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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-05-05
Trustees Sale.

WHEREAS, A. u. Baker and Mary J. Baker,
his wife. by their certain deed of trust. hear
ing date December Sth, 1884, and recorded at
the Recorders Office in and for Scotland cOun-
~. Missouri, in Book - at page 1+6. conveyed
tn ThOs. IL. Wagner in trust. to secure the
payment of ~ certain note IN said decd describ-
cd, the following descriha, real estate. lying
and bcing in Scotland county. i'll the state Of
Missouri: The west half OF the northeast
quarter OF section eleven ID in township six
ty-ftve 0iSi of Range eleven tiN west. in Scot
land county, Mo-, cont aiuing eighty .9O acres,
more Or less. And, whereas. s.efault has been
made In the payment OF said ncte and inter-
est. Now, therefore. |. the said trustee, will
i'll accordance with the terms and provisions
81 said decd OF trust. proceed ~ sell the real
estate therein described ut public vendue to
the highest bidder for cash. at the south door
OF the Court House. in the citv of Memphis.
in the county 81 Scotland, in the state of Mis-
souri,. on Monday, May :a,th. 1852, between the
hours of nine o'clock IN the forenoon and five
O'Clock in the afternoon of said day, to pay
OF and satisfy said note as provided by said
deed of trust. together with the costs and cx-
penscS of executing this trust.
THOS. IL. WAGNER, Trustee.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-05-05
Daisy Prices.

We make every price just as low
as it can be made for an honest arti
Gle. Nothing can he sold cheaper
than we sell it. unless it is Of an in
forior grade. Our goods are RIGHT
and cannot be sold q cent cheaper
than the price asked 10y us. You will
find us on the rock bottom basis and
our goods ALWAYS very low in price
in short. John IL. Mulch & Co. leads
the spring trade with big stock Of
furniture of all kinds, carpets, shades,
rugs, oil cloth and undcrtakcrs goods.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-05-05
Daisy Styles.

Our stock is right up to date in the
matter Of late styles. We arc always
in the front rank, displaying all the
choicest new varieties as fast as they
appear We keep a thoroughly mod
ern line of goods in all departments,
cater to the very best trade aud make
it our special pride to he at ali times
fully stocked with the latest and b,st.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-05-05
Daisy Qualities.

We guarantee tba, every Article in
our stock has the value iii it. and is
worth EVERY CENT of the price asked.
We sell the kind of goods that I'M
prove on close inspection and stand
hy YOU like brother.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-11-12

IF a man is blessed with good ap.
petite, said Mr.. StayboIt, "he can get
dong comfortably for quite spell
without tclTapin; there may be times,
indeed when he will find the delights
of a banquet in a very simple meal
I remember day in the army, for in
stance, when, after we had been for
weeks without fresh vegetables of any
sort, there was issued to the regiment II
ration of potatoes. 1t so happened
that on the same day the sut'er had on
ions There were in our tent fodr men.
We got the company cook to give us
our rations of potatoes and of salt polk
uncooked, and we bought onions Of the
sutler. We had at that time an old
saucepan that one of us had picked up
somewhere, We got out the saucepan
and cut up the pork and boiled it until
it was about half done. Tlen We put in
the onions, and then the potatoes,
which we had cut up into large pieces
as nearly as possible uniform in size, so
that they would all be done at the same
time.
While one man lookei after the fire
another attended to the cooking The
other two sat on the ground and ap-
plauded--that is, they shifted the air
whenever the lid was taken off the
saucepan and looked at each other and
at the two men by the fire and smiled.
when the stew was nearly done We
put in a few hardtack to so'ten, and
when after formal inspection by each
man it had been officially declared done,
the cook lifted the saucepan from the
fire and set it on the ground. The two
men who had had the least to do had
been holding their plates and spoons
for fifteen minutes.
Good ? 1t makes me laugh when
ever / think of it.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-11-12
Misunderstood,

