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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-11-05
VIII Write a Book.

Considering the part that Mrs. Par
nell had in the division of the Irish
party, her proposal to write a book does
not seem in the interests of harmony
Detroit Free Press.
1t looks very much as if we were in for
a hard winter. The weather prophets
threaten us with number of killing
billiards, and besides this comes the an
nouncement that Mrs c. 5. Parie is
going tc publish a book giving her side
of the celebrated O'Shea divorce case
Cincinnati Enquirer.
If the cable announcement be true
that Mrs Parnel! intends to write a
memoir of her husband. the late "un
crowned king, and in it explain many
things which are now distorted or misun
derstoo1. the volume may prove to be
one of the important books of the dying
century. New York Recor.er.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-11-05

sin Texas, the FioriCas. and as far east
ward As tie ncic hborhOoi of Charleston.
i'll South Carolina. it breeds twice in the
year first III May and again III Septem-
her"
The affect on which exist lctween
tie Whole covey of father, mother. and
chicks is often noticed by SPORT men.
and when t,c sun ha, thinncd the
numbers the feeling is e,inc ii IN a
rca! aching manner. Frank For
re-. ter" writes OF L "a follows
Il mike the young broodS of the wood
cock, which are mute, save the ,witter
with VIII ch they rise. the bevics Of quail
appt ar to be Alta he'd to each other by
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-11-05

The eggs and the Young are often de-
stroycd by the wet and co d of the early
summer, or by bcaS and b rds of prey.
In such 4 e the hen again goes to 'ay-
Hg, anC the Sc oni br Cd is retarded by
the time lost between the fir I and :cc-
oId nest'n When bid; of two sizes
ar found in tn san coycy. ii seems TO
show that the parents have raised two
broods: and tn $ happens oftcner IN the
South than IN the North-thc summer
of TIL Middle and Northern States be-
ing generally too short for the Ia sing
OF two brood-. Audubon states that
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-11-05
The Open Switci,

The open switch is filling the office of
the deadly car stove during the latter's
vacation Topeka Capital
A system of track patrolling by trained
men to look after all such defects would
of course prevent all accident.-Colum-
bus journal.
II ever lynch aw is excnsable it is
when applied to the man who deliber
ately wrecks a railroad train.---Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-11-05
Women IN the Puloit.

Women win men TO pretty much every
thing else Why shouldn't they win
them TO faith and goodne S.-New York
World
The Methodist Council seems, On the
WHITE, to look fayorably on the plan of
al owing women 10 preach. But if the
ladies get into the pulpit what will he
about the average length of the Sunday
scrmon?-LouSviieC Commercial.
Now thai all the PREACHERS are men,
the proportion of women in their con
gregations is overwhelming. If TIA
women take the pulpit will the men
take the pew? 1t would be a goodly
sight to see all OR young men attending
church on Il Sunday Post
The Methodist Council at Washington
is ont o: date in looking to -. Paul TO
afford data for settling the right OF
women to equal church privileges, in
cluding the pulpit. Paul may have been
right in his time. bnt the women of to-
day are not the kind he knew and dis
likcd.-St. Paul Globe.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-11-05

more or less, ac rording to the speed and
e ovation at which he is flying, you will
be pretty sure to kill.
In cross shots at thirty yards and
over, hold above the line of flight and
from six to nine feet ahead of the bird
This may seem entirely too much, but |
have fre uenty shot Bob White when
flying parable! to Il ail-fcncc by aiming
the fr1 length of the rail ah ad of him."
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-11-05
CURRENT COM MENT.
Chill Sauce.

