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The advocate., 1896-09-02
CAPABLE FARM HELP.
IN Many Parts Of the Country 1t Is Very
nlHaonlt tn saCnra

IN Many Parts Of the Country 1t Is Very
DiGlcult to Secure.
The scarcity of good hands for the
farm in many parts of the country has
been the subject Of much comment, but
no way has been devised to supply the
demand at a fair rate Of wages, despite
the fact that the cities and towns are
Allied with able-bodied men who are
anxious for some means OF earning
livelihood.
The truth is that these men, willing
as many Of them undoubtedly are, do
not make good farm hands. Three or
four decades ago, when brute force was
one of the greatest requirements for
farm work, any mag with broad back
and brawny arms could be utilized on
the farm to good advantage, but now it
takes more skilled labor to run farm,
and men who have not learned the trade
are next to useless. We want more
farmers these days and fewer roust-
Rbouts.
We never see the groups, the hun
dreds Of idling men and boys on the
street corners without thinking: "Oh,
the pity of I'll" The most of them arc
bright enough and quick enough to
learn, and would make good farm labor
ers IL they could once be caught and re-
tanned and wooed away from the city
savagery and shiftlessness.
We need school of agriculture-a
practical institution for just such fell
lows as these-boys that would not
want TO be professors and editors and
lecturers and the like, when they finish
q practical course in agriculture, but
who would bewilling toapply the lnowl-
edge they had acquired in helping us in
our farm work and in gaining q livell-
hood for themselves.-Farm News.
The advocate., 1896-09-02
MANAGING THE BULL.
There Ts No Use In Needlessly Rlsklng
Ones LlRe.

There Is No Use In Needlessly Rlsklng
Ones LlRe.
Handling a bull with staff is safe
ninety-nine times out of a hundred, but
I am always afraid that the hundredLh
time is coming, says a writer in Ma
tional Stocknan. On one occasion
when l had to move bull from one pen
to another could not we'll use staff,
and concluded to try two ropes with
man at the end Of each rope. was
one of the men, the hired man was the
other. As soon as we got out of the door
the hired man stumbled and fell. For
tunatcly the bull started after him in
stead OF me, and was able to hold him
until the man got up, and then when the
bull started to lift me off the earth,
the hired man was able to hold him, and
we got him moved to his quarters safe
ly.
This was a combined pen and yard
that was built out of posts set so close
ly that he could not get his head
through, and so high that he could not
jump over, and there he stayed until he
was killed. When he was to be used he
YVES driven into one side Of his pen, md
n bar was slipped through the gateway
In the partition that divided his pen,
and the cow was turned into the other
side of the yard, and after one or the
other was driven to one side Ut mat.
tered not which, as there was q gate in
both sides), the COW was taken out.
All this could be done with either d
long whip or bunch of hay, to coax the
cow or the bull to one side of the peu.
Even II the danger is small, there is
no use in needlessly risking ones life
And the peace of mind that one has
when he knows that there is no danger
to be apprehended, Is worth all it costs
to put up such safety pen, many times
over.
The advocate., 1896-09-02

the first line to run free reclining chair
cars, and to-day its solid vestibuled trains,
containing all Of these modern lux
uries, are running through on fast time
to and from Union depots in Kansas City,
St. Louis and Chicago with astonishing
regularity and with exceeding comfort to
its ever-increasing patrons. If you ever
make trip in any direction between Kan.
sas City and Chicago, or Kansas City and
st. Louis, or st. Louis and Chicago, and
fail to patronize the Chicago & Alton, you
may be sure that you have missed at least
one opportunity for increasing your hap
piness in this life.
The advocate., 1896-09-02

Ed Howe says that Atchison wants to
furnish the goddess Flora for Topeks's
big flower parade during the Festival
week. This statement has served to
again stir up the old iealousies existing
between the feminine beauties of the
two towns. Topeka proposes to provide
her own fair goddess and claims that
she will be a type of beauty that will
away outclass the renowned maidens of
the sister city.
The advocate., 1896-09-02

times make returns that seem fabulous.
A grove once planted is a source OF great
revenue for generations. own farm
of 140 acres at Emile, Pa, and have
near 1000 grated Paragon chestnut
trees six years old; some of the trees
bore from six to eight quarts of nuts
per tree this fall. This grove of chest
nuts has yielded more revenue for the
year 1895 than all the rest of the farm.
Large tracts of land suitable for chest
nut planting can be bought at five dol
lars to ten dollars per acre.-Joseph l..
Lovett, in Farm and Home,
The advocate., 1896-09-02
Something Now In Uoru Knives.

