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Country Produce.

Market for poultry steady; fair demand;
grown fowls z pair, 6OQ70c; q grown, 45Q50e;
ket for eggs is steady; market fully supplied;
co ntry q dozen. 12Is0l3c. Peanuts-Amp pie
stock; demand fair; market steady; fancy
hand picked Virginia, " h. &c; haud-picked
D b, &c; small hand-picked. a n 4c.
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Now OTk, juno I2.-hOSln QuleT and nrm;
strained, common TO good, 81 390S1 40. Tur-
pentine dull and steady at 304G30Ac.
Charleston, June H. Spirits turpentine
firm at 2714c; receipts s.. Rosn firm; good
strained 81 90; receipts 293.
Wilmington, n. c., June 12.-Rosin firm;
strained, S71ac; good strained, 92g4c. Spirits
turpentine quiet hut steady at 27%c. Tar
steady at 81 10 Crude turpentine steady;
hard 81 90; soft 81 70; virgin. q 15
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Courtrn proprrtn for Sale

4 VILLAGE FARM Of 81 acfr' among The Berkshire
y Hlls. modern outage tenant house lawn with NE
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,ne,d,w hay straw. fodder and COWS
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unfurnlsbso Apartments 10 Let.
furnished apartments 60 Es!,

,x,,,, ppoADWAY-M Metropolitan Opera House building
tenant WIN suhrrnt at reduced irhl nan. n1
,p,rtm.nt Of four rooms, pilh!c nun u'.'
, nathr,om-. light and hotel srrvc" ihciuoeu APP
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The advocate., 1894-05-02
CONCERNING KANSAS.

railroad assessors have conceived o
plan to reduce the assessment on rail-
road property and to conceal their az
tions until after the state convention,
and perhaps until after the election.
To prove this the Journal calls atten-
tion to and misconstrues q circular re-
Gently sent out by Auditor Prsther to
county clerks, drawing from this circu-
lar the conclusion that "this reform Rd-
ministrstion propose to openly violate
the law in regard to the railroad assess
ment making the excuse that it has
always been done and that il they
obeyed the law too much money would
be collected from the railroads. The
circular to county clerks explains itself.
1t is ss follows:
DEAR S1R:-The board Of railroad asses
sors met according bolSw on the third Mon
day in this (April) month, organized and
adjourned until the May %, for the purpose
Of giving railroad companies time to send
in the rest of their returns, and also gave
the secretary Of the board time to procure
what information could be gathered from
the county clerks Rs 10 the assessment.
This year real estate is valued and the
board desires 10 know whether there will be
any material change from two years ago on
real estate, and If personal property will
vary from last year. We have heard from
some counties where the valuations have
been reduced. The general revenue fund
of 3 5 mills, and the interest fund Of q mills
are 6xed by law, and the board Of equsliEa-
tion can not change them. The board Of
equalization last year reduced the current
university fund from 2 10 i mills, making
a total Of 3.8 mills. The law says property
must be assessed at it's actual cash value
but no penalty is attached, hence il is
never done, and il il was we would have q
larger amount of money taken from the
tax payers and piled up in the treasury moi
needed. The Legislature must take some
action before assessments can be made al
actual cash value without doing the people
an injustice. Please give me whSt inform
alton you possess and oblige.
The advocate., 1894-05-02

for relief, but their written petitions have
been utterly ignored; now they come, peace
ably, In person to ask that their rights be
respected and petitions considered. They
form the largest body Of personal
petitioners whoh has ever gone to
Che national capital, and though in
comparison with our whole popu-
lation their number may seem small, yet it
is not, for back Of them are millions whose
hearts beat in sympathy with them. They
are only the committee. They are not men
Of the worst element Of the country, but are
true citizens, loving liberty, home, and
government Of the people. Men who real
ize, as do their sympsthizers, that as the
creature 10 not greater than the creator,
congress must be amenable to the power
which created it, and nine-tenths of the
people are to-day demanding relief at it's
hands.
In view of the above facts which should
be patent to every unbiased, thinking man,
we demand for them q most respectful and
cordial hearing. I am, SIR, yours truly,
s. H. ISN1DER.
Topeka, Kas., April 27, 1894.
The advocate., 1894-05-02
Weaver Speaks Plainly.

