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The advocate., 1891-05-27

the face of the earth, / address my peo-
pie, aud | watch most carefully that /
make no statement upon any authority
that is not the best obtainable. / have
recently spent week or more at Wash
ington looking up the figures in the GEN.
sls department.. Some that I have here
have not yet been published, as they
were not properly tabulated for the pub
lie, but / have been allowed to copy
them, and have spent much time In veri-
flying them, that no mistake might ap-
pear. The census report win show the
following facts:
ave have 5000 900 farms. The average
amount produced is only $4OO. Theaver-
age mortgaged Indebtedness is $500. The
average rate Of interest is estimated at s
per cent making aninterest charge Of $40.
The auerage farmer pays $25. tax. De-
Quoting interest and taxes, the farmer
must maintain q family of five persons
on 1886 a year or increase his indebted
ness. How can families be fed, clothed,
doctored and educated on an amount
equal to 18 cents a day for each member
In my state of Kansas, 40 cents day is
allowed for the maintenance Of our con-
victs.
"ID 1866 the value of our ten leading
crops was $9,OO7, 100000. In 1884 these
ten crops were valued at $2,O43,5OO,OOO,
an increase of only 2 per cent, while the
cultivated area had about doubled. These
ten crops had an average value per acre
in 1867 OF $40, and in 1887 Of only 30.
"From 1860 to 1870, the average price OF
wheat in the United States was $1.09.
From 1880 to 1887, 1t was $1O7. In the
same periods the average price Of cotton
declined from 40 cents to nine cents.
"Using our best estimates, 1t has Of late
years been costing the wheat farmer two
and an eighth, the corn farmer two and
a half and the cotton farmer four times
as much of their several products TO get
a dollar as 1t once did. How can they
repay double or four times the amount
they may have borrowed, and at the
same time be paying yearly rate Of 10
or IL per cent, as some western farmers
have been compelled at times TO pay by
reason Of such virtual contraction Of the
volume of our currency as Wall street In
Its wisdom may have seen ft to bring
about?
"Our last census shows that the farm.
mortgaged indebtedness OF iowa is $3.50
100000, and of Michigan $13O,OO0,0O0.
To pay the interest ON the mortgaged In
debtednesS in the wheat growing state
Of Michigan requires 45O,554 bushels
more wheat than the state produces.
"Iows has $780, 100000 mortgaged in
isbtedness-a sum equal to s1O4 for
avery man, woman and child In the state.
The advocate., 1891-05-27
$1.OO PER YEAR.

"In 1885, our national public debt was
$2,7SS,OO0,OOO. From that time to date
we have paid $4,198,9S1, 1851, but It would
now take more of the products Of labor
to pay the amount yet due than It would
have taken at first TO pay the entire
amount. With all the reduction Of tte
principal, it would take more wheat,
corn, cotton, cattle and hogs to pay what
we still owe than would have been re-
quired when the debt was greatest In
number of dollars.
"In the last year the farmers In Kan
sas have lost their homes at the rate DISCO
per week, and all the desirable public
lands is now In the hands Of railroads or
Of aliens.
ain 1850 the farmers owned TOPPER cent.
of the wealth Of this country; ia 1850
they owned 33 per cent; in 1890 they own
less than 25 per cent.
~ could continue to give you statistics
showing the deplorable condition OF our
occupation, but figures make plain only
that which is already too plain and real
to the great majority. In few sections
Of our country there are communities
that, for local reasons, have not felt the
effects Of our unjust conditions in this
country az have most Of our farmers, but
our census reports will demonstrate the
fact that the average farmer Is doomed,
unless he secures return Of the govern
ment to the people, to be rightful rulers.
"Our farmers want TO pay their honest
debts. Reputation Is never considered
for a moment; but they do demand that
the currency be an honest one for them
as well as for all others. A dollar that
becomes harder to get each year Is q dis
honest one. Wall street has mortgage
upon the country, and 80 manipulates
legislation that the value Of It's loans Ia
continually. These conditions
must be changed"
"HoW about transportation"
'The Alliance demands governmental
control Of public means Of transportation.
II we cannot control, we propose that the
people 1sLall own their carrying lines.
This feeling is stronger In New York
state, where we recently held q state
meetingy than In Kansas. Thus do states
vary In the degree Of importance they
would attach to each of our demands.
One state may be more interested In the
transportation problem, another In the
question and another in the sub
treasury scheme; but all states are inter-
ested In all our demands In so far that
they take their stand on the Ocala plat
form, and propose to secure the granting
Of all our demands.
"The Alliance is growing faster than it
has ever done before, and In the coming
struggle between the organized monied
on the one hand, and, on the
other, the farmers, conservative, and yet
fully determined 10 secure equal and
Sxact justice to every producer 10 this
country, there can be no question about
he result" "A. "A.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-05-01
An Interesting Opinion.

