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The advocate., 1894-05-02

The Brooklyn bridge is just ten years
old. The cities were allowed to build it
for themselves, az capitalists saw no
money in 1t. Fifteen thousand people
crossed it one day last week. It's cable
fare, reduced to 216 cents, provides
surplus revenue Of half q million dollars.
The bridge will last q thousand years
and cost the people nothing. It is pay
ing as fast as the bonds can be redeemed.
Capitalists are now ready to build two
more bridges, better and more costly
ones. They see money In it now. Do
the people see anythingH-Twentieth
Century.
The advocate., 1894-05-02
OFFICIAL STATE PAPER.

is with congress-. There are men in con.
gress for whom some of these marching
men voted. There are men whose hard
hands have been lovingly pressed by the
candidate during campaign time, and
they are coming to remind their beloved
representatives In congress OF roseate,
sunny.hued campaign promises, and
they viii not turn their way-worn feet
away from Washington until their er-
rand IL accomplished.
Newspaper reports make General
Weaver say that he cannot lndOrse MIR.
Coxey's cOmmonweal; that the proper
thing to do is TO wait for the ballot box
to send enough men TO congress to ad-
just matters in the regular way. Well,
yea, that would bs the proper thing, /
suppose. But hungry, homeless men
sometimes got tired waiting for congress
TO do the proper thing. It's nice and
easy to be proper with congress or some
other Office in prospective. But some Of
these marching men voted for Marion
Cannon, Of California. Some of them
remember that by trusting to proper
methods in Alabama Captain Kolb was
counted out. Some OF them remember
that pr oper methods retired Tom Wat
son, Of Georgia. Proper methods In
Kansas eliminated in Senator Martin.
Proper methods means waiting until q
majority in the house, Q change Of the
senate, and q man instead Of tool in
TIE White House. Proper methodA re-
quire several lengthy years and moreeor
less OF uncertainties of the common
variety. Meanwhile hunger ia unCom-
Portable, and the blue aky a thin cover
ing. And whether We indorse or not the
march Is started and all hands would
better fall into line and see to 1t that it's
present, patient, peaceful temper is
maintained. Only thus can the "over-
whelmiDg calamity" be svsrted. This
congress; THIS ONE, not q future one,
must give relief in the shape Of employ
ment TO the masses. Only thus can the
nation be saved and bloOdshed avoided.
So send along the sentiment, and also
car loads of sugtenSnce for the common
wealers. ANNIE L. DIGas.
The advocate., 1894-05-02
TRAMP, TRAMP, TRAMP.
The Life of a COmmOnweal Soldier
Not One Of Luxury.

Not One OF Luxury.
The army Of the unemployed is still
marching from all directions toward
Washington, and while the alarm caused
by vague apprehension has subsidized in
m ost places, the interest in the move
m emit seems to be as intense az ever.
Before this issue of the ADVOCATE
reaches it's readers, it is probable that
hat division under command Of Coxey
will be in the shadow Of the capital dome
at Washington, and the overshadowing
fear among the statesmen, the fear born
of guilty conscience, will probably have
been allsyed.
There is humorous side to this COM
monweRl business. According to the
press dispatches Of the past week q
special guard has been put on duty
about the executive mansion, and an
other over the vault in which the cash
for congressmen's salaries ia kept. These
and other similar precautions having
been taken, Washington waits with
bRted breath.
One incident OF the week calculated
to throw discrsdit upon the army was,
that northwestern contingent Of about
$50 men under command Of q man
named Hogan, capturing Union Pacific
train of ngine and freight cars at Butte,
Montana, and running it to Forgythe,
where they were captured by United
States troops on Wednesday night. The
property Of the Union Pacific being in
the hands Of United States receivers
gave an excuse for the troops to take
charge Of the train and the men who had
taken it.
At Troutdsle, Ore, on Friday, they
took an engine from the general man
ager's car 80 as not to interfere with
traffic, and used it to pull their box cars
for some distance eastward.
In Ohio, Governor Mckinley ordered
out the militia to prevent the Calvin
division from taking B. & o. train at
Mt. Sterling. These men insisted on
riding east, but at the command Of the
militia officers they abandoned the train
peacefully. They said they did not want
to destroy property or violate any law il
they could avoid it.
ARRIVED AT WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, April 30.-The Coxey
advance guard, about $50 strong, ar
rived here yesterday and camped at
Brightwood park. Thousands from the
city turned out to make q holiday Of it
and inspect the curious aggregation.
Thick clouds Of dust overhung the two
roads leading to BrightwoOd from the
city all day long, and they were plowed
with more travel than custOmarily. Two
endless professions swept along the
roads all day with such variety OF travel
sEs 20 has never turned out inWaahingt0n
The advocate., 1894-05-02
PLUMB'S PREDICTION.
Republicans Did Not Heed 1t and
Democrats We're Equally
tInWiSe.

