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The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-11-30
Gift For Motorist,

Your friend who owns an automo-
bile Will appreciate a gift Of one Of the
new tourists luncheon or picnic outfits.
These contain half dozen small
white enamel plates, knives, forks and
spoons, collapsible drinking cups, paper
napkins and various articles for use on
days outing.
These outfits are Enclosed In leather
or straw cases. Individual collapsible
drinking cups are always acceptable
20 those who motor. ,'.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-11-30

terial overcast the edges together for
half the length Of the cretonne. In
the center Of the two sides Of the
cretonne gather the material to q piece
Of tape four inches deep, attach bows
Of some prettily colored ribbon, and
when the hangers are sewed on the
gift is completed.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-11-30

DESK SET OF POLISHED AND ROUGH COAL.
:
leather photo frame for your "cabi-
net"
d For the boolkeeper, an envelope, and
stamp moistener.
For the literary worker. a desk set
like. the one illustrated, which is made
Of rough and polished coal. The treat
ment of this product for ornamental
purposes is unique and very success
full. The set is stunning.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-11-30
A LAST MINUTE GIFT.

An Easily Made Bag of Dainty Gre.
20. "-----.--f tonne. ----.-----
Nothing could be easter to make
than the bag illustrated, and for this
reason it is splendid last minute gift.
All you have to do is to double in half
about yard Of figured cretonne and
where the turn is made In the ma.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-11-30

links and is an ideal gift for q man.
The expert worker in leather can turn
out such box, but the average donor
OF Christmas presents will buy this
receptacle.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-11-30

AN AD IN THIS PAPER WILL
BRING RESULTS.
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\ FATHERS, VENGEANCE

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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-26
$500, 600 In Gold Awaits Claimants

q Tackled in 4 corner of the steel
y ribbed vaults Of the United States
treasury, $4,000 in gold coin is going
begging. The government canot give
it away; yet none of the rightful own
ers can be induced to take 1t. 1t
represents unclaimed interest on the
public debt.
Somewhere in hooks and crannies
and out of the way places are h gov
ernment's interest checks for the
money, which never have been cashed.
Some of them never will be presented,
others may be brought around in time,
and some are being held by cautious
investors.
From time to time the treasury at
tempts to call in the checks and the
vagaries of human nature are shown.
One citizen has more than 100000
waiting for him and holds the checks
for it. He was recently invited to
cash in and made a trip to Washing
ton to tell treasury officials the checks
were his property, he would cash them
when he pleased, or burn them up II
he wished. II he does the latter. his
none will be held in the vaults until
congress. perhaps. might dispose OF
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-26
Can't Fathom Fight on Mormons

Young, the prophet, was their leader.
SO that in addition to having the
names of all Of them carved upon the
stone a statue of Young stands, life
size, at the top of the monument.
There is no religious significance to
the statue or to the proposition to
engrave the likeness upon the silver
service. Senator Smoot explained to
Secretary Meyer, although it happens
that the pioneers were Mormons.
The senator also stated that the
committee having in charge he selec-
ton of the silver for the battleship
and the designation of the design, is
composed of Mormons and non-Mor-
mons and they are unanimously i n
favor of engraving a picture OF the
monument Upon the service. The re-
suit of the senator's talk was that
Secretary Meyer will stand pat and
not interfere. To all who protest he
says that the silver service is a vol
untary gift from the people Of Utah
and the department has NJ right to
~stipulate as to the design. The same
attitude was assumed by the depart
ment when the people OF Mississippi
presented to the battleship of that
name a silver service with the like
ness of Jefferson Davis, president CT
the C~onfederacy. engraved upon it.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-26

