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The advocate., 1891-08-12
Fits FROM PIN Worms.

HAMJTN, N. j., June N.
Mr.. @. G.. SteketcC, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Please send me medicine for pin worms.
A year ago sent for packet Of dry Bit
terS; with It you sent some worm pow
derS. My boy had had fits since he was
six months old. After giving him these
powder such sights OF pin worms came
from him, and he has not had any fits
since. But the worms are troubling him
again. MRS. ADELINE HosKINs.
Ask your druggists for Steketee's Pin
Worm Destroyer. BY mail, 25c. Address,
q. G. Steketea, Grand Rspida, Michigan.
The advocate., 1891-08-12
ARRragAfa.


1.-THE amount Of circulation outstanding at the
date named, az shown by the books OF this ONCE,
was Sl70,070.79O, which amount includes the
notes OF lnsOlvent banks, OF those In voluntary
liquidation, and OF those which deposited legal
tender notes under the acts OF June 20, 2S74, ana
July u, 1882, for the purpose OF retiring their
circulation. e. 3. LACEY, Comptroller
The first task In hand is TO ascertain
from the above bewildering and intricate
array Of figures just how much cash and
cash items the banks really had ON hand
ON May A, 1891. In order to arrive at
the facts In the case we must cast out
from the items under the head OF "Re-
sources" all Implications Of figures
which do not represent reliable assets.
As for instance, what the banks owe to,
or have due from each other are lrrele-
want, as these items must be paid out Of
the cash in hand. The Items marked
with an asteriSk, thus =, are dispensed
with as irrelevant items. The items not
thus marked, which may be considered
as cash Items, foot up the sum OF $780,
4O4,639 OF the items thus marked .,
U. s. bonds to secure circulation" Is all
absorbed but $3,OlO,997 by Outstanding
notes In circulation" Stocks, securities,
ETC., are not In any sense cash. "Due
from approved reserve agents" Is in
cluded in the cash held by such national
banks as act as reserve agents, as ls also
the case with the item, "Due from other
national banks" SO far as the item
"Due from state banks and bankers" Is
concerned, the national banks owed state
banks and bankers $114,2S3,l15 more
than such state banks owed them, which
almost absorbs the item, "StOcks, Securi-
ties, ETC." The other Items sIunder the
The advocate., 1891-08-12

CrAtS OF Kansas seem 30 sOiIclCOuH. C0u1'
tor Plumb said, in 1888:
"The retirement of the national bank
ing circulation during the past twelve
months has been per cent. OF the total
amount of the currency outstanding
There has been during the period q phe
nomenal decrease in the prices of proper
ty. There has been the greatest depreCi-
ation in the prices of agricultural prod
ucts the country has ever known.
The contraction of the currency by 6
per cent. of It's volume means deprecla.
tion of the property Of the country $3,OOO,-
100000. Debts have not only increased
but the means to pay them has dimin-
ished as currency has been contracted
Events based upon non-legislation have
proved of advantage to lenders, but
disastrous to borrower"
The Democracy resolved hostility tC
the banks. The Democratic secretary
goes into partnership with the banks
loans them money without interest in
order that they may spare their own cur
rency. They then, by retirement, reduce
the volume Of the currency S per cent.
which cuts the prices of all the property
Of the country $3,OOO,OO0,OOO. This single
move OF the banks, under the favor oI
Mr.. Cleveland's secretary cost the people
OF the country more than the entire
national debt amounted to at the close o.
the war. And not word anywhere, II
the entire four years Of Mr.. CleVelsnd'I
administration, among his chosen cabinet
against "The national banking system
and Its attendant evils" Did Mr.. Cleve
land object to his secretary going intC
partnership with the national banks tC
the detriment of the peOpleH Not bi
Of it. But, on the contrary, if he had no
done 80 he would probably have been re
moved. No word OF hostility ever 90
capped Mr.. Cleveland, nor any member o
his cabinet. His administration was o.
the bank side from first to last, ant
against the financial interests of the peo
pie. And, to be just, 1t may be said tina
the Republicans have always acted tn
same way In these matters. The polio,
condemned by Senator Plumb in tn,
above quotations, has been the policy o
both the old parties. Both the old par
ties have, usually, two or three hundred
favorite banks which the treasury fur
nishes with money, enabling them II
make millions by loaning It, and, retlr
ing their own currency, they cut tn,
prices Of property, and causing the peo
pie billions of loss in the reduced none
tary value of labor and its products MI
Carnegie says: "The policy Of the On'
is that Of the other" Mr.. Anderson says
There is not an earthly bit Of difference,
etc. And the records show that Carnegi,
and Anderson are right. "The head
quarters" of the great money power ser
pent In Wall street are the same, bu
"the tallquarterS" in the west keep up
division and a sham fight over the spoil
Of office, accusing each other Of corrup
tion, as described by Mr.. Carnegie.
The address before me favors govern
ment control of the railroads, but op
poses government ownership. That is
complete give away Of the case to star
The advocate., 1891-08-12
aFUSION OPPOSED"

