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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-07
Pig iron per ton in 1867 was $44; pig

Pig iron per ton in 1867 was $44; pig
iron fell in 1873 to ST. per ton.
Bar iron fell from S93 per ton in
1867 to only $40 in 1873.
Iron railroad rails fell from S83 to
only $33 in the same time; steel rails
from $lG6 to only 500. etc.
Do you see that evea protection
could not keep prices up? They went
down with the volume of money. One
other illustration from page 34O:
Coal per ton in Philadelphia, from
the mines right there is the Schuvl-
kill Valley. the price depending on
the wages paid the laborer. In 1866
it was: Anthracite. $3.50 per ton,
fell to $50 in 1877. Eituminous in
1866 was 1914 per ton: in 1873 only
1856. SO it was with all products.
property and wages.
But when did this state of things
change? 1t began to start i'll 1879.
What was the cause? An increase In
two and Il half Years of 10000, 900
from 1879 to 1882. Why. that is about
What Coxey wants, is it not: Yes
only wants 500. 100000.
In 1873, February %. q Democratic
Congress, over the Presidents veto.
remonetized silver and ordered its
coinage On March 81, 1873, it also
repealed the specie resumption &C.
and ordered into permanent circula-
ton the $346, 900, 900 greenbacks then
outstanding, and provided that there
after they should not be destroyed but
reissued, and that when they came
back into the Treasury new ones would
take the place of those that were worn.
Immediately the gold and silver ex-
ports ceased and in two years $780,
OOO,O of imports over exports tsee
page $50 and the supply from Europe
and our mines gave us the increase OF
$3.50, 900, 900 lsee Treasury reports of
1881 and 1882, page 2G. What was
the effect of this increase in the vol
ume of our money to such an extent in
wants now - better times. Prices
went up and that gave D. demand for
labor and wages went up, and every
one got work and people began to
consume more and made demand for
more work and better pay.
But did prices go up on farm prod
ucts? Yes (see same report). Corn
went from b cents in 1873 to 20 cents
in 1891. Wheat from so cents in 1870
to $40 in 1881, and all other prod
ucts went up with the increase i'll thu
volume of money in the same proper
ton.
But the protectionist will ask how
about iron and iron goods, steel rails
etc. These are no exceptions to tho
law of supply and demand. Pig iron
'see page 34l), went up from SIT pei
ton in 1873 to go per ton in 1891. Bal
iron from $44 up to Sol in the same
time; iron rails from $33 to SO; stee
rails from $40 to $50; cut nails from
$2.3l to $3.47. and so every article
made bv labor went by higher il
price rs the money increased and tina
made demand for labor to produce
the articles that ore going up in price
That is what Coxey wants money in
creased for.
But did not the money continue t
increase in the country after 1882? n
report of it by United States Treasurer
see page ~, Comptroller, 1890, whicl
shows II net decrease in the nationa
bank circulation as follows:
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-07

And on deposit at Washington $54,-
the circulating medium that much
more, making shrlnkage of 1888. OoO.-
600. while our population has increased
from 50, $50. 900 in 1881 to 81 800, 900 in
1898.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-07

