Springvale Advocate from Springvale, Kansas • 2

A PBINGYALE DYQCATE. M'THIIH MONTFOHD, KDITOIl. KATES) i One Your i.50 Blx Months V. All cntniuunlontlane and liuitlnoBt loiters should be mlrtromcd to the publisher. FElMlLrAHY ASIATIC CHOLERA.

Tho llrst symptoms of Asiatic cholera is a mild illarrlur-a, with or without vomiting. Tho patient Is likely to fool invigorated, as if purged by medicine, and many go about with littlo or no sign of sickness. In two or throo days thoro is a violent explosion of tho disease In a few hours tho patient may be In an almost helpless condition. In tho early stages tho patient may attend to usual avocations, thus sowing or spreading tlie germs of the disease THE WEED PROBLEM. Dr.

Bturtovnut rreut row Facts of Kxperlmentnl Demonstration. Ill a paper read before the last annual mooting of tho Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science, Dr. E. Lewis Sturtovant offered a fow reflections concerning tho weed problom. Ho first prosontod a few facts of experimental demonstration: 1.

That whore woods aro allowed to grow freely tho crops may bo absolutely destroyed. In tho case, of corn, the plants appear yellow, Wilted, fail attain proper size and fail to form good ears, and tho sumo phenomena may be noted with other crops. 2. Tho amount of fertility romoved by woeds is not sufficient to establish the conclusion that the injury comes from tho robbing of tho soil and thus starving the plant. Furthermore, if such were the case, the application of additional manures to offset tho robbery of the weeds would destroy their malign effect.

8. Weeds are not destructive through shading tho ground, as experiment shows that mulches applied do not pro EDUCATED PARROT3. Some Wonderful liirils Hecently Exhibited la I'arln. An exhibition of educated parrots recently held in Paris ehowocl very clearly to what a high state of porfee tion theso birds are capable of boing trained. Their stage was a long table, at ono end of which wcro porches, on which wcro grouped half a dozen par rots.

Four of theso wcro cockatoos whito, with yollow crests; tho other two were gray parrots, with tho neck and under parts rose color. Among the tricks which thoy perform at tho bidding of their owner, M. Abdy, aro tho following: Two fixed bars on upright supports are placed on tho table; a parrot climbs upon one of thein, turns a somersault, keeps his head downward, and, passing on to the second bar, goes through the same exercise. Their owner then calls Tom, a small whito parrot, who comes toward him as if about to climb on ono pf tho bars, but runs back again, holding down his head and shaking his wings in a grotesque way. Tom is evidently the buffoon of the troupe.

A bell is then brought, with a handle which forms a lever; a parrot advances, and, putting one foot on the lover, rings tho bell. Tho trainer asks tho audience what number of rings they wish for; some ono exclaims, "Seven!" and the parrot rings tho bell seven times The bird is then asked how much does throe times three make, and it replies by ringing tho bell nine times. A perch is then placed on the table in the form of a see-saw, at each end of which a gray parrot porches, and in TOWN ANY in many places. Tho germs aro con tained in the discharges from tho stomach and bowels, and also probably from thoso of tho kidneys. Tho possibilities and even tho probabilities aro that every thing tho patient handles will become contaminated and dangerous.

A pieco of broad handled or brokon by such person and eaten by another will probably cause an attapk; fruit, cake, any thing in cholera times fruit and vegetables are generally considered dangerous, but only such are that have been handled by tho afflicted persons. In 18GG I saw cases daily for many Says and ato fruits and vegetables of all kinds, even cucumbers, and occasionally soft shell crabs. They were much less dangerous to mo than a piece sf bread or an apple touched by one of the patients. If I had contracted cholera, such a diet would have mado it much worse and more angerous. They could not produce cholera unless they were contaminated by somebody diseased.

I was very particular in keeping my hands clean. In 1873 I carried my own towels in my pockets and would not use a basin in a house where thoro was a case of cholera. I had tho water poured over my hands and wiped them with my own towels. After the explosion of tho disease tho patient becomes very weak, and frequently goes into what is called collapse. The patient is cold, almost pulseless, his features pinched, tongue, noso and breath cold, and his hands, feet and face probably bluo.

