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RECIPROCITY WITH FRANCE.
Considered rs Favorable In Both Countries
American Exports

considered rs Favorable In Both Count RI es
American Exports
PARIS, Jan. l2.-Deputy Siegfried,
who was active in c tabishing uegotia-
tions for the commercial treaty with
the United States, has sal L. ~ consider
that the treaty will be favorable 10
both countries. 1t will facilitate the
entry into France of several leading
American agricultural and mining
products while Frances industrial and
artistic products will have large sale
In the United States"
Deputy Georges Beiger, speaking on
the same topic said; Our porJs should
be opened to American salt meats and
the United States should give US some
thing in return. The United States
should reduce the duty on our wines
and dress goods"
Louis Grandeur, II member of the SUI
perlor council OF agriculture said: "In
response TO the Mckinley law France
might retaliate BY placing high duty
On American grain while encouraging
the importa ion Of Australian, Indian
and Russian grain. A treaty on fair
basis Is desirable for both countries"
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SMITHY SONG.

When am half a.dreaminR
And only half asleep
When daylighrs grayest cleaning
Gins through the blinds to peep
oh. then hear tho tlnging
or the smithy hammers ringing,
Ching ching ching. ching
Ching ching ching ching.
At eve when I'm returning
From labors OF the day,
Their forges yet are burning,
And still their hammers play;
And oft the smiths are singing
To that measured, merry Raging.
Ching, ching. ching. ching,
Ching. ching. ching ching.
Often with rhythmic tending
or bodies 10 and FRI,
They toll In couples sending
The sparks out blow on blow,
One hammer always swinging
The while the others ringing
Ching ching ching ching.
Ching ching. ching ching.
o merry anvils sounding
All day TIL set Of sunI
tits by steady pounding
That noblcst tasks are done.
BY sturdy blows ind swinging
That keep the world ringing.
Ching ching, ching ching.
Ching ching ching ching.
George Horton, In Century
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WAR "REMINISCENCES.
HIT AT ANTIETAM.


| wv ~ nv VI AUs
Strange Sensations Of n soldier wounded
In Hattie.
Hooker was trying to drive jackson
at Antiotam. II Is one Of the mysteries
OF war that he did not annihilate him
and then take Lea In flank. We out
numbered him, and we extended our
lines until only skirmish line Of gray
opposed U.S. but on no field Of battle In
the whole war did the confederates
eight 40 6ercely. II seemed as II every
single company had been told to hold
its ground until the last man was wiped
out We breasted up 10 the gray lines
time after time, but they would not
give back They faced us and died. II
they lost rod OF ground they charged
back and recovered two
rcmemhc how the corn waved and
rustled as we pushed through II that
dny-how the silkcn tassel became dc.
tached and floatcd into our faces like
spider'webs on n dewy summers morn
ing. They were waiting for us-the
men who had come up from Tarper's
Ferry without halt-foot.soro, hun.
cry, thirsty, but ready 10 die to save
Lees left wing. They made never n
halt to moisten their parched throats
at the wells OF Sharpsburg-never q
halt for the lRggardS TO come up. Leo
was In danger, and old Stonewall rode
at their head The politicians simply
slur them. Those who breasted up
against them on the battlefield remem.
Der only how CALAMITY they died.
NJ hrst scattering fire. man fall.
Ing out here aud there. Tho popi popi
popl increases In rapidity-now II be.
come continuous roar-hcre comes
the command TO charged There Is n
chcer-n rush, and we nre checked.
Men can not dodge bullets, but wo
dodge as they zip and spit and whistle
by our cars. A storm OF bullets can
not be breasted like gale OF wind
laden with snowflnltcs but we bend our
heads and advance.
What Ia itp Why am lying on the
ground2 Is the fight over that tho din
OF battle has so nearly died away? |
wonder and wonder II Ia like waking
out OF n sound slumber. Now know
what II is-Fm HIT A bullet has
crashed into my shoulder, spun mo
around like top, and then dashed me
to the earth In heap Men struck
that way lose consciousness for min.
ute or two. The roar swolls out again
i hear men cursing and cheering, and
] finally understand that our limos have
been driven back lift my head for a
hasty look around. and find have
lots OF company. The dead and wound.
cd are rs numerous as corn.hills.
bullet In the shoulder Ia nothing.
pint or two of blood lost from tho
body Is OF no account turn over
seize a dead man by tho arm. md pull
myself up, but everything dances be.
fore my eyes and sink down In n
heap. II isn't the wound itself, but tho
shoclt TO the neryous system I've scap
n six-footer drop In a heap and cry like
q woman because a bullet had made
ono OF his fingers nm inch shorter md
he was never charged with being a
coward, either
There IL no such thing as time on n
battle. field. A general mav watch its
flight but private soldier has no
thought Of H. The sun may have been
at meridian when the battle opcncd
All OF sudden he Is amazed that the
orb has gone from sight lie Inns
fought on giving no heed to time.
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THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

