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rv ' - ; ": " - ' - ' ; ' ' . ; : " " ' ... - - ' - ' . ' . . ; - - . i I 5 Claudius F. Wilson, Editor, .ET A l ilfi ENDS THOU AIPI'ST AT, BE Tfl COUNTttY'S, TOY GOD'H, AKD TKUTI1SV $1.50 a Tear, casta in. Advance 4 i II f I a v 1 1 I VOLUME 21 BILL ARP'iS LETTER AN ESSAY ON KEEPI NG SWEET POTATOES. HE CHRONICLES UNCLE SIMON PETER RICHARDSON'S PHILOSOPHY, AND KXPLAINS SOME OF HIS SAYINGS ' Uucle Simon Peter Richard son heard a man say that he had kept sweet potatoes sound and sweet all winter and some y ears until potatoes came again. That's so, Le replied. I have no doubt of it. I have seen them kept for seven years, and they were still keeping, and what is more remarkable, they we.-e growing and getting bigger every year, - Uncle Simon's assertions are lrequently - surprises ' to his hearers, for h,e has traveled much. and seen a great deal and is a man bf observation. His mauuer of talk carries truth with it, and being a preacher, the presumptions of truth ; are all iu his favor. I lived at Key West a long time, he said, and as there is no winter there the potatoes don't sleep Jong in the ground, but start up again and grow some more. They s rell and crack open and put out sprouts, and are not fit to eat, Lut they don't rot it left in the ground. They will grow and grow until they get as big as a young log.' Sometimes a man weak in faith will valk off from Uucle Simon and leave him talking, and hence he is very cautious about narrating extraordinary experiences for fear they -vill not be fully be lieved and it -will bring dis credit upon his calling. It is astonishing how little ws know about other countries and other . countries and other people. When I was iu Florida I heard a man ask another man if he ha.6 any svreet potatoes to sell. And he said: No, but if laps will 3o you are welcome to them. I expecf. you can get a 100 bushels in hall a day's plowing, if you dou't mind the trouble. All right, said he, I'll go lor the laps. I found out that laps were potatoes left in the ground after the season was passed and they grew again and made potatoes the next . season, without cultivation and the second crop wad called laps. A friend of Unci Simon told me that he was a truthful inan strictly truthful, and not given even to innocent exags geration. Said he: I had heard that he was born and raised In South Carolina, and as that was my native State, I asRed him one day wiia. part of the State he came from and he replied without hesitation, I came from Dutch Fork. H e saw me smile and said: You are acquainted with the F.ork I presume. Yes, I was born and raised right t'oere and am not ashamed to own it: If I am anybody or have done any thing worthy of a man I de serve the more credit for .hav ing sprung from .tin Fork. My friend told me that Si mon Peter, was the first man he ever heard adini that he came from Dutch Fork for it was a poor, barren, God-forsaken region, between two rivers about twenty m ile3 this side of Newberry, and tLe people who lived there had nothing dident wauc anything, raised their scrawny, and and tow- headed chUdren on potatoes and dirt. Clay waj a popular diet among them and a good substitute for chewing gum and tobacco. Uncle Simon used to be a b( ok agent. That business is a good school foi any man or ev en a woman to acquiie cheek and learn ihe ways ol the world. He was appointed an agent to sell Bibles, and to beg money to bay more Bibles, and he gave Bibles away to the poor, and so he traveled over land all over the country, and talked and prayed and preach ed as he went along. 1 No re fusal ever bluffed him, for- Ms heart, was in his work, and he rarely left a maa without get ting something out of him, or leaving a Bible with him. One day he stopped in front of a store and introduced himself and made known his business. The merchant was a loud-talking, obstinate man, and said: Well, you needent stop here -for money. We have been bled to death in this town. There's hardly a day passes but what some broken-down man or woman comes along for charity. No, sir, we are bled to death. - " But, said Uncle Simon, my work is for the Lord. I'm. al ter giving the people God's books, and ' " - . Well, you'll get. nothing ont of me, T tell you we" are bled to death. . Won't you give me $1 for the Bible cirse? ; - No, sir. j . v Fifty cents? No, sir. Twenty-five cents? No, sir; not a ceit. I tell you we are bled to death by