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ANTI-sUnTEAsUItY.
An Effort on the Part or Conservative
Members of the Order to Einancipu
pate the AlliAnce from the Control
of Scheining PoNticlansand De
signing Demagogues.
HUURRD, ANDoPH(oVNTY ,MO..I
August 12, 1891.
To the Meinbrs of the Farmers Alli
ance and Industrial Union, and of
the Farmers and Laborers' Union
of the United States:
B.oTlIEPts:-This communicati,n is
for the purpose of informing you that
there will be held in the city of St.
Louis, State of 'Missouri, on the third
Tuesday (15th day) of September, 1391.
a meeting of the Alliance brothers of
the United States, who are in accord
with the resolutions passed at a meet
ing recently held in the city of Fort
Worth, Texas.
The objects of the Fort Worth meet
ing are fully set out in the resolutions
adopted by that body hereto appended.
The undersigned were elected an ex
ecutive committee to make all arrange
ments necessary for the convention re
ferred to above.
We have corresponded with the gei
eral managers of a number of railroads,
and find that they are willing to give
:7reatly reduce ' rates upon their roads
to all delegates attending this meeting.
A basis of representation will be fixed
at three delegates from each and every
county in the jurisdiction of the Na
tional Alliance.
Reduced hotel rates will be secured
in the city of St. Louis, and all mem
bern of the order are cordially invited to
take part in making this manifestation
of the farmers of this country a grand
success.
This meeting, as will be seen from
the Fort Worth resolutions, is a protest
cn the part of thelovers of the constitu
tion of the Alliance against seeing that
organization prostituted by a body of
men who have no interest in farming
and whose love for the organization is
limited by the amouut of personal gain
they can get out of it.
This is an effort on the part of the
conservative members and real farmers
of our order to emancipate the Farmers'
Alliance from the control of scheming
politicians and designing demagogues.
That we will succeed in this effort we
entertain no doubt,
We especially ask that all newspapers 4
in the United States will reproduce this 4
communicationN with the tppended reso
lutions.
Communications addressed to Hon.
W. S. McAllister, Canton, Miss.; Hon.
Will L. Sargent, Rayner, Tex,; or to
U. S. Hall, at Hubbard, Randolph
county, Mo., will be promptly ans
wered.
Yours fraternally,
U. S. HALL, Chair., Hubbard, Mo.
WV. S. MCA LLISTER, Canton, Miss.
WV. L. SARGENT, Ray ner, Texas.
Committee.
R EsoLUTIONS.
We, the anti-subtreasury members of
the National Farmers' Allian ce and
Industrial Union, recognizing the grave
and responsible duties resting upon us
as farmers and citizens and memibers of
our beloved order, the Farmers' Alli
ance, hereby p)resenlt for the careful
consideration of our brother Alliance
farmers, the following preamble and
resolutions:
Whereas, the Farmers' Alliance has
been organized to the end that its mem
bers might become educated in the
science of economical government, and
that we might become more united in
our action, having been divided through
the influences of the wvar, while we
have ever been united in interest; and
Whereas our beloved order, the Far
mers' Alliance, was founded for the
express purpose as set forth in our con
stitution to bring about the above most
important results, and that this educa
tion and union should be brough t about
in a strictly non-p)artisan sense and
manner; and
Whereas We declare to the world in
our constitution that the Alliance
would ever advocate "equal rights to
all andi pecial favors to none;" and
Whereas, We declared to the world
through the Alliance that we would
make no war upon any of the legiti
mate interests of our country;" and
Whereas, We were assured when we
entered the organization that no one
should be ostracised for opinion's sake,
and refused admnittance.into or turned!
out of the order on account of any be
lief he might hold on political ques
tions; and
Whereas, We felt assured that this
organization wol be directed and con
trolled by farmers who were honest
men, and who would labor to unite the
farmers of our common country who
were divided by the war;and
Whereas. We now fiud that the
purposes and objects of the order have
been defeated and the organization de
flected and turned from its original
purpose and intentiou in the following
manner and wvavs:
1. By violating the plainest principles
and declarations of our constitution, by1
advocating and declaring in favor of
the sub-treasury an d land loa.n scheme:
and the goverument ownership of rail-1
roads.
:2. By debarring persous from memn
bership az-d office for opinion's rake.
3. By putting men in important]
oflices and keepjing them there, 'vho
are known and have p)roved the~mselves
to be dishonest, miercenary and corrupt,
and have contioned them in such.
offilos.
4. By falsely and !maliciously denoun
eing the just and honest chosen repre
?lected to serve in public trust, although
the honesty and fidelity of such public
servants have been proved by long and
faithful service.
5. By trying to direct and turn the
rganizations of the farmers and
laborers of our land from one of the
greatest curses of the age-the plotec
tive tariff system-and to commIt them
to the national curse of class legisla
tion.
