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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-14

There wers two brothers reared together
In q low-eaved house by the folds OF corn,
Who rambled AMONG the fields and meadows,
Content and happy. though country born;
And one w6s . dreamer, ever listless.
As n hearing sweet whispers far away.
Tho flowers are sweet In the waving mead
ows;
They are summers kisses" the dreamer
would say.
The grass is better. !" responded the other.
"And fills the mows and stacks with hay"
But, ahi the dreamer, he loved the singing
OF the waving leaves and the wanton brook;
He loved the song OF the warbling red bird,
He loved the hush OF the shady nook.
"Hear the robins sing?" he would sometimes
murmur.
"Hush and listen" But the other one
Cried: "Hol they are stealing our ripest cher
riesi
would that we had our fathers gun"
The soul OF the dreamer was filled with music
And he sang as the thrush In the tangled
briers:
And oft at eve. when the sun was setting
And the good wives builded their supper
fires,
They would hear his song float over the
meadows,
Sweet and clear as the chapel's bell.
The plowman stopped in the clodded furrow;
The lifted lash unheeded fell.
~GoG bless the child" they would softly muir
muir,
with his bird-like song and angel face"
While their lips took up the mellow chanson
While their hearts took in the sanity grace
But still more able they reckoned the other
The silent brother, who sturdily strobe.
Quickening the pace Of the tagging cattle,
And plucking the berries along the road.
To manhood grown In the busy city,
Nurn har tbaIr
For one bent low in lonely attic,
And one STROBE bold in the city's mart
The people praised the sweet-voiced singer;
The songs Of his soul were on every lip;
But they cringed and bowed to the wealthy
merchant,
And worshiped his hoard of gold and script
The years passed on: in the mighty city
Death came at last alike their lot;
But one he found In stately chamber,
And one he found In humble cot.
Two graves there are in Country churchyard
Ger one mass of marble stands;
Ger the other naught but a humble rose bush
Planted in pity by loving hands
Strangers come where the two are lying,
Admiring they pause by the rich mans
grave,
But with tears and flowers they remember
the dreamer,
Who, glorihed. sleeps where the roses wave
Maurice Clayton, In Inter Ocean
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-14
His Dog Could Preach, Too.

81 have a dog" said minister who
had just heard precocious story, who
is very sagacious. One Sunday he fol-
lowed me to church and sat among the
people and watched my movements in
the pulpit. That afternoon / heard a
terrible bowling in my backyard, and,
OF course, went TO see what it meant.
/ found my dog was in the woodshed,
standing on his hindlegs in dry goods
box. He held down torn almanac
with one paw and gesticulated with the
other, while he swayed his head and
howled to an audience of four other
dogs even more sadly than had done
in the morning."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-14
BRAVE CHINESE BOY.
Ills Presence Of Mind Rewarded by tha
Council of MandarIns-

His Presence OF Mind Rewarded by tho
Council of MandarIns-
More than 1000 years ago the great
city of Picking was called Min; its ins
habitants felt very proud of its many
ornaments, but exhausted their speech
In praising the public gardens. These
were really very beautiful, and great
care was exercised that each shrub and
Towering plant should be displayed to
the best advantages.
Often, in times of drought, the plants
had suffered for water, 80 that the wis
dom of the mandarin council was tried
to find some way of averting this calam-
ity. At last a number of large earthen
jars were set in different parts of the
gardens for the purpose of catching the
rain as II fell.
The central one was a huge affair."
ornamented on the sides with dragons
and fishes in raised work. It was very
costly, for 1t had taken both time and
ssbill to produce 80 large piece of pot
terry.
One bright day party of merry little
boys entered the gardens and began to
play games. firing at last of their
sports, they rested themselves in the
shadow of this large jar.
One, more adventurous than the
others, proposed to climb to the top of
the jar, and try to catch glimpse OF
the water-god, who was said to live ut
the bottom of it. But they were all
afraid, so he commenced his ascent
alone.
1t was not hard work, because he
could easily step from one fish or drag
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-14

