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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-10
THE CHAIN OF STAMPS
he True Story Of Crippled
Mettie Garman.
sse IS NOT AN uMposTEa.
~ Phiianthropists Have Driven shs
Kaaeviiie Postmaster wild with
Tons OF stamps.

rsasvffle. III. March 4-Mestis Gar.
Res's now famous stamp chain. has
ssyen the little village OF Eaneyiile. IN.
pcsoristy which year ago IL had not
tresmed Of possessing. A shy little Grip
rxs9 girl has received an amount OF free
ndverfis.ag many an actress might envy
4be Village postmaster has had HIS ar-
eounfs oxerhauIed BY the postmaster gen.
~. with the result that ono or two post
q clerks are likely 10 land In the peni-
eeafIzfy. The government threatens to
MAX EummarsIy the endless chain of
aDeeIed postage stamps which has bur-
90 Kaneville under its links, and yet
yery few people know what ali she bother
about. what IL means or hcw IL started.
Like other outbreaks OF the Cancelled
ramp mania this one began innocentiy
md Ignoraatiy. Wild stories are always
a4oat 20 the effect that somebody win
rlse fortune for a million Cancelled post
tes stamps. There was a poor old lady
n YenkeFa. n. r.. who spent several
years In collecting q million. with which
% get herself into an old ladies' home.
When she had the million she sold them
for So. The newspapers spread ALI the
knouledge they can of the real value ~
cancelled stamps. but the grip a sup@rsti-
ton has upon life was Fever better Illus
sfaied than in the case OF Mettie Gar
nan.
Aettie has been called fake. but.
Ear from that, she In q modest. patisn,
little cripple. the life and comfort of the
Garman family and the cherished friend
VI every man. woman and child I'm the
Village or kaueyilie. Bright and cheer-
ful al all times. she In often singulariy
witty In her quaint expressions
But how did she become involved In
this endless maze OF Cancelled postage
etamps7 Mettie was born nineteen years
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stannx from the envelopes and tied them
I'D into neat packages. But soon ths
work became too extensive for the Grip
plesf fingers and other members OF the
family and friends offered assistance.
But. with them all 20 help only a small
PARTON OF the daily mail could be- open
cd. Then the Garnsn cellar was brought
fnfo play. and dry goods hoxes filled with
unopened letters gradually accumuis ted
unfit the Ssaail apartment was packed 20
the ceilirJg. The Garmau hoase does not
possess garnet. but every available clos
et and corner was made 20 do service rs
a receptacle for stamps The house soon
lost its resemblance 10 a home. and ev-
eryhoiy climbed over stamps and wadni
through stamps and got lost ia stamps
In his efgerts 90 set = meal OF victaals or
fsna place 70 sleep. The pcstctfice was
hacked Edas Browns house was packed
and ses aral ohliging neashoors had turn
ea their houses into store rooms,
one day Mr. Csaruan loaded up US
gon with letters and started for neigh
boring town. where friends had offered
10 take charge OF them. Somebody Sag-
geste~i thar he weigh the load. There
was iuss a ton Of stamps
A few days ago Nettte wrote 20 3
friend fn the East; II was quite sur
r-ised when / heard thar tire chain had
reached YOU. sim X isn't strange ths=
h has done 50. IL las gone 20 every state
IN the J1aicu. as@weli as Canada and
Nexieo. Three or four weeks ago the let
t.rs came SO fast We could do nothing
with them but now We only get few,
not more than three bushels a day.
think
snu,e fev rare collections which peo~
,,,s have grown tired OF trsaSurfng have
hs.a, sent, and many have not confined
themselves 80 ths ten requested IN sae
chain letter Offers 90 +aas OF sasssa. II
s,,strssa have been received. so II is TIM
y,ssts,,e 10 piAcs any estimate or the
r,,naher mailed Some eatsrrrtslns Esatss-
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fney n farn are asked 10 % the same.
Any one not wishinx % do this wsTl
Please return this letter 30 Nfss Ercxn.
ken
Although this may seem very srnan
se you. yet any ore breaking the Grain
VIII Involve serious soss "a the eater
Prise.
TIE person receiving number - wsEl
please rsturn IL with any ether letters.
As that ends the chain. =
