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The advocate., 1890-01-30

shown such rapid increase Of wealth. AS
producers we have astonlshed the world.
II would seem that with all this In
crease Of wealth, all made by tho produc-
ers, that the industrial masses ought 70
be In prosperous and happy condition
II Is useless to add that such Is not the
case. But whyP We have had repetl-
tlon Of the statement that we have created
within that time no less than FIVE to sew
en- thousand mllllonalres. But this Is no
answer TO the question. how did these
men accumulate such large fortunes
while others, the real producers Of wealth
we're growing pOorerall the timer Squal-
lid poverty ON the one hand, and opulent
wealth on the other, are only tho results
Of system, and men and organizations
are only losing time passing resolu-
tons and condemnlng the men who have
become wealthy, while they themselves
are sustaining by their ballots the syste m
fraught with all these evils.
And what Is a civilization worth that
produces such results2 What offs states
man who utters not his warning against
It's evil tcndencles2 What Of o Christi
anity that dare not unmask It's rottenness
and sound the warning note Of dangerG
And what Of constituency, a freeman
that will ratiiy this condition Of things
with his ballotY
The great trouble lies in our own sys-
tenn of distribution. Production and dis
tributlon are the two factors which must
make up our National greatness. AS is
certainly apparent to all, we produce adj
mirably but we do not distribute proper
ly
The two principal factors in dlstribu-
tion are money and transportation. These,
properly controlled, are the benehcent
agents orservants Of commerce. But un-
der our system they have become the
masters Of commerce. They Ak the terms
upon which commerce shall be carried
on and sustained. They levy tribute on
the products Of labor with an iron hand,
Governors, judges, courts and legislatures
do their bidding Even the Executive Of
the nation is not without the pale Of their
influence. Those who control these agents
Of distribution have accumulated vast for
tunes, and we have this anomalous Condl-
tion The nation wealthy, but the people
poor.
For want Of space we shall not under
take anything like discussion Of some
Of the prominent points relating to this
most important question, but will content
ourselves by indicating some Of the evils
which result from the present system,
and the importance Of applying the prop
er remedy. For full discussion Of this
whole question with the proper remedy
the reader is referred to "History Of the
Wheel and Alliance and Impending Rev
olutiOn.D
The advocate., 1890-01-30
\ MonstrOus Falsehood Uttered by q
MIs-Statesmen, and Given out BY
a Senlle Editor Through q
Corrupt Press.
oVERPRoDUCTIoN IMPOSSIBLE
Thoughts for Statesmcn--A Remedy
For Hard Times.

. roy w. s. Morgan, Author Of "AIslOry Of tho Wheel
and Alliance and Tho impending ROyOlutIOn,'l
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Private Balloon Parties.

The fashion of private balloon voy.
ages has taken. A company has pro
duced its first aerial ship as prosaically
as if it were a summer cab. The aero.
nauts are careful navigators. Nadar
was the originator of parties of pleasure
In space, and his first-aud last-trip.
where Madame Georges Sand and other
celebrities were among the travellers. had
a well nigh fatal ending in Belgium.
ThSt balloon hangs on the wall of his
studio,
A gentleman or lady now engages a
balloon for day trip and invites friends.
The cost is 1000 francs; if the trip be
continued during the night, said to. be
the most romantic part of the ascension,
the price is 500 francs more. All the
comforts of home are secured in the
capacious car, and pigeons are liberated
in the empyrean regions with quilltail
dispatches for friends below. The higher
the rise the safer and pleasanter the trip.
Cor. Panama Star and Herald
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- sea, or Grampus.

