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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-09-10

Selling wheat for future delivery az
has been done during the few week.
that have passed is a new feature fol
the farmers, says the oregon -fNin}ic.
Herdld. 1t is question that is hare
to rightly understand, when wheat
spectators come into the worlds mar.
kets, as has been done this season, ant
engage wheat in such quantities there
is an object in view, and that object
may be for the purpose of supplying
present demands, thereby keeping
prices down until the bulk of the
wheat has passed out of the producer'f
hands.
There is no reason why wheat should
be cheaper now than two months ago.
Strange, but this occurs every wear at
harvest time. The wheat speculator.
have complete con rol Of the telegraph
communication and regulate prices to
suit themselves; supply and demand
cuts no figure in the case. 1t is anthem
ticRlly reported that onethird of the
people Of Europe live on, at most, hall
bread rations, there being bread and
money famine with them. 1t is the
iiitliot hlittS tlldl toilhtllutt liz
! conspiracy that runs the price up and
| down. They so manage when the pro
ducts are in the hands of the farmer:
to run the price down, and when ii
| the hands of moncvcd robbers, they
run the price up, as was reported
| through the press Of the Pacific coas
| that one firm had cleared $500, 900 ant
another S4OO, 900 out of wheat spccula
ton during 1890.
During the fall of that year specu
| lators and railroads combined to Great,
a blockade, which was accomplished
and that for the purpose of robbint
| the producers of this country ont o
their hard earnings. Did those editor
who suck the monopolistic teat tell tn.
farmers how the thing was being done
No, they We're not built that way Blu
whel the farmers combined to try an,
keep from being robbed. those one
sided quill drivers raise the cry 'un
constitutional! unconstitutional. IN
constitutional. The conspirators
what a monopoly the farmers are :.
The same game is being played thi
fall
The spectators will make tn
money; the farmers continue to DO tn
work. If the tillers and toilers con
tinue to let the few Lave charge of tn
money supply, car supply, TELEGRAPH
and intelligence supply, they need no
look for a change in prices for thei
benefit. Their only hope is TO com
forward and demand their just desert
by putting men into the legislativ
halls that will legislate for the man
| instead of the few.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-09-10
His Honest Convictions.

John Sherman, who has gone to
Ohio to ''build barn. before he went
over to the gold-hugs and joined the
conspiracy to rob the people of their
hard-earned wealth, used the following
words IN Il speech in the senate.
IF the contraction policy advocated
by the gentleman becomes a law, the
privileged classes only Will be benc-
flied hy it. The capitalist ont of debt,
salaried officer or an annuitant, but
to all other classes it will prove 4 pc
riod of loss, danger, lassitude of trade,
fall of wages. suspension of enterprise,
bankruptcy and disaster. To attempt
this contraction policy is to impose
upon the people by arrestipg them in
the midst of their lawful business and
applying a new standard of value to
their property and would be an act of
folly without parallel of evil in mod
ern times"
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-09-10
Turn on the Hose.

The government can guarantee loans
for railroad corporations and pay the
interest beside: it can loan its credit
to national banks and furnish then
money without interest; it can take
the liquid damnation of the distiller,
issue deposit checks for what his trust
saws it is worth. and give him time on
his taxes: but to issue warehouse GER
titicates on the farmers corn or cotton
would be unconstitutional - WesterW
dIrOcate
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-09-10

A few months since the secretary of
the treasury went into market and
purchased millions of dollars of bonds
at high premium to save ''short"
Wall street gamblers from the legiti-
mate results of their speculations, and
it seems to he generally admitted that
that $50, 200 of Al per cent. due
September will, at the request of
bankers now holding the notes as a
basis of circulation, be extended in
detinetely at a rate of p or 2 per cent,
Notwithstanding the demand of every
industrial organization in the United
States that the national debt be paid
off as speedily as possible. Can any
one doubt that Wall street dictates the
financial policy OF this country?-Ioca
T1.jI3f,,1
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-09-10

villas Up there, also, is tho military
reservation Of 103 acres, and the re-
maindcr has been set apart by the Gov
ernmcnt-!ustly appreciating its unique
attractions-for national park.
Fort Mack!nac, which stands on a
rocky cmfnonce Just above the town, was
built by the English in 1880 The build
fngs are a hospital. outsidc the wall and
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-09-10
MRS. SUSAN G. COOKE,
The New Secretary of the Womcn's Board
of the Wcrld's Fair.

