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Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-07-19
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III Leads All (lthers.

II cannot truthfuly be denied that the
Burlington Route. G., d. g. Q. II. r.. is
doing an extensive business, both passen
ger and freight OF the first named
branch Of its service the Chicago Herald
recently said, in speaking of the occasion
of the National Republican Convention:
"The Burlington Road probably brought
in more people than any ther. Alto
gether it is estimated that from June l6
to 49, the period of the excursion rates,
over 10000 strangers came TO Chicago
over the Burlington. This was exclusive
of suburban passengers and mostly In ad-
dition TO its heavy regular passenger
traffic. In receipts of live stock, the
Union Stock Yards Reports show the
Burlington to he far in the lead The
average number Of cars brought in by it
during the first six months of the years
1886, 1887 and 1888 is 26. 140; and the
number for the first half of the year
1888, notwithstanding the temporary de-
preston caused by the recent great strike
on its lines, was 24.425, or but little be.
low the average The latter figure also
represents about "A per cent Of the total
number Of cars, 1902 ALB. brought to the
Yards for the last half year. being more
than six per cent in excess of the receipts
by any other road.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-07-19
FOR THE LADIES.
That Old Sweetheart Of Mine No
Opera That Night, Etc.

| Inat via SwcPthenft OF Wine.
| As one who cons at cvcuin, DER an album
all alone
| And muses. on the faces of the friends that
he has known.
30 turn the leaves Of fancy till in Shadowy
dc,ign
6ud the smiling features of an old sweet
heat of mine.
The lampiight.Eecms TO gIimmer with =
flicker OF surpri
As turn il low to rest me Of the dazzle In
my eyes,
And | light my rpe in silence, save a sigh
that seems 10 yoke
Its fate with my tobacco and TO vanish in the
smoke.
IT'S fragrant retrospection--for the iovini
thoughts that start.
Into being are like perfumes from the blos.
sons OF the heart;
And to dream the old dreams over is luxll-
ry divine,
When my truant fancy wanders with that
old sweetheart of mine.
Though hear. beneath my study, like
futtering Of wings,
The voices OF my children and the moibe
as she sings,
i feet no twinge Of conscience to deny M
any theme,
When care has cast her anchor in the Ia
Dor Of q dream.
In fact, to speak in earnest, believe it adG.s
To spice the good trihe with little dust
For find an extra flavor in mcmory's mel.
low vine
That makes me DIR ink the deeper 10 that old
sweetheart of mine.
A face of lily beauty and form of airy
grace
Floats out OF my tobacco as the GENT from
the vase;
And thrill beneath the glance Of a pair OF
azure eyes
As glowing ~ the summer and as tender as
Is the skies.
l can see the pink sInbonnet and the little
checkered dress
She wore when fhst kissed her and she an.
swered the caless
With the written declaration that, "as
surely as the vine
Grew round the stump. she loved me'-tnat
old swee theart of mine.
And again l feel the pressure Of her slender
little hnd
AS we used to talk together OF the future VIC
had planned
When | should he poet and " it'll nothing
else to do
But to write the tender verses that she get
the music TO.
Whom we should live together in a coy lit.
tie cot
Hid in Il nest OF loses, with tiny garden
spot,
Where the vines were ever fruitful and the
weather ever fine
And the birds were ever singing for that
old sweetheart of mine.
When | should be her lover forever and
day,
And she my faithful Sweetheart til the
golden hair was gray;
And we should be 50 happy that when eth
er's lips were dumb
They should not smile In Heaven till the
others Kiss had come
But ahl my dream is broken by step upon
the stair.
And the door /, softly opened, an my wife
is standing there,
Yet with eagomess and rapture all my Wis
ions resign
To meet the living presence Of that old
sweetheart Of mine.
James Whitcomb Riier
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-07-19
a SNAKE FIGHT.
The Deadly Battle between King Snake
and Black Racer.

