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The advocate., 1889-08-17
GOING no QUIT BUSINESS.

W. H. Wood is going to close out
bis business at cost.
No fooling about it. He means it.
He is going TO close out his entire
stock ut actual cost and something
below cost; 80 no can leave for the
new field DO you want good goods
below tho price you have ever paid
for them? If so w. II. Woods is the
place and now is the time. 1t is to
your interest as well as mine to avail
yourself Of this opportunity. He will
make your money go further than
any merchant in this country. Don't
forget the place W. H. Wood is the
man.-Bring your family and stay all
day.--No trouble to show goods. He
has contracted to sell his store room.
He has 40 acres Of land. and three
acre tract adjoining Meriden, which he
wishes to sell or trade and his store
is chuck full Of good goods at cost
The advocate., 1889-08-17

~ very Pleh F4eAlS PhIbN ~"
scmbled in Groshongs grove Thurs
day. II was Cotton up by tho young
folks in and around Mcriden. A jolly
good time was enjoyed all day. Choice
refreshments were plentiful Pretty
girls bewitchingly Ottired, and their
manly looking escorts made the grove
ring with merriment, and all were
sorry when the deepening twilight
signaled the time TO bronk up.
Hon Walter N. Allen returned last
Thursday from tho annual meeting
Of tho Farmers Federation at Tope-
ka. Mr.. Allen spcaks in tho most
conidont and enthusiastic terms Of
the success Of the movement He
says that thcro exists II general and
very hearty sentiment Of its feasibil-
ity md cminently practical purposes
which are proposed to equalize the
LoncAts from agricultural products,
The plon although stupendous is
remarkable forthc simplicity Of its
methods bywhich it proposes to nc
complish its aim.
Tho services Of the Holy assump-
ton wero held at the Gath
olic church Thursday Rev.
Thos. +. ColTey Of Scranton,
Pa. ofiiciated. Father Coffey's able
discourse was listened to by a large
congregation aii5Rg whom were those
who knew him as oneof the youthful
pioneers Of Kansas. He was one Of
the earliest and most intimate asso-
ciates Of the writer, who remembers
him MS u youth Of the most amiable
disposition and exemplary life, and
from such n boyhood has developed
the kind, genial and learned priest
whose visit to the regret Of many is
to boa brief one.
A. terrible hail storm swept over
Hiawatha last Wednesday and the
damage in that vicinity is estimated
at from $2,0O0,000to $3,0O0,000. The
storm moved u path about three miles
wide and twenty miles long. Corn
was. cut down by the hail and whole
fields luid in utter waste. Great trees
were split in pieces Apples and
peaches blown from trees when struck
with hail were cut in two. Thousands
Of window panes were broken out,
and tho hail eyon cut holes in house
roofs, killed chickens, and where it
struck cattle cut through their hides
to the bone. Thousands Of dollars
worth Of bridge property has been
swept away. The hail stones weigh
cd from one ounce to one pound.
GOING TO QUIT BUSINESS.
The advocate., 1889-08-17
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

WIN. oJfony, OF Lyons, suclueu Dy
taking morphine, this week.
A twelve year old boy waif at Ho-
boken has fallen heir TO $4,000.
Trees were up-rooted and general
havoc played by tho late storm in
Lawrence.
Robert Schoonover, farmer living
near Wichita was struck and killed
by lightning last Monday.
Kansas City men have been inspect
ing tho Topeka Electric railway sys-
tenn with q view 10 constructing a sim
liar ono at home.
The deep water convention at To-
peka, Oct LIST, will probably have a
delegation from various states OF not
less than one thousand.
Robert Snyder al ElDoradoy while
under the influence Of rum shot his
wife and mother-in-law probably
wounding them both fatally
A serious and fatal wreck occurred
on the Rock Islaud near Topeka last
Tuesday, caused by a collision be-
tween o passenger and freight trains.
A terrific thunder bolt from q clear
sky paralized the citizens Of Downs
with fear last Saturday. Several cit
izens who were working on q bridge
received severe electric shocks.
LaCygne, Kan. Aug. 13; The TT,
Scott Browns beat the LaCygne
Black Diamonds today in a we'll con-
tested game Of baseball. The score
stood 5 to4 in favor of the Browns.
Col. g. A. Stacey has been ap-
pointed official press reporter for the
Kansas department for the year 1889,
and will accompany the Kansas head
quarters to the National reunion at
Milwaukee.
Sec. Il. g. Moon Of the State fair
association is overrun with applicants
for booths. Mr.. Moon says this is the
best evidence of a successful fair, for
these faikers drop failure like a hot
potato and give it the go by.
The Topeka Capital of the 4th con-
tains a most delightful and graphic
description Of Colorado scenery. The
article is from the pen Of Miss Mary
Abarr, well known as one of the most
charming and versatile writer's Of the
west.
The fifth annual reunion of the
sixth Kansas Cavalry veteran associa-
ton will be held at Junction City
Sept. II IL and 13t Special rates
have been obtained from all points at
one and one-third fare on the certif.
cate plan.
The gross earnings oil the Atchison.
Topeka IL Santa Fe railroad for July
wereS1, ,878,399, decrease from same
month last year Of $40, 73S, the gross
earnings Of the railroads in which the
Atchison has a half interest are Sl09,-
696 q decrease Of @l25OO.
The advocate., 1889-08-17
ADDITIONAL LOCALS,

