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The Advocate and news., 1899-03-15
published in the Advocate and News, Off
cial State paper, March Is, 1891
House Bill No. 884.

AN ACT fixing the terms Of court in the
counties Of Clark Gray and KiOwa in the
31st judicial District and amendatory of
section l, of chapter 11S, of the Session
Laws of 1897
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the State
Of Kansas:
Section 1. That Chapter 11S, of the laws Of
1897 is hereby amended so as to read as
follows: "That the terms Of the District
31st Judicial District in each year as fol-
lows: In the county Of Ford, on the first
Tuesday Of January and June. In the county
of Kiowa on the first Tuesday of February
and the second Tuesday Of September. In
the county Of Clark on the third Tuesday Of
February and the fourth Tuesday of Sep
tember. In the county of Meade on the
third Tuesday of March and the third Tues
day of October In the county of Gray on
the second Tuesday Of April and the second
Tuesday Of November. In the county OF
Comanche on the third Tuesday of May, and
the first Tuesday Of December.
Section 2. That this act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its publica-
ton in the official State paper.
/ hereby certify that the above bill origi-
mated in the House, and passed that body
February 2Sth, 1899.
s. J. OSBORN,
Speaker of the House.
CHAS. r. LOBDELL,
Chief Clerk Of the House.
Passed the Senate March 3rd 1899
III. =. RICHTER,
President of the Senate.
]. w. MORPHY,
Secretary Of the Senate.
Approved March 4th, 1899.
Governor.
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Wg
FOR extraordinary appropriation for sup
port or increased population for the ball
ance sI of the fiscal year ending June 80, 1885,
For salaries for increased help during bal
onee nee OF fiscal year ending June 30, 1SSO
For increased water-supply, heating. and
pumping for fiscal year ending June 30
For increased laundry facilities for fiscal
year ending June 30, 1899 $1,000
Section 2. That the following sums, or so
nmucn thereon as may be necessary, are
hereby appropriated out Of any money in
inc state treasury not otherwise approprl-
ated for the erection and equipment OF a
new building; For the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1900, twenty thousand dollars. and
for the. fiscal year ending June SC' 1901
twenty thousand dollars. Said building shall
be erected on land belonging to the state
ana situated east of the present old build
Section g. The erection OF the building
provided for In section Of this act and
the completion Of the same shall be done
1y Dy ana under the direction OF the Board OF
Trustees for State Charitable InstItutions
according to the laws governing said board
SectOn :. The auditor OF state Is hereby
authorized to draw his warrants on the
treasurer OF state for the purposes and
amounts specified In sections / and of this
act, upon verified vouchers approved by the
board OF Trustees for State Charitable In
stitutions. A
peciOn D. THIS act shall take effect and
DC IN force from and after its publication
IN the Ohicial State Paper.
hereby certify that the above bill orig
nated IN the Senate, and passed that body
March I'd, 1899.
Fl. u. RICHTER,
President OF the Senate
]. w. MORPHY,
Secretary Of the Senate
Passed the House March 1st 1899.
s. j. OSBORN,
Speaker Of the House.
CHAS. ~. LOBDELL,
Chief Clerk OF the House.
,. Approved March 9TH, 1899.
w. Il. STANLEY,
Governor
STATE OF KANSAS,
Office of Secretary Of State
|, Geo. A. Clark, Secretary Of State OF the
State OF Kansas, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing Is a correct copy OF the
original enrolled bill now on file In my Office
In testimony whereof, / have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed my official
seal. this 18th day OF March, 1899
(SeaL) GEO. A. CLARK,
Secretary OF State.
BY HILL P. WILSON,
Assistant Secretary Of State.
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published in the Advocate and News, OFF,
cial State paper, Morch Is, 1882
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Her Private Punch.

