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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-18
HANDMADE BASKETS.
One of Them VIII Outwear Ten of Those
Made by Machinery.


One of Them VIII Outwear Ten OF Those
Made by Machinery.
It is poor and barren part of New
England, indeed, that can not be turned
to some account. In the stony valleys
among the hills of Connecticut, where
the powders lie too thickly for the
plowman ever to disturb the soil are
scattered the little hamlets where the
basket-makers spend their uneventful
but useful lives. The craft of basket
making has passed from father to son
for many generations to come, for in
spite of modern invention the tough,
strong, handmade basket will proba-
bly, be- as much in demand in the TWEEN
tieth century as now.
Quaint, shrewd and philosophical are
the easy-going people of little villages
of baskct-makers, with such names as
Devils Den," Hard Scrabble" "Dan-
town." ''Woodchuck Hollow" and
"Shaving Ridge" These people look
with contempt on the baskets made in
factories. where the splits are cut by
machinery. And well they may, for
the machine often cuts across the grain
in the wood, causing weak place in
the baskets. Factory baskets are much
cheaper, and one can buy a basket of
this Kind for thirty-fve cents, when a
handmade basket of the same kind
would cost fully two dollurs. Yet one
of the latter will outwear ten of the
former, and will weigh Eve pounds,
whege the factory-made basket will
weigh ten or twelve.
The shop of the basket-maker is al.
most identical with the old-time cooper
shop. There are wooden bench-vices
or horses, where the men sit and shave
off the splints, and overhead are rows
of bent white hickory handles, look
ing for all the world like rows of
horseshoes in blacksmith shop On
the walls are an assortment of draw
ing-knives, hung on wooden pegs, some
of them after long years of use worn
and ground down to a narrow strip of
steel.
Outside are piles of basket-wood,
logs cut about nine feet in length,
white oak, black oak, pin oak, hicl1-
Dry, white walnut, pignut, white ash
and black ash The black ask is the
best. 1t grows so that when a
split stick is hammered across
fiat stone the different layers
made by each years growth
will separate and lie in thin strips
all ready for the basket-makers to use.
No little skill is required to split the
other woods so as to waste as little as
possible, to shave out the tough, up
right strips and bend them in proper
shape, to split out the filling and deft-
ly weave it in.
If the basket-makers could always
find a steady demand for their prod
ucts they might be able to accumu-
late snug little fortunes, but the trade
is precarious one, and its followers
generally make but a bare living.
Still, there will always be a certain
demand for the handmade basket.
Sheet-iron or aluminium, paper or trop-
ical fiber, may do some part in solving
the basket problem of the future, but
alongside of these modern makeshifts
will be found the tough products of
the almost irreclaimable stony forests
of the mountain regions.-N. Y. Re-
cprder
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-18

but they can come no twist like that
an me ridin' herd. None what
everp
"Biu carries on this away for three
hours; and what on splits an what on
bets he win, he's over hundred dol
lars ahead. But at last he's tired, an
allows he'll quit and call it a day. So
he Jugs the old tom-tom down to
Franklin's Office. Franklin is marshal,
an Bill turns over the organ an the
money, an tells Franklin to hunt up
Merino an give him the whole shootin'
match. .-aa.
Where is this yere dago9" says
Franklin. ID " ~ ~
However do know% says Bill
Last sees him he was a-goin' up the
Gale like a jack rabbit $50 ..
"Just then Merino comes in view
feelin' some pensive and fearful about
that bullet in his organ; but when he
gets Bulls donation his feelin's COM
mences to rise lot. In fact, he be-
gins to regard it as quite scheme.
But you'll hav to round up to the
alcalde, BILL says Franklin, I amt
shore none you amt been breakin'
some law
"Bill grumbles an allows Vegas IL
gettin' heap too reserved for him.
It's gettin' So, says Bill, "a free
American citizen don't get no en-
enlargement Here 1 puts in half a
day amassin' wealth for dago as Is
sittin' in bad luck; an elevatin' Next
cans who shorely needs it; an yere
am layed for by the marshal like a
felon.'
well, we all goes over to Steele's'
Franklin an Bill and old Steele, the
alcalde, goes pokin' about to see what
ever crimes Bills done anyhow. They
gifts by the capturin' the organ, an
shootin' into its bowels; an standin'
up the tow crisis didn't worry 'em none,
but the question of the music Itself
sticks 'em.
"I'm shorely sorry to say 1t, BILL
says Steele, but you've been a-bustin'
of ordnance about playin' music on
the streets without no license
Cant you beat the game no way?'
says Bill. "
az shorely don't see how says
Steele. sjf %n tala -
"'Mi tamblen,' says Franklin.
Whatever is the matter with tack
in them tunes on ter Merino's license?
says Bill. at.rI
Can't do 1t nohow,' says Steele.
"'WelL is this yere ordnance ac-
cordin't to 'Hoyle an the declaration Of
independence? says Bill 4 don't
stand 1t none onless.' 81
Shore says Steele. ia
Turn your cards, then says Bill
I'm a law-abidin' citizen an all I
wants is a square deal from the warm
deck
$50 they fines Bill fifty dollars for
playin' an organ on the streets with
out license, and he pays it an goes
away peaceful Chicago Times-Her-
aid.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-18

