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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
Eligibility of q Juror.

Juror John Culver, who does not be-
lieve in hanging, and stood out in his
opinion till the sentence of the Cronin
prisoners was committed from hanging
to imprisonment for life, is having a
rough time of it. His own life has been
threatened, he has been called scoundrel,
villain, miscreant, and even his family
have been dragged before the public.
Newspapers have taken it for granted
that he was bribed and have attacked
him with savage abuse. One pious cor
respondent writes anonymously:
81 pray to God that you may find your
deserved place in the catch basin, and
would love to see you there, head down
ward"
In return Culver writes: II think that
jury trials have become the veriest farce
if it is true that man must suit his YER
dict to the demands of newspapers or
public opinion"
The question here brought up is an i'm
portant one. Nobody has any right to
assume that Culver was bribed to stand
out against the hanging of the three
prisoners until he has been proved guilty
in a court of law. Then the severest
judgment that law, newspapers and pub.
lie opinion can mete out to him would be
proper. Give the devil his due, both be-
fore and after it has been found that he
is the devil. But the point of law is one
of profound interest. It is this: In 9
state where either hanging or imprison.
mcnt for life may be the penalty TO,
murder, at the discretion of the court
can man who has conscientious scruples
against the death penalty be properly
eligible as juryman?
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
In southern Nevada, in Georgia and in

In southern Nevada, in Georgia and in
California is found a peculiar substance.
known as elastic sandstone. It is I'M.
doubleday stone, yet it is as flexible as,
India rubber. A piece of it may be.
held by one end and shaken, and the.
loose end will flop backward and for
ward like mules ear. It can be drawn
out and compressed like piece of India.
rubber, that too not on one plane, but in,
auv direction. "The entire stone seems,
to be constructed on the principle Of a
universal joint" says writer who de-
scribes it. The stone is called itacol-
unite.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
AN ACRosTlc.

To travel or not to travel. is for each q question
but il we
Have to rida behind the putting iron horse, the
Experience Of all our friends advises us to chose
1.-The
Burlington" q line whose builders planned not a
scheme
utopian By rare good Judgment guided and
Reading the signs OF progress rightly, they
linked with bands OF steel the cities chief
Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota,
Colorado, Wyoming and South Dakota.
Coest thou q journey to any town in these? Then
+ o thy agent HE thee, and buy thy tickets
On 1.-THE Burlington" the finest, fastest line, and
Never shalt thou have cause for vain regret
For rates. tickets. maps and any informa alton.
call on agents of 1.-The Burlington or connecting
lines, or address W. j. c. Kenyon, Gen. Pass.
Agent c. B. & n. r. R.. st. Paul. MINI.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
Electricity In the Household.

Electricity In the Household. y
Under this title A. E. Kennedy con-
tributes to Scribner an interesting paper.
The first use Of electricity to household
appliances was the electric bell, nearly
century ago. It has now become SO COM
mon that bell hung by the former me-
chanical appliances is antiquated and
clumsy. Then came the electric annunci-
ator.
For many years this was the extent of
the application of electricity to household
purposes. Within the last thirteen years:
there has come, all in a rush, the tele--
phone, electric light and the transmission
of power by electricity. Electric illumi-
nation has received a temporary backset
through the number of men who have
been killed by the conducting wires, but
beyond doubt this will be overcome and
safe and perfect electrical light will
yet be obtained-one that will be used in
private houses as freely as gas now is.
Mr.. Kennedy mentions the burglar
alarm apparatus, by which, if thief
raises a window SO much as the thickness
of knife blade, q current is completed
that rings the chestnut bell on him all
over the house. There, too, is the Their
mostat, 4 little thermometer, which, by
the aid of electricity, regulates automat-
ically the temperature of a room. The
fire alarm is another modern application
of this force, and Mr.. Kennedy says that
since the common use of the electrical
alarm, statistics show a marked de-
crease in the number of serious fires in
towns.
Electricity will keep all the clocks in
your house wound up and set to the same
moment, it will pump water from wellor
cistern to tank in your garnet, it will
run your sewing machine or music box,
blow the bellows of an organ and will
make an automatic piano play fashion
able waltzes for gathering of young
people to dance by from dark to day
light, and never once become tired or
make the company feel that they are
making martyr of it for their pleasure.
In course of time houses can and will be
heated by electricity. twill be utilized
for hundred other purposes as soon as
a cheap and reliable generator of it is
found.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07

