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Bradycrotine Only a Headache Cure
By J. H. C0??1OLLY.
[Copyright, 18i>I, by American Prcas Associa?
tion.]
CHAPTER ILL
Do thc tramps In this part of thc country
carry letters ot introduction like thatcf'
Frau Kropff quivered with excite?
ment, joy and the triumph of a great
speculative coup, for which she took all
credit to herself. Her mind did not
really entertain a realizing sense of a sum
of money beyond about fifty dollars-an
amount for which she had a standard of
approximation in the ordinary value of
a cow. She talked of thousands as she
heard, others talked, but comprehended
them no more than metaphysicians
grasp the conceptions of unbounded
space and limitless time, about which
they prate so glibly. Even the tangible
pile of forty five dollar notes dazed her
with a sense of vastness that seemed to
include ample provision for Jacob's
happy future. Farmer Kropff listened
to her in grim silence until about dusk,
when, feeling that she made him tired,
he strolled out to the gate and stood
there meditating.
Reuben Chase, a bright eyed, quick
witted fifteen-year-old lad, son of a neigh?
bor, came trudging along the lane
whistling merrily and swinging a small
string of trout
"You vas not having good luck mit
the feeshes today, Reuben," remarked
the farmer, good naturedly accosting the
boy.
"Nb! Well, maybe not; but it was
the best day's fishing I ever did in my
life, Mr. Kropff," replied Reuben laugh?
ingly.
"How vas that?"
"Why, I get five dollars from a couple
of city swells for the first string I caught
-about twice as many as Tve got here!"
"Zor
"They were the chaps that stopped
here. I saw them come in for dinner
and drive away afterward."
'*Chimini gracious! They give you
five dollars for them feeshes unt then
give them feeshes to mel That vas most
eggstraordinary? I s'pose they think I
laugh at them ven they don't got some
feeshes."
"They didn't seem to care ranch about
fishing when I saw them."
"No! The tall one was tired, I guess.
He is sickly."
"What! the lean ?one? Why, he was
doing more work than the other."
"Doing more vork! Vat do you mean?"
"Why, they were both down in the
bed of the creek, shoveling up sand into
iron pans, and then filling them with
water and shaking them around and
flirting the water out again in a funny
way. 1 watched them a good while."
"Donnerwetter!"
In vain the worthy old man puzzled
himself to find an explanation of the
strange things told him by the boy. No
hypothesis could he discover compatible
with a belief in the sanity of the New
Yorkers, and if they were crazy would
he have any moral right to retain those
two hundred dollars? Certainly not In
his perplexity he had the weakneo to
take his wife into consultation, a step
that he bitterly regretted before the
night was over.
About midnight she bored among his
ribs with one of her sharp elbows until,
to his thorough disgust, he was fully
?.wakened, and then, in a tone of tri?
umphant confidence, addressed him:
"Heinrich! I see it all now!"
"Then, my dear, I visa you vould gon
template it in admiring silence, vatevor
it is, unt let me shleep," he protested.
"I have been thinking, Heiurich."
"I am very sorry to hear it Always
mischief gomes ven you do that."
"Viii you be still unt listen to me?"
"I vould not if I gould hellup it."
"Heinrich, I am sorry for you that you
been so dumm."
"Surely you are not half so sorry ior
me that I am dumm as I am sorry that
you are not dumb."
"Ach! ya. You vant to shleep there
like a fat pig vile ve all go by the boor
house, but you shall not You must lis?
ten to me."
"I am aggu^tomed to that Veil, go
ahead. Get it off your mind, unt then
maybe yon viii go to shleep again."
"I know vat for them fellers vas dig
gin' the greek."
"Zor
"They vas lookin' for mineral vaters
like the springs in Germany."
"Zo!"
"They know a kind of sand vat they
look for, unt ven they find it they dig
down unt got the va ter."
"Zo!"
"That they do buy the farm shows
they have finded that sand."