6. By placing in the highest official
positions of our national and state oiders
men who are not farmers, not have any
interest in farming, but whose only
interest and ambition is to keep the
farmers in the depressed condition they
now are, to the end they may draw
their salaries from them, knowing that
the depression of the farming class is
necessary to keep up an organization of
this character.
6. By some of the leading officers of
the order, both state and national,
consorting with the enemies of good
government against the true interests
of the people, and corruptly endeavor
ing by dishonest methods to fasten upon
the people the protective tariff and
railroad combination-two of the evils
that the Alliance was created to put
Iown and destroy.
8. By private individuals in the Alli
nce, through corrupt and mercenary
motives, buying up the sttte and na
tional official organs of our order, there
by centralizing the power of this orga
aization and that of the millions of
rarmers in it for the purpose of the per
sonal aggrandizement and political
imbition and corrupt ends of these
men.
9. By changing our order from its
non-partisan character into a partisan
body, by applying .partisan political
tests to membership and office-holding
n our order, and by declaring in a
tatute passed at Ocala, December, 1890,
id by proclamation of our national
president, that when the majority of
he National Alliance promulgated any
political principle, demand and heresy,
hat every Allianceman must subscribe
o and conform to such political prin
iple; therefore be it
Resolved, That we denounce the sub
reasury and land-loan schemes and
zovernmental ownership of railroads as
riolations of the first principles of good
overnment, as paternal in their char
Lcter, as centralizing in their tenden
ies, and if enacted into law would
reate such a horde of national office
olders as would fasten the clutches of
;he party in power upon the throats of
he people so strongly that the voice of
jonest, patriotic citizens would no
onger be beard in the control of govern
nental affairs.
We further denounce these measures
Ls being a violation of the constitution
)f our beloved order.
That we denounce C. W. Macune and
ais corrupt methods; together with the
ets of his tools and henchmen, as
yeing a disgrace to the order, and a
stench in the nostrials of all honest
nen who know of their corruption and
illiany, and thus point out to the
>rder by continuing such men as this
n power they are enabled, by betraying
is and our interests, to most effectually
~hain us to the juggernaut cars of
nonopoly,
We further demand that those men
who are not farmers be removed from
;he national and state offices of our
>rder, and that none but those who
aave their interest in farming be al
owed to fill such places, to the end
that the legislatures of our government
nay know that when the Allianee
speaks it is the voice of the farmers and
aborers of our land, instead of the wish
>f some paid tool of monopoly and
~orruption. We now appeal to all
ionest members of the Alliance
broughout the United States in behalf
>f the poor and oppressed of our land
whom these base men have betrayed,
n the name of our -.dves and children,
who must be relieved. if at all, by the
inited action of the farmers of this
ountry, in the name of igood 'govern
nent, to unite with us in putting down
:his common enemy and disgrace of
>ur order. To this end we most ear
estly recommend that the brother
lliancemen of the United States
would meet in national convention at
t. Louis, on the third Tuesday of
September, 1891.
DR. WV. B. .\IoRRow,
R. (C. BRAGG,
T. M. Simrmr,
C. C. BELL,
DArIm BUIsT,
Ri. N. WEISIGER,
M. D. BURNEY,
D. McCUNNINGIIAM,
WILL L. SARGENT,
A. F. L ANDEN,
U. S. H ALL,
WV. S. MC AL LISTER,
Comminit tee.
A Queer Coincidence,
(From the Courier-Journal.]
WASIIINGTON, August 16.-A queer
:oincidence is being noted to-day by
he employees of the WVhite House in
sonnection with the death of Mrs. Jas.
K. Polk. Yesterday morning's mail
>rought to the mansion, among other
>ackets, a letter addressed to that lady,
'care of -the White House." It was for
warded without attracting any particu
ar notice bayond the comment that it
was odd that imy one should send mail
natter to Mrs.'Volk here, after forty
rears had elapsed '' ce her occupation
f the President's marn ut when
atter in the day the dea that
tmable lady was announ the
WOMEN AND THEIRt DRESS.
Sensible Views on - Question Now Bother
ing the Bralns of a Certain Set.
[From the New York Sun.]
A great many of intelligent women
belong to Chautauqua and other sum
mer schools of learning. Though never
a member I have long been an admi
rer of them. I have been alzo in full
full sympathy with the plan and scope
of their work. But I think that Chau
tauqua has somewhat exceeded her
bounds when she has entered the arnua
of discussion of dress reform.