inhooences which disturbs none, he's
as passive as fried fish. ..
about sixteen years ago, before !
.abides in Wolfville, was pesterln'
round Vegas with Bill LoclSridge. who
was workin' small bunch of '7-bar-k'
cattle way over on the Vermejo. We'd
findin' fault with the whisky an
amoostn' ourselves at our own ex-
pense, an along about five o'clock in
the evenin' Bill allows he's some sick
of seoh revels, an concloods he'll pint
up among the 'dobys explorin' of Old
town lot. So we all goes in concert.
/ wasn't frothin' at the mouth none to
go myself, not SEEM no relaxation
pokin' about permiscus among passed.
of Mexicans, an me loathin' of 'em
nacheral; but / goes, amin to sorter
ride herd on Bill, which his disposition
is some free an various an liable to
mix him into trouble. Not that Bill Is
bad; none whatever, but bein' seven or
eight drinks ahead of that Plaza
whisky makes him feel gregar'ous and
friendly; an he's cap'ble of goin' about
a-claimin' of acquaintance with peo-
pie he don't know at all, an feelin'
way hostile when the stranger has
symptoms of doubt.
$50 1 goes along; Bill a-warblin'
The Dyin' Ranger in several keys.
THE senoras and senoritas a-hearin'
of the row would look out an smile,
an Bill would wave his big hat an
Whoop from rapture. If he starts
towards 'em, amin for powwow-
which he does frequent, bein' a mighty
.amiable man that away-they gives
a squawk immediate an shets the
door. Well, Bill goes on then. Maybe
he gives the door kick or two, in
formin' 'em of his discomfort. but
that's all. ALL at once, while we're
prowlin' up ono of them spacious al
leys a Mexican thinks is a street, we
comes up on a Italian with an organ
which he is grindin'. This yere organ
amt so bad an I've heerd heap worse
strains As soon as Bill sees him he
tries to figger on a dance, but no one'll
dance with him.
"'In which event. says Lockridge, Il
plays lone hand
$50 Bill puts up small dance, like
. Navajo, accompanin' of himself with
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-18
A Modern Instance.

Mother-Yes, know you and George
are very devoted now, but are you sure
that after marriage you won't tire of
each other?
Daughter Well, if we do, we can go
into society, and can join all the
charitable associations, and women's
clubs, and he can join all the social
and athletic clubs, and then we'll
never see each other, you Known.
Y Weekly.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-18
PECULIAR OCEAN FISH.
In Time of Need the Puffcr Makes Him
self Into Ball.


In Time of Need tho Puffcr Makes Him 4
self Into Bali.
The puffer, or rough swell-fsh, hero
pictured, is one of many, all closely re-
lated, that have the power of pulling
themselves UP. The puffer is salt
water fish, found all along the coast
from Cape Cod, and sometimes north Of
1t, to the Gulf of Mexico. It attains Q
length of about eight inches. 1t In
eaten in some places, particularly on
the Jersey coast, by fishermen. 1t In
skinned before cooking. 1t is not gen
orally considered edible, and has no
commercial value.
When not puffed up 1t is rather
thiclS-set fish of curious shape. It's belly
is almost fiat A cross section would
show bottom line pretty nearly
straight across from side to side, while
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-18
she Was an Observer.

