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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1894-02-02
Making Il Meteorological isalloon.

M. Renard thinks he has obtained
cloth and varnish a; once sufficiently
light and impervious to hydrogen to
make balloon which will put below
itself eleven-twelfths of the earth's
atmosphere, ascending to q height Of
twelve Miles His proposition il to
Squip suck balloon with self-regis-
tering barometer; thermometer and
octinometer and then set it free. The
instruments are to be packed in sort
of interior skeleton OF light willow
work. The weight of the whole
thing is only twenty pounds. and
nearly half of this is allotted to the
meteorological, apparatus The est.
mated cost of each ascent is $40.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1894-02-02
Poet Coleridge's Rspartee.

"Do you really believe that an ass
ever spoke to Balaam?" queried a man
who had prided himself on his in
tellect Coleridge, to whom the quas-
ton was put, reflected very calmly for
q few moments, and then responded:
my friend, I have no doubt whatever
that the story is true. have been
spoken to in the same way myself"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1894-02-02

Aberdeen and consolidated with the
Star edited by W. E. Kidd. This will
make grand and strong combination
of two popular and Influential Populist
papers.-Grant County Is. d. Review.
It is given out that DR.. Ffish's Great
West; Of ST. Paul, is to be removed to
Aberdeen and consolidated with the
Star of that city. Su,h an arrangement
ought to give the populists of South
Dakota one Of the largest, best and
ablest edited papers IN the northwest.
DR.. E. W. Fish and Mr.. w. E. Kidd are
to be the responsible editors and they
will be assisted by Mrs Fish and an
able corps of assistants.-Plankint ton
s. D. Mail
Dr.. Fish aud his Great West will
move to Aberdeen from ST. Paul next
week. DR.. Fish has consolidated his
paper with the Aberdeen Star, and now
the populists in the north part of the
state will move forward with renew ed
courage. The people must turn the
bosses down and save their property
from destruction by deficiency taxes.
Canton, S. D. Leader.
We have known the DR.. many years
aud have always found him "true as
STEEL" When wa learned that he
thought Of charging his location we
urged him to come to s nth Dakota
where we know he will receive a royal
welcome. We rejoice that he is with
us and hope that his fondest anticapa.
tions may be realized.
The pro spect for victory in South
Dakota looks brighter now. Kidd and
Fish or Fish and Kidd will make strong
tie I'm but when Mrs. Fish is added the
trio will be invincih!e.- President
Loucks in the Ruralist
Dr. Fish OF St. Paul, has consolidated
his Great West with the Aberdeen Star,
A Kidd and q Fish will undoubtedly
make a great combination to run pop.
ulist paper. 1t may turn out a sort Of
Jonah and whale combination
Pierre Journal(rep).
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1894-02-02
Some Comments.

The Great West Of St.. Paul will
move to Aberdeen s. D. The Star and
that paper be uni ed under one manage
ment, the Star be local paper and the
Great West will expound the doctrine of
reform. With Mr.. Kidd and DR.. Fish at
the helm they will put out the best
paper in the north west-Spencer,S. D.
Populist.
The Great West, of st. Paul, edited
by DR.. p. W. Fish, has been moved to
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1894-02-02

VIII not think this whole matter out,
understand it. and with their ballots
put stop. to 1t, must remain subject to
money monopolists, panic makers and
unrestrained robbers Of the working
Alliance Independent.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1894-02-02

All the whfle obligations, mortgages,
notes and bonds have not shrrlnk in the
least The reduction in price Of goods
has increased the value Of every well
secured debt It amounts to an enor-
nous robbery of the debtor by the cred
TOR class. And the people, if they
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1894-02-02
J The Power OF Gold.