OF course she got TIE story mixed a
little. and what Miss Brown had writ
ten a. conjecture she took as absolute
fact Not knowing the name OF the In
valid for whom she began the chain, and.
OF course. not knowing OF any hospital.
sire used Edna Browns name. thinking
that the stamps would easily reach the
one for whom they were intended
Sc the chain Was started. bag no one
OF those Immediately connected with the
enterprise STOPPED to realize what the
outcome wcuid be. About the 18th Of
began 70 appear. ~ the same time the
KanevfIie postmaster received several ies-
ters snquiring about the Kanevile hos
pitai and cripple OF his town named
Edna Brown Without stDppsng 20 fnves-
tisate-rhas need of Investigation when
he knew every man. woman and child.
ard every bob-tailed dog for ten miles
arounS5-he answered positively that
haueyfile did not possess q hospital. that
only one girI by the name OF Edna Brown
lived there. ard that she was certainly
not In need OF medical assistance. Then
the papers began to cry fake
From = mail CT zoe letters a week the
kansvtise receipts sweiied To l5.oD and
niue letters daily. Kanevfiie does not
POSSESS a railroad. and the mail was car
ried from Sugar Grove. the nearest sta
ton, In q stage coach. very satisfac-
tory arrangement under ordinary ctrrusn-
stances. but hardly saffIcien. To accom-
MEDIATE stamp chain. No longer would
the top Of the crazy coach bear the ever
Increasing burden. aad the mail pouches
were packed and pressed and crowded In
SIDE while the occasional passengers
found themselves compelled TO walk or
catch ride with some ohliging farm
err. The poor postmaster was paralyzed.
NO more time 10 gossip with the village
preacher about the latest wedding. the
only thing that occurs 10 break the Kane
Vile usonoiony. no more time to pitch
Qaoits with the boys In the street. no
time for anything but 60 sort and STAMP
letters and pile them Up for delivery "a
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Ripans Tabules: Sold by druggists, or by
mail if the price $50 cents box) IS sent to
The Ripans Chemical Company, No. 10
Spruce ST., New York.
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matician has figured out that the chain
would produce Ii2.7ss.4ls. oss So. 10. so3. ss3
letters without the multiplication Of
stamps enclosed. bGt. as the chain has
no doubt been broken many times. the
world VIII not have 20 be repopuisted to
supply the demand.
Owing 70 the published statements that
the stamps are worthless. and the nat
ural tndtguation Of the kanevilie post
master at the useieSsness Of his heavy
abors. the postmaster general has been
Obliged 10 make an Investigation OF the
kanevflie postofsice- Some DAYS ago an
inspector arrived ard discovered that not
only was the mail careisssiy handled. but
that nal clerks along the route had heen
defaesng some letters anS destroying 9th
ers, he stated that he had obtained
enough proof 20 cost several clerks their
positions. and 10 put Gre or two In the
penitentiary Several Of Miss Browns
letters referred 70 enclosures OF S bills
bat the money was lost
As 20 tns cash value OF this avalanche
os STAMPS everything remains 20 be seen
one or two New Yerk dealers have Of
fered SO a million for the unxorted
stamps without inspection. ard Gettia re-
r,srts an offer from a Chicago firm s.s
siae Ter rrflIsan. Whatever sum may be
realized the folly and waste OF such a
means % money raising Is chyious from
A simple calculation. one hundred doh
lars Is ten thousand cents. which sum
will man Eve thousand letters. carrying
ss.corSsIng 30 the chsin agreement - go
stamps So that. suppoSing the highest
price yet suggested Ia be realized. !,
would cost the donors s2.esa TO confer $40
upon the crippled girl
This most unique example % the stamp
ara chain craze viii result la real hsns-
ns 20 MetSfe tfarnsAn. bus az what cost
Nc hospital ~aats stamps. bat STAMP
dealers viii absorb limited number az
low figures. Meerfe Will get money
enough 10 GO TO a hospital hst the Grip
pies Of the whole country could have been
treated for q smaller sum shan has gone
into - TdinS her her mall.
But Me.Ste Garrnan herself was limo
cent enough. TIE scheme was started
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WE PROCLAIM

