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The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-06-21

is it's home, and that all questions Of
difference should be settled by the ballot.
WHEREAS, A large number Of our
most intelligent people have for years
advocated the election of United States
senator by direct vote Of the people; and
WHEREAS, Up to the present time
congress has not seen fit 10 recognize this
desire, by taking any action thereon,
and in view Of the difficulty usually at
tending the election Of United States
senator, therefore be it
ReS0lved, That the WomRn's Progress
sive Political League does hereby declare
in favor Of the nomination, at the state
conventions Of the several political
parties, Of suitable person to be sup
ported by the legislature for United
States senator, and that these delegates
be instructed to that effect; the same to
be considered as instructions to the legis-
lative body.
Res0IUed, That we believe ell legislR-
tive powers should be vested in the
sovereignty Of the people and we there
fore approve OF the "InitiStive and Refer
endum," as q means to restore our re-
public to that condition, desired by it's
founders, "a government Of the people,
by the people and for the people"
ResOlUed, That the WomRn's Progress
sive Political League recommends to the
careful consideration Of the local leagues
the measure now in operation in South
Carolina and formally incorporated in
the state platform Of Ohio in 1891, for
the regulation Of the liquor traffic, and
that in their discussions Of this subject
in the local leagues they invite and urge
the presence and advice Of all persons in
terested in this and all other measures
looking to the same end.
State officers were then elected as
follows: President, Mrs. B. A. Otis, To
peks; vice president, Mrs. J. @. Bare,
Baldwin; recording secretary, Mrs. S. L.
Ruggles, Emporis; corresponding secre-
tary, Mrs. John Davis, Junction City;
treasurer, Mrs. Aimen, Junction City;
chaplain, Mrs. Emma Sells Marshall,
Garden City; state organizer, Mrs. Aunie
L. Diggs.
Members Of executive committee were
elected as follows: Mrs. E. w. Crumb
Burlingame; Mrs. G. e. Pixley, En-
poria; Mrs. M. Fl. Heller, Topeka.
A motion was made and carried that
the executive committee decide the tine
and place Of the next meeting.
Mrs. S. L. Ruggles, Mrs. John Davis
and Mrs. Emma D. Pack we're consti-
tuted committee to inform Mrs. Diggs
OF her election.
A unanimous vote Of thanks was ex-
tended to DR.. Eva Harding for her kind
ness in rendering the convention the use
Of her home.
Convention adjourned sine die.
The executive committee convened at
the residence of Mrs. B. A. Otis, June IA,
1893, all members being present. Mrs.
e. w. Crumb was elected chairman and
Mrs. M. H. Heller secretary.
They prepared an official report for
the press; adopted measures for extend
ing the organization throughout our own
and other states and drafted the follow
ing form Of constitution and bylaws, to
assist in the organization Of local leagues,
to-Wit:
CONSTITUTION OF LOCAL
LEAGUE.
ARTICLE 1.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-06-21

thirty days notice; and shall also have
power, upon the recommendations Of the
local leagues, to appoint an organizer foE
each county, whose duty it shall be to
urge forward the work Of organization,
and whose compensation shall be such ss
may be agreed upon between themselves
and the league where the services are
rendered.
ARTICLE Nv.
SECTION This league shall have the
following standing committees, which
shall present q written report at each
annual meeting, tO-wit;
First-Committee on political economy.
Second-Committee on industrial prob
lems.
Third-Committee on social and do
mestic science.
Standing committees shall consist Of
one person from each congressional dis
trlct in the state.
SEC. 2-The Omaha platform shall be
the present basis Of political action Of
this league.
ARTICLE v.
SECTION This constitution may be
amended or repealed by two-thirds vote
Of the members present at any regular
annual meeting.
BYLAWS.
First-Members Of each local league
shall pay into their treasury a monthly
due Of 10 cents, and each local league
shall annually forward to the secretary
Of the state league 20 per cent Of all dues
received during the year before such
local league shall be entitled to repre-
sentstion at a state meeting.
Second-No person shall be admitted
to membership who is opposed to equal
suffrage, control Of the liquor traffic, or
suppression Of the liquor saloon.
Third-Nine delegates shall constitute
a quorum for doing business.
Fourth-Order Of business:
l. Calling to order.
2. Devotional exercises.
3. Roll call.
4. Reading Of minutes.
5. Report Of officers.
6. Report Of standing committees.
Z. Report Of special committees.
8. Miscellaneous business.
8. Adjournment.
FiRth-These bylaws may be amended,
suspended or repealed at any regular
meeting by q two-thirds vote Of the
members present,
The report OF the committee on reso-
lutlons was accepted and adopted as fol-
lows:
ReSoIUed, That the executive commit
tee Of this state league be authorized to
appoint one or more suitable persons as
state organizers in other states of this
union, and as soon as five states have
completed organizations, the executive
committee shall call q national meeting
at some acceptable point for the purpose
Of forming national organization Of the
WomRn's Progressive Political League
upon an equitable basis Of representa-
tion.
ResolUed, That in view of the constitu-
tionRl amendment now pending, and to
be voted upon in 1894, We urge upon all
friends of equal suffrage throughout the
state to be wide awake and vigorous in
their efforts TO secure its adoption, and to
this end pledge the united action Of this
league; and, further, that We will assist
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-06-21
THE OFFICIAL REPORT

