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The advocate., 1897-05-05


does care a great deal for the chance of
exports that free wool gives, and the
attempt Of the West to levy an exces.
sive duty will be bitterly fought.
Sioux City Journal: The Supreme
Court Of Iowa In deciding that swipe
means stole did not determine that the
word has no other meaning. A pris-
oner accused of burglary had confessed
that he had swiped a watch, and his
attorney in the defense wanted the
court to instruct the jury that the word
swipe does not mean stole, and there
fore this was not a confession of theft.
The Supreme Court upheld the lower
court in permitting the jury to draw It's
own conclusions as to what the fellow
meant.
Cincinnati Enquirer: While his
friends are quietly engaged In schemes
to tear down the superstructure of the
class civil service system, President
Mckinley should De spsring In his talk
about "taking no step backward" and
his party organs should not be quoting
from him any expressions he may have
made in the past concilistOry to the
mugwumps. He should stand by his
practical record when he was in Con-
gress and while he was Governor. He
made his appointments on the party
plan, and he was sll right.
American Banker: We are In favor
of withdrawing the greenbacks for the
sake Of simplifying the currency sys.
tenn, not because we think that there
can be no industrial expansion until
the greenbacks are removed. But a
more important point upon which all
intelligent persons should insist is that
Congress shall never again adopt meas
ures to increase the currency; that 1t
shall permit the laws Of trade and
banking, in cooperation, to supply the
business world with the quantity Of
the medium Of exchange which 1t needs.
Alabama Monitor: When the Popo-
Gratis and the POpulists snimadVerted
upon the Supreme Court last summer
and fall, the plutocrats were denOunc-
ing them as anarchists and commuR-
lists. Now that the Supreme Court has
struck corporate power such blow in
its recent decision against pooling, the
denunciatiOns of the other fellow are
deep and strong. 1t seems that the
Supreme Court does not please either
side, but in the long run both will prob
ably admit that the court knew herself
and was pretty near correctness in
both instances.
New York World: The attempt at
Albany to legislate against department
stores is absurd, demsgogic and illogi.
cal. The department store is simply q
shop In which all sorts Of goods are
sold. Every country store in the land
Is Of precisely the same character.
There isn't a village In the State In
which there are not merchants who sell
everything, from gowns to grindstones,
from tOggery to tin pans and tobacco.
The pretense that the department
stores are trusts is conspicuously false.
The trust seeks to exclude competition,
while the iercest competition known
to modern business is that wsged be-
tween department stores,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-14

fringe OF park which stretches like mottled
'a,pet between the asphalt walk and driveway
ana the bank which sinks 100 feet sheer to the
waters edge
a." espahade extends toward the south from
the only visible entrance to the tomb, and as the
visitor approaches 1t from that side he con-
fronts the monuments only inscription. Be-
tween TWO reclining figures over the Doric porti-
$3.50 10 tablet on which Is cut in severely plain
letters Grants characteristic saying: "Let us
nave peace. and it has been said that the
cmolce Oh That inscription over the portals Of the
builder. N'Pi' VI '"e
Az the dedication ceremonies General Horace
forter. who was conspicuous figure when the
cornerstone was laid on March 90 1892 and who
ana more than any other one man toward the
erection OF the memorial will deliver an grafton.
and on behalf Of the Citizens Committee will
mana the building over TO the Mayor Of the city
There VIII he monster parade, In which all
organizations will be represented and National
state and municipal! authorities will witness the
scene. General Grenville NJ. Dodge has been ap-
pointed grand marshal and the following staff
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-14

