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The advocate., 1895-01-09
INITIATIVE LAW.

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INITIATIVE LAW.
Swiss federal law relative to the ini-
tiatiVe and elections for revision of
the federal constitution, enacted Janu-
sry q, 1892.
In conformity to article 1872 Of the
federal constitution and the recon-
mendation of the federal council in its
message of July %, 1891, the Swiss
federal assembly enscts:
Article l. A revision of the federal
constitution, as a whole or in part, can
at any time be demanded by way of
the initiative, (See articles 118, 120 and
121 Of the constitutional
Article 2. If anyone desires to use
this franchise, an application signed
by at least $4,000 voters, who must be
Swiss citizens, is to be addressed in
writing to the federal council, who will
submit the same to the federal assem-
bly,. This application must contain
the subject of the initiative.
Article 3. Any citizen wishing to
make such application must sign it
personally. Anyone signing another's
name win be indicted for forgery and
punished accordingly.
Article 4. Each list contai ing the
signatures must name the canton and
the community Of which the applicants
are residents. To be valid it must also
specify: (1) The text Of the initiative;
(2) the text of article 3 Of this law; (3)
certificate of the city authorities
properly dated, showing the applicants
to be entitled to vote on federal laws,
and that they are qualified electors in
their communities. No fee shall be
collected for this certificate.
Article S. Having received the re-
vision demand, the federal council will
canvass the signatures and determine
the number entitled to vote. Debsrred
from voting will be: 1) Those whose
signatures have not been certified to,
within the period of six months, dat
ing retrogressiVely from the day on
which the revision demand is received
by the federal council; ~ the sigma
lures contained in an invalid list (see
article A.; those signatures, the regis
tration of which is missing, incomplete,
or incorrect. Any signatures showing
to be in the same handwriting are
claSsed as invalid, and will not be
counted. The federal council will issue
reports in its official organ showing
the result of the investigation and will
submit the same to the federal assem-
bly, at its first meeting, together with
all other acts relating thereto.
Article 6. If a demand for revision
or an initiative requiring a total re.
vision Of the constitution is found
valid, the question whether this re-
vision shall take effect must be deter
mined by the vote Of the whole Swiss
people. If the majority is in favor of
revision, both state council and the ma
tionsl council must be reelected, and
the new incoming councils must pro
ceed to revise the constitution in toto.
Article Z. If the initiative demands
the repeal, abolition, or change of Ger.
tain articles Of the constitution and if
the same is framed in the form of a
general bill, both councils will have to
The advocate., 1895-01-09


