davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The weekly examiner., 1891-08-01

ity thereby. The Nationalists will intro duce this and siu,ilar problems into the state campaign this fall, and some of them may become fully as live issues as others which have been ushered in with trum- pets.o
 Whether the last sentence is meant for sarcasm or not, we do not know. But who is there that can see anything impracticable in the scheme. On the other hand who can see anything but beneficial results to flow from it. As to it's practica- bleness, if penny paper can successfully inaugurate and carry on such business in the midst of jealous rivals, surely great city can do it without any rivals at all,- for certainly if the city goes into the busi ness at cost no individualistici firm in that line can live in the same community. And why should it. What use is there for it. The object is accomplished better in an' other way, and who is there believing in the economy that the many are only per mitted to live for the gain of the few.
 Yet, we are not prepared to prophecy as to what extent the Nationalists of Boston WILL DO S0COuuSu III LuOlI GIOEGS UJ CAO pSo pie for whom they labor. It would seen to be common sense policy for them to afford all the encouragement and support in their power. If the trade union organ izations would only CO., operate in the work it would have much greater impetus, and the theory bee me reality in short order Yet it is doubtful if these people will evince sagacity enough to do this.
 But the work must go on, whether or nc and the question must be taken up in other cities. It will afford an opportunity for agitation, if nothing else for the present; and it is written that the agitation oi thought is the beginning of wisdom. And the thought will hardly be controverted that there is room for a little more of that attribute of mind in the economic relations and transactions of this great and glorious country and people of ours.
The weekly examiner., 1891-08-01
SATURDAY.. AUGUST I, 1891.
ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND

That if you are interested in the success of Reform principles, it is your duty to keep those principles before the people.
 And there is no way of doing this so promising of result as by utilizing the Re- form press, for this press is the eyes, ears. and tongue of the reform movement.
 The Reform journal should not be con- sidered as the mere property of the pub fisher, but as the means to most desira- ble end in which all are interested.
 It is plain, therefore, that if the Reform press is to serve the purpose of it's being, it must have the aid and cooperation of all who believe in it's mission.-for the people will not be induced to act unless they teel. and they will not feel until they Enotc.
 Moral-See that the Reform press is spread before the people.
The weekly examiner., 1891-08-01
N. R. P. A.

HERE is a truly Christian sentiment from the Rev. Lyman Abbott. 'sSo long as there are women in cities who earn their livelihood, so long as there are men in H. linois that must stand without, shivering at the door, with pick in hand and muscle
 ready for work, while wealth locks the coal fields up against them and shiyering population; so long as in the iron fields of Pennsvlvania men work twelve hours a day, with no time to court their wives or kiss their children, so long my hand and my heart are enlisted in any and every movement that gives fair promise to man by the emancipation of industry" If many more of our Christian ministers would talk in this strain, and many more of those for whom this sympathy is ex-
 pressed, would only feel the same amount
 of sympathy for themselves, the dawning of the millennium would be seen on the hill-tops. But, few of the Christian min isters yet preach this Christianity; and few of the subjects of this sympathy yet feel it.
The weekly examiner., 1891-08-01
FUEL ATCosT.

THE Nationalist clubs of Boston have petitioned the city government for the es- tablishment of fuel supply depot, that the people may have coal and other fuel at cost. Of the project the Boston Adver- ,iser says: "We do not know that this method is in vogue at all in this country, hough it has been successfully tried in
 ome parts of England. The nearest ap- proach to it in this country is in Philadel-
 phia, where the Record, penny paper. has for some years furnished coal at cost to the consumer, gaining great popular
The weekly examiner., 1891-08-01
Quickening a Sewing Machine's Com
 science With Oil.

