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The advocate., 1895-10-30

kAng&S City GlRl Meets with Success lM
the Commission Business.
The new woman has forced herself
into almost every position Of any note,
but the idea Of real, live woman GO
kng into the live stock commission busi-
ness is. novel, to say the least. This
wonderful woman is Miss Jennie Good
win, Of Kansas City. She Is twenty
four years old, and for six years served
ss stenographer with a firm Of live
stock commissioners. Through her po-
sition she came in constant contact
with customers, and became acquainted
with nearly all OF the leading shippers
Of the southwest. About two months
The advocate., 1895-10-30
10 wash light sIlIkO.

When washing summer silks remove
all grease or other spots with chloro-
form, then make q solution Of tea
spoonful Of ammonia and a little soap
"a pail Of water and into this dip the
sGilk again and again until It looks quite
sls&H. Do not wiring It out, but press
.tfveen the hands Rinse in water
fscm which the chill Is gone, then hang
Az shady place until partly dry, when
lay between two cloths and press with
. bot IRON until It Is quite dry.
The advocate., 1895-10-30
TOMBSTONE RHYMES.
Remarkable Samples Discovered in New
England Cemeteries.

England Cemeteries.
It 10 common to say that makers Of
gravestones have little regard for the
truth; monumental lars" they are
sometimes called. But though the
good side Of the departed is generally
land properly-emphasized, there are
many instances in which a spirit Of
frankness seems to have possessed the
village poets, whose services are so
much in demand ON mortuary occa-
sions.
In Vermont cemetery, according to
an exchange, one may read the follow
ing epitaph, which certainly does not
RI on the side Of hattery:
Hero lies in silent clay
Miss Arsbella Young,
Who, on the 21St Of May,
Began to hold her tongue
And here is a quatrain, never be.
fore In print, of a curiously similar Inn
port:
Hero lies the body OF Hannah Thurber,
Once she talked, and none could curb her;
Three husbands had she, all are dead,
They died Of earache, so 'tis said.
In the same rural cemetery where
this last outspolnen epitaph is found,
visitors sometimes pause to smile at the
ingenious grief Of widower whose
change Of mood in the concluding coup
let was perhaps quite unintentional;
In memory OF Susan Glover,
My wife most true and kind;
T.R,n hfVnAAa
Her like I shall not 1nd
Grammatical correctness Is perhaps
too much to ask of the unprofessional
muse. Meter and rhyme are hard task
masters, and while man Is intent
upon minding them, he is almost to be-
pardoned for using little too much Of
that very convenient article known as
poetic license, In case like the fol-
lowing we may praise the smoothness
Of the verse rather than laugh at the
ruggedness Of the grammatical con-
struCtion:
Pause, good friend, and drop O tear,
The body Of John Pratt Is here
Think OF the day when you viii be
Under the sod as deep as me-
The amateur poet lis troubled not only
by the trammels Of meter and rhyme,
but by the narrow space in which he
isobiiged to work. 1t is impossible to say
everything in four lines, and, as con-
sequence, much must be left to the un-
derstanding Of the reader. So It was,
no doubt, with the author Of the fol.i
lowing:
Beneath this stone lies William Bett,
In the river he was drowned;
A Squall came up his boat upset,
His body was never found
The advocate., 1895-10-30
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cars have upholstered spring seats, are Pull
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You have special manager on the car all
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leaving Kansas City every Wednesday running
via Topeka, Wichita Ft. Worth and 81 Paso, 20
Los Angeles, superb Southern route, re-
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The advocate., 1895-10-30

AZ mercury win surely destroy the sense OF
,mall AND coranlstolp dofanaO ths whole
'g1hem when enksring a Through Aho mu-
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1hs kAtsgt In Funeral Viewers.
Eloweru toR funeral oReEings AEe
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THE BEST LINE FOR

New York, Boston, Baltimore, Washington,
Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Nlagra Falls, Pitts
burg and Eastern Points.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-17
MINISTRY STEPS DOWN.
The French Cabinet Defeated in the Cham
Der OF Deputies.

