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The farmers' union., 1891-08-27

Cascade Mountains In Kittitass County.
and cmptying into the Yakima River
near the rosprrous little town of tlc-
Elum. There was rush of miners to
the new found fie d. There is no Tossi-
bic mcthoi by which the output of the
Clc-Elum placers can be even approxi-
mated with anything like accuracy. |
know the fact to be that the Clc-tlum
placers are still be 'ng worked by MIN.
bcr of miners, and with substantial re-
suits"
There are extensive quartz mines In
the Pcsrhastin district, and the first
stamp mill in Washington was erected
and is now operated here The iona
hue mine in the Pest hastin crushed its
quartz in old-fashioncd arrastres, at q
loss of so Eer cc;.t OF the metal, and
then secured $1,000 worth of god last
season.
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tty OF phosphorus they carry and tic
high per cent of metallic iron contained
In them. look forward with supreme
confidence to the time when Washington 5
BcSscmcr steel will tc one of her prnci-
pal manufactures, and to the time when
steel works will be seen IN operation
through hHut the great Irmatitc and mag
net t. ore belt of the State
"'Thc fact thnt the railway develop
mont Of the STATE las assumed really
phenomenal proportions. and that iron
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AFFAIRS IN CHILLI
HAVE ASSUMED A MOMENTOUS
ASPECT.

raImaced.'s Power Trembling IN tho
Iaiance-A Mighty Conflict Imminent
Further Details of tn. Awful Hurricane
in the Wost Indic.-LOSs of Iifs, and
Shipping.
A dispatch from Valparaiso. Chill,
says: The insrrgont army has esfc cted Il
landing at t,nintcro Bay, only twenty
, miles north cf this city. According to
the lowest estimate il numbers 1e.0W
| men. They were brought down from
Caidcra on eight transports. three tugs
and four warshipS. The lo'n. of land
Ing IS about fifty miles from Santiago,
where Balmaccda'> forces to the number
of l".Cot have been stationed. Quntero
BAY IS the cHlr ice to fertile va ley
aud is in direct line witt Santiago and
Valparaiso The Balmacedists have for
some time anticipated 4 movement south
| on the part of their foes, but they be-
licvcd that Go ,uimbo would DC the first
place attacked
1t now appears that the lowering of
the insurgcnt feet in the ncighborhood
of 60 .uimbo Bay was only scheme To
dec i've Balma"cda. Ey coming 50 far
south the insurgents leave TIL" largo
force of i'aima cdist> at to9uimbo many
miles to the north of them aud helpless
10 render any aid To the Government
army in this nrighborhoo1. l he land ny
at QUintc.n Bav was therefore . com
plc:C surprise t. Ike resident. but as
soon as he learned tic news ke acted
prompt Y. BY his command large
force was sent north T. ne t the enemy.
Admiral Rrown, from his flagship. tho
san Francisco, saw the landing of tho
Insurgents They are all we'll armc
and enthusiastic The United States
/.
Esmcraida commanded By silva Fana,
is Just outside the harbor. II is cypc ted
that it will be io.nri a: once by the
other inSurgent war vessels from Quin-
tero Bay.
1t looks as if. i'm c n n; c,iol with the
advance of the nd forces upon this
city, the feet w il "len fire upon the
forts that defend thi II rbDr. Valparaiso
ay is It ongty fortiiic |. The forts
mount I irty Guns. among which are a
t"n-inch mu.1lr .oadcr. eleven cigh
inch and nine-in h br,cch loa1c :, a d
five krupp guns of n centim"icrS cali
her Tie rema =nder are % '-p"uEdcr>-
Most of these gIns are masked and offer
a small t rget for hi,s To tiic at. Tho
gunncrs are all skilled men. who have Il
great deal of p:acticc II v know the
distances across the bay. Is they axe q
range hinder.
The inSurgcnt feet has altogether
some nineteen guns. including lO-inch,
inch, and 6-iuch hrcrch-.oaderS. IL
less some Of the government gunncrs
turn traitors il does not seem like V that
the fleet can silence the forts SO far it
is quiet here. 1t locks As If the most
important engagcm mt so far i'll the his
tory of the present war is about to bc
fought Until the present time it has
been nearly altogether battle of words.
Now fierce fight is imminent
On its result depends III all likelihood
the complete overthrow of i:almaccda or
of his opponents. The rout of the
Presidents forces would undoubtedly he
quickly 70 lowed by the capture of both
Valparaiso and Santiago by the victor
ious army of the insurgents.
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1t is the order of the day for the
party organ to attack the subtreasurv
plan by SAYING it is unconstitutional
undcmocratic, unrepnblican, etc. The
why and the how for these statements
have been asked thousand times and
nobody has given reasonable answer.
or presented convincing argument
against it. The farmers think the plan
a good one. and want that or some bet
ter one tried They know that the
condition Of affairs So far as they are
concerned cannot be wors.ed They
know that they are bearing the bur
d0ns of the government and they would
like to secure some Of its benefits.
They know that the financial affairs of
the country have driltcI out OF the
hands of TIE people and into the hands
Of few warehouses, called national
banks, and that every dollar that leaves
the treasury passes a dozen or more
toll gates before it goes to the farmers
door They have at last gotten the
idea into their thick heads that the
government belongs to the people and
not to favored few, aid they would
like to live a little nearer to their
property. They think If Uncle Sam
can throw his paternal arm around a
few favoritc children, he might stretch
himself little and take in the whole
family. They know that it is the
labor ana products of the country that
make the wealth of the nation and not
the debt it owes Eun'0i It'nrkHsaH.
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The railroads of our country are
capitalized at 50, 900, coo, 600 and it is
as well known tact that the great ma
iority of their stock is held by people
in England and other foreign countries
who have no more interest in the
United States than the vampire has in
its victim. Foreign capitalists own
many OF our mines. elevators, irrigation
systems and other property, and prob
ably billions of acres of our land d-one
foreign combination alone, the Willard
syndicate, controlling land gran. of
$4,000 square miles, two and a third
times as much as is contained in all
Ireland. At reasonable estimate for
eign capitalists have invested SO, ,00O,-
100000 in cur country What value
have they given us in return? They
did not give us gold or silver because
these metals have been carried abroad
by the ship load and are mined here,
not IN Europe: the, performed no
labor to earn this mo4lstrous sum, and
we have given them at least value for
! value for every ounce Of goods we OBJ
tanned from them Ncradd (N0.) m
HlfSfl.iHl Hprjcjr
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That frecOciOuS TwO-Y ar-Olsl.

