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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-16
Barano6 Castle and Its History.

Baranhoff castle was in Sitka and was
built upon an eminence commanding an
excellent view of the town and harbor
In appearance ii bore no resemblance to
a castle, but looked very much like a
country hotel. Baranhoff castle and the
island upon which it was built derived
their name from the Russian governor,
Baranhoff, who in the early part of the
century lived there and ruled the people
with a tyranny similar to that enforced
In Siberia. Under Baranhoffs rule and
that of his predecessor the island and
the old castle were the scenes of many
contests for supremacy as we'll as of
festivities. In which persons of royal
blood participated.
The governorship of that portion of
all Russia was considered a great re-
ward, and in turn many mobiles ruled
and were provided with plenty to make
their life one of luxury. The old BAN
quet hall of the castle was the scene of
many entertainments given in extrava-
CANT style in honor Of visiting celebri-
ties.
Twenty years ago Lady Franklin, then
eighty years old, visited the island
searching for some trace of her missing
husband. Sir John. William II. Seward,
upon his retirement as secretary of state
also spent several days upon the island
viewing with his own eyes the great
territory which through his and Senator
Charles Summers efforts was secured
In the fall Of 1867 many noted personages
stood upon the balcony OF the old castle
and witnessed the replacing of the
eagles of the car with the stars and
stripes. By that act $4,000 square miles
Of territory became the property of the
United States. the consideration being
2 cents per acre.-San Francisco Chron-
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AMERICAN DIAMONDS.
Those That Are Found Come TO Us in
MeteOrites from Other Worlds.

Though diamonds will never be an i'm
portant product of the United States
only an occasional gem of this kind be-
ing picked up here and there-such vast
quantities of them. are consumed here
that the geological survey has thought
1t worth while to prepare a monograph
on the subject which will soon be is
sued.
The fact has been established that the
supposed diamonds found in meteorites
near the Canyon Diablo in Arizona are
actually such. This is a matter of pro-
found interest, indicating as ii does that
such stones exist on other planets. Some
authorities assert that diamonds like
coal, which is so nearly OF the same
chemical constitution. could not possibly
come into existence without previous
vegetable grOwths 10 generate their ma
terial. For this reason they infer that
the finding Of the gems in the meteOrites
proves that there must have been vege-
table life in the place whence the me-
tories came. If there was vegetable
life there ii is a fair presumption that
there was animal life also. All this may
be untrue, says the Providence Journal,
but it affords the first guess glimpse ever
obtained into the greatest problem that
mankind has attempted TO handle, name
ly. the question whether life exists in
other worlds than ours.
1t seems strange to take a couple of
consider that one is handling the pure
material of the diamond. If you could
tranform it into crystalline form. you
could sell these few pinches Of stuff for
S,O00.000 perhaps. No wonder that
chemists are eager 10 discover the secret
of effecting this change. To assert that
they will never learn how TO make cry
stalls of carbon would be absurd. BY
means of the voltaic battery real dia-
monds of almost microscopic size have
been deposited upon threads of platinum.
But, even if a successful process should
be discovered. ii might be that the cost
of making a diamond by ii would be
bigger than the price of a stone of equal
size and purity from the mines. One re-
calls the experiments of Prof. Sage. who
turned out gold pieces in his laboratory
from gold extracted from the ashes of
certain 'burned vegetable substance. The
result was beautiful. scientifically speak
ing. but the expense of making in this
way one s. piece was about S25.
The value Of rough gems Of all sorts
produced in this country in 1898 was $780,
600 less than the output for the year
before amounting TO only $4,000 The
decrease was mainly owing to the in
dustrial depression. The precious stones
of the United States are sold in large
part TO tourists. who purchase them as
souvenirs of localities visited.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-16

ly over her horn spectacles. And she
was ever in a hurry. For my part will
wait on the will of the Lord.
Maimana Begun cackled under her
breath. "Hair-oil is wasted on a bald
head" she said in a whisper TO Humeda-
banu. Her time is near, hurry or no
hurry. Who comes. must go."-F. A.
Steel in Macmillan's Magazine.
+The dirge in honor of the martyred Hus-
san and Hussain.
ga model of the martyrs shrine, a per-
manent erection, whereas the tazzias used
for the procession are afterward burned.
There is a celebrated Imam-barah at Luck
now. imported from England.
stfA pet name for mother or nurse.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-16
IT INCREASES THE FLESH.

