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AND A PRECINCT STATION.

theft and description of the property
had been telephoned to every precinct
in the city and to all the suburban
towns and were known to every officer
on duty. In little village about ten
miles from the center of Tokyo man
entered a tea house during the after-
noon and showed card upon which
Mr.. Morse's name was engraved. Tea
houses in Japan correspond with sa-
looms in the United States as resorts
for loafers and the crooked classes, and
the policemen watch them accordingly.
The nesaps,} as the waiter girls are
called, coquette with the policemen and
often aid them IN the performance Of
their duty. Soft was perfectly natural
for the policeman on that beat to tell
the nesans the story of the robbery and
it was equally so for this nesan to report
to the policeman about Mr.. Morse's
card. The circumstance was suspicious
enough to justify an arrest, and before
night the thief was in the central sta
tion at Tokyo. He had the pocketboolS
and all the papers on his person, but
had spent most Of the money in a spree
the night before and had been robbed
of the remainder during drunken stu
por that followed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17

A STOLEN NIGHTS LODGING.

formed aims gathercrs for sectarian in
situations collect money to be used in
the good cause of caring for the sick
and the aged, and even the "hallelujah
lassies" penetrate the inner offices and
sell their War Crys.
The most picturesque, however, is the
drunken, brollcn-down tramp, who
shuflles into dark corner of the stair
way, and pillowing his head on the
iron steps, sleeps for hours in total OBJ
livion to all the stir and hurry about
him. People walk around him and the
janitors and painters step over him, but
no one drives from his berth.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17

Peter Roen, the wife of music dealer
of Plymouth, of whom he was very fond.
The music house of Roen failed, and
their effects passed to the large house
of D'Almaine & Co., of London, and
they published the song.
1t went like wild fire, and edition
after edition was exhausted. Into al
most every country, cline and language
went this simple Irish song, with its
softening melody, until hardly civil
| lied nation remains that does not know
sweet Kathleen" z-
Fortunes have been made out of this
song, the copyright once having sold at
auction, after many editions had been
published, for e2,5OO, and many con-
Germ has got rich from its sales. Out of
| all this vast amount of money the poor
old composer has never received a dol
lar. 4aI rsa#, ,,
| Crouch has written many famous
songs, but none have approached
kathleen" in popularity. Some idea
of the extent of it's circulation can be
| gained from the fact that thirty-three
houses in America alone have published
this song.
Prof Crouch came to America in 1s49
with Max Meretir to establish Italian
opera in this country, but the, scheme
was financial failure.
B,Hethen taught music seven years in
Portland, and subsequently resided in
Philadelphia, Washington and the
south. He served all through the war
in the confederate army of II Northern
II Virginia, and carries the scars of severe
wounds now. .,,..-.s,, ,,#.s.,,,-ig ..,.s
He has lived for some years in Balti-
more, and it is still his home.
There is something pathetic about
this dear old musician. He will never
grow old, but will live on in his at
mosphere of poetry and music until he
joins the choirs in the Eternal City, and
listens to the harmonies of Heaven.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17
PARADISE OF WOMEN.
A Country Where Men Are SUBJ
servient to Their Wives.
Family Life Among the Ladakhs Is Furi
of Bewildering AComplications-The
Children Recognize the Mother
and Adjure Their Pa.

How surprised many new women Of
the civilized nations would be if told
that far from being in advance of all
her sisters in the world she is lament
ably behind in many vital points.
There exists in far-off, out-of-the-
way place on this globe community
where women have supreme, unques-
toned and imperious sway over man.
A celebrated Russian traveller, Count
Nicolas Notovitch, tells of some strange
things from the land of the Ladakhs.
These people inhabit territory covering
an area of 80, 900 square miles known as
Middle Thibet, and the count estimates
the population at 100000 souls. Meta
phorically speaking, they can be classed
among the most elevated tribes in the
world, their homes being on an average
90, 900 feet above the level of the sea.
The woman of the Ladakh tribe. says
Mr.. Notovitch, are far in advance, both
in physical graces as we'll as intelli-
gence, of their semi-civilized sisters of
other tribes and nations. While as
rule they are below medium height,
their figures are of exquisite symmetry
ana grace. Il lie TuTcHcSS VI GliC lljIup-
tain air gives them an exceedingly clear
complexion, of which they are very
proud. They have eloquent mouths,
with excellent teeth, and their faces
are continually wreathed with smiles.
Their disposition matches this makeup,
Being sunny and amiable. They are
extremely neat and fond of prinlling.
Though on account of the altitude the
climate is very rigorous, they spend a
great deal ofythes time bathing. In
their costumes, they showia charming
Inclination for the pictrresqnely bizarre.
They will often combine filmy laces
and many hued fabrics with handsome
though somber colored furs in the most
bewildering fashion. They know how
to show off and heighten their personal
charms to the best advantage, and are
Unfortunately proud of their dazzling
white necks.
One would think that with such an
example the men would be thepersoni-
fcation of gallantry and rlchin phys
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17
EVERY MUSCLE TRIED,
Bicycling Is Wonderful Developer of
the Physical Structure. 90


