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The advocate., 1890-05-14

the field work Of which is under my
charge lies between parallels thiry-hye
and forythree. This Includes that por-
ton Of Nebraska west Of line running a
little east Of Canton, David CITY and
Crete, and q short distance west Of Beat
rice; chat portion Of Kansas west of a
line drawn through near Junction CITY,
Marion and Winfield the Cherokee out.
lot; Oklahoma and that portion Of the
Indian Territory west Of IL; the public
land strip; the Panhandle north Of Col
Inns and Deaf Smith counties, and that
part Of Colorado east Of Sterling, Akron,
Hugo and I4as Animas
Though this Is a large district and the
time for doing the work required is very
short IL is desired that the work shall be
no less thorough and complete than in
any other portion Of the territory covered.
10 this end / ask the cooperation Of
every person residing, or Interested In
tho district, and, as q preliminary matter
Of great importance, | wish 10 have In
formation Of the location (section, town
and range, II possble) Of every boring for
deep water ever made in the district,
whether water was obtained thereby or
not and Of every important spring or
deep pool Fed from subtorrane0n sources
70 be found within the limits defined,
II those who have sunk such wells, or
have I'm intimate knowledge Of any such,
or who can give full particulars Of inn
port0nt springs will send name and adj
dress TO me at once, il will aid materially
IN the work. The newspapers are espe-
cially requested TO aid in securing the
information sought, as it Is for the good
Of all concerned.
j. w. GREGoRY,
Division Field Ag't, Garden City, Kan.
The advocate., 1890-05-14
Grain Market.

ON iCHANOE,
An trading on The board Is on the basis VI &c
per 100 Tor corn, OHtS and rye, and l0c for whCAt
to the river Sales of corn 10 be shipped TO Mem.
nhls are based on u i9c rate,
ON T1tE CAtt.
No, . hard winter wheat C,lsh, 4 ears, SlC
No. 3 hard winter wheat CllSh, 50c, May
ears, 7Slic.
NO, . red winter wheat, cash, . ears, S7c May,
5 ears, SIC.
CORN--On the call No. 9, cash, sold at 2SAc,
on TilE GALL TODAY,
No, 9 corn, Cllsh, 10 ears, 2Salc May b cars,
2Si6C,
oATs-No, ., cash, car 20Hc May, 27Hc
bid, 26tlC asked
RYE-No ., cash, 40 bid, a asked May ]
ear No.
HAY-Strlctly fancy prairie, SG.0OGG,60 good
60 choice, S3.50ini.O0, poor, $500
FIAN-SEED Si,2b per bushOl for spot cash, ON
a basis of pure; sowing $40.
on CAKE-per 100 pounds sacked 4 o, b.,
Si,25, $40 per 900 pounds ST per ton Car lots
OSpcr ton,
The advocate., 1890-05-14

Tho State Exchange has now on sale in
Kansas City binders mowers, twine OF
all grades ready for shipment and they
particularly request the brethren order
ing twine to sign their names and give
addresses, The exchange is now well
supplied with harrows, cultiyators Of all
kinds, excepting the vibrating hitch cul-
tiyator and parallel beam.
When 10 ia stated that Hoover u Gam
ble's Excelsior implements are being
handled by the exchange II Is sufficient
guarantee Of their excellence.
The advocate., 1890-05-14
KANSAS CITY MARKETS.
Live Stool, Mnrkot.

KANSAS CITY, May Il.
The prices on cattle were
Dressed beef und shipping, S3,SJ6ol,O5 stays,
cows, S2,6Ou37O; helt0rS, S2.lB03l6i stOckers
and feeders, S3.30Gt87b.
The extreme range of sales OF hogs were S3,75d
3.0h; bulk no S3,Sb6f300
Prices ON sheep are rs follows Muttons, $500
M6.60.
The advocate., 1890-05-14

