""FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY' AND FOR TRUTH."
W. FLETCITBT AtT.SBON', Emm.
C V, VV. At'SiiON, busmitb AI.saoeh.
VOL. Ill-
PLYMOUTH, N.C-, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1891.
NO. 17-
Published - by Roanoke Publish ingOo,
touch of a Vanished hand;
Ob. wk jr should the world eeem strange,
- With its beauty around me still T
And why should the slope of my swarded path
., 8eem suddenly all up-hill 7
1 had sona with a buoyant step,
Bo cheerily on my way:
llow could I believe so calm a light
Could tarn to so chill a gray 7
And wherefore? Bttc&nne the. hand "
That held In its clasp my own
Whose tonoh was a benediction such
As only the blest have known
Was caught by the viewless hand "
Of an angoL and upward drawn.
What hope what comfort, what guidance
- now, . , , ' . ,
" Since the stay of my life Is gone 7 .
"But a stronger is left to thee. " -
1 8omecomfortlng whisper saith
-"The arm that shall carry thee safe to him
;' When thoa crassest the tideB of death. "
If Christ in His mortal hour
Had need of the chosen three,
' T watch with Him through the awful throca
; Of His dread Gethsemane, ,
Oh, 'sorely His human heart . ,
Will pity and understand
That speechless yearning, too doep for words,
' for the "touch of the vanished hand!"
Margaret J. Prcbton, in Harper's Bazar.
ALL'S AVELLTHAT ENDS WELL
BT MBS. NORA MARBLE. .
. Miss Sarah Ann .Titus was no longer
young, and, as hor own sex thought,
never very cornel". To-day the one
upright wrinkle and the 'other, like the
loaning tower of Pisa beside ither " In
taglioe," as Bhe facetiously called them
appe' : sd jraore 'pronoonced than, ever--upbnlier
forehead. , - ;
"Another article upon How to bo
Beautiful,':" she said peevishly, throwing
down1 the nWBpat vr. "Last week I had ..
ahotii concluded to undertake the proc
ess eccording to Laisy's receipt in the
dm otrrnbut there another
treatment directly opposed to the other.
Let me see!" and with that frown deep
"f" ' ening upon her forehead Miss Sarah arose
tp look for the receipt in question. ;
"Iiow this is the process 'Daisy' recom
. .mends! I must pinch my cheeks outward,
"nay mouth upward, going through a gen
eral kneading process four hours at least
: cut of the 24. ; Rub my forehead horizon
Ully till it tingles. Cut my eyelashes
every "full moon; bathe my eyes in a
preparation, the receipt of which she will
2' upon, request. Brush my hair on
hour' or" me every evening. Massago
for the figure, one hour daily. An hour
with a manicure two or three times a
- . week..: ; A chiropodist no, treatment for
v. the-feet is not included, it seems. , We
. . will leave that for women of Oriental
countries, I suppose. : Then the water in
which I bathe must be as hot as I can
bear it, with an ice cold douche to follow.
-. Then s vigorous . rubbing with a coarso
towel, and and -my diet, oh, yes, my
diet! Principally vegetable, no coffee
, ' no tea, no condiments, no stimulants!
''". "I had resolved upon beginning part of
& this treatment to-day, the hot water and
rubbing at least, but here this , skin
" . specialist, who says she knows of what
she writes, advises me totally different
treatment. Cold water, soft flannel or
linen, no harsh rubbing or pinching,
almond paste, creams, lotions, and, yes,
Vfr , o fretting. Heir! strong point is checr-
'VS. tineas. Train the eyes to smile as well
- a the mouth.' To be beautiful, cultivate
a ' beautiful spirit ; to obtain an eml
ntly pleasing expression say 'plum ; an
- innocent, touching expression, repeat the
, word ooo.! Plenty of good wholesome
food, cheerful company, riding on horso-
. back, eto., etc. . -: t.
