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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-02-18
ART OF INTERVIEWING.
aoW Leading Public Men Receive the
Reporter.

Cow Leading Public Men Receive the
Reporter.
New YORK, February 17.-Interview-
ing has become a fine art. Some men In
public life, Congressman for instance,
will express their views frankly and
freely on any topic OF general interest;
others will talk without saying anything
worth publishing, while others will not
talk at all. The task Of newspaper
writer who seeks their opinions, 10
transmit them 20 the public, is there
fore peculiar and often difficult He
has an excellent schooling in the study
of the various characteristics of human
nature. He needs confidence, determ-
ination and nerve, to succeed, and with
some men even these requisites fail.
There are q few congressman, princi-
pally the new and Younger ones who, II
given an opportunity, will talk 20 an In
teryiewer indefinitely and they are usu-
ally disappointed II all they say Is not
taken down and published. But gar
rulity is not, however, common. Among
members of the upper branch of Con-
greSs who never refuse TO express their
opinion In an interview, are Senators
Pugb, of Alabama; Call, OF Florida;
Stewart OF Nevada; CullOm, OF illinois,;
sherman and Brice, Of Ohio; Allison, Of
Iowa; White, Of California; Pettlgrew,
OF South Dakota; Hansbrough, Of North
Dakota: Ransom, OF North Carolina;
Washburn, OF Minnesota; Hawley, of
Connecticut and Chandler, OF New
Hampshire.
Senator Pugh, Of Alabama, generally
says what be thinks, no matter who or
where his remarks strike. he seems 10
be a man with honest convictions aud
not ia the least afraid to express them.
He is one OF the easiest men in the Sen
ate 70 interview, because IL is not neces-
sary 20 corner him or TO pump out an
sWers 90 an questions. he never gets
excited while talking on subjects In
which be is interested. Next TO Pugh,
Senator Stewart, Of Nevada, is a pliable
man for the interviewer. He talks rap
ldly and with q show OF enthusiasm,
especially on the free coinage question.
He will talk as long as the interviewer
wants him to.
Senator Chandler is deliberate in his
answers and is usually willing TO ex-
press his views on any topic Of national
interest and is always courteous TO
newspaper men. The Senators who
are not fond Of being interviewed are
quite numerous. Among them are
Senators Hill and Murphy. Senators
Hoar and Lodge, OF Massachusetts,, are
also hopeless cases. Neither Of them
will talk 20 New Yors reporters. The
former was repeatedly called upon by a
new reporter When he was ushered
in the Senator'S room, anticipating q
long interview, the Bay State states
man said: 81 haven't anything 10 say. "
On another occasion the Senator was
caught I'm the Fifth Avenue Hotel cor
rldor. By q Republican newspaper, who
said:
81 represents the press. I want to-
Before the Question was hnlshed the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-02-18
Be idle and their children pIncbed for

