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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-24

The Bland seniorage bill provided
for the coming of seniorage bullion in
the Treasury. 1t has been estimated
that this bill, if it had become law.
would have placed fifty million dol
lars in circulation, or silver ceriiti-
Gates representing that amount of sill
yer coin.
Mr.. Cleveland in vetoing the bill
proposes this small addition to the
money circulation thus prevents the
coming of this silver and thereby add
ing to the circulating money, but IN
the same breath asks Congress to give
the Secretary power to issue bonds.
If money is needed, as the appeal for
bonds indicate, why did not Cleveland
let the Bland bill become u law and
thereby secure the silver. The only
reason is Wall Street objected to the
silver money.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-24

The United States is financial
province of England.
WITH An increase of population and
a decrease of money, nothing will pre-
vent falling prices.
The tariff aud free trade middle
settled either way will not give the
desired financial relief.
IT is useless to talk of securing re-
lief for the great mass of the people
through any plan until the money
question is settled on sound econ
omic principle.
The peaceful industrial political
revolution is on and will not down UNI
til \ sound money system is Inaugural
ted by the Government that will give
equal rights to all, special privileges to
none.
ENGLAND wants q gold basis and
free trade. America needs silver re-
will meet the expenses of the Govern
ment and protect the farmer, miner
and laborer.
MORE money and less misery" must
be the demand of the multitude Of
American citizens until the money
question is 80 adjusted that gold,
silver or paper dollar is equal, without
any redeemer.
WHILE the Republican party vas in
power it gave the people homeopathic
doses which was slow death. The
Democratic party came into power and
gave an alopathy dose which caused
sudden death.
Or the 10000, 900 of people in tho
United States 6O,OOO,OOO are slaves
owned and controlled by England
through their agents in Lombard and
Threadneedle Streets. London and
Wall Street, New York, while tho
other 100000 stand in with tho
bosses.
The leaders of the plutocratic DEM
ocratic party and Shylock Republican
parties are twins, while large major
| ity of the rank and file are not in
sympathy with acts of their bosses and
are fast disintegrating and will ere
long form true Democratic Republic
can party of the people, for the people
and by the p eople.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-24
condition, and vet demand = dollar
that is worth . dollar as he does.

condition, and vet demand = dollar
that is worth dollar" as he does.
We suggested to him that more
money in circulation would help him
in his trouble, and asked him if he
had ever handled or seen "a dollar
that was worth q dollar?' He took
from his pocket silver dollar, and
said it was only worth - cents. We
asked him if it was for sale at that
price and whether or not he could
furnish any number ut the same fig
ure. He said We had mistaken his
meaning, that it was only worth ~
cents in gold. We said. very we'll;
we will take all of those silver dollars
you can get at 50 cents each in gold. He
said we were wrong again that the sill
Yer in the silver dollar was only worth
40 cents. We asked him if that was
true what the other 81 cents consisted
of. He said that was fiat. Then we
suggested that the fiat must make one
dollar worth just as much as any other
dollar. He said that he had never
looked at the matter in that light. He
further ventured to say that ii wages
increased everything else would in
and his mortgage would still be un-
paid. TO this we demurred, and asked
him to make few figures. At present
he receives $1,000 salary. He paid
$50 interest, spent $40 for living ex-
penses, and paid 5000 on the mort
gage. In this manner, with no bad
luck, he would get out of debt in nine
years. We said, double your wages
and double your living expenses. and
see how the proportion will stand.
Salary $4,000. Interest $50 and living
expenses $1,4SO would leave $46O to
pay on the mortgage, which would
clean the whole debt up in four years
and have enough left to buy celebra-
ton suit of clothes. We asked him if
he was willing to stand by fool idea
and spend nine months of his life in
paying off a mortgage that might he
paid in four. He declared that he had
never thought of it. but would con-
slider it carefully. Friends are YOU not
in his situation? If so, consider this
carefully. Don't be Il fool and de-
mand "A dollar that is worth a dollar. :"
National Waterman.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-24
plats Of limited extent. where both
Union and Confederate dead were in

