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The advocate., 1891-10-28

the poor man. The 40 per cent. value
gives each family $500 exemption $500
more than our exemption law allows.
Now the amount unlAwfully exempted
In this paw Paw township would pay
about One-half Of all the tax Of the town
ship, and the poor man who has $50
worth Of personal property to be ex-
empted and owns 160 acres of land pays
from $8to $12 more tax than he would
haveto pay If the constitutional exemp-
ton was done away with entirely. And
how is Il with the thousands Of laborlng
people In our towns and cities who own a
home In the city or town. They have
but little personal property to be exempt
from taxation. They help pay the tax
of the rich. Their tax should to about
one-hslf less than Il is at present The
truth of the matter is this, the old parties
have trampled our constitution and tax
laws under their feet since the time men
toned above.
This is something that all citizens
should look into, and see that they get
their rights, and, as eternal vigilance 10
the price Of liberty, 1t would be we'll for
all classes Of people to be more vigilant
In the time to come than they have been
In the past, for there must be a change
in all government affairs and that soon,
or our bOasted republic will be a thing Of
the past. D. WILSON,
An Old Soldier.
Severy, Kan, October IL, 1891.
The advocate., 1891-10-28
To washington via b. q O. II. r.

Over three hours may be saved In the
journey to Washington TO st. Louis or
Chicago by travelling via Baltimore and
Ohio railway, whose solid vestlbuled,
limited express trains, with Pullman
sleeperS run from Chicago and st. Louis
TO the national capital. Trains leave st.
Louis daily, via. Ohio and Mississippi
railway, at 800 a. m. and 8O5 p. m, ar
riving respectively at Washington at ;55
p. M, following day,and $50 a. m. second
day. Trains leave Chicago at 1910 q m.
and 2:55 p. m, arriving at Washington at
11:46 a. m. and 4:45 p. m, respectively,
following day. At Washington close
connection Is made with the famous
Royal Blue line for Baltimore, Philadel-
phia, New York and all points east.
Tickets on sale at all principal ticket
offices In Kansas and neighboring states.
Charles o. Scull, general passenger
agent, Baltimore, Md, will furnish .
guide to Washington free upon sppllCa-
ton.
The advocate., 1891-10-28

BY request Of all the members Of the
national executive committee OF Peoples
party, / call q meeting Of said committee
at the Bates House, indianapolis, Ind,
November 16, 1891, at 10 O'Clock a. m.
l have also been requested to invite the
three members from each state constitut-
ing the national central committee OF
the Peoples party, and all other friends
Of our cause to meet with US on above
date. Let everyone be present.
Reform Press Association please pub
liSh this notice. II. E. TAUBENEcK,
Chairman.
Marshall, ILL.,, Septemer 90, 1891.
The advocate., 1891-10-28
HAML1N, N. j.. June q.

HAMLIN, N. o., June ~.
Please send me medicine for pin worms.
A year ago sent for packet Of dry BIT
ters; with 1t you sent some worm pow
ders. My boy had had fits since he was
six months old. After giving him these
powder such sights OF pin worms came
from him, and he has not had any fits
since. But the worms are troubling him
again. MRS. ADELINE HosKINs.
Ask your druggists for Steketee's Pin
Worm Destroyer. By mail, 25c. Address,
G. G. Steketee, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The advocate., 1891-10-28