The ome hurried along Adams
street from the Art institute on their
way to the Woman's Euchre club at
Handel hall.
"Just run in with me here a min
ute, said one. "I've got to get me a
punch"
The clerk showed a collection of
punches hat made holes of various
shapes.
NO said the shopper. 81 want
just a simple, round punch-this size. :"
And she distracted a cardboard from
her pocket that showed the size of the
perforation.
"Oh, very WE'LL" said the clerk. eve
have it. But it's not called for very Of
ten for private games. And the punch
was brought out and sold promptly.
The second woman wondered what
her friend wanted of hat particular
punch, but kept her curiosity to herself.
The game was exciting. and, as the
friend is a good player, she won eight
games. The second woman noticed this
particularly. But when the score cards
were exhibited the friend had II credit
marks punched in her score card. The
other woman saw then the wherefore
of the particular punch they had bought.
The friend had won eight games, and
then had done a little punching with a
private punch.
The prizes at these club contests are
quite valuable. and the spirit of gam
bling has become so pronounced among
some of the players that they are not
above ~resorting to unfair means to cap
ture em.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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Froze the auicksand.

"When l was out among the hills of
northern India" said the major, 81
had an experience that l wonder didn't
turn my hair gray. 1 was camped all
alone on the side of the Ganges and
had occasion to go for some water. Be
fore l knew where I was I had stepped
right into a quicksand. 1 knew what
was up at once and knew hat l was
gone. AS l stood there with that horri-
Bile sand dragging at me like some liv-
ing monster I turned colder and cold
er. Do what l could my teeth would
keep on gathering, though l knew that
every vibration of my jaw was shaking
me farther down into that ready made
grave. Suddenly l noticed hat 1 had
stopped sinking"
"Struck the bottom, eh2"
Certainly not; 1 had grown so cold
from horror and fear-I may as well
admit-that l actually froze the water
in the quicksand."
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Inconceivable as the anachronism
may seem to the western mind, the
agrarian system of Hungary has not yet
issued from the feudal form. The Hun
garian farmer of today is virtually a
serf. bound to his master, the hereditary
owner of the soil which the peasant
tills, by the tangible tie of personal
liability. The Hungarian feudal lord of
today is entitled to 80 days labor from
each male adult who dwells on his land.
The seignior is at liberty to demand
this feudal contribution at whatever
time may seem best to him, with the
frequent result that the tenant farmer
is employed in gathering his masters
harvests while his own crops are rot
ting after a rainfall or are being con-
sumed by an early frost or suffer dam
age from n or more of the many pos
sible causes which render destructive
the slightest delay on the part of the
harvester in gathering the fruits of a
years labor.-S. Ivan Tonjorof in
Arena.
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asked for a loan of 30 forms on It to
pay the debt. He said the pearl was an
old keepsake with which he parted most
unwillingly. Moved rather by pity than
by the value of the collateral, she ad-
vanced the sum desired, although she
knew from general experience that if
the pearl was genuine it must be quite
valuable, but she thought it to be an i'm
itation only. 1t is barely worth while
to add other data. The telegraph was
called into requisition and the truth Of
her statement established.
The history of the pearl was as fol-
lows: The father of the young farmer
had been a chamber valet of Count
Louis Batthanyi, the minister president
of the revolutionary government of
Hungary, in 1848. The count wore the
pearl as a cravat pin, and a few hours
before his death-as is known he was
shot in Pest by order Of a military
court martial-he presented it to his
faithful servant, who under no cir
cumstances ever parted with it. At his
death his son took the pearl out of the
setting, which he sold, keeping the
pearl and parting from it as recited.
The pearl itself had been stolen about
$50 years ago out of the English crown,
which had contained three of them.
Two large diamonds went with it at
the same time. The English govern
ment had been looking for it for 100
years, but to no avail. Nothing was
ever heard of it until this accident. In
what manner it drifted into Count Bat
thanyi's possession will doubtless re-
main a secret forever. He had most
probably bought it of some antiquarian.
The English government redeemed
the pearl, paying for it the offered re-
ward of 60, 500, a handsome sum,
which the girl divided with the farm
er-but not divided, because the his
tory of the pearl says that the two con-
cluded to keep the money together
best done by getting married.
Eyes, added my gray haired inform
ant, "many jewels and pearls have
had their eventful history, and during
the many years that l have been en-
gagged in dealing in precious stones a
good many of their ups and downs and
mishaps-theft, arson, murder and all
the crimes on the statute books-have
come to my knowledge. 1 propose to
write a book about these adventures
sooner or later, and I assure you it will
contain entertaining and startling read
ing matter. Jewellers Circular.
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Nubar Pa.ha and the Pines.

