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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-06-25

No Opium in Pisos Cure for Consumption
Cures where other remedies fail. CSC.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-06-25

STRENGTH and health go together
with the exception of butter.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-06-25
DI1MOND DUST.
Games Hon aud LoSt-IToc the Clubs yOn
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Citations:
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-06-25
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August.
Flower

This is the query pei.
petually on your little
boys lips. And he IS
no worse than the big
GER older halder-head-
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-06-25

Michigan, 2l.oo per cent: Wisconsin. l1J. 80
per cent: Minnesota, l5a.Gi per cent.
In some localities In Michigan. the sup
Ply Of al kinds of timber has bee MIC prac-
tically exhausted. and the decreased pro-
ductinn Is noted. while in others. xhere the
pine has been deuuded. other varieties Of
timber are now utilized into Il greater
variety of pro lurts. Tho fact is cited in
explanation If the increase shown In re-
manufactures.
According To the census of 1850. the six
principal lumber producing cities in this
E3Olp were. in order as follows:
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07

trees, and draw water ii earth6n Jars
for family use.
4 Not many Of the people who can COM
mand an income OF 10 cents day VIII
work. They are always leaning or sit.
ting around browsing, and men and boys
sleep In the hot sun In the open street
Beggars appealing for aims are every
where. The doorways OF the Cathedral
arc infested with ali sorts Of specimens
of diseased men asking for relief. It
seems to be d regular thing to look on
strangers as victims oft Of whom money
can be wheedled But there are spasms
OF activity about the town, and all the
more noticeable by comparison with the
prevailing s5flinolent condition. After
the noon siesta there Is d show Of BITS
mess. Mules and donkeys scramble over
the pavements, men tr6t up and down
the walks, the Cathedral bells begin to
ring the yespers, merchants cry aloud
the extraordinary merits OF their wares;
and for couple of hours there is consid-
cradle movement Then relaxation
sets in; and until next day all is apathy.
The funeral Of a dead child is one of
the spectacles in Toe1o always impress
ing foreigners as strange. priest leads
the procession, after him walking a boy
who carries the coffin on his head, keep
ing it in place by his lifted hands. Then
follows a crowd of boys, girls and men
carrying lighted candles: No matter
how brightly the sun may be shining
the candles are burning as though it was
dark. In the midst of the candle bear
ers is borne bier ON which is the body
of the dead. There are no signs of
grief, the bearers of the CORPSE chatting
and gossiping with the candle carriers,
and sometimes threatening to roll the
remains off the bier by failing to carry
1t carefully:
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07

way then leads through a massive gate
with high arches of red granite and
brick, and along streets but little more
than irregular footpaths There are no
end of empty houses with neglected en-
frances. Over the door can be read
unique inscriptions, such as 81 am Don
Ramez, 1892"
The gate leading to the country is
called the "Visagra." and is a menacing,
double-towered medieval portal. just
outside of it is the Alameda, used now
as a promenade where modern Toledo
gathers Sunday afternoons and evenings.
1t is then that the Spanish women are
seen to the best advantage. They ap-
pear in good preservation and not much
affected thus far by foreign airs All
carry fans and use them with wonderful
grace and skill. Their complexion varies
from tawny or olive to white. Women
of high caste, who shun exposure to the
sun, get to be pallid, color lower cir
cles seek to initiate by lavish use of
powder. The hair is usually deep black,
and the eyes are luminous, dark and
dreamy. Frame this in the folds of the
black mantil a, as they do, and there is a
charming picture.
Looking down from the Camin de
Marchan, as the promenade is called,
there come in view the cultivated fields
rich with harvests, while on the other
side are crumbling walls pierced with
Sits for arrows, and half-destroyed nun
neries, palaces and converts In the
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07
4 llknan1Iifn HpOoms

n Al New York firm d few days ago rec
ceiyed an order for q souvenir spoon t0
crafty the within Of one Of the natives
of New Jersey, The emblem required
was mosquito Considerable trouble,
Ii was said. was experienced 10 nnding
a satisfactory model, the text books on
insectoloRy furnishing, " seems. very
meager illustrations Of the famous and
the greatly feared disturber q mems
dreams. After diligent search and
much INQUIRY it was discovered that an
adventurous apprentice of the company
had captured a fine specimen oil the in
sect during the summer and had pre-
served the conquered freelance impalnd
upon pin. Thereupon there was great
rejoicing In the factory and the Jersey
customer was made happy.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07
Keep Your Gloves and Laces Fresh.

