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Notice Of Assignee Of His Appointing nj. .
A Biuehill, in the Co. of Hancock and State
1891.
Inc undersigned hereby gives notice of his ap
pointment as assignee OF the estate of Pearl
Atherton and George II. sperry, doing business
under the name and style OF Atherton 4 Sperry
at Bluehiil, In said county apd State, as co part
ners. and Pearl Anterior, as an individual, resi-
Hancock, insolvent debtors. who have been de-
ciared insolvent upon their and his own petition
by the court of insolvency for said county Of Han
cock.
SWISS GEORGEw. CLAY. Assignee.
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cent. doubles about once in eight years
and under any system in which the
medium OF exchange starts into circula-
tion by being loaned the interest is i'll
variably compounded upon society SO
that instead Of the $40 bank bill having
cost the people $50 in 25 years it has cost
them at least three times that or 800.
Ninety dollars for the use of bank
bill as against 10 cents for the use of a
grecnback looks cXtravagant to a man
not a ''StatcSman."
"Frankly | do not think the alliance
sub-treasury plan the best that can be
devised, but it is so vastly better for the
country and the business and producing
people than our present national bank
System-that the spectators and gam
blers and statesmen are all down upon
it. The only thing that can possibly ex
cusc the loan of money to the people by
the government is the absolute necessity
of doing something to relieve them from
their burden Of debt and save theiE their
homes and consequently their liberties
for landless people cannot long remain
free. If this cannot be done in any
better way then | am for the subtrcas-
ury plan. Under any and all circum-
stances | am for government issue OF
all money direct to the people and am
opposed to the death to all banks OF is
sue under any law, state or national
We should gain nothing in the end to
change our national banks for state
banks. Either form of issuing the ne
dium of exchange contemplatcs not only
interest, but compound interest, and
must end in the absorption Of the wealth
of the millions by the few and the final
death of civilization"
The speaker offered some words of
caution to the voters, urging them
neither to expect too speedy relief nor be
easily discouraged. He made no allusion
to Il third party, bnt bid the voters re-
member that parties were machines
created for Il purpose and of no value
except as they performed the work re-
quired of them. He closed with quota
tions from one whom he called "thc
sweetest of all the singers of the people,
James q. Clark
Swing inward. oh gates of the future
Swing outward yc gates of the past,
giant is rising from slumber
And rendnG his fctters at last
From the dust where his proud tyrants
bound him
Unhonorcd, and sfOrncd and betrayed
And rule il the realm hc has made.
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SHALL WE WIN?

There's hut one thing that can hinder
Our e,ldeayor tor the right;
We must girdlc on our arIlor
Ana march hand and hand through the fight
II we'd have laws in our country
To develop "a better state
We must work through all like brothers
And then vote the ticket straight.
II ourselves and our posteYty
We would gain the treelnan's right,
We must work through all i'll unity;
We must work with ali our might.
We must crush the railroad moncpDlies
The banking system ana many more
If tie way. that the nlonnpohsts
Have of crushing down the poor.
We have listened 10 the old parties
While they've told us what they Il do
For the Interests of home finances
In which they We never yet been true.
The democrats have deceived us
EIn what they have promised 10 do
The republicans have falsely promised
To help the laburer through.
So now for ourselves and Independence
p sense Of equality to one all
Mentally. morally, socially and financially
In all things charity and brotherly love tt
all.
Constantly striving to secure harmony
Suppress all pref :ice, rivalry ana nnense,
To assuage suffering and To be honest
In all our undertakings and interes S.
Let us all vote intelligently,
Vote with the intention to create
Unity, Equality and Charity
Let Us vote the ticket straight.
God created all men equal
And designed that they should be
So by meeting divine approval
We will gain the victory.
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Government Railroads.

