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NUMBER 42.
VOLUME II.
MEMPHIS, MISSOURI, THURSDAY NOVEMBEli 3, 1892.
NEED OF A NEW rAI!TY'ton that l?to
vince almost anv candid mind that the
LABOR
;the
I mission of the People's party is a pa
FRUIT triotic one.
Thev tlo not ask anv man to join
them till he can conscientiously snb-
Vcpiorabie siat of AtTa'm That iia scrile to the principles emblazoned
Fpruu( into 'sitene Dunnsr ne ' upon its banner.
ROBBED OF TH'
OF ITS TOIL.
IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE
THE INCONSISTENCYOF PARTY-
ISM ILLUSTRATED.
Jttvgn of One
l'arliea.
r the other of the Old
('alia for m Change.
Avaricious and ambitious men are
rver contriving to obtain from the
masses both property and power, inas
much as they have not the physical
strength to enforce by arms that which
they covet, they resort to cunningly
devised laws, and it is thus the crafty
lew are enabled to obtain dominion
over the unthinking many.
Shylock with his money bags and
the ambitions soldier with his drawn
sword have for years kept the world in
subjection..
So long as avarice and ambi ion ex
ists, so long will there be unequal and
unjust laws and it follows as a matter
of course that inasmuch as avarice and
ambition are unlx.rn in the human
breast, the conquest for pelf and power
will continue forever.
lint when the laws become so op
pressive as to become unendurable,
there comes a reaction and the masses
assert their natural rights. These nat
ural rights which have leen usurped
can be regained only in two ways by
a peaceable change of the laws or by a
general revolt against the enacted laws.
A peaceable change of the laws by the
peojle is generally accomplished
through the instrumentality of poliii-
cal parties. This constitutes, there
fore, one cause for the existence, of po
litical parties.'
Again, the civilized world, by com
mon consent, has formed itself into a
huge society, agreeing to be governed
y the laws of-that society. The differ
M! interests and wants 01 society are
generally settled ly political parties.
Xhese differences can only be ad
justed by duly enacted laws. These
classes array themselves upon opposite
sides in a political contest to settle the
matter.
xne ineory 01 our government is
that the people rule. The fact, how
over, is palpable that ambitions and
avaricious men have managed bo to
shape the course of legislation in the
past as to unjustly usurp power and
acquire en undue proportion of the
wealth of the country.
Lalor has been robbed of the fruits
pf its toil by various devices of schem
dng and avaricious men ; by banking
institutions, by boards of trade, by
monopolies of transportation lines,
coal fields and oil lands, by govern
ment contracts, by purchase of gov
ernment bonds, by evading the pay
ment of taxes, by obtaining subsidies
of government lands, and by numerous
other schemes.
This state of affairs lias sprung into
existence dnring the reign of one or
the otIer of the two great political
parties of the country.
And the question now is : Is there
liny hope or prospect that the evils
complained of will be corrected by
either the Democratic or Republican
parties?
By appealing to the passions and
prejudices of the people a fierce parti
nan hatred has been engendered, so
that to be a Democrat is to hate the
Republican rarly. and to be a Repub
lican is to hate the Democratic party.
No appeal is made to principle; no sac
rifices are made in behalf of justice and
integrity.
In the meantime a combination has
naturally arisen between the lords of
accumulated wealth (the moneyed men)
and the prominent leaders (the ambi
tions poli.icians), of both the Demo
cratic and Republican parties whereby
the former assist the latter into office
the latter discharging their obligations
by the enactment of laws that will en
able the former to perpetrate their
schemes of plunder.
The political leaders quarrel in their
public speeches and through the press
iliout "the issues of the day (which
ire usually immaterial the real issues
being purposely ignored) the same as
They want a man to become a popu
list not through hatred of Democrats
or Republicans, but through love of
country, God, and humanity. Col. 1.
0. Norton.
l'eople' I'nrtjr Manner.
Tut oBoHiiif lllut flag.)
See the l'coplc'H party liannor
Now float upon the breeze.
Anil give us all a promise
Of freedom anil of ease.
We MiifTeriM !iii,' and rniTereil much.
In vain we aUe I relief.
The two old tw.n war parties
To or.r demands were deaf.
Cfcimi's Hurrah : hurrah: For the People's
tlaK hurrah:
For the People's rights hurrah! hur
rill :
We'll vote our country free:
Now we've Jo:nel orr hands together
With gooj nun in th- lead.
To save our Koriotis eoun ry
From coriNirat ion's (treed.
We formed the People s party.
The t vo old parties M-o(Ieil.
Put 'spite all t!ie:r sneers and jeers
Our banner floats aloft .chorus.
The soldiers of th North and South
Who wore the tdue and gray.
Discarded old animosities
And let t'lem die away.
Ye, we've joined our liau lr. together
Our old war wounds are healed.
We'll Jola with you in electing
cur Weaver and our Field. Chorus.
Go herald the glad tidings.
The blue have joined t.ie pray.
And have left the old war parties
To Wither ami decay.
