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The advocate., 1895-12-11
Age and the Presidency.

It has often been said by excited indi-
viduals, as the historical chronicles of
the republic record, that battle for the
Presidency would kill this or that states
man, or would shorten the duration of
life Of the man holding that exalted
Office. But no such result has attended
successful candidates, though many sim
ister disasters have oVertaken unsuc-
cessful ones. John Adams lived twenty
eight years after his Inauguration as
President He died at the age Of 80.
Thomas Jefferson, glorious name in Dem
ocratic annals, lived twenty-five years
after his Inauguration. James Madison
lived twenty-seven years, and died at the
age Of So. Monroe lived fourteen years,
John Quincy Adams twenty-five years,
Andrew Jackson grand old many twenty
six years, Martin Van Buren twenty-four
years, John Tyler twenty-one years, Mil
lard Fillmore twenty-four years, Frank
lin Pierce fifteen years, and James
Buchanan sixteen years. r. B. Hayes,
too, lived sixteen years after having been
defeated for President, and with the
weight Of criminal consciousness that
he had been seated fraudulently.
Four Presidents Of the United States
have died in office: two at the hands Of
murderous assassins, two from illness
The grandson of one of these, who has
occasionally been observed in the walks
Of men where Presidential nominations
are discussed and determined, was after
ward President. We refer to Benjamin
Harrison, inaugurated in March, 1889,
and candidate for reelection in 1892,
with no positive assurance that he would
not, despite the experience Of his illus
GUS grandfather, accept the nomination
in 1896.
There have been Presidents of the
United States who killed, or nearly
killed, the political party which elected
them to that important office; but there
is no known or recorded instance of a
President who died on account Of its re-
sponsibilities, obligations and official
cares. Not one!-NeI0 York Sun.
The advocate., 1895-12-11

If all the men of the country who are
opposed to the Cleveland and Republi-
can policy on the money question
would get together they could carry
the election for President In 1896, and
/ firmly believe that it is within the
power of the leaders of the Populist
party to bring about this united action
without giving up single one of the
great principles of the party. No new
party can ever succeed to power to
bless mankind that has not the spirit
of sacrifice, toleration and compromise.
This belief in the aphorism, that truth
will prevail whether or no, or that if
"Crushed to earth will rise again"
has misled and destroyed the influence
Of many great men and parties. Truth
In the hands of zealots, bigotry and in
competency has been crushed to
earth and buried for twenty centuries.
The opposition to the two old par
ties hold the winning cards if they
know how to play them, but it is ten.
ace hand that will neither permit the
player to finesse with, nor lead out
from, but if the hand is led up to we
can take the odd trick and win the
game.
The Republican party, now flushed
with victory, has no fears of defeat in
the coming race for President, and
will, as usual with that party, call an
early national convention, and the dis
integration now going on in the Dem
ocratic party will force this party also
into an early national convention.
The opposition, therefore, has nothing
to apprehend In this talk of late con-
ventiOns of the two old parties to frus-
trate and thwsrt the will of the people;
they will lead up to our hand.
wish now to draw attention to, and
to discuss briefly, the two-third rule that
obtains in the Democratic party and
which has governed the action Of every
national Democratic convention since
1874. Under this rule it takes two.
thirds vote of all the accredited dele
gates to the convention to nominate
candidates or adopt a platform. This
party, therefore, when it meets in ma
tionsl convention next year, divided as
fit is on the silver question as it was on
the slavery question in 1850, can
neither nominate candidates nor adopt
platform, but like the Charleston
convention, must inevitably 60 to
pieces.
But suppose the Cleveland sentiment
should prevail with small majority in
the convention, as most likely will be
the case, and should proceed to repeal
or refuse to adopt this time. .honored
rule and law Of the party; then every
brave and patriotic anti. Cleveland del.
egste would walk out of the conVen-
tion. What would the Cleveland men
do thenP Would they nominate can.
didstesP No. They would 60 body
and soul to the Republican party. But
on the other hand, suppose the Cleve-
land men should conclude that it would
be best to nominate candidates for
President and Vice President, then
these candidates would be derided as
the candidates of rump and bob.tsil
convention, and left without the hope
of carving a single State in the union.
The advocate., 1895-12-11
The French Revolution.


