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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-11-12
Personal AND LITERARY.


Mr.. Ernest Longfellow, son of the
poet and an artist of repute, sustains a
scholarship in the Boston museum of
fine arts for three years at six hundred
dollars q year, The competition is
open to any New England man under
thirty years of age.
"A familiar figure has been removed
from the Partisan theaters by the death
of Auguste Vitu, the veteran journalist
and critic. For many years he had
witnessed and criticised for the Figaro
every performance of Importance in
Paris, and to young writers he was al
ways kind and helpful.
Marvin Smith, of Montville, Conn.,,
who is one hundred and seven years
old, remembers seeing the first steam
boat the Fulton, when she made trip
mp the Thames in 1917. He also draws
pension for service in the war of
1912, and has voted at every presiden-
tial election since 1908 except the last
one.
When in Berlin Emperor William
has in his study a private telephone
which communicates with the empress
apartments and is only used for family
intercourse. 1t is said that if the en-
peror be in one of his fits of high spir-
its he often summons his children to the
instrument and jokes with them per
wire.
The youngest married couple in
Connecticut, probably, dwell in the lit
tie country hamlet of Sterling, among
the Windham county hills. They are
Mr.. and Mrs G. Fenner. He is four
teen years and seven months old and
she is fifteen years and four months.
They have been married for several
months.
The Historical Society of Pennsyl-
vania has received valuable gift from
the library of the late John Bartram,
the first American botanist of distinc.
ton. This interesting collection has
always remained in the possession Of
the Bertram family, and it has been do
mated by William Middleton Bartram,
direct descendant of John Bartram.
OF the various royal and princely
heirs in Europe who are unmarried, the
eldest, with one exception-the son of
the grand duke of Luxembourg
Prince Victor Bonaparte, thirty years
of age Next comes the Archduke
Charles Louis Of Austria, who is nearly
twenty-eight, and then the duke OF
Clarence and Avondale, now twenty
seven. The czarowitz is twenty-three
years old.
Mrs Mary e. Bryan, a well-known
literary worker in New York, is a ma
tive of Florida, and wrote her first novel
literally with her baby in her arms.
She possesses the rare talent of being
able to command her faculties for work
on all occasions, and has been known
to write twenty-seven pages of foolscap
for serial story and have it ready for
the printer at eight in the morning,
after woman's ordinary bedtime.
Oliver Wendell Holmes takes in.
finite care of himself, and is particular
~ WdIcHlh dBdlhoO VIC dPPlodCu VI "l
attack of pneumonia. The rooms of his
house are equipped with thermometers,
barometers and @rometers. and he never
rises in the morning without knowing
the temperature of his bedroom or
takes his bath until the water has been
accurately tested. lie lives by intlexi'
BILE rules, and strives to avoid the slight
est risk of taking cold.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-11-12
DESOLATION.
A Spot More Deserted Than the Dismal
swamp of Virginia.
IA A l.. Il

spot more deserted Inan inc Dismal
swamp of Virginia.
"At last we are aloner
1t was the man who spoke.
The woman trembled and lifted her
eyes to his face.
They were beautiful eyes, but they
were tremulous eyes; eyes which look
out from heart which is irresolute,
fearful.
lie stamped with his heavy foot upon
the floor of the room.
The echoes brought back in their in
visible arms the sound, and let it rip
pie out again until it struck the walls
once more, and fell into the vast void
of silence.
A bat, disturbed by the unusual ac-
tivity, darted from corner and blindly
dashed in eccentric convolutions about
the dusty building.
Great ropes of cobwebs hung down
from the ceiling, and across the corner
of the room dead flies swung lightly in
the hammocks the spiders had fastened
there.
The dust rose in listless clouds from
the shock of the heavy football, and
sank again, overcome by its own merits
Even the air was resting
The spirit of the desolation of desola-
ton seemed to pervade the place.
The woman looked furtively around
upon her dim surroundings and shiv.
cred.
The man laughed harsh!y.
"Alone, / said" he growled.
YES" she murmured.
A faint light struggled in through the
great windows in front, thick with
dust.
"Where are we?" she whispered, and
shivered as the bat dashed into her hair.
Listen" he replied, hoarsely; 1--WE
are in a store which does not advertise. "
Detroit Free Press.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-11-12
CHARACTER.

