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undesirable emigration

undesirable emigration
Fffth-Resolved, That we cordially sympa-
thize with the efforts OF organized workingmen
10 shorten the hours of labor, and demand a
| rigid enforcement Of the existing eight hour
| law on government work and ask that PEN
atty clause be added to the said law
Sfxth-Resolved, That we regard the main.
tenance OF a large standing army of mercen-
aries known as the Pinkerton system, as q
menace to our liberties and we demand its
aDoiltlon; and we condemn the recent invasion
OF the territory Of Wyoming by the higher as
sass1ns OF plutocracy, assisted by federal ON
Gals
resolved, That We commend to the favorable
consideration OF the people and the reform
press the legislative system known as the ini-
tative and referendum
Resolved, That we favor a constitutional nro-
vision limiting the ONCE OF president and vice
president TO one term, and providing for the
e4ectlon OF senators Of the United States by a
direct vote Of the people
Resolved, That we oppose any subsidy or
national aid to any private corporation for any
purpose
Inc peoples party at the outset TO secure per-
manent control of the party organization of the
people unaffected by the interests of those I'm
public service does hereby in national conyen-
tlon assembled at Omaha on this 4th day of
July, 1892, establish this ordinance as funda
mehtal law OF party organization, viz: No per-
son holding any ONCE or position of profit trust
OF emoIument under the federal or any state or
4Poi sOfornmentY including senators, con-
Hressmen and members OF the legislature state
ana local Snail be eligib, TO sit or vote in any
convention Of this nIrtv, and a copy of this or
ulnance shall be 49,, ID To every call for anv
future convention OF the pa.t,
resolved, That this convention sympathizes
with the Knights Of Labor in their righteous
contest with the tyrannical combine of clothing
manufacturers OF Rochester and declares,it To
be the duty of all who hate tyranny and opores-
slon TO refuse to purchase the goods made by
the said manufacturers or to patronize any
merchant who salls Lei
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oack-or pralrie-rooter hog. The hog
would weigh about ninety pounds, and
Mr. Bear was walking behind him,
erect and with much dignity. He
would slap the pig first on one side and
then on the other with his forepaws,
keeping him in the path. The pig
seemed to know that Mr. Bears claws
were sharp, and quietly submitted to
his masters suggestions.
King thought that the bear was a
trlfie too expensive, so he followed be-
hind at a safe distance The Journey
was about two miles-and there he
found the palatia1 residence of Mr..
Bear, the hog and corn thief. There
was plenty of evidence to convict the
bear of grand larceny or burglary or
anything else.
But King concluded to have some fun
at the expense of others, and accord
ingly notified the sheriff that he had
missed certain articles and that he had
finally located the thief. He did not
know his name for certain, but had
heard him called Bear His first name
he could not secure. The sheriff said
that no name was necessary-just to
tell him the location and make an af-
tidavit that to the best of his knowledge
and belief Mr. - Bear had taken,
etc.
This was done, and the sheriff started
on his journey, and upon arriving at
the place described by King, saw King
with large bear securely fastened.
The sheriff has never told this story, but
King has.
The bear was not like the usual black
bears of this. country, nor was it like
the brown European bear. 1t appears
larger and is of 4 variety never seen be-
fore. Its claws are fashioned like those
of grizzly bar, being chisel-shaped.
King has kept the bear some five
years now, and has him trained to do
most anything. He drives cows and
hogs better than a dog and most equal
to a man. He viii climb trees, wrestle
with the botsia the neighborhood, and
is an honored and respected member of
the King barnyard. He is named Cor
ney, and knows his name.-N. Y. Adj
yertiSer
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The FARMERS SIDE.
Where we are, how we got here,
and the way out"
By Hon. w. A. PETER,
rs. SENATOR FROM KANSAS.
12mo, oloth Price, S1.oO.

