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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-09-27

mar flesh. depends solely upon the con.
ditions under which that balance was
brous hit about. | came to that ,Oaclu-
sion in half curious, amused way. and
gave it lutte thought until one Gay
this occurred to me: What if the bal
ance Of forces that makes the lump of
coal could be broken Instantly: could
not tae grca tie intensity OF the forces
thus > multane Justly freed be utl!:. ell
in the arts: There was a big mechan-
;cal problem, bat after a brief consid-
Grafton it gave away to one OF vastly
profounder import: Could it be posi-
bile to break the bala zee OF forces
which is re resented In the various
forms OF animal life: Would not the
result De instantaneous disappearance:
Would not matter appear Tor what 1t
really is-nOthing but igment of the
mauinatiOn. a ma ue fer what exists
Imply As the aggregation OF forces
held in balance: 7 set out to prove
this idea. dete. mined not to rest until
reason declared was positive truth. the
absolute disapps arance 0 matter when
the b lance of forces that make 1t had
been Ui,st lNed. was it not a grand
idea, BARLEY. enough to command the
arduOus endeavOrs Of Il lifetime:
Tra-k aused in a transport OF cnthu-
STA III. but OMeara sat stock still in
.etrful anna ement.
Il locked about me- continued
Tra-lz. for that clement that contained
the adhesive force. so to eak. that
force by virtue of which the balance
wa, attained and maintained. 10. was
sure that. having di-coverel that,
should readily fin! that which shou d
destroy the balance. | saw that tn :,
vital force was what we ca | light.
Think nothing exists where light is
nos. LightH life are common. Ny
first thought, then wa5-darkness con-
tai Us the destructive, the unbalancing.
element. | had yras ed the idea but
erred for the moment in the a y Lea
tlen. | will not tell YOU now by what
steps | arrived at the final conclusion
that the abs oluteiy black must he the
death element. / searched for it in Ia
ture. and, of c ,urse, iaicd to find 1t.
But ut of light itsel. | Constructed it.
Light is to black what vapOr is to
metal. Va Or-gas-sOlluitied becomes
metal, or me other form of matter.
! The gas or va or known As light,
solidiiled, becomes black. That sub
stance is capable of a process akin tC
com ustien TO continue the illustra
ton. that balance of forces which we
call wood, when sub ected to cOmbu>-
ton. dissolves. 1t, various fore $
/ uniting with others struggle together
until all are owe. ccme or freed, and the
! original form has disa u cared. Black
produces near the sane result by I
quick roccs,. Instead OF slow 0 :
GRAFTON Of forces We have one that i
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-09-27

arranged in the ordinary cub.cal form.
but more like cubcal dodecahedr1n.
1rasA tap ed the nozzle Of the camera
with his for>tingcr and said
In there. hartley. is the element
black. the great destructive force of
the univer. G. and whose looks in upon
it meets inevitable death. Frank
heard me say this anu dlsbclieved He
looked. and the proof came in his i'm
m adiate disappearance,
in the Maine of all that is true,
Tras - exclaimed O'Neara. starting
=. what do yoa mean."
Trask drew the sheet once more over
the mechanism and said sit down
again. Bart ey: sit down and let me
tell you. y ong time ago. my friend
came to look upon matteras not what
. 1t seems TO Be to ordinary observ-
er. | noticed that stick Of wood con-
sumed in the flames Disappeared but
that in disao caring i, resolved itsel
! into various forces none OF which WIS
lost. saw Il powerful acid act upon a
! piece of metal. and tn matter di APP
peared, resolving itself into certain
| forces. And. | thought. matter is not
! the solid, ponderable thing it seem, to
b., bat Is merely the balance Of Ger
/ tain forces. and the nature 0 the mat
j ter. whether it Re hard or soft. fragile
or ductile. iron or water, stone or hui
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-09-27
CllArTEl, Ill.