were, but having changed their habi-
tat 1t is difficult for a man with a
thirst to spy them out. Some years
ago congress prohibited by law the
sale of liquor in the capitol building.
UP to that time both the senate and
house restaurants sold liquor, which
by some was considered a convent
ence, and by others a curse. The great
trouble was the young clerks got into
the habit of drinking at these places
and it was not uncommon to see
drunken men in the corridors Of the
capitol. When it was cut out entirely
everybody agreed hat 1t was a good
move.
Certain senators n members main
tanned bottles In their committee
rooms for use in emergency, either to
themselves or their friends. and 1t be-
came noticeable that these emergen-
cies arose with startling regularity.
Every bottle soon attracted a line OF
regular patrons who could be depend
ed upon to drop in at about the same
hour daily. One senator, not long age
found 1t necessary to have a beautiful
oaken chest built, equipped with a
Yale lock. and made proof against his
thirst visitors. And one of these Wis
itors, a man now out of congress. was
popularity supposed to be a teetotaler
and a model of all the manly virtues.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-26

to whose interest it is to make their activities
occupy as large a place as possible in the public
eye. At Memorial day, on the other hand, the
regular flower marts, although they have a rush
season" in consequence Of the holiday, supply
but a fraction Of the flowers that are placed on
the graves of the nations warriors.
The vast preponderance of the flowers that are
used to express the love and gratitude of the
people of the republic on the yearly-recurring
Memorial day are homegrown posies whose cul-
tivation with a view to such ultimate use is as
much a labor of love as is the strewing OF the
blossoms on the graves. Or, at least the flowers
are for the most part garden blooms rather than
the fratl products of the hot houses. Indeed the
selection of May 80 as Memorial day in a large
proportion of the states of the union was made
primarily because 1t was an occasion when spring
was presumed to be In her most attractive garb
and when the spring floral harvest is at its
height. Similarly the southern states, being as
sured an abundance of flowers at yet earlier
dates, have, as much for this reason as for any
other, chosen as Memorial day dates that seemed
to mark the elimination Of the floral flood in
their respective states rather than strict con-
formity with the date at the end of May, which
Is so universally observed in the eastern, north
ern and western states and in the more %northerly
of the commonwealth of Dixie. This will ex-
plain why certain of the states, notably those
of the Gulf of Mexico, observe Memorial day
days or weeks in advance Of the remainder OF
the sisterhood of states.
The use of flowers on Memorial day is varied
and appears to be growing more SO as time goes
on. At first suggestion of the occasion the
reader is apt to think only of the custom of plac.
ing bouquets and wreaths in garlands on the
grassy mounds beneath which repose in their
last ~dreamless sleep the boys in blue and gray
who gave up their lives in defense of their flag.
But as a matter of fact it Is a congratulated
custom for the American people generally to
choose this occasion to place specially elaborate
decorations upon the graves of loved ones, even
though those whose memory is thus honored had
naught to do with the stress and strife, the
%Iacrifces of which Memorial day is primarily
intended to commemorate.
One Of the comparatively new uses of flowers
IN Memorial day, which has grown greatly in
recent years, is the custom Of placing wreaths
Of floral %festoons or other similar tributes upon
the statues which have been erected in the
various American cities to our wartime heroes.
At the national capital, where there are more
than two dozen such statues, the pedestals are
also draped with American flags. This decora-
ton of the statues in parks and public buildings
throughout the land is, of course, quite aside
from the usual placing of tributes at the graves
Of these self-same heroes. Another interesting
and beautiful new use of flowers on Memorial
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-26

w ASHINGTON.-That a member of
W congress spends his days in work
ing for or against UGH momentous
projects as tariff reduction, Canadian
reciprocity, appropriations for this or
that and other kindred subjects, is, to
the popular mind, precisely what he is
sent there to do. But that he also
consumes n goodly portion of his work
ing day in receiving or avoiding wom-
en-, will be, perhaps, a more or less
surprising statement to the average
voter.
And yet-don't censure the con-
gresham for doing SO. Nine out of
ten times he's more eager to dodge his
feminine callers than to see them.
This business of basking in feminine
smiles and being sought after by
Mffady Fair may be all right in story
books, but it doesn't go in congress.
If he could do so the average mem
her would turn over the job of re-
ceiving Phyllis and Cousin Mary from
the country and Mrs. Home Slater to
any one who wants tin a jiffy!
They can be found either in h re-
ception room Of the house of repre-
sentatives or In the marble room Of
the senate, chiefly. however, on the
house side. From the opening day of
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-26
WORK FOR NOTHING
HON. PETER NoRBECk OF SPHINX
COUNTY is OUT THE SUM
OF $4,000.
UNWILLING DONOR TO DAKOTA
Sphinx County Senator is Unable to
Recover on a Well Digging Contract
Because OF a Certain Law on the
Statute Books

