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sity. been held within the boundaries OF
the little body of water. The action OF the
glacier, the deepness of the Lake.
and the shallowness of the out
let is the combination which is said
to have covered the bottom of the lake
with millions of dollars in -four gold. As
says of the sand from the shores of the
lake show. so 1t is claimed. that II will
produce the astonishing result of $50 a
cubic yard, while quartz from the lodges
all around the lake assays as high as SIS
10 the ton. The statement that cent a
cubic yard will enable one TO make Ne.0eo
a year viii partly illustrate the enormous
size Of this find. What is proposed, and
Will probably be DONE Is to tap the rock
wall of the lake on the lower side. so that
the water can be almost entirely drained
out. Then VIII be left a field OF -four gold.
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VENEZUELAN SETTLEMENT.
by Direct Negotiations Between Great
nrttain and he RennhliC.

London March Isl, is understood hero
today that Senior Antrade. Venezuelan
minister at Washington Citv. has decided
80 recognize the truan Incident as a sep-
arate question. snt good hopes are ex-
pressed that his entente viii lead - an
agreement upon settlement 81 the bound
airy dispute hy direct negotiations between
Grrst RITA sad Venezuela 10 e re-
CARRIED as certain that the United States
Win onrdlaily surunrt sum A Armament
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HRALTHFUL,
INVlGURATTyG.
REFREsHING.

ators, W. d. Mcleod. ]. Mcleod, W. H.
Frazier.
Western Machinery Company, Of Seat
tie; capital. $lo.aoa; incorporators. w. w.
kirkwood. 0. A. Spencer
Roslyn Electric Light Company OF Ros-
lyn; capital. $1,000: incorporators, d.
Thiery, l.. +. SafIaday,
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4 IIinf.

Dear George"
si-r looked ansiously at the clock. " hich
pointed 10 i2.Sa
What IS Il. love-"
II don't wish TO harry yoa away, George.
bat you know that papa is not ovfTiy fond
OF yea. ard yoa know he Is an cary FIST
Al this hint George commences Z" st
ready 70 take his departure
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Kansas popuiist Convention.

Hutchinson, Kan, March 1s-The Popu-
list state convention elected these dele
sates-at-large 10 the national convention.
Ex-Gov. Lewelling. J. w. Breidehthal
W. A. Harris and Frank Doster. Sixteen
other delegates were chosen by congress
sional districts
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The Investigation of DIR. Petcrs.

Berlin. March 1S.-Prince Hohenlohe to-
day opened the inquiry into the charges
brought against DR.. Peters. formerly Ger
man imperial commissioner in Africa. who
Is accused of murder and other abuses of
his high position Witnesses from Fast
Africa viii be examined
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Armenia Calls for Moro Nroner

New York. March ls.-The following has
been received from the international Ar
menian relief corps at Constantinople
All our available funds exhausted: thir-
teen distributing centers calling for help,
people perishing; what shall We answer
In response the national Armenian relief
committee forwarded today by cable sIo
coo.
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The Arms of the Uitlauders,

Pretoria. March B.--At the trial today OF
the members of the johannesburg reform
committee an employe of the Simmerjack
mime tesufled TO seeing arms and Maxim
guns unloaded from oil tanks He esti-
mates that 800 cases of rifles and twenty
four Maxims were received.
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SENATOR HALE's DISGRACE.
Supporters of WeyIcr Thank Him for
His Defense OF Spain.

Havana. March H.-The produce ex-
change hero has adopted a resolution 10
telegraph 10 Senator Hale. OF Maine.
thanking him for his noble attitude on the
subject OF Cuban belligercncy. over 20
signatures OF prominent merchants have
been attached 10 the telegram
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HARD BLOW TO SPAIN
Gen. Enrique Collazo's Expedi-
tion Lands in Cuba
WITH RIFLES AND CARTRIDGES.
Weyler Complains Bitterly u he
United States, and Says He Nay
30 Forced to Res1m.
WITH RIFLES AND cARrRipoes.

