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COLUMN OF CRIME.
Murder and Robbery Near Perkins,
Okla.

4dthrie, OKLA, Dec. 18.-Messengere
arrived here from Perkins tonight,
bringing news Of q murder committed
near there lsst night. Soon after day.
light this morning persons passing
along the road to Perkins found a man
and a girl lying in a pool Of blood just
outsfde a covered wagon, where they
had camped for the night. At first it
was thought both were dead, but the
girl was still alive, and was removed
to a farm house, and given every at
tention, but physicians say she cannot
live, and she has at no time recovered
consciousness. Both had been hit on
the head with an ak while asleep in the
wagon, and the bodies then dragged
out, so the wagon could be robbed. The
fathers head was plft almost to the
shoulders, but the blow on the girl's
head glanced, and was deadened by a
blanket. The man was about 40 years
old, the girl II, and both were we'll
dressed, but 1t is not known who they
were, though by conversation with per-
IONS along the road yesterday it is evi,
dent they were coming to this city from
the extreme eastern part of the terri
tory, to do Christmas trading. A coro-
ner's jury is investigating. and should
the guilty parties be apprehended there
Is prospect Of a lynching.
, 1896-12-19
JACKSON WYMoRE,
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II prepared 10 do all work IN his line
with the NEW CEMENT from the
works Of the Standard Plaster Com
pany. All WORK FIRST-CIAAsS In
every particular.
, 1896-12-19
coUNTERFE1r1NG IN "A PEN.