YhliNW lNt 10 eApfebh HlJhHll hbbl'
nofo definitely than did IN my too
llfBtlly written open lcttor u Is clear 70
lniy mind NJ last wherein lies the secret
0f Ril our financial troubles In the do
nain oi finance we are required TO make
use Of q commodity which we are pro,
nibited from producing for ourselves and
70 provision u made whereby lbs pro
luctiou for us Is made compulsory. In
ther words we are required to meet our
acnniary obligations 10 each other and
che government by means Of a legel
nder which we must not produce for
Fselyes while Il is left discretionary
.hosowho own the currency whether
ney will furnish o supply or not The
ksult Is, parties controlling the currency
Py dictate The terms on which they will
Z pply the people with the same.
" compel the people TO make usc Of a
nmodlty which they are prohibited
bm producing whilo not making IL oh.
satofy on some source TO furnish q
fpply Is simply to invite persecution,
bgfadatlon and slavery for the people.
iut this is just what the government is
1sSng td,day,
What sacrifice may not the people be
cd on TO make in order 10 possess
selyes Of universally necessary
odiiy which is subject TO the OK
htrol Of a few mdividuals2
10 look farther for the cause Of
ghtenod circumstances? Need
farther FOR the cause Of rapidly
ing debt? Need we look farther
lse why full grainaries are not nd
ler'yg 10 empty stomachsY Why
bthing houses are not adj
NO the exposed persons Of
M Need we look farther
aAof endangered homesteadaY
sy farther for the reason why
b control the currency Of the
rapidly possessing them
pbstanceP
~ Tho whole trouble originates
q provision 81 the government com
,N y K thopeople Co make use Of COM
BY over which neither tho people
lAS government has any control II
lPgnizsd by both people and govern
Ias private property Is It any Won
pnopolles are the order Of tho day
w our very financial system is a
e monopoly in itself9
ayernmont after making money
cessity to everybody, turns II
B cpntrol Of close corporation,
discretionary with such cor
,s gSlet8er the people shall be
rnot
h a doubt that herein lies the
An our financial troubles2
may be seen that which alone
pnt to reduce the people to bon
an we not call the attention Of
to this matter SO sharply as to
is immediate attention and ef-
v change in our monetary systemY
p Is so exclusively a public
Va money Of country must be
'NRS e@e country
sgit be, gentlemen Of con-
WI the people own tho legal
country, or shall the legal
40 TO own the people2 On
M nust depend the peoples
The advocate., 1890-05-14
n. April %, 1890
A.,,tation Wanted.

,anAtion Wanted.
sined was recently appoint
agent Of the arteslan wells
Erhrtment Of agriculture,
= ich u to ascertain the
sSs,a artesian wolls for
hurry ahjetween the ninety
sSSlsl0Rta ssSsa RFtad The foothills Of
V0n, @. z. 4 L. A.,h district,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-31
To Preserve Textile Fabrics.

A Belgian chemist has discovered means
for rendering fabrics, no matter how delicate
in texture or color, proof against the raw
ages of decay. The wonderful state of pres
ervation which the head bands of the Egyp-
tian mummies exhibit is due to their having
been impregnated with kind of resin. This
led the inventor to make certain experiments
with the substance extracted from birch
bark, TO which the peculiar aroma of Rus
sian leather is due, and he found out that the
green tar which was left over after the oil
used in tanning had been extracted from the
white bark of the birch tree yields neither
acid nor alkaloid, and that in solution with
alcohol it forms liquid of remarkable fluid
ity with the power of resisting, when once
dried, even the action of alcohol itself. This
substance will, it is said, unite with the most
delicate and brilliant colors, and render them
imperishab Manufacturer.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-31
Frankly Put.

The guests, but possibly not the host, at a
dinner given recently were greatly amused
by the innocent mistake of the little daughter
of one of the company. When 4-year-old
Rosalie, having tried her knife and fork on
the roast beef, passed her plate to her father,
he received it in discreet silence; but the
host, Rosalie's uncle, said quizzically' "Why,
Rosalie! Aren't you big enough to cut your
meat!"
"Yes, SIR" she replied, putting into form
the thought which her grown up fellow diners
were too polite to utter, II am big enough at
home, but this meat is so tough can't cut
it."-Youths Companion.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-31
Egyptian Book of the Dead.

