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The advocate., 1896-01-15
Sour Senator Hill.

Having made failure as statesman
and as a lecturer, Senator Hill, of New
York, seems to blame the women for it,
for he doubtless authorized the following
press dispatch from Washington on Jan
uary 8:
Senator Hill has declared open hOstili-
ties against the women Of Washington.
He will make social functions memories
Of the past. He says: 81 think it would
be mighty good idea il the women
we're packed away and sent out Of Wash
ington and the men left alone to attend
to the business that they are sent here
for by the country. The trouble is that
there are too many dinners and too much
social dissipation in official circles at the
capital. No man can go to these fash
ionable dinners night after night and sit
up until morning attending to social
functions and be in any condition to
grapple with the knotty problems Of
finance and affairs that are at this time
forced upon the consideration of our
public men. I know that | am called q
crusty old bachelor, but if any sane man
will think over what have said be-
lieve he will agree that 1 am right. This
criticism applies to members of the Sen
ate and of Congress and to officials Of the
administration. I attribute good many
foolish blunders made by public men Of
late to just these things-too much So
ciety and not enough attention to and
study Of public affairs"
The advocate., 1896-01-15
Wise Man Who Knows What He Eats.

An uptown grocer was in repentant
mood yesterday. "If l had my just de-
serts," he remarked, 81 would be in the
penitentiary for selling adulterated
goods. So would every other retail grocer.
| don't think one-hfth of the stock | sell
is what it is represented to be. Take
Goldfish. Mine is either hake or haddock
and | sell it for Sc. Real Goldfish costs
919c pound wholesale. | sell a brand
of tomato catsup for &c a bottle, and
four-tifths of it is pumpkin, My stale
cakes are all taken back by the manu-
facturer, who makes them over again
into fresh ones. Take those cheap
ginger snaps. There isn't speck of
ginger in them. The manufacturer
couldn't afford to put ginger in them at
the price. Cayenne pepper is used to
give them that sharp flavor" And the
repentant grocer paused to sell a Gus
toner , pounds of coffee, which probably
wasn't coffee at all.-PhiladelphiG Rec
ord,
The advocate., 1896-01-15
A Unique Congressman.

"What do you expect to bring forward
in this Congress?" said one new member
to another.
absolutely nothing" was the reply.
"But are you not going to try to write
your name on the immortal scroll of
fame? Don't you realize that you were
sent here by your constituents to see to
it that the other fellows don't let the
ship of state drift onto a sandbsr?"
"My dear friend, don't bother myself
with reflections of that kind. My wife,
who is a discerning and practical woman,
once made remark to me during house
cleaning time which has assisted me on
many occasions"
"What was it?"
"She said that next to a genuine hero
the man to be most admired is one who
knows how not to get in the way. -
Washington Star.
The advocate., 1896-01-15
MOuntain-TOps Healthy.

Life on the mountain-top Is described
as naturally of a rough and boisterous
character, calculated, seemingly, to prey
upon the constitution, yet the observers
on Ben Nevis, while at work, are said to
be seldom or never i'll; on the other
hand, however, as soon as they return to
the lower air, they are beset by various
kinds of ailments, and, in particular, by
q noxiOus form of catarrh resembling
influenza. This is attributed to the fact
that the air on the mountain-top is re-
marksbly free from microbes, which
thrive at the lower level, and that these
microbes seize upon the unsuspecting
organs, which have become temporarily
unused to the struggle for existence
EreryGOhere.
The advocate., 1896-01-15
HOME READING
HOME WITHOUT MOTHER.

Since mothers gone away, somehow
The house don't seem 80 CHEEKY now;
The sittin' room without her there
Has got sort8E lonesome air
The flowers in the window sill
Don't bloom as free % is their will
An things has got dreary look,
As IL she'd bundled up an took
An packed our place and happiness
In the Yaltse with her best dress
When she went of TO Illinoy
To visit Mary an the boy.
An though Belle tries her best to do
The way at mother'd have her to,
Thing9 tangle up an 60 awry,
TIL Belle gets mad enough to fly;
An p'ra'ps because Pm blue q spell
At meal times, things don't eat so we'll.
The bread 9in't quite 80 fine and white,
The beaten biskits don't rise right;
The ham amt quite so nice brown
Az mothers Is; an Belle'll frOWn,
An say, at amt the viCtuals, pa;
It's just your taste an wantin' ma"
An Bill an Ben they tease an tease,
An say they'll sass Belle all they please,
Cause now they don't have to "Obey,"
Since mothers vlsltin' away;
An then when | come home at night,
Dead tired with plowin' quite o sight,
Belle up an says, you'll have to see
II you can't make them boys mind me-"
An then they say, Bellies cross as sticks,
Wlsht ma was here; she never licks;"
An that's how things go every day,
Since mothers visitln' away.
-Minnie Mcintyre
The advocate., 1896-01-15
She Could Not Reform Him.

