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MoRF MONEY KYANTEn.

A general cry goes Up all over the cOun-
try for more money, and a number Of
schemes are earnestly advocated for increas-
ing the circulating medium. The Farmers
Alliance is committed TO the policy Of ex-
banding the currency, and a propaganda is
begun on the basis that the volume of cur
rency has not been expanded in proportion
TO the growth Of business and wealth. 1t is
said, with an appearance Of truth, that an
amount Of circulating medium which, 10
years ago, was amply sufficient for $4,000, 900
Of people with Sl5,OOO,OOO,O0O Of wealth, is
totally inadequate for 62,0O0,O0O Of people
with So 600, 100000 Of wealth. The coun-
try has increased IS per cent in population,
and nearly 80 per cent in wealth, aud yet
the volume Of circulating medium remains
substantially the same
But there is one important point that the
advocates Of more money entirely overlook.
They provide no machinery for putting this
money into the hands Of the people. II
they viii reflect an instant they viii under
stand that though the United States print a
billion dollars Of additional gresnbacks, il
would not do the country particle OF good
unless there was some way provided for get
ting the money into circulation. Unless the
Nation embarked upon some great public
works or made some enormous purchases
the money would lie in the vaults as use
lessly as the silver dollars do Nothing Of
tbs kind is contemplated. The Navy is
now being built up as rapidly as il prudent
in the present transition state Of naval
architecture We might make number OF
high-power guns FOR the sea-coast and con-
struct some forts 10 defend our haTbors. but
this would not provide FOR anything ike the
quantity Of money that il Is desired 10 add
TO the circulation, aud the process Of addi-
ton would be slow and unsatisfactory. II
would take no less than 10 years 10 put
SO much a. Sl00O0O00O into circulation by
building forts and guns, and it would only
20 into circulation ia The localities immedi.
ately about where those industries were
being conducted. Then, too, 10 years from
now, some improvement may make all the
guns and forts az obsolete as the stone walls
and smoothbores at Fortress Monroe.
There is only one plain, practical way Of
getting the money that is demanded into
immediate and active circulation. This !,
10 pass the legislation which the veteran.
have long asked FOR as their right Repeal
the iniquitous Limitation 10 Arrears Of Pen
sions, pass THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE PEI
Diem Service Pension Bill, the Equalization
of Bounties Bill, the Prisoners Of War Bill
the Manned Soldiers Bill, the Deaf Nut,
Bin, and other measures Of equal Justice
These bills viii put into circulation at ono,
all the money that is needed TO bring Ia,
volume Of currency up 10 an equality will
the population and wealth Of the country.
If the advocates Of expansion Of the cur.
rency are wise, they will ally themselves
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-11-20
FIX Up AN ANCESTRY FOR YOURSELF.

There is no need Of anybody being without
the most distinguished ancestry. All that it
requires is very little figuring. Take your
pencil and try it. This is the year 1890. Say
that you are % years old, and that, like most
people, you have father and mother. Say
that you were born when they were 25 years
old, so they were born in 1910. They each had
a mother and father in 1910. so there were four
ancestors then. Assume that all the way back
through your family line children were born
VII en- the parents were %. Therefore, az each
Of your grandparents had two parents. you had
eight grandparents in 1915 Is great
great grandparents in 1870; 81 still greater
grandparents in 1865; Ga in 17lO; 1913 in I715;
256 in 1880; SIG in 1865; 1,032 in 1910; 2,064
in 1915; A125 in 1890; 1886 in 1860; 1852
in 1910; 33,O24 in 1915 &C. O45 in 1870; 132. O06
in 14G5; 264, 102 in no; 52s 3S4 in IfI5;
1,056,7 6S in 1880; 21135 in 1855, and 22T O72
in 1910. As there were probably not over
100000 people in all the British Isles in 1910,
you can readily see that you must be a blood
relation and direct descendant Of King Stephen,
King Henry ii, Queens Matilda, Maude, and
Eleanor, Godfrey Plantagauet aud all the other
big Wgs-and little ones, to0-of that day,
with about 100000 ancestors to spare which
you can distribute around ameng the rest Of
the nobility Of Europe. There is nothing like
genealOgy, when you know how to work il
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-11-20

