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The advocate., 1894-05-23
THE OMAHA PLATFORM.
YTHARGR

RaEDa-'WO demand 0 national RuREonay, safe,
BOU1A and e01ShlS, iegu04 By the gDneEAl R0V'
OEnAN0MO enly, q full legal tender Cor All debts,
pubic and private, and that W1EAGle she uSe
oR bankiNg oOFporGl lions, just, OqlStaol0 and
S&OlenO means Of Distribution @rD@s 70 che
people % tax nOt 20 sxOOed per oeHS Per
AnAUM, % DO provided a. BO6 forth In she sub
treasury plan Of the FAPmOrR AlB910O, OP .
bete0R gYgbSm; also BY payments In discharge
% AtB obligations for pubic lmlP0VSAGne&
We demand free and unlimited 0S1AASe Of
giGVOR and gOSA Ab thO present Legal RAH0 Of 10
We demand Wat NE auaOunt of Slrsulakng
medium ee speedily increased 30 AoS losD than
WS demand RrOduNaod income taE.
We believe that the money Of bho country
1AOlBA 30 kSps 40 mWCh % possible In the
hands o. the people, and hence We demand
thAs R9 BtAtO 0na national revenue lhOuld bo
eRnMgA0 economically and honestly admin
We demand that the postal savings bank bO
established By the goVornmOnb for She safe d.
pogGb Of the earnings OF the people and 70 taoGl'
tatO exchange
TRANSPORTATION.
Second being mOans Of OX-
change and public necessity, the govOHnmOpS
lA0ulA own and operAOO the railroads In The
Interest q EhO pOopla.
LAND&
ThIrd-ThS land, Including an she material
resources OF wealth, is the heritage Of the pOo-
P10s and 0hould not be monop0liSod for 0p0cu.
e4Vp purposes, and alien ownership Of land
1AR1lG 30 prohibited And lands row held By
gn4Ioa4s and other corporations On excess o.
thalg aosGnl needs, and al lands now owned by
aMeEaD gANNl4 be reolAaUaDA hw AAo HByDE11aG1A
Hg &GsnR1 GotGAegB enlV.
The advocate., 1894-05-23
The Land Of the Sky

10 not quite sky high, but 10 just Far
enough up from the sea to have bEsc-
ing climate. New Mexico is meant. And
It offers something for the wealth seeker
a. well "a for the health seeker. Beau
tiful grapes, apples, and other fruits are
grown in the lower Rio Grande valley,
and in the Maxwell grant there are var
led attractions for the general farmer. II
you ask Nicholson, Of the Santa F'e
route, Topeka, he will mail you q New
Mexico folder, which tells most Of the
story.
The advocate., 1894-05-23

S2O-THE ADVOCATE FOR YEAR AND THIS MACHINE E-S2U

Shipped Approval and not as good represented be
Fght Prepaid railroad station east OF
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-04-05
Hetty Green as a Belle.

While credit must be given Mrs. Het-
ty Green for wonderful shrewdness and
business sagacity in building up her
fol tune. 1t must not be forgotten that
she had good start. When her father
died. he left her SO, 900, 600 to fight the
battle of life with. 1t was more money
in those days than it is now He was an
old whaler and shipping merchant of
New Bedford named Edward Mott Rob-
inson. He married Miss Rowland,
and the full name of Mrs. Hetty Green
is Harriet Rowland Robinson Green.
She was her fathers private secretary
for four or five years before his death,
and in this way she acquired knowl-
edge of business matters. Old Robinson
was frugal and economical to extremes,
and among the lessons early impressed
upon the daughters mind were econ
omy and simplicity in daily life and
the value and virtue of money.
Before the war began Mrs. Green. at
that time Miss Hetty Robinson, the
heiress, spent several winters in New
York and was almost belle in society.
She had considerable beauty of robust
sort, and her family and fortune were
certainly irreproachable.
She lived for time in a boarding
house on West Twenty-second street,
and when she went to parties would
walk from there. 1t is related that
rather than pay cab fare she used to
pull a pair of heavy stockings over her
stout shoes and tramp through the snow
to a reception or ball, pulling the stock
ings off when she arrived and spreading
them out somewhere to dry.-New
York World.
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LOST IN ALASKAN WllDS.
An Explorers Disregard of His Comp
ions Advice Costs Him His Life.

