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The advocate., 1891-12-02

may be found in anything but poll
tics. It will never do for farmers to
have anything to do with politics. It
may be news 10 the Sentinel as we
presume it is, but it is fact just the
same, that the libraries and other
sources Of information have been the
all potent agencies that have caused
the great political awakening among
the people, and the more these libra
ries are extended the wider will be
the dissffection with old party meth
ods and systems. The advice of the
Sentinel, if carried into practice, will
have the opposite effect from that
which is intended.
The advocate., 1891-12-02
MIXED AS USUAL.

THE Alliance at Indianapolis failed to endorse
the reform press One step In the right dlrec-
tl0n.-SdIinG Union.
That which ''the alliance at Indi-
nspolis failed to endorse" was the
scheme to furnish plate matter to the
reform press. The question of en-
dorsement of the reform press was
not before the Indianapolis supreme
council in any form.
The advocate., 1891-12-02

A. &. STACEY, who was discharged
from the Kansas City Journal, be-
cause of his utter unreliability, has
found place with the Leavenworth
Times. The reputation of the Times
for truthfulness and fairness will not
be improved by this acquisition to it's
staff of correspondents.
The advocate., 1891-12-02
uInn.

If the Farmers Alliance wants to do some
thing that will be of real benefit to the farmers
1t win push into prominence the demand for
free public libraries In agricultural districts. II
the township libraries Of this state had been
kept up they would have done more to Lift up
and strengthen the people Of the country regions
than anything imaginable. knowledge is power.
Don't forget it-IndiGRdpOlts Sentinel.
The Farmers Alliance receives any
amount Of gratuitous advice respect
ing methods for the "real benefit to
the farmers.n These "real benefits"
The advocate., 1891-12-02
MINNEAPOLIS is iubilating on &C

MINNEAPOLIS is iubilsting on &C.
count of securing the Republican
convention of 1892, and Republican
journals speak Of it as though it
would be an event of some import
ance. The real Republican conven-
tion, where the platform will be made
and the candidates named. will be
held in Wall street, New York, as it
has been in every campaign during
the last quarter of century. Ex-
cept as blind to the people the Min
neapolis convention will not be in it.
The advocate., 1891-12-02

The state central committee of the
Peoples party met in this city on the
Oath day of November and re.orgsn-
lied for the campaign of 1892. It
was decided to elect an executive
committee of three from the state
committee, to have immediate charge
Of the work. S. w. Chase was made
chairman of this committee and will
open headquarters Immediately in
this city. They will communicate in
the near future with the county central
committee of each county with refer
ence to the work of organization.
The address of the state central COM
mittee will be found in another col
umn.
The advocate., 1891-12-02

The unanimous vote by which L.
L. Polk was again elected president
Of the National Farmers Alliance and
Industrial Union shows how much in
fuence the libelous assaults of the old
party press exert upon the member
ship of the organization. Acting up
on the principle that "the injury of
one is the concern of ALL" tho more
these emissaries Of plutocrscy at
tempt to tear him down the stronger
will be the determination of the broth
erhood to hold him up. Falsehood
and slander have lost their force
wherever the educational influences
of the order have extended.
The advocate., 1891-12-02

I'm biggest when I'm born, is about the size
Of the Republican Victory in Kansas this fall.
--MtElS' Weekly World.
The Republican victory in Kansas
was biggest before it was born. It
died "a bornin."
The advocate., 1891-12-02
JOURNALISTIC MFNDACITY.


