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The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-11-23

President Grant, who signed IL, and who
was critically observant Of the legislation
Of congress, had no knowledge Of what 1t
really accomplished in relation to the
demonetization Of silver, and was still
uniformed about it as late as the fol-
lowing October. If the president Of the
United States, in daily intercourse with
the public men of the country, had failed
to hear during certainly eight months
that the laws no longer permitted money
to be coined from silver, it must be true
that the ignorance on the subject was
general and profound.
In letter written October 3, 1873, to
Mr.. Cowdrey, General Grant said:
wonder that silver Ia not already coming into
the market 20 supply the deficiency In the clPcu-
latIng medium. Exuor1enc0 has proved
that II takes about $40 10000 of fractional cur
rency to make the small change necessary fer
the transaction of the business OF the country
Silver will gradually take the place OF this cur
rency, and, fgFther, will become the standard OF
values, which will be boarded In a small way.-L
eBbllate bNAL G1ks Will GOnbutl6 brOm $EUJUUU UUU
20 $500 900 900 In time of this species OF our eirc'
latins medium. confess 70 desire to
see a limited boarding Of money. But I want to
see a hOardlpg # something that Is standard
Of value the world over. Silver Is this.
Our mines are now producing almost un-
limited amounts Of silver, and Il is becoming a
question, what shall We do with it?' | suggest
heo SOluCi)n which will ans yer for sons
years, to put It In circulation. keeping It there
until 1t Ia fixed, and then we Will find other
markets.
The demonstration of silver, coined
and uncoined, was affirmstively COM
pleted in June, 1874, by the following sec.
tion 1885, OF the Revised Statutes:
The silver coins OF the United States shall be
q legal tender &C their nominal value for any
amount not exceeding $500 In any one pay
ment
No law was ever passed by congress Of
which this language can be considered q
revision.
The Revised Statutes were enacted in
bulk. They we're intended to be a re-
vision merely OF the existing laws, with
out change or introduction Of new matter,
and congress was assured by its COM
mittee on revision that no new matter
had been introduced into them. 1t was
not possible for the members Of the COM
mittee to have personally verified the
exact accuracy of the revision. They
must necessarily have relied upon assur-
ances given to them by the persons
actually engaged in the work. Whoever
may be responsible for this error in the
Revised Statutes, the ancient money Of
the country, instead Of being intention
ally legislated out Of existence by con-
gress, was revised out OF existence.
CTo be cOntinued.l
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-11-23

Renew your subscription 10 the paper be-
fore your time expires, and thus save the
printer the trouble Of taking your name
from the list. This is also q good way 10
pEovonh missing q numboI.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-11-23

Please ment1cn TIE ADVOCATE when cores.
Vondmg win adVsgtlssRa
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-11

Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs is taken; i, is pleasant
ard refreshing 10 the Taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
TEN efiectuslly, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only r-medy of It's kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing TO toe taste and &C
ceptable to the stomach, prompt In
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in Soc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand win pro-
cure IL. promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA re SXRUP co.
-. SAN FRANCISCO. ca.
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REpueL lcAN STATE CONVENTION.


