The advocate., 1896-01-22

matter will be settled is hard to determine.
The population is about one.fourth Catho-
lies.
Peoples Paper, Stafford: "The Ohio
preacher who lost his job because he lost
his memory considers that loss great
afliction, while there are rich men who
would gladly give half their fortune to be
able to forget how they got it."
Commander Booth, of the Salvation
Army in America, has been removed by his
father, who is Commander-in-chief Of the
world. No cause is assigned, but it is said
to be because of opposition to Booths In
tentiOn Of becoming an American citizen.
News-Reporter OeadVille, COLI: "We
have mountains so high that from the sum-
NIT you can tickle the feet of the free silver
angels in Heaven, and gorges so deep that
you can descend to their base and hand
down ice to the gold-bugs in the internal
legions"
The Clark County Journal, commenting
on the figures recently given out showing
that the bond deal means a debt of So. .43
for every citizen, says: "Now some bright
day the people will object to having their
names signed to obligations without their
consent"
Hoke Smith charges up to the general
government the expense of subscription
to New York press clipping bureau. He
also makes the government pay for his
newspapers. Hoke seems to be working
the Office of Secretary of the Interior for
all there is in it.
A train-load of forty cars Of hogs is to be
shipped soon from Plainview, Neb., to Chi
cago. The train will be run through Iowa
and Illinois in daylight, and will be decor
ated with banners and other devices tend
ing to call attention to the fact that Ne
braska is still on earth in the business
world.
There is a great deal of newspaper talk
about Governor Altgeld's indiscriminate
use of the pardoning power in Illinois. His
predecessor averaged eighty-two per year,
while his average is about seventy-two, and
this with less number of prisoners In the
penitentiary under his predecessors ad-
ministration.
The Supreme court of Maryland, in the
case Of Lewis VS.. The Daily News, held
that falsely publishing that person would
be an anarchist if he thought it would pay
is libelous because it imputes the posses
sion of moral obliquity and turpitude which
cause honest and upright people to shun
any person so stigmatiZed.
A Nebraska man who ha car or two
of horses to sell wrote a friend in WASH
ington asking whether it would be adviS-
able to try to sell them there. The friend
replied: "The people Of Washington ride
bicycles; the street cars are run by elec-
tricity and the government is run by jack
asses. No demand for horse-hesh."
The dispute over the boundary OF the
Indian Territory and Texas has been de-
cided by the United States Supreme court.
The court holds that Greer county, which
lies between the north and south forks Of
the Red river, is part of Indian Territory.
1t is in the southwest corner of the Terri
tory and is included in it on most maps.
The 'World Almanac" New York; con-
tains more valuable matter on great variety
Of subjects than any other book published
and sold for 25 cents. 1t is almost invsl-
liable to anyone who may want handy
reference book to assist in keeping up with
the times. This mention Of it is neither
paid for nor requested, aud IS given because
Of its unquestioned value.