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The advocate., 1896-09-30
ELECTRIC FARMING.
A New York Farmer Turns the Sod with
. Trolley PlOW,

A New York Farmer Turns the Sod With
. Trolley PIOw,
Now for the trolley plow. The old
time farmer is out Of date.
Electricity, the master force, which
by the end Of the century will dom
mate every field of human work and
solve all the problems that have so long
bafled mankind, has been enlisted in
the most essential of mortal occupa-
tions-agriculture.
The farming of the future is to he
done by electricity. Dynamos and
wires will attend to the business CT
the big farm. The sonOrous gee
'haw!" Of the up-country soil-tiller will
be heard NO more, and the farm hand
who would keep his job will have to be
thoroughly acquainted with ohms,
volts and amperes.
Edward M. Bentley, of New York, has
just made long step toward the es
Establishment of electricity as hard
working factor on the farm. He has
patented an electric plow, which runs
back and forth across field and turns
up the soil in fashion that would have
made pioneer farmers of hundred
years ago stand dumb with amazement,
His invention calls into use the most
recent developments in the line of trans
raission of electric power. A power
house in a centrally located village can
furnish motive force for all the farm
work TO be done within a radius of
many miles.
Along the two opposite sides Of a
field, poles and wires are put up, and
between these, stretching directly
across the field, is stretched third
wire, which serves as a trolley upon
which the plow travels. This wire is
The advocate., 1896-09-30

~ HAYCHEAPEST BEST. (aE.HH7qFgA
@N PRES s 9 vsE FS eTS s. xANsAS c17Y so

slack, SO that it may run through the
plow contrivance, which let's out wire
behind as it progresses and winds it in
at the front.
When the plow reaches the end of
furrow the current is automatically re-
versed, 50 as to start the machine back
again. Thus the plow goes back and
forth until the whole field is traversed.
The ends of the trolley wire, as the
work progresses, travel along on the
wires strung alongside the field.-E.
Y. Journal.
The advocate., 1896-09-30
No Room for Doubt.

When the facts are before you, you must
be convinced.
The facts are that the Union Pacific is
leading all competitors, is the acknowledged
Dining Car route, and great through car
line Of the West.
The line via Denver and Kansas City 10
Chicago in connection with the Chicago s.
Alton railroad, with It's excellent equip
ment Of Free Reclining Chair Cars, Pull
man Palace Sleepers and Pullman Diners,
demands the attention Of every traveller to
the East.
Ask your nearest agent for tickets via
this route. E. L. LoMAx,
Gen. Pass. and Ticket Agent.
The advocate., 1896-09-30
GOLD AT CRIPPLE CREEK.
The Best Way to Get There is Over the
Santa Fe Route,

The Best Way to Get There is Over the
Santa Fe Route.
The fsbulously rich gold mining dis
trict Of Cripple Creek, Colorado, is at.
tracing hundreds Of people. Byspring
the rush bids fair to be enormous.
That there is an abundance of gold
there is demonstrated beyond doubt.
Fortunes are being rapidly made.
To reach Cripple Creek, take the
Santa Fe Route, the only standard
gauge lire directtO the camp. Through
Pullman sleepers and chair cars. The
Santa Fe lands you right In the heart
Of Cripple Creek.
For routes, rates, sleeper reSerys-
tlons, etc., call at depot-foot of Fifth
street, or Bell phone 6S2.
w. G. GARVEY, Agent.
The advocate., 1896-09-30
Uneuualed Service

Denver to Chicago, via Kansas ity, is
given via the Union Pacific and { ,ago g.
Alton Railways.
Through Pullman SleeperS, Pul IN Dim
ing Cars and Free Reclining c # Cars
leave Denver daily. The Union .cific is
the great through Car line Of the West.
Ask YOUR nearest ticket agent for tickets
via this line. E. L. LoMAx,
Gen. Pass. and Tkt. Agt.,
Omaha, Neb
The advocate., 1896-09-30

Are now served in. the dining cars run by
the Great Rock Island Route between Kan
sss City and Chicago. This change has
been made to suit the convenience Of the
travelling public, and with the belief that
such an arrangement viii better please our
patrons.
All meals will be served la carte, and
at reasonable prices.
While the system of serving meals has
been changed, the traveller may still rely
upon the excellence of cuisine and perfec-
tion Of service that have earned for
the Rock Island the reputation of main
tanning the best dining car service in the
world. JOHN SEBASTIAN, G. P. & T. A.
Chicago, Ill.
The advocate., 1896-09-30
Low Rate E1eurslOns south.

