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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-10-27
NOT A PROPER QUESTION.


Among questions given in the sum
mer school examination by the dlrec-
tors in a small town was the following
example in arithmetic: If Alexander
can fire off nine crackers minute LOT
one hour and six minutes, and koDert
can fire seven crackers a minute for the
same time. how many more viii Alex,
ander have fred of than Robert!
when the question was propounded
little Girl Immediately arose and piped
out: please, teacher, I don't want TO
answer that. Firecrackers mas pO"uer
~ tban, and powder is used in war,
and our folks is quakers. "-Philadel-
phia American.
chat amt an American quarter IS
ito" asked Robbie, looking over Jacks
collection of coins. Course 1t is"
said lack. Don't YOU see the broiled
chicken on the back of it?"-Harper's
Bazaar.
The advocate., 1895-01-02
Give the Farmer Facts.
W. G NELSON.

The average planter has but little use for
auely spun sheOrV, whether ID pertains 10
TO the relation Of his condition to politics
or whether 10 deals wish the bssb ways and
means II growing the best crops. What he
wants is Facts. No one hSs reslizsd this
more than the great Reed frm Of D. M.
Ferry & Co., D DstIoit, M oh, who for forty
years have been studying the wants and
condition Of planters, large and small, and
Rs a result have created the Target seed
business in the whole world. Without
doubt strict adherence TO she policy Of
dealing in facts represents the secret Of
their success. They kuow their seeds are
right before they are sent TO che many
thousand dealers feom whom the planter
gets them. The dealer knows this TO be q
fact requiring no further gu u'stion, and the
planter hodSit TO be a substantial fact
when the harvest time comes. Another
illustration of the value Of this method 10
found in FerrV's Seed Annual, in whlOh
there is nothing but facts. Facts lthaB
prove OF the greatest value TO every planter;
facts about how, whsn a I'd where TO plant,
that can be had from no other source.
There are no worthy facts left out, and no
unworthy theories les in. The book is sent
feee TO everyone who asks for il. A postal
card with your name and address sent the
Arm will brine IL to you.
The advocate., 1895-01-02
800 Reward, 500.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased
TO learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all It's stages, and that is oatarrh. Halls
Catarrh cure is the only positive cure now
known 10 the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being q constitutional disease, requires q
constitutional treatment. Hall's catarrh
cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
Of the disease, and giving the patient
strength By building up the oonstitu-
tiOD and assisting nature in doing
It's work. The proprletors have 30 much
faith ia It's curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case that il
fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address, B. ]. CHENEY J. CO., Toledo, o.
~ Sold By druggists, rs cents.
The advocate., 1895-01-02

"The people have the cattle and the pro-
ducts Of q thousand hills and valleys"
They possess every essentisl for their
happiness and comfort. Why should
they be robbed and pSuperizsd by set
Of bandits because Trey choose to rob
their victims by statute, instead ct by
pistolH Let them take their bonds and
their gold and their whole paFsphsrnslia
and 60 to Sunday school with them. The
people can get along without them, 90
we always had 10 do in time of trouble.
Tom EVANS,
The advocate., 1895-01-02

through the land in times past when in
famous RCts were done, or even sug-
Rested. The mutiny and navigation
acts and the port bills more than 100
years ago aroused the keenest hostility
on part Of patriots. The fugitive slave
law and the Drsd Scott decision excited
free men to the highest pitch. But the
promulgation Of q doctrine more in.
famous by far, more distinctive, disas.
trous and far reaching In it's bsneFul Of
fects, scarcely prOvokes comment among
the 18 million voters Of our land, except
among the 2 million patriots in Populist
ranks. And are we frsep
KANSAS UNIVERSITY.
The advocate., 1895-01-02

more value than greenbscks, il would
have been all right, provided the supply
OF money TO do business With, had been
kePt up. The fraud 10y, frpt ia paying
these bonds in money far more valuable
than the holder paid for them; and
second, in paying interest on them.
The idea seems to prevail that the war
burden has not yet been sustained by
the people, that it has not yet been psiG
FOR. Toe losses were al sustained st
the time-ths food, the clothes, the guns
all had to be furnished at the time. A
bunglinR, rObbing method Of dlstribut-
ing those losses, is not yet ended.
Hillsboro, o. W. G NELSON.
The advocate., 1895-01-02

II took Judge Woods, with Judge
jenkins beside him, and an essay Of
q 600 words to explain why Dsbs and
his associates should 90 to jail for con-
tempt of court. IL law and conscience
dictated such sentence, why this ado
II Dsbs is guilty Of COZ rsDiracy, why is
he punisFed for contempt OF courtH
But is heP Il seems that not law but
judges rule this couDtry.-InternstionRl
RAilrOader, Dec 81, 1894.
The advocate., 1895-01-02
To Stoek Dealers.

