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The advocate., 1892-05-18
aRED ELEPHAETo BINDER TWINE,

phAnt Dlnder GWlne, mAnuAAckuESu Ny ehAS
Empire Cordage company, Of Champaign,
ILL.,; St. Louis Office, 112 Walnut street:
Flrst-Red Elephant binds grain at
less cost to the farmer than any other
twine in the world, because cent will
buy more feet of Red Elephant twine
than of any other good twine. 1t stretches
at least twenty-five feet per pound In the
reaper, which no other twine will do.
Second-Red Elephant, every pound
of It, Is made of pure American hemp,
grown on American farms by American
farmers.
Third-If farmers buy Red Elephant
twine, In q few years hundreds OF thou
sands of acres of hemp will be growing
in the United States, and factories, like
the one at Champaign, be located In
every wheat state. Trusts and monopo-
lies in binder twine will be impossible,
and binder twine and rope be perma-
nently cheaper than farmers have ever
seen them.
Fourth-Because every acre Of hemp
raised will take the place Of an acre Of
wheat or corn, of which there Is an
overprodlction, thus adding to the value
of all farm lands.
Flfth-Because millions OF dollars, now
sent abroad for foreign fibreS, should be
kept at home and paid to American
farmers for American hemp grown on
American farms.
Sixth-Because the Empire Cordage
company, who make the Red Elephant
twine, have never had any connection of
any kind with any trust or combine, but
are selling their twlne direct to the
farmers, guaranteeing every ball to work
to perfection on every machine in good
order.
Seventh-Because Red Elephant Is
sold, when desired by the farmers, on
September time, SO that the farmers can
use the tWine In the harvest field and see
that 1t comes up to the guarantee before
paying for 1t.
Elghth-Because crickets and glass;
hopperS never cut Red Elephant twlne,
and 1t is the only twine that Is not some
times cut, causing farmers great loss Of
time and money.
Ninth-Because hundreds of farmers
who have used Red Elephant say that 1t
Is the best twine they ever used, and
that 1t has fewer breaks and kinks and
fewer misses than the best MANILA.
Tenth-Because the manufacturers Of
Red Elephant twine are not afraid to put
their trade mark on their t,ine, and
guarantee 1t to do good work.
Eleventh-Because all manufacturers
of twine from foreign grown 1bres sell
only to merchants and dealers, while the
Empire Cordage company sells to farm
ers exclusively, thus incurring the en-
nifty of all dealers and manufacturers Of
twine and farm machinery. This last
accounts for all the reports circulated in
various ways to the prejudice OF Red
Elephant tWine.
Twelfth-Because Red Elephant is the
only American hemp twine that Is GER
tainly pure American hemp, many
worthless twines being sold as American
hemp, in order to destroy the reputation
of the genuine American hemp twine.
Red Elephant is the only single ply
American hemp tWine ever saw that
E. l. Il.
The advocate., 1892-05-18

Granite State PrOVident Association, of
Manchester, N. H., May 2, 1892.
ASSETS,
The advocate., 1892-05-18

sUBsCR1BE for THz ADVOCATE.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-03-12

ment of Congressman Boutelle that the
Herald commended the election of
Democratic House because it would en-
sure sound currency. The Herald had
said in answer to Mr.. Boutelle that it had
done no such thing, whereupon the
Wing fishes out this extract from an edi-
torial in the Herald year ago:
The business community has good reason to
be thankful that in the next Congress the DEM
ocrats will hold an indisputable control of the
House. Ii the Republicans could have their
way on silver legislation as they had in the 51st
Congress, there would be great danger of the
passage Of another silver law increasing the
present perilous imitation of the currency by
Still larger issues of coin notes.
The difficulty with the. Herald is
that it has been trying to support a sound
currency and the Democratic party at the
same time. 1t has got to abandon the at
tempt or to continue wabbling.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-03-12
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Mrs. Francis NJ. Cockerell, wife of the
well known Senator from Missouri, has
been chosen regent for Missouri of the
Kings Daughters.
The goods exported from Alaska last
year amounted to 81 100000 more than
the price paid Russia by the United
States for the territory.
Gustave Jovanovitch, the greatest cat
tie breeder in Russia, and called the
''King of the Steppes' owns 100000 acres
of land, and possesses more than 1,000,
600 sheep and $4,000 shepherd dogs.
The Grand Duke of Hesse, the queens
son-in-law, who is reported to be dying.
made a sensation in 1884 by marrying
Nine. Kalomine, the beautiful divorced
wife of Russian secretary of legation
stationed at the Hessian capital. Two
months afterwards the marriage was
dissolved by divorce, and Nine. Kalo-
mine was created Countess Won Romrod,
receiving also a gift of 100000 and the
assurance of an annual pension of
$1,000.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-03-12
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-03-12

