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4 4 .Alliance Department. Ailopteil Omn't;: Organ by thv Ctir y Allinnwe July 5th, 1889. . ", H. J. l*4kTH,.Associate Editor, 1'n^ftiom lilt Communications on Alliance ; Matte,a alioultl be t<Mresse<l. THK FAttMKU. Th«' kiPK mitv rtitc over liiti.l and sen, f lic Im-il may life riKht royally. lie sol.Her rWo in pc»nr[*.Rnil i>ri.lc, , he saTlo;'?rV.ii:ii y.yrr-n-rrm vridr,- ■ He this', or that, jvhatcver befati, The farmer he must feed them alt. liEJEUTEiiANjD AOCEFTljiD WU.pJt«*te of the MB. he had *M* 0 , - —> ;' J tr) tlicmore.istv tte read 4t stvor exra. ■ t fully, eorreetisl M.me evhtent nih.tattPS, j j„«n over the bUlc'otUio tty wl Hy. Why a RtcnOgfnpher Lost Faith la fulilc.l it up ami put it in his Inside ||p irntca arc reached by • devious way vli-- Ttr,—tr -rw '* tMefret ' ' r * ^' v ; tr-m alt hut an aii;. l s eye ' W<>rW H 7 * ^^IhMi nilnn^ln^c wAR tn .lo ahuut^m s'./ UOIreri of tli« roaaty A^IUnro. W. J1. Duncan, President. Ui B. Tdoto, Vice President. Vv. 8. ilaindiRrg, Secretary. A. V. Free, Treasuter. W. 0 Britton; Chaplain. 1’ 8. ivieks, County Lecturer. - A. AIL Steward or Assistant LccUlrer. vf. E. Sadler, Door Keeper. R. K. Harley, Assistant Door Keeper. I). \V. Bodiford, Sejiiear't-at Arms. F. II. Creech, Business A (rent. e Kxoeutive Committee—C.. B-. Free, \V. W. Fatriek, W. A. Faust. •’ -j-Trado Connimtee.—Ai, M. Hunter, r. 11. f).>w)ing, J. M.,Ulmer, W. A. AlT. Committee on (lood of the order—J.. C. Mc- _ Mo F.denfield, W. T. Cave, J. K The writer thinks, ihe poet sings, The craftsman fashions wbrbrons tilings, The dm to- heals, the ihrtyer pleads. The miner follows the precious leads, He this ur tha.; whatever befall, Ifhc farmer he must feed them nil. The merchant lie mny buy :ind sell, ^ Tbe teacher do his dutywrll, . . . liu* nicu 'rimy toil through busy dauv Or men may stroll thnnurh pliSisaiit ways. ' From king to begyot. wtllUev/’r hefnBj The fanner he must feeiilh iulkIL • 'Rie fanner's tradwis one irf worth. He's partner With theFky and i .irth, ' lie's partner jvith the sun and rain, Aryl no itian lose sTorlds pi in. - And men nuiy rise and men majh,faU, But tin farmer he must feed theni ail. ®mdhtig, E. B. Cinyw. Thr Houtfacrn Hogr- „ . . , - r i ' The Titan that walks IHdnd the y>low. By the iiitrodnetkin of better l.lo^tl k lH \ tU 0 w„ master whatever la-fall. . ■ The farmer dart's his mind to speak, lie has no gift or piece to seek. To nu man living iur 1 he llbw, • Tfie ' ’ In the hogs it Is u)a[m'.(l the pork pro- ■ tW 1 Altd king to beggar, he feeds uCal 1 -flt*—.'i . 'Vi' '4»i» The rise of Reginald Filipp had been Rome thing phcpopaenal. ISo man was jhort' sought after by-publishers and the editors <if maguzines. Mr. F'lipp 1 had been somewhat prolific at.tho bo- girmlng, but now that he could get practically any Bjdee he ashed for Ills MSS., he J)oenme more careful. It was more and more diCieult for, a mngazinn to gel a story by this now celebrated anthor. * • I One day there came to his room a man whom the world apparently had • not used generously. # , 7" “F have come,” said he to Mi*. Flipp, „ “to i.ee yin iviihOjlt any letter of intro- dnetion, or without any preliminarv nn- | nouneoinent. 1 was afraid to let you ~t TvIhm ~F tnteinhsl tfi emne, as ho .Itutcg-A. • man as yon might well have refused to nee.a stranger.” j , ’T am'not "a busy man,’’ paid Mr. i Flipp. i“*l doubt if anyone in the town lug room'of the Illustrated Rugle, one bf the-most pr. r. pen ms of the big week ly papers. The b\y came baek to hbh with his-eard still in his hand. , . •‘The editor says," began the boy, “that if it is about MS. you wish tosee liim you are to leave it and he will scud the jinswer. lie is very busy just now, and says lie cannot sbe you unless^ it is a matter of ituporLatne.” "It is, a matter of impeirtanco," saio Crm.bjr. “TeH tiinj thnC" — . t, Thi»n plcrwi tyri'e it tiown." paid the Ixiy,'. hesitating and pushing a slip of paper Aowswsb. 1 -eo^hy. Crosby took the imper and wrote on •it: *"I must see you p*'rs<>nally. I shall pot keep Von one minute. Ivindly grant. me that lenrrth of time.” Tlx Tlie njliM unit dalcn to itowr, Oucfeover tU .bills ot the IV> and Ttf ituU you te torn itt tbe Iioumh of Neve* r,»e liou<ieof Never is lilled With waits, t\ lib Jusl-ln-a minutes and pretty soons. The noise of their wings as they U-at the gate* Comes hack to earth In the *ftorhooum Wbi n shadows fly aerosi. tlie sky And rushes rude fndcavor. Toqucstlou Ibc bills of tbe Hy nhc-Uy As they ask foi 1 the houie of Never. The house of Never was built with tear* And lost In the hills of the Hy and-lly !'Afe ii mmion hopes nn.l n miHton fears, — r - 1 - A lialiy s stniU- and a woman's cry. The winding waywretns Hrteht to-day. Then darkness falls forever, rorover the bills of flic Hyand-Dr borrow waits In the house of Never. —Chicago Dispatch. toil HUe thiV’and tmtel.ing up tBo many RvxmI wisher, obowred i long e\elmngo iwixijorft from the desk eloocd tlp^ «kx>f and wept abofttr he Bhufllvtl ifi’o the i>p< ratur's room, bling dou iit.talr* and oul f<»r iMi' twTink itTr«»n>«ir» ~ihil I flt PRflT^-tfatWT: — T ^ ^ .7 »*t lh r ant I «mi}0d boatom tod t** t f i<no\v lt, M ftaht f^HWfT la-en assigned to the night's "pixlding” • "Knew jvhat?" inquired Brother*, i of the telegraphed news. . naif asleep in hi* chair. . , , «#*•«« For week* afterwards, thr patient, ejidi't man who used to write lire-i-ating [ editor'alik *tood ladore his .lusty case all night long clicking the type into his stick, and at the t ml of tlie week got That .IfTsiah tva/i lo be callrtV v A«,X ! came in )ast night, the Old Man W«a atan.ling them talking to Rathbone, the lawyer, aud l heard him cayr ‘MiV* J.wdah Sanford (k id. i* -hq m.