"You have brought new sunshine
into my life," he said rapturously.
do you mean that?" she asked tim
idly.
"Of course I mean 1t. Can you doubt
me?"
'Oh, of course, I know you wouldnt
Intentionally misrepresent. But you
know a young man so often thinks .
girl has brought sunshine into his lifs,
when In reality It's only moonshine. ~
Mercury
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-18
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
MAKE-BELlEvE LAND.

Far AVA, far awayl
Hear the merry jingling bells,
Ger the fields OF Ice and snows
Nearer now the music swells,
We can make believe It's so,
And we're gliding far awayi
Far away, far awayi
Though our snow Is but sheet
On the parlor carpet laid;
And our horses prancing feet'
Are OF chairs and benches mazda.
Yet we're gliding far awayl
Far away. far awayi
With our hammock for ship,
Slung aloft from sturdy tree,
We can make believe our trip
Is across tho bounding sea-
Sailing, sailing. far awayi
Far away, far awayi
Boldly now the pillows breast,
Rocking with the swelling tide
Ger the waves with snowy crest;
Safely We our vessel guide
Sailing, sailing far awayi
Far away, far awayl
Though our journey has been long,
over seas and fields OF snow,
We are homo al even song,
Children make believe, yoa know,
Half the things they do and play.
Annie Douglas Bell, In Our Little OneA
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-18

-Mother-"Jaclr, what are you going
TO do with the screw-driver?' Jack.
I'm going to fasten the screw which
Willie Mason said l had loose this
morning. "-Harper's Round Table.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-18
An Extraordinary happening.

81 saw my papa's last book before no
wrote it," said Jimmieboy.
"How did that happenT asked the
visitor
at was blank-book them" said Jim
mieboy. -Harper's Round Table.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-18

-A-"Our friend Armellino has, 7
am told, lately married an Italian
lady" B.-"Yes, he took a journey
south in order to save his lungs, and
now he has lost his heart-"-l Motto
per Ridere. t.t
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-18

-Gus-"If you don't give it to me at
once. I'll kiss you" Madge-"And if
4 I do give it to you will you let me
aloneP" Certainly" "Well, you
can't have it"-Texas Siftings
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-18

Cleveland, Buffalo, Milwaukee,
Pittsburgh, New York, Detroit, Min
neapolis, Rochester, Providence, Jersey
City, Louisville, Washington, Omaha,
New Orleans, Indianapolis, Kansas
City, st. Paul, Denver and Allegheny
each manufacture between SIS, 900, 900
and 500, 600, 900 worth of goods.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-18

Memory is the primary and funda.
mental power, without which there
could be no other intellectual opera
tion..--Johnson.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-18

-Da Vinci read Pindar and thought
him the noblest poet who ever wrote
in any language.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-18
ACCORDIN' TO HOYLE.
BY A. H. LEWIS.

ES," said the old cat
tleman, as he munched
a meditative cl owe,
1T h ere amt much
paw and below, head
down -an'-tail-up bust
ness to a CO w b o y.
Speakin' general an
not allowin' fer them
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

ent. An enterprlsing New York firm,
realizing the attraction which the SUBJ
ject Of small patents would have for
many men, make it a business of deal
ing in them It's circulars show what
large sums have already been made
by small inventions. and indicate
number of others for which the public
is now waiting.
Among the remarkably profitable
small inventions is an ingenious auto
matte shading pen, for which the IN
ventor is to receive $4,000 year.
This pen is used in engrossing, and 1t
makes it possible to use four colors al
the same time. A novelty in an auto
matte inkstand is another example.
This keeps an equal supply of clear ink
always ready for the pen. 1t IS SAID
that 100000 has been realized by this.
An automatic funnel was sold for Sol,-
600, knitting machine has earned mill
ions, squirt boutonniere brings royal
ties of $4,000 year
Among the inventions which it Is
promised would realize a fortune are
keyboard typewriter which could be
sold for $25, device to deaden the
noise made by the typewriter, way of
making kerosene odorless, a cheap en-
velope which cannot be opened without
detection, time stamp for street let
ter boxes, showing time of deposit OF
letters. There is, of course, great field
for inventions useful in the household.
A shoe polishing machine would con-
fer much happiness and improve the
general appearance of the community.
The great bar to the happiness of the
average pipe smoker is the difficulty
Of cleaning the instrument. AS yet 1t
cannot be done without much unpleas-
ant labor A pipe that will not foul
will make a fortune.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18
Small Farms.