On the frat and third Tuesday Of each
month till October about half-rates for a
round trip viii be made to points In the
South by the Louisville s. Nashville rail-
road. Ask your ticket agent about It, and
II he cannot sell you excursion tickets,
write TO Q. p, Atmore, General Passenger
Agent, Louisville KY; or George B
HOrner, D. 2. A., 81. louis, DO.
The advocate., 1896-09-30
Improvement IN Fnrmlnr.

There has been more improvement
in agriculture during the nineteenth
century than in any other industry.
The breeds of animals have been COM
pletely changed and adapted for spe-
cial purposes and machinery and inn
plements have modified farming in
many ways. There are more and bet
ter varieties of plants and the proper
mode of feeding the son for plant
growth is more generally understood
The advocate., 1896-09-30
DURABLE WAGON JACK.
It's Introduction Makes the OIllng OF
Wagons Very Easy.

WBBOMB VVEy NBBy'
Ny wagon jack is made of q. piece Of
scantling 2 by 4 inches by 2 feet in
length, q as illustrated. A short slot
inches long is made in the top of a. at
d and hole is bored half way down
The advocate., 1896-09-30
FUTURE OF FARMING.
"A Steady Decrease An New EnglRnd's
Rural Population.

"A Steady Decrease ln New Emgland'S
Rural Population.
Undeniably the best crop that the old
farmers produced was men. They sent
forth these hardy young children Of the
Bo1l to strengthen and energize all the
higher forces Of our civilization. 1t
might be unjust to say that they are not
doing it still, but it is to g. less extent,
relatively, than in what are now called
the good old days. The advantages Of
education extend to the boys on the
farm more than ever before, it is true,
and they grasp them more generally
and more eagerly. But for what pur-
pose? To escape from their humdrun
environment and enter that larger and
more active world where the prizes as
well as the failures are greater. The
passion TO see and enjoy life as it Is
lived in the great centers Of population
and business is more intense than ir
ever was in the days that are past, and
education rather stimulates it than
otherwise. Even the farmers them
selves have the infection, and if they do
not encourage they only weakly re-
strain their educated children from
turning their requirements to what
seems to them better account than til
lage Of the soil. Only small proper
tion even of the graduates of our agri-
cultural colleges, though given a special
technical equipment for that service,
return TO the farm. II they can gain
fortune and reputation and experience
IN sofhe other calling they frequently
like to resume farming as an avocation,
but only in comparatively rare In
stances is it adopted as o life work.
These are hard facts, but we might
as well face them. The census reports
show steady decrease of population and
production in the rural portions of the
state, yet educational opportunities
were never before so general or avail
nble as now. It would be sad confess
sion that there was no remedy for this,
but the remedy has not yet been
found. Education benefits the farmer
, as much as the lawyer, both in his busl-
ness and his citizenship, and it should
not be held responsible for the depres.
sion in agricultural industry; but the
social pace is such that the husband
man cannot follow it.. There must
enter into the business the elements
that make success along other lines.
cooperation and capital-before it will
become attractive to the educated and
the ambitious,-Boston Transcript.
The advocate., 1896-09-30
Money IN MapIe Sugar.

More money lies in planting a good
maple sugar grove than in three-quar-
ters Of the common crops. It will take
about 20 to 25 years to bring trees to
tapping condition. Perhaps the boys
will get the benefit, but that is true
when we build expensive houses and
barns. Maple sugar will be in large
demand for the next five years, owing
to the destruction of cane in Cuba. 1t
is always good paying crop. First
class sirup will command one dollar a
gallon, and good sugar Is worth ten to
twelve cents per pound.
The advocate., 1896-09-30
1914 Union avenue, Kansas City, Mo.
To Colorado, Montana, Hot Springs, Puget
Sound and Pacific Coast via Bur
llngtOn Route.

Take the shortest and most desirable
line to the far west; complete trains from
the Missouri river. Daily train leaves
Kansas City at 1O:40 q. m arrives Billings,
Mont, 1850 miles distant, 6:45 next even
ing; free chair cars Kansas City to Billings;
sleepsrs Kansas City to Lincoln; through
sleepeFs to Lincoln TO Billings. Connects
with fast train beyond to Montana and
Puget Sound. Ten to twenty-five hours
shorter than other lines from Kansas City.
Through sleepers and chair cars Mis-.
The advocate., 1896-09-30

through which bolt passes, at e. The
lever or handle, b, is 2 by inches and
Q feet long and the support, c, is 1 by
3 inches and 2 feet long with nOtches
cut so as to catch on a bolt, IA. W.
Cooke, in Farm and Home.
The advocate., 1896-09-30
CUTTING THE GORDIAN KNOT