The story goes that a man wrote to
the editor of horticultural paper ask
ing what plants would be suitable adj
ditions to dried grasses for winter orUa-
ments. The editor replied;
"Acroclinium roseum, A. album Com
phrena globosa and q, globosa camca. -
When the man read this he fairly
boiled over It'll rage, and Immediately
sent note ordering his paper to be dis
continued de ayerred that an editor
who swore in that way just because he
was asked a simple question, should
have no support from him.
This reminds us OF an English tray
eller whose conscience would not allow
him to swear, but who found that at the
hotel in France where he was staying
the walters were so accustomed to hear
ing En9lishmen use strong language that
they considered him milksop, and ne
elected him accordingly, He there
fore hit upon this expedient to secure 4
proper amount of attention: When he
gave an order he rolled out in sonorous
tones the words, Northumberland,
Cumberland, Durham" The effect was
marvellous He was afterwards waited
upon with the greatest alacrity and as
siduity.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-11-12
False COnfeS SsiOns

1t not unfrequently happens that
people of morbid or imaginative turn
of mind confess to having perpetrated
crimes of which they are innocent.
They brood over some real or imagin-
ary circumstance until they bring
themselves to believe in its reality.
Such man, for instance, reads in the
daily press of some shocking murder
that has been committed, the perpetra-
tor of which has escaped unrecognized.
He reads it in one newspaper and In an
other, hears it talked of among his ac-
quaintances, and begins by specializing
in his own mind as to whether the MUIR
derer will be discovered He knows
that murders have been committed by
persons who at the time were in a state
of somnambulism or who were suffering
from an epileptic paroxysm. Suddenly
IN idea strikes him that he may be the
guilty man. The horrible suspicion
becomes stronger as time passes, until
he at last believes himself guilty. His
peculiar conduct and demeanor cause
suspicion to point toward him and
eventually he is arrested. Bewildered
by his position, confused by the differ
ent accounts of the murder which he
has read and heard, and perhaps be-
heving that he committed it during a
fit of epilepsy, he confesses that he per-
petrated the murder, and gives a cir
cumstancial account of it. However,
strict inquiry on the part of the police
shows that he could not by any posi-
ii ity have been the murderer, and
af,er few days imprisonment, during
winch the newspapers have given most
Sensational accounts of his bruta itv
and remorse, he is liberated, to deplore
during the rest Of his life the madness
which has cast a stain upon his reputa-
ton never wholly to be wiped out
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-11-12
knncked Out by a Sunbeam

1t was Archie Coles wedding day
From boyhood he had been late at
school, late at church, late at meals, late
everywhere. I'll wager" said his.
brother John, laughing, that you can't
be first even to kiss your bride at the
weldingr'
"Oh, I'll not be late then said
Archie
Two hours later Archie stood with the
pretty maiden by the flowers in the par
lor of her pretty home. The guests
we're seated. The minister rose.
Archie's failing and Johns prediction
were known to them all. Nevertheless,
Archie knew he should not be late now,
for his dear old mother had made all
the guests promise not to precede him
il kissing the bride.
The solemn VOWS were said softly and
the fervent prayer was spoken slowly,
while robin could be heard singing on
the lawn.
Amen" said the minister.
Archie bowed to kiss the bride, but
he paused for an instant; he smiled, he
hIu,hed. A sunbeam stea ing through
{, rift in the heavy curtains was trem-
Ding gently on the brides lips.
I've won the bet!' cried John.
The guests laughed and the preacher,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-11-12
They Live in House Boats.

A Memphis writer introduces to the
public strange population who are
counted as residents of that city, al
Mississippi or one of the streams empty
ing into it, and have never lived on dry
land These people occupy floating
settlement of house boats. The boats
are sometimes named, and many of them
are neatly painted, and show signs of
comfortable furnishings, Judging from
lace curtains at the windows and pic
lures to be seen hanging on the walls Of
the interior The colony is made up of
representatives from twenty-odd States
drained by the Mississippi and its trib-
utaries.
Moored side by side, $50 boats were
counted by the writer, who learned that
some of the families began their naviga-
ton of the river as far north as Mon
tana 1t is not fixed population, for,
although most of the boats have been
anchored at Memphis long time, the
absence of one of the families is noted
now and then, and the inquirer is told
that the head of the house has changed
his habitat to New Orleans or some
other river city. The house boat owner,
of course pays no rent; to escape it he
took to the water. His food consists
chiefly of fish, at catching which he is
an adept. He knows better than any
body else where to find the cat, the
buffalo, the perch, and innumerable
other fish. Drift wood serves him for
fuel, and clothes, tobacco, spirits, and
a necessaries, are secured by an oc-
ca>ional days labor as longshoreman,
roustabout, or farm hand
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-11-12
A ges of Birds.