ana Biack Racer
Near Tallahassee on the jackson estates !,
witnessed battle between the king snake
and the black snake that was lively and en-
tertaining The mocCasin is usually coch
OF the walk and naturally makes q meal of
the rattlesnake, but the little yellow and
black striped king snake whips both OF
these and all other species. My attention
was attracted by the cries of the negroes
and fastening TO the spot found king
snake coiled around an enormous black
reptile strangling his breath out. The ne.
groes stated that both had been awakened
from the same log, where they had hiber.
mated during the winter by the warm sun.
and the king Immediately drove out the
black fellow and chased him about one hun.
dred yards. wanted to see renewal OF
combat and fair play, and had the combat.
ants separated. The black started to run
away, but the king seized him by the tail
with his mouth and instantly coiled about
the black and took him by the throat.
He frightened his cords and held on to the
blacks throat, occasionally smelling of the
black mouth to ascertain IL it breathed.
The operation lasted an hour. when the
black, being dead, the king glided away to
his hole. The combats between the king,
A"'NASh "hN hAiOSN oSii al ANU Q tSiI IkdU
tiers in this State grow to enormous size to
such an extent that their skins make very
desirable leather for pocket-boolss and fame,
articles Both moccasin and RATHER when
tormented or in danger, bite themselves
and die of their own virus.
Not less exciting was q combat wit
messed at Pensacola navy yard between o
porpoise and q shark. The porpoise was not
over six feet ing and the shark was three
times that length. The porpoise chased the
shark for several miles in q circle not
over four hundred yards in diameter.
Both animals made terrific leaps out Of the
water, and at every approach the shark
struck desperately at the porpoise with his
tail. At last tho shark wearied little and
diminished his speed accordingly. With in
credible speed the porpoise dashed ahead,
dove under the big tyrant, and crushed in
the sharks neck with his heavy jaws. Tho
shark rolled over dead and fioated away
with the tide. Natives always battle In
presence Of a school Of porpoise, If possible,
because no shark dares to come within a
half mile. The porpoisc never molests the
human being, and, like the seals, is said TO
protect dead body. A pilot fish always
goes ahead of the shark, and, similarly, .
pilot snake usually goes ahead Of a rattle
make. WILLIAM H. BALLou
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-07-19

In the Arctic part, also, there arc somc
curious effects due to tho intensely cold
climate Of that portion. Hero, as have
already said, the soil freezes TO a great
depth aud becomes as hard and firm as
stone. Where the northern rivers cut I'M
derncath the bank, instead Of crumbling
down as friable mass as In lower lati-
tubes, it holds together until undermined
great distance by the swift, cutting stream,
when II falls In as great mass, the top Of
it being large enough oftentimes for a small
garden. Here 1t acts as a protecting out
work to the bank until il is thawed out and
carried away by the river to again repeat
the operation; and, as one can readily see,
the evasion will be less in given time than
with the same kind of river with US. ! show
the banks of the Yukon river, not far from
the Arctic circle, az l saw them in 1888, and
which a member Of our party then skctchcd.
The extreme wotncss of the Alaskan win.
ter does not extend great ways backward
from the line Of Pacific shore, being pre-
vonted by the high mountains from reach
ing further; after which the Arctic winter
commences, the two being miZ.,d up rather
miscellaneous!y along the shores of
Bering Sea. A. Alaska is left behind,
going southwark, the high range Of mount
aims retreats from the coast, aud in OREGON
and Washington Territory it is so far back
that tho strip of winter wetness takes up
almost half Of that State and Territory
the sobrquet of the people Of the former
being Wcbfeet from this fact, az those Of
Illinois are called Suckers; Indianians,
Hoosicrs, etc.
As people can get used to almost any
thing in the way of climate, If only subject
ed to it long enough, so this eternal wet
ness in some parts is soon thought nothing
of by "thc oldest inhabitants" and as it
lets up very little in it's constancy during
the nine months, they soon get to not only
assuming labors in it that we would not
generally do In this climate under similar
circumstances, but thcy actually ATTEMPT
some pleasures that seem ludicrouy under
such conditions. / saw game Of croquct
in Alaska, on the Aleution Islands, in
which most of the contestants, four ir
number, wore rubber coats. one had an
umbrella, and all had on high rubber hoots
O an railing a. ii.t- -,
Referring back to our comparison Of
Alaskas shape to that Of an ox's head, ii
will be seen that the rainy part of that
country Is along the two horns and on the
head just between them, and here tho Win
ters are very mild, but moist; while all the
other parts are subjected to q severe Arctic
temperature in the winter, and o short,
comparatively warm, summer season.
FREDERICK SCuwATKA.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-07-19
THE PoET-kINa
WILL yisscHER.