MANKATo, Mimi, Jan. Goth, 1890.
The call for the Annual meeting of
the State Alliance at Capitol Build
ing, St. Paul, March 4th, 1890 is be-
ing sent to Secretaries ofSubordinate
and County Alliances as rapidly as
possible.
Alliances should hold a meeting
and elect, provide for, and instruct
their Delegates at once, and not
wait for the copy OF call, for by some
uncertainty or irregularity of mail
they possibly may not receive the
same. GEO. w. HAIGH,
Secretary State Alliance
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
Local Historical Societies.

Hezekiah Butterworth makes in The
Youths Companion valuable sugges-
ton to people in the smaller towns and
in country neighborhoods. It is that
they form local societies to study the pio-
neer and other history of their own local.
tiles. Our civilization changes so rapid
ly that already traces of the brave pio-
neer times are dying out from our men,
cries and from the face of the country.
By all means this valuable portion of
our story should be preserved. Wherever
aged persons survive, their recollections
should be carefully noted down and pre-
served in the archives of the society.
The ASSOCIATION should have room or
rooms, with stated meetings and officers.
At the meetings there should be papers
read, stories told and discussions of dis
puted points. Certainly the least every
neighborhood can do is to preserve its
own early history. A cabinet of historic
relics and books should be gradually &C.
cumulated. There could be delightful
summer excursions to historic points by
the society.
There is one thing we in America owe
to the story of human progress. That is
to preserve the prehistoric relics now
going to destruction all over the coun-
try. What Amelia B. Edwards did in
England for Egypt, we need some one to
do for us on a far larger scale in Amer
lea. This is to create fund for explor-
ing our ancient civilizations. Where
there are mound builders hillocks and
prehistoric remains of any kind, an or
ganization should be formed to take care
of them and study them
Below are Mr.. Butterworth's sugges-
tons for local historical societies:
1. A collection for cabinet Of the historic
relics Of the place.
| z Talks about these relics.
| 3. Lectures on local history.
I. The celebration of state and national hol
| days In the room or rooms.
| & Excursions to historic places
| & The collection Of local folk lore
| 2. The marking and preserving OF places Of
| local interest.
6 Collection of local poetry and songs
| Q. Reunions Of old people.
! TO- Tableaux OF old scenes and traditions
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07

A person with an abnormal develop
ment of regard for high art is scolding
the public because it goes to the theatre
to be amused. What else should any
body go to the theatre for? There is
enough of tragedy, enough and too
much in our daily life of everything else
than amusement. In its true sense amuse-
ment combines mirth, pathos, elevation
of sentiment and the depicting Of the
loftier, sweeter emotions, as we'll as the
lower ones. The true idea of amusement
is that which lifts us out of the iron COM
monplace of daily life.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07

An electric railway $50 miles long,.
from Atlanta to Savannah, has been;
planned. The electricity will be gener-
ated in novel way, by utilizing power
from the current of rivers along the
route. The enterprise is one of much
importance. If water power from q
river current can be successfully used
to generate large quantities of electricity
there is no end to the mechanical posi-
bilities that will follow.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
ALLIANCE WORK.
January, 1890.

OCbAOCN - AOcO'
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
The Bloomfield Alliance was Or
ganized in 1885. 1t has been grow
ing slowly but steadily ever since, SO
that we now have about 40 members.
For the last two winters we have had
regular meetings every Saturday
evening, and they have generally
been we'll attended, and very interest
ing. For the benefit of new Alliances
let me briefly describe our plan OF
conducting the meetings. Before the
close of each meeting we agree upon
subject for discussion at our next
meeting. The president then ap-
points two speakers Zone on the az
firmative and one on the negative
side of the question: who in their
turn chose 3 or assistants each.
1t is expected that the speakers so
appointed and chosen will study up
their side of the question and in this
way the discussion becomes both in
teresting and instructive. Some
evenings one of the members delivers
a lecture on some agricultural topic
followed by general discussion
of the same. Besides we have recita-
tions, reading of newspaper articles
and friendly talk. Here are some of
the questions that we have discussed:
Resolved: That it is advisable for
us farmers to ship our own produce.
That the present low price of farm
products is not the consequence of
natural causes. That cattle should
be dehorned.
That farmers should settle their
disputes by arbitration and let law
yers have a rest. That per cent.
interest on capital is more equita-
BILE rate than 10 per cent. when COM
pared with capital invested in farm
ing.
That farmers should start and
maintain cooperative companies.
That high license is more effective
in preventing drunkenness than pro-
hibition.
That corn raising is more profta-
BILE than fax raising.
That blooded stock is more profit
able to farmers than common stock.
O. P. HADLAND,
Secretary.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07

