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The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-08-03

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was asked If they expected to take q
part In the election to which question a
coal black negro, who acted as spokes-
man, and who was seen TO alight from
weSt-bOund train Monday evening and
inquire for Water street, by certain re-
liable men Of this city, who had spotted
him at the time, said:
"Oh, yes indeed, we will. We have
been in the state since May l."
Another colored man said, "No, not
May, but April"
The speaker was silent for few min
uteS while his right hand took hold Of
the fingers on the left, when with q
bright smile playing across his face and
with q show Of ivory he said, II knowed
I'ze right May is sure enough, and no
use going back any farther"
OF course this part OF the Convsrsa-
tlon was not.directed to the reporter, and
upon asking them 90 to the reason Of the
immigration to Kansas at this time Of
the year, when II only lacked a few
months until the cotton picking in the
south, which Is the harvest time Of the
colored race, they answered that they
had an opportunity offered by the white
men which would probably never occur
again.
A reporter met a young negro man,
who came In on the train last night, on
Market street near the pOstofice. He
was AccoSted by the reporter and asked
how he liked Kansas az compared with
Memphis. He said that what he had
seen out OF the car window he liked frat
rate. He then inquired for Samuel
Israel, on Water street. He said the d.
reCtlons given him ana the other young
man who came with him, were to 40
north four streets and then 60 west eight
streets and he would see some Of the
leaders. He said that he had followed
the directions given and had walked q
long distance, but had failed to find the
leaders. 1t was evident that they had mis-
taken the directions given at Memphis.
The trouble was that he had taken south
FOR north. He was brought by the re-
porter to the barber shop of Prof. ORGY,
who, with the other men about the shop,
fully noted his appearance and marked
llm thoroughly. He was then directed
where to find the place.
The Peoples party league appointed
committee TO thorougly investigate the
question, which, the members Of the COM
nittee claim to have done thoroughly
'nough to warrant the following state
nent; "From what we can learn from
liferent sources and In talking with the
legroes themselves, "the committee 10
warranted In saying that some 1900
legroeS are to be brought to Wichita,
lot In body, but at different times; that
hey will be kept in the cities until thirty
lays previous to the election, when they
Vill be distributed out through the state
the counties, swearing that they are
rom the east part Of Kansas and have
een In the county thirty days previous
o the election; that the exodus coming
n the heels Of the threats Of the rail-
Dad men that they would ship 5000
egro votes into the Seventh congress
lOnal district and vote them for the Re-
ubllcan ticket; that the immigration oc-
urring at this time Of the year, when
he negroes Of the south are pennlless
nd have been out Of employment since
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-08-03

Shares In the same class of banks In
the other cities named stand equally high
among investors. Why should they not
when shielded from Risks by the pow
erful arm Of the general government
Yet political sheets and stump speeches
are laden with false subterfuges to prove
that our government and business inter
eStS could not long survive but for the
credits and philsnthropic efforts Of the
banks.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-09-17
PlG-PEN POINTERS.

IF you are fond of picked pigs feet,
better see that the feet are not picked
in unmentionabe filth while growing.
Clean out the pens.
Hoes are Mt all ages more nearly a
cash commodity than any other stock
upon the farm. They can find buyers
at any time, from the day they are lit.
tered until they are ready for the
pork barrel.
ALMOST all the refuse of the garden
may he profitably transferred to the
pig pen. Pea vines, small Irish and
sweet potatoes, soft heads of cabbage
and refuse leaves, may all help toward
the economical production of pork.
In no other branch of stock growing
can man start so WELL with SO little
capital, us in raising hogs. They null
tiply so rapidly and mature 80 early
that IA good drove can be quickly built
up from small beginning .-Colman's
Rural Wcrld
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Old soldiers Passing Away.