-tT an ft the Old Mat) said yc*. in hi* short way, paid for his “string" Just the satn. tfh Then .they wept on talking very can»- ' the other men. . * j “Ho -mows a sight mor*\ a butt set ting type tliah ho d?k*s lit suit vi iliug . dit..rials," said the horse editor. , , ,, - , - L “All the same." rejoined the society tors tndopglmnts Itdtdn'tcmnecheap. * ) man, "you'd "foil mighty iwd tf ynu J "lliats it cxncLly. aiacclfti thc how were s»'t bagk that way every now and ! catly." , “lint wbat.doiH.lt mean?. Joatob -couhl not havo bmght put the Eprtot' that little paper is good; pay, and..doiw' 4«SIAH. then." boy took fhe phper and tlisip- \ pea rini. Returning p ft era few ununents. he said, briefly: “Come this wa\\ sir.” Tho Btory of Hia Many Triala and Crosby followed the b>y until the lab Their End. fin* more, leisure than I.—Sit down.—t^rafipe4^»Uy-a4r^ d.xir, and. push I “Of course I should, flixi f Wouldn't I Matld It; Just a*' t~ said 1 »ef< >pc:—There are plenty of other jobs in this town for ti self-respecting white man," and we nlbbmglicd at his earnestness. hona clitor. , ; ' ! "Hi* nonTT’i half Inquired, half gosted the society man. •JlaMi L_aiiy_ than cr.ocgh live on eomfortobljf," «*id Jone*. "Then-there's but one explanation,**, sttid I, “soiue one has taken a fancy tq has ijeeti doubled; the improved stock are made to weigh at from nine' to tif- j teen months as inucit as'the natives at ' w eiglijteen to twenty-four months, says a correspondent of Home and Karin. 11 reeding for'earl J' maturity, without sacrificing size and quality and coiis^'- ' tution, is the secret of sueees* in tlie iimproved blood, IVhatha* l.eeu done In the West and North west can be just ns easily accomptislr'd here. We have decided advantages over the Northatifd •'M esi—^heaper lands and labor an cheaper foods, a greater'' variety of crops, a longer growing season, cheap er building materials to erect shelters, ami a better market, a market right at our doors without shipping. Our peppl* ought to avail tUcins dves of ttiese advantages. Vv Itv ^hould a single pound of pork he imported-into the south,from the west? We- have all (led l.<l*s the mini who roy^hP xhrirty Who iimlxus mdk, and fr-’itand meat, Mily Itis pursi'Issla-av) , ids iw ai t be li: (Is fields ;jnd liome Ik' free from blight; (•od bless the seeds bis hand h!s fail. For the fanner hamust fee t tiiem all. .- -v—— -A, Hem a mis. ,/* (The Cotton I’hr.f.) The County Alliances will all so.n meet, then it is a little over a mouth until the State Allience meets. Would it not be ri order ^or-the Alliances 11 -—* W*UTt i':m I-ihrfnr fm-y. “My *i;.tn. said jthe stranger, ^‘is id, Crosljv. i am a shorthand writyr and I want to work for you." j- '“My dear sir," re pi its l I'lipp, “I have op use for a shorthand writer. I have never dictated in my life, and I dim'bt if I,could. Ever\ thing I writeJL do with mv owahahd. 1 iTo not even use a typo- efriter. ,. , "I do," said Croshy. ■■ "I have a type writer at home, and if-ydu will try dic tation for awhile it will oeei The editor was- standing fresrde hi* desk with n slight frown -of impatience on his face, and an -attitude tlrnt indi cated that ire had just sixty seconds to devote to his visitor, ^ “I wanted to see you," said Crosby, "personally regarding a MS. I have in •ny pocijoV - , ‘Well, all I ran tell you,rcplIciTthe. editor, “is that you may leave the MS. if you earo to do so, and it will re- ; He sank wearily into Ids chair, nnd 1 ran his hand Over his f wt-iiu roe.-ing . bald-spot, lie was neatly dressed-as into the room and ask.rd if Mr. Sa.xtford neatly a* he could W on the small salary 'vo al wuy s called by his, first he wa* aiiowod by tlvoi lid Mmvf who was namcwwa* in. \\« d.r.vte,! him up- known> the pb.prietbr of the Fun to ♦** ' vl,< r f hls ^ vs i 1 do not tlHnk any . f n. kheNv tl.atj .lo-'hih or his editori.dA, an-Uu.« di. Uc.l tlie oil! fellow bnd~irArm TTTrtltTvnc night ; V» ^birt him in on hi*‘>.vn.ho»rjf. I’.'or am., ii,a.,, 11 . ! .ib..d : bid eliap. 1 for one am. gk’d hp lias got* i . .. for awhile it will occupy but Veive duc eonsidcraFion," petit ion < nt F Set i :tto ,> and KepVeseuta- T.t tie of your time and "cu‘ may find it "I know that Is the fotmula." said - I. .,, • . ... extremely uv'fu’. . If, bn the .other Crosby, blandly, “but this is n..t an ( , Mve* in Congres., ug it aw... • hand, vou conclude that it is of no a 1- . ordinary MS.,and if-I leave It it!