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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-08-31
rnILAprLrnIN TO NAVE l. RoAps.

The question of rapid transit in Philadei-
phia, which has so long been agitated by
the press and pubic-spirted citizens, may
now be regarded AS settled. An enormous
amount OF capital is to be expended by n
syndicate of Philadelphans and New York
ers, 10 construct an elevated railroad, such
as is called for by the charters of the North
Eastern and Quaker City companies. Ar
rangements to this end were consummated
ON Thursday afternoon of last week and a
fund of SO, 0OOOO in cash was placed at
once by August Belmont e. Co., Vermilye "
Co., and Edward Sweet & Co., all of New
York, representing syndicate who stand
obligated to furnish sl4OOO,OOO, the amount
required to build the two roads.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-08-31
Murder Ends a Family Row.

At East Palestine, O., Daniel Unger shot
and instantly killed his brotherin-law.
Joshua Hofmeister, and then blew out his
own brains. The cause Of the shooting was
family quarrel.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-08-31
Bidwell's Letter of Acceptance.

The letter of acceptance of General John
Bidwell, of California nominee of the Pro-
hibition party for President, has been given
out at Indianapolis, Ind, The letter dis
cusses at length the principles Of the party
as enunciated in the Cincinnati platform.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-08-31
A VICTIM OF THE HOMESTEAD WAR.

Harry W. Hewell, of Minersville, a pri.
vate of Company +, Eighth Regiment, n.
G. p, who contracted typhoid fever while
at Homestead last month, died the othe
night.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-08-31
Hiocourhsd To Death

After hicconghing continuously for seven
Gays, Lewis schsum died ct Royersford, Pa.
in spasm.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-08-31

THE Sampson well at Waco, Texas,
is the largest one In the United
States. 1t throws out 1900, 900 gal
Ions Of pure hot water daily.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-08-31

The following table shows the standing OF
the various base ball clubs:
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-08-31
gIaIrImoniaI.

At Trenton, N. j., Vice Chancellor BIRD
filed a decision ordering decree of alimony
in the suit for support and maintenance
brought by Mrs. Annie B. Shinn against her
husband, Howard Shinn, a railroad baggage.
master, whose home is in Bordentown. The
decision involved the question as to the kind
Of house husband is bound to provide
for his wife. The Vice Chancellor decided
that husband must furnish house in
keeping with his circumstances and con-
ditions and over which the wife shall be
permitted 70 preside. A boarding house
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-02-25
THE EVER PRESENT CRISIS.

Once to every man and nation comes the mo-
ment to decide,
In the strife Of truth with falsehood, for the
good or evil side;
Some great cause. Gods new Messiah, Offering
each the bloom or blight,
Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep
upon the right,
And the choice goes on forever 'twixt the dark
ness and the light.
Careless seems the great avenger; histOry's
One death grapple in the darkness twixt old
systems and the Word
Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on
the throne
Yet that scaffold sways the future, and behind
the dim unknown
Standeth God within the shadow, keeping
watch above his own.
Then to side with truth is noble when we share
her wretched crust,
Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and It's
prosperous to be Just;
Then 1t is the brave man chooses, while the
coward stands aside,
Doubling in his abject spirit till his Lord Is
crlcifed,
And the multitude make virtue Of the faith they
had denied.
For humanity sweeps onward; where today the
martyr stands,
On the morrow crouches Judas, with the silver
In his hands;
Far In front the cross stands ready and the
cracking fagOtS burn,
While the looting mob OF yesterday in silent awe
return
To CLEAN up the scattered ashes into historys
golden urn.
They have rights who dare maintain them we
are traitors to our sres,
Smotherng in their holy ashes freedoms new
lit altar fires:
Shall we make their creed our jalOr? Shall we,
in our haste to slay,
From the tombs Of the old parties steal the
funeral lamps away
To light up the martyr fagOts round the prophets
of today?
New occasions teach new duties: Time makes
ancient good uncOuth:
They must upward still and onward who would
keep abreast of Truth;
LO before us CLEAN our camp fires; we ourselves
must pilgrims be,
Launch our MayflOwer and steer boldly through
the desperate sea,
Nor attempt the futures portals with the past's
blOOd-ruSted key.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-02-25
The Ocala Demands.

