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EuloEies Of Dead congressman.
THE Illustrated American

Speaker Reed rightly complains of the abuse
of that custom which sets apart special days of
the Congressional session for enlogies on de-
parted Senators aud Representatives, This
year fully 10 per cent. of the entire number of
working nays have been consumed in this way,
None of the speeches were of any value, save
one or two that were barefaced plagarisms. If
We must have classical French sermons, let US
read them in the original, and not employ .
legislator to turn them into modern American
at the public expense-ex pense in both senses.
And if We must have taWdry commonplaces
uttered ia honor of the dead let them be made
as short rs possible, so as not TO interfere with
moro important business 1t has been sug-
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5. Suggestions.
There are many. We sum them up in lines
by Mrs Sgourney:

s. Suggestions.
There are many. We sum them up in lines
by Mrs. Sigourney:
Thou who hast power To look
Thus at Gethsemsne, be still be still
What are thine insect woes compared to His
Who agonizeth there? Count thy brief pains
As the dust atom on lifes chariot wheels,
And In Sayior's grief forget them all"
II. THE EAR OF MALICIOUS CUT OFF AND
RESTORED.
We have before US the 35th miracle perform
ed by our Savior 1t has no parallel The time
and place are practically the same as in the
case of the agony in the Garden.
l. Data.
Read the four accounts: St. Matt. 26 /: so,
from Then came they" 51-56; st. Mark, Ia:
1852; st. Luke, % 40 %, 81, as far as I" led
him y; ST. John, Is: 1912.
2. Malchw
He was a servant of the High Priest, to wit
Caiaphas. (St. john 10: 13. Compare st. Luke,
3:2.) Annas was his deputy. We find the
name OF Malchus in only the account given by
St John. He was probably very ofieious, and
ST. Peter could not endure his impertinence.
3. The Disorder.
In moment of rage st. Peter drew his
sword and cut off the ear of Malchus. He may
not have intended to remove that particular
member We read. however. that the MOugos
determine the number which they say in their
attacks by counting the right ears Of their foes.
They cut of the ears on purpose that they may
serve for reaching the arithmetic result Of the
number slain. We learn they collected on the
plains of Russia one time 10000 right ears.
Az the battle of Leighnitz, in the year 1911,
they filled eight large sacks with such ears. It
may be st. Peter intended outright 20 slay NAL
Chus. Only SITS. Luke and John state which
car was amputated. We find there were two
swords in the company Of the Twelve. (St.
LIKE, %: 49, Did st. Peter cut the ear Oft
entirely, so that it chung TO the sword or flew
to the ground? St Luke mentions simply the
fact that Jesus touched the ear. Did be pick
it up from the grass, or did it hang by the
skin2 Or did Christ let go the old ear and by
a touch miraculously create new carp We find
great difference Of opinion as to this matter.
4. Restoration.
/. By whOmp He who came to the help Of
the mutilated man was Christ. the very person
whom Malchus was abusing. 1t must have
been surprise to the entire party when Jesus
made the servant once again whole
2. The prescription That was mere touch.
The ear was restored
3. Kind of cure? 1. Instant, and hence mi
raculCus. 2. Perfect. 3. Public 4. Perma-
nent.
5. Suggestions
!. Study tho Scriptures, and seek to under
stand their bearing on all our conditions and
duties.
>. DO not be rash in zeal for even the right
}. Cling to Christ and TO Christianity in its
dark hours. Do not ever forsake aud fee. If
the Church become cold and inactive, do not
abandon it. Stay and help.
4. Submit to Gods viii. (Ss John, ls: H.
5. Be encouraged in your trials You were
never in such extremes as was Christ He
knows what sore trials are, for he felt the same
6. Trust in Jesus. The angels are still at his
command. (St. Matt, &c: 3D.
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lie Did not Know Much Of Blackstone, Bat He Had
Great Mind.



