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Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-06-27

THE REPUBLICAN erred last week In
stating that the brother of Mr.. 4. II.
Moore, writing from Johnstown said
that the funds sent In were poorly dis
bursed. No reference was made to such
matter, but on the contrary the tenor of
the letter is very cheerful, thankful for
the blessing Of life preserved and fami.
ly reunited, rather than complaining of
the disadvantages and difficulties Of the
situation. 1t also stated that the re-
ports that citizens had discarded Their
bibles and become skeptics is not true
so far rs the correspondent has been
able to learn. He says he has heard
positively nothing of 1t, and does not
believe that the people of Jamestown
have any such inclination.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-06-27

The entertainment given by the Band
of Hope last Friday evening was at
tended by very large audience, all
well pleased with the nicely executed
program. The total receipts were
S37.9 from which about 50 expense
will be deducted, when the net balance
will be forwarded to the Johnstown
sufferers Much credit Is due the
teachers and schOlras who took either
silent or active parts for the success OF
the entertainment. An unpleasant
feature, however, was the misbehavioi
of some who were unrestrained. Theil
continuous noise and whistling was
alike annoying to the audience and dis
heartening to those on the program
Better order at public entertainments
in Audubon should be maintained at
any expense,
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-06-27

The families of VIM. Nailor and M.
L. Carper, of Melville, have been aug
mented by the arrival Of sons during
the past week.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-06-27
MONEY!

MONEY on real estate 7 per cent and
lowest rates on personal or chattel Sc
curity at Nash, Phelps n Green's, south
side squire over Commercial Bank.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-06-27
JOHN VAN SCOY.
AN EXTRAORDINARY BARGAIN IN
Ladies' Gloves

We are selling genuine Isle THREAD GLOVE
in three different Styles all sizes at 1oc a pair.
The quality is guaranteed equal to that of any
80 cent Lisle, regular price. Call and get pair
before they are gone
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
Waiting Thirty Years for Her Lover

A romantic story is connected with the
life of woman who frequents the
railroad station IL Manchester, n. H.,
says the Chicago Tribune. She is about
80 years old, but now bent with care
and her long handsome tresses streaked
with gray; she always carries travel
ing bag in her hand, and as the crowds
arrive she scans each person eagerly
and then turns sadly away. The wo-
man, some thirty years ago, was one OF
the bellies of the city, courted by many.
The favored lover, however, followed
the sea.
One day he left for q voyage. Their
troth had been plighted, and on his re-
turn he was to leau her to the altar, but
the sailor never returned and no mes
sage came to explain his absence. The
grief and disappointment caused the
woman's illness. When she recovered
she insisted that her lover was true and
even if he was otherwise she would re-
main constant For this reason she goes
to the railroad station to greet him
home, and almost every day for the last
thirty years, winter and summer, spring
and autumn, in fair weather and foul,
she nas been there on this errand. She
is retiring in her disposition, and never
trequents the waiting rooms or mngles
with the crowds upon the platform.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
A Royal Correspondence.
From the Youths Companion.


A correspondence has been going on
between the Princess Wilhelmina, who
is likely soon TO be the queen of the
erlands- Notwithstanding the sur
prising recovery of her father, the king,
from what was expected to be perma-
nent insanity-and the infant king of
Spain.
The princess, who is in her 9th year.
has always been delighted to hear all
that her mother, Queen Emma, could
tell her about the baby king OF Spain.
A day or two before her last birthday,
entirely of her own accord, she sat
down and wrote her cousins-all kings
and queens are cousins-a letter, in
which, after giving him list of her prin-
cipal treasures, including her favorite
big doll, Pauline, and her pet pony, she
went on to tell him that some day she
should be a queen. though she did not
want to be one bit.
She added that she supposed little
kings liked toys as well as other little
boys, and, if her mamma would allow
her, she would send him the biggest
Noah's ark she had ever seen-Which
had in it every animal in the geological
gardens at Rotterdam, and others be-
sides.
Both the latter and the Noah's ark
were sent to Madrid, and, in due time,
the Princess WilLelmina received from
the king of Spain a charming answer,
written, OF course, by his devoted moth
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31

