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The Washington times., 1894-04-02
THIS IS BUSINESS.

THE TIMES is informed that some indiscreet
individual, either an unwise friend or cum
ming enemy, has approached several mer-
chants and business men, ostensibly in the
interest of this paper, and demanded their
patronage for it, threatening, either directly
or by innuendo, the opposition OF the labor
organizations if it were not bestowed.
The TIMES desires to state emphatically
that all such representations are not only un-
authorized and unaccountable, but are Sc
verely condemned by every labor organiza-
ton in Washington. This paper is, and will
be, conducted on business principles. The
fact is it has the practically unanimous in
dorsement of the labor organizations of Wash
ington, that they have pledged to THE TIMES
their moral and financial support and prom
ise to give due consideration to the mer-
chants and business men who advertise in
its columns. These facts are not to be con-
strued into threats or used to coerce an un-
willing patronage.
. There are some ten thousand members of
organized labor with their families, at least
$4,000 people, who have a money interest in
the success of this paper, exclusive OF its
thousands OF readers and friends in the
general public.
This means good will which is worth $50
600 at low estimate to any paper. THE
TIMES is not transient lodger; it owns real
estate
The Washington times., 1894-04-02

ton to his wife, not merely Sin company"
but all the time. He ought also to realize
thar his undertaking is the most responsible
which can come into any mans life, though
upon this point it is to be said that the as
sumption Of new responsibilities usually
brings with it the larger and stronger charac-
ter which is required to meet and discharge
them creditably.
As for the young woman, It is incumbent
upon her in her present doubt to make certain
not merely that she prefers the young man
who is at present addressing her go assfdu-
ously, but that she prefers him above all the
world. She ought to satisfy herself, II pos
sible, that she cannot do without him, just as
he, before he takes this most important OF all
steps, ought to feel that life is absolutely
empty without his sweetheart. 1t is this alb
solute, beautiful interdependence which
married couple ought to feel, and this abso-
lutte independence also Of the world, Of its re-
bluffs and heart-sicknesses and despairs
(Which, however, must always give way to
bright hope again)-it is this which makes
married life so beautiful and satisfactory.
IHE 11MES ucSittttco ucnAitcAy " 1uNiSO AsS
correspondent what to do, partly from the alb
sence of information touching this particular
case, and for another reason. The young
woman says she is a typewriter in one of the
departments. This fact both complicates and
simplifies the question. 1t complicates it, be-
cause il it is true, as it may be. that some one,
perhaps mother or younger sister, is de-
pendent upon her for support, greater hesi-
tation ought to be expected before this profit
able means of income is given up. If the
young man were wealthy, that would be an
other question, though even then SELF
respecting young woman would hesitate to
permit any member OF her family in any way
to be an incumbrance upon her husband.
The fact that the young woman is type
writer simplifles the question in this regard.
that she has evidently become self-reliant,
familiar with the task Of earning ones own
living; and that is one of the most important
of recommendations in wife.
The only safe rule in all cases like this
would seem to be that if these two young
people absolutely love each other as they do
no one else and nothing else, if they are alb
solutely prepared to sacrifice anything in the
world for each other, if they feel that they
cannot be happy for moment without each
other, then let them marry. If these condi-
tions do not hold, let them hesitate.
The Washington times., 1894-04-02
Family Relations Badly Mixed.
From the Jndiananolis ,Jo,rnall

MUNcIE. Ind, March 2S.-The death of Mrs.
Mary Ann Adams at North Manchester last
week recalls an interesting romance. Her
first husband was Ernsperger, and she had
three children, two girls and a boy. Henry
J. Adams and wife were neighbors of the
Ernspergers, and their children were the same
in number, but two of them were boys. They
resided in Darke county, Ohio, at the time.
By mutual agreement the two husbands traded
wives, the women being very well pleased to
do so. The children were equally divided,
the fathers choosing the sons and the mothers
the daughters. In 1S47 Adams moved
to this county, and later to Miami
county. A few years later the Ernsperger
family moved to Fulton county. Being near
neighbors, the two families still retained
friendly relations as long as they lived. After
the death of the second Mrs Ernsperger, who
had been Mrs. Adams, Miss Ernsperger, then
young lady living with her mother, went
back and kept house for her father. While
there she took typhoid fever. Her mother.
Mrs. Adams, who had been the first Mrs. Ern-
sperger, went to Ernsperger's and nursed her
daughter until she died. Mrs. Adams was the
mother Of four children by her second hus-
band, Henry Adams. Several members OF
the peculiarly made up family still reside In
Wabash county.
The Washington times., 1894-04-02

