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The advocate., 1897-05-26
WHAT OF THE FUTURE2

Ine geneERl lowering OF prices curing
the last twenty-five years has carried ul
to the bottom. 1t would seem that
Scent cotton, l2.cent corn and 5O.cent
wheat rest on bed rock. We can 60 nc
lower. In this descent destruction has
been enormous, but the lost homes and
wrecked fortunes can never be recovered.
They are gone forever. We are on the
lowest level, and must accommodate
ourselves to the situation as tits, looking
forward rather than backward. Our ex-
perience has been costly, to many of us
it has been disastrous; but we have it,
and to such as are not beyond recovery
it may be turned to good account in the
future.
The farmer has learned that he must
work at or below the present cost line Of
production, and that he must find some
way to meet that condition without fur.
ther loss. He must do what manufac-
turers have done and are doing-devise
ways and means to live and prosper even
on this narrow margin Of profit. How it
is to be done he and his fellow craftsmen
will find out. AS rule our farmers are
we'll informed men and their inventive
faculties are proverbially good. They
see what Ccnfronts them, and none bet
tor than themselves know how to econo-
mize on triAes. II they must accept low
prices, 80 must others. We are all in the
same boat and drifting in the same direc-
tiOn. Together we must face the situa-
tion and make the best Of it.
The ADVOCATE does not believe there
is any reasonable ground for hope that
the general level Of prices will ever be
much higher than it is at present. The
tendency is not in that direction. OcCa-
sionslly, and in special lines, improve.
ment will appear, but we must expect to
build for the future on the foundation
we have now reached and be content
with slow gains. Profits in the future
will come through @ more plentiful sup
ply and better distribution Of money,
better and juster methods Of trsnsporta
tiOn, lower taxes, less expensive gov
ernment, lower rates of interest, lower
rents, more rigid accountability Of public
officers and better enforcement Of the
laws, rather than through higher prices
for what we produce to sell.
There are encouraging signs in the po
litical heavens. The machinery of the
Democrat party has been captured by its
progressive men and they have reformed
its creed so as to include some Of the
better thought Of the time.
The Republican party has lost its
prestige and it's courage. 1t is now de-
spondingly graphing with great prob
lems forced to the front through the
stupid blundering Of its most powerful
leaders.
A bill passed the last Senate prohibit
ing imprisonment in contempt cases
without trial by jury when demanded;
the Supreme Court Of the United States
has dissolved the Trans Missouri Freight
Association, and Broker Chapman is in
ioil
The advocate., 1897-05-26

JAPAN's change from silver to gold
standard has had it's natural effect on
the price Of silver bullion, which is re-
ported to have been steadily declining.
The advocate., 1897-05-26

THE dispensary method Of dealing
with the liquor business In South Caro-
lima is breeding scandal, and investiga-
tions are demanded.
The advocate., 1897-05-26
THE HARRIS RAILROAD BILL.

