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The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1894-01-03

management, we do not consider that
there is anything as yet to support
The plan presented is incomplete and
vitality defective. This fact is now
recognized by those most intimately
connected with it. and it is proposed
at the meeting on the 9th inst, to
employ the sblest legal talent and
endeavor to overcome the obstacles
that present themselves, and devise q
plan that is practicable, and that will
afford safety to those who invest in
it. If this is done satisfactorily the
scheme will have no more ardent sup
porter than the ADVOCATE. If it is
not done it will not merit support.
This is the status Of the railroad
scheme and our feeling in regard to
it at this time; and nothing could be
more unfortunate for the scheme
itself than premature and unsuthor.
lied solicitations for it by irrespon-
sible parties
One thing more, SINCE Mr.. Ballard
has chosen to refer to it in a very un-
called for manner in this paper. He
intimstes that the electric light COM
pany declined to put lights in the
rooms of his news bureau at the die
tation of Mr.. Hopkins. The facts
are that he desired the company to
make the connections for his benefit
with the Populist League meter
which would have made the league
responsible for his light. To this
Mr.. Hopkins objected, and if the
electric light company did not choose
to put the lights in his Office unless
they were connected with the league
meter, there was probably another
reason for it rather than the "dicta-
tion" of Mr.. Hopkins. Mr.. Hopkins
"dictation" referred to nothing ex-
cept the connection of the wires.
Now if we have done Mr.. Ballard
or his associates any injustice IN these
remarks we shall stand ready to make
a correction at any time. The facts
seem now to be as here stated. An
honorable and straightforward course
is always best in the long run and
will command respect from enemies
as well as friends, and it is good
policy, especially for strangers in
community, to avoid even the appear
snce of evil, lest one be suspected Of
wrong intentions and sacrifice the
confidence he might otherwise have
hoped to gain.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1894-01-03
THAT LEFTER BUREAU.

Whb hppV4AVOA w O@NS"VSN W. A
arrangements for a weekly letter
from Topeka to the several papers OF
the state. The committee have in
view, if possible, to furnish that letter
free, or at most at the triAing cost Of
postage, and by the plan under con-
sideration we think it can be done.
Although we had held no regular
meeting prior to our issue of last
week we had some correspondence
upon the subject and the committee
was agreed upon the plan that should
be attempted.
Last week we stated that certain
parties had attempted to forestall
any action the committee might de-
sire to take by sending out circulars
proposing to undertake this cores
pondence without authority Of the
committee. Mr.. Ballard in his ''Hur.
rikin" says our statement was false.
Let us see whether it was or not. The
circular he sent out begins as fol-
lows:
"Mr............, Editor rof.......o....,
A Letter Bureau has been opened in aO
cordance with the views expressed BY the
members Of the Reform Press Association
at it's last meeting"
Now if he was starting this news
bureau upon his own responsibility
why did he make that statement. He
knew very well that committee had
been appointed to carry out the views
of the association. and he knew more
over, that he had no authority from
the committee to say that hls pro-
posed letter was IN accordance with
the plan of the association.
We do not care how many letters
Mr.. Ballard writes nor what he gets
for them, but we do not propose that
he shall impose them upon the asso-
cistion under false colors. That Is
all upon this subject.
There are some other things that
we desire to say, however, while writ
ing about Mr.. Ballard. We do not
know him and would be sorry to do
him an injustice; but his course in
connection with the gulf and inter-
state railroad scheme has been such
as to arouse suspicion that he and his
associates are trying to bleed some
body; and the president and secretary
of the provisional board appointed at
the meeting recently held IN this city
to devise plan for the building OF
such q road have therefore felt called
upon to caution the public against
imposition. This they have done in
the daily papers Of the city and in
the ADVOCATE. We would remind Mr..
Ballard that if he is intending to do a
legitimate and honorable business In
this city he is making q very unfortu-
nate beginning.
We now desire to add q word in
reference to the railroad scheme itself.
We published the proceedings Of the
meeting held in this city and the
plan as far as completed, which was
The oasis., 1894-08-09