Continued from last week.
To the Editor Of THE ADVOCATE.
The address says: "The Democratic
party stands for indlvidualiSm against In
stitutionalism." If that statement is
true, then the bOasting old party stands
for savsgery against civilization.
The address claims that the old party
stands for the scattered and segregated
individuals who constitute the mass OF
society, as against corporations and all
manner of centralized forces, by which
the united energies of the many are
nodded by the few"
That is the allegation of the address.
And yet, that very address brands the
efforts Of the people to protect them
selves against corporations as violations
of the constitution" and worse than
'half crazed communism" This special
address is written for the express and
avowed purpose of opposing the present
uprising of the people for their own pro-
lection against the tyranny OF the cor
porations which the Democrats say that
they are themselves opposed to. That Is
a fair specimen of Democratic duplcity.
Opposed to corporations; but opposed to
organization of the people, for protection
against corporations, still more.
The address says: ave believe in the
abolition of the national banking system
and its attendant evils" That Joke Is
good enough to make q wooden man
laugh. The Democrats have had In the
field, candidates for the presidency every
four years since the war. And during
four years of that time they have been In
power. Now l desire to ask for q single
case where a presidential candidate, or
their president, or even secretary OF
the treasury has made record in oppo-
sition to the national banks? There Is
not single case. But on the contrary
there are numbers of instances of special
official favor to the banks while Mr..
Cleveland was in office. This fact was
80 notorious that It eliclted the opposi-
tlon of leading Republicans. They
seemed to be jealous lest Democrats
would beat them IN that rivalry for the
favor of the bank power, which has long
characterized both old parties. In the
year 1888, when Mr.. Cleveland was in
thd White house, Senator Plumb made
the following statement from his place
In the Senate:
"The treasury department Is in active
partnership with the national banks
The secretary of the treasury has loaned
to these banks over 61,OO0,OOO Of the
public funds, instead of buying bonds
and saving interest. He has chosen TO do
this, and up to date the banks have been
willing to receive the money. 1t cost
them nothing, and they could loan It to
the people at current rates of interest.
The secretary has
given to the banks the use of funds which
has yielded to them not less than S5,0O0,-
600, which the people have paid, and has
failed to save to the treasury at least half
that sum which he could have done by
purchasing bonds" That is fair state
ment of the way the Democratic party
favors "The abolition of the national
banking system and its attendant evils"
What ara aome Of tho attendant avilaP
The advocate., 1891-08-12