A quiet man of gentle face,
Yet noble mein and courtly grace,
To need aud sorrow we'd;
For lack of gold his worth untold,
Aud jealous Fame speaks not his maine,
But waits till he is dead.
He sat beside limpid stream
And saw its lucent waters g'eam
In jewels, rich and rare;
And in the hue OF Heavens blue,
An angel face Of tender grace,
Was sweetly mirrored there.
He saw the flowers bloom and blush,
From cordial morn I'll evenings hush,
And listened to the Law
OF cooling doye-so full Of love
And drank the breeze, that kissed the trees
In happy holden play.
Now sits the poet on his throne ~
A monarch In a realm, his own,
And holds the universe
Within his clasp, with royal grasp
A regal king, with soul to sing;
But stripped Of script and purse.
Now list the music of his shell,
And hear his raptured accents tell
OF pure and noble things.
With minstrel's art and poets heart,
He fills the bowl that soothes the soul;
As gallantly he sings.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-07-19

When the French troops were in Mexico,
during the days of MAMMALIAN, Q private
soldier was brought before General Genin-
gros, who was in command at Monterey.
You are charged with having stolen tho
golden slipper from the foot OF the Virgin
in the cathedral" said the General sternly
az didn't stealit, replied the soldier.
"But the slipper was found in your KNAPP
sack"
81 know it was, but didn't steal It."
"How, then, did it come into your posses
sionr'
Tho Virgin gave it to me-"
"How sol"
"You know, General, how she sits there
with one foot above the other, sticking out 0
Uttler
"Wenw
"She didn't tell me to take the slipper,
but she held her foot out as il she was say.
Ing, Take the slipper If you want it, SO
took 1t, more as matter Of accommodation
than any thing else"
"Humph," said tho General, smiling,
that's about as good m excuse as ever
beard. You can 60 this time time, but il
The Virgin offers you any thing else and you
sccept 1t IN have you shet."-SVttnos.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-07-19
Counting in Mexico.

Going along the streets OF Mexico
city one dar. writes correspondent.
/ saw man Tipping his fingers gro-
tesquely. as though piaj ing an mag.
mary tattoo in the air. looked all
around. but couldn't see nything.
The next day saw him at it again.
gazing skyward all the time. | went
into tho hotel and one of my friends
asked me # l had seen the young fell
low yet who was counting that Young
girl. l understood at once. and look :
ing out saw II young girl in third
story window looking out at him and
doing the tattoo act also Said my
friend: This business has been going
on for two years aud neither of Their
has spoken word" IL was so. They
were counting. That's the way they
do il down there. 1t was Irritation,
long protracied. but whether the pan.
tomime was Transferable into language,
l am unable to say.-The Earth.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-07-19
has fallen on tho top Of the left.nand totem.

has fallen on tho top Of the left-hand totem.
pole, In o graveyard in Kaigan, there
sprouted and grown until its roots have run
down the back OF the totem-pole into the
ground many feet below, when its existence
is q tree was assured; literally growing In
the air as it were. 1t Is some ten or twelve
feet IN height, perched on totem probably
twenty feet high, tho lower half or two
thirds Of which Is buried out Of sight in the
rank growth Of weeds, brush and shrub
berry seen in the foreground. II is about
equivalent to tree growing from the top
of q telegraph pole with US.
So dense is the vegetation that walking Is
dono with difficulty except where paths have
been artificially constructed through the
woods and underbrush, and most of these
are Indian trails, whore no work has been
put except that Improvement made by con-
tinual walking over them, and some Of them
are but little better than no trails at all.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-07-19

An article in literary paper alleges
that our American beauty. Miss Cham
berlain, won the admit alton of the
Prince of Wales by the graceful and
charming manner in which she entered
and left the room. She walked into his
good graces, so to speak.
Miss Alice Longfellow, a girl of %,
resembling her poet father, was greatly
admired in society last winter. She is
described as having large, soft dark
eyes, suggestive of the Italian beauty
that her father enshrined in poetry,
but thorough Bostonian and with an
eye to the stylish and becoming in
dress.
Recently al a woman's rights meet
ing In London there was particular
vigorous speaker wdo waved her long
arms hhe sails OF a windmill, and said:
"If the women or TIC country would
rise up in their thousands and msrcn
to TIE po,,s s.ou!d lie to know what
there Is on earth that would S op tlem!'
And in tho Ecmentary silence that
followed this perJ.st.on C small voice
remarked. 80 mousep
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-07-19
!a1lIga||Ea[|lSf|E|s[3