The state control of railways is COM
ing more rapidly than most men think.
The attorney general OF Nebraska re-
Gently startled the country with the
emphasis which he put in his recon-
mendation that the government operate
the trunk lines and begin by foreclos.ng
on the Union Pacific. And now the
board of mediation and arbitration of
New York IN it's special report to the
legislature on the New York Central
strike last August. makes recommenda-
tions very similar in their general
nature. After noting the fact that the
dispute between the road and its
employees cost the road $4,000, 900,
cost the men in wages for six
weeks from 100000 to $500, 900
and threw permanently out of their posi-
tions between $500 to 1000 employees,
besides doing incalculable harm to the
commercial and industrial interests of
the state and imperilling many lives,
asks for the legislation to cover the fol-
lowing points:
l. The service rendered by railroad cor
porations created by the state is public
service.
.. Entrance into such service should be
by enlistment for 4 definite period, upon
satisfactory examination as to mental and
physical qualifications, with oath of fidelity
to the people and to the corporation, etc.
The keynote OF the whole report is in
the first paragraph. In law and right
the railroads are public roads and must
be run for the public. That is good alli-
ance doctrine.-Red Oak (Td.,) Alliance
Program.
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"'Lias ltchcd him up TO the light
wagon one day in the spring and went
to town. They got there without any
serious difference Of opinion. bat when
they had got out o town on the way
home, the mule made mp his mind to
go on strike and strike he did Lias
coaxed, and argued, and threatened,
but the mule wouldn't so much
rs wlggle an ear. Finally
'Lias jumped out and grabbed rail
off'n the fence and started at that mule.
The mule waited until he got up nearly
close enough to strike. when he gave a
Jump and started off towards home
lickety brindle. Old Iias dropped the
get up most close enough to touch the
hind end gate, the mule would make a
squirt till he got out O reach again. 1t
was ten miles home and the mud was
about four mile deep. The mule kept
about three feet ahead O Lias every
blessed step O the way. Lias was
nearly ready to drop. he was that tired
when he got there, and he used sich
scaEdalous language at that mule that
he was expelled from church. And the
end of it all was that std o. 'Lias
breakin' the mule, the mule broke 'Lias.
"Well sir, that mule jist made Lias'
life burden from that on to July.
One day 'Lias was layin' his corn by
and was in dreadful hurry; the mule
'peared to know this and was as indie
pendent as a hog on ice. The more
'Lias 'ud try to coax him to move up the
slower he'd go, till finally, jist as 'Lias
lifted the plow up to get over stump,
the mule came to dead stop. Lias
held the plow in the air and hollered
till he saw it was no use. then he went
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grocery sto.e immediately after Col.
Mulkins' vehement protest against Bill
Fegiey's habit of resting lis feet upon
the edge Of the open pickle barrel. "old
'Lias Mohley's male was a little the
ornerlest.
"What'd he do?" grrelci Sam Lowry
at the imminent ri~ll Of struggling HIM
self with tobacco Juice.
What'd lie do" repeated Uncle
Jake scornfuiv. Why, they wasn't
born a-hili.' over with ,ieyiI.ry. Cussed
ness Just ooznI "nt'n him all the time
same as bod orl;'n hippotainus.
Fore he was six months old he sneake ed
up lthiEd Old Ilas ore day while he
was stoo! el over iirl'in' up a bucket o
worter for he old mare and histed him
clear over iH:o the middle o White
River. ol1 'Iias mialtyui4h drowned
fore lie got our. and ycu can lei he
was hoppin mad, but that tarnal mule
looked so powerful innocent and >ympa-
tliZin' and kiadcr like lie didn't do it
a-purpose that Las hadn't the heart to
touch him; lie gathered 'lp q fence
stake and took lis spite out On the old
mare instead.
Its tie nature o mules and poll
ticaus to hc treacherou', put i'll Joe
Brad ey. Vow there's that old lriatile
O miue -
THAT mule Growed ornerier every
day he lived, continued Uncle Jake,
calmly ignoring the interruption. He
mighty nigh starved himself swoopin'
round so much, lookin' for q chance to
get into mischief. Didn't pear to relish
nothin' to eat unless it was somethin'
somebody didn't want him to have
One time he broke into tie yard
walked right past the open corn
crib door and stuffed himself on q
parcel O hops Air.. Mob.ev had
spread ont on the kitchen roof
to dry till he nearly busted. They
purity near killed Linn, aud old 'Lias
lammel him with a ritchiork ill lie
was iout o breath, but that mule bore
1t all as cheerful as you plea e. He
seemed to carry the idee that he'd only
done his dut,y. and that whoever tries to
do the square thing in this world must
expect to be pcrsecuted.
And he was Jest sharrcr than
tacks, too. One time LAS boys, to
have some fun with him. gave him n
trough o oats with hull lot o cuckIe
burs sprinkled over the top. Did that
lnule eat burs and all? Not bit Of il
He simply 'bont faced and switched his
tail around in them oats till the, ,burs had
all stuck to it, then eat up the cats
and went out and scratched the
burs off agin the garden fence where
they'd be likely to seed the whole
place.
But it wasn't until Iias tried to
break him that the real character OF
that mule was developed. Lias could
put the harness on him all right and
hitch hiEi up; but the hull Moblev
family couldn't make him go until he
got real good ready. when he would
start up with a suidenness that would
nearly dislocate 'Lias' reck.
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Mhy lie Spins No Yarns :.

