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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-07-19
ASSASSIN is HANGED.
SLAYER OF ChICAGO'S MAYOR
PAYS THE PENALTY.
The Gallows Sends Patrick Eugene Prem
dergast Into Eternity -Remarkah ably Te-
nacious Legal Fight to Save His Late
Story Of the Crime.
HarrlsOn's Murder Avenged,

Without word OF rotest or an act
If resistance, Patrick Eugene Joseph
Prenderga t suffered the extreme
penalty Of the law Friday for the
murder OF Carter H. Harrison. He
was hanset a. ll:,S o'clOcA. in tho
county .aii in Chi ago. He walked to
the scaffald without support. He
showed no sign of weakness till the
moment ic.ore the drop fell, when
he stood with the Moose about
his mock. the white shroud enwrap-
ing hi, form. his feet anil knees
strapped together. his arms fastened
TO his body, and the white cap cover
ing his hca and face. Then he almost
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-07-19

The purple martin. noisy. pictur-
e>que. and graceful! bird, once very
alb ndant a little south Of New York,
is ore of the native birds that have
been driven out by the immigrant
English sparrows. 1t used to be that
a suitable bird box, perched high in
air. was thicklv peopled with martins
that returned to it year after year. and
made it the center Of eccentric d;ghts
and beautiful curves a. we'll Is home
of somewhat vocilerous music. Now
such . bird box il promptly pre-empte1
by tho sWarming spaErowS
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-07-19
France and the United states.

When the Franco-Prussian war was
over and France was devastated and
loaded down with big indemnity
debt. she began immediately to force
money o:t among the people. Every
facility was offered by the government
to aid the people to regain foot
ing and start up the production Of
wealth.
When the war OF the rebellion closed,
the government of the United States
began to withdraw money from the
people and gather it into the hands of
the bankers and gold gamblers, and to
destroy the greenhack. France pros
pered, paid the indemnity and war
debt. and is to-day the III st prosper
Gus country on the globe. We had ten
or fifteen years the start of France.
but We are still paving our war debt.
That shows the difference between a
wise and foolish financial policy.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-07-19
\ New Party and New Men Needed.


Charity for starving laborers is not
L remedy for existing evils. These
evils have come as a result of class
legislation. In no other way could the
present conditions exist millions of
starving and half starving people in
the midst of plenty. The true remedy
for our sick nation is to remove all
plutocra;ic class legislation from our
national statutes. Ini> our national
Legislators understand full we'll, but.
like swine that have broken into a
field, they cant see. and refuse to be
driven ont 1T the hole in the fence they
came III at.
\ new party. party Of the people
to take charge Of the ship of state. is
the only Way we can secure our consti
tutional rightsf and obtain relief from
plutocratic rule. The Peoples party
is the only party that is pledged to
this needed Legislative reform. and
that proposes to turn the political
bosses out OF power. and to drive out
of our Legislative halls the paid hire
lings Of the great money trust. and
the great brood OF monopolies that
have been created 10y vicious leeisla-
ton. Don't be deceived YOU can't
obtain relief by voting with and for
your enemies. People Paper.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-07-19
constitutional Rights.

Coxev languished in prison for
trealing on the Congressional grass III
Washington. Breckenridge holds a
seat in Congress despite of his having
trolden Congressional homer under
about Il: Shall thes" insults pass IN
punished or shall those who were ac-
tive in having Coxev arrested. judged
and sentenced be tried for malpractice
in Office. treason. or contempt Of con
stitutional rights: Let an investiya-
ton be made by the whole people AMI
thereby test the validity OF American
freedom. Light Of Truth.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-07-19
4 Money Famine.

Disguise il as you mav-the fact is.
this country is afflicted with money
famine. Many people. who have
failed to inform themselves. are quick
to dispute this fact. 1t is true. never
theless. as anyone may see. who will
look at the facts.
Before the panic" last year. the
business OF this country was being
done with $1,000 600 Of money.
and $1,000. 100000 of bank credit.
This made volume OF money. as rep
resented in the market. of $4,000 600.
600. The SoOO.O0o, 900. held by the
banks rs their reserve. being locked
up, cut no figure in the market. and
hence We omit thaa from the calcula-
tion.l
When the panic came the banks con-
tracted their credit $4,000, 900, 900,
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-07-19
and the people hid away $500. 600, 900