THE Chicago Record Washington correspondent notes that when the conferees having the tariff bill in hand agreed to come to an agreement We'd nesday of last week MT. Wilson sought Speaker Crisp and talked with him half an hour or more. He then slipped down the back stairs, jumped upon a cable car and went to the white house. where he was in close consultation with the president for nearly an hour. At the same time Senator Jones went downtown by the other line of cars and had talk with MT. German and MT. Smith, who at once went over to the Arlington hotel and consulted with Mir. Reed, MT. Searle and MT. Terrell of the sugar trust. Then it was announced that an agreement was almost reached, which might stick and might not. That meant that it was submitted to the sugar trust for rati- fication.
The oasis., 1894-08-09

EVERY time there is a small war or disturbance in Asia the newspapers teach people new system of ortho- graphy for Asian names. It was once Corea. Now they are insisting on Korea. Formerly large portion of the human race in that part of the world were Hindoos. Some years ago they became Hindus. Formerly the ruler of Afghanistan was the Emir. In the last war there he became the Ameer. So on ad minimum.
The oasis., 1894-08-09

THE Chicago Record says that Eff the Asiatics were not sluggish they would have overrun Europe long ago and ere this would have descended up- on the North American continent ' Guess the editor never visited Jack son, Dupont and adjacent streets in San Francisco.
The oasis., 1894-08-09

THE Martin will case on trial in San Francisco, is an evidence of what peo- pie will do for money. A woman of the highest responsibility, sits in court and brazenly listens to testimo- ny of her own dishonor and the illegit- imacy of her own child, in order to substantiate the child's claim to for tune for which she sues.
The oasis., 1894-08-09

IF statehood for Arizona is no bet ter founded than to be affected by the opposition of Governor Hughes as- serted-it certainly stands on very slim foundation. If the assertion of Hughes goes farther at Washington than the repeated declarations of other prominent democrats, and re- iterated resolutions by numerous mass meetings, public bodies, etc., then should all the rest of Arizona hide their diminished heads and give Hughes carte blanche to doas he likes. But the Gazette story is too diaphon- ous.
The oasis., 1894-08-09
WHEN a very good lawyer and emln.

WHEN very good lawyer and emin- ent judge declares a decision by an other good lawyer and eminent judge is bad law, they say the critic is de magogue." When one good editor makes faces in print at another they call the first "disturber.n When one good preacher attacks the particular religious teachings of another he Is a ''persecutor" and ''inquisitor," while he thinks his victim "heretic Why don't these good folk all emulate the doctors, who all help each other bury their mistakes?
The oasis., 1894-08-09

AT the proper moment a motion to adjourn convention or mass meeting sine de sometimes saves heap of trouble later on. No one more fully realizes that fact than NJ. H. Calder wood of Maricopa county, and it is generally observed that he is always in the exact nick of time with such a motion.
The oasis., 1894-08-09

HENRY CLEws, the Wall street banker proposes to keep up the gold reserve by making customs duties pay able in gold coin. That is the way it was during the war, and the conse- quent premium on gold gave Wall street something to gamble with. That is what it wants now.
The oasis., 1894-08-09

HENRY GEORGE thinks the govern ment should own the railroads; but adoption of the single tax would cure the difficulty. His single tax theory is like the sole remedy of some physi- cians-a cureall,
The oasis., 1894-08-09

THE first accident on the Brooklyn bridge, which has been in operation ten years, occurred Sunday. A car wheel broke and the car was princi- pitatedto the roadway, fifteen feet be- low. Several were injured, but none killed.
The oasis., 1894-08-09

AND now the treasury department has put the face of Josie Mansfield on silver certificate. Next thing the "phiz" of Jim Fisk will look at people from of the currency.
The oasis., 1894-08-09

THE democratic platform in 1892 called for free raw material,r and congress seems to be trying to satisfy the demand with talk. It may te raw, but it isn't material.
The oasis., 1894-08-09

MARK SMITH and Zulick have worked all summer to get the senate commit tee to endorse the statehood bill. Hughes went on aud got a favorable reportin.three weeks.
The oasis., 1894-08-09

ARIZONA expends considerable mon ey on it's militia. Yet it is stated that in case it's service should be needed that it could not do anything for want of funds to provide rations. Some thing wrong somewhere.
The oasis., 1894-08-09

HAD Grover Cleveland been presid- ent in 1861 secession would have been accomplished. Instead of harmonizing conflicting union men, as Abe Lincoln did, he would have antagonized them and driven the border states to secede.
The oasis., 1894-08-09