Did Ella Ormsby ever see some one who knoaos ho,o to run a sewing machine sit down and do beautiful work after some buDgler had been having a fealful time breaking thread, dropping stitches and chewing up cloth? am no sewing ma- chine expert, but have in my time made a sewing machine cease to break thread and drop stitches etc.. etc., simply by putt ting few drops of oil in the right place instead of advising the woman, who didn't know an oil hole from a take-up cam shaft and avouldn't Iear7a, to have patience and perseverance. It seems to me that my way of fixing the sewing machine is better than Elias way, (which metaphor ically speaking, would be to have a meet ing of the sewing machine company, and pass vote that the machine should at once be ordered to go to work, with severe penalties, even to being electrically shocked to death for disobedience.
 And Elias s'grocer friend" wouldn't give the first inch to his conscience because he knows that the conscience would take an ell! Goodi Ella and her grocer friend are my best witnesses. I rest my case here. except to remark that shall not t9y to, be conscientious, because feel mean enough already, with my present somewhat elas- tic conscience-same as the grocer.
 Here is something that will interest Nationalists: There are more drug stores here than in any town I have ever struck. Of course there has been much competition and they have been selling patent medi- cines at about 20 per cent. discount; but now they have got together and will not sell for less than full price. The next thing in order will be for dry goods stores to get in a big stock of medicines and sell at 30 per cent. discount, and thus it shall be fulfilled which was spoken by the pro- phet Bellamy. But for some reason com petition doesn't seem to affect the gin-mill business. Saloons are the only things that out number drug stores here, but the price of bad whiskey still remains at 10 cents, and that from the other bottle 15 cents, at least so am told. Now if the
The weekly examiner., 1891-08-01

make the dry goods stores add sscafe de- partment'' with sand on the floor, why couldn't they get the price of whiskey down to cents? Then they would drink themselves to death quicker, the fittest would survive, and thus be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet Spencer.
 W. l.. CHENEY, Meriden, Conn.
 The Outlook i'm Georgia.
 [southern Alliance Farmer.1
 The men who predict that there is no danger of the third party movement find- ing a foot-hold in Georgia don't know what they are talking about. We are in daily communication with the farmers, and know that this new party idea has taken deep root in their minds. It is spreading and gaining recruits with great rapidity, and it is going to take hard work and conservatism on the part of the Dem- ocratic leaders to keep Georgia from going for the new party candidates, if such a ticket is nominated. The people living in the towns and cities do not understand or appreciate the situation. Alliancemen don't confide in them, and therefore they have no idea of the recent changes in pub lie sentiment. With all his influence and popularity with Alliancemen, Col. Living stone cant stop the stampede into the new party if it once starts.
 Our Western brethren have shown their faith by their works, and Southern Ali ance men should now meet them half way. We do not propose by that that we should repudiate the gallant patriotic men who followed the banner of the Lost Cause, for every true and loyal Southerner will ever honor these old, heroes. But we do say, that they should rely, for political Iecog ni- tion, on the issues of to-day instead of the old issues that perished with the surrender of Lee at Appomatttox. With what con- sistency can the Alliancemen of the South ask their bretherD of the North to throw the mantle of oblivion over the dead past and still keep afame the old war feeling West are extending fraternal hand across the bloody chasm and we, must give it that hearty grasp ever characteristic of our warm hearted people.
 In every contest where the Alliance can didate was attacked, the politicians, both Democratic and Republican, united against the farmer. Farmers are not set of fools. and they will not be longer deceived. When they see set of scheming and un- scrupulous politicians elevated to office by appeals to passion and prejudice, and then see them ignoring the interests and well fare of the toiling millions and feathering their own nests,'' forbearance will cease to be virtue, and the farmers will fake the bit between their teeth and can no longer be controlled by the party lash. A square fight will be Waged in 1892 between the politicians and the people. One side is working for self interest and power; the other for independence and bread. There are now in the United States 6,500,000 brave and determined voters, whose slogan next year will be 'sequal rights to all and special privileges to none."
The weekly examiner., 1891-08-01
4 Good Official.

Mrs. Alexander Bremen, deputy fac tory inspector of the state of New York, may sleep sometimes, but when she is awake she is awake all over. Mrs. Bremen knows more about the n1a- chinery used in factories than half the men who run the factories, and she de votes all of her time and great deal of the money which is paid her in salary in going around looking for crying abuses. When Mrs. Bremen finds such abuses, does she cry about them? No, indeed, She goes to work and she writes to that medium of the people, the newspapers, and writes in such a businesslike way, that the complaint always receives re- spectful attention. She is at work now securing proper privacy for factory girls at such times when they wish to be se- cluded, and she keeps her eyes open for children under age and girls whose rights are not properly respected by em- ployes.-New York Advertiser.
The weekly examiner., 1891-08-01
The Way We Do It.

We have reared around our custom houses, by the inhibition of foreign goods, adamantine walls high enough to! stop the free movement of the winds of heaven and deep enough to shut out natural gas or drinking water from Can ada and Mexico; but ound our immi- grant depots, against the great swelling tide of immigration, we have strung a few statutory cobwebs. s.-William Mc7 Adoo in Forum.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-30
AMONG TIE BRIGANDS.
Gentlemen Freebootrr> o! Asia liner.
Isf =. G.. w. BENJAMIN.

