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The advocate., 1894-02-07
PROBLEMS OF GOVERNMENT.
To be Solved by Wage Farmers at the Bal
lot Box.


nscesssries Of life, in a land Of such un-
bounded resources 40 are found in the
United States; and the still moro appal-
ling spectacle Of human beings starving
to death at time Of overproduOtion and
low prices, is surely indicative Of an sb-
normal stste, the cause Of which is di.
rsotly chsrgesble to certain false prinCi-
plos which enter into our economic
system.
There is food and clothing enough in
the country and money enough to buy
them, to bring cheer and comfort to
every household in the land. But un'
fortunately the money is in the hands
OF those who do not need our surplus
products, and those who do need them
are not able to buy them.
After having made careful survey OF
the field, and having arrived at these
conclusions, it would seem to be the
duty Of statesmen to institute thorough
investigation with q view to determin
ing what these false principles are; and,
having determined, to devise means for
their removal An investigation made
by true statesmen, with honest ConViC-
tions, and with unbiased and unpreiu-
diced minds, would doubtless soon lead
to the discovery Of the false economy
which is responsible for the unwarranted
and intolerable condition Of which we
complain. But, unfortunately for the
country, our legislative halls have not
been filed by men possessed with the
above named qualifications. Prejudice
and political strife, together with corpo-
rate influence have been between the
people and honest Legislation for all of
thirty years past, and ut present writing
there is no sign of any change for the
better.
It cannot be denied that the people
have just cause for charging their sup
posed representatives with having acted
in bad faith in legislative matters, but
at this juncture, in the face Of the fact
that for half lifetime neither Of the So
called grand old parties has ever carried
out the pledges made in its platform,
even though it had an overwhelming
msiority in both branches Of the legis-
lature, il is high time they ahould be
gin to lay the blame to themselves, IL
they do not quit voting for the men and
the parties by which they have been 90
shamefully betrayed. There should be
no longer any hope in the mind Of any
American citizen having the least claim
to intelligence, that relief from our de-
pressed condition could be secured
through the agency Of set Of men who
have shown themselves to be so utterly
devoid Of statesmsnship and honor. II
the financial questions and the social
problems which confront US are ever
solved it will be done by the intelligent
and honest lRbOrsrs, the men who know
what it is to toll; the men whose labor
has over produced the necessRries Of life
and who are yet too poor to buy what
they need of their own production. They
are the men who will know what the
trouble is, and where the remedy should
be applied. They (unlike our present
so-cslled ststesmen), will have the cOur-
age Of their convictions and will chal-
leDge the right OF the capitalist, and re
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The advocate., 1894-02-07

IaOOE saving mRcnlnes Wnlcn ne mas
Illegally monopolized.
These statesmen will legalize and give
vital force to the principle affecting
land which was established in the be-
ginning by unerring justice (snd which
only waits his return) the fundamental
truth that the earth is the heritage Of
man.
The land monopolist, whether alien or
native born, shall rellnqulsh his So
called title, which must revert to the
people and to their joint ownership,
that it's proceeds may never be withheld
from any living creature. And then
such spectscles ss helpless men and
women and innocent children living in
sbjsct want and suffering the pangs Of
q living death in sight Of bursting gran.
aries and towering storehouses (Which
they dare not enter) will no longer dis.
grace our country or mar it's happiness.
The statesmen who are to solve these
problems and establish justice for the
people must come from the ranks of
labor; they will be men who have felt
the grind Of poverty, and who know how
helpless is the life and how hard the lot
Of him whose earnings must pay tribute
to that soulleSs master, the usurer.
They must know that ever since the
earliest dawn Of history the people
have been besieged by set Of Vam-
pires (fiends in human form) who have
sought to monopolizs the money OF the
world in order to be able to exact tribute
from the people for its use, and when
the astonishing fact is forced upon their
minds that the hellish design has al
ready been accomplished and that the
great mass Of the people Of the world
the men who produce the weslth-Rrs
mortgsged and bonded to these money
fiends in o sum on which the aggregate
annual interest exceeds the earning
power Of all the people, they will not fail
to realize the necessity Of providing
currency for the people which cannot be
manipulated or controlled by the money
vender, and which will be so dispensed
to them that it shall be within their
power to free themselves from the exRc-
tions of the usurer, whose nefsrious oc
cupation will be gone and he compelled
TO enter the field of labor to earn his liv.
ing by the swat Of his face. Having
bRnished machine and labor monopoly,
the monopoly Of land and, most import
ant Of all. money monopoly the dawn Of
will be ushered in, aud In
place Of the guarantee Of equal rights,
we shall have equal fraternal Justice
that living principle in freedom which
makes men free indeed. In the recon
struction which these changes will ne
cessitste, all incentive to crime will be
removed, and with new environments
to evolve the human nature
In man, We will no longer starve or suffer
want in the midst Of plenty. We will
cease to produce millionsirss, pau pers,
anarchists and criminals, which are the
natural product Of our present system
and which We now boast Of as a triumph
Of civilization. These changes seem
very desirable, let US make them; but
the query is raised, how can it be doneH
The answer is simple: By the co-opers-
tion of all wage. esrnsrs at the ballot
hoy T. q HCBsoN.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-13

