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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-12-01
RINES BROTHERS.

BY HIS CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARIES,
JOHN C. NICoLAY AND COL. JOHN HAY,
With portraits, fac-similies of surveys made
by Lincoln, views of his early home, ETC.,
and life-siZe engraving of the cast of the
Presidents right hand, made by the sculptor
Volk in 1860 The present installment of the
history is devoted to
LINCOLN as SOLDIER. SURVEYOR
AND POLITICIAN.
In it the remarkable characteristics that
commanded popularity and won Lincoln the
esteem of personal rivals and political foes,
are brought out in the aneedotal accounts of
MS business partnerships, reading habits
personal strength, and skill as wrestler
1t also describes the Black Hawk war: Lin
com hrst ana only defeat In a popular can
yass, and his subsequent election to the Leg
islature, where he met Stephen A. Douglass /;
"Bedlam Legislation, THE land craze of
Chicago; the Lincoln-Stone protest, and the
public feeling on the Slavery question, shown
by the murder Of L0vejOy.
FRANK II. sTOCKTON's NOVEL,
''The Hundredth Man." begun in the No
yember number, will run through the year
In the December chapters the boycott Is eff
fectlyely introduced.
OTHER FEATURES
of the December CENTURY include notable
literary and illustrated material concerning
Henry Clay; the first article of the striking
series on ''The Food Question:; the second
part of DIR. Martins "Old Chelsea; some
Contemporary French Sculptors," with fine
Illustrations ia unique paper called "a Little
Millerite, with curious pictures; ''Songs of
Christmas two war narratives on Gettys-
burg, by Generals IL. j. Hunt and 4. NJ.
Law; two short stories; ETC., etc.
DURING THE YEAR
just beginning, THE CENTURY will present,
In addition to the serials indicated above,
novelties by George w. Cable illustrated
papers on English Cathedrals"; stories by
leading American Writer'S; DR.. Eggleston's
articles on 1.-THE Colonies; War papers by
distinguished generals; articles on spirit
nialism, "Clairvoyance," etc.; papers on
Bible History" ETC., etc
:, IHE CENTURY will continue to present
the best illustrations by the leading artists
ana engravers. Sold by all dealers. Price
80 cents. Subscription, $500 per year.
., EUery american 1ctH loGnt to read THE
n. Y. dee1 II
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-12-01
Hoods SarsapariIIa

Is the best blood purifier before the public. 1t
eradicates every impurity, and cures Scrofula,
Salt Rheum, Boils, Pimples, all Humors, Dyspep-
STA, Billiousness, Sick Headache, Indigestion,
General Debility, Catarrh, Rheumatism, Kidney
and Liver complaints, overcOmes that tired feel
Ing, creates an appetite and builds UP the sYstem
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-12-01
Where's my Christmas numbery'

This is little Tanabe Gengero. who lives in
Japan, and he is only one of the thousands of
children in all parts of the world to whom
ST. NICHOLAS goes every month, -children
in Siam, and Ceylon, and Zanzibar, in Russia,
and Iceland, and Queensland 1t takes six
copies to supply the household Of the Prince
OF Wales, and the children of the Empress of
Austria and the Queen of Italy are said to
have been brought up on ST. NICHOLAS.
Are there any boys and girls in America who
do not see it? The Christmas issue is great
number and it costs only % cents. Dealers
year. Is there any better Christmas pres
ent for a boy or girl?
dec1 d1f
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-05-20
PICTURESQUE Canada,

An opportunity such as is rarely afforded,
to visit the remarkably picturesque but little
known regions Of the Canadian Dominion,
as well as her chief cities, and above all Mag
ra Falls and the st. Lawrence river, is now
offered to the public by the Michigan Central
on the occasion of the annual session OF the
Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias, at Toron-
to on the thirteenth Of July next. Two routes
are offered One direct via Michigan Central
TO st. Thomas and thence via Canadian Pa
cifc to Toronto. The othervi Michigan Cen
trail to Niagara, stopping at Falls View where
the finest view Of the Falls is to be had,
and crossing the lake to Toronto by steamer
The fare from Chicago to Toronto and
return is but 5000. Arrangements have also
been made for the sale OF ROUND
trip tickets to American visitors, from
Toronto to Montreal and return. All rail-, via
Canadian Pacific, with privilege of stopping
over at Ottawa, the Capital of the Dominion
$500, or going one way by steamer and an
| other by rail, 5000, while the rate to Quebec
and return with similar privileges Is but two
dollars more Any detailed information reia
tive to routes, rates, accommodations or TICK
cts can be had upon application to o. w. Ruo
Giles, General Passenger and Ticket Agent o
the Michigan Central, Chicago.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-05-20
Strikes and LOCk.OutS.