PROF. SANBOHN reaches the conclu.
sion that the percentage OF food con-
sumed STEADILY declines as the animal
increases In size, and as steadily re.
quires a greater amount OF food 10
make a pound Of pork; and the larger
the animal gets the greater the amount
Of food required 10 make pound Of
pork.
A FRENCH agricultural experiment
station reports that out Of 575 plants
the goat eats $40 and refuses 1926; the
sheep, out OF bis, eats 3s7 and refuses
i4l; the COW. out OF 404 plants, eats 276
and refuses 2ls; the horse, out OF 474
plants, eats 262 and refuses 2l2; while
the pig, out Of 243 plants, eats ~ and
refuses III.
My method Of oiling harness is 10
take the pieces apart and give every
strap thorough washing Let them
hang by the fire until about half dry,
and apply liberal coat OF meats. foot
oil, mixed with enough lamp black 10
color the harness black. II the first
coat dries in readily second should 10
applied. Country gentleman.
ONE advantage that accrues from tho
use OF commercial fertilizers upon pota-
toes Is that they usually contain sui.
phuric acid and chlorine, free or In
compound, and these act more or less
as funRicides and destroy the germs Of
rot, mildew, mold. etc The rot in
the potato is caused by 4 parasite. and
II we use manures with little cop
peras we usually have little trouble
from IT. Barnyard and stable ms nure
arc thought rather TO increase these
trvuheA
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SWlNoLlNo IS UNIVERSAL.
hut II Generally Gets It. Compensation
In Its own Coin.

hut II Generally Gets Its Compensation
In Its own Coin.
Each season has its peculiar swindles
too numerous to mention. In summer
the iceman, who is very far from being
nice inan, rcups his little harvest
The iceman's bills. even In July or
August may be called n cold steal Ia
winter the plumber chul cngts our nd.
miration Strict, honest and square
dealing Is not obtained even in the ad.
ministration Of justice A colorcd zen.
tlcman who adhered too closely 10 "A
valuable dog, ON which he had not even
mortgage or builders lien. got two
years at Sing Sing while the average
doodle alder lnn gets anew trial or an
acqulttal The man who steals a dol.
lar Is called % tibet while the man who
tcloniously absorb, u million is called
brilliant Il 1nnricr; and 80 he In. but he
~ 4 multancOu9 Y a thief, all the same
However th'r' urc compcnqationA
For n ta1cc the alderman who boobies.
IN turl Is scv rely buodlcd by the legal
gentlemen who ATTENDED to his 1.-THE
boodl r'al vindicution Tho merchant
who fines his clerks, and otherwise
robs them, Is vlctimzrd by the fashion
able female llnpt Omnniac, who has
such IA ing ways The American exile
IN Canada has to pny a quarter for
drink OF whisky The wealthy coal
dealer or the Wall. ,trcct broker mad.
vert'ntlY visits church fair, and
when hc comes ont he feels n, bad M II
he had been interviewed by the Pull.
man car porter As boodlcr, he is the
mss OF al the boodlcrs he docs tho
biggest buslncss on the tmnllest CAPT.
al TeEas Sitings
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The VAULT WAS EMPTY.
Tho First National Bank of Muncy, Pa, In
Very Bad Condition.