"Zof
"Unt the first thing you viii know
they viii build a big hotel here, unt pay
3ome doctors to tell t he i>eople that the
vaters cures everything*, unt sell that
vater in bottles, unt make more money
as you never saw; unt you are a fool if
you sell that farm for len thousand dol?
lars."
"Zor
"Yes, that is zo; unt you must make
them pay ten times so much."
"That would bevon hundred thousand
dollars."
"Veil, maybe there is that much
money."
"Are yon done?"
"If I am vat viii you say?"
"Go to shleep."
"Heinrich! Gan you think of that
boor poy Jacob shtanding outside the
fence around that big hotel vere the
rich gentlemen^ unt ladies are, unt savin'
mit a proken heart, 'Mein vater sold all
that for a boor leedle ten thousand dol?
lars.' Ach, Heinrich, you got no heart
at all for that poy!"
"Get zum tnyful!" roared the exasper?
ated old man, pinnging out of bed and
retreating to thc cuest chamber, whero .
be locked himself in and tried to get
som? rest during the remainder of the
night in another bed.
In the course of the forenoon follow?
ing that nocturnal discussion a middle
aged, tough looking citizen sauntered up
to the porch and inquired of Farmer
Kropff, who was as usual seated there,
if anything stood in the way of his hav?
ing dinner with the family.
"Yes; the old vooinan have got a gol
ossal brejudice against feedin' dranips,"
responded the old man, eying him with
marked disfavor.
"Tramps!* echoed the tough citizen,
seeming rather amused than insulted.
"You're away off, senator. I should
think you'd live long enough to be a
better judge of a man's style. Do the
tramps in this part of the country carry
letters of introduction like fcheseT
As he spoke he drew from a pocket a
handful of ten and twenty dollar gold
pieces and poured them, clinking melo?
diously, from one grimy paw to the other
before the farmer's astonished eyes.
"My gracions!" ejaculated Herr
Kropff. "Excuse me, sir. Viii you not
takeaseatr
"I don't wonder at your taking me for
a tramp," continued the man, accepting
the invitation, "as my get up may be a
leettle off accordin' to eastern notions of
style, but in the country I come from
clothes dont count for much, and Tve
got to be sort of careless about 'em, I
reckon, "
"From vere do you come, mein fri nd?"
"Montana, Idaho, wherever there's
gold, toard the sunset. My name's Dan
Chipland, but I'm better known as the
Goldbug of the Sawtooth Range."
"My gracious! Never I did hear the
like of that"
"Probably not But there's lots has.
Fm a modest flower, but not scarce
where I bloom. Why, say, senator, Tve
located more big mines and made and
spent more big money than any other
man west of the Missouri river. I'm a
prospector from 'way back, I am, and
don't you forget it These are some of my
own producing." And again he dazed the
farrrwr Ts-jtb his handful cf ?^ld.
"Your broducing? How vas that?"
"My digging. Got the gold out for
'em myself. Staked the high muck-a?
muck of the mint to have my own dust
coined for me, the hnll hundred weight
"Hundred veight of vat?"
"Gold dust, that I washed out myself.
"Potztausend!"
"Oh, Tm boss of the placer, I am,
You ought to see me toy with a pan."
"Vat is that 'toy mit a panf "
The Goldbug condescendingly and pa?
tiently set forth by simple phrase and
ample illustrative pantomime the art
and mystery of placer mining, embel?
lishing the dry details with a wealth of
romance respecting his achievements.
Herr Kropff, with open mouth and bulg?
ing eyes, listened in silence, the while
thick layers of wonder piled np over his
mind. Gradually a suspicion stole upon
him that the mysterious proceedings of
the New Yorkers must have been some?
thing akin to those now brought to his
knowledge. He theref oro repeated what
Reuben had told him, and asked his
guest's opinion upon it
"There's no tellin'," answered Mr.
Chipland, with an air of gravo consid?
eration, 'in this offhand way. Gold,
you see, is just as likely to be found in
one place as in another, 'most any?
where. It has been got in every state of
this Union, more or less. Wherever you
find black sand, if the other indications
are right it is pretty safe to look for
gold."
