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Formation a Great Peoples Party,

and Mnnacpa the Interests or and for the whole peo
pls Every other question. Old new, will be dealt
with according as from standpoint always
having in view the best Interests Of all We shall st.
tack wrong wherever and Il whether IN high or low
paoes- while willing 70 do our part, and take
all the risAs and rvspousibIes incident 70 the pubcs-
ION Of sach organ. cal upon every friend Of the
Hon.
A. G. CAMERON
PROPRIETOR.
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TO BE CONTINUED.
Written for the ADVOCATE.
The Amended Garfield Currency Bill
and the Funding Act.
BY L X DK'woLF.

THE SALE or THE LABOR CLASS To THE R,SI
HOLDERS, BROKERS, GOLD GANALERs, AND srocI
JoBBERs.
coHcLuDED)
4. As has been already intimated, thi,
currency bill virtually ends the people,
costless money and inaugurstes the two in.
terest bearing bankers currency in its place
One interest is to be collected by govern
ment taxation, the other by the bankers
and brokers, with no other practical limit
Of the rates but these benevolent gentle
mems unbridled lust of gain.
Thus with the absolute control of the
circulation of the country, with two fold
and bankrupting rate of interest, with an
unlimited privilege Of gold gambling and
stock johbing under the auspices Of the
Secretary Of the Treasury, wit the privi-
lege of one half of one per cent for transact
ing the business, of making the exchange
Of securities, and two and half per cent.
to be Paid BY the government for the priv
ilege Of holding the gamblers stakes. IN
der all the circumstance we do not think
the capitalists are going to suffer severely
from the Cato-like virtue of Congress, as
manifested in the two Acts under review.
If any thing more il needed to complete
the subsection ofthe people and make them
the perpetual slaves Of the gold gambling,
stock iobbing, mOnied and railroad corpor-
ation classes, it can be easily furnished by
Mr.. Secretary Boutwell,, and succeeding
treasurers, who will no doubt follow in the
footsteps Of their illustrious predecessor. As
a specimen Of government financial benev-
Olenee, We refer TO the golden policy of
and arbitrarily contracting the
Of the currency, to from 81 POO
900, 900, 900 down to less than S60O,OO0,-
900, when interest bearing Indebtedness
had been contracted under the former high
circulation to the amount of 81 or IS, OO0,-
900, 900 by the national, state and munich
pal authorities and railroad corporations,
and when the revenue Of the government
has been increased from some $50, 600, 900
TO $500, 900, 900 and the railroad tariffs
more than doubled, all this contractor is
made under the pretense of going down to
! specie basis. Truly this is gold base
With vengeance ! |!
We ask the people then to consider for
themselves seriously, these important facts,
md when they have done 50, to consider
be following questions: When those bon
rsble Secretaries and the financial gentle
nen, flor they are. all honorable men.
'Wite), whose interest is thus solely repre-
ented in official circles, shall in the inter
ct of the money mOngers of the world,
ave completed their gold base and gold
Ond schemes by the reduction Of the cir
ulatiOn down to gold base point, and
bus reduce the price Of the peoples pro-
ucts two thirds, and increase thereby the
ommodIty value of the bonds and money
ON forty cents up to one hundred cents
q the dollar, not in the hands Of tie peo-
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THE WORKING PEOPLE,

