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The advocate., 1897-01-20

mentioned In the advertisement, Sepa-
rate bids to be made for each class of
books mentioned In the list. Each
bidder to bid on one class or more st
his option. Quality of material, style
Of manufacture, binding, ETC., to be
satisfactory.
Second-Let the State Superintend-
ent Of Public Instruction, the Governor
of the State and the Chief Justice of
the Supreme court be q committee to
accept or reject bids.
Third-When bids are accepted and
books are ready, let the State Superin.
tendent of Public Instruction make
separate orders for books for each
county in the State, on the respective
contracting houses. Let the first set
Of orders be approximately for six
months supply; additional orders to be
made from time to time as books are
needed.
Fourth-Let the books be paid for
by the State at the agreed price. within
sixty days after books have been re.
Ceived.
Fifth-Let the books be In the GUS
tody of the several County Superin-
tendents of schools to be sold at cost,
the proceeds to be used to reimburse
the outlay by the State.
In this way / think we can (D obtain
the very bert books published; (2) we
can at once enjoy the profits and ben
efts Of State uniformity Of books; and
(S) we can save over 50 per cent. in the
first cost Of books, with an additional
saving In the use of the same books
when families move to other parts of
the State.
This general plan, also, may be fol-
lowed In making school books free to
the children, If that plan is thought
best. This plan authorizes a wholesale
purchase by the State in competitive
market for the benefit Of the people.
The books may then 90 to the people
at cost, or without cost, as the law
may direct.
In either case the people of the State
save fully One.half Of the present cost
of books, and are saved from useless
purchases by the removal of families;
and also from the disadvantages and
annOysnces of the present haphazard,
frsgmentary condition of things.
JOHN DAVIS.
Junction City, Kas.
The advocate., 1897-01-20
The School Book Question.

EDITOR ADVOCATED am greatly
pleased with the prominence you give
to the school book question In your
columns. The subject Of popular edu.
cation is the paramount subject in a
free country. I will state briefly the re-
suits Of my thoughts in the matter of
school books, which may set others to
thinking.
First-We want the very best books
that can be had. The best is always
cheapest.
Second-We want State uniformity
of books, so that a family moving
from one part Of the StSt Q to another
may carry their books with them and
not be compelled to buy q new set
every time they move.
Third-We want books at less cost
than at present. They can be bought
at wholesale for q term of years, at not
exceeding 40 or so per cent. on present
prices.
In view Of these desired advantages,
some advocate State publication. l
think that plan unsatisfactory for the
following reasons: 1) The cost of
filst.clsss plant, or establishment, for
the several classes of books needed,
would be enormous; too great, In my
opinion, to be undertaken in these hard
times, so long as better way is open
to us. (2) The authorship of books
would be costly, and, at first, expert
mental, and as a consequence imper.
feet.
But the power to publish, and the
proposition to do so as q last resort,
should be kept prominently in view
while trying to do better. Noplsn can
be worse than the present slip.shod,
costly and unsatisfactory condition.
BETTER PLAN.
First-Let the State Superintendent
Of Public Instruction advertise for
bids, asking publishers to furnish to
The advocate., 1897-01-20
CORRESPONDENCE.
COnviCts, Codes, Cruelty, Etc.

