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The advocate., 1890-03-26

CONTRIBUTORsDEP
AN OPEN LETTER.
ll3 d. lsth 81. KANsAs CITY. Mo

flJ NJ loJh hJ', KANSAS CITY, Mo.
To BRo. w. " MARSHALL
Your pamphlet came safely to hand,
and have been very deeply interested
In its perusal, and must congratulate you
upon your having to some ertent, solved
the perpleXlng problems which now con-
front us. | am also gratifed to notice
that, so jar as y0u go, you agree in the
main, with my views as expressed in the
articles "The Beginning of tia End" and
us Mr.. Mills TntGHibleg" published in
THE ADVOCATE and also the article en-
Titled "Ec0aomic PGrddOUes," published
in the Kansas Farmer But / cannot
agree with you in. all your premises
and conclusions. lst You say there
will be under your system "ds rich men
as 80W." The vast accumulation Of
wealth in the hands Of the few, is the
crying eW Of The day. / think / see
where your mistake lies--capital $50
. called !, Q. money to feed labor while en-.
gagged in production and the means Of
pr0dacti0B--i e. machinery, inventions,
&c, &c.--This capital, ] say should be-
long to the many, or people, and not to
the felC, or individuals. AS 1t Is now
capitalists reap profit, not for Chdt
they 10, but for what they haze or pos
sess. Thus man who employs twenty
hands at $500 day, and reaps a profit
Of 25c. day upon the days work don G
by each Of them, gets $500 day or two
and half times as much for a days
work as does any one Of his hands. This,
Of itself, proUeS the present system to be
1Oroag iR principle. Why2 Because "a
mans man, for a that" and the labor OF
any one Of this employers hands should
reap as rich a reward as does the labor
performed by himself. Competition is
faulty in another respect 10 turns into
a curse Whdt, under an equitable system
of cooperation, lcould be a blessing.
refer 10 CHEAP PRODUCTION. Under the
present system Of competition, each In
dividual or firm, endeavors to buy as
cheaply as possible, in order to be bic to
uuderseH his competitor. This means
minimum Of labor at minimum wages.
bare subsistence and no luxuries. In
deed, many necessary comforts become
luxuries. But all the same, capital keeps
right on accumulating wealth, not by
labor, but as profits upon the peoples
money No condition is healthy under
which 1t is possible for a few to be enor-
mously rich, and the many miserably
poor The more nearly the wealth Of a
nation is equally divided, the greater
prosperity is enjoyed by It's people. mol
competition is curse, not blessing
But there is another factor in the prob
lem, to which you seem to have given no
The advocate., 1890-03-26
TOPEKA, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, MAROH 26, I89O.

will rise in price, this money will go no
further than II did before In the purchase
Of goods,
VIII the farmer receive any benefit,
then, from an increase Of the currency
yolume2 Certainly. There are some
things which will not increase with in
crease Of currency volume Those things
arc national, state, county and township
Indebtedness, and officers salaries, and
the mortgage on the farm. They remain
ed unchanged when the currency was
controlled and they will remain unchang
ed when the currency is inflated. SO in
relation to these things the farmer will be
benefited. lie can pay his interest and
taxes in cheaper money. That will be
wonderful help to him just now
when the great tug and grind on the part
Of the farmer is TO meet the demands Of
the interest and tax-gatherer and thereby
save his home,
But is IL fair TO settle with the bond
holder and che salarled officer with cheap
er money than he is now receivlngY Twill
answer this question by asking II IL was
fair TO contract the currency, as was done
after most Of the debts we're made and
salaries were fixed.
Let us see now what increase Of the
currency will not do. II will not prevent
trust managers and monopolists from
fleeing the public just as thoroughly as
they are fleeing them now. They can
fix prices just as we'll when the currency
is plenty as when II is scarce, to absorb
from the masses all above n stinted liv-
ing,
THE ALLIANCE EXCHANGE.
Another chief method proposed by the
alliance is TO form the closest possible
connection between the producer and
consumer, thereby reducing to the lowest
limit the need for the mlddleman in COM
meFCe.
What will the Alliance Exchange do2
Il will, all other conditions remaining un-
changed, add to the price Of the farmers
products and subtract from the price Of
the things which the farmer must buy,
the amount Of the addition and subtrac-
tion depending upon how much the mid
dleman's services can be dispensed with.
What Is II that the Alliance Exchange
will not do? It will not effect q sufficient
Kissing Of the prices OF the products Of
the farmer and lowering OF the prices Of
the things which he must buy. Why notP
Coffee trusts, sugar trusts, coal monopo-
lies, lumber mOnopOlIes, beef combines,
milling associations, jobbing pools and q
list Of the like as long az your arm, they
control the trade in the major portion Of
the commodities which the farmer must
buy and sell, Alliance Exchange or no
Alliance Exchange, and what they con-
troll must yield them an undue profit.
There may be an instance now, and then
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THE ENGAGEMENT RING.
A jewelers. Clerk Spots the bashfn Buy
and Reports HE fccultsrities.

