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Show Adam's Wealth. The Rev. Washington Gladden has said among other tilings that. Adam couldn't become a millionaire. By Adam ho meant the father of tho human hu-man race, an unfortunate man against whom many charges have been mado without fear of contradiction. But while It Is true that Adam had no balance bal-ance In the bank, and held neither stocks nor bonds, he was really raon arch of all he surveyed, and thcro is no reason to believe his eyesight was poor. There never yet was a millionaire million-aire who had a private park that could hold a rush light to Adam's. Why, the venerable old pioneer's zoolt'cnl collection col-lection alone, far surpazscd anyUiing in that line that lias been seen since to say nothing of tho pomologlcal treasures that adorned his very door-yard. door-yard. When a man can claim everything every-thing in sight and without fear of dispute, dis-pute, it is difficult to see how ho could bo reckoned as an individual of moderate mod-erate means. Adam not a millionaire, Mr. Gladden! Glad-den! Why, he was tho solo landed proprietor proprie-tor of his time. He owned tho earth. Cleveland Plain Dealer. - |