Subscribe Tor The ADVOCATE.
Miss Josie Rodgers Is spending the
summcrin Topeka
Look at Kendalrs S1.50 boot. War
rAnted
Take your produce to A, a. j. W.
Mosier and get tho highest market
price
Mr.. T.. Cucly, Of Stark Go. Ohio,
was visiting relations in Meriden last
week
SEQ our womens Glove Grain shoe
for $I50 1t is q daisy.
A. NJ. w. Mosier
At Che moment Of going to press
the death Of Mr. j. Rutty is announc-
cd. Particulars next issue.
A. Cronc has purchased the stock OF
the racket store, and will move into
his own building next week
We are selling Boots and Shoes
lower than ever.
y. KENDALL MERCANTILE Go.
Chas. schepps!Gof the Roller mills
departed for Dubuque, Iowa, last
Monday for an extensive visit to his
old home,
A largo congregation was in attend
anco to hear Elder Mitchell at tho
church Of the United Brethren last
Sunday evening.
DR.. Bailey preached to large con-
gregation at the Presbyterian church
last sunday morning. Every seat in
the church was occupied.
Our Clothing & Dry Goods are
commencing to arrive. Come and get
first choice.
KENDALL MER. Go.
Tho ladies' of the Presbyterian
society will give an entertainment in
their church a week from next Friday.
"a full programme will appear in our
next issue.
We are soon going East to purchase
our Fall and Winter stock; and we
can safely say it will be by far the
largest stock that will be brought to
Meriden. A. & j. w. Mosier.
Matthew Smith of Topeka is visiting
IBIS brother-in-law S. b. Wade and
family east Of town. Mr.. Smith has
recently returned from California
where he spent two years on the Pa
cifc coast
Moon light nights again, and they
are not being wasted. A drive on u
moon light night is quite an enjoyable
affair around the pleasant lanes of
Meriden, especially when a fellows
sweet heart does the driving and gives
him a chance topay all of his atten-
tion to the moon.
A statement was made in last weeks
ADVOCATE that Mr.. j. G. Gerber in
tended to retire from the hotel busi-
ness. In correction, Mr.. Gerber says
that he has offered his property and
hotel patronage for sale and will re-
The advocate., 1889-08-17
wv. j. HILEMAN,r.as
Blacksnnithing and
Wagonmakin

IIorse.Shoeng and Repairing in all its Branches
am prepared to do all sorts Of wooden work pertaining ~
Wagon and Buggy making and Repairing we'll Black
Smithing.
tY- PLOW WORK will receive prompt attention
The advocate., 1889-08-17

litcal tenets; all we want ID revenue, fnl4.
tribute to add to our riches. Lave inheriter
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-02-08
The Apology Worse Than the Ofrepxs

A little girl who had foolish habit
of plain speaking was taken to the sew.
ing circle with her mother. On enterin,
the room, after exchanging greetipGs
with several matrons of her acquaiDt.
lance, Miss Truthful walked up to an.
other lady, and in the confident tone Of
one who gives utterance to self evident
fact, she said, loud enough for every one
present to hear:
"why, Mrs. Handley, how hOmely you
arem
While the victim was hiding her con.
fusion as best she might, and the rest
were trying hard to conceal their amaze.
ment. the young lady herself was hastily
taken from the room.
Once in the hall, she was dealt with
some " hat severely, and made to feel the
enormity of her unintentional rudeness.
Then she was taken back to apologize.
Walking straight up to Mrs. Handley,
while all the ladies held their breath 10
listen. she said, with trembling tones
and the tears still upon her cheeks:
'Mrs. Handley, I'm sorry you're so
homely p YOUTHS Companion.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-02-08
CamphOr Making.