"The way is long" the lost boy said;
The stars were shining overhead;
The silence OF the deep black Woode,
Their dim and deathlike solitudes.
And unseen dangers round him lay,
Great shadows rose ana barred the way,
Afraid to pass, he paused and wept,
Lay down upon the moss and slept.
In dreams a mother soothed his fears:
The night dews mingled with his tears
And like forgotten sunbeams there
About him strayed his golden hair.
snake beneath his outstretched arm
Slipped by, nor sought to do him HARM
At midnight, when the winds were wild,
An angel came and found the child.
The woods were blighted by the FROST
Dead leaves above the dead were tossed;
Came winter on a flying cloud
And clad him in a snowy shrUud;
And spring, maid from holy lands;
Put purple violets in his hands;
And summer sent her birds to sing
Where his still heart lay Wondering,
The sun, the snow the wind. the rain,
Resolved him back TO dust again;
Till autumn, i'll the wilderness,
Found nothing but a silKen tresS,
She wound it on slender rod,
And set in the withered sod.
And so the lost boys golden locks
Make glory on the lichened rocks.
Boston Traveller.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
Poultry Topics.


A great deal of disease of poultry
comes from cold and wet.
70 slaughter your best and keep the
poorest for breeding is d penny wise
policy.
Prolonged confinement has a tenden-
cy to cause hens to acquire such unde-
sirable tricks as egg and feather eating.
Public opinion needs to be cultivated
on one point, that poultry Is property
just as much as wheat, corn, potatoes or
horses.
Kerosene is almost a panacea for the
ails of man. beast and fowls. 1t is es-
pecially useful on roots and floors to de-
stroy lice and other vermin.
1t costs no more to raise the best
breed of poultry than the common barn
yard fowl W lille the returns are double.
Get a trio of chicks from some reliable
fact
The best time to market young ducks
is in June and July when they should
weigh about three pounds each and be
plump and fat. They may be sold eth
er alive or dressed, the dressed ducks
bringing the best prices.
If you have supply of poultry drop
pings, it can be used IN with soil where
pepper, onions or cabbage are planted,
as 1T is difficult to get the soil too rich
for these plants. ashes are especially
valuable for onions.
If you have no trees or bushes that
the chickens can take refuge under con-
struct temporary shade of some kind.
Fowls suffer more from heat than cold,
and shade is an absolute necessity to
the young or old. Fruit trees and poul-
try may be grown together with great
advantage.
All kinds of domesticated fowls
whether of the barnyard or improved
races lay eggs more or less. There is
no sort of fowls under any kind Of treat
ment, but what will pay in eggs alone
(if all are gathered that the hens will
naturally layl, twice over the expense
of her annual keeping. Ii fed we'll and
properly she will lay more eggs usually
than if she be starved and neglected.
In either case her egg produce Will sell
for double what it costs to keep her ev-
cry year.
TO remove lice from hen houses and
also from fowls, the following method is
recommended as one of the best that
has been tried. Take flour of SULPHUR
five pounds, liquid carbolic acid one
drachm. Rub the acid III the sulphur
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
An Erroneous Assessment.
From the Chicago Herald.

From the Chicago Herald.
The manager of the Chicago branch
of noted New York jobbing house re-
turned to the city from an Eastern trip
a week or so ago to find that in his alb
sence the assessor had been around and
valued the stock at $5O 900. The mana
ger whistled when his assistant handed
him the slip, and he began to scratch
his head. 1T wouldn't do at all; he
knew the New York house would have
a fit if the sum wasn't reduced. In de-
spair he sent for the assessor. "See
here my friend" said the urbane dry
goods man, "you have our assessment
altogether too high this year; why, I'll
sell you all we have in the building for
tenth of that sum-"
The assessor took good look around
the place, sized up the bundles of
shawls, stockings, knit goods, and other
articles which were piled up on the diff
ferent floors, and shook his head.
Those shawls there, for instance"
said the official, what are they worth ?"
"I'll sell you any one in the house at
our wholesale rate at $6 dozen !"
The assessor stepped around to pile
and selected three SIS shawis and said
he would take those anyway.
The manager bit his lips. Certainly,
sir; would be glad to make it three doz-
en-" he answered heroically. But the
official was satisfied and they moved on.
In this manner the two went through
the entire store, anu by the time the as
SCISSOR had bought enough supplies for
his own family, his mothers and his
wife's sisters, the dry-goods man had
convinced him that the estimate was too
high. But it was close call, and the
manager intends to remain home next
season when the annual roundup oc-
curS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
Horrors of the Slave Trade.
From the Boston Transcript.

