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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1896-06-24
What Irree C.,innyn mean.

:, a'Ao ITO seuu unlimited coinage OF
silver. means that neither the president
nor his secretary Of the treasury would
be allowed any longer to boycott the
four hundred and twenty eight mil,
lions OF standard silver dollars now in
existence. 'i q @
Tho power that could re. establish
silver coinage would compel the use OF
silver with gold in the redemption OF
greenbacks.. This would do away with
the false pretense that bonds must be
sold with which to buy gold to redeem
greenbacks. Itwould remove the con.
stant menace by the gold gang that the
legal tender quality shall be taken
away from the vast amount of silver
dollars now in existence. It would
add enough to the money in circula-
ton In the country each year to keep
pace with the increase Of population
and the requirements for domestic OK.
changes. It would mako all the sill
yer bullion in the world worth Just as
much as though it were already coin
ed into dollars. YssI
1t would stop greenbacks from being
presented at,the treasury, because Hei-
delbach, Ickelhelmer &c Co., and the
rest of the breed Of gold Spectators
would be offered silver when they de.
manded gold, and they would not
Free coinage would guarantee the
stability Of the currency. The grind
ing contraction now going on would
cease. The borrowed surplus in the
treasury Of nearly 5000, 600, 900 would
be expended in grand public improve.
ments, including coast defences, and
thus be restored to circulation among
the people; 1t would gradually raise
the general level of prices. The pro.
ductlon of wheat and other farm pro.
ducts would be resumed on the form.
erscale. x Manufacturers of-eycry de-
scription would no longer engage in
mere hand to.mouth production, but
would manufacture for the require
ments OF the coming year. This would
give work to those now in distress,
and would enable lsboring people
themselves to buy what they are now
dong without under the harsh com.
pulsion of poverty.
The commerce between forty five
States would be resumed; railroads
would be taken out of the hands OF
receivers, because they could again
earn interest on their debts and ex.
penses and something more. The oc.
cupation of the panic maker would be
gone.
With free coinage would come d
president and secretary Of tho treasury
who would not spend half their time
bawling to the world that their gov
eminent is bankrupt and compelled tc
sell it's bonds Mt 90 per cent. discoun
| frN,, ~. H. 4 4
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1896-06-24
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eeaSd u os the
Es S ,snd its ssaIy at
r I ane Y, was ap /,
Tiny ot nati ons should bs preached III.
sSYh hat long mas been called the presi,
dents church. bscau SO Presidents
III ] "a, & and Z ierce and Pol K ands
leyeland j ave attended ii. s. Dr. Tai
i 9sinage nae g nose for his tex Revelation
yiii, / 40 a here fell a great star
from ,lIl heaven %, burning as i were q
Il 4 lamp and it fell upon the third part
J; Aoid 9. the I; ~ yers and pon the fountains
ter,a, nd 4 the n anne of the star
{ sis called Nv orm wood g l " @
Meny cornm ment ators, like Patrick
Sand LoWt)t rhomas Scott, Matthew
Henry ana SA Albort b arnes, agree in
saying that th,es star w ormwooi, ,nen.
toned iii IssYela latl on, WAS Attila, king
Ssofs The. Huns. lie Swas 50 called bs.,
ss.a,,se sha bril- liant as {. star, and,
N like SwormW0 0od, he imbittered every.
,8 thing he touch he'd. We have studied
II 81 the star of Beth hlehem, and the morn
lug star OF the, Revelation, and the star
ssofs peace, but my present subject calls
Slls to- gaze at tho starof Wormwood, !,
afaa silllaSs Bit9efasss, saa%s @'sh' g '''is0
more ext trao rdinary character his
81 tory does not furnish than this man
thus referred to EAAttila, the king of
IS the Huns. One day q wounded heifsr
S GeesIilo i1ilP1ng along through the
ss ilelds; and q herdsman followed its
;s bloody track on the grass TO see where
sS1 me A llelfer was wounded and went on
NJ back TART her and farther until he came
8sito ,1 q sword fast IN tue eafth, the point
81 gcgc. oc.wlnWard ,Fl as though " mad cropped
S IRON the 9, aGd against, tho
ea ges @ ,i 0Ia thls sword the heiier had been
& c9 me, herdsman pulled up mat
;Ss ,,. SWORD ana presented " 70 Attlia. AZ,
gs tile saia that SWORD must nave droppea
i rom ron 5the heaYcns from the grasp oi
5| Lne gon mars, an us pelng given 20 nlm
meant that ,al Aitlia snonld conquer ana
81 sS}fs gogera lIIels tfle Whole earth;
I, !;VIl9 ytl9r ilnI11g.ty In9n nave peen de'
hteN a. pelng Salled llpefa1ors, or
81 - the \, Mercllul, Or the goou; put Attiia
caliea = ninsei1 u aha aelnanoea that ON.
sIs Gan mn nllil tme Ho gScOutgo ol 0od. ~
III Ing u ,nead OF 1oo,1OO troops mounted @
81 On onsGS;apPadoclapln pl nofses ne swept ev-
sssiy 9sGy Y lhlhg .lll from Inc AdHalc 70 Inc
q DUCK 500. -ae 4pus MS IRON lieel on
itlu ,Al Stregce anu Inrace.
Iie I5sae ~ and lavia anu lag y ua
@ sslgs Snts Verona peg Tor mercyt Whlci le
II iSttlesltO1W sltO1Weu nOg. Ie DyHantlne castles,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03
LAUNDERING SILK VESTS.
Suggestion for Rsnovating Defeats
Handkerchiefs and SILK Parasols.