There is simply made appliance for
the toilet table that finds great favor
with the few who know of il. It con-
sists merely of couple of boards,
carefully lined, with heavy weight to
set upon them. Neckties, laces, and
gloves are smoothed out after use, and
placed between the boards SO that,
kept fiat by the gentle pressure, they
come out looking like new, and last
much longer than if thrown aside In q
drawer or box. To make this appliance
you take an ordinary brick, and, hay
ing dried it th roughly, you paste
brown paper right over it, as it we're,
neatly in . piece Of paper well sat-
urated with paste Over this you stick
neatly piece of brightly colored cre-
tonne or Indian silk. or, if preferred,
piece of white leather or satin, TO be
afterward hand painted, and then
handles Of strong ribbon are fixed.
Two pieces of board of suitable size
are covered with the same material a.
the brick, and lined with white silk Or
white muslin.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07
Good for Fits.

For fit of passion, walk out into
the open air; you may speak your mind
to the winds without hurting anyone
or proclaiming yourself simpleton.
For At of idleness, count the tick.
ing of the clock; do this for one hour,
and you will be glad to pull off your
coat the next and work like beaver.
For fit of extravaganza and folly,
go to the almshouse, or speak to the
inmates of jail, and you will be con-
vinced.
: For a fit of ambition, go to the
! church yard and read the grave-stones !;
$they will tell you the end of ambition.
The grave will soon be your bed cham
Der, and the earth your pillow; cor
ruption your father, and the worm
your mother and sister.
For fit of dependency, look on the
good things God has given you in this
world, and those he has promised to
His followers in the next. He who
goes into the garden to look for cob
webs and spiders no doubt will find
them; while he who looks for flower
may return into his house with one
blooming in his bosom.
For fits of doubt, sperplexity, and
fear, whether they respect the body or
the mind, whether they are load to
the shoulders, the head, or the heart,
the following cure may be relied on,
for the writer had it from the great
Physician: "Cast thy burden upon
the Lord, and He shall sustain thee"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07
The J. fly Drummer.

A commercial traveller coming from
the Michigan Central depot on Cass
and Third avenue car, recently, gave
away the secrets of the profession in
conversation with friend. Most
travelling men," he said, shave little
schemes of their own that they work
to defray Incidental expenses. My
strong point is dealing in Canadian
coins. My territory is in Ohio, and In
all Ohio cities and towns Canadian
coins are discounted twenty cents on
the dollar. Twenty-Five cent pieces
pass for twenty cents, and half-dollars
for forty cents. / have $50 worth of
quarters and halves in my satchel now
that I bought in Toledo to-day for Sig.
In Detroit ! use them to pay hotel and
cigar bills, and realize their full val
de. Free Press.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07
GIGANTIC CONTRACTS.
Nearly S1e, 100000 10 Be Paid for -Four
New war Ships.

NeaTAy @IS,UUUtUUU 10 DC IaAu EUuA
New war Ships.
The shipyards of the Cramps in
Philadelphia have entered upon the
execution of the largest contracts that
have ever been let to any one estab-
lishment by this Government at any
one time. Their contract covers $11,-
955, 900, and their bonds are Is per
cent. of that amount.
The contract calls for one armed
crusier of s; 100 tons displacement and
$4,000 horsepower, to cost -, 800, O00;
two battle-ships, each of which will
carry $4,000 tons, have $4,000 horse
power, and cost So. 100, 900; one pro-
tected cruiser, capable of carrying
$500 tons. of $1,000 horsepower, to
cost so, 725,00O.
The two battle, shi ps will weigh
10000 tons. Of the total weight of
these two vessels 1t is safe to say that
Upper cent will be made up of hulls.
machinery, and arm0r, amounting to
$4,000 tons of manufactured steel.
In the cruisers the relative weight of
steel will be less, but of thu Is, 900
tons in tho 3 vessels, at least 10000
tons will be manufactured steel. In
other words, there will be used during
the next three or four years in the
Cramps shipyard $4,000 tons of man
ufactured steel, the cost of which will
be in the neighborhood of $4,000, 900.
Nearly the whole of this sum Of 49,
100000 will be expended in the steel
plants of Pennsylvania. What this
expenditure will mean to the employees
of this great industry in Pennsylvania
can only be left to the imagination to
depict.
This great fraction of the enormous
total of these contracts will be widely
distributed. The major portion Of the
vast reward for the labor thus employed
upon the new navy will, however, be
distributed in Philadelphia.
The shipyards of the Cramps, when
running at their fullest capacity on
these contracts. will employ every
working day in the week from 5000 to
1000 men. The number employed
will vary between these figures accord
ing to the readiness with which ma
terial for their work is supplied. AS
Stunning that only 5000 men are en-
ployed on the average during every
day for the next four years, their pay
roll, calculated upon the average
wages paid at the yard of the Cramps,
will amount to about $4,000 a week,
including piece work. This means
50, 100000 year, or somewhere be-
tween $6, $50, 900 and $500, 900 in the
next three years.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07
SHiLOH'S
CONSU NJ PTION
CURE.