Tle purchase of a Buzzacott field oven
would be good sche me.
1t was found that many of the captains
could not produce all the property their
papers called for. Any extensive loss
should lead to board of inquiry or court
martial. A property book should be kept
and every article accounted for. 1t was
wise that the army ration matter was not
adopted. The idea Of purchasing food and
other supplies in open market is excellent
and in the long run better articles can be
procured at less cost.
The drilling of men by non-com missioned
officers is desirable feature as it strength
ems the confidence of such officers and is
favorable for the men. The personnel of
the Guard is all that could be expected.
The men seem deeply interested in their
work and present military spirit. The
glowing military enthusiasm so prominent
among the Maine soldiers in the Civil War
is yet alive although profound peace pre-
walls Theoretical instruction i, the basis
Of good military work.
The rife ranges should be good for 600
yards and every man should be compelled
to fire 80 rounds each season. TIE method
of having some use the greater part of the
ammunition and others have very little prac-
tice should be checked. Blunt's Manual is
the authority on rifle shooting. Men should
shoot in open air, even if the wind is heavy.
They should not be sheltered in any way
The lieutenant mentioned the fact of the
men at Augusta last season beiog sheltered
by the others coats while shooting. This
practice should be done away with. The
companies should be encouraged to give
one or more balls in the winter. The giving
of dances after drill work shout be dis
couraged and prohibited.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-13
AUGUSTA CHURCHES.
Sunday Services--AII Are Cordially lhvited 10
Attend.

GOSPEL Song SERVICE and address at
Y. M. C. A. rooms as usual at 4 Z. M.
GOSPEL TEMPERANCE MEETING at the
24J i. NJ.
GOSPEL MEETINGS at 81 Capitol street on
Sunday at 1890 A. M. and 2. NJ. Also
on Wednesday evening at 80.
FREE BAPTIST CHURCH: Morning ser
vice as usual, sermon by f. c. Hayes Of
Lewiston; Sunday school at noon; Young
Peoples meeting at 6 p NJ; prayer and
praise service at z. M. Seats free.
UNITARIAN CHURcu: Services at 10 80
A.. M. Mr.. Newbert will speak upon 1.-The
Present Social and Industrial Condition. y
Sunday school at Has; lectures to adult
classes by Mrs. Carver and the minister.
SAINT MARKS: Morning service with cell
ebration of the Holy Communion at 10
o'clock A. NJ evening service with sermon
at o'clock. The Rev. A. w. Snyder of
Wellspo,t, Penn, will oficiate at both SER
vices.
FIRST BAPTIST Church: Morn ing wor-
ship, vi h sermon by the pastor, at 1880 ;
sermon companion to the one last Sunday.
Sunday school at IL NJ; collection taken
for Sunday school supplies; and Z O'Clock
services as usual.
WINTHROP STREET CHURCH, UNIVERSAL
ST Sermon by Rev. j. f. Leland, at 10 As,
sutject, Living in the Present, but
Chained to the Past" Sunday school at
ll45;Y. p. C. u, at 6 p. NJ. At P. NJ.
lecture by DR.. Geo. NJ. Twitchell on
"Our Opportunity
CONGREGATIONAL Church: 10 30 morn
ing worship and sermon by the pastor; Lao
A. NJ, Sunday school; p. NJ, Y. P. s.
C. T.. meeting; evening worship and adj
dress by the pastor, subject, 1.-The Claims
ard Growth of the Papal Power, and the
Schism Between the Eastern and Western
Churches" Seats free.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH: Public
worship morning and evening with sermons
by the pastor, Rev. c. S. Cummings. Sub.
ject at the 10 80 A. NJ. service, 1.-The Con-
dition of Entering into Heaven" Subject
at the 100 p. M. service, 1.-The Mask of
Names" The Winthrop Street Male Quar-
tet will sing at both these services and has
been engaged to sing permanently at the
morning service. A general social meeting
in the main vestry at o'clock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-13
AMUse MENTs.
The vooDoo TONIGHT.