COUNTERt.ElTING IN "a PEN.
Leavenworth, Kan, Dec. 18.-Ths Of.
ficials Of the United States peniteutiary
at Fort Leavenworth discovered. . few
days ago. that i've c~onvicts, four a
whom were put In for counterfetttng,
were at their old business within the
walls of the prison. This gang WIS al
work making counterfeit bills. The
chief Of the counterfeiters was J.. c.
Mcclure, OF Texas, At present the "pens
photographer. He was assisted by
Charles Banks and James and Ham
Stuart, counterfeiters and TRUSTEES, and
A. NJ. Trutt, a larceny Ia They used
the government tools and photograph.
er's to make the spurious bills.
The others managed to get him paper
and send the bills out. He made the
co%unterfeits by photographing and
chemicals. and they were a duplicate a
a IS bill OF a national bank OF this city.
Garrett Welsh, driver Of q grocery
wagon Of this city, furnished most q
the paper to the TRUSTEES. Two soldtses
were passing the counterfeit
The i've prisoners have been rear,
rested at the instance OF a secret ser
vice man, who was here today makias
an Investigation. No blame attaches
to the prison officials, and Warden
French and Deputy Jones secured oca-
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Grosbinet has violent discussion with G
gentleman who has called him a "porcu-
pine"
withdraw that expressionG' howled eros
binet.
''Neveri"
"III call you to account for it."
AS you please
Grcsbinet (simmering DOWN. Come now.
you really must withdraw something
An right" said the other. "Ill with
drew 'upine.
And GrosEinet walked OF as content as
you please. LIE Petit Liegeoia.
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DR.. A.. who prides himself on his pow
ers Of diagnosis. was called In TO see a lady.
Il see that you are ailing." he at once OBJ
served. with knowing smile. Slight at
tacks Of indigestion and nervous irrit-
ability
Allow me to finish. Your constitution is
cut Of order
Excuse me" the lady interrupted; cit is
not I who am i'll. { is my uncle"
Whereupon the doctor placidiy remarked.
'tF3ai suspected as much.-Le Petit Par
isien.
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well. so 1ongi I'm of for SPIN was
the SPIDERS farewell
An affair of honor is too often the result
Of an affair Of diehonor-
This is something that has lately come
under my eye, said the pugiiist. as he in
spected the bruise on his cheek.
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The following is a good plan, says a
Frenchman. to avoid tipping the waiter at
a restaurant: When the bill comes, pay
it exactly. A certain involuntary express
sion of establishment will be visible on the
walters face. well trained though it may
be. You should fhen rise. saying to him,
7 have made an excellent dinner; you man
the preceding proprietor did During his
rapture at being uistaken for the owner Of
the restaurant YOU sesame"
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epeculator on the Bourse was asked.
You have ceased to do business with
Z-2"
Don't talk to me Of that fellow" was
the reply. IT never salute him now. He
had the audacity to say thar swindled him
out Of forty thousand francs
"Oh. dear. mol He said twenty thou
sand
"Ahi that is different" said the Boursier.
and took of bis hat.-Les Debats.
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viSitor-How do you manage to keep
your father frcm opening your love let
tiers?
Alma-I get my young man to write on
the envelope the words. Cigar price list"
and when father sees that he throws the
letters unopened into the waste basket.
and I pick them out when his back IS
turned.-Humoristisc Batter.
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A minister having walked through VIII
age churchyard, and observed the indis-
criminste praises bestowed upon the dead.
wrote upon the gatepost the following:
Here lie the dead. and here the living
-
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Aunt-Oscar, what dress did your mother
put on to g % the ball2
Oscar-A long white. snort dress.
Aunt-Nonsense: 81 cannot have been
both long and short
Oscar-Yes auntie. It was long at the
bottom and short at the top.-Familien-
blatt.
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MY dear" said wife who had been
married three years. as she beamed across
the table on her lord and master. tell
me what first ~ttracted you to me. What
placed me above other women in your
sight2''
And her lord and master simply said, 81
give it up
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Elder-Whys Jock. heard that ye were
drowned
Joek-Na that wasna me; it was ma
brfther-
Elder-Eh. mon. what a pity; what a most
aWfu' pity
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Young Bride (pouting)-Here we have
only been married two days, Clarence. and
you re- scoldfng me already
HUSBAND know. my dear; but Just
think how long 1 have been waiting for the
chance.
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Raptures-Ob. my dariingi I would die
for you. / would
Sweet One-Would you. really2 Then III
tell you how to do it.
Raptures-Ah, but I ebould have to leave
you if I did so. and I could never stand
that. you know.
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Manager-Yes. yes. very good burieaque-
very clever, witty lines and pretty lyrics.
but no good, my boy no good
Young Author-Why. what's the matter
with it,
Manager-Matter2 Good graciousl why
the perfect lucidity and conference Of the
plot is absolutely fatal
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silversmith-That teapot is for member
Of Parliament. Isn't it beauty?
Philosopher-I think you have not made
enough Of one feature.
Observation-Disclosures thst2
Philosopher spout
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Absent minded Party-Why. how do you
do. Barker Icws your wife2
BarAer-AIy wife2 Why. my dear doctor.
I never married.
"A bsent-rninded Party-Really! Congrat-
uIate her for me.
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Clara-Does yodr intended know that you
wear false teeth2
Ella intend breaking it gently to
him; I have already owned to one.-LOse
Batter.
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Cholly-I can't make this beastly ciga-
veto draw
Boy-why don't you get cut and push.
mister2
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''You say he is remarkable man?"
Very
aIn what wav2''
Hes the only scientist in the country
who has not made an important discovery
relative to he x rays"
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Muggina-sharpe's had some money left
him, hasn't he9
Freckles-Yes. it's all left him some time
ago now
Muggins-Oh. dear. oh. deari and / lent
him fver on the strength of it,
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Anxious Passenger say. my man, Is
mat boat going up or down
Riverside LOafer-Wen. she's 1eazy
old tub. so I shouldn't wonder If she was
goin down. then. again her bilers aint
none too good so she might 80 up
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Eyes. indeed, said the old man thought
fully. after his wife had delivered a disser-
tati0n upon the progress of the sex. 's1he
new woman is vastly different from the DID,
81 thought you would realize tha5 in
time" she returned. rather sharply
u have just been reading, he went on
chow girls used TO be sold by their parents
and some of them brought fancy prices
But there is none OF that now, thau
heavenl Woman has asserted herself.
and"
s.1yo. there's none Of that now" inter
rupted the old man. "a man does not buy
his wife in these days NOW he has TO be
paid to take her, and her poor old father
has to wreck his bank account to BEg-
vide ths doWrY."
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what g benevolent look old MI Podds
hasi
BIN I'll bet he wastes the time o.
more begsars than any other man in town.
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TO replenish his fire the author rose:
But. being in novel-inditing throes.
He performed the action truth to cay
In an absent-minded. mechanical way
And the sound Of his cracking flesh he
heard,
Before the fact to his mind occurred
That he'd placed himself on the fire with
care
And planted the cole on his easy chairii
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Mistress-Bridg understand you have
been seen several times listening at the
parl0r door.
Slavey-Sure. mem. and it's myself
would scorn the action. but whin ] put my
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do you think that young man of yours
is really serious9" asked the anxious
mother Don't worry about that please.
said the lovely girl: "I am and that's quite
enough to settle the business"
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Mother-7ave you been fighting. Tommy
Tommy Choking with his sobs)-|o; I've
been fourht.
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--latest Innovation n snt cycling cirdesJ
do not only ends qupa b. led pre
81 he m o. q
ME
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Wiggs-Tm afraid Lushers had a little
too much Of that champagne; he's fairly
knocked up altogether.
yVaggs Yes he certainly fs-what one
might call 2 hz-caI collapse chg
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A lady and gentleman accidentally touched
each others feet under the table Secret
telegrapay." she said.
Comm lnlon Of a0les. i think, said be.
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Prison Inspector=That man over there
/ seems 70 positively enjoy the treadmiii-
/ Warder-Yes. sir; e's used to the haotion-
p was a bicycle thief.-L0ndon It'd Bits.
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Smart legal men are not easily to be
caught mapping, but the laugh occasionally
goes against them over most simple mat
ter This was instanced at fashionable
party the other night when the guests in
cluded a lawyer Of some notoriety-
"Ah. Mr. So-and-so," said gentleman
to him during supper, II should like your
opinion upon a very knotty point at law
that has cropped up. You see, a friend Of
mine has 2 peacock, and the other day it
got into his neighbor's garden and laid an
egg there. The neighbor at once claimed
the egg as a right, and the triaing affair
has led to no end OF wrangling."
THAT dispute can be settled at once, my
dear sir" decided the lawyer. with a SUI
perior smile. Granted that the egg was
laid on another mans premises. that man
has no claim to the egg unless he can
prove that the owner of the bird took no
steps to prevent it from straying. There
was a precedent case -
mo. excuse me. this was precedent I'm
itself" interrupted the other
How so?"
why my dear Sir. did you ever hear OF
a peacock laying an egg before2"
The lawyer left early.
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Edith-Yas. love it must be so satiefac-
tory to you to find out he really has a
brain. after all.
shindr
The advocate., 1896-04-01
Mice as Bait for Fish.

