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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-16
a FOOLHAROY FEAT.
The Thrilling Performance Of Traveller
In Ceylnn.

In Ceylnn.
In one of the wilder parts Of Ceylon
there is famous statue Of Buddha
nearly fifty feet in height. carved from
the face of cliff in such way that
only two slender ties at the back main
tain it's attachment 20 the living stone.
In connection with this statue "A strange
story of foolhardiness is told by Sir
William Gregory, formerly governor Of
Ceylon.
Il mounted the rock from which the
image was carved. and found il 10 be
three or four feet above the top of the
statues head. Mr.. Adams. a man re-
markable for his activity and nerve,
told me of feat he performed here
many years ago, while assistant agent
In this district.
"IIe actually took il into his head to
jump from the top of the cliff To the
head of the statue. Even if the head
had been of the ordinary shape, there
would have been only the smallest
standing ground; but the legend of
Buddha gives him a somewhat sloping
head. with sharp topknot.
ION this slope Mr. Adams alighted.
He had then to turn round without any
support, and jump up two or three feet
TO reach the rock again. He found his
nerve failing, but at last made des-
perate effort, and just reached the ledge
from which he had sprung when he
was seized and pulled up by an attend
ant.
THE very thought of such feat
makes me giddy. There is not the least
dnnht Of The trnth Of thn stnru
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-16
Burial Service Over a Mas. OF Steel

One of the strangest collins ever told
of is that for which the British war de
partment is said to be responsible. The
story is that a workman engaged in
casting metal for the manufacture of
ordnance in the Woolwich arsenal lost
his balance and fell into a caldron con-
tanning twelve tons of molten steel.
The metal was at white heat and the
man was utterly consumed in less time
than it takes to tell it. The war de-
partment authorities held conference
and decided not to profane the dead by
using the metal in the manufacture of
ordnance, and the mass of metal was
actually buried and Church of Eng
land clergyman read the services for
the dead over It,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-16
A .Iapaneae .IOkc.

An echo of the war between Japan
and China is the statement that Jap
anesa scout fell into the hands of the
Chinese. His captors went 70 the Chi
nese commander and said
General, we have captured a Japan
csc spy"
What luckr exclaimed the gen.
eral; perhaps he can tell me where my
army Isl"
The advocate., 1895-02-13
Sounds Like Jim Legate.

An affidavit made by one s. B. West,
Of Kansas City, in March, 1893, has just
been published, charging that the Union
Terminal company paid $4,000 for q de-
oisIon in g case between that company
and the Missouri Pacific, in December,
1892; that the money was paid to W. M.
Mitchell, member Of the board OF rail-
road commissioners, and that Mitchell
then said he had paid $4,000 to George
T.. Anthony and $500 to A. r. Green,
the other two members Of the board.
This is a good story but it sounds q
little fishy. In the first place Mitchell
Is not the kind Of man who would give
up more to his pals than he got himself,
II such an amount went into Mitchell'a
hands for the purpose stated, most OF it
stayed there.
The story sounds like that OF Jam
Lsgats getting money from the lottery
gamblers and paying it out to state
oficials, as was told by the republicans
last campaign.
The advocate., 1895-02-13
Kansas Reform Press AsgoeIatlon.

The president Of the Kansas Reform
Press association being temporarily out
Of tie newspaper business, has resigned
his Office. The vice president has re-
moved from the state. 1t therefore be-
comes my duty to issue the call for the
next meeting Of the association. Several
members have suggested that the meet
ing be called at the same IL me and place
as the meeting Of the national RssociR-
tion. Believing that our members gen.
orally will approve Of this course, I
hereby issue the call for q meeting to
be held at the Csntropolis hotel in Kan
sas City, Mo-, on February D, and hope
that there will be q special effort made
to secure q good attendance.
s. MoLALLIN, Secretary.
The advocate., 1895-02-13

