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The advocate., 1890-03-20
OFFICIAL.

All petitions or memorials TO the
United States Congress from Alliances
and Unions should be mailed direct to
our National Secretary, j. H. Turner, No.
Oil Ninth street, Washington, d. O.
This is important for the following rea-
sons:
l. That this Office may have q record OF
all such petitions, their subieot-matter,
the number and residence Of such petit
tioners, eto.
3 Our National Legislative Committee,
O. w. Macune and A. WaFdall, appointed
ct ST. Louis, and whose duty II Is TO look
after all matters presented by our order
of & legislative character, will thus be
enabled 10 take oognizanoe OF and give
personal attention TO the wishes Of the
brethren thus presented.
The bill embOdying oil the essential
features Of the sub-treasury plan as
adopted by the ST, Louis meeting, and
which has been introduced into both
Houses Of Congress, is now being mailed
as rapidly as possible TO the Secretaries
OF all the Alliances and Unions through
out the ConntFy, together with other
printed matter Of an important character.
The matter thus mailed is earnestly com
mepded to the immediate attention OF
the brotherhood.
All papers friendly 10 our cause are re-
speCtfully requested to copy the above.
BY order Of Il. L. Polk,
Prest. N. r. A. and /. U.
j. II. TURNER, Secretary.
The advocate., 1890-03-20
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once In two weeks.
II. B.-This treatment Is not snuff or an
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The advocate., 1890-03-20

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The advocate., 1890-03-20
j. II. TURNER, Secretary.

See Card of Spaldlng's Commercial
College of Kansas City, Mo-, in another
column. We can cheerfully recommend
this Institution TO our readers as being
strictly flrst-class and worthy Of their
patronage.
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TTo BE CONTINUED.
TIE ITALIAN CIGAR.

