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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-04-28
About Banks.


ibid YOU ever give any particular
thought TO how Insignificant and
informal is the evidence If debt which
bank gives liz regular deposltors in
return for the large sums Of money tue
deposltors leave with them: - asked
The head Of a big mercantile house,
as he glanced at the entry Just made
in the firms bank book, which a clerk
had returned with.
For the S3013 10 gold and currency,
TO say nothing Of the sj2G3 20 in draft.
and silver. which we left with the bank
just now all we got in return were the
| six figures and the date: no promise 10
pay-not even au l. .. L. from the
bank. Where III any other department
or any other circumstances Of mer-
camille life can one find this equalled
Positively nowhere else In many
respects consider this feature one of
the seven wonders known Of IN connec-
ton with no other period of the world,
so far as ! know.
g Some day we will hear Of
gigantic fraud Of some sort or other as
the result of the present deposit book
system. Already many small ones
have happened, but have been hushed
up by the banks.
1T is a generally accepted fact in
banking and mercantile circles that
this is the one weakest spot in the
business doing of to day.
Think Of it minute, 10 contract
not the touch of the pen or a line Of
printed matter acknowledging obliga-
ton on the part of the banks in return
for the millions Of money daily received
by them from depositors 1t is GER
tainly a remarkable thing and one
which should be changed-but howl
NORTH BROWNSVILLE, Apr. IS, '92.
Dir. Editor:
again beg leave to ask you to al
low me space in the columns OF YOUR
paper, TO answer the article written by
a correspondent from BluehiiI in which
article Mr.. Subscriber has made
bold insinuatlon that / made and adj
hered TO false statements in regard to
the contest in question. | would like
very much to thank the same Mr.. Sub
scriber for such destinations but beg
to inform that gentleman that as vet |
have not had TO descend to the publ
cation of false statements to advertise
my horse and moreover | wish the
same gentleman to know that | wrote
nothing in my reply but what / knew
t. be true and have abundance of evi.
dence To prove the same, even from one |
of the judges. l also wish to state that
the gentleman must have mis-applied !
the meaning in my reply when he al |
ludes to my throwing slurs on Lady |
Chase. have not the slightest desire
to cast any reflections on Lady Chase
because she is a fine going mare and |
worthy of praise; she is the dam of |
two very fine colts sired by Hartland
and is one of the best mares ever bred
to Hartland. Both colts are a credit
to the sire and dam.
Thanking you for the insertion of
this In your paper, am,
Yours truly,
JOHN +. HAYES.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-04-28
Pauper Notice.

DIR. HUNTERS CATARRH REMEDY. A. ooo,
We VIII give one Thousand Dollars (4I,0o1 N
mat y not fuy cured or greatly benefited there
c cs ss = sure cure Has cured thousands Of
ca ~ SEM 70 cents In stamps postal currency
Pittsburgh. Pa. 01'.n r; Asssenue,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08
CHOLERA MASTERED.

notwithstanding Thirty Imported Cases.
Britain.
LONDON, Sept. 3.-President Harri-
sons circular relative to the quarant1n-
ing of vessels carrying immigrants finds
general approval here There is some
feeling of envy also that the American
law enables the government 10 take
such prompt and thorough steps to stop
the importation of cholera
The cholera in Great Britain seems to
have been fairly mastered The chief
physician of the local government board
told an Associated Press representative
yesterday that the outlook was entirely
satisfactory. He said that although about
thirty cases of cholera at all the ports
of Great Britain had been dealt with
during the last ten days, there was
no single instance of the disease
spreading beyond the person first at
tackled While 1t has been proved that
every case of cholera occurring in this
country was contracted abroad and that
the medical board pet its best face on
the situation, still the fact IS palpable
to every body that the public has become
utterly unconcerned and has become
imbued with the conviction that the
disease viii not be allowed to spread
and that it will never assume an epl-
6eInic form.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

