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The leader., 1897-05-19
SIXTEENTH DAY.
House.

Jackson. May l4-This has been lively day in
both branches of the legislature. In the senate
Judge Mays, who is the law professor OF Mill
saps college and Prof. q. d. Stands, who is law
professor OF the University, measured lances
over the bill giving Misaps college the right to
issue law licenses 10 graduates, such as is now
only enjoyed by the University. In the house
the principal question considered was the capt.
tol bill. fine house adopted bill which 1t sent
TO the senate. That body amended it in several
important particulars. The principal differ
ences are that the house wanted the Weathers
plan, the present site, and that the Two houses
Jointly should elect the commissioners to build
the capitol, one from each supreme court dis
Irct. The senate amended in various particu-
lars, the three principal amendments being the
substitution of the Gordon plan, the peniten
tlary site. and that each body should elect one
commissioner and the two jointly the third one,
all three without regard TO location. The bill
came back to the house this morning, and IL III
sisted on the original bill in all particulars ex-
cept that it adopted the senate amendment as TO
the manner of electing commissioners.
IL insisted on the retention of the Weathers
plan by a vote OF IS TO 81, giving that plan ma
jority OF So. When the bill was originally con-
sidered by the house the Weathers plan only
had a majority of 20.
Mr. Thomas called up senate bill No 23 an
act to amend chapter b3 OF sheet acts of 1892,
being an act TO provide for the leyee commits
sioners to raise revenue, etc. The act merely
provides that the cotton raised on the State
delta farms be taxed as is the cotton of ind-
viduals that is, levee tax OF 81 per bale. The
bill was passed without opposition.
Mr.. Thomas also called up house bill No. 80,
which repeats an act authorizing the Mississippi
levee board TO issue $3.50. 900 in per cent bonds.
The bill was passed.
Senate
The senate convened at 0 o'clock.
MIR. Hardy, from the finance committee, re-
ported fayorably on house bill No. Z, an act OF
1892 in reference 10 providing printed lists 10
furnish taxpayers, making national bank notes
legal tender notes, etc, liable Tor taxes.
Mr.. Hardy, on behalf of the committee on
public lands, introduced senate bill No. 3d. an
act requiring ths land commissioner to report
all cases of trespass upon State lands to the at
torney general. and defining the duties of the
district attorneys therein" which was cvnsid-
cred and passed.
The senate went into committee of the whole
to hear Prot. Mayes and Gov. Stands on house
bill TO amend section los of the code. which is &c
provide that any graduate of Mississippi col
lege In the law class thereof shalt be licensed &c
practice law by virtue of his diploma. The dis.
cussion was heated and animated and lasted
four hours
The leader., 1897-05-19

I'm afraid" he stammered, that
The truth is, | grew interested in the
subject matter. Perhaps you will leas e
the sheets with me little longer?"
Maud accepted this kind offer with
alacrity and went in to get ready for
luncheon. The professor remained be-
hind and took out his note book. That
hint about the Ostyak wanderings had
set him thinking, and he felt that his
thoughts were worth setting down.
Suddenly the pencil fell from mis-
hand. Good heavens! What was he
about? This train of ideas was abso-
lutely new; but for Miss Afflecl's man
uscript it would never have arisen in
his mind. The professor was man of
honor; a cold sweat of dismay broke
out upon his forehead as he realized
the nature of the crime he had been
near committing. He, to pick girls
brains! He shuddered at himself.
He shuddered. Yet was he sorely
tempted to look again at that half-read
chapter. For, if the theory put for
ward in it would hold water, well, the
best half of his second volume was just
so much waste paper. He pushed the
temptation from him to the opposite
end of the bench. Then he fell to writ
ing busily on certain slips of paper.
These slips-together with her manu-
script in neat parcel-he took occa-
sion to present to Miss Affieek the same
afternoon at tea-timc.
what is the meaning of these hero
elyphics ?" she inquired. (The professor
wrote an execrable handy He ex-
planned, reddening slightly, that they
were "rules for reconsideration, which
he thought she might find helpful"
"They will enable me to correct my
spelling-myself? see. suppose you
did not read any further, Mr.. Alleyne?"
81 left off," returned the professor,
getting redder than before, "in the mid
die of the chapter on the Ostyaks. Will
YOU take toast or tea cake?'
Maud was bitterly chagrined. She
made no secret of her modification to
Mrs. st. Julian, and that impulsive
Young woman, moved with Indignation,
seized the first opportunity of finding
herself alone with her cousin to re-
mark:
lied, how could you be SO horrid to
that poor girl about her bookT'
81 suppose you are speaking OF Miss
Affleck? | gave her all the assistance
she asked.
ayes. and refused to discuss the sub
iect any further. Let her performance
he ever so contemptible-"
81 did not say it was contemptible."
-"You might have condescended TO
sneak of it, one would think! What has
Mad done that you should snub her
60 numerically II she were rival
authority on-what do you call themF
-Mongols, you could hardly treat her
worse"
The professor was silent.
"Ted, do you consider her rival au-
thority?" ,.,.
"hn authority My dear Laura! It's
,nnossible for any young woman OF
Miss Aftieck's age TO have more than the
most superficial acquaintance win such
a large subject. But novice occasion
ally stumbles-by chance-on solution
of.some difficulty that has long been
puzzle to experts" :,
.And that is what Maud has donel
rnderstand. Forgive me for laughing;
but. really. this is too funny.
~ do not see--to use your friend Mr..
uardlng's favorite exPression-where
The fun comes in, exactly. Laura. The
The leader., 1897-05-19

