Hemingford herald. (Hemingford, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1895-190?, September 06, 1895, Image 6
n H A NARROW "WORM). OMETHING HAD happonodi Thero wns eueh a rosy flush on her Check, no bright a gleam In her eye, and on her face such nn utter abandon of joy, that any one, even a mnn, could hnva guessed the truth. Fortunately they had chosen the hill road, tho least trav eled of All tho wayn that lead down from tho Monteclto valley Into Santa Barbara, and for the first halt hour after the ovent they met no one. It was what tho Inhabitants of tho Channel City call a "gonulno Santa Barbara day." Tho Bun shono warm and bright and a soft perfumed breezo came out of the west. There was Juno In tho air, nlthough tho calendar was Bet for mld-wlntcr. Tho birds Banff In the treea abovo them, the squirrels chirped from the hillside, and their horses, wandering at timcB from tho road, Bank to the knee tn n. wavlng.sca of flowers. "First of nil," sho said, breaking tho sllcnco of a whole minute, "you must tell"Wfath"cr." ' "Certainly," said the young man. "Who's afraid?" "You hae never seen papa do tho role of tho cruel parent," said tho girl. "Ho can bo qulto a dragon. Ab you aro a kinsman, however" "A fifth cousin," cried tho young man, with a laugh. "Well, fifth couslnB aro bettor than nothing, aren't they?" "Truly; how else should wo bo here today?" Then tho young man added with peculiar and significant emphasis, "I am Inclined to prldo myself on that llttlo scheme," The girl brought her horso to a sud den Btop and turned her clear brown eyes, half opened, under their long laahoa, upon her companion. "That little scheme," sho repeated elowly, "I don't understand." Tho young man laughed uneasily. "Why, Catherine," said he, "you don't mean that you havo believed la tho entertaining fiction about our great-rcat-ot-cetera-grandfathor?" "Old Bbenczer Strong?" exclaimed the girl. "How dare you call him fic titious, when I saw his portrait at my own grandfather's." "Ab your ancestor, my dear one, ho Is an undoubted reality, but as mine, I regret to say, ho Is merely a figment of your worthy father's Imagination. In short I would fain break it to you as gently as possible wo aro not fifth coUBlns at all, but just plain or dinary" "Not fifth cousins!" "No, darling, and If you aro going to faint please fall on this side, with your head right here on my shoulder." "I won'tl Wretched boy, how could you deceive poor papa so?" "I didn't deceive him. Ho deceived himself. From tho very beginning of our acquaintance ho scorned determined to locate mv) eomewhere on tho Wes ton family tree, and you aided and abetted him In the attempt." "Richard Strong, how can you?" "I have a sweet and gontlo disposi tion, and when ho asked mo If I was not descended from Ebenozer Strong of West JSrlghton Center, and you looked at mo so appeallngly" "I didn't any such thlngl" "Why shouldn't I UBsent? 1 havo doubtless had several hundred ances tors named Strong, and I took chances that somo one of them rejoiced In the "RICHARD STRONG! HOW CAN YOU?" praenomen of Ebenezer. It 1b just tho eort of a namo that my forbears were given to putting on themselves, as an effective and continuous mortification of the flesh. A horsehair shirt, now, would bo nothing to it." "You may laugh, If It pleases you," eald the girl severely, "but If papa had known you were not a relative we should not bo riding alone together. He generally disapproves of tho eastern peoplo who spend the winter at the hotel." "If you really feel that I have been guilty of false pretenses," said tho young man, drawing his horso a little nearer, "suppose wo begin all over again." "Keep your distance, sir!" exclaimed the girl, steering to the opposite side of the road. "If we are to start afresh, lt It be from the very beginning, three weekB ago." "Now, as. to your fathor," resumed the young man, "I thlnK I understand him pretty well, because my one and only parent, . the governor himself, Is constructed on much tho same plan. Wherever he goes he is continually in search of the lost tribes of tho Strong genealogy. The last letter I had from blm In Colorado, where he is spending the winter, contained the announce ment that ho had unearthed four or five new cousins choice specimens, I doubt not, that he will expect me to meet and embrace on my way home. "Perhups It was wrong," he con tinued, after a moment of reflection, "to play upon that little peculiarity of your father's, to get Into his good ' graces, but you must consider the ex traordinary provocation, dear. It seemed Uk my only chance are you sorry I took it?" She looked her answer, but did not speak it, and then, avoiding the hand extended to seize her own. she struck JJer horse a light blow and dashed down roA ahead. X long even canter in