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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-28
Personal NOTES.

--EN- Minister Alphon-o Taft. who had
been critically ill for several weeks. died i'll
San Diego, Cal judge Taf, Was born in
of a farmer who served several terms in
the State Legislature. After the resg
nation Of General Belknap III March.
1876 Judge Taft was made rcrctary Of
War, which office he held until the May
following. when he became Attorney Gen.
eral President Arthur appointed him
successfully Minister to Austria and Rus
STA. Since 1855 Judge Taft has lived In re-
tlremcnt at his home in Cincinnati
The owner OF the celebrated stallion
Mambrino Patchen. DIR. Luther Herr, died
about 15. He was the pioneer breeder If
trotters in Kentucky. and besides breeding
Mambrluo Patchen developed Lady Thorn
and other famous old-tlme race horses He
WAS quite wealthy.
The doctors will not allow Mr.. Blaine 70
talk OF public business 10 anyone, and Mrs.
Blaine has been ordered not to let him read
the newspapers. Meantime there IS certain
public business which must be concluded
SO the President, with Mr. Blaine's consent.
has authorized John W. Foster to act for the
State Department during the Secretary 5
enforced absence. Therefore Mr.. Foster is
| Acting Secretary Of state where questions
of policy are concerned.
Henry shelton Sanford. eX United States
Minister u Belgium, and late delegate Il
| the Brussels Anti-Sasery Conference. died
at Healing Springs, Va.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-28
EMINiSCENCE Of BARNUM.
How He Got tircus Posters Into Canada
Without Paving thu. Duty.

'onc of +. T. Rarnum's most success
full tricks of bamb,ozicment." said
New ofker the other day, was played
upon the canada customs authorities.
he veteran show mans tours we're al
ways planned far in advance. and one
winter he mate up his mind to take his
great circus and managcrie through Can
during the sumner after the next.
! his gave him about two years i'll which
to mature his plans one important
item of Il show mans expense consists of
his advertising placards and Mr.. Earnum
was always lavish with these gaudy
pr ntS II" was aware that the Canadian
Government impus,' "A a high duty on this
class OF inn o:tS, and yet he wanted To
amt Canada red. yellow, blue and
green. with Il laNi~hnrS! that 10 show
man had ever dis. lny"d Their" before
"NOw there wa no printing house any
wh"r" in Canada that could begin to
tuln out the Kind of work that Mr..
Earnum required, either in size, color or
finish \c>e thrlrs,, his immense Dos.
"ls came ltudcr ia >am" classification as
much smaller lith graphs and printed
'ulorrd matter did and he knew that the
l)nmnion rH>tumS authorities would not
ahat, one iot of the full toll. but would
Nit'i ~ t'' III Inv oiItpI tNillth ~
the foreigner, who would convey 50
much money out of the country where
money was 50 badly needed.
$50 Rarnnm studied the question
avail" and finally sent on at one" Il
great Ut OF circus FOSTERS of til. most
gorgeous designs, whtr"un yellow liohS
clawrd stripped tigers. aud brown hear.
fought with blue hipp"i otami ill the
gore flowed into bca ttiful crimson back
grounds. No agent appea ed, when th''
posters wcr" detained by the Canadian
rustums officers to pay the duty. 7 hey
were accordingly held for twelve months,
then duly advertised for sale for three
months. and finally put up at auction
with a lot OF other unclaimed parcels,
and were DIES grated IN the catalogue
merely as 'colored print. Nobody took
any interest in them when The auction
Ger cal eli for a bid, and finally the whole
batch was knocked down for a song to Il
secret agent Of the circus, who had been
sent up by Mr. Harnum for that express
PURPOSE.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-28


