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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-23

mint, and are eagerly sought by numis-
Iuatists, societies, minis and museums,
and have big sale in foreign countries.
The sale of the medals pays all the ex-
Ienses. Medals are also struck in the
mint for schools and societies all over
the country, but the engraving must be
done outside.
The medal of Secretary Carlisle was
engraved by c. E. Barber, the govern
ment engraver at the mint, and is con-
sidered especially artistic. On the OBJ
verse side is profile of Secretary Car
isles head, surrounded by the Words
John Griffin Carlisle" in bold, capital
letters. The reverse side has a tablet
raised in the center, over the top of
which are two keys crossed, tied with a
scroll, the center of which is the word
treasury" The bottom of the tablet
has the lectors of the treasury, while
on the other side is a branch of olive
leaves. The inscription on the tablet is
as follows: .....
Representative in congress, 1S77-1S90. .
Speaker of the house, 48th, 49th and 50th
congresses. .r ... ...
Senator, 1S90-1S93; secretary of the treas
ury, March G, 1893 '. ...
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-23
Had Spotted Skin and Hair.

The first and most wonderful of the
spotted negroes was born in 1908, on
the island of st. Vincent. His father
and mother were both Africans of the
very darkest hue. The child in ques-
ton was as spotted as a leopard, the
popularity not combining itself to the
skin alone, but extending to the hair
and nails. The hair (wooD of the head
was composed of 90 spots, alternately,
black and pure white, varying from
the size of q pea to that of a half dol
lar. Showmen who heard of the freak
engaged the boy and his parents for a
tour of England. He died at Great
Marlowe, Buckinghamshire, in the fifth
year of his age.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-23

nists who went into South Africa in
the 10th and 18th centuries, together
with some descendants of the French
Huguenots, who had taken refuge in
Holland after the edict of Nantes, and
later had emigrated to South Africa.
The name Boer applied to these Dutch
farmers is the equivalent of the Ger
man word bauer, meaning agriculturist
or peasant.
The Beers correspond, to considera-
BILE degree to the early New England
Puritans. They are sturdy, austere and
self-reliant. The only book is general
ly the family Bible, in which are writ
ten the names of the family for several
generations. In the last fight with
Great Britain these Dutch farmers be-
ieved themselves fighting in q right
eous cause and with the blessing of
Heaven, much like Cromwell and his
praying soldiers. They would l1neel
down on the field after a victory and
give thanks to God for preservation and
success.
Toward the African natives the Beers
have been hostile and generally cruel
when it came to conflicts, which were
not infrequent. The Beers are de-
scendants of jealous Calvinists, and
most of them still profess the religion
of their fathers. Possessing for two
centuries no book except the Bible,
they are fond of comparing their lot
with that of the chosen people" Go
ing forth, like the Jews, in search of
a promised land, they never doubted
that the native populations were spe-
cially created for their benefit. They
looked upon them as mere "Canaanites,
Amorites and Jebusites," doomed be-
forehand to slavery or death.
The Beers have solid, square-set fig
ures and heavy, awkward gait. They
lack neither strength nor courage, but
can make no claim to physical beauty
or grace. They display no sense of
taste or elegance in dress or surround
ings. However, they have thrift, meth
cd and perseverance, besides vigorous
vitality, shown in their large families
and the great excess of births over
deaths.
The Beers are essentially farmers, to
whom the foreign community life is
offensive. 1t is for that reason that
when their original domain in Cape
Colony was settled upon and then an
nexed by the British they 'trekked" to
the north in search of new lands where
they would have room. Each Boer,
until recent years, lived many miles
from the farmhouse of his next neigh
Dor, and each patriarchal householder
did what seemed good in his own eyes.
With these traits in mind it is easy
to understand why the Beers have OPP
posed the extension of political rights
to the English. 1t also indicates that
n bitter struggle will be necessary be-
fore the republic is subdued.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-23
An Interesting War Romance.

