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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-29
Suspended on High.

An accident, which might have ter
minated fatally, happened to G. f..
Wait, balloonist, at Capac, recently.
In making an ascension. and a height
of 200 to 1900 feet, he seized the
parachute for the descent, and in some
way the small cord which held the
parachute to the bar of the balloon
(only cord one eighth of an inch in
diameter) became entangled around
the bar of the balloon. He claims he
united the string before he attempted
to drop. Any way, it resulted in the
inverting of the parachute, leaving
him suspended in the air with only
the small cord to hold him. He re-
manned quiet, not daring to make an
effort to raise himself by the cord to
get hold of the bar above him. After
little further ascent The balloon be-
gan to descend, landing him with con-
siderable force, but not enough to hurt
him seriously. He was afterward SO
completely FRUSTRATED from the shock
that physician was summoned
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-29

$50 much the BETTER" said Sammy.
1--WE can stand on the topmost round
of the ladder and just put out one hand
and pull the big nest off of the topmost
limb"
.Well,' said Billy, ''you go up first
and I'll stand ON the bottom round of
the ladder to steady it. Then when
you get to the top I'll come up. and
Wen both reach up and get the big,
big crows nest"
So Billy stood upon the lowest round
of the long. long ladder, and Sammy
began to climb up. Up he went--up
past the branch upon which the ladder
rested, and clear up to the top of the
long, long ladder, until his fingers could
just touch the edge of the big, big
crows nest.
Then Billy began to climb. Up he
went-up the long, long ladder. safely
until he got nearly to the branch upon
which the ladder rested. Then, to the
little boys horror the long. long ladder
began to sway strangely about. Billy
took a step or two more. The ladder
swung over the branch upon which it
rested. and the two poor little boys
were tossed out into the middle of the
mill stream. From this perilous po-
sition they We're afterwards rescued by
the miller, whose wife heard them roar
and cry SO frightfully that she called
her husband and pointed out to him
the two struggling, small objects.
ooh, it is only those two little scamps
from the farmhouse, who are always
in mischief" said the miller But he
fished them out and the mother of the
two little boys afterwards gave him d
dollar for his trouble.
AS for the crows nest. l believe ii
is there yet. But it would not have
done Sammy and Billy any good if
they had captured it, for the young
birds had left it long ago, and the nest
was empty.
And that's all.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-29
Mrs. SARTORIS.
of course. an abundance of money to
recommend her

of course, an abundance of money to
recommend her.
1t is said of Mrs Astor that she cares
not at all for the society of men, pre-
ferring to shine now by the graces of
her daughters and, particularly, by
the new society appearance OF Mrs.
Coleman Drayton, whom Mrs Astor is
introducing" again after a long abb
sence from her mothers home. But it
is a fact that very many men admire
Mrs. Astor greatly, and should she
ever care to re-enter the field of matri-
mony, she would find suitors as many
as she could count. Her wealth is very
great-too great for estimate-proba-
bly, the income is $500 or $500 per day.
Her period of mourning is just past.
Another of the widows, well along
in years though still very attractive,
is Mrs Hicks-Lord. This remarkable
woman is in poor health now, no doubt
from the many and varied scenes of
her.life. But those who visit her on
Washington square in her palace home
say she will recover and yet grace So
ciety at home and abroad as of yore.
Mrs. Hicks-Lord rejoices in the full
name of Annette Wilhelmina Schenck
Wilkens Hicks-Lord. She is twice a
widow, having been married long ago
to Mr.. Hicks, who left her with an
annual income of $4,000, which she
increased to $l50,OOc upon the death of
her second husband, Mr.. Lord, who
was over 80 years old when she mar
ried him.
Among the startling events OF this
great woman's career was her CONVEX
sion to the Roman Catholic church,
when she was baptised in Rome by
Mgr. Capel; another was the way she
entertained in Paris; and again the
manner in which she excited inter-
national wonder by givingup her home
abroad to the German empress when
the latter wished to visit London.
This unselfishness from a petted belle
brought old Mr.. Lord PROSTATE at her
feet.
Mrs. Hicks Lord most famous jewel
in a collection of the finest private
Jewels in the world, is stomacher
which cost just a quarter of million.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-29

