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The advocate., 1891-08-19
surnner County Alliance.

From q report Of the recent meeting
Of the Sumner County Alliance, the or
der seems 70 be dislntegrating in that
neck Of the woods about the same as In
other parts Of the state. The ereport says:
The interest in the session was lively, and
IL the interest in the county Alliance is 8
criterion to Judge the sub-AllianCes by, they
are full of a good deal more life than is
safe for old line politics.
The advocate., 1891-08-19
HUNDREpS or THEM.

BoSwRLI, Ind. Oct. u. 1900
MI. @. G. Steketee Your Hog Cholera Cure, oi
which led two boxes to yearling colt, brought hum
dreds OF pin worms and smaller red ones from heS.
She is dong SpleDddly. We believe It to be yoOd
medicine WILLIS robson.
Never was known 10 fail; the only sure remedy ioa
worms In Hogs, Horses, Sheep, Dogs or FOWlso
Every package warranted il used as per directions
Price, soc. per package, 6oc by mail, packages
Rs 90 by express prepaid. II your druggist has noA
got il send direct 70 the proprietor. GEO. G'
STEKETEE, Grand RapAds, Mich.
GCMAL1KMGR AGA oTISR Hoe CHOLERA REMGDw&
Mention this paper.
The advocate., 1891-08-19
Found II as Recommended.

VIM. II. Watson, Of Colorado City, Col,
says Of Steketee's Hog Cholera Cure:
"Eend me three packages Stekstee's
Hog Cholera Cure for the enclosed $3.50.
/ tried your Hog Cholera Cure, and
found 1t all that you recommend 1t
to do"
Farmers, now is the time to buy 1t, 80
as 70 have It In your barn. Read Steke-
tse's ad. in this paper.
The advocate., 1891-08-19

Ger seems 70 De dlSInEegraLlng ln bL1'
neck Of the woods about the same as In
other parts Of the state. The report says:
The interest in the session was lively, and
ifthe interest in the county Alliance is q
criterion to Judge the sub-AllianCes by, they
are full of a good deal more life than ia
safe for old line politics.
AFTERNOON.
An invitation to President Polk to visit
Sumner county during his visit to Kansas
this fall was unanimously extended.
Brother Fred Bailey, of Kingman county,
made few remarks on the mortgage ques-
ti0n and the advantage Of the Mutual Pro-
festive Association.
Brother H. F. Harbaugh spoke briefly in
the interest of the Mutual Insurance Com
pany in Sumner county.
A AresOlution was passed urging that an
address delivered by G. Fl. Fish at the Sew
enth district Alliance at Great Bend, in May
lss$, now being published in several install
ments in the NoncOnfOrmiSt, be published
in pamphlet form and that each sub-Alli-
ance should be provided with one or more
copies.
On motion committee of three was ap-
pointed to inaugurate . plan to hold the
wheat Of Sumner county, said committee to
report at this meeting. Committee: d. N.
Gilbert, William AppersOn, II. G. Smith.
J. @. Winner was elected delegate to the
commercial convention at Topeka, August
20, and A. G. Forney, alternate.
Harry ShapcOtt and H. H. Howe were
elected as delegates to the state meeting at
Sslina in October, and A. G. Lambe and
William johnson alternates.
Moved and carried that our delegates be
instructed to use their influence to have the
election Of officers in sub, county and state
Alliances at the January meeting.
On motion the delegates were instructed
TO use their best efforts TO secure the cleo
tion Of A. G. Forney for state president.
The secret work was exempliRed by the
county lecturer, Brother F. ]. Hodge, and
the meeting they adjourned until $3.50 a. m,
ON Saturday.
KIEs' sPRECH.
In the evening the delegates gathered in
sho hall and listened to a stirring and con-
vincing address by Brother B. E. Kles, the
Seventh district lecturer. There was hall
full Of people and the meeting was an
open one. Kies fairly spread himself and
was warmly applauded. For weeks ii has
been published in the Democratic and Re-
publican papers Of the state that there was
only one Alliance lecturer in Kansas who
chAmpioned the sub-treasury plan, s. M.
Scott, Of MCPHERSON. Brother KieS put
black eye on that and said that 40 far he
knew there was not one in the atate but that
did endorse and support IL. He spoke for
over an hour on that and tho national bank
question and challenged anyone on the
earth TO meet him IN debate on the ques-
tion. Afterward a resolution was passed
looking to discussion which is referred to
more fully elsewhere. President Lambe
appointed as such committee, G.. H. Fish,
]. w. Mclaughlin, Lyman Naugle and R.
Bruce Magee.
rn,n. !. nHso.,~a
The advocate., 1891-08-19