An Explorers Disregard of His Compan-
ions Advice Costs Him His Life.
Death from either starvation or expo
surei in the biting winter weather of south
western Alaska or perhaps suicide as the
only means of avoiding the horrible fate
in store for himself-such is the fate of
NJ. Gross, Canadian surveyor.
Gross, with four companions. left Fort
Wrangle On the Goth of January, the
party intending to hunt, fish and perhaps
do some prospecting. When they got to
Portage bay, they made permanent camp.
1t was early morning, and Gross told his
companions that he intended to dive a
little into the interior and would be back
before night.
He was cautioned against going out
alone. as it was known that he was not
familiar with the surrounding country,
and it was feared that he might get lost
in the woods. He disregarded the ad-
vice of his companions, however, and at
9 o'clock the same evening the other
members of the party heard shot in the
brush some few miles distant. They
hailed and by other signs tried to guide
Gross back to camp, but were not sue
cessful. The whole of the next day was
spent in the search, which had to be final
ly given up.
Gross is said to have been from Vic
toria. He was last year a member of
the Canadian survey party sent up to
Alaska to officially determine the terri
tory's boundary line.-Seattle Press
Times.
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GRAINS OF GOLD.
A broken word cannot be mended.

A broken word cannot be mended.
Ostentation is the original flag of hy-
pocrisy.
The acts of this life are the destiny of
the next.
A doubter is always lodging and hid
ing from the truth.
Cheerfulness is health; its opposite,
melancholy, is disease.
The pure refreshments of life are the
moral and intellectual.
No man can be truly brave who is not
trying to be truly good.
The darker it is all around us, the
more our light is needed.
Simplicity of character is the natural
result of profound thought.
Make life a ministry of love and it
will always be worth living.
He who reforms himself has done
much toward reforming Others.
JOYS are the flowers dropped into our
path by the hands of Providence.
Living entirely for self is about the
smallest business any one can engage In.
The man who nevar makes any mis-
takes never does any work that will out
live him.
There is no accounting for taste ex-
cept on the principle that some people
haven't any.
A man is always willing to listen to
words of wisdom when he is speaking
them himself
If the whole truth were shown the
world would be full of people with
hanging heads.
The man who is wise in his own eyes
looks at other people through the wrong
end of the telescope.
AS soon as we divorce love from the
occupations of life, we find that labor
degenerates into drudgery.
Strong as our passions are, they may
be starved into submission and con-
quered without being killed.
OILY as each man or each woman per-
forms his or her personal duty in any
of life can that department
be lifted to higher plane.
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How He Explained 1t.

The affabie young man was doing the
polite to the very swagger young wom-
an at a reception, and she was tolerat-
ing him because no swagger young man
was in sight.
May | escort you to the dining
room?" he asked.
She hesitated and drew back.
I'm sorry" she began.
Thanks, he interrupted and disap-
peared.
That made her think minute, and
later in the evening she cornered him.
why did you say thanks to me
awhile ago?" she asked. quite reserved,
but curious.
did say that?" he said. with a far
away try to call it back again look in
his honest eyes.
"Yes, You did,"
~ didn't know said it, really"
We'll, you did, she persisted, land
want to know why"
II presume, he responded, lit was
case of unconscious gratefulness. y
And he got away with some degree of
precipitancy.- Free Press.
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sERvIA's STOCK TROUBLE.
In q Muddle Over Who Shall Rule, Will.
Milan Poses ~ q Parrfot

In . Muddle Over Who Shall Rule, While
Milan Poses q Patriot.
The frugal Servians just now are torn
by conflicting emotions. King Alexander
and his erratic, disreputable father have
managed between them to ALLEVIATE what
little love had been left in Servia for the
Obrenovitsch dynasty, and if the Kara
georgevitch pretenders were reasonably
respectable and fairly disinterested they
could obtain the throne without much
difficulty. But Prince Arsene and Prince
Peter are, in their way, not much to be
preferred to ex-King Milan and his son.
They are ambitious. autocratic, extrava-
CANT and heavily in debt, and their morals
will not bear severe scrutiny.
They are surrounded by impecunious
Russian mobiles and loose people of both
sexes, all of whom will have to be lib
orally provided for in the event of the
Karageorgevitch restoration out of the
national treasury, and, to crown their
disadvantages in the eyes of the Servian
farmers, they claim the retrocession to
them of the enormous estates which
WOAO AoAhaCiAy thO piAfoNO p4Opoity VI
their house, and which were con6scated
to the state when the head of the Kara
georgevitch family was assassinated and
all his relatives were kicked out of the
country.
On the whole, therefore, Arsene and
Peter would be more expensive than Mi
Ian and Alexander. As the question is
mainly one of money, the latter will in
all probability remain in Belgrade, the
establishment of republic being entire
ly out Of the question. Meanwhile Mi
Ian poses as patriot. He pines for Paris
and its supreme delights, which it is i'm
possible to enjoy in semibarbarous Bel
grade, but stern sense of duty keeps
him at his sons side. Privately he is
haggling with the ministers as to the sum
which shall be paid him to clear out. He
has limited that if his price be not paid
he will have himself appointed general
issimo and inspector of the army and set
tie permanently in the country. The ap-
palling prospect thus opened is likely
materially to hasten settlement.-Bel-
grade Letter.
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AN INTERESTING DISCOVERY.
An Adventurous Miner Runs Onto n Strange
Prehistoric City.