The only champion pugilist recently
appeared in a new role. He was god
father at the christening of Mrs. Bar
nitt's baby in Brooklyn. John L. made
one of his famous speeches on the occa-
sion, one of his most successful ones.
He said: II don't know much about the
subject. ladies and gentlemen, but if all
babies are as pretty as this one, I
wouldn't mind having dozen of them"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
The National Electric Light association

The National Electric Light association
will meet in Kansas City, Feb. II. Edi-
son was asked to lecture to the men,
bers. He replied that he could not 60,
but that he would give the lecture. 81
will tell you what I win do" he said.
81 will talk to my photograph, and send
it to Kansas City to lecture for me. It
will make no gestures, but it will not be
bashful; the tone will be perfect, and I
will warrant that it can be heard allover
the opera house."
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07

Mr.. Andrew Carnegie has in The North
American Review paper on 1.-THE Art
Of Giving" He tolls benevolent people
how they can spend their money to do
most good. II, now, Mr.. Carnegie will
write another article telling people how
to get something to give, he will confer
a great favor on nine out of every ten of
his fellow men.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
Wichita Eagle:
It Is In the Air.

There is trouble ahead, deep as the
sea and as wide, for the political
bosses OF this country. There is a
state of affairs and it is a serious
one, and it seems unadjustable
from any party standpoint. 1t
takes thousand bushels OF corn to
pay the taxes on an average Kansas
farm and all the wool of a whole
flock of sheep, together with the
hides and the meat of their carcasses,
to do the same thing in Ohio. It
takes ten thousand bushels of corn,
or the product of half a dozen farms
to pay the salary of a single public
officer in Kansas, and the united eff
fort of a whole family for a whole
year to pay the interest on the mort
gage of the average farm in Illinois.
Capital alone is protected as found
invested in the manufacturesor with
the combine, while the laborer only
sweats to increase the accumulations
OF the protected trusts. The ques-
ton of price is no longer fixed by the
cost of production, but by the lowest
possible margin on which a producer
can exist. Bountiful crops are a
burthen and mean depression rather
than prosperity. The demand for
dividends on values that were never
invested are mercilessly wrested from
the commerce of the country, the de-
mand being enforced by Interstate
commissions and pooling associa-
tions, which find their full warrant
in the law.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07

New Orleans has done in 1889 the
largest business for many years. Her
manufactures are greater than ever be-
fore, and her receipts of cotton have
been proportionately large.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07

Christmas, 1889, will be remembered
as day when ladies in some parts Of
the north used parasols to shade them
from the sun rays while walking. In
Jersey it was SO warm that the mosqui-
toes which had been left over tuned up
their pipes again.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07

Where Co. Alliances have appointed Lectur
please inform u.s.
STATE LECTURER-IGNATIu TITUS DoNNELLY.
Address 72S Selby Ave-, st. Paul, until further
notice.
Prof John Allison-Depy State Lecturer.
Everett W. Fish % -
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
Progressive Farmer:

Progressive Farmer:
In 1860 the total wealth of the
United States was 100000, 900,
of which labor owned $7,OOO,OOO,-
600 and capital, $9,OOO,OOO,O 900.
In 1870, total wealth, $3O,OOO.OOO,-
900, labor owned $11 900, 900, 900
and capital $19,OOO,OOO,OOO. In
1880, total wealth, $4,000 ,OOO,-
600, labor owned $4,000, 900, 900
and capital $34,OOO.OOO,OOO. 1t
will be seeI that in 1860 labor own
ed 43 per cent. of The wealth OF the
country, in 1870 it Owned SO per
cent. and in 1880 it owned 20 per
cent. The census Of 1890 will show
that capital owns nearly the entire
wealth of the country. How is this
alarming state OF affairs to be
remedied? By the people rising in
their majesty and hurting from power
those who have deceived and betray-
ed them with false promises.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
Fergus Falls Journal:

Dr.. Fish, of the "Wild West," says
he spent day at Wadena looking
up the young scamp who ibeled him
in the Pioneer and finds that he can
not collect a Judgment against him
as under the law an editor has SO, 900
exempt. Repeal that law, "doctor, -
while you are remodelling the gov.
eminent. No honest editor wants
such a law. 1t was passed by Don
nelly to protect ranting sheet just
like the wild West"
Oh!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07

A Philadelphia man shot himself dead,
in the street in that city a few days ago.
Such suicide is in the worst possible.
taste. If man makes up his mind to-
die, let him go off by himself and do it.
and not shock his fellow men by blowino.
his brains out and making a. horrible
show on the street.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07

The question was asked: "What
was meant by taking the cards off
the cars when shipping wheat?" The
writer whose letter was in last weeks
paper was written to, and replies as
follows:
A. K. FRAN:
DEAR SIR.-When loaded cars are
billed out a card is tackled on to each
car, upon which is written the name
of the Station billed from and billed
to. When the card has been taken
off the inspector is unable to tell just
what section it's contents came from.
Isuppose you know that each year
after manipulators have examined
samples of new crops they grade the
wheat producing country by sections
and by railway lines, from some of
which everything goes No. l hard
while others as a rule almost with
out exception get nothing above No.
/ Northern. Sometimes the Manito-
ba, thirty miles north of here, gets all
No. hard grade while this, the H.
& D. line, is allowed nothing higher
than No. 1 northern until you get
most as far as Odessa, Ortonville, or
Milbank, when everything there and
beyond goes No. 1 hard. Take wheat
from Lake Lillian half way between
Bird Island and Atwater and it goes
No. / hard. This all goes to show
that wheat is not always graded up
on it's merits here by the system OF
State inspection. Yours truly,
AGRICOLA.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07

In the three weeks session before
Christmas, President Harrison sent to
the senate 1,429 messages. They were
mostly about postmasters.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
JUDICIAL DISTRICT

JUDICIAL DISTRICT LECTURERS.
Sth Jud. Dist.-Geo W. Day. Glencoe [Em-
braces Carver, lie Sueur, Nc Leod and Sibley
Counties
10th Jud. Dist.-Robert Eckford, Dexter, MINI.
Embraces Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston and
Mower Counties.]
18th Jud Dist-M. L. Snow, Marietta [Em-
braces Chippewa, kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle,
Meeker, Swift and Yellow Medicine Counties1
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07

[The State Lecturer hopes that County ALI
ances will be formed in every county and county
lecturers elected Or in the absence Of this action
that the name of good men will be sugges ed to
him. as county lecturers, who will take hold and
organize their respective counties.
BY recent amendment to the constitution Of
the State Alliance the initiation fee was raised to
so cents for each member, and one-han OF the
amount thus paid goes to the lecturer or organ
ixer This will pay very well for the trouble taken
and expenses of travel
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
The republic Of Brazil is not yet firm.
Its legs seem shaky.

The new south could i'll afford to lose
Henry w. Grady.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
DISTRICT LECTURERS

LIST Congressional District-A. l.. Gardner,
Waltham Mower Co.
I'd Cong. Dist-Hon Jas. H. Baker, Garden
City, Blue Earth Co.
Sd Cong, Dist.-Geo. W. Day, Glencoe Mcleod
County.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07

II Portugal had guns equal to her gall
there would be war between her and
England.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
DIRECTORY.
National Farmers Alliance.

H. L. LOUCKS, President, Clear Lake, Oak.
H. POWER, Vice-President, Cornell, Nebraska
AUG. POST, Secretary, Moulton, Iowa.
HON. j. J. FURLONG, Treas, Austin, MINI.
N. B. ASHBY, Lecturer, Des Moines, Iowa.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
A SCANDINAVIAN ALLIANCE
SPEAKER. .

