The Advance from St. John, Kansas • 1

I A $1.00 Per Year. ST, JOHN, STAFFORD COUNTY, KANSAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1889. VOL. X. NO.

16, ADVANCE. Tift) KfSDS OF FARMIXQ. intelligent men and Women as tn pushed along, a little in front of her THE IDViHTCE. PUBLISHED EVERT FEIDAJT. as rousoir you shall heap.

McPherson Freeman. "Sow in the morning thy seed and in the evening withold not thy can produce, i he only oreak the expanse of green, of varied shades is the ripe or ripening fields of wheat. Go where one will, he Secretary Blaine tells the Chicago board of trade that oitr ministers to France and Germany will make remonstrance against the pro hibition wf American hog h. very once a while I hear that ilm fonnc 1, 1 I loiino me wiilcu oura don't pay 3 per cent, on the capital in mem. in uon en.

iViia yet inc iarmers go ngiu on raising ana educating large lam- Hies, and about thrce-lourths ot the useful and honorable places the land are tilled by them. The percentage of business failures is less in this than any other business engaged in which is begun with as little Capital, for not far from nine tenths of the successful farmers of to day began life with only their labor to-back them. I do not that all farming is profitable, for ii i i SOiiee or IHKiiiPM mniifinronipiit on I I mnuv farms that nrihr is idii wi ili I ir 1 I in almost any other business a few ears of such carlessness would land til em fin in tli unnrliiilKo On tlio I i A I nthpr hniiil. tlifiv nrn fniinlins who I make money right along through rs because the It l.lIl AllCl il it good and poor years follow an intelligent a.rolnst uroctD nft timcn tf LX- tU Vl tVH til V-V AC I ers the year of short crons brimrs I at. escort, by his clutch on her arm i neither suitable nor picturesque.

reverses all preconceived ideas of gallantry. The fair Miould lean upon the brave. Virile strength ought ever to support feminine frailness. Offer her your arm. young man, every time, and never under anv circumstances commit the familiarity and offence of tak ing hers," THEUE AREXO KICKEliS THEliti I hope to go to the rcnluvs when I lie down to die; I hope that choirs all clad in white, will greet my wandering cyr.

I know that 1 be tilled with joy, in regions tree iron, care, tor angels tell mO 111 IllV llliTA -Ifil 1 1.K i nuuj-n lilt" per pave, no soul will dare com- plain, though sunlight shines the tirniurh nr cinriti fill fnr run though crowns be half a size too small no seraphs tear their hair, and all is joy above because, there arc I'll no kickers there. 1 lie music nia' tc out ot tune, no one will hold ears, the robes may not be tailot' made, there'll be no moans or tears; the sandal" may oc oiten orn none ak a bet ter pair, for glory to the Lord of Tfcf 1 it rt orn rr L- L- -c tltf. tvF n.i.(wt. uiviv.i iid hen the celestial council call .1 I a mail work omvaru swin anu ncct; no spirits will injunctions bring, nor cranks or croakers swear; the realms above art5 free from chumps, there arenokick ers there. Then take me from this vale of tears, where cranks come t) the front where men who never work or toil, still lie around and grunt 1 long to wear celestial robes, and thc Wcll stair for know that tbOSc lands, there are no there Ex Leesburg and Surroundingsi Fine growing weather so say the" farmcrsv Wheat harvest Will mioU thing of the past.

Oats will soon be ready for the harvester and some claim ffoili 75 to loo bushels per acre; Corn looks fine; some nre laying it by. E. Boland has thc lincsl piece we know of. It is midside trt a horse. He savs he plowed it live times (I guess be meant the boys) and wanted to plow it again.

lie alwavs raises corn- to sell. The old men and their irooti wives) the young ladies and their best young men, the lads and lasses. in fact everybody, are goihg to Vaii- stenberg's grove on thc 4th. We understand that Gen. Cmiper ill be one of the speakers of tbe day, that the Stafford band ami drunt corps will be out; Will St; John dd as well Our friend Jeic Spaiks was out last week looking after his interest in tbe political fence of our county: Look out Ike; ytui may lei.vc a gap and Joe sine find it; fdr lie has a harp eye.