The Mortgage Indebtedness of Miami
County.
Total debt real estate, $2,660,7OS. Total
debt Of farms, ssO09,699. Total debt Of
city, &55S,O04. Total number farm mort
cages In force, 2,2O5. Total number city
mortgages in force, go. Total number In
county, 8,1S7.-Paold TEnss-Signal.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-08
nobers Cellver .s sAe Anv,l.

In tho studio of one of Chicago's artists is a large painting of Robert Collyer in which ho Is represented us a blacksmith in the act of making n horseshoe. Tho painting is founded on tho following incident: About two years ago the students of Ithaca col- lege sent Mr. s,ollyer . request for a horseshoe to nail over the door of the main building. Mir. Collyer was In his studio preparing . sermon for tho coming Sunday when ho received tho request. He left his desk and went to the nearest smithy. asked tho smith for the use of his apron and utensils and began work. It was cuious sight to sec tho immaculate linen half protected by leather apron. tho sleeves rolled up and tho hand which had done no labor for % many years In tho soot and smoke of the place. But the hand had not lost its cunning. for m shart time tho shoe was rounded and pronounced good by an expert and the stadents of Ithaca wore informed that E waa ready and subject to their orilee. A committee was sent for 1t and having examined it they paid the maker therafor the sum of t2. 900 and departed With tho treas- ura Tho artist heard of tho incident and. having studied tho features of Mir. Collyer. he employed young blacksmith to como and pose at the anvil. In this way the picture was painted.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-08
To Keep Flowers Fresh,

For keeping flowers in water, finely powdered charcoal, in which the stalks can be stuck at the bottom of the vase, preserves them surprisingly and renders the water free from any ob- noxious qualities.
 When cut flowers have faded, either by being worn a whole evening in ones dress, or as a bouquet. by cutting half an inch from the end of the stem in the morning and putting the freshly trimmed end instantly into quite boiling water, the petals may be seen to become quite smooth and to resume their beauty often in a few minutes.
 Colored flowers tcarnations, axaleas, roses and geraniums) may be treated in this way. White flowers turn yell low. The thickest-textured flowers amend the most, although azaleas re- vive wonderfully.
 We have seen flowers that have lain the whole night on the table after hav- ing been worn for hours which at breakfast next morning were perfectly renovated by means of 8 cupful of hot water.-Young Ladies Fashion Basar.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-08
The wiley IsosAseAila.

The story about the head of tho banking house of Rothschilds was rc- lated by Baron Heinrich of Berlin: Some years ago the old cashier of the great establishment" said the baron. went to Rothschild and told him that after 30 years of service he had managed to save 250. 900 francs and he desired to go in business for himself. His employer regretted his cashier's departure, but bade him good luck. The cashier embarked In spec- ulation and in . short time lost every cent Recognizing the fact that while he was . good servant he was . poor master. he called on tho Roths- childs. told his story and asked for re- employment The banker installed him in his old place and advancing him years salary advised him to in- vest 1t in a certain stock. The caahior did SO. The banker instructed his brokers how to act and between thom they sent tho price up to . point at which the banker advised tho cashier to sell. The cashier did co at profit that rccouped him for all his losses. The price then settled down to its nor. nal figure. and the banker charged himself with the 250. 900 francs which he knew his old employe would be too proud to take outright as . gift"
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-08