Nobody ever imagined that the Aus
tralian ballot was cure-all for corrup-
ton in politics, so it is hardly worth
while for the Bridgton News to point out
that it is not. All that has been i'm
agined is that it makes corruption more
difficult than under the old system. 1t
lessons the temptations to corrupt the
voter, and it also lessons the opportunity
to do so. Not single law on our stat
ute book completely banishes the offence
against which it is directed. Prohibi-
ton does not cure drinking; hanging
does not abolish murder; term in the
penitentiary does not stop stealing or
burglary or arson. But all these laws do
tend in some degree to diminish the
offences against which they are directed.
So, we have no doubt, does the Austria
liam ballot tend to diminish the evil
against which it is aimed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-03-12

Some of the Democratic brethren are
inclined to complain of what they call
the greediness of the Irish-American
members of the party in claiming the
offices. But as the Irish-Americans
throw the great bulk of the Democratic
vote there is no good reason why they
should not claim the bulk of the offices,
since the party has declared its intention
to treat them as spoils and to make a
clean sweep.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-03-12

The Bangor municipal election seems
likely to turn almost wholly on the ques-
ton of the lease of the Bangor & Piscat-
aquis road to the proposed Aroostook
road. Mr.. f. 0. Beal, the Republican
candidate, is an opponent of the lease,
while Mr.. Snow, the Democratic candi-
date favors it. AS the division on the
lease question is not at all coinoident
with party lines, the result of the cleo
ton will have no political significance
whatever.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-03-12

The Bangor Wing very neatly con-
victs the Boston Herald of wabbling from
the truth in it's recent reply to the state
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-03-12

We do not believe that the PROPOSE
ton to abrogate the bonding arrange
ment with the Canadian railroads as a
means of coercing the Dominion into
asserting to a renewal of the modus
uioendi in Behring Sea will be received
with favor in New England or the North
west. Undoubtedly such abrogation
would greatly hurt the Canadian rail-
roads but it would also hurt the consum-
ers of New England who now get -four
and grain much cheaper than they would
if they had to depend upon American
trunk lines. A proposition similar to
this was made by the Cleveland admins
tration, after the rejection of the fishery
treaty, as measure of retaliation upon
the Dominion for her treatment of our
fishermen. It was not favorably re-
ceived then and it will probably not be
favorably received now. New England's
interest in the seal is slight as compared
with her interest in the grain crop Of the
West and the means of getting it to her
consumers expeditiously and cheaply.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-03-12

It is not at all unlikely that there is a
good deal of truth in the despatch which
represents Lord Salisbury as opposing
the renewal of the modus oiueedi in Beh-
ring Sea for political purposes. A cam
paign is impending, and on most of the
issues likely to be concerned in it the
Tories are on the unpopular side. If
Salisbury could inject another question
on which he could appeal to the. pride
and patriotism of the English people--in
short, if he could only get chance to
fire the popular heart-the Tory chances
of success might be improved i'm
mensely. The modws viverdi question
has in it possibilities of this kind.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-03-12
THE PRESS.
SATURDAY, MARCH 1s.