MSz ' Is; %s ;.:: % ;"." x' i"
loves any kind Of a sin has the devils
chain around his neck.
To A mules cars 4 mules voice is
always music.
THE devil can watch Grumbler
with mare hook.
EVERY man is resisting God who
opposes Bible truth.
THE bearer of good news always
has Il pleasant voice.
\ BAD man can never own any
thing that is tiIeprOor.
GoD has promised never TO fail Us
while We truSh in him.
No KING can rule Others ~ell who
is not master OF himself.
ThE lazy man believes that there
IS no hill which Is not steep
Con is not praised at all unless it
is done with the whole heart.
AvARICE is a robbeI that keeps
many people from becoming rich.
GoD has promised that the man
who will give mercy shall receive IT,
DAYS which begin in darkness and
st orm often end in glorious sunset
THERE is no more dangerous dis
ease than wanting to get rich in \
hurry.
SOME people who are too honest to
steal, will borrow and never pay
back.
Ii is hard to understand why boys
love to play Football and hate to saw
wood.
Our power to resist the devil be-
comes fceblcr every time We look into
his face
| TIE Christian should never look
at appearances to ina out what GCd
is doing.
| LIVING without Il plan is as foolish
is going to sea without Il compass in
the ship
| SAYING that there is no harm in q
thing is the DEVILS attempt at self
defense.
| NOBODY ever has any intention OF
going to hell when they nrst hear OF
the place.
Con alone knows how much heaven
loses when young man takes his
urst drink
FAITH is the thing that makes the
Christian rich after he has lost every
thing else.
THE DEVILS army is not made up of
those who fell in. love With him at
tlrSt sight.
WHENEVER God puts gold in the
fire it is that the dross may De
purged out
FAMILIARITY with evil is one of
the surest ways by which the soul
can Kill ITSELF
iEIr is not an easy matter for God to
bless a man who has no concern about
running in debt.
WHEN the devil fishes he knows
that there is no time lost by being
careful about his bait
II is hard to find poor man who
would he willing to do a rich mans
work for the pay he gets.
WHEN the devil was cast out OF
Heaven he stole an angels rObe with
which to hide his clOven hoof.
WHERE there is no settled deter.
mination to do right, an evil course
is more than half decided upon
some people who would like to he
considered the salt Of the earth with
, OUT foing any OF the salts work.
i .raE devil has a claim on the soul
Of the man who is willing for any
kind OF u sin To remain In his heart
No MAN ever expects to 20 more
, than a.quarter OF a mile on the Jeri.
cho road when he first makes the
start.
TIE man who has no Joy In his re.
ligi,us life is holding on tn some sin
that keeps Christ from reiyning ia
q his heart
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-07
TRUMPET CALLS.

Rams HOrn Sounds - Warming Note 60
the SnrrCee med.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-07

r there were no
20 lltiCs the
devils grip on
some men would
be more feeble.
THERE are
people whrclaim
t. have religion.
who get lighting
mad whenever
gospel TT I h
looks them in
the face.
THE man who
in hos thn .}oviifs
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-07

The Populists, in view of the revul-
sion OF feeling which gave great
triumph to the Democracy at the last
national election, are next in order of
promotion by the people. What the
Democracy will lose will go to the
Populists, for in discomfort and dis
tress the third party always prospers.
Ina vote recently taken by the
Farm, Field and Preside, Il paper cir
culating among farmers, but not i'll
any sense Populis, organ, the follow
ing results were obtained:
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-07
"Keep on the Grass
..Over tho e arden NAH ~

Carnegie sold us rotten plates.
Coxey, keep on the grass
The sugar trust got Mckinley rates,
CoNey. keep OF the grass:
Whisky got help from slippery Dan.
Collars We're saved by the lri>hman.
German and Brice fixed the iron plan:
Coxey. keep of the grass.
CHORUS
Coxey. keep 81 the grass.
Let the nonopoli>ts pass.
There never was Yet "a chance To get
Our Congress 10 hear the men that sweat
But You may bet we II :,ee there yet,
CoXey. keep OF the grass
The Nicaragua Canal wants some pap:
CoAey. keep of the grass:
And bonds for such are always on tap.
CoAey. keep on the grass.
our rlerI : are all paid from the public TILL,
On free IA lioad passes We ride at will
We draw from the ieop.e oar mileage still;
CoXey, Keep on the grass
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1894-09-16
SINGING MOUNTAIN OF NEVADA.
A Musical Wonder Whose Strains We're
Long Puzzle to Prospectors.