be idle and their children plncbed for
bread?"
..Waut OF confidence has much to do
with II. In the sermon referred 10, /
used the word 'tarific. It is not in the
dictionaries, but it expresses mynean-
ing. A majority OF our people stand
with their eyes turned to Washington,
expecting Congress to do some
thing TO relieve the distress. or
at least to end this harasSing
discussion. But it will never end.
Like Bsnquo's ghost IL will not
down. 1t was here at our births. and
it will survive our deaths. Ny earliest
recollection is the discussion or this
question by my father and his neigh
bors. 1t has continued with increasing
vehemence, from that day 20 this, aud
1t was as near settlement then as IL Is
now, or ever can be, while men have
the power to discuss. Perpetual mo-
tion, sqlaring the circle, Hawaii, the
universal solvent, and every other ques-
ton may be settled In time, but this
tariffic question will grow more lnSty
and absorbing with the progress OF the
ages
THE country Is like q sick man in
the care OF lot OF doctors OF different
or opposing schools Of medicine. The
constitution OF the patient prevents
the dissolution which the practice VI
the physicians tends to hasten. There
is too much being said and 100 little
being done. a very inferior doctor,
provided he had an antipathy TO drugs,
would do more for the patient than all
the learned medical men OF the rival
schools. Let US do something TO restore
confidence, and the anvil will ring, and
want will fly the presence Of rewarded
industry.
But we cannot legislate prosperity,
we need something besides tariff laws
to Danish ideI e;., and to fill hungry
mouths win bread. Silver bills and
tariff bills may shake confidence or
brighten capital for while, but 1t is
the whiskey bill that brings hunger aud
bread famine. Over 81, 900, 600, 600 were
spent in the United States last year for
whiskey, wines and beers. The -four
mills close, but the gin mills are always
open and doing a rushing busl-
ness. The boundaries shut down,
but the bars never shut up. Banks
stop payment, but the brewery con-
tinues. Dry goods and hardware mer-
chants ard grocers fail, for want OF
trade, but the saloons flourish. The
greater the poverty, the better the bus
mess for the dealers in liquid damna-
ton. Husband loafs about the bar,
wife takes in washing. The children,
ragged, gaunt and thin-blooded, huddle
together for heat in the foul air Of a
wretched tenement, or learn profanity
and pitch pennies on the street. The
poor spend a hundred times more for
rum than the rich OF the counties be-
stow on them in the way Of charity.
Danish the liquor tratfic-root and
branch-and you Danish hunger and In
augurate prosperity. Think of it, mill
lions of bushels OF corn distilled into
sour mash, instead Of being made into
bread. Barley and rye turned into
poison, instead OF being converted
into wholesome food. Danish the
curse of the ages; then hail
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-02-18

the frantic yells Of applause.
"BalloOning and lofty work runs 10
the Baldwin family, so you see / came
by my achievements honestly" said the
leaDer, TO the course of a conversation
with q reporter. az ike the business
ana propose to stick TO It, in one way
or another. When I tire OF the tower
dive ] make balloon ascensiOns and
parachute jumps. Most OF my tower
dives have been made in foreign coun-
tries, for the reason that the people
there run more to that kind Of an exhi-
bition aud pay better for it than they
do here in America. Once, however, l
was denied the privilege Of making the
drop. That was in the City Of Mexico.
The authorities there considered 1t
suicidal affair. and despite my protesta-
tions that there was no danger attached
90 the feat they would not listen to me.
What is the sensation? Oh, very pleas
ant indeed No, do not imagine that
I am IN the air long. IL seems only like
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-02-18

Many o. she big gas and railroad con-
Btructions for which Massachusetts, Is
noted owe their origin and future
hourishing condition TO the trust CON-
Danios Of the Hub. Chicago can count
up twelve trust companies; two OF them
rank with the best Ia the country. The
Merchants Loan aud Trust is extremely
strOng-John w. DOane is its president.
George ut. Pullman is heavily interested
10 this institution. TO may be consider
ed the financial agent Of the Pullman
Car Co. It has capital stock OF So
600, 600 and a surplus OF S1,00O,O0O.
The Illinois Trust Co., Of which John
j. Mitchell is the president, has the rep
utatjon Of matching the Pullman con-
cern DO strength and influence. It also
has a capital Of two million'doilars and a
surplus Of half that amount The trust
companies OF the western metropolis
had much TO do With f0ating the million
OF dollars worth OF bonds, from the
sale OF which 10 was possible to erect
the buildings Of the Columbian Expo
sitIon.
There are four trust companies 10 So.
Louis and two or three each in nearly
all the other larger western cities.
Denver and San Francisco are not with
out them and there is even one 10 Salt
Lake City. The largest OF them all is
the Union Trust Co., Of ST Louis. IL
has capital Of $1,000 600 and w. Z.
Hughes Is the president. The growth
OF these concerns in the smaller cities
has been Just as rapid as Ia the larger
centres of population. 10 is remarka-
bic how soon they obtain a permanent
and prosperous footing. They achieve
almost instant popularity. Before they
have been going six mouths, they be-
come the repositories Of millions Of dol
lars, are made trustees for vast enter
prises and executors for huge estates.
A great many OF them, TO addition to
their regular trust features, guarantee
titles. Several Of the companies find
the latter plan more profitable than
any other. The Title Guarantee and
Ttust Co., Of New Yor K, for instances,
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Dives FROM A TOWER
An ILLINOIS MANS DARING FLIGHT
w Baldwin, Of Quincy, Now Performing at
tho Midwin.sr FAR Drops i56 Feet
mo a Net Always Landing
Squarsly on His Back

