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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-01-03

Those Who advocate q blind and head
long plunge to free coinage in the name
of bimetallism and protesting the be-
lief, contrary to all experience, that we
could thus establish q double standard
and q concurrent circulation of both
metals in our coinage, are certainly
reckoning from a cloudy standpoint.
Our present standard Of value is the
standard of the civilized world and per-
mits the only bimetallism now possible,
or at least that is within the independ-
ent reach Of any single nation, however
powerful that nation may be.
There is a vast difference between a
standard Of value and a currency for
monetary use. The standard must neces-
sarily be fixed and certain. The currency
may be in divers forms and Of various
kinds No silver standard country has
gold currency in circulation, but an en-
lightened and wise system Of finance Sc
cures the benefits Of both gold and silver
as currency and circulating medium by
keeping the standard stable and all
other currency at par with it. Such
system and such a standard also give
free scope for the use and expansion Of
safe and conservative credit, so indis'
pensable to broad and growing CONNER
cial transactions and so we'll substituted
for the actual use Of money. If fixed
and stable standard is maintained such
as the magnitude and safety Of our COM
mercial transactions and business re-
quire, the use Of money itself is con-
veniently minimized. Every dollar Of
fixed and stable value has through the
agency Of confident credit an astonishing
capacity Of multiplying itself in fnan-
cial work. Every unstable and fuctuat-
ing dollar fails as basis Of credit, and
its use begets gambling speculation and
undermines the foundations Of honest
enterprise.
have ventured to express myself on
this subject with earnestness and plain
ness Of speech because l cannot rid my
self Of the belief that there Turks in the
proposition for the free coinage Of sill
yer, so strongly approved and so enthu-
siastically advocated by multitude Of
my countrymen, a serious menace to our
prosperity and an insidious temptation
Of our people to wander from the ale
glance they owe to public and private
integrity 1t is because do not distrust
the good faith and sincerity Of those
who press this scheme that l have i'm
perfectly but with zeal submitted my
thoughts upon this momentous subject.
1 cannot refrain from begging them to
re-examine their views and beliefs in
the light Of patriotic reason and familiar
experience, and to weigh again and
again the consequences Of such legisla-
ton as their efforts have invited. Even
the continued agitation Of the subject
adds greatly to the difficulties Of dan
gerous financial situation already forced
unOn us
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-01-03

The Reform club has just issued what
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not possible to be included offer sug-
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LEGATIONS.
The pamphlet can be obtained for 5
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street, New York city.
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The Baltimore Weekly sun.

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It contains regular Iep'r Of tue work
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Costume and Mortality.

A remarkable effect Of costume on
mortality is shown in very instructive
manner by one Of the English registrar
generals reports. 1t appears that among
children aged from 1 to 8 years there is
an equality in the number If deaths by
scalds and burns among boys and girls,
but from to 10 double the number Of
girls to that Of boys die from these
causes, while from 10 to 20 there die
100 women and only ~ men, and from
20 upward II women and 20 men, show
ing the influence Of muslin and fiounce
in producing death, notwithstanding
the greater caution q The femaleyez
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Cruel Tortures,

In ancient times prisoners were sub
jected to the most cruel tortures and
terrible forms Of death. The monuments
and records Of Nebuchadnezzar tell with
great JUNCTION how many thousands Of
his enemies he beheaded impaled and
flayed alive.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-01-03
Good Manners.

Good manners are the settled medium
of social as specie is Of commercial life.
Returns are equally expected from both,
and people will no more advance their
civility to o bear than their money to a
bankrupt. Chesterfield
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EXIT THE sLuEJAcKET.
I'm Modern Steam Battleships Athletic
SaiIors PLAY n Minor Part.


Sailors Play a Minor Part.
A proportion of the bluejackets Of any
fully rigged ship were necessarily ath-
letes. The upper gardiner" in line
of battle ship or a frigate were excep-
tional men in this way, and much more
so perhaps just about the time that sail
power was receiving its death warrant
than ever before. These young men had
to race aloft to nearly the highest points,
at top speed, eight or ten times week
when the ship was in harbor, to keep
their heads and maintain their breath
while "holding on by their eyellds, as
the phrase went, and manipulating
with a careful and measured order OF
action the various and intricate arrange
ments for crossing" or sending down"
the royal and topgallant yards. 1t was
all done at full speed, for it was uni
versally held that the upper yardmen
gave a character to the whole ship and
that one which was foremost in this ex-
ercise was ever considered "the smart
est ship in the feet - The upper yard
men were always the coming men. They
had most opportunities for distinguish
ing themselves, were the best known,
and were most under the eye of the au-
thorities. They developed great muscu-
lar power in chest, shoulders and arms.
Their lower extremities suffered, and
one always knew the men who had been
upper yardmen by their tadpolelike ap-
pearance when they were bathing.
But in the modern steam line of bat
tie ship and frigate these extremely ath-
letic specine ems formed a very small
minority Of the "ship's company, and
none of them could lose his turn at be-
ing upper yardman SO long as the ships
reputation depended on the speed with
which the upper yards were crossed and
sent down. In harbor the rest of the
bluejackeys had the handling Of yards
and sails for exercise once or twice a
week. but at sea the use of sails for pro-
pulsiCn grew less and less important,
and most Of the work aloft was more Of
an exercise and less Of a necessity -
North American Review.
Smyrna times., 1896-01-29
LoNDoN's GREAT PARK.
The Hum of the Metropolis Penetrates 1t
With Ever Varying Cadence.