From the Chicago Tribune
The organization of employees for self pro-
lection still continues. Within the last month,
an a edition to the association formed by the
New York steam and gas material companies
and the wooden and cotton mills OF New Eng
land, an organization Of brass-ftting manu-
facturers, embracing the heaviest companies
in New York, Bridgeport, Conn, Dubuque,
New Haven, Haydenville, Mass, Milwaukee,
st. Louis, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Chica-
go, has been made, and it is already engaged
in graphing with a strike ordered against
one of the companies in the new league In a
most unjust manner. The company in que s.
ton has placed the natter in the hands OF an
executive committee, and they will settle the
strike upon Just and reasonable terms, if they
have to close every brass foundry in the Unit
ed states and adopt the English lockout sys-
TEN to accomplish it.
The new organizations which are confront
! ing the Knights of Labor are based upon
system of joint insurance against loss from
disturbances by strikes. Where any company
| is compelled to close, owing to the Unjust and
unreasonable demands of its employees, the
other companies In the orfanlzation will con =
tribute pro rata towards its support while clo-
sed, exactly as the various assemblies OF
Knights of Labor contribute to the support OF
an individual assembly while on strike
If the emergency warrants it they will go still
further and close up their concerns and see
who can stand it the longest. There is no
other course thvt can be pursued. The work
ingmen, however, ought not to be surprised.
Organized assault always arouscs organized
opposition. The Knights of Labor are re
sponsible for the appearance on the field o.
the Knights of Capital.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-05-20
They Found The Will.

In the year 1903 there died at Bath a lady
who had amassed considerable money. On
the inside of her FELLOWSHIP was pinned note
which ran thus: 81 have made will; II you
would be rich find it." There was something
charming in this idea. The old lady must
have been of humorous turn OF mind. No
doubt she often pictured to herself her young
and aged relstions, male and female alike, in
pursuit Of this phantom fortune. Carpets
would be ripped up, the contents of the cush-
ions and beds scattered about the floor the
wall paper torn down, the garden dug up, and,
in fact, everything torn topsyturvy. The sto-
nv goes that the search went on night and
day for week, each party being anxious, nat
urally enough, to find the will, when just as
the search was about to be given up in disgust
the document was found tightly sewn inside
the skin of tie ladies wig Then the family
gathered together to hear it read. 1t consist
of one clause, and that was to the effect THAT
the finder of this will, in consideration of his
labor and good luck in finding it, shall have
the sum of penny day for his natural life,
the rest of my property to charities named
below" Here the story ends Nothing Is
said about the feelings of the will seekers,
which is disappointing, for there is as grand
scope here for the pen of the novelist as
there is for the brush of the painter.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-05-20
Sunfower Culture.