be expressed that our citizens would
study French history at the time Of the
revolution against the Bourbons and the
aristocracy. But to this some one may
reply that it would be we'll to study
American history first. Such retort
was made by a utilitarian to en- enthu-
siast who "hoped the time would come
when all men would read Bacon" The
former retorted that he would be well
satisfied to see all men have at least
bacon to eat
No historian is surprised that the
French people revolted. But their con-
dition differed only in degree, not in kind,
from the American, and indeed, all toll
ers the world over to-day. The oppressors
then were titled aristocrats; now they
are monied aristOcrats. S. NJ. Smucker
in his Memorable Scenes of French His
tory" says: "The people were compelled
to have their grain ground at their land
lords mill and to make their wine at his
press" Now the imperative force of cir
cumstances, more powerful than the
French laws and customs, compel the
American citizen to get his oil from the
Standard Oil Company, his coal from the
great trust, his meat from the Armour
combine. He must patronize the omnip-
otent railroads, the street car lines, the
sugar trust and hundred other monop-
olies. Yet in France such oppression
naturally resulted in rebellion. Further:
"Aristocracy, in connection with the
clergy, possessed three-fourths of the soil
of France, yet they for the most part re-
fused to reside on their estates, but spent
their revenues amid the dissipations of
Paris, while their agents increased the
evil by the perpetration Of additional
outrages to promote their own separate
interests" Our plutocrats do not even
remain in their own country, as the
French did; instead, they put in their
time in Europe-in the Scotch High
lands, like Carnegie, or in Italy, like the
Mackays. The women are in eager pur-
suit of dissolute and decayed scions of
European nobility "Birds of feather
flock together The descendants Of the
robber barons of Germany, of the out
laws and unprinoipled adventurers who
shared in the spoils stolen from the brave
Saxon peasants and mobiles by the Nor
man bastard, William the Conqueror-
these and similar worthless now unite
with descendants of later race of plum
derers, those who gained place and power
by unjust laws and economic exploiting
instead of by cracking heads and burn
ing towns as in the "good old times"
The French peasantry had but one re-
sort-armed conflict. The American
citizen needs only to exercise wisely his
right Of suffrage to cure these evils.
Will the American evils of to-day be
cured by the French methods OF the
close Of the eighteenth century? Mol
The 100000 Populist voters of 1894,
rolling onward, gaining daily, will be-
come in 1896 an overwhelming avalanche
that will bury beyond resurrection the
new feudal system. No need to wait for
1900 Next year is the time to win. Let
every Populist remember that. Our
motto is F. L. T.-fnance, transportation
and land reform. "By this sign We shall
conquer j. C. RuPPENTHAL, JR.
The advocate., 1895-12-11

You can get the old reliable Kansas
Farmer and the ADvooATE, both one
year for el.5O. The Breeders Gazette
and ADVOCATE Tor s2.0Q
The advocate., 1895-12-11

Send to the ADVOCATE Tor club
rates.
The advocate., 1895-12-11
A POLITICAL FORECAST.

Open Letter to the Chairman and Members
OF the POpulist National Committee.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-07-11
OUR CIVIL SERVICE.