I confess I am not much surprised to
bear women prate of the necessity of a
reform in their dress, when they have
so readily adopted, since last season,
the foolish and untidy fashion of trail
ing skirts for the street as well as in
doors. Now, while I do not profess to
be possessed of any more common sense
than the average daughter of Eve, I
must say I have a clear conscience and
a record, as they say in the nomencla
ture of the turf, of never allowing my
dress skirts to do the work of street
sweeping. I have lived ofttimes in
fashionable New York hotels and, when
the same fashion struggled for suprem
acy several years ago I was never guil
ty of adopting it. Nor did I thereby
lessen the dignity of my character or
my self-respect in thus manifesting my
independence.
I think there are two reforms needed
fo. the fair sex at the present day. One
is perhaps a reform in their dress, but
paramount to that is a reform for
themselves in the possession of a
greater modicum of practical, sound
common sense. Much is being written
just now affirming the necessity for a
reform in their dress, a suitable habili
ment for women for business. Nuner
ous devices have been suggested such as
a divided skirt-mayhap a return of
the old Bloomer costume-baggy Turk
ish trousers, and a jacket; or, most
recent of all, a combination skirt, one
half trousers, the other half a flowing
width of material at the back.
W'iat I consider is the only reform
needed for woman's dress is for a sim
ple, neat-fitting dress, ample enough in
fulness for ease of gait, the skirt of the
dress to escape the ground by a couple
of inches, a comfortably fitting corset,
short at the hips, and not tightly
laced, the neck dressed medium high,
and a loose enough fitting sleeve, and
high enough at the shoulder to admit
of an easy play of the arm and hand for
whatever purpose its owner requires of
The dress may vary in texture and
elegance of embellishment according to
the purse and social status of the
wearer and the occasion upon which it
is worn. With such a dress a woman
may be free to promenade Fifty avenue,
climb a mountain side, take long walks
like our English cousins, or go to busi
ness like so many American girls. It
will give ease and freedgm to the play
of every muscle and make a woman
attractive, which is her proper ambi
tion. But I confess it is unfortunate to)
chronicle the tendency too much f. r
business pursuits here in America. We
have too many business women. If
they were relegated to the domestic
circle, woman's natural sphere, our
sons and brothers would find an ample
field for themFelves and less competi
tion. The r.esult would be seen in ear
lier marriages. The men could then
better afford to marry, and girls would
not have to be business women.
Of course there must be always ex
ceptions to this rule, where w:omen
must work to keel) the wolf from the
door; but pray, dear good Chautauqua
friends, don't think that we are all
business women], for Heaven's sake,
and must needs done a business suit of
trousers like the men! Lct us remem
ber that there are morn not in busi
ness, and have something to say of the
needs of their sex in general. I speak
for honest wifehood and motherhood
when I say that such talk and the ad
vancement of such ideas only lessons
man's respect for 'our sex.
Unfortunately these are days of wan
ing chivalry. Man has less respect for
woman than formerly, as he nowadays
jostles her elbows in the crowded horse
ears and elevators of our great down
town business buildings, as she calls
erself a "business woman." I for one
regret the loss of the word "lady" and
"gentleman." Since "men and wo
men" have become the fashionable
pailance there is less courtesy shown
by the two sexes to each other. "Rob
a rose of its blush, and its beauty is
one." I heard a gentleman, and a
lose observer of huma~n nature, say theI
other evening while discussing the
present tenden~cy among women to un- I
sex themselves: "A blushing girl of I
weet I0 is at the present day almzost an
unknown quantity."
The chic and sangfroid of so many
oung women is not born of sweetness
and purity of heart. I do not wish to
be considered an old fogy, far from it,
or I am heart and soul with every
phase of progress in this nineteenth
tentury. But I dlo aflirm that women
are too much unsexing themselves try
ng to be mannish, and th reby they
are losing the respect and admiration
>f men in general and of any- one man
in particular.
I believe marriage to be the proper
and laudable ambition of every young
woman, But let me say she is not
aking the right course whereby to
win man's love and respect and make
ier the the chosen partner of his life.
believe thaf our education is not prac- I
ical enough. A cooking class and a
iressmaking class sho.uld be as nuch I
an accessory of every one of our higher i
schools and colleges as Latin or mathe
.If woman understood better now to
stablisli and maintain a home by
neans of this practical traiaing, young
nen could afford to marry on compara
iuely small salaries. Inasmuch as
is our girls are too extravagant (they
want to begin where their parents left
>ff) young men instead seek the clubs,
md club life, which we all know en
:irely unfits them for the quiet enjoy
nent of domestic life. In fact it is
isurping the home too much. Young
'rien frequently go to the bad, and the
;irls are dragged with them, like a
nacistrom.
If we want to preserve the chastity
>f our young people and the peace of
>ur nation, our young people_ must
marry; and let us stop talking about
irls going to business, and of what
kind of a dress reform is necessary for
ucli a purpose! Let women be clothed
with purity, and have "the ornament
)f a meek and quiet spirit" of old-fash
oned Gospel description if they wish
:o fulfill their mission in life, arid Chan
,auqua may then busy herself with
more exalted questions of woman's
needs. CLARA CONANT-GILsoN.