The electric street cars between this place and Birmingham have always been a source of pride and wonder as well to the people of the two towns. Never country visitor comes to sec his relatives but he is taken for ride on the 'lectric cars, and the workings are explained to him. Some of the cars leak" and the metallic parts are highly charged with electric fluid. One car especially is noted for this. The conductor and those who know the secret have lots of fun seeing the look of painful surprise that spreads itself over the faces of those who are shocked. Yesterday a lady got on the car as 1t started, and as her feet touched the iron doorsill she gave a startled scream, and look of blank anazement spread over her features, as she remarked: Something is the matter with my l-limbs; I can't move them" The conductor gave her little push into the car, and sigh of relief escaped her as she sank into a seat, and blushed like an Italian sunset.
 The next one to enter was a big Irish washerw oman, She was fat and jolly, and her size required an effort on her part to squeeze through the door. She planted both feet on the iron plate and then screamed How " Mosesl Me legs is full of pins." The conductor didn't laugh. He had too big a job to push her of the sill. There came gentleman, whose little dog followed him. The dogs feet struck the door sill, his tail dropped down, the hair on his back rose up, and with pitiful howl he dropped back, jumped of the car and has not been seen since.-Ansonia Dispatch to the New York Sun.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-08
Praisine Free Sugar.

The simplicity of the Republican or Rans in persistently pointing out the ad- vsntages of free sugar Is beautiful to see. The Cleveland (Ohio) Lender says:
 Every ono of the l75,O grocers in the country and their $50, GOO clerks arc to-day informing their customers that sugar has dropped one-third in price because the Mckinley law abolished the duty on sugar on April l. It is big thing for the country-abcut $65, ,OOO, 0OJ Q year-and big thing for the McKin- ley law And the reduction will go right on advertising the benef, snce of that measure until the Presidential election of 1892"
 In other words, the one strong, re- deeming point in the Mckinley law Is where it gives practical free trade! But how is that going to make people believe in protection? This organ points out that the removal of the duty on sugar lowers the price. But tho familiar pro- lection doctrine is that increasing duties lowers prices. How can the removal of duties have the same effect?
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-08
JAPANRss psAsAMr wonfxy>.
q Asrs Tsueh Would Trsassssm u
 Iato . Lady.

q Asro Teach Would Ttano6oew uen
 Iato Lady.
 Tho peasant women. clad summer and winter in the same dress of blue cotton, and hardly distinguishable afar from her husband, who wears his hair in knot like hers. and is clad in a robe of the same color-the peasant woman who is daily seen lowing over her toil in the tea fields or in tho liquid mud of the rice swales, pro- tected by rough hat on days when the sun burns, and having her head completely enveloped when the north wind blows by a dreadful muller. al- ways blue, that only leaves the almond eyes to view-the small and funny peasant woman of Japan. wherever she may be sought for, even in most re- mote districts of the interior is incon- testably much moro refined than our peasant woman of the west says Pierre Loti. in Harper's Magazine. She has pretty hands and pretty delicate feet; . mere touch would suffice to transform her into one of those ladies that arc painted on vases or transparent screens, and there would be little left to teach her of hammered graces, of affectations of all sorts. She almost always cul- tivates pretty garden around her ancient cottage of wood. whose interior. garnished with white mats. is. scrupu- lously clean. Her household utensils, her little cups. her little pots. her little dishes, instead of being, as with us. of common earthenware daubed with brilliant flowers. are of transparent porcelain decorated with those light and fine paintings that bear witness of themselves of long heredity of art. She arranges with original taste the. altar of her humble ancestors. Finally, she knows how to arrange in her own vases, with the least spray of verdure, slender bouquets that the most artistic among our women would hardly be capable of composing.
 She may possibly be moro honest than her sister of the cities, and her life may be more regular--from our European point of view. of course; she is almost moro reserved with strangers, more timid. with sort of mistrust and dislike of the intruders notwithstand- ing her amiable welcome and her smiles.
 In the villages of the interior. far from the recent railroads and from all modern importations, in places where the millenary immobility of tho land has not been disturbed. tho peasant woman has probably changed but littlc from what must have boon. several centuries ago. her most remote an- cestor. whose soul. vanished in time. has even ceased to hover over the family altar. At tho barbnric periods of our Western history when our mothers still preserved something of the grand and wild rudeness of prim- tive timee there lived doubtless yon- der. in those isles at the east of tho ancient world. these same little peas- ant women. SO polite and 60 mincing, and also these samo little Indies of tho cities. 90 civilized with their adorable courtesies.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-08
iuties will bs paid by tho United ssAsss