some cases and raising il in others. Its
friends claim that it will save tax payers in
general about 100000. Consequently q
host Of county officers are here lobbying
against il.
Seven towns in Che state want the legisla-
ture 10 provide them with or help them to q
normal school. They are Ft. Scott, Wichita,
Great Bend, La. Crosse, COnCoFdia, Garden
City and Ness City, and a bill in the inter
est of each place is before the solong. The
argument is made that more nOrmals are
needed TO supply the common schools with
teachers.
Numerous committees have been ap-
pointed By the republicans (sided by some
Populist senators) TO investigate the man.
agement Of state institutions, the superin-
tendent Of insurance, the school fund COM
missioneEs, the Kansas City stock yards,
etC. As they are not doing much good
Senator Forney has offered q resolution TO
appoint q committee TO investigate the
o0mmiStees.
The proposed amendment to the seed
grain bill, making il so that half the
amount would 60 to provide the western
sufferers with food and clothing, instead Of
all for grain, failed for want Of support
from the senate committee although che
proposition originated in the senate. The
house bill becomes Law on It's publication
in this issue. Senator Leedy was right
when he said the law is for the purpose of
helping those who are fortunate enough 10
keep from starving this winter.
The house committee to investigate al
legged Irregularities on the part Of the
warden of the penitentiary held one session
Tuesday of lSsb week, and then adjourned
without day. The testimony taken was
principally the old story of Bum, che OK
mine inspector, who failed TO get il in az
good shape even as il was when used as q
campaign story. The committee was dis
gustsd and probably concluded that the
b est time to hear the remainder Of the stuff
was when they had nothing else to do.
The bill TO reduce the legal price Of
county printing was introduced and cham
pioned by Mr.. Zimmerman, Of OlRths, che
same man who introduced q resolution tC
increase the house enrolling clerk force 70
thirty when the chief enrolling clerk onl!
wanted eighteen. The purpose Of this reso
luton to rob the Legislative fund in ordel
TO furnish "no-woEk" jobs to the members
friends was thoroughly exposed, and ye
this two-by-four statesman had the gall &
push his printing bill. Printers will no
forget those who support il.
The advocate., 1895-02-13
A Dollar Library.

II you want to snlighten q friend who
has not read reform literature. and who
is ten or fifteen years behind the time,
give him something plain and simple on
each OF the subjects Of the Omaha plat
form, money, land and transportation.
Here you have it, together with 9 good
story and q work on direct legislation:
Ten Men Of Money Island, s. F. Norton. s. 10
Government Ownership Of Railroads, Ca
Tor ,'''''''''''' 10
Things as See Them, Waylsnd. ........... .06
Direct LegistiOn, Sullivan. ................ %
The Land Question, Henry George. ,....... IS
Bondholders and BreadWinners, King -. 20
The Dead Line, Clemens. ns........,........... %
TO6Al' ',...,.s...s'sss...'' ''''''''s'''''' 'PA'SS
All the above books for 81, or the
books and the ADVOCATE one year eor
el,60,
The advocate., 1895-02-13

NOTES.

The supreme court has declared I'M
constitutional the Law authorizing .
bounty on gopher scslps.
The board Of railroad commissioners
have bought eighty-ave cars OF coal to
be sent to western sufferers.
According to the republican idea Of rO'
form, Senator elect Bakers bangs will
counteract the baleful effect Of PeffsE's
whiskers.
"This looks to democrat very like q
democratic banquet" !" said David Over
myer at the Baker blowout. 1t looked
to Populist very like dOmo.ropublican
banquet.
A new Populist paper has appeared in
Topeka, with the name Of A. 0. Gigsby
at its head. Il is to I'LL the local field,
and has been christened the Shawnee
Drum Beat.
Topeka hes caught the fad and is or
ganizlnR 8 civic federation after the fash
ion Of Eastern cities. It's object 10 to
'skeep politics out Of city political cam
paigns," whatever that means.
The Peerless Fence Machine company
has besn authorized by q state charter
TO do business at Abilene, and twelve
new mining companies have been organ
lzsd in Kansas City, KsS. Stock COM
panies are on the boom.
The constituents Of Congrsssmen
Broderiok and Curtis are trying to lind
reason for the two Statesmen voting
for the Reed amendment to the currency
bill. The Reed amendment was not FOL
free silver, nor bimetallism, nor ever
parity. It was q scheme to avoid frs'
silver.
The question has been raised among
the hungry ofice-seskerS at the state
house, whether q man is liable to fine
and imprisonment under the new anti
lottery law when he spends hia money
trying to get q job. It is q game o.
chance, but there is no chance for him
to win, unless he had it fixed before th'
slaction,
The advocate., 1895-02-13

.Mrs. Parker's Complete House
keeper" comprises nearly 800 pages
filed with illustrations, and is very at-
tractively bound in boards, with q
chrome Autographed cover in colorS.
sss announcement in another column.
The advocate., 1895-02-13
WHAT A WRECK.
Continued frOm paqe 5.