A 2-YEAR-oLD Chicago baby smokes
TIL is pushing the smoke nuisance too
far, even for Chicago -New York Re
cOrder.
CHICAGO vaults to tho front W tn
tobacco-smoking infant which is thor
oughly charged with nicotine at the ten
der age of two years. 1t is und estooi
that it wi be on exhibition at the great
fails to be he'd in that city next ytar
and in 1899, if it lives long enough -
kunSuS Citu Stdr,
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OVER Sixty LIVES LOST.
Terrible Results o the Hurricane that
Visited Mar in iauc.

The hurricane that swept over Mar
Unique of the West India Islands, caused
greater damage than at first supposed.
So far as can be learned there were
over sixty deaths as the result of the
hurricanes visitation, but it will be
some time before the full extent of the
disaster is known. At Font de France
alone there were twelve lives lost, and
at both Fort de France and st. ierrc,
to say nothing of the country districts,
there have been large numbers OF people
in urcd.
Five persons are known to have been
killed in st. Pierre, but it is feared that
this does not represent the entire loss of
life in the capital.
Communication with the different
ports of the island was never an easy
matter, and it is excessively dificult to
get detailed news at present.
As the reports from the various Soc
tions reach st. Pierre it becomes evident
that the extent OF the devastation has
not been m"rh exaggerated. nestrrc
tion of property and |, SIS Of life are re
ported from a. parts of the coast
The latest report received here. from
Lamcntin shows that there are ten dead
in that place alone in addition to a large
NUMBER OF 1nlUl ed.
At Francois there were sixteen people
killed and large numbers injured. and at
Rvicre Pilotc there were two or more
deaths. and so on from all PARTS of the
island comes the tale of woe and desoia-
tiun. La Trinte sends in the list of its
dead at ten and numbers of more or lie s
severely injured. The damage done to
shipping and property may safely be
classed as stupendous. About two fifths
of the island was under cultivation and
the mountain slopes were covered with
forests. All the cultivation and all tho
forests in the path of the hurricane ap-
pear to have been swept away. The
numerous sugar, coffee, cotton, and CO.
Gao Plantations which felt the force of
the tornado seem to have been destroyed.
The number of SHIPS wrecked in the
several harbors of the island is at least
The farmers' union., 1891-08-27