There is nothing more powerful In
the universe than gold. Its potent
force denies an equal, save and except
the bolts Of Jove. 1t can organize en-
pires and ruin them; create monarchieS
and destroy them; build thrones and
tear them down; establish republics
and sap their liberty. It defieS the God
Of the universe, dishonors honor, de-
bauches virtue, transforms truth into
falsehood, causes man, the noblest
work of Deity, to forget his divine ori-
honor, barter. truth for falsehood, dis
grace his ancestry, and trail life Of
rectitude and good deeds in the dust
Is it surprising then that the condi-
tons of the people and the country are
such rs to harm the most conservative.
Gold has found a Judgment on the
American continent. Its forces have
marched from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific, laying waste the fairest country
ever the recipient Of the benefcent
sunshine of heaven. 1t has left cOndi-
ton Of chaotic ruin in it's track such as
never marked the line Of ancient In
vason. 1t has swept the country Of
prosperity like a cyclone. 1t has rob-
bed a million homes Of that happiness
and comfort, the fruits Of years Of hon
est toll, and caused curses Of poverty to
fan upon the people like volcanic ashes
upon the Inflated city of Pompaii. Pow
crty, crime. hungar. squalor, blasted
hopes. wrecked family affairs, ruined
hearthstones, mountains of want, and
millions of stranded humanity are the
result of one broad sweep Of the gold
wave over this country.
No force in nature could have caused
more universal calamity, though d.
rected by an avengingJehovdh. This is
the monster the people have to contend
with, and greater battle than it will
require to conquer it. was scarcely
fought when the hosts of Heaven Crap
pied with Satan and cast him from
the pearly gates down to the bottom
Tess pit.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1894-02-02
The Church at Fault.

The Church at Fault.
In 8 recent sermon during great re-
vival at Adrian; Mich, Evangelist Wills
INDUCED in the following plain talk to
the church members:
You white-headed old men. You men
OF nobility and christianity, you have
been voting to send men to Lansing to
license the bar keepers for $500 to $500
to rob their fellow man in order that
your taxes might be little lighter.
YOU stingy old curmudgeons, you. One
hundred Thousand souls go down to
death every year, and You don'r make
an effort to stop one of the twenty four
bars In Adrian. You christian people
who vote for high license how long do
you think it will take to close the bars?
Do you see any quarters off signs in
front of the saloons. In Detroit I no.
tiee that they boast that the saloohists
have given $500 to help the poor. But
give me the money that is spent over
the 1,4OO saloons of Wayne county from
. 8 O'Clock Saturday night until Monday
morning and can put ten thousand
men at work the next day at two dollars
day. The poor mans wife didn't even
have dried apple pies before the bars
were closed. Now look at the five layer
deep jell cake. The result of sobriety.
The bars were closed. The christian
people voted them out of existence.
Suppose half dozen of you most pro-
minent people go down to the most pro-
mlnent saloon and ask the saloon keeper
to quit selling liquor to young Mr.. So
and So. It worries his mother and is
running him. Do you people represent
your church, the saloon keeper will ask.
Oh, yes sir, we are committee from all
the churches, all the best people. Well
are you in your right mind? The boy
is over twen,y-one is he not? DO you
see that sign Qicense)? You all voted
that after 1 paid $500 I might sell to
anyone over twenty-one. Now after I've
paid my money you want me to quit.
You gave me the privilege and took my
money to lessen your taxes. If there is
anything wrong it is Your own fanIt
You don't like it do you? But that's
what you do. Vote with the saloon
keeper and brewer to save the grand old
party. can't say word to the Demo.
Gratis. They acknowledge that they are
the whisxey party. If there is a Demo-
GRAFT here suggest that the best thing
he can do for his conscience and religion
is to 90 out and kick himself all around
q ten acre lot.
I'll tell you what's the matter. It's
corruption in the church. 1t is the pro-
iessed christian who gets down on his
knees and prays the Lord will close up
the bars and then deliberately goes to
til. polls and votes to perpetuate them
Ito throw them wide open.
Oh, but you say you can't do any
thing. You'll lose your vote. Well, l
threw away my ballot for twenty five
years. voted the Democratic ticket.
But now am will g to throw i; away
twenty-five years for principle. You
christian people can close up these sa'
looms whenever you want to. They will
never be closed up until you do your
duty.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1894-02-02


