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SCHOOL TICKETS

Best Constructed Electric Line in
the United States.
The advocate., 1897-11-17

and the green, scarlet, and gold OF tha
feathers OF parrots and parroquets KnI
deed, 80 well do the natives know the
love the bower-birds have for brilliant
and polished objects that, should they
lose anything Of the kind, they at OHco
try to find the bower that has been beau
titled at the expense Of their property.
After the male birds have performed
the heavier labor of constructing the
arbors, they leave to their little mates
the lighter and pleasanter task of dec
Grating them. This the lady birds pro-
ceed to do with great zest, often flying
miles to find pretty little bits of glitter
or bright color, or busying Themselves
about the bower, changing the orna-
ments, rejecting anything not suited TO
their taste. To these bowers the birds
resort to enjoy themselves, as In a BALI
room, bowling and dancing and turning
about, playfully chasing each other Wn
and down their gay arbor in an uniting
whirl OF sportive delight.-Popular Sci.
ence News.
The advocate., 1897-11-17

the creek towards his forge. When not
far from his dam he heard a solemn
voice, and walking quietly towards the
sound, saw WashingtOn's horse tied to
a sapliEg. In thicket near by was the
beloved chief in prayer, his eyes suffused
in tears. He felt that he was upon holy
ground and withdrew unnOtiCed He
was deeply impressed, and upon entering
the room where his wife was, burst into
tears When she inquired the cause, he
told her what he had seen, saying: IF
there is any one whom the Lord will lis
ten to, 1t is General Washington; and
feel that under such commander there
can be no doubt Of our eventually es-
tablishing our independence, and that
God In his province hath willed 1t So"
The Headquarters House," as 1t is
termed, Is in a marvellous state OF pres
erVation, and appears from cellar TO
attic just as it did when Washington
was domlCiled there The doors, with
the quaint, ld-fashioned locks, are just
as they were when his hands opened and
closed them; the floors, except portion
OF one in the Office room, are those over
which his feet have trOd in many
weary hour; the window glass and
sashes are alike unchanged since the
days when his anxious eyes looked
through them at the huts of his soldiers
on the nearby hills. Under the house
is a deep cavern-like cellar, that the at
tendant lights a lantern for the visitor
to view. The we'll called "Washington's
we'll in the log cabin yields cool, clear
draught The house Is not entirely fur
nished, but the articles that have been
placed there are those of the Colonial
or Revolutionary period, and give the
place the appearance that it had when
Americas great chieftain was resident
within t.-Globe-Democrat.
The advocate., 1897-11-17
VALLEY FORGE.

