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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-11-15
FINANCIAL. AND INDUSTRIAL

The price OF high grade bicycles will
prOba bly, be cut down One-1hird next sea-
son. One of the three great wheel manu-
featuring companies of this country has
announced its prices for next season. 1t
il 500. This company promises to put up
the same or a better wheel. in fact. than
it has been selling this year at the reduced
rate When the price OF a bicycle IS once
put down it can never be advanced. The
big company in question must know better
than any outsider could possibly know
just how cheap bicycle can be made at a
profit. and when it announces it's '95 price
as 500 1t is probably aware of what it is
doing. To furnish an inferior wheel at
the reduced rate would be suicidal This
also the company must know. But in the
circular announcing the reduction it is
distinctly said that the '95 wheel will, II
anything. be OF a better quality. owing to
recent improvements and better methods
OF manufacture.
u he Cincinnati Evening News penny
paper, started last Septemb Der by the
Printers Publishing Company, was placed
in the hands OF Scot Holmes. as receiver.
with an order Of court to wind up its AZ
fairs
Under attachments aggrezating $26.-
500 the dry goods establishment OF J. G..
Glass ut Shreveport, La. was closed by the
sheriff.
-Bradstreet's reports show an increase
in the visible supply of wheat in the
United States and Canada OF 3,32o, 900
bushels
-Drexel. Morgan & Co. bid in the De-
troit. Bay City and Alpena Railroad for
81, ooo. ooo at the sale at Alpena. Mich.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-11-15
MISCELLANEOUS.

Officials of the Canadian Pacific and
Grand Trunk are to be appealed to to stop
the payment OF excessive commissions
Referee McClelland declared void the
title OF half u hundred property-owner> of
Mamaroneck, n. Y. to land bought at fore
closure sale.
Mondays storm in Boston and vicinity
was confined to heavy rains until about 10
o'clock at night. when the temperature be-
came lower and snow began to fall A
heavy snow storm prevailed ali night in
the vicinity of Concord, n. H.. Portland.
Me-. and Montpelier. VT Message, from
points In Connecticut by long-dista nee
telephone report that d regular blizzard
with wet snow and sleet prevailed gen.
orally throu ,hout the State The wind
blew at the rate Of seventy-four miles an
hour
Tho three masted schooner Mary I.
Peter, eft Galveston for Portland Sept.
&c. with ii cargo Of cotton seed meal and
WIS due ut Portland two weeks ago
Nothing has been heard OF her and her
owners believe that she IS lost She was
commanded by Captain +. E. Brougha M
of Lynn. and carried a crew OF eight men.
The scho ,ner is valued at $4,000 and the
cargo at $4,000. fully insured
-Bookkeeper Louis II. RyerS. OF the
Brooklyn Club. is missing and Sc, 500 Of the
organizations money cannot be found
The Agricultural Department is about
to issue elaborate inform alton on the sub
ject OF "good roads, which Con ,ress has
directed tho department to Investigate
The pub licatiOn will embrace the entire
proceedings O: the National Road Confer
ence. held at Asbury Park, n. j.. July s
ard 6. at which every shade Of opinion on
improving roads vas presented. Roy Stone.
the special agent and road engineer Of the
department. will 5, include number of
addresses on the road question. He makes
no report. SO that these addresses practi-
cally constitute report.
The human is nearly ten
Centuries older than science had knowl-
edge OF before this, as Il result, OF
the extensive explorations Of the
ruins OF Nltfer. near ancient Babylon. as
described in report to the state Depart
ment by Minister Terrell at Constautino-
pie. These explorations are being made
at the expense of Philaie phian> and Dr.
Peters and Professor Hiprich. OF the
University of Pennsylvania. have SUI
pervisel the work Many tens OF tn
bles. vases inscribed brick Sar-
cophasi and the like have been ex-
hunled the sensual and revolving wors j,
of the Goa Be- IS ,!sore clearly known, his
colossal temple with It's 13j rooms has been
exposed ANA the religion. government, and
| customs Of men who lived 1000 years be-
fore Christ have been revealed bv the
translated Inscriptions Minister TIRE
| says that it will require sky volumes to
| contain the desert p;io1S o. these rnarye.-
| Gus discoveries
| The ladies o: the Fit,shurs free kim
| dersarten system aud the Ch.liren's Aid
| society are actively engaged in making
| arrangements for the reception and enter.
| tainment OF the delegates 10 the first an
| nVal convention OF the Waits Saving As
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-11-15