Fancy an American lady of wealth
and refinement to lie travelling in Asia
Minor. on the way, crhars. to the ruins
of Ei,hesus. 1t i toward evening, and
the iuclosing mour tains east nol
shadows over TIE rold. The scene il,
indeed. romantic. Tranquility regions
over the Landscape; no sound i heard
but the tinkie Of the sheep bcliS, the
twittering If birds. CT the hont Of her
nit owls. ard some ines the click # n
horses hoof as tie travellers Slowly
wcud mp the mount; in toward the heart
of n raviue Turni ,g the saddle one
may see IN the G.st;.nCe the faint itue
exranse cf the Ege:n sea terkcl with
white sailS.
Suddenly, without warning, vice
issues witt. startling sharpness from ,he
thick ct, CRYING: Halt. on your ii.e :"
The gentlemen Of the party Instantly :
draw their Ieyolver-, reering into iie
bushes to tird something to shrt
Bnt the mu c'eers urge them in de
most frantic 10 les Oh no account to daw
trigger or they viii a | be massacrel on
the spot. "a they are covered by rife
of band If brig,.nd. The voice frnr
the thicNet l. again heard snmmcniag
the parry to surrender their arms and
deliver themselyC up and 10 harm vii
come to them. a the same moment
tai fellow issues from the ambu
di esscd III manner sufficiently gor
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-30
Kansas Philosophy.

Men ms aSurc common sense by grains,
and use the ounce measure for vanity.
Success may hurt man. but there
never was a fellow who was not willing
to run the risk.
There is only one way of doing a thing
right. but how many ways there are of
doing a thing wrong.
The modern Beauty and the Beast:
He calls her beauty before marriage,
and she "a Is him Il beast after.
The ignorance of some persons of the
world is as great as the ignorance of
some worldly people of re igion.
A woman is m&st religions when she
is POOR: a man seldom begins to think Of
r,lig on until he has become rich.
The trouble of il is that people do not
get we'll enough acquainted before mar
riage, and ge; too we'll acquainted after
The man who plays with the devil al
ways ges the worst of it: the devil has
nothing to do but bum: that's his buSi-
hess.
1t is no compliment to woman that
ten mcr loved her one year. but it is a
compliment to say of her that one man
loved her ten years.
If you are going to take long jour.
ney, it is better TO travel alone than to
take with you man of doubtful reputa-
tion as a companion.
You are told to swatch the corners
closely" and YOU get rich. But look at
the 1oa-cr: he watches the corners all
day. and is still! foor.
When man says he does net care
what the word thinks, it is usually the
case that it hapr ened first that the word
did not care what he thought.
Imitation is graceful way of paying
a compliment, but somehow men do not
seem to be at all complimentcd when
they see woman who tries to act like a
man. .-itchison Globe.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-30
A WARNING TO THE POWERS.

Who says our ranks are waverng-our num-
berS getting few.
That We viii be disorganized by eighteen ninety
two:
Who but the hloated plutocra,3 since autumn
in Distress
Together with their cringing serfs and a mis-
leading press:
Who but the slaves o; prejudice. bound by old
party ties.
Content to kneel 10 scheming lords with mist
Those are tho men that prophecy-that toilers
oyrrthrew.
The same well bury ont of sight in eighteen
ninetytwo
They feel it, hence their dire distress and rant
ing i'll THEN pain.
The coarse Handwriting on the wall. to them is
quite too plain
Rebuke for credit mobeilier. and that Pacific
loan.
And that star chamber silver fraud to demone
TIE their own.
No more. that scheme of sixty-two- their vilt
exceptions clause
Which drew from wealth producers SCOTS from
Shylocks great applause
Again, for that enabling act to serve the mill
iOnaire.
As deaf to west and south alike. they needed
Wall streets prayer
Then for the base Mckinley bill like frost or
autumn leaves,
Which wipes the fruits of honest toll a favored
class to please.
We have not time to itemize each act of theS.
slick knaveS.
Enough for lis when called upon we II finish NJ
their graves.
Let fact deride. and ridicule, we care not t.
what length
Denunciation weakens them while adding t
our strength.
Well stand In tirmneSS. never fear, like adama
tine wall.
And with our fast increasing force. be on pa
rade next fall.
--DHpifr
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-30
VOLUME |.
FRANK CONFESSION.
ny MARGARET I.YTlSGf.,

