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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-08-31

y subject which has received much
discussion in al parts Of the country
during tie l,.at month IA, been the
possibility Of the Cosmopolitan sue
ceeding in its new move of selling the
magazine. unchanged in size and even
better in quality. at the price Of twelve
and Ont-half cents. instead of twenty
five cents. a. formerly. The August
COSMOPOLITAN, for instance, was illus
trated by a long list Of artists. includ-
ROchegrOsse. Hamilton Gibson. Gull
lonnet. kemble Schwabc. Sunier, Good
hue. Meaule. Alice Barber Stephen
som and the late Wilson de Meza. The
publishers in part explain how it Is
possible to keep up pace OF this kind
by their announcement that the Christ
mas edition will exceed POO. 600 copies
and that in consequence OF these
editions. they are obliged to raise the
advertising rates from 800 to $500 per
page, fifty dollars more than has ever
been charged by any OF the leading
magazines Of this country. This move
of the Cosmopolitan would look as if
the American people had been quick 70
appreciate the effort to furnish them
a magazine of the highest class. at a
price so unusual and so small as to be
almost nominal.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-08-31

McGary's air ship is nearing COM
plction all that is now needed is the
imitation of the ballon. As that will
cost at least seventy-iive dollars, if
Memphis wants the first sight Of the
air ship after it floats in air. the people
will have to raise fifty dollars of that 10
e able McGary TO purchase material.to
make his own gas> to initiate the balloon
and the city will in that way get him
to exhibit during the fair 1t might
pay the managers to make terms wit h
the inventor. 1t would be great
attraction
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-08-31

Thomas Dunkerson died in this city
on last Sunday evening of some spinal
disease. aged 36 years. The deceased S
brother W. H. Jones. of keopuk. and
sister. Mrs. Allie Gilbert. of Ottumwa.
were telegraphed for and arrived
Saturday. Mr.. Dunkerson had been
resident of this city for many years
and had a boast of friends. The de.
ceased was buried in the Memphis
cemetery Monday.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-08-31
.ro Ia News.

The Sunday school convention and
picnic at Busey Hill was well attended
and every body seemed - enjoy them
selves.
Close went 10 haul Il load uf hay. they
loaded he hay on the wagon. but or,,
of the horses refused to pull. and Close
told Lew to put some hay unde" the
horse and set fire To- it. that that would
make him pull. when they set fire to
the hay the horse made a lunge. draw
ing the wagon over the fire. The hay
caught fire. leaving nothing but one
wheel and the tongue Of the wagon.
Etna and Arbela had "A base ball con-
test which resulted in victory fer
Etna
Eli Sage. Of keokuh. Iowa. was
visiting his parents Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Sage, few days ago.
VIM. Turner. of Nebraska. is visiting
relatives in Arbela and Granger.
John Houtz is on the sick list this
week.
DR.. Sage is still complaining.
Henry looms took in the World:
fair last week.
Isem Chandler will move on Amou:
PriOrs farm as soon as Mr.. Prior move.
| to town. 40.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-08-31
Lumber tor Sale. Pasture to Let.
Corn for Sale.

Will sell lumber on hard time prices.
span OF fine young mules > Years old.
log wagon of modern make and will
have in a few days some of our cele-
brated log jacks for sale. Call on us
There are some parties owing Us on
account. Please call and settle.
Robert or \. J. DAGGS
Memphis. Mo
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-08-31

Cheap and safe insurance in the
Farmers Mutua! Fire Insurance Com
pany of Scotland Co. Mo. 10 cents 10
insure 800 FOR a year. or % cents for
fix, wears. Also in Missouri Farmers
Mutual Tornado. Cyclone and Wind
storm. Co. at 10 cents on the 800 FOR
five wears or > cents for one year.
J. L. DURNAL. Sec'y and Ag't.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-08-31

1t seems to be the general impression
that the new building on the north
west corner of the square, while it will
help the looks of the town great deal
whuld be much more of an addition to
the appearance of the square if it were
going to be carried up at least another
sfn
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-08-31

You often hear the silly cry that
''The farmers are prosperous, but
prod cer told us u different story the
other day. Last spring he rented land.
worked hard all summer. harvested a
good crop and sold it for just enough
to pay his own expenses, except his
laDOr.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-08-31

James +. Morrison, of Granger, called
Tuesday. and subscribed for the FARM
ERS' UNION, the only paper in the
county that darcs come out boldly Tor
free coinage of silver, without any
string attachment.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-08-31

All those who desire to become MEM
bers Of the ChautauQuan Circle this
year are requested to meet at Mrs. VIM.
Sandoz's Friday evening. September
LIST when the Circle will be organized
and arrane EN- ,nts made for ordering
the necessar,- books for the years read
ing.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-08-31