A jewelers. Clerk Spots the nashfu D"y~
and Reports HE Pccultarities.
Fson the Jewelers. Weekly.
man rarely says that he wants an engage
ment ring He always enters the store leisureiy'
AZ IL nothing was on his mind. He looks over
the show case and asks for several things thAs
he has no idea Of purchasing; then after lev
minutes, when he feels little more at has esse,
he takes the clerk into his confidence snd asks
70 be shown some solitaires. III IL happens 70
he his first venture. and he doesn't feel quite
sure of il, he even goes 80 far as TO ask II sol
itaires are not sometimes used as engagement
rings.
The clerks answers usually remove every
doubt, and then the purchaser throws aside
all reserve and selects the rings which strikes
the happy medium between the depth Of his
anecction and that Of his pocket Now and
then Young man asks for something for .
friend Every ring in the case is shown him,
anu hnaily he selects one. remarklng that AZ
his friend Is displeased he can't help IL, that
the selection was left 90 him. The jeweler
sometimes offers TO let him take the ring 10
ms friend before paving for il, but each time
ne refuses. saving: ''oh. never mind! know
he Will be satisfied"
jewelers. are sometimes amused by young
man who says he desires 20 buy ring for his
friend he plays IT well and body but = Jewell
~
ring,and, like the others is not altogether certain
,hat his friend will like it. He Is told that IL
ne Is uncertain about il be has the privilege %
returning the ring. He assures the jeweier
thst there Will be no trouble and even goes 20
iar as To have the initials engraved. He pulls
on ms hat, runs his fingers through his hair,
strikes the counter with his hsts and remarks
tnat he cannot remember the initials. He
Studies Tor at least fifteen minutes, trying 60
MINK OF them. Finally he pulls piece Of Pc
per from his pocket and a smile passes over his
lace. An. Yes, here they are :" he SAYS; ''the
ola BOY has put them on piece Of paper for
me and lad forgotten about having the dip"
The leweler places the inscription in the
rihS oelleying his customer is buying the ring
Tor himself. but not certain. and bent on md
ing out. After the inscription IL engraved on
the ring II Is wrapped in tissue paper. placed in
neat little box and passed TO the purchaser.
Il always give 10 each Of my customers who
ouys AS much as you have bought pretty pin"
says the leweler, as he takes from a drawer a
pretty bangle pin. III you will give me your
name viii engrave il on the pin FOR YOU" Not
dreaming of what the jcweler is after, he gives
.he same initials for the pin he has given for
,he rug. The sharp jeweier remarks in
casual manner: You and your friend have
nearly the same initials" His face hushes as
ne seems TO remember. and he slips out the
door, saying. Yes. nearly"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-29

Men Who Can Make Good Ones Earn Lots
of Money.