i Cashier of the Ffrsf Nsssonal nann 81
Fort wayne Gets . Psekaee.
81 would like a good room. In fact,
shout the best you have In the house."
was the remark addressed 10 Charlie
Fields, clerk Of the Victoria hotel, IN
Chicago, the other afternoon, by we'll
dressed young man. let me see." said
the stranger. rubbing his head as IL
thinking hard; cit must have been
long time since occupied the bridal
! chamber of n hotel. Guess that will
DO me to-day" Mr.. Fields handed a
pen TO the young man and requested
him to write his name on the hotel
register.
With a flourish, the name &c. G.
5hriden, Fort Wayne, Ind.," appeared
on the book For a moment the young
man gazed at the name, and then. with
an embarrassed air, said: II forgot TO
put and wife after my nancy
1t was in this way that Mr.. Shriden.
who is cashier OF the First national
bank OF Fort Wayne, g-ve away the
secret that be had been married but a
few hours.
Mr.. Fields never told him that he
guessed his secret, but said be had
package for him. Mr.. Shriden took the
package, which was neatly done up.
and. as IL forgetting his wife for mo-
ment, he opened the box at the hotel
counter. AS he united the last string
there was a sudden shower of rice, and
Mr.. Shriden was heard to softly NUT
ter to himself: Its all of"
I'm new" he explained u the clerk.
"and my friends down home have got
the best of me-"
Following the trick-box came two
large trunks completely covered With
old shoes, white ribbons, rice and signs
telling of the newly-married couple. Mr..
Skriden took It all as joke, and said he
would get even when he returned TO
Fort Wayne.
The leader., 1897-05-19
MEN OF THE DAY.

Prince George OF Greece is regarded
as an expert in torpedo work He is
a very large man. fully six feet tall and
strongly built.
1t Is reported that, beginning next
October, Explorer hansen will deliver
i'm this country a series of fifty illus
trated lectures.
Lee, Merriwether, one of the candi-
dates for the mayoralty In st. Louis,
came into notice a few years ago by G
lively little book telling how he saw
Europe on 50 cents day.
The leader., 1897-05-19

,teta's face Is bright and fair,
Meas way IS dehonaire,
Ard her merry eyes OF gray
snarkle in a friendly way.
And crown OF golden red
locks encircle Meta's head.
bright or dark the day may be.
sun or shade are naught to me,
FOR II Meta be but nigh
shade and sorrow quickly ny.
Neta's laughter, sunny, gay.
Drives the dark and dole away.
when a laughing baby maid,
CThink ID someone must have laid
Meta where the sunbeams fell
on her curly head and-well-
fThink ID they still linger there.
Dancing in her auburn hair.
Think 7, on that summer day
MANY sunbeams found their way
To the portal of her heart,
Entered, never to depart,
lust peep out. in merry gulse
From the windows of her eyes.
Ellis Parker Butler. in Up-to-Date.
The leader., 1897-05-19
Deafness Cannot be Cured

Icy local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an infamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets infamed you have rumpling
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to it's normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infamed condition
OF the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
+. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The leader., 1897-05-19
Fruit salad.

