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The advocate., 1897-11-03
Kansas and Missouri.

Editor Advocate e:-Kansas has once
more become the great battle ground and
cyclone center of reform. The eyes Of
the whole country are upon her, as they
were during the anti-slavery agitation.
It is history repeating itself, and here is
the political maelstrom that Is to widen,
deepen and broaden until the entire
Union will be revolving with irresisti-
bic force and power. Here Is a people
the most independent resOlute and de-
terYnined in the land. Every man Is a
leader, and then there are leaders Of
leaders. They are the sons OF their
sires, and when a refOrmer steps into
Kansas and breathes the air he at once
becomes very dynamo Of energy and
independence Even the children in the
public school are imbued with this con-
sci0usness and resolution. They con-
slider politics broader than any party
and Christianity above any sect or creed
Principles and doctrines hitherto un-
thought of and untried are being praCti-
cally demonstrated and applied. What
conservative, unprogresslve elements in
other parts believe to be utterly unsafe
and disastrous are being successfully
and benefcially legislated and enforced.
This is true on every line Of govern
ment industry and commerce. And as
Kansas leads other States will follow,
until out of chaos will come order. With
a flag on every school house and pa
triOtism in every heart the nation will
be led to a higher. nObler, grander cit
lzenship. Onward then, and upward
ever, until America is in fact as well
as In theory, "The land Of the free and
the home Of the brave"
NeighbOring States have already felt
the Quickening influence, and especially
is Missouri's heart and hand with her
CORNER rival. AS Governor Leedy said
to the writer, 1--WE have got so we can
look at one another without looking
through a gun sight" That speaks vol
umes. You have only to count the null
titude of chiValrous, gallant MissOurianS
mingling with the brave sons Of Kansas
at Topeka, Kansas City and Leaven-
worth What an ovation was given a
daughter of Missouri at the Kansas cap
ital 1t Is more than mutual admira-
ton, it is a blending Of interests, a
harmony of feeling, unity. Hence
forward there will be clearer under
standing, warmer friendship COM
mon fraternity The States will pull
together socially, industrially, CONNER
cially yea, and religlously. Missouri,
too, has made wonderful progress in
spite OF her environments She Is the
The advocate., 1897-11-03

New South shaking hands with the New
North. Especially are her reformers
ready TO keep step with those of Kan
sas on every line. The white metal
hosts; the money Of the Bible; for God
and home and native land; government
of the people, for the people and by the
people. M. N. BUTLER
Kansas City, Mo.
The advocate., 1897-11-03
Correspondence.

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Advocate assumes no responsibility for opinions eX-
prsssed by any writer In It's columns except those or
tho editOrl
The advocate., 1897-11-03

VXyANTED-A salesman In each county to sell
w our new special varieties OF apple trees
aud strawberry plants. We are oriRinatOrs Of
the earliest known varieties. Wages paid each
week in each. Address The Western Nursery
Co., Lawrence National Bank Bldg Lawrence,
Kansas.
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ANOTHER GREENLAND.


Explorer BorchgrcVink's Firm Belief In
an Antarctic Continent.
In Tho Strand Magazine c. t. Borch-
grevink reviews briefly the results of
his visit to South Victoria Land in 1898.
He says:
In my opinion tho great southern
continent is the Greenland of the south,
with just us many possibilities | do
fully believe TINT hitherto unknown
animal life will be found ON South Vic
torla Land. Captain Larsen ON the
whaler Jason brought back petrihcd
wood from Graham Land, south Of Cape
Horn, which fact, of course proves great
climatic changes i'll those regions dur
ing succeeding periods As our knowl
edge of the great southern continent
now stands. We must believe II really
TO be continent, and not mere accu-
mutation of islands, us we'll from the
appearance of tho land, rs il has been
sighted nearly all round, as also from
sea soundings, and last, but not least,
from tho nature of those specimens Of
rocks which | brought back with mo
from Victoria Land. If il is all land,
1t is probably of an area twice the sizo
of Australia
Already tho first sight of Victoria
Land convinees one that IL is of volcan-
lc origin. Tho volcanoes of Victoria
Land show II tendency To follow tho
same line, From Mount Sabine to
Mount Melbourne the trend is south
southwcsterly. Mount Erebus and Mount
Terror lie almost duo south of Mount
Sabine. Farther north from Mount Sa-
bine the great earth fold, on the septum
of which this chain of volcanoes is sit
uated, probably bends littlo westward,
rs shown partly by the surroundings,
partly by tho position of Ballcny is
land. Northwest of Balleny island tho
great fold trends perhaps to the knot
ting point between tho Tnsmanian axis
of folding and that of New Zealand tho
former perhaps, running through Roy
nj Company island and the latter
through or near Auckland island and
Mncqnario island Tho llnottng point
would probably he somewhere approx
imately) near tho intersection of the six
tioth parallel of south latitude with
the ono hundred and fiftieth meridian
of longitude east from Greenwich. II
would just join the line of extinct vol
canoes along east Australia ON the west
and, perhaps, tho active volcanic zone
of the North island of New Zealand, or,
at all events, tho fold which bounds
that continent ON the east
"Iracod i'll the opposite direction,
81. 4 l. a
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THE LITTLE OLD CLERK.