The Growth of Southern Cotton Mills.
It is necessary to compare very often
the statistics of the South's manufac
luring interests with the census figures
>f 1880, that the magnitude of the pro
rress made may be more ful1y appre
eiated. From Dockham's Textile Di
rectory, just published, the Manufac
turers' Record has compiled the statis
tics showing the number of cotton
pindles in the South as compared with
ISSO, as follows:
1801. IS88).
No. of No. of
Spindles Spindles.
labama...............102,519 49,42
rkansas.............. 10,625 2,01.5
Florida...... .......... 1,300 81;
Georgia.................484,983 198,656
Kentucky............. 47,287 9,022
Louisiana.............. 61,168 6,096
Aaryland.............175,500 12-5,70G
Aississippi......... 57,420 18,568
North Carolina.....423,192 92,385
South Carolina....463,424 82,334
rennessee.............121,911 35,736
rexas................... 86,734 2,648
Virginia............... 91,760 44,340
Total............2,130,823 667,854
Thus, since 1880, the South's cotton
manufactureres have more than trebled
the number of spindles, showing an in
>rease from 667,000 to 2,130,000. Georgia
eads in the number of spindles, having
184,9S3, closely followed by South Caro
ina with 463,424, North Carolina being
third with 423,192. These three States
have paid more attention to cotton
oaanufacturing than any others, and
bave developed a great industry that is
Ateadily adding to their prosperity.
Dther Southern States should follow
their example. The South, which pro
:uces the cotton, must manufacture it.
The total number of spindles in the
United States is 15,497,302, against 14,
157,024 in 1889 and 13,470,981 in 1387.
3ne Practical Experiment in Less Cotton.
I Lancaster Ledger.]
As will be seen elsewhere the county
illiance has passed a resolution not to
plant but ten acres to t.he mule, horse
>r ox, in cotton another year. This is
>ne of the best things our alliance has
aver done. It will reduce the acreage
>f cotton in this county fully one-half
md will incase the area for corn,
wheat, oats, rice, sorghum, potatoes,
peanuts, etc., by just that much. We
ope that every farmer, whether he is
mn allianceman or not, will stand by
:he resolution. If they do they will
son become independent.
If there is one who thinks it will not
ay, we refer him to Mr. H. J. Thom
ion. Mr. T. resolved a few years ago
;at he would quit cotton, only as a
surplus crop. He reduced his acreage
nore than the alliance proposes to. He
>nly plants seven acres to the horse,
>ut be lives at home. He is indepen
lent. We were at his home a few weeks
igo. It looks like living at his house.
[50 bushels of wheat, corn and rough
2ess two years old, ten large fat hogs,
at cows and yearlings in his pasture,
ie fields of corn, potatoes and pinders
mmd only seven acres of cotton that
ooked like it would make a bale to the
tre. He said that he quit cotton with
~ear and trembling, but to-day, in
tead of running on a lien for supplies,
ae is independent.
The alliance has at last struck the
rey-note to prosperity. It is better late
han never. Devote your time to dis
~ussmng what ro raise and how to raise
t. Get the best methods of farming
>y experiment and give your brother
iliancemen the benefit of your ex
yrience. Do your buying and selling
o your best advantage. Keep posted
> prices and let politics alone. Legis
ation will never make the farmer rich.
)o this and your order will thrive and
-ou'll become independent and pros
>erous.
voudnt Drink Liquor to save is Life
CHATTANOOGA, August 10.-Henry
Dillard, a business man of this city
lied suddenly of heart failure. Accord
ug to the story told by his relatives he
ad always been a hard drinker, and
.bout ten dayssinceswore off. He could
ot be induced to taper off, and when
old that his life depended upon taking
,n alcoholic stimulant, he refused to
'eld arid died firm.
A perfect complexion, free from
simple or blemish, is very rarely seen,
ecause few people have perfect'y pure
lood. And yet, all disfiguring erup
ions are easily removed by the use of
tyer's Sarsaparla. Try it, and sur:~
LINTLESS COTTON.
The New Discovery Will Close Fertilizer
Factories and Revolutionize the
Country.
[Spartanburg Herald, 21st.]
Mr. H. T. Ferguson, of Woodru.1 was
in the city yesterd;y and he brought a
staff of his celebrated lintless cotton
which has attracted so much attention.
This stalk contained about 300 bolls,
each filled completely with large plump
seed. When ripe the seed are perfectly
black, resembling much in appearance
the seed of sea island cottou.
Liutless cotton has has come to stay.