The train bad just reached point
West when a small. unassuming man
came into the second coach from the
smoker and marching half way down
the aisle planked himself in seat
partly occupied by lady with curls
and pair Of very searching eyes con-
cealcd behind spectacIes.
As tie man seated himself the curls
and sptctaclcs drew little frigidly
away.
Without looking around the small
man whispered: "My dear, did you
wash the baby before you came away"
When dynamite is hit with club its
assaiIant and the club generally hover
in Il wreath of smoke about the place
This would, perhaps, be an eXagger-
ated comparison Of ca cs, but when the
spectacles and curls howled a double
forty what" at the little man he rose
right up on his feet and got ont in the
aisle.
He took good look at his seatmate
and seemed to grow foot smaller.
"I-I-b-heg your pardon; l beg your
most humble pardon" lie moaned.
"Get!" beloved the speciacles and
curls.
The small man sneakcd three seats
ahead and dropped in beside another
| woman; this time the right one-his
wife. 1t was really lmpolite. but son.t
of the passengers guffawed and there
was not one outside of the characters
in the incident, who did not SMILE
albany Argus.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-28
THE OLD WORLD.

Russia mas secured control Of the
Chatelleraut arms factory in France. and
has ordered 5 COG, 900 new rifles.
---Tangier advices say that Sir Charles
Evan Smith. the new British Minister to
Morocco, has begun Il crusade for the aboli-
ton OF slavery, which still fourishes in that
empire, the slaves being brought from Tim
buctoo and other important points to be
sold In the Moorish cities. The traffic this
year is abe ad in point of numbers OF 1890,
thousands OF boys and girls having been
brOuSt. in caravans from the interior. The
children are offered for sale i'll Fee and
other places. The children, especially the
boys, are treated with horrible cruelty.
In addition to the meeting at Milan the
Italian Peace Congress has been summoned
to "a conference at Rome on Nov. 80. Ala
the members OF the Senate and Chamber OF
Deputies have been invited to take part ID
the proceedings. and 400 have accepted.
The total number of delegates will be 1900.
representing large number OF affiliated
societies.
"A dispatch from London states that be-
fore Propagation Lord Salisbury will ask
Parliament for grant enabling Great Brit
ain to participate in the Chicago Worlds
Fair. i
In the French Chamber OF Deputies the
Government accepted the proposal OF NJ
Viger, q member Of the Customs Committee,
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-28
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.

In the Court of General Sessions Judge
Van Rrunt oNcrruled the demurrer IF the
New Haven Railroad directors t" the in
dictinent charging them with keeping stoves
In their steam cars contrary to the statute.
They must now stand trial.
The scheme Of the lircmen for IA great
celebration at the Worlds Fair is rosy.
They want Il week especially set apart for
them aud their evnlutiurs, Ia be taken part
in by both regulars and uld-time volun
tcrrs. Between the two classes the fire
laddies enroll il magnificent total of from
soc. 200 to '00,Do0 The plans will base the
fullest sanction Of the authorities.
At st. Louis, Mo-, the conductor, heard
arguments Of the representatives Of st
Louis and indianapolis In reference to the
location of headquarters. st. Louis will
subscribe ST.. 900 for the buildng: the In
dianapolis Board of Trade offered To- sell
them the Indianapolis Board of Trade
Building for SlU0, 600 the board of Trade to
retain go 900 of the stock. The report of
the Finance Committee showed Il deficit Of
S5,6l..6s.
--rrofeSSorr J. c. Canady. who had boon
giving exhibitions IN hypnotisn at Atlanta.
Ga, for several days, was escorted from
the stage and came near being mnbbed by
his audience. The exposure was brought
about mainly by two we'll known phs ST.
clans. and it was only through their APP
pcals to the crowd that the fake hypuutist
was saved from tough handling.
The Indiana Grand Lodge Of Odd Fell
lows has instructed its representatives 10
the Sovereign Grand Lodge to vote for leg
i>iation eNpellins liquor sellers d manu-
fac,urcrs FROM the order and DECLARING
them from membership
Mr.. and Mr.; William rerring"r. Of
Watson, CLARK County, Ind. are the parents
of Il boy three months old who only weighs
! two pounds aud Is one foot four inch, ; tall.
| his head measures ten and nne-h half inches
! In circumference. His fac i wrukled and
I resembles al old mans while Il thick fuz
| covers the face and forehead. He enjoys
1 COCO health.
Miss Helen Cloak, n full-bioodcd Black
| foot Indian, has been appointed special al
| lottng agent by secretary Noble. and hc-af
work on the Nez Perez Reservation south
of Kansas. allntting the lands to III" Ton
| kawa-. She Is Il graduate of Carlyle and
| is Il very intelligent ing young woman
! Attorney General Miller has submitted
| the facts in the cases OF Green Il. Rautn and
the other persons alleged to be connected
i with irregular appointments ii the Pension
| Office, to the United States ATTORNEY for
! the District of Columbia.
Colonel II. c. Gil son, Commanding tbs
= Third Artillery, L. :. a.. was placed on the
{ retired list on account of age.
! Principal, Iliscy Of the Scarritt School
and Wardner Of the Lonsfeilow School, il
! in Kansas City, Mo. have been suspended
| fer the rest of the school year for truell,
whipping two pupils.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-28
FIRES AND ACCIDENTS.