The annua! report of the United
States civil service commission viii
show that the whole number Of per
sons regularly employed In the civil
service Of this country Is about 100000
Of these approximately one-fourth are
in the classified civil service subject 10
competitive examinations under the
civil service rules. OF those in the IN.
classified service. $4,000 are lahorers
5000 are appointed by the president,
subject to confirmation by the senate
LOO are in the legislative branch of the
government, and 2,665 are in the ju.
dicial branch. The civil service act ex.
cludes these classes from classification.
The total number of petitions af-
fected by the extension of civil service
rules from March 4, 1898, to January
8. 1895. was S,1Si. OF these, 1851 were
added to the classified service by orig
inal classification, and 2,647 by trans
fer of places classified but excepted
from examination to list Of places sub
iect to competitive examination. Since
January all the employees have been
brought into the classified service, ex-
cept the secretary and assistant secre-
tary of agriculture, a private secretary
to each, the chief Of the weather bl-
reau and his private secretary The
chief clerk of each department and
his private secretary, and laborers and
char women.
A comparative statement shows thai
at the end of resident Arthur's adj
ministration, the approximate number
of positions classified was 1873; al
the end of President Cleyeland's first
term there was 1880, and at the end
of President Harrisons administrator
there was 42,92S places classified. Ex'
ecutive acts brought 29,S73 of the lat
ter number into the service, while the
1900 others, principally in postotiices'
became classified by reason Of growth
from small offices.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-07-11

He never made no fuss. and "a.
excited, and never got scare, ~
be walking along on ma III ast
and all of a sudden he vo,,is
baby elephant ahead Of him 49, sss
run along aurd try to climb ON "A. sOat
Then, when he'd fan, he'd swa - u.
somebody had tldpped him - s
he'd get all over 1t. An hour az ~
would get you Off in the eornos
ell you confiden'tially that be u,,..
q drink, but that he couldn't snss
1t unless you took that allipa,... :
the bar I've seen Hank 90 ora 4
street lots Of times to avoid s,ar,,.
on toad that he though IA ~
But he was always happy ana M,
naltured about II, He could see ~
elephants in a minute than any 8.
you ever knew, and sometimes w..
they We're particularly thick he woau
get UP dance with them. He was !.
pleasant man to have around. WA.
he got the tremens he would alu,,,
get them right, and nobody was 4.
worse for it.
''One day he came in from the DOd,.
City plains with long story ahau.
seeing drove of elephants out tha,.
l didn't know him so we'll then as /,
did afiterward. and he was So ana,
about it that i believed him, and ins
for the fun OF the thing | drove an,
there with him. After we had gon. !,
few miles he made me stop and tbs.
start UP slow because he didn't wan,
to hurt them.
Hurt whatl' says I.
1.-THE elepha nts,' said he.
eThen / looked ait him, and i.
jumped out of the buggy and hen,
to chase one of them. Pretty soon !
got tired, and began to chase hn
He and | had 1T There for about tvs
hours, but | ran him down at last ana
got him into the wagon. Then h
wanted me to take one of them homs
with me, and just to please him DIN.
tended to put one into the wagm
He patta.d the imaginary elephant and
was very contented with it until M
got most to Laramie, and thel IL van
ished, 10 his great sorrow Strang,
things happen on the Dodge Cky
plains. gentlemen
After all hands had partaken of sh
landlords cheer he added:
Now, then, judge, major. and col
onel. ] don't mind telling you tina
Hank Moore's drove of elephants wal
seen in the same place that the lizard
were. but there was something rattle
entertaining about THE way he led EN-
I'm afraid you're mixing little ID
much"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-07-11

Observations Made by a Man WAo Had
Gone Week Without Food.