&A@AASoohVV 4WANS~A @~~No@SS ~N~~
1893,
Pursuant to the call Of the loca
Woman's Progressive Political Club ol
Topeka, delegates Of the various locsl
clubs and women interested in this re-
form movement met at the residence ol
DR.. Eva Harding, corner Sixth and Har-
rison streets, to perfect state organizs-
tion.
The convention was called to order by
DR.. Harding, and opened with prayers
by Mrs. Harrington, Of Oakland. Mrs.
e. W. Crumb, Of BurlinGsme, was elected
10 the chair, and Mrs. Heller, Of Topeka,
secretary.
A committee on credentials was chosen
as follows: Miss @. E. StsllRrd, Of To-
peks; Mrs. John Davis, Junction City;
Mrs. Emma Troudner, Carbondale; Mrs.
s. L. Ruggles, Emporis; Mrs. j. G. Bare,
Baldwin. The convention took recess
pending their report.
Upon motion, 1t was decided that all
women present willing to subscribe
to the principles and constitution as set
forth In the circular published in the
ADVOCATE Of May 8, 1893, should be con-
stituted delegates, with full rights and
privileges.
The following committees were then
elected:
Committee on Constitution and By
lsws- Mrs. Ruggles, Emporis; Mrs.
Troudner, Carbondale; Mrs. Furbeck,
Topeka; Mrs. Davis, Junction City, and
Mrs. Otis, Topeka
Committee on Resolutions-MrS Ray
Dietrich, Carbondale; Mrs. E. w. Crumb,
Burlingame; Miss G. E. Stallsrd, To
peks; Mrs. Emma Sells Marshall, Gar
den City, and Mrs. DIR. Leary, Lawrence.
The convention then adjourned until
2 o'clock p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The meeting was called to order by
the presiding officer, Mrs. E. w. Orumb.
The report Of the committee on constl-
tuition and bylaws was adopted by sec
tions as follows:
CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS.
ARTICLE i.
SECTION 1.--This organization shall be
known as the Wonsn's Progressive Po-
litical League Of the State Of Kansas.
ARTICLE II.
SECTION 1.-Theobj bjeot Of this organiza-
tion is to unity the work Of the local
leagues Of the state, and assist in edu-
eating W omen in progressive politics, in
dustrisl cooperation, and social and
domestic science.
SEQ. 2-Its membership shall consist
Of delegates annually elected by the local
leagues Of the state, each league being
entitled to two delegates, the president,
who will act ex-officio, and one other to
be elected, and one additional delegate
for every fifteen members, or major frac-
tion thereof.
SEC. 3.-DelegAtes shall be elected at
the first regular meeting 10 May.
ARTICLE III.
SECTION 1.-The officers of this league
shall be: President, vicepresident re-
cording secretary, corresponding score
tary, treasurer, chaplain and state
organizer, and an executive COMMITTEES
Of five, Of which the president and secre-
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01
TIMELY SUGGESTIONS.
How Roads Can He Made Good In a rev

