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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-22

in Chicago, freight. 75cts. Total
$500 that will weigh 246 lbs. I
took them to the County Treasurer
had them tested and sealed. No
more trouble about weights. I find
elevator weights invariably correct,
and in fact sometimes little more
than correct. S TEvENRC Co. FARMER.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-22

John Lathrop, of Gary, OAK,
writes:
As far as your paper is concerned,
| say to you as Phil Sheridan said
to Gen. Wright, at Cedar Creek: $50
ahead and sock it to 'em and give
them the Devil" l will try to be
your Joshua or your Hur Tor who
ever they were that held up Moses
hands, and hold up your hands
while you smite the Midianites Tor
whoever itwas)!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-22

QeQ TO the cOnSOlldatlOn-th
Denver and Fort Worth among
others mentioned.
Joel p. Heatwloe, the editor
of the Mortified News, and Sec
rotary of the republican State
Cent. committee was interviewed
in regard to politics at Duluth
last week, and gave utterance to
the following:
"The politics of Minnesota
might be in better shape for the
republican party. That party
has ruled so long and absolutely
in Minnesota that it seems to
have gradually become a great
machine for grinding every fell
lows individual ak. It is not an
uncommon thing at a general
election to see the candidate for
coroner on a county ticket trad
ing the candidate for governor
to secure votes for himself. This
is the fault of the leaders of the
party in Minnesota. This is the
fault Of the leaders of the party
in Minnesota. This peculiar
phase Of party politics will do
more to endanger the success OF
therepuhlican party in Minnesota
than any other one thing. Men
must fight for principle with per
feet self forgetfulness, Or their
party will go into the shoals.
Princeton Union:
Senator Nachbar, in letter to the
GREAT WEST, says, Senator Pope's
bill to stop discrimination by rail
roads, killed in the house, should
have been mentioned in Donnelly's
address to the Farmers Alliance y
So it should. But the senator should
tell how the bill was killed. When
Senator Pope's bill first came before
the house committee, along towards
the close of the session, the writer,
who happened to be member OF
that committee, foresaw that delay
would kill the bill, hence he moved
that the bill be reported back to the
house at once without recommends
ton. Our motion was not seconded,
and we were accused of being dis
courteous to the large number OF
gentlemen who wished to be heard
before the committee. The farmer
members had it in their power then
to report the bill back to the house,
but each and every man of them,
with the possible exception of Chair
man Sevatson, voted against our
motion. The result was that the
bill was talked to death in the COM
mittee, and never got into the house
until the last day of the session,
when a motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill was defeated by a
vote of 20 to Sc. 1t was q very inn
portant measure, and many who
were really in favor of the bill
voted against a suspension of the
ules.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-22

AppOintne ntS Tor Dr.. FISH.
Everett W. Fish, Deputy State Lecturer, and
Editor OF THE GREAT WEST, will hold Alliance
meetings follows. Every body is invited to
turn out Meetings will begin at 7:30.
IGNATIUS DONNELLY,
State Lecturer.
Farrington Dakota Co., Friday, Dec. 10.
Lakeve, " Saturday, Dec. IA.
Castle Rock, Monday, Dec. 16.
Forest Lake. Washington Co., Thurs, Dec. 10.
Chisago City Chsago Co., Friday, Dec. 20.
Centre City, '' g Saturday, Dec. q.
Wyoming, " Monday, Dec. %.
Rush City, Friday, Dec. q.
North Branch, " " Saturday, Dec. %.
Otter Tail County-First ten days in January
appointments hereafter. Fres't. Sprague will
probably be with the Doctor in Otter Tail Co,
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-22
mo LANGUAGE CAN BE MADE toe
PLAIN"

No LANGUAGE CAN BE MADE TOO
PLAIN"
j. K. Stewart, of Oak Park, says it
it does him good to read the
"Broadside." ''They contain the
truth and the whole truth. No Ian
guage can be made too plain to de-
scribe the condition of the American
farmer. They are. robbed by those
who should be their friends. l am
glad that there is an organization
like the Farmers Alliance"
LAKE BENTON, MINI, Nov. 7th, 80.
DEAR SIR:
Find enclosed 81 % for the GREAT
WEST, as that is just the paper
that have been looking for, one that
represents the Farmer interest. After
l get my paper will try to get sub
scribers for it.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-22

