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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-19

Probab lv the oldest railroad engineer
in New England is Squire Wilea9 OF
Lyndonville, vt. He has-1eentrdbhing
an engine on the Boston and Maine sys-
TEN since 1852, and is still making a
daily run.
A large colony of negroes is booked to
sail FOR Liberia from Savannah on the
steamer Lourado on Feb. 27. At about
the same time party of 300 white COL
onists from Indiana will join the COL
ony at Fitzgerald, Ga.
At the close of her London season this
year Sarah Bernhard proposes to start
off on steam yacht on trip to India.
The saloon of her yacht will be con-
verified into a theater and performances
will be given at the various ports en-
eeute.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-19
CHARLES HOWELL.

Our correspondent is all right on the
main idea-the necessity for united &C.
ton. He makes one mistake though
that of expecting too much.
There are at least ten million voters
in the United States who do not even
know what the initiative" the refer
endum" and the imperative" mean as
those terms are used in our politics.
Where they are understood there are
wide differences of opinion concerning
their merits.-National Bimetallist.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-19
Light Is Breaking.

A few months ago Judge Miller, Sec
ond vice-president of the union, made a
silver speech in western New York, and
upon his return, said: "The ignorance
of the people upon the question Of BIZ
metallism is astonishing. The farmers
Of western New York, as elsewhere, are
losing their farms but understand
why" That seed was sown in fruitful
soil. To-day we are receiving more
calls for literature from western New
York than any part OF this great nation.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-19
CLOSING OF INDIAN MINT,
It Was P&rt of the Conspiracy to Rob
American Producers.

1t Was P&rt of the Conspiracy to Rob
American Producers.
A correspondent writes from Ga
lena, ILL.,, as follows: Hon, H. F. Bar
tine, Chicago, Ill. My Dear Sir: In
your reply to Mr.. T. E. Diamond in The
Bimetallist of Feb. 5, you gave two very
strong reasons why certain classes in
England were interested in the further
separation of the standards of value in
India and England, but overlooked an
other very strong reason. England's
interests are agricultural, finan-
cial and manufacturing its commercial
being well included within the latter.
The fall in the gold value of an India
rupee had already seriously affected
English manufacturing by discouraging
commerce between the countries owing
to the fuctuating of exchange and a
gradual rise Of the same. This stimu-
lated domestic industry in India to the
detriment of Birmingham and other
centers Of activity in England. ,
While the money power controls Eng
lands policy, when its interest is at all
menaced, England's official ear be-
comes very sensitive to the protest of
her other interests. With the English
land owner, the money loaner and the
manufacturer all demanding a common
sacrifice from the British dependency
it was granted with alacrity that fur
Their vantage be not granted to the
India farmer, that the money loaners'
tribute be not endangered and that the
English factory be not put to further
disadvantage.
II every intelligent voter in the I'm
ion could read the Bimetallist from now
until election the fats Of financial
emancipation would BIO in no doubt. In
ignorance Of fnacce lies COLDS great
hope Respectfully.
M. II. cT4IuARY.
Mr.. cloary 10 right In saying that the
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-19

English manufacturers were being In
jured by the competition Of East Indian
factories, but he is mistaken in think
ing that the mint of India was closed on
that account.
The suspension of coinage on public
accoun. in India was the act of the East
Indian government itself, permission Of
the British ministry having first been
obtained. In doing this, the Indian
government was seeking to save itself
from the disastrous consequences of a
further and heavy decline in the gold
value of the rupee. The government
of that country would scarcely go de-
liberately at work to protect the Man
chester factory at the expense of those
in Calcutta and Bombay.
The English government of India is
very strongly in favor Of bimetallism,
and some Of the ablest bimetallists in
the world are, or have been, members Of
that government. What they wanted
was the restoration of silver, not its eX-
clusion from the mint. The closing of
the mint was not a policy of desire, but
as expressed by President Andrews,
one OF despair. National Bimetal'
list.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-19