As$ka-5t Satisfied with the harm i,
can do alone, the orca secures the ai(
of two or three of its fellows, and then
the little pack of monsters start on an
expedition. Everything is game to
them. If a school of doIphins come in
sight, away go the fierce sea wolves in
hot chase. The frightened dolphins
dash madly through the waves. urged
to their swiftest speed by terror; but
grimly the raveno1s pursuers close upon
the flying quarry.
Perhaps a great Greenland whale
may cross the path of the marauders
Huge az it is-the largest of created be-
lngs-it has no terrors for the blood
thirsty pack. They dart about the
giant with lightning velocity, now in
front, now underneath, now on the
sides, until the bewildered monster.
with lash Of his ponderous tail, turns
his mighty head downward and seeks
the oceans bed. Vain effort His tor
mentors follow him apparently with fe-
rocious glee
Up, up again, rage and agony lend
ing added strength, till the surface is
reached and all that bulk of flesh shoots
ont OF water and then falls with pom
derous crash, dashing the boiling waves
'aSunder. Still the agile foes are there.
They leap over his head, high in air,
and dive under him. They rush at
him here, there and everywhere. He
opens his huge mouth to engulf them.
They only mock at the danger, and
soon, wounded IN a hundred places,
weakened and powerless, She whale
succuInbs.-John r. Coryell in St |
Nicholas.
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Reciting Scriuturo-

4 Windsor Locks little girl, Just old
enough TO enter the infant class at the
Sunday school, was ambitious to re-
peat text of Scripture az che older
ones did at the concert exercises. To
humor her ambition and make it rea-
sonably certain that she would succeed
the mother selected the brief text, 1T
Is lawful TO do good on the Sabbath
day, and taught her until she rehearsed
It several times correctly. When the
moment arrived, however, the little or
ator electrified her audience and morti
ned her mother with the proposition
that 1T is awful to do good on the
Sabbath day. "-Hartford Post.
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A Singing RebuEe

1t was on a street car bound up town
1t about the time when the men and
women who WORK in the great down
Gown hive of business for the better part
Of the day are hurrying home. Every
seat was occupied when the car stopped
and two women boarded it. The first
was an elderly woman. somewhat feeble.
The second was younger, sturdy ard ag-
gressive looking.
a good looking man of middle age
arose from his seat, and touching his
hat asked the elderly lady to be seated.
Before she could sit down, however, the
younger woman pushed her aside and
sat down herself There was no one in
the car who did not know that the man
who had given up his seat intended it
for the older woman, and the action OF
the younger one astonished everybody
for moment. Then half dozen seats
were vacated and the elderly woman
took one of them.
The man who had first given up his
seat raised his hat to the woman who
mad taken the place not inteNded for her
and said in voice that could be heard
throughout the car: Madam, 1 believe
you to be among that class of women
who are always complaining Of mans
lack of courtesy toward women. You
Will pardon me if I say that you are also
one of that class of women who tempt
men to be diScourteous. Then he
calmly proceeded to read his evening
paper.
An audible smoker ran through the
car and one woman whispered to an
other: "Served her right" The woman
flushed and looked straight before her.
paying no attention. She stood the looks
of the other passengers for fully half a
dozen blocks. Then she signaled the
conductor and, looking neither to the
right nor the left, swept out of the car.
A man who had curiosity enough to also
leave the car at the same place and watch
her saw her board the next uptown car
that came along.
The rebuke had had its effect.-Ney
York Mail and Express.
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When the Saturday half holiday law
was enacted there were some pessimistiC
persons who predicted that its operation
would not only injure business, but
would lead to an increase in crime be
cause of the idleness of thousands OF
working people. Strange to say, the po-
lice records show decreased percentage
of arrests since the law went into effect.
Although the observance of the day has
steadily increased, the disposition to
commit breaches of the peace on the part
Of the working people, who have been
thrown upon their own resources for self
amusement, has been curbed rather than
stimulated. 1t was the purpose of the
law to afford wage earners an opportu-
nifty to enjoy, on the threshold of the sa-
cred day of rest, half days recreation
during the summer months. Two years
experience has proved that the men for
whose benefit the law was passed have
apparently spent their time in peaceable
excursions and pastimes The public
parks in this city and in Brooklyn have
been crowded on Saturday afternoons as
they never were before, and the carry
ing capacity of excursiaS boats has been
tested to its utmost limit.
Bankers and brokers who were. op-
posed to the innovation when the half
holiday law was proposed have not only
become reconciled to the new order of
things, but most of them now welcome
the holiday with undisguised pleasure.
In the down town business centers there
is growing tendency to make the whole
of Saturday holiday during the sum-
mer months. Many Wall street brokers
do not attempt to do any business on
Saturday, but take cheerful leave OF
their offices on Friday night and dismiss
business cares from their minds until
Monday morning. This same spirit pre-
walls also among the dry goods dealers.
All of this goes to show that the Ameri.
can citizen is fully able to enjoy Holt
day when it is forced upon him by the
law.-New York Times.
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Ashamed of Their Own Je,t.