Getting mad sometimes does an
awful sight of good.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20

Bailey, in Garden aud Forest, and have
yet to see such an experiment. in the peach
orchard which paid. In apple orchards
it is frequently profitable, but apple trees
are set further apart, aud the trees are
sufficiently long Lived to allow all the
am confident tnar r,os. : !. : :. .,,o,,
their peach orchards to get too old. There
should be no sentiment in a matter of.
fact operation like the growing Of
peaches, and when the trees cease 10 be
profitable on account of age, they should
be uprooted. have seldom known
peach orchards to be profitable after they
were twelve years planted, particularly
when they have had good culture and
have borne heavily. tits sometimes true
that they cease to be profitable at an
earlier age. But whenever the time
comes, cut them down, root them out,
and plant anew, with the same thought
for profit that leads you to cut your corn
or plow under your strawberries. At
any rate, do not be deluded with the no.
ton that continually filling in an orchard
is profitable.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20
sENsrBILITY OF THE HORSE.

Inc horse will leave musty hay un-
touched in his bin no matter how hungry.
ne will not drink~o water objectionable
TO his questioning shifts or from bucket
, "hich some other odor makes offensive,
however thirsty. His intelligent nostril
VIII widen, quiver and query over the
da'ntiest bit offered by the daintiest of
hands. A mare is never satisfied by sight
or whinny that her colt is really her own
until she has certified the fact by means
OF her nose. Blind horses, as a rule,
VIII gallop wildly about pasture with.
out striking the surrounding fence. The
sense OF smell informs them of its prox-
unity. Others will, when loosened from
the stable, go directly to the gate or bars
opening to their accustomed feeding
grounds; and when desirous to return.
after hours of careless wandering, will
distinguish the ono outlet and patiently
await tsopening. The odor of that par
ticular part of the fence is their guide To
lt.--Hoyse and Stable.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20

IA sad-faced, Handsome woman. poorl,
but neatly clad, was seated ON a bench
at the station house yestei day, saws
the Memphis Audtdnche. She held AN
iniant IN her arms, and was Weeping in
silent, hopeless sort of way.
Areporter drifted in, and after soma
questioning, the woman told her story,
aer name Is Mrs. BETTE Slaughter, and
she came from near Collieryille. in This
county. Her maiden name was Mo-
During her girlhood she met and
loved q farmer named j. Franklin
Slaughter. They were married on Jann.
ary 10, 1882, and dwelt tog ether peace
fully and happily.
Soon after their marriage Sallie Sut.
tonS pretty orphan child 10 years old
came to them and asked for home
The Slaughters were poor, but thew
took the girl in and cared for her as
best they could.
Sallle'grew rapidly and developed
into fine girl. She found favor in her
. ster-fathers eyes, and Mrs. Slaughter
noticed that j. Franklin-was fond of
caressing the buxom Sallie.
About year ago he said he would
nnd Sailie better home than he could
give her, and he and his adopted
siblY.
Neither of them returned.
After time the truth dawned nm tho
deserted wife, and, trying to forget her
false husband, she set about trving 70
make living for herself and two small
children md her invalid mother. She
met with i'll success. Her health woS
delicate and she was unable to do ronsh
work. But for the Kindness of ne;gb-
bors the family would have starved
ABOUT week ago Mrs. Slaughter re-
Gelved news OF her runaway husband.
he had killed himself in fit of mad
ness caused by the fickleness of the
girl he had ruined.
Slaughter and the girl were living in
hentucky as man and wife. She had
admlrers and encouraged them. and
Slaughter objected.
one pleaded innocence for time.
put her Ioyers became more marked in
their attentions, and violent quarrel
TOOK place between Slaughter and the
She threatened to leave him.
Confronted with the prospect OF los.
ing the prize for which he had aban-
doned home, wife, children and honor.
slaughter put an end to his miserable
existence.
;. lie owned arevolver, aud ball from
u crashed through his brain and left
Saihe again without protector.
After hearing of her husbands death
Mrs. Slaughter decided to come to Mem.
phis and seek employment. She
brought her children with her. but left
her nothe. % be cared for by neigh.
bors.
Mrs. Slaughter has no money, ard
wants employment. She said that she
was willing to do any sort of work.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20
STORING cAnR,cEs