Mrs Susan G. Cooke, who has been
officially appointed to take Phr be
Couzins' place Us Secretary Of the
Board of Lady Managers. is a very
rapid worker, clear headed and ex-
peditious, and in addition to these
qualities is exceedingly patient and
sweet-tempered.
She was born in New York. Her
father was DR.. George Spaulding Gale,
one of the most prominent surgeons of
Vermont, and her grandfather, also a
native of Vermont, was one of the
heroes of 1912. Her mother was allied
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-09-10

to one of the oldest families in New
York and possessed much intellectual
ability. Ms Cooke was educated in
New York City and shortly after grad
uation married Sidney L. Cooke. a
member of the New York Stock Ex-
change. They moved to Knoxville,
Tenn, and Mr. Cooke died there in
1888. Mrs. Cooke has had much ex-
perience in charitable work and for
several years was one Of The managers
of the Brooklyn Orphan Asylum. She
is a woman of wide culture and with n
winning gentleness. She has quick
sense of humor and is an interesting
conversationalist. She has also the
faculty of adjusting difficulties with
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-09-10

again abbro' lated by the always prac-
teal English into Mackii}ac.
In 1871 Father.Marqrette, pioneer and
priest, wrote that" "Miehilfma kinac is
an island famous in these regions, of
more than a league in diamcte~, and
elevated in somsy PLACES by such high
cilfis as to be ses4s more than twelve
leagues off. p>Fa1ifeE Marquette was
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-09-10

referring to the debate of congress,
about that time And Senator In,
gals speech, February II, 1873, is
good reading in the same line; also
that of Senator Plumb, delivered only
two years ago, and still another las,
June.-kunsds Farmer.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-09-10
The Will Not Touch castor OIL.

No sort of bird, beast, or creeping
thing will touch castor-oil plant. 1t
seems to be q rank poison to all the
animal world. Even goat will starve
before biting off leaf. and horse
will sniff at it and turn up his upper
lip as though. it had the most detest-
able odor' on the face Of the earth.
Army worms and the locusts will pass
it by, though they may eat every other
green thing in sight, aud there is no
surer way to drive moles away from a
lawn than to liant few castor beans
here and there. Even the tobacco
worm will refuse to be fed on its
leaves. There is hardly another in
stance in natural history of q plant
being so universally dctested by the
animal world -Gl0be- Democrat.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-09-10

PERSONS with divining rods are search
ing for ancient Spanish gold, supposed
to be buried in the banks Of the Ohio.
near New --!1any.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-09-10
ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR.
SCENES AND TRADITIONS OF A
ROMANTIC REGION.

A Great sprea'i of Country Aboundins in
Natural Att actions-The Da les OF the
St. Louis-lu- -.restia: Indian legends
Work and Wan.icrings OF :hs Ear'y Ca'h-
olic cMissionaries-Tne Copper Aiues.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-09-10

refuge in these self-same block houses.
In the rear of the fort + the parade
ground. and the spot where Capt. Roberts
planted his guns n lel2, while his whole
force of Indians was concealed In the
adjacent thicketS. Capt Eobcrts dis
embarked at British Landing. marched
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-09-10

east of the fCrt: a guard-housc, near tho
south gate; officers quarters on the hill
near the flagstaff. quarters for the men
IN the center. b ock- houses on the walls
magazine in the hollow, not far from the
south gate; store houses, Offices. &C
There are persons yet living on the is and
who, during the troubles of 1914. took
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-09-10

"THERE are born liars as we'll as born
poets, but the former comes easier to
man.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1891-09-10

kIsn's Pal'rn; LegtIlet. Shoes i
-ii3 A. T. v 5rb & Ca, 50 SO t lie
very best of t,'a,eJt Calf.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1891-09-10
Evolution oc the knife.

