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The advocate., 1896-10-28


one-half the session was wasted in eau
Cusing, In junketing and In useless
RdjOurnments; and In the last days Of
the session bills were rushed through
so reCklessly that there is q chance
that many Of the most important will
be unconstitutional and imperative.
There was q great ado about abolish.
ing useless offices; but the result was,
that just one Office was abolished
that Of State Veterinarian, which many
persons insist was really a necessary
Office. Another board, while not abOl.
ished, was left without an sppropris-
tlOn for the time being, for some
motive not yet apparent, but presum-
ably as q pretext for avoiding the full.
fillment Of obligations to party friends.
But Rs the law expressly provides that
this board shall be perpetual, 1t will
no doubt be nOminally filed by per-
sons who render no adequate service
but whose salary will have to be pro-
Vided for by a future Legislature. At
the same time other boards were con-
tinued that are utterly useless and that
have always been an imposition upon
the State. On the other hand, not less
than twenty-five new sRlsrled or feed
Offices were created, that the people
must pay for. 4
Another new Office was created with
q salary Of 500 q year, called State
Accountant The object Of the office
is, first, to provide a snug berth for
some favOrlte perhaps o member Of
the Legislature that created 1t; sec.
Ondly, the duty of the Accountant Is
to receive $l,5OO a year for examining
the hooks Of State officers who receive
800 a year to see II they are straight.
Nothing like "business" In running
the affairs Of government.
While railroads should not be bur.
dened with oppressive and VeXatiOus
laws, there are some things In which
railroad companies should be regu-
lated and restrained by law. Several
laws for this object were introduced,
one of which provided for the election
Of Railroad Commissioners by the
people, instead Of permitting the rail
road companies practically to select
them, as at present; but not one Of
those bills became q law. The rail.
roads had too sure q clnch on the Leg
lslature. The railroad lawyers that
are always sprlnkled through the Leg
lSlsture are too well up In their bust
ness to permit anything Of that sort.
The Legislature is set at lOggerhesds
on buncombe questions, which con.
sumo time and draws attention from
questions that 1t is not desired to have
passed. In this connection we may
add, not necessarily for publication
but as q guarantee Of good faith, that
one railroad Office alone In Topeka
issued 5000 passes during this session
for the use Of themselves and their
friends.
1t was said that one Of the most Inn
portant bills was stolen. When you
hear Of a bill being stolen you can set
it down as fact that some member,
officer or clerk Of the Legislature has
permitted 1t to be stolen and Is none
the poorer in pocket for It. There are
vNriOua wava 70 defeat the passage OF
The advocate., 1896-10-28
A RECORD TO BE ASHAMED OF.
From Troy CAisf, March IA, 1851

W0o guo AuJONAAuAoDSe AA9VA INV
ing condemned the late Democratic
Congress and the calamity Legislature,
we cannot say "well done" Of q body
that discounted them both In worth
lessness and extravaganza, simply be.
cause It was Republican. Therefore
we are compelled to say that the late
Legislature Of Kansas was the most
reckless, the most worthless, the most
scandalous Of any body that ever sat
In Kansas. We would add, the most
corrupt, hut we hsvs no proof Of It,
except appearances. How the Repub-
licsn party can 60 before the people
and ask for continued confidence on
the record Of that Legislature, we can
not imagine. It was thought that de-
feat and exclusion from power for two
years would have been lesson, and
that when they returned to power they
would have used extra exertlOns 10
commend themselves to the people, but
instead, they seem to have become
rsvenous by their enforced absence
from the fodder rack and to have gone
In to gorge themselves, regardless Of
all else. But as q whole, Ii
was q herd of Texas steers, without
any conception Of the duties Of law
makers, bent upon running things
wide open. Elected at the close Of q
season Of unprecedented drought, they
had heard that there were rich pick
lngB In the Legislature, and they went
with the determination of getting all
there was In sight.
Their first stampede was in the se-
lection Of a United States Senator.
They had discovered, or heard, or
thought they smelled Doodle In one Of
the camps and they rushed to that
camp with q force that threatened to
carry everything before them. 1t was
only by means Of the shsrpest kind Of
strategy that they did not saddle a
scandal upon the State, to begin with.
The Republican State platform prom
ised the people an honest and econom.
icsl administration Of the State gov.
eminent. Meeting Immediately after
the close Of one Of the worst years
Kansas ever had, with financial de-
preston everywhere, and an unprece-
dsnted drought In more than half the
State, In consequence Of which many
counties were almost depOpulated, how
was the pledge carried OutS By the
most reckless extravaganza and the
largest appropriations In the history Of
the State. The appropriations aggre-
gate over 81 million dollars. And
then 1t Is bOssted that the tax levy is
not increased, but remains ss 1t was
before, when things were prosperous
and crops good. y One Of the
very first acts of the Legislature was
the appointment Of q swarm Of clerks
and other subordinate officers four
times as many as were necessary at
any time, and placing them upon the
payroll for the entire session and long
before the services Of any Of them were
needed. In this way family relatives,
pets, henchmen, tools and - were
fOisted upon the State to enable them
to spend the winter at Topeka at the
expense Of the taxpayers. In the very
last hours Of the session, when every
minute was valuable and there was Q
The advocate., 1896-10-28