1.-The Voodoo, or Lucky Charm"a new
musical comedy which is the attraction
for this Saturday night at the Opera house,
is clever satire on superstition, and as a
laugh aker it is said to have no equal. The
fun i. fast and furious, and the situations
extremely laughable, all Leading upto the
grand climax of fun. Many new dances
and special,ies will be seen. Thomas E.Mur'
ray of'.Our Irish Visitors" fame is the star
of the company. He has host OF admir-
ers in Augusta who remember his clever
work, ard no doubt they will tura out in
large numbers to welcome his return. He
will be supported on this occasion by the
popular soubrette Ada Bothner, Charles M
Mcdonald, Helena Coe, Kitty Beck, Kitty
Wolfe and score of others.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-13

1t is with unusual pleasure that l COM
men Miss Eva Shoutz an sn elocutionlst
for she comes nearer my ideal of true, nat
ural elocn,ion than any lady l have ever
h ,ari. She has none of that sffectation
aod rantipg that characterize so many, but
i, natural, simple and effective. Her read
ings cannot but be productive of good. She
i. q lady of superior and attractive charac-
t,r and is worthy of the patronage Of any
cultured people. Robert Irwin, president
Liudenw God college, st. Charles, Mo.
Miss Shoutz reads at the Free Baptist
church under the auspices of the Y. NJ. c.
A. of this city, Thursday evening, Jan. %
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-13

Messrs. Raymond & Whitcomb's tour
through Europe bv special train is attract
ing much attention, as might have been
expected, and it is generally conceded that
a finer round of travel could not have been
planned. Persons who patronize this wide
awake and energetic firm invariably ''get
the best" and hence it is that Did and ex-
perienced travellers are loudest in their
praise. The coming trip will occupy be-
tween five ant. six months, and will in
Guide nearly everything in Southern and
Central Europe. from Gibraltar to Bospho-
rus. Nearly ali the great ties and famous
art centres of Europe are included in this
t,ur. The special trains will include sleep
ing cars and dining car, and the best ho-
tells, numerous carriage rides AMI many
special advantages for sightseeing will be
provided in all the les visited.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-13
is the harvest time of the shrewd buyer.
$1,000 suits for $500 s5 and SIG for s2 SIS suits for 1880
The who prompt the who get the prizes:
Will be of the
THUS FAR

And No Farther Was the Practical
Import Of Mayors Order,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-13

10 you tell us, o candidate for the
custom of the community, that you can .
yfford to advertise because your business
is dull? Listen! 1t IS dull because you
don't advertise, and You don't advertise
because it is dull. so the vacant circle Is
complete. We tell you. if you are doing
ill. to advertise that you may do well,
and. if YOU are doing well. to advertise
that you may do better.-Prentlce.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-13
WANTED !!
Missing Volumes Of the KENNEBEC
JOURNAL.

In order TO complete files desire to obtain bound
OR unbound volumes of the Weekly kcnnebec Journal
for the years 1887, 1S40 S47 1851 1852 and 1858 Any
person who has either of these volumes in his possession will
be paid liberal price for Any who can give
information the whereabouts either volume will con-
fer favor should greatly appreciate by addressing the
If these volumes in existence and are not
for sale, it would be personal satisfaction if we could have
opportunity examine them fany person is in possess
sion of the Legislative Journal prior to 1856 will he kindly
communicate with the undersigned.
Address BURLEIGH & FLYNT,
Publishers of KENNEBEC JOURNAL.
Augusta, Maine.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1894-07-18
Hoy You DING In Paris.

