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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-07-26

It Is n strange fact that the human
hand, eye and nerve are so constituted
as to act automatically and correctly
at the proper moment, almost without
conscious effort on the owners part.
The author Of "Tales OF Nomad'
gives an experience that illustrates this
In n most fortunate manner.
We were passing through grass
about two feet I'm height, with clumpS
of low scrub here and there. l was
leading, and my spoorer, Kafir nam
ed Jacha, was following me. lie had
only one eye, and that eye was keener
to detect game than two pairs Of ordin-
airy optics; but on this occasion 1t over
looked terrible danger, for the reason
that the danger, though within few
yards Of us, was invisible.
There was a rustic In patch OF
scrub six or seven yards before me,
and suddenly out Of it rose wounded
buffalo with bloody mouth and glaring
eye, which wheeled round facing me
in act to charge
1t took place quicker than thought. My
rifle, which happily was at full cock,
went up to my shoulder instinctively,
and / dropped him In his tracks with
a ball through the brain
So sudden was the whole affair that
my heart had not time even TO give a
great thump. / do not quite remem-
Der how ] lid 1t. / am sure | did not
take fine sight, and doubt whether
[ looked at the rib of my rife ut all.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-07-26
THE MAJOR REJoiCES.
With tho Income Tax Fastened ON the
Yanks the south Is Revenged.

With tho Income Tax Fastened ON the
Yanks the south Is Rovenged.
have Just been out rejoicin with
some Of our Southern chivalrous
spirits over the fact that the income
tax has been clinched onto the tariff
bill tighter than steam biler |
would rather have lost leg than
seen that measure beaten. writes
Major Randolph Gore Hampton in
the New York Advertiser. because /
know It's hot poker on the back Of
the Internal, greedy, purse proud
Yankees and the whole Internal
secktion that got rich by robbin the
South and passing protecktion laws.
Well give 'em now some of the
same kind Of protecktion that they
have been givin us for thirty-odd
years This income taxin' idee Is u
great thing for the South After
we get it started well we can keep
on putin on the screws till the
Yankees with tho incomes will have
to pay the whole pension bill and
help run the government besides. It's
great, ! tell you, and tho action of the
senate is worth celebra ton in every
town and hamlet in the South. It's
the biggest piece Of justice we've
got up to date from this turkey
buzzard congress. Mr. Dave Hill
got we'll lickt on this scheme and |
suppose he will join the gold bug
party now. and go and live in Wall
street l am done with him. His
attact on that noble old Southern
patriarch, Senator Isham G. Harris,
was scandalous, and it rules him out
Of the Democrat party. Hill is a
blagguard to talk about plantation
manners" Every body knows that
Southern planters is tho finest
gentlemen that ever lived in this or
any other country. A lot of old
abolition dogs used to snarl at our
Southern gentlemen about their plan
tation manners, but | never expect
ed to hear OF man calm hisself u
Democrat doin it, and If Mr.. Hill
makes use of such languidge in my
presents I'll give him taste Of
plantation manners, for Pm n planter
myself, though ruined by the war.
Hill can't forgive the South for not
supportin him for president, and Pm
sorry now he's out for Adlai Steven
son. I'm afraid he will damage our
cause, the yellow poltroon.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-07-26
CHIEFLY CHAFF.

Stage Manager-Have you taken
any preparations for stage career?
Applicant, proudly-rve been divorced
twice.
First Actor, in tragic whisper-Are
we quite alone? Second Actor, glanc-
ing grimly at the small audience
Almost.
Little Sister-Does everything need
the rain to make it green? Big Sister
Yes. l.. SIS that why your young
man carries an umbrella?
Little Miss Suburb-It's just too
mean for anything. Mrs. Suburb
What is, pet? Little Suburb It's
raincd every day since got my new
watering pot.
Tom, reading history-Pretty rough
the way that Spanish inquisiton used
to treat people, Ell? Dick-Oh, I
dunno. They showed great deal of
ingenuity in thumbscrews and things,
but not one of them thought to try
the effect of recitations by young elo-
cutionists.
Mr.. Billus-Here's newspaper par
agraph that says women are less sem
sitive to pain than men. l believe
there's something in that, Maria.
Mrs. Billus-Yes, that's the mascu-
line theory. The truth of the matter
is that women have more fortitude
than men. AS to-mercy! For heav-
ems sake, John, be quick! Knock
that horrid bug off nv hairi
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-07-26
THE BROTHERS. RETURN
He Received n Joyful and vs@o-oui
Welcome.