to e5,o00 and upward the "presenter" re-
ceives from IS to As per cent. The price is
raised as the risk increases, and it is gen.
orally considered greater risk to attempt to
pass check or draft OF large denomination
than smaller one. The middleman gets
from 15 to 25 Per cent. His work ts moro and
his responsibility is greater, but the risk Is
less. There are plenty Of middlemen to be
had, but the 'tpresenters" are scarce. The
Shadow" when one accompanies the band,
is sometimes paid salary by the middleman
and his expenses, but at other times he y a.
lowed small percentage, not to exceed 5
per cent, and his expenses, g with ordinary
care his risk Is very slight. The hacker and
forger get the balance, which usually amounts
to from 30 to go per cent The expenses that
have been advanced the men who go out on
the road are usually deducted at the final
division.-RoBERT A. PINKERroN in Norlh
American Review.
The Washington times., 1894-04-02
TO UNITE THE WEST AND SOUTH

Representative McLaurin Issues q Call for
Silver Men TO Combine.
President Cleveland's veto of the Bland bill
has resulted in proposition for national
convention OF the West and South to form a
new political party based on the demand for
the free coinage of silver. The proposition
comes from certain radical Democratic Con-
gressmen, who believe that the time has ar
rived when the party's salvation in the West
and South demands that it should repudiate
ut once and forever eastern domination In
financial politics. Western and southern
Democrats who are at the bead of this move
ment declare that the veto Of the Bland bill
shows that the administration has set its face
toward the single gold standard.
Representative McLaurin Dem }. Of South
Carolina, has taken the bold initiative In this
step. He has prepared the proposition, and
1t will be followed, he says, by a call signed
by Democratic silver Congressman. Con-
cerning the movement he authorizes the fol-
lowing statement:
SIT seems to me that the condition of our
country is such that it should impel true men
to ri Sc above partisan and factional consider
ations.
1.-The veto OF the seigniorage bill by Presi-
dent Cleveland forces distinct issue between
the South and the West and the East and
the North. The South and the West are the
borrowing and producing sections, while the
North and the East are the loaning and con-
suming sections. The South and the West
demand higher prices for their products,
which is but another name for cheaper
money. The North and East are striving for
cheaper products, which in turn Is simply
another name for dearer money.
.In this manner the two general divisions of
the country are arrayed against each other.
The North and East have for many years con-
trolled all legislation, and as natural result
have enacted laws favorable to their own Sec
ton and against the South and West
"The money of the country has been gradu-
ally and almost surreptitiously taken from
the people, and as a necessary sequence the
prices Of all products have declined.
''This manipulation Of the currency has
continued until every product OF the
South and West are to-day sold for less
than the cost of production. The resultant
effect OF these abnormally low prices is seen
in the rapid accumulation Of debts and the in
creasing distress among the people.
81 believe the time has come when the
South and West should unite in one mighty
effort for self-protection- 1 want to see the
cotton planter of my own section and the
wheat producer of the West unite and make
a contest for higher prices and happier condi-
tions."
The Washington times., 1894-04-02
HB COMES FROM BLUEFIBLDs

ND COwES KkOm 6bO6Hl6k0S
And He Delegates to Himself the Authority
Of an Envoy.
Samuel We'll, registering from Bluefelds,
Nicaragua, is at the Metropolitan hotel. he
arrived in time for breakfast yesterday morn
ing. In the afternoon he, in company with
B. B. Seat, United States Consul at Blueilelds,
went out for a stroll on the Avenue. After
dinner they went to hear Col. Bob Ingersoll
They returned to their hotel at II O'Clock
and TIMES man met them as they came in.
Mr.. We'll was asked about the trouble now
going on in Bluef1elds. He at first seemed to
be perfectly surprised to hear that there had
been any disturbance in that country at all.
Being pressed, he finally admitted that he
had heard of some trouble going on down
there, and expressed great surprise because
the reporter had not read an interview with
himself published in New Orleans paper on
last Monday. He was asked II the trouble in
Nicaragua was of any serious consequence to
the interests OF the Americans there. He
didn't seem to know.
Then, after a short silence, he impaired the
information that he WAS in Washington for
the purpose of having this government take
some action toward having the American
interests on the Mosquito coast represented
and protected.
We'll claims to be a merchant in Blueflelds,
and says that he came to the United States,
delegated with supreme and absolute author
ity to act for the American interests in that
republic. Asked as to how he was delegated,
and by whom, he declined to answer.
Consul Seat declined to say anything rela-
tive to the existing troubles in that country
We'll wears a long pair OF whiskers and a
very fashionable suit Of clothes, and has q
very conservative manner in conversation,
The Washington times., 1894-04-02
MASSES AGAINST THE CLASSES
That, Says Mr.. Taubneck. Win Be tn
populist War Cry