"H'ml Well, I believe in the knead
leg process,' somehow. It at least lends
' a glow to the countenance ; " and for ono
mortal hour Miss Sarah Ann Titus
. kneaded and pinched, and rubbed her
- more or less sallow, skin, disdaining not
' at intervals to, say fpluni" and "coo,"
v 1 according to the specialist's formula. ,
; "Mixingthe ingreOwnts of two receipts
won't hurt," thought she. "I have done
that often in' ckery,' and found the
result very satisfactory indeed. " . ; :T
At the jxxstoffice a few day slater ar
rived a goodly sized package addressed
to Miss Sarah A. Titus, Busy ville, Long
Island. ' ' '
. ."There's bottles of stuff in that aire
r ?.ckager" soliloquized the curious post
mistress, turning the package about in
her hands. "Smells a deal sight like
perf umery. ' Now what under the sun is
Ckry Ann Tittis a wantin of so much
eweet smeDin stuff, I wonder?" And
from ".. wondering, this amiable lady
presently fell to conjecturing, and from
conjecturing it ma not caKe ner long to
arrive at a conclusion, . - -"It's
Deacon Smith, I'll be bound, "sho
. ' exclaimed after due reflection, failing in
all her efforts to decipher anything like a
IVjcI through the heavy wrapping.
"The pesky thing's sealed, or Pd know
wSiat's Inside afore ever it loft this office,
vttaj name's not TiUle Sharp. But it's
Deacon Smith,-I'm certain of that. Sary
Ann ain't a buying of purf umery by tho
wholtieale fer nothin', jea mark my
words ; " and Miss Sharp nodded her head
Vj-Mft-. sagaciously over some recollection which
occurred to her. -J" v 1
f . "Du tell?" and Miss Betsey Trotter,
' the village dressmaker, stared la open
moutlied astonishraent a minute later at
the postrnistress. "Deacon Smith and
Sary Ann Titus! Wrll, I never!? '
"But it's so," asseverated Misa Sharp,
"at at least " -
' "Any thin fer marm?1 squeaked a
guiall voice, just htre. "She's a reck
Oiun' onto gcttiu' a letter trom shier
Miss enarp peerea into one of tho
pigeon holes with no amiable expression
of countenance.
"No," she snapped, "nawthinV '
" Drat that boy I " she exclaimed to tho
impatient Miss Trotter; "twice a day fer
a month he's been here axin' fer that
letter, I wish Jane would write and be
done with it. "
"Yes, yes," said her listener. "But as
you was sayin', Deacon Smith and Sary
Ann Titus air- ?" '
"Anything fer Sister Sal? and "Any
thing for me?" followed by other in
quiries in rapid succession, made a reply
from the postmistress impossible, so that
Miss Trotter was fain to trot off and leave
the matter for discussion to a more con
venient season. " ' ' ;
" What! Deacon Smith and Sarah Titust
Well, well, wonders will never ceasel
Thus before nightfall had exclaimed
more than a score of female voices; and
before the olose of the next day, 'tis safe
to assert, not many persons within tho
village but had heard the news.
" Bat, " said more than one, " the deacon
hain't never tuk her to meetin', arid .
what's more, he ain't never 'peared to
take a shine to old maids anyway; Wid-,
ders always seemed to be his great holt,'
you know. " . " r "
And, in truth, more than one widow
in tliat community felt herself considera
bly aggrieved at the news. ;
"I don't believe it," snapped Mrs,
Brown, fair, fat, and forty; "I can't be
lieve it " . And in the privacy of her own
chamber, I'm fain to confess that this
one widow at least, whether justly or
unjustly, dubbed Deacon Smith a per
fidious wretch, a trifler, a gay deceiver!
In the meantime Sarah Titus had not
been idle one hour out of the-waking 24.
That package from the poetoffice she had
exultantly carried to her bed chamber,
and securely fastening the door, pro-
; to 6 ' ,t
Balms, creams, and lotions ;
kohrfor
- darkening tho eyebrows ana lashes; a
r ; luur "restorative" of a suspicious brown
color; a manicure set, and various un
guents,' needless to mention. When all
were displayed upon her dressing tablo,
something of an incipient apothecary
shop was presented. , r ,
"Now let me see," said Miss Titus, re
ferring to various clippings neatly pasted
in her scrap book. ' "The last number of
Beauty Qo&sip said no woman could bo
beautiful unless she went through certain
processes every day. Such and such a
cream applied at night, this, and that
lotion during tho day. ? The pores to be
kept open by steaming" hot baths, etc.,
etc. H'ml Well, by combining one or
two suggestions from each of these
writers, I shall within a fortnight see a
marked improvement in my appearance,
no doubt;" and forthwith Sarah Ann
applied herself to steaming, pinching,
rubbing, and lathering her faded skin
with one or.more of the preparations be
fore her. ;.