The HAkKlb BAALhUAD BILL.
Announcement was made in last weeks
ADVOCATE that Senator Harris Of Kansas
had introduced bill "intended to sup
plant the Foraker pooling bill and to
solve the problem Of regulating common
carriers and transportation rates." etc.
That statement was reprint Of press
dispatch, and was, Of course, brief.
Through courtesy Of Senator Harris, we
now have a complete copy Of the bill, and
after careful examination of it's provi-
sions, it is plain that the Senator's views
on this great subject have been greatly
modified. Either this or we have not,
heretofore, understood his position with
respect to what is most needed in rail-
road legislation.
The Populist idea has been, as the AD-
vooATE understands it, that the present
railway system as it is capitalized and
operated, and as it's privileges and rights
have been defined and enforced by the
courts and by the Interstate Commerce
Commission, is essentially unjust; that
the people are placed at great disadvan.
tsge by reason thereof; that transpOrta-
tion charges are based on fictitious and
inflated capital, and that any legislation
looking towald a readjustment Of the
transportation business Of the country
ought to be on new lines, that the public
interests ought to be held paramount to
those Of a private character and should
therefore be first considered. We had
been Of opinion that Senator Harris con-
Cured in these views, that as to railroad
matters he was in full sympathy with
the Populist idea, though he fought shy
Of the sub-treasury and irredeemRble
paper money.
But it seems we were in error, While
this bill proposes to change the Inter
state Commerce Commission into a court
of railway commissioners, with two other
members added, and devotes the first ten
sections to this change, that is in effect
about the only important variation from
the usual draft Of q pooling bill, except
that the pooling agreement and rates are
to be submitted to and approved by the
court before taking effect, while in the
Foraker and other pooling bills this is
not required.
We give herewith section IL Of the bill,
which contains the matter to which we
refer:
SEC. II. That section Eve OF said act Of Feb
ruary fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty
seven, be amended so as to read as follows:
"SKC. s. That 1t shall be unlawful for differ
ent and competing common carriers subject
to the provisions Of this act to enter into any
contract, agreement, or arrangement for the
division or apportionmenb among themselves,
or with other carriers, Of the whole or any
portion Of their traffic, or any Of their gross or
net earnings; and each day Of the continuance
Of any such contract, agreement, or arrange
ment shall be deemed q separate offense:
Provided, hOSCeger, That under the following
conditions it shall be lawful for such common
carriers to enter into such contracts, agree
ments, or arrangements, enforceable between
the parties thereto, that is to say: Every such
contract, agreement, or arrangement (heretn-
after termed contract) shall be In writing and
filed with the colEs OF railway commissioners
created by this act for ita approval and Also
Na
The advocate., 1897-05-26

THE thirty-frst annual catalogue OF
the Kansas State University shows that
that institution is not only holding it's
own, but is moving steadily forward.
This years enrollmsnt foota up the
The advocate., 1897-05-26

MANUFACTURING is fast following the
policy Of the Standard Oil people, and
running TO trusts. And now they are
passing National boundary lines and
The advocate., 1897-05-26

REPORTS from the wheat growing
counties of the State are favorable.
Warmers are expecting large yield.
The advocate., 1897-05-26

Corn is generally in good condition
throughout the State, and the fruit pros
pect is quite up to that Of average years.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-04
WOMAN AND HOME.
QUEEN NATAlIE.s NECK.
Its Beauty and Symmetry Is the Talk of

Hts Beauty and Symmetry Is the Talk of
All Europe.
The most beautiful queen of Europe
is Natalie of Servia, and her greatest
beauty is her neck. The world has just
been let into the secret of the method
which has largely enabled her to de-
velop this charming feature.
The queen takes frequent and regular
exercise with heavy pitcher on her
head. The result of this is to straight
en- and strengthen the neck and to give
it the form which the highest standard
of female beauty requires. Not only
does the exercise add to present beauty,
but it arrests the ravages which time
makes more quickly in the female neck
than in any other place.
Natalie is a woman whose career
has perhaps been more exciting and pic
turesque than that of any living oc
cupant of European throne Her
beauty is Of an order that is in keeping
with the vigor of her character.
Neither amiability nor feminine gentle
ness enters into the latter to a notice
able degree.
Natalie is now living in the dignity
proper to the rank of a queen-dowager,
while her husband has pension, but is
not allowed to enter his own country.
He spends his money as soon as he gets
1t in drink and riotous living. The rest
of the quarter he lives by begging, bor-
rowing, sponging and playing cards.
The queen, on the other hand, engages
in the much more laudable and whole
some employment of preserving her
neck and shoulders.
If you could obtain admission to the
grounds of the queens residence near
Belgrade, at about eight o'clock in the
morning, you would see her majesty
taking brisk walk, with her pitcher on
her shapely head. She is accompanied
by dame d'honneur, who is not herself
an expert in the art of pitcher carrying.
Queen Natalie has very abundant
black hair and rich coloring. She is a
very finely developed woman. Her fig
ure is very strong and erect and her car
rage is perfect, for her favorite exer-
else tends to develop the latter quality
as well as to beautify the neck and shout.
ders. These are adorable and beyond
all criticism. She takes care to dress
in way to show these to the best adj
vantage.
From chin to bust Queen Nata1ie's
flesh has the firmness of marble; al
though, unlike that substance, it is full
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-04
THE SELECTION OF SHERMAN.
Boss Hanna's Fine Hand Again Becomes
Apparent.