The republican electors OF the state OF Mich
sgan. and all others who may desire TO unite
with them In unfolding the principles o. the
republican party As declared In the platform
adopted by the last rational republican con-
vention. are hereby requested 20 send dele
gates to the state convention of said party. to
be held at the Academy of Music, In the city
Of Saginaw. east side. beginning at O'Clock
p. m. Wednesday. July 20. and continuing
Thursday. July q. 1892. for the purpose Of nom
mating candidates for state ofilces and the
transaction OF such other business IS may
properly come before the convention.
In accordance with the resolution adopted
at Grand Rapids May 10. 1876. every county
the total vote cast tor governor NJ the last
state election. November $780, and one add
tionAl delegate for every fraction amounting
to 80 but each organized county Will be en-
Under a resolution of 1858. no delegate VIII
be entitled % q seat In the convention who
does not reside In the county be proposes to
represent.
The delegates from each congressional dis
trict are requested TO meet In caucus at II
O'Clock noon. on Wednesday. July ~ 10 select
candidates as follows. TO be presented to the
state convention for confirmation: Que vice
president. one assistant secretary. and one
member each al the committees on creden-
tials. permanent organization and order OF
business. and resolutions. and for the tran Sac
lion OF such other business as they may see
ct
In compliance with resolution adopted in
Detroit. June q. 1880. the secretary ~ each
county convention Is requested to forward TO
the secretary Of the state central COMMITTEES
No 40 West Fort street. Detroit BY the
eariies. mail after the delegates TO the state
convention have been chosen, q certified list
of such delegates from their respective
counties rs are entitled TO seats IA the con.
WILLIAM R. BArrs. JANIS McMnl.s.
Secretary. Chairman.
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Pope saw an arm apparently coming
through the wall. aud made inquiries
after It's owner.
Svvedenborx believed that he had the
privilege Of interviewing persons IN the
spirit world
DR.. Johnson heard his mother call his
name in clear voice. though she vas
at zoe time in another city.
SIR Joshua Reynolds. leaving his
house. thought the lamps were trees and
the men and women bushss sgitased by
the breeze
Oliver Cromwell lying sleepless on
his couch. saw the curtsfu open and .
gigantic woman appear. who told him
that he would become the greatest man
Ia England
Rsvsiilsc. while chanting me Mise
rerey and De Profundis." believed
thss the Sounds he emitted were ~ the
nature and had the full effect OF the
trumpet
Ben Jonsor spent the wssches cf he
night an Interested spectator Of .
crowd Of TN.srs Tarsrs and Roman
Csthelscs who rose ap and foaghs sro~nd
his armchair I'LL sunrise A. Detroit Free
Press
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has taken hold upon the writer also.
Mr.. Howells errs. an sure. IN saying
shat literary labor occupies fewer hours
o. the day than any other kind exeep.
that which Is done in the government
departments ~ Washington. ! have
seen one OF Our successful young litsra-
~ men debating 20 four stenozraphers
at once, and IL took them TIL . clock
the next Eaorning 70 md out what he
ha4 been talking aboat in order that II
might DC put into typewritten copy.
There we have over sixty hours OF work
Ia single day put into the productions
of one great literary brain
he errs. too. In saying that noods
have been credited with too much in
naenee in literature. IL Is impossible
Why. know publisher who would no
more buy an article when he's in q bad
mood than he would give dime 10 q
starving man. But just lure that fell
low out Of his office and let him beat
you al couple Of games Of billiards,
and he'll buy almost any old thing that
happens 10 be lying around in your
pockee- | can't say how important
that mans moods have been 10 me. Ii
! hadn't discovered the secret of them
might now be full of ambitious literary
designs and empty Of dinner.
But, taking moods perhaps more seri-
ously and more nearly in the way in
tended by Mr.. Howells, and still ! dis
agree. There are days when ! can't
write my name with marking ink on a
celluloid collar and impart any literary
flavor to il, and there are other days
when can dash OF q few lines for the
wrapper of new soap, and make them
so clean and pure and wholesome that
the purchaser viii not need 20 sec the
soap for several dayA
Yet hold that proper methods Of lit
erary production viii come to a man
naturally. or, il they do not, he need
not grieve. But the thing he really
does require, the ability to sell anything
from a green goods circular down to a
poem, must be obtained by hard study
and diligent copying Of successful prac-
tceA And II ] have done anything
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TAILOR MADE
CLOTHING.
SPECIAL LINES FOR
SPRING.
GARDINER
81
BAXTER.
NJ BROUGHT luck.