"How is it, lieutenant" asked a
young man Cf gray-mustached naval
otficer-so says the New York Times =
that with your many years of sea life,
involving, no doubt, many strange ad-
ventures, one never hears You relate
your experiences OF the sea?"
well" was the answer. "I will re-
late to you little instance of mis-
placed confidence. Some years ago |
was attached to ship on the China
station. One night it was my turn to
take the midwatch. l settled myself
on the starboard bridge-rail.
In few moments [ noticed a COM
motion in the water close to the ship.
There appeared not more than half
cable length from where I was stand
ing most gigantic sea serpent. ] had
often read of such things. but had
never believed in them, but / could not
doubt the evidence of my own eyes. In
n moment it vanished, to reappear the
next instant almost under our bow
The moon was shining brightly and l
got a good look ut it. The monsters S
head was fully as large as an ordinary
flour barrel, and it was at least twelve
above the water.
"It disappeared in a few minutes.
The next morning. | related my expc-
rience to my brother officers aud soon
after turned into my bank. Just be-
fore lunch ] felt like driaking glass
of beer. and, ringing for the boy, Or
dered him to bring me bottle. The
rascal didn't appear in reasonable
time, and | rang for him again
What's the matter with the beer.
Jim = / asked.
'Nuthin' de mater wild de beer,
Mr.. Bobstay.
Then why don't you bring it,
Cant do it, Mr.. Bobstay. De
doctor done stopped yore beer. Said
dat pusson dat secs such snakes as
you WIZ talking about dis morning
orn't to hab no more beer
And that is the rea son that / don't
like TO tell remarkable stories.
In a. NJ n.r" Key.
A RISING artist--the steepie painter,
A FOX terrier is 80 called because he
never diSturbs Il fox, bnt is rough on
rats.
IT seems to be the burg aries and not
the burglars that are committed now
adays.
A NEWARK wig-maker is engaged in
writing novel, which he calls "The
False Heir"
DRESS like a tramp and your friends
will overlook you, but a policemen will
look you over.
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MARTINS GRAVE CRIME
THE RECENT SENSATION AT
THE WHITE HOUSE.
His Erratic Exploit at Washingt ton-He
Hoasted That lie Would Go the White
House and "Do the Pre- siIent Up."

