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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-08-08

rid of it would have the effect of ruin
ing your health, and even shortening
your life. Against all these he would
place you on your guard. For exam
pie, he is indignant that permission
should be given to German druggists
to sell, without an order, to the first
conner, tablets and potions which
might, perhaps, cure obesity, but
which injure the organism and pro-
duce grave troubles of the nerves and
the blood, for all of them contain some
poison, and it would be much better
to be fat and healthy than a lean val
etudinarian.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-08-08

ANIMAL HUMBUGs.-In military
stables horses are known to have pre-.
tended to be lame, in order to avoid
going to a military exercise. A chin.
panzee had been fed on cake when
sick. After his recovery he often
feigned coughing, in order to procure
dainties. The cuckoo, as is well
known, lays its eggs in another birds
nest and to make the deception surer
it takes away one of the other birds
eggs. Animals are conscious of their
deceit, as shown by the fact that they
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-08-08
DISTRIBUTION OF BIBLEs.-Accor

DISTRIBUTION OF BIBLEs.-Accord-
ing to the 18th annual report of the
American Bible society, which covers
the extended work of that organiza-
ton for the - months ending March
81 last, the total issue of Scriptures by
the society abroad and at home amount
ed to 1,75O,2SS copies. The issue of
the society during the 80 years of its
existence amounts to 81, ,705, 5,S41 copies.
Three millions of volumes have been
circulated in nearly 100 languages and
dialects in all parts of the earth by its
agents in eleven capital cities. Last
year the society employed nearly $40
men in its general work of distribution
in foreign lands.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-08-08
MI The standard dollar

s@r The standard dollar weighs
1925 grains, the Mexican dollar 42O,
being, therefore, heavier than even
our bulky silver coin of the largest
size. The amount of alloy in each
case is about the same, all silver used
for coinage purposes being alloyed to
the extent Of 10 per cent. for the sake
of the additional hardness conferred
by the alloy, which prevents the too
rapid abrasion of the coin by use. The
Mexican dollar is the successor of the
Spanish milled dollar, coined during
the time of Spanish occupation, but
discontinued when the colonies be-
came independent.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-08-08

try to act secretly and noiselessly ;
they show sense of guilt if detected ;
they take precautions in advance to
avoid discovery; in some cases they
manifest regret and repentance. Thus
bees which steal hesitate often before
and after their exploits, as if they
feared punishment. A naturalist de-
scribes his monkey committing theft.
While he pretended to sleep, the ami
NAL regarded him with hesitation, and
stopped everytime his master moved
or seemed on the point of awakening.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-08-08

A WARNING TO FAT PEoPLE.-"Fat
men, do not try to make yourselves
thin" 1t is thus that Professor Eu.
lenbourg of Berlin adjures you in one
of the last numbers of the German
Medical Weekly. 1t is not that he
would have you to persist in your
obesity, but he has discovered that all
the means that you may employ to be
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-08-08

TO BE CONTINUED.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-12-24

it should be most practical and so planned
and impaired as to make the masses as com.
petent as possible for business affairs and
the duties of citizenship. He was great
lover Of justice between man and man. In
serving upwards of thirty years as Justice
of the Peace it is not recalled that higher
court ever reversed one of his decisions.
He served four years as County Supervisor
of Powesheik county and four years IS
County Attorney of Audubon county. As
public officer he was fearless and ineor-
ruptible. During nearly forty years that
he was engaged'in the practice of law he
always urged arbitration and friendly set
Element as the best mode of adjusting diff
ferencss, through an opposite policy would
have made him attorney fees. Hundreds
who have been benefited by his advice
will recall this popularity he had in the
practice of law. He was safe counsellor
and was looked to both in his late home,
and elsewhere where he has resided, as an
advisor whose opinions were honest and
safe. His death removes man who had
the confidence of the people in a degree ell
joyed by few men.
The funeral occurred from the home at
o'clock p. N. on Wednesday and, not
outstanding the bad roads and the fact
that hundreds stayed away knowing that
they could not be accommodated, it was per-
haps the largest ever seen in Viola town
ship. Rev. L. n. Day, of Audubon, Presid
ing Elder of the Evangelical church, assist
ed by Rev. S. Kre!l, of the Audubon circuit,
officiated. The Scripture lesson was the
S0th Psalm and part of the 2lst chapter
of Revelations. A feverent prayer was
offered by Rev. Krell after which Rev. Day
proceeded to preach the funeral sermon
from the text selected by the deceased,
as follows And ! heard a voice from
heaven saying unto me, write, blessed are
the dead that die in the Lord from hence
forth: Yea saith the Spirit that they may
rest from their labor; and their works do
follow them Revelation IA chapter ID
verse; The sermon was splendid tribute
to the memory Of the deceased and an adj
monition to the living.
His devoted wife, his children, his rela-
tives, his friends, his neighbors, all who
knew his sterling worth and the strong
clasp of his friendship will preserve in af-
fectionate and immortal memory the below
ed husband, father, friend, who has enter
ed into rest.-The Weeks Record.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-12-24
HOO CHOLERA LOSSES.

