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Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-05-14
A SOUSD ARGUMENT.

FIT. BAYARD, N. NJ, May 1,'95.
The question is often raised that
it would be better for silver for
the silver men TO allow it to be
coined at a ratio of 20 to 1. Should
this be done the result would be
to give silver a value of about 80
cents and the minis would not be
able to get silver with even an APP
Proclamation to their necessities for
coinage purposes for silver is
used largely in the arts end manu-
factories and they would at once
put the price a few cents above
the mint price. AS long as the
Indian minis were open and the
u. S. were purchasing a limited
quantity, the price ran from so to
50 cents, although all the Euro
pean mints were closed to it.
When the minis nrs opened to all
the silver that comes, the demand
on the white metal at once more
than doubles, advances 100 per
cent, and yet on this idea the price
is to be fixed by the government
at only 10 per cent more thar its
present commercial value. How
can the government expect to OBJ
tain the metal on this basis? For
by creating a double demand they
do not at the same create a double
supply. Do they expect the men
with whom they come in contact
in making these purchases to re-
tire from the field and remove the
demand which they make on il
and leave the entire supply to flow
into the minis at the old price
The goods made from silver are
very largely used by the rich, peo-
pie with an excess of money, and
even if the price becomes more
than doubled it will make a very
small difference in the demand
coming from this market. In fact,
tho greater the price, the greater
will their desire be, for dollars dc
not cut much of a figure with
those who have an excess. The
result will be that silver coinage
itself will be scarce. Whereas il
both gold and silver are coined al
the ratio of their existence, about
l6 ounces Of silver to l ounce oil
gold, both will circulate freely.
and the grip Of the monometallist
will be taken from the throat Of
business and labor Of the world
end trade will revive. Gold anc
silver of themselves have no value
to the comfort and well being Of
the world for they contribute moth,
ing to the comfort or necessities
of life on account Of their scarcity
and are used only in the refine.
ments of life. The governmental.
fat is the only thing that has Civ
en- gold ITS value, for this fat ha.
made gold, andgold alone, the uni
of value, thus doubling and more
than doubling the demand on gold
for the purposes Of a medium OF
barter or exchange, thus it hai
been carried 10 its present value
We're gold demonetized its pric,
would soon fall from $40 to 10 OF
or less per ounce for there is nc
very large demand on gold outside
Of the minis to keep is price up
The gold man is even talking
about o debased currency. etc.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-05-14

Catered 10 the pOstofnce m silver City. N. Mas
~slcond-ciass matier.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-05-08
T. i. PARSONS :.

Contractor and BuiIle-. Estimates
furnished on ali Glasses cf buildings
.iller in city or country. Job work In
city given careful attention Office lIj
South Lawrence Ave. Wichita kausa
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-05-08
ONCE SAW GEORGE
Mr. Van Tuyi Is Lively at One
Hundred and Fourteen.
when He Was Boy a Gypsy Woman
Told HIM That He Would Live to Be
the Oldest Man aIive-Thc
Prophecy Fulfilled.

Benjamin Van Tuyl, who claims to
be LA years old, called recently upon
James Pine. of Troy, \. Y. father of
j. *. P. Pine, of Lansingburg. The
elder Mr.. Pine has known Benjamin
for sixty years, and the younger Mr..
Pine can remember the centeuarian
forty years.
Ben niamin's knowledge of historical
facts is somewhat limited. But he is
wen informed on the history of early
agriculture in Washington and Sara
toga counties, n. Y, and he dwells
with delight on the oldfashioned meth
ods employed by the farmers in the
early part OF the century.
Old Mr.. Van Tuyl, says the Troy On.
" Times, was born on New Years
day, 17S1-that is, family Bible is
said to record this momentous event,
and Mr.. Van Tuyl says that family
Bibles never lie. The centenarians
birthplace was Argyle, Washington
county. He says that his father was
John Van Tuyl, white man, and his
mother southern black slave.
Benjamin says that he was bought
and sold three times into slavery. His
father was a harnessmaker and kept
lanyard at Fort Miller. When Benja-
min vas very young be was set to work
in his fathers lanyard. He subse-
quently learned the business of currier,
which trade he has worked at during
most of his protracted life.
One Of the most interesting events in
Bcnjamin's caleer was his first and only
sight of Washington. lie says that his
father was accustomed to drive cattle
from Washington county to Albany,
where they were sold. When Benia-
min was thirteen years old his father
took him TO the old Dutch city Gen.
Washington was in the city at the time
according to Benjamin's best recol-
lection-for the purpose of seeing some
persons of prominence. The Father of
His Country was dressed in uniform,
and he smiled and looked grand while
he shook the hands of the black and
white people that filed by. And little
Eennie crowded forward, and he man.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-05-08