"That greek bed is full of black sand.r
"Yon don't say so! Well, then, there's
probably gold. Pd like to take a look at
it You may have millions right under
your hand."
"Donnerwetter! Unthe got a option
that he shall buy it all for ten thousand
dollars."
"Took an option, eh? Oh, well, that
settles it They have found the gold, of
course."
"Ach! du lieber Gott! Vat viii Anna
say now?"
Herr Kropff could hardly wait until
the Goldbug had dined to hurry him
off for an expert examination of the
creek sand, the result of which was full
confirmation of his fears. It was almost
miraculous how fortune and instinct
seemed to favor the experienced miner.
Within ten minutes he had unearthed
the spade and pans from where the New
Yorkers bad "cached** them under some
rocks and brush. In as much more time
his deft manipulation of a panful of sand
reduced it to a spoonful of grains, among
which shone several bright yellow
specks. Those, he explained, were gold.
"Gott im himmel! Gold! Gold!!
Gold!!!" shouted Herr Kropff in a parox?
ysm of uncontrollable excitement "1
viii not sell my farm! No, no; I viii not
sell my farm! Nobody shall make me
sell my farm! I got a gold mine all
mine own! Ach! du lieber Gott; how
near I gome that I lose him!"
"Don't be too sure you haven't if
you've sold an option," suggested the
old miner dryly. "It's a pity if yon
have. With one man to help mo I could
wash that price right out of this creek in
a month's time."
"I viii give him back his two hundred
dollars."
"But suppose he holds you to the bar?
gain. If it were out west, where you
could settle the difficult}' with a shot?
gun, it would be simple enough. But
here in the effete east, what's goin' to
become of you when the lawyers get a
cineh on yon?"
While talking he washed down a sec?
ond pan of sand and found it even richer
than the first in auriferous grains.
"Ach! Ich bin ein ungl?ckliche
mensch! Mein herz is broked!" wailed
the old man, bursting into tears. "Ven
Anna finds this ouet it vould be for me
better ven I vas in my cool, cool grave!"
[TO BE CONTINUED ]
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For Ovor Fifty Years.
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Tobacco Culture is Profitable.
STATEBOUG, S. C., June 27, 1891.
Hr. Editor: Much has b*en written Hnd
more said of late of the possibilities* of tobacco
cuitare being profit?t)]*?, ns an industry in
South Carolina. At the present ;:rice of
cotton, the lowest reached in 36 years, a equ?
ation regarded hy Mr. Inman as unprecedented
in the history of the cotton trade, with a
crop of 1,250,000 bales .".hove the most con?
servative estimate, we enter the new cotton
season with an enormous surplus. The pre?
sent price and future prospect being below
the cost of production, a disaster to the
growing crop appearing the only hope for
liviDg prices. Uuder these circumstances no
story could interest or gladden the average
farmer of the Stale more than the possibility
of superceding cotton with some more mone?
tary crop. The writer has no personal ex?
perience except perhaps the too free use of
the weed, bat has read with interest in tbe
Atlanta Constitution "that wherever the be?
witching weed goes it seems to bless and im?
prove mankind. Twenty-five years ago, in
what is now the bright belt of North Caro?
lina, the soil afforded a scanty support to its
inhabitants. Where for many years stood
the rude hut of the white "cropper" is to?
day the happy home of a prosperous farmer.
The golden weed has touched the locality
as with magic wand. Hospitable homes
and smiling families now take the place
where want ai'd poverty once prevailed. All
because the white plume of the cotton king
has given place to the golden sceptre of the
queen of weeds. It is claimed that no crop
could be grown in the Southern States to?
day that will pay a larger return to the son of
toil than tobacco. It has been clearly dem?
onstrated a success in North Carolina. Why
not so in our own State? A soil that will
compare with any other, a people as true and
loyal to their obligations as any other. Land
poor and cotton poor, still led by the Jack
O'Lantern whiteness of the fleecy staple, toiling
hard with immense areas, yielding a harvest
of debt, robbing agriculture of all its charms.