Of the Legislature Of 1897 will not
be determined simply by the pas
nsge of a few laws Of great
importance. Its wise disposition of
minor matters will also be q factor
10 estimating the sessions worth
There are not simply few gigantic
evils to be remedied, but many trivial
ones. Good steps may be taken In i'm
proving things not positively an evil
now, but which can be improved.
Provision should be made for work
Ing cOnvicts along lines that will cause
little, If any, competition with free
labor. Perhaps no better plan can be
devised than that Of using such con-
VIcts In making good roads-rosds
firmly built, such aa still remain OF
Rome's imperial highways; roads that
will long resist "the corroding csnker
and the gnawing tooth of time"
The present system Of bonding pub
lie officers is decidedly wrong and
should be speedily changed. It was
devised in by.gone days when the
wealthy and sristocratic were fearful
lest the common herd should have too
much power. Only those should aspire
to Office whom the rich would back in
the capacity of bondsmen. If the peo.
pie of township, city, State or nation
have enough confidence in q man to
elect him to Office, either they should
stand the loss If he prove false, or they
(the body poAtic) should pay for the
bonding Of such officer In some bond
ing and surety company. AS 1t Is,
bonds are too often Of straw and when
an officer defaults his bondsmen fire.
Quently have not the means to prose-
cute him with rigOr, as q bonding
company could and would do.
We should have broad, cOmprehen.
sive and sweeping statute against cru
city to man or beast. In this civilized
age, we may expect man to be
"a cruel tyrant
The foe OF his fellow man,
Pitlless and remOrseless,
By impulse and by plan"
unless he is hedged about with such
restrictions as will keep him from vent
ing his rage on children or on the horse
or cow in his brutal hands. Nor should
aentient life Of any kind be beyond
the protection Of law. The torture Of
creatures, whether wild or tame,
should be rigidly forbidden. A people
who will look with equanimlty on will
full infllction Of needless pain on any
Cresture will readily become hardened
enough to deny all human treatment
TO every houseless, homeless, hapless,
luckless, landless wsnderer because
she's only tramp" They will nat
urally grow Indifferent to the mlseries
Of poverty, and will talk about "sur-
vlvsl Of the fittest" when you mention
such unfortunstes as have reached the
lowest depth of need through ext0rtion
and robbery under color Of law.
For many years statesmen and
jurists have favored a codi6Cation of
all law In q nation In which all stat.
utes, judicial decisions and customs
that have been given the form and
sanction of law, may be reduced to a
written code. Jeremy Bentham form
ulated such a plan almost a century
ia 49, inn.AIn IA .nna.A. n.A
The advocate., 1897-01-20
A BETTER PLAN.

First-Let the State Superintendent
Of Public Instruction advertise for
bids, asking publishers to furnish to
the State OF Kansas for q period Of
1--WE years the classified liR& 0s books
The times., 1897-11-08

and force OF all the universe. Every
lower form OF matter or or life reaching
up to serve a higher, the possibility and
prophecy OF higher. TIL We see the
whole eliminating in the lofty moral,
intellectual, and spiritual kingship Of man.
and the man in an instructive longing for
and apprehension of a higher, an infinite,
a divine, for aspiration, and for rest.
Each thing in all this system OF things
for all and the all for each. One plan,
embracing the universe. a planner then!
Infinite contrivings. An Infinite Con-
triyer! power that makes for right
eoUsness. A moral poweri Such a power
ever present and everywhere active In
every force and movement OF the universe,
we may as well call God for II is God.
That God author, sustainer, ruler OF all;
d person, just, holy, and the lover OF all;
working all things, from the creation
TO the redemption and consummation, or
the establishment and glory OF a universal
kingdom wherein .dwelleth righteousness
ana righteousness only, seems to me the
only working theory TO account for the
torily TO reason, leaving but a fringe OF
mystery, such as should be I'm scheme
of the infinite before finite intelligence.
such u God seems to me the only hypOthe-
sis which can avert despair, which eau
consist with any sound and happy sanity.
On the simple considerations which we
have taken in this series of discoUrses, IL
seems TO me that the soUnuest reason VIII
not hesitate TO believe in God, that He
is, and that He is love!
The times., 1897-11-08
THE EFFECTs OF SIN.
Text of Rev. :. Reese Murray's Ser
mon Yesterday Morning.


Rev. s. Reese Murray, pastor OF the
Fifteenth Street Methodist Episcopal
Church, preached an eloquent sermon on
the effects of sin yesterday morning
The speaker took for his ext the fifth
chapter OF st. John, Behold, thou art
made whole, sin no more lest worse things
come unto thee, the words J JeSus spoke
unto the afflicted man by the pool Of
Bethesda.
DR.. Murray said, in part: This poor
man had waited by the pool for more
than thirty years So that ne might be
the first TO enter its waters after the
angel OF God had troubled them, vet
some one bolder and stronger than he
always went down into the pool first
Jesus coming by saw the poor man and
asked him why he waited. The man
answered and pitying him Jesus laid his
hand on him and the man was made
WnOie- IheTeupOu the human nature OF
the man appeared. He Gid not think OF
the personality of his healer, but over
joyed he hurried To tell of his good fortune.
Jesus afterwards stopping him utters the
words in my text, and then the man is
smitten by fear, for lie nowS it is Jesus
who has cured him.
My friends, did 1t ever occur to YOU
that IN this life upon earth Jesus was ever
having to do with the evil wrought by sin?
That His sufferings ON the cross We're inten-
sified by the knowledge OF humanity's sin
fulness? Everywhere on the earth Jesus
mas brought clearly to the knowledge of
mankind that sin is al the bottom Of II
human suffering. When Jesus revea Is Him
self TO our hearts there comes to US a pro-
found conviction of sin. Again we know
that the manifestations of suffering are
only the signs of sin, either on our paIt
or that of our ancestors. Yet there are
those who say l have no need for a Re
deemer. / can go straight to God
My friends, with this fearful pressure
OF sin upon our hearts, do we not need
above all things a mediator with God?
Jesus has told us that He intercedes for
us with the Father. In just the proportion
that man feels conviction of sin does
he feel the infinite goodness of God.
What we see in jails and madItouses are
not the worst effects of sin. Think ra ather
OF the soul standing before the great
white throne in una vaiIing pleading: of
the awful words Depart from Ne: |
never knew you! Is not this more fear
full than the mere physical effects OF sin?
God gives you His message of peace and
forgiveness today, Yield to His loving
persuasion and accept God not only as
your preserver in the end but as the in
spiration of every desire and act of your
life.''
The times., 1897-11-08
sPLENDORs OF THE NIGHT
DR.. Talmage Discourses of God
Among the Stars.
WORLDS THAT ARE PEOPLED
Scripture Attests That Worlds Above
This Are Inhabited -Greatness of
the Stellar Eniverse-AiI tue
Luminaries Above Bear the Inn
press of Gods Work.

