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The advocate., 1894-10-17

your doctrine of protecting the Ameri-
can mine owner. Then 16 to l is the
old ratio and all our silver now in cir
culatiOn is coined on that basis. But
the most important reason is that any
ratio higher than the present one would
put less money in circulation. The
principal reason for demanding the
coinage of silver is to increase the vol.
ume of money in circulation; 80 to /
would increase it just one-hsf as much
as 16 to l."
"Well, have it you own way. IhaVe
told you several times that I didn't
want to discuss the silver question"
81 know you have, but 1 shall bring
it up every time that you change your
views on the subject. But I will drop it
now for good, if you will tellme exactly
how you stand on the question of coin
ing silver. You shouldn't have any
secrets from your wife, you know"
"I-now, this is private, remember,
I am opposed to coming silver. am
for the single gold standard"
"NOW, one more question, how does
the republican party stand on that
issue?"
'It is my honest opinion that it
stands the same as I do"
"Then why does the party not come
out openly and say SOP"
"That question shows very plainly
that you know nothing about politics.
But will give you one pointer that
may give you little light on the sub
ject: Remember, Kansas must be re.
deemed"
"God save it from such redeemers"
The advocate., 1894-10-17
Present This to Every Voter.

In 1890 the voters of Kansas made
the lower house of the legislature Pop
ulist, and the record shows that the
Populist members Of that house were
faithful to their trust, though they
could not accomplish much. In 1892
the governorship and majority of the
seats in the senate were filed with
Populists, but the supreme court stole
the lower house, and some of the best
legislation the Populists proposed was
defeated by this republican house.
Still, by reason of the small republican
majority in this house, in spite of
itself, there were more good laws made
last session than had been made in the
ten years previous.
Now, the thing to do is to make all
four branches of the state government
Populist and thereby throw the whole
responsibility on that party. If it fails
of it's duty it will then die a natural
death. Give the Peoples party a
chance.
The advocate., 1894-10-17
Why should the Elective Franchise Be EX
tended to WOmeM3
BY GEORGE HAWKINS.

In the first place it should be the
aim of the government to carry out
as near as possible, the principle that
was made the foundation stone of our
republic. namely, that it should be
government of the people, by the peo-
pie and for the people. Since the gov
ernment is for the whole people,
women as much as men are included
in its protection, and women as much
as men are included in the necessity of
obedience to the exactions of law.
If we look upon the right of suffrage
as privilege that every one gladly ac-
cepts, of helping to make the laws by
which he is. governed, the same course
of reasoning would lead us to the con-
clusiOn that women, coming under the
necessity of obedience to law, should
have accorded to them the same pre-.
cious privilege. And if we look upon
the right of suffrage as a duty, that
every one benefited by the law should
render his aid in making the law what
it should be, the obligation as well as
the privilege rests upon all alike to
help make the law, that we like to obey
and that we must obey.
We hear it sometimes said that
women do not take any interest in ma
tionsl affairs. What was the part they
took in the dark days of the rebellion ?
Were not their burdens made heavier
by willingly sending those to the front
who were their main support in the
battles of lifeP The loved ones of
their own fireside were dear to them,
but common interest in the nations
welfare impelled them to say: $50,
my beloved sons, my husband, father
and brothers, although our homes will
be bereft, and many of you will never
return, yet our common country needs
you. Go, and may He that ruleth the
destinies Of nations be with you. Go,
and do your duty"
Who was it but the women of our
country that organized and carried
forward the "Women's Sanitary COM
mission, . an organization that had is
The advocate., 1894-10-17