Prehistoric City.
Manville w. Cresworth, an English
mining man well known throughout
southwest Mexico. arrived at Mapimi,
Mexico, recently from long overland
journey through the Sierra Madre noun
tains, his starting point being Culican,
near the Pacific coast, in the state OF
Sinaloa. He claims to have visited
section of country never before visited
by white man of the present genera
tion, and that he discovered large and
beautiful deserted city.
He told the correspondent that the
wonderful city is situated about so miles
west of Lake Colorado, in the recesses of
the Sierra Madres. 1t occupies basin
about 10 miles long by eight miles wide.
Perpendicular cliffs surround the basin
on all sides, rising to height of hun
dreds of feet. The only entrance to the
city is through deep canyon, which has
a width of about 80 feet. Mr.. Cresworth
states that he stumbled onto the secret
entrance quite by accident. He gives
vivid description of the deserted city.
The buildings, he says, are construct
ed of redstone blocks resembling granite.
The business blocks are two and three
stories in height and are entirely differ
ent in architectural design from the
structures built by the Aztecs and Span
iards. The streets are very narrow, but
are laid out in regular order. In the city
is small park which is overgrown with
rare flowers and tropical vegetation. He
entered the business houses and decay
ing residences, but found very little'of
value except some remarkable and
strange ornaments made of stone.
He believes that the city was looted at
the time that it was deserted, whenever
that may have been. No records or writ
ings of any kind were found, nor did he
discover any skeleton that would give
an idea as to the race of people who at
one time inhabited the city. None of the
natives of that section of country had
ever heard CT the deserted city. Mr.
Cresworth is making diligent inquiry of
them. Mr.. Cresworth's story is very
startling and remarkable, but it is be-
heved by those to whom he has related
his experiences. He will organize an ex-
pedition to make a thorough exploration
of the city.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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Historic Brass Knocker.

Trifes light as air have interest some
times, and apparently nothing is too
trifing to feed American curiosity. A
new brass knob has just been placed up
on Mr.. Gladstone's front door in Down
ing street. 1t replaced one which had
done the state much service and had
been grasped by the hands Of century
Of prime ministers. from Pitt upward.
Hearing of this treasure trove, an en-
terprising and sympathetic antiquary
purchased the discarded knocker for
shillings, and it is now upon its way to
New York, accompanied by half mile
of attractive personal legend, for exhibi-
ton in the United States.-Huntly eng
land) Express.
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Curing q Dead Man.

II was employed to cure dead
man." said DR.. c. R. Gregg of st.
Paul. II was awakened during one
night and found lady awaiting me.
She told me that her husband was very
i'll and for me to bring my medicine
cases and some surgical instruments, as
/ might have to perform an operation to
assist him to breathe. 1t was but two
blocks from my Office to the house of
my patient, and as we entered the room
where the man lay no one else was visi-
BILE. At a glance | saw that he was
dead. told the wife that her husband
was beyond the reach of mortal aid.
He is not dead, and you must cure
him, she said and locked the door.
Then going to dressing case she pro-
cured revolver. l saw that she had
become crazed and was at the time g
dangerous iunatic.
Making the best of the situation,
began a surgical operation on the wind
pipe, the woman watching me closely.
| worked with the corpse and prepared
medicines for three or four hours, as
suring the woman that l would save
him if possible. Succeeding in disarm-
ing her fears, she began to have entire
confidence in me. and when l fixed a
potion and gave it to the corpse, SEEM
ingly taking similar one myself. in
duced'her to take one in order to quiet
her nerves, as it might be some time
before any change took place in the con-
dition of the patient. l soon had the
satisfaction of seeing the woman fall
upon the floor in an insensible condi-
tion, and | made my escape from the
house, calling sufficient assistance to at
tend to the wants of the wife and pre-
pare the husband for burial. But don t
want any more calls to resurrect the
dead under the superintendance of a
dangerous lunatic. st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
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The Irish language still fingers in the
Bahamas among the mixed descendants
of the Hibernian slaves banished by
Cromwell to the West Indies. One can
occasionally hear, it is said. black sail
ors in the London docks, who cannot
speak word of English, talking Irish to
the old Irish apple women whom they
meet and thus making themselves in
telligible without a knowledge of the
Saxon tongue. Globe.
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An Odd Verdict.