been the high prices established during the years
1899 to 1885, when the value OF canary-se ranged
between 70 shillings and 50 shngs per quarter
4s4 pounds). In the latter year. as matter OF ex-
pertinent some 1000 quarters were grown. and this
was soon followed by the production Of about 5000
quarters In the following year. and as much as
10000 to 1000 quarters in 1895. The Arce- then
ranged from about 10 shngs to so shillings per
quarter for a short time; and while small portion
Of the Argentine producers had the advantage Of
realizing such prices. the bulk Of the seed was
thrown on overstocked market. with such dis
astrous consequences that the prices dropped down
to as low % to q shiilings per quarter for La
Plata and q 20 IS shillings for Turkish seed, and
remained at those figures for most of last year.
Considering that canary-seed is cultivated only
a small acreage. and that its gathering and dis
posal much more expensive than that Of the
great food staples 1t was found that 1t would pay
the farmers only IL they could realize for 1t price
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-14
SNAKES DO NOT POISON HIN.
The Philadelphia Times.

From The Philadelphia Times.
The only man In tho world who does not fear a
apparently has no effect is William F. Wilmer.
whose home is in Wolfsvillc. Md. HIS performances
with copperheads. raiters and vipers are con-
slant source Of wonder and amazement 10 all VINO
know him, ana even 10 his lifelong friends there
Is r large element Of mystery about the man ana
his strange power over snakes on
He takes great pride In this respect, and when
among strangers IL is n favorite form or amusc-
ment with him hunt up ugly looking speci-
better II fits his purposeand TO let the reptile sink
its venomous fangs In his bare arm or hand
Recently while on visit in the mountains OF
Western Pennsylvania a half dozen spotted vipers
were found in a bunch under stone. Rolling up
the sleeve of his coat until his arm was bare 10
the elbow, Wilmer proceeded with MS other ha m
tail and shaking him apart from the rest or tne
snakes swung him about until he was thorouShly
enraged. He then allowed the viper TO sink It's
teeth In his
Then one by the other yipers were picked up
and allowed 20 seize the arm, until there were
full half-dozen OF tho spotted. writing things
hanging from winners flesh and writhng. them
selves about the arm IN very frenzy OF rage.
When the spectators were sufficiently Mortified the
shaking them loose from his arm. killed them by
Stamping them like the lash OF "A whip.
For the rest OF the day no one would have peen
surprised to the man drop dead a. any moment.
but on the contrary, he seemed among the liveest
of the party. There was no swelling OF the arm
nor any numbness OF the mesh. the only trace OF
on the arm, which looked as II needle had punet-
mr. ured the flesh. Those were the marks of the
snakes fangs. . A.. . .,,r,,y
,Stch he possesses that 1t is something inherited
from his ancestors, one IN each generation Dach
6 he knows having nns repi Iee do not
iry 10 explain It," said he: NIL know Is mat
have no fear of snake BITES and although et hd iSs
si!gRte {: only pastims for hunt and catch
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-14

appointments have been made by him: A. Noel
Brakeman. chief of staff; Colonel II. c. Corbin.
L. S. A, adjutant-general: Captain John A.
Johnson. I. S. A. assistant adjutant-general;
Colonel William Cary Sanger. N. G.. N. Y. in
spector general; General T. F. Rodenbough. L.
S. A, retired special aide.
The President Of the United States. the Vice
President and members Of the Cabinet. the JUS
tees OF the Supreme Court. the members Of the
Diplomatic CORPS and the Senators and Repre-
sentatives in Congress have been invited. The
major-general commanding the United States
Army and the retired commander. General Scho-
field and the highest officers in the Navy have
also been asked to be present. The Governors OF
many of the States will come with their military
stats, and it is expected that the entire National
Guard Of the State Of New-York will be mobil-
lied for the occasion, and will act escort to
the Grand Army Of the Republic. Loyal Legion
and other patriotic organiza tons
A member of the committee, in speaking Of the
proposed parade, said: 1T is too early to make
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-14