His Erratic Exploit at washington-He
Boasted That lie Would Go to the White
House and '.Do the Pre- sident Up.'
1t appears that the attempt to secure
the release Of young Harry Martin, who
ATTEMPTED to break into the White House
when intoxicated the other night, with
out any punishment whatever will not
be successful An effort, however, is
likely to be made tn have the offrnsa
charged against him changed, 50 that he
can plead guilty to it and pay a fine. \
change which has been suggested is that
he will be charged with assantng ro-
iic"mdn kcnncy. one of the officials of
the y hite House
1t Is now learned that the assault was
of more aggravated character than has
been supposed. 1t is said to be tri.c that
young Martin. when craZed with liquor
before he started to the White House,
told some of his companions that he was
gong "tO do the President up" The
language attributed to him in words is:
81 am going t. do up the President" If
1t coui'i be sustained in court, and the
President or the Government chose 10
prosecute, it would be a very serious Of
fcnsc indeed Under any other Govern
mcht than this such conduc' WoulIi not
ha excused as a drunken freak
1t appears that when Martin broke
through the window of the rel pirtor the
l'r sld"nt himself came to the rescue,
and that he assisted the two police Off
GERS III capturing the yDung athlete. The
story is that Pie ,d"nt Harrison, on
hearing tllr noise and seeing the stitticul
ty the polio, men hal III struggling with
the young fellow. himself procured Il rope
by eating away one of the ropes that
fasten the curtains at the wint ami
with the officers assistance bound Mar
tin securely. The President Ii m>eif tied
the knot. being very much less excited
than the officers. The President has been
cntreated by great number Of inhuen-
tial people since the event not 10 permit
any action to be- taken against the young
man,
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off and set down feelin' pretty blue.
He had about given up the iaee of fin
islin' the plowin' when he caught sight
of hornets nest as big as Il half bushel
hangin' to q beech limb.
"I'li bet gill o buttermilk I'll
start ye, says 'Lias, and he goes to work
to cut off the limb with the nest on it.
Careful as he was lie got stung three
times fore he conId get the limb; but
he was bound to Start that mule if it
killed him. He finally got the limb
down, hornets and ali. and takin' it in
both hands he walked over and give
MIR. Mule an undetermined swi! e on the
stomach,
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The fist snow fake of winter, how
signiticant-and the first white hair.
Beware Of the man who has no petty
vices.
Some leople spend their vacation in
worrying over the business they left be-
hind them.
She was regal, she was naughty, she
was high-born and distinguished; and,
like the rest of us. she was clay.
Friendship at the highest height is
stronger than love.
Dig, sow and reap; but the harvest is
Deaths
God sets the stars in the window OF
night to cheer the belated world as It
rolls through the darkness.
True honor despses evasions
Waste Of money and time usually 90
observation-disclosures TrapeIer,
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Thrill Ig ENptrIenre OF a Norwegian
Stpame- i'm West In,;an W.tar.

Thrill * Experience Of Norwegian
steame, in West Indian Waters.
At New York, the little Norwegian
steamer, America, came in from the West
Indies with a story of d race with a
100 miles off iiatteraS on March -.
making her way north ia a moderate sea
over which hung low and heavy clouds.
Suddenly from the northwest. the dirrc-
tlun of the land. Il gI eat watcrSppuL was
seen approaching, The America was
headed III the direction that would give
the spout IA wide brrth. bat il came
down Oh the steamer SO rapidly that
the captain put tn" vessel on a
northeasterly course and signaled the
engineer to crowd OH ali the steam. Then
IT became race between the WaterSDout
and the little steamer. The former was
shaped like an hour glass. Its base was
ahont thirty feet in diameter. and it ta-
iered up for seventy feet. where it be-
came seemingly no more than Il foot in
thickness Then it spread out again.
and its top was lost in the clouds. The
watcrSpout was revolving from right to
left with great rapidity and roaring like
a small Niagara. The signal cannon of
the America WAS loaded and run out,
really to fire at the approaching monster,
but the steamer won the race and the
spout passed fifteen feet aStern of the
America.
The commotion Of the water caused
by the watcrSpout as it whirlcd by the
America lifted the vessels stern com
plettlv out of water
The farmers' union., 1891-04-02
VOLUME. |.
IN WINTER WOODS.
BY SARAH u. HOBART.