Suggestion for Rsnovating DelSooAo
Handkerchiefs and silk Parasols.
The very popular blazer suits when
not worn with n regular shirt waist
often have only wash or china silk
fronts as finish, particularly if the
suits themselves are of cotton or linen
quite quickly they need frequent laun-
dering in order to preserve the desired
daintiness of appearance. Too often,
however, they are ruined by careless
washing and ironing, and are useless
thereafter.
A very simple ard pretty front is
made of wash silk, curved out of the
throat lines and hasted on a stiff col
lar, about which ribbon is tied, finish
ing in bow at the back. The silk is
long enough to hang little full at the
waist, n thread is run about two inches
from the bottom, drawing the fullnesc
into the front, and this is tucked under
the band of the skirt and held firmly
in place by the belt Of leather or ribbon.
To launder this all that is necessary is
to rip it off the collar, let out the draw
ing thread, wash it thoroughly in warm
soap suds, rinse in cold water, and while
still very wet pin it, stretched tightly,
on a lapboard or any smooth surface.
When dry it will be .as free from
wrinkles as if ironed and as soft us
new silk. 1t is a great mistake ever to
iron thin silk, as, ii done when damp, it
becomes as crackly as paper, while il
allowed to partly dry first it is almost
impossible to entirely remove the rough
dry appearance unless n very hot iron
is used, in which case there is danger of
scorching. Hot irons are not always
convenient things to obtain when not in
ones own home, and n knowledge Of
how to obtain satisfactory results with
out them is not to be ignored.
Delicate handkerchiefs, if carefully
washed, and while very wet spread on a
mirror or window pane and left there
till perfectly dry, will look as though
beautifully ironed.
Chamois gloves should be washed on
the hands, all the seams pushed intr
their right places, and the gloves partl.
dried with soft towel before beint,
gently removed, stretched as when new,
and left to complete the process in the
fresh air. Before wearing they should
be rubbed slightly to take away the
stiffness, which is characteristic of
chamois after being wet.
A good scheme for freshening the APP
pearance of white silk parasols, or any
silk that will stand water, is to wet
them thoroughly all over, open them
and let them remain so until dry. All
wrinkles are done away with and in
stead of mussy, demonstrating ar
ticle one has an apparently new parasol,
with al! the beauty of its pristine white
ness restored.-Philadelph Inquirer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03
A VALUABLE CAT.
10 VISA Only y Dummy But 1t Was Fuu
Of Gold CoAus.


