The Advocate and news., 1899-03-08
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SOME NEWS NOTES.F0R 5UsY
FARMERS.

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From careful observation Ut has been
estimated that only one man In two hun
dred grows to a height OF six feet.
Havana, in Cuba, is to be one OF the
regular army stations OF the United
States and 10000 troops will be stationed
there.
On the turret Of the new battleship
Illinois, which is now being constructed,
a large bronze figure of Lincoln Is to be
placed.
The United States is extending our pos
tai system over the island Of Porto Rico
and it will be in full working order be-
fore April 1, 1899.
Mexico, our sister republic on the
south has an area Of Isl 900 square miles
and is nearly one-fourth as large in area
as the United States.
The highly scented tea which Is so
largely used by the natives Of China Is
made by mixing orange leaves with the
tea and letting it remain tightly sealed
for twenty-four hours.
In remOdeling the hall Of the House OF
Representatives in the national capital
a forum Is to be built in front OF the
speakers desk where members will be
required to stand while addressing the
house.
Fighting Joe Wheeler, who was ma
jor general of volunteers in the recent
Spanish war is to be made brigadier
general in the regular army and will be
sent to Manila to fight the rebelliOus
Filipinos.
The circuit court Of Jasper County,
Missouri, has decided that trust cannot
collect debt in that State AS all trusts
are existing in violation Of law, the same
rule should prevail in all the States and
Territories.
The cold weather furnished an abun-
dant crop of natural ice for the Ice men,
which may seriously interfere with the
profits Of the ice trust next summer. In
Wisconsin Ice S8 inches thick has been
harvested this winter.
A man in Cincinnati, Ohio, is suing for
divorce from his wife on the ground
that she concealed from him the fact
that she had glass eye. He insists that
this was such fraud upon him that he
should be entitled to divorce.
1t is reported that Father Walsh, a
Catholic priest of Chicago, has joined the
Knights of Pythias, which is a secret So
ciety, and this seems to be contrary to
the prevalent opinion that no Catholic
could belong to any secret organization.
In New York State law has recently
been passed to absolutely prohibit the
desecration, mutilation or improper use
Of our national flag. That ought to be
the law in all parts of this country, and
Congress should pass general law Of
that kind.
Recent deep sea soundings have
reached the great depth Of 28,S72 feet, in
the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand
and the Tonga Islands. This is nearly
five and a half miles and is the greatest
depth that has ever been found in sea
soundings.
news notes for busy farmers
Kansas is not the only State that has
to contend with the free pass system.
New Hampshire is afflicted in the same
way and the legislature Of that State has
recently refused to pass law cutting
off all free railroad passes.
The orange crop in southern California
Is about three million boxes this year. 1t
will bring to the producers about four
millions of dollars. Four-fifths of the |
crop will be shipped to eastern cities and |
the railroads will derive large revenue
from transporting this fruit.
The embalmed beef imbroglio in the
army circles of this country Is having a
bad effect upon American meats in the
European markets In Germany that |
controversy is now cited to show that
American meats were properly excluded
from the markets in that country.
The court of inquiry that Is investigat-
ing the kind Of beef that was furnished
to our soldiers last summer has decided
to visit the packing houses in Chicago
and make personal inspection Of the
methods there employed. II that had
been done before the questionable beef
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