There Is demand for a comprehensive and
farmer, and set forth his condition, the infu-
ences surrounding him, and plans and prospects
for the future. This book has been written bv
Hon. W. A. PETER, who was elected to the
United States Senate from Kansas to succeed
Senator Ingalls,. The title is THE FARMER's
SIDE, and this indicates the purpose of the work.
In the earlier chapters, Senator PETER de-
scribes the condition of the farmer in various
parts of the country, and compares it with the
condition of men in other callings. He carefully
examines the cost of labor, of living, the prices
of crops, taxes, mortgages, and rates of interest
he gives elaborate tables showing the increase
of wealth in railroads, manufactures, banking,
and other forms of business, and he compares
this with the earnings of the farmer, and also
wage-workers in general. In a clear, forcible
style, with abundant citations Of facts and fig
ures, the author tells how the farmer reached
his present unsatisfactory condition. Then fol-
lows an elaborate discussion of The Way out !"
which is the fullest and most autho ritative pres
entation of the aims and views of the Farmers
Alliance that has been published, including full
discussions OF the currency, the questions of
interest and mortgages, railroads, the sale of
crops, and other matters of vital conseQ uence.
This book is the only one which attempts to
cover the whole ground, and it is unnecessary
to emphasize its value. 1t is a compendium of
the facts, figures, and suggestions which the
farmer ought to have at hand.
THE FARMERS SIDE has just been issued,
and makes handsome and substantial book
OF 28O pages. We have arranged with the pub
Usher. for its sale to our readers at the pub
fishers price. The book may be Obtained at
our office, or we will forward copies to any
address, postpaid, on receipt of S1.oo per copy.
INDEX OFFICE.
Medicine Loo .s,A. KANSAS
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OFFICE HOLDING.
How 1t Saps Manliness and Enervates tn,
Whole Character.

How 1t Saps Manllness and EnerVates tho
Whole Character.
l had ceased to be writer of tolera-
bly, poor tales and essays, and had be-
come tolerably good surveyor of GUS
toms That was all, But, neverthe-
less, it is anything but agreeable to be-
haunted by suspicion that ones intel
lect is dwindling away; or exhaling,
without your consciousness, like ether
out of phial, so that at every glance
you ind smaller and less volatile re-
slduum- OF the fact there could be no
doubt; and examining myself and 9TH
ers, was led to conclusions, in refer
ence to the effect of public Office on the
character, not very favorable to the
mode of life in question A customs
house officer of long continuance can
hardly be very praiseworthy or re-
spectacle personage, for many reasons;
one of these, the tenure by which he
holds his situatioa, and another. the
very nature of his business. which,
though, l trust, an honest one-is of
such sort that he does not share in the
united effort of MAI kind
An effect-which l believe to be OBJ
servable more or less in every individ-
ual who has occupied the position is
that while be leans on the mighty arm
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LIVING WORDS AND DEEDS.
They Emanate From Men of Courage and
ResOIutiOn.

They Emanate From Mon of Courage and
Resolution.
The stranger in the English town of
Canterbury, going down a narrow lane,
where the carved, gabled houses nearly
meet above his head, past the remains
OF the Chequers Inn, where Chaucer's
pilgrims rested, enters silent grove of
oaks, and finds himself in the presence
of the mighty cathedral founded by St
Augustine in the fifth century. The
structure rises like marvellous, beauti-
full dream; the expression of the relig-
ious faith and hope of many ages.
Before the high altar in this church
murdered Two years after his death
he was canonized as a saint and martyr,
and tens Of thousands of men and wom-
en- who believed him be both, made pill
grimages to the scene of his murder
from all parts of Europe. Some of them
assembled the steps leading to this spot
kneeling, and the solid stones are worn
into grooves by the knees of countless
mourners.
There could be no more striking proof
of the influence of one man over his
kind. No matter what view one may
take of the murdered archbishop with
the full light of history upon the events
of the time, the fact of his power re-
mains written on the stone.
The same traveller wandering through
the poorest and dirtiest and dingiest
quarters of London, sees rows of neat
dwellings, well lighted and ventilated,
and rented at low rates to help the poor
to health and decency.
He is told that they are peabody
houses" The wealthy American,
whose fortune was acquired in England,
left generous fund to be invested in
model houses for the use of the poorer
classes. He has gone out of the world,
and is but ashes and a name. But his
work, the helpful idea which he brought
into the world, remains alive and Wig
orouS
The words and the act of man of
force and courage to stand by his be-
1iefs, whether good or bad, are always
immortal They echo and re-echo down
through the ages.
Is there nothing in this thought to
-kindle courage and resolve in the heart
OF boy?-Youth's Companion.
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NIAGARA NOT YET UTILIZED.
The Hope of Half Century Still Unreal
lied BY Scientists,