Tobacco Reporter: The Italian cigar
is said To be a national institution. Il
is about inches long with n straw
down the center, and its chief peculiarly
hes in the fact that while the manufact-
urer appears TO have exhausted all the
fertile resources of his nature in making
it so that it will not light; the smoker.
on the other hand, is equally patient
and clever in overcoming these Difficult.
ties The method is To first extract,
with a firm, straight. strong pull the
thin piece of grass within the straw; a
side pull will break il. or if the cigar IS
too eighty held the same thing will hap
pen. and YOU must try the other end, or
take fresh cigar. Once getting il out.
the cigar must be held in II slantiEg po-
stion towards the lame and patiently
and steadily pulled at Until the end is
burned down far enough To let the
smoke travel of itself up the straw and
into the mouth. TO do this eieetually
twelve paror matches is low averaged
and profanity is regarded term 0,
endearment. rather than a SOLEMN. in
consequences This accounts for the
enormous quantity of wax matches for
sale on every Stree. AZ the restaurants
they CONSIDERABLY serve a candle with
the cigars at dessert, and at the side of
this is fixed small silver wire rest on
which the cigar is placed with the end
in the flame, so that by the time the
dessert is finished, the cigar is burned
far enough down to smoke, and the
blue wreaths will be issuing from the
straw end AS from a chimney They
are called Virginia" cigars; what they
are made of is mystery even to those
who make them, the distinctive charac-
ter of their aroma can be sworn to after
long years, and they are smoked by the
million in restaurants, theatre, and
streets. the only thing capable Of com
peting with them in odor being the
equally omniopresent garlic.
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~ for long time, and around the North
Pole this extends for six months. II is
simply the position Of the sun which
makes a country exceedingly hot or cold.
Well, these things would not appear any
longer on the surface of the world. The
sun would be always over the equator; it
would go down every twelve hours just
IS regular as before. And among the
advantages Of the new method. said the
friends OF President Barbicane, were
these, that each person could choose
climate which was best for himself and
his health; no more rheumatism, no
more colds, no more grip: the variations
Of extreme heat would not be known any
more" In short Barbicane & Co were
going to change fixtures which had ex-
listed ever since the world was in exist
ence. Certainly the observer would
lose few stars and things which he per-
haps liked TO look at now, and the poet
would not have any longer his dreamy
nights, etc, but what great advantage
would it be for the world at large. And"
said certain journals, 1.-The products OF
the ground can be regulated so that
Agriculturists can give to each sort
of plant life the temperature which
suits il most Other newspapers asked:
will we no more have rain, or storms,
or hail-things upon which a great deal
depends in the harvest time?' I'm
doubtedly," said the friends of Barbi-
cane a. Co., but these accidents will be
more rare than they have been, as the
temperature will be more even. Yes,
taken all in all, it will be great advan-
tage TO humanity. twill be the real mil
lennium of the earthly globe And Bar
bicane e. Co. will have done a service to
mankind which but for them would
have remained an impossibility.
Eyes" said Michael Ardan, "our hemi-
sphere, the surface OF which is always
either too cold or too warm, viii no
longer be the place for colds and rheu-
matism, etc A New York paper of
December q printed the following arti-
Gle: ."Honor TO President Barbicanel
His associates and himself will not only
annex a new province TO our American
continent, and thereby enlarge the al
ready large possessions Of the United
States but they will make the whole
world more productive and inhabitable.
1t will be possible then to put seed in
the ground as soon as the crop had
grown up and been taken out; there
would be no more time lost during the
winter And the coal mines also would
make the country richer than the value
Of rs entire present realty. Barbicane
g Co. will change the whole world and
put it in better condition. Thanks,
then, to the people WHO have done this
greatest of benefits to humanity"
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cipher and very guarded? 'Show
energy, but do not compromise our gov
eminent, said one. Act very consid-
srately, but do not touch tho 'statu
quo" said another. Major Donellan
and his associates did not fail to predict
terrible accident 1T is very evident
that the American engineers have taken
steps SO as not TO hurt, or at least as lit
tie as possible, the territory of the
United States" thought Colonel Boris
Karkof. but how could they do it?"
asked Jan Harald 'If you shake tree
do not all it's branches suffer while you
are shaking it?' And If somebody hits
you on the back does not your whole
body feel the pain?" said Jacques Jan
sen. That is, then, what this strange
paragraph Of the document meant"