Cardinal Lavigerie, the well-known
and much-respected Archbishop of Al
giers, who has made the question of At
rican slavery lifelong and special
study, estimates that the enormous
number of 100000 lives are destroyed
every year on the African continent
through the horrors of the slave trade.
In a recent speech al London the Car
dinal declared that if traveller lost the
way leading from Equatorial Africa to
the towns where slaves are sold, he
could easily find it again by the skele-
tons of the negroes with which it is
streWed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31

management and favorable provi-
dence. The Northwest is one Of the
healthiest countries in the world, and
though no fit place to start on with
wife and very small children, the pral-
RE is a perfect land of Goshen to men
whose fathers grew prematurely old
clearing away the forest and stumps in
twenty years from what an active man
may here get in a crop within twenty
months.
| have tried to condense liz q few
sentences what [ have learned from
hundreds Of such men in my wander
ings. -Four years ago | drove through
settlement o ten families. not one of
which had nickel. Most of them are
fairly well to-do to-day, but their ex-
perience would hardly fit neatly into a
fairy tale. There is no romance in such
a life. The monotony to people with
few intellectual resources Is sometimes
very depressing, but poor man who
keeps clear of whisky and chattel mort
cages NAV get to be independent in q
very few years. The brilliant sunshine
and stimulating atmosphere cannot be
too highly praised. Even the winter
has it's compensation, and as one man,
VINO had tried both ways. said to me,
Il can force out cold, but I can't keep
out fever and ague." L coached" a
very good man three years ago in the
best methods of thking hold, and am
now very proud of my pupil. He has
100 acres broken with one team of oxen.
has some other stock, good house and
roorny stable, with less than two years
of actual work on bis homestead. He
is rustler and a good Methodist, and
think tor his station in life in fair way
to make the best Of both worlds.-Rich-
ard Waugh, Manitoba.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
FARM AND FIRESIDE.
A Little.

So little made me glad, for was young;
Flowers sunset, books, a friend or two,
Gray skies with scanty sunshine piercing
through
How little made me glad when | was young
So little makes me happy. now I'm old;
Your hand in MILE dear heart, here by the
fire;
The children grown up unto our hearts de-
sire
How little keeps us happy when we're old!
And yet, between the little then and now,
What worlds of lite and thought and feelings
keen
What spiritual depths and heights unseen =
All me /! between the little then and now.
For little things seem mighty when we're young;
Then we rush onward through the changing
years,
Testing the gamut of all smiles and tears,
Till mighty things seem little we are old.
Alice Wellington Rollins, an Philadelphia Record
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31

thoroughly with small paddle and ap-
ply through the fluff and feathers of the
hen with the hand, and it will not only
prove an effectual application, but also
safe one. as it will not interfere with
the Matching of eggs or endanger the
life of the chicks.-Mortimer Farm and
Gnador1
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
Caught the Same Fish Twice.
Munford (Ky.) Corr. New York Sun.

Munford (ky.) Corr. New York sun.
Uncle Bob Munford Of this place
caught big catfish twice within the
past week. He was fishing in Nolin
River, near here, when he caught it for
the first time, landing it alter hard
battle, tor these river blue-cats are very
game. Uncle Bob admired his capture
Tor minute or two, and then running
a rope of hickory bark through its gills,
tied it to a stake which he drove in the
edge of the bark. He went further
down the river fishing, and when he
got tired went back alter his big capture.
He found the fish was gone, the bark
being broken. Four or five days later
he was fishing at the same place when
he caught the same cat. He identified
the fish by piece of hickory bark tied
to its gills. He took this out of the gllls
and fitted it to the bark which still hung
TO the stake. The ends came together
exactly. and there could be no doubt
about the fish being the same that he
had caught previously. 1t weighed
twenty-eight pounds.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
Egg. Eating Hens.

