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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-02-12
a Small Price.

"a penny for your thoughts!" ex-
claimed Miss Amy to young Goslin.
"Weally, Miss Amy" replied Cos
lin, endeavoring to be funny, you
make me feel cheap"
"Tm sorry, bnt thought You might
possibly think cents worth if you
tried real hard.-West Shore.
ONE-HALF the world does not realize
how the other haf lives off it.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-02-12

THE farmers organization has come to
stay. 1t has come to save the civiEiza-
tion of the nineteenth century. 1t has
come to improve the social and econo-
mic conditions, to educate the agricult-
uralist, teach him not only how to i'm
prove the quai,y and quantity of his
products, to obtain a just remuneration
for them, but it has come to teach the
science. of government. Taxes have been
loaded onto the farmers until they have
become unbearable. What the farmers
want is simple justice, which they will
never secure without struggle. This
great uprising is to secure it, not as J
class remedy, but simple justice for all.
-Glddbroolt ia. Industrial Rerie'r.
THE Indiin has no right to the land:
he does not make a civilized use of it, y
say the newspaper mouthpiecrs of the
system of spoliation. Well, how about
the white bonanza Farmers and spccu-
iators. Are they, at best, doing more
than skim the cream from the land they
withhold from cultivation? Why not
kill them off as we do the Indian. and
give the land to those who will make
civilized homes by means of it?-Fdif
Play.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-02-12

GIVE US plenty of money and we can
afford to pay high taxes and transpor
tation rates. Take the money out of
circulation and business is at once de-
pressed because there is no medium to
facilitate the trade and exchange Of
goods and products. Merchants who
are constantly complaining that times
are dull and money scarce should join
their forces with the haysecd party and
demand the abolition of an iniqutous
class law which ruins their business and
works greater injury to them than to
the farmer. The farmer raises what he
eats and if business is dull he and
his family can live. But the mer-
chant has to buy everything, pay high
rents and salaries and il business con-
tinues dull he is compelled in time to
close his doors. The merchant should
be the most enthusiastic independent of
all-he suffers the worst by class legisla-
tion and money depression.-Lincotn
(Neb.) independent.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-02-12

WHEN party. or parties, for long
term of years stubbornly set at defiance
public sentiment it is time that party or
parties should be relegated to the back
ground, and if we mistake not they are
fast being placed there by the farmers
and laborer,. (Mo.) Farmers
IAdrOcdte -.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-02-12
4 Distant Possibility.

There can be no doubt but that. if the
question of how | nitcd States senators
should be elected We're submitted to the
people. an oVerw whelming ma lOrity would
decide in favor of election by popular
''n:r. Bat the matter unfortunately does
act rest with the people. \ change III
the method Of selecting senators can only
be- made by means of a constitutional
amendment. and in these times it is as
difficult to amend the federal conSttu-
iion as it is for a camel to 20 through a
needles eye. or for a rich man to get
into the kingdom Of heaven.
III the first place the amendment
would have to secure the endorsement
of two-thirds of the members Of congress.
Admitting that this majority could he
secured in the lower house is it probable
| that the senatorial plutocrats would pass
Il measure striking a fatal blow at the
| system. which enables them to miSrepre-
sent the people in the councils of the ma
tiun? We are inclined to look with
doubling eye upon this possibility. When
the Quays and Dudirys of politics are
| roasted in the heat of public Indignation
| it might come to pass. but not until then.
But even if the buyers of senatorial
seats should consent to the change, the
chattcls which t''.y purchase would have
| to be consulted. Thr Legislators have Il
| finger in the pie. Two-thirds of the
state legislatures must decide by a ma
| iurity vote in favor of the reform. and
every corruptioni>t among them must
forcgo the biggest plum Of all his pick
; ing.
, Are they likely to do it? Yes. when
| all thieves become honest and ali men,
now honest walk in the Ways of the un-
| righteous.
Some day. We hope. the senators will
be elected by direct vote of the people.
| but before that day comes the Augcan
stables of state politics, will have to be
clcanscd and purified of the corruption
| which now make them smell to heaven.
l-Coifur titTSh-) Conn",tcr-
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-02-12

