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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-04-19

here. I've had an application from a
man who wants to take the house. so
if you like we will go there this morn
inc together and have look round"
There was not much to be seen or
done when they got to the house. It
was small twO-story building. the
lower floor being occupied at the time
by All auctioneer who had fallen from
the estate of successful barter of ne
grCes to the enforced idieness occa-
Stoned by a trade that had nearly
ceased. the first floor. where Etfie's
brother had had his Office and bed
room. was in the charge of 3 robust
and rotund mulatto woman, W no seemed
in the seventh heaven of delight on
account of Elites visit. and who greeted
Dick with profuse congratulations.
oh. YOU is lucky. YOU is, mass r." she
asserted with the broadcast grin and
clapping her brown. shining hands.
Oar amt no angels dat's betterer dan
Missis, not dey, not no white uns, an
not no kullered uns, and is glad DAT
she hab anudder husban', an dat dar
ugly Mass'r McVicAer gone ter glory
hallelujah."
Let us hope lie is gone to glory
hallelujah." Dick retorted smilingly.
According to all accounts, he ought to
have found the journey beset with
obstacles.
The woman had left the room and
Dick. standing by the window that
looked out into the courtyard. noticed
a roomy. glass covered erection there.
He asked Ellie for what purpose it was
used.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-04-19
ABASH'D THE DEVIL STOOD,
Or, How Was Mrs. McVickers Widowed?
Written for This Paper by
Henry Herman.
CHAPTER I.


Half q dozen soldiers were lying on
Q piece of sun-scOrched sward in Capt.
tol square. Richmond. Va. The fierce
June O.day sun glistened on the
gravel path. The air was alive with
millions of scintillating atoms, and
seemed to pant and vibrate with a
silent white heat. The men eagerly
sought the spots where the welcome
umbragc most aboundcd. and lay on
their backs with their caps over their
eyes, pillOwed on their 70 d d uniform
Jackets shirt-sleeved. and with their
belts, accOutrem. nt3 and bright-bar-
relied Springfield musxet, flung ny their
side; on the short b,Ownish green
grass. The uniform sleeve of one bore
Tho stripes that proved the scrgeant's
degree.
Presently an unarmed soldier,
dressed in regimentals identical with
those of the little band Of sleeper-.
came with uncertain gait up the Hill.
He carried his graz wo len jacket
over his arm, and his cap was set at
the back of his head in defiance OF the
blazing sun, while great drops of per-
SEPARATION ran over his berry brown,
blithely: ooh. my darling Nellie Gray,
never see my dearie any more" when
he cspied the men who were resting in
the shade by the side of the gravel
walk.
Hello, he said in a jovial, rollick-
ing un1ertone, here Jake Baxter
and his provost guard. and not II crap
of u pass have / got to show"
There was Jake Dexter, a Sergeant
On hi, own company. with half dozen
of his own tried and trusted comrades,
and the young man foreot that for the
nOnce they were his especial enemies,
tho dogs set purpO,ely to hunt and cap
ture such game rs himself.
Dexter, who represented the divis-
fonal authority, raised himself slowly
ON his elbow as he heard t1e young
soldiers voice ringing through the
hot silence. He blinked slecpily across
the fierce glare and shook himself with
. rocking motion that showed at once
displeasure and surprise. Two or
three OF the other men followed their
Sergeant's example and stared about
them with the air of men who were
annoyed at having been disturbed in
their supposed well-carncd midday
0lumbers.
"NOw, I'll be bic ,sed." exclaimed the
Sergeant, If this isn't enough to mako
Bishop curse. What the dickens are
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-04-19

wretches. In one such warehouse in
Carey street Dick Wenstone lay On his
couch of pain. He was one of those
who were stricken down by the fever
demon. Happily his iron constitution
and the vigor of his youth saved him.
but many days and even weeks passed
before he came to recognize anybody.
His first effort of rega;ned conscious
ness brought him a bright picture. \
handsome. lovable woman's face. q
sweetly, tenderly smiling face. with
great gray-blue eyes. such eyes as Ra-
phael would have painted to light the
face of one of his Madonnas. 1t was a
pale face. and now and then a tinge of
sadness fitted over it, but it was d
face that Dick Wenstone instinctively
loved at first sight. 1t seemed to
bring hal piness and to alleviate his
pain by single smile. A wealth OF
brown hair encircled it like halo and
poor Dick thought it must be an angel
from heaven come to minister to his
pain. And the voice-when she spoke
he seemed to know it. He had
heard it somewhere, but whore he
could not tell and in truth he did not
care.
She was dressed in black. Perhaps
she had lost brother, husband or a
father in the fight where he got his
wound, and that was an additional
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-04-19
ITO BE CO.TINCED.j
Rights OF Others.