Va WASAVAA huA Ju9vaO9 WhAOA VRNAA'A~'
occupies. OF course Senator Calls
measure was not permitted to pass.
That sveF-ready foe Of progress and civ
ilizstiOn, Senator German, sprang to the
front with q technical objection, which
was, that no estimate had bean made
covering such an expenditure. Senator
GormRn's point Of order was sustained,
and congress was thus prevented from
establishing the dangerous precedent Of
passing an act to relieve and employ
destitute but industrious, citizens.
Senator Call, in arguing for this mea-
sure, said: "Ths condition Of public
distress here is unparalleled. There is
a paralysis Of business and employment
cannot bS had for the people who are
here. Dsstitution is extreme. No con-
ditlon Of pestilsnce, no trouble arising
from armed force or from war is worse
than that which exists now IN the Dis
triCt." Does not that sound very like
Populist utteranceS Even Senator
German, awhile fighting the measure,
dared not outrage the educated senti-
ment in the senate and in the country
by snssring at it as paternslism; neither
did he make a single witty allusion to
Senator Calls whiskers. On the con-
trsry, he had the hypocritical grace to
say: ~ have, Of course, great symps-
thy with the object Of the bill and I
know that everybody will be indebted to
the senator for making the suggestion
but we have made no estimate covering
such an appropriation. What heart
less, soullesa scOundrel Senator German
isl Sleek, wsll.fed and comfortable him.
self, he Cooly tilts back his chair in the
senate and says, lin effect) let those des-
titute men and their helpless wives and
suffering children stsrve or .freezs, "we"
have made NO estimate FOR any expendi-
ture Of money to employ them, hence
it's out Of order; let them freeze. In
heavens name, who constituted Senator
German "we" to hold the fate Of mis-
cradle thousands in the hollow Of his
cruel hand? The wind is bowling, the
snow is piling high as write. The
weather ia the coldeBt l have ever
known in Washington. There are thou
sands of my brothers and sisters suffer-
ing this minute. May God have mercy
on Senator GormRnl have none. /
despise him and his ilk, / wish he had
to be out in the binding, driving storm,
half clad, for nearly half an hour, then
/ wish he had to go to Gheerless, cold,
foodless shelter, not q home, sleep on
bundle Of rags and be cold all night. In
the morning I'd forgive him, for by that
time he would have repsnted. He would
rustic over to the senate chamber and
snake an estimate" to cover that ap-
preparation double quick.
A**
Not alone on the money question and
} in progressive I, humanitarian political
economy has congress been educated by
! Popuist members. The railroad prob
lem has been aired and presented to that
body Of alleged statesmen, as it would
not have been had not Kansas sent that
cultivated, refined gentleman, that brave,
, true and broad-minded statesman, W.
A. Harris, to Washington. No speech
Of this session eliolted closer attention OF
carried deeper conviction than that Of
. Mr.. Harris on the Pacific railroad
lh;t Ia ;nnoh ~ all koo rouOh In aau
The advocate., 1895-02-13
STATE LEGISLATION.

