Pennsylvania has resented the usurpation of power by the strikers, and intends to crush the spirit that prompted it. Building in the Days of the Fathers. Greensboro, N. C. ? Col. Julian S. Carr was here yesterday morning on his return from New York. In answer to a question about the restore tion of an old time mansion near Hills Itoro which Mr. (,'arr has on hand, h' went on to say that whan come of the flooring of the old house was torn up it was found to have distinctly marked on lie under side, He/.ckiah Hogg, June 21st, 1741. The lumber used in building the house was sawed in England and shipped to Newberne, and from New Berne distant about 200 miles, it was hauled on ox-carts, requirin.' something near a month to inake the round trip. But if this be a wonderful undertaking, bow much greater was it to . haul the bnek in the same way with | which to hqild -a* bouse just over the iver from Mr. Csrr's place, a brick house, he brick of whii h were burnt Jq Eng land. No wonder our people called England the "Mother Country" in those davs. * Little GHrl'a Horrible Death. Vorkvill?, 11. 0.,?The 10 year old child of Mr. K. P B. Biddle was caught in the machiaery of her father's mill and iu a few minutes her body was horritilc mangled. One leg cut off/one arm torn uif, her back broken and her skull curshcd in She lived in this horrible condition for seme minutes, and conversed " ith her grandfather. Her agony was . rcruciating to witness. The child hud gone to the mill with her grandfather, . ud whitv he was engsged went too neat he machinery, and to a dreadful death. , n > } , COL. KINO'S HOPE. The Effort* of His Friends to Save His Life Oheer Him Vp. Mempdis, Tknn.?For several dnja Ool. H. Clay King, condemned to be banged on August 12 for killing David H. Poston, has been in a state of mental rod physical collapse, but yesterday he brightened up. The strong petition sent from Kentucky to the Governor asking that his sentence be commuted.is thouvht lo have created the hope in Col. King's mind for a reprieve at last. This morning Judge Greer returned from Washington, where he and Judge King, of Texas, went to make an effort to bring the cast under Federal jurisdiction. It is though! that there will be some action taken in the case by the Federal court. Friends of the murdered lawyer are receiving numereus signatures to petitions asking that the law be enforced. New Industrie* in the South. The organization of new industrial en teiprises in the 8outh continues actively, us shown by the Manufacturer's Record, of Baltimore, in its issue of July 22nd. Among some of the important enterprises mentioned are the following: A $30, 000 molasses reboiling company at New Oilcans, La.; a $100,000 cotton mil! company at Charlotte, N. C. ; a $100,00C tjol works company at Wheeling, W. Va.; a $10 000 canning company at For est City, Ark.; a $10,000 innustrial com pany at Water Valley, Miss.; a $20,00! hedge fence company at Newberry, S C.; a $20,000 coal and coke company ii Virginia; a $50,000 cotton mill company at Rome, Gn. ; a $100,000 light and rail way company at Huntingtou, W. Va. a $100,000 Bhoe manufacturing company at Elizabethton, Tenn. ; a $50,000 furni lure company at Fort Worth, Tex ; t $1,000,000 coal and lumber company ai Philippi, W. Va ; a $50,000 comprcst company at Mineola, Texas; a $50,00! electric light company at Mt. Wash ington, Md.; a $50,000 electric lighi company at Bay View, Md.; an $8,50! lumber manufacturing company at Beth el. 8. C. : a $35,000 cotton mill company at Fort Hill, 8. C.; a $10,000 publishing company at Newport, Ky.; a $30,000 nu tomatic fire alarm company at New Oilcans, La.: a $25,000 coal and coke com pauy at Brcmon, W. Va., and a $10,001 publishing company at Austin, Texas. Senator Teller Thinks His Party Must Bestir Itself. Chicago Special, New York Sun. Un ted States Senator Henry M. Tell or, of Coloiado, who is at the Grand Fa cific Hotel, said: ' The silver question has been shelved for this session, but next winter anothei free silver bill will be reported, and jl Wilt pass. n? oc.eac luw> ? r .. - v?kuui<i?(((ucei She whs driving to church in h bugjj with ft young man who was smoking cigarette, when some burning tobaci fell from it into the foot of the btigg Her underclothing caught fire and si was burned to death. ? ?? Queen Viotaria'a American Lawsui Nnw York, N. Y.