; That week and the next Miss Titus do-
nied herself to all visitors.
"Why, the deacon hain't been there
this fortnight, "said Miss Trotter, whilo
fitting a basque for the butcher's wifo.
."I know he hain't, fer when my eye was
off n the front door, one of my 'prentices
vwas on the watch. " v .
I "They say she's a keepia' close 'cause
it's fashionable," replied the other, "but
for my part I hev a notion hain't - you
' gettin' that armhole too tight, Miss Trot
ter? : You know I must hev plenty of
room when use'n the cleaver."
"What's your notion," returned Miss
: Trotter, while make the necessary alter
ations, " concernin' Sary Ann ?" -
"Why," the butcher's wife's voice fell
to a mere . whisper, "I've got a notion
that " .. .. :-
"Miss Trotter," came a voice from tha
work room, "is Mrs. ., Brown's pink cal-
icker to hev a ruffle round the bottom?".
- ""Well," impatiently queried Miss Trot- '
ter, after deciding that matter,.! well, do
let me hear what's your notion, Mrs.
Lamb. I'm expirin' to know. " : i
"It's only a notion, arterall,youknowt '
Miss Trotter, jes' my! own notion,
and " . '. ';::: I
"Miss Trotter," again cried the ap
prentice," how many breadths must I cut
off fer the back ?" j
"One and a half, stupid," was the an-1
swer; and again was that "notion" re- I
quested of Mrs. Lamb. . s-vV:..".'
; , "It's my notion, then, that they're al t
ready married on the sly, jou know.
That's the reason she's keepin' close, for -I
dessay the deacon's darters' '11 cut up
purty high over his marryin' sech a sour :
old " Mrs. Lamb was going to add
"maid." but the age and condition of
Mis3 Trotter made her substitute " thing"
"instead, ' -' v : '
UH..1 1 0. trAll AmiI
responded the dressmaker, snipping with j
evident relish at the goods. She's tuk a '
mor'gage on Squire Perkins's place, as well
: as on other f arms around hereabouts. " !
"Oh, that accounts fer it then," re- j
J. plied Mrs. Lamb, with a laugb as rounded
.-as her arm, "that accounts fer Deacon
Smith's choosin a broomstick 'stead of a
woman, b.a, ha!" and pretty soon tho
lady took her departure,
j "Married! on the sly! Gracious me!"
It needed no evening bulletin to spread j
the news. - Miss Trotter had had many
customers "that day, and Mrs. Lamb's
notion" was soon merged into a fact.
I "It's my opinion the deacon didn't go
to town t other day, " r
confidently as the nctt
terously cut the. chops
uai'ss thai iady
w ire, it 45 my c
and a wink gti"
'J
i-d tw
, Why, wno ever f ' Intelligently ex
claimed the other lady, "Upon my
wordP , . : i - -
Before many hours after this newa
several exemplary members of the church
met in earnest conclave. . '
"It's not seemly behavior to say the
least of it," primly remarks Deacon
White's better half, "upon the' part of
people long past the thoughtlessness and
impetuosity of youth. "
"Unseemly I" retorted Mrs. Brown, the
arrow of disappointment rankling more
end more in her heart. "I call it down
right disreputable, I do!" ;
"Impetuosity of youth! "4 grunted a
spinster of some 60 summers. , "I would
not have done such a thing tho' a king
had sued for my hand. ." r
"Of courso you wouldn't, " dryly re
marked one of the ladies. "I am sure
we all know under what rigid control
you have kepv that impetuosity of your
nature, Bliss Stone," upon which speech
a subdued titter went around the circle,
much to the discomfiture of the spin
ster who never had had a suitoi1 in her
life. .
; A few more friendly tilts of the like
nature, - and the committee presently
found themselves in fitting humor for
the proposed visit to the delinquent brido
and groom. -.;.''., " -":
' "I don't think," stammered Miss Ti
tus's maid of all work, .perceptibly em
barrassed, "I don't think Miss Titus is
after bein able to see company to-day,
ladies." - ;w :--S -i ..;
T Sick!" queried one of the ladies with
a knowing look at her ' companions.