plats Of limited extent where both
Union and Confederate dead were in-
TERED. For instance, in the cemetery
near Alton, ILL.,, there is a government
lot in which are buried 63white Union
soldiers and near by are buried l 3O4
Confederate prisoners. In OakwoOdS
Gem terry. Chicago. the government
also owns lots in which are graves OF
twelve Union soldiers and 1893 Con-
federate prisoners who died in contine-
ment at Camp Douglass. Likewise in
Rock Island there is a lot Of three acres
in which /, 9oS dead Confederate prls-
oners repose.
The known and the Unknown.
BY the end of the year 1868 seventy
two of these national cemeteries had
been founded at great expense. and IN
them, in conn sction with go local
cemeteries in various places. the Gov
eminent assumed charge OF 3lb. 233
graves. OF these the names OF 10, .t4
had been preserved and We're indicated
on the haadstones. Concerning the re-
manning 40. 10, it is alone certain thar
they died fighting in the Union armies.
and the only inscription that could be
placed over them was. Unknown
United States Soldiers" OF the whole
number tlen gathered INTO these Gene
teries les, than one-tifth rep osed In
their Origin mai graves. and these lay on
Eattleields wnere Union victory in
sured their careful interment, and
which afterward happened to become
the sites of the cemeteries. More than
four-ffths we're removed from the rude
trenches of the battletields at some
distance, or from their 70 sdside graves,
or from hospital burial plats. Since
1858 thirteen additional national
cemeteries have been established,
with ii, 459 more graves, making to date
eighty-three in all, with an aggregate
sleeping population, by :tual count, o.
33U, 692. rive of these contain the re-
mains of soldiers other than those en-
gagged in the war for the Cnion-ono
| being located near the City OF Mexico
and four others being used solely as at
tachments to frontier military posts IL
tho West. One of these is OF eXcep
tionallo sad interest that on the Gus
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-24


are annually observed all over the land.
when the patriot graves of the nation
are remembered and decorated with
fragrant May blossoms by Grand Army
posts, and loving friends and kindred.
are well calculated to excite holy
thoughts and n-pire love Of country.
Few witnesses, however, of this touch
ing spectacle are aware that. before the
custom was instituted by surviv-
Ing comrades before its OBJ
servance was possible, and in
order that it might be made so, the
Federal Government put forth its kind
ly hand, and located, mark d and pre-
served those dear relic, OF the slain,
and then gathered them together from
the four winds Of heaven from battle
field and fever swamp, and hospital and
prison-into beautiful gardens of the
dead-there happily to be found and
taken away by friends or else to rest in
peace perpetually. Thousands upon
thousands of the fallen were SD sought
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-24
The WAYS of MonopOly,

Ex-President Harrison andsuite re-
Gently returned from the Pacific coast
in palace car. The railroads eagerly
took him there andsback free of charge,
in style that eagerly BELTS king, but
these same corporations refused to let
kellv's men ride on their trains when
offered full fare by the people of Oma-
ha and Council Bluffs.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-24
He Did Not Forget the Season.

On the 9th Of December. 17.6. Capt.
Cook made" kerguelen Island. desc
late spot in the Antartic seas. There
he found a gooi hartor. which he ex-
plored carefully, and for that he ar
rived in it On Christmas dey he gave
it the name Of Christmas Haroor.
which it bears even unto the present
time,
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-24

In the second year OF the war the
President was authorized by Congress
to purcha- e cemetery grounds and have
them prepared for use as national Gem
eteries for soldiers who had died in de-
Tense Of the country. The following
year national cemeteries were estab-
1ished ut Chattanooga, Stone River,
and Gettysburg. President Lincoln
himself participating il the dedication
of the latter. The National Genet 3ry
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-24

most adverse and trying circumstances.
The result of that admirable system
has been that the mortuary records OF
the Union armies in the war OF the
rebellion excels in completeness by
long odds all similar records ever be-
fore known.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-24
National Cemeteries.