Some years ago the Centennial and
Memorial Association Of Valley Forge,
with the aid OF the Patriotic Sons OF
America, purchased the house in which
Washington spent the dreary winter OF
1777. This substantial structure Of the
gray granite which was used so much
in building in Colonial times has with
stood the storms Of more than a century
past, and is to-day in perfect state of
preservation.
On the surrounding hills the Revolu-
tionary soldiers builded their earthworks
and forts so strongly and well that the
changing seasons of all these years have
not obliterated them; many portions OF
them are standing, and in as good a
state of preservation as those Of the late
war.
The little village of Valley Forge is in
q corner of Montgomery county, Penn
sylvania, formed by the conjunction Of
the Valley creek and the Schuylkill river.
1t is an extremely picturesque spot A
mountain ridge on the opposite side Of
the creek shuts it in. The village street
that is scarcely more than a road ram
bles along toward the valley formed by
the two ranges that narrow it, until 1t
becomes nothing more than canyon,
with the waters of the creek sparkling
in the dark shadows Of the wooded hills.
The village consists of an old mill that
has gone to decay, few stone houses
and an antiQuated hotel called the
washington Inn" Leaving this and
following the road, the visitor comes to
the historic ground where the founda-
tions Of the huts, the rife pits and the
earthworks are still to be seen. This
road is one of the favorite bicycling
tracks from Philadelphia, which is only
twenty miles away. The passing of these
silent steeds" or the rafting of a coun-
try wagon, and occasionally the sound
of oars as rowers pass up and down the
little stream, are the only ones that
awaken the echoes Of the secluded spot.
The autumn-touched forest, that de-
scends to the verge of the placid waters,
makes pictures OF rarest beauty such as
the soul of an artist would reVel in.
Some distance UP is the old forge orig
inally called ''The Valley Forge" 1t was
burned by the British two months be-
fore the army Of Washington was en-
camped at this place, and new works
were erected soon after the Revolution
airy war. The iron used at the Valley
Forge was made at Warwick, Chester
county, and hauled there by teams. From
1857 the place seems to have been known
as the Valley Forge, though In most
legal documents of the day 1t retained
the name of Mount JOY" This namey
it is said, was given it by William Penn,
who, while exploring the place, lost his
way on the hill south Of the valley creek,
which he named Mount Misery" but
when he reached the top Of the opposite
mountain and found where he was he
named it Mount Joy"
1t was upon this mountain that WASH
ington's army was encamped In the Sc
we're winter Of ~. 1t was Impossible for
them, poorly clad and poorly fed as they
were, to remain longer at Whitemarsh
The advocate., 1897-11-17
Some Old Fertilization Guns.

some UlQ tOrbln0aCl0n Gunss
Within the area of Fort Mason, q mil-
itary reservation In San Francisco, and
distributed as mere ornaments over lts
grass plats, there are at present eight
cannon whose singular pattern, foreign
origin and great age makes them the
most remarkable relics within the State
Of California, as they are believed to be
the Oldest guns In the United States.
OF these guns, six are large fOrtihca-
tion pieces and two are small, for field
uses. The years Of the casting of the
larger ones are in raised letters upon the
breeches, and these show that their
manufacturer belongs to the seventeenth
century, the Oldest gun having been
cast in 1878, the youngest In 1893.
Tradition about the fort mas II that
these pieces Of ordnance were made In
old Spain. They were certainly brought
to California to fortify the Presldio Of
San Francisco in behalf Of the Spanish
Kings years before the despised Yankee
invaded the region and began to shape
affairs In a fashion which led to the
merging Of the political power into that
Of his great nation east OF the Rockies.
The six large guns are Of bronze; they
average 1900 pounds in weight, have b
slx-lnch bore and throw twenty-f0ur
pound ball. They were smooth bore, FOR
the rotary rife bore was not introduced
until after 1888, and they could send q
ball with certainty Of aim about LOGO
yards, or four times as far as could a.
smooth-bore musket. They are from ten
to twelve feet long, their great elongar
tiOn OF muzzle being due to the err0ne9
GUS idea then prevalent among gun.
founders that the throwing power Of the
piece was increased by the length Of Che
bore.
That these cannon were regarded aa
objects Of Importance and distinction
amounting almost to veneratlon may be-
told not alone from the ornate en1beI-.
lishment which spreads from vent 90
mouth nor to the coats OF arms mem
toned, but from the fact that they each
bear the name Of some city or eminent
person or some saint. Among these
names the Sans predominate There IA
the San Francisco, which now As
mounted upon an old naval carriage.
looking from distance as omlnous as a..
Krupp gun. its mouth open toward the
bay which bears It's name There Is the
San Pedro, the San Domingo, the sam
Martin, while only two are given the
presumably non-ecclesiastlcal names ok
Labirgend Barbaneda and Poder.
AS to when these guns reached Calf
forria only conjecture Is possible There
were four presidios under the old Span
ish regime--those of San Francisco,
Monterey, Santa Barbara and San Diego.
These were the headquarters of the mix
itary when California was under that
rule.
It is known that when the adobe-faGed
fort, called San Joaquin, of the Sam
Francisco Notifications was repaired ig1
1894, it had three twenty-four pound
guns, and 1t is likely that all of thesa
old affairs were then in what is now Ehe.
State. 1t is known that until General
Mcdowell gathered them together in 1S8a
they were scattered hither and yon, WH
and down the coast, and one was not
known from the other. Since, howeveM
this collection of them has been made,
they have been mounted In Fort Mason
San Francisco Chronicle.
The advocate., 1897-11-17
The Young People.
A REAUTIFUL sWIss CUgTOM.