said Dean Toodrink THAT is the
reason why they mentioned certain geo
graphical changes"
Yes" said Eric Baldenak, that is
what we have to fear; this change will
throw the sea out OF its basin, and
should the ocean leave its present quar-
ters would not certain inhabitants of
this globe find themselves so located
that they could not readily communi-
cate with their fellow-citizens?"
1T is very possible that they may be
brought into such density of surround
ing medium, said Jan Harald, gravely,
that they will be unable to breathe"
I'VE will see London at the top OF
Mount Blanc" exclaimed Major Dom
allan And with his legs croSsad and
his head thrown back this gentleman
looked straight up as If the capital of
his country was already lost in the
clouds. In short it became public
danger and a most annoying one.
True, it was only question OF
change of % degrees and IS min
utes, but the change might bring
about great movement of the oceans
as the new earth fattened itself around
the Pole. Protestations we're heard from
oil over and the government of the
United States was asked 10 interfere.
''It was best not to try the operation at
ALL The consequences of tt might de-
stroy this world" God has done all
things well; IL was not necessary TO
better His work, were the comments.
And yet there were people light-hearted
enough tomake merry of tho whole mat
ter. Look at these Yankees, they said,
they want TO turn the earth on Its axis. If
the earth had shown any faults in its
motion it would bo all right to better it,
but IL had gone on for millions OF years
and always as regularly as clocS-work"
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and used plain language. no matter
whether he was speaking in earnest or
II fun. lie even went SO far as TO use
slangy expressions when they served his
purpose. He could sit for hours at his
table and figure and calculate, making
his figures and calculations as fast as he
could write with pen. His greatest
pleasure, next to these difficult mathe-
NAUTICAL efforts, was in whist" which
he played apparently very indiferentlv,
not forgetting TO figure out all his
chances. His name was Alcide Pier
deux, but he generally signed it A.
Pierd, and sometimes only A. Pie. He
was very tall. His friends remarked
that his height measured about
the five millionth part of the
quarter of the meridian, and they
were not much mistaken. He had
a small head, at least it looked so on
his broad shoulders, but with a most
lively expression on his face, and his
blue eyes behind his eyeglasses
twinkled merrily, This was character
istic of him, for he had one of these
faces which appear merry, even when
they are in sober earnest He was at
once the best scholar in his class, and
the best tempered But even if his
head did seem a little small on his
shoulders, it is safe to say that it was
filled to its highest capacity lie was
mathematician, as all his ancestors had
been, but ne did not study mathematics
TO use them in his profession, for which
he never had any taste, as he disliked
trade. No, he studied mathematics for
themselves alone, simply to find them
out more and more where there was so
much unknown to man. Let MS also re-
mark that Alcide Pierdeux was bach
elor. lie was as yet single, or as he
would express it. equal to one t-D, al
though his greatest wish was To get mar
ried. His friends all thought that he
would marry a very charming girl, gay
and spirituelle. But, unhappily for
him, the girls father said that he was
too smart and that he would talk to his
daughter in language which she would
not be able to understand. How mod
est and simple this father was, indeed.
And for this reason the young engineer
decided to place between himself and
his country the broad ocean. He
asked permission to go abroad
for year and obtained il. He thought
that he could not make any better use
of his time than to go TO Baltimore and
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cane. This operation will bring the
Pole at or about the 9th parallel
of latitude, then the earth will
be similar to the planet Jupiter, whose
axis is nearly perpendicular to the plane
of its orbit. Now, this movement of 90
degrees 2s minutes will be sufficient to
give at our North Pole such degree of
heat that it will melt in less than no
time the icebergs and field which have
been there for thousands of years"
The audience was out of breath.
Nobody thought of interrupting the
orator, even to applaud him. All were
taken in by this idea, SO ingenious and
simple, of modifying the axis on which
this earthly spheroid is rotating. And
as for the European delegates, well,
they we're simply stupefed, paralyzed
and crushed, they kept their mouths
shut in the last stage of establishment
But the hurrahs seemed TO rend the hall
asunder when President Barbicane
made the additional remark 1T is the
sun which will take upon himself the
melting Of the icebergs and fields
around the North Pole, and thus make
access to the same very easy. So, as
people can not go to the Pole, the Pole
will come to them"
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LIE eARegR poLe Ano BASIN.