beggars, Well, said- Uncle Simon please step inside and let me show you my arm I don't want to see your arm, the man said, gruffiy. Well, just-come in. I want to show it to you. It is a curi osity. . ' And the crowd followed Un cle Simon into the store and watched him take, off -his coat and roll up his sleeve, He pointed out three little scars near the elbow and said: Oae time I wa3 very sick, and sent for a doctor to come and bleed' me. ajad he tried three times to hit the vein, but missed it, and never got a drop of blood. He roiled do wn his si. eve, put on his coat and re, marked: A man can be bled that way every day, but if no blood-comes he is no worse off for blood, is he, my friend? The crowd laughed, and the merchant's face turned led, and he took Uncle Simon back to to his desk and gave him 5. One tiuio the old gentleman was traveliug iu a hack that was full of passengers, and as they were passing1 a poor,. deso late farm they saw a woman picking cotton, and'there were six little half clad cotton-headed children noar by trying to he:p her. One of the mn pointed at her and said: Yon der is the old .hen and-, her rhickecs; I'll bet the whole shebang don't get fifty" pounds a day. Uncle Simon said: Stop driver; stop a minute. Gentlemen, that is a poor wo mar.; a'very poor woman. She cau nardly wtand up straight, she has been stooping so long over that little low cotton. Lot us make her happy fcr a while. Suppose we give Si a piece, They all agreed bat; the first man who had made fun of her. The others made up five dol lars and unclt? Simon called the eldest" girl to the fence and gave it to her. She looked wild and scared and took it in her trembling hand and ran to her mother. Go ahead, driver, said Uncle Simon, but every head was turned toward the old hen and her chickens, and when she seemed to under stand that no harm was intend ed and it was a gift from gen erous men, she took off her old sun bonnet and bowed to them and pointed her hand to heav en:' It was learned afterwards t'iat the woman-. was a poor widow, and she was trying to harvest her husband's crop. That was a big thing in that family, and they ara talking qbout it yet, I reckon. The other.man caught the infection before they reached their jour ney s end, and gave another poor child a dollar for bring ing him a gourd of water from the spring at the foot of the hill. He dident want the wai ter, but just wanted an excuse to get bven with the crowd. BuVl have heard as big stor ies as "jnclb Simon's tater story right here at home. It was in the judge's room, one night when we were all talking about what a great county was Gil mer tor apples aad lriah pota- toes and cabbages. Judge dervvood declared that might take a sprout from poor, no account apple down here and stick it in you any tree the ground in Gilmer and it would grow and bear fine apples. And General Hansell said he had been to see the famous up pie tree on old Cantrell's place, about a mile off the the Dah louega road, and he found it sixty feet high and sixty feet bread, and he stood up beside j it and tried to span it with his long arms and couldn't reach more than half way round. He looked to Judge Underwood for a nod of confirmation and got it. That is so exactly so, said the judge. I have seen that tree. It came from a seed that was pla-nted by old Noon atootly, a, half breed Indian who came from North Carolina; about 'fifty years ago. 1 bus ! fortified General Hansell con tinued his remarks by saying that the average annual crop of this tree was 500 bushels, and the apples were what is known as thfl black apple they were such a very dark red. Judge Underwood cleared his throat and said: And General don't you remember that lane 1 rasier's lane, on Laughing Gal creek where there is an apple trep in every fence corner on both sides of the5 lane - clear up' to the top of the hill, and the limbs "of the trees have got tangled up together in a solid mass and you can't see the sun above you as yout drive "along: , phyessaid the.G eneral. I remember, it perfectly. And WILSON, WILSON one fall when. you and Trippe and Cbastin and Shack elf ord and Hanks and Hackett and John Word and Hooper and ev er so ir my more of us struck that lane there were twelve buggies all in a r&w going to court. And you and J were in the hindmost baggy and that lane was. ankle deep in apples, and the horses could hardly get along, and I looked back and te horses and the wheels had; mashed apples