silence fol iff lowed, nnd they were well Into town beforo tho conversation began again. Then, fearful of observation, they spoke In commonplaces. They turned Into State street, and stopped at tho postomco, the morning's mall hnving constituted tho chief cause for tho trip to town. Richard Strong dismounted and presently appeared with a letter In his hand. "None for you," ho said. "This Is for me, from tho governor. I'll wager It has something tn it noout cousins." "Lot mo see," Bald the girl, holding, WjC iicr hand. Ho tore the letter open ni gave It to her. Then ho swung himself Into his saddle, and they start ed slowly down tho Btrcct. Suddenly tho girl gave a faint cry. "Papa has been writing to him!" flhe exclaimed. "Writing to him? What for?" "He haB asked him to pay us a visit on the score of relationship, and your father" "Well?" said tho young man, excited ly. "Ho says ho will start Immediately tho very next day." "Let mo seo the date of the letter. Yo godsl It has been delayod. Ho muBt havo got hero this momlngl" "Tho .train ,han beenrtJntwohourf," sho Bald, glancing at her watch. "I must bco him immediately," Bald her companion, nervously turning his horso first one way and then another. "Who would have dreamed that both tho old boys would tako that cousin ship so seriously?" "I did, sir. I knew from the very be ginning that it would make trouble somo time." "From tho very beginning?" repeated the young man, pausing In his excite ment long enough to note the forco of this chance admission. "So you ac knowledge, do you" "There's tho hotel bus," cried tho girl, hastily changing tho BUbJoct. "Per haps tho driver can tell us something." A long, empty vehlclo was passing them on Its way up tho street. Strong called to the driver, and he stopped. "Did you bring up a tall gentleman this morning, with a whtto mustache and goatee and gold eyeglasses?" "Yes, sir, Your father, don't you mean?" Tho young people exchanged startled glances. "How did you know?" "Ho was Inquiring for you, sir, as soon as over ho got to tho hotel, and when ho found you were gone ho went and hired a buggy," , "A buggy what for?" "Ho askcd tho way to Judgo Wes ton's plnco In tho Monteclto. He Bald tho judge was a near relative of his." "A near relative!" groaned tho hor rified Strong, whllo his companion turned away her face, although wheth er to conceal a look of anguish or a laugh will never bo known. Tho omnibus proceeded on Its way. "Wo must hurry," Bald tho young man, spurring his horse to a canter. "Tho less tlmo they havo together be foro explanations nro mado tho bet ter." "What do you think they will do?" asked tho clrl. "I don't daro to think. You seo on vv Vi Jf billilb va.c,.w wtio tuuMi; itvu uuar ncsa our rcspectlvo parents aro as furl apart as civilized Humans can be. Your fathor, now, Is an elder In tho church, whllo mine has lost all tho re ligion ho ever had, and ho has never recovered from tho habit of using Bwcar wordB acquired during years of servlco in tho regular army." "0 dear! O dearl" "Then, again, Judgw Weston Is an ardent Republican." "And Is your father a Democrat?" "Worse than that ho Is a Mug wump." "How interesting! I havo always longed to seo ono of them." "And my father behoves that Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays." "Heavens I Let us ride faster. Papa will havo slain blm beforo we got there." "Really, Catherine," eald the young man, when they lyid Blackened ihclr paco to climb tho hills, "It would not surprlso m9 If they had positively re fused to enter into partnership as fathers-in-law." "Never mind, Richard," said tho girl Hmlllngly. "Father has never yet re fused me anything when my happiness was at Btake. as it Is now." Strong shrugged his Bhoulders. "Mine has," he answered. "Ho la made of flint, tho old general, and if he should tako it into his head to say no it would be awkward In waya I don't like to mention," "Never mind," said the girl, smiling On a slight knoll surrounded by a grove of live oaks and faced with an avenuo of old palms stood the ample residence of Judge Weston. As the young people came through tho gate and entered upon tho graveled roadway they observed two elderly gentlemen emerge from a small forest of rose hushes and start briskly down the path toward them. Presently the shorter of tho two took his companion's arm, and they walked along in evident peace and amity. "They haven't found It out yet," the young man whispered. Judgo Weston assisted his daughter to alight. "Catherine." said he." this is General Strong, tho father of our young friend." The general bent low In an old-fashioned obeisance, and Miss Catherine Instinctively made him a courtesy out of the minuet. "Father!" "Dick, my dear boyl" "Seo here," exclaimed the Judge sud denly. "You were mistaken, Richard, In what