lnParis. years ago, young girl named
Cosette lived in shabby attic with her
old uncle, rag picker. He gave her
every evidence Of being very poor, and
the two had many hardsh!ps to endure
and often experienced cold and hunger.
Cosette at length went out to service
In the household of tradesman in an
other part of the city. She still le-
tanned 4 warm affection for her old
uncle, and every week would bring him
part Of her wages. The rest she care
fully saved, and, before many years, she
she had sum laid by, though it was
small. She became engaged to be mnr-
ried to IL baker and was very happy.
But while she was planning what
wedding clothes she should buy with The
money she had saved word came that
her uncle, the ragpicker, had died sud
denly, alone in his garnet.
Cosette FASTENED to the place, and
finding there none to care for the body
or give it burial. she had it done at her
own cost, expanding in this way nearly
all of her little hoard.
what she had done, he was furious at
the loss of her dowry and refused to
marry her. Her employer also was dis
pleased and discharged her.
Sadly. Cosette found her way again
to the desolate attic, where she wept
bitter tears. But she soon took heart
again, and determined to seek another
situation.
She took survey of the room to see
If her uncle had left anything of use,
but there was nothing, save a large
stuffed cat, of which they had been very
fond.
Cosette reached up and lifted this
carefully down from its dusty shelf. 1t
seemed very heavy. AS she was NOV
ing it part OF the hide broke away, and
. shower of gold pieces fell to the flonr.
Her uncle had been n miser, and Cor
years had secretly hidden his earnings
in this strange receptacle, where lac
knew they would be safe, as no one
would ever think of treasure being con-
ccaled there.
Cosette could scarcely believe her
POOd fortune. Nnen the Sold was
counted there were Il full thousand lOnis
dor, equal to about $4,000, and this
made her wholly Independent. She
had no longer need of situation. 1t
was no1S long before she married.
not the faithless baker, now, but his
employer. And she found through life
abundant reason to be glad that her de
votion to her old uncle had been SO rich
w rewarded. Boston Herald.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03
WOULD YOU BELIEVE
That You Can Walk s5,253 Miles in One
Hour

That You Can Walk 1928 Miles in One
Hour"
Have you ever thought Of the dis
lance you travel while you are out OF
an hours stroll? Possibly you walk
three miles within the hour, but that
does not by any means represent the
distance you travel. The earth turns
on it's axis every "a hours. For the
sake of round figures we will call the
earth's circumference $4,000 miles, and
so you must have Travelled during the
hours stroll 900 miles in the aXial turn
of the earth.
But this is not all. The earth makes
a journey around the sun every year.
and a long but rapid trip it is. The
distance of our planet from the sun
we will put at 81, 900, 900 miles. This is
the radius of the earth's orbit--half the
diameter of the circle, as we call it.
The whole diameter is therefore 1884,
100000 miles, and the circumference be-
ing the diameter multiplied by 3.1416,
is about 57S,0O0,0O0.
This amazing distance the earth tray
els in it's yearly journey, and dividing
IL by 365 we find the daily speed about
1,5s6,O0o. Then, to get the distance you
rode around the sun during your hours
walk, divide again by "a, and the result
is about $4,000 miles. But this is not
the end of your hours trip. The sun,
with its entire brood of planets, is NOV
Ing in space at the rate of little more
than 43s,0oo miles day, or 1880 miles
an hour.
So, adding your three miles Of leg
travel to the hours axial movement OF
the earth, this to the earth's orbital
Journey, and that, again, to the earth's
excursion with the sun, and you find
you have Travelled, in the hour, S5,253
miles.--Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03

ing from a couple Of marks up to thou
sands, the total in these banks amount
ing to nearly 2OO,OOO,0OO marks Tor
about $50, O00,0OO). The rate of interest
is low, being three per cent. or less,
bat to make up for that these banks
are absolutely safe, no matter in which
of her IS offices the savings have been
paid.
In Berlin there is, besides, less red
tape disccrnible in the management Of
these banks than is noticeable in other
German cities, such as Dresden and
Breslau. To show how popular every
where are these municipal savings
banks, l will cite: Hamburg, with 40
branch Offices in the city and about a
total in deposits of l2o,O00,0O0 marks:
Dresden, with nearly 100000 depositors
Comprising more than one-half of the
total population) and exceeding 6O,O00,-
600 marks, Altoona and Bremen, with de
positors aggregating two-thirds of the
entire population and deposits figuring
up about 20,000,000 apiece; Leipsic,
Magdeburg, Frankfort-on-Main, Han
over. Koenigsburg, Dusseldorf, with a
similar state of affairs. Aue Aachen
(Aix-la-Chapelle) stands relatively fore
most, for the statistics show that the
number of depositors is about equal TO
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03
MUNICIPAL ASYLUM FOR UNEMPLOYED LABoRERs