« optho an Congress coiiyeros,. lulls ,bc . intro- v . iri1a p. t( , y<>U( n<) harm will he done." tm.lersiandtng that I may call at this tluced giving relief to the people. Tlie ..j know ’ f u.f <M -e we begin*" said titiKT is ripe itir the demand', of tliej eo- Flipp, “that it wouldn't work. I am pie to be made into laws. Tim general sure of that." , • Flow can foil be sure.".ticked Cros- sTAgnat.ioti in business i« for tlid wai t of n oaey to do the busiuesjt of ll o- country. Itl*,not in South Carolina alone, but tlie whole United States that sutler. We want nmiiev for Aiuer- _ nu | —V——. . ■ , , . ' n , . . , , ,, ientfs, made by Ameiieans, ami to be lie*rd it said that a syst in of exelnstve , . ' . ’. s usi*d by Americans, w ith the stamp of our govemilieut upon it, and if the. .. _ . , -,i i . si countries of tbfe world don't lise- H let fha cotton? Hie two will dove-tail , , . , , ^ f . i tiveui lump it. Me are not eompelled cotton culture would not pay; why not combine swine raising then with nicely together. .. , . . ...nip It. " e are llie proht of the one' , , 1 , , . . . to li'iv from tiiem. Americans mdc- C ! - J : perruent. We can do A* on i?'ports to tlie w/ will *t least make good ihe lo«<es of Hi otlier. , Gr;w^ is the'ChcapoJFand best of all .... , , ... . , . . . “charitv iiegius at home, ltldiik f it crops for hogs* as well aw for luiraea- •“'-•- - ’ ' cattle and sheep. Thert i*- rd<4j<*tt©r by, “almut something you have never' tried?' I.et me ask you a question: Have ybirever forgotten any g'sjd idea that you ever had?" '* ~~ “Hundreds of t’vcm." answeri'd Flipp. , “Then does not that strike you ns a tremendous\vastebf brain(siwer? Have you never felt annoyed to, think, that , some iro" 1 idea that had occurred t>) you had slipped into oblivion?" Flipp, who had la'en walking.up and down the room with some impatience, time to-morrow and get your,.own opinion about it. I claim fliat this story is as godii a*;anything Flipp has ever writteiv if you really wish ox- "rllenee and you have an < occur agryin.” - "V»*e g.-t oppbrtunitle, e-v-iugli," ^aid th 'editor, dryly, “of that land. Every MS. wq, nveivo is an evtrrfoVdinary story from the autlru's standpoint. If if you really wish not a well-known name, ■pportualty that may not with our regular Jcadcr." "And to-nxirrow, at t!iis hour, may I v?in rind get your opinion tilxmt it?" stopped trad locked at Ins visitor. Tin* editor hesil.ifisl a-momentam! he ‘■^presume,” he said at laslt, "even--, glanced nt the rard in Ids hand. you leave it i pmmisi- to read it myspl/q/^rbi Typewriter and taking bulletins o: though ordiYiarilv a MS. ta.ces itj turn jti,, Chicago nominations. Now ntx whole world and Jo without fheui,' A* . . . •• i s body has hud that annoying x-xperienee. "I.tlduk Iliave had MSS. of yours be- TC-iromerhm TOT ATTiert- The* fish that getsaway. is always bigger . fore. Mr. Crosby. • ’ . 7 • • “ c : —♦ •% -rr ♦Axrxg-r* .....—_ 1 1 grazing for hogs than Bermuda' am) ( 1 l ' 1 Ii?spedixa, *ud both can he had ponmv- wknild be a good motto. W M. JloixjEi:s. Springs, S. C.’. telj Talk. n.'ntly with very little outlay ohmoney. When the graces fail there are other crops, cheaply., gn.wn and harvested (the hog* will do their owai liarvesiiug', Tlie hog crop of Ui^Ti'.ited srates is Ui.yt will give fiae FCMiItVin proiluclujj; iiot keeping pace with the' increase in ch«*p pork. The south is the home of ; populati&h. HaUe bog-, we tuife the pe!*fft'tft, sweet ]>ot*to, chufa, arti- w^'nhowt meat, unlevs we w i«li alary' choke, and cow pna—all these crop* 1 part of onr hardly earoeil coitott yroii to very cheaply raised and splendidly j go to pay ourmeitt bills, unOnt lav w hich adapted to fhTTieeds of hog«,-mvl et ier -• Ave-cHii u\ oid-fiy-- raisi ug- ,uur iu.eal_a.L than tk.pse. we eateh.”- —r-—— F “1‘reeisely," answered Frosby. - “Then - why-let them get away? You are young man now, .but there w ill emne a i time when you will regret the waste ; that probably now seoiy:$ triviak" outsiders)—hut his shabby coat hung in long, w rinkled fold*, from l}is sloping shoulder*, and h,is gray mustache drooped ns mournfuliy as hi* weak, sad old mouth hnd ever dore. * We,three men—reixTrtirs on the little morning daily—barely glanced up a* lie eanu-in. for'it was ffro’vihg late; ami the calls for copy -would soon keep us rtore than hn*iy to supply the printers upstair*. Tlx- first-proof* had already conic down the shute from tlie compos ing rcHir.i al*ove,.tij)d that meant it was RomcpheK'near tw'dve. For five min utes no onM)x>ke a word, and the only no’iBe which distuvin*! the silence of the r«H)tn was the scrubbing of pencils over the pails as the} - hurried on to pap.W the Btory of the day's hap* and mishaps, and the fnitfRod rnttk» yf the telegraph launder m the Q.