have tried various methods of keen.
ing cabbages through the winter, with.
out success, says a writer in the american
CuAtcdtor. Attempts to bury in pits OF
trenches failed with me, and second. I
could not readily get at them as wanted.
by reason of frozen ground. Often the
cabbage would freeze- also..- My present
: method of storing cabbage in winter is to
put them, heads down, in bins in nv eel
lar, and from one to three in depth. ac-
cording tothc room at my command. /
do not pull cabbage from the ground, but
when put in the cellar IN this way cut
them off just above the roots, with a
small hand axe. BY making slantinc
cut the cabbage will not be broken from
the stump. The roots have no keeping
qualities. Cutting off the roots does
away with all the dirt.
take off the principal share of the
surplus leaves. Store the cabbayes when
dry: | can keep them by the above
method until late in the spring, and still
nave them tender and crisp. In fact, |
keep all OF my vegetables in the cellar,
excepting my squash. The Temperature,
should he maintained at about forty de-
grees after winter sets In. Stored in this
way the farmer may have good veyeta.
oies throughout the cold season.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20
REsErrINe in PEACH ORCHIDS.

Itisa practice of doubtful expediency
to set new peach trees after an orchard
has been planted three years. Peach
trees are short lived, and an orchard can
mot be kept full OF trees with pssas., un-
less, the trees are all nearly of the same
age. Ifnew trees are constantly set in
wien the body of the orchard becomes
tmproAtable there are still few strag.
Cling and Younger trees which the owner
dislikes to sacrifice, aud which are yet
practically of almost no value Land can
DO put to better use than to be titled for tho
purpose ef supporting a few scattering
and indifferent trees. But even the more
immediate value of trees which are filed
in is trihing, and seldom worth shc
trouble they give, They are checked by
their well-established reighbors, and
yield little. have had experience for
many years In this direction, says L. H.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
-> TO FARM AND GARDEN.
SHEEP ON aoUeH IANn.

II person has rough and broken
farm and small capital. he can hardly
strike better opportunity than to secure
aIcw sheep They will be nucleus
around which will gather, under good
management, a large Hock ina short time !;
an investment that will pay interest at
snearing time at the rate of 100 per cent?
ana dividends from each lamb, besides
leaving the pasture lot fertilized in the
pest possible manners. Il. Peltoa.
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Another very mpUrtauv sU1-a6,-- ---71
that the bow shall have considerable
inclination, which permits tho vessel
when ramming very heavy ice, to lift
slightly and slide on it, thus easing the
shock and assisting the cutting action
Of the bow with the downward crush.
ing weight of the ship. In this way il
is possible for these steamers at full
speed to ram ice over twenty feet thick
and receive no immediate incapacitat.
ing damage.
If the ice is not too heavy the shear.
like rise and fall Of the bow is repeated
several times as the vessel steams
powerfully ahead until her headway is
checked. The difficulty then is to ex.
tract the ship from the dock she. hos
cut by her advance.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20
. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