Boss Hanna's Fine Hand Again Becomes
Apparent.
There is considerable criticism of
Maj. McKinley's selection of Senator
Sherman for the post of secretary of
state. 1t is well-known fact now that
the selection was made solely for the
purpose of making a place for Mark
Hanna, who aspires to be a senator of
the United States. and while it may be
presumed that the president-elect feels
that Mr.. Sherman Is in every way eligi-
BILE for the position to which he will
without doubt he appointed. it is still
a fact that serious question is raised as
to his fitness for the very delicate work
he may reasonably expect to be called
upon to perform. OF course. there may
be spice of partisanism in the criticism
that is leveled at the proposed appoint
ment, but it is doubtful that it can be
fully accounted for in this way. The
Washington correspondent OF the ST.
Louis Republic says among other
things:
1.-The selection OF John Sherman for the
secretaryship OF state creates the most
profound surprise in Washington. and es-
pecially among the senators who have had
to do with Sherman, day in and day out
Tor years Is raIhGr unSTaclOuS 10 say
anything regarding man as venerable
in years as Mr.. Sherman, and one, too, It
must be said, who has rendered such con-
spicuous public services But 1t is a matter
of common notoriety here, well known to
all the senators of all political parties, that
Mr.. Sherman has by no means the INTEL
lectual strength he had years ago. He has
been failing for two years with great
rapidity. Physically he is still strong and
active. Mentally he has been growing
feeble for some time. and notably since the
last session of congress"
1t would seem, in view of this, that
the exigencies OF Ohio politics fall short
of iustifying the selection Mr.. McKin-
ley has made. There is a possibility
that the real purpose of Mr.. Sherman's
appointment will fall, as it is far from
clear at present that Mr.. Hanna can
succeed in his efforts to reach the sem
ate, but the Mansfield statesman will
doubtless receive the honor intended
for him in spite of the miscarriage OF
the plans for Mr.. Hanna's eNaltation.
If the worst shall be realized in respect
to Mr.. Sherman it is to be hoped that
the president-elect will be found to have
been more fortunate in his selections of
men to fill the other important places in
his official family. 1t was broadly hint
ed some months ago by an eminent re-
publican that Maj. Mckinley is a
| weak, an impressionabie man, and II
this is true, the president-elect ought to
have some strong men about him.
Weakness from top to bottom OF the ad-
ministration would prove most unfor-
tunate.-Binghamto IN. W Leader.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-04
Protection Is what They want.

