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The advocate., 1894-10-24
GREAT ENTERTAINMENTS.

They do have a sorrowful time,
these daily papers and city COM
mittees, trying to get crowds for re-
publican speakers. They have lately
dropped onto the plan of sdVertls-
ing used by advance agents OF cheap
shows, and runtheir republican meet
ings under the head of entertain
ments."
The Lesvenworth Times of Sun
day, has the following notice, to
which is added a clipping from the
Howard Coursnt, testifying that in
Howard "Dick Blue drew the biggest
crowd of the season, and his enter
ment was entirely satisfactory" The
Times advertisement says:
Dick Blue will speak in LeSvenworth next
Thursday night at Turner hall to what
promises TO be the biggest meeting here
during the campaign. Billy Edwards. Of
Larned, ano his glee club, the celebrated
Coyotes" Of Larned, will also be here and
afford entertainment TO the audience
IN. Billy Edwards is candidate fOl
secretary Of state.)
Quite frequently we see this kind Of
The advocate., 1894-10-24

his paupsr peasion law. But he didn't.
Lyons Eagle.
But with Morrill, % governor and
Dawes % attorney general gamblers and
the joints win be safe. IL Is q campaign
Of thieves and gamblers against honest
men. Every honest man 10 interested In
Che result. Party lines ought 10 hold no
man in such q oase.-IolA Friend Herald.
As election time draws near the pso-
pie Of Kansas are candidly thinking
over the question Of who they wants fOE
governor the coming two years. We
cannot think the sensible WorkingmSn Of
the state want man Of MOEEillR char
acteE, q man who hes repeatedly tried to
steal from honest settlers their titles TO
their homes. Hlg immense fortune Ia
the result Of such crooked work. Do
the people want such man at the head
Of our stateP Not by S0000.-Smith
Center Journal.
The advocate., 1894-10-24
TWENTY THOUSAND TO ONE.

Willie Waldorf Astor's daily income is
s2S277, J. D. Rockefellsr'5 $2O,S53, Cor
nsliug VandsrbilEs S11, 1,O9O. W. z. Wander
bilt's SlO,SOS, and the GOuld's $l1,O6S.
These are a few samples Of incomes Of
American -milliOnaires.
Whence comes the money TO pay this
enormous tribute2 In the last analysis it
comes from the men whose toll produces
all wealth-the iOdge-earners lUhOse Average
daily tCage, and they ,UOrE from morn tRI nigh {
is something IKE ST.
Is il strange that the rich grow richer
and that just in the ratio they ascend the
scale Of accumulated wealth the other side'
the real wealth producer drops, drops 10
the point of bare eGistence5
The same unjust conditions which make
the pauper, create the millionaire. Those
conditions may be OompreheDded in one
simple phrase-the control bv the fet0 Of the
natural Opportunities Which belong equally TO
dU
The supreme duty of the hour Is the restoration
TO the people of their God-giUeR rights and the
taking from those l0hO nOlO possess them Of all
special prtUtIegeS. Every other question now
before the people psles into insignihCanoe
in comparison with this, and until this ls
accomplished the present evils will only in
crease in intensity-she incomes Of the mil
ionsires will mount higher and higher, the
wages Of the producers will drop to the
starvation point, and that means inVolun-
tary servitude. Drover's Journal,
October 10.
These are no Popullst figures.
They show that others besides Pop
ulists are beginning to size up the
situation as it really is. Now take the
following and smoke it in the same
pipe with the above:
"In five weeks" said 0. W. Clapp, the
New York banker, ."there has been q de-
cline Of 100 million dollars in the three
great staples of this OOuntry-wheat, corn
and oottr y; go million dollars Of this de-
cline on cotton. That depression is spread
over only eleven states and hurts, IL has
all happened since September. see in
disputsble evidence everywhere now to buy,
pressure everywhere to sell-the sort Of
conditions that have followed every panic
we ever had. kansas City Star, October IL.
And this condition of things has
all resulted from class Legislation
under which trusts, monopolies and
combinations of capital in various
forms have been enabled to absorb
the profits of labor and rob the peo-
pie of their birthright. What have
either of the old parties ever pro-
posed to change these conditions?
Who will tell?
The advocate., 1894-10-24
CAN'T
YOU
GUESS
FOR TWENTY D0LLARsG