You can often tell a cholera patient many feet distant by the blue col or of his skin. Singularly enough, a proportion of the collapse cases recover, almost as many by mild treatment as when the most energetio measures are used. Dr. Smith's collapse cases at Swinburne Island seem to have done remarkably well under hypodermic injections of brandy and a little carbolic acid mixed. Tho recoveries were quite astonishing, and as largo in proportion as by any other treatment.

Late in July, 180G, a tremendous nitbreak of cholera occured among lino hundred workhouse people on 31ackvveU's Island. Dr. Frank IL 3amilton said he would stamp it out in days, and did so. He drove all tho ninates from their crowded rooms rentilated and cleaned every thing, mproved the food, put guards at tho tlosets to watch for any one who visited hoin more than once a day, put sholera medicines in the hands of trusty lursos, and in a few days the epidemic) fvas practically over, and in ten days ill gone. But there were 173 deaths ilmost before Dr.

Hamilton took sharge. It was fearfully sudden. There vere eight cases in seven days, and la two nights the inmates fell by the icore. There are cases which came inder my notice where a weaker per-lon sickenod and died before a strong person from whom the disease was contracted any signs of it. New Orleans ha 1 an incompetent health )flieer in 18 73 who let in cholera and fellow iever.

He was duly dismissed vhen tho investigation proved his jV. Y. Cor. Chicago Herald. STILES to is duce the same offect.

If, however, we consider the enormous amount of water evaporated by these weeds during their growth, the necessity ot additional water to soil in an ordinary soason during tho hot months, and tho appearance of the crop which indicates suffering from thirst, tho conclusion becomes almost certain that the ill effect of weeds largely due to their robbing tho crop of proper moisture through their draughts upon the soil. As interesting confirmatory evidence as to this being the true view of the weed question the testimony of vine-yardists was quoted, some of whom advocate allowing weeds to grow in their vineyards, while others advocate clean culture. Personal inquiry, said Dr. Sturtevant, demonstrates tho general fact that those gentlemen who advocate the leaving of weeds in their vineyards have lands which are not subject to excessive drought, while those who advo cate clean culture have usually reported their soil as very permeable to water, When we consider that during the period of ripening of tho wood and of the berry in the grape, dryness is an important factor both in securing the ripening and in securing tho qualities, we have at once a plausible explana tion. Those gentlemen who advocate the allowing of weeds to grow are thus exhaustingthe surplus water of tho soil injurious to their interests as vineyard-ists, while on the other hand those gen tlemen who advocate tho thorough re moval of weeds aro conserving the water to the soil which does not contain it in excess of the needs of their occupation.

N. World. Nocturnal Photograpny. Various methods have been intro duced for tho accomplishment of noc turnal photography, and somo of the most beautiful landscape views taken at night by the light of tho full moon have been produced in France, the time of exposure of the plate being one hour; the clearness of the photograph is do scribed as being wonderful, and, excopt for the lights in the buildings and on the bridges, and. their reflection in the water, the picture could hardly bo dis tinguished from one taken in tho day time.

Another photographer obtains very excellent views of his library at night by ordinary gaslight; in this case the time of exposure was only thirty minutes, an achievement somowhat remarkable, in view of the fact that the old-fashioned wet collodion plates were almost entirely unaffected by the light from such a source. Jr. s'tn. BROS, hand a full stock of the Staplos lu SPRING VALE Kinsley is jubilant over projects for a packing factory and a paper mill. It is said that slugger Sullivan lias already raked in $25,000 from his English admirers.

