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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-21

Among other things the recruit wss
given u he'd. consisting of hair mat
tress, IA double blanket, aud a hem
stitched hammock Of four-onEce can
| Vas six feet long, four feet wide. and
with twelve eyelet holes IN each end.
Along with the outfit came hank of
c!ew stuif-heavy cord and Il thirty
foot rope for lashing the hammock 1t
was quite trick Ia cut the clew lines
and rig them in the cyeiets and rings SO
that the hammock would hang right
when slung to the hooks. Old Ward
WIS always on the lookout for this job,
/ for which he charged fifty cents. Some
| times he would strike Il bull headed
| luhber who Thought he was smart
! enough to sing hammock himself. In
| a case of this kind Ward would reason
! kindly with the imaginary sailor placing
| particular stress on the riliculonslv low
/ price for which he offered to do tie job
| and the ncatness with which it would
| he done. If he gave in then all was
well. and if he didn't Ward knew how
to fix him.
dropping off to one side the crafty
old tar would wait until the hand me-
down sailor had slung his hammock.
| Nine times out Of ten it was n ricketv,
bunsling. lopSided job that would make
! q sailors heart ache. In spite of his
bigoterv the lubber conld see that some
| thing was wrong. but he didn't know
what it was This was where Star
| board Nose bore down on his victim.
Placing his grizzled paw aifectionately
/ on the young mans shoulder he would
! begin in tremulous voice:
| My lad. siNty-tiye years ago [ was
Il bright and handsome boy like you,
but | was rails ed a pet, which made me
wiIlful and headstrong. SO | ran away
from my ma and shipped in the navy.
When | first went aboard the snip they
gave me hammock just like tlat, and
Il kind hearted sailor offered 10 sling it
for fifty cents. But 1 rudeiy 1epulsed
| him and siuag the hammock myself.
That night it broke down and and
Here the old cuss would IIace his
| finger alongside of his battered nose
aud burst into tears. With one Wild
glance at that hideous beak the startled
youngster would haul ont fifty cents
and Ward would tackle the hammock. :"
Is that tie way he really hurt his
nose?" asked the Iubi,er.
Nav; got drul and fell head first
into a shot locker"
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-21
4 Curious Bridge.

The most curious draw bridge in the
world is in Saint Anne's Bay, Island of
Curacao. 1t is pontoon bridge. and
one of the poptoons is q steamer built in
Camden, Me. 1t is scow forty feet
long, twelve wide, and seven deep.
There is. single shaft that runs clear
through the boat and has screw pro-
peller on each end. The shaft is turned
by two steam engines. When the draw
is to be opened the captain of the steam
pontoon casts off the lines, gives a toot
on the whistle, and sets the propellers
whirling, and thereupon half the bridge
swings around far enough to let the
coming ship pass through. Then the
wheel is reversed and the gap is closed.
Hearth and Hall.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-21
Under the Earth,

The workmen in the decrest mines
of Europe swelter in almost intolerable
heat, and yet they have never penetra-
ted over one seven-thousandth part of
the distance from the surface to the CEN
ter of the earth. In the lower levels of
some of the Comstock mines the men
fought scalding water, and could labor
only three or four hours at time until
the Sutro tunnel pierced the mines
and drew off some of the terrible heat,
which had stood at 100 degrees. The
deepest boring ever made, that at Srer-
enberg, near Berlin, renetrates only
4, l72 feet. about 900 feet deeper than
the famous artesian we'll at st. Louis.
While borings and mines reveal to us
only few secrets relating to the tenn
perature and constitution of the earth
for few thousand feet below the sur
face, we are able, by means of volcanoes,
to form some notion of what is going on
at greater depths. There have been
many theories about the causes OF vol
canoes. but it is now generally held
that though they are produced by the
intense heat of the interior of the earth
they are not directly connected with the
molten mass that lies many miles below
the immediate sources of volcanic
energy. Everybody knows that many
rocks are formed on the floor of the
ocean, and it has been found that a
twentieth to a seventh of their weight
is made up of imprisoned water. Now,
these rocks are buried in time under
OVERLAPPING strata which serve as a
blanket to keep in the enormous heat of
the interior. The heat turns the water
into super-heated steam, which melts
the hardest rocks, and when the steam
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-21