Day by day it becomes clearer that
the great issue of 1895 will be, whether
the American people shall return to
the honest money of the constitution,
by the complete restoration of silver,
or permit themselves to be dragged to
their death and destruction at the
wheels Of England's golden chariot.
That is the issue and there is no
blinking it. The senseless drivel about
5O-cent dollars" and honest money"
presents an issue that is absolutely
false, and if the people will study the
question little they will see it.
There is no question of a "fifty-cent
dollar involved. 1t is a one-hundred
cent dollar or "two-hundred-cen DOL
lar" which the gold dollar actually is.
The republican convention goes to
st. Louis. In that convention there will
be a tremendous struggle over the
money plank. The extreme silver men
will have nothing less than free coin
age at 16 to l. Unless they get it, there
will doubtless be several spokes
knocked out Of the republican wheel
then and there.
The democratic convention comes to
Chicago, but no one looks for repre-
sentative convention. Two-thirds of
the democratic party are for free coin
age. If the administration and the
money power together do not capture
the convention it will certainly be a
grand triumph for the people.
II the sentiments of the rank and file
of the party do not find expression both
in the platform and the candidates,
there will not only be some spokes
knocked out Of the democratic wheel,
but the hub will go too. That is, these
things will take place if silver demo-
Gratis are true to their principles, as We
believe they are.
Then the populist party is looming up
as an unquestioned power in American
politics. In the creed of this organiza-
ton there is much that is good, and
1t has in it's ranks some very able and
admirable men.
The more conservative of its ele-
ments understand that they cannot ex-
pect to win in the near future on all Of
their issues. In order to win at all, they
must plant themselves on middle
ground, where the dissatisfied elements
of other parties can meet them.
Should they conclude to make bimetal-
lism the paramount issue, it may lead
to combinations that will revolution
ize the country.
On the 22d instant a conference of
leading men was held in Washing
ton for the purpose of outlining a pol
icy. This conference was composed
of men from all parties and all sections,
and was fair representation of the
average silver sentiment Of the coun-
try.
The national executive committee of
the populist party has appointed COM
mittee to confer with the American
Bimetallic Union at Washington.
Thus events thicken and the tide of
silver sentiment rolls on.
The campaign of 1896 bids fair to be
the most momentous and exciting of
any since the close Of the war, and the
<'ghost" of free silver, of which we have
heard so much, will be the grand CEN
trail figure of the play.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-19

Of Chunder Sen, the "Brahmo Samaj
leader, who said, When Christ steps
on. Of trousers and shoes, India will
accept Him."
Even the childhood OF Emma Booth
was brimful of striking incidents that
are enthusiastically recalled by her ad-
miring brothers and sisters in the an
mails OF the nursery Of the Booth family.
Timid and shrinking to fault, this
sunny tempered, nnselfish child was
brave In mourning reproach for dis
obedience or probable personal injury
from those abe antagonlzed In escaping
from her governess on the street to
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-19
SILVER is THE ISSUE.
TARIFF WILL CUT NO FIGURE
IN THE CAMPAIGN.

Tho Popullsts Looming. Up as the Great
est Power in American Polltics-Sure
of a Silver President In 1S97-Shadows
of Coming Events.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-19
The Ohio Legislature seems to think $3.50
year is about right for liquor license.
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUALLY,

And more could be made by the farmers
IL they would plant Salzer's big crop
ping seeds, because Salzer's seeds
sprout, grow and produce, giving you
from to 6 tons Of hay per acre, over 200
bu. of corn, 116 bu. of barley, 1900 Blu.
Of potatoes, 209 bu. Silver Mine Oats
and the like per acre. These are pos.
tive facts, all of which can be substan.
tiated by oath. Now, the editor asks
why sow poor seeds and get poor yields,
when such big, bountiful yields are pos.
sible? Salzer's catalogue tells you all
about 1t.
II you will cut this ont and send Il
with 10 cents postage to the John A.
Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse. Wis, You
will receive their mammoth catalogue
and 10 samples Of grain and grass sp~As
worth $40 TO anybody to
from. Catalogue alone.
age.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-19
GO A LITTLE SLOW
Silver the Only Question on winch
Patriots of America Are United.