done so nearly all OF them would have en-
countered the storms Ard been more or less
DAMAGED il not lost The records OF those
who went out in the face OF the warning
show that in every instance they suffered
severe injury or were destroyed Reports
from the region traversed by the storm
give the warnings or edit for saving a num-
Der OF lives station alone. Charles
ton reporting over one hundred lives
probably saved by this mesas
Capt ". I. SAM son. Chief the Naval
Ordnance Bureau. has issued his annual
report In 1t he says that although the
modern guns authorized by law are .rac-
1icaiIv completed it would be unwise to
cut short the work Of gun construction
un;i! a reserve supply is in hand for sn
emergency. OF 43l Hotchkiss and 100
Dri,gs guns ordered 80 and 80 respectively
are anoa'. Good smoke.ess powder has
be II made at the torpedo station. but the
foreign powder, are not satisfactory.
There is al increased temptation to evaaa
) ecitcatCns and deceive inspectors IN
passing upon material Castings supplied
by two firms were found to contain defects
which had beea concealed from the inspect
ors. aud the matter has been placed IN
the hands OF the United States District
Attorney for prosecution. No further con-
tracts were let during the year for proJec-
| tiles, sufficient number having already
| been ordered to equip the ships excepting
| co'nmon steel for b. inch guns or TIE
| o,.2o armor- piercing shells ordered. but $50
| have been delivered. Since Oct l last
| 4,1G5 tons OF armor have been accepted.
! all but IS: tons being Harvey lied The
| manufacturing facilities at Bethlehem and
| Homestead have been greatly improved.
| making these firms the best equipped in
| the world. brief reference is made tn
| the armor- plate frauds. which attracted
| SO much attention during the last Con-
| gress. and attention is called to re-
| ports on the subject already made to the
| department. Estimates for next year az
gregate Sc. s64 552. against -. 362. 304 fol
| the current year
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-11-15
FOREIGN.

American capitalists will establish
bank in Puerto Cortez
Charley MITCHELL the English pusilist.
Is said to be suffering from Bright's dis
ease. He may not live year.
Emperor William. replying to Prcsi-
dent Dole's official notification. has &C
knowle ICED the Repub iic OF Hawaii
"A London dispatch from Shanghai says
that CONSERVATION has been caused by the
discovery that Tai Yang squadron has
been caught in a trap at Port Arthur by
the Japanese. ewing to the NEGLECT or over
ruling OF Ii Hung Chang's orders. Ii Hung
Chang d!sclaims any responsibility In the
matter The correspondent OF the Stand
ard at Berlin says that Germany will adj
here to her policy of reserve aud will GER
taniy do nothing to limit the demand
Japan may make upon China He adds IL
remark made by the North German Ga
zette. a semi official paper. to the effect
that the Chinese ambassador has already
experienced difficulty in securing joint
action on the part OF the powers
"A special dispatch says 9. 00o natives Of
the Mawnoji tribe recently attacked Xii
wakiw n e. east Africa. aud we're defeated
by a force Of German regulars and natives
under Baron Won Ehrstein. Later. how
ever. the Ma"noii tribe returned TO the
attack and captured kilwakiwindje with
much bloodshei. 1t is added that the Ger
man force Is not str. NJ enough to recap
1ure tho place.
Prince Hob anlohe tho German Chan
cellor. is under stood to insist upon further
cabinet changes. and 1t Is said that Fret
herr Won Berlepsch. the Minister CT Com
merce and others in the Pruss:an Cabinet
will have to tender their designations.
Embargo on American cattle by Ger
many works hardship on Hamburg CONF
panies who built ships fer tie trade.
Twenty Brazilian artllerymen were
shot at Rio de Janiero Cor refusing to obey
the orders of their officers.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-11-15
PERSONAL MENTION.

