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The Advocate and news., 1898-01-26

supply the city of Emporia with an
abundance Of pure and wholesome water
in the driest times.
II water from such wells were used
without first having gone through a set
tling basin, 1t would, in all probability,
give much dissatisfaction from the pres
ence Of iron, especially during the fall
and early winter months, when there
is so much decaying vegetation. Even
with the settling basins, there would
be some taste at times to the water from
the presence of iron, as there Is in ordi-
nary drive wells, but not to so great
an extent. Fortunately, however, the
iron is wholly and entirely harmless.
Because of the shortness Of the Neosho
river, 1t is not improbable that a greater
supply might be obtained from the un-
derground water of the Cottonwood val
ley. l believe, however, that the allu
Vium of this valley would be found to
be composed Of less coarse gravel and
more finer sand, perhaps making the
wells more expensive.
It Is a common and erroneous opinion
that wells dug in the vicinity of river
derive their water from the river itself.
This is wholly incorrect. The flow OF
water in the broad alluvlal valley under
ground, is inwards toward the open
river to slight extent, and the surface
of the water in a well will be invariably
found at a greater elevation than that
of the water in the river, conclusively
proving that the water does not flow out
ward and uphill.
| believe that Emporia has within its
reach an inexhaustible supply of pure
and wholesome water, that may be OBJ
tanned at a moderate cost.
S. w. WILLISTON.
The Advocate and news., 1898-01-26
Mrs. Thorpe Talks of the Industrial School.

Mrs, Thorpe Talks Of the Industrial School,
Mrs. Thorpe. Topekas police matron,
recently took a young girl to the Beloit
Industrial School for Girls and returned
with a very favorable report Of the work
of that institution. Mrs. Thorpe has
made an admirable record in her pres
ent position and many credit her with
doing more to add to the comfort OF
more unfortunate people that all the
elements enlisted in that line in the
city. She says that Mrs. Bare, the Be
lott Superintendent Of the State insti-
tuition, is a motherly woman we'll fitted
for the place She commends the work
of the institution, the treatment OF the
girls and expresses a conviction that
its work is being done we'll and thor
oughly
"She has," she said, speaking of Mrs.
Bare "a mother heart big enough for
a refuge and comfort to each one Of
the hundred girls, as we'll as her own
lovely daughter Of 10. Each one con-
fides in her and receives her love indi-
vidually. AS much may be said OF her
corps OF officers and teachers"
Mrs Thorpe says that the institution
Is clean and homelike and that every
thing is done that it is possible to do
to improve the girls and to lead them
to lead better lives.
The Advocate and news., 1898-01-26
The Nicaragua Canal Convention.

Delegates representing the States and
Territories of the West and Southwest
met at Kansas City last week to dis
cuss ways and means to advance the
construction of Nicaragua canal and
to secure to this government control Of
it. ]. N. Smithee, Of Arkansas, was
temporary chairman and Ex-Governor
Fishback, Of the same State served as
permanent chairman. Senator W. H.
Ryan, of Kansas acted as Secretary.
The Importance and value of the canal
was brought out strongly. 1t was also
urged that this government should con-
troll it. 1t was shown that it would bring
the northern Pacific and Atlantic waters
2,700 miles nearer together and greater
benefit to the commercial interests of
this entire country as we'll as it's people
After the convention the delegates ac-
cepted an invitation to go to Port Ar
thur given by the management of that
road.
The Advocate and news., 1898-01-26
Suit to Gust Perry Instituted.

A suit has been begun in the Supreme
court to GUST A. L. Perry, Leland's
nephew, who secured a majority of the
votes counted for County Commissioner
in Doniphan county. Perry has filed his
bond and taken the oath of Office but
has not yet taken his place on the board.
He filed his bond Immediately after the
publication of the story that he did not
intend to qualify. The Supreme court
by mandamus directed the Trustee Of
Doniphan township to appoint members
of the election board recommended by
the Populist committee. The order was
disregarded and now an effort is being
made to throw out the vote of this town
ship on that account. If success comes
in this, Symms, the Populist candidate,
would be seated. The evidence sub
mitted shows a very disgraceful state
Of affairs in Republican politics in DON
iphan county.
The Advocate and news., 1898-01-26

homes and guide a rising generation in
paths of rectitude and temperance,
true manhood and womanhood. We
glory that we are Of such race and
such a generation, and when the sun
Of our days shall go down in eternitys
shoreless sea, may our dust be mingled
with the earth Of this splendid common
wealth, whose destiny, whose woe or
veal we made our own"
The Advocate and news., 1898-01-26
PREVENTION OF DROUGHT IN KANSAS.

of received mpo
Won Dr. Wisn went to Empona to
investigate sanitary Of great interest
typhoid Empora is directly line
prevention Of typhoid fever and admirably sup
pements which issued last August
will be wider read because It's mpo
pepexng scarcity Of waersupp in Eastern Kansas
SUBJECTS authoritative comes from one who
exceptionally speak the Igbec covered in his
The times., 1898-10-21
MONEY MAKING.