Tho Hope OF Half q Century Still Unreal
lied BY Scientists.
The twentieth century is about to
dawn on the world and still Niagara
Falls have not been utilized" This is
one of the disappointments of science.
The hope was born about fifty years
ago that Niagara water power could be
made useful to the whole Yankee ma
ton. When it became known that
electricity could be made a means for
the transmission of mechanical power.
and when it was well established that
mechanical power was easily trans
missable into electricity the conclusion
was hastily jumped at that center
like Niagara was also to become the
center of industrial power. That a
great mistake has been made is proved
by the fact that Niagara and other
great waterfalls still continue in a
state of nature, unused by the cunning
of man. There Is much talk even in
this month of 1892 to the same effect,
and the newspapers are telling the
wonderful things that Niagara Falls
are going 10 do. 1t is safe to say that
Niagara and all other greater water
powers of the world will continue to
waste their strength as they have done
in the past The hope of a wide diff
fusion of mechanical power by
means of electricity lies in a funda-
mental misconception of the laws
| of electricity. The common idea
is that electricity's first law is that of
running, as water runs down hill. On
the contrary electricity is as sluggish
as water and has to be forced from one
place to another The common idea is
that if you place electricity on a COP
per wire it will at once start off and
never stop until it is intercepted by
some uncongenial elements. The ma
jority of people think that if the falls
of Niagara would only convert their
power into electricity that electrical
energy could be tapped from Maine to
Texas, as if it were reservoir in the
clouds, Not so. Electricity has to be
pumped from one place to another by
the expenditure of power.
The difficulty of getting electricity
from Niagara to New York city is the
same as getting water from Cairo t.
the heart of the Sahara. Theoretically
both are possible; practically the ma
chinery does not exist to perform the
work. An electrical dynamo is pump
1t performs only the work that it has
the strength to perform. If over
strained it breaks, bursts or burns out
Let us hear no more of the utilization
of Niagara falls for the diffusion o.
mechanical energy. The thing is inn
practicable. 1t takes power to transmit
J power When the gun is invented thai
can withstand the strain of shooting q
bullet around the world the time will
have come to hope for dynamo thai
+ will shoot electricity from Niagara fall:
TO San Francisco. Detroit News
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THE RAISING OF GIRLS.
Untold Evils of Making Matrimony Fheir
Chief Aim.

/
Chief Aim.
1t is very easy to answer the question
what family of boys are raised for,
but not so easy in the majority of cases,
with regard to girls. The boys are ex.
pected to become useful members of so.
ciety-producers-and they are given
the right of choice as to what vocation
they shall follow when they grow up
and the parents educate them with ref
erence to their respective desires; but
ask those same parents what they ex-
pect their girls to do when they are
grown, and they will say: ''Oh, the
girls? They will stay at home and
probably get married by and by" They
will tell you that John is going to be a
farmer, Harry a merchant and Frank a
doctor, but Mary and Anna and Kate
are merely to wait for the coming man.
The girls are expected to marry for
wealth and social position, and SO they
are put into fashionable training of a
kind supposed to add to their attrac.
tiveness. Their waists are pinched and
their feet are cramped; they are given a
few superficial accomplishments and
they finally become interesting Great
ures to hang dry goods on. The plan
is usually quite expensive for the father,
but the noble (?) object is worthy of
making sacrifices for. Suppose it is ac-
complished; what then? In novels,
"they live happy ever AFTER" but alas: in
real life this is not always true.
This idea of making matrimony the
chief and only aim of womankinl has
filled the world with untold evil and
been the cause of the downfall of thou
sands OF women. There are always
numbers of surplus women who never
marry, and with no equipment for self
support, or breadth of education, they
either drag out aimless and colorless
lives, or if in poverty are the easy prev
OF the libertine. In my girlhood 1 knew
family of seven girls and two bows
whose father was a master mechanic.
The two sons followed their fathers
trade, but the seven girls sat idly at
home and let their hard working father
support them. They could not teach
school or learn trade or study for a
profession; none of these occupations
were genteel and might ruin their
chances of securing a rich husband.
One day the father was brought home
dead and the mother and the seven
daughters were left helpless and incon-
solable. The income from the few
thousands of insurance money furnishes
meager living, and thus they live on,
dividing their time between pet poodles
and fancy work. In other instances
which have known, girls so reared
and afterward so bereft, accepted the
gilded baubles and fine clothes which a
life of shame offered them. They were
not educated to do one thing well
which might afford them self-support;
they had no resources within them
selves for making life worth living;
poverty was grinding and they grew
desperate.-Dr. Kate Lindsay, in Good
Health
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ARRANGING The HAIR.

