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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-06
BEN-NETTSVILLE, S..
worthy CT membership"

| Mr.. Cochran was interrupted with
loud cheers from his Democratic col,
leagues. He continued: This will
take q wider range than our personal
| virtues. l shall ask for committee
to investigate this charge, and shall
ask for power to send for persons and
papers,"
THE REPUBLICANS SCORED.
Mr.. Cochran then read his resolution
rec!ting that Dalzell had charged that
Cochran had been paid money to po-
litical party for support o. Il candidate
for the presidency; that if the charge
was true it established such conduct
as should unfit any man for member
ship in the house and providing for
committee OF five members appointed
by the speaker with power to compel
attendance Of witnesSe for the in
vestigation OF such charge" Loud
Democratic applause followed Mr..
Cockran's reading OF the resolution.
He then resumed and said that wien
that resolution was adopted In all It's
terms something more important than
his conduct or the action OF the MEM
Der from Pennsylvania would be made
clear.
We will see, he said, Just how
the election in 1896 was conducted,
and we will see whether in fact the
presidency was bought or purchased,
or whether it was won in honorable
political conflict or whether it repre-
sented as the gentleman from Penn
sylvania would have us believe, the
skill in corruption which was pos
sessed by the managers of the Re-
publican organization" If it be true,
he said, that that campaign result
ed in such use OF money as had been
described, there was but one possible
safety for the republic
The gentleman from Pennsylvania,
MIR. Cochran said had asked him whom
it was we would choose for our STAN
dard bearer. / said there was a man
out in Missouri whom we might choose
to nominate as our standard bearer,
because the main Issue Of this cam
paign Will not be how we are to col
lect revenue" but he said amid Wild
Democratic cheers, how we are to
keep the thieves from stealing it's pro-
ceeds."
Mr.. Cochran denied having referred
to the United States as an interna-
tiOnal hoodlum."
The Democrats went wild as Mr..
Cochran sat down and the speaker
found difficulty in resorting order.
Mr. Cochran then asked immediate
action on bis resolution as a matter OF
privilege, as did also Mr.. Williams,
but Mr.. GrOSvenOr objected, the
speaker refused to rule on the point
of order and the house adjourned until
eleven o'clock tomorrow.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-06

A mere accident w dnesday aver
ed the poisoning ofto0 students
the military schoolaat Sofia. Th
cook and one officer of the inSttutio,
on entering the kitchen on the schot,
caught a young student Of the Soa
university in the act OF puttinga
package Of cyanide Of potassium irO
the food being prepared. The 81
dent was arrested, and later suicied
in his cell. IL has been learned tat
the student was Il member ofan
anarchist society, which had appnt-
ed him to use lis means Of ding
away with all She students inthe
military schools
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-06
Judge simonton,s Successor.

The president Wednesday sent to
the senate the name Of Judge Jetcr Q.
Pritchard, of the supreme court OF
the district of Columbia, as judge of
the fourth circuit, to ill the vacancy
caused by the death OF Judge Charles
II. Simonton. Judge Pritchard was Il
Republican senator from North Caro-
lima until appointed on the bench Of
the district court.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-06
What Strikes Cost,

In the last twenty years, according
to the figures of the labor bureau at
Washington, there have been more
than $4,000 strikes, involving a loss TO
employees and employers of over $780,
100000. The loss to the workmen
themselves has been more than twice
that Of their employers.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-06

An Official OF the New York health
dcpartmentreportS an alarming spread
of measles, many cases proving fatal
being followed by pneumonia. The
weekly report shows for Greater New
York 1880 cases Of measles with 81
deaths are due directly thereto and
1875 deaths Of pneumonia.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-06
Took Poison.

George Lee Warren and Frank
Warren were sentenced at Yorkville
on Tuesday to ten and five years re.
spectively for shooting Into Il train
last January and wounding Conductor
Ross. George died the first night he
was on the chaingang and Frank
came neary dying. 1t is suspected
they took poison.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-06
Two Fircm.nIllllcd.