-xt nxim where Newel, tlx- Associated 1’ress man, sat p-mixUng f 1 then a late CabTVowled by on' the street, or some happy, bosotte-.l citizen sang a few wavering bars fron#itheTatest pop ular song a* he reeled liomo, but the little town was nearly asleep, inside and eefc ^ ■ At , last with'a relieved sigh I serilr nnd with a pleasanthe went out. The operator, it seetne«L . knew of him. “He’s some sort of art actor, or. stage ! manager, or something, fhm-ft nt the (ilol>e,’' he remarked vagrtely, with one • ear open for his call on the irptlpiment, "but he gets a very fair living, I guess." “Why' don't he support Ms father, then?" inquired the horse editor, indig- tjuiitljr, “A man who would let his old father be buffeted' nr.mud this office like a bundle of bid papers, wheh he is plenty iible to cU.ro for him, ought to be thrashed.” - ’ The trouble - is," An id the opi-rator, listening impassively t wins friend's vig orous remarks, '"the old gentleman will , not accept an}' aid whatsoever froniihis sony lie's as proud a* Lucifer, and he's i got some crazy notion of‘dying in the harness,’ as he. puts it. They live in the same house, but lie won't tukijy* cent from tvi* yn:, *(ixl lieypays.fhc ^oLH^Vv- ant they lifiVr jiist half of tvlxit jsne gets foe waiting :>ti them. Tlie boy's mother is.dead " . “Tliat’s no excuse for his letting hls Old dad worry his life out in newspaper work," persisted the horse editor—who had the highest notion* of honor and WiliLIke ansAver. ‘'m£ von re- MeA mynspepisl mark at theeix’ of tix- ,,f ! "‘ v hlMS0 w,,t " r 1 h: ‘ v '' n - turned them. I don't rtiimk you wilt r«- .. wa<r which had kept me W f.'.r the ' rtrrlm'men,,by Hig wayh A ha«4-i>. a turn this one." , J . , > i a5t half hour, and took it across the <l f P****" «•«« ih,wn * nw with “ t , j )a( j jjjg rush as the operator started to speak again, and the subject was dropped for »the night. “What salary do yoii wkint?" asked the writer abruptly. T don't want :my.ksakvry oi*i o "Very well. Call again to-morrow." room to,where he sat. II At the same Tnmr next day Crosbj. buried in his hands now, and he did not had his interview with the editor. That hear me stop beside hi^n. gentleman had the MS. in his hand . j } “Here's this enr-strik'o stuff, Ipsiah," ■“■I have re:xl this earcfully," he sniff,, f said, laying it down before him. He wyRMl4“ftlK^mHftt tellyou frankly that it i* ijncoyered hi* eyes slowly, and pulled to give hot up to our standard. There is some tho copy to him, R* I had-Cen him do | ny j say to pfotnotequiet growth or -pijt on liome. 1 six it-tlie Xolly.ol. paying I'oti'L ti.xed.nTxL forvv<'r unit frosl ( y. ''I sRalTIx' vefy pTenSPd to give hot np to our statuln veu htitir* 4*y for. nothLng. At indication of nieriL nbon^ it, But if f a thnuAand'ttmes before- the'.i he seemed least," he said, seeing Flipp wave his were you I would not say to the next to rememher nojpcthing. for With n suit* hnixt im^xiti.-ni.lyq .“until - -you, find inan to w hom vgu submit it that it is as ilon ^gesture bo shoved it away and .whethobsjr not tlxv proposal is fif value good as anything Flipp lux* ever Writ- | turned'to tno. toy-in Oni-ivilown.on paper an idea is ten. It has not the slightest trace of fJ “Mr. Rird tviF attend fo It," he said. '• 'yo'.ir control'. Early the next morning when I got home l told my wifi?, who always wakes ip when I come iti, about Josiah and Son. ns we ha 1 logua eallla’g tliem al ready. and. with a woman's usual sym pathetic feeling for all mankind, she proceed Nl; to keep me awakea good halt hour asking qucfstlonjr, and planning some way in which to relievo- Josiah's burden*. And the. last thing! heard os only imaginative, contrary to healthy \theort^ and tfuhsUuttol fact*, at vaii- liearr a'td <poedy made fat. The idea j bueou twelve oents earfh, sixteen cents 'that nViuTfcortris tie "ded in order to tl no, apparenty whoii we kitovy we ran raHc ^and fatten y’vlf!^sueiit.’sfifily is raise pork ;it«even cents? , r, 'i.ingou a farm, where tt’eean ariangfe 'for tlie feeding,.prod tub ion a id care of orr nnce 'jvitli the best judgment, ol the best hogs, we can biing the'eost down to less minds and contrary M Mu' mulHiilieil > than live ce.uts. ' " e r.-ui conduct t)ie expener.ci's of those in th" South who i othef depaituieuts of farm work sfic- havc tented all the proftitneuily meu- f lohed hog foods. Wc can grow corn ,iV tills PouUhern country a* cheaply as Buy where, but th*rc *ro other crops better for hog* and more cheaply fciown than corn. iVe only need to feed a liUle corn a few weeks before slaughtering, in driler to Harden tlx* fle*h, aud this i»‘ noe imperative. If our people \\'ill only, get this foolish Merely floating on your brain it may ! sink and never rise bk the surface, ugtiin." \ Then'. ,i» something :in tliat." said hia eessftilly, and do this withdut feeling the outlay or tealj/.ing that we have been put to uiucli ad Uti mal expend"; and we cannot tiia! e our f.-u uiing a suc cess if we neglect this iihponant and iTiitui'.tl factor in its cJoiim nw liegin with a few Imgs and increase your stock as your arrutigemotits t:. eai’e for will allow. 