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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-01-07
War Records As Hooters,

TIE eternal unfitness of things is
sometimes illustrated i'm the mCst
ridiculous manner. During the war
there were thousands of great vol
umcS of various kinds in which
were kept the records of the army
movements, the killed, injured, etc.
Some of these were never used, and
they have found their way into the
most unheard-of places and put to all
sorts of uses.
In the northwest section is little
corner grocery which does a credit
business to some extent. Upon the
counter is one of the old war books
ruled and printed for record of the
killed and wounded. Each page is
not less than twenty inches square,
and in this book are kept the accounts
of the grocer with his customers, the
pencil used being one Of those huge
affairs made of graphite which car
penters carry.
The grocer calls the book his blot
ter, and every time a customer has a
moment to wait this "blotter," lying
open before the public, receives g
critical inspection. The contents d,
not agree with the caption over the
title page, unless, probably. durin.
the season for watermelons and green
corn.-Washington Post.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-01-07
MAss,NG TROOPS STEADILY
Roth Sides of tho Border Guarded bv
Many soldiers.

The Cara revolutionary troubles nOt
only. cont niue but are intensified, fOr il
is known that Garkas band has be III
ma .erially increased, says San Anto no
(Tex special. The wide terr. tory and
the revolutioniSts' p an of dividing tine r
forces in pursuit and yet to be easy of
concentration make the suppress on OF
the revolutionists very difficult Then
again one party of the revolution ST,
will engage and harasS the authorities
while another faction is gaining their
point and plun1cr. Tho fac. is tn,
United States forces on the borders are
unatle to protect and two or more
troops of cavalry have been sent to the
border for service there and additional
State Rangers a on the field.
1t is said that if necessary the War
Department will send all. the troop,
under Gen. Stanley to the borders 10
prev mt further infringement of tie
neutrality laws The Mexicans ac
massing troops on that side of the
border and are making great efforts TO
protect the citizens and rcpel insurgent
invaders. but scouts and guides ars
wanted, and these are difficult to obta II.
4 courier has at last reached Fort Ring
god from Capt Hardie. who report 4;
that al is well and that Ifardic has two
trus.y MeAi ans with him He is scar Ia
ing the ranches for CARA and those who
are sustaining him in his revolutionary
scheme He has also Letachmcnts in
other directions, and hopes to be abe to
make vital coun
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-01-07
The PO-cUp.nc.

Who has not heard the backwoods
hunter entertain his opcn-mouthcd
and equally as ignorant audience
with stories of our gentle and inof-
fensivc" porcupinc. who threw his
quiils until the dogs were covered and
left in disgust, bowling with pain, :"
or some other "Dosh" to the same
effect. How positively he makes the
assertion. There can bc no doubt
that hunters Of this ilk frequently
say "bcar" when they have sen
nothing more formidable than a
harmless "ground-hog. Nature ar
mored our porcupine in a manner that,
when excited and with spincs raised,
woe to the quadruped or bipcl either,
for that matter. who comes in con-
tact with this bundle of prickc:s 8.
"Porky's" body is covered with thick
layer of fat, in which the Guills or
spincs are rather insccurcly fastened.
Each spine has set Of minute barbs
at the outer end. But touch a spine
and it sticks, AMI can only be re-
moved by force. A dog or fox that
lacks experience and undertakes a
meal at the porcupine's expense
usually ends by filling with spines not
only his mouth, but his head and
paws as well, and not unfrequently
death results from his temerity.-
Great Divide.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-01-07
MUST REMAIN MAN AND WIFE.
Young People Married I'm Fun Cannot lsc
Separated.


Judge Nithrow, Of ST. Louis. rave his
decision in the divorce case of Sarah &.
Darrow again t Constantine G. Iarrow.
the young oapic from New York, who
were married on banter and who now
wish to Ee parate1. Judge Withrow
rules that the marriage tannst b, dis.
solved and that the parties must rema IN
man and wife Mrs. Earrow is a hand
me young lady II years old. and is the
taughter of Judge Gaskc'l, Of Lockport.
y. y.
The circu1 stances of the marriage
were that the young lady. while not yet
Is years o,d. had s vcral admirers.
Among them was Constantine {. ar
row, a young law student Darrow was
jealous of the other men, and it was
stated tl.at he challenged his sweet
heart to prove that SIC was not married
to some OF the other young men by going
to church and marrying Inn. he
took the banter, il was stated, and they
went to ali Fps opal church at Lock-
port, n. ", and were married. L @
young lady returned to her parents and
young Darrow resumed his law studies,
and nothing was said about the m T.
riage. Darrow came West about a year
ago and began the practice of law ia
Buchanan County, Missouri After his
d 'parturc frcm the East, the m mister
who performed the ceremony inform I'd
Mrs. Gaskpll. the young ladys mo her,
aud cps were taken to secure a ic al
separation
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-01-07