Chilli is country we can lick. and we
don't take any insulting remarks from
her. Kansas City Journal
Unless lrompt reparation is made Chilli
may discover her mistake only when it
is TOO late. Boston Traye Ter.
Chilli can hardly refuse to recognize the
! extent of the grievance or the justice OF
the demand New York Herald.
Chit is respectfully informed that the
past me of stabbing defensclcSS Ameri-
cans cannot proceed unrebukcd.- y
! Times.
| If thili should get into brush with
! the United States she will lose something
! more than her nitrate beds
+ Bend Tribune
/ 1t is for the Chilians to decide as to
the next step. Full apology and amp'e
reuaration will rem 1--we every difficulty.
New York Press.
+ If the United States had a stronger
navy the insuItS to the tia- 10y Chilli
would not La c been perpetratcd.- st
! Louis Globe Democrat
/ Every patriotic cit en-, of whatever
| party school. will Ii artily suSta n the
! administration in demanding reparation
! from Chilli indianapolis Sentinel.
| Chilli may yet have to be chastscd by
The United States. This bumpt Gus lit
tie country is getting too big for its
! clothes. st Louis Globe Democrat.
| Now that the wrong has been suffered.
I all PARTIES here vii. agree that the
! Washington authorities shall firmly in
sst upon reparation and at any cost
| Montgomery Advertiser.
/ The United States in is in duty bound
to show the sma lest or the greatest ow-
er in the Western Hemisphere that it
will not submit to Insult or be t.iilcd
| with. h.--Minnea polls Journal
Uncle Sam is spelling f-r fight with
Chill. Uncle sam might have had row
| with England several mo- tbs ago, bnt
preferred to refer the dispute to the
diplomats. Bat. then. England is big
ger man than ChiIi.-hansas City Star.
Chilli sho"It be comrcl ed to apologize.
| of course, for the ma!treatment OF or
sailors, and reparation shoult be made
to the relatives of those murdered, bat
this great nation can afford to be pa
| ticnt and conSiderate until the new gov
ernment is fairly organized. Omaha
/ Zee.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-11-05

THE Kaiser. it is said, has more than
100 pairs of white trousers.
FoR a man to be efficient, like cable
car, he mustn't lose the grip.
A MILWAUKEE couple recently cele-
brated t cir sixtieth anniversary.
A oSE-LEGGED bicyclist in London re-
GENTLY rode 100 miles in less than nine
hours
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-11-05
Stpp-IOtISe.

\ New Hampshire lawyer. with
evident appreciation of his little step
daughters wit. tells two stories about
her.
Shortly before his marriage with
her mother. the 4-year-nld said one
day. when the approaching wedding
was being discusscd:
III be glad when Mr.. G-- comes
here to live Her mother was
pleased.
"Why will you be glad:" she asked
"'Causc pr'apS then we'll 90 away
sometimes"
After the wedding the strp-father
attempted to correct the child for
msbchavior at the table. She re-
belled. and said with flashing eyes:
This isn't your house anyways
No" he said. gently, lit is our
house
NO. it is not" she replied, its
just Your Step-house.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-11-05

This lit of nnanswerable logic is
credited to Chairman Taubeneck, and
is respectfully referred to those good
people who expect to bring about a
reformation of that particular wing of
the &. o. p. to which they belong: "It
is easier for her to lay coed egg
than to purify a bad one, and it is cas-
Ter to create a new party than it would
be TO purify either of the old ones
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-11-05
Indicted Eeauregard

General Beaure ar | saws he has moth
ing to do with the La :. L.: nothin-.
that is, except "superintend DRAWINGS"
The General draws it pretty fine -
Wheeling Register
General Pcaurega d's indictment and
arrest for aiding and abett ng the lola
tion of the laws against otter e> is log
ical and praiseworthy-- York Com
mcrciai Advertiser.
General Eeauregard still keeps up his
lottery connection. and now Il warrant
is ont cha ginr him and other on.calS
with violating the postal laws.-Br0ok-
| lyn Times
General Beauregard can see mo i'm
rropriety. much less 4 trime," in the
Louisiana lottery, because it is "a recog-
nized institution of the State, upheld by
its laws and conducted by the first citi-
zens of New Orleans" The General ap-
pears TO regard State laws as superi r.
not only to national ones. but to the
moral law as well Philadelphia In
| quircr.
With swelling air he proc aims that
his duties We're only to see that the
drawings were fair, and he threatens 10
make it warm for those wLo testified
against him Beanregard may talk big,
but he will have difficulty in convincing
anybody that he hasn't been acting as a
stool pigeon for the greatest swindle of
modern times, LafayGitc journal
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-11-05

and pleasant they are away to the feed
ing ground at sunrise, remaining there
till about II o'c ock. Then II rest is
taken till the middle of tie afternoon.
when they forage again till sundCwn.
1t often happens when sEoo ing in the
faI that a cGvey will be sprung" with
some OF tie b rd- too SfIa al to bag. Th :
is because there have been two hes tings
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-11-05
StradtIliny on the silver Question.