representatives on every hard fought
battlefield, cared for the wounded in
binding up the bleeding limb, and
cooling the feVered brow and doing
Thousand things that added to the COM
fort Of those who were suffering and
dying, that the government might liveP
Do not try to tell the student of
American history that the women of
this nation are taking no interest in its
welfare. Ours is a common interest,
whether it be prosperity or adVersity.
That system of government which is
favorable to one is not adverse to the
other.
The question with many is: care
they capable of casting an intelligent
ballotP" Go visit our colleges and
universities and you will find women
filling all departments as teachers, in
all of our varied and higher institu-
tions Of learning. Search the class
records, and you will find them stand
ing on an equality in intellectual at
tainments with those of the sterner
sex, oftentimes carrying off the honors
in intellectual, literary and oratorical
contests.
After they leave school you will find
them filling important positions in
nearly all the aVocations of life. Look
at the record of advancing intelligence
that has been made by our public
schools in the last twenty-five years.
Go to the county and state superintend-
ents of those schools and you will find
that about three-fourths of them are
taught by females. And being a teacher
includes teaching the lessons of history
and the principles which actuated the
citizens of the Old World to come to
the New. 1t also implies teaching the
causes and influences which led them
to break loose from the mother country
and establish republic of our own.
1t also includes teaching the causes
which have led to the rise and fall Of
parties, and 1 may justly add the
causes which have led to ithe rise and
fall Of nations. They have to deal
with the policies adopted by political
parties and social reformers of all ages.
They have to teach the rising genera
ton the requisites that go to make
good and patriotic citizens. Now,
after they have done all this, how can
we say that they are not qualified and
entitled by all the claims of justice, to
an equal and undisputed franchise
with menP o, consistency thou art
jewell How is it possible for US to lay
claim to the truth of the statement
that we are living in the land of the
free when the right of suffrage, the
greatest emblem of liberty of which an
American citizen can proudly boast, is
denied to one-half our population.
0keto, Kansas.
The advocate., 1894-10-17
PREPARING FOB SUFFRAGE.
Cicero Takes Decided Stand On the Silver
Question.
NO. XII,
BY CON HEALY.

party on the silver question
"You are mistaken, madam. / am
in full accord with the leading repubi-
cans of the state on that question"
"Then you must have changed your
views very much lately. Only a few
weeks ago, when you were giving me
my first lessons on money, you ad-
vsnced every argument that you could
think of against the coinage of silver,
and now 1 learn through the papers
that nearly every republican politician
and candidate has declared in favor of
free coinage of gold and silver at the
ratio of 16 to l. Now, if you believe
that silver is cheap, dishonest and dan
gerous money, you can not certainly
indorse what these men say about coin
ing it,"
"Your feminine tendency to jump at
conclusions without proper inVestiga-
tion has led you into error again. If
you had read a little more closely, you
would have seen that most of those
men that you refer to have not de.
clsred in favor Of coming silver at 16
to l with gold. Some Of the most
prominent among them say that the
question Of ratio is one to be settled by
international agreement, and l agree
with them perfectly in that"
"Yes, l remember. That was your
position when we talked about it be-
fore, and that was one of the points on
which I disagreed with you. l think it
Is very humilisting to say that we have
to get permission from England or any
other country before we can coin the
kind Of money that our own people are
demanding"
"Now, don't get excited over the
ratio. There is too much stress placed
on that particular point. l like the
stand that Dick Blue takes on that. He
says that he would vote for is to l, or
20 to 1, or any other ratio that he can
get. What we want is to coin silver,
We are not going to be cranky about
the ratio like the Populists are. They
say 16 to or nothing"
81 think they are right about that.
The ratio is the most important thing
in the whole subject. Besides, if the
people vote direct on that point, it will
be settled, and it will prevent a long
wrangle over it in congress. think
there should be more important points
settled at the general elections than
there are. The people would have less
chance and reason to complain of leg.
islation then and would be better salts.
fed"
"You are mistaken about the ratio
being so important. 1t would make no
difference to anyone only the silver
miner"
Chow much silver is there now
coined and in circulation
"About 500 millions"
eff the ratio was changed, that
would all have to be recoined, would it
notP 1t would keep the mints busy
several years doing that, and there
would be no chance to coin new silver
, while that was being DONE"
2 mWell, q year or two wouldn't make
much difference"
ayes, it would. 1t would make a
very great difference to the man who
/. l. oAn..A L. Loco hin hnr,nn O
The advocate., 1894-10-17