Russell Sage, the man who had the cx-
perez with the dynamite. is said to
be one of the NEST penurious men living.
He carries his lunch to his office in his
coat pocket and never spends C mt un-
less compelled to. When Talmace
wanted more money to build his new
tabernacle in lrooklyn, he applied to
the Old shylock for aid. 1t was granted,
but Mr.. Sage holds mortgage on the
property fer the amount loaned. Re-
Gently Mr. Ta'mage preached a serm n
in which he eNtol cd Sage TO the skies
There is something in the thought of
any man holding a mortgage on church
that causes Il queer cling to pass over
the friends of religion. Just suppose
that at some time he should foreclosc
1t al serves to show how completely the
money kings of this country have sub
irrted our institutions and people,
IawltEa .IOur.a
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-01-07

The cnorm0us power Of stream of
water forced from hydraulic nozzle.
under from 200 to 300 feet or more of
pressure. as sometimes used in hy-
draulic mining in this State. is some
thing almost beyond belief. The
quantity Of water passing through
these noxZles in Il single day Of min
ing is immense. \ strtam of 400
feet vertical pressure delivers a blow
of upward of 800. GOO pounds equiv
alent t. about 1000 horse power.
Louis Glass. who for sixteen years
was superintendent of one of the large
mines in this State, says that he has
seen an cigh:-inch stream. under 3ll
feet Of vertical pressure, mt-yc in a
sluggish way Il twG-ton bOwltlcr at a
distance OF twenty feet frCm the noZ-
Zlc. and that the same stream. Strik-
ing rock of 800 pounds, would throw
il as man would throw a twenty
pound weight. "No man that ever
lived" adds Mr.. Glass, "could strike
II tar through one of these streams
within twenty feet of discharge. and
Il human being struck by such a
stream would be pounded into a
s:lapeless mass" Mr.. Augustus J.
Bowie. of this city. the author of a
standard book on hydraulic mining.
says it would bc absolutely impOssi-
bic to cut such Il stream with an AK
or to make an impression on it with
any other instrument. Mr. Bowie
adds that. although never to his
, Knowledge has man been struck by
Il stream as it comes from the pipe.
several accidents have occurred where
miners were killed 10y very much
smaller streams at distance Of $50
to 300 feet from the nozzle. Professor
! Christy says he has often tried to
drive a crowbar into such a stream.
and it felt as solid as bar of iron.
and. although he could feel the
| point of the crowbar enter the water
! for perhaps half and inch. the bar was
thrown forward with such force that
! it was almost impossible to retain it in
! the grasp. An AK swung 10y the most
powerful man alive could not renc.
tratc the stream: yet it might be cut
! by the finger Of a child. if the chilt
were seated on railway train moving
parallel with the stream in the same
! direction and with the same velocity
That velocity would be. considerabl.
more than a mile a minute. Th,
statements presented in the above
summary will not astOnish engineer
ing experts: the average citizen
| however, is accustomed to regart
water as the least destructive liquit
that can he put in motion. and he i
familiar with no stronger manifesta
ton Of its power than the velvet,
touch of Il stream from the cit,
faucet. 1t might occur to a militar,
man that such powerful agen
might be made a most terrible mill
tary agent for oifensc or defense, a
short range. if it could only b,
brought to bear. as indeed it nigh
he, 10y powerful steam engine in ;
bcleaguered fort or on board battle
ship with an enemy close alongside
Great Divide.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-01-07