A little romance of the war was APP
propriately rounded out at Harlan
Court House, KY, few days ago. In
1862 fine young fellow of II, named
Jesse Baker, a confederate, was wound
ed in a skirmish near that place, and
was left by his command at mountain
cabin owned by John Calleen, bush
whacker, who was helping the Yankees.
John and his wife were absent, and
only their 13-year-old daughter, Nan
ME, was at home. She cared for the
wounded boy, nursed him through a
three-months' sickness, and fell in love
with him during that time. But Baker
went away, forgot Mamie, and at the
close of the war married another girl.
His wife died. A little while ago he
moved to Harlan county, where he dis
covered his benefactress, Mamie, and
found that she was widow. A few
DAYS ago they were married. .,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-23

iected to Turkish intrusion. Referring
20 the fact that the Turkish govern
ment has frequently assumed to i'm
prison citizens of the United States on
criminal charges, and denied the right
of the agents of this government to
their punishment, Mr.. Olney says:
"a fruitful source of such assertion of
authority Is found In the case of persons of
Armenian origin natural'zed in the United
States and returning within the territorial
jurisdiction of Turkey under circum-
stances suggesting their completely in tho
revolutionary schemes alleged to be rife
in Asia Minor. Holding, as 1t must and
should, that no distinction can exist under
the statutes Of the United States between
native and naturalized citizens, so that It
is as clearly the right and duty of this gov
eminent to extend the full measure OF its
protection to the one as to the other; and
seeing that by our laws our ministers and
consuls have express jurisdiction over
charges Of Instruction and rebellion when
committed In the foreign country by Amer
lean citizens as well as over lesser Of
lenses Of a similar character, this gov
eminent Is unable to forego its right in
the premises and cannot relinquish juris-
diction over any citizen, even though after
naturalization he return to his native land
and identify himself with its political con-
spirators"
This, says Leslie's Weekly, is time
ly reassertion of the doctrine so en-
phatically laid down by Secretary
Marcy in the Kotza case, and so uni
formly maintained by this government,
| and it seems to have had it's intended
effect upon the Turkish authorities.
In one notable case in which they had
convicted and sentenced q naturalized
American for alleged membership in
revolutionary society they were not
only compelled to surrender the pris-
oner under peremptory demand from
Mr.. Terrell, but also to dismiss the Off
cial who had conducted the trial in
plain disregard of every consideration
of fair play
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-23

rine brigade. Near Austin, Miss, he
received n charge Of small shot in his
eyes, causing total blindness. After
honorable discharge Mr.. Couden found
there was no hope of recovering Hs eye
Columbus, o., taking course of seven
years. Afterward he entered the theo-
logical seminary at Canton, N. Y. His
first pastorate was at Madrid, N. Y.
Later he preached at Willoughby, o.;
Chatham, Mass, and four years ago he
moved to Port Huron, Mich. Mr.. Cou-
denis pastorate work there was highly
successful, the church membership
being increased and a fine new edificc
erected
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-23
WHATA WOMAN CAN DO.
Mrs. Patterson's Astonishing Be.
fore Bre akfast Catch.
She Lands Two Fish Weighing In All e27
Pounds-It Took Twenty Minutes
to Land One. and sixteen
to Get the Other.

A picture of the new woman angler,
with two of her catches, is shown here
with. The lady's name is Mrs. j. n.
Patterson, and she lives in Philadel-
phia. The fish were caught while Mr..
Patterson lay asleep in bed ut his hotel
in Florida. Mr.. Patterson is himself
a good angler, but he is not so earnest
in the sport as his wife. The larger Of
the two fish weighs 100 pounds, and is
six feet long. The smaller weighs LOT
pounds and is five feet eight inches in
length. They are both tarpons, or
"silver kings" as they are known
among the sportsmen of the south
They are fine to look at, having beau
tiful scales, but are not very good to
eat. 1t is said that none but {. color ed
person will eat tarpon. The same is
said with regard. to sturgeon and
coon.
Both beautiful specimens were caught
by Mrs. Patterson after the exercise of
considerable patience and skill. On
the day before Mr.. Patterson had made
n fairly large catch, and had tainted
Mrs. Patterson thereat, saying that a
woman might ride the bicycle, but she
couldn't catch fish. Stung by this
bantering Mrs. Patterson rose early the
next morning, called her boatman and
rowed out on the Caloosahatchie river,
where tarpons are said to abound. The
morning was pleasant and there was
every indication that the tarpons we're
hungry.
In very short time one was hooked,
and then began an exciting struggle.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-23
BOERS ARE FIGHTERS.
a Sturdy, Austere and SelfReliant
Race of Men.
I'm Some Respects They Are Like the Early
New England Puritans - British
South Africa Company Sure
to Be Defeated.