An old fisherman who has caught tons
Of black bass and brook trout was seen
to go into hardware store upon Third
avenue few days ago and buy mouse
trap that captured the animals alive.
On being asked il his house had been
invaded by mice, he said:
mo, but / hope it will be, because I've
got to lay in supply Of bait"
The fisherman has begun to capture
mice about this time Of the year for
years back and keeping them alive in a
cage till the fishing season arrived, has
taken them to the fishing region. He
finds that often, when all other lures
fail, the live mouse captures the big
fish. Last summer he got pound 3
ounce trout in an Adirondack stream
and 6 pound 5 ounce black bass in q
Minnesota lake with these mice, which
he finds are easily taken care Of, requir-
ing little attention. They will feed on
almost anything. The cage be uses is
large and airy with sundry contriyances
for the animals to exercise on. Il is
cleaned once q week, the mice being
driven at such times into one of the two
equal compartments.-NeaO York Sun.
The advocate., 1896-04-01

plenty Of lRborers to fight their battles
for them at the bsllOt-box. as they can
with the cartridge box whenever an
appeal is made to arms. The people
will be free just as soon and just as far
as they know enough to stand for their
own rights and interests Are you
wearing a party collar and voting the
tickets Of the bosses; or are you doing
little thinking for yourself and studying
your own interests and those Of your
fellow sufferers from unjust conditions?"
The advocate., 1896-04-01

Bankers Want the Gold Standard Maintained.
At meeting Of the Executive council
Of the American Bankers Association,
held at the Chamber Of Commerce in the
city Of New York March IL, the follow
ing resolution was unanimously adopted.
"ReSOEUeG, The Executive council Of
the American Bankers Association, as
sembled at the meeting in New York
CITY, declare unequivocally in favor of
the maintenance of the existing gold
standard OF value, and recommend to all
bankers and to the customers of all
banks the exercise OF all their influence
aS citizens in their various States to
select delegates to the political conven-
tiOns OF both the great parties who will
declare unequivooslly in favor of the
maintenance OF the existing standard Of
value"
The above requires no comment It
presents q striking contrast with the Ian
guage that will be used in the platforms
Of the two great parties, but it means
the same as those platforms will be and
always have been interpreted to mean
when the party isclothed with power.
The advocate., 1896-04-01
Another Case Of ApOplexy.

A. Worskey, patient at the Osawato-
mie Insane Asylum, was found dead in
his room January %. The Superintend-
ent departed somewhat from the system
practiced in the Topeka asylum, by sum-
moning the Coroner. A jury was made
up Of six employees Of the institution, in
stead of outside and disinterested par
ties. The Superintendent testified as to
the condition of the body. He said that
there was "a depression on the right side
of the neck" extending back, which
seemed to have been caused by his shirt
collar. He also spoke of a number of
discolorations above the left hip, extend
ing to the front and backward, and then
launched off into q long rambling de-
scriptiOn of the body, using terms which
to the ordinary person without medical
education were absolutely meaningless.
The testimony, boiled down to plain
English, was such as to indicate that the
patient had been choked and that the
discolorstions on his body had been
caused by kicks from the attendants
The patient had on the night before
been tied to his bed and was In that con-
dition when found. The jury found that
his death was caused by apoplexy. 1t
will be noticed that that disease is prev
alent in insane asylums. That was what
the Topeka Superintendent certified to
as being the cause of the death of Gust
MRuer, whose body was sent home with
the eyes blacked, the nose broken and
the neck broken.
OF course the jury, made up as it was
Of employees, would find nothing indicat-
ing oriminslity in his death. This mat
tor only adds to the long list Of crimes
and abuses in these institutions under
Republican management, and still Gov
ernor Morrill, fails to cause an investiga-
ton.
The advocate., 1896-04-01

