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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08
Correct.

Some people seem to have an irresisti-
BILE penchant for criticising unfavorably
the actions of others No matter what
is done, nor how well it is done, these
envious, i'll grained folks are bound to
find fault with it in some respect. They
never do anything themselves, because
they can't. and then they get out Of
humor with those who can and do, and
belittle their labors. Two or three such
characters are enough to disturb the
peace and thwart the good intentions Of
any organization.-Farn Friend
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08
Official Circular.

The following circular will explain
itself. The matter is being taken up
by the great National Farmers
Alliance and Industrial Union"
Since theformer articles on the mort
gage census frauds, it has been made
to appear that the mortgages are
to be enumerated in a different way.
We are convinced, however, that the
new schemes are but methods to
quiet dissatisfaction throughout the
nation:
OFFICIAL--GENERAL CIRCULAR LETTER.
To the Brotherhood under tho jur-
isdiction of the National Farmers
Alliance and Industrial Union:
BRETHREN From articles recent
ly published in the "GREAT WEST"
the Alliance journal devoted to the
commercial interests Of the farmers
in Minnesota, and other papers de-
voted to the cause. it seems that
there is great cause for apprehension
that the census being now taken will
not properly show the Indebtedness
upon farms as evidenced by farm
mortgages, as was intended by the
law passed that should govern the
superintendent of the census in tax
ing his census this year. The object
for evading the requirements of that
law is patent to every thinking man,
and that is, that it will furnish Of
fetal testimony to counterfeit what
everybody knows to be a fact, that
the country is covered with mort
cages, and that the mortgages upon
farms are a fertile source OF oppres-
sion and lack of prosperity. 1t is
not strange that certain class in
this country should be deeply inter-
ested in making such showing from
an Official source; but it is highly i'm
portant that the farmers of this
country should know if the census is
being improperly taken, and that
the result obtained will not be cor
rect. TO this end l deem it best to
address you as q member OF the Or
der, and request that any member
who is personally cognizant Of any
failure on the part OF any census
enumeration to properly take record
of all the mortgage Indebtedness,
should investigate and verify his be-
lief in regard to the matter, and send
a notice to me at this office, when
will take pleasure in looking it up.
Do not Jump at conclusions, and
make report simply because the
enumeration has not Intercepted
YOU personally, but find out if posi-
BILE whether he has taken a record in
your county, Or whether he has in
terrogated any member of your fam
ilv. or whether he has received the
proper Information from the party
holding the mortgage; in fact, wheth-
er it is possible for him to have OBJ
tanned the information in any way at
all. Most especially would notice OF
cases where the enumerators have
failed or refused to accept Informal
ton on that subject be important.
Let it be remembered that we are
not actuated by any desire to find
fault or pick any flaw in the admins
tration of the census matter, but
that we simply want to arrive at the
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

Timid capital and it's boot licking
servants begrudge the poor man the roof
over his family's head given him by our
homestead law. The railroads don't
want to be obstructed in saying how
much Of his produce they shall take as
freight, and the mortgage companies
want to have the right to take the shirt
from off his back.-Texas Farmer.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08
Assessed Too Low.

The race horses Axtell and Jersey
Wilkes have been assessed at $4,000 and
$4,000 respectively. The Farmers ALI
ance is not satisfied. It claims that AK
tell cost $1O5,OOO, earned $4,000 in the
stud the past season and that $75, 900 is
his fair cash value. Axtell's owners
threatened to move him from Terre
Haute if the assessment was made high.
-Terre Haute Special.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

A Topeka <Kan.) special says: 1.-THE
first Farmers Alliance convention in
which an attempt was made to deal with
national politics has been held, and the
Sixth congressional district gives notice
of what the farmers propose to do in
Kansas. It is evident that they intend,
to abandon the old parties, at least for q
time, and nominate men of their own fol
every office"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

Georgia is the first state in which the
Farmers Alliance will have an oppor-
tunity to test its strength at the polls.
The election of legislature, governor and
other state officials takes place on the
first Wednesday in October, and already
the tremendous forces of the new politi-
cal giant are in motion.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

