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The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-11-16

and the commercial world il they are not
longer permitted to determine the price
Of ttber mems property.
With their illgotten gains they are
able to subsidize vensl city press and
many Of the great dailies are filed with
articles, the publication Of which is paid
for at regular advertising rates from
money won at this game, where the
farmer is not permitted q sight of the
"little joker which determines whether
his labor shall be rewarded fairly or
poorly.
The writer has long been an interested
student Of this system and has often
thought that there was little more to be
learned Of the "wsys that are dark and
the tricks that are vain !" Of the operators
upon the boards Of trade, but each month
and week brings some revelation. 1t
was not seen, for instance, until the op-
ponents Of this measure went before con-
gressional committees and testified that
such was the fact, that Of all who handle
the products Of the farm, from the time
they leave the producers hands until
they reach those Of the dealer selling in
small quantities to the consumer, there
is not one having the most ri mote inter
est in maintaining, much less in advanc-
ing prices. This anomalous condition,
this monstrous perversion Of the natural
laws OF commerce, arises from the fact,
80 plainly stated to the committee by
the opponents Of anti-option legisla-
tion, that, having bought q quantity of
grain or cotton and "hedged" " by imme-
diately selling "future," they were pro-
tected against any possible loss, and as
no greater profit could accure to them by
an advance they were absolutely indlffar-
ent from that moment to advances and
declines in the value Of the thing owned,
only part Of which, however, was true.
Having hedged," it is true they were
wholly Indifferent to advances in the
value Of the actual product as in case the
value Of the real article advanced in like
measure would the value Of the out
contract, which it was their in
tentiou "to buy in" when they had
disposed OF the actual product at the
current prics; then, by depressing the
price, they would be able to reap a
greater profit by " "buySng in" their con-
tracts at lower prices than they
had been issued. Hence, this system,
while making the miller, spinner
and dealer Indifferent to advances in |
the value Of the "hedged" product, also
makes him the interested confederate Of
the professional "short seller;" not in
advancing prices of the property of which |
be is the ostensible owner, but in de-
pressing the value Of futures in order
that he may "bUy on" his "hedgiDg
contracts at greater profit.
Under this system all the ancient |
,snons Of commerce are reversed and the |
owner occupies the anomalous position
of working, with might and main, to de
ltroy the value OF the property In his
hands, Accomplishing this-that he may |
= buy in" his contracts at q profit-nec-
sssarily carries down the price of the
grain and cotton upon the farm, which
10 the only unhedged" " product in the
country.
With the merchant, miller, spinner
and exporter ever working for lower
nriCea that thar &C Hoontrocta - ynav rokury
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-11-16