Thirty railroad laborcrs, mostly Ital-
ians, were killed. and Twenty-Five others
were shockingly mutilated near Tarrytow
n. Y. by an explosion Of Il carload of dy-
Mantle:
The dynamite was TO DO used in the con-
struction of third track on the New York
Central Railroad. The explosion came
without warming 1t sho ok the ground like
earthquake and tore u2 everything
around about. The earth trembled and tho
air was filled with flying debris and fra2
ments Of human bodies. People Il block
OFF were thrown to the ground by
the conclusion. Glass was broken in the
windows In houses two and three hundred
yards away. When the smoke cleared away
there a sickening spectacle Thirty
one men, principally Italians. lay upon the
ground. The car was nowhere to be seen;
portions OF the trucks were thrown 100 feet
away. Not even the heavy iron wheels
remained on the track. Portions Of the
track and the roadbed were blown away,
and great hole was dug in the ground.
A calamity befell the inhabitants of
the Genesee Valley, New York, in the do
struction OF an enormous prospective fruit
crop by a blighting frost. George Stone. of
Stones Falls, who has peach orchard of
40 900 trees. says the fr ,st wiped out every
yesti-e Of fruit. and that there Will not be
a bushel Of peaches on his whole place.
Hundreds OF acres have been rendered
worthless
Eleven Italians we're buried by the
caving of q sewer at Providence, r. |. Four
were killed
A terrific tornado passed three miles
northeast OF Mexico, Mo-. In the vicinity OF
Bean Creek. So far as heard from fifteen
houses in the vicinity of that place were
| destroyed, some ten or twelve Iersons
killed. an equal number fatally injured,
and large numbers badly.
Smoke from forest fires makes the
| streets OF Williamspcrt, Pa. so dark that
the electric lights have to be kept going
| all day.
| j. c. Perry, grandfather OF Florence
Blythe. one OF the contestants In the noted
| Blythe will case, was thrown from q car
riags near San Rafael. Cal. and instantly
killed. Florence, who was declared by the
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-28
THE CRIMINAL RECORD.