On the Fourth o. July, after the ar
ship ascension had proved failure, :
man approached P. c. Campbell, the in
ventor, and said, "Mr. Campbell, thai
was an excellent ascension; allow me- :.
express my appreciation of it," ar ne
deposited penny in Mr.. Campbelrs
hand. Mr.. Campbell gravely thanked
him, and a second man came I'D and
went through the same proceeding and
was followed by third. Then they all
enjoyed hearty laugh. The inventor
calmly looked at the three coins and re-
marked, well, you can see that have
some cents, and before 1 give in will
convince you that I have considerable.
The trio were so impressed with his re-
ply that they apologized for their rude
ness and expressed their belief in him. -
Buffalo Express.
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Dainty sailor Hats.

The sailor hats VIII be worn for outins
purposes more than ever, and those pro
vlded for the wife and daughters n the
Prince of Wales arc simple enough to be
copied by the sweet girls of our own
country. They are made of light weight
white serge, have head band of oiled
silk, and are simply trimmed with a
serge ribbon and an eaameled buckle of
another pattern An inch. or even a hall
inch difference in the height of the crown
or the width Of the brim makes all tbe
difference in the world Is to the hat suit.
ing your own especial face, and will well
repay the thought and care thus be-
slowed.
While many persons contend that they
are from their simple outlines BECOMING
10 nearly every ono. the general verdict
is that they are not for the woman with
. big noss. with ugly ears or with a
hasTy lower face, and the woman with
rust these fsstures-thae is, the big nose
and the heavy lower faces very apt to
be just the sort Of woman who cares but
little for the frivolities of life, and who
yearns for just that simple form of head.
wear. Too bad that she may not in.
dulge her liking, but if she does it only
makes her look absurd. Chicago Jour.
nal,
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A Substitute for tom Arabic,

M. Trojanowski, a Polish chemist, has
discovered what he claims to be sub.
stitute for gum Arabic by boiling one
part Of faxseed with eight parts of di.
luted eulphuric acid in eight parts OF
water until the MIXTURE, which at first
thickens, becomes quite fluid. The
compound is then strained through
tnuslin, and four times its volume of
strong alcohol is added The precfu.
tate, after bang filtered, washed with
alcohol and carefully dried, produces q
clear gum deroid of all taste or odor.
thirty grains, it is, said, ane sufficient
emulsion for An ounce of cod liver oil
The value OF this invention will. Cd
eounse, depend on how far this new ar.
dele can be rolled ON. as a.suhstitute for
the original, and thec cost at which II
can bs produced for the market.
cnsoaA
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Rather Mixed,

Offrer-You are my prisoner, sir.
.smartle rwho lives by his wits)-Ehi
On what charge9
"Jsing the mails for fraudulent pur-
poses. You have been advertising
counterfeit money for SALE"
Il haven't. I advertised green
goods >"
sits all the same"
"But 1 have no counterfeit money
never did have. When fools send me
the cash for the green goods which 1
advertise don't send them counterfeit
Ereenbacks. 1 send them green calico"
"Well, if that isn't fraud would
ike to know what is. Sonas Song
New York Weekly.
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WHN