-DoWN sRAkEs."
BTE. \. PLAoR.
Aeros. the nsldS Of human hives,
Rolls MAmmca'S car of trsde
heckles- Of cost Ia human lives
70 cent-per cent be made
The RAILS are wrought Of human homes
The ties, Of starving need;
Slood is the steam, while shrieks and groans
signal its nurd'rous q eed.
The shock the crash Deaths crimson nag
thee At the sn.in head
Speed on, - eed on stop not nor log,
Heed not tie maimsd or dead.
"0od. wealth and honor give us these.
Tnough human hearts be crushed
Power is or goal, and idle ease
Let PHYS voice be hushed"
30 alng and shout, fnfatuA'e soulsl
The throng Mammon'a train
But bark Down brakes q" the warning rolls
Fro bill aide 70 the plain.
Thus far 10 vain, o smooth divine,
Tour hAlfa d-hAlt appeal;
Pure water give US or pure wine
Your noAtTuns d, not heal
Nov, grooming tnilers. mate to sweat
That other hands reap
This cry send 70 IN whose ring shall yet
Bsstir the social deep:
Lees b urs for greed OF worldly gain,
I Lsss urs for LAhor'a day;
Hess bours Of care, less hours Of strain,
More hours TO think play.
Down brakes r. We cry quick, tAut ami strong
Enough nave died bled-
Less hours for hAmmon, is our song,
More he mrs for heart and headi
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The Commander of the French Army.

The Commander of the French Army.
Marshal Mcmahon, who is to command
the armies of France, was born at Sully in
July, 1908. He derives his descent from
an Irish family who rsked and lost all for
the last Of the Stuart kings. The McNla-
hons, carrying their national traditions, an
cestral pride and historical name to France,
mingled their blood by marrying with the
old nobility Of their adopted country. This
member Of the family entered the military
service Of France in 1925, at the school Of
st. Dyr; was sent to the Algerian wars in
1880; while acting as aide-de-camp to Gen.
Achard, took part in the expedition to Ant
werp in 1882 T; attained to the rank Of
captain in 1884, and after holding the post
Of aide de camp TO several African generals
and taking part in the assault of Constan-
tine, was nominated major of foot cas-
seuers in 1910, Lieutenant Colonel of the
foreign legion in 1912, Colonel of the forty
first Of the line, in l845, and General Of
Brigade in 184S. When in 1845, Gen.
Canrobert left the Crimea, Gen. Mcmahon,
then in France, was selected bv the Empe-
ror to succeed him in the command Of di-
vision; and when the chiefs of the allied
armies resolved on assaulting Sebastopol,
September s, they assigned to Gen. Nc
MahOn the perillous post Of carrying the
works of the MalakOff. For his brilliant
success oil this occasion be was made Grand
Cross Of the Legion Of Honor and in
1853 was nominated knight Grand Cross
Of the Bath. General Mcmahon, who took
a conspicuous part in the Italian campaign,
of 1859, received the baton of Marshal,
and was created Duke Of Magenta in com
memoratiOn Of that victory He represent
ed France at the coronation Of William Ill.
Of Prussia, il November, in 1861, was
to the command of the Sd corps
d'armee October 4, 1872, and Was nomin-
ated Governor General of Algeria by de-
cree, September /, 1864.
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The Advocate viii ever be sentinel upoD the
wAthtower guard the interests OF the people.
while lighting every species Of 1t shall be aim
to SEEK CAUSES rOu which ns~ the many di-Or
ders OF society and vigOr upon them, IT.
great aim vii strike the root CT tse tree We
viii advocate entire change In the monetary system
Of the eDuntry, upon the principles and through the
means embraced in the Platform Of tn. National Labor
Union We snail the adoption, by the National
Government new land policy, taking the ground
that Dot another o. the public domain should be
disposed Of any company, corporation
any terms Whatever except in small parcels TO actual
settlers We shall favor taxing all uneuvated lands
and conn eng all companies. corpora Ions and persons
holding lands BY government grant, 70 put the same in
the market prices S25 per Acre) within
given time and in OF failure 20 do the land &c
revert back to the government We shall advocate the
abolition Of the present. National Bank systenthe call
nR in Of the whole National Bank circulation Issu-
INK in It's place treasury certificates, convertible into
bonds bearing Low rate interest, and vce rsa, At
the will OF the holder We shall advocate Labor De
uartment 81 Washington such s contemplated In the
resolutions adopted In the last session Of the National
Labor Union We shall advocate Cooperation In any |
md every form In which be applied to Proudc
ton and distribution. We stall advocate the shorten
ing Of the hours e labor in every department Of indus
try We shall s..ocate . stringent apprentice Law in
every State and entire revolution in the system Of
Prison Labor In every state.
We shall advocate equal rights and privileges 70 the
wo kingwomen Of our country. Our motto shall be,
Equal and exact iusssos TO oil" people. We shall sdvo
cate the
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-08-13
Anecdotes of Authors.