The services for the Memphis circuit,
NJ, f.. Church, for the first and second
Sunday are: Brock. II o'clock Il. m:
Cline, 800 p. m.: Pleasant Hill, $50 p.
III. Second Sunday: Mt. Olive, ii a.
M: Prairie View. : 30 at new church.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-08-31

Sept Sd to 9th. the X. & w. will sell
round trip tickets to II dianapolis. limi-
ted to Sept. 18th, for $50. If parties
wish to go to indianapolis and return
via Chicago, rate will be Sll.S0.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-08-31

Aug. Goth, there will be an excursion
to TT. Madison via Medill and Santa Fee
Rate from Memphis, Sl.63. for round
trip. Tickets will be honored to keo-
kuk also
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-08-31
attraction.

The state authorities have bt en- max
companies that these questionable
institutions have commenced moving
out of Missouri. one of them located at
Centerville. Iowa. We warn our
readers to have nothing to do with
these bond schemes.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-08-31

Mrs Ora \: Rays. of Memphis dis
trict president of the w. G. I. U. at
tended meeting of the CORN w. {. L.
L. Thursday of last Week.-Gorin
ArTus
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-08-31

Buy your boots, and shoes at Murphy
< Millers great CLOSING out sale. \
good stock of all kinds including Hus-
kamb make. Save yourself dollar a
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-08-31

Go 10 {. \. Gerhold for good. first
class buggy harness at reduced prices.
{. \. GERHOLp.
Memphis. No.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-08-31

Argus.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-07-24
REUNION.
The cold Original" Reunion to BE Held ut
Caldwell, Ohio,

The cold Original" Reunion to BE Held ut
Caldwell, Ohio,
The Soldiers Reunion Association Of
Caldwell, Ohio, will hold its annual
meeting this year on Friday and satur'
day, August % and 20. A circular is
sued by tho chairman says: 1.-THE re-
union will be held in the woods west OF
town, belonging to Fulton Caldwell,
whore General Sherman himself met Us
in 1874, at the first reunion ever held.
ALI are invited, This Is the reu Mon OF
reunions. Tho oldest OF all and the best
OF all. 1t is the soldiers favorite re-
union. 1t has never failed yet, and we
feel q Just pride in its history. No poll
tics in our reunion. 1t will maintain
its reputation this year, for the boys
arc coming and their presence secures
success. There will be good speakers
and good music. Come and tent two
days and nights with US in the cool
woods. Come the night before in dele
cations, singing the old songs In the
cool, starry hours OF summer night
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-07-24
The Mnhuralah Is Married.

1t is too utterly bad that his high
ness, the maharajah Of Kapurtahla, is a
married man. He ia young, handsome,
tho ruler of two millions of people aud
has wealth by the barrel. He has dia-
monds enough to make a dozen women
wild with delight.
Unmarried he would DO the finest
specimen OF the tame lion that has re-
Gently come to these shores. AS &
summer resort attraction he would out
shine a gross of European princes,
counts and the like. But he is married
and the maharajahess is beautiful and
accompanies him, and what might
have been can't be, and there you are.
This is u new complication Of the silver
question.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-07-24
Goyernment slIver Purohasos.

Under the act OF Congress the treas
my ID directed to buy monthly 100000 0
ounces of silver, 1t is not said that this
silver shall be the product OF American
mines, although doubtless it was sup
posed that it would be-, Certainly it
should be, all other things being equal,
1t happens, however, that the Amori.
can silver producers put their heads
together and determined to make the
government pay more for their product
than its market price, They say that
they fix the price, The secretary OF the
treasury holds that the London quota
ton fixes the price, London certainly
fixes the price for the world, ut least so
much OF the world as does not include
the American silver men in their lofty
act OF going at their own government
with u club.
Tho secretary Of tho treasury says he
will nay the market price and no moro,
Ii American holders do not like that
they may continue to hold aud the gov
ernment will supply itself elsewhere.
The secretary is so clearly right that to
state the case sweeps away all opposing
argument.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-07-24