They have ju.net the People's party,
And now make common cause
To save their common country
From plutocratic laws. Choru.
I'otne join us all ino lurers.
Ye men who do the work
Who toil and suffer daily.
That plutocrats may shirk.
Come tradesmen and professors,
Come help us to success.
Help vote the money-devil down
And all our wrongs redress. Chorus.
We've had four years of Cleveland,
Of Harrison three years more.
They helped make Wall street richer
And made the peoj le poor.
V ith W eaver as a lever
To pray th rascals out.
And hosts behind him,
We'll put them all to route. Chorus.
Come reformers of the nation
Wherever you may be.
Come, good men all obey the call
And vote your country free.
We're the army of the people;
We've Buffered much anil long;
We're marching now to victory.
Three times three million strong Cho-
The people's cans and equal laws
Shall be our battle crv.
Though money's strong, yet right give,
migl.t
Anil we our foes defy.
Ouv i ause is just, and win we must,
Orslaves we soon will te.
Hut win we ran. and win we shall.
So vote your country free. Chorus.
Continuance In Oilier.
One of the greatest dangers to muni
cipality, state or country, is long con
tinuance in oniee. The fathers felt
this, and in the foundation work of
our Government they abolish life ten
ures except in the case of some of our
higher courts. They not only
abolished life tenures, but they made
short ofhcial terms on the express
ground that those who rule in a Re
public should frequently return to the
ranks of the people, and render an ac
count of their stewardship. This
principle every American realizes is
true, and he would surrender the ( iov
ernrnent itself before ho would sur
render it and return to life tenures in
office.
And yet we have in America that
which is worse than long individual
tenures. Our country is not ruled by
men, it is ruled by parties; nnd long
party tenures is eminently worse than
long personal tenures, because parties
being an aggregation of interests, lead
to a combination of purposes with far
greater power for evil than could any
one person exercise, however selfish or
unscrupulous.
When parties rule, a change of
men can scarcely be calle:l a change of
tenure, for each incumbent must walk
in the lines of his party, shield it from
exposure, preserve its power, and pave
the way for its continued success,
Under such conditions it is no wonder
our institutions become partisan, ou
"arty Ilaa Iteremo n Tyrant llefore
Whleli Every Interest Must Ituw-Tlie
l'eople Mionlil l.ule I lie I'artjr and Thus
Secure Justice.
- How It Vtoiks.
The old political parties pretend to
hate each other intensely, and actually
cet the people worked up to such a
state of excitement that thev do hate
ach other. Yet among the liosses,
when a prominent member of the op-
osite party, no matter how odious he
may have made himself, decides to
change his party aililiations, his erst
while foes and culmmators shout
themselves hoarse in bidding him wel
come, and almost burst their papers to
make headlines large enough to an
nounce the fact. One would think
the party felt that it had gained an
augel, though it had only Rained a
man whom it had spent a lifetime in
'.enouncing.
Witness the ado made over Gen.
Longstreet and Gen. Moshv when
they announced themselves Republi
cans. Also over Gen. Mahone of Vir
ginia. On the other hand, witness
l'alnier of Illinois, and poor old Hor
ace Greeley, the most inveterate ene
my the party ever 1 ad. And see what
rejoicing there is now over the an
nouncement that Wavne Mceagh and
few other ra lieal Republicans have
aunounced their intentions to affiliate
with the Democrats. Not one of these
men never hiated at a change of prin
ciple. A change of party is all that is
asked to make a scoundrel a saint.
As a further proof take the case of
every Republican paper was flooded
with articles attacking in the most
vindictive manner the war record of
Colonel Polk. He was charged by the
Republicans with inhumanity toward
federal soldiers. Tho charges were
immediately denied nod disproved,
but they were persistently repeated all
through the AY est. The Republican
leaders and papers did just the very
same things toward Colonel Polk that
the Democratic leaders and paiiers of
Georgia did toward General Weaver.
In Kansas indignities were constantly
planned and threatened but never in
flicted upon Colonel Polk. That they
were not is because there was a public
sentiment strong enough to revetit.
Tt;e intolerance and barbarism differs
in degree but not in kind.
If there is a man or woman in any
part of this oppressed country who
will measure fealty to tho Pcoid
f'L" .,Jrra I DEATH COMES AT LAST.
nikiri va(, wn o un it in nun
been made of gold. Yet there ara I
people who ha 1 ra her le taxed to '
death than to have Uncle Sam grind!
out new greenbacks to swing around
In n nni.fnl In.!,,.,!,!
in, iiittw u uoviui , . luiiuatimi
Review.
END OF MRS. HARRISON'S
STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.
'ii a lla I uy.
To a Id to the Cleveland perplexity
over the opposition of Senator Hill and
the great New York Tammany organi
zation, it is now announced that Gen.