1t is announced that Senator Hill will
take no notice of Mr.. Harter's letter of
inquiry except to acknowledge the re-
ceipt of it. Hill is too experienced poll
tician to be caught in so clumsy trap as
Harter set.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-03-12

It turns out that the report that the
legislature of Iowa had passed the coun-
ty option bill and thus "killed prohibit
tom was untrue. The Senate had
passed such measure, but the House
has not done so, nor is it at all probable
that it will
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-04
MONTE CAkLO'S RIVAL.
\, Elaborate Gambling He'll to he Estab-
lished In Z his Country.

!, Elsborate Gambling He'll to be Estab.
iished In Ihis Country.
company of greedy and vulgar CAPT.
ksts propose to establish u gambling
M on an island OFT the coast If Santa
krbsra. Just AS soon as the company
hp get On he island preparations for fit.
ks it III will begin. There are interna-
keoal diff -ren'es about the island. 1t
h off Santa Barbara, in the Pacific,
Lbout thirty miles Between it and the
FINLAND is the island of Vera Cruz, a
nod sized body of land, on which are
Sxtured 100 100 sheep
The island the ,mpanv has in view ia
bout four miles long and two wide.
t.n the United States and Mexico claim
n When the idea first originated it was
bought that Mexico had perfect control
ks It, and negotiations we're opened TO
kssei it. Mexico would not he-itate 10
sse the land for that purpose. but our
psrfnment would. and the scheme was
Gndered ny the United States pressing
b claims OF ownership.
An orgsnization has been effected ior
Ne establishment Of such an institution.
Ptha fully subscribed capital OF SO, 000,-
N. 1t is proposed to make it rival of
onte Carlo, famous for its reckless snd
dungeons gambling and debauchery.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-04
THE QUESTION OF rAx.r,o,,

""ss PRESIDENT shelton of IN. s..
hoard Of Eqaal'.a,ios Has to Say.
Mr; shelton, president Of the stat.
oosro OF equalization, in an address hS'
s.;1 'ne etate board Of apportiopment
1a: Will venture the statement that
I. 20" taks Two streets in the city Of Port
u, anu, II they were assessed at loo
PI cent. the amount would be NJ sreat
~ me total assef Of the whole of
mul'nomah county. The Oregonian. a
paper which seems to have in aavsn.a
s VII. arguments OF the eminent council
VINO nave appeared before Won TO-DAY
AFFORDS good illustration of the way
property ia assessed in Multnomah
county. This (the Oregonian Pu Fishing
co.) as en- reliably informed. ia erect
;M9g the finest fire.proof building in the
Northwest. at cost. including grounds.
% ABOUT $6OO,OOO, 100000 of this paid
py sai' company. out Of it's own funds
,'esides the immense income derived
rom the plant, yet on the assessment
ron OF Multnomah county. now filed in
the secretary Of states office, this great
company. with building, appears to be
worth oaly $4,000. And ifthis paper
sun continues to champion the cause of
Muitnomah county in this unequal as
ses'sment. it will be the best means Of
enlightening the people OF the state Of
oregon OF the present inequality OF taxa
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-04
WARD M'ALLISTER SOCIETY.
'sey the Chief Requisite in Becoming
Member Of Society.

'sey the Chief Requisite in Becoming
Member Of Society.
"nk Pixley Ia the Argonauf.
Why any one, man or woman, who
Intelligence aud money wherewith to
Icnase pleasure, should desire to enter
alonable society on either side OF the
a,ntlc-the sort of fashionable society,
least, which publishes it's fsssts,
-, scandals, and other attractions In
aevspapers-is beyond the compre-
asion OF people who find rational in.
~ In life and q sane appreciation OF
openings it offers for happiness. Yet
stvation will not permit it to be de-
mat charming women, and men not
,od OF sense, will struggle to get into
with Q feverish and sustained
Gulty that would conquer something
nny in the way of success were IL
guy directed. And when they do get
What, In the name of all that is de-
s.ele, do they find there? Certainly
9,ains, assuredly not culture, put
ssii dressed mob Of males and females
ae take rank according to the size OF
nles Of money which they represent.
sefs 10 plenty to eat and drink. to DO
y, And one may have as much dane
= 70 to be had at the Sunday picnics
3e lronmolders' union or the noo'
nsr' protective and social league.
e1e bond, seemingly, that unites inc
aoltants Of this charmed land Is . 90
10 mark their financial superiority
sesping poorer people from sharing
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-04

