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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-29
po11,s woNpER1ANp TuEATER.

Billy Clifford and Maud HUH are
making tremendous hit at Polls Won
derland theater with their brilliant
composite character comedy sketch,
1.-THE Chappie's Call" Miss Huth is
winning golden opinions for her mar
welously artistic rendering of negro
melodies and camp meeting refrains,
and Billy Clifford is adding to the repu-
tation he has achieved of being the UNI
doubted king Of all stage chappies.
They introduce a jolly cake walk to-
wards the close of their act. Other
clever artists on the bill are the three
brothers Matthias, Murphy and Mack,
Lucier and Greve, Mr. and Miss Sa Van,
Thomas E. Glynn, the sisters Gehnre
and Mr.. Monroe and Miss Melrose.
Comedy holds the palm in this bill
making the show a very funny one all
the way through.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-29
~ tmaMIraI.

Sugar Was the Feature in the Indus
trials.
New York, April 2s-Trading at the
stock exchange was light to-day.
During the early dealings the tendency
Of prices was upward and prices ad-
vanced anywhere from Il to per cent,
the improvement being most pronounc-
ed in the case of the grangers Con-
solidated Gas and the specialties. Lon
don bought the grangers and local op-
orators also purchased these stocks, the
favorable earnings recently reported
having had a stimulating influence.
In the late trading business picked
up but the increase was at the ex-
pense of values. Foreign houses were
sellers of st. Paul and other interna-
tional stocks. The development in
South Africa having induced foreign
liquidations. In the aggregate the
sales for this account were light Man
haitian was rather heavy on sales of
about five thousand shares and fell
from 1904 to 1OS1a@1o9A. The decline
in the active railway list ranged from
u to / per cent.
In the industrials Sugar was the
feature The stock ranged between
124@125as and closed Is per cent. lower
on the day at 124A. Tobacco first rose
to 73A and then fell to 711a. In the
specialties Albany and Susquehanna
rose 2 to 1872 on dealings of 225 shares.
Speculation closed weak in tone. Net
nj, poac show JaScpc IF IL RI I nor rant
Consolidated Gas was an exception,
gaining two points on the day. Bonds
were higher. The sales aggregated ST.
$50, 900. Denver and Rio Grande i'm
provement SIS rose to so.
Following are the closing prices re-
ported by Prince & Whitley, bankers
and brokers, 46 Broadway. New York,
and Is Center street. New Haven:
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-29
The Cool Smell.

Weather Observer Myers when asked
yesterday for reason for the prolong-
ed spell of chilly weather said it was
due to the present high barometer just
off the coast combined with east winds
carrying a good deal of moisture. The
barometer has remained stationary for
several days. but Observer Myers ex-
poets we shall have warmer weather
by to-day.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-29
rwo Coaches overturned.

Dubuque, Ia, April ga cloudburst
at Raymond, east of Waterloo, at 2
o'clock this morning washed out the
track and derailed the Illinois Central
fast limited train for Chicago Two
coaches We're overturned and several
passengers We're injured, none, how
ever, dangerously.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-29
ADDRESS T0-NIGIrr
Upon "Indepondence in Politics"

VFUf FIIWVPVFtEvFIVe III UAI0lCs'
Prof, James Schouler of Boston will
deliver an address in the College street
in Politics" This address will be Civ
en- under the auspices of the Yale Kent
club, and the public are cordially invit-
ed to attend. The concluding lecture
of the course will be delivered by Hon.
Joseph H. Choate of New York on the
Monroe Doctrine ON May H.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-29

Hulrs family at home during her alb
sence,
There were boquets of lovely wild
flowers in the Congregational church
on Sunday morning,
Mrs, Louisa Todd spent the day at
North Hill last week, the guest of Mrs,
c. N. Turner.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-29
" 1.-THE New Haven't -

Right" cried the Sphinx, and our hero
passed on. while the Sphinx, so enraged to
think that his question had been answered,
threw himself over the selfsalne rock he mad
cast SO many. and died.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-29
9icyeIss.
The Question Of the Sphinx:

THE city of Thebes was once afflicted with
Il monster, who infested the roadway,
much travelled by cyclists, which led to the
metropolis.
1t was called the Sphinx. 1t had the body
of a lion and the upper part was woman.
The Sphinx lay on the top of an enormous
precipice and propounded question to each
traveller aud bioyclist as they passed by
If they answered correctly he allowed them
to go on their journey in safety, but if they
failed, he hurled them, wheel and all, off the
rock
Many and many poor traveller he had ac-
costed and asked his question, but up TO this
time all had failed to answer it.
The question the Sphinx asked was: what
is the best bicycle made?"
AT last noble hero came along the high
way. just returning from many adventures
and heroic deeds.
To him the Sphinx gave his question. tell
ing him If he failed he should suffer the same
fate as mis- predecessors.
The hero, nothing daunted, knowing well
what the answer was, replied, with head erect
and melodious voice:
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DmtedStates GSpress .......... 40 as
Wehs- Fargo Express. ......,,.,.. 90 lol
'EX~diVidcnd.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-29

Mrs. Gertrude B. Alling of this city
and her daughter, Mrs. Marcus Mer-
win, of st. Paul, Mimi, are visiting rel
alive in Marion, Conn.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03

with good, liberal projecting caves. Or.
if you have some large shingles, they
will do very well for roofing. At the
top you will have to put on some ridge
caps. so that the house will not leak.
Now cut hole in front for the bird to
enter, put little porch over it and a
perching stick or two for the birds to
rest upon and your house is complete.
The hest support for the house is
small, stout limb of a tree with project
ing branches, and you can obtain it in
any woods. The branches should be
sawed off as shown in the cut, so as to
form base for the house. You may
paint the house almost any color and
plant vines around it. In a year or two
it will be an attractive addition to al
most any yard.-Chicago Record.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03
HUMOROUS.

BoarlInan-"Don't You think Foot.
light is q clever actorr' Hashley--
''Clever? Well, should say go! lie
hasn't paid the landlady any money for
six weeks!"-Yonkers Statesman.
did yez say yer health is bad, Mr..
Donovan" "Y1s. Olive bin walkin'
in my Shape" "Och, begorra, if OF cu'd
only have done that same, Oh wouldn't
be Off the force now."-Harlem Life.
limitation am dc sincerest fat
terry" said Uncle Eben, "but TAIN
muffin but fattery alter all. Most folks
show dab admiraciousness OBJ er great
man by copyin' his weakest p'ints."-
Washington Star.
-Adolphus--"I wonder If Miss
Sharpe is guying me, or if she is really
gone on me? Theodore-"Why, what
did she say?' Adolphus-"She said I
would always be fresh in her memory"
Boston Transcript.
WHAT'S this l hear about the
plumber and the paperhanger in the
next square? Have they been exchang-
ing houses?" Not exactly. They did
a lot of work for each other, and each
had to take the others house for his
pay."-Tit-Bits
-Fuddy-"Hello, got back from the
mountains? They tall me you stopped
Mt the Little Head. Was ii homeiike
there?' eyes; that is why l left it.
Babies squalling from morning till
night, and not room in the house
where fellow could have rest or quiet"
Boston Transcript. .-... ....
Taken Literally.-Horton-"W
would you do if should ask you to
lend me ten dollars?' BiXby (who
thinks it is COMMUNICATIVE it up"
Horton--"Thanks, old man. That's
Very good of you. I'll pay you back at
the first possible moment, pom honor"
Leader.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03
Eallacy OF Food Tables.

Tables giving the respective percent
age of nutriment in animal and vege-
table foods are quite common and are
often consulted by those wishing to
gain nourishment from the smallest
quantity of. food matter. Such per.
sons forget that the measure of nutri.
ton to any individual case is not to be
judged by a table showing the nutri.
tive parts of food as determined by
chemical analysis, but depends upon it's
digestibility in his or her particular
case. Cheese, measured by the eIe-
ments of it's composition, is far more
nourishing than beef, yet cheese is to
most people difficult'of digestion, and
therefore beef in the majority Of cases
affords much more actual nourishment.
All depends on the person. Many times
food that is practically poison to one
is nourishing and invigorating to an
other. We are not only fearfully and
wonderfully made, but we are made so
unlike in many respects that we must
not take it for granted that another
mans diet will suit us till we have
tested it well.-What to Eat.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03
Little Girls Wonderful Nerve.