REPUBLICAN AUTHORITIES DO NOT AGREE.
To the Editor Of THE ADVOCATE.
1t is somewhat amusing to note the
position Of the. Republican press. One
year ago the press and lts followers gave
us - for being so extrsvagant. They
said we mortgaged our land 70 get
the money to speculate with, and we
were told Of the fine buggies, pianos and
organs that we had bought out OF our
loans, also farm implements that we left
to rot standing on the fence rows.
Now the press publishes Mr.. Porter's
statement and says that from SO to 50
per cent was for purchase money and
improvements, and less than 2 and per
cent. for business purposes. The press
should have posted Mr.. Porter and not
allowed him to brand Il with a lie. Mr..
Porter states that the mortgage debt Of
Kansas during the ten years from 1880
to 1890 was $482, 2,699,64O excluding state
and railroad contracts, q large portion Of
which has been paid. He does not tell US
how 1t was paid. Now / will let you
know how quite q number Of those
mortgages have been paid. l take
block of Elk county running four and
one-half miles along the the north line
of the county and four miles south, and !
find that sixteen quarter sections belong
to mortgage companies; one quarter is
unimproved, the other fifteen improved,
and there are about two sections In the
above block that are not mOrtgaged. Quite
number of the old mortgages have been
paid with renewals, and but one that /
know of has been paid in cash.
Mr.. Porter also says something about
our constitutional exemption. He says
the property in the state which under Its
constitution Is exempt from taxation ag-
gregstes s35, 5,745,395. Those figures are
not correct. Under the present base Of
assessment the property exempted will
aggregate over $7O,OOO,OOO if assessed ac-
cording TO statute law, the true value.
Personal property was assessed at the
the true value up to 1873 or 1874; l do
not remember which of the above years
the change was made, and how It was
made without some act Of legislation l
do not know, and IL our legislature ever
enacted such law / have been unable
10 hnd IL 10 our statute laws, but from
the time mentioned above 10 the present
personal property has been assessed at
the 40 per cent. value? answer it was
to give the wealthy or rich the benefit Of
eha avav,n y,ki,n and IN eakn n awav fnnsn
The advocate., 1891-10-28
L L. POLK.
A Review by One Who Knows Him.

men who have positive convictions and
do not fear to express them, has strong
friends and bitter enemies.
From the earliest historic time until
now there cannot be named one single
patriot in whose heart the love Of country
and the welfare of the people was stronger
than his desire for place or power who
has not been slsndered, traduced and
Villihed.
have known Colonel Polk for years,
and while we have frequently differed, l
have never known single position taken
by the Colonel that was not, from his
standpoint, an honest and sincere one.
To have proper understanding OF the
bitter fight waged against him in North
Carolina, it will be necessary to briefly re-
view the past.
Colonel Polk was whig, and did what
he could to prevent North Carolina from
seeding. AS a citizen of his native
state he advised against 1t, and with all
the ardOr Of youth spoke against Seces-
sion.
When his state went out, he with
others went to the front, fully believing
that it were infinitely better to have re-
NAMED In the Union-to have adjusted
the differences by legislation or arbitra-
tiOn.
cannot recall one individual Of any
prominence who opposed the war
though they fought ever so bravely-
who favored the Union cause, that the
Bourbon element that has for years been
In the saddle has not relegated TO the
rear. If they have fought for the people
they have met at the outset persistent
opposition on the part of the leaders of
the Democratic party in the south.
remember standing in 1872 by the
side of the grave of Gen. Sam Houston,
of Texas. His grave was overgrown
with weeds though no one man had
done 80 much for that great common
wealth. Not slab or stone marked his
grave. He would not fight against the
flag.
I challenge attention to this thought
and charge that herein lies the deep
seated opposition to Colonel Polk in
North Carolina.
He fought for the peoples cause, and
after he succeeded in having depart
ment of agriculture established In North
Carolina, and while he was placed at It's
head, the same men who are pursuing
him now sought to destroy him then.
The Ne1os and Observer, Of Raleigh, N.
c., hugs to its bosom Republican who
is degenerate son Of noble sire, and
one who in other days 1t has denounced
as unworthy of credence.
This paper charges that In one in
stance Colonel Polk was not at the head
of his column.
His comrades have proven that he was
q brave soldier and a humane command
or. That they loved him when bravery
was at par Is shown by the fact that they
elected him to the Legislature while
serving in the war.
But suppose he had refused to fight at
sll, would that disprOve q single PROPOSE
ton that he enunciates as cardinal
doctrineY Would that show that the pO-
sitions he now advocates are false? In
what way could It effect the truth of the
proposition that $50 per capita Is q
The advocate., 1891-10-28

