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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-10-11
CYCLiST AND COYOTES.
The Experience of II Wheelman Who
Lost His Way.


Teddy Dolson on Friday night had an
experience compared with which Tam
OShanter'S famous ride pales into in
significance. Instead Of the horse with
which Tam was equipped. Teddy had n
bicycle; in the places of the witches
that pursued and plagued and almost
crazed the Scotsman, the Cheyenne
man was followed by hungry coyotes.
Tam, too, had taken Il generous liba-
ton of usqucbaugh, while Dolson's only
refreshment was 4 hearty supper.
Friday evening, according to his hab-
it, Dolson started out for a bicycle run.
He had intended to go n few miles
south. then return. but, being unac-
Quainted with the country. lost his way
and in endeavoring to regain his bear
ings lost himself entirely. He wheeled
on in the direction that Cheyenne
seemed to him to be, arriving Mt $50
o'clock at Wheeler's ranch, twenty
miles from the city.
There he was directed how to get
back to town. and started back on the
trail. On and on he rode. but in no
fixed direction. for in the darkness he
had promptly lost his way again on
leaving the Wheeler ranch. AS he
wheeled along in the gloomy night over
the untracked PRAIRIE wishing for moth
ing on earth so much as comfortable
bed. he became aware Of the fact that
he was being closely followed.
Behind him was Il pack of yelping
bowling coyotes, that We're close upon
him before he noticed. Their intention
was so evident that his waning ener-
gies were awakened with a thrill He
bent over his wheel and pushed it as
fast as he could over hill and valley,
but always closely followed by the coy
OteS.
To add to his misfortune. he broke a
pedal in attempting too great speed,
and was on the point of giving out and
letting the hngry coyotes do their worst
when he eSpied a deserted shack q
short distance away. To this he hast
| tened. and. abandoning his bicycle,
quickly climbed upon the roof that
slanted up from the ground. Even
| here the coyotes followed him, but the
coign of vantage and place of refuge
was found on the top of chimney.
All night he remained there. at times
! driving away his pursucrs with frag,
ments of brick, which caused their re
! treat to short distance, whence, after
Il series of lugubrious bowls, they
! would return to the attack At day.
light they departed with a parting sa
lutte of angry howls, and Dolson climb
cd down and mounted his bicycle. soon
reaching Pierce Station, on the Denver
Pacific, thirty-eight miles from Chey
emo.
he was unable to get breakfast un
til he reached Carey, and arrived here
ut $50 the next morning. The hardest
feature of the whole nights experience
he said, was the fact that he had two
cigars in t'S pocket and not match II
light them. y" was badly used up by
the nights ~nerience-Cheyenn
Leader.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-10-11

The tobacco men would try it for Il
change.
well, VIC got great big balloon.
and VIC took it out into field so as to
nave plenty of room to 60 up, you
know. Then we told all our friends
what we were going to do SO they all
came in crowd to bid us good-by, for
they said we might lie dashed TO pieces
Or como down in the middle of the At
tantic Ocean and DC drowned. And
dots of men held thcb allOon with great
big ropes until we got into it, and then
I'VE got ia, and waved our hats and said
hurrah!
And then tho men let 20 the ropes
and the balloon gave rush and all
the people began to cry and said Fare
Mell; Oh. farewell" and we said; Now
were off,"
Then. the first thing il looked as if
taic earth and all the people began to
fall down, down, down And every
thing got smaller and smaller. 1t did
not seem as il the balloon moved at
all. but only as if all the other things
did. The houses and the trees and the
FENCES were running away from us,
and we were standing still and look
ing at them. It's like when you're in a
railroad car that's going fast, and it
seems all the time as if the trees and.
houses and people We're flying past
you and ynu sat still and looked at
Them.
I'VE had lot of provisions with us.
for we thought we might like TO sail
around i'll thc clouds for few dayys,
and. of course. we might get hungry
And | asked Harry, the other fellow,
II he'd have Il sandwich. But he said
he felt q little weary with the start,
and he hadn't got used to sailing
around in the clouds yet, so he'd wait.
And by this time we could see all
the country, like as if we were up in n
high tower. We saw rivers and fields
and farm-housuS and orchards and
churches and houses and hills and Off
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-10-11
Don't Offer 81 Reuar,i