Twas on the ist Ct April that my lady came to
earth
And ell the April fays and ,ritcs assembled at
her birth
With pink of frHGuant arple blossoms they
nted cheek and chin.
And hue of purple ,ioiets he eyes they prisoned
And yellow of the crocus brought TO shine
among her curl+.
And sunny smiles Trey sav" TO her, and tears
like purest pparl..
Nor did they Wit Withhold Oh. no. fen siils are
bright as she
But Ill confess that she lla made April lo3l
OF me.
II she command me stay. IL ay, i! -, srraght-
way go, -.
If she decree hat night i, .iuv. swear that Ii
Frowns she my hear, sinks III nv breast smiles
she, l fain ouli dance.
And " iiet her skies hc fair dark depends upon
hcr glance
And though she may rcelctt rae quite, some
other swain TO BLESS
With her dfiightsoulc &C mpEny, Ill ieChe' ''Ii-
cnII>ciuHaliCsS
Of my disco MIXTURE small bla1ne fin $ her per
Fer Ill confess that : he has made nh April Fool
Of me.
But # It's rarely rebel. end vow no more Il
These April m,ooi@ this Anil nlnid so oft sees
fit nWcar.
Scare. j. !tiv furcwe eli spoken, when l'enlttnt
appears.
The siikrr fringe hat ills her eyes Gil gennaled
vi, h April tears.
And then and tleia-tr ia 1oEer. pray. reient-
less could rcl.:aiu.t
! kneel for pardon. aud take rr the cap ana
bells again.
Content il near her MAJ, live. whnts'rr sh"
wills to lie.
For I'll confess that she lisl made April eel
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-30

The late Chief Justice thasr's dauGh-
ter tells this story of visit 10 cd Cen
eral Winfield Scott at IozzenS. West
Font: ale gave us seats at his own cS
pcrial table. and was very kind II us.
but was terribly afraid of him. One Of
his greatest pleasures at the table was
to mix the most fiery Of salads. which he
Won d send by his own man twho always
stood behind his masters chair with
the General compliments TO the favored
few. My gaStranomic tastes We're far
fro:i being developed. and the old gem
t!emau 5 red pepper and mustard near'y
killed m". | IMPLY could not eat the
burning stuff Feeling the Generals eye
NJ on me. yainly tried t. swallow it.
but failed ignominiouSly. with tears
coming into my eyes witt the effort To
add to my discomfort and modification,
a voice roared ont in deep tone from
the Generals throne: The little Chase
does not like my SalaI
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-30
a EoO1nesl Duet.

Singers who murder" music are usual
ly considered more guilty than the music
is. The provoked Cincinnati judge was
not blaming the music. however. when
he turned the metaphor the other way.
His daughter aud a young gentleman
caller frequently indulge in tuneful vo-
cal practice over the piano. and when
they get together in the parlor the judge
gets in as remote a part OF the house as
possible in order To avoid what he terms
the uproar. One evening last week they
had been even more devoted than usual
to their music. and on the following
morning the judge inquired of his
daughter:
What on earth was all that racket
you and your caller We're making in the
parlOr last EVENING"
"Why. papa, sam aud | were trying a
new duet"
TRYING new duet. were You? Wei,
from what heard, | should Judge that
You found ii guilty. and inflicted the
heaviest penalty On it."-NcT York
Times
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-30
.Tlie Sea King" Raturns.

Among comic opera productions mono
have more rapidly won favor than The
Sea King" AT its first visit to Chicago
it was pronounced superior to those
other gems, The Merry Monarch" and
"tastle> III the Air." and return en-
cagemrnt will be- played at McNicker' S
new theat'r commencing May ;. by
Giim"rc'S superb company. The scenic
effects and TIL costumes in "The Sea
King" approach c oSeiy To the marvellous
In May. also. McNiekcr's viii present
the New York success. Blue Jeans "
This playa comedy-drama -abonnd> in
natural realism and tells 4 story of life
SO thrillingly that interest is intense
from start to finish 4 startling inno-
walton is the Introduction OF Sawmi |
in full operation. "l:luc Jeans" will be
presented with its original New York
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-30

1t was Bible. a family Bible. we'll
worn family Bible-the Bible OF an old
lady who read It, and walked by it, and
fed on it. and prayed over it for long
lifetime. As she grew older. her sight
began to fail. aud she found it hard to
find her fayorte verses. But she could
not live without them, so what did she
do: She stuck a pin in them, one by
one. and after her death they count ID
los
When people went 10 see her she
would open her Bible, and. feeling over
the page after her pin, would say: "Rcad
there" or "Read here" and she knew
pretty well what verse was struck by
that pin. She could, indeed. say of her
precious Bible: 81 love thy command
ments above gold, yea, above fine gold;
they are Sweeter to me than honey and
the honaycomb"
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-30
A Page Ia History.