very moderate means. But the big planters OF the
bottom Iands even when they are out OF debt, are
poor men by the side Of the great merchants, man.
ifac,urers and general operators IN the cities You
upon You MS people in easy circumstances. You are
foolish to array the man with two horses against the
man who has only one: 49,
He then told the following story: One day a
farmer rode into little country town. In state
adjoining Louisiana, and got into talk with some
friends at a store where he had gone to make some
purchases Well John, said one. how are you get
ting alons?' what. me? Oh toerably well-just the
same JUS, like always do And all the neighbors
out your way, how are they getting alongr We'll,
they're lust the same. too-just like am. We never
allow any difference out our way. you know MOI
Well how do you manage that? well, whenever we
notice any fellow getting ahead. you know we Just
go to him, and We stay with him until we eat
him back" $500
There are many such communities. When people
see their neIghbors getting ahead they swarm
around them and 'eat them back"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-14

considerably above that Of wheat; and as soon rs
the Argentine farmers were impressed with the ap-
parently permanent nature Of these low figures
they abandoned the production in just as striking
way they had taken II up few years previously.
According to the latest reports the growing Ok
canary-sced has practically been abandoned and
there is nothing obtainable in that country except
a very few lots for which owners are looking for
prices far above those realiZable present.
Concurrently with this movement. one OF the lead
Ing countries that used 10 be distinguished for sup
plying most of the European markets. Holland has
been almost entirely beaten out OF the field, that
much Gs 10000 quarters from a single crop has
dwindled down 10 next TO nothing In England
likewise the farmers have given up growing
canary-seed year by year and IL Is now quite rare
thing 10 see a sample Of native seed
Morocco another country that used to supply
Europe with number of cargoes of this seed. be-
sides regular steamer parcels has also reduced its
production considerably Spain. which at one timo
used TO get a special prizes for its excellent seed
or low prices. and had TO give W growing to
large extent
The only country that so far asvteadily kept on
producing this seed. and which has from time i'm
memorial been familiar with its cultivation, is Tur-
figures, Turkey has kept on growing this seed be-
ing satisfied with getting for II little over wheat
price; but now that wheat Is selling considerably
pected that Turkey will. even providing that the
crops are favorable. have anything like It's usual
acreage under this crop.
Up to about hve years ago. when the value Of
canary seed had at no time been lower than about
50 shlngs and very frequently double and treble
that price the bulk OF supplies used to be in the
hands OF Greek houses. who. having made advances
on 1t at harvest time distributed such quantities
from time TO time wanted to the various ports
IN Western Europe and the United States Now
this system has been entirely altered. the seed
after harvest so that the moment the visible
supply in Turkey itself Is insignificant, and prac-
hands OF either direct consumers or Of the general
trade throughout the world
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-14
UNITED STATES OF TURKEY
SMILE AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR
SETTLING THE EASTERN QUESTION.
ROBERT s. TTIARIN. OF SOUTH CAROLINA. AND
HIS BILL. TO CONSTITUTE THE PROVINCES
OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
CHRISTIAN REPUBLIC.

The outrages against the Armeniars. the acts OF
violence the part of Turkey. have caused discus
sons all over the world and innumeraole schemes
have been suggested for bringing about solution
OF the problem presented by the course OF the IurA
ish Government. Meetings have been held IN the
great capitals OF the world. and, inspired by the
eoquence Of Gladstone, Depew and other stucents
of the question, liberal money contributions have
been made toward the Armenian cause; while, IN
other places. other less temperate orators have
haransued in favor Of war and the determination
Of the Turk. But the affairs in Armenia have not
been righted new complications have sprung up
In Greece which make the condition OF the Sick
Man still precarious. and. added to all these
dangers which menace the Ottoman Empire comes
a lusty champion in the person OF Robert 8. Tharin,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-14