Rt. republics un-
grateful: Z g r.
haps they are. in
the abstract. But
this republic OF
ours, in at least
one respect. sure
in the treat
lncnt OF It's war
rior dc.d has
not been and is
not unyratcful.
such memorial
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-24
GRAVES OF SOLDIERS.
HOW OUR GREAT NATION CARES
FOR ITS DEAD.

Brief History Of Those Cities Of the Dead
That Have Been Laid Out by the Govern
ment and Are Kept in Superb Condition
by Regular Appropriations.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-24

Republicans cannot claim to be
friends of silver. when lib of them
voted to repeal the Sherman purchase
law and only 10 against, and on the
seigniorage bill only 10 voted for it
and 70 against. If Republicans have
any use for silver at all it is to cheaper
it so all of them can afford silver tea
pots and beer-mugs.-Carthage Mo. }
Tribune
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-24

UNKNOWN GRAVES AND SOLDIERS NONu
MENT NATIONAL CEMETERY. GETTYSBURG.
elegiac lines. inscribed repeatedly on
the Sateways and tombI
~On Fame's eternal camping ground.
Their silent terts are spread.
And Glory guards. with solemn round.
The bivouac OF tho dead
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-24
Don't BE n Fool.

We met man the other day who de-
clared he wanted "a dollar that was
worth a dollar" not oEe worth only 40
cents. He lives in Washington, draws
a salary Of $1,000 year. ana has q
mortgage of $500 on his home He
declared he was unable to support his
family. keep up interest. and pay more
than $500 on the mortgage each year.
He said he was discouraged, and would
like to sell his interest in his home
and rent cheap house. There are
doubtless millions of men in this coun-
try Of all classes who are in . similar
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-24
Disguised With the PARTY.

The New York World IS one of the
leading Democratic papers of the east,
but it has become Disguised with the
party managers at Washington, and
sees in that management the reversal
of public sentiment as shown by all
thu. recent elections. The World also
recognizes the fac: that the decay of
the political parties makes necessary q
new party on positive issues. We quote
from it the following:
1t IS useless to deny Or belittie the fact
that there Is u widespread reaction among
the voters o; the country against the DEM
ocra,ic party. The town elections in Ohio,
Illinois and Michigan tell the same story as
t one Of New York. New Jersey and Penn
syivania. and the state election in Rhode
Island shows the same causes at work In q
II Ore important field And the reaction is
not ouly sharp but 1t Is persistent. 1t Is
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-24
The Difference.

National banks are more dangerous
to the liberties of the people than
standing armies. Thomas Jefferson,
father of ancient Democracy.
Il will sign seigniorage bill which
embraces provisions for the issue of
bonds. "-Grover Cleveland, receiver
of latter day Democracy.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-24
Not So Innocent.

l asked well-known member OF the
judiciary whether he thought that .
great many prisoners who were tried
and convicted were not innocent. He
informed me that, in his opinion, the
prepOnde ance of evidence was In the
other direction.
"Of course" he added with a smile,
Il didn't 90 as far as did John Sparks, =
clerk of the court for thirty-five years.
"When I was younger l was troubled
in regard to the innocence OF the pris-
oners, just as you are, and said TO
him:
John, you seem to think that near
ly every body who is tried here must tDo
guilty. Surely, in your long experience
you must have known some who were
Inn cent?
No, growled John, none ut all. AL
guilty. All guilty"
Surely, there were few, said: :,
Don't recall one,' was his reply.
They may have got of, but they were
guilty all the same !
Now, just Think urged; mot
one:'
We'll. yes said he, very grudging-
ly. Il believe there was one who was
innocent. But he didn't know it,
This was too much for my visibility,
so John told me the story. ,
1T was the case of . man trying to-
pass counterfeit IS bill. !:
1.-The evidence was against him and
he was just about to be sentenced, when
the foreman Of the jury looked ut tho
bill and declared it good money. An
expert was sent for. and confirmed this
statement, 80 the man was discharged.
1t appears that he had stolen the
bill from q drunken man and tried to
pass it in q saloon
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-24