Patriots of America Are United.
Editor The National Bimetallist: l
am glad that the great rank and tle'
Of the two old parties refuse to longer
be "nosed" about by the leaders that
are responsible for the awful conditions
that now prevail, have taken the ini-
tiative step to ally themselves with
the party that has already declared
itself on the question that so vitality
affects us all, and called representa-
tive meeting of the bimetallists OF the
nation to meet at st. Louis at the time
of the converting of the Peoples party
in national convention. That is step
in the right direction. Neither of the
old parties will offer, either in plat
form or as a candidate for the presi-
dency, anything looking toward the
free and unlimited coinage of silver
at ratio of Is to l." independent of any
other government intervention. If such
a thing should happen the money
power" would defeat such a party at
the polls, for they have the machinery
and can do it. But if all the reform
forces can and will unite at st. Louis
upon a common platform, with presi-
Dental candidate who will stand upon
the platform with both feet, declaring
for the free and unlimited coinage OF
silver at ratio that it enjoyed prior
to 1873, and then add the initiative,
the referendum" and the imperative
mandate" planks, such a party could
and would sweep the country, electing
a president and majority OF both
houses of congress. With such a plat
form the issue between the monometal-
lists and bimetallists would be square
ly made, and the Populists and Prohl-
bitionists would, in the end, gain all
they are now demanding, and the "peo-
pie" would rule; for if any representa-
tive dared to be recreant to the trust
reposed in him, he would be called
home and an honest man placed in
congress who would do the will of the
people. With the Initiative" in the
hands of the people, prohibition would
follow and the saloon that has been
such an awful curse, would be eliminat-
ed from the nation;, railroads, tele-
graphs, telephones and express COM
panies would soon come under either
government ownership or control, and
the land question equitably settled.
And not only that, but the government
would issue all the money and the peo-
pie control it, instead of it's being is
sued by private corporations and con-
trolled by them for their private inter-
ests as now. In that manner we would
soon have an ideal republic as intended
by our forefathers by and through the
constitution, instead Of a plutocracy as
now exists.
There Is not government on the face
Of the earth-excepting, possibly, Rus
sia-that is worse governed than the
United States; and yet no nation, like
ours, has the semblance of being gov
erred "by the people," If the dear,
good people will now in this year, lay
aside their parry prejudices and vote
awhile for their own interests, and all
stand together as one man at the polls,
the difficulty can and will be soon set
tied. Yours for reform,
CHARLES HOWELL.
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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-19
TIE SALVATION ARMY
HOW 1T IS BEING MANAGED BY
THE BOOTH FAMILY.
Founded Upon Correct Principles of
Temporal as Well as Spiritual Welfare,
1t Has Detied Sc0ffers in Every Land
Its Officers.
Special Letter.
N D E r
T II g

splendid manage
mont of Command
er and Mrs. Booth
the Army in the
United States has
not only carried its
own burdens and
wiped out a heavy
indebtedness, but
has also gener-
ously helped other
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-19