Bh SARAH d. HOBART
In winter woods VI hat melody
OF whispering winds on hGted reeds!
" hat tempted quietude succeeds
The JAYS Wild cianor eciCiug fteei
Tie squirrels ca itroiu tree 10 tree.
The pGining crow ruCounts his needs.
The SNOW birds crest tie fFuitcd weeds,
In winter woods.
Here lift the oaks tneir arc!iitravo
OF uutbered gloom against the blue;
The storln-bcn aldets hle..d anew;
Within the cedhr's culEmntd nave.
Though all the blasts should Wildly rave.
The stalw art trunks stand firm stnd true;
No tuIuult may their ca III undo,
In winter woods.
In winter woods the l.!ns$cs Cleam
Like eInera!d- through he fallen leaves
The frosted ticlIeu nterUetves
Its silver with III" roci. gray soai.l.
Tie elanting sGnll;hts .itfui beam
Falls softenei " here tie br0"lllet Gri"Tcs;
HIS sptadt hfift year her past rrtfIrNcSr
In winter woods.
And yet the season l4cks not 2race.
Ih"uth He'd the III. ON uf r;tiui"N,Cd flowers,
Al d throush he dc-o,Hlra bowers
Tile Fastening Shows Coult ou aFa"c.
stern Nature ttfIiS Il smiling, .au"
10 him Mo Loves her White -He irN'f~.
Aud for his ewes with beauty dp~cl~
In winter Wup.i-.
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Gave u the Gold.

a lump of gold was received at the
Treasury Department at Washington
from New York and placed t. the credit
of the conscience fund Accompanying
it was a note signed "lIonor," which
stated that the lump of gold had been
left i'll "Honors" possession for some
time, but, as he believed that the gold
belonged to the Government, he now
turned it over to the Treasury. The
lump of gold will be sent to the mint,
its value ascerta!ned, and "Honor" in
formed through the press of its value
The farmers' union., 1891-04-02

Now If You ever saw IN astonished
mule in ynar lie II was that one about
two seconds later. I.ias was so ticked
that he forgot to get out q the way. AMI
The result was that he got head put
on him rs big rs the mules, which was
50 big that they had TO take down two
panels o fence to get him out o the
iield.
That mule never halked after that.
All You had to DO was to make Il buZ-
Zin' noise and he'd break his reck a
pullin'. And Iias quit jawin' tine
yonng ones ana iircd the church agin,
and, like the folks in The story books,
they all lived happy ever after.''
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to stand shoulder to shoulder, from ono
end of our broad continent to the other,
in the defense of the American farmers
and of the pure, sweet home life, so dear
to hearts of the bravest and best of our
sons of toll.
How can farmer in the face Of his
own statements of such facts be content
to patiently aud wearily suck an old pipe
and say he don't know why things are
as they are, and divert himself and fam
ily through the long winter evenings
with greasy old pack of cards, instead
of reading, and talking, and thinking,
and finding out about these things?
These are some of the questions we
wish the farmers themselves would
answcr.-Ittd T.. Hun, IN 11duatcs
IHDlff,kt
The farmers' union., 1891-04-02
WENT WEST FOR NAUCHT.
A Pennsylvania Damsel Travels to Spo-
Kane Falls for Husband to Meet Dis.
appOintmeut