Camphor is made in Japan in this way {:
After tree is felled it is cut up into
chips which are laid in tub or a large
iron pot partially filled with water and
placed over a slow fire. Through holes
in the bottom of the tub, steam slowly
rises, and beating the chips generates oil
and camphor. Of course, the tub with
the chips has a closely fitting cover.
From this cover bamboo pipe leads to
a succession of other tubs with bamboo
connections, and the last of these tubs is
divided into two compartments. one
above the other, the dividing floor being
perforated with small holes to allow the
water and the oil to pass the lower COM
partment. The upper compartment is
supplied with straw layer, which
catches and holds the camphor in crystal
in deposit as it passes to the cooling
process. The camphor is then separated
from the straw, packed in wooden tubs,
and ready for market. The oil is used
by the natives for Illuminating and
medical purposes.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-02-08
COw-bOys' Hats.

The wide brimmed hats worn 10y cow
boys are, am informed, made in Brook
lyn A manufacturer, who has be in
the business since 1S4e, told me the other
evening:
Those hats that have become so well
known in the East and in Europe since
Buffalo Bill organized his great show
are made right here in Brooklyn. They
cost, wholesale, SO each, and will last
three or four years. Only the best stock
that can be bought is used, and the most
expert workmen are employed in their
manufacture 1t would not pay to put
valuable stock in the hands OF any but
the very best workmen, and so whenever
l hear Of an unusually good hand | send
for him and make it worth his while TO
come to me, and in that way can always
get fair profit for my goods, because
men all over the country know that
cannot afford to offer them an inferior
article. You can buy cowboy hat for
$4 or 3, but the first rain storm ruins
it. "-Brootim Citizen.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-02-08
The Ownership of Photographs.

Mr.. Justice North's photograph de-
cision recently rendered in London dis
poses once for all, it may be hoped, of
the popular falacy respecting property
in private photographs. Sundry I'M
scrupulous photographers have claimed
the right to sell and exhibit photographs
of their customers against their will,
and although they had been paid for
taking them. Efforts to prevent this
have been met in the past by lega! opin-
ions affirming the legal right of a photo
grapher to do what he liked with mega
tives or impressions from negatives,
which confessedly remained his prop
erty. The court has now blown this con-
tention to the winds. THE photo
grapher," said Mr. Justice North, ''is
wholly in the wrong" and he perempt-
orily enjoined him against both exhibit
ton and sale. The negative belongs to
the photographer; the copyright belongs
to the person photographed.-NeaO 10rA
Trii1Lne
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-02-08
A BIBLlOMANIACS STORY.
BY NATHAN NJ. LEVY.

| have been all MY life a lover of
books. For years my father kept the
only book store in the thriving town of
D-,,and there my love for first editions,
back-letter copies, proofs before letter,
and rare volumes was fostered. Before
l arrived at that interesting period of
existence, known as twenty one, .
bibliomania had become such an abiding
passion with me that forgot that was
intended for the law. | preferred Boffin
to Blackstone, tail-pieces to tenures,
and Japan paper to legal-cap.
My father was not hard hearted man,
but he was stern when thwarted, and
when | made known to him my aversion
to the law, he stormed and threatened
AS consequence, left D. with my
parents best wishes and few gold
pieces which had long preserved for a
copy of Hogarth's Hudibras, of which I
had read, there were but twelve copies
printed. With what Eang | left the
cherished volumes on thy fathers shelves
the folio Shakespeare, the we'll
thumbed Odyssey, the illuminated Bible,
and the rest! With what pang, too,
o Mary, I left thee at my mothers gate.
with the big promises, of fame and tor
tune l would soon place at thy feet, To
this day | can see the tears swimming in
thine eyes and tcel the tremor in thine
hands!
arrived in the broad city of b,
and after much irritating search, en-
gagged lodgings in mail street far from
the busy hum of that new Babylon. I
paced the avenues, peevcd into the shops,
read the ADVERT, cmcnt,, and viewed
with alarm the rapid disintegration of
my gold pieces into silver, from silver
into copper, from copper into air. My
only consolation in these trying times
was the rare old Dibdin l possessed. l
Rugged it all the more now that nv
hopes of Hudibras had fed. With what
torture I recalled the words, twelve
copies, large paper, 1744, vols, with
DIR. Gray's Annotations, and cuts by
Hogarth." So impotent is all human
desire, so vain all human wish!
In accord with that last resort of all
desperate men, set up as an author I
forgot my contempt for the Theo' aids
and the Dennises, and the Minerva Press
and became hack. Eheu, a man must
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-02-08
Antiquity of the Reaper.