Obituary: At Racine. Wis. Lucius s
Blake. aged IS AT London. Eugene Oudin.
the opera singer At Galesville, Ore,
Hardy EiliH. aged 20.
John English. OF Portland. Ind. elected
Sheriff OH the Repu blican ticket. was taken
Ill after the close OF the polls and lied from
heart disease.
Philip Gilbert Hamerton, the WE'LL
known artist. author. and poet, died at
Paris He was 90 years old.
David s Bennett enc OF the million
aires OF Buffalo. n. y. ard an ex-member
OF Congress. died. aged 81 years.
DR. Chalmers. eX- principal OF the Lon
don Preshy terrain College. is dead. He
made tour of America In 1S4a.
Mike Kelly, famous as a baseball
catcher for CHICAGO and Boston clubs, d!ei
OF pneumonia in 4 Boston ospi.aL
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-11-15

so-sasion O. America. This association,
which WAS o--anzed last wear a. the
Worlds Fair. has already "a Ken a high
place amou- the charitab be and benevolent
organizations o. the country.
Lines in Eastern territory are suffer-
Ing f.ou car famine. owing TO the heavy
ira !iic in coal, live stock. and fruit
the Minneapolis and st Louis has
Withdrawn from the Western Passenger
Ass citation. leaving it in shaky condi-
ton
1T is found the President has authority
under existing law To exclude German
products in retaliation for dscrimin alton
against American cattle
Representatives OF tran scontr. entail
lines held = conference to consider meas
urc, to check rate Generalization
A determined effort is to be made to
restore the Western Passenger Association
t. its original uscfulIe,s
To increase its through ira ffic the Big
Four has decided TO establish n steamsn alp
line from Milwaukee to Benton Harbor.
Another effort is to be made to put
into operation the propo ,ed "phy>icai pool"
On east bound freight and passenger BUSH
| ness
| Elaborate ceremonies marked the
| formal opening of the Texas Cotton Palaces
at Waco Di,tin. uished visitors were
present from all parts of the State. as we'll
| as from neiShborin. States and the North.
| and the day was observed as 4 general
| holiday. The Texas Cotton Palace was
| organized by the citizens 0: Waco. who
| subs cribed $3.50. 900 for the erection OF a
/ magnificent building. with IA front OF 400
! feet and depth Of Boa. TIE mammoth
| structure was profuseiy decorated from
basement to dome. and hundreds OF people
| viewed tho interesting and instructive
| exhibition OF the natural advantages and
wonderful resources OF the State of Texas
Rev. T. De Witt Tnlmage pastor OF
the Brooklyn Tabernacle for twenty five
| years. has resigned and may come 20 Chi
cage
Rev. Mr. Murphy. Of the Broadway
Me hodist Church. of indianapolis. is al
legged to have packed the church hoard,
and was denounced as Il tyrant alta stormy
meeting.
| City OF Mexico d patch: Tie volcano
OF Colima is in active eruption. and the
| people in the immediate vicinity are
! greatly alarmed. streams OF lava are
| pouring down the sides OF the mountain,
the flames being visible for man, miles.
They have abandoned their homes Police
headquarters report total OF fifteen
deaths as the result of Fridays earth
quake and the subsequent eruption.
detectives found the body OF Mrs
Mary COttrell. OF Hamilton County. on q
dissecting table in an indianapolis medi-
cal college.
Hundreds OF people in Deerfield, Ohio
! hav, been exposed to smallpox through
contact With a Christian faith cure victim
! Customs authorities at Cincinnati
Ohio. have seized the imported wedding
/ suit of Arthur Stern the wealthy attor.
ney.
William Mosley Hall. who was ins:ru
mental in establishing the Chicago harbor
is dead In New York. aged So years.
Residents OF New Jersey were awak-
ened from sleep by the supposed explosion
) and light OF a falling meteor.
Attorney General O.ney has decided
that railway employees have legal RICH
to belong to brotherhOOds
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-11-15
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'nceds 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 aperfcct lax
alive; effectually 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 farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-11-15
FROM WASHINGTON.