you told me about old Eben ezer Strong." Tho young man braced himself for a struggle. "And to think. Dick." cried the gen eral reproachfully, "that you never onco mentioned to the Judge that your great-great grandfather, Hezeklah Strong, married a Weston." "And that brings us even nearer than wo had supposed," added the Judge; "fourth cousins Instead of fifth." "It was stupid of me to forget that," said the young man huskily. "And now that I have seen Miss Cath erine," Bald the general, taking her hand, and passing his arm about her waist, "my only regret is that the re lationship is nit Beveral degrots nearer yet." Then Catherine looked at Richard, and he told what had happened on the way to town, Straightway there was a great amount of handshaking and a good deal of kissing done in broad day light under the palms, H. II. HOLMES, FIEND. DIABOLICAL DEEDS OF THE IN SURANCE SWINDLER. Lint A MKIIR TRIFLE IN THE WAY OF 1118 AMDtTlOtf. A Score of Murder May Be Traced to the Cold-lllooded Stayer of FloUcl, III Three Children, nnd Minnie and a Antilo William. URDKRERS ARE of three classes. There Is tho crimin al who kills to avoid capture; the blood thirsty vllllan who who slayB for pure love of tho sight of blood and tho born murderer. To the Cfrw1 latter class Deiongs 6mtuim' " "' "0,rae, L",i" 4IWB wwwa' nawuru, aim nun dozen other aliases, who Is now In Jail at Philadelphia awaiting trial on a charge of conspiracy to defraud Insur ance companies. The charge will Boon bo changed to murder. Slowly, but nevertheless surely, the coH Is tightening about the neck of this nend in human form. That Holmes murdered B. F. Pletzel and his three children thero Is no longer the shadow of a doubt in tho mlndB of tho police. Evldenco showing almost conclusively that ho murdered tljo Williams Bisters In Chicago before he became Involved In tho insurance Bwindle with Pletzel waa found in Chicago by newspaper men and detectives last week and this crlmo will probably be fastened upon him. Every Btep in Holme V career ttamps him as a moral monster a man wholly devoid of moral sense. Every move mado by tho man since he started aut in the world iwclvo years age. teems to have been mado with a crimi nal Intent. He Is by no means nn ordi nary man, and his mental capabilities rank him far above all the celebrated criminals ever known to American or English police. He was graduated from tho Michigan University at Ann Arbor and began his career of crime while yet a student in that institution. He waa a school teacher In Vermont, and beforo ho entered tho university he was graduated in medicine. Thus equipped he wasn a position to begin the most remarkable career of crime ever known to the police. His case Is tho most re markable study In psychology and crlmlnalogy ever brought to light in a civilized nation. Holmes' knowledge of drugs would have enabled him. to mutco way with the Pletzel children without the sight of blood, of which he seems to be In mortal terror. Miss Mlnnlo Williams, the Fort Worth, Tex., typewriter, who lived with Holmes In Chicago, was, in all probability, murdered In the same way. The theory of tho police that Miss Williams killed her sister with a stool in a fit of Jealousy, and that, In order to protect his mistress, Holmes disposed of the body by sinking it in a trunk in Lake Michigan, has given way to tho belief that Holmes was himself the mur derer, a theory which the cruel, de signing nature of the man thoroughly Justifies. These two young women owned property In Texas worth $80,000, and subsequent developments lead the detectives to believe Holmes coolly set about to get them out of the Way In order to come in possession of the mon ey. At ne time In his career has Holmes ever hesitated to murder If tho intended victim stood In the way of the accomplishment of his scheme. This is proven by the fate of the Wil liams girls, by the fate of Pletzel, by the cruel murder of three of the victim's children and by his attempt to blow up Mrs. Pletzel at Burlington, Vt. Certain It Is that Holmes contemplated and plot ted the death of the entire Pletzel fam ily in order that not a single person having a knowledge of the Fidelity swindle and tho death of Pletzel, the first murder that became necessary to Its success, should be left alive. The fiendish cruelty of such a plot seems almost beyond belief. Every Instinct In Holmea seems to have been criminal. His every move was toward tho accomplishment of some crime. He never moved In a direct line. Every talent, every energy, every bit of education ho ever nad hove been employed toward a criminal end. The result Is the most accomplished and suc cessful crook In police annals a crimi nal beside whom the record of any one man ever arrested In America prior to September, 1891. pales into insignifi cance. Murder