From the New York Sur
The late James $. Goodwin, who was run over
lew days ago by a train, was a contributor TO
humorous periodicals in a way which. IL not
peculiarly has own. was one in which ne WAS
easily FIRST. Although not the originator, he
was the chief author Of the .comic," as Q
humorous illustration with an explanatory
dialogue, either overhead or underneath. is
technically termed. The Dialogue. even when
underneath. L. still called the caption because
original, u was always printed over the illus
traton The comic" does not reqire auv skill
as an artist. Al that is necessary Is TO outline
the picture, leaving its elaboration IL not en-
hre redrawing. TO a skilled hand. Mr.. Good
wan, although he was originally bank note
draughtsman, could not draw-his figures were
sun and has work generally mechanical and
iapored. All he attempted. therefore was to
make a skeleton of the pictorial idoa he intended
TO convey. He sometimes cut counterfeit pre-
sentiments OF men, women. horses. dogs or
Whatever he wanted, out of the back numbers
OF the publications to which he contributed,
and then grouped them 20 suit the situation he
wished 10 depict. He occasionally traced such
figures in place of cutting them out, and in this
way made the illustrated humor of the past
contribute to that OF the future. Comic wa@
made TO produce comic. The elaborator. Of
course, disguised the figures so that their
ide::tity with those of the back numbers could
not be recognized.
Mr.. Goodwin did not write his dialogue and
then manufacture picture 20 match. 1t was
the other way. He saw humorous situation
In real life, or in his minds eve, and then wrote
dialogue 20 explain n. After holdinG ths
mirror OF humor up 10 nature. ne made the
word suit the gesture of his pictorial puppets
Ills is the principle on which the best comics
are believed to be made. and il il the one which
Puck. a wholesale purchaser Of Mr.. Goodwin's
work, teaches his imitators 20 follow. N
Is not even necessary to draw an outline 20
be the author of a comic. description Of
the scene to be represented will do Some
times, too. as ~ Jo'aeaiR. in Moliere's play
talked prose without knowing il, no a man nav
be the author of comic without intending 20
be: that is, he may w-ise a funny dialogue
without realizing its capsbility Of illustration.
For such a contribution he is not likely 20 get
more than 30 cents. while for a comic. even
if the picture be Only outlined he gets three
times as much. dollar is paid for a comic in
which the picture is described instead of being
delieneated. For a very good comic more 10
paid. Contributors of comics IL they are at all
prolific. make handsome incomes with what
seems 10 be little labor. Mr.. Goodwin. who
contributed not only 10 Judge and Pacl. but TO
the San Francisco Wasp and other out-of-town
publications. realized a large income. It vas
poor week when he didn't make $50.
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"The Land of Stoves and Sunsb,,a,

line Land OF Stoves and Sunshine"
frate, we VINO VIII, Of so-caed charms you ind
The land OF stoves and sunshine is good enough
for me! e
I've Done ,aSs The grand for fourteen months in every
And I've learned a heap of learning but I've sniv-
Aud the biggest bit Of wisdom I've acqured-as
Is that which teaches that this lands the land of
Now, ] am Of opinion that person should pet some
warmth ~ TINS present life of ours, not ali in that
So when Bareas blows his blast, through country
and through town.
Or when hen, upon the muddy streets the sitting fog
Co. guide in pub, or plod some bleak malarious
. grove,
But lel me toas. my shrunken shanks beside some
Inc Sr'tsn people say they dont believe in stoves
refcn ~as because we warmed EN- so completely
They talk Of {, "arahfts" and -stuuess" and ill
the street, " 'A'' 'ou"1
With sunshine such a rarity, and stoves esteemed
What wsnder they are welded to their f.ds-
In Germany are stoves galore. and We, you seldom
IRE within a the stoves for German stoves are not
The Germans say that fires make dirt, and dirs an
But the truth is that the pfenng is the average
And s'nSs the Gre costs pfennss Why the thrifty
Himself all heat except what comes with beer and
Inc frenchman builds nre of cones, the Irish
man of peat;
The frugal Dutchman buys Ore when he has need
That Is to say he pays much each day to one who
The Necessary living Goals to warm his soup and
In Italy Spain they have no need to heat the
Meath sn Ss 1aSs skies the native pc the mandolin
Now we've no moldy catacombs. no feudal castles
No ruined monasteries no abbevs onosf,v dim.
1f s sne,ent history is new futures ali ahead.
anu we've s,. got tariff bill that's made al Europe
But, what is best-though short on tomos and aca-
We double discount Christendom on sunshine and
on stoves.
Dear land Of mine come to you from months of
Ble's Ss.r The homes. people whose heart. and
fairer. sweeter song than this mean to weave to
When I've reached my lakeside ,dope and have
once got heated through:
That the land OF stoves and sunshine ID good
-EUeExE FIELD.
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Prom the Chicago Tribune.
The story is on q young Chicago father Ths
baby was his first, and he wanted to weigh il.
s.it's a bouncer' he exclaimed. "where are
the scales?"
The domestic hunted up an old-fashioned
steelyard that had come down from former
generation. 1t was the only weighing machine
In the house. The baby, wrapped Ina the heecy
folds of some light fabric, was suspended fro1
the proper hook, and the proud young father
assumed charge of the exercises
..Tl try il at eight pounds" he said sliding
the weight along the beam 10 that figure.
at won't do. She weighs ever 50 much more
than that"
He slid the weight along several notchss
..By Georgcr' he said. "she weighs mors
than ten porndsi Eleven-twelve thirteen
fourteen Is il possible
He set the baby and steelyard down and rested
himself moment
biggest baby ever saw J" he painted, resum-
ing the weighing process. Fifteen and a Lalf
-sixteen. This thing won't weigh her. Bee
Sixteen is the Last notch and she Jerks Il nm
like feather. Go and get a big pair OF scalss
at some neighbours. III bet a hundred dollars
She weighs over twenty pounds Mile 70 he
sbouted. rushing into the next room. s.she,s the
biggest baby in this country Weighs over
sixteen pounds"
'whai did you weigh her on'" inquired ~
Young mother.
s'On the old stselysrd in the Kitchen
''The figures on that are only ounoes,- -
replied, quietly. Bring ne ths bsby, yehs."
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The Vice of Idleness.

