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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25

We need some astringing power thaS
shall draw our loose moments to-
gether. and give them directness and
purpose.
When at last man is won upon by
the greatness of Gods purpose for him,
and His purpose is great for every man,
he feels as sensitive TO this imputa-
ton that he Is not moral in his
use OF time, as to any lesser inn
putation. God draws him apart from
his looking ut the accomplishment OF
other men. and makes him see that
their task or their ease may have moth
ing to do with him, and that every
mans discipline is somewhat different
from that of other men. And when one
feels the force of this criticism, and
what 1t means for character, he will
find that In this; as in all things that
make character, he needs the help OF
God, and will add one more TO the ex-
periences by which we realize that God
is in every part of our life, and that
His salvation Is salvation "to the utter
most part OF us, and that we need His
help in saving and possessing our days
s. s. Times
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25
A NEoRo's GRATITUDE.
An Instance of Rare Fsithfulness ON the
Part Of nm Ex-Slave.


Part Of nm Ex-Ssave.
A wealthy slave-owner of the cotton
belt entered the southern army,
fought bravely and brilliantly, and
died In one of the closing battles Of
the war. His widow was left penni-
less, with large plantations mourn
oered with mortgages, and a hundred
or more emancipated negroes who had
ceased to be her property
Her business affairs were misman-
aged by agents and lawyers, and she
lost one plantation after another. Her
health failed, and in her old age she
became wholly dependent upon one of
her former slaves
This negro was grateful to her for
having given him start after the war.
Learning from experience that she
could not manage her plantations sue
oessfully, she had rewarded the fideli.
ty of small group of emancipated
slaves by deciding over to them out
right small farms. This negro received
In this way farm of twenty-six acres
with cabin.
He prospered from the outset. He
u,
saved every year a little money. In
the course of a few years he bought
another farm and doubled his ,e-
sources. Other purchases followed,
until he was a truck farmer with con-
siderable wealth.
He did not forget his old plantation
mistress In his prosperity. When she
had lost all her property, and there
was no other friend to take care of her
IN her old age, this negro rescued her
from restitution. He became her most
faithful friend.
Both are still living. On the first
day of every month the negro farmer
draws a check for one hundred dol
lars, and sends it to the aged lady
whose slave he was in boyhood At
first she was unwilling to become his
pensioner, but he pressed help upon
her with tears in his eyes, telling her
that he would never have got on in the
world If she had not generously aided
him by giving him the first farm.
His bounty is now her only recourse,
and no millionaire in the land Is hap
pier than he is when payday" comes
around, and he can send his check to
his kind -hearted "old misses"
The other negroes whom she be-
friended after the war have been either
improvident or ungra teful, but one at
least had the energy and thrift re-
quired for making him a well-to-do
farmer, and the heart to take compass
sion on friendless and unfortunate
woman who had once been kind to
him.
This is true story, which illustrates
the tender feeling sometimes existing
between the negro and his former mas
ter, and the gratitude which good
treatment may inspire even in de-
Bpised race.-Youth's Companion.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25
HORNS OF THE BRONZE AGE.
The Finding of BATTLE Trumpets OF Old
Denmark.

The Finding of Battle Trumpets OF Old
Denmark.
Among the masterpieces of the
bronze-worker which have come from
that olden time to us are great bronze
battle-horns, called by the Danes lur
These are truly gigantic. Twenty
three specimens have been found in
Denmark, all in peat hogs, and most
of them in pairs. For years a dozen
of these lurs hung in the museum
silent. Recently DIR. A. Hammerich
secured permission to study them as
musical instruments and to test them
Finally, these were played upon be-
fore large and enthusiastic audience,
the king himself being present. Only
q few times since have these old horns
been sounded, but on one of these oc-
casions we had the good fortune to be
present Two players from the opera
were the performers; the court
of the museum was filed with
hearers. Wonderful, is 1t not, that
horns two thousand years old, buried
for long centuries in peat boys, should,
after this long silence, still be capable
of giving out clear, ringing-even
sweet-tones?
The conditions in which these lurs
are found are most suggestive-always
in peat boys, usually in pairs. This
could not be the result of accident.
Other objects are found purposely laid
away In the same manner; thus ten
bronze hemispherical plates were found
at one spot; nine fine bronze axes, all
of one form, at another. Similar clus-
tiers of celts, spears, ETC., are not un-
common. On one occasion about one
hundred miniature boats of thin
beaten gold were placed in vessel
and buried; such occurrences are not
completely understood. - Prof. Fred
erick Starr, in Popular Science
MONTHLY,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25