Pare and cut into slices four nice
oranges. removing all pits; cut four
bananas into slices and CRATE half fresh
cocoanut; put the fruit and cocoanut
in layers alternately in glass dish,
with one cupful powdered sugar be-
tween and half glass of currant or apple
jelly. In place of jelly little white wine
may be poured over the fruit, or two
tablespoonfuls lemon juice Brooklyn
Eagle.
The leader., 1897-05-19
A SCIENTIST SAVED.
President Bsrnsby. of HartsvfI1e Coll
Iege, Survives a Serious Illness
Through the Aid of DIR. Williams
Pink pills for Pale People.

From the Republican, Columbus. Ind.
The Huntsville College, situated at Harris
vile, Indiana, was founded years ago in the
interest Of the United Brethren Church,
when the state was mostly a wilderness, and
colleges were scarce. The college is well
known throughout the country, former stu
dents having gone into all parts Of the world.
The leader., 1897-05-19

England offers for sale as old and
obsolete the following war ships: The
four-decked wooden battle ship Con.
quistador, the wooden battle shin
Vengeance, the iron battle ships Gram
pus and Trircomalee, the cruisers Bac
chante and Canada, and three 1S-year
old torredo boats
The leader., 1897-05-19

WAS that why you wouldn't read
it?"
NO"
Miss Af11eck's expressive face was one
large note of Interrogation.
"You wish to know why? Well, it
was because found you too full of
suggestion. You put me upon new
trains of thought. 1t wouldn't have
been fair to you-to go on reading"
"But-but / should have been so glad
to be of any use to you'll" she cried.
The professor stiffened. "You are
very good"
Wont you look at the thing again 2"
humbly.
The professor set his face as flint.
"Many thanks. But | could not think
of trespassing on your kindness. Be-
sides, am going away this afternoon"
This afternoon? Oh, am so sorry!"
81 really don't see"-with increasing
asperity-"why you should be sorry.
am unable-for the reasons have Just
stated-to assist you in your work.
And it is impossible that my society
can give you any pleasure"
Will it be believed that this childishly
ill-tempered speech had the effect of
bringing tears to Maud Afiieck's eyes?
81 wish" she murmured. II knew
what | had done to offend YOU"
The professor looked at her hard
for perhaps half minute; then he, too.
took seat on the bench. You have
not offended me at ALL" he said.
"How beautiful" Maud Affieck
sighed, ten minutes later.
What is beautiful? The day? or
your hair? or the dispcnsations of
ProvidenceP They are all beautiful. in
different ways"
Nonsense! | was thinking that
that you would let me help you with
the book, now"
The professor started guiltily. To do
him justice, he had quite forgotten the
book.
1--WE will collaborate-we will write it
together" he answered. Then he
kissed her and rose to new heights of
magnanimity. "And publish it in our
Joint names-Edward and Maud AL
leyne."
Maud blushed. "Oh, no! 1t must re-
main your book. Perhaps you might
put a note in the preface, saying you
had been assisted in your researches"
by my wife. That sounds charming.
But"-hc kissed her again, and was
pricked in conseience-"would that be
giving you your due share of credit?
You see in that matter of the Osty-
axis"
~ should like it best So" she de-
clared.
''Of course. it must be as you please"
said the professor.
The leader., 1897-05-19

Don't cry" he entreated. Then he
perceived that her handkerchief was
edged with the most exquisite lace.
"Don't weep" he said. correcting him
self.-petroit Journal.
The leader., 1897-05-19

Fogg says he is immoderately fond of red
hair, because it looks so much better after
it has turned gray.-Boston Transcript.
The leader., 1897-05-19

Some people are proud because they once
had a lot of money and squandered it,
Washington Democrat.
The leader., 1897-05-19

Hardly any of us like people who talk so
much about their own troubles that they
can't listen to ours.-W ashington Demo-
Graf
The leader., 1897-05-19

Send postal card to Malacura Co., st.
Louis, and get free trial package OF the
wonderful chill and malaria killer "Mala-
cura Choclats."
The leader., 1897-05-19

Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grippe, l0c.
The leader., 1897-05-19

Pretend to know and you will become an
empty shell.-Ram's Horn.
The leader., 1897-05-19

A secondhand store is the loneliest look.
ing place on earth.
The leader., 1897-05-19

Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The advocate., 1897-08-25
The Initiative and Referendum.