Redfeld.-It is not often that a man
willingly or unwillingly, and it is in
the latter thai Hon. Peter Norbeck,
of Redfeld, state senator from Sphinx
county, has just acquired some prom1-
nence through his construction of the
new artesian well at the state univer-
sity at Vermillion, and which will
cost Mr.. Norbeck the sum OF $2,4OO,
all because he was unaware OF a GER
tain statute in the state of South Da-
kota.
The legislature authorized the board
of regents to dig a new well at the
state university at Vermillion, and an
appropriation was made to cover the
cost of the project. This was done at
the time that Mr.. Norbeck was a mem
Der Of the senate. When the time
came to advertise for bids for the con-
%struction of the well the only one re-
ceived was from Mr.. Norbeck for the
sum of $2,40O. The work was done in a
way entirely satisfactory to the board
and Mr.. Norbeck's bill was approved
by the board of regents, but when it
went to State Auditor Anderson to
receive the cash he remembered the
statute which prohibited any member
of the legislature, during the term for
which he shall have been elected, or
within n year thereafter, from being
interested, directly or indirectly, in
any contract with the state or any
county thereof, authorized by any aw
passed during the term for which he
had been eelcted.
Inasmuch as Mr.. Norbeck was a
member of the senate at the time the
law was passed authorizing the con-
%struction of the well he comes under
the provisions of the law in a very
direct manner.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-26

q ENATOR REED SMOOT of Utah.
y who is an apostle of the Mormon
church, in spite Of all the attacks he
has weathered since his advent into
public life, cannot get used to the
campaigns waged against his religion.
The protest against placing the like
ness of Brigham Young upon the sill
yer service that is to be presented to
the %battleship Utah by the citizens of
the state caused Senator Smoot to
make a call upon the secretary of the
navy recently and explain to him the
facts in the case.
The proposition is to have engraved
upon the silver service a likeness of
the pioneer monument that stands at
the head Of Main street, Salt Lake
City. This monument was erected at
the very spot where the pioneers of
that state, 142 in number, camped
when they went into that wilderness
to carve out a new empire. All of
them were Mormons and Brigham
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-26
WAS HE

John, we have been married for nearly twenty
years; l want you to tell me something
ooh, yes, Mary, you look just as young and
as girlish as you did the first time l ever saw
you: l have learned to love you more and more
as the years have drifted by; I wouldn't be free
again if I had a chance; If you were to die /
shouldn't think of marrying any other woman.
but I'd spend the rest Of my life pining for you;
I admit that your family is much superior to
mine: I realize that I never should have amounted
to anything if it had not been for your influence;
you are the best manager I ever saw; your new
spring hat is very becoming; you look fifteen
years younger than Mrs. Bransthwaite; yes, I
like very much the way you are wearing your
hair; / think of you steadily all day; I am sure
that any young woman who would look at me
twice would do SO only because she wished to
make a fool of me, and l acknowledge that you
make a much better showing than any other
woman could make on our income. Now is there
anything else? I'm I'M good deal of q hurry
this morning" Record-Herald.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-26
NEC|OTS
xl9ES Azkasak ~