with contrary winds, high seas and ter
rife storms, he reluctantly consented to
give up his efforts after a struggle of
sixty-two days, and returned to Ameri-
ca on bark which kindly consented to
take him and his sea beaten boat back
to New York.
The captain is a very interesting char
acter. He is a man of fixed purposes.
very hard to turn from the object which
he has in view. He has made the sub
ject of small boat sailing such a study
that he is prepared to meet every argu-
ment against the risks which spring to
the minds of his critics, yet the New
York Herald put the case in a nutshell
when it said: THE fact that Capt An
drews can cross the ocean in a cookie
shell merely proves that small boats are
safe when Capt. Andrews sails them
Amateurs should remember this when
the wind begins to sing"
The captain himself says that ''half
the people who are drowned lose their
lives because they do not realize that a.
boat cannot sink An iron vessel might,
or ship loaded with heavy cargo,
but row boat, sail boat or ordinary
wooden vessel may capsize, but WILL
nevertheless, float. The passengers on
the great ocean steamers run some risk
when they go to sea, but all around the
deck they see wooden boats hung up on
which they are taught to depend for
their lives if the big steamer goes down
These boats are often crushed against
the great vessel or are capsized in
lowering. / am alone in a wooden boat
entirely under my own control, and, In
my opinion, far safer than others" An
ingenious theory but hardly fair one
Capt. Andrews is by trade piano
maker He built the ''Sapolio" at At
lantic City in the presence of hundreds
OF people, and exhibited it on the Long
| Pier for several weeks. 1t is a canvas
: folding boat lined with half inch cedar
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08
Clippings.

The New York Normal college was
esta blished in 1870. Since that time
1855 teachers have been graduated
from the institution. Almost half this
number is now teaching IN the pubIlc
schools OF New York Seven graduates
have become principals. some first as
sistants and others well known writers
on educational and scientific subjects.
Eugene Kelley, the New York banker
to whom the pope has given the hon
orary appointment of Guardian OF the
Cope and Sword landed from Ireland
with three dollars Ten millions Is
now about his size
Francis j. Kelly, of Pitts burgh, has
the reputation of being the tallest
newspaper man in America Mr. Kelly
is almost seven feet high He has seen
life in many varied phases, having
served in the British army, squatted IN
Australia and travelled twice around
the world. His first experience IN
America consisted in running locomo-
tive ont of New York
bloomington. Ill, has had for eight
cen years a woman superintendent OF
schools. Miss s E Raymond During
her regime the school facilities have
been greatly enlarged, no extravagant
debts contracted, and no hint OF scandal
attached to the management
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08
MONEY CHANGES.
A Decrease of Circulation During Angus
The Treasury Holdings

A Decrease of Circulation During August
The Treasury Holdings.
WASHINGTON, Sept 5.-There was a
net decrease of 81, 692,741 in money in
circulation, and net decrease of So
922, 800 in money and bullion in the
treasury during August The changes
in circulation were as follows:
Decre.se, gold certificates, ss,474,-
$50; currency certificates, act of June 8,
1872, "a, $40, 900, and national bank
notes, 1862, s1T; increase, gold coin,
S7O7, O51; standard silver dollars, $751;
O24; subsidiary silver, $3.50, POP; silver,
1852, 322; treasury notes, act of July IA,
1890, 81, 357, 7s5, and United States notes,
Sc. 500, 142.
The changes in treasury holdings
were as follows: Decreases, gold
coin, $1,000, O42; standard silver dol
lars, s1,O24; subsidiary silver, $751;
209; United States notes, So
696, 142; gold bullion, 1868, 4s3; increases
treasury notes, act of July IA, 1890,
81, 45S 652; national bank notes, s691, 533,
silver bullion, 50, COS, 957. The circula-
ton per capita is s24 81.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