She Is Wise Woman Who Has But One
Way of Doing This.
To brush and brush and still to brush
Is the best medicine for the hair, re-
membering always that it is the hair
and not the scalp which is to receive
this treatment. Upon the brush used
depends great deal deal In the first
place 1T must be immediately clean.
and ones brushes should be washed as
religiously as is ones face. The comb
should be coarse, SO that it will olsen
tangle the hair if it is snarled, but if
the hair is well brushed the comb really
is of very little use. A fine comb is
never advised. The brush should have
long, soft bristles that go through the
hair, taking with them every particle
of dust and leaving behind them a glow
that is beautiful
Many women consider the attain
ment of some special arrangement of
the hair desirable something that
they will retain all their lives. And
after all | do not know but they are
right, We think of somebody we love:
think Of her with soft sweet curls franz
ing her forehead; think of her with
beautiful hair drawn back smoothly;
think of her with hair parted ''Ma-
donna-wise on either side her head"
and it is a bit of shock when one sees
her after an absence to discover that she
does not look quite the same and that
somehow she seems little older Ny
friends, 1t was a wise woman who said:
Il began to arrange my hair in GER
tain fashion that was becoming to me
when was thirty-five years old, then
it made me look forty-five; but as the
years have gone on 1 have never
changed it; now at fifty-fve 1 look ten
years younger and at sixty-five am ex-
pecting to look twenty" You know
the secret? 1t was that she never
changed in appearance.-Ladies' Home
Journal
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4 Reward of $500

VIII he paid for any Case OF Rheuma-
ism which can not be cured by DR..
Drummond's Lightning Remedy. This
offer is made in good faith by the pro-
prietors, and there is no reasonable ex-
cuse for any one to suffer longer. ANY
ordinary case will be cured by one bot
lie. In addition 10 the reward for diff
ticult cases, tie none, is alwas refund
ed where the remedy fails to cure. The
price of bottle is s., and that is the
cost of d cure. Drnmmond Medicine
Co., $3.50 Maiden Lane, New York.
Agents wanted 1870
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Jeweled Nets and Laces.

Never did the ''jeweled" garnitures
look so elegant as they do upon the airy
evening toilets they now adorn. They
are this summer used with moderation
on beautiful evening dresses of crepon,
tulle, Spanish gauze and other dia-
phanous textiles. Translucent and
brilliant iridescent cut beads that gilt
ter like real jewels are wrought or
woven on foundations of finest net, and
these are arranged to form corsage
drapings, transparent sleeves and
paniers- In cashmere effects these
trimmings often repeat the colors of
the lowered India silks they trim
n. Y. Post.
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CAMPING IN THE FOREST.
An Experienced Camper-out Tells VIVA
to Take and What tn Avoid

