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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-12

The ''Deesttict Skule of Fifty Years
Ago" will Re played by the la,iles OF
the Presbyterian church, at Rees
Opera House, Friday, March Goth
Admission 25 cents. reserved seats
30 cents. Tickets for sale at S. VI
Smiths Drug Store.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-12

There is no uncertain sound in the
action taken by the county +. & L. T..
in regard to the compromise" qucs-
ton. Us action should be endorsed
by every free man intlsc county.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-12

John s. Shane closed the winter
term of the Mt. Pleasant school Fri
day, and left Saturday evening for
kiiksville. where he will attend State
Normal school. This will make his
third term at the Normal,
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-12

}. A. Richardson and c. II. March
will offer at public ssie, Saturday
March 21st. 1891. horsas. cattle, farm
Implements, and other personal prop
efty. The sale is 3 miles northwest
of Gfee1ssburg.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-12

All parties having furniture tina,
needs revarnishing or repainting can
have same done at residence, if sc
desired. h. leaving orders with Che
nault s. Smith, at Ed. II. tteorgs' S
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-12

j. ". Dickerson. OF Arbela, pur-
chased & fins large jack this week.
and it will make the season With his
Norman stallion. Look for bills with
pediyrecs and terms
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-12

Marriage licenses have been issued
By the circuit clerk during the past
week to the following parties: c. II.
Wells to Carrie Barker; B. ". Nc
Candless to Emma Whalen; Julius
Meyer to Ella HAPPIER; VIM. NJ. Clark
to Mary johnson.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-12

List of unclaimed letters remain
ing in the post office at Memphis. Mo-,
March 10th, 1891. Ed. Benson: +.
S. Grouse; Mary Cross: Eli twynnc;
Feeby johnson; j. ID. Rene; Dan
futile; Vim. Waters; J. I. Walker.
i. VI. COwELL, =. NJ.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-12

So far there has been saly t1c
persons that have announced them
selves for school commissioner. As
they &.'e spoken of as good teachers
either one will undoubtedly tsaAe &
good commissioner
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-12

Postmaster Cewell has perfected ar:
engagements which enable him to re.
ceiye subscriptions for about 1900
different papers and paafto licals, ana
to save the subscribers remittance
fees and postage. and will guarantee
| against loo5cs. VIII also receive sub
| ScriptionS for county papers.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-12

Program of the night session of
the +. & l.. t.. of Scotland county,
on April 3rd, 1891.
Prayer, Rev. Tanquary.
Address Of welcome, Pres. Miller.
Response, Prof. Morgan.
What of the third party led by B. +.
T;tlbott, followed by Ell. Butler
and others.
Paper. Are our Statesmen on the de-
cline, by W. H. Moore
Closing remarks.
Closing song, by Memphis Public
Schools.
Adjourned.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-12

Friday evening. Wesley Rees re-
ceived word that his mother was dead.
Mr.. Rees left Saturday morning for
keokuk, Ia, to attend the funeral
services.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-12

Married at the residence OF tho
brides parents, on Sunday. March Sth
Mr.. i. W. McCandless and Miss En-
ma Whallen. Rev. G. +. Tanquary
Officiated
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-12

Samuel W. Barnett, aged 20 years
died at his home, / miles south of
this city, Friday, March 9th, The
remains were laid to rest at the fam
lily burNipg place. Saturday.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-12

Blackmore's Big Humbug Minstrel
Company showed ia this city to a
crowded house Tuesday night. We
can say that they do not deceive
the name in the least. They are nc
good.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-12
FARMERS UNION.
THURSDAY, MARCH. II, lsal.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

IN EoUNC INIENTS-
We are authorized to announce c. +. sam
tlcrs as c,,ndidute for School Commissioner
Of Scotland county, Missouri. ut the coming
April election.
Having been Il teacher in Scotiastd county
for the last ten years. submit my name for
Commissioner OF Public Schools of Scotland
county. asking the votes of the people ut the
April election of 1891. W. X. MOORE.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-12