Is the best medicine for all diseases
incident to children. 1t regulates the
bowels; assists dentiton; cures diarrh9a
and dyscntery in the worst forms; cures
canker sore mouth; is q certain proven
tive of Giphtheria; quiets and soolhes
Ill pain; invigOrates the stomach and
bowels; corrects all acidity, and gives
energy and tone to the entire system;
will cure gripping in the bowels and wind
collie Do not fatigue yourself or child
with sleepless nights, when it is within
your reach to cure your child and save
your own strength. Prepared only by the
Emmert Proprietary Co., Chicago, III.
Sold BY all Druggists at Is cts. Per Bottle.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-07-19
why He Stuck to the runs.

Citizen-Where were you last night, Patti
Pat-Oi was at party, sor Misther
Murphy gave party, sor, an Of was
dthere. Ne fadther and me modther an
me oncle an me aunt they was dthere,
sor, and blind Casey, the fiddler, 10 was
dthere. Many odthers war dthere also.
SOMEBODY gave that Casey bowl av starch
an he SWALLOWED it, and be mo sowl I'm
thinlSin' 1t was that that made him sthick
10 thu same tune ths intoirc avenln'.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-07-19
A Terrible Revenge,

Omaha Man-"Did you go to Mrs.
De Fashions boarding house to- dayT
Wife--"Yes; she refused to take us
because We have chi d; but got
even with her."
"Gaye her piece of your mind,
eh?"
40, indeed; that wouldn't have
done any good. told Miss De Fad
there was room vacant at Miss De
Fashions. and she went around and
secure it; paid for three months in
advance"
"Who is Miss De Fad?"
"She Is one of those luny art enthu-
siasts. She hammers brass. omaha
World.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-07-19

Prof. Hermann. the Prestidgiateur, has
received several letters from spiritualistic and
mcsmeric charlatans begging him not to eX-
pose their jugglery, and offering him large
sums of money If he will keep quiet.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-07-19

A Lebanon, Conn, man who committed
suicide lately during an attack of hereditary
mekanchOlia is the third OF his family who
persisted in the same way.
A Chicago dealer in sporting goods is au-
thority for the statement that there are many
people in that city who think nothing Of pay
ing from twenty-five to fifty dollars for collars
for their pet dogs, and in some cases as high
az one hundred dollars has been paid.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-07-19

Ifinsanity continues its present ratio of In
crease, at the end of the next fifty years one
eighth of the American people will be In the
mad-house. Rum, tobacco, worry, and the
exactions Of fast business and fast living is
hurrying the whole population to that end.
The best people Of the United States have set
tied on the MOxie Nerve Food as the only
nerve food that has withstood the searching
scrutiny Of the chemists, U. s. Courts and its
enemies, who were oblige to admit 1t Is a
real, as well as rich, harmless nerve food.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-07-19

Every one should have practical bust
ness education. Many of our boys appre-
ciate this and are taking a course at
Elliott's Business College, Burlington. 10.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-07-19
Must Wait Until She Grows

Mamma" said little Flossie. why
can't ] have u low-cut dress like sister
Clara'sP Because they are no,
suitable for little girls" replied the
mother Epoch.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-07-19

A rare and valuable Bible containing twenty
thousand engravings, In slxty-three folio
volumes, 10 the property Of all Oswego, N. Y,
gentleman. 1t Is said to be the only one OF
the kind In the world.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-07-19
SKIN and BLOOD DISEASES

quickly and permanently cured by using
3. B. q. Botanic Blood Balm) the
wonderful Blood Purifier and Tonic.
Large sized bottles 81. 90 6 for $500. All
Druggists or sent free on receipt of price.
BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta, Ca.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-07-19
No Opera that Night.

