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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-03
Animal Humbugs Are Numerous.

In military stables horses are known
to have pretended to be lame, in order
to avoid going to military exercise.
A chimpanzee had been fed on cake
when sick; after his recovery he often
feigned coughing in order to procure
dainties. The cuckoo, as is well
known, lays it's eggs in another birds
nest, and, to make the deception surer,
it takes away one of the other birds
eggs. Animals are conscious of their
deceit, as shown by the fact that they
try to act secretly and noiselessly; they
show a sense of guilt If detected; they
take precautions in advance to avoid
discovery; in some cases they manifest
regret and repentance. Thus bees
which steal hesitate often before and
after exploits, as If they feared punish
ment. A naturalist describes how his
monkey committed theft. While he
pretended to sleep the animal regarded
him with hesitation and stopped every
time his master moved or seemed on
the point of awakening.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-03
school AND CHURCH.

"A scholarship has been founded In
memory of Jay Gould in the college Of
the university of New York.
General Booth held Salvation
Army service in the Kings gardens.
Copenhagen, at which there was an
attendance Of 5000 people.
AN eighty.six-year-old missionary
In Texas, making his report of a re-
cent months work, iaments that owing
to bad weather he was able to preach
only thirty-one times.
Mrs Leland Stanford, going aboard
to sell million dollars worth of her
jewels, to give the proceeds to the uni
versity which has already received
millions from her family, is spectacle
to floor the shouters Of degeneracy.--
Boston Journal.
Physicians along the Vermont bor-
der have been notified that they will
not be allowed to practice medicine In
the providce of Quebec unless they
comply with the provincial law, which
requires years study in some Cana
dian college.
"A school Of eloquence has been
founded by the Paris socialists, where
all members of the party who are so
gifted will be trained as debaters and
orators. No bourgeois professors will
be appointed, the instruction being In
the hands of the ADLER and better edu.
Gated members of the party.
Again there is very decided move
ment on the part of the news agents Of
London to enlist active public symps-
thy, including the Christian press, in
favor of the abolition of the Sunday
morning newspapers. Their sugges-
ton is that a Saturday night issue take
the place of the Sunday paper. The
Weekly Dispatch has already respond
ed.
According to the recent edition of
Battens' Directory, New York leads
the list of states in the number of it's
religious publications., the number be-
ing one hundred and sixty-two; Penn
sylvania comes next with one hundred
and forty-seven, and Illinois third
with one hundred and four. Idaho is
the only section of the Union that Is
not credited with any The new ter
ritory of Oklahoma has two religious
papers.
The first Chinaman to enter the
ministry in New York state is Hui
Kin, who was ordained recently at
University Place Presbyterian church.
He has been educated under the care
of the presbytery, and has been very
successful in mission work among his
countrymen. He will hold Chinese
services in New York, and hopes even
tually to organize a church of convert
| ed Cinnamon.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-03

that many of the entrances alone wero
visible, the nest itself being built round
by Others"
Mr.. Gould has given the accompany
ing remarks on the species as noticed
by him in Australia:
81 observed it throughout the dis
trict of the Upper Hunter, as well as in
every part of the interior, breeding in
various localities, wherever suitable
situations presented themselves; some
times their nests are constructed in the
cavities of decayed trees; while not in
frequently clusters of them are at
tached to the perpendicular banks Of
rivers, the sides of rocks, etc.. general
ly in the vicinity of water. The long
bottle-shaped nest is composed of mud
or clay, and, like that of our common
martin, is only worked at in the morn
ing and evening, unless the day be wet
and showery. In the constructing of
the nests these birds appear to work in
small companies, six or seven assisting
in the formation of each nest, one re-
naming within and receiving the mud
brought by the others in their mouthss
in shape their nests are nearly roundy
but vary in size from four to six or
seven inches in diameter; the spouts OF
some being eight or nine inches In
length."-Good Words.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-03
PRINCE OF GNAWERs.
Beavers Have Won n Good Reputation by
Their Industry.