nG&O OF "fto8OutC18 HE6 SIMPLY fbNSU-
sentative Of busIness transactions among
the banks themselves, carried on almost
altogether with checks, and in no sense
stand for cash In hand.
Summed up, we may say chat the
banks had on hand, in round numbers,
az available cash sssets," the sum OF
84O0,OOOO Dor about 95 per cent. Of the
amount due 20 individual depOsitOrs.
Now take glance at the other side.
The banks owed to the United States
and to individual depOsitors the sum of
$780,, ,69S,751, or $1,2O4.69S,751 moro
than the whole Of their available cash as
sets, and included In the item "Loans
and discounts" are the items "SurpluS
fund" and "Undivlded profits" a. we'll
as the $667, 49,, ,4O6 "Capital stock p6id
in," the whole amounting TO 1891, ,7S1, ,943,
Now what / wanted to arrive at, or the
question / PROFOUND, Is this: Where is
the balance Of S1,2O4, ,608,751 due deposi-
tors, and the S99l, 1,043 to come frOmS
OF course the answer, and obviously the
correct answer, is this: "Out of the item,
Loans and dIsCOunts,' amounting 70
$1,O56,6S2,5S9.'
An, there, you who rldicule and belittle
the monetary demand Of the Cincinnati
platform, who spout so grandiloquently
about correct principles Of finance"
here. Do not you perceive that the only
security that deposltOrs and stockholders
in national banks have for the vast sum
of $2,106, ,4S0604 Is personal notes and
chGttcL mortgages upon personal prop
ertyg You who frAntlCally howl that
the sub-tteasuryltes want to convert che
United States treasury into one vast
pawnbroker's shop-do you ever realize
that the capital stock Of your eulOgized
banking system consists Of choice So
lection Of pswnbrokerS' pledgesT There
is absolutely no cash capital behind our
national banks--nOthing but personal
notes and chattel mortgages. 1t il i'm
deed shrewdly conceived and internally
adjusted system OF spollatiOn and rob
berry. There 10, perhaps, In the hands Of
the people, the sum of $55O,O0O,OOO, not
including bank reserves. This amount
the national banks alone have loaned out
to the tune OF 1895 for each dollar In
existence. In addition TO this, savings,
state and other banking institutions have
loaned the same money out to the tune
Of $3.50 for each dollar in existence.
That ls TO say, upon each dollar in the
hands Of the people the banking institu-
tions have based 1926 cents Of their own
credit, and are lOanlng such credit TO the
people at an exorbltant rate Of interest.
Is IL any wonder times are hard, when
$9.25 OF debt must be paid with 81 in
money?
Now note this fact: If the 1858 banks
making the above statement were United
States banks-natiOnal In fact ~ well as
In name, with each official bonded enl-
plOye Of the people--depOsitors would
have not only personal notes and chattel
mortgages a. security, but $6O,OOOOOO,-
600 Of national wealth, and the nations
sovereign prerogative to coin, stamp and
issue money. God speed the day.
GEO. G. WARD,
Kansas City, Mo.
The advocate., 1891-08-12
THE BEST BANKING sYSTEM THE WORLD
EVER SAW

To the Editor Of THE ADVOCATE.
Herein below please find q statement
which, while worthy Of publication as q
matter of interest to the public, Is also
an appropriate text from which TO preach
a sermon in relation to "The best bank
Ing system the world ever saw"
CONDITION OF THE NATIONAL BANKS OF
THE UNIFIED STATES.
TREASURY DEPARTMBNT,
N
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-24

tom. II is suspended to the rod that
passes through the curb, and throws the
mill In or out OF gear. When the tank
Is nearly full. water flows from 1t into
the reefing bucket through the pipe
sho ~n in the cut leading from near the
top OF the tank to the ree6ng bucket.
When the reefing bucket is filed, its
weight pulls the mill out OF gear, and, OF
course, stops the pumping. small
pipe leads from the bottom OF the tank
into the we'll, as shown in the cut 1t Is
of such capacity that 1t will just about
empty the tank until the water has
drained out of the reefng bucket through
the small hole In its bottom. AS the
reefing bucket becomes nearly empty. Its
Weights not sufficient to keep the rill
out of gear, and the pumping again be-
gins, and Is kept up until the tank Is
filed. The water again flows from the
tank to the ree6ng bucket and the
pump is stopped as before. or course,
the flow of water from the tank to the
reefing bucket stops as soon as the water
sinks little in the tank. III animals
come to drink, there is no flow in the
reefing bucket, and Of course the pump
keeps at work until the animals have
drank what they want, and the tank Is
filed. That the drawing may be plain,
all this apparatus is represented as above
ground. In fact the tank Is usually
banked around with earth, and the pipes
are below the surface. BY this arrange
ment, the animals have cool water in
summer, and water of considerably
higher temperature than the freezing
point In winter. Stopcocks make 1t easy
to stop the working of this apparatus
whenever its stoppage is desirable.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-24
Co-OperatIon OF Farmers.

There seems to be quite tendency
amcng farmers, of late years, to form
closer unions for mutual benefit First,
farmers clubs were organized; then
came the Oranges; thenFarmers' Alliance,
etc, all calculated to increase the power
and influence of the farming class by
union and com bination. The principle
of Incorporation might be greatly extended
among farmers with good results Since
so many kinds of farm implements and
N, aahinaru hava come tc hn- snhstitntaa
for manual labor small farmers labor
under disadvantage unless able to in
vest quite large capital In labor-saving
machinery. III able TO. make the invest
ment tho limited use to which each ma
chine can be applied on a small farm Of
40, so or so acres hardly saves enough
labor to pay interest and wear of ma
chimes.
Now, II q dozen farmers owning to-
gether 600, 500 or 1000 acres OF land
could unite and purchase all necessary
farm machinery II would greatly reduce
the cost TO each individual, while serv-
ing their purposes nearly as well as II
everyone owned all the machines. OF
course, they would need to eliminate
something of human selfshness. and
allow the one who most needed the use
of the machines to have the first use.
II only broad, liberal, manly, Christian
spirit we're always cherished small farm
ers could, In many ways, cooperate TO
mutual advantage.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-24