until there wajS a stream of cider running down the hill that was big eneugn to turn , a. mill.. You remember that General? : Perfectly, perfectly, said the General, but hd was weakening a little. And old man Frasi9r told me, said the Judge, that one year he turned the cider into the vats in his little tanyard, and it made very fine leather. Ol der makes veiy fine tannin, you know. General. My father wore a pair of calf-skin shoes for seven years that were -tanned with cider, and you could turn them wrong aide out as easy as india rubber. .The Judge had out heroded Herod and a general hilarity, succeeded his last effort. Baron Munchausen and the Arabian Nights had a wonderful infku ence over the grand old gen tlemen of the olden time. They wereflne story steller9,and could just make them up right along. Bill Arp. Nothing bat superlative merit cau account for the phenomenal rep utation achieved by Salvation Oil. It kills pain. Price 25 cents. The Darwinian theory perplexes the multitude. They objects to de scendants from monkeys. Bat not even a baby objects to Dr. Ball's Cough Syrup- SENATORIAL DISTRICTS. . There was much discussion when it came to fixing the Senator ial dis'.ricts. As the final result the districts stand as follows: ' 1st District Currituck, Camden", Pasquotank, Hertford, Gates, Chowan and Perquimans shall elect two Senators. . 2nd District Tyrell, Washing ton Martin, Dare, Beaufort, Hyde, and Pamlico shall elect two Sena tors. 3rd District Northampton and Bertie shall eect one Senator. 4rh District Halifax shall elect one Senator. 5th District Edgecombe shall elect one Senator, Gin District Pitt shall elect one Senator. 7th District Wilson, Nash and Franklin shall elect two Senators. 8th District Crake's, Jones, Carteret, Lenoir, Onslow and Greene shall elect two Senators. 9fih District Duplin, wayne and Pender shall elect two Sena-tors.- 10th District New Hanover and Bruuswick shall -elect one Senator. 11th District Warren. and "Vance shall elect one Senator. 12 District Wake shall elect one Senator. 13th District Johnston shall elect one Senator. - 14th District Sampson, Har nett and Bladen shall ehct two Senators. -loth District Columbus and Robeson shall elecS two Senators. 16th District Cumberland shall ekct one Senator. 17th District. Granville and Person shall elect one Senator. 18th District Caswell, Alamance UraDge and Durban shall elect two Senators, 19th District Chatham shall elect one Senator. 20 bb District HockJngb am shall elect one Senator. 21st District Gailford shall elect one Senator. 22ad District Randolob and Moore shlll elect one Seuator. 23rd District " BicUmand, Mont gomery, Ansoa and Uuiou shall elect two Senators. 24. h Diatrct Cabarrua and j Stanley shall elect ons Senator, j 25th District Mecklenburg shall elect one Senator, 26th District Rowan, Forsyth and Davidson shall elect, two Sena tors. 27tb District Iredell, Danie and Tadkia hhall elect two Senators. 28th. District Stokes and Surry shall elect one Senator. - 29th District Catawba, Lincoln. Alexauder and Wilkes shall elect two Senators. 30th District Alleghany, Ashe and Watauga shall elect one Sena tor. : 31st District Caldwell. Burke, McDowell, Mitcholl and Yaiicy shall elect two Senators. 32hd District Gaston,- Cleveland, Rutherford and Polk shall elect two Senators. 33rd District Buncombe, Madi son and Haywood shall elect two Senators. 34th District Henderson, Trann.. slyvania, Jackson ana Swain shall elect one Senator. 35th District Hacon, Cherokee, Clay and Graham shall elect one Senator. A child tossing in its sleap indi-. cates worms. An army of them are at work eating the vitals away. One dose of Shxiner'a Indian Vermifage will destroy thenn and nave its life COUNTY, NORTH THE RESULT. THE WORK OF THE LAST LEG ' ISLATURE SUMMARIZED. APPROPRIATIONS, NEW LAWS, AND THE MOST IMPORTANT CHANGES IN OLD ONES. - The Advance did not pub lish the proceedings of the General Assembly because, 1st, the; reports in the daily papers were of too unsatisfactory a nature to 'afford satisfaction to any but the most careful student, and 2nd, we found it impossible to secure a Raleigh correspondent worth having at the time the present man agement came into control. The following .brief summary was published in the Wilming ton Messenger, ajid was pre pared by Col. F. A. Olds. Edi tor. The mor important acts of the late - Legislature, very briefly summarized, are as fol lows; Taxes levied, general, twenty-five cents, school, fif teen cents, pension three cents, Public institutions establish ed: Geological survey, 810,000 annually; Bureau of Immigra tion, consolidated with the Agricultural Bureau, with only $150 allowance additional to Commissioner of-Agriculture; Normal and Industrial school for white girls, $10,000 annual- y; Institution for white deaf mutes. 