HERE is a proposition whereby the
government can save $40, 900 more.
The present financial bill under discus
sion proposes to issue 5000, 900. 900 in ,
per cent. bonds due in ten years. Now
if the government will furnish $500. OOO.-
900 in legal tender paper money inslcad
of these bonds. the National Economist
will agree to furnish at once the names
of good, honest farmers, who will fur
nish ample security and take the entire
amount and pay the government > per
cent for it's use. Such an arrangement
would bring to the United States treas
ury during the ten years $4,000, 900. in
stead of taking from it that amount. Why
not try the experiment.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-02-12
FARMERS WAKING UP
= = AT EHEY HAVE NOT RE
5ELI-g BEFORE A WONDER,

!" ss1 S"= rtain Tones They Spoke In the
Ass.cst - ction-Thry Have at Last
sz.-< rs as ,itics in Earnest--Their De-
Eus,s.n :. 1 Equitable Legislation for
tus i.ri IT,. ,uutry.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-20
Z" august
Flower

Mrs. Sarah M. Black of Seneca,
Mo-, during the past two years has
been affected with Neuralgia of the
Head, Stomach and Womb, and
writes: "My food did not seem to
strengthen me at all and my appe-
tite was very variable. My face
was yellow, my head dull, and had
such pains in my left side. In the
morning when 1 got up I would
have flow of mucus in the mouth,
and bad, bitter taste. Sometimes
my breath became short, and 1 had
such queer, tumbling, palpitating
sensations around the heart. Iached
all day under the shoulder blades,
in the left side, and down the back
of my limbs. 1t seemed to be worse
in the wet, cold weather of Winter
and Spring; and whenever the spells
came on, my feet and hands would
turn cold, and could get no sleep
at all. l tried everywhere, and got
no relief before using August Flower
Then the change came. 1t has done
me wonderful deal of good during
the time have taken it and is work.
ing complete cure" o
G. G. GREEN, Sole Man 'fr, Woodbury., NJ.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-20
A Diamond Stealing Hen.

Some time ago the household of gen.
tleman we'll known in commercial circles
of Gravenhurst, Ont, was very much up
set by the loss of a valuable diamond ring
belonging to guest, a lady from New
York
Suspicion ut once fell on u servant who
was employed as housemaid, but upon her
continued and earnesJ denial of the theft
she was retained, as the gentleman, from
u sense of justice, did not wish to dis.
charge her on mere suspicion. A few
days after the ring disappeared it was
found under the lady's window, with the
solitaire stone, however, missing having
been pried out Of the setting.
1t was supposed that the thief had re-
moved the diamond to keep it from being
identified. The mystery was solved, how.
ever. recently in Il most unexpected man,
ner, for in cleaning chicken for dinner
the cook discovered small, round object
in its craw, which on being cleaned was
found to be the missing diamond.
The supposition now is that the ring fell
from the lady's hand while she was in bed,
and the clothes being shaken next morn
ing it fell from them into the yard, where
it was found by the hen, which, pecking
the stone from the setting, swallowed it.
St. Paul Globe.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-20
Origin of Well Known Ward.

origin oil Well Known Words.
Indirectly our word dollar depends upon
good mans name. The word is an alb.
breviation of Joachimsthaler, IL coin first
minted about 1913 in the valley of St.
Joachim, Bohemia. The valley (thaD bears
the name of the saint.
Boycott is Il word recently introduced,
but already in use everywhere. A few
years ago Captain Charles Cunningham
Boycott, an Irish farmer and land agent,
angered his tenants, and in revenge they
refused to work for him or to sell him food.
To boycott means to withhold custom from
a man in any line of business.
A martinez is what few soldiers like to
be called. Colonel Martinez was an officer
in the army of Louis XIV. He was SO
particular about small details, SO rigid in
his discipline, that he was looked upon as
nuisance. His name has come down to
us as applicable to n military Miss Nancy
Finniken.
Bogus is the corrupted form of the name
Borghese, that of Il noted swindler who
passed large amounts of counterfeit money
in the west some years ago.
Boniface is IL common name for the land
lord of tavern. The original was one of
the rare kind-uslcck, good tempered, Jolly
landlord-but he wasn't in real life. He
was character in Farquhars comedy of
1.-The BeauX' Strategem," written in 1907.
-Harper's Young People.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-20
Our Grandfatbers Died Too yo,nr