Sick, eh?" .;r -,, v' ; :
" Well, that is all the more reason,? in
terrupted Mrs. Deacon "White, stepping
within, "that is all the more reason that
we should see her.' Go tell your mistress
a delegation awaits her coming," and
without more ado the committee filed
into the parlor. . ,. '!: ;
"They looks as if they'd got a funeral
on hand , " whispers the help to Miss
Titus, "or a prayer meetin' or sumUiu''
jtcij solemn. --f -
"But I can't be seen," groaned Miss
Titus. "Just look at my face!" ' -
"I told 'em you was sick, " said the girl.
commiseratirtgly ylr. A'iug tho face upon
which .. Uie ; pinching, . scalding.
and
"lotion-iug" ha i ione their perfect work.
"I told 'cm you was sickf and you can
jes hint like 'bout airysipelas or scarlet
fever, or any thin' what : leaves a red,
pimpley skin, you know.'' "
"Yes, yes" sighed Miss Titus, re-creaming
her almost raw skin, and then plenti
fully bedaubing herself with powdor. "I
suppose I will have to make some such
an apology for my appearance," as sho
heroically descended to the parlor.
-tiraciousmoi-exacuiateawre. .Drown, .were wont to address the people assem
feeling for her smelling salts, " wlintever bled in the agora below them. -.
is the matter with your face, Sarah Ann?
, Miss Titus gazed at the concentrated
faces of the committee and gasped out
something which might have been Cero-bro-Spinal-Menengetis,
Erysipelas, - or
anything else under the sun.
"Allow me to congratulate you, Mrs.
Smith," presently said Mrs. Deacon
WJiite, Miahing heartily for a bit of,
camphor the while, "though, for ahride,
I must say you do present a most de
plorable appearance. " w : -:
"A bride!" echoed Miss Titus, tho
blotches upon her face turning the hue
of a fine royal purple. "Me a bride!"
"There is no need for further secrecy,
Sarah Ann," responded Mrs. Brown.
"The fact of Deacon Smith being shut up
here for days raakt-J the acknowledgment
of your marriage a necessity, it seems to
me." " -; r:- ''-: ..- "
, " Deacon Smith ! Shut up here for days I "
gasped Miss Titus, showing strong symp
toms of hysteria. "Why of all things!"
At this juncture the frowzy head of
the help appeared at the parlor door. --"Deacon'
Smith! ma'am I " Bha an
nounced with a giggle, "and he says as
how he wants to see yott alone, all by
yourself, ma'am. " ' "
jThe look of virtuous indignation 1 upon
tnl faces of the "rising", committee,
added to Miss Titus's confusion. ; . ,
"1 wouldn't see him for the world,"
she cried. v "Tell him I'm ill, dying, any
thing!" covering her disfigured face with''
her hands after one despairing glance in
the mirror. -'
- "Excuse me," said a suave voice, and
into the parlor strode Deacon Smith, not
withstanding " the protestations of tho
help, "but having just returned from a
business trip of several weeks, Miss Titus,
I have only a few moments ago heard tho
talk concerning our marriage oh 1" per
ceiving the group of Jadies, "I trust I
have not intruded upon a meeting of tho
Aid Society." .
The deacon seemed to pronounce that
one word with a peculiar intonation. -
"Our marriage!" whispered Mrs. Deacon-
White - to the embarrassed Mrs.
Brown, "do you hear that, and still Sarah
Ann will keep on denying it, I suppose. "
Deacon Smith's ears caught the wliis
per. - :-. v -
Our rumored marriage," he corrected
with a smile, "a rumor without one par
ticle of,foundation, permit me to say. "
Miss Titus, overwhelmed with various
emotions, burst into tears.
Hie deacon with a look of wonderful
resolution upon his face, walked over
to her cowering figure, aud stooping,
! endeavored . to possess hiniiitlf of her
face hiding hands.
The committee, rather shamefacedly,
.-i'i:pon i .!r tlii'ir hnrii - i dt p'utur.;.
"Mi T- ." i id -1, ( . -nt
should i relate what Deacon smith said
upon that delicate occasion, or what, pre
sumably, was Miss Titus's answer? : -
"Jes think," exclaims the postmistress
a month or- so later, " jes' think what a
few tattlin busybodies kin bring about!
Now there's that marriage of Miss Titus's
and Deacon Smith's! He says how he
never would hev the courridge to offer
even his company to her, but fer that
talk, and to think as how. she hed been a
liankerin' arter him fer years. "
Mrs. Blown laughed ironically.'
