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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-19

to blame myself for that great failure. It
seemed not possible to have resisted the
boldness of her innocency or that last
temptation of her weeping. And all that
l had to excuse me but made my sin ap-
pear the greater-it was upon a nature so
defenseless. and with such advantages Of
the position, that l seemed to have prac.
tised.
What was to become of US now? 1t
seemed we could no longer dwell in the
one place. But where was l to 60? Or
where she? Without either choice or
fault of ours, life had conspired to wall US
together in that narrow place. had .
wild thought of marrying out of hand. and
the next moment put it from me with re-
volt. She was child, she could not tell
her own heart; l had surprised her weak
ness, must never go on to build ON that
surprisal l must keep her not only clear
Of reproach, but free as she had come to
me.
Down sat before the fire. and reflected
and repented. and beat my brains in vain
for any means of escape. About two of
the morning there were three red embers
left, the house and all the city was asleep,
when L was aware of small sound of
weeping in the next room. She thought
that l slept. the poor soul; she regretted
her weakness. and what perhaps (God
help her y she called her forwardness, and
in the dead Of the night sOiaced herself
with tears. Tender and bitter feeling, love
and penitence and pity struggled in my
soul; it seemed was under bond to heal
that weeping.
''Oh, try to forgive me =! cried out. "try,
try to forgive me. Let Us forget it. all, let
US try if we'll can no forget it!'
There came no answer, but the sobbing
ceased. | stood long while with my
hands still clasped as had spoken. then
the cold of the night laid hold upon me,
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God had made. the answer 10 which made
my face 20 burn. The more cause. since
had been entrapped and had entrarped
the glrs into an undue situation. that
should behave IN II with scrupulous nieetv
She depended on me wholly FOR her bread
and shelter. Ia case | should alarm her
deiicacy, she had 70 retreat Besides I
was her host and her protector. ard the
more irregular.y had fallen n these 20
sitions, the less excuse Tor me if | shou 4
profit by the same TO forward even the
most honest suit; for with the oppor;uni-
ties that l enjoyed. and which no wise
parent would have suffered for moment.
even the most honest suit would he I'M
fair. | saw / must he extremely hold.nr
in my relations; ard yet not too much so
neither; for II had no right Ia apnear At
all IN the character Of s. sulIor. | must
yet appear continually. and ii poSs be
sgreeably. in that of host. IL Was plain
| should require great deal of tact and
conduct. perhaps more than my years al
foried Bu; had rushed in where angels
might have feared 20 tread, and there was
10 way out of that position save by hehay-
ing righ. while WAS IN il. l made a set
~ rules for my guidance; prayed for
strength IL lie enabled 10 observe them
and aS mere human aid 10 the same end
purchased study book IN law. This be-
tnS al that ! could think Of ! relaxed from
these grave considerations, whe-eupo my
mind dubbed at once into an efieryescency
Of pleasing spirits and II WAS like one
ireading on AR THAI turned homewsrd
As thought that name Of home and re-
casled the Image OF thag figure awaiting me
between Tour walls. my heart beat unon
my bosom.
Ny tEeuhles began With my return. She
Tan ~ greet the with Al OBVIOUS and al
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-19
POET EUGENE FIELD

lot with the West. He believes everything
possible IN Chicago. He means to bring
out his new books there, and bring them
out in way that the East has never sur
passed. HIS next book will be book
for book lovers-a book about books. Hi,
own special editions are marvels Of dain,i
ness There were fourteen COMES of
Trumpet and Drum" done on unseyed
japanese paper. These Will have one
of his own book plates ian en-
craving of his family coat of
arms) pasted inside. and will be
given to his dearest friends. Fourteen
will not begin TO go around, even among
those dearest friends, who have left their
marx upon his home Over the ire hangs
beautiful large line engraving OF the great
English actor, and under it, Eugene
Field. from his friend, Henry Irving"
The mails bring him expressions of
friendship from all ages and social condi-
tons. School girls tell him that thew
ike his gentle and sympathetic way of
speaking Of women. The family life of the
Fields is delightful. 1t is q happy house.
Mrs. Field is beautiful woman, with the
iace OF a young girl and all the dainty mod
eIn ways.
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rnE DEAD PUssY-cAr.