The republicans are determined upon
An extra session for the purpose, they
say, of perfecting tariff measure which
States. If this indeed be their purpose
then they cannot reenact the Mckinley
statute of October, 1890, because that
act was called an act to reduce the rev.
enue. The republicans will go into
special session to perfect a tariff bill
on the excuse of increasing the revenue,
but will take no sort of means to that
end. They will meet for the purpose of
increasing the protection already &C
corded overabundantly to American
manufacturers. Their policy is to make
not a revenue tariff, but tariff for pro-
lection mainly, and they are to-day, as
they were when Harrison was nomi-
mated in 1883, in favor of levying pro-
hibitive duties. Under such tariff bill
as the republicans in the extra session
will pass exports will fall off and the
tariff will not yield the desired rev.
enue. There is pertinent and emphatic
objection, therefore, to the republican
hypocrisy involved in the statement
that they desire an extra session of con-
gress for the purpose of passing tariff
bill to increase the revenue. The party
does not want a tariff for revenue, but
a tariff for protection, and that is why
il will have a special session of congress
early in the new administration-Chi
cago Chronicle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-04
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The only woman who has ever
asked for an Office in Daviess county.
Mo-, is seeking postmastership.
On the basis of assertions made by
apothecaries it is estimated that there
are in Paris at least $4,000 victims of
the morphine habit, among them $4,000
women.
"A board on the side of house at
Forbes, No., was removed the other day
by the owner, as it appeared warped.
He found 8 hive in the wall, and 125
pounds of honey. The bees had entered
through knot-hole.
Twelve bees and - pigeons were re-
leased at the same time in q Westphal-
ian village, three miles from home.
The first bee arrived Is seconds before
the first pigeon; three other bees and
pigeons reached home simultaneously.
The Phoenicians were first men
toned as q nation about 1900 B. c.
though it is probable their ships had
covered the Mediterranean long before
that date. Tyre was founded and thu
Phoenicians became a military am
naval power 2267 B. C.
in the woods of Shelby county, Ind,
q den of wild dogs was discovered, and
Morgan Hendrickson set about Dig
ging them out. BE had to dig down
seven feet. OF the seven dogs five got
away from him, and now he doesn
know what to do with the other two
"A small metallic object was found
among some rags, in a paper mill at
Westbrool<, Me-, and the workman who
was sorting them tried to open it with a
penknife- It proved to be a Japanese
bomb, and in the explosion which fol-
lowed the unfortunate man lost three
fingers and a thumb.
The most successful trapper in
Maine is William Brown, of Oakland.
Last fall and winter he captured So
foxes, % skunks, - coons, 9 mink and
2 silver-gray foxes. His success is
chiefly due to some aromatic essence, a
drop of which on the bait lures the ami
mails.
"A mouse, while scampering around
a classroom in public school in Balti-
more, stepped on the foot of a teacher,
Miss Clara Evans. The excitement
which ensued was only allayed when
the fire department was summoned,
under the belief that the school was in
flames.
An aquatic creature, supposed at
first to be whale p feet long, feet
wide and feet high, was found partly
buried in the sand at Anastasia Beach,
Fla, by a couple OF st. Augustine
cyclists and was pronounced by the
president of the local scientific society
to be an octopus. The missing tcnta-
cles might have been worn away by the
sand and waves, OF eaten by sharks
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-04

of life and blood. Her head is placed OF
her shoulders after the manner of
Venus of Milo. There are no protrud-
ing bones, no wrinkles, no hollows, but
neither is there any superfiuous fat
ness. The whole is a beautiful poem Of
form.
The exercise to which Natalie owes
so much of her charm is one which has
been practiced by women of the
poorer classes in many countries, from
the earliest ages. Rachel, it may be re-
membered, met Jacob when she was
going to the well with her pitcher. The
women of oriental countries, of Greece
and of Italy have always been accrs-
toned to carry pitchers and other bur-
4dens on their heads. They have little
idea of identifying themselves when
they do this, but, nevertheless, they are
doing so.
The American woman who worries
about the shape of her neck probably
never thinks that it's defects are due to
lack of proper exercise tending to espe-
cially strengthen this part. She may
be able. suggests the New York Jour
nal, to profit by the example Of the
queen of Servia.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-04

its color is confined to the gems, which
are indicated by ovals and circles. The
model from which the drawing was
made is designed for use with dainty
blue and white china, and nile tur-
quoises are used, but it might easily be
varied to suit any scheme of color. The
edge is buttonholed with white floss.
ALI the design is worked with white ex-
cepting only the turquoises, which are
stuffed and worked in French over
and over stitch with blue floss as near
to the color of the real jewel as posi-
BILE. The effect is delightful, and the
dolly harmonizes to perfection with the
dinner service for which it was made.
The use of single jewel. such as
the turquoise, has the advantage of
simplicity, and work so done requires
less knowledge of harmony than does
a combination. Two or more gems can
be used, however, to give a rich and
elegant result. Often the design proper
is executed in color, but white as a
foundation is safest and can be trusted
to set forth the jewels at their best.
An ambitious piece of work shows the
topaz and amethyst combined and is
really very effective. The colors be-
ing brilliant and decided it can only be
used with Judgment, but as a resting
place for cut glass bowl of maiGenhair
ferns it is decorative in the extreme
Chicago Chronicle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-04
LIBERTY TREE TRANSFER.

