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The advocate., 1896-01-08
WARNING TO P0PULIsTS.
Danger TO the Party From the Single Plank
Agitation.

Agitation.
The single plank agitation is work.
ing out its natural result and is laying
the foundation for another party. A
formidable movement Is now on foot
for It's organization in case the State
conventions and the national conVen-
tion adopt the program mapped out
for them by the single plank intriguers.
We have fOreseen this result from the
first and have repeatedly warned the
party OF the danger Of 1t. We have
stated time and again what 1t required
no great political ssgsCity to discern,
that there are thousands of POpulists
who will not support the party a mo.
ment after it sbsndons it's principles.
This could not be otherwise.
1t is impossible at this time to esti.
mate the strength Of this movement.
Enough Is known, however, to warrant
the statement that it has backing from
substantial and influential sources
within the party. If the State conVen.
tions and the national convention ex-
hibit more wisdom than some Of the
party managers have done and deter
mine to stand by the party principles
the danger may yet be avoided. In
that event those who are engaged In
this dissenting movement will prob
ably never be known with the excep.
tion, perhaps, Of those who have been
selected to issue the address to the
people. because, In such case, they will
continue to be among the strongest
supporters and the best workers In the
Peoples party, If, on the other hand,
the conventions should decide to drop
all the principles of the party except
those involved in the proposed finan.
cial measures Of the single plank sgl-
tatorS, the reader may be assured that
another party will be ready to take
them up as soon as they are dropped.
We have insisted from the first that
the effect Of this single plank move.
ment would be tosegregste rather than
to unity the reform forces. 1t will be
discovered In time, perhaps, that this
prediction was well founded. The
danger is that the discovery will be
too late to be of service. Prompt and
decided action by true Populists is
needed at this time If 1t ever was since
the party was organized.
The advocate., 1896-01-08

JUDGING from the comments of the
press we are compelled to admit that
the New Year edition of the ADvo.
CATE was one of the most creditable
holiday papers issued in Kansas this
winter. And we are quite sure 1t
reached more people than any other.
The advocate., 1896-01-08

The real and personal property in the United
States has an assessed valuation Of over $lS,-
OOOOOO,0OO Massachusetts, Quarterly,
And the public and private debt Is
stated by the Census Department to
be $4,000, O,OOO,O ,OOO-$2, 600, 100000 more
than the assessed valuation. How long
viii 1t take to pay itP
The advocate., 1896-01-08

THE United States Commissioner of
Labor, Carroll d. Wright, declares that
"workingmen are paying too much Of
their wages for rent" Everybody
knows that Western farmers are pay.
ing too much of their produce for in.
terest. So, between rent and interest,
the producers are having q hard time
Of It.
The advocate., 1896-01-08

WHAT would be thought of an indl-
Vidual who should presume 10
strengthen his credit by constantly
borrowing money to pay his current
expensesY Would the ''sound money"
patriots point to such an one as an
illustrious financier and recommend
his example as worthy of emulationS
The advocate., 1896-01-08

ALL the signs indicate that Kansas
has made wonderful political progress
during the past year. People are dis.
gusted with the fraudulent "redemp.
ton" given them in 1894, and they are
ready to turn the redeemers out.
The advocate., 1896-01-08

The first State election of 1896 will
occur in Louisiana on the goth Of
April. The Democrats have renomi.
mated as their candidate Murphy j.
Foster, who was elected as an snti.lot-
terry Democrat In 1892.
The advocate., 1896-01-08

WHENEVER you get an extra copy
Of a good paper, place 1t where it will
be likely to do some good. If you have
no near neighbor who can appreciate
1t, mail it to some one.
The advocate., 1896-01-08