The success of this Great Cough Cure I'm
without parallel in the history Of medicine
All druggists are authorized to sell it on pos.
tive guarantee, test that no other cure can suc
cessfully stand. That it may become known,
the Proprietors, at an enormous expense, ara
placing Sample Bottle Free into every home:
in the United States and Canada. If you have
q Cough, Sore Throat, or Bronchitis, use il, for
1t will cure you. If your child has the Group.
or Whooping Cough, use it promptly, and relief
10 sure. If you dread that insidious disease
Consumption, use it. Ask your Druggist fog
SHILOH'S CURE, Price 10 cts, 50 cts. and
$500. If your Lungs are sore or Back lsnas
use Shiloh's Porous Plaster, Price IS Cts |
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07

center walls hangs fringe of heavy
chains, placed there as an offering by
released Christian captives in 1892, the
year of Americas discovery. Attached
to the church is d beautiful cloister that
has been in solitude nearly 400 years.
Three sides are surrounded by splen-
didly carved and decorated pillars, but
on the fourth the wall was shattered by
the French bombardment, and so re-
mains. Stone for it's restoration has
been got together, but nothing done be-
yond it.
The antiquities of Toledo are not the
only interesting things. The sights
from day to day on the streets and in
the family circle are peculiar The very
children have queer ports. One Of their
favorite pastimes is to parade in a dark
hall with slow step, and dronc chant in
imitation of church festival service.
Boys are also fond of playing bull fights,
"the bull" part being taken by some lad
not distressed by rough handling. Owing
to the narrow streets, everything seems
mixed up together-wine shops, vegeta-
bles, children, citizens, cadets, loafers,
and beggars mingling in one mass.
The people generally are simple and
good-hatured. The chief street is
shaded by awnings, and every public
doorway is screened by striped curtain.
Foreigners visiting the town are dubbed
the "Strangers" and so referred to on
every occasion when designation is nee
essary. The leading place of amuse-
ment is called the "Grand Summer
Theater. 1t is within the ragged walls
OF once grand building, now half torn
down. 1t is quite a common thing in
the evening to hear guitar duets in the
narrow dark streets, being given as sere-
nades to ladies in the house before which
the playing in done.
The skill displayed by some of the
players is marvellous, and the music is
delightful. The treble is carried on a
small instrument called "mandura"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07
Almost a Tragedy.

We were driving along, following a
whining road through the alders on the
way to the Pickerel Pond, Phon, Hi
and /, when Phon, leaning over the
side of the sleigh, said: "See that
partridge track?" 1t followed along
the road for rod or so when it was
joined by another. No mistaking that
one; that's Mr.. Fox's. How slyly he
crept along, trailing the bird as o
hound would him. See there; that is
where he jumped at the unsuspecting
bird bugiedin the snow. But he didn't
get him. All those little pieces of
snow were scattered by the bird when
he got up. But fit hadn't been for that
little pile of alder trimmings left there
by some chopper land being partly
buried in the snow Mr.. Fox did not
see them from his side of the house,
this tale would have been different.
His paws struck on them and away
went the bird from beneath them.
Clucking to the mare we logged on to
the pond, commenting on the uncer-
tainties of life. Forest and Stream.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07