Thsugh Nos n the way rhAs Iesss<y
ffsksfs Are EsYseted To-
II was SDly a dirty crumDled piece of
paper The rain and the dust had
marked and blotted 10. the wind had
tossed IL and scores of pedestrians bad
tsampled IL under foot
AZ last a newsboy picked il up. He
was about 90 throw IL away again, but
the thought struck him that IL might be
. lottery ticket IL looked like one, and
the ragged youngsters face frightened
a. the possibility grew upon his imsg-
inztion-
Yes. said . pleasAnt-faced gentle
nan whom the youngstsr bad stopped
70 Asa, that 10 . lottery ticket IL u
good for the next drawing. too"
The boy looked up ~ the big build
ings around him-the homes OF mill
lions. the Offices of millionaires-and
his surroundings gave that direction TO
his faEcy What II that umoled ticket
made hin rich2 he would have an Of.
tie- down town. he would dress in
broadeloth. ike the men he saw there
through the windows dis mother and
little sisters should wear silk and Jew
els and not work any more. and ride in
carriages
The ticket brought him luck n
seemed He sold all his papers soon,
and then with light heart he ran
home 20 tell his tired and wearied
mother OF his good fortune. She smiled
and hamored his fancy.
That was years ago.
The boy Of that day Is sturdy and
prosperous man Of business now. His
dream has been reaiized-nore than 10
allied.
The lottery ticket was . blank He
has forgotten it long ago-torgotten
that be ever had a lottery ticket-N.
Y Herald
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York at the age Of twenty-oue he was
thoroughly weu fitted to succeed.
And this 10 what / wish TO impress
upon the mind Of any youth who would
gain money by literary work in the
metropolis: Be business man Don't
waste your time with Keris common
school grsmmar; you can hire type
writer girl who viii make your verbs
agree with their subjects. IL necessary.
The printer viii afserward make them
disagree again. anyhow; that IL. unless
you throw your work away upon the
firss-clsss publications. Don't vrestle
with the sequence Of lenses The proof
reader knows all about that or. IL he
doesn't be win an ID TO salt himself in
spite Of yoa- Look for the markets.
my boy. fp< that's business. and let the
queens English take lie chances BE-
tween Ne eaee and the procfrcon.
shink that u 10 . erest mistake 10
tell young man that he should enter
she esseer Of letters with no thought Of
money. He viii newer succeed in that
way. I know two men who wrote
stories that we're rejected oy the Century
magazine One Of them spent . month
revising his production and then sent II
20 the Hsrpers. after which he put II
into hstle boz. shed . few tears upon
70 and sn.ndo1ed his suhisscn. Ths
ether simply dedic~s>d his ssovy 20 The
rnemsry a. Jake Kilrsia and sold IL 70
the Police Castle. he h now writing
ssna shss shcald % ac~n 10 pos&er,ty.
IN the inser-sss a. the usAnaf.<surer -
the - pocket gymnasium
Il IL this power ~ make everything
sv.sishle which nori<s The darn Of
80 81 1n<sr Araln-Amexzcza ktexor
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ODDS AND ENDS.

The hardest headed man was born
with soft SPOT.
False teeth for horses are coming into
wide use in France.
American factories produce $1,000
watches every week.
Use the door mat instead Of the door
carpet for foot scraper.
Try to keep your closets free from old
shoes or soiled garments.
Thirty-one states have adopted tho
Australian ballot system.
In the United States there are about
II, O00, 900 cows-one for every four per-
sons.
Save the juices that drain out Of roasts
and steaks to add to stock for soups and
meat sauces.
II Is hard to remember that the nights
are shortest when the weather is too
warm to sleep.
1t is hard for the Lord to make much
use of a preacher whose head is bigger
than his heart.
A gas engine has been made in Eng
land that runs at the rate Of $40 revolu-
tons minute.
The Chinese, Japanese, Malays, Siam
ese, New Zealanders and North Amerl-
can Indians are all but beardless.
Did your wife look a little bit. just
the least little bit cross this morning?
Was the kindling wood fine and dry?
Even the medical profession has not
understood the nature of the relation
between overwork and its morbid ef-
fects.
Three factories in the United States
consume over 5000 900 eggs per year in
making albumen paper, extensively used
in photography.
In Noble county. W. Va. there is said
20 be . fsthomless ses, composed Of SAT-
water and oil. from which gas escapes
with tremendous roar.
A Chicago physician says that the hu-
man nose Is frequently not in the exact
center Of the face. and IL is a we'll known
fact that she two sides Of the face are
rarely symmetrical
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-11

it can make diseased ones healthy when
nothing else will As q blood cleanser,
strength-restorer, and Aesh-builder, there's
nothing Ike it Known to medical science.
For ScrofulA in all its forms, Bronchial
Throat, and Lung affections. Weak Lungs,
Asthma, Severe Coughs, and every disease
that can be reached through the blood, it's
the only remedy so unfailing that it can be
guaranteed.
II it doesn't benefit or cure, in every case,
you have your money back
On these terms, it's an insult to your In
telligenoe to have something else offered -
being just as good"
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-11
SURVIVAL OF THE UNFIT.
"A Ounce of Prevention Worth . PosnA
OF Cure.