For your lost appetite. All know that It is o
valuable piece OF personal property, but why go
to the expense when Hostctters stomach Bit
tiers will restore il TO you. A course OF that I'M
parallcled tonic and corrective not only induces
a return OF the relish for food but eonfers
upon the stomach tho power TO crafty
appetite wfthout unpleasant sensations
aftcrward For tho purpose of quicken
ing digestion, arou@ing a dormant liver or
kidneys, and establishing p regularity OF
the bowels, me- medicine can exceed this
genial family cordial. in which the pure
alcoholic principle IL modified by blending with
IL botanic elements of the highest efficacy
AVeid the fiery unalloyed stimulants of com
MERGE as means of overcoming inactivity of
any OF the organs above mentioned and use
instead, the Bitters. This professionally sane
TONED medicine remedies maiarial and rheu-
matte ailments.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-10-11
BILLY A BALLOONIST.

''One of my most thrilling expert
enccs occurred when l was aballoon-
Tst." observed Billy.
The clock had just struck ., and
BILLY, waking UP to the exisencics of
The occasion, was ready to spin out one
of his marvellous yarns to avoid the
flat which declared o'clock the bed
time of small boys. Truly, Billy was
an up-to-datc young man.
SO smiled and yielded. rs it long
since you were a balloonist?" L asked.
Billy drew deep breath. The Rubi-
con was passed.
"A few years." he replied, careless
ty. II always had thought balloon
experience would be pleasant, partic-
ularly in summer, for it must be cool
up in the air. Then, of course, when
you arc high enough to see everything
there must be lots of things to see"
'"True, true, my dear Billy"
$50 after thinking over the matter
d long while L got another fellow to
join with me, and we decided TO hire Il
balloon and take q ride UP in the air
TO see what was TO be seen.
1--WE got great big balloon, and we
got it cheaper because we let man
paint soap advertisement on the side.
And that reminds me-" interpolated
Billy, that don't see why balloon
sailing round over COney Island
wouldn't be great deal better fun
than yacht sailing past on the water.
And l should think the soap men g.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-10-11
assah with her needle has done Drawer

assah with her needle has done drawer
things than Caesar with a sword.
Again our subject illustrates what
religion may be when in a strange
Land, or far from home. Hadassah
was a stranger in Shushan. Perhaps
brought up in the quiet of rural scenes,
she was now surrounded by the dazzle
of city. Heads as strong as hers had
been turned by the transit from coun-
try to city. More than that, she was
in strange land. Yet in that lonli-
and was as consistent among the al
lurements of Shushan as among the
kindred of her fathers house.
Perhaps, l address some who are now
far away from the home of their faith
ers. You came across the seas. The
sepulchres of your dead are far away.
Whatever may be the comfort and
adornment of your present home, you
can not forget the place of your birth,
though it may have been lowly and
unhonored. You often dream of your
youthful days, and in the silent twi-
light run off to the distant land
and seem to see your forsaken
home, just as it was when your peo-
pie We're all alive. Though
you may have hundreds of friends
around you, you often feel that you
are strangers in a strange land. God
saw the bitter partings when your
families were scattered. He watched
you in the ships cabin laundering
the stormy seas He knew the be-
wilderment of your Decentralization ON
a strange shore, and your wanderings
up and down this land have been under
an eye that never sleeps, and felt by
heart that always pities. Stranger. far
from home, you have companion in
the beautiful Hadassah, as good in SUI
shan as in her native Jerusalem. Indeed,
very many of you are distant from
the place of your nativity. Some of
you may be pilgrims from the warm
south, or from harder climes than ours,
from ATTITUDES of deeper SHOWS and
sharper frOsts. You have come down
in these regions for purposes of thrift
and gain. You have brought your
tents and pitched them here, and you
seldom now go back again except to
visit the old village with wide streets
and plenty of trees, on some holiday.
This is not the climate in which many
of you were born. These mothers are
not the neighbors who came to tho
old homestead to greet you into
life. These churches are not those
under the shadow of which your
grandfather was buried. These are
not all ministers of Christ who out of
the baptisnal font sprinkled your baby
brow. Far away the kirk! Far away
the homestead! Far away the town!
Have you formed habits which would
not have seemed right in the places
and times of which we speak? Have
You built an altar in your present
abode? Is the religion of olden time
once planted in your heart come up in
glorious harvest? Is your present
home an eulogy upon that from which
you were transplanted? Then are we
worthy companions of Hadassah, the
stranger as holy in Shushan Us in
Jerusalem
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-10-11
EXCHANGED HATS.
A Louisville Man Who Numbered About
His Headgear.