DR.. Talmage yesterday morning at the
First Presbyterian Church delivered his
sermon upon the subject of tie Astronomy
of the Bible,' taking his text from Amos,
tx, s. 1T is he that bufldeth his stories
in the heaven He said:
Thus said Amos, the herdslnan. While
guarding his fiocks at night he got waIcn-
ing the heavens. lie saw stars above
stars and the universe seemed to him like
great manSiot, many stories nign, silver
room above silver room, silver pillars
beside silver pillars, ana windows of silver
and doors of silver, ana turrets and donIes
of silver rising into tie inamensitieS, and
the prophets sanctffIed Inauguration walks
through that great SILVER palace Of the
universe, through the first story, through
the second story, through the third story,
through the twentieth story, through tue
hundredtn story, through the th0uS0ndth
story, and, realizing that God is the ar
chltcct and carpenter and mason OF ali
that upheaved sDiendor, he cries out in
the words Of the text. 1T is he that
buIldcth his stories III the heaven
My hearers, II IS tine that we widenAd
out ana heightened our religious thoue Its.
Many OF tie best parts OF che Bible aave
never yet been preached from, or, in
deed, even noticed. Hence, | today begin
The times., 1897-11-08
SIMPLICITY ITSELF.
i SIMPLE. HARMLESS REMEDY
Yet 1t Cures the Wort Gases of Dys-
PERSIA and Indigestion.

Yet 1t Cures the Wort Gases of Dys-
PERSIA and Indigestion.
Dt JenuiSop who has made a life stud :
Of stomach traIbIe, saws: IN forms of in
digestion real H. amount to the same thing:
that is failure 10 completed digest the fooa
eaten, TO matter whether the Trouble isacid
dyspepsia ur sour stomach, beIIhing of
wind, nervous Dyspepsia or loss of flesl,
and appetite; a person Will not ia We anv
"f them il the stomach can be induced by
any natural harmless way to thoroughly di,
gest what is eaten, and this can be done by
a simple remedy which ! have tested in
hundreds of aggravated cases with com
plete success. The remedy is a cumbira-
tion of fruit ana vegetable essences, pure
aseptic pepsin and golden seal put up In
the form OF pleasant tasting ia hIets aud
sold by druggists under the name of Stu
arts dyspepsia Tablets. One or two of
these tablets should be taken after meals
and allowed TO dissolve in the mouth, ard
mingling with the food in the stomach.
digestS it completely before il has time
to ferrnent, deca and sour.
On actual experiment one grain OF Stu.
art'a Dyspepsia Tablets win digest three
thpuHttiAN SisttiIS III lilthlt tSSS anu
wholesome f'ods.
1t is safe tc say If this wholesome rem
edy was better knawn, by people gener
ally, it would be a natural blessing, as we
are a nation OF dyspeptics, and nine tenths
of all diseases owe their origin to inper
feet digestion and nutrition.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are not a
secret pateut medicine. but a fifty cent
package will do more real good for weak
stomach t!,an fifty dollars worth of Pat
ent medicines, ard person has the salts
faction OF knowing just what he is put
ting into bis stomach, which he does not
know when widely advertised patent med.
icines are used.
All druggists sell Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets, full sized paekage so cents.
A little bool. on cause and cure of stor,-
ach troubles mailed free by addressing The
Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich. po8,1O12
The times., 1897-11-08