1 kui't at first. .Otunany Flipp meditatively. “At least it wTfT do nodiarm t-i.try. As you eami 1 in I was thinking of a story that I ought to work out reasonably wril. Have you your lintels*)!; with youV'b ' Frothy plrodnccd it. - - the genius of Mr. Kegmabl Kl’ppT ^ slrwTv.' ' *‘r w'lil ndTTie here after this, j -Pnnien*. arutjnejnsi “Thank yon,” said ( rosby.takinglhe He lias taken mv place.- As -*rV spoktr | L -Anally ^b»_*toep. wa*: MS. “I shall not l-otblc you with arfy hi* to|o* ciulventd, and I noticed in the j “Han't you think, FfRuTc,.weci^Bla mvb more eontrilmtions.” ' 1 changing glare of the. gas jot overhead FUltonR to cltonersotoc tiaie?' . “Thai must -be a* pleases you," ro- il-.at there wassonx-thing like tears in | - Vv tphl Edith abdut Josiah and plfeT! tbe" edit or. "(food mofrmg," his honest old eyes. Newspaper men i s<in, ’ said niywifu the next^ night at Crosby's experience in othof eele- are not apt to be affected by arty diV- brated I'ditorial rooms was similar to play of emotion, for their -training ae- his first atVyt’ipt at seilihg another customs them to it too much, but < vf^th man's MS. as his'nwn. , . ' yquthfnl arroganee I had tiUvay* fe^t -A- month later Re aftvv on all tha walla BoVry for josiah. and. I liafftnon; Uian ‘ ‘ . I* began to Flipp waiVccd up and down, t!x;UxoomA of the city where advertisements were a passing intc'ft'.st in him fora few r.ximeirts ip sik'M 'e. -allowisl a flamin'* nnnouncelnent set- “Suppose we head it," he said,"* ‘The ting forth that thWillustrated llftgle Parlhw of the Wavs’" had been fortunate enough to obtain a CniMiy was evidently an expert short- most remarkable' story by Reginald hand writer, for when Flipp became in- Flipp—this name in treinciulouB letters • terCsted in th lly, story he talked very rap- j —entitled “The Farting of the Ways." ami p-istiire them attempt too much but Crosby, without apparent haste, noted it all down, never checking the speaker. ‘There," , said Fiipp. when lx The announcement ended with the Inti- oncer* million tlmt the storY w-tnUl appear in I fhe next number, an;l readers were ;ul- hf.d vised to ordt'r their papers ahead, ‘so idea out of their heads— that'yqrn U ulR fat t|4* t and in in any Sections of HieMatej^ finishc itecesf mho solutcly-eisetUial to success in swine tl ere arc pnipanuiyoly speaking, no breeding—then they will be in a proper'J toy* and no nt rangenieuts-Tor kcci in„ frame of mind to j(o into the hog busi- them.-in suchc;i*e*. now isthe best time ness with hopeful evidence of much fo pet feet your plan* for another year's sucee*S< , - [ supply.—*outtiern (..ultivafor. c ■ An.loilg.iM mir gfciitilprn peonk' .'on “what do you think of that that there might lie no diaappaint- i.tory?" ' ! ; hawrtt. — - “Really,” said Crosby, “I cannot tell ’ M'hon Crosby saw tiiis announeement, ym;. 1 kariynot heard it." ^ -,-lig.suiote iiia..cleLiehod tot n.ynjpst. the "Not l.e-ard it'" 'c’xcluiined the novi'l- ist. “Have not 1 just dictated it to 1 wall arxl said: “Now I know there is no honesty In you? y tlnuc to purchase tlie major portion of , their pork products from the North and | ^ West, we need not expect any enusid-J Arable degree of prosperity as an tin ag- s rlcpltural people. Weeauunt afford it. The drain upon our finances is too great, they will nol stand it. We must? keep this money til home and give it jqdpKXl hA'es. In future I shall Circulation here where it is fil*-pMieh 'the Texas plan of raiaing nil 1 rtcejded and w lime it w ill do us all goo 1. Th\t.k of how' vast a sum of money hi rfbn1|.out of the Soiitli'annually to pay Air western hog product*? The sum i« enoruHms. ItTolltH-ts upon our intelli- Fi;eap Colton. •I. rt. • Kichardsou of New probably th • inoit planter in tlie'SoiUh, Loui* Republic. “1 have - now got kind to bring me an “Yon hi ve dietated it," said Crosby, this world.”- Luke Sharp, in Detroit Free Dress. Orleans, extensive chiton w rites to the St. Cf ?uHick'lit cleared averitge' etop of si'.id “to a machine. I shall give you my opisiioii upon itZwhen I have re:ul the typewritten MS.*'That is." he added, "rf you care for the opinion of a no- bodv. When shall .1 e(ill again?" “Oh. I tint in no hurry;" said Flipp. “This hour to-morrow?" * , “Yes, if that suits your convenieBcc.." The stiv.oger snajqiod the «dai,tic band * hl11 ^ j around his notebook, put the cap up in need ;viul THE SHORTEST WAY. And if Afterward? I’roved tlie Safest VTity a* Well. Tlfo most direct eprtrse is generally the F.af>.‘.