Sickles, who so vigorously opjosed
Mr. Cleveland's nomination, proposes
to take the stump against him. On
the other hand, Judge Greshani, Wayne
McYeagh, a nicmlicr of Garfield's cab
inet, and Judge Coolcy, formerly Pres
ident of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, will not snuport Mr. Harri
son. The old parties are decidedly in
io mo i co nes j . . .,. ., ,f , . . 4i ,..
mirtv liv the siiiri" of Inttprnoss en- " ' .....
gendered bv the war they are doing
just what the Republican and Demo
cratic managers, who have lived for
thirty years upon the fierce passions
of sectional hate, want them
to do. Plutocracy can ask for
no greater lwon than for the
people to begin fighting the war over
again. It in only here and there that
one will be found so foolish and im
petuous as to car.t a vote for either
Cleveland or Harrison on that account.
The people North and South are tired
of it. In the North their blow must
le to kill Harrison, in the South to
kill Cleveland. The only hope of our
enemies, loth open and secret, is to
set the sectional fire ablaze again.
Whoever aids or abets this by speech
or interview had better be in the lot
tom of the sea. Stand steady, men
and women. Y'ou can be defeated only
by pulling hair while the plutocrats
athetic campaign is because the Itosses
are afraid to s lr up the people.
What the I Kiplo roe.
The business man sees a danger of a
financial crisis staring him in the face.
He sees money getting scarcer every
year, prices going down and failure
staring him in the face.
The farmer sees United States 4 pet
cent, bonds, which would be utterly
worthies but for the sturdy blows ol
his strong arm, due in 1.1-77, which
were bought at cents on the dollar,
si lling at $1.25 to the dollar, when he
knows that a mortgage on not one
farm in a thousand for the same time
at one-third its value, at the rate of 7
per cent, interest, could bo sold at its
face value. He is alarmed when he
sees under our financial policv the ma
jor part of the wealth of Cri.OOO.OOf
people pass into the hands of 31,0(K
men. He sees centralized capital al-
f ha Family at the Bedside When the
Mammon Came Conscious to the Last
and Passed Peacefully Away Her Home
Life.
A Noble Woman Gone.
Mrs. IlnrrUon la no more. At 1:40
ft. m., TticsJay, camo the cnl. For the
second time in tho history of tho Vh:to
Houpc a President's wife has died within
He walls. Mis. Harrison met death
with the patience and resignation ot a
devout Christian, and her last days
were comparatively fro.; from puin. It
could hardly be sa d ihat the patient
was unconscious du lug tho evening
hours, for she betrayed some signs of
understanding the attempts made to re
lieve her lust momenta - by partially
opening her Ipar. hed lip to receive the
stimulating lluid applied to them
from time to time. 1 ut not a drop
could bhe swallow, and the power of
fpe ch had appa eidly left her frame
forever. In addition the physician's
experienced ove note 1 as the evening
wore on an increase in the Cifficulty of
breathing, wh'.ch was regarded as an
ominous sign. At last the end came.
and surrounding tho bedside, of the
loved one were all tho members of tho
family in Washington. For a f w mo
ments the silent w.ttehers were over'
whelmed with jjrief. When they emerged
from the too:ii, tho President retired to
Ids own chamber, ani was alone with
h'.s great bereavement.
Mrs. II tin's Home Life.
Incidents innumera' le are told of
Mrs. Harris -n's home life. Mrs. Ilar-
r.son directed her own household alter
the most approved housewifely ex-
ASLGEP IN THE CRAVE.
airs. Harrison's Remains Vmld to Rest at
Indianapolis.
President Harrison and tho grief
stricken members of his personal and
official family arrived in Indianapolis
Friday morning for the sad purpose of
placing the remains of Mrs. Harrieon at
eternal rest In the place she lovingly
called her home. The elegantly equipped
Fpecial conveying the par.y arrived
promptly on fchedu! time, and wa9
greeted by thousands of pympathetia
friends and admirers.
It was a quiet, gooJ-natured throng
and m inireste'l its appreciation of the
sadness of the o casion ty a grave and
respectrul e'emeanor. The President's
grief was generally respected and near
ly all the men in attendance removed
their hats and I owed the r heads when
he passed through the station, leading
his sorrowing family to the carriages
provided for them. A delay of half an
hour was caused in transferring from
the funeral car th wraith of ft ral em
blems that typ'fied tho lova and devo
tion of hundreds of friends.
Evcryth'ng being in read'ness the
casket was lifted and slowly and rever
ently the cortege moved cut through tho
1IUM0R OF THE WEEK'.
STORIES TOLD BV FUNNY
OF THE PRESS.
MEN
Mm OM. Carious, nad ImtIiVi
Phases of Unman Nature Graphical?
Portrayed by Gmlneat We'd Artists ol
Our Own Day- ?
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OMfcSTEAD
-I'M'I.K S.M.
Nonconformist.
-Thene I wo pups are o near alike, that I a in puzzlrd to know which one to tie Ibis rock .o and ilrotin.
disregarded, mis is t lie condition o
things to-day in any county or state
where any one party has held long
sway and reels secure m its power,
belhsh and unprincipled men, but
shrewd in management, and who are
able to help equally unscrupulous but
less talented men beneath them, will
get to the top, and corruption follow
as a natural consequence.
