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MARKET REPORTS.
NsW York Mensy Maytei.

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NKw YoBE. Sept. :.
Money, easy, 3 to 4.
Prime paper. sal2.
GovernmepI bonds, strong
Railroads, firm.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-09-09

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mcnt through, New cords,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-09-09

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high schooi huiIlIag, Friday forenoon,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-09-09

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delivered a. g. \. Il. Hill,;he Eth int. by
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-09-09

The following are the closing qao.a.ion. o, .e
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-01-11

the third step in the revolutionary
proceedings of the republican party,
Following this the republican side
proceeded to effect a permanent or
ganization, and the opposite side did
the same. In every revolutionary
step the republicans led. The result
was the organization of two houses,
each of which is holding its ground
at this writing.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-01-11
REVOLUTIONARY METHODS.

There has been much talk recently
through a certain portion of the
republican press about revolutionary
methods. 1t is a notorious fact that
every revolutionary movement thus
far has teen by the republican
party. The movement began
by counting Mr.. Rosenthsl out
of a seat which everybody con-
ceded belonged to him. When
amended returns were received by
the canvassing board before it's ad.
journment establishing beyond a
doubt the fact of his election, the
board persisted in its determination
to issue the certificate to his repub-
lican opponent. The Peoples party
sought redress of this outrage
through republican supreme court,
and that court decided that although
Rosenthal was elected, there was no
legal remedy for the wrong which
this canvasslng board had done.
Here is the first revolutionary step.
In the case of the Coffey county
tie, the canvasslng board ignored the
provisions of the republican lottery
law in such cases provided, and with
out notifying Mr.. Rice of the time
and place Of the drawing of lots,
drove all spectators from the room,
and, behind barred doors, proceeded
to declare the republican contestant
entitled to the seat. The republican
supreme court could find no legal
remedy in this case. This was the
second step.
By reference to the report of pro-
ceedings of the first days session of
the house in another column it will
be seen that the republican repre-
sentatives refused to recognize the
secretary of state, as had always been
the custom heretofore, as presiding
officer during the temporary organ
ization of the house, and he therefore
retired to his Office. When Mr. Sem
pie, of Franklin county, took the
stand for the purpose of placing in
nomination candidate for temporary
chairman, the republican members,
led by Mr.. Cubblson, at once elected
q chairman for the republican side
Of the house, which of course left
nothing for the opposite party to do
but to effect a like organization as a
matter Of self protection. This was
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-01-11

q brilliant success, and IN this we are
not disposed to call his conclusion in
question. Let us examine some of
the propositions he lays down. He
says:
Our constitution legalizes the sale of
liquors fer three purposes, the most i'm
portant OF which is medical. The natural
place at which to buy medicine is drug
store. To take the sales out of the hands Of
the druggists would not only be an incon-
venience to the medical profession, includ-
ing pharmacists, and those who buy liquors
for legitimate use, but would be doing an
unnatural thing.
Why unnatural? Is there anything
natural about the sale of liquor for
any purpose whatever? Mr.. Trout
man must know that the law placing
the exclusive sale of liquor, for the
excepted purposes, il the haEds Of
druggists, resulted almost imme-
diately in the establishment Of hun
dreds of drug stores which had no
excuse for existence except for the
sale of liquors. He must know that
while there are many honorable
druggists and pharmacists, the effect
of this law has been to draw into this
business a class of unscrupulous men,
whose only purpose is to profit by the
illegitlmate sale of liquors, and who
only keep drugs as a cover for this
nefarious traffic. He cannot be ig-
norant of these facts. Nor can he be
ignorant of the fact that any man can
procure all the liquor he wants at
these places for any purpose what
ever and without the least difficulty
in the world. Nor can the druggist
be punished for these illegitimate
sales The purchaser takes an oath
that the purchase is for one of the
excepted purposes, and the druggist
is exonerated thereby from legal
liability. The saloon is simply trans
ferred to the drug store, and the evil
is not abated.
There is another feature of this
subject also which it would be well
for Mr.. Troutman to consider. The
honest druggist who really desires to
conform to the intent of the law, and
who may be conscientiously opposed
to the lllegitimate sale of liquors,
finds the law an absolute detriment
to his business. If he refuses to sell
for illegitimate purposes, many who
would remain bis customers for other
goods, were all druggists prohibited
from selling liquors, now forsake HIM
and give all of their trade to the
druggist who will accommodate them
in this respect. The effect of this is
to sustain the dishonest dealer, and
drive his honest competitor out of busi-
ness. This is no visionary hypothesis.
We could name instances of the kind
in this city were 1t proper to do so.
AS to the inconvenience of the
medical profession, we submit that
the illegitimate sale of liquor is
Uery great Inconvenience" to the
community at large. and if there is
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-01-11
THE SALE OB LIQUOR BY STATE
AGENTS,