Some years ago young man applied to the
District Court of Dallas, Tex. TO be examined
10 practice law. lawyer was appointed 10
examine the qualifications of the candidate for
admission 10 the bar. The young man WAS
rather deficient in Blackstone aud Greenleaf
II looked very much though no lacked tho
requisite preparation, and the examining
lawyer badgereI him until his brow was bead ed
with perspiTation.
4" DO you know what fraud Is in tho judicial
sense of the wordH" inquired the examining
attorney.
Il DON'T hardly think / do" was the
stammoring reply.
well, fraud exists when a man takes adj
vantage Of his superior knowledge TO injure an
ignorant person."
So, that's it. is IL? Then If you take adj
vantage Of your superior knowledge OF law 10
ask me questions ! can't answer, owing TO my
Ignorance, aud in consequence thereby | am
refused license, will be injured, and you
will be guilty Of fraud. Won't you, Judge "
The lawyer was very thoughtful for lcw
moments, and then added refectiyely:
Ny young friend, perceive you have great
natural qualifications for the bar, and shall
recommend that large handsomely -engrossed
and richly-engraved license be granted you in
spite Of your ignorance"
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The ReKGlar ArmI

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John Brndhed Economy, Ind, is the Of
Eeruard Bradheld, deceased. who enlisted in Co.
j. 62th Ind. and served three years. lie was born
Nay = 1867; Is five feet ten inches high. with gray
cyes and brown hair. A job printer; fond of music
and good reading; Interested Ia the G. g. aud
T. Y. @. and a sater OF those who oppose giving
she soldiers pensions and decorating the soldiers
graves. Would exchange postal autographs with
al & G. friends.
ksir N. Deiger. Onota, Mich. was born Nov. "a
1859 she II schooi-teAciIer, a graduate IN book
keeping. and plays the piano and guitar. Hight,
Ave feet; blue eyes and sght hair
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Rested that some Sunday might be set aside for
the exclusive purpose of eulogy. The idea is .
good one. The prosiest sermon could not DO
more sOmnoleht than these pansgyrics. Gather
our Statesmen together on the day Of rest and
let them enjoy refreshing slumber under the
beautifc influence Of the eulogist.
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Against His Principles.

DraEs's Hagazine.I
Give me ginger-snap, pleased" asked .
little boy Of a baker
No, sir" replied the latter. "I never giTs
a snap away"
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ida p Raybert g. a veterans daughter Co IT. %
y. J. Sse = b}onae, q medium hight q years Of
age: fond Of music sud good HierHture. Hnd de-
votes 10 the &. q. She Is a member 81 the Church
and sun1ay --chOoi ~ Newark ". :.
Alice M. Gady is the daughter Of n. A. Cady Go.
p 5oth y. =. Of Wiliu1ot. Hinn. she II young
schOoi-ieacler: eve feet I've inches IN hight with
fair hair rBnd blue eyes.
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KANSAS WILL. DO WELL.

FRIENDS OF THE Q. G: think we should all
heartily indorse the move made by our Club in
organizing. The future outlook Is certainly more
reflective 10 ardent G. Cs, for. by working to-
gether, It viii be but short Time until many
Things beneficial 10 our organization Will DO per-
fccted.
We Kansans think n great deal OF LongfcIlow' 5
Excelsior" Our State abounds richly ia veterans
and their children. Our Capital wili IarcsumRbiy,
be the Of the National Encam pmenl la 80 ;
consequently we should awaken to - sense of duty.
That we Kansas G. C.'s may he prepared 10 enIer-
tain our visitors and compel them to say, Kansas
did we'll" Pro Patria-ArthuT NJ. Jackson, Glen
wood, Kan.
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THAT BICYCLE QUESTION.