THIS being leap year, Mr.. Cleveland
thinks It appropriate for the Goddess
Of Liberty to propose to Mr.. Shylock,
and let him take her at his own price,
The advocate., 1896-01-08

chief. This viii seem to afford an OK.
CuSe for the revival Of the tariff CON.
troversy as an issue In the campaign Of
this year. Now, while we have Clearly
shown that there has been an increase
instead Of decrease of revenue from
the new tariff law last year, over tho
last year that the Mckinley law was in
effect, still we do not argue from this
that such increase ig necessarily the
result Of a change in the law. The
point we desire to emphasize is that
this tariff talk, both by Republicans
and Democrats, is all rot. It is de.
signed to attract attention from other
questions that are important and the
settlement of which would afford some
benefit to the people.
To show that a change Of tariff laws
Is not necessary to increase or dimin-
ish the revenues from customs, and
that all this talk about Democratic
tariff being insufficient to meet the
requirements of the government is
humbug, we will append the official
statement of the receipts from customs
for the years that the Mckinley law
was in operation. The final vote on
the Mckinley bill was taken Septem.
ber 30, 1890, but we will make our
statement to include the receipts of
that year. The receipts were as fol
lows:
The advocate., 1896-01-08

HAVE you dollar to spsreP If so,
send the ADVOCATE to one or more Of
your friends.
The advocate., 1896-01-08

The POpulists of Kansas will stand
by their principles regardless Of the
question as to VINO gets the offices.
The advocate., 1896-01-08
Entered at the Postofice at Topeka, Kansas
Rs sec0nd.class matter.
NATIONAL Reform PRESS ASSOCIATION.

Mr.. CALDERHEAD and Little Boy"
Blue voted fol the bonds. Don't for.
get it.
The advocate., 1896-01-08

It will be seen from these figures
how widely the receipts vary even
under the same law. This variation is
owing to the character of the imports
and this Is determined by the demands
of the trade.
Why would it not be well in treating
this subject to state facts so that they
may be understoodP If there has
been deficit during the Cleveland sd-
ministration, it is not because of q
falling off of the revenues, but because
of extravaganza in expenditures, or
skullduggery by treasury officials.
The advocate., 1896-01-08

First four months, surplus. ...$ 320672 so
Fiscal year 1894, deficit .......... 698O3,26O 81
Fiscal year 1885, deficit. .......... 42,8O522S 18
First four months, fiscal year 1896,
deficit Observation-Disclosures. 16,O45,722 SC
Total deficit Cleveland admin
lssr&tton. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT $l28,324024 30
Now while Senator Mitchell Is aim
ing to show, and does show, criminal
Encouragement Of the national
finances, still his manner of statement
of the above facts upon which he bases
his argument is misleading. Let us
note wherein.
He refers to the Wilson tariff as one
of the causes of the deficit, and yet as
q matter of fact the revenues of the
first year Of the Wilson tariff, as we
have already shown, were more than
500, 100000 more than they were for
the last year of the Mckinley tariff.
Again, take Mr.. Mitchell's table above
quoted, and, from his manner of state
ment, the careless reader might readily
infer that the entire deficit under the
Cleveland administration had resulted
from diminished venues derived
from the new tariff law, whereas the
revenues of the fiscal year 1894, which,
according to Mr.. Mitchell, fell short Of
$68, 300, ,26O.58, were col.
lected under the Mckinley tariff law,
the Wilson law not having been yet
adopted. Then, again, it will be OBJ
served, that the deficit of 1896, the first
year in which the Wilson law was in
effect, was $26, 1898, ,OS7.40 less than for
the year 1894, the last year of the
law, according to Mr.. Mitch
ellis own statement. If we are dis.
posed to be critical we may also observe
that while, in the first paragraph
quoted above, he states the total deficit
for "the two fiscal years ending July1 l,
1895" to be $12S, S,S24, ,524.30, yet when
be itemizes his statement he includes
the surplus OF the four months preced.
ing the beginning Of the first of the
two years, and the deficit for the first
six months of the fiscal year 1895.
Senator Sherman adopted the same
manner of statement in his speech in
the Senate the other day, and Republi.
can newspapers everywhere do like
wise. The aim is to convey the Inn.
preston, without making the positive
Affirmation, that the change In the
tariff law Il the cause Of all the mis-
The advocate., 1896-01-08
THE CASE NOT FAIRLY STATED.