The bill granting the right of suffrage to the women of Washington Territory has been signed by the governor, and is now a law. Mits. Bent Murdock has been rejoiced by a telegram from her husband announcing that his vision has been partially restored. John Re commander in chief of the G. A.

will be in attendance at the re-union to be held at Winfield on the 22nd and 23rd of this month. Astkonojieus now tell us that Mercury is to be the evening star during the month of February. We thought mercury was frozen during the late cold snap. A KHEE lunch counter in a New York bar-room calls for about sixty pounds of corned beef daily to satisfy its customers, to say nothing of other thirst-producing viands. The farmers of Kansas have no reason to complain.

They are receiving as much for one bushel of corn this year as they did for two in 1887. Providence always helps Kansas out. Considering that nearly half of Kansas' population has come to the state since 1880, it is very remarkable that no lives were lost during the recent blizzard and that no exterme suffering is reported. A Russell, Kansas, young lady has just secured a verdict of $3,000 for breach of promise on the part of an old widower. That's business.

Let these old especially, be made to keep their promises. JonNBnowN of New York has been the tailor of every President since Andrew Johnson's time, and still his shears go marching on. He recently spent three hours with President Cleveland and took orders for seven suits. onN Dunn, a German railroad laborer, committed suicide at Wellington, on Monday, by cutting his throat with a razor. While shaving he quarreled with his wife and in a fit of passion drew the razor across his throat.

The best thing we have seen for some time was in an eastern exchange: One little girle said to another, "we have got an old hen that laid two eggs last Sunday." "That's nothing" said the other girl with a sneer, "my papa laid a corner stone. Kansas will be entitled to eighteen delegates to the next rational republican, convention which meets in Chicago yi June two from each congressional district, to be chosen by district conventions, and four to be chosen by a state convention held.in Topeka, May the first. Mrs. Taylor, of Galena, spoke dis paragingly of Grocer's Scott's salt codfish. He said they were not like boards, and offered to let her hit him on the head with one for 25 cents.

She planked down the money and slapped him with the fish, breaking a jaw and tearing off part of one of his ears. Tins English parliament is opened and the Irish question will come up again for consideration. There is no probability that it will cease to be a living issue until home rule has been given to Ireland. British statesmanship would be wise to accept the inevitable. There is no wisdom in prolonging a struggle that can only end in defeat.

About 400 bushels of buckeyes haye been collected by the local committees of the "Grand Army." These are to form the central feature of artistic badges to be worn during the national encampment. Every visitor to the en campment is to be presented with a buckeye badge as a souvenir of the great encampment in Ohio's centennial year JThe following from Senator Stewart, of Nevada, is the best explanation we have seen of the question, "what is meant bv demonitization of silver:" "Both silver and gold were treated as money metals by all clyillzed countries for about 3,000 years, previous to the trpar 1874. During all that period either one of these metals could be taken to some government establishment, such nsanassav office, or a mint, and ex r.h an cred for money at a fixed value. For example: Up to that time in the United States 25 8-10 grains of gold, nine-tenths UtiA rnnhl be exchanged at the mint for a dollar. So also, could 4151 grains of silver, nine-tenths fine, be exchanged for a.

dollar. Between 1871 and Governmental action, each civilized country, Europe and America, refused in rPffiive silver iu: exchange for money at. anv fixed price. This action reduced eifver to a commodity and demonetized the center, just above the pivot, jumps a magnificent white parrot named Charley, the principal ono in tho troupe. This parrot, throwing the weight of his body successively to right and left of the pivot, rocks the sea-saw rapidly.

To see tho animation of this bird during the performance ono would suppose that ho took a real pleasure in rocking his companions. The same bird then goes through another exercise. Four flasrstaffs are set up on tho table, and at the foot of each is a flag attached to a cord, which passes over a pulley at the top. Tho flags are English, I rench, Belgian, and American. One of the audience asks for tho French flag.

Charley advances, draws himself up, erecting his bright yellow crest, and, spreading his wings, suddenly seizes tho line with his beak, and then, alternately with beak and foot, hauls up the flag as a sailor would, hand overhand, until it is fast at the top. Ho then goes through the samo performance with the other flags in succession. Several letters of tho alphabet are placed upright on tho table, and Charley is again brought forward, pluming himself as before. A spectator calls for a letter. Charley hesitates, inclines lus head on one side, appears to reflect, then suddenly advauces and picks up tho letter named, repeating the performance with other letters when called for.