10 Live Wen and Happily
Uss "earlana" Stoves and Banssa,
The advocate., 1896-10-28

THE Peoples party ticket contains
the names of the only silver candidates
ia the field who stand q show Of cleo
tlOn.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-16
The Coronation Chair.

When sovereign is to be crowned
the coronation chair is carried around
the screen. placed in the sacrarium be-
fore the altar. and a robe Of cloth
of-gold and ermine thrown over 1t.
1t has been taken out of the Abbey but
once, and that was when Oliver Crom-
well was installed in 1t as Lord Pro-
tector in Westminster Hall. Beside 1t
is companion chair, as nearly like it
as possible, which was provided when,
at the coronation of William and Mary,
It was necessary that two thrones Of
equal Importance be employed. Al
though the chairs are of very nearly
the same size. the seat Of the newer
one is quite four inches higher than
that of the old, an interesting COM
mentary on the human nature of soye-
reigns. William, as is we'll known,
was small man, several inches shorter
than his royal wife, who was consider
ably above the height of the average
woman. In order that this inequality
in height should not be so conspicuous
at the ceremony that the king would
be made to look insignificant by it, the
seat of the chair in which he was to
sit was made high enough to bring his
head on a level With that Of the queen.
st Nicholas,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-16

ITO me-" ventured Mr.. Marsh, "who!
am accustomed to correspondence from;
abroad, it appears like the penmanship Of!
foreigner, used to speak, but not to write
the English language"
"It's disguised hand, or my name Is;
not Robert Swami. But we may get 81
clew to the business, I'm thinking,l
through finding out who it is who Is max
ing up to the young lady for the sake Of
her money"
A look of pain crossed Mr.. Marsh's;
face as remembrance Of Don, hand;
some and young, rose up before him. He,
somewhat constrainedly replied that he
had not as yet been long enough at Wood
burn to have been able to keep an eye on
his ward and her supposed admirer, but
should certainly do so, and would call
in the course Of a day OF two to consult
the superintendent again. Then he put
something which chinked golden in the po-
iiceman's ready palm and went ON his
way.
Left alone, Superintendent Swami con-
templated with evident satisfaction the
four golden sovereigns. Then he opened
the door that led into the outer station
and called out.
Send for Barnum; want him." and
in less than a quarter of an hour Con-
stable Barnum was in the inner office.
Not prepossessing man to look ut was
Constable Barnum. He was lean little.
man. and he had brown, hairy face,
and restless, rat-likc eyes Of shifty
color, that seemed brown in one light AMI
black in another. That he had been u
thief was known; khat he was by birth,
an American was suspected.
II have sent for you, Barnum," said the
superintendent, condescendingly, ''to talk
to you over Il new job-no sworn informa-,
tion, but mere private inquiry matter,
to which / have not time, with all the
borough business on my shoulders. to de-
vote sufficient attention"
AS the head policeman told his tale
the shifty, rat-like eyes Of Constable
Barnum darkened and frightened alter
nately, changing color as swiftly as the
chameleon OF the poets. Holding the let
ter up between his eyes and the light,
he sought to CLEAN such intelligence as
the water mark on the texture might fur
nish him, then surveyed keenly the envel-
ope. with its postmarks, and then mcekly
folded his thin brown hands and waited.
what do you say to that, Barnum?"
the chief deigned to ask
II should call it, sir, as your practical
mind feel sure. has already done, a
tough job" modestly responded the rat
eyed policeman.
Ito he continued.)
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-16
BURIAL OF POPE Plus TX.
Walled Up in a Temporary Tomb I'm.
til Put in the Crypt,