The closing yearsof the nineteenth
century will witness no more humili-
ating exhibition of human deprsvity
than that afforded by the Demo-Re-
publican press in its idolatrous devo-
ton to the interests Of plutocracy. Its
utter disregard Of truth and decency
in all it has to say of the very large
class of American citizens Constitut-
ing the several industrial organizs-
tions of this country is q shame and
a disgrace to our boasted civilization.
Abandoning all semblance of srgu-
ment, these blind insane leaders of
the blind devote themselves to SLAM
der, villifcation and falsehoed as
their only method of opposition to
men who would be glad to be fair
could they be fairly treated-men who
are open to reason, but who are now
hardened and rendered defiant by
insult and abuse.
It might be supposed that the ac-
tusl results of elections would be
excepted from the subjects to be falsi-
fed, as official figures so clearly dem
onstrate attempted deception, but
such supposition is entirely unwar-
rantedby experience. No truth is to
be expected from these sources in any
reference to the industrial organiza-
tions or to the Peoples party. Take
a case in point. The Kansas City
Journal Of November rs, in a leading
editorial relating to the election in
Kansas makes this absurdly false
statement:
"The Alliance as a political factor
lost 25, 900 votes in Kansas this year."
What must people who know the
facts think of a journal that will thus
prostitute itself to the base interests
Of its masters? Have any of these
servile tools ever published any cleo
tion returns from which the people
might themselves judge Of the results? =?
Nay, nor will they. They hope by
their base fslsehoods to deceive the
people of other states. They hope to
make them believe that the Peoples
party in Kansas has lost strength and
thereby discourage them from uniting |
With the reform movement next year.
This is the hope and this the purpose
If all this falsehood relative to cleo
ion returns. The ADVOCATE has
given official figures and leaves the
people to draw their own conclusions.
No Republican paper dsres to do the
,ama thing
The advocate., 1891-12-02

READ the advertisement on page
eleven headed ''Better than Ever"
The Congressional proceedings which
we will publish will alone be worth
more than the paper will cost you.
The advocate., 1891-12-02
POLITICAL ROUT DEEMED A PARTY
VICTORY.

The poor, old Capital seems sufi-
GENTLY obllyious of the present and
prospective decay of the grand old
Republican party of the state and of
the nation, as to enthusiastically yol-
The advocate., 1891-12-02


party of Kansas. Having tired Of
blabbing about Euclid, il thus ad-
dresses the youthful, hopeful party
of the people in a sort of nominative
case, absolute or independent, or pos
sibly by pleonasm, and, in the follow
ing, bursts into unprecedented
prophecy:
You got the blg-head over your mushroom
Congressman and Senator, and concluded you
could get along without the Democracy. Now
you see you can't do 1t. You must combine with
the Democracy In every county and on the state
ticket. That party Is cool towards you because
you acted the hog and refused TO divide the Of
fees last year, but don't be bit alarmed. The
Democrats will fuse with you II you promise hard
enough to make fair division Of the Offices.
The leaders will be little backward at first, and
talk about standing up for the old time JeiIer-
sonisn principles Of the party. but all you have
to do is to Lake fair dlvy Of the Official Doodle,
In prospective Of course, and they win back you
for the defeat Of the Republican party. In view
Of the certain defeat you will receive II yOual to
unite with the Democracy the line OF action for
you is Enthusiastically to drop your principles as
we'll as your Serupleg, II you have any, and make
a Doodle campaign.
Just think of a poor, old concern
literally gasping for breath, SO abso-
lutely away from the touch of things;
having eyes to see, but seeing not,
and ears to hear, but hearing not, lest
it might be converted and become
politically IS unconscious Of its self
debasement as to deliberately exhibit
to thoughtful mon its entire absence
of fair judgment or average knowl-
edge. A going out old party, that in
January, 1889, had thirty eight Re
publicans in the State Senate out of q
membership of forty, and now, in
1891, can count an actual majority
for the Republicans in five of the
present Senatorial districts, unless
too large a number of Democrats In
those districts for accommodating
purposes OF one sort or another have
voted the Republican ticket. But
such a decsyed mass of noxious pu-
trescenoe as pertains to the Capital
Office, so lost to all sense Of proper
decency as to say, "You got the big
head over your mushroom Congress-
men and Senator"
Representatives William Baker,
Benjamin H. Clover, John Davis,
John G. Otis, Jeremiah Simpson and
Senator William Alfred PETER, just
on the verge Of the opening Of the
first session of the Fifty-second Con-
gress,to be spoken of as the men that
will represent the sentiment OF the
plain, common people Of the great
and prospeCtively greater common
wealth Of Kansas, deliberately re-
ferrsd to as mushroom" set, by q
political renegade, who is Of just
about the suitable style Of human
to be cheap, wheed-
ling iackey for the organized mo
nopolies of the new and of the old
world.
If this paper were not so well
known by the better people Of Kan
,nn Lhnr, rn;n.hL nunlninn LGXo n.nlnI II
The advocate., 1891-12-02
A FRIENDLY SUGGESTION.
70 the Editor OF The ADVOCATE.