The old soldiers of the civil war are
beginning to fall rapidly before the
grim reaper. Their mortality, for a
number of years succeeding the war,
was less than that of an equal number
of men of the same age who had not
seen military service. The reason was,
that the soldiers Were picked men, so to
speak-men who had passed medical
examination They We're ''tirst-class
lives" to use the phrase of the life in
surance men. But the wear and tear
of those years of conflict now begin to
tell terribly. Over half of the grand
total of men mustered into the union
service are dead, and the remainder will
speedily pass away. The pension list
has reached it's highest point. The
pensioners are dying off as fast as new
names are added to sthe rolls, and the
death rate will go on increasing
Toledo Blade
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-09-17
Bushes. Training for children.

1t would be good plan II every child
old enough to read and write were
taught to keep bank account, giving
his father his little hoard to keep, and
opening regular account with him.
The child should have his small bank
book In which his father might enter
allmoncys that he receives from him, and
which should be balanced from time to
time like aa ordinary bank-book. When
he wants money he should draw reg
ular check on his father, and when his
book is balanced he should receive his
vouchers in due form. Besides this he
should keep an account-hoolS of private
expenditures. In this way he would ac-
quire practical knowledge of how to
take care of money, and of the value of
it, and would learn business-like habits
that would stand him in good stead in
after life.--N. Y. Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-09-17
NOTES FOR OLD SOLDIERS.

AN old soldier in Kansas recently re-
ceived from the government three cents,
which had been due him without his
knowledge for more than thirty years.
GEN. 5. w. CRAWFORD, best known as
one of the Fort Sumter heroes, has
presented to the library of Newport a
fac-simile OF the notable letter written
by Christopher Columbus in 1893, Civ.
ing a brief account of his voyage for the
discovery of America.
GERMAN born residents furnished S.76
per cent. of the strength of the union
army during the war of the rebellion.
The English We're represented by the
smallest percentage, 2.26, as against
2.SS for other foreigners not classified,
and 1.33 of unknown nativity.
THREE of Gen. S. Bolivar Buckner's
staff of confederate officers afterward
became bishops in the Episcopal
church. Lieut.-Col. Galleher rose to be
bishop of Louisiana, Capt Elliot to be
bishop of Texas, and Capt. Harris, once
rector of st. James church, Chicago, to
be bishop of Detroit. Another member
of this celebrated staff, adjutant and
afterward Brig. Gen. Shoup, is now a
d. d. noted for his piety.
w. u. WALTON, u well-known citizen
of Petersburg, Va, recently coughed
up bullet which he had carried in his
body since the war. He was member
of Company /, Twelfth Virginia regi-
ment, and at the battle of Spottsyl-
vania Court House he was struck by a
ball, which lodged in his body and has
been in him ever since. For years past
Mr.. Walton has been in very bad
health. Some months ago an absccss
began 10 form on his breast near where
he was wounded, and he was compelled
to close business and take to his bed.
A few days ago the abscesa broke, and
in coughing spell Mr. Walton coughed
up half of the ball. He now looks like
an entirely new man Before he
scarcely had an appetite, now he says
his appetite can not be satisfied.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-09-17

ing around me broke for home, with
the gang after me. I'd a-give all my
back pay and pension claims to have
got that flag untangled SOS could run
free, but it wasn't any use. had my
legs through it, and my arms and head,
n good deal as If had been used to sew
it up with, and had to dodge around
the bestw could. wasn't going to
be captured, though, If / could help it,
and at last I got to the open, where I
could see my regiment and the other
chaps didn't dare to follow, and then
the way went would have made bay
race-horse turn pale They fred at me
as ran but my luck was with me, and
/ came into the lines with wild
whoop scared half to death, and the
whole regiment sent up cheer that
sounded bully"
The sergeant was about to sit down
at this point, when some one asked
about the chevrons.,
We'll" he laughed, in half-guilty
way, "the boys told about the fight and
I never told how scared was. The
captured flag told the rest of the story,
and it wasn't long after that until was
Sergt Spriggins. Free Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-09-17

chard bore good crop of cherries,
while other growers in the valley who
had no bees found their crops entire or
partial failures. This year US9D
Messrs. Bassford had some sixty-fve
hives of bees in their orchard, and Mr..
Fl. A. Bassford writes to the Entomol-
ogist: Our crop was good this season,
and we attribute it to the bees" And
he adds further: ''Since we have been
keeping bees our cherry crop has been
much larger than formerly. while those
orchards nearest us, five miles from
here, where no bees are kept, have pro-
duced but light crops"
In conclusion we may say that, in the
cuts we give, the worker bee alone
causes the fertilization of bloom. The
queen is the mother bee, the drone the
male, and the workers are the ueuters
who gather honey from flowers.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-09-17