BY GENERAL PERCY DANIELS,
Shows fully what the demand Of the
Kansas State government in 1898 for
Graduated Property Tax on the million
aires meant, and how it will call to the
aid Of the party indorsing it the support
necessary to enact and enforce it.
CONTENTS.
Chapter THE Midnight Message Of
Paul Revere.
Chapter II-Hew to the Line-Then
and Now (l856 ana 1886.
Chapter III-The Sunhower Tangle
and its Critics.
Chapter IV-The Tangle Untangled.
Chapter V-The Grip Of Great Cor
porsti0n.
Price, 25 cents; per dozen, SO.
Address PERCY DANIELS,
-. Girard, Kas.
The advocate., 1896-09-30
E1cursIOn Rates to the sOuth.

Very low rates viii be made by the Mis-
souri,, Kansas s. Texas railway for excur-
sions on August IS, September l, Is and 80,
to the South, for Homeseekers and Hsr-
vesters. For particulars apply to the near
est local agent, or address
G.. A. MACNUTT,
1914 Union avenue, Kansas City, Mo.
The advocate., 1896-09-30

State Of Kansas, County Of Shawnee, S.:
l, Albert Neese, owner Of said bank, do SOLE
emhly swear that the above statement is true,
and that said bank has no liabilities Of any
character whatsoever not set forth in said
statement. ALBERT NEESE, Owner.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 14th
day OF September, 1896.
R. H. SCOTT, J. p, Notary Public.
The advocate., 1896-09-30
Official Statement Of the Finan-
cial Condition of
ALBERT NEESE, BANKER.

At Richlsnd, State Of Kansas, St the close Of
business on the 1st day Of September, 1895:
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TO st. Paul and Minneapolis via Burlington
Route.

Route.
Two splendid through trains each day
from Missouri river points to the north via
the old established Burlington Route and
Sioux City Line. Day train has handsome
observation vestibuled sleepers, free chair
cars, and dining cars north Of Council
Bluffs). Night train has handsome sleep
ers to Omaha, Council Bluffs and Sioux
City, and parlor cars Sioux City north.
Consult ticket agent.
L. w. WAKELRY, Gen. Pass. Agt.,
st. Louis, Mo.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-06

conduct had to be particularly nagrant to
bring upon them this last resort OF the force
Along Light street came Marsten, with
the elastic, spripgy energetic step OF a
young man in good health who takes this
world seriously and believes there is some.
thing to be done in Il, He paused for a
moment opposite the "Rcse and Crown" and
nodded to some men who were lounging
there. tft1
Are you going to the meeting tonight,
men?' he asked.
One shook his head, another shrugged his
shoulders; 1t was evident at a glance that
none Of them had any interest in the meet
ing while the rub" remained open.
ITS important" said Marsten THE
committee reports tonight, and Strike or no
strike will likely be put to vote. You are
not in favor Of a strike. surely? Then
come along and vote against g."
~ dunno bout that" said one, removing
his pipe. strike pay is as good as mas
tcr's pay, an less work to get It, could
do with a bit OF an 'oliday.'
Strike pay may be as good as masters
while 1t lasts, but 1t won't last" rejoned
When it gives out we'll go back to
work" returned the man, The others
laughed.
Some of you won't get back" said Mar
sten. That's always the way after a
strike. Better keep a good job while we
have it,"
oh, could do with a bit of an 'oliday"
repeated the spokesman of the pub"
crowd. indirrerontly
My God!' cried Marstcn, Indignantly.
"if you take no more interest in your CON
dition than that, how can you expect to
better it?"
"Well, thort." answered the other good
naturcdly, when | sees you a-comin' along
as 'ow you'd better it by arstin us to ave
a drop o. beer with you"
You're muddled with beer already" said
the young man shortly, as he turned and dis
appeared up the court.
The crowd smoked on in silence for some
minutes after he had left them.
"Cocliy young feller that" said one at last
jerking his pipe over his shoulder in the di-
rection Marsten had gone.
"Oh, e knows a bit, e does" remarked an
other, sarcastically.
There was longer pause, when the
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-06