Kane Falls for II Husband to Meet Dis
appointments.
An ad, ertiscment inserted in a Chicago
matrimonial paper by Harry L. Fleming,
wholesale baker, of Spokane Falls,
WASH, caught the eye of Miss Grace
Glasgow, of Marklesburg. Pa. She is a
petite brunette of 80, and is the eldest
daughter of Professor Samuel l.. Glass
gov, leading educator and prominent
figure In Huntington County politics
An ardent correspondence ensued,
photographs were exchanged and
Miss Glasgow finally accepted proposal
of marriage from her unknown Western
wooer. The gallant Fleming furnished
her with through ticket and an abun-
dance of money for the travelling ey-
penscs, and Miss Glasgow left quietly for
Spokane Falls. The other night she
returned Unexpectedly TO her parents
homo still unmarried. weary and detect
ed over her fruitless and fatiguing Jour
ney. She had met her tiance. but his
material and physical charms were not
in keeping with his written and pictured
representation OF himself, and So the dis
appointed damsei nulliied the engage
ment with a frigid farewell bow.
The farmers' union., 1891-04-02
III; Mine In Danger of Floodin

At Plymouth, Pa, Dodson colliery,
one of the greatest in the coal fields, is
in danger of total destruction. Water
is breaking into it from abandoned work
ings. The mine is connected with a
vast number of old works The water
has gained such headway that the work
of pumping machinery seems to be OF no
avail. The susl ension of the colliery
means total loss of work to 500 men
and hOyS
The farmers' union., 1891-04-02
Kansas Philosophy.


A gossip is always willing to lie a
liar.
No man wants to be religious as bad
as lie don't want to be.
The best friend man has is the
friend who makes him the least trouble
Deal in fiattery if you would learn
how few people are not subject to
vanity.
The reason for doing q bad thing is
never as good as the reason for not
doing it.
When the average man prays for his
neighbor, the Lord hears lots of gossip.
Every dollars worth of prohibited
fun you have costs two dollars in repent
ance.
Stand guard over your thoughts, that
they may not make you the prisoner of
feeble friend.
Give a man that which he particu-
larly longs for, and in five minutes he
longs for something else.
SO many girls of sixteen who imagine
they are dying of broken hearts, can
scarcely wait until the dinner bell
rings.
There is sound foundation for the
doctrine of forgiveness. If man robs
you, it is cheaper to forgive him than to
go to law. If q man owes hundred
| dollars, it will cost you more than that
to collect it.-1tchiSO1 Globe.
The farmers' union., 1891-04-02

Speaking of races. for the great con-
gressional stakes in 1892, free to all
goers, we enter the colt Farmers Alli-
ance, sired by Circumstances, out of the
dam Hard Times, Eli rider Meanwhile
We caution Eli. il he wants to get there,
to see that the colt is not permitted to
cat from the feed Loxes of the old stock,
and that he is not handled by any of the
old gang in uniform, lest he catch the
glanders and be poisoned. Brick POM
The farmers' union., 1891-04-02
Negro Murderer L.Yncncd.

Tom Hunter, negro employed by II.
L. Burks in the telegraph office at Cum
berland Gap waytaid BurIss and killed
him. Hunter was captured at MiddleS-
borough, Ky. and returned To Cumbcr-
land Gap. when Il mob took him and
hanged him to L tree and fired 100 shots
into his BODY.
The farmers' union., 1891-04-02
Liabilities Large. Assets Small.

William Younger, the owner Of the
largo flour mill at Catasa9ua, Pa. has
made an assignment having confessed
Judgment for S4i. 900. Other liabilities
will swell the total to S90,00O The
assets are $4,000
The farmers' union., 1891-04-02

81 SAY, Diogenes," cried light, un-
thinking youth. "what are you going to
do with all those umbrellas?" flush, -
replied Diogenes. Don't delay me. I
have struck the great infallible honest
man test,
The farmers' union., 1891-04-02

''How good Of you to come, doctor! 1
didn't expect you this morning." ''No;
but was called to your opposite neigh
Dor, poor Mrs. Brown, and l thought l
might as we'll kill two birds with ona
stone"
The farmers' union., 1891-04-02

In the Arkansas Senate the bill ap-
proprfating S25-uoo for Worlds Fair pur-
poses was defeated.