has only been an inci dental part of Holmes' career. He mur dered when some human being stood In the way ot his daring schemes. Swindling and fraud were tho prime factors in every crime he ever commit ted, and he loved them as the gambler loves the green cloth. Ho played his schemes with tho same feeling that the poker shark plays his cards. They were his amusement, his pastime, his means of securing the money necessary to car ry oo hl wild and terrible career. How successful ho waa Is evidenced by the fact that swindle succeeded swindle nnd murder succeeded murder until he had secured and spent fortunes, brought nix victims to hideous deaths, and twelve years passed without even so much ob a check on his awful career. When onco his troubles began they oame thick and fast, uiull nt last he is about to be brought to justice. Tho beginning of the end came with his arrest in St. Louis last fall. Since then he has enjoyed but a brief spell of freedom and now all of his horrible crimes are being fastened upon him. Subtlety and cunning added to the man's finished education and polished manner have combined to make him the most wonderful criminal of the age. It Is not tho purpose or this article to trace his career further than to nar rate briefly the crimes charged against him in order to Bhow what a moral monstrosity he Is. Whllo at Ann Arbor University ho entered Into a conspiracy to defraud an Insurance company In very much the same manner the Fi delity company was fleeced In the Plet zel case. His accomplice waa a fellow student, and experience gained whte he was a medical student enabled him to successfully carry out the fraud. His classmate's life was insured for $2,600, a corpse was secured and "plant ed." and afterwards Identified as tho body of his confederate. The company paid over the money, and with It Holmes, who was then sailing under the name of Herman Mudgett, and his pal paid their tuition through college. Tho young scoundrel had deserted Mrs. Mudgett and their baby and left them to drift for themselves In their New England home In order that ho might go to Ann Arbor. Flushed by the success of his first venture, Mudgett, the college scape grace, became Mudgett, the criminal, and thenceforth bis ambition In the world of shade knew no bounds. Lcav- lng college ho went to tne Norrlstown Insane Asylum, and later entered a drug Btore as a clerk, but hla first ven ture as a crock floated ever before his mind's eye, and he dreamed of the day when he would acquire wealth and aflluenco by the turning of another suc cessful trick. He drifted back to Chi cago, with his eyes always open for the main chance, and beforo long he became deeply engrossed in another swindle of four times the proportions of his first. Sailing under the alias of Howard, he fell tn with his former confederate and classmate, and together they worked an Insurance company for $10,000 on tho same scheme resorted to in the first instance. From that time on ho was out of one nefarious Job Into another. Ho bought a drug store, but sold out soon after, and with probably 530.000 left for California. All tho money ho had in tho world was fleeced from vic tims of hla various schemes. Ho seemed to glory In thlB thought and to be seized with an Insatiable desire to plunder moneyed people, whether Individuals or corporations, and hla ever active brain waa almost continually employed de vising schemes to effect this result. All pretense at earning an honest live lihood, save tho necessary precautions to dupe the unsuspicious public, were cast aside, and this reckless man cut loose from decent associates to drift where his abnormal hankerings would lead. While In Chicago he married a second time, and a bright little babe was born of that union, but love was foreign to this cold-hearted man, whose whole existence seemed wrapped up In tho excitement of tho dangerous game he was playing, and he forgot them when he left suddenly for the Pacific coast. What he did there remains a secret burled within himself, and for tho time being he was lost sight of. Ere long his greed for excitement overcame his fears and one bright spring morning found him back In Chi cago. He at once launched a commis sion scheme known as the Yates-Campbell Co., which he advertised would buy and sell goods of any kind. Whether he met Mamie Williams dur ing his sojourn In the west or came across her In Chicago Is not known, but at this stage of the game, the bright, winsome young typewriter became en tangled in the meshes of the cruelest of men. She was rich, owning in con- Junction with a sister as lovely as her self, property valued at $80,000 In or near Fort Worth. This in Itself was enough to fix the doom of the beautiful young woman, and from the day she met Holmes, or Howard, her fate was seuied. Sleeping