This case full OF implements which
we have newly placed on exhibition is
designed 10 show the development Of
the tool which we call the knife, be-
ginning from the earliest times" said
Prof. Mason at the National mu-
scum. First you observe, is the
fragment OF flint. which the savage
split by banging it on top with a stone
hammer into a number of flakes. The
smaller ones were used for arrow
points and the bigger ones for knives,
their edges being split OF so sharp that
you might almost shave with some of
them. Next you see the flint inserted
into a handle of split wood OF bone,
and as further Improvements. the
fastening of this primitive knife in the
handle by the rosin of trees and by
cord Of one sort or another bound
around to secure il. The most beauti-
ful knife in the collection is this ex-
quisitely nodded blade OF greenish
jade belonging to the stone age,
branded with walrus tusk. You can
hardly find more admirably formed
weapon among the products Of modern
CUTLERY wares. Most curious of the
modern tools here is this sailors knife,
square at the end instead OF pointed,
to prevent stabbing in a row. or the
dangerous falling OF the weapon from
aloft Its bale drops out OF the end
of the handle when spring is touch
ed, so that Jack can hold a rope with
one h;.-l and open the knife for SER
vice without the need OF ten fingers"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1891-09-10
The pangerou. Tea Cigarette.

A Detroit young lady entered o drug
store on Woodward avenue and asked foi
tea cigarettes.
.'Do you mean after.tea cigarettes?
asked the druggist
No l mean cigarettes made of tca
all the girls are smoking them, and they
ere just lovely
Then they make tSem for themselves
said the drnggisi. '''Fney are not foi
sale anywhere"
A careful inquiry developed The faci
that tea smoking ass becomc a craze,
and that the sellow. colorlcss couplexfes
of some of our society beliss is owing L
o meeting d, midnight. like the witchss
In Macbeth" and brewing deadly
chsrm out of Bohea eud English break
fast tea 81 can tell tliem," said th
aforesaid druggist, 'tha. they ha,. mncI
better smoKc toliaccc. Tea is ssroG,
narcotic and contains strong slka'cic
known as theme. which is al ac;;7,
principal Of caffeine. They will also in
hale taunic acid with their smoke"
The girls buy lice paper ard roll thei
cigarettes like sny little man. Ihey
steep the leaves enough to untold them
sprinkle them with perfume. and MI;
with rose leaves. They use ;he rcg,i.a
smokers articles, lcse the tobacco. an;
ask each other fora light wiih ali The ssHj
froid Of man of the vc-,1.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1891-09-10
Tho Dominion OF Paper.

We live in paper houses. ives. paper
clothing and sit on papsr cushions In ps-
per cars. rolling on paper wheels. We
do paper business ever paper counter,
buy paper goods. paying with paper mon
sey or charging them up on paper books.
and deal in paper stocks on paper mar.
gins We row races in paper boats fol
paper prizes. We go to paper theaters.
where paper actors play to paper audi
ances.
As the age develops tho coming man
viii be moro deeply cnmebsed in the pa
per net. lie VIII wake in the morning
and creep from under his paper clothing
On his paper bed, and put or his papei
dressing gown and paper slippers. He
will walk over paper carpet down paper
stairs, and, seating himself in paper
chair, read the paper news in the morn.
Eng paper. A paper bell will call him to
his bE,akfast. cooked in paper oven
served OF paper dishes, laid On paper
cloth On paper table lie will wipe bis
lips on q paper napkin, and having put
On lis paper shoes paper hat, and paper
coat. and taken his raner canc he will
walk On 4 paper pavement or ride in q pa
per carriage to his paper Office, He will
organize paper enterprises and make pa
per profits. lie will go TO Europe in pa
per steamships and Eayigate the air IN pa.
per balloons He will mollc paper TO.
bacco in paper pipe. lighted with pa
per match lie will write with q paper
pencil, white paper STICKS v tn papc.
knife. go fishing with q paper fishing
rod, paper line. and paper hook. and
put his catch IN psper basket Tic will
60 shooting with a PAPER gun. losled
with paper cartridges, and do!cEd his
country in papar forts with paper can
non and paper bombs
Haviag lired his paper life md achieved
o paper fame and paper wealth, he
will retire to paper leisure and die in ia
per peace. There Will be q paper funeral.
ht which the mouIrers. dressed in papei
Grape, will wipe their eyes with papei
tandkerch;cfs. and a paper preacher VIII
preach a paper sermon in a paper pulpit
from paper text. He will lie in papei
coffin wrapped in paper shroad, hi:
name viii be engraved on paper plate
and paper Eearse, adorned with paper
plumes, viii carry him to "a paper-line
grave, over which will be raised a pape
monument.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1891-09-10