AS high authority as the American
Poultry Journal says that there is no
way of curing hens from eating eggs,
but to prevent them by mechanical
means is easy. A nest with a double
bottom, the upper one inclined SO as to
allow the egg to roll to the lower one,
answers well, but the habit is one that
is always acquired, and therefore last
ing one. Hens learn it by being in the
presence of broken eggs, but they rare
ly break eggs themselves until SO
taught. IF the nests are arranged so as
to keep the eggs out of their reach they
Will forget the habit if fed literally with
meat for awhile, but the safest plan is to
cut off the heads of such fowls before
the habit becomes general with the
flock
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
Cultivation of Currants.


AS rule, currants are not cultivated
at all. They are planted in some out
Of-the-way place, or along fence,
where at best they can be cultivated
Or hoed only on one side. They are
pruned systematically, or not atall, and
soon become tangled mass of weeds,
dead wood, moss covered trunks, or
branches with stunted growth of
shoots on top and the feeblest cluster
of buds on the 2-year-old wood. At
best, such a row OF currant bushes can
give only poor crop of the smallest
fruit. But after the currant worm at
tacks them and strips off the leaves, the
currants wither up and are not worth
picking. Currants should have as good
cultivation as corn or potatoes, and this
with a coat Of manure or dressing Of
superphosphates and nitrate of soda,
has wonderful effect. The pruning
consists in cutting out the old branches,
stripping out all the suckers Except
two or three to be left to forin new
branches), and in the fall or spring cut
ting back the shorts or suckers about
one half The weaker they are, the
more they should be shortened back.
The best way to renovate an old row
of currant bushes is to set out new ones
where you can cultivate on both sides of
the row. Meantime, if you do not
wish to root out the old ones, give them
a severe pruning. and either hoe or
fork the ground, to kill the grass and
weeds, or cover the ground thick enough
with manure or much to smother the
grass and weeds; or, better still, SOW
three or four ounces of equal parts OF
nitrate of soda and superphOspbate to
each bush. Scatter it broadcast on the
land for distance of two or three feet
on each side Of the row. The earlier
this is done in the spring the better, and
if not done until the bushes are in full
Leaf avoid sprinkling the fertilizer on
the leaves, as it sometimes burns them.
Recollect, however, that these tertil-
izers are not substitutes for hoeing or
mulching. If the weeds and grass are
LETT to grow they will take the lions
share of the nitrates and phosphates.
But if you hoe or smother the grass and
weeds the effect of the fertilizer will be
very marked.-Ansericao Agriculturayist.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31

SANFORD, Fla, sells alligator hides for
Is cents each.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-21
A BIG MINERS STRIKE

Inaucurated In Illinois Because OF the
Company's Refusal TO Discharge an En-
ploye.
CHICAGO. January 20.-The coal miners
who have been in the employ of the Spring
Valley Coal Company held a mass-meetlDg
to-day at Spring Valley, Ill, and by q
unanimous vote decided to quit work 50
long ss one Thomas Mulvey worked in the
mines. This throws about 800 men out
Of employment.
Several weeks ago the coal company shut
down two Of the mines, throwing 600 men
ont of work. Two shafts remained in
operstion and the men In these shafts
agreed to share this work with the idle
men. The idle men were TO draw lots to
determine to which mine they would 60
Nlulvey. who had been transferred 10 one
Of the mines remaining at work about the
time Of shutting down, refused TO give mp
his work aud draw lots with the rest of
the men or quit work. The miners ap'
phed to Manager Deylin to discharge Null
vsy. but he refused 10 DO so. The strike
NAV last few days or six months.
Tomorrow morning, the miners, about
l 500 strong, headed by two brass bands
will march six miles out in the country to
the Chicago, Wilmington ard Vermilllon
Coal Company's new shalt, and endeavor
to orgsnize the miners OF that place into
their Union.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-21
ALYNCHING PARTY