Said Bouncing Bet 20 Black-eyed suei
@Oh. leave your stupid meadow, do,
And just for once try my way;
Pull up your roots, dear. every one,
And plant yourself as have done.
Along the busy highway.
aYon see life herel and more than that,
You're seen yourself Ii must be fiat
Beyond all con emplation.
To grow unnoticed hour by hour
One might As we'll be flower--
AS win no admirationln
But Black eyed Susan answered back
That she'd never felt the lack
And all her tastes were suited
With birds and butterflies and bees,
And such other simpllcities,
She'd stay where she was rooted.
Now. listen. children, while ! tell
The fate that bouncing Bet befell,
BY highways dry and dusty;
While meadow blossoms still were bright
Her pinky bloom had faded white,
Her leaves were brown and rusty.
And people passed her where she grew.
And went TO look for Black-oy Sue
As might have boon expected;
Her yellow bio ;soms in vase
Won every body's smiling praise
and poor Bet dropped neglected.
MARY Bradley In st. Nicholas.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-24

May be followed BY . morning OF Ia 0ripps.- >
Easily. and whyf Because the displacsmens
Of covering In bed. neglected drausht from =
PARTLY closed window. an open transom con-
nseted with windy entry IN hotel. may con-
vey TO your nostriis and lungs the death dealing
blast. Terrible and swift are the inroads made
BY this new destroyer. The msdioatsd alcoholic
principle In Hostetters stomach Bitters win
check the dire complaint. A persistence in this
preventive Of its further development win alb
solutsly oheckmate the dangerous malady. I'm
medicsted alcoholic stimulants are OF little or
no value The just medium Il the bittsrs. Not
less sficaeious 10 II In cases Of malaria bilious
ness. constipation. rheumatism, dyspepsia and
kidney trouble The weak arc usually those
upon whom disease fastens first. lnYigorato
with the Bitters.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-24
THE KITCHEN.
Domestic Hints.

DRAWN BUTTER.-Rub together two
tablespoonfuls butter one of fur; add
just trifle of cold water, the, some
boiling water, until proper consistency,
little salt Roll two minutes.
RASPBERRY SYRUP.-On threeWnarts
Of red rasDberries pour Il pints otcider
vinegar, and let stand twenty-four hurs.
Strain. and to each pint OF the liouiaadd
a pound c. granulated sugar; said
twenty inmates, skim and bottle, sealing
tightly.
BOILED MACARoNI.- Put macaroni into
a porcelain-lined kettle; add a small
onion chopped; boil in water about haf
an hour, stirring often. When tendA
add pieces of cheese; take away from the
fire, cover tight, and let the cheese melt
before serving.
DELICATE CUsTARD.-Pour one pint of
boiling milk over the yolks OF three eggs,
beaten with three tablespoonsful of
sugar; flavor with vanilla or nutmeg.
stir in the stiff whites, and bake i'm a
indicate oven. Set the dish In pan of
waterwhile baking.
OMEnETTE WITH BREAD CRtrAfBs.-
Take eitht eggs and one teacup OF bread
| crumbs Saked in milk. Beat the eggs
the same way as for the plain omelette,
Put the brad crumbs into bowl and
pour all taemilk on them that they will
take up. scr them with the yolks of the
Whites and proceed as Tor pIa Gn om nef tee
BLACK RAsrsERRY PUDDING a
dish with soft, shite bread, broken into
inch pieces. Sew one quart of black
caps, squeeze brough cheese cloth.
| sweeten to taste heat again and pour Il
hot over the bred, using as much as the
bread will absorb Beat the whites of
three eggs stiff, al three tablespoonfuls
sugar. Pile 1t khtly on a buttered
plate the same siz'Rs the pudding dish,
brown IL slightly all slip il of on the
pudding. Serve cd.
CHARLESTON RIA PUDDING. Roll
half a teacupful a rice drv; beat Eve
eggs well, whites al yellows together:
{, add to the rice. withsugar to snit the
/ taste, pint OF swe& milk, n heaping
teaspoonfril Of corn s1fch, and any IA
vori1g preferred. Pr in an earthen
baking dish, and pu little pinches of
butter all over the to- Bake an hour;
and II the pudding brNns too quickly,
set pan of boiling wa on the top rack
OF the stove, Just over y dish.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-24