~Queen Victorii through her American lawyer, moved i Supreme Court, Chambers, to vacate a >rder requiring her to furnish $250 bom for court costs'in her suit to recover $? 300 worth of asphalt which is alleged t have been stolen from Trinidad and sol to the Standard Asphalt Company. | Decision was reserved. DsmMrsMo n . - - M?mvum VVIUU111QB Nbw York ?The Democratic Na ion Committee met here, Chairman Bricc pr aiding. W. F. Harrity, of PennayUani was elected aa chairman of the commi tee, and 8. P. Sheerin, of Indiana, ?i re-vlec'ed aecretarv. Robert B. Room -It, of New York, waa elected tr<aa n to succeed Oharlea J. Caada. I WASHING BY MACHINERY. WORK IN TH| BIOOE8T LAUNDRY IN THS COUNTRY* 1 Quick Work Yith an Ocean Liner'* Wash?Stem Power (lied Altogether?Pa 'jo! Employe*. P1D youiver see a big laundry in full blatf It is worth seeing. When, the News reporter visitet this Hudson River fac1 tory, the washi:g from one of the great Inman liners ha just come in. It was the washing ir a whole week?the washing for 200 persons. There was I bedding, linen, napkins, towels and some few articlo belonging to the wardrobe of some of he officers. The rest of the wash beonged to the ship. It rolled up to t^vdoor in two wagons-, _ and it ibe floor of^tha sorting-room out like a flirty snow storm in amlgh *ind. The work ollorang this wash took just twenty minites, and four young women, with Iright brown eyes and bright red armj After it was sorted, n the big pieces ging with the big pieces, and tho little pi ces staying with themselves, it was taken to the washing I machines. One there were wash-tubs. > There are wash ;ubs now, but they are simply amateur appliances. The professional wash Bhop employs washing machines, othe wise called " washers.1 ' These contrivan es are from five to eight feet long, and ale shaped like the boilet 1 of a locomotive. They are made ol metal and they revolve on their axes, like the cylinders In lawn mowers. They are connected with the shaft bj puileys, and when the clothes are putin, t the door closed aud the water let in by t a pipe, the crank is moved, and then 5 they begin to revolve with a mighty > swishing and slashing in their insides. Aftci a few mibutes -of this, which Is t called the sosking, the water is let oil ) and hot water is turned on. With hoi water soap is brought in and the crank ' is turned again. This time it is foi f keeps, and when the washer stops the clothes are clean. This is the sort ol washing that requires no starching, so it ^ goes direct to the wringer. This is the kind of a wringer that the original laundrvman knew naught of. The wringer up to date is a round boi r set upon four round legs, made of gas pipe and hollow. Tho interior of thi box revolves several hundred times i minute. This turning interior holds th< wet clothes, and from it dry c.othes ar< turned out. They are not entirely dry, I hut they arc dry enough to go to tb< r ironing room. The revolutions of thi L. an* fi? jtwt tho_ water, ii The ironing-room if filled with iror rollers, set in frames, so that one rollei rolh against another, like the rubbei rollers in an old-fashioned wringer. One or both of these rollers is hollow, ana is heated by either gas or steam, ana the sheets and pillow-cases, napkins, towels and table-cloths pass betweer these rollers aud come out steaming hot, smooth as glass, and white. For some kinds of laundry work i dry room is required. Now this dry room bears about as much relation to thi drying-room in the ordinary house as : French bonnet does to a bread bowl. I is a small affair, heated red hot by steao pipes. For starched goods this is used and does its work in a hurry. The laundry that the reporter visitec does not make a practice of doing famil work, although it has facilities for do ing any kind of , work. It devotes it time chiefly to hotel, club andstearaboa work. It can turn out 100,000 pieces day, and the average price for 100 i from thirty-live to sixty cents. Thes figures are for unstarched work, am they are rery low. It requires 140 per sons to do the work. The washing i done wholly by men, who get $12 week each. Tho rest of the work done by girls and women, who are si pervisecl by four forewomen, who g< $'7 a week and their board. The workwoman get from sixty cenl to $1 a day, the folders in the ironin room commanding the highest wages.