10,000 annually; Rail way Commission, three mem bers, $2,000 each, clerk $1,200, and expenses allowed; Confed- erate Soldiers' Home, $3,000 annually; Colored Agricultural and Mechanical college, $3,500 annually; Colored Normal school of Elizabeth City, $900 annually, taken from other Nor mal schools. Appropriations for existing institutions: State hospitals, Goldsboro, $43,000; Raleigh, $17,000; Morganton, $85,t00; institutions for the deaf and dumb and blind, $43,000; Peni tentiary, $35,000; Oxford Or phan Asylum for whitts, $10, 000; for colored, $1,000; state Inaustrial Association, colored, $500; repairs at the State Uni versity, $1,500; furniture, etc., at executive mansion, $1,250. Other appropriations: For exhibit at the World's Fair, $25,000: for disabled volunteer firemen, not to- exceed 2,500 rhe first sum will be derived from interest on the returned direct tax: the latter frolm an extra license tax on insurance companies. Important tew laws: For bidding oyster and clam dredg ing, and creating an oyster commission; . closing registra tion books at noon the Satur day before elections; prohibit ing emigration agents from carrying on ineir Dusmsss, by imposing 8i,uuu ncenee tax in each county in which they op- crate: making it a misdemean or to entice minors out of the State; providing for the elec tion of solicitors in the same manner a judges; requiring clerks of superior courts to make annual reports of all funds in their hands and mak ing embezzlemeut by 'them a felony; allowing each judge $250 annually for traveling ex penses; allowing persons to change name only : once; giving to justices of the peace juris- diction in cases where though a a Aea31y weapon is used no damage is done; requiring all banks to make stated reports to the State Treasurer; prohib iting the sale bf cigarettes to persons under 17 years of age; providing for temperance text books iu the public schools; limiting the number of times of -county boards of education to four annually; making it a misdemeanor tc make ff.ny threats or use any undue influ ence against jurors or witnesses; providing for the office 'of tax collector in the various coun ties; making the railway com mission a court of record infe rior only to the supreme court; making gambling at agricultu ral fairs or other public places a misdemeanor; to allow the State board of education to in vest its funds received from the sale of swamp lands and defining the' meaning of the term "swamp lands." To pay judges and canvassers of elections 1 per day, and to -allow persons summoned as witnesses at coroners' inquests the same a? regs alar witnesses in courts. To allow supreme or superior court judges to take' probate in cases where the prooate judge is a party in inter est. Reqalating sheriffs' and con- stables fees in cases of claim and delivery of personal property and fixing a uniform fee Tor the service of road orders. Esquiring all sheep dealers and batcnera to .keen registers of cattle, etc. - lies quiring all. dentists; from other . CAROLINA, M AUG H 26, 1891. Btates, practicing here, to stand a regular examination, and all phy sicians from other States, practic ing here to either do this or else file a certified statement that they are regularly licentiates. - To al low the Govtruor to offer not over $400 re w aid for felon n. whether their names are known or not. To make the words adjoining au'd bounded by pt Vqual meaning, as applied to land boundaries. Re quiring tax, listers to collect and report agricultural statistic. ' Ke- qujiiog rail waj s to redeem unused tickets, and to make ticket scalo- ugl a i misdemeanor. To protect seed buyers, by requiting . date to bo placed on all packages of seed sojd; ebaogia'pr the names of in Httue tnimms to nospitaif and ct poor houses to homes for the aged aud infirm; Hllowingshr,iffi4. clerks, etc., to give bonds in guaranty companies; making the fee for cot ton weighing 10 cents, per bale, half to be paid by buyer, and half by the seller; allowing traveling expenses of the Board of Public Ohaiiieslimitiug the time of issue oi county oonaa lor railway fcub scripttons: making it a misde meanor to obstruct stieets, reads, squarec, etc., compelling personal representative to plead the statute ot limitations allowing guardians to rent or sell ward's lauds private ly, where to interest of wards, and by pet mission of elerk of court. aU lowiug county convicts to build and repair bridges aud clear oat streams, to cure defective pro- bates. The Congressional Distiicts are arranged as follows: 1, Beau lor t, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hartford, Hyde. Martin, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perqaimans. Pitt, Tyrell and Washington. 