Beavers Have Won Good Reputation by
Their Industry.
Celebrated rs the prince of gnawers
Is this sturdy rodent, and his we'll
earned reputation of industry has
given rise to the familiar proverb of
working like beaver" The beaver
belongs to the order rodentia, but his
family relations are all deceased. A
glance at the animals personal appear
ance is suflicientto indicate his mode of
living. A strong-made fellow of red
dish brown color, with big orange
colored front teeth, small eyes and ears,
head and body in the neighborhood of
two feet long, tail about ten inches in
length--broad, fat and covered with
scales--fore feet small, hind feet much
larger and webbed. The coat Is better
than macintosh, being composed of
two kinds of fur, the outer of long, stiff
hair and the under coat Of fine, soft,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-03
FEATHERED ARTISTS.
Protective Coloring Employed by Bird
In Nest Building.

Protective Coloring Employed by Birds
In Nest Building.
The first birds nest that examined
this year Qs95), was that of the least
flycatcher. / saw her building it in
the crotch of birch limb, carrying
thither no end of slender, stingy stuff
-fibers of weeds and hairs and even
tearing some of the strings from n
last-year's vireo's nest to aid in the
construction. Last of all the little
lady carried a number of feathers to
the crotch, and the singular fact about
this was that the feathers were by no
means soft and downy. The least
one / saw was an inch long, and it had
stiff quill. The nest having been
completed and time allowed for
her to lay her eggs, l made
shift by means of ladder to get up to
the nest. Four pure white eggs lay on
q soft bed of down plucked from the
birds own breast, but the large feath-
ers that had been carried there wero
woven into the mass of the nest in such
way that they formed ruffle about
its brim. The stiff quilts in two cases
projected into the cup Of the nest, but
they were above the line of the eggs.
Plainly, the down at the bottom was
to protect the eggs. The stiff quilted
feathers made the nest harder, il any
thing. for the mother. What, then,
was the ruffle for if not for ornament
OF all the nests that birds build there
is none that seems to show stronger
desire to use protective colorings than
does that of the phoebe. The
phoebe ordinarily chooses a little
shelf on the face of some overhang-
ing rock and there constructs her homo
of MOSES strengthened with other
fibrous things 1t is lovely bit of
work and SO much like a.patch of moss
growing on the rock that one may
look directly at it and not recognize it
as nest. AS built there it is in per-.
feet harmony with its surroundings.
But sometimes the phoebe builds in
sheds and about country bridges that
are infrequently used, and then even
when building on lumber fresh from
the saw she uses the same MOSES al
though they are in bright contrast
with the background of the nest. Ger
tainIy the MOSES are not of protec-
tive color there, but they are always
beautiful to the eve wherever used.
Colette Smiley, in Chautauquan.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-03

draw the cart out of danger, but the
tracks were covered with little layer
of snow, and the car wheels slid over
them like the runners of sleigh.
The whole weight of the car struck
the corner of the coal cart and flung it
from the tracks. The wagon fairly
surged up in the air and came down on
it's side, with the man underneath it
and the horse still in the shafts.
Neither man nor horse stirred after
they fell.
The conductor and driver were both
unhurt. This is bad business, Phil,
an we'd better git out!' the driver
said. +a l~.r
The conductor nodded and pulled the
bell twice and the car swept away.
The only passengers were three ladies,
who probably did not know what had
happened. Fl.
Tom was not hundred feet away
when the thing happened. His horror
at the sight itself was not greater than
his establishment and anger when the
car moved on. For the first time in his
life he would have liked to have some
one by the throat.
He rushed up TO the cart excitedly.
It had been thrown to the right of the
track. The drivers leg was under
meath one of the great wheels and he
had evidently tainted, for he did not
move nor speak. Tom seized him by
the shoulder and shook him roughly.
The man reused uD little.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-03