You will always find the Lsrimer.
Bridge6ord Commission company of Kan.
sas City, Mo, ready and willing to sC-
commodste you in any way possible.
Write them for any kind Of information
"a to live stock markets and the best
way to handle cattle and hogs. They are
reliable.
The advocate., 1895-01-02

"Mrs. Psrksr's Oomplets House
keeper" comprises nearly 500 pages
6llsd with illustrations, and is very at-
tractiVe bound in boards, with Q chrome
autographed cover in Colors. 9ss On
pounpement iR another column.
The advocate., 1895-01-02
FInancL ,rIng ThrOugh an Augr Hole.

the West and South are becoming to-
intelligent to permit their destinies II
swing upon the hinges Of q few bsnl
doors much longer. They have lesrnet
q valuable lesson at q fearful cost in thu
last two years from the same bsukerI
that are represented 10 the Baltimore
and Carlisle plans. How astute theil
plans presented before that Springer
committee. The first one, in street par
lance, ia bluff to feel Of the public
pulse, while the second ia q snubbinG
line to land the ship Of state at las
snugly in their harbOr (aays the spids
to the fy) All their schemes are inter
Bpersed with bond issues, redemption
and parity. 1t would never do to spriDi
any Western ideas upon the Syringe
committee. They are altogether to-
fresh, too fragrant and effalgent in thei
originality and would not bs in accord
snOe with the comfy of bankers to gel
any ideas West Of the Mississippl. Tnsl
would be likely to shock their prophet,
OF banking. They are omnipotsnt. D
they not move the worldP Are no
the seas that are whitened with the sail
OF commerce tributary to them. The,
set within their marble palaces, snt
when they will it they touch an electri
button, down goes wheat, hogs, cattle
corn and cotton; down goes every pro
duct Of human skill except bonds ant
gold. Down went the human race il
the annals Of al history whenever Tho
people spelled their god with an in it
And down will 90 the American people
unless they get up off their knees before
the golden calf aud crush it to powder
and cast It into the sea.
VIII the people ever learn that thu
bankers create two or three kinds Of
money, one redeemRble in the other
under statutes dictated by themveleg
FOR the purpose of shaving the inferior
kind that is in circulation amongst the
peopleP The fact that one kind oI
money must be redeemed in a money ol
final redemption, or that bonds will be
issued "a q basis for circulating bank
notes shows that the government is in
oollusion with the bankers in that il
loans its credit to certain individusls st
the expense OF the people, instead oI
using 1t for the benefit Of the people and
that the issuing Of an inferior kind ol
money that has dspreciated BY reason ol
an enactment by congress or otherwise
10 prImG fGeGO evidence Of fraud and dis
honesty upon the part Of the govern.
ment and viii DO condemned by the peo.
pie when this ledgerdemsin they cal
legislRtiOn is fully understood.
Why shOuld the measure Of values We
call money be paramount to every other
oOnBiderationi II the yRrd-stick Of more
value than the cloth it measures, or the
scale beam Of more value than the
drOves Of cattle 1t WeiRhsl Will the
people ever learn that there 10 NO intrin.
Rio value In money OF any kind. What is
money worth 10 me il I cannot exchange
IL Cor the neceoSariss Of life or some.
thing thst pCQOesOes intrinsic value.
The advocate., 1895-01-02
That Fraudulent War Debt