and the people hid away $500, 100000
Of the real mones. Now the real
money is gradually crawling out from
its hiding places -but We are still
short the $1,000. 900. 900 of bank credit
or confidence money. There is now an
actual deficit In the circulating me-
dunn of $4,000, 100000. This fact
ought to be understood and dwelt up
pom by all business men. They won
der why business doesn't revive. But
they might as we'll wonder why raft
does not float down stream when it is
stranded on the bottom of the river af
ter the water has fallen. Ii business
is restored by again initiating bank
credit, We will be subject to another
panic IA the ca'rice Of foreign cred
itors. But If business could be re-
vived BIZ L fresh issue of legal tenders.
sufficient to put us on a cash basis,
onr prosperity would be lasting. -
Monitor.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-07-19
"lSarn burners"

Way back in the 4O's when Adolf
tionists wer" passing. through that
stage of the fight against black slavery
that the Populists are now passing
through in their struggle to suppress
white slavery, there was branch Of
over-zealous supporters of abolition
Ideas who burned barns and haystacks
Of those who forciblv tried TO abrogate
compromises, and were known as
the barn burners" The barn burn.
ers started a party of their own and in
due course of time merged into the
Republican party. The burning Of
barns of enemies i'll those days seemed
TO be regarded by certain people as a
patriotic duty. all of which. in its
time. was alternately cursed and
praised as the train stealers" of to-day.
The train stealers'' may come to be
looked upon 10y and by as patriots if
something is not soon done to discour-
age the pastlme, in share Of a little
honest, healthy legislation.-Denver
Road
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from which they were getting the old
Iron. had never seen dynamite used
before, and / was very much interest,"
ed. 1 wished to light the fuse, for
there was some excitement in running
away before the crash came. The
great wheel was up three stories high.
1t was about twelve feet in diameter,
and filed the walls from side to side.
AS we stood beside it we could see
right down to the ground floor, for
there were gaps where planks were
missing. The stafrcases were merely
rlckety ladders, and a man had to look
where he was going if he did not want
to sprafn his ankle. The workmen had
been blasting for several days; they
had blown away all the gearing. and
axle of the wheel to set it free, when it
would go crashing down, carrying with
1t all the building, and most likely
making the old stone walls collapse in
ward with the pull They put lot of
dynamite in-five or six ounces. Har-
old and I. and the two workmen pulled
it about and fixed it up The fuse they
were going to use gave us four minutes
to get away. I lit it, and the first
match did not catch. though Harold
turned to bolt like u rabbit when he
heard it strike. I roared with laughter.
l think he had been afraid of my chaff
all through. or he would never have
been pcrched up where he was. The
next match caught the fuse, and went
off with a grand ';sizz''
Harold first. l next, and then the
two men tn blcd down pell-mell. We
had reached the second story, when a
great beam, looscned by previous cx-
plosions, and set off by the sudden
shaking of our descent, fell, catching
Harold across the legs, and pinning him
to the ground like puppy in II trap. +
believe he tainted straight away. for
he never made n sound. l could have
picked him up we'll enough if he had
been free, but I doubted if I could get
the beam Off him, and overhead that
Internal thing went on ''sizzing.''
yelled at the men, but before l could
turn they were past me, and down the
second staircase and out.
The beam was wedged across with its
upper end against the wall, raised four
or five feet from the floor, and the lower
end on the ground. OF course, it was
near the lower end that Harold was
pinned down. Everything was covered
with the white dust of dried mortar,
which has always turned me sick ever
since. Well, now, my great strength
might be useful, and l felt kind Of
mad exulta ton that at last could use
it to the uttermost of my power with
out shame.
I crept under that beam on all tours,
for1 could get a better leverage that
way. and I tried to raise it III my
back. / strained myself until thought
something would crack, and then slow
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-05-12
THE REASON WHY.
An Fxpla ma ton of the Rapid and Frema.
Aging OF Many Women.

ture Aging OF Many Women.
One reason why the average woman
wears out, grows old and plain before
her husband, is that through a mistalS-
en- idea of duty she lays out for herself
at the beginning of her married life
scheme plan of duty and employ
nent for her time, every hour filed
with work, with rare and short periods
of relaxation.
This she follows religiously for years,
feeling that she has done her duty, be-
cause every household event occurs
regularly and on time, while she soon
becomes merely machine, thing
without life of itself volition. She
settles into her rut and goes round and
round on the same track everlastingly.
Can any woman keep brightness,
originality of thought and speech, or
even mere prettincss with such a life,
and without those things how can she
keep her husband and growing chill
dren full of the loving admiration
which is the strongest chain by which
she can bind them to her? How bright
and jolly the neighbours wife seems
when she calls In nine cases out of
ten it is because the surroundings and
talk of your homo variety to her
and arouse her to originality and bright
ness of speech. Magazine.
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HELPS TO THE VOCALIST.