The Egyptian Book of the Dead" or fu-
neral ritual contains, probably, the oldest
existing record of the faith of man in the i'm
mortality of the soul. Its chapters are found
inscribed on mummy cases, or written on
rolls of papyrus within them. 1t is supposed
the Book Of the Dead" originated with the
Egyptians between 1000 and 5000 years be-
fore Christ. A mummy case from the great
pyramid inscribed l ZOO years before the time
of Jesus has the following beautiful inspira-
ton: 80 God, the protector of him who cries
to thee, he is thine; let him have no harm;
let him be as one of thy flying servants. Thou
art he he is thou Make it well for him in the
land of spirits. st. Louis Republic.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-31
Musical Kites,

Musical kites are provided with a bamboo
resonator containing three apertures one In
the center and one at each extremity. When
the kite is flying the air, in rushing into the
resonator, produces somewhat intense and
plaintive sound, which can be heard at great
distance. The transverse rods of the frame
of this kite are connected at the extremities,
and give the kite the aspect of two birds
wings affixed to central axis.
This kite sometimes reaches large dimen-
sions-say, ten feet in width. There are
often three or four resonators, placed one
above another over the kite, and in this case
a very pronounced, grave sound is produced.
The musical kite is very common in China
and Tonqun: hundreds of them are some
times seen lowering in the air in the vicinity
of Hanoi. 1t is believed among the supersti-
tious to have the power of charming evil
spirits away, and with this object it is often
tied to the roofs of houses during the preva-
lence of winds, where, during the whole
night, it emits piuintive murmurs after the
manner of an Eolian harp.-New York
Telegram.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-31
Booth OFF the Stage.

Mr.. Booth is not a social man in the sense
that term is applied to such men as Chaun-
cey NJ Depew or Mr.. Whitney. He is not a
social man in the sense that Mr.. Irving is
social. Mr. Booth is reserve force. He
comes to the theatre in a carriage accom-
panied by his valet. From his carriage to
his dressing room, from the dressing room
to the parts he plays, back to his dressing
room, where he remains until his cue, and
then, after the play, to the hotel with his
valet, and then to beds the routine of
this most distinguished American actor
Chicago Tribune
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-31
A Large Contract,

Messenger boy from the foundry)-Here's
a box of type the boss sent up.
Reporter-Put it out on the vacant stair
here, not that one-next door, that vacant
stare belongs to the city editor You can't
fill that up, my boy; besides we want some
thing to sit on.-Van Dorn's
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-31

THE dry weather complained of in
the northwest has not prevailed in
the Louisiana sugar districts and
dry warm weather is anxiously
locked for as a necessity of the crop.
Texas averages we'll. Her rains are
being quite generally distributed and
her farmers see the situation in other
sections and are content.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-31

Ss .siHsa & ooiIq .stiaW bna no.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-31
Several Excellent Sentiments.

In an uptown boarding school, where the
methods of instruction are more practical
than fashionable, the following rule hangs
high in letters a foot long: Avoid sarcasm. {"
IL the same school it is considered "a sin to
fret" and vulgar to gossip. New York
World
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-31
He Is Still Hopinp,

Miss Hevyron-No, John, cannot listen
to your love. Farewell foreverl
John-Might 1 ask one question:
YES"
as this a Simon pure farewell, or one Of
the Patti brandr'-Harper's Bazaar
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-31

.ylibngo8l la9lbam 30 ID -
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-31

Judge-You say one of the musicians cuffed
your ears Was it the violnist or the piano
players
Complaining Witness-It must have been
the piano player, for the blow felt as if
mule had kicked me-Texas Siftings.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-31
What She Was Reading.

Mamma-Mamie, you mustn't read that
paper in the twilight. You'll hurt your
sight.
Mamie just want to finish this article.
what is it aboutf"
THE care of the eyes."-Epoch.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-31
Then Many Books Are BAD.

a good book is one that tells, in good Eng
lish, the story it has to; sees no necessity for
using foreign words and does not quote from
the Arabic OF the Sanscrit as if the author had
written it with an Encyclopedia Britannica
beside kim.-Ladies' Home Journal
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-31
Rules of the world.

According to Count Tolstoi Hebrews and
women are the real rulers of the modern
world. The Hebrews, he says, control trade
and the women control the households.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-04-11
A Peculiar Case.