Democrats We're Equally
UnWiSe.
Washington Correspondence
1t was in 1890, was 1t mot, when Ssna-
tor Plumb said, nothing but an over
whelming calamity can arouse this Coun-
try to a sense Of the danger of It's vi
clOus financial policy. It was
republican financial policy Of which he
spoke. Not ons letter Of that republi-
can financial legislation was changed in
order to enable Grover to show up lts
latent panic-makiDg possibilities.
Please every body remember that the
country 10 just now tasting the ripe
fruitage Of republican finance and repub-
liCan tariff. Not one line Of Mckinley
ism has been erased. And please do try
to see that system Of protection to
the American lsborer" which ia so frail
and so rickety as to topple to ruin fOr
no earthly reason than because some
body threatens to give 1t black eye ia
hardly able bodied enough to afford Rd-
equRte protection to several millions
Of workingmen.
Senator Plumb's Overwhelming ca
lsmity is getting quite too close to the
national capital. Congress does not
quite know what to do with this mon
ster Of it's own creation. With Coxey
few hundred miles away it was quite
easy to be funny and crack jokes; but
with Coxey twenty miles away the case
is different. Congress feels the cold
chills running down its back. Congress
knows just how to wax eloquent in be-
half OF the honest toiler 80 long az said
toiler stays at o safe distance and quiz
etly stsrves in city slums or trsmps
singly ami alone across the continent
and back in search OF work. But this
uncanny fashion Of organization among
the unemployed! that is sinful, scandal.
Gus! The impudenoe and bad manners
Of such proceeding Ia quite shocking to
senatorial politsness. These beggary
"commonweslers" and "industriRlists"
are quite irritating to congress and also
to the three high and unhappy District
commissioners who stand guard over
the citizens Of Washington. These lat
ter perplexed officials ransacked the
books for statutes whereby to justify q
prohibition OF Coxey. Finding nothing
strong enough they issued wsiling doc
ument calling upon all good citizens 10
discourage Mr.. OoxeY from trespsssing
upon soil made sacred by the tread Of
Hsvermeyer, Huntington and other lob
lyists.
It is astonishing how many bad cit-
zens this commissioners document
brought TO the front They 60 30 far as
to remind the commissioners that the
were not coming to
Washington to pay their respects to dis
trict officials. The commonWeal eErAnd
The advocate., 1894-05-02
TOPEKA, KANSAS, MAY 2, 1894.

since war times. Every horse and wheel
vehicle in the city had apparently been
pressed into the service, while the little
trolly railroad line which was built foE
the benefit OF suburban residents was
ridiCulOusly inadequate to the demand
upon it.
The question which has most agitatsd
Washington Of late was propoundsd to
Coxsy by the Associated press reporter,
"WhAt he you intend to do when the
police prevent you from holding your
meeting in the capitol groundsH" he
asked.
mo one will prevent u.s." replied the
seer from MRsillon. "Does not the con-
stitution guarantee the right to peaCea-
bly, assemble and petition congreGs?"
"But there 10 q police regulation
passed by congress which forbids pro-
cesaions and assemblages on the capitol
grounds, and the police viii stop your
army il it attempts to trespsss."
'"The constitution was written before
any police regulations" replied the gen.
ersl. "If they come in contact with the
constitution they are void. We stand
aquarely upon the constitution; that is
our platform"
"How do you intend to enforce your
rights?"
"There is but one way, by an appeal
to the courts. We will go before the
highest courts in the land il necessary
Meanwhile we will wait here in Wash
ington If it takes all summer. II the
courts refuse us our rights there will be
@ revolution. / do not advocate revolu-
tion nor do I desire it, but it will be ir-
resistible and it will be the greatest rev.
olution Of history, IL the American peo-
pie are once thoroughly aroused"
MRS. DIGGs THERE.
A real, live woman has joined the
army. She is Annie L. Diggs, Of the
Topeka ADVOCATE, and she ia we'll
known throughout Kansas and other
parts Of the west as q labor sgitstor.
She came up from Washington on q
late train this evening, and within an
hour was wearing the white and-gold
badge Of g regular marshall.
Nothing to compare with this move
ment has ever happened in the history
Of the world" said Mrs. Diggs, land it
is absolutely certain to work q revolu-
tion in the condition of the laboring
Glasses. The members Of the common
veal have been called 'hoboes.' / sm
proud of being q hobo for l believe
that the name will become q term Of
honor within the next decade.
"The people Of Washington are all in q
furry over the coming of the common
veal. Some of them are shaking in their
shoes with fear, and others are fairly
laughing their eyes out, but only q few
Of us understand the significance Of this
great movement. Many Washington
women are greatly interested in the
cOatialIed on pdGes.
The advocate., 1894-05-02