Suddenly little Tom jumps off his perch, runs up, seizes the remaining letters one alter another, and pitches them away on the floor. Another parrot then appears, and at the word of command throws several somersaults on tho table. Two others follow, and waltz slowly round while the music plays. Uf all parrots M. Abdy considers tho white cockatoos tho most gifted in regard to agility and capability for learning tricks bei ng, in fact, acrobats by nature.

They are very slow in learning to talk, but they are easily tamed, and understand and do what they are told. Za Natttre. CORMORANT FISHING. How the Chinese Make Use of the Greediest Bird in Existence, In China tame cormorants are trained to fish for their masters. Rev.

Justia Doolittle thus describes the process oi cormorant fishing: 'The fisherman who has charge oi tho cormorants stands upon a raft oi bamboo poles, very light, and propelled by a paddle. A basket is placed of- It to contain the fish. Each raft has three or four cormorants connected with it When not fishing they crouch down stupidly on the raft. Tho fisherman, when he wishes to make a cormorant fish, pushes or throws it off the raft into the water. If it is not disposed 'at once to dive and seek for fish, he sometimes strikes it, so that it is gl'ad to dive and get out of his reach.

"When it has caught a it rise3 to the surface, holding it in xs mouth, and apparently striving to swallow it. A string tied loosely aiour id its neck, or a metallic ring, effectiv jy prevents swallowing, except, perhaps, in the case of very small fish. JA usually swims directly for tho raft. Tho fisherman, when near enough, dexterously passes a net-like-bag, faster jed to the end of a pole, over the and draws them both on the raft. He then forces tho fish from the gray 0f the bird, and, as if to reward tho latter for its success, gives it a month of food, which it is enabled to swal' iow, on his raising tho rjng lower part of its neck.

The bird, if rapparently tired out, is allowed to res awhile on tho raft, and then it is p-jshed off again into the water, and nado to dive and hunt for fish as before Sometimes ono bird will haston to tho assistance of another which has caught a large fish which he may be unablo to master; the bird will help his couirado to carry his prize to the raft, and then fly baek and resume its own laors. jtAVCamnw Catherine Owens says: -ouet wia keep sweet for months if attended to whenitcomes into tho house; all bits of skin, gristle, kidney or kernels must be removed and also any jart of tho suet that has been lying against meat and become reddened with blood. I have known suet to get musty in a week in cold weather for lack of this precaution, and by looking over It, and flouring it well, have kept it for months In mild weather." Springvale, Pratt Kansas, Keeps constantly on GENERAL MERCHANDISE, Comprising all Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats, Caps, Boots Shoes, Notions, Groceries, Is a beautiful little city located in the heart of a fertile, productive country. Come to Springvale, and if yon want a home in a growing, thriving town, you will be satisfied if you want to locate on a farm- you can secure as good land there is in the world. Come and see our town and country, and if you can't come, write to the local agent, at Springvale, Kansas.

Invest in Springvale, make money and be happy. The Springvale Town company offer their lots from $30.00 to $150.00. One-third cash, one-third in six months and one-third in twelve months. Taking into consideration the splendid outlook for this place in the near future, these prices aro not only reasonable, but are exceedingly liberal. ALDEN SPBARS, President, Boston, Mass.

G. W. MITCHEL, Vice President, South Bristol, Conn. W. A.

COATS. Secretary. Topeka, J. W. HUGHEY, Local Agent, Springvale, Kas.

Crockery, Glassware. Etc counters, comprising an end prices than ever known in UNDERSOLD. the store all brands of Turkey Creek Also 5. 10. 15.

20 and 25 cent less variety of goods, at lower tins county. Our motto is NEVER TO BE We also keep on hand at our celebrated oiler Flour, "We will not let our customers go to other places for goods, if LOW PHI CES will keep them STILES BROS. 1 it.".