A bucolic inventor of the west has de-
vised q new corn knife, which fastens to
the shoe and leg similar to telegraph
lineman's climbers" The shoe or foot
fits in frame, from which an upward
extending brace is strapped to the leg.
A knife about eight inches in length is
affixed to the frame at right angles to
the leg and slanting downward. Gather
ing the stalks in the hand, a slight
stroke with the foot sewers them from
the hill. BY this device both hands are
left free to arrange and tie the shocks;
and kicking" is found to be a service
able occupation.
The advocate., 1896-09-02

A patent medicine concern includes in It's
latest advertising contracts a provision
that advertisements may be discontinued
If free silver wins. This fool corporation
does not know that free silver would Inn
prove and increase its business, or else it
thinks it would make its customers so pros
porous that advertising would be unneces-
sary. At any rate, its purpose Of making
gold standard sentiment will be q great
failure.
The advocate., 1896-09-02

Ella Wheeler Wilcox says that she
used to write poetry to pay household
bills-"to buy carpets for mothers room" :"
for exampls-and one night after
party she "wrote four bad poems" to
buy herself some new slippers and a pair
ofgloves. Her circumstances, nowadays,
do not warrant her writing except when
the spirit moves her, for publisher Of
verses said, some time ago, that her in
come from her published works was
greater than that of any other living
American poet.
The advocate., 1896-09-02

There are longer but no better roads in
this or any other country than the Chicago
& Alton railroad. This line makes per-
manent patron Of every traveller who once
gives 1t trial. Its tracks are Of the heav-
lest steel and as smooth as glass. Its road
bed is stone ballasted throughout. Its
equipment b superb. Il was the first line
on which Pullman sleeping car was ever
run, the arst line % adopt dining oars and
The advocate., 1896-09-02
Low Rate Excursions South.

On the first and third Tuesday Of each
month till October about half-rates for a
round trip will be made to points In the
South by the Louisville g. Nashville rail-
road. Ask your ticket agent about it, and
If he cannot sell you excursion tickets,
write to G. P. AtmOre, General Passenger
Agent, Louisville, KY; or George B
Horner, D. P. A, St. Louis, Mo.
The advocate., 1896-09-02
GOLD AT CRIPPLE CREEK.
The Best Way to Get There is Over the
Santa Fe Route,

The Best Way to Get There IL Over the
Santa Fe Route.
The fabulOusly rich gold mining dis
trict Of Cripple Creek, Colorado, is at.
tracting 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 tho
Santa Fe Route, the only standard
gauge lire directto the camp. Through
Pullman sleepeEs and chair cars. The
Santa Fe lands you right In the heart
Of Cripple Creek.
For routes, rates, sleeper ressrvs.
tions, ETC., call at depot-foOt of Fifth
street, or Bell phone 682.
w. G. GARVEY, Agent.
The advocate., 1896-09-02

A half interest in one Of the best Popu-
list papers in the State can be bought at a
reasonable price and on good terms. Is
the official county paper, and has no Popu-
list opposition. Is located in one Of the
best counties In Kansas. Has good adver-
tislng business, and largest circulation in
the county. 1t is snap. VIII sell whole
thing. Address B. T. H., this Office, for
particulars.
The advocate., 1896-09-02
American Hops in England,

The English trade journals discredit
the quality of American hops for brew
ing, but in spite of that fact this inn
portant accessory to the beer manu-
facture went from America to the
breweries of Great Britain last year to
the amount Of 17,62o,9SS pounds, valued
at 81 ,s72, ,597.
The advocate., 1896-09-02
HOmegeekers' Excursion,

Cheap rates via Burlington Route. On
August IS, September l, Is, 30, October 6
and 20 the Burlington Route will sell ex-
cursiOn tickets at very low rates to points
in Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah,
Black Hills and other territory. Ask your
ticket agent. L. w. WAKBLEY, G. P. A.,
St. Louis, Mo.
The advocate., 1896-09-02
To Colorado, Montana, Hot Springs, Puget
Sound and Pacific Coast via Bur
llngtOn Route.