Pity swells for these toil worn faces, these un?
profitable places, almost wrecked by war,
manfully fighting the bigger battle of pover?
ty. Oh, that something could bring back the
former glory of these Southern farms, some?
thing could rebuild these waste places, and
fill our homes with song, throw from our
fields the sedge and brier, and load ber bo?
som with golden plenty, filling the heart
with hope, and the eye with something be?
side the tear. The Hon. Mr. Watson says
there can be no higher work for Southern
patriotism than the "upbuilding of rural life
to its true dignity and usefulness," the mend?
ing of broken fortunes and the cbeeriug of
broken spirits, banishing doubt and debt and
establishing an independent life Who can
tell what succ?s might be achieved hy this
wonder working weed- a nuisance to wo?
man, a solace to maui
"Gentle Havana, soother of dull care,
Puffing misfortunes into the air."
A correpondent of the Atlanta Constitution,
Mr. Harmon, writes that five years ago when
a few feeble experiments were first made with
tobacco cc -ure in South Caroiina, everybody
hooted at the idea. This was however the
cry when North Carolina began to look after
the industry, which made Virginia rich. Mr.
F. M. Rogers, of Florence, S. C., the pioneer
introducer of this culture in the Palmetto
State, has made money rapidly at the busi?
ness, nor is he now alone in this new indus?
try. This year South Carolina will grow
perhaps 2,000,000 pounds of tobacco,
and eight counties are engaged in its
culture. We have in our midst
one progressive young farmer who bas
planted twenty-five acres, and his success is
watched with interest by all whoifind it dif?
ficult to abandon their favorite staple-cotton.
Mr. Rogers planted in 1884 twenty acres in
tobacco, sold the crop for $4,611. Il cost
him ?1,660 to produce it. Net profit of $2,.
930. In 1888 planted thirty acres, sold the
crop for $8,634. Cos* to produce it $2,074.
Net pro?t $6,560. This looks like tobacco
growing in South Carolina might pay, and
he defies the champion of the cotton grower
to produce a better result. It is stated that
Mr. L. F. Lucas, of Lucarna, Georgia, is
making a fortune rapidly, and is going large?
ly into the business, having reached tbe cli?
max of h?3 experiments, a single acre re?
warding his efforts with $500 worth of the
weed. There are many other instances cited
by Mr. Harmon going to prove that to?
bacco is the "goose that lays tbe golden egg."
With no experience it is perhaps unwise to
?ntbusiasticalty embrace tobacco and utterly
fibando? cotton. If our production of cot?
ton is the root of this depression could not a
happy medium be obtained? And if the in?
troduction of any other industry did no more
than pay its own expenses and cause less cot?
ton to be planted and a higher price realized,
would it not indirectly improve our condi?
tion? You, Messrs. Editors, who in no small
measure lead public opinion, give this subject
your earnest consideration, and perhaps the
day may not be far d slant when the pall will
be lifted that hmg; so heavily around the
?vocation of those whose every day life leads
them, perhaps more than, any other, to look
from "nature to nature's God," and tbe sun?
set of cotton herald tbe dawn of a brighter
day. P.
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Farmers' Alliance Wheat
Trust
St. Paul, Minn., has been made the
headquarters of the national movement
by the United Farmers* Alliance of the
country to comer the entire wheat crop
of the United States. At No. 317
Wabash street, for several days a large
force of employes have been engaged in
sending out circulars with the view of
having not only the Alliance men of the
United States bot all classes of farmers,
keep back the wheat crop until pries
have been advanced to a high point.
The Alliance press bureau, the Reform
press bureau and the State press bu?
reau are working together, endeavor?
ing to unite the farmers of the United
States io a gigantic wheat trust. At
che bead of the movement, which has
its headquarters in St. Paul, is George
M. Muller, editor of the State and a
prominent Alliance man. The cir,
Bular, reciting the benefits of combi?
nation and urging formation of the
trust, has been made public. It es?
timates the wheat crop of 1891 in the
Doited States at 500,000.000 bushels.