Bicycling Is Wonderful Developer of
< the Physical Structure. O. e
The criticisms sometimes heard that
bicycling develops only the muscles of
the leg and is therefore inferior in re-
spect to building up the physical struc-
ture to other sports. Experience dis
proves this statement. Indeed, all the
important muscles are brought into
play. Of course, the legs receive the
greatest amount of exercise, but the use
of the arms, back and chest is impor-
tant.
The accompanying cut shows the
chief muscles which are used in propel-
ling bicycle. The arms are needed
not only in steering, but they and the
back are of especial help in hill climb
ing. When steep incline is encountered,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17

nearly one hundred per cent. This is
impossible with any other gearing.
The driving levers are more than
twice as long the ordinary bicycle
scranlSs, and the cider can propel q wheel
-geared8toone hundred inches with as
little, or less, muscular exertion as an
ordinary wheel geared to sixty-eight.
The inventor claims a mile in sixty
seconds, or even less is possible.
Narrow tread is demanded by up
to-date wheelmen, and on this wheel
the tread is only three inches. The feet
are directly over the levers and not at
the side, as. the ordinary cranlss. The
triangular frame is simpler, stronger
and lighter than the present style of
frame. The saddle is fixed in position,
the adjustment to suit the rider being
made by raising or lowering the large
gear wheels at their connection with
the, frame The stroke is also adjusta-
BILE to any, lengthdesired. The handle
bars slide up and down in the fork
sides, which are round for about five
inches, and are fastened in any desired
position by hexagon taper nuts. A
pneumatic spring is provided in the
handle bars to lessen the vibration
which benumbs the arms and wrists of
riders who bear heavily on the grips.
The teeth of the gear wheels are in
geniously covered, which renders them
practically dustproof and self-oilipg.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17
A Newspaper for the Blind.

There is but one newspaper in the
world that is published in the interest
of the blind peoplc-the Weekly Sum
mary of London, England. 1t was
started in the spring of 1892, and now,
after three and one-half years expert
ence in it's unique field, claims sub
scribers in every section Of the globe.
1t is printed in raised" or Brailie let
tiers, and is considered literary curl
osity That it will succeed may be
judged from the fact that it has been
twice enlarged since the fall of 1893.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17
WHERE BEGGARS THRIVE.
Cosmopolitan Incidents to Be Observed In
Chicago's City Hall.

Cosmopolitan incidents TO Ee observed In
Chicago's City Hall.
There is no sign at the doors of the
Chicago city hall to warn beggars and
book agents against entering its sacred
precincts.
Therefore they both enter. They
come in large numbers and they in
clude many varieties. Not only the
begging politician in plug hat, but
the typical weary William makes the
hall his Mecca. Tramps and book
agents abound, and there is none to say
them nay. Ladies with hard faces and
tracts on reform besiege the mayors
Office and sweet girl solicitors for char
ity teas hold up heads of departments.
The seedy individual looking for a tenn
porary loan recalls the work he did
for ode party" and grows eloquent on
the pangs of ingratitude. The uni
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17

ical favors, but the very opposite is the
case. Never was there tribe of men
whom nature has treated more shah
billy than the Ladakhs. She has evil
IDENTIFY used up all her nice material on
the women, and what odds and ends
there were left have been utilized for
making the most absurd caricatures of
men, Not-a shadow of an Apollo is
found among them. They are thin,
;stunted. often hunchbacked, and have
very small heads badly seton sloping
shoulders. Their weakened features are
grotesque, with high cheek-bones, low
retreating forehead, fat nose. empha-
sized by an enormous mouth with thin
lips. In the matter of dress they affect
a painful Indifference, their general
makeup suggesting dilapidated crazy
quilt. If one meets Ladakh wearing
a shirt he may be at once set down as
an ultra swell, as this useful garment is
totally unknown save among the very
rich. The care bestowed on their per-
sons may better be imagined than de-
scribed, as Notoyiteh. says they never
wash except by cornpulsion. There is a
severe law subjecting man to heavy
fines if he does not wash himself at
least once year! -'A 1sA- 90. @.-"att
The men in this place are totally sub
servient toSthe rule of the gentler sex.
The.wornen dictate the laws which gov
ern the community through the priests,
who, almost without an exception, are
appointed by themselves. They decide
tlat ric fac
regarding taxes or other tributary
measures enforced by law. All this
self-assertiveness on the part of wom-
ankind among the Ladakhs reaches its
culminative point in polyandry (plu-
rality of nusbands), which is practiced
to the fullest extent among these PEG.
pie. The men have little or no voice in
the matter of courtship. The young
woman makes inquiries about the
standing of the family of which he,
prospective husband is member. |.
satisfactory she signifies to the mother
of her choice that she wishes him for {
s'jing-tuk" QoverJ, consent is Away!
readily obtained and the marriage feas
prepared. The man is in duty bound t
provide to the best of his ability for tn,
family support. A wife has the un
questioned prcrogative to take unit
herself as many husbands as sh
pleases.
Jealousy is something totally ur
known among these curious people
and love in its general acceptance is :
them neomprehensible. The husbands
far from resenting an addition to thei
circle, greet newcomer with nnalloye
iov
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17
PHOTOGRAPHIC WONDER.
A Frenchman's Apparatus for Taking
Submarine Pictures.