inc hask Al musk held hidden in tina hand
is soon to sense revealed;
The hearts true naturs can NJ no co,,r.
OF ours be long concealed. ''''N
"or whatsoe'er one is within his heart
Wiiih be everywhere;
~o grace can mere environment imua,t
No excellence impair.
rnc diamond in the mud doth still retain
Its own intrinsic worth;
me dust the winds lift heaveuward all in vain.
AS dust II falls to earth.
Inc good man, like the pillarod PALM that
grows
unheeding every weight
hound on its top, and every blast that blows
Forever strong and straight
grows on, though every adverse circumstance
Against his soul may press,
win steady, strong symmetrical advance
In regal righteousness
Philip Burroughs Strong, in The Caautau.
guam
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-11-12

Some idea of the amount of carbon
which impregnates the air in cities, es-
pecially in those burning soft coal,
may be gathered from the investiga-
tions of an English scientist who sas
been engaged in computing the amount
of SCOT deposited from London air. Col
lecting the SCOT deposited on a patch
of snow in Canonbury, about eight
inches in extent, he obtained from it
two grains of SCOT. AS London covers
one hundred miles this would give for
the whole area one thousand tons As
the quantity measured fell in ten days
months allowances would need one
thousand horses to cart it off, and these
stretched in line would extend tout
niles
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-11-12

The London school board are edu.
eating 2O,s66 more scholars nou thsn
they were three years asa
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-12-10
Frank James Advios to Riders.

When man rides along the streets on
horseback, with his feet crowded. into the
stirups of the saddle until the front of the
heel is caught by the bottom of the
tirup. People are apt to look at him and
say he does not know how to ride. They
will declare that the proper style is to rest
the ball of the foot on the stirup, with
the toes turned inward. That is English,
you know, but it is not the style in which
cowboys or long-distance riders carry
themselves. can give as my authority
for this latter statement Frank James,
who in a rather adventurous career GER
tainly did some long and hard riding. We
were talking about the proper seat of an
equestrian while he was on trial at Gal;
latin several years ago, and he said:
Il have no doubt that the English seat
rs all right for park purposes, but should
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-12-10
cns.ln asS nea .seSk.

s siSissS SssSss ~ m, \; u
Corn huskfng Is coming TO I Close.
Most Of will he finished this week.
a magnificent residence is beng put
up for Rev. Hauge. The next thing for
him to do, Is to get wife and 60 to
house keeping. 8
Norway Township contains three politi.
cal parties; independents. republicans
and democratic.
The independents take the lead; andEis
constantly and rapidly increasing in
number, which IS. an assurance that this
lis the party which will be victorious in
the end.
The old republican party is now al
most extinct and the few, who yet clings
to the old shattered platform, will un.
doubtedly ere long fall into the ranks OF
the independents
The township does not seem to be
adopted, for either republicans or demo.
Gratis; the latter numbers one
We congratulate school district no. 81
on their success in securing the service
of Miss Martina Hidden as teacher. She
has for many years been one of Lincoln
county's most proficient teachers. Hel
natural ability combined with high
educational qualifications is assurance
that she will prove a credit to the school.
Quite number of our young girls
and boys are members of the singing
school, held every Sunday afternoon in
Jensvolds school house, Highland town.
ship. Professor Glasoe, from Augustans
college is the instructor.
We are glad to note the interest oul
boys and girls take in music; as, W,
know, to become proficient in this art i.
one Of the most difficult, but on th,
other hand, one Of the most beautiful
accomplishments ~
Mr.. John Overseth, Helge Rogness ant
Ole Thormodsgaard, left for Canton las
week, where they expect to attend schoo
at Augnstana college the coming term.
Miss Nettie Satrang is teaching ii
school district no. 90. She is doing ex
cellent work.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-12-10
ruin Of the neglected millions.
THE SITUATION.