It is not a freak, but an entirely new
variety, which comes true to the seed
every year. Mr. F-rguson has taken
much pains to get the variety perfect
and this year he will have enough seed
to plant the entire State.
The estimated yield with moderate
cultivation on ordinary land is '400
bushels to the acre. It is as easily
gathered as the ordinary cotton, but
must be gathered just as the bolls
crack, else the seed will drop out of the
boll.
Mr. Ferguson is confident that lint
less cotton will revolutionize this coun
try. Four hundred bushels of seed to
the acre is equal to several sacks of
guano as a fertilizers and the cost of
raising the four hundred bushels is
nothing compared with the cost of com
mercial fertizers.
Mr. Ferguson is constantly receiving
letters of inquiry regarding the new
plant and expects a-large sale of seed.
He says the yield of oil is about one
third more than ordinay seed.
He had on exhibition also a stalk of
cotton which he grafted on a periim
mon bush. The leaves of the plant
bear somewhat of a resemblance to the
leaf of the persimmon, but yields no
fruit. While it is curious and a fact
not generaily known that cotton could
be grafted, the discovery is without
practical beneflit.
PRAYEI FOR INGALLS,
And a Story of a Kansas Girl Who Never
Saw a Saloon Until She Went to
Chicago.
[From the Chicago Herald.]
According to the Rev. D. J. Holmes,
pastor of the Lincoln Street Metho
dist Church, the only way for the Re
publican party to save itself from de
struction is to make prohibition the
main plank in its platform. From his
pulpit the other night Mr. Holmes
thundred against the "evils of the rum
traffic."
"What is the cause of the decadence
of the Republican party in New York,
Michigan, Massachsetts, Pennsylvania,
and Illinois ? This decadence, this loss
of power, is due to the abandonment of
great moral issues. The rank and file
of the party believe in and want to
stick to the great moral issues that have
a patriotic bearing. But the leaders
what .of them? Well, let us pray for
them ; many of them need our pray
ers."
Every head wr,s here bent in prayer.
When the paster gazed on the up
turned faces again, "John J. Ingalls-"
he began.
"Pray for hini !" a man with a soul
ful voice uttered.
Heads were bowed once nmore. The
minister resumed :
"Joln J. Ingaila was a classmate of
mine arid I iave always regarded him
as a friend, but it would have been
more seemly for him to make merry at
his other's grave than to joke as he
did in Wisconsin, a few days ago, at
the alleged failure of prohibition in
Kansas. John J. Ingalls's joke was
not founded oa fact. A granddaughter
of mine visited me from Kansas last
week and she lifted her hands in hor
ror when she saw a saloon on Madi
son street. It was was the first one she1
had ever seen."
LAND LOAN COMPANIEs.
The Comptroller-General Says the Foreign
Com pany Must Pay Taxes.
[Columbia Record, 10th.]
Comptroller-General Ellerbe has dis
covered that foreign Land Loan com
panies and associations have never
made any returns in this State yet, and
he is after them.
The following circular was issued and
sent to the connty auditors to-day:
EXECUTIVE DEPARrTMENT,
OFFICE OF COMiPTROLLER GENERAL,
COLUMBIA, S. C., August 19, 1S91.
Oircular No. II.
Mr. - --, Auditor County,
DE AR SIR: The Comptroller-General
is informed that Foreign Land Loan
companies and associations doing busi- a
ness in this State have made no returnsi
for taxation, any mortgage or other
property.
Auditors are hereby instructed to as
certain from Oftice of Rtegister of Mesne t
conveyance or association, and amounts
so invested by such companies and en
ter them as required by law upon their
tax duplicates. Auditors will send this t
office duplicates of all such returns as r
are thus entered upon their duplicates. I
Respectfully,
W. H. ELLERPBE, Conmpt. Gen.
In Luck.
(From Truth.]
"'Barrows was always lucky."
"What's happened now?" 1
"You know that f500P watch the boys 1
gave him?" t
"Yes."
"He succeeded in~ selling it the other a
day for $14."
Few children can be induced to take ~
physic without a struggle, and no n
wonder-most drugs are extremely t<
nauseating. Ayer's Pills, on the co- ti
trary, being sugar-coated, are eagerly
swallowed by tbe little ones, and are, S
therefore, the favorite family medicine. te
GOV.. NORTHE'N SAT UPO'N
Che Georgia Alliance Refuses to Listen to
Him and Endorses Livingston.
ATLANTA, August 19.-Gov. Northen
xent tp the State Alliance to-day, al
;hough he was not a member of that
party, and attempted to overthrow
President Livingston.
The first move was a motion by the
F. G. Gibson. The chair ruledhim out
>f order, and Gov. Northen had to take
:he floor. "Mr. President," said he, "I
:iold that the gentleman is not out of
)rder. I know something of parlia
nentary law, and he is entitled to the
loor."