Dear heart, why should this ooIdnea cana b,,
tween.
After Love clasped our hands,
Why should we always nAoao ct might have
BEEN"
Thinking OF golden bandsf
Was it your fault or mine, do not know,
Sweet, you could never dream
How have prayed for Light t. solve my woe.
Yet never once q beam.
For once seemed to hold you by some charm;
Was it too small to lasti
What was the subtle cause that did,the harm,
After our love liz past,
The incense from lifeless rose you wore
FAINT hoated through the room,
And stealing to my tortured heart it bore
Symbol Of withered bloom.
Why did you come into my life to steal
Its peace and then to gos q
What have done this sorrow sword to feelp
Dear God, why is it so'
New Orleans Times Democrat
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A recent patent, which has many
points in its favor, is on a noissless
bucket. This bucket is fitted with India
rubber feet. eyelets and handle guards
and thus all noise in handling is OBJ.
waited The eyelets are made some,
what larger in the bucket arms thar,
usual, so that the rubber can be easily
put in, and the handle works freely in
the rubber. The fitting up of the
bucket can be done in two or three
By this arrangement no ring
marks are left on carpet or table, and
the wear and tear of the bucket is re-
duced to a minimum. = Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette.
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NJ. Ravaisson is one of the most indie
fatiSable OF antiquarians. He has been
spending his declining years in the at.
tempt to reconstitute the much dis.
puted pose of the Venus of Milo. As
an old guardian of the Louvre museum
he has had the advantage of consider.
able experience in his researches. III.
Ravaisson has sought to show that the
famous Venus has not always been
solitary, but was first represented in
company with the god Mars. He has
taken long years and made arduous
journeys i'll order to arrive at this con-
clusion. However, the indefatigabls
antiquarian has now succeeded in hav.
ing erected in the vestibule of the in
stitute a plaster group of what he con-
ceives to be the proper pose. The god
dess has the left arm supported upon
the shoulder of Mars. The right arm
reaches toward his breast. The group
to be harmonious. Pail Mall
Gazette.
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There we're u&ny osaer "chssa
IN San Frsncisco in those eel, 7fsys
tut I vii simply auude t. two i5a,
( legged Celebrities who VII =. easily re
| meiu1ered 55 he early r,qltsats Bum
mer and Lazarus were rgo 1rgs thai
were as thorough Migrants rs my ole
tramps. Just when it vas tha5 Bum.
mer made his first appearapes I cannot
say, but when 1 first knew him, IN $50.
ne was recognized as a kindred s.ssii
by all the buInmers in town, which
gave him the name he wore wit. 81
much credit to himself. He was :
rnongrel, having evidently mixed an
eestry.
The noble Newfoundland blood
coursed through his veins, mingled With
that of the brave but somewhat vicious
bull. He could not be termed a socia
BILE dog, for he would recognize no mas
ter, nor would he respond to any courte
Eies paid him, but treated all with the
most sublime Indifference. He fire.
quented all the bar rooms and lunch Ia
bles, though he was never known to emu
late his namesakes. He was always wei,
come guest, however, and never failed
to have abundance to eat. He never
was known to snari or bite, and was
never i'll used; indeed, it would have
been bold man who would undertake
to offer him an insult, for the freedom
of the city had been granted him by
the board of supervisors, and none but
friends were to be found wherever be
went.
On one occasion he found a NANCY
cur dog, who had been stoned by the
boys and generally maltreated. The
poor dog had come sadly to grief,
having his leg broken and being entire
ly disabled. The sympathies of Bum
mer were reused. He took the Door
dog under his care, supplied him with
food and acted the Good Samaritan"
toward him until bis leg had healed,
when he adopted him as his com
panion, and thenoeforward wherever
one dog was seen the other was sure to
be seen also.
The intimacy was noticed, and the
name Of Lazarus was bestowed on the
The ordinance relating to
hummer was revised, and Lazarus was
in the general freedom of the
city. No dog catchers could In any
way reach them. No licenses were re-
luired from them. Thenceforward
ife was picnic for them both But
n 1865, l am sorry to say, some mis-.
'reant took advantage of the confidence
displayed by the dogs and gave Laza-
US some poisoned meat, and hummer
emained alone. A cry of indignation
vent up from the entire city, and the
newspapers were outspoken in their {
pinions of the action. In what year [
Summer entered the Dogs Paradise"
do not know, but after his death his
ody was stuffed and decorated the
ar room OF Martin & Horton for many
ears, | am told. 1t has now been :,
unsigned to their cellar. Boston Sat.
riay Globe.
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An Austrian engineer has tried the
effect of adding crystaIized soda 20
Portland cement mortar and exposing
fhe same 10 the action of frost. The
specimens were afterward placed i'll a
hot oven, where they remained for
three hours. At the end of this tine it
was found the extreme cold had had
no disadvantageous effect on the set
ting Of the specimens. New YORK
Commercial Advertiser.
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A JocUlAR couNTRYMAN.
How a New Yorker Amuses Himself
While Waiting for a Train.