The A-ricul,ural Department has is
sued Il statement showing that during the
storm Of Sept. ~ to % I.GS9 vessels, val
ued at Sl,, leo. o50. and in the storm OF Oc1
{ 10 TO- 1..l6 vessels. value At $40 l2S 600.
remained in port on the Atlantic ard Guit
coasts. secure from dan GER throughout the
periods for which warnings were issued by
the Weather Bureau This makes \ total
OF 2.3oS vessels. valued at $50 2>3. ool.
large proportion o. which proba blv woula
have gone out but for the warnings l, is
fair to assume. it Is stated. that mad they
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-11-15

--Robaers broke ia;o the oaerlin tCa:o)
First Ha.:ona. Baas and got away WIKI
a.>3uc S43o in silver
George y. logs eE-ciiy treasurer OF
Tao tr-;t- Wash. has been arres ei on in
Formation by the county attorney char-inc
the egnhezzlement o: So $50. the sun. de-
posted by him in III. sus peuae4 savings
tank. Bo:Ss Immediately ave bail
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-11-15
CAST UR BY THE SEA.
FEARFUL FATEOF AN UNKNOWN
CREW.,

Rufus y. Ramsay Ia Dead-Ctah's POLITE
cal Com pIexiOn Exrites Great Interest
Drum zen Man Tears Out His Tongue
More Bonds May f.sue.
The Washington times., 1894-12-23
ODDS AND ENDS IN THE SHOPS.
Wells. Bath Robes, Hosiery Boxes ane
Other Useful Things.

Wells. Bath Robes, Hosiery Boxes and
Other Useful Things.
Simplicity in wells is decidedly passe Most
of the new ones are trimmed with either lace
ribbon or je;-some in plain net have a rufle
of lace abont an inch and halfwide, headed
with rows of narrow ribbon, not unlike those
used in our mothers Irritation DAYS
Again, coarse net wells are lined with pink
chinon, thereby lending g tints of youth to
an Otherwise ordinary complexion.
Veils OF very coarse net have large chenille
dots. These are exceedingly becoming, but
are in furious to the eyes.
In all the shops are to be found large as
sortment Of lamps and shades, most of which
are elaborate and costly. Simpler ones are
among them. however, ard every well-regu-
lated household contains n numDer. For a
cosy corner the globe should be of red: If a
standing Iampis is used fer the purpose yellow
is the proper color. The dinner table is no
longer complete without a lamps iliumina-
ton.
Boxes in oak, ebony; and cherry-decorated
graY.d name or monog am-are made to con-
tain collars and cuffs, neckties, handkerchiefs,
gloves. and cigars. They are satin-lined, and
are among the most useful of the Christmas
novelties
Sto king Loxes are among the new things
to be seen. They are made of wood. trimmed
in silver and satIn-lined, or of satin worked
with arosene. These are to contain your
prettiest hose
Bags for soiled handkerchiefs are made oil
butchers linen, on which is etched in wash
silk. Here l am" These may also be made
OF China silk, but the linen one is preferred
The Washington times., 1894-12-23

The accounts that have come down to US of
the feasls and revels OF the olden days-giv-
ing time a tongue are full OF suggestions for
our modern merry-makin s, and at this season
when the holiday spirit is ripesr and every
hostess Is wishing Tor some new way TO give
il expression. why may we not borrow Gus
toms that are so old as 10 be new?
Good cheer is inseparable from the thought
Of Christmas, so that dinner is perhaps the
fttest fern for hospitality to take, followed
by a COSY gathering about ''roaring wood
hre"-tLe nearest approach to the yule log
ava;iabie perhaps where stories, songs. anec-
dotes. and legend tales that make the flesh
creep with delicious horror
The custom growing every year for peo-
pie WHO have country houses to open them
for a few days at Christmas and take posses
sion with a merry pa ty of friends.
The Christmas spirit, however. may lind
entrance anywhere. and modern city din
ing-roOm may be transformed into q bower
with boughs of evergreen, box, laurel, and
holly, and the help o few small "Nmas
trees in the Windows and corners, that will
give one quite sense of remoteness from
our pCOsaic nine,eeuth century.
The world is very young for its age, " and,
like the children, We ike TO
MAKE BELIEVE THINGS"
The table should be lighted with candles
only, without shades, and wreathed about
with greenery as in ancient times. These,
The Washington times., 1894-12-23
CHEAP cHRIsTMAs TREES.
Trimming Young Pine SapIiug for Tw'
Dollars at Short Notice