A good looking man of forty who
stood at the barge Office in New York
with a photograph in his hand, scan
ming the faces OF incoming passengers
by German steamer, told the super
intendent that his name was Leopold
Bentel, and when a young man in a
small town in Germany was in love
with pretty Hilda Rehr His affection
WAS returned, but her parents, who
were wealthy, compelled her to marry
Baron Borgencit by whom she became
the mother of Rosina Borgencit. Ben
tel came to this country and prosperod
il business. He never married but al
ways thought OF his lost love and
corresltonded with some of their CON-
mon friends. Reverses came to the
baron, and when he died five years
ago he Lett his wife and daughter in
poverty. When Bentel heard of this
he sent money 10 his former sweet
heart Siy months ago the widow
died. and left Rosina alone in the
world. Bentel then sent an offer of
marriage to the daughter and she
came over to ioin him.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1891-09-10
Hhy : :AE.erfcafD

The way in which America came to
get its name is one of the features of a
valuable old volume which has just been
secured for use at the Worlds Fair. The
early names of'the Western world were {:
THE Land of the Holy Cross, ATTAIN
It's" "Hesperides. "Iberica, @Colum-
hia, and New India" In 1907 a geoc-
Tapher of Frieburg received letter
from Amerigo Vespucii, detailing the
manner in which the Italian claimed to
have discovered this country. The geog-
rapher was so impressed with the letter
that he proposed that the new world
should be given the name OF America in
honor of Nespucii. as Europe aud Asia
had been NAMED after women. The
Biographies were the standard ones of the
day and were given offi@ial recognition
by the Duke of Lorraine. who assumed
The tide of King OF Sicily an,l Of Jerusa.
lem. From that time since the name
]Anlerici" has becn Invariably used.
There are four or five copies OF this am
cieut geography in existence, most of them
being in the celr'1ra 'etl libraries of Europe.
1t is one of the rarest OF these volumes
that has just been secured for tie Worlds
Fair,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1891-09-10
BRIDGE BUILDING.
How One was Constructed in Germany
Entirely ny Guess.


! was lieutenant of engineers un-
der Won Moltke, said Iaul Wolff. OF
Washington. Let me give you q chap
ter from my personal experience to
show how thoroughly the German war
department prepared for emergencies.
One day a message came to me at tho
barracks bidding me report in civilian
dress at the railroad station and re-
ceive orders. | vent to the station.
A man approached and addressed me
as Meyer. | said: My name is
Wolff No" said he, your name
is Meyer. Here is your bag of sam
pies You are selling whisky. am
selling wine. We will go to such and
such i city and call on Mr.. So-andso
and Mr.. So-and-so and try to sell them
some goods. We went, and | made
an effort to sell whisky by the sample
but didn't sell any, OF course. Then
we proceeded to another city and tried
to sell goods there. After we had
visited several merchants and had re-
turned to the hotel my companion
said to me: We will take a walk aud
go across the bridge. We will not re-
turn together. On your way back you
will pace the bridge, and going and
coming you will keep your eyes open
to observe ell of the points you
can about the bridge" Then
for the first time / began to have
suspicion of what was really wanted.
/ strolled down to the bridge and
leaned over the edge, looking at some
workmen who wore making holes in
the abutments. Iobserved the plan OF
construction from the various points
and then went on across the stream.
After awhile ] started back, and on my
way l paced the bridge arch by arch.
In the engineer corps we are trained
to pace distances with great exactness.
! can walk o block now and tell the
length of it within six riches. / re-
turned to my hotel without having
made note, but with my head full OF
the plan OF construction. Ny compan-
ION Joined me. Now" said he, .'you
will return to the place from which we
started and you will make as complete
description of that bridge, as you can
turn it IT," l carried out the order
and heard no more of the expedition.
A considerable time after that war
came and the German army marched
TO the frontier. As the advance drew
near that bridge had reported upon
was blown up and fell in mass of
ruins. The army halted. A train of
freight cars came forward, and from
those cars was taken the prepared ma
tcr;al with which a new bridge was put
together in few hours and the army
marched over the river and into the
eAemy's country. Every timber and
every niece of metal was ready for inn
mediate use. A new bridge has been
constructed throughout for that par
ticular crossing based upon my report
-Globe-Democrat-
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1891-09-10

