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The advocate., 1897-08-11

ing the land subject to revaluatiOn al
the end of each period Of twenty-One
years, on which the rental would be
calculated. If the new valuation, which
it was provided should rigidly exclude
all improvements on the land, was as
sented to by the tenant, the matter was
settled for another twenty-one years;
but if he objected to the new valuation
as excessive, it was provided that he
could demand that it should be offered
by public auction (subject to payment
of the value of his improvements), and
that the amount bid for it either by
himself or by anybody else at the sale
should be esteemed the value on which
the rental was to be calculated during
the twenty-one years next following
the sale. In case the present holder Of
the lease was the highest bidder, this
was the only result of the sale: but in
case he was outbid he was bound to
transfer the lease to the best bidder,
on receiving from the government the
amount at which his Improvements had
been valued This payment might be
made in government bonds, bearing in
terest at 4 per cent, at the option of the
government, and the new holder of the
lease was charged as rent the interest
on the value of the land as bid by him
self and also interest at per cent. upon
the former leaseholder's Improvements.
By this means it was proposed to re-
tain for the community at large the
value of the lands of the
country which was not due to the inn
made from time to time
by the leaseholder. The inducement
held out to the public to accept such
leases in preference to a freehold was
the saving of capital involved in not
paying for the land when taken up,
but only interest on the amount This,
It was hoped, would suffice to render 1t
popular with a considerable class Of
actual working settlers as distin
guished from speculative buyers.
Is is only fair to say that in spite OF
9very effort that could be made by the
government, the system did not COM
mend itself to the judgment or the
- lNJuulSOp Va tAlC pCA oOAo AAAISA CpICu W
my very great extent What they
yanted-what it may be taken for
granted is wanted by nearly every
)ody dealing with land-was a fixed
enure. It was not enough to know
hat they had lease for 999 years;
hey wanted to know what they were
o pay for it, not only during the first |
ttyO htYt 81
ng the $780, Eventually this had to be
onCeded, and as the land law Of New
Zealand now stands the holder of a
erpetual lease gets it for a rental of 4
er cent, upon the original price fixed |
" government on the land, subject |
till, however, to the conditions as to
esidence and improvements on the
and during the first ten years.-Hon.
Iugh H. Lusk, in the Arena.
The advocate., 1897-08-11

A firm of Missouri cattle feeders,
who recently sold 191 head of Texas
Panhandle cattle in Chicago at $3.50
per hundred, reported to Breeders Ga
Zette as follows: 1--WE bought them in
Kansas City December last, run them
on good blue grass until the 10th of
January, when they were put on full
feed of corn with plenty of good clover
hay and a weekly ration of sheaf oats.
Fed ear corn shucked; kept salt by
them all the time mixed with about 2
per cent. Of air-slacked lime. They
were only fairly well bred, years OLD,
but shOrt-legged and blOcky. Had them
on full feed 1913 days and made a net
gain of 260 pounds Chicago weight over
Kansas City. In bad weather they had
the use Of large shed and were kept
we'll bedded. Everything considered,
the cattle fed we'll and sold at fair
margin over first cost"
The advocate., 1897-08-11
Floods in the United States,