He Received n joyful and vs-arous
Welcome.
How does the tramp and the Michi-
gan farmer agree?" asyed Free Press
reporter Of seedy looking chap who
struck him for dime at the city hall
the other day.
"Wall, speaking for the tramp, can't
say that we hey anythin' in perticler
agin the farmers" he sagely replied.
Pretty generous, are they?'
"Tolerably generous"
"And they seem to believe your tales
OF woe?"
"Our tales of woe are always trueand
orter to be believed. Jist on the spur
of the mint. l can't remember of but
one mean farmer in all this state, and
I've travelled over most OF the country.
He lives near Ann Arbor and the cir
cumstanccs happened two years ago.
l was lynn In II fence corner one day
and heard some men in a field tallln'
about the owner of the next farm west.
His name was Johnson, and 1t appear
ed that he once had "A brother Bill who
ran away and hadn't bin heard of fur
fifteen years There was Il heap o talk
about how glad he'd be To see Bin
again, and 1t put an idea into my head
ITO pass yourself off for Bill?'
Exactly. That evenin' L put In an
appearance. Johnson was milllin' in tho
barnyard and i sat down on hayrack
and broke the joyful news to him that
his long-lost brother Bill finally stood
before him. He got white and red and
trembled all over, and finally he got up
and embraced me and seq:
Yes, it's Bill, fur sure! I'd hev
known you il we'd met in Chiny.
Thank the Lord that the long lost has
ut last returned. Now kin be happy
agin,'
"Acceptel you ofrhand, ch?'
"Ycs, sir; and for few minutes l
thought / had struck 1t rich. lie got
through milkn', and we Were ready to
go into the house, when he sets the pail
down and seq:
Bill, remember the day you left
home In the distant long agoy
Yes
Il advised you not to go, and you
got mad and called me rcd-headed
hump backed liar! ] have never forgot
ten that, Bill, and I've allus stuck to IL
that if you ever got back, I'd have to
| turn to and lick We out of yer butcs!
You are here, Bill, and now I'm golD'
| to do it.
"But he ddn't?" was asked.
Eyes, he did! He was rs big as two
of me, and he mopped me all over that
barnyard for half an hour, and the
only way saved my life was In break
in away and crawlin' through hole In
! the fence. He hollcred to me to come
| back, and that the fattcd calf was
ready, but | never stopped runnin' fur
five miles. Can't say that the Michigan
farmer Is particularly down on tramps,
but they don't seem to hey no brotherly
feelin's fur long-lOst brothers"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-07-26
Tho PrOdlgAl Son.


Old Grover Cleveland had two sons,
He did, he did
Aud one of these sons was % deuce OF kid
He was, he was
The name OF this son was David Hill.
And ne would not vote for the Wilson bill,
For the income tax was too bitter pill
Johnny fill up the bowl
Now David had ideas OF his own,
He had. he had
Not proper ila re spect for his dad
Had he, had he
So when the income tax came along
Old Grover asked David to join In tho song.
But David said, mot on your life"-which
was wrong
Johnny I'LL up the bowl
Now Grover had a son who was good,
He had he had
Who in every respect took after his dad,
He did nc did;
The name of this son was Senator Brce.
lie liked sugar and spice and every thing nice -
But there are some nau ghty things he would
MT do twice
Johnny All up the bowl
This son presented friend oil his
With tip with u tip
And the friend indul ged in stock market dip
He did he did
SO when Calvin awoke to q uew.gottcn fame
He ussiduously tried to crawl out of the Same,
But the people unkindly got on to his game
Johnny fill up the bowl
Times. Star
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-07-26
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Epsier Than Arithmetic.

1t is easier to remember things usual
Iy If you know what they mean. A lit
tie boy could never remember even
about how long n cubit Is till his IA
ther told him the word was cubitus in
Latin. which means an elbow, and that
the measure called cubit was the dis
lance from mans elbow to the end
Of his middle finger.
"And how much is Il fathom" asked
the little boy.
"Oh. fathom comes from the two
words, fiat" which means in the Ar
yam language, to extend, and HON.
a man. A fathom is the length of q
man extended; that is. when his arms
are stretched on each side from the
shoulders, from tip to tip of his fingers.
'"rhe foot is an English word, and
means just the length of the foot of Il
full-grown man."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-07-26
The South's Work.

