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

tenants. that he awarded TO them the
larger share OF credit for the ultimate tri-
umph OF the Union cause. But these same
qualities. SO crcdi,able TO his ingenious
and generous nature, became the chief
sources OF his mistakes and troubles wler
he was treading with untrain ID steps amid
the Quicksands OF political and business
life.
The eliminating triumph OF Gen. Grant
was that he received and returned the
sword or Lee. The one act typited the VIC
tory and perpctuity of the Union and tn"
other that its Gc'rnders forever after
would be those who with equal and une-
qualed courage had fought TO save and to
destroy it.
Grants claims upon the gratitude OF his
ourtrymen are many. lie will have PEE
cu'iar remembrance for having. with Pres
ident Lincoln. Immediately recognized .hat
the republic must live as the fathers had
founded it. The most brilliant jewels in
his crown of glory will be that, though a
conqucror in the field. he counseled through
l.fs. and advised with his pen when in his
last hours his voice had failed. reacc and
reconciliation among his cOhntry men. and
that, Though "A soldier Pre- sident. he sue
cessfuiIy demonstrated the justice and
wis 'om Of settling disputes among nations
not by war. but by arbitration.
The tendriis or loyalty and love stretch
from tHls monument ID every sOlGlef :
grave in tho land. This imperial city
proudly and afcctiona,cly assumes the
custody of his remains. The people Called
from the absorbing ctres Of life by his
natal day and this sol mn ceremony take
up again their burdens " tn lightcr hearts
and brighter hopes fer tn rir children and
their chiidren's ch ldren because OF the
career and the deeds of Ulysses S. Grant
On resuming his seat it was several
minutes before quiet could be restored,
the repeated shouting and clapping Of
hands being almost deafening. DR..
John Hall then pronounced the bene-
dict;on, and the services ended by the
firing of a salute of twcnty-one guns
from the United S ates ship Miantono-
NAH, stationed in the Hudson. The
ceremony was marked as being without
romp or ostentation; in fact. such one
as the deceased general would have de-
sired. There was no marked martial
display, but here and there in the crowd
wes sprinkling Of officers of the army
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-05-05

1t is now in order for the farmer, I've
he Republican or Democrat, to get his
political quadrant at work and ascer-
tain his whereabouts, writes Geo. II.
Clarke in the NoncontormiSt. The
silver bill aid on the shelf it is /.
thing of the great past; and with it
ought to be placed the traitors who put
it there: and if the Republican or Dem
ocrat We're as patriotic as he is partisan
the walls of the House of Representa-
tives would no more echo to the Internal
treason of the peoples enemies.
If jefferson and jackson are cogni-
Zant of the doings of Democracy to-day
how they would blush! If Phillips,
Wade, Thad Stevens, and the immor-
tai Lincoln are gazing back over the
"impassable gulf how their spirits
yearn for some Lazarus to warn these
renegade Republicans of the danger
they are rushing to with all the canvas
they can muster.
Poor Mossback! See him as he
stands, waiting for the convention at
Chicago or Minneapolis to meet. SO
that he may hear the shibboleth of his
party. Oh, how he longs to know
what he must believe during this cam
paign!
1t makes him tired. Notime now to
think of the trip to the county seat to
visit the treasurer's Office next fall, OF
to dream of.the sheriff. sale he may he
interested in more directly than he
would relish: no. The darling of his
lean soul and idol of his heart, his
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-05-05
RAYACHOL NOT TO DIE.
THE ANARCHIST LEADER SEN
TENCED FOR LIFE.
He AvOws and Glories in His Crimes, Pro-
Tossing Zeal for the People a. His Motive
Paris iH u State of Great Excitement.
Tho Prison for Reds.

The trial Of RaSachol, alias n half
dozen other names; Charles Achille
Simon, alias Biscuit Jao Beala, alias
Joseph Marius; Charles Ferdinand Chau-
martin; and the girl Rosalie Sougcre
was held at the Seine Assizes Court in
Paris. The judges had been warned not
to convict Ravachol, and no one was
anxious to occupy the bench during the
trial. So many threats had been made
that friends of the prisoners would at
tempt some desperate act to either free
the accused or prevent the trial, that
admission to the courtroom was Sc
vcrcly restricted. Only those person.
ally known to the court officials and the
twenty-five witnesses were admitted.
The prisoners were charged with caus-
ing the exp!o lions at the residence Of
Judge Bcnoit, 1876 Boulevard ST. Ger
main. and at the residence of the pub
Tic prosecutor, Bulot. ut the corner Of
the Rue Clichy and the Rue de Berlin.
They were also charged with attempting
to blow up the police comnlissariat at
Clichy
The most elaborate preparations were
taken by the authorities to guard against
any attempt to interfere with the course
of justice. The guards about the Palais
dc Justice We're redoublcd. and every
part of the approaches to the building
was watched closely. Only detectives
and policeman could be seen i'll the
corridors and elsewhere in the interior
of the building. The attendance in the
courtroom was confined to the wit
nesses, officials, detectives, and journal
lists
When Judge Cues entered he at once
summoned the jury, who. it must be
said. presented a greatly disturbed ap-
pearance. After the Jurors had taken
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-05-05
GRANTS FAME IN STONE
NEW YORK HAS BEGUN ITS
MONUMENT.
Ceremonies of a Mos, Elaborate and I'm
pOsin. Character - President Harrison
WiclslS the Golden Trow.i-A Appcarnncc
of the Com mpicted Monument.
Honor to Gen. Grant.

The corner stone of the nations mon
ument to Gen. L. S. Grant in Riversid ,
Park, New York, was laid with hecom-
ing ceremonies. The weather was all
that could bc desired. a cloudlcsS sky,
bright Sunshine, tempered f4y a moder-
ate breeze blowing over the Hudson
River. Long before The tire fixed for
the dedi. atian ceremonies the I'M
mense grand stand. erected i'm close
proximity to where the monument
will stand and partly surrounding
the cornerstone, began to fill with
those who had been invited and had
tickets, and by noon it was computed
that there We're fully eight or nine thou
sand persons on the stand. The large
number of ladies, in their bright and
Fhowy spring costumes. heightened the
already brilliant spectacle. This
crowded stand, with ;bnu: three thou
sand veterans of the &. 4. r. formed in
line around and about the re-, ing place
of their dead hero, with the charming
scenery along the Hu !son River and
the Palisades in the distance, formed a
picture which has seldom If ever been
surpassed if cqualcd.
Shortly after neon the Presidential
party, escorted by Troop A, of the Ma
tional Guard of New York, left the
Fifth Avenue Hct | and proceeded 10
Riverside Park In the carriages were
President Harrison, Mrs. Grant and
members of her family. Secretary Fos-
ter, Secretary Rusk, Secretary Elkins,
Postmaster General Wanamaker, pri-
vatc Secretary lIaford and many other
distinguished guests. AS the Presi-
dental party approached the tomb the
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-05-05

tense, Fireman Holt rushed up from tho
engine-room and said: Engineer Gray
has been crushed to DEATH Tho boat
had swung out into the stream and was
drifting with the tide. As soon as the
plunging of tho horses had abatcd sew
eral Of the men made their way in be-
tween the jumbled trucks and got to the
door leading to the cnSinc-room. They
scrambled down the steep iron stairs
and found Fireman Holt and Oilrr Bow
man peerins down into the crank pit. At
the bottom lay the manglcd remains of
Engineer Gray. They were wcdged in
between the crank and the sides of tho
pit, and it was half an hour bGf> re they
could be extricatcd.
Pilot Tuttlc, when he found the en-
gines had stopped. had siSnalcd for help,
and several tugs went to the assistance
of the Cincinnati. 4 couple Of them
caught hold Of it and il was towcd into
the slip above where it had struck. Tho
huge crank which churns up and down
in the pit in its revolutions round a shaft
caught the body of Gray and crushed it
In horrible manner. Oiler Bowman
stood holding the lever of his engine.
almost paralyzed with fright. and did
nothing. Fireman Holt rushed in and.
taking in the situation at glance. shut
off the steam and stopped tie engines.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-05-05

In his speech on silver in the Sen
ate, referring to the clause, Except
when otherwise expressly stipulated in
the contract" Mr.. Morgan of Alabama,
said:
l know it was in the act of 1878.
Now there can be nothing more alb
surd than that. 1t is very true that
the Supreme Court of the United
States has said that where q contract
contains an agreement, We will say for
the payment of $1,000 in gold coin,
they can render Judgment for 81 1000
in gold coin. 1t does not vitiate the
Judgment if they render it in that way 8;
it does not improve it any; it does not
alter its legal effect. They can rem
der judgment for 81 ,OD0 in gold coin,
but when their marshal goes out with
his writ of execution to collect that
bill and the debtor tenders him 81 900
in gpenbacks, pronounced also to be
lawful money by the Supreme Court
of the United States, or 81 600 in legal
tender standard silver coins, that mar
shall is bound to release him and his
property and to receive the 81 900 in
satisfaction, Then what becomes of
the contract to pay in gold coin? 1t
amounts to nothing. 1t is a privilege
put into the statute that if man
wants to make a fool of himself, the
law will not object. That is the whole
business.
But this is not the whole business.
Men do not make contracts to settle
with the marshal. A farmer signs the
gold contract-not because he wants
to. but because he has to. We want a
law to stop the "has to-"
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-05-05

be defended; but it is too late in the
day of popular education to say that
those who furnish the means to sup
port have no right to say where their
money Is going or that the system shall
not be changed.
1t is not enough to say to the tax
payer, You indorsed this system and
voted for it yourself" because said tax
payer will retort: The use, not the
abuse of the system is what | indorsed,
and since those who have been favored
with public Office, as only public
convenience. to be used exclusively
for their own private benefit, it natu-
rally follows that we who established
the system must see that it is not
abused"
Public Office will always be a public
temptation until the salary belonging
to such Office is brought down to the
level of salaries obtained by the great
mass of farmers, who pay the taxes
which support these offices. Then, and
not until then. may We hope to
snatch the peoples franchises from
the hands of the despoiler in Of
flee.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-05-05

tent to ''work-harder and live Closer
and now, when they become. inquisi-
tive enough to presume to go behind
the screens and look for themselves,
they find that only human creatures
have been managing things after ull,
but that they have been having ''fat
take all the time. The casque
of the priesthood has been opened.
The outer court has been profaned by
the populace, who insist upon gratify-
ing their curiosity. The inner court
has been disgraced by the common
hord," who bid fair to overrun the
whole Court House, Judge, Sheriff
and all. The sanctum sanctorum and
the holy of holles has actually been
invaded by the mob of greasy me
chanics and ignorant farmers in bro
gan Shoes" who gaze in wondering be-
wilderment around them and are as
founded to find glaring in cynical def
ance all around the mystic apartment
this mysterious inscription:
When you get hold OF a good thing save it,
save ii.
When you get hold OF Il black cat skin il to
the tail
Then they wonder what it means.
They notice that men who say they
do not want the Office are those who
work the hardest for it and stick the
closest to it. Moreover. they know
that the man who left the farm and
went to town, and occupied an office
one term, is harder to get back to the
country than it is to get a wood-tick
from an elm log. They notice that men
who went in poor came ont rich. They
notice too often that "once in, always
in" is the motto Of man who has
occupied the Office given, or rather
loaned to him by his friends, and
that it is so often the regrettablg
fact that when he went in he was an
honest, economical citizen; when he
comes out he is sometimes a polished
rogue.
WHY is this? It is because of the
system in operation which grants tc
men too much salary for services per.
formed, and the system of covert brib
cry which goes under the non de-plume
of "favors granted for favors received.
Men have to buy their way in and
hence they look the ground over to sec
how they can get out. There being
no honest way to get out and retain
their salaries, they s,ork ways that
are dark and tricks that are vain" te
save themselves. So long as the pub
lie office carries with it SO much salary
and SO many perquisites, just SO long
will men strive to fasten themselves te
those Offices, and so long will they en-
deavor by fair means or foul to hold
on to those offices. Men would bt
other than human if they did not
True, the system of remunerating pub
llc officials now in operation was in
sugurated by men, and by men it vii
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-05-05

Is it not fact that Democratic
Congress passed the first railroad lanl
grant bill ever passed in Congress?
L. it not a fact that thirtv-nlne of
these bills We're passed under a Demo-
cratic administration, and before the
Republicans came into power?
Is it not fact that the Democrats
in Congress opposed the Free Home
stead bill?
Is it not a fact that the Democrats
in Congress opposed the Issue of legal
tender treasury notes?
Is it not fact that in 1856 the Dem
pcratic party. in their national plat
farm, declared themselves in favor of
free trade.
Is it not fact that in 1876 the Dem
ocratic party. III their national plat
form, declared themselves in favor of
"a tariff for revenue only
Is it not fact that in 1854 the Dem
ocratic party, in their national plat
form. declared themselves in favor of
a protective tariff?
Is it not II fact that the Democratic
party has occupied three distinct posi-
tons on tie tarIH question IN the
space of thirty-two years?
Is it not a fact that the President S
message and the provisions of the Mills
bill show that the Democratic party Is
in favor of protecting the American
manufacturer?
Is it not fact that the Mills tariff
bill retains duty of from 80 to 80 pei
| cent. on manufactured woolen goods
! while the farmer who produces tho
wool is compelled to compete with the
cheap labor of other countries in til,
| sale of his wool?
Is it not fact tkat there is but littl.
difference betw~- Democratic am,
Republican parties in their policy o
| protection to the American manufac
turtr2
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-05-05
Felpllnis mites.

THERE are now about 200 American
ladies who practice law in the courts or
manage legal publications.
FIRST small boy-What does your ma
do when you lie to her? Second small
bOy-She tells pop take after him.
IT is reported that woman i'm the
South Mountains, North Carolina, re-
Gently gave birth to child on her 10th
birthday.
II a man is selfish, getting married
will not cure him OF it. The same will
not always hold true in regard to q
woman.
THE Nicaraguan Government is maxi
ing the most liberal offers to intending
coffee growers. 1t gives to . married
man 24O acres, and to single man 12O
acres Of good coffee ground.
SEEING a runaway horse dragging q
little boy by the feet along a road,
nervy Hastings {Neb.) girl took q hasty
aim with rifle ,shc had with her and
killed the horse, thus saving tho boys
life.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-05-05
MOSTLY Medical.

Now BEGIN to save your old newspa-
pers to protect clothing against moths,
for the ink on the newspapers is nearly
as repulsive to them as is camphor or
coal tar.
A MEDICAL news letter from London.
dated Jan. 80, told of SOC deaths in Lon.
don in a week due to the grip. London
has been having tough winter and a
very serious visitation Of the epidemic.
THE Jamesburg New Jersey Reform
School has boy six years old having
the manners and maturity Of n man Of
twenty. He is altogether too precocious,
too strong, too self-willed. and SEEM
ingly too dangerous to he at large.
DIR. +. DREwEY reports great in
crease of insanity among co.ored peo-
pie since the abolition of slavery. From
1850 to 1890 the negro population in
creased only lag per cent, while the
number of insane negroes doubled, SO
that now there is one 10 every S00--due,
il is thought, to the abuse of freedom by
a people who have been accustomed tC
discipline and regulation.
In cases Ct mcmbranous Group the
steam from vinegar gives great relief 10
the patient, but il should be kept up con-
tinuously by placing the vinegar in an
ordinary bread pan and putting hot fat
irons from the stove into it. II is not
pleasant for the attendants, and Il il
some trouble to keep up the steam this
way, hut a physician who has tried il
thoroughly finds it very effective.
DIR. r. II. HARRISON, recalling some
ways in which people go crazy, cites a
few cases seemingly due to isolation or
too much centering the thoughts upon
self. His conclusion is: To have a
sound mind and keep it, have some in
tcrests outside yourself. II you have
no family and homo, do something for
somebody. There are compensations
connected with self-denial which the
preachers have never told us Of"
MODERN football is rather warlike
| sort of pastime. and the London Lancet
has been reviewing the accidents Of the
last season in England. 1t has reported
twelve cases of death directly atiribut-
able to injuries received in football
matches, some of the causcs Of death
being acute bronchitis, rupture of the
intcstines, rupture Of the kidney. injury
to the brain. If 1t be said that such ac-
cidents are the result of unnecessarily
rough play, the reply is that the game is
| never played in any other way.-FoOte's
Health Monthly.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-05-05

pnrty, is in danger of being blotted
out by the fool Alliance folks, social
lists, cranks, and fiat lunatics.
The wife and little ones are forgotten
in this mad surge to save his party.
What to him the perpetuity of the
Union? What to him that his neigh
bor wakes poor and poorer? What if
the mortgage is maturing? If the
taxes are piling up and his resources
are drying up? Let it all go, the
party must be saved He is so blinded
by partyism that were heaven to he
won or lost by his act, hell would be
his portion.
NY farmer friend, do you realize
that you and your farmer friends pay
for sixty-eight per cent. of all the ex-
penses, no matter if you have only
thirtytwo per cent. of the wealth of
this nation?
Know you that the capitalist owns
sixty-eight per cent. of TIE property of
this nation and pays less than thirty
two per cent. of its expenses?
! Do you not know that nearly all
the silver money of the United
States costs YOU and me frcm four
aud half to five per cent. per annum
to put it in the channels of trade? This
| is the "nub,' and why the enormous
hook -nosed son of Abraham opposes
free coinage of silver; should it he
coined free, there would issue no bonds
upon which to draw interest. and SO
Hooknose of Lombard and Wall Streets
would lose his power to tax you and
me--see?
Say, brother toiler, do you remember
the promise you made yourself and ME
last winter year ago? If you remem-
ber we pctltioned the Legislature of
Indiana to revise the tax list and place
! all property and wealth on an equal
footing for taxation. We got an answer
in having our taxes doubled!
King George III of England an
swered our forefathers that way. Re
suit: loss of North American colonies
! What shall Shylock lose? Answer
at the polls next November. We petit
toned for reduction of fees and sala-
ries. The whole fixed salary horde.
with scarcely an exception, stormed
the legislative halls, and down We went
again!
Did you not promise to smoke some
legislators scalp? did! No,c is the
time to start said smoke mill. Keep it
up, and see that no man who so coolly
sold us out ever gets on the ticket for
legislature. Send the man there who
is handy with his dukes" and when
he has downed man, lay to and drag
tie Ananias out.
Another session of our General AS
sembly like that will send enough men,
women, and children to fill every poor
house and every Jail and penitentiary
| in the State, and, my brother, you and
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-05-05

CUAJ-SCCY NJ DE- his tinat fc>tlng-pIace,
PEW because, il was the me-
tropolis of the country. He made but
one condition, and that was that his
loyal wife should he buried 10y his side.
He would have no monument, however
grand. which would separate him from
her during the unnumbCrsd years of the
hereafter. Continuing. the orator said:
New YORK, in accepting this bequest Of
General Grant. has assumed IA sacred trust.
Upon no municiIa ity aud its citizens was
ever devolvcd more q cmn duty. Frolu the
teudcrc>t motives. he .oak from the ma
tional government the task which IL would
most loyalty and lovingly have performed,
and intrusted ii to this great city. The
whole country are cnl' in the army
of reverence and sorrow, but he appointed
New York the guard of honor. Lit the
monument which will rise upon this corner
s one be worthy OF the magnitude of the
metropolis aui the grand, us Of the subject.
General GIANT needs no stately shaft or
mas,ivc pile to rerpetuate his memory.
The republic i his n!oaument. and its his
tory during What must always be its most
critical and intere sting period will he the
story of his deeds.
Mr.. Dtpew then sketchcd General
Grants career. and summed up his
character as follows:
No man can be truly great unless he Is
also nt3Enan1mONS. "rauI was tuc HosJ
self-sacrifciny { friends and the most gem
erous Of foes. .Cncondtit nal surrender. I
move in IN cdiately on your works." were the
conditions GIANT offered Buckner at Donel-
son, tut in the darkness OF the night he
entered the prs tent and said !:
@Buckner. you must have lost everything;
take my purse' He had been for months
making toilsome efforts to break throu, h
the confederate lines, but after the sur
render of their defenders he refused to so
within them. The failure to capture the
confederate capital had exhausted the re-
sources and i'm paired the reputation Of all
the generals who had eceded him. but
when it lay prOStrate at his feet he stcrnly
declined the triumph Of an entry Mt the
head of his victorious army.
1t was difficult to win his confidence, but
when once gained. his heart. his efforts, and
lis fortune were at command. Neither
secret nor open enemies, neither direct
charges nor anonymous revelations could
dis urb his friendship for anyone he had
once trusted. To Sherman and Sheridan
he gave uns; ted praise. He was SO en-
ti.eiy free from envy or JS.alousy, SO en-
,husiastic in his admiration Of these lieu