was so fixed on carrier that the wire
could unroll rs the cavalrymen rode
along. A second man rode behind.
and. catching the wire with a sort of
fork on the end of his lance, by which
1t was made about half as long again,
threw 1t into the upper branches of the
trees lining the road The officer went
first and the two men running the wire
We're about thirty PAGES apart. When
the first reel was emptied, they hault-
ed The telephone was connected,
and horn blown to signal the starting
point, from which an answering sig
nal was sounded. After Il talk over
the wire the new reel was Joined up,
and the process continued. Midway
between the cities the patrols met, the
wires were joined together, and speech
was found to be perfect. The order
was then given to take up the circuit,
and each patrol. Keeling up all the way,
worked back to its starting point. The
laying of over thirty miles of wire
took only four hours.
The French are also alive to the i'm
portance of the telephone in army ma
neuvering. Each regiment of French
infantry is now supplied with two
portable telephone Instruments, be-
tween three and four miles Of wire,
carried on bobbins, by men, Il light
bamboo ladder and two forked poles.
BY the use of these appliances, commu-
nication Is immediately established in
billets betweca regimcntal and brigade
headquarters. or from any of the out
posts to the rear.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-29

The polar bear is not social animal;
the two cubs generally keep together
for some time after they have left the
mother, but in later life, as a rule, each
travels by itself. About the subject Of
the polar bears courage and ferocity,
the author of "POlar-Bear Shooting
says there is great divergence of opin-
ion, attributable to the different cir
cumstances in which it has been met.
1t happened several times during the
German expedition to the east coast of
Greenland. in 1S69-70. that the crew
were attacked by bears. and one of the
men, Bergen by name, was dragged a
considerable distance.
He had been out in the evening to
read the thermometer, which was plac-
ed on land, and while on his way back
to the vessel was suddenly attacked by
a bear. Having no time to aim, he
tried to brighten it with the bulls-eye
lantern which he carried; but without
taking the slightest notice of this, the
bear threw him down, bit him in the
head. and then started to drag him
away.
His cries were heard. and his friends
fastened to his assistance. On hearing
the shots which We're fired with the in
tention of frightening it, the bear re-
tired a few PAGES, but returned, and
Selling the man again, dragged him
with him at gallop over the uneven
ice. At last it ran away for good. Bor-
gen was badly wounded. but thanks
to his thick fur cap, his head escaped
being crushed.
In other cases the polar bear has
been known to be easily frightened.
One of DR.. Kane's followers, who
was awakened by the growing of 4
bear which had put it's head in at the
tent door, resorted to the expedient of
thrusting box of lighted sulphur
matches under it's nose. The bear mag
unanimously forbore to avenge the in
suit, and took itself off.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-29
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
INTERESTING READING FOR BoYs
AND GIRLS.
The Adventures of Two Naughty
Litt,e Boys-Polar Bears-Reason-
able Rcauest-The Excavation of
Ancient Troy.

There were once two little boys nam
ed Sammy and Billy, who were up to
all the mischief under the sun. They
used to fall into the brook every day
Of their life. They also fell off the roof,
and caught their legs in the threshing
machine, and fell down the WELL and
got themselves locked into the cellar,
and got lost in the woods, and got
adrift in a rowboat, and carried away
by train of cars. In short, 1T world
take a whole page to tell of their Iuri-
GUS mishaps for even one summer, and
of the dreadful feelings of their family
when one of these accidents occurred.
and or the constant state of anxiety on
the part of their mother lest one of
these accidents. or a still worse fresh
adventure should occur again.
Said Sammy to Billy one day:
Lets go bird-nestingw
'All right. let's" replied Billy.
do you think you can climb very,
very tall tree?' asked Sammy.
'Oh, yes" promptly answered Billy,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-29
Military TeIceraphy.