and decked over with the same. In
order to fold it there must be three long
canvas hinges from stem to stern, and
the daring Captain writes by an in
coming ship (when he Is hundreds of
miles from shorc) that he finds the
6 'Sapolio' in 4 sea-way is a scrubber
but very leaI1y." No better proof of his
GOODNESS and pluck could be given.
The start was made at 4:30 Wednes-
day, July Goth. the destination being
Palos, Spain. Capt. Andrews has in
structions to scour the seas until he
discovers that port and the starting
point of Columbus. 1t is believed that,
sailing in fourteen foot boat without
so much as hot cup of coffee to vary
his diet of biscuits and canned goods, he
will, singie-handed, eclipse the record
of that Standardization adventurer who
almost failed to cross the great ocean
with three ships, $50 men, after secur-
ing the Queens Jewels to pawn and
having the blessing of the Church
thrown in This Columbus Is sailing in
4 boat which had never been in water
until the hour when he started on his.
1000 mile trip. He has been spoken
in mid-ocean several times, scorning all
assistance and confident of ultimate.
success His effort should interest all
Americans as test of pluck, endurance
and good seamansllip. That 1t is not n
foolhardy affair is proved by his for
mer success and by the notable trip IN
which he battled for sixty-two days
without reaching the other side Thou
sands of people saw the start, his pres
ence at different points on the ocean
has been noted by large numbers OF
vessels and his landing on the other
side viii no Doubt be made matter OF
public demonstration and rejoicing. As
he sailed from the pier he said, In
sixty days l viii be in Spain, and MP
to the last reports he had made better
time than he anticipated Every day
during the voyage a bottle will be
thrown overheard noting the location
and other information about the triIs-
If Capt Andrews succeeds IN reach
ing Spain and joining in the October
celebrations which viii be held il
honor of the discovery of America, he
will then return in one of the great
steamers and arrange to exhibit his
boat and the log which he writes mp
day by day, at the Worlds Fair IN Chr
eaCo, whore be viii be one OF the fea-
turcs OF the magnificent display which
the manufacturers OF Sapolio are now
perfecting. The assurance, we might
almost say the inpudence- Of these ag-
cressive manufacturers in securing q
Columbus of their own Is probably with
out precedent in advertising.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08
ADDITIONAL DIsPATCHEs.

PRESIDENT DIAZ has forbidden the
priests searching for 100000 buried
by the Conception convent, City of
Mexico, at the French invasion, and has
sent government workmen to look after
it.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY CROUNsE, of the
treasury department., has rendered his
resignation to Secretary Foster to enter
the gubernatorial campaign in Nebras-
ka.
DIR. DoRCHEsTER's criticisms of the
management of Pueblo Indian schools
has caused the withdrawal of many
pupils.
A BOATS crew of six men was lost
from the sealing schooner Annie Moore
in Behring sea.
GEORGE LAUGHINHOUSE, aged 10 years,
was drowned in the st. Francis river at
Madison, Ark.
FIVE quarrymen at Bayfield,, Wis. !,
went boating and the upturned boat
found the next day told the story OF
drowning
CHOLERA is increasing at Moscow.
MIKE CUSHING, the well-known 1876
pound pugilist, died at Fort Hamilton,
N Y, after few days illness, aged %.
Deceased was born IN Elizabethport,
n. j.
VACCINATION virus is said to have
| killed Jane Simpson, aged 6, at Phila-
| delphia.
| SOUTH CAROLINA third party people,
6aking courage from Gov. Tillman's
victory, will effect a full organization
for the national campaign.
TwENTY-oNE of the Jersey City (N.J.
| 4 T., Io<a ao6
Their sentences ranged from six to hf.
teen months.
A ROW of wooden buildings owned by
C. 81. Dodd was destroyed by fire at
Portland, Ore. Loss, 800, 600; insur-
ance, 500, 900.
NORFOLK, Va. has quarantlneo
against New York.
ONE of the best German physicians de
iclares that cholera is a question OF nth
Dirty towns cannot escape 1T. Other
places need not fear it.
TENNESSEE mountaineers have beer
firing on the picl1ets at Coal Creek and
IOliver Springs. All the union miner.
quit work.
THE entire town of Rocky Bar, Idaho
has been swept by fire.
COP fishing off Labrador has not beer
successful this year.
AK Ontario & Western freight wa
wrecked near Peclxville, Pa Brake
man Thatcher was fatally injured
Some persons fred the oil escaping
rom the wreck, causing much damage
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

FOLLOWING hard upon the seizure of
johnson island and the purchase of
Niihan island by Great Britain comes
the well authenticated story of her
seizure in June of the Gilbert islands,
one of the. most important groups in
the south seas Private letters brought
by the steamer from Rutaritar, under
date of June 20, contain full details of
the seizure of the islands by the British
ship Royalist on June II, the reading
of proclamation of annexation, the
pulling down of the kings flag and the
hosting of the British colors.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08
a DARING ADVENTURES.