aged to get hold of Washington's hand,
and he squeezed the precious member.
When benjamin was still a boy his
father went west and he saw him no
more. For time the boy worked with
his fathers brother, Abram Van Tuyl
When he was twenty-one years old he
went to Saratoga county and worked
on a farm and did handy jobs. Later
he went to North Cambridge, where he
was employed by Robert Wilcox. Ben
jamin can turn his hand to many things.
This summer he expects to gain q liveli-
hood at his home in Hoosicll Falls by
whitewashing.
The centenarian has been twice mar
ried. He won his first wife in Washing
ton county. The second wife. who has
been dead three years, entered the mat
rimonial state at Hoosicl Falls Benja-
min has had six children, two of whom
are living. One of his sons lost his life
while fighting for the north during the
war Of the rebellion.
All that Benjamin can remember
about the war of 1912 is that his master
was drafted to go and fight. He has
often seen Indians in his section, but
his recollections of the picturesque red
man and the romantic episodes of the
olden time are confined to 1.-The way
those fellows had to hustle TO make
living"
When BENJAMIN was asked to what
he attributed his long life, he said:
" Early to bed and early to rise l
don't drink nothing but beer, and /
don't use terbaccer in no form but to
chew it. l used to smoke once. But
went to work for farmer and l says
TO myself: 'Benjam2l, you got to run
the chance OF setting fire to the boss
barn or giving up your smoke Rather
than see the boss barn smoke, / gave
up the smoke. Now, I've kind of lost
the habit"
The old man said that when he was
young he met an old gypsy woman.
She took his hand. ard after looking at
the palm, said: t'Yoa are going To live
to be the oldest man alive" BENJAMIN
feels assured that he has many more
years to move around in, and he is plan
ming for things year hence. He is q
member of the Hoosick Falls Baptist
church, and was baptized into that de-
nomination some years ago. Benjamin
is still lively. H. is well preserved.
and does not appear TO have reached
the limit of mans allotted time. He
has been spending the winter at the
Rensselaer, county house.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-05-08
". D. McCLEES. N. D.

Office and residence over 601-603 East
Douglas Avenue.
Office hours to II Il. M, :3e 10 4:30
and Z 10 s p. m. Phone 2O3.
ANY one desiring information after my
Office hours will please inquire of day
CT night clerk at Hotel Carey.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-05-08
Light by Reflection.

A manufacturer in Europe did noa
End satisfaction in any OF the usual
methods for the lighting of his cloth
mills. He tried gas jets. arc lights and
incandescent lamps, al of which failed
to satisfy him, because they either did
not give light enough or too much light.
or cast shadows He finally painted
the walls of his room white, and be-
meath certain number of are lights
suspended rehectorS This threw the
light up to the white ceiling. frcrr
which it was reflected TO the room b.,
low. and this method of lighting Is
r0rted to have been a sI1cccSs
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-05-08
REMOVAL
DIR. u. 4. WILLIAMS

Has moved his Office TO room 8. over l42
\. Main 81. He has :c- sale tie Full e
Electric Belt and batteries ior tie cure
OF diseases. Cali and see HIN.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-05-08
Still Susp!cious,

Burglar Gust acquitted by his coun-
scl)-I will shortly call and see You at
Your Office, sir.
Very good; but in the daytime,
Elease e--Blumenlese.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-05-08
A New Sympton

INVALID am getting tired of this
monotonous state of things. Even a
new symptom would be relief.
Doctor Well, then. wl.y not pay me
something on account?--N. Y. Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-04-04
CHAPTER VI.