The South has got the Democratic
party we'll in hand. Southern inhu-
ence dominates congress- In onl y
one notable particular has Southern
policy been rejected at this session.
The effort to repeal the state bank
tax failed. This defeat resulte
group at the capitol, some OF the
members fearing lest revival OF
state bank issues would give the
free-silver cause "a set. back. They
voted against repeal not that they
loved state bank money less, but
cheap silver more. In all other
matters the Southern Democracy has
been triumphant.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-07-26
ALExANDER'S CROWN.


Magnificent Jewels Of the Car OF
All the Russins.
The Russian crown and other
state jewels are valued ut the enormous
sum Of $11,000,000, taking United
States money as basis of calculation;
the crown itself Is reckoned as being
worth at least $G,000,O00. II Is adorn-
ed with hundreds Of diamonds, indivld-
ual specimens Of which are valued ut
all the way from few dollars up to
enormous sparklers worth thousands
upon thousands Of dollars. Besides the
diamonds, which make this costly head
dress look rs If it had been buried In
Il shower of falling stars there are
fifty-four pearls, each without a flaw,
set around the rim, ruby of extraor-
binary size and brilliancy being used
as n centerpiece. The crown was
made by Panzie, the old-time Genocse
court jewcler, and was first used by
Catherine the Great.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-07-26

Isn't the party in power in full
control?
1t controls everything except it
self.
And why not itself?
Because they are trying to run il
backwards. and it isn't built that
way.
Can't anybody steer it right
The president might
Who is the president?
Grover Cleveland.
Isn't he Democrat?
Rats!-New York Sun.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-07-26
DAUGHTERS OF EVE.

Frances-Elise is just daft about
bric-a- brac, isn't she? Adele Il
should say so! Why l heard this
morning that shc was going to marry
base ball pitcher.
As an excuse for dead birds being
used in millinery, it is stated that
some soft-hearted women are having
their departed pets stuffed, an then
ornamenting sin Eemoriam" bonnets
with them.
Mrs. Lizzie Smith of FlemiDgsburg,
Ky, has been awarded $40 by jury
in suit brought against Mrs. Jenaie
Sousley for damages for placing the
sharp end of pin uppermost in hss
church pew.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-07-26
And Mater LIZ Eree

From bushei Of corn dealer gets
four gallons of whisky; which retails
for $l6. OF this the government gets
So so. the retailer gets 81. the dis.
tiller gets 81. the railroad gets 81.
the farmer who raised the corn gets
forty cents the consumer gets ten
da $ or more in the "cooler. New
York III. bune
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-07-26

policies and methods for those
which prevailed when the Republi-
can party was in power The clear
ing-house payments of the country
have declined ~. 00). 00o.00 Wages
and incomes have been diminished
So. 900, 0op day, or live times as
much as fhe daily cost OF carrying
on the war. Times Star
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-07-26
Imnroyement by Reduction.

Mr.. Cleveland told senator the
other day that he wanted to leave
the Democratic party better than he
found it. Every election shows that
the purpose is being accomplished
The best way to improve the Democ-
racy is by numerical reduction. Mr.
Cleveland should remember, how
ever. that when patient loses more
than two.fifths of his weight he is
apt to die. Globe Democrat
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-07-26
An Awkward shadow.

News of the indictment OF /imri
Dwiggins in chicago recalls the man
with the strange lime who was the
ecursor of the evil financial times
that have fallen upon the country.
1t is bat little more than a year a 20
since imri with his collapsing wind
speculations and marvellous systom
banking first threw his awkward
shadow across the b Isiness horizon.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-07-26
Thing, Might BE Worse.

Extra precautions have been taken
to prevent the assassination Of the
president and he is now provided
with "a body-guard. The necessity
of this il not conspicuous. Ii there
ever were parties in the country an
archistic enough to want TO make
Adlai presi lent, they have probably
been committed to an asylum long
a0p
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-07-26
In These Democratic DAYS.

For the first time since the war
the expenditures of tho govern
ment excel the receipts. The
deficit in the revenues amounts to
about Sfl,JDt.JJ. This is the re-
suit of tho substitution OF di.Ierent
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-07-26
A Postponed Celebration

II shall celebrate my twenty-second
birthday next week" said Miss Giddey
to her dearest friend.
II suppose you forgot 1t when IL
came around eight or nine years ago."
was Miss Flypps reply.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-07-26
pRTH THE LIVING.
THAT SHINE IN HIS
TORY'S PAGES.