FHIESDs or THE g. O.: la reply to Mamie T.
Hodgkinss question as 10 the pTopriety OF o,lrIs
riding safety bicycle, for consider II decid-
eddy proper for them TO do So provided they can
hs 10 riding u Rs gracefully as the men, II they
conid not ride gracefully as some OF them do
they had better let IL severely alone. Bot dear
girls, when you wish 10 practice riding "A bicycle
take IL out 10 some by-road where you will be the
only spectator. and not try IL on the princiuaI
thorOughfares aud fall off in the dust as some OF
the boys occasionally do. Now, boys don't ali
speak At once. Pro Patria-KAiy Canaan, Rath-
burn, Wis.
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DEAR q. .. FRIENDS As to whether or not IL In
proper for girls To ride bicycle is the question
j. may not be exactly improper. but there is many
lhngs We should refrain from doing that is pToper
especially those things that would subject as To
rldtcule. As lhe saying goes. "a woman cannot be
other than graceful" differ, for surely girl on
a bicycle is as an ungraceful aH object as can DO
imagined.
know many who pose for ladies. and perhaps
think they are, who ride bicycles but ia my opinion
40 girl who has any respect for herself would
do such "A thing and that would be lacking which
makes the true lady and is the greatest charm Of
woman, B1odesty.
may De oTer-preludloed against girl bieyclists
but think cannot he too careful for often lie
error Of "a thoughtless moment will mar and be the
SORROW Of a lne.-EVa TrsmRyne Pryor, Proyi.
dence, H. l.
HATS OFF, BOYS.
gRiEEDs OF THE o. O.; The person who says
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He was a servant of the High Priest to wit,
Caiaphas. (St. John, IS: 13. Compare st. Luke,
3:2.) Annas was his deputy. We find the
name OF Malchus in only the account given by
st. John. He was probably very ofIicious, and
ST. Peter could not endure his impertinence.
The advocate., 1890-06-18
speolal Notice.

The State Exchange has now on sale Ia
Kansas City binders, mowers, twIne OF
all grades ready for shipment, and they
particularly request the brethren order
Ing twine to sign their names and give
addresses, The exchange is now we'll
supplied with harrows, cultivators OF all
kinds, excepting the vibrating hitch cul-
tivatOr and parallel beam.
When II Is stated that Hoover " Gam
bles Excelsior implements are being
handled by the exchange II Is q sufficient
guarantee Of their excellence.
The advocate., 1890-06-18
was there any use for coin at all?

was there any use Tor coin at allE
Had the government issued treasury
notes without bonds-to meet liz ex-
penses, and made by them a full legal
tender, there would have been no interest
TO pay They would have been receiva-
BILE for all taxes, import duties and all
debts due the United States, and could
have been again paid out for debts owing
by the United States
With the law az il was passed, with
the exception" on the treasury note and
bonds for funding II, the opportunity for
speculation was offered which we explain
by the following illustration,
John Smith is a capitalist with $4,000
and little more laid by for a rainy day,
Having induced the government TO de-
preciate its own currency, by tacking on
the exception" clause, 80 that forty cents
of his coin will buy 800 in greenbacks,
he exchanges his $4,000 in coin for
100000 in greenbacks. lie then OK
changes the greenbacks for an equal
amount OF 1ye-twenty bonds, bearing
"con" interest at the rate Of six per cent.
per annum- interest payable semi-an-
nually and bonds not taxable AT the
end of six months the government owes
him $4,000 interest, which must be paid
din coin" But the government has no
coin and is forced to 80 upon the market
and buy il. John Smith has provided
for this emergency, as the reader has al
ready observed, in keeping some Of his
coin. He now goes down into his "old
stocking" and brings out $4,000 Sin coin"
and sells TO the government. The gov
eminent is compelled TO have IT, John
Smith knows 1t. He has known it all the
time. AS he is very patriotic, he only
charges the government $3.50 for one "in
coin" He takes his pay for coin In
greenbacks. Receives 1880 In green
backs for the $1,000 "in coin" Now the
government has the coin and John Smith
the greenbacks. But the government
owes John Smith $1,000 Sin coin" interest
SO the government turns the coin back
into John Smiths hands. Now John
Smith has the $1,000 din coin" and the
$500 in greenbacks. He puts the coin
back in his "Old stocking" TO have on
hand for another emergency" and OK
changes the 1880 in greenbacks fol-
more government bonds at their "face
value" He now has $lO7,500 in govern
ment bonds as the proceeds Of his $4O,'
coo Gin coin" six months ago. Mighty
shrewd fnancier is John Smith. AT the
end of another six months the govern.
ment owes him $3,225 "in coin" interest
Government must buy the coin to pay
him. John Smith gets out his "old
stocking" again aud sells the government
the coin to pay himself This time, al
The advocate., 1890-06-18
The War Some Statistics From Eminent Au'
thonty Amount of Money Issued
During the War
by ". MORGAN
NO. g.