The gravity Of the situation, the great
unrest which is agitating the public mind
and the magnitude Of the interests in
volved, demand the most candid and de-
libcrate investigation And consideration,
What ~ tfs slisS g & lf grievances of the
American farmer! Are they real OF
merely theoretical sl.si
Lei the record answer.
During the decade from 1850 to 1850,
farm values increased 1Ol per cent From
1870 to 1880, farm values increased only
nine per cent. But notwithstanding the
alarming decline in the great industry.
the aggregate wealth Of. the country, from
1870 to $50, increased forty five per cent.
and the agricultural population increased
over twenty-nine per cent. From 1850 to
1860 agriculture led manufacturing ten
per cent. in increased value Of products.
From 1870 to 1880 manufacturing led
agriculture twenty-seven per cent. show
ing a difference Of thirty-seven per cent.
in favor of manufacturing.
The ten staple crops of the country,
wheat, hay, corn, rye, barley, buck
wheat, oats, potatoes, cotton and tobacco,
for the year 1884, brought less than two
per cent, more than the same crops in
1866 Our cereal crops of 1867 from less
than half the acreage and half the amount
brought the farmers S79,7l1, 600 more
than the same crops of 1887, notwith-
Standing that during this period the acre
age and number Of farm hands had
doubled, and agricultural machinery and
impliments had been vastly improved.
The farmer is alarmed TO find that
within the last decade agricultural lands
generally have decreased from twenty to
forty per cent. in value.
Owning less than twenty-five per cent.
Of the wealth Of the country. the farmers
pay over eighty per cent. OF the taxes
levied and and collected. Two-thirds OF
the wealth Of the country is not assessed
one farthing for the purpose Of taxation,
and yet the government has the power to
to force every tax payer in the land to
offer his life in defense Of that untaxed
wealth With all his faculties for trans
portation, which are equal to the demands
of the productive power of the country,
and his accessibility to markets, he is
forced to sell his products at prices barely
covering the cost Of production.
Despite the theory that dlversiflcation
Of crop and home markets would con-
duce to his prosperity, he sees thousands
of New England farms, within easy
reach of great aggregations Of consumers,
absolutely abandoned to the brier and
bush.
In the greac agricultural state of Iowa
the mortagaged Indebtedness on farms
alone isSl94 per capita, in Kansas, $165
per capita; in Illinois, 500 per capita;
and from Maine to the Rocky mountains.
and from the lakes to. the gulf, the
farmers are overburdened with debt. He
derives little comfort, and it is not very
flattering to his philanthropy and patrio-
tism TO rest his hope for relief in better
prices for the products of his labor. to the
precarious or occasional misfortunes oi
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-12-10
lis fellows in other and less favored

Al0 AVAtOWS a. OUACA 0alu ACaoS A0soAc>aa
hands.
He falls touhderstand why United
States bond, bought for less than 90 cents
on the dollar, bearing four per cent. in.
terest, should command q premium o1
twas.tE,si .aents on the dollar, while !
note secured by mortgage on the aver
age farm at half its value, bearing eight
per cent, interest, aud due Al the same
time, could not be sold " its face value.
He Is confounded and amazed to find
that we have paid on our public debt
since 1859, in principal, preiums and in
terest, almost double its original sum,
and that it would now require more Of the
products Of his labor to cancel the re-
mainder than it would to have paid the
original debt. AS producer and con
sumner, he stands the helpless victim of
an iniquitous system Of taxation which,
while it enhances the cost of all the pro-
ducts Of his labor, forces him to pay an
unjust and enormous tribute toa favored
class.
These gross inequalities and ruinous
determinations have aroused him to com
prehend the startling truth, that agricul-
ture, '.the art of all arts, the science OF
all science and the life of all life, the
true basis of all wealth and of substantial
progress is rapidly declining and is
Threatened with paralysis and death, and
that to, in a period Of the most wonderful
development and growth in our country's
history. Profoundly impressed that his
generous confidence has been basely be-
trayed, his interests neglected and his
reasonable appeals for justice ignored, he
has resolved, in u spirit Of manly determi-
nation, guided by patriotic motive and
exalted purpose, to rescue this. great in
terests from impending ruin and retore
that equilibrium between the great indus
tries of the country which is absolutely
essential to its well being and prosperity.
He has resolved to present his case be-
fore the supreme tribunal of public opin-
ion and ask for its::decision through the
ballot-box. Appealing with confidence
to that lofty sense Of justice and exalted
patriotism which, in all times of peril,
have proved to be the crowning glory OF
American character, his pleadlngs shall
be in vain. A readjustment Of these con-
ditions SO rs to best subserye uniform,
healthful and harmonious growth Of all
the elements of our civilation, is the sub
lime office of christian statesmanship-
the supreme duty of the hour.
The existing conditions are not to, be
ascribed to incidence or thriftless impro-
violence on the part of our farmers, we
point to their broad and well-tilled fields
and the abundant harvest which crown
their toll, and which, with, an exception
of two years have furnished annually since
1850, over 70 per cent. of all our domestic
exports. Is it due to overproduction !
The broad world is our market and its
teeming millions our ready customers,
and all over our own fruitful and God
favored land gaunt hunger, poverty and
distress stalk in unconcealed and appal-
Ing horror
These are the conditions and this the
situation which confronts us as a people,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-12-10
Hotsst From Highland Township.
Corn mostly picked. ..s, 3

