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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-06-04
Old World Names.

-ErNA signifies a furnace, dark or
smoky.
Sicily signifies the land or country of
grapes.
SARDINIA signifies footsteps of men,
which it resembles
RHODES signifies Serpents or dragons,
which are produced tn re in abundance
SYRACUSE denotes bad flavor, SO called
from the unwholeSume marsh upon which
it stood.
TIE English of Caledonia is high
hill. This was a rugged, mountainous
province in Scotland
AFRICA signifies land of corn or ears.
1t was celebrated for it abundance OF
corn and all sorts of grain.
GAUL, the ancient name of France,
signifies yellow haired, as yellow hair
characterized its inhabitants.
ASIA signifies between or in the mid
d e, from the fact that geographers place
it between Europe and Africa.
HIBERNIA is utmost or last habitat on,
for beyond this to the westward the
PhRnicians never extended their voy-
ages.
ITALY signifies a country of pitch,
from its yielding great quantities of
black pitch. Calabria received its name
from the same characteristic.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-06-04
They VIII Pull Together.

The south and west realize that they
have the same interests involved. the
same requirements demanded for their
prosperity. and the same cXactions for
their relief and success. Joined by COM
mon interest, united by similar purposes
and intent upon the same aims. objects
and ends. they have only to be trne to
each other in order to secure all the re-
suits they seek and accomplish all tho
objects esScntia, to a restoration of their
prosperity. The west has shown earn
est Of her sincerity and capabilities, and
in due time the south will be found
ready and capable Of meeting every rea-
sonahle expectation on the general plans
for freedom of the farmer from impoSi-
ton and oppression and a return to that
prosperity which class legislation and
mismanagrment of the finances of the
people have robbed him.-GruftoH, NCh.,
Leader.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-06-04
Even Roger q. Mills Surrcnders.

The following extract is taken from
the speech Of Hon. K. Q. Mills. delivered
before the Texas legislature March 81.
1t shows how completely tn" democratic
leaders have been conquered by Wall
street and the money power. The issue
for -, is practically made up. The
battle will be between the people and
the plutocratS. and the latter will be
led by Cleveland The republican out
fit will act simply aS lankrrS for the
Wall street candidate. Read what Mr..
Mills says:
AS to th" silver question you all know
| am in favor of it. have advocated and
worked for il. but would see every dol
lar Of it locked up in the hills again i,r-
fore | would see the republican party in
power again The free coinage of sill
Yer is right. but We have hot time to
educate the n"W recruits In the north.
They are opposed to the idea. but we
ought not to drive them away for that.
The margin of gain by free coinage of
silver is 81, 900 900. Now. is it policy TO
enter into warfare among ourselves. and
to strike down the chicftain who has
already led us To victory, to put this
into circulation for the tariff to sop up
again in two hours and a half?''-Io Iouu
Tribune.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-06-04
4 MOn,irr Of Nature.

For fifteen years Joe Duffy, of the
Superior Court Clerks office, has not
known that he was hurt. yet he has been
carrying part of pane of glass around
III his frame since March. 1876.
The requirement, conccalment and
final delivery are equally interesting.
Natures hide and seek game with the
in nlured man was prolonged and filled
with Wonder. 1t kept Mr.. Duffy gness-
ing what was the matter that caused
the peculiar vet not painful sensation
which gathered around his wrist aud
ran Il race up to his shoulder, making an
occasional jump ut the elbow and then
resuming the chase all over his body.
Il attributed these sensations" said
he. "to an accident which caused the
destruction of a large pane of glass and
left several jags on my arm. These
quickly healed. and I thought noth-
ing more about the matter. until
4 sudden wrench as ! was getting
on Il street car. remember ] let go of
the car, impressed with the idea that an
electric light wire had come in contact
with the track, and through the car
with me. After that I had sensations.
sensations Of the sort that makes man
feel that he is walking storage battery
and all he has to do Is to touch a button
to make him hop. Doctors We're visited
The incident became a subject OF consul
tation for scientists, and | don't mind
telling You that am called to the Col
lrge OF Physician and Surgeons to be
the subject OF a rowwow. The glass
was removed yesterday and is now rn-
derGoing scientific examination by mi
croscopic and other methods known to
the craft"
The piece of glass was triangular in
shape with an acute angie, the longest
leg Of which was an inch long and the
base half an inch. 1t had travelled three
! inches from the place Of entry and had
become imbedded between the homes Of
the forearm. The turning Of !he arm
and the rolling of the bone had turned
the sharp angie of the glass toward the
surface. and the efforts to cut its way
ont had caused the electric sensations
which had so moved Mr. Duffy
Two weeks ago the arm became irri-
tated and The foreign substance made
tronble. \ poultice fetched the ugly
thing to the surface, and DIR. james A.
Reynolds, of No. 400 Oakley avenue
went after it with knife and tweezers.
He was successful and now the doctors
| and surgeons will write volumes on the
facts concerning the retention of sharp
! foreign substance in the human bod,
for years which will tend to upset all
preconceiyed theories heretofore ad
yanced on that subject. ct.-Hter Ocean
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-06-04