that makes most pleasing combination
with the guitar. Often professional
players are hired to go and pay before
house, and will thrum out native airs
for several hours, smoking cigarettes
assiduously all the while.
One thing that impresses strangers is
the intimate footing servants are on with
employers. A waiter at table joins in
the conversation and is admitted to
discussion as readily as though one of
the sitters. Servants about hotel take
maps regularly twice day in the halls,
and make nothing of smoking cigarettes
while serving dinner. Hotel guests are
looked upon by natives as nuisance and
necessary evil, only tolerated because
money can be made out OF them. Sew
ing women sit with their work on the
stairs, and make no pretense of stirring
to give stranger going up or coming
down more room. A feature of Sunday
is the combing by the women of their
hair. They, sit in the doorways and
on the steps brushing and combing, or
having combed, their yard-long locks by
the hour. All the houses are rooted with
heavy curved tiles, so fitted as to allow
air to circulate through their grooves.
Every window is grated with iron from
the top to the bottom story, and in, the
doors are peep-holes. Balconies stud the
house-fronts, and long curtains are
drared over them like windows. Doves
abound in focks, and are seldom mo-
Tested. At one time Toledo had 10
churches in addition to the Cathedral
but most of them have fallen into dis.
use, and not many priests remain The
latter and some of the storekeepers are
the only men who are portly, the rest
being thin. The women of all classes
are all In good flesh, aud all seem In such
fresh and vigorous health that 1T hardly
seems as though they could ever grow
old. At noon and evening the serving
womejI 20 TO the fountains distributed at
different points in small groves Of locust
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07

P1cKPocKETs are now trying new
dodge in Paris. It takes two or three
to work" it. One iostles against the
intended victim and contrives to drop
lighted cigar in his oyercoat pocket. A
few minutes later couple of strangers
hurry up to him, exclaiming: "Mon-
sieur, your overcoat is on ire!" and,
with the utmost politeness, they squeeze
and compress the burning cloth, profit
ing by the opportunity to relieve the
pocket of whatever of value it may
contain
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07
LATEST IN FROcK COATS.
Longer in the Skirt and Shorter in tn,
Waist than the De parting STYLE.

AOASSr Hi bH0 anu SHOrb6F HI tine
Waist than the De parting Style.
The sartorial intellect of London,
which makes the masculine fashions of
the year whereon In the wide world
men wear good clothes, has just con-
sidered the frock coat problem, and is
sued it's fat.
From the present On the Washers of
Pail Mall and Piccadilly will wear
slightly modified form of the existing
garment by which the name of Prince
Albert is perpetuated in the grateful
memory of civilized nations. The new
coat is shorter in the waist than the
departing style, and is longer in the
skirt. It may be either black or gray,
and the edges may be corded or stitch
ed, as the wearer's fancy dictates, but
it must be of rough cloth if he desires
to retain the respect of polite society.
Hereafter, whether it be on Broad
way, Inter den Linden, the boulevards
or anywhere else that man has risen
above the level of the savage, the dude
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07

OR the glory of
this world passeth
away. {" If an y
notification of this
scriptural assur-
ance were needed,
there is hardly d
place w h ere 1T
could be better
found than in some
of the once great
and powerful prov
/ h c 3 $ OF Spain.
Take Toledo, for
instance. Accord
ing to an ancient
tradition it w d S
ia tho siyth
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07
Convincing Evidence.

Upem- Your appearance is not that
Of the kind Of man we wish to employ.
We want an active, alert man, who is
shrewd, careful, exact, tenacious, and
who never gets left
Tupem- Pm your man.
Upem - You? Impossible. Have
you credentials to- exhibit?
Tupem-Yes; my umbrella. have
owned and carried it constantly for ten
years.
Upem-Enough. The place is yours.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07
safe from, Dro xvnir.