LngtOn BOlte,
Take the shortest and most desirable
line to the far west; complete trains from
the Missouri river. Daily train leaves
Kansas City at 1O;4O a. m arrives Billings,
Mont, 1850 miles distant, 6:45 next even
ing; free chair cars Kansas City to Billings;
sleepers Kansas City to Lincoln; through
sleepers 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-.
souri, river to Denver; Rio Grande scenic
line beyond for Colorado, Utah and Cali
fornia.
Ask agent for tickets over the estab-
lished through lines Of the Burlington
Route.
L. w. WAKELEY, Gen. Pass. Agt.,
St. Louis, Mo.
The advocate., 1896-09-02

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swer, without entering, TO some extent.
into detail. In this climate and latitude
our experience has been that hay should
not be baled until it has gone through
the "sweat," although, if intended to be
used without much delay, it might be
very loosely baled after it had been we'll
sun-cured. In Texas and in some of
the southern portions of the United
States, 1t may be baled very satisfac-
torily direct from the meadow. In
South America, particularly in the Ar
gentine Republic, users of our machines
bale their alfalfa while it is almost
green, without apparent injury. We
are quite sure, however, that such q
course could not be pursued with any
but disastrous results in this climate
and latitude Of the United States, as the
hay would be inclined to mold.
The advocate., 1896-09-02
Baliag hay from the Fisld.

In regard to baling hay direct from
the Aeld, q writer in the Western Rural
SAYS: So much depends upon the Iocs-
bat it ig impossible t0NglYe an an
The advocate., 1896-09-02
PARAGON CHESTNUT.
Can BE Grown Successfully IN Most OF
the Northern States.

Upward Of 100000 worth Of nuts,
mostly chestnuts, are imported annual
ly into the United States, yet chestnuts
are selling at as much per bushel at this
time as they did during the war; AT
present prices, there is no more inviting
field in all horticulture than the grow
ing Of improved chestnuts. At this
time, when the prices Of many farm
products are verging on the cost of pro-
duction, and some going far below 1t,
improved chestnuts not only yield a
larger profit to the grower, but some-
The advocate., 1896-09-02

Do you want to talk Populism to
your redeemer neighbour The ADvo-
CATE will round him up once a week
until election for Is cents.
The advocate., 1896-09-02

The spooks and gOblins that delight
To fill with terror all the night;
That stalk abroad In hideOus dreams
With which dyspepsia's fancy teens,
win never trouble with their Ills
The man who trusts to Pierce's Pills
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets; Vegetable,
harmless, painless, sure! Constipation,
biliousness, sick headache, indigestion-au
vanish with their use.
The advocate., 1896-09-02

FIFTEEN CENTS viii get the AID.
yoCATE till the November election.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-05-23

stipulation Thursday evening. The
action was for the possession of 100
acres of land on Granite and 800 dam
ages which Blair alleged vas due him
by reason of the fact that the defend
ants had cut timber to that amount
from the land. Blair waived the claim
for damages in the settlement and will
get the land.
Virginia City will not be behind this
year in the matter of observing Mem
orial day Saturday week, and it is re-
marked that more than usual interest
is manifested in preparing for the cell
ebration throughout the state. The
local post at first contemplated issuing
a special invitation to all of the societies,
but finally concluded it would be nor
fitting to reach all through the medium
of the press. A large attendance is TX
pected at the regular exercises in the
court house, and weather permitting
the march to the cemetery will be an
imposing one. Company d will turn
out with a firing squad, ETC., as usual,
and the choir will render several new
pieces. A few days Of sunshine will
no doubt bring out an abundance of
wild flowers, so the little folks will not
be disappointed on that scOre.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-05-23
IT'S A E PLANT

The people of Madison and jefferson
counties cannot attach too much i'm
p~ortance to the good that will accrue
to them by reason Of the erection of
the big smelter plant at Gaylord. 1t
simply means the opening up of a little
empire of our own.
1t is hard to conceive any idea of the
magnitude of the plant which is now
in course of erection. 1t must be seen
TO be appreciated.
Aside from the larger propositions
there are hundreds of little properties,
worthless now, but which will become
valuable when the smcltcr is ready to
treat ore. These properties can then
be worked by the n in q small
but profitable way. Under the present.
u~nfavorable conditions the cost of
transportation and treatment is from
$22 to $50 to the ton. When the smelt-
er is completed ore which will not nav
expenses o will yield a handsome
profit.
1t will put twice as many men at
work in the hills OF the Tobacco Root
range.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-05-23
THE WEATHER.
MEMORIAL DAY.