Tnc relations between O'Meara and
Trask were even more intimate after
the disappearance than they had ever
been before. O'Meara noticed it and
fcl. that it was u go thing for both.
He could see that his own presence
was helpful to Trask. who always
bright med when they came together,
anu Tor himself. he felt more attached
to his friend by the common feeling OF
loss
It was about Il III ,nth after the time
tina. Tillinghast disappeared. \ good
many things haC gone wrong with
O'A e;iia. Ne had lost Il case through
the carcl ,sncss of an associate coun-
sci: Il Il 81, trous failure had swe
away the greater art OF his accounts
la.ion': his fathers health had failed.
and new and heavy bUrdcns were in
cOuscGucnca Il q on him: and if
there were an affair of the affection,
transcending his love for his artist
friend, II q =, p lntmen; more keen
than any he had eve" known. it was IA
matter that he Ike sacrcdly to him
SCI. ami not even Aleck Trask s,.s-
pccte its existence. With new cal
he a ! lied himself TO his Practice. and
his legal friends declared anon them
selves that the sood-natured lrishman
was getting ambitious. Nevertheless
H. left his office now acd then and
walked out Somherly into the street.
and ira .crsed block after block. OBJ
liyi us o. the hurrying crowds, oblivi-
Gus. above all. of Il hagsari figure that
Swallowed him from corner to corner
ana peered after him with long NJ
eyes.
/, was on such a jjaunt as this that
ONcara. his mind racked with many
d, ubt, and anNietics. came to the door
OF Il church thrust in be;ween great
granite buildings where commerce and
trade had their swarms Of devotees.
He paused abruptly and looked up at
the craven iigu,e over the door. ant
rec Tni4 inr sacred emblem OF the
muthe" church he made the sign OF
the eros and we Il in, He hal but to
pa : the inner doors to shut himself
completely out from the distress ard
con usiou Of the business world. The
dim nave was empty. One or two wor-
shi e-s sat with bowed heads in wide
lv sepurated pews. The whole atnos-
phe. e of the place was pregnant with
peace. He walked slowly haf way
down the aisle. bent his knee at Il pew
door, entered it and knelt upon the
Ia d bench back Of the rail FOR sew
eral minutes he looked up at the
crOinca arches. at the snrines and al
tars. Then he bowed his head upor
his hands aid the burden of his cares
drop ed from b M.
How long he kns,lt thus he does nc'
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-09-27

me. could have looked upon the mat
ter with the caImncss Of true scien-
tis.. 10 whom all truth is right. A. i;
was. however. | came near weakening.
aad my only salvation iay in 70. lou
recall the night we lrf lmed the
police: | was running ike mad after
fire engine. trying Idly TO escape
my thoughts, wien | saw ycu at the
corner. | storpei at once. and the
way to sa 'et,- iia-hed over me. BY
b .n1ing your eyes, or rather by rely
ing IN their blindness to evil in me.
could protect myself from myself.
have succ eeded. and now that | have
made you rartaker OF my knowledge.
| teel that shall not again ia ter.
There was a silence o. a full minute.
Then Fa-tley OMeara said slowly:
-Aleck, l don't believe you. | think
you are crazy"
Task turned We. Y pale. and an angry
look cam, into his eye . He left the
room. and after a brief az. ence re-
turned with a kitten in his hands
SEE for Yourself" he said har, hly.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-09-27
SONGS OF THE BATTLEFIELD.
What Peculiar Associations Produce These
Powerful Auxiliarie<.

What Peculiar Associations Produce These
Powerful Auxiliarie>.
Association, which has so large a
share in the operations of the human
mind, often contributes much 70 the
effect Of music, says Laura \. Smith
in September Lippincott's. Some
airs possessing no intrinS merit owe
their influence on the de>tinies of
nations almost entirely to this prin
ciple. The making IF national
song is one Of the things to he at
tributel to happy accident: it can
not be accomplished by taking
thought or by any amount OF burning
Of the midnight oil Monarchs have
no power t. command it. and often
the greatest poets and musicians are
most incapable OF producing truly
national hymn. No. the great popu-
lar lyrics OF the world have been the
re suit of accident and the vent hOla
Of fiery feeling long confined. What
but accident caused the song Of My
Maryland" to prove the chant to
which thousands Of the soldiers Of
the Confederacy kept time during
ls6l-65? And could anything be
more titly credited 20 chance than
the extraordinary popularity IF the
"Malbrough'S sen va-t-en cuerre.
which was due to the fact of pro-
viucial nurse having lulled to rest
the little dauphin, the sen OF Louis
NNI.. with this air: Had he not
written his one undying lyric. the
~Marseillai>e, probably Eouget de
Li>le had never been heard of Aud
who speak o. Max Schneckenburger
when they talk Of ~Die Yacht am
Rhein:" Verify. the making Of a
warsong is deed at arms. not a mere
effort of the pen.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-09-27