The death of Mrs. Willard Wickwire
Thursday. evening is attributed by the
people Of Ravenna, O., to the abuse of her
ex-convict husband, whom she married
four months ago in the hope of reform
ing him. Mrs. Wickwire, who belonged
to one of the best families in Ravenna,
had for years been an earnest temperance
worker, and she never tired of missionary
effort among criminals and fallen human
ity.
While visiting the Portage county Jail,
seven years ago, she met Wickwire, who
was under arrest on the charge of rob-
bing railroad cars. He was then an OK
convict. He possessed handsome face.
The missionary, who was then Miss Rose
Tuttle, became interested in him. He
made her believe that he was willing to
refornl, that the world had been against
him, and that all he needed was encour-
agement. She then determined to devote
her life to his reformation.
Wickwire's trial resulted in conviction,
and term of seven years in the peniten-
tiary was his sentence. While he was in
prison Miss Tuttle did everything she
could to encourage him. His sentence
expired August 81 and he returned to
Ravenna. In the evening of that day
he and Miss Tuttle were married.
For two weeks their married life was
happy. Then Wickwire began to drink.
Mrs, Wlckwire had a comfortable income.
From that time on her life was miserable.
The woman was compelled to send her
jewels to bank for safe keeping.
Mrs. Wickwire broke down under the
ordeal Thanksgiving day and for twenty
four hours she lay unconscious. Her
husband'was arrested for threatening to
kill a man on the street.
Up to the last Mrs. Wickwire was
faithful to her husband. In her last
hours she called for him constantly and,
upon application to the Sheriff, the ex-
convict was taken to her bedside. She
had long talk with him alone and q
short time after he had been taken back
to Jail she died. Her heart was broken
Net0 York World.
The advocate., 1896-01-15

Feather busters Of all kinds are not
only useless 80 far as the real cleanliness
of house is concerned, but are abso-
lutely detrimental to health, the dust
being simply chased from one spot to an
other, and into the air to be inhaled. II
a soft cloth is used instead of duster,
the particles will stick to it and can be
permanently removed from the room.
The advocate., 1896-01-15
REFORMS MOVE UPWARD.
Governor Altgeld Advises the Christian Fin
deaVOreFs.
Minnie Mcintyre


deaVOrers.
Governor Altgeld has written a long
letter to Mr.. S. L. Mershon, of Chicago,
in reply to the question, "What can the
100000 Christian Endeayorers do to adj
vance the welfare of the country?" The
Globe Democrat Of January quotes
the Governor as follows: "This country
never before called so loudly and so
earnestly as it does to-day for character,
for real manhood and womanhood," and
that "this country is calling loudly for
public men who will stand for principle
and be leaders OF thought instead of be-
ing only torchlight heroes He further
says, in part:
"Among all people and in all countries
wealth, power and fashion go together;
they arrange themselves at the top and,
impelIed by the eternal law of selfshness,
they assume to control everything in their
own interest, without considering how
others may be affected. AS the press is
controlled by wealth, it is on that side,
and the elements at the top, whether in
society or nature tend to form a crust
which bears more or less heavily on the
elements beneath, and naturally tends to
resist any upward movement of what
there Is below. On the other hand, the
Almighty seems to have decreed that for
healthy existence Of society there must
be constant development, constant
growth, from the bottom upward.
"All great reform movements have en-
Rnated from the bottom; even the Chris
tain religion came not through the
splendor at the top, but through the
suffering at the bottom.
"At the time Of the revolution the fash
ionable people we're Tories. During the
slavery agitation most Of the wealthy
sympathlzed with the Shareholders. Even
cultured Boston closed its doors to such
asplsndld specimen ofnoble and cultured
manhood as Wendell Phillips. The
early temperance workers were not only
denounced, but were egged. In fact,
every movement that has benefited hu-
manity has met Che fiercest hostility of
those people who claimed to possess the
intelligence and culture Of the time, and
whoshould have been friendly. What
is still more remarkable is the fact that
this hostility assumes to speak for
patriotism.
"In this country every effort to bring
about permanent improvement in the
conditions which surround the men who
toll with their hands is denounced as
dangerous agitation. No matter what
wrong you attempt to right there will
The advocate., 1896-01-15