A Ounce of Prevention Worth . PounA
of Cure
Municipal governments annually de-
vote large sums Of money for the care
of the sick. the criminal and the In
sane. but devote no energy to invssti-
eating and striving to prevent the
hctors that are constantly at work in
producing these classes Here, il ever.
an ounce Of prevention il equal TO many
pounds Of cure. The department Of
Jsslc charities and correction Of Now
York city, with its 1900 wards. TO
seived a., 100. 3sz Ia 1891. and requests
an appropriation of s2.s77 .24S for ls93-
III part Of the money that Is annually
devoted % keeping alive the helpless
aad suffering could in some way be di-
verted toward renedying unhealthy
doniciles. relieving overcrowded tene-
rents, siissipating polluted air and foul
gases. supplying the best food At cheap
rates, educating the masses IN the sim
pie principles Of hygienic living. closing
the saloons. and in many like ways
checking the sources of disease and de-
generation, this knotty problem would
find It's best solution. The way we can
cure Is by preventing. We permit
factors 20 exist that degenerate man
physically, mentally and morally, and
then bring up a clumsy. mechanical.
outside philanthropy TO try and reform
by pateawork.-Dr. Henry d. Chaplin.
In Popular Science Monthly.
a TeI-zs!e thread
An amusing story is told by the f.
nous geologist. Clarence King, Of IN In
vestigation which he made of an al
legged silver mine in Utah The proper
~ was represented TO be Of enormous
value. and Appearances were certainly
very much IN IT'S favor. On the way
down the shaft the walls on every
hand cleaned brightly with shining ore
in the light thrown by the lamps. and
the sides OF ths drifts were equally
beautiful 10 the eyes Of the observing
expert But while more closely exam
ming the rock ne noticed . coarse thread
hanging out Of it, Ordinarily threads
do not grow IN rock. and the finding Of
this one led 20 the discovery Of the
whole swindle. IL was found that the
owner Of the nire had taken . great
Quantity Of galena. reduced it 70 pow
der. made IL with water into q plaster
and carefully succeed the walls of the
shaft and drift with the material The
plaster was carried for this purpose
Ia gunny-sscks, thread from one OF
which got mixed MP with it.--Golden
Days
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with Mr.. Howells, In which there was
much good advice TO young writers. ]
felt strong impulee TO attack the sub
ject and, Incidentally. Mr.. Howells-
This did not strike me as presuuptuous.
II I wished 70 learn how il feels TO be
run over by . moving machine. would
rather have few earnest words from q
man who is being chopped up than the
sober atterthought Of a much better
man who escaped with only the loss OF
his overall& Though the cares incident
70 being . young writer have made me
older than my own father. while Mr..
Howells who raised . mustache before
wns borr) il still in the vigor Of youth,
/ am qualified, ut least by the records
in The family Bible, to speak for the
boyA
But at this point comes the thought
already mentioned which I intend to
stick to because may not have anothe,
in al summer. This Il it: Who cares
for the young writer, anyhow? Or the
old one. either? Isn't tho writer pretty
nearly the most uninteresting object on
the face of the earth? He cannot ap
pear in his own work without violence
to his art. and, in my opinion, this same
judicious principle should apply to him
generally. His tolls and disappoint-
meuts are not understood by the public,
and there u no mead that they should
be. Ono OF the clsverest young writers
/ know has tried IN vain to make his
landlady understand them; but she
would rather discuss the value of his
baggage a. collateral security. Hence,
by the principle which enunciated in
the beginning, should never have
written this letter, but shall finish it,
Just the same. for I need the money.
And this brings mo naturally to my sd-
vice 70 young writers.
Training should begin at an early age.
One Of the most successful young liter
sEy men Of my acquaintance began at
tho early age of six years to play mar.
bles ''for keeps" At seven he pitched
pennies. and though the other fellows
coin was often nearer the mark, our
young friend nearly always won be-
cause he had way Of representing a
cas> which left nobody in it but him.
self. His business ability attracted the
attention of his father. who made an
honorable competency by trading
horses. The son soon surpassed the
father 70 such an extent that he spent
the last ave years of his minority in
reformatory institution, where he wac
associated with several youths who had
evan b>&f~y bus;ress heads than his
own. In abort, when he came 10 New
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-11