DR.. III. G.. Edmunds, of Elberton,
Ga, writes: "A very peculiar and
strange case of blood poison came I'M
der my attention short time ago.
a gentleman came here from Athens,
Ga, where he had been bitten on the
hand by vicious mule that he was
breaking to work. The hand was in
a horrible condition, and the intlama-
ton was rapidly extending through
out his entire system. Every knuckle
on his hand was an ulcer that was
deep and sloughing He stated to
me that he had consulted several
physicians, and taken their medicines
without deriving any benefit. | gave
him a course of Swift's Specific g. S.
s. and in few days he reported to
me marked Improvement, and in
one week from the time he COM
menced taking s. s. S. the hand was
healed up and the poison entirely
eradicated from his system. 1t is my
opinion that he would have lost his
life had it not been for the health
giving properties contained in Swift's
Specific. He frankly admits himself
that s. s. S. did the work"
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis
eases mailed free.
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-04-11
The Ideal Potato.

Ny ideal of a perfect potato, writes
correspondent of the Rural New
Yorker, is one of the medium size,
with clean white skin (althoug h any
kind of color would not be objection
able, provided it possessed all the
other qualifications, with very shall
low or slightly raised eyes; without
any earthly or other decided flavor,
unless it should be a peculiar nutty
taste, occasionally found in some
sorts when grown under favorable
conditions. The plant should be
stout, but not rank, and the tops
should not be too spreading, while
the Weld of marketable tubes should
be large, with very few or no small
ones. 1t should be a good keeper,
retaining its early good quality until
late III the SEASON.. lHc luDCiS civ ''4''
grow compactly in the hill, and be
produced at a shallow depth, with
out any tendency to grow out Of the
soil. Moreover, it should be adapted
to wide range of country, retaining
its size, quality, productiveness, ETC.,
nearly everywhere, on an almost IN
finite variety of soils. Although we
have hundreds of varieties, we have
as yet no single potato with all the
above qualifications. In order to
bring about this desired Improvement
there is evidently but one way--to
save fruits of sorts most nearly APP
preaching the "ideal" in every par
ticular (cross-breeding or hybridizing,
if possible, kinds which together pos
sess all that is dcsired), and plant the
seeds from these fruits until the per-
feet ideal potato is obtained.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-04-11
Breed Only the Best Mares.

clark Comstock, in recent let
ter to Vermont paper, says; III
horse breeding, whatever is worth
doing at all, is worth doing WE'LL ana
all success, in these days of competl-
ton in that field, depends upon dong
everything well in connection with the
subject. To have a reasonable ex-
notation of success he must have
a good mare to begin with. II he
has not got one and cannot command
one, he had better decide not to
breed with the expectation of reallz-
ing a profit off the first generation
Then arises the question, as to what
a good mare consists of. In the hrst
place she should have at least good
size, rugged constitution, plenty OF
nervous force coupled with good
sense, good, true trotting action
though not necessarily speedy, and be
free from those forms of constltu-
tional unsoundness that are apt to be
transmitted. | have myself bred
proftably from mares that were un-
sized, and from others that were I'M
sound, but they had other valuable
offsetting advantages to commend
them, which are not supposed to ex-
st in the case above given. 1t is true
that Dexter was out of a little mare,
but she had speed and capital breed
ing. Many a trotter has come from
an unsound mare, but it was other
qualities than the soundness that rem
dered her capable of producing a
fast colt, and many a brood mare has
defeated her otherwise valuable quail
tiles by transmitting an unsoundness
that destroyed the brightest promise.
You may change an unsoundness or
a want of size if the other available
recommendations are sufficiently
tempting, but the venture is always
attended with danger"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-04-11
His Opinion lnfaIIible.

DR.. Bolus (ata consultation) Well.
gentlemen, my opinion is that the pa
tient can not live a week.
Dr. Sawbones, DR.. Squills, DR.. Oc-
ciput and DR.. Pancreas coincide.
DR.. Single "a recent accession to
the local medical talenD-Gentlemen.
l beg leave to differ. The patient will
recover. His ailment is imaginary.
There is nothing really the matter
with him.
DIR. Bolus (arrOgantly)-You GER
tainly do not expect to convince us Of
the correctness of your opinion. siri
DR.. Shingle-No, sir. probably not.
Yet you will pardon me for saying that
| was pension agent for twenty years
before ! became a doctor, and -
DR.. Bolus with deep conviction)-
Gentlemen, if he can't see any disease
in the patient it isn't there!
DIR. Sawbones. DR.. Squills, DR.. Oc-
ciput and DR.. Pancreas again coin.
eide. l-Chicago Tribune.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-04-11
Grove Bros,
HAGERSTOWN.