lin, having in view the facilitation of
ployer and mploye-deserves a spe-
cial word of comment. AS / limited,
this system is still developing and is
by no means uniform one as yet. 1t
is, however, on the way to be so, and
as it finds employment and active aid
from both the central government and
the municipal authorities in hundreds
of German cities, it is bound to work
successfully in the end, its fruits thus
far being, beyond question, highly
beneficial to state, community and
laborer alike. 1t Will carry me too far
to explain the system, so far as the
word may be used, in detail, but will
here say that it is based on an ingeni-
Gus interchange of notices as to local.
ity, number. character and pay Of Ia
Dor needed, this interchange of notices
being carried on between all the cities
and provinces within the pool" SO to
speak, and being furnished free of cost
to both employe and laborer or me-
chanic. Being still in the initiatory
stage it cannot be said that this system
Of supplying labor where needed, of
acting as a gratutious intelligence Of
flee on large scale, is as yet working
with any degree of perfection. But
its results are, even now, of vast bene-
fit. Outside of Berlin it has been most
successfully put in use throughout the
industrial region of Rhenish Prussia
and Westphalia, where there is always
large and diversified shifting popula-
ton. In Berlin, however, the system
has largely decreased the number OF
unemployed all through the year and
will decrease it more as time goes on.
In commenting on this important
branch of public aid to the laboring
classes l must not forget to mention,
with some laudatory remarks, the kind
ly efforts made by one Berlin newspaper
towards the same end. This paper is
the Local-AnZeiger, with a circulation
of about 100000, l believe, and whose
publishers, August Scherl, and editor,
Hugo Won Kupffer, are infusing some
American pluck and enterprise into the
therwise rather sluggish journalistic.
world of Berlin. With single motive
of assisting the laboring classes in their
cndeavor to find remunerative employ
ment, these gentlemen issue every day
the Arbeit's market. list of openings
for every kind of mechanic and artisan
furnished gratis to everybody applying
for it.
All this, however, is not charity, hut
merely intended to aid those able and
willing to work to find places where
they may do SO at fair rate of re-
muneration. Purely charitable, though
only of a temporary character, are the
municipal asylums for the homeless and
unemployed working classes. These in
situations are more numerous and bet
ter patronized, especially in winner aud
during times of large strikes or general
industrial depression, than similar in
situations in New York or Chicago and
other American cities. They are also.
as far as am able to Judge, better con-
Quoted. SOL
WOLF Won sCHIERBRANn.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03
Mice and Rats In japan.

There are small deer on the island
that arouse no poetry or gracious SEN
timents. The mice, those pests Of Jap
anese tea houses, raced through the doll
houses at will by dark, the ornamental
traceriesnnd designs pierced in the pref
ty wood panels above the screens Civ
ing them free range Of every room.
They ran over my face, scratched my
pillow, nibbled my fingers and kept me
awake night after night with their
rustling and gnawing. On the third
night of the mouse carnival l called
the servants and had lights brought.
The landlord heard the sounds and
hustled across the court TO see what
the matter was. 81 think there is a
mouse in this house." I said. ''Oh. GER
tainly, certainly, honorable lady," he
said, bowling low and proudly; Eyes, in
deed; l have many, plenty Of rats at
the Month";" And he could not at all
understand why we should make such a
trouble about so natural a thing and
object to these sure evidences Of album
dant prosperity, these companions OF
Daikokr, the god OF plenty. - Eliza
Ruhamah Scidmore. in Century.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03
FIGS AND THISTLES.
Sayings True and Clever from the Rams
Horn.

Sayings Truo and Clever from the Rams
Horn.
Whoever has a bad habit has a mas
ter,
God loves to look into the heart that
is grateful.
Some men hate the Bible because it is
against short yardstick. ~
The spots we see on others are nearly
always on our own glasses.
Where there is growing there cannot
be much growing in grace.
Job sinned not with his tongue, be-
cause there was no sin in his heart.
Every man who does wrong is help
ing to lead an army of boys astray.
The devils presence in the heart is
often known by what cometh out of the
mouth.
1t is easy to lead Christian life
only when it is made the first business
of life.
There are people who never care for
music except when they play the first
fiddle.
1t is better to lose the good opinions
Of others than to lose good opinion OF
ones self.
If we could see mems hearts as God
sees them it would not be so hard to
love them
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03
A Cream Soup.