Tho knowing Eye, the Glad smile. and the
Innocent IIand-Nhat These Mean.
1t has Eeen observed that all the
pupils of a certain singing teacher in
New York have, when singing, a
bright, happy expression of counte-
nance, as though the art of vocalizing
was productive of the greatest de.
light.
young woman pupil, when asked
why this was so. replied:
Cur master teaches us that for the
production of a full, bright, ringing tone
three things are necessary: The know
ing eye, the glad smile and the inno-
cent hand.
that" asked her questioner. land what
have they to do with your singing,
anyhow?''
II shall tell you as well as l can. AS
regards the facial expression, the pu-
pills all imagine at first that it is taught
with the idea of its visual effect upon
an audience. That is by no means the
the case, although it is, of course, al
ways more pleasant to see a singer
with an agreea bic expression than one
with distorted visagc. However, an
alert, Intelligent eye seems to commu-
nicate its feeling somehow to the
throat; one feels surer of the pitch, and
the tone is altogether better Try sing
ing with such an expression, and again
with heavy, listless eye, and see the
difference.
Now for the glad smile 1t is such
a smile extends from the lips to the
eye, and, in fact, affects the whole face.
BY it the interior of the mouth, just
back OF the teeth, is rounded, the pass
age from the windpipe to the lips is
made perfectly clear, and the sound
emitted becomes bright, gladstone and
ringing. Oh, that smile is a wonder
full help, particularly for those notes
above ID in the staff
~ underst ia nd that pretty WE'LL" said
the interlocutor. ''but how about the
innocent hand?' That sounds like the
nonsense
Not at all The hands should be
sheet of music is used it should be held
lightly between the fingers. This is
important Some singers have a habit
of knotting their hands together, or
clutching their music as though they
feared it would get away. Now the
muscles which knot these fingers are
away up in the arm, contiguous to the
muscles of the chest and not far from
those of the throat. The strain upon
them affects these other muscles, inter-
feres with breathing, and tires the
throat.
Now, does it sound so much like
nonsense? I tell you they are great
things, the knowing eye, the glad
smile, and the innocent hand;' it wasn't
until / had learned their value that i
was allowed to sing in public, and to
them do l attribute much of my sue
eess.''-N. Y. Sun.
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Grena dine Gowns.

The black grenadine most seen
among imported gowns is of why silk
that makes it substa ntial, though it is
as thin as mousseline de sole. That
closely wrought with thick silk dots is
evidently most liked, the dots being
black colored according to fancy,
pink or green dots. or those OF fuchsia,
Petunia, or other purplish reds, icing
very effective They are made over
black silk satin, the grenadine skirt
being extremely wide, gathered to the
belt, with some pleats down the sides,
and finished around the foot with a
single row of velvet ribbon two inches
wide, or a narrow rucfe of lace or of
satin ribbon. The round waist is gath
cred to ribbon collar and belt and
fastened invisibly. Equisite sleeves
have large soft puffs of the Transparent
IA brio caught here and there to display
its thinness, and are SHRED around the
forearm To brighten up the waist,
white guipure lace ten inches wide and
pointed on the lower edge is gathered
just beneath a cravat bow and carried
down under the arms. then brought up
in the back, to be gathered again just
b.low the collar. Bazaar
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-05-12
COM RADE&,