what percentage of hogs have been
lost by chOlera?" This inquiry was
appended to the blanks sent out to the
crop correspondents of the Iowa
Weather and Crop Service, and their
answers are embodied in the final re.
port of the season. The percentages
of loss given have been carefully
tabulated, and the result is sum.
married below.
The average for the state appears to
be 80 per cent, which is believed to be
approximately correct; certainly not
too high. There is marked variability
in the average of the disease, the
range by counties being from l per
cent to u per cent.
The following are the averages by
districts:
Northeast district, counties, loss
I per cent; east central district. IA
per cent southeast district, 10 counties,
loss II per cent. The three eastern
districts, comprising thirty.one coun-
ties, lying eastward of line drawn
from west lines Of Howard and Davis
counties, show an average loss of
only II per cent.
North central district, IA counties,
loss Is per cent; central district, 10
counties, loss 50 per cent; south cell
trail district, ID counties, loss 3O1a per
cent. The three central districts,
comprising forty-twO counties in a
north and south belt, show an average
loss of 40 per cent.
Northwest district, 10 counties, loss
Is per cent; west central district, 9
counties, q per cent loss; southwest
district, counties, loss % per cent
For the western belt, twenty-seven
counties, comprising the Missouri
slope, the average loss has been 22 per
cent.
From this it will be seen that the
disease has caused the greatest loss III
the central belt, about counting wide
across the state from north to south.
The disease appears to be subsiding
probably from lack of fresh material
to prey upon in the affected regions
The epidemic RACES i'll spots and
radiates from centers of infection.
The loss to the state is very heavy
Probably the aggregate will amount
to 100000 hogs, of all ages, but mostly
less than year old. The indirect loss
is also very heavy, on account of the
shipment, and slaughter of vast mum
bers of young animals in various
stages of immaturity.
The aggregate of loss to the state
direct and indirect, canuot fall shor
of SIS, 100000 for this single season.
Weather and Crop Service.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-12-24
NOTICE..

Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Supervisors, of Audubon
county, Iowa, will at their regular
meeting in January 1897, let to the
lowest satisfactory bidder the contract
for building the bridges in said Audi
bon county, during the year 1897.
Plans and specifications on file in
Auditors office, Audubon, Iowa, where
all bids must be filed before 10 o'clock
a. m, January A, 1897.
At the same meeting the board will
contract for the stewardship of the
county poor farm for a term from
March l, 1897, to March |, 1898.
Board will also receive bids for
county physician at this meeting.
Bids for steward of poor farm and
county physician must be filed by the
same time as for bridge work.
Board reserves right to reject any
and all bids.
j. E. MCGUIRE,
52-2 County Auditor.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-12-24
TEACHERS nEETING.

There will be teachers meeting in
Extra on Friday evening and Saturday,
January Is and 16, 1897. Hon. Henry
Sabin, state superintendent of public
instruction, will be there and address
the meeting on Friday evening. We
hope to see all the teachers of the
county at the meeting, also as many
of the friends of education as can
make it convenient to attend. Come
out and hear one of the leading educa-
tors OF the nation. The people of
Extra are preparing TO entertain all
who come. Programs later.
ID. p. REPASS,
County Superintendent.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-12-24

Charles Champ, the ship builder, has
discovered plans for utilizing corn
stalks which he declares will raise the
value of corn land $500 per acre. lie
has perfected processes which will
make corn stalks worth $500 per ton
for use in manufacturing alcohol,
celluiOse, mattings, carpets, smokeless
powder, stock food and number of
other things. Mr. Cramp says that he
is prepared to invest heavily in manu-
featuring plants for the purpose of
making these bi-products of corn, and
the people of the corn growing states
will certainly be willing that he should
do so.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-12-24

The soldiers home trOuble has been
settled by the trustees agreeing to
amend their rules 50 that they shall
not take any part of the pensions of
inmates. In consideration of this
agreement, the cases brought against
the trustees were indefinitely post
poned, but will remain on the docket
of the court and may be called up at
any time if the trustees fail to to carry
out their part of the agreement.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-12-24
Blankets.