G. A. Andres sells the Diamond !,
taoar, the best in the city, Try it.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-12
Agricultural implements,
Southeast Corner OF The Square, sagmoIts Cd stand.
IIcCand|eSS 4 Wagner.
MY OWN DEAR TOMEY

MY OWN DEAR TOMEY:
l hope you will not feel offended, bu :;
Papa was not very favorably impressed when
you were introduced last evening. He says
no genteel, solf-respect ing young man won Id
Wear su CHI an ill-fitt ing, shabby sui to ca II
upon young lady and that you are either
TOO careless in habit poor in pocket to
suit h i'm for a in law. Now, Dear, you
don't be angry with ne, because I enclose
the bus iness card Of the
=. l1DHEN pRIMT. -
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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-03-12
Lowell Bros.

lat and 10 cent cheap store Is where they
sFe everything you want and sell cheaper
Tngs will prove
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-28

One of the chief difficulties heretofore
has been the weight of the apparatus itself
and of the necessary fuel, and also the dan
ger from the use of fire as source of pow
er. 1t may be interesting to recall the
fact that the same fancied difficulties were
strenuously urged against the feasibility
of steam navigation Of the ocean. 1t was
said that the largest boats could not carry
coal enough to get from Liverpool to New
York, and it was facetiously added that
they would have to come back for more,
or establish coalng stations by the way.
But invention unconsciously works toward
great results, and the infant discovery be-
comes giant before those who were born
with it have grown to manhood The in
ventor of today in the field of aerial navi-
CATION has two powerful aids which were
not at'the service of the inventor of few
years ago.
These are aluminium and the gas engine
Aluminium is the lightest metal known,
being about one-third the weight of iron.
1t is very strong and malleable, and hence
particularly adapted for use in the con-
struction of an air ship. 1t is only recently
that il has been procurable at price which
puts its within reach for commercial pur-
poses upon large scale, and it Is even yet
comparatively very expensive. The gas
engine does away with the necessity of IA
boiler and heavy load of fuel, and By
combining these two the weight of the shin
itself is reduced to n minimum, leaving a
considerable margin for the load. BY the
Use of aluminium with limited amount of
steel Mr.. Pennington is said to have made
an engine which gives one horse power for
every two and half pounds of metal used
in its construction. This in itself is a great
claims male for it.
The body of the air ship is cigar shaped.
1t has an enormous keel on top and arrow
plains ESQ called) on each side of about the
same dimensions. 1t also has both YER
teal and horizontal rudder The keel
and arrow plains are to give effectiveness
to the rudders. The vertical rudder is of
course, for the purpose OF directing tho
progress of the machine, while the hori.
zontal one serves to increase or diminish
the altitude, The propeller is placed in
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-28
ANECDOTES Of sHERhAN.