Il told him didn't want to make no
money on him %" his acts so he said he
would turn Il flop nyhow. Pulling
off his hat and coat he backed up to
the edge OF the dock aud made d"
"Sreaking about bunko- -stearers al
ways reminds me Of a shipmate | once
had named Ward" remarked the cap'n.
who had turned up and quietly slid into
seat next TO Watkins.
An involuntary groan escaped Wat
kins as the shippers voice smote in his
ears. He was just warming up to his
work, but when the interruption came
he lost all interest and muttered some
thing about some Tcope he knew al
ways cutting in across another fellow 3
bows when le had the right of wav.
"Tm not kicking about anybody in
particular that | know Of" said the
capn, looking hard at Watkins, but ii
does make me tired to be round where
ole windy man wants to do all the talk
ing himself. Still if man wants to
talk, why, for Gods sake. 60 ahead and
talk. That's ali I've got to say" And
the cap'n gaZed moodiiv into the water.
Watkins. commenced 10 whistle n
at each otner. and it looked as though
the party was going to b.cak mp when
the lubber came to the resCue with:
Il say, cap'n, What did you say
Wards first name was 2"
''He had no front name that anybody
ever heard Of" replied tie cap'n.
Frightening mp. "All hands called him
'Starboard Nose or ODD Ward He
was over SO years old and had been q
sailor longer than lac could remember.
His beak was double the size of anv or
dinary ncse and had been BIC. en- and
showed over till it laid fiat against tie
right side of his face, which was full of
wrinkles and as expressive as a bladder
full of putty. That's the wav he got
his name. 'Starboard Nosc'''
And did he steer the bunko boat on
your ship" asked the innocent lubber.
"No, my son, replied the skipper
mildly, there is no such boat aboard
of ship. Wards bunko business was
simply roping in greenhorns when they
first shil ped. You would make an ele-
CANT subject for him. think" said the
cap'n, with an admiring glance at the
lubber.
II first met Ward in the old guard
ship Independence in the navy-yard at
Mare Island. California. She was
an old dismantled man-of-war with q
roof built over her and was used as u re-
cruiting station for the United States
Navy. Here the sailors were kept until
assigned to sea-going ship aud sent
out on q cruise. Ward was quarter
master aboard the guard-ship and di
vided his time equally between keeping
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-21
GILLIAN WAR HORRORS,
In II Desperate Fight Balmaceda's Forces
Are Again Badly Hefeated

Are Again Badly Defeated
Some OF the recent engagements i'm the
Tarapaca desert and in the towns, and
other events, have been thus described
by the Ndciou and other ChIlian Govern
ment organs:
"The RObles, Cana, and Arrate divis-
ions effected a juncture and after cut
ting and tearing up a portion of the
Pisagna Railway teok up a position on
the Sebastopol hill, which commands the
nitrate works, the water, and the rail
way. Canto, with his army, took up a
position at Moile station, Iuuiuus
After some reconnOitering on both
S des, Robes abandoned his advantage
Gus position on Sebastopol hill and posted
his army on the plain at Poo Almonte,
first of all tearing up the railway in his
rear The damage was, however,
promptly repaired by CantO's army, and
he followed up Robes and gave him bat
tie on the eth inst, and after stubborn
and sanguinary encounter of five hours,
duration, the government forces were
completely defeated and routed. Colonel
Robes was wounded in foot early in
the fight, but after the in ,ured limb had
been dressed by DIR. Midd eton, he re-
mounted his horse aud resumed COM
mand. Toward the close of the fight he
was shot in the side. but continued to
cheer and lead his men in repeated
desperate charges until, faint from loss
of blood, he fell from his horse and was
carried to the ambulance. Here he was
again attended by DIR. Middleton. by
this time the defeat of the Government
troops was complete. and, says the No
c;tn, major compelled DIR. Middleton
to withdraw from the ambulance and lie
ordered his men to shoot Col Robes.
After receiving eleven bullets they in
flicted upon him numerous bayonet
wounds, the hands of the unfortunate
man being cut to pieces in the efforts he
made to protect his body from the
thrusts. All the other officers in the
ambulance were killed. Col. Nendez,
of the Fifth of the line, was killed to-
ward the close OF the fight, as were also
Col Jarpa and Major Ruminot, of the
Angel Battalion. The sailors from the
feet did terrible execution with their
gatliugs."
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-21
Cat'S-CraSilp.