That, Says Mr.. Taubneck. VIII Be the
Populist War Cry.
II. E. Taubneck, chairman of the national
committee Of the Peoples party, has issued
the following statement:
''The President, in vetoing the seigniorage
bill, has brushed aside every pretense of the
old parties. The Apache warfare of cunning
and ambush is no longer necessary.
The agent OF the gold combination pro-
claims that the soldiers who serve under him,
whether Rebublicans or Democrats, must
boldly assert their loyalty to the money
kings.
I'm the future the people can take their
choice, either aid in strengthening the chains
of money contraction by voting for candi-
dates to serve in the ranks of the Republican
and Democratic parties, or unite. before it is
too late. with the Populists for liberty. equal
rights, and an American financial system.
The policy OF the veto message means the
destruction of all enterprise, the issuing of
bonds to pay the current expenses of the gov
ernment, and that national banks are to OBJ
tain money from the government at l per
cent.
The only compromise offered in the veto
message is the suggestion that the United
States might be allowed to coin and use the
$50. .00o 900 seigniorage in the Treasury if un-
limited authority be granted by Congress to
issue bonds and perpetually mortgage the re-
sources of the United States to the money
power.
''Such terms to a fallen foe in open war
would shock every principle of humanity.
but when the money power through their
agents tells the people of the United States
that they shall not coin and use their own
money without subiugating themselves and
posterity to bond-holding oligarehy. it is
evidence sufficient to show the contempt con-
centrated wealth has for the rights OF man.
I'm the coming campaign the word 'Popu-
list will be the ra!lying cry Of the masses
against the classes. The sneers of the liveried
soldiers md collared subjects of the money
power who have brought desolation. hunger,
and want to their homes. will encourage and
inspire every loyal citizen to espouse the cause
of liberty. human rights, and an American
financial system"
The Washington times., 1894-04-02
ADurabIe white Paint.

simple method is announced for obtain
ing durable white paint, one that oyercomes
the general objection to white paint, viz,
that on exposure to heat, and especially to
gas flames. lamp shades, ceilings, etc.,
painted with oil colors, il soon turns brown,
owing TO the caicination of the organic mat
ter contained in the coiors and the linseed oil
in the oil paints. In the new process a
quantity OF fine zinc white is mixed to a suit
able consistency with solution of protoxide
OF sodium and water glass of forty to fifty de-
grees of Baume. The surfaces to be painted
are first thoroughly cleansed. and for certain
metals. such as zinc, washing with hydro
chloric acid is necessary. The surface is sub
sequently cleansed with water, and then sew
eral coats of zinc water glass paint are laid
on until the article is deemed sufficiently COW
cred, an interval being allowed, but not of
long duration, between the application of
each coat, as such paint soon dries. In case
OF large surface, such as ceiling to be coy-
cred, too much Of the paint should not be
mixed, as the chemical action Of water glass
on zine white is soon to render it thick and
hard. This paint is represented as being un-
affected, always remains snowy white, only
becoming soiled by dust and SCOT.
The Washington times., 1894-04-02