ford material for cheerful contempla-
ton just now. The record for 1893 was
III many particulars one Of unprecedent-
ed disaster, and 1t would be utterly un-
reast nable to expect this great wave OF
depression to disappear in a few short
weeks or months. It must be recog-
nized that the United States is not the
only sufferer. All Europe, and Great
Britain with whom we have the closest
trade relations, are passing through
general prostration of business, which
failure in 1890. Nor is the distress con-
fined to these countries. 1t still exists
in South America and Australia, and
now there are symptoms Of its having
spread to China and Japan.
So says the financial writer OF the
New York Independent. Observe, the
whole commercial world is paralyzed,
and consider what it means. The ut
terly unprincipled partisan press first
agreed that the panic and consequent
business depression was caused by too
much money, by silver coinage under
the Sherman law; and we were assured
confidence would be restored, gold
would flow back from Europe, Ameri-
can securities would be In demand, and
business would boom as soon as the
minis were closed against silver. But
there was no visible good effect fol
lowed the passage Of the Wilson bill
In fact the business paralysis got worse
Immediately, prices Of everything fell.
and as it was unsafe to do business on
q falling market great many more
manufacturing houses stopped work:
Millions Of men are out OF work ana
the suffering is dreadful. Almost a
quarter of million Of unemployed in
New York city alone, the aid society
reports, must be fed by charity, or
starve And all this evil, this hunger
and cold and agony, the Republican
partisan demagogues declare now Is the
result of Democratic tinkering with
the tariff, Notwithstanding the fact,
well known to them, that the business
depression is world wide, affecting
equally flee trade and protective tariff
countries.
According to Bradstreet's failures
among individuals. firms and business
corporations Gncluding banks which re-
ported liabilities in excess of assets)
amounted to $4O3,OOO,OOO. nearly four
times the corresponding totals Of 1892.
There were 1860 failures against 49,
27O the year before. The liabilities re-
ported by Dun's agency are given at
1881 10000 for commercial houses,
21O, 900, 900 against banks and financial
institutions, and against the railroads
81 ,212, 100000.
Prices Of the following staple articles
have fallen with one exception, and
trust controls that. The opening and
closing price Of the year is given be.
low:
Opening. Closing.
Wheat 70 1-S So 1-S
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1894-02-02
PEOPLES PARTY COLUMN.
A YEAR OF Re- RULE UNPAR.
ALLELED.

The Business Depression and tho At
tempts at Relief-The Power Of
0old-The People to he Masters
A New Party.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-01

and the sides are plain. A belt of
folds with q rosette finishes the waist,
below which two long bands of ribbon
trimming descend to the hem of the
seven-gored skirt. The sleeves OF the
bodice are of the large lego mutton
size, with close wrists.
The skirt hangs very gracefully and
has an organ-pleated back. The ef-
feet Of the bands of ribbon shown in
our picture, terminating in large but
terhy bows, is very novel and pretty.
The skirt is made wide at the hem by
the large plest at the back. All the
summer materials look we'll in this de.
sign. The foulards, creponettes, Gre
pons and the ginghams having stripe
of lace, as we'll as the cotton batistes,
and the lawns, and the dotted Swiss
muslins, make up beautifully after this
design, but if more expensive dress
be looked for the new taffetas are
charming in this model. There are
many new cottons which show lovely
colors and designs, and which may also
be cited as suitable to the design above
described. As regards color, all the
exquisite violet tints and delicate
greens, the "doe," fawn and wood
tints are all fashisnably worn. Pale
green, light gray, violet and light red
are most worn of all.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-01
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative; efectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak.
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in soc and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup OF Figs,
and being we'll informed: you will not
accept any substitute if offered
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-01
A Huge Potato Plantation.