Yes" said the visitor in the salmon
canning establishment this is truly
a wonderful business; but it looks as if
there was danger that one Of those
Chinese workmen might fall into a
cookingvat Do such accidents ever
happenP"
Occasionally" answered the super
intendent; .but it isn't as bad as it
might be. You see, Chinaman cooks
up yellow till 10 save your life you
can't tell him from salmon"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1891-09-10
QUEER THINGS.
scrne Notable Cur, r,osites That My he
Eouad

Eound.
F. ench scientists are puZziing over
u spider that was discovered in u
civity ia !: stone. Ii is e. i;nateG that
the stone nust be at least four tEous
and gears oil. outstanding this
however. the spider is quite Lively and
very youthful in It's antics. 1t is blind
ard has no mouth.
Grows are commonly said TO live for
one hundred years, and turtles are re-
ported 10 have even longer life: bat il
tie latc Professor Baird be right, tho
greatest longevity is possessed by
fishes. Professor Baird Gnce said that
as q fish has 70 maturity there is moth
ing TO prevent it's living indefinitely
and growing continually. He cited, in
proof. pike in Russia whose age is
known to date back to the fifteenth
century. In the Royal aquarium at
st. Petersburg there ale hundreds OF
fish that were put in more than one
hundred and fifty years ago.
Ii is said by scientists that fishes
and moliusks living at q depth OF more
than three miles under water have to
be;sr pressure OF several tons. the
weight being that OF the superincum-
bent brine. which eyerts its power from
oll sides. The reason they are able 10
bear this tremendous weight is because
they have exceedingly loose tissues
which allow the water to flow through
every interstice, thus equalizing the
weight. When the pressure is re-
moved they die almost instantly.
There is a horse on James Nc
Clouds farm in South Dakota that has
eight feet otherwise it is perfectly
formed in every respect Not until
the fetlock Joint is reached in the &C.
scent from the shoulder to the foot is
there any difference betweeR this horse
and any other. At the pastern joint,
however, the branch begins. and two
perfectly formed hoofs are found on
each OF the four legs.
Within the Antarctic Circle there
has never been found a Towering plant.
In the Arctic regions there are 762
different species of flowers. Fifty of
this number are really polar flowers Of
varied colors; the remainder are al
most colorless, being mainly of a
yellowish hue.-St. Louis Republic.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1891-09-10
LOOKING UP THE DAMAGE
Tho Pennsylvania Boys Did to Piemen
SfuoIa tr, To

The Pennsylvania Boys Did to Piemen,
The Stands, Etc.. in Their JaIpboree.
WAsHISGToN, March There will be
many small claims made for damages done
by some of the Pennsylvania troops during
the Inauguration season. Pismen, whose
stands were raided, house owners whose
windows were broken, decorators whose
materials were destroyed or scattered and
others who suffered by the rough
play of a portion OF the Pennsyi.
vania troops are looking sroun'l to
find out who will pay tie damage Some
have suggested that these persons be REIN.
bursed out of the inaugural surplus. hut It
10 not likely tina: such thing will be done
Four years ago when similar damage was
done, the state of Pennsylvania sent Off.
GERS here to determine and pay damages,
and 1t is probable the same course will hs
aunued this year.
fDzzied at era fc,:a4 nj of Women
a traveleA ILiGese nialilsrj2, who has
lafetr communicated Ii, impressions Of
q : !, est 10 his cola rye en-, deals with
e. 81 particularly with tie 30 itiou and
treaii:,c't of women II I.rrnps -hesc
surprise linn beyond ,ana -.v2 has .;;e
notion Of husband a.& vi walking a~n,
in arm in ri,b,ic places lis Lla Wa
amusement "lo'oi. gnilcs a. l." he
gays, "and even husband my perfo- =
e7y me0ial tae'; in h.s wife preseac@
ST no one viii iaugb ai i.ia. ia.
a.-ain. tie lniioa q .;:on ..;,n,.ia3 as;le
81 !ct woman pass, aGi tie col oi
ieness winch reG;t 'rus :ncG to make
& : for Il woman arc % h;:a l:.co!l3ro
irensiblc. IL hna, wacn i..e nen are
Ecrged, ia -vo4en dine or IN. sc.anz.
but in the West AT naal ti-ae tie ma
ani;ss wait gItii tho Women are sra. i.
Rno then take oas .ficf snc hor tle,
pla e., and ti.a same r'ie ma be OF
ksrysd wisR I've masi j. ~ 49,"