The French Cabinet Defeated in the Cham
Der OF Deputies.
PARIS, Jan. 15.-The cabinet resigned
yesterday, having been defeated in the
chamber of deputies on the question of
giving priority to an order of the day.
Sunday evening NJ. Barthou, minister
of pu bile works, resigned his Office for
the reason that the council of state
had decided against him in the matter
of guaranteeing the interest of the
southern railway lines. 1t became
generally known that NJ. Alexander
Milne and the well known social
ist deputy and editor-in-chief
of the Petite Republique Francois
would interpellate the government in
regard to M. Barthou's resignation,
and that the government would reply
thereto. Consequently a large crowd
gathered in the chamber to listen to
the proceedings. 1t was known that
the position of the cabinet was not so
secure as it might have been, and the
enemies of the government had hopes
that the debate yesterday would re-
suit in its overthrow. These hopes
were realized
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-17
Brave Deed of a Woman.

81. LOUIS, Jan. ia special from
Paris, Tex, says: But for the courage
and presence of mind of Mrs Isaac
Parr there would have been a terrible
wreck on the Frisco, miles north of
here. She discovered a bridge on fire
near her home. Mrs. Parr took a red
table cloth and went ont to the bridge.
where she stood in the bitter cold for
nearly two hours before the train ar
rived. The engine was within 40 feet
of the burned bridge when it was
brought to halt.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-17
BRooKLYN's BIG STRIKE.
Six Thousand Employees of the Trolley Sys-
tenn in That City Quit Work.

Six Thousand employees OF the Trolley Sys-
tenn in That City Quit Work.
BROOKLYN, Jan. ID. = Nearly 5000
men, including motormen, conductors,
electricians and others employed by
the various trolly railroads in this
city, quit work between 4 and 5 o'clock
yesterday morning. 1t was the first
strike the trolley system had ex-
perienced and was a most thorough
and complete one. The only road
which was not tied up was the
Brooklyn Sc Coney Island, better
known as the Jay and Smith street
line. President Henry NJ. Slocum had
the mems demand under consideration
and when the committee of the dis
trict assembly called upon him the
strike, as far as his road was con-
cerned, was amicably settled.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-17
Sad Case from Nebraska.

ST. Louis, Jan ia special from
Flaxton, Neb., says: As result of des-
titution and their helpless situation,
among hundreds OF starving people,
John Harris and wife, living a few
miles in the country, committed sui
eide, and the body of their newly born
babe was found with its parents some
time after.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-12-14
SPORTS AND ATHLETICS.

Fashionable young ladies in Paris,
when out on their wheels, are at
tended by grooms or goyernesses who
are also on bicycles.
Gray squirrels are scare in Vermont
this fall, though there is q plentiful
crop of nuts. cartridges and other
game are plentiful there.
The girl students at Mount Union col
lege, Alliance, did not like to go through
their gymnasium exercises before a
male instructor, demanding a female
instructor. They gained their point,
and the gentleman vas bounced.
Women can no longer ride the bicycle
in st. Petersburg streets. The only
woman to whom permission was grant
ed by the police q few weeks ago has
fallen off her machine, hurting herself
so badly that she had to be taken to
the hospital, and the police will issue no
more permits.
Peter A. B. Widener, the Philadelphia
traction company magnate, has given
orders for q yacht which will be finer
than anything afloat. The vessel will
be about $50 feet long, and the million
airc owner intends to sail it around
the world. 1t will be completed next
June.
Monte Carlo has had n disastrous
summer season. Instead of IL roulette
tables there r only three, and there
was but one trente-et-quarante table
instead of four. Except for a couple
Of hours in the afternoon and after
dinner even these were half empty. One
hotel which is under contract with the
! Casino people to keep open lost $1,000
q week, aud all the others were closed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-12-14
PROSPECTS, OF THE DEMOCRACY
A Bulwark of Strength When Placed in
the Opposition.

Those democrats who for some weeks
have been hearing the triumphant as
surance of the republicans that the
campaign of 1896 is virtually nc longer
in doubt should not be too easily down
cast. The late election unq%uestionably
makes the republican prospect rosy. A
snap judgment of the situation at the
present time would be that the next
national administration will be under
the control of the republicans.
Bnt if there is one thing certain in
American politics it is the element of
uncertainty. The quickness with which
the people withdraw their support from
one party in favor of another has been
shown in recent years with startling
c~learness. They are remarkably sud-
den in administering rebuke. The re-
publican party has ut present to con-
front the prospect of a congressional
session in which it is practically power
less to do any signal benefit to the coun-
try, while it may undertake measures
which will make it unpopular. A single
blunder-the bungling of the tariff bill
-suficed to give the democracy crush
ing defeat q little more than a year ago.
The republicans are not likely to make
any such error this time. Should they
enact vicious legislation they would but
share the responsibility with the demo-
cratic president unless they chose to
take the extreme measure of passing it
over his veto. But the chances for tao
teal errors are numerous and ever pres
ent. Either the Cuban question OF
finances, or even the tariff itself, might
easily be made the occasion for as un-
happy an exhibition as that attending
the consideration of the Wilson bill.
Poor though the democracy's present
prospects may look, the party will still
have in it's favor the advantage which
may come from the plumbers of op
ponents. And the democratic party
weak as it often is when in power, is {
bulwark of strength when placed in tht
opposition.-Chicago Record (Ind.).
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-12-14
MlssIsslppl Loo RATS.
rhsy Arc Five Hundred Feet Long ant
Half as Wide.