Soon after the occupation of Cairo by
the British troops the late Nubar Pasha
took a prodigious fancy to the music Of
the Black Watch and had the idea Of
having a servant taught the use of the
bagpipes. Nubar dispatched a French
friend, who spoke English very we'll. tc
interview a piper on the subject
Donald replied "Weel. he MIGHT
learn or he MIGHT no Bit, let me tel
ye, it needs wind an mickle strength
tae fill the bags O the pipes an keeI
blawin Sac if yin O. thae Egyptian
chaps took the job on he'd need tae be
bandaged a ow're like yin O thae auld
mummies. or maybe he'd burst him
sell.
This conversation was reported tc
Nubar, who took the piper's remarks
seriously So he gave up the idea OF
having a skirler attached to his house
hold, as the use Of the bagpipes was at
tended with the prospect of such dan
ger to the performer Westminster
Gazette.
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pickens, Charactern.

Dickens simply reveled in Mr.. Peck
sniff and in what is perhaps his great
est creation, Mrs. Camp. That admir-
able lady is worthy of the creator of
Dame Quickly, so mastery, so large is
the handling, so flowing in her contour,
for Sairey in her way has can outline
which Mr.. Mantalini desiderated in. a
person of quality. Near her, but not
actually ON ner level, is the friendly
MI. Swiveller, whose Marchioness ex-
hibits right pathos. which does not har-
row, being bathed in humor. Mr.. Swiv-
eller no doubt is a raft and would have
been ''proud of the title, " but a raft of
delicacy, with the kindest heart, and
in the matter of poetry he finds in it all
the consolation and counsel which, in
Mr.. Matthew Arnold's opinion, make
poetry an eligible substitute for re-
ligion.
One thinks of those enchanted char
acters down to Miss Walckes and
Quilp's boy with an inexpressible affec-
tion. Our hearts are simply peopled
with those creations which gathered
round Dickens when he wrote like
amiable spirits summoned by n sweep
of a magician's wand. Could there be
WEAKNESS in the brain which dubbed
up, as it were, with these creatures Of
delight-with Mrs. Todgers and Bailey,
Jr., the M~antalinis, and Betsey Prig,
and Hannibal Chollop, and the Literary
Ladies, and Jefferson Brick Andrew
Lang in Fortnightly Review.
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In the number of The Taller for Oct.
6, 1909. it is observed that "a cane is
part of the dress of a prig" (this, by the
way, shows the erroneous notion prev
alent that ''priggishness" is a modern
world land always worn upon a but
ton, for fear he should be thought to
have an occasion for it or be esteemed
really and not genteelly a cripple"
In the number of Nov. IS a rural
squire in town is sketched who is the
prototype of one of the pavement nui-
sances: ellis arms naturally swang at
In unreasonable distance from his sides,
which, with the advantage of a cane
that he brandished in a great variety
of irregular motions, made it unsafe for
any n to walk within several years of
him"
And under date of Dec. 5 there is an
amusing sketch of "a lively, fresh col
ored young man" who was among the
applicants to Isaac Bickerstaf's court
of censorship for license to use "canes,
perspective glasses, snuffboxes, orange
flower waters and the like ornaments of
life. This young mar had his cane
hanging on his fifth button and was
San Oxford scholar who was just en-
tered at the temple. "-Gentleman's
Magazine.
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Blanche 0 from the sofa, shaking
the bright drops of cologne from her
curls. "You will be sure and bring
him home to dinner, papa, won't your"
"I'u try, Blanche; I'll try"
"Oh, papa, you are trying to draw
on your boots over your slippersl"
$50 I am, but this little affair has SC
upset me. He was up and away.
The lights glimmered brightly from
the Gothic windows of the hall and
winked defiance at the clustering storm
without as the judge rang the bell at
the great front door.
"Mr. st. Leon-has he arrived2"
The servant bowed and ushered him
into a room whose superbly arranged
furniture struck Mr.. Ray with an in
definite idea Of luxury.
Lizzie was standing by a tall alabas-
ter vase that stood in the bay window,
arranging the tropic vines that curled
around its standard, and the light from
the colored lamps shone down on the
curly head so dear to the judges heart.
The confidential clerk stood near.
81 wish to see your master, young
man."
81 am at your service, sir"
"You arel Who the mischief cares
whether you are Of not? l wish to see
Mr.. st. Leon"
Herbert St. Leon is my name, sir. "
"You? Why, l thought you were the
confidential clerk"
81 never ted you 1 was. You took
that for granted. AS the confidential
clerk I wooed and won your daughter.
AS Herbert st. Leon 1 could have gained
no greater treasure"
cts all a mistake from beginning
to end. Son-in-law, you're a trump.
Come here, Lizzie, and kiss your old
father. New York Times.
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Her Evening Gown.