The promoters of the trust believe that
four-fifths of this wheat can be held
back by the farmers for from four to
sight weeks and high prices secured.
The State of Virginia has long
gloried io a coat of arms consisting of
an armored virgin with her foot on the
throat of a prostrate man and a Latin
moUo which is rendered "So always
with tyrants." It is a picture and a
motto of which a brave and free people
may well bc proud. Virginia won the
right to display both to the world when
she gave YVashiugtou and Henry to
ihe war of independence and Jefferson
to the cause of the people. She might
add yet to the splendor of her banner
by making the background a wall of
?tone. Certainly ber son? bave won no
grander eulogy than that of the Geor?
gian who pointed to them on their first
battle field standing like a ''stone wall"
againat shot and sbcil and bayonet.
Surely she bab on the long roll of ber
great dead no name more splendid
than that of the rigid old Puritan who
took bis war name front the brigade
jf Virginians he commauded and who
?oes into history to live forever
is * 'Stonewall" Jackson.-Greenville
Ketcs.
Tho July pension payments calls for
?be disbursements of |l2^00tr,0i)0 by
,be national treasury. ^ ^
The Mayesville Concert.
SALEM, S. C. July 22, 1891.
At 8:30 o'clock last evening Ma?
sonic Hall presented a picture of
loveliness that could not be surpassed:
the blended lights and shadows; the
stage decorated with moss, roses,
evergreens and growing plants; and
brighter and more charming than all,
were the fair women of Salem who
graced the occasion with their pre?
sence. It was a scene to make the
most obstinate celibate wish to break
his vows.
The occasion was the SACRED COX
CERT by the choir of the Mayesville
Presb) terian Church for the benefit
of the Organ fund.
Promptly at 9 o'clock, this writer
who had been assigned the pleasant
duty of making the announcements of
the programme, stated that the
exercises of the evening would open
with "Andante Movement from
Beethovens 7th Symphony,'* Capt.
Corbett at thc organ. The old
friends of Capt. Corbett can appreci?
ate thc storm of applause which
greeted the dying notes of the organ.
Second. Chorus, by thc Choir, "Te
Dentn Landan)us." from Jackson.
Third. Tenor Solo, by Mr. H. H.
Corbett, "He giveth his beloved
sleep, " from Abt. That Harry has
inherited his father's vocal talent
was shown in his rendering of this
fine piece.
Fourth. Chorus, from Emerson's
"Sing, O Earth !"
Fifth. Soprano-Recitation and
Solo, Toplifi's "Ruth and Naome" by
Mrs. F. J. Mayes. This was ex?
quisite, and I know no higher praise.
Sixth Bass Solo and Chorus, Chap
pell's "Who is like unto Thee." by
Mr. A. L. Shaw, thc choir joining in
the chorus. Anyone who knows the
difficulty of singing a bass solo can
have same idea of the perfection of
Mr. Shaw's singing when I state that
it was faultless.
Seventh. Tenor Solo, Hiller's
"Lord, whom my heart holds dear,''
was admirably sung by Mr. H. R.
Jenkins. Repeated encores and a
profusion of lovely cut Howers, testi?
fied to the appreciation of the audi?
ence.
Eighth. Duett and chorus, Hun?
tley's "Raise me, Jesus, to thy
Bosom," by Miss Louisa Warren anti
Mrs. R. C. Mayes, the choir in chorus,
was grand and in parts sublime,
After an intermission of fifteen
minutes the programme was re?
sumed:
First. Chorus, "Sons of Zion,"
from New Komm.
Second. Baritone Solo and Chorus,
Emerson's "The twilight falls.'' Capt.
Corbett, choir in chorus. Solemn
and sweet.
Third. Chorus, "And there were
in the same country,"from Turley.