They Are Five Hundred Feet LohE ~"N
Half as Wide.
1.-THE rafting scason has practicails
closed" remarked Secretary ueorgs
watson. of the Lumberman's ex'
| change. ''The general public has III,
tie conception of the effect his iae'
has upon the army engaged in the
lumber business. The disappearance
Of the long, low RATS moving down
! the river with q steamboat at elther
end tells us as surely that winter Is
nich ms the thermometer kept by ProL
Frankenaeld. There may be n OF
two small RATS along before the
freeze, but the rush is over, and WIN
Il the 'all's we'll and songs of lumber
men ~leisurely inspecting the drifting
| cradles of lumber. .
ut takes very high water g hoa'
some of the monster RATS bound IRON
the northern forests to St LOUIS
Some of them are made up over ave
hundred feet long and two hundred
and fifty feet wide-as a general thing
not more than two hundred and nifty
feet wide, owing to the short distance
between the piers of some OF the
bridges. The raft is made up OF G
number of sections, called cradles.
which are bound together by ropes
The cradles are drawn so closely to
each other that little play is allowed to
rounding an elbow in the river, hence
to sweep over the sand bars which oc'
cur in the bends, high water is neces'
sary. The usual raft draws from two
and one-half to three feet of water. A
liberal quantity Of shingles, laths snd
lighter material usually caps the raft,
giving it the appearance OF a moving
lumber yard. :.
More than ordinary skill isrcquired
to pilot one Of the RATS safely to its
destination. Take a raft containing six
million feet of lumber. A steamboat
assists to move it along from the rear.
The rear boat is known as Saturn. A
smaller craft, bound crosswise to the
front end of the raft, guides its course.
The lumber received here over the
river last season amounts away up
into the millions, and compared very
favorably with last years receipts from
tho same source. The low waters and
fall freeze will leave as many millions
more waiting above on the banks OF
the river. Few accidents attend the
transportation of these RATS.
Zone might be led to think that the
raft builders were thrown out of en-
ployment during the winter. But such
is not the case, for the great timber
industry goes on, in one form or an
other, winter and summer. The raft
builders become hewers of trees, haul
ers of logs and stackers of lumber
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-12-14
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Have the presidential booms Of
Benjamin Harrison and Levi Morton
collided in a fog?-St. Paul Globe.
The Hartford Courant (rep.)
packs 1.-THE whole strength and philos-
ophy" of Benjamin Harrison's candi-
dacy into these ten words: ut is better
to be safe than to be sorry"
Sherman has taken every pains
to show that he has belonged to q cor
rupt and venal party ever since the
presidential bee found a buzzing place
in his bonnet.-Detroit Free Press.
The country is sufficiently ac-
quainted with Speaker Reed to know
in advance that nothing will be done
in the house bearing upon the problem
of raising revenue that will commit the
party to McKinleyism or enhance tho
presidential prospects Of the redoubt-
able major from Ohio. Mr.. Reed ID
just as shrewd and just as much Of a
despot as he ever was, and is in q post
ton to have things very much his own
| way.-Detroit Free Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-12-14
WELL-kNOWN o

Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson has
sailed from San Francisco for her home
in Samoa.
Two of Mr.. Edison's children are
named dot" and Dash" after the IA
miliar characters of the Morse alphabet.
Col. Bradley, governor-elect of Ken
lucky, is a man of gigantic stature, an
able lawyer and an eloquent speaker.
George Vanderbilt intends to make
Fillmore, his splendid place in North
Carolina, q Mecca for all those who are
seriously interested in the study of for
estry, scientific farming and horticul'
ture,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-12-14
MONKEY HAVE MINDS.