Baron Delessert, the founder of the
Philanthropic society of Prais, found that
the annual death rate in that city during
the age of chivalry-the Fourteenth cent
ury-was one in sixteen; during the. Sew
enteenth, one in twenty-six, and in 1894, one
in thirty-two. Taking all of France to-
gether the deaths during 1881 were one in
twenty nine, but in the five years preced-
ing 1879 they were one in thirty-nin Thus
the value Of life in France had nearly
doubled since ''the good old times"
1t was next found that in the prisons of
England, which were already experiencing
the good effects of greater cleanliness bet
ter food and other reforms, introduced
through the efforts of Howard and his CO.
adjutors, the health of the prisoners was
so much benefited and their lives so much
pie might sigh for Il location in some good
vances on all sides that Sir Edwin Chad
wick, the father of sanitation, so far a. it
can be defined, became persuaded that
hundred years, and that death at q period
less than that should be counted prema-
ture.
He was born in 1900 and died July s.
1880, and if it is true, as many statisticians
assert, that the period of human life has
heightened nine years since this century
began we can see that his belief was not
altogether the dream of an enthusiast; for,
in spite Of the great advances made in the
science of sanitation and in the art of liv-
ing so us to insure the highest health, he
felt that only a beginning had been made
and that the coming century is to he the
one in which the seeds planted in this are
to attain their growth and bear their full
fruitage.-Mrs. H. NJ. Plunkett in Popular
Science Monthly.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-20
In the Life. of Conductor.

Six small boys in row stood in East
Broadway. Il few feet from the car track.
the other evening There was an express
sion of angelic innocence on their faces, and
they were l"okins intently at the stars.
One of them held in his hand, behind his
back, IL piece of telegraph wire bent into n
hook. The other end of the wire WAS fast
ened, as If by accident, to IL battered milk
can. Along came II cur and passed the
boys, and the looks uf Innocence vanished,
With II grin on his face the hoy with the
hook sneakc,i after the car and annexed
the milk can to the bottom of t.ic dash
board. There was Il humping. r:,;tlin9
sound us the can was dragged over the
rough stones, and the boys ro6red with
delight.
Then the conductor, with au evil look in
his eye, bent low over the dashboard to
seize the hook. In doing so the lower part
of his coat Tapped over the iron rail, and
pocketful of dimes and nickels rolled ont
and scattered along the track. With a
painful oath he jumped up straight aud
pulled the bell. Then, while the passcn.
gers laughed and the small boys danced
with glec at II respectful distance, he jump.
ed off and started to collect his coins. He
had to consult the register i'll the car nnd
count all the money there was left in his
pockets and when he had picked, III. I'LL he
could find he was twenty cents short. Then
the car started again. This is merely an
incident in the life of Il conductor. New
York Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-20
The Silk Threads In Bank Note.,

The paper upon which bank notes are
printed is called 'distinctive paper" be-
cause used exclusively by the government
for the printing of bonds and notes. The
mills where it is manufactured are at Glen
Falls, Wcstchester county, PA. An agent
OF the treasury department receives the pa-
PER direct from the hands of the manu-
tacturcr, and every precaution is taken to
keep any of it from being lost.
When this distinctive paper" is being
made, scraps of red silk threads are mixed
with the pulp in a big tank. The finished
material is conducted to wire cloth with
out passing through any screen which
might retain the silken threads. Next, an
arrangement above the wire cloth scntters
a shower of blue silk threads, which fall
upon the paper us it is being formed. The
side upon which the blue silk is deposited
is used for the backs of notes, each thread
being so deeply embedded as to remain
permanently fixed. The smooth side of
the paper, that in which the red threads
alone are seen, is used for the front of the
note. Each of these sheets ure registered
as soon as tinished.-St. Louis Republic.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-20
Days That Steamers Sail.
asks the following ouea-