We take pleasure in informing you
that our new line of Fall and Winter
Woolens have arrived.
Every piece is new and selected
with the utmost care, to suit our rap
idly increasing trade.
The services of Mr.. Robert Ellis,
for twelve years with Hartman, Bash
& Co., of Baltimore, have been Sc
cured, and we are prepared to get up
as good work as the fine city tailors
for one-third less money.
Dress Suits are specialties with us.
We do not hesitate to pronounce
eur Fall Exhibit the most graceful
and elegant ever placed before the
people of Hagerstown. Our line of
novelties is exceedingly tempting.
The Neckwear Department is full.
All the new colorings and shapes al
ways on hand just as they come out.
Resp'y, &C.,
GROVE BROS,
TailorS and Furnishers,
Hagerstown, Nd.
Orders by mail solicited
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-04-11
Preparing Manure.

A barnyard can and should be kept
neat. The manure should be stacked
in the centre, and the droppings in
the other parts of the yard should be
thrown on this stack at least once a
a day. The manure stack should be
kept lowest in the central part, and
if the drainage of the roof be occa-
sionally turned on this all the better.
This mass can be loaded more easily
into wagons, and will be found of
greater bulk and strength than if
allowed to scatter over the yard, ex-
posed to sun and rains. When the
ground is settling so manure can be
moved to the fields, fortunate is the
provident farmer who has turned his
manure pile twice, and now has it fine
and reduced in bulk. 1t is in con-
dltlon to be appropriated as plant
food, and can be taken to the field
with half the labor required had it
not been worked over. 1t can be
spread evenly on the wheat or mead
ow lands, while half the crude ma
nure is thrown off in chunks of forkfuls
on the meadow or wheat field. There
is class of farmers who have a ma
MIA for making manure. Making
manure for the sake of the manure is
a little like paying a dollar or two
per cord for it and hauling it several
miles to the farm.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-04-11

The Government Printing Office is
now engaged in filing one of the
largest orders in its history. 1t is for
Is, 900, 900 blanks for the use of the 40,
600 enumerators of the eleventh cen
sus, who will begin work in June. 1t
will take 5000 reains of paper, and
twenty presses will have to be worked
twenty two hours each day for six
weeks before the order will have been
completed.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-04-11

An Athens ga young man paid
father s. for the privilege of court
Ing his daughter. He married another
and demanded back the S. The old
man Offset the bill with an account for
frewood and kerosene oil The mat
ter was compromised.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-04-11
Restorative Wine.

Ifyou are weak and suffering from general
debility. you should Use Spesr's Port Grape
Wine; IL Will purify your blood, restore d.
gestion and make you feel like a younger
person, In fact IL makes you new blood.
Speer's vineyards are planted on brown stone
shale rock soil containing iron. There is
over two miles of carriage drives under grape
arbors In his vineyards. For sale by drug
gists.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-04-11

The great steamship City of Paris
had a very narrow escape from going
to the bottom on her last trip to
England from New York. A cylinder
burst and smashed hole in the ship,
and it was only by the most strenu-
Gus efforts that she was kept afloat
until port was reached The ship
was greatly damaged.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-04-11

Tommy.-What do you charge to
20 to your show, Mr. Kaller?
haller-My show don't under
stand you.
Tommy-Why, the show you made
OF yourself. That's what sister Fan
nv saws
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-04-11

Old Lawyer-'I cannot take your
case. CircumStantial evidence is so
strong against you that it would be
impossible to prove your innocence. :"
Prisoner-"But | ain not innocent.
am guilty "Oh Then maybe l
can clear Won
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-04-11

a wealthy merchant who began
life as bootblack was once sneered
at for having BACKED shoes in his
boyhood. Didn't shine them wellY'
was his answer-which points a moral
that many might profit by.