2, Bertie, Edgecombe, lireene; Halifax, Lenoir, Northampton, Warren, Wilson and Wayne. 3, Bladen, Camberland, Craven, Harnett, Jones, Moore, Onslow and Sampson. 4, Chatham, Franklin, Johns stoD, Nash, Randolph) Vance and Wae. 5, Alamanc, Caswell, Durham, Granville, Guilford, Orange, Per eon, Rockingham and Stokes. 6, Anson, Brunswick, Colum bus, Meckleoburg, Naw Hanover, Pender, Richmond, Robeson and Union. 7 Catawba Cabarrus. David son, Davie, Iredell, Lincoln, Mont gomery, Rowan, Stanley and Yad kin. 8, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Burke, Caldwell, Cleveland, For syth, Gaston, Mitchell, Surry, Wa tauga and Wilkes. 9, Buncombe. Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson," McDow 11, Macon, Madi son, Polk. Rutherford, Swain, Transylrawia and Yancey. . EVERYBODY KNOWS That at this season the blood is fill ed with impurities, the accamuld-. tion of months of clo 6 confinement ia poorly ventilated stores, works shops and tenements- All these itn purties and every trace of scrofula, salt rheum, or other diseases may be expelled by taking Hood's Srs 8aparilla, the best blood purifier ever produced. It is the only medi ciue ot which "100 doses oue dollarv is true. THE PLATFOSM Of the Farmers' Alliance " Upon Which They Pr qpose to Stand- As a matter of news, be cause it has never been seen ;n the columns of the Advance, we publish the platform of the Farmers' Alliance. It will be remembered that Rev. Tom Dixon declared that Articles 5 and 6 were 'ideals as men as Heaven itself." aud who will say they are not. This organi zationis destined to wield: a trmnendous power in the con trol of the government of the United States. Kead the fol lowiutr. from the National Economist, very carefully. Editob, ' There are few persons, ex cept such as belong to the Far mers' Alliance, that know any thing about the organization. Many thin that it was brought into existence by a shiftless set of fellows who called themselves farmers, who were failures in their own bus iness, ind were nothing more or less than an idle set of vag abonds filled to the overflow ing with hatred and prejudice for all other classes of persons which through . close applica tion to business ha made a better succes? in life. There are many men of In telligence, men capable oi In forming themselves on any subject, who are constantly displaying their ignorance of us in the iriost glaring manner. w were surprised a few davs aeo to hear a gentleman of distinction say that the Alli ance was a secret political or ganization dangerous to the liherties of the Deople. For the enlightenment of all such, and for the benefit of those whom ctfey would delude, we publish below, what is called, or may be called, the "Declara tion of Principles of the Far- t lllt.nnnn W O elf 0 . , . m , careiui reaaing oi we eauie, I n i i . j . ties of financial and home in terests, should bet forth our declaration of intentions, we therefore resolve-- 1. To labor for ther educa- tion of the airricnltnral nlB!ia in u r government in a strictly non- partisan spirit. 2. lo endose the" motto: "In things essential, unity; ana in all things, charity." 3. To develop 8 better state, mentally, morally, socially and financially. - 4. To create a better under standing for sustaining civil officers in maintaining law and older. 5- To constantly strive to se cure entire harmony and good will among all mankind and brotherly love among our- selves. 6. To suppress personal, lo cal, sectional antl national prejudices; all uuhealthful riv alry and alfselfish ambition. 