The cultivation of the suntlower, says
Rural World, is now attracting the at
tention of many agriculturists, although
no concerted action has yet been had in
the matter. 1t is of easy cultivation,
growing freely in all soils, and is not
very sensitive to climatic conditions.
OF course the better the soil the better
the product 1t is, however, very en-
haustive crop, taking from the soil
copious supply of potash, and there
fore should not follow itself in rotation,
unless this ingredient is very fully re-
newed. In some of the river bottoms
and rich moist lands of the west va
rietv grows wild, and its seed are used
by the Indians as food, but the variety
most in cultivation is the mammoth
Russian" which. in good soil, grows to
an immense size, twenty-four to thirty
inches in diameter, and yields large
quantity of excellent seed. In some
places, where wood is scarce, it is grown
| for fuel, the stalks making a very hot,
though brief fire. In Others it is cult
waited only to utilize its seed for feeding
stock, as it forms a good winter food
for both fowls and horses, giving to the
feathers of the one and the hairs of the
other bright glossy appearance. and
making them lively and spirited, by
feeding half pint night and morning
1t is said to give horses greater pow
err of endurance when mixed with theil
rations. 1t is also grown in some 10
calities as n preventive of malarial dis
eases, its great absorption of nourish
ment from the air, being supposed t.
prevent the spread of miasma. In stu
other places it is grown as a substitute
for bean poles, the leaves being shippe'
off and the stalks still attached to tn
roots make good support for the vines
But its chief value lies in the clear pa
atable oil which can be obtained fror
the seed, and which is equal as dryin
oil to linseed, and superior to that fo
MANY uses. There are no mills eXclt
sively devoted to its manufacture
this country, but both the linseed an
the cotton-seed-oil mills express it occ'
sionally and are frequent buyers. 1t
not cultivated to any great extent
this country as n marketable crop, Oh
is extensively grown in Russia, whel
it is said to average fifty bushels OF SEE
to the acre, and one bushel of seed
weld about one gallon of oil. With Il
improved methods devised by the &C
/! ton seed crushers in this country, 1t
quite likely this yield could be increase
! and the rich. moist lands OF the we
would prolably largely increase t
I rroduct per acre. There is no esta
: lished price for the seed in our ieadil
II markets, but buyers at the mills repc
: that they pay 81 per bushel.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-05-20
Women as Telegraphers.

From the New York World
There evidently is one kind Of business for
which women seem to be well fitted, judging
from the number engaged in II, and that IS
telegraphy. Strolling about the city and drop
ping into almost any telegraph Office from
Harlem to the battery there may be seen the
female operator and, as a general thing, she
will be seen to be young and pretty and wide
awake TO her business. She Will sometimes
have about her number OF subordinates OF
the opposite sex In the form Of callow youths
and messenger boys, over whom she queens 1t
with right royal viii and an air OF authority
that is charming to behold. Generally these
young women ars very pleasant and obliglng;
only occasionly will one come ecross terror,
whose very look will freeze him to the mar
row. However, they all seem to give salts
faction to their employers and to attend well
to their work. and appear to be rapidly mon
opolizing the telegraphlc business Far out
on the western plains, wherever there Is road
station, almost invariably the traveller sees
pretty lace or muslin curtain at the win dow,
birdcage hanging up aloft, and some flower
ing plants on the narrow sill, or vine trained
up over the red door (these stations all along
the line Of the road are painted dull, dark
red), and other signs of the femenine presence,
and II he looks out as the train stops he Will
be nearly sure to see bright, neatly dressed,
white aproned young women come to the door
and stand gazing out at the train and watch
ing the passengers with half pleased, hall
sorry air. This is the local telegraph operat
or, who has taken up her lonely life out here
on the alkali desert amid the sage brush, and
whose only glimpse of the world she has lief
behind her is this brief acquaintance with the
trains which pass and repass two or three
times during the day. These are true types
all of them, of our brave American girl
whose courage is equal to any emergency.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-05-20
Father. Mother, and Three Sisters Dead.

Mr.. David Claypool, formerly sargeant-at-
Arms of the New Jersey Senate, and now Notary
Public at Cedarville, Cumberland Go. N. D.,
makes the following startling statement: MY
father, mother, and three sisters all died with
consumption, and my lungs were SO weak
raised blood Nobody thought / could live.
NV work (shipsmthing) was very strainipg on
me with my weak constitution, and was rap
idly going to the grave. While in this condi-
ton commenced using Mishler's Herb Bittcrs,
and It saved my life. Because it was so dill
| cult to get 1t in this little place, and had i'm
| proved so much, ] stopped taking 1t Tor a
| time, and the result is l have commenced
going rapidly down hill again. Somehow,
| Mishler's Herb Bitters gives appetite and
strengthens and builds up as nothing else does
| and must have dozen bottles at once. use
this communication asyou please, ana II any
| one wants to be convinced OF Its truth, let
them write me and will make affidavit to IT,
for owe my life to Mishler's Herb Bitters'"
The secret of the almost invariable relief and
cure of consumption, dysentary, diarrh@'
dyspepsia, indigestion, kidney and hVel
complaints, when Mishler's Herb Bitters !
is used, is that it contains simple, harmless anC
yet powerful ingredients, that act on the blood
kidneys, and liver, and through them strength
ems and invigorates the whole system. Purel
vegetable in its composition; prepared by q
regular physician; o standard medicinal prep
aration; endorsed by physicians and druggist;
These are four strong points In favor OF MISE
ler,s Herb Bitters. Mshlers Herb Bitters
sold by all druggists. Price $l.00 per larg
bottle. Q for $500
Ask your drqggist for MIsHLER's HERB bI'
thing else, but send apostal card to MISSILE
HERS BIfTERs Co, 5s5 Commerce st., Phil
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-05-20
Mr.. Edmunds' Advice to a Stu
dent