ious attack. Hot water as a beverage is
exceedingly wholesome, especially when
the digestive organs are weak. Itshould
be taken before each meal as we'll as
after. A half teaspoonful Of lemon juice
makes it palatable.
The advocate., 1896-01-15

be people to denounce you, and generally
they will be people who are in some ways
good people and who make much preten-
sion to respectability. You will find that
the side Of the strong will always be the
most ably and the most forcibly pre-
sented through the press and otherwise,
while from the very nature of the case the
side Of the weak, even when right, will
be miperfectly presented. Consequently
the public is often misinformed, so that
public sentiment for awhile will often
run against the right. 1t was so even in
Christ's time Yet, il you would serve
your country, you must do Justice,
justice to the weak as we'll as the strong,
and you must not stop to inquire what
will be popular. Therefore, unless, you
are prepared to stand alone and be ut
terly independent and Indifferent as to
who approves or who disapproves, it will
not be worth your while to think about
doing much for your country. In that
case it will not be worth while to get
accurate information on any public ques-
tion nor to have convictions on any sub
iect, for it might be inconvenient to
suppress them. Just accept newspaper
statements and misstatements and go
with the crowd That is the course
usually pursued by the people who seek
popularity, and, although it is a sign Of
weakness, yet it is the easy way.
Son the other hand, ifyou are prepared
to serve your country in the same manner
as you must serve your God to be heard
by him at all, that is, be deeply in earnest,
ask only what is right, seek for facts, have
convictions and act on them, and care
not who approves or disapproves. If you
believe that public men should be
positive leaders instead of weak followers,
then repeat your country is calling for
you, and | will remind you that the
despised teachers of one age often become
the heroes Of the next, and those meas
ures which have to be nursed through
great tribulation in one age frequently
become the controlling forces Of the next;
in fact, become in turn themselves part
of the crust, and in time give way to new
forces. will further remind you that
the great men and women Of the past
who led the human race onward were
not reared, as rule, in the lap ofluxury;
they came, as a rule, from the bottom,
and not from the top. They were
familiar with hardships and were
acquainted with sorrow. The lesson of
their careers is that one hour spent in
contemplating the stars and gazing into
the silent depths of the universe will
lift you higher and carry you further,
will give you more lofty purpose and
elevation Of soul, than would a whole
year spent in the most spendid drawing
rooms of the land"
The advocate., 1896-01-15

A cup OF hot water taken the first thing
in the morning will often prevent bill.
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Japan Up to Date.

Japan is going ahead Its first big
swindle is really very creditable piece
of roguery for such young nation. Mr..
Z
pastor of the Greek church at Tokyo,
who is also president of the Japan Cast
Iron company, belongs to politico-re-
ligious type already familiar in the older
haunts of commercial morality. The
municipality Of Tokyo had decided to
undertake a waterworks system, and had
obtained a subsidy from the government
of Is, 900, 900 yen in aid of the total es-
innate of 10000, 900. In patriotic mo-
ment some of this outlay of japanese
money ON water pipes was kept for the
Japan Cast Iron company, but the result
has only been to artificjally foster for
eign rather than home industries.
Bya most ingenious device about 800
tons Of defective pipes were laid after
they had been rejected by the clerk of
the works, and the Tokyo citizens, it is
estimated, thereby suffer loss of about
1000, 900 yen.
The officials Of the company are now
awaiting trial-which apparently docs
not prevent the newspapers in japan
from assuming their guilt. st James
Gazette.
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How James Otis Was Killed.

James Otis was killed by stroke Of
lightning in Andover, Mass, at the old
Isaac Osgood farm, May, 1888. Mr..
Otis wanted a mug of cider. The hired
man went into the cellar to draw the
cider, leaving the cellar door open. Mr..
Otis was standing in the doorway at the
side of the house looking at the clouds.
remarking that a heavy shower was
coming up. Scarcely had the words been
spoken when the bolt came down, struck
Mr. Otis and killed him instantly, then
passed into large beam in the cellar
way, going the length of the beam to
the cellar, where it went off into the
ground. The hole in tho beam was large
enough to thrust ones arm down. as
the writer has done when visiting the
Osgood farm. Boston Transcript.
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tons, including Department, have been
commendable
FIRST WARD PRIMARY.