The answer came amid cheers: "I
tm satisfied that you are well versed in
>arliamentary law and you know as
,vell as I do that the gt ntleman is not:
n order until the Convention is reor
;anized." The, Governor attempted to
iold the floor and President Livingston
aid sharply: "Let me suggest to you,
iir, that you are not entitled to a seat
)n this floor. You are not a delegate
o the convention and you have no
ight to interrupt the proceedings at
;his time."
The Governor remained standing,
tud the President said:
"Mr. Northen, you must either take
rour seat or leave the convention."
This raised an uproar, and many of
he members stood crying: "Put him
)ut." "Throw him out of the win
low."
In the afternoon session Gibson and
Northen were on hand again with a
-esolution that, before the body should
yroceed to the election of a President,
Ld investigation should be made of
?re.-'dent Livingston's character.
With a mighty shout the resolution
was laid on the table, and then a reso
Loion declaring confidence in Col. :..v
ngston's integrity and honor was car
-ied through by every vote but one, that
>f Mr. Gibson.
The result of this day's work has been
o make Livingston the undoubted po
itical boss of Georgia. Holding the
wey to the situation in both the Alli
mee and Democratic organizations, he
!an do so as he pleases for for at least a
7ear to come.
Why He Kept Them Near Him.
Hal Reid, the celebrated stoi-y teller,
ives the following account of a ser
non he heard in a Kentucky sanctua
y from tb i lips of an eloquent colored
Baptist divine. who was known in that
icinity as B.'other Jason. Mr. Reid
nakes the report under ot th, and the
arrative is worthy of more or less cre
lence. Brother Jason seeing that he
.as with his people, talked thus :
"Brer's an' sistren, I gotter grate,
;ood news disser mawnin.' I dun
2adder dream las' nite. Yasser, I had
Iream dat I dun gotter hebben. [Sister
Dilsey in the amen corner, 'Praise
Jord.']
"Yasser, I dun hadder dream dat I
In got to hebben, an' whenst I got
lar I witnessed many sights. I look
ay ober in de norf, an' I see way ober
n de norf all de Methodists, in de
iorf way off from de throne. 'Glory,'
rom the congregation.]
"Yassir ! an' I look way ober to de
ist, an' see all de Pres-but-erians ober
n de east, way off from de throne."
"Ain't I glad we's Baptis,' " voices in
he multitude.].
"Yasser ! an' I look way down yon
er to de souf', and see all de Camel
te, down in the soul' way off from de
,hrone. ["DeBabtis'! Babtis'!!lBabtis' !!!
he congregation.]
"Yas, sir, an' I look way ober to
le west' an' I see all de Calf-licks way
ber in ther west, way off fro'n de
brone, an' I look at de throne, and
hatter do you reckon I see on de
rone? Nuffin, brers and sister, nuffin
mt Babtis, desser covered wid Babtis'.
"Glory ! amen!1 bress Gord!" from a
levout sister.j
"Yasser ! An' I ax do Lawd wy he
ab all de Babtis' on de throne, and
i Lawd say : ["What ? Brer, What?"
'om the congregation.J
"He say, de Babtis' such unreliable
askals he hab to keep 'em wha' he kin,
;it his hans on 'em." ]
TIMSMED) TO SUIT HIs TAsTE.
Vhy an Old Confederate Soldier Was Lib
eral In His Charity.
Col. Sterritt, in the Galveston News.]
Speaking of the Grand Army, I heard
story a few days ago worth repeating.
s it was told me it runs in this wise:
Et one of the encampments of the
irand Army of the Republic there was
man sitting on the sidewalk appeal
g to all who passed for alms. His legs
nd arms had been shot off and he was
'lind. On his cap he htd an appeal in
be words: 'Pity a blind and crippled
etern." He explained to all where
e lost his limbs and his eyes. One of
be old veterans would give him a1
ickel, another a dime, and now then I
e would get a quarter. Finally a man
topped in front of him, and after hear
g his story said : "Here is a five dd1-(
ir bill." The tears came from the sight- I
ass eyes of the beggar, and he saidI
Who are you that are so generous?
'.il me your name, that I may remem
er and bless it." The man replied that
was uuneessary to give his name, as
be money could be enjoyed as well a
ithout it. The blind man insisted, r
nd finally the donor of the bill said :u
Well, if you must know, I am an old
'onfederate soldier; and if you want to
now why I give you the amount of p
oney which pleases you so much, I '
"
1 you I give it to you because you are
e first Yankee soldier I have ever ir
en who was trimmed up to suit my os
ste. nCe
TALKEP TO DEATH.
Her usband Sees that the Fact is Plainly
Set Forth on Her Gravestone.
[Chicago Daily Inter-Ocean.]