One Of the most fendiSh crimes ever
known in Kentucky is reported from Sandy
Hook, the seat of Elliott County. young
school teacher Miss Maude Eleanor. was
thrown from II horse, frightened by two Will
Cox brothers, each of whom the girl had
refused to marry. With Il leg aud arm
broken she was chained ia deserted cabin.
where she had been kept IA prisoner since
the middle of April. and Slowly dying, wal
made the victim Of her ctptor's desires. A
posse. headed by her brother. found the girl,
who died fifteen minutes later. The Wilcox
brothers were captured. confessed, aud were
promptly shot to death.
On Sept. 2s last the stage from Eureka
Springs To Harrison. Ark. was robbed.
The rostoffca Department is just advised
that lnsp .ctur Becbc, of the st. Louis divis-
ion. located the robbers. obtained evidence
of their guilt. arrested them aud secured
confession that they committed the rob
berry. The names Of the robbers are Walter
Marklcy and Mrs, l., Il. Rose. The lnspcr-
tor is now en- route to Fort Smith, Ark, with
the prisoners.
James Kane was hanged 1T EclicviIlc.
Ont. for the murder uf his wife Elizabeth
When the drop fell hane's meek was not
hrokea. and he slowly strangled to death.
His groanS We're horrib to listen to. The
prisoner mounted the Scatfold with firm
step. and was pale but compos "a until the
end
At Philadelphia. Francis VI. Kennedy.
President. and Henry II. Kennedy, cashier.
of the suspended Spring Garden National
Bank. were arrested on the charge of re-
cey ing deposits after they knew the hanI.
was inSolvenf.
Tennis Hampton, cn'o.cd. charged with
the murder of f.. II. Wchber III 1889. was
| lynched by mob at Beardsl"y's. La.
Two young men, named Johnston and
| Coward. became involved in Il quarrel. il
| Juueshnro. Ark. when John>ton's fathc!
| came 10 the rescue. separating the yo ng
| men. Coward then turned ou the peace.
! maker and fatally stabbed him, whcrcup"r
| young Johnston shot Coward twice. Roti
| will die.
| --Elbogcu, the theatrical agent whp VA,
! convicted ON the charge Of sending girls I,
| su-callcd dives lit New Orleans for imnora
| purposes, was sentenced to State rris III for
| five years and eleven months. An applica.
| tion has been iuadt 70" L stay i'll the Sn.
| preme Court pending AN appeal for .. new
| trial
| At Shreveport La. Jane A. Ware.
! colored girl aged is, WAS driven on the rail
road track a, the point of a pistol hy john
and William Anders III. rolnred. aud heit
there until train was so near tina! IL wa
impossible for tho girl t. csrap'. 4 poss
is In pursuit Of the murdrrcr5.
The jury in the case Of Captain Lo:i
| and deputies, charged with murder at tn
| Norwood Pa riots. after deliherating fiy
hours, returned Il verdict arquittins all TIA
defendants.
At Fergus Falls, Mimi. tho jury In tn
/ GUhcrn murder case rendered verdict &
| guilty of murder iii the first degree
The dccomposed body Of Frank Iupcsk
was fonnd hanging IL Il Sapling near ''ali
we'll, Kan, with Il bullet hole through hi
neck. He Is supposed to have been lnur
dnrnd flr his I0nNy.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-28

President Harrison will have about
forty civilian appoint ilefits i'll the commits
stoned force OF the army At his disposal
within a few weeks II Nv tn distribute this
nice little bath Of army patronage where
ii will do the uto~t "a ii is a matter that i
lust now receiving the careful cnnsid IRA
tiun of Secretary Proctor. In the
selection Of these fandidatn: for SEE
ond ljeutenantrie- considerable weight
Will be- attached I service in the National
Guard and t. military tranins in STATE
College having army officers as Instructors.
but they will not he confined entirely to
the - classes a first proposed. a the au-
thof ties ar" not unwilling t shut It
other Intelligent young men vi good in
dorsemeutS, Thu >rie, unS will lie limited
t. young men etwe IA the ages of Il and -
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-28
FUTURE PRICES FOR WHEAT.
The Men Who Produce Wheat for the
Next Generation Will Ee the Rich Men