Few saw the scene which followed,
when the good Pope's body had lain
four days in state, and was then
placed in it's coffin at night to be hoist
ed high and swung noiselessly into the
temporary tomb above the small door
on the east side-that is, to the left of
The Chapel of the Choir. 1t was for u
long time the custom that each pope
should lie there until his successor died,
when his body was removed to the
monument prepared for it in the mean
time, and the pope just dead was laid
in the same place.
The church was almost dark, and
only in the Chapel of the Choir and that
of the Holy Sacrament, which are op-
posite each other, number of big wax
candles shed yellow light. In the
niche over the door mason was still:
at work, with Il tallow dip, clearly
visible from below. The triple coffiEs
stood before the altar in the Chapel of
the Choir. Opposite. where the body
still lay. the Noble Guards and the
Swiss Guards, in their breastplates,
kept watch with drawn swords and
halberds.
The Noble Guards carried the bier on
their shoulders in solemn procession.
with chanting choir, robed bishops, and
tramping soldiers, round by the Con-
fession and across the church, and lift
ed the body into the coffin. The Pope
had been very much beloved by all who
were near him, and more than one
gray-haired prelate shed tears of genu-
inc grief that night.
In the coffin, in accordance with an
ancient custom, bag was placed con-
taining ninety-three medals, one Of
gold, one of silver, and one of bronze
for each of the thirty-one years during
which Pope Plus had reigned; and a
history of the pontificate, written on
parchment, was also deposited at the
feet of the body.
When the leaden coffin was soldered,
six seals We're placed upon it, five by
cardinals and one by the arclivist of
the Chapter Of st. Peters. During the
whole ceremony the prothonotary apos-
tolic. the chancellor Of the Apostolic
chamber, and the notary of the Chap
ter Of ST. Peters were busy, pen in
hand, writing down the detailed pro-
tocol Of the proceedings.
The last absolution was pronounced,
and the coffin in Its outer case of elm
was slowly moved out, and raised in
slings, and gently swung into the niche.
The masons bricked up the opening in
the presence Of cardinals and guards,
and long before midnight the marble
slab, carved to represent the side Of a
! sarcophagus, was in it's place with its
simple inscription, "Pius 1X., p. NJ.
Century.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-16
A Legend Spoiled.

The Napoleonic legend tells how M
poleon, while Moscow was in flames.
found time to draw up decree organ
izing the Thes,ter Francis, says the
Paris Messenger" Alas the story is
not true. The French national archives
have recently been overhauled, and 1t
transpires that Napoleon was in Poland
when he received the decree ready to
be signed. He there signed 1t and sent
It back to Paris. but in the margin
wrote the following: ITO be forwarded
when the army will be at Moscow, It
Is His Majesty's intention that the de-
cree should be dated from that town."
The archives did not say whether the
decree was sent to Moscow or not hut
1t was certainly not drawn up there.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-16
PhiIin Mnkes some Rcna-l.

Philip Makes Some Remarks.
Philip is a youngster of some G years.
He is of contemplative turn of mind,
and often makes observations that
show he has been thinking deeply upon
some topic. The other evening he was
sitting on the front porch of his home,
barelegged and barefooted. The mos
Quitoes were active and aggressive.
One big fellow landed on a soft portion
of the boys leg. 1t did not proceed at
once to work, but seemed trying to de-
eide on good place to begin. Philip
did not brush him off, but sat ot,serv-
ing him. Presently the boy made this
remark to his mother:
Mamma, guess the mosquito is ask
ing blessing before he begins to eat"
Philip had been hearing good deal
in his Sunday school class about temp
tation and the evil of yielding to it.
The other morning his mother was
cooking doughnuts. He spied a small.
round piece of the sweet dough, and.
looking at 1T longingly, said:
please give me that little piece,
mamma, just for tcmptation."-Chi-
cagO Record.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-16

