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Show . f .1 J. TJE DEPABTKG TEAS. jf" TUEyoirlSaDlDafewhouramore 1' Tl10 mounta,n winds are already (JJjjj chanting its requiem. It has been &. n memorable year in every respect 1 tw Bat IrhaP la poHtica It Jijji stands out as the most historic t jfT of ODy In the Pt Jecade. "Ilia4 The all but destruction of the Ke- Vnp publican party is one of Its most JJj, significant features. The growth 'l5f and a-tivity of the Farmers Alii- rj j once Is another. Ef I It is in fie partial paralysis of the t It-publican party and in the de- A mands or the Alliance that the po- t liticil student will find food for j contemplation. The Alliance Is jj more or Jsss a secret, oathbound $&m' pirty;it demands an Independent u.jj United States Treasury with open ?j warehouses and loan office to dr- .J t-u'ato roomy at 2 per cent per Hfg , annum. This party further wants S, rai roailsand teli-sraphs under gov. 4i crnmeut control. It alw nantsfree y silver coinage, increase of paper 7. currency and repudiation of all wij mortgage indebtedness M The Alliance is flourishing in the 4k Wfctaud South. It is tearing old i. parties asunder. It will have '-'jtL' tweuti-four members in the iiexi l J ,. Congress. It owd3 Kansas and J Jjf Siutu Carolina. It is difficult to 1 4' conjecture what this young party '4? may yet accomplish; but in any way "41 that it is looked at, its birth, growth Ji and demmds are significant and sL my form an important epoch in Ig, American history. 72L n "t'road accidents, meteorolog- JF ical disasters and other calamities, rS the year has a copious and raourn- W ful record. t The revelations in science are fl" ttartllcg. Dr. Koch's consumption Jg cure, if it brings what Is claimed for B f if. will form a marking point in M , science almost emphatic enough to t. dato medical events from. . 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