While Waiting for a Train.
A tall, elderly man, with good nat
ured wrinkles radiating from his blue
eyes, walked into the Erie railroad
station at jersey City and bought a
ticket for Avondale, N. J.
he wore long linen buster that
reached to his heels and wide brim,
med Panama straw hat. He had miss
ed the $40 train and had a long hour
to wait. He seemed nervous and I'M
easy, and paced up and down the wait
ing room for a long time, when one of
the gatemen began to shout out long
string of stations that nobody could
understand.
Say, mister, said the tall, country
fed looking man, show much will you
take to teach me that tune2 Iwant to
get even with a young lady friend of
mine who lives opposite me-"
'oh, cheese it, " responded the gate
man.
The man apparently from the coun-
try accepted the hint and knocked a
little newsboy's hat off and looked
quickly in the opposite direction, while
the newsboy stood looking around for
the cause of the accident.
Another gateman began to rattle off
unintelligible stations in low tone of
voice.
Nov, see here, " said the man, who
looked as if his hair were filed with
hayseed, Il must and will learn that
song. Two dollars if you give me two
lessons"
The bargain was struck, and the big
man in the linen duster stood for five
minutes at the gate and yelled out the
name of every station he could think
of. A large crowd gathered and en-,
joyed the fun. Finally the Avondale
train was announced.
The countryman left the gate and
started for his train followed by the
crowd. AT the train a young man in +
peaked cap blue suit and brass buttons
was splitting his throat yelling:
Main line train on the right; Pater-
son ON the left"
The countryfed individual stopped
and said, Young man, let me do that
for you, and you get on the train and
take ride"
"Oh, take a sneak Seer was all
the reply the man who looked like a
countryman received
This is one way Lawson n. Fuller
passes away the time when he is com
PEELED to wait.-New York Evening
Sun.
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A ROMANCE OF OTHER DAYS.


| How Two Friends Who Were SchooIboys
Together Stood by Each Other.
See that red granite house over there
Well, the man who lives in it was a
substitute in the army He was not a
purchased soldier, but went in for
love. He and man named Bent
had been schoolfellows and friends in
the east, and they came west together.
Neither enlisted, but Bent was drafted.
Just few months before that affair
he had married beautiful young WON
an, and one whom my neighbor here
had himself loved. Bent and his wife
were about crazy with fright at the idea
OF his going into the army, when they
received letter from the draft com
missioner saying Bent's substitute was
accepted.
They didn't know who the substitute
could be, and as the name my neigh
Dor gave-for it was he who had vol
unteered-was an assumes one, they
could not find out. My neighbor went
to the front, was badly wounded at
Petersburg, made a good soldier and
was finally discharged. Then he let
them know who the substitute was.
Bent had made a heap of money in the
meantime and he wanted to pay his
friend something, but nothing would
be accepted. Finally, however, my
neighbor, who had turned board Of
trade man, got into a corner where he
stood to lose all he had, including his
credit. He went to Bent and told him
all about it.
Draw on me for all you need, up to
the very limit of my bank account"
said Bent, and my neighbor took him
at his word. He put in $1,000 and it
went with the rest. Then $40, 900, and
that went. Then another so, 900, and
yet the other fellows were squeezing
him. If he could hold on little while |
he could carpet the board of trade with |
bills, but the opposition seemed deter
mined to ruin him. He drew for a !
whole S25, 900 in lump, and said that
If it bankrupted Bent and him too they
would be no worse off, barring age,
than when they quit school His last
haul saved him, though if the corner
had not collapsed the very day it did
both he and his friend would have gone
lown together
As it was, the tumble made him a
Tery rich man, and he could pay back
III he had borrowed and still have a
ortune. But he has never risked a
iollar from that day to this, although
le has done business constantly for
,ther men.
He has built that house, and lives
here in elegant style, although he has
lever married, and I wouldn't wonder |.
he were keeping the place in Il
lope that he may some day make m.
ress of it the woman whom he d
3Se1 since long before the war
ar~lsT II CHICAGO E5rg,t
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No Sign.

Il think Mary is in love"
What makes you think so'"
Why, she's always before the look.
ing glass
"PShaw. that's no sign. The girl is
SIMPLY studious; given to rejection, as
it were. "--Excbslge.