The thrifty Eastern farmer, who Gull
tivates thoroughly his ten or twenty
acres Of fertile soil, is probably better
off than his Western brothers on their
hundred-acre farms, and he is making
a better living, writes Prof. r. z. Ma.
son. He is better off because he has
found out from experience that ten
acres are often quite enough for one
man to farm, and that when a farm of
this size is properly run it pays good
living. His whole life is steady one,
and not a speculative one. He does
not expect to make big profits and grow
rich suddenly. The dairymen of New
York and Pennsylvania, the fruit
growers of New Jersey and the Hud-
son River and the general market gar
deners of Massachusetts, settle down
quietly to their small farms and make
them pay. because it is steady job,
and sure one if properly worked.
There are plenty of. indications that
small farms are increasing throughout
the West, especially in the dairy dis
tricts. Young farmers who understand
their business do not require large cS-
tates in the West, as they have been
taught to believe. They will do much
better to buy one-tenth the amount of
land, and put the rest Of the money in
the bank or in improvements. In the
end it will pay a better rate of interest.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18
The New Woman in Hard Lines.

In the United States, which used to
be called the Paradise of Women, they
are not just now having a very good
time. They are suffering from the
persecution of both sexes. In the State
Of Albany law against ladies wear
ing tall hats in theaters was recently
proposed in the Legislature, while a
bill has been laid before the Board Of
Aldermen at Chicago, at the instigation
Of the Women's Reform Society, to for
bid women from wearing leggings or
skirts that are above a certain num-
Der Of inches from the ground. The
men want their attire to be cut off at
one emf and the women to have it
heightened at the other. What would
the fair fashionables who disport them
selves in Battersea Park on their two
wheeled steeds say to such sartorial
edicts? The new woman boasts of the
freedom permitted to her sex in Amer
lea, but even there, it seems, they want
to trample on her, or at least upon her
skirts.-Illustrated London News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

A Chicago young man suddenly fell
heir to 81 ,OOO,0OO the other day, and the
first thing he did was to buy a 5O-cent
cigar The act was typical of the uses
to which wealth acquired as this was
is likely to be put. The man or woman
in moderate circumstances who unex-
pectedly receives a large fortune
through the death Of a distant relative
usually has very little idea of the best
way in which to use the newly ac-
quired possessions. The fact that
wealth brings responsibilities is too
often lost sight of, even by those who
work hard for their money, and it is
especially likely to be forgotten by a
young man suddenly dazzled by pros
pective riches. He who receives
wealth without working for it is prone
to have very little idea of it's value or
of the duties which it brings AS re-
suit, money acquired in large amounts
by Inheritance or bequest is likely to
be extravagantly and foolishly squan-
dered.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18
The Care OF Farming Tools.

Foreigners who have travelled through
the United States have always been
struck by the carelessness of our farm
ers in regard to their machinery. No
other farmers in the world make such
general use of the devices for saving
toll produced by modern invention, and
nowhere else are such implements SO
neglected when not in actual use.
Too often a farmer who buys val
liable machine leaves it standing out
of doors, exposed to all the vicissitudes
Of the weather until he has occasion
to use 1t again the following year. Their,
when he examines it he finds it serious.
ly out Of repair, and he suffers delay
while it is being put into good condi,
ton. Sometimes the damage is SO
great that he is persuaded to trade the
machine off for a new one, paying q
large sum ''to boot"
One good effect of the hard times has
been the development of greater care
in this respect among our agricultural
population. People who have travelled
extensively through the Southern and
Western States during the last winter
report that the farmers now keep their
machines under cover more generally
than they ever did before.-Florida Cit
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

A paper in New York City is publish
ing historical sketches of events which
occurred there or in connection with
the commerce of the port 100 years
ago. In one place the writer tells his
readers that "a cyclone was evidently
not cyclone in 1895. 1t was simply a
severe gust" It is probable that what
was called a severe gust then ought
not to be denominated a cyclone to-
day. 1t must have been a tornado that
swept through Hampstead, Long Isl
and, June 2, 1895, demolishing barns
dwelling houses, orchards, fences and
woods 1t is strange that the average
newspaper writer Of this enlightened
day always uses the word "cyclone"
where he ought to write tornado"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18
THIS WAS SOLD FOR $4,000.

be patented? A little investigation will
satisfy anybody that a great amount
Of money has been made in recent years
patents. 1t is true that the inventor
has not in all cases secured much of
the profit himself. but it seems that
with energy and ordinary business
ability he should be able to do so. How
trivial the invention may be is shown
by the statement that the "Pigs-in-Cl
yer" puzzle brought in 100000. Ex-
perience does not prove that it is wise
for the inventor to occupy himself with
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18
The Chinese Style of Boats.