\t \r _ I XT new 1 OIK new?. A 4?ro;il Tree For the Fair. The tree selected by the Tulare Boari of Trade for exhibition at the World' Fair stauds on the land of Mrs. M. C. E Sbuey, one-half mile southeast ( Bummer home, on the summit bet wee North and Middle Tule, about thirty-fir miles northeast of Porterville. The tr< was selected at. tho request, ol tl National World's Fair Association. Mr Shuey donates the tree as a gift. It said to he a magnificent specimen < sequoia gigantca,- some 300 feet height. At the base it is 70 J feet circumference, and eleven feet from tb ground it is 63 feet iu circumferencr 'This gives a base diameter of 241 fec The section that will be removed tor e.i hibition will be a portion thirty fe< 'long. This piece will be cut into l\x fifteen-foot sections, with a natural sin between them. Tiiis circular piece wi ?1 tbe 21^ feet in diameter and 16 inch ,v thick. It will serve as a roof for tl 1 a m a d r a n-Afl on.) o H A, H I IV1TCI1 rjcc I/1UU UI1CU iiwiiv n CVI ouv* n uw :o for jhe upper one.?Visalia (C<t v. Times', A Strange Degeneration. f It Is mked r?v the German millers i oppftaitiouXo the u^e of American cor p, in Germany chat Italy and other parts o ? Southern Europe ita use causes the pella n gra, a peculiarff>ease akin to dyspepsia 'R which not unfrequently terminates fata ? ly. This disease is not known in th "1 United Statee, nor in Mexico, whei corn forms the staple of food among th poor, nor has it ever been traceable t the use of corn grown in America, bi solely of that raised in southern Europ* It would se?m that the troublo come '' from some degeneration of the coi e" ; raited out of its native habitant.?Ne "? ; Orleana Picayune. 'h ) The world la full of men who bar r things they want to Mil for lees than the 1 nairi for them Atohison Globe. THE UATtST .ftcC ^VF^Of] Q^jV^ ^erVwhe & Oliver W. Ga?kins, an engineer on the Seabord and Roanoke Railroad, was killed by the breaking of a connecting rod on his engine The truckeft of Charleston, S. C . and vic inity organized the Truck Farmers* Association Inst week, electing W. D. I.awt-m, president, and E. B. Gadsden, secretary. The Virginia Paving & Construction Cq u- ? ?.?rnuf jugi oeen q ^granted.^t Roanokl^W^r hw contiacTs from Ronftoke and Lynchburg aggreg. ting 90.000 square yards. The Atherton mills have been incoiporated at Charlotte N C., for the manufacture of cotton goods. The capital stock is $100,000. Another company with f?5.000 capital stock will build mills foi the manufacture of bed ticking. Representatives from Louisiana. Arkansas. Alabama and Texas have appeared before the House committee on approi.liulmnc o.?/l .....^1., ? 1- - I'KUIIWUC ?im Iiiauc Ul^cut IUI ippropriations by Congress in aid of the destitute sufferers from the floods in the lower Mississippi region. They want a total of about $190,000, but nouc of fho States has formally asked for assistance. Ashcville. N. C , parties have sold a large lot of poplar, ash, cherry and black walnut trees iu Cherokee and Town counties, N. C'., to J. F. Besbri, C. H. Chatburn, J. F. Ball and Mr. Culbertson, of Minneapolis and Augusta, Minn. The purchasers will organize a company and irect mills near Murphy, N. C.. for man ifacturlng the lumber. Washington's Clothes. The gentleman who brought forward i the following communication had not i only the original letter in his possession, I but was also the owner of the "measure," composed, of stiff paper carefully sewn together, and with the marks written upon it in the General's handwriting. It was sent to the tailor j through Washington's agents, prusumaj bly Gary ?fc Co., merchants." It is notaI ble for the same exactitude and precisI ion as the more important matters which j the General had connection with, and it ) is invaluable as giving the absolute con ( ditiou of his physique in the yeai of its s date: l "Virginia, J6th April. 