Capt William A. Andrews, already
famous for his daring adventures in
small boats on the stormy Atlantic, has
again set sail on novel and interest
ing voyage
He crossed the ocean twice before, frst1
In the Nautilus" when he was accom-
panied by his brother, who has since
died, and again in the Mermaid both
OF these trips being made to Lands End,
England. A few years ago he again at
tempted the passage in a boat called
the Ozark Secret" but, after battling
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

THE most beautiful panel thus far re-
ceived at the Woman's building of the
worlds fair, says the Chicago Evening
Journal, is that sent from Alabama by
Miss Mary H. Norton, of Montgomery.
The design is the magnolia blossom and
leaves, conventionalized, and yet exc
cuted with a boldness and freedom OF
line that makes it instantly attractive.
The girl who carved it has never had
any lessons in the art save few given
her by visiting relative.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

ALEXANDER DIETRICH, chief con-
structor of the German navy and privy
councillor to the German admiralty, is
in Philadelphia making study of the
methods and products of construction
in the Cramp ship yards.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

THE condition of the cotton crop has
Improved in the past week, except
In South Carolina, where the condition
has refrigerated Picking has begun
all over, but in the Memphis district is
nineteen days later than before in
eleven years.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

WOMAN in New York who has been
looking up the paying eInployments
open to women. finds that the work of
a family seamstress is unfailing and
well paid. If one is moderately capa-
bic she commands from 81 to $3.50 a
lay, with board, during the entire year.
The best needlewomen receive from 81
to so a day. In one instance n good
seamstress divides the entire year be-
tween two families, receiving s12 week
1y and her board
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08
Instantly Killed

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Sept Sc odfrey
NJ. Chamberlain. aged so, was struck
and in tuntly killed by an east-bound
Missouri Pacific train on the Lexington
branch at the crossing OF the Chicago
milwaukee, & St Paul railroad in tbs
east bottoms this morning.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08
Educattona, Item.

'Are you learning much in school?7
asked Col Fizzletop of his son Johnny,
who is student at the Columbia col
lege-
Johnny shook his head"
'sWhy don't you learn
''Well, you see, pa. the class Is too
big. The professor is kept so busy
licking the boys that he doesn't get
time TO teach them
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

THE sale of the estate of the late
Charles Stewart Parnell realized only
$4,000. The dead leaders mother will
go to Ireland during the present month
for the purpose of making an inquiry
into the settlement of the affairs
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

DAVID DUDLEY FIELD has been asked
to write monograph on his brother,
Cyrus w. Field, and he may do so.
Since his recovery from his severe ill
ness a year ago Mr.. Field, although
nearly 80 years of age, seems to be in
excellent health. He has been COM
PEELED, however, as George Bancroft
was at about the same age, to abandon
horseback riding.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

PRINCESS LOUISE, marchioness of
Lorne, has now finished the marble
bust of her mother, and with her ma
jesty's approval, she will send it to the
worlds fair, together with some paint
ings which she is at present engaged
upon. The bust of the queen is now at
Osborne, in her majesty's boudoir and
has called forth much admiration from
the royal household.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

THE Baroness Roques has again pre-
scented a petition to the home Office
praying for the release of Mrs. May
brick and is hopeful that the prisoner
will regain her freedom by the end of
fha war
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08
she surely wouId Not

uo m,ss s sbopId NARY her opposite.
Miss Trixvet-DOn't you2
Miss Flypp-No, don't. Do you sup
nos / could be happy with a man who
possessed neither beauty nor mental at
MISUNDERSTANDING
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

AS A result of the international anti
slavery convention held in Brussels, an
international bureau will shortly be
formed in Zanzibar in which England,
France, Germany, Italy and Portugal
will be represented.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

j. j. HILL, president of the Great
Northern railway, recently gave his
check on the First National national
bank of ST. Paul, Mimi, for s136, $50, in
full payment of an insurance policy in
an eastern company of 100000 on his
life and an annuity of S12, 500, commenc-
ing ten years hence.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

A CONSPIRACY against the Argentine
government has been discovered in one
of the provincial battalions. Nearly
all the officers of the battalion have
been placed under arrest. The La
Plata conspiracy has collapsed
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08
The ChoIera m Paris.