If we must have par.ies, we must
not give them exclusive and continued
power. If we do they become tyrants,
and corruption runs riot. The only
way to prevent this is a frequent
change of parties. A change of men
in the same party will not do it.
Henco we say, as we have said many
times before, we would reverse the
majorities, and call the incumlwnts to
an accounting. If we had it in our
power, we would defeat the Republi
cans in every Republican state, and
we would defeat the Democrats in
every Democratic state. And the same
in every party dominated county.
There is a marked tendency among the
people to do this, and to the scratcher
belongs the honor. Progressive
Farmer. .
mblic servants corrupt, and the rights
t wo pettifogging lawyers enter into a j of the people ignored, trampled upon
war of words in the presence of their disregarded. 1 his is the condition ol
clients and then go out to themselves
and drink and have a jolly good time
together.
Party lines have been so long un
broken that these political leaders
have obtained absolute control of the
affairs and destinies of the nation.
Is there a monopoly of transporta
tion to oppose?
The leaders of neither party dare do
it through fear of losing the support
of the managers of monopoly.
Is there an inqnitons bond system to
overthrow ?
The leaders of neither party dare
takf up the fight through fear of the
usurious coupon clippers.
J.s there a system of grain specula
tion, whereby both the producer and
consumer of breadstuff's are robbed, o
be legislated out of existence?
The leaders of neither party dare
open their months upon the subject
lest they may lose the support of the
wealthy robbers politely called board
of trai'e operators.
Is there a pernicious banking system
to le alnjlished ?
The leaders of neither party dare
raise the issue through fear of the gi
gantic power which these banking- in
stitutions wield in the community.
Is there a huge monopoly of any
kind or description to strangle?
The leaders of neither party have the
courage to raise their hands against it,
because, directly or indirectly, they
themselves are interested in the per
petuation of the monopoly.
Is there a duty to demand of certain
corporations the snrremder of forfeited
government lands granted in times
past to railroads?
The leaders of neither party dare
embody such a demand in their party
Idatform through fear of offending the
and robbers, or perhaps because they
themselves are part owners of the
s'olen bonds.
For these reasons a new political
party is needed, whose chosen standard
bearers come .from among the people,
elected to office upon distinctive prin
ciples which are to be carried out when
the new party wins.
There is no hope of reform by any
other method. These evils having
arisen dnring the reign of the old par
tics it is folly to expect reform from
ither. A stream cannot ' rise higher
than its source.
Reformers, seeing and understand
ing the many existing evils, have
formed a new party, which has become
known as the People's party.
This party demands certain things
.certain peaceable changes in present
l.iws and the enactment of new laws
which are laid down in its platform.
A carefol perusal and thoughtful con-
Gen. Weaver in Georgia. About a
year ago he made a canvass of that
State advoca'ing the identical princi
ples he now advocates, and the State
was hardly large enough to do him
honor, lie now gofrs making the
same kind of speeches, but opposing
the dominant party, and the party
bosses stir up the hoodlum element to
shame the devils in hell with ontra
geous conduct, and the partisan offi
cers and press stand off and laugh
about it.
With the politicians it is not a ques
tion of principle; it is surely a ques
tion of party. Teach what principles
von please, hut on t touch the part v.
We appeal to our friends everywhere
if this is a safe condition for the country?
Party has become a tvrant before
which every interest must bow, and
intelligent freemen who s-till wors'.iip at
its shrine cannot hold themselves
guiltless. Either the i arty will rule
the people and selfish tyranny pre
vail, or the people must rule party and
justice be secured. The only way for
the people to rule party is to give it
an occasional drubbing, and thus
bring he leaders to a knowledge of
the fact that they have a master.
Wheat and Dollars.
The more wheat the cheaper; the
more dollars in circulation the
cheaper, measured in labor's products.
The conn' ry got in debt w hen one
bushel of wheat would exchange for
two dollars, now, through a contrac
tion of currency, it takes two bushels
of wheat to get one dollar. The man
who contracted twenty years ago to
pay $1,000 figured on the basis that it
would take about 500 bushels to pay
the original debt, saving nothing
about natural fluctuations in the price
of wheat. But to-day he finds it takes
2,000 instead of 500 bushels of wheat
to pay the $1,000 debt. This is uot
only true of wheat but of labor and all
the products of labor. This is caused
by contraction, by the money mongers
and they are striving to get full con
trol of the power to issuo the money ot
the country. This will give them
the power to contract .and inflate the
money volume as best suits their in
terest. 'The farmer and mechanic is
interested in honest money, such as
the government can issue, and a dol
lar that will take no more of labor's
products ten years from this than it
will to-day, aside from fluctuations
due. to nature and invention. Shylock
wants the power to regulate the valuo
of the dollar, to make it .dear when in
his hands and cheap when oat among
the people. Chicago Sentinel.
laugh at the fight they have planned.
Nonconformist.
Is the V rvr Over.
The South is having hintory written
at this time that nay possibly bear
bftter fruit for many years to come.