Many memorably great inundatlons
have occurred In the United States in
the past half century. The earliest of
these of which there ia any accurate
record occurred In April and May, 1874
when the Mississippi at St. Louis and
vicinity touched higher mark than
has ever been reached at any other
time since this region has been settled
Many persons were drowned and the
loss Of property was large. In 1849 the
Mississippi and its tributaries from AL
ton downward again swept over their
banks, causing great damage. No trust
worthy figures are at hand of the dc.
structiOn of life, but the loss of prop
erty in st. Louis and It's immediate
vicinity was put at $5,000,000, while it
reached $20,O00,000 in New Orleans and
its suburbs. 1t was the most disastrous
visitation by food which the latter city
ever had. The inundation reached its
most destructive stage on May II.
A high-water record for the Missis.
sippi for st. Louis and its neighborhOod
was made In the spring of 1857 which
was never exceeded except in 1874, and
which has never been equaled since.
The figures of the losses vary within a
wide range, but they must have been
large for the period. The four "high
ests" in the food record Of the Mis-
sissippi at st. Louis were these In
1874 the river at St. Louis rose "A feet
and 8 inches above the mean low water
line, in 1851 it went to 36 feet and
inches above, In 1857 it went up to 36
feet and inches, and in 1892 1t scored
36 feet.
The bursting Of a reservoir in Mill
river valley, near Northampton, Mass.
on May 16, 1874, is well remembered by
all those old enough at that time to
read the papers 1t destroyed large
portions Of several villages and 144
lives were lost. July a. of the same
year, waterspout and rain storm at
Eureka, Nev drowned thirty persons
and destroyed much property. Two
days later Pittsburg and Allegheny,
Pa, were visited by a tremendous rain
storm, with swelIed the rivers in that
and drowned 220 persons.
The damage to property was put at
S2,O0O,0OO
On May 81, 1889, the bursting of a
reservoir at COnemaugh lake caused
Hood at Johnstown, Pa, recalling that
1T Mill river valley, Mass, in 1874,
though it was far more destructive.
The wall of water travelled the eighteen
miles between the reservoir and Johns
own in seven minutes. The Pennsyl-
gania railroad bridge at Johnstown
leld some Of the water back and col
ected mass of debris, which caught
ire and increased the destruction. Re-
Used figures put the loss OF life at
LAP, and loss Of property at $1O,-
OOOOO About $3,0O00OO was received
rom contributions throughout the
world and distributed among the
GlObe-D Democrat.
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The advocate., 1897-08-11
In the Lead.

If you are going to Kansas City, Chi
cagO, st. Louis or other Eastern cities,
the Union Pacific offers the best service
and the fastest time. Don't purchase
your tickets until you have consulted
our time card or made inquiry regard
ing rates and through car service. f..
A. Lewis, City Ticket Agent. j. c..
Fulton, Depot Agent, Topeka, Kas
The advocate., 1897-08-11
COULD NOT EAT


INC HIIHcuon Wnlon Betell Fort
Scott Lady.
FORT SCOTT, KANT have taken
Hoods sarsaparilla for dyspepsia and
to purify my blood, with excellent results.
/ was so that l could not eat anything
without distress, but since taking a few
bottles of Hoods sarsapariIla my food
does not distress me, and have felt better
in every way. / believe it to be the best
OF blood medicines and gladly recommend
1t to Others" EVA CRAIG.
The advocate., 1897-08-11

was put under cultivation to produce
enough food for every inhabitant. The
people settled in small colonies. divid-
ing the plots into lots of one and one
fourth acres. On these city lots the
houses and c0rrais were built, and per-
feet colonies were formed. The adioin-
ing fields that could be irrigated we're
divided into ten and twenty-acre tracts
while the unirrigated or meadow lands
were similarly allotted. The townstes
were homesteaded by the respective
mayors, and the cultivated area was
obtained by cooperative claimants,
deciding each portion after procuring
title
Very few Of the farms are fenced.
and only irrigation bitches mark the
dividing lines between owners. The
sheep and cattle are kept-in the noun
tains during the summer season, and
permitted to roam at large over the
cultivated area during the winter. This
eminent domain, the property of every
body, has about 2,500000 sheep and
over 450,O 900 cattle, horses, mules, swine
and goats. The success of farming has
been materially handicapped by min
ing sensations created in almost every
section. This has caused the mortgage
ing OF over 10 per cent of the farms to
get money to sink holes in the ground,
with the expectation of the owners be-
coming millionaires Again, the ten
dency OF many speculative farmers
branching out into larger schemes and
negleCting the small farm has depre-
ciated its value as a producer. Modern
ideas OF magnificent possessions de-
strOy the small-farm sentiment and
the worry and trouble consequent upon
inevitable failure create chronic grOwl-
ers, resulting in political disturbances.
The cooperative methods inaugu-
rated by Mormon colonists have con-
tributed to the success of the small !
farm. Wilford Woodruff, President of
the Mormon church, has lived upon a
tWenty-acre farm and supported a large
family from its income during the
past forty years. He could not have
realized enough from that farm to pay |
the taxes had not several adjoining |
farmers CO-operated in building irri- |
cation canals and looking after the !
roaming cattle and sheep. One man
guards not only his own growing crops |
and Protects the irrigation supply, but |
assists his neighbors, because all have |
equal interests. The small farmers do |
not require so much Of an investment |
for machinery, few hired hands are
and the general expenses are
light because Of the cooperative meth
DDS. An era Of intensive soil culture
Is inaugurated where small farms are
operated, and two blades of grass are
grown where but one was grown before,
because Of the extra cultivation and
application Of proper fertilizing agen-
lies. Irrigation makes the small farm
and many lessons may be
earned from the system Of small farms
n Utah.-Joel Shoemaker, in Farm and
90 |
The advocate., 1897-08-11
Excurslons to the sonthwest.