1t is quite possible to cherish fine
and keen perceptions of other peo-
pies feelings, and thus to discover
how We are affecting them by our
conduct. The selfish sensitiveness
which smarts at every slight OF un-
kindness to itself, and perhaps inn
AGNES many more. is often replaced
by callou> inSensibility when the
feelings Of Others coIne to be con-
sidered. 1t is those who exact the
most that usually give the least.
Carlyle says, in good breeding,
which differs. :. a; all. frem high
breeding only as it gracefully re-
members the rights of Others rather
than gracefully insists ca its own
rights. / discern 20 special co1nec-
ton with wealth OF birth but rather
that it lies in human nature itself,
and is due from all meu TO all men.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-04-19
Overflow Of NeWS.

\ SEVERE snowstorm prevailed in
Western Minnesota
AN incendiary fire destroyed $500
bales of straw at Anderson, Ind.
FIFTY-TwO Samoans have arrived at
San Francisco for the Midwinter Fair.
FIFTY Alabama court officials have
bee, indicted for making fraudulent
returns.
T. s. W. r. CARNAHAN's dry goods
store burned at Findlay, Ohio. Loss,
$4,000
AT Buffalo, n. Y. two white men
and four Oh lnese were arrested for
smuggling
AT Frinton. Pa. three men were
killei and fourteen injured by the
premature explosion of blast.
E d. SMITH was arrested at Lara
mic. Wyo. It is alleged that Smith
embezzled 5000 of Government funis
while he was postmaster at Jewell,
Has. The prisoner was taken to To-
peka
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-04-19

In the crusade inauEurated nearly half .
century ago against the professional ignor-
ancs Of the old school OF medicine. Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters was . standard bearer Its
victories over disease. when the old-tims
specifics proved abject failures. proved thas
the pseudo philosophy which sanctioned the
administration Of violent remedies where the
case required none. which laid down % unal-
terable rules blood-letting. violent purgasioo.
the use Of emettcs and the employment Of cor
10stve and cumulative pois0ns in simple cases
Of liver and malartal complaint, was in face
the worst Of unphilosophy. contrary alike .
the laws OF true medicinal science, of hyg1eno
and OF common sense. Billousness, conatipA-
ton and chttls and fever. ~ now treated By
the Bttters. promptly yield where before they
OH @tinately fess, ed old fashioned medic alton.
so u" dyspepsia, rheumatism and kinney COM
platnt-au surely c0nQueraLle BY this saIe
and really phllosoDhic remedy.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-04-19


here at this time of day."
IF you must know. answered the
young scaregrace, gayly,"I am absent
from camp without leave. and I'm hav-
ing rather good spree
"Oh, you are, are you:' exclaimed
Dexter; you won't like it much when
j take you to the guar house. That'n
teach you not to play tricks on me in
the middle of a broiling hot day."
Nov don't cut up like that. jake"
demonstrated the absentee: Il might
have gone by you and you'd never have
been the wiser, but stopped because
I didn't like to pass you unsociably."
The young sergeant had in the mean
time shaken hims elf together, and
stood stamping his feet rpon the
ground to coax his trousers into some
thing Of regular wearing order. His
comrades appeal had z, ne straight to
his heart. AMI he was here in per-
picking position between duty and
good-humor. The pros and cons of the
business were argued fully by himself
and his men and their prisoner. and at
length it was decided that Dick Wen
stone should be taken. not to the city
.guard-house, which was we'll known to
be infested by vermin, but to an out
house at the back of the bar-rOom
whore they were to get their drinks.
and there to be locked up until the
evening. he having given his word
that he would not endeavor to escape
until his captors would release him
and take him back with them into
camp.
Although the prisoner was backed
sup In his solicitations by the men I'M
der Jake De xter's orders. the sergeant's
heart was as Of st me. and the whole
party bent their steps toward the cut
house ut the back of the saloon. This
rAm-sha.kle. tumble-down construc-
ton, built partly Of brick. partly of
wood, had on several previous coca
sions served as place of seclusion for
prisoners taken by the provost guard
In Richmond under similar circum-
stances, and it was we'll known among
the men As "Heigemann's Hole" the
name being taken from that of its pro-
prietor.
Menstone, standing half supposedly
in the sudden gloom that seemed to
rise like q wall about him. heard the
door bang and the paddock rattle as the
key was Withdrawn from it.
"Im III for it, suppose" he said to
himself, as he reached out his hands
and endeavored to ascertain the 20 j.
ton of the surroundings. Il have
heard fellows say that there is heap
of straw in one corner. and | guess the
best thing can do is to lie down and
sleep, that is. ii the feas and mosaui.
toes will let me"
Wenstone. feeling his way toward a
corner where his ieet struck the sof:
resistance of heap OF straw. stretched
himself full length ca the rough, natur'
ally soft couch. BY and by. ty dint O
staring about him. his eyes got aecus
Aomed t. ~. darkness which prevailed
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-04-19