the south-probably from o man who
does not own a bale--of 10000 bales OF
cotton, and he wires an acceptance, TAX.
ing good care to Immediately sell dis.
tant "future" rs q "hedge" or
insurance" against fall in price, not,
however, with any intention Of delivering
the cotton on such futures" contract,
but Of selling the cotton to the spinners
at the current price and then buying
in" this long future" at the lowest
possible price. When the cotton was
rendered him, the farmers were offering
it, the southern merchant was Offering it
(and when the offer was accepted the
southern merchant may have "hedged /"
by buying "future" from some other
non-owner), and the moment the New
Yorker Lad wired his acceptance he
loaded the market with his contract for
10000 bales and at the same timepro
ceeded to solicit orders from spinners for
the 10000 bales of actual product, aud
when the spinner had bought 1000 or
more bales, he immediately "hedged" by
selling his futures contract for like
amount.
AS these contracts are usually long
" futures" Chat the seller may have more
time, with resulting fluctuations, to buy
them in at proit) the result is that by
the sale of this 10000 bales Of actual cot
ton to the New York dealer the market
ls loaded with at least two sets Of soon
tracts" representing it (and three il the
southern dealer hedges his sale), while
the actual cotton is sold in driblets to
the spinner (wh9 under this system buys
from hand to mouth only and remains
pressing upon the market in it's real as
we'll as it's simulated form until it &c es
into actual consumption; and the
I" futures remaining afloat many months
after the cotton has actually gone into
consumption, the effect Of the initial sale
has been that the more that was sold the
more there is for sale.
The writer was long puzzled by the
anomalous position assumed by what, in
board Of trade parlance, are known as
receivers" beirg men who buy actual
grain in the country. This puzzle arose
from the fact that while these men were
dealing in actual products and should be
interested in advancing prices, yet their
every utterance was Of q character to
lessen the value of the property they
were supposed to own. The following
from the Kansas City Star Of q recent
date is fair sample OF the bearish out
givings OF these grain receivers"
1.-THE country elevators, says Cong
don, the Chicago corn man, are full Of
corn. They are under contract with
farmers to take their grain. This pres
sure nf corn from the country will keep
receipts heavy here at Chicago whether
the weather be good or bad, and the
price will decline to 40 or Al cents"
Such seemingly inexplicable utterances
on the part Of owners Of certain classes
Of property no longer puzzle when it is
understood that the moment the "re-
,elver" has bought quantity Of corn in
the country he "hedges" " by "selIing a
future against 1t " and-as say the advo-
Gates OF "option dealing Having deter
mined. by this hedging" operation, the
profits on this particular transaction and |
his lot Of corn, the owner has no further
interest in the price of the aetual grain |
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-11-16

Don't forget TO renew your suOscrip-
ton TO the ADVOCATE
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-08-12
ACCEPTED THE SITUATION.
Two Rats That Made Their Nest In n
Tran,

Two Rats That Made Their Nest In n
Trap.
Here's a short lesson in contentment
that may be worth noting. A gentle
man at the north end of the town had
been annoyed by huge rat which per-
sisted in making way with chicken
seed and pretty much everything else
that il found in the barn loft, where n
few hens were struggling to reproduce
themselves in the shape of chickens
One of the new-fangled French rat
traps that had attracted 81 much at
tention about town have been baitcd
with choice piece of roasted cheese
20 tempt the trespasscr, but the old
fashioned steel trap was buried under
the chaf in the well-worn path from
under the hay, the wire fair being
pushed aside meanwhile. The old RAJ
tumbled into the hidden trap and was
caught. This was perhaps three weeks
ago.
Nothing was thought OF the wire cage
(Which lay half concealed by "a lock oi
hayl until Saturday, when IL was moved
out of the way. A mass Of stuff In the
center OF the cage attracted attention,
and upon examination II was found that
couple of half-grown rats had found
their way into IL, had evidently given
up trying to escape, and had settled
down To make the best of the situation.
They had drawn in through the spaces
Mt least two quarts of ehaff and bits o.
hay and had constructed comfortab le
nest and gone TO housekeeping. They
looked surprised at being disturbed. =
Hartford Courant.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-08-12
A LAND-GRABBER'S PLAN.
How Shrewd Montanian Obtained His
Broad Acres.

How "a Shrewd Montanian Obtained His
Broad Acres.
One of the most lofty and ambitious
grabberS in the state was not long ago
observed 10 be engaged in a most mys-
FERROUS business. lie was taking wom-
EN- out into the wilderness, a Stage-load
or two at a time, They We're very
reputable womcn-school teachers,
type-writerS, married women and their
friends. They We're taken To large
and plcasantly-situated house, upon the
preteXt that they were To attend a ball
and Il dinner and get n hundred dollars
as present. II all proved true.
Excursion party after excursion
party went out in this way, and
when the ladies returned To the
town that had thus been pillaged
of its beauty, they reported that they
had Jared upon venison and wild-fowl,
with the very best of "fiXings," and
that at the bah a number Of stall
wart and dashinC COWBOYS had become
their partners, tripping their light fam
tastic measures with an enthusiasm
which made up for any lack Of grace
that may have been noticed. The
reader may fancy what lark il was 10
the women, and how very much enjoy
mcnt the more mischievous welded
ones among them got by pretending
that they were maidcns, heart whole
and free of fancy! But while those
women were in the thick of this pleas
urc, they each signed formal
claim To n homesteader's rights
in the lands thereabout. And as
they prove up" those claims in the
fulness of time, each will get her one
hundred dollars. The titles To the
land will then be made over to the i'm
genious inventors and hackers Of the
scheme, and the land will be theirs.
Thus" in the language of a pictur-
csque son of Montana. "a fellow can
get n dukedom'if he wants it." This
is an absolutely true account of the
conquest of n valley in Montana, and
the future historian of our country will
find much else that is akin 20 il, and
that will make an interesting chapter
in his records. Julian Ralph, in Har-
per's Magazine.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-08-12
A GOOD HUSBAND.
The sort of Man who IL hound To Max.
His Wife Happy.

