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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-23

OUr Father
We who live in stone front houses
And ride in luxurious carriages.
Which art
Rich in all of this worlds worldly goods
And gorgeousy arrayed in purple and 1ne
linen.
In hedCen
We expect to occupy the front Seats
The same a. we dc here below
Kdlforsd
Are all thy great gifts-the air the land
The sea in fact. the earth, to our use.
Forever praised by our we'll paid choirsa~
And sa1oo a year preachers;
Thy hiHqeioDl
But we ',aristocrats' expect to get aaway
with it.
What may hereafter, We have dead cinch''
On the good things OF this mundane sphere.
Thy riH BE- doas
So far as it relates t. poor devils
Who eat bread i'll the sweat of their hroNS.
On fdTth
We are having good deal Of picnic
Thanks to the patience OF them fools
is is IN H-GrrH
Even 50 let 1t be with us on earth:
Don't deprive Us OF any tirst-class blessings.
Gtrt
\ corner" OF all the bounties of
Thy glorious and henetcent kindness.
This dqy
And three hundred and sixty-four other days
From the toll Of others give Us regularly
Whenever we numerically skin our weaker
neighbors
Overlook the weakness. dear, good Lord,
Ard rorgirc Hs
In ample time. so that at the eleventh hour
We can pass in through the gates ajdr
tttF frfSr1HsSfs
Are indeed ruany-o,lr good deeds scarce
But forgive It's: though not oh Lord.
As 2rf f0rgire those rho fFespass against rs.
For If Thou didst we should indeed
Catch hell' with endless variations.
.ind lsGi as
Tnerrin-iy into all the soft snaps
Where there il lots of money and no work: but
Not itfo feHGR'Gfton
At least wher&it will be found out
For wa can't stand much temptation.
But df.irer
At all events from the sherifs cruel grip
And from self Punishment to Canada
From crl
Men who find fault with their fate
And strike and ''hnycot kindly deliver us.
For Thine is
An infinite assistance III keeping them
In that condition which Thou Intended"
Tbf kiHgsi0m
where money is god. ana workingmen
Live on bread ard water. or take Strychnine i:
The potrfF GEd glory
OF politicians. niIice->eekers. pap-sJIcllers,
t;rsh-all>- ShylOchS and money uongerS
Nor Hrd fOFsrtF:
TO all of which We most sincerely
From the bottom uf our boots say.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-23

and lessons the liability to breakage
Its normal speed is seven and half
knots with steam, and with both sail
and steam fully nine knots. AS pro-
lection against ice while running free
the Kites bows fifteen feet back are
solid mass of wood. the timbers being
dovetailed together. A vertical strip OF
iron passes from the bowsprit down the
nose under the water line and some dis
tance along the keel. The iron is
inches wide and inch thick. Straps of
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-23
A Cool Suggestion.

Checkley Spatis-Dear me! I
weally don't know what to do this
summer to occupy my mind!
Sally De Witt-Why don't you take
trip to the Antartic Ocean? There's
absolutely nothing going on there
plLnL.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-23

"Mv salary has been raised" said
he. "and / think / am in position
now where l can safely ask you to
name the day."
at would lock, that way to any ono
who could see u.s." said the blushing
maiden seated on his knee.-I,elia,a-
GnnIis Journal
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-23
A DEADLY PARALLEL
The Peoples Party in the Middle of IL

The Peoples Party in the Middle of the
Road Is Fired at From Both Sides.
1t is very amusing to note the sub
terfuges to which the partisan press
resorts to prevent the people from en-
tering into independent political ac-
ton. The following quotations are
taken from. the GioJe-Democrat and
the Republic of st. Louis, Mo. The
former is republican paper. while the
latter owes its brilliant success to its
ability to fool the people according to
the democratic faith These extracts
are taken from the editorial columns of
the two papers bearing the same date
of issue, and are comments on the ac-
ton of the Cincinnati conference. We
publish them IN parallel columns that
our readers may the more readily see
the true inwardness of either the ignor-
ance or the deception which character
ICES most of our great dailies, who
seek, by diverting the attention of the
people from real issues, to continue the
present condition of affairs:
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-23

Strictly Pure.
Customer-This ground coffee, you
say, is perfectly pure?"
SYSTEMATICALLY, ma'am.
Customer Then how does it happen
that you sell it cheaper than the un-
ground coffee?
n-Er-ma'am-er-
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-23

from the north poe.
Lieut.. rcary's idea is tt rcarh this
limit establish stations there, and make
those stations the starting point OF an
other expedition ta the pole tuclf.
This same latitude has never been
reached by any of the many poar cXpc-
Aitinns Thn schnmn the re fore is to hn.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-23
GREENLAND
THE SCENE OF NEW ExPLOR-
ING OPERATIONS.