Every person who sends a dollar for
o years subscription to the ADvo-
GATE, and mails it on or before No
Vember 5, should make guess or pre-
diction as an answer to each Of the
following questions:
/. What will be the total number Of
votes cast for candidates for governor
this year2
2. What will be Lewelling's ma
jority over Morrill, Tor plurality)P
The person who gives a number
which sfterward proves to be nearest
the correct answer to the first question
will get a prize of $50 IN cash. The
second nearest will get $40 and the
third $5.
The person who gives nearest the
correct answer to the second question
will get an ADVOCATE Sewing Machine
worth 800, and the second nearest can
have a gold watch (filled csse) ladies or
mems style, worth SIS.
VOTES OF OTHER YEARS.
In order to aid the "guesser" we
here give the vote of the two last gu.
Material elections:
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PUBLIC OPINION.

What the Papers Are Saying About State
Candidates.
Pete Kline and Jim Lsgsts are sup
porting Morrill, for governor. That
ought to settle it.--TOpeks Press.
A vote for the republican ticket means
that you indorse e. N. Morrill, In stealing
the homes Of our peOple.-stoCkton Sig
nal.
"MOjor" Morrill,, in time Of war, could
always be found where the crackers
(sodA) were the thickesk-Larned Tiller
RndiToiler.
Morrill,, the friend Of the poor. He
never mentioned farmers and lsborsrs at
all in his speech here last night-Wel-
lington Voice.
It has been proven that e. N. Morrill,,
republican candidate for goyernor, gyS
tsmRticsllY robbed the early settlers
proven by the court record, and By the
RdidsvitS Of victimS.-Pittsburg Kan san.
Can any old soldier say how many G.
A. r. posts passed resolutions Of cOnSure
when Morrill, advocated in congress the
mxty.two.yesr limit before 9 pension
should be antsd?-Kirwin Indepsnd-
emit.
It il said that Major Morrill, and Dick
Blue know all wines By smell, but are
talking temperance and morality In their
speeches. Morrill, and Blue are tenn
persnce men by proxy.-BOlolt Western
Gall.
In selecting Morrill, the railroads and
corporations made no mistake in their
man. One look at his face reveals his
character. It Is ss unstable a. water
and il elected he will be q tool Of tho
politician and slave Of the corporation.
-Emporis Tidingu.
When Major Morrill, (msn- ashamed-oR-
his. state, was telling his audience how
mean the government had acted toward
the old soldier, he should have told them
that his party was in power and was re-
gponsible for Il; and also that he de-
fsated . service penslCR Eog them with
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WHY HE REDUCED IT.

AZ last for our especial benefit LsWelling
has explained why he reduced the Pullman
car assessment. he said last night he, could
not collect she full assessment so he re-
duCed 10 TO a tax he could collect. This is
Lewslling acknowledgements
Times, October 18,
Rats! GO get some school girl to
tell you who constitute the board OF
railroad assessors. LsWelling has
just as much to do with the ASSESS
ment Of Pullman cars as the man in
the moon, and no more. Those re-
publican editors who know enough
to run q peanut stand would do well
to change their occupation. The
voters OF Kansas outside of republi-
can newspaper offices, unfortunately
for that party, are not all fools.
The advocate., 1894-10-24

We do not approve Of disturbing
anybody's meeting but E. N. Morrill,
ought to be made to explain about
his land-thieving deals. Any citizen
is justified in calling on him just be-
fore he opens q meeting and asking
HIM to explain. 1t is his purpose to
let the matter go until shortly before
the election, and then make sweep
ing, lying denial Of the whole busi-
ness. Don't let him do it.
The advocate., 1894-10-24

an advertisement in the same column
with something like this:
Transformers Uncle Toms Cabin Co.,
greatest show on the road. Two MarksOs,
two Topsies, live mules, bloOdhOunds, etO.
Read what the BungsOwn Bladder says Of
their performance.
The Bungtown Bladder clipping is
printed and it says, Of course, that
transformers show drew the biggest
crowd of the season and the enter
tainment was highly satisfactory.
The advocate., 1894-10-24