"Well, SIR" said a well-known Lou
isville man, II had an embarrassing
experience recently. l invaria bly,
sleep until the very last moment, and
then make rush for the breakfast
table and the car. That morning I
had but five minutes to get through
eating and catch the car that passed
my door. fairly poled things down
my throat and hearing the clang of
the motorman's bell made rush for
the street AS passed through the
hall l snatched a hat that was hang
ing on the rack, and just reached the
corner in time. Then / dropped into
a seat and took the morning paper
from my pocket. 1t was not long
until l heard gentle tittering from
some dry goods clerks in the seats
behind me. They kept it up and
somehow l got an idea into my head
that they were laughing at me.
after while / turned 6ercely to
one of them and asked what it was
that seemed to amuse him so. He
trembled and managed to gasp out
that / had on my wife's hat 1t was
even SO, and there was one of these
long, gaudy, yellow pins that women
use to keep their hcadgear in p osi-
ton, sticking in it. L was so mad
that jerked it off and threw it into
the street. Then everybody in the
car roarei, and l felt truly furious.
When / reached hat store I stepped
in and bought me hat of the mascu-
line variety. Several hours afterward
my wife dropped in at the store, and
she was wearing my hat. There was
pin in the back of it, and the little
face veil swinging from the front,
but it was my hat, / didn't say a
word, and that woman is wearing it
yet. What bothers me is that every
body found out the joke on me, and
nobody has noticed it on her."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-10-11

eve Arc Going to he Drowned"
or great buildings. We We're too far
off by that time to see any people,
for the people got TO look like little
ants, and then they vanished altogeth-
cr. Aud i think" meditated Billy,
THAT if any people ever could live UP
all the time in the clouds that the peo-
pie that stayed on this earth would
seem very small potatoes to them"
Truly, you are right, my dear" |
sighed. nearer right than you know"
We'll, by and by. we thought we
would like to sail little nearer to
earth, so we pulled little string to
open the valve that lets the gas out.
And we began to sail down little
nearer the earth. We passed Il lot of
hills, and then IL long fiat place. and
then we began to look down over the
ocea The ocean looked awful big,
and fiat, too, at first, but after a little
while we began to see the waves dash
ing up on the shore, and we thought
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-10-11

"a PiSSsS ln"h 10 VIC Aast thlnS 10 envy.
One purpose is mighty apt to win. $500
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-10-11
TAUGHT HIM THE MANLY ART.
How a Thin-Legged, Narrow Chested
BOY SURPRISED His 4 ssailants.


A well-known Philadelphian, who
in his youth was given u little to
sport, has particularly fine boy who
is very spirited. At school he suffered
very much up to few months ago
from bigger boys, who abused and
pounded" him. Enjoining the lad
to thu strictest secrecy, the father
employed a retired pugilist, little
bit of fellow, and hal him give the
boy lessons several times a
week in boxing. At old moments he
practiced with the boy himself. Fin
ally the lad, with that ass francs and
sense of prowess which comes under
such circumstances, wantel to be
loose, but the father held him back
until he felt perfectly satisfied. Not
long ago he told his son to go ahead.
An opportunity soon presente itself,
and it would be hard to describe the
sensation that followed when thu
young whipper snapper who had been
taking thumps for year or two sale
in and laid out completely two of the
biggest bullies and bray carts in the
school
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-10-11
Makes a Big Difference.