duties win bs paid by tho United Stasss 0ovornment
 To compsnsats tho piano manufactur- CTS for having thus offered them e . prey to the greed of the makers of ac- tions, keys, felts. and strings, Mckinley raised the duty on pianos themselves from 25 to 45 per cent As the piano makers never asked for any protection at all, McKinley's gift to them is but shsl- low pretense. The piano industry is inde- pendent of foreign competition. as our manufacturers export their instruments to the most musical countries of Europe. McKinley's duty on pianos can therefore do them no good, while his duties on wire, keys, felt and tuning pins can only serve to increase the cost of manufac- ture, and to strengthen and enrich the monopoIies engaged in making these articles.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-08
SCIENCE AND PROGRESS
LATEST DISCOVERS M THE
 SCIENTIFIC WORLD
Aluminium Dirt Cheap--lmpure Wa ter--What Keeps the Bicycler Up- ht--Manufacture of Salt In China.
Impure Water.

Comparatively few persons have ever seen absolutely pure water. Even rain water, which is the nearest common approximation to it, is far from reaching the absolute standard, and though it is good for washing, not many persons would care to drink it. spring-water is popularly supposed to be pure, but it always contains more or less of earthly or saline sub stances. Indeed, the value of most springs is due to this fact.
 The ocean itself is a huge spring, containing not only salt, but many other minerals, in solution. The Dead Sea is charged with such clements al- most to saturation. Only distilled water is pure. By distillation sea- water itself is rendered drinkably, though not pleasant.
 As sand consists largely of silex, winch water at the ordinary tempera- ture does not dissolve, the water of a sandy region is comparatively pure. The "hard" water of other regions is due to earthly matter held insolution. This earthly matter, however, is sell dom harmful to those who drink 1t!
 Impure water, in the medical sense of the word, is water that contains in- fectious microbes Water, as such, never contains these; nor does any form of simple impurity ever give rise to them, though 1t may greatly facili- tate their multiplication.
 Every case of infectious disease inn plies a previous case, and when water is infected, it Is because infected secre- tions have in some way entered it, having been thrown upon the ground and thence carried to the well or spring or river which suppliest
 ly or the community.
 It should be remembered thr deeper the well, the larger the ->. ,a from which the rain-water finds it's way into it. No discharges or other secretions from the room of a sick person should be thrown on theground or buried in it, within -A least. one hundred feet of the well.
 But water which is drank is not the only source of danger. Many wide spread and fatal epidemic has been traced to milk from dairies where the pans had been washed in impure water, or the milk itself adulterated with it..
 Is there any way in which ordinary people may test well-water for micro bes? We are compelled to answer no. The only sure test is the microscope, in the hands of an expert.-Youth's 8 Companion.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-08
A Prolaae nsrry.

A professor of the North Dakota ex- perimental station says that the most prolific and. in his estimation, one of the most profitable fruits is the buffalo berry. There flourish in the state three varieties of cherries. two of rasp- berries. one of entrants one of june berry. one of strawberry. and one of wild grape. the fruitage being the largest in North Dakota where tho plants arc dwarfed.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-08
Fun In . Ra..,.n Winter.

Tho people of St. Petersburg seem to get good deal of fun out of the long, cold winters. At aristocratic ball ice statues of celebrities have been the fashionable decorations Fa- nous sculptors did not disdain to try their skill in this line, and the figures were most effective when placed among shrubs and plants and lighted up by many colored tampa
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-08

IN these days when reductions of wages are so frequent. cases where wages arc increased stand out in lonely promi- nence. One such case of higher wages has been reported recently in Ohio-but it was not in . protected industry It was that of the trackmen of the Balti- moro \ Ohio ratf road. Protection is not doing much in these days in the wsy of
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-08
Scientific Notos.

There arefew. if any, patents on sur gicial instruments. When physician gets up some new device he does not obtain patent on it, but anyone is free to make 1t. and the profession secures the benefit of it.
 The fastest time made by an elstric railway is according to the Ago of Steel, q mile minute by a small ex- perimental car. On street railway system 20 miles an hour is the fas- test.
 White tar is one of the lates inven- tions or discoveries. It will not be- come soft under the suns rays in any climate, and is expected to be used largely in calking the deck seams of fine yachts.
 One of the latest applications of electricity IS the blowing of church organs. Electric motors have been in- troduced in old Trinity church, St. Patriek's cathedral, and many other New York church ediiices and the work done is found to be more satisfactory and economical than that performed by men or by water or gas motors.
 A special kind of paper has been in- vented which, it is alleged. is absolute ly impervious to water. and will even stand burning. The waterproofng can be carried out either after the pa- per is made or during the operation of making it, the latter being the better course The process is especially ap- piicable to papers for packing, and, tor this purpose, will be of great value.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-08
Now Branch of Science.