Nbt -
II is proper to state, in connection with
the subject treated in the preceding arti-
cle that for every dollar Of paper money
issued, there was bond issued TO "Catch"
Il. In other words the bonds Clearing In
terest) were sold, or exchanged for green
backs or treasury notes, and these were
again paid out and again exchanged for
bonds. This operation could be, and
was, repeated an indefinite number Of
times, and each time the bond was ex-
changed for a greenback IL added to the
interest bearing debt Of the government
It will be seen, by examination Of the
law, that the treasury notes (greenbacks)
were exchangeable for bonds at their
face 0aIUe. We have already shown that
the exception" on the treasury note
created an artificial demand for coin.
The reader should bear In mind that be-
fore this time, (February 20, 1862 every
bank In the Union had suspended specie
payment, aud, that the government be-
ing without coin, General Scott had is
sued (September 3, 1861 a notice TO the
soldiers "that they would receive treasury
notes in ilves, tens and twenties, as good
as gOd"
The importer was, by the law of 1862,
placing the exception on the greenback,
compelled to have coin to pay the tariff
dues on goods imported from foreign
country, and the government was also
compelled to procure coin to pay interest
on bonds. The capitalists, having the
coin, could dictate their own terms. The
government was thus compelled TO dis
count les own notes to obtain specific
kind of money which it had bound itself
to procure for the purpose. AS the gov
emment had no mines, 1t was compelled
to make the best terms it could with
those who held the coin. Thus coin rose
rapidly until it took, at one time, $2.95
oR greenbaCks or bonds to obtain $1.O0 in
coin. The government had walked into
the spiders nest with Its eyes wide open.
Thad. Stevens predictions of discount
of 20 per cent. had risen to the gigantic
proportions of 2s5 per cent.
The question may well be asked, why
The advocate., 1890-06-18

two-tlity on the dollar, he receives 49,
O02.5O In greenbaoks and also receives
his coin back. This operation can be rs-
peated every six months and each time
he Is adding to his principal In con
stantly increasing ratio But the soldier
and sailor who ne lighting for the pre-
servation Of the republic and John Smiths
property, and the citizen who Is raising
supplies and furnishing munitions Of
war, are taking the deprecated green
back worth forty cents on the dollar "in
coin" We now leave John Smith for
the time being 1--WE will take him up
again in future article) to illustrate
other facilities which the grand and
glorious republic furnishes its citizens
(who have money! to become wealthy.
We have said that the issue Of bonds
was a useless expedlent, wholly uncalled
for, and one that greatly increased the
cost Of the war; In proof Of this asser-
ton we call the attention Of the reader
10 the following table Of statistics, which
are taken from the report Of the secretary
of the treasuryl
ENrIRE EXPENSES or THE GOVERNMENT
The advocate., 1890-06-18
During the same period the receipts of
tho ,,o,,arn,,apR ,,ara 40 foiIouo,


During this period there was paid as
interest on bonds, etc, which is included
in the table showing entire expenses, the
following sums:
The advocate., 1890-06-18
Excess Of expenditures

But we have seen that the expenditures
includes the interest on bonds, an expense
which the government would not have
incurred had II issued no bonds. Hence
we deduct It from the excess Of expenses:
Excess Of expenditures, es,,,.,.,.,.S ~ 2Ga3, ,7s8 4S2
Deduct interest on bonds. ..",,...,, 3O2,O6s, 1888
S2.3Bl, $3.50
We now have s2,841, ,72O,200, which rep
resents the amount Of money that the
government would have been obliged to
issue to meet the expenditures over the
receipts.
The record shows that for these years
the government had issued paper money
The advocate., 1890-06-18
DECLINE or THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC,