7. The brightest jewels which it garners are the tears of widows; and orphans, and its imperative . commands are to visit the homes where lacer ated hearts are bleeding; to as suage the sufferings of a broth, er or a sister; bury the dead; care for the widows and edu cate the orphans; to exercise charity towards offenders; to construe words and deeds in their most favorable light, j granting honesty of purpose and good intentions to others; and to protect the principles of the Alliance unto .irn. Its laws are reason an.i tuuity. its cardinal doctrines inspire pur ity of thought and life, its in tentions are "Peace on earth and good will towards men," The first idea, set forth to labor for the education' .of the agricultural classes' in the science of economical govern ment in a strictly non-partisan spirit has been prosecuted with vigor. What the result has been, or may be, time will tell. Can anyone , doubt the necessity for such teaching? Were the great wealth produc ers of this land to be idle in the matter of government to take no part in the political af fairs of thia. nation, when ev ery other class of people were organized and constantly pro curing such legislation as would the better enable them to rob us? We could bring column after column to prove the ne cessity for education in economical- government, and ne cessity too for the practice of economy in the affairs of the government; however we will only, introduce one reliable witness and rest our cause. National Economist. GUARANTEED CURE FOR LA GRIPPE. We aathonz onr advertised druggist to sell you Dr. Kiug's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colda, upon this cpndition. If you are afflicted with La Grippe and will use this remedy accordiug to directions, giving it a fair trial, and experience no benefit, you my re! turn the bottle and have your money refunded. We make this offer, be cause of the wondBrful success of Dr. King's -New Discovery during last season's' epidemic. Have heard of no case in which it failed. Try it. Trial bottles ' free at A. W. Row land's Drug Store- Large bottles 50c and 11.00. " HEED THE WARS ING. It is not infrequently the cse tha itching pimples and irritating "cat bjrtV' are the forerunners of larger bails, or the more serious carbuncles In variably Nature puts out her dan ger signals, aud they should be heeded at once. The pimples and little boils show that the blood is not in a good condition and natare is trying to relieve the system. A few doses of Swifts Specific at this juncture will accomplish wonder?. The eruption will be haled:and the system cleaned of its imparities. The modern parapurase or the old saying, MA stitch in time, etc, is that ''Timely stitches will eave nine pairs of breeches." The mod ern form has a tone, of humor that does not modify the truth of it. In that vein, we may say that a course of Swift's Specific prevents ills ter rific. . ' good looks: Good looks are more than skin deep, depending npon a healthy rendition of all the vital organs. If the Liver be in active, you have a Bilious Look, if your stomach be disordered yoa have a Dyspeptic Look and if your Kidneys be affect ed you have a Pinched Look. Se cure good bcalte and you will have o-ood looks. Electric Bitters is the great alterative and Tonic acts di rectly on these vital organs. Cures Pimples, Blotebe.T Boils and gives a srood complexion. Sold - at A. W. Rowland's Drugstore, 50c per bot tle. . : uu eu cuociuae. wnemer or n it these principles can be the ground work ot any theory or theories dangerous in any wax to the American-people. CONSTITUTION. Profoundly impressed that we, the Farmers' Alliance, uni ted by the strong and faithful HOW HE JOINED. GEN. GORDON IS NOW A FULL FLEDGED ALLI ANC EM AN. A BIG BURLESQUE UPON THE REAL INI TIATORY PROCEEDINGS. ro weeks ago I he. AnVANcs told its readers that Gen. John B. Gordon had joined thd Farmers' Alliance. The iollowina lan?habl a : . . "u"lluua tue proceedings 'will amuse every Alliauue man who reads it. It is a brillisnt piece of work,- and comes from the Athens (Ga.) Rauner. Editoe General Gordon is now a fall" fledged Alliauceman, aud will here after be made to toe the mark, and address Livingston, JU.icuoe and Harry Brown as "BroLier." The initiation of this distinguished gen tleman went through without a jos tle, and was wituessed by a large and enthusiastic audience of Alii ance men. At the riak of being shot for ex posing the secrets of car Order, I will give the Banner a fcjl report of the impressive ceremony t batenatch ed General Gordon from the clutch es of politicians and made him an humble disciple of the piow. The caudidate was escorted into the ante room of the Alliancemen by a body-guard of larmers. He manifested