A wonderful exhibition of nerve and
GOODNESS in the face of deadly peril was
shown by Jennie Sheets, aged eight
years, recently near Kansas City. A
heavily loaded passenger train left Ca
bool, Mo. A small trestle terminates
d sharp curve few miles east of the
town, and the train was making 40
miles an hour when the curve was
reached. AS the train approached the
trestle, the engineer saw two women
and two little girls on the trestle. To
stop was impossible. The women
jumped to the dry bed of the creek be-
low; the children remained on the
trestle. Jennie Sheets was one, and
she seized her companion, threw her
on the extreme edge of the bridge
sleeper and there held her until the
train had passed. The train was
stopped and all the passengers ran
back, to find little Jennie anxiousIy in
curing il her mother was hurt.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03
A Heroine of the Albert Medal

Miss Hannah Rosbotham is the only
woman who has received the Albert
medal. This lady was, and still is, as
sistant school mistress at the Sutton
National schools, st. Helens, Lam
cashire. On October a, 1881, the stone
belfry of the school was blown down
during terrific gale of wind, and fell
through the roof into the infant school
room, where nearly 200 children were
assembled. causing tho death CT one and
injuring many Others. The moment
this mass of masonry had fallen the
schoolroom and its gallery were filed
with stones, slate and timber. Whilst
others hao fed for safety, Miss Ros-
botham, who at the time of the acct
dent was teaching elsewhere, deliber-
ately went in among the fallen mass
and clouds Of dust, aid, while fully
conscious of the extreme danger to
which she was exposed, remained on the
spot until every child had been placed
in safety. AT the imminent risk Of her
own life this heroine of 90 removed
four infants who were partially covered
with the debris and also lescucd there
from little girl who wGs completely
buried and who must inevitably have
been suffocated had not snch gallantry
been displayed.-Strand.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03
BERT.s BIRD HOUSE.
He Drew All tho Plans Himself and Did
Every Bit of the Work.

He Drew All tho Plans Himself and Did
Every Bit of the Work.
Bert Wallace has been building
bird house. He drew the plans all him
self and did every bit of the work, even
to setting up the house in the corner Of
the yard, where some wrens have since
taken possession of it. 1t is very easily
made, and you can, if you care to follow
his example. For the bottom of the
house he used a stout board. sawed two
inches larger each way than the house
was to be. The sides he made very sim
ply, of Stats about the size of lath-lath
would do very well IL you haven't any
thing better. They are securely nailed
to strip of wood at both bottom and
top, those for the front and back being
slanted off so as to form the caves, as
you see in the cut. When the four sides
are made they may be fastened securely
to the bottom and a Stat roof put on,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03
Grammnrian at tho PHONE.

The chief clerk hung the receiver on
the hook after he had been talking in
the telephone and said:
81 called for Canal, double 10 double
nought, and the telephone girl made
the same old mistake"
"Wbat did she give you, double
nought, double 1872"
mo, it wasn't that. She gave me the
right number, but she called it double
IL, double ought"
You got your humber all right,
didn't you?" .......
Eyes, but why don't them girls talk
grammatically
The rest of the conversation was lost
in the commercial hum of the type
writer's and it was long time 5cfor.
the telephone bell rang.-C1icago
Chronicle t....
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03
SEED DISTRIBUTION.
One of Natures Most Wonderful and
Mysterious Operations.