Lieutenant Pesry ami a Party Bound for
. Jaunt to Determine the Country's
Northern Limits anI lay Out u Route
Toward the Pole.
From New York there has sailed
little bit of a whaling vcssel-the Kite
well seasoned to the arctic waters, with
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-23
NUMBER rs
HUMOR.
Twas His Biz.

1t happened at Springfield. Scene
barber shop.
Victim Ito barber)-Is this your es-
tablishment?
"No, only half of it. is mine"
$50 you have q partner p
THE man at the next chair owns the
other half"
why don't you own his share?"
"That's my business"
well, if YOU own one-half and the
o. her half's your business. why don't
you own the shop?"-Bostoa Com
mercidl Bulletin.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-23

two adventurous par
ties. one section OF
which intends to lay
out a route for some
future expedition to tho
north pole. the other
bent on the sticntif-
ic exploration of the
mort h west coast Of
Greenland. -
Tic two bands which
have pooled their is
SHE'S AID arranged tO
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-23
Coat-Shed,lInc Tine.

Little Dot-Mamma, please give me
q whole lot of moth paper.
Mamma-What for?
: Little Dot-To pack my Kitty away.
Her fur is. all comm off.-Street G
Smiths Good Ners,
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-23

There never has been time when
the labor party had such brilliant pros
poets. All over the country organiza-
ton and education are the watch
words, and the people are falling into
line by the thousands.
The work, too, is being systematized.
Harmony prevails everywhere Circu-
lating libraries are to be found in every
state. Thousands of tracts and docu-
ments of information are circulated
throughout the land, and last but not
least by any means, between 600 and
700 reform papers are now united in n
reform press association and sending
out throughout the length and breadth
of the nation from day to day and from
week to week, reform news, arguments
and exhortations, all on the same line
and to the same end
Truly the prospect is encouraging
and it now behooves every laboring
man to go to work in this cause, and
work as he never worked before.-4r-
kansas Sentinel
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-23
The Old Man Was n Little OF.

"John, pass the cream" said man
to his son at tha breakfast table in a
West Side boarding house.
There is none," mildly suggested
the youth.
What" roared the parental parent.
"There amt dron."
"Yourg man. hand over that milk
pitcher or Ill knock the whole top of
your head off y" exclaimed the irate
raternal parent.
Easy now. old man; you've given
me too many lessons in lying to try
and palm off West Side milk for
cream. Don't forget yourself, pa, and
remember. if YOU can, just where We're
boarding. ."-kentucku JOurnGh
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-23
Adding insult to Injury.

While conversing with Miss Esmer-
aida Longcoffin, an old maid of Hous-
ton, Texas, she asked young man in
bantering tone:
"How old do you really think I am?"
about thirty" he replied.
You are joking" said Miss Long
coffin, Indignantly.
WELL" said the wretch. looking at
her more critically. "you can't be
much older than thirty-five or forty"
-Ter0S SiffinOS
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-23
II Wasn't Poker.

One of the powers-You are accused
of poker-playing.
Hastings-Yes. You see, my friend
and 1 sat down for quiet little
0. p. growing interested Yes.
Hastings-And he opened a pot for
ST
0. P. growing more interested
Yes.
Hastings-Well, went in and drew.
five cards.
o. p. more and more interested}-
Yes.
Hastings-I caught pair of deuces:
he bet So, and I called.
0. P.-On pair of deuces?
Hastings-Yes.
O. P.-The accusation is withdrawn;
that wasn't poker.-Harrard Lam
pOO7l.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-23
A ..HiIlion Dollar Country