Editor Advocate:--In a recent issue
Of Farm Machinery, publication de-
voted to the interests Of dealers in
farm machines, l find the following
clipped from the Country Gentleman,
and in my opinion it is worth repro
ducing:
Although the principle of the initia-
tive and referendum is daily employed
in social and fraternal circles, 1t is
comparatively unknown in the political
world. There is scarcely household,
a fraternal society or private corpo-
rate body that does not employ its prin-
ciples in the everyday conduct Of af-
fairs, and yet when it Is urged or sug-
gested as a political safeguard it is
froWned upon, and this, too, by men
who do so through no Interior motives.
1t meets with malignant opposition,
simply because it is misunderstood.
The very agent that guards the family
circle against the presence Of unwel-
come guests, that shields the fraternal
society against unworthy members and
protects the business man from the
losses incident to indiscriminate credit,
Is the initiative and referendum. When
stripped Of its political ambiguity 1t
is found to contain but two things
one is inquiry, the other is indOrse-
ment. The first of these is the initia-
tive, the second lis the referendum.
When the head of a household contem-
plates introducing a visitor to his fire.
side he first mentions the matter to
those most deeply affected by that
visit; that is the initiative, the canvass
a character, and the consent to that
The advocate., 1897-08-25
Only the Wealthy and Influential Fit to
Govern.

Editor Advocate:-The above senti-
ment is rapidly gaining ground in our
Eastern societies and cities partiCu-
larly, several professors in colleges
there having come out in elaborate ar
ticles and arguments to that effect;
and this while all Europe Is leaning in
the contrary direction and England has
latterly vastly enlarged her suffrage.
Burke, BrOugham, Bismarck and Glad
stone Gas I will show in an article here
after all hold that the common people,
the masses, are entitled to and can best
the masses, are entitled and can best
run and manage the governmental af-
fairs. I will only append the following
as illustrative of the subject and which
will doubtless prove interesting to Sem
ator Peffer as we'll as to- your other
readers:
When Don Cameron steps out Of the
Senate an experienced legislator will
be lost to the country. One Of Mr..
Cameron's legislative methods is thus
described: He made motion in the
Senate one day which was lost by sew
eral majority. He said nothing, but
those who were watching him noticed
him going down to the restaurant
from time to time with parties of Sena-
tors who had voted against the motion.
They would sit around a table with a
bottle Of champagne and a few glasses
for awhile, and then return to the SEN
ate chamber. Later in the day Mr..
Cameron renewed his motion, and it
was carried almost unanimously"
OLD OSAWATOMIE.
The advocate., 1897-08-25
How Old Life Insurance POlioy-HOlders
are Being Soaked.

Editor Advocate:--I desire to call
your attention to the following from
American Investments and Financial
Opinions, an ably-edited paper pub
lished at Buffalo, N Y, and to suggest
that you give it space in your columns.
1t follows:
"a very small percentage of the in
sured in what are termed the old line
life insurance companies give much,
If any, thought to the vast changes that
have occurred in the business Of life
insurance companies. They have no
conception of the bitterness of the COM
petition for business and the cost of
procuring the same. Least Of all do
they appreciate and comprehend the
solemn fact that this mad rush after
new business is, to a. very large degree,
at their own cost and expense. They
are burdened, for that is what it prac-
tically amounts to, with the old-style,
cast-iron conditioned policies which
cannot be gotten rid of except at a
great loss. They have not kept up with
the times with respect to modern life
insurance methods and do not know
how things are drifting, The regular
The advocate., 1897-08-25