For the first two days through which
Il strong and healthy man is doomed to
exist upon nothing his sufferings are
perhaps more acute than In the re-
naming stages; he feels an inordinate,
indispensable craving at the stomach
might and day. The mind runs upon
beef. bread and other substances,
but still in great measure, the body
retains its strength.
On THE third and fourth days. but es-
pecially on the fourth. this incessant
craving gives place TO a sinking and
weakness of the stomach. accompanied
by nausea. The unfortunate sufferer
lstill desires food, but with loss of
strength he loses that eager craving
which he felt In the earlier stages.
Should he chance to obtain a morsel
or two Of food, he swallows it with
a wolfish avidity, but five minutes
afterward his sufferings are more in
tense than ever. He feels as IL he had
swallowed living lobster. which is
clawing and feeding upon the very
foundation of his existence.
On the fifth day his cheeks sud
denly appear hollow and sunken, his
body attenuated, his color is aslly pale
and his eyes wild, CLASSY and cannibal-
lstic. The different parts of the sys-
TEN now war with each other. The
stomach calls upon tho legs to go with
1t in quest of food; the legs from
weakness, refuse.
The sixth day brings with 1t increased
suffering. although the pangs Of hun
ger are lost in an overpowering
languor and sickness. The head be-
comes giddy; the ghosts of well re-
membered dinners pass in hideous
professions through the mind.
The seventh day comes, bringing in
creasing lassittlde and further prostra-
ton of strength. The arms hang list
lessly the legs drag heavily. The de-
sire for food is still left to a degree,
but 1t must be brought, not sought.
The miserable remnant Of life which
still hangs to the sufferer is a burden
almost too grievous to be borne; yet
his inherent love of existence induces
a desire still to preserve it if it can be
saved without a tax on bodily exertion.
The mind wanders. At one moment
he thinks his weary limbs cannot sns-
tain rim mile; the next he is en-
lowed with unnatural strength, and if
there be a certainty of relief before
him, dashes bravely and strongly for
ward, wondering whence proceeds his
new and sudden impulse.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-07-11
NOT TO RETURN TO SAMOA.

Though Mrs. Stevenson, the widow
Of the novelist, declares she VIII MOI
return to Somoa, those who know hef
well say she win probably make hef
home in Sa- Francisco, where she nas
many Friends. 1t will please lovers q y
Stevenson TO know that his widow WIZ
publish his incomplete story, ever o.
Hermiston," as he left II, or not az al
She will not permit any other hand y
finish 1t, Whether 1t will be printed "
all rests with Sidney Colyin to deeloe
Stevenson regarded this as the oes'
thing he had ever written.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-07-11
The End.

Rabbi voorsanger. of Los Angeles.
saws the new woman is "a rebellious
woman. who gathers in conventions
and talks much: rcforucr who seeks
10 Law bare the rotten foundation Of
society. an evolved species of aiseon-
tented Roman matron with a tongle
ike 4 lash ana rod Of chastisement
ii her fair fist
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-07-11
a SHOWER OF LIZARDS.
Something Of a Story. but Everything
Goes


Colonel Pixby. Judge Dukes and
Major Fimey came over from the
Barstow diggings last evening with a
big story about storm few even
ings before on the Laramie plains, in
which ii Mined lizards, says a San
Barnardino, Cal, dispatch to she New
York Sun. They had been over the
divide to tile Waterman ranch, and en-
returning We're overtaken by gale,
which presently brought rin. For an
hour or so lit poured DIN torrents. and
then, just at dusk they felt something
solid striking them occasionally. At
length the colonel, who was sitting on
the back seat, reached down into the
wagon-box and pulled ont water
dog" about six inches long. This con-
yinced the tourists that an exttraor-
binary storm was in progress, and 10
some extent prepared them for what
followed.
"I.ittle by little" said the judge,
'Hhe bombardment increased, 1til
lizards and toads We're thicker'n L es.
We turned up our coat collars and
pulled down out hats, but 1t did no
good. They'd strike us In the face in
the lap, on the back, and all over, and
the horses became wild with terror.
We lost our way, and the major got
out to look at the ground bur jumped
back into the wagon again with ven,
saying it was knee-deep with yards.
BY this time It had stopped raining,
and we came to the conclusion, after
mature reflection. that the area of the
storm could not be large and that if
we moved straight ahead in almost
any direction we would soon be out Of
It, Acting on This determinati don we
started up again, and in the course Of
half an hour we struck hard ground.
We camped near there and when day
light came we went back WAYS and
examined the lizards. There were mill
lions Of them, the great ma jority Of
them being dead as the result of their
fall; but there Were plenty of live
ones. and the way they were crawling
WstS II tdullOu.
Some one having asked what theory
they had to advance in explanation of
this visitation. the major said that
there was n lake on the summit of the
mountain off towards Bnnning that
was fun Of lizards, and he had no
doubt that the wind, which was very
high. had scoaped ont that body of
water with all its contents and dumped
them ON the Laramie plains. He knew
Of similar case in Kansas. A tor
nado had followed the line Of a river
and scooped 1t out so clean for a dis
lance of nineteen miles that farmers
living thirty miles from the stream
found fish. turtles and frogs In their
front dooryaris, and believed they had
rained down. The colone, said he had
brought few of the Aards in 70
show the folks. and would get u IN.
hut after searching the wagon box in
vain, he was forced to apologize BY
saying they had probably come TO life
and crawled away
Captain Nelson. the saloonkeeperi
who had been patient listener, Shook
his head and said:
.0ld Hank Moore was the only man
+ ever knew who conld get EN-, and he
kind 81 pleasant and soclable with EN-.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-07-11