Health TO all Lst ali hear and heed.
Medicines are the artillery Of good health
ard repei the attacks OF disease. All
our medicines are carefully compounded
by experts OF pure and fresh drugs, Inis
IS the secret OF their great value IA the
treatment of disease. Every prescription
prepared by US commands the entire CON
ndeuce OF Physicians and their patiefstS-
our prescription department Is immense
IL popular because if II always reliable.
Purity and value are necessary in moth
iur so much as In medicines The drug
giss Is the real beard of health.
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PEOPLES SAVINGS BANK
Occidental block. Seattle. Wash
-oFrrcERs AND TRusTEEs-

Capitsl................-. sis"'"o
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without her knowledge, she was power
less 10 stop IL. and a great many people
will be glad of any good that comes 10
the gentle crippled girl. She is rot
fake though crazy philanfhropisfs
should think second time before they
load Uncle Sans mail bags with can
celed stamps at $50 or less per million.
As we'll send rags or waste paper,
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WANT HELPf

Want ads. when inserted in the
Observation-Disclosures bring quick
returns. Largest eirc glAtios guar,
N1aool
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Nfrety-sevesa thousand Fischer pianos
have been sold. Factory established fsia
Winter l. Harper. Burke building.
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OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES
Jacob Furths ....,.......-..-..:s...r Ieslnen.
Arthur A. y ~ 1tFNtts'i.&
Gatr, I,esry- Second Vice President
Lanes r., Hayden. .Man'gr. Cash'r. Sec
Franx 4 Bloaxest Assistant Cashier
sixmund schwabachsr, John woilins.
e &. Neufeidsr. r. W. WhmanA-
Transacfs a savings bank business ex-
clusfgsIy. .x.
Deposits received from " 20 slovs.
fnteres, allowed per anuum- stx per
cent on term deposits. per cent on or
binary deposits.
DfysS~rds declared last days OF May ana
NnwsnlEser Loans made en- real estate or
approved coiiateraas only.
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Mr. BARRY who has general charge of the advertising
of the Chicago Newspaper Unon compelled
large portion of his time in ourneyngs and fro the
country in the interests he represents Speaking of Rpans
Tabue Mr. Barry says that he has carried them with him
his sache all his trips he first became acquainted with
their excellent qualities He four five week. being
always particular take after hearty especially
after hasty meal He requires than Mr..
Barry does remember how he first induced make
trial Rpans Tabu but buys them the druggist whenever his
supply exhausted His last box he procured from Buck Rayo drug
Chicago Mr. and thing
travelling, he medicine ALL"
<zA~T
| -4G>5&A RpansT Sold by druggists by
if is
k&HxSbWNI RpanC Chemical No. (u19UN|
SpuceS /
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-04
How 1t Works.

The Democrats of Kentucky doubtless
appreciate by this time the unwisdom or
the policy of dividing themselves into two
factions. each faction denouncing the
other; whilst tho masses stand by ana
mourn over the fate which has overtakeh
old Kentucky. If Nr. Blackburn IS re-
turned 70 the United States Senate, the
Cleveland men VIII regret the fact, though
he IS a true Democrat. II Black
burn Is not returned, the Cleveland men
will rejoice over the defeat of one or the
truest and ablest Democrats in the land'
II Hardin IS elected Governor the CleVe'
land men will claim il as a victory Tor
the administration. If Hardin Is de-
feated. the silver men will rejoice at his
fate. because he ia supposed 70 be
"gold-bug" But let the Kentucky cleo
lions result as they may, there VIII be
two factions left in that State, as the re-
suit of the mistaken policy OF trying to
compel the Democrats to set themselves
I'm battle array at time when there
was no occasion for thus dividing the
party.
Mr.. Blackburn, the representative man
Of the silverltes. took occasion day be
fore yesterday TO say at Frankfort that
the President had sent Secretary Car
Isle away from his duties in Washing
ton city 10 "ventilate his cuckoo ideas
before the Democrats OF Kentucky" The
same day the McCreary Democrats had
rival barbecue at Frankfort, and en-
deavored to teach Mr.. Blackburn that
they did not belong TO the cuckoo con-
tingent.
There IS bad blood in Kentucky, too.
because the State platform, so II Is
charged, was made 10 suit the wishes OF
Louisville, which last fall went Repub-
lican by fifty thousand majority. 1t is
also charged that in the matter OF
platform the votes OF nine cities OVERRIDE
In the late State convention the wishes
of the western part OF the State. where
the large Democratic majorities are usu-
ally rolled up.
If the agtators succeed in getting up
Democratic State convention In Virginia.
the results here will be as disastrous as
the results promise to be in Kentucky
and Georgia. EVIL. and only evil. and
evil continually" will follow in the foot
steps Of "a State convention TO be COM
posed of factions fighting for and against
free silver and for and against the Presi-
dent and his policy.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-04
Impronlpfu.