You ought to read the nsw book 1.-THE
Dogs and the Fleaa." Sec premium Lat.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-01
No Time to Get Even.

Old Mr.. johnson, Familiarity known as
"Uncle Zeke." was so fond of his coppers
as to have acquired the reputation Of be-
ing a 'leetle Nigh" but he was also fond
of creature comforts. Sometimes it tax.
ed his ingenuity to reconcile these con-
aicting tastes.
The citizens of Midtown were noted
for getting up entertainments of a social
and edible nature called subscription
parties" and Uncle Zeke was almost in
variably IL of the participants. He sat
isfied his desire for economy, however,
by fasting for a certain length of time
beforehand.
On one occasion a party was hastily
arranged in honor of some transient
guest of the town, and Uncle Zeke was
informed of the affair on the forenoon Of
the very day on which the entertainment
was to be given.
mo, no." said the old man emphatic
ally. 81 should have ben happy to go il
you'd gin me more notice. You gin'rally
charge about four times what it's with
anyway, but if l have a chance to gil
ready / can git about half my moneys
with. AS it is, l can't go this time. It's
too short notice. youths Companion
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-01
Decided to Pop.

A Detroiter who came east from the
Pacific slope via the Union Pacific road
this spring fell in with an old chap i'll
Wyoming one day and started converse
ton by observing:
"Some portions of this country seem
to be excellent farming lands?'
"Mebbe they ar" was the indiffer-
ent reply.
"Seems to be plenty of timber for all
uses?"
"Mebbe thar is"
"Going to be a great country some
day.
'Mebbe it ar"
81 suppose" said the Detroiter, de-
termined to break down the others re-
serve, Il suppose there is lots of game
out here?'
"Mebbe thar is" was the monoto-
nous reply.
81 had an idea you lived in Wyo-
ming?"
"Mebbe l do"
Excuse me if l have annoyed you.
Perhaps you don't feel well?'
I'm feelin all right, but was kinder
| busy thinkin."
"Then l won't interrupt you. Being
II stranger, l was naturally interested
in the country, you know"
Eyes, | know. Go ahead and ask
anything you want to"
but you are thinking"
"I've got through. 1t wasn't much
to think about, arter all. 1 live at Lar
annie. Ole Jim Doty, who lives up al
Benton, sent word to me t'other day
that / was a liar. I'm on my way up tt
see him about it. Twas thinkin whether
l orter pop him from the car windel
when we git thar, or jump off and gil
him a show to take it back. I've settled
it in my mind that I'll pop him, and ST
I'm ready to answer any questions a
fur as | kin. detroit Free Press.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-01

Just how much a hotel proprietor
can afford to lose through the failure
of guests to pay their hotel bills is
not so simple a question as it seems.
Every hotel keeper must lose some
money in this way. 1t is as imprac-
teal to demand payment in advance
as it is impossible for the hotel keep
or to secure his account through seiz-
ing baggage. Losses thus sustained
in the hotel business depend largely
upon the good judgment Of those in
charge of the Office or the authority.
whatever it may be, for extending
credit. No hotel laws against beats
and crooks can rid a hotel from en-
failing such losses, and hotels will
lose money in this manner so long as
they do business. That no Offense
may be given to honest, good paying
patrons, the hotel man proceeds care
fully in refusing credit, and herein is
where the difficulty lies. Until mind
reading shall have become the sixth
sense of the hotel keeper or clerk a
loss account will continue to figure
conspicuously on the hotel ledger
Hotel World.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-01