Away went the horscman with speed OF
the wind, IN cane the carbinc to the
soldiers shoulder, the bcnumbed fingers
pulled the trigger, tie bullet was buried
in the du t at the flying feet of the horse.
There was a rush OF men from the
house, then another rush for arms. all
the work of minute perhaps, but the
horScman was Off at long range, zig ag-
ging in his course in style that made
sights and wind gauges suiertluous.
" hlz, zip, whiz went tho bullets OF n
tn ladc: the sod. crS were shooting to
sa' salary, but in vain: the daring rider
only waved 4 defiant gesture of abomi-
nation as he rode over the ridge. Before
the horses in the distant corral 60 ull
get their looscncd cinchcS tiahtcncd the
robbcr was over thn h lis and Off toward
the mountain Businesses and was not
heard from until two years later in
Ncbra> ka, where a smal fraction of the
money was rccovc Cd
That night we Sept on the ground,
an nc!ghbor Harris hogs were most at
tcntive and inGuisitivc The Captain
broke two clubs over one razor backs
head, and then duti.l lily tried to fest
with a bunch OF cactus stuck in his heel
like 4 natural spur, painful souven I
OF his reckless barefoot charge in tho
dark. In the morning the porkers were
just as naive and frsky as ever
The camp was up hetimes next morn
in, and we were OF early in q sOutllcrly
Gire t on. Toward noon we # thr
stage-road and turned southeast. In
the afternoon we saw several bands OF
ANTELOPE, AM the CAPITA II threw up the
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-01-07
EaItNtilIakcS in .l;lNaN.

During the nine years and six
months preceding December. 1884.
there had occurred in Japan, accord
ing to the official statement published
by the government. 553 earthquakes.
averaging one earthquake for every
six days and six hours. Professor
Milne was able to make the average
even greater than this, according to
Il writer in the Illustrated American.
He could trace an average of an earth
quake per day in Nagasaki, in the cX-
treme south of the japanese Archi-
pelago. Probably the official statis-
tics were compiled from the returns
of officials from all over the country.
in which case only those shocks which
caused loss of life or damage to prop
crty would be included. If this hypo-
thesis be correct. we should have an
average Of more than one earthquake
per week, which was so violent that
it caused injuries to life or property
sufficiently serious to attract the at
tcntion of the local authorities. and.
in their judgement. to require Il re-
port to the central government.
Earthquakes being so common pco-
pie scarcely notice them unless they
be extraordinary severe ones. For
instance. Miss Bird in her "Unhe-
aten Tracks thus summarily dismiss
cs two: while we were crossing the
court there were two shocks of earth
quake: all the golden wind bells which
fringe the roofs rang softly. and Il
number of priests ran into the tenn
pie and beat various kinds OF drums
for the space of half an hour.
As every one knows, Japan is the
very hearth of earthquakes. In 1854
more than sixty thousand people lost
their lives in consequence Of one OF
these great terrestrial catastropic>,
and ii has been calculated that from
ten to twelve earthquakes. each last
ing several seconds. occur every year.
besides numerous Others of ton light
Il nature to be worthy of remark.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-01-07
Still Another TrUA.

Have your cage eyes escaped the fact
that "Engl sh" ins rance co npanics are
absorbing the weaker fellows al over the
United States? / notice that in the last
week three companies and three large
agencies of Cincinnati have not com
bincd. but have been absorbed by
English companies. The reason given
out is that their business is not paying
But then what do the English want to
put their money in it for? / predict,
writes J. y. Wayland, that in few
months there will le u gigantic trust
and the tnited States divided up into
sections that none vii! infringe Oh the
territory of another, and then a general
rise in rates and squeeze all along
the Inc. This will not be 4 trust. oh,
no. They have been losing money. you
know. and have to raise rates Their
hundreds of millions of surplus show
they have ben losing. No mistake
about that But the public have been
educated so long 10 these tn .ngs that
suppose am the only foo! who will give
it even a passing word. Oh. for Z little
OF the patriotism OF the men Of 11.6.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-01-07

The Government sh nd own and con-
troll the railroads and t"lcsra ph and 'clc-
phcnc lines, an ali cities should own and
control the water works, the gas works.
the e'ectric light plants. and the street
railways We are in favor Of raternal-
ism in Government. and VIC are disgust
cd with the nonsense that patcrnalism
stamps our indviduaism as the consoli-
dati II OF apital in the han.!s Of corpora
tions and monopolics Take the great
railroad system with five Or ten thou
sand employees. Is there any individHi-
is about that sort of institution? Not
bit Il it. The employees are the same
as many cogs in a piece Of machinery
They arc guided and controlled By one
man. The corporal ons and monopo.ie
are stamping out ird vidu alism Mid
land Mechanic
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-01-07
NUMBER 40.
PARTY OF MICHIGAN.
knights, Farmers and PrOhibatiOnists
ASlOnt n Platform.