Appetizer-Ver7nouth, with a big
dose Of sulphuric acid i'll it.
Soup-Tapioca, made of potato starch,
highly peppered.
Hors d'Guyre-Butter compounded
with veal fat and colored with lead.
Roast-The worst meat ~procurable,
with trufiles nodded out of earth.
Vegetables-A salad calculated with
oil of vitriol and green peas verdant
with copper.
Dessert-Chocolate cream, sweetened
with glucose and colored with the OK
ide of mercury and ocher.
Coffee-Roasted horse liver, with ma
hogany sawdust and caramel.
Liquor-Kirsch. favored with prus-
sic acid.
Perhaps you fancy that this bill of
fare is exaggerated. All you have to do
is to look at Chevalier and Beaudir-
mont's volume entitled classification
of Alimenatry Substances" and You
will find the actual facts. San Fran
cisco Argonaut.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1894-07-18
rypewriters and osacial Lettors.

Secretary Morton has annihilated one
of the traditions of the agricultural de-
partment and has ~encroached upon q
~timehonored custom Of the foreign
Office of the government. Some time
ago Mr.. Morton noticed one of his clerks
copying a letter in script. He wondered
why the rapid typewriter process had
been abandoned in favor of the slow
method involving the use of q pen- He
asked the clerk why he didn't adopt the
quicker way.
"Oh," said the clerk, "that would
never do. This letter goes to the state
department, and such correspondence is
never carried on except with a PEN"
The practical minded secretary looked
aghast for a moment and then gave his
orders.
"You may as well throw that pen aside
right now," he said, land, custom or no
custom, in the future you will write all
letters by the machine, whether they go
to the state department or elsewhere"
The result was the state department
was shocked by receiving an official let
ter written in the same style that a mer-
chant would order a stock Of goods. But
the state department has no typewriters
for official correspondence. The foreign
Office Of other governments wouldn't
know what to think If it should receive
a printed communication, and it is not
likely that this government will soon
break through the custom that is about
universal. -Washington News.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1894-07-18
Vertical writing.

The Boston school committee is dis
cussing the ACCESSIBILITY of discarding
sloping writing in the public schools in
favor of vertical writing. The Boston
Transcript says: IF the children nat
urally learn to sit erect when using the
vertical writing, and naturally get into
very bad positions, straining the eyes
and twisting the spine, when they use
the sloping system, it goes without say
ing that the question of relative merit is
very easily decided. We understand
that Cambridge has discarded the slop-
ing system and advocates the use Of the
upright.
ITO obtain a position in many Of our
public record offices, indeed we might
say in all of them, it is a prerequisite
that vertical writing be acquired. Let
any person apply at the registry of deeds
for y position rs copyist and show as q
sample Of handwriting the most beauti-
full sloping copper plate hand, and he OF
she will be Immediately met with the
remark: We cannot use that style OF
handwriting on the books. You must
write the upright record hand Why,
then, do we not teach in our public schools
something that a be usedT"
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1894-07-18
Lodge Notices.
Pyramid Lodge No. 10, K. of P.

m EETS EVERY TUESDAY
Az evening nj their Castle Hall at 7
All Knights in good standing are fra
e%rnally invited to attend.
j. h. FINLEY, G. c.
G. D. NORMAN, X. ofR. & S.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1894-07-18
The Ice Water Habit.

The ice water drinker is Just as much
of a ''fiend' as the morphine eater. In
many cases the habit of the former is
just as strong as that of the latter and
just as hard to break. It has been fire.
~quently demonstrated that the drinking
of ice water is an acquired habit and
not one that m naturally. Give an
infant ice water. and you will notice by
its action that the drink is very dis
tasteful. 1t usually has the same effect
upon an Indian or upon any person not
accustomed to it. Besides it is very I'M
healthy, and any person who "a avoid
drinking ice water should do so--Chi-
cago Herald.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1894-07-18

A lottery Is q hard thing to kill,
When the Louisiana Lottery company
was rooted out of the United States, 1t
Immediately took root again over the
line in Honduras, where at last &C.
counts it was raking in 5000 money
packages a day, mostly from the Unit
ed States. 1t has its agents in this coun-
try who manage the business very adroit-
". The lottery company is as flourish
ing as it was when its money went to
build churches and found literary mag
azines in the United States. 1t will
never be killed till people learn hat the
only sure way to get money is to earn
it. and that q lottery gambler, like all
other gamblers, is bound to lose in the
long run. There is only one party that
is bound to win every time, and that
is the bank or the lottery company.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1894-07-18
The Fish Convention.