A Musical Wonder Whose Strains Were
Long Puzzle to Prospectors.
In the Truckee mining districts, down
the Truckee river near Pyramid lake,
is situated Nevada's musical mountain,
says the Virginia City Enterprise. This
mountain was first discovered by the
white settlers in 1868, at which time
there was some excitement in regard
to the mines found in its neighborhood.
The discoveries were a party OF pros
pectors from the Comstock. They had
pitched themselves at the foot of the
mountain, and for few evenings
thought themselves bewitched. Each
evening, little after dark, when the
air was calm and all was quiet, mys-
terious concert began. Out from the
face of the big mountain were waited
soft strains that seemed to cause the
whole atmosphere to culver as they
foated over :he camp. The music then
appeared to pass over until it was far,
far away and almost lost in the dis
tance, when, beginning with tinkling
as of many little silver bells, there
would be fresh gush of sweet notes
from the mountain. During the day
light hours little of the mysterious
music was heard, and it was soon set
tied that it was not caused by the wind.
A spring near which the explorers had
pitched their tent afforded the only
good camping grounds in the neighbor-
hood, and as each new party of pros
pectors arrived at the spot the wonder
grew.
Some Piute Indians who came along
and camped at the spring were found
to. be acquainted with the peculiar
musical character of the mountain.
They calledit the Singing Mountain.
Some Of the men collected in the camp
became more interested in the noun
tain than in prospecting and gave
most of their time to an investigation
of the mystery of the musical sounds
heard to proceed from it. They found
that the whole face of the mountain
was covered with thin fakes of hard
crystalline rock. There were great
beds of these flakes. The Investigators
concluded that the musical sounds
heard proceeded from this loose ma
terial, huge drifts of which seemed to
be gradually working their way down
the steep face of the mountain. At
all events, the strains heard at the
foot of the mountain in the evenings
stiffness seemed to be produced by the
uniting and blending of the myriads of
bell-like tinklings proceeding from the
immense beds of slaty debris creeping,
glacier-like, down the slope. This So
luton Of the mystery of the musical
mountain is the only one worthy of
notice. AS no mines of value were
found, the district was soon deserted
and has since seldom been visited.
Therefore few, except the old-time
prospectors, knew much about the
Singing Mountain.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1894-09-16
Hetty Green's "Extravagant Boy"

A New York man tells character
istic story of Mrs. Hetty Green. He
was the Chemical bank in New York
one day in conversation with the cash
Ter when Mrs. Green passed through
into an inner Office. The cashier called
out and said:
'Oh, by the way, Mrs. Green, your
son bought that railroad yesterday"
''Did hep" said the lady, stopping
short. How much did he pay for it?''
1.-TWO million five hundred thousand
dollars"
''The extravagant boy." said the fond
mother Indignantly. IF l had been
there could have bought it for fifty
thousand dollars less!''
That was the only comment she made
on the transaction, which most people
would consider of supreme magnitude
The chances are that she was right
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1894-09-16
GOING ABROAD FOR CLOTHES.

Sample Conversation Between Two Ameri-
can Women Who Get Dressed in Europe.
/ sat in a bank recently which is
much patronized by women who make
their own deposits and cut off their
own coupons, says a writer in Kate
Fields Washington. Every woman
knew the woman she jostled. Here is
a condensed extract of the converse
ton l overheard:
"When do you sail?"
''On the 10Th"
''Why don't you go with US a week
later?''
81 can't. Our passage has been
taken for days. Where are you 60
ing?"
''Direct to Paris. I've nothing to
wear and I've been waiting until 1
could lay in supply of clothes
abroad"
''That is just the way with me. l
can get everything so much cheaper in
Paris than here, you know. get all
my bonnets and gowns abroad. Do1ai
your
at the Bon Marche. l get my gloves
there and lots of things"
$50 do I; but do you know I've found
dressmaker in London who has won
derfully good taste, and it costs next
to nothing to have gowns from her?
The materials so much chea per than
with us, and she only charges thirty
shillings for the making
''You don't say SO! Give me her ad-
dress. Shall you travel much?''
mo. My husband likes Paris be-
cause he meets other Americans. You
know he doesn't speak the languages,
and he wouldn't go at all but for me.
I tell him l must have change. I'm
worn out with social duties Aren't
you?"
eyes. Then I'll see you on the other
side. Good-by"
fiGoOd-bv
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1894-09-16
Medical.
To those Who Suffer From Kidney Troubles.

I have been suffering from kidney
troubles for one year and no doctor has
done me any good. Their reason, they
say, is because when the kidneys are
diseased they waste away and are
incurable. l got acquainted with
Mr.. R. Silva A. and he gave me some
of his kidney remedy and have
since been radically cured, and
I recommend him to all those that
are suffering from this disease in re-
compense OF my gratitude.
DC. UPsoN.
Phoenix, Sept. 6. 1894.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1894-09-16

invites inspection, and that especially
the case with our card which tells you
the proper place to purchase drugs and
medicines. They are the preservers Of
health, and what effects your health is
of vital moment. Never be Indifferent
about your medicines, but be sure that
they are carefully compounded by COM
petent pharmacists, All our drugs are
pure, fresh, and potent, and every pre-
acription compounded by us is correctly
and conscientiously prepared. Besides
drugs and medicines we also carry a
complete line of toilet articles and per.
fumery.
c. ESCHMAN & CO.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-04
STRANGE AOCPTlONS.
The Strength of tho Maternal Instinct In
Animals.