The Men VINO Produce Wheat for the
Next Generation Will Ee the Rich Men
Wheat is the wealth. maker of the fu-
ARE. 1t has been too cheap to produce
for twenty years The other extreme is
upon MS Consumption of wheat has
oNertaken its production. There are no
more Government acres to Subdue for its
production and the increase in the popu-
lat on of the world Increases it con-
sumption over thirty million bushels per
year III TIL" near future wheat will sell
III the farmer granarics at from two to
three dollars Ter huShcl
1t Is gratifying to have this view Sus-
tanned by such All eminent authority as
thar,e> y. fill>bnry, Of Min,ea polls, who
j. at the head of the LARGEST Four mills
i'll this country. if not in the world His
position as one Of the largest cash bay
crs of wheat in America makes it nc,rs-
sary that he should keep thoroughly in
formed as to all the cold tons which
N" lin",y 10 affect til" market Price of
wheat and -four l'r, baEIy no one in the
nItcd States has made Il deeper study
o all rha |rS of the wheat question, or is
better informed as to all the sources aud
statistics of its reduction. tn" relations
OF supply and demand and all the cundi
tiuna of the MAJ krt than he.
e. Wood Davis, in Il re "nt Ella boratn
article in the Arena, declared that the
consumption Of wheat throughout th,,
word had already oycrtakcn proiuc-
ton ANA that at 50 early 4 date u 1893
Tie I-nitrd States VIII have rclsc,i To
slpJrt wheat ana, in fact. would have
to import it TO supply it, own deficiency.
he ~. Paul firnrc. Pres, stimulated
b the statement of Mr. DAVIS. caused
Mr. I'll sbury To II" interviewed, and the
latter agreed with the arena writer that
til" consumpt on had. III fact, ov"rtak"n
thu production. and that Their" had been
no in lca>c Of acreage Of wheat to cor
respond with its Increased conSumrti
| i'll tea years
This will be gratifying news T., those
| who have he II producing wheat for the
| last decade at ruinous y low p"irns.
| They ought TO have a benefit, and AL
| SiguS # the times are wrong if they arc
NOT rn:;,u a have
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-28

% reduce The duty On wheat to 3 francs and
on -four to francs per hectolitre, With the
proviso that the law should only be en-
forced from Aug. l, 1891. t. June 1. 1892.
"A movement Is on foot in England to
induce women OF nobility and wealth to
wear only silks OF British manufacture, in
order to encourage the proposed revival Of
the British silk industry.
The troops statioAe at the Portuguese
military post on the river Pungwe at
tackled the British South Africa Compa-
nys expedition. commanded by Commits
sfoner II. II. Johnston. Seven Portuguese
We're killed, but the British loss is unknown.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-28
SHIL0H'S
C0NSU N PTIQN
CURE,
The success Of this Great Ccuo

The success Of this Great Ccuc' is
without a parallel in the history Of line.
All druggists are authorized to sell it on a pos.
tive guarantee, test that no other cure can sue.
c,ssiully stand. That it may become known,
the Proprietors, at an enormous expense, are
placing a Sample Bottle Free into every home
in the United States and Canada. If you have
Cough, Sore Throat. or Bronchitis, use it, for
it will cure YOU. If your child has the Group,
OF Whooping Cough. use it promptly, and relief
is sure. l: you dread that insidious disease
Consumption. use it. Ask your Druggist for
SHIlOliS CURE, Price 10 cts, 80 Cts and
sI.oo. II your Lungs are sore or Back lame,
use Shiloh's Porous Plaster, Price IS cts.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-28
Fold and Winning Trick.

No'khoyslly. a Russian exile. while
lecturing at Hampstead, England. re-
lated a desperate artiiicr 10 which he
once r"sortrd. \ police official ohrc
searched his house for compromising
papers. At the time there was in his
possession a certain document, the dis
cnHcry Of which meant serious danger
not only To himself but nj Q to his
friends. NolkhuVsky was desperate. for
il was quite certain that Tn" so@nmcnt
wou'd be found. But daring trick
saved HIM He coolly handed the doru-
meat IT, the official. who scarcely
glanced at it. and handed it back
Thus. after the most minute search. the
official. his nose bla krncd with SCOT and
his hair decorated with feathers for he
had even examined the stoN"-pipes and
the bedding had IT, depart emf t.
lant!e |.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-28
NATIONAL. LEAGUE.
AMERICAN A sSoCIATIo.
WEsTERN ASSOCIATION.
CONGRESsM4H HOUK DEAD.
He Takes Glass OF 4rSrnir Instead Of
Water aud Lires only Il Fer Hours

-Cou-re>srnan l.. {. Houk died at Knox
VILE Tenn. from Il dose If arsenic taken
accidently. He had applied at Il drug store
for i drink Of water aud the latter Was
placed in Il glass on the counter beside an
other glass containing a solution of arsenic
by mistake the Congressman drank the
latter The error w.- discovered but
einetics and other means failed to relieve
his stomach of the deadly drug.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-28
Counterfeit Gems.