SANTA FE officials deny the report that heavy cut in wages Is contem- plated on that system of railways. THE OASIS is more than pleased to chronicle such denial.
The oasis., 1894-08-09

QUEEN LIL's delegation to Washing ton indicate plainly that they find the administration very cold toward them. They think they had reason to expect more cordiality.
The oasis., 1894-08-09

TIE London statist-a financial journal-takes a gloomy view of the situation and predicts that America will shortly reach a silver basis. It will do no great harm if that situation should accur.
The oasis., 1894-08-09

WERE the bite of many American politicians as big as their bark fatali- ties in the political field would be greater than on the field of battle.
The oasis., 1894-08-09

THE war in the Orient has caused an advance in the price of rice. It may result in advancing the price Of cheap Chinese labor.
The oasis., 1894-08-09
SMOKED HIM OUT.

tions discussed heretofore in the two
 papers, upon the county buildings
 question, in which the News man
 came out of his she'll on most of the
 points involved, and sought to still further cloud the issue on those he
 felt he could not safely make admis- sions.
 The new congressional enactment to allow Coconino to issue bonds to the amount ofsl5, 900 for county buildings, gave the News the opportunity to come from under cover on the Miles county proposition. By coming to the relief of COconino congress also nightly re- lieved the News; and, so brave it made that doughty journal, 1t asserted con- gress will not do so much for Benson when the county seat comes here, with all the buildings of great value aban- doned at Tombstone. No one expects congress to give such relief. If coun- ty seat removal is voted by the people the public business will be transacted here with facilities at hand just as it is done elsewhere without public build- ings. The saving in public expense will soon show the people the advan- tage of having moved their seat of gov ernment to Benson, and when they have enjoyed that saving in the dimin- ished burden of taxation, they will proceed to consideration of the ques- tion of county buildings.
 The very fact that congress has au- thorized COconino to issue only sl5, ,OOO in bonds for new buildings at Flag staff shows that the day for costly palaces (with'steals in their construc- tion which enrich the thieves) has passed in county affairs in aArizona. One Of the great troubles: right here in Cochise is that public affairs are or dered on the old plan when the pal aces and all embellishments were the rule. It would now prove a good thing to get the county down to the more moderate modern basis, even if by do- ing so abandonment becomes necessa- ry of the palace of extravagant days, with all it's expensive ct ceteras. The taxpayers would feel that it was money well spent if the annual interest &C., count on the bonds for the abandoned palace at Tombstone could be met out Of the saving in county expenditures, by removal to Benson. And on such showing there would be the widest approval of removal.
 The News beat over old straw in re- lterating that the entire argument for county seat removal should appear in the petition for an election. Surely the inapplicability of that proposition was demonstrated in our first article.
 The News also got down from it's nigh horse on the motives underly- Ing the Benson project" only to get upon another one, in asserting it would | not advise the people of Wilcox to ex- pend money in hopeless effort, as 1t | ntimates THE OASIS is doing for the people Of Benson. Perhaps the people 'f Wilcox are that fiat that they need imong them highly moral newspaper 70 advocate only what they are sure to win, and which would kindly and con- 'iderately tell them not to play when he game might possibly be a losing me. Perhaps the people of Wilcox leed leading strings of that descrip- ion; but TIE OASIS does not think so. t knows the people of Benson don't.
The oasis., 1894-08-09

IN many of"thei states militiamen who served In the recent strike diffi- culties remain unpaid. This IS very wrong.
The oasis., 1894-08-09

DETAILED descriptions of the new bullet proof coats indicate that they will prove an impediment to the sol dier.
The oasis., 1894-08-09
Thursday, August 9, 1894,

THE war in the Orient Is already creating demand for American pro- visions.
The oasis., 1894-08-09

Or. Prlce's Cream Baking Powdee
 Most Perfect Made.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-12
AER BONNET.