Animals.
/ lately met some friends who had
with them a little dog called "|ic"
which had adopted the family of
cat in the house, and while In pos
session would not let the mother come
near her kitten, says writer in the
London Spectator. he kittens were
kept in 4 very tall basket, and "Vic"
would take them enc by one and then
carry them into the garden and watch
over them, carrying them back In the
same way after time, at other times
lying contentedly with them in the
basket. OF course, Vic" had to be
forcibly removed when the adopted
family required their mothers atten-
ton for their sustenance. | also have
met a friend who saw a hen hawk,
starting. Three young, uniledged
stariiGCs were given the hawk to eGt
She ate two and then brocded the other
and took the utmost care OF Ii. Cnhap-
PLY the young startling died. and from
that moment the hawk would touch no
food, but died herself in q few days.
The same friend YVES on mountain one
day when sheep came up to him and
Enthusiastically begged him to follow
her, going just in front and continually
LODGING around to see if he was follow
ing. Tho sheep led him at last to some
rocks, where he found q lamb fast
wedgcd in between two pieces of rcclz.
He was able to EbeTate the lamb, to the
evident Joy of the mother. myself
once saw a cat breeding and taking
care of a very small chicken, which,
being hatched FIST OF a brood. had been
brought into q cottage and placed in a
basket near the fire. 1t managed o get
out of the basket and hoped up near
the cat, which Immediately adopted it
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-04
THIS EARTH Or OURS.
It's Ago According 80 tho Ecsearchss Of
Cigoi .-iSts.

Geoi '.i'ts
Biologists have "scer.aiDed that the
rate at which err on takes place can
be measured: by applying their scale to
the sedimentary rocks they have formed
a hypothesis as to the time which has
elapsed since erosion began.
The stratilied rocks attain an average
thickness of 100000 feet. The material
Of which they consist was all washed
down from high planes, deposited and
left to stratify. By the inspection OF
river banks it is found that in places
the surface of the land which has been
carried down as sediment in rivers has
been reduced at the rate of a foot in
$50 years, while in other places, where
the land YVES more stubborn or less
flexible, it had taken $500 years TO
lower the surface one foot The de-
post must e equal to the denudatiOn-
We find that while some of the sedi-
mentary rocks have grown foot in 730
wears others have taken $500 years to
rise that height Thus the period OF
time that was required to build up ioo.'
OO1 feet Of scdirlentary rock has varied
according to locality from 7S.oOo.Oo0
to ESQ, 000, OCo years II follows that the
active work Of creation lasted for .
cycle intermediate between these two
figures. The cycle varied with endless
succession of periods Of disturbance by
volcanic force and glacial action. and
the frequent submersiop Of dry land,
alternating with the emerging OF CONT
nonts cut If the seas These may have
retarded the growth OF sedimentary
rocks, but they cannot have accelerated
1t.
A study of fossils teaches the steady
uniformity with which the work of ere
alton proceeded. Since man began to
observe there has been no change in the
forms of animal and vegetable life. A few
species have disappeared-not one new
species has been evolved. Not only do
we find the fauna and fora of ancient
Egvpt as depicted on monuments which
are probably 5000 or 10000 years old
identical with those which are found in
that country to-day, but shells which
inhabited our seas before the ice age
and grew in an ocean whose bed overlap
the Rocky mountains are precisely the
same species that are found in the bay
of Monterey and the waters of the
Chesapeake 1t is evident that there
has been no essential change in the CON
ditions of life since these animals and
these vegetables we've first created. yet
how vast the shortest period which we
can assign to the gap that divides uf
from that remote epoch!
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-04
HE LIKED FISH.
Sam Wanted Whale and Nothing
Short of It.