The alliance is moving right along; Eight new member last Friday evening, still they nine: Al fJiKldard has ii new hat and it is a daisy. Mr. Loycy rui rturntd froni Oklahoma. Dade Boland was seen par-sing tin otigh our bui'g la'-t Sunday t-' ward the sqilnrc topjxd bousti Albert Davis had a tut oil the wire fence he thinks he ill have to kill it. We noticed a little iii title in out of the Staffoi'd papers s'gncd froni Rose' Valley.

We will say that article riot written by and one there, for there nime of I lie 1:1 thdt vaiits the Slaffbid pb-loibcc; The 011b we want is the Leesburg ollicc, and we undestand J. W. Mt Williains has that oil His miiid. The Frte.Methfxlists are holding at the chapel, ami the td-b'ilcco and flowor nnd jewelry catches it now: You can get a Loan of Fuller with the rici Vit.iioi; of paying AS paht of it off at any timk. R.

M. Fuller ill make jou Loan with the privilege of paying it all off at an Ti.ir. witho'rti iiW bosvsl the learned professions. But to the 4 A. 1 I I .1 I content 10 uiuuge aioug me old ruts, who learns nothing, and uoes hot even practice nan ne knows, there is no uplitting tendon- cy in larm life.

Waldor. Brown, in Fhildelphia l'ress. THE SIZE OFHEA VEX. The twenty-first chapter of Peve lations gives the measurement. The most interesting calculations on the subject is that of Capb J.

B. Shark- ey, a measurer of vessels in the Bos ton custom-house. He takes the statement Revelations xxi and I figures it out thus: "And he meas- ured the city with the reed, 12,000 1 111 The length and thtf 1 .1 4 1 n.i.l 1 livlkf I 1 I 1 r. r.n J. WeiVC TllOUSUlHl lUriOIliT cubed rrr rr feet.

Reserving "one-half .1........ I I court of heaven and one half of the rcmauulcr for streets we have feet cubic, Divide this by 4000 feet in a room divide tll'lS lij I sixteen feet square and there will 30,321,843,750,000,000 rooms, We ill now suppose the world al- ways did and always will contain 990,000,000 inhabitants and that a jreneration lasts 33i years, making 1 1 -rv AAA ....4 I Mil rfl till II I 1 ana that the worm win sianu 000 years, or 10,000 centuries, 29, 1 00,000,000,000 nniaunaius. aow i suppose there were 100 worlds like this, equal in number of inhabi- tants and duration of years, a total o70.000.000.000 .000 nersons. there would be more than 100 rooms 10 feet square for each and every per son. unicago i nnes A11 T- KAXSAS PAfEXTS.

The following patents were grant- ca for the week ling June 18, l88b reported expressly lor this paper by Joseph II. Hunter, Solicit- or of American and Foreign Patents Washington, I). Biisenbrtrrickj Kobmson, grain weighing, apparatus; Wm Carr and A Evans, Sedan, folding coop; II Cookj Ottawa, weather strip; Dean, Ottawa cash carrier; Lockwood and Bickford, Freeport, grain meter; II I and Lynes, Wichita, churn; Abia Minor, Harper, double tree; JR Patterson and Foster, Madison, corn planter, Ericoufagillg Science Thc Vermont Microscopical As sedation has just announced that a prize df $250, given by the Wells hardson the well known chemists will be paid to the firt discoverer 01 a new urease -Kenu. The wonderful discovery bv Prof; Kock of the comma bacullis, as the cause or cholera, stimulated gieai research throughout the world and it is believed this liberal prize, offcr- cu a nousc UI 11.. 1 i.

1: ..1.: ill the detection ot Iincro-Ol llillllMlO lll.ll in 'brect cause 01 many diseases; vny in- formation updn this subject will be 1 cheerfully furnished by Smith Boynton, M. Scc'v sociatidn, Ibirhngton, t. of the As- TnK FAnt should LEAS upox the liliA L. I York Sun. "The epaestion is often put to me, said a lady whose opinion in mat: as be? escort on a pfoniiiade after nightfall.