This little old clerk Is thin and gray,
And his coat Is shiny at every seam.
His hat belongs TO long past day,
And his boots are patched meath the black
ing's gloam.
shabby genteel, or scarcely that,
The passcrshN dub him, with vulgar scorn,
That little old clerk in the napless hat,
The faded coat and the boots SO worn.
The little old clcrl, from ten till Ave,
With a slight respite for meal between,
sits writing en- in II human hive,
The busiest bee 'mong the droncs, | ween.
Smart Young fellows in wen made suits
tits trlow elerksl aneer, with a seornfel
eye,
At the faded coat and the old patched boots
And ask hiA II better he cannot buy.
The little old clerk takes his naplcSs hat
From oil its peg when his toll is Ger,
Then, with patient smile, pusscs through the
door.
Twenty long years he u cerl, has been
In that Office dim, get no higher goes.
Many placed ovcr his head he's seen,
The old clerks passed 10y in his shabby
clothes,
The little old clerk IN the evening gloom
Enters his cottage, with anxious eyes.
Some simple blossoms brighten the ROOM
A crippled form on the sofa lies,
As a sisters lips to his own are pressed
THE one for whom shabby through life he
gocSl
lie thank, God that he with her love is blessed,
The little old elrrl, IN his faded clothes
Elsic Harrington IN Chambers journal,
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Likes and DisiiIses,

A woman was heard to make the as.
scrtion the other day that lin nine
cases out Of ten we like people because
they like MS. or dislike them because
they have failed to appreciate us. f." 1t
is something Of an admission to make,
and yet to a certain extent il is true.
We cannot help being influenced in our
opinions Of others by their evident opin.
ions of w, for the person who is inter
estcd IN what we say, who dciers to us
and enjoys our society, naturally APP
pears to us III a favorable light On the
other hand, the man or woman who
never notices us, who takes no pains to
conceal his or her Indifference or dis
like, need not expect to receive our
hearty good will and esteem. 1t shows
touch Of self conccit ON our purt and
yet it is human nature.
Sometimes, however, we misludge
others by this feeling. We take unrca-
,onable preludices against people, and
perhaps by our very actions cause them
20 dislike us, and then blame them for
T. -Philadelphia Times
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ROBERT BURNS.
The Poets First Love and the Verses In
which lie Praised Her.

The Poets First Love and the Verses In
which lie Praised Her.
Robert Burns, the Scottish poet, was
born at Mount Oliphant, Jan %, 1853,
near Ayr, in Il clay built cottage, reared
by his fathers own hands When lad
Of IL, the family moved to Lochlca
His first three or four years ut Lochlea
were still with the poet times Of limo
cencc, and t'his conduct was governed
by the strictcst rules Of virtue and mod
esty At last he set his affections on ii
young woman named Ellison Begbie,
the daughter of small farmer, and
asked her 10 he his wife, hut he could
this disappointment had maligI inilu
ence over the poet Long aftcrwaId
when he had seen much of the world.
Burns spoke Of this girl ms, Of all those
on whom he ever fixed his tickle alfcc-
tons, tho one most likely 10 have made Il
pleasant partner for life. 1t was to her
he addressed the pure and beautiful love
lyric Mary Morrison, and i'll these
lines the Lyric genius of Burns was for
the first time undcniably revealed:
Ycstrcon when to tho trembling string
The dance Rucd through the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing
sat, but neither heard nor saw,
Though this wax fair and that WIS brtw
And yon the toast Of a the town
| sighed and said ainang thcm a.
''Yo are nae Mary Morrison.
Oh, Mury, canst thou wreck his peace
-. lI..s.s .,Ir, I,,lt.f 10
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\ snrveYlng Cnrnera.