Miss Broadhursts Elizabeth
Stout, Hannah Bowe, Emma Wismer,
Beulah Fisher, Pearl Daniels, Ethel
Joiner, May Slack, Ethel Sproat, Daisy
Niece, Harold Ennis, Harry Clark,
David Rowe, Russell Slack, Horace
Pew, Ely Cooper, James Parrish, John
Dietz.
Miss Purcell's Room-Maggie Slack,
James Kelley, Maggie Kelley, Fred
Massey, John Trauger Harry Gilbert,
Effie Leigh, James Murray, Maggie
Grant, Harry Bowe, Harry Carly, Ethel
Fisher, Thomas Hughes.
Miss Reynolds Room-Addie Abbott,
Anna Cole, Virginia Campbell, May
Coombe, Alice Ent, Katie Lloyd, Louisa
Smith, Elva Roe, Maggie Taylor, Lille
Kroesen, Claire Keller, George Agin,
Elmer Conover, John Ferguson, Samuel
Laferer, Samuel Patterson, John Scott,
Otley Rowe, George Carly, Peter An
tonic, Walter Meyers.
Miss Hoch's Room-Mamie Akers,
Viola Bacron. Emma Heavener, EN-
ma Naylor, Bertha Antonio, Emily
Biting, Anna Scott, Blanche Pickering,
Willie Abbott, Howard Akers, Newton
Bayard, Hugh Grant, Antony Myers,
Nathan Raphael, Jim Hurt, Fred
Holmes, George Yerkes.
THIRD WARD PRIMARY.
Miss Davis Room-Florenc Balm
bridge, Anna Taylor, Lille Heath, Rita
Hunt, Stella Frazer, Ida Probasco, Lucy
Crowley, Viola Reading, Lizzie Shep-
herd, Stella Wilson, Ethel Servis, Stella
Johnson, Grace Gathers, Edward Taylor,
SamuelPercy, Clarence Hoppook, Frank
Shelby, George Hunt, Leroy Cronce,
Preston Kelley, Nehemiah Green, Willie
Wilson.
Miss Scarborough's Room-Lurana
Bice, Ethel Farlee, Margaret Skillman,
Reba Hoppock, Layina Whitley, Lottie
Haverly, May Fields, Bertha Smith, Al
bert Bright, Howard Wilmot, William
Walker, Newlin Wismer, Sylvester
Kroesen, Cornelius Myers, Edwin Dur
yea, Phineas III. Thorne, Norman Con-
over, Ned Hunt, George Van Camp,
Henry Malloy, Charles Malloy.
Mrs. Miller's Room-Emma Taylor,
Louise Harris, Alice Gregg, Bertha
Lewis, Louisa Seals, Myrtle Hurley, An
ME Bowers, Lizzie Bright, Lizzie Bodine,
Elsie Cook, Lizzie Cooper, Lizzie Fields,
Ida Moore, Bertha Probasco, Frances
Sebold, Louisa Young, Addie Johnson,
Charlie Bright, Harry Stull, Theodore
Souders, Fred Finger, Christopher Bow
ers, Joseph Smith, Harold Williamson,
Willard Todd, Raymond Hunt, Eugene
Phillips, Robert Percy.
Miss Schulhaus' Room-Maud Lewis,
Edith Van Horn, Maggie ONeil, Elston
Reed, Hattie Melvin, Orville Lowe, Leon
Niece, William Roberts, Emley Larson,
Fred Biee, Lizzie Searfoss, Ella Titus,
Laura Smith, Cora Trimmer, Helen
Meincke, Mary Morgan, George Hol-
combe Clara Shelby.
ALEX. P. KERR, Principal.
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WHOLE NO. I,22O