An interesting compilation gives the
fortunes left by 1000 Englishmen engaged
in ten of the most lucrative occupations.
Art and literature are entirely excluded
from the list and the learned professions
law and medicine-are placed at the
bottom. while music and the drama are
conspicuous by their absence.
II appears that during the last ten
years thirty-eight bankers and merchants
have left behind them 1880, 49,. or the
comfortable average of 81. .562 Ss1 each.
Coal owners, iron masters and eng n
GERS to the number OF l10 died pos sses sed
of the respectable sum Of s, ,2O2 1876 apiece
Money lenders run coal owners very
close FOR ninetythree of them died worth
collectively 1929 800, while the 1893 man
ufacturers possessed only sl,o003l5 each.
Newspaper proprietors, printers. pub
fishers, and news agents to the numb r
Of l0s died possessed Of s5iS. .l25
The earnings of stockholders are not So
large as is generally supposed. At an
events, "a members of the stock exchange
Ieit the moderate personality of only $40
ls7 7S0 WV
Wine and spirit merchants and dis:ilIers
TO the number OF i03 died possessed of
nearly SS5,G00 each, while i0l judges. bar
rlsters and solicitors had collectively ac-
cunuiated 81, s66, l35. The 81 wealthy
physicians and surgeons left only SIG e55 :
7s5
Artists, actors. and men of letters do
not leave sufficient, even the wealthiesr
or them, says the statistician natyely.
TO be brought within the purview of the
compiler of great personalities"
The moral of it all is that what we are
pleased to term brains is the least lu-
crative of all the accomplishments, unless
the owner also possesses what is known as
Commercial ability"
The ability to make money as n gen.
eral rule is unaecompanied with any
other form of talent.
The late W. II. Smith made IS 500 0Oo
out of selling newspapers, and it is ques-
tionable If there is Journalist in the
world worth 81 $4,000 made out of writ
ing for papers
A capital of 800 judiciously invested in
fish. greens. or secondhand clothes pro-
viding the neighborhood is a suitable
one. will bring in its owner a certain
1920 per annum after all expenses are
paid, with the constant chance proyid-
ing thrift is practiced for a few years,
OF first-class shop and an income run-
ming into five figures.
One hears a great deal of the high
salaries Of members of the dramatic
profession, yet last year out OF 1000
bona fide actors and actresses in Great
Britain. 1,07s were relieved by the Actors
Benevolent Fund. and less than 1e0 were
steadily earning 5000 a year and up
ward, so the chances are that one Thes-
plan out of every ten will have TO solicit
charity.
The times., 1898-10-21

this year In the matter Of violating the
letter and spirit of the civil service law,
in trying to squeeze campaign contribu-
tions out OF the Ohio employees in the
DEPARTMENTS. The committee has main
tained branch Office at the Hotel Coch-
ran for several weeks. Mention was
made in The Times recently Of begging
and. by implication, Observation-Disclosures
that were being sent to the clerks by
r. L. Holland, member of the commit
tee. 1t seems that the committee Is at
it again. as will be observed from the
following letter:
Headquarters Ohio Republican State
Central and Executive Committees, 10
South Third Street, Opposite State
House east 'FRONT.'.
Columbus. O.. Oct. II, 1885.
Miss -, Washington, d. c.:
Dear Madam: l desire the pleasure Of
meeting you at our headquarters. rooms
123 and 124 at the Cochran. at an early
date, between the hours of II a. m. and
p. m. or 4 and p. m. for conference.
''If not convenient, please advise me
and state the evening that l can have an
audience with you at your residence.
am, very truly yours,
"P. B. CHASE"
So far as known. Mr.. Holland confined
his begging communications to the male
employees in the Government service.
From Mr.. Chase's touching request for
an appointment, IL appears that the
Ohio committee has not hestated to tsy
and squeeze money out of the women
employees. Truly, the Republican State
committee of Ohio must be in sore
straits to compel 1t to resort to such
ungallant and disgraceful methods. For
the credit OF his own State, the Presi-
dent should take steps to put a stop
to this outrage and punish the guilty
parties to the transaction.
The times., 1898-10-21
Harold Frederic.