This Christmas anthem, or variations
of the song of the Nativity, was per?
haps, the best piece of the evening,
although, where all were so good, it
is hard to say which was best
Fourth. Quartette, from Warren,
"Come Holy Spirit," by Misses An?
derson and Shaw, and Messrs. J. B.
Mayes and Corbett, was exquisitely
sweet?
Fifth. Soprano Solo, Millard's
"Nearer, My God to Thee, by Miss
Louise Warren was a gem and
brought forth hearty applause.
Sixth. Alto Solo and chorus,
Bartlett's "0! Sing unto the Lord,"by
Mrs. R. C. Mayes was heavenly.
Seventh. Tenor Solo, Gounod's
"Glory to Thee, My God, this night,"
To say that this was sung by Mr.
Jenkins, teils the tale.
Eighth. Anthem by the Choir,
from Sharp's"Praise God from whom ;
all blessings flow." ended the pro?
gramme; and amid the congratula?
tions of the Choir by their many
friends, a most delightfully spent eve?
ning was drawn to a close at eleven
o'clock. But not till the "wee sma'
hours" did some of us reach our
pillows, and then 'twas to dream of
symphonies and Choruses, Solos anti.
Duetts, a ml visions of bright flowers
and fair faces until-"breakfast is
ready" awoke us to the question of
the day "whether to sow turnips, and
plant out more potato vines, or give
cotton his last furrows?* And-it
rained, so we did neither, but used
this opportunity to tell our less for?
tunate friends what they missed by
not attending the concert of the
Mayesville Choir, in Masonic Hall,
on the evening of the 21st day of July
Anno Domini 1891. SINE DIE.
Kansas's Farmer Judge.
G. W. McKay, the Farmers' Alliance
Judge in the 24:h district, who Dever
looked ioto a law book UDtil he was
elected Judge, has taken another turn <
at the Supreme Court. Yesterday he
placed a warrant in the bands of the
coroner of Harper County for the arrest
of the sheriff, who had obeyed the or?
ders of the Supreme Court instead of
his own. E A. Burr, who had twice
been arrested before-once while the
Supreme Court had the case pending 1
before it-was for the third time arrest?
ed yesterday on an order from McKay. ''
The Bench and the Bar are waiting 1
with breathless anxiety the nest move '
of the jurst who presides over the 24th
district and laughs at the plutocrat 1
Judges at Topeka, who think they can 1
dictate to him beoause they are called
Supreme Judges. '
This morning the attorneys for Burr
submitted to the Supremo Court the '
necessary papers for having McKay J
arrested for contempt of Court. Judge 1
Valentine is the only Judge now in the J
case This case will become historic.
The facts are these :
Some time ago Albert Honeywell
gave a mortgage on bis farm to the
Commonwealth Loan and Trust Com pa- j
ny. lt was afterwards h amed, it is f
alleged, that Honeywell was a o>an ot ?
unsound mind, and in December last ,
he defaulted payment. The creditors |
asked that a receiver be appointed to
take charge of the property. The Pro?
bate Conrt appointed a guardian for
Honeywell, and Judge McKay, who <
had quali?ed and taken his seat while <
the case was at issue, was asked to dis- >
miss the receiver and let tbs guardian 1
for Honeyweil take charge of the prop- i
er ty. Judge McKay made the order, (
but the case was brought to the Supreme
Court and reversed in a decision by Jus?
tice Norton, who ordered the property
turned over to Burr.
Judge McKay was again petitioned to
remove Burr and did. Firmly impressed
with the opinion that the Supreme Court
had jurisdiction, Burr refused to pay
any attention to the orders of McKay.
The 24th district Judge thereupon or?
dered his arrest and fined him $50 and
costs, and upon his refusal to pay or?
dered the sheriff lock him up in jail.
Habeas corpus proceedings were institu?
ted before the Supreme Court, and
Thursday last Burr was released after
giving bond in ?1,500. Judge McKay
issued an order for the agents, which
Bnrr bad appointed to look after the
crop* on the place, to vacate and in?
structed the sheriff to see that his orders
were obeyed. The sheriff consulted an
attorney, who advised him to pay no
atteotion to McKay, bot to await orders
from the Supreme Court. Ile took this
advice, but it made the Judge indignant.