with her Lady Mary Fanshawe. who had
driven over from her fathers country place
In the Dorkng direction, Lady Mary was
nice girl. rather shy, who blushed prcttily
when Barney came in and had great admi-
ration for the young mans hitherto unappre-
slated artistic talents, liking painter better
than a manufacturer. Her father, having
ascertained definitely that Barneys posses
sion OF studio would in no way interfere
with his ultimate coming into the proprie-
torshp of the rcpumerative factory, made
no objection to the mountaineering between
the Hope family ana his own.
'llow-de-dO, Lady Mary" cried the young
man, shaking hands with her. How are
you mater?' he added to his mother, kissing
her on the cheek
Barnard" said the elder lady. with
touch of severity in her tone, Il did not ex-
pect 10 see you in Surbiton so soon. thought
you would attend 90 the business / spoke
Of"
'It's all been attended to, mater. / don't
let tho grass grow under my ieet-not that
its a good day for grass. either" continued
the young man, cheerfuly, warming his
bands at the fire. "Beastly weather" he re-
marked TO Lady Mary, who assented TO the
,erse statement,
''Yos mater my motto Is, what is worth
LONG is worth doing quickly--speediy done
IS twice done.-I think there's a proverb to
HAT enect, you know, II there's not there
ought to be-"
Lady Mary rose TO leave the room, US
mother ana son had evidently something
10 discuss together.
"sit down. child" said Mrs Hope. 1T
is nothing private. The men at the works
talk OF go!pg on strike The manager is a
stubborn, unyleldlng man, given even 10
browbcating his employers"
Bullying / call It," interrupted Barney,
who now stood with his back TO the ne, his
feet well apart on the hearth rug. His
mother went on calmly, without noticing
her sons Interpolation:
80 II seems TO me that such man, ut
~rly lacking In tact, might not, perhaps. be
mindful OF tho feelings OF those under him.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-06

The Calumet ship yards. near Chicago,
have orders for lake vessels worth S3,0OO,-
600 the col rstructlon OF which will give em-
ployment to about 3 500 men. The orders
for these vessels show that those who make
them anticipate a revival OF business, and
when they are completed the sailing of them
will give employment to a large number
OF persons,
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-06

There Is no better dinner wine than Cooks
Imperial Extra Dry Champagne, II helps
digest your food.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-06

never in a studio since I had my portrait
painted. I'll ask my father, but he doesn't
10 out very often"
oh, | know YOU can gel him to come, so
that's a promise
In the hall his mother handed Barney a
check.
he sure you go a, oncc to sartwell," she
said, and see that you don't bunglc the
5usnes5 a second time"
And yet the poor boy had merely pre-
tended that her former orders had been car
iici out! Barney made no remark about the
Inconsistency OF woman he kissed her on
both checks, as a duti.ul son should DO, and
departed.
CHAPTER VII
In almost any other country than Eng
land the name by which the evil-smoling
cul-de-sac OFF Light street was known
might be supposed to have been given It
by some cynical humorist. 1t was called
Rose Garden court As there is a rsascn
for almost everything In this world, the
chances are that onCe uron time a garden
stood there, and that roses probably blOomod
in it. The entrance TO the court was
through an archway, over which, on the
Light street side, was the name OF the court.
At the right hand of this tunnel stood the
Rose and Crown" locally known as tho
pub and the door of the jug ana bottle
department opened into the passage, which
was convenient for the inhabitants OF the
court. On the left Of the archway there
was secondhand clothing shop, the wares,
exceedingly secondhand, hanging in tat
tered festoons about the door.
A street lamp stood at the edge of the
pavement, opposite the entrance to the
court, and threw its rays under the arch
way, which somewhat feeble illumination
was supplemented by a gas Jet over the
door of the jug and bottle department. At
the blind end of Rose Garden court stood
another lamp post The court was un-
evenly paved with large slabs of stone.
tap which supplied the inhabitants with
water
The court was walled about with fve-story
buildings, and in the oblong well formed by
these rather dllapidatcd elidces the air hung
dark and heavy, laden with many smells.
Breo2cs blowing over London from the south
or the north or the west produced no move
ment Of the noXious air in Rose Garden
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-06

CHRISTMAS is coming-and do you
0know any one who wouldn't
like Camera for Christmas present?
Anybody can take a picture nova.
days and everybody would like to- if
they only had camera. You can get
more real pleasure out of it than any
thing you own. You can take snap
shots of your friends-you can photo
graph your pets-you can get pictures
of beautiful scenery. X X x X X -
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-06

crescent equipped with
heS imported optical
warranted TO equal
ments costing %
1t adapted be
from in a
are invariably obtained a
use III the Crescent" at least o
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-06
FOR SALE.