Unhesitatingly and per emptorily, no. Not after nightfall nor by daylight nor any other time. An invalid niay lean upon vnimr woman's arm! a rrand father, if he infinn: may avail himself df a similar support, and a Broadway policeman seems to have acquired the right to propel his charges in petticoats across that thoroughfare by a grasp upon th1? arm, but tliese are the only male persons so privileged. An acquaint lance; a friend, or one who aspires tc la still nearer place, to take the arm of a yoting woman when walking on the public highway is inexcus able. You may be sure nothing will so quickly offend he good taste, although she may lack the social skill to resent and avoid it.

And the spcctable in itself is most 1 unpleasing. To see a young woman It Entered at the post offif Ht St. John. Us second class matter, Official Official Oit Paper. W.

K. I. DOW, Republican County By direction of the republican County Central Committee at a meeting held in Ht. John, June 188'J, a County Convention will be held at the city of St. John, on Satukoit, AccicsT 31st, 1889, At 11 o'clock, a.

ra. for the purpose of taorninating candidates for connty offices to bo voted for in November, 18S9, as followes One (1) Treasurer. One(l) Sheriff. Ose (1) Register of Deeds. One (1) County Clerk.

One (1) County Surveyor. one i)U)rroncr. wuo v) ounry commissioner tor sec- ond (2) district. Delegates to the Judical Convention. And tllfl inn tif nTif-nl Committee.

The delegates and alternates are (20) votes cast for the Harrison electors at the general election held November, 18S8, and are as follows John, Stafford, York, Union, Hso Valley, Fair view, Hayes, Heward, Lincoln. Cleveland, Richland, Clear Creek, Farniington, Albano, Ohio, Byron, Putnam, Cooper, 1 2 2 i I Douglass, Tlio primaries for the purpose of elect- ing delegates to this County Convention tiro recommended to be held on Saturday. Atjottst 21. 1880. ut 2 o'clock p.

in the Pevernl town- fillips. Credentials shall ho delivered to the Chairman of this Committee previous to the calling to order of the convention. B. A. D.

Glasscock, Fjkank Cox, Sec'y. Chm. TiiEold John Walruff brewery at Lawrence is now occupied as a shoe factory. The rush to Kansas this fall will be great, and Stafford county offers superior inducements. A colon from Johnstown, will locate in Pawnee county, says the Eagle Optic.

1HK farmers of this county will have a surplus of everything this fall, except time. Ax Englishmen was swindled out of $8,000 in San Francisco Monday by the ancient gold brick trick. Inn delinquent tax list of IM Angeles, this year tilled three hundred column in a local paper. The largest artificial body of Water in the United States is situat- ed 782 feet above Oloan.Xew York, 1 iiulapeumiia banks have loaned I $1,000,000, without interest, to pay 1 for work in clearing up Johnstown, The number of people lost in the Conemaugh Valley Hood, is now put at 4il2o. These figures are fcaid to Jiboilt correct- President Harrison will leave Washington the latter part of the week for Deer Park, where he will Spend his summer vacation.

Ex-Secketaky Hayahd, who is but ot years old, is likely to be a i 1 ...1 luiiumaii', nen me Times comes, for Senator Grey'! place in the' Sen ate. 1 he Dunkards, in National con ference at llarrisbtug, have de bided that no ministers or deacons shall hearaftef be installed who use tobacco. With alt the rush ahd hurrah at- 1... .1 I leiHunc me openinir ok io montns ago, is estimated that not more man nan tne land has oeen mm unon. Strange its It appear, the )rincipal paremcnts in LomW ami Paris are cMistfuteted iff Experiment hate been mad? with other kinds, but the wooden holds Us own.