some nervousne&s when his conductors demanded that he partially disiobe au'd submit to the ordeal of 0eiu,r carried off with a corn cob- aud rubbed down with a bundle of fodder; the rrason for this phantom agricultural bath being that it was uece&sary to cleanse his person lrom the contaminating ef fects ot too close a contact with Atlanta politicians, Jeflorsonian Demecrata, "independents and oth er noeiean elements. :md that he might enter the realms of agricuU j tnral ttliss. He was then arrayed in a pair of copperas pants, upheld by one suspender, Itnd a hickory hirt, wool hat aud brogan shoes. The Alliance (his guide explained) was no r-spt?cter of ersons and every member must be on an equal footing. Three raps were given on the lodgerobm door, and a sepulchral voice from within demoded: "Who comes there TV "A poor peniteut who is groping in datkness and aks that the light of tho AJliauco be urned upon him, was the reply. "1h the candidate a tiller of the soil!" was the next query from within. 'He s-iys he has always been the best friend the farmer of Georgia ever had,' was the evasive response "See if theie are aav corns iu hi hand or cackle. burr in his hair was 'he command. The meeker of li..t says he is only a farmer by prcxy, and the corn are m the hami-i of the men who work his land, was tho res pone. Does the canditlnte ask admits tance into our Order ou his own volition, and is he prepared to pass through the ordeal oi initiation?. He does and he ic, as the reply from without. Let the caudidate then remain in darkness until bis ejes are pre pared to receive the gat light that the Alliance will turn npon him and he can be admitted in'o our sacred precints, was the next order. The eyes of the aupUcant for Al liance knowledge wfre bandaged wit- a secondbasde-' guano sack, the door of the-cdr-.oom thrown open and Georgia s ex-Governor aud United States Senator, for the first time in his life, found himself in the iuner sanctuary of the far mers lair, lie was marcnea tnree times around the iO"m, while the members welcomed him with While the lamp bol ls oat to barn The vilest sinner roy return. With gee, and haw, the canui date was escorted to the Grand Tycoon, who used as chair of state the small end of a bale of cotton. . Our would-be bro'her, your bun miliating entry into this room teach es you a-useful leasoc, A few min utes ago yon came to us reeklnff with the odor of the j olitician, ana arrayed in the paraphernalia of a greit man, Yoa were stripped of vour ti e apparels, which meacs that mi iimst alo leave behind iu your lut tire communications with farmers jour worldly dignity, or the AlHauce will strip yoa of your honors as easily as it did of your tailor-made garments. All men (except the nigger) are free and equal The odiou bandage that obseur ed your vision is. a necessary attach meut to the farm, and while it teaches an Allianci roan that he mnst not expect his pathway through life to be sprinkled with the otter o; roses, will be ' special reminder to you of the offensive manner that .vou spoke of our lead ers aud friends daring your recent campaign. The conductor will now convey the can I idate before the high and mighty hlster for further instructions, while the brethren will please eing. On Jordans stormy banks I stand The H. and M. hiser w.s squat ting between the nan 31es of a plow stock, Without farther ado the candidate had aa iroa hook fasten ed in the seat of his p ints, to which a rope was attached d thrown ove a beam abovn. Wip a steady i-ai! by twofinswy Xnuzemeu, the dr tinguisbed gentleii,. was iooa dsn gling in th? air, with aands and fee- vainly clutching at tae floor. Now th r.Andidate in that Dosition. V ' where he can better appreciate the NUMBER 10 beautiful lessons, inculcalated by the Alliance, remarked the G. and M. H. It is needless for a partially initiated brother to longer clutch at the floor. He has alreadv had so experience at resigning and th? wisest thing he can do la to pr! into practice that virtue and be resigned to the position we have pi ced Aim in, and not postpone this matter .until he. gets to Wash-.. in. toa again. C That hook, the High Histed ex plained, illustrates the firm hold tb Farmers Alliance baa on mans kind. Your struggles in tte air show the folly of a candidate trying. to (egain his equilibrium while in tb mighty grasp ot oar Order. It al -3 Illustrates oar political power tn elevate or lower a man at will. Year futile