The highway to Office is bridged
with rascality. The pathway Of
honor is in the marsh below, where
the bridge traitors can pelt you with
rotten apples,
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08
erno has been fled with Auditor Braden as will be the

asd with Auditor Bradn will be the with the 9TH
>Then quotes Braden follows:
being the matter this
MOI said be the above section andatS Sy
ballots the voting under the Aus
Well perhaps the people this will something to about
point evidently lawyer the legal lunn
osty the Daily News closed his article and put type
But just before evidently steam enough to
remaining
the law So he adds chapter the
lem! He right and states legal fact the
very condition have urged-norer adicalythat
CONVENTION WAS A FRAUD!
We allowed that have had credentials The Daily
Hall and Lathrop!
You the News mnon reaches this mandatory
the ha do where that presiding officer and teers
nspectors) primary before entering
their duties" take the inspectors OATH
by primary elections In
the GREAT WEST he finds the law quoted as follows:
"S 93The words PRIMARY ELECTION as used in this act
SHALL be embrace
ALI. ELECTIONS HELD BY ANY POLITICAL PARTY,
ORGANIZATION OR ASSOCIATION
DELEGATES THEREFRoM
purpose choosing candidates for omcezss
ELECTION DELEGATES OTHER CONVENTIONS,
for the purpose of
TION OR ASSOCIATION"
ye spoonful pelican Newsl Read putoac
minions of the Grand Old Fraud
Not only conventions, but organizations!
Not only organizations but ASSOCIATIONS!
Which meet to choose candidates for ofoe
Not only that meet to choose candidates!
Blu
"Party"-the
reorganization" the
again-that the purpose
delegates o convenions"- again. to-
ELECT officers ,'-of political
PARTY"
"Organzaton"
Convention"
Association
ingenuity thing than thatany
mores
of
which the demand Of Dr. Fish would have prevented!
party thrown the
Of Mr. by Halbu the fight against
Donnely.
paint feathers
The News without half reading the law to
he Republican the the three
ntons made delegates elected at conventions
organization
eecing
say o the convention itself
"Party convention, organization OF association"
meeting the either Convention organization
association for the Of choosing candidates for Officer?
But read
'Te Prohibition convention, pure
your county
ton with such like that But this from the News
Alliance eonysnon was made up sub
placed op
GRAFTON of the Australian law"
Daily fairly squay labor dele
of the cities legal constituents that
the the oath, makes shadow difference
law compiled with But the Daily News makes peculiarly
tunate admission this pechat
venton the cities OF the
editor this paper living Independent ticket
All this gay
daky laid scheme by pluto
But the ticket composed Of whom
WHY?
you support SO constantly
does he the GREAT WEST or not?'
The above questions will be calmly and fully
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

exact truth, and know that che re-
suit secured shall be correct and re-
liable. c.. w. MACUNE,
Chm. Elk. Com.
, 1890-05-31
The A'rOspe riMg South.

Never in tho history Of the South has
her future looked so bright as at pre-.
cent, aud never has there been . year
more generally prosperous than the one
that has lust closed The cotton crop for
last year IL, in round numbers, about seven
million three hundred thousand bales. Of
which the larger part 10 in the hands OF
the planters. Cotton has advanced one
cent within the paat two weeks, aud to
atrOng, With upward tendency. This 'ad.
vance represents soLnethiGg like twenty
million dollars, to the South. Coarse
cotton fabrics. 90 largely manufactured Ia
the South, are sdvanCiug' III price. Pig
iron lie in active demand. aud Southern
furnaces are al 10 operation. The prizes
.yoS pig, iron has lately. advanced ot.25 pSc
ton. Mineral and timber lands have great.
.ly advanced in valits, and sales are made
!, a(4nost, daily Yellow pine lumber 10 bAihg
! more extensively used every year, and
prices are improving, Many of the mills
have advanced prices from one TO two
dollars per thousand feet for dimension
stuf. The demaud for oil the Southern
hard woods 10 urisk, and prices are. gene.
rally speaking, higher. The farmers are
almost entirely out OF debt. prosperous,
end happg. There are few mortgages Oh
southern farms. The Southern. towns are
developing as - marvellous rate-iaater,
perhaps. than ever kA0wn IN any portl0A
, 1890-05-31