Under the stres- of conditions that are
the effect of causes which have been
ai work from tho earliest times the
ppople are now split into three con
tending factions, and every possible
n.eans is being used to inflame the
angry passions and pit one faction
against another so that the weaker may
lie destroyed. The fierceness of this
contest is an element that should not
be overlooked. If there were not a
vast number of people in all the South
in earnest revolt against the existing
order of things there would not be
such a mighty commotion. The great,
quiet, thoughtful working masses of
the new South are in rebellion against
the old time spirit of bourljonism, with
its intolerance and barbarism. It is a
battle against fearful odds. All the
machinery of the state and the elec
tion is in the hands of the masters who
have gained and held their position
by the shotgun, the tissue ballot and
the false count.
Have you expected the "Solid
South" to" fall to pieces" without resist
ance? Have yon thought that the
bourbonism of the South would be
come angelic inst as soon as a woman
Haw It stand.
In 186'.) the national debt, amounting
to $2,558,452,000, could have been paid
with 1.300,000,000 bushels of wheat.
In 1891 the original national indebted
ness, having been reduced $1,042,456,
000, to liquidate the remainder, f 1,545.
9!M5,00O, would require 1,600.000,000
bushels of wheat ; or, in other words,
the national debt Laving been reduced
to nearly one-half its original amount,
would to-day reqniie 300,000,000 bush
els of wheat more to pay the remainder
than it would have taken twenty years
ago to pay the entire debt. And yet
the plutocratic press says that the na
tional debt is being rapidly paTU off!"
lhe Shippers In.
These arrogant specimens of iioliti
cal shysterism are busy now, and the
party lash is swishing the air in every
direction. The usual "slave drivers'
have been found entirely inadequate to
the present emergency, and grave
Judges, dignified Senators, and pomp
ous Congressmen have reached down
and seized the pariy whip. But they
find the people more stnblorn than
they ever were before, and the number
of kickers is increasing every day.
A Illood'ee Involution.
Organized lalior was never so stirred
up as now. In fact, even unorganized
labor lwgins to see that it must do
something to be saved. There's a revo
lution on. On with the "campaign of
education" that the people may be en
abled to vote intelligently; vote right
that the revolution may be a bloodr
less one.
The election in Arkansas was a rep
etition of the Alabama disgrace, fraud,
intiioidation and general rascelitv. '
Kegaril It II fforenllj-.
The good cople of the South la
ment the treatment received by Gen.
Weaver in Georgia, but the political
speakers and papers merely laugh at
it as a good joke. We sincerely hope
our southern friends will rebuke this
scrt of lawlessness at the polls, and
save the good name of their fair land.
M ire Kpgr
There are eggs in Tennessee as well
as in Georgia, and samples of them
were thrown at their own Governor,
because he dared to make a .speech in
favor of the People's party. - This spe
cies of campaigning will only die with
the parties that encourage it. -
tlhe Vreenliark.
This is tho way an old soldier puts
it: Suppose Uncle Sam should grind
would appeal to Southern chivalry in t out a new $5 bill and send it to me as
her determine effort to destroy that pension money what would I do with
bourlionism ? If you joined the Peo
ple's party thinking that "Marching
Through Georgia" would be a holiday
parade your judgment was hardly
equal to other people's experience.
The fact is the bourbon Democrats
did pretty much as such .devilish hu
man nature does elsewhere under
similar conditions. Two years ago our
lamented Colonel Polk received treat
ment identical to the experience of
General .Weaver almost in his trip
through the Northwest. At that time
it? I'd buy $5 worth of corn of neigh
bor A. He would go to neighbor B, a
coal digger, and buy f 5 worth of coal.
B would pay it to W idow C for a fat
pig. Mrp. C would buy a load of hay
for her cow--getting it of Farmer D,
who wants to just use j5 for fence
posts. And so you see by the time the
new greenback had been paid out for i
posts it would have done $25 worth of
good. And it would keep on traveling,
helping to make trades every time it
I changed hands, until at last it would
lied to corporate power, invading oni
temples of justice, subsidizing the
press, controlling conventions, cor
rupting the ballot-box, dictating the
platforms of parties, overriding indi
vidual rights and directing legislation,
State and National.
Yon lioth sec all this and vet r-oim
of you shut your eyes and are willing
to continue to vote the same old way
and hasten the utter ruin of the coun
try. Educate, agitate.
I e or hi 1 hong 111.
The merchant should realize that
better price for products means more
business for them. McKinney Jy-enio-
crat.
America is cursed with a horde ol
crawfish statesmen liecanse like theii
prototype they go backwards. Leb
anon Advance.
The subtle l ower of money to lav
burdens upon the poor is far greater
than the ephemeral power of the wily
politician. Denison Advocate.
The introduction of the referendnn:
would alolish liossism, machine poll
tics, Imodleism and legislative corrup
tion. Lansing Statesman.
The bondholders and whiskey deal
ers eacla-have a subtreasurv plan, but
refuse to allow the wealth producers
and farmers one. Chicago Sentinel.