DIR. jameson, invading the Trans
vaal with his band of soldiers from the
British chartered company'c territory,
has suffered defeat at the hands OF the
Beers. This result is not surprising,
for these Beers are determined fight
ers, us the British learned by bitter
experience in the war with them in
1880 and 1881.
The South African republic is con-
trolled by Beers; that is to say, by peo-
pie of Dutch descent, phlegmatic, mar
row, brave and honest az their forbears
who fought Philip of Spain and ulti-
lnately drove Alva out of their Neither
3and home. The sentiment of indie
pendepce is strong in the Beers. They
left Cape Colony in 1885, when il be-
came subject to British ascendency,
and settled in Natal. They quilted Ma
tai upon it's annexation to the domains
of Britain. In 1852 their independence
as the Transvaal republicwas acknowl-
edged by Britain. Yet in 1877 Great
Britain annexed the Transvaai; in 1880
the Beers took up arms and fought SO
vigorously as to compel Great Britain
to concede to them the right of local
self-government, foreign policies, how
ever, being reserved to Britain. BY
1884 the Beers had gained other points,
and were then acknowledged by BRIT
ain Us the South African republic, Brit
ain being represented by a diplomatic
agent. ......
Previous to the recent influx of for
eigners following the discovery of gold
mines, the settlers in the Transvaal
were descendants of the Dutch colo
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-23
Perjurers to Be Punished.

Henceforth the German courts will
prosecute perjurers more generally and
more severely than heretofore, even
when perjury is to be attributed to
negligence rather than to criminal in
tent. Apolice agent at Wiesbaden was
sentenced to nine months imprison-
ment for making under oath a positive
statement Of whose truth he subse-
quently admitted not to have been quite
sure.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-23
Aa Good q. tha Medicin..

A physician of Pocahontas county,
Virginia, tells a story of patient who
one night recently swallowed two 32-
caliber cartridges in mistake for two
fiye-grain capsules of medicine. The
doctor left the capsules with the in
structions that the sick man should
take them during the night. The man
awakened, reached for the capsules,
but somehow got hold of the cartridges
and did not discover his mistake until
he had swallowed them. No serious
harm resulted, though the patient had
an anxious time for some hours.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-23
The Pulp Business in Maine.

Few people realize the extent OF the
pulp business in Penobscot county, Me.
Some little idea may be formed from
the fact that the mills of Great works,
Rowland and Montague furnish a train
load of pulp day. This consists OF
from II to 20 cars. Penobscot county
also has mills at Orono, Brewer, Basin
Mills and Lincoln, in addition to the
three included, in sending the amount
of pulp mentioned. Still there are
many croalSers who, instead of count
ing how many are helped by this en-
terprise, sigh: THAT cuts off just Sc
many large logs in the future"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-23
ARE ALL STRONG MEN.
Remarkable Personnel Of the Ven.
ezuelan Commission.
Composed of Eminent Lawyers and Famous
Scholars whose Decision Must he
Accepted by All the Par
ties Interested.