The criticisms OF this proposed
method Of controlling the liquor
traffic clearly show that it's oppo-
nents either do not understand it or
that they are determined to misrep-
resent it. That the latter is true of
a certain portion ot the republican
press there cannot be the shadow of a
doubt. They oppose it because it
is the method proposed by the Peo-
ple's party, and that reason alone is
deemed, in their estimation, sufficient
to condemn it. They offer no argu-
ment against it, but resort to the
general plan which has been adopted
and pursued towards both the ALI
snce and the Peoples party ever
since their organization. They seek
to create prejudice against it by mis-
statements of fact, and misinterpre-
tation Of motive. They represent it
as a proposition for the state to go
into the saloon business, and to
abolish the existing prohibitory laws
in states where they now exist.
Whether these Misrepresentation are
intentional or the result of ignorance,
they are unfair and deceptive. AS
an answer to the republican press
which is exercising so much diligence
in opposition to this measure it may
be stated that the state agency plan
is the method adopted in Maine and
in Vermont for the enforcement of
the prohibitory laws Of those states,
and having been adopted by the re-
publican party and steadily pursued
for years, it does not look well for re-
publicans to be too severe in their
condemnation of 1t. 1t is barely
possible that in their ambition to op-
pose everything that is championed
by the Peoples party, whether good
or bad in itself, they may condemn
some of their own children. 1t tmight
be advisable for them to make sufi-
cient investigation of this subject to
enable them to speak intelligently
concerning 1t.
Representative James A. Troutmsn
has communication in the Kansas
Christian Advocate of December 81,
1892, which indicates clearly that he
does not understand the proposition
at all. At the recent convention of
the prohibition party in this city one
Of the speakers devoted more than an
hour to a severe criticism of what he
conceived to be the Peoples party
plan. After he concluded his speech
and took his seat, few words of
whispered explanation by one who
understood the subject satisfied him
that he had been absolutely ignorant
of it, and when he did understand it
he was really in favor of 1t. Mr..
Troutman is in the indentical position
of this speaker. before he took his
seat. We propose to consider some
of Mr.. Troutman's arguments. He Is
compelled to admit that the enforce
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-01-11

method as contradlstlngulshed from
an unnatural method of selling
liquors. There are different methods,
but to assume that one is natural and
another unnatural is an assumption
of which there can be no proof.
There is no doubt that the intent of
the law was as Mr.. Troutman states
it, to make it easy to buy liquors for
constitutional purposes, and hard to
buy them for use as beverages" but
the intent of the law and its practi-
cal effect are two different things.
Experience has shown that it is easy
"to buy liquors for use as a bever-
age" through the instrumentallties
established by existing law, and every
friend of temperance must acknowl-
edge the defect Of the law and recog-
nlze the necessity of a change of some
kind. The only question to be con-
sidered is what that change shall be.
This should not be sparty question;
it is a question IN which the best IN
terests of society are concerned and
one upon which all friends of tenn
perance irrespective of party should
unite.
Mr.. Troutman asks:
What would be the result of this proposed
legislation? The honest law-abiding drug
gist, who now conducts his business within
the letter and spirit of the law, and against
whom the temperance people make no COM
plant, would cease to handle liquors. The
whisky druggist, who now deies the law,
would continue his surreptitious sales. But,
it is said, he would be prosecuted. Why is
he not prosecuted now?
Mr.. Troutman overlooks the fact
that druggist may conduct this sur
reptitious sale in strict conformity
with the letter of the law, and that
one of the chief reasons why he is not
now prosecuted is on account of the
difficulty of conviction. Hels shielded
by the oath of the purchaser. This
law should provide that the payment
of the United States special tax by
any person unauthorized to sell
should be primo facie evidence of
violation of the law, thus throwing
the burden of proof upon the defend
ant. In this way conviction would
be easy, and with other provisions
not now necessary to discuss the
difficulties now encountered would be
largely removed. The agents ap-
pointed would be selected with a view
to their moral character and respect
for the law, and IN addition to this
would be under suitable bonds for the
faithful performance of duty. This
requirement of the agent to give an
ample bond would be sufficient an
swer to Mr.. Troutman's objection
that these agents, if elected or ap-
pointed, would be like other men,
liable to violate the law. A man will
not be likely to endanger his bond
when the element of profit is elimi-
mated from the traffic.
We are not unaware of the great
difficulties in the way of an ultimate
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-09
Martial Astronomy.