LEOm ~ r. OGepnsnS questioning Wn9Enet
the country rightly owes any war debt.
Perhaps even many rePormer8 fail to
SOC the ephilosOphy Of government money,
when properly managed, because they
regard the case between the government
and individuals as being parallel to
that between individuals. Such is far
from being the case. Thus, il an indl-
ViduRl receives from me, / have q right Ia
40 much again. But when the govern.
ment receives, it does so in virtue Of itH
taxing power.
All that government receives is q tax
on the country, q burden, loss. Then
the grsenback should have read, not "the
United States promises TO pay" but "tbs
United States has received Of bearer
$40. This receipt is receivable at ito
face value for any taxes due the United
States"
Now, suppose / furnish q carload of
fat cattle to feed the army. Toe army
eats the cattle. The country 10 Of course
that much poorer. The only question is
20 distribute that loss among the people
according to their ability to bear it,
The government gives me q receipt for
the cattls-say $4,000 worth. Nov, up
to this point, I have borne the whole
burden Of furnishing those cattle, as my
receipts show. Bat now I 60 to B and
say:
"B, I'll buy that $1,000 farm of you.
B says, "Hsre'S your deed, pay your
money"
"Wsll, l have some receipts showing
1 have furnished cattle to the govern
ment."
"Wsll, what do want with your re-
ceipts9 don't have to pay any 5000
taxes"
"No, but your neighbors do, and they
must have the receipts to do it WITH,
swell then, I'll take them"
Now it is plain that B has divided
with me the burden of furnishing those
cattle to the government. AS it now
stands, have contributed $1,000 to sup.
port the government directly, and B
just as much indirectly. We each have
receipts to show this.
/ now buy q horse from Q rich trader
for 800. He now has indirectly con-
tributed that much to support the gov
ernment. It 30 happens that his tax
that year is just 800. He has his re-
ceipts to show that he has paid it. On
tRx.psying day he surrenders these re-
ceipts. This mission 10 now ended and
they are burned. The supply Of receipts
(noney) to do business with iS kept up
by fresh issues acknowledging the re.
ceipt daily, By the government, Of ser
vices and commodities.
Now, friend Stephens, notice that who
ever is found in possession Of, say $4,000
OF greenbacks, which were, practically,
receipts, thereby shows that hO has con.
tributed much more than his share to
the support OF the government. There
fore, the government says to him: "Sur-
render those receipts (RrSenbacks), and
tak&a bond requiring your nsighbOrS to
reimburse you"
Now he'd this bond bean non-interest
bearing and payable IN money OF no
The advocate., 1895-01-02
That Baltimore Plan.

gl~A+AtNAN
more, and with q great blsre Of trump.
Il stS, presented to the world pansCsH for
4 Tall financial ills, and duly dubbed the
thqsams the baltimore plSD," an appells-
1ta lion that will help to bring Odium upon
4 The name Of On unoff 9nding city, In the
y minds Of honest people.
- The bankers are the physicians to Bd-
minister this new cure all to the afflicted
= public. The covert fight has ended.
Openly they announce their hostility TO
Che RreSnbacks-the honest money Of
Che people. Gold and bank notes are to
bS the only money. Such is their die
tum.
W Each speaker took pains TO sneer at
La the gPeenbaCk. 1t is, said they, Of
doubtful cOnstitutionslity, only toler-
Fable a. q war measure At that time
t1l they (she bankers) 10 their noble unset
wa fahness and pure holy patriotism, real
tWizinG the extremity Of their beloved
ot country in the midst Of civil war,
nnigYielded, though protesting, to tho uni
, eng, ,,eFse issue Of greenbaCka.
shl The air must have been moist In that
eEbnvsntion with the tears Of sympathy
m hed for the poor workingmsn who so
y uhdlY needs the single gold standard
and bank notes. Each speaker insisted
shat there 10 not enough money in oiFou-
lation. (In Populist, that 10 sufficient
\ nj evidence Of lunscy to justify these same
sslf.saoriHCiug In placing him in an asy.
ltum.) But the way to expand (don't say
)Co1ndsts; that's q nasty Pop word) the cur
batrsnCy Ia 10 give to thS bankers the Pso.
II pies credit and let them issue 30 or 75
II per cent of their capital In bank notes.
ofMoney backed by all the people is not
iny1nly unsafe, but absolutely worthless.
sF'Money backed by q small part Of the
peOple, small financially, smaller numer.
Hioslly, smallest morally is perfectly
sound money.
reI From the time Of Euclid to the pres
n.y. mt, geowetrioians have tried to make
tAestudents believe that the whole Of q
plAthing 10 greater than any of lie parts.
1o'But that learned Baltimore gathering
viii reverse the rules of old Pogies like
leGuclid, and show that q few thousand
,rSNAnksrs are larger than the whole Amsri.
I-!.Nr people, including themselves.
nll' Hon. Mr. Hendrix, M. G., Of New York,
Wives horror stricken to think that people
lWsWho work want to impress their views
ReATpon our financial leglslation. The CON.
p sntion hngged itself to think that it
cgRs body Of brsiny men who fOrmu-
ltsd their wslghty opinions In shape
g congressional enactment.
Otf CAN anyone name single great
Gethought, idea or principle, that at any
psp plms In the worlds history has been
RFSvolvad bY such a gathering Of ClRssH
re anyone can, will he name the OCCUR.
gice and the oOcaslonS The rsforma-
IA ion began through the humble SON OF q
lpssSsxon'mineF. Peter, the Hermit, brought
about the crusadeS. The poor SON Of q
carpenter Of SaOns, unified Christen.
dom. A Genoese WOol.oOmber's boy In.
sisted that the world was round, and dis.
Y covered AmeriCs, in spite Of the Rsser.
i tionB OF the great council OF Spanish
I professors, grandees and ecClesisstics Rt
u Salamanca. he didn't slids OF the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-21
LETTER FROM MRS. LINCOLN.
The Death of Her Husband Seemed Like
Terrible Dream.