The Minneapolis North western Miller
has started movement to send a chip
load ct flour to Russia, and has succeed I'd
IN getting the Russian government to
furnish transportation from this country
to Russia and to distribute the -four to
famine-stricken Russians. 1t has also
obtained subscriptions from millers of
Minneapolis alone Of 5000 sacks of flour,
amounting to 49, 900 pounds. 1t is ex-
pected that this donation will be in
creased by Minneapolis to 500 600 pounds
making trainloao OF from Is to 20 cars.
Every miller in the country has been
asked for contributions, and it is ex-
pected that shipload Of -four will be
obtained. The projected cargo will con-
tain 100000 pounds Of -four, one
twelfth Of which has been obtained from
single city. The Russian Charge
d'Afialres at Washington has written to
q correspondent in Ohio that the popula-
ton Of II provinces in Russia, represent
ing over 2O,OO0,O0o people, are actually
starving.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-04
A Human Wonder.

Zeyah Colburn, who was born in Yer
mont in 1904 and died in 1910 at the age
of SO, was, without doubt, the most gifted
natural mathematician the world has ever
known. He was taken to London when
only eight years old, and while there
was examined by all the great mathems-
ticians of England. At one OF these ex-
aminations he raised the number sue
cessively to the sixteenth power, and IN
naming the last result, which consisted
Of fifteen figures, he was right in every
one. On being asked the square root OF
100 926. he answered 1927 before the old
eray-hsired philosopher questioner had
Time to put it down. He was next
asked how many minutes there were in
rty.eight years and instantly replied
Is ,22s 800, and five seconds later gave
the astonished savants the exact number
of seconds.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-04
Eastern oregon Mines.

The White Swan mine in Baker
county in four days run turned out $1,000
in gold. The Democrat says the daily
output from the White Swan mine is
something wonderful, the likeness of
which has seldom been parallelled on
the Pacific coast, and from all accounts
OF the continued richness of the ore
schultz large bullion yields will he of
frequent occurrence for some time to
come.
The pumping out Of the shafts at the
Virtue mine in Baker county is being
successfully accomplished, and SuperiD-
tendent Oliver says that only few
days remain before the mine will be free
from water and the ore veins in the diff
ferent levels exposed to view. Great
hopes are entertained that the richness
and extent of ore is all that has been
claimed, and il 80 the company will set
about the operation of the Virtue on an
extensive scale.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-04
To Prot ct the Printer.

Representative Scott, If Illinois, has
introduced bill prohibiting the postof-
nee department from selling stamped en-
vvelOpes bearing the usual printed request
for . return IL the owner after . limited
period. epeaking Of the resolution, Mr..
Scott said:
Under the present Law, the govern.
ment 10 direct competitor with every
printing house in the country. 1t is m
un~arranted trpspass by the govern
ment upon the private bn>iness OF every
printer in the United States. Many mil
lions OF dollars annually are by this act
taken from the printing guinness. This
does not seem fair or just he govern.
ment should take its hands off and not
oppress one Of the greatest and most i'm.
poitant industries Of our country.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-04
CurlOsittes About Bees.

1t is estimated that bees, in order to
collect one pound Of honey, must visit
and extract all the nectar contained in
81 600 heads OF clover Of the average size.
This herculean task flor the bees) would
necessitate $3.50, 900 trips to the hive.
Wax is substance secreted by the
bee. and is analogous to the fat of the
higher animals. The wax of species of
bee common in Patagonia, Terra del
Fuego and other parts of Southern South
America and the adjacent islands. is a
dark blue in color and is said to be more
poisonous than arsenic.
A hive Of 5000 bees will produce about
fifty pounds Of honey annually, and will
multiply about ten fold in five years.
According to latest statistics the total
number Of hives of bees in the United
States and Europe is 7,424 900 and the
annual product of honey ls3,0OO,0OC
pounds.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-04
HE MADE MONEY.
served His Constituent. o..
Well NJ His Asso,,.. o."