to the notice of the writer, and it's au-
thenticity is confirmed by correspond
ence with the parties named, who are
gentlemen of long and extensive ex-
perience in fruit growing, recognized
in their locality as being authorities,
particularly in regard to cherry cul-
ture. The facts are these: For sew
eral years the cherry crop of Vaca
valley. in Solano county, Cal, has not
been good, although it was formerly
quite sure. The partial or complete
failures have been attributed to north
winds. chilling rains and similar
climatic conditions, but in the minds
of Messrs. Bassford, of Cherry Glen,
these causes did not sufficiently account
for all the cases of failure.
These gentlemen n recollected that for
merly when the cherry crops were good
wild bees were very plentiful in the
valley, and hence thought perhaps the
lack of fruit since most of the bees had
disappeared might be due to imperfect
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-09-17
THE OLD WAY.

Some of the remedies in use in the mid
die ages sound very queer to US. For in
stance the favorite remedy for pulmonary
troubles was live mole baked in an oven
and then reduced to powder. This was
thought to be a certain cure. One writer
gave for nervous diseases the blood taken
from an ass's ear because he urged the
ass was very calm beast and his ear was
the calmest part of him. twas not until
all other sciences woke up, as itwere, that
medical men began those researches that
are the glory of modern science. They
began to see that the simplest remedies are
the best. Such remedy as Reid's Ger
man Cough and Kidney Cure forinstance
is better than any other for pulmonary
trouble because it is composed of pure ma
terial without particle of poison in it, or
any thing that is in the slightest degree
deleterious. For this reason in complaints
like Group in children, where the necessity
for instant relief is urgent, it acts like a
charm and there is no danger of after i'll
results, that will be unpleasant. Get it of
any dealer.
SYLVAN REMEDY CO., Peoria, iii.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-09-17
A NEWSPAPER GHOUL.
Caught Turning Over the Dead Bodies o.
n Battlefield.

n fSattlencld.
Dawn was breaking over the battle
field. The means of the dying rose on
the fresh morning breeze, and as the
suns first rays slanted across the plain
and glinted on the trappings of the
dead or lit-up faces on which the dews
of heaven were mingled with the dews
of death, they revealed single living,
moving figure.
1t was that of young man. He hur.
ried about apparently unmoved by the
horrors which surrounded him. Climb.
ing over broken gun-carriages and all
the wreck of hard fought field, step.
ping across the torn and disfgured
bodies, giving neither aid to the wound
ed nor reverence to the. dead, he hast.
ened on. Occasionally he would stoop
over some body and turn the cold face
up to the sun. Quietly but swiftly he
worked. Now and then a feathered
raven, frightened from its horrid feast
by the approach of its human proto.
type, flew away few feet, uttering
hoarse protests He needed it not.
His eyes were bent ever downward.
1t was growing lighter now, and two
sentries in the edge of the wood noted
this lone hoverer over that scene of aw-
full carnage.
"Ghoul" Kissed one of them, raising
his rifle.
Wait said the other. "a beast who
robs the dead is not worthy to be
Shot
Right
The gun was lowered and the two sol.
diers silently approached the wretch.
He made no resistance; no attempt tc
escape. He was taken before the col
onel.
Search him. commanded the officer
as he fixed look of unutterable loath
ing on the culprit-
The soldiers roughly removed hi.
outer garments and investigated them
A note book and pencil, a pocket-knife
comb. 4 cigar. Nothing more.
who are you and what are you do
ing among the dead?" demanded the
colonel.
II am special correspondent of the
New York Startler, and l was detailed
to find out whether more men with
boards were killed than those without,
was the reply.-Detroit Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-09-17
Low Ratio Harvest Excursions.