The agitation in favor Of nominating
General Weaver for congress in the
Sixth district, in case be should %%moVe to
Beloit, as he thought seriously Of doing,
was practically stopped, for the time be-
ing ct least, by the following letter from
the general to Chairman Briedenthsl. It
is dated April %:
MY DEAR SIR:-I have been requested by
a large number Of citizens residing In fully
one-half Of the counties composing the
Sixth congressional district Of your state to
move into the district, stating it to be their
purpose to make me their candidate for
congress al the ensuing election; more re-
quests are still being received daily By
every mail. While IL is true that / have
been more or less identified with the reform
work in Kansas for tho past fifteen years,
and have repeatedly met the people Of said
district, / could not seriously consider the
requeSs unless IL were made with practical
unanimisy, and would then have to feel
that compliance with the request would be
conducive TO good feeling everywhere
throughout the state. Kansas must be car
ried this fall; and no friend Of humanity
will, at this critical junCture, do anything
which might, By any possibility, lead to dis
cord or lissension. While feel profoundly
grateful for the high compliment which so
many Of the people Of the Sixth district
have paid me BY requesting my settlement
among them, yet feeling that there might
arise among our friends some objection to
the movement, consider it my duty to de-
cline the most generous and complimentary
offer.
You can count on every effort on my part,
"a well as on the part Of every friend have
in the world, TO secure GLORIOUS victory in
Kansas, and shall work Increasingly to
that end. Fraternally yours,
]. B. WRAvRR.
The advocate., 1894-05-02
Reform School Investigation.

Superintendent Hitchcock, of the
Boys Reform school near Topeka, 10
being investigated for alleged abusive
treatment Of the inmates Of the school.
The complaints were made by different
persons and Noah Allen is conducting
hesggressive side OF the case. Some Of
the evicence given is very damaging to
the superintendent, but both sides Of the
the case have not yet been heard.
The advocate., 1894-05-02
What Is It?

EDITOR ADvoCATE:-Is it patriotism
that imbues President Cleveland that
causes him to rest as stolid and motion
less as one Of the many marble statues
in Washington, while the whole inter
ests Of q nation Of 70 million people,
along with the lives of individuals, are
being murdsredH Is it Jeffersonisn
democracy or Lincoln republicanism
that is brRcing this lRtter-dsy Nero to
sacrifice this nation to the golden image
in Wall street, while he pays of his
thugs in patronage. pie? Is he and his
pie. eating congress, 30 blind, so devoid
OF reason and justice, that they for Q
moment suppose that they, with the
dRmnRble laws of their own making, can
''check" this whole. people, while they
hurry this nation over the road to
eternal perdition, with no word or action
Of the people in remonstrsnceS Is every
other interest OF this broad dominion to
be sacrificed for blood.suoking, life-sst-
ing bonds for bRnk-sharks?
Where is the hope for the life Of this
nation il not invested in the people? Is
it vested in q president whose greedy
money-maw seems to crave the earth
and the fullness thereof Is it vested in
any congress, which, upon the whole, has
perjured itself for the past thirty years?
Who now wonders at the great, good
Lincoln, writing his friend in Illinois;
~ tremble for my countryf" Had the
bankers Of New York right to repair
to Washington in q Pullman special
train to petition Mr.. Cleveland to veto
the seigniorsge bill? Certainly.
Have the Coxeyites the right to walk
there, hundreds OF miles through snow,
rain and mud, to petition a perfdious
congress for relief? "By the eternal"
We shall see. AS long as the common
wealers 90 in order and peace, am sure
that the best wishes and sympathy OF q
large msjority OF the people are with
them. May the old Liberty bell catch
on to the resonant tones Of the weary
footsteps Of the commonwealers and
ring out new Declaration Of Independ-
ence that will be q loving pride OF all
Americans. JIM M. KANE.
P.S.-All Of our friends here are ask.
ing for the kind blessings OF heaven for
your Washington correspondent, Mrs.
Anna L. DigRs, particularly for her last
letter in the ADVOCATE on Coxey.
]. NJ K.
The advocate., 1894-05-02
The Railroad Assessment.

It would take one mans time to keep
track Of the numerous misrepresenta'
tions that are being made to throw DIS
credit upon the present management OF
state affairs. The State Journal en-
phasizSs the assertion that the board Of
The advocate., 1894-05-02
NOTES.