The first reaper of which we have a
description was one used in Gaul, and
described by Pliny, about A. d. 20. In
the fourth century Ialladlus gives 4
good description of a heading machine,
something similar to those now in use in
California. This header had a row Of
sharp teeth at the front edge, and the
heads were torn off, and not cut as in
modern machines. This machine has
now been reinvented, and it is used for
gathering clover seed. Little or no
change was made in the earlier reapers
and mowers until the present century,
and most of those made prior to 1890
were heavy and cumbersome; conse-
quently they were not generally popular.
The Hussey and McCormick's were the
earliest of the successful reapers, and
very soon thereafter the light running
American machines advanced to the
front, and have remained in the lead up
to the present time.-New York Sun.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-02-08
Yermont's Bounty on Foxes.

Vermont has for years paid bounty
of fifty cents for every dead fox, and i:
is said in the two years past $40, 900 has
been paid in bounties. The other day
a countryman appeared before the coun-
ty treasurer with eleven young foxes,
on which he wanted the bounty. Three
of them were alive, and he thought it
was hard that he could not get the
bounty and keep them for pets. When
he was told that bounties were paid on
dead foxes only, he killed the three
little fellows at once and called for the
81. 50.-Ne1o York Sun.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-02-08
THE FARMERS DECISION.

well, wife, have studied it over, I've give
Il good deal of thought,
I've reckoned the costs and requirements, the
trials which at ease will be fought;
I've looked Ger the pages Of trouble, and
jotted the items all down.
And at last I've decided we5 better be
mevin' off to town.
81 know the old place is relic that we al
ways intended to keep,
And we shall, for we'll rent it to some one
who knows how to plow and to reap;
Yes, wen rent the old homestead, not sell it,
SO you needn't begin with frown,
Then, after the thing is all settled, we will
take our departure for town.
'This matter l long have considered, and
now then l think it is best
That we rent out the lands and the houses,
and seek this new Eden of rest.
We must try to be up with the fashions-O,
pshaw! we're not any too old,
I'm sixty and you're about fifty, not very
big figure all told.
eve purchased house of townsman, tits
fully two good stories high.
1got it at purity low tigers, so l thought it
would be best to buy;
There's ev'ry convenience we're wantin' both
inside the mansion and out
The whole thing was bought at bargain, for
l think know'd what rs about.
"You see we can take up our quarters, and
you, if good fortune attends,
Can put on your best new apparel and call
on your fashionable friends;
While I, with my latest-cut trowsers, and
you, with your new pin-back gown
Why, the papers are bound to take notice
and say we're residn' in town.
''To be surel we'Il be ever so tony'-I guess
that's the word that they use;
They'll invite us to dinners and suppers, and
be mad if we dare to refuse.
We will rent new church-pew and buy new
books, and should the good people de-
Our assistance we'll lend to the calm, and
send forth our notes i'll the choir"
So the farmer, good SOUL found tenant, a
man that could see to affairs"
And he rented the premises safely and
dropped agricultural cares.
He drew up the rentable papers and copied
them Off in his book
And now that the business is settled, let's go
into town for a look.
''WEy, Solomon! what is the matter, is
there anything out of the way?
I've been thinkin' I'd tell you of somethin'
and | guess I will do it to-day:
You know l attended the social-they didn't
give me an invite,
And my feelin's were never so shattered as
they were on that very same night.
81 heard one proud feminine critter make
difrent remarks bout my face,
And one of 'em said how my speeches didn't
fit in their material place:
1never did sleep with a grammar, so tried
to be perfectly cool,
But l guess how if l dared say it, could
told which of us was the fool.n
And the farmer agreed with his helpmate,
he'd trial Of similar kind,
He said it had badly hurt him, and was
''preyin' jst now on his mind"
And taking affairs altogether, combining the
grammar and face,
Why. he thought that eff Betsy was willin'
they'd jist move back on the place."
Courier Journal
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-02-08

The smallest steam engine ever made
has just been completed, after two years
of labor, for the Paris Exhibition. It is
composed of $50 pieces of metal is a
>hade under three-ffths of an inch in
height, and weighs less than one-ninth
of an ounce.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-02-08

The number of muscles in an eie-
plants trunk, according to London
medical authorities, is 80, l22, and he has
use for each and every one of them.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-02-08

There are more than twenty Russian
Princes who are entitled to be styled
Grand Duke.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-02-08