McClellan's forces met Lees in the
shock of battle. 1t was on that fatal
Tuesday OF the last week in June.
Poor Dick Wenstone went down with
a bullet through his SHOULDER. and was
conveyed. limp AMI unconscious. first
to the field hospital, and in the course
of the night t, kicamond. when tae
established places Of refuge could no
longer afford shelter to the MANNED
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-04-19

smoke there for half an hour at time.
This last Indulgence seemed to bring
extraordinary comfort to him. Even
there she would persist in remaining
by his side. He protested vainly.
Throughout ali his intercourse with
her. the thought would spring up at
times. as if from some hidden nook of
his mind. that he had seen her before.
Where. where: he would ask himself.
He had heard the voice. and he wor
ried himself into febrile tremOr now
and then. into petty anger with him
self. for not being able to guess the To-
cality or the circumstances or Occa-
sion. He at last came to consider the
idea a, sort of fancy, something he
might have seen or heard in his
dreams, a pleasant ecstasy, which must
have revealed to him the graceful form
and the musical voice of his charming
attendant.
At length he was able to go away, on
| furlOugh, and it was then that he
blurted out:
Il don't know what will become of
me when l sha'n't he able to see you
, any more, Mrs. McVickers; that's the
! long and short of it."
She paused for a moment CT two, as
| if in doubtful self.communiOn. Her
| finger wandered radically over the
wooden rail. and her eyes we're still
fixed upon the ground.
Il have very nice little house," she
brcathed, and a tiny garden. and |
| live there. with two or three servants.
| l have four or five rooms into which
nobody else goes. and do not know
if | may make the offer, but if YOU
would like to come and stay with me
until YOU are we'll, well"-she looked
into his eyes and smile frightened
on her face as she spokc-"I should be
very glad if You would pass your fur
| Tough at my house, and you would be
very welcome"
He jumped up ard grasred both her
hands and shook them as if she had
granted him a lease of life.
It's no use my hiding it. Mrs. Nc
Vickers," he said, not little bit of
use. You must have seen it for a long
| time now"
She fan led she knew what was CON-
ing and drew herself back slightly.
Il am only poor private now, but
the old folks at home are pretty we'll
Off, am dads only son. and when this
wars over l shall have enough to keep
wife"
She had pushed her chair still fur
| tACA VII WHY 1lC opOhCs 0AA o1G AoOA-
ing at him with her great gray-blue
eyes wide open and her lips moving in
tremOr of excitement.
Its only one word" he pleaded
again: its only one word, and it can
make me so happy"
| She looked into his face.
Il am not sure that I am doing
right. she breathed. and held out her
! hands.
He drew her to his breast and kissed
her.
| The marriage occurred ten days
later, and a happy honeymoon followed.
Time passed, and even the period of
Dicks prolonged furlough was speed
ing: away, when, one morning, Effie
asked her husband if he cared to go
with her into the town. Her brother,
before the outbreak of the war, had
hal an Office there. He had followed
the profession OF a civil engineer, and
when he loined the army he still re.
tanned the house.
I've not been in the place for a long
time now" she said. Poor Ned had a
lot Of things there that 1 might bring
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-04-19
Editor Not to BE Muzxled.