Years ago young man in my class
in college conceived the idea of secur-
ing a place in the departments here to
enable him to study law meanwhile,
and wrote to Mr.. Edmunds about it.
He received the following reply:
WASHINGTON, January, 1S71.-DEAR
SIR: / have yours of the. 18th. l
should be pleased to aid you if possible,
but the chances of your getting place
here now are not more than one in
twenty five with all the aid could give
you. There are literally hundreds OF
applicants for each vacancy as it occurs,
and, truth to say, Vermont has her full
share of people in place here. Still, it
IS possible that some rare good fortune
might come to you in getting place if
you wish to apply. If you wish to do
SO you can send me an application and
will cheerfully do what can for you.
At the same thine strongly advise you
not to come here even if you can get a
place. The sort of law education you
get here, while in department, is Of
the poorest, and think you would be
much the gamer at the end of three or
four years studying law in an office in
Vermont, and almost starve meantime.
# need be, rather than to begin your
profession in the way you propose.
The average of lawyer turned out OF
the law schools" is running down the
oar, think, pretty fast, There is now,
indeed, wide room for courage, talent,
and learning at the bar; and that room
will be chiefly filed, as it has been, by
men who in poverty and want, but with
brave. pure hearts and high purpose,
come in through the patient drudgery
and ardent labors of working law
office.
Having thus volunteered advice, re-
main yours very truly,
GEORGE +. EDMUNDS.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-05-20
The Eleven Commandments.

Mr.. GEO. MAY POWELL, Of Philadelphia,
has timely article in the APRIL CENTURY, on
Strikes, Lockouts, and Arbitration, in which
he says: zone OF the most satisfactory cases
OF Cancellation and arbitration in America
was the settlement Of serious strike in
the Philadelphia shoe trade, in 1854, This
was arranged by Hon. j.. NJ. Washburu, with
some cooperation OF the Peace Union. About
$1,000 daily wages was involved, and what
proved to be a cold winter ives before the work
ing people, The settlement saved this, with
all the peace and comfort, health and morals
involved. Not the least of the advantages
gained, was the formulation OF eleven rules
with notes on the same. The value OF these
rules and notes is shown by their having since
settled several strikes in other trades and 9th
er States. They were posted up In factories
and the workmen by way of pleasantly, CANT
to call them The Eleven Commandments.
They were furthermore made the basis OF ad
jus.ment OF a serious trouble in one OF thu
largest institutions Of learning in the coun
try.n
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-05-20
Memory By Association.

There is good story going the
rounds at the expense of young Ban
gor sport, who has several bad habits,
one of which is forgetfulness and the
other playing the festive and eminently
American game of poker. One even
ing one of the regular poker party
brought in a stranger by the name of
Soule. Our friend, knowing his own
weakness for names, and afraid that
ne would make some mistake during
:he evening, taxed his brain to the
almost in order to fix the name in his
memory, and in this attempt he was
aided by what he thought was very
bright idea. The old expression,
'.Corporatons have no souls" occurred
70 him, and by keeping this saying in
mind he was able to remember the
strangers name. This plan worked
first rate for time, but rs the game
waxed merrier, and a pair of aces got
70 be worth the limit, there came a
time when our friend could not think
Of the strangers name for his life.
Mind you, at this time he was little
tuddled, but he felt he must know how
many cards the stranger took. Like
flash that saying came into his mind,
and, breathing sigh of relief, he said
dandy: Excuse me, Mr.. Corpora,
ion, how many did you draw" The
laugh that followed showed the forget
tul youth his mistake, and rs his only
way out of it he explained the whole
matter to the board. and ordered some
more all round. -LeViSton (Ne.) Jour
| D0J
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-05-20
Metal in House Building.