Recent accounts of military evolu-
tons in Europe go to show that great
progress is being made in the utiliza-
ton Of both the telegraph and the tele-
phone, especially in cavalry work.
During the late cavalry maneuvers in
England the field telegraph accompan-
led the cavalry at trot, the wire being
laid as fast as the cavalry advanced
When the cavalry retired it was reeled
up with equal rapidity. 1t is under
stood that this demonstration of the
possibility of the telegraph wire being
used with cavalry will lead to an ex-
tension Of the scope of the telegraph
organization in the British army.
In telephone work. an interesting
experiment between Berlin and Potts
dam is reported. A telephone line was
laid on the march by two cavalry pa.
trolls, each consisting of an officer and
two under officers. One patrol started
from Berlin, the other from Pottsdam,
very early i'm the morning. Each pat
rol was furnished with complete
telephone set and supply of reels,
each Of which contained about q mile
of steel wire. The end Of the wire was
connected to the town circuits in Berlin
aud Potsdam respectively, ART the reel
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-29

and then these naughty boys ran with
it. and with all their might down
through the orchard to the meadow,
where the tall, tall tree stood which
held the bird nest.
Now the tall. tall tree stood on the
edge of tho wide stream which flowed
past the meadow which was behind
the orchard. The tall tree was very
tall, and it was a dead tree, not leaf
or green twig being visible on it any
where. Two or three bare, straight
branches stuck out from it, and on the
very topmost of these, far up above
the neighboring trees there was plainly
to be seen big, rough-looking nest
of dried grass and twigs. 1t was a
crows nest.
ut looks very high" said Sammy,
looking up at it.
mo matter" said Billy. 'It is not
too high for us to GET
So the little boys rested one end of
tn long. long ladder upon the ground
at the foot of the tree, and the other
end they lifted up in the air and
rested against the tallest of the bare
branches.
But the long, long ladder was so long
that the upper end of it stuck far up
above the branch against which it lean
ed, and reached almost up to the upper
branch, upon which was the big crows
nest.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-29
a Fly to the Rescue.

There is large black and white hor.
net that makes it his business to catch
flies He has hard time to get hold
of one, and when he does he carries
it with his front legs to some convenient
spot, and proceeds to pull off the fly S
wings, head and legs before taking
him to his nest. A hornet had sue
ceeded in catching fly, and had settled
on the edge of an open door. He com
mcnccd amputating with n great deal
of trouble, standing on his hind legs
and working with his front ones. He
was about half way Though his work
when another fly, n relative of the vic
tim, perhaps, arrived on the scene
and commenced wheeling around and
around the hornet, seeming to be in
great distress.
The fly suddenly flew off to distance
and returned With lightning speed,
straight MS an arrow, toward the tot
tering hornet, ramming him with all
his strength. This was repeated until
the hornet was completely dislodged,
and forced to retire. The fly had Ger
tainly done its best to save its com
p.niOn's life.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-29

The Farmer Fishcd Them Out.
who would have expressed his readi-
n IS to have climbed to the top of the
church steeple, or to the moon, if any
one had doubted his ability to do it.
well, know where there is a splen-
did big, big birds nest. But it is in
the top of tall, tall tree" said Sam
my.
rs it far OFF, asked Billy.
SIT is in the meadow, the other side
of the orchard" answered Sammy.
1--WE might carry ladder" suggested
Billy.
'.All right" promptly assented Sam
my. wen carry out the ladder. Is
it very tall ladder?'
YES" said Billy. "It is the long,
long ladder that the painter left here
when he was painting the house. He
used it to climb up on the roof"
Yes, 1 remember" Tommy said.
where is it?'
at is out behind the barn." replied
Billy. Il saw it the other day. 1t is
in the corner behind the hen house"
"Oh. yes! Well, Wen get this long.
long ladder and you'll take one end
and I'll take the other end, and Wen
carry it down to the meadow at the
other end of the orchard where the tall
tall tree is, and Well put one end of
the long, long ladder up in the tree,
and fix the other end of the long, long
ladder on the ground. And then Wen
both climb up the long, long ladder.
I'll climb up first and sit upon branch
while you climb up. And then We'll
both grasp the big. big nest and bring
it home with us. l don't know whether
it has got eggs in it or birds, but L
know it is big, and we must get it,"
So the little boys did it. They got
up very early the next morning, before
anyone was awake They ran out be-
hind the barn, and there in a corner,
behind the hen-house, they found the
long, long ladder that the painter had
used when he painted the house. And
Sammy took one end of the long, long
ladder, and Billy took the other end,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-29

