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The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-06-26
ExPEGLtNo A FROG.
How q French Duchess Was Cured Of
Painful Hallucination.

HOW French Duchess Was Cured OF .
Painful Hailucination.
The Duchess of Trois-EtoiIes, one Of
the most aristocratic ladies Of the Fau-
bourg st. Germain, says Racket, had got
possessed of the idea that she had swair
lowed frog. She felt this frog-she
declared she had-and its presence
robbed