CENTRALA, L1., Aug. 7.-Undertak
ers and tombstone men often meet with
strange expe:iences. This is well illus
trate,d by an incident that occured re
uently at the marble works of Frazer &
Leffel of this city. A tall, lank man,
with a tall, narrow head and a positive
expression on a well-cut countenance,
entered the aforementioned establish
neut and i:timated to the business
manager that he wanted a tombstone
for his wife. Manager Leffel, with one
aye to business and the other adjusted
to a proper expression of sympathy in
his patron's bereavement, proceeded to
show hn the large array of designs in
his establishment.
A suitable stone was soon found, and
bere the work began. His patron of
positive countenance had more to do
with the inscription than with the style
of stone. It must be just so. He must
have cut on it just what he wanted and
as he wanted it. He was willing to pay
his money for what he wanted, but
didn't want any assistance to say what
that was. The undertaker tried in vain
to suit him, but to no avail. He could
not catch the spirit of his dream. There
was something in this case that out
reached the rigid experience of many
,ears. Finally the tall, lank patron
said:
"Give me your pencil and I'll tell y )u
what I want." And here it is:
Kiss me and I will go to sleep.
ALICE,
First ar d last wife of
Thomas Philip2.
Talked to death byjfriends.
No aLof birth, no date of death is
given. The age is omitted. Thomas
bad but two purposes in his mind-one
was to let the world know that he
would never marry again and the other
was to let it know that his wife had
been talked to death by the neighbors.
"There now, I want it just as I write
it; nothing more and nothing less. I
propose to pay for just what I want."
Being assured that his wants would
be strictly compiled with, he paid for
the monument and, giving directions
where to place it, departed with the sat-.
isfied air of a man who felt that he had
got even with somebody.
This stone is an actual fact, ands
to-day in a cemetary near Boulder, in
Clinton County, Illinois.
Jones' Private Argument.
That air same Jones which lived in
Jones,
He had this p'int about him;
He'd swear, with a hundred sighs and
groans,
yhat farmers must stop gittin' loans,
And get along withbout 'em;
That bankers, warehousemen and sich
Was fattenin' on the planter,
And Tennessee was rotten-rich
A raisin' meat and corn, all which
Draw'd money to Atlanta.
And th' only thing (says he) to do
Is, eat no meat that's boughten,
But tare up every I1O U,
And plant all corn, and swear for true
To quit a-raisin' cotton.
rhus sprouted Jones (whar folks could
hear,
At court and other gatherin's),
Anid thus kept sproutin' many a year,
Proclaimin' loudly far and near
Sich fiddlesticks and batherins.
But one all-fired sweatin' day,
It happened I was hoein'
SIy lower corn field, which it lay
Along the road that runs my way,
Whar I can see what's goin'.
A nd after 12 o'dock had cam
I felt a kinker faggin',
Ad laid myself un'neath a plum
ro let my dinner settle some,
Whcn 'long cam Jones's waggin.
Ad Jones was sett in' in it so,
A readin' of a paper,
Ris mules was goin' powerful slow,
F'or he had tied the lines into
The staple of the scraper.
Che mules they stopped about a rod
From me, and went to feedin'
Longside the road upon the sod;
But Jones (which he had took a nod)
Not knownin' kept a readin'.
Ad presently says Jones: "Hit's true;
That Ciisby's* head is level.
Char's one thing farm'ers all must do
Co keep themselves from goin' tew
Bankruptcy and the devil!
'More corn! More corn! Must plant
less ground,
And mustn't eat what's boughten!
%ext year they'll do it; reas'nin's
sound!
And cotton will fetch ibout a dollar a
pound,
Therefore I'll plant all cottod!)"
-- -IDNEY LANIEic.
*At that time editor of the Macon
Lelegraph.
skewered and Cured.
"First I was skewered and then I
was cured," says Jones, and he laughs
eagily over his little joke. Well, let
urn laugh. Let laugh who wins. He
vas skewered th]rough and throughi by<
lyspepsia and its attendant train of
Ils. He was cured by Dr. Pierce's
rolden MIedical Discovery. Do you
eel. dull, languid, low-spirited ; ex
>erieuce a sense of fullness or bloating
fter eat i:g, tongue coated, bitter or<
>ad taste in the mouth, irregular ap- t
itite, dizziness, frequent headaches,
ervous prostration or exhaustion, hot
lushes alternating with chilly sensa
ions, sharp, biting transient pains here
nud there, cold feet, drowsiness after
2eals, wakefulness. cr disturbed and
nrefreshing sleep, constant and indes-a
ribable feeling of dread, or of impend
ig calamity ? t
These are symptoms of Bilious Dys- E
epsia, or Torpid Liver, associated t
ith Dyspepsia, or Indigestion. Dr. a
ierce's Golden Tiedical Discovery I
ill subdue the cause, if taken accord- h
g to directions, for a reasonable length 5
f time, or money paid for it will be e
1erfnull refunded. e
Rev. Dr. B. Br. Palmer on the Louisiana
Lottery.