How Roa dis Can he Made Good In a rev
Years.
Good roads can be made in the fol-
lowing m amer: Grade them to about
two feet in the center; cut a ditch on
each side of road put tile in it large
enough to carry water from same; cut
your ditch not over two feet deep;
have good outlet for your tile and
your Dad will be dry.
Now haul sand, gravel crushed
stone, whichever is the nearest to your
road Haul two loads on top of each
other. Leave half of road bare so
people can drive it when weather is
dry.
Where there is sand gravel within
five miles of the road il can be put ON
at small expense. Eonr mills on every
dollar of valuation for five years will
pay for it, or twenty mills in all: four
mills on the dollar the farmer would
not feel very much, and in five years
he would have all good roads.
Let every landowner taxpayer
haul at the rate of Sl.5o day for team
and driver in summer and autumn,
when the roads dry, say three
weeks and three loads day. and in
Fl re years all roads will be good. Let
those who have no tc ans pay for their
hauling.-C. L. Meinzer. in Farm, Field
and Eireside
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

IT is said the city of Pittsburgh now
stands on ground once given In ex-
charge for a violin.
TANNING is done in this country in
about one-quarter OF the time usually
allowed in Europe.
THE origin of the geysers at Sonorna,
Cal, is supposed to be a volcanic crater
filled by q landslide
TIE earliest chest ~.as merely the
trunk of oak Tree, scooped out and
cut down the center, one-half serving as
a lid, which was first kept shut by q
strip Of leather, and laeer by strip
made Of iron.
ONE gets an idea of the loneliness Of
the Pacific when learning tuat the City
of Pel<in, SO long overdue, having
broken her shaft and taken to wing,
covered 1,24O miles without seeing n
sail She went out of her way in the
hope of meeting a sister ship and re-
ceiving aid.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01
RAILROAD RUMBuES.

CANADA has about IA 900 miles of rail-
road.
PHILADELPHIA has more miles of sur
face street railways than any other city
in the world.
THE railroad grade crossings in Mas
sachusetts fast being abolished.
For fifty-t1vo consecutive miles on the
Boston & Albany road there is not one
This has been brought about by the
combined compulsion and assistance of
the state
TwENTY-EIGHT railways We're sold
under foreclosure during 1892, having
mileage aggregating'1 1872 miles and an
apparent capitalization of S95, 1913, 600.
During last year thirty-six companies
having sos miles of road and repre-
senting capitalization of nearly 1855,
600, 900, have defaulted and been placed
in the hands OF receivers.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01
Trained Skirts.

Long trains must have silk ta1a
yeuse and deep interlining halt
way up of canvas, or better still of
cross barred crinoline, which gives the
stiffness without the weight of cam
vas The full trains for very cerc-
monious occasions. are trimmed indie
pendently of the front of the skirt, or
to correspond will! it. Full trains re-
quire four widths OF silk. which are
gathered to the belt, or nowadays, the
two center ones often are extended to
the top of the low neck, whence they
fall in Vatican plaits or gathers Demi-
trains, like longer ones, are cut round
ing on the lower edge. The trains of
white satin wedding dresses, if the silk
is of a n inferior quality, are lined with
light weight of Canton flannel be-
tween the silk and cotton lining tc
give them rich appearance. stylish
dclni-train lies on the floor from twelve
to eight inches
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01
or INTEREST 70 WRITER'S.

IT IL said that lola, the French novel
list. has made s40O,o00 from the sale of
his novels during the past twenty
years. = =. T. - =. II
ONE u the daughters of the late Fam
ME Kemble II the well-lknown translator
Of German novels, Mrs. Wistar, of Ger
mantown, Pa.
THERE in a movement on foot to buy
Walt Whitrnans humble. home - sia
most fitting monument. The Boston
Globe says It is one of the wisest fan
cies In current monumental enterprises.
THE ''Brotherhood CT Minor Pocts'' Is
the largest English organization Of
which the cable gives us nny informa-
ton. The combination is announced
to be for purposes of defense and pro-
lection.
FRENCH novelists recently decided to
found a society for the protection o.
their interests. which they consider
compromise by the attitude of their
publishers. This society is now estab-
'ished, and among its sixty-odd mem
oers are NM. lola, Alphonse Daudet,
Leon Dandet and Edmond de Goncourt-
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01
AMONG THE POULTRY.