Trimming a Young Pine SapIiug for Two
Dollars at Short Notice.
Christmas trees need no longer be objected
to on the score of expense. With 52to spare
and moderate allowance of wit and patience
as we'll. a really wonderful one can be turned
out, and if this should be doub:ed here are
few facts, mere Kris Kringle market prices as
it were, to prove the truth OF the statement:
To begin. 10 cents will buy the tree ITSELF
@@One Of the fragrant young pines that come
TO Us from Berkshire county or Maine is best
for the purpose. For the price given. it may
measure all the way from four to five and
one-halt feet, and he fat or slim Is fancy
likes. though the plumper article might be
suggested as lending toward more gratifying
results. The wooden rest thar supports it
will De ten cents extra. Next comes the busi-
ness OF trimming, and here the maternal
breast will swell with pride and Joy.
For the vast null. Der OF dainty trihes S1-75
can buy for this use-eiegant Partisan little
trihe5-is something TO produce sensations OF
positive wealth, even Opulence.
A box OF one dozen selected ornaments,
comprising champagne bottles. rolling pins,
wash tubs, coal scattles, and flower pots sells
for y cents.
Each tiny object is bon boniere. heavily
frosted with gilt or silver somewhere, and
showing sizes or tops OF isinglass, through
which CLEAN the tinted candies. In the same
bag are made splendid gold and silver nal
lets and hammers, seven inches long, that sell
for cents apiece.
Colored, eOrnueopias of thick glaee paper,
ornamenled with heads or figures, can be
found at / cent each.
Larger and more decorated ones are scents,
and the effect OF these is much improved by
mixing with them candy bags of tarletan cut
in boot star. crescent and heart shapes and
worked round with Ginsel thread or bright
wool. Three cents will buy Cbinese ian
tern, criukled like grown up one. and gay
with color. Candies are cents for box Of
two dozen, which are quite enough for a tree
OF the Ze given.
The little tin candle-stands are cents the
dozen. Coiored glass balls in strir IS of
twelve come from 5 10 Is cents and u single
great one squared of in diamond points. or
g Gaming round like frosty moon, viii be
only 10 cents.
Last but not least, along with gilt stars
and crescents and silver s. angles. comes the
many-coiored tInsel, the ieweied mass that
gives such fairy-like look OF splendor TO the
Christmas tree. II IS sold in 5-cent packages,
three of which are sufficient for q tree four
feet in height.
The Washington times., 1894-12-23
For the fnyaIids' TRAY.

JELLY WaTER-A teaspoonful or more of
any tart jelly. as currant or plum, mixed in
glass Of water makes a refreshing drink. IL
the ielly is hard it should first be dissolved in
boiling water.
FRENCH ToAsT-French toast is only toasted
on one side and buitered while hot on the
OTHER. 1t is very nice way to prepare gravy
toasi or an invalid. Spread plenty OF red
gravy from joint on the untoasted side,
sprinkle with little pepper and salt, and
serve hot. Some invahds can be persuaded
TO take san uncooked egg in this way; it soaks
into the bread and ''goes down very easily.
Use pepper and salt or sweetening as liked.
ScLLLoPTD CHoPs-A scalloped chop is also
a nourishiDg and apretzing dish for an inya-
lid. Remove al fat, skin. etc., from tender
loin chop, then chop it very fine. stand a
wias-mouihed preserve bottle in warm water,
Gra Sally increasing ii 10 hot; empty: then
put 10 the meat. with one tablespoonful of
bread cr1m' S: pepl er and salt TO taste; put in
pan OF oiilns water with round stand or
a wisp of straw in the bottom and boil stead
lily FOR half an hour; serve with macaroni
siewed in broth or a nice vegetable The
water should not cover the jar.
The Washington times., 1894-12-23

with the wooifire, will give Just the soft raii-
aRce that pleases both the eye aud the imag-
ina.iOn. In the center of the table. with a
generous mass o. holly forming a mound at
its base a tiny Oh. istmas tree may stand. all
ahghi with many saali tapeus Of various col
ors. ana hung with little gifts to be distrib-
uted rs souvenirs at the close of the feast.
Various small articles in silver may be had at
trifling cost and, being marked with the ini-
tials OF the guess, will show a personal
th5rgNfor each that never fails TO give
pleasure.
The effect OF the little tree is really pretty.
but if preferred. a large round basket heaped
with holly and tied atout with a wide scarlet
satin ribbon matching the bright berries may
be substituted. he dishes of bon bons, cakes,
fruit. and sailed almonds should also be sur
rounded with wreaths of holly and the de-
canters stand on mats of green leaves.
In the "color scheme" scarlet should be in
troduced as much as possible as the gayest
contrast with the foliage. Sugar almonds are
made with bright red covering and may, for