Following are extracts from the
speech of Rev. Dr. B. M. Palmer, de
livered at a public meeting of the An
ti-Lottery League of Louisiana, held
in the Grand Opera House, in New
Orleans.
"I lay the indictment againsz the
Lottery Company of Louisiana that it
is essentially an immoral institution,
whose business and avowed aim is to
propagate gambling throughout the
country. This being not simply a nui
sance, but even a crime, no Legisla
ture, as the creature of the people, nor
even the people themselves in conven
tion assembled, have the power to legit
imate it, either by Legislative enact
ment upon the one hand or by funda
mental charter upon the other. In
other words. I lay the indictment
against the Louisiana Lottery Com
pany that its continued existence is
incompatible, not only with the safety,
but with the being of the State."
* * * * *
"Indeed. sir, if the worst should
come to the worst in this present cam
paign, I for one could wish that all the Z
technicalities being swept away, there
might be some method by which the
question could be carried up to Su
preme Court of the United States,
whether it is competent to aiy State
in the Union to commit suicide. And
if that venerable Court should return
an answer, which I think they would
not for a moment consider as possible,
I would then, 'for my part, make the
appeal to the virtue and common
sense of the masses of our people, that
the very instinct of self-preservation
may stamp out of existence an institu
tion which is fatal to the liberties and
to the life of the commonwealth.
* * * * *
"Suppose there should be an organi
zation effected in this city for Thug
gery-aud, by the way, we have had
some little experience of that of late,
when all the machinery of human jus
tice proving inadequate to defend the
safety and life of the cummonwealth,
extra legal measures were necessitated,
under the instinct of self-preservation,
to stamp out the existence of the Mafia
in our midst. Now, Sir, Iput the Lot
tery upon the same moral plane."
* * * * *
Let me illustrate this so that it shall
be understood by all present to-night.
That Company issues, if ou 1 a
i g
$500,000. It
000 of that and deposit
own locker as its portion of the
der. It then takes the other half, the
$250,000, and divides it into twenty
five shares of $10,000 each and puts
those into the wheel, and the 500 men
may take their chances as to which of
$10,000 each and puts those into the
wheel, and the 500Omen may take
their chances as to which of them shall
get these twenty-five prizes. * * * *
Now, Sir, let the Lottery exist five and
twenty years. If on.!y twenty-five men
out of the five hundred succeed in
gaining what the Lottery promises,
how long will it take to transfer the
entire wealth of the State of Louisiana
into the hands of one out of twenty of
its citizens? What will be the condi- -
tion of things when one-twentieth of
the population own everything upon
the soil, and let me ask, sir, how long
is any community going to stand that
sort of a thing? When 'the country -
has been led straight up to the verge
of the precipice, do you suppose that,
like a herd of bufabloes, all the people 7
of this State are going to ?iap that
precipice into the boilIng and hissing
depths below ? No, Sir, they must and
they will recoil, and if this Lottery
cannot be destroyed by forms of law,
it must unquestionably, be destroyed
by actnal revolution."
AGood Way to'Reit.
[From a Lecture by Dr. J. H. Kellogg.]
When a person is in health, change
of occupation is the best kind of ret
If your legs are tired you can rest them
by using your arms ; if your arms are
tired you can rest them by using yourp
legs ; if one part of your brain is tired
you can rest it by taking up a totally
different line of mental work. Dif
ferent sets off muscles and different ~
parts of the brain become congested
by prolonged use, and a change draws
the blood elsewhere and allows the
over-wearied parts to become refreshed
by the oxygen which a fresh blood sup
ply brings in. If a man works con
stantly at brain work without indulg
ing in muscle work, the waste matter
accumulates in the brain and is not
permitted opportunity for oxygenation
wd removal. Intervals of deep breath
ing are exceedingly restful, especially
to the brain-worker.
Work is healthful, and it is very
seldom that people break down from
>ver-work. They break down much
nore frequently from lack of care of
;he physical machine and from table
mnd othe. excesses. The digestive or
rans frequet t from
>vertaxed, while it is very ; t
he brain or the muscles fail as the re
ult of any direct strain.
"Certain hard words made into pills
Simply to swell the doctor bills."s
re not what constitute Dr. Pieree's
"leasant Purgative Pellets. They are
iny, sugar-coated, purely vegetable
ills as pleasant as confectionery to the
aste, and acting upon the stomah
nd liver gently but effectually sudas
aturally as Nature herself. 11torsIek
eadache, indigestion, biliopjess, con
tipation, and all the resulting dis
ases, no laxative equale to them has