or waking the insidious plotting of the man she loved nover ceased, and he would no more have spared that fair girl than the tplder could refrain from sucking the life-blood from some poor fly that becomes entangled In its web. Crime had become second nature to him, and he was happy in the commis sion of it. Grojyenor'n UraTC The grave of John Grosvenor, In the town of Pomfret, Js one of the oldest in that section of Connecticut. It has been marked for generations by a head Btone of peculiar interest, on account of the coat of arms displayed on its sur face. The inscription and design are still distinct and clear. MILLIKEN'S MISTAKE. Tho Wnthlngton Boclety Man Indicted for Hoime Breaking. Benjamin H. Mtlllken, private secre tary to President Harris of Tennessee, has been indicted by the district grand Jury for housebreaking and felonious assault. Ho Is charged with having broken into the house of ex-Sollcltor General Samuel F, Phillips, secreted himself In the bedroom of Miss Gertrude B. H. MILLIKEN. Phillips and attempted to chloroform tho young woman. Tho affair occurred the night of July 4, at Washington. Mr. Phillips says his daughter Ger trude sat up with htm until after mid night, when she retired. Some ttme af ter he had been In bed he heard hlB other daughter, Nora, scream. Going to her room, he found both young wo- men much agitated. They said there wa3 a man in Gertrude's room, and begged him not to go in for fear he would be chot. Mr. Phillips saya he grasped the handle of the door, but it was held on the inside. Some one then tried to climb out over the transom, but Mr. Phillips struck at his head and ho desisted. His wife and daughters were screaming, and his partner, Frederick McKenney, ran upstarira with a revol ver. At this Instant the man who waa in Gertrude's room broke out and rush ed downstairs. Mr. Phillips says ho rec ognized MUllkcn. He chased tho man and caused his arrest In tho garden. When taken to the station he proved to be B. II, Mllllkcn, He appeared to be intoxicated. Mr. Phillips says hla daughter was awakened by tho smell of chloroform and by feeling some one pass a handkerchief over her face. Search was made, Mr. Phillips says, and it was found that Milllken got In by climbing over a roof. A handkerchief and a bot tle were found In the garden. A drug gist declared that the handkerchief was saturated with chloroform, and that tho bottle had contained the liquid. After his arrest Milllken waa released by ono of the district attorneys. It appears that he was well acquainted with Miss Phil lips and was a frequent visitor at the house. It is said he called early in tho evening of July 4, but Miss Phillips ask ed to be excused from seeing him. Mil llken la said to have left town. Mtlll ken's explanation Is said to be that the whole affair was a mistake arising out of too much Fourth of July. Mn. McDonald In St. Louis. Mrs. Richard H. McDonald, Jr., of San Francisco, accused of having fled from that city with $100,000 belonging to her husband, who Is awaiting trial there on charges of forgery and embezzlement In connection with the wrecking of the Pa cific bank, was found last week to ba MRS. M'DONALD. living with her sister-in-law, Mrs. John Charlton, at St. Louis. She said she had not fled with her husband's money; that his troublea In California grew out of a political conspiracy, and that he waa Innocent of the charges against him. The grandfather of the Rothschilds Is said to have scarcely owned a penny in 1800. " A ROMANCE IN ALASKA. Count dn Lanco.iu nnd Ills Daughter, Who May Heroine nn Ilelron. Juneau, Alaska, has a Russian ro mance, or, what It fully expects will de velop Into a romance, and it is nltnost as interesting a subject for discussion bb the new gold fields. When Count do Lanccnu, a young Russian, visited Juneau otght years ngo, ho was 22 years old, nnd ho followed tho example of other visitors beforo lilm. Ho took au Alaskan maiden as his housekeeper. She wan attractive in features nnd af fectionate In disposition. A girl, named Lucy, wan born to them, and the young count was devoted to her. Ho waa satisfied with his housekeeper and very fond of his llttlo daughter. Ho decided to remain in Alaska and enjoy his new possessions. Tho count conceived tho Idea of building a castle on Point Look out, overlooking the town, and set men at work felling trees nnd building tho foundation. A cyclone came along and blew tho men and the lumber off Point Lookout, and tho count changed his plans. Ho bought a lot of land In tho plateau valley below and set a gang of men at work clearing it. After he had spent Beveral thousand dollars in this preliminary work his father ordered him to return to Russia. Befoie leav ing ho deeded over ten lots in Juneau, threo lots In Douglas City,-and a can nery