Frenchman's apparatus Tor Taking
Submarine Pictures.
Mr.. Louis Boutan has made some in
terestiug experiments in submarine
photography. He is an ardent student
of zoology, and during the investiga-
tions he made on the shores Of the
Mediterranean he was so impressed
with the beauty of the sights offered
that he concluded to make some effort
to represent them by pictures as well as
by words. His first experiments were
made at a slight distance under the
surface of the water, where the intensi-
ty of the light is still sufficient for the
production of photographs; he con-
structed a camera and an instantane-
Gus shutter especially adapted for use
in water. Finding it desirable to take
pictures at greater depths, Mr.. Boutan
resorted to the employment of artificial
light, and employed an apparatus
whose construction is shown in the
cut.
The apparatus comprises a barrel, T,
containing oxygen and carrying glass
globe. c, in which is placed a lamp, A,
having wick impregnated with alco-
hol. The operator by pressing the
bulb, P, at the end of the tube, II.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17
JAPANESE CoPPERS.
Their Process of Detecting Criminals In
Promnf and Himnie.

Their Process of Detecting Criminals In
Prompt and Simple.
Mr.. James +. Morse, of Yokohama,
happened to be spending the night with
his friend, Mr.. Denison, in Tokyo, when
a sneak thief entered the house and
stole his pocketboolx containing seventy
dollars and number of valuable pa
pers. The matter, writes William E.
Curtis in the Chicago Record, was re-
ported to the police in the morning,
with description of the purse and its
contents, and within forty-eight hours
the papers wererecovered and the thief
had begun term of six years impris-
onment at Ishikawa, the national peni-
Tertiary.
The process Of his detection was very
prompt and simple. The crime was re-
ported at police headquarters at eight
o'clock in the morning. By nine the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17
THE PARSONS WIFE.
Her Life Was Saved by the Kindness Of
-4s.stnS Mrs. Grover Cleveland.

Her Life Was Saved by the Kindness OF
ass@ssvs Mrs. Grover Cleveland. ~
During Mr.. Cleveland's first admins
tration, while the family was at Oak
View cemetery, Mrs. Cleveland learned
Of the long and tedious illness of one
of her neighbors. The invalid was the
wife of minister presiding over one OF
the country churches in that vicinity.
Their house was on the Tepleytown
road, and not far from Oak View. Mrs.
Cleveland at once sent servant to
make inquiry and to take some flowers.
On many occasions afterward flowers
were sent, sometimes from the white
house Conservatives and sometimes
from her own flower beds at Oak View.
Once she herself carried huge bunch
of fresh field daisies. She learned on
that visit that the physician had said
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17
Oil on Troubled waters.

Oil is no longer to be poured on
troubled water. 1t is to be fired like a
shell from q gun. AS a wave approaches
bomb filled with oil is to be precipi.
tated in it's direction. The bladder
will be perforated with small holes,
so that the oil will run out slowly and
continue it's work for greater length
of time than would otherwise DO tia
Gase
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17
v ~ "" u EII9 ~ : FsVTN-
SUBMARINE PHOTOGRAPHY.

may throw some magnesium powder
into the flame, or otherwise produce a
flash light within the globe c. Tho
operator puts on a diving suit provided
with the usual air supply pipe, s, and
places his camera, M, which is water
tight, in proximity to the oxygen bar
rel, T, SO that he can reaafiy actuate
the shutter and the flash light appa-
ratuS.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17
Elk EMPRESS CARLOTTA.
Her Unhappy Life Ts Rapidly
Drawing to a Close. M
Court Gossip Has II That Her Death VIII
Be the Signal for Lawsuit In Which
Royalty viii BE the Con-
testing Parties.