OuSly lelpeQ Oluel
countries. The commander states that
he and Mrs. Booth Have not received
a five dollar bill from England" AT
once upon coming here they fought 10
put the work upon a self-supportlng
basis. The people of this country have
orened hearts and pocketbooks. Dur
ing the commanders term" says the
War Cry, The United States has sent
to India, S4,100; France, S1O,6S7; the
Social Scheme, S16,646; to lnterna-
tional Headquarters for Self-Denial,
1910; loaned to Canada, $1,000; for
trade, S37,604; by grant, S1O0-making
$l13,4H furnished by the National
Headquarters to meet Army needs out
side this country, besides bearing its
own financial burdens" The stones
dug from the mines of every state and
framed in the Memorial building in
West Fourteenth street illustrate the
unity of the Army throughout the
country. In the 1000 efficient COM
handing officers they have in the Unit
ed States the leaders here who are now
preparing to relinquish their command,
feel that they have a strongly organized
power in America.
The approaching departure Of CON-
mander and Mrs. Booth is in harmony
with an almost international move OF
territorial commanders, who have re-
ceivcd instructions from Gen. Booth
In London to prepare for a change OF
appointment. 1t has not yet been made
known to Commander and Mrs. Booth
who their successors in this country
will be.
General Booth has eight children.
Brarwell is the oldest. He is in Eng
land and is 'right-hand man" to the
General. The second is Catherine
Booth Clibborn, now in France, COM
monty referred to as "the Marechale."
Mrs. Commissioner Booth Tucker, who
with her husband, was in command
in India, but is now active in England,
is the third child. Another daughter,
MaTien, a Salvationist, who was in ac-
tive work, is now an invalid Herbert,
the son who has command of Canada,
is a gifted composer of Salvation Army
music, as well as an officer of ad-
mirable ability. The Army is indebted
to him for some of its best hymns. Eva
Booth is now in charge of the Womans
Training Garrison in England. Lucy,
who married Colonel Helbery, SWede.
is now with her husband il command
OF India. Balington Booth has already
been longer in this country than is
usual for a territorial commander to
remain in one place. General Booth
is in better health than was the case a
short time since. He is at the present
time in India.
All thu members of the Booth family
have marked characteristics and all are
devoted to the interests of the Army
Mrs. Commissioner Booth-Tucker and
her husband, who have been notably
identified with the work in India, adopt
ed the native costume and manner OF
living and obtained powerful hold
upon the people, verifying the prophecy
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-04
Either Preferable.

A precocious little east end boy, the son
Of well known dentist, has furnished the
household with more than o little amuse-
ment by the remarks he frequently makes,
which are filled with originality and hu-
NOR Recently his mother had occasion to
not only reprimand him, but also to use
the "corrector" that is usually found in
every well regulated family, and which
was not unknown to him, on account of
some misbehavior. After she had finished
the task and the outburst of tears had been
partially checked, the young hopeful sud
denly exclaimed: "I'm getting tired being
whipped this way. Will you do something
for me, mammal"
"Well, what Is itp" answered the mother.
"Pray to God to take me to heaven"
"He would not have anything to do with
bad boy like you, she responded, scarce
ly able to control her mirth at the request.
"You will have to be much better boy
than you have been lately before you can
expect to go there. f"
"Well, then, tell him to take me to the
other place, was the angry retort.-Pitts-
burg Chronicle Telegraph.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-04
City Women and Self support.

New York and perhaps city women in
general, when they are suddenly called
upon to earn their living, are much more
independent about 1t and moro original
In their methods than women in smaller
places, where womanly pursuits, as they
are called, follow more closely prescribed
lines. The New York woman has more
knowledge of the world, and she knows
that one can do pretty much what one
pleases II 1t is done with a certain dash,
elan, carrying-all- before-it air. When she
comes to work for her living she profits by
this knowledge. Instead of becoming a
governess or teacher of music, she tries
to get hold of something original that will
excite interest. When she has found it,
she holds it up, as it were, on blazoned
banner, inscribed with this legend, 81
have not penny to my name, and I'm
going to work" She accepts the situation
with the greatest good humor and makes
herself more acceptable to the old set by
relating her discouragements, trials and
mistakes so comically that she is better
company than before. Mary Gay Hum
phreys in Scribper's.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-04
Announcements for School Year 1867