The Riley county convention will be
held at Manhattan, May 81, with sew
enty-one delegates.
Two more newspaper souls have been
saved. The Downs World and the Msdi'
SON Index will be Populist in the future.
Frank r. Forrest and Joseph Taggart
are to hold a JOINT discussion on the
fiusnce aud tariff questions at Brook
vile, Saline county, next Saturday even
ing.
Hoch's boom for the governor nomins'
tion has about flsttsned out. 1t was o
poor, little, sickly thing when it was
born, and it never grew very much. AT
least, most OF the republican delegates
are being instructed for Morrill,.
Fletcher Meredith, who has record
almost equal to that OF Congressman
Breckenridge, has been nominated for
the legislature in the Hutchinson dis
trict in opposition to the Hutchinson
News, q paper Of his own party.
Senator Leedy gloriss in the distinc-
tlon Of representing the petitioners for
equitable railroad rates before the board
Of railroad commissioners. Mr.. Leedy
may have been charged with doing more
than he really did toward the rate move
ment, but he is not man who sits
around and talks without acting.
Dispatches have been sent out from
Topeka stating that there was no inter
est manifested here regarding the Coxey
movement. This is false. It signifies
the most intense interest when audiences
gather two or three times q week and
listen to the repetition Of lOng-winded
speeches until the speakers sink from
sheer exhaustion.
Cherokee county has q rival for the
championship belt In Osborne county
Bloom townships vote was, Populist, 80;
republican, 13; and the vote OF Winfield
township, same county, was Populist, "a;
republican, 8. But this record from
South Shirley, Cloud county, beats 'em
all. H. II. Young reports it: PopulistS,
84;rspublicans, /; democrats, 0OO,OOO,OOO.
A circular from Mrs. Johns says: "The
question Of whether or not women
should be enfranchised is to be debated
in Wichita on the evening Of June 20.
The high contending parties to be Rev.
Annie H. Shaw for the affirmative and
T.B. Wall for the negative. Both sides
of this important question will get q
thorough airing on this occasion. The
forensic power Of Dr.. Shaw and Judge
Wall is considerable. This event is
awaited with much interest"
The best plan the republicans could
adopt in order to redeem Kansas would
be to pay back some Of the money and
property thsir officials have stolen from
the state in past years. Here Is another
example: The books Of the OsawRtomie
asylum show that in 1890 that institu-
tion received 30,666 bushels Of coal, in
1891, 11,104 bushels, and in 1892, s,158
bushels, and the consumption for 1893
was about the same as for the previous
year. There is no reason why the insti-
tuition needed more coal in 1891 and
1882 than in the last two years. Now
the question is, who got the proceeds Of
the coal that was stolen from there.
The Railroad Assessment.
The advocate., 1894-05-02

DuttsnHOuao, Topeka, Ks, Si.ss-Rl 5Oper day
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-24

As the cold strengthens with advancing
winter the comforts Of the tea jacket he
come nurc and more apparent- \ new
sort, made in some self oolorcd velvet ol
satin. opens back and frout to the wais'
and has no sleeves, being intended TO b
worn over any kind of silk or lace or mus
lin shirt and Ia give the additional warmth
that i neeSied without bcing heavy OF
cumbersome These are particularly pretty
in striped velyctS A more elaborate one 4.
a tea jacket made of what Is called cut
velvet" in a chine design ON n cream
ground All kinds of cOlors appear in
the pattern IL Is made with n basque
and n deep sash, the sleeves large and
csaght up with moire rnScttes-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-24
New York & New England

Iassensar Train service. Oct IS. 1894.
II Inns Iesve Waterbury for
.OSTUN-S45 80 m 100. SIS p m.
pROV1DENCE-S.45 $50 q m i.0n SIS = m
new YORK via Brewster sos a. m. 2.lo m
HORCESTER-S.i5 80 IN 100 IN.
NEW LOSDON-7.S0 a m 90. 3-5S p N
PUTNAM -345 7.S0 a N I.G'. S.5S T m
NILLIMANTIC-3.45 80 a nj 100 SIS y N
SPRINGFIELD as 1 m SIS p M.
HARTFORD-S-45 $50. s-05. lO:aS a m. los
SIS Sis p. m
NEW BRITAIS-3.45 $50. 99s lO.ls a m 100
s;5Ss1s m.
5RIsToL|st Is ia. soSloA5 IN 10,
TERRYVfLLE-7-n COS lo.4s N 100 IS
WATERVIILE-7.So Q .os 1o.4S a N SIS. Sis m
WEST CHESHIRE $50. $50 a m. $50 p m
MERIDEN $50. $50 m. $50 p m
CROMWELL $50 a m. $50 p m
UNION CITY, s.G5 N 2.10 m
TOWANTIC-fs SOS m 2.lO. 5p N.
SCUTHFORD--so a N 2.1O . m.
POMPERAUG VALLEY SOY u. 21o
SANDY HOOK-s.O5 m 2.Io. p n.
HAWLEYVILLE-s-o m 2.1O. m.
DANBURY-s.Os m 2.i0 = m: 1lS6 p m
BREWSTERS-s.O a n 2.l0. il.S5 m.
FISHKILIrON-HUDSO a m 2l0 p M
%Binghampton. Elmira. Jam estown. Cleye-
land. Akron and Chicago go a N 2.l0p m
POUGHKEEPSfE- via Hopewen. SOS a n.
I'll p M
W.R BABCoCK.
Gen Pass Agent. Boston.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-24
CHAPTER IN.