the bell at his elbow.
Never mind the bell, he said. "We
shall not want to use that Listen to
mel'
He brought his chair toward me until
our knees were nearly touching. With
his hands on his thighs and his body
bent forward he fixed his penetrating
eyes ON mine
81 have told you that am Jasper
Gore. Butthat is only one of the names
under which authors have used me in
relating my exploits. You are not the
only writer who has employed my deeds
in fiction You have read Blandford's
novel, The Red Witness?' Well, am
Paul Varnham, the man who poisoned
his brother and threw the body into the
limekiln. You have seen the story in
the last number of The Masterpiece
Magazine called The Case of Roland
Wier?' / am Roland, the man who stole
the bonds and stabbed to the heart the
only witness to the deed. Why, the
stains of the crime are still on my
hands.
l shuddered visibly, and cold sweat
was ON my forehead.
"Metaphorieally speaking, he added
with smile, 81 suppose you have
read
"Stopr' cried. what is it you
want of me? Why do you come to tell
me all this?"
81 came to make a proposal. am
man of many deeds-crimes you would
call them. The world is getting too hot
for me. / am in danger from the sleuth
hounds Of the law. Shelter me; hide
me, and will give you material for
some of the most thrilling stories that
ever were written. can keep you going
for the rest of your life-with facts, sir,
facts
1.-THE Rowner's Mill affair I don't
know how you got hold of, but it was
not obtained fairly. But will not say
anything about that. Stand by me. and
Twill make your fortune and your ever
lasting fame. Is it bargain?''
To accept such a proposal never en-
tered my mind for one moment. My
only thought was to get this dreadful
creature out Of my house, whether what
he said was true or not How was to
do it?
just then my servant knocked at the
door and entered.
"Here is gentleman wishes to see
you, sir. +"
Say you are engaged, said Rogers,
rising from his chair and grasping me by
the arm.
But tho new arrival had already en-
tered the room.
Excuse me, sir, =" he said. 81 have
come for our good friend, Mr.. Rogers
He lives with us at X"
XXI knew to be the place where
certain county lunatic asylum stands. I
saw everything in flash. He handed
Rogers over to the care of another man
in tho hall, and the poor fellow went as
meekly as lamb Then the attendant
came back to me-
~ hope he has not alarmed you, sir.
He escaped two days ago. /"
well, he gave me an unpleasant half
hour. The man seems to be stepped in
ori'nl4e-is > an r1g1U uxovI,v vl1 tuaO purltr.
He fanoies that he is every criminal that
he reads about in the story books. We
traced him to your house, and expect
he has been pitching lively yarn about
some Of his doings. All thought SO.
But, bless your heart, sir, the poor fell
low wouldn t hurt fly. p"
Nevertheless, he had knocked me off
my work for that day. London Tit
Bits.
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=
Interesting statisss.scS &c transportation In
the English Capital.
Some interesting details have appear
ed in a report ON the omnibus and tram
car service of London. The tramways,
which correspond to our car lines, are
all of A feet SO inches gauge except two
lines, which are only feet 8 inches
There are in the city II distinct routes.
of which So are in use. The mileage Of
the worked lines is given as $40. The
average speed of London tram is 8. AZ
miles per hour; that of a London omni-
bus is 5. 8 miles per hour. The average
tram fare is 67-10oths of penny q
cents) per mile. The average omnibus
fare is 92-100ths of a penny per mile.
Thara ora 27Q narg on the lines. which
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Rented violins.

Violins are rented for varying periods,
perhaps for a week, to visitor in the
city. They are often rented by the
month, like pianos. The bulkier cello
and the double bass are sometimes rent
cd for single occasions, for concerts in
private houses. The instrument is de-
livered and taken away, the player pre-
ferring to hire an instrument rather than
to carry or to attend to the carrying OF
his own. New York Sun.
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FUN IN ECONOMY.
One Woman Thinks It L. Fascinating
Sport, but Not Successful.

One Woman Thinks 1t Is q Fascinating
Sport, but Not Successful.
ooh, but economy is a fascinating
theory" exclaimed the woman in q
tailor frock. Its almost as exciting as
a lottery ticket or playing the races.
You put in little and get out lot of
something. I always read those articles
in the housekeeping papers that tell
how you can make a walnut sideboard
ont of pine piano box and cozy cor
ners out Of last years chicken coops and
catchalls that fill all beholders with
envy out of your old overshoes.
YES" agreed said she in the picture
hat, 81 think those descriptions are per-
fectly fascinating, and I mean to try
some Of them when get little money
ahead. Think of being able to take q
lot Of old packing cases and by means
of lot Of plush and gliding and orna-
mental tacks being able to transform
them into chairs and bookcases that no.
body but your best enemy could tell
from empire furniture. "
Don't you believe it, said the old
maid. "I'ye tried it. I saved up my
broom handles once to make gypsy Ia
BILE that was described as making an
ideal tea table. put AZ different coats
of stain on those broomsticks in an
effort TO persuade them to become cher
ry. Then hired carpenter, who work
ed two days trying to fit the broomsticks
into cheesebox top SO the thing would
stand up. I bought wadding to pad the
top, and felt to cover it, and fringe to
go around it, and ornamental nails to
hold it on. When it was done, had
spent three times what good table
would have cost at shop, but ] had
righteous glow Of having economical
that was worth any money"
The woman in the tailor frock laugh
ed. "Ah, my DEAR" she said, 1--WE have
to pay for everything in this world that
is worth having-even economy Pr
Philadelphia Press.
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Here's Economy.

There is man living near Maben.
Miss, who prides himself on his econo-
my, and the other day, when discussing
his favorite topic, he remarked that he
had saved several dollars in matches.
"Why," he said, "when came to Mis-
sissippi nearly 40 years ago / brought
my fire with me, and l have kept the
same fire ever since, never allowing it
to die out, and during all this time |
have never spent cent for matches.