At New York two fireman were
killed and one mortally wounded by
the collapse OF q wall at fire in John
Stanlcy's soap factory on West
Thirtieth street Wednesday morning.
The men in the ruins are John Cream
and Thos. Madgan. Two companies
OF tiremen on the adjoining roof had u
narrow escape from death from an
other falling wall. Men by working
finally got TO the buried men. The
loss is $I20,OO0.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-06
Big Potatoes,

Five hundred Greeley potatoes,
which will weigh one ton, viii be one
of the Colorado exhibits at the Worlds
Fair. Another fine collection Of tub
ers, four of which, placed longthwise,
cover a space the length of yard.
stick will be sent from the Centen.
nial State to st. Louis.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-06
sIaughtc uby The Trolley.

Forty deaf month from the
operation Of siueet railway lin and
or railroads er r,ring a city is aeavy
toll upon huDa.l life. Virtual 500
persons a yc find death unir the
wheels in Cl ago. Such an ggre-
gate killed in day would stale the
world, even ' 'e the other, ) days
to be immunoe This sacrilicef life,
year in and ", ,.r out should bsppall-
ing. But 1t s les on seeminglas one
of the inevita lie consequenceof life
in a great city,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-06
The Cuba Wuy.

In Cuba, two hours before paper
is distributed, copy must bc sent,
With the editors name, to the govern
mentand one to the censor. When the
paper is returned with the censor's en-
dorsement the paper may go to tile
nuhlio
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-06
Fifty Burned.

The cave-in Of a coal mine at Toe.
na, Seville, Thursday buried many
miners. Fifty bodies have been re-
covered. The of the miners were res
'pred, but all of them are badly in
lired,
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-11-03
A Mooted Question.

The tortolse's face had sneer uncon-
Wnsn They spoke Of the lion az king of
the heId, :
And his boron c'cr swcIle1 with q pur-
DOHc remote
Some day to tread hard on the tan Of
80 meeting his kingship ono day in the
Ana monstrously mighty his Iionship
showed
lie started 10 cusslng, and gave no cx-
10 tho lion for all Of his sudden abuse.
Tho king of the field. with look of
surprise,
Heard he yoIlcy Of "scoundrel! assas-
sin cur! IiesH
F,r hc'd ne'er read, In fact, Of the beast
Excepting along with the somnolent
hare!
But that booted not' with terrible
lie started to drink up tho tortoiscs
gore,
But tho hitter drcw simply his head In
tho shell,
Ana cuescd In manner shuddcr TO
teIi
"Como outr' roared the lion; come out
Of that fort,
You coward you curt and ri eat you
for BpOtH'
Eat nwHyW said the tortoise; that
rhclIs part o. me,
Just tho same az the part you don't
happen 10 zee!
"And II you can whip II. go on with
tho prank!
In the meantime 1 say you're "A blankcty
blankr
The lion looked round at the beasts
who had come
At the noise but they all were discreet
aud quite glun;
In fact, not n one had dared Singer FOR
lack
or the tortolse's armor plate over the
bnCkl
And 80. with n roaring that filed them
with fright,
he lion decHmped and was soon out oi
sightl
Now this question only Is talked in tho
wood:
Dld the tortoise act as gentleman
should2
New orleans Times Democrat.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-11-03

there was a great commotion among
the workmen who tented on the south
bank OF the river. One Of their num-
Der had been found dead in his bian-
ket, and the doctor who acted as
coroner hinted that there had been
foul play, although he finally brought
in verdict Of death from heart fail
ure.
Keister seemed greatly affected by
the unhappy affair, and did not put in
his appearance at the bridge after
dinner.
Three mornings later another man
was found dead, and on the following
morning still another Upon the face
OF each victim was a look OF Wild
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-11-03

bed. Coiled up beside him, and look
ing at me with venomous eyes, was
big rattlesnake Then I heard the
howls of the approaching mob and
sprang to the door.
"Keister Keister. To hell with
keister!" they shouted, and would
have borne me down and tramplec
me underfoot had I not drawn my re-
volver and leveled IL at the head OF
the leader, brother Of keister's last
victim.
Raising my disengaged hand for
silence, said so that all could hear
me:
"Keister Is dead upon his bed; he
has been bitten by rattler."
Never shall / forget the look OF
superstitious awe which, in the hush
that followed, came over the faces OF
these men. a moment before and
they had been distorted, with passion;
now they resembled the faces Of over
grown children who had listened to a
ghost story. Soon they slipped quietly
away by twos and threes, until only
the doctor and myself were left with
the dead.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-11-03
TO MEASURE STAR DISTANCE.
eessel Solves Problem by Finding
Quantity Of ParaIIsctjc Chance,