The indianapolis Sentinel. the plu,
tocratic organ Of the democracy of In
diana. calls attention to the fact that
the republican platform III Massachu-
setts denounces the free and unlimited
coinage of silver. and that tie rapuh-
lican platform in Colorado demands
the free and unlimited coinage of silver,
and demonstrates the inconsistency OF
such divided party claiming to rep
resent national issues.
And the Me-too Platt plutocratic
organ of the republicans OF Indiana.
the Indianapolis Jou,ual. calls atten-
ton to the fact that the democratic
platform in Massachusetts denonnces
the free and unlimited coinage of sill
Yer. and that the democratic platform
in Colorado demands the free and un-
limited coinage of silver, and demon
s,rates the Inconsistency Of such di-
vided party claiming to represent ma
tional Issues.
And the peoples party, from the At
lantic to the Pacific, from the lakes to
the gulf. demands the free and unlim-
tied coinage of silver as part of its
financial platform. The old parties
are divided. the absorbing east against
the producing west and south, on this
most vital of all questions. They are
1isorganizcd, and must reorganize.
The peoples party is to-day the only
national party in this country.-Non-
conformlst
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-11-05
Starving Russ.a.

Recent rains In Southern Russia make
the prospects there good for crops next
year. But how to live until then is the
lainful question with the people of that
vast section.-Detroit Tribune.
Poor Russia. If she can survive her
present woes without a revolt that will
overthrow her dcsFotic throne. who shall
say that there is limit to human en-
dnrance?-kansas City Times.
The generosity of the Gar Of Russia
in donating 1,5Oo. 900 rubles for the re-
lief of the starving Russian reaSantry
naturally provokes the question where
the money came from.-Pittsburg Dis
patch.
With 10000. 600 Russians beginning Il
course of starvation. the French loan of
$4,000 might be turned to better
account in buying food from rs than
rifles from the lender.-Ncw York Adj
NertiSer.
With 100000 of people starving.
Russia should stop talking of war and
try TO buy food for the sufferers. This
country has plenty to spare, and the
Gar has revenues that can be devoted
to the humane work.-kansas City
journal.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-11-05

Applicant-Did you advertise for
an cngraycr?
Icweler-What experience?
Applicant-I'vee engraved more peo-
pie than any other undertaken in the
the West End.-Jewelers' Weekly.
At Long Branch.
De Pumpkin-1 don't think that
decollete and short skirtcd bathing
suit is in good form.
De Bumpkin-Of course not. dear
boy. The good form is in it.-Brook
lyn Eagle.
ONE Of the most prominent Young
men in Atchison. kas.. suddenly
ceased to be promising, and his
friends wondered what was the cause.
Investigation revealed the fact that
he had a girl, and that he went t.
see her every other night. remaining
up until after midnight Being in
love has Il great many serious draw
backs.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-23

The Presbyterian complains OF grass
hopper Christians" Others have doubt
less been troubled on account OF this
class, although they may not recognize
them by this name Our brother, the
editor Of the paper referred TO- says
that they ''are on the jump in revival
times, but hide away the rest OF the
year. When they get the power on
them, 10 see them shout, and exhort
and sing, and pray, one would think
that they were taking Heaven by storm;
and when the excitement dies out they
cease TO hop about, and make no
further stir until the rcvt years re-
ligious iervor puts renewed animation
into them" All this " too true. There
are many who do nothing and NANTES;
little life nc any any other time than
during a revival i'hen they will be so
much In earnest thai they vii! complain
OF those whose zral does not burr rs
brightly AS ;heir own h",' forget that,
while they have beaG d"il.nnt th"'r u:
whom they compare 'aee G"cn e'lh .,
in season and out oi season. --Iigia nc1
FireCidc.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-23