POULTRY should have plenty of grit
They cannot grind their food without
it
WHEN fattening fowls do not let
them run with the fowls that arc not
fattening.
KEEP the hens warm At night. if
you wish them to lay, and do not crowd
them.
ONCE in awhile stsr a spoonful of
sulphur into the fee6. 1t tones up the
system.
If the hens show & disposition to get
too fat, with proper feeding, fatte n
the IN to the full exteilt and cat or NJ sr-
lSct them.
AN exchange says that charcoal - a
good fattening food for turkeys US is
good only because it helps diges :on
and aosorbs the gases Charcoal is
frst-rate for fowls, but in itself it has
no fattening Pre- Perties- Farmers
Voice.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01
THE BRITISH ISLES.

ENGLAND has eighty miles Of tunnels.
AT Norwich, Eng, thirty-five ton
weight stone has been quarried. 1t is
the largest on record.
ENGLISH women who devote them
selves to the Somerset hunts have I'M
qualifedly adopted the mems saddle
and don divided skirts, mannish hats
and blouscs- Some appear in long rid
ing coats and boots. Englishmen are
said to favor this innovation on long
established customs.
A PROPOSITION has been made to con-
meet Scotland and Ireland by a tunnel
under the north channel of the Irish
sea at its narrowest part between
County Antrim in Ireland and Wigton
in Scotland. The length of the tunnel
would he twenty-seven miles, and
eminent engineers have pronounced
the project entirely feasible.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01
OUR AMERICAN MILITARY.

TIE militia of the United States ag-
gregates 49, 9e mon. Every state and
territory in the union has an organized
militia except the territory of Utah.
FORTY-FoUR guns are fired for ma
tional salute, one for each state. The
national flag is saluted with twenty
one guns, the president with twenty
one and the vice president with rira-
teen.
SEVERAL. soldiers were executed dur
ing the war, for descrtion, treachery
murder, and SO on, but Lieut.. A. V.
Wadhams, of the navy, says that not n
single sailor on the union side was
sentenced to death.
GEORGE YERKEs, Of Philadelphia, is
the possessor of sword and pair of
gold link cuff buttons that belonged to
Gen. Howe, who commanded the
British forces at Germantown. Gen.
Howe left the place in such n hurry
that he forgot to take them with him.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01


part Of Illus ra ton
this purpose. The roosts in the lower
16xl6 arc placed over a sloping plat.
form ten feet wide and fourteen long.
II partition which reaches from the
floor to the platform divides the living
room into two equal parts. Under this
platform is situated the laying-room,
furnished with fixed nests.
The light only reaches this from the
open entrance from the fceding-room.
An abundance of dust is kept stored i'll
the laying-room and is used all times OF
the year 10 scatter under the roosts
and prevent decay and bad smell of the
droppings. There is special box OF
ashes placed in sunny corner where
the hens can dust themselves at pleas
urc. There are absolutely no lice in
my chicken-house, and the Aasatn; zee q
themselves free 6ody lice by dust
ing: N'ciIiier'is there any leg scale dis
ease among my fowls. nor have they
ever had cholera. MY argument in
brief is a perfectly dry dirt floor, plcn.
ty of room and plenty Of dust never
set hens until June and want the chick
ems Matched in July. Hot weather is
just the thing for them At five months
old the pullets are laying and contin ue
to lay throughout the winter. The
profit is in the eggs.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01
ExcEIleAaT FARM BAHRs.


EvsrthKng Ieeaudod H Costs Less Thao
Nino iHundred Dollars.
This barn Is s6x5o feet and 90 feet to
the square.
The wall is from to 81 feet above
the surface outside. The stables are
on each end, and run crosswiSe of the
building. The cow stable is Is feet
wide. S. feet long and feet high. de
vided into z stalls 3 feet 3 inches wide,
and q box stall feet 8 inches wide.
The stalls are just long enough to keep
the animals heads apart The cattle
are fastened with chains around the
neck. We feed them from the barn
floor; the grain and mill feed being fed
through doors. 1x115 feet near the floor,
directly into the trough which runs tho
whole length of the stable Except a
door at each end of COW stable to per-
NIT passage between stable and barn
Aoor). The trough is partitioned off
opposite each stall. We feed the hay
and fodder in rack directly over the
trough, the small holes at the bottom
having slide doors and the opening to
the rack falling doors, SO the stable
can be closed entirely In front.
The floor is first filled with dirt or
10 inches deep and then with stone and
gravel, inches deep, well tamped.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01
THE ART OF BREEDING.
To Master 1t Requires Intelligence and
Hard Work.