iiiE JocaJ option law whicii has just passed the Mlchlgtn legisla- lure provides that any time one muiot the voters of a cbtfnty de- mand a local option election it frhall be held. A EruoTE vx steamer landed g45 at Castle (iard'en AnurNu.iy. 1 nese pfop'e are L'ottiHt TM 1 rn for Wyoming; Wyoinmg Is trying to get into the union. Sh? will help herself in by keeping the Mot- Jrinn orit; 1 I I tne gicatest prout lor mis peculiar condition of foil and trood eultiva tion gives them fair crops when 1 their neighbors make a failure, and tlm clirM'tonrn rkT tmTc null 1 frC prices. Some men have tuaieu iiit-ii iaun, luuiiu wiiai iney are i i folri -j 1 best adapted to, and have adhered r.

r.M 1 iu tnat line ui i ncse i The greatest impediments to sue- cess, it seems to me, are, first, a lack of wisdom, in chosing the crop or noduct to devote the farm to: sec ond, a lack of persistency in follow ing up and improving the line of product chosen, and third, a watch fulness which has become chronic, so that in almost every department the profits leak away. I have pass- ed hundred of farms on which fin Fcbruary) the corn fodder still stood in the fields, and the cattle were fed on the ground with it, with only the shelter of a wood lot. On most of these farms, only from twelve to twenty c'attle were kept to the hundred acres, and yet often the farms were overstocked, and My must be bought in March or the stock turned to pasture long before the fields were in condition. On the other hand, there were farmers! attending the institute llo were carrvinsr over forty head of cattle to oaeb hundred aeres. ret star- ed that their farms were not nearly stocked to their full capacity.

They talked of a cow to the acre as with- in easy reach, so far as the rough 1 -r- i i feed goes. Mind you, there was no feeding in the tence cor ners for their herds. The hay and fodder for their stock was all secur- ed in the bafn drtd was either made intd silage or run through a cutter and mixed with the ground grain feed. Tints cattle were not turned 1111 1. 111 111 1.111: 1.

lit: in ii 11 1 1 toin3 01. iuteij iuu to iltc tuei the manure1 alonf the runs and 1 ip wnnn Ints. I hoi- rr-rp Iront in warm stable with xvater-tmbt manure ditches to save the liquid and solid droppings. Their milk was set by the most approved plan in n-itfr-snalfd rfina thn prnini churned without dash or paddles and made into granular butter, I I I I I I I I land," for "While the earth remaineth, seed time and harvest hall not cease." Last year when the chinch bugs lad well nigh consumed the wheat and was making sad havoc with the corn, a convention was held in this city and word sent out, "sow no wheat," let corn be king for the space of two or three years and per chance the chinch bugs may become exterminated. A few days later the fields of green corn were swept by the hot winds and the crop destroyed.

Then the people remembered the pros erous times of the "good wheat years" of the past and they said we will sow wheat and trust to Provi dence for the harvest. For three years the fates had been against the crops, the thirsty atmosphere had licked up the corn crop while the winter blast and the chinch biters had made sad havoc with the wheat fields. Nothing had so successfully grown for a couple of years as mortgages and no crops had so surely matured as in terest. Men half hearted and almost discouraged entered upon the work of putting in the wheat crop of last fall. The allegation that the difficulty was to be found in the mismanagement of national finances did not not deter the thoughtful farmer from sowing the grouncj that now affords the most ecenerous harvest.

The man who set about, to produce something to sell is much farther on the road, to prosr perity than is the man who speni his time in discussing wild schemes of national finance and borrowing as the panacea of all our woes. Hence the thoughtful man knew that which was wanted Avas productions so he sowed in season and now has a harvest that makes the heart rejoice with the prospect of general prosperity and death to the isms and falacies preached last fall. With the present crop well cared for and another its equal, tbe mort gage debt Of this section will rapid ly melt away. There is sufficient reserve moisture in the ground to give a good start to another crop of wheat, when seed times comes. With the return of godd crops and prosperity the profits of the farm should hot go into new instruments, but they should be utilized in payments of debts.