Men may be good soldiers without
being scholars, and ii is also true
that men may be amusing when they
are weighed down with the tgravest
responsibilities
On the evening before solar eclipse
not long ago the Colonel Of a regiment
OF German infantry sent for all his
sergeants, and said 10 them;
There will be an eclipse OF the
sun tomorrow. The regiment will
meet on the parade-ground in un.
dress. will come and explain the
eclipse before the drill. IL the day
is cloudy, the men will meet in the
drill-shcd as usual"
The Se.geants thercupon drew NJ
the following order OF the day:
Tomorrow morning, by order OF
the Colonel, there will be an eclipse
OF the sun. The regiment will as,
semble on the paradc.rround, where
the Colonel will superintend the
eclipse in person. lfthe day is cloudy,
the eclipse will take place in the
drll-shed."
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-09
Improving the Ewes.

1t is satisfactory TO be told by Mr..
Ellis that blindness in England is
''slowly decreasing" though Great
Britain still stands in this respect
behind two other European countries,
and three more come before Ireland
hort.sightedness, however appears
TO be increasing everywhere, Ger
many having signal and sinister
pre-eminence in this respect.
A French doctor has noted the re-
markable fact that wild beasts
caught quite young or born in cap
tivity become short-sighted, the con-
clusion being that the eye adapts it,
self TO its 'habitual sphere OF vision,
and unless educated" TO use Mr..
Ellis term, TO see objects at a dis
tance, loses the capacity OF so doing
Even in after life the eye may be, to
some extent, so educated, though
probably only when the myopia is
not considerable.
1t is thus within the experience Of
the present writer that his sight
greatly improved in days gone by,
when he became a volunteer, by prac-
tice at the butts, so that while he
could not see the target 10 shoot at
without spectacles at the three-hun-
dred-yard range, after a twelvemonth
or so he only needed TO put on spec
tacles at 400 yards. But beyond that
range he was never able to dispense
with them.
Country excursions are, therefore,
extremely valuable as means Of
strengthening the sight Of town-bred
children; and the conductors Of such
excursions should take pains to di-
rect the eyes OF the children to dis
tant objects-to the furthest hill,
church tower, or other landmark,
noting, IL possible, any incapacity to
discern the selected object and then
selecting some nearer one for the
weaker-sighted. The Spectator.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-09

About ten years ago NUMBER OF
Germans, who had migrated TO the
Northwest, disgusted with the hard
ships of that cold country, determined
TO remove to the South. They accord
ingly bought at $40 an acre worn
out plantation of some 2O00 acres in
Iauderdale County, Alabama, and
settled there. They proceeded to i'm
prove their property along practical
and intelligent lines. They cleared
away the broomsedge and planted
clover and grasses and began raising
cattle. They sold hay and small grain.
They planted orchards and vineyards
and utilized heproducts in every avail
able way. The result ia that the st.
Florian colony is among the most
thrifty and prosperous communities in
the State of Alabama. Their land is
now worth at least $50 per acre and
they are happy and independent.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-09
CARPET ON THE RIVER BOTTOM.
The Novel scheme Resorted To by Bridge
Builder for sinking Caissons

George S. Morrison, who Is build
ing the Memphis bridge, Is making
use OF new idea in sinking the cais-
sons for the pier. His scheme is the
use OF great mattresses, which are
woven on the spot. The following
description Of preparing and using
these mattresses is from the manu-
script Of the report which Mr.. Nor
riso0 Is preparing on that work and
was printed in the Railroad Ga
zette:
The method adopted to limit the
scour was TO carpet the bottom OF
the river with woven willow mat
similar TO those which are used by
the Mississippi River Commission for
the protection OF eroding banks The
device proved perfectly successful.
Before the caisson could be placed in
position the mats which were TO pro-
tect the pier sites from scour had To
b. placed. Two barges were fitted
with ways for weaving the mats, and
two mooring barges were anchored
above the pier site transversely with
the stream. The weaving barges
were then placed below the mooring
barges, and the material barges were
brought up TO the lower
side of the weaving barges
The mat was then woven on
the WAYS and the upper end OF IL
fastened TO the mooring Darges, and
also TO the anchor which held the
mooring barges, each anchor carry
ing two lines, one leading TO one OF
the mooring barges, and the other
under the mooring barge TO the mat
AS the weaving proceeded the weav-
ing barges were dropped down
stream, SO that when the mat was en-
tirely completed the weaving barges
were at the lower end and the whole
mat was floating on the water. The
mat woven In this way was 240 feet
wide and 400 feet long. 1t was loaded
with stone until it barely tloated, and
enough stone was thrown on the up
per end TO sink this end, The upper
end OF the mat was submerged first
and held near the surface by
the lines leading from the moor
ing barges. Two barges loaded with
stone were then floated over the upper
end OF the mat and stone was thrown
from them on the floating mat be-
low. AS the mat was sunk the barges
were dropped down stream until the
entire mat was settled on the lot
tom. When the sinking barges had
passed over about half the length of
the mat, the lines connecting the
upper end OF the mat with the moor
ing barge were then cast off and the
upper end OF the mat allowed TO sink
To the bottom. The whole time re-
quired to sink the mat was not over
ten minutes. Each mat contained
900 cords OF brush and poles, 900
tons OF rip-rap and 10000 pounds of
wire
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-09
Narrow Escape.