hes ever been established by q nation,
But in nothing do we owe more to the
Americans than for their having afford
ed US the great object lesson OF a state
pursuing tho even current OF its way
without modelling in the affairs OF other
states, which has been the bane OF Eu'
ropean Powers. And what is the re-
sult2 No one dreams OF attacking the
UVtted States or OF picking q quarrel
with them, -~LabOuchere.
A young North side beau paid devot,
cd attention to u young lady on Chase
avenue Tor u lew weeks and then
switched oVer and commenced a seige
on the heart OF the young lady directly
across the street. The frat named miss
was highly insulted at the desertion,
and now consoles herself by pounding
the piano aud singing that sentimental
as well as warning ballad, "He is Fool'
ing Thee" every time her erstWhlle
lover visits her rival Cincinnati Com
merciql Gazette.
DR.. Nansen will usD on his Arctic ex.
petition three brands Of compressed
food, the first being composed OF beet,
potatoes, mixed vegetables and Vegeta'
fat; the second Of barley, potatoes, ham
and beef fat, and the third oil anchorles,
oatmeal, beef and animal and vegetable
fat, 1t is said that, as all the water is
extracted, these foods will not freeze in
any temperature, however low.-NEW
Yorh Herald.
Messrs. PIympton and Lee, Of the
subway commission in Brooklyn, pro-
pose, ii possible, to have the trolley
cars in that city provided with a safety
sliding platform in front, such as is in
use on the Boston cars. The platform
is n little lower than tho floor OF the
car, and is intended to trip up u person
with whom it comes in contact, causing
him to fatt on tho platform instead of
under tho car
The Bizet monument committee have
expressed themselves we'll satisfied with
the model made by NJ. Ealguire. There
arc two Ggures-one Of a muse holding
Il violin in one hand aud in the other
flowers, which she is laying in front OF
a bust OF the composer OF "L'Arles-
ienne." and tho other Of a Carmen
seated on the PEDESTAL European edt'
ton of the Herald.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-07-24
BREAKFAST

A Curious operation, says The Hospital,
has been reported to tho French Oph.
Archaeological Society. A boy Of thir.
teen, after injury to his oyclid, had 1t
80 severely contracted that no could no
longer close his oyc. Accordingly an
inCision was made In the eyclid and
tiny fragments Of frog skin wore in.
serted in Il kind OF ChoQuor work. IT
adhered perfectly, aud tho wound wns
completely healed over. Ait9r about
hvo months tho Uyolid recovered Its
power OF movement, A tiny Transverse
line across tho lid Is tho only sign vlsi.
bic Of tho fragments borrowed from tho
frog.
An Eaglishmaa has patented a moth.
cd OF drying and purifying houses with
damp walls, says tho Commercial Advcr.
tiSar Ho employs u chemical hydro.
se0Pie substance such as calcium chio-
ride, which IL exposed In buckets or
basins, or IN perforated metal castings
fitted within shallow oHrthOnwaro or
metal vessels, The r0otn or building is
carefully closed during the drying OPP.
Grafton. II Is claimed that tho calcium
chloride withdraws aud destroys all
bacteria aud germs With tho moisture,
In many ways tho United statUs have
educated tho world In politics, and l.,
for ono, do not hesitate to say TINT their
scheme VI government 10 tho bOSt that
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-07-24
WIT AND WISDOM.

Fanny (who is studying her losson)
Papa, what is the definition Of volu-
bilisy2 Papa-Volubility is the dis
tinguishing feature OF q car driver when
no Is thirteen minutes behind schedule
time on his supper-trip and IN over.
| loaded truck breaks down just in front
Of him on the rail.-1eras Sittings.
Ethel (rummaSing in grandma's
drOwer)-Oh, grandma, what n curious
old key this Isl Gr0ndma-Yes, my
dear; that was your grandtather's
latchkey. And you keep it in memory
Of old daysH No, my dear; old nights.
-WaV.
az like you very much, Charlie. but
| couldn't marry you. l don't think we
could live happily together" "But, my
dear Maudo, reflect. After We woro
married / wouldn't be home very
uch."-Tid.Bi&.
Although as a rule tho girls arc no
admirers Of st~inginoss, when tho right
fellow comes along, few OF the fair ones
object to u certain degree OF c%lOseness.
-BgBaio Cdarter.
"Thore's tho devil to pay in this
country" said the major. "Hang him"
cried tho colonel; "monoy's too tight;
lot him wait, like everybody elso."-
Atlanta Constitution.
To bU happy at homo ia the ultimate
result Of all ambition tho end to which
every enterprise and labor tends. and
OF which every desire prompts the pro.
8ecution. --JOhnSOn..
Chicago-Do you prefer Wagner or
Pullman2 Boston love Wagner, but
/ never was fortunate enough to hear
Nh opera by-er-Pullman, did you sRy ?
-Caicago Tribune.
sho-"I can soc any sense in calling
them my sailing ShoOs." Ho-"Woli,
! notice you make about twenty knots
an hour to keep thom tied,'-Mkr
Ocean
Say nothing good Of yourself, YOU
will DO dIstrastedi say nothing bad Of
yourself, you will DO taken ut your
wotd.-JOseDh ROur.
Angry Husband-l'm sorry | married
you. Angry Wifo-Weii, Pm sure |
never nsked you TO. Husband Ia
spoochloSs. - Vogue.
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POINTS.