From the LONDON Spectator.
1t is exceedingly difficult TO understand the
of this vice or of it's reported increase; but
we incline to believe that while il liz in a few q
sort of disease il is in the majority nothing buta
low form of selfishness, durable only by punish
ment, whether the natural punishment OF star
walton or an artificial one. The man hates the
self-suppression involved in work. jast as q
savage does: but he can suppress himself IL he
chooses and inyariable does choose, IL for any
reason he passes under the terrible though
avoidable discipline OF n convict prison. The
compulsion which usually falls upon the
idle takes the form Of bad food, bad
lodging and want of tobacco and beer. and
il Is not sufficient. Such wants are all horrible
things but they are none of them so horribla
as steady work. which presses and tortures
md almost maddens the really idle, Just ~
civilization. which in its essence is a multitude
of small restraints, does the savage. They will
not put up with the suffering for the time
necessary to teach them that it is endurabie,
and will rather break away into the desert,
often street, where there is only bread to eat
and water 10 drink. and no shelter, but where
also there is no work 20 do.
Tie vice il nearly incurable end we do noe
know that our ancestors were unwise when they
many savings which condemn II, and held il to
be deserving of any punishment short of the
callows We cannot resort TO the old methods,
M least until society has grown harder, but We
heartily wish Gen. Booth could be allowed
certain measure Of compulsory power like the
superintendent, for example. OF a reformstory;
for he would not hesitate to use il, and 81 might
make men. say Of 10 per cent, among his least
homeless patients. As it is, he will, we fear, in
about three years, feel justified in turning his
energies TO another field of labor, with this con-
yiction well graved into his mind, that there
are tendencies in man which, in their conse-
oueuces TO his social well-being ut all events.
are as injurious to him as tendencies to vice.
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From Brooklyn Life.
Wife waking suddenly from sleep)-"Henry,
did you call?"
evening with the boys)-',No. I'll raise It hvs."
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Say, won't you give me ono Of them notices
70 get out! asked colored tenant of her land
lord Just after paying up in full
what for?" asked the landlord, c,,riously;
'ycu don't owe me anything
Yes, boss, I" Yves the confidential reply, ssbut
I xin always get work or q little help when
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NJ A d E L Ell E;
A LOVE RECORD.
WRITTEN FOB THE EVENING STAR BY
GEORGES OHNET.
CHAPTER /.