Secretary Fosters recent remark
that "this is billion dollar country"
is accepted by the unthoughtful organs
of his party as a splendid vindication
of the lavishness of the billion dollar
congress. They insist that the growth
of the country" renders necessary and
therefore justifes this increase in ex-
penditures.
Let us see. The population of the
country just doubled from 1860 to
1890. But the expenses of the govern
ment during this period increased al
most four-fold-from 100000. or
about 50 per head, to $780, 100000, or
So per head.
To bring the comparison down to
recent periods, as the indianapolis
Sentinel has done, at the last session
of the forty-fourth congress, presided
over by Samuel J. Randall, the appro-
prsalions were $144, ,302, 149. At the
last session Of the fifty-tirst congress,
presided over by Gar Reed, the appro-
priations- were $410, ,343, 1913. The in
crease was 1873 per cent, although in
in the same time the increase of popu-
lation has been only 80 per cent In
other words the appropriations in
creased five times as fast as the popu-
lation.
Let Them Do Their Own Fighting.
If the millionaire mihe-owners of
Pennsylvania import the scum of all
Europe and then have trouble with
the cattle because they want enough
"fodder" to live on, and then import
! more of the same sort to take the place
Of the strikers, then let the millionaire
mine owners take care of the trouble
of their own brewing. We think it
| an outrageous shame that the rest of
the people should be taxed to guard
the property of the mine owners who
violate the law i'll the Importation of
these ignorant brutes for the purpose
of making labor more plentiful, hence
cheaper. We say that it is shame
and disgrace to our boasted free coun-
try, institutions and civilization, that
the state aids the monopolists who
break the law in the importation of
cheap labor, as against the poor brutes
who know nothing of our laws or in
stitutions, or anything but that they
work for starvation wages now and that
they cannot hve.on any Chicago
Express.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-23
FOR REPUBLICANS To
EFAn

FOR REPUBLICANS To
READ.
The point of chief in
terest with respect to
the new pZrty organ
lied at Cincinnati lies
in the incongruniS
character of the vari-
Ous elements which it
represents.
1t Is difficult to treat
such a preposteroIiS af-
fair in q serious mall-
ner. There is nothing
in it that appeals to the
Judgment ar the con-
science of the people,
and the intelligent
voter will easily detect
its many weaknesses
and hypocricies. a
party organized in such
u p-hazard fashion
must necessarily be
shOrt-livcd. It does not
stand for any definite
and important princi-
pie or set of prjnci-
pies.
The republican farm
ers will readily see that
the peoples party is
simply "a scheme 10
catch their votes for the
benefit of the demo
Gratis: and their intelli-
gence Will surely pro
teCt them against a de
vice of that sort.
Ht. Platform pi Inv
people : party seems t.
have been prepared
with a view of antago,
nizing the republican
party in as many re.
spects as possible
which Is to say that II
Is calculated to draw
campaign cSpense g ;
from the democratic
national committee
Obe-DfmOcr0t iRep.),
issue May ~, 1891.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-23
Charlie Piayetl the Game.

Charlie isn't at home just now"
said young Mrs. Tocker to neighbor
who had dropped in to spend the even.
ing. He said he was going down to
the club for a little freeze-out. l don't
know exactly what that is. but I'm
glad if he can find any cooling bever-
age during this awful weather. -
ItdshiRgton Post.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-23
Tsti's Prayer.

\ neighbor's family received news
the other day of the arrival Of new
cousin to be added TO the group of two
little cousins in q distant town.
At night, when little Ted came to
say his prayers. feeling like throwing
the mantle of his blessing over all his
connections, he prayed something as
follows:
"Oh, bod. peas bress Dot, and Bes-
sic, and-and de odder kid. ."-Wdter-
hrfTH Am ertfdn
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-23
What Good Crops Won't DO.