y surveying camera, styled the
Bridgcs.Leo instrument, is being intro
ducod in England. 1t resembles an or
binary camera, having IL brass bound
box with rapid rcctilinear lens and
double backs, and tho usual ground
glass screen. The camera body turns ON
~ horizontal plato having graduated
rim, over which slides vcrnier attach
cd TO the camera for reading horizontal
angles. A clamping screw fixes the
camera body to the bottom plate, which
plato Is mounted on tripod head pro-
vidcd with loyeling screws On top of
tho camera box is fixed II rotating level
and telescope mounted on u horizontal
arm and fitted with rack adjustment
and scale, permitting vertical angles to
be taken. This telescope has vertical
wire, which bisects the picture on the
ground glass screen, and is coplanary
with II second vertical wire inside the
camera. This wire casts shadow,
which is clearly disceniblo on the sensi-
tive plate or film when developed, and
thus marks tho center line of the pie
turc. Behind this wire il II compass
mounted ON II rack inside the camera,
by means of which, when photograph
IL To be taken, it can be moved back
until it just fails to touch the plate
The graduation of the compass card is
carried out on IA vertical strip of trans
lucent material, through which the
light passes to the plate. thus photo
graphing thereon the compass bearing
A horizontal fiber is also placed inside
the body of the camera, similar to the
vertical one, which, when the instru-
ment has been properly loveled indi-
Gates the true horizon. Engineering
NnNYR
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The CAlPMuNK.


the spring
As tho woodchuck sleeps away the
bitterness of cold, So in his narrower
chamber sleeps the chipmunk, Happy
little hermit, lover of the SUM- mate of
the song sparrow and the butterflies,
what "A goodly and hopeful token of the
earth's renewed life is he, verifying tho
promises of his own chalicos, the squir-
rel cups, set in the warmcst corners of
the weodside, with libatiens of dew and
shower drops, of the bluebird's carol.
the sparrow S song of spring
lie comes forth from his long night
into the fullncss of the sunlit day, to
proclaim his awakening to his summer
comrades, Il gay reeluse clad all i'll the
motley, Il Jester, maybe, yet no fool
His voice, for all its monotony. is in
spring of gladness and oontcntmcnt,
whether he uttcrs his thin, sharp chirp
or full mouthed cluck or laughs chit
tering moekery MS he seurrics in ut his
narrow door.
lie winds along his crooked pathway
of the fence rails and foragcs for half
forgotten nuts i'll the familiar grounds,
brown with strewn leaves nr dun with
dead grass Sometimes no ventures To
the top rail and climbs to giddy ten
foot height ON tree whence he looks
abroad, wondering, ON the wide expnnse
of an acre
Music hath charms for him, and You
may entrance him with "A softly whiS-
tied tune and cntico him to frolic with
II herds grass head gently moved be
fore him.
When the fairies have mado the white
curd of mallow blossoms into cheese for
the children and the chipnunlS it is u
pretty sight To see him gathering his
share handily and toothily stripping off
,he green covers filling his cheek
pouches with the dainty disks and
scampering away to tho cellar with his
ungrudgcd portion. Alack the day
when the sweets of tho sprouting corn
tempt him to turn rogue, for then ho
becomes banded outlaw, and tho sud
den thunder of the gun announces his
tragic fate. He keeps we'll the secret of
constructing his cunning house, with
out show of heaped or scattered soil
at its entrance. Bearing himself hon
Cstly and escaping his enemies, tho cat
the hawk and the boy, he lives a long
day of happy, inotlensive life. Then
when the tilmy curtain of the Indian
summer falls upon tho year ngnin he
bids us II long good night - New Eng
land Fields and Moods
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THE BEST HAND.
II WAS Held by an Outsider, and 1t Beat
an Ace Full"