Mr. IimmIdd- How would a girl feel If
she received proposal by letter.
Friend IF she didn't care for you she'd
feel inst ltei.
"Um well er-suppose she did care
for mer'
''She'd soy yes by telegraph
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-10-11

In this age of advanced postal facilities it
must strike the unthoughtful man that
advertised letters are wholly uncalled for
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-10-11

The largest camera in the world is the
one attached to the Lick telescope 1t
carries plate twenty inches square.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-10-11

Second street. Philadelphia, is fifteen
miles long. The length of one street in
London is over thirty miles.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-10-11

On the west coast of Africa the taxes
imposed by the petty kings are payable in
palm oil and ivory
A pretty man is the last thing to envy.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-03-03
The Miller Local Option Bill Defeated.

Richmond, Va, February s5-The
hall of the House of Delegates was
literally packed yesterday when the
discussion on the local option ques-
ton was resumed. Mr.. Nicol was
the first speaker, and made strong
argument in opposition to any change
in the existing law.
He was followed by Mr. Patteson,
who appealed TO the House to vote
down both bills.
At the close of Mr.. Patteson's re-
marks the pending question was cal
led, which was on Mr.. Gibson's
amendment to the substitute bill.
providing that the signatures of one
third of the voters in the last proceed
ing election shall be necessary to or
der an election on the question of the
sale of intoxicating liquors. This
was defeated by vote of AZ to 30.
The vote was then taken on the
Miller bill as it came from the Senate.
and resulted yeas 10, nays Il.
The result Of the vote leaves the
local option law as it is at present.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-03-03
Virginia. Maryland Reciprocity.

The Joint committees of the Vir,-
GINA and Maryland Legislatures met
in Washington the 22d ult., to con
slider the oyster interests, ana the
following was prepared by Senator
Stubs Of Virginia, agreed TO oy
! Senator Legg, of Maryland, anu
signed by each member OF the TWO
committees:
The undersigned committees, APP
pointed by the Legislatures OF the
States of Maryland and Virginia to
confer on the question of liking the
seasons of working on the natural
rocks with tongs, scoops and dredges,
so that the seasons will be the same
in both States held meeting to day
and came to the following conclu-
sions:
First. That it is to thelinterest of
both States to have the seasons the
same in both Maryland and Virginia.
Second. That the longing season
in both States should commence on
September 1st, and end on the 2oth
of April.
Third. That the dredging season
in both States should commence ON
the 18th day of October and end on
the 18th day of March.
Fourth. That the above named
seasons be fixed for the Potomac
river.
Fifth. That the Legislatures of the
States of Maryland and Virginia will
carry out the above by appropriate
legislation.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-03-03
Major Turner's Marvellous Escape.

Mr.. S. S. Turner, who has just been
elected TO the House of Representa-
tives in the Seventh Congressional
District of Virginia, to succeed Gov
ernor O'Ferrall, had once an escape
from death little short of the marvel
Gus. He was Confederate soldier,
and after the evacuation of Rich
mond, with four other men, climbed
into box car to sleep. The car had
been used to transport powder, and
every crevice in the floor was filled
with the powder dust. In the morn
ing one Of the men, after lighting his
pipe, threw the burning end of the
match he had used on the floor. In
stantly there was an explosion, which
killed all but Mr.. Turner. He was
terribly injured, and lay for weeks
in almost mortal agony, for opium or
other narcotics were not to be had.
He recovered finally, but bears still
the marks of the accident. Of the
torture he endured he cannot even at
this day be induced to speak.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-03-03

