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KINGSTON, SIERRA COUNTY, N. M., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY, 14, I885.
NO. 9.
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LETTER FROM WASHINGTON
PREPARING FOR THE INAUGURAL.
Randall and Carlisle's Conference with
the New President. A Crief I'e
rlod Left Congress iu which to
1'ans Important Kills.
Fnim Our Regular Corrpniidenl.
Washington, Fl 9: Ed. Advo
cate. The topic of the week has
been the visit of Mr. Randall and
Speaker Carlssle to Albany to con
fer with the president-eloct. The
Suidnuucs have been kept busy
iscussing and prophesying the
cause and effect of the. visst, but so
far thev are all m the drak. -Mr.
Randall declines to make public
the nature of his conference with
Mr. Cleveland, and Mr. Carlisle
will undoubtedly be equally reti
cent. It may be nssumed, how
ever, that the conversations related
to political management, especially
with regard to those matters with
which the speaker of the house
and the leader of the flooi have so
much to do. The Democratic . par
ty is undoubtedly in a position at
the present time which requires
the nicest judgement, and it is very
desirable, therefore, that all shoulu
be done that can lo done to make
the transition on the 4th of March
as smooth as possible. There will
bo a considerable jolt in any event,
but by careful driving the danger
of upset will be greatly lessened.
Congress can help or hinder the
new administration by its record
thia winterfand hence its transac-'
tioua have a personal interest for
Cleveland, and are of importance
to the party generally. The - president-elect
would scarcely assnrau
tl role of dictator, but he is in a
position to suggest and advise, if
the common belief is right, he has
already shown his influence in
breaking down the Nicaragua
treaty, and iu like manner the
j mrneys of Messrs Carlisle and
lUuduU may bear fruit in the pro
ceeding of the house. His de
sires on the question of an extra
session, for instance, would na-
rally have great weight in deter
mining the Democratic policy in
tiittt matter. And his view.s on
wind, b use a newspaper phrase,
are "o ntiiiui:ig topi.-s" of politics,
Wjuld receive careful attention;
nujii questions, for instance, as the
tariff, Uie re-orgnnuatioii of the
navy, und the civil sei vice.
Apropos of an extra session,
thera seems no oceasion for the ex
pense and turmoil imn itably re
sulting from an extra session of
congress under the peculiur cir
cumstances which will exist after
the lib proximo. It is true, only
iil) working days remain to the
i'oity-eigtii congress. Compared
with the number of days thut have
passed during the last and the
present session, and the amount of
work performed and on hand, tho
time is extremely short. But
brief as it is, it will be found suf
ficient, if industriously utilized and
eked out with evening sessions,
for the proper disposal of all indis
pensable business. All the appro
priation bills can be gotten out of
tbe way before the eud of the ses
sion, if members will discourage
dilatory proceedings and give the
cold shoulder to loug-wiuded ora
tors. The court-martial at the Ebbit
house finished the considerat ion of
the case of (Jen. Swaim a short
time since, and transmitted its
findings to the secretary of war. 1
do not understand that any mem
ber of tha court has divulged the
proceeeings, but 1 get the impres
sion from all sources thai by a con
siderable majority it has found
Geni Swaim guilty of the charge
laid against him, which fiudicg, if
approved by the secretary of war
must lead to his dismissal from
the army. The finding will un
questionably be. approved, and
President Arthur will have an op
portunity to appoint either some
officer of the bureau of military
justice or some civilian friend like
lien, Sharpe to this highly desira
ble position.
It is now definitely arranged
that President-elect Cleveland
when he arrives here will goat
once to the Arlington hotel and
occupy a suit of rooms until ho
moves across the way into the Ex
ecutive mansion. Three of the
sisters of , the president-elect will
come with him. As soou as he
idves nut he Executive mansion. to
his successor, ex-President Arthurt
wi!lg to Secretary 1 reunghuy
sen's rt'id?iic t" niniti until he
f.r9.t,he Ciy 8 Gen. Grant
uee 01 ex-occretary or staler u
guests at present within the walls
of the White house than nt any
time during the present admiuis
tratiou. Besides Mr. Chas. II
Miller and Gen. Sharpe, of New
ork, both bosom friends of the
president, there is Mrs. MeEIrov
Misses Katie Sharpe, Harding ami
Me.fc.Iroy. Lenox,
, -
A Wreck of Wall Street
The enforced sale of James R
Keene's Inst horse, and his dispo.