Demography is new branch ol science which is arousing much intel lectual activity of recent years.
 Demography is defined by Webster as "the study of races, with reference to births, marriages, morality, health, etc"
 The extreme value of all knowledge pertaining to subjects so vital lends exceptional interest to the Interna- tional Congress of Hygeine and Demo- graphy in London next August, a call for which has just been issued.
 With field so ample. the represen- tative wise men of all nations ought, by putting their heads together, to addlargely to the sum ofhuman learn ing
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-08

syringe 1t, and inject . strong eolutioo of carbonate of ammonia. The car bonate of ammonia injection seems to have been a wonderful antidote fl it could be administered promptly enough.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-08
The Source of Electricity,

Every day the needle of the magnet ic compass has been observed to sway first one way and then the other up on its pivot with no apparent cause, thus varying from the meridian of Q place. Scientist have for many years been trying to account for this. Pro- lessor Bigelow has just published his theory of the cause of the disturb ance. He ascribes it to electricity, assuming that the earth is whirling on it's orbit between two magnetic fields, and that the varying intensity of tho current one way or the other produces the disturbance of the magnetic needle.
 The two magnetic currents, Profes- sor Bigelow believes, are streaming to us from the sun, one being produced by the corona, the other coming di- rectly with the suns rays in straight lines. In other words, according to this theory, electricity is generated by the sun. It. reaches us the same way as sunlight does, and the conclu- sion is that it is akin to, if not identi- cal with, sunlight itself The revolv- HE eatti is lHeSibdHoiC uy HdHlo WHICH eycites the electric currents and makes them manifest. This is the summing up of the latest theory as to the source of electricity.
 There is q certain belief put forth very anciently. that all matter is one universal substance, manifesting it. self in varying forms, according to va rying conditions. We seem to be swinging forward to this state of be- lief again.
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-08
What keeps the BIoyoIer Upright.

"uaN N6GpS bu0 otOyCt0T 0Urt8uts
 Let us suppose n 'cyclist mounted on his wheel and riding, say, toward the north. He finds himself beginning to tilt toward his right. He is now going not only north with the machine, but east also. He turns the wheel eastward. The point ofsupport must of necessity travel in the plane of tho wheel; hence it at once begins to 20 eastward, and, as it moves much fast CT than the rider tilts, it quickly gets under him, and the machine is again upright. To onestanding at a distance, in front or rear, the bottom of the wheel will be seen to moveto the right and left. just as moved the foot of the skeleton frame a moment ago.
 conclude, then, that the stability of the bicycle is duo to turning the wheel to the right or left, what ever way the leaning is, and thus keeping the point of support under the rider. just as boy keeps upright on his fingers q broomstick standing on it's smallest end.--CHARLEs B. WARRlSG, in The Popular Science MOnthlv
The Forrest City times., 1891-05-08
Manufacture of Salt ln China.

svsAssAs&0susO - VI S0tt tsu SsubhAe
 In China salt, which is a government monopoly, is obtained by the evapo- ration of the water of the brine wells which abound in certain districts of Sz-chuen. The wells are found about 175 miles from Chung-king, on the bank of an affiueut of the Yang-tse River, near the flourishing city of Tzu- lin-tsm. The manufacture of salt, which has been carried on here for sixteen hundred to two thousand years, is conducted somewhat as fol- lows, according to a recent Consular Report: By means of a rude iron drill, holes 6 inches in diameter and varying from a few score of feet to 5000 or 5000 feet in depth are bored in the rock. The boring somtimes lasts for forty years before brine IS reached, and is carried on from generation to generation. When brine is finally found it is drawn up by bullocks in long bamboo tubes by means of a rope working over huge drum. In the vi- cinity of the salt wells, natural-gas wells are also found, from which gas is supplied to evaporate the brine in large iron caldrons, leaving the pure salt as deposit. The product of salt in the district is enoromous. There are twenty-four gas wells and about a thousand brine wells now in operation, producing annually 2OO,- GOO tons of salt, valued at $5, ,OOO,. 900.