Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1878 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

THE ADVOCATE. Published Every Wednesday AT 180 Fulton Street, New York, IN THE INTEREST OF Education, Labor, and Production. The Saie Size as the Weekly Sm, FOR 25 CENTS A YEAR. Tie Cleapest Paper la tie Worli! ITS CHARACTER AND PURPOSES. RELIGION. It adopt, the theory that as no man la reliable who ha. not some form of religious faith, to no paper can fill It# full mission without imparting a pure religious tone to its teachings. It advocates the ethic* of the Society of Friends. It teaches Quakerism. FRATERNITY. It adopts the theory that fraternity—armpathy—a dieposition to herd together and to help ea*h other by oonnaol and oostless 00-operatlon—la a natural and beneficent tendency of our nature—advocates that form of fraternity shown by the masonic philosophy. It teaches Free Masonry—whloh means Masonry as a symbolic moral Bcience, not as a hotbed of gin-plggery, a business machine, or aa a political power. It teaohea Masonry as an elevating, mind-strengthen-ing moral scienoe—without any regard to any importance of signs, grips, tokens, or oaths—Masonry as an educator and a hand-maid to religion. It deprecates its abases and prostitution. THE GRANGE. It adopt, the theory that aa one of the pernicious re suit* of the late unhappy war is the habit of extravagance and wanton waste of our people, that tho Grange, of all institutions in America, is tho only organized and most practically effoctivo Influence in aid of a return to the economto ways and industrious habit* of American society as it was before the war and as it should be now. It teaches the lessons of the Grange. POETRY AND FAMILY LITERATURE. It adopts the theory that no mind is properly balanced that does not love flowers, poetry and little children; therefore it. devotes a large space to family literature—pure, elevating,inspiriting poetry, which stimulates to higher and nobler thoughts, and leads to an offort to be and to do better, and to obeory, light, apt., sound, fables and sentimental as taught in story and miscellany. It teaches and elevates through light literature. GENERAL NEWS. It adopt* tho theory that as local paper* give the local nows, so should a general paper give the general news, and it gives more news items in condensed form than anv other ton papers published. It teaches comprehensive news gathering, and the most terse, dense, accurate method of writing and speaking. SPIRIT OF THE PREBB. It adopts tho theory that the press Is the public teacher, and that the giant minds of the ago are now somewhat and will in tho near future largely be found in the control of the press, and that it Is destined to attain a grander and more practical power for good than It has ever reached, cud that to familiarize its reader* with the pith and excellence of current editorial production is a duty to its patrons, and so it gives each week extracte from tho leading literary, independent, political and labor press of this country, «» well as giving the view, of the old-world press on current event* and questions of our time. It teaches tho press os the greatest educational power of our generation, and aims to elevate and practicable it and to bring it down in prico to the feeble ability of our financially-exhausted people. THE TIDE-LEVEL OF THOUGHT. It adopts the idea that " Man is man through .11 gradations. Little reoks it where he stand*— How divided into nations, Scattered over many landa,” and that to get at the average judgment of our people—the tide-level of opinion on current question*—the true way is to give each week proper specimen letter* from aa nearly as practicable every section of the country, on whatever question is uppermost , thus bringing home with truth and accuracy to every reader what the earnest workers think, say and feel. It teaches that the tide-level of sentiment among tho people is the only safe guide to the statesman and political economist, and it thus finds and proves that level. FINANCE AND LABOR. It. adopts the theory that as a nation we are a family, and should be governed as a family: that we should have a standard and measure of value fixed by Government—a national paper currency, made and issued by the Government—which shall be made to do all the office* of gold and Bilvor among our people, and so be a* good a* gold and silver, but to have no rotation to or be in any way dependent upon gold or silver; that there shonld be enough of this currency in the hand* of the people to enable every man to pay for what he buys and when ho receives it, whether bo buys labor or labor’s prodaots; that the true way for Government to issue the increase to the people is to employ 1,000,000 laborers to build up the woalth of the counttr in peace, as it employed 1,000,000 of our best men to destroy accumulated wealth in war —by carrying on a vastybystem of internaUmprovemont of the water ways of the country, to tne end of cheapening and quickening transportation, and thus relieving and making production more profitable: that the public lands should no a/, onoo thrown open to free occupancy and use by actual settlers—to the end of immense and cheap production and foreign shipment of products, and ao turn tho balance of trade from the world to America, and enable us to pay our mammoth debt as if it were a bagatelle; that thAGovemmentshould be the depository of the surplus of, the people’s earnings and savings, at say 3 or 3.65 percent, interest in currency; that this surplus should bo applied to buying up our higher-priced gold bonds from day to day in the market, till all are paid, and then, a* the fiscal agent of he peottie. receive the mole-bills of deposits, and make the mogntnins of loan to cities and States at say 4 per cent., and so fix and control the rate of interest In the interest of (Sitorpri.se. It teaches legislation in the interest of labor. EXTORTION. 11 adopts the idea that the best wav to help a laboring man is to enable him to make one dollar answer tho work of two by striking out the middle-man and extortionist ns completely as possible. It adopts tho Idea of ’’dlreot action" in co-operation, and brings the manufactui'er and user of an article Into immediate relations. It bring* the maker of a piano, sewing machine, etc., into direct and i in modi at spoon tad, ami avoids all middlemen, enabling a family to get a SI,OOO piano for $225, a $360 organ for SIOO. a S4O Grover A Baker Bewing machine for $lO, etc., etc. It teaches co-operation. ADVERTISING. It adopts the idea that a certain community of interest exists between advertiser and reader—that the tax upon the reader Bhould be lightened and added to the advertiser— and thus, by cheapening tho paper, expanding its circulation, and rendering more sure and profitable the advertisers’ venture. It teaches cheap papers and profitable advertising. ITS CIRCULATION AND INCREASE. Its actual circulation on May 15th was 141,000—tho largest in America—reaching 21,982 postotlices—its increase for the past thirty days has been 2,000 a day-for the last ten days has been 4,000 a day, ana for the Inst five days has been 10,000 a day, and on the Fourth day of July it will retich every poatoffice in the United States, and be full 500,000—the largest in the world. THE FOURTH OF JULY NUMBER. The number bearing date July 4th, 1878, will be tho best f taper ever presented to American people; If money and trains can make it so. The editorial labor on thul number alone will cost one thousand dollars. INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT. The most comprehensive, practical, accurate, sound, complete, exhaustive und convincing argument ever made cm the snbjeot of internal improvements, accompanied by a mammoth map showing the relations be. tween cibeap, safe, short water-way transportation and profit fit the producer, and the way in which American products can control the markets of the world, will be given in that number.