Judge McKay ira mediately issued a
warrant for the arrest of the sheriff for
interfering in carying out his orders
and for the rearrest of Burr, who was
holding the property against the man?
dates of the Court. McKay will now
be called before the Supreme Court to
answer to the charges of contempt.
It is said that McKay always seeks
the advice of the Alliance consulting
committee before rendering an opinion.
At the time of his election he denied the
rumor that he proposed to go to the
Harvard Law School before entering
upon his duties, and said that he could
decide all cases before him according to
the common sense view of it. He is a
meek, mild-mannered mao, oot more
than five feet six inches in height, and
is ao important citizen io bis commu?
nity. When he came to Topeka to at?
tend a week's sitting of the Supreme
Court that he might thoroughly post
himself for the judical role, he rever?
ently removed his hat while io the lobby
of the hotel and made ao obsequious
bow whenever one of the Supreme
Court Judges or commissioners cam?
near.-New Orleans Delta, Joly 18.
An Alliance Bolt.
The following* resolutions, having
a national bearing, were adopted
July 11th by the anti sub-treasury
State convention of the Texas Fana
ers' Alliance.
"Resolved, That we denounce the
sub-treasury and land loan schemes
and govemmeiral ownership of rail
roads as a viola ion of the first princi?
ples of good government, as paternal
in their character, as centralizing in
their tendencies, and if enacted into
the law they would create such a
horde of national oSce-holders as
would fasten the clutches of the party
in power upon the throats of the
people so strongly that the voices of
honest, patriotic citizens would no
longer be heard in the control of
government affairs;
.'We demand that those men who
are not farmers be removed from the
national and State offices of our
order, and that none but those who
have their interests in farming be
allowed tc fill such places. We
now appeal to all honest members of
the Alliance throughout the United
States to unite with os in putting
down this common enemy and dis?
grace of our order. To this end
we most earnestly recommend the
brother Alliancemen of the United
States to meet in national convention
at St. Louis on the third Tuesday ol
September, 1891.
' Resolved, That we most heartily
endorse the course of Hon. U. S. !
Hail president of the State Alliance
of Missouri, in refusing to concur in
the action on the case of C. W. Ma
cune at Ocala in opposition to the
sub-treasury scheme, etc. We
earnestly pledge Mr. Hall our sup
port in the noble and manly effort to
rid the order, both State and national
of ail shackles which will retard its
strength for ultimate success "
Not in it
In a recent interview with Col. Polk,
president of the National Alliance
Wheo pressed as to the programme
io the Sooth, be said be would give it
straight that the Alliance had stood
enough of the intolerance and abuse of
the Democratic leaders in that section,
and unless there was an early let up,
the third party medicine would be
offered to them.
Now what does this mean ? D<>es it
mean that alliancemen in the South
must leave the Democratic party and go
into a third party to get what they
want? If it does, the Adverser man
is oot io it, although a member of the
alliance. Col. Polk may follow Ira
own nose wherever be pleases and the
Advertiser man Jwtll follow his.--Edge
field Advetiser
South China in a Turmoil.
Chinese advices at Victoria, B C
by steamer Express of India, state that
the whole southern portion of China is
in a state of turmoil. L*w and order 1
ire set at defiance, and armed bands of j
plunderers make business almost impos?
sible.
The governor-general of Formosa is ,
in very bad health, and is n<-t expected
Lo live long. It is believed his death
trill be the signal for revolts and a gen?
eral uprising against Chinese ru-e.
Thc feeling around Shanghai is one
of disquiet on account .of the late riots, ,
ind foreign residents are apprehensive [
;hat attacks will be made upon them at
icy time
Was it Doras Kelley ?