On Friday last Councilman David
Smith turned his little finger over his
thumb few times tao often. became
uproariously drunk and was promptly
arrested by Marshal Davis and lodged
in the lookup to cool off. He was taken
before Judge Neal Monday and WAS
fined 50 and trimmings We wish to
say in this connection that we were i'm .
pOrtuned not to write this up, but will
say that it is news item and is . mat
ter that the public have . right
through their local paper to know
Notwithstanding Sun.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-04-19

In the window of q cigar store on
Columbus avenue, New York, is to 10
seen q freak OF nature that attracts
much attention. It is u goldfish with
out any fin on its back. Otherwise 1t il
perfectly developed, and seems 70 sui
fer NO Inconvenience from the absence
of this part OF its anatomy. There Ii
said to be but one other such specimen
in the country. and it Is q stuffed one in
the Smithsonian Institution at Wash
iuCtOn.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-04-19
SINK IN THE STORM.
MANY VESSELS WRECKED On
THE ATLANTIC COAST.

Ships Pounded to Pieces In the Sight of
Men Who Can Render No Aid-New .Der-
sey Towns and Railroads Suffer. - Sc.
Hath Its Periis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-05
A NEW WOMAN LAWYER
Admitted to Practice Before the Supreme
Court.

Admitted to Practice Before the Supreme
Court.
The most notable event in connection
with the opening session Of the supreme
court yesterday was the admittauce Of
Mrs Kate Seary to practice before the
court
Mrs. Seary lives at Syracuse. Hamilton
county, and she is the third woman ever
admitted to practice before the Kansas
supreme court. Mrs. Seary passed the
required examination and after signing
the roll Of attorneys and paying the clerk
the usual fee she left for a visit at her
childhood home in TENNESSEE
The other attorneys who have been ad-
mitted to practice before the supreme
court at this session are George Z. Stoker,
of North Topeka; D. Fl. Martin, Of
Hutchinson: A. B. Switzer. of Parsons,
and s. E. Wicker of Madison.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-05
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS


shoplifters are beginning to get in
their holiday work.
The new game laws make quails cry
scarce in the market
Irving Scott, who is good looking with
or without, has had his mustache shaved
off.
Old Abe camp, Sons Of Veterans, gave
an entertainment last night, followed by
a dance
The Topeka police force cost 81, So. 81
over its receipts last month. And it il
such nice forceI
More than 1000 young women took
lunch at the Y. w. g. A rooms during
the month Of November.
H c. Taylor, hardware merchant at
Lyons, Rice county. would like to be
railroad commissioner.
Mrs. II. Ingels has been elected presi-
dent of the \. w. C. A to succeed Miss
Abby Anderson, resigned
The Rock Island has cancelled all spe-
cial rates which have heretofore been
granted TO theatrical parties.
A. @. Carruth expended 1915 running
for the office Of clerk Of the district
court on the Prohibition ticket.
A man appeared on Kansas avenue
Yesterday with his whiskers tucked in
his breast pocket lie was stranger.
J. w. Billiard has brought a suit in the
district court to recover note and inter
est from w. G. Todd, amounting to 3d.,
s95
William Green the grocer is talked Of
as a suitable Democrat to be made a
member of the new board of police com
missiOners.
A meeting of all the officers of the
cities Of the first class is being held in
Kansas City, Kansas, today. Our city
officials are there
Mrs F. G. Gay OF Topeka Is a niece Of
r. B. Bullene, of the firm Of Bullene,
Moore s. Emery of Kansas City. who
died Monday night
State Fish Commissioner VAN pier is
looking for good spring Of water that
runs strong the year round He wants
to establish a fish hatchery.
J. B. 8Iofitt, treasurer Of the Populist
county central committee, reports that
the receipts and expenditures during the
campaign balanced at $239 80.
D. c. Tillotson delivered an address
before the Sons Of Veterans last even
ing on 1.-The Rebellion as Illustrated by
the Poets Of the Civil War"
Vice President D. b. Robinson of the
Santa Fe, who is acting president. il
making a tour Of the western lines Of the
road He was IN Topeka today
In the basement of the state house Is a
transparency that reads, "Lewelling's
majority $4,000" Some body should kind
ly. tenderly. turn 1t toward the wall.
II wish" said a constable Yesterday.
that the grand jury would get done so
we could get enough to eat The JUS
tice courts have very little criminal bus
mess while the grand jury is in session.
The county commissioners ordered the
release Of Frank Shaw from the county
Jail last evening He is to pay the bal
ance Of the costs in his case in INSTALL
ments. He was sent to jail for selling
liquor
Miss Viola Stewart and Miss Margaret
Jones were thrown from a carriage in a
runaway at the corner OF Twelfth and
Polk streets yesterday afternoon They
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-05
ROB THE CLOAK ROOMS.
Trouble in That Line at the Public
schools.