''Trcachery, trcacheryr' screamed Pc
rcira. The morass is fired, and that
witch has betrayed us
''Ha, ha, ha, ha!' cried Otter again
from his airy perch. 'Treachery, treach-
cry! And what if the slaves are loosed'
And what if the gates be barredi"
Hitherto the mob had been silent in
their fear and wonder. There they stood
closely packed, 100 or more of them, star
ing first at Otter, then ut tho advancing
fire Now they found tongue.
He is 1end. xiii him! Storm the
slave camp! To the gates!' they yelled
in this language and in that
For many it was their last earthly cry,
since ut that moment n sheet of flame
burst from tho ramparts of the camp, fol-
lowed by the boom OF the cannon, and six
pounds of canister shot through tho
crowd. Right through them it swept,
leaving a wide lane of dead and dying, and
such a shrek went up to heaven as oven
that place of torment had never heard
Then they broke and fled this way and
that, screaming curses as they went.
When Leonard and the priest had rolled
down the rising bridge, they found Juanna
standing safely by the guardhouse, sur
rounded by some of the settlement men,
ITO the gum" he cried, ito the gun!
Fire into them. 1 will follow you!'
Then it was that he saw Otter left to
his death and called out in fear But OF
ter saved himself, as has been told, and
elambered down the bridge safe and
sound.
Leaning on the dwarf and Francisco
Leonard staggered along the earthwork
followed by Juanna, to the place wher
the gun was mounted. Before he haC
gone a step he caught sight Of the figur'
Of Soa outlined in bold relief against tn,
| back ground of the fire and surrounded b,
many of the freed settlement men. At tn,
| instant when he saw her she was In tn,
| act of springing back from the brcech o
| the gun, the lanyard In her hand. TheI
came the roar of the shot and the shriel
| Of the smitten.
Wow" said Otter, 1.-THE old woman
has not been idle. She is clever as n man
that one" Another minute, and the.
were helping TO load the gun-that Is, en-
cept Soa, who was on her knees kissinI
Juanna's hands.
Come, stop that" said Leonard, sink
ing to the ground, for he was utterly CT
hausted. "Those devils have gone 70
their arms. They will try to storm u
presently. Is the shot home, Pcteri The
run her out sharp. and you, See, ssrs'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-24
MONEY SAVED BY GOOD ROADS.
Testimony From Merchants and Farmers OF
the Benefits of Smooth Highway

Testimony Prom Merchants and Farmers on
the Benefits Of Smooth Highways
Reports are coming TO the Office of
the Massachusetts, highway commission
which show that the expectations Of ben
etits from these new roads. practical ben
Gifts, are being realized. For instance,
n market gardener ON the Lincoln and
Lexington road says that the better
quality of the road will enable him to
make n saving of 81 n day in the cost of
teaming his garden truck to Boston. In
other localities cases are heard of in
which farmers. foreseeing the advantage
of the better communication with mar
ket-for they can haul bigger loads and
make their trips in shorter time-are
holding their property Mt higher figures
than they were year ago.
The market gardeners who used the
old Salem turnpike for bringing their
stuff to Boston can reach home several
hours earlier every day in consequence
Of the quicker time they can make ON n
good road. There Is a hill two miles
long in the town of Goshen which con-
trolls the transportation of quite an area
in the wide distance between the Al
bany and Fitchburg roads. A merchant
Of Cummington testified before the com
mission that the cost of hauling his
goods the few miles from the railroad
to his store was more than the cost Of
getting them from Chicago to the place
where they left the cars. This difficult
hill, with grades of 10 and l2 feet in
100. will be improved by taking n new
route which Will shorten the distance
$50 feet and viii reduce the grade so
that in no place will il be over ~.
These are instances Of what is happen
ing where the new roads are being
built and of what will continue to hap
pen till this system is completed. Il is
said now that il will take 10 or 2 years
TO construct the system Of roads all over
tion.-ExchanTe
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-24
N.H.&H. Railroad Time Table
June II. 1894.
NACGATUCK DIVISION