A lady-we shall not tell her name
had a most amusing experience with
Benjamin p. Hutchinson the other day.
This lady is deeply interested in chart
table work, and ever and anon she lends
herself to the disagreeable task of So
Letting money contributions to such
worthy causes as she may happen to
have in hand. This is rather ~ungrateful
employment, but this lady applies her
self c%heerfully to it, for she recognizes it
as a part of her Christian duty. 1t be
fell that this worthy woman had occa-
sion to approach Mr.. Hutchinson the
other afternoon, and she did SO in the
spirit Of charming good nature, which
is, perhaps, her most conspicuous char
acteristic.
Now Mr.. Hutchinson is a wary bird,
and seldom it is that he is caught IN a
corner by anybody. But this particular
lady was so exceptionally bright and
exuberant that the crafty millionaire
gave up a crisp 500 bill almost be
fore he was aware Of it. And then, as
we a easily suppose, he began to regret
it. On her part the fair solicitor was
considerably surprised; she had heard
that he was a hard, unfeeling man, yet
had he not responded promptly and
generously to her appeal? She was so
grateful that she insisted on shaking
hands with the old man, and as she did
SO she remarked, feelingly, 1--WE do not
always get our reward here, Mr.. Hutch
%inson, but we should remember that the
Lord loveth a cheerful giver."
Yes, I've often heerd tell" answered
Mr.. Hutchinson dryly, but I'm more
interested in fndin' out the Lords
opinion of a cheerful beggar."-Chicago
News
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-05-01
why Not Try Chamois?

Il clean my eyeglasses these days
with a ten dollar note said a well
known citizen the other day, with a
smile, as he began TO rub his spectacles
with a bill. 1T cleans the glass and
doesn't hurt the money. y one dollar
bill would answer the purpose as well
as a note for a hundred, but in this case
| happened to have the ten and used it.
Il have been cleaning my glasses for
years with bank notes, and | have never
found anything that makes them as
clear. If You use a handkerchief it leaves
the lint behind, and ten t. one the glass
is blurred. The money removes all the
dirt and grease, and leaves no trace of
itself. Am | afraid of contracting some
disease of the eyes? Well, | never
thought of that, and l know that some
physicians claim that diseases are trans
mitted by money, since it passes through
so many hands. No, | am not afraid
and | will continue to use the bank
notes for this purpose. The texture is
soft. and it certainly removes dirt. In
deed. there is nothing like paper money
for polishing fine glassware."-Albany
Express.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-05-01
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

We have made arrangements with DIR.
b. }. Kendall Co., publishes of GA
Treatise on the Horse and his Diseases"
which will enable all our subscribers to
obtain a copy of that valuable work free
by sending their address enclosing a
two-cent stamp for mailing same) TO DIR.
b. }. KENDALL Co., ENOsBURGH FALLS.
VT. This book is now recognized as
standard authority upon all diseases of
the horse, as its phenomenal sale attests,
over -four million copies having been sold
Ill the past ten years, a sale never before
reached by any publication in the same
period of time. We feel confident that
our patrons will appreciate the work, and
be glad to avail themselves of this oppor-
tunity of obtaining Il valuable book.
1t is necessary that you mention this
paper in sending for the "'Treatisc."
This offer will remain open for only a
short time Advt. i1:tf.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-05-01
Irvine from Marsh Grass.

