The farmers' union., August 20, 1891, Image 1

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MUMl'IIIS, MISSOURI, THURSDAY AUGUST 20, 185)1.
NUMHEK 9
TIIEIU GLORY HAS GONE
TWO HISTORIC MANSIONS NOW
IN DECAY.
Ifomos at (lie "uti.n:U CVpltal Ihil Ones
Wore tho Center ul Smlal Attraction
anil tha Scenes r li:iy iv :1 I'ril ia t
Ciallicriiirs.
'IEUK are two or
Ithrce historic ob
nTJjccts of interest in
wusii llgtoll, J). ...
t tint tourists rarely
ht, rays the Chica
go llcraUI. The
army of .-i.ght soots,
tin; t.oop of brides
and t h c count ess
c,..c:;rs:ons which al
most daily invaJo
t h e cijiifc,: miss
tiKiny must curious
things because either tie y J not know
of tlsiiir existence or don't know where
to find them. YVhe:i people ;:re t'ro I of
looking at tho great apito with its
wealth of marble: at the Treasury ami
its treasures': at the treat monument:
at the many beaut cs of tho White
If uuso. nr.d the myriad of i thcro! ects
which the guide o'ks lay down th-y
would linJ an ah orbing hit 'rest In a
lsit to the dilapidated landmarks of the
old-time wealth u;,d exc usivcuess of
early Washington. Thctc arc twy of
these that are cn leuoiis allUc from
t!)eir former grandeur and old associa
tions &:ul from their present decadence
and wreckas'V "1 hiihltnirto-i lla.l" i
one of the-e; "Vaiiiiess Manor" is the
oth t. Noludy ought t visit Washlu ;
ton without Seeing both these wr.vks of
forgotten social sti pretnti- y, and before
seeing them their htMorv shou'd Iv cine
fully read. It is full of intern t.
When Washington Jelceted the . !t
of
the city that was to bear his name, he
found that two men ownoil th grca-t
bulk of the acreage- One was Tanli;!
Carroll, a member of the Carroll fatnily
of Maryland, and thu other was old
lavy burns, an l'.Hteiate and oont"U-
nrr.
s.
6( t.VC OK H.T) iAVV'r ylMHllia
wi?iiivTn.
tloiis dM
th.-se men
i-otohmun I'rt'tween them
Owned nearly l..V ueres of
the cry choicest part of Hie Fite Selected
for the new city. Their two farms ad
joined. Carroll owned th" jrromid on
whieh tl;.; Capitol now stands and all
that portion of what is known as Capi
tol Hill. Old Pavy urues owned a'l
a'l
that thi; Whit- Uou; ami Treasury oc-
upy and f that masnltic-nt section 6f
the city whl h is How t!M. fashionahle
resideti' i; ijuart'-i'. Ills farm took hi all
the area that H at this time the most
fashionable In Washington.
Paniel ( arroll was a ceutleiuaii as the
term implied in !h;e days, lb-was edu
cated ami was a very intelHaent mau
Ile fiiilelily catue to terms with Wash
ington and the conimlsi-mers for the
sale of Ms property. old Pavy Hums
wa ju-t the reverse,. He was ignorant,
opinionated, cantankerous, and njorbldly
susplciotis Of Ueneral Woslilugtoi'i (nd
his int-ntloUJi. He. first would not ?ell
at any prb-rt. He 6nd W'ashJnptori had
many a sbruty s-: tn whnh it 1
feared that tho l alhef Of Hl Country
wa- iuore thnn Oii'-T m ivvd to whl to
heated profnnlty. in fai t,, tin- (vo never
did cttne lo terms. line day, a history
has in the Ociiernl and old pAvv Aat t:n
dr a fl.-iii'i o tn es In front of o'd
l'avy's rasnslia Vie eettaio., an 1 fn the
midst of their discussion Wa -hinittou
dropped iome remark which Indicated
that he fell tlio humiliation of having to
dicker with a soc'al inferior, when old
Havy bristled up ami in the broadest
Scotch replied: "Tut, tuon, vc need na
carry yersel so hlifh If ye hail na mar
ried the Widow distil, where won d ye
bo now yer-e.'?"
Appalled at old Da'.y's impudence and
angered beyond the power oT s pooch,
Washington stalked olT the premises and
would never speak to the old Scotchman
again, lie turned over the neaotiations
to the oiniiiissionors, who in time
brought old Davy to terms, th-.s same as
OLD "DAVY" BUKNS' COTTAGE.
accepted by Carroll. The two farms
vrro to be taken possess'on of, streets
and avenues were, to be cut through, and
Ifco Government was to take whatever It
wished for reservations, sites for public
bu'ldings, etc. Of the remainins ground
fo'nK on tho streets nnct avcni the
Government and Carroll and Hums wero
to divide, each private proprietor to take
cverj alternate lot on his own holding.
I'or that portion of tho two farms re
served for public uses Uurns and Carroll
were to receive 25 per acre, Maryland
money, which was then eipiiva'cnt to
$60.66 per aero.