required revision, after which the re-
Vised articles will be again submitted
to the vote of the whole Swiss voters.
Article 8. If, on the other hand, the
demand is in the form of an elaborate
project, the two councils shall decide,
within period not exceeding one year,
whether they agree with this project or
not.
Article 8. If the two councils can
not come to a unanimous conclusion
regarding said project, it will be sub
jected to the vote of the people, and
the vote of the csntons, as also is the
case if the federal assembly concludes
to agree to the project.
Article 10. If the federal assembly
decides not to agree to the demand,
the people win vote on the question.
The federal assembly has right, how
ever, to recommend to the people the
rejection of the project, or propose
new one prepared by the assembly.
Article, IL. In case the federal as
sembly proposes a special elaborate
project, in opposition to the demand
for revision, the people will have to
vote on the two questions, as follows;
Q) Do you accept the project of revis-
ion demanded by the initiative; or (2)
do you accept the project Of the fed
eral assembly,
Article 12. The blank and invalid
ballots are not counted in determining
the result of the Vots. Ballots which
answer one question with "yes," and
the other with "no," or both questions
with no." are valid. Ballots which
answer both questions with Eyes" are
void.
Article 1S. The project which is &C.
cepted by the majority Of the voters
and the majority of the cantons, will
become law.
Article IA. The records Of the vote
must contain the number Of residents
in the community entitled to vote, the
number Of ballots, the number of in
valid votes, and finally, the number Of
yeas and nays for the question.
Article Is. If, on the same article
Of the constitution, several demands
for revision have been made, they
must be voted on separately in accord.
ance with the date of their filing.
Article 16. AS for the rest, the pre-
scriptions of the federal law Of June
II, 1874, relative to federal election
laws and regulations, must be fol-
lowed.
Article II. The federal law of De-
cember 5, 1867, relative to the cOnstitu-
tionsl revision demand, is hereby re-
pealed, as well as the federal councils
prescriptions dated May 2, 1879.
Article 18. The federal council shall
publish this law and the date of Its
enactment in accordance with the pre-
scriptions of the federal law of June
II, 1874, relative to federal election
laws and decisions of the federal coun-
Gil.
The federal council declares that the
above federal law, published on the
10th OF February, 1892, is a part Of the
Swiss federal laws, and will be in force
beginning with May Is, 1892.
"AmOng the Ozarks."
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ellis, provided that the cantonial consti.
tuition does not prescribe other rules.
Article Z. If after the expiration Of
the ninety days dating from the first
publication of federal law or enact
ment in the official federal organ, no
demand for an election has been made
by the people, or if such demand has
been made within the period named,
but the official count shows that the
requisite $4,000 signatures, or eight
cantonsl governments have not been
obtained, the federal council will de-
clare the respective law or enactment
in force, and will order the same inCor-
porated in the statutes.
The signatures asking for a referen-
dunn will be published in the federal
organs showing the number of sigma
lures from each canton or community;
further, the demands made by the can
tonal governments in accordance with
article will be published. Moreover,
the federal council will report the re-
suit to the federal assembly at its next
meeting and submit the records relat-
ing thereto.
Article 8. If, on the other hand it is
found, upon examination of the sppli-
cation, that the request has been
signed by the requisite number of
csntons, then the federal council will
order the question submitted to the
vote of the people. 1t will also inform
the cantonal governments thereof, and
order the law and enactment referring
thereto to be published without delay.
Article 9. All the citizens Of Switz-
erland will cast their vote on the same
day, which will be named by the fed
eral council.
Article 10. Every male Swiss citizen
who has attained his twentieth year is
entitled to vote, provided he is not de-
barred therefrom by the law of the can
ton of which he is a resident.
Article IL. Each canton has to pro-
vide for the election within its terri
tory, in accordance with the federal
prescriptions relative thereto.
Article II. A record Of the vote
shall be kept in each community or
each district. Such record must con-
tain the exact number of persons en-
titled to vote, and the number of yeas
and nays that have been cast for or
against the law in question.
Article 13. The csntonal govern
ments must send these tally lists, within
ten days, to the federal council, hold
ing the ballot disposal of said council.
By these records the federal council
will determine the result of the cleo
tion.
Article IA. The federal law or the
federal enactment is to be regarded as
in force, if majority of the votes cast
have been found in favor of the same.
In such cases, the federal council will
order the same enacted and incorpor-
ated in the federal statutes.
Article 10. If, on the contrary, a
majority is found to be against the law,
the same will be declared rejected and,
therefore, void.
Article Is. In both cases the federal
council will publish the result of the
election, and inform the federal as
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SPECIAL REGULATIONS.

Article l.. The above law is to be
published in the official federal organ,
and a sufficient number of copies
printed to be distributed among the
several csntonsl governments.
Article 2. All paragraphs apply to
the law itself,
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Article 3. These regulations are in
force beginning from this date.
Article 4. The federal council is
charged with the execution of the
same.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-05-25
NEW ARMY GUNS.

The army is now, being supplied
with the new 30 calibre rifles, the
troops at Fort Bliss having received
theirs some time since. The gun a.
indicated by its caliber, is much
smaller than those in former use.
The barrel is thirty inches long and
the rifiing consists of four plain
concentric grooves, with a uniform
twist Of Ole twist in ten inches. The
chamber is made slightly conical to
faci late the withdrawal of cartrid-
ges.
A peculiarly of the gun is its
special mechanism whereby there is
practically no recoil to it, although
it shoots with such force that carr
fridge will penetrate a thick steel
plate, at distance of 500 yards.
The total weight of the gun with
bayonet attached is little over nine
and one quarter pounds. The car
tridges and shell used in the rifle is
three inches long, the bullet being
about one and one half inches in
length. The bullet is covered with
a coating of silver.
Government, nitro, smokeless
powder is used, and the velocity of
the ball is so great that the gun will
shoot a distance of 500 yards with-
out raising the sights.
A test of one of these guns was
made recently at Leavenworth,
Kansas, at which the builent pence
trated plate Of steel to the depth
of one inch, on l 500 yard range.
Ell Paso Herald.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-05-25
PURELY PERSONAL.