Rude, whom Erasmus called the wonder
of France, was thoroughly absent man.
One day his domestics broke into his study
with the intelligence that bis house was on
fire. GO, inform my wife, " said be "you
know | don't interfere in household affairs -
Dante vas subject to fits of abstraction,i in
which be often quite forgot himself. One
day, be found an interesting book, which
he had long sought for, in druggists shop
at Vienna, and sat reading there till night
came on.
Sully, when his mind was occupied With
plans of reform, displayed extraordinary
fits of forgetfuness One day in winter,
when on his way to church, be observed,
GLOW very cold it is today "Not more
cold than usual, said one Of bis attendants
Then | must have the ague." said SuIy.
as it not more probable tibet you are too
scantily dressed p be was asked. On lift
ing Lis tunic the secret was at once discov-
cred IIe had forgotten all bis u nder cloth
ing but his breeches.
Sir William Blackstone is said to have
composed his Commentaries with a bottle
of wine on the table, from which be drank
largely at intervals.
Addison, while composing, used to pace
to and fro fIom the long drawing of Hol-
land House, with glass of Sherry at each
end, and rewarded himself by drinking one
in case of felicitious inspiration.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-08-13

A great polar expedition is being pre-
pared in Sweden for the years 1871 and
1879, under the direction of Professor
Nordenskjold, the celebrated scientific
leader of the Swedish expedition of 1868.
The plan is to 20 north Of Spitzenbergen.
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EXPRESS STEAMER,
EVERY SATURDAY.
Extra Steamer every Wednesday.

RATES STILL FURTHER REDUCED class
railroad and cab Chicago to Londonderry, Queens
town, Glasgow or rpooI $50 and t93 90. currency.
First class rail and Storage, t4o 90 Glasgow Ee.,
&C to Chicago t45.
large discount on return tickets intermediate aid
steersge at lowest rates. Berths and etaferooms
cured, and Cabin Plans to which attention Of
tourists s particularly requested, may be at the
once Of the undersigned.
A. this Company does not emplov runners passenge
will either direct the ONCE or address the
agent BY mall
Money RENTED to the odd Country"
In any sum.
Through Bills Of Lading for FLOUR. GRAIN and
PROVISIONS TO all points IN Europe Money remitied
In any FUN. Apply TO HENDERSON BKOTHE Frs
New York, At General esern Agency, " La
Sale and Madison streets Chicago.
JAMES WARRACK. A. ent,
Southeast Madison La Sale streets Chic
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HOLDERS, BROKERS, GOLD GANALERs, AND STOCK
JOBBERS.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-08-13
HOUSEKEEPER.