II Is gratifying ti oJs.'yu On. lac
chufch Is every whore 20 wing H. 5wn
life and taking vi""r.ua and he. l.ii iu-
ierest In lie 4pt.ale feie gFcschin., is
ut once a,ore srriljpfl ai.,i hvre prac-
ticul II a;nis 90 irr;, ?isssnt condi
tions and TO deal with correct thought
The organization Is closer and more ef-
fcient and IS ad,.pted TO the situation
to-day. Christian contact with men In
their home, the workshop, the street.
n tho world. Is the motto and practice
OF The hour Materialism and atheism
are met kindly but boldly in their own
fields, as David met the gasoonading
Goliah. An honest and largely success
full, attempt Ia made nowadays 70 bring
religion down from the clouds, where
men don't live, TO the earth where they
do. Metaphysical Christianity is a last
years almanac. Utilitarianism has in
vaded the church. ''Qui bono?" Is the
question on all lips. Well, an alert re-
ligion is what the world needs. st
Louis Republic.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-23

ONE OF the most striking and one OF
the most encouraging signs OF the times
is the ever-increasing activity Of young
people in religious affairs. A few years
ago they were noticeable Tor their az
sence from all ecclesiastical gatherin. :
like the image Of Brutus and Cassius
in the ancientimperial procession. Now
they abound on all occasions, animating
the scene and vitalizing the assembly
with their young lie.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-23

You can cheat most people some OF
the time; you can cheat Some people
most Of the time; brt ydn gan't chat
all the people all the time. Abraham
Lincoln.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-23
New York Ledger.

"At the Bonita Belle" A. ctory OF mining |
life IL the Rockies, BY ]. L. Harbour.
"Mordbank.r A true story OF early days in
Georgia, by Maurice Thompson.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-28
JUDGE rHUEsTox's coUKrsHrP.
Days When the Lawyer Lived On Cheese
and Crackers.
ESshsDr<r, Titv Pest

Judge John NJ Thurston. Of Omaha,
looks ike altogether too practical man
10 ever have embraced anything ike 70
nance. but Mrs Thurston knows differ
emily. Il goes back 70 the very beginning
Both the Judge and his wife were born IN
Vermont, on adjoining farms. they
played together as babies. and when they
were about years Old the Ihursions
shook themselves from the Vermont farm
and went West. Ia month Or two, with
oQt any previous arrangement, Mrs Ihurs-
tons people went in the sane direction,
but located in Madison, Wis. where she
grew I'D and graduated from college. Then
the family went further on and located II
Nebraska. The night after reaching there
Mrs. Thurston went out 70 party, and the
first person she was introduced 70 was Nj.
ThurSton The name was uncommon st
that time in that locality, and the girl az
once said:
i used TO know family of that name
n Vermont"
II came from there said Thurston.
And they had little boy whom l
played with named Johnnie
That's I. May I see you home tonight?
Can come TO see you tomorrow night ?"
Ms Thurstou explained that she wa.
with friends and said no. he couldn't come
= -
and insisted then on visiting her father.
OF course she could not object The next
night Thurst0n was on hand, and started
. conrtship that occupied every evening
till tnev were married. II vas more than
a couple years before that occurred Thur
ston had just been admitted 70 the bar IN
Omaha and had hard struggle 10 get q
footA0ld.
DO you wonder" says Mrs. Thurston.
that I am proud OF my husband? In
those days III Omaha he used 70 buy box
OF crackers and piece OF cheese, and live
on these Is long IS they lasted. And now
see where he Is. I'm not ashamed OF those
early struggles. They MAKE me more
proud Of him. But it was = long time
before he could serape enough together 70
warrant the purchase OF 9 marriage
license"
Judging from the Thu-stons the ro-
nance never dies out for them. There are
more romances 10 the square mile IN
Washington City than any other city Gifts
size IN the country. So are there tragedies
and broken hearts and other unhappy
things. So that it's pleasant sometimes
70 strike story with real old-fashioned
d-happy-forever-after ending.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-28