A potato plantation of 700 acres on
which two crops, aggre?ating about
$4,000 barrels, or 125, 900 bushels, are
annually grown, is difficult to i'm
agine. Such one exists, however,
and its virgin soil is SO rich that
abundant crops are raised without the
use ofany fertilizer. This great po.
tato farm is in Ashwood, Maury
County, Tenn. about six miles west
of Columbia and fifteen miles south
of Nashville. 1t is part of the old
Polk estate, owned by the ancestors
of President Polk. Colonel William
Polk, originally of North Carolina, a
Revolutionary officer, took up 5000
acres of Government land in 1857 and
gave each of his sons 1000 acres.
Among the sons was the Rev. Leonidas
Polk, once the Protestant Episcopal
Bishop of Louisiana, who was Con-
federate general during the Civil War
and was killed at the battle of Pine
Mountain, Ga. His 1000 acres and an
equal number owned by one of his
brothers, were secured by Clawson &
Stevens, a firm composed of two en-.
terprising young men from Indiana,
about ten years ago, with the intention
of ultimately using it all for raising
potatoes.
When Mr.. Clawson and his partner
acquired their 1000 acres of land it
was in state of complete neglect and
densely overgrown with shrubbery
and tangled briars. The native whites
laughed at the young "Hoosiers' and
predicted their complete. failure. The
partners set resolutely to work, how
ever, cleared the land and cultivated
it as fast as possible. The first crop
of the year is from $4,000 to 10000
barrels, and the second crop, for
which only 500 acres are planted,
from 20, 00O to %, 900, making total
of about $4,000 barrels, or 125, 900
bushels a year. Clawson & Stevens
employ about 100 colored people,
many of whom are women, and have
eighty-five giant mules. They have
factory on the plantation in which all
the barrels used by them are made.
Mr.. Clawson says their present crop
is unusually large, but that, as the
crops of Kansas and Mississippi are
short, he expects to find ready and
profitable sale for his entire product.
New York Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-01
Sour and Sweet on the Same Tree.

"Upon my place at home is an ap-
pie tree, the fruit of which is sweet on
one side and sour on the other" said
G. E. Harrington, of Baltimore, at
the Emery. lit has been known for
many years that these apples existed,
but no one has ever been able to ex-
plain the phenomenon. The tree in
my yard is an old one, and do not
believe that It was ever grated. I
think that it is peculiar original
kind OF fruit. One Of these apples is
about the size of on ordinary Timber
twig,' one side being green and the
other having slight rosy tinge. The
green side is sour enough to put a
persons teeth on edge, while the
other is sweeter than is usually liked.
Except as curiosity the fruit is not
very desirable on that account, but I
have submitted it to q number of
leading horticulturlsts and have never
yet found one who was able to explain
and classify the fruit. "-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-01
Finds Flaws i'm Metals.

A Frenchman named Captain de
Place has invented an instrument, ac-
cording to the London Iron, that it
would be we'll enough for the Govern
ment to have to examine with it the
armor plate manufactured by the Car
negie Company. 1t is said to be able
to detect at once any sort Of flaw in
any kind of metal work, and to locate
it infallibly. 1t is called a schiseo-
phone. 1t consists OF small pneu-
matte Taper, with which the piece OF
metal to be tested is tapped all over.
Connected with the instrument is a
microphone, which exaggerates the
sounu, and telephone in another
apartment, at which an expert listens
to the sound of the tapping. AS long
as the sound is normal, he does moth
ing but listen. Directly a false sound,
which is very distinct from normal,
is heard, he instantly signals for the
spot to be marked. 1t is asserted that
this instrument will locate blowholes
and other defects, of which no sign
appears on the surface. New Orleans
Picayune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-01
RainmakerS' Cars.