A Wholesale drug house in Winnipeg,
Manitoba, says the industrial World,
will sell this season we'll up to 100
pounds of strychnine. AS an order by
a retail drug store for strychnine usually
will not exceed one ounce, this will
further show the enormous quantity the
Winnipeg wholesale house has handled
this season. The heavy demand for
strychnine here is in the spring Of the
year, and it is required largely for
poisoning eophers. In Southern Mani
toba and the territory of Assiniboia,
this poison is used most extensively.
| OF conrse, great deal of the drug is
wasted while being used, is the quantity
sold is enough to poison every living
creature in the country many times
over.
The Michig01 T'adesmdn adds the
following: Fifteen years ago the
ground squirrels a different species
and much larger than the prairie
gopher were the pest of the more
southern counties OF California. In the
vicinity of Los Angeles, they were so
| numerous that strychnine was resortel
| to. to kill them. Grains of Indian corn
! We're placed in sweetened hot water for
| twenty four houis to soften, then small
portion OF strychnine in solution was
! poured over it. while the grain was yet
| soft and permeable. This solution is
| best made by first thoroughly dissolv-
/ ing crystals in a small portion of acetic
! acid lcold). This acid may then be
mixed with any given quantity of wafer
! desi,ed and poured over the softened
! grain. 1t is now only nece ,sary to place
a few grains of this polsoncd corn in and
! close besides the entrance to their bur-
rows, where it is sure to be eaten about
| sunset or Just after sunrise. A few will
, crawl into their burrows to die, but
most of them will be found dead on the
surface of the earth.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-06-04
OUR MONEY SYSTEM.
As Seen Through the Eyes of a Very In
quiSitive BOY.


quiSitive BOY.
Boy-Pa. what is national bank
note?
Father-A national bank note, my boy,
is a noto loaned by the people to the
banker
Boy-What do the people loan it to
the banker for?
Eathcr-To borrow it back, my child,
when they want to use it for money.
Boy-What do they want to loan it
and then borrow it back again for?
Fathcr-I don't know, my child,
Boy-Docs anybody know?
Fathcr-I really never heard it eX-
planned, but the banks loan it to the
people and take a mortgage security.
Boy-What! Loan the people thing
that belongs to the people?
Father-SO it seems, but / never
heard it put that way before. Children
have queer views. to be sure.
Boy-Queer views, father? Why. did
ever you borrow a horse that belonged
to you?
Father-Certainly not. my son.
Roy-Father, what is a mortgage?
Father-A mortgage, my son, is a
claim or arrangement upon land. which
TINES tHc pfouucU OI inc Ianu eacn year
until the affair is Cancelled.
Boy-Pa, have you mortgage?
Fathcr-Oh yes! Oh yes. We ali have
mortgages and all the neighbors.
Boy-Why have you all got mort
cages? DO you like them. Pa?
Father-No, my boy, we detest them:
bnt we must get money to work our
land. You see gold is very valuable,
and so, consequently it is coined into
money, and we must either borrow it or
national bank notes in order to
work our land. and that is how we are
compelled to mortgage: and there. now,
l hope you will ask no more foolish
questions.
Boy-Rut, Pa, amt your land valua.
BILE?
Father-Yes, yes, more valuable than
gold.
Boy-Well, why don't you coin you,
land and make them mortgage theil
gold to yon when they want to work
gold?
Father-Tush! Tush! my son. You
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-06-04