Trouble Ia That Line at the Public
Schools.
Among the bills recently allowed by
the school board is one of $50 for Gig ht
lattice doors IN the Harrison school
building These doors are placed at the
entrance to each Of the four cloak rooms
on both floors to guard against thefts.
Last month there were four thefts re-
ported ia which cloaks, overcoats and
mats were taken, evidently by some
person entering the building in the abb
sence Of the janitor
IF they steal this heavily early in the
season. Mr. Beck said, 1.-The chances are
the children wouldn't have anything to
wear except what they had at home, by
spring." Each one of the doors is locked
with a spring-lock from the inside and
the teachers have the keys and are made
responsible for the safety of their pupils
wearing apparel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-05
MADE FORMAL DEMAND.

Senator Milton Brown Makes q Formal
But Unnecessary Request.
Formal demands were received at the
secretary of states office late yesterday
afternoon, addressed TO the state board Of
election canvassers, for certificates Of
election in the cases Of Frank Murphy
representative from Stevens county; L.
Aker Of Seward Frank Byers of Grant,
and A p Hemminger Of Haskell county.
The demand is made bp State Senator
Milton Brown of Garden City. Secretary
Osborn says the demand was unnecessary
as there is no power on earth by which
the board can do otherwise than issue
the certificates of election.
The board of election canvassers was
ia session all day yesterday, and com
pleted the vote on all state officers. The
usual courtesy was extended to repre-
sentatives Of the other parties to be
present, and Secretary j. H. Bristow,
James NJ. Simpson and r. NJ. Fulton
were there FOR the Republicans, and
Judge Silver5 for the Prohibitionists.
NObOdy was there for the Democrats.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-05
Pianos,
Organs,
Sheet Music
ann


at Reduced Prices on
Everything in our immense
stock.
Upright Pianos $3.50, $275
$500 and up.
Bargains 10 a large variety
of Second Hand Upright
Pianos, Square Pianos. and
in good Organs at $50 and
up.
ONE LYON AID HEALY UPRIGHT
Piano at 800. Several fine
uprights at S135, $50, S175
and $500.
Great Reduction in price
of BaBj0S, Guitars and MandOIins
and Strings for all instru-
ments.
This Reduction in prices
applies also to Sheet Music Of
all kinds.
Good music at Sc per copy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-05
NEW CORPORATIONS.
Which Have Come Into Life by Virtue OF
Receiving Charters.

Which Have Come Into Life BY Virtue f
Receiving Charters.
The following new corporations have
filed their charters At the office Of the
secretary of state:
The Pleasant Valley Cemetery associ-
citation Of Pawnee township, Bourbon
county. No capital stock
The Mayetta post No S0S Of the @.
A r. Capital stock 81, 900
The AThenaeum literary society of the
Kansas Wesleyan university of Salina-
No capital stock.
The Colorado Mining and Prospecting
company Of Kansas City, Kansas. Cap
ital stock $4,000
The Nevada Mining and Prospecting
company Of Kansas City, Kansas. Cap
ital stock $40. 900.
The Cherokee Coal and Zinc company
Of Cherokee, Crawford county. Capital
stock $150.OUO.
The Montana Mining and Prospecting
company of Kansas City. Kansas. Cap
ital stock $4,000
The Idaho Mining and Prospecting
company of Kansas City, Kansas Cap
ital stock $4,000.
The Dakota Mining and Prospecting
company of Kansas City, Kansas. Cap
ital stock $4,000.