sal .of the final remaining share iu
a large apartment house recenth
in New York, marks the failure of
his latest attempt to recoup. This
has reminded busy Wall street
that Keene still existed, liut it
needed something of the sort to re
call him to memory, for he has
dropped entirely out of the finan
cial world and is no more a factor
in the making of prices than is any
broker's office boy. Yet Keene
had a brilliant career while it last
ed. He went to New York with
3,000,000, or thereabouts, in his
pockets, and struck the boom of
1879 80, and at one time was worth
not fur from $15,000,000. The
riff-raff and the hangers-on and
the adventurers of the street fast
ened on to him, flattered him, told
htm his mission in life and his du
ty toward mankind was to break
Jay Gould, and offered their ad
vice and influence. Keene made
money fast as long as prices ad
vanced, lie bought with great
freedom and courage, and his name
whs in every one's mouth. But
when the tide turned Keene was
loaded. He did not have the sa
gacity and celerity of Gould, who
has a knact of turning even misfor
tunes to good account, but kept on
getting iu deeper and deeper, un
til the inevitable rapped at his
door, and he fouud that he had
lost all.
Reform in Hanging.
Nome of the eastern papers are
discussing the plan of substituting
electricity for the hangman s rope
in the execution of . criminals.
Some of the arguments brought
forward are good, but they all
leave out the' essential point in fa
vor of the gallows, which is the
shnmeful nature of the death. This
has deterred many "people of
vicious inclinations from perpo
truting crime, and there is no good
reason for abolishing it. , Death
by shooting is as painless and al
most as instantaneous as electrici
ty, yet the substitution of it for
hanging would, in the opinion of
experts, lead to an increase in the
graver crimes. The only reform
in executions which is needed in
this country is to make them strict
ly private. This would remove
many of the most repulsive scenes
now witnessed at hangings, and
we are sure would greatly increase
the skill and efficiency of sheriffs.
As it is now a jail-yard is usually
crowded with pothouse politicians
and men about town, who have in
fluence, with the sheriff and who
usually seem to regard the affair
as a picnic. These gentry should
never be allowed inside of a jail un
less they are brought there by the
law. S. F. Chronicle.
. "Grin and Bear it."
The following is vouched for by
a minister's wife, .and therefore
must be so if it isn't so: A clergy
man, visiting a woman in a severe
i'liietvs, nbkei; "Do you derive any
comfort from the instruction of tbe
Bible?" "Oh, yes, indeed," was
the reply. "What particular pas
ssge do you rely upon at present?"
"Grin and bear it," replied tbe suf
ferer. The clergyman departed to
look up a concordance.
A Jaw-breaker.
Nabjezda. Steppnoona Sokhans
ky, one of the most popular story
writers in Kussia, is dead. Her
pen name was "Kokhauovskaya."
Jibe thus simplified her pen name
because her fellow-Russians com
plained that if they were to speak
of her iu full they would always
have to oil their jaws after the ex
citement was over.
Prayer-books are made with a
bouquet holder on the outside in
which to hold flowers. It'll get so
pretty soon that the pulpit will be
carved hias, with lour rows of
fiounciug np the front and a
Beethoven polonaNe strung out in
the rear.
ROSSA'S ZEALOUS DEFENDER
A PLEA IN BEHALF OF DYNAMITE
A Forcible Arraignment tl England
and Koine Plain Talk Concernlnf
Her roli7 Toward Old Erlu.
Interesting Ilomo Letter.
from n Occuionil Corrtpndent.l
Ed. Advocate: Dear Sir. No
ticing your strictures on dynamite
in general, and O'Donovnn Rosea
in nnrticular in vour issue of the
7tli inst. I would beg your indul
gence ami space in vour valuable
r i i i "i r j
journal, auu, moeeu, x no yoiuo
your paper very much, and deem
your last issue the best paper ever
printed in our camp in regard to
our mines), to say only a few
words in defense of those much
abused dynamiters. 1 was going
to say apologize for tuera; but, sir,
they do not require an apology
To commence with, O'Donovan
ltossa has been abused much
indeed, by friend and foe alike.