A man answering to the description t
)f Doras Kelley is reported %o have
been seen by Albert Oliver three miles
<outb of this place Monday morning*,
f he stranger was "in his sock feet/'
'.disturbed" and "inquiring the the way
to Cross Roads and Jefferson.-Chester'
field Advertiser
--mm*- ----
A notice upon tbe window of a North I
Gfeorgia post effice ; "When voa Kum
>f yore male have Pa shuns Know
Shooting around the Postoffice duren ;
>usneis ours by oarder of the Post
?aster his sine and Seal chickeus bot !
>n Kmm??*iott." I
Getting Even with the Pub?
lic Enemy.
The "^crease in the railroad asess
ment is not cory unwise, but positive?
ly unjust, and, in the end, will cost
the State a great deal of money. It
is only by the best management and
closest economy that any of our rail?
roads can make any morrey; and this
action, of forcing them to pay heavier
taxes, is, to all intent and purpose?
a notice that they are not to bf?
allowed to make anything beyond
their actual expenses. As an experi?
ment, we euggest that at the next
meeting of the Legislature, an act be
passed, to prohitbit the building of
railroads in Somh Carolina for the
next ten years; or, a? a good man?
folks seem to think the government
should control the railroads; it
might be a good idea to try thc exper?
iment in a small way, by baying up
the roads in the State, and ran them
in the interest of the people. There
won't be any trouble about getting
possession, for a few mo'? increases
in the assessments would make the
owners mighty willing to sell out.
And then too as we have, just now,
such a superfluity of talent, fir the
State, it would be avery easy matter
to replace Col Walters and Col.
Averill, and also Mr. Chamberlain,
to say nothing of the big hearted
ticket distributor, Col McBee.
Mr. Jones, of Edgef?eld, the most
distinguished guest at the Talbert
House, ought, in this event, to have
charge of the accident department of
the railroad -Darlington Herald.
The Cat at the Grave.
A strange story, in which a cat is a
pathetic character, hag coree to ?i^ht at
Paoli, Ga. A little boy of that village
owned a cat that was a great pet in the
family. But the cat would have nothing
to do with any one except the boy.
The latter died and for two weeks the
cat would come as usual every morning
to the door, and. g< iag in the room,
would cry very mournfu'y," and walk
over the child's bed hunting its lost
friend. Finally the cat disappeared,
only returning occasionally At hat
one of the child's sisters saw the cat in
the graveyard, where it remains, only
returning occasionally for food. "It
keeps guard at the boy's grave, and
can be beard at night crying piifuliy.'*
-Savannah News.
-mum i
Test This Everybody.
The Listener observed a very carious
and interesting thing the other night.
He bad occasion to walt for an evening
train in the Columbus avenue station.
As he entered and sat down there were
already eight men and two women
sitting cn the benches, and, having
nothing better to do, the Listener
noticed that every one of the men had
his leg crossed over bis right knee,
while it was sufficiently apparent in case
of the two ladies this state of things was
exactly reversed. As the Listener was
meditating upon the reason for this
curious circumstance a lady and gen?
tleman entered and sst down ; and
immediately thc gentleman put his left
leg over bis right knee, while the lady
joined ber sisters in the room in exactly
the same attitude. By and by more
men came, and more : and eve'y one of
them put his left leg over bis right
kuee, till there were actually seventeen
men sitttiog in that position ia that
little waiting room. Only one more
lady name, but she too followed exactly
the example of the other women. Seven?
teen men and four women in one room,
all with one knee over the other, but the
women's iu reversed directions. Is
there any physiologist who can explain
why this should be so ?
-'--mUB>~-+ mum
The work on the Port royal dry dock
has taken a fresh start, and will now
be oarried forward rapidly. Fifty piles
have been driven so far, and there are
ahmt six thousand in all to be driven.
When completed this dock will be one
of the largest owned by the U. S. Gov?
ernment.
The first bale of cotton was received
at Houston, Texas, on the 6th of Jul-,
from Duval county It weighed 554
pounds. Tho 6rst hale last year came
from the same county on July 23
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