The sudden death of Harold Frederic
is one Of the shocking and bewildering
blows fate sometimes inflicts on the
human race in a pitiless contempt
OF what appear to be its dearest needs.
OF nearly ali men of whose qualities
the world has sufficient proof TO expect
something Of surprising value, he was,
at the moment of his death, the par
ticular one who should have been
spared. He was but just entering into
the full enjoyment and employment of
his long-trained genius. but just ready
to realize the hope of century in a
field where he could contribute both to
The times., 1898-10-21
The vtndica,ton OF Sampson.

The report of Admiral SIMPSONS per-
sonally conducted board of inquiry into
the agonizing question of SIMPSONS
position and seh-alleged participation
in the naval battle of July 3, off San
tiago, at last is presented for the edifi-
cation, but more particularly for the
amusement, of a waiting world. When
we say that II beautifully illustrates a
great and new principle in military
Jurisprudence, evolved by Alger for the
army and Sampson for the navy, we
have paid the highest compliment we
can think Of under the circumstances to
the document laboriously, fearfully and
wonderfully prepared by Lieutenant
Commander Wainwright, in collabora-
ton and collusion with certain others,
like himself under the official thumb
of the admiral chief"
The basic principle to which we refer
is that upon which military or naval
director or commander, being under a
heavy fire of popular criticism, distrust
and condemnation, purges and glorifies
himself by means of a tribunal compos-
ed of persons under mandatory person.
al. financial or professional obligations
TO the defendant.
The intelligent but dependent officers
who were unfortunate enough to be in
vested in the Sampson case with the
grand bucket and brush of the white
wash order, have displayed rare tact
and humor in producing a verdict to
which the power compelling it could not
safely object, while, at the same time,
presenting an argument on its face ex-
culpatory Of the great absentee, which
instantly disarms antagonism on ac-
count of its roaring farcical character
We shall not waste space to discuss
the presentment in detail. AS will be
observed frcm the full text, printed in
our news columns this morning, no di-
rect conclusion is reached as to Samp-
sons claim for the credit of Admiral
Schley's victory The report merely as
sumes to give what it asserts to be the
positions occupied by the various ves-
sells of the feet when the successive
incidents of the fight occurred begin
ming with the emergence from the har-
Dor of the Maria Teresa at s:45 o'clock
a. M. and ending with the surrender
of the Colon at lis o'clock p. m., of the
Sd of July.
Except in the single instance of
SIMPSONS flagship. the New York, the
positions are determined by concrete
facts and evidence. AS to Individual
locations prior to the engagement, log
books are sufficient, while later situa-
tions are not difficult of determination,
| upon the strength of notes taken dur
ing the affair, the effects of the Spanish
! fire, as in the case of the Brooklyn, and
the witness of several thousand train
| ed eyes. But the public does not need
| to be told that the same method of ar.
| irving at the truth would have been IA
| tai to the object of the investigation, il
applied to Sampson. It would not do
| to subject his interests to the danger
| of locating him at the beginning OF. the
| battle, by condolences of natural OBJ
jects on the coast off which the flag
ship of the feet was lying, far to the
eastward Of the scene of conflict. Such
test would tend to show that the
| New York was approximately twelve
| miles away from. the theater of action,
and then, of course, it would be impos-
The times., 1898-10-21
HER FAMOUS SPONSOR.
Kansas City Girl Who Was "stood
For" by Jefferson Davis.
CFrom the Kansas City star.)