,nas in order to convey the tons of blooms
headed for the great memorial ornamentation.
And, speaking of the interurban electro lines
il NAV be added that these roads now make 1t
nossihIe to decorate with flowers the graves of
soldiers in many q country cemetery which, I'M
der the old conditions, could not readily be
reached by members OF the organizations or vet
Grams and other bodies that aim to sec to it that
no soldiers grave is unadorned on this significant
occasion.
Almost every known variety of flowers that
bloom, in the spring is employed to a greater or
less extent on Decoration day, but naturally the
wild flowers Of the season are especially popular
for this purpose. In the sections where the
season is sufficiently advanced the roses ana
peonies are great favorites on this occasion ana
in the cooler climes violets and the hardy "plnks
are used extensively. In the more southernly
states the yellow jasmine and the honeysuckle
make admirable Decoration day festoons ana at
Arlington and other great national cemeteries IL
seems as though Memorial day has been timed
to find the gorgeous purple wistaria at the climax
of it's glory. The mountain laurel is another
floral favorite that lends itself to the purposes
of the holiday, but of course it is not obta1nable
in all sections of the country
In recent years the use of natural flowers on
Memorial day has been supplemented by the ex-
tensive use Of artificial flowers, particularly in
the form of wreaths or designs emblematic OF
wartime badges or flags. However, the art
flower designs OF the present day are indeed
a revelation as compared with the crude attempts
of some years ago. Some of the Decoration day
designs are executed in metal, tinted to counter
felt nature, and this form is Of course very
permanent, but most artistic effects OF lasting
character are also being obtained by means OF
fine waxed crepe paper flowers. Such designs
are being employed to an increasing extent I'M
der all circumstances where it is necessary to
send Memorial day designs long distances. How
ever, the White House at Washington, which
sends such remembrance to various parts OF
the country, always employs natural flowers from
the presidents Conservatives.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-26

and mayhap float out to sea, but the sentiment
of the occasion is served.
AS death has year by year remorselessly
thinned the ranks of the Grand Army OF '"e
Republic. the Confederate Veterans and other or
ganizations of one-time soldiers there has OF
necessity been a change in the plan OF bearing
flowers to the cemeteries and decorating the
graves of those who have answered TO the cali
of taps" The approved plan was to have In
each community on the significant day a process
sion to the cemetery in which the principal par
Elephants were little girls dressed in white, each
carrying a huge bouquet or basket of flowers
and, marching beside or behind these flower
bearers, an equal number of veterans, each with
a wreath of evergreen or holly or ivy on his
arm. When the procession arrived at the Gene
terry the participants distributed themselves
throughout the burying ground until a little girl
with flowers and a veteran with a wreath stood
beside each grave marked with a tiny American
flag. Then at a prearranged signal all the flowers
and wreaths were placed simultaneously upon the
graves Of the comrades whom death has mus
tered out"
This impressive ceremony, and there could be
nothing more appropriate, is yet followed in
countless communities, but there have had to be
many notifications. For one thing the graves
to be decorated have become much more numer-
Gus, whereas the number of surviving veterans
who are able to march to the cemetery with
their wreaths has dwindled appreciably. A solu-
ton has been found, in many places, by drafting
for this task members Of the Sons of Veterans
or other organizations made up of children Of
old soldiers and also veterans of the Spanish
American war, many of whom are comparatively
young men and who are sufficiently numerous to
decorate the graves of their own fallen comrades
and also the resting places of the heroes Of the
earlier wars.
Another factor that has operated to influence
a change In the use of flowers on Memorial day
Is the growth in the size of many of our cities.
In towns and small cities 1t is still practicable
for the Decoration day host to march to the Gene
terry, but in all the larger cities it has become very
much Il of a problem. In many instances cemeteries
are so remote from the central part of the city
that it is unwise to ask aged veterans to attempt
to march and out of the question to allow flower
girls of tender years to trudge through the streets
for hours at a stretch. Consequently it has be-
come customary under such circumstances to
convey the flowers in quantities to the cemeteries
and there distribute them to those who are to
participate in the decorating program. For this
delivery Of flowers the modern motor car has
proven a most convenient vehicle and in all our
large cities on the morning of Memorial day one
may now see the heavily laden flower cars"
spinning along on their way to the cemeteries.
The speedy horseless vehicles have also proven
a boon in the collecting of the flowers for
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-26