This is the name OF favolite sport
with little ones everywhere; name
familiar to us all from childhood, vet to
many. inexplicable Why call it "cat s.
crad!e?" The feline race is not in the
habit of using cradles of that or any
other patent. Kittens are not usually
treated to months of rocking in cradles.
and could not easily be kept in them.
Our young readers may well ask to know
the origin of such a curious name
in olden times. when reople were
more superstitious than at present,
many familiar objects had religious al
luSions. The alphabet commenced with
a cross, called "Christ's cross (cor
rrpted into criss crossl, and the alph-
bet itself was called "Christ's cross
(criss cross) row." The manger at
Bethlehem was popularly called in
those DAYS "cratch-crafle. The
little box-like form of cords formed bv
children was in memory of the cradle
Of the infant Saviour, called cratch-
cradle; and this in time, when the
original allusion had been forgotten.
became merely cradle. '-Hearih
a,al Hall.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-21
Classified SinIlers.

Eight sinners came forward for
prayers last night said gentleman
now conducting revival services in Gin
cinnati; Eight sinners. some of them of
the very highest social standing. and
some of no standing at ALL What
would John Wesley have said to such n
speech as that, or what his inspired
brother Charles? Social standing dis
cussed at the altar! A story is related
that when one day the Duke of Yelling
ton was kneelins at the altar TO partake
of The communion peasant knelt by
his side for the same religious purpose
An oticious person standing 10y wbis-
rered in words the Iron Duke could not
but overhear: Come away from there :;
don't you know you arc knce!ing by the
side of the Duke of We!lington?" Let
him remain, interruied the Duke !;
there is no rank at this altar"
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-21

/. sharp lookout for pirates and skin
ming greenhorns out of their advance
money.
when raw, story-hook sailor en-
listed he was given an ontiit of sailor
clothes which didn't fit him. Ward
would skirmish round and get the job
! OF aitering-the clothes at SO much per
alter. He also sold caps of his own
make. which would blow overheard the
moment the recruit stuck his head
above the rail. The caps were $l.75
each
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-21
BUNKO ON SHIPROARD.
A Game Often Played on Raw Na,a!
Recruits.

ISIAk X Is Iw / | |
happen. \ hum
bef Of aiIors had
assembled at the
usual place il Chi
cago, but t Ii e
cap'n. for some I'M
known reason. was
absent. The NIB
lcr was on deck.
Il pwever. As this
was a rare oppor-
tunitE for some one
to start and finish
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-21

IT is about daily reported that the
alliances were dying out. that they would
poll a less vote now than they did last
fall. that a good crop would bury them
so that in the future nothing would be
heard from them. The facts are these.
the alliances are Increasing III number
daily: they are more determined To ac-
cOmplish the good they organized for
than ever before. they are el.cting their
delegates to attend the greatest gather
ing of producers at Cincinnati ever
gathered together in this country and
the indications of weakening are not ris-
BILE 20 any true reformer.-Kiy,rj,,
Kan. Independent.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-21

THERE are very few women in the
world who will not get up an hour ear
lier in the morning to find something
to cry about, and very few men who
will not get up an hour earlier in the
morning to find something to swear
about.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-21
Not u Composer.