In Arabic there are two different
words to designate an unbeliever.
One Of them is inoffensive, but the
other, which is gafer, corresponding
nearly with our word "infdel," is
habitually employed by the Moham-
medans against Christians, while a
Christian is punished with death il
he applies it TO follower Of Moham-
med. Such fate nearly befell mis-
sionary, who tells the story.
During my residence in Abyssinia,
the Arabic language had become less
familiar TO me, so that inadvertently
in conversation l used the offensive
word gafer. Instantly the people
seized me and dragged me to the
Judge, crying, 'Hc is worthy Of
DEATH He ought TO die!"
l perceived tff2t | had committed
a fault, anL though it was only a
fault Of grammar, felt great re-
pugnance at dying for such an Of
nee, and cried to God to deliver me.
Conversing on the way with my ac-
cusers, l caught them giving to a
passage in the Koran sense which
l knew TO be false While we were
discussing it we saw not far off an
old sheik. much venerated for his
sanctity, and we agreed to leave the
question TO him, but for fear my op.
ponents would misrepresent the case,
l called to him at a dstanc', "How
do you understand this passage in
the Koran"
He interpreted as had done l
then asked him what he would call
such persons as understood the pass
age In the other manner
They are gafer." he replied, using
the terrible word | had myself en-
ployed.
=. The crowd Immediately dispersed
in silence, and l was delivered.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-09

Professor Gamers announcement
that his visit to Africa to study the
language of the monkeys has been en-
tirely successful is necessarily of great
interest, observes tho New York
Times. IL is of the greater interest
because he has brought back with him
two chimpanzees, with whom he
"claims" to have established conyersa-
tional relations, and with whom,
doubtless, he will consent TO converse
in public-not necessarily for publica-
tion, but ms n guarantee pf good faith.
OF equal interest is his statement that
when he was anchored out in cage
in the middle of nm African forest,
eavesdropping on the circumambient
apes, he kept n phonograph, and by
trick and device induced the monkeys
to talk into ii. Their remarks will
doubtless be ground out again for the
benefit of learned societies, in the
wheezy and asthmatic tones into which
the phonograph converts all sounds.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-09

Overproduction has become sub
ject Of serious concern with those in
terested in several prominent indus
tries of the West. There il n pros
pective decrease in California's vintage,
little money in cattle raising, and
horse raising has similarly slumped.
A few days ago the Missouri state
horticultural Society occupied itself
in serious consideration of the topic.
Secretary Goodman said that so many
millions of apple trees have been
planted In the past few years that soon
there will be portions of the country
where it will not pay to gather the
fruit. Something like 100000 acres
have been planted with apple trees in
the past three years in Southern Illi-
Nois, Missouri and Arkansas. One
speaker thought the fruit business
would meet general failure soon and
later would become n success with II
few after many had gone to the wall
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-09
The surrey Lavender Field.

The process OF distillation is a very
interesting and primitive affair. The
lavender is deftly cut by men with
small aw-like scythes, then made up
into sheaves, and finally rolled into
''mats," into which they are secured
by skewers These mats or sacks OF
lavendeSare then brought along To
the distillery, which consists OF a
lower floor in which are the receiving
cans for the oil and the furnaces for
heating the stills above, and an upper
floor, which is raised platform OF
wood with thatched roof supported
by beams in which are the stills and
vatS
The big iron coppers or stills a.e
filled with the pretty, delicate-look-
ing bloom by men naked To their
waists, who press IL down and stamp
upon IL till the still is tightly packed.
Water is then added. the head OF the
still is firmly fixed on by means OF a
crane. and the whole made air tight
Ito prevent the escape OF any steam)
by LAYERS OF whitening. The men
then light the fires below. aud the
yapor, passing through pipe tech
Rically known as the worm Is
caught in a huge vat nearly full OF
cold water, where IL gets condensed