Society Began To Look Coldly On
Handsome Rex"
1t seemed to some who on that
season that the handsome, careless
Rex Werner. who had come into society
under the aegis Of the StanhOpes, was
constantly at Glare Stanhope's side;
and some began to think and to hint
that they had been boy and girl lovers
before Sir Lionel appeared with his
title and his thousands.
And Sir Lionel seemed to take no
was Rex. Glare was a queen of So
ciety; every me was eager to speak
to her. dance with her, hold her fan,
or her boQuet, or her shawl. Rex only
Joined the throng. But the world could
not read Lionel S%tanhope's mind, and
did not see that he did take notice
of Rex Werner, that he read him, and
read too somewhat of Clare's mind,
of the shadow that darkened her soul
only the shadow of Il past love, Il
memory strong enough to widen the
gulf that lay wide enough, He only
knew, between them. And yet there
was naught but love and pity-deep,
tender pity-in his heart for her-nO
blame. no anger, no distruSt. He
though he was a man-cOuld under
StanG, with q very sure and subtle
preSCience, the fine line that separated
her, even in thought, from sin. But
to say a word to Glare would seem
like diStruSt. She might not under
stand him. What did she know of
his mind? AS long as Rex excited
no public gossip about her he was
silent. far too proud to suffer either
him, or Glare. or the world. to imagine
he had not full trust in the woman
who bore his name. And so Glare.
disappointed of her brothers. visit
he was obliged to sap he said, writ
ing one of his bright letters to her
was alone, to battle through the weeks
and months. and sometimes turn. with
a half-Wild yearning. to her husband.
yet checked by the memory of the
wrong she believed he had done her.
And on ali sides there were whispers
that Rex Werner was "a wild scamp
a RECKLESS dog" They said it in
the clubs. and laughed: they met him
on the turf; and there was one or two
Of a different class and occupation
from the young men of st. James's
Street and Pail Mall who fancied Rex
Werner might be met in society lower
yet than that which honors the turf.
Some leaders in society began to
look coldly on handsome Rex; others
said, Lady Stanhope receives him as
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-04-04

ten millions are now spent each ye.--
in Europe, going into the pockets of
foreign railroads. transportation CON-
panleS and tradeSmen.
The example of Nj. Aston has led a
great many American m~illionares to
think that a residence in Europe is
desirable.
1t is safe TO prophesy that one-half
the New York ~millionaires will live in
Europe within the next twenty years.
OF course, such Americans as Corne-
Illus Bliss will never go. If we get
the four days steamship it will be
quite plausible for the man of wealth
to live in London. you know. where
all of the things which the millionaire
needs are cheap. and lackeys bow
more respectfully than they do here,
and run over the pond four five times
a year TO attend to business.
Especially is it probable if we should
get a tax board which would demand
that the millionaire pay his just taxes
or get out of the town.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-04-04
V.

'Do Not Forget That I am Lionel
Stanhope's Wife"
The moment that Glare Stanhope had
dreaded all these months with a wild
and shrinking dread had come and
passed. She had given no signs of the
tempest that was not stillea now
never would be stilled. she thought
pacing her room with restless steps
and p~assionately clasped hands: she
had given no sign to the man she had
met that his coming or going was of
any moment, any interest to her. She
had put aside old memories, old re-
grets, old habits of thought, when she
came to be mistress of her splendid
home; she had Striven-did strive with
all the power of her naughty will to
crush back the past. And now Rex
the Rex of her childhood. her girl
hood-was come back-the man to
whom she had given her love, who had
loved her-loved her still it might be
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-04-04
BIGGEST OF woMEN's COLLEGES.
Boston Hopes Soon to Have the Gift
which the Big Fire Held Back.