PAPER was first made by the Chinese
Il. C. go.
THE "Deciaraton of Rights" was
passed by the first Colonial Congress at
Philadelphia, on the l4th of October,
11.4.
THE invention of the Sun-dial is Of
great antiquity, the Greeks having. it is
said. learned its use from the Chal-
dpanS.
DIAMONDS were found in Brazil in
| 112S. The diamond was first proved to
| be comhustible i'm 1924 by the FlOrentinc
academicians. who found that when ex-
posed to the heat of the sun in the focus
of large lens it burnt away with blue
lambent flame
DICE similar to those of our day have
been found i'm Thrbes. The Greeks gave
the names of their gods and heroes to
the different throws The invention of
dice is very ancient. and is various!y
ascribed to the Greeks and Egyptians,
and by Herodotus to the Lydians
In the time Of Herodotus. the art Of
dentistry seems to have teen practiced
in Egypt. as was also the treatment of
diseases of the eye and ear. In the an
cient tombs of these people artificial
teeth of ivory and wood were found by
Bel oni and others, some of which were
fastened on gold plates 1t is stated
that the teeth Of mummieS have been
found filled with gold, and others with .
white cement
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-30

geons and picturesque to please the
lancy Of the most romantic graduate of
Vas ar. He car!i les m.lsket and is fol-
lowed by 4 band of a dozen bligands
scarcely less picturesque than he They
surround the lartv, seize the blidlc, Of
the horses, and receive the firearms Of
The travellers, who yield them with
visible reluctance.
To the successful leader of band Of
IrIgands requires unusual ability Not
onIy must such chief know how to ma
3euVer III order TO steer clear Of the
authorities, but lie must also maintain
control over motley company who are
turbulent ticacherous and blood
thirsty rutlians. 4 brigand Of
Asia Minor must know alike
how to rull wires and trig-
gers and be likewise a good fnancier,
lor he always lives in hope of pulling
himself II: Of The hazardous career into
which ht: has fallen. ard with n snug
little fortune, retiring TO some quite
spot where he is unknown and where
lie may end his days in reace.
\ certain foreign consnt did rot get
off so et>iIy. His cIifiick or farm WAS
On the outskirts Of the vii
!age. Accompanied hy his two chill
d'ea he was standing lv the rear gate
with fowiing iece. As if springing
from the earth four bold, hand>ome
but unmasked brigands gathered him
in, as it We're, and after giving direc-
lions to his boy as to how to reach
Them male rT to their mountain den at
smart run.
TIE tidiugs struck the town like
lightning ont of a Gear sky. Naturally
The first thonght was to send regi-
ment Of soldiers to the re<cue, display
ing them III a Gordon around the fast.
ucs:, of the biiaards and gradually
closing them in the tnils. But this, OF
course. was exactly Inc thing not to do,
if the rescue OF the captive alive was
the first object in view. Money was
the only medicine that would serve in
this emergency, and money to the tune
of So,01O piastres.
In the meantime, the victim of this
hghhan'led proceeding was not sc
badly treated. His suffering was
chiefly on account OF his family, ne was
we'll aware how lcea their anxiety
w. pil ltI HliHSell ne huo" iAt
Iansom would be raised and his release
De safely acc' mplished; provided &c
pne discovered their retreat nor at
lacked his captors. The latter treated
him with sufficient respect and gave
him plenty to eat of what they had
Game WIS abundant in the neighbor
hood, but they did not venture to shoot
it down for fear of discovery. They
wss'e generally rovidel with fine arm.
of Frenc: and Belgian make, although
lew bad quaint Turkish guns. Will
their py-Glass he could aggravate him
,e by locking down on the city fal
below by the sea.
For the most part the brigands mad,
no illusion to his osition. but he wa
just a Lit snnoyed one day when enc 0