The sign of the striped pole, which
can be seen at the door of every barber
shop. was adopted as emblematical of
the process Of blood letting, which
practice was common remedy for
nearly all diseases until about fifty years
ago. The patients arm, usually the
left, was made bare, he was then given
a short, round stick to grasp in his hand,
the arm was then tightly wrapped with
narrow bandage or tape to the elbow.
This was done in order to get all the
blood above the point where the lancet
was to be inserted. The red strip on
the pole is symbolical of the arterial
blood, the blue stripe Of the veins or
venoas circulation and the white Of the
arm. The brass basin sometimes sus-
pended from the BARRIERS pole quite
common in Europe though rarely seen
in this country was anclently one OF
The utensils of the barber II resembles
a tin PIE plate with a seml-circular gap
in one side to encompass the throat,
and SO prevent the lather from soiling
the clothes. This was found necessary,
as the party being shaved was COM
PEELED TO sit in an upright position. 1t
will be remembered that Don Quixote
assumed BARRIERS basin as helmet.
Washington Star.
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CHEPTER VIII.
rs. ~ LIZ JuPITER.

Since that memorable meeting in honor
of Michael Ardan, Hon. Mr.. J. II.
Maston had talked and thought of moth
ing else but the changing of the axis
of the earth" He had studied the sub
iect as much as possible and found out
all the facts and figures about it. As
the problem had been solved by this
eminent calculator new axis was going
TO take the place of the old one upon
which the earth was now turning, and
the world would otherwise remain the
same. In the scheme it would be pos
sible for the climate around the North
Pole to become exactly the same as that
of Trouhejm, in Norway, in the spring.
Naturally, then, the large amount of ice
would melt under the ardent sun. At
the same time the climates would be
distributed over our sphere like those
now on the surface of Jupiter. In other
words, the new-formed society of Bar
bicane was going to change every thing
at present on the surface of the earth.
And the creation Of this new axis was
possible, just as soon as the platform
of which Archimedes had dreamed
and the lever imagined by j. T. Maston
we're at the disposal OF these
courageous engineers Ard as thnr
had decided to make a secret Of their in
vention until future time. people
could not do any thing else but make
their own figures. This was what all the
papers did, calling on the most scientific
persons and learning as we'll something
from the most ignorant persons. If
there really were persons living on the
surface Of Jupiter they had a good
many advantages over those on the
earth, advantages which had all been
narrated and explained in the meeting
which was held before the trip to the
moon. All these advantages would
come to the people living on the earth
if Barbicane e Co. could accomplish
what they intended to do. 1wentyfour
hours would then always separate two
moons from each other. Twilight and
dawn would always be as they are now.
But the most curious thing OF all would
be the absence of the different seasons
of the year. Now there were summer
winter, fall and spring. The people
living on Jupiter did not know these
seasons at all. After this experiment
people living on this globe would not
know them either. As soon as the new
axis would be in smooth working order
there would be no more ice regions, nor
torrid zones, but the whole world would
have an even, temperate climate.
What, after all, is the torrid zone? 1t
is part of the surface in which the peo-
pie can see the sun twice yearly at its
zenith, and the temperate zone but a
part where the sun never goes to the
zenith, and the icy region but part Of
the world which the sun forgets entire
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CHAPTER TX.

IN WHICH APPEARS THE FRENCH GENTLEMAN
TO WHOM WE REFERRED AT THE BEGINNING
or THIS TRUTHFUL STORY.
Such, then, were to be the profits due
to the changes which we're to be wrought
by President Barbicane. The earth
would continue to revolve and the
course of the year would not be much
altered. As the changes would concern
the whole world it was natural that
they became of interest to all. In re-
gard to the new axis which was going
to be used, that was the secret which
neither President Barbicane nor Cap
tain Nicholl nor j. I. Maston seemed
to be willing to give to the public.
We're they TO reveal it before or would
none know of it until after the change
had taken place? A degree Of uncer-
tainty began to fill the American mind.
Criticisms very natural and to be ex-
pected were made in the papers. By
what mechanical means was this project
to be carried out which would bring
about this change II would necessarily
demand a terrible power. One Of the
greatest papers at that time COM
mented in the borrowing article; III
the earth was not turning on its axis.
perhaps a very feeble shock
be sufficient to give =
movement as might be chosen, but
otherwise it would be very difficult If
not impossible TO deviate it a fixed
amount" Nothing seemed more correct
after having discussed the effort which
the engineers of the N. T. p. A. were to
make. Discussion took on the interest
ing turn as TO whether this result would
be reached insensibly or suddenly. And
il the latter, would not terrible acct
dents happen at the moment when the
change took place This troubled
scientific people as we'll as ignorant
people. 1t was not agreeable to know
that blow was to be struck and not
know precisely what the after effects
were to be-
1t seemed as if the promoters Of this
undertaking had not fully considered
the consequences that they would be
so very dangerous to the earth, and that
i would not do as much good as first
thought. The European delegates, more
than ever angry at the loss which they
mad suffered, resolved TO make the most
OF this question and to excite the pub
lie as much as possible upon it 80 as to
turn feeling against the members OF
the gun club.
1t will not be forgotten that France
mad absolutely nothing 70 Do with these
delegates, as i had no intentions Of buy
ing the Arctic region. However a
Frenchman mad come 70 Baltimore and
for his own personal benefit and infor-
nation had watched with great interest
the proceedings Of the gun club He
was an engineer, not more than thirty
five years old. lie bad been first ID the
polytechnic school, and came out 81 it
with the highest honors. lie was with
out doubt as skilled calculator as Mr..
J. i. Maston. This engineer was very
Intelligent young man, very original,
always pleasant and with most amiable
manners. He ways spoke very frankly
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note the actions of the n. r + a. And
this is how he came TO Do at this tlmo IN
the United States. However, since no
got To Baltimore he had cared little APP
parently for the great undertaking of
Barbicane & Co. Whether the earth
would have change of the axis or not,
what did it matter TO him? He only
wanted to know, and his curiosity was
at the highest point To find cut, by what
means they were 10 move the earth He
thought again and again how they
would do 1t and had several plans in his
head and dismissed them only toconsid-
er the matter afresh. lie concluded
that they wanted probably to substitute
a new axis, but ne did not clearly see
where their point OF operations was to
be. Then again he would say: ."There
is the daily movement. 1t is impossible
to suppress il; now they will do it is a
perfect cor undrum to me" He had no
idea what the plans of Barbicane and
Maston were. II is 10 be regretted very
much that their intentions were not
known to him, as he would have been
able TO figure out the formula in a very
s7AAoA = 1AAit@- 4AAiA ~ ~ IdllAS dbDub budL
on this 18th Of December Alc.le Pier.
denx was walking with his hand at his
brow, rendering about the streets ol
BaltiCcrn
CHAPTER x.
IN WEIGH A LITTLE USEAsfSEss BEGINS 70
SHOW ITSELF.
A month had elapsed since the meet.
ing of the gun club and the stock.
holders Of the new-formed society, and
public opinion was getting much
altered. The advantages Of the change
to be wrought in the axis Of the earth
were forgotten and its disad vantages be-
gan TO be spoken of. 1t was very prob
able, public opinion said, that terrible
catastrophe would happen, as the change
could only be brought about by vio-
lent shock. What would this catas-
trophe exactly be? In regard to the
change OF climates, was it SO desirable
after all? The Esq uimaux and tho Laps
and the Samoyeden and the Tchoulchis
would benefit by it, as they had nothing
to lose. The European delegates were
very energetic in their talk against
President Barbicane and his work. To
begin with they sent information to
their governments They used the cable
frequently and always sent cipher mes
sages. They asked questions and
received Instructions What then,
were these Instructions always in
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CIrY GUIDE.