CnOTS VI AI
A party of young men who were on
fishing excursion on the Ohio river
some years ago were joined by an &C.
centric man, skilled as q fisherman,
known in that region as ''Barefooted
Sam" He was good cook, and made
himself useful in so many ways that
his presence, though unlimited, was
tolerated by the amateur sportsmen.
Que morning two members of the
party returned to camp with their ap-
pet;tes we'll sharpencd for breakfast.
and were greeted enthusiastically by a
third man, who said: "lou just come
along and see the finest baked perch
you ever laid eyes on"
They hurried to the table, but saw
only a rick of bones. from which every
fiber of meat had been taken. Sam was
nowhere to be seen. When he returned
no comments were made upon the cir
cumstance; but in the afternoon. when
the company were longing on the
bank, Sam drawled out:
I'D like to have all the fish I could
eat. Jest onst. | amt had a mess sence
Pete Toilet ketched that big catfish,
three years back"
SAM" remarked one of the group,
dryly, Il thought you had quite fair
mess this morning. That perch weighed
about ten pounds, I've been informed.
''Oh. yes" replied Sam. with no sign
OF embarrassment on his placid coun'
tenance, Il ate tLat; but what / mean
is a reel, reg liar mess"
The company pondered on this re
markable statement in absolute silence
for some moments, until At last the man
who had caught the perch calculated
"Wen, 1 snum" and nothing more wa:
said
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-04
FAD HAEIT OF EXERCISE.
A London Critic Says Ore May Become .
Slave tn IL for Life.

Some persons get on perfectly well
without exercise. | am one of them,
saws the editor Of London Truth, be-
cause never fell into the engrossing
habit of exercise whom young man.
Naturally a person vino passes his youth
in violent exercise finds later on that
he cannot do without it. The habit Is
as easily acquired rs that of drinking or
opium smoking. and. once acquired,
person becomes a slave to it for the rest
of his life.
Most people, however, eat far too
much. and then often find themselves
incsmmodcd, If they do not work of
this excess of food. It is easy to get up
an artificial appetite. remember Mr.
Bright once explained this TO me. He
said the stomach is artifcially distend.
ed, the void which is created owing to
this artificial distension produces per-
petaal craving for food, and this is
termed being hungry. Gradually re-
duce the an cunt of food. and the stom-
ach becomes normal, with the result
that half the amount of food is satisfy
ing. The world is divided between those
who eat too much and those who do not
have enough TO eat
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-04
ECHO RIVER.
Peculiar Acoustic Qualities of This vauie-
ar Strean.

ed Stream.
One of the famous curiosities OF the
Mammoth cave is the Echo river, BODY
of water estimated to be some three
fourths of mile in length, and from
twenty to two hundred feet in breadth
Its depth at ordinary times is from ten
TO forty feet. Dr.. II. c. Hovey, in a
paper read before the American Geo
graphical society, gives vivid descrip-
ton of the peculiar acoustic qualities
of the vault by which the river u
arched
Last summer, in company with
party of four persons, no others being
on the river at the time, we tried the
effect of rocking the boat as violently
as we dared to do. also striking the sur
face of the water with our paddles, and
In other ways making as much agita-
ton of the body Of the stream as posi-
BILE. and then awaiting the result IN
silence.
timed the concert thus created, and
found it's duration to be exactly half an
hour. First came sounds like the tlnk-
ling of silver bells Then larger and
heavier bells took up the melody as the
waves sought out the cavities in the
walls. Then it was Us if all chimes of
all cathcdrals had conspired to raise Q
tempest of sweet sounds
For a moment there was inter silence,
soon broken by low mutterings. ghostly
whispers, sudden shrieks, as if of men
In agony. Then silence again. We
were about to speai;, when the guide
motioned to us to remain quiet; when,
10! as from some deep recess, hitherto
forgotten. came a tone tender and pro-
found; after which, like gentle MEM
cries, all the mellow and mysterious
sounds that had gone before were re-
awakened, until the hall rang again
with the wondrous harmony.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-04
spry Old Maine People.

Maine is noted for her hale and spry
old people. Ex-Gov. Garcelon, in Lew
iston. eighty-fve years old, Is an active
rider and driver of fast horses, Of which
his stables contain twenty-three fine
animals. Mrs. Jonathan Dow, of Deer
Isle, eighty years old, has knitted forty
pairs of stockings and woven two hun
dred yards Of rag carpeting and one
hundred yards of cloth during the past
season in odd moments snatched from
her general homework and the care Of
a flock of hens. Mrs. Joanna Bunker,
Of West Trenton, eighty-seven years
old. has just finished waistcoat which
she cut and made without the use of
glasses. Mr.. Robbins, also of Deer
Isle, is seventy-six, and, last year,
besides doing much repairing to
vehicles he made all the woodwork for
four carts, one jigser. a double-seated
wagon and horse sled