broker: OF course, these are old-time proJudlce4
which seem to rebel at the common sense idea
OF our lord Of the treasure house, going 70 fh9
broker for advice, so 1t is often wisely covered
up. 1t Ia better SO for the present
''He goes shopping with his wife" She does
her bargaining on the upper end of the tsia nd.
ne Goes his lunching at the lower end, where all
the lords OF finance congregate. What more
hitting? All great nations come to common
sense at last Fancy, imagination, tdealism-
they all come to the scales at last Why not pa
triotism, honesty, virtue? Indeed, we want mos
ior precedent Look at the magnifcence and
wealth Of the great Assyrian empire, the culmi-
nation OF q great civilization. And at the last
was not the emperor himself brought to the
scalesl At least we have the certificate Of tho
lord OF the scales to prove our assertion "Thou
art weighed In the balance and art found want
ing" That broker was not satisfied with the
mint stamp; the edges and face of that coin,
called man, emperor, had become worn; into
the scale It must go. Everything comes to the
.intrinsic" at last
No, the Asiatic is plainly unfit for citizenship.
He will not see that all is intrinsic Gold is not
only king, but heaven, respectability, in short,
Americanism
Go toI You are not in IT. EVERY DAY
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The Case Of the Chinaman.
To the Editor of THE TINES:

10 tue EultOr OF IHE lines.
The Chinamnn must go. That the Asiatic can
never become a good American only becomes
more and more apparent as the subsoil of his
mentality is turned up to the beneficent reful-
gence of our civilization. highly educated,
strictly religious representative of one of the kin
dred nations of that coast of the Pacific whose
dwellers look over its bosom to the rise
gently dropped into the stream of conversation
on the present topic thus:
''Tell me what you mean by this damage.
What is damage? Is it tine morals of your coun-
try what has got the hurt, the damage"
'.Oh, no. Miss Pollard claims that her relations
with MIR. Breckinridge, under the promise of
marriage made by him, has been an injury 10
her."
'.well, that is what seems to me so-what you
call funny. In dis country people seem to
think, when wrong thing is done, it is money
must pay for it; that the paying of money is de
proper punishment for de crime, and that the
taking OF de money will settle the wrong, heal
up de wound, what you may call it 1t all seems
so funny Suppose dis man did all dose tings,
den he be found OUT den when he pay money
into court for de breaking OF de law; 1t seem
to me de right ting; but dat he, dis man, he
break de law, dis woman, she, too, break de law,
den de court say to de man: You pay dis woman
money and de ting is done. You go free she
go free. 1t is all so funny / tink never Twill
see de recon" s,,ifr .s,t 80
They never will; the case is hopeless, pr SO
near hopeless that we must face the fsct that
nothing short of repeated generations Will ever
make these poor, benighted orientals see that
abstract right is but fanciful ideal corrollory
of the oriental habit Of thought, founded on the
ancient assumption that there was somewhere
in or about man a thing called soul There are
NO longer any values save the intrinsic" Every
thing has its value The only thing Is to arrive
at the value in gold, then the thing is smplifed
settled. Time was when We held the idea that a
government could regulate internal commerce;
could declare what was token OF exchange be-
tween its own citizens, but it was all moon
shine, idle vaporing. The hning pot and the
scales Is the ultimate Of the question
Why. do you not see our m1nts are simply
chemical laboratories, weighing and stamping
departments, for the benefit, the simplifcation
Of the complex labor Of the banker and the
The Washington times., 1894-04-02
BURIED GOLD AND WHISKY.
No Hurry About Them, for the Whisk!
Grows Better and the Gold No Worse.

No Hurry About Them, for the Whisky
Grows Better and the Gold No Worse.
From the Morning Oregonian.l
Mr.. W. K Smith, of this city, owns a farm
of some 800 acres on the west shore OF
Sauvie's island, on which there is said to be a
treasure of s1OO 900 buried, and alongside Of
it a big trunk full of bottles Of whisky. The
| particulars in regard to the matter were
| learned from Mr.. Smith himself a few days
ago on the steamer Kellogg.
During the past winter, Mr.. Smith stated,
some parties had been boring holes all over
his farm in search of a treasure buried there.
The work had been done at night, and the
neighboring farmers had seen the lanterns
fitting around the place and mistaken them
for ignes fatui. The treasure, which is by
some said to be in a trunk and others in tin
cans. was buried there back in the sixties by
a stranger, who afterward had the misfortune
to get into the state penitentiary, and the
further misfortune to drop dead of heart
disease in hotel in this city soon after get
ting out Of prison and before he had time to
recover the gold, which is mostly in $50
slugs. While in the penitentiary this un-
fortunate man revealed the secret of his treas
ure to his cell-mate, and also furnished him
with a rude map of the ground, intended to
show where the treasure is located, the bear
ings of certain trees. stumps, etc., being given
as witness marks. This map does not appear
to be definite enough. as the fellows have
been boring all over the place till 1t begins to
look like big pepperbox.
When asked why he had made no effort to
recover this treasure himself, Mr.. Smith inti-
mated that he had not been in need OF the
money. and as for the trunkful of whisky it
was improving with age, and would keep best
where It is. The holes bored, he said, are
eight inches in diameter and twenty feet in
depth He has not decided whether he will
fill them with mold and raise lot of prize
parsnips and horseradish for the next exposi-
ton or whether he will have them pulled up
and welded into one deep artesian we'll He
thinks the fellows have bored enough holes
10 thoroughly ventilate his farm. and intends
to get the idea conveyed to them that the
treasure is buried under tree or stump. and
expects thus to get all the timber cleared off
his place. which he intends soon to have all
under cultivation.
The Washington times., 1894-04-02
Along NewSpapcr Row