happy man will secure not only a great
beauty, famed on both sides of the
ocean, but woman who speaks several
languages and is an amateur actress of
great power. Nothing but the express
wish of her father keeps her from APP
pearing on the stage at all charitable
gatherings, Last winter at the thea
tricals given by Mrs John Bloodgood
and Mrs. Oliver Sumner TEAL Mrs.
BurlSe-Roche withdrew her promised
support at the last minute-because
her father so dislilles the notoriety of
the stage. Here is certainly matri-
monial prize.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-29

" supplied with worshipers at their
fair shrines than are those once bound
by matrimonial chains. Nor are any
of womanl<ind, even among the pro-
verbally attractive debutantes, the
cause of more wakeful nights nor
deeper heartburnings.
And this is just as it should be-in
very many cases at least. For there
are. within easy mention, score OF
lovely widows with not only beauty
for their portion, but with accomplish
ments, fine presence, sympathetic
hearts and riches as well.
The palm for all these things except
extreme youth, must be given to Mrs,
William Astor, who, though she has
grandchildren, is not yet an aged
woman by any means, and who has
plenty of good looks, fine health and,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-29
Reasonable Request.

Mrs. Williams always asserted that
whenever her husband proffered a rea-
sonable request, she complied with 1T
rs promptly as possible. When asked,
on one occasion what she meant by
this reservation. she said with laugh:
"Well, once in while Mr.. Williams
makes what / call an unreasonable re-
quest. For instance, he came home a
few days ago and said he had seen a
woman on the street whose dress he
admired. and he said he wished / would
have one made just like it.
"'Tell me how it was made, and l
certainly WILL / answered.
"'Oh, it was very simple he began.
The color was-well-it was one OF
those mixed goods, you know; brown, l
should say, or a sort of yellowish gray,
with Il figure of some sort, spot, or
perhaps a small stripe, or it might have
been check. 1t was made with a
Skirt-iuSt one skirt, [ think-and 1T
had ruffling, or band, or a-a--
something to brighten it, a little here
and there. more toward the bottom, /
should say, than the top-though 1
think there was little ornamentation
of some sort around the top, too
"'And thewaist or jacket, or what
ever you wish to call it-that was per-
fectly plain, think, except that there
We're few frills about it, and a con-
trivance of some sort about the neck
nothing eXtravagant at all, but Just
what would look neat and appropriate.
wonder if you catch my idea| he in
quired, as he finished this lucid descrip-
ton.
"Now that was one of Mr. Williams's
requests which l find it really impos-
siblc to grant,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-29

1t is understood, though never conf :
IDENTIFY stated, that the trouble with her
h isband rose from personal differences,
and not from the extravagances of the
latter. Anyway Mrs. Burle-Roc is
at home now, dressing more beauti-
fully than ever, and handling the rib
bons over finer horses than fall to the
lot of any other woman in New York.
If this fair widow marries again the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-29
MISS ANNIE SEASHOLTZ,
n Pennsylvania Girl Who VIII Bea
the Torch of Christianity.

~ Iehnsyltanla Glrl VINO VIII Bear
the Torch of Christianity.
Miss Annie Seasholtz, the subject of
our sketch, is the daughter of Charles
Seasholtz of Northumberland, Pa. Her
father died when she was years of
age, and the mother with her three
young children removed to the home
of her parents in Paint township In
1884 she came with her family to
Northumberland. Annie was converted
at the Baptist church in 1881. She
was pupil of the public schools and
graduated at the high school in the
''class of 49," About four years ago
she first thought of devoting her life
to mission work. In 1892 she entered
DR.. Simpsons missionary training in
stitute, attended two years and grad
uated as fully competent to become a
worker in foreign missionary fields.
On Sunday evening, Sept. 20, fare
well missionary service was held in
the Baptist church in honor of Miss
Seasholtz. On Wednesday, Sept. 80,
she bid farewell to home and friends
and left for New York, where in com
pany with a band of volunteers, stS
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-29
Keys Tomb.