A st. Paul (Minn.) special says that
through the efforts of an inventor
of Iowa articles which can be manu-
featured from ommon slough grass are
attracting considerable attention. The
farmers of the northwest have been pay-
ing large prices for binding Irvine, and
it is this fact probably which started
George Lowry to investigate the uses
to winch common marsh grass could be
put. He has made several inventions
which are an assured success. The bind
ing twlne made by his method is strong,
durable, and, above all, cheap. While
the material from which ordinary bind
ing Irvine is made costs from $120 to
$3.50 per ton, slough grass costs from e.
to s. a ton, and the cost of making the
Irvine from either material is about the
same. A company has been organized
for the manufacture Of this Irvine.
The company will also make cordage
of all kinds, bagging and mating from
marsh grass. Marsh grass makes good
rope in any size, and formed into small
Irvine it can readily be woven into coarse
cloth of great strength, which can be
put to a variety of uses. The cotton
planters of the United States annually
raise about 1000, 600 bales of cotton,
which require about so, 000, 900 yards OF
bagging. The jute bagging costs about
eight cents a yard. The grass Irvine bag
ging can be made at about one cent
yard less.-New York Tribune.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-05-01

A novel application of electricity has
recently been made in elephant catching.
Al a recent capture of forty of these ami
mails, when the last of their unwieldy
bodies had passed the entrance into the
Khedda, the signal for barring their exit
was given, instantaneously and without
a word spoken, by means of an electric
wire, 1t is only a short time since petro-
leum superseded native vegetable oils
for lighting throughout the bazars and
villages of India. Electricity is now
taking the place both of petroleum or
coal gas in the great spinning factories,
for which it is peculiarly suited in a hot
climate, owing to its GOODNESS and alb
sence of smell Ledger.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-05-01
2ML4IlZV
MWWM
MINIMUM

The trick of passing a PERSONS body
through Il playing card is an old one, but
none the worse for that. The method of
preparing the card is shown in the cut.
You first inform your audience that you
will pass your body through an ordinary
playing card or a piece of paper of that
size.
You cut a card l~ongitudinally down the
middle, stopping just short of each end, as
shown by diagram No. l. You fold the
card in half along the line of the incision,
and then with Il pair Of scissors make a
succession Of cuts through the double
thickness, from each side alternately, as
shown in No. ,. Again unfold the card,
and drawing its ends apart you will find it
transformed into an endless band, COM
posed of n number of little slips. the angles
between each becoming less and less acute
as you pull, till they are drawn sufficiently
far apart to allow you to pass the card over
and around your body. This trick is most
easily done with thin note paper of tough
quality.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-05-01
Sitting Bulls Prophetic Dream.

One Bull, a nephew of the dead chief
tain, related an interesting incident that
happened just the day before Sitting
Bull was killed. He said Sitting Bull
that day climbed to the top of one Of the
highest neighboring buttes, where he
fell asleep, and dreamed of the startling
tragedy that would happen the next day.
he came down and told his people that
their great medicine man would be killed
ON the morrow. How true MS words
were was attested by developments the
next morning Cor. st. Paul Globe.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-05-01

For downright sarcasm as to the merits
of a horse, recommend us to the worthy
jehu who offered a little advice to a
driver of IA pirate bus, one of whose
horses tumbled down the other day in
the Strand.
The horse, after strenuous efforts, had
been got on its feet, when immediately
it fell owe again on its side.
Il say, old 'un," cried the rival driver,
''you must ave got i'm out o bed toe
early this mornin'. Run round to our
stable and they'll lend Yer a pitchfork
to turn i'm over with. "-London Tit
Bits.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-05-01
Try a Bottle. No Benefit, No Pay"
REMEMBER It'll
DANA SARSAPARIllA co., BELFAST, Me-,
MCD0UGkLLS' SHEEP DIP.

McDougalls' non poisonous sheep DIP and
cattle dressing, scab specific and insect eX-
terminator on sheep, cattle, horses, dogs,
in this county tor several years. 1t instantly
~eXterntnates all ticks, llce and maggots; is
the only true specific for scab, and finely
stimulates the growth of the fleece, making
its use very profitable. When used at Il
special strength it also waterproofs the fleeces,
thus atfording the animals great protection
from cold and wet. In the United States,
Great Britain and many places abroad it is
now generally a~dopted-having to Il large
extent displaced the use of tobacco, arsenic,
lime and sulphur, and poisonous mixtures.
1t has important advantages over such dress.
ings, and is more certain in its action. For
sale at
SHELDON ) DRUG STORE. p If.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-05-01
No. GA Diamond:

No. GA South American Excursion:
Natal, Joannes, Negro, Negro, Horn, Ma
deira, Lima, Cayenne, Valencia, Aspirin
wall, Negro, Magdalena, Organ.
No. 69.-Beheaded Transpositions; l. De
vii. 2. Evil. 3. Vile, 4. Veil. .. Live.
No. 7O.-Enigmatical Writers: Cooper
O.. F.. Burns (Robert, Haggard (Rider),
Roe (E. p. Hawthorne On. Holland O..
c.. Lowell %. RI. Freeman IF. A..
No. IA Bouquet from the Woods:
Red pink, cowslip, bluebell, crowfoot. wild
bleeding heart.
No. T2.-Clever Conundrums: |. Be
cause an imp o. darkness can never be an
imp o. light (mpolitel Z. In Diana Gin.
diana). 8. When you give it up.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-05-01
No. i5.-Geographic Puzzle.

know "A woman who is a perfect rtper
in South america. She eats a whole ~
tru in Europe and asia with great relish.
She sometimes blows a cape in South
America, and has a cape IN Africa of say
ing a cape in Greenland to the country IN
South america climate where she now
lives. Once she bought an rircr in africa,
and paid for it out of a country in Africa.
Another time she climbed on part of South
crn Europe, fell off, and was all sea south
Of Russia and sea east of China.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-05-01
Kew to the Puzzler.

No. G-An Easter Puzzle: Easter. l.
The more haste, the less speed. 9. Be it
ever SO humble there's no place like home.
8. The greatest strokes make not the
sweetest music. 4 Who touches pitch
will be deflled. ). Half a loaf is better
thai no bread. G. You may lead a horse to
water, but you cannot make him drink.
No. "a. - Diminutions: Charlottesville.
Wall-awl-la. B-race-race7ace.
No. 66.-An Ancient Word in Magic;
Abracadabra.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-05-01
A Mystery,

First Egg lin dreadful suspenseeWhat
do you expect to be when you grow up,
Second Egg-An omelette-and your?
First Esg-Well, | don't know. Until
this dreadful mystery as to my parentage
is cleared up, l do no: know whether to be
a spring chicken or a roast goose.-Puck.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-05-01

Success follows the use ct Hairs Hair Re-
newer for grayness and badness.
-Catarrahal deafness is relieved by
using Johnson's Ado,yHc Linimcnt as
directed. Try it.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-05-01
q RIAL. LUXURY!

Looking out over the many homes of this country, we see thousands
of women wearing away their lives in household drudgery that might be
materially eSSened by the use of a few cakes Of SAPOLlO. If an hour
is saved each time a cake is used, if one less wrinkle gathers upon the face
because the toll is Hghtned, she must b a foolish woman who would
hesitate to make the experiment, and he a churiSh husband who would
grudge the few cents which it costs.
If your grocer sends you anything in place of SAPOLlO, send it
back and insist upon having just what you ordered. SAPOLO always
gives satisfaction. On floors, tables, and painted work it acts like a
charm. For securing pots, pans, and metals it has no equal. Everything
shines after it, and even the children delight in using it in their attempts
to help around the house.
E- GrocGs often substitute CHI per goods for SAPOLIO to make a better profit
Send back such articles md insist on having just WHAT you ordered
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-05-01
No. 7S.-Hidden Names.

l. France, Spain and Portugal are the
home of the Romance languages.
2. So warm an August | never knew be-
fore.
3. Ny raspberries are ripe already.
4 Did she have the earache last night?
s. The woman drew the cart.
6 The pope, legates, cardinals and 9th
ers were in the cathedral.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-05-01

\ palindrome is a sentence that reads
the same backward and forward. Here is
one, composed of 10 letters, which is sup
posed to have been spoken by a famous
warrior:
:, /, /, 3, an animal.
:, Il, ), a tool.
5, is IA personal p%ronoun.
:, 6, II, 3. is used in IA game.
10, >. I, 10, 10, TO curse.
2, 9, II, an insect.
II, ii, Is, built by an insect.
l, Il, 10, is necessary to life.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-05-01
PRAISE GOD, | AM WELL!