There is an endowment fund In the
hands OF the trustees in Boston for the
establishment of one of the largest
of free female colleges. 1t is the be-
quest of John Simmons, one of Bos-
tons must successful merchants, who
died in 1870.
The original Simmons bequest con-
sisted of this property: To his daugh-
ter Marion he gave the granite front
store at the cOrner of Franklin and
Arch streets. the granite front store on
| Water aud Devonshire streets. and the
land upon which it sat, and the old
Simmons mansion on fremont street
and the land belonging to it. At the
deceaSe of Marion, the estate. together
with the accommodations, We're to be
given, in trust. to the Simmons Female
college. To his daughter Alvina was
given the granite front store, situated
at the corner of Franklin and Haw-
lev streets. and the land belonging to
it, the whole to be held in trust dur
: ing the daughters life, and at her
death the estates, exclusive of the ac-
cumulations thereon, were to be given
to the college. In addition, there was
left $4,000 in money for the purpose
of building q block as a nucleus for
the college fund, the income to be held
in trust.
The object of founding the Simmons
Female college was for the purpose Of
teaching medicine, music, drawing, de-
signing, telegraphy and other branches
of art, science and industry.
The Simmons college might today be
a splendid reality but for the big fire
of 1872. All the fine business blocks
given by the Simmons bequeSt were
left III ruins. The mutual fire compan-
les, far from being able to pay the in
surance on the Simmons blocks, as
seSSed the trustees of the college FUND.
Since 1872 the trustees have been
using the income from these buildings
to pay up the mortgage indebtedness
on them. The present trustees, H.. u.
Nichols and Joseph Sawyer. are paying
off the mortgages on the various es-
tates IS fast as the income from the
estates will allow.
Tho trustees say that at the present
rate of income the mortgage indebted
ness will be cleared up in a few years.
The property, when free of debt, will
i be worth several million dollars, and
as soon as the estates are free of DEBT
the income fund of $4,000 designed
by Mr.. Simmons as q building fund
will accumulate i'll Il very short time,
when the trustees are required to erect
suitable college buildings at Il cost not
to exceed said sum-.
The trustees say when the college is
founded it will have III Of the larg-
est, if not indeed the largest, regular
income behind it in the world.-Boston
Daily Advertiser.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-04-04
To be continued.
HER PURCHASE.
A Spool of Thread is Delivered by
Truck ana Il Gang of Men.

One of those "shoppers' who seek to
see rather than to buy, having kept a
salesman of a Boston drygOOds house
busy for an hour in displaying the
choicest goods, at last said, iii take
a skein of silk" shall we send it
to your address MADAME asked the
polite clerk, as he wrapped up the
purchase. You may said she, with
out a blush, and handed him her card.
The silk was sent by a messenger boy.
In LondOny however, the retail dealers
are not so polite, and they are not
pleased to show their goods unless one
buys literally. The London Millinery
tells this story of making an example
Of Il woman who would look at goods
without buying any:
\ pompous lady, after teasing the
shOpman of a millinery establishment
beyond the forebearance limit, ordered
a spool of cotton to be sent to her
house. 1t was agreed that she would
be made an example of and Il warning
to her kind.
She was surprised. and her neigh
bOrs interested, soon after she arrived
home. A common dray, drawn by
four horses, proceeded slowly to her
door. On the dray, with bare arms,
were a number of stalwart labOrers.
They were holding on vigorously to
some object she could not see.
The neighbors stared. After a deal
of whip cracking, the cart was backed
against the curb. There, repOsing
calmly, end up, in the center of the
cart, was the spool Of cotton h had
ordered. With the aid Of a plank it
was finally rolled, barrel fashion. to
the pavement.
After a struggle it vas placed on the
purchasers door step. The fact that
the purchaser came out Il little later
and kicked her property into the
gutter detracted nothing from the les
son.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-04-04
A GIANT CFRETS.
The Delightful Flowers and Fruit OF
Sunny California.

The night-blocming cereus is a plant
much admired by amateurs in the east,
where it's blooming is social as well as
n botanical event. It is needless TO
say, however, that an eastern invita-
ton to ''come and see our cereus
bloom means an indoor affair. But
it is not SC in California. CereuS tri-
angularis is one of the most snowy
of the night-blooming cacti. The
branches are triangular, very thick
and heavy, with few and short spincs.
Outside it grows to immense proper
tons. If planted near a dwelling its
great branches fatten themselves
against the side of the house, sending
out long, pale yellow, adventitious
roots on either side, which attach
themselves tightly to the wood until
the stems become hardened, when they
loosen, turn gray and hang like
fringes Of string. Plants bloom from
cuttings in a few months. The time
of blOomings is from July until No
yember.
One in California is said to be the
largest known specimen of it's kind
in North America. 1t was for the first
few years Of it's existence very hum
BILE, and wandered about ON the
ground at the base Of the yeranda.
About eight years ago it was severely
trimmed. This experience seemed to
rouse in it a new and ambitious
spirit. Though it's growth since has
not been so magical as that Of Jacks
famous beanstaIk, yet it has grown so
rapidly and so enormously as to be
called a national curiosity. 1t has had
it's own way and never been trained.
1t measures between fifty and sixty
feet in height, with numberless
branches. Some of the adventurous
roots are nine feet in length. and in
places form a perfect network, like lace.
The large flowers that bloom on the
roof have sometimes been mistaken
white birds perched there.-Land
Of Sunshine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-04-04