176^ ?Mr. Law. l you my measure, but, in a general wav, they are so badly taken here, that ( am convinced it wonld be of little service, 1 would have you, therefore, take measure of a gentleman who wears well made eloatbs of the following siz*. Six feet high, and propor[ tionately made, if anything, rather slender than thick lot a person of that higbth, with prety long arms aud thighs. You will take k care to make the breeches longer than those you sent me last, and I would have you ' keen the measure of the cloaths you now mase by you, and if any alteration is re * quire ! in my next, it shall bj pointed out. Mr. Cary will pay your bill. 1 am, sir. your e veryobelient humble servant, "George Washington * "Note ? For further government and k knowledge of my size, t have sent the iu tt closed, and you must observe, yt from ve cc-at ond to No. 1, an 1 No. 3, is ye size over '' ye breast and hins. No. 'i, over the belly, aud No. 4 rouna ye arm, and from y? 1 breeches end. To No. n is for waistband y b, tliick of the thigh; c, upper button hole d, knee band; e, tor length of breeches "Therefore, if you take measure of a per * son about 6 feet high of this bigness 1 thinl t you cant go aoiiss; you raujt take notic/ a that the inclosed is the exact size, witbou any allowance for seams, Ac. * "George Washington, 8 "To Mr. Cbas. Lawrence, J "Taylor, in Old Fish street, London " As Washincton was thirty one ii it 1763, bis height a* be states it, viz. si: a feet, is apparently at variance with tin is popular belief that he was six feet tw< l- inches, but it may be that some peculi ;t arity, either of bis length of limb or o his body, caused him to tell his tailor ti a measure a gentleman of only six feet g assured that by some slight difference o ? his part from other men he may hav exactly the correct difference. He, ws so correct in all his directions that th seems the only elucidation of the dit j crepancy.?Sartorial Art Journal. A Most VFondprrui Creatnre. The chameleon has for age3 been an o ,a jcct of curiosity, not only on account r9 its ability to change its color at will, i ,e one might suppose who had read a counts which mentioned only that or s 'characteristic, but aiso on account of js remarkable power which admits of tl creature instantly changing its form, f jn times it takes upon itself almost the a: j? act form of a mouse; again, with bac (e curved and tail erect, it is the cxa ; counterpart of a miniature crouchin t lion, which no doubt gave origin to i name, chamel-leon, which clearly meai it "ground lion." By inflating its sid< ,0 and flattening back and belly it taki I, upon itself the form of an ovate lea II the tail acting as the petiole, the whi eB iine over the stomach becoming the mi< ie rib. When thus expanded it also h or the extraordinary power to sway itse II over so aa to present an edge to the ol server, thus greatly adding to its mea of concealment. As is well known, tt least excitement, as in handling, wi n cause a change in the color. In its no n final state it is of a light pea greei f (When excited the groundwork remaii fcbe same, but transverse stripes aboi ,, thirty in number appear on the bod; I. These stripes, which are of a very dai e ) green to begin with, soon change to inl e .blackness. The prevailing idea that tt e .chameleon takes upon himself the p< * * ?!?*? Kiias a# ukatana* ka ta 1-.1 naad ,tr\/ >17 | v-uuai uuuo ui TvuaioTDt uo 10 u|n it is as curious and widespread as it is e i. roneous. Placed in boxes lined with r m or blue silk, they retain their pea gre< n color with no leaning toward the bright w hues of the surroundings.?St. Loi Republic. Terse: Mudge?"Oh, I say, old mai J . bow are you off financially!" Yabsley"Aw?* "?Tndiananolis Journal. * ^ ( . ? PEOPLES TARTY PLATFORM. A Declaration of Principle* Differing From All Other Partite. "A'sembled <>n the ||iii|i nnniversa>y of tlie Ueclnmli' ii ??f In.I pm-teuce, the People's party of A i.pnr , in <h-ir llr?t national convention, invn||ii.g on ili-n notion the blessing of Alnnghtv (J pits forth in the name and on hehnlf of tb> people of this country the following pteainble nnrl decimation of principles; "The conditions which surround us hest justify our co-operation; we meet in the midrt of a nation brought to the verge of tnoral, political and material ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot bo*, the legisla tures, the cengre?ws, and touches even the ermine of thetv?ncb. The people are demoralized. Most of the States have t een compelled to protect voters at the polling place to prevent universal intimidation or bribery. The newspa ers are largely subsidized or