When from the Wales OF Switzerland
The diving sunbeams softly go,
And touch with cleaning, gOld-tipped wings
The mountains everlasting snow
The herdsman on the highest peak.
Stands up and trumpets forth each word
Through Alpine horn with echoes clear.
Praise God, the Lord! Praise God, the
Lord"
Then every peak that has a sound,
In repetition, word for word,
Rings out from other herdsmen'S horns,
PRAISE Cod the Lord! Praise Cod the
LOrdP"
For full quarter OF an hour
The valleys chime with one accord
And on all sides the mountains ring
praise God, the Lord! Praise God, the
LOrd!"
The solemn stiffness floats above
Each shepherd on his bended knees,
And secret prayers, from faithful hearts,
Rise heaV'nWard on the evening breeze;
Then darkness with her dusky wings,
Fans out the suns last lingering light,
And on the tOpmOSt summit sings
The heTdsman's horn, Good night! GOOD
night"
Then on the snowy mountain peaks
Each listening herdsman shouts with might
Good night" and echoes bear the sound
Ger mount and vale Good night! Good
night"
When in our heart we feel Deaths touch,
May we, as slowly fades life's light,
To heaven shout praise God, the LordP'
And whisper to the world, Good night"
Mrs. w. Leslie Collins.
The advocate., 1897-11-17
Birds That Build Play-Houses.

A few years ago gentleman hunting
in the wild forests Of New Guinea, where
no white man had ever before been,
made very surprising discovery. He
had just shot at small animal Of some
kind that ran up the trunk Of a tree
near by, when, happening TO turn
around, he found himself in front Of
neatly built little cabin about foot and
half high, in the midst OF a lovely
meadow of rich green mosses studded
with many beautiful flowers.
He could not have told, at first,
whether he was more pleased, puzzled,
or amazed to find this elegant little play
house in such a remote and deserted
place. 1t looked as IL 1t were built by
woodland fairies. 1t was indeed much
prettier and better made than the rude
huts Of the natives, and its discoverer
could scarcely believe any beast or bird
capable of executing such a piece OF
work.
A fiat bit of ground, in which grew
small tree about the size Of a light walk
ing stick, had been chosen for the pur-
pose, and upon this the ecabin was erected
with the little tree for its center post.
Stems of an air plant, which would live
and grow after they had been built into
the structure, formed the walls and roof
of the cabin, and fluttered their tiny
leaves about the doorway that led into
the pretty garden, where bright flowers
and gaily cOlored berries and the wings
OF beautiful insects lay scattered about.
But no one was at home, and not till
sometime afterwards was the discovery
made that the builders of the tiny play
house and pleasure grounds were little
birds. 1t was found, too, that these
clever creatures are not only skillful ar
chitects, but excellent housekeepers, and
that they not only build and decorate
their cabins, but keep them in the most
perfect order, all faded blossoms being
carried away and replaced by fresh ones,
all rubbish carefully removed, and no
dirt or disorder anywhere to be seen.
First cousin to the garden birds, as
the little cabin builders are well named,
are the bower birds of Australia. These
birds, instead Of cabins, build arbors or
bowers In which they meet to dance
and frolic about. The bowers are very
handsomely made, the walls are strongly
formed Of twigs and small branches
woven together in such manner as to
bring the ends nicely in contact at the
top, and the whole structure is covered
with layer of beautiful grasses, stones
being used by the little builders to keep
the parts securely fastened in their
proper places.
These strange little playhOuses are
elegantly ornamented inside and out
with various kinds OF shells, pretty shin
ing pebbles, gay scraps, little bones and
skulls Of small animals, bleached white,
The advocate., 1897-11-17
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Druggists refund the money if II faila IN
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-30
SECRETARY GAGE.