The First National Bank Of Muncy, Pa, ia
avery Bad Condition
WILLIAMSBURG, Pa, Jan. 1.-The
First National bank OF Muncy was
closed by order of Bank Examiner
Denglcr yesterday. Previous 20 the
announcement of the suspension there
was a run, during which between 81, 600
and ss,oOO-all the money ON hand-was
paid out.
Della Green, the cashier and cx.banlt
examiner for this district was arrested
between 10 and II o'clock last night ms
startling disclosures were made during
the evening. When Examiner Denpler
arrived he found that portion OF the
vault could not be opened and he sent
TO New York for an expert. The man
worked five hours before getting the
vault door open. 1t was then found
that $4,000 Ia money and bonds were
missing. Shortly after this the excited
depositors started ar n.
Green was arrested while In bed and
was taken before United States Com
missioner Bently, who demande bail
In the sum of $50, 900. Examiner Deng.
Ter said that the affairs OF the bank
are In very bad shape and II looks as II
the Institution had been looted. A
shortage Of at least $40, 900 has already
been discovered and the full amount
It is expect ID, viii be much greater.
Combinations by tho senate.
WASHINGTON, Jan. i2 The senate in
executive session has confirmed the
following nominations among others:
Court OF private land claims, Joseph II.
Reed, of Iowa; w. W. Murray,
OF Tennessee; IL. c. Sluss, OF
Kansas, and w. +. Stone, of COL
oradoi United States district judges,
w. W. Morrow, for the northern dis.
trict of California; j. S. Wooson, for
the southern district Of Iowa; II. c.
Niles, for the northern and southern
district OF Mississippi; f. W. Camp, for
the district Of North Dakota; NJ. A.
Montgomery, for the northern district
OF Mississippii Warren Truitt, of Ore
gon, for the district OF Alaska Will
lam Mccoy, Of Indiana, minister res
dent and co sul-general TO Liberia;
William ID. Hess, OF Indiana, United
States consul-general at CONSTANT.
noplei d. s X. Back, OF Oregon, at
sonneborg; W. w. Harrigan, of Mlchi.
gan, chief Of the weather bureau. de-
partment Of agriculture; Walter Wv.
uan, OF Missouri supervising surgeon
~ M nsgiay hVNpithl scTy4ca
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SCorfsyLLE, Ind, Jan 32.-Throe
prisoners mtinV ri,l cs upcd fr IN
the cou l. jnu ae lat iglt Janes
II. Lonmis hr in lee H..i pp ot,lo k
them In III ~ lis nIr the uight Ash,
open ID G do r l., oain adnutan 90 he
wa. atsau trd viti IN lr n pike,
k ucte d,yl and zegrr.ls kicked In
I rsd tie an brcIt by the pri crs
The y ms Ncr j mes Aver,
Thornton Il Iser a.d 7 vs. Jcn ngs
Z horiT d Il pusto IRE in pursuit.
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LONDON, Jan Y -IHc tuTO uOrTe.
spprdcn, Il t ,e Daily New, say-3 Much
ild,gna,ioi 1, cxp-r ,,ed hire q the
M i've t"ot r. trra'mc TT the K cd.
ives casea q h,r'i, general briicftnat
toe ISneIiv . lie might have been
saved II pr p r we lir,l skill had bien
applied ear Ter TIE local press IL
unanimous f. decl ring the British
evacuation Of Egypt a. impossiDility
nov. Tue new khrdiye will nave IL dit.
fcult task In hlntinR again the in.
trigues whic must beset him n al
ri es, as every advantage Of his youth
viii be taNoI by many b. regain the
power they LOST under Tew6k
The advocate., 1892-04-13

of monopoliea. Interest has gone down
and tariff has gone up, or 10 more protec-
tive-further from free trade than ever
whereas, II Mr.. Wards doctrine were
true, We should be nearer free trade. A
tariff enables class to rob labor, but in
nc case with free trade in labor does it
force this class to pay greater wages.
Not only this, they, like others, pay only
the market price for labor, beating
wages down at every opportunity, as the
facts show. Mr.. Blaine, In his discus
sion with Gladstone, admitted that
wages had gradually gone up in free
trade England, and you surely will not
contend that interest has constantly gone
up there, also; II so, where is the force
10 your claim that we can have free trade
only by reduction In interest rate. II
such was the requisite, why don't we
have free trade now, or, at least, an ap-
proach to 1t, as interest is lower in some
cases in this country than In EnglandG
I have thus crudely presented my objec-
tions to your deductions simply that
facts may be obtained and sophistry ex-
posed. w. A. TURNER, NJ. D.,
PoWhsttan, Kansas.
The advocate., 1892-04-13