Washington City. March 1s.-The secre-
fary Of the Cuban legation here. Gonzales
de Qussada. has received a telegram an
norncing the safe arrival In Cuba OF Gen.
Enrique Collazo with arms and ammu.
milton. This the Cuban officials here re-
gard as a serious blow TO Spain. for they
say that with Gen. Coiiazo went q num-
Der OF distinguished veterans. among
whom Is Brig. Gen. Pedro yasquex The
expedition had more than 100 rifles and
1909. 900 rounds Of cartridges.
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Beath of Mary Alexander.

News has reached this city from san
Francisco of the death of Miss Mary Alex
ander. young woman who was held IN
high esteem by the people of F'rem ont.
Miss Alexander had been in Los Angeles
for her health, and had returned as far as
San Francisco when she died.
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snverltes Revenged ON Gov. Rradler.

SIverItes ReVcngei on Gov. bradley.
Louisville, March ia special to the
Times from Danvlle. Ky. says: Gov
Bradley was hung in effigy In Danvile
last night. The figure was very skiilfuIly
made up. Across the breast on a card was
written: Riot Alarm Bradley"
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For purity AMI richness Of favor' Ken
lucky has never produced me eanaa OF
me famous Old Jesse Moore AisAS'
Moore. Hunt l. Co. sole agen:s for the Pa
ca..1 Cast.
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Snn Francisco Painters strike.

San Francisco March 1S.-A general
strike of painters working IN the city was
ordered at "a meeting Of the union today,
because of the refusal Of the master paint
ers TO recognize the card system OF the
building trades council over 800 men
stopped work this afternoon. in obedience
to the strike order.
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Nelasi,has g. Mn~ch = -Jaha A Srsrs.
casnisr ~ tn. t'tfiA AVe-ae Ss.tns-s ia.nk
@as afrfsif-' 'a1ay. charged vita hasinS
eaaAe4zst4 a. 80.
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Gov. Clark. OF Arkansas. has Withdrawn
from the senatorial race.
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Auction sale of real estate. See page 4.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.