Tho announcement that the North-W estern
Line, comprising over 5000 miles of thor
oughly equipped railway, has arran ged toruu
two low rate Harvest Excursions during the
months of August and September, win be
gladly received by those who are interested
in the development of the great West and
Northwest, as well as by those who desire
to visit this wonderfully productive region
at q season of the year when exact demon-
stration can be made of the merits and ad-
yantages it offers to home seekers and those
in search OF safe and profitable Investments.
These excursions will leave Chicago on
August 50th and Sept. 9th, and tickets can
be purchased at the very low rate Of one
fare for the round trip to points in Iowa,
Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Ne
braska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Idaho
and Montana. They will be strictly first
class in every particular and will be good
for return passage at any time within twen-
ty days from date of purchase Full infor-
nation concerning rates and arrangements
for these excursions can be obtained upon
application to any coupon ticket agent, or to
W. A. Thrall, G. p. T. A., Chicago q North
Western Railway, Chicago.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-09-17
FROM CORPORAL TO SERGEANT.
A Veteran Soldier Tells How He Won His
Chevrous.

A veteran Soldier Tells HOW He Won HIS
Chevrous.
A number of war stories had been
told at the Old Soldiers club, when the
veteran announced that Sergt. Sprig-
gins would for the first time explain the
real circumstances which resulted in
his winning the chevrons, and the SER
geant coughed once OF twice, blushed a
bit and began.
sit was at one of them fights in the
wilderness" he said ''one of them hot
ones that comes up every now and then
but don't git much OF u show in history.
They're IL heap sight worse than the
big ones, though, and take all the
nerve a mans got to spare and more,
too. | was corporal then, and one
day the colonel ordered me to go on
little scoutin' expedition with ten men.
There wasn't anything much to do, and
we had about got that done when all of
u sudden we ran onto twenty-five or
thirty of the enemy sneaking along in
the bushes mighty nigh right in our
lines They had one of their flags with
them, taking it somewhere, guess, and
before either side could do anything
we are at it hand to hand, clubbing
muskets and shouting and tearing up
the ground right and left There was
heavy lighting going on q half-mile to
oar right, and our little scrimmage
didn't seem TO disturb anybody but our
selves. / never did know how it hap
pened, but the first thing l knowed I'd
got my legs tangled up fn that flag, and
the way clawed and fit to git shet of
many for us and my men busted out OF
the woods in hurry, leaving me be-
hind, still rasling with that flag, and a
dozen of the enemy knocking at me fore
and aft, and me tryin' to git away all
the time. Finally in the row tore the
flag off of the staff, and With it hutter-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-09-17
Poor Dilapidated Toddlers,

Youug-old men, thin, nervous, peevish,
cranky creatures are daily met with. They
and strengthen their puny frames, freshen
up their jaded appetites, tranquillize their
tremulous nerves. We live too fast, that 8
the fact, and impair vitality early. The
best tonic is the Bitters, which may be re-
lied upon to cure dyspepsia, liver and
kidney disorders and rheumatism.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-09-17
rhe True Laxative Principle

Of the plants used in manufacturing the
pleasant remedy, Syrup of Figs, has ~
permanently beneficial effect on the human
system, while the cheap vegetable extracts
cines, are permanently injurious. Being
well-informed, you will use the true remedy
only. Manufactured by the California Fig
Syrup Co.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-09-17

d i S t ribution of
the pollen of the
bio S S o ms. To
test the matter
t h e y pl a C e d
therefore S e "
eral hives of
bees in their Or
chard in 1890.
The result was
striking, for the
R as : ( ord p,..
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them, they cracked under the action of
sun and rains. and hail sometimes cut
them, the bees only coming in to save
the wasting juices of the injured fruit.
The wide publicity given to the results
of the experiments made under the DE-
rection of the United States entomolo-
gist, and published in the report of the
commissioner of agriculture for 1885,
have no dout contributed much to Sc
cure this change among fruit growers.
But now it would appear that the
bees have not only been indicated,
but that in the future fruit growers
are likely to be generally regarded as
more indebted to bee keepers than the
latter are to fruit growers, for the
amount of honey the bees secure from
fruit blossoms comes far short of equal
ing in value that part of the fruit crop
which many accurate observations and
experiments indicate is due to the
complete Decentralization of the
blossoms by bees. The bservations
and researches of Hiidebrand, Muller,
Delpino, Darwin and others, as well
as the excellent explanation of the
subject in Cheshire's recent
work have gone far to prove how
greatly blossoms depend upon the
agency of bees for their fertilization
and hence for the production of seeds
and fruits
The facts they have brought forward
are gradually becoming more widely
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-09-17
FARM AND GARDEN.
FACTS ABOUT BEES.
The Busy Little Insects Are Jntlispel
sable to Fruit Growers.