Swift made a special study of the
Latin satirist and initiated their style
and language.
Baxter read only the Bible, and
best enjoyed the prophecies of Isaiah
and the Psalms.
Wordsworth was fond of the poetry
Of Burns, but said the latter was too
rough and uncouth.
Alexander the Great alwavs slept
with copy of Homer under his pill
low. His life was modelled after that
of Achilles.
-ByrOn's mother was an ill-tem-
pered, passionate woman, very indis-
Greet In her language. She called him
"a crippled brat" Her influence on
him was as permanent rs 1t was bad.
Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson is Nv
ing in house on Russian hill, San
Francisco, with Mrs. Virgil Williams,
widow of the artist who was one of
Stevenson's intimates. To Mr.. and
Mrs. Williams the povelist dedicated
THE Silverado Squatters."
1t is said that the words, Reserve
the cots for the two most uninteresting
babies always accompany the check
which Miss Gould sends each year for
the support OF two beds In the babies
shelter connected with the Church OF
the Holy Communion, New York city.
Ole Olson came to East Lynne, Ia /.
from Sweden seven years ago and
bought a farm of 220 acres on time. A
few days ago he sold at an advance Of
S25 an acre. This, with what he made
on the crops, gives him about s15, 900,
and he and his family are going back
TO Sweden TO live in luxury.
Capt. Francis Martin, of Detroit
who has just passed his ninety fifth
birthday, was present at the burial Of
Gen. Bonaparte in 1921. Martin was
coming from the East Indies on a
trader and the ship stopped at the isle
of st. Helena. The ex-emperor Of
France had just passed away, and
Martin was one of the little group that
witnessed the interment.
An international list of anatomical
terms, 'Nomina Anatomica," has just
been completed in Germany under the
direction of Prof. Koliker, of Wurz-
burg. The editor is w. Krause. 1t is
intended to secure uniformity in the
use of terms throughout the world,
and for this purpose will be revised by
a standing committee Of the Anatom-
ical society, to which proposed changes
In names and new terms must be sub
mitted.
--Rubinstein's "Christ" has been per-
formed as a religious play" on the
state of the Bremen stadt theater. 1t
is divided into seven scenes with pro-
logue and an epilogue. The prologue
represents the birth of Christ, with the
shepherds and the procession of the
three kings. The scenes selected are
the temptation in the wilderness, the
baptism in Jordan, the sermon on the
mount, followed by the miracle of the
loaves and fishes, the repentance of
Mary Magdalen, and the raising from
the dead of the widows son, the puri-
fcation of the temple, the last supper,
Christ before plate, and the crucifx-
ion. The epilogue is the victory
of Christianity. Raimund Won Yur-
muttlen took the part of Christ. Care
was taken to carry out all the COM
poscr's ideas with regard to the repre-
sentation. 1t was artistically success
full and was received IN a reverent
spirit by the audience.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25
RAMS HORN NOTES.

Beauty in the heart writes its name
on the face.
God has never tried to make a man
who could please every body.
1t is better to be mustard seed
than mountain of dead rock.
1t is long step toward Heaven to
be born in home where the Bible is
loved.
1t was not those who lived the
nearest TO the temple who were the
first to follow Christ.
Strike at the briar-covered strong.
hold OF any sin, and you will hear a
kissing under it.
1t is hard to convince a pessimist
that there are any che stnuts that do
not have worms in them.
The man who spends six nights ont
OF the week away from home, blames
his wife because she don't raise the
boys right
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25
RELIGIOUS MATTERS.
FEED MY SHEEP.

rr q
Inat was narrow street
Wnere trod Thy blessed fee3
nrnu .n.t noisy throng
And many a one was such
We scarce would begin to touch
But Thou vast PRESSED upon by the unfolded
sheep,
And very CLOSE to them Thy place didst kesp
And is 1t thus
Thou sayest TO us:
70, II ye love Me, feed My sheepi"
tnat was toilsome way,
Lhou oiast, oy the we'll
VI nvlnR water Tell, N2
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25
HUMOROUS.