tion:
Can you tell me why it is that with at
least ten steamers per week leaving this
port for Europe, the only days, so far as
have been able to learn, when mail is taken
are on Wednesdays and Saturdays. In
other words, why is it that all the lines
send their vessels on these days, so that
there are sometimes five or six steamships
leaving the same day and no more till the
following Wednesday or Saturday? It
would certainly be a great convenience,
and it seems very strange that it is not so
arranged, to have steamers for Europe
leave every day in the week, or at least on
Mondays and Thursdays as we'll as on
Wednesdays and Saturdays.
II hope you can give me some explana.
ton of the present strange arrangement of
sailings"
The explanation is briefly as follows: It
is the transportation of cargoes which has
to be most considered in the arrangement
of a steamship schedule. Experience has
proved that Wednesdays and SATURDAYS are
the most advantageous days for sailings, Il
day in the middle of the week and the last
day. All large lines now run on four
weeks schedule. A ship leaving New York
on Monday would not i,e able to receive
and store cargo the day before sailing.
Tuesday would give her only one day i'm
mediately preceding the sailing for the re-
ception of cargo.
In short, the object is to get the day of
sailing on both ends of the line as far away
from the previous Sunday as possible, and
Wednesdays and Saturdays have been
found the best days for sailings. In sum-
mer, when the rush of transatlantic trade
is at its height, it has been found necessary
to have ships sailing on other days in order
to accommodate the increased traffic Thus
in one week steamers carrying mails tc
England left this port on Tuesday, Wednes-
day, Thursday and Saturday. only two
week days, Monday and Friday, being with
out a mail steamer for Europe-New York
FTr;hupn
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-20
The bad Blue Jay.

Like some persons that you rn.l have
known the beauty of the blue jay is his
only attraction. His habit., are singular,
and he does not walk in the Ways Of right
eousness nor in the paths of peace. He is
a regular dude, IL smart, disaSrccahlc tat
tier, an overbearing bully, Il murderer, a
robber and II petty sneak thief I'll Gem
bined. Yet he seems to be supremacy happy
all the time; perhaps it is because lie has
no conscience.
1t may have been these vicious traits Of
the blue jay that gave rise toa curious
legend among the colored peopl" oi the
south that this bird owes to the devil one
days work in each week, and tfat ut pre-
cisely one minute past | O'clock every Fri
day morning all the jay birds start for ;hc
lower regions to render the service due TO
their master.
OF course this is only IL faucy which
sprang from the dreamy brain OF the negro,
yet many close observers of nature will tell
you that blue jays are rather scarce on
Friday. Do you ask why? That is a
conundrlm that cannot answer-phila-
delphia Times
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-20
a Monkey That Ate Scorpions,

OF that unpleasant trio, the scorpion,
centipele and tar;sntula, the fist is, per-
haps, the most formidable. The sting of
the very large black Species which is com.
mon about decaying stumps and hollow
trees, is, should think, the most agoniz-
ing pain known, Judging from its effect on
the almost nerveless Chinaman \ speci-
men was once brought me which was Gov
cred, tail. claws and all, with young scor-
pions about half an inch long in constant
motion. 1t seemed half dead, and wishing
to see whether the native belief is correct
that scorpions are devoured by their young,
placed it in an empty seidltz powder box.
Unfortunately. was called away for a
few minutes, and on returning found the
box and its contents in the Possession of
"Chelaka," or "the scoundrel," II monkey
so named from the singular cnormity OF
his crimes, who was crunching up the scur.
pion and progeny with the relish of an cx-
cursionist over Il plate of shrimps.-Cham-
bers' Journal,
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-20
To Perpetuate Sir john. Name.

MONTREAL, June 12.-There is move
ment on foot here to perpetuate the
name of Sir John Macdonald by estab-
fishing an organization to be known as
the "Maple Leaf League of Canada" on
the same principle as the Primrose
League Of Great Britain; namely: Main
tenance Of integrity of the empire, up
holding Of religion, etc. 1t is also pro-
posed that June 9th be observed as
a national holiday in commemoration of
the late premier, and that every member
OF the league on that day wear a maple
leaf, etc. It is proposed that ladies
should take prominent part in the new
organization.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-20
Concise.

y teacher in Il suburban school gave her
pupils twelve minutes in which to write an
"abstrtct" \ shoe was the subject select
ed by her, and the boys were to write IT,.
the first person. No limit us to the num-
ber of lines or words was given them.
Most of the boys wrote and er,.sed dur
ing the whole time allotted, but the teach
er noticed one fellow who sat idle until
the time was within two minutes of expir-
Ing. AS the scholars filed out she said to
him:
Brown, did you finish your abstract?"
YES ma'tm," he answered.
Curious to see what he could have writ
ten in so short IL mc she looked over the
papers, and fouul tllis
VI am worn out shoe; my coffin is the
ash barrel, my grave the dump"
She says that almost It's firmly impressed,
on her memory as this remarkable conlpo-
sition is the expression of amazemcn; on
the boys face the next morning when he
saw the 100" mark OH his spaper.-Youth's
Companion.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-20
Strike of Ore Hnndlers