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i il n if I f
n gtrxtvi tu wy---v
"flio little hut where old man Thirds
lived when lie cultivated the present
t-ito of the White House and tlio Treas
ury, the .State, War and Xnvy Depart
ments, the Corcoran Art tiallory, the
Department of Justice, Lafayette
S jua:e, the home of ltlalne, the Arling
ton, tho Kbbltt, WillardV. fin Khorc
hain. nil of magnificent Connecticut
avenue, und the whole not thwest sec
tion, now selling for ?0 a square focrt. Is
fffifi
IIIK OI.Ii VANNKrtS S-TAllI.r.
still standing and is one of the genuine j supi,osa,,l ftlarrutng symptoms prove,
utvr-iiics of Washington. It is at the ! upon investigation, lo bo either ptr
foot o Seventeenth "street, scarce 4 j fectly natural ocenrreneos r of veiy
stone's throw from tho Croat Slate, War slight Jmrortance.
and Navy I e; artment, and directly j J'at and drink what von deslro. as
opposite tle. "Whit" l ot." south of the ;
u into
tr;
buildings are wrecks, but the sreatof
Interest ftttaelii-s to old Iavy"s cabin,
biH'anse vi'tity years ago the faithful
Mareia would n it allow it to be torn
down when her husband, made rich by
her dowry, buiit on the ealne ground tho
grandest mansion th.'U known In Wash
ington outside the White, House. StraiiKe
to say. oil Davy's ( abin still exists,
while the pieater mansion fs raphlly
disiiitegratim:.
After old J'avy Ifurns had made this
baritaln with tle Government he knew
that ei iitnally he wouid b" rieh. lie was
a widower and had fbi on! y child. Mareia,
lb" sent her over to Jialtimore to W el(i
cattl and trained. !?ho crw to woman
liooil about tl! t'me .b ffi'tson was Serv
ing Ms second term. jh: wa? aceonj
jili'lied lo the fa-lilon of the day and
(evoti.il to her fat4MT. Wleti fhe re
t timed to Washington s'he oiafc. fiO ob
jection tv livlns with the old man hi iti-.
homo Cabin. Fultors came aa'ore, bi -caue
It wa known that she wa to be
t!i; richest woman of tho section. It
would b'; oulto laughable now it
could aet the nanio- of a !o: jr roll of I
even then distinguished young men who
used to Invade tlie famous old cabin ami
exert all arts to placate the surly and
impolite (Scotchman. They would brinsr
tra ions of "Mi'ntH'bouyh' ft popular
drink la th?e days - and pit the old man
to bed tin It, each one ftrivinr (jvau
wnlle for but ow moment with the beau
tiful daughter.
It linally can- to tl- luck erf (Vihwl
John 1'. Vauhess. o
member Of Confrr-:
NVw York, a youni '
ajid a Kni' ker- i
booker, a feentleman of line qualities but
a notorious fortune hunter, to carry olf
the prize. Wlton he was sb?T old bavy
w-ould fun everybody OlT the promise?
but Vanness Him h- liked beeau' Ii;
was a rollicking kind of a chap, who in
a mock way made fun of the then politi
cal leaders, whom JaVv hatd. J he rc-?u-t
was that r.lonel Vanness ami Mar
fla were married, and, With fine retford
for his father-ln-iaw and with eyes vijo
ojien to the immediato future, ivent to
live in the little old cottage. Cue can
Tanh at the self abnegation of the for
tune-hunter when he looks to-day at the j
rooms and the rof whieh she'tered the !
coui ty Vaniiess and his humble bride, j
The old buildliiv has hut little chanired,
except from the work of time. It had
four rooms two N.dow and two above. '
They are still there, line of the rooms
on the tower Moor, which was old Davy's
bedroom, is now tic- home of th most
ferocious bulldog that mortal eye ever
rested upon. Even the negro In charge 1
of the premises wi 1 lo no mote than
Open the main door on a crack and aive
the visitor a peep at the cold, malicious
eye of old Uavy s successor in possession.
Just after the P.rltlsh destroyed Wash
ington In lsl l od pavy died, and true
to his promise he left Mareia the richest
woman iu lrjjinia or Maryland. Colonel
Valines-;, heaving a Rroat sli?h of relief,
abandoned the old cottage, and with the
help of I.atrolx the early architect of
the apitol, beican the constru tion of a
mansion common mate with his Knick
erbocker tastos and Mania's vast.
Wealth,. rid Pavy was out of tho way.
"Now let us take oijr prop-T position,
suggested Colonel Vanm ss to hts be
loved Mareia.
They did. Colonel Vatme.-s proceeded
to build the om e splendid mansion
which to-day overshadows the old lturns
cottage. He took 40,u0 square foot of
KFOunri. and inel-ised !t by a brick wall.
Then he built, not more than twenty
feet away from the old cottage where
lie had spent his honeymoon, a house
that cost S1."0,00o an enormous sum In
those days for a mansion. It was built
upon the colonial Ides. j here was a
grand Southern balcony in the reir and
a ponderous iiortcuchrrr in front through
which carriages came and went. Thfl
portals of the grand homestead -(vore
solid structures in themselves. Every
bniMinjf mansion, stable, ice house,
and the portal houses wa built of stone
and stu;cocd. Broad a-euues led to tho
mansion, and they arc there yet, though
lloils.1 11 Is OUT ol Hie Course 01 ! stomach knows nrotfr well whnt If ran
ivel, and is completely swallowed up j fli.-osf, ph.ln simt,l fo,H ,lci,-nldrt
in iw, t.eKiecica panv ana tuo ijc.rui j ft! gwCra tl,inp. but tlio luxuries of
dl.apidatioti of tho greater mansion t ji,. Ln, ,,1Xi.i; ,..,it ,
lull !n honor of 1,1s datiBhtor. lioth ! Lo. tn''1 hl " rw
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Tin: old eonTr.irs ijiiok., '
much disfigured by weeds anil under
brush. For rears the Vatrness mansion and
grounds have bocu giveu over to negroes.
In summer they use the ground for pic
nic purposes, and two or three families
oecupy the basement rooms of tho old
house. Two Or throe old t?care-crow
horses occupy the onoo recral stables.
I and a small herd of dirty coats dance on
the roof of the old Ice-house. Never
was the work of time So pitiably re
vealed. HOW TO KEEP HEALTH.