-Bray-"My dear fellow-two UNI.
brellas! What on earth is that forP"
Jay-"Why, in case leave one any
where. "-Tit-Bits. .,..... .......
-Inference.-"I think Bilkens must
go into very low society" "WhyT'
''He says he has been best man at no
less than twelve weddings. Detroit
Tribune.
-Takitin-"Artley had a perfect
picture at the academy last night
Gadabout-"I didn't see it. Where did
principally. Truth. "
-Casey-"P'hat made Mulligan fall
off de ladder? Did his fut shlip?"
Reilly-"It did not. OF told him joke
an hour ago an sure he just now tum-
bled. "-Philadelphi Record.
Our English slang is very queer.
According to report, ....
A6-foot-6 high bank cashier
In his accounts Is short.
IN. Y. Recorder.
-Hojack-"The air seems rarer
than it used to be-" Tomdik--"Well
perhaps it is rarer. You know that a
good deal is being used in pneumatic
bicycle tires now."-Harper's Bazaar.
An Illinois man, who has been trav-
cling in Vermont, was not favora bly,
impressed with the scenery. "Why,
b. gosh" he said, thar amt prairie
in the hull dinged state that amt tilted
up to an angle Of about forty-fve de-
grees. Puck.
"A tiny girl spoke very scornfully
of babies. Don't speak that wayr' said
her mother; "it isn't very long since
you were baby yourself" 81 know
it," she said, looking what she felt,
land I'm ashamed enough of itr'-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Poor little creature!" exclaimed
Uncle Allen to the mosquito that was
buzzing about him. There's room in
this great world for both you and me.
Butyou shouldn't try to crowd
me, y he added a moment later as the
insect alighted on his nose And he
crushed itremorsele ssly.-Chicago Tri-
bune.
-"Do you smoke much?" asked Pat
low. '"Three a day on an average, "
said Dawkins. "Why, you've smoked
nine to my knowledge to-day" said
Patlow YES" said Dawkins. "But
you must remember that didn't smoke
at all until was fifteen. I'm catching
up on the average. "-Harper's Bazaar.
You needn't tell me the women
have no sense of humor," said Ricketts,
to Fosdick. "Well?" IT overheard a
suffering man propose once. He said:
q l-i-love y-y-you d-d-devotedly,
mummy d-d-d-dear B-B-B-Bianche.
W-w-w-win y-y-you m-m-m-marry
m-m-me% And after the delivery OF
this declaration on the installment
plan, the mink had the audacity to say,
oh, George, this Is SO sudden Town
Topica
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25
Quick Mt n Pun.

Lady Morgan, the Irish novelist, was
good at pun. Some one spoke of the
laxity of a certain bishop in regard to
Lenten fasting and concluded: II be-
lieve he would eat a horse on Ash
Wednesday,
"And very proper diet" said her
ladyship, ''if 1T were a fast horse -
Wit of Women.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25
seIfishness and Happiness.

Selfish people never are and never
can be really happy. God never in
tended that we should live either by
or for ourselves. The man who tries
to do this, builds his life upon another
plan than that which God ordained for
us, and for that reason must always
fail to attain true happiness. United
Pres bvterian
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25
Unnecessary Prescription.

Doctor--I should prescribe for you q
walk before breakfast.
Mr.. Popleigh-Good Heavens, tsoctori
That's what's the matter with nae now.
have to take too many walk. before
bYeakfast.-Puck.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25
Where IL Your Place ?

There are no more men in the world
than there are places for them. But
there are forty men who want a place
on millionaire's yacht to one who is
willing to accept place on life boat.
Young Mems Era
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25
She Would Look Tt Tn.

"Ah, my darling wife," said George
the week after his marriage, 'if your
husband were to die what would you
do?"
II don't know, I'm sure, George"
said the wife, refectively; 81 never
thought of that. must look into my
Book of Etiquette and read the rules
for young widows. Chicago News.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25
Matrimonial Item.