On August II, September and 21.
and October s and 49, 1897, the Santa
Fe Route will run cheap excursions to
all points in Arkansas, Arizona, Okla
hOma, Texas and Indian Territory; also
to various points in Louisiana and New
Mexico.
Ticket rate, one fare plus So for
round trip, with liberal limits and stop
over privileges. These excursions will
enable you to take an outing and see
natures rich rewards for well-directed
toll
For free literature descriptive of
lands in the Great Southwest, address
w. J. Black, G. P. A., A. T. g. S. F. Ry.,
Topeka, Kas.
The advocate., 1897-08-11

Life's often lost from little ills
Which might be saved by little pills
That is to say, if you suffer from bill
iousness, constipation, dyspepsia, or
torpid liver use DR.. Pierces Pleasant
Pellets.
The advocate., 1897-08-11

Hoods pills are tasteless, mild, effec-
AAAS tive. All druggists. 25c.
The advocate., 1897-08-11

The Cincinnati Weekly Enquirer and
the Advocate one year for $1.40.
The news & observer., 1897-01-09
lIIen d Cram Machine Go
Sale of Valuable Land.

BY authority of mortgage from W.
Dunn aud wife, recorded In book 95, page Al
Registers office tor Wake county, and ny
their request, will, on Wednesday. Febru-
ary Sd. 1897. at II O'Clock m., at the court
house door of Wake county. Raleigh, N. c.,
sell to the highest bidder at auction for cash
the following described tracts of land in
Wake Forest township. Wake county, to wit:
FIRST TRACr-Bounded on the north by
the lands Of A. G.. Dunn. on the east by the
Raleigh and fiaston Rsilroad, and on the
south and west by Nsuse river, particularly
described by notes and b0uHds In the afore-
said mortgage; contains 3ooZ acres, mere or
less.
SECOND TRACT-Bounded on the north
by the lands OF Mrs. N. A. DunA, whereoa
she lives. on the est by the lands Of ID. ID.
Gill and said Mrs. II. A. Dunn, on The south
by Een.e river And - the west BY sAtA rSii-
road, md 10 pArtisu Arly described by ne.es
and bounds la said mortgage: contains l4sX
acres. more er less. -
THIRD TRACT-Adjoins the lands of d. ID.
Gill, S. r. Gill, III. C. Ray, A. G. Dunn and
others contains l68 acres, more or less, and
is particularly described by metes and
bounds in said mortgage, and is the same
land SLOTTED 10 Mrs. NJ A. Dunn in the oil
vision of the lands owned by d. ID. Gill and
Others as Will appear by reference to The re-
port OF commissioners recorded in The Office
of ierk Superior court for Wake county,
Book A. Partition OF Land p. SIP.
w. n. JONES. Atty.
The news & observer., 1897-01-09
SENATE.