TaImage breaches an Eloquent
mon Through the Press---Life
Always worth Living when 1t Is
christian Life.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-06-20
Information Wanted.

G. A. Curtice, of Controcook, n.
H. veteran of the Seventh New
Hampshire Volunteers. has written
a letter to Adjutant General Farley
saying that he wants to be put in
communication with some member
of the family of Captain Quattle-
baum, of the South Carolina Sharp.
shooters, who was killed at Laurel
Hill, Va, October 7th, 1864, in front
of the writer's regiment"
We clip the above from the Colum'
bia Register of the 18th inst.
Capt. Joab Quattlebaum was mem
ber of Company F. Palmetto Sharp
shooters; was native of this county
and has relatives now residing in the
section where he was born. Mr.. 2
c. Spann, Leesville post office, this
county, can probably furnish any in
formation desired.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-06-20
a Free Scholarship.

The authorities of Converse Col
lege make the following offer of one
scholarship Of free tuition in the
Collegiate Department of one young
woman in this county. The scholar
ship is worth $50 and is good for
two years.
The applicant must be at least l3
and not more than IS years Of age,
and must be of good moral charac-
ter.
The examination will be held at
this place on Saturday, August is,
1894.
Applicants must pass a written
examination on: lst Arithmetic and
Algebra to equations of the second
degree; % Geography; 81 United
States History; 4tt English Grammar
and analysis, and the applicant
passing the best examination shall
be entitled to the said scholarship.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-06-20
Woods Fire.

A rumor was circulating IN town
last Wednesday that st. Andrew $
church. in the Fork, had been burned
by woods fire. Inquiry ehclted
that the rumor was erroneous, but
that a fire had broke outne Chapln
and ragged fercely for three days,
being aggravated by the inhammabie
condition of the woods caused from
the dry spell. 1t covered a large
scope of country, burning fencing,
timber, etc., in its path, and 1t was
not gotten under control until 1t
reached Mr.. Isaiah Haltiwengers S
place. We could not learn whether
any dwellings, tenant houses or
barns were destroyed or not,
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-06-20
Two Lives Saved

Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, Of Junction
City, ILL.,, was told by her doctors
she had Consumption and that there
was no hope for her, but two bottles
of DR.. Kings New Discovery com
pletely cured her and she says 1t
saved her life. Mr.. Thos. Eggers'
139 Florida St., San Francisco, SUI
fered from dreadful cold, approach
ing Consumption, tried without re-
suit everything else then bought one
bottle of Dr. Kings New Discovery
and in two weeks was cured. He IS
naturally thankful. 1t is such re-
suits, of which these are samples,
that prove the wonderful efficacy OF
this medicine in Coughs and Colds.
Free trial bottles at the Bazaar.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-06-20
Attention, Ridemen

We have been requested by Capt.
H. A. spann to announce that there
will be an important business meet
ing of his company on Saturday:
June Both, and it is very important
that every officer and member should
be present.
The officers have been commits
stoned and everything is now ready
for a complete and final organization ia
and i is the intention of the officers
to push the work Of drilling vlgor-
ously.
The company has an enrolment OF
over sixty names and is composed OF
some Of as good material as can be
found in the State, and there Is no
doubt but what it will become one
of the best and most reliable COM
panies of the militia.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-06-20
Church Dedication.

The Baptist church, on the land
of Mr.. James Fort, on the lower end
Of Main street, which has been in
course of erection scr some weeks
mast has been completed and will be
dedicated with appropriate and inter-
esting ceremonies on the Third Sun
dav in July, at II o'clock a. m.
The building is 2Sx40; is handsome
in appearance and will comfortably
seat $50 persons. Mr.. Charles f.
Corley was the builder, which is a
sufficient guarantee that the work
has been done in substantial and
workmanlike manner.
The dedicatory sermon will be
preached by Rev. DR.. Lindsay, the
eloquent and able pastor Of the First
Baptist church of Columbia, and will
be assisted by other eminent Baptist
diVines.
Our Baptist friends are to be con-
GRADUATED on the successful com
Dletion of their plans to worship
their God under their own vine and
fe tree, and they have every reason
to be proud of the handsome and
neat little church their enterprise and
pluck has succeeded in erecting.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-06-20
Kinard's Case Continued.