In the matter OF divorces America
heads the list among the nations OF the
earth. In Ireland there is divorce to
every 10000 marriages, there are 10 in
France, Ii ir England, Il in Russia. Is
in Italy, IL in Austria. 81 in Belgium,
and l4e in Prussian Germany. In the
United States there are more divorces
granted than in all the rest Of the
world combined. The record goes be-
yond 5000 annually, and the number
is rapidly increasing. The increase in
the number of divorces granted in the
United States in the twenty years end
ing in 1856 was so per cent. If the
same percentage of increase in the
number of divorces granted should
continue indefinitely, at the end OF
fifty years about one-fourth of all mar
riages in this country would be an
nulled by divorce, and 100 years from
now fully one-half Of oil marriages
would be Terminated In this way.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-24
COxey Shocks PlutOcrats.

The plutocratic press is much
,hocked over Coxey's ridiculous
demand ON Congress" This "ridicu
lous demand" is, simply that the
Government issue a certain sum of
money to be expended in building good
roads. The old wing party, which was
the daddy of the Republican party, had
as its cardinal doctrine what it called.
Under this it claimed that it was the
right and duty of the national Govern
ment to build highways. railroads and
canals out of the public treasury. The
very road over which Coxev marched
through MARYLAND to Washington was
built under statute, drawn by Henry
Clay, and paid for out of the national
treasury. In other words it did pre-
cisely what Coxey is now asking the
Government to do-namely, build
roads for the convenience of the people
and thus give employment to honest
workers and put money in circulation.
The first Pacific Railroad was. built
practically by the United States Gov
eminent, under system of land grants
and endorsement of the bonds of the
executive corporation. The only error
in this transaction was that the bene-
fits went exclusively to few men in
stead of to the Government or the
people at large. An effort right now
is being made to induce the Govern
ment to repeat this transaction by en-
dorsing the bonds Of the Nicaragua
Canal Company. SO, after all. it
seems that Mr.. Coxey is only asking
the Government to do what it has
often Gone before. under the auspices
first of the wings and afterwards of the
Republican party. His scheme is
simply revival of the old internal
Improvement" policy Of the Henry
Clay Many man in the states of
Maryland. Pennsylvania, Ohio and In
diana obtained their first money to
, enter land by working on the ''old
| national road 1t was a Godsend to
| thousands who had no other way to
get money in those days when cur
| rency was 50 scarce.-N onconformist
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A smoker,s Fad.

There are some men who have certain
fads about smoking, and some of those
fads are curious and expensive, know a
man who believes that the retention of the
ash on tho end of the cigar makes the ci-
gar smoke better and taste better. He
says If he were rich man he would never
smoke cigar after the ash had fallen
from It, attempted to persuade him that
a cigar that retained the ash was possibly
better because by this it showed that 1t
was more evenly and closely rolled and
properly seasoned, but the knocking OF
the ash from such cigar would not in
jure the flavor or the smoking quality.
But he would not be convinced He saya
he can tell the difference Immediately,
And so he goes about carefully guarding
the ashes on the end Of his weeds as long
as possible and looking upon their accl-
dental loss as temporary misfortune. -
Pittsburg Dispatch
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A DECREASE.