plight, n cry and silence following
Billiards. fall, Gallagher heard a train
approaching around the curve. He
seized one of the red lanterns mark
ing the repairs, dashed around the
temporary work and threw himself
down the embankment, waving the
lantern as he ran UP the track.
The train came to a halt. Exami-
nation revealed Billiards. body lying
on the other track. He was uncon-
scious and was taken to a hospital.
His arm is broken and his hip bruised.
Minneapolis Journal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-26
Lawmakers Are Besieged by Women

a session until it's close they--these
women in waiting" as n congress-
man facetiously calls them-are to be
seen. Some of them are there for a
short while only or, maybe. a single
visit, but the majority are as firmly
~intrenched as the Rock of Gibraltar.
A few are so new and diffident that
the pages who take in their cards to
the congressman lave to tell them
what to write and where to wait. They
come for a million reasons, real and
imaginary, and every shading of hui
man pathos and comedy is exhibited
in their self-imposed, though none the
less arduous, task of waiting.
There are young girls, slender and
fair, who come in groups, properly
c~haperoned, from boarding schools
just to say "good-day" to the member
from their home state. They are
frankly curious and vastly excited
over the novel experience.
There are women with the battle
SCARED faces of the unhappy aged.
Some of them are in rusty black and
make no attempt to conceal the pow
erty that drives them to this lost
hope of winning the sympathy of a
man who can get them a government
position or aid the passage of a GER
tain bill. They are ION duty" each
day, from noon to adjournment, in the
sitting little room on the house side,
which is merely a columned niche to
the left Of statuary hall. From it an
inclined rallied walk, o unlike a gang
plank, leads up to a short hall direct
ly opposite the central door of the
house..
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-26
The treasury can do nothing but

it. The treasury can do nothing but
keep 1t.
The contractor who laid the first
pavement upon Pennsylvania avenue
from the capitol to the White House
las $4,000 waiting for him. 1t has
been there many years, but the treas
ury has never been able to find the
rightful payee, as the contractor
failed and his affairs became involved
in litigation which has never been SET.
tied.
The amounts of this seemingly own
erless fund range from thousands Of
dollars down to q few cents. The
smaller amounts r all held for those
who owned government securities at
some time or other and probably have
forgotten to collect their latest inter
est.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-26
New Statesmen Are Economical

IN this new house of representatives
l there are a number Of members who
have come here with a full realization
Of the fact that they are one-termers.
They know that according to all hui
man probabilities they will not be re-
turned, and SO they propose to make
all they can out Of two years in Of
fee. No expensive hotels for them;
on the contrary, they are figuring how
they can live on their mileage n
clerk hire, and save their salaries.
The result is that the superintend-
ent Of the house office building has
had hard work to keep members from
putting cots in their Offices for sleep
ing there. 1t is said to be a fact that
some of these close" congressman
have insisted that they be given the
right to move their trunks into the
house Office building and sleep there,
though they have not yet proposed do
ing light housekeeping.
Speaking Of committee rooms, the
shift caused by the change in the po-
litical complexion of the house has re-
suited in embarrassment to some OF
the members who have been In the
habit OF taking their nips regularly
during the day.
Gosh, but I'm dry, and tired, and
need a drink" remarked a statesman
as he stood in the corridor the other
day. "But blamed If | know where to
get it. Last session | had lots Of
friends who kept bottles in their COM
mi;tee rooms, and l suppose there are
just as many now, or more but
don't know where to locate them"
Their seems to be no reason to
doubt that the bottles are just as
plenty in this congress as they ever
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-26
college Student Flags Train With Rec
Lantern to Saw His Com
panion.

A red lantern swung wildly in front
of a Great Northern train at Fifteenth
avenue and Fourth street when Frank
Gallagher, a university student, LII
ran, half fell down the banks OF the
cut, believing that his friend, John
Bullard, a senior law student from
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-26
Was on the Wrong Track

Waseca. Mimi. was lying unconscious
on the tracks.
The bridge above the tracks at this
point has been under repair for sew
eral months. While Billiard was pick
ing his way across last night he
slipped and fell between the timbers
to the tracks, 20 feet below. Gala
CHER was with him.
To add to his horror at his friends