CTo Dr. J. William Jones' Written on
the occasion OF a lecture by DR. Jones
at Hazlehurst, Miss, on the Christian
Character OF Stonewall Jackson.D
Hail! glory-crOwned veteran OF Dixie.
A royal welcome 20 thee,
With hearts bowed IN reverent devotion
We greet the brave Chaplain of Lee.
Thy name, I'm the heart OF each South
ron.
Enshrined with all honor shall be.
Thou hast taken sweet counsel with
Jackson.
Hast knelt and has prayed with our
Lee!
Thou hast followed their fortunes IN
battle.
Ne'er needing the lannon's fierce roar:
And hast whispered TO hearts that were
fainting
The story Of Christ, DER and DER.
But the turmoil OF battle is over.
And the old canteens are dry,
And Lee and Stonewah Jackson
Sleep meath our southern sky.
Thou still art marching onward.
With an army's ceaseless tramp.
Still telling the sweet old story
The story OF Christ in the camp.
Hail! glory-crowned veteran OF Dixiel
A royal welcome to thee.
Hail. Chaplain OF Old Virginia.
And Chaplain OF Robert f. Lee,
FANNIE MAY GIBBES.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-04

and Twelfth streets (where the Lexington
Hotel now is). when The war broke out
and 4; continued there during the war,
we believe. And after the wsr the Re-
public began publication In house
standing where the Chamber or Com
merce building now stands. while Charles
II. Wynne's Times housed Itself In Fer
Sussons print.ng-ofllcc. Maia and -Four
;centh streets. and the Examiner, IND
tng no suitable building lower down
town tby reason OF the dcsiructiveness
OF the evacuation fre). found a temporary
home in building at the northeast cor
nsr OF Main and Seventh .treevs; but
came back down town n year later.
For hundred years the newspaper
publishing business Of Richmond has been
done in the nelghborhood OF the present
newspaper Offices. and. for all that we
can see TO We contrary. hereabout they
Will be found hundred years to come
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-04
A New Ranking system.

The fact that the last Democratic Ma
tional Convention recommended the aDo-
lition Of the Io-per-cent tax on the ISSUES
of State banks has Induced many good
! and true Democrats to suppose that tner
party was pledged to legislation looking
! TO the establishment OF a new State-bank
| system not under the active supervision
| OF the General Government SUCH Demo-
Gratis forget that the last Congress actua|
Is voted down the proposition 10 repeai
the law taxing the issues OF State panKs'
and that Mr.. Cleveland and his Secre-
tarv of the Treasury are committed 10
State-bank system. as 1t is styied' VINO"
| would render the notes TO be issued uh-
der it as safe al those now issued ny
Me national banks. There Is no reason
therefore. TO fear that any system whlch
NAV be resorted TO by the next congress
Will be one which Will injure tho circu-
lating medium Of the country.
In this connection let us remark trat
the next House of Representatives WIZ
be controlled by the Republicans, ana
there is no telling what sort OF new sys-
fem Will commend Itself to their support
IL is not probable that they VIII consent
TO try the experiment which mas peeh
recommended to them b. Mr.. Cleveland
and Mr Carlisle Nevertheless. mas
much as the existing national bahhlhg
system has the seeds OF dissolution in
its body. the Republicans may deem !,
their duty TO provide substitute LOT IT,
Our attention was called TO this sub
tect bv an article which has come 10 US
from the far-ofr state Of Minnesota. In
that northwest region. II our authority
is not mistaken. the Democrats are OPP
posed to the free coinage OF silver at the
ratio of IL 20 By our own government.
We would fam hope that those same
good Democrats are in favor OF the In
ternatlonal free coinage OF silver. The
Minnesota paper further says that the
Democrats stand for policy commendsi
by the President, and then adds-Tf1at is
The most important Of it's declarations
that the Presidents system involves the
divorce OF the government from banking
and the remi;tal TO the people OF the
issues Of paper representatives, under
strict Federal SUPERVISION u hsCute t"e
solvency OF the banks.
Some such compromise as Minnesota
favors II may be necessary for the Demo-
cratic party TO propose. The repeal OF
the le-per-cent tax seems 10 BE- favored
By large majority of the Democrats
in the Southern States, and also by many
OF the leading financial experts and au-
thorities in some of the Northern States.
In a word 1T would seem that as the
existing natlonal-bank system must CO.
a new State-bank system must take its
place.
The lesson which We would teach 10
the Democrats of Virginia is not to d.
yid. this year on the silver question nor
on the State-bank system. The cam
paign of 1896 will soon be upon US. Be
fore that campaign begins the Demo-
cratic National Convention will have
erected platform upon which oil good
Democrats can stand, and the Republican
party viii have committed itself to
currency policy which the people are
never going 10 consent 10 incorporate m
to the financial policy Of this country
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-04
Secretary Morton Praises Virginia.