1t is undeniable that foreign diplo-
mats in Washington frequently find
themselves at a loss owing to the nov
elites presented to them by American
customs. Even the language offers diff
culties.
Only the other day the Guatemalan
minister was speaking to some Wash
ington ladies of what he regarded as a
remarkable social experience met with
here at the capital. He had been invit-
ed to an afternoon reception.
"And do you know" he said. ''the
hostess received the guests in a night
gown
Good heavensl'' replied the ladies
to whom this information was ad-
dressed. "Surely you are joking, MI.
Minister
mot at all. I assure you, reiterated
the diplomat. 'It was in her nightdress
that we were received-low neck and
bare armsl"
ooh, you mean evening dress, do you
not, Mr.. Minister? ?" suggested one of
the ladies.
Eyes, that is what l mean, admit
ted Senior Arriaga; Glow neck and bare
arms, just like the costume for the
opera or ball"
AS may be imagined, the laugh was
at the ministers expense. In Washing
ton ladies quite commonly wear even
ing dress when giving afternoon recep-
ions.-Boston Herald.
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The Cuban Gold Myth.

If we listen to the voice of the charm
er or go to the books on Cuba for oul
information, we shall find that the
mineral resources of this island include
gold, silver, mercury, lead, antimony,
copper, chrome, iron, manganese, pitch,
bitumen and even coal, but when we
come to look for practical metallic re-
suits commensurate with these varied
mineral we shall be disap-
pointed.
The gold fiction is the most time hon
ored for the original Spanish settlers
expected to find rich gold mines in
Cuba. According to their historians,
''much gold was taken from this island
at the beginning of the conquest, " but
it seems probable that most of this was
taken from the chiefs OF caciques of the
Indians and very little from the ground.
sci Viagero Universal Madrid, 1897,
says; "Some of this metal (gold) is still
found at Holguin." Whenever the ex
istence of gold in Cuba is discussed this
''mine" at Holguin isinvariably brought
forward. 1t is true that some work has
been done at this point and a little gold
has been extracted, but there has never
been any systematic exploration, and
there is nothing there which may be
dignified with the name Of a mine. =
Jennings S. Cox, Jr., in Engineering
Magazine.
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Some one said once that you could
get almost anything for nothing in New
York. This was brought practically to
my notice a few days ago, says a writer
in the New York Herald. as l was go
ing up town on Third avenue. / passed
a barber shop which displayed this
strange sign:
Ladies Hairdressing Done Free
Every Afternoon From 1 to 5 O'Clock. "
As it was past 3 1 was prompted by
curiosity to go in and investigate. |
found the 'fladies' hairdressing par
lor a neat, cozy place. with a number
of chairs standing in front of a long
mirror, which covered one side of the
room.
Twas fortunate enough to find a sub
ject in the chair, who was having her
hair dressed. She was a middled aged,
thick handed, respectable looking wom-
an, who was going to the inevitable
ball. Doing her hair was a nice look
ing little m the head of the hair
dressing establishment, and gathered
around the chair were half a dozen
white coated young men, watching the
process of the work and occasionally
giving assistance. And that is how the
apprentice or student in hairdressing
gains his experience, and the clever
women who are in touch with the trick
get their hair dressed for nothing.
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Miss Lattimer. "That's scarcely a