Capt. JEFF. Kennedy returned
from the colst last evening.
Frank Rabb left this morn
ing for his Santa Maria planta-
ton.
Henry E. Vernon, Esq, and
son Beall, came up from the
coast last evening
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Truwit
left on the Alice stage this
morning, en- route to Monterey,
Mexico, to spend some time.
They will probably visit Mex
leo City and other points before
returning.
Grant r. Bennett left for Cor
pus Christi yesterday on his
pleasure yacht, the Viva. 1t is
his intention to return here and
and accompany his friends Yer
nor and Barbour on an over
land trip to Soto la Marina.
Ex-Sergant Wilson is how
in our city. This is his first
visit since 1886, when he was
connected with the Sth U. S.
cavalry then stationed at Fort
Brown. He is now residing in
San Antonio, but will remain
here for some time.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-05-25

Mr.. CARLISLE has shown in
his great CoviDgton speech that
this country has tried free
coinage twice and both times
1t proved a failure. The first
time silver was over valued
and the consequence was that
gold disappeared from circu-
Lation. In order to bring back
the gold, congress readjusted
the ratio, this time under valu-
ing the white metal. This re-
suited in the withdrawal of sill
yer from circulation. The gold
standard was then adopted,
silver being used as subsid-
larry coin, since which we have
virtually had bi-mettallism,
both silver and gold coins cir
eulating side by side and ex-
ehangeable at par.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-05-25
A CHILD'S DEFINE
TON OF SIN


In the course of trial which
recently took place in New York
before chief Justice Sedgwick, of
the Superior Court, Lottie Cold
berg, a little girl eleven years old,
was called to the witness chair to
testify. She was questioned as to
her understanding Of the nature at
an oath III order TO ascertain wheth-
er she should be allowed to testify
The examination ran thus:
Q.-Do you understand the ma
ture Of an oath?
A.-Yes, sir.
Q.-What is it?
Att is swear.
Q-What do you mean when
you say it is a swear?
A.-Well, it is that have to tell
the truth.
Off you don't tell the truth,
what then2
A.-That would be sin.
Q.-What is a sin?
A bad mark from God.
The venerable Chief Justice was
visibly touched at this answer of
the child's, and remarked: This is
a very intelligent child, she perfect
~ understands the obligations of an
oath" She was then allowed to
give her testimony.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-05-25

Go TO Mrs. Dreyfus for new
summer goods Of all kinds.
Prices to suit the times.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-05-25

The Sealys won the third
prize in the free for all drill at
Memphis, with a percentage of
$3.50, the highest percentage
being 1886, and the recond
1886. Thus the famous Sealys
have upheld the credit of the
state, despite the foolish op-
position of Adjutant General
Mabry.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-05-25

IRIS calculated that the Unit
ed States government pays the
Western Union telegraph com
pany s1,5oO,OOo annually for
the daily transmission of mes
sages concerning standard time.
Surely, time is money in this
instance.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-05-25
1? s; ;:!;;;,

to assist Nature at this time when she
most needs help, to purify the blood, tone
and strengthen the laboring organs and
build up the nerves.
Mr.. John Burruss, Editor OF the Uni
versalist Herald, OF Notasulga, Ala,
writes as follows: Having heard Hoods
Sarsaparilla highly spoken Of by several
of my friends determined to give 1t Q
trial. used several bottles last summer
and am still using It with the most salts
factory results. It purihes the blood and
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-05-25
Purifies
he Blood

starts new life throughout the entire
man. 1t tones up the system and gives
strength and elasticity to the muscles
and sinews Of the body"
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-05-25

THE quashing of the income
tax law relieves the farmers OF
the lower Rio Grande region of
their fears lest they should be
liable for the tax on account of
the big corn crops they are
going to gather in a short time.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-05-25
THE Confederate reunion i

THE Confederate reunion in
Houston this week was a grand
affair, and will go down to
posterity as one of the most
memorable gatherings which
ever occurred in this state.
The gray-haired veterans were
royalty entertained by the
good people of the Bayon City.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-05-25
TO BUILD AT LA PARA