-,t in all relations of life. 1 An r.neeilote given of. a young French ofl eer in “.Memoirs of Count Segur" illus trates this truth, as well as his.bravery, tlfneof the ree genec as a penjile sepieu reysivi It irtf standim; atl- vet usalient to the'fiAiTd (if our norr- jVroJpe^sl vanes*' itiul iquht iftiin *s. rt*ipp6jfe all this money was retaAnml at Dptnevtrnd put in elroiilation here, liow pntl'li it would add to the wealth of this r*b‘u^C^if country. Irt a country w here scat-’ce il id ditlicuU to ^min,.si,titles. Many^. llicso uia makingcotum with as little expense" 1 a* poAtiblc: My mule* (nearlv Lb to 1 ; w iiUget old abil will die. ’I hey w illj have to be replaced'. My gin* wear ‘oTitan'd machinery retiiiire* from tint • tA | time to he overhauled and put in li.x. j .My corn, out* alfd fitly will li.'iM' .to'—be- cultivated witii wages, hut the balance , ol the labor will gytufttliing hiit foi d and clothes until the crop i* liarvested itml in the m.-irket. 1 have 78 mar s which I am working, in the -place of _ _ _ rhs are giv- , ' u a eoutiti y' rt hure money ing me mule colls every year, and this ^ir^liHpteg plontifltliy tnifre is « far bet- has already begun to save bio money fOf yoii and for me afxl for ! as j ;tm 5b9v working6#or 7U mule* ol all of iii to get our fingvrs on soineofit. j my ovv „ raisit’jg. At 'he ".nl of thU_ More? «t|ention ought be paid .to year I shall biive'corn tiiadl and many f lit r»orker*to kill. I w 4l not make meat enough jo do the vylfolk year, but i will have enough th'ly*t me until late in Hid aeasun beforel linv' J T;o conimence Uuying. I have mailo extensive prep aration* for hogV AVter next \eAr 1 , hn|H) to haviJ corn and meat to sell, f Then 1 may J>e able to reduce my e*ti- At the time of the roe-ignition of the the sty logua pi lie pen/ and, without a independence of ihe t nited States a word, departed. Frerx hinan named Linch distinguished ' “He is a queer fi*:)," said tbe wrifer hims, If, partieularly at the memorable to himself t when his visitor Imd gone. ' *iege of Savannah. "I don't more than half like the looks M. d'Estaing, at the most-eritleal tno- eif him." onx-nt of that sanguinary affair, being Next day the stenographer ealled nt bt the •head of tlx: right eolumn, di- tlie same hour, -Und placed before th'o rec.'cd Lincja to carry tin urgent order ‘There, go to work sticking type; that * TioTelist ven pM'fes of type writ ecti M>t .«lo ti:c third coLunn^ wbicb w as on the quit yon arc 'worth, anyway.’ You headed "Tlie Farting of the Ways.” 'left. i^ougfitto hear the foreman tell How he question him-Vt once, but -he stopped me with an answer 1 hnd heard many times before: “Mr. llurnell- has made otlu'r arrangements.” And as Mr. .llur- ncll was the only proprietor of the Sun. —the same being the Old Man—1 knew there was nothing more to 1m’ aske»l.' As I tarnod to go lie rosclroru Jiis chair, and taking his hat, fall and siia'liby*'like huynself, from the desk, he' put it care fully on Ids head. Then he inn do s»n(q«kt-foi’-Fbfe-«fot)W, -(>a>d.-Flui littcrcdy Mrtodating old uncle, w exchange table, past our thTCfc little JusUa^ she wa* thrown desk*? pastille row of broken, weakly chairs and the iHiokcasei ~X*7ic put*his hand on the knob he turned, and, clear ing his throat, he said: Tfpod-night, gentlemen, and—good- hy,V and- 4a»foro Uhe-atlicr mcn coubj 1(K»k up Tii iidkFsrtf])rlso at this nnnsnal proceeding', he h;id passed out and closed the door behind liim. “What's wrong with Josiah to-night?" inquired Jones, ubuqlly termed .the “horse editor,” on account of hi* deep voice, and Ids liking for horse*. .."Same old story,—turned back Into the composing-room again,” answered llrothers, the society man (who also ! combined ids social work w ith report ing court proceedings, both circuit and pylice). “Whenever the Old Man gets ; wad ho bounces J oat ah out of thoedf- , turial chair.right up to a case, and jams a stick into his hand. Then he say*: *np»*r, “and *he know* tIxbn lioth. Hhe ! o.iys they are'Ixifli very smart men, hut ♦Jiat they have ha>l reverse* all their lives—that aoroe horrid men have tstken everything-they ha<l several time*, and 'hai ttray arn p>?or iKxransp they won'T take the case* into court, 8he says thftt you eah see in their manner that they arc -true gentlemen. Her pretty eyes filled right up with tear* When she was talking •she's an wf'tVy sym pathetic girl, don't you think, dear?" , "Yes," I answered, sugaring my cof fee, “and how is the managing .to spend her new fortune?" Forth is street little cousin of ours had recently had quite a sum of money left to'her by an tiecora- who kindly died upon he row n 'resource* herself by her father's death. —“Very well. I, imagine; she's got tb£ loveliest clothes arxl things,^arid slie is buibling a little cottage for Fresh Air children out in tile country with some of it. Of course sjxvs.in mourning," ns my wife noted my raised eyebrows, “but m.y dear ir^u, you can have lovely mourning things us well as other kind, fihe Inis given up her trip to Europe, though—for this year, at any rate.” “What made her change her -mind?" “I don't know. I'm sure; she didn't tell me. Are you going now? „ Well, dear, remember about Harry's shoes— the poor child is absolutely barefooted, und don't forget to send up the butter, please, for wc have—” and my little woman proceeds to detail tu me the usual list of household necessities a man is fijrever ordering, and yet