- "I guess the deacon's courage had been
aroused by the rumors of Miss Titus's in
vestments," she retorted unamiably,
"more than by the other talk. "
"But the most amazin' thing about it
all," chimes in Miss Trotter reflectively,
"is the change in Miss Titus's looks. I
couldn't help speakin of it to her, while
afittin' on the weddin' dress and says
she, with that peculiar smile of hern (I
allers did say there was somethin' taken
about Sary Ann's smile), and says she,
lookin' at herself in the glass, 'Happiness
is God's own cosmetic, Miss Trotter. It
will do what lotions, Creams, or the form
ulas of any skin specialists will fail to do,'
says she." .
v "Lotions, creams!" exclaims the post-'
miBtre&s, a light dawning upon her busy
brain. , ,"It wasn't perfumery, then, arter
all. Land sakes! " But for once sho kept
her own counsel, and a neighbor's secret,
for to this day Mrs. Brown and Miss Trot
ter have failed to draw from her tho
meaning of that one exclamation.
Charlie W., aged 4, had two pets
a canary and a cat. - One unlucky day
the door of the cage was left open, and
the cat was caught swallowing the last
morsel of poor birdie.' Little Charlie
gazed at the cat a few moment in sor
rowful meditation, then suddenly que
ried : . "Mamma, will kitty sing now?"
Housekeeper's Weekly. -
Electricitv jrnf'" ' , CrV
of horses atff
vania
are eIth&RU8 Unf ot
roads
or projected.
Education is an ornament inproer ity
r ftnd a refuge in adversity. '
TUe Pnyx. . .
If I wero called on to name a single
SDOt on earth where is concentrated in
1 view more of interest than in any other,
than possibly even of all others, of art.
of history, of politics, of religion, I would
unhesitatingly select the Pnyx, the trib
une cut in the rock on the hill facing the
Acropolis, still in the condition it was
2.000 vears airo. whence Athenian orators
I have many times stood on this spot
- waiting for those moments when, shortlj'
after sunset, - the shadows of night al
ready spread over the surrounding coun
try, and the Acropolis, for some unex
plained reason, is suffused with an intense
and beautiful glow, which brings it into
a strong relief against the deep blue and
gray of more distant hills. What a pan
orama was before the orator standing on
this spot! How much to inspire him
1 with elevated thoughts and to stimulate
lus eloquence! To bis immediate right
the Acropolis with its noble Propylajaand
I Parthenon in view. To the left Lycabet
tus and the Hall of the Nymphs.-" Below
him the.TempIo of Theseus and the main
parts of the old city. Beyond the plain
of Attica, in a setting of hills and mount
ains made famous by history. Hymettus,
Parnes, Pentelicus, and further still the
ranges of Helicon . and Parnassus. It
was here that Demosthenes delivered his
famous Philippics. It was from this
tribune that tradition says St. Paul mado
bis address to the philosophers of Ath
ens. The Contemporary Review.
Peony Bed S50 Tears Old.
; In the yard of the old Foster home
stead is a flaming bed of peonies. The bed
has a history. . Said Mr. Fceter : "Those
peonies were brought from Germany by
an ancestor of mine 250 years ago. They
were at first planted in the yard of the
old Breed House. In the eafly days the
Indians used to come b) the old Breed
homestead and trade a basket of clams
e.ov one of the flowers to wear in their
hair," Lynn (Mass.) Bee.
: Cork - covering for steam pipes has
proved so successful, says Invention.
that in some cases it has been found
to make a difference of 100 degrees to
124 degrees from the temperature of un
covered pipes.; r .
Can Be Read on the Rnn.
; ' There is always room at the top for
the big strawberry.
The mind i e "ds a bridle sometimes as
much as the tongue. . ' . v V
Competition is the life of trade or the
death of one of the compel iters. '
; A train of pure thought will only run
on the track of a well graded mind.
I - Sonie people give much thought to tho
poor. This is as far as they. get. - f
; The revolutionary punches Americans
gave the Britons in tho long ago wero
made of tho spirit of 70. ;
: A crank U a man who has spent his
life turning the wheel of a fortune, from
v l.ich otl.t r r.on h.Tv t vkou pyzta. '
7-
THE
News and Observer.
me change or that organization into a
political machine, which politicians were
trying to accomplish for personal ends, has
caused me to feel tho moat serious appre
hensions as to the safety of the South. I
mean its safety politically, socially, Indus,
trially and financially.