Ilon't Worry About I'isuo That You Io
Not Have.
no of tho hest ways to keep in gooil
health is not tj think or worrv too
niueh about it. Jf you foci etronp aid
well, don't imagine that porno in.-iidions
ili-ease may be secretly attacking your
constitution. Many people are "liko
the inexperienced traveler who anx
iously inquired about tho symptoms of
seasickness, and how he should know
when lie had it. Ono frenernllv bows
when he is sick, and frequently many
long as jt agrees tvjth you. Tour
hatm
I Alcdione bevernffos aru sot fit for
habitual tiso. Thov are true medi
cines, and should only bo used like any
other inedieine3 - under advice of a
physician. As a regnjur beverage they
can do no good, but will almost oii
tainly do harm.
Take all the sleep you can get. but
remember that tho necessary amount
varies greatly for different persons,
b'ome must sleep at least nine hours,
whij others thrive under six. Only
don't rob yourself of what you really
need". The "midnight oil" is a terribly
expensive illttminant to burn either
for purpost of. lalfor or study.
Always trefflt a enmmon "cold with
great respect, N'inety-nino times out
of a hundred it r-iil get well anyway,
but the hundredth eold, if ftcgleeloJ,
may lead to bronchitis, pneumoniu or
consumption. It Is best to take no
such chances.
If you are &ik cuough fo need any
medicine at all, beyond the simple rem
edies familiar to" all, you are fiick
enough to need tho attendance oi a
physician.
5y all means tako as much exercise
as you can, and bo in the open air fis
much as possible. Outdoor life U the
natural condition of mankiud, ftnd the
more one can have it the bettor.
l'rtsh air, sunlight, good and suffi
cient food, pure water, outdoor exer
cise, tempcwinec ia nil thincs, and a
cheerful disposition, are the cuief ?em
edies in nature's dispensatory, and are;
worth more than all the clrugs and
niexlicinea of tho shops. Dr. Holmes
Las truly said that if nine-tenths of
all medicines, patent, proprietary and
otherwise, in tho world were tJoured
into the oeoftn, it would be all the bet
ter for mankind and all tho worse for
tl fishes: and the best physician can
do little without good nursing, and
thus aid nature hi throwing off dis
ease. Monthly liullclin.
llcre s a Moilol Ilport.
Wlien Charles Francis Adams took
1 IF! 1
v liiiKu oi i o - uiun i acme no maae
th
ftnnouncemeut that he could take
any
Harvard graduate ami educate
him into as good a railroad oflieial as
was required in from six loonths to a
year. Mr. Adams not only enid it but
he tiled it. He loaded tho Vnton Pa
cdU.' with Harvard men IneVorv branch
Of work, including the mo.it important
positions. It seems, however, that t!e
educational qualilieation.-j uf the train
service department had not been a
carefully looked after as thev im'ght
have ben. The followitK' report of an
acc-uiem was maae a lew unvs ago lv a
I tjioa J'acific engineer:
"Thar was a calf o.i track & tran
was funning a bout 4" miles per ha;
when I first w it as tran ronxled eurvii
aplied air to tram fi: rothuced sjecd. o
(i bout 20 miles per hour be for eng ino
hit calf could not bring tran to fnl Up
bo for engine hit calf V thru it of track
A: ft it fell from engine it hit a lioy
standen by fid of track & knocked boy
thru wiro fence."
The boy was not seriously hurt. Tho
calf w-as killed and the wire fenoo was
wrecked.
I touting ::irlcns ftf C.wlOiiero.
The thousands of floating gardens oa
the rivers of Cashmere are formed by
lou sedgas wjiich are woveli buret hot
in the form of a gigantic mot. Those
sedge grasses, Hags, pUlks, Klips, etc.,
are woven on the river or lake bunks
while their roots are still growing in
the slime ondertwath; ihe roipitre!
anitmnt of earth is then fnipoaimposod
njxjn the In it; tho -stalks are hen cut
and tho mat aid its load is a full
fledged "floating garden.'' Tlvey are
usually about twenty by fifty yards in
extent, f eldom larger, the full depth of
the mat and ito earthy covering being
about three foot.
A dishonest Cashmiri will ramctiuica
tow his neighbor's) garden away from
its moo.ings and Roil the produce of
the other's toil. Tho writer has fre
(ueutly s.ecu one Of tho largest of
these miniature gardenn being towed by
two men in a row-loat which hardly
looked larger than one of tho luscious
melons serenely reposing on tho float
ing truck farm.
A Ulaek Iloaiity.
An amusing story is told of a well
known HriHsian woman who went re
cently to enjoy the sulphur baths at
Tillis. On a particular morning tho
countess entered, a? usual, ono of the
bathrooms. The water had hardly
touched her body, however, when, to
her horror, she began to turn black.
fShe was so frightened at tho trans
formation that, upon seeing her re
flection in the mirror, she fainted. The
attendant, who was us greatly startled
as her mistress, cried for help. The
explanation was rfmplo enough. It
was found that tho countess was ac
customed to paint her face, hands,
arms and nock daily w ith a substance
containing zina On this fatal day the
foor woman had neglected to remove
he beautifying coat. The zinc com
bined with the sulphur and natrium of
the water and quickly made au Afiican
belie out of tho white-skinned bather.
A considerable lime passed ere the un
fortunate woman resumed her nstural
appearance.
Which is the best plan of conver
sationthe masenline way of each man
talking about himself or the feminine
way of both women talking about some
other woiaa.
Is & flirtation each party to it think
ho is fooling the other.
ALLIANCE PUIXCmES.
'."HE SUB-THEASURY PLAN FIRST
ON THE LIST.
I'rcrjr Ollwr Ieui:inl nlil Me-t Smut
Opposition ly the Money lowor Alli
ance IMity Is straight AlieaU.
