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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-07
ALL is BEAUTIFUL

Oh. Gcdi how beautiful Is earth,
In sunbeam or In shade;
Her forests with their waving arch;
Hcr flowers that gem the glade;
Her hillocks white with feecy flocks:
Her fields with grain that glow;
Her sparkling streamlets, deep and bread
That through the valleys dow;
Her crested waves that clasp the shore,
And lift their anthems loud;
Her mountains, with their solemn brows,
That WOO the yielding cloud
Oh. Godi how. beautiful is life
That Thou dost lend US here:
30 cheered with hopes that line the cloud,
And Joys that gem the tear;
With cradle hymns Of mothers young,
And tread OF youthful feet,
That scarce In their elastic bound
Bow down the grass flowers sweet
With brightness round the pilgrims stat
Who at the setting sun
Beholds the golden gate thrown wide,
And Ill his work we'll done.
But II this earth, which changes mar.
This life. to death that leads,
Are made so beautiful by Him,
From whom all good proceeds,
How glorious must that region be
Where all the pure and blest.
From every fear and sorrow free,
Attain unbroken rest.
Mrs. L Il Sigourney, in N. Y. Ledger.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-07
WOOD TURNED TO STONE.

Peculiar Eject the "Creeping Clay" In
Comstock Lode Has Upon Timbers
In half dozen mining offices in San
Francisco there are small slabs of hard
black wood, four by ten inches, that
always puzzle strangers, especially
workers in wood from the east These
four-incb slabs were once seventeen
by-seventeen inch timbers of Nevada
pine, and their present condition is
due to the fact that for few we ars
they were subjected to tremendous
pressure exerted by millions upon mil
lions of tons of earth. The fibers of
this wood are so closely crowded to-
gether that when polished the slabs
look more like stone than wood.
All the history of the Comstocls
lode, speaking recently of this wood,
governed and regulated as it has al
ways been by men in San Francisco, is
peculiar, but of all the stories in the
mines of this lode there is none more
peculiar than the creeping clay" and
the compressed timbers From 1874 to
1877 the Big Bonanza was worked
down to a fifteen-hundred-fo level,
but at one thousand one hundred feet
the managers stopped and concluded
to drift off to the east. This brought
them to position where large pro-
portion OF a side of mountain was
pressing upon the quartz bed. There
was body of ore shaped like water
melon and in size about equal to four
Palace hotels. 1t was this ore that
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There was wall running down at an
angle of about forty-fve degrees and
this wall marked the limits of the
loose earth which contained this wa
termelon of ore, and this same loose
earth was continually moving.
Immediately surrounding the lump
of ore was clay, and this clay so moved
and crept in the natural process of
natures action that by the miners it
was called creeping clay" and watch
ed continually. So irresistible was it's
force that nothing could stand against
1T. From the eleven hundred-foot level
the drift was set in toward this body
of ore. There was gallery where the
car ran along for the taking out of the
ore, and from this gallery ran the
smaller drifts. Above, below and on
the sides of these smaller drifts there
were heavy timbers Of Nevada pine.
There was between the timbers a space
of about, on the average, seven feet in
height and FIVE in width. There were
square sets, and 1t was these timbers
that. by the action of the loose earth
around them, were so compressed that
pieces of them look more like stone
than wood. Francisco Chronicle.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-07
The Last Word with the Pastor.

A skeptic engaged in a religious dis.
cussion with country pastor thought
to end the whole matter by declaring
that there was no such place as Heav-
en-, and that, for his part, he believed
in metempsychosis. You believe,
them" said the pastor, "that Your soul
may enter the body of a beast after
your death?" Certainly" "And you
expect to feel quite at home, sup.
poser" Thereupon the slSeptic decides
that the last word was with his antag
onisk - oston Record.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-07


Salvation Army work has pens-
trated Denmark.
All branches of Professionalism have
in Europe an estimated membership Of
0,s12,oO
-Beloit college has thrown open its
doors to women. Thirty-three girls
entered with tins years freshman class.
st. Paul's American Institute at
Tarsus, Asia Minor. q school founded
by the late Elliott It. Shepard. was at
tackled by Turkish mob which mall
treated the students and threatened
the missionaries.
The annual report of the foreign
missions of the Moravian church shows
a deficit of S27, 115, due very largely to
falling off in receipts from legacies,
which were S25,714 less in 1894 than in
the previous year.
The American Baptist Telugu mis-
sion, India, records ss1 baptisms in
1894, and has a membership now Of
SO, 500, with S,04S Christian pupils in
the schools and 5,456 in Sunday-schools.
The medical work is increasing, with
8,204 new patients treated during the
year.
Cornell university opened for the
year on the Goth of September. Presi-
dent Schurman in his address said
that up to date there were 104 more
new students registered than at the
same time a year ago. Between 500
and 600 new students have entered the
university this year. This shows that
the raising of the entrance require
ments has not reduced the number Of
applicants
Living in the open air all the past
summer has improved the pope's
health, which was never better than
it is now. He is entirely free from
the fainting spells that used to come
upon him in the spring months and
when pressed with business. DIR. lap
poni says: IF nothing unforeseen
happens, the Holy Fathers constitu-
ton is so sound that he may we'll at
tain his hundredth year."
The holy city of Jerusalem is be.
coming undermined. There are now
eight printing offices in the city, five
of which are In connection with mo-
nastic establishments. The most inn
portant Is that of the Catholic con-
vent. which is fitted with up-to-date
appliances. The work turned out con-
sists largely of Latin and Arabic
books. The three general printing Of
fees IRE those of the local Hebrew
newspapers. respectively entitled the
"Hoar" Uight), "Hacharazeleth" (the
Flower) and "Jeruscholajim.'
The freshman class at Brown uni
versity numbers about $50, including
SO young women. The total number
of students in the university, includ-
ing graduate students, will probably
reach 900: and by another year, il
present Indications hold good, the
one-thousand mark will be passed.
Tire faculty has been strengthened by
the addition of several well-known
educators, and the financial condition
of the institution is reported prosper
Gus, although there have been no largo
individual donations for some years.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-07
PARROT AND HAWK.

Queer Fight Witnessed by an Americas
Journalist In Mexico.
A correspondent from Mexico gives
us the following information of Eight
between hawk and a parrot, ending in
the downfall of the former:
The onslaught was commenced by
the hawk, who swooped down into the
brush when he was quite distance Off.
Pretty soon there was the most extraor-
binary racket in the scrub oak.
The parrot had the hawks neck in
his claws and was driving away with
his hook bill at the hawks head. The
hawk was willing enough to gull, but
couldn't.
They flew up and down. first one on
top and then the other. It was not n
long fight. The hawk BEAT his adver-
sary with his wings, and even got his
tail and beak to work; but tie red-and-
green bird was too big and strong for
him, and would not release his grip
moment. Before the gentleman got
very near the hawk ceased fighting.
The parrot had apparently sunk his
talons through the hawks neck, and
that is probably the reason they did not
separate. When the hawk got quiet
the parrot managed to disengage him
self and few up into tree, where he re-
NAMED, scolding and Strengthening
his feathers. He was pretty badly
scratched up. and one of his eyes
seemed to be gone, but he had KILLED the
hawk.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-07
THE CANDLE MOTOR.
IL Is Easily Made and Creates Lots of
Genuine Amusement.


A novel kind of motor is illustrated
in the accompanying cut. 1t is worked
neither by steam, electricity nor COM
pressed air; it requires neither boiler,
nor cylinder, nor piston, and consists
solely of a simple candle. A motor like
this is easily made.
Stick two pins heated over lamp
through candle ut opposite middle
points, vertically to the wick. These
pins will be the axis of our motor, and
you must set their extremities OIL tho
edges of two glasses.
Now light both ends of the candle.
which will burn furiously. Presently "
drop of the wax or sperm falls into one
Of the plates set beneath to receive IL.
The equilibrium of the balance shaft
being thus destroyed, the other end oS
the candle falls downward, causing the
end which has lost the first drop of wax
to go up. But in it's downward move
ment the falling end loses several Drops
and therefore in turn becomes lighter
than the other and rises again. In this
way an oscillatory movement is begun,
weak at first, but gradually growing
wider and wider until the candle finally
assumes almost vertical position.
To utilize this movement of the candle
fasten to it's axis by means of pins long
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-07

MS we used to dol" and Uncle John
laughed heartily as he thought of it.
"Oh do tell us about it." cried the
boys, and so after lighting his pipe, lie
commenced:
''We boys had very inventive minds
and were up to all sorts of capers, SO
it is no wonder that after reading in
the fairy tale of the old woman who
was rolled down the hill in cask we
decided to see what her sensations were
like. We got large and strong cask
which belonged to grandfather, taking
care to pull all the nails out, however,
and fixed it to start on it's travels. We
lined ii with old grain sacks to make
it more comfortable, and then three Of
us boys piled in, and the fourth sent the
barrel rolling down the hill. 1t was
the strangest sensation ever felt and
after practicing for awhile we grew
quite fond of the sport, although it was
quite a dangerous one, and called it
Tubing The old drawback was in
getting the old tub up the hill again,
but after awhile we remedied that by
rigging up sort of pulley attach
ment."
ut must have been fine!" cried Ted
and Jack together, and just then Tom
Winters, the boy who lived on the next
farm, came up and the next subject was
forgotten.
The next day when the boys were
rummaging underneath the old corn
crib LOOKING for some mischief to get
into they came upon queer old barrel
which brought Uncle Johns story back
to their minds.
81 guess this is the tub Uncle John
was telling us about" said Ted. Isn't
1t queer old machine. / say, boys
TO Jack and Tom Winters-"let's try
1t! Uncle said he used to think it great
sport"
So the old cask was rolled out and
brushed quite clean and then hoisted on
the wheelbarrow and wheeled to the
top of Sunset hill. The hill was quite
steep, which was all the better for the
purpose, the boys thought, but it was
a question in which direction it should
be started. The woods commenced at
the foot of the hill to the south; the
railroad track was toward the east,
the pond toward the west, SO north was
the only feasible direction to take, al
though it did seem rather rocky
and quite steep. Only two of the
boys could go at once-the third had
to be left behind to start the tub roll
ing. Tom Winters took look at the
sidehil before him and then kindly
volunteered to do this, while Jack and
Ted took the first ride. So they
crawled in.
When all was ready Tom Winters
showed the barrel, and off it went gayly
skipping down the sid of the hill. At
the very first turn Ted and Jack Knocked
heads violently. Unfortunately, they
had forgotten that when Uncle John
went down there were three inside.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-07
when Indian summer Comes.

If any hot days come along this
month or next loose-talking people
call them Indian summer" The In
dian summer is the summer of All
Saints" (Novembcr y, and follows the
setting in of cold autumn weather,
hard frosts and the blight of flowers
and foliage. Its loneliness consists in
the Renaissance, not the revival of
the nrdor of summer; it is pause
while the grasp of coming winter is
stayed for little space, given to visit
full regret and pensive retrospection
amidst the dying beauties of nature
Boston Transcript.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-07
AFTER MANY YEARS.

Noble Indian Squw Meets Again . Girl
Rescued in 1862.
A year ago the Pioneer Press printed
the story of Mrs. Mary Schwandt-
Schmidt's captivity among the Sioux
during the great outbreak of 1852. All
of her family but herself and n
younger brother were murdered by
the Indians, and she-then a CIR! of
fourteen-was taken captive and held
until the final restoration of all the
white prisoners at Camp Release.
While prisoner she was in constant
peril, and it will be remembered that
in her story she attributes her preser-
walton mainly to the kind offices OF an
Indian woman named Snana (Tink-
ling), who purchased her from her saw
age captor, adopted her as daughter,
and carefully guarded and watched
over her for weeks, until the final
overthrow of the Sioux
A copy of the paper containing Mrs.
Schmidt's story reached the Sioux
agency at Santee, Neb., and the two
women were soon in glad communica-
ton with each other. Neither had
heard from the other since the dread
full days of 1862. Meantime Snana had
married an Indian named Mazazedon
<Brass), well known as Charles Brass,
who was at one time a scout in the
government service, but he died some
years since. His widow now owns and
manages a farm near Santee agency,
where she is well known and univer-
sally respected as worthy Christian
woman.
Mrs. Brass is a comely Indian ma
tron, tifty-six years of age. Her Chris
tian name is Maggie. She was born
at Mendoza, and in her girlhood was
educated in the family Of Rev. DR..
Williamson, the pioneer missionary, at
the Indian village of Kaposia, four
miles below st. Paul.
At the close of the war she came to
Fort Smelling and went from there to
Faribault, where she remained for
some time. She speaks, reads and
writes English. fuently and intelli-
gently, and, moreover, possesses all
the attributes of a true woman.
Her brave and noble conduct in
rescuing and preserving her helpless
young charge from death was known
TO but few prior to the Pioneer Press
publication, but it is none the less
praiseworthy. The girl she saved to
the world is now most estimable
woman, and happy end crowns a
noble work.
''The first knew that my daughter
was still alive" said Mrs. Brass the
other evening, was when the matron
of the Indian school at Santee came to
me with the newspaper and kissed me
and said, Maggie, you are dear, good
woman and went on to praise me, and
then scolded me because l had never
told her and the others the story. I
had not said much about it, because I
did not like to boast of doing what was
only my duty. l have always loved
the memory of my daughter, and hoped
and prayed that might see her again,
and now that my dearest wish is real
lied am happier than ever expected
to be. She was very pretty and good
girl when she was with me, and think
she is pretty yet, and she is so kind to
. me that love her more than ever
st. Paul Pioneer Press
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-07
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
NY DADS THE ENGINEER.

We were none OF us thinking OF danger
As tho train sped on In the night,
Till the flames from the burning forest
Made the passengers wild with fright.
Then tiny maid near n window
With smile said: There's nothing to fear;
TN sure that no harm will befall you,
My dads the onginecri"
REFRAIN
"Daddy's on tho engine.
Don't be afraid;
Daddy knows what he is doing"
Said tho little maid;
sWe'lI soon be out of danger,
Don't you ever fear;
Every one is safe, because
My dad the engineerr
With the sparks falling closely about us,
Through tho flames we sped on so last
And the brave little maids father brought NJ
Through tho danger all safe at last
And the proud. sweet face CT the lassie
And the words OF the calm. little dear:
"I'm sure that no harm will befall you,
Ny dads the engineerl"
REFRAIN
"Daddy's on the engine,
Don't be afraid;
Daddy knows what he Is doing,~
Said the little maid;
"Wc'll soon be out OF danger,
Don't you ever fear:
Everyone is safe, because
My dads tho engineerl'
IN. Y. Commercial Advertiser
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-07

enough to keepit from contact with tho
flames strip of pasteboard in imita-
ton of a plank, at each extremity Of
which stick two little figures cut outof
stiff paper. When the candle ends are
lighted the figures will seem to be err
joying game of see-saw, and will great
ly heighten the interest of the expert
ment-Once n Week
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-07
A Patient Man.

DR.. Punsely pulled down his vest
and look thoughtful.
ut may be-" he musingly began,
''that the pitcher that goes often to
the we'll gets broken, but" he added,
cursorily rustling the leaves of bank
book, sit is the other way with doc.
rtor."-N. Y. Recorder.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-07
A Talented Debater.

Borax7-Senator Poundesk is pretty
able debater, isn't he?
Smilax-I should say so? Why, he
can eitll an opponent a liar and a
.scoundrel ir fifteen different ways
without violating the rules Of oder. =
PUCK.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-07
Weary Watkins"

Weary Watkins-"The doctors say
we ought to eat more cereal food
Hungry Iiggins-"They is too much OF
the serial business about our style oil
eatin' already."-Indianapolis Journal
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-07
Tho Point M Issue.

She-No man is good enough for me.
Hell know that, but am bad
enough?-Life.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-07
How to Keep Rabbits.

One of the few pets that boy can,
with great enjoyment to himself, keep
in the back yard of city is pair of
rabbits. The chief difficulty in keeping
them is to really keep them, for they are
VIGOROUSLY addicted to burrowing under
the fence and escaping into the neigh
bors' yards. This propensity in the pretty
creatures has prevented many a boy from
buying them. They are desirable pets
in the city, not only because they do no
harm when properly cared for, but also
because they do not make noises that are
Objectionable to nervous persons who live
not know anything and such persons are
apt to think that on that account rabbits
are not attractive. But they have been
favorites of boys for many years in Eu-
rope and America on account of their
gentleness, their queer little damp noses
that are always quivering, their soft
coats and the docility with which they
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-07

bit always take hold Of the ears with
one hand and, as soon as it is clear of
the ground, put the other hand under
meath to support him. He would thank
you for this thoughtfulness if he could
speak.
AS to the food that rabbit should eat
it is easily provided by any family. Al
most any vegetable is acceptable to the
pets. Good hay, clover, carrots, turnips,
oats and corn are preferable to cooked
food made of -four, as a rule. Rabbits
will drink although they will live and be
more healthy without any water. If
they have no water they should have
plenty of green food. Leaves and roots
and celery tops are fit food for them. but
lettuce should not be given, as it in
quces disease. Cabbage leaves are not
good for them as the cabbage odor from
the animal is then noticeable. For the
doe when she is breeding bread soaked
in milk is excellent.
Finally there are four things to be
carefully looked after in keeping rabbits
prevention of draughts in the hutch;
protection from extremes of heat, cold
and dampness; drainage of the hutch,
and ventilation, in order that pure air
may be admitted. For exercise the rab-
bits may often be permitted to run in
the yard, but they should be locked in
at night.-BroOklyn Eagle.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-07
MATCHED A COMPANION.
Queer Treat of Holmes, the Alleged Muir
derer of the Peitzels and Others.

Queer Treat of Holmes, the Alleged Muir
derer of the Peitzels and others.
FL. Ell. Holmes, the alleged poly-mur-
derous convict, who is under Indictment
at Philadelphia, thus unbosomed himself
to .'Megargee" of the Philadelphia Times:
eff they would only let me have canary
bird in my cell or permit me the use of a
violin upon which [ could play, either
would be companion and relieve the ter
rible monotony of prison life as it is regu-
lated in this city. / have asked for such
privileges, but they have been denied me-
For awhile, however'-and here Holmes
laughed merrily-"I had a companion OF
which the keepers had no knowledge.
am permitted to obtain food from the
outside at my own expense and once q
week am supplied with raw eggs, which
I eat without cooking. Last spring,
when the prison was artifcially heated, l
covered one Of these eggs snugly and
kept it beside the hot air register. In
twenty-one days a little chick pecked it's
way through the shell. For one month
it was my joy and solace. When the
keepers visited me I hid it beneath my
bed, but there was no sun to warm its
young life and it sickened and died. No
words can tell what that loss meant to
mo !"
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-07


A will of the kind known rs ''holo-
graphic" came into Penobscot probate
court the other day, constituting the
first case of the kind On record in the
county. Perhaps good many of us
don't know it, but that kind of a will
is one written wholly in the hand of the
person drawing the instrument. Every
word and figure of such document must
be in the handwriting of the testator in
order to secure to it the cover of legality
1t is related that once will Of this char
acter was rejected by judge Of probate
because the date and name of the town
were printed, as is common on official
paper, instead of being in the writing
the instrument. The will now in the
Penobscot probate office was made in
North Carolina, but the testator dying
in Glenburn, Me-, it was sent here for
probate.-Augusta (Me.) Journal
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-07

The name is supposed to have been given
because it's hair is long like that of an
Angora goat and not because it took it's
origin in Angora. The Himalayan rab-
bit is much like the Dutch rabbit in APP
pearance The lop-eared rabbits are most
highly priced because of their extreme
ly long ears. That is really the only
reason.
1t should be remembered by boy who
owns rabbits that the pets should not be
lifted by the ears only in taking them up.
This mistake is often made. The boy
thinks that because the rabbit does not
object to be raised by the ears that it
does him no harm. Really the reason
why the rabbit does not object is that he
does not know how. Strange as it may
seem the ears are not intended for a
handle, although it is hard to believe it,
they are so convenient. In lifting rab-