We are glad to be able to announce
to our Scandinavian friends, through
out the state, that Deputy State Lee
turer, ]. O. Solomonson, of Gibbon,
Sibley County, will soon begin series
OF meetings in the state, and will speak
especially in districts where a Scandi-
navian is desired. Write to him at
the above address. Remember, he is
working without salary and paying
his own expenses, SO don't let him
depart with empty pockets. He will
probably publish in the GREAT WEST
a list OF his appointments soon, and
rr:artiees needing his services can write
him at such places. There are calls
for a Scandinavian speaker from all
parts of the state.
IGNATIUs DoNNELLY,
1929 State Lecturer.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
LECTURERS.

Officers of the State Alliance will be put in aftel
the approaching State meeting in March
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
MCLEOD COUNTY.
January Doth, 1890

january ASUn, lOSO.
ED. GREAT WEST:
The principle of the Alliance is
that we must be non-partisan. The
practice has been to be non-partisan
off years, when there is no election,
and then split all to pieces, and be
the strictest kind OF partisans the
next. We talk in favor of strong
law reducing interest one year, and
vote for man whose only ambition
is to get all the interest he can the
next, just because he has given US a
little tafy to catch Our votes.
We talk in favor of control of rail-
roads, and then elect a particular
friend of the Manitoba R. r., as Lieut..
Governor, who will appoint the COM
mittees to frame and pass upon our
bills.
We can never be rlon-partisan and
continue thus.
If we wish to build a house we
would not hire q steamboat captain
to do the carpenter work.
Yet it would be just as sensible as to
employ banker to reduce interest
What we need is to adopt business
principles in our politics.
We need a leader bold, brave, and
true, like Washington or Lincoln
who loves country more than self
and can lead our hosts out from the
perilous rocks OF partisan strife. Let
us cam a great citizens convention
and cut entirely loose from parties as
they now exist. NJ. CUTLER.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07

JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
r. C. PATTI, Mississippi.
ISAAC MCCRACKEN, Arkansas.
EVAN JONES, Texas.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
PUBLIC lECIuRES.

Hon. J. O. Barrett, of Browns
Valley, Mimi, County Lecturer OF
Big Stone County, and a very able
and interesting speaker, consents to
lecture before Subordinate Alliances,
for the sum of five dollars each and
local entertainment. Parties desir-
ing such lectures, are requested to
correspond with Mr.. Barrett. The
lectures will have to be arranged so
that his engagements will not be too
far apart; and, whenever possible,
the friends of the cause are request
ed to help Mr.. Barrett to his next
appointment, otherwise his small
compensation will he consumed by
the expense of travel. Mr.. Barrett
will also lecture on Forestry, and
other practical subject connected
with agricultural and horticultural
interests.
IGNATIUs DONNELLY,
1929 State Lecturer.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
COUNTY LECTURERS.

W W AAAA6cONAAJ ACcCOA.
A. l.. Gardner, Waltham.
John Diamond, Mankato.
Eric Olson, Sherburne.
NJ. L. Snow, Marietta.
jeremiah Mobiles, Glencoe.
Henry Feig, Atwater.
c. D. Tuttle, Fridley.
Fisk & Thornton, Carman.
o. G. Lyman, Sank Center.
A. F. Ludwig. Brainerd.
John T. Wray, Van.
J. A. Solomonson, Gibbon.
H. B. Imsdahl. Big Woods.
II. V. Poore Bird Island.
J. O. Barrett, Browns Val
Cley.
E. Mattson. Breckenridge.
C. s. Bond, Worthington.
f. G. COmstOck. Roscoe.
r. T. Schiattman. Morria
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07

st. Peters Herald:
The depression in business in the
west must be somewhat alarming.
Only last week one of the greatest
business houses of st. Paul, called in
all OF their western travelling men :;
principally those from Dakota. They
were called in not so much for the in
ability to sell goods there but largely
because of the impossibility to get
pay for a large portion of what they
do sell. A prominent salesman who
travels from Chicago and who repre-
sents one of the heaviest firms in the
west, informed us that their business
in Dakota last year was at a heavy
loss. Yet they sell goods there in
order to ''stand I'M in the future.