Oregon alliance Herald says: A
prominent loan agent said to us the
other day that one good crop with fair
prices would destroy the alliance. Ha,
ha! that's good. The farmers have
been having good crops on the average
for many years, and yet the alliance
became necessity. We should like
to ask if one good crop with fair prices,
will destroy railroad extortion? Will
it'equalize the burden of taxation:
Will it stop usury e1tortion? Will it
do away with child labor? Will it
give work to.the millions of idle men
in the country at remunerative wages?
Will it give the millions of female en-
ploves living wages? Will it destroy
the sweating system in our factories :?
Will it compel the idle parasites to go
to work and earn an honest living :?
VIII it prevent the monopolization Of
life's necessities by handful of our
population? VIII it destroy specula-
ton in land the heritage of all Gods
children? Will it destroy speculation
in food products of the world? Will
it destroy trusts? Will it prevent the
lockout of honest working people,
thereby forcing up prices by the limit
ing of output? Will it supply school
facilities for the millions of children
now crowded out? VIII it destroy the
robbery that now exists in every
branch of the public service, wringing
millions out of the people to satisfy
the greed of lot Of schemers? Will
it secure an equal and exact admins
| tration of justice to all people alike? ?
|. Will 1t shorten the hours of toll? Will
It correct all or any of the damnable
ills that have grown out of the past
administration of this country?"
Jerry simpson and His Opponent.
Jerry Simpsons opponent was James
Il. Hallowell, once United States at
torney, and reputed one Of the best
stump speakers in Kansas Acting
| upon the notion as prevalent among
the republicans of the district as it is
| now in other parts of the United States,
that Simpson was an ignorant bump
kin, Hallowell challenged him to a
| joint debate over the district. To the
| surprise of everyone Simpson accepted
and Hallowell and his friends prepared
to enjoy his discontinue. When the
| first debate came off it furnished as
| much amusement as had been expect
ed but Hallowell and his friends got
none of the fun.
The platform upon which Hallowell
was running favored every demand of
the peoples party. It had been adopt
ed in spirit of demagogy to head of
| the alliance movement. But Simpson,
who had the opening, turned it to his
own purposes by clinching his argu-
ments with liberal quotations from it.
So Hallowell, when he responded, was
obliged to denounce the manifesto OF
the convention that nominated him or
to yield the debate to his adversary.
He compromised by makiug a war
speech, which Simpson ridiculed in
his reply. Hallowell never appeared
for another chance to laugh at the il
literate statesman. Lyons (NeJ.) Sun.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-23

chain of islands giving tolerably easy
access to the pole is, of course, yet to be
determined.
Teary and his party will be abe to do
little but preparatory work during the
present year. The Kite will convey
them to some suitable spot in Prudhoe
Land, and they will go into winter quar-
ters Immediately, where they will wait
until next summer for their great dash
to the northern limits They will de-
liberatoly get frozen in there for the
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-23
Ma and Pa.

Mrs. De Style-The expressman has
come with my box of Worth dresses.
Tell pa to go down and pay him.
Little Son-Pa can't 60 down now.
He's sewing patch on his pants
Street &c Smiths Good NeUs.'
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-23
FOR DEMOCRATS To
READ,

FOR DEMOCRATS To
READ.
The silence of the
platform. giving CON
sent to the Mckinley
bill and to an average
tariff tax of ~ cents on
the dollar OF value i'll
every article OF manu-
factured goods used i'll
the life of the American
people. gives the lie di-
rect to the claim that
any organization sup
porting such a plat
form is or that it can
become The Peoples
Party To accept the
Mckinley bill. either
by tacit consent or
open Endorsement. is to
accept rep,lblicanism
with all that it implies.
And this is exactly
what the Cincinnati
convention has done.
BY refusing to antago-
.nize the Mckinley bill
lit not only prevents
any third party issue
of principle against the
republican party. but
throws the negative in
tiuence Of the third
party platform against
the democratic cam
paign for tariff reform.
There is every reason
to believe that this was
done intelligently and
with the deliberate
purpose of strengthen
ing the republicans in
power and crippling
the democrats in oppo-
Sition.
| In the first place the
tariff was ignored to
avoid issue with repub-
licanisIn.
The subtreas asury
tScheme was insisted on
TO force issue against
democracy. - The Re-
pnbtic (Dem.), issue
[ Nav ~ 1901
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-23
there are two planks or PROPOSE

If there are two planks or PROPOSE
tions contained in the platform Of the
peoples party that present such oppo-
site and absurd views es the two clip
pings quoted above, we'll agree to
stand on our head and eat soup with a
fork until one or the other of the above
mentioned papers tells the truth when
speaking of any Independent hove
ment on the part of the people,
Louis National RefOrn,er.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-23
A Circus OF His Own.

Wooden-Did you go to the circus?
Bultincn-No, I didn't need to.
Wooden-Why?
Bulfiuch-We had twins at our
house.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-23
4 sure Enough Fool,