The gvent hue and crv raised against
the sub-treasury demand by the press
of both political party leaders, is only
one step in the opposition which we
are to meet with in the discussion of
all of our demands. The argument
that it is "undemocratic" and "uneon
stitutional" will be urged with eipial
force against every one of the Ocala
demands. Jf we can be forced to aban
don the sub-treasury the same lash
will be applied to us until every other
demand is abandoned, no matter how
reasonable it may be. We can assure
our readers that neither of tho politi
cal partv loaders will take up anv
question without the approval of Wall
street, Now York, and Wall street will
oppose any measure not endorsed by
liombard street, London, and both
party loaders have stood on both sides
of nearlyall important issues, and can
prove themselves right by the record
upon either side. We have no more
respect for a lie ono thousand years old
than ono told yesterday. We demand
the abolition of the national banks,
and although it is ti good democratic
principle, it is contrary to the policy of
cither democratic or republican loaders
because Wall street is opposed to it.
Hofore the money ring got control of
lie democratic partv .lelVorson said in
17MS:
"I believe that banking institutions
are more dangerous to our liberties
than standing armies. Already they
have raised up a moneyed aristocracy
that has set the government at deti
ance. The issuing power should be
taken from the banks and restored to
the government and the people to
whom it properly belongs."
Nearly forty years afterwards, when
Jackson had vetoed the national bank
bill, after the country had tried the
experiment of permitting a private
corporation to control the money of the
country, Jackson sail: "Thirty mil
lions of dollars in the hands of an irre
sponsible bunking corporation, is a
dangerous menace to a free govern
ment." This was old-lime democracy,
before the party went over to the money
riugs. Since the democratic platform
of 1SC.8. which was rejected by Wall
street, no word has appeared in anv of
the democratic platforms against the
national bank. All of Mr. ('b veland's
messages are silent upon that subject.
Senator Hayavd, of elawaio. who was
secretary of state under Cleveland,
said in a speech in 10: '! have seen
it charged that the democratic party is
opposed to national banks, but I am at
a loss to know the authority for this.
The platform of the party contains no
such suggestion and admits of no such
construction, and it is very certain that
for the second place on our ticket we
have named Mr. William H. English,
of Indiana, one of the ablest liuanciers
ami best business men in the whole
country, whose management of the
affairs of a national bank of which he
was president was conspicuous for its
success. This disposes of this charge
at least."
Senator llayard was then bidding
for the support of the money ring and
Wall street, but he was too late. Cinr
lield had already secured that support.
In 1SS5, Senator Heck, of Kentucky, a
distinguished democrat, in a speech in
the United States senate said: 'T de
sire to state, with great distinctness,
that 1 am not making war upon bond
holders, national banks or bankers. I
voted to renew their charters, to re
peal all taxes on their capital, and do
osits, and will cheerfully vote for any
and all measures necessary to add to
their usefulness, either by increasing
their circulation to par with the bonds
deposited, or if it can be don" with jus
tice, to their competitors in business,
repeal all tax on their circulation." We
might go on lndi linitely and show that
none have proved better friends to tho
national banks than the democratic
leaders, and that Wall street has ever
found in the leaders of both parties
ready tools to do tlieir bidding. So it
is with the silver question. We de
mand the free coinage of silver. This
is essentially a democratic measure,
and free coinage existed from 17'. to
lST.'S. even when silver was found to be
worth less than gold. In the dem
ocratic party took the position that
silver was the people's money, and
the standard, based upon the old Span
ish milled dollar, which had always
remained n legal tender and was tho
only foreign coin so honored. This
was opposed by the wings, who rep
resented the aristocrat ic national bank
element, and the result was that con
gress took six per cent, out of the gold
coin of that time in order to establish
a parity between the two metals.
No one knew that silver was demon
etized iu who -would acknowledge
it. The crime was perpetrated in se
cret at a time when the silver in the sil
ver dollar was worth more than the
gold in the gold dollar. The silver in
the silver dollar has never changed
from 1711'i to lH'.tl ; it has remained at
:t71 j grains, the same as the old Span
ish milled dollar.
To prove that this crime was un
known, it is only necessary to quote
from the speeches of some of the mem
bers of that day. Mr. Kelly, of I'euu
sylvauia, in a speech delivered May PI,
187'.). said: "1 was chairman of tho
committee that reported the original
bill, ami I aver on my honor that I
did not know the fact that it proposed
to drop the standard dollar aud I did
not learn that it had done it for eigh
teen months after the passage of the
substitute otlered by Mr. Hooper,
when I disputed the fact." Mr. Hol
man, the veteran legislator of Indiana,
on July 12, 187i, said: "1 have before
me the records of the proceedings of
this house on the passage of that meas
ure, a record which no man can read
without being convinced that tho meas
ure and the method of its passage
through this house was a colossal swin
dle." And last year twenty-nine dem
ocratic state conventions put a demand
for free coinage of silver in their state
platforms, and tho democratic press of
the country generally advocated it un
til Mr. Cleveland wrote his letter
against it, at a time when the passage
of.ii bill for tho free coinage of silver
seemed probable. There was another
measure pending about the same time,
a measure that all democrats feared
and republicans hoped might be
come a law ; one that was
fraught with untold evils for the en
tire country; a measure that caused a
dark cloud to hang like a funeral pall
over every southern home, and threat
ened the very existence of our civil in
stitutions ; a nicaaure that would have
darkened many a home, ruined south
ern enterprise, hopelessly divided tho
people, and have placed tho republican
party in power for all time; yet with
all these evils imminent we never heard
a word from this Wall street magnate.
This brave statesman, CI rover Cleve
land, was as dumb as an oyster. I5ut
no sooner was the silver bill likely to
become a law than this pseudo states
man rushed into print to defeat it, and
the result was that the democratic
press of the land began to eulogize
him as a statesman greater Hsan his
party, and with a subserviency born of
treason to democratic principles, and
nurtured in a cowardly fear of the
aristocrats who rule the country to
day, this same press began to crawfish
on the silver question, or suddenly dis
covered that silver was not an issue.