FINE PANcAKEs.-Take one pint of
cream, eight eggs, (leave out two of the
whites, three large spoonsful of orange
flower water, little sugar and grated nut
meg melt small quantity Of butter with
the cream over the Ere, then add three
spoonsful Of -four, and mix we'll together
Butter the frying pan for the first let
them run as thin as you can in the pan, fry
them quick, and eat hot
Plum PUDDING.-Scald coarse corn
meal with boiling water, add an equal guam
tity of wheat meal, with water sufficient to
make batter just stiff enough to retain
the shape Of the spoon add raisins to the
taste put in bag, or better still, in a
pudding bag or covered tin dish, and boil or
steam it for four hours. Much cooking for
corn zeal renders it more delicate.
Morris IN CARPErs.-Wring a coarse
towel out Of clean water; spread it smooth
y on the carpet; iron it dry with good
hot iron; repeat the operation on sill parts
of the carpet suspected with being infected
with moths. No need to press hard, and
neither the pile nor the color of the carpet
will be destroyed by the heat and the
steam.
BREAKFAST BATTER CAKES WITHOUT
EGGs.-One pint milk, one pint water mix
ed make batter Of wheat -four and one
third white Indian meal, add one teaspoon
FIJI or more Of salt, and one teacupful Of
brewers yeast. These cakes are very good.
Bake on griddle like buckwheat cakes.
PUDDINa SAUcE-Boil one pint of wa
ter; thicken with one and a half heaping
spoonfuls Of fine -four, or two of wheat
meal; sweeten to the taste, and after it il
taken from the fire, add the juice Of two
oranges If lemon juice be used in the
place of oranges, half the quantity will be
sufficient, and it should be added before
the sauce is taken from the FIRE. The
juices Of various tart fruits may be used
instead Of these.
A VALUABLE TABLE.-The following
table will be found valuable to many of our
readers
A box "a inches by l6 inches square,
and % inches deep, will contain barrel.
A box 26 inches by IL IL inches square
and inches deep, will contain bushel
A box II inches by IL IL inches square
and 8 inches deep will contain half bushel.
A boz inches by inches square, and
8 inches deep, will contain one peck.
A box 8 inches by inches square. and
4 IL inches deep, will contain one gallon.
A box Z inches by 8 inches square, and
4 Is inches deep, viii contain half gal
Ion,
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-08-13
THE MINER.
SKETCHES FROM THE COAL MINES

Written fer the ADvocArE.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-12-12
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The Rnnk ey of India.

There are in India, writes a London
Times correspondent two causes OF
death very little understood in England.
mean death on the river, and from
snake bites; and in India death Turks in
scenes of beauty--in the one case the
Jungle. thick, matted and tangled
maze OF green, with bamboo villages bed
ded in it, and paths that 10 a European
would seem impenetrabls; and in the
other case the river, which, when seen
at night, with the moons rays gllmmer-
ing through the dark trees on the dark
water. and with the boatmen's song now
near and now dying away in the distance
as the boats are drifted down by the cur-
rent Of a race-horse speed, forms a scene
of marvellous beauty.
Around every village there is a living
poison: vet the native adult or child lies
down on the floor of his cottage and there
is bitten and dies, no skill Of man having
vet discovered sovereign remedy for
some snake bites, though all sorts of spe-
ciiics are recommended and tried. The
latest cure that have heard OF Is 70
spirituous solution of the gall of the
serpent cobra; butthat, too, seems TO have
failed In all hands but those Of the dis
coveFer-if It sueeeeded ip hisI and still
the specific is to come. Last year, IN
the northwestern provinces alone, there
died from snake bites COG persons, and
1902 were drowued-murdered in some
instances beyond all question, but in
most, killed from sheer Incidence or
carelessness--as for instance, in the
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Il. wHITnORE,
Publisher and Proprietor.


The New York Ledger says: The other
day we met Virgins, and he had q silver
cased matchmaking cases at that. We
had known Virgins five and twenty years
and never knew him to carry watch be-
fore. We asked him where he got tit. He
gave us nod and leer, and said he'd
tell us.
Last fall" he continued, Il killed the
old brindle cow, and put the best part OF
her into the beef barrel. She was fat and
the beeflwas nice, and had nigh unto a
full barrel. / didn't want to make it very
salt, so | set it out in the shed where the
frost might touch it and keep it, and
you d better believe it made good eatin' /.
"0ne day my wife says to me, says
she, Virgins, pears to me our beef IS
goin' mighty fast. | went and looked,
and sure enough it was egoin'--goin
rather Eastern i thought it ought to.
I've noticed it lowerin' onaccountably
this, long time, said my wife. Some
body is stealin' it, Why don't We set Q
trapY gNo1 :, :,
"But my neighbors were all kind
hearted kind of folks--though one or
two of EN- might be just little inclined
to poke around where they didn't belong
and didn't want to hurt 'em. | con
cluded howsumever, that it would be
best to put the barrel, with what little OF
the beef was left, down cellar-and ]
did it, s.l.
"Well, when the beef was all used up
and went to clear out the barrel,
found this watch in the pickle. 1t looked
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-12-12
Divorce Abuses.
From the Springfield Republiean.l