1Os. cd. In DeesaAhar 1879 TO February 1880
GhelewestpfiOs was SIT. l5s. Cd. in January
end February 1885. Recently there has
hNen M increased demand for white fhrcs,
with o corresponding rise in prices.
There we're no quotations for Sisal
hemp In Messrs. Ide and Christie'S
London,MOnthly Circular for December 10Th,
1883. The only remark being ''in retail sup.
ply, and selling at fancy prices" En- the
United States, MeSsrs. Crocker's Statistics
dated lot December, gave the price at 8 to
90 cents per ID J equal to about eS7 to &39:
per toni A rough Agave dbre from Bonn
bay probably prepared by haRd) was valu'
cd last December ut $40 to SIT per ton.
Mauritius hemp prepared by machinery
from FXvcveG gigGntsa (known as the green
@lOe or green Agsve) was valued: good, SSA
20 G35 per TIN ; fai9. e33 per ton; common
$50 per ton. ID. M
, 1890-05-31

Capture Of the Desperate "Macoon.2 :
The following interesting telegram from
OouvA was received by as this morning.
Macon arrested last night. Caused
''trrmendous excitement 10 district. Par.
~'ticulars later"
AZ already described by us "MacOon'' is
the armed desperate. who escaped from @
convict gangGn the Botanic Gardens last
November, and hes since been terrOrizing
OouvA. Strange to say that the Police Of
she Southern Division had been unable to
capture him or come within measurable
distance of doing 90. during the Ave months
that he Eas been ct large. The moment,
however, Inspector Giblan e:9pears on the
0eene. "NacoOn" 10 gathered into the nam.
Der Of police prisoners without much ado.
This 10 certainly o feather in the Inspect0r's
cap, end one that does not much surprise
the observers Of bic able and conscisntious
career In the Force. ~
In the long interval during which he die.
turbed the peace Of Oouva, Macon has
peeed somewhat In the character OF,a
local Robin. Hoed, and not only has
Q great deal that is purely legendarybeen
~VeCounted OF HE highway achievements,
bat IL has struck other bad chaTacters Of
The district to impersonate him for purposes
Of robbery. The nature OF the robberiesled
residents Of Oouva to imagine that Macon
wac not alone, but that there was o. gaag
With him. he Seems 70 have gone aboue
armed In o formidable fashion. A gun,aa
revolver. and . Cutlass formed HE equip.
sAent, aud he 10 supposed 10 have TOT HE
food from some Of his cogntyymen, "A
Characteristic story to related Of bic stop.
ping o man with two cam OF food on the
road, seking the one for himself and telling
shA bearer to come back st the same place
she nexs day for bic empty can. HE wife
was isrresssd lately. the amountofjewellsry
abe casrisd creating the suspicion that they
esss the l~psrQuisites Of her roaming hus.
i0ends ~tmmediatsly a'tsr this incidena. o
asaaaesrin the district received . threat.
snino leetsf from MscDon, 10 the effect that
Ne HI vonld b taken Ia three days. An.
iSeAes manager wns also met by himoin o
ssne r1sss hae fesassuscd % 10 HE psAe4fhl
inssnsons In bic ssgsra. TAsss. 10 sona
, 1890-05-31
Central Factories for Amtigua.