Called to order at noon by Lieutenant
Governor Doughton.
Prayer by Rev. Milton Mcneil, Sena-
tor from Wilkes county, preacher OF
the Friends church.
Mr. McCaskie moved the adoption OF
the rules Of the Senate Of '95 be adopted
Carried
Mr.. Clark moved that after the present
session the seats be drawn for as III
the National House of Representatives.
Mr. Grant submitted a list Of commit
tees, rs agreed upon by the Republican,
and Populist committee appointed hy
their respective caucuses for that pur-
pose. He announced that all the Demo
Gratis had been appointed on all the com
mittees CThe list was printed in yester-
days News and Observer. The report
was adopted.
A message was received from the
House that a resolution TO keep an index
book had passed. 1t provides that no
bill shall be handled except by the intro
ducer OF the bill or chairman OF the
committee. Major Grant spoke Of the
The news & observer., 1897-01-09

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bronze Quinine Tablets.
All Druggists refund the money If it
fails TO cure. 25c.
The news & observer., 1897-01-09
BILLS INTRODUCED.
HORRIBLE! HORRIBLE.
Three Small Children Burned to Death
In Wayne County.
(G0ldsboro Argus.)

Yesterday morning, while Bill Fort
and his wife, who live about three miles
from Fremont, were away from home,
attending hog killing at neighbor' S
house, their dwelling caught fire and three
small children, who were locked up to
prevent them from going out in the cold,
perished in the flames that destroyed
the house. In their burning prison no
one was near enough to hear their pitiful
cries forahelp, and their sad and misera-
BILE death was not discovered until their
parents returned home in the afternoon,
when they found the charrel remains of
their innocent babes in the smoldering
ashes instead of the laughing faces that
they left at the door in the morning.
The news & observer., 1897-01-09
One loaf of bread may b.

One loaf of bread may be
light, sweet and digestible.
You may use the same ma
terials for another and have it
heavy, sour and Soggy. The
knack is in putting the in
gradients together just right.
A substitute for SCOTS Emul-
sion may have the same in
gradients and yet not be a
perfect substitute, for no one
knows how to put the parts
together as we do. The Sc
cret of +" how is our busi-
ness-twenty-hve years of
experience has taught us
the best way.
Two sizes, 50 eta. and at,cn
soerr BOWS Chemists, New Ysrk.
The news & observer., 1897-01-09

Capt. Jack Price, yard conductor at
this place for the Southern Railway, is
wearing crutches these days, the result
Of a rather long step he made the other
day. He accidentally stepped off the plat
form at the freight depot and knocked
his knee out of place. 1t was a rather
painful hurt-Burlington News.
The news & observer., 1897-01-09
SALE
-OF--
Valuable City Real Estate.

On Monday, January %, 1897, at 1s
o'clock M, at the court house door in
the city of Raleigh, the undersigned
viii offer at public sale to the highest
bidder, the store-house and lot on the
corner of Fayetteville and Martin streets
in the city of Raleigh, now occupied as
a drug store by Jas. /. Johnson
This is the most valuable business 10
cation in the city and is especially sssar-
able as investment property.
Also a strip of hand between the
National Bank of Raleigh and km.
Swindell's store, fronting feet on Fay
etteville street and running back 1xs
feet.
Title perfect. Terms of sale: one-thira
cash, balance in one and two years.
Any information desired can be eb-
tanned by inquiry of j w. Hardin, r.
T. Gray or O. M. Busbee!
VIM. T. READE,
ROBT READE,
THOS. READE.
Executors of T. G. Reade.
The news & observer., 1897-01-09

value and Importance of such an index.
Resolution adopted.
House resolution favoring Cuban indie
pendence was received.
Mr.. Smathers wanted some reference
before action.
Mr. Abell moved to refer to Committee
on Federal Relations Agreed to.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Mr. McCaskie, to provide for counting
the vote Of 1896 provides for counting of
the vote Immediately after the ratifca-
tion of the bilD.
Mr., Mcneil, for the relief Of A. NJ.
Vannoy, ex-Sheriff Of Wilkes; Mr.. Bar
ringer, for the relief of ex-Sheriff Morri-
son, of Cabarrus
On motion of Major Grant, the Senate
adjourned
The news & observer., 1897-01-09

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The news & observer., 1897-01-09
-nnine for Sale.