naa-l S1lgzzSts
He Was Called sscump' by the Boys.
The Cigar Story with Him In II.
The Young men Of Lancaster, O., whers
Sherman lived with Senator Ewing when
q boy, were fond of loafing about the store
and listening to the stories of the older
loafers. The boys always called William
Tecumseb "Cump," and one of them says
he was among tho LATEST of them, and that
he could always be found at the stores Of
an evening "He was different fellow"
says this gentleman, "from John, who was
a great reader and a sort of a plodder
'Cump' had great idea of going to West
Point, and he talked of 10 continually. /
shall never forget the day his uncle finally
got him bis appointment He was SO hap
Ply he could hardly contain himself, and he
almost walked on the air for several days"
Sherman began to command those about
him at very early age His first recorded
order was issued at the time of his baptism,
which, though his father and mother were
strict Presbyterians, was not celebrated
till few months after the death of his
father, when the future general was quite
lad. When his name was given to the
preacher he objected to baptizing youth
by the name of heather Indian (Tecum-
Beh). He wanted to call the boy simply
William. But the boy would not have it
SO. He stopped the ceremony. Said he;
my father called me Tecumseh aud Te-
cumseh l will be called II you baptize
me So all right. If you will not, will
have none of your baptism" The preach
er waived the point and the ceremony
went on.
Many great men are absent minded, and
the general was not free from this failing.
An old comrade tells this story:
An Incident happened on Pine Mountain,
Georgia, the evening that Gen. Sherman sent
his famous dispatch. Hold the fort; am COM
ing" to Alatoona, Oct. s, 1894 The general re-
ceivcd fresh cigar from some one, cigars be-
ing scarce. and began to shout for u light.
Lieut. J. Clarence Peck, of Gen. Wnittaker's
staff, was tho fortunate possessor of freshly
lighted cigar, and he politely handed IL to Gen.
Sherman, who lit his own cigar and then do
liberately threw the heutenants cigar away.
A broad smile displayed itself all around. The
general was thinking of those million rations
at Alatoona, but it didn't appeaso the disgust
ofthc lieutenant
Just before the election of 1898 a New
York political club decided to serenade the
general A committee saw him about it
beforehand to learn il it would be agreea-
Bile.
TITS ell right. boys" he answered "a
shall feel honored by the serenade. won't
make much of n speech, but If you care to
have few off hand remarks will make
them; but insist upon one condition. Your
band must not play Marching Through
Georgia 1t is good air, and all that
but for just about a quarter of century
no band of music has ever knowingly
played to me without using it. That has
become monotonous, don't you see, and
feel as though | couldn't possibly stand
another note Of it."
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-28

What Is art2
We do not need to look in the books for
definition. Art nowadays is visible all
about us, in almost everything we use
1t is to be seen not alone in pictures on the
walls, in the form and ornamentation of
public buildings and private houses, and
in articles worn for personal adjournment
1t is in the humblest things we use-in the
form and ornaments of the lamp at which
we sit to read, in the legs and cover of the
table, iu the pitcher from which we pour a
drink of water, and the tumbler from
which we drink it, in the handle of boys
jackknife, in the pattern of girls calico
gown.
1t is impossible to escape the application
of art to industry; the farmer sees it in the
design painted on his lumber wagon, and
his wife sees it in the castings upon her
kitchen stove and in the backs and legs OF
her kitchen chairs.
The making OF a lumber wagon or a
kitchen stove, even supposing there was no
attempt to make either one of those useful
articles thing pleasant to look Mt, would
be an art" according to the dictionary
definition; but nowadays, when we speak
of the employment of art in industry, we
mean something else; we mean the attempt
not only to render beautiful to the eye OBJ
jects which are made wholly to be beauti-
full or pleasing, like painted picture or
bit Of sculpture, but also to render those
beautiful in some degree which are made
to be useful first of ALL. Z. Chamberlin
in Youths Companion.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-28

The autocrntic government of Russia has
several big jobs on hand. The chief one
of course is the suppression of all political
action antagonistic to the policy of the
cars advisers. Then there is the fierce
but as yet unsuccessful attempt to sup
press the Hebrews as religious body
Apparently these two problems are not
enough to occupy the attention of the em-
peror's ministers, for they have recently
turned hostile eyes upon the German col
onies, which are declared to be the leading
factor in the spread of the doctrines of
Stundism in southern Russia. The Stund-
lists are Protestant sect, mostly Rus
slams from the Eastern church, formed
In 1917 by colonists OF Wurtemburg, and
numbering in 1888 more than million adj
herents. The formulas of the Stundists
closely resemble those of the Anabaptists.
They repudiate the sacraments and demand
an equal distribution of property A syn
cd of the Eastern church recently anath-
ematized the Stundists and pronounced
them to be guilty of blasphemy The Rus
sian government proposes to place special
restrictions upon the entry of German inn
migrants into southern Russia and to cur.
tail the privileges allowed to those who arc
already resident within Russian territory.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-28

