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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-11-13

BURLINGTON, VT. Secretary Proctor
arrived here from Washington Before
leaving the national capitol he wrote his
resignation as secretary Of war and placed
it in the hands Of the President No
time was stated. for tho resignation to
take effect, but the, expectation is that
the President will formally accept It
shortly. 81
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Hanover college. during MS Trip tiS Y
the East this summer made a point Of
looking up everything that he could find
which was Of historical interest. Among
other places he visited the graveyard OF
the old South Church, in Boston, and
while there found an old and battered
tombstone with the following legend:
Here lyes ye Bodye of Mary Goose,
Wife to Isaac Goose.
Died 1890.
Immediately the thought came to the
Professor that this might be the tomb of
the original Mother Goose, and his sub
sequent Investigations have proved it to
be true. Strange, indeed, does it seem
that Bostonians could have allowed to
fall into oblivion almost the very resting
place of their first poetcss, the author Of
''Hother Goose Melodies"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-11-13

1t has been officiall reported that the
wheat crop of North Dakota Ia about
81, ,000, 900 bushels,
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-
go; back again into the mfre from which
we are just beginning to emerge. Apart
from the curse of SIM the delegated pow
er of one class to create money and exact
interest for its use from all other classes
has caused more misery and suffering to
the human race than all other causes com
bined. 1t has created the rich to live i'm
luxury and ease, but at the expense of
the poor who must live in squalor and
suffering.
One would think that no one with
knowledge of the past, however bitter
the present waters or burning the present
sands, would propose return to the
bondnge of Egypt. Look back one huns
dred years over our own history and that
OF the mother country and see the lurid
panic fires that burned up the substance
oil the people. At every decade they
cam in the sombre light of history
1857, 1S47, 1887, 1927, 1S15-'17. The
national banks, an improvement upon
the old "free banking" system of Sena-
tor Butler. game, in with The Mar in 1869
and postponed the crash until 1878. No
one can deny that the banking system of
our own and the mother country WAS the
main cause of all these disastrous crises.
No; the substitute will not do. The
people have gotten too far along in their
study of political economy to return to an
old relic of financial barbarism. eve
the people" will make and issue our own
money to ourselves without interest
THE N. Y. TRIBUNE's SUBSTITUTE.
1t is no experiment. 1t is simple in its
workings. 1t is free to all. No class leg
islation is necessary to carry it into effect
and beyond doubt it is constitutional.
The Tribuue's plan is to "raise more
corn" and it is conveyed to the people in
these pleasant words:
"With better weather the mortgages
vanish, and ais, the idea that there must
be new party in order to raise more
corp.n
In other words. bad weather ere.
ates the mortgages, and your relief lies
not in the orgapization of any political
party, but raising 'morc corn"
Yes, men of Kansas and Nebraska {!
You wh) burnt your corn bee ,usc it
wss cheaper than fuel, are told
by the Tribune that bad weather made
your mortgages; that better will cause
them to vanish; that you need not seek
through the ballot, through new party
to rightly our wrongs; that you do not need
| n government warehouse i'm which to
store your corn until you can reap the
profit, which goes TO the speculator and
the gambler, but that the way out of your
trouble lies in raising "more corn'-ycs,
"more corn for fuel
THE N. Y. WORLDS SUBSTITUTE.
This is also constitutional. 1t does not
necessitatc "a swarm of officers" to carry
1t into effect. 1t is free from the charge
| of tpaternalism." The World, like job
war horse with the battle, only ''sncll.
| the battle afar off :" True, it is open Il
the charge of s'class legislation" bccaus'
twill flourish best upon certain iso
I thermal line. Here it is. The Worlt
says:
"Ffom Florida to Texas, let the Farm
ess' Alliance renouuce the pawn brokinl
idea of sub-treasury and find fortune
in the culture Of that fragrant bulb tn
onion
Yes, farmers, you who helped will
money to build the high dome OF tn
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Glover makes excellent ailage when it
ID put up properly, but it requires care
fui handling and heavy weighing, or it
y liable to spoil,
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Assignments Of the Bishops.