those republican members who have
been saying for two years that the Pop
ulists defeated it seem to be afraid Of it.
They shut their syss whenever it sp-
pears. Another maxim rate bill is be-
fore the senate. The senate is willing
to compromise on either bill.
IRRIGATION.
The house irrigation committee has a
bill carrying an appropriation OF $4,000
to promote irrigation. 1t provides for a
state irrigation board composed Of three
commissioners appointed by the gov
ernor. There are to bs twenty irriga-
tion stations established at certain
places in the state on land which the
county may donate for the purpose, or
unoccupisd school land. The stations
are prohibited from doing irrigation
farming but may lease the land on
which they are situated to others for
that purpose. The stations are to de-
termine where sufficient water may be
found, the cost OF raising and distribut-
ing it, and the practiCRbility OF irriga-
tion in those places.
APPOINTMENTS.
The monotony Of legislation in the
senate was relieved one day by the re-
ceipt Of message from Governor Nor
rill asking the body to confirm the up
pointment Of Gsorgs I. Anthony as
superintendent Of insurance, Nothing
in the way Of appointment could have
Jared the sensitive nerves OF the sens
tors on the republican side az this did.
They got together and held councils OF
war, but did not show signs Of open re-
bellion.
Anthony has been in Office most Of
the time since he came to the state over
twenty years sgO, two years Of which
was In the governors Office. He was
railroad commissioner under Humphrey
and it was necessary to get court de-
cision to help him out OF that.
When the question Of confirmation
came up on Thursday Mr.. Lssdy moved
that it bs acted on in open session, buI
his motion failed to get the two'thirdt
vote which was necessary to carry it.
Mr. Dsnnison opposed it because, he
said, "T understand that some Of the re-
publican senators are opposed to this
appointment and I want to give them q
chance to unload their minds and tel
, what they know about this man An
: thony. They won't do so in open ses
sion"
l In the executive session there wer'
. some severe charges made against An
/, thony, giving his record Rs q detaulteE
in New York state and as an official il
this state. Under q pretense Of want
i ing to defend his character, Mr.. Stern'
asked FOR committee Of investigation
. and he, Thschsr and Dsnnison were pu
on the committee and given time to in
vestigate. Although the banking ant
insurance committee had recemmendet
q confirmation no vote was taken on it.
y On Saturday the governors appoint
Q msnt Of w. G.. Bird, OF Kansas City, t
Q be state labor commissioner, was con
firmed. Bird is q machinist but is IN
known outside of his home town.
Legislative Notes,
The advocate., 1895-02-13

The Chicago SssrChlight, Henry Vim
cents pepper, and the ADVOCATE, both 9
year Cox el.76.
The advocate., 1895-02-13
Legislative Notes,

The senate is in such real earnest that it
holds night sessions. So far none of the
senator's have been arrested for disturbing
the peace Of the neiRhborhood.
The BAllingeR fees and salaries bill pro-
pOses TO regulate the pay Of county officers
Rll over thO state, making reductions Ia
The advocate., 1895-02-13

The board Of railroad commissioner
have bought eighty-aVs cars Of coal Il
be sent to western sufferers.
The advocate., 1895-02-13

The supreme court has declared un-
constitutional the Law authorizing q
bounty on gopher scalps.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-09-20
Largest Mississippi Catfish.

The largest Mississippi river catfish, or
bullhead, ever captured of which accurate
record was kept fell into the tolls of some
negro fishermen at point two miles below
Cairo Ills, in the summer Of 1890. It
was known in the neighborhood that the
monster was using" in a certain bayou
for several months before his capture was
finally effected, and different persons had
tried TO shoot the giant with their squirrel
rifles, knowing that it would be useless to
attempt TO Swing him in" with the regu-
lation hook and line. At last nature as
sisted in the work of capture Immense
preparations were made for the freshet
which was known to be coming down the
river, and when "Whale bayou" as ths
home of the giant "cat" was known, was
flooded watchful fishermen took 1t upon
themselves to see that the "whale" was
carried upon the tide out into an adjoin-
ing marsh. When the waters receded from
the swamp the big fish was grounded
among the weeds and marsh willows and
easily captured. After being dressed for
the market, and before the head was re-
moved, ne was weighed and found to tip
the beam at exactly 3l2 pounds, being 1915
pounds heavier than the famous New
Orleans whale" which was captured in
1865. have never seen figures on the
length Of this big Cairo fish, but the data
from which the above was compiled says
that she was square up IA inches between
the eyes. st. Louis Republic.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-09-20