Inc 4OIl0Wlng II leCCer from J. 30
COOns a Peoples party representative
from Miami county, clipped from the
Western Spirit:
MARYsv1LLE TWP, November z, 1891.
EDITOR SPIRT:-The late election demon
strates that the three parties in Miami
county have on legitimate issues with fair
candidates, relative strength something
like 15, u and s.
Il further demonstrates that if the Peo-
ple's party of this country desires TO accom-
plish anything in the future il must in
crease itS present voting strength one-half.
There are but two ways Of doing this.
LIST. By straight out missionary work as
in the past.
Second. BY coalition with one Of the
other parties. BY this mean not cOali-
ton Of platforms or principles but the form
alton Of fighting league Cor campaign
purposes.
just now, no one is sanguine enough,
take IL, TO rely very much ON the missionary
plan. Coalition therefore, is all that is left
US.
Now, the Republican party has NO desire
or need Of assistance from US in any shape.
Besides, modern Republicanism is just
what We are fighting.
The Democratic party Of this county how
ever, is our natural ally and has for two
years been extending us friendly hand.
The question is, will we take il, or will we
60 on CheCkmating ourselves and friends.
and thus guarantee TO Republicanism ''its
own sweet will" in '992 How say your
j. B. CooNs.
It suggested to me the fact that the
brother 10 more worried about Office than
he is about mortgaged homes. Where
does he find anything upon which to base
the assertion that the Democrats are our
natural allies.
Belonging to the Democratic party
prior to joining the Alliance and honestly
believing for many years that the Demo-
cratic party was for the people, l would
like for some one to point to single in
stance whore the Democratic party
offered a single measure of relief out
side Of q reduction of the tariff, and no
well-informed person can honestly say
that anything offered In that line would
cut any figure to the oppressed. For
one, / believe that from the moment we
begin to fuse with any party, we begin to
die as party.
The Democratic leaders gave their In
fuence to the Republicans to compel US
to fuse with them, well knowing that
that would mean death to us. Will we
be caught In their trap?
No matter IL we do not meet with
ready success we would better depend
on missionary works than to surrender
on condition we get few county offices.
II those who have been elected to office
by the Peoples party, think they can
barter our party for Office, they are reck-
onlng without their host, for relief must
come to the many, not to the few, who
may be elected TO some Office.
Now Ia not the time to halt or look fox
some way Of retiring from the field, but
d the time which will determine men
rom towards who joined our ranks for
pay or Office.
It makes me shudder to think what
;he consequences would be II all our
irusted leaders should express the same
,plnlon that he has. Rnt have no fear
The advocate., 1891-12-02

Wedding invitations and other steel
engraving artistically executed.
JAOCARD's, Kansas City, No.
The weekly messenger., 1891-08-01
Deepest Hole in the World.

One of the most important scientific
explorations into the depths of the earth
ever undertaken Will be carried out near
Wheeling. Penn. under the Joint aus
nices of the United States Government
and the city of Wheeling.
Some months ago the Wheeling Devel-
opment Company began drilling well
near this city III search of oil or gas. 1t
was determined to bore as far as pos
siblc. The hole has already reached the
depth of !. 100 feet, within 800 feet OF
the deepest well in the world. In this
distance It dozen of thick veins of coal
have been passed, oil and gas both
struck, but no; in paying quantities, and
GOLD, quartz, iron, and many other
minerals found. The hole is eight
inches in diameter and the largest OF
any deep well in the world.
The other day Professor White, State
Geologist, arrived from Washington,
where he had succeeded in getting the
Government Geological Survey officers
! interested in the exploration, and tho
result is that the hole Will be drilled tC
depth OF one mile. Then the Gov
ernment Will take up the work under tht
direction of two expert officers OF tht
Geological Survey and drill into thu
earth as far as human skill can penetrate
The idea is to take the temperature anC
magnetic conditions as far as possible, an'
by means of an instrument constructs
for the purpose, complete record of tn
progress and all discoveries made vii
be kept and will be placed in tn
Geological Survey exhibit at the World
Fair philadelphia Prese.
The weekly messenger., 1891-08-01
Our System of Notation.