When meeting bells began 10 ton.
And pious folk began to pass,
She deftly tied her bonnet on.
The little sober, meeting lass,
All In her neat, white cnrtained room, be-
fore her tiny looking glass
So nicely, round her lady cheeks.
She smoothed her bands OF glossy hair
And innocently wondered liz
Her bonnet did not make her fair.
Then sternly child her foolish heart Tor har-
boring such fancles there.
So square she tied the satin strings,
Ana set The bows beneath her chin.
Then smiled TO zee how sweet she looked,
Then thought her vanity o ain,
And she must put such thoughts away be-
fore the ermo should begin.
But sitting meath the preached word,
Demurely in her fathers pew,
She thought about her bonnet still
Yes. all the parsons sermon through
About it's pretty bows and buds, which bet
ter than the text she knew.
Yet sitting there with peaceful face,
The reflex Of her simple soul,
She looked 70 be o very saint
And maybe was me-, on the whole .
Only that her pretty bonnet kept away the
aureole.
MARY Z. wilkins in 81. Louis Republic.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-12
G pRuRY's TREE.
Planted by the Boy, It Furnished the fsomrt
TO Make the Mans Conn.

Planted by the Boy, It Furnished tae BOARDS
TO Make the Mans Conn.
Fifty years ago Roger Drury Of Web
gter county, KY, then 10 years old,
planted the stone of q cherry that he
had eaten ON the farm Of his father. II
took root and i'm q few years became q
prolific tree and was known by the fam.
lily as Rogers plant From year 20
year the lad collected and sold the prod
net, invariably boarding the money re-
ceived, even after he had attained man
hood, was married and had children Of
his own, who aided in the management
Of the farm ~bequeathed by his father.
Last summer, in his sixtieth year,
Roger Drugs health declined and be-
came seriously impaired, and ct the
same time the cherry tree manifested
unmistakable evidences of decay, when
the old man had IL cut down and sawed
into boards, from which he had his COT
An constructed, for utilization when the
final summons came. Three weeks ago
he was compelled TO resort TO his bed,
when he sent for an undertaken and
gave final directions for the collins
trimmings, expiring shortly afterward.
The funeral expenses were betrayed from
the fund saved by the sale of the cher
ries of the tree planted in his boyhood
time.-Henderson Ky.) Correspondents
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-12
MARRIAGE BETWEEN WOMEN.
"A Trial I'm d Tendon Court Reveals . Pho
worthy Of the Dfme Novel.

a Trial In d london Court Reveals . PaoS
worthy Of the Diane Novel.
The legal world Of Lordon Is much
exercised over the complications likely
20 ensue from revelations made i'm q trial
which has been had before Mr.. Justice
Gritty. 1t appears chat in q marriage
contracted in 1865, which up 20 the
present time was thought to be valid,
both parties were
In the year mentioned MIRA Rachel
Elizabeth Cullener, . widow, was har-
assed by creditors who wanted TO attach
the income she derived from the will OF
her husband This income, BY. the will,
she would lose II she marri&i again.
She had living with her q son and daugh-
Ter. together with Miss Sophia New
land, . cousin Of Mira. Cullener's late
husband
The whole family was suffering for
want OF food, when il was suggested by
the daughter that her mother marry
again, after which her children would
collect the income and support her. It
was difficult 10 find q husband who
could be trusted. So Mrs. Cullener, i'm
mans clothes, under the name Of james
Stanley, was married in due form To
Miss Sophia Newland, who mt the mar
riage ceremony took the name Of Mrs.
Cullener.
Both signed their borrowed anne I'm
the register of the parish, and Mrs. New
land lived with Mrs. Cullener until 1883.
Both have testified ON the trial TO the
facts here narrated Mr.. Justice Chitty
refused to believe the witnesses and dis
missed the case, holding that a woman
who has, by her own admission, been
for years '.steeped In fraud has no right
10 complain Ii the courts decline to be-
lieve her when she forward in
her own interest to impeach q solemn
entry In O marriage register, the cur
cy of q recital in q deed to which she
was herself . party and the plain in
tent and meaning of the course of con-
duct which she has pursued .-London
Cor. New York Commercial Advertiser.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-12
Encores c. O. d. Only.

An Italian impresario has discovered
o way ont Of the encore difficulty
that is not open to the objections made
10 Mr.. Hermann VEINS proposal that
they should be forbidden by the public
authorities The impresario in question
controls Q small operatic theater in Mi
Ian, and he has absolutely forbidden his
singers to repeat any Of their songs, but
at the same time he has placed the fol-
lowing notice I'm the ~vestibules: Those
persons who wish for . repetition Of
any numbers from the opera. or Of any
part of the ballet dancing, are begged
10 hand In their names ut the box ofice.
At the end Of the performance they win
enjoy the encores demanded ON paying
for their seats over again" Since this
measure was first adopted no one has
svailed himself OF the privilege Thus
granted, and the performances have not
bsen interrupted by demands for en-
orea-London News
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-12
snort drive. At b the king presidas al .
ministerial council, Dinner follows
and by ii the lights are ont in che pal
ace.-Beigrade Letter.