His wife Happy.
A most delightful man who Il hand.
some enough to cause many maiden's
heart to hutter and who is well enough
off to he suitable cause. in mamma,s
estimation, for the futtering, was
modest enough to affirm that he re-
manned single owing to the fact that he
did not feel capable Of making woman
happy. This very statement revealed
the truth that he would indeed be the
man To make one of the best of hus.
bands, and in consequence make very
happy woman of the girl he chose for
his wife.
II is not the man who IL afraid he
will not fill in the matrimonial plav
that is the one that fails signally in the
role. II he ever ventures 40 far and
asks n woman 10 he his wife she In
pretty sure that her life will be pleas
ent SO far as her domestic relations are
concerned. II his modcsty is not as
sumcd he will never quite recover from
the surprise of her accepting him, and
he will always regard her love as a
possession that Is exceedingly precious
and must be carefully guarded less IL
slip away from him. No matter how
many years they are married it will al
ways be the same, and the modest, un-
assuming bachelor will prove the de-
voted. admiring husband to the end.
On the other hand, the superb crea-
ture who considers that he bcstows a
little slice Ct Heaven with the giving of
his name is the one that is going to
make girl wretched He feels as
though perhaps he were too precipitate
in his wooing. and shows her by his ac-
tions. If he does not tell her in 50 many
words. that there were many other girls
just dying for him.
II money is scarce il will not be he
that will suffer. His glorious form must
be arraycd in gorgeous apparel his
lunchcons necessarily of the finest, and
his cigars the best. though perhaps at
home his wife. in a garment that may
have been one of the dresses of her
trousScau many years ago. eats warmed
over mCSscs and does her own work.
He, in his pride. considers it enough
honor for any woman simply tn bear
his name. and If il were suggested to-
him that his wife was miserable he
would not credit such ridiculous
statement.
Girls do not bc deceived 10y the gay,
SNOWY men, who are essentially selfish,
and who could never love anyone as
well as their own charming self. DO
not let the fine figure, handsome face
and daShing air make You snub the
quiet, modest chap who bushes when
a !
before the gay witticiSms and flow ot
talk of the more dashinC rival The
modest man is the one for the long
race and, if Your head is level and your
heart in the right place. the evares-
cent charms of the one will be com-
pletelv swallowed up and lost sight of
in the substantial lasting character of
the othcr.-Philadelph Times.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-08-12
a COMMON CASE.
n Certain Prominent Man and the wicked
Reporter.