1t is estimated that the products of
agriculture this year at fair prices will
amount to $1,000. 600 900. A large
portion of this vast amount must be
transferred from the farms to the vii
lagos, cities and foreign countries, and
to Il greater or less extent manufac-
turcl, and other products are brought
back to the farms for use. This eX-
change is continually going on, and
the only medium through which it is
accomplished is that of currency. 1t
is safe to put this whole volume of cX-
change at $1,000, 900, 600. The differ
ence between the price of money fur
nishcd the banks by the government
and the price at which the banks fur
nish it to the people is at least . per
cent. If this per cent. could be re-
tanned by the producers of those pro-
duets it would reach the sum of at least
5000. 900, 900 per annum. AS it is, this
immense sum is paid to the non-pro-
Queer as tribute, because they control
the volume of money. 1t is to rid the
producer of this incubus. to climiuat,
from business this uni iust tribute, tha,
constitutes the controlling factor oI
:he suhtreasury plan, and brings
about the bitter contest of the money
owners against it. Money at lower
rate of interest is an important demand
of the alliance.-NatiOHdI Citizen,
JiIONtf
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CarIyIe's ISlsgntneSS.

Thomas Carlyle was once bidding
"Good-d day TO a very conceited Young
man who had favored him with lori
sermon on things in general; he went
politely to the door and then said
We'll. Mr.. Bland, I've received We for
the sake of your father. Now, good
by. and earnestly hope I'll never see
We again." On another occasion Car
lyle looked in passionless way at the
visitor who had been holding forth for
ever SO long and said: Man, but yere
q puir creetuse"
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"You Writc Ilieg.b'v, Sir"

4 Yale student recently handed in
paper TO his professor and was sur
prised to have it returned with a note
scrawled on the margin. He studied
it diligently. but was unable to de-
cipher the note, and SO he brought his
paper back to the professor. Il can't
quite make out what this is. if you
please said the student. That, sir, !"
said the professor why, that says:
I cannot read your handwriting.
You write illegiblv. sir. "-SFringfeld
Ram Eftc11l
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Listen to the Erp"Jiiraa of Kansas
City:
IF the republicans nominate a ticket
acceptable to the democrats, or if the
two parties unite upon Il ticket, the al
lance can be beaten in the coming
election"
Thus you see the scheme. Both old
parties mortal enemies when fighting
f,r sloils are Joining hands to kill the
alliance and pcrpetuatc the money en-
pire. My God. has it :,t last come to
this? Has eur emperor started for his
throne? No; he started years ago and
is far on his way to the palace. Oh, We
''subor(linates and stibalterns," get out
your trumpets and welcome your liegc
lord, for he Is at your door. The money
power is behind him and Won must
submit Crawl on vour bellies, You
grovcling toilers and hayseeds. Kiss
the foot thai tramps upon your necks.
Not only the leading speakers and
newspapers of both old parties, but the
small, one-horsc local and county pa
pers are fighting the farmers and
laborors' organizations. They are do
ing SO because their partv's political
bosses compel them 10 fight the people.
Why don't these papers fire the party
to hi, and fight the good battle for
equal rights and justice for which the
very men WHO are feeding these men,
dicant editors are struggling? Why
don't they support the men who sup
port them, their good friends and
| neigihors? Lets look at it from the
other side: Why do the farmers ana
lahorers support papers even though
they are local that advocates 4 system
of robbery and plumber to which all la
boring classes must be OPP osed? Why
do they support papers that place
party ahead of principles, thus helping
to steal the bread from toiling human
ity? If they must have local and
| county papers and they should why
not build up papers that respect the
IDEAS of the farm and shop. untram-
mcled bv the politicians wand? p. f.
! LrriliS. IN Shc'Ion Ia. .IOutunj.
The farmers' union., 1891-08-27