No other gem has been cOuntcrfcitrd
with ~u h Perfect ON aS the emerald,
and III fact il i utterly impu~Shi" to
distinguish the artificial from the real
gems hy tn" ali Of the eye alone, as
even the little fans HlIich lull the Sus-
pi"inn> of the rApcl icHrrd, easily pro-
duced by 4 d"ytcrou~ blow from the
maIlrt If the skilled artisan. Not only
cmrra DIS. bat NEST of the gems and
prrcint. stones ar" now Initiated with
such runSummat skill a 10 deceive the
eye, and non" but experts ar" aware of
the rNt. 1T to which thee fictitious gems
are worn in fashionable society. for
nit"ntlmc~ the W"arur> themselves i'm
aGin" they possess tn" real stones.
There = I.nt one in a hundred jewellers
y ho is acquainted with the physical
properties uf the gems, ami very few
can distinguish i'll the rough the dia-
mni.d from III" white TOPAZ and the
Iir-unc. the emerald from Ia" tnUrmaiinr
Of similar hue, the sapphire from III"
ioIit", on the topaz from the bohemian
yellow quart jewelers. ar, governed
generally by sight. whirh they believe
To h" nfaiiih", Will" hardness and
specific gravity ara the only sure tests
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-28
IOI,ltriyiUrU Police Fists.

1t * reported at II. Peters burg that the
Russian Government IS preparing for ii
wholesale series of dGmriliars p lice visits
thr Jughnut that city and is suburbs. and
that all Hebrews discovered will be inpri--
oned and conveyed later on to t e Hebrew
pale Ii is added that the programme for
this movement will b. ready in about two
weeks
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-28

Potter, White & Bayicy. boots and
shoes. Boston. have assigned. Potter, White
& BayIey rated at $500. 900 They
were reported to have $4,000 in the
Memphis failure. They assigned TO f.. II.
Dun, ". II. Allen. and President Bullns, OF
the Revere Bank, where Mr.. Potter Is
director. Their liabilities are estimated at
aIOut 81 900 900
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-28
Syrup of Figs.

'oduced from the laxative and nutritious
juice Of California figs. combined with tho
me i.cinal virtues OF plants known to be
most beneficial to the human system, acts
gently on the kidneys, liver and bowels.
etfrctUally cl"a. slug the system. dispellny
colds and hradachcs, and curing habitual
cunst patton.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-28

II | il Il soIiit hitIi, 10 res; my liver on. said
ArchineIes. Large bodies move ar, lnosCl
slowly. Eut it Is no inposslDla or even ditticult
TASK Ia Fender tho So small bodies the kidneys,
nctiEo ~iirn they are nut So. Don't Try to do
this with Luut ,iictttcd alcoholic stiIIuianta.
The experiment is .unsn'c Tine a;,rt. safe
means is Io,trtt-rs Stoula Ia Etters. which al
fort!s Just TIA" night amount at stimulus without
overriding the matt I. Continued inactivity OF
either the kidneys or hltaii.r, Il should nov":
IA" lost 81 hit OF, is attended with 2,Iavo peril.
NIi1lts siiseaa' diabetes, and other ailments
seiic affect the renal organs. have t.o.r Origin
il: i!Itetiun OF the kidlIets. 10 overcome TINS
is easy matter at the outset. Not So lat II,
Now is The appointed time III Il case of this sort.
Irresula ity OF The bowels, stomach and Ii yer,
rheumatism and inalarin are r1lno lied 10y the
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-28

The massacre at Nanipur. III full! de-
tails Of which are now at hand l. a3-u,n-
ing greater Importance as the aaT it.
discussion IN Parliament draws nigh. All
England is appalled, at it. Labotirhere and
his radical followers hopt t. use the dam
aging fact, a a lever t. force the resigna-
tioa of Lord Landsowne. the Governor
Grnnr.l of Iuli;i.