The joint committee, of the Senate
and House of Delegates of Maryland
duped into the belief by the captains
of the schooners VIM. E. Price and
G. w. Stevenson, whose boats were
captured recently while being used
in taking and carrying away oysters
stolen by them from Virginia waters,
that some wrong had been perpe-
trated against them which ought to
be redressed, had started, according
to the latest advices, on fools
errand" to Richmond. They go there
for the purpose of demanding lin
mediate and appropriate redress and
restitution to citizens of Maryland,
who do not deny that they had stolen
Virginia oysters but who say, while
that is true, they were not caught with
the stolen goods until they had gotten
back into Maryland. 1.-The peace
and dignity of Maryland surely does
lOI lCQ I'LL Z uljClu lOSO w ouCu !GilS vi
in shielding their thieves and Virginia
authorities surely will not recognize
that they have any rights, when they
invade her territory, and when they
are prepared to prove, that their boats
were captured in her limits with the
stolen goods in them. 1t will occur
to most people that Maryland is ask
ing rather too much, when they want
us to accept the statement of thieves
rather than those of her most repu-
table citizens, and it is strange, that
it has not occurred to the committee.
the false position in which they have
allowed themselves to be placed by
the Legislature of Maryland by their
visit to Richmond. Virginia always
ready to listen to any just complaint
of a sister State, cannot be so untrue
to her citizens, as to condemn them,
in this instance, when they are
clearly in the right, and we have too
much faith in our Governor to be-
lieve that their false cry will have
any weight with him in arriving at
his conclusions in the matter.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-03-03
Hallwood, Va, Dec. 20, 1893

The Scott Fertilizer 20
Elkton, Md.
Dear Sirs:-I was induced to take
the agency for the sale of your fertil-
izers for Mappsville and vicinity last
spring. / reluctantly accepted until
I should HAYES trial upon our prln-
cipal crops, Irish and sweet potatoes,
corn, etc.
| sold to over thirty-siX different
farmers using from one bag up to five
tons All OF my customers were in
different about trying the goods, now
they all, without exception, endorse
and recommend the goods strongly.
The Sure Growth Compound for
Irish potatoes was used from four
hundred to eight hundred pounds to
the barrel of seed, giving q return
from thirty to sixty barrels OF mar
ketabIe potatoes of the best qnality.
The Sweet Potato Fertilizer gave ex
celIent results, but from the general
experience I advise. the use OF Sure
Growth Super-Phosphate as the best
sweet potato fertilizer we have ever
used,
The Standard Phosphate is well
spoken of for corn, as well as the
Sure Growth Super-Phosphate for
the same crop.
II estimate from present reports
that my sales this season will more
than double these of last year. All
who used the goods last season will
largely increase their orders and
their neighbors will buy with them.
Yours very truly.
John r. Ewell.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-03-03
The Culling Law

RICHMOND, Va, February s3.-The
bill to provide for uniform oyster
culling law, which was agreed upon
at Washington by the committees
from this State and Maryland some
weeks ago, was passed by the House
to. day. This bill provides that all
oysters taken from the waters Of the
Potomac river shall be culled upon
the natural beds or bars as soon as
taken, and all oysters having shells
of less size than two and a half in
ches in length, together with empty
shells, shall be left upon the beds,
provided that when small oysters
adhere so closely to the shell of the
marketable oyster as to render its
removal impossible without destroy
ing the small oyster. it shall not be
necessary to remove it. Any person
offering oysters for sale which shall
not have been culled as required by
this bill, may be fined sum not less
than $25 nor more than $500. This
act is TO go into effect as soon as it is
adopted by the State OF Maryland.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-03-03
NOTICE .

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Salt in large sacks, Baugh's
High Grade Fertilizers, Lobos
and 10 per cent. Peruvian Gu
ano, Tygert Aliens 10 and 7 per
cent. Goods, Dry Fish and Fish
Mixture, also Cypress Potato
Bed Frames, Well Tubing and
Shingles from 1925 to So per M,
Hay and Mill Feed, agent for D.
M. Osborns' Reapers and Now
ers, and Farming Implements,
Road Carts and Buggies always
on hand, Styron Combination
Fence. For sale by
A. w. SHORT, Bloxom, Va