""""'e"Iy Served His Constitu.,,.
Well ~ His Assoctstr.. 40 q"
The Washington correspondent ot -.
view York Advertiser has unesrthsd o ,ne
SHINING exception in Congressional liza ~. .e
the rule that 5000 a wear doosn, , '.'e 70
M o.:i ends meet. This individual 10
Major Martin Of Texas, who blew ont ~ =, =
gas the first night of bis arriyal;n W. .e
Ing1on; The Majors living EXPENSES 9 ~
iexas had ranged from s7l, n ssoN ,, ,n ~
annnm. He resolved, when thrust p ;p tn
congress by his neishbors, that he wo n"'S
not permit the extravaganza Of fashion.
able life to daily with him To ths ax,on.
OF more than $500 in excess of that ann
Ia snort, society or no society. $1,000 w.s
ms limit. He stuck to his resolut;on
through the four years OF his service
Upon the expiration of his term no
walked INTO the office OF the sergeant at.
arms, threw down huge roll of bills
and asked for exchange on New YorL
re s'roked bic goatee complacently and
remarked to the cashier: "They sav tho
OLD man blew ont the gas, but vuess
none OF them fellers that wear patent
leather shoes and drink that fizz;n kind
OF wine will tote home any wad lika
that The "wad' contained $l75M
saved in four years out of an aggregate
salary OF $4,000 and mileage. This ia
Where the Major had his laugh.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-04

Warren J. Sayre, of the Cherokee In
dian commission, says that the commits
sion has just closed negotiations for the
purchase of $4,000 acres of land from the
Tonhewas and Cherokees. This land
forms part. in what is known az the
Cherokee strip. He saws the commission
has purchased l3 100000 acres Of land
for the government at cost Of $l2,OOO,-
600, and that the original Oklahoma
territory has been increased in eixe until
it is now az large AZ Indiana. He thinks
Oklahoma will have 1900, 600 people by
the time the next president is inaugu-
rated and that it will become state.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-04
Rain Badly Needed.

Lack of rain in the southern portion Of
California is causing much suffering to
cattle on the ranges. 1t is reported that
several hundred head have recently died
Of starvation in the upper end Of Santa
Barbara county,. and ii is feared that the
loss Of stock will be serious unless rain
soon comes. The reports received from
similar shortage of pasturage and lose
among cattle.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-04
A VESSEL wRECKkD.

LONDON, Jan. 2l.-The Pacific Steam
Navigation Corrpspy's mail steamer
John Filler, from Valparaiso for Liver
pool, was wrecked in the straits Of
Magellan All the passengers and crow
of the steamer were saved, but the
vessel herself will be total loss. s.
A dispatch to the Timee from Santiago
to Chilli says the news Of the wreck 10
causing much excitement n that city
Der Of refugees who sought safety il i Is
American legation LETT The country. The
local authorities have received orders 10
arrest ell the refugees found among the
shipwrecked people. sg#
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-04
A New Magnesium Lamp.

A French scientist, NJ. Dronier, has
invented new magnesium lamp which
burns for regular periods of "a hours
without extinction, says London Iron.
The light which 1t produces, with one
kilo. (2.2 pounds) Of magnesium, lie equal
to that generated with 100 kilos. OF can
dies. $50 kilos. of oil. so kilos. OF petro
leum, or $50 cubic meters OF illuminat'
ing gas. The cost OF installation is very
low. and these lamps obviate danger OF
FIRE They burn 40 grammes (O.OO9
pounds) of magnesium per hour. With
magnesium costing 500 francs ($96 SOY
per kilo the hourly expense is two
francs. But with the new metallurgical
processes, M. Dronier remarks, it will
shortly be possible to obtain magnesium
at much cheaper rate, so that illumina-
ton by means Of his lamp will not be 80
costly as might appear at first sight.