Corpus Christi Caller
Ed. S. Kilmer, contractor, and
Messrs. Jno. Moorman, w. Funk,
Herman Vetters, Jno. Wills,
Joe Patillo, Jno. Edwards and
Will Stephenson leave this
morning for the Kennedy ranch
10 construct a large and elegant
house of Mr.. Jno. Kennedy Geo.
o. Powell will also leave over
land to do the brick work.
Most of the party viii go down
on the schooner Flour Bluff, A.
Anderson, captain. They ex-
pect to complete the work in
six weeks.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-05-25
SATURDAY NAY %. 1895.

THE watermelon crop on the
lower Rio Grande will soon be
moving lively-and the small
boy will be in the seventh
heaven of delight.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-05-25
NOTICE.

All parties having claims
against the estate of L. n.
Petitpain, deceased, are here
by required to present the
same to the undersigned, on
or before the 1st., day of June
next, when final distribution of
the assets of said estate will be
made.
" WIN M. Raf KnIlr Executors
Brownsville, Tex. April "a 1896.
Send I5c for Mail Expense
get samples and particulars
that you can easily make SO
to $15 a day with. No Fake
Odell & Co. Bradford, Pa.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-05-25
FOR REA-T

ThehIiller's Hotel building hav
ing been completely repaired is
offered for rent for hotel purrosee-
Reasonable rates. Apply to Fran
cisco Ylurria.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-05-25
Spring
N g diCine

Is necessity because the tonic of winter
air is gone, and milder weather, increased
moisture, accumulated impurities in the
blood and debilitated condition Of the
body, open the way for that tired feeling,
nervous troubles, ana other ills. The
skin, mucous membrane and the various
organs strive in vain to relieve the Inn
pure current of life. They all welcome
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-10-23

Chamberlain's Eye and s1ki~ Ointment
Is unequalIed for Eczema, TaE-r, Salt
Rheum, Scald Head, Sore Nipples Mapped
Hands, Itching Piles, Burns, FraMf Bites
Chronic Sore Eyes and GranulateG ere Lids.
For sale BY druggists At q cauts susM box.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-10-23
ExpERr hoTEl RoRsgR.
He Relieved schuyler coifax Of = Bag Full
OF Securities.

ibid yen ever hear e Charley Holt,
the prince III hotel fIievess said Detect
i've James MeDevilt. well. had two
encounters with that gentleman here in
Washington. My first experience was
brief aud devoid Of sensational incident.
"A guest in an up town hotel awoke
one night and saw a man going through
his clothes He gave chase to the rob-
Der, who dropped his booty, consisting
of watch and several hundred dollars.
in the hallway.
He managed TO outrun his pursuer
and reached his room on an upper floor
unseen. The hotel people sent for me,
and after searching the register and
making some inquiries / went straight
to Holt room and put him under ar
rest. He accompanied me 10 headquar-
ters without murmur, bat as we had
no proof against him he was let 60, with
q warning never TO show up again at the
capital
He staid away three years, but the
next time he came he did a job of no
less magnitude than to rob the vice
president of the United States, Schuyler
Colfax, Of 1925. 900 in bonds and Sc
curities. The robbery occurred at Worm
ley's hotel, between 5 and 6 O'Clock, on
the evening of Feb. %, 1869. | had
been to Alexandria that day and heard
of the affair as soon as / reached the
city, about p. IN. The first thing l did
was to go to arestaurant keeper and ask
H., ;f a,,.- ,,.rrl,od ,,aoy, Ia xr-ara in foxua
He replied that there was party IN the
badger line at place on Tenth street,
near the old gas Office In company
with the chief of police l went TO the
house and asked Of the landlady if she
had any strangers stopping there. She
said yes, and ON telling her our business
she admitted us into the parlor, where
a good looking young man was walking
the floor, apparently in nervous con-
dition.
Before we could say word he re-
marked: Il know who you are after.
Charley Holt has stolen a lot Of bonds
belonging to the vice president. He told
me so himself and said he was nearly
scared to death when he found whose
property he had taken. You'll find the
stuff in the express Office, for he boxed
it all up and shipped it to Philadelphia
this evening.
"Here was a revelation TO take a
mans breath away. never dreamed OF
making such a swift capture We went
to the express and got the securities
right enough without any trouble, II
would have been an easy matter to get
Holt, but Mr. Colfax, for some reason,
vetoed the proposition tocatch him, and
he went scot free Of that particular
crime. The fellow who told me was a
crook, but had nothing to 90 with the
transaction, aud III consideration OF the
give away was allowed 60 leave the
city with warming - Washington
Post
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-10-23
.Mlracle Face" on a Tombstone.