deal of misery throughout the country,
and we could at least feel some ripple
Of that great wave of prosperity which
has been promised"
"There is no use in trying to hurry
up things of this kind. Great changes
in the public policy must come slowly
and after much de Iteration.
"Must they? 1 understand that the
demonetizstion of silver came so sud-
denly that scarcely any one knew of it
for several months after it had hap
pened. am told that several of the
most important bills that were ever
passed through congress, that is, those.
in which the people were most inter
ested, were never mentioned in plat
form or discussed in a campaign. l
think if the people had been given
chance to vote directly on those things,
the exception clause would never have
been put in the greenbacks; national
banks would never have been started;
millions of acres Of public lands would
never have been given away to rail
road companies; the credit-strengthen-
ing act would never have been passed,
or even been proposed; and silver
would never have been demonetized."
"You must remember that the peo-
pie might make mistakes as well as
congress has DONE"
81 have no doubt Of that, but if they
did make some mistakes they would
still retain the power to correct them.
1t is different with congress. When
that body makes mistake it seems to
be utterly poWerless TO ever rectify it.
Here it has been twenty years since
congress made the mistake (?l of de
monetizing silver, and after both old
parties promising to rectify it all the
time, they have only got so far along
as to say they are ready to do so now
if foreign nations will only grant them
permission"
"That is not the position Of many Of
the leaders of the republican party, in
Kansas, at least. They have declared
in favor of coming the product of the
American mines regardless of what
other nations may think about it.
"Whst do you mean by coming the
product Of the American minesP"
"I mean that they are in favor Of
coming all the silver that can be pro-
duced in this country and putting such
tariff on foreign silver as to keep it
out. That would help the American
mine owners and prevent this country
from being flooded with the silver Of
the world"
"How inconsistent that is, one mo-
ment refusing to coin silver because it
would benefit nobody but the mine
owners, and the next moment sdyo-
eating a tariff on silver to protect the
mine owners, especially when no owner
of silver mines ever thought Of asking
for protection. All the protection they
want is the privilege of having 81
grains of silver coined into dollar.
No amount of protection could make
it worth any more than that. And, as
to foreign nations flooding US with sill
YER, 1 made you admit not long ago
that there would be no danger of that
under free and unlimited coinage"
"Of course we would need no pro-
The Forrest City times., 1894-05-18
English Gun Fllnts.

The oldest industry in Great Britain older it could hardly be, for it's exist ence has been traced back to the pre- historic stone age-is still being carried on at the village of Brandon on the bor- ders of Norfolk and Suffolk, and is re- ported to be in flourishing condition. It is manufactory of gun and finder box fints The work is done in little sheds, often at the back of townsfolk's cottages. It will naturally be asked, who wants tinder-box fiints and gun Hints in these days of phosphorus matches and Martini Henrys? The answer to the first question is that there is good trade in tinder-box Hints with Spain and Italy, where the finder box still keeps it's ground in very rural districts. Trav- elers in uncivilized regions, moreover, find flint and steel more trustworthy than matches. which are useless after they have absorbed moisture. Gun flints, on the other hand. go mostly to the wild parts of Africa, where our old friend "Brown Bess" sold by auction long ago for what flint musaets would fetch. has found, it. seems, her last refuge.
The Forrest City times., 1894-05-18

pens! TT wasn't you at all as we was goin' to murderl Good Lord above for bidl It was little Polly's pet lamb there! And the missus wanted to turn it in toward the butchers account. and she wanted 1t took away on the sly, be- cause of the children. And me and Jerry we thought 1t would be good chance tonight, when they was all of to singin'-school But the eats out of the bag now, l reckon"
 Sophy Clare sat down on the old patchw ork-covered lounge, with burst of relieved laughter that was almost hystericai. Tho miller clapped his hands on his thigh with force that flour dust Mrs. HarlSins smiled grim ly under the shadow of the sun bonnet, and the children, one and all. set up a howl of depreciation over the fate of their beloved, woolly lamb!
 MT. Tucker" said Sophy Clare, as soon as she was able to regain com mand over her voice, "don't take poor little Snowflake away! l will pay her value to these good people for the sake of the relief I now feel And the chill dren shall not lose their pet.
 Its only lamb" said Miller liar kins, who did not know what sentiment was.
 But it's the children's darling" pleaded Sophy.
 And so Snowfiake's life was saved, and Sophy Clare's fright all went for nothing.
 But she could never pass Jeremiah Slocum afterward without shudder. And the very sound of Hal Fuckers voice, speaking in the twilight, was enough to blanch her cheek.
 For she had been terribly frightened poor little Sophy Clare.--Amy Ran dolph, in N. Y Ledger.
The Forrest City times., 1894-05-18
TOO MUCH STYLE.
Grassy Ridge Was Not Used to Such
 HIghfaluting Ways.