The rainmakers' cars, used by the
Rock Island Railroad Company, are
ordinary box cars. In one end Of the
car the operator lives. In the other
there are retorts, huge bottles and
jugs and various contrivances which
belong to the science of rainmaking.
A battery of twelve jars capable of
producing forty-ive volts, the amount
of electricity required, is ranged close
under the roof. On the opposite side
of the floor are six large jars arranged
in sets of two. From these sheet-
iron tubes extend through the roof
through which 5000 gallons of gas are
shot into the air every hour. Three
cars are now being operated, one ct
Beatrice, Neb., one at Horton, Kan,
and one at Pawnee City, Neb. 1t
costs $10G day to operate a car
Detroit Free Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-01
A NAVY'S COST.
MODERN WARSHIPS COST A
GREAT DEAL OF MONEY.
What Uncle Sam Has Paid For His
Sea Fighters-Premium and
Penalties Ships
Are Fast.

x GREAT many people have
n asked why so much money
NJ has been spent on the navy,
and why there are 80 few
ships to show for it. They cite the
fact, says the New York Times, that
Congress votes enormous sums of
money at every session for ships, and
the Navy Department is continually
asking for more. If one will carefully
examine the following table he will
readily see where the money is ex-
pended. A modern war vessel cannot
be built for few thousands of dollars,
as was the case quarter of century
ago. In fact, the interior fittings of
q modern war vessel cost more than
an old-time frigate, which was built
of wood and propelled by sails only.
In addition to the contract price of
the vessel, the Government offers
large premiums for speed, which in
modern cruiser is one of the greatest
factors of efficiency. If the speed
falls below the contract requirement
the Government exacts heavy penalties
from the contractors. When all the
ships now being built are completed,
the United States will have navy
consisting of forty-ive ships of all
classes, from the battle ship Iowa of
1,30Otons displacementtot the torpedo
boat Ericsson of 120 tons displace-
ment. The following tables will show
lists of ships built and in commission,
ships building by contractors, and
chips building at Government navy
yards, together with cost of vessels
and premiums paid or penalties de-
Quoted for failure of contract in re-
gard to time of completion or inability
to make the required speed or horse
power:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-01
Alligators Hard to Kill.

An alIgator's tenacity for life is re-
markable. I have no doubt that when
its brain is pierced by a bullet the
animal does not long survive, but sinks
into deep water, where it cannot be
seen. I have never succeeded in kill
ing and bagging en- alligator by a shot
in the brain. The structure of the
skull provides SO much protection of
the brain, and bullet might easily be
DETECTED by the hard bones. 1t was
not my vocation to 60 about killing
alligators, but on one occasion l was
witness to the great difficulty OF taking
the animals life.
we were on a shooting party near
the Pcintee Indigo Factory, on the
Ganges, and one day when we re-
turned from our mornings round IN
the jungles after deer and always
possible tiger or wolf, we found that
some fishermen had brought in an
alligator about oix feet long, securely
bound on bullock cart. The animal
was still alive, but had evidently been
severely beaten to make him quiet on
the bullock cart, so the order was
given to tie stout rope around its
loins and to turn it into small tank
to refresh and recover itself while we
were taking our baths and our break
fasts.
Breakfast over the alligator was
hauled cut of the tank, and was quite
lively, 50 that it had to be fastened to
q tree. Then operations for killing
it began, but bullets from small rifle
or an ordinary twelve-bore gun seemed
only to irritate it. A Sontal brought
a large spear, one of the lato venabuls
ferro which they use, and drove it
down the alligator's throat into its
vitals, and this had more effect, while
another man got an ak and chopped
away at the neck till the head was
separated from the body. The body
was then cut open, and the heart was
lying on the ground by its side, but
still the tail continued to move. But
here we withdrew, and the mob OF
SontaIs, who had been eagerly waiting,
rushed in with their knives and cut
up the body and ate everything eat
able, SO that in short time there was
nothing left but the skin and bones.-
Longman's Magazine.