Some system of notation has been used
since time out of memory. The first
record we have of it is of figures writ
ten with stick on a fiat surface covered
with sand. Before that all calculations
were made with pebbles, beans and the
like. Even now the Chinese do their
calculating with little stones or beads
strung on wires, in a frame. The Ro-
mans first used vertical lines-L, H.,
Ill, etc.-to express numbers. The
Arabic figures which we commonly
use at the present time, are of much
earlier date. The Arabic system is
chiefly valuable on account of the great
convenience it affords by giving figure
value, according to the place it occu.
pies in the line. BY this system the most
enormous sums can be expressed by the
ten little characters which form the nu-
merical alphabet.-[St. Louis Republic.
The weekly messenger., 1891-08-01

The German Government has just fur-
nished some of its women employees
with uniform that is as picturesque as
it is becoming. The fortunate ones are
the telephone operators of the govern
ment service, and every operator receives
q summer and winter outfit. The sum-
mer waist is made of some light woolen
stuff, striped in white and blue, while the
winter jacket is of fine tricot cloth OF
position blue. The waists have collar,
breast revers and cuffs, bound in red e,
and they are very natty and attractive.
The imperial telephone service OF Berlin
is entirely in the hands of women OF
from eighteen to thirty years of age, and
they make a very pleasing picture in
their new uniform.
The weekly messenger., 1891-08-01

Frank Leslie's says: "The new Federal
building at Texarkana, Texas, the corner
stone OF which was recently laid, is, in
the matter of site at least, unique and
peculiar. As is well known, the State
line passes through the centre of Tex
arkana, dividing Arkansas from Texas.
Two postoiliccs, two city governments
and two sets OF courts convene regu-
larly. This building is located in the
most prominent part of the city, and
Immediately over the State line, half
heinz in Arkansas and half in Texas.
The United States CouSt of the Eastern
District of Arkansas, and kindred offices,
and one general postotlice to take the
place of two which the Government now
maintains, will be located in the build
ing. 1t required special act of both
State Legislatures, and a special pro-
vision of Congress, 10 wipe out the Jurls-
diction OF the two States over the same
building before the plans could be car
ried out. 1t will now be a question
whether service can be secured by tho
States over individuals within the in
closure, and whether the power OF ont
court over two States can ever be con
tested, in the event of a defendant cross
ING the hall into the other State durin:
the trial. This is believed to be tn
only instance of its kind, and it will Ii
doubt be of interest in the future"
The weekly messenger., 1891-08-01
Tho question has arisen in New York

The question has arisen in New York
as to the right of an employer to "dock'
an employees wages or to discharge him
for absence in serving on a jury, and one
Judge gives it as his opinion that he
should consider such action an obstruc-
ton of the law and visit upon the Of
fender the fullest penalty. This opin-
ion, states the Washington Star, seems
to meet the ideas of all persons who
have the best interests of the community
at heart.
The weekly messenger., 1891-08-01

The Detroit Free Press remarks:
There is certainly a reaction from the
tendency to ape all that is English, at
least we are justified in SO judging If
the protests to be found in almost
every newspaper and magazine are cri-
terra. With characteristic patience the
real Americans for long time contented
themselves with ridiculing the cheap and
vulgar imitation of foreign dress, man
ners and customs that is seen on every
hand. Now they grow impatient and
ashamed, and there is tone of indigna-
ton when they speak of these people
who, like all vulgarians, are ostentatious
and are apt to attract the attention OF
strangers and be accepted as types of
Americanism. They would he greatly
hurt at this, and SO would their sensible
couutrymen.
The weekly messenger., 1891-08-01
the door of the Oak Room, and at once