THE Legislature Of Wyoming, which has
already met, will have the election Of two
United States Senators. There are several
good comrades spoken Of for these offices
and we hope that the Legislature will select
the Senators from among them. The men
who made Wyoming are the Union veterans.
They are the representative men of the
West, and should be represented in the
Senate Of the United States. The Union
veteran element in that body is already toe
small, and should be strongly increased tC
at least offset the number Of Confederate
Brigadiers whom the Southern States have
sent there.
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One OF the distinguished scientists Of the
Smithsonian Institution has startled the world
with an original line OF investigation. He
believes that monkeys speak an ineligible
language and communicate ideas. and he took
a novel way Of demonstrating this. Procuring
a phonograph he had one of the tame monkeys
belonging to tho institution jabber into it.
Then he took the phonograph TO the cage Of a
wild monkey and turned the crank so that it
would repeat the gatherings. The experiment
was not successful. The wild monkeys re-
Spouse to the sounds was to rush to the farther
corner of the cage and shrek wildly "a he
chung to the bars.
In spite Of the failure of the distinguished
scientist, THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE believes
that certain species of the monkey family-it
may be the ourang outan. gorilla or ehimpanzee,
We are not sufficiently scientific to properly
designate them-speak a barely ineligible
language. IL cannot DO said that they COM
municato ideas; that implies more brain than
VIC can credit them Without they make
themselves understood, after fashion. For
instance, there is specimen that frequents
the streets OF Washington. 1t is much smaller
and weaker than full-grown man, and Is
about the size travellers give to the African
chimpanzee, but lacks this animals vigor Of
arm and leg, possibly also of brain. 1t is
usually clad in fantastic garments, fully as odd
as those specimens that accompany hand
organs. 1t carries heavy stick, generally has
a cigaret in its mouth, and often q single glass
in its eye. By carefully listening to il. words
like these can be distinguished:
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4 CHANCE FOR COMRADES.
THE "CANNONEER'S STORY"
The Best Selling Book
Before the Public.

"The Cannoneer will soon be ready for
delivery. 1t will be one of the best selling
books ever offered the public, and afford an
excellent opportunity for comrades to make
money selling it. We want live, active
agent in every Township in the country.
Those who want to engage in the sale should
apply at once, stating what Township they
desire. 1t would perhaps be well if they
will specify two or three Townships, desig-
mating them as first choice" second
choice" etc, 50 that il the FIRST choice should
happen to be taken another can be allotted.
We shall give eash agent exclusive rights in
his Township as long as lie continues to
canvass it properly. Write at once, so as to
be able to get to work at the earliest moment.
Address,
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE,
Washington, d. G.
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LOOK At 1T.

Look at this issue Of The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE. Consider all its good features,
compare its contents and the amount Of
reading matter that it contains with that
of any other paper, and remember that it
only costs two cents n week! We are sure
that you will come TO the conclusion that
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE is the very b"st
family paper in the country, and gives you
more and better for your money than any
other. 1t is going to be constantly made
better, and kept farther and farther in ad-
vance of all competitors.
To those who see the paper for the first
time we will say that The NATIONAL TRIB-
UEE is the only great paper in the country
that champions the cause of the veterans.
1t is the only one that e ghts constantly and
without slackening Of zeal for the payment
Of the great debt the country owes them.
1t is the only one that makes speciality Of
giving the true history of the war OF the
rebellion, and telling the actual stories of
the men who did the fighting, marching
enduring, digging and shooting that brought
the war to glorious close, and gave US the
blessings of united country and settled
Government
The NATIONAL TRIBUNE has the best list
of contributors of any paper in the country,
and the matter found in its columns can be
found nowhere else. Every line, except that
which is properly credited, was written ex-
pressly for it. It has no connection with
syndicates or "boiIer-pIate" factories, and
consequently all its matter has fresh, living
interest for its great constituency.
Tie National Tribune costs only tl0O cents a
trGek.
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THANKSGIVING DAY.