A meeting was held on tue Gath instant
in st. Johns to discuss the question OF 0
Central Factory for the Popeshead district
The following gentlemen were present:-
Messrs. Rookie, Freelaud, Jarvis, Thomas,
aNd Nugent, proprietor> in the district and
Messrs. Bennett. Crerar, Shoroy His Honor
the Attorney General and Mr.. Watts the
Government Chemist, Messrs. GuRrOy and
CamachO were unavOidaOly prevented from
attending the meeting.
It was pointed out that the P0peshead
district is specially suited for q Factory, be.
cause so many of the mills are Windmiilst
and a conversion TO steam could be dOne TO
much, mora effect through p combination OF
the various properties than by tbe ereCtSyEl
of Steam mills on each individual Estate.
ItRppears. to he the general opinion hat
If . Factory were organised it should be one
for the manufacture of high class Muscovs.
do Sugar such as is made now in most OF
the larger MuScOvadO propeTtiesin TriniAady
where Oscillaters and Centrifugal are EN-.
plOyed. Trinidad MuscovadO had, till re-.
Gently, an unfa vorable reputation amongst
reaners. Now it is Of the best. turning out
in New York OF the highest test and in
good condition. OscillAting produces o
good grain and Oentrifugaling ensures -
uIJ sugar WuICu C6n 10 ontPpSH An ~"6CB
aud no loss Of weight either of Sugar Or
MQlasses in the Building or on the voyage.
Such loss cannos iu ordinary cases be undeS
10 per cent.
The gain in cost Of packages aud in the
prevention OF loss is stated ia Trinidad at
about 81 per HOgshead.
The main difficulty in the way Was said
to be in the relations of the prOprietOrswith
their COnsiguees. Without the COnsign'
ees' concurrence nothing could be done, ull'
less Accompany, prepared to undertake the
erection of a Factory OF getting sufficient
guarantees from the Planters that all their
canes wOuld be sold to the Factory aud
that the Esta tes cultivation would be kept
up, should also be ready il required to as.
sumo the existing liza ilities of the Estates
To this several objections were urged. It
wa finally suggested that the gentlemen
who were more or less bOund up with Mer.
chants in England OF elsewhere. should
communicate the project 30 them and 81.
deavOur "if possible" to gain their approval
aud support OF it. MUssrs. Thomas anal
Orerar undertook to do what they could In
making proper representations in England.
This proposal WA agreed To and the1eatter
the Eeeting clOsed.-AmttgS0 O6seTvev.
, 1890-05-31
(Fro@ ES 81. ORrjstopAey GGxeste)
G20-FOD AOi

May 9th, 1870
Sir,
An experiment on the preparation Of
mAnure compost which ! carried out some
years ago will no doubt b.. Of interest to
your readers. Everyone knows that the
addition of sulphuric acid to the ammonia
Of manure heaps fixes the ammonia. prevent.
ing ito dispersion in the form Of vapOur. I
imported Q quantity Of commercial sulphu.
rio acid and applied it 10 the manure heaps
by simply sprinkling the acid direct from
the jars over the top OF the heap. I kept
no account Of the results, except In one
case; and that was of q small compost
heap Of ath night soil pen manure and tho
balance a covering Ofdry earth. The heap
MANFRED the upper part Of u six acre field,
half OF o candle box to each cane stool-it
was quite odourless. l applied 100 lbs. of
acid to that heap. The upper half OF tho
6cld TO which acid ulated manure wa4 ap.
piled yielded Is hhds. sugar; the lower
half to which . full box of ordinary pen
manure was applied yielded barely 8 hid.
sugar. The cost of the acid was one penny
per ID. In London. The cost Of freight and
packages bring it to 81 per ID. or there.
Yours obdntly.
O. Il BOON.
, 1890-05-31

thing almost humourous shout the manner
in which he eluded police pursuit. On one
occasion he went up to n policeman looking
for him and said -"You want 'nm Mac0onS
Me 500 'um just gone dat shle"; and while
the blue. coated mlnion of the law WAS pro.
ceeding in the wrong direction Indicated,
he remarked to the bystandols that the pc.
liseman was a fool and that he himself wsS
the Macon wanted Port q Spaiw 0asstts,
April IL.
, 1890-05-31

Of this country. Small manufacturing a.
Establishments are apringing up all over the
South, aud in most cAseS are exceedingly
prosperous. In short, there IL an Increases
&C ivity IN al branches OF industry. and
the next ten years will oHer the greatess
opportunities ever knowm for making mo-
ney In the South. -0owtkerm LwMb6FssAW.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-14
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-19
FOR PURE FOOD AND DRUGS.
stringent Regulations 20 Prevent Adui.
iteration OF Medicines ana Food.