There are three Chinese junks in San
Francisco Bay engaged iii the shrimp
ing trade. A reporter who visited one
of them, the Lund Sune, found every
thing arranged contrary to nature, ac-
cording to Western notions. The plank
ing of the deck ran athWartship, the
anchor hung over the stern, the rudder
had large number Of diamond-shaped
holes in it and the batwing-like sail
was hoisted with an uncouth windlass,
though it would be quicker and easier
to give the halyards few pulls. Then
the ribs came up few inches above
the deck and the Safeguarding ran be-
yond the stern, as if the ship carpenter
had forgotten to come back with a saw
and finish his job. Nevertheless the
captain of the Lund Sune regards her
as a clipper and wants to enter in the
Fourth of July regatta, if there is to be
Nnp
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18
The Girls We Know.

Let any one of us, for example
among the girls of our acQuaiaI
and see how many we know WhI
daughters, turn to their mothea
readily and as naturally as tuI
flower to the sun, writes EdwarI
Box in an earnest article on 1.-THE
on Our American Life" in the Id
Home Journal. How many do week
Here and there, one, yes. But are
in the majority? We rather find
the average American daughter il
solutely independent of her mOhI
all but those things in which she /
Of very necessity and Of the veVh
be dependent upon her. By far The
jority of mothers have not the \
dence of their daughters, and one \
only to be in any position whichil1
human confidence to know how
is such a statement. The ENGLISH
1oOhS W 1Cl llIoIllCI LII 1oubnlii
guidance on every point of her
Does the American girl? The liteI
French girl always remains a ps1
the being which bore her. Doe1
Of the American girl? The Italiana
life is known to her mother alm&
well, even in it's inner thought, asq
girl herself. Is that of the Ame1
girl? The gospel of the Swiss 8
that of solicitation for her mO1
morning, noon and night. Is it tnel
pei Of the American girl? The "
girl never dreams of telling her mo
that she is going to do thus and 50
asks If she may. Does the Ama
girl? In Germany, the daughters
thought, when she reaches pr
years, is to relieve her mother Of e
domestic care and thought. Is J
thought of the American girl? ISL
need that I, Or any writer, shall S
the answers to these questions
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

Another poor woman, only 81 years
Of age, after quarreling with her hus-
band, committed suicide in Chicago
by taking carbolic acid. Suicides by
the use of this poison are increasing
alarmingly, although there is no other
poison which produces such horrible
agony. 1t is comparable only to drink
ing liquid fire. The reason for it's use
must grow out of the fact that carbolic
acid is cheap and can be procured from
any druggist without any suspicious
questions. Is it not time, however, that
some check should be put upon drug
gists so that these poor creatures who
want to get out of the world may find it
as difficult to get carbolic acid as it is to
get arsenic, strychnine, Or other pois-
ons? 1t will save them a great deal of
unnecessary agony.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18

The bill permitting towns and cities
in Massachusetts to regulate the liquor
traffic by the Norwegian system has
been defeated in the Legislature of that
State, the vote in the House being 12s
against to 65 in it's favor. Last year
the same bill was passed in the House
and defeated in the Senate. This ends
the question at least for a year. The
bill provided that only those cities
could adopt the system which had
voted for license two or three times
consecutively. Prohibition places were
ruled out. Evidently Government con-
troll of the traffic is not in favor in
Massachusetts,.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-07-18
Presence of Mind.

The fault of exaggeration is a COM
mon one, but not all who indulge it
have the presence Of mind to retrieve
their plumbers as did certain admiral.
He was describing voyage, at supper,
one night.
"While cruising in the Pacific" said
he, 1--WE passed an island which was
positively red with lobstera''
"But," interrupted one of the guests,
''lobsters are not red until boiled
"Of course not" replied the admiral,
nothing daunted, but this was a vol
canic island with boiling springs