wives and daughters Of these neighbors
kept coming by ones and twos and
threes until the house and the yard
seemed overiowing with them, and as
every one brought IL basketful Of eata-
b!es, there WAS soon enongh to feed
even score of hungry plowmen. Ia
bles We're impiovised in the orchard
where 4 few trees were beginning to put
ont some early blossoms and when the
men came from :hc field ut noon they
found feast spread that we'll repaid
them for the mornings labor. Then
after rest and chat they were back at
their work again, and so heartily was
it followed up that before sunset tie
field WAS pIowed and narrowed and
rolled and @own. and the force, OF ma
ture wete already busy at germinnting
the seel unon the twenty acres, that
| Denton with the menace OF many q day
OF hard toll in its untouched surface.
When his neighbors started home
ward that night. Denton tried to thank
them, but his voice failed, and he asked
Allen to say few words for him, which
that worthy man did in about the fol
lowing manner:
Neighbors,' he said, Il, for one. am
very much obliged to Denton for the
opportunity he has given rs of spending
4 pleasant day together on his farm. |
have learned, and ! believed some oi
! the rest Of You have as we'll that just a
mnch satisfaction may he had from CIV
ing Il neighbor lit now and then. rs
hv tngging away so continuously to Iust
lift ourselves Before ne left he took
Denton aside for few private words.
Take Things easy now for week,
he SAID. our corn ground won't dc
! to work for that time a: least, and
there is nothing else pressing. Live
out of doors for few days, loaf, visit.
tcome over and SEQ Us and bring you,
| wiiel, don't worry, and you will soon
have new lease Of life"
Denton needed his friendly advice, and
So by the time there was work to do he
was ready to do it. His crops pros
percd it was said that no field of oats
for miles around was SO good rs his
that year,, and when autumn came he
found himself fairly "on his feet" again,
thanks to the breakfast table couversa-
ton Of Richard Allen and his wife that
fair April morning. - Eurai Ner
IFl,.F.a,.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-06-04

are but child and don't understand
such deep questions.
Roy-l'a, bet. when I'm man. if
they can coin gold | can coin my land
too.
Father-RidiculouS Ridiculous. child
Boy-pa, can'tI have some eggs to
eat?
Fathcr-No. we want them all to sell
this week
Boy--To sell? What are you going to
sell them for:
Fathcr-To pay the interest on the
mortgage, my son.
Boy--pa. where did that fine turkey
go that ma raised?
Fathcr-Go? Why we sold it to help
pay interest last month on the mort
gage.
Boy-Who bought the turkey. PAP
Fathcr-The banker, my SON
Boy-lic gave You money for it. didn t
| he, Pa?
Fathcr-ics, and | paid !. back to
him for interest on the mortgage.
Eoy-So he got thc.moncy back and
our turkey too.
Fathcr-Of course OF course,
Hoy-Pa. amt you a fool?
Father-liush. Hush. my son. Eon
mustn't talk that way to your father.
tSotto voce). Well that boy is Il caution.
! certainly am a fool or mighty near it.
! guess I'll GO tonight and hear Uncle
Ben Colvin on lalId currency. He says
if We can coin our land we can eat our
| own turkey.
B0y-Pa-
Father-Thcrc. thcrc now: that S
| enough. TO to the pasture and get old
jim. Wen hitch UP and go and hear
tncie Zen on coming iand.-Stephcn
MuYbGt IN National Ficr
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-06-04
Some Advice Worth Heeding.

The magic elbow touch of working
men and farmers all over this bread
land should be the great incentive Of all.
Personal, party or local differences must
be haniShed. and the greatest good tn
the greatest number should be our
motto. Those who would breed dissen-
SionS among you or attempt to divert
your strength into side issues should be
sent to the rear and placed under guard
as aidcrs and abcttors of the enemy.
Follow the example of capital, fcderate
that is, pull together: close up your
ranks; drum up recruits.-Ddgton. 60. J
Workman uftd Farmer.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-06-04

The partisan press is just now pub
fishing interviews with what they term
prominent New England farmers, in
which they declare that they will have
nothing whatever to do with the alliance.
Ten to one these prominent farmers so
interviewed could not. for the life of
them. tell which end of the plow the
team should be hitchcd to, if put to the
test. The practical farmers, in their
interviews. will talk and act differently.
The scheme will not work. They also
report the alliance failure in the west,
and at present badly srupted.-Ncrddu
iMO.) Industrial RCriCr.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-06-04
Merely a Red Herring Across the Trail.