A fan OF 1856 feet, whether into water,
net or any other cOntrivance, ordlnar-
Uv means certain death TO the lndivl-
dual myking the "trip. But there Is 10
San Francisco at present modest ana
upassuming little gentleman who TOOK
q tumble" % the tune OF 100 rect az me
midWinter exposition GROUNDS. LUIS
gentleman is Ivy Baldwin, OF the eeie-
brated Baldwin family or aeFOhauu's
Rnd daring gymnasts. TIL.
The people OF but Two American eltles
have had the pleasure OF witnessing
Mr.. Baldwin's marvellous leap, those OF
Denver and OF Quincy, Jul. BALDWIN
has given most of his exhibitions 10
Europe and Asia. and but recently re-
turned TO this country. He Is quite a
young man, halls from quincy anu
weighs about 127 pounds.
Ivy Baldwin's performance IS Wa4I Is
known as the tower dive more
properly speaking, it IS drop ratner
than a dive. for the daring aerlallst
hangs by bis toes 20 a ladder proJectlng
al right angles from the top tower ana
then allows himself to fall headiong
into q net beneath. The accompany
illustration Is from a photograph taken
OF Baldwin making a practice ninety
foot drop. The snap shot was made 81
Denver about three years ago. since
that time Ivy has been gradually adding
70 the height OF his tower and relative
IL the distances Of his dive. As before
stated he has reached the l56-ioot
mark. And be thinks be can do even
better than this, although no other
tower diver living has ever attempted
80 break BaldWin's present record.
A THRILLING HEADLONe DIVE,
Those who have seen Baldwin 10 his
sensational act are unanimous tn deelar-
ing it TO be the most astonishing feat
they ever witnessed. lt seems an ap-
palling height from which % fall The
TOP Of the tower seems % swing back
and forward as the spectators look az
II. and the spectator feel sure some
thing dreadful is going to happen.
Baldwin is always the least concerned
person 10 the park. After resting
few moments from his long cllmb % she
tor be crawls out on the horizontal lad
der 10 the last rung, hooks his iaEs over
"A and swings head down. Then, grasp
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-02-18

Ing the rhpes that hang from the BAR
ho lets hi hsoli down until his toes catch.
For a second or two he steadies himself
By the ropes; then he lets go and hangs
by his toes. A shndder passes over the
crowd, small boy utters q yell, Bad
win waves his hand aud lets 90. Down
he shoots, the' time OF descent seeming
long 20 most people. Nearly every eye
closes mOme0tarily and when they
open Baldwin has assumed horizontal
position Ia the air, striking squareiy on
his back, A high rebound follows, and
the next instant Baldwin has sWuhg
himself to the ground and is bowling 20
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-02-18

has made a fortune out OF It's system Of
real estate searches. It's guarantees are
taken and its searches are required 10
nearly every real estate transaction or
importance in this city. SO large has
the business grown that the parent
company some months ago started
Bond aud Mortgage Co., which loans
money aud takes liens upon properties
whose titles have been passed upon by
the original concern. The Guaranty
and Indemnity and los god mother, the
Mutual Life Insurance Co., are reSpon-
sibIe for the United States Mortgage
Co. This corporation has only been In
existence about a year, ia fact hardly
that long, and vet 10 does almost as
big business as any OF them and is
rolling % a princely surplus. The
Fidelity Title and Deposit Co., OF New
ark n. j., is typical Of companies OF
this sort I'M smaller cities. TO has grown
like a weed and retained its growth.
Companies Of equally marvellous deyel-
opment and equal success can be found
scattered up and dawn through the var
ious States.
The mere mention OF the surplus &C
cumulffed and the business done Is suth-
ciept 10 show the powerful influence
of the trust company Of to-day. Per-
baps nothing better illustrates IL all,
however, than simply a reference 20
the fact that through the activity and
agency of the presidents Of two trast
companies in this city a few days ago,
the $50. 600, 600 OF bonds, offered by
Secretary Carlisle, were nearly all bid
for in forty eight hours and all the
bidders wers within four blocks Of one
another,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-02-18