Our 49c, good size Cotton Blankets,
now ....... 4212c
Our 81 90, large size Cotton Blankets.
now. Observation-Disclosures. .75c
Our 81. % part wool heavy Blankets,
now. .... 9Uc
Our 81. so part wool heavy Blankets.
now 81 10
Our 81 70. very large heavy Blankets.
now. 80. 81 %
Our $3.50, half-wool fine large Blanket
now. .................Sl 10
Our $500, all-wool Capital City Mills
Blankets. now. .........$2 %
Our $3.50, fine allrwool Capital City
Mills Blankets now. 81. 80
Our 1913, fine Atwood Sheboygan
Falls Blankets, now 50. 70
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-12-24

chief lies. The stomach is overtasked,
The bowels become clogged, they can
not dispose of the food that is given
them. The impurities back up on the
the liver. Then comes the vultures-
the torments of diseased liver. DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is
more than equal to the vultures Of
dyspepsia and its kindred diseases.
There is no more need Of suffering
from dyspepsia than there is of hang
ing ones self. Sold by all medicine
the world over.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-12-24

The old story of Prometheus is a
parable. Prometheus was on terms of
intimacy with the gods. From them
he stole fire, and gave it to men. For
this sin he was bound to the rocks of
Mount Caucasus, and vultures were
set him. They only ate his liver.
This grew again as fast as it was
pecked away. Are his sufferings to
be imagined?
Take a modern Interpretation of the
parable. There is no cooking without
fire. In cooking and eating the mis-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-12-24

The present condition Of the Iowa
treasury is causing considerable COM
ment. The state is now, and has for
some time been compelled to stamp its
warrants instead of paying the cash.
The extra session of the legislature
will be asked to SO fix the taxation
laws that the state will be able to keep
out of this sort of business.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-12-24
FlaI1nels.

Our l5c Atwood, Scarlet Twilled Elan
nels, now ............. ..l0c
Our 20c Atwood, Scarlet Twiiled Elan
Our 25c all wool Scarlet Twilled Flan-
nels, now .......... .l9c
Our Soc all-wool, Scarlet Twilled Elan
nels, now ....-........... 25c
Our Csc all-wool, Fancy Shifting and
Skirting Flannel, now. ...... 1870
Our 35c Atwood Fancy Shifting and
Skirting Flannel. now. ....2sc
Our 45c Atwood Fancy Shifting and
Skirting Flannel, now ........ .35c
Our Csc wool Eiderdown Cloaking,
nOW.,...... ........... Doc
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-12-24
Dress Goods.

English Novelty Dress Flannel, 3G-in
wide, 3212c, now. .2oc
Fine Imported Worsted Novelty, 36-in
65c, now ................. .4'12c
Half Wool Brocaded Dress Goods, 22-in
Our 15c Brocaded Novelties having
sold out with a rush, we put the
1715c ones down to. ..........l 1890
Our 25c Brocaded Novelties now go
at. ............ ....'..'''' l3c yu
Our 1870 Double fold flannel Dress
Goods, now. ................l5 c yd
Our 45c Silk and Wool Novelties,
Our 52-in Ladies' Heavy Sacking. SOC,
now NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .3712c
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-12-24

On Monday the senate committee on
foreign affairs favorably reported the
Cameron resolutions which declare
Cuba to to be free and independent
and that the United States will use it's
friendly offices to bring the Cuban
war to a close.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-12-24
TIE AUDUBON REPUBLICAN.
BY J. e. GRIFFITH.

1t is said that New York state cast
1,546,299 votes of which l22,0SO were
thrown out by the election judges be-
cause the ballots were either blank or
defective.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-12-24
Holiday Rates.