Mr.. Morton, the Secretary of Agricul-
ture. IS winning our affections rapidly,
But a day or two ago he broke up the
seed bureau humbug: an arrangement by
which the name OF the government was
brought into contempt. 10000 were spent
annually. and thousands of packages of
seed were distributed to people who were
plenty able to buy them. Now he Is
praising the farming lands Of Virginia
IL we had an immigration bureau. 1t
could not do q better thing than to print
what Mr.. Morton sage OF us. and distri-
butte the pamphlet all over the North
and West, and in Europe.
True. his eulogy OF Virginia farms was
based chiefly upon observations that he
made in Fairfax and Loudoun counties;
but there are other counties In Virginia
with equally as good lands-iands held
too at much lower prices than obtain
I'm Fairfax and Loudoun.
Secretary Morton declares that If he
were young he would buy farm In Vir-
ginia, and he adds that II he were to
modify "Greeley's go West, young man"
he would make IL go to Virginia, young
man.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-04
Salisbury and His Foreign Policy.

1t would seem that coincident with the
conservative victory in Great Britain,
most OF the foreign questions affecting
the interest OF the nation have assumed
acute phases. Nor Is that ali. Inc COM
pleteness Of the victory has reawakened
Jingoism in certain quarters. and some
Of TIE prominent Tory papers are already
beginning to press the new government
TO pursue n vigorous policy in respect Of
these problems.
Among the leading foreign complications
that confront Lord Salisbury are the
Egyptian, the Soudansse. and the Indo-
China Buffer State questions, and In all
OF these France is the principal other
party. rs to the first two. they are so
Indissolubly associated as to be. in a
sense. one and the same question. The
French papers, emboldened by the rela-
tons France has succeeded In establish
ing with Russia. and encouraged by the
fact that Russia Is intriguing In Abys-
sinia, are strenuouely demanding that
the Franco-Russian alliance be used 10
drive the British out OF Egypt. At the
same time, they are also Industriously
fomenting a public sentiment in favor
OF extending the sphere OF French in
duence in the Soudan. That the British
will not evacuate Egypt at the bidding
Of France. even should the latter be
backed In that bidding by Russia. is very
clear. They are in Egypt to stay. Sails
bury long since said as much. No govern
ment In England that pronounced IA favor
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-04

, The following comes to us, as we PRINT
II, from the New York Sun:
BAR HARBOR. July 2s.-I am able to
say on authority that IL Mr.. Whitney
shall change his mind and wish 10 be
considered an aspirant for next years
nomination, he will have the support Of
President Cleveland.
WALTER WELLMAN.
Again: From the Baltimore Suns re-
port OF the proceedings of the late Demo-
cratic State Convention in Maryland, We
copy the following extract from the speech
OF Mr.. Carter, who nominated Mr.. Hurst
for Governor (Gorman's candidate. it is
charged:
For President Cleveland he CHR.
Hurst has, ae l have, the greatest ad-
miration IN every respect, and here. |
only say for myself, and speaking for
myself, that II 1 could voice the Demo-
cratic sentiments OF this great country
third term or no third term. ] would like
TO see Mr. Cleveland President Of the
United States again"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-04

OF withdrawing from Egypt would live
twenty-four hours. And Il - equally clear
that Great Britain cannot afford that
any other European nation than herself
dominate the Upper Nile region. AS has
been frequently pointed out. any civilized
Power that might be In possession OF
that region could so control the waters
OF the Nile as to utterly destroy Egypt
Indeed. SO thoroughly accepted Is this
conclusion that already Great Britain Is
beginning TO look with some apprehen-
sion upon the disposition of her Italian
allies at Massowah, to push INTO the
interior. The result Of this matter may
therefore, be that II France persists In
her demands and forces a crisis. Great
Britain will immediately undertake the
reconquest of the Soudan.
Touching the Indo-China Buher stare
problem. It seems 10 be admitted that IN
dealing with that, French diplomacy got
decidedly the better OF the Rosebery
government. However. Salisbury has al
ready served notice on China that her
treaty with France in respect OF 'nls
matter is not at ali TO his liking ana
no one need be surprised IL here, too,
Il shall be found that the man and the
occasion have met.