COLUMBUS, June 12.-The strike of ore
handlers at the ore docks at Ashtabula,
which has been in progress for several
days. is assuming an alarming aspect and
serious trouble is feared. An increase of
wages is demanded but the strikers are
not unit, and Il large portion of them
are desirous of returning to the dock at
the scale offered by the employers. They
are prevented from doing this by $50 or
2oo violent persons and agitators, as they
b9ns @ of Of the fifth regiment of infantry
send militia to the spot. He was in
formed the sheriff was the person to
make the request after he failed to keep
the neaca
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-20
Emperor w,,he,m.s Bodx c..r,,

The personal body guard of the emperor
of Germany, members of which accompany
him ON his rides and excursions, consists
of fifteen stalwart young foresters, all OF
whom have been trained under officials in
the royal forests. After serving their three
years in the army they are "picked'' by a
court martial and personally presented to
the emperor, who selects those that seem
fittest to be his personal attendants.
The rule is that after term of service
from nine to twelve years they are allowed
to retire, when Il position as forester is
given them in the royal forests. The yoke
of service rests lightly on the body guards,
for they are on duty only every fifth day
Washington Post
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-20
For Over Fifty Years.

MRS. WINsLow'L SOOTHING SYRUP for
children teething, is the prescription Of
one of the best female nurses and ply
sicians in the United States, and has
been used for over fifty years with never
failing success by millions of mothers
for their children. During the process
of teething its value is incalculable. It
relieves the child from pain, cures
dysentery and diarrhea, gripping in the
bowels, and wind-colic. By giving
health to the child it rests the mother.
Price CSC. bottle.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-20
Eager to Helm His Friends,

He had obtained place in real estate
Office, and was doing everything he could
for the interests of his employers The
other evening he was at social gathering
and was asked to sing. He responded with
"Home, Sweet Home" His friends were
little surprised at the selection, but he was
heartily applauded. Stepping forward, he
said: 81 am glad you liked the song. There
is nothing like Home, Sweet Home,' and
let me say that the company represent is
selling homes on terms to suit within
twelve minutes ride of the city. Everybody
ought to have home. If you don't want
to live there, it's the chance of your life for
an investment. ."-Washington Post
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-20
Afflicted With Rabies.

ATcHINsoN, Kan, June ia family
by this name of Vandever near this city
is strongly afflicted with hydrophobia.
Two of the children have already died
and two others of the family are ex-
pected to die at any time. The cause
dates back eight years. They drank
milk from a COW that had been bitten by
mad dog and received the poison into
their systems which has now developed
into rabies of "a deadly form. The father
of the family recently died of heart de-
eease caused by the excitement of the
atfiiction
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-20
Hands In Iscnose.

One of the most common signs of wan,
of good breeding is IL sort of uncomfortable.
consciousness of the hands, an obvious iy
norance of what to do with them, and a
painful awkwardness in their adjustment
The hands of gentleman seem perfectl,
at home without being occupied; they ar,
habituated to elegant repose, or if the,
spontaneously move it is attractively.
Some of Queen Elizabeth's courtier.
made playing with the sword hilt an &C
complishment,a and the most efficient weap
on of the Spanish coquette is her fam
New York Weekly.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-20
Antidot. for Arsenic Poisoning,

The most successful antidotr given for
arsenical poisoning is the preparation
known as the fresh sesqui oxide % iron.
Magnesia is also given. Inso.hl" com
pounds are formed in the stomach. For
expulsion of these emetcs and t;.;.ur oil
are given. 1t takes long time To recover
from case Of arsenical poisoning that has
been given even the best of ,re&t;mcnt.-
Kansas City Star.
The Dickinson press., 1891-06-20
A POOR RULE.

Said Mary to Johnny. 20 dear!
This play is too Ioky and slow;
There's only one bubble pipe here
o Johnny. please, want to blow!"
mo. III blow them for you" said he.
"Just watch, and you'll see every one;
That leaves all the labor to me,
While you will have only the fun"
Said johnny to Mary, 20 my!
That apple, so big and SO bright,
You cant eat all if you try;
o Mary. please, want IL bitcw
mo; I'll catit for you," said she,
And shbw you just how it is done:
I'll take all the labor. you see,
Aud you will have only the fun"
Woman's Journal.