The Washington correspondent OF
the feop'e believes that systematic
effort is to be made to corrupt the peo-
pies party representatives in congress
by giving them surfeit of dinners and
drinks. To be fo,ewarned is 10 be
forearmed. Mcssrs. Davis, Simpson,
eli al, knowing what is IL store, OF
rather in cupboard, for them, will be
The farmers' union., 1891-08-27

THE oldest travelling passenger agent
in the land is Capt. May. who has been
retired by the Pennsylvania Railroad
on half ray for the remainder of his
days. He is white haired man of
seventy, six feet tall, straight and
strong.
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careful. But really the old party
leaders and heelers are wiser than we
were inclined to give them credit for.
We had supposed that they intended
to meet and attempt to discomtit ''thc
hayseeds' with arguments. They are
wise to challenge them to an eating
and drinking match instead. Being
armed at all points with solid. stubborn
facts and amply supplied with sound
common sense, the ''haysceds" would
have been more than match for the
apologists for monopoly i'll argument.
But the latter are famous trcnchcr
men, as rule, and seasoned casks
withal. and could cat the hayscels'
into dyspepsia and drink them under
the table. Why Chauncey Depew,
for example, could devour more at a
dinner than the entire value OF the
harves. on Kansas farm, and then
swallow more champagne than the
value of a Kansas farmers live stock.
W" congratulate the party managers
on the cl"arhe.dcdncss they display
in discovering thus early the one thing
at which they are the hayseels" sHpe-
riors. --JourHnl of the knj1hts Of
L0tOr.
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"Florrv. dear" faltered the Wash
ington yoath II couldn't summon
courage to tell you what was in my
heart, and wrote it. You got my
letter, didn't you?"
"Yes, George, got it."
And you read it, didn't you?"
"Yes, read it. In fact, I read
it over twice"
And now. Florry," he said growing
bolder, Il have come to learn my fate. "
The best l can promise you,
George" said the blushing daughter
of the distinguished Congressman, with
drawing her hand from the ardent
clasp O. the infatuated young man, "is
that I will advance your letter 10 a
third reading tomorrow. ."-Haryortl
COnl.H11f
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An Ecoaonical Ha-ky.

Gabc Snodgrass recently applied to
the Reverend Whan2doodle Baxter,
Of the Austin Elue Light Tabernacle,
for some pecuniarv assistance.
Il jess can't do hit replied Parson
Baxter: II has to sport my pore ole
mudIer."
But your ore ole mudder says Yer
do1't do muffin for her"
well, den, ef l don't do muffin for
my pore old mudder, what's de use oh
an outsider like you irving to make me
shell out ?"-Tcras S fiings.
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just So. Mr. TalInaSc.

The overshadowing curse of America
to-day is monopoly. He puts his hand
on every bushel of wheat, every sack
of flour. and every ton of coal, and not
man, woman or child in America but
feels the touch of his money despotism.
His scepter is made out of the iron
track of railroading and the wire of
telegraphy. He proposes to have
everything his own way, for his own
advantage and the peoples robbery.
He stands in the railroad depot and
puts into his pocket each year $780,
600, 900 beyond reasonable charges for
his services. He controls the nomina-
tions and elections. He has the demo
cratic party in one pocket and the re-
publican in the other.-Reu. I. DeIIit
TdlnlGge.
The farmers' union., 1891-08-27

IN Germany experiments have re-
Gently been made with small locomo-
tives for towing boats on canals. In
stead, however, of attaching the rore
to the locomotive it is attached to q
heavy towing car. which is drawn by
the locomotive. The plan is said to be
satisfactory.
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POISON IN ICE CREAM.