clutches in the air are to - how the folly of a candidate try i tig to reach for office through poll tkan8. The candidate can bow be released and carried before the Supreme Spanker lor iurtbar en. lif iteament, aud while he Is mak in;? the circuit of the room the brothers will sing, On Greendlands Icy Mountains, as I notice that the candidate is beginning co shiver in the cold air of the room. The Supreme Spanker' sat nposa bale of hay. He ordered the band. age removed from the candidates eyes, remarking that he had per haps progressed far enough to stand the light of the Alliance, and, be sides, he was to go through another oideal that required all of a mans faculties to endure. The seeker after light was then led up to a barrel, and in a twink ling stretched over it. Bring forth the sab-treasury plank,, commanded the Supreme Spanker, and convince the new brother that it is not a rotten one, but made of good, sonnd timber. Lc t the High Executioner do his duty like a good nnd truo Alliance man, wbilo we will all sing; Ojce I jvas blind bat now I see. Forty times that plauk roue iu the air and came down with a migh ty hump, before the writhing vic tim was released and carried before tne Supreme Spanker again, to have tue .lesson be had just received cx plained- Yoa have passed through one of the most beautiful aud edi fying chapters in the Alliaucs mode ot Initiation. Yoa have publicly H-serted that we had only one iiank in oar platform, and. that a ratten one. I leel assuied that y ca are now prepared to correct t).is statement, ana assert that our sub-treasury plank is one of tue roundest yoa have ever felt. We have several other plauks, as we can prove to your entire satis factional' so desired. Ob! yon say y oa are satisfied! Well, be careful tithe future how yoa speak slur- u-gy of something you know noth- l -g about. Now carry the candi Vite, Brother Conductor, for other jeful lessons, - and while he is on t. e move Jet th? members sing This is the. way I long have tuught. The great drencher had on a ta t ie before him three black feathers uud a goblet half filled with what appeared to be old Bourbon. After bis long fatiguing pilgrim' rige our brother is doubtless in need rest and refreshment. Place a ciair that he may be seated. This was done, but by some t'eight-of-hand the candidate made i miss and landed on tin H or. My unfortunate brother, j on have row learned the nncertai ity of po litical campaigns. Just as a -man ' tiiinks he bet found a nice, comfort able seat, the Alliance slips it from beneath him, and paioful indeed Is IT 1 Lis aispppointmenii. i spose jail, now of refreshments, and had pre r,ared a nice mess of crow for yoa; but I now discover in yoar recent anxiety to explain that famoas speech yoa made before the Alliance convention, that yoa have already eaten all of the sub treasury crow, except a few tail feathers. ' Bat here is a glass of Jeffersonian Dera ocracy, according to the Epistle of th Romans, that ypa were so par tial to a short time since. This is the last of the cask and please swallow the samf. Well, if yoa hesitate, I will have to order, the gxAnd executioner to show yoa an other .one of the planks in oar plat form. Ah, yoa find tha; liquid is encased in glass, so t hit it will not wet your parched lips. That, my brother, is modern jeffersoa la Democracy. It is very nice to look upon, bat. like Dead Sea frnit, is tasteless. This shows you that to depend on other classes than tne Alliance and the organized Demo cracy for office and honors is to partake of a phantom political lunch. This, my newly-made brother, ondu the first degree in the Farmers Alliance I trust the great and beautiful traths yoa bavf seen ilia. strated to-day win mate a lasting impression on your mind The brethren will now join bands, and,' while , tbey march around the new member, sing Oace I was lost, but now I am foand. Tbas ended one of the most in teresting ceremonies ever perform ed in oar State. It is to be regretted that every Allianceman in Georgia could not have witnessed the snatching of this distinguished brand lfom the j fire built around It by the pouri' ' cians. I - ! A tall man is sometimes very j short, but the averge man is never so short, that he cannot bay Old j SaurCatarrh Care to care himself, when afflicted with -cartarrh i We reqaest all mothers to stop using laudanum for their babies, i and ase Dr. Ball Baby Syrop a safe medicine.- It contains notnin V 1 injurious