muzzled, public opinion is silpnced. business - fend^^^^tratiiig In the hands of capitalist* Urban workmen are denied the right of organizstiou for self-protection. Imported pauperized labor beats down their wages. A hireling standing army, unrecognized by our laws, is established to shoot them down, and they are rapidly degenerating into European conditions. The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up for a few colossal fortunes unprecedented in the history of mankind," and the possessors of thsse in turn despise the republic and endanger liberty. From the same prolific womb of governmental injustice we breed the two great classes?trainps and millionaires. A VAST CONSPIRACY. "The national power to create money is appropriated to enrich bondholders, a vast public debt, payable in legal tender currency, has been funded into gold bearing bonds, thereby' adding millions to the burdens of the people. Shiver, which has beer accepted as coin since the dawn of history has been demonetized to add to the purchasing power of gold by decreasing the value oi all forms of property, as well as human la bor, and the supply of currency is purposely abrid jred to fatten miner* t.?nln iinl outer. prise, and enslave industry. A vast con spiracy against mankind has been organized on two continents, and it is rapidly taking possession of the world. If not met and ^overthrown it forebodes terrible social con vulsions, the destruction of civilization, or the establishment of absolute despotism. THE OIjTI PARTIES RESPONSIBLE. 'We have witnessed for more than a quartet of a century the struggles of the two gteat political parties for power and plunder whi'e grievous wrongs have been inflicted or the suffering peeple. We charge that tbi controll ng influences dominating both thts' parties have permitted the existing dread to renditions to develop without effort to pre vent or restrain them Neither do they nov promise us any substantial re orm. lhe; have agreed together to ignore in th- com in' campaign every issue but one. They prop* to drown the outcries of a plundered peoil with the uproar ef a sham btfclleoverth . tariff, so that capitalists, corporations, nc t ional banks, rings, trusts, watered stock, th demonetization of silver and th" oppression 1 of the u-urers may all be lot. sight of." ' They propose to sacrifice our homes, live and children on the altar of mamm n; to di stroy the multitude in order to secure coi i ? '-THYHIT vxrfhif rvHKnjiiw: ~ "Assembled on the anniversary of tli oirthdsy of the nation and flllsd with th spirit of the grand chief w ho established ou independence, we seek to restore the gov ei n ment af the Republic to the hands of th 'plain people,' with which class it oiiginnt-d We assert our purposes to be iden'ical rid the purposes of the national constitution?? form a more perfect union and establish jus tice, insure domestic tranqu lity, provide to the common defence promote th?* g?-in>i a welfare, and secure the blessings of lit- iI fur ourselves and our posterity. V\ e ?le? Ihi that this republic can only endure a- ? fir government while built upon the love of th whole people fcr each oilier and for liie nn I tion; that it cannot be pinned together b bayonets; that the civil war is over, and th waccinn a ml roconi monf a litoh man mil nf ^ iiiust die with * it, and lliat we must he i fact, as we are in name, one united hrothe ^ hood. ; conditions unprki edentrd "Our country Owls itself eonfrot ?e>l V conditions for which thoio is no precedent i 'c the history of the w rid. Our annual agi cultural proJuction* Amount to billions c j. dollars (11 value, w hirh must w ithin n b weeks or months be exelionged for billions i dollars in commodities consumed in the production. The exist ing cm rency supply wholly inadequate to make I his excnaiig The results are falling prices, the fotmatu i of combines and rings, the in poverishmei H of the producing class. We pledge ouiselv that it given power we will labor to cone thsse evils by wise and reasonable legislatu in accordance with the terms of our plat fori " GOVERNMENTAL. POWKHSSHOULD BKRXPAN Kb 3 "We believe that the powers of govir ' nient?in ether words, of the people- sic u ,J b9?xpanded ias in the case of the postal ft a vicel as rapidly and as far as the good set l3 of an intelligent