Wo demand the abolition of alien
ownership jit land. We have not a
doubt of Wdemand being good de
mocracy, but the democratic party has
been as dumb upon this measure as
(1 rover (Tevolaud was upon the force,
bill, and the democrat ic loaders will
not know how they stand on the de
mand until they hear from Wall street.
They were once in favor of preserving
the public domain for actual settlers.
Hut it is a matter that should not be
made a party question, for all are alike
interested in its solution, although Hie
people can have but little to hope for
from the republican party, as under
that party's management of the gov
ernment they have permitted foreign
syndicates, composed of men who never
saw our flag except in a foreign port,
to accumulate more of our public do
main than there is in England, Ireland,
Scotland, Wales and France, and yet
under the law an American can only
buy PIG acres. What we demand is
only what every other civilized power
insists upon, ami that is, that no man
shall own land under our flag until he
swear allegiance to that flag. This is
the rule in all other nations, and one
that we demand shall obtain in this.
We demand government control or
ownership of railroads. This is demo
cratic. The present inter-state com
merce law is of democratic origin, al
though it is not a democratic measure,
lteagan. of Texas, the author of the
original bill, by his persistent efforts,
scoured the passage of a bill through
the house several times, but each time
it was defeated in the senate. Hut
public opinion had been educated up
to a point where it demanded relief
from the railroad exactions, and when
the bill was before the house the last
time if was met bv the senate substi
tute prepared by Cullom. of Illinois, a
railroad attorney who represented the
railroad interests iu the United States
senate. This measure became a law
without the support of Mr. Itcagan.
then a member of the house, for the
reason that the bill had been shorn of
its most effective features, and it is
now almost universally admitted that
it does not meet the case it was in
tended for. and experience proves that
it is well nigh impossible to control
hem. Our lirs desire is to control
them by law if possible, but failing in
that we wi'l demand the national
ownership. In other words, we do not
propose to lie controlled by the rail
roads, lhdli state legislatures and the
national congress have been powerless
to control them, and if after a few
more trials it is proved that we cannot
control them by either state or national
authority, then we will try more radi
cal measures. And it will be no ex
periment. Other governments have
and do own their transportation lines
and it works well, and a commission
should be appointed by the next con
gress to fully investigate those sys
tems and report on the condition of
these roads, so that the people can
judge whether thev want the owner
ship of them or not. If the statement
is true that Australia owns her roads
and carries passengers 1(10 miles for ."
cents, and transports freight on the
same rate, at a profit, then it is worth
looking into. We all know that we
are at the mercy of the railroads gen
erally and are paying a fearful interest
on their watered stock. The people
must have relief from these burdens
soon or 1tfcj railroads will own the
country, anil ot the two evils we pre
fer to control or own the railroads
rather than have them control or own
the count rv.- n.h r ''( T run. ) Tuilfr.
Yltom l-'rom rrotiililtlou Heuilijttui-tcrH
The prohibition partv did not send a
single, delegate, and it did not make a
single request of the conference, either
directlv or indirectly. It would seem,
therefore that we might look upou it as
upon anv other political gathering and
judge it from the same standpoint as
that from which we should judge any
old partv convention.
So it might seem, anil yet we confess
we are unable to do this. Despite the
facts we have stated, prohibitionists
looked and still look upon tue confer
once with a sympathetic feeling such
us docs not exist toward old parties.
Its action in rejecting tumultnously
the prohibition resolutions offered, ex
citss no resentment from us, for we
were asking nothing and expecting
nothing. Our sympathies were not
aroused by any expectations of this
kind, and consequently are not alien
ated bv anv disappoiument. Hut the
movement is a revolt against old
parties, and so is our movement a rt
volt. They have repudiated both old
parties as unfit to rule and as bevond
all hope of adequate reformation. We
clasp hands with them there. Our in
dignation is mutual and directed at the
same political foes, though aroused by
different reasons. Moreover, we be
lieve that the manifest destiny of tho
new movement is to clear the way for
the party of the future, with prohibi
tion as its central issue, even as the
Know-Nothing movement cleared the
way for the republican party, with its
anti-slavcrv issue. In a vorv real senso
we look upon this new movement as
our ally, whether it intends to be or
not, whether it declares for or against
us. Xnv York Cooc
The most detestable paupers are they
who live by the sweat of other men's
faces. The worst harlots are not they
who sell their bodies for bread, but
they who with prayerbook in their
hands sell their son Is for jewels and
gold and harden their hearts in pride
and show. The worst thieves are
they who rob iu the name of the law
and legal right, by charter and public
franchise.
The worst gamblers are they who
speculate in the surface of God's earth,
bedding it against the necessities of
their fellow men.
The worst brutes are the masters of
(Tailo nn.1 rroiniifnntrirf. ivlio rob ehiM-
hood of its happy hours, nnd by the
weary grind of youth and old age alike.
increase the wealth wherewith they
may enjoy tho world's good, and by
munificent gifts to church and school
purchase public favor and heavenly
bliss. St. Paul Stale.
AN ILLUSTRATION.
How tlio I'iotl Vote tn Kol Themselves
ami Kiirlrli the Money KfngH.
We often hear the remark that "a
dollar will buy more provisions now
than it ever would," and as a conse
quence the farmers and laborers aro
in a better condition than ever. The
trouble is not so much in the prices
paid for goods as it is in the inability
of the farmer to pay his debts con
tracted when money was plenty. To
illustrate this question let us suppose
that a banker holding a $500 mortgage
against a farmer goes out to collect his
annual interest.