The president, under the authority
of the law recently passed by congress
and adopted by both houses without n
dissenting voice, has appointed as mem
bers of the commission to report on the
true divisional line between Venezuela
and British Guiana Justice Brewer, of
Kansas, of the federal supreme court;
Judge Alvey, of the District of Column
bia court of appeals; Frederic r. Cou-
national law; Andrew ID. White, Of
New York, formerly minister to Ger
many, and Daniel c. Gilman, president
of the Johns Hopkins university. 1t is
nonpartisan commission authorized
unanimously by both houses of con-
gress, and no politics enter into its
scope of investigation, except the poll
tics of patriotism and justice, and of
the foreign policy of the government
which has been maintained for more
than half century.
AS to the ability of the commission
ers to perform the duties intrusted to
them no question can be raised They
law and qualified by high historical
scholarship to decide the question ut
issue-namely, the true boundary line
between Venezuela and British Guiana.
AS to it's personnel, the commission is
above reproach, and not even the most
carping Britisher can find any fault
on that score. It's decision will be made
fairly, honestly and intelligently, and
must command respect both in this
country and in Great Britain, as well
AS among the continental powers, what
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-23
A RAILROAD VETERAN.
Ninety Years of Age and Still Most VAL
liable Oficial.

liable Ofhcial.
Cleveland, o., has the oldest active
railroad official in the United States,
if not in the world. The gentleman re-
ferred to is Mr.. Addison Hills, and he
is assistant to the president of the Lake
Shore road. On April next Mr.. Hills
will be 90 years old. He was born at
Enfield, Conn, and has been in the
service of railroads since 1907, COM
mencing as auditor of the Painsville &
Fairfield rosd, afterward becoming
agent for the Erie railway at Dunkirk,
n. Y. He has been with the Lake Shore
since 1868, and has been the company's
general freightagen and assistant gen
eral manager.
Mr.. Hills is remarkably well-pre-
served man. He came west with his
parents when he was but seven years
old. They did not make the trip in a
parlor car, nor a sleeper, nor yet in 4
plush-seated day coach. There was no
great four-tracked road across New
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-23
Valuable One-Cent Piece.

Fred It. Mcdonald, druggist of Ken
nett square, Philadelphia, has just sold
an old copper coin for 5000. The coin
is very rare. 1t is of the date of 1888,
and on one side has the bust of Wash
ington and the words Washington and
Liberty" and on the other Zone cent"
He took the coin in trade at his store
for it's face value, one cent.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-23

ever may be their sentiments as to the
binding force of the Monroe doctrine.
There is every reason to believe the
commissioners will begin their work at
once and expedite the investigation
Under the terms of the act authorizing
the commission it is virtually an indie
pendent body and free from any con-
troll, either of the state or executive de-
partments. 1t will find great mass
of material ready to its hands in the
former department. If necessary 1t
can go to Venezuela and Spain for more
material, and there is IL general im-
preston that the English government
itself will indirectly aid the commits
sion by furnishing it with the same
evidence it would be likely to offer
if this were an arbitration. The Eng
lish have greatly modified their tone
since the president sent his message to
congress. They have discovered that
he was not menacing Great Britain, and
that his message was not warlike, and
that the only purpose of this govern
ment was to get at the facts, which it
could not find in any other way, as
Lord Salisbury fatty refused the arbi-
tration which would have brought
them out, and ascertain the truth as
between the contentious of Great Brit
nin and Venezuela.
The high character of the gentlemen
on the commission will in itself be an
additional inducement for the English
government to lend it's aid in reaching
a decision.
No one need fear, says the Chicago
Tribune, that the commissioners will
perform their important duty in any
other than judicial frame of mind,
or that their decision will not be based
upon the merits of the case. They are
great jurists and eminent scholars, and
will not mar their national and inter-
national reputation by any suspicion
of partisanship or by any unjust dis
elimination. Whatever they shall de-
eide will be accepted by their country
men as both correct and final. If, on the
other hand, the British government
shall scout at this commission or ques-
ton its ability, it will be tantamount to
the confession it knows it's cause is not
just one and will not bear scrutiny.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-23
RARE HUNTING TROPHY.
Heads of Two Doors with Their Antiefi


Heads of Two Doors with Their AntissS
I'm Deadlock.
In taxidermist's window in Madi-
son street, at Chicago, pair of ant
Tered deer heads are displayed. The
taxidermist says they form the greatest
curiosity ever seen in that line. The
antlers are interlocked, and, he says,
it is the only pair in existence with the
heads well preserved. Other pairs OF
antlers have been found tangled to-
gether, but he says it was after the ami
mails to which they belonged had long
been dead and nothing butthe whitened
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-23

oldest Railroad Official in United States.)
York state, and no fine double-tracked
railroad from Buffalo to Chicago, nor
any part of the way. There were OK
teams and bad roads, though, and the
journey to the "far west" as Ohio was
considered in those days,was long and
tedious one.
The accompanying cut of Mr.. Hills
is from a photograph taken when he
was 80 years old.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-23
CARLISLE MEDALLION.
Fine Piece OF Work Turned Out by the
PHILADELPHIA Mint.