The English Adaptation by Phillipe Provost
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Madeleine fixed her eyes searchinply unon
Boulangers face. She was amazed to find that
there was no trace Of reproach or condemna-
ton there.
''Then you-then he--Armand," she whis-
pered, breathlessiy, turning her pale face fun
upon Boulanger, ''forgaye mo. lie did not up
braid me? Oh, was SO weak-so weak, but I
would have stood firm had not that terrible
letter"
That letter, madam" broke in Capt. Bou-
gerry! Armand could no more have penned it
than Lucifer have written the beatitudes! His
last breath was q benediction upon your head p
"A forgery" cried Madeleine, bewildered.
.'Oh, sir, spare me; don't make my crime
blacker than 1t is. saw the letter from Ton
quin addressed to Monsieur Dumontier. It
was Armand's handwriting-there could be no
installing it,
''Never, madamw exclaimed Boulanger in a
tono that sounded strangely solemn to Made
leines ears.
At this moment Boulanger saw wild and dis.
tracted look burning in Madeleine's eyes, With
q shrek she dashed away toward the water. bnt
astrong arm restrained her ere she had reached
it. Boulanger led the wretched woman back To
the pathway. where they we're Joined by one Of
tain's aid, conducted her mistress to the house.
II Armand's friend had needed anything To
whet the edge Of his purpose to punish the
treacherous Dumontier, 1t was furnished him
by Madeleine upon his next interview with her,
when he learned that in order to move the
farmers daughter TO abandon Guillot the old
notary had had recourse to the vile subterfuge
Of deceiving tho supplemented Maitre Zephyre
by announcing that certain Of the latter's land
speculations had turned out disastrousiy. and
that sure and speedy ruin was staring the
farmer in the face. The bestowai of Made
leine's hand upon his son Rene was the cole
condition upon which the old notary stood
ready to 60 to Maitrc zephyre's assistance.
| M ,1o S.
which Madeleine could not hear too often
that Armand was perfectly convinced that her
love had been turned from him by some In
famous txiek Of dsvios. end that hs uobly and
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In several places the women have beautiful,
straw baskets, cigar cases and Panama" hats
Of their own manufacture to sell, besides a va
riety of fruit cheese, dulcies, poor pottery and
other truck. They have not the remotesf idea
of'the value Of money and are habitually i'm
posed upon by local traders, who take their
wares at q merely nominal rate in exchange for
the necessaries Of life and sell them again at an
enormous advance on the original price. II IL
difficult for stranger to buy anything of these
people, because they are imbued with the idea
that all foreigners are walking gold mines, who
mny al well pay one price az another. asked
an old woman the price Of little straw basket.
''Fifteen dollars, she replied. Finding that
would not do she gracefully dropped to fiftv
cents, about double the sum that focal dealer
would have given her.
The northernmost town Of Peru il Tumbez
interesting only from the fact that here Pizarro
was met by the Inca messengers whom King
Atahualpa had sent out to inquire the object az
the white mans visit. Back of the town are
some extensive petroleum deposits, which were
Of the Spaniards. Since time out of mind the
oil had been used for lubricating and coloring
purposes, but the natives were entirely iRno
rant OF its real character and value until M
Larkins, rom western New York, came down
here to peddle kerosene; and then il was i'm
medhseiy recognized as tho same stuff.
THE OCEAN GATE.
A little farther down is Paita, or Pavta. ne IL
IL sometimes spelled, the ocean gate Of the fer
tile valley Of Piura, which, with its town of the
same name, lies sixty miles away across the
desert OF 6echura and close to the cordillern.
Being completely surrounded by bare sand
bluffs, except the little space to seward. there
Is not trace Of vegetation anywhere in sight.
point more than thirty miles away, formerly on
the backs d mules, but now through an iron
pipe. Though lying within the so-esiled arsin-
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iiAeno UumonUer Will make her his wife he xt
week. As for you, sir, rejoice that your par
ents are not alive to be witnesses Of your shame
full conduct.
From an indignant father,
"MAIrRE ZRPHYRE."
"Oh, that wretch, Dumontier," cried Boulan.
ger. beating his forehead with his clenched fist.
that infamous wretch has done all thi,
You are right, Andre" said Guillot family.
And to think, too, that he should 30 soon ha We
forgotten his sacred compact with mel All.
why was 30 hasty, Andrea? Why have thrown
my life away like this? Why did not bide NV
time till the end Of the war and first slay this
miserable wretch who has so inf.monsiv he.
trayed me? Oh, what a mailman have been ~
Listen, my dear Armand" said Boulanger
tenderly as he encircled the dying mans neck
with his arm and set his lips close to Guillot 2
ear. If you must die, dear comrade. die in
peace: Leave Dumontier to me. When get
and split him as would a rat"
will you, dear Andrea" exclaimed Guillot.
a. a strange glare began to burn in his eyes.
will you slsy the wretchy'
Il swear it," replied Boulanger solemnly az
he raised his right hand over his head.
But remember, Andre" whisnere5 Gp;,,ot
not an unkind word against Madeleine. Not
| even reproachful look ut Madeleine" and the
young officer fell back exhausted. his breath
| coming in quick and ominous puffs.
"Hark, Andre. he whispered hoarsely;
don't you hear it! That's the chapel bell at
bosc-Mesnil. Look look there she goes all in
beautiful, Andrea All, there comes Dumon.
tier. the wretch-the wretch. Give me INV
sword, Andre: he shall not have her. TIL XIII
him. I'll kill him at the very chapel door.
Quick. Andre. Help, help, before it's too late
| and with heartrending sound Of life ebbinp
away in his throat the young officer gasped and
died. ''>'