iowf' But when night came ne .elt
sadly lonesome oil by himself in his
new kennel. He was Of large family
of brothers and sisters in his old home.
so 1t seemed very dreary to him to be
alone. and he sets up series of howls
that made everybody's ears ring.
"Poor Bevis" said little Kenny, as
mamma tucked him in for the night.
"Can't he come up here and have half
Oh my bed, mamma? want him very
much, and he will not he lonesome with
me-"
"Bevis is too big" said mamma,
laughing. "Think how funny his head
would look on your pillow! He will soon
get used to his little house and stop
crying"
So she kissed her little boy, bade him
goodnight, and went downstairs.
"Bevis is quiet at last. poor fellow"
said papa, in few minutes. HE must
be asleep"
But when mamma peeped into Ken
ny's room an hour later she found his
bed empty. Could he have tumbled out?
No, he was not on the floor, nor any,
where in sight.
Papa and mamma hunted all over
the house. but Kenny was not to be
found.
"He must be walking in his Sleep"
said papa. Then they both remembered
the river, and turned pale.
Unless" said mamma. with sud-
den thought, "he is keeping Bevis COM
pany."
They ran to the kennel, stopped down
and looked in. What did they see? A
droll little white figure between Bevis'
great paws. a sleepy head on Bevis'
broad shoulder, and a tangled mat of
yellow curls mixed with Bevis' shaggy
brown hair.
No wonder the poor lonely doggie
grew quiet when he had such kind
little comforter
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-16

care. Boze himself seemed to think life
was worth living, and in three or four
weeks he was up and about. But his
gait was wabbly, and Mr. Garrett set to
work and made wooden leg to
strslighten him up. He Whitfield and
scraped and polished it and fastened
1t to Boze with a clever arrangement
of straps. At first trial the dog didn't
take kindly to the addition that had
been built for him. but he couldn't
shake it off, and finally concluded to
make the best of it. Within a week he
was walking about with all the dignity
Imaginable.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-16
PIG BEATS A TRoTTER.
chicago Packer Said to Have Been
the Victim,

AH1CuEO EaGkGT oalu TO nave becn
the Victim.
A story, far too good to keep. is GU
ing the rounds of select circles III the
stock yards, having for it's hero no
less II parsonage than the proprietor
of one of the largest packing plants in
Chicago. This gentleman is an enthu-
Siast over hOrseflesll. and is afflicted
with a belief epidemic among horse
men that his particular bit of horse
flesh is faster than any similar bit OH
earth. y few days ago, while this gen-
tleman was driving along Il country
road near Chicago. he had brush
with q farmer who had an antiquated
nag, evidently once Il trotter. OF
course the packers animal outstripped
the farmers and the packer descended
to teasing the layseed on the quality
of his stock.
This angerrd the old man and he ILL
dignantly offered to bet the million
aire $50 that he had a pig on his farm
that could go quarter of mile in
faster time than the trotter which the
packer was driving. The owner of the
trotter was game. and no time was
lost in concluding the arrangement,
the date for the trial being set for
two weeks ahead. The farmer select
ed II long. lean raZorback shote and
placed it in a pen at one end of lane
little more than quarter of mile
in length. He instructed his hired man
to feed the animal but once Il day and
that sparingly. the pail of feed to be
set at the opposite end of the lane
from the pen in which the pig was con-
fined. When feeding time came about
the hired man would retire to the far
ther end of the lane and call $4,000
III, s-O-o-O-,li." and at the same time
the farmer would open the gate to the
pen and the pig would make Il dash for
the food. This was kept up for the en-
tire two weeks that elapsed before the
day of the trial and after each trial. in
which the farmer held watch. a broad
noted the time.
One Sunday morning the packer ap-
peared on the scene with his horse,
agreeable to appointment, confident
of defeating the farmer and winning
the $50. The pig had not been fed for
twenty-four hours. and his squeals
were terrific. The packer took his po-
siticn beside the pen whip in hand
ready to start his horse at the signal.
The hired man placed himself at the
lower eLd of the lane with the custo-
mary allowance of swill and began his
calling. AS the signal for starting was
given the farmer threw open the gate
to the pen and horse and pig started
neck and neck for the other end of the
lane. For the first furlong the horse
had the best of the argument. but from
that on the pig slowly gained on him
and in the last hundred yards headed
him and reached the pail good ten
yards the winner of the rnce. The
packer paid his $50 without murmur
and then bought the speedy pig from
the farmer ut good round price.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-16
Queer Ways of Telling rime.