Congress has no right to delegate
power to banking corporations that
our constitution says belongs to th
whole people. Grand View Sentinel
How can the agricultural masses ol
the United States ever get out of debt
while the interest An the debt is largei
than the increase of wealthMilton
Star.
In eight Western states the Demo
crats have withdrawn their electoral
tickets, and in as many Southern
states the Republicans have declined
to put up any, while in Indiana they
are both in a quandry whether or not
to retire their whole machine. on
conformist. .
The greatest advantage that capital
has over lalior arise from the fact that
one-half the working men stand read
to take the places of any of their fe
-I lows who may venture to strike for
justice. Free the land from the land
monopolists and abolish transporta
tion monopoly and this advantage will
lie gone. Yet there are fool leaders
who would discourage effort to win
these reforms by political action
Philadelphia K. of L. Journal.
Editors who never saw the smoke
of a battle in their lifo are throwing
their mud liombs at General Field and
the People's parly of the South. It is
an awful thing for the -people Of the
South to throw off the yoke of politi
cal serfdom and join hands wi h-. their
bro hers of the West in -fighting t
battle of justice and right. The -rtf
, - - - . . , ' 1 . rt?-
politicians are gjcawy aiarmeu iu
that they can no longer Keerp.-uic
prejudice of the people so. 'evenly'
divided that there is only a few thous
and raiontv one wav or the other.
the plutocratic giant, and he leading
them where he will, ardent lovers . oi
the dual king, Shylock.
TUG HARRISON RESIDENCE IN INDIA APOMS.
H I REM.
.1 HARRISON.
amp.es. Like tho tmpressof uennany,
the granddaughter of Queen Victoria,
she was reared and educated in the old-
fashioned way.
The housekeeping in tho hue House
was not a promotion to Mrs. Harrison in
a practical s ns. as she never before
had a home with eo few bed chambers
in it as has the Executive Mansion.
The Empress or Germany has the min
utest details of her impci ial housekeep-
ng at her royal I ng.Ts ends; so had
Mrs. Harrison all the domestic affairs
of the President's house within her
knowing. She was tho hea l of tho
housekeeping and she managed it with
all the care and discretion that she ever
exercised in her own house. House
maids, housckt epcr, and steward were
all under Mrs. Harrison's supervising
liircction, whoo lirst care was for the
co.nfort of her husband.
Mrs. Harrison w.ts a mo !el hostess,
with a 1 n esperi-n:e in entertaining.
loth in Indiai ft-ioiis and in Washing
ton, in both of which pla.-cs her name
is a synonym socially for all that is
gra c. ol and agreeable. lien in Wash
ington during the Senatorial terms of
her husband she never assumed the
ca'esof a house of her own. but her
quiet receptions oncii or twice each
wccli, held in her parlcra, were fre
quented Lv the l est people of tho city.
Artistically s-he hai what was almost
a hobtiv fo.' pa:nt:ng on china, in which
the long indulged, and was very pro
f clent. Dclica'o, fragile bits of china,
plaques, and vases paintet by her bear
traces of an al i o-t professional touch.
This work, the result of an original
taste, coui le;l with constant practice,
is really charming.
Iu making her designs Jlrs. Harrison
was accustomed to gather t.iu.is aud
blossoms fresh from the flower beds,
and make her studies directly from
nature Mrs. Harrison was also fond
of artistic neellcwork and embroidery.
As a needlewoman she marked with
her monogram eai-h piece of linen in
the house at Indianapolis from bed-
clothing to napkins.
Among the social graces lor wnicn
Mrs. liarrifon was known, and one
fully tested in the White House, was
heriractice of seeing ea h visitor who
called. She was never known to show
irritation or annoyance, nnd it must be
a flagrant cae indeed when she refused
to receive a caller.
In youth she was knoa'u as petite.
and daguerreotypes show a flight, g'rl
ish figure, with a face so bewitching as
to have almost the appearance of a fan
ciful ideal. In later years she grew
stouter, but her features were still reg
ular and reta iled mii'- h of the harm
for which the owner was once-noted,
while there was always a mirthful turn
to the corner of her mouth, which gave
h-;r face an inviting and pleasant ex
pression. Iho pas age oi years ue-
stroyel lorever the youinuii outline oi
her figure and brought a little gray into
the black hair, at one time very dark.
The greatest charm in Mrs. Harrison's
di-position v. as her strong common
sense, her evenness of temper, her will
ingness to oblige, and the kindly
thought for everybody elsa which dom
inated every act. Sho cultivated tho
faculty of saying a happy thing of ev
erybody, nnd repressed the strong in
clination to say witty th'ngs which al
ways came fo easy to her, for fear she
might unwittingly offend a tensltive-
person. Hrr h'gh position did not
change her in t he slightest degree, un
less it were to make her feel more than
ever willing to give up her private in
clinations to do that which was exjected
from her by the public.
The people who knew Mrs. Harrison
when her husband was in tho Senate
could find no change in her when she
came to tha White House, savo that the
passage of years had silvered her soft
t rown hair. Mrs. Harrison wi just
tho same kind and thoughtful for
everybody, great and small and the
friends of her early days in Washington
were her friends to the last.