Men who have hunted woodchucks
know that they never climb trees. That
is, it is not their nature to do SO, and no
one familiar with their habits would be-
lieve that one ever did unless he saw it
himself. The pastor tf a little Baptist
church in Kentucky knew this character.
istic of the animal, and on it based a
story. The congregation was in debt
$500 for it's new church, and one Sunday
was set for making an appeal for sub
scriptions. In the course of his exhorta.
ton that the members of his flock be lib
eral, the minister said:
This congregation is like a wood
chuck a man once told me about. He
was hunting the woodchuck with dogs,
he said, and they pressed it so closely
that it finally climbed a tree.
but l said to my friend, wood
chucks can't climb trees, and You know
it.
"'This woodchuck had to climb a
tree replied my friend, and that's the
way it is with this congregation. You
say you can't raise $500. but you've got
| to do it."
The congregation saw the point, and
$3.50 was raised on the spot, and the rest
was secured that week.-New Yorl
Tribune.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-01
No Time Wasted.

Mr.. w. H. Dawson, in his book
Germany and the Germans" thus
describes the peculiar methods of one
of his university professors: 1.-THE
moment he opened the door of the
lecture room, and before his hat was
removed, he began his discourse, and
by the time his coat had been hung
against the wall he was deep in his
subject. Sometimes he looked at his
hearers, but more frequently he
turned his face to a side window
while speaking and contemplated
space. The clock having struck, he
would rise from his seat, and still
speaking would dress and advance to
the door, and his last words might
sometimes be heard resounding
through the corridors"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-01
Didn't Tangle Him.

The satisfaction that every one must
feel at the triumph Of the boy is due to
the same feeling which prompts a big
hearted man to take the part Of the Gun
der dog"
Walter was the important witness,
and one of the lawyers, after cross ques-
tioning him severely, said:
Your father has been talking to you
and telling You how to testify. hasn't
he?"
YES" said the boy.
Now" said the lawyer, ''just tell
us how your father told You to testify"
"Well," said the boy modestly, ''fa-
ther told me that the lawyers would try
to tangle me, but if l would just be
careful and tell the truth l could tell
the same thing every time"
The lawyers didn't try to tangle
that boy any more. Massachr
Ploughman.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-01
HOPseShOeA


There are plenty of well authenti-
Gated instances where horseshoes
have played important parts in saw
ing life, which possibly may have had
something to do with their being SO
generally regarded as good luck
bringers. Among the collections OF
old English lore is an account of
Queen Margaret watching from
Muckleston church tower the battle
Of Blore Heath in 1459, and when the
Lancastrian leader, Lord Audley, fell,
and the queen saw the battle would
be lost, she made her escape by hav-
ing her blacksmith reverse the shoes
of her horse, which sc misled her
pursuers that, having started unob-
served, she was successful in throw
ing them off her track and conse-
quently reached the bishop of Lich-
fields castle at Eccleshall in safety.
There was an incident or two con-
nected with our late civil war, where
escape was effected in a similar way,
and Yankee ingenuity credited with
originating what this account shows
a women to have been bright enough
to make use of away back in the mid
die ages, and 80 years before Column
bus first started out to discover Amer
lea.
There are plenty of recorded in
stances where this stratagem has
proved successful in more recent
years, but this is the earliest of which
we can find any well authenticated
account.-American Horse Breeder.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-01
v YOU ONCE.

And did you think my heart
Could keep its love unchanging,
Fresh as the buds that start
In spring, nor know e~strangingf
Listen! The buds depart. -.
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Iloved you once, but now yh
! love you more than ever. M
'Tis not the early love. I'm
With day and night it alters, 'A84
And onward still must move,
Like earth, that never falters E
For storm or star above. { f385
loved you once, but now 'Nls.F'
love you more than ever. d
With gifts in those glad days =.
How eagerly l sought you!
Youth, shining hope and praise
These were the gifts l brought You.
In this world little stays.
Iloved you once, but now
Hove you more than ever. y
A child with glorious eyes
Here in our arms half sleeping
So passion wakeful lies.
Then grows to manhood, keeping
Its wistful, young surprise.
loved you once, but now &
love you more han ever.
When ages pinching air :
Strips summers rich possession
And leaves the branches bare,
My secret in confession
Still thus with you I'll share.
Iloved you once, but now
Hove you more than ever. ;
C. p. Lathrop.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-01
RelYium'S Lame King.