What is the length Of this room?
Anyone can make this simple meas
urement with a two-foot rule. How
far Is 1t from this house to the end
Of the street? This question also can
be answered easily with a surveyors
tape-measure. But how many people
ever think of the possibility Of meas
uring the distance Of an inaccessible
object? To discover how far away a
thing Is, when we cannot reach it in
order to measure the distance-this is
a problem of a very different kind.
And when the distant goal Of those
luminous stars from which we are
sundered by the profound depths of
space; when that object is not only
supremely inaccessible, but also re-
mote to q degree nearly as infinite as
the human mind can grasp-in such
a case the problem Of distance is not
merely one Of attractive difficulty; 1t
is one that stirs the imagination
strongly.
Bessel was the first to- solve this
observational problem. His method
was simple enough. We have seer
that the actual quantity Of parallactic
change in stars position diminishes
with the stars distance. Consequent
ly we have but to measure the
amount OF this change in order to
have at once an estimate Of the stars
| distance.
So Bessel selected his star on ac-
count of its large motion as indicated
by the older star catalogues. His
method of observation, like every
method destined for conspicuous suc-
cess, was perfectly simple. Two small
auxiliary stars were selected near the
one under observation for pcrallax.
Every observing night Bessel meas
ured the exact distance on the face
of the sky between each small star
and the parallax star.
He judged quite correctly that these
two insignificant objects must really
be almost infinitely far from us. II
such was the case, they must be per-
fectly free from any appreciable paral-
Tactic shift, even according to the
Copernican theory. If, on the other
hand, the suspecter star really is near
us, 1t must suffer parallactic changes.
and these must make it appear to
swing back and forth during the year
between the two auxiliary stars
Harper's Weekly.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-11-03
Reindeer Thrive in Alaska.

DR., Jackson's experiment in accli-
matiz!ng the Siberian reindeer in
Alaska, at first thought failure, is
proving great success. The animals
have taken to the Alaskan moss, Of
which there is an inexhaustible sup
ply, and are multiplying fast. They
are useful as pack or sledge animals
and yield a rich milk.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-11-03
Observation-Disclosures
I TERRIBLE FATE OF {
: PAUL KEISTER
s.S~1N~ss--sS1Ness H-es~~oN~sl:S

| was working on the Canadian Pa.
rinc railway when | first met Paul
Itos,cr. We were fellow engineers
engaged I'm the construction of the
big bridge at South Bend, and board
ed at the same house.
Perhaps II was the loneliness OF the
prairie that made me open my heart
10 Koistor; but when | look back upon
u after lapse of years | realize that
,hero was a fascination about the man
for which | can oiror no satisfactory
explanation. Sometimes, when away
from him, he seemed almost repulslve
10 me; but his presence always
brought with II the old irresistible
charm.
As Keistcr and were the only
boarders at the little farmhouse, 1t
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-11-03