One Of our boys who doesn't own a
watch writes about how he tells the
time Of day. He works in a wheat ele.
vator in an Iowa town. A big window
almost fills one side of his little office.
Into corner Of the window creeps the
sunlight early in the morning and it
shines in all day long and creeps out of
the other corner in the evening. On the
floor where the edge of the shadow
from the window sash falls just Mt noon
our boy has placed long chalk mark
and little further away there is an
other mark for o'clock, and so on up
to .. The forenoon Is similarly divid-
ed on the floor. Each day by simply
looking at the edge of the suns light
he can tell what time it is. Once in
two weeks he changes all these marks
because the shadows change as the sun
gets higher in the spring or lower in the
fail.
This clever device-any Of you may
use it-suggests the way that the na-
tives of Liberia in Africa, who have no
clocks, tell the time. They take the
kernels from the nuts Of the candle
tree and wash and string them on the
rib Of palm leaf. The first or top kerr
mel 10 then lighted. All of the kernels
are Of the same size and substance.
and each will burn certain number
of minutes and then set fire to the one
next below. The natives tie pieces Of
black cloth at regular intervals along
the string to mark the divisions of
time. Among the natives of Singar in
the Malay archipelago, another pecu-
liar device is used. Two bottles are
placed neck and neck, and sand 10 put
in one Of them, which pours itself into
the other every half-hour, when the
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-16
CHATTER NN11

"Can You tell me, sir, whereabouts is
the police station:" MIR. Marsh it was
who propoun,lcd this startling intcrroga-
tion. and it's subject was Il burly, elderly
man of farmer-likc appearance.
"lt he up yon lane. and then to the
right turn, and keep on till yc get to the
Circus. or what used to he the Circus and
then turn sharp to the left till We see
Salem Chapel. and beyond it the station"
WAS the direction vouchsnfc,l. y very
his Yorkshire man was the superintcnd-
cnt.
"Wisled to see me. sir?" said Superin-
tendcnt Swami. waving his heshy hand
toward spare rush-bottomed chair.
Mot exactly" Mr.. Marsh began, with
some embarrassment 1.-The truth is.
have a duty to discharge. and what 1
wished was to engage, with the permis-
sion of his suprrors, the services of u
detective, to be properly remunerated, of
course. for his trouble. Here is my card.
1T bears my London address, us you see.
1 am just now on visit to my nephew,
or rather my niece's husband. ut Wood
burn-Afr. Langton, the rector, whose
name you probably know"
Permission is always given," said the
chief policeman, blandly. "for private in
quir;cs for proper objects, and by parties
of known rcspcctability. For the mo-
ment we have no detective. am sorry to
say. But was myself member of the
London detective force, and came here
direct from Scotland Yard"
Mr.. Marsh resolved to put his trust in
Superintendent Swami. He therefore
mentioned his position. rs guardian to the
daughter of the late Major Mowbray.
and went OH to speak of the anonymous
letter which he had received.
"Allow me to see the letter. sir?" said
the chief Of the Daneborough police. in
tcrrogatively. ANY idea of Your own.
sir, as to the identity of the writer? And
You don't know OF any sunl-seventy
thousand pounds-whcw!-likc to have
come from any quarter to the young lady
in question: was the next query.
II can scarcely say" answered Mr..
Marsh, hcsitatingly. Both the major
and Mrs. Mowbray had wealthy relatives,
the latter particularly. Her uncle, Gen.
Yorkc, who left her nothing by his will,
may very possibly have bequeathed. or
left in trust, part of his considerable
fortune for the benefit of his niece's only
child.'
"a woman wrote this, of course?"
"A woman did write 1t, no doubt" :"
agreed Mr.. Marsh.
"a queer hand, too-disguised, should
say"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-16
A DO. with a Wooden LEG,

Boze is a Kentucky dog, and he bears
the distinction of walking with wood
EN- leg. Roze is owned by Mr.. Garrett,
of Pulaski County. Kentucky. One day
he was out barking at railroad train
and the locomotive clipped off one of
his legs.
Mr.. Garrett, who is something of n
surgeon, decided that he might better
keep three-quarters of Boze than to
lose him altogether, so he bound up the
stump of the leg and gave the dog good
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-16
Growth in shtpbutldine.

Some idea Of the growth of shipping
interests on the great lakes may be
formed from the fact that, excluding
warships, Cleveland is now the second
greatest shipbuilding port in the world,
the Clyde being the first. Most people
will be surprised at the statement that
Cleveland has water commerce of TO-.
100000 net tons, while New York has
not more than 100000. The ore de.
posits of the Lake Superior region are
responsible for this enormous develop
ment of lake traffic.