usual. There can not be more harm
are received"
Put Lady Stanhope and Rex Werner
We're friends-possibly something more
before she was married" replied GER
tain listeners. Lady Trent was one of
these.
One day Lionel said to his Wife:
Were o not riding yesterday with
Colonel Morton's wife and Mr.. Werner
in the park, and did you not afterward
go to Richmond?'
Yes" she answered, rather list
lessly, looking up from the book she
was reading, wondering a little too
WAS it accident or was it an in
yitation? he asked. Mrs. Morton is
scarcely in your set. is she?'
"She asked me TO ride with her and
Mr.. Verner-that was all. l don't care
for her society. but l don't want to
associate myself with the stiff and
prudish people who almost cut her"
Il nave no wish for you to do So"
Lionel said. with a half smile. Il
mentioned the matter only because |
should prefer for you in the future to
refuse all invitations of that sort which
include Mr.. Werner"
The girl looked up startled. and a
naughty flush sprung into her brow;
but in a moment she had mastered her,
self, and, bending over her book. said,
"Are YOU. Lionel. who led in general
following suit with those who made
Nh. Werner a parish! What a mora.
world we live int''
He paused before he answered her
pressing the firm lips together, still
ing, in that brief moment, the i'm.
p]etuous pride which bade him give
sarcasm for sarcasm, and to command
without deiening a reason.
Society is not too strict" he sale
then, quietly; "but there are a few
depths left to which even a man ma!
not descend and keep his place in the
world. And it is not that alone which
has led me to this decision
IF every one" Glare forced hersel
to say. urged by the desperate know
ledge that Lionel spoke only truth
that this Rex she had loved was sink
ing lower and lower without n hant
stretched out to keep him back-"give'
him up, what hope is there for him?'
There was a slight contraction o
his brow, Il stern light i'll his Sra.
eyes.
""That is his concern, not ours
neither man or woman can stand with
out a strength of their own He ben
and laid his hand on heT shoulder, AM
said. with n grave gentleness tina
made her shrink and yet touched he
strangely-"And my wife's may no
be the hand to ave this prOdigal.
He added almost Immediately, a
though he feared he had said to-
much: "The worlds tongue spares n
one, Glare; and very little suffices t
make it talk. But it is not becauS
of mere club rumOrs that [ have eX
pressed my wish. You understand m
that | wish from this time to drOI
! acquaintance with Mr.. Werner? Whel
he calls you will not see him. no
will you ask him to your assemblies.
The girl rose up, clasping her hand
/ paSsiOnately together.
at is cruel" she said, in a suppress
ed voice, $50 to hound a man out o
society, and take away all his charc
of retrieving himself. Others may d
as they will. hutS4 will ne+~'0'e IN
! doors OF him..
| Lionel again laid his hands on he
shoulders, and, naughty as h was
she could not face the look he bent Of
her.
To be continued.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-04-04
HER DAUGHTERS HUSBAND.

a traveller saw a woman take a Nan
by the collar, yank him up the steps
into a railroad car, jam him down into
a hot seat near the stove, pile up a
valise and two big brown baskets with
loose overs and long handles at his
feet and say:
"Now, sit there until l help Mary
Jane on the car, and don't move till
l come back"
When the woman reached the door
the traveller said to her:
us that man your husband?"
"N-a-w!" roared the woman. Hes
my daughters husband, and she hasn't
spirit enough to say her soul is her
own"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-04-04
BOUNTIES TO AGRICULTUR1STS.

The demand of the house committee
which has investigated agricultural
depression, that agriculture should re-
ceive in bounties it's just proportion Of
protection, is perfectly logical if pro-
lection is a good thing. A bounty Sc
cured thrOuph tariT uuties IS Just as
much a bounty as that which has been
annually paid the sugar producers.
The form of protection is a matter
of no consequence so long as it is pro-
~tection.-St. Louis Post-D Dispatch.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-04-04
GOVERNOR CLARKE ACTS.

Little Rock, Ark. April 2.-The Nc
.Coy-Needham fight has been declared
off by Governor Clarke.