During the II months of the last fiscal
year immigration fell Off nearly one-half
rs compared with the corresponding
months OF the previous year The chief
reason Of that was the hard times, news
Of which was spread over the old world
not only by the press, but by letters to
individuals, in which calls were made for
money. The statement was recently
printed that more money from abroad
was received through the Allegheny post
office in a certain period thal was sent
abroad. Those ON this side the water
were not as usual helping those on the
other but getting help from them. This
is even a more effective means than the
newspapers Of warning those at home TO
stay there.
A feature of the decline is the extent of
it as il relates to Poland aud Italy. Those
twocouutries furnish, perhaps, the greater
share Of the common labor from abroad.
Railway building at a standstill aud few
important improvements made in the
cities, this labor has been in pitifully poor
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demand. The sufferings which it endured
last winter with the fears of more the
winter to come, being known in Europe,
killed for the present the desire to i'm
migrate. But only for the present. As
soon rs business revives the probability
is that immigration will be as great
as ever. To millions the United States
is still a new country, aboundlng in
opportunities, and so long as that be-
lief prevails immigration will continue,
save when checked by extraordinary con-
ditions like the present. Pittsburg Times.
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l desIrs that dlstInctIy under

force. desire that distinctly under
stood"
Mayor Hopkins said today that the out
come of the conference between himself,
Corporation Counsel Bubens and the lead
ers of the American Railway union would
probably result in request being made,
in the name of the people of Chicago, to
George NJ. Pullman that he return to
Chicago and submit the difference be
tween himself and his employees to arbi-
tration The request will not, however,
be sent to Mr.. Pullman until after an
other meeting between Debs and the city
officials.
Fourteen prisoners, twelve Of them citl.
zens of Blue Island, and all arrested by
deputy United States marshals, were ar
raigned before Commissioner Hoyne al
$50 last night, charged with obstructing
mail trains and interfering with United
States officers in the discharge Of theil
duties. They were all under bonds oi
Sl 900 each until tomorrow, when they
are to be called for trial. The twelve Blut
Island men were unable to secure bonds
aud were sent back to Jail.
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ALASKA has been a part of the United
States since 1867, and Of late has been
rapidly growing in commercial import
ance, enforcing the need of the revision Of
the statutes and the enactment of a sYs-
tematic code for the regulation Of its con.
Germs. 1t is as large as England, Ireland,
France and Spain put together, containing
1000 square miles, so that it is no pocket
borough or Northwestern Rhode Island
which is to be leg-lated for, but a spacious
aud stretching territory likely in time to
become Of the first commercial and other
importance. Its fisheries stand in the
first rank, its production of gold increases
year by year, and may some time be as
abundant as that of California or Middle
Africa, and it possesses many other pro-
ductive capabilities likely to be rapidly
developed. immigration there shows a
steadily increasing volume, as do its tables
of export and import, and altogether it is
entitled to the most serious and attentive
legislative consideration.
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suffering from any Of the painful disorders
and arrangements peculiar to her sex, if she
accepts the help that's offered. DR.. PieTces
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Beautiful women know how much they
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A train Of disorders follow the derange-
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Take II when you suffer from sleeplesS-
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for the prompt relief it impartA
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IT is in strange irony that on the an
niversary of National Independence the
Senate should pass bill designed to
break down the industrial independence
for which the Revolutionary patriots
fought so devotedly. The avowed object
of this measure is to make the people Of
this country so dependent upon the in
dustries Of other lands. 1t is not in any
sense an American measure 1t would shut
up factories and mines in this country in
order to make factories and mines in
other countries more profitable, and
would turn out Of work and wages multi
tudes of American freemeu in order to
give larger employment to British or Ger
man subjects Like the Tories of the Rev
olution whose memory was detested for
generations, the trainers of this measure
want cheapness more than Independence
and care more FOR their POCKETS than for
patriotism. Not even in a geographical
sense does it represent the nation, but out OF
the eight men who are to push it through
in the Conference Committee seven CONS
from states which had no existence when
the Constitution was formed, which had
less industrial development and indepen'
dence than any other section, and which
have in all less than quarter of the
nations population.
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Too Angelic,

Maud-No, mamma, Mr.. Placid may
be all you say, but life with him would
be too humdrum, too smooth and une'
Yentful. l cannot marry him
Mrs. Lively-Why, what could have
given you such an idea of himf
Maud-Well saw him transact some
business over the telephone with the
usual results, and he never even lost his
temper He is too near a saint for me, -
Philadelphia Times,