| Representative Heatwole, of Min
nesota, who has the distinction of being
the handsomest member of the new
congress, doesn't like the distinction.
He says that he would rather be consid.
cred as a working member than n prize
beauty. Mr.. Heatwole is bachelor.
The great charm of the queen of
Madagascar is said to be her uncon-
ventionality. She Tobacco, drinks
champagne, uses palm oil on her hair,
wears $4,000 Worth costumes, at the
same time going barefooted, and is a
! member of the orthodox Cor eyregation-
al church.
John Rusllin, although very weak
physically, is reported to have recov.
cred his mental balance. Several times
before the noted author has been
troubled with mental disturbance;
after the attacks have passed away his
intellect has been clearer than ever,
and he has done some of his greatest
work. He has declared, however, that
he will never write again.
Hall Caine writes about 500 words
a day when he is engaged on an i'm
portant work and does most of it before
nine o'clock in the morning. He does
nothing the rest of the day except to
think out" the work for the next day.
lie has been known to rewrite a book
after it had passed through three edi-
lions in order to satisfy himself that it
was as good as he could make it.
John w. Mackay, the millionaire,
claims that he can run, jump, or hon
against any other millionaire in the
United States. 1t is, however, well
known that in his early days, when he
was engaged as a miner, Mr.. Mackay
was noted for his athletic perform
ances. He is powerfully built, with
bold eyes, strong and aquiline nose,
and a heavy, square jaw, which warns
strangers of his character.
Dumas fills once played Joke on
Meissonier, who was botanist in his
hours of leisure. The famous dramat-
list sent him paper containing the |
dried roe of herring, telling him that |
it was the seed of very rare plant.
How are the seeds coming on?" he
asked the great painter the next time
he saw him. 20, beautifully; 1 have
planted them in a circle" And he took
the astonished joker to a corner of the
garden where the heads Of young her.
rings were just peeping up.
-Rudyard Kipling evidently never
was intended for lion. He frankly |
spoke, in moment Of confidence, to |
woman friend, of his disgust at the
adulation he received when he lived in |
London, and his literary star had but
arisen. when he absolutely could not
stand it any longer, he said, he deliber-
ately quilted his pleasant quarters and
went down into the slsms, to live among
the people, and to see life in earnest {
in contradistinction to the ra1ied all
he was called upon to breathe in Bel
g'raVia-
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minutes he had mastered the keyboard.
and l inclose you the first letter he at
tempted, as an indication of his ready
mind and hand"
The first typewriter letter gives no
Indication of it's unusual authorship,
except that in the signature the last few
letters are not in correct alignment.
It is as follows:
MY DEAR Mr.. CuRR1ER-
I thank you for you gave me this type
writer. 1 am happy boy to-day.
Your loving pupil, ORRIs BENSON.
The following letter from the boy is
written as legibly us as could be expect
ed from a boy with none of the handi-
caps which Benson overcame:
MY DEAR MOTHER
Please send me some note paper
want some pretty paper.
/ am very sorry my baby brother is dead.
am glad Myrtle and Hazel remember
me. I love them very much.
Your loving son, ORRIs BENSON.
If anyone fancies that it is an easy
tnsk for a blind person to write letter,
let such a one make the attempt by
binding or conscientiously closing the
eyes. Then write letter of a couple of
pages. You will have q good laugh
at your miserable failure at keeping
the lines straight, and at many other
things. In short, the effort is full Of
ludicrous surprises.
Miss Bessie Myson is one of the oral
teachers in the New York deaf mute
institute. Orris Benson, in oral in
struction, is under her care. The meth
cd of teaching Benson to talk is that
known as visible speech. The letters
by this system, or rather, the sounds
which these letters represent, are la
bials, linguals and gutturals. BY that
extremely acute sense of touch which
lodges in Orris Benson's finger tips he
must learn the position in which to
place his own tongue and teeth and
lips that he may enunciate sentence.
If he does nd readily grasp the idea
which his teacher wishes to impart, you
may note him lem his head to one side,
as though the better to hear, and then
make another attempt. Sometimes it
is necessary (hishands are always prop
erly cleansed before he comes to his
talking Grass, IN ANTICIPATION or this
emergency for his teacher to let him
put his fingers in her mouth and thus
"see" the position of her tongue and
lips. AT other times she places his
tongue and lips.
There are twothings in thus learning
to talk that the pupils must learn
first, to speak the word, and, second, TO
know when he has that mastered so
that he can enupciate understandingly
for his hearers. There are now those at
the New York Institute who could not
hear pistol If it were fired close to
their head, but Who can yet speak as
distinctly as anyone, and, moreover,
read the lips q those who speak to
them.--N. Y. Hdald. ,-..u
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
A vERITABLE PRODIGY.
Deaf, Dumb and Blind Boy Has Been
Taught to Speak and Write.

Deaf, Dumb and Blind Boy Has Been
Taught to Speak and Write.
Orris Benson was born in Grahams-
vile, Sullivan county, on September Z,
1881. At birth, and for two years and a
half thereafter, he was bright child,
with the usual five senses and all his
faculties. When eight years old he
was sent by his parents to the New
York state institute for the instruction
of the deaf and dumb. He had become
deaf, mute and blind by sickness.
/ No correct appreciation of what this
boy has achieved can ever be had ex-
cept by contemplating the obstacles he
has had to surmount. He has been
but six years in the Deaf Mute insti-
tute, and yet in that time he has been
taught to write and to speak.
Enoch Henry Currier, the principal
of the Deaf Mute institution, thus
writes of young Benson: she has been
taught to write-I send specimen let.
ter-and to speak. Yesterday I put q
typewriter in his classroom. In A.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
THE TELEGRAPH ssABiT.
Cranks Who Use the Wires for the Most
Insignificant Messages.