The Hum of the Metropolis Penetrates 1t
With Ever Varying Cadence.
The greatest attraction Of hyde park
is one which Londoners and most visit
ors fail to discover and appreciate. 1t Is
a unique and subtle charm whose mean
ing only those can know who have fall
en- under it's spell. Hyde park, be it re-
membeIed, is the only great plot of
verdure in the world set in the very
center of a great city. Boston Common
is but garden compared with it, Cen
tral park may soon be hemmed in by
New York's teeming millions, but not
yet. Hyde park is a grateful refuge of
silence in the midst of turmoil Only
upon its outer borders does the restless
mob infringe. Within, away from Rot
ten row, away from carriage drive and
fashionable promenade, there is always
rest, tranquility, silence-no, not ST.
lence, but i'll its place the thing which
is the mysterious charm of the spot
Find seat upon bench in the midst
of the wide, sweeping, open green where
the eye sees only grass and trees, with
no sign of the vast city on any side Sit
for few moments and listen=-listen,
and there will come to your ears tho
most wonderful sound in all the world
1t is the voice Of London-an ever
changing, inarticulate, pregnant solil-
oquy. One day it will be the gentle
murmur Of sea shell. Again it is the
harsh grinding of the mill of the gods
crushing human grain beneath its upper
and neither millstones. The mighty but
distant reverberation is sometimes a
triumphant harmony, sometimes a minor
note, melancholy and despairing. The
myriad tongued voice which comes from
the east is sullen, protesting, enduring
that from the west is q careless chorus
of pleasure and prosperity; that from
the north is hopeful strain of patient
progress; that from the south is a ca
dence Of struggle and sorrow, and the
whole is a symphony of human life, ma
jestic, inspiring, infinitely pathetic,
Nowhere save in this spot does tht
greatness of London impress itself upor
| me. Boston TRANSCRIPT.
Smyrna times., 1896-01-29
THE SMYRNA TIMES.
Smprn0, DeI.,
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, Jan. 10th, 1896
CHURCH SERVICES.

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Smyrna times., 1896-01-29
The Baltimore Weekly sun.

The WEEKLY Sun publishes all the news
of each week, giving complete accounts of
all events of interest throughout the world
As an Agricultural paper The WEEKLY Sun
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practical experience, who know what farm
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agricultural journal. 1t contains regular
reports of the work of the Agricultural ex-
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of the proceedings of farmers clubs and
institutes, and the discussion of new meth
ods and ideas in agriculture. Its Market
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Smyrna times., 1896-01-29
THE OLDEST oBELlSK.
1t Stands ON tho Banks of the Nile Not
Far From Cairo.

1t Stands ON tho Banks of the Nile Not
Far From Cairo.
The Oldest of all the obelisks is the
beautiful one Of rosy granite which
stands alone among the green fields on
the banks Of the Nile not far from
Cairo. 1t is the gravestone of a great
city which has vanished and left only
this relic behind. That city was Beth
shemes of Scripture. the famous On,
which is memorable to all Bible readers
as the residence of the priest of On,
Potipherah, whose daughter Asenath
Joseph married. The Greeks called it
Heliopolis, the city of the sun, because
there the worship of the sun had its
chief center and its most sacred shrine.
1t was the seat of the most ancient uni
versity in the world, to which youthful
students came from all parts of the
world to learn the occult wisdom which
the priests of On alone could teach.
Thales, 6olon. Eudoxus, Pythagoras
and Plato all studied there; perhaps
Moses too. 1t was also the birthplace of
the sacred literature of Egypt, where
were written on papyrus leaves the orig
inal chapter of the Oldest book in the
world, generally known as ''The Book
of the Dead, giving a most striking
account of tho conflicts and triumphs of
the life after death, a whole copy or
fragment of which every Egyptian, rich
or poor, wished to have buried with
him in his coffin, and portions of which
are found inscribed on every mummy
case and on the walls of every tomb. In
front Of one of the principal temples of
the sun in this magnificent city stood,
along with a companion long since de-
stroyed. the solitary obelisk which we
now behold on the spot. 1t alone has
survived the wreck Of all the glory of
the place. 1t was constructed by User
tesen I, who is supposed to have reigned
$500 B. c., and has outlived all the dy-
nastic changes of the land and still
stands where it originally stood nearly
AZ centuries ago. What appears of its
shaft above ground is 68 feet in height,
but its base is buried in the mud of the
Nile, and year after year the inundation
of the river deposits its film of soil
around its foot and buries it still deeper
in its sacred grave. Pail Mall Gazette.
Smyrna times., 1896-01-29
AnlDutation.

DR.. A. Pearce Gould, one Of tho high
est medical authorities in England, has
recently said that surgeons amputate
less frequently now than formerly. The
science Of medicine has made such prog
ress that the knife is rarely used. The
old days Of cut and slash are ever. Am
putation, says DR.. Gould, is q confession
Of failure, therapeutic tragedy Den
tai science has also made long strides.
can remember a time when if man
had single tooth ache the tooth was
Immediately yanlled out. But nova
days dental skill is concentrated i'll saw
ing every tooth in the head. The world
moves, and you have to strike a good
gait to keep up with it,-New York
Herald
Smyrna times., 1896-01-29

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Smyrna times., 1896-01-29
A Genins For Farming.

Miss Annie Dennis of Talbottom, Ga. ,
is fine looking young woman Of %.
who seems to have a genius for farm
ing. According to a Georgia paper, she
owns handsome estate Of 900 acres,
which she cultivates with great skill
and success. Upon it she conducts a
dairy, stock farm, cGnnery, pre-
serving establishment, vineyard and
wine distillery and a piggery. Each Of
these Is prosperous to a high degree
The owner is public spirited and ex-
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exposition. She began this work in 1888
and in seven years has carried off nearly
100 prizes. She ascribes her success to a
good education and careful reading. She
makes a special study Of the application
Of science, particularly chemistry, tc
her fields Of industry and utilities every
new idea which appears