VhyN
 The coming of the Yankee school mistress into some of the western states occurred soon after the general esta blishmen mt of the free school system. The influence of the newcomers was particularly manifest in broadening of human sympathies. People were led to look beyond the narrow horizon that had hitherto limited their vision. James Baldwin, in Scribner's Maga- tress was seven weeks wonder to many of her Hoosier patrons. If she knew how to adapt herself to their modes of life, however, and could gradually and without ostentation in :. troduce what she believed to be better methods, she was rot long in gaining their confidence. If. on the other hand, she failed to appreciate the prej- udices and depr{vations of those among whom she had come, her career of use- fitness was not likely to be long one.
 They didn't like the Yankee school missus they hired over to the Grassy Ridge deestrict,' overheard one farm CT say to another.
 "Why so? Wasn't she a good teacher?"
 Well, reckon she did know thing or two, and she could manage the young fellers admirable. But she couldn't rest content with book-teach- in. and wanted to change everybody's manner of Twin right off. The Grassy folks just naturally couldn't put up with her way of learnin' the children compliments, anyhow"
 Compliments? Whats them?'
 Why, bein' polite, you know. She tried to learn 'em to say If you please, mum, and Thank ye. sir and I beg 1 your pardon. and all that kind of stuff And she was so blamed finiclSy that she didn't like for the girls to come to school barefooted. and she wanted the boys to yank off their hats at her whenever they met her on the road. It was too much style for the Grassy i folks, l reckon"
The Forrest City times., 1894-05-18
A VOICE or BYGONE DAYS.

Could l but hear the voice once mora That thrilled my heart in days of yore, Its sweet pathetic. tender power would soothe my spirits darkest hour Before those notes of joy or pain, The warbing bird would cease its strain: And hov'rine lightly on the wing, Enraptured hear its rival sing. Oh. wondrous power, sweet gift divinsi For which my wearied soul doth pine: Oh. may hear It's sounds on high, Mid angels voices in the sky
 Helen Wilkie, in Chambers Journal.
The Forrest City times., 1894-05-18

Simplicity of manner IS the last att tainment. Men are very long afraid of being natural. from the dread of being taken for ordinary.-Jeffrey.
The Forrest City times., 1894-05-18
Encouraging.

Tt was this way said De Snappy. "I wasn't over fifteen and he was twenty-five. We were boxing. and he hit me on the chest. I fell over back ward, hit my head on the fen der. and was knocked senseless"
 Dear me. How horrid." cried Maud, sympathetically. But wouldn't care. You'll recover some time, Charlie. You're only twenty three Iiarper's Bazar.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-02-22
The VIlest Nav Return

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb. 9.-When
Evangelist Sam Jones called for pen.
itents last night at the Gospel Taber-
nacle in this city, Rhere he Is holding
a revival, the first person in the line Of
those Eho went forward to take his OK.
tended palm was no less parsonage
than Hon. john j. ingalls,. Mr.. ingalls,
has been In Nashville several days and
will lecture here tonight. His presence
at the tabernacle last night was con-
spicuous and 1t was noticed that he
took a deep interest, several times
laughing and joining in other demon.
strations as the unique Georgia preach.
or In turn roasted and cajoled the sin
ners.
81 endorse every word you say" he
marked earnestly, as he grasped the
evangellst's hand.
God bless you," responded Mr.. Jones
fervently.
"Possibly," said one who witnessed
the scene, "the decalogue may after all
have place in politics and hope for
the politicians prove more than an ir-
rideScent dream"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-02-22
Murder of an Aeed Couple.