people and the teno' ings Providence shall justify , to the end that c 19 prtssion, injustice and poverty shall eveni i? ally cease in the land. While our symi thies as a party o' reform are naturally up the side ot every proposition which will te to make men intelligent, * irtuous an 1 te perate. we nev-1'lic css regard these on t tions?important as they are? as second? * to the great issu s now pressing fir solutii Of and up n which not only our individi IS frosierity, but the very existence of free stit utiens depend; anil we ask all men first help us to determine whether we are ie have a republic to administer before we rl a ler as to tne conditions on which it is to 3e administered. It tre pi.atform proper. t" "Believing that the forces of reform 11 :k day organized will never cease to move ft ward until every wrong is righted, and fqi righti and squal privileges are se urciy est( li-hed for all the men and women of t it* countr}-. we declare, therefore? ns "First. Th?t the union of the labor fori of the United Staies this day ronsumtiial shall be permanent and perpetual. May 08 spirit inter mto all hearts for the salvati f of the republic and aid in the uplifting mankind. "Sir'iid. Wealth belongs to him w J - creates it. and eveiy del ar taken from as dustiy without an equivalent is a rob be ,i* Mf any will not work neither shall he ei The interests of rural and civic labor are sum , tlv it-enemies are identical. 8 "Tmrd We believe that the time I 'II either own the peop e or thepeople must o 111 the railroad*, and should the governor r- enter ou the work of owning and roanag; 1, all railroads we should favor an amendim * to the Const tutioii by which all persons* 8 8?^ the service should be p aced un* ut civil-*; rvice regulations of the most ri, y. .1- character, so as to prevent the mere se the power of the national administration <y the use of such additional government ? ie ployeee. J. TUB MONET VLANK. )n "Fourth. We demand a national curre j. | safe, sound, and flexible, issued by the gene . { government only, a full legal-tender for debts, public and private, and that withi in ! 'he use of banking corporations, a just, rq er table and efficient means of distill.ut I diiect to the people at a tax not to e*e-e 1IB 1 per cent. ier annum be provided, essst fo i in the sub-Treasury plan of th? Farmi Alliance, or ? better* > ?t*rr. .also by pay me In the discharge of it# obligation# for put tart pro vement* "" nn en.vKR, "A. We demand too *ree nd.unlimiteo coinage of nilvrr and gold at thepiesent j legal ratio of Itl to 1. "H Wo demand that the amount of the circulating medium he speedily increased to not losr thau $50 per capita. "C. We demand a graduated income tax "1>. We believe that the money of the I country should be kept as much as possible in the band* of the people, and hence we demand that all Htate and national revenues shall be limited to the necoeesar/ expenses cf ' lio aorarnmwit. STllt nonest'C1 no imiiinici ru, "E. We demand that postal savingsbsnke be established by the government for the'af* ; deposit of the people and to facilitate exj change. Transportstioti bein { a means of I exchange and a public necessity, the government should own and operate the railroad* i in the Interests of the people. ; "K 'I lie telegraph and telephone, like the postoflW system, being a necessity for the i Irnnsniis-ion of news, should be owner! and i operated by the governm ent in the interest : of the people. "G. The land, including all the natural sources pf ? ealtb ia the heritage.of the people r. ,_-rr>?T-?Ttdiii<i nor to moiioprilutert forvpenfiBtrre " | purposes, and alien ownership o*jandvbutf!d-* -w lie prohibits! All lands now held by raili roads anil other corporations in excess of their unl mdI nuOilc mid I Atirlb in i it- n w ned Kir nlinnc : should he reclaimed and held for actual ' tetllers only.'1 __ SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. I Bad salt meat is said to have caused cholera on a British vessel. !t is rumored that Dr. Pasteur has discovered a cure for epilepsy. Parts of a mastodon hare been unearthed near Shermau, Texa=. If cork is sunk 200 feet deep in the | ocean it will not rise again on account of , | the great pressure of the water. Experienced planters in the South now 1 raise the malo cotton