Among birds, the swan lives to be the
oldest, in extreme cases reaching three
hundred years the falcon has been
nown to live one hundred and sixty
,wo years. An eagle died in 1919
which had been caught one hundred
and four years before, and was then
quite old. A white-headed vulture,
which was caught in 1706, died in the
ayiary at Schanbrun, near Vienna in
1924 Parrots live more than a cen
tury.
Water birds have long life, exceed
Jag that OF several generations of men.
,avens also live over hundred years.
captivity magples live from twenty
o twenty-five years, and still longer in
..redOm.
The common hen attains the ace of
'"om fifteen to twenty years. Doves
ten years. and the little singing
Is from EIGHT tc seventeen years.
u'ghtin ers lite is the shortest,
v.as bong the LONGEST, and next
me b uchb'"d. winch never lives
40. 1890 a4e Yuan fifteen years.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-11-12
How He Saved Money.

A newspaper reporter who has welded
a pencil for various journals for nearly
score of years, told an interesting
story about himself to party of con-
genial friends, the other evening, that
will bear repeating.
lie said that during the earlier por-
ton of his journalistic career he found
it almost impossible to lay aside any
money, Notwithstanding the fact that
he was then single man and earned a
first class salary.
Try as he would, the money he re-
ceived on Saturday for the weeks work
would slip away from him, and when
Monday came around there remained
nothing for him to do but to strike the
cashier.
Finally the cashier became tired of
being hit so early in the week, and the
reporter was warned that he would
nave to give it up.
Il managed it in one way and an
other" said the writer, but after a
time my friends also became tired, and
/ found myself in many embarrassing
positions, until I finally hit on a pc
culiar but altogether satisfactory plan. "
And what was that p he was asked.
We'll, it was simply this: When I
got my money Saturday afternoon I
went over to the post-oftice, purchased a
registered letter, put portion of my
salary in it and then addressed it to
myself at the Office.
"Of course the letter was not de.
livered until Monday, and in that way 1
managed to get along all right and f.
ually to save some money
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-11-12
Capacity of Barrels.

In the United States the barrel is a
very uncertain quantity. A barrel Of
wine, beer or cider contains thirty-one
and half gallons; the Cincinnati lamp.
oil barrel has forty-three gallons; the
Kentucky whiskey barrel from forty to
forty five gallons. In several States Of
the east a barrel, as measure of arti.
cles other than liquids, is a legal fixed
quantity. In half dozen of the East
ern States barrel of grain is five bush
els; of rice, is two hundred and twenty
pounds; of -four, one hundred and
ninety-six pounds; and of lime, three
hundred and twenty pounds.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-11-12
Char -oTTE cUsHMANs LOVE.
A Romance in the Life of the Great Ac-
tress,


Charlotte Cushmau, the actress was
in love but once in her life She met.
in Cincinnati, where she was PLAYING,
an actor named Clark, with whom she
fell in love. Through her efforts Clark
was advanced to leading man in the
company and the course of time love ran
smoothly. One night the actress met
strange woman behind the scenes be.
tween the acts. The woman came up tC
her and addressed her thus:
You are Charlotte Cushman, the
great actress. Haven't you got enough
men to admire you without coming be,
tween man and wife and rohhin me OF
my husband q
Your husband ?" cried Miss Cush.
man. getting excited,
Yes, and you have taken or you are
TRYING to take him from me, continued
the ragged woman, looking Miss Cush-
man full in the face
who is your husband 2"
Conrad Clark, replied the woman,
the father of this child pointing to
half starved, thin little child in her
arms.
Miss Cushman started as if she had
been shot. She went through her part
that night as usual-acted it sPlendidIy
brought down the house; then, after
the performance, she sent for Clark to
come to her room. Clark knocked and
then opened the door. She brought
forward to him his wife and baby who
had been waiting in the dressing room
to receive him. Such a reception!
Charlotte Cushmau never looked or
acted SO grandly on the stage in all ber
life as she did that night in her dressing
room, says the Philadelphia Times. She
waved Clark away with gre ter majesty
than ever as Queen >..,herine she
waved away Cardinal Wolsey, and then,
going to her hotel, probably h2d a
good crying spell. bat shor yer Cd
again,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-11-12
PUTTY ROOT.