The local members of the Grand
Army of the Republic have decided to
observe decoration day. and they should
receive all assistance possible.
The memory of the deeds of those
men who gave the best part of their
youth to the service of their country
should never be forgotten. Thirty
years is a long time and the enthusi-
asm caused by the valor of the heroes
of IS has. alas, cooled somewhat in va
riOus sections of the country. We
trust, however. that such is not the
s in Virginia, and when the event
full day arrives we hope to see quite a
demonstration, and every fallen sol
dier's grave in the silent city on the
hill gay with loving floral remem-
brances.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-05-23
HAD NEVER SEEN ONE.

During the last campaign, n day.
said Howard, the POpulist member from
Alabama. Il went up to the top of a
considerable mountain to see a hunter
of the name of Bill Sanders to secure
his vote.' says an exchange. Bill was
not at home, but his wife was, a tall,
bony woman, with dusky black hair.
hollow, colorless cheeks and sunken
eyes, a large mouth, large feet and
yellow hands. In one hand she held a
box of snuff. in the other a tooth brush.
and she vas splitting amberique.
"'GOod morning. madam said |.
How T. you, stranger?' said she.
Is your husband at home. my good
woman
"'No. he hain't. He went down in
Coon Holler this mornin' before dav.
and | hain't lookin' for him back until
towards midnight
"'Well. madam | continued, Il am
a candidate for congress, and hope you
will use your influence to get your hus-
band to vote for me. | know that a
woma of your intellect, your beautiful
eyes that shine like the dew drops on
the mountain top when the light of
the morning first strikes it: your fresh,
rosy cheeks, which the gods would
kiss as nectar, and your entire charm
ing personality say a woman so en-
dOwed by nature must have great in
fiuence over a husband, for he was
indeed fortunate to secure you for a
wife
Law. now, stranger exclaimed
the woman, when you come talkin'
that way, and being as how | like your
looks anyway, | guess if Bill Sanders
don't vote for you he need never expect
to roost round these digging no more.
| tell YOU
81 was much pleased with the pro-
gress | was making, and | ventured to
put the question Of most Importance to
me: Are there any Populists in this
'1CAAACy
"'Dear me, stranger she answered,
you are a little Nigh. too hard for me
this time. You see | don't pay much
attention to them things, but Bill is a
mighty pert hunter an has killed and
skunt almost all kinds of varmints in
these mountains. But whether he ever
kotch n Of them air what you call it,
stranger::- populist's varmints-is more
nor | know. If you'll just walk round
the back side of the house, where he's
got all his pelts han"in' up a dryin'
you may find one of them things, for
now that | come to think about it, Bill
he yesterday mornin' killed one O. the
dolgastedest critters | ever see. 1t haC
long legs, handy shanks, long hair, anG
was cross-eyed, and ies' bet a pound
O homemade terbacker it was a Popu.
list. though | never heern tell O one
afore.'"
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-05-23
A POSSIBILITY.

Some of our wide-awake Democratic
contemporaries suggest Hon. Geo. +.
Cope as the right sort of a man for
state treasurer. No better man can be
found. if he would accept the nomina-
ton. He is a trained banker of long
experience. a sound %tinancier and as
honest as the day. He would poll votes
far beyond the party lines.-Helena In
dependent.
The Democrats would certainly do a
wise thing by placing Mr.. Cope on the
ticket. He is a strong man all over
Montana, especially SO in Madison
County where he sprouted his finan-
cial feathers and where he has a legion
of friends in all parties. OF course the
indications are that the next treasurer
of the state of Montana will be a Re-
publican 1--WE positively decline to state
whether it will be Cook of MissOula or
Webster of Cascade or Thompson OF
Lewis & Clarke or any of the dozen or
more good Republicans who are out for
nomination., but if it is to be a Demo-
crat, we know of none so abundantly
equipped by nature and training as
George f. Cope.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-05-23
SHALL WE DO IT?