A medallion of John G. Carlisle, sec
rotary of the treasury, was cast at the
Philadelphia mint shortly after the APP
pointment of DR.. Eugene Townsend to
the dictatorship. 1t has always been
the custom to strike bronze and
aluminium medals of the president,
members of the cabinet, director of the
mint and prominent and distinguished
officials. The medals are engraved by
the mint engraver officially, as was the
case with Washington, Jackson and
Grant. They are placed on sale at the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-23
rhe Largest Pine Tree.

The largest tree ever known in the
northwestern woods was cut by the
Holt Lumber company IN Oconto coun-
ty, Wis, recently. 1t was nearly 100 feet
high, seven feet two inches through at
the base, and cut six 16-foot logs, seal
ing over $500 feet. The pine was worth
$50 when cut into logs.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-23
Love Letters Made Public

The London Telegraph tells OF boy
"a smart little boy-who was am
bilious to be a letter carrier. A short
time ago he secured bundle OF old
love, letters that his mother had treas
ured since her courtship days and dis
tributed them from house to house
throughout the neighborhood.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-23
THE HOUSE CHAPLAIN.
Lost His EyesIght In tho Service of the
American Union.

Rev. ii. N. Couden, of Port Huron,
Mich, chaplain Of the new congress,
lost his eyesight in the service of the
union. He enlisted at the age of 10,
when the first call for volunteers was
made, serving in the Sixth Ohio in
fantry, and reenlisted for three years
when his term was out. He was with
Mcclellan in the West Virginia cam
paign and took part in the battle of
Shiloh. In February, 1863, he was
transferred to the First Mississippi ma
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-23
Twelve Factory Girls Faint

In factory at New Haven a few days
ago girl tainted and fell to the floor,
whereupon, out Of pure sympathetic
nervousness, IL other girls tainted, one
after the other.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-23

men and women employed there, and
the result is said to be entirely salts
factory. The current applied to the
iron keeps it at an even temperature,
and thus no time is lost in heating the
irons. The iron can be used continu-
ously and never becomes overheated.
Another great advantage is that it is
always clean, as it need not come in
contact with soiled surfaces like the
iron heated on stove top, all that is
necessary when the iron is needed is
to attach it to the nearest electric wire
and in a few moments it is ready for
Use.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-23
AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP.
It's Security Upheld by Mr.. Terrell, Our
Minister to Turkey,

MihIster TO turkey.
The official correspondence in refer
ence to the Armenian outrages recent
ly submitted to congress, shows that
the American minister, Mr.. Terrell,
has maintained with commendable
yigor the rights and interests of Ameri-
can citizens in the Turkish empire.
Secretary Olney, too, appears to have
acted with great decision of purpose
as to the question of the maintenance
of the domiciliary rights of naturalized
American citizens who have been sub
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-23
Smoking In Court.
leo. and also in 81

I'm Mexico, and also in Siam, Judge,
rury and lawyers all smoke in court,
If they wish to, while case is being
tried. Even the prisoner is not deprived
of his cigar or cigarette. ..
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-23
Brains OF Men and Horses.

In the human subject the brain is
the oue-twenty-eighth part of the whole
body's entire weight. In the horse it
is not more than one-four-hundredth
part.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-23
D.,aware,s Floral Emblem.

The peach blossom has been selected
by vote of the school children Oh Deia-
ware as the floral emblem o. that state
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-23
THE ELECTRIC IRON.
Chicago Has a Laundry Where One Hun
bred Are In Use,

UTtu 3T6 III USt.
There is in operation now in Chicago
a laundry where none but electric irons
are in use. Nearly 100 of these new in
ventions are daily in the hands of the