PEOPLE, AROUSE NOW! Now U the time to subscribe—in time for the Mammoth Edition. Subscription Price: Single Oopies, one year .60 Cent*. Clubs of Four or More.... •••..36 “ We Want 500,000 by July 4tti. Premiums. We will give to the men who send us the groatest number of subscribers bofore July 4th the following premiums: FIRST HIGHEST. A JPiano, usually sold at SI,OOO.

SECOND HIGHEST. A Piano, usually sold at SBOO. THIRD HIGHEST. A Piano, usually sold at S6OO. FOURTH HIGHEST. An Organ, usually sold at $360. FIFTH HIGHEST. An Organ, usually sold at S3OO. SIXTH HIGHEST. An Organ, usually sold at $259. THE TEN NEXT HIGHEST. Each a National Sewing Machine. THE TWENTY-FIVE NEXT HIGHEST. Each a Grover Baker Sewing Machine. THE NINE NEXT HIGHEST. Each Five Dollars Cash. Any person competing can send in clubs from time to time during June, and at the end all will count and be counted. C W No remittances post-marked in May or July can be counted; all must bo mailed from time to time in June. Canvasser, will find a help to any week’s work to linv. the subscribers of the week before actually have their paper, as quickly as possible. Address ail letters, and make all money orders, cheeks and drafts payable to THE ADVOCATE, JVew York,