II understand young Briefess Is
about to marry the daughter OF old
Bonds, the millionaire"
"Yes, so am told. He will give mp
the law business and go into the som
inlaw business Texas Siftings
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25
Influence of Conduct on Views of Righ,

Influence of Conduct on Views of Right.
man can see strong reasons for APP
proving what he wants to approve; but
it is not easy for him to condemn utter
ly what is against his desires. When
man begins to argue for a lower
standard in ethics than he used TO hold
up, it is fair to suspect him of having
already lowered the standard of morals
in his personal life. While man is
pure and truthful and honest, he sees
the beauty of purity, truthfulness and
honesty, and there is no doubt in his
mind as to what is the correct standard
in these matters; but when he has be-
gun to lower his practice he naturally
inclines TO lower his theories. Men
love darkness rather than light when
their works are evils. S. Times.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25

The mother of Alexander she Great
was said to have been a woman Of great
natural abilities, strong willed and
singularly impusiya
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25
TRUE MANLikESS

What Sometimes Passes as such Among
Young Mon Is Osly Effemanaey and
Bragxadooie.
1t is a common mistake Of the young
to regard as manliness mere precoci-
ty In vice. Young men are made pop
ular idols and favorites because they
are thought TO be such fine, manly
fellows, when really the mark upon
their forehead Is unbridled license
selfish indulgence In amusements, and
the giving up on all occasions their
duty for pleasure. But even heather
moralists describe this. not as manli-
ness, but as effeminacy
Again, youths are made popular idols
and heroes because of their spirit of
self-assertion-their assumption of an
attitude of defiance of all legitimate
authority, and the adoption of sort
of insolent way of saying: 81 am as
good as you" That again, heather
moralists call not manliness, but bragg
gadocio.
True manliness consists of self-re-
spect and resistance. The word .'re-
sist" was, In the opinion of the late
Dean Stanley, the backbone of the
world. Young men should try TO re-
sist that insolent thing which some
times calls itself public opinion" and
which repeatedly in history has sane
toned the most atrocious crimes, as in
the last century it sanctioned slavery,
and as within the limits of living MEM
DRY it has sanctioned suicide and muir
der in duelling. A true man does not
always swim with the tide, but will
strike out bravely against it. He will
not always be an opportunist, trim
ming his sails to catch every passing
breeze of popularity. In the school,
in the university, in the regiment, in
the shop. in the Office, they see all the
difference between the one who is
manly and resists, and the one who is
cowardly and yields The unmanly
person is a reflection and not reali-
ty, an echo and not a voice. Young
men must resist their evil passions and
resist difficulties, striding through
them as man strides through the gos-
samer threads which hang upon the
grass on summer morn.
Courage is absolutely necessary-not
merely physical courage, which Is ex-
ceedingly common among Englishmen,
for few of them are cowards-but moral
courage, a certain violence of truthful
ness, and = certain impetuosity of
honor. True manliness necessitates,
too, self-mastery, which involves self
sacrifice. 1t requires Gods own gold to
make true man, and if young men
would be true men they must live, not
for'the indulgence of self, but, as Christ
lived, for the sacrifice of self. They
must remem Der that all the inspiration
which comes to our humanity at all
comes from the great tragedies of hui
man ife.-Archdeacon Farrar, Dean of
Canterbury.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-12-12
ATCHlSON CLOBULES.

As a rule. a good husband is salts
fed husband.
A mans sins will not find him out IA
soon as his wife.
What becomes of mans respecta-
bility after death?
The best spiritual adviser girl can
have is her mother.
Society is now called The Haunt Of
the Unmarried Man.
It is said that the best husband in
town is treated like dog.
The women do not admire woman
who works but the men do.
A baby buggy is good thing, but q
man doesn't like to push it along.
The women can always find some ex-
cuse for the sins of a gallant man.
No wonder bees are profitable they
steal all they eat from the neighboIs.
So many men go through life look
ing as if their wives had caught them
at it.
A grocer never dares to keep good
eating apples on exhibition at his store.
There are lots of good things in this
world without anyone to push them
along.
A man never looks in the dictionary
so long as there is woman around III
can ask.
When a man fails to attract atten-
ton in every other way, he goes to
Europe.
There is a certain kind of man that
no amount of effort will eve: make a
man ont Of
When a western girl goes east, she
returns with at least five new ways OF
using ribbon.
Do your neighbors like you? If they
send you samples of their pie wher
they bake, yes.-Atchison Globe.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-12-12
ODD HAPPENINGS REAL LIFE.
A Western Passenger Train Held Up by
"a Swarm OF Hornets.