Cfrom the Kansas City S;ar)
There is in Kansas City young lady
whose sponsors in baptism were Jeffer-
son Davis and his wife. She is Miss
Virginia Lee Davis Shippey-a daughter
of w. F. Shippey, who was captain of
the naval brigade In Gen. Lees army
Her father explains the Davis part of
her name in this way: Just before the
baptism, while waiting in the vestry
room, Mrs. Davis, holding the child in
her arms. said: why don't you give her
my name?" When the clergyman asked
her name her father responded: Virgin
ia Lee Davis" Mrs. Davis said after
ward, Il didn't intend you to name her
Davis, but Varina. for, you know, that
means perpetual spring"
Miss Shippey is bright, pretty girl of
twenty years. very popular in the cir
Gle In which she moves.
Il remember Winnie Davis as one of
my own children" said Capt Shippey.
Blonde or brunette? Well, I am not
much given to remembering those
things, but there are two traits of char
acter which impressed me most These
were her dignity and her vivacity l re-
member her once entertaining a little
lame boy. She would laugh and shout
with him until she thought they were
nearing the boundary line, when she
would say: mo, that's enough; don't
go any farther very gently, but firmly.
l went one Sunday afternoon with my
wife to call on her parents. 1t was in
Memphis, Tenn, where 1 was located, in
1873. Mr.. Davis house, which was on
Court Street. stood far back in the yard.
As We opened the gate. Winnie Davis,
who saw us coming, came bounding to
meet us, and taking US each by the
hand, escorted us to the house"
Miss ShfpDey was baDtiZed in ST Lava
rus Church. which was built as a memo
rial church to the Confederate dead
Singularly, the first priest sent to take
charge of the church was a man who
had been captain in the Federal army
and who had fought gallantly. He had,
after the war taken orders. and been
assigned to this church. The parishion-
ers were highly indignant, and one dis
tinguished old lady in particular. 1t was
Jefferson Davis mission in this, as in so
many other instances during those
troubled times, to pour oil on the wa
ters.
1.-The war is over" he said, "and we
must try to forget. In Christs church
there must be no north, no south, but a
common brotherhood. Let US receive him
as though he were our own.''
1t was enough. JEFF Davis had spoken
and the pastor was received, not only in
their church, but in their homes and
hearts. When the terrible scourge of yell
low fever broke out in 1878 he remained
at his post. when everyone was fleeing,
nursing the sick, comforting the dying
and burying the dead, until he, too. fl
nally succumbed to the fever and laid
down his life for these his people. He
is buried beneath the chancel of the
church.
Jeff Davis was the gentlest. the quiet
est. the loveliest OF men, said Capt.
Shippey He was my friend. 1t is sad
| to feel that the father and daughter Of
the Confederacy are no more"
The times., 1898-10-21
To Get Rid of Visitors.
(From the Rochester po t.Exnress !

trTum lne hochesler 70 t-tNFreSS-l
The Ohio host. wearied out of all endurance Iv
the persistency of his guest. chose as his medium
the family prayer after breakfast, and said: 80
Lord. bless our visiting brother. who will leave
Us on the 10 o'clock train this morning" pre-
fer the subtler and more reverent method Of an
other Ohioan, the father of William Dean Howells
the novelist. His practice was, when visitor
had worn out his welcome. TO be called away
on business, and 10 say 10 mis- guest: Il suppose
you will not be here when l return so ! will wish
you good bye" Excellent and highly appreciated
by the boys was the formula used by Dr. Vaughn
when as head master OF Harrow School he had
10 entertain the highest form in the school in
patches at breakfast. Commissioning the bash
fulness Of the lads who did not know now 10
leave and yet wanted to do 50. the doctor would
say-apropos of nothing: Must you go? Can't
you stay?' This was the signal for departure
! admire very heartily the transpositon Of
laundering narrator. who, in telling this story
gave the formula as Can't you go? Must you
stay?'' fellow-feeling makes one wondrous Eind
to this revised version.
The times., 1898-10-21
The Dodge Commission.
CFrom the philadelphia LedCer.l

II the investigation continues much longer, We
shall every witness turned into 4 plaintiff
who will urge his own innocence, uphold the
conduct of all heads Of Departments, and put all
responsibilities the subordinates Thus the
charge will pass from general to colonel from
colonel to captain. from captain to corporal until
the case will stand ''the War Department VS.. the
Private Soldier and it will be from him we
shall ask why he lay out in the broiling sun
to sleep in the rain, without blanket or tent; (;
why, when suffering from typhoid fever, he
would have nothing but pork and beans to eat |;
why he did not take ice when his Temperature
over a hundred, and why he came home
being the lucky one who lived to do sO-pale and
haggard, tired and hungry. It is inconce vable
that he should have done all this but by the aid
Of few more witnesses this will be easily es-
tablished.
The times., 1898-10-21
Probable Results.