Christian missionaries, and who spent all
their ulnein expounding a doctrine directly
IN controversy with Christianity. These
men, ne said, were the arch enemies OF the
Christian religion and it's advanceInent In
the empire. The Chinese are an intelligent
and smart people, but they are inbued with
religious principles which have been hanfI-
ed down 10 them through centuries These
religious principles had taken a firm hold
upon The mind OF the people, and il was a
diifIcult matter to even get them To listen
70 sermon on the Christian religion. The
missionaries were convincing the people,
however, that the Christian world was
ever mindful or their spiritual welfare, and
ehe work was gradually becoming easier.
ar. Huston related many interesting in
cldents and experiences which had oc-
Cured during mis- long term Of service.
lie spoke with especial enthusiasm of q
young ChinaInan in the interior Of the
country who had been converted. This
young man, an intelligent heather. had
stedllhy opposed him and cDntroverted his
arguments until, one day, his father be-
came deathly i'll, and, on his deathbed,
espOased Christianity. Seeing that hts
father had entered the Christian fold. the
young man, who had implicit confidence
IN ms parent, also embraced the religion
and destroyed his idols
ne became very TeTyent in his belief
anu IOuf years later, after the missionary y
had returned 10 China from a trip 20 this
country, the young man had Converted
over ZOo or his own people. he spok 9
or the many hardships which some or the
converts suffered They We're not CnI y
prosecuted 20 some extent by their fellow
cOuntFymens but the churches were So far
apart that some Of the loweS classes
Were often Obliged TO walk forty miles or
more when they wanted 70 attend service
The greater part or them, however, wcr-
shipped at home.
MI huston viii return to China in a
re" weeks and resume his work there.
The times., 1897-11-08
RELIGIOUS TEST FOR OFFICE.
The Secular League Denounces 1t
and OthPr Thinps

and Other Things.
The Secular League Of Washington met
yesterday afternoon at Typogra phicaI
1eInpie- President II g. Kirk presided.
The prelude presented by Mr.. c. c. Carter
was Noah and His Menagerie Ths
paper or the session, by Mr.. Edgar Tfb-
Detts, was What Christianity owes ta
fdsanisIn. This was IearHedly discussed
py Aessrs. STEINER, Royce, Birney. Pechiu-
MS Dr.. Morrison, Mr.. BurbaEe and Ur.
Burr.
The following resolutions were adopted.
Resolved, That the Secular League Of
Washington has for It's chief purpos,.s RE,
PROMOTION or right living ana htsn thinE-
ing The protection OF the rights of CON
science and Jne maintenance Of a total
eminent.
fhaU We welcome To our weekly meetings
al persons or all Creeds whatsoever and
thal we invite To meubershID WithOiIt r.
gard 70 sectarIan affiliations, All persons
VINO oeIleye IN the absolute separa alton OF
church and state.
Inat we sympathiZe with the MeJbosIists
III tneir present efforts 20 prevent the
establishment OF a church State IN Jrtah-a
measure which would result IN religious
persecution
That we assure the newsbovs OF Wash
HlEt0h OF our cOTuIal sympathy in tneir
struggle for the maintenance OF tneIr
IIshIs' thde We extend our sincere con-
loiehSe 20 the AdVeQtIstS. Seventh IJaV
BdptlsIs, Hebrews ana others who IN
many states OF tnis q Mon ar,. 81 ID lecJeei 10
Ililes ana imprisonment and otherwise Der
secuted under penal laws Tor tlu. CIfss a.,
LIst day or the week as essentially and
lntrinslcaly nOlier anu more sacred than
oJheF days, and we denOUnce such laws as
bl0tS on American civilization.
1haI we pledge ourselves to the supDOrt
or an amendment To the National COnsfitu-
tlOn prohibiting the States from pre-
senting or requiring religions tests FOR
Office, from creating State churches. from
supporting religious Institutions by ulreca
tiN OF by eXeInpting church property, AMI
rom appFOpTlaU1ng money for SeCtaTfaD
schools or charities
The times., 1897-11-08
SERMON on REASON AND FAITH.
Rev. G. b. Patch Discourses on This
Subject.