She was probably, one of the most In
dustrious mistresses tho White House
has ever hat. " Her own method of life
was so siiiiplo " that it gave her more
time than ordinarily comes to persons
in high places to devote to things she
liked best. She was a constant reader
of the best literature and devoted 'to
her brush. Sho had teen a diligent pu
pil Tor several years in the study of
china painting, and her ta'ent was often
displayed 'in the gifts sho made her
riends at the holiday neno i.
In carrying out the hospitality oi tne
Swhite House she has never been ex
celled, "SHe presided w.th easy dignity
iSd gracO;- upon all occasions, and
omitted no detail that would add to the
I J DleasuratefttfeMo attending them. She
nnt-taA iAA4a ta Intiff th written and
. I l-.ll fT. - - - .
unwrittafi ikwsof 4 he house, and did as '
much jmsre as it was lo sible to dej
T'pion station to the carriages in waiting.
The casket wns borne by John I). Elara,
the I'resid nl's law partner. Judge
Weeds, the Hon. E. U. Martindale. tien.
Lew Wallace, Dr. Allen, and T. P.
Hauiihey.
The carriases proceeded dire:tly to
thechurch, which was a thing of beauty
in its f omber and graceful decorations.
Ou either side of the puipit tall
pyramids of beautiful snow-white
chrvsaithemums towered out of a bed
of lare green palm leaves and long.
graceful fein. Back o!the pulpit, sur
rounding the orgai, were great plants
and palms. Over the organ were drapet
in evergreens largo curta'ns of black
crepe and white fabric, with bits of ivy
here and ther.? at every interse ftion of
the folds. On tho back wall between
the two entranr-o doors was a semi
circle of Mack and white crepe with tw
large silken Anier cm t'ags hung on
either side th only warm colors to be
seen.
The only d coration of the exterior of
the church is a heavy blac'c draping
over the large arch-like entrance on
Pennsylvania street. All the imme
diate family friends and relatives were
admitted to the cTiurch, so far as its
capacity would allow. It was impossi
ble to scat clubs and orgaui. ei bodies.
Representatives only of these could be
accommodated. An exception in be
half of sixty representative of the
Seventieth (Harrison's Regiment was
made.
The President's pew, Xv. 84, was not
used during the serviccs.and was draped
in black and white cnl strewn with
flowers. On either side of tho pew mag
nificent pyramids of white chrysanthe
mums and pot plants along the chair
railing. On top of the railing the floral
offerings were placed. When the funer
al procession arrived at the church a
crowd of 5,000 people thronged the side-
Some Sharp Haylnct.
"Workis' now, Tctc?"
Rot a' job in dc city liall."-
Ex press.
Tne bunco man is not fastidious.
He lives on the simplest things he
tan And. Eluiira Gazette.
"What a little lit of a thing your
baby sister is'." "Yes'm; it's a con
densed milk baby." Good News.
Miss Oldix Johnnie, name the
four seasons. Johnnie Pepper, vine
gar, salt and mustard. Brooklyn
Life.
The fair sex U capable of almost
anything when driven to it. Ex
ample: Nancy Hanks. Jamestown
News.
I have lots to tell you aliout,
said the real estate man, meeting an
an old friend on the street. Yonkcrs
Statesman.
Dim Li no Why did you leave the
lecture platform, Larkin? Larkin
Well, I was egged on to take that
tcp. Life.
A mere question of sex: "Well,
Willie, did you master your lesson to
day?'' -No'm: I -missed it." Phila
delphia Record.
lirvEK Is this suit all wool? Mo-
zinsky I vnn't lie to you, my friend.
for it is not; de buttons vas made of
silgk. Ilrooklyn Eagle.
Ik folks will fool with other peo
ple's money and get behind the wicket
of a cell do:r in consequence, that's
their lookout. Philadelphia Times.
Hicks There! For once I'll know
where that collar button is when I
want it Mrs. Hicks Where is it?
Hicks The baby has swallowed it.
Truth.
Grammar class Teacher Now,
Johnny, see if you can't give me an
example of a sentenee. Johnny
Ten dollars or ten days. lilack and
White.
IETRojnEssivE progress is the
backward search through life which
many a man makes in quest of things
he has thrown over his shoulder.
Oil City ll!i7zird.
Caraway "The elopement of Che
ney's wife was in the nature of a
boomerang, wasn't it?" Hooks
"How so?" Caraway "She returned
the next day." Truth.
Grace How did Mrs. Duton man
age to have so many men at her tea?
Kosalie Oh, she had the wine list
printed on Wvi back of the cards she
sent out. New York Herald.
,- "Keen South, I understand?" "Yes;
I was down there nearly all summer. "
"Great country. Very hospitable
veonle." "Yos. indeed. Hutter flows
like water there in the summer."
Teacher In what part of the Bi
ble is it taught that a man should
have only one wife? Little Boy I .
HUVW ll; a nit; i-'.ii 1 itidv a ii' ni.it.
can serve two masters. Goo I News.