One hundred and eighty five delegates
from the labor organizations of Micl,t-
gan met in conference at Lansing to
form political federation. The Patrons
Of Husbandry. National Citizens Alli-
ance Industrial Party, Farmers Ali
afice. Peoples Party, latrons of Indus
try, knights OF abor, and Prohibition
lists were represented.
1t was decided to name tho party tho
"People's Partv," and the following
p atfoi IN was adopted:
Abolition OF national banks as banks Of
issue and for the issue ty the Government
OF full legal tender notes.
Increase OF the circulation not to exceed
$50 per capita.
Free and unlimited coin agc OF silver.
Abolition OF all on1polies. trusts and
Combines and the most rigid control Of all
read. telegraph and express companies that
cannot be controlled be owned by the Gov
crnmcnt.
Repurcbasc OF lands held by foreign SYM
dicatcs, and the reclamation by the Cow
ernment Of all lands granted to corpora
tons IN excess Of thosc actually used and
needed by them.
at the expense OF another, and that AN rev
enucs shall be limited to the necessary ex-
pen es Of the State and nation honestly
and economically administered. and that
all duties on the necessities OF life be aboi-
ished.
That per diem pension be given all
honoIably di charged soldiers and sailors.
That a graduated income tax be had.
Equal suffrage. equal pay fer equal s.r-
vice. ani that all children under sixteen
ytars Il ag, be removed from the tread
mill t. the school-r,on,.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-01-07
THE KOLA NUT.
rs.a 1t ISc Made to Take the Place of Tea
ana Coffee!

ana Coffee!
A wcll-known medical journal is
recommending the kola nut as Il
substitute for tea and coffee. The
nut, it is said. contains little tlnnin
and not much more caffeine. 1t is
claimed that it will soon take the
place of tea and coffee entirely.
\ bo'anist, who has made Il special
study of the nut and its properties,
said tn a Cincinnati Timcs-Star re-
porter: at |, Il mistake to say that
the nut will take the place of tea and
coffee. 1t has an astringcnt taste
that is unpleasant, and / do not be-
iicve that it will ever be used cXtcn-
s:yely. or at all. in civilized c cJuntricS.
The kola nut is a native Of the coasts
Of Africa. but has been introduced
into and thriycs well in the West In
lies and Brazil. 1t grows on a tree
forty feet high. which Produces pale
yellow flowers spotted with purple.
The leaves of the tree are six or eight
inches long. and are pointed at both
ends. The fruit consists of five long.
slender pods radiating from Il common
center. One Of these when broken
somewhat similar u haZclnuts anal of
about the same size. The nuts are
solid, being slightly softer toward The
center than on the outside.
"Thc natives of the countries where
the nuts grow Use them for various
purposes. They Iass for money in
Africa. They are also used as Il SYM
hol of friendship and hate. the light
colorc ones signifying the former.
and tn" dark the latter. They are
supposed t. aid digestion, and it is
the practice to chew small bit BE-
fore catinga meal. They allay thirst,
and if a small piece Ec chcwel and
held in the mouth while drinking. the
most bitter and stagnant water can
he taken, and will taste sweet and
agreeable. doubt if this quality of
rendering stagnant water pure is pos
sible Gy the nuts. | rather think
that the ;stringent taste Of the nut
paralyZcs the guStatOry nerves me-
montari!y. and for that reason the
water is not tasted. Hunger they a:e
alsb supposed to allay, but they do no
| more than paralyze the nerves. They
have Il stimulating effect, and when
going on long marches the natives
chew bits of the nuts continually.
and with about the same effect as il
Intoxicating liquor had been used,
though without the same bad results.
Powdered kola nut is sprinkled in
cuts and wounds and has q healing
| effect.
a chemical analysis of the nuts
shows them to contain 20 parts OF
| caffeine and but fraction of a part
| of tannin. No. it will never lie USED
in the place Of tea and coffee. 1t:
taste ana chemical properties are
! against it
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-01-07