with what the inventor calls ''helloite-
The TWO chemical ingredieats. bdnitro-
oeazole AID nikrse acid, are in separate
glass vessels. which are broken when
the shot Is Erred, their contents being
mixed together by the rapid revolution
OF The shell and exploded by time
fuse Wonderful accounts are given Of
the havoc created by the bursting OF
projeetiles Of this description. Up 10
the present time no method Of throw
ing high-poyver explosives from guns BY
means Of gunpowder has been proved
successful. although ore scientific
gentleman has wasted three hundred
thousand dollars Of Uncle Sans money
in experiments which ouly resulted in
bursting many valuable cannon. How
ever, trials that are being conducted
under government auspices with new
mixture termed ''ermensite" seem like
" 70 solve this problem Until now
pneumatic guns have been found avail
sble for such purposes.
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REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION.

republican county convention Will be held
In the METROPOLITAN hall; over 81 Pearl street.
In the city Of Grand Rapids. Michigan. on
Thursday. July IL. 1892. 1T II o'clock y. m. for
the purpose Of olecting forty-seyen delegates
TO the republican state convention to be held
In the city of Saginaw. on Wednesday. July %.
1s92. and for the transaction of snch other
business as may properly como before the
convention.
Each township and ward is entitled to three
delegates. ISAAC +. LANoREAUx.
GEORGI w. BuNxyIL. Chairman.
Secretary.
Dated. Grand Rapids. June q. 1892.
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NEXT
SUNDAY

IL the date Get for the
NEXT excursion 70 the famous
SUNDAY seven Islands at Grand
Ledge, 20 be gwen by
the Railroad Clerks association. II you
have never been 10 Grand Ledge make
your arrangements TO 90 Oh THE erc1r-
son and zee ore Of the prettiest places
that there i IN Michigan. II is the IN
tention 10 make this basket picnic.
bat those who don't care 70. take their
basket can get hrss-class meals at the
hosei on the grounds Everything IL
there necessary for = Eo0d tine. row
bosts, steamboats,. swings, etc. Trans
~ill leave Union station vis D., l.. a y.
railroad a. ? .. m. July Il. ard leave
Grand Ledge at b.. N. Round TRIP
rate. 81.
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here, or can DO anything In the future,
to teach the young writer how he may
cheat publisher to-day In such deli
cate manner that he can cheat him
twice as hard tomorrow, shall feel
that have not been wholly untrue to
those literary ideals which are cherished
by the men about me who are making
the most money. The men whom l
speak of are not working, as honestly
and gratefully believe that Mr.. How
ellis is, for the good Of literature and
the pleasure OF posterity. but for things
that are more lasting-for bank ac-
counts and real estate in those districts
which a new system Of rapid transit
will open up to the Spectator.
HOWARD FIELDING.
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The Compass Plant.

On the western prairie is found what
is called the compass plant, which is of
great value to travellers. The long
leaves at the base Of its stem are placed,
not fat, as in plants generally, but in
q vertical position, and present their
edges north and south. The peculiar
propensity Of the plant is attributed to
fact that both surfaces Of its leaves dis
play an equal receptivity for light
whereas the upper surfaces OF the
leaves of most plants are more sensi-
tive to light than the lower); the leaves
thus assume a vertical position, and
point north and south. Travellers on
dark nights are said to feel the edges Of
the leaves to ascertain the point Of thu
compass.
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To Mount q Coach.

There IS such . difference" said q
man on the piazza at a Claremopt tea a
few days ago. in the way . woman
mounts or descends from . coach or
drag. There Is certain skill about 1t
which comes only from considerable
practice. A woman in America scarce
ly gets enough experience TO acquire
this, but many American women who
have coached great deal in Europe
show this schooling at once. She should
use only one hand to touch the coach
and the other should rest on the shout
der of the groom or the gentleman who
is assisting her. Above all, she should
show and know no fear. a condition of
confidence that is rarely acquired ex-
cept after many mounts"
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have been affected with neursigs
for nearly f~o yssrs. have tired pAys-
cans and All know remedies, bat found
no permanent reilef until l tired . bot
tse Of puslam's Great German L1s-