Mrs. b, from a continual drain on
her system, wasted away from ldo POUNDS
20 * mounds in the course OF fourteen
months She had used barks. iron, sui
phuric acid. quinine and many Of the
,Ten az an kinds Of injections. and still
crew T,orse. She commenced the use OF
RaDWAY'S SARSAPARILLIAN ltESOl--
VE,N-r IN one month she gained IN
v-aieyb+ 10 hounds Day after cay she wit
messed an Increase Of flesh and decrease
of waste Of LeuchOrre2. In two months
9ba vas entirely cured Of the Leuch0rrea,
and in six months had gained FIJI
POUNDS IN WEIGHT. She IS now IN
the possession Of health and beauty LEI
an sicllv ladies' take the SAfSAPAhtlL-
LIAM RESOLNENT.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-16
Novel Tests.

Experience at the Yale psychological
laboratory on 1000 boys and girls from
the public schools between the ages of
six and seventeen show that. averaging
the various tests. the boys surpass the
girls: in color discrimination the girls
are ahead in weight discrimination the
boys. though each sex is equal in the
two at the age of eleven years. In
duickness Of motor ability the boys sur
pass the girls, though the latter are
stronger in Correspondence
of the N Y Evening Post.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-16

"water-bearer." winged and hoary. who
is drenching the soil with water from an
urn. There also appears for the first
time over the months allegorical figures
representative of the seasons. In 1872
the census of the eighteen states of the
union, taken in 1910, is given, and in 1913
appears very significantly list of the
vessels in the navy Of the United States
with a note that many other brigs and
ships Of war are lately put in commits
SION" There is also a description Of
the Great dismal swamp, which says
Neither beast, bird nor reptile approach
the heart of this horrible desert; nor,
indeed, do any birds care to fly over it,
any more than they are said to do
over the Lake Avernus'' The names Of
West & Richardson appear as the pro-
prietOrs of the copyright in 1914, and a
corrected list Of the vessels Of the navy
is given. Three of these, the Macedo-
MAN. ii appears, had been captured by the
British. Three others were marked as
hired by the United States" The total
number is fifty-five. A change in the
method of composing the Farmers Cal
endar" is observable. Quotations from
the poets are introduced. and a more
Jocular air prevails. The farmer, In
stead of being told in January that
now is the time TO get in his winter
wood and directed to look well TO
your cattle and see they are well shell
tered" finds himself addressed thus:
Come, Mr.. Dumps, It's time 10 stir
your stumps; see that your woodshed
is well filled before the winter close.
Go to! get thee up in the morning and
HE TO thy barn; peradventure thy OK
or thy ass may stand in need Of thy
aid!' In 1919 West, Richardson & Lord
are the owners Of the copyright, and j.
II. A. Frost is the printer. The name Of
West is dropped in 1921, and that of
Holbrook added in 1880.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-16
Had Good Grounds for His wish.

An old deacon in Pennsylvania was
very self-willed, and on two or three Oc-
casions made great trouble in the church.
At last the church clerk got up and said
Brethren and sisters, L wish Deacon
Jones was in hell" The new pastor and
the members We're Mortified, and the pas
tor said: Brother Smith, such a remark
is unkind and un-Chrlstian. Why do you
use such expire ssions about a brother?''
well, pastor" he replied, ''Tll bet that
If Deacon Jones was in hell about six
months he would bust 1t up."-Argonaut.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-16
WOMAN.

There is a class OF complaints that
every lady is more or less troubled with,
and often suffers hours of anguish, not
knowing what to do and disliking to con-
suit physician. In RAILWAYS SARSA-
PARILIIAN RESOLNENE a remedy IS
ready prepared that will cure every form
of Ladies' Complaints, and restore health
full regularity to those suffering from sup
Dressians, Retentions, or Irregular Men
strua tiOn In case Of lOng-standing Leu
corrhea or weakening DISCHARGES. Failing
of the Womb TumOrs. or Hard Jumps, or
Ulcers in the Womb. ii cures with marvel
ous raniditv In cases of Mysteries. Head
aches. Bad Dreams. and the many symp-
toms that are constantly present this
remedy will cure at once Every lady
should procure a supply Of the SARSA-
PARILLIAN RESOLNENT. II VIII Keep
the blood pure and healthy, make you reel
bright, cheerful happy, strong ana Nlgor-
GUS insure you a good appetite ana
clear, beautiful skin.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-16
In Chanccry.