plant, being thus . | enabled to secure the seed without the iint or cotton. Three broad patents on electric locomotives and electric railway systems, application for which have been tiled since June 3, 18S<>, have just been issued to Thomas A. Edison. The General Manager of the Wisconsin Central Railroad is reported to have said that all the trains on that line will be run by electricity before the Columbian Exposition is over. The greatest enemy of suburban tele> phone and telegraph poles is the wood ' pecker, whose search for the numerous j insects which inhabit the wood often leaves the pole literally honeycombed. * A medical officer of the French army g is credited with a remarkable simple e cure for obesity. His plan is to restrict * the diet to one dish?it does not greatly S , matter what?at each meal, and it has e proven very effective. 13 The part of the larynx commonly >? known as Adam's apple has just been re| moved from the throat of a man at the Carney Hospital in Boston, Mass., the affected part. , The electrical apparatus for extracting teeth without paiu has an arrangement. " of adjustable prongs, carrying buttons , and connected with a battery. The buttons are placed over the nerves J ading irom the teeth to the brain, and a 1 circuit is established the moment the exi tractiug instrument touches the tooth. l> i Trials of compound armor plate at * iBboeburynese, England, are held to have (demonstrated that, when these plate* y have been submitted to the Tresidden ? supplemental process, they posses* pow ? ers of resistance and endurance muchexr cceding the compound plates tried in 'iiis country in competition with nickle plate. a The longest span of telephone wire in the world is said to cross the Oh'o River rli between Portsmouth, Ohio, and J?outh n Portsmouth, Ky. The wires span the p' river from a pole on the Ohio side, meask uring 102 feet above ground, to the e. Kentucky hills on the opposite side, the n distance being 3771 feet between poles. 'Idie wire is made of steel and its siz-* is Vn 1 g irjii'j." ci - p, -/*- >11 I n llotli Moy and t ub Nailed. o (bio of Mi. Lamps oil's |>ots 01:11 near having a serious oiicountei with 1 hear 1, tlie other day. While going to wor.: no Id met 11 large l?pfti ,1 >1 t t vo r<ib?. l oo fr" mother and on? of tii^* rub* t<. >k t?i t in 0j woods while the other cub t limb* J a ip-1 Rmall tree. 1'he boy thought to ca dire lu- the cub, and clitnhecl up after it, wh reJ*a upon the cub set up such a wail that too nd luoihei soon returned ami starte 1 up '? after the boy. It was no v his tur.i to ^ wail, which he did <]uite lustily. O ving r?n to the soiallness o! the tree, the bear ual could not reaeh the boy; bur the sttm'JJj tion was anything but pleasant during to the interval that elapsed hefor* tin- arif rival of the boy's father, the old b?ar' b* itook to the woods, Tney succeeae 1 id capturing theeub by means of ropes and gunny sacks, and took it Home .?L'unaa (11s iCity (Washington) News. >r- ? ? l&l ih. A Birth and Great Possibilities. his Newport, R. I.? Mrs. ,f. H Hooh< r Hanierslv, of New York, gave birth to terl \ son yesterday morning. The units nonnceinent is fraught with the greatest 0I1 importance in the parents of the child, to 0 the Duchess of Marlborough, and to the -ho mauy charitable institutions to which she in- may be kindly disposed; for if this child T-j be alive when the Duchess dies he will inherit the |7,000,000 left by Louis C. Harnersly, whose widow the Duchess was bebna fore she wa6 allied to the nobility. She rill is now enjoying the income oft.is fortune. Should the rhi! " father, who is a cousi:. the testator, true no t-.,n liven t ing at the time of the Duebess' death the in- money will go to whatever charitable inatitutions she mav designate in her will. Kid or b> Murder Near Winston. i Winston, N. C ? Ellen Smith, n girl of bad character, was found dead in the woods near Winston with a bullH-hol* raj m her breast. The police ire after lvti i M McUafS, who was seen with the gi I u 1 an' is thought to have C-nimitU d tlx- not ?' ier. * toil A 2 rt It ... -.-v iTi>' The largest town clock in the world n< Is in the tower of the Glasgow Uoiver>ltl' rity, at. Glasgo.v, Scotland. The c!oc'<t weigh* about a ton and a half, and l?a*. a nendulura weighing 300 pound*. - -M