In 1892 the total vote for county
officers was about 24S,3O0. The 1893
figures, however, are of no use as
guide on which to base a prediction
for this year.
One dollar pays for the ADVOCATE
a year and the privilege of guessing on
both questions, but no book or other
premium goes for that dollar.
No person living in Topeka, nor per-
son holding a state Office or appoint
ment can register a guess. The names
Of the successful guessers and the num-
numbers given by them will be pub
lished after the election.
The dollar must accompany the letter
in which the guess is made, and they
must be mailed before November 8.
Campaign subscribers win want to
renew anyhow, and they would better
do so before the election SO as TO take
advantage Of this offer end not miss q
number Of the paper,
The advocate., 1894-10-24
NOTES AND COMMENT.

In the race between Reed and Nc
Kinley for the presidency, Reed Is ex-
hibiting . sharper instinct than his
opponent. he sees all the West about
to DO overwhelmed with Che idea Of cur
rsnCy reform and hs has suddenly at-
The advocate., 1894-10-24
Notice.

The Topeka lodge Of the Alliance aid
have rented the nice hall Of the Topeka
Post, 400 Kansas avenue. Regular
meeting, fourth Monday night in each
month. All members and VisltoEB are
cordially invited.
The advocate., 1894-10-24

GeCted Q conviction In favor Of free silver
win Western people Attain be deceived
by such Yankee triCksryP
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4 Valuable Hungry Look.

A decent looking young tramp. who
wears a pair of clean blue overalls and
appears so modest and honest that he
has wrung many a sympathetic word and
good meal from Kansas City housewives.
has at last been unmasked. He called
at a house one day recently and after
telling his tale Of woe. was given what
Is professionally known as a "hand-out."
l. e.. a good big sandwich and cup Of
coffee He sat on the porch 10 devOur IL,
and the donor went into the house. Look
ing out in a few moments she saw that
the sandwich was gone and the tramp
still had a hungry look. So she gave him
another installment Of food. and this act
was repeated once more. The last time
she looked she saw at the end OF the
porch as dirty a looking specimen Of the
genius TO which Wandering Willy" and
Weary Raggles" belong as had ever ter
rorized women or stolen chickens. 1t was
the nice. clean. modest tramp's partner.
and he had been passing the contributions
along to him as they had been handed out.
They then skunk off. and the nice tramp's
partner" carried gunny sack over his
shoulder half full Of something that was,
presumably. handouts" They say the
habitually hungry look on the young
tramp's face would be good for a square
meal in a pawnshOp.-Kansas City Star.
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STUBBORN CRANKs.
Men Who Make Vows and Keep Them
ObstinateIy.

Il met a man ir Brooklyn the other
day" said DR.. F. J. Fender, who had
never seen the Brooklyn bridge, and he is
not blind or lame or an inmate Of any
correctional institute. He is well and
strong, and in business matters and in
his home duties he is a model man and
husband. He conducts a drug shop near
Myrtle-ave., and a better pharmacist
would be hard to find. Not only has he
never seen the bridge, but he has never
ridden on an elevated road.
He's & crank" interpOsed one Of the
listeners. I've often met such men.
Why, ten years ago l."
NO he isn't a crank in the ordinary
acceptation of that term" replied the
doctor He is simply the victim Of a
foolish VOW. When he was about fifteen
years old his stepfather sent him adrift
in the world about a matter that in it.
self was Of no Importance whatever.
The lad set out for himself and within
ten years he had earned a start and
made a fortune in successful investments.
He attributed it ell to his adherence to
his word. On his wedding day he made
a vow that he never would break a
promise, however rashly it was made.
Soon after the bridge was projected
the druggist. who was opposed to the i'm
provement for selfish reasons, said that
he never would use the bridge as long
as he lived.
~ suppose you wouldn't even walk
down and look at it, suggested the man
he was talking with.
81 never shall, and so far as those
elevated roads that they are talking
about are concerned, 1 never will ride on
one Of them either
He has kept his word faithfully, but
he has regretted pledging it a thousand
times since. He always crosses to New
York by the Twenty-third-st. ferry, and
he uses the surface car when he doesn't
ride in his own carriage"
You may call him what you please,
said the counselor. but he is a crank
all the same. Why, 1 knew a man ten
years ago down in TOmpkinsville, S. l.,
who had not visited New York for
twenty years. One day his pocket was
picked in Battery park. and he swOre he'd
never come to this dishonest town again.
He didn't really mean to keep his word,
but after he had stuck to it for year
he grew proud of his determination
During the last years OF his life the
fact that he had lived within sight Of
New York for so many years without
once visiting it gave him all the fame
that he possessed. Strangers We're
brought into his store and introduced to
him solely on that account, and I don't
believe he would have crossed the bay
for 500, 0OO."-N. Y. Mail and Express.
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The woman Question.