An Experienced Camper-out Tells What
to Take and What to Avoid.
An old guide writing from Moosehead
lake says: 1t has been said time and
again that men who camp out in the
woods far from the grocery store, and
who make preparations in haphazard
way, as well as those who defer all
preparations until the last minute, al
ways neglect some essential
Stories have been often told of camp
cutters putting up great lot of unnec-
essary stuff and forgetting, in thinking
of their own stomachs, to take along
hooks and bait. 1t is said that once
upon time an editor of sportsman's
guide left Kineo and started down the
west branch of the Penobscot for moose
One night after two days travel his
guide called moose aud got an an
swer. The editor opened his ammuni-
ton box to load his gun, when he found,
instead of fortyfour cartridges, lot of
shells loaded with No 6 shot. The
guide had few cartridges but in get
ting them the editor gave an alarm to
the big game and it made its escape.
Perhaps it will be of interest to those
who intend to camp out to learn how
the hunter who treads the woods for
profit. the trapper, and the explorer,
camp, and how party of two can best
fit out.
With men who go into the woods on
business the object is to carry as little
as possible, and it is really wonderful
how little a man in the woods really
needs. Men who explore timber lands
in the winter put on pair of snow
To bake salmon first remove the
oil, bones and skin from the fish and
then mix with it enough salt and pep
per for seasoning, a tablespoonful of
melted butter, two eggs, one cup of
bread crumbs and little ehopped
cucumber pickle. Put in a buttered
dish, cover, and set in pan of water in
the oven. Bake for an hour Then
serve with sauce made by putting in
cup of drawn butter, minced pickle
and parsley. "A beaten egg, the oil from
the fish, and salt and pepper. Let this
boil uD and serve on the fish.
Tramp. Say, Bill, what is wrong
with our pard over there; he acts as if
ne was queered. !"
Miss E1ash-"What do you think is
woman's hardest trial?'' Miss Dash
"A rainy Sunday when she has a new
hat"-N. Y. Journal
Second Tramp. Il ush-sh; he was
arrested at the last town and made to
take bath, and it has touched his
pride Chicago Inter OCEAN.
An Indefinite Request Baldheaded
Customer Tin barber shop)-'.I want a
hair cut" Affable Barber-'sYes, sir;
which hair?"-P Philadelphia Record.
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Old Doctor Drnmmnnd.

After years of patient study and exper-
ment, has given TO the world ii prepar-
alton which is an absolute and perma-
nent cure for every kind of rheumatism
ASK your druggist for it. The price is
SD, but it is large bottle and viii cure
you, or the money will he returned. If
you are offered something else, write di-
rect and we will send you a bottle b,
express prepaid. Drummond Medicine
Co, As 80 Maiden Lane, New York
Agents wanted. 1872
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of the republic his own proper strength
departs from him. He loses in an extent
proportioned to the weakness or force
of his original nature the capa bility of
self-support. If he possesses an un-
usual share of native energy, or the en-
ervating magic of place does not oper-
ate too long upon him, his forfeited
powers may be redeemable. The eject
ed oficer-fortunate in the unkindIy
shove that sends him forth be-
times to struggle amid a strug-
Cling world-may return to himself
and become all that he has ever been.
But this seldom happens He usually
keeps his ground just long enough for
his own ruin, and is then thrust out.
with sinews all unstrung, to totter
along the difficult foot of life as he best
may. Conscious of his own inferioritv
that his tempered steel and electricity
are lost-he forever afterward looks
wistfully about him in quest of support
external to himself. His pervading and
continual hope-a hallucination which
in the face of all encouragement and
making light of impossibilitie haunts
him while he lives, and fancy, like the
convulsive throes of the cholera, tor
ments him for a brief space after death
is that finally, and in no long time, by
some happy coincidence of circum-
stances, he shall be restored to Office.
This faith, more than anything else.
steals the pith and availability out of
whatever enterprise he may dream of
undertaking. Why should he toll and
moil, and be at so much trouble to pick
himself up out of the mud, when, in a
little while hence, the strong arm of his
uncle will raise and support him? Why
should he work for his living here, or
go to dig gold in California, when he is
SO soon to be made happy, at monthly
intervals, with little pile of glittering
coin out of his uncles pocket? 1t is
sadly curious to observe how slight a
taste of office suffices to infect a poor
fellow with this singular disease Uncle
Sans gold-meaning no disrespect to
the worthy old gentleman-has, in this
respect, quality of enchantment like
that of the DEVILS wages. Whoever
touches it should look well to himself
or he may find the bargain to go hard
against him, involving, if not his soul,
yet many of his better attributes; its
sturdy force, its courage and constancy,
its self-reliance, and all that gives the
emphasis to manly character.-Haw-
thorn's Preface to the Scarlet Letter.
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AN Irishman who had on very
ragged coat was asked of what stuff it
was made. ''Bedad, 1 don't know, +"
said he, ''but think the most OF It Is
made of fresh air."