Republican statesmen and editors,
speaking Of the failure of the national
revenues to meet current expenses,
are very careful to so state the case as
to convey no idea of the facts to the
people. For instance, as an example
Of their methods, take Senator Mitch
ellis statement in the Senate on De-
cember 81, 1895. He said:
The policy Of the present administration,
including, of course, the Wilson tariff act, so
far from providing means of raising revenue
has proven beyond all controversy to be o
policy Of deficits. For the two fiscal years
ending July /, 1895, the revenues Of the govern
ment have been less than the expenditures to
the extent of $685. ,524SO as follows
First four months, surplus. ...S 329,672 80
Fiscal year 1894, deficit ........ 698O3,26O 81
Fiscal year 1895, deficit. ........... 428O5,22S 18
First four months, fiscal year 1896,
deficit Observation-Disclosures. 16O45,722 sc
Total deficit Cleveland admin.
istration. .............,....S S12S,324,524 80
The advocate., 1896-01-08

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The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30

he not only personally commanded his own forces, leading them into one great battle after another, but he directed also the armies of Sheridan, Sherman, | Meade and Thomas.
 l By series of magnificent strategic movements the war was brought to an end, with every southern soldier pris- oner of war. Grants magnanimity at AppomatoX has always made the south ern people think kindly of him. Twenty four hours after Lees surrender Grant left for Washington, where he at once began the work of disbanding the army. The country was now at peace, the union was saved and Grant was the idol of the nation. All this had been done in four years. In April, 1861, Grant was not known by the congressman from his district, who also lived ill the little city of Galena. In April, 1865, his name was household word throughout the United States, while his military genius had been commented upon in all the army circles of Europe. Never was rise so rapid; never was there general who could point to such succession of signal victories. He accomplished all that he undertook to do and that right speedily. In the troublous times that followed Johnson's accession, the cool head and cooler advice of Grant did much to assuage bitterness in the long and acrimonious contest between the president and congress.
 Grant was the logical candidate of the republican party for president in 1868. No other name was mentioned He was elected, and reelected in 1872 He was the subject of much adverse crit. icism from his own party as well as the opposition because of certain meas. ures he favored and because of certain men by whom he was surrounded. Some of these men were proved to be corrupt, and this added to the scandal. The fact is that Grant had no knowledge of statecraft and he had very little ac. quaintance with public men. He had to rely largely upon others in his ap. pointments to office, and it is but nat. ural that many of his own selections were made from those who had been soldiers during the war. Grant believed in his friends and trusted them. Guile. less and honorable himself, he could not believe it possible that those he esteemed and had taken into his conf dence could be other than honest and trustworthy. It was the hardest thing
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30
FAMILY SCRAP BASKET.

To banish the smell of stall tobacco smoke burn a little coffee on shovel and carry it through the room.
 Five feet five inches is the average height of a woman. A woman of that height should weigh about 135 pounds.
 Place piece of camphor the size of a walnut in the oil when filling the lamps and it will give bright and steady light.
 When bamboo furniture is dirty it may be cleaned with small brush dipped in warm water and salt. The salt will prevent the bamboo from turning yellow.
 To remove stains from marble mix equal quantities of lemon juice and vitriol. Wet the stains with the mixture and after few minutes rub them with a soft, dry cloth.
 Some ink stains may be removed by smearing hot tallow on them. The tal- low should be left on a day or two, and the linen should be put in the wash with it still on.
 To renovate leather chairs wipe the cushions with slightly damp cloth and then rub dry. Next apply the white of an egg beaten to a stiff froth and rub with soft cloth.
 To clean vanished paint take small quantity of tea leaves, pour hot water over them, let them steep for half an hour, then drain through n sieve and use the liquor for cleaning the paint.
 The best cure for earache or faceache is potato poultice. Boil four or five potatoes in their skins. When cooked as for eating drain them from the water and stand on stove to dry. Put the hot potatoes into flannel bag and sew the end up. Crush the potatoes in your hand and apply to the affected part. It will relieve the pain almost instantly.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30
THE LIFE OF GRANT.
Probably Without Parallel in the
 History of the World.
How the Hauler of Wood and Tanners Clerk Rose to Be Leader of Men and the Head of .
 Great Nation.
Written for This Paper.l