The orchids of the tropics are char
actelized by their strange form and
curious growth, yet we have some
equally curious in our own cline, if we
but stop to look at them.
Apiectrum hymale, more commonly
known as Putty-root, or Adam and Eve,
may be found at any time in the year
when not buried in snow, except q short
time during the summer when it takes
its vacation. The solitary, ovatc, ever
green leaf is half foot or more in
length and conspicuously veined with
white 1t always has a shnveled ap-
pearance, as if it was about to die. The
corms are composed largely of glutinous
matter, and were much esteemed by our
grandmothers, who used them for re-
pairing their broken china.-Gold-
thwaite's Geographical Magazine.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-11-12
Ercnthc Thrnnrh the No.c.

The only natural way for respiration
and inspiration is through the nose
When we breathe through the nose the
cold, dry, impure outward air is sui,i-
GENTLY warmed, supplied with watery
vapor and freed from dust Smelling
at the same time through our organ of
smell, assists respiration. Only in thu
nose are found those fine arrangements
which can prevent the entrance Of in.
furious substances into the deeper res
piratory organs 0arynx and lungs. If
we breathe through the mouth the air
is neither sufficiently warmed nor satis-
factorily moistened, and lalen with all
its bad mixtures of dust of mineral, ami,
nal and vegetable origin, added to in
furious gases, reaches the larynx, the
air tubes of the lungs. Snoring is only
the least among the evil consequences
of breathing Through the mouth.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-11-12

1t is mistake to go to bed hungry ;
but the last meal of the day should be
of light, easily digcstel food. A glass
of milk with thin bread and butter, or a
biscuit, or even something more sub
stautal when it can be borne, will pre-
cent wakcfulness. The digestion should
n It be taxed to dispose of rich-made
dishes. Before going to bed take a
sponge bath in tepid water Sponge
i%htly and quickly, and dry the skin
without unnecessary friction. If this
is impossible, at least bathe the feet.
Avoid standing in a draught. If the
sleeping room is warm, it may be cooled
for time by wringing large pieces Of
cotton out of water and hanging them
up before the open windows. Leave
the door open, and as the air comes
through the wet cotton it will be cooled.
This is good device for cooling a sick
room; the cloths can be wet again and
again. Keep the gas turned down low
during the process of undressing, and
sleep without light, unless it is tiny
night lamp. The ideal be is, of course,
a woven wire mattress, with thin hair
mattress on it. Folded blankets make
a good substitute for the latter. If the
sleeper is restless, the corners of the
under sheet can be turned under and
firmly pinned at the lower side of the
mattress to prevent it from wrinklinS
itself into creases as the occupant tosses
about. In Summer, as in Winter, a
quiet mind is essential to repose, Leave
the cares and worries of the day to be
taken up on the morrow. They will
not look as large or as black as if they
had been carried all night
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-11-12
WHO DID WHAT?


mated a Byword.
In the days when our grandmothers
were girls there came occasionally into
the family of good deacon with nine
children a village dressmaker. She had
an absorbing interest in other peoples
affairs and always looked forward with
particular pleasure to the week during
which she cut and fitted for the deacon's $
girls. knowing that his house was in some
sort social center, where she was likely
to hear plenty of fresh news and enter
tanning anecdotes, says fouM'S ComPon-
ion.
One day she arrived late for her work,
and as she entered the house caught a
glimpse of the six daughters already as
sembled in the family sitting-room with
their gowns and patterns, their work
boxes and their new roll of "Injy mus
lin"
But none of them was at work, for one
was telling the others story of such an
absorbing interest that they sat breath
less and spellbound with hands fallen
IN their laps or needles suspended in
the air.
The sight was too much for the new
conner. With one mitt on and one off,
her unfastened pelisse dragging from
her shoulders, her bonnet askew and its
loosened strings streaming, she appeared
suddenly among the astonished girls,
crying as she came:
What ? What What is it Who
did what p
She was answered, although giving a
full answer involved the retelling of the
whole story, but her comprehensive in
quiry became thereafter family by
word.
Among the deacon's descendants to
this day if one shows signs of too great
inquisitiveness it is sufficient for any
other member of the family toask, with
a lift of the eyebrow:
"Who did what o.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-11-12
They Wear Wells.

About the oldest things to be seen in
the streets of Colorado Springs are
horses decked with wells. We have
grown accustomed to the jaunty little
hats worn by many horses In our own
towns to protect them from the heat of
the sun. We can even see an umbrella
fastened over their heads without sur
prise, but a veil gives to the noble
beast dandyish look that is very droll.
Some of these wells, belonging to fine
saddles, are mere fringes of fine strips
of leather that hang before the eyes +;
others are pieces of mosquito netting
drawn tightly back and fastened like q
lady's nose veil but the most stylish,
and altogether effective, are of netting
drawn over q hoop that holds it away
from the eyes, yet completely protects
them. These exaggerated goggles give
the gravest horse waggish look. The
wells are not worn for fashions sake.
They are indeed stern necessity, and
the comfort if not even the life of the
horse, demands it. Colorado, with all
its great attractions, has one plague
the plague of flies. Flies of all sizes,
from the least up to the enormous blue
bottle, are everywhere. Most parts of
his body the horse can himself protect
if not deprived of his tail, but his eyes
he cannot, and these delicate organs are
special objects of attack by the fly
tribe. 1t is the least man can do to
provide protecting veil for his most
faithful servant.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-11-12
Ouacks and the Gullible.

Quacks have been, and quacks will be-
and there will always be a public
ready to heed them and happy to
pay them, says the Saturday Rerje~.
The peony root of Galen, the cramp
rings of the honorable and scientific
Robert Boyle, the sacred balsam, and
Sir Kenelm Digby's apoplectic snuff,
composed of noble cephalick subjects
which at once, or at most, three times
using of it, with Gods blessing - cured
1.-The apoplexy and the lethargy, also va
pors, drowsiness, imposthumes, dizzi-
ness, and pains and heaviness of the
head" have all alike had their day with
countless pectorals, cordials and elixirs.
New panaceas will arise in spite of all
analyses and in the teeth of all expo
sures. Nor is it possible to believe that
legislation directed against such indus
tries would be of much avail, so hard
must it be to make laws for the etlec-
tive protection of the pockets of the
gullible.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-11-12

Vespucius was a native of Florence,
OF such good circumstances as enabled
him to receive as good scientific educa-
ton as the times afforded, but through
the aid of his uncle, who was an emil
nent scholar Like many other italian
families of that epoch-and this-Ves-
pucius was of noble lineage, but with
out fortune except small one, if indeed
any and it is certain that he engaged
in commerce. 1t was not until 1892
that he became identified with the dis
coveries of Columbus. He was residing
in Seville when Columbus returned
after his first voyage, and it was the
glory resulting from the daring of
Columbus that led him to try his own
fate in like paths. 1t is believed, but
not demonstrated completely, that the
first voyage of Vespucius was made in
1897; that he reached Honduras,
coasted along the shores of Yucatan, the
Gulf of Mexico and Florida, proving
Cuba to be an island, although Colun-
bus held it continent; and he, too,
believed he was coasting Asia. Vespu-
cius made in all four voyages, and he
wrote letters telling about thcm.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-11-12
FROsTBURG, Md. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER -. 1892.

shelter-as she did, you see" looking
about the barn with faint smile. II
found bit of candle and lit it, and
managed very well.
You poor soul What will your
mother say 2" cried the farmer, tears in
his eyes. TO think you should pass
the night in this place But come,
Dolly-good Dolly-help me to get
your mistress home, and you shall have
the best feed you ever had in all your
born days"
The old farmhouse is no longer sad
place; Lucilla and Lucilla's child make
brightness there from morning until
night
The poor wife's story is common
one. The man she had married so
hastily proved to be a gambler of the
lowest type; he abused and at last de-
serted her Then she found the way
home, with the result we know.
Old Dolly is alive still, and has the
warmest, snuggest stall in Farmer Brad
shaw's stable.
For if it hadn't been for that crit
ters wis old head you and me would
have been childless, mother he often
SAYS And Mrs. Bradshaw, glancing at
her now happy daughter responds tear
fully:
Surely, father. God bless old
Dolly!"