Winter Visitor Gin Florida aI
should love dearly to go sailing, but It
looks very dangerous. Do not people
often get drowned In this bay ~
Waterman No, indeed, mum. The
sharks never let's anybody drown. -
NetU York Weekly.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07

THE Mexicans were defeated at
Buena Vista by General Taylor on
Feb. %, 1847. Il was at this battle
that General Taylor, when he saw the
Mexican line was wavering under the
first discharge of Bragg's artillery.
called out, "A little more grape, Capt.
Bragg" A second and third dis
charge followed, after which the Mex
leans retired from the field. 1862,
Nashville taken by the Federal troops.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07

has only sterile hills of rock. But little
part of it is traversable except for men
and donkeys. A broad thoroughfare
skirts the disused defenses on the south
and west, running at first along the
sheer descent to the river, and dizzy
height against which houses, shops, and
churches are crammed confusedly. The
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07

A NEWARK, N. j., family is bothered
by mysterious rappings on the walls
and furniture. Though the members
of the family do not believed spooks,
they think the rappings are intended as
q warning of some approaching calam-
sku.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07

AN Illinois man left by will $40, 900
to defray the expenses of removing
certain tree and placing it by the side
of his grave. The tree was twelve
miles away. The tree has started on
it's journey. A large amount of earth
is removed with the roots.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07

and Cr6ton bugs, which are very num-
erous In New York. Mrs. ferguson
said that she had great trouble keep
ing them out of her pantry.
aYou should not try to- keep them
out of your pantry If YOU want to get
lid Of Them replied Mrs. Cfamwhoop<
er with malicious laugh; "just let
them get into your pantry and then
they will all starve to death.
And now there is glacial GOODNESS
between two prominent society ladies'.
TEXAS Sifti1ags.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07

once proud city of the
Peninsula, is a ruin, with
less than 10000 souls.
There is no echo of
rolling wheels, no rum
BILE of manufacture and
traffic. The hustle o (
industry is hushed, and
Toledo is like a place
without a voice. The
surrounding river-b e d
sands are rich in vega-
tation, but the ancien t
city itself, wit tn Q
Tagus looped around it,
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07
B1RDs-EYE view OF TOLEDO.
founded by Jewish colonists in the

century B. G. After being held by
Romans, Goths and Moors in turn, it
was wrested from the latter, after
bloody siege, by Alfonso vi. of CASTLE
and Leon in loss, and made the capital
of CASTLE. After this it became exceed
ingly prosperous, and had population
at one time of 100000 people.
But now? Alas! decay is on every
side. Madrid, the capital, and the
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07

FOLLOWING is scientific description
of what happens when you light fire;
The phosphorus on match is raised
by friction to. a temperature of $50 de-
grees Fahrenheit, at which it ignites.
1t raises the temperature of the sui
phur, if it be sulphur match, to 500
degrees, when the sulphur begins to
burn. The sulphur raises the heat to
800 degrees, when the wood takes up
the work and produces temperature
of 1000 degrees, at which the coal
ignites.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07

THE latest plan for beating the
nickel-in-t he-slot photograph is for two
men to drop one nickel into the aper-
ture and each hold tube to his ear.
The music, speech or song ground out
by the machine then costs them only
q cents each.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07

WE read that freckles may be OBJ
liberated by carefully touching pure
carbolic acid to the spots. This eau
terization or burning produces a
scale which falls off in about ten days.
Any one wanting to make the expert
ment had better try one at time.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07
Political Economy,

Professor - Mr.. Gigsby, will you
please define political economy.
Gigsby-Er-a-political economy is
-ah-ah-a fine art. It-er-is prac-
ticed-er--chiefy by gentlemen who
er-er-who pay $500 for an Office
worth $4,000.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07

A SYRACUSE, N. Y, man has snake
in his stomach, and unless the reptile
gets what it wants to eat and drink it
makes trouble. Port wine is it's favor
tie tipple, but if it gets too much of
the wine it acts as if it had delirium
fremAns
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07

The new Argentine Pacific Railroad
from Buenos Ayres to the foot of the
Andes has what is probably the longest
tangent in the world. This is Oil
miles without a curve. In this dis
lance there is not single bridge and
no opening larger than an ordinary
culvert, no cut greater than one meter
in depth, and no fill of height ex-
ceeding one meter,
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-07

Or thirty-eight boys using tobacco,
thirty-tWo showed irregular heart ac-
aion and disordered stomach, twenty
seven impaired health and growth,
and yet within q years time after
abandoning the use of tobacco all Of
them had recovered good health.