nest, which is of an oblong, elobular
form, and composed of moss and other
similar substances, Is suspended by a
narrow neck, and presents one of tho
most singular instances of bird archi-
lecture that has yet come under my
notice."
DIR. Il. p. Ramsay has also given an
account of the species in the Wide
Bay districts: "The rock warbler is q
very pleasing and lively little bird, and
seems to love solitude. l have never
seen it perch on a tree, although have
spent several evenings in watching 1t.
1t runs with rapidity over the ground.
and over heaps of rubbish left by floods,
where 1t seems to get good deal of it's
food. Sometimes it will remain for q
minute on tho point Of rock, then, as
IL falling over the edge, it will repeat
it's shrill cry, and dash Off into some
hole in the cliffs.
"The nest is of an oblong form, very
large for the size of the bird, with an
entrance in tho side about two inches
wide. 1t is generally suspended under
some overhanging rock, and is COM
pbSt1l VI hDIOhD lOobo iNofGli Wlbh
spiders webs; the bird evincing pref
ercnce for those webs which contain
the spiders eggs, and that are Of q
greenish color The moss does not as
sumo the shape of nest until n few
days before it is completed, when n
hole for entrance Is made, and the in
side is warmly lined with feathers; but
when finished, it is very ragged struc-
ture, and easily shaken to pieces. The
birds take long time in building their
nests; one found on the 9th of August
was not finished until the 25th Of that
month; on the 8Oth three eggs were
taken from 1t.
"Of the Australian cliff swallow, the
fairy martin of Gould and other
writer's, DR.. Ramsay records IN in
stance in which he found mass OF
nests fastened under an overhanging
rock on the banks of the Bell river. Il
counted, he says, upward of one hum
drcd nests, all built together SO closely
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-03
Pull your leg when ! liftl" Tom
shouted, and then he STONED down and

"Pull your leg when liftl" Tom
shouted, and then he stopped down and
got hold of the edge of the wheel.
He Strengthened his back, bent his
knees and gripped the wheel tight;
then with great effort he flung back
his head and Strengthened his knees
Up came the cart, wheel, frame and all.
Pull your leg outw Tom shouted
again. The man started, tried to sit
up, pulled his leg little way out,
gave up and rolled over on his face
with his head directly under the wheel.
TWAS too much. Tom thought he
would rather have died than see such
thing happen. He could not hold up
such load for more than few mo-
ments, and it would kill the man when
it fell. No one was in sight. He could
not move, not muscle, or he would
have to let go. Oh, if he had only let
the fellow lie there and brought help.
Get ont of there! Rouse upw he
cried; and then, as the man did not
move: 'Help! helpW he yelled. There's
a man dying! Help!'
There was only one house near
he directed his cries at that. There
were lights in the windows, but no
one seemed to stir to help him. Atlast
the strain became so great that he
could shout no longer. He clenched
his teeth and resigned himself to de-
spair.
A door slammed. He looked up at
the house and saw girl running down
the steps. Could he hold out till she
got to him? "I'll make good bluff at
it, anyway" thought Tom, grimly,
and he held on. He had not strength
enough even to hurry up his rescuer.
The girl, who was well built, strong
and ruddy, reached his side quickly.
what are you wanting, sorr?" she
said.
Tom was gasping. Great drops OF
sweat ran down his face. His feet
staggered about from place to place.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-03
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
A SURE CURE.

When the snow begins to fall
On tho lawns and tree-tops tall.
And the blizzard is o clustering through the
the slow old village street.
Then HE me from my bed,
And get cut my old bob-sled.
And polish up tho runners till they shine
like glistening sleet.
When they ring the brealxfast-bell,
Eannounce ON not we'll,
And sigh and say I'm tired, and am simply
Just worn out;
And my mother says she thinks,
As my weary eyelid blinks,
That I'd best not go to school to-day there
isn't any doubt.
But by ten o'clock feel
So recovered that On eel
Could not give me any points on moving con-
stantly around.
All tho pain deserts my head,
And take the old bob-sled,
And am shortly whizzing with 1t DER the
snow-incrusted ground.
Whence think It's very plain
That 10 cure o small boys pain.
And to get him back to health without an
ache within his head,
There Is not q dose or pill
That so fully fllls the bill
As good old well-paoked snowfall, aud a
chance to use sled.
-Harper's Young People.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-03
NEW WEAPON OF coQuETRY.
Cultivate Your Hat-Brim, Girls, and It
Can Work Wonders.