William Lawrence Poole, OF New Or
leans, who is e~ighty-nine years OF ago,
is said to DO the Oldest editor in the
United States. lIe was born in Port.
land, Me-. and in 1928 he started the
Cheraw, SO, MeLigmcsr. lie bought
the Charleston City Gazette to fight the
qualification" doctrine, and then went
to New Orleans, where he was connect
cd with several papers. Mr.. Poole, dur
ing the qualification" contest, was
brought into relations with Jackson,
and was aiterwArd put in charge Of
work pertaining to the navy. He
aAirms that the establishment Of the
grade Of admiral was due TO his sug-
gestion.
William r. Laidlaw. OF New York,
who failed to recover damages from
Russell Sage for injuries received by
tie explosion OF the dynamite bomb
thrown by Norcross, Is very i'll at his
home, No. 4O7 West Forty-frst street,
in that city. The doctors, who are at
tending him think that his right foot
will have to BIO amputated.
The Rev. D. +. Bradley, pastor OF the
Park Congregational church, OF Grand
Rapids, Mich, was born in Bangkok,
Siam, in 1857, OF missionary parents,
He remained in Siam until 1867, &c.
quiring, among other things, u knowl.
edge Of the Siamesc language. He Is
a graduate OF Oberlin college, Ohio
New York Tribune.
"The Princess Wadbolskyt OF ST.
Petersburg, Russia" Gays tho New
York Herald, "arrived on board the
| North German Lloyd steamer Wilhelm
II. II is understood that she comes to
visit the Worlds Fair and sec the
country. She will remain here q short
time and then go west"
Van Leer Polk, of Nashville, Tcnn.,
who has been appointed consul general
to Calcutta. proposes to live and dress
like the natives when he enters upon
his duties. This no thinks is the ouiy
way to preserve ones health in o
foreign country.
Secretary Daniel s. Lamont has
leased tho Wood house, on II street,
near Seventeenth. in Washington, ad-
joining Senator Brice's residence, and
will mako his home there during his
term OF Office.
Carl Luther, a counselar in tho Ger.
man ministry of labor, who died no.
Gently, was a direct defendant OF Jacob
Luther, the youngest brother of Martin
Luther.
Henry O'NIeara, OF Boston, has been
requested TO contribute u hymn for tho
Parliament OF Religions, to DO held at
Chicago.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-07-24
EDITOR JUpET Insulated.

The Grounds Upon Which Clomenccau
Refuses to Fight u Duel.
PARIS, July ACHIEVEMENTS refusal
to fight Judot. the editor OF the Petit
Journal, is more talked about in Paris
than the quarrel with Sian. The editor
OF a paper having a circulation SO euor-
nous that it ia almost true its influence
sways the political opinion OF France,
outside Of Paris, has been made the OBJ.
ject OF the deadliest insult which could
have been put upon him.
Clemenceau's seconds. deputies Of
good standing in the chambers, have
certified that Judet by reason Of part
he took in circulating the Norton for
gories could not claim satisfaction under
the code. In other words no is not a
gentleman and cannot insult anybody.
This Is another and most effective stop
in revenge which C%lemenceau is begin.
ming to take against his enemies.
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struck n HIN Note.

Theodore Thomas il said to be draw
ing about $4,000 a year for his services
at the fair, $1,000 for directing the
music and $1,000 for the use of his val
liable library. But what troubles Mr..
Thomas is that he is not drawing any
thing.
the director.genoral refuses to sign
the voucher and the auditor says that
without that voucher SO signed no
money will be paidout. Ii Mr.. Thomas
can get his money he will be getting by
far tho biggest slice OF anybody con-
nected with the fair.
1t is not for the common herd to
say that Theodore Thomas is not worth
any price he can get for his services,
and that his musical library would not
DO cheap at any price Tor the mere sat
isfaction Of having it stored in Jackson
Park.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-07-24

A correspondent OF Tin and Iernr,
writing from California, tells why the
tin OF tho Tcmoscal mine, in spite Of
its excellent quality, is cutting no Hg-
uro in the market. Shipments from
this mine to England and Germany at
tracted attention and tho mine owners
Of Wales and England lost no time in
Matching u scheme to control what
promised to DO n dangerous American
rival. While they woro about it they
took in tho Temescal aud Harvey Peak
properties and stopped production al.
most entirely,
II we arc determined to mako tin
plato tho foreigners are determined
that VIC shall make it out OF foreign tin.
When thoy ~ tired Of this policy the
American mines will 10 rcopcncd.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-07-24
A Charge ct Army Brutality,