. I have been vory careful not to give ut
terance to anyepithet about the sub-treas
ury scheme, because I saw that many
excellent men have given it consideration
as a proper remedy for our financial troub
les I hoped that a discussiou of, this plau
in good temper would be had. I knew
such treatment would soon leave it shorn
of all its plausibility a naked humbng.
The men who support this scheme are
not, as a rule, desirous of anything that is
nnjasi or daDgeronu iu legislation. ' They
are deceived as to it) merits, and have not
seen that it is in plain opposition to tho
Constitution. They will soon rectify their
opinions, aud thus illusion will pass away
as thousands of Buch fantasies have done.
That scheme is of Ite publican origin, and
was imported in tho South us "a tab (o the
whale." It was brought to (ha South only
for purposes of mischief and to deceive an
honest, true and cocfiding people. ':
It has nearly accomplished its mission, ",
which is to divide our people and to fer
ment strife between them, and it is abont
to give place to the demand for "something
better?' that ia to be furnished by those
who are excluded from the Alliance and
are still held responsible to its demands.
I believe that it is the least sensible and
most impracticable plan of finance that I
plausibility to those who think il is the
business of the Government to conduct a
pawn-broker's shop. It is a deception that
bu been already condemned by the quiet
1rJ""tt of every conmonBense man who
has studit-d it. ' - - .
But I have not denounced i8 the terms
that it deserves, because many , (rood peO'
plo have thocght that it possebed real
merit and were quietly uncovering its
lcxednesa in their own way. Now that
it is perishing under the withering influ
ence of the light of truth and sound reason
the men who invented and matured it in
a darkened recess and demanded the politl.
cal death of every man who dews not' snp.
port it are crying out to the great political
parties of the country and all their states,
men, "If the sub-treasury will not save the
country give us something better."
-This demand ia a confession that the
Alliance politicians have no confidence in
the Alliance sub trekanry.- They alre-dy
demand of the outsiders that they bhaJl
provide "something batter." I insist that
it is too late to call a conjultation of doc
ton after they have crauinud their "kill-
or-cure" bolus down the throats of tho
people and find that they need "something
better."
If they were statesmen why did they uot
r.ee that the cooutry voulJ need "some
thing bettet" when they took the. world in
hand to cure it of all i.s ills aud iofirma-
ties? ' '-:r .-':
I would steadfastly oppose any scheme
that had for its purpose the destruction oi
the Democratic party aud the dishonoring
of its proud record as the preserver -of the
rights and liberties of the people. '
In my opinion the sub-Treaury scheme
is a humbug. v
LET US CALL A HALT.
State Chronicle,
The Marion Freo Lance talks seuse when
it protests against the too prevalent spirit
of impugning men's uaoiivos which i ob
servable ot late. It remarks that if an
editor criticizes the action of any Alliance
leader, some fool gets up and shout, ,You
are nUiaing the Ailiuuco ;" or if an honest
editor tindi in the eourne of a prominent
Atlisnccman something to Commend, some
tool gets up and nhouts, "You ate catering
to the AUUtuce." '
This protot-t is timery. . 'This is a free
country nnd editors have a riht to the
same treutiuent that is t corded to crimi
nals L e. the presumption timt they are
innocent uuth found guilty. There are,
doubtless, corrupt . newspapers that are
actuated by base motives, but a newspaper
ought to be judgod by the trend of its
whole coarse. : ':'
Lt us call a ha't, and let us hare more
faith iu cur fellow-men.
A MUCH HARRIED MAN.
By United Prew to Stute CUroi.icle
LIMA, O., Aug. 2G. Leading near Na.
poleon, Ohio, itt Michael Crunur and tLree
wivea. They all live ou a $50,o0 farm,
aud three houses aro um-d by the three
familifB with oue head. Crmnr brought
bis second wil'o to tbe farm in 1879, and
placed ber in a coy honse be hud erected
lor her. Wife number one offered uo ob.
jection. lie was arrested at the lime, how
ever, and tried for bigamy but i-teaped on
a technicality. In 1881 Cramer brought
his third wife to th- farm. For Some cause
no aclion was teen unlit Monday, when
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SENATOR MORGAN ON
SUB-TREASURY.
COUNTING ON THE CROPS.
WU- Star,
The Bepublican politicians are counting
upon the good crops to pull theni through
next fall, and well they may for they had
nothing else to count npon. They wero
trembling in their boots at the revolt
amongst the farmers which had helped to
consign so many Republican statesmen to
the shades of privato JLTe !att fall, and rtvo.
luticnized the politics of some State which
had been Bepublican for a generation.