At Least There Is Abundant Evidence That
They Can Think.
"That the monkey possesses intelli-
gence to a considerable degree is prob
ably true" said a hotel proprietor who
has a small menagerie on his premises.
81 believe, however, much of the intel.
ligence with which that animal is cred
tied is due to his love of mimicry. The
other day two young men with two
girls were at the monkeys cage feed
ing him peanuts. One of the girls was
chewing gum and one Of the men sug-
gested that she give the monkey some,
expecting that if he took it in his
mouth it would stick to his teeth and
he would make sorry work of trying
to chew it. The girl at once parted
with the sweet morsel she was SO in.
dustriously chewing, extending it to.
ward the cage. The monkey grabbed
it instantly and put it into his mouth,
but instead of chewing it, Or attempt
ing to, began pulling it out in small
ribbons, as children are frequently
seen to do. When he had it all out OF
his mouth he rolled it into a compact
ball between his hands, threw it into
his mouth and began the operation
again. He appeared to enjoy the per.
Torrance as much as his visitors. That
was imitation"
'That's all right" rejoined another,
"but l had an experience with that
same monkey wherein he displayed in.
tclligence. ! was by the cage smoking
one day, and l thought to annoy him
by blowing smoke in his face. wa.
much surprised to find that instead o.
being annoyed, he enjoyed it, as wa
evidenced by his edging up as lei Inc
as possible to receive the smoke II
larger volumes. Soon he began scratch
ing himself at the point where mos
of the smoke came against him. WheI
l had smoked one side for a few min
utes he would turn squarely round t
have the other side treated in the sam,
way. Then he sat up directly in from
Of me and received the smoke squared,
in the face and neck. l don't know
whether he held his breath, but he diI
not cough, eez or vince q particle
To complete the job he then sat wit
his back toward me, and it would hav
done you good to have seen him throw
his hind feet over his back and scratch
1t made me think of the kickers of
hay tedder In motion. Now tina
monkey knew, through some sort o
intelligence, that nothing will sen
feas and other insects to the surfac
! or stupefy them as effectually as tt
bacco smoke. Utica IN. W Observer
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-12-14
"A LITTLE NONSENSE"

NOW, I want the room painted q
very delicate color; n sort Of pale,
grayish-pinky rose tint-in fact, a
maiden's blush color" "Yes, miss;
about what age, miss?"-Judy.
Mary and John sitting on the sofa.
Mary-"Cease your batteries, or l will
put my hands over my ears" John
wishing to be complimentary)-"Ah,
your lovely hands are too SMALL
Tit-Bits
-Yeast-'I wish this restaurant fel.
low would print his bill of fare in Eng
fish, so a fellow could tell what he is eat
ing" Crimsonbeak-"Good gracious!
Do you want the fellow to lose all his
trade?'-Yonkers Statesman.
Freshman Observation-Disclosures, how
did that hair get into my soup?''
Waiter-"That must be from your
m%ustache." Freshman (Aattered)-
"Ah, yes, Charlie, you are right. Tx.
cuse me. "-Flicgende Batter.
trump testily)-"Surely you don't
mean to call that stuff a dish of ham
and eggs!' Waiter-"Sure, thot's all
OF a call 1t, at all, sor; OF don't un-
dherstand how to spake amy foreign
languages. "-Harper's Bazaar.
THAT dog is pretty we'll bred, amt
heP" asked the man leaning over the
division fence. "Well bred?" echoed
the dogs owner; Il should say he is
we'll bred. Why, that dog won't cat
his meals at all unless he has his collar
or. "-Indianapolis Journal.
Two children. have this unfeelinc
story cut in marble above them:
Here lies two babes,
As dead as nits;
What shook to death
With ague fits"
This was found in Bladensburg, Nd.
IN. Y. Herald.
Toto Tin tears)-"Boo-oo.oow Pam
whats the matter with that boyY'
Toto-"Oh, pa! I've swallowed one Of
the cartridges of your revolver
Papa-"You little wretch! And
can't even give you a thrashing 10,
fear OF exploding the cartridge
London Globe.
"A ~full-bcarded grandfather re.
Gently had his beard shaved off, show,
ing a clean face for the first time in q
number of years. At the dinner.table
his three-year old granddaughter no
ticed it,gazed long with wondering eve
and finally CIRCULATED, Grandfather
whose head have you got on2"
-"Well, there has been another fal
In silver" said Mr.. Asbury Peppers, a
he tucked the corners of his napki,
into his vest pockets "Whatr" shoutet
the populist boarder. Ever since tn,
Infamous crime Of 1S73"- "Oh. thi
wasn't much Of q fall" interrupts,
Mr.. Peppers. II was on the car "a
day, and saw the conductor knocl
down q quarter Cincinnati ENQUIRER
"A certain farmer who lived 1,
northern New York, and who was b,
no means noted for his resemblance /
Apollo, had q son OF six or seven VIII
had more wit than pedigree. One da,
2 stranger came to tho farm, and set
Ing the lad, asked: Sonny. where'
your father?' I'm the pigpen.n wa
the reply. I'm the pigpsn? ThanksI
7 Aud as the man moved In the directio
! indicated, renfant terrible shouted. a
: say, You'll know him cause he's &c
his hat onv"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-12-14
FRANKS IN A GABLE CAR.
A MIschIevous Boys Good Opportunity to
Play q Trick.