A swarm of hornets held up a pas
senger train on the Chicago, Fort Madi-
son Il Des Moines railroad, and gave
the trainmen and passengers a battle
that will be remembered longer by far
than if it mad been against bandits,
says an Ottumwa dispatch to the Gin
cinnati Tribune. The train was run
ming slowly up steep grade just out
side the city, where the hillside is COW
cred with trees. Suddenly Engineer
Cunningham noticed black mass NOV
ing through the air ahead of the train.
Had he known what was coming he
would have stopped his engine and
backed to the next station. The small
cloud soon developed into a swarm of
hornets. The hornets noticed the slow
ly putting engine and made for it. They
attacked the engineer and fireman, who
were forced to stop the train. 1t was
a sultry day and all the car windows
We're open. This gave the hornets an
opportunity to enter the cars and poster
the passengers. 1t was an hour before
the trainmen and passengers succeeded
in driving away the hornets. A num-
Der of persons were severely stung. The
train stopped at a farmhouse until the
injuries could be attended to and then
proceeded to this city.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-12-12
Deafness Can Not BE Cured

BY local applications. as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear
There is only one way to cure deafness
and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an intiamed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus-
tachian Tube. When the tube Is in
famed you have rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing. and when it is en-
tirely closed Deafness is the result. and
unless the inflammation can be taken
out and this ube restored to its normal
condition. hearing will be destroyed for
ever: nine cases out of ten are caused
by Catarrh, which is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars fol-
any case Of Deafness Caused by Ca
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars. free
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by druggists: 15c.
Halls Family Pills, CSC,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-12-12
Whers He Wrote His win.

strange things happen in Florida. A
recent instance is reported by the
llmes-Union of Jacksonville.
one OF the queer documents in the
once OF the county Judge is a will
written on piece of implanted plant,
hVe feet long and one foot wide, The
plahk was sawed out of the house Of
mrs Arnold. who lives Just outside the
city. '"e
The plank was part of the wall. On
a oed beside it lay a sick man. John
M: y Brien, whom Mrs. Arnold had be.
nienaed. Before he died he wrote on
the plank in pencil these words:
Mrs, Arnold. God bless her, shall
nave all leave"
ne left $500. The will is an unhandy
uotument to file but it serves its
makers purpose.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-12-12
Ills Idea OF Distance.

A Windham county, Conn, man. who
.ounded out IS years Of his life without
EVER going more than 20 miles from his
.hplace' was one day answering the
raes''ons OF a distinguished western
'silor who had come on to the old
u wi from far beyond the Mississippi
,a aiiey 10 learn of the childhood of his
~ ana mother, who were born in
- Huham county. The old native gave
"eSterner iist the details the latter
was seeking.
an. ma / suppose You have always lived
olHu here," said the man from be-
sond the Mississippi.
HI oh' no, replied the native. 81 was
~, TWO miles from ho-e.''-PailadeI-
ohla Record.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-12-12

The captain of an ocean steamer in
most cases finds out when his ship is
nearing an iceberg from the men in the
engine room. Wnena steamship enters
water considerably colder than tina,
through which it has been going it's
propeller runs faster. Such water sur
rounds the vicinage of bergs for many
miles. When the propeller's action.
therefore, is accelerated greatly, with
out the steam power being increased,
word is sent up to the officer on the
bridge that icetergs may be expected,
and q close lookout is established.
Young people will find much to in
terest and please them in the Novem-
Der number of Frank Leslies Pleasant
Hours for Boys and Girls. There is a
capital short story by Oliver Optic; an
article giving some excellent hints for
boys on buying and using gun, by
Wifi L. Pond; an interesting descrip-
ton of a n incident of the war, by J.
Frederick Thorne: Il valuable paper on
Children in Japan" by A. Il. de Guer-
vile: an illustrated poem about an
arithmetical puzzle by Clifford Howard;
story for very little folks; u descrip-
ton of new and exciting game for
boys: several illustrated jingles. and a
number of puzzles: while the two serial
stories by Edward 5. Ellis and Jean
nette II. Waiworth continue with in
creasing interest. A unique feature of
this magazine. which starts in the No
vember number. is the editors talks
bout the new books for boys and girls,
in which he points out what is best in
the late juvenile publications.. The
number is splendidly illustrated.