h 2 n
ThreshiDg nearly finished.
4. a. Lorenson, drove up 70 Larch-
wood, Iowa, Saturday. 53i8.
G. Osmundson, sold u; fur bunch 81
corn fed steers to w. q. Gimnhll, Of.
Canton. Friday.
SO. Steensland ir., 5of Campbell
county came down Friday. He will visit
with relatives here during the winter.
Sander Brynjulson. went up near Len
nox last Saturday, to visit friends there,
returning the following morning.
The alliance meeting advertisedfor the
iSteensland school house December End
was a failure, owing to the intense dark
ness and threatening rain, only a. few
had grit enought to come out.
The Highland Literary Society will
hereafter meet every Thursday morning,
at I o'clock, at the ;steensland school
house. q,
Andrew Fossum, who was severly
kicked by q colt last week, is well enough
to be up be up, and his complete recovery
is only question Of a short time. & i
Prof. Glasor, of the Augustana college,
has vocal music class, which he in
structsevery Sunday at the Jensivold
school house. As y vocal music teacher
the Prot. has few equals and no superiors
in the state.
w. i. Mringer, the efficient teacher Of
district number seven, visited with his
sister Mrs. John Weaver, near Canton.
Sunday. 81
Oam'd Osmundson, Frank Steensland,
Chris, Clara and Maria Jensvold left last
Monday for Canton, to attend the Angus
tana college during the winter term.
|, Miss Berths Osmundson, late Of Madi-
son, Minnesota came down this fall and
will now make her home with her
parents.
Two scarce article-water and repub-
licans. Would that we could get along
without the former as well as the latter.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-12-10
Alliance Herald.
PRESIDENT POLk's MESSAGE,

Sefoss the lndianapolis Contention. 4
sta,tiins array Of facts and fgurss.
10 the Supreme Council Of the National
!. Farmers' Alliance aud Industrial
UHioh: g3ssssssS3
Assembled here g the accredited repre-
1 sentiyes of the farmers of almost every
state and territory in the union, you can
not be unmindful Of the weighty respon-
sibi:ity which attaches to your posi-
tion. 81
Entrusted with the high duty Of legis-
lating for great organization whose sue
cess or failure may depend on your nc
ton, I feel assured that you will address
! yourselves TO the task with that delibera-
i ton and patriotic purpose demanded by
the situation and the stu upcndous interests
that have been committed to your charge.
Upon no body Of men, perhaps IN our
history sinch the meeting Of the Conti-
] mental Ef1Ay zyg nss has greater or graver re-
spons7 l)tity devolved than upon this as
sembl,A Theirs was the high and ex-
alted duty ofestablishing q republican.
form Of governments; yours the no less
grand and patriotic duty Of preserving it.
Z Z Their demands for equal rights before the
law were no more the just protest Of a
liberty loving people against the exac-
tions and usurpations Of monarchial
than are yours which were de-
4 clared at st. Louis and reiterated al Ocala
against those inequalities and discimina-
tions which threaten to TN dermine the
liberties of the people and destroy the
great agricultural interests of the coun-
try.
But you are to. be congratulated that,
like our continental fathers, while con-
fronted with formidable forces and diff
cuities, you have the invincible power OF
right, Of justice, Of equity and Of truth to
inspire and sustain you. Moreover, you
have > unanimity and solidity of senti-
ment among the great conservative
masses Of The country Ms q mighty reserve
powers and which, If directed Alright,
mug u Atimately and inevitably achieve
for SVe N,e glorious success.
Woddkthil as has been our growth and
developement as an organization in mum
bers, no phase Of our progress has been Sc
marvellous and gratifying as in the edu.
cation of the masses in the true princi-
pies of political economy, The gray
haired sire, whose sinews and muscles
have ssn toughened and hardened
) through a life of toll and labor in the
H.produc.ion of wealth, has been forced, by
unjust and oppressive legislation, to adj
dress himself to the noless important
I problem of securing just and equitable
distribution of that wealth. Diligent,
honest and earnest research and investi.
cation as to the cause which has brought
the American farmer to the verge ol
bankruptcy and ruin has forced upon
him the alarming conviction that many
of the most sacred and important func-
tions of the government have been usur.
ped I'd appropriated for the benefit OF
thdts ed few, to the detriment and
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-12-10
#A full lire Of i AMPS a6