"cr amt over-not u Bit
Every night ut comes
Bill and me {been thar, you seen
Jes' muster all the drums!
An while the sparks is hyin',
An the fret cracks away:
We fight an fight from left to right
The blue aztn' the gray!
War amt over--bet yer lifei
Bill was union: 80.
Lights his pipe, on then he's ripe
Fer argument, you know.
Swears he whipped u.s. fust an last
An might be at 1t still;
When ole Bull ltun iines in tho fun.
An git one on Bill:
We alls an talk. an have our say
Go over all the groun';
An Bill, he makes the war his way,
An then jos lays II down!
But keep clost up on his trail,
An keep on f'rtn' TILL
He says, says he: Cant git 'roun' metz
Then git one on Bill!
But all so friendly! What's the use
In bctn' otlierw1seS
Scnce we've done turned the blame thing
loose,
Til. Lords sent brighter skies:
An bin an me (becn thar. you sce)
Jes' arRy COS we will:
An Il II gifts one on me-.aI fun
An git one on BIZ:
+. L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
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ly. slowly. it moved on its low end like
a pivot. Every second expected the
explosion, and when l had let the end
rest again on pile of stones, and
raised myself. did not care what hap
pened, for l was blind and deaf with
the blood in my head. and l thought
my heart had burst.
! picked up Harold, and staggered
down the stairway and across the
rough flooring. l had hardly cleared
the door when there was a deafening
roar and hidcous crash. Something
caught me on the back. and sent me
spinning, and believe lost conscious
ness.
It was only n few minutes after when
I opened my eyes, for those runaway
fellows were trying to lift me, but
raised myself, and saw to my amaze
ment that the rubbly old walls were
still standing. This fact had probably
saved us, for the whole damage was in
side, and only a few loose stones had
flown out Of the window holes. 1t was
one of these that had hit me. Harold,
poor little chap. had both his legs bad
ly smashed, and it seems 1 had made
the fracture worse in carrying him, but
l could not help it.
When l stood inside the building and
saw the whole of the wood and IRON
work in a heap on the floor, 1 felt rath-
er sick; there would not have been
1AuCH leu o1 US II we 7sau DceR On0er It.
/ was strained and bruised all over,
and it was months before 1 got right
again. The strangest thing is that
married the girl who had called me
brutal; she does not think me brutal
now. Harold showed his gratitude in
a substant ial way by getting me a very
good berth as an agent, and relieving
me of my one burden, for as it hap
pened he married my sister.
I and my wife have travelled half over
the world, and been in all sorts of GU tot
the-way places, and have made up nv
mind never to judge by appearances
again. for that little bit of porcelain
can ste nd the roughing every bit as
we'll as I can-and, what's more, she
enjoys it.-Black and White
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THE SLEEPING ROOM.
Neat and Pretty FurnishinRs for the Prf-
vate Chamber.


vate Chamber.
Sleeping room floors, whatever the
depth OF the purse, are best covered
either with good Mating, with a small
rug for warmth, and to save wear be-
fore the bed, dresser and ~ashstand,
or with a plain colored filing as Dor.
der and n largo rug in the center, or
with a rug and n painted stained
border. The last in this case should be-
first, and the mating should be second
choice. The border in all rooms where
the center is covered by a rug is usual
ly from twelve to eighteen inches wide.
There are pretty and good ingram
rugs, in case others are too expensive.
For the small rugs q breadth of Brus-
sells carpet of the right length, with
wool fringe across the ends, is often
preferred to the small Smyrna rugs.
also makes handsome rug. A
suitable remnant of either kind
can often be bought at a bargain.
If brass bedsteads are too high-pri ccd
for bed rooms, those of iron, painted
white or a color, with simple brass
mountings, are dainty and Clearly. A
chest of drawers in light wood looks
we'll with such a bedstead. 1 have
seen a good plain one from ten to
twelve dollars. Every room nowadays
has its dressing table. If not of pol
ished wood, with a plate-glass mirror,
ana cunning drawers that open with
quaint brass handles, they are low
packing boxes. dressed in skirts of ere.
tonne, muslin or lace. Through a ring
in the wall, or from a frame work, cur
tains are draped down each side of the
little mirror that hangs at the back.
The large, old-fashioned mahogany
stools that once graced our grand
mothers best Parlors are at a premium
to place before the dressing table. One
of the stools that has been restored for
a bed room with accessories of green
and violet is covered with a brocadc
that com bines those colors.
A writing-tab BILE, too, is a necessity in
a well-furnished sleeping room. They
come in light and dark wood at all
prices When too expensive, 4 charm
ing substitute that adorns any room is
made from one of the low pine cutting
ables used in dressnaking. The toy
of such tables is covered with billiard
cloth to har1nonize with the coloring of
the room. The cloth is carried over
the edge and fastened with small orna-
mental nails, with ordinary taclzs,
over which n narrow silk or dull metal
lie gimp is laid. a pretty ,rritiny-pad
is laid on top. The legs of such ia blcs
may also be covered painted with
enamel paints a set Of Shelves, with
the addition of a pretty curtain for its
color. or a low open bookcase, also add
to the comfort of the room.--N. Y.
POST
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A NICE, SOFT WAY.