The farmer out of debt can never suffer, as in the ntost trying season he eah make a living in spite of short crop's and low prices. A debt is never paid by borrow ing in one place to pay in another while hot winds and ehineh bugs never cut down the rate of interest. The prosperity of the country snouia never oe staked upon a single crop, but those staples that can be successfully raised, should be planted in seedtime that the har vest may come Season, nor should the planting be deferred through fear of Wight by heat or devastation by but "Sow in the mofninc; thy seed and in the evening withold not tliy hand." Western Kansas has the finest crop prospects and niosl encouraging outlook generally ever known in its history: Iii fact, the entire state is covered with etupendnous harvests, and sb far very slight damage has b'e'h sustained from any cause. Nevertheless in few cir cumscribed localities overflowing streams' and hffil have wrought some disaster to growing vetega tioiii Wichita Eagle. Has antbedy heard from John P.

bt. John since the election in Pennsylvania? Probably he was drowned in the Jolinstown flood, too. 1 opeka Jour nsl; As a St; JoHu has kept out of states in which the prohibition question tip as a practical issue to be" decided by ffopular vote When ith battle oi Texas, in In Oregon; in Xew rind in Rhode Island, he fss conspicuous by his jrbseuce. Champion: Kansas will have, oats jHul corn Hiiotmh tins yea'-to leed th wnrl.l Cannot find a greater luxuriance in summer growth and a wider diversity of what the soil will produce. From this time until November, Kansas-will be a delight to those people hd are pleased with views of abundant crops.

The New York World docs not hesitate to repeat the condemnation of Colonel Brice and the more reputable democratic journals are very cautious in their expressions concerning its course. His election as chairman of the democratic national committee is now generally conceded to be a stupenduous blunder and it is more than probable that the public sentiment arrayed against the choice will more than counter-balance the power of his money. Wichita Eagle: The Illinoi; theory, advanced a year ago, for rid ding the country of the insect pests by not sowing small grain and thus starve the litttc destroyers out, was either not put to practice or is a failure if it Was, for the Insects are said to be as numerous as they ever were. Suppose the farmers of Kan sas had acted upon that idea aiu re rained from sowing wheat, as was suggested by some, what a tuistake they would have made. Not only is the wheat crop one of immensity but the total absence of chinch bugs and cut Worms has been remarket throughout -the season.

The Eagle is still of the opinion that the burn ing of stubble and dead grass am weeds at the proper time is a more effective means of destroying in sects than starving them out which simply can't be done. The prospect at this time for the the sucess of the republican party in this county is, to say the least Very nattering. bile it is true that petty jealousies exist to a cer tain extent, we are of the opinion that such will not interfere with the success of the party. If care is taken in selecting candidates that are free from obligations to either faction In this city and Stafford to the end that the ticket will recieve the support of all factions, success is absolutely certain. To aceoni dish this desirable end The Ad Vance will work to the best of its ability.

To harmonize these fac tions so as to' elect the candidates of both is impossible, and the only way to secure success Is to nomi nate a ticket from the oittside; The party Outside of the two towns is in perfect harmony, and as sticcess depends in a great measure iipon that portion of the party, it is but fair that it should be allowed to select the ticket. There seems to be' quie a sentiment in that direction and i that line of policy Is pitrsited the party is pafd. Believing that such will be the case, we feel safe in making the assertion that the pros pects ji the party in the' Coming campaign are flattering. Mrs. Reuben Frost of Johnson countyj Louisiana, has two geuine Kiralsianes that were given her years agO by hot- father, tlie famous hunts man, Lord Their power extracting the poison of rabid dogs has never been tested, though they will b2 toftned td any Applicant.

JNIrs. Frost sayi iief father, killed in his life time, upward of 500 deer and found only three mHdstones, two df which he gave hef when a girl: She further states that her father told her that a litfutcr' could tell as soon as a deer wsls killed whether or not its stomach contained the maic stone as in eVer- in-Etance'j where th ftone is, the hair of thfe' animal slain turns the reverse ffo'rii its' natural position when cold in death'. WichiM Eagle: A'csterday morn-" ing gcntlemarf was iliaking a howl to a elerk in one c'f tb hotels having incandescnt lights. He was not acquainted with rfll tile inventions and accomodations of the world and failed to understand haw to darken his room on retiring. IIe said he hadtded to blow it otit.

and failed and he did not like the dea of having sudv a brilliait tight the hour allotted for ret; The mineral well at Larncd is being extensively advertised. Although it is a new thing they have several strong testimonials from parties who have been befitted by using the water. The total Indian population is less than 250,000. Of these 21, 232 live in houses and 0,012 families are engaged in agriculture. And among these so-called savages we find church members.