Announcements for School Year 1867
Teachers should carefully note the contents
of this circular and preserve 1t for future use
DATES OF EXAMINATIONS.
Regular, Corunna, August goth and 21st, 1896
Special, Owosso, October 10Th and 10th, 1896
Regular, Corunna, March 25th and Goth. 1897
Special, Owosso, June nth and nth, 1897
All examinations will begin at $3.50 a. m,
standard time
Applicants for third grades will write upon
geography, theory and art and school law the
first half day; grammar physiology and read
ing the second calf day. arithmetic, penm;an1
government and photography the fourth hall
day. Applicants for first apd second grades
will write upon geography, theory and art and
ology, algebra and reading the second half day;
arithmetic. history and penmanship the third
half day, and civil government, physics and
ortography the fourth half day. Applicants for
first grades will write upon geometry, general
history and botany on Saturday.
The above schedule will be strictly followed
REQUIREMENTS.
For third grades an average OF seventy is
required, with not less than sixty-fve in any
branch; for second grade an average of seventy
five is required, with not less than seventy in
any branch; for first grade an ACREAGE of eighty.
five is required with not less than eighty In any
branch
Applicants shall use legal cap paper and
write with pen and ink.
Applicants for first and second grades who
pass in part of the branches may re-write at the
next examination In the remainder. After fail
ing in two consecutive examinations they must
re-write in all brancees. Applicants for third
grades who fail in part of the branches must re-
write in all branches.
CAUTION: Special certificates will be grant.
ed only when legally qualified teachers cannot
be secured Persons who wish to teach must
attend an examination.
o. L. BRISTOL, Commissioner.
j. N. CODY, Examiner
J. A. THOMPSON, Examiner.
Corunna, Aug. Z, 1896.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-04
Furrowing Winter Wheat.

Where winter wheat is sown, burrows
should be run through the low places
and made deep enough TO carry off sur
face water if it comes suddenly while
the ground is frozen. The work should
be done as soon as possible after the
wheat is sown, as. if the leaf has much
size, the plant partly buried in cold,
moist ground cannot live through the
winter. This furrowing out of wheat
lands is less common than it used to be,
as it doubtless wrenohes the reaping
machines crossing tho burrows. But it
is better to cut the wheat in lands than
to go over several square rods of land
where the wheat was killed out by hav-
ing water stand on it which furrow
would have carried away.
An underdrain will not always carry
away water, for if the ground is frozen
over it the water cannot get down to it.
We have ridden the reaper often in cut
ting wheat on furrowed ground and
never broke machine in that way. In
truth, the frost breaks down the soil and
mostly fills the furrow with fine soil, so
that it is always much shallower in the
spring than it was when made the pre-
viors fall American Cultivator.
A Model Housewife.
In the first place, she is the most thor
oughly cheerful and happy looking woman
you will meet in days travel, and al
though she is 30 years old, she doesn't
look 80 This is because she never allows
the petty cares of housekeeping to worry
her and pillow lines across her face. She
does one thing at time, never making
the error of undertaking a dozen duties at
once.
This model housewife keeps scrupu-
lousy neat home, but in no room is COM
fort sacrificed for the sake Of appearance.
She has neither too much furniture nor
too much bric-a- brac. She dresses her
children neatly, but plainly.
This very sensible woman Is loving
wife and agreeable companion to her hus-
band. She knows how to save time and
thus finds opportunity to read, and Is able
to discuss topics of interest with her hus-
band in the evening by the Preside. She
is gentle mother to her little ones, but
when she says "Nov she keeps her word.
She is never impatient with the baby when
he is sleepy and clings to her skirts. In
stead of spanking him, she takes the tired
little form In her arms and rocks it to
sleep.
Her husband is not wealthy, and she
docs not strain the last nerve to dress as
well as her more wealthy neighbors, but
her taste is so correct that these same
neighbors envy her her stylish appearance.
She is also good neighbor, and she does
not gossip If there Is sickness, she is
willing to aid the suffering, and she does
not forget the old and poor In the neigh
borhood. Annie Smith In Housewife.