Trains leave Waterbury as foIlowy:
ecr NEW YORK-6.O5. s12, 1880 N; l2S
S25 40 m. Sunday. AIS M
Return S 90. 500 %. 1s-0S a m Il %. 4O2e 81
n Sunday. GO m.
For NEW HAVEN. via Derby JunctCS Sos
sin 10 80 a m: X. S-2S. SIS m.
Return VIA Derby Junction. 90. 80 m
100 IN S.Sn. T.SS U. M sunday. $40 M
or NEW HAVEN. NEW LONDON. etc via
Sauzaruck Junction /. 40 p m
For BRIDGEPORr-6-16. s12 1850 III
lis s.25. 44O 5-5S p m. sunday 49, M
RatuEr at 81 STA 80 a m 1900. 22st IT. =. 40
nm. Sundays Is a m.
snr ASSOSIA-6Os. sI2. 1850 m ll.
52S 4.i0.s So 40 tmixedi p m sunday. 4le
Return at Tas. s54 IUal. a m IA 81 SOl. Clio.
SIS % NJ. sunday $40 a m.
.WATERTOWN-E64o SIS: n1I N S-'S'
sla 7.0i p n. Saturday s16 n. -
Return at go. Z 40. 1o-2O m 7So. $50 o-So
pm. Saturday 7.S5 m.
S,c fHOMAST3N-S-33. ILL m: SeS OBS
pm. Sunday 9-25 N.
Return at T.i3. 1923 m: ass $40 NJ
sunday SAT m
R,r TORRTSGTON-s.SS lN.12 . N $50 6-s9.
nm Sunday Is m
Return at 40. 1000 a m. $50. o-VS H.
Sunday. S.2S p m
e,r WINSTED-S.S3. ll12 a. M: S.SS. 6.S9 p M
Sunday. 9:5 a m.
Return at 90 $40 a. NJ: 20S. 40 p m
sunday. 500 r m
CT. HEMPSTEAD. Gen Pass Agent.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-24
IN A SHORT LIFETIME
WHAT CIVILIZATION HAS DONE FOR
THE PAGAN WORLD.
IL Has introduced Order and Improved the
Condition Of All Observation-Disclosures. Of
John w. Foster-A Forecast OF the Fu-
tur~.


especial corrSSr,ondcnee.l
WASHINGTON, Dec. Is.-Colonel John
Watson Foster, cx-ministcr to Mexico
Russia and Spain and at present engaged
In miscellaneous diplomatic work lIxss =
1905 street in a dwelling which is quito
plain outside, but Is within a Regular
museum of foreign bric-a brac. mcmcntos
of many lands and presents from many
pcoplc. My business with him was to Sc
cure an introduction to the japanese min
lister, but the colonel, glad to sec friend
Of his carly days, became quito cOmmuni-
catlve for him and talked most entertain
ingly about his recent tour around tho
world. Incidentally he remarked that he
was preparing an address TO be delivered
on the evening OF the 2Ist bcfUrc the Geo
graphical society, his subject being The
Political Geography OF ASIA" and was
therefore full OF tho subject. So tho Japs
were forgotten for tho time.
The Rate of Progress.
After the arbitration mt Paris" said
he, my wife and I went down to Egypt
in company with the Orrs of Evansville.
We then followed the usual route BY the
Red sea and OF the coast to India, and
then by Penang and the Straits Settle
ments and to HOngkong. We went up the
Peiho TO Picking, over TO tho great wall,
then to Chemulpo. In Korcn, and to Japan
and homo again by San Francisco. The
changes I'm tho political geography OF Asia
within lifetime or less have been won
derful indeed, hut IL you date back from
the beginning of English and Russian ex-
tension you will sec that vast continent
has been rcorganized in n time which Is but
day in the history OF nations, and that
ut the present rate of progress all central
Asia will soon be so transformed by rail-
roads and otherwise that tho great breed
ing ground Of barbarians, as some histo-
rian has called the great central plateau,
Will be no moro n menace to tho world
than our own western plateau region now
Is. Montesquieu says that tho key to those
wonderful and otherwise unaccountable
revolutions In Asia Is to be found in tho
fact that the luwlands on all sides, and
especially the warm lands of the south,
join ON suddenly TO the most elevated ia
blelands, with no intervening slopes and
temperate lands, such rs are found in Eu-
rope and North America. At great inter
walls the barharians and semiciyiliZcd ma
lions of the plateau swarm, rs it were, and