The yearly meeting of the American
Fisheries society at Philadelphia has
brought ont wildly the anta9onism that
exists between men who fish for fun
and those who fish for a living. 1t is to
the interest of the commercial fishermen
to get as great catches as they eau,
whether by hook or net. 1t is to the in
terest Of the angling fishermen to have
as large o supply as possible left in the
water SO they may tell great fish stories
to their friends when they go home
from a days sport. OF course the in
terest of the two lie really together, but
the commercial fishermen can hardly
be made to see this.
The official fish culturists are mainly
on the side Of the gentlemen fishermen.
But certainly an interest that gives sus-
tenance to no less than 1000, 900 peo-
pie deserves to be heard too. There is
invested in the fishing business $685.
355, 900 capital, and 1872, 707 persons
are engaged in it. This includes also the
men who make villainous smelling fer
t~ilizers of the menhaden along the At
lantic coast. The whole country eats
fish, for which it pays annually some
$3.50, 900, 900. The fishermen themselves
get about $45, 900, 900 of the sum. The
rest goes to the dealers.
The only way to settle the quarrel be-
tween the two interests is for some Off
cial authority, state or national, to take
hold Of the matter, and while it keeps
the fish of our inland and coast waters
from being reduced in number to pro-
vide at the same time for the sports
mems pleasure as well. No private
ownership of open waters should be toll
Grated. But a wise use of authority can
cause our fish supply to continually in
crease.
One report read at the fish convention
suggested that the famous European
carp, imported at great expense and fos-
tered with tender care, like the English
sparrow, might in time become almost
as great a nuisance as ven the sparrow
itself. Anglers complain that this fierce
follow devours both spawn and young
fry of better fish. The angling breth-
rem want no more foreign trout planted
in our native trout streams. The testi-
mony is emphatic OF this point.
A paper by Dr.. Bushrod W. James
goes to show that both for commercial
fishermen and anglers there is as yet
one unsailed main, and that is Alaska
Whitefish weighing 30 to 40 pounds
are not i'll the inland waters.
Blackfish are also rs immense as they
are plentiful there.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1894-07-18
Beatty's Pianos o Or Mssr. sss
ed 10 years. Catalogue free. Address
Daniel +. Beatty, Washington, N. ].
s~eatty.s Pianos and organs,

Hon. Daniel F. Beatty, the great Or
gan and Piano man of Washington, N. j.,
is buster than ever. In 1870 Mr.. Beatty
left home a penniless pillow boy, and by
his indomitable will he has worked his
way up SO as to sell go far, nearly 100 900
of Beatty's Pianos and Organs since 1870.
Nothing seems to dishearten him obsta-
cles lay in his way that would have
wrecked an ordinary man forever; he
turns to an advertisement and comes out
nf it brighter than ever. His instru-
ments are in USE everywhere. We are
informed that during the next ten years
he intends to sell 200, 900 more of his
make. That means a business of $780,
10000, if we average them at 800 each.
t is already the largest business of the
kind in existence. Read his advertise
ments.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1894-07-18
Summer Fruits.

This will DO a great year for Califor-
MIA fruits, it is said. The news is well
come in all the districts Of the east in
which the April frost cut down ven
the Strawberries untimely. The only
trouble is that as yet no way has been
found to distribute the luscious Califor-
MIA fruits among the people who are pin
ing and dying for want of it. Natures
food for the hot months is the acid
fruits.
A constituencies dealer has already
been sending out his circular to Califor-
MIA fruitgrowers telling them that the
times are so hard and fruit will be SO
plentiful in their state that they must
not expect to get a very good price for
anything this summer. 1t Is the custom
to bear the market just preparatory to
the Wholesale buying season.
California fruitgrowers complain al
ready that they cannot get paying prices
for their products. the rates being 80
low that it is scarcely worth while ship
ping. In the eastern cities the California
fruit is so high that only comparatively
well to do people a purchase it at all.
Somebody undoubtedly makes money.
Who lie it7 Meantime we hope to hear
no repetition Of that scandal and out
rage Of o few years ago. when many
schooner loads Of ripe red cherries were
dumped into New York bay because
the syndicate price could not be realized
on them and dealers were bound to
leep up prices. Those dealers ought to
have been dumped into the bay along
with their cherries.