Doctor they tell me you are attend
ing that young man next door free of
charger
Yes and glad TO do ii. He's been
practicing on a snare-drum for the last
six months, and now | have chance
to put an end to the nuisance" Life.
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Why He Charged.

Fair Organist (after an hours hard
practice)-"Here is your money Patrick;
but don't you think you charge me rath-
er a high price just for pumping the or
gan?" Patrick--"Bliss y'r purity Dyes
Miss. OF wudn't charged We a clint if tn
machine did not make such blatherin
noises N Y. Weekly.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-16

Mrs. Henpeck-"Ah, those sad, sad
words. 1t might have beenr"
Mr.. Henpeck (feebly)-"That's all
right. my dear; but they're not in it
with those sad. sad words. it was -
Philadelphia Record.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-16
SKIN DISEASES. HgAORs AID SORES.

There is no remedy that will cure the
e,,fferer Of salt Rheum. Ring Worm, Fry
sipelas. St Anthony's Fire letters. Rasn;
PimpIes. Blotches. PTiczly Heat Acne ana
sores Ulcers. Boils. Humors OF an klnqs'
SO quick as the SARSAPAItlLLlAN f1E--
SOLVENT. Let il be tried.
rr, Mt Economical The Rest.
Smaller Doses Than other Sarsapsari H.
las, But More Concentrated.
one botde contains more OF the active
nrinciple Of medicine than any other
,l-ar,a "a ton Taken in teaspOonful doses,
R,-tehe others REQUIRE I'VE or six times as
mnSh Sold by druggists. Price 81.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-16

81 SarSapaYiIIian
''am Re80Ivent.
S the only positive cure for
KIDNEY AND BLADDER COMPLAINTS,

Urinary and Womb Diseases, Gravel, Dia-
betes Dropsy Stoppage of Water, lncon-
thence of Urine. Bright's Disease, Al
buminuria, and all cases where there are
brick dust deposits. or the water Is thick,
cloudy. mixed with substances like the
white of andegg, or threads like white silk,
or there is q morbid. dark. bilious appear
ance. and white bonedUst deposits, and
when there is a pricking. burning selsa-
ton when passing water, and pair IN the
small Of the back and along the lOins.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-16

An important innovation was intro
duced in the number for 1900, very rude
but characteristic pictures of farm life
introducing each month. The poetry
accompanying them is taken from a
picture of a New England Village"
by T. Dwight, d. d. The authors pref
ace introduces the Farmers Calendar
i'm these words: tbs an old custom at
this season to wish our friends a happy
New Year; l wish mine many, and par
ticularly through the present inclement
one in comfortable fires without smoky
chimnies-sleigh rides without overturn-
ing-heavy purses with liberal hand
full tables with generous hearts, and So
cial enjoyments without contention" No
radical changes are made in the al
manac until 1904, when new and better
illustrations head the months. In 1909
the goddess Of husbandry is retired from
the title page in favor of Aquarius. the
The advocate., 1894-01-17
Questions and Answers.

The ADVOCATE has been requested to
answer the following questions asked by
different persons:
Was it a republican or PopuliSt intro
duCed the bill creating the present mort
gage stay lRW2
Did Mr.. Stubbs take any Ipart in the
organization Of the Douglass house?
Is il true that more Populists than repub-
liCans voted for the Greenlee railroad bill2
Senate bill No. 285, an act to provide
for the redemption Of real estate. ETC.,
was introduced by Senator Dsnnison,
Populist, Of Butler county. It passed
the senate, but in the house the terms
Of another bill were subtituted. This
amendment was rejected by the senate
and it was then referred to a conference
commute composed Of two Populists
and one republican from the senate, and
three republicans and two Populists
from the house. This committee re-
Vised the bill and with their amendments
it became a law.
The Douglass house journal does not
show that A. W. Stubbs took part in the
organizing Of that house, but as he was
present, and as Mr.. Rossnthal was not
recognized by them until after the house
was organized, it is supposed that Stubbs
participated.
'Yes," is the plain answer to the last
question. In the house forty-six Popu-
lists and forty-three republicans voted to
pass the Greenlee bill. Twelve republi-
licans and one Populist voted against it.
The senate substituted the maximum
freight bill, and the two houses failed to
agree on compromise.
The advocate., 1894-01-17