the day Of lasting prosperity! Close
the bars ana empty the poor houses and
jais. Cease the manufacture and sale
OF intoxicants, and we shall need fewer
hospitals and insane asylums. We
stand on tIptoe, bending toward Wash.
ington for news OF legislation that Will
restore confidence; II IL were known
that tomorrow the liquor traffic was at
an end, confidence would come TO stay,
and the only legislation, that could
frlghten her away, would be that that
threatened to restore the old order o.!
things"
"But. Doctor" IL was urged, there
are tens OF thousands OF good, sober
men idle, and their families are suffer
ing; how do you account for thAt?"
1.-THE innocent suffer with the guilty,
and while that is 10 be deplored, can
not see how IL is to be helped. But even
under the most prosperous conditions,
the labor supply seems to exceed the
labor demand. And this condition In
creases from year to year. We boast
a good deal about cheapenIng the cost
OF production By the invention OF labor
saving devices. But for myself, never
hear Of a new invention, that promises
10 do the work OF Fifty or hundred
men, without sigh OF regret
Say what we will, the condition
OF the sewing woman has not been i'm
proved By the invention OF the sewing
machine. / grant you, IL has made
great fortunes for few, and II has
cheapened production, but IL seems 10
me this has been done az the expense Of
labor. The invention Of typs-settIng
machines is dispensing every week with
the services OF hundreds Of intelligent
compositots, who, outside their trade,
are as helpless as children. Some one
inyents q horse shoe that can be turned
out by machinery. and at once
scores OF blacksmith shops close
In every county. And the sturdy me-
chanics take of their leather aprons and
grope helplessly about for some other
| calling. A few years ago was out In
| Dakota. It Is glorious land, vast,
verdEnt plains, ready TO yield grand
harvests 10 effort, bat to my surprise,
the old system Of supplying the effort
was gone. There / saw steam plows,
great roofing monsters. that swept over
the green pralries, leaving six burrows
of turned up loan In their wake. Tt
keep pace with such blowing. the
must dispense With the old method an
/ get an invention for sowing the seec
and they have II. When the grain
ripe, mighty machines enter the sea
golden or p, and cut It. and thrash /
and put into bags. Over tie ire
road II 'ushed to mammoth mil
that b. snpercefed the
water Eel eontFfvances Of
boyho a thereit Is mad
catar, four, nd cramp
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the monetary question. He said that
confidence was OIL that was needed and
wound up BY getting ss5 worth OF mine.
He also explained how much better
of We would all be with free trade. But
what does it matter to the farmer any
way, so long as be has to make up all
deficiencies anyhow? If he has protec-
ton. the merchant socks 20 per cent.
on the clothes he sells to the farmer,
and il free trade allo vs. other nations TO
compete with the farmer In raising
things to eat the price OF his product
goes down. What rights has farmer
got anyhow. He can't combine, because
he can't walk eight miles to attend agl-
tation meetings, and if he should his
henhouse would be robbed by Socialist
while he's gone.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-02-18