imm adiate: all the forces are released
in family, the form disa u ears. OF
course. and not even ashes remain to
testify that something tangible once
existed
when | had first succeeded in re-
ducing the vauOr light toa tangible
substance applied the liquid form to
vegetable IN alter, and to ms delight 1t
instantly disappeared Then the prob
lem was, how 10 reach animal life. |
soon reasoned that the vulnerable point
must be tn eye, through which light
and life quicken the ma : of balanced
forces known as the body. | then mad
t. con ,truct the medium under the
cloth there by which black il set in
acti'e play, that is, made receptive:
for no ray Issues from black. The eye
once br ught into the pre- sence OF this
great element. the light Of the body is
absorbed. its forces simultaneously are
di.solved and in their freedom the
mass disappears.
And you mean to say -" gasped
O Mea a.
That roor Tiilinghast met his in
stantlneOus dissolution in this room.
Don't he >hockedj You do not breathe
his body in the ar. The forces which
in certain balance you once + cog
nized as Frank Illlinghast have long
since scattered themselves to the four
corners OF the earth. and iaher. II W
perhaps Il a thcusand different al
ances OF as many difte, entch ,racters.'
But Row - be gan O Mcart again.
"Why. Frank would not credit ne,
delil erately went TO the machine and
da' ed me to set the black at work.
We were both excited. | should have
iof in !, -
was wounded by his ridic lie ard unite
iics. ard | permitted the test: enc in
slant after his eye had encountered
the fatal ray he had vanished. Y
heap Of clothes ay on the Il or My
first feeling wa one Il resentful salts
faction. | cared not that | had lost
my fr end: | had not thought Of con>e-
QuenceS. | only saw NY theories u>ti-
fed, science reveale |. truth gloritie d
All. it was a triumpn-I feel again
that supreme excitement with which
| shouted. even As tue balanced forces
We're trembling on the verge of di>so-
luton. even a> the outlines of his form
began t. grow indiS,inct. IN that
brief instant, Barley. when he wa
hopeles>ly lost and Yet e. nscious. |
shouted. Now, do you know: And
enc second later stepped upon heap
tt S-ttAC> dtti bolIt NdIO>.
eX laimci. Black, thou art mighty.
thou art mighty over and over again
For many minutes | stood thus.
Then | looked down at that pititul
heap + clothing and around about the
empty room. ana ii cane over NE that
| was alone: my friend was gone
never to return. From 4 feeling OF
grief t, one Of terror was ara, il tran -
ition. and presently | realized M stu
alton. There must be no evidence of
Tiilinghast's death i'll my room. re-
moved ali trace with ease. for applied
the liquid form OF my destructive e.
Tent 20 the clothing, and 10. it wa.
gone also.
Now. understand NE. BARLEY.
should not have been a man If thi.
episode had moi 81 cked me. | wa.
terrified al the tn ught ,f the ssh {
discovery of the facts. Had it not been
friend, and had there been a possi
bility Of dangerous conse luences K
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-09-27

HE fearful cycl ne
which swept over 4
portion of SOuthe II
Nj inne Ota an Il
Noci bern Iowa / ri
day night Is now
known1o have | cen
the IN st disastrous
of any storm watch
has visited the
Northwest in many
years. l. rom hest
advices obtainable
at the time this i
written seventy
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-09-27

SIBYL who has been thrown over
by her tiancel-I feel utterly dis
couraged. Triple (sfothingly)-Never
mind. dear. Remember there are as
good fish in the sea as ever were
caught. Sibyi-That's all very we'll.
Bat doesn't it occur to you that one
may get tired OF fishing:-VoxuA
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-09-27

FIVE HUNDRED Swiss cmbroiderers
went on strike in New IorS and ew-
ark. n. j. for an increase in wage .
They work by tEe piece. and want
their wages SO adju ted that they can
earn S3 day. tacn man has two
women to assist in his loom. The
women earn "a much as $40 per wee :.
Thirteen employers granted the mems
demands.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-09-27

THE new trial # Fank President
john W. Paris has begun 1T Frankfort.
Ind He was convicted 1t the FIRST
tria. AID sentenced to six years.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-09-27

WHEN q woman has u good servant
cir, herself, she is always willing to
help another woman get one. But il
she is looking for a girl herself. she is
extremely unreliable on the girl Ques-
ton
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-09-27

The membership of the C4,ng-ega-
tio1ai Church is comDosed of iSs, =.
:uales and :,..3, "A females. This is
nearly two to one. asst Vt ar the num-
Der of deaths of ministers was ninety
eight. The average age OF these
ninety-eight was IS years 3 months
and 81 days.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-09-27
Awful Loss OF Life Reported in
Iowa and Minnesota.
TRAIL OF A TORNADO.
Whole Towns Are Wiped Out
Of Existence.

Hundreds ire Counties Laid Waste
by Wind and Halt So, q al Villages En-
faced from the Map-N No Estimate o: the
Aggregate Property Loss Is Made. hut
1t Will TIC Something Enormous.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1894-12-27
Justice Melted Out.