You's - ssifY an cold - . stone
Little cat!
Dev's done frowed out an lef you alone
Little cat.
rs stwokin' you's fur,
But you don't never purr,
Ser hump up anywhere,
Little cat
Wy il dat7
ID you's pusrin' an hunpin' up done?
An Wy fer 10 you's little foots tied,
Little catp
Did dey pisen you's tummick inside,
Little cat?
Did dey pound you wifi bricks,
Or wifi big nars,y sticks,
Or abuse you wifi kicks,
Little ca,2
Tell me dat
rid dey holler w'enever you cwied7
Lid It hurt VERY bad wen you died,
Little cat2
Oh, wy didn't you wun on an hide.
Little cat?
lie vet In my eyss-
Cause / mos always cwies,
Wen pussy Cat dies.
Little cat
Fink Of dat
An rs awfuliy solly beside.
Dest lay stiIl dere down in de sor gwoun
Little cat:
Vile Itucks de gwesn gwass all awoun
Little cat.
Dey can't hurt You no more
Wen you's tired An sore
Best sleep twiet you pore
Little Cat,
vii pat:
An fordet all de kicks OF de town.
Prom an Engiish Paper.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-15

possible for the idlers to get what the
industrious create, there win be such
jollifcation throughout these United
States that the sons here referred to will
be pointed out in the history Of the nine
teenth century as the most noble and
able men Of the times.
This state will not get to it's full capsc-
ity Of production till idle men who are
in search of work have access to the
natural resources, and it seems there is
no better way Of opening up the states
resources than to levy on such land as is
held for speculation. This would put
all land into primary or home tracts,
after which the tax could be regulated
accordingly. There should be some law
enacted to stop this everlasting bleeding
of the states enterprise by the land
sharks. Unlimited land owning will
always be the most perfect form Of man
owning, for with this form the slave
owner does not need to concern himself
about the physical welfare Of those who
work for him, there being others out OF
job who would willingly take the worn
out slaves place rather than starve, like
they almost do in Ireland.
The laborer's right to land should pre-
csde the dollars right, because the dol
lar alone will not make it produce those
products which are necessary to the vel
fare of the human family; besides, the
state should attach the wealth that in
creased population creates, and which
land owners now get.
We hear much about paternRlism.
Can anyone imagine more pampered
paternalism than those land owners now
enjoy who own more land than is neces-
sary for their own lsborP We have pa
ternalism for part and infernalism for
the other part Of our people.
Frankfort, Kas. 7. F. SPRoUL.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-15

sands Of years past, and have at last con-
cluded that injustice should not forever
burden and oppress the most noble Of
Gods creatures. The wealth Of the
world is the result OF labor. The proper
co operation of the producers and their
suxilisries in exchanging wealth by an
equitable plan is desirable to all honest
men, and Its advantages to society would
be many fold. By just and FAIR ex-
change of labor no one need suffer it
willing to do an honest turn for the
benefit of himself and others. Have you
ever thought that something must be
wrong with our present system ~When the
idle, non-producing spectators accumu-
late wealth which labor has produced,
while labor lives in novels and begs for
the necessities of life or for an oppor-
tunitY to he employed in q world which
is yet so far from being completed? We
can remedy all this injustice in q very
short time by true system Of cooper
alton, known to advance thought as the
Labor Exchange" Will you investi-
gate this plan which leads direct to the
brotherhood Of man and the father
hood of God?" e. z. ERNST.
Olathe, Kas.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-15
AGAINST Repealing the Silver Law.

EDITOR ADvocATE:-The attempt Of
the anti-silver element in congress to re-
peal the silver law of 1890 is another
move in the direction of a single gold
standard. The opposition to this law is
not confined to one party, but we find
Sherman and Lodge representing the re-
publican party, while Hill and Hsrter
and Mcpherson represent the democratic
side. The reason that these gentlemen
assign for opposing the law of 1890 IS
that they are the friends ofsound money.
Mr.. Sherman says that the only reason
he favored the passage Of the law two
years ago was because it headed off
worse act-free silver.
"Sound money men" say that the law
has fulfilled all the mission it ever had
and now ought to be abolished. Yes, it
has fulfilled it's mission, its Sound
money" mission But what was its
mission? It was to head off free coin
age, and to drain the treasury Of its gold.
Now that the gold reserve Of the treas
ury is we'll nigh exhausted, this law can
no longer serve the interests Of its
trainers, hence it's repeal is demanded.
Gold was drawn from the treasury in
this wise: bullion was deposited, silver
certificates issued, then the holder Of
these certificates calls for their redemp-
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-15
Paternalism VS.. Infernalism.