Play a Trick.
"A fellow needs his sea legs in o
place like this" said a gentleman on a
cable car the other night, as the sud-
den STARTING Of the a seated him
rather unceremoniously, with a flushed
face, in the corner. Two youngsters
sat next to him and they giggled at the
abrupt way in which he sat down.
Pretty DOL the a stopped and a
couple of authenticated misses tripped
in, with q strong odor Of sweet violets,
and seated themselves on the opposite
side near the center. They reached
their seats without any mishap, as the
a waited for a fat man, who didn't
commence webbing from the sidewalk
until the car stopped. He had squeezed
through the door and taken a couple OF
song-and-dance steps toward a seat,
when the car started, and threw him
back against the conductor; then he
lurched forward and sat down sudden,
ly on the two boys, ~crowding them
apart like q big wedge, and they gig,
gled again.
When the car stopped next it was t.
pick up q little woman with a we'll
loaded market basket, and she came
forward by fits and starts until she
secured q seat next to the little boy.
near the center Of the car, placing hel
basket on the seat between herself
L -
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-12-14
An Unusual Opportunity.

II would seem that no woman reader
would fail to take advantage of the offer
made elsewhere in this paper by Carson,
Pirie, Scott Il Co., Chicago, to send their
Shopping Guide, 1.-THE shoppers Econo-
mist absolutely free to all who write for 1t,
This firm has come to be known as .'the
quickest mail order house in the world" 1t
Is one of Chicago's Oldest and most reliable
firms, its business is immense, and every
representation made can be relied upon
They boldly announce: "Your money back
If not satisfied with your purchase"
Be sure to find and read the big display
advertisement above referred to. Bydoing
so you will probably be greatly assisted in
deciding on purchases for Christmas, and
the Catalogue has a fund Of information
that will be valuable at all seasons. And all
you need do is to write for it to Carson,
Pirie, Scott a. Co., So to u State ST., Chicago.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-12-14
A prelim,parx

~ ! give your friend a place." said
the banker, .she will have 10 rfva \
bond suppose you will 70 onsS
Bond" exclaimed the other man.
why, he can be trusted with IN,
counted m~Illicnar
"Yssl but 81 The money We have /,
espatsa'e -lpdisuegclla journal
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-12-14

DRopsY is O dread disease, but It has lost
its terrors to those who know that II. H.
Green & Sons, the Dropsy Specialists of
Atlanta, Georgia, treat 1t with such great
success. Write them for pamphlet giving
full information.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-12-14

Ii is q high, solemn, almost awfulthought
for every Individual man that his earthly
influence, which has had a commencement,
will never, through all ages, were he the
very meanest OF us, have an end.-Carl, ;e.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-12-14

LITTLE MAS-'I understand, sir, that you
have called me an unmitigated liarl" Big
Man-"No; ! didn't use the word 'unmiti-
gated" Little Man-''Then l accept your
Apology Tit Bits.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-12-14

IcANNoT speak too highly of Piso's Cure
for Consumption.-MRs. FRANK MoBBs, 2l5
w. 22d St. New York, Oct 20, 1894.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-12-14

Queen Margherita Of Italy is aboutto
publish her experiences as an Alpine
climber, illustrated with her OWN pencil
sketches.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-12-14

ALL He Could Do.-The Wife--"Two
weeks ago you said my husband couldn't
live, and now he's nearly we'll" The Doc
tor-"Madam, l a only express my re-
grets."-Puck.