~ ~ FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
h Toulouse and Embden geese are very
large, hardy ana rapid growers, and d,
not require much water.
II you have not fixed up the cow barn
so it will be comfortable this winter, do
lt now--not next week or next month.
A small farm may be made larger with
tout extending its area; by deepening and
enriching the soil and more thorough
cultivation.
IL your land is rich, make and save all
the manure you can to keep it so, and if ii
is poor do the same that you may make a
portion of it rich.
The selection of a creamer should hinge
on what is most desired, highest quality or
greatest convenience and economy in time,
space and labor.
Peaches should not be used for chicks
of heavy breed, as they tend to deform
the chickens while the breast bone is still
in cartilaginous state.
The men who makes the most money
from farming are not the ones who work
the hardest or tho most hours, but those
who manage with the greatest wisdom.
House plants should have as much sun
and light during the winter months as
possible; admit air whenever the tenn
perature is not too cold, say forty degrees
Fahrenheit in the open air.
AS rule it is best not to prune the
peach trees until the spring. More or
less of the wood is often injured by
freezing, and in pruning this should al
ways be removed from the trees.
One-haif the meat supply may be OBJ
tanned from the poultry yards. There is
no need of the farmer keeping beef
cattle if he keeps poultry, change oc-
casionally OF course is appetizing.
Did you ever try winteriug hogs on
clover hay, soaked, as the principal
feed? II yes. have not ana have not a
silo, suppose you try it the coming winter
and report success in the spring.
Cutting out the blighted parts of pear
trees and pruning them is the only safe
remedy. II the entire tree blights,
dig it out and get another in its
place. The new tree is not more liable
to blight for being set where diseased
one has been removed.
House plants should never be spinkled
or wstered on the foliage when the di-
rect rays of the sun are upon them.
When gas is used in the room where
plants are kept they will be more thrifty
If light article of paper or muslin is
well dampened and laid over them dur
ing the evening.
The old COW Is as fond of her own
product rs any other animal, as il often
witnessed to the owners loss when she
sucks herself. II fed to her with
proper mixture Of other materials, it is
our belief that skim milk will make a
better return to the dairyman in this way
than in any other u
There are many people trying to raise
artificiaily hatched birds on too small
grounds. Their yards arc small, and
without blade of grass or stem Of
clover. Ample range and correct, sys-
tcmatically arranged buildings and rms,
with the most accurate Matching and
broodipg apparatus are essential to sue
cess,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20
Ramminv Ice Floes.

No stronger vessels than those of tho
Dundee whalers are built; they are
from 400 to 1000 tons displacement,
nave powerful, well-secured engines to
resist the shook Of ramming or stoppage
OF the propeller by ice, and are built
with an eye to the easy and rapid re-
placement of rudder, propeller and
propeller shaft if damaged, these parts
being carried in duplicate. Above ali
other considerations, they possess
strength for ramming rs we'll as ra-
sistance to lateral pressure wbSn
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20
He Wanted to Know Too Much.

Jack-Say, Tom, were You chris
tened that name?
Tom--Of course ] WAS.
Jack-Well, what do they call YOU
Thomas for on the pay sheet
Tom-Dont know; suppose for the
same reason the boys call you Jack Ass.
Rochester Budget.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20
THE VALUE OF FRUIT TREES.

ga good fruit tree is worth fifty
dollars, we heard an old farmer say re-
Gently. II this is true, an orchard of
one acre containing fifty trees should in.
crease the value of the farm upor which
it is situated by the pleasant sum OF
$25O0-less, OF course, the original value
of that individual acre. While It might
be difficult to find purchaser who
would accept this valuation, says r. X.
James in the american Agriculturist, my
own experience inclines me to the be.
lief that the farmers assertion was not
lar from right. A money yield of three
dollars per annum from each tree would
give six per cent upon this capitalized
value. 1t is a poor tree that will not
average this, even allowing for off years,
and OH years are not so frequent as to
alternate regularly with the bearing onls.
a healthy tree, properly cared for, will
give crop two years out of three that
will pay for harvesting. Occasionally a
tree will give a crop that will, I ay the
interest for psuy yearsrin one. An Early
hlehmond cherry tree paid INC last year
eight dol!;..s, besides the fruit used at
home, which was sufficient to pay entire
cost of gathering. From a sweet cherry
tree this year sold three and -one- half
bushels at two dollars per bushel.
Two Chickasaw plum trees, growing
so closely together that their branches
intertwinc as if they were trees, the two
covering space of about five hundred
square feet, frequently pay ten dollars in
season, which would be at the rate of
over $500 per acre. A pear tree near by
yields ten bushels in good season, and
one dollar per bushel is not an unusual
price. Three early apple trees this sea-
son gave over fifty bushels, which sold
at from eighty cents to 81 80 per busheI.
The trees were so full that had to COM
dcnce picking while yet very green, to
save the limbs from breaking. Yet the
same trees last year gave a crop that paid
more than ak per cent. npon value at
fifty dollar. each.
These tyures are not exceptional nor
peculiar ts II specially favorable locality,
but are such as may be attained almost
anywhere in our broad lard if discretion
is used in the selection of varieties, and
good care taken of the trees from the
TIME they arc planted. 1t true that
taeabovc figures are not ou u.a.ned from
Gpon c's ss1fflhaE sflaagEa but frqp a. fsMm SHINE aver
age results may he had from small or
thatds in which variety of fruits ar
grown, and so arranged that the bearin
n nfried will extend over long season.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20
The People