never tlrt'ls when he wants them at home. It was alxmt n week afterward that Josiah ramo down To the r<x>m at tnid- UVn l;iU> tbe country wideVx ae jpre*, ad much. an<l where lie wltl bo hot,*, and not bussed." - . And tl»e others Assented. U . • , When the EAgb- Appeared at thenfuea the following woek ( ,at, the top of the editorial eolumn, below the subscrips ti'*n and advertising notices, stoott "Jot • slab Sanford, Editor. Josiah Hanford/ Jr., ,Manager,". In Siuali, boid-fueod typ«’. ' \ “So the son is in It, too," said the so ciety editor, reading over my shoulder^ “I expect ho will make something o< hiinM'lf, too, fpr lio ha* plenty of push,, so Mm operator says. Heard abont the Son's love affair, didn't you? ‘Nol Why„ ‘ he fell in love with an heiress, aud he's t<>«> proud to|Mkher to marry him. Jaclq Martin was telling me—ho knows him right well." j . “Hig fool," eomm^rtted the horse e/litor, “oughtn't to fall in love.” where at. Brother* anti I laughed tsunpasHiona, atcly, Iming marrit'd.jneti You entmot convince a boehek r of thirty years’ stitiiding, however. “lly the \v"ay7 fhy dear." I said tlm foi*. lowing (lay nt dinner, “who is Edith’s, lawyer?" . “Let me see," answered my wife, puck-, criug up her 'forehoal as idle always dr*t** when she Uiiplts. “Mr*—Mr. rJtlr*._ Rathh'/rtf, or (Something like tbut." “Ah; and she is away now, isn't she?” ^ ’-’Yes, at Mortnpriilc. She ha* 1 nought, a lieautiful nUI Iiinqitf back in the hill* from the ttnvn and is f “It is one of tlie best stories you have yet writ ten,” said Crosby, "if you want iny opinion.intrenelimonts, and.on both sides Reginald laughed. “If you wercjifter tremendous firing was kept up. a large salary that would be the kind of remark One _ might .expect you to make." ; “I am not after a salary at nil, 4 ’ an swered Crosby. “You asked my-opin ion, and. J-give’iL It may OB.'.vorth- less."' • / • « jgm jes i it.’ These columns were then within Joe! range of grape shot'from the enemy’jhf “Has lie done it. often?" I inquired, lintrcnehments, and.on both sides a wondering how a disgrace. Linch, instetul of passing , ' , thmugh the center or in tlx; rear of the eolintths, proceeded coolly through (he shower of shut which the French' and English under one arm, while he rolled hi) shlrt-filcevesdown with type-griinnx man could stand such finger* Without rixeaklng he went to I the night editing (we callerl it that Ire- cause the ’'night-cdijoi" might be any of us, since Ril'd . had not consented to “At k-iiRt three times to the last year, paid brothers, numbering the sheets of Slilri* huhliHndry in the South. Tho'ie is no qu.’stioh about the prdUt.s t<> he <ier1ve<l\thereTrt»ui,'—Sbuthertb Cnlti- Vktor. T rresidout,M. L. HonHhlsiui of the Mfate Farifeir* Alliaiice was In Colum bia yesterday on hi* way home from n v\sU to L'hesTcrf und Lancaster. Tp a mate of nrHniJjVotton by charging Hie * t.c r u I Rbgistcr re{k»ftnr he said that there ooni it 8 or 10 ceht^pi r hii*hcl and t lie ^ A gratify!nfhy Urge attendahee of u ’ Afliftnnemen nt’jthe meeting* m both ri ^ 1 T “Whiqk'Tvthc opinion or the story?' I “If qne ls,” saul Crosby, "the otl naturally must be. Khali I take down another?" “Not t<>-day. Some days I have no ideas in my head. This is one of them, f shall go over this MS, carefully, and then we will have it typewritten again, v What is ybnr address? When I feFl in the myod for dictating I will send a messenger for you: ” his pad for the court proceedings. "Af-. ^omc to our nest) desk and took the giisU ter he has been at the case for awhile, few things belonging to him personally j were discharging at each other. the.Ulh Man takes him off und put* him I from it Then lie put on his coat find Tt was tofvair. that'M d'Estaing and up here, and tell* him to go to work I cam© over to us with his lips and eyes those who surrounded him cried “to t writing editorials again and see if^e smiling more cheerfully Uiun l bud i ftpendfag the sum mer there.” ’ . • , 1 could not help smiling st ray Innei) thought* .tviwo sue said this, but l - turned it off when she asked am at what Fwas laughing, and went on thinking., Soon after this we pocked up cur few seemed to me ipero staff than, we bad- over owned before, along with owe baliles, we sallied out into the country, — 7 too; where ail day lung wo o’der folks sat in the shade of the great old trees and rend or dozed, and the little fel-. Tow's played trt the sand or helped our gfiodmatured landlord nm the farm,. '. Those were pleasant days'indeed to Hip weary new spacer man, wij,hno thought. hf. copy to-be ground out, dr of those , dter-presont, crer-wcaring-out shoes to disturb the equanimity of his mind. Only a few papers reached me here, for I had gone for rest, but one day a bun*, die came, directed in the hors© edjtqr'* hurried ehirqgrgphy, ami the first one 1 picked up titos Josiah'* paper, the Eagle., I ynfolded it, and there, rung about with a tremendous blue-pencil n/ark 1 read this notice: - , v - . "MRMRfRDk—Ksnford-Clsfftg On Jaty by Rev. Henry U bmlthrr*, Joslan Ssnianl, Jr, to Editti lisytmtj CUrVe, a* tbe Ctauicb «t oar Father." ■ .. . , Kilcntly I pa.