the. door of the Oak Room, and at once
entered.
Ills patient. with pale face, and her
lone hair streaming down over her
shoulders, was sitting in low chair IN
front of the mirror; the fire had died out
into white ashes, and the dim light OF
the two wax candles left halt the room
in darknes.
"Grace, what has happened? Are you
ill-here, all alone"
And then came dread silence, more
terrible than any speech. She tried 10
speak but for many minutes the EFFORT
was in vain. and ended In few broken
sobs and still more broken words. Whlle
the agony of suspense and fear lasted,
she had bravely kept up her courage. but
now with safety had come the reaction.
Her nerves, after being strung up to
the highest pitch, suddenly collapsed,
and the doctor was fairly puzzled. But
at last. after sharp effort, came an In
tellioible sound, and she stammered out,
" Not i'll, doctor; not i'll; and not alone;
he is there behind the curtains"
Before he could ask, "Who or what
is behind the curtainY' out stepped Mr..
Skies to answer for himself, common
roadside tramp of the lowest order, who
that very morning had begged for broken
yictuals at the kitchen door and been
rewarded generously in honor OF the
day.
:" All right, governor" said Skies,
"you needn't make no fuss. VI amt done
no harm to the young lady; and the
winder bein' open, you see, l only come
in to get "a rest"
But at this moment there was sud-
den and tremendous clatter on the stairs.
and in rushed not only the two brothers
from the Grange and the parish con.
stable, but the whole troop OF terrlhed
, servants.
, In the midst, however, of all the
noisy confusion, congratulations and out
cries that followed, Skies continued his
9 speech, with the same unblushing impu-
: dence as he had begun it: "And to
| think, now, of being took in by that
4 there Young gal, a-knowin' all the time
t that | was behind the curtains, and
she ready to drop at mouse ~
r When Grace had recovered herself
e enough to tell her brief story and regain
t her birthday necklace, then arose fierce
r discussion as to what was to be done
: with Mr.. Skies.
a Constable, " said the old doctor, "ti'
a that fellows hands behind him and loci
c him up in the Clink until the Squlr'
C comes home; and first give him goo'
h ducking in the horse-pond."
It But then the vagabond altered hi
d tune, and put on such piteous look
O and told such miserable whining tai
) Of starvation and misery, that Grace
| voice prevailed. though he did not es
Y cape his taste OF, the pond.
:. "Let him go; let him CO." she said
o "and take him away at once before tn
d Squire comes back, which he may do a
Is any minute And now, all my dear goo
N friends, a thousand thanks to you, ever
one. But begone, all of you, for tn
r, clock has struck seven, and nave to /
< dressed before eight"
| In spite of all difficulties, howevel
4 Miss Grace Rivington, in her whit
Or dress and wearing her diamond necklace
was the admiration of all beholders thu
ID night at the ball. She danced min
ne dances and not few with Charlie Blu
L. ton, who, after his marriage, told IL
t, this true story.-LChambers' Journal.
The weekly messenger., 1891-08-01

The Italian press is still indignant at
the report of the New Orleaus grand
jury. The Popolo R0maao says that 1t
will be impossible hereafter for any civil
lied country to make treaty with the
United States based upon reciprocal pro-
lection of the lives of citizens OF either
country
The weekly messenger., 1891-08-01
abe fneeklp Alssseaper
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
ALERT eIENVENU.

The railroads in this country XIII
about $500 and wound about I3,ooo
persons year.
The weekly messenger., 1891-08-01
A THIRST FOR IMPORTATION.

THAT is Toms yacht off there on the
horizon, Harriet"
why, how elegant. I'll ask hiI1
when he comes in what the horizon
looks like when he is close to- it.n
The weekly messenger., 1891-08-01
so FAR.

Asketh how nearis Paradise, thou who for it
hast striven?
Hcw far soe'er from truth thou art, SO lar
art thou from heaven.
-[Chcago Inter Ocean.
The weekly messenger., 1891-08-01

1t is fact worthy of note that al
though woman may be elected school
commissioner il Missouri, she cannot
vote for one.
The weekly messenger., 1891-08-01

The culture OF oranges in California
dates back to the time of the old Mission
fathers, who, it is stated, brought the
seed from Spain.
The weekly messenger., 1891-08-01

sixtyyears ago the aggregate wealth
Of the United States was only 81, ,OOO,-
600, 900; now it is s55, 200, 100000.
Middletown transcript., 1891-02-05
!. roo nIodest 20 be Honest.

Are you the editor of the paperi'
!" I am. What can I do for you I"
g Well, / thought I'd step up and
see how you are. My wife and | are
going to Cape May tomorrow"
q Indeed y
Yes !; but / wouldn't have any
thing said about it in print, of course.
Ny name is Simpkins-Azariah Simp-
kins.
"GIad to meet you, Mr.. Simpkins.
I'm sure"
Now don't 90 to putin anything
into the paper about our going away.
We start at A o'clock, and I reckon
we'll be gone pretty near month. I
need the rest, and Mrs. Simpkins was
getting run down. OF course I know
how anxious you newspaper men
always are for an item, but we are
plain people and don't want any
notoriety. MY wife always likes to
see Simpkins' spelt without a p.
but the old-fashioned way Is good
enough for me. Well, / know an edi-
tors time is valuable, so Ell say good
day. If come across any murders
or anything while I'm gone I'll let
you know about them.