CFrom the Chicago Tribune.)
collision between Great Britain and Russia
however begun. cannot fail to have far reaching
results. To begin with, conditions would be al
most certain to be reversed from what they were
at the time of the Crimean war forty-odd years
ago, when England and France appeared as allies
against Russia. Now Russia and France would be
pretty certain to be in actual alliance, while be-
fore the contest is ended Germany may be found
by the side OF England and the struggle over
Alsace and Lorraine be repeated. In such con-
test the map of Asia and Africa would not alone
be liable TO change, but that OF Europe as well.
The times., 1898-10-21
Post Mortem Terror..
From the St. Lor's Globe-Democra

From the st. Lorts Globe e-Democrat)
One of Bismarck's intimate friends says that
Busch's Bismarck memoirs have distorted the
late chancellor's expressions to such degree that
they are not recognizable This business of mis-
representation, whether the accusation is correct
in the Busch case not, has become so COM
mon in instances OF this sort that, for eminent
personages a new terror has been added to
DEATH Memoirs and biographies frequently
cause as much controversy as wills. The remedy
in the case OF the wills would be to have the
bequests madt .eiore death. Perhaps this plan
would work well in the othei CAGES. The memoirs
and biographies should be published in the life
time Of their subject.
The times., 1898-10-21

sible to construct any tangible theory
upon which Sampsonian participation
could be built. either with q view to
fame or prize money. So different and
novel rule Of evidence Is introduced for
the benefit of the defense. 1t is violent
ly assumed that when Sampson left his
station to the east Of Santiago Har-
Dor early in the morning Vt the 80,
and steamed at high rate of speed to-
ward the point at which he wished
to land, he only held that course for
forty-fve minutes before turning
around and starting back So the
Wainwright board decides that Samp-
sons position when the Maria Teresa
came out must be determined by the
revolutions of the New York's engines
during an alleged run Of three-quarters
of an hour. Upon that basis 1t is pos
sible to bring Sampson within the dis
tance that an extreme stretch of tech-
nical rule would entitle him to be con-
sidered as in the neighborhood of the
battle. 1t Is conceded that, even with
this liberal dalliance with the truth.
1t Is yet diabolically close shave for
Sampson.
Such reasoning would be entirely ap-
propriate to the naval ethics and to the
elderly naval characters OF Mr.. Gilberts
Pinafore and other libretti. In real.
deliberate investigation by COM
mittee of expert officers 1t is comi-
CAL and we must add, contemplate. 1t
is as il Moses had ordered a court of
captains and apprentice prophets to sit
| upon the question of his whereabouts
when the light went out, and they had
| decided it upon the evidence OF pc
dometer hitched to his off neither limb.
We really must again warn the Samp-
| sonites that they are going about the
vindication of their hero in shuffiing.
| unworkmanlike fashion. They depend
| upon mendacity to convince a nation
which never yet forgave a clumsy lie.
| The only proper or feasible means of
| hanging the wreath and purse of the
great victory upon the cooked hat of
| the Man of Matanzas is to show that
while he was absent from the discus
sion, until the same had reached the
finish stage, yet. nevertheless, the move-
ments of both the American squadron
under Admiral Schley, and the Spanish
squadron under Admiral Cervera, had
been foreseen. planned for and ordered
more than a month in advance, and
| that both commanders carried out the
program, exactly as 1t had been writ
ten out in the cabin oil the New York.
and issued in a circular letter for the
instruction of native and foreign flag
and ship officers. To establish the
American side of this proposition
Sampson could doubtless depend upon
his mysterious department pull. The
assertions of his friends might carry
the other. for poor old Admiral Cervera.
who, perhaps, has never yet heard of
Sampson and certainly did not enjoy
any opportunity of meeting him during
the war, would hardly have anything to
say on the subject
| Once more we adjure the Sampson
ties, if they must strike the Tyre, to do
1t skillfully, tunefully and SO that some
body may be convinced.
The times., 1898-10-21
Politics Doe. Not Pay.

Some few American politicians undoubtedly
make money but almost invariably these belong
TO the cold. grasping and venal type of men
whose savings are such would afford little
comfort for the public man with conscience.
Ordinarily the demands upon oticeholders. from
the highest to the lowest are such that economy
is a most difficult practice. There are assessments
to paw, followers to be rewarded, henchmen 10 be
recognized. and necessary personal expenses 10
be met With the average politician it is Largely
a question of being able TO keep his head above
water Of meeting those obligations requisite 70
a maintenance of good standing in the party, and
particularly with protential nomination makers