We sometimes hear odd stories Of
funny verdicts by country iuries, but it
is not often we really come across one
in the realms of fact. A Hawkhurst
jury which sat on a poor old laborer pro-
vides us with u Kentish sample of sharp
wit. The surgeon who made the post
mortem gave it as his opinion that death
arose from powerful irritant poison.
The jury had their own ideas and gave
verdict that death was due to the in
clement weather! We have not heard
whether the case has been placed in the
hands of the county analyst, but it is
certainly new that cold weather and ir-
ritant poison are synonymous. .-Roches-
ter and Chatham (England) Standard.
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WEDDINGS IN WALES.
Some Curious Marriage Customs Ihat stih
Exist Among the Peasantry.


Exist Among the Peasantry.
Some ouaipt customs still survive
among the peasantry of south wales
at least in the remote villages. One of
the oldest is the bidding. When
young man and woman are engaged,
circular is printed-known as bid
ding letter'-and distributed at market
and outside the chapels on Sunday, SO
that all may know of the event. The
form is always the same and runs as fol-
lows:
As we intend to enter the matrimonial state,
we are encouraged by our friends to make a
bidding on the occasion al the young mans ia
theirs house there follow the address and date
Of the ENTERTAINMENT, when and where the fa-
or of your good and agreeable company is
most humbly solicited, and whatever donation
you may be pleased 10 bestow on us will be
thankfully received, warmly acknowledged
and cheerfulIy repaid whenever called for on
a similar occasion by your obedient servants,
JOHN EVANS
JANE DAVIS.
All being ready on the day, party
goes to fetch the bride to the bidding.
She hides and has to be sought for in all
directions, but being at last found is
escorted in triumph. Her procession IS
met by that of the bridegroom, and they
all repair to the church, where the wed.
ding ceremony takes place, after which
all return to the groom's house to make
merry and to count the gifts. These are
generally in money and vary from a
shilling up TO half a sovereign.
Each item is carefully entered in a
book by the bidding clerk" together
with the donors name, SO that it may
be repaid when he or she marries. As
all the money will probably not be
called in for many years-some not at
all, if the givers remain single-the
young couple receive tolerable start in
life. Oddly enough, the bridegroom is
expected to provide the kitchen clock
and table, the glass cupboard and the
kitchen dresser, also the bedstead. Each
of the young peopleis supposed to bring
half dozen chairs, the brides especial
contribution being the bedding, the
crockery ware, the parlor table and
chest of drawers. Things are done me-
thodically in that part of the world
London Tit-Bits.
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The Train Ran Five Miles without Steam.

=
A marvellous race, up grade and down.
in which momentum was the motive
power, took place ON the Consolidated
road Saturday. Five miles below Stam-
ford the cylinder head of the big engine,
No. PAT, blew out while the train was
making express time. Instead of stop
ping and getting stalled, Engineer Sco-
field let the machine have its head and
pulled into Stamford station ON time,
and not even the conductor knew that
anything was the matter until the en-
gineer called for another engine and No.
IA was put on and pulled the train to
this city. The five miles were run with
out pound of steam and solely on the
momentum the train was under when
the mishap took place.-New Haven Pal
ladium.
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MASONIC DIRECTORY.

BELMONT LODGE, No. rs, r. d A. M.-Meets
every Wednesday night, on or before full moon.
j. B. MEYER, Sec. C. W. CARROLI,W. Nj
ST. CLAlRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. II, Rpyui
Arch MdsoEs. convocations first Friday OF
each MONTH .
J. b. MEYER, Rec. j. b. RYAN, H. r.
BELMONT COUNCIL, No 81, X. & 8. M
Meets second Tuesday of each month.
j. Il. MEYER, Rec. G.. W. CARROLL, T. l. NJ
HOPE COMMANDRf', No. zs, K. T.-Stated
,onelaves, first Thursday of each month.
j. b. MEYER, Rec. ISAAC II. GAST0N, f. G.
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Pooi Woman Ito cheap scrivener, who
has just read ont to her the begging Pc
tition she had ordered, bursting into
tears)-Eh, man, I'd never ha' believed
was MS badly of as all thatl-Deutsche
Warte,
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slight misunderstanding.

Teacher-Who was the first manr
First Boy-George Washington.
reacher-Next.
Second Boy-Adam.
First Boy dndignantly)-I didn't
know you meant foreigners. Boston
(slOhe
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belmont COUNTY DIRECTORY.