II Was Held by an Outsider, and 1t Beat
ace Full"
Say, said the drug clerk to his
friend at the soda water fountain, Il
ran against a play last night that made
me think that Twas the unluckiest man
that ever drew card
"What was it," asked the man at the
fountain
Why had an ace full beat by an
other full I'll tell You how it hap
pencd. You know we have a quiet lit
tie game over here on Dearborn street
nearly every Saturday night Well, last
night we got into y five handed game
There We're Julius, u chattel mortgage
man, IN Whose office we We're playing;
real estate man. II clerk for bicycle
firm, a lawyer aud myself Well, il was
II small game cent ante and Il 90
cont limit. Along about II o'clock
opened the pot ON pair of aces. The
lawyer raised me half dollar, and
Julius stood the raise. OF course had
to stand it too. | WAS the first to draw
cards. drew three cards thought
was pretty lucky when picked up an
ace and pair of tens, making me an
nco full The lawyer, who had raised
me on three queens. drew down to his
hand and caught n pair of sevens, which
made him queen full, Julius asked
for one card and made II spade flush
well, | bet check ON the 20, the
lawyer raised me another half dollar.
Julius called tho raise and | raised
back, We raised each other till we got
about 5, i'll the pot. just then the JAM
tor of the building appeared on the
scene lie had been out attending u
wedding and happened in at this rather
unreasonable hour lie was pretty we'll
loaded with some kind of scandinavian
wine. llo WAS good and ugly. 1t was il
great surprise to him to see game OF
cards going on i'll tho building over
which he had control, and he knew that
If the facts ever came to the ears of the
owner of the building there would be
janitor looking for job.
Now, what do you suppose that fell
low did? Why, he just walked over to
that table. kicked il over and sent the
cards and chips flying in all directions
iiell ne told us 10 beb out, ana To 40 lt
quickly; that he would call tho police
and have us pinehed
We got out and hunted up "A small
room in n hotel to continue the game
When we got settled down again, |
made kick for tho pot on the last
hand. told tho boys that had an ace
full and that there WASH t another full
could heat it. But old julius spoke up
and said: ooh, yes, there was Vat do
you link of II jmitor full?"-Ghicago
| Yrlhnnn
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A Story Of tho retcrshurE Mine.

General Horace Porter tells the fol
lowing aneedotc of the explosion of the
Petersburg mino in his Campaigning
With Grant, in The Century: A sur
gcon told US IA story, ono Of the many
echoes Of the mine affair, about II pris-
Oncr who had been dug out Of the crater
and carried to ono Of our field hospitals
Although his eyes were bunged and his
face covered with bruises, he was i'll AN
astonlshingly amiable frame of mind
and looked like pugilistic hero of the
prize ring coming up smiling in the
twenty seventh round. He said: I'm
jest bet you that after this III be the
most unpopular man III my regiment.
You see, appeared to get started lit
tie earlier than the other boys that had
taken passage with me aboard that vol
cano, and as WAS comm down L met
the rest of 'cm a-goin up, and they
locked MS if thev had kind o sonred on
me and yelled after me, 'StragglerP
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NOT EXACTLY A BABY.


How Womnn Played n Trielt 81 IA Gable
Car Conductor.
John, dear, some one ought 10 speak
to that woman. See, she's smoth" -
Pm not running this road. Besides,
it's probably her own kid.
We'll, | shall certainly inform the
authorities It's over 10 minutes that
dear little thing hasn't had a breath of
air. Won't you call the police"
or course this dialogue was furnished
by husband and wife. Sccne-A cable
car bound down town. The character
| spoken Of as that woman" was u fc-
male Of uncertain age and decided stern
ness she boarded the ear nj Fifty
ninth street In her arms she carried
the "it' referred To man fashion as
tho kid. Tenderly, almost to suf'o-
cation, the woman Rugged her charge
Not even the end of its tiny nose nor a
wisp of baby hair pccped out from tho
folds of tho long cloak. Tho woman
snugglcd and cuddlCd the bundled child,
and never AN infantile wall or gasp
for breath aroused the wondering pas
sengers to action. When the cur reach
ed Thirty fourth street, chat woman,
still huRging her bundle, left the car.
Tho husband and wife followed. Tho
car sped ON.
Safe ON the sidewalk, tho woman
paused, shook the folds Of the baby's
cloak, and deposited ON the pavement IL
long cared, wet nosed, watcry eyed
spaniel. That was all
well, John, Pm beat, said the wife
sos the conductor and tho eompa-
ny, F." responded John. 'Shc smugglcd
the beast and got the best Of the compa-
ny. | was smart enough TO mind my
own business. Como ON. New York
Sun.
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The maidenG who are elbowed out of
all pleasure at dances by young matrons
will approve of the custom which OBJ
tains ut the court of Berlin, where the
emperor aud empress set the fashion of
only looking on. Elderly ladies do not
dance ut all and young married ladies
very rarely. The floor is only meant for
young people of both sexes.
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FINEST PARK IN THE WORLD.