Which mas for its foundation good
stock and boiled or scalded milk
is easy to digest, Even simply
thickened milk makes an excellent
spring soup, because it is stimulating
and soothing, without in the least bur-
dening the digestive powers. This prep
aration in France often takes the place
of a soup. 1t should be perfect cream,
just thick enough to coat the spoon
dipped in it. Mix two tablespoonfuls OF
the best pastry flour with pint OF
milk, adding the milk slowly to prevent
humps. Stir in another pint of milk.
Pour the whole into Puritan boiler,
and when the water boils in the outer
kettle stir the thickened milk for ten
minutes. Season it with salt. Some
cooks also ada dessertspoonful OF
sugar. This soup may be made heavier
by adding "liaison" of the yolks OF two
eggs beaten with half cup of milk and
stirred into the thickened milk by de-
grees. DO not let the soup cook any
longer, but add tablespoonful of butt
ter, stir we'll and pour it at once into tho
tureen over a cupful Of little squares Of
toasted bread.-CincinnNti Enquirer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03
DUSTY CARPETS.
How They May BE Cleaned In n Copven-
lent Manner.


To those who know the true inward
ness of things the sight of housemaid
brushing dusty carpet is suggestive. n
medical contemporary says, OF many
evils. The death of Pasteur. has re-
minded the world of what is constantly
present in the minds of medical men,
namely, that, while heterogeneous
are the great producers of disease, dust
is the great carrier Of heterogeneous.
Now that we know these things, now
that we understand that in the quiet
hours of the night the germ-laden dust
settles down upon the floor, it is dis.
tressing to find how little our linowl-
edge is put 10 practical use, and to see
old customs still unchanged, old habits,
which we know to be destructive, car
ried on, and to find the housemaid On
her knees, with her brush and dustpan,
stirring up the dust to the detriment OF
every one, and breathing germ-laden
particles to her own possible destruc-
tion.
1t needs but small amount of COM
mon sense to see that, if the carpets
must continue-a thing greatly to be
deprecated-they should be rubbed
with damp cloth rather than brushed:
and that, if, in Difference to prejudice,
they must be brushed, this should be
done by covered American sweeper,
with plenty of damp tea leaves. OF all
ways of removing dirt from a carpet,
the worst is by the use of the ordinary
short brush, which involves the house
maid kneeling down in the midst of the
dust, which she so needlessly creates,
and drawing it into ker lungs with
every breath. For ordinary household
use something like linoleum-sone-
thing which can be washed with u wet
cloth every morning-would seem to be
the best covering for floors. But, if car
pets must be, and if il is impossible to
teach the present generation the evils
of seeking present comfort at the cx-
pense of future risks, at least let us re-
member that carpets may be washed
even where they lie-that, till the day
Of washing comes, n closed sweeper is
far better than a brush, and that the
worst form Of brush is one with short
handle.-N. Y. Ledger
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03
RELIGIOUS MATTERS.
A SAMPLE CHRISTIAN.

man symmetrical. well balanced. true.
Who loves his fellowmen and loves the
right
who what he promises will surely do,
Nor change his pledges In a day or night;
Not SNOWY. shallow. glittering with mere
gloss,
But steadfast. faithful. metal free from
dross.
Despising not the power Of birth OF scia
He places high above them manhood's
grace,
And values faithfulness a thousa ndfold
More than the gauds OF pedigi ee or place:
His highest measurement OF rank the plan
Which makes the reverept, true and hon
est man.
No wealth may bride hi:n, and no tempt
ing lure
War; his devotion to all nobiest things
Which tend to keep his nature sweet and
pure,
And give to earthly creatures heavenly
His friends the faithful. though they be
While gilded shams get but his honest
scorn.
with what ne has, devoted snd content,
Some useful deed accomplished every
His leisure hours In wise mind-culture
spent,
Too proud to sin but not too proud to
pray;
His eyes in reverence often turned above,
His God not one of creeds but one of love.
He lives upon the heights, In purer air
Than that which vitiates the levels low
Where little trucking tricks spread out
their snare,
Where human weeds and fungi rot or
grow,
Thank God, this soul 10 neither wart nor
wen .... .....
on earth's fair surface. but king OF men.
heed ... a.
Absorb his window, love and live his
crecd--.
For more such souls earth hath abundant
need.
Il. Edgar Jones, in Rams Horn.