"Dld you ever know" says a writer
in Current Literature, "Whst has be-.
come Of the greater part Of the Confed-
crate paper money with which this
country was flooded some years back ?
No. Well, neither did / until struck
Atlanta q few weeks ago. In that
town L found an old man who makes q
business Of qrietly gathering In all the
Confederate bank notes he can fnd.
You know the stuff was issued by the
ton during the war, and there is any
quantity of 1t stu floating around.
When the old man gets 9 big bundle Of
the paper be sends 1t to Edison, the In.
ventor, who pays q good price for Il.
Edison uses It TO make carbon for in-
candescent lamps. The paper upoR
The advocate., 1896-04-01
Consumption Cured.

An old physician retired from practice. hav.
ing had placed In his hands by an East India
missionary the formula Of . simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and permAnent cure OF
Consumption, Bronchitis, CAtaFrh, Asthma,
and all throat and lung affections. also posi-.
all Nervous Complaints after having tested
its wonderful curative powers In thnusAnds Of
cases, has felt IL his duty TO make IL known 20
his suffering fellows. ActuAted by this mo.
tive and desire TO relieve human suffering
will send free OF charge TO all who desire it,
this recipe In German, French or English, with
full directions for preparing Bnd using Sent
BY. mail By addressing with stamp, naming
this paper. w. A. NoYEs, $50 PoiCers' Block,
Rochester, N. Y.
The advocate., 1896-04-01
You ALI Want II.

The soldering plate advertised In our
columns by the Peoples Supply Company,
Suite II and lS, Adams Express building,
Chicago, Is q meritorious article and win
do all that Is claimed for 1t. Here Is what
the publishers Of the Iowa Homestead, the
leading agricultural paper Of Iowa, says Of
1t: "We would not believe It until we had
tried 1t, and 1t is nearly as easy to put on
as q postage stamp. We mended four holes
In three tin-pans in about five minutes, and
we did 1t with only the aid of our kitchen
poker heated" II you have leaky boilers,
pots or pans, don't throw them away, for
you can menl them with this useful article,
which only costs IS cents and which will
DO what . tinsrnith win charge you $500
fox.
The advocate., 1896-04-01

which the Confederate notes were on.
grsVed was made Of the pulp Of the
sea grass. This branch Of the paper
making industry has since become 9
dead art. Sea grass paper, when chem
ically treated by Edison, has been
found to make the best sort of carbon
for iucandescent lights, and 30 there ia
always a demand for the Confederate
bills. % Commonwealth.
The advocate., 1896-04-01

A gilded steer above the cupola on the
Exchange building at the stock yards
tells the Oattlemen which way the wind
blows. The steer is work Of art and
much admired, and yet it remains a
contradiction TO the belief that cattle
men are observers Of the habits Of
cattle.
"What does steer do when the wind
blows hRrd?" an old plains cattlemen
was asked
"He turns his tail to the wind, humps
his back and waits for fair weather"
answered the plains man.
'"There's a steer that doesn't" said
his questioner, pointing to the gilded
steer on the cupola, which faced ten
mile an hour wind, disregarding the
we'll known habit Of his kind.
swell, if that amt so I'll BE- beat"
said the old oattleman. "But it's just
like the market, goes by contraries.
Perhaps that's why it faces the wind.
But / guess more likely they let the
contract for that vsne to tenderfoot
who never saw steer and never was out
Of the city"
Down in the yards the wind blew from
the north, and every steer and cow had
it's back to the wind and stood bumped
up, placidly chewing it's cud.
The pictures Of plains cattle in a storm,
by Frederic Remington, all show the
cattle with heads away from the wind,
and plains men swear to the correctness
Of Remington's pictures. To be con-
sistent, the gilded steer over the cupola
should be reset to do as do his brethren
on the plains and in the pens of the
stock yards. AS it is he is an annoyance
to many Of the cattlemen at the yards,
who are consistent in all things. Kan
Sas city Star.
The advocate., 1896-04-01

In addressing advertisers invariably
include every word and figure given in
the address, as this viii greatly assist in
insuring prompt delivery Of your COM
munication to the appropriate depart.
ment.
The advocate., 1896-04-01

The Arena, greatest magazine on
earth, and the ADVOCATE, both one
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