On the 10th of January. 1897 at my place
of business, corner Mcdowell and Davie
Stree rs, at IL O'clock noon, w1ll sell 90 tue
highest bidder 10" cash Ito satisfy claim for
Alterations and rspairsl one 6.heTse power
ussd by L. K. " y@ts ~ has hua&ry corner
SeHSs ana Sa11ssury sorosts-
y. n. uIKkx
The news & observer., 1897-01-09
Cut lowers 9

Fcges, CGrnation2, 9eugua&ss
Floral Designs, Esasr7a, F@rMs
sr5 other homss gIan2s.
Bulbs for winter and spring ploena re
Hygcinfhs, Chinese end BERN ssgsa
Lilies. Gcleen Bond, White and PsmE
Japanese Lilies finest OF ait hawU~
Lilies -Freesis and varlsua exMe.s
Bulbs. Mali orders erem rtiy satsnU :
% TO. n. STElNMETz,
'phs~s tfo. Nasssea n. G,
The news & observer., 1897-01-09
PEs ii T.. J.. .sN I. =.
{Trade-MarK Registered4l
THE lDEAE LAXATIVE and GEIRE
FaR CossTIpsTION

AS pleasant IS honey &A0 ssfS, oale for
Biliousnesa, Headache Sewers Stomach
Troubles, Bowel Derai3xstn.sGte liver Dis
ease, Sick Stoalach, Irrogaiarity, ktonev
Troubles, Skin ana Blood Disorders, ana
very many other diseases and coinplica.
tfons due to inactive state of the bowels.
Pruneline is the safest and surest cathar
tic and aperient one can use. It thoroughly
cleansss without gripping, purtjes ths blood
and removes all waste from the system, 1t
does away &tth castor OIL salts, blue mass
and ali other nauseous purgatives. II tones
and energtzes alt the great organs OF the
xsystem.. Keep the head cool. che feet wRTTn
and the baweis open using Pruneline ioT
the latter purpose, Pruneiina is tine per.
feet family nhysie.
Sold by S;i dealers, or sent ON receipt OF
80 cents te my address by
WI kctG,&an 81 BLo@n Drug TO.
Baltimore Mo.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-19
STILL AFTER RAPIER.
Another Attempt 10 Force Hin to Give Up the
Mobile Postoffice.
Special to The Age-Herald.


Mobile, Dec. 1S--There was a lively time
in this city today, when Assistant POST
master-Generaf Shellerberger arrived here
from Washington for the purpose of re-
moving Postmaster Raper from the office
of postmaster. Some time ago the presi-
dent appointed DR.. N. p. Barker postmas-
ter. but Rapier refused to vacate the office,
claiming that he has the right TO serve
until the senate confirms Mr.. Barker's APP
pointment
Mr.. Rapier says that if Mr.. Barker has
my right to the office he can enforce
the same by legal process Mr.. Shelter
berger was very positive In his talk with
Mr.. Rapier, and used numerous threats to
force that official to give up the office. He
went SO far at one time as to threaten that
he would stop all the mails in the conf
niunity if Rapier did not yield.
This threat excited laughter more than
anything else, 1t was regarded as the as
sistant postmaster-genera assuming pow
ers that he did not possess. 1t is not known
that he did not possess. 1t is not known
that anyone has the right to stop the pro-
gress of the United States mail in any way,
not even the postmaster-gehera or the
president of the United States The as
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-19
JOS, CLARKE IN TROUBLE
Obtained Money in an Irregular
Manner.
VICTIMS WILL NOT TALK
And the Amount He Received Cannot be De-
termined, But is Known to be LARGE
= Was Insurance Inspector.