political Alliance Bourbon radical com
blnatlon publish their infamous lies with
all the hellish gleS that demons in war
fare against the people can command
On straight out tariff fight they have
denounced each other as sleuth hounds o.
his satanic majesty, and unworthy Of the
credence of ordinarily good men.
United States Senator Zeb Vance, while
war governor of North Carolina, when
Sherman's army was marching on it
capital, suddenly reached the capital
and it has been charged that he fled with
fear.
Be that as 1t may, there Is much greater
evidence OF the cowardlce Of Vance thar
Of Polk.
1t Is charged that Colonel Polk Is
failure as o financier. Does that disprove
the principles he advoCates9
Were Jefferson and Webster grea
fnanciers? Is Ransom or Voorhees, dis
tinguished in that direction?
We are glad that all United States
Senators are not distinguished as tinan
clers. We. are glad that the peoples
friends have never been great flnanciers
Had they have all been able to save ter
millions in twenty years off of a salary o
5000 q year, the people would now al
be cared for In the alms-houses of oul
country.
Such attacks on the leaders of the re
form movement, and they have beer
singled out for the sharpshooters OF thu
Shylocks, show conculsively that thi
great pOlitic-curio- -Bourbon-radical com
bination is led by mental bankrupts anC
moral towards.
Suppose that Colonel Polk was not IL
one or In dozen instances at the for'
front Of the battle, would that prove tina
free coinage Of silver would ruin ou
monetary system?
Because Colonel Polk and all the othe
reform leader are poor, does that SHOW
that $50 per capita would ruin us as 1
people?
Because Colonel Polk advocates with
all the ardor and fervor he ls capable
the complete uni6catiOn of the grea
common people, the utter destruction o.
the bloody shirt, an era of peace anC
good will between the north and tht
south, does that prove that it would b.
an injurious policy to have the same rate
of interest for the people as Individual
that they pay as a government, or at the
same rate that the great Shylock squeez
ing corporation known as national banks
now pay?
When the North Carolina Kansas curiC
newspaper combination fears to discuss
principles and resorts to SANDER ant
abuse, they but plainly show that they
are driven under whip and spur by thell
shylock masters to the only line of attach
left for them.
Is It because these narrow minded
little 7x9 editors cannot go before thu
people and discuss the problems Of the
times that drives them like whelps anc
ours to bay and bark at their superlOrs
Nineteen centuries ago the Shylocki
could not refute the doctrines of reform
taught by the central Sun Of ReformerS
They crucified the Goldman mora
reformer, and they found an infamous
coward and traitor that would do 1t fol
thirty pieces of silver,
The advocate., 1891-10-28

Florida Real Estate Journal, Arcadia,
Fla, with state map, 10c. Cheap homes.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-03-04
Indian Ginning.

G. II. Russell, an old resid ent of
Arizona, was at the Palace recently.
In speaking of the trouble among the
Indians he asserted that in his opinion
the most intelligent, and at the same
time the most cunning, of the West
ern savages are the San Carlos Apaches.
To them, according to Mr.. Russell, is
due the invention of the center-tire
cartridge. During the outbreak some
eight or nine years ago, '.he continued,
''their arms were all Winchester
rifles of the rim-fire pattern, and they
soon exhausted their supply of cart
ridges. They had plenty of powder; !;
bullets, and percussion caps. but they
were not available for breech-loading
guns. The cunning rascals had saved
their brass Shells and, with surprising
ingenuity, they altered the hammers
of their guns. drilled holes through
the center of the shells for the caps,
loaded them, and used them during
the rest of the war. It.was discovered
when they were captured. They were,
/ believe, the first of the kind in use.'
SO71 H1H
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-03-04
His Wife Is Suspicious.

He was standing in doorway on
Jefferson avenue and presently he
halted pedestrian with wave of his
hand, and beckoned him to approach
and said:
''How do look?n
''Why, you present pretty shabby
appearance, if you want an honest an
swer," replied the surprised citizen.
''That's good. Shabby refers to my
dress. How's my facial appearance?''
''Pinched and hungry"
tThat's excellent. Do look like a
man who had money!"
mo"
Would you class me as hard up and
friendless?'
II certainly would"
Thank you. To sum up, you would
set me down as victim of unfortun-
ate circumstances who couldn't get out
of this town too fast?"
That's about it." ..
Thanks. Here is letter have
written TO my wife. asking for money
to get home. She's a suspicious woman
and she won't take my word for it.
Please write at the bottom:
"tAttest: It's burned sight worse
than he says it is.' And sign your
name"
The citizen complied and the letter
was at once taken to the postoffice.-
Free Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-03-04