The conversation would be about as
follows :
15. Ir. Farmer I have called to-day
to collect my yearly interest. It is due
in ten days and I must have it so I
can forward it to New York.
. (Looking downcast as he thinks
of the grocery bill past due, and tho
winter clothing to purchase for tho
comfort of the family.) Yes, yes, how
much is it V
H. How much is it? Why forty dol
lars, of course. I'.ight per cent, on
!"00 and you will also add 25c. to pay
express charges, on portion sent to
New Y'ork.
F. Hut $10 will buy you twice as
much victuals as that sum did when
that mortgage was given, there
fore --
H. (Startling.) What!
F. And, therefore, I say, you ought
to lake less; and I
15. What! take less! Hob us of our
interest? Would you have the nation
al credit impaired, and ruin our stand
ing in foreign countries? Yon are an
anarchist and communist, and I must
see Mr. Pinkerton.
F. No, not Hut I do not propose
any robbery, my dear sir.
11. Hut it is robbery to refuse to
pay the full amount of my debt.
F. Please be reasonable, I mean to
act justly by you. Hut one dollar now
is worth as much as two were when
that mortgage was given.
H. That won't do, Mr. Hayseed, so
hustle out that forty.
F. Hut, I repeat, yon can buy twice
as much for a dollar now as you could
when the debt was made.
P. W..11 -in,! ii-lint in tlmt to von?
want mv interest and mv interest I
will have. I w ant nothing more than
mv lawful interest; here it is in the
mortgage.
1 . A few vears ago I could pay
that with twentv bushels of wheat;
now I must sell iiftv bushels of wheat
to pay it.
Jt. I know nothing altout bushels
of wheat; all I know is dollars, and I
want, my money.
! Hut our labor and our products
aud our lauds are lowered in price, and
it can't be fair for your wages and in
come to stay up to the full amount,
and compel us to pay it.
Jt. 1 see you ure an anarchist, and 1
must report you to the l'iukertons.
(Enter the farmer's wife, weeping).
Farmer's Wife Mr. Hanker, don't have
the Finkertons here. My husband
will pay you all he has got. We have
lived as carefully as we can, and 1 have
seldom had so much as a calico dress,
and we have not been able to fix the
children for school. The farm products
sell .so cheap, that, with my egg money
and all, wo can't pay all the demands
against us.
H. Not pay! Not pay!
F. I can't pay without money, and
I have sold all my crop, and everything
I could spare.
It. What a lie! isn't that your team
standing yonder?
F. Hut if I sell my team how can I
make a living for my family?
15. What have I to do with youi
family? Here is my mortgage all
legally signed up, und I want my
money.
F. Hut if I were to sell my team I
could not get what it cost me a few
years ago.
H. That is nothing to me. I did
not make the laws that took the
money out of circulation, and make
prices so low.
F. Who did make those laws?
15. Y'ou ought to know. You helped
to elect the men that did. They were
the nominees of the political parties. I
know how they got nominated, but you
did the voting.
F. (Getting his eyes open) Well
I'll be- .--O'O'foM. (In.) In-
dltstr 'iitl Ann rh tm.
( heap Monev.
Senator 1'effcr declared iu a recent
speech in New York that the farnier.
demanded cheap money, since which
time the proposition has met with o
storm of ridicule and abuse from tin
partisan press. The animus of this at
tack should not be misunderstood oi
its effects underestimated. Itidicule i
often moiv potent than argument, and
is usually resorted to when argument
fails. The true meaning of the term
"cheap money" has been purposely
misapplied in order to deceive oud con
fuse. Senator Peffor did not allude tc
neither does the alliance demand
"cheap money" in the sense in which
it might be applied to the politicians
or editors who are seeking to force thi
misconception upon tho people. Fat
from it ; the demand is for the best
kind of money instead of the poorest,
as is alleged. The alliance asks for
the only money possible that has a
basis beyond a doubt as to its complete
responsibility and sulliciincy. There
is a wide difference between cheap
money and inferior money. The first
is money for the people's use without
the present extortionate cost, while the
second is depreciated, unstable, ami
worthless. It is not a cheap quality in
money that is demanded, but monej
that it will not require so much of the
products of labor to obtain. The alli
ance demand an increase in the amount
of good money in circulation in ordei
to bring about this result, well Know
ing that an increase of poor, worthiest
currency will have an opposite effect.
Those who are crying out "cheap mon
ey" know full well the tme situatioc
but their purposes are better served bj
misrepresenting the facts and thereby
misleading and befogging the people,
WiD'hinijIon (. t.) i:tt'crn -Hurt
me. ,
Miss Wanamaker, who recently
sailed for Europe with her mother, w as
presented at court in a l'ansian gowr
of fabulous elegance, ordered by cable.
Assoriatfil Press. Seven thousam
young laboring girls in a single yeai
are made insane in New Y'ork because
of insufficient food and clothing.
! Stale Board of Llinaril Report. Tll
wealth of the millionaire and the pov
erty of the pauper are the creations o
legislation. And yet the fawning tool.'
of wealthy syndicates tell the farmen
to attend" to' their farming and dairj
interests and not dabble in politics.
Bolivar X. Y.) Alliance Leader.
HUMOli OF THE WEEK.
STORIES TOLD BY FUNNY MEN
OF THE PRESS.
Muny O.M, Curious nnd auRhalU
riinsos or Human Nature Oraphlrally
s? I'ortrayoil hy Eminent Wonl Artitls oi
Our Uwn l?ay.
I'apa rolleil.
Maud Charley and I are the I uckiest
people. Y'ou know, papa doesn't liko
Charley, so to keep him away from the
house ho bought a big mastiff that ho
turns loose in the yard every night.
1 Amy Oh, isn't that dreadful!
"Not a bit ! It's t-implv lovely '."