S15O000 was subscribed, but then possibly be-
cause the proper methods were not employed.
subscriptions ceased. and In 1892 some people
expressed doubts as to the possibility Of raising
the sum necessary to erect a structure the
scale originally contemplated About this time.
at the request Of the various military bodies OF
which he was a member and because OF his hav-
Ing been q member Of General Grants staff.
General Horace Porter was chosen chairman OF
the Grant Monument Committee and within
sixty days. under his energetic and well-directed
Work. the fund had grown TO SGOO.OOO and the
monument was assured fact.
Plans had been made by J. ii. Duncan, and the
original designs have been only slightly mod-
NED or changed. A careful study had been made
OF all similar buildings. with view to avoiding
thsir shortcomings The work proceeded stead
NY. the officers Of the committee gave much Of
thelr time to the cause. although not one cent Of
the fund was paid either for rent or clerk hire.
and 1t Is believed that much OF the actual WORK
on the monument has been done for less than
cost
A'housh the monument In its present condi-
uon inpresses one as beautiful and chaste, It
VIII pe more attractive when the historical and
Ssihoohcal sculpture has been added. for which
places have been provided
WINE there may be some doubt as to the
architectural superiority of the Grant Monu-
'en'' there can be none to its situation. and
'here Is probably no public building anywhere
80 fortunately placed. From the eastern portico
mere Is view upon st. Luke's Hospital and
.oiunb'a University-and near these. within the
.ela OF vision. Manhattan College and the Mon
ignore Home and many rows Of fine houses On
.ns north. from similar portico, over the little
'.niporafy tomb, ornamented with great Grand
:. oadse and flag. one see tho eanorama
'he Hudson and the Palisades. which rises
oni ts banks. From the west side the river
more extended. and one secs also the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-14
ZAyESVILLE'S ONE JOKE.
,.o-, The GAINESVILLE Courier.

ErOrn The ZINeSVIIIC NUUII'F
L. 10 q choice bit Of humor which Is believed
n he an original product of GAINESVILLE. Terrace
car was ''wending it's way" toward the zenith ward
to,a tho other afternoon through a tremendous
downnour OF rain The attention Of some passen-
GERS who were gazing idly through the WINDOWS
Sas attracted to a woman who, out In the midst or
the shower was struggling to get a tub beneath a
raInsnout well now" exclaimed one OF the pas
sengers 'do look at that fool woman-tryihg 10
catch soft water when it's raining hard Ths
may rot be new but no person 30 whom II has 50
far beer related recalls OF having seen 1t in any OF
the alnanac5.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-14

the most deadly serpents, and a peculiar feature
Of It Is that once a snake has bitten me have no
number OF pet rattlers and copperhcads. which
know me and will come when ! call thcm Just
like dog. / to have the same power over
animals. and have yet to meet the first wild AMI
nal cannot tame"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-14
WHERE CANARY-SEED COMES FROM
HOW THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC TOOK
UP ITS CULTIVATION AND
THEN DROPPED 1T.

During the few years Of depressed prices In
most food grains it may have escaped the notice of
many that decided change has taken place In the
production Of canarysced. The country that Is spe-
ciay Irresponsible for the last heavy reduction In
prices is the Argentine Republic. where the pro-
duotion has been taken In hand on such scale
that for some time it almost appeared as II for the
future that country would control the prices Of this
product
The immediate cause of the Argentine Republic
entering this field Of enterprise appears TO have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-14

an estimate as to numbers. but II Is safe to say
that the occasion will bring together Il body OF
men such as has never been marshalled in New
York, and with the possible exception of the
ceremonies in France when the First Napoleon
was brought from ST. Helena, there has been
nothing to equal 1t in modern times"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-14
"EATING Elm BACK"
From The Atlanta Constitution.