MISS Latt1mer. THAT'S scarcely q
month, is it2"
"Then l may expect to see you on
the LIST of July, ma'am?" said Mr..
johnson, laying down the notes.
Certainly you mayr' exclaimed
Miss Lattimer delightedly. Thanks,
awfullyl" She stuffed the notes into a
gold mounted purse and smiled at Mr..
johnson with all the innocent pleasure
of a child who has got what it wants.
But we haven't arranged anything
haven'tIt to sign a paper or anything p
81 think, said Mr.. johnson slowly,
'that we'll leave that over until you
pay the money, ma'am. I'll only
charge you reasonable interest for such
a short loan. OF course, ma'am, you'll
not mention this little transaction to
anybody" he added, anxiously. I'VE
always keep these matters quiet-very
quiet"
"Oh, to be surer' laughed the girl
"Well, thanks, Mr.. johnson, and good
by, You'll see me on the LIST of July
dead certain, you know"
On the LIST of July Mr.. johnson sat
in his Office in a state of nervous ex-
pectancy, but the had
nothing to do with the money which
was due from Miss Lattimer. All the
morning he waited and all the after
noon, and still she came not. And then
as evening drew near the postman
brought a registered letter, and Mr..
johnson opened it and drew out $40 in
notes and Ell in gold and a note that
smelled of violets.
After a long time Mr.. johnson rose
from his desk and locked up the notes
in his safe. Then he took the sovereign
in his hand and went out into the
street. He presently came to the little
shop of a working jeweler and entered
it timidly. When he came out again,
the sovereign hung on his simple watch
chain, and his fingers felt for it and ca
ressed it as if it had been a live thing.
And that was the end.-Hartford Cou-
ropf
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"Had it not been the Sabbath day, /"
said a Perthshire preacher to an elder
between the preachin's," 81 would
just have asked ye how the hay was
selling in Perth on Friday"
"Well, SIR" said the elder, chad it
no been the day it is I wad jest haze
tell't We it was gaun at a shillin the
stane."
"Indeedl Well, had it been Monday
instead Of the Sabbath 1 would have
told We I have some to SELL.
"Umph, aye, gu aye, sir And had it
been Monday, as ye say, then l wad
jest hae tell't We 1 wad gle We the mar
ket price for it,"
The elders carts were at the manse
early on Monday morning, and the
preachers haystack vanished like a
highland mist.
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His Ahsent Companions.

At a banquet given in Rochester two
of the expected guests were unable to
be present. The order of seating hap
pened to be such that a particularly
jovial and companionable gentleman
sat with n of the vacant chairs on
each side of him. The empty chairs
and first ourse of oysters were left in
place for some time in case the expected
guests arrived. The solitary gentleman
therefore could move neither to the
right nor to the left, but amiably
beamed throughout the repast, seem
ingly none the worse for his enforced
isolation. After the banquet some one
innocently asked him.
"How did you enjoy yourself, old
chap2"
First rate" he replied briskly
enough II sat next to a couple of fell
lows who weren't there Rochester
Herald.
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A button CoIIection.

A New York lady's pet hobby is a
marvellous collection of all sorts and
sizes of buttons Some of the enamel
and miniature painted ones are veri-
table works of art, while paste and
precious medals worked in various ways
supply other fascinating specimens
The greatest rarities are two Chinese
official buttons, which in reality are
decorations. and buttons from off gar
ments known to have been worn by
Marat, Robespierre, Charles Dickens,
Sir Walter Scott, Washington. Nelson.
Byron, De Foe, George Ii, George III.
Napoleon, Wellington, Bismarck. Irv-
ing, Garfield and numerous other celeb
rites of both sexes. The collection
numbers some 10. 900 specimens. New
York Telegram.
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e

The American journal of Dental Sci
ence for 1913 states that George Wash
ington lost most of his natural teeth at
an early age, relying upon the art and
skill of one Mr.. John Greenwood, a
distinguished dentist of New York, to
make good the deficiency.
Washington's artificial teeth were
manufactured from the ivory of the
tusk of the elephant, the only material
at that time employed for the purpose
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The Isis tells a story about the bishop
of Oxford The bishop was at a meeting
engaged in auditing the accounts of a
sectarian school. Among the items was
one of $50 for an occasional monitor. .
One of the persons present asked the
bishop what an occasional monitor
was. He is reported to have answered,
Il suppose that is the nonconformist
conscience"
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The Managed Husband I. worthless

The Managed Is Worthless.
Helen Watterson Moody believes that
the husband who can be managed is
not worth managing, land there is no
better principle, she adds, in The La
dies Home Journal, ''for both husband
and wife to adopt in adjusting them
selves to the new relation than that of
trying to do each by the other what
men are accustomed to call the square
thing. Many a woman understands
managing a husband better than she
does doing the square thing by him,
and many a man understands and prac-
tees doing the square thing by other
men who would be affronted if he were
to be told that, judged by his own bust
ness standards. he habitually dealt I'M
fairly with his own wife