The Death of Her Husband Seemed Like
Terrible Dream.
A tragical episode that marked the
close of the career of DIR. Henry, Lin
coins good friend, may best be con-
cluded here with letter from Mrs
Lincoln in which touching reference is
made to him and to her husband.
may as well explain that the claims
referred to in Mrs. Lincoln's letter
were certain shares of wild cat" stock
sent to her in her days of prosperity,
and which the poor lady thought
might be sold for small sum. This
is her letter:
CHICAGO, May IL, 1865.
Noah Brooks, Esq, San Francisco:
Ny DEAR SRA few days since I re-
ceived very sad letter from Mrs.
Henry, in which she wildly portrays
her great desolation and dependence
upon others for every earthly comfort.
l am induced to enclose you the Neva-
da claims and also petroleum claim,
hoping that you may be able to secure
a purchaser for them, in which case
will most cheerfully give Mrs Henry
some of the proceeds. I ana aware that
l am taxing your kindness very great
ly, yet the remembrance of your great
esteem for my beloved husband and
DR.. Henry would excuse the intrusion
upon you. 1 wish you were not so far
removed from us-true friends, in
these overwhelming days of affection,
l find to be very rare. l find myself
clinging more tender1y to the memory
of those who, if not so remote, would
be more friendly.
hope you will be able to visit Mrs.
Henry the coming summer. / some
times, in my wildness and grief, am
tempted to believe that it is some ter
rible dream, and that my idolized hus-
band will return to me. Poor DIR. Hen
ry! he who wept so truly and freely
with US in our great misfortune, how
soon he was called to join the beloved
one who had so recently ''gone beforen
In my own great sorrow how often
have prayed for death to end my great
miseryl
Ny sons are well and great comfort
to me. Robert and Taddie re
member you very kindly. / hope yor
will write to US more frequently. 1 an
well aware of the deep sympathy yol
feel for US, and the great affection anc
confidence my husband cherished fol
| you draws you very near to US. Will
| apologies for trou bling you as I an
now doing, l remain always sincerel,
| your friend, MARY LINCOLN.
/ Noah Brooks, in Century.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-21
ONE ON MR.. GARDENHIRE.
Herbert Cawthorn Tells About His Great
Play. Little Nugget"


Play. Little Nugget"
Herbert Cawthorn, who played at the
Grand last night, made most of his
money out of Little Nugget"
"Little Nugget" is the piece that Mr.
Sam Gardenhire wrote in connection
with Horace Dumars at Springfield, Mo-,
several years ago.
A JOURNAL reporter mentioned it to
Mr.. Cawthorn yesterday, and Cawthorn
smiled.
"Well," he said, she may have written
it, or any part of it, but he ought not tell
"The fact of the matter is the piece l
played was never written. It was faxed
up a little at time until it had quite
run. 1t was known as great laughing
piece before | got done with it. but the
original piece was the widest meIo-
drama you ever saw. 1t run for two
hours and forty five minutes, and there
was only one laugh in it
at seems to have been originally
written for children, and its original
name was enough to scare a child into
spasms
alt was called, "Grinder's Kid, or the
Pirate of Goose Creek"
"a fellow named Steele got possession
of the piece, and thought he would play
it through Missouri. l was a friend of
his. and was in New York at the time
out of job. He wrote me to come and
take part in the piece, and if it was a
go he would give me a share in it. l
came and we tackled it For nine long
weary weeks we dragged that piece
around Steele was out money on it and
was mad. Finally we started to play a
two night stand with it in some Missouri
town. We played the first Night and got
away from the theater whole. The next
morning one of the other actors and I
went to the opera house for our mail.
The house was locked, but the manag er
was inside. He opened a window and
threw our mail out to US and told US
never to come near that opera house
again.
"Of course, we wired Steele the par
ticulars and the heartless wretch saw his
chance to get even with somebody and
wired back: 'Ah, there; stay there 1t
was useless order. We couldn't get
away.
81 don't remember now how l subsist-
ed for the next few days, but Steele final
~ replied to my touching appeals and
gave me the piece for my salary
'Simply to show you how the piece
was put together. one fellow played the
part of a detective in it for five weeks be-
fore he found out he was a detective
He was BACKED up through the entire
piece and never once came out of his
disguise.
"We had already changed the name to
''Little Nugget" and given Dumars the
credit for the authorship. I began rear
ranging the piece a little at time as we
played it until finally it began to catch
on and was money maker.
"One night Dumars saw the piece, and
he came to the stage door and said,
'Cawthorne, what part of that piece did l
write, anyway
''Y our Mr.. Gardenhire may have writ
ten Little Nugget.'but if he will write me
a piece that will run as it did after it was
rebuilt he can have $4,000 cash for it
now, for will make 100000 out of it in
the next three years"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-21