"liutldon't "
"Why, yon silly darling, Charley
owned that dog wten it was a puppy,
and only sold it bis weeks ago!" Bos
ton New.
Of Course Not.
f Mrs. Newma Oh, I wish you could
foe Mrs. Winkler's baby. It's perfect
ly lovely! Such a delicate, sweet lit
tle cherub, with the loveliest eyes, the
sweetest little mouth, tho cunningest
littlo noso, and eyes of hoavonly blue.
It looks as if it had just dropped from
heaven and every tiny feature had
been fashioned by'the angels."
Mr. Newma Is it as nice as our
babv?
Mrs. Newma Mercy! no, not half.
Yankee Blade.
Moillcat Critics.
rr. Snolall "Whut I kain't undcr
btand about dose yere doctors is, w hut's
de use ob deso yere liost-nitv tern 'zain
inatious. Whut does vo fink ob dem,
Fph?"
Mr. Lilywhitc " Tears to me dey
must be fools. Doy might know it
wouldn't be no ute to cut a pusron up
arter he's dead. Dey nebber euro him
deu." Muiidcs Uickly.
An I'liTail II Color.
Papa "I wonder w hat will bo the
most durable color to paint our house?"
Maude "lied, papa, red every time."
"Why do you think so?"
"Look at old Soaker's nose ! It nevox
fades, but grows redder every year."
llarrisburg Telegram.
'
Hill Never Item Told So Before.
Convict Excuse me, raa'am; von
dropped your handkerchief.
Lady visitor Thank you; you arc
very good.
Convict (eagerly) Say, ma'am, you
couldn't manage to persuade tho Gov'
nor of that, somehow, could ycr?
Somcrviile Journal.
Adapted to tlio Ioslt'an.
Jinks How did it happen that
O'Reilly was forecd to go on the har
bor police?
Filkins They thought he'd 1. use
ful in nVhing out suicides. Yon soo,
he's a Cork man. Xevo York Herald.
At IIiin-r.
I'ov. Prolix I thought you toM me,
Mrs. Prolix, that we wore going to have
fresh eggs for dinner.
Mrs. P. They were fresh when I
told you, but you must remember you
Jiave given us ono of your usual ser
rujus since. Yonken Gazette.
UN I'suitl I'rnrticn.
Cleverton I am thinking seriously
of opening an account w ith I'ascot, the
furnisher. Does ho mail his bills on
the first, or does ho send around a col
lector? Dashaway lie usually sends around
a lawyer. Clothier and Furnisher.
Time t Stop FooIIn;.
Dr. Gruff (to fashionable patient)
It's merely the same old ailment, my
dear madam.
Mrs. Stylo Oh, no, Doctor, I really
am ill now.
Dr. Gruff H'm! If that really is
no. I'll have to change tho w hole course
of treatment. Frank Leslie's Illus
trated Xciespajier.
l'lios.
"There aro no flies on mo," said the
boarding house steak.
"No," replied tho boarding house
butter, "flies would starve to death
while they were trying to get their
teeth through you."
"Itut look at tho flies on you !" retort
ed the steak. "Why don't you run
away from them? lvm sure you aro
strong enough. Brookbjn Eagle."
Ills Chief Attraction.
Harry Why did you shave off your
mustache?
Will I fouud my best girl was get
ting too expensive, and havo taken this
method of having her give mo tho
shako." Brooklyn Eayle.
Just Like O.io ot ttio Toroo.
Police Sergeant Well, what has this
man been doing?
Oflicer O'Urog Inipersonatin' an
officer, sir. Whin I found him sittin
dhrunk on a beer-keg ho taid he had
just stopped there a uiiuuto to tie his
rhoostriugs. Judge.
On the lilalto.
Ifonieo Ticouuter ("tho greatest liv
ing Guildenstern) Prithee, who was
that gentleman to whom you bowed so
politely ?
ltagsby de Jaggs (of the "Not In It"
Combination) That is the property
man of our company.
"Property man ! 1' faith I took him
for a Syndicate."
"Exactly to. He is tho real-ostato
owner who gives bail when the mana
ger gets into trouble." Ptick.
Ad tire to lb" Oirls.
Girls talk and laugh alxmt marriago
as though it were a jubilee, a jolly,
gladsome thing, a rose without a thorn.
And so it is, if it it all light, if they
go about it as rational beings, instead
of merry-making chi'dren. It ii a
serious thing to marry. It is a life
business, and that of heart end happi
ness. Therefore never do it in haste ;
never run away to get married; never
marry for wealth, or standing, or fino
person, or manners, but only for char
acter, for worth, for the qualities of
mind and heart whieh make an honor
able man. Take time, think long and
well before you accept any proposal ;
consult yonr parents, then some ju
dicious friend, then your own judg
ment. Men preach from the housetops
while the devil is crawling through
the basement windows.
'TWAS A BAKE SWINDLE.;
ITS VICTIMS NUMBER OVER
THIRTY THOUSAND.
Detertives dialing the FigUWe Manager
He If a Im-hiiihxI with A. out of the
I'lumler Still a Small Part of the Be-j
ceiptM in the Hands of the Court.
A hasty examination of the books of
the National Capital Savings. I'.uildiuir
and Loan Association of North America,
which was taken in hand by the United
States authorities at Chicago, gives a
more definite Idea of the extent of the
frauil practiced by the "close" corpora
tion and shows in detail the plan by
which 31,000 fieoplo wore systematically
defrauded. The amount of tho firm's
receipts was somewhat esacireratcd by
the. lirst reports, but Inspector Stuart
holds that at least S1oO,o;k) for which
the stockholders got not a cent was taken
in by the company.