at ease, and draws out the best that il
in one also. You are comfortably con-
scious, too, that she will not make dis
agreeable remarks about you after you
have gone. All! think what place
this world would be if it were made up
of Mrs. Spaldings," Dorinda rapturous-
ly concluded, then relapsed into
mournful, meditative silence.
AS 1 prepared one Of her favorite
dishes for tea, hoping it might have a
slightly soothing effect, l pondered
over the class of offenses bewailed by
my young friend, and reflected that if
the attention of those who thus trans
gress the laws of politeness were called
to this matter, some might thereby be
led to take heed unto their ways, for it
cannot be supposed that any right
minded person wishes to make her
friends afraid of her, or desires to be
numbered among them, and hold q
place upon their visiting lists simply
through sufferance.
But do you not perceive, beloved
questioners, that as regards certain of
your acquaintance, presumably, too,
those whose friendship you most prize,
these things will result from your
thoughtless, possibly politely inten-
toned inquisitiveness, as surely as
from the impertinent curiosity of Mrs.
A. or the mischief making of Mrs. b.,
whose failings you deplore and whose
society you avoid?
Doubtless to persons of certain
mental cast your interrogations are
agreeable, but Dorinda and many an
other are not of these, and If it be not
clearly manifest to you to which class
an individual belongs, then, 1 beseecb
you, steer your conversational bark
clear of all personal questions that are
open to doubt on the score of accepta-
bility
Let this rule, dear inquiring friends,
lay, from henceforth, It's restraining
hand upon your lips, and many sensi-
tive soul shall bless instead of fear you.
Good Housekeeping.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-14
AMONG QUEER PEOPLE.

The Hairy Ainu Are the Most Peculiar Ma
ton In the World.
Hokkaido is the name given by the
Japanese to the island of Yezo, with all
the smaller islands near it's coast, to-
gether with the Kurilo group. Thus
the Hokkaido extends, roughly speak
ing, from Al to 81 degrees latitude
north, and between 1879 and 1877 degrees
longitude east of Greenwich. 1t is in
Yezo particularly that the large num-
Der of Ainu are found, while a few live
in the islands of Kunashiri, Etorofu and
Shikotan.
The Ainu are a race of people whose
strange popularity is that they are COW
cred with hair all over the body, al
most as monkeys are. Their faces are
not quite 80 hirsute, though the hair
OH the scalp begins to grow low on the
forehead, and the beard of the men be-
gins from right under the eyes. Their
eyebrows are thick and shaggy, and oc-
casionally they even have few coarse
hairs growing on the nose. The wom-
en-, who are not supplied with such n
luxuriant growth of hair on their faces,
make up for the lack of 1t by tattooing
on their lips long mustache, which,
when completed, reaches from one ear
to the other.
This, they think, gives them a manly
appearance, and as manliness and hairi-
ness are the only two things the Ainu
are proud of, the women sometimes also
tattoo lines on the forehead and rough
geometrical patterns on their arms, all
of which are supposed to add to the
coveted air of yirility.
The Ainu have no literature, no
books, no writing, and hardly one in
dividual out of hundred can count up
to five, even with the help of his fingers.
Their language is extremely poor in
words, and as for rules or q grammar.
the Ainu never even dreamed of having
one.
Like all barbarians, the Ainu are ex-
tremely superstitious, and it was with
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-14
every one docs, their BUMP. a discrini-

every one docs, their bumps OF discrfmt-
nation being but slightly developed,
other well-meaning persons are
thoughtlessly curious. while as for
those nominal members Of polite socie-
ty who catechise one out of pure in
quisitiveness, they, of course, cannot
be expected to take into account the
trivial question of acceptability. In
quisitive she concluded,
thoughtfully.
After a short pause she continued
(Dorinda Is not given to unpleasant
personalities, but she now and then un-
burdens her mind to me as on this oo-
casion), II always dread to go to Mrs.
Bayne's; I never do go except when
persuaded that 1t will seem decidedly
rude to stay away any longer, she is SO
kind and friendly. To-day she asked il
l were going home during vacation,
and when replied that / did not ex-
pect to do SO, she looked so surprised,
and then inquired, point blank: Why
not!'
"Was under any obligations to tell
her couldn't afford 1t? I didn't any
| way, but gave an evasive answer, and
her countenance continued to express
the most exasperating surprise and in
terrogation, and left as soon as posi-
BILE, fully determined never to go there
| again.
20, of course SHALL" she added, In
response to my look of disapproval--
Mrs. Bayne is an excellent woman,
''but it will not be for the pleasure Of
going, certainly.
"Mrs. George Smith inquired what
wages Tom is getting now, and did
not tell her. laughed and said that
he hadn't authorized me to inform peo-
pie. 1 know she was offended, and of
course she will conclude that his salary
| is less than it actually is"
Anything more?" queried, rs
Dorinda paused and fshed somewhat
| savagely from the basket frosh
needle.
She gave rueful little laugh.
30, yes, plenty. You think mo q
wretched grumbler, 1 dare say, but l
have been unusually tried this after
noon by these petty annoYances.
| Dora Gregg quizzed me about my
hat, under pretence of admiring it, un-
til was obliged either to lie about 1t
or tell her that made 1t myself. You
know without being informed which
horn of the dilemma 1 grasped, and
numerous acquaintance will forthwith
have the pleasure of passing judgment
| upon my taste and skill.
"Now, as I do not voluntarily pro-
claim myself my own milliner, what
right, pray, has anyone to compel me to
do 80? Dora is an old friend, and nice
girl, but do not enjoy her society be.
cause she asks so many questions that
are not warranted by old friendship.
"Why, o why, will people be in.
quisitive? Why can't they see that II
must make others afraid of them?
"There's one place where 1 love to
go, and that is Mrs. Spalding's. She is
| a perfect lady. She never asks annoy.
ing questions. She makes one entirely
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-14