The McKiuley tariff, with the extrava
gance of the billion Dollar Congress were
more than they could successfully defend,
and the most observant .of them expected
this fall iu the State elections a repetition
of the disasters of ldst full. They did not
cheer up at the prospect of good crops un
til the reports from Europe showed such
wide failure of the crops there and 4hcn
they began to pickup courage and cherish
some hope. They knew that a large crop
without a foreiVu demand meant a large
surplus and correspondingly low prices
which would add to the discontent of the
laruiers and give additional stimulus to the
Third Party which was corner stoned on
the distress amongnt the farmers. And they
knew, too, that in the Western States mot.1
of the disaffective element which would go
to make Jip the Third Party would come .
from the Republican early. . 1
Hence when the reports of the failure of.
the crops In Europe, and impending distress
m some -countries were confirmed their
hearts were lightened, and their spirits ba.
came more joy ful, not that they were made ,
glad by the possible suffering of others but
at the prospeot of escaping calamity . tharu
selves. Thy knew that thi?- would make
ajieinand, at ood pfl'Jes lor the Burplu,,
grain and meat of this country, and their
eyes brightened when the Western grain
pits became active and wheat jumped from
the 87 cents of last year to over dollar a"
bushel, and other grain iu proportion.
They reasoned correctly that the farmer
wno was geiungiue niguest piwo iw m
wheat he had to sell would not waste much
of his time fooling with a third party, or
iu dibcusbing demands which In the presence
of overflowing grainaries and full ' wallets
become ridlcirAr" ipsw?Uest the govern
ment cwneaship railroads and telfjf
for instauoe, when the railroads alone
would cost $10,000,000,000. to be paid at
some time iu taxes by the people, the gov.
eminent warehouse system with nothing
left to put in the warehouses, and the
money-loaning scheme of Senator Stan lord,
requiring the loaning of money by the
Government at a lower rate of Interest than
the Government pays on its outstanding
bonds.
When people are in good humor and
there is a prospect of prospering badividu.
ally and collectively they are more disposed
to tolerate abuses in government than when
they are pinched, find it difficult to make
both-ends meet and have to scratch gravel
to pay thoir taxes, and possibly this may.
keep some farmers in the Republican hulk
who were disposed to get out of it, but it
would be a poor commentary ou the iutellL .
gence or common sense of the farmers cf
this country if they would give the Kepub
ican party the benefit, and by inference at
least, the credit for tho rains and the sun
shine and tho abundant harvests which God
Almighty hud st-ut them .
by this and it may not be. The probtbJi-,
tics aro that it will beucllt soine ; but sup',
pose there had been uo failure -of crops .
across the sea and no extra demand for,
American farm products with the immcubo
crop of this year, over twenty-eight per
cent, larger than last year, aud over four,
teen per cent, larger tbau any year tiucc
IBSO; resulting in a much larger surplus,
with no market where oold it have been
then ? Instead of praising the Lord for ;
the b:g crop, the Republican bosses wou d
hare looked upon it as a calamity. But
the misfortune ofJEurope opens up a brigh
ter vista to them and give tnem at leuxt
something upon which to base a hope ot k
not being is wept from lht face of the earth
A TRUE REFLECTION.
WUcon Mirror.
Hie Democratic papers of the State ,are
not opported to the farmeia. They are not
iniuScable to their interests. They ar
with tlif m heart and sc.nl aud mind hJ
body iu acy movement that can redound l -their
intrrst and lead to the botiernel of
their condition.- That which oppresses or
baits the farmer necessarily oppresses mid
hortx the papers, for tho Iwo aro sa insepa
rably associated and their interests aro uo
indhisolubiy interwoven that au iiijuiy to
ono baa its corresponding til'ect upon Ui
other. When the tanners prosper th paj ei
prosper. Wheu the furuicra sutler
opprtssion, the papern also feel the burden. .
Wheu misfortune comes to oi:e thy oUit-r
gropes aitid its shadows. And whan tUt
snulight oJ ;piospcrity b',; l.tcts up t. o
countenances of the f,irnji'g tlioiucesiof
ew.upuprr n.on tr-w i-t j u-L.'.ti.t iu '.L!i
Ittbire ot th ir U anutu:.