The greater part of this amount, over
and above the association's expenses, is
in the possession of Louts F. Mortimer,
tlx? promoter of the project, wh Is now
beintr clnsely chased by detectives In tho
Last. Ex-Judge S. A. Page and Attor
ney Lyden Evans, for the cheated tock-:
holders, and District Attorney Mllchrlst
turned rapidly through ;he doioi or
more ledgers aud books kept by the cor
poration, and the result, roughly esti
mated, gives the following figures: To
til amount received, SHii.OOD. Of this
$31,00') has been paii to the agents
throughout the country. There are SI3,
Ooo assets in sight. S'.MiK) of which is the
Securities upon which small loans togivo
confidence to i-tockholdcrs were made,
and the l.alance in the bank and now
subject to the court's order. Then tho
books show Slft.ooo taid to Lewis F.
Morlinn t as c muiisslons, and of this
Sr.',':oo Mortimer must account t tho
indignant stockholders Th re Is yet
S-Ti.OOO to bo accounted for, an l Morti
mer is supposed to have the amount
with him. At least he did have it in
hand when he left thp city on "pr ssinjr
Eastern business.' Since July 3) this
year Sl3,ooo has been taken In and Is de
posited as a trust fund, subiect to the
order of the f-up-'rior Court, hi which
the cao is now p-nding.
Mortimer Is beinu closely followed in
the East, and word was received at the
(iovernment buildm which, it is said,
will lead to his arrest. The ollicials
look upon him as the important man and
care nothing about tho little catch, for
Mortimer got the money and the others
were used as his tools. Alfred Down
ing, president of the bogus building as
sociation, is still In tho hands of tho
Government authorit'es, but his bail has
been tixed at S2,0on, which is looked
upon as an absurd bond for a man under
the charge made against him if the offi
cials cared to hold him. N II. Tollman
has also b 'en released on the snipe
bond. In view of the fact that both
men have told all they know about the
management of the National Capital
Savings lluildinz and Loan Association
of North America and are working
hand-in-haud with tho authorities for
the capture of Mortimer, it can easily
be surmised that neither of these men
will bo prosecuted, but will be use! as
witnesses against Mortimer, who. ac
cording to Mr. Downing, is "ono man In
a thousand." and as smooth as tho best.
Attorney Lyden Evans has been drawn
Into this case by circumstances. He was
at first called upon by Mortimer to de
fend certain little suits and knew noth
ing of the association's standing. Ho
did more and more of the firm's legal
business until one day he comelvod the
idea that, all was not. straight. Mr. Mor
timer was In New York at tho time and
Evaus demanded at the association's of
fice In tiie llookcry building to havo
access t' the company's books If ho was
to be Its legal adviser. It was then ho
met Tollman, one of the directors, and
he told him what he thought. Tollman,
he says, became frightened, and asked
what, iie could do to protect himself, as
he did not know the association was not
straight. This started the ball rol ing,
aud a receiver would have been asked
for by Mr. Evans had not I'ucle Sam got
there first.
"Mortimer runs things with a high
hand." said Mr. Evans, after he had
looked over the books of the bogus com
pany, "and it's a wonder he did not
smash things and get In the hands of the
law before. He put his father in as
secretary and treasurer, his brother-in-law
(F. O. Wentworthl as president, and
had a man in Canada named Choate
whose proy he voted regularly. It wa
a sort of family affair between them, and
Mr. Downing, the president, whom
Mortimer claimed to have ousted by
the recent election, was made a
tool of, as was a'so the vice president,
Mr. Tollman. These men. I believe,
got nothing. We are going now to
see what we can do for tho stockho 'dors.
There Is SV'0; 'eft iu bank and $!,100
out on loans, the real estate security for
which we believe is perfectly good.
That Is about 20 per cent any how.
We will next make an application for a
receiver, and I believe the association
ought not to be allowed to go to pieces, as
there is a hfap of money coming In all
the time. Since the money now In tank
was tied up over S!3,n0 ) has been re
ceived, which the court will take charge
of as a trust fund, and I believe that a j
association that is in receipt of 9'ich
large amounts shouldn't be allowed to
go to pieces. "
While the ligun s got from the firm's
books showed that Sii,;0.t had been re
ceived, this docs not cover the eiitlto
scope of Mortimer's business. He ran a
branch house for three months at Phila
delphia, aud of the proceeds It Is said no
account was mado
The company operated in nearly every
State In the Lnion and its agents were
in nearly every town. Tho plan was
the regu'ar system adopted by building
and loan associations, only they failed
to make the usual loans when called upon,
and the stockholders' money can only bo
accounted for the one way.
Inspector Stuart said that he does not
think a record of half the money re
ceived by the association was kept, and
stated that more than lifly letters con
taining checks, money orders, etc., rang
ing in amount irom 5 to ?."o, and ad
dressed to the association, were received
by ono morning's mall.
Mlmilng Links.
Lonkos theater-going Is said to have
declined to a remarkable extent
Hkkfstkak and black coffee arc said
to have reduced a lady of 182 pounds
to na
One of the most eminent English phy
sicians recently said that every modern
house ought to br destroyed after it had
been built for sixty years.
WrtATKVKn be the state of colored
photography, a process of photograph
ing In colors has been patented iu Lon
don, and the company Is about to begin
business.
i
Out of tho Uritish Isles the Salvation
Army now has 1.7Q5 corps and 1,010 so
cieties, altogether 2,754 salvation socie
ties. These are led forward by 5,8.0
officers.
TnK well that Is being bored at Wheel
ing lnthe Interest of science has reached a
depth of three-quarters of a mile. Prog
ress is being made at the rate of about
ten font a day.
The most violent thunder-storms In
the world oceur in French Guiana. Tho
thunder there in an ordinary storm is
almost deafening, while peal follows
peal In quick succession.