In Dorinda, and she knows it. She
would also know if did not, and would
order her ways accordingly. Derinda
is person of excellent sense. l saw at
once, on this particular occasion, that
she was feeling much annoyed, but l
did not make any inquiries, conjectur-
ing that they would be unwelcome, and
knowing them to be unnecessary. /
am very well acquainted with Dorinda.
She pulled off her gloves with a nerv-
Gus gesture and tossed them on the
table; her hat followed, then she un-
fastened her wrap and sank YEARLY
ceeded with my task of endeavoring to
repair, as inconspicuously as possible,
very conspicuous rent in diminutive
pair of trousers.
Dorinda watched me absently few
moments, then inquired: Glow did he
accomplish it? Was there a nail in the
cellar door? or did the poor child at
tempt to hang himself in a fit of des-
peration over the appalling amount Of
unpunishable rudeness in the world?"
lifted my brows with an so, that's
It, is it?" expression, and asked From
what point of view has it presented
itself this timer"
1.-THE Interrogation point" Dorinda
replied, then taking off her wrap, an
nounced that she would stay to tea.
Every WE'LL" said /. lyon gee this
basket, and Jane is away. However, if
you are willing to risk it, l don't object
In the least"
''I1l take the chances, I'm not very
hungry" and picking up pair of stock
ings, Dorinda began deity to fill the
gaping heels.
There was silence for a few moments,
then she exclaimed impetuously: isn't
It the strangest thing that people who
consider themselves well-bred should
ask the questions that they do, and
sometimes very evidently with the idea
that they are being polite and agree
able!" and she darned away with en-
ergy, which method of relieving her
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-14
A HAPPY FAMILY.

They never call each other names nor pull
each others hair,
Nor find the slightest bit of fault with what
they have to wear.
They never cry at night because they have
to so to bed,
Nor ever frown at anyone, no matter what
Is said.
Not one of them was ever known to try to
tease the cat
Or even have wish to do naughty deed
like that
When they are asked to do a thing they
never say II shan'tg'
Because they're sawdust boys and girls,
and 30, you see, they can't.
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-14
feelings was, I confess, quite satisfac,

feelings was, confess, quite satisfac-
tory to me-"
"Who is the offender this time?" in
CURED, critically inspecting at arms
length the results of my labor on the
trousers aforesaid.
''There are several of her. I've been
making calls all the afternoon, and 1
feel ready to renounce the custom for
ever. Now you know it is not my way
70 discuss In detail my own or family
affairs. Some people enjoy it, and /
suppose the best intentioned of the
puestioners take 1t for granted that
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-14
Good Joke on the Freshie.

One of the smallest New England
colleges has for janitor colored man.
who has filed that position to the sat
isiaction of all concerned for over Is
years. 1t is not often that the students
get the laugh on SAM" as they famil-
iarly and affectionately call him. Ono
autumn day, just after the college
had begun, when he was overseeing
tie burning over of part of the campus
q freshman coming along cried: well.
Sam, that's most as blac1 as you arel"
Eyes, sab, promptly replied Sam; "and
next spring it viii be 'yaost ~ green a.
you arel"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-14
Her Education.

Charley" said young Mrs. Torkins,
sin "a brokers' office they have black
board with prices all over it, do they
not?"
''Why-er-yes.
swell, I'm glad to know at last what
people mean when they talk about the
board of trade. "-Washington Star.
-Mab-"You signed your note, Il
remain your loving Jack If I'd no
money what would you remain'P"
JaclS-"A bachelor, darling. Illus
trated Bits.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-14
MUST DRAW The LINE.
Tho New Woman Should Not Forfeit He
WOmanly Reserve.

The New Woman Should Not Forfeit Her
Womanly Reserve.
One OF the most admired character
fstics of women used to be that of
reserve. Whatever her emotions might
be she, If well-bred, would try to pre-
serve quiet and calm exterior, and SO
strongly was this felt to be becoming
and seemly that it was quite an ap-
proved maxim that "a lady should
never be surprised till the crows built
In her pocket, and then she might won-
der where the sticks came from"
Since those days women have great
dy changed, and in some things no
doubt very much for the better; but
though we rejoice in their greater OPP
portunities of mental and physical
culture, and would be sorry indeed to
see them retrograde to the old false
ideas of gentility which forbade gen.
tlewomen from earning their own liv-
ing, still, in casting aside the old fet-
ters which so long trammeled tAem, it
weuld be well if they kept firm hold
of properly womanly reserve.
At the present time women not only
assert their right of freedom In their
own sphere, but many of them seem to
recognize no boundaries whatever, and
by so doing they place themselves on a
lower level in the eyes of men than
women should ever occupy.
Now come the questions, What should
be the limit of women's work? Where
should they draw the liner This, at
any rate, it is safe to answer: "At that
Vnniat vuh fhni- xxyny.ly tn N
good" AS soon as a woman feels she
is in position in which the best and
noblest of men cease to look upon her
with reverence then she may be sure
she has overstepped the limits of wom-
anly dignity and reserve, and that
there her influence will not be pure,
elevating and noble.
There is plenty of real work for all
of us 20 do beyond the sphere of home,
I'm the fields of art, science and litera-
ture, and also, like Florence Nightin-
gale and many other brave women, as
nurses and comforters of the sick, the
wounded and the dying.
Woman's influence is sometimes said
to be greater now than in past times.
1t is more pa1pable, certainly, bus 1
doubt whether more potent, for, as we
know well for centuries, the hand that
rocked the cradle ruled the world.
The difference is that nowadays wom-
en- are not content to work quietly as
mere wirepullers; instead, they like to
see and be seen, and to have the credit
of their deeds.
The old idea was that linen must
work and women must weep" but the
newer idea that women should work,
too, according to their talents and OPP
portunities, seems more rational anil
healthy, and is calculated to make
them weep less. Let them give over
weeping by all meaus, but in all their
work let them remember that woman
is not undeveloped man, but diverse"
and therefore not to try to be like
men. and also not to think that noth-
ing is too high or too sacred for them
to NEEDLE with.-Home Notes.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-14
Little Gertie.

Gertie TO her sisters fiance)-Are you
hurt much?
Augustus-Hurt much? / don't I'M
derstand you, Gertie.
well, sister said she was fishing for
you for long time, and that she only
hooked you after lots of trouble. Did
she hurt you when she hooked youa-
Pittsburgh Bulletin
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-14
Didn't Come In.

Her Father (suddenly)-Young man.
do you play poker?
Her Young Man (nervously)-Y-Y-
that is to say, no, sir.
Her Father (regretfully)-I am sorry.
Some of us were going to have little
game tonight, and we should have
liked one more to take hand. Som
erville Journal
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-14
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
A TRULY HAPPY FAMILY.

know happy family Of cunning boys and
girls,
Who have such round and ROXY cheeks and
pretty. golden curls.
In all that they may have TO do they plens-
antly agree,
And everyone Of then, is kind and good as
good can be-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-14
Something That Would Float.

"What we need to do" said the new
director, lis to establish a sinking
fund"
''Humphl" said the old director.
"When you've been in here little
while longer you'll have more sense.
What we need is fund that can keep
tts head above water."-Harper's
2n:ar.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-14
SOCIAL INQUISITORS.
By G. A. FASKER.

oRINDA dropped in
the other day, after
the free and easy
and altogether de-
lightful fashion that
she has of so doing
whenever she feels
inclined. / should
not like this custom
in every one 1 ad-
nit, but I do like it
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-14
-she was cozily entrenched upon h

She was cozily entrenched upon his
shoulder and they were very, very
happy. George" she whispered, and
he bent his head to listen, ''do you
know what would do If your love for
me should cool?" Would you die,
dear2" he asked passionately. mo,
George; I would bring an action for
breach of promise. "-Tit-Bits.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-04-07
IA CORRESPONDENT De PUERTO-RICO"
DoMINNo, DE bril- DE 1895.
JDEOsS FLORALES

Seg1n nuestros informes, promote que
dar brillantisima esta fiesta de las poe
sias y de las flores que celebra 81 CASINO
de MGyagitez el 5 del entrante Mayo.
81 no fuera mas que por el estfmulo
que entire nuestros escritores despiertan
los "Juegos forales," est1mulo que redun-
da en- beneficio de las letras patrias, debe-
riamos todos contribuir q que estas bellf-
simas fiestas tomen carta de naturaleza
entire nosotros y en- no lejano TEMPO la Ii
ra puertorriquef1a arrancara de sus cuer-
das mas hermosas y mas sonoras vibra-
clones.
Todo hace esperar que una concurren-
cia, numerosa como nunca, invadira los
salones del Casino de MGy0g5jes la noche
del 5 de Mayo avida de celebrar ell triunfo
de nuestros poetas, Sc nos asegura que
las damas encantadoras de aquella sim
patica sociedad llevaran por 6nico adorno
flores naturales, que son las galas que
deben ostentarse en- estas festas de las
flores y de la poesia.
No olviden los autores que ell Is de es-
to mes te11nina ell plazo para la admission
de los trabajos que presenter.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-04-07
DlPUTAClON PROVINCIAL

La session de aver sabado, sc abri6 la
hora de costumbre con la asistencia de los
mismos diputados de la anterior.
lei Sr. Cuch1 continue combatiendo el
dictamen de la comisi0n que informo en- ell
asuntO de las COncesiones de billetes Y
anunci0 una enmlenda pidiendo que ell
nuevo sOrteo que SO ha de hacer en- Agosto
pr0ximO, tenga las mismas bases que ell
anterior, pues las innOvaciones del dicta-
men de la Comision eran opuestas las
disposiciOnes legales vigentes y al efecto
lego varios Decretos y R =ales Ordenes que
prohiben la rifa especial propuesta por la
Comisi6n.
I'll sefior Bosch declare, que 81 bien SO
trataba pOr la Comisi0n dc emitir Glen mil
billetes al precio dc cincuenta centavos
entire los cuales Sc rifarian las $50 acciones
dc billetes de la loter1a provincial, ESQ no
constituira una yerdadera rifa que, nece-
sitara icencia del GobiernO, pues las ac-
clones de billetes son dOcumentos de I'm
particular y no efectos pdblicos. Acerca
de 10 dicho por el seflor Bosch SO promo
vic I'm animado incidente EN- Ell que inter
vinierOn los sefores Lopez Landr6n, Gu
Chi, EgOzcue y Alvarez Perez manifestan-
do ell seiior Bosch que Gl no habia dado
vincial eran documentos particulares y
puesta & vOtaci0n la totalidad del dicta-
men fu6 aprobado pOr mayOr1a.
Entr6se & discutir las bases del mismo
y el sefor Cuchi que Sc manifesto confor-
me con ell nuevo sorteo y con que SO au
mentasen 10000 los billetes, impugn6 la
rifa de las acciones por los misnos mott
vos legales que adujo al combatir la totali-
dad y por que inplicaba aquella I'm arbi
trio no autorizado. El senior Lopez Lam
drOn prOnunci0 un buen discursO impug-
nandO tambien e1 arbitrio y proponiend0,
con SUI elocuencia caracter1stica, medios
de conciliar las opuestas opiniones.
Confr1n6 los peligros del nuevo arbi-
trio hacia los cuales ven1a llamando Ia
atenci6n de los senores Diputados desde
aver ell sef1or Cuchi; pero puesta vota-
cion esa base fu6 aprobada por todos a
exception de los seflores Cuchf, Lopez
Landr6n = Alvarez Perez que formularon
voto particular.
Continue discuti6ndose el dictamen
punto por punto: fu6 aprobado.
Sc nombr6 una comisi0n para enten-
derse en- la reception del General Martinez
Campos y SO levant6 la session q las cinco.