1t is we'll to have as little metal in
he fittings of house as possible.
Stove pipes, the foils at the back OF
mirrors, gas and water pipes are good
conductors of electricity, and one
should avoid their neighborhood in a
storm. Brick furnaces are better every
way than iron ones, and there is so
much gain of safety in dispensing with
hose masses of metal in the house.
Gas is a barborous thing for dwellings
anyhow, killing plants and poisoning
people, so its pipes may be got rid OF.
As for water pipes, rubber hose in pro-
per casing will be found to answer well
and have the additional advantage of
saving plumbers bills, as it will not
freeze in winter. 1t is argued from a
scientific view that the employment Of
so much metal in house building is in
furious to the health of inmates, rs it
interferes with the magnetic current,
and that delicate persons condemned to
live in buildings with metal roofs, iron
stairs, girders, or with battery of gas
and water pipes, steam coils and cleo
trio wires about them, infallibly suffer in
strength and nerves. Be that rs it may,
and the view is quoted only as cur
iosity, it is certain that low houses,
! broad rooms, and the least metal about
them, are safe houses in thunder
storms, and all the CHATTER about mod
ern conveniences, or the ridicule Of
friends in rugged health, who never
knew the culver of nerve, will moi
weigh a feather against the gain II
peace of mind in these constantly re
curing changes of weather.-PhitadeI
pbia Bulletin.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-05-20
Setting a Bad Example.

A member of q Lawrence county
Dakota) school board was speaking of
the teacher employed.
That Teller amt givin' no satisfac-
ton at ALL" he said.
"Why, l thought he came from the
east highly recommended"
''Oh, l spose he was, but he don't
seem to suit, jist the same.
but he's got good education"
Eyes, 1 guess he's got a straight
flush on education all right nutf, but
the troubles right here: "Naterly, you
know, the big boys have n little poker
game at noon, and Nv course have the
teacher set in"
Yes" ......
"Well I'm cussed eff they amt jist
bout cleaned him out NV his wages
Now what kind of zample do you
call that, lettin' boys down him thai
wayp / don't want my children go'n
to no SIGH school. Seems 'sif we can
hardly git good teacher no more
blamed eff don't b'lieve I'll so owe
and take holt NV the school myself. y
EsteHine Bell. Ea.. s..
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-05-20

Of scene, and I wish" He threw his
arms up wildly and fell backward on
The wharf. The capsule was not his
cough medicine, but prussic acid, the
most deadly of poisons.
This is why, as l sit here alone in
The moonlight, looking out over, the
waters of Lake Pontchartrain and list
ening to that guitar in shore like an
unpleasant dream, his face again re-
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-05-20
Romance and Reality.

From the Beacon.
At old Orchard last summer, a lady who
spends her winters in Boston became very
much pleased with q gentleman who was a
guest in the same hotel as herself and paid her
marked attention. The friendship however
died out with the season, and the lady sup
posed the gentleman had returned to Phila-
delphia. The other morning she ordered
her breakfast served in her room at the hotel
and when she opened the door to let the wait
err in, there stood her handsome friend of the
summer. 1t was an awkward position fol
both, and explanations were impossible, but
the lady did not offer him the customary tip.
On his part, he bowed with all his usual grace,
deposited the tray and went out, leaving her
food for rejection.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-05-20
The Chicken Industry,

1t is little singular that this country can
not grow its own eggs. We bought from the
Canadians last year 1l,50O,OOO dozen, fol-
which we paid them 100000. When there
is so much complaint of hard times and o.
light employment for women, 1t is wonde
that the poultry business does not get great
er degree of attention. 1t is business which
does not admit of being carried on in whole
sale wav. Large colonies of hens do not
thrive. They are subject to visitations o.
disease which carry them off by hundreds
But fowls can be made a source of income tc
thousands of small farmers, paying them bet
ter than more costly and laborious invest
ments
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-05-20

THERE Is SCARCELY DISEASE, Of the hui
man system, acute or chronic, which VINEGAR
BrTTERs will not retard and lessen, and nine
ty-nine cases out of a hundred it will cure. In
large doses the Bitters is cathartc and tonic,
in moderate doses it is tonic, gentle purga-
tive, invigorator, and corrector of the blood.