What John burroughs and Others Say Of
the Rock Creck Reservation.
In his entertaining book Wake
| Robin, and IN the chapter entitled
Spring at tho Capita" pages i65 1860,
John Burroughs says: "Outsido of tho
city limits tho great point of interest
to tho rambler and lover of nature il
the Rock creek region. Rock creek is I,
large, rough, rapid stream which has
its source i'll the interior of Maryland
and flows into tho Potomac between
Washington and Georgetown. It's course
for five or six miles out of Washington
IL marked by great diversity of scenery
Flowing III a deep valley, which now
and then becomes II wild gorge with
oycrhanRing rocks and high, prccipitous
hoadlands. for tho most part wooded
here Icposing III long, dark reaches,
there sweeping and hurrying around
certain bend or over n rocky bed; re-
ceiving at short intervals small runs
and spring rivulets, which open up Wis
tas and outlooks to the right and left
of the most charming dcscription-Rock
creek has an abundance of all tho Gle
ments that mako up not only pleasing
but wild and rugged scenery. There is
perhaps not another city in the Union
that has ON its very threshold 30 much
natural beauty and grandeur, such as
men seek for in remote forests and
mountains A few touches of art would
convert this whole region, extending
from Georgetown to what is known ns
Crystal springs, not more than two
miles from the present state depart
ment, into park unequalcd by any
thing III the world. There are passages
between these two points as wild and
savage and apparently ms remote from
civilization as anything ono meets with
IN the mountain sources of the Hudson
or the Delaware. Life and Light. =
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An expert tells Of an instance where
4, 900 pearl shells were taken which
yielded less than 500 worth Of pearls,
while i'll the same locality over 30
pearls were found in one day, one of
which was sold for $40, 900 A Queens
land company, on small area, got &c.
200 worth q pearls from eight tons Of
Shell
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One Of the most beautiful English
church edifccs is Barnet church, IIcrts.
In this church, according to The Meth
inches in which respectively are appro-
priately placed well considered and
clcyorly modelled statucttes Of England 4
six greatest preachers. The list is as fol
lows; St Augustin Of Canterbury, the
apostle Of England; st. Alden, bishop
Of Lindisfarne; St Hugh Of Lincolnl
Latimcr. the martyr John Wesley and
Canon Liddon. So far as we are aware,
this il the first time John Wesley has
been placed III an Episcopal church on II
level with such Roodly company
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TO quit tobacco easily and forever. be map
netic, fun OF life. nerve and ygor, take No-To.
Bac' the wonder worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, 50c or 81. Cure guaran-
teed Booklet and sample free Address
STEERING Remedy Co, Chicago or New York
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CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The fac n
"'ssi'" &<MzA1z@ : i i';a


Who are injured by the use Of coffee. Re-
Gently there has been placed in all the
grocery stores new preparation called
GRAIN.o, made Of pure grams, that takes
the place Of coffee. The most delicate
stomach receives it without distress, and
but few can tell it from coffee. II does
not cost over as much. Children may
drink it with great benefit. IL cents aud
25 cents per package. Try it. Ask for
GRA1S-o.
May &c, 07.
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There is no reason in the world why
men, whether average men or men Of
genius, should despisc the cooking Of
their food They never show, or are re
quired to show, the same contempt to
ward any other art, and on no other is
their mental calm more completely de
pendent An i'll fitting coat is d worry
but not such u worry as dinners perpet-
ually i'll dressed. To many men, and es-
pecially to men whose work is sedentary
or whose brains are fully taxed, food
which is at once light and nourishing is
an absolute necessity if they are to ex-
ert their highest powers, and food Of
that kind is obtainable only by care in
selecting meats and good cooking when
they are selected. A man should not
think too much Of his dinner or devote
too much time to preparation for it on
enjoy it too visibly when it has arrived,
for all those are animal peeuliarities.
But to remain content with bad food,
when little more thought or careful
ness or criticism would procure it in Il
state fit to be eaten, is only what Scotch
men used to describe as "a wasting OF
the maircies. London Spectator