insurance journals, for reasons best
known to their respective advertising
departments, do not turn on the nee
essary light because they are most ably
conducted from the standpoint of the
companies.
"The Insurance Commissioner of
Connecticut, in his thirty-secOnd an
nual report, throws some light on the
subject. The report shows that the
tWenty-four nOn-assessment life insur-
ance companies, excluding regular In
dustrial and mixed institutions, had
terminated in 1896 246, ,978 policies, rep
resenting $3.50, $50, ,O3O.OO; 52,S49 were
not taken, 1O6,583 lapsed, 49,580 were
surrendered and 1913 were changed
and decreased in amount, so that as a
result of the vast sums expended for
expenses, ETC., there has been an in
crease Of only IA, 46O policies, represent
ing 1OS,45S,711 of insurance. 1t has
cost something to secure this business
which has turned out unfruitful and
the 'stayers in are the ones that have
borne it. The report further shows
that of the $789 100000 of new business
last year, ,$151 ,O0O, 900 fell down and was
not taken, which cost the companies
100000 in medical fees alone. More
than that, $3.50 100000 lapsed because
of the insurers inability to keep up
payments. This state Of affairs has
come about by the enormous commits
sion rates paid for new business,
namely 65 per cent, and but 713 per
cent. on renewals. These rates are
simply bids for the agents to write
and drop risks, it being more profit
able for him to confne his work
strictly to getting in new risks on al
most any conditions. The report fur
ther shows that these commissions,
advances, bonuses, drawbacks, allow
ances, ETC., have in twenty years risen
from Is to the above 65 per cent, and
all other expenses have increased pro-
portionately, SO that the first years
insurance now stands at SIG per 81 900,
and as the average premium is almost
$40 per thousand, it appears that $42
is expended the first year to obtain this,
leaving but S5 to provide for the years
death claims. The Commissioner con-
cludes from these facts that the new
policy at the end of the year is about
$50 in debt to the older members, who
are compelled to see the surplus set
aside for their protection, robbed until
the new risks can catch up. In round
figures these old policy holders con-
tributed $19,OOO,OOO from their surplus
to make good the new business for 1896.
Even the surrender charges do not help
the situation much, for they reach only
81, ,625, ,354, leaving uncovered advances
of over $11 100000. Is it any wonder
that the old policy-hOlders are sick?"
The conclusion of the article, in
which remedy is proposed, will be
given in. a later issue, as it would
doubtless be regarded as too long for
one article.
AN OLD-LINE LIFE VICTIM.
The advocate., 1897-08-25
VOTERS IN EACH PARTY

'In explanation of these exhibits we
may suppose them to each represent
either State or city, as the reader
chooses.
1T will be seen that the number Of
voters in each party is the same in
both exhibits; but in one case the larg-
est party secures less than half Of the
lawmaking body, while in the other
it gets the whole Of 1t.
Now take the two exhibits and ap-
ply proportional representation to
them. First, we will wipe OUt THE
lines which separate the voters into
districts with voters in each. Sec
ond, count the ballots Of each party
and find the total in all parties. Now,
as we have to elect z lawmakers, we
have a single district in our diagrams
in which Z are to be elected dnstead
of z districts and only ] TO be elected
in each district as at present.. 1t is
reasonable and right that every sew
enth part Of all Of the voters should
have one seventh of the lawmakers.
Divide the total vote Of 40 by and we
have Z as the number entitled to
representative. The A party, which
casts 21 votes, secures representatives,
and the other two parties casting IA
votes each, get two representatives
each, instead of one of them getting
none and the other majority, as in
Exhibit No. l, or none at all for either
of the two, as in No. 2. If we suppose
each letter in our exhibits to represent
100 or 1000 voters, the proportion will
be the same We may then suppose
our exhibit with the district lines
wiped OUT to represent a district or a
State where Z representatives are to be
elected. The whole State should as a
rule form one district when Congress
men are to be chosen. Large districts,
where each party can secure its just
share, will remedy present evils"
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The advocate., 1897-08-25

visit, the referendum. That is all there
is to this much-talked-of and gener-
ally misunderstood measure; it Is sim
ply a checkmate. An intelligent OBJ
servance OF it's principles enables those
interested to do what they most desire,
and to avoid what they do nOtS It is
the agent that has given the fraternal
world its perfect autonomy. To it is
due the power to embrace the good and
exclude the bad. Why, then, can it
not be applied with benefit to matters
legislative?"
AN IMPLEMENT DEALER.