The President has set apart next Thurs
day as a day for National thanksgiving and
prayer.
1T viii be more generally observed than
any Of its predecessors, for the reason that
the people at large are yearly becoming
more appreciative OF the day, and make
much more Of it for family and social re-
unions, as well as for the strictly devotional
feature.
AT first it was purely a Yankee institution.
The stern old Puritans who settled New
England, and who wanted TO settle every
thing else, from the Pequot Indians to the
slavery question, were bitterly opposed 20
Christmas and other festivals Of the Episco-
pal Church, which they claimed sayored Of
papacy and paganism. They instituted a
solemn day Of thanksgiving TO Almighty
God instead. While losing none Of its
deeply-rcligious character, the day came TO
have very pleasant and profitable social
feature in the reunions Of families and
friends
The Yankees, who stamped their character
so strongly upon the States west Of the
Alleganies, which wers carved out of the
Northwestern Territory" planted the in
stitution in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Iii
nois, Wisconsin, and Iowa.
President Lincoln took the opportunity
when the dark clouds Of war had become
illumined by victory, TO make ii Ma
tional institution, and such it viii always
remain. II is a day woll suited in every
way to our National character it fills want
that our people feel, and it will grow in favor
with them for all time 10 come.
From being a purely Presbyterian insti-
tuition, ii has become the most unsectarian Of
our religious or semi-religious institutions
Methodists, Baptists, Episcopalians and Cath
olics, Jews and Agnostics, all observe the day
with equal interest, and are Americans to-
gether, deeply grateful for the blessings our
common country enjoys, prayerful for con-
tinuance Of her prosperity, and fraternal in
their meetings for the observance Of the
festival.
We have much to be thankful for. I'm
broken peace has Teignod at home and
abroad. pestience has stayed far from us.
No great disasters have occurred anywhere.
There is plenty in the land for all, and our
people are contonted aud happy, and no
where is there a cloud on our horizon.
We wish every reader Of The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE the latest and tenderest Of turkeys,
amplitude Of the good things that 60 with
it, reunion around the hospitable board Of
every relative and friend whom be or she
loves and peace, prosperity, health and con-
tent from now until the next time the Presi-
dent Of the United States shall summon our
tens Of millions to acknowledge their graft
tude TO and dependence upon that Supreme
Power whence cometh all good things.
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90! owl Pensins ali a beastly shame, doncher
knOwl Money taken away from US, doucher
know, and given to lot Of blooming beggahs,
dOneher know, who claim to'vs done some
thing or been something, doncher know I!
Bloody rot, donchsr know. Raises pwices Of
eigawets, and champagne, and Lnnnon clothes,
doncher know. Oughter be stopt, doncher
know"
Then there is another type, which seems
stronger mentally and physically. lie APP
pFoaehes nearer tire class Of the baboon. lie
goes about as if his whole training had been
as a hand-organist's assistant, snatching up
pennies wherever he could find them-from
the gutter, from ash barrels and dirty Stops.
lie is greedy, aYarieious and INSCRIPTIONS, and
looks with jealous. hungry eyes upon every
cent that goes TO any one besides himself He
has clothes on now, but this is the way he
looked Ia his native Wilds
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The 18th verse he is quite clear refers to the
working parts Of an engine:
His bones are strong pieces Of brass; his bones
ara like bars OF iron.
The fuel is referred to in the 10Th verssl
Surely Tho mountains bring him forth food.
He changes the 21st and 22d verses so a. to
read:
He viii res. beneath light shelters, and within q
covering Of GbrOus reeds and clay.
Which he says refers to the non conducting
coverings Of boilers and pipes, and the shelters
Of engines.
The 23d verse reads:
Behold Ne d-iuSoth up a river and hasteth not :
he trusieth that he can draw up Jordan into his
mouth
This. Mr.. Trudell thinks, Is too obvious TO
need comment. The same is true Of the fol-
lowing selections from passages in the next
chapter;
viii he make a covenant with thesF Wit thou
take him for a servant forever
Wit thou play with him "a with bird9 Or villa
thou bind him for thy maidens?
Who can open the doors Of his facet His teeth
are terrible round about Ills scales are his PRIDE
shut up together. with q close seal.
between them
They are joined one to another they stick to-
gethcr, that they cannot be sundored
By his RcesinGs a lighJ doth shine, and his eyes
are Ike the cyeiids Of the morning
out OF his mouth 20 burning lamps, and sparks
OF fire leap out.
Out Of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out OF a
SETTLING pot or cauldron
lie max eth the deep to boil like pot; he maketh
the sea like pot Of ointment
lie maSeth path 10 shine after him; one would
think the deep 20 be hO1ry
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PERSONAL.