with our law. i herewith submit 3 res
port q thesp sproceedI % 81 = meeting o'f
your national legislative council, held il
the city Of Washing ton, p, q. on the 4th
day af February last. I'd y
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-12-10

and they myst ADe net. 8
4. q u, u
OUR ORGANIZATIONS. ITs PROGREss AND
CONDITION. 3i
Notwith1 md ng the oft repeated a.
aertion 81 A sa niss that our IA gspixa-
tion Il IN r. siou i sls I1 ass u
cline, yetl II III stsadfi e.nla rgrssd Tue ares
Of It's jurisdiction, and since IL organizs.
ton there. u been no time when Il was IN
hner spirit more united. orin more thour-
ough ana harmonious accord on our
principles ND purpose thanit IS 70 day.
Perhaps no more striking or conclusive
proof OF this can be found than In the
readiness, exgerness and delight which
the detection OF single subordinate body
out of about forty thousand. Or the des-
lertion Of "a single number out Of millions.
is heraleded and extolled by the partisan
press of the country.
We have added to our call since your
last annual mseting the states of Ohio,
New York. Iowa, Wisconsin, Delaware,
Oregon Washington and New Jersey,
and Others still would have been added
but for our inability to supply orga-
,niZers. 3sS
The greatly increased number Of re-
form papers. and the volume of general
alliance literature. which have been dis
tributed, and the efforts to meet, in some
measure, the earnest and increasing de-.
mand for information, seem only to have
stimulated and augmented that demand,
until it assumed proportions far in excess
of our ability to supply it with the means
at our command
have visited during the year eleven
state meetings., and made. thirteen adj
ditional officialSvisits delivering on each
visit from one to six addresses in each
state, and involving travelled distance
of about thirty thousand miles. Upon
the invitation Of the two orders in the
state Of Arkansas, ] visited their joint
meeting, aud Witnessed their harmonious
and most fraternal consolidation. The
courtesy Of AN official Invitation was ten
dered me by the open alliance Of Wisconsin
and as the result Of their deliberation,
that great state Is here with us to-day,
through duly constituted and:accredited
delegates. lbeg to submit at another
time during your session, in more elabo-
rate form and for the information of your
body, the details of the work of my of
flee during the year.
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
It gives me. pleasure to testify to the
fidelity and efficiency of the officers OF the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-12-10
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

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It gives me. pleasure to testify to the
fidelity and efficiency of the officers OF the
different departments at your national
headquarters. Especially ] am indebted
to the ready cooperation and wise council
of yous national executive board, for
valuable aid in the discharge of laborious
and difficult duties, and to the prompt
and faithful service, which at all times
has been rendered by your national secre-
tary.. No higher commendation of the
service ofyour national lectures could be
furnished than the gratifying manner in
which it has been received and approved
by the brotherhood throughout the coun-
try. For a statement of the work done
in these various departments, respec-
fully, refer you to the reports, respec-
lively, Of, the officers O In compliance