The Supreme Court has continued
the case of George Kinard. It will
be remembered that Kinard is
charged with raping white lady at
Irmo about a year ago. On account
of the alledge strong feeling against
Kinard in this county, his counsel,
Mr.. John Bauskett, succeeded in hav-
ing his case transferred to the Rich
land court where he has been tried
twice. His first trial resulted in a
mistrial, the jury standing, we think,
nine for conviction and three for &C
ouittal. On his second trial he was
convicted, and sentenced to be
hanged. An appeal was taken to
the Supreme Court, pending which a
motion was made for a new trial on
the ground of after discovered evi
dence which: it is asserted if it could
be gotten before a jury, would re
verse the finding of the jury.
Kinard has certainly had every
opportunity to prove his innocence o.
the crime charged, and should've fai
todo soft will be DO fault of his counsel
who has worked both in and out O
, season in his behalf. In the mean
time Lexington will have to foo
the bills incurred by his prolonged
incarceration.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-06-20

Solicitor Nelson, Attorneys George
3. Crolner, c. VI. Efird and ". II.
Sharpe: the defense by NIessrs.
Meetze & Muller, and Douglass &
OBear Of Columbia bar. The fol-
lowing jury was selected with much
care and caution; P. H. Shealy,
foreman; Y. Hayne Hare, George B.
Eleazer, George ". Harman, George
". Jacobs, John R. Frick, John Fl.
Comelander, John Z. Epting, \. 3.
Wanamaker, Walter 4. Leaphart,
Robert Hilton, and James W. Ballen-
tine. The case was given to the
jury late Friday afternoon, and after
remaining out fifteen hours returned
a verdict of guilty of manslaughter,
Mr.. Neese was sentenced to eleven
years of hard labor in the penitenti-
ary. This case ended the criminal
business and the Court of General
Session adjourned sine die.
On the civil side several orders
and judgments were passed.
Judge Benet will preside at the
September term.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-06-20
Onr yOunr friend. Nathan

Our young friend, Nathan b.
Wannamaker, who was one OF the
important jurors at our court last
week, dropped in to see us Sat-
urday. Nathan is a clever young
man and one of Sandy Runs success
ful farmers. We are always glad to
meet him.
Mr.. Theodore Harman has our
thanks for bundle of old Dispatches.
If any one else have copies they will
confer a favor on us by mailing or
sending them to this Office. We
want to replace our files, which were
destroyed in the fire.
Capt. P. H. Caughman has refitted
and repaired his -four mill, and is
now equipped to grind wheat into
the whitest and sweetest flour. Carry
your wheat to his mill and you will
receive the smiles and blessings of
your wife and children.
We return thanks to Mr.. j. j.
George for an invitation to attend
the commencement exercises OF
Cherryville, n. c., June 22d. Mr..
George IS a native of this county, a
young man of sterling qualities and
is destined to make his mark in his
chosen profession, that of teaching.
Mr.. P. D. Risinger, we'll known
AID experienced teacher, has returned
from Lenoir College, n. c., and
would like to get a two or three
months school this summer. Any
school desiring teacher will do well
to secure his services. Address him
at Leesville, S. G.
We heard number of persons at
tribute the cause of the peculiar
weather we have been having to the
near approach of the Day Of Judg-
ment. Deliquent subscribers should
pay up at once, so as to avoid the
possibility of being shut out of the
land where good people go, for cheat
ing the printer.
During court week one of our sub
scribers called to see US, and re
ferred to the local which appeared
in the Dispatch sometime since, in
reference to one neighbor borrowing
papers was like cooking from the
smoke of his neighbor's chimney.
He said he knew a man who not only
did this, but had wore out fifty
dollar buggy riding around to his
neighbors, reading their paper, and
since the buggy goes no more he is
riding horse back on the some mis-
sion
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-06-20
Public Meeting.

We have been requested to an
nounce that there will be public
speaking at Temperance Hall next
Friday evening, at S o'clock sharp,
under the auspices of Lexington
Lodge No. 237, I. O. G. t., at which
time the following subject will be
considered. Three Reasons Why
it Pays to be a Good Templar." 1t
pays Financially-to be discussed by
Mr.. J. E. Hendrix, Physically-Rev.
G. Edwin Stokes, Spiritually-ReY
J. G. Graichen.
1t is hoped that a large audience
will be present, as cordial invitation
is extend to all.