In Texas Encounter L. :. Marshslis and a
Terribly Fatal Fight Easues.
ST. Louis, January 20-A dispatch
from Fort Worth, Texas received here
very late last night Says Sheriff Richard
son, Of this county, received telephone
message about midnight from Graham
10 Youug couuty, to the effect that while
Deputy United States Marshal with a
posse OF Graham citizens was eacorhng the
four NARROW brothers, Back Hart and
another man naIcsd Pierce 70 the Parker
county iai. at WeathertOrd, tne prisoners
being indicted for four murders and lght
cases OF horse theft, q mob of thirty citizens
attempted 10 lynch them. The marshal
and posse defended the prisoners. when
terrible fright took place, two Of the Mar
low bows were KILLED and four OF tine posse
AT the first fire The fight continued, ana
another one Of the Marlows and Pierce
were wounded and another one Of the eiti-
zeas mcrtaily hurt The prisoners, Pierce,
Marlow and Buck Hart escaped, hut all
are SAID to be wounded. The tight took
place Two and q half miles from town. Ii
Is not known how many Of the mob were
hurt
A large posse has been made up in Gra-
ham, and are 10 pursuit OF the iugltiVes
and the members Of the mob.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-21
GERMANY'S SCHEME.

The Secret Of Her Charges Of American
Iuterference-An Editorial Opinion.
SAN Francisco, January 20-The San
Francisco Examiner prints long letter
from its correspondent st Apis, which de-
scribea the assault made by the Germans
aud their rfpnlse, and describe3 IN detail
the firing on the American fllg and Amer
ican houses, and the assaults made % the
American residents. Speakingof of the mat
ter. editorially, the Examiner says:
at is easy to see why the
German officials spread reports Of
American interference. They had treat
ed American citizens and American
flag with indignities that demand e1emp-
larry reparGtion, and they thought 1t ad-
visable 10 put in counter complaint 10
lime. In the devastation OF Samoa towns
they seemed to take especial pains TO sin
gle out the property Ct Americans for de-
atruction, and riddled the iisgs 70 that, In
sent 10 WsshingtOn, w01ld be eyiderce oi
upfriendliness thst need no commentary.
While the United States man. Of war Adams
was at Apia eaIly in December II appears
en- Americana house YVES invaded and his
country's flag found therein cut to riec,s
by TAmasesse men from the stronghold
A. Mulisu point. Cipiain Lsary OF the
Adana sent categorical question to the
German consul TO ask whether Tsmasese's
were under German pro-
lection or not. Failing 20 get reply
within reasonable time, the Cap
tain began making arrangement
for landing battalion and
up forthcation facing Tamas-
esse's Fort. He was Determined II DO
were given Tor the outrage, to
march his men upon Tamase'e's strong
Lo,d and take that Chieitlan prisoner.
The intentions of the Captain becoming
known great commOtiOn ensued in Tam
assesses camp, and at 10 o'clock on the
.sme night tie evacuation OF Mulintuu
Point YVES begun with yigOr. The Adams
,ailed from Apis prior TO the occurrence OF
December 10th, and ls now at Honolulu.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-21

landed at Mataafa and 40 more were ..-t
in boats along the coast. the IN men
marching on land TO meet Natesr,
At German Fns plsnte-
tion, Vailele, the shore party wer.
reinforced by all the imported labor sa,d
to be New British men, so that Matasf,
was between the 300 men who came dovn
the day before and the German sailors ana
ioreign laborers. Mataafa. knowing The
Danger Of interference with the German
salons, returned inland. The Germans
followed up and fired into Ma,ssf's
people, killing young man, son Of m,
Chief The chief, getting terribly excited
was only prevented By his own people
from firing into the Germans, bnt While
struggling against the formers efT1rts be
himself was shot and fell dead beside HE
SON.
Mstaafa's people could not stazd this
and By common impulse without ofder.
rsturned tre Their first volley killed SIX
Germans and wouuding Others. Several al
Tamasese's men fled and the lahor,rs r.-
fused TO fight il out. KroBing that this
meant certain death against vast oids IN,
sailors beat hasty retreat TO their boN.
Mataais's warriors following some dis.
tanee. Ma,aafa lost about ten killel and
wounded, while the Germans loss i.
stated at twenty killed. Among the dead
is Lieut Sieger.
The United States steamer Nipsc
steamed to Soluaista on Tuesday, on hear.
ing that the German war ships were going
to shell MafAata's stronghold. Captain
Mullan had communications with the
German commanders and entered hi. pro.
test against their reported project. Fins
protest was not taken notice OF, however.
for the Olga threw shslls into the sroi
where Mataafa was supposed to be-. bat
which he bad vacated.