Common Pleas Judge John B. briggs.
Probate Judge-James f. TaIlman.
Clerk Of COurts-Henry NJ. Davies.
Standardization NJ. Scott.
AuditOr-J0seph A. Henderson.
Treasurer-Frank h. Archer.
Prosecuting AttOrney-Jesse W. HOllingwOrth.
Recorder-D. ). Creamer.
Surveyor-John A. Bond.
COrOner-J. p LOwman.
Commissioners-W. ). Meehem, Silas Bailey,
Miles X. Hart.
lnfrmary DireetOrs-William Lodge, president;
3. NJ Loper, clerk; G.. b. Wright, tuditor.
Superintendent Inhrmary Alex. &. Danlord,
East Richland.
Superintendent ChildreD's Home-N.. 3. ste wart,
BaTneSvihe.
School Examiners-James Duncan, Bridgeport
). C. Murphy. Belmont; T. z. Harris, SomertOn.
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev. R. Alex
ander, pastor. Public worship every Sabbath
morning and evening; Sabbath school 300 a. m.
young peoples society of Christian Endeayor SUM-
day evenings; general prayer meeting, "Wednesday
evening strangers welcome to all services.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-Rev.
Harvey Webb, pastor. Sabbath preaching, 10 30
4. m; p. m; young peoples meeting. Monday
venlngs; general prayer meeting, Wednesday eve
1ings; sabbath school $50 am. Strangers cor
iially invited to all services.
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev.
Thomas Bslph, pastor. Sabbath school, 10 a. n. (;
public worship, II a. m; weekly prayer meeting.
Friday p. M; monthly prayer meeting, last satur
day OF each month, 2 p. m.; woman's missionary
society," last Saturday Of each month, p. m. dis
trict prayer meetings, first Tuesdays, Wednesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays each month, p. NJ. /;
young women's prayer meeting, second Saturday
sash month al the parsonage, p m.
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$3.50 cLEyE!ANO We
80 BUFFALO

Via &C. & 3. LINE"
Commencing with opening of navigatiOnn (about
April lst Magnificent Side-wheel steamers
Estate of Ohio" and State of New York. F"
DAILY TIME TABLE.
INCLUDED.
Lv. Cleveland .6:15 p NJ. Lv. Buffalo 6:5 p. NJ.
Ar. Buffalo. 30 A. NJ. Ar Cleveland.7 80 A. NJ.
CENTRAL STANDARD TINE.
Take the &C. & b. Line" steamers and enjoy
refreshing nights rest when enroute to BUFFALO,
NIAGARA FALLS, TORONTO. NEW YORK, Bos-
TON, ALBANY, 1,C0O ISLANDS, or any Eastern or
Canadian point.
Cheap Excursions Weekly to Niagara Falls.
Write for tourist pamphlet.
H. X. ROGERS, I. F. NEWMAN,
Gen1 Pass. Agent. Gen1 Manager.
CLEVELAND, o.
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AT CnlcdSO - ~ III % W . - 70
sTrains run daily. tDsily except Sunday.
ST CLAIRSYILLE DIVISION-Leaye ST.
Clairsyille at 8 90 m: 2:50 pm.
PULLMAN SERVICE-Pittsburgh and Chi
cago, trains Nos. 5 and g. Chicago Cleveland and
Pittsburgh Columbus via Atticsl, trains Nos II
and 10. Chicago, Baltimore and New York, trains
Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, and s. Pittsburg and Cincinnati
trains Nos. los, 1O6, l03 and l04,
For further Information call on b. s o. ticket
agents. or address l.. ). Allen, Asst Gen. Pass.
Agent, Chicago, ILL.,
ROBT. b. CAMPBELL, %. SCULL
Gen Supt. Gen1 Pass. Agent.
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Cleveland-with fast trains for East and West:
Lorsin--with the "Nickel- Pate:" Elyria-with the
LS& NJ : Ry: Grafton-with CCC & NJ L Ry;
sterling with the n p & DRY; Warwiek-with
the & A & c R'y: MasOn-with W & L L Ry and
PIT W&CRy; Justus-with CC& SRy; Canal
Dover-wlth G & NJ Ry; Uhrichsyille-with the
Pan Handle; Bridgeport-with s Ry; Bel
lalre-Mith s R'y; Wheeling with StIeet Ry.
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CnnIdn,t See the Point.

II can see no fun in these newspaper
jokes about plumbers bills" said
wealthy plumber to Il friend at the club.
Neither do your customers see any
fun in the bills, replied a-friend who
had recently paid bill.-Texas Sift-
ings.