n Certain Prominent Man and the wicked
Reporter.
There's n certain public man In Chi
cago who has habit of saying the next
day after giving a reporter his opinion
on any matter: Blame that young
fellow, he wrote about four times AS
much "a / told him." The man has
partner-fat and jolly-who has heard
the criticism SO often when he thought
IL undeserved that he thought he'd lay
n little snare for its author He i'm
structed the stenographer OF the firm
whose desk was very near that of the
certain public man's'-the next time
n reporter came In to interview the c.
p. m. she was TO take down the entire
conversation between them, and after
ward make typewriter copy of il
and give IL to him, the partner
taking care that the c. p IN. didn't
know anything about IL Nothing
whatever was said to any reporter.
One day last week in came the repre-
sentative of a paper and asked the C.
p. IN. what he thought of certain
matter. Laying down his pen and tilt
ing his chair the c. p. IN. unburdencd
himself freely. Next morning the re-
suit of the reporters call appeared in
type. Scarcely had the C. p. m. reached
his Office and laid aside his coat and hat
when he burst forth: "You remember
that reporter coming in here and inter
viewing me yesterday"
Guess So" answered the partner.
''Well. sir. he's done just what wish
TO Heaven l could get the reporters out
of doing.'
eyes? What's that?"
Making quarter Of column out
of half dozen or so little sentences
give them. How much would you think
said TO that reporter yesterday
30. few Hundred words"
Nonsense. Excuse me, but | know
didn't speak hundred words of my
opinion all told You must remember
that chose my words very carefully
and used few of thcm-surcly. you will
recall that did So"
One Of those half-SarcaStic. very
plaguing smiles--to the other fellow
spread over the face of the fat. jolly
partner as he took from a drawer in his
desk bunch of type written manu-
script Then he remarked: Have You
moment to spare?'
Certainly" replied the c, p. IN. with
lamb-likc innocence.
The partner proceeded To read "a ver-
batim report of every word that had
passed between the c. p. m. and the re-
porter, What pictures were to be seen
ON the features of that C. p. m. 5 face
may best Ice imagined He is To be cred
tied, however, with having heard the
document read entirely through.
When the partner had finished he
said: Now, Mr.. -, after eliminating
all the remarks that are plainly irrele-
want To the subject matter of the re-
porter's call, and counting only those
which IL is reasonably plain you want
for publication, you will find that YOU
spoke exactly 2,S47 words, or nearly n
column and half of opinion To that
reporter, and you say that he has put it
all into u quarter of column-abou
500 instead of a,S47 words. Go out and
buy the young man n box Of perfectos!''
"rll do it," said the thoroughly beat.
en- c. p. m.-but he didn't.-Chicagc
Tribune.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-08-12

The Boy Felt Safe, Father to
youthful son-Now, look here, ms lad
die, if you ever do that again III make
you smart for it, Son-You can't do it,
Teacher says was born stupid and no
power on earth can make me smart -
Detroit Free Press.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-08-12
The Rcward of Indn.,rx

lie Grand Stanned-Why is the crowd
being kept back SO forcibly.
Kirby Stone-So as to give the police
. chance to see the procession. fancy.
Puck.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-08-12
The Reward OF Industry.

lie Grand Stanned-Why is the crowd
being kept back SO forcibly.
Kirby Stone-So as To give the police
a chance To see the procession, fancy.
Puck
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-08-12
Hunker,. middleton. Remark.

Gazzam-That was bad slip of the
tongue on Hunker's part.
Maddox Yes; he had just eaten a
banana. Judge.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-08-12

Tho battle of Lexington, April 10,
1875, marked the beginning OF the Amer
lean revolution. The British. 500
strong, marched 10 Lexington and Con-
cord during the night of April Is, for
the purpose of destroying the stores OF
the patriots. They were met at Lex
ington by 20 patriots, whom they fired
upon and dispersed. The patriots from
the region round about speedily gath
cred under arms, and successfully op.
posed the British at Concord, compel.
ing their retreat and severely harassing
them on the march. British loss, 273,
American, 1903.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-08-12
Munker,. InIudIclou. Remark.

Gazzam-That was a bad slip of tha
tongue ON Hunker's part.
Maddox Yes; he had just eaten
banana.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-08-12

"A Motto OF the Professionalism
I'll give yer n motto for the business
said the old thief 10 the young one.
"Well, what is it?" Take things easy"
Detroit Free Press.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-06-16
An Active Mind.