Gen. Russell A. Alger, Past Commander-in-C Chief
OF tho Grand Army OF the Republic, viii be the
guest of Mclean Post of Reading, Pa. on the oc-
casiOn Of a public entertainment which il TO be
given b. that Post Dee II.
Mr. W. De Kraft, a brother Of the late Admiral
DC Kraft Of the U. 3. Navy, died in Washington
Nov. O. aftcs brief Illness. Mr.. De Kraft was "a
years of age, and had been connected with the
General Land Onice Of the Interior Department,
serving in various capacities from Chief Clerk
down, for nearly % years.
Comrado William Simmons, who Is a contributor
TO THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE. and who has been APP
pointed Historian ofthe National Naval Association
OF Veterans, began his service for the Union with
the defense Of Washington in 1861. Later he went
in the Brooklyn to Pensacola, and assisted in the
passage OF the forts below New Orleans and the
capture ofthat city. lie was wounded while pass
ing the forts, but not sufficiently to prevent him
landing with his detachment nj New Orleans
lowering the rebel cOors and raising the United
States flag. The detachment did the same thing
al Baton Rouge Returning North, he served on
shore during the time of the invasion of Maryland
By Lees army. He was afterward on blockade
duty until the attack upon Fort Fisher. in which
he assisted. Then with his vessel he went back to
the Gulf and assisted in the capture OF Galveston
which terminated the of the rebellion. He
joined the Grand Army of the Republic In 1868,
and has been active in it since and especially
efficient in the organization of the Naval Veterans
Association.
Col. Clark S. Edwards, 5th Me-, Of Bethel, while
in the army during the rebellion, wrote home TO
bis wife 457 letters. which she saved and most of
them are In existence now. They give a very
good history of the war.
The following story Is told about Gov Hoard Of
Wisconsin. by a lady: "some weeks ago Gov.
Hoard another gentleman from Madison and
happened TO board streetcar in which sat two
Sisters of Mercy whom happened to know. /
asked the Governor whether he would like to be
introduced to the ladies' to which proposal he most
readily assented. And thought that had never
seen so much reverence depicted In a motion as
when Mr.. Hoard lifted his hat to the good Sisters
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any good, for the disease progresses indie
pendent of the activity of the microbes.
II, however, he can by incubation, render
a person of cOusumptive tendencies less liza
bic to the diseAse-and this is affirmed in re-
gard TO the LYMPH then the discovery
is of incalculable benefit to humanity.
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OF INTEREST TO THE GIRLS.

The Vermont Supreme Court decides that
there is 3 limit to the meddling Of tickle
minded girls with the affections and pocket
books Of their lovers. Vermont man loved a
Minneapolis maiden, and apparently won her
coy affections. She promised to 60 on to Yer
mont and wed him, and he sent her s275 to
purchase her troG5seau and $50 to buy her rail-
road ticket. After getting ready she decided
TO marry another man in Minnesota and did So
The Yermonter asked that she at least return
him the cash which he had advanced. She
sent him the railroad ticket, for which she had
no use, and offered to send him the clothes,
but he declined them and brought suit for
the recovery Of the money. The case finally
reached the Supreme Court, and it decided
that 81 she received both sums for specific pur-
pose, and when she broke the engagement the
law raised a promise on her part to refund
them. The plaintiff did not give them to
her as an adventurer to help him win her
favor, but in consideration of the engagement
and to enable her to perform it. When she
broke it he was entitled to have his money re-
funded. We hold that the gifts were not alb
sOlute, but conditional, and that when the con-
dition failed a right of-action accrued to the
plaintiff to recover the money"
There is an important distinction made By the
eOGrt, which our young lady readers will not
fail to notice. Money expended for ice-eream,
theater-tickets, sIeigh-rides bouquets, and even
for jewelry and fancy articles dear to the fem
mime heart is irrevocably lost to the lover, no
matter what may be the fate Of his woing. He
may have layished all his wealth upon the
adOred one and had his affections blighted at
the last moment in the most perfidiOus man
ner but the law has no balm for him unless
he gave the money or the articles to the fair
one for the express purpose Of facilitating his
marriage with her. 1t would be well for young
men to paste this ruling Of the Green Mountain
Judge in their dress hats
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PRor. Kocm,s GnnAr pIscoyEnY