To Township and County Committeeman.
Now is the time to do work that will
show good results at the next election.
You all realize that. II you want to
keep Kansas to the front do not neglect
the opportunity.
You will receive communications from
the chairman Of the state central COM
mittee requesting information which
only you can give. ANSWER PROMPTLY.
1t will be for the good Of your own
county, az well as others, to do 30. Un-
less you do this his efforts to promote
political education will not be SUCCESS
full.
The ADVOCATE has gone to the ex-
pense to put out a good speaker to hold
public meetings, and will soon have one
or two more in the field. Some Of these
meetings have not been we'll attended,
owing tO the fact that the committee
men, after asking for the speaker, failed
to advertise the meetings. This is very
ungrRteful. It is wrong and a disgrace
to the county in which it occurs. II
you do not intend to get up meetings,
when the speaker costs you nothing,
don't ask him to come.
After reading this copy of the ADvo-
CATE, if you do not wish to keep it on
file, give it to the most intelligent neigh
Dor who does not take the paper. The
price is 81 year, 25 cents for three
months. II you want to get up a club
send for special rates.
The advocate., 1894-01-17
CONCERNING KANSAS.

made inquiry, Mrs. Lease replied that
she did not know MIR. Peck and had not
seen him in st. Louis. She sfterwsrd
admitted that she had casually met and
talked with him while there.
The injunction restraining ]. G. Free
born from acting as q member Of the
board Of charities was dissolved last
Saturday on motion Of the governors
attorneys, in the uprems court. A suit
brought by Mrs, Lease to GUST Freeborn
is now pending and will be heard within
q month. In the meantime he will act
as a member, and probably continue to
do so.
The advocate., 1894-01-17
johnson County POpulistg Endorse.

Johnson UOunGy P0puIlsGS hnd0rSe'
On January 6, the Peoples party COM
mittee Of johnson county, adopted the
following:
WHEREAS, The board of charities Of the
state Of Kansas have seen proper to remove
j. D. Carter from the superintendenoy of
the deaf and dumb institution located in
this county, and have appointed A. A.
Stewart, Of Manhattan, TO said Office; there
fore, be il
Resolved, That the central committee Of
the POpulist party of Johnson county do
heartily commend the action Of said board;
and be il further
Resolved, That we heartily commend
Governor Lswelling for his efforts in bring
ing about said change, which We deem was
greatly needed.
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
committee that Populists who we're unjustly
removed by said Carter should be reinstAted
by Superintendent Stewart.
]. b. HIBHR, Chairman.
JoHN WILLIAMS, Secretary.
The advocate., 1894-01-17
State Board Of Agriculture.