You, dear Bir, place yourself iu his
positnn, or bo placed there by a
hated alien foe, driven from the
home of your fathers, hunted and
hounded down almost to death's
door by thepaira agents of that foe,
thrown into prison for years to as
sociate with the vilest curs of per
fidious England; fed on bread and
water, occasionally a little, thin,
stinking gruel given you to eat;
with your hands ironed behind
you get down on vour belly to lick
up that gruel, like a creeping rep
tile, as O'Donovnn Ilossa has had
to do, and if you ever survived such
treatment received from her Chris
tian Majesty most damned, I
would say government, 1 think
you would be willing to use dyna
mite or any other "mite" to blow
that dynasty from the fnc?of God's
green eartn, all sentiment and la-de-da
business to the contrary not
withstanding.
I know, to people on this side of
the water, far away from tha scene
of action, that the use of explo-
sives to blow up Loudon and other
cities of England, is regarded bur-
barous indeed. Well, probably it
is, but when Grant fired on Vieks
burg with its population of men,
women and children therein; when
.Sherman trained his guns on At
lanta, with the same kind of a pop
ulation within its walls did the
world judgi these groat generals
barburiaus? Oh, no; it did not.
When Lee started n his invasion
of Pennsylvania with the intention
of wintering in New York and Phil
adelphia, and Btorming by shell
iug, and bombarding these cities,
if he ever reached their gates, if
said cities did not bui render at
once to his invading hosts was or
was not he pronounced a blood
curdling villain by tho applauding
world, especially Lngiand
But, men will say thut this is no
criterion by which to Judge Irish
dynamiters. There was a state of
actual war existing in the cases 1
have been referring to, but, my
dear American friends, I insist that
it is a criterion, and that a state of
actual war exists between Ireland
and England to-day- has existed
for centuries, and will exist until
Ireland Dear Old Ireland! is
forever free.
Dear sir, I appreciate the sym
pathy you show in your article for
the Irish people and Ireland's
cause, and knowing from the tenor
of that article that your heart, your
true American heart, boats m'sym-
pathy with the patriots of the land
of my fatners, 1 could not let thi3
pass without thanking you for the
same, and also saying a few words
for that much abused O Donovan
Rosso. He is not understood. A
more gentle heart never beat neath
an Irish freize coat or an American
broud-cloth, than that same O'Don
ovan ivossu: but tvranv and op
pression heaped unon him bv the
oppressors of his country, made al
most a maniac of him- And no
man w ho w ill read tlie history of
those oppressions will condemn
him a great deal, at least Ameri
cns will not. I mean geuuino Amer
icans, and not Anglicised cockney
dudes.
Indeed I am Gory to incumber
your paper with this effusion, as I
presume it will take up space that
would ba of more value to the gen
eral reading public for something
else. Nevertheless vour paper is
read by a large number of citizens
who sympathize deeply with detr
Old Ireland and her struggles for
freedom, and would profably like
to see a word in her defense and
in dtfen- of Jipr onit, rto mrt-r
in which arm of the service they
fight Once in a great while in
your columns. Hoping you will
give entire Katisfac'.ion in the fu
tuie, as you have done in vour
first issue on taking charge of the
ADVOCATF, I am indeed truly yours
for the mining industry of Kings
ston and vicinity. Prospector.
Kingston, Eeb. 10.
Dynamite, and how it is Made.
Since dynamite is the subject of
so much comment end considera
tion, and the object of much ter
ror at this time, it will not be in
apt to notice its composition, the
period of its invention, and the
cause of its terrible result. This
explosive, which iu the last feu'
years has created such universal
attention, was mvented iu 18GS, by
Noble, a German chemist Up to
tho time of its invention, the most
dangerous explosite compound
known, was nytro glycerine, which
is made by mixing very strong ni
tric acid with twice its weight of
concentrated sulphuric acid. This
mixture being thoroughly cooled
is poured into a glass flask, and
there is added a certain quantity
of concentrated and purified glyc
erine. After this addition the mix
ture is poured into five or tix times
its bulk of very cold water, to
which a rotary motion is imparted.
Aftei this process it is ready for
use. Dvimniito is made by ab
sorbing 75 parts of nytro-glycerine
by '25 parts of any porous inherent
matter, as finely divided charcoal
or silica. Dynamite has the ad
vantage over nytro-glycerine of not
being exploded even by the most
violent percussion, thereby requir
ing a peculiarlly arranged cart
ridge. It is most affected by
dump, and has explosive power 8
times as great as that of powder.