For ourselves VIC consider the qucS-
tion of free trade and protection is sub
ordinate to tho more important issues of
land, currency and transportation re-
form. We do not believe that men will
ever be able tn dispense with the protec-
tive principle as against foreign COM
pctitorS in labor or commodities. The
hOllOwnesS of our present protective
system is that it is too solcitous about
protecting commodities, and too inditfer-
ent about protecting labor. This is the
kind of protection which, SO far as labor
is concerned. does not protect.-St. PdHt,
Mimi State
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-06-04

Although the development of capital
ism points toward the domination of
wealth over popular will, it is hardly to
be doubted that the masses of the Ameri-
can people will be brave patriots at the
hour whom the republic is in danger;
the descendants Of the men who drove
the British redcoats from their soil will
not be cowardly serfs. though it may
appear at present as if they were deaf
and dumb to the outrages committed
everywhere in this land by a ridicu
lously small minority of bushwhacking
millionaires.-K. Of L. Journal.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-06-04
The Fatal Leak in the National Ship.

The amount of government taxation
is mere trife compared with the dead
loss to the people collectively. during
the same period, by the waste of capital
and labor from the neutralizing and
duplication of effort incident to the
competitive system, and the failure of
i'll Judged speculative enterprises. as a
result of the painless and haphazard
business system. which is a necessary
consequence of leaving the functions of
industry to individual initiative for indi-
vidual profit. The Nc,r Nation.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-06-04
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Don't Want 1t Reduced

Physician with ear to the patients
hest)-There is severe swelling over
the heart which must be reduced at
once.
Patient (anxiously) That swelling is
my pocket book, doctor. Please don' t
reduce it too much. h.-Yankee Blade
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-06-04
Only u sham Fight.

As indicating the make-belicve nature
of the differences between the two old
parties. it is noteworthy that the repub-
lican papers very generally express salts
faction that Palmer instead of Streeter
is elected senator from Illinois. juno
ton CHB (kdn.) Tribune
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-06-04
Yet Some of Them DO It..

Any man W who deliberately undertakes
to foment quarrels between labor or
ganizationS does it either through
cupidity. seltishnrss or ignorance. and
the sooner he is Sut rid of the better for
the workingmen he misreprcsents.-
Otnnhn EnitefI Lt.ltur.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-10-09

lowed of tie spreading of the steam,
which soon filed all the parts beneath
the stage. They are now made of gal
vanized iron, and leakages are impos-
sible.
This new method of producing the
illusionof a fire is not the only innova-
ton made at the opera house apropos
OF the Magian, says Paris writer.
The method of initiating thunder has
also been improved In the third or
mountain act, we see a terrible storm.
the lightning flashes of which are as
vivid and binding as those observed in
nature. They are produced in a verv
simple way, and are due to the sudden
combustion, upon highly heated
grille, OF a mixture of three parts of
magnesium in powder and one part of
chlorate OF potash Gig. y. it is a
similar process that is employed by
photographers for taking instantane-
Gus pictures at night. Com bined with
the flames OF lycopodium, these mag
neslan flashes prodnce surprising
effects of realism and far exceed any.
thing that can be obtained in this diree.
ton with the electric spark.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-10-09
Dyeing with tho He,nn plnnt.

The lady who is about to undergo the
dyeing process is stretched out AZ full
length on her back, and is not allowed
TO stir The paste is put on the soes OF
the feet, the toes included, about an incl,
Tuck; th@ upper part of the feet is never
dyed. Soft leaves are then applied, as a
covering, and the whole is tightly
wrapped in linen.
The same process is gone through with
the palm Of the hand and the fingers. To
keep the application in place, the lady
must lie perfectly still ali night, for no
other parts Of the body must receive the
dye, and spot on the back of the hand
or the finger joints would be u great dis
figurement.
AT this time she is dreadfully teased bv
swarms Of mosquitoes and flies, but she
dare not move to drive them away. In
the upper classes slaves watch all night
TO keep away these pests with fans.
The same process must be repeated for
three nights to obtain the desired red
tint; but, once finished, it remains for a
month. and cannot be washed ut.-"An
Arabian Princess.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-10-09