The whole medical world is deeply stirred
over the announcement that Prof Koch, an
eminent German physician, has discovered
a cure for consumption, in "lymph" con-
tanning microbes that exterminate the char
acteristc microbes which produce consump-
ton and allow the lungs TO heal So i'm
portant an assertion as this is necessarily
received 10y physicians with some reserve,
since consumption is largely n disease OF
vitality and nutrition, which is beyond the
reach Of remedies. But Prof Koch's stand
ing in the scientific world, the modesty with
which he makes the announcement. his
entire frankness as TO the Limitations that
have so far developt in the application OF
his remedy, and his truly scientific intention
Of refusing TO profit by il himself, but give
the secret 10 the whole world of suffering
humanity, incline them TO think very favor
ably Of it,
The general belief among physicians is
that the microbe treatment may be eflica-
cious in the earliest stages Of consumption.
Then the microbes which produce the tuber-
cles may be exterminated and the disease
cured. But after the disease has fastened
itself firmly Oh 10 the lungs, and destroyed
them so far that they cannot adequately
perform their functions OF oxygenating the
blood, then the germ-destrOyer cannot do
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THE country is to be congratulated upon
the complete success of the Tillman faction
in South Carolina. This is not on account
of any special merit of Tillman and his fol-
lowers, who may be, for all we know, as bad
as their Siraight-out opponents painted
them. But il is gain for the whole coun-
try, rs well as for the State Of South Caro-
lima, to have broken the cast-iron rule of the
aristOcracy which has dominated the State
since it was a colony. This means prog
ress; il means an earnest and free discussion
of political and economic questions, which
has never been permitted in the State, and
it probably means an extension Of the free
school system and thorough education OF
the poor whites, who were carefully kept in
ignorance by The plantation lords, in order
to rule them the more easily. 1t is to this
carefully maintained ignorance that the
backward position Of South Carolina has
been due. The poor Sand-hillers" have
now learned their power. For the first time
In the history Of the State they have been
given Offices, and il can be relied upon they
will never return to their seryile dependence
upon the Low Country autocrats. They
may not be able 10 maintain themselves at
their present hight, but they will never sink
again to their former level. South Carolina
will, consequently, be apt TO make more real
progress in the next decade than she has in
the past century.
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FORTHCOMING ATTRACTIONS.

Among the very many good things which
We have in store Tor the readers Of TIE
NAgIOSAL TRIBUNE are the following arti-
Giles by writers Of accepted ability. All OF
these are Of more than usual interest, and
VIC anticipate that our readers Will enjoy
them 10 the utmost:
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Laeia IOung, e. s.
TIL BlT7LE on LEPlETO. Be Lieut.
Lucia Young, q. s. n
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bog rh0 sarea IN Virginia. Bg Cqpt Hm
y. gic.
LIblCLA7S ASSISTANT TON. Some net
s'oria " ttc trogoag by Franz o. Car.
petsr
CLE \ M1E BE SclRED TO DE1THi
Whit some prominent soldiers think on Mis
question. By H'm T. Curtis.
CORO The oiaest city JuH Jg Euopeaa,
upon he maiaiaad Of Imcricg. BIZ Cdpt
AimoH B0ues. Of Baypa's Battery.
LOYlL WOTET1TEEERS. Dr. COL 7neo,
oofe II Lang. IN W. Ta
WILSON'S CfVALRY RAID. Nm account
o. hl ~ cdifioa ~ 1865 through AIqJarac
oaa Goofgla Ey capt B'm. J. D0gle
n eOATRlBIND'S STORY Tie Hpel,
Adventure NJ HrgFO SLAVE during ID,
putting o. the LoDidaH
zAE EacE ITYER WHEELER. IN ao
count " The Uay va rhich Con Wheeler lrai
JolOufd and pOiaaed Lg the carolJg Of fA
lung n Tie Cumberland uhcn h. mad
~ raid % oar yfar. after me Jatilcu CIicE
0nauFa Ri Cqpt ". =. D0yle. IN Ind
MOUNT STINT ELIIS 4 description o
tigaet mountain 10 Ol,r possessions. ant
an oceaHa 0f tbc recent 0ttSmgs 10 daer
mine u ffoct higtL Hg GHb0f THOmDggE
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VIZ have the high authority Of Senator
John sherman for saying that no influence
was more powerful in promoting the success
ful resumption Of specie payments than the
passage Of the Arrears Bill, which distrib-
uted such anamount Of ready money through
The country. All fnancieH win shortly
bear testimony that the passage Of the Dis
ability Bin saved the country from severe
panic IN 1890. Righteousness brings a rich
reward. Il las paid the country seventy
times sevenfold 10 be just 10 her veterans.