Winkle--I understand that the lady
next TO you il i fire musician.
Binkle -Eh?
"They say she composes."
"Great Caesar, no! She discomposes
everybody in the Eat. Street d
Smiths Cool Near..
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-21

WHENEVER capitalist purchases
hundreds and thousands of acres of land
for the purpose of modern farming upon
grand scale, hundreds of farmers who
cannot compete with the gigantic mon
OpoliSt are doomed.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-21

EIGHT-HoUR men are all right; but
isn't 1t about time some one said word
for the sixteen-hour wives?
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-21

He Got "a Pointer.
Once when Judge W, Of the Uni
ted States Supreme Court, reached
Pittsburgh on circuit, Mr. Wright en-
te. tanned him. There was case pend
ing then iii the Supreme Court which in
VOWED the values of two stocks. The
decision was certain to make one of the
stocks yalueless and the other valuable.
1t was considered au even chance which
way the decision would 60. The law
yers had settled it IN their minds that
if Justice B-were to write the de-
cision it would be III their favor. The
justice was noted for writing long de
cisions. The majority of the men on
the bench at that time wrote briefly.
Justice W-was entertained at din
ner at Mr.. Wright's house. After the
dinner, the host set out bottle of tino
old whisky. Under its glowing iniiu-
ence, Justice W-became companion
able and good-natured. In the midst
of conversation about the court and its
work Alr. Wright said to Justice W,
mentioning the case in which he was
Interested: Il suppose said he, that
the decision in that case will he a long
one, there being so many points in
voived" "As long as the moral law,
my boy" said the old justice as he
smiled benevolently upon his host
That was all that he said upon tie sub
ject. Mr.. Wright. however, knew from
this remark that it was the particular
Justice who wrote long decisions who
was preparing the one in this case
This gave him the cue for the decision,
aud he bought stock based on this judg-
ment 1t proved correct, and he gained
exactly two hundred thousand dollars
from the careless remark of the too
amiab.e Justice.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-21

"Stop pyour chatterinp," says the mother
sterniy while blush steals up from her
throat to her forehead. Don't orea
your mouth again" Then she reads
again, but she forgets to turn pages and
the blush fingers in her cheek until the
train draws into the station and the peo-
pie crowd ont from the car .-Neac York
TriLl1lp
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-13

As 4 rule. he said, the larger manufac-
turcrs are the first to send in reports, and
consequently ii is safe to figure that the
totals represented much more than % per
cent of the shipments of 1880 and the
stock on hand June l, 1891. Every
one reporting gave the amount
4l3.000,U00. Sixty of our members reported
240, 0O0,0O0 The estimated output for 1891
shows slight increase over the shipments
of 1891, and would indicate that there is
general feeling that the volume of trade for
the year will exceed that of 1890.
AT the conclusion of Smiths report mo-
ton was made to second the action of the
convention, which provided for uniform
gauge. The motion was carried, and the
subject was referred TO the committee on
standard gauge.
The action taken at Memphis regarding
the payment of $500 to Professor johnson to
aid in completing the large testing ma
chine. was discussed, but was referred to
the committee on good of the association.
Before adjournment Professor B. F.
johnson of Washington university de-
livered i very interesting address on the
relative strength of certain of the Southern
woods. The tests were made on two enor-
nous machines, the invention Of Professor
johnson. and We're superintendent by B.
+. Fernow, chief of the forestry
division of the agricultural department at
Washington. The standard test stick is
AKA inches, but from each log there is cut
at least one large stick from 6Xl2 up to
Sx16 inches. These large sticks will be
tested only in cross breaking, but small
sticks are all tested for the following
qualities: /. Cross breaking strength.
=. Crushing strength endwise. 3. Crush
ing strength crosswise. 4. Tensile strength.
>. Shearing strength along the grain.
&. Stiffness (modules of elasticity.
= Resistance to shock or toughness
5. Specific gravity or weight per cubic
foot. Q. Percentage of moisture.
Professor Johnson asserted that generally
speaking yellow pine was the strongest
wood in the world.
Adjournment was taken until 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning. The delegates, their
wives and friends, were entertained
by the local lumbermen tonight
with an excursion on the steamer Grand
Republic, and tomorrow morning will take
a trip over the Merchants terminal bridge
TO New Madison, where they will visit the
car works. A banquet will be rendered
them tomorrow night at the Germania
club, for which elegant menu cards have
been out
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-13
CORRUPTION CHARGED.
A LEADING MISSISSIPPI DEMO.
CRATIC PAPER
Attacks Macune, Mcdowell and State AL
lance Lecturer Burkitt-The Charges
Are of n Rank Order.