LIahoring Man-Mr. Banker, I want
to deposit 800 for year; what inter
est do you pay?
Banker-If you will leave it the full
year | will give you 4 per cent.
Laboring Man-All right, give me
the check.
Banker Certainly, my noble fellow,
here it is.
Lahoring Man-Now, I guess that L
can loan some money ont here to a
farmer and at good percentage, and
as You are paying me 81 for the use of
my 800. l will leave this check with
you as security, and l want you to loan
me $50 on it at one per cent. per an
nun.
Banker-We don't do that kind of
business. You must think we are fools
to let you have money and then pay
you for the privilege of doing so.
Laboring Man-Is that the name you
call fellows who do that kind of busi-
ness? Why, old fellow, that is what
Uncle Sam has been doing for you
these many years past. Do you mean
to say that he is fool .llelandria
(Ld.) Farmers Gazette.
Time to Stop 1t.
The people of the south and west
have been engaged for thirty years
past in hating one another with great
bitterness. This hating has been most
irrational. 1t is true now, and it has
been true for thirty years, that the in
forests of the south and west are the
same. Both these sections are agri-
cultural, and they both will remain
agricultural. The natural friends and
political associates of the south are the
people of the west. Whatever is
against one section is against the other,
and whatever helps one section will
help the other. These obvious facts
are just beginning to be perceived over
the mountains of passion and prejudice
that have been piled up between these
sections. And when these facts shall
come to be fully seen by the people of
these sections, woe be to those who use
their political power for the purposes
of burdening these sections. Good
We're it for those men if they had not
been born. .'-RdieiJh(S. c. Progress
sire Farmer.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-23
Ent t.rfaining Reaslfng.

Farmer.That was q stavin' paper
you got out last week.
County editor-I am glad to hear
that you were pleased with it.
Farmer-Them stories You. had in
about them fellers bein' cured OF long
standin' diseases were the entertain
ingist bits of news I've read for long
time.-The HumOTisf.
True Economy.
De Jinks-Where dye get that suit?
Finchy-At Wastes.
De Jinks Then you paid two prices
for it, my boy.
Finchy-Oh. no, didn't.
De Jinks-Well, you paid more than
it was worth.
Finchy-Nixy! Fact is, 1 haven't
paid for it at all.-Munsey's Weekly.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-23
THE LORDS PRAYER.
As the Plutocracy Think.

by BUTTON wHACkET.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1891-02-19

Several years ago Chamberlain u Co.,
of Demoines. Iowa, commenced the
manufacture of a cough syrup. believing
it to be the most prompt aud reliable
preparation yet produced for coughs.
colds and Group; that the public appre-
cate true merit, and in time it was GER
tnin to become popular, Their most
sanguine hopes have been more than
realized. Over three hundred thousand
bottles of Chambe rain's Cough Remedy
are now sold each year, and 1t is recog.
nized AS 'lhe best made" wherever
known. II will cure a severe cold In less
time than any other treatment For sale
at E Etgle Drug Store.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1891-02-19

81 have used Ayers Pills for the past thirty
years, and am satisfied should not be alive to-
day were it not for them. They cured me OF
dyspepsia when all other remedies failed. 1T.
P. Bonner, Chester, Pa. Ayers Pills are sold by
all druggists.
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,nlldren CFYfrp Pitchers CasfGTIs
mnnnY moossers

VIM. Timmons, Postmaster of Idaviile, Ind.
artes: Electric Bitters has done mafe for me
than an other medieinss eombi, "a. for that bad
feeling arising ire m Kidney ard Liver .Fon6e
John Leslie farmer AMI stockman, Il the same
place says: Find Electric Btters T. be the
best hidney and Liver medicine, maze me Iee
like a new man" j. ". Gardner, hardWare
merchant, sam town, says: Electric Bitieis is
Inst the thing r am who i Ell run down and
dot care Whe her he lives or dies; he iound
new strength, good appetite and fell last ike he
had new le Sc on iiie. Only soc bottle, at
Harry Maretts Drug store.
To the question, Which is your favor1te poemf
there may be great variety OF aas1ers: but when
asked, Which is your favorite blood lurifet?
there can be only ons repy-Aye''s sarsaparill,
beca1ss it is the purest, safest and most econom-
ical.
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PAR.plsE AvD spaNG CITY STAGE LINE.

Stage leaves winnemucea for Paradise and
spring C ~ daily az A. N arrive at Paradiss at
3Pn;at spriog CT at s Pm
Leaves Spring ity daily at P. M; arrive at
Paradise atS p. NJ.
Leaves P.radisc at 6A. NJ, arrive at Winnie
mucca at 3 Pm
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Tickets sold and baggage checked through to
Al, eastern points Also steamship tickets to all
principal points iu Europe.
r. JAcKMAN, Agent.
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M'pst NIT srAee LINE.

MDkhhTT SfAU6 LISB
Stage leaves Winnemueca for hcDermt Mon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays az 0 A. NJ; ar
viyes at 8P. NJ.
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TIME TABLES.

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY.