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has been giving her books to you, and
making you moro sentimental and
cloudy than you were before. Why
dent you read Smiles and clear the
mist away from your brain?"
Il have read Smiles, Michael, ~ she 70
piled quietly. "And am weak enough
to care more for the Robert Stephenson
who took thought for little children
and birds, than for the great inventor.
The very side of him that you think
lowest, seems to me highest. Remem-
Der i am not depreciating his splendid
energy, only mean that It was not the
noblest part of man, nor could it, with
out other qualities, have made him real
ly great"
The sparkle of wrath had died out of
Michaefs eyes; but his face expressed
cold contempt.
1--WE are wasting time here" he said,
frigidly. Il will take you back to your
uncle's house, Olive; and then will go
home to my own room. This hot day
has given me headache"
She was anxious and remorseful in an
instant, ready to blame herself for not
having seen that he was suffering. She
had been wrapped in happy dream
under the trees, and all the while he
had been sitting by her side, feeling
weary and ILL And then she had wor-
ried him with her talk, and made the
headache worse.
'Ohl Michael" she said, rising, and
looking ut him with n glance that few
men could have met unmoved: 81 am
afraid have been selfish. 1t was for
my sake that we came here, dear; and
you have paid dearly for the pleasure
you have given me. What can / do for
you?"
Nothing" he answered, as coldly as
before. Il shall go TO my room and
rest. Mine is Woodworking brain,
and anything in the shape of dispute
always disturbs me-"
Dear Michael, if any words of mine
have disturbed you L am more than
sorry. AS to disputes, we will never
have any more. We are always one in
heart, are we not?"
As she spoke she chung to his arm for
second, trembling, and with her heart
beating. He disengaged himself at
once.
People are looking at u.s. he said
do remember that we are in Kew gar
dens, and not in Eastmeon fields! / am
in no mood now for scenes and senti-
mental talk, Olive"
She looked at him again once, stead
lily and wistfully, with eyes that seemed
to read him through and through. Then
she walked on quietly by his side, pale,
but cain; and troubled him with no
more loving words or announcement
demonstrations.
The Sunday throngs were crowding
all about them; fathers and mothers
with their children, girls walking hap
PLY, sometimes noisily, with their
sweethearts. Their voices and laughter
seemed to come from an outside world
in which Olive had no part. She scarce
ly knew whether they were phantoms
or living people; only Michael, with his
cold set face, was miserably real He
would not look at her, he did not speak,
and they reached the station and got
into train in silence
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lro BIZ Continued


Mrs. Grimm--How did you manage
with your wife away all summer9
Mr. Grim-Didn't have TO manage.
Did as pleased.-N, Y. Weekly.
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MAscAGN's "L'Amico Fritz" has
failed 70 please either at Turin or Buda-
Pesth.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-08
Wild (.cOSp story.

Last winter d. w. Little. one of
the adobe farmers on the west of
town, shot into band Of geese. a
one wing broken. Mr.. Little took
the goose home and gave him to his
boys, who doctored his wing and he
SoOn became so tame as to follow the
boys wherever they went. eat from
their hands and even poke his head
into their pockets for corn and
wheat.
y few days ago a band of wild
geese flying over the premises and
making their usual clatter attracted
the attention of the domesticated
gandcr. which gave an outlandiSh dis
play OF quacking and shrill yclls in
goose language that had a NEST
startling effect with the band flying
past. \ fine white goose was seen to
leave the han1 and shoot down until
it landed in the yard at the side of
the Ict, and the meeting was demon
strative to an exciting degree. Their
gabbing, quacking and amusing an
tics afforded as much fun for the boys
who witnessed the meeting as they
could have found at circus. The
new arrival. which is probably 4
mate of the now tame goose. refuses
to leave, but will fly over the fence
when the two are approached by the
boys. and then fly back to the mate
when the boys step aside.-Briggs
Gal Argus.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-08
The ISIfEl1O'S Cum.

A traveller describes strange for
nation in Mitchell County, Texas,
which, in our time at least, will be Il
reminder of the days when the buf-
falo roamed the plains of the great
West. AT the junction Of two
creeks" he writes, "is bed of friable
gray sandstone mixed with coarse
gravel. Water passing over the
edge has worn away part of it, and
has created a fall Of thirty feet. The
loose gravel carried round and round
in the eddics has gradually bored
holes in the sandstone. These holes,
are from three to six feet wide. cir
cular and from fifty to hundred
feet deep There are from fifteen to
twenty of them, all filled with fresh
water. by the long-cortinued churn-
ing Of the gravel they have been
made jug-shapcd or cistern-likc. and
in some instances the wall dividing
the two wells has been cut through.
This must have been fayOrite
watering place with the buffalo. In
the solid rock is cut deep trail
down to the water. And where the
descent is stcepcst the footmarks are
over six inches deep, showing that
every animal passing there put its
foot exactly in the spot occupied by
those which had preceded it."
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-08

trench between them. Where they
have been finished they look as
though they had been "sand-papercd."
as the railroad men say Of piece of
especially trim balla>tcd track. The
numerous parties of visitors generally
drive through the canal, threading
their way among men and teams and
finding much to interest them.
Plans and Appropriations.
The Ucnnepin Canal takes its name
from the little town of Hcnnepin.
situated on the Illinois River. in
Putnam County The western ter
minus is at the mouth Of Rock River
as it enters the Mississippi, and its
eastern terminus is at its entrance to
the Illinois River little above the
town just mentioned. The esti-
mated cost of this entire work is
Sc, 925. 800. This estimate. it is
thought, is ample unless contingen-
c:es should arise. The IIenncpin is Il
part Of the water route projected to
connect the Mississippi with Lake
Michigan. The approved plans of
the engineer corps contemplate a
water route from the lake to the Hi
nois River at some day. When this
is constructed the Hennepin will be
half the routes between the river and
lake. The present Illinois and Mich
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-08

We clip the following pointed state
ment from the Winnsboro, S. c., .4d-
rocnte, and would Just add that there
is no way to help matters and get re-
lief except to force it, and a peaceable
citizen has no way of forcing it except
through the ballot box. Education
and continued agitation is the only
way Of making the average citizen see
it, and the only fear We have is he will
only see it when eyerlastingly too late.
The masses of humanity are to-day
toiling and linching and saving, from
one years end to the other. and they
receive only miserable pittance upon
which to subsist, and nothing is laid
aside for rainy day. We see this in
our own immediate neighborhoods-
men with families to support barely
earn what they eat and are hardly able
TO produce sufficient clothing to keep
them comfortable. The outlook to
them is dark indeed. Where shall re-
lief be found? Will the plutocrat re-
lease his grip upon the throat of the
toiler. or the bonlsman grow weary of
turning into his Golfers the earnings of
lis slaves? Shall we look to the men
who have brought degradation and
poverty to the toilers to remove the
burdens they themselves have imposed
upon them? Aliens are constantly Sc
curing immense tracts of land III this
country, and every effort is being made
to control legislation in the interest of
the plUtocrat, and against the farmer
and laborer. Toiling on day after day,
the laburers have allowed these wrongs
TO pass unnoticed until now their re-
moval will require hcrculean efforts.
Wise counsel must prevail and the
people must be educated in the needs
of The hour. The people have an all
powerful weapon i'll the ballot, and
they must use it.
The business men. it is very evident.
do not pay much attention to the real
reason for hard times. They say, there
is not enough money in the country >
business is dull:" "the people haven't
got any money to pay with" They
don't follow this up and ask why it i.
the people have no money. and if there
is any way of increasing the volume oi
money.
The enormous interest that the peo-
pie are paying is as great burden on
the business man as on the farmer or
laborer. and the money stringency af-
fects him in precisely the same man
ner. The sooner the merchant realizes
that his prosperity depends upon the
prosperity of the masses, the better it
Will be for all concerned.-Ex.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-08
PoPULIsTs AHEAD IN KANSAS.
Majority of One in the Legislature on
Joint Ballot.

Jetnt
The Kansas Canvass;ny Eoard has
completed the official count. The cam
vass prog, essed without excitement un-
til the c for member of the lower house
from Cofey County was reached. The
statute provides that in case OF tie
the board shall determine by lot who is
elected. Attorney General Ives, the
only Pcpulist member of the loard,
claimed that the statute was unconsti-
tut.cnaI, and that it was the duty of the
board to decide that no election had
leen made and that the Governor
should call a srecial election. All OF
the other members of the board insisted
that the provision of the statute should
be carried out and the Attorney Gem
eral withdrew, declining to tie party
to an at that he considered unconsti-
tutional. The remaining members of
ioard, Republicans. proceeded to
settle the tic by drawing lots, and tn,
Republican candidate was successful.
In Haskell County Joseph Essential, a
Demo crat, was elected by a majority Of
15s, but the County Clerk in certifying
to the returns gave Rosenthal's vote to
W. A. Stubbs. the Republican, through
an error" AS the board had no author
i;y to go benin the returns Stubs was
declared elected.
When the report from Haskell County
was read the Popuiists and Democrats
who were watching the count failed to
notice the error, and Stubb,' certificate
was made out and mailed him. The
cert fl 'ates as issued give the Republic
cans in the House 81, Populists 5S;
Democrats .. Independent l. In the
Senate the Populists have s5, Repub-
IN nf
Gates the Populists have majority of
l on Joint ballot
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-08

gincerS as assistants, and much was
accomplished by way of preliminary
Test pits, to show the nature Of the
substrata. were sunk all over the line
of the canal. Engineers and con-
tractors knew before they touched
the work what sort Of excavation
they would have ut every point. Rock
River was sounded in thousands of
places; its volume, velocity, and fuc-
tuations Of stage were recorded. and
its levels accurately asccrtainci. Com
plcte maps, showing every detail OF
surface and formation, were prepared.
The contractors had no chance to
bid in the dark. As actual prclim-
mary work the line of the canal trunk
was cleared of trees and brush and
incloscd with miles Of pig-tight wire
fence: a stone quarry was opened, a
macadum road built so that cement
and other supplies might he hauled
in spite of bad weather, and houses
for storing material and quartering
men were erected. There was a trc-
mcndcus amount of detail to all this,
hut nothing was omitted. Ground
was broken on the first contract July
u, 1892. This was done at the
mouth of Rock River, south side, and
on the spot where the excavation for
lock 81 is to be. The contractor is
Commodore Andrew ]. Whitney, of
Rock Island. H., and his accepted
bid covers the excavation of the lock-
pit, driving of piles and placing of
,imbe;s in the foundation, and deliv-
ering of 5000 cubic feet Of sand and
gravel for concretin2 bottom
A mile of canal trunk is a busy
Place when couple of hundred teams,
with implements ard men to match,
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-08
JOLIET'S BAD FAILURE.
Duped Depositors Talk Of Criminal Prose-
cutiOns.

The condition of the collapsed bank
and the Enterprise Company. at Jcliet,
ILL.,, looks more serious as the days go
by. Everything in sight has been at
tached. The transfer Of the pro. erty
of the Fishes subjects them to bitter re-
preach. All the transfers will be con-
tested in the courts.
The trouble began by a run being
ing made ou the Stone City ] aak, a pri
vate institution operated by Henry Fish
4 Sens. Before the doors were opened
a large crowd collected, and no soouer
did the hour for opening arrive than a
feverish crowd pushed to the teller's
window and had their notes. checks,
certificates and books turn into cash.
The rush grew rather than diminished
with the flight of time, and the fact that
all comers got their money without a
murmur did not deter the others in the
crowd, who stood s1olidly waiting their
turn. By $50 a. M. S!0,G GOO had been
paid out. It was evident that the pay
ment could not last much longer, so
orders were issued t. the teller to pay
dismissed with the assurance that the
bank would pay dcposi.ors every dollar
and the doors were closed TO the public,
while the bankers, with their attorneys,
got their heads together to see how
affairs stood and what would be best to
Go under the circumstances.
George NJ. Fish, Treasurer OF the
tank, sail: I'VE owed depositors about
S-5o,tO0. We paid cut over $50, 900, and
now owe our depositors aboat S175.O0a,
and have taken every possible measure
to protect them. We have taken pos
session Of the manufactured stock OF
the Joliet Enterprise Company, which
is worth $3.50, 900, end l am sure OUR as
sets are thus amply sufficient to pay all
depositors. We have let 20 Of the en-
tire business by turning everything over
10 Chauncey }. Blair. of Chica 20, IS
trustee, and thus the rights Of all par
ties will be secured
The Joliet Enterprise Company is a
total failure. The liabilities are over
$500, ,00o, while the assets are valued at
about the same figures. The Cir, ut
Court and Recorders Offices were busy
all day with filing of papers and record
ing OF deeds that pertaine to the
trouble. The citizens are greatly ex-
cited. Never before was excitement
known to be at such high pitch. The
business houses in all parts OF the city
did bat little business. and men left
their work in the mills. factories, farms.
and stores to inquire about the deposits
they had lett at the Stone City Bank.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-08
Growth Of steam.

STEAM was first used In making gas
about 1873.
STEAM was first used 10 warm facto.
ries in 1906.
STEAM was first applied 10 driving
looms in 1907.
FIRST steamboat on the Thames made
trial trip in 1901.
FIRST steamer run on Hudson River
by Fulton in 1907.
TGEvETHIcK lu:lt the first high.pres.
sure engine in 1891.
Fulton Luilt the steamer Clermont
on the Seine in 1898.
BLENKINsoP used steam rover ON
coal railroad in 1871.
s EAM first employed in dramatic
representations in 1921.
II 1904 the usual working pressure
was pounds to an inch.
THE Rising Sum- built by Cochrsne.
crossed Atlantic in 1878.
In 1903 the Pha nix was regularly
running on the Delaware.
WocLr built the first double -cy inder
expansion engine In 1904.
The Charlotte Dundae, 1902, used for
towing on Scottish canals.
IN 1865, $50 railroad incorporates
bills passcd BY rEsmeut
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-08
Minor McuuOn.

THE Republican plurality in Minne-
sofa is 22,l57.
A CONSIGNMENT OF 500 canary birds
has arrived at New York from Ger
many.
Ex-Governor GEAR has assumed
the duties of Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury.
THE Chicago, burlington and Quincy
road estimates its damage by floods last
summer at $4,000, ,00a.
THE Worlds Fair National Commits
sion will ask an appropriation OF $l40.-
600 of the next Congress.
A 4-YEAR-oLD girl of s. L. Leverton,
Of Birmingham. N. Y, tipped plate Of
hot soup over her, and she was scalded
to death.
In applying for Statehood New Mexi-
co will ask that TIE bill be amended 80
that Spanish shall be taught in the
public schools.
The census report shows that the
number of Canadians in the country at
the taking OF the census in 1890 was
983, 900, compared with I'll, ,O0O in 1880,
showing an increase Of 81 per cent.
PASSENGER rates are being slashed
from Puget Sound to st. Paul and Chi
cago. Second.class tickets from Ia
coma to Chicago, the regular price OF
which is $A2.50, are being sold for SIS.
TIE animal rano nf Chiof pnstofssaa
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-08

be navigable -seven-root stage to
Penny's slough, twenty-seven miles
from the Mississippi. In all 81, ,OOO,-
600 is available, however, and the
work will advance far enough in an
other summer TO make great show
ing of the utility and importance of
the canal. It's friends hope it will
command additional money as it may
be needed.
The workmcn employed by the en-
gineers and the contractors are
mostly transicnts-men who follow
the various pieces of government
work about the country. There are
also IL number Of residents in these
employees and most of the teams be-
long to men who live in the vicinity.
Romantic Associations.
The region is not without its ro-
mantle associations. just sixty years
ago Abraham Lincoln and other Hi
nois lads were in camp here. quaran-
tined because they had the cholera.
They came here to t1nish up the Black
Hawk war, and the disease broke out
among them. Not long ago the exca
vatols turned out two skeletons. No
one living here knows anything about
how they came there. They may
have been Indians, but they are
guessed again to have been the vic
Tins of the plague.
On the north shore of Rock River
rises steep, rocky bluff. 1t has
been known as Black Hawks watch
tower for years. While he was among
the whites here that famous chief
made mention of it as an outlook of
his, and the name seems to have been
honestly given. A year or so ago ID.
II. Louderback, Of Chicago, Presi
dent of the Tri-city Street Railway
Company of Davenport. Rock Island,
and Moline, purchased this property.
He transformed the shabby Old house
on the summit into graceful half
Morcsquc summer hotel, which he
calls the Black Hawk Inn, and re-
yamped the dummy trains into an
electric car service. Now the pride
ana the fashion of the three cities
and surrounding country flock here
in thousands through long season
to gaze upon the outspread beauties
Of Rock River, eat, drink, dance and
make merry.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-08

cast 10000 votes in Georgia, and was
represented in the campaign just
closed by electoral tickets in all but
five or six states of the Union-in more
states than was the party that won the
presidency in 1860 and for first time
since 1860 three parties will be repre-
scnted in the Electoral College.
A majority of those who have hither
TO vo.ed the ticket of the Republican
party are honest They have been re-
tanned in the ranks by habit, by hope
of reform within the party, and by
hatred of the Democratic party. The
vote cast was q declaration of want
of confidence, and plainly indicates
the dissolution of Republicanism.
1t is no less true that the masses o.
Democrats are honest. In this cleo
tion they voted to give the leaders who
promised so much an opportunity to
redeem their promises. That they will
be disappointed is by no means a vague
prediction. The influences that made
the Republican party unsa. isfactory to
its followers are in full possession of
Democracy The honest masses will
turn from the victorious party just as
they have turned from the beaten.
The Peoples party entered the arena
with defined purpose. It's demands
are cquivocal Though but few
months old, after the election. ceased
to be third party, and became a
prominen. factor in the calculation of
all men who look to the future.
Around its standard will rally those
who love liberty, and who hope for the
perpetaation of the Republic.
The cause of reform will go on. No
true man will weaken in his devotion
to the principles which have gained
his adhesion. The battle is to be
fought next with one antagonist in
stead of two. Let every man tip his
hat to the futurc.-People's Party
Donar
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-08
As to Betting.

Lay no wagers. - King Charles
Twelve GCO1 Rules.
Ill toss you for it if you'll stake
me.-Sterne's "Tristram Shandy."
There is nOSympathy for the busted
bettcr.-Mark Twain.
The kuss that has no brains ken still
stick his money up.-Josh Billings.
I'll bet you anything-even that the
sun does not rise tomorrow.
Levers knight of Gwynnc.
Quoth she, I've heard old cunning
stagcrs say fools for arguments use
wagcrs. s.-Butler's "Hudibras."
For most men till by losing rem
dcred sager) will back their own opin.
ion by a awager.-Byron's "Beppo."
The man who bets with a gameste1
is a fool. The man who wagers with
a friend is a fraud. "Wha1
Will He Do with It?"
l do not want your money, man
I've cast the stake of life on this
Think you a few piasters would con
sole the end?-"Old Play" (Scottl.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-08
How q Merchant in Ohio Failed.

A queer story is tod by the Cincin-
natl Timcs-Star as to the failure OF
a Clermont County merchant few
weeks ago. While in that city he
was attracted by the watches dis
played in a pawnshop window, and
stepped inside to examine them.
Two or three persons from his village
happened to pass and saw him. They
went home and gossiped about the
matter. A report was spread that he
was hard up, and had been seen pawn.
ing his watch in Cincinnati. The
report injured his business, and his
creditors also began to press him. In
a short time he was compelled tc
make an assignment.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-08

The great strike at Homestead has
been declared off by the Amalgamated
Association. This is certainly great
disappointment to the great hosts OF
labor throughout the world. They had
hoped for different result, but the
history Of Homestead is only an added
chapter to the book of woes.
And yet this result settles nothing
Il. all. 1t has proven to be one of the
most seriously contested battles be-
tween the contending forces, hut no
thoughtful observer will believe that
either side has brought all it's forces
into the contest, or that either has ex-
hausted its reserves. Capital is still
organized and labor is still organized.
or perhaps more properly speaking,
labor has all the elements Of organiza-
ton and effective combat still intact.
The only thing that may be said to
be fully demonstrated is that the pres
ent organization of the power of the
state is entirely in the interest of the
rights of property. The defeat of the
men at Homestead is due to the pres
cnce of the militia and the rrostitu-
ton of all the power of the courts. It
is demonstrated that as far west as
Pittsburg the man who ill not work
on the terms of organized capital shall
he declared an outlaw and bounded by
all the power of the state to submis-
sion or starvation.
And this is just the thing that the
workingman has all these years been
voting should be the way to serve him.
He lets organized capital set up the
ballot and he votes it. The strike is
not our way. The non partisan union
or lodge is not our way. If Il man
wants anything that depends on law
we believe that the easiest way to get
it is to voc for it. The easiest way to
vote for it is to come right out into the
middle of the road, and smite hip and
thigh all parties that stand in the way
TO the desired end. Ben Franklin
said: Experience is a dear school.
but fools will learn in no other" That
school house has about all the pupils it
will accommodate Just now.
And so it will go on like a kettle of
boiling sap. The scum will roll over,
and the chips bob mp and down, but
in the course of time there will be
plenty of sugar IN the bottom of the
kettle. e.-Nonconformist.