Louisville, Dec. 1S-Joseph Clarke. one of
the best known and most successful life
insurance inspectors ever here, has been
absent from the city for several weeks and
1t is said he has obtained large sums of
money from various people in irregular
manner Clarke was until a short time
ago employed by the New York Life In
suraneel company and Mr.. Noble, manager
of the company, says his company will lose
nothing through Clarke. as his company
made him pay everything due before he
left the city. No accurate estimate of the
amounts collected by Clarke before he left
Louisville can be made at this time, but
many we'll informed men said that he got
one occasion or another at least
$fto. 1000
The difficulty in the way of learning any
thing definite is the fact that Clarke's vic
Tins will not talk. The only trace of
Clarkes crookedness that be directly
traced is that involving check for 81 $50,
drawn by C. c. Mengel, Jr., on the Bank
of Kentucky in favor of the New York
Life Insurance company. This check was
cashed by Clarke without authority, it is
said. at the German National bank, which
institution is stuck for that amount. Other
banks have ClarlSe's paper for greater or
lesser amounts, and the notes are not re-
garded by the institutions being worth
the paper they are written on. His method
of defraudng the banks, 1t is said was by
RACED notes. bogus securities and by va
rious other wiles.
The story is tod that shortly before his
departure the president of well known
distilling firm found himself victimized by
Clarke and went on the warpath. Fuming
and swearing he visited the New York
Life agency and swore he would kill the
solicitor. Finding that he was not an-
how F1lI~
man and it is said that a tragedy was mar
rowly averted when he found him. Clarke
it is understood, told friend that he owed
$4,000 in the city, but 1t cannot be learned
that he secured any money from any other
of his insurance patrons. He is now in New
York and it is said that he has gone there
to make a contract with another insurance
company.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-19
PANAMA SCANDAL REVIVED
Trial Of Eight Men Charged
W'th COmpIicit,.,
RECElVD VARIOUS SUMS
Ranging From 5000 to 100000 Francs M.
Arton Testified as to His Connection
With the Affair.

Paris, Dec. 1s.--The trial of eight men,
charged with completely in the Panama
scandals, began here today. The ac-
cused persons were NJ. Emil Arton, Antide
Boyer, representing the fifth district of
,Marseilles in the chamber of deputies
Henri Maret. representing the district Of
Sancerre in the chamber; Anne De Saint
Martin, Plonteau I.essant Gaillard and
Rimaud, all former members of the cham
Der of deputies.
The defendants were represented by
eminent counsel. NJ Boyer was charged
with having received 5000 francs Rigaud
and Gaillard were accused of having re-
eeived 1900 francs; Laissant and Planteau
were accused of receiving each 5000 francs
NJ. Maret was charged with having re-
ceived 10000 francs and M. De Saint Mar
tin was charged with receiving $4,000
francs. Finally NJ. racquet, who abseond-
ed, was charged with having received 10),-
900 francs. The judges examination of the
accused lasted all day.
Anton testified that he was appointed
agent for the isthmus in 1857 through the
influence of Lady Reny, re-ative of the
abscCndlng deputy, racquet ana Deputy
Barbe. Continuing Arton said he met
Count de Lesseps at Panama and the latter
expressed regret that this opposition CT NJ.
Barbe and Leguay, members OF the par
liamentary committee having jurisdiction
over the Panama Canal company, prevented
th1 company from issuing lottery bonds.
Anton undertook parliamentary campaign
and won their support, Barbe promising to
control his group and racquet undertook
to manage the scheme in the senate and
selected M. de SaiEt Martin to manage
tho deputies. Baron de Renaich placed
1,550,000 francs at Arton's dispo-al and he
eventually disbursed 100000 francs in all,
but kept none.
Anton further testified that he gave Nae
quet 100000 francs, but he denied having
bribed anybody, claiming he only gave ac-
acknowledgement for services rendered.
The hearing was adjourned until Monday
next