eyed terror that was horrible to see.
BY this time the excitement among
the workmen was at white neat, and
terrified navvies began to pack their
bundles and disappear by scores.
Then an extraordinary thing hap
pened. The last victim came to life
as they were burying him. He was
wrapped in piece OF an old tent,
and when a fellow workman threw
the first shoveful of dirt into the shall
low grave the canvas began to r,ove,
causing the shoveler to fall backward
over heap of sods into the dead
prairie grass
When the supposed dead man had
been removed from the grave and
the coarse winding sheet removed, he
lay very quiet for moment, gazing
at the sky.
Suddenly he sat up, and looking
about him in terror cried out: "keis-
| ter! A snake! Oh! OH"
When finally the poor fellow be-
came calm enough to tell his story,
| il was this: In the night he had
riblo nightmare to find Keister, with
a large rattlesnake coiled about the
arm. gazing steadily into his eyes. He
could see his face distinctly In the
bright moonlight and IL paralyzed him
| with fear. After that he could re-
| member nothing definite, az his ter.
ror was supplanted by drowsy feel
ing, against which he struggled des
perately, but in vain.
BY o'clock the man from the
grave was walking about among his
fellow workmcn, telling his story
again and again, each time making II
| more startling than before. The
men began to whisper together, with
here and there an oath thrown in that
presaged trouble for somebody.
Presently one of the masons. q
sharp.faccd little fellow from Maine
with restless, fcrrot-like eyes, threw
down his trowol, and mounting a lime
cask, shouted In his shrillest tone
"Keistcr! Where Is he? Let's strctci
him!"
Knowing that Kcister was in hi.
room and that Il would not be Ions
before these men would be searching
for him, l fastened 10 our lodgings
feeling assured that II they found hin
he wan IA doomed man.
The door OF his room was locked
and when ho did not answer to my
knock, broke II open, AZ I stepped
In an ominous rattle made mo star
bnck. When my eyes became accus
toned tn tho twilight Of tho plac,
I saw Kcster's lifeless form upon tho
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-11-03
lndlqnant Quite Often,

Nell-Yes, he actually had the i'm.
pudence to kiss me-"
Belle--The idea! or course you
were indignant?
Nell--Oh. yes, every time.-Phils.
delphia Ledger.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-11-03

Cross.lessed and gazing intently.
as he used To squat upon the veranda
soon became n habit with us to sit
upon the yeranda overlooking the
river for while after supper To
smoke and chat. l can see him yet
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-02-10

INSURE YOUR PROPERTY against cyclone, /,
i and tornadoes In tho old reiiablc fhoeui,
tnsuranca Co.. BRONSON b CARP ppnt,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-02-10
How to Educate the Boy.

Not few fathers hurt their sons
and damage the careers of those
sons by picking out careers for them.
Train up the boy in the way he
should go, and then let him choose
his own work. In the choice of a
vocation, as in the choice of a wife,
every young man should be left
alone If he is not worthy of being
left alone the parent has grievously
injured thesboy in the preceding de-
cades Of his slife. These interpreta-
tions ,aeah- tfiar w>i'A Vs. educate
my boy under private tutor. l
would educate my boy with boys,
not entirely by boys.
Boys do, hoWesfAsr fs. educate boys; but
a boy who is trained alone is liable
to fall in adjusting himself
to his membership in human
ity. He is to become brother of
the common lot. He therefore should
learn early how to adjust himself to
his fellows. Neither would | edu-
cate my son abroad; he is an Ameri-
can boy. | should be glad to have
him get all that is best from the
private school in Lausanne or Gen
eva, but not for one instant would I
have his ideals formed by the French
master or his methods by the Ger
man. A primary note in his char
acter should be the American, al
though note more fundamental is
the human Heis, asa human boy, to
to be trained up for service in this
great, interesting, new life Of our
New World.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-02-10
An Effective Trust-Buster

We should think that the sugar, the
tobacco, the meat, the coal and other
trusts too numerous to mention,
would have decidedly uncomfort-
able feeling in the region of their
necks since the candy trust had to
throw up its hands in the court of
special sessions down in New York
last Friday. This combination of
jobbers, formed for the express pur-
pose of p, tting small dealers out of
business who didnot deal with them,
was indicted several months ago on
the charge of conspiracy. The trial
has been dragging along from week
toweek, but the conspirators, reckon
ing that they were in an indefensible
position, pleaded guilty after agree
ing to abandon their organization
if the court would suspend sentence.
Let us have a brush with the meat
trust and the tobacco trust and see
if there is not a way to put stop to
their exaction.-Rochester, N. Y,
Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-02-10
Manchester, Iowa.
Capital and Surplus 100000.
OFEIcERS-
DIRECTORS.