From the Springfield hepublican.l
Miss Lillian Edgarton, who began her
lecturing career in Worcester about a
year ago, in her lecture on Marriage
and Divorce" mentions the case Of one
Edward Preston, who obtained from the
connecticut Legislature, in order that
he might marry again, a bill Of divorce
from his wife, who became insane at the
birth Of his child. She says, and her
audience agrees with her, thatthe curse
of God would followosuch man, and
why not those who helped him to have
two living wives al onee2 A case to
match the was mentioned by Vermont
Senator in the debate on the divorce bill
He said wife came to him to secure his
services as a lawyer to obtain a divorce.
She was asked il she could allege adul-
terry, abandonment, or excessive severity,
and she said no." She owned shat the
reason for asking for a divorce was that
her husband had Rts. She was informed
ths, sAa could not get a divorce for that
cause, and ought not to have one. She
left, and at the next court a lawyer pre-,
seuted petition on the ground Of in
tolersble severity, coYeFina the very
period concerning Ehich sne had before
admitted thst she had no such complaint
10 aring. Her petition was supported
By manufactured testimony in the shape
OF afidayits, and her divorce was granted
in Eve minutes. t-t--
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-12-12
Another Reminiscence of ADMIRAL
Partpr.
~. Al. Havu Work Qun 4


General Grant must remember very
well the history Of the rebel guns ol
Grand Gulf. On the 29th of April, 1864
Admiral Porter attacked Grand Gnll
with his iron-clads, and fought the rebel:
there with all his might for six. hours
Then he withdrew, having accomplished
nothing, the rebel guns firing at him a.
he moved out Of range. Two days after
ward, on May !, Grant fought the battle
Of Port Gibson, some ftfeep miles easi o.
Grand Qnh, andwon It. IN conseqn hence
The rebels abandoned their fnrtifcations
at Grand Gulf, not iosgr Aefora daylight
on the morning Of May 2, and precipi
lately retreaied to Vicksburg, blowing uI
their magazines and leaving on the
ground the artillery Of the fort which
was too heavy tDlbe moved qAs soon
as Admiral Porter heard the explosion
ne hurried up in a tug-bOat, got ashore
in the course Of tlo HorHmg, and tool
possession 0fthe artillery. Then he had
zach gun marked with white paint in
these words-we quote them from mem,
pry only: "Captnred BY the United
States Mississippi fotilla, under Acting
Rear Admiral D.fn. PoytSF, il ; naval
sbtidr at Grand duff on the 29th ol
April, 1861 This vas romance Of
the FIRST water; but the Admiral did il
nth coolness. Anerward. when the
guns were needed for the siege Of Vicks-
burg. they we're brought up lheIe and
placed n battery with the inscription
hpOn them. The soldiers used tQ read
Is and eriFQfo9fly ds1qinee Adniral
fnrtef ~ the author of a false statement
The officers Of the army made no secret
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-12-12
BANKRUPT LORD.
LORD courtenny's LfabfIities, ss,.
% 900, go n y nsss Z: R.carS. Rsss.sss Case '"f

SEQ. 900 2 Mosi Reckless Case of
ProdfgaItty on record, lao
The English papers which are never
tired of'iilating upon the prohigacy and
want of principle which have long pre-,
vailed in the fashionable society OF
France, occasionally give MS glimpses,
through the medium OF the bankruptcy
Court reports, OF 4 mote or two IN the
eye Of" high htei athome.ssWhen poor pooo
Oliyer Goldsmith, died, leaving tzo0o
worth of debt, Sir Joshua Reynolds made
the reflection, was poet ever so trusted
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-12-12
FOREIGN NAMES.
A chicago Editor Iudiguaut-Prc-
ysilipg Mfspronunciation. i3 I