Low rates for round trip on the
Great Rock Island Route, during holt
days. Ask any ticket agent of the c.,
r. l. & Z. R'y for rates and other par
ticlars in reference to these round trip
tickets. JOHN SEBASTIAN, G. A,
Chicago.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-12-24

Our SOC wool Eiderdown Cloaking,
now. ......... ....'..'...''. zZ12S
Our 45c Heavy Satnette Cloaking.
now ............. ....35c
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-12-24
Underwear.

Our 25c Mems Underwear, now -. .I9c
Our 35c Mems Underwear, now. ...25c
A large number of odd Shirts and odd
Drawers. running in price up TO
$l.75 each will be sold below
cost, to clean them all up. No
chance like this will likely occur
again for you.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-12-24
Mems and Boys
Caps.

81 90 Caps for 75c. 75c caps for SOC, SOC
caps for 35c, 25c caps for l9c.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-06-03
In Yurrup

To talk of gold as being a money
good in Yurrup," is to speak absurd
ly. The gold coins of the United States
are not good money in Yurrup.
Across the ocean our yellow metal
goes-not as money, but as commodi-
ty. Before out gold can be good in
Yurrup it must be demonetized,
weighed and treated as so much yell
low metal.
The yellow metal, gold, is good In
Yurrup chiefly because it is the metal
chosen by the Rothschilds as the most
easily controlled basis for the big
debts of the world.
AS a commodity, gold is good in Yur.
rup-but so is wheat, corn, beef, pork,
machinery, and the thousand and one
products of American farms and fac
tories.
Now, why should the men who Gre
ate the products of industry be brought
to distress because the yellow metal
becomes scarce?
Why shouldn't the yellow metal own
ers suffer rather than the toilers?
Let labor, not gold, be uplifted.-
Nevada Director.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-06-03

1t Is gratifying to see so many Amer
lean farmers putting their waste places
or spare pieces of land into rutabagas
and turnips for early fall or long win
ter feeding. They are getting the Eu-
ropean idea ofroot crops. There the tur-
nips and rutabagas are sown broadcast
as are almost all grains, and if not de-
sired as roots, the foliage then is ;:sed
for green food. Just imagine the results
OF twenty-acre oatpatch treated in
this way! Think of the tremendous
amount Of green fodder, magnificent
fodder too, coming into full play dur
ing hot August and September. Why,
a field of rutabagas and turnips, there,
for cattle food is worth almost as much
as the oats gathered therefrom! An
other good plan is to sow rutabaga
seed, especially the variety known as
Salzer's Lacrosse, Wis, Mammoth Rus
sian variety, or his Milk Globe turnip
sort, at the rate of one-half pound per
acre, into the cornfield, just before the
last cultivation. This will give you
two good crops-one of corn, the other
of roots from the same land. One adj
vantage of the rutabaga is that it can
be sown at any time of the summer for
green food, while a sowing the latter
part Of July is the best in northern
states for big, sweet, juicy roots for
winter storage and use.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-06-03

A dispatch from Washington, D. c..
says:
1T is asserted that the books of the
Baltimore & Ohio show that the sum
OF $4,000, 900 has been taken from the
treasury OF the company and spent for
political purposes, and it is proposed
to find out who got this money. To do
this 1t is stated that it will be neces-
sary to investigate the matter of the
construction of the Philadelphia divi-
sion OF the road, the cost of which has
never been made known to the general
stockholders, but which has been vari-
ously estimated from $12 200, 900 to s2O.-
100000, and 1t is predicted that when
the report of the manner in which the
baltimore & Ohio obtained an en-
trance into Philadelphia is made
known some very prominent politicians
OF that city will have reason to wish
that those who are now directing the
aHa1rs of the Baltimore & Ohio had
never reached that position"
This is interesting. The main argyll
ment against government ownership of
railroads is the danger of the railroad
power being used in politics. Yet here
is one railroad under private owner
ship spending millions for political pur-
poses-and there are others. Oh, no,
the railroads have no influence in poll
tics under the present system.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-06-03
A MAN OF NERVE.
Deeds OF Buffalo Citizen Entitle Him
to the Championship.