Without directly touching upon the
woman suffrage question, the Rev. Dr.
Parkhurst, in a sermon recently, made
an earnest protest against what he
termed ''manhood-mania" in women
The sorest spot i'm our national condition,
he declared, is the decadence Of the home
idea. The civilization that says that
woman is but a female duplication of
man is a false civilization. "If you wom-
en-" he said, want to preserve your
individuality you will do so by remaining
womanly. and not trying TO become man.
nish-" IT do not want to belittle the
woman question" I've added. but people
are delviEg into that question with a
view 10 fastening what they call the
destiny Of woman, without any under
standing Of what that destiny is to be.
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lad, the defendant. who was on trial for
his life. He described him as an inno-
cent babe but a few short years ago.
growing on his mothers arms. He
traced his growth. telling many affecting
incidents in the boys life. He told OF
his school days, and Of his success in his
studies. He told how he had grown up,
I'm the little Ohio village. loved and re-
spected by all. And then he turned 10
the lads home There was his poor old
mother. who loved and worshipped him
above any earthly object He described
how she had come u him when the news
Of her boys arrest had reached her; how
she had wept. in her bitter sorrow.
wringing her hands IN despair. and beg
ging him 10 go 10 her poor boys aid.
And then he turned from this picture
Of a mothers sorrow and described her
poverty and condition. A poor widow,
with this son as heI only support aside
from a mere pittance Of a pension. Her
dead husband. once a brave soldier. CIV
ing his life on a field Of battle in his ma
tons behalf And then he drew the
picture OF his noble death. How he had
been among the foremost in the awful
struggle at Gettysburg; how he had
borne the flag in triumph over the
breastworks. his life blood dripping
from a dozen cruel wounds. As the old
justice. with homely eloquence. pictured
the details Of this scene the entire jury
wept. The lawyers sat in mute aston
ishment. carried away with the fervor
Of his appeal
Made Them shed Tears.
And when, in closing. he turned from
this scene of carnage and went back to
the peaceful but desolate cottage Of the
widow and pictured the broken-hearted
despair into which this threatened loss
Of her darling boy had thrown her, no
eve in that court room was free from
tears. Even the gentlemen Of the prose-
cution turned from the jury and sur
reptitiousIy wiped the moisture from
their ewes The old man sat down and
the jury retired. In five minutes they
returned. bringing in a verdict OF ac-
quittal The old man was the center OF
a crowd of excited and congratulating
lawyers. Inviting them all 10 dine with
him at the hotel that evening, he left
the court room.
At the stated time the company gath
cred in the parlors of the old St. Nicho-
las hotel at Springfield. Il was some mo-
ments before their host appeared. But
presently he came down He was ar
rayed in full-dress suit. Clearly
shaver and elegantly attired, his appear
ance caused general establishment Be
slowing a beaming smile upon the crowd,
he drew a card from his pocket and
handed it to a gentleman near him, with
the request that he read it aloud II
bore the name of .. y. Bell, New York.
y. Y.
The old country justice proved TO be
one of the most noted criminal lawyers
in the country. At the earnest sOlicita-
ton of the parents Of the indicted boy.
who were wealthy New Workers, he had
come on to Springfield 10 defend the lad.
and had taken this most effective manner
Of accomplishing his purpose and winning
his fee.-St Louis Globe-Democrat.
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ThentricaI Note.