"a Sii0VBc w army IL VhAASJ'
Tho case OF Captain Mackay OF the
army is worthy OF the attention it is
receiving in the form of a court marti-
al. II this officer DO guilty as charged
he will have to find some other way OF
making Il living. lie is charged with
causing two soldiers to be strung up by
the wrists, one OF them for hall an
hour.
Army officers have boon quick to con.
denim this treatment as unnecessary,
inhuman and unlawful, and to brand
the offender as unfit torcommand men.
The officer who cannot maintain dis
cipline without resorting to barbarous
punishments has mistaken his calling
aud imposed upon the country. There
is no place for him in the military sor-
vice OF the United States.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-07-24
FRANK STANTON,
1901 MARKET STREET.
COMMISSIONERS SALE
" OF OHIO COUNTY REAL ESTATE.
]. A. Monroe
Robert s williamson and Others.

J. A. Monroe
Robert s Williamson VS. and Others. III 0naa'''7'
In pursuance OF q decree rendered on tho 18th
day Of May, 1898, by the Circuit Court Of OHIO
County. West Virginia, in the above entitled
cause, the undersigned appointed special comt
missioner for the purpose, Will, on
SATURDAY, JULY %, 1893,
commencing at 10 o'clock a. H., sell at public
auction at the north front door OF the Court
House OF Ohio county, to- the highest bidder,
tho property hereinafter described: That Is 10
say, all that certain tract Of land situated on tho
waters OF Little Wheeling Greek, near lIoney's
Point, Ohio County, West Virginia, and bounded
aud described as follows; Beginning ut stone,
corner TO lands OF Alexander HiggS; thence
wood; thence south 26' east 1913 poles 10 a1
elm; thence north 400 east 3l.8 poles to u white
walnut III the run, corner to lands OF C. y.
Terrell; thence north Az west 63 poles to 4
white walnut stump; thence north 93' west $50
poles to u stone near run, corner TO Frazier;
thence with his liue south CO. west 1866 poles 10
q maple; thence south 4g' west l5.lb poles to u
white oak thence south 5le west 4S.6 poles to 0
stone; thence with tho Williamson line south
S6ko east 1868 poles to tho place OF beginning,
ind containing ffty.two acres and fity.two
poles, more or less. Saving II excepting from
the above described tract the following de-
sChbed parcel, sold by Robert S. Williamson
and vile TO John Phillips, as appears b deed
nutCN GSPluulUSA si AoV9i hAA ubAANNA ~ "f
lows: Beginning at tho elm, corner TO lliggSi
thence north i6' east 3l.3 poles along Hlgg'
line TO q point in Dixon's Kun, In line Of Gs
Terrell. near u white walnut: thence with Ter
rCll's line north lI' west 1915 poles to u StOnc;
thence south 570 west 27,75 polesto the old dog'
wood corner; thence south 6j' cast $3.50 poles
along HlggS' line TO the place Of beginning, aud
containing five acres and seven poles.
TERMS OF SALE-OnG-third oil the purchase
money cash in hand on day OF sale, aud as
much moro as the purchaser may elect 10 pay;
tho balance in two equal inStallmcnts Vt oncan
two years with interest from day Of sale. the
purchaser giving his notes with good personal
security for the deferred payments Tho inter
est on tho second deferred lnStallment PAYABLE
annually, tho title to be retained until the prop
Grty is paid for. Tho property may be sold ~
best W. NJ, DUNLAP
Special Commissioner.
! hereby certify that bond and security US re-
quIrcd by law and the decree In this cause, hai,
been given by the said W. ~ Dunlap, special
commissioner. JOHN W. MITCHELL, C,lrrS.
tY,.W
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OnlY G~entlenen VA Do Nlllon.

NJ. Judot edits the most numorously
circulated newspaper in tho world, 10
Pla Journal Of Paris. but in tho opinion
Of tho experts in such mattcrdho ia not
gentleman enough to DO killed in n
ducl. lilo wanted 10 have an affair of
honor with Clomcnccuu, but 1t has boon
decided that since Judot anot a gOntlc.
man, no cannot insult anybody aud
therefore cannot have a duol with any.
body that lie anybody.
1nsloud Of this verdict making NJ.
Judot tho happiOst Journalistic in France
ho looks Oh II as having blightod his
promising career, Tho privilege Of
bOlug killed like a gentleman 10 worry