the people will be with us, and we shall
surely win.
The labOring people Of the towns and
cities, who are working short time and
low wages, are with US and will vote
with us If we are true to the demands
they helped to formulate at St. Louis.
Both the Democratic and Republican
parties have been powerful enough in
the last thirty years to have enacted the
laws we demand, II they had the honesty
and courage TO do so, but no sooner are
they In Office than the dictates Of Wall
street and corporations have been their
only guide. II we deserve q better con.
dition than they have given us, we will
strike the blow that will retire TO private
life the men who have misrepresented 80
long the interests Of the people, by vot
ing only for the candidates who are not
only educated to these demands, but are
sworn to be true to them.
I do hope there will be no attempt at
fusion for any Office In the gift Of the
people this year, but let US mass all the
reform elements to win. Yours for hu,
mauity, /. E. DEAN.
Honeoye Falls, N. Y, March q, 1892.
The advocate., 1892-04-13
Alliance Notice.

Leavenworth County Farmers ALI
ance and Industrial Union Of Kansas,
will hold It's regular quarterly meeting at
Tonganoxle, Kan, April 16, 1892. Each
sub-Alllance In the county Is urgently
expected to be we'll represented ,as busi-
ness of importance will claim the stten
tlon of the county Alliance. Brother w.
s. Hanna, of OttawS, Kan, member Of
the judiciary committee, will be present
to address the county Alliance, and it ls
expected that Brother s. M. Scott will be
In attendance. o. w. BIssETT.
Leavenworth County Secretary.
The advocate., 1892-04-13
Appointments of s. M. Scott.

Brother S. NJ. Scott, state lecturer Of
the Kansas Farmers Alliance and Indus
trial Union, will be at the following
places on the dates mentioned. Please
advertise It thoroughly and get as large
attendance as possible:
HUI City, April 10
Stockton, April l6.
Alton and Osborne, April 10,
Waldo. April 20.
Russell, April 81.
Wellington, April %.
Anthony, April 2B
Klngman, April 20.
El Dorado, April q.
Eureka. April % and 20.
lola, April 3d.
]. B. FRENCH, Secretary.
The advocate., 1892-04-13
FUSION OPPOSED.
To the Editor Of THE ADVOCATE:

40 bAA5 VI AAE &ADNOOAAAS
I see a great deal In the papers about
fusion with old parties on nominations
for different officers in different states.
do not assert that this idea of fusion
seems to be at all popular, but Its dis
cusslon tends to weaken the position Of
the new movement.
This peoples movement has been
going on ever since Peter Cooper's time
In 1876, in various forms, and we have
experimental with fuslons until we ought
to be satisfied that We can never win by
that policy. Ninety-nine out Of every
hundred officers elected by fusion with
either of the old parties, as soon as elected
have gone Into their old party caucus
and worked to strengthen that party.
This has deferred the reform movement
until the people have become thoroughly
disgusted.
Many good and honest voters in both
the old parties, who sympathlze with US,
have refused to act with US on account of
this system Of fusion.
Now the time has come when the rep
resentatives Of thirteen Of the great in
dustrial organizations of this nation have
come together in national conference
and agreed unanimously on platform
of demands which they want carried into
Legislation. They say they want only
such men nominated from president
down to postmaster, as will not only
favor the adoption VI these demands into
legislative enactments, but will faith
fully execute the laws when enacted In
the interest of the people.
To insure the election of such men, we
must nominate only those who believe
In the justice Of such laws and on a
straight out peoples ticket. By this
means giving the great mass Of voters In
both Democratic and Republican parties,
who are sufferers from our present sys-
tenn and who have become thoroughly
convinced that neither Of the old parties
will do anything for them, to pair of and
vote with us for the Peoples candidates
for every office.
A large majority Of the voters in both
old parties to-day acknowledge thatthere
is no difference between the two old par
ties as far as their interests are concerned,
and are ready to 90 with us, II we give
them a chance to do so without strength
ening their old political enemy, but the
moment you enter into fusion with
either party this becomes impossible.
Let US have straight work and strong
united pull this year, national, state, con-
gresSlonal and county, for principle, and
The advocate., 1892-04-13
1NrEREsr nor THE BASIS OF BENT.