The young man, who thinks he knows
a whole lot. and wears a blue bow neck
tie with shirt stud screwed into it for
a scarf pin, was talking to the clerk at
the hotel he was patronizing.
Anything good at the theater this
week." ne inquired, with the air of a
connoisseur.
yes; one of Frohman's New York COM
panies is here"
What piece are they playing?'
'They appear in repertoire"
whats that?" he asked, cooking his
head over to be sure of what he was
going to hear.
''They appear in repertoire" repeated
the clerk.
''Um-um-I never heard of that piece.
Is 1t any good?"
The clerk assured him that ii was
corker, and then retired to a safe place
where he might smile and enjoy himself.
Detroit Free Press.
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Too Much for Her.

First Club Woman-"It's rumored that
Mrs Speakmuch is in the first stage Of
sOftening of the brain. Some friends of
mine met her late Monday afternoon,
and they say it was dreadful to see her
vacant stare and hear her disconnected
utterances."
Second Club Woman-"Oh, she's all
right now. She had been trying to slim
uIate thought in a Sorosis discussion
I11dpp-
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ENTITLED TO A BIG FEE.
HOW A NEW YORK LAWYER WON
AN ILLINOIS MURDER CASE.

He Saved n Hypothetical Ohio Boy
from the GaIIOws-TransfOrma tion
of Brilliant Criminal Advocate in
a RurS. Peace Magistrate-He Took
the Jury from the Battlefield to the
Country Home and Made Them Shed
Tears ut Every Mark in the Road.
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Reasons Enough.

Mrs De Style-"There were ninety de-
butantes in our set last season, and only
nineteen young men. Isn't IL hOrrid2'
Prof aybeard-"Possibly the other
young men have emigrated TO Mexico"
Mercy What can be the attraction
down there2'
1.-THE girls are very pretty. their fash
ions seldom change and they never wear
bonnets"-N. Y. Weekly.
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sskaI-vay."

The name of the celebrated prima
donna. Nine. Calve. has perplexed many
Americans Most call ii kali" some
"Kalv." and not one in hundred pro-
nounces the name as she does herself
"Kalvay," which, after all, doesn't look
very much like "Calve." IN. Y. Sun.
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No Hurry.

She-"What are you doing?"
He-"Squeezing your hand"
Squeezing my hand?"
He-"Yes"
She-"With what?"
He-"With my hand"
She-.With which hand?"
He-"With my right hand"
She-"You must stop right off-it's
dreadfully improper Truth.
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Sfnfe Pride.

While coming to congress several ses-
sions ago Senator Blackburn was ap-
preached in the Pullamn coach by a New
Yorker. who, after bowling politely to
him. said: us not this Senator Black
burn Of Indiana?" The Kentucklan
sprang from his seat and glaring at his
interlocutor exclaimed, angrily: mo, sir,
by. The reason 1 look so bad is
have been sick."-N. Y. Sun.
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Until women choose to fully understand
what is the peculiar mission they have
before them we shall be obliged to con-
slider that the agitation will wear itself
out in time."-New York Cor. of the
Philadelphia Ledger.
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How He Won Her.

Miss Richgirl (of Chicago)-"And so
you kissed the Barney stone at the Co
lumbar exposition? Ha, hai 1t was
nothing but a Chicago paving stone''
Mr.. Smartchapp-"So / heard at the
time, but / thought perhaps you might
have walked on it,
Then she married HMM. Y. Weekly
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Not Penny Wise.

Rebecca-'T don't pelieve you love me.
You never think of anything but toll
lars"
Silverstein (appealingiy)-"Vou YOU
want a man dot vas all de time chanch-
ing his mindt Puck
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Detail.

mo" she replied, 81 spurn your suit"
"How can you be so cruel" he faltered
She frowned. Mr. Gillhooly," she said
severely, "I don't know that | am under
any obligations to divulge my methods
Good evening. detroit Tribune.
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Business.

fuses a pOem?"
II send that poem to another editor"
TAnd when an editor accepts a poem %
81 send another poem to that EDITOR
Truth.
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THE SONG OF THE SHIRT.
REV. DIR. TALMAGES ELOQUENT
SERMON ON wOMAN's WORK.

of RespectabiIity-Let Woman Do
What She Can Do WelI-The Dread
Alternative of Starvation or Dis
honor.
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With these words he launched forth
into his speech He said he had come
on from Ohio. He told how he lived in
little country town, the home Of this