PARIS, Sept 3--The official cholera
figures for yesterday show that there
were fifteen cases and three deaths
here. Compared with the returns for
Wednesday, this shows a decrease of
six new cases and q falling off of seven
in the deaths
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08
rfarkBaldvin i'm Trouble.

Baldwin, the famous baseball pitcher,
now playing with the Pittsburgh club.
was arrested last night on warrant
sworn out by Secretary Lovejoy. of the
Carnegie Steel Co., charging him with
riot at Homestead July g. Baldwin is
accused of furnishing rifles to the
strikers He furnished bail
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

THE Boston Transcript, which always
reflects the Boston idea, says: On &C
count of its monosyllabic quality, it has
been suggested that Chinese be adopted
as the only language for telephoning.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

AT the grain fair which opened in
Vienna recently much dissatisfaction
was manifested at the increasing COM
petition of American grain, which was
making the European growing unproft-
able
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

A SPANISH gunboat has been sent to
try to rescue eleven Spanish sailors OF
the Spanish ship that fell into the
hands of Moorish pirates between Cape
Judy and Rio Doro.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

the navy department for the shipment
of four six-inch guns, with their car
riages, etc, complete, from the Wash
ington navy yard to Chicago.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

CHARLES DICKENS writes to an En-
glish paper that the originals of his
fathers admirable characters, the
Brothers Cheeryble, were the Brothers
Grant, manufacturers and merchants in
Manchester.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

HENRY HAYNIE, formerly a Chicago
Journalist, now in Paris, has been dec
GRATED by President Carnot with the
cross of the Legion of Honor.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08
The President Goes to Loon Lake

WASHINGTON; Sept g. = President
Harrison left Washington at o'clock
last evening for Loon Lake to visit Mrs
Harrison He was accompanied by
Private Secretary Halford, and expected
to go through to Loon Lake without
making anv stops
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

PATRICK HAwLEY died near Wilkes
barre, Pa, from a rattlesnalxe bite not
withstanding that he drank large
quantity of whisky.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

PRESIDENT MARVEL has signed the
contract for the Immediate construction
of the Cripple Creek (CoL branch, and
work will be commenced soon.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

A COMPASS which was used by and be-
1onged to Jacques Cartier in the years
1884 to 1886 will be placed on exhibition
at the worlds fair.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08
Armour Plant AmsIgamatEon.

CHICAGO Sept. 3.-The entire inter
ests of the world known Armour fami-
", representing a capital of perhaps
$50, coo, 600, will. it Is reported on excel
lent authority, be united October 1.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08

A RESOLUTION to assess the capital
stock of the Pullman Car Co. at s4s. 66S,-
$50 has been introduced in the board of
equalization at Springfield, Ill.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-08
CURRENT COMMENT.

PINE BLUFF, Ark, has increased its
saloon license in order to pay its water
rent.
Connecticut western news., 1892-11-17
A Collection of old Pipes.

. have acollection of old English pipes of all sizes and shapes, and have supplied my friends with specimens, which they use not actually for pipes, but as ciga- rette holders, and we'll adapted the small bowls are for that purpose. In my collection one may trace the history and spread of tobacco by the gradually increasing pipe bowl and the proportion ate diminution of the supporting heel or spur until with present-day clays 1t is a mere ornamental appendage. Soon after smoking was introduced one writer states that 'the rich use silver pipes, but the poor use walnut shells and straws."
 In 1878 Harrison, in his unpublished "Chronologie," remarks that "these daies the taking in of the smoke of the Indian herb called Tobaco by an instru- ment like little ladell is gretly taken up and used in England against Rewmes." By 1919 there was an inn portant industry in clay pipes, and the manufacturers were incorporated as "the craft of T. P. makers" Later pipes bear trademarks and initials stamped on the heel, thus indicating the various origins.-Cor. Pall Mall Gazette.