S22, 800 for the Watts building, situated on
lot 55X100 feet, northeast corner 3rd avenue
and 10th street. The building Is stories,
with hydraulic elevator, steam heater and
and the owner refused s55, 900 for the va
cant lot before the building was erected
The property must be sold and it is a
rare bargain.
$1,000 for 2-story brick store house, CEN
trally located and always rented well. A
good investment.
$500 for 2-story residence most desirably
located on the South Highlands.
1880 for 2-stOry residence, with kitchen,
servants rooms and other improvements
said to have cost over $1,000.
$4,000 for an S-room dwelling on Avenue ID,
between 18th and Goth streets. This is a
bargain. The lot is worth the money and
the improvements cost more than the
price asked.
s16OO for lot iOox2oo at East Lake, with i'm
pair, and will sell on easy terms.
$500 for lot 4Ox1O0, on 18th street, between
3rd and 4th avenues, with 7-room dwelling,
in good repair; easy terms.
$500 each for lots 50x190, on Avenue H, be-
tween 18th and nth streets; easy terms.
rens' park and the new car wheel works /;
$25 cash, balance IS monthly.
$50 each for 500 lots in Smithfield SIS cash,
BALANCE So per month. "
$50 each for Z lots at East Lake; $40 cash,
balance $3.50 per month. fff
500 per acre for 40 acres of rich land, within
a quarter of mile from Birmingham's
corporate limits; easy terms.
$50 per acre for several 10-acre tracts; close
enough for gardens and truck farms.
In addition to the above we have all kinds
Of property very fnf IL M sod e cay co
Real Estate and Insurance Agents.
2-29-1m issf
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-06
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT. f.
The best stand in the city for a wholesale
business. Adler, Durham & Co.'S old stand
on railroad tracks and Goth street.
81 rooms over Galatore's old stand, 21st
street, newly papered and painted cheap.
113 and 115 oath street, cheap.
pa and PIG 22nd street.
FOR SALE.
100 feet front by 200 feet deep on Avenue I,
100 feet from 21st street. elegant S-room
house; all modern improvements; 5000
S50OO-Best bargain on the market. lot
1OOx2OS, walled in with brick; cement walk;
9-room house; bath room on each floor;
finished throughout; new barn; South
Highlands; dummy and electric cars. .
S2OOO-2O0x190, houses on 13th street and
Avenue H; rents for $50 per month. f5i
$700-2O0x19O, 18th street and Avenue H..
An elegant residence on 18th street, South
Highlands, 70x212, between 10th and 18th
avenues; $1,000 s..ss
s0x2e5, on corner 23rd street and Highland
avenue; beautiful residence; all modern
$500 will buy 50x2l2 nice residence, ON cor
ner 10th street AID 18th, avenue.
Money to loan on well located business
MALONE & BELL, 2ol7 LIST avenue.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-06
FOR RENT-Remington typewriter. F. G..
Macke First National Bank. Stiff

FOR RENT
No. $40 18th street, rooms; bath and SER
wants room, in good fix; $40.
No. 731 18th street, south,5 rooms upstairs,
splendid fix. So.
No. 1907 Sth avenue, rooms bath, hot and
cold; gas and servants room; cheap.
FOR SALE.
S4Oo-Three-room house and lot 50x190, on
Rirmingham and Bessemer dummy line,
near Hospital station Terms easy, with
small cash payment.
S75O-Five-room house and nice lot on cleo
trio car line; $3.50 cash, balance SIS per
month.
-Four houses in Jonesville, on electric car
line, now occupied by good tenants; will
sell very cheap and on the instalment PLAN
Nice homes, either one of them.
Two houses at Lakeview, on easy terms,
and at your own figures almost. Come and
let me surprise you for once with low
2 acres on Enon Ridge; will sell at a very
great bargain and extra easy terms; small
cash payment In fifty feet of splendid
spring Make me an offer.
S275-Six-room house at Lakeview, house
cost $675 alone. -
L. G. PETTYJOHN,
1861 Third avenue
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-06
FOR SALE.


s20O0-H75x200, goth street, South Highlands
fronts east; beautifully graded worth
double.
s2500-Excellent Broom cottage on large lot
18th avenue between Goth and 21st Streets
South Highlands; $1,000 cash.
$1500-One-t third cash, will buy large 10-room
2-story house, on lot 100x200; one block
from Fulton Station in Woodlawn; this
bodys money.
$1000-Beautiful cottage home on dummy
line, between Fulton and Parker stations
in Woodlawn.
s5O0-$1OO cash, balance $40 a month-4-room
cottage, 18th street. north, near 10th ave-
nue..
$2500-50x140. with good 2-story house, on
Northsde, close in.
$1S00-6-room cottage, Quinlan avenue, be-
tween 21st and 22d Streets. nice home.
$3000-2-story, S-room house, Avenue j, near
18th street, South Highlands
For Rent, cheap-3-room house, with eleven
acres of land; also, 4-room house, with
IL acres near Jonesvile
S. E. THOMPSON,
Ielephone "a. 215 21st Street.