other farms above me and into my farm
has been returned without loss or delay.
Even milk cows that have dropped into
my enclosure in that way have only
been MIXED in order to preserve their
health.
We make our money by hard knocks,
and We are so situated that we cannot
get together aud form trusts for our
own protection. We are the only class
OF people that don't raise riot or thrO "
bombs when we are imposed upon, and
vet when a savings bank busts, II you
will analyZe the cause, you will find that
the farmers money has been loaned on
rotten security in order that other pro-
fessions and other branches Of trade may
have the capital to gamble with on the
price OF our wheat.
That is why the farmer will hereafter
put his money In al old sock 10 hol-
low tree. Do you blame him? Why do
you ask me for my confidence" and
beg me 10 put my money into clreula-
ton and help the country when return
from a foreign strand to find my savings
gone and book store where my bank
was Ia October?
Last summer my boy Henry was home
from Yale College, having been sus-
pended for something or other. 1t
seems that the chair Of Greek history
was offered 20 a man with good edu-
cation along in April, but before he &C
cepted il Henry put bent pin in it and
was tried for the offsnse. He would
have come out all right, too, for he is
very solid with the faculty, but just
about that time he made q wrong tackle
AZ a football game and was suspended,
but has returned now and been rein
stated in the college.
But while he was at home during the
summer be explained to me the situa-
tion OF the country, and the tariff, I'D
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an instant 90 me- The only drop that
was timed was one from the the l2O-ioot
work. The flight consumed just three
and three-iourths seconds. l guide
myself entirely with my head. Upon
leaving the bar I hold my body perfect
~ rigid, and as ] descend allow my legs
TO fall back just tride. IL is grad
ual turn an the way and strike square
ly on my back. An overturn or failure
10 turn enough means quite jar, and
possibly a wrench, butt have never
been hurt at &C..
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machIne-msde barrels. and whIrled to
all parts OF the world by labor saving
steam. All very grand and very great,
no doubt. but the tendency OF ID seems
to be, to have as few men and as much
labor-saving machinery as possible.
Thousands ofthe idle men to be found in
our cities to-day are poor fellows whose
occupation has been invented away.
What do you think OF the incTeas-
ing numbers OF women who are enter
ing thoss fields OF labor formerly ex-
clusively occupied by men, and who do
the same work for less wages?'
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hocked 10 the storehouses Of Joseph In
Egypt, up to the present time, men
have been dying Of hunger. Think OF
the millions OF men who have never
actually had full meal. We cannot
guard against such famines as that
which recently devastated parts OF the
Russian Empire. though broader sym
nathies and better transportation facil-
tiles enable as TO relieve distress. where
formerly it was impossible. There have
been asa great ismihss In England.
Every other land has similar history,
and thiais one Of the things in which
history PROMISES 70 so on repeating it
s.Ht. Doctor, We have not had de-
hciq crops. no disaster bv<HPod or
ct, Why then should ind -aa
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-18
HETT1E GREEN IN SAVANNAH.
The Richest Woman in America Made
Nearly All of Her Money in Subur-
ban Property

The Richest Woman in America Made
Nearly All Of Her Money in Subur-
ban Property.
The young man who wishes to enter
the realms of society must have money.
Hettie Green is not a society woman, but
she says the poor young man isn't in it,
Make money first, and then enter the
swim, The first step a young man
should take is to save his money-don't
[ hoard it up or let ii lay idle, don't invest
1t in suburban lots ten miles from no
| where just because it is cheap and the
terms are easy. There are plenty of
good investments, and investments where
there are large profits to be made on a
dead certainty. If you will notice all cit
ties in the past, in Europe as well as the
United States, have built upstream and
westward. The place to invest your
money now is west of the city; property
| is bound TO increase in value-it cannot
go backwards. Be very careful and
don't buy all the property offered if you
DO you cannot make profit. Always let
others IN with you. One man cannot
make it all. He must have combined
strength and forces all must pull to-
gether. If you make purchase
OF piece of property you must
sell OFF number of lots very cheap and
on easy terms, let 100 people be interested
and they will do more advertising and
blowing for you than fifty newspapers
They are interested and will do their ut
most to get others interested. Also
values are caused by supply and demand,
when you once get your lots started you
can command your own prices. The start
is three-fourths the work. The balance
is easy. The lots now being advertised
on Bay street extension, (the Jasper
Springs tract is very good investment
toput your money in; lots at first prices
500 or $500, on terms Of 81 per week,
you cannot possibly lose. 1t is no specu-
lation, but dead sure profit. The sale of
100 lots is merely a starter. Knowing the
improvements. for the past two years, the
present and the future prospects you
cannot make a mistake The Jasper
Springs lots will be developed. The
electric cars will be running. The
entire section will be on a boom very
shortly, and lots will double and TRIBE
the present price, Call at once on
Edward w. Brown, real estate, 1906
Bay street, and secure lot before they
are all gone.-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-18
EDISON PHoNoaRAPH.

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