The grave of Francis Scott Key in
Frederick, Md, is in a sadly neglected
condition, and the movement begun by
members of the Grand Army of the
Republic in Troy, n. Y, to secure the
placing of a fitting memorial over the
resting place of the author of "The
Star Spangled Banner" will undoubt-
eddy meet with a hearty response in
every part of the union
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-29
WEALTH is THEIRS.
SOME WIDOWS WHO HAVE
LOTS OF CASH.
Some OF Them Are Miliionaires and
May Marry Again - Beautiful and
Accomplished They Defy Cupids
Darts.

I'D VEL L Z r. S
famous advice to
Sam, Beware of
the vidders," is in
no way needed by
those to whom the
charms of women
are the mot i v e
forces by which life
is made chiefly joy
Gus, for no women
ARE more con slant
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-29

Mrs. Louise Chandler Moulton has u
home at Weymouth street, Portland
place, and she is accredited with being
one of the half dozen women in Lon
don able to create and hold salon.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-29

When she puts it on and holds court
she is the most admired woman in the
400 of either Europe or America.
Quite different from these, and a
widow only by law, yet bewitchingly
beautiful, is Mrs. Burke Roche, now
shining in New York society. Mrs.
Burke Rookie lives at her fathers home.
and has with her the two sons, twins,
that bear a strong resemblance to their
grandfather, Frank Work, million
aire.
Mrs. Burke Roche had marriage
settlement which left her enormously
wealthy, and the money is still hers.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-29

Miss Elizabeth Fleming has been ap-
pointed crier of the United States Cir
cult and District courts at Portland.
Miss Fleming was previously court
stenographer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-29

An excavator has been patented for
forming embankments along rivers, etc.
The driving engine, which is placed on
q flat-boat, is connected by gears and
readily operated clutches with two
drums, over which rope passes, and
Is then carried out TO pulley in a
framework on the bank. TO the end
of this rope the cXcayator is attached.
AS soon as it is placed in position for
eXcavating, with its mouth i'm the en-
bankment or heap to be removed, the
windlass on the fiat-boat is started,
the rope is drawn taut, and the OK
cavator, freighted with its load, is
drawn upward and outward, and auto
matically dumped. The apparatus Is
supplied with two of these shovels or
scrapers, and while one is being drawn
up the embankment, the other is being
returned to be filled. Thus the scrapers
travel in opposite directions, and are
alternately filled and emptied and re-
turned to their place of starting.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-29
A Handy Storage battery.

The Importance Of the storage bat
ing daily more apparent While in Eng
land and on the European continent
it Is extensively and successfully used,
In America Ii has met with indifferent
success. The trouble here seems to be
that storage batteries are worked with
too small margin of safety; we want
to get too much out Of them. AS w. w.
GrlscOm recently put it: "A storage
battery continually worked to its COM
mercial rating Is commercial failure.
A storage battery worked sufficiently
within its capacity Is invariably COM
mercial success" A battery is now
made that, while 30 per cent lighter
than other batteries Of corresponding
capacity, can be worked well within
its capacity, and still give most salts
factory service. 1t is OF unusual
strength and solidity, and will stand
any amount Of hard usage. The lead
plates are so assembled as to expose
Il very large amount of active service
to the action Of the electrolyte. The
battery can be rapidly, economically,
oycrcharged ana discharged rapidly
without detrimcnt to tie plates. In
proof Of his it is mentioned that u
plant Of these cells has been discharged
repeatedly, for the last sixteen months,
mt rates Of from one and one-half to
four ampercs per pound Of plate and
not n single plate Of the batteries
submitted to these severe tests was
''buckled" or warped. The "buckling''
or bending OF the plates after period
of wear, has always been a fatal de-
feet OF the storage battery, and this
new record is Of value i'm showing a
distinct stride in its construction. The
new battery Is well suited to the run
ming Of electric launches, lighting, or
any service where a high discharge
rate may be occasionally demanded,
and it is claimed to be especially adapt
ed for traction work,