How Fatally Toxic Matter Il Developed in
That Fr:sid Swcet.
There is much food for reflection in
the suggestion made by DR.. George S.
Hull i'll the Weiic1i NeWs that the
modern ice cream freezer, when filled
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OUR Budget OF FUN
HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND Do
lNGS HERE AND THERE

Jokes and Jokc'c,s that Are Supposed to
Have Ecen Recently Eo-n- Sayings and
DoinSs that Are Odd, Curious and
Iauglable.
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Ir is stated that the railroads of the
United States lose $1,000, coo yearly
from landslides. $5.000,0 900 by floods,
81, 900, ,OOO by fire, and S9,000,0O0 by
collisions.
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The annual output of the Swauk, Clio
Einm, and fcSchaStin districts is over
81 t0,0b0 M>yFIoWER
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Ex-Congressman Kelley, of Burling-
ton, Kan, who never voted any other
ticket in his life than the republican,
is out in letter stating that he has
joined the peoples party, and giving
his reasons therefor.
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HARD drinkers have no antipathy TO
the whisky trust. 1t is the whisky mo
trust" they want abeliskea
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Didn't Mee: Them.
Mrs. Havseed-.D We see any O.
them sharrers in the citv?"

Mrs. Havseed-. We see any O.
them sharrers in the city,"
Mr. Hayseel Not one, Miranda,
not a one But I met some old friends
l never expected to see again. Do ye
remember old Mr. Bigcrop9 Well,
met sor of his. Thought both those
boys was dead an lyin' out there in the
cemetery: but this one said he was
snatched by grave robbers, and just as
they was sellin' his body to medical
college he came to. Good enough fer
a book. Miranda, good enough fer
book. and told him he ought to write
it, and he said he would, and he'd dedi-
cate the book to me as his fathers old
friend There's one queer thing. Mi
rauda. This mans hair is back, while
the Bigcrop boys had red hair. but he
said it turned black from flight, He's
way up in society. Miranda aud intro
duced me to young mel named Van
derbilt. and Astor. aad Coald. and
Drcxel, and ever SO many more. /
tell YOU Mirandv, these Young fellers
spend money, Some bills fer cigars
and things came in while we was talk
ing. hundreds o dollars worth an they
whipped out the cash like breeze.
One of 'em happened to run short. and
so | lent him all | had, but he said he'd
send it by express tomorrow. tell
YOU hat. Miranda, a smart man like
me is just as safe in the city as in the
country"
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Quester wonder why it is that q
man Is heavier when he is in liquor
than when he is .obaf?
Jester That is easily explained.
It's because he's half shot"
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a Special Revival,

Mr.. Friendly Pa-son Limbcrlip,
you are complaining of dull times at
vour church don't you think a revival
would help things?
Parson L,-Ne'y much, Jedge! Hit'd
rimerdy de case in Il iiffy, pervided,
sab, hits dc right sorter revivum. De
kin dat chu'ch wants am a revivum er
de ekschccker, an how she gwine to
git it while de shiniu' lights er de sin
ergogue am wastin' DER substance at
de watcrin' places? Tell yo' what it
are. genterman. ef de keeps on in dis
scan'ious way, hit won be no watetin'-
place dey'll Ian up wild in de mex wo:r,
Iocd II W,ln'
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Mrs Prv-Does bathing suit YOU,
Miss Dazzler?
Miss Iazzler-I think SO, but ma
Gays there's hardly enough of it TO call
il n suir.
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ACquitting Tr,v,d

Acquitting Ir,v:d,nce.
Quester-lou know Shrimper, don't
you? That chap that's made himself
so conspicuous In town affairs of late.
Jester-Oh, YES. Very we'll, indeed.
Quester-Hc claims to be d self
made man.
lester Coed. I'm glad to be able,
on his own testimony, to relieve Provi-
dcnce of the odiuE of having made
such mistake
No. ii Faut.
Emcrsonia Do-ch ester Olivinia
Holmes Is not the recherche girl
thought she was.
Eusscllina Waljo-What has oc-
Cured?
ELiersonia Eorchester--I noticed to-
day she was wearing her winter spec
tacles s-JewelcrS' Circular.
Suc!, :, Trfii~.
hooden- Mamie, if YOU will not
marry me, l shall certainly lose my
mind.
Mamie-WcN. | don't believe it
would he noticed.
He Remembered.
Wife 10 you remember Henry,
what the sermon va, about this morn
ing?
Hushand-I should say so. It was
about forty minutes too long.
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FROM TIE NORTHWEST.
INDUSTRIAL GROWTH OF A
NEW STATE.

Important Industries That Arc Under
way-Mar.o Gus In rc ,se of Population
Mines and Mini Il, To Country in