Do the patriotic people of Virginia
City desire to tap the pent-up patri-
since July 4, of last year:
We think they do.
AS the committee in charge of last
years festivities can probably testify,
it takes money to make the eagle bird
scream Justify and successfully. 1t
also takes time. If the matter is to be
taken up the initial steps should be
taken at once.
What is proposed to be done about it.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-05-23
Once in a while
1thappens

that the local ticket agent
cannot give you all the in
formation YOU require.
When this is the c G.
write to me. | have copies
of the latest rates h e e I S
and railroad time-t a b | e 5
and can tell you EVERY
{73l1,k!fsll THING you want to know
isAIlA511 about the best and cheap
ann : est way to reach ON a h a.
Kansas City, ST. Louis, Chi
cago or any other southern
or southeastern city.
w. W. JOhnstOu. Com. Agt.
billings. MONT
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-05-23

Suits to order from $14.OO up; pants from
$500 u p bicycle suits from $1,000 up.
Satisfaction guaranteed. : Virginia City.
The herald., 1896-07-20
LONE OF THE BEST"

The San Francisco Examiner pays the
following graceful tribute to the late
William E. Russell of Massachusetts:
In the death of Ex-Governor William
E. Russell of Massachusetts the coun-
try loses one Of the best of the better
class of public men. Before the st.
Louis convention and the clear defining
of the great issue of the campaign, Rus
sell was in the forepart of Democratic
presidential possibilities. AS governor
of his own cultured commonwealth, as
we'll as in the councils of his party, his
record and his utterances gained him
respect and no little admiration. He
was the type and to many the ideal, of
the trained, we'll educated politician, and
thousands of young men seeking for
fame in craftsmanship regarded him as
their idol. He was active, industrious,
honest and ambitious. He possessed
the excellent quality of thinking for him
self. and the somewhat rarer trait of
making others think with him. That
he was not with the majority at the
Chicago convention may be attributed
to the influences Of his somewhat mar
row New England environment, but he
was true to himself and expressed his
financial convictions with engaging
frankness. The nation may well mourn
with Massachusetts the early death of
this young statesman.
The herald., 1896-07-20

assist IN the realization Of the protec-
tionists' prophecy that as consequences
Of the Wilson German free trade" bill
British goods would swamp our markets
and visit the ruin of ''pauper compete
ton" on this country's textile industries.
Somehow or other the thing has failed
to work out that way. But the resource
full protect!cn!sts will not be lost for an
explanation Of this failure of the British
to bring upon us an avalanche Of their
hated goods. They will say that the
INSCRIPTIONS Britons have suspended
shipments until after Bryan's election so
as to give encouragement to the sinful,
soul-destroying cause of free trade.
Against that plea 1t will be useless to ar
que.
The herald., 1896-07-20

II you are an elector of Los Angeles
county do not wait until next November
to express your choice for president and
vice-president Of the United States, but
cut out the ballot you will find elsewhere
In The Herald, fill in the blank spaces
and return according to the accompany
ing directions. In taking the poll 1t is
the desire of The Herald to make, ap-
proximately, a test Of the sentiment of
the voters of Los Angeles county as to
the presidential and vice-presidential
candidates. and only the ballots cast by
actual electors will be counted. Safe
guards against repeating and fictitious
voters will be adopted. The result will
be announced as soon after August 1 as
may be practicable.
The herald., 1896-07-20

The waiting and anxious public will be
relieved to know that Cornelius Wander
bilt, who was SO overwhelmed at the un-
natural. inexplicable conduct of his son
in insisting on marrying the girl of his
choice. as to be brought to the verge Of
dissolution, is now recovering. The lat
ter day Vanderbilts are getting fastid-
ious in the matter Of matrimonial alli-
ances. The old commodore, who, before
the days of his prosperity, ran an oyster
sloop in the vicinity Of New York, would
have been all-fired glad to have had a
son of his thought of as the possible
husband of such young lady as Miss
Wilson. But then he had sense as well
as cents.