Mr.. Paddock reported to the Senate ve.,er.
DAY substitute for the bill 10 prevent aduiter.
alton OF food and drugs and asked that Il be
recommitted for further consideration. Ths
substitute provides for the organization In the
Department Of Agriculture Of q food division.
with q chief (who shall be business mani NJ n
salary Of ss,ooO whose duty il shall be 70 pro-
cure samples OF food and drugs sold or offered
for sale in any state or territory other than
where manufactured and have them analyzed
and the analysis is TO be published monthly.
The introduction into any state or territory
from any other state or territory or foreign
country OF food or drugs adulterated SO ~ 20
make them injurious TO health or, in the case
Of drugs TO affect their potency, is prohibited
under penalty for the shipper. receiver or yen-
der OF q fine not exceeding $500 for the first
offense and fines not exceeding $500 for suisse
quent offenses and imprisonment not exceeding
one year, or both. All compounded food or
drugs must be labeled rs such, and failure 70
so label will render shipper. receiver or vender
liable 10 a fine not exceeding 800 for the first
and $500 for subsequent offenses or imprison-
ment not exceeding one year, or both. ANY
person afiXing a false label is liable TO fine
not exceeding slOo. 1t is especially provided
that the act is not TO be construed so as to
mean that the formula Of proprietary articles
OF food and drugs shall be made public unless
they are injurious TO public health 80 long 40
they are properly licensed by the Secretary OF
Agriculture. The term food" is 20 include
every article used for food or drink by man
other than drugs or water. Drug" is 20 in
clude all medicines for external or internal
use. The President is to be authorized in his
discretion TO prohibit the importation Of any
article of food or drug for such period Of time
as he may deem necessary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-19
MIR. BLAIR'S COMPLAINT.
He Sees Signs of Danger in the Failur
of the Press to Report His Speech.

Senator Blair continued his speech on his
educational bill yesterday afternoon. but did
not conclude it. One of the statements made
by the Senator to the effect that in MANY
counties in Texas the value Of the common Jail
exceeds that OF all the school property in the
county.
Senator Dawes wanted to know if that was
the case, because there were more people in
the jais than the schools.
NO." said Mr.. Blair, "because with the
proper number of schools perhaps the Jail
would disappear; but there being no schools
there arises the necessity for the jail 1t is not
given here as slur upon the people, but
as a fact that the Jail property in many coun-
ties exceeds the value of the school property in
those counties.
Il do not suppose that will get into any news
paper in this country. l should be surprised if
1t did. have not noticed i'll the press of this
country the report of scarcely a single fact that
has been put in here during the three or four
days that have laid this most startling matter
before the Senate. One would think that the
press OF this country was under bonds to keep
silent or to spread falsehood. Certainly 1t does
both with reference to this bill. l venture to
say that OF all that 1 have laid before the Sem
ate up to this date, these terrible facts indie
alive OF the approaching ruin of this country,
the false press of this land has not calculated to
the people the amount of single half column
in any Of the metropolitan papers of the great
city of New York.
say, Mr.. President, that this faithlessness
on the part OF the American press indicates
corruption and danger to the people of this
country OF the deepest dye, and l believe to-
day, as stand here in my place in the Senate,
that the corruption, fraud and miscreancy that
are now characteristic of the American press
betoken more Of danger and ruin to our insti-
tons than any other one thing that can be des-
ignated. l believe it is in a league, q corrupt
league largely, to prevent the consideration.
the spread Of the facts which give to the SEN
ate that the people Of this country may be in
formed, and am not wholly without evidence
to justify my belief that there are agencies in
fernal work"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-19


NJ. E. Urell was born forty-six years ago.
When less than seventeen years Of age he en-
listed in the second regiment New York state
militia-April IL, 1S61-and was present with
his regiment at the first battle of Bull Run.
He was wounded at the battle of Fair Oaks.
Va, May 81, 1862; was severely wounded
through the body and was left on the field for
dead at the battle or Bristol Station. Va,
October IA, 1868. Against the advice of sur
geons he returned to the front as soon posi-
the Wilderness, May 6, 1864. when the old
wound broke out He was ordered to the rear
and placed in charge of wounded and disabled
men. whom. after a number. of skirmishes with
rebel cavalry, he escorted to Aqua creek
and from thence to this city. This party
brought the first news, direct from
the ield, Of the great struggle of
the Wilderness. Col Urell reported to the
surgeon general of the army. was ordered to
the officers hospital at Georgetown. and from
there he was honorably discharged the service
May "a, 1864, ION account OF wounds received
In action" He received a medal of honor
from Congress for bravery; was brevetted cap
tain of United States volunteers for gallantry
and meritorious services at the battle of Fair
Oaks and major for gallant and meritorious
services In the battle of the Wilderness
Though giving nearly his whole time to Grand
Army work he finds time to take considerable
interest in national guard affairs In April. 1880.
he assisted Capt S. L. Thomson in organizing
the original Union Veteran corps now third
battalion, first regiment, national guard COM
service at the front; was a.terward its captain,
then major Of battalion and is now lieutenant
colonel of the second regiment national guard,
District of Columbia