the JOURNAL man. ''That paper has
given me-night after night, on the front
page. and Pm sick of it" he screamed
Somebody yelled "You voted for Eel
lows" and while the charge was irrele-
want. Pete blushed and took his seat.
Albert Earnest confessed to his fellow
delegates that he had not been handled
as fondly and tenderly as an infant by
the leading city paper, but he didn't think
it was wise to put the reporter out
Nearly everything that Mike Heery
says, goes, and when he made motion
that the resolution be not considered, the
resolution was thrown from the same
window that the reporter was to have
been dropped from before the meeting.
1t was the boast of several Democrats
before the convention that they would
throw out the first JOURNAL reporter that
showed up. A plot seems to have been
on foot to roll the reporter down the
back stairs in company with an empty
beer keg, where his body would fall
into an area way where the bulldog is
kept. But the plot was allowed to go by
default
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-21
RHEA'S ROMANCES.

Her Youthful Love Died and Has Never
Been Replaced.
There is great deal of romance in the
life of Mile. Rhea who will be at the
Grand Saturday afternoon and evening.
Along back in her childhood before
she went on the stage she loved young
man who loved her in return but before
the marriage day he died. She has
always been true to her first love and
has never married but has devoted her
entire life to literature and dramatic art.
She was a surprisingly short time in
gaining very high reputation in Europe
and this is her eighth season in America,
each one of which has been successful.
In the afternoon she will play the
Lady of Lyons" at an advance of matt
nee prices, the first floor selling for 70
cents and the balcony for 90 cents. The
matinee will begin promptly at 1870
o'clock on account of the reception to be
rendered her at the home of L III. Craw-
ford at o'clock.
sardou's comedy, "The Parisians," will
be presented in the evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-21

rider, but bicycle is one thing he cant
hypnotic.
j. W. Balm, Santa Fe brakeman. fell
from the cspoIa to the floor of a caboose
whAe out on the road the other day and
hurt his neck and shoulders. He is not
working now.
VIII Crilley, who used to be billing
clerk In the Santa Fe freight depot, but
Is now at Ration, is to be married to a
MISS Lay, society young lady of that
Town next month. probably the 9th.
Some high school young men have Or
gained themselves into a senate and
VIII play lawmakers. IF they can't do
better than the recent legislature. their
parents had better take them out Of
school.
1t was in the Fourth precinct of the
Second ward that the judges failed to
keep the woman vote separate, which
caused the confusion in the recount for
justices and constables.
Rev. NJ. F. McKirahan drove out to
Pauline last evening to oficiate at the
wedding of Mr.. Sumey and Miss Grace,
second daughter of Mr.. and Mrs w. D.
Paul The young couple will begin
housekeeping at once on a farm near
Pauline.
Reed Fritze and William Recob, the
boys who were arrested for disturbing
the religious service at the Pleasant
Grove NJ. E church, failed to appear be-
fore Justice Grover yesterday afternoon
and have forfeited tn cir bond of $50
each.
Miss Fannie Nesbitt, the night operator
at the Union Pacific depot in North To
peka, has been presented with hand
some gold medal by the operators of the
First and Second districts of the Kansas
division for her bravery in defending
herself at the station at Bonner Springs
December 81 last
A. B. Callahan, son of DR.. A NJ. Gala
ham of Topeka, and formerly a member
of the Topeka school board, was married
yesterday at Erie to Miss Rena Stillwell,
daughter of Judge Stillwell of Erie.
Miss Stillwell was clerk of the judiciary
committee of the house at the recent SEES
sion of the legislature. Mr.. Callahan is
now practicing law at Weir City.
They stood in the Grand opera house
| foyer, and he was showing her the town.
"Who is that little old gentleman with
the faded coat, in the back row of the
dress circleF" THAT is MI. Gotthere,
one of the richest merchants in the city
land who are those elegantly dressed
men in the box, who seem to be gentle
men Of wealth." "Oh, they are Goth
ere's clerks.1