Arc not slow TO understand that, In ord r IN
,hn ,harrant tncis ma rui acturers In guaranteeing
scss moro than Ordinary merit and onrafiya
properties. Or. Pierce's Golden Ne iicai Dis.
cSsery, is tho only blood medicine sold,
lnas .s viii benefit or ure or money paid for il
Mil DO returned. In all b,ood skin and SCAN
sPecldc. 'i0"'' ~ 10
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20

There te moro Catnrrl in this section Of the
country than all other diseases put together.
tncurable: For cTcat many yea rs doctors pro-
nounccd y local disca-c. and prescribed To-
wtth local treatment, pronounced IL iIcurnbie'
Scicnce has proven c,l;arrl 10 be a constitu.
tionai dtscasc, and therefore requires constItU-
iactured by j. J, Cheney q Co. Toledo, OLin.
IS the only constitutional Ircnn the market.
ateaspoonful. IL acts directly ulDn tho blood
and mucous surfaces OF The system. The offer
one hundred dollars for any sRse 10 fails 10 cure
Send Tor circulars and testimonials. Address
+. J. CHENEY g. Co, Toledo, o.
@ Sold by Dpggists,75c.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20

.,ersgsn, she Paradise Or Farmers.
MIG, equeble climate, certain and abundant
croPA Best frutt, grain, grass and stock coun-
try IN The world. Full Information free. Xd.
drese Oregon Im'grat'n Board. Portland. Ore.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20

Who lives In n giass house should max,
AZ nIranRemt nts to move.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20

soU Re,srd offered by tho propr!etors of
Dr. Sages Catarrh Romedy for an incurabls
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20

A pocket pIn-cu shion free to smokers Of
"Tanslii's Pnnoh' &c. Cigar. "
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20

The future home or the wicked Ia pavel
With good intentions, but the nav. m .nts
never bow Up and the system has it's
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20

Plea sing ware is bslf sod, ut the sam
may ! said OF an Il pair of h0ots.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20

Iure soap fs white. Drown scsps arc oan,.
efa.cn h,da with rosin. Perfume is only put in to
Hrfue rfe Tue presence OF ftfrd fat Dobbins,s
yiectric Soap Ia pure, White md unsc.n,aa
has ocei sold since 1888. Try 1t noo.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20
sAsipLE-Roon FLOWERS.

sample Room was the sign on a small
'.a J'niuing ciose by the depot at which the train
Samplc.room for what In this desolate
ouI-ol,the-wey placeY was our mental ouerv
Seedyiooking buffers, with iicry-looking
noses ded the way; pruce-looking Young
men toLlowed, twirling their canes In a non.
ciRIant way, and sinking into the sample
rom door as IL ashamed of the net.
=, An this IS a liquorshop. and these arc
the plants going IN for lefresh,nent."
ihese young buds of promise will as surely
ripcn into tho seceiy old buffers MS night fol-
.ows Gay. Sample-room flowers they are
VINO seek, Tor refreshments, "iiquid fire"
Now and then middle-agod men, respectfully
clad, and doubtless men who, at home, would
scorn 10 bc seen ehtering "sample-room /"
drop into the evepftpen door.
l. Aua q, lest tIey must all .hnvc been re-
iaNsy.r3 proprietor, with a. very red