We are now better prepared than ever be-
fore to meet the wants Of discriminating buy
ers in Medium and High Grade Patterns and
Values, embracing Moquettes, Velvets, Body
and Tapestry Brussels, and Ingram Carpets;
Art Squares; Wilton Daghestan, Smyrna and
Tapestry Rugs; Chenille Curtains and Por-
there's; Lace Curtains in Irish Points, Swiss
Tambours Brussels, Nottinghams and Muslins
We are emphatic in the assertion that VIC
have the most complete line and best values
in the above goods Of any house in this vi
cinity, not excepting houses putting on me-
ropolitan airs in neighboring cities,
Also, complete line Of the celebrated
Blabon Linoleums and Oil Cloths; China Ja-
pan, Cocoa and Rubber Mats and Mattings.
Opaque Shades, exceptionally large stock,
The prestige Of the Broom (stick) as an
essential factor in domestic order and tidi-
ness, is swept away by the Bissell Carpet
Sweeper without which, no lady is quite
happy. We have it with the latest 1890 I'M
provements, in 18th Century Finish.
In fine, we have everything pertaining to
an exclusive Carpet, Curtain and Upholstery
trade, and feel warranted in assuring buyers
in these lines of goods that we are in posi-
ton to serve them more satisfactorily as to
merit in designs, and real intrinsic values, than
any other house in this vicinity especially
the mere dabbler in these goods
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-03-04
Newborn Infants.

According to a Yorkshire (England)
notion a newborn infant should be
placed in the arms of maiden before
it is touched by any one else; and in
some instances its right hand is bound
in cloth during the first day of its
existence in order that it may gather
riches when grown to manhood or
womanhood estate. In many parts of
the United States, Germany, France,
and Holland, as well as throughout the
British isles, it is considered very inn
portant that an infant should 'go up"
before it goes down in the world.
Thus, if child is born in the lower
story of house it is instantly bundled
up by one of the old women and car
ried upstairs; if the event occurs in
the upper story the same old woman
is expected to take the child in her
arms and Chamber upon the top of the
table, bureau, or even a chair, any
thing to get the little one up in the
world.
In the north of England when child
is taken from the house for the first
time, it is given an egg, some salt, and
little loaf of bread, and occasionally
small piece of money-these gifts
being supposed to insure the child
against ever standing in need of the
common necessaries of life. In the
East Riding of Yorkshire a few matches
are added to light the child to heaven.
In Holland, Sweden, Norway, Poland,
and parts of Russia the mother of a
newborn babe, if not too poor, pro-
vides small cheese, which is cut in
small slices and distributed among the
unmarried ladies of the neighborhood.
Any young lady who receives her share
of the cheese and eats it without ask
ing where it came from and who sent
it, will meet her future husband at a
cross-path or crossroads within a
month. In Northumberland cake
called the dreaming bread" is dis
tributed in the same way, the young
ladies who partake of it being sup
posed to dream of their future hus-
bands the same night. In the United
States, as well as in many other
countries, book, piece of money,
and bottle of liquor is placed before
an infant the day it is one year old,
the object being to test what its after
inclinations will be.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-03-04
Big and Little Man.

A man about eight feet high stood
on the steps of the Wayne hotel re-
Gently. and Patrolman George Cook,
on duty at the depot. walked across
the street to look him over: The near
er the officer came to the giant the
greater was the contrast, and looking
straight up into the fellows face Cook
asked: .,.-
"Well, you're tall one and no mis-
take. How tall are you anyway?n
1--WE answered that question till I'm
sick of it." said the tall man, as he
turned about.
''Well, you needn't get cranky
about it," said Cook, and added:
''Some small-sized men are just as
good as some big ones"
"Little men ought to know enough
to mind their own business, said the
giant, facing about.
big men ought to be gentlemen,
and man never gets so big but what
he can be taught something. There's
no string tied TO that; it goes"
For momeit the two glared at
each other. Then the giant shrugged
his shoulders, crossed the street and
entered the Gi fin House. The officer
followed, and was somewhat taken
aback when h earned from the clerk
that the big M was Barnum's giant.
Detroit Free 'FeSS.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-03-04
The African Pigmies.