*se<l the paper io Mary, and waited for the storm to emne.. —-y- “W-e-l-1!" was gU she said, but it was sufficient for all ordinary purpose*. . jPIler trip t<; Europe postponed, and all those lovely clptbes—" she ga»pc4-- “Uathbonc consulting with the Old Man—” I put in. -- - • “Her queer, preoccupied way—" , • “Old Josiah being called to taka charge of the Eagle—" f _ “Did you ever!" . . ' Then. amH a moment’ll ail—as; "I really'ffidn’t think Ekiith would do siiehtr thing—It fs so an like her." "A girl in love, my dear—wouldn't, you have done the 'jatoo for me ted years ago?" “Indeed, not! You know I didn't want you." (She did, however, for she took me in preference to one of the richest men in town.) “And her father dead only a little over a year!" - “tV('U\" I said, settling myself in my chair for a nap, “we can't '..rip it." “No, I suppose not, but I own I'm disappointed in Edith. Site might have let me. her own eouslir, know about it.. I wonder what dress s^e wore, or per- ’ • hap* {die did have time to have—" Kceiogy this promising sigri* of ap-; pr-ugminfe fu'givene-.x for, Edith aj>• •ftring, i closed my eyes and dozed off to sleeix . » , « And Mary sal and sewed, and thought, of the girl who-had l*mght a newspaper, for her future father-in-law!—E. J. Appleton, in Yankee Blade. r r-*m •c? 1 Linch to take another rlitieetlrtn; other _' von l' ori ) cxi'estcd his order and re--| turn«< by tlie same way, while* his friends watched, expecting to &ec his in stant destruction. . ‘‘Why did you choose such a mad as that?" said his general on soein'g hhn return unhurt. “You must hate ex- he can do better limn he did bqfore.” those pfn6us, and that the condition and - ' LiciiL.PcarjJvf'arty ul IJ «tai^U>n ptbsp^cUof tlifiorder in that section ! hVhtoy to fiunTtiie North Foie. Enlfe**' Hfc vVry' enequraRtog.-Sututoy "Vheold signs fail it will be mi on- liter ^ plucky c\p(*tlitiou. peeled t<> pcridi a thousarui times.’’ “It was the shortest way," ‘answered Linch, atid without another word re- "It is no trouble to juo,” 'aid Crosby, turned to his usual position. “Well,'’ said the horse editor, “he wouldn't liuve a chance to do that more than once with me, I tell you; I •would let him find another plaything.” * “Not if you couldn't get another job, #onny," said Hr others drily, ‘‘and is the case with Josiah. Poor old chap, I 1 feel sorry for" him, ^but^There's tlie i Eagle, and l Tcavo to-night. fer that vm.i as the *"*— " shrMr^wliistle inter- rver seen him smile before. "Where now, Josiah. asked Brothers. “I—I sin going to the Cfmntry,” an swered the old fellow, clearing hi* throat of a happy lump, I iinaginwL "What? N«>t Having us?" 1 asked **V'cs, ^iy; I iiftve Wj/cn called to tlte editorial coqtr»)l of the Mortonville "to call upon you. If. you do not feel Old Man at speaking tuls;'* • mpted hitn, and Brothers turned back wtis afterwartf promoted to the the whistle and wearily iuq&ired: of HcuUntini general.-Youth’* “Welir iiHo^the op/'ning. fora m*v ! ment there wavno response, town. "Well, When C picked up well,"’ we exclaimed in * breath, “Good for> Josiah!" and when the qniet.cjieer wbichfoiroWett had sub sided— •• >• “Ailow me," said the horse editor, nnd con 1 L ' ain< *- * n the short sharp accents W(j mslting a "personal" of Jos«'ph's^iepar- i he little Tk»v ! to to: ~ . ^ lure on the effgP^-bto pnd, **«'>"«»»* and cut off the ! ^tr/lpncs will do the telegraph to- gratuiate you most'heartily on your And, tture 'enough, iu ""til Mr Bird can get down, new pcfcUioit. We all wish you -**- He like wriHrtff-ilMf T ou r ' ln ^ <J f lieuteuknt general. Souths , “Well?" into- the cqu-ning. Fora m 14p* J 'vilf be W^""- ' ■ '• ^ Compartiftn. '* 1 ment there'.rairno response,Then the rery writ;” mid the-iiorHistt4 —She was “playing read. un- Z jnfArJi^i y -v TV " ‘ a**.*»sa \.v/vv,' aa u\.t« .muJ V sriI»*lty^H, IU ^ > iA— . . , - . ,, . .. iby reached bis rortti. he less than a weei that was the last of That’s All," and Brother* turnip! awAy bounded success, dou t we. boys? -- — l. .-j:—_. .. - . — i-i-—— .i-j.j—4. i— _ - i *«|jtoec\l we do," *** <■ -r, bin his tjppegrrilRp.l »n tl^e cor,',’ 1 with a smile mjpo hL* dark (aco. v ■ •i-f- jv« rcsponiieJ with Tfa« Bread tfavstlaa. , His wife was a woman who was- very charitable, and her charity was of. the kind that took her into the hooscii of poverty, where *s^e couid see for, nersel f the condition of the nufortuD-, tiles. The other aveninjg he was read-^ iug (t lot of odds and ends from Um Qewsjxiper to » “The Egyptians kneaded bread toeir feet," h»» read ati«t»ng bLher odds. Her tlwughts were cmHA^era. ^ .) “Those p*or children f jiaw to-day.^ »ho said ab-stmetedly, "weeded brvAd with their BUMusehs," sad. th*' msn looked «p over his ps(>er At her, i ly.—Detroit Free Fresa. - Do Stockyard*, ill enl'erting fad has gone WlEUiti Ana ’ What ©id’eetiug now?" I)c “Aiiiaony eh«s.k».' , —