The dynamite is placed iu cart
ridges of thick paper, and ignited
by means of a fuse which passes
through sand, serving the purpose
of ft wad. Tbe cause of the ter
rible consequences is the sudden
and violent expansion of the sur
rouudii.g atmosphere.
Defective Mining Laws.
Our mining laws are so framed
us to retard the development of the
country. The over to make any
number of fixations and the hold
ing of the ground for the scend
year after tho locution is wade is
a drawback that does not ssem to
bo realized bv our law makers.
i'he opportunity of re-locating
ground is uu incentive for many
men to do nothing upon thoir
claims in the way of development
and they are enabled to hold
ground for a term of years without
doing a stroke of work upou it. In
a larxe number of cases the assess
ment work, if done ut all, is per
formed somo part of the claim
where there is no lodge and no
showing to justify the work being
done at that particular place, ex
cept it be the fact that the nature
of the ground udmits of the work
being done without much labor
and at a small cost to the owner.
One of the great disadvantages of
doing work in this way lies in the
fact that such work does not en
hance the value, of the claim or
tend to stimulate mining. If pros
pectors and miners intend to risk
their money and labor in doing
assessment work uion their min
ing claims, let the work be done
where it will do the most good, and
iu nil cases it should be done upou
the ledge, without any regard for
Ihr bnrdnesg of the rock or tho in
ability of sinking a stated number
of feet for $100, Tombstone lie
cord. Wt Have No Equal.
A gentleman from Kingston the
other day In forme I us that the
Wilson Brothers took a car-load
of 6300 ore out of an eight-foot
hole on tho Blnck Colt. There is
said to be a fair prospect of get
ting another car-load within the
next eight feet. Tain about rich
ness, where is the strike in New
Mexico or out of it that beats thii?
New Era.
The Iteview is a poor, weak sis
ter and we huve a greut deal of
compassion for her. Optic.
Hitch up your galluses, old girl,
and sail into him.
It is stated that Gustave roll
ings, of Socorro, is anxious to dis
Kse of Lis reduction works to the
Lake Valley syndicate.
Our mine ba.?e ni oqu'd.
THE HERO OF APPOMATOX.
GRANT TO RECEIVE RECOGNITION.
President Arthur l'rfrei Conrieni to
l'a Hit I Placing tbe ex-l'rcul-dent
on tbe Ketlred List of tbe
Arin.Otber Aewi llenu.
Washinjton, Feb. 9. Th re
cent message of the president to
congress relative to the retirement
of Geir Grant, appears to be well
regarded by men of all parties. Be
low is the message:
To the House of Bepresentatives.
I take especial pleasure in laying
lefore congress the penerous offer
made by Mrs. Grant to give to the
government m perpetual trust, the
swords and military and civil tes
tiinonials lately belonging to Gen
Grant. A copy of the deed of truat
and of a letter addressed to me by
it' 'ii . . . ...
imani it. vutiuetlult will ex
plain the nature and motivo of
this offer. The appreciation of
Gen. Grant's achievements and the
recognition of his just fame have,
in part, taken the shape of numer
ous memento and gifts, which,
while dear to him, jkissoss for the
nation exceptional interest. These
relics of great historical value have
passed into the l auds of another,
whose considerate action has re
stored the collection to Mrs. Grant
as a life trust, on condition that at
the death of Gen. Grant, or sooner,
at Mrs. Grant's option, it shall be
come the property of the govern
ment ns set forth in the accompa
nying jiapeis. In the exercise of
the option thus given her Mrs.
Graut elects that the trust shall
forthwith determine and asks that
the government designate a suita
ble place of deposit and a respon
sible custodian for the collection.
The nature of this gift and the
value of the relics which the gon
erosityofa private citizen, joined
to the high senso ot public regard
which animates Mrs. Grant, have
pla ed ut the dispose! of the gov
ernment demand full and signal
recognition on behalf of the nation
at the hands of its representatives.
1 therefore ask congress to take
suitable action to accept the trust
and provide for its secure custody,
at the same time recording the ap
preciative gratitude of the people
of tlioUnited Stutea to the donors.