LAscAsrERLoDeEA.F F. &A.M. meet irst and and
third Saturdavin eaehmsnth a. Z P. m II the-f
HaIlin the ShOwalter bull ding
GRANT CHAPTER. Royal ARCH MAsoSs- Reg
Mar coavOcation second aud fourt n Tueseay OF
each month 81 ;. p. m. II their nan n ing
Showalter lilding.
STAR Of the West Encampment No; Y meet ,e6
thr 1st and Sd Mondays in each month, al .oo
D. n. in Odl Fellows Hall.
Mississippi VALLEY LoDGEl.o OF. Meets
uryWednesday at 7.;0p. m. IN oad Fello"s
maple street.
tampofI.o. o. F. meets ist and Sd Monday
IN each month. at s:30P. m. IN OCu FeilO"s
H'l' Maple street 7:8O
Honnung Lodge, meets every Friday, at
m. in Odd Fellows Hall, Maple Street.
FIDELITY LoDeE A. o. U. W. Meet first and
bird Mondays of each month In baxter
Block, at 1880 p. m.
SYLVAN CAMP. NJ. W. OF A.. Meets 1st and Sd
Fridays Of each month in Baxter's BLOCK az
1880, p m,
Tom Cox PosT. No. 1872, G. A. r. Meets every
second and fourth Saturday nights Of each month
n Bakers Block.
CRY LIBRARY. Court House. Open wednes-
lay afternoon and Saturday afternoon ana even
ing.
HypE's OPERA HOUSE. Corner Madison and
Cherry str' cts.
Cry Council. Meets 1st Tuesday in each
Month in the City Clerks office, over etate
Bank.
HuuAE soc1ErY. Meets LIST and Sd Tues
days in each month IN DR.. j. Reeds once at
750 p m.
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ROCKVILLE,

Auctioneer-J A. DRugS Licensed Auction
eeT, viii conduct sales in any part Of the conn
=. Terms reasonable. Address. J A. Druen
35-lys Rockville Wis.
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Il NS-oNS !!

Having ne3 sve years experience as An
ton. i am prepared to prosecute CLAIMS
FOR PENSION, or any business before the
Departments, With disp Itch. Govt Fee
when successful.
FLETCHER 5. KIDD.
l6 Ord $ y. ". Washington, D. G.