EDITOR ADvoCATE:-"That system Of
taxation is best that shall distribute
most equally the necessary burdens on
those according to their ability to bear
them and the measure of protection they
receive from them" This declaration,
fresh from the mind Of the governor of
Kansas, if needed to it's full extent by
the sons of liberty now assembled at
Topeka, will make for Kansas the
broadest and grandest foundation for
liberty that was ever known to any coun-
try.
The measure Of protection as we'll as
the measure Of direct gain enjoyed by
the land owner has never yet been made
perfectly clear to the law maker. A
land owner who owns 1000 acres, and
whose land raises in value 81 per acre by
the enterprise of the state, gets SIC
where the land owner who owns 100 acres
gets but 81, and in both cases the gain
rightfully belongs to the state, when it is
not improvements that make the raise
in value. So it is very obvious to the
just thinker that the first owner here
mentioned receives a tenfold greater
benefit than the second owner, and
neither gives anything in return for the
value which he Is absorbing. And the
above is not the worst feature of the
present system, for year by year every
deed to land in Kansas is being
"watered" more effectuslly than ever,
railroad stocks were wstered, thus put
ting the tiller of the soil on the same
level with the tiller in Ireland, where
the land owner feasts 'Rnd the tiller
starves. Land should be 80 taxed that
it will have no market value only as it
is improved and used for its legitimate
purpose, which purpose is to make homes
upon without paying tribute to those
who never created its value.
The best plan seems to be this: Put a
primary assessment on that quantity
which is deemed necessary for the full
expenditure of the home or family labor,
and put very high assessment on all
that q citizen owns besides the primary
or birthright tract. This will tend to
obliterste the monopoly in land, if there
is law established at the same time
which will limit the rent demanded for
the use Of land. We need limited rent
established more than we need limited
rate per cent. of interest established. If
Topeka, right in the center Of the nation
should establish liberty in all that the
term implies, il the rugged SONS Of lib
erty now there will make it legally inn
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-15

ton in gold. The treasurer pays gold
for them and then destroys them, SO that
no moro money is in circulation after the
deposit Of bullion than there was before;
but silver bullion is being piled up in
our treasury, and gold coin withdrawn.
This is "sound money"
II the present law should stay in effect
it will soon be the means Of increasing
our circulation by the market price Of
the silver bullion purchased, because
there will be no gold coin with which to
redeem it, and the depositor Of silver ore
will be compelled to.take the certificates
or silver coin as his pay.
The present silver law is not good
one, and is, as we have alwuys said, Q
mskeshift to prevent free coinage; but
we should not at this time give, it up,
not having in sight the possibility Of in
creasing the yearly purchase, or Of pass
ing free coinage law. To repeal this
law will simply be the means Of stopping
the purchase Of SILVER bullion, and GER
tainly there can be no increase OF the
currency result from such course. But
some one may say that no increase in the
currency has resulted from the law.
Very we'll, that is true; but an increase
will begin to show itself as soon as the
gold reserve is all gone, because, as has
been already suggested, the depositor Of
bullion will then be compelled to receive
and use his silver certificate, or silver
coin.
Every friend Of free coinGge and every
advocate Of an increased volume Of cur
Eency should advocate the continuance
Of this law, and should further urge
upon congress to pass an act instEncting
the secretary Of the treasury to coin all
the silver bullion now in the vaults Of
the treasury. Our volume Of currency
would then be slightly on the increase,
instead of at stsndstill or decrease.
Burden, Kss. e. B. SANDFoRT.&
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-15
The National Economist" /"

"The National Economist, the national
organ Of the Alliance, is now being pub
llshed under the control of the national
democratic committee" is the startling
rumor that comes in early this week.
The statement appears to be we'll
founded, aud is accepted as true by q
majority Of those who are conversant
with the situation. In support OF this it
is given out that Mr.. Kinney, editor Of o
New York campaign paper, has taken
full charge Of the business, and is rec
ognizsd now as the head of the concern.
Col. r. |. Sledge has disposed Of bis
stock, it is said, and resigned the presi-
dency Of the company, position he has
held since it's Incorporation.
Taken as a whole, il seems probable
that all past suspicions were we'll founded
and that the organ Of the Alliance ID now
in fact where it has for some time been
in theory, in the hands Of the democratic
party. All the facts concerning this
transaction have not as yet been OBJ
tanned. AS soon as they are, the public
will be apprised OF them.-Naticnal
Watchmap, February 8.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-15
Genuine Cooperation Labor Exchange.
NO. II.