Now the Property of the Newport Htstor-
ical Society.
81. Audley Clarke and Dumont Clarke,
heirs-at-law of the late William a.
Clarke, have transferred to the New
port Historical society the small Iri-
angle of land at the northern end of
Thames street, at the junction of Fare
well street, inclosing the Liberty tree,
being the land heretofore conveyed by
William Reed to William Ellery, John
Collins, Robert Crook and Samuel
Fowler and their successors, by deed
bearing date of April Ii, 1776. William
A. Clarke was the last surviving trustee,
IN succession to the trust under the
deed.
The deed sets forth that 'the said tree
forever hereafter be known by the name
of the tree of liberty and be set apart
to and for the use of the Sons of Lib
erty, and that the same stand as a mon
ument of the spirited and noble oppc-
sition made to the stamp act in the
year 1766 by the Sons CT Lib
erty in Newport, Rhode Island, and
throughout the continent of North
America, and be considered as en-
blematic of public liberty, of her taking
deep root in English America, of her
strength and spreading protection by
her benign influences, refreshing her
sons in all their just struggles against
the attempts of tyranny and oppres-
sion; and, Furthermore, the said tree of
liberty is destined and set apart for ex-
posing to public ignominy and reproach
all offenders against the liberties Of
their country and abetters and ap-
rrovers of such as would enslave her,
and that the same may be repaired to
upon all rejoicing on account of the
rescue and deliverance of liberty from
any danger that she may have been in
of being subverted and ovefthrowl;
and, furthermore, that the said tree OF
liberty stand as a memorial of the firm
and mistaken loyalty of the American
Sons of Liberty to bis majesty King
George Ill, and of their invioIable at
tachment to the happy establishment
OF the Protestant succession IN the IL
,ustrious house of Hanover: and. in
general, said tree is hereby conveyed
10 and apart for such other uses as they,
the true-born Sons of Liberty, shall
from time to time, from age to age, and
in all time and ages forever hereafter.
spprehend, judge and resolve may sub
serve the glorious cause of public 1ibers
ty."-American Historical Register.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-04
BE YOUR OWN DOCTOR.
Easily Applied Remedies for Number OF
Minor Ailments.

Easily Applied Remedies for a Number or
Minor Ailments.
Don't send for q doctor whenever you
feel badly or your heart isn't right or
you have a cold. There are many sim
pie and direct remedies which you can
paste in your hat and apply on occasion.
Give Nature chance and help ier all
you can.
Thus, for instance, both sneezing and
coughing can be arrested by pressing
firmly on the upper lip or in front of
the ear.
Boxing the ears of a person suffer
ing from hay fever is said to be SOW
ereign remedy for that inconvenient
malady. That severe attacks of rheu-
matism are greatly relieved by bee
stings has been noted, and in Malta and
in Russia, where bees abound, they are
in such repute as cure that resort
to this primitive kind of incubation
has been common practice for genera
tons, with most satisfactory results.
Excessive palpitation of the heart can
always be arrested by bending double.
head downward, and hands hanging.
If breathing is temporarily suspended
while in this position, the effect is all
the more rapid. Hiccough can almost
always be stopped by this simple &C
ton, which is more readily available
than the often recommended fright OF
sudden start which one cannot easily
get up for ones self on the spur of the
moment.
The distressing cramping of the fin
gers from constant use of pen, which
may in time develop into writer's
cramp, can always be prevented by en-.
larging the holder either by wrapping
string around it Or by running the
handle of the pen through a bit of rub
Der tubing.
The innumerable hosts of new and
fill a good-sized volume, and still they
come. One quite too simple way of nip
ping a cold in the bud is to sit down in
front of a good fire and warm your
back thoroughly, for the back is the
place where cold is usually caught, be-
ing careful, of course, not to go at once
into a cold room. A French physician
goes to extremes by applying piece
of ice at the spine. Indeed, nowadays
the curative value of cold is being high
" spoken of, and the infiammatory sore
throat, which used to be treated by
poultices and warmth, is now said to be
easily and quickly cured by sucking ice
and keeping the patient in a low tenn
perature. Ice at the neck is also a
powerful curative for asthma In fact,
it is even predicted that the dry, cold,
clear air of the arctic, keen and free
from germs, will, before long, be rec
commended for ailments springing from
weak chests.-N. Y. Journal.