It Brought an Expression Of Gratitude
From tho Bone fciary.
The relator of this story was on his
way up Monroe avenue the other day
when a chap who looked scedily anx-
ious stopped him at Farmer street to
say:
very anxious to find out. Can there be
such thing as snake in the human
stomach?''
"Why, have heard of such cases"
''Did you ever see one?
mo. Why do you aSk?"
''We11 I met Il chap down here who
was complaining that he swallowed a
snake ten years ago, and that it was
bothering him Il great deal. He seemed
an honest, truthful man, but l didn't
know what to make of his story"
Ibid that snake want anything in
particular just then?''
1.-The chap said as how he did, sir,
and that was why 1 was suspicious of
him.
''Did he say it was about the usual
hour for the snake to take a glass OF
bccr?"
*.He did, sir. That's exactly what
he said"
''And if he didn't get it he would
keep on acting up and making things
unpleasant?"
'Ycs, SIR
man appeared TO De CONSCIENTIOUS
and truthful, CHIP
Indeed he did"
HE wouldn't have deceived You just
to get glass of becr?'
Il don't think he would, sir. He
was holding his hands on his sides,
just this way, and his face was all
screwed up, like this, and / don't think
he would act that way unless there
was something wrong
But you didn't help him?"
''N-no, sir. l wanted to be sure, you
know
Il think know the man. I think
he is standing right here beside me.
Here is a nickel to stop that riot
going on down behind his vest, and
there's plenty of saloons in this To-
cality."
''Sir!'' he aid as he received the coin
and bowed and scraped. Il am So years
old and have travelled all over the
world. but l am free to say that yo,
have the incest, softest way Of doing
something for man without letting
him know it that l ever did behold!
Myself and the other fellow and the
ruction are Obliged to you, sir, and
may you live Z thousand years and
never know a sorrow. "-Detroit Free
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This description applied to me. had
not meant to Overhear it, but If ladies
will come and sit behind pots Of ever
green ut a dance, and discuss their fell
are about even that some friend of the
victim, If not tho unhappy creature
himself, overhears them. The worst
OF it in this case was that l knew it
was true. every word of It. 1 was an
unlicl<cd cub. and heavens. how my
strength oppressed me!
longed to be 4 navvy on i railroad,
a pioneer in the far west; anything
but what ! was, n subordinate in a city
Office. I hated London. Sometimes
when 1 walked up Piccadilly in y COR
rect hat and regulation coat, longed
to dance wildly into the roadway or
seize IL middle-aRed gentleman round
the place where his waist should be
and hurl him across the street. Very
mad. wasn't it? But l was a young
giant in muscle and height. and I had
no outlet for it. l had tried all sorts
Of dissipation, of course, but that did
not do any good, either; it was hard
work and healthy living wanted. If
! had been alone in the world l would
have been of somewhere long before
this. bu: / had sister dependent on
me, and If l turned myself into a COL
onist. what could she do?
Brutal, was 1? Cad, could be if 1
liked. was too big oil over to remain
com fortably in the vanished suit of
conventionality; burstit out at all the
seams. A spirit of mischief came over
me. l knew the girl who had applied
that pleasing epithet to me; she was a
Miss Russell, an heiress. so ] walked
quietly around the screen and asked
her to dance with me-
do believe it was not humbug, she
was afraid of me, in fact, too much
afraid to refuse. 1 did not wonder at
it when l had her in my trims; she was
such little bit of a thing. l could
have snapped both her wrists in one
hand. 1 felt as if I'd got piece of
porcelain in my charge, SO that had
to steer very carefully.
''Do you know, MIR. Markham,' she
said, we sat out afterwards, that
am often half-frightened of you; you
look so fierce"
I longed to ask: ''And bruta1?'' but
was afraid Of frightening her. so ( only