After the vote i'm the house ~unseatine
MI. Hilborn of California his friends
gathered around him In the cloakro0m
ID extend 10 him their sympathy and
good will. well, Hilborp.' Y said one
az them, lyon are certain to come back
again, 20 you ought not 20 feel bad.
"Yes, = said Mr.. Hilborn in his dry
way, I'VE all cherish the Christian be-
Lief Ia the resurrection, but ! dont
think that entirely reconciles NJ to
death Washington Post
me Plays Upon . sentimental wonan's
Heartstrings % enc Tuns % LEGO Francs.
"A very curious case Of witchcraft.
which carries Ms back 20 the middle ages.
HIS Just been examined by the correc-
tiunal appeal court "A middle aged la
dy, ~ years Of age, living at Fontaine-
blean-Mlle. Bauchet-wished to know
whether her lover, q handsome soldier,
would ever return, 20 she went TO con-
suit Nine Bretheanx. That reputed
witch immediately announced 20 her
client that she had been placed under .
spell, and that Il was urgent to remove
ik To accomplish this 90 francs 80 CEN.
times, d sheet and q chemise were nee
essary. The money and the articles were
brought the next day by Mile. Bauchet
Nine days later Nine Bretheaux said
that she had removed the spell which
had been thrown ON Mile Bauchet, but
she had discovered that the witches Of
the country in which her lover was liv-
ing had thrown o spell ON him. The
witch declared she would succeed In
saving him. but to do 80 she wanted 1ei
francs and Q dozen linen pocket hand
kerchiefa
A few days later the Ingenious cheat
succeeded in getting her victim 10 give
her en- additional sum of 800 francs ON
the pretext that she had been obliged TO
burn . gold crucifix at the shrine OF the
Virgin, and that she must go ON with
her lamentations IL the soldiers life was
10 be saved It was not till some time
after this-after Mime. Bretheaux had
swindled her Of 975 francs 90 confines,
TO say nothing Of the sheet, handker-
chiefs, etc.-that the confiding victim
related her adventure 10 less credulous
friend and at length discovered she had
been swindled. The case was tried at
Fontaineblean, where Mime. Bretheaux
was condemned to three mouths impris-
onment The appeal court confirmed the
sentence. Paris Correspondent.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-12
Postal Savings Banks.

The postal savings bank system, which
Ia already the most popular form OF i'm
vestment in England, has been brought
to still higher perfection. All accounts
are kept In the central Office I'm London,
and Withdrawals are possible only after
sending notice there. The new arrange
ment for telegraphic drafts Ii now 20
perfect that depositors in the neighbor-
hood Of London can collect their money
at the branch postofice within 40 min
utes, or in the most distant parts Of the
kingdom within an hour Of making the
demand. The new facilities are already
leading TO a great increase In the
amount Of deposits. London Standard.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-12
AZ oid Time Rip van winE,e.

The learned John Stow, known as the
London Antiquary, Z records the fol-
lowing: April ~, l546, was Tuesday
in Easter week, and ON that day William
Foxley, potmaker of the mint, fell
asleep, and he continued sleeping.
and he could not be Weakened with
pinching. cramping or burning what
soever, until the first day of term.
which was IA days and I5 nights after
his sleep began. The causes of this ex-
traordinary sleep could not be known.
although the same were diligently
searched for after by the kings physi.
clan and many other learned men. He
lived for 40 years after be recovered
ST. Louis Republic.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-12
Notice to Creditors.

In the county conrt Of The county of Lake.
state Of south Dakota. In the matter Of the esI5
tate OF William COllburn. deceased. Notice lid
hereby given BY the undersigned, administrator
The creditors Of, and all persons having elaine
against the said deceased, 10 exhibit them with
ter the 6rst publication Of this notice, 10 the
said William Metcalf &c Madison, In the county
Of Lake, 8. ID.
Dated &c M adieCn, Q: ID. June4 4. 1901.
WILLIAM MKTCALF,
Administrative hecsta of William OollbuTn
deceased.