Ix one Bourbon county in Miss- 1 ouri three (. A. It. men nave been proceeded against for tiring a salute ver the grave of Union soldiers and others have been arraigned by the prosecuting officer for holding service in the court house Memorial day. The moss adheres tenaciously to tne oouroons.

i 1 The pension office Tuesday made requisition upon the treasury de partment for $10,000,000 out of the appropriation to be available July 1. The amount will be placed to the credit of the pension agents oil tbe 1st or 2nd of the cominer A inonui. 1 nere are saio 10 oe oe ween 8,000 and 10,000 first pay ment vouchers awaiting the depos iting of this money. During the great tight for consti tutional prohibition iii Feiiiisvl- Vania and Rhode Island where was john pcttr St. John? Was his mustache seen waving Valiently in tne iore-rront or tne Datuer Not to any great extent.

So far as heard from it did all its waving over on the Pacific slope, where the soft winds toy with it and where there is hope that, with a little judicious work, a state or two may be taken from the republican column. Secretary Tracy has ordered that all the nags now 111 service on tnd naT ana at the navy yards be called in on July 4 and new ones having forty-two stars issued. All the work is beiher done in the rigging loft of the Naviga tiou building in the Brooklyn nayy yard, under the direction of Com mander F. M. Green.

Seventy hvomcn mostly widows and orphan daughters of soldiers, and six men compromise the staff of natr-makers President Harrison has received from William Candy, a stonemason of Melbourne Australia, it plidtd- gragh of a beatiful and imposing monument to the memory of the late President Garfield which Candy erected in his fro'Dt yard." The monument is of unique! design being a summer house with suit able inscriptions on the stone front! A bust of Garfield ornaments a niche! over the door. Candy say tlntt lie is an EgnlishiMn, but has great love for America. He was always an admirer of Garfield and knows some of his speeches by heart; The best county office's are to be filled this year. It is very import ant, riot only to the republican party, but to the best interest of the people as well that these offices be fiiua rcDublicans, In order to i 51.1.. 1 1111s viy titi-itfuit: rut.ij necessary that all personal in- terests be laid aside, and all.

petty i 3 1. I'ailM 1 IMM It'll. triitlll rt'Illllt- A ucan wno nas tne lest lCTe ot the people and hs party at heart, can afford to jeopardize these inter- i'onal aggrandierrent; uo ot party is 01 vastiy more importance than tnat 01 any individual, and all cro'od republicans will work to that emt; The tros peritr of the' country in a great measure depends upon the sticcess of the republican parly, and it be hoofed every mart mfetVsted in the prosperity of the cotlntfy to lay a -M rsona! m3Ucr RnU "1110 success ot the party. I Ka'nhas is nov all tbc glory of catly snmrfter which ninths that eveff atre is with fbr fnost abundant vendure that the richest it .1... xVpihv 0 (j 1 1 i which was Sent to special custom- teis of etiquette is wholly compeers at 40 cents per pound the year tent, "whether it is ever permissible through.

Tlies? men nd com- to take a young lady's arm in acting plaint of hard times. On mdst of the firms which I have seen the milk is set in open crocks, the cream churned in old fashioned churns and the product sold at the grocery or to the hucksters at an average of 16 cents a pourid, all is worth. Td make farming there must be not oiily labor but thought. Td tlid cafef itl, thoughtful man, farming becomes a profound science while in tile Ksnds cf most men, it is simple art. To tlie former, na- ture unlocks her secrets and pours her treasures irito his lap.

She crowns his fields with verdure, jov- ers Ids hills with floeks and herds, loads his table with dainties and enlarges his vision until lie looks front nature td naturcs's God, To sucli man the farm offers an op- portiinity to editcat" iiand, heart, and head, and there can be found am-Tir ou.r iicce-ltd fanners as.