cease to read Scott and 81 the
great modern masters Of the onsntie-
heroic school-the men Hho paTat the
highest possibilities, the aspirations q
human nature; 10. merely make pl4oto-
graphs and articulate5 anatomical pre-
Parstions OF its rneaness ard mos. COM
mon-piaee actaality and accomplishment
IL Is not enough for novelist . plead
that the world 5 fau Of imbeciisy and
meanness and small talk and insane
aVzrice and seven by nine folk OF a. sorts
On this ground the stage, instead
o. being peopled with heroes and VII
iains Of heroic stature. would ee
filed with nothing but squeaGiag dudes
and simpering dolls, Who would
yawn over the story Of the SIX Hundred"
who rode TO death ST Bal2klava. but could
discuss View York's 'Four Hundred" BY
the hour together. The cheap novel has
had lis dsy: the reading world Il going
back 70 Scott, who molly tells noble
story. and tellslt decently, but Is too much
en- artist 20 draw . moral" or Ike
Howells, people his books with persons
who ''go on forever encouraging each
other in nediocrity." Fiction wrought
by the followers OF the school OF
Scott, Thackeray, Dickens and George Eliot
viii always be read with recreation and
profit SO long as poetry is read with recre-
alton and profit for its wisdom and inspi-
ration.
Fiction includes poetry. and the great
noyel IS always wrought after the highest
poetic method and quality, and the mod
ern school Of historical writing drew It's
method from the historical novel Of Scott.
II fiction is to be derided without discrim-
ination then We might IS we'll de-ide sill
literature that IS not content with bald
facts prepared by Gradgrind. or the lives
Of noa-romantic, non-heroic, depressing
people, who being seif-made worship their
own creator like Josiah Bounder5y.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-28

perieace CT Ioxa IS only q repetition OF
What has taken piace under prohibition for
many years in Vermont. There the county
prosecuting officer and town grand Jurors
regularly milk the hotels and saloons
whenever they feel that their slender
salary needs reinforcement. Under
tie l2w second convection for
ruu1ss.ling sends the offender 10 the pen
itensiary II addition 10 fine. If me Of
fender Is druggist, hotel-keepsr. man
Of auy social standing or property. the
prosecutor seldom brings him to trial for
second olfease, because lie knows The jury
viii not agree % send man o. any local
consequence 70 Jail for selling liquor, 50 ne
privately interviews the offender. who
compromises the case quietly out Of cour.
By agreeing 70 plead gailty TO stated
number Of ofTsnses and paying the dne.
Then he resumes his traffic until the pros
ecuring officers pocket gets low, when he
Is pumped periodically again and another
compromise made.
The poor, irresponsible rumsel!ers, who
are without money 10 effect = compromise
and without sOcial Or political influence,
are prosecuted vigorously in open court,
convicted and sent 70 penitentiary for
long Or short term. according TO the nam
Der Of olFenses proved against them.
Whether they are convicted or not, the
state pays the fees Of the prosecuting Off
Ger, SO that the officer does not care Ut
ton whether he has 4 good case OF not. If
the poor rumseller is convicted he goes 70
the workho9se for from three months 70 8
year or longer and his family 60 20 the
poorho1se. The state pays the whole bill,
intemperance is not diminished, and not
cent goes into the state treasury. The
prosecuting officer, the convict and the
convict's family are all pensioners on the
state, while the influential rumseller
makes his periodical compromise and con-
tinues his traffic
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-28
The Burlingame Ditch.
Port Angeles Tribune. December 2

P0rT Angeles III bU1e, December "a
On Saturday, the 18th inst, the George
f. Starr viii take the Burlingane Con-
tract Companys outfit to Tacoma. from
where il Is % be shipped to Eastern Wash,
inston TO work on the ditch contrac, re-
Gently taken by the company. The ditch
which the Burl;ngame Contract Comn,nv
has the contract 10 build is quite = Jargs
enterprise. Il starts at the river ~ CIa-
Eum and runs parallel with il for twelve
miles, then turns eastward. The
ditch, when completed, will i-rioata
p, 600 acres of rich sage brush land rav
absolutely worthless for agricultnr,l
purposes for want Of water. Il will cos+
about 70 cents per acre a year for wata-
rent. With proper irrigation this Land
will raise any kind Of crop. Five cron,
Of alfalfa season can be cut, Welding tan
tons Of hay per acre. This ditch will he
in Kittitas county, and Elleasburg will h.
the market for the whole district Tba-a
is now only 1000 acres OF land in tbat
county The building Of the ditch wiII
give employment 70 seventv-sye tears
and go men for from eight months 70 a
year. The contract price IS $4,000 Thee
viii be three miles Of lume. one trnnaI
SO feet long, one trestle 80 feet high and
400 feet long. The capacity Of the djtcb
viii be 10, 90 inches Of continual fov