pie of all factions have for years past
felt that cooperation was the only cor
rect plan upon which our social snd bust
ness propositions should be based. The
one great obstacle has been the lack of
complete system marking out a true
plan Of operation, and the peoples in
ability to fully comprehend the need Of
such united action. We have been
taught to consider ourselves a free and
independent people with the duty OF
each to paddle his own craft, which had
the tendency to prevent folks from
uniting to protect themselves from the
common enemy of the wealth producers.
While the toilers continued single
banded to create all the wealth they
could, in order to lay up some for emer-
gencies, another class combined to &C
cumulate the products by speculations,
sharp dealings, usury and monopoly, until
it has ceased being virtue to bear un-
due burdens.
When class of business men unite to
protect themselves or extort from others
. it is not proper to call such an orgsniza-
tion cooperative Even the Changers in
their (so.called) co operative enterprises
are to certain extent monopolistic, as
we'll as are all other factionRl combins.
tions. No system can be purely CO.
operative unless every creature OF the
human family is given free and equi-
table opportunity to take part and ex'
change value for value in proportion to
the product created by such individual.
If the money loaner and legislator COM
bine to rob and swindle the people it is a
monstrosity for evil. If class of me-
chanlcs unite to raise wages or shorten
the hours of labor, it is union that will
never succeed we'll because it has the
opposition of all the other classes to
contend with. If the farmers unite to
save themselves from the middlemen and
conduct their own stores, the merchants
and number Of other factions are an
tagonized, and the business is simply a
system Of combination OF one class
against another. There is very little
gained by any Of these combinations, as
the whole must eventually succumb to
the grasp of the more powerful combi-
nation Of the money monopoly, unless q
true system of cooperation can be in
stituted by the wealth creators upon the
plan Of the "Labor Exchange" Farm
ers' cooperative stores do not create
wealth, but merely trade in goods and
make profits on the sales. By this
method they divide what they have paid
in over the cost of goods, clerk hire, In
terest on capital, etc. By this plan it is
easily to be seen that those who have
the fat salaries in the job or draw the
usury are of the richest or are rapidly
drifting in that direction, while the Or
dinary patron is paying well for what he
gets and helping to feather the nests Of
the favored few. Such is the tendency
Of the celebrated and much priced Roch-
dale system as being conducted to-day,
if history on this line serves US properly.
The teachings Of generations are hard
to overcome, yet the time is now at hand
for radical and peaceful change. Cor
rect methods must be instituted to take
the place of the erroneous ideas Of the
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-09-23
SEMI-LOCAL NEWS.
"A Brilliant Wedding


Under the above heading the
Morgantown CIV. Va) Ne,o Dominion
gives the following account of the
marriage of a gentleman well-known
in Frostburg:
One of the most elaborate church weddings
that has been celebrated in this city for years
was solemnized at 8 O'Clock Thursday even.
ing, Sept. IA, 1893, in st. Paul's church.
Promptly at the appointed hour the doors
leading from the parish house to the church
were opened, and Rev. H. L. Graham, the
pastor, entered, followed by the supplied
choir. Following them came Col. X. f..
Fast and his best man, Bernie L. Morgan,
then the ushers, Messrs. Robert Crisman, of
HoltOn Kansas, w. Paul Linton, John l..
Means, Louis Munker, George Pearce and
Will Johnson. The flower girl, Miss Rachel
McLane cousin of the bride, looked lovely
in dress of white mule. Then came the
maid of honor, Miss Maud Linton, carrying
flowers, and dressed in white silk and lace.
The bride followed, leaning on the arm of
her father, DR.. C. H. McLane
The bride was attired in Duchess satin with
point lace and veil To the strains of wedding
march from "Lohengrin" they proceeded to
the altar where the bride was given away by
her father. After the ceremony reception
followed at the home of the brides parents
on North Sixth street. where was gathered a
brilliant assembage of guests, there being a
large number from Morgantown and Wheel
ing.
The newly married couple left on the mid
night train for the Worlds Fair and after an
eastern trip they will settle in handsomely
furnished home in Morgantown, w. Va.
Col. Fast is half.brother of DR.. G..
G.. Jacobs.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-09-23
BreVitieS.

Men kissing one another is Il foreign
Custom which has never found favor
in America. Our men can find so
mach better kissing that they don't
care to waste time on each other.
Many good item of news is lost to
the newspapers by the modesty of
people who hesitate to tell a reporter
of matters concerning themselves.
Not that they do not want it to appear
in print, but they are afraid of push
ing themselves forward. That is
wrong. From a reportorial stand
point, the man who will stop a news
paper reporter on the street and in
form him that he has been to Chicago,
that his wife has visitors, or any other
item of news, is the dearest man on
earth. May his tribe increase through.
out the world!
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-09-23
Sad Accident.

Mrs. Anna NJ. Craigen. fell from Il
second-story balcony at her home in
Washington, d. c., Saturday night,
receiving injuries from which she died
in a few minutes. William Freeman,
while under the influence of liquor,
attempted to force an entrance into
the house. Mrs. Craigen went up,
stairs and stepped out on the balcony
to see if the intruder had left. In
doing so she leaned heavily upon the
railing, which broke and she fell to
the pavement, distance of twenty
feet. Deceased was the widow of Dr.
John S. Cralgen of Cumberland and
was IS years old. Four daughters and
two sons survive. The funeral took
place in Cumberland Tuesday morn,
ing, interment in Rose Hill cemetery