"I su pposc when you marry the
duke you will go to his home in Eng
land with him?" "Dear ma, ro. I
wouldn't trust myself away over there
with a man I know so little about."
Life,
An Atchison buy complained of
having a pain in his hip, and an in
vestigation revealed the fact that lie
had so many things in his pockets
that it hurt him to walk. Atchison
Glolie,
Joiinsy "Mamma, can't you tell
me a new fairy story?" Mrs. Bragg
"I don't know any, Johnny.
Maybe your father will tell me sonic
when he amies in to-night" Boston
Gazette.
Little Boy (visiting in the coun
try) "Oh, mamma, I saw a great
big mamma pig down to the barn."
Mamma "You did?" Little Boy
"Yes, an' she had a whole lot of pig
mies." Good News.
Mother "Why aren't you and
Georgie as good boys as your little
brother?" Young Hopeful "I guess
it's cause you'd had more experience
br.ngin' up boys w'en you commenced
on him." Good News.
Svk Deerixo I'm afraid papa
was angry when you asked, him for
me. wasn't he, Jack, love? Jack
Hillow Not at all. He asked if I
knew any more respectable young
men who would be likely to marry
your Ave sisters if properly coaxed.
Harper's Bazar.
Hioii-Pressure Civilization.
Stranger "I don't sec how an old
man cm get around New York with
out b?ing run over." New-Yorker
"By the time a man gets old in New
York he's rich enough to have a car
riage, or else he's in a lunatic
asylum." New York Weekly.
She Did you have a pleasant
evening at the Toll i vers'? He Yes.
As soon as I put my right arm
around Daisy's waist she put both
hers around mine. Then she scream
ed. I let go, but she hung on. Her
father came in and read the statutes
referring to breach of promise and
yes, 1 had a very nice time. New
York Herald.
: A..:
Raupberrjr Vinegar.
Put into a stone pot a quantity of
raspberries and mash them thor
oughly. Add to the pulp cider-vinegar
enough to cover it well. Let it
stand in the sun all day, and over
night in a cool cellar. Stir frequent
ly during this time; then strain the
juice, replace it in the jar, and put
in the same quantity of fresh berries
as at first. Treat them in the same
way as the first, by standing in the
sun by day and in the cellar over
night. Strain this, and add to each
kee Commiss on finished its labors and j quart of juice one pint of water;
agreed to give the Comanche, Kiowa, mix tnc watcr and luice thoroughly,
and Apache tribes $2,0(0,000 in return and 6train; ti,cn, for every three
lor lauds rol.nra.shcd. pints of this liquid add five pounds
Half a square, between Sacramento ; Gf best white sugar. Place this over
and Clay streets, in the heart of China-1 a flrc anfi str unln the sugar is all
town, Ban rrancisco. was imrnea. uany hi,... th ht. t1 th,
17 .w"''!"!
s2
THE L'.T IS CROWS nil.L CEHETEHV.
walk and pushed into the streets, not
boisterously, I ut w.th a show of the
most intense interest. The police had
no difficulty in pushing the crowds back.
The church services were character
ized by the greatest s'mpliclty, in ac
cordance wdth the wishes of the Presi
dent. As the coTn was carried up the
aisle and deposited in lront ol the chan
cel the organ pealed forth a so t melo
dy. Thechoir then sang, "Lead, Kindly
Light," with beautiful efTc't and Dr.
Haines offered a thort invocation and
read a selection fiom the scriptures,
after wli'eh he made brief and appro
priate remarks, his text being. "There
fore Comfort one another with these
words." Prayer was then olered by
the I'cv. Ir. liyde, followed by the ren
dition of the hymn, "One Swe?tly Sol
emn Thought." The services closed
with a benedicthn by Dr. Haines, and
the remains were at once taken to the
f rave in Crown Hill cemetery, where
th-'re was scriptural realing by Dr.
Hyde anl a prayer by Mr. Haines.
The Xc-n-n Aftermath.
Mrs. Emmons Blmxe has Riven
$1,0( 0 for a new public library at Au
gusta, Me.
Pv the explosion- of a locomotive on
the Memphis an 1 liirmingham Railroad
at Palos,' Ala., Engineer Harry Mor-roo
and Fireman William Church were in
stantly killed.
A heavily charged wire at the West
in chouse electric Wv:rks, Pittsburg, Pa.,
killed Edward Wo id, a nephew of Gen
eral Mansger Wood, of the Pennsylvania
Company.
At Onadarka, Oklahoma, the Chero-
I within the' limits of each season.
butcher shops, cigar manufactories ac;t
opium joints were destioyed. Loss,
170,000.
The Enipiie Express attained a speed
f ninety miles per hour over the worst
grade on the New York Central system.
The lun fron Pochester to' fiulfa'.o,
eixty-nine niil s, was made in seventy
one miuutes.
boiling point, skimming carefully
all the time. As soon as it is fairly
boiling, take from the fire and strain
again, bottle while hot, and cover
the corks with sealing-wax. A few
spoonfuls of this preparation In a
glass of water make a most delicious
and refreshing beverage. Ledger.