After hard rain at the site of old An
Jacksonville Prison it is easy to collect
trlnkets worn by Union soldiers who
were confined in the prison. A dozen
brass buttons aud belt clasp with the
letters L. S. on it were picked up there
the other day.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-02-08

Marble statues are noted for their
stony expression. -Pittsburg Chronicle.
The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-03-16

NOTICE TO CO.OWNER.-To Fred johnson
~ and I'd. Stewart: You are hereby notified
that have expended ss7. 80 in labor and improve
ments upon the Midnight quartz lode mining mining
claim, situated in the New World Mining dlstrlct, @
Nv certificates filed in the Office of the recorder OF
said district, in order to hold the said premises
under the provisions Of section 2s4 revised stat
utes Of the United States, being the amount re-
same for " the year 1883 And if within Eihety days
after the notice by publication you faiI OF refuse
to contribute your proportion Of such exgenSdi s
one-eighth interesO $3.50; and Ed. Stewart dor
his one-fourth interest in said clam) $8, togetn,
er with cost of odvertisng your interests IN SAID
claim will become the property OF the subscriber
under said section 1924 . 900,
Dated at Livingston, Montana, Dec; q, l8SS;
The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-03-16
First pub. Jan. 26th 1897

N1OTICE OF FORFEITURE.-L n.
IN r., January l4th, 1889. To Thomas Malson,
D. g. HOLMAN and L. A. Luce: r0q are hor neleOd end
improvements upon the Nashville, Mammoth
and Gertie quartz lodge mining claims, situated
IN the New World mining district, Park ,a county,
cartincates filed IN the Office of the recorder OF
ssd COUNTY in order to hold said premises under
the provisions Of section ssA Of the Revised
Statutes Of the United States being the am1Snt se
isS" ,sg1 and 1888, and the Mammoth and Gestie ts
Claims for the year ending December 81, lssS
And if within ninety dsys after the - pun pun.
,r;nnt.. vonr proportions Of snch expenditure as
MiD"M .'nrs su"' viz: Thomas Watson one-third in
serest in the Nashville D G. aS HOLMAN fnse ons,
sixth interest in the Mammoth . ano claims viii
@ become the property Of the subscriber under said
section 2824. r.pr,N n.RRrEN
ian 10. 0A"!AN
The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-03-16

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Land OMce
N at Bozeman, Montana, January II, 18S9.-No-
tce is hereby given that the following named set
tier has fled notice of his intention to make final
proof in support Of his claim and that said proof
will be made before the judge OF the Third 1u-
dicial district court, or in his absence
before the clerk Of said district court.
at Livingston, Montana. on Monday
March IS, 1889, VIZ: James s. GO Konrke, s t1ts
northeast a Of section 30, township /, north OF
range 10, east He names the following wit
nesses to prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation Of, said land. VIZ: James b.
Murphy. George b. Hamilton, Samuel $. Murphy
and George n. Coe, all of Myersburg, Montana.
GEO. W. MONROE, Register.
lat nub feb q. 1885
The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-03-16

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATIONS. : Land Office
IN at Bozeman, NJ. IT,. Feb @, 1889 Notice
has filed notice of his intention to make final
proof in support Of his claim, and that said proof
will be made before the judge of the Third jndic.
ial district, in his absence before the clerE OF
day, April sth, 1889, viz: David X. Buchanan
who made Presumption D. s. No. s6s, for the s's
Of northeast quarter and lots and and northeast ia
east. He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, and cultiva-
ton of, said land, viz: David Doucet, Napoleon
Ebert George ". Grant and Adam Schlee, OF
Livingston, N. T. GEO. W. MONROE,
ust pub March 2nd, 1881 Register.
The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-03-16

NOTICE TO COowNER-To Amel KunzeI,
IN You are hereby notified that have expend-
proyements upon the following named quartz
lode mining claims, viz: ''The Hecla,n situated
in the New World Mining district, County OF
PARK. Territory of Montana, as will appear by
certiacates filed in the Office of the recorder of
said district in order to hold the said premises
under TIE provisions of section 1924, revised stat
utes Of the United States, being the amoMnt Ss re-
H ms: and if within ninety days after notice by
nnbiicaiion YOU fall or refuse to contribute your
proportion of such expenditure as eoGwnsr, VIZ 2;
the Of the under said
section SsA. Settlement to be made with George
II. Wright at the Office of the LIvIMGsI0S @ INTER
~ Manager Queen Esther Mining Co.