Amicolola, the beautiful falls about tho
line of Lumpkin and Gilmore counties,
means rolling water. Ami is water, ard
colola is rolling-Amieololu, rolling water.
MIR. Moore departs from the established
rule Of spelling several names. He has it
"Canncsauga;" it is "Connasauga"
hardly think the Cherokee language has
words for rivers, creeks, branches, etc
They would describe the different bodies
of water by such words as little, large,
small, great. Like Hebrew names, their
names, MS have said, signify something in
the thing named. Thus Tennessee means
spoon. All Indian dialects have limited
yocabulary.-W. j. Cotter in Atlanta Con-
atitution,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-28


That there was time when there were
no handkerchiefs is as certain as that there
was once an epoch when there was an I'M
created world The handkerchief could
not be evolved before the sense of neatness
that called it into being, for the law of sup
ply and demand is us old rs the creation.
For its comparatively modern advent there
are sufficient reasons, Civilization began
in regions where the climate was mild and
colds uncommon, This was the case in
Egypt, in Syria, in India and about the
Mediterranean, There has nothing been
found on an Egyptian tomb or obelisk that
suggests the handkerchief. Assyran monu-
ments throw no light on the subject, and
even in regard to ancient Greece the matter
is in doubt
But though the fashionables of the old
world were required TO blow or wipe the
nose rarely, there were other uses for such
spare drapery as they had about their per-
sons. They perspired freely and wept
often, either from grief or rage, or because
the sand of the desert was blown into their
eyes What more natural than that the
person who perspired or wept should re-
move the superfluous moisture with the
end or corner of his flowing garments, and
that in the course of time it should seem
to him more neat and proper to have n
separate piece of woven fabric for that
purpose2-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-28
The Language of Sealing wax.

There are various signs or symbols by
which the sentimental may express the
emotions of love, friendship, dislike or act
nal anger. The eyes are potent in this re-
gard, and there is said to be n regular code
of handkerchief signals. The list of agents
employed now includes sealing wax, which
is again in fashion us a means of fastening
letter envelopes. An epistle conveying a
proposal of marriage, saysa London paper,
must be sealed with white wax, while ac-
cepted lovers may Use ruby color. Jealousy
is expressed by yellow wax, blue implies
constancy and brown melancholy, green
suggests hope, and paler shade of green
conveys reproof. 4. letter q coincidence
should bear violet seal in reply to the
black wax initiating death, and tine ordi-
aary SCARLET hne is still used for business.
inyitatlons z; dinner display CHOCOLATE
seals, gushing young ia1..eass fastsn their
condolences with pink. and gray Is 10 ,A zen
cral tint for letters to ordinary aequaint-
anceS.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-28


the family mansion, and IL comfort and
luxury have power to weave spell young
Mr.. Vanderbilt will not desert his beauti.
full suit Of rooms on the third floor of
the great stone palace on Fifth avenue for
some time to come.
His rooms, which are four In number,
were decorated and furnished under the
lsving superintendent Of Mrs. Vanderbilt
who takes more and livelier interest in
them than In all the rest of her house and
houses. She selected the furniture and
hangings, bric-a-brac, aud many OF the
books of the bijou library three years ago
last spring while her son was in Europe
with his father With the exception Of
one room, the smallest of the four the
suit Is keyed to restful absence OF bright
and dazzling colors. The anteroom, which
is a good sized chamber in itself, is hung
with gobelin tapestries, not antique, but
without any glazing tints.
The library is in oak, with wreath of
gold flowers forming frieze and dado.
Richly carved chairs of almost unique de-
sign-the Empire style predominating,
however-stand about, inviting to rest or
lounge, and the dwarf bookcases are of
magnificent old black oak. A very serious
and studious young man George Wander
bilt Is said to be. He writes very melo-
dious and worthy verses and his tastes in
literature incline to biography and history.
In fiction he prefers the sonorous ro-
mances, like "The Gallant Lords Of Bois-
Doree, !" "Isidra," prince Otto" etc.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-28