Hard Work.
It seems poor economy for farmers
to attempt to pose breeders and es-
TIA blish herd Of thorough breds on the
simple knowledge Of how to feed hogs
for IN arl1ct, yet hundreds of men are
doing 1T annually. AS n rule, unless
they are men who have that spirit in
them that will not bmit to failure,
they generally retire from the business
the second year. TO become a
breeder means more now than it did
years ago. says the Swine Breeder.
The business has advanced, it is out of
sight of the time in which the owner
ship of pig sired by prize winner
signified the breeding of fine stock. To
do this knowledge of the entire
pedigree, the standard, feeding and
manage ment, and these he must know,
not as his forefathers, but fully up to
the advanced knowledge of the active
men of to-day. The signs of the time
in everything point towards a record
In the breeding ring in the speed
ring, to be a success one must have n
record and that record must mari,
high. The best records in the speed
ring are made in front of the pneu-
matte Sull1ieS. The best records in tho
breeding ring are made by those who
employ every means to obtain knowl-
edge; no one Gao to-day make much
progress in the science of breed unless
he takes advantage of all means that
are now offered for studying the bust
Eess and acquiring the work of the
past years. and upon that foundation
build up business that will be in har-
mony with the standard and progress
of the times.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01

Syrup

Mr.. Albert Hartley Of Hudson,
N. c., was taken with Pneumonia.
His brother had just died from it.
When he found his doctor could not
rally him he took one bottle of Ger
man Syrup and came out sound and
well. Mr.. S. B. Gardiner, Clerk
with Druggist J. e. Barr, Aurora,
Texas, prevented a bad attack of
pneumonia by taking German Syrup
in time. He was in the business
and knew the danger. He used the
great rernedy-Boschee's German
Syrup-fcr lung diseases. O
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-01
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LARGE FARM BARN.

The manure gutter is 16 inches wide, 6
inches deep at one end, and inches at
the other end, with conducting spout
runfltng to the manure pile, where the
liquid manure can be run into reser-
voir if needed. The gutter is covered
with strips c strong timber 1x11s inch
es, and placed ~ inches apart They
are made into doors opposite each stall
SO that they can be raised up to be
cleaned. There is also a board, 10
inches wide, nailed on the side of the
gutter, under the hind feet of the ami
mails, thus making the gutter, or drain-
age rather. really 26 inches wide. This
kind of gutter has many advantages
over the open drain. The COWS are
kept clean possible, we think;
and there is no danger of a COW, heavy
with calf, being inju1 ed by stepping
backward into the ditch. The ditch
receives all the water and a great deal
of the manure. which is tramped
through; and it can be cleaned out
every other day.
The horse stable is II feet wide and
ST feet long and feet high, di-
vided into five 5-foot stalls and ono
box stall. The floor is graded SO as to
slope back behind the middle of the
stall into a shallow gutter. They are
all fed from the barn floor.
Tho barn floor is 10 feet wide, &c feet
long, and IA feet high to loft 1t is
laid double; the floors overhead arc
single. There is platform feet high
running across the rear end of the
floor. Under this platform at ono end
is the cistern; at the other end are the
stairs to the loft Under the middle Of
the platform is door 10 feet wide to
drive out at, and on top of the platform
is another door 10 feet wide for putting
the straw out of tho barn. The
machine drops the straw on this plat
form and it can either be put out
into the NOW. The stock can all be
fed and wa tered from the barn floors.
The ables can all be cleaned with
out WHY 4ls,rHp1eH. 81 S, Sch, once hand
ling the manure with the fork. You
can hitch and unhitch your horses
the barn floor aud take them directly
into tho stable. The doors into the
stable, one on each corner OF the barn,
are all hung as to open inside, thus
preventing wind from breaking them.
The stock can be turned out to tho
straw stack behind the barn on nice
days and watcred from u trough which
is filed from the cistern inside. No
floors to rot; no rats to bother; every
thing handy.