The selection by Mr.. Mckinley of Mr..
Lyman ]. Gage as secretary of the
treasury is one that will be as gen.
orally commended as the choice Of
John Sherman for secretary of state is
condemned. To take a secretary of the
treasury from the West is not new
experiment, since it was the fortune Of
Minnesota at one time to receive that
honor. The present is an opportune
moment to quiet the cry that Wall
street must be allowed to manage the
treasury, and, as far as experience
and natural ability go, Mr.. Gage is am
ply qualified for the position. There
will be, of course, in certain quarters,
the usual talk about the crime" of
appointing a banker, as if it was the
proper thing to choose an expert cleo
trician to manage a dry goods bust
ness, or an eminent physician as gen.
eraI manager of a railroad company.
Mr. Cages life work has fitted him
to handle the affairs of the national
treasury with intelligence and skill. His
standing in the community where he
| is so well known and honored, as well
as in the nation, is of the best. He is
a man of moderate views, a staunch
defender Of the gold standard, and with
opinions on the tariff and other eco
nomic measures not far different, as far
as we understand them, from those
held by the National Democrats. We
imagine that there will be much more
trouble about fitting the position of
secretary Of the treasury, under the
Mckinley administration, to Mr.. Gage
than about fitting him to the position.
Unless all the indications thus far are
at fault, the financial policy to be ap-
proved by MIR. Mckinley will not be
anything to be especially proud Of, AS
matters now stand, the best assurance
that can be given to the country that
the new administration will not be as
bad as it has promised to be is the Sc
lection made for the next secretary Of
the treasury.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-30
ALWAYS THE CYNIC.

Our well-meaning contemporary the St.
Paul ID y G o e. says that Georgia is
said to have driven every trust out of the
state, and that nothing breeds discomfort,
anarchial discomfort as our contemporary has
it 80 extensively as the impunity with which
these trusts disregard the law. From Geor-
gia, however, we have heard nothing to show
that the trust in its purest form, the labor
trust. or trade union, the only trust that
never lowers prices and never aims at
cheaper production, has been driven out OF
Georgia, or is thinking about moving. If
there is valid antitrust law in Georgia, the
labor trust must be violating 1t with i'm
puntty, and yet see no extra signs of
discomfort. The ST. Paul G | o b seems to be
excessively credulous and insufficently phil
osophical.-New York Sun. q
Nothing that happens or exists ever
disturbs the hilarious cynicism of our
Mephistophelian contemporary of the
Lesser New York. Whether it be the
duty-doing of the administration of Mr.
Cleveland or Of Mayor Strong, or the
efforts of good government clubs or the
acts of those citizens who set country
above party, the Sun has it's sneer for
them ALL
So, while courts are putting trusts
under the ban of the law and con-
crosses and legislatures are but ex-
pressing in their inhibitory acts the
common opinion Of their illegality and
mischievousness, the Sun proclaims
them the distinguishing feature of our
highest development of civilization, and
shelters them behind what it is pleased
to term the labor trust" 1t is entire
ly characteristic of our contem-
porary that it should resort to
this artif1ce of trying to put into the
same class the trust that antagonizes
labor, refusing it the share of the pub
lie loot, which it gets under pretense of
needing 1t all for labor, and the Or
CARNATIONS Of workmen, formed main
ly to compel trusts and their kind to
give them their own. Like it's fellow
protectionists it takes shelter behind
the poor workingman."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-30
..RUNNING WITH THE ENGINE"
How the Boys Amused ThemseIve.
Half Century Ago.