One of Natures Most Wonderful and
Mysterious Operations.
In the hedgerows and along the coun-
try highways, so infinitely varied in
their peaceful beauty, what wonder
| fui and diverse operations and designs
are taking place to secure the distribu!
| ton of the ripened seed--winged seeds
OF suitable shapes for the wind to car
| ~ and let drop here and there in cleared
space; seeds that hook themselves to
the passer-by, so that perchance they
may be conveyed TO a bit of ground
not overcrowded.
The wild geranium that grows here
and there so abundantly, when it's pink
petals have fallen and the seed within
its seed-case are ripe, by a simple me-
chanism shoots it's seeds some little dis
| lance.
The capsule of the common poppy
has littlesdoors in the top, and when it is
agitated by the wind, the seeds are
elected one by one through these small
apertures. The little doors are pro-
tected from rain by an overhanging
roof, and close themselves in wet
weather.
In the autumn, dry, bristly, round
ism thing about the size of a large mar
BILE (the burr of the burdock) gets at
tached to our clothes or entangfed in
the long hair of our dog, and can DO
only got rid of with some difficulty.
The burdock, wild parsley and en-
chanter's nightshade, so common to our
woodlands, by means of hooks cling to
any passer-by who may chance toknock
trlbuting their seed.
Seeds by adhering ito the wool os
sheep have been conveyed in the fleecs
20 other countries, and a new and vigor-
Gus growth has resulted therefrom. Ina
the plants 1 have named the hooks are
so arranged as to provide for the remov-
al Of the seed, and, although beautiful
ly formed, are small, but in some for
eign species they are truly formidable.
If the fruits of the martynia, found in
Louisiana, get hold of an animal they
are most difficult to remove.
A kind of grass grows in Australia, in
which the mass of infiorescence forms
large round head, and is thus driven
for miles over the dry sands till it comes
to a damp place, when it expands and
soon takes root.
4 small annual, with rounded pods,
is met with in the sandy places in
Egypt, Syria and Arabia, which, when
dry, curls itself up into ball or round
cushion, and is then driven by the wind
till it finds damp place, when it I'M
curls the pods open and the seeds drop
out.-Golden Days.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03
A FROG BAROMETER.

ly followed by the boy, who was anx
ious to see what his father was about
TO do. When he reached the wol k
room he saw on the table jar which
10 him, looked suspiciously like one o.
his mothers preserve jars; and beside
it lay a small ladder, about eight inch
es long, made of wood, and having foul
steps, each an inch wide.
His father took this ladder ant
placed it in the jar, the top and bottom
resting against the opposite sides. He
then put the frog in the jar, and
screwed the top down, making the I'm,
fortunate frog prisoner.
"Now," explained his father, when
he had finished, AZ have a barometer
When the weather is to be clear and
fine Herr Frog will 60 up the ladder
step by step, till he gets to the top; but
II a storm threatens or the clouds are
lowering, he will gradually descend
20 the bottom and remain there till the
storm or rain is past. His position on
the ladder, you see, will show the kind
of weather we are liable to have for
the next "a hours"
This style of barometer is much used
IN the lowlands of Germany, and
strange as it may seem, they are said
to be better forecasters of the weather
than any barometer that can be
bought, as the frogs seldom make a
mistake In their NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Popular Monthly.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03
FROGS AS BAROMETERS.
The Little AmphiDians Are More Relia-
BILE Than the Weather Ohice.

Aho Listlc are mOrc Relihs
| BILE Than the Weather Omce.
Hans was in the garden making mud
pics. Suddenly he heard his father
call:
Hans, come here; want to speak to
you"
What is it, father?" cried Hans, get
| ting up from the ground where he had
been playing and going over to the
window where his father was.
Hans" said he, 81 want you to find
tree-frog for me--like those you hear
in the evenings"
What do you want a tree-frog for?"
asked the boy.
"Ill show YOU" replied his father;
"but get me the trec-frog first"
So Hans ran off wonderingly to the
back of the yard, where there were a
great number of fruit trees growing.
Here he searched for some time I'M
successfully.
It's always the way" said he to
himself. eff 1 didn't want one could
find a couple of dozen in quick time"
At last, as he was about to give up
the search, he found one-a big green
fcllow-sitting quietly in an old hol-
low stump, its coat so mingling with
the color Of the wood that he would
have passed it by had it not uttered a
croak of displeasurc at being disturbed.
With cry of delight the boy picked
it up by the hind legs, for, though
Hans was not cruel boy, he was some
times thoughtless, and then he was
little afraid of frogs. He carried it to
his father who stood waiting for him
on the porch.
Mynheer Voost took the frog from
his son and went into the house, close
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03
The First Baseball Game.