When there were buffalo on the plains
the Manitoba grizzlies were great hunters
OF them. Wien grizzly and a buffalo
met there was always sure to be con-
test, but it seldom lasted long, and the
buffalo was usually the victim. The
buffalo would charge upon the bear,
which awaited the onset Of his foe erect
on his launches. As the buffalo dashed
upon him the bear threw himself aside,
and witb,a blow as quick as lightning
with one of his fore paws seldom failed
to break his antagonists neck. A grizzly
bear has been known to engage in quick
succession four and even five Bic buffalo
bulls, and to hill every one Of them. It
frequently happened however. that some
younger and more active bull than his
companions succeeded In evading the fa-
tai blow of the grizzly's terrible fore paw
long enough to give in turn fatal thrust
with his horn in the bears side. punctur-
ing the vitals, and making Of the contest
a mutual slaughter. New York Sun.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-10-09
Remedies for writer's cram,,.

Chang all the conditions frequently,
the height Of the chair or of the table,
the Kind Of paper, using sometimes the
smoother, sometimes the rougher sort.
Have every description of pen and PEN
holder ut hand, and change them fire.
quently, DON'T try to write . handsome
hand, for that is something that a per-
son who has writer's cramp in perfection
cannot do. BE satisfied with legiblity,
and this there need be no difficulty
about, The trouble seems to be a
nervous one, and very little things will
affect it. The change from paper that is
ruled topaper that is not, and vice versa,
Will often give relief, and even a change
from black ink to blue has been known
to be beneficial OF course YOU must
have quill pens in your assortment, but
their exclusive use will not help YOU. A
friend who does great deal Of writing
has turned to the typewriter for relief,
but that is all that it affords. The fingers
have got into the cramp habit, and in
time the use of the typewriter wearies
and stitfens them, Nothing but an in
tlnlte variety of appliances, constantly
changed, will afford the desired relief
"Causerie' in Boston Herald.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-10-09

shoemaking, shoe mending and shoe
selling are distinct branches Of business
in China. Chinese shoes exhibit great
variety of shape Except in the hob
nailed shoe for wet weather, there il
little leather used-,tlie materials being
principally calico, silk, satin, velvet and
felt. Children's summer shoes are made
Of fine open rush work, with bright lin
ing. Ladies shoes are made and mended
by their wearers. From childhood the
girls OF the upper classes have their feet
tightly bound, and they are thus, ut the
cost Of years of suffering, enabled to
wear shoes about three inches long. Tho
Chinese cobbler goes from house to house,
and announces his presence with pecu-
liar rattle.--philadeIphia Times.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-10-09

who made bonds for salmon r,
Ghase, Lineolns Secretary Of the
4, treasury, away back in war times.
The pure linen pup is in
,n,iig room, looking for al the world
Ike any linen pap Then comes j.
Murray Crane with u gripsaes. He
ana the grip" enter the room togeth-
er, and II IS presumed that he locks the
door, ior the doc is locked oa the in.
side, and the grip" does not seem
able to do II. They are clos.
eted a half an hour When thew
come out the pulp goes to the paper
machine, and Mr.. Crane and the erin
so home, hut the pulp changed by
that visit, and nobody has been able
TO penetrate the Crane secret, The
company gets about fifty times as
much Tor that paper as for other linen
paper made in the same mill
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-10-09

A lady from Nebraska was the guest Of
a Pittsbnrg family. AS the Thermometer
only touched zero once during thewinter
the fair stranger would have been home
sick but for the thoughtfuIness Of her
host, BY an ingenious arrangement a
powerful fan drove snow dust In her face
every time she opened the front door. The
snow was banked against the windows of
her room and her meals let down the
chimney with a string. Another device
initiated the roar Of blizzard, and SO
soothed her to gentle slumber--wherein
she dreamed Of her native state. These
little attentions deeply touched the fair
guest. --Pittsburg Bulletin.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-10-09

The duration Of the infection stages Of
various diseases is thus given by Dr. 4.
i. Pearse, ali English physician. Measles
from the second day Of the disease, for
three weeks; smallpox from the first day,
for four weeks; scarlet fever from the
fourth day, for seven weeks: munps
from the second day, for three weeks;
diphthera from the first day, for three
weeks. The incubation periods, or in.
tervals occurring between exposure to
infection and the first symptoms, aro as
follows Whooping cough, fourteen
days; mumps, eighteen days; measles,
ten days; smallpox, twelve days; scarlet
fever, three days; diphtberia, fourteen
days Herald of Health.