In the Oak Hill cemetery, at Stony
Brook, n Y, large tombstone Of
notified italian marble bears a remark
able portrait of an average sized human
face. The picture is not the work of a
sculptor, nor has it been craven with
the marble cutters chisel. 1t is a nat
ural production, the outlines of the face
being formed by peculiar grouping of
the clouded veins and dark spots char
acteristic of first class imported stone.
The remarkable popularity Of this par
ticular stone has been known for two or
three years, and throughout the length
and breadth Of Long Island it is re-
ferred to as 1.-THE miracle face. Stand
ing near, as one would in reading an
epitaph or inspecting the grain and pol
ish of such memorial shaft, the ont
lines of the face cannot be traced. but
at distance of from 30 TO 90 feet it is
as plain as though done with an artists
brush, the grouping of the spots, veins
and wavy lines combining to make not
only a fair resemblance to a face, but a
complete portrait, including hair, eyes,
nose, cheeks, mouth, chin, etc. It's out
lines are clearest, of course, when the
shadows and light play properly upon
it, but at the distance mentioned, and
in the proper direction, the portrait is
plainly visible at all times. The face is
on the back Of the stone, and the eyes
are so set as to appear to be looking
down upon the grave Of the person to
whose memory the shaft was erected. =
st. Louis Republic.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-10-23
49, b TAgv b VIZ "a
Tie Mystery Of the Constant Chinese De-
mand Fer Ginseng.

4AA@AN~A = - ~%--+"~ 49,
Passing through the wholesale district
the other day reporter stopped in at
one Of the large houses TO ask about
prices. When ginseng was reached in
the list, the dealer said.
what the Chinese use ginseng for is
to the masses one of the mysteries of the
age, but that they gobble up every ounce
Of the herb that the known world sup
plies is nevertheless a fact. Because the
most thorough inquiry has failed TO
bring about complete unfolding If the
secret is not regarded by the average
American as sufficient reason for refus-
ing from So to s. per pound, on the
average, which the Celestial offers for
the root. Some Of the largest firms in
China make a specially Of handling the
American export Of ginseng and coin
money at it. Some Of our shrewdest
traders have coaxed for the secret, and
have offered money for it, but the gray
matter at the other end of the China
man S cue doesn't seem to see il that
way.
1.-THE American ginseng is growing
scarcer yearly. The cultivated root has
not thewonderful power which fixes the
value of the wild article-at least it
does not manifest itself TO the same de-
gree. This fact renders the cultivation
Of ginseng rather Improbable. II might
be planted and allowed TO grow well for
years and years and then be salable at
good figures, but not otherwise. The
older the plant the more pronounced the
wonderful properties of the root. In
view of the fact that it is growing
scarcer. unless the demand diminishes,
the price of ginseng must go materially
higher within the next few years.
eve encounter some funny expert
ences in buying the root The diggers
are often the poorest people, and far
from enlightened. Well, the root is hard
to get, and when it is thoroughly dried
the weight shrinks like nickel's worth
of soap after hard day S washing, so the
digger resorts to all sorts Of receptions
to fudge an ounce or two in a pound
and reap more of the precious dimes and
dollars. For instance, we have frequent
" gottenein root which was well dried,
but suspiciously heavy. Upon investiga-
ton we found that many Of the pieces
were loaded with lead, thus almost
doubling the weight of the whole lot.
This was done with great deal Of cum
ming and ingenuity. Whom the root was
green, it was split, and lead melted and
poured or driven in in slugs. The root
was then allowed to dry, and in the
process the seams entirely close up, com.
pletely hiding the lead, which. in case
like this, was almost worth its weight
in gold. Nashville American.