Miss George St. Clair, after spend
ing two hours in dressing for the opera
the other evening, was thrown into
Mysteries on the arrival of the follow
ing note in a dainty. cream tinted en-.
velope, with big red seal plastered
over the back of it:
Dear Miss st, Clatr: Iregret exceed,
ingly that sudden aad very severe
illness confines me to my room, so that
/ am unable to keep my engagement
for this evening. My physician posi-
lively forbids my going out for a week.
Respectfully yours.
ALGERNON LILLY.
The physician" who issued this
"positiye" order was Mrs Bridget
O'Callahan. She arrived at Mr.. Lilly's
room at 7 p. m, with bundle under
one arm.
"Ah, my good woman" said Mr..
Lilly, kindly, II was awfully afraid
you'd not get here in time. Just lay
that bundle on the table"
Faith, thin an DIN not, young
mon"
"You will notr'
"Oi will not until Ohm paid the
$3.50 yez owes me up to this noight."
my good woman, haven't l told
you---"
"Ye've told me ye'd pay livery wake
for a month, and DIN behave yez when
l get me money"
"Come Monday and"
"Oi'll not, sir. Oi'll have me money
this noight or yer shirt goes back to
me laundhrv.'
"See here, woman, I'm going to the
opera in full dress to night, and -"
"Ye'll 60 without shirt, thin, or
pay me now. Ye'd look we'll goin'
decoletty.'
drop that bundle and get out"
"Oi'Il not drop the bundle, sor. but
DIN git out fast enough, sor, an the
shirt'll go wild me, sor."
And it did, and that is why Mr.. Lilly
STAYED at home with two 50 opera
seats in his pocket. Epoch
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-07-19

the H. H. Warner line in Amer ca. II. II.
warner was born In Van Burer, Onondaga
Co, N. Y, Jan. 18Th, 1912. After m educa-
tion at DR.. Wrighrs Academy at Elhrihgr,
and SECURING the tinsmih's trade at Mem
phis, N. Y, he went west for five years. In
1870 he returned to Rochester as General
Agent OF the Mosler Safes of Cincinnati, o.,
and for ten years was the most successful safe
dealer in the country, and smassed a fortune.
In 1879 no was Frustrated hy severe dis
ease. The best physicians gave him no hope
OF recovery. IT was at this time that lie used
what is now known Is Warmers safe cure aud
was fully restored to health thereby. Real
king that the world needed such specific
for kidney disease, he made VOW when sick
that II II cured him he would spend his days
prociatming its merits to the world. On his
recovery he began at once its manufacture,
and to dsv there are seven Laboratories a nd
the branch houses In seven different quarters
Of the globe. In 1883, the Warner Astrono.
mic Observatory erected and endowed bv
Mr.. Warner, was completed at an estimated
expense Of $50, 900. 1t Is located on East
cal Observatory in the world. The telescope
cost $1,000 Since 1879, astronomical prizes
TO the extent Of S., 600 have been awarded by
Mr.. Warner for scientific discovery In 1882
he was elected n member of the American
Association for the Advancement OF Science.
In 1886 II. II. Warner & Co, put Warmers
Safe Yeast upon the market, and 10 1887
Warmers Log Cabin Remedies, designed to
reach diseases Tor which warmers Sale Rene
dies are not specifics.
The Safe Remedies building on N. ST. Paul
st., with Its four aud quarter acres Of floor
ing is one of The most imposing structures OF
the kind in the world. In 1887 II. H. Warner
was unanimously elected President of the
Rochester Chamber Of Commerce., a compli-
ment that the city and all who knew him con-
fessed was more than well deserved. His in
augursl address to that Chamber WAS notable
for its radcal views and thorough going sem
sible recommends ions.
He Is about six feet high, has iron gray hair,
splendid ply siaue, Is q man Of great energy,
and Is one of the most thorough going and
public spirited citizens Of Rochester.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-07-19
In answer to causal question,
How easy and truthful to tell it's
A cure for the worst indigestion,
To take Pierce's Purgative Pellets.

The Alhambra at Granada, that wondrous
architectural monument of Moorish dominion
In Spain, was built in 1860.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-07-19

~ Don't Want Relief, but Cure"
IS the exclamation Of thousands suffering from
catarrh To all such we say: Catarrh can be
cured by DR.. Sage's Cstarrh Remedy. 1t has
been done in thousands OF cases; why not in
yours? Your danger is in delay. Enclose
stamp to Worlds Dispensary Medical Assocla-
ton. Buffalo, N. Y, for pamphlet on tins dis
ease.