When we first encountered the tribe
who fought with poisoned arrows.
writes Stanley in Scrtbnaer, we were
not prepared to be greatly impressed
with the danger, but we received a
severe lesson in August. 1887, during
a fight with the Avisibba savages.
Young fellows, inspired by the exam
pie of Lieutenant Stairs, r. E., rushed
with brave homicidai intentions to
the front, and the tiny arrows sailed
in showers past them; but some of
them found their intended billets, and
were arrested quivering in arms and
shoulders. With contemptuous smiles
the young men drew them out and
flung them away, and some continued
answering the savages with rife shots,
while others sought the surgeon, bear
ing with them the arrows with which
they had been wounded. When the
days fight was over of course we had
more leisure to examine the missiles,
and our anxiety was great when we
observed that they had been freshly
smeared with a brown, gummy-like
substance which emitted a subtle acrid
odor, with suspicion of asafGtida in
it. The arrows seemed to have been
plunged into a pot containing goodlv
quantity of resinous substance and
twirled around in it and well soaked
and then lifted up in bunch and COW
cred with a banana or a piece of
phrynium leaf. Quivers full of the
arrows showed us that the weapons
were considered by their owners to be
dangerous for those so smeared were
tied together, head downward, and
apart from the others.
Yet the wounds made by these slen-
der arrows were mere punctures, such
as might have been made by finely
pointed butchers skewers, and being
exceedingly ignorant of the effect. we
| contented ourselves with Swinging
| them with warm water and dressing
them with bandages. In some in
stances affectionate men sucked their
comrades wounds, to make sure that
nothing of the substance should be left
to irritate them. In no instance was
this method of any avail. All who
were wounded either died after terri
BILE sufferings from tetanus, or devel-
oped such dreadful gangrenous tumors
as to incapacitate them from duty for
long periods, or wreck their constitu-
tions so completely by blood-poisoning
that their lives became a burden TO
them.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-03-04
Was it Mans First Dwelling.

Long, long ago some men travelling
the low countries of South America
came upon a remarkable dwelling.
Only a little one-story habitation.
seven feet by nine left by its owner
sweet and clean. A cot of one room,
Just large enough to hold a whole
family of little ones provided they did
not need too much room for running
and jumping.
| Such a beautifully decorated little
dwellingi None but master in the
art could have fashioned the delicately
ornamented roof reaching high above
the vines clinging about it-and a roof
warranted not to leak during the hard
est rain, and sure to last for ages and
ages. There were two entrances to
this primitive mansion, one at the
rear, not very large to be sure, but
large enough for one TO crawl through
comfortably, and these entrances.
scalloped and cut with perfection not
to be excelled-were always open, too.
as if waiting for an occupant. And
all to be had rent free! Now was not
this a remarkable structure for our
travellers to find in the wilderness?
There were unmistakable proofs too,
| VI 1IS Adf1AS OOCA 4hhdOLcONs esL0 ~
savages, undoubtedly of very ancient
day. On examination the dwelling
and remains of others (for the dis
coverers found only one perfect one),
these wise men decided it must have
been at one time the pony covering of
some animal of the armadillo family.
Further research and study con-
vinced them they had found, not only
a perfect armor of the Glyptodon, the
gigantic armadillo of prehistoric times,
but what was still more wonderful,
that this armor, abandoned by its
original wearer. had become probably.
| the first habitation of man.
The only perfect one of these dwell
1ngs, now known to be in existence, is
in the possession of the French gov
ernment, and is kept in the Jardin des
Plantes, in Paris.-St. Nicholas.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-03-04

Run Daily. Daily Except Sunday.
For Time Cards, rates of Fare, Through tick
cts. baggage checks, and any further informa-
ion regarding the running Of trains. apply to
W.D. ARMSTRONG, Ag't.
Ravenna, o.
All trains connect st Yellow Creek for Wheel
Ing and Bellaire.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-03-04
RAvENNA, o. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1891.
The Overland Mail.
In the name of the Empress of India, make

In the name of the Empress of India make
way,
The woods are astir at the close of the day
We eXies are waiting for letters from home,
Let the robber retreat-let the tiger turn tail
In the name of the Empress, the Overland
Mail!
With jingle of bells as the dusk gathers in,
He turns to the footpath that leads up the
The bags on his back and a cloth round his
chin,
And, tucked to his waist-belt, the Post-ofice
dispatched on this date, as received by the
Per runner two bags of Overland MALL
Is the torrent in spate? He must ford it OF
swim.
Has rain wrecked the road? He must climb
by the cliff.
Does the tempest cry ''Halt"2 What are tenn
pests to him?
The Service admits not q but or an eff"
While the breath's in his mouth he must bear
In the name of the Empress, the Overland
Mall
From aloe to rose-oak, from rose-oak to fir
From level to upland, from upland to crest,
From rice-field to rock-ridge, from rock-ridge
to spur,
From rail to ravine-to the peak from the
vale
Up, through the night goes the Overland
Mail.
There's a speck on the hillside, dot on the
A jingle of bells on the foot-path below
There's scuffie above in the monkeys abode
The world is awake, and the clouds are
For the great Sun himself must attend to the
hail:
I'm the, the name ]. of the Empress, the Overland
-Rudyard Kipling