How easy it is to defamc and leiittle
al opponent. When driven from the
arena of decent. dignificd debate to re-
sort to the use OF ridiculous phrases and
names to divert the attention of the un-
thinking away from the real condition
OF the country. and the true political
issues, have ever been the ethods pur-
sued by political demagogues. The pres.
cnt cry of these cheap John lolitical
mountcHanks. of farmer fo is" "on :
idea cranil-. fiat lunatics." etc, has
but little effect in rrtarding the onward
march of the producing classes who are
now organizing as never icforc in the
history of tn" world, with the one OBJ
icv: in view Of obtaining their rights
before the law. Already these organi-
zations outnumber any similar organi-
cations that ever cxistc |. This fact was
thoroughly appreciated b. the corrc-
sTonient of the New York sun, who
sent dispa ch from Indianapolis, pub
lishcd in that PAPER, that should there
be united political action by all the
farmer and labor organizations of The
country they We I'D carry the clcc tion in
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-01-07

the old parties. If this do-nothing rO!-
icy is carried out-and it certainly will
blow much longer will t Q dear
brethren who are hoping for relief
thr~ ugh the oil rar!;es continue to hope
and trnst? We would suggest that the
matter of legislation be referred to the
Alliance members in both houses, who,
no doubt, will gladly take up the respon
sibilities and willingly father oil bills aud
measure they may choose to enact, and
in this way the EcmOcratic and Repub-
iicaii memte will be relieved Of all re-
sEons:hilities exc ept looking to quorum
and voting, and they viii have nothing
to do but watch each other during the
session and see that the other does not
get the bulge on them. If this scheme
sho id be adopted we will guarantee that
the A lance members will make good
use OF Their OPP ort n cs by giving the
country wholcsoa !cSsa alton and be
ready to ad curn by the first OF March.
TO, cka Alliance Tribune
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-01-07

ARIES JAMES Fox was in Far.fa-

CHARLES JAMES Fox was in Par.ia-
mcnt at 10.
JOHN BRIGHT was not at any school Q
day alter he was Is years cd.
GLADSTONE was in Parliament at 22,
and at "a was Lord of tn, Treasury.
LORD BACON graduated at cambrid q
at 16 and was called to the bar at 81.
PEEL was in Parliament at 81, aud
Palmerston was Lord Of the Admiralty
at 90.
HENRY CLAY was in the Senat, of the
United States, contrary to the Co.stitu-
ton, ct 20.
WASHINGTON was = Colonel in tbs
army at 22. commander of the forces at
Il. President at 50.
JUDGE STOREY was 1t Harvard 1t Is.
in Congress at 90. and Judge Of tho
Supreme Cou.t Of the United States
st 3a -, -
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-01-07

The remarkable ongeyity and strength
of the Hohcnzollcrns is illustrated in the
Grand Duchess AlexandriDc of Mecklcn-
bnrg-s chwcrin, sister of the Emperor
Will am who is soon to celebrate the
eighty ninth anniversary of her birth.
Dcsp te her age. She still attends the
thcatcr ,cgu' arly and takes an act We in
terest III current affairs. In the early
part Of the fall she was i'll for a short
time, but she has re covered her health
entirely. She is handsome old lad =
and enjoys the attention of the inhat-
itants of all Ger many. They do not for
get her re ationship to the old Emperor
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-01-07
Useful Insects.

Nearly all the 1ace-wingS, which
include the ant-lions, aphis-lions,
dragon flies. etc, are Il benefit, living
wholly on other insects, and so help
preserve cur crops. Most of the To-
Gust order are destructive, yet even
here we find the curious preying
mantiS. common at the South. with
its iiaw-like anterior legs, one Of the
fist of prelaccous insects. True. it
attacks bees also, though it certainly
does much more good than harm.
Several bugs, like the great wheel
bug and the soldier bug, feed exclu-
sivcly on other insects.
or the beetles, the beautifully
spotted lady-bird beetle. the black,
long-legged ground beetles, the quick.
fierce tiger beetles. and few Others,
are valuable aids in holding our in
sect pests in check. One may re-
pcatedly see the grubs of the ground
beetles eating cut-worms. The good
wor! of the pretty lady-bird beetles
in destroying the pcstifcrous plant
lice can hardly be too much appre-
ciated. OF the two-winged flies We
have the tachina flies. which are in.
ternal parasites on other insects: they
| resemble in form and color the house
flies. to which they are closely related
These also prey upon cut-worms, lay
ing their eggs on the clterp:llars, and,
as these eggs hatch, the maggots eat
into their host and destroy its life.
| Two other families of tWO-winged
flies do much good in eating other
| insects. The robbcr flies are SO fierce
and strong they destroy even the
honey bee, while the conical maggot
of the pretty ycllow-banded syrphu'
| flies feed upon the plant lice to An ex
tent surpassed by few other insects
they are nearly or quite equal TO the
!ady-bird beetles as aphis destroyers
Among the highest order of insects
the one that includes the bees and
Wasps-we have the ichnuemon flies