 The character of Grant is one of the ful if his case can be paralleled among any people of any age. Had he died when Sumter was fired upon the word failure" would have been properly written off against the sum of deeds in the body. Yet he was at this time 30 years of age and had essayed many things in his somewhat eventful life, ill all of which he was unsuccessful. Ed ucated in West Point he showed no love for the soldier life, was careless in his attire and oftentimes remiss in his stud ies. Seeing service in Mexico he did his duty, yet afforded no evidence of su- Perior skill as an officer or of eXcep- After he was made captain he soweariel of the dullness of the camp that he re- signed and retired to little farm near St. Louis owned by his wife. Here he cut wood with his own hands and hauled it to town. But he did not have any taste for bucolic life. Matters went from bad to worse and he and his family suiIciCu quiCV piiNatioh. IIluahy uH- successful was his attempt to carry on surveying in St. Louis. Here his father stepped in and gave him position as clerk in his "store" at Galena. This work was, if possible, more distasteful to him than any that had preceded it; yet he must live and nothing else being in sight he held fast to it until the ou. break of war. At this time he was very poor and comparatively unknown. He lad succeeded at nothing, and not single promise of good seemed held out To him in the future.
 Capt. Grant offered his services to the government, but the latter gave no heed 10 the offer. Later the governor of Hi nois made him colonel and placed him in charge of very unruly regiment. which he speedily brought under ex- celient discipline. A few weeks later le was made brigadier general, when
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30
WOMAN'S MISSION.
The Same Now That Has Fallen to Her
 Lot Since the World Began.

The Same Now That Has Fallen to Her
 Lot Since the World Began.
 We have heard a great deal in the past year about woman's mission and woman's sphere, until between two contending forces we have begun to wonder whether woman really has any right to exist on the earth at all.
 On the one hand we have been told that she is entirely too good for this earth, but while watching to see her unfold her downy wings and fly away to some spot where political economy is unheard of, along comes another argumeptative person and tells us that that we look to see her swallowed up instantly in that pit whose bottom has not yet been sounded.
 Instead of either of these things hap pening, woman continues to perform much the same mission that has fallen to her lot since the world began; doing it better in some cases than in others, more appreciated sometimes than at others, but doing her mission and de- veloping with the race and with the world into her new opportunities, high CT duties and greater privileges. It is an old teaching but one which we need constantly to recall to mind, that the one who does that duty which is near est at hand is the one who accomplishes the most for the world. It is as true of classes as it is of dividuals.-Woman- kind.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30
Tho Countess Relnxations,

Lady Warwick took bennington penny concern audience into her con. fidence the other evening. Lord War. wick was not there; he was staying at home to entertain party of friends and he reminded her, as she left the castle, that it was quite the acknowl. edged thing nowadays for the wife to go out and take the chair and for the husband to kep the honse." When the audience laughed, one was uncom. fortably insecure whether it was with or at her ladyship. Anyway, the laugh ter did not disconcert the speaker, whe boldly spoke out for herself and her hearers: We need more pleasures in our lives. Busy men and weary, worried women need them. All take their pleasures and relaxations in diff ferent ways" Her ladyship paused or the brink of her own statement of ex perience, but friendly cheer encour. aged her. "A ride across the country or an hour at the piano, these," tn. countess corfided, "are my favorite re. laXationS. S."-Gentlewoman.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30