The courts disposed of the following
cases at Sioux Falls: Thomas Ryan
who pleaded guilty to burglarizing the
Central house, was sentenced to one
year and SIX months in the peniten-
tiary. J. p. Barry, an old man indicted
for assault, pleaded not guilty, as did
also Robert Norris to the Indictment
for grand larceny.-Iiugh Taylor and
Edward Stewart, two young men of the
city were arrested for disturbing a
religious meeting. The complaint was
made by the salvation army that these
young men put red pepper on a hot
stove in the army's barracks. Stewart
paid 50 and costs and Taylor went to
jall for ten days in default of $40 and
costs.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1894-12-27
FOREIGN.

THE number of persons killed in the
recent earthquake in southern Italy is
officially stated to be eighty-six. In
addition 900 were injured.
THE expulsion of Jews from territory
nearer the frontier than fifty versts
has been stopped by order of the Rus
sian minister of the interior.
The Corean government announced
that Chinese would be allowed to re-
side only in the treaty ports of Corea.
DISPATCHES say that twenty-three
Armenian villages were laid in ashes,
eleven others pillaged and forty priests
massacred by Turkish soldiers.
VIOLENT earthquake shocks in south
Hungary threw down houses and drove
the residents to the streets.
In an engagement at Iialai, Abys-
sinia, six companies of Italian troops
defeated the Arabs, killing a great
number of them.
Four THOUSAND hungry women and
children called on President Caceras.
of Peru, and asked for bread. A riot
ensued and many persons were killed
and wounded.
DURING a riot among government
troops at Rio Grande do Sui, Brazil,
many soldiers were killed. A number
of the men deserted.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1894-12-27
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS.
Burglars.

There appears to be a regular organ.
lied gang of thieves in Moody and
Bookings county. In the formerc oun-
ty a few nights ago George Boles was
obliged, at the point of revolvers, to
give up to two masked men $500, the
contents of his safe. A. Z. Vinegar,
a farmer in Moody county, a short time
ago discovered men trying to break
into his granary. He rushed out with
his shot gun and commanded them to
halt. They had a team, and, whipped
up their horses, escaped. Mr.. Vinegar
fred three times. but the men kept
going.
About a week after, his barn and
granary were set on fire. The latter
was saved, but the former was des-
troyed, together with a large amount
of grain. Total loss 81, 900, with no
insurance. In Bookings county
several burglaries were committed and
the Leary boys were arrested. The
sheriff allowed them to go and feed
their cattle and they never came back.
The sheritfs of both counties are on the
lookout for the offenders.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1894-12-27
LATER.

THE glucose factory at Marshalltown,
600 by fire the 2lst.
THE accounts Of Postmaster Stearns
at Durango, Colo, have been found ST.,
500 short.
THE celebrated ''calf case" of lowe
was settled by the supreme court OF
that state the 21st. The plaintiff gets
Judgment for s., 200. The case has cost
over $40, 900, has been tried before q
judges and la jurors. The case vas
begun 20 years ago.
CALVIN j. CHRISTIE was hanged al
Kalispell, Mont, the 21st for the muir.
der OF Lena Cunningham April 2Sth.
AT Munich, Bavaria, one. Czynski
was convicted of hypnotizing a wealthy
countess and compelling her to marry
him. For this he was sen to Jail for
three years.
THE old Philadelphia house known
as the Sailors house, burned early the
2lst at Vallejo, Cal, Jack Finn, John
Bell and Geo. Gosslinn burned to death.
GosSlinn was quartermaSter on the
United States ship Independence.
AN attempt was made to rob the de-
pot at Bonner Springs, kas., about 3 a.
m. the 2lSt. The robber entered the
office stealthily and made a demand for
the money Miss l;asbitt was supposed
to have. She refused to hand it over,
whereuron the robber made a vicious
attack on Miss Nesbitt. She was rough
ly used but sustained no dangerous
wounds.
WHILE James Clegg, was caulking a
natural gas pipe at New M~artinsville,
Va, the 2lst the pipe burst. throwing
Capt. Clegg nearly 100 feet into the air
and killing him instantly, his neck
being broken. Half a dozen other
workmen about him were injured.
ROBERT PoSTEy, who disappeared
about a year ago with about $50, 900 OF
the firm of Underwood & Mccoy, Chi
cago, was arrested in that city the 2lst
During the past year Posten had trav'
eled through Europe and Australia.
SINCE the LIST of December there has
been nearly $40, 900, 900 in gold drawn
from the u. 5. treasury.
THE night of the 2lst a crowd of citi
Gems of Newmarket, Ind, marched &c
the only saloon in the town and applied
the torch. The building and contents
were burned.
MINISTER DENNY cabled the state de
partment at Washington, the 2lst, thai
the Chinese government has appointed
two peace commissioners, Chang yin
Huah and Fhao, who will proceed a
once on their mission from Pekin to the
japanese capital.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1894-12-27
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