CINCINNATI, Especial. THE board of
bishops OF the Methodist Episcopal
church has made the following, among
other assignments of presiding bishops to
the annual conferences for the next six
months: Bishop Stephen NJ. Merrill,
Atlanta, Ga, January 18th; Admission,
Ala, January Goth; Huntsville, Ala,
January 9th, and Columbus, Miss, Feb
ruary 3rd. Bishop William f. Mallalieu,
Meridian, Miss, January 9th; New Or
lens, January 18th; Little Rock, Ark,
January Goth; Van Buren, Ark, January
27th. Bishop William Ninde, Jacksonville,
Fla, January 18th; Fernandina, Fla,
January Goth; Orangcburg, S. c., Febru-
airy 3rd; Newma". Ga /, January 27th
Bishop John M. Walden, Falls Church,
Va, March 2nd. -
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Lenoir County Alliance, North Caro-.
lima, requests the publication of the fol-
lowing resolutions unanimously adoptcd:
Whereas the political press have made
numerous assaults and Misrepresentation
against our honored national president.
L. l.. Polk:
Resolved, That we, the County Ali.
ance of Lenoir county, in convention rs
sembled, do still hold our president in
high esteem, aud that our faith in him as
CHRISTIAN gentlemen and noble officer is
unshaken,
Resolved, That the ISLANDERS made pub
lie against him, in every instance, have
to our satisfaction been disprovcd. and
that we will stand by him with uniiinch.
ing zeal.
The Department of Agriculture. of
Vlctoria, Australia, sent circulars to the
head teachers of all the graded schools
outside of the metropolitan area a short
time ago asking for their views rs to the
deslrability of giving instruction in ag-
rlcuiture to the children attending those
schools. Of !, ,248 teachers 81 per cent.
arc favorable to the introduction of anri-
cultural lessons in the rural schools, and
of Pei Scht. vi IucIn aIrcauN nave some
acquaintance with the theories of acri-
culture. In tifty-two cases school ,hil
dten already care for gardcos or trees in
the school reserves, aud the majority of
the scholars attending 800 other schools
have garden plots or assist their parents
at home neutrality-suspicious. .aado Uoruc-
tions of wild flowers, weeds, grasses, in
sects and butterflies, and these colcc.
tions have been used in object lessons.
49,
The State meeting of the Michigan
Alliance was held last week under the
most favorable circumstances. 1t passed
resolutions squarcly endorsing the Ocala
demands in full. The following officers
were selected:
Presidential. L. Cole.
Vice President ID. b. Deming.
Secretary-Anna f. Potter.
Treasurer-A ID. Carlton.
Lccturcr-L. E. Lockwood.
Chaplain +. NJ. Moore.
Stcward-R. B. Trebs.
Doorkcepcr-A. McCalvey.
Asst Doorkeeper-J. w. Placeway.
Sergeant-at- -Arms-E. p. Fleming.
| Member of the executive committee, for
| five years.. w. Ewing. 20
Delegates to the natl onalEH II. Belden,
be held in i !n9janYa.c ~. z: Porter.
| IL. =. Z, -s-. sSs-sr- - !,
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ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT.
Several Substitutes For the Sub
Treasury Bill.
"a Reformer" Dissects These Substi-
tutes, iofered in Response to the
Request "Give us Some
thing Better"

National Economist.
The Alliance has always said: eff
you don't like the sub-treasury plan give
US something better We are not we'd
ded to anything. What we want is re-
lief, financial relief, aud VIC do not care
from what source it comes or what its prin-
ciples, provided it is honest, sconstitu-
ii-eaosa5 'Rosciass legislation, and promises
TO be permanent in its beneficial effects. {"
SENATOR BUTLEk's SUBSTITUTE.
The press reports that Senator Butler
offers as a substitute State banks of issue.
IL he means such banks as nose that ex-
lstcd before the war, having the same or
similar powers and privileges, his plan is
open to these objections:
|. The plan is not honest. No indi-
Vldual or corporation has the right to live
ana grow rich on the interest of the
money he or it owes. l mean Just what
l say-"on the interest of the money he
or 1t owes" 1t is right that YOU collect
interest on what is due You, but it is rob-
oery to make your neighbor pay you in
tcrest on what you owe him? This is
what the estate bank" of Senator But
ier.s does. The bank issues for every
collar of coin it holds three (more or less)
promises to pay" dollars. If the issue
Is three dollars in raper promises for one
dollar in gold, of course two of these bills
rest only upon "thin and insubstantial
eMs asE; n5@ss eHt rom TaS. the bank-t6ese two
notes which are the mere ''promises to
pay" of the bank--the people pay inter
est to the bank, to the extent of two
thirds of its issue, and the bank is ena-
bled to grow rich upon the interest ON
that money whichit owes to and has prom
ised to pay the people. leave out of
view the interest the bank collects upon
the money it owes to dcpositors. The
old "freo banking system" is no better.
Q. There is grave doubt rs to its
constitutionality. The trend Of decis
ions, and of enlightened public sentiment
is certainly against it. The national gov
srnment alone has the right to make
money. The States have delegated the
power to coin money to the general gov
exnment. Can the State delegate to the
citizens power that is inhibited to it by
the constitution?
3. It is class legislation of the worst
character. 1t is legislation in favor OF
money capitalists. 1t compels the people
in the first instance to lend the capital
ist twiee, or, three times the amount Of hi'
capitsl Without interest, aud then as
Sk<fs6n,, Ann kisdSeo
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- YffO, fO,UoU,UU1--G0Od times.
1S18@ 10000, 600 Panic.
1893 60 900, O00-Fair times.
1887 10000, Booming times
1873 $4,000, ,OOO-Panic.
1S47- 1O5, 900, ,OoO-Good times.
1857 215,O00, ,O o. Booming times.
1858 $50, 600, ,OO0--Panic.
1866 /, 1851, 2s2,373 $50 failures -
Booming times.
1878 -$73s,2lo,O 900, 5,1ss failures
Panic.
s77.-sG9G, ,443, 900, s,s7s failures
ProstratiOn.
The quarterly NICE ing of the Aiken
county, s. C, Farmers. Alliance took
place at the court house in Aiken.
1t was decided to reduce the acreage
planted in cotton next year and to plant
more grain, corn, peas and grasses and
also to raise more meat They will await
the action of the Cotton Growers Con
ventiOn which meets in Atlanta soon to
determine the acreage of cotton to the
plough. The farmers were advised to
hold back all the cotton they could to
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lulss'a has QEIefe4 z lplt E6f} 5nfYey Of
th, sinss. s e {
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-02-11
FAMILY TRADITIONS.
Households That Possess an Atmosphel
of Sanctity.

Households That Possess an Atmosphere
of Sanctity.
Sometimes we come upon family
unique as bit of genre painting. No
need of family portraits or a yellowed
title-deed to proclaim this house with
traditions. The walls breathe them, as
old chests breathe lavender. Chairs,
tables, and trumpery knick-knacks
upon the mantels and the corner shelves
takes airs to themselves as having had
their beauty at compound interest years
and years. and all but join in the
conversation. Is story told? Age
has lent it bouquet fine as wine
in cobwebbed vaults Is song sung?
Ten to one it is very silly old song,
but it has the charm of an heirloom.
And as you watch the family move and
speak and smile you are dimly aware
that it is in accordance with laws and
customs all their own.
They live in an atmosphere of In.
dian-summer haze. Hence they are not
ferret-eyed for flaws of society or char.
acter, and may never be heard of among
the worlds master-minds. But they are
very gentle livers, deeply human hearts
Their web of tradition is as prophetic OF
sunny weather as the gossamer webs ir
in autumn. Often they are the stuff Of
which martyrs are made Harper.
| Bazaar.
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have VAL at once, without waiting to-
growgup into MANI" ~
''Whatf noo?" cried the boy, openinp
wide his big blue eyes. Take her back
in the carriage?" Is
"Well-no-I'm afraid we could
hardly hope for that" laughed his
father.
"Wen-aohen?" demanded Jack.
II think You and Valerie had better
settle that between you," was the
polite reply. 81 am content to leave it
to YOU
"Well, then, tomorrow" said Jack,
decidedly. srt-
II don't seem to have much voice in
the matter" cried. "Mr. Postlethwaite
you said you wouldn't hurry me
Haven't had time TO think yet wheth-
er care enough for you to marry you
at ALL"
Jack looked from one to the other of
us, and dawn of indignant comprehen-
sion quivered over his bright, little face
"You's not going to marry papa" he
said, fixing his eyes on me finally.
"You's going to marry mel asked you
first" 3D..
made little h0w to Mr.. postle.
thwaite.
you have your answer, sir" said
He sat down-this time on the sofa
beside me-and took Jack on his lap.
my little son." he said, coaxingly,
'if Valerie waits until you are man
you will only see her in the office, and
then when you are little bigger and
go to college, you won't see her at all,
for months at a time. But if you per.
suade her to marry me she will be your
very own mamma, and you will have
her all day long all to yourself while
am downtown. She will wake you in
the morning with kiss and sing you to
sleep at night. Don't you think that's
better than waiting?"
Jack put his little fat forefnger in
his pouting mouth and looked steadily
at me, but declined to compromise him
self by any remark.
Persuade him, Valerie" said hii
father, entreatingly, to me.
''Not ~ exclaimed. "Settle it be-
tween YOU"
Suddenly Jack transferred himself tc
my lap. "Will you always kiss me ir
the morning when l wake?" he said.
looked out of the corner Of my eye
at his father, and bit my lip, without
answering.
"Will you, Val-dear Val?" pleaded
Jack. How could refuse to say "Yes?'
"And sing me to sleep, nights?" hi
persisted.
Again l was constrainedto say Eyes.
His sweet eyes frightened, and he
threw his chubby arms around my neck
"Dear, darling Val!' he cried, kissing
me vigorously. "You may marry papa
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TEMPERANCE TOPICS.

THE order of Rechabites, large Tenn.
perance society of England, rejoices in
the returns given at its late annual con.
ference, showing an case of 10,61a
members during the year 1890. This is
all the more encouraging as it is ben
eft club, as well as total abstinence
society.
SAYS the London Christian World:
referring to England: Temperance is
becoming not only respectable, but
popular. Never before has the cause
found such support from lord mayor
of London. The lord mayor of York
is a total abstainer of thirty years
standing. The mayor of Birmingham
is life abstainer, as also the mayor
of Ripon. The mayor of Stafford has q
teetotal experience of fifty-three years,
and the mayor of Sheffield forty-nine
years"
4 NATIVE resident of Berlin has said
that at the Medical College banquet
last summer, fifteen thousand bottles
of wine and large quantities of beer
and spirits were drank in few hours
by four thousand persons. Much roar
ing drunkenness" was the consequence,
and some of those in highest position
among the physicians were most promi-
nent in this way. One of these was
Obliged to send a note of apology to a
lady in extremely high position, for his
behavior and words to her on the pre-
ceding evening.
A FRIENDLY correspondent writes to
propose that Christian young women
organize themselves to write kindly ex-
pressed dissuasives to saloon-keepers,
urging them to abandon the liquor
traffic. Far be it from us to discourage
any sincere effort to do good. But, as
our friend observes. no general organi.
zation is needed. Let such a crusade
be attempted in some one town or vii.
lage. Success there would cheer on
those of other places who might be
minded to follow their example. The
evidence of one OF two successful move
ments would be a cogent argument for
an extension Of the process. Endeavor,
more than organization, is what we
need on all lines of Christian usefulness
THE Waterman.
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too great hurry. Whether l am pref
ty or not, is a matter of opinion. l., Of
course, do not incline to thinking my
self quite horror, for my mirror tells
me, when consult (which is quite
as often as other girls-that I have
bright eyes and white teeth, and dim
pie in each cheek, and a figure that
always seems to fit my dresses. l am
by no means rich, it is true, but no girl
can consider herself poor who possesses
good typewriter and skill to use it..
Both these qualifications belong to me.
and for nearly year I have held Q
good position in Mr.. John Postle-
thwaite's Office, and from nine to four
every day gaily rattle the keys of my
typewriter.
Mr.. Postlethwaite is a rich produce
broker, and, though he is not at all old,
l never looked upon him as a young
mamie is so grave and silent. Al
though l saw him every morning, he
never said more than Good day, Miss
Claxton," and l declare l could not
have told you whether he was fair or
dark, forI seldom ventured to raise my
eyes to his. All through the day sat
in my corner, curtained off from the
other clerks, and far too busy to take
any notice of them, or of any one else,
eXcept-ah! here is tremendous eX'
ception, for | had constant visitor
my sweetheart | should mention that
Mr.. Postlethwaite was widower
That, perhaps, was partly the cause o.
his seriousness, for | have heard thai
his wife was young and beautiful, ant
that he loved her dearly. They hat
been married but few years when sht
died, leaving him baby three years
old. That baby was now five, and
every day, except in the summer whe1
he was away at Long Island on hi
fathers farm, little Jack would come
in the carriage and fetch Mr.. Postle
thwaite away
The very first day l took possession
of my curtained corner, just as thu
clock was on the stroke of four. thu
loveliest little head in the worlt
peeped around my desk, and pair o.
big, roguish eyes, blue as Heaven
looked up, laughing, into mine. Their
the head disappeared, and l saw NJ
more of those sweet eyes until thu
next afternoon. Then, however, tn
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little rogue, with all the confidence
imaginable, walked inside the curtain,
and revealed the dantiest darling,
p;cturesquely clad in black velvet, with
long golden curls falling over his deep
lace collar. fell in love with him on
the spot, and am bound to say that
the passion was mutual, for he sat on
nv knee and returned0my kisses with
interest, and when, the following day,
1 cemented the friendship with an
offering of French candies, we pledged
eternal fidelity in the spirit, if not in
the letter. The day was indeed a dull
one to me that did not bring my little
Jack to kiss his sweetheart Val.
The winter passed, and at Christmas
and New Years Jack and exchanged
appropriate gifts-Jack always assur.
ing me earnestly that his presents had
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A MESSAGE OF, LOVE.

OW, Mercury wears
Q suit Of gray
and his twisted
Y stick he has
given away
For a bag slung
over his shout
der,
While the feathery
wings have left
his feet,
Yet he hurries
along on his
daily beat,
Though the wealth
er grows colder
and colder.
He brings me q let
ter from her to-
49,.
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A VALENTINE.

Go, Valentine. do not dare
To go myself and speak
The word which, like the morning air,
Shall tinge this Roses cheek.
And when you see the scarlet tint
Across her features climb,
Betraying in blush hint
How she accepts my rhyme,
Know this: II her heart have won,
Her lips shall part and tell:
II have lost your day Is done,
A swift match. and farewell
Go, then, and while 1 madly burn
In loves devouring fire,
live if she one word return;
Or else. like you. expire.
Frank D. Sherman, in Hsrper's Monthly
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TEMPERANCE NOTES.
THE WHISKY JUG.

The following poem taken from the Londo
Sun Of June 12, 1902 shows that the contents {
he whisky jug were known hundred year
Ego:
Within these earthen walls confined
The ruin turks Of poisonous kind;
More mischiefs here united dwell
And more diseases haunt this cell
Than ever plagued Egyptian docks,
Or ever cursed Pandora's box.
Within these prison walls repose
The seeds Of many bloody nose,
The chattering tongue, the horrid oath,
The fist for fighting nothing 10th,
The nose with diamonds glowing red.
The bloated eye, the broken head.
Forever fastened be this door!
Confined Within thousand more
Destructive fiends Of hateful shape
Fen now are planning an escaped
Here, only by o cork controlled,
And slender walls Of earthen mold,
In all the pomp of death, reside
Revenge that ne'er was satisfied;
The trees that bear the deadly fruit
OF mercenary murder and dispute;
Assaults that innocence assails;
The images Of gloomy iails;
The guilty thought on mischief bent;
The evening hour in folly spent;
( All these within the Jug appear,
And Jack the hangman in the rear!
Thrice happy he who, early taught
BY nature. ne'er this poison sought!
He, with the purling stream content,
The beverage Quaffs that nature meant;
In reasons scale his actions weighed,
His spirits want no foreign aid.
Long life is his, in vigor passed.
Existence welcome to the last!
A spring that never yet grew stale,
Such virtue lies in Adams ale.
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but you mustn't ever like him better'n
me. You may kiss Val now, papa" he
added, magnanimously. "And if you
can't be married now, we must come
tomorrow and fetch you away"
Then, as it occurred to HIM that he
felt sleepy, he dropped his head on my
shoulder, and demanded, with baby i'm
periousness, to be sung to sleep forth
with.
l placed him gently in his fathers
arms, and kissed the half-closed eyes.
Hes mine, now," l said, looking
John Postlethwaite for the first time
full in the face. 'But I'll lend him to
you sometimes. IS. Ada Fisher, in
brakes Magazine.
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