| Cranks Who Use the Wires for the Most
| Insignificant Messages.
"All sorts of cranks in the world,
said the girl in the telegraph Office OF
a Broadway hotel, "but think the tel.
egraph cranks are the guecrest. Against
the rules of the Office to give away our
| business, you know, but body can
gencralize.
'Do you know there arc lots of men
who have the telegraph habit? 1t is
like the cigarette habit or the drink
habit. When it once fastens on man
1t is seldom he breaks himself of it till
he's broke himself. That's a poor pun,
but it's true.
IF it wasn't for the telegraph crank
we wouldn't begin to do the business
we do. You'd be surprised to know
the money some men dissipate in tel
egraphing on any and every excuse.
"All sorts of state secrets go over
the wires, and important affairs are
transacted by telegraph every day, be-
sides the usual routine of business
orders and women starting on journeys
notifying their friends to meet them
at the station. But the regular tele-
graph crank comes into the hotel and
rushes into the Office here and tele-
graphs half dozen of his friends: Ar
rived safely
"NeXt time, half an hour later, he
wires them to address mail to him here.
Shortly after that he advises them that
he forgot to notify them that he will
leave New York on Monday. After
awhile he changes his mind and wires
that he will stay till Tuesday.
"The next morning he worries be-
cause he has not heard from home, and
wires them to ask if anything is the
matter. He gets letter by noon, and
wires again to say that the letter came
safely by the next mail, and he will
answer by the afternoon post.
Maybe you think 1 eXaggerate, but
l don't. Why, in week u telegraph
crank will often give me his entire ped
igree and most of his family secrets.
"A lot of men do their ove-making
by telegraph, and a lot more do their
joking with business friends in the
same way. Any amount of chaff goes
over the wire at regular tariff rates.
Some men have fad for sending
wedding congratulations and death
condolences by telegraph TO great peo-
pie who probably never heard of them.
Egotism is at the bottom Of most of this
particular kind of insanity. The man
thinks it makes him look important
to rush into telegraph Office as soon as
he strikes the town and dash off mes
sagc."-N. Y. World.
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his mind was distracted in trying To
| follow his remarks, had seized the OPP
portunity and also the machine and was
at that moment making his way by the
north road towards Interlaken.
Now, capture under these circum-
stances seemed to be deliciously easy.
There were no branching off roads
The mountains were on one side and the
lake on the other, on neither of which
was bicycling practicable. Therefore
all the two policemen had to do, when
they mounted their machines, was to
ride faster than 1 did and so overtake
me. AS had no idea that race was on,
l plugged along in lcisurely manner
and would undoubtedly have been
taken near Interlaken if it had not beeii
for the fact that some years ago COM
pany built a funicular railway from
the margin of the lake, mile or SO up
to st. Beatenburg. had lived In ST.
Beatenburg once, and l remembered
that the road from there to lnterlaken
was a good one, so l thought that per-
haps it would not be bad plan to go up
on the railway and coast down TO In
terlaken. I knew a man who had done
it once. / can well believe now that no
one ever tries it the second time. Ths
car goes up to ST. Beatenburg three or
four times day only, but when a
couple of miles away from the landing
l saw steamer coming in and knew
if reached the landing about the time
she did / would get car.
The policemen, it seems, caught sight
of me as L was making my squirt, and
they at once put on extra steam, but
there is deep bay just before one
reaches the funicular and they lost
sight of me as / turned the point I
just managed to catch the car and got
on board somewhat short of wind. AS
we went up noticed an innocent and
unfortunate Englishman standing on
the road at the foot of the hill with his
bicycle beside him, and he was watch
ing us go up, taking a rest at the same
time before mounting the steep Hill
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
AVOID THE ARMY.
1t Offers Practical No, Future to
Ambitious Young Man.