site at Cape Faushaw tq his daughter Grace. Tho count Bald good-by to hla Alas kan family, and loft his daughter in tho caro of Frank Starr of Juneau. SInco tho count's return to Russia his father haB died, and he is now in possession of large estates. Frank Starr Is now In correspondence with him, and ho be lieves that tho count will provide gen erously for his daughter. So it is among tho possibilities that this waif in time may become an heiress and a young woman of some importance in Russia as well as in Alaska. St. Paul Pioneer Press. MONARCH OF HIS SPECIES. Killing of nn Alligator That Measured Fourteen Feet In Length. ' To F. A. Dennetteo and to his brother, Elton D, Dcnncttee, belongs tho credit for the killing of Fort George's famous 'gator, a giant In size and so old that his back Is crusted with bar nacles and moss. But their encounter with the saurian was not without ex citement and somo damage to the hunt ers. They found the 'gator In one of tho small creeks that run through the Is land, sneaked upon him in their boat and let him have a bullet from a Win chester. The big fellow gave a roar ot rage and pain and at onco started fbr tho small craft, his jaws wide open and' his tall laBhlng the water Into yeasty foam. They Jammed an oar Into the 'gator's mouth and he crunched it into pulp, and then they took tho other to stem his onslaughter, but he broke that, too, and ground It Into kindling wood When almost upon the boat he swung his tall against it and nearly upset It.. Elton Dennotteo waa knocked over board, and no sooner had the 'gator seen him than he mado for him, and if the young man had not hastily scram bled on board he would certainly have met an awful fate. The two men had, two pairs of oars and with those tncy managed to keep the little craft away from a BWlng of the saurlan'a tall, which. would have crushed in the sides as If" they were paper. Whllo one o! the hunters kept clear of the enraged beast the other kept pumping lead into him from the Winchester until the water. was covered with red foam, telling thaf tho monster waa badly hurt. Finally he appeared to give up tho ghost, turned over on his back anu floated upon the surface. They lassoed and towed him ashore, but the 'gator waa not dead, and still had any quantity of fight In him, and so, when ono of tho sportsmen ventured too close the 'gator gave a lash with his tall, knocked the yountr fellow upside down and paralyzed hla legs for the time being and went for him, grabbing his foot in his frightful Jaws, and Inflicting a painful and per haps serious Injury. It was just two minutes before the jaws of the beast could be pried open, and It was an hour later beforo the last spark of life fled from the reptile. Faitlng Carried to Extremes. The people of Servla are forever fast ing. The most severe fast is that of Lent, which lasts seven whole weeks. Then, on the 30th of June, is tho fast of St. Peter, which lasts two weeks, and Is observed by some persons for four weeks. From the 1st to the 15th of August, the fast of St. Mary, nnd Christmas is preceded by a forty dayB' fast. Apart from these lengthy fasta every Friday and every Wednesday throughout the year Is held to be a fast day. Fasting In Servla Is no mere change of diet; It means real abstinence and privation. At Plrot this fasting has assumed such serious proportions as to constitute a grave medical problem and a national danger, for It affects seriously the health of the population, the strength and fighting capabilities of the soldiers. The medical men reck oned that, on the whole, half tho days In the year were fast days. This means that for somo Bix months In the year the population of Plrot nnd neighbor hood is only fed bread, raw ontons, and raw vegetables. No cooking is done; not a morsel of meat Is allowed. Would Contract Hank Currency. At the treasury department It Is said that Sovereign's plan for boycotting na tlonal bank notes, If carried out, would prove more harmful than beneficial to tho Interests of the country, as It would contract the currency to the extent of $211,000,000 without Injuring national banks. "It would not hurt the national banks at all," said O. P. Tucker, deputy comptroller of the currency. "If people should refuse to receive their notes the banks would simply present them to the United States treasury for redemp tion and receive legal tender notes, which they would continue to use In their business. There are only $211,000, 000 of national bank notes in circula tion, while there are $950,000,000 of other kinds of money outstanding." Ex. Cheap Sowing Machine. Sewing machines are so cheap that a. woman can cover herself from head to foot with frills nnd flounces and other fripperies at a cost not greater than that which was formerly required to make one plain gown. t IK