Fred Handy has an office at 141O street
now.
Major Stofer thinks of building few new
houses at Culpeper.
Albert Halstead expects to keep his place
on the Commercial Gazette.
Maurice Low. OF the Boston Globe, has
bought a house on Fifteenth street above s.
Frank Hosford has been greatly interested
in the lectures of DR.. Owen, the famous de-
cipherer of Bacon.
1t is rumored that Smith D. Fry and Mr..
Gelatt, business manager of the News, are
about to buy that paper.
Hon. Frnnk Richardson, of the Baltimore
Sun. never looks so fine as when riding along
the Avenue in a Victoria
Waten Weliman has been heard from in
London. He is in flHe health and spirits and
looks forward to his task confidently.
E. W. Barrett. of the Constitution and the
Speakers office. is glad that Mr.. Crisp didn't
accept the Georgia Senatorship.
W. ]. LamBton. having lived in Kentucky
once, knows great deal more about the
Breckinridge case than he cares to tell.
The Washington times., 1894-04-02
SILVER AND GOLD,

The contention OF bimetal-
lists that there is not enough
SENATOR gold in the world to serve
ypoy as safe basis for money
cannot be avoided or put
1DAh" aside The output of gold
IN the United States in 1892 was S3S, ,000, 900.
The gold product varies but little from year
to year, SO that We can safely calculate on
sSS. 900 900 for some time to come as the an
nual yield. When you refuse to purchase
and coin silver, you cut of 40 per cent. OF
this annual yield. for 40 per cent. of the gold
comes in conjunction with silver. 1t is rare
thing when sufficient amount Of gold is
found in this combination to make it profita-
BILE to mine for the gold alone. This will
leave its annual gold yield sle. .sOO,O 900. Two
thirds Of this is used in the arts, which leaves
but Sc, ,663. 1888 each year for coinage.
When you stop tho coinage of silver,
gold will be more valuable, and, in conse-
quence, more and not less of it will be used
in the arts, leaving even less for coinage. 1t
will not be surprising if all of the sl9, 500, 900
Is so used. The more precious gold becomes
the more anxious the rich people will be to
have it for ornaments, tableware, etc. They
will pay more for it in bullion than the owner
of it can receive by having it coined, and, in
consequence, he will not take it to the mint.
But even should no greater amount be used
in the arts than at present, does any one con-
tend that the addition of 81, 1865. 1888 year is
sufficient increase of the money basis to
satisfy the demands of our constantly grow
ing business and our eyer-increasing popula-
ton?
1t is the fact that the worlds output of gold
in 1892 was S13o, ,s16, 900, one-third of which,
or s4s, ,6o5, ,5ss, was coined, the balance being
used in the arts. II s6,663, ,3Sa yearly addi-
tion to our own money basis is not sufficient
for our wants, surely forty-three and one-half
millions is not sufficient for the whole civil
lized world. You would be compelled, almost
at once, to institute some other kind of
money. What sort would you choose? The
silver advocates will never consent to fiat
money. They have no patience with those
who favor iredeemable paper money. They
wish all forms of money based on the precious
metals.
There is not enough Of gold alone to serve
as a safe basis, and those who are now strip-
ing to put this country on gold standard
know it. Is the hostility to silver SO great
that its opponents prefer to run the risks of
fiat money rather than to hold to bimetallism,
which has been tried and found SO successful
in this country? Silver is one-half of our
money. Strike it down and you make gold
twice as hard to get as now. It will require
twice as much Of all products to secure a
dollar then as it does now.
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