Deposit Boxes for rent, for the storage of
valuable papers etc., all guarded by time locks.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-02-10
Microbes In A Kiss.

YOU'RE good little wife and l
don't know what would do without
YOU he said. And as he spoke he
put his arms around her and kissed
her, and she forgot all her cares in
that moment. And, when he had
gone she sang as she washed the
dishes, and sang as she made the
beds. The song was heard next
door and a woman there caught the
refrain and sang also. and two
homes were happier because he had
told her that sweet, old story-the
story Of a love ola husband for a
wife.
AS she sang, the butcher boy, who
called for an order, heard it and
went away whistling. And the
world heard the whistle and it made
others whistle.
And because she sang, her heart
was mellow, and as she opened the
back door the cool breeze kissed
her cheeks and she thought Of poor
old women she knew, and little
basket Of delicacies went over to
that poverty stricken home.
So, because he kissed her, the
song came, and the influence went
out and out.-Marshalltown Reflect
or.
And yet they say there are mic
robes in kiss.-Eagle Grove Times
Gazette.
Which is undoubtedly true, since
the learned scientists tell us so, but
then there are microbes and mic
robes. And the germs which breed
holy love between man and wom-
Ell are about the only kind not being
combatted by the present century
physician. He knows there is no
remedy for the disease, once it is
firmly implanted, and he usually
contents himself with diagnosis
of the case, a shake Of the head and
a confession that he can do nothing.
There can be no question that the
disease isinfectious, even contagious,
as the above case indicates, yet the
little world about the woman who
sang because her husband kissed
her was the better for it.
There are microbes ina kiss, un-
dot,btedly, but if there were ten
thousand deadly germs for each, the
practice would not grow less, but
would be rendered all the sweeter
by the dangerous element connected
with the process. Waterloo Courier.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-02-10

Senator Proctor of Vermont likes
to tell OF an experience he had some
time ago while making tour of the
west. He was accompanied by Mrs
Proctor and some fifteen or twenty
other men and women. The party
made stop at Salt Lake City and
the senator and his wife went for a
walk about the place, half dozen
ladies following them. That morn
ing large party of tourists from
the east had arrived there and some
OF them caught sight Of Mr.. Proctor
and his friends. Said one of the
tourists in a stage whisper: "There
an old mormon out for walk with
his wives. wonder if he has any
more"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-02-10

Private personal checking accounts received
from ladies'.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-02-10

parts of Europe. 80
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-02-10

The late Admiral Sir Harry Kep-
pei said short time before his
death: 81 am well over 80 years of
age and | have enjoyed every hour
OF my life. | am well content to go"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-02-10

stronger, and illiteracy decrease.
We will lay the foundation for many
a beautiful structure if we will but
lend a helping hand. A higher and
truer citizenship may be created
and that enemy of all civil authority
-ignorance-will be laid low.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-02-10
Jog On.

1t ain't no use keep growlln
An scowlin
Le 'er rain an snow,
Am tom an blow,
San gwine'r shine tomorrow
Keep Il Stiff uppah lip,
Ar'-watch f0' yo' ship
Sun gwiner shine tomorrow.
1t amt no use keep a-sghin
An cryin!
Sky gets gay
sun gwine'r shine tomorrow
When 'er clouds erwly,
iol' yo' head up high,
fo' ken ef yo' try
Sun gwlne'r shine tomorrow
1t aint no use keep moanin'
An grOanin',
ShadOwsll go
yo' just say So
Sun gwine'r shine tomorrow
De dark rum away
AT de brake obdayl
Sun gwne'r shine tomorrow
1t ain't no use keep ptnin.
An whining;
JUS whistle tune.
he mawnln' soon!
Sun gwiner,shine tomorrow
Den It's jog erlOng
Sing happy song.
Sun gwine'r shine tomorrow.
Anon.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-02-10

The banking business of the public is respect.
fully solicited, and we assure all our customers
every accommodation consistent with good bus.
ness methods.
Rock Island Argus., 1904-11-05

Paris
acts
ers.w :
a and a o a
mchin track
ike and
lower section Of the incline
machine
Al its descent