From The Atlanta CONSTITUTION.
In a farming district H. Louisiana a candidate re-
centJy made a very sensible talk 10 some Of his dis
contcntcd constituents. He Told them that II
hard 10 draw line between the rich and the poor.
lyon call the Blanks rich people," he said. but
they are simply we'll todd farmers Over yonder. In
the river bottom they would be regarded as men OF
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-07

Grain was scattered plentifully under the
net and a few stool pigeons fiuttered to the
length of their restraining cords and at
tractsd the attention of the passing birds
The pigeons, usually hundreds in single
flight drove on with incredible speed, but
whirled and came flying back lower and
lower each time, and, when they saw the
alluring grain. pumped down to the ground
and crawled under the net. when the props
were jerked out and the net fell upon the
birds. whose struggles awaited them not.
Then they were either taken to market or
carried home by the farmer and usually
placed in the Germ cribs. where they dashed
themselves in a frenzy against the sides
of the building The worst injured We're
Immediately slaughtered and the rest were
left until they We're wanted, when the
farmer entered the crib and beat down with
sticks what he wanted for his dinner.
The nature OF these birds was wild, and
no matter how long they were kept in con-
finement, not one of them ever lost its
tameless spirit, but ever sought with des-
perate energy to escape when the crib was
entered by anyone.
Sometimes. especially in wet weather. the
birds flew so low that they could be killed
with sticks and stones, and any man or boy
VINO coulu icdd d gun anu NIo IL was SuiO
to bring down one more at each dis
charge. Sometimes small cannon was
loaded to the muzzle with slugs and small
missiles, and when flight appeared in
range it was discharged and the ground
was blue with the little soldiers, who
dragged their manned bodies into high
grass or any place of concealment, and
huttered up to the very wheels of the in
strument that had caused their death. It
was pitiful That mans wicked and in
satiate greed and his rapacious cruelty
should have exterminated this pretty
harmless bird is almost past belief. But
they are seen no more in the sky, and the
leaves in the autumn woods are no more
fiuttered and whirled by the storm raised
by the passing of their swiftly tanning
wings. c. NJ. G.
Haparsfn Ind
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-07

night train on the Canada end of the old
''Passumpsic Railroad now a part of the
Boston & Maine system. A Frenchman in
the front end of the car, apparently lost to
his surroundings, began to sing one of those
wailing old melodies in Il clear voice that
fitted wonderfully to the mournful air. 1t
carried me at once into the land of myths
and dreams, but my enjoyment was cut
short by a coarse English-speaking woman
who was anxious to enlighten the entire
carful of people upon the extent of her pos
sessions and the social position she held in
the city of Nieu Yawk" Although her
voice was as loud and unmusical as Kan
Sas zephyr, the Frenchman's singing inter
fered with her recitals, so she called the
brakeman and had him silence the singer.
To say that l have never cherished the
memory of that woman with any particular
degree of generation would be to put the
case with something more than ethereal
mildness," for the occasions are so rare
when one can thus live, for short time, in
the atmosphere and listen to the echoes of
the romantic past, that the vulgar pride
which spols enjoyment of them taxes pa
thence to the limit of endurance.
In our own country a more peculiar folk
lore exists among the colored people, not
likeness to anything known to civilization
ancient or MODERN save as it has been
caught from the Africans themselves. Other
wise our folklore is made up as before said,
of fragments from the lore of many lands
and of old forms adapted to new uses. The
Germans and Scandinavians have brought
into the country great wealth Of legends,
fairy tales, weather predictions, rules of
planting and reaping, etc, but with our own
people who came from the older States, al
though there was much that was, in various
degrees related to folklore current among
them fifty years ago, it has so rapidly faded
away that it is only the few, here and there,
that remember the old songs and ballads
that were once SO popular at the cabin fire.
sides and with the toilers in the lonely
woods. The South and Southwest have
maintained a better hold upon these old
fragments of more romantic ages than the
North and West. The rapid financial and
educational progress of our own section has
done much to disillusionize the people, and
the growth in musical knowledge and at
tainment that has been so marked in re-
cent years has served to suppress at least
temporarily, the wailing old melodies that
were dear to our mothers and grandmothers.
Science and fact are rapidly displacing the
old superstitious fictions/ of German and
Dutchman relative to planting and reaping.
the treatment of animals, etc. What re-
mains with us of all these things is mainly
the memory and it is with the memory
that he who undertakes to recall them for
the eyes and ears of a later generation
must conjure BENJAMIN S. PARKER.