F1CQO0 Tue luIEuSkOu VI JUG S0OA'"S
the light. In THE ADVOCATE OF March
2, noticed an article by Geo. G. Ward,
headed, "Rent, Interest and Profi'," that
to my mind contains a vast amount OF
sophistry that should not go unchallenged.
Mr.. Ward claims In this article that In
terest Is the basis Of rent, in fact, regu-
lates rent. Such claim seems to me pre-
posterous. Interest is In no sense the
basis of rent, but Ia rent. A person pays
10 DER cent. rent for money, which we
simply term interest In order to distin-
guish that which Is paid for the use Of
money, from that which Is paid for the
use of land, but 1t is all the same rent,
and all rent received above taxes and eX-
pense of collection is designated profit.
To say that interest regulates the rate of
rent of land Is false, as the causes of
high rent OF land and high rent for the
use Of money are distinct causes, owing
10 the fact that land Is limited and the
power to produce money is unlimited.
Mr.. Ward says landlords out of debt are
satisfied with rent equal to the interest
on the money cost of their land, which /
deny. For the money value of land may
greatly differ in any neighborhoOd, and
its rental value remain the same. But to
the idea of interest being the basis, or
regulator of rent, causing interest to go
up or down as it raises or falls. Every
one conversant with the facts will know
that rent goes up, and must 90 up, as the
demand for land owing to increased
population increases, while interest has
gone down.
In England farm land rents for from
IS to $S5 per acre, while interest has
gone down to as low as per cent. Land
rent has gone up within the past ten
years from 81 to 50 per acre, to from
90 so to S. per acre in this country, while
interest rate has moved down from 5per
cent. to from per cent. to as low as even
per cent. completely refuting, 1t seems
to me, Mr.. Wards claim, viz, the rate Of
interest regulates land rent. Rent rate
of land must and Is regulated as rule
not by interest on money invested, but
owing to the demand and the quantity of
land offered for rent suitable for the pur-
poses desired. Increase the circulating
medium equal to the demand, and inter-
cot will go down, all other things re-
naming the same. But how about land
rent2 The answer must be, at will con-
tlnue to rise as increased population in
creases the demand for land" To sup
pose that landlords will be contented
with less than they can force mankind
TO pay, is contrary to experience, and to
claim that competition will reduce rent,
would be all right, did competition exist
between land owners to any extent. Such
being not the case 1t cuts no figure; too
many must rent land or starve. There
fore the competition is for land
to rent and not between land owners.
Single takers would remove monopo-
lies by removing the causes that
originates them, restricted competi-
tion, class legislation, universal
rights conferred on individuals and cor
porations, etc. One other preposterouS
claim made by Mr.. Ward, is that low In
terest 10 England enables her people to
have free trade, or words to that effect.
This last admisslon-low lnterest-ex-
The advocate., 1892-04-13
]. B. FRENCH, Secretary.

District Lecturer Detwiler'S Appointments
BushORg, April l4th.
Allen. April 18th.
Bluff Creek, April 10th.
Dry Creek, April 18TH.
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utmost to create confidence in these
promises, and the result is that In q
number of states which have always
been conceded to the republicans, many
independent votes have been pledged
to democratic candidates and vica versa.
Unfortunately, however, for the demo-
cratic scheme, the hot headed democracy
of the south has given away the snap,
and since Weaver was compelled to
retreat ANONYMOUSLY from Georgia, in
dependent hopes for success down there
have gone q glimmering, and some OF
the more conservative populists are
coming TO their senses. Many Of them
already realize the futility of rainbow
chasing below the Mason and Dixon's
line that was, and acknowledge that
here in the northwest they have simply
been playing into the democratic hand.
ID. g. Olinger, a prominent leader of the
third party in Kansas, gave voice TO the
following sentiments in recent inter.
view:
The infamous treatment which the
people Of Georgia have accorded Gen
Weaver. after importuning him to 90
there and speak, is un-American, and
the free speech which has been denied
him is treason. The people ofthe south
held but promise to our people of the
north that they would break what has
been termed the solid south, but they
haye proven themselves traitors. do
not now believe that the south will ever
be anything but a solid democratic
south, and the only way can see is for
the peoples partv to join forces with
the republicans and make the north q
solid republican north. l have thought
that we might elect Weaver through the
aid of the silver forces of the west and
south, but now believe that the south
will never be anything but solidly dem
ocratic, and am now in favor of max
ing the north just as solidly republican.
would rather see the devil elected
than Grover Cleveland. Every egg
thrown at Weaver in Georgia was a
bloody shirt, and / would like to 20
again and do over what did in lS6l-65.
The south said il would shake hands
with us, but they have done it by egging
our candidate and degraded themselves
by their reasonable acts. Fit is to be
a solid demcratic south am in favor of
making ii solid republican north