The annual session Of the Kansas
state board of agriculture was held in
representative hall Thursday and Friday
of last week, following the meetings Of
the improved stock breeders assoCiR-
ton, which were held during the two
previous days. This was one Of the
most interesting meetings the assOCiR-
ton has ever held.
Among the excellent papers read
were: lessons from the Danish Dali
ries," by Prof. Georgeson; "Rssults Of
Chintz Bug Experiments" by Chancellor
Snow; "Alfalfs," by John H. Churchill;
"Farmers' Institutes" by W. B. Sutton;
papers on irrigation by J. S. Emery, E.
r. Moses and B. F. Campbell, and one
on railroad transportation, by Senator
Forney.
Daniel Nssdhsm, of Massachusetts,,
president Of the New England sgricul-
ture society, who read an able paper on
"The Relations of Western Agriculture
to the East, seems to have been put on
the program by mistake. He dipped
into political questions and severely
criticised the policy Of recent national
administrations with regard to financial
and railroad Legislation, and the policy
of the present pension department Of
ficials. Unlike ordinary eastern "Ggricul-
turalists" he had no word Of defense for
any Of the great monopolies, and he ex-
pressed grave doubts as to the result Of
the demonstration Of silver. When he
had finished the faces Of several NOM
bers who have recently been active in
politics were as long as fiddle, while
others betrayed look Of extreme sstls-
faction. A motion was passed thanking
Col. Needhsm for the paper and order
ing it printed in the proceedings Of the
meeting. Pending the vote on the mo-
tion, Judge Sutton got in sly dig at
Secretary Morton,whils A. G. Shinn took
occasion to express his opinion on silver
coinage.
Prot. Whitney, of Johns Hopkins uni.
vsrsity, read q paper on "Wster CirculS'
tion in Soils" which was very instruct
i've.
The new officers elected were: Presi-
dent, T. M. Potter, Of Marion county, to
succeed A. W. Smith; secretary, F. D.
Coburn, Of Wysndotts, to succeed Martin
Mohlsr; vice president, John e, Hogan,
Of Jackson; treasurer, Sam T. Howe, Of
Topeka.
OF the stock breeders association the
newly elected officers are: President,
w. B. Sutton; vice president, N. s.
Babcock; secretary and treasurer, W. P.
Popenoe.
The advocate., 1894-01-17
State Charitable institutions.

Although the state board Of charities
has been "Roing lame" for while, the
working part Of it has been Saving
wood" at q rate that will be very graft
flying to most people OF the state, and
especially to the taxpayers. At the last
semi.snnusl letting Of contracts for sup
plies a saving of about $4,000 was
made, which means q reduction in the
tax levy Of $4,000 year. And at the
same time the inmates Of the different
institutions are being fed better than
ever before, but the tea, coffee, etc.,
bought for the officers is Of the same
quality as that served to the inmates.
In former years the institutions used
from $4,000 to $4,000 pounds Of -four, or
at least there was that much paid for,
while the present officers can use only
about $4,000 pounds.
But most of the reforms made will be
felt later on. For instance, cows have
been purchased for different institutions
where milk has formerly been bought
and the saving, besides furnishing about
twice the amount Of pure milk, will pay
for the COWS in about six months. And
where pigs have heretofore been fattened
and sold to butchers, and pork and lard
bought at high prices, now the pigs are
killed at the institutions. AT the insti-
tuition for imbecile youth, at Winfield,
high priced teachers have been employed
to teach the inmates the common En-
glish branches. After six or seven years
Of school work some of the idiots can
now distinguish the first three or four
letters Of the alphabet, but can make no
further progress, The present board,
recognizing the folly Of attempting to
educate beings absolutely destitute Of
mind, have discharged the professors
and now employ attendants at lower
wages, who take the inmates out and
bring them in contact with fresh air
and sunshine and natural objects and
phenomena which they have so long
been denied. At the Topeka reform
school for boys it has been the custom
to buy suit Of clothes costing about sS
for each boy when discharged. Now
the boys are taught to make the clothes
themselves, and the cost has been re-
duced to below s.. This has already
effected q saving Of over 500, and the
boys are learning a useful trade.
So one might 90 on through all the
different institutions, but the report Of
the board will give the exact figures and
thus be much more satisfactory. Suffice
it to say that when the summing up is
made the people will see that they are
getting just what they voted fora
change for the better all along the line.
And the change cannot in all cases DO
expressed in figures, nor the improve
ment estimated in dollars and cents.
The most gratifying reforms have been
made in the methods, as, for example, at
the institution for the blind with the in
PRODUCTION of the Delsarte System OF
physical culture under q thoroughly
competent instructor, or inStructress,
The advocate., 1894-01-17
A WOnan's Day.

Arrangements are being made by
Kansas Alliance women to have
"womsn's day" during the session Of
national F. A. and l. U. meeting which
opens ct Topeka February 6. The pro-
gram will be published in next weeks
ADVOCATE.
Alliance women throughout the state
will please note and make arrangements
to attend, for you will hear some Of the
best speakers in the country.
The advocate., 1894-01-17

for it happens to be Mrs. Melan, the
children are becoming graceful and thus
feeling less and less the difficulties Of
their misfortune.