1t Offers Practically No Future to an
Ambitious Young Man.
That young West Pointer who has
given up lieutenancy in the army to
become a railroad man, though he has
had to begin at the bottom, has made Il
wise choice so far as his pecuniary well
fare is concerned. Commercial enter
prises have long monopolized the best
talent America has produced, and in no
other country have the rewards been so
large as those offered here by our rail-
road systems. The chef command of
the army in these piping times of peace
is bagatelle in everything but the
honor attached, compared with the eX-
ecutive management of one of our big
railways. The president of a trunk
line has more responsibility and deals
with larger subjects than any Ameri-
can offfceholder short of the president
and his cabinet, the speaker of the
house and a few senator's and represent
atives. 1t rarely happens that the gov
ernor of a state is called upon to dis
play those qualities of courage, fore
sight, knowledge of men and executive
capacity that are required of every rail
way general manager.
Had Mr.. Hine remained in the army
he might have become gray before re-
ceiving his captains commission and
then it might have brought him moth
ing beyond the beggarly salary at.
tached to the rank. The service is full
of such. 1t does not mitigate their
hard lot that these men are fitted by
nature and training for high spheres
of action. 1t is impossible that it
should be otherwise in the army of a
peace-loving nation and one so happily
freed as ours from the complications
that beset other countries. In times
of war things will be different, and the
chance for glory is then fair compensa-
tion for the hardships of a soldiers lot,
but it is not SO now. The rapid up
building of our navy makes the situa-
ton different with the marine army,
but it is impossible to imagine more
dreary outlook for young man of
courage and capacity than the Ameri-
can army offers at present.-Louis-
Vile Courier-Journal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
As 1t Is I'm China,

The viceroy was disturbed. He had
received unwelcome news.
"Your highness," said the trembling
mental, another European warship has
arrived"
The viceroy sighed. but he knew
what to do.
Execute another assassin" he ex-
claimed.
He sighed again.
eff they spring many more warslips
on me-" he continued, 'they will eX-
haust the list of those who were i'm
plicated in the missionary massacres,
but l guess / can stand it as long as
they can, unless"
"Unless what?" asked the trembling
mental.
"Unless they run in ringers on me.
wonder if this ship has ever been here
before. Chicago Post.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

cutcry until 1 had passed beyond his
sight at the first turning in the road.
pedaled serenely on, little realizing
what commotion had left behind me,
and the one funny thing about this
most regretable episode is that 1 spent
an exceedingly quiet, peaceful and en-
5oyabie day, not knowing was pur-
sued, making no attempt to elude any
body, and yet eluding them in what
appeared afterwards to be by subtle
and orafty lodges. The magistrate
could not be persuaded that my sitting
on the veranda of a restaurant in the
main street of Intcrlallen, with the BIZ
cycle in plain view of everybody, was
not the brazen act of hardened Grim
inal, who knew the police would be
searching for him in the back streets.
When the man standing against the
doorway had recovered partly from his
amazement at my sudden flight on his
machine he lsasll athe police station
and told tIs 9fities there plausi-
Die foretsre Engaged him in polite
o!lendoisl''f tphsersation. and. while
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
HUMOROUS,

"A Matter of Principle.-''T bmmy,
do you love your teacher?" 81 yould il
she wasn't my teacher" said Johnny.
She's awful nice" -Indianapdis Jour.
nal.
In the Crowded Car.-"Excuse nc.
madam, but is my foot so small you
toa't know you are standing on it?"
"a thousanA pardons, sir! No, it's Sc
large l thought it was my husbands. -
Chicago Tribune.
-Wayworn Watson-"Wy, wat you
runnin' fer? Did she Sc the dog OF
YEP" Perry Patetic-"Ntw. But she
set me out whole half chicken, bread.
butter'n jelly an pack s. cigareets. ]
bet she wants to marry me!"-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
Wanted to Please-Guest-''W wait.
er, take away this full cup and bring me
cup with just a little coffee in it,
Waiter-"Mighty little coffee in that,
sir; couldn't be Hss." Detroit Free
Press.
1.-THE man Imarry must be both brave
and clever" slid the sweet girl.
"When we were out sailing" returned
the adoring youth, land upset, saved
you from a watkry grave" THAT was
brave, 1 admit, but it was not clever
Eyes, it was; upset the boat on pur-
pose "You drling!"-Tit-Bits.
-"Bliggins il a fine fellow" re-
marked the promiscuous eulogizer. 81
believe he would share his last dollar
with a friend.' WELL" replied the
chronic debtor, maybe he would. !
guess have never been so fortunate as
to run across him when he was down
to his last dollar. "--Washingt Star.
professionally jealousy seems to
me-" said the mlmber of congress from
the far west, that some of the eastern
men are not exactly considerate in their
references to our state" Don't you
pay any attention to them," replied his
friend. They're envious because they
don't collect as mach mileage as we do
Washington Star