An Issue of Bonds IN Catch the GreenbaCks-
How the Capitalist PrOilted by the Sit
uatlon How the Issue Of Bonds
Increased the Cost Of
The advocate., 1890-06-18

that was In circulation July 1, 1866, az
follows;
Demand aud / and year treasury
Temporary loans and certificates Of
indebtedness, n3,,us,,t,n,,,,t,s. 2uA4blNUl
Slxtyday treasury notes, ,,,,,,,,,. l2,g1a,7i0
Seven -thlrty.three-y0ar notes ,.,,,, G12,WBbD
Compound Interest nOtes,..,,,u,,. i03Tb0O8O
NOnlnteroat bearing demand and
legal t0ndor notes, ,,,,,,,...u ej,lOObl9
Fractional currency, 2A,OlBlb29
National bank nOtes.-.".",,u." O0,70DTb
Total al,n...,,o,,,,.o,".oa ai,O30,NiSs0
During the Rscal year 1886 90 the gov
ernment issued about elDO0OO,OOO In ad-
dItlon to the above, 80 that there was
outstanding July 1, tsOO, $l,sO3.7O2,72O.
We now have the amount necessary for
the government 10 have issued with
bonds;
S2,ali, ,72O,20O
Amount actually issued ..u.oo"a i,sOa7m,72d
Bal. govt. should have issued. S6S9Ol7,IS
Thus we 500 that by Issuing 9538,0OO,
600 more paper money than Il did and
making II full legal tender the people
would have emerged from the war with
out an interest bearing debt and with a
circulating medium not In excess Of the
demands Of the active business Of the
country. Ifit objected that the circu-
lating medium would have been such as
to cause lnOrdnate initiation Of prices, we
reply that il would have been little, II
any, In excess Of what we did have at the
end OF the war. IL IL we'll known that
the bonds, Of which there were &l,10O,-
100000 outstanding at the close Of the
war, entered 70 great extent into the
larger transactions Of business and thus
became a part Of the circulating medium.
II II 10 claimed that there was no basis
for such large amount Of circulating
medium, we answer that IL would have
had the same basis as the bonds and In
terest bearing debt had-the entire prop
erty Of the people. There was no gold
upon which to base the bonds. The peO-
pie are compelled 10 part with the pro-
ducts OF labor 10 obtain gold or silver to
pay them. Everything IL based upon
the agricultural resources Of the country.
The reader Is referred to the words OF
Thomas Jefferson and Che recommends
tiOn OF the secretary Of the treasury in
article No. ! OF this series.
(TO be C0ntinued.)
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DIED..

NoRMAND.-At Marksville, La, on Sum-
day, August 10, 1890, MARIE VANcHE,
aged 81 years, wife of Lucien 2. Normand.
Deceased was a native of France, but
came to this country when she was
child. She leaves a husband, three sons,
and three daughters, one of the latter
being the wife Of Sheriff j. Kemp, Jr., oil
Grant parish. She was kind wife, an
affectionate mother, and noble christian
woman. Her death was the result OF
stroke of paralysis, from which she never
fully recovered.
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Hon. N. G.. Blanchard.

At the convention which met in Alexan-
dria ON the 18th, Hon. N. c. Blanchard
was chosen as the Democratic candidate
for the 4th Congressional district. This
il a deserved tribute to the services and
worth of this faithful servant OF the peo-
ple. He had quite respectable opposi-
ton in the convention from Judge W. z.
Hall. of DeSoto, who got IS sc votes to
Mr.. Blanchard's IS 10. The nomination
was made unanimous, good feeling ano
enthusiasm charcterizlng all the proceed
iuos. and resolutions on live issues were
passed. The proceedings OF the conven'
ton will be given in our next issue.
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Merit Wins.

We desire to say to our citizens, that
for wears we have been selling DIR.
Kings New Discovery for consumption.
DIR. Kings New Life Pills, Bnckien's
Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters, and
have never handled remedies that sell
as we'll, or that have given snch uni
yersal satisfaction. We do not hest
tate to guarantee them every time,
and We stand ready to refund the purr-
chuse price, if satisfactory results dc
not follow the use. These remedies
have won their great popularity purely
on their merits. G.. G.. Nash.