Laurence Hutton, in "A Boy Knew" run
ming in st. Nicholas gives some glimpses Of
boyhood life in New York IL the middle Of
the century. In the January number. after
Johns square, Mr.. Hutton says:
The old gardener. generally a savage de-
fender of the place, who had no sense OF
humor as it was exhibited in boy nature
sometimes let the boys rake the dead leaves
into heaps and make bonfires of them.
if the wind happened to be in the right direc-
ton. And then what larks. The bonfire was
a very heavy affair. was Engine No AZ"
with which the boys ran to put the fire out.
They shouted as loudly and as unnecesSar-
lily as real hremen did; the fireman gave his
orders through a real trumpet, and one had
a real freman's hat with Engine No. 42''
on it.
He was chief engineer, but did not run
with the machine; not because he was chief
engineer. but because while in active motion
he could not keep his hat on. 1t was hts
fathers hat and its extraordinary weight was
considerably increased by the wads of news
paper packed in the lining to make ii fit
The chief engineer held the position for life
on the strength of the hat, which he would
not lend to anybody else. The rest of the
there was a fire.
This entertainment came to an end like
everything else, when the gardener chained
the roller TO the tool house, after Bob Stuart
fell under the machine and was rolled so
flat that he had to be carried home on a
stretcher made Of overcoats tied together by
the sleeves. That is the only recorded in
stance in which the boys. particularly Bob.
left the park without climbing over. And
the bells sounded general alarm" The
dent made in the path by Bobs body was on
exhibition until the next snow storm.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-30
MERE MALICIOUS.

We are sorry to find the Albert Lea
Enterprise among the very few news
papers Of the state that persist in mis-
representing, for no purpose that we
can discern, save the qualification Of
mere malice, the purpose and effect of
the recommendations made bv the state
capitol commission. The Enterprise
says: ''The legislature should be deaf
to the appeals for more. money at this
time" No appeal has been made bv
anybody for more money at this time
or any other time The proposition
clearly stated in the report and en-
phasized repeatedly by the press. is to
make available Immediately the pro-
ceeds Of a part of the tax that is al
ready levied. 1t will not take one dol
lar out of the pocket Of any taxpayer
but will, on the contrary, as the fig
ures of the report abundantly demon.
strate, save a very considerable amount
to the people of the state, and enable
them to build better and more bean
tiful building for the same money than
will be possible if construction is de-
layed until prices rise again.
That the Enterprise has not even read
the report upon which it comments is
made probable by it's statement that
II the new capitol shall be ready for
occupancy in 1900, it is early enough"
If it did read the report, it is again
merely malicious, because it is clearly
stated in that document that. unless
the legislature takes the steps that
have been suggested, the building will
not be ready for occupancy in 1900. and
not until 1906 The commissioners show
that no more money will be available
for construction until 1899, and then
not enough will accrue to warrant the
letting of the contract for the suner-
structure. They state specifically that if
will take ten years to finish the new
capitol, if they must wait for the lew
to be paid in before they can proceed
with their work. Even if there should
be difference Of opinion about the mer-
it's Of the proposition, which is difficult
for us to understand, there is not about
the propriety Of stating alleged facts
and drawing conclusions from them.
When neither have any warrant in
truth. LII.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-30

they rest, and the mass of transitory
credits, being constantly increasing.
while the reserves Of cash suffer little
change, there naturally and necessarily
follows an increased sensibility in the
equilibrium of the money market, with
constant oscillations in the rate of in
terest." Precisely the same results are
produced with US by the same causes.
Our trade is driven to the use of checks,
drafts. bills of exchange and other sub
stitutes for currency to an extent of
80 per cent of the larger exchanges, by
reason of the inelastic currency allow
able under our laws. So rigid are the
limits of our national banking laws
that in 1894, the increase in circulation
of national bank notes was not more
than IA per cent in the year. not more
than IA per cent in 1895, while in no
month or season can one gather from
the circulatory movement of the notes
indication that any movement of pro-
duce out of the normal is in progress.