curing places as illustrators, not only in
Philadelphia, but in New yNk and other
parts of the country. Mr.. ksetert W. Sim
cock, recently instructor Of the schools Of
the Academy of the Fine Arts who at
tended our spring exhibition, said of our
students work in illustration that it was
simply marvellous in the fineness of draw
ing and in Its suggestiveness.
"a large number Of our graduates are
employed in this and ether cities, making
designs for wall papers, oilcloths, carpets
and all sorts Of textiles. Among those who
have achieved especial distinction Is q
young woman who has become head de-
signer for one of our largest jewelry firms
in Philadelphia, where the most artistic
work Is required Another finds employ
ment in designing watch cases. large
number of graduates from our normal art
course have become teachers in normal
schools, colleges and other educational in
situations all over the United States even
as far as Texas. Those who are employed
rs designers in the many mills and fac
tories of Philadelphia are to be numbered
by the scores.
philadelphia, with its wonderful d.
versity of manufactures, offers numerous
openings for the students of the school,
and many manufacturers have shown their
interest in its work by inviting its classes
to visit their mills and affording every fla
cility for observing the practical applica-
ton of designs. For the single school year
one class earned over $3.50 by selling de-
signs to business firms. A class of IL
earned over $500 by their illustrations for
magazines and business establishments.
The school is the only one in Philadelphia
which teaches etching, and some Of it's
graduates have proved very successful in
this branch Of art
Nearly all the teachers in the School Of
Design For Women are women, and the
general art policy Of the institution is di-
rected by woman, Miss Sartain. A few
men are found necessary as instructors,
but this Is essentially a woman's school.
One hundred and eighty five young
women gathered from all parts of the
country received instruction last year in
those branches OF art study which have a
business value, as distinguished from the
art for art sake, as taught in such schools
as those of the Academy of the Fine Arts.
The courses, which are selected with spe
cial view to instructing the students in
work which will enable them TO sup
port themselves, include portrait and
landscape painting, pen and ink sketch
ing for purposes of illustration, etch-
ing, china painting, modelling, flower
painting, practical designing as applied
to oilcloths, wall papers, carpets uphol-
stery goods and other textile fabrics,
and that special training which quail
fes the student to become teacher
In addition to the studies in technical de-
sign, the school gives historical and the
atrical instruction. -Philadelphia Press
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-09-20
Our National D,sb Abroad.

Some one writes to an English paper for
a recipe for American dry hash, F" a most
forbidding and Unfamiliar title and the
reply comes as follows: / do not know
this dish by name, but Is 1t anything like
the following, both real American dishes?
Chop pint of uncooked potatoes and stew
them for five minutes with pint Of water.
Now add quart of cold cooked beef chop
ped fine and little more water, IL neces-
sary; then lift 1t of the fire, stir into 1t
whole, well beaten eggs, a teaspoonful of
salt and dashes of black pepper. Turn
the mixture into a baking dish and bake
30 minutes In a quick oven. Another
recipe known as Boston brown hash Is
more like our shepherds pie. For this
cover the bottom of a we'll CREASED pie dish
with cold cooked potatoes passed through
a potato masher, then on this put layer
of cold cooked meat (any remains of meat,
roast, stewed, etc, will do IL finely mine
ed), then layer Of stale bread crumbs,
sprinkling IL all with salt and pepper.
Place over IL some small morsels of but
ter, moisten IL with gill of gravy or stock,
cover 1t all with another layer of mashed
potato, smooth the top over with knife
dipped in milk and bake In a moderate
oven till nicely browned-about half an
hour.
American housekeepers will smile to
discover that our simple breakfast hash
has reached the dignity Of a formula
New York Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-09-20

The social sage, that we'll dressed,
shrewd and courtly old bachelor beau who
ornaments every period of fashionable So
ciety, and whose remarks invariably com
mand respect, secuted the idea but yester-
day that beauty and wealth are the only
true royal roads to belledom. A girl, he
insists, may have but a very moderate
share of either, and yet have more bouquets
at her afternoon teas than she can carry
more partners for her dances than she has
time to foot it with and more hearts laid
at her feet than Cupid could count. To
even the balance against dollars and per-
feet features she must, first of all, be per-
son of serene good temper and kindly man
ners under all circumstances, dress with
taste, IL not magnificence, and have ac-
complishments endless. Not the classics
and higher mathematics, bless you, but it
Is absolutely requisite that she play passa-
bly, well on the piano, banjo, guitar and
mandolin, and, even without bit Of nat
ural voice or cultivation of her vocal
chords, know all the latest songs, comic
and serious, gay and sentimental.
She must also have at hand an abound
ing fund of bright little dialect stories,
remember good jokes when she reads or
hears them, store up In her head careful
ly assorted list OF superior oonundrums
and know how to play all the newest
drawing room games. 1t Is simply amaz-
ing the treasures of fascinating small
knowledge she can hoard and utilize on
every occasion, and merely by her charm
ing versatility and capacity for amusing
her slower minded brethren become the
center Of attraction.
Also she must draw trifie, paint lit
tie, row boat ride horse, hit the bulls
eye with a rifle, paddle canoe, bind up .
wound, amuse a baby, make light cake
embroider neatly and use q camera suo-
cessfully. Such girl cannot escape belle
dom. The charm of her gay laugh, ready
but kindly tongue and quick fingers lends
q variety to life quite irresistible and far
more lasting than beauty, far nobler than
wealth. An ambitious girl, the social sage
insists, may acquire all these attractions