Ee lost no time in demonstrating the high qualities of which he was pos sessed. During % years he had been out of his element. He had need of stirring times and great events to bring out his dormant energies and display his mili. tary genius.
 Placed in command at Cairo in Sep tember, 1861, his first act was to seize Paducah, at the mouth of the Tennessee with his superiors or with anyone else. The sagacity of this action was after ward clearly demonstrated; it saved Kentucky to the union. It was Grant who a few months later achieved the first great union success of the war, the capture of Fort Donelson, and 15,00O prisoners with it. He was at once made major general by a government which eight months before had rejected his ap- plication to be made colonel. Halleck, jealous of the fame of Grant, reported him to Mcclellan as having left his com mand without permission, and for this he was placed under arrest. His army was sent up the Tennessee river in charge of another officer. This cloud did not hang over him long. He was re- instated and three weeks later had fought the battle of Shiloh. There he met and overcame superior force, thus saving the north from invasion. Cal umny again came to him. The news papers charged that he had been sur prised and only won by an accident and the timely arrival of fresh troops. Hal leck arrived and assumed command, leaving the hero of Shiloh practically without command or duty of any kind. This ingratitude so overcame him that he was sorely tempted to resign and go home.
 This storm blew over. When Halleck, two months later, was made general in chief, Grant assumed command of the western army. Thenceforward he grew rapidly ill favor with the government at Washington, with the soldiers and with all the people of the north. He entered upon his Vicksburg campaign without consulting anybody and as usual in all matters relating to war, where he relied solely upon his own Judgment, the result vindicated him. The capture of Vicksburg was followed by other victories in the west, so that when in May, 1864, he was made lieu tenant general, an office created espe. cialIy for him, and went east to take charge of the armies in Virginia, he commanded universal confidence and was believed to be absolutely invincible. lis genius rose to meet every added re- sponsiLi!ity. Asgeneral of all the armies
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30
How to Have a Soft Skin.

A velvety softncss and whiteness may be given to the skin by using pure cas- tile soap and oatmeal during the proc- ess of bathing. In order to accomplish this very desirable result, small bags, composed of thin cheese cloth, about five inches square, should be made by machine, and each one filled loosely with the following mixture: Five pounds of oatmeal ground fine, half a pound of pure castillo soap reduced to powder and pound of finely-powdered Italian orris root. These ingredients should be thoroughly mixed together. The oatmeal bags should be used as a sponge, being dipped in warm water, when they will make thick, rich father.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30
How to Clean Kid Gloyes.

Clean kid gloves with naphtha; put them on the hands, rub with flannel dipped in naphtha, and then wipe dry with Q clear piece of white flannel, Remove the gloves and hang them up in the air. The first steps in removal ing are uninteresting, but must be done we'll or the after results will he far from satisfactory. Silk embroid- cry may be cleaned with camel's-hair brush and spirits of wine. Prepare to do the task well or do not commence it, Be careful of explosive-cleaning fluids, like benzine, naphtha or alcohol. AL ways air goods after cleaning them in fluid of strong color.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30

this year. This is one of the most
 unique hanging plants, as well as the most ornamental. Unlike other plants it requires neither soil nor fertilizer it's roots serving only to fasten itself to the branches of trees Gin it's native growth, while it derives its nourish' ment from the air. The plants may be secured to forked stick, piece of bark, wire frame, bunch of moss, or anything of the sort, and suspended in window, or for special occasions from any part of the room, and they make one of the most attractive objects i'm. aginable in the way of floral decora- tion and have the advantage of keeping indefinitely. The foliage droops grace. fully, each leaf being curved and pointed, and of beautiful grayish green. It is easily grown and will thrive in any window, requiring simply a good sprinkling of water once or twice . week; and the plant is odd and even when it does not send out its large forked panacle of bloom. N. |. Mercury.