In this connection 1 may perti
nently advert to the pending legis
lation iu the senate and house of
representatives looking to national
recognition of Gen. Grant's emi
nent services by providing a
menus for his restoration to the
army on the retired list. That con
gress by taking such action will
give expression to almost universal
desire of the people of this nation
is evident and I earnestly urge the
passage of an act similar to senate
bill '24.10, which will not interfere
with the constitutional prerogative
of apiMiutment, will enable the
president iu his discretion to nom
inate Gen. Grrnt as a generul on
the retired list.
Chester A. Arthur.
Accompanying the papers re
ferred to arc tho deod or trust exe
cuted by Vanderbilt and that
gentleman's letter to the president,
informing him of his action.
An Alleged Farce.
A New York Herald Ottawa
speciul says: A Canadian member
of parliament, just arrived from
British Columbia, states that the
recent attempt to establish a local
government in Alaska by the
United States is a perfect furce.
The governoi, judges and several
others sent up to the territory last
fall are in Washington. The ter
ritory isruu by the Alaska Com
mercial company ol San Francisco.
Free Puffs.
A paper has established the fol
lowing rates for pull's:
To call a man a "progessive citi
zen," wheu it is known that he is
lazier than a government mule,
f 1.73
Referring to n deceased citizen
as "a man whose, place will remain
unfilled," when ho knows he is the
best poker player in town, $2.
Calling a female "a talented and
refined lady, a valuable acquisition
to society," with variations, SI 75.
Calling a man a luir during a
campaign, to advertise him, 25ets.
To give the fwllow against whom
you have a grudge h I, i s always
done for the fun there is iu it,
when the grudgor agrees to Htand
at the dixjr with a club to persuade
tbegrudtfee tha editor is not iu.
EDITORIAL NEWS ETCHINGS.
TnE lower Mississippi is again
threatning to overflow its banks.
Mrs. Dudley, who last week
shot O'Donovan Kossa, is declared
to be insane.
It is now intimated that Sena
tor "Garland, of Arkansas will bo
made secretary of stata.
. -'
Thi cause of Mr. Bayard's re
fusal to accept a cabinet position
is said to be a slender purse,
Tni excitement occasioned in
England over the dynamite exulo-
eion is gradually subsiding.
i m
Tm inauguration of Cleveland
will be the most elaborate affair of
the kind ever witnessed iu this
country.
SENATOR JoNAs, of Louisiana,
who has been mentioned in connec
tion with a Cabinet appointment,
is a Jew.
A rich but giddy young thing
of 74 summers, has just been mar
ried in Quebec to her coachman,
aged 17.
The venerablo war-horse of
Stonewall Jackson has arrived at
New Orleans, and will attract no
little attention.
Catt. Crouch, loader of tho Ok
lahoma boomers, is making prep
arations for another invasion of
the Indian territory.
A committer from New Orleans
is now in Washington, for the
purpose of securing additional aid
from congress. The fuir is now
$319,000 in debt.
A oentlk rephyr in Colorado,
last week, tenderly picked up n lo
comotive and train of cars and
wafted them from tho track. VYo
call that cheek.
It is rumored that the brother
hood of telegraph operators of the
United S'a'es and Canada, are
quietly perfecting arrangements
for another strke.
A STRokci effort is being made to
induce Edwin Booth to play in
Washington this winter. He ha
never visited the capital since tho
assassination of Lincoln by his
brother.
TitoF. Lanohammeu'h position
as chief cook and bottle washer of
New Mexico at the World's Pair,
does not appear to be a pleasant
one, judging from the dissatisfied
exhibitors.
In 1G4 pricincts out of 171 nt
the recent election in Chicago, the
grand jury of Cook county have
discovered fraud. Tho Mississippi
plan appears to be peculiarly fitted
for the rigors of an Illinois winter.
In the bank ot France 'there is
an invisible studio in a gallery be
hind the cashiers, so that at a sig
nal from one of them any suspect
ed customer will instantly have his
picture taken without his knowing
it.
A VERDICT for 11,000 damages
has been rendered against the
Ijouisvitle & Nashville railroid for
running over Robert Washington,
a distant relative of our first pres
ident. At the time of the accident
Mr. Washington was an inmate of
a pool -house.
New Mexico's exhibit at Now
Orleans is not what it should be.
The impression created in compar
ison with that of Colorado, is any-
tLing but flattering to us. This is
hot because the mines of New
Mexico are not as good, if not su
perior, to those of Colorado, but
because our mining men have not
attached that importance to the oc
casion that it deserves. However,
there is yot time to rectify the mis-tsk.