CANTON, MISS. Aug. 12.-The Standard,
leading Democratic paper of the state, CON
tanned siX-column editorial attack yester-
day on Macune, Mcdowell and State Lect-
urer Burkitt, charging fraud, forgery and
corruption. Burkitt is charged with hay
ing perpetrated an infamous fraud on
the Alliance and public in general in draw
ing up and plotting through the Ocala con-
vention the whitewash report on Macune.
President Hall, McGrath, Mcdowell, Nc
AIIister and Bremen of this state
are introduced by the Standard
as witnesses against Burkitt. whose
testimony made out conclusive
case against him. Those well posted in
Alliance circles here are not surprised at
the defalcation of Business Agent Vim in
Georgia He is one of Macune's
'.lickspittles,' and is therefore cor
rupt The Alliance organization as
now constituted has its head, both
state and national. the worst and most cor
rupt set of organized scoundrels that have
preyed on the credulity of the masses since
the formation of the government. Other
villainies will develop in the near future,
and the attacks upon and exposure Of Ali
ance leaders has only begun.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-13
MURDERED FOR MONEY.
a LADY AND HER STEP-DAUGH-
TER IN LOUISIANA.
The Girl Choked to Death and the Old
Lady's Throat Cut-The Latter Was
Business Woman.
Special to the Gazette.


New ORLEANS, La. Aug. ia private
telegram announces the murder of Mrs. Q.
Robertson and Miss Belle Robertson, her
step-daughter, at st. Martinsville last night
by unknown burglars Mrs. Robertson was
an old lady aged sixty-five, native of Hi
nois, and widow of an old Scotch
several pieces of property in
ST. Martinsville, and having quite large
amount in greenbacks and silver stored in
her house. She kept a confectionery store
on Main street in the very center of the
town, and lived above the confectionery,
keeping her money in an armor The fact
that she had large sum IN
the house was generally known, and
she had been warned of the danger,
and a robbery was once attempted,
but she was quite courageous old woman,
and could not be frightened. This morning
the confectionery was not open as usual.
Suspicion being aroused, the house was
broken into, when both women were found
dead in the rooms upstairs. The burglar
or burglars had attacked Miss Belle
Robertson first and choked her to death, the
marks Of the hands being plainly described
on her throat, and the tongue was hanging
out. They then broke into the room where
the old lady slept and kept
her money, and where she had apparently
resisted, and cut her throat from
ear to ear. The armor was broken
into and the money taken. The rob-
berry caused great excitement in the
quiet little town OF ST. Martinsville,
and the citizens have been securing the
neighborhood for the murderer, who will
undoubtedly be lynched II caught.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-13

THE full gravity Of the situation in
Russia is shown by the action of the
government in prohibiting the eXpor-
tation of wheat from many of the prov
iuces. that usually have surplus Of
that grain. Such a step is not taken
except In times Of EXTREMIST need. The
policy OF government is to encourage
expectation as stimulating to agricul-
ture and commence. leading to an in
crease of national wealth. When that
policy is reversed, and expectation is
not only no further encouraged but 10
absolutely prohibited, it means that
the grain of the country must be kept
at home 10 prevent starvation. 1t is an
i'll wind blows nobody good. We have
a large surplus Of wheat in the United
States. and as long as Russia exports
no surplus, the greater will be the de-
msnd for what we have to sell.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-13
Working for st. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Aug. IA meeting of
general managers and traffic officials of the
lines running east from ST Louis was held
ut the Southern hotel. The roads repre-.
scented were the Wabash, the Vandalia, the
Big For, the Ohio and Mississippi, the
Cloverleaf and the Alton General
Manager Williams of the Vandalia
presided. The object of the meeting was to
protest against the unjust division of Mis-
souri, river traffic from its proper
gateway, st. Louis. Those present
at the meeting seemed TO think
that Illinois. Indiana and Iowa
were causing trouble. The matter was
fully discussed and it was decided to wire
Chairman Blanchard of the Central traffic
association, urging 4 REIMBURSEMENT of di-
vision of rates so as to put ST. Louis on a
parity. This was done.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-13

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