GLIMPSE OF MT. MooRE's LIBRARY.
One might think that an ardent club
man and tireless german leader like Mr..
Tom Howard would hardly care for an
apartment of his own, and in fact for q
number of years the comforts of the
Knickerbocker were 'sall the comforts of
home" for him. But he has kept in the
fashion by taking an apartment only a
stones throw from that famous club,
which he has fitted up in all modern lux
ury. China as china, and stiff, angular
chairs appear to have no attraction for
him. He has preferred to go in thoroughly
for deep, soft divans, great easy chairs. vel
vet lounges, with springs that surprise
one by their texibility, as If one were
Devilshoof himself and had never before
seen their like. The pictures on the walls
also are of the modern French school-a
good landscape or two and those fascinat-
ing ballet girls who emerge all fresh and
interrupted from the studio of Jan Van
Beers. Everything is in good taste because
all articles of furniture, carpets, draperies
and bric-a-brac harmonic; there is no
clashing of epochs, and although one might
search in vain for anything significant of
the owner, yet the apartment as whole
is very significant, for it reveals by the
very absence of salient things the rounded
character of man of the world.
Nevertheless, that man of the world
can impress himself on his apartment is
shown by that of Mr.. J. Ridgeway Moore.
This is one of the largest as we'll as the
best known Of the bachelor apartments of
New York city. The proprietor is as fond
of entertaining as he is abundantly able,
and his petit soupers or dinners before
dance or after theatre party are events
nft l,a ri1,ta oil fuI hot
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-28
now THE AIR snIr Will. LOOK.

front, and its peculiar construction is one
of the main features of the ship. It is, as
are many other of the greatest things
known to man, the result of happy acct
dent. Mr., Pennington WAS experimenting
in his factory rs opportunity offered to do
termine the amount of pull" which he
could develop with a given power.
The propeller was taken Off between
trials and left about the shop, where one
of the blades was accidentally bent Upon
the next trial Mr.. Pennington noticed
wonderful increase of efficiency and a
change in the direction of the current
created. Upon examination he discovered
the cause to be the bent blade of The pro-
peller He thcreupon bent the other blades
and found the increased efficiency almost
marvellous. 1t comes about in this way:
Instead of forcing the air straight back
against the front of the body of the ship as
now constructed the blades force it buck
and outward, thus making partial
vacuum in front and rendering the resist
ance to progress many times less. The
new propeller bores u hole in the air and
pushes itself along with the shavings An
idea of the Importance of this modification
may be gathered from the statement that
the best theoretical speed Pennington could
attain by the use OF the old wheel was forty
miles an Ecuf, Whle Win the new one,
upon the same basis of reckoning, he could
make two hundred miles an hour.
There are also four small vertical pro-
pellers-two upon each sile-for raising
and lowering the ship. These will run or
be at rest, as occasion may require, the
idea being That the load shall just about
balance the ship, so that it may go up or
down by the application Of h i.iie mower
The steering of "a. ne snip toward its desti-
pinli,,,S. anu the maintenance of the proper
aitietide are expected to be accomplished
automatically by means of electrical appa-
ratus.
The buoyancy chamber is constructed
upon the plan of the latest and best ships,
IN that 1t is not one large chamber, but a
number of gas tight compartments, SO that
it would not lose its buoyancy il it should
happen to spring leak.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-28

ing hta Handsomely vases With bnynea
matches. - - s~.-sfs
Eddy Gould. the tall, dark and slender
second son Of the great financier, has filled
his two rooms at Irvinaton with ell the
paraphernalia Of the sportsman. FoiIs,
rapiers, boxing gloves, dumbbeils crowd
bric-a-brac Of the same order; an ancient
suit Of armor, apotn helmet and swords
OF many kinds and very valuable. Mrs
Terry, the dignified housekeeper at Irving
ton, complains that these outlandish things
never stay In their places, but are every
morning scattered through the rooms and
even in the hall. Another feature of this
young mans apartment is the number of
pictures representing duels, flstic en-.
counters, hunting and racing scenes; but
let not the common prints of the sporting
halls be called up by these items, for every
picture is an oil or water color by good
artist, one by the celebrated French artist
who called himself by the extremely
English name of Brown being the partic
ular pet OF Eddy Could