Ia We demand the abolition of national
banks.
b. We demand that the government shall
establish Sub-Treasuries or repositories in the
several States, which shall issue money direct to
the people at low rate Of interest, not to ex-
ceed ? per cent per amum, on nonperishable
farm products, and also upon real estate with
proper limitations upon the quality of land and
the amount of money.
c. We demand that the amonnt of the cir
euatlng medium be speedily increased to not
less than $50 per capita.
2. That we demand that Congress shall pass
such laws as will effectually prevent the dealing
in futures of all agricultural and mechanical
productions providing stringent system Of
procedure in trials that will secure prompt
conviction, and imposing such penalties as shall
secure the most perfect compliance with the
law.
3. We condemn the silver bill recently passed
by Congress, and demand in lieu thereof the
free and unlimited eoinageof silver.
A. We demand the passage of laws prohibiting
alien ownership Of land, and that Congress take
prompt action to devise some plan to obtain all
lands now owned by aliens and foreign syndi-
Gates, and that all lands now held by railroads
be reclaimed Dy Tie sOfeTnnent, anu Hciu loi
actual settlers only
8. Believing in the doctrine Of equal rights to
all, and special privileges to none, we demand
a. That our national legislation shall be so
framed in the future as not to build up one in
dustry at the expense of another.
b. We further demand removal OF the exist
ing heavy tariff tax from the necessities of life,
that the poor OF our land must have.
c. We further demand just and equitable
system of graduated tax on incomes.
d. We believe that the money of the country
should be kept as much as possible In the hands
OF the people, and hence we demand that all
national and State revenues shall be limited to
the necessary expenses OF the government econ
omieally and honestly administered.
G. We demand the most rigid, honest and just
State and national governmental control and
supervision OF the means OF public cOmmu+
nication and transportation, and il this con
troll and supervision does not remove the abus.
es now existing, we demand the government
ownership of such means OF communication
and transportation.
Z. We demand that the Congress OF the United
States submit an amendment to the Constitution
providing for the election Of United States
! senators by direct vote of the people OF each
! State.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-02-25
MISSISSIPPI LEADS.
Removal of the Disabilities of
Married Women.
American Law Review

American Law Review
Mississippi, as is well known, was
one of the pioneer States of the Amer
lean Union in the movement to remove
the common law disabilities of married
women in respect of the ownership
and alienation of property. The pro-
visions of the code of 1880 of that
State on that subject were, we under
stand, the work of Hon. j. A. p. Camp
bell, since and now judge of the Su
preme Court of that State, who was
substantially the author of the code.
Those salutary and just provisions are
now crystallized in the organic law OF
that State. Hon. X. II. Thompson, in
his address before the State Bar AssO-
citation says:
"The section in the bill of rights of
the constitution of 1869, on the sub
ject of the property rights of married
women, is omitted in the cOnstitu-
tion of 1890, because by section 81 of
the new instrument, married women
are fully emancipated from all disa-
bility on account of coverture, and the
legislature is deprived of all power to
create by law any distinction between
the rights of men and women to ac-
quire, own. enjoy and dispose of all
kinds of property, or their right to con-
tract in reference thereto. Mississip-
pi has led in the race for the emanci-
patton of married women; she first,
by statute, gave them property rights;
she, first of all States fully emancipat-
ed them by legislative act, and she is
first to fix wOman's entire emancipa-
ton from all disability, on account of
coverture, in her constitutional law.
OF this lead, our State may well be
proud she has been followed, and is
being followed, by every State in the
Union, and by England as we'll, from
whose laws the doctrines of cOverture
were derived. Let it not be forgotten,
however, whence came to us the con-
ception. 1t is said, and it is no doubt
true, that our first married woman's
law, Sin the statute of 1889" embodied
and was suggested by the tribal GUS
toms of the Chickasaw Indians, who
lived in our borders. We had as well
recall another tradition : the first stat
ute on the subject was introduced into
our legislature and its passage sue
cessfully pressed, so the tradition goes,
by member who was less actuated
by admiration for the customs of the
Chickasaw, or sense of justice to
to woman, than by desire to marry a
rich widow and enjoy her property
free from liability to his creditors, both
of which, it is said, he did soon after
his bill became law"
The Law Review and the public
generally are perhaps not aware that
Mr.. Thompson, above quoted, is the
author of the section on coverture in
our new Constitution, which secures
to married women their property
rights and places Mississippi in the
lead of other States, but such is the
| fact
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-02-25
Wanted-A Printer.

"Wanted-A Printer" says an ad-
vertisement. Wanted mechanical
curiosity, with brain and fingers-a
thing that will set so many types day
"a machine that will think and act,
but still a machine-a being who un-
dertakes the most systematic and mo-
notonous drudgery, yet one that the
ingenuity of man has never supplant-
ed mechanically-that's printer.
A printer-yet for all his sometimes
dissipated and reckless habits, work
er at all times and hours; day and
night sitting up i'm close and un
wholesome Office, when gay crowds
are hurry ing to the theatres; later
still, when the street jewellers are gone
and the city sleeps, in the fresh air in
morning, in the broad and gushing
sunlight, some printer is at his case,
with his eternal and unvarying click !
click
Click Click the polished types fall
into the stick the mute integers are
marshaled into line, and march forth
as immortal print. Click ! and the
latest intelligence becomes old ;
thought a principle; simple lead a
living sentiment. Click Click from
grave to gay-a scandal, a graceful
and glowing sentiment--are in turn
closed by the mute and impressive
fingers of the machine, and set adrift
in the sea of thought. He must not
think of the future nor recall the past !;
must not think of home, of kindred,
of wife, nor of baby his work lies be-
fore him, and thought is chained to
copy.
You know him by his words, as your
eyes rest upon those mute evidences
of his ceaselcss toll. Correspondents,
authors and advisers, who scorn the
simple medium of your fame, think not
that he is indifferent to the gem of
which he is only the setter; subtle ray
may penetrate the recesses of his brain,
or the flowers he gathers may leave
some of their fragrance upon the toll
worn fingers. But when you seek a
friend, companion, adviser-when you
want judges, legislators, governors
and presidents-O, ye people, adver-
tise:
"WANTED-A Printer"
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-02-25

A correspondent at Columbus writes:
There are only about 80 freeholders
in the city who sign petitions for sa-
looms, and their names can be found on
every petition on file since the law re-
quiring freeholders' names went into
effect. 1 do not mean to say that there
are not more than 80 who are opposed
to Prohibition, but, for reasons unnec-
essary for me to state, they do not sign
whisky petitions" There is hope for a
man as long as he has too much pride
and self-respect to sign a whisky petit
tion or be seen going into bar-room.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-02-25
Declaration of Purposes.

Whereas the general condition of our cOun-
try imperatively demands unity OF action on
the part of the laboring classes, reformation
and economy, and the dissemination OF prin-
ciples best calculated TO encourage and foster
agricultural and mechanical pursuits, encOur-
aging the tOng masSeS-leading them in
the road to prosperity, and providing just
and fair remuneration for labor, q just eX-
change for our commodities, and the best
means of securing to the labOring classes the
greatest amount of good we hold to the
principle that all monOpolies are dangerous to
the best interest of our country, tending to en-
slave free people aud subvert and finally over
throw the great principles purchased by the
fathers of American liberty. We therefore
adopt the following as our declaration princi-
pies:
1. To labor for the education of the agricul-
tural classes III the science of economical gov
ernment, in a strictly non-partisan spirit and
bring about a more perfect union of said
classes.
.. That we demand equal rights to all, and
special fayorS to none.
3. To endorse the motto: 'In things es-
sential, unity; and in all things charity.
i. To develop better state mentally, morally,
socially and financially.
8. TO constantly strive to secure entire har-
mony and good will to all mankind and brother
ly love among ourselves.
6. To suppress personal, local. sectional and
national prejudices all unhealthy rivalry and all
selfish ambition.
:. The brightest jewels which it gamers, are
the tears of the widows and orphans, and its
imperative commands are to visit the homes
where lacerated hearts are bleeding to assuage
the suffering of a brother or a sister bury the
dead, care for the widows and educate the or
phans to exercise charity toward all offenders;
to construe words and deeds in their most favor
able light granting honesty of purpose and
good intentions to others and to protect the
principle of the Farmers Alliance and indus
trial Union until death. Its laws are reason
and; its equity cardinal doctrines inspire purity
of thought and life, its intention is 'On earth,
peace and good will to man."
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-02-25

The State Ledger closes well writ
ten article on gambling in stocks and
futures with this observation, which
we heartily endorse: Gambling in low,
or high circles, should be stamped out
in Christian country, and the strong
arm of both State and National Govern
ments should be invoked to suppress it.
It is gratifying to see that the farmers
in Congress are paving the way to cor
rect this evil, and they will no doubt
receive the aid of experienced and wise
lawmakers"
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-02-25
HENRY WARE,
Chairman Executive Committee.
Congressman Clarke Lewis
Drives a Nail.

Charles A. Pillsbury, the big wheat
mill owner, opened the proceedings
before the House Committee on Agri
culture on the II inst, the measure
under consideration being the Hatch
anti-option bill to prohibit gambling
in futures. The worlds supply of
wheat, he said, is steadily diminishing,
and if one man owned the wheat crop
raised in the United States this year,
it would be possible to get 81 so per
bushel for it from Europe just as easy
as 95 cents, because Europe was COM
PEELED to have it, as Russia has none
to supply, and India has exhausted
her surplus of previous years.
Mr.. Lewis-"Then the statistical
position of wheat has been growing
better for five years past, and the
price, except for this squirt this year,
has been growing weakerf'
Mr.. Pillsbury-"Yes, SIR"
Mr.. Lewis-"DOes not the value of
money have a good deal to do with it.,
and is not money worth more than
ever ~
Mr.. Pillsbury-"I think as whole
the dollar will buy more goods than
ever before"
Mr.. Lewis-.If we had say 81, 800.
00O, 900 in stead of $605, 200, 900 in cir
culation, would not the farmers get
more for their wheat?'
Mr.. Pillsbury-''MOre nominal dol
lars, but perhaps they would not buy
so much"
Mr.. Lewis-"It would give the
farmers more debt paying capacity.
Mr.. Pillsbury-"Oh, Yes"
Mr.. Lewis-"That is what is the
trouble with them, is it not?'
This question caused genera
laugh in the committee.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-02-25
CKsON MISSISSIPPI THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25 1892. r.

her old mistress. She is a mulatto,
comes to church with her Southern
friend and sits with her in church,
lust as nurses did in ante -bellum days
in the South. | have been told that
that the only ones who raised any
question about her reception were peo-
pie of Northern raising.
A word about the old State House
may he interesting. 1t is very COM
mon looking building of the order of
an old time court house. 1t is now
used as the county court house. In it
Lincoln and Douglass fought their
great political battles. 1t is full of
historic associations.
LII GAMRRELL.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-02-25
County Alliances.

Madison-Prcsidcnt, T. j. Alsworth,
Canton; Secretary, David +. Wood.
Sharon.
Hnds-Presdent, ID. X. Brown, Utica
Secretary, c. s. Spann, Raymond.
Rankin-Presidcnt, Dallas Watts,
Pink; Secretary. r. +, Knight, Pela-
hatIhie.
Simpson-Prcsdent, S. NJ. Williamson,
Wcstvillc; Secretary, J. J. Hilton, Har-
risville.
Copiah-Prcsident. A. b. Guynes,
Galllnan; Secretary, j. d. Miller, Halle
hurst.
Claihorne-President, Caleb Lobdell,
Port Gibson; Secretary, l. d. Magruder,
Russum.
effcrson-Presdent, Robert Mcbride,
Mcbride p. O.; Secretary, Il. l.. Darden,
Fayette.
Lincoln-President f. p. Douglass,
Wesson; Secretary, Edward Smith,
BrOokhaVen.
Frankln-President, A. NJ. Newman,
Meadvllle; Secretary, Juan Nix, Nc
Calls Creek.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-02-25
ALLIANCE DIRECTORY.
State Alliance.

Presidcnt-J. II. Jamison, Cliftonville.
Vice-President-W. l.. KERN, Tchula.
Srcretary--C. L. Smithson, Newport.
Treasurer-T. l.. Darden, Fayette.
Lecturer-Frank Burkitt, Okolona.
Assistant Lecturer. C. Gwin, Enter
prise.
Executive Committee-D. C.. Casey,
Rolling Fork; G. w. Dyer,
Il. J. Millsaps, Crystal
Springs; John A. Bailey, Toplon; T. L..
Reform.
Business Agent-B. G. West, 224 Front
street, Memphis, Tenn.
Representatives to Supreme Council
Frank Burkitt, OkOlona Ethel Barks-
dale, jackson; J. w. Copeland, Water
Valley w. ID. Gibbs, Centonia.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-02-25
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Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-02-25

Mathew Marshall, the financial writ
er of the New York Sun, says that the
accumulation of currency in New York
at the present time is extraordinary,
exceeding anything ever known before.
Money goes begging at less than 2 per
cent. per annum on call, and less than
per cent on time. Think of that and
compare it with the scarcity of money
and the rates of interest in Mississip-
ri.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-02-25

A farmer friend, who stood listening
to "a discussion of the fence law for
sometime, finally remarked: "Gentle-
men, have reason for opposing the
fence law that have never heard
mentioned, and think it good one.
Stock has to be watered and crops
don't. / have plenty of pasture for
stock, but in dry seasons the water in
my fields gives out and the stock is
bound to starve unless l go and drive
them a mile to a large creek, and then
drive them back to the field again, and
that is n great deal of trouble and ex-
pense. | believe | would rather make
the rails and fence in the crop. 1t
won't take many more rails to fence
the crop than it will to fence the past
ure, and my cattle will do much better
on the outside.n The fence law man
said he hadn't thought of that before,
and acknowledged that it would be
troublesome during such drouths as we
had last fall.-Brandon Republican.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-02-25
THE PROHIBITION PARTY.
1t Will Take the Field in the
Near Future.
A Message from Chairma a n
Ware.

Editor Mississippi Leader:
Please say to your correspondent in
the Delta, as well as to other persons
interested, that odr Prohibition move
ment has been delayed, partly because
many of our Prohibition friends wish
ed to wait and see what the Legisla-
ture would do for us. That is now
settled. We are to have a liquor Ii
cense, either under the high license
or local option system, and the work
of organizing party that will vote
as they pray will commence soon, and
continue until it drives every dram
shop from Mississippi soil, under the
auspices of Mrs. NJ. NJ. Smell and the
Chairman of the Executive Committee
and such other help, white and color
ed, as we can secure.