LEWISTON, Me-, Der. IS, 1890.
DANA S~ARSAPAR1LLA Co. -
GeHtlemeH,-For over ten years | have
been Il great sufferer with weakness pecul-
lar to my sex. | would have for days at a
time a terrible bearing-dOwn feel
ing. accompanied by great exhaustion
and severe pain in back and limbs.
l would 90 to bed fatigued, and rise in the
morning more exhausted than when |
retired. Often after rising | would have
a period of trembling, until at
last my nerves were in a state of complete
prostration. l would have little or no ap-
petite. Almost constant headache,
accompanied by strange sensations, etc.
Such was my condition when / first heard of
DANA'S SARSAPARILLA. Though l
am but forty-three years of age, yet my
hair is gray, and l look like a person near
sixty years old.
While visiting my daughter, Mrs. Hardy,
in Bangor, Me-, she persuaded me to try
a bottle of DANA'S SARSAPARILLA,
and to please her l did SO. That bottle
helped me a little. The second one gave
me a good appetite, and caused me to rest
better nights. | continued to use it, and
continued to improve, till l had taken
eleven bottles. And, praise God, | am
WELL! IT HAS CURED ME! feel
like a new person! | have increased in
and forty-six pounds, and enjoy life once
more. MY CASE Is 4 MIRACLE, and
l will do all | can to tell others,
Yours with respect,
ELIZABETH A. BROWN.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-05-01
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS

Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup has been used
by millions of mothers for their children
broker OF your rest by a sick child suffering
and crying with pain of cutting teeth send at
once and get II bottle OF "Mrs. Winslow's
soothing syrup tor children tcethlng. 1t
will relieve The poor little sufferer immedia-
tely. Depend upon it, mothers, there is 10
mistake about it.. 1t cures diarrhHa, regu-
lates the stomach and bowls, cures wind col
ic, sottens the gums, reduces Inflammation
and gives tone and energy to the whole sys-
TEN. "Mrs. Wins'ow's soothing syrup for
children teething is pleasant to the taste and
is the prescription OF one of the oldest and
best female physicians ana nurses in the
United states, and is tor sale by all druggists
throughout the world. Price twenty-five
cents II bottle. BE sure and ask tor "Mrs.
Winslow's soothing Syrup" 46 VT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-05-01
No. 73.-Can You Guess Me9

No. 53.-Can You Guess Ne?
Cut Off my head and singular | act,
Cut of my tail and plural | appear;
Cut Off my tail and head, o wonIrous fact,
Although my middle's left, there's nothing
here.
What is my head cut off? a sounding sea.
What is my tail cut Off? A flowing river.
Far in the oceans depths I fearless play,
Giver of sweetest sounds, yet mute forever.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-05-01

Herbs, Banks and Gums
gathered by the Indians.
You cannot live to old age if
you are diseased; just bear
that in mind. Kickapoo In
dian Sagwa will break up any
kind Of a fever in fact by its
occasional use you ward off
sickness of every kind, For
sale by all Druggists.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-05-01

No. ia Neat Trick Explained.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-05-21
THE WEEKS TRADE.

Dun's Report Makes q More Favorable
Showing Notwithstanding the Foreign
Demand For Gold.
NEW YORK, May 16.-R. G. Dun's
Weekly Review of Trade says: In every
respect the outlook is more favorable
excepting the large exports of gold and
the advance in the Bank of England
rates to five per cent, obviously for the
purpose of drawing more gold from this
country. The receipts for customs
duties in-.New York are largely in sill
yer certificates and new treasury notes
mo less than 64k per cent. for the first
ten days of May-but it is proper to re-
member that the new treasury. notes
being redeemable "in gold or silver
coin," with a provision of the law en-
powering the secretary to maintain the
parity of gold and silver paper and coin
are in practice redeemable In gold and
in value equal to greenbacks-
1t is a most favorable symptom that
discontinued exports of gold cause no
panic in this market It is significant
fact that the exports in April were
about double last years in value as to
cotton, and showed an increase in oil
and PROVISIONS but a decrease in cattle
and breadstuffs. Yet in breadstuffs the
decrease was wholly in corn, and the
surplus of wheat available for export
MAY 1 was about SO, 900, 900 bushels.
The exports of wheat from Atlantic
ports have been much smaller than q
wear ago until last week, when an in
crease of 10 per cent appeared. In corn
the decrease Is heavy, of course.