JOSEPH l.. SHIPLEY, for twenty years
editor and principal owner of the
Springfield Mass Union, died sud-
denly of heart disease.
MILE JEFFERSON (colored) died at
the home of her grea~t-grandson in
New York, aged 100 years s months
and 10 days.
ERAsTUs L. BEADLE, the publisher Of
dime novels, died at his country home
in Couperstown. \. v, aged "a years.
THEODORE HUsToN, of Macomb, Ill :,
United States consul at Paso del Norte,
Mexico, died from consumption, aged
AZ years.
SAMUEL NJ. BRIDGEMAN, a veteran of
two wars and the oldest employee Of
Pinkerton's detective agency died at
Evanston, ILL.,, aged IS years.
JAMES l.. ALCORN, eX-United States
senator and former governor of Mis-
sissippi, died at his home at Eagle
Nest, Miss, aged rs years.
DOUGLAS PUTNAM, a great grandson
of Gen. Israel Putnam, of revolution
airy fame, died at Marietta, o., aged SO
years.
THE editors chair of lIarper's Week
ly, which since the death of George
William Curtis has beer vacant, will
be occupied by Henry LOOMS Nelson.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1894-12-27
Arrested.

A p~ropIbition spotter named j. w.
Resch living in Sioux Falls, was arrest
ed for obtaining money under false
pretenses. Resch wrote to A. Perry. a
saloon keeper of Montrose, and told
him that his saloon was going to be
pulled and that if Perry would come
there he, Resch. would give him some
helpful information. Perry, upon the
demand of Resch, gave the latter a
check for s.. The check was marked
and as oon as it vas cashed, promi-
nent liquor men here secured Resch's
arrest upon the charge mentioned.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1894-12-27
lSaptists.

According to the report of Rev. Il. Nj.
Shanafelt, of Huron. general Baptist
missionary for South Dakota, there are
now III this state l05 church organizat-
ions. Of these "A are American, Is
Scandinavian and IL are German and
Russian. SiXty-five of those churches
have houses of worship, and II of them
have p~arsonages. There are 40 churches
that are yet without a home. A larger
number of converts have been baptized
han in any former year. The total
number is COZ. The whole number of
members of the Baptist church in the
state is 5000. The net gain over last
year was PSI. One minister died and
four were ordained.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1894-12-27
TEE NEWS.
Compiled From Late Dispatches.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Proceedings of the Second Session.

IN the senate on the 18th Senator Hawley
Conn. introduced a bill for the reorganiza-
iio1 and increase Of the army. Petitions pray
ng for the passage of a land grant forfeiture
oil were presented and the Nicaragua canal
bill was discussed ....l In the house the army
appropriation bill. the bill to protect forest
reservations and fifteen pension bills were
passed. The Carlisle banking bill was report
"a and a hill appropriating 100000 for a statue
Of Gen. Grant on the east front Of the capitol
alongside the statue OF Washington was In
PRODUCED.
THE senate was addressed by MesSrs. Hill
and Turpte on the 18th, the former in advocacy
Of ~cloture, the latter in opposition to the Nc
aragua canal bill. A resolution looking to
union with Canada was introduced by Senator
Gallinger ... In the house debate on the Car
Isle banking bill was begun. Mr.. Springer
speaking in favor and Mr.. Walker in opposi-
tion to the measure. Mr.. Bland announced a
substitute for the Carlisle currency bill which
provides for the tree COINAGE of silver
THE report Of Admiral Walker on the sub
ject OF Hawaii was laid before the senate on
the 10th. A bill was passed TO open for settle
ment abandoned military reservations in yari-
Gus states and territories. A bin was also
passed TO establish a national military park at
the battlefield OF Shiloh. The Nicaragua canal
bill was further discussed 80. In the house the
time was occupied in debating the Carlisle
currency bill
IN the senate on the Goth bills were re-
ported To revive the grade of lieutenant gen.
eral in the army, to forfeit lands granted To
aid in the construction Of railroads aud to
provide "a suitable residence for the president
In the house bills we're introduced to
amend the national banking act. authoriz-
ing the deposit or LEGAL tenders instead
of bonds to secure circulation, che circulating
bank notes 70 be exempt from taxation; to
provide a residence for the president, and an
urgency deficiency bill OF $4,000 TO complete
the census. A bin was passed to pension the
widow Of Ma. Gen. Nathaniel p. Banks at the
rate of 500 a month. The currency bill was
further discussed.