WHEN you get ready to fatten the
fowls do the work quickly.
TARRED paper is recommended for a
lining 70 poultry houses.
For the prevention OF roup some
poultry keepers scatter air-slaked lime
over the ground and floors Of the poul-
try houses.
REMEMBER that sulphur is powerful
fungicide aud insecticide. Therefore
use il freely around and in the nests,
and m any other place who're you think
Il will do good.
Do NOT expect any breed to lay
equally we'll In summer and in winter. IL
you insist on good supply OF eggs from
November till February, then select a
breed noted for the ability 10 lay In the
winter. Do not expect everything OF
one breed.
THE raising OF ducks IL only In its in
fancy In this country. The time will
perhaps come when that fowl will be
raised as extensively as In China. One
OF the best reasons for extending the
breeding OF ducks is the fact that they
are less liable to disease than any other
breed of fowl.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-24
Artistic Advertising.

Undoubtedly the Ivory Soap people de-
serve credit for the best grade OF illustra-
lions now being used for advertising pur-
poses The serios OF full~page drawings
which have been appearing on the last page
Of the Century represent some OF the most
capable book aud magazine artists In tina
country The series must have cost no
small figure AS yet the away up" artists
do not sign the work they do for advertis-
crs, but apprehend that 1t will not be
long ere we shall see in the advertising
columns such names as George Wharton
Edwards, f. w. Kemble, etc. Such men as
these bring to their work, besides mere
mechanical skill, trained imagination
and an artistic conception OF things.
These qualities, when used In connection
with advertisements. command scarcely
less interest than when used In the ordinary
literary way. -PrtHtcr's Ink, Aug. 49, 1884,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-24
German
Syrup"

We have selected two or
Croup. three lines from letters
freshly received from pa
rentswho have given German Syrup
to their children in the emergencies
of Group. You will credit these,
because they come from good, sub
stantial people, happy in finding
what so many families lack-a med
icine containing no evil drug, which
mother can administer with en-
fidence to the little ones in their
most critical hours, safe and sure
that il will carry them through.
Rp. L. WILLIS, Of Mrs. Jas. w. KIRK,
Alma. Neb / give II Daughters College,
TO my children when Harrodsbufg, KY, l
troubled with Group have depended upon
and never saw any It in attacks Of Group
preparation act like with my little daugh-
it II IL simply mi ter, and find II an In
racuIous. valuable remedy.
Fully one-half of our customers
are mothers who use Boschee's Ger
man Syrup among their children.
A medicine to be successful with the
little folks must be treatment for
the sudden and terrible foes of child
hood, whooping cough, Group, diph-
liberia and the dangerous infiamma-
tons of delicate threats and lungs. .
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-24
Pastimes for city Boys.

Another and more singular game
has as its foundation an ash-barrel.
AGoss the. top of this is placed a
board two or three inches in width
With projects about the same dis
tant over the rim of the barrel. On
one If these projecting ends a ball is
balanced; the batsman then takes his
pat aud with all MS strength strikes
the other end Of the board. The ball
flies ut and away in a befOre-known
direction, and the batsman, should it
not be taught, attempts to run to
base and return before the ball can
be flelded ''home." Interesting as
we shall find this baseball in its end
less variations, and fascinating as are
these miniature and expert players,
we must hot spend all our time with
them.
Look above you at the telegraph
wires. Sooner or later they become
the natural end of every kite flown i'm
the street; and the tattered fragments
with which the wires are adorned
bear witness that kite-nying is pop
ular pastime, even il disastrous to the
kites. In this sport you may fairly
claim superiority. Comparatively
few Of these boys know how to fly
kite; they never seem to be able to
the tail. Kites here can only
be successfully flown from house tops
and we will not leave our street for a
visit to so dangerous resort.
Marbles we shall see, of every kind,
''miggles" and alleys ''taws" and
''agates." Generally the games are
played In ring, drawn with chalk,
)n the sidewalk; for holes are not |
made or found here so easily as they
ire In your playground. Frank M.
Chapman, In ST. Nicholas. !