Deeds of Buffalo Citizen Entitle Him
To the Championship.
A mild-looking man with gold-bowed
spectacles got on car the other morn
Ing. He had a paper in his hand. He
took off his glasses and wiped them,
as all specialized men have to do when
going from cold to a warmer atmos-
phere, and was just taking his paper
out to read, when man who was sit
ting near him reached over and said:
Lend me that newspaper, will you?"
The mild-looking man appeared sur
prised. Evidently he did not know tho
would-be borrower. and was a little
taken aback by his nerve. He was equal
to the occasion. however.
Il was going to read 1t myself" he
said, but az you seem to need to read
newspapers more than I do. I'll lend
1t to you"
The borrower took it without even
saying Thank YOU The specialized
man leaned back with an expression
OF amused disgust.
Say" he said; would you like to
have that paper sent to you regularly?
II you would. I'll step into the Office
and pay for years subscription for
you"
Why. You are very kind" said the
other. I usually borrow it. but I would
not object to having it given to me-"
L thought not" said the specialized
man. by the way, have you any tickets
for the theater tonight?"
NO" was the reply. 'T seldom go
to theaters."
Il was sure of it, I'll step in and
buy couple Of orchestra seats for you
If yon like"
why. Pm sure"
"Oh. cont mention it. And while
think Of it. can't I order couple of
tons Of coal for you?"
I'm about out"
Exactly. Your grocery bill is I'M
paid, too. isn't it? I'll go around and
settle 1t for you tonight"
Il really don't understand, sir"
No, Of course you don't. But won't
you accompany me to the tailor's and
let me buy YOU new suit of clothes?"
By this time the sponger began to
see the drift of the conversation
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-06-03


Didn't the Atlanta Constitution
threaten to kick out. if they didn't coin
the seigniorage?
Didn't it swear they would hurt
somebody, If the Sherman Law were
Internationally repealed?
Didn't it pledge itself to tear the
roof on, ii Cleveland issued bonds?
Didn't it hold Turner and Voorhees,
and Black and Lawson up to public
scorn and hatred, calling them ''cuck-
oos," and pouring out the jugs and
demi-johns of editorial wrath upon
them?
And didn't the same Atlanta Consti-
tuition rack right up and support all
these "cuckoos" for Office again?
And didn't it give in its campaign
allegiance to the Democratic patriots
who had refused to coin the seignior-
age, refused to coin any more silver.
and who had sanctioned the bond is
suing, gold-payment policy of Grover
Cleveland?
Yet. listen at its howls,-this same
Atlanta Constitution. 1t raves for
- SS-5AA'Oi oo IL IL udu ucNcE uOIUGu
to Crive nails into the coffin thereof
1t means over the dead body of bimetal-
ism as if it had never stuck knife to
its vitals.
Out upon such hypocrisy!
Every speech and every editorial Of
the old party leaders in favor of free
silver simply means this: Don't quit
US. don't go to the Populists'
That's all. There isn't a Republic
can leader living who believes for one
moment that the Republican party will
ever take the back track on the policy
OF contraction. No intelligent Demo-
crat believes that his party will ever
re-enact free-coinage law. The gist
OF the whole matter is that political
necessity requires that they should
raise a clamor for silver to keep the
voters in heart.
A sham fight must be had to keep the
plain people from starting real battle
for the policy Of their fathers.
TO reach any other conclusion than
this, you have got to forget the record
or the last four years-a record black
as hell with confidence betrayed and
trust violated, with vows falsified and
treacheries perpetrated, with campaign
vlllainies and legislative crimes.
T. E. w.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-06-03
Government. Ownership.

Here is a little illustration of the
effects of government ownership that
is so near home that it's practical work
ing can be appreciated and the truth
fulness of the statement cannot be de-
MED. 1t is the annual report of the
superintendent of the Dallas city water
works, which is as follows:
Receipts = Collections from
consumers ................$6 6. 1929 80
From fire hydrant rental and
water Observation-Disclosures. 1880 90
Total income. .............$S8,S4 $40 SO
Expenditures
Ope ating ex-
penses ......- .$21 1868 Is :
Interest on bonds 81, 900 90
Sinking fund. 49,. 1920 00-$69, 5S3 Is
Net income. SIS, 266 "a
Southern Mercury.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-06-03
slave. That Hunt Work.

Wage slaves hunt for work-chattel
slaves never had to. When a wage
slave gets out of job, he is liable to
starve to death-when that happened
10 chattel slave. he Toasted.
Chattel slaves never showed up
at soup houses nor in poor houses
with wage slaves it is different. Wage
slaves delude themselves with the no.
ton that they are free-chattel slaves
never made that mistake.-Kansan.
Pittsburg, Kan.