On The 18th OF September all Mex
leans celebrated the anniversary of
their national declaration of independ-
castle of Bouchoute, near Brussels, the
life of one who paid for the dream of
Latin empire by the loss of husband
and of her reason was slowly ebbing
away.
Ex-Empress Charlotte is dying, and
even her bitterest enemies - if the
royal lunatic has not outlived the last
of those who suffered by Maximilian's
infamous black decree-will scarce be-
grudge the poor woman this final
crumb of comfort; no one except the
king of the Belgians.
And this statement the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat explains as follows:
Leopold II. is the eldest brother of
the ex-empress, and as the head of
the family appointed himself admins
TRAITOR of the enormous fortune left by
her father, the first of his name and
dynasty. Leopold the elder entered
the ncwly-created kingdom In 1881 as
penniless Coburg prince, and died
UulrIy-lOuT YEARS ldIcT 1.-Two HuuuESO
times millionaire, leaving his riches
to his two sons. Leopold III. and the
count of Flanders, and his daughter,
I Princess Carlotta, who at the time had
just fastened the imperial diadem Of
Mexico on her bow.
The empress was declared insane by
the organs of the vatican, October 4,
1868. On June 10, 1867, the Latin en-
pire on the American continent ended
with the, execution of Maximilian. The
marriage of this singularly unfortunate
couple had not been blessed with chill
dren; there was nothing and nobody to
interfere with the continuance of Leo
pold's administration of the 5O,000,000
francs estate left to the empress, which
at first he had assumed only Temporal
rily.
These sc, OOO, 900 francs have now been
for thirty long years in Leopold's hands
that is, in the keeping of a person
who, by reason of his high station. IS
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17
,Neclxties Made of Aluminium.

4 Aluminium neckties are now being in
troduced. They are really made OF the
cosmopolitan metal, and frosted or
otherwise ornamented in various
shapes, initiating the ordinary silk or
satin article.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17
Genuine MunicipaI CURIOSITY.

+ The mutiicipal geographical curiosity
of the United States is the little village
of Grifton,jN. O.ywhich lays claim to
more divisions than any. other town.
large or small, in the world, 1t is
located in two counties, three town
ships, two congressional districts, two
senatorial and two judicial districts
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17
Peach stones Used as Fuel.

In California it has been found that
peach stones bum as well as the best
coal and give out more heat in proper
ton to weight. The stones taken out
of the fruit that is timed or dried are
collected and sold at the rate Of SIS per
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17
Lines on Huxley's Tomb.

Here are the lines engraved upon the
tomb of Prof Huxley:
And II there be no meeting past the grave.
II all is darkness. silence, yet tits rest
De not afraid, We waiting hearts that weep
For God stu givcth Hts beloved sleep
And II an endless sleep liz wills. 50 Sess
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17
Ascending Mont BLANC.

To ascend Mont Blanc costs at least
fifty dollars per person, for, by the law
of the commune of Chamouni, each
stranger is obliged to have two guides
and a porter ~las
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17
Arabian Women in Mourn,nc.

Arabian women who have to go into
mourning stain their hands and feet
with indigo for eight days, and during
that time they will drink no milk, on
the ground that its white hue does not
harmonizc with their mental gloom.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17
LATEST I'M BICYCLES.
Has Many Novel Features and May Go =
ess4es. Mile "a Minute. ssarHa a.

esgpvssa Mile a Minute. qEf~aa p
in propclling the ordinary safety BIZ
cycle the riders feet travelsin a circle
over forty inches in circumference and
transmit power only about one-third of
the circle, merely riding the pedals the
remainder. The latest invention, called
the spider" is propelled by levers IF
teen inches long, having an up and
down stroke of fourteen inches; hence
the riders feet travel only twenty-eight
inches and transmit power about two
thirds of the stroke. The construction
of the pedals enables the rider to pull
as well as push, increasing the power
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17
,nc,cnt Method of Lacquering.

The Japanese method of lacquering
is said tobe atleast two thousand years
old. Pieces made ten centuries ago are
still exhibited eos q sMi- sec
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17
Length OF Telegraph Wires.

According to late estimate by an
electric journal the world now has 81
200, 900 miles of telegraph wire in use.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17

IT DEVELOPS EVERY MUSCLE IN THE BODY.
the legs alone would be unable tc sup
ply sufficient propulsive power The
handle bars must be firmly grasped and
the strain on them is great. In fact,
they might even be broken if at all de-
fective. This shows how much strength
must be put forth by the arms and
back. rp..E-rAr
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17

These 5O,O0O,OO0 francs have now been
for thirty long years in Leopold's hands
that is, in the keeping of a person
who, by reason of his high station. IS
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17

Jealousy is something totally un-
known among these curious people,
and love in its general acceptance is to
them ineomprehensible. The husbands,
far from resenting an addition to their
circle, greeta newcomer with unalloyed
iov
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