The game of baseball was so years
old in June, the first match game hav-
ing been played at Hoboken, N. j., on
June 10, 1886, between the Knicker-
booker and New York clubs. Previous
to that time townball had been the
great game, but some of the devotees
got their heads together and evolved a
series of rules which changed the sport
so materially that they decided to call
it baseball. The first team was or
ganized on September 2, 1S45, but it
was not until the following June that
match game was played. ....
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03
The Old StyIe White Shirt.

Very few white shirts are made nova
days with plated bosoms fastening
with buttons and buttonho,es, as Al
most all shirts were made 10 years ago.
Occasionally such shirts are made to
order, usually for a man Of mature
years who has always been accus-
toned TO wearing them, and who clings
10 them fro1L force of habit. And few
fine shirts with plated bosoms are made
for southern customers, who, however,
are hHclv 10 bry themselves also Shirt
4 modern styls.--N. y, Sun,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE MONSTER "PRAcrlcINo. !.

Wherever may go,
Whatever / may do,
That dreadful monster. 'Practicing,"
Looms up before my view,
And in voice must obey
He calls me from my pleasant play
Each day, at half-past three,
When come home from school.
In sternest voice he summons me
Straight to the piano stool;
There while my chords and scales try.
count the moments passing by.
! II am out of sorts
And Grossly strike key,
. With discord most unbearable
He then does punish me.
He'll worry me with all his might
Until my exercise goes right.
They tell me that in time
More beautiful he'll grow:
ThereH be a smile upon that face
That now does scare me SO;
His ugliness will fee and
VIII grow to love him-by and by.
And 30, perhaps, II
Am good and persevere,
And do my lessons right and try
Not to offend his ear,
Old ''Practicing' will grow to me
AS pleasant as they say he'll be. I'd.
>-Margaret F. Mauro (aged ~, in ct.
Nicholas &c.,. 4. w.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03
ODD FREAKS IN JEWELRY.
The New W oman Adorns Herself with Rat
tIesnake Earrings and a Pelican Brooch.

The New W oman Adorns Herself with Rat
tIesnake Earrings and a Pelican Brooch.
In the selection of her jewelry the
new woman seems to have reached the
very climax of grotesqueness. The con-
ventional ornaments which satisfied
her mothers soul are Unfortunately
scorned by the follower of the more eX-
IRENE modes of to-day. One of the most
astonishing ornaments with which the
up-to-date young person chooses to
adorn her tailor-made suit is the peli-
can brooch. This is made Of gold and
jewels, and represents the pelican in az
exceedingly dandifed guise, with mon
ocle, opera coat and all the accessories
supposed to be appropriate to bird OF
his tastes. Why it should befal the
pelican to have his memory perpetrated
in the form of a woman's brooch is q
mystery, except that the new woman
has chosen him.
There are Sinuous young women who
delight in affecting sinuous motions
and other snaky characteristics, and
who are at present making fad Of
snake jewelry. Rattlesnake earrings
are, perhaps, the latest. lneSe consist
simply of the little pendant groups Of
dry, dun-colored rattles which were
once attached to the snakes own tail
and used to give warning of his deadly
approach.
Not content with initiating the
snakes rattle every time she moves her
head, the adopter of bizarre fashions ia
is also wearing a snake necklace. This
is n costly as well as unique affair, be-
ing made wholly of gems wound in =
double coil about the throat and ending
in an eXquisitely simulated serpent's
head. The ornament is startlingly eff
fective when made of cmeralds with
brilliant rubies to represent the snakes
eyes.
One of the most sensible ornaments
worn at present is the identification.
bracelet" which in case OF an accident
removes all doubt of the wearer's iden-
tity. The bracelet is an absolutely
plain band of silver or gold, unorna-
mented IN any way. On tie back are
plainly engraved the wcarer's name and
address. This innovation is fast at.
tanning popularity.--N.Y Y. Journal
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-03
Orange Jelly.

One box gelatine dissolved in kitch.
en- cupful of water. In one hours time
pour on this cupful of boiling water.
Stir until melted, then add two cups Of
sugar. n stick of cinnamon, the grated
rind OF an orange and lemon, the juice
Of three oranges and lemon, and q cut,
Of sherry. If one objects to the wine
more lemon juice may be substituted.
Strain through a cloth and pour irta
molds.- Brooklyn Eagle.