For mary years scientists WEI.
puzzled at the curious mutilatioh = !,
the skulls of ancient Peruyians !
was at last discovered that the oMn VIZ.
Of these were In their lifetime SUD-
to conditions that were attributes j
evil spirits. The skulls were re-
larry and not unscientifcaiiy u.
panned in order to let out TIE 60 4, !,
that possessed the sufferer. Whe'1s :
the victims survived the opeis't,eu, IND
went ont with the evil spirit prop MI,
mattered little to the surgeons o. '-s
friends. Family Doctor LONDON
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-07-11
WHY MRS. GRAND MUST RETIRE

Mime. Sarah Grand has been for0'u.
den by her physician to do any NOV
literary work. The Heavenly Twins
were evidently too much for hei'-
New York Mail and Express.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-01-29

In about two weeks the steamer Pot
ter will go on the ways for a thorough
oyerhauing. The Thompson will take
her run, and the Queen will take the
lhompsoA's run. 1t is intended to
take the copper bottom off the Potter
and give the hull CT the boat thor,
ough coat of paint. The whole vessel
VIII be painted and decorated, and the
carpets taken up and replaced Dy new
ana handsome designs. The beds will
nave the latest woven mattresses, in
stead OF the spiral springs now in use,
and other changes about the interior
OF the vessel viii add much to its
beauty and comfort. The engineers
think that by making certain changes
about the Potter, her speed will be in
creased by at least two miles per hour
At present there are four heavy fresh
water iron tanks on the steamer which
were made use of on the Sound, but
are now useless. BY removing these,
together with several tons of copper
from her bottom, it will take away a
great weight and increase her carrying
capacity as well as her speed. An
other change that will probably be
made is in the paddle boxes, lengthen-
ing them so that they Will be free
from The water thrown up by the
wheels. Captain Sullivan states that
he won't allow anything to pass him
when the new Potter comes out.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-01-29

A story which originally appeared in
the London Westminster Gazette, is 60.
ing the rounds of the English service
papers: An English sloop Of war, un.
der command of Captain B., was
moored in the river, opposite the for
eign concession at Shanghai, when one
afternoon large American merchant
ship anchored so close to her that when
SHE swung to the next tide 1t was pret-
ty certain she would make it foul
berth" The English captain sent an
officer with a polite message asking
the American captain to shift" his
position. but an answer was returned to
this effect: "Tell your captain to keep
his hair on; guess Wen swing clear"
A second message was sent later on,
but brought an even less civil reply.
Shortly before sunset the two ships
had swung to the tide. the Americans
stern being within a few feet of the
others taffrail and her captain calmly
seated on long deck chair with re-
freshments on the skylight close beside
him. Five minutes to sunset was re-
ported when Captain B. came on
deck and said, II think we will fire a
big sunset gun tonight Train the after
6S-pounder gun just clear Of the Yam
KEGS stern and load it with a reduced
blank charge of s pounds of powder"
These orders were promptly obeyed.
Sunset was reported and the order to
FIRE" given-.bang went the 6s-pounder
as the ensign came down, and crash
was heard ON board the American. No
sooner had the noise subsided than the
American commander called over, I'll
guess I'd move. Cap, but please send
me glass to finish my grog with;
you've broken all my burned crockery."
1t is good story. and one which, az
the Army and Navy Journal remarks,
might be told as well BY an American
as an EngliShman.