Il
From the Chicago Trbune,l LA a'
We should probably be not little sur
prised to find, on taking up a Chinese,
Bengalese or Portuguese map, that the
foreign map-maker had persisted in des-
ignating the United States Of America
as Columbia, or Virginia, or Nieuw Ned
terlandts, or knickerbocker, or 'erez-
zsno, or some other such name, because,
in the fifteenth or sixteenth century,
some early navigator had gwen US that
cognomen. And yet the entire system
on which our own maps of other nations
are constructed must present an equally
absurd anomaly to the people OF those
nations.
Europe and America, for instance, en-
gage periodically in discussing the in
terests of the Turkish Empire: But there
is no Turkey or Turkish Empire IN exist
ence, so far as the people who inhabtt y
are aware. The term Cherokee Nation
would apply to the United States nearly
as well as the term "Tprkey applies to
Osmanli Vilaieti pronounced Os-man-
lee Ve-la-yef eel or the Osman Empire,
sometimes corrupted into the Ottoman
LmpTo' iho C'Vo"o' ~" '''
races are not Identical, and there seems
no other reason than habit, inherited
from other ancestors, why the 0sman
Empire should be known as Turk key
throughout Western Europe. Its chief
city we style Constantinople, alter a
MEDIEVAL custom, though its inhabitants
know it as Stamboul.
Adjoining Turkey, we apply the Latin
term Austria to the empire OF Oester-
reich-pronounced, nearly, os ter-Ttke;,
If we should call the empire Of
Francis Joseph something between an
oyster-rake and you str ike. we should
not hit it exactly, but we should have come
much nearer than we do; Its capital y
word OF one syllable, which we should
pronounce Veen.. We invent new
word of three syllables, Vienna. The
Germans exercise the same usarpatlon
over the Empire. OF FRANCE, which they
designate hrankreich, equivalent to
Frank-kingdom. Right adjoining Austria
is Deutschland pronounced DoltchIlant)
to which we, without the least sanction,
apply a name Germany which We IN
herit from the Latin Germania,
though, having. lost its Latin pronuncla-
ton, it is really, as pronounced by En-
glishmen, new-colned word whch
never belonged to any race or country,
The French recognize their present enc
mics by name which is neither Deutsch
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LaaIes and Gentlemen.

ml-I Mil. A. Nnx. Xo.l,
Ihad. Me,ghan, OF tne new aorA ao
Courier, toucnes upon ,he qsesuoh, wo,
man ana iadies, WIN uencaey @ anu
W.T.. lie says that ne is P,eassu 70 near
tnat tne Saieswomen Larly Oios,hg ns
soeiaiion had q nigniy harmonious 1,h meet
ing AZ the fiimPton Duiiaings, On inu,s, ~ rs
day evening ne y aiso peiignled 70 pc
toid by the reporter una. MISS 1ennis =
nllyen IS an accomPiisned secre.aIy, apa M
reed me minutes OF 'ne las. mesthg ~
q fascinating manner. ~ ne nau caiieu
ner Jane, ins'eau ol ysnnle,o how-
ever, our satlslaction woult naye peen zen
greater. put %hen lne gusn,ng rep1r.er .i5
goes on 10 tax OF stores wnere li,ly inuy
clerks are emp,oyeo, we are co"Ps'leu irha
70 teil nun thet ne Is q humpng, iher
are no Such things as iauy cleiNs,
lauy may De a cierk, put clerk 70 IaJy
PROFESSIONALLY. LADIES are popularly
supposed 70 De wealthy ana io,e .I persons :
ol .he female sex VINO sPenu .ner s.~e e