ms Ibusy lnScCLS are Inutspen~
sable to Fruit Growers.
Mr.. Frank Benton, in Insect Life,
takes up the question that bees are in
dispensable to fruit growers, as fol-
lows:
Beekeepers have never complained
but that the growing of fruit in the
vicinity of their apiaries was great
benefit to their interests, hence their
position has been merely defensive
one, the battle waxing warm only when
poisonous subtances were set out to kill
off the bees, or when fruit growers
sprayed their orchards with poison
GUS insecticides during the time the
trees were in blossom, or again when
efforts were made to secure, by legis-
lation, the removal of bees from q cer-
tain locality as nuisances,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-09-17

known a M o n 6
f r u i t growers
and bee keepers,
and additional
e v i d G nee ac-
cunulates. A
case illustrating
very clearly the
value of bees in
an orchard has
recently com
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-09-17

The reason that SO much sport is
made of the bathing suit is because
"brevity is the soul of wit. "-Rochester
Dem.) Chronicle.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-09-17
A Clever RnAe.

"What's the idea of putting that card
sold by the picture?" asked the man
who had given the artist room in his
front window to display his latest crea-
ton.
"Then some one will be sure to want
to buy it," replied the artist.-Judge.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-09-17

e. A. Roop, Toledo, Ohio, says: "Hall't
Catarrh Cure cured my wife Of catarrh
fifteen years ago and she has had no return
of It. It's sure cure" Sold BY Druggists
75c.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-09-17
HOW DO YOU DO

you're not satisfied, they'll refund the
money? Why not do the same when
you buy medicine?
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
is sold on that plan. It's the only blood
purifier so certain and effective that it
can be guaranteed to benefit or cure, in
every case, or you have your money
back.
It's not like the ordinary spring medi-
cines or sarsaparillas. All the year round,
it cleanaes. builds up, and invigorates the
system. If you're bilious, rundown, or
dyspeptic, or have any blood-taint, moth
ing can equal it us remedy.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-09-17

DR.. Hoxsie's Certain Group Cure Ia tho
only remedy known that acts Immediately
upon the membranes Of The throat. Under its
Qutnsy sore throat, Congestive colds,
Whooping Cough and Asthma promptly
disappear. 30 cents. For sale by all
prominent druggists throughout the state
A. P. HoxsrE, Buffalo, N. Y, manufacturer
and sole proprietor.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-09-17

Fruit growers
first + e | e n t e d
when close OBJ
servation n n d
e X pc r j m e n t
s h o W e d TIL a t
wasps bit open
tender fruits,
b ird S pecked
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-09-17

You can never estimate the size of the
sore on boys finger by the amount of rag
he ties around it
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-09-17

A GOOD man has good principles and sticks
to them, no matter who throws mud at him.
RAMS Horn.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-09-17

A CURE for nearly all the common ills
what, doctors? Pshaw! Take Beecham's 8
Pills. For sale by all druggists. % cents.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-09-17
A View of the worlds Fair buildings

in the form OF a large sized lithograph. in
eight colors, with key to same, can be had
by sending your address with twenty cents
in postage stamps, to Geo. II. Heafford, G.
7: A, Chicago, Milwaukee & st Paul R'y,
Chicago, Ill. AS the supply is limited, ap-
plications must be made early. Should the
supply become exhausted the postage
stamps will be returned to applicant.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-09-17

PEOPLE Are Killed by Coughs that Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar would cure.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-09-17

No AIM &, life is right that does not take
into consideration the good Of others. -
Ram,a Horn.