People who have passed all their lives
in the steady jog trot of some regular line
can hardly realize sometimes that II Is
necessary to expound ones ideas.
But the following shows the advantage
of having an active mind.
"Of what use is all your studying and
your books" said an honest farmer to an
ingenious inventor. .'they don't make the
corn grow. nor produce vegetables for
market. Ny sam does more good with
the plough in one month than YOU can do
with your books and papers in whole
year,
What plough does your son use said
the inventor quietly
WHY he uses---s plough to be
sure. He can do nothing with any other.
BY using this plough we save half the la
Dor and raise three times as much as we
could with the old wooden concern.
The inventor quietly turned over one OF
his sheets and showed the farmer a draw
ing of the lauded plough, saying
Il am the inventor of your tavorlte
plough and my name is
The astonished farmer shook the in
genious man heartily BY the hand, and IN
vited him to call at the farmhouse and
make it his home as long as he remained
in the neighborhood.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-06-16
The Farmers Friends.

The great number of caterpillars nests
seen everywhere in the country shows that
farmers have need of their bird friends, for
only through the help of the birds can
these pests be DESTROYED. Other foes the
farmer must struggle against, and if he
drives away the rollins wrens, the much
abused crow. his efforts meet with meager
success. Abroad, the need Of the farmer
for the birds and for toads is better realiz-
ed than here, and they are protected even
bySmall boys.
In some OF the French villages boards
are set up bearing the following instruc-
tons
Hedgehog: Lives upon mice, snails,
and e-worms-animals injurious to
vegetation. Do not kill hedgehog.
Toad: Helps agriculture; destroys
twenty to thirty insects an hour Don't
kill toad.
Cockchafer and its larvp; Deadly enc
mics to farmers, lays seventy to one hun
dred eggs. Kill the cockchater.
Birds: Each department of France los
es yearly many millions of francs through
the injury done by insects. Don kill the
birds,
This method of showing what are help
full to farmers and what are injurious is SO
excellent that it should be followed wher-
ever men till the ground The first thing
to learn in this country is the ar'ety OF
birds which feed upon noxlouS insects.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-06-16
s SPECIFIC S .

IoH are goine 10 paint J0Wr Honse, ano
you have dozen different paints to Sc
lect from all claiming to be the best
How can you make your choice' Yot
know nothing of the paint, but the people
who manufacture it, how about them
You must take somebody's word for the
value of things you know nothing about
and YOU will naturally take the word of q
Company that has steadily gained in pub
lie favor.
The Chiffon Manu-. Co., started with
the belief that if they manufactured pure
linseed oil paint, produced reliable goods
and sold them at reasonable profit, they
would in time build up good business
They have adhered to this policy and are
to-day among the largest manufacturers in
the East.
For sale by f. l.. WALKER, Skowhegan, Me.
Chiffon Paint Co., Boston and New York
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-06-16
Grass For Hens in Confinement.

Grass should be thrown to the hens in a
condition so that they can pull it. A bunch
of clover, with the roots and earth adher-
ing, will permit the hens to help them
selves but to throw it to them by cutting
it off from the roots is to cause the greater
part to be wasted. A fodder cutter will
cut the clover fine, when the hens will pick
it up without difficulty. Hens in confine-
ment require green food, and it should be
supplied daily as matter of economy.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-06-16

Heart Disease is by far the most frequent cause
OF sudden DEATH which in three out OF four cases Is
unsupported. The symptoms not general,
understood These are: habit of lying on the
back or shoulder, irregular pulse, asthma, weak
and hungry spells, wind in stomach, swelling OF
ankles, or dropsy. oppression. dry cough, smother
ing. DR.. Miles illustrated book Heart diseases
free at II. w. Cushings, who guarantees and rec
ommends DR.. Miles New Heart Cure, which has
the largest sale of any heart remedy in the world
1t cures Nervous and Organic Heart Disease, Shor
Breath, Flutering, Pain or T- nderness in the Side
Arm or Shoulder, Irregular Pulse, Painting
Smothering Drupsy, Etc. His Restorative Ner
vine cures Headaches Fits, Etc.