heN. u Is. fatch DiScourSes on This
Subject.
Rev. q. B. Patch, pastor of CUNT n
Temple Memorial Presbyterian Church, is
preaching; OncOnsecutiveSa bba thevenings
Il SeTlOes Of uIsec urseS on Reason and
falth The sixth WAS preached last
evening" The subject was How practic-
ally, we cume to believe IN Gcd."
The speaker said that doubtless the
child, before any reasoning about il. BE-
lieVed because lIe was taught to touk il
ali In lump and as matter OF course
SacH faIth might remain undisturbed and
lead on 70 an experience Cf God effective
for holy and serenely beautiful life.
But req son is likely to begin IL weigh
things, To cease to tax ke fcr granite ed. 1t
finds thinking, that there is, If not a
universal, vet a powerful and very wide
instinct Iol uod winch chimes III We'll with
the environment OF theistic belieyiugs.
Very likely he would have come to be
Iieye IL some SOFT 81 Il god without anv
teaching. All races do it. even in say
dGery and have their worShips, and it
happens that advance into civilization
does not destroy, but the rather develops
and sets some cutus Tor it.
Ihen 1T is perceived that these crud q
religious ideas ana cultures are prime
FACTORS OF intellectual, social moral and
governmental advance. such consiCera-
tons as these might land the child in a
manhood Of theistic believing, without
any teaching. But there will come to most
the experience OF reasons Questioning.
Now reason take note OF the universe
Its yastneSS, its innumerable forms of mat
ter and OF life, with their organs, correlated
with each other and with every element
The times., 1897-11-08
E srREEr BArrIsr cHu ROE.
Eighth Anniversary of the Passionate
of heY. j. j Muir.

VI new -. -. hutEs
Special morning services We're held yes
terday at the l. Street Baptist Church To
celebrate the eighth anniversary or the
incunbeney of The present pastor, Rev.
j. j. Muir, D. ID.
The altar v as bedecked with flowers
sent 10 Dr. Muir by his congregation; ap-
propriately selected hyTuus were rendered
by the choir, ana the pastor delivered d
special seruion Tor the occasion.
lie spoke under the title, Various Minis
ters," choosing as his text Colossians, tv
II: And say TO Archippus, take ne .. 70
the ministry that thou hast received IN
the hand that thou fulfill it."
To every Christian" DR.. Muir said,
there Is "A ministry of some kind. He
may feel that he is not called by Christ
- the pulpit, that he is not fitted for "A
missionary, nor even for teaching in Sunday
schools. Even If this be so, his religious
uuty 10 work does not end there. No mat
ter where YOU are, there is the place to
work Tor Christ. In the workshop, in the
office, in every place rrequenteu by men
there Is opportunity TO instin the love OF
God into the hearts or men, perhaps hungry
for the truths of the Gospel. And there
was never time SO propitious TO the work
Is now. Every land is now in God, and
every class of society can be reached by
Christian workers. We should not more
God the efforts OF our leisure hours, while
the best OF our talents are devoted To the
business OF life. Jesus Christ ought to
have the whole of US, and that at our
best"
Dr. Muir then went on to speak of the
eight years OF his pastorate. There had
been added, he said, To the congregation
while he was at its head 1872 new rIem-
bers, or 20 year. He had delivered S32
sermons ana made also pastoral visits.
He spoke OF the proposition to move the
church from its present position TO Tenth
ana VI streets northwest, and pronounced
himself heartily in favor OF il, as it would
greatly further the ability of the church
in Gods work.
In conclusion, Dr. Muir thanked his con
gregation for the earnesuness with which
they had seconded his work as their
pastor
The church announces a series Of seven
Sunday evening sermons, begun last night,
upon Conceptions of Heaven
The times., 1897-11-08

Tho ttree-yeaI old boy or ]. A. johnson,
OF LynE Center, III is subject to attacks Of
Group. Mr.. johnson says he is satisfied
that the timely use of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, during a severe attack, saved his
little bny'slife. BE is in the drug busine s,
a meiabeT of the firm of johnson Bros or
that place, and they handle great many
patent medicines for throat and lung dis
eases. He had all these TO choose from, am;
skilled physicians ready to respond TO his
call, but selected this RENE dy for use in
his own fau,ily at a time when his chiid's
life was in danger, because he knew it to
be superior to any other, and famous the
country over for its cures of Group. Mr.
Johnson says this is the best selling cough
medicine they handle, and that it gives
splendid satisfaction in all cases Sold by
Henry Evans, Wholesale and retail drug.
gists, 03s ST. and Conn. ave- and s st.
nw- and 1923 Md ave. ne.