For a lame monarch the activity
of Leopold II, king of the Belgians, is
unparalleled. He has been known
to battle in the morning at Ostend,
sign dispatches in Brussels at noon
and be shooting in the Ardennes be.
fore nightfall. His arrangements are
frequently made without premedita-
ton. He is an enthusiast in railway
matters, hates horse riding, is never
e in his own capital except in a
closed English brougham and would
appear to have now added a tricycle.
to his means of locomotion Brussels
Letter.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-01
Getting Back at the Judge

A barrister named Bushe was max
ing a speech for the defense when
an ass began to bray loudly outside
the court. "Wait a moment" said
the chief baron. "One at a time,
Mr.. Bushe, if you please" The bar
rister waited for a chance to retort,
and it came presently. When O'Grady
was charging the jury, the ass again
began to bray, if possiblem more loudly
than before. Il beg your pardon, my
lord" said Bushe. May I ask you
to repeat your last wordse There is
such an echo in this court l did not
quite catch Boston Home
Journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-01
The Modern Pillow.

IN JUG AWE Fl
Thomas Jefferson invented the
modern plow. There were plOws, of
course, thousands of years before the
time of the Sage of Monticello, but
he first laid down the mathematical
principles that underlie the construc-
ton of the pillow and Sc enabled any
blacksmith tomake one. A pillow con
sists of two wedges, a cutting and a
lifting wedge, and Jefferson discov-
cred and enunciated the proportions
of.each and the relations each bore to
the other. Before his day no two
smiths made plows alike. Now they
are all made in accordance with a
mathematical formula. Exchange.
A Plain Fact.
The teacher in geography was putting
the class through a few simple tests.
"On which side of the earth is the
north pole?' she inquired.
"On the north side, " came the unan.
imous answer.
Son what side is the south pole?"
"On the south side"
CHOW, on which side are the most
people?"
This was a poser, and nobody answer
ed. Finally a very young scholar held
up his hand.
IT know" he said h~esitatingly, as if
the excess Of his knowledge were toe
much for him.
GOOD for you," said the teacher en-.
couragingly. "Tell the class III which
side the most people are"
Son the outside, " piped the young.
stor, and whatever answer the teacher
haE in her mind was lost in the shuttle.
-Exchange.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-01
The Height of Courtesy.

Clara-Can't you come around to see me
tomorrow night, dear?
Maud-Is it anything important?
Clara-Oh, yes. Your fiance is to be here
-!Tru tb
Bounty.
He had come from afar to VOC the ma
tive princess.
But he had got left at that.
His tawny locks and pink and white
complexion contrasted strangely with
her ebon hue as he stood and hoped
against hope after she had told him it
was impossible.
But" he protested, 81 cannot live
without you"
A sad, sweet smile curved her lips,
and a softer light shone from her lus-
trous orbs.
"You are mistaken, sir" she said.
He started, and his face flushed.
"Doubtest my word?" he demanded.
She shook her head.
sNo, mon cher
She had picked up a few words of
French from a couple of bunko steerers
who had visited her father, the king.
sit is because you do not under
stand. You can live without me. Bread
grows wild here"
She clapped her hands, and slaves came
and carried him out.-Detroit Tribune.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-01
All But.
"Dear Mabel, do you love me?"

"Dear Mabel, do you love me?'
"O-h, George"
Don't you, Mabel? Just a little tiny
bit?'
Well, yes, George"
And if l married you, would your
father give us IA separate establishment"
Eyes. George"
And take he into partnerships"
Eyes. George"
"And would your mother keep away
from us, except when l invited herr"
"She would, George"
"Aud your brothers and sisters too"
"Why, certainly, George"
"And of course the old gent would
settle my debts"
"Of course, George"
"1)arling, will you marry me"
mo. George!"-Truth.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-01
A Eanliliar

An Irishman in France was challenged
by a Frenchman to fight a duel, to which
he readily consented, and suggested shil-
lelaghs.
"That won't do" said the second. "As
the challenged party, you have the right
tochoose the arms, but chivalry demands
that you should decide upon a weapon
with which Frenchmen are familiar"
as that So" returned the Irishman.
"Then, begorra, We'll foight wild guillo-
tines. "--Brooklyn Life.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-01
The REQUISITE Qualifications.

isis, | think you had better shine my
shoes and wash the Dishes" said a
wealthy New Yorker to his sister, VINO
moves in aristocratic circles.
What do you mean by such nom
serse!' she asked.
mo nonsense about it. see you are
flirting with an Italian count. If you
are going to marry him you ought to he
fitting yourself for the position."-Texas
Siftjnps,