KNOXVILLE, TENN, Feb. 9.-Henry
'noderiv, aged 81, and his wife, agea 70,
were murdered on Thursday night.
about 8 o'clock, 10 Union County. eiph.
teen miles from Knoxville. The news
OF tragedy reached this place about noon.
The old mau WAS very wealthy and was
Known to have O large sum of monev
c'ncealed about his house. His grand
son Lying with him had occasion to 20
on an errand to the mill near oy. He
opened the door and saw two masked
men on the outside armed with revol-
vers. He sprang back, but q volleY was
fired and Snoderly fell dead. Another
was Tired and Mrs. SnoderlY was killed.
The burglars covered the young man
With their pistols and ordered him to
find his grandfAther's money. The boy
pulled the drawers out of the bureau and
emptied them in the bed. Finding an
opportunity while they were searching
for the money he sprang out of tho door
escaped to alarm the neighborhood. AZ
ter searching the house the burglary
saddled two fine horse and escaped in thv
direction Of Knoxville. 1t ls said they
secured only 5000. No accurate descrip.
ton could be given on account of the
mack, but the robbers were trailed to
within five miles of Knoxville. It bs-
lieved they were city mon and may DO
concealed somewhere around here. The
'police and force of deputy sheriffs are
securing the city and county.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-02-22
RohhaIa.

Ll4H Z S. .Hr Hal n
COLUMBIA. 8. c., Feb. ,9.--Last
nlght about 10 O'Clock o trio of pe@r"
vagaoonds forcikly entered coIoscS
sqaamS,s IamM.sn house 9 Oh the farm Of General
from fpiSn, Uo1n,mb1s aP1at four and onehalf miles
plstol, no was made to give M pGtno .1, Is ot ,
rauons 80 a ne had In his house. Thev M " thns ,ne
marched HIM out aud made him 10y eo snen .a,,s,,
THnp. 1nSm to the" tho residence Of Miss Hampton tom
and um9tS srnroS, snoy broke Into the store house
Clothing and groceries. From there eu not, 10
oelng satisfled With booty obtained thaw s
came back o mile up the road and hroSe
into toe store house of Col. John Has
ksll. While there white man on The ths
tn R,ace Uncovered them and fred upon.
tneh, put they made their escape. The
supposition is they belong to the lot % oP
newnegroes who have como her In the 70 .
nope OF getting work at the neusS, min
when 1t commences business.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-02-22
DlaaStious Storm,

BERLIN, Feb. 13.-Reports of loss of
life and damage to property by yester-
days stormscontinued to be received
from all parts Of the country. Among
the many dispatch received, giving dc,
tails of the storm, is one from Ride
burg, a small town in Saxony, one from
Pepzlin, in Mecklenburg Scbewerin,
one from Rlntein, in Hesse. n Nassau,
and one from Sonderburg, on the south.
vest side of Island ST Alsen, in the
Baltic. AT Rsadeburg, scatfo folding
upon which a number Of men were
working was blown down and four of
the workmen were instantly killed.
Some of the other amen who tell with
the scatfolding were injured At Pen
zl1n, a house was blown down and all
the inmates were buried in the ruins.
Seven children we're either crushed to
death or scaff ocated. at RintelE, the
tallchimney Of the stove and glass
works was blown over. Some Of the
bricks struck three persons, killing
them instantly. At Sonderburg, d
bridge collapsed and several peT3ons
who wee ON It we're killed.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-02-22
What VIII Become OF Porvis

JACKSON. Miss, Fab. 14.--Attorne Y
General Johnston, In the name Of tn Q
State, has made motion In tho Su-
preme Court in the case of Will Purvis
to have the question settled In or der to
nave new sentence passed eithe by
the supreme Court or Circuit Court, as
Tue supreme Court may SEQ proper to
determine. The motion will be present
cd to the Supreme Court next Monday.
Section 3467 provides that the sen.
tence of the Supreme Court In all GRIM
mail cases brought before 1t shall be ex-
ecuted IN like manner as If passed by
the court In which the prosecution Or
lg1nated, while Section 1451 provides
tnat the mode and manner in which the
Circ ut Court may resentence convict
where the convict has not been executed
according to the original judgment of
the court, Ond this provides that the
convict shall be brought before the Cir
Cult Court on writ of habeas corpus.
me question which arises Is whether
this case, in which the sentence was
not executed by the sheriff was promo
unced by the Supreme Court aad where
the sheriff was acting under the man
date of the Supreme Court, comes
within the terms of Section 1451 and
whether 1t Is a case proper for the Cir
cult Court to award the new sentence,
The whole matter can be readily dc.
termined on this motion by the Su-
preme Court and the proper direction
given by the court in the premises. Ex-
hausted inquiry confirms the belief
heretofore telegraphed that Purvi will
be dealt with under Section 1861, Code
OF 1892, that the Supreme Court has
nothing to do with the case and that It
will be so stated.