Cultivate Your Hat-Brim, Girls, and 1t
Can Work Wonders.
Cultivate your hat brim, girls; be
friends with it; know it's every droop-
ing curve and learn the ,exact projec-
ton OF its shadow. A girl with a we'll
trained hat brim can get three pro-
posals to the other girls one. Learn
TO let your eyes look over the edge OF
the shade the brim throws; the least
little droop Of the head shadows them
altogether, and for the life of him no
can't be sure whether you are looking
at him or not, and that makes him hope
you are.
Or the eyes being in total eclipse
back of the bending brim, the mouth
seems all the more alluring because
there it lies, like a curled rose leaf in
q streak of sunshine all ungarded and
to be taken if you will, where it smiles,
as it were-this side of the fence.
When he seems almost at the ask
ing place, what sweeter than to let
the shadow come down over the
dropping lids, beyond the lashes,
across the cheek, rounding the trem-
bling chin. If man half-started on q
proposal can squirm out without finish
ing it when hat brim helps him
along like that-well, he's yet to be
found
There is more still to hat brim. 1t
will work the other way. He has asked
the question, he waits, breathes, and
presently the dimple in the chin fills
with sunshine, then comes the mouth.
the roses deepen up the cheeks till
they get caught in the dark of the
lashes, and then, when the brim is be-
yond the blue-lined lids, up they lift
and of sudden the eyes shine out.
DO you suppose when a man has
watched that sort of a sunrise he
knows what o'clock it is by the time
you really look at him?
That brim will do even more. If it
is wide and soft it will touch his
shoulder as you walk with him, that
is, it will if you droop your head his
way a little, and he won't know wheth-
er you intended it to or not, or if you
did mean it, whether you did it a-pur-
pose or not, and between the sinking
it gives him in his heart to have it
touch him, anyway, and the worry it
gives him from wondering if you mean
it, maybe, he is all ready laid out for a
proposal long before you have done
anything else.
Some hat brims are so soft and
plume-swept that if he is very nice
and seems to deserve some special ia
vor you can lean forward and just let
the soft fluff of it sweep his cheek.
You can move away again right off
and his heart viii shoot up in his
throat and slide down his back just as
if you had really kissed him and got
your hair all mussed. If he should
thereon become imperative, you can
pretend you didn't mean to, and that
it was all the hat brim's own fault
Washington Post.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-03
AUSTRALIAN PRISON REFORM.
Where the Inmates Are Permitted to Roam
and Are Paid Wages.


and Are Paid Wages.
Trial Bay prison, on the northern
coast of New South Wales, is an ex-
pertinent in prison reform which is un-
paralleled elsewhere. 1t is situated on
the shores of the Pacific ocean, about
two hundred and seventy miles north
from Sydney, and within thirty miles
of the town of Kempsey. Attached to
the Jail is reserve of one hundred
acres. On Sundays and holidays the
prisoners are allowed to roam over
this reserve, under the supervision of
three mounted warders only. AS parts
of the reserve are thickly wooded, and
there are no fences or walls around,
escape would be comparatively easy
were it desired So far, only half
dozen men have attempted to gain
their liberty by fight.
Long-sentence prisoners, who have
been of good conduct in stricter jails,
are sent to Trial Bay to serve the end
of their term-some for twelve months,
other for two years. Usually there
are from ninety to one hundred and
thirty prisoners in the Jail. Twenty
or so are retained as servants of the
institution, the remainder being set to
work on the construction of huge
breakwater at one corner of the bay.
The latter, while at work, are under
the supervision of Mr.. Brownrigg, of
the harbors and rivers department,
who is in no way connected with the
prison. None of the prisoners wear
convict garb, and visitor to the jail
will see naught but number of clean
ly-attired workmen and few uni
formed warders. All the men are paid
wages-sixpence per diem for the first
eight months, one shilling for the sec
ond, and one shilling and sixpence
for the remainder of the term,
subject, of course, to good con-
duct. OF this money the prisoners are
allowed to spend up to two-thirds in
personal luxuries and comforts, or to
send it to their wives or children; one
third is retained, to be handed to them
ON their release. The men may pro-
cure anything they desire except
spirits and certain newspapers. To-
bacco in all it's shapes is allowed.
A few of the prisoners sleep in the
ordinary cells, but number of them
have their homes in series of huts
within the jail walls. Both cells and
huts are furnished for comfort, and
many are extravagantly decorated
with pictures and 'hangings." In the
ihuts four to six men sleep together,
the room being furnished with CEN
trail table. at which the prisoners may
read O. nights until it is time to turn
in. For recreation the men are al
lowed to fish, battle, indulge in indoor
or outdoor games, read. as they will
The desire, in short, is to recreate
in the prisoner industrial habits and
60 rekindle self-respect. = London
Sketch.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-03
SOME QUEER NESTS.
Tke Architecture OF Birds ID Very won-
derful Indeed.

Tkc Architecture OF Birds ID Very won-
derful Indeed.
A curious Australian bird Is the little
rock warbler (origma rubricata), whose
method of nest constructing is prob
ably unique among birds:
Mr.. Gould writes: "The true habitat
of this species Is New South Wales,
over which part of the country it is
very generally distributed, wherever
situations occur suitable to its habits;
water courses and the rocky beds OF
gullies, both near the coast and among
the mountains of the interior, being
equally frequented by 1t; and so ex-
clusively, in fact, is it confined to such
situations that IL never visits the forests,
nor have ever seen it perching on the
branches of the trees. Itdoes not even
resort to them as resting place for
It's nest, but suspends the latter to the
ceilings of caverns and the under
surface of overhanging rocks, in Q
manner that is most surprising; tho
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-03
No Demand for Him.

81 see dat 'Rastus Pinkley's done got
home again, said one young woman.
"Yas," replied the sage of Water
melon square; II knowed he WASH
gwinter las long when he stahted."
"Whah's e bin?"
"Bin erway settin' up in business fob
hisse'f. Itol' i'm ter go slow, but he
wouldn' pay no 'tention."
"But whut wah de bus'ness?"
"Whut wah de business? Wy, dat ar
boy he done try ter sot hissef up wifi a
bahber shop in Kansas. Washington
Star.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-03

compact down. 1t Is therefore not diff
cult to arrive at the conclusion that the
beaver is aquatic, and that his princi-
pal occupation Is gnawing. The young
are produced in April or May, and in
four or five weeks are able to follow
their mother in the water. The aver
age weight of the adult individual Is
about forty pounds; their winter food
consists of bark and the roots Of
aquatic plants, especially the yellow
pond-lily. In summer, however, they
go some distance from the water in
search of berries, leaves, etc. This in
offensive creature has suffered n long
and severe persecution on account of
his very valuable fur and castoreum.
The latter "a substance secreted in two
sacs near the root of the taiD has been
known since very ancient times for it's
medicinal properties; it is chiefly used
now to bait beaver traps.
Two centuries ago these animals were
so numerous in what now constitutes
the state of New York, that from 5000
to 10000 skins were annually taken in
that section alone. The trade in beaver
skins was one of the leading induce
ments to the early French and English
colonists to settle in this country. The
home of the beaver was once in nearly
all the wooded districts of the northern
hemisphere; at the present time 1t is
entirely exterminated in many places,
and is scarce in the United States east
of the Mississippi river. Much has been
told of the wonderful building instinct
of the beaver. Working only in the
night, it is not easy to know the exact
manner in which this little engineer
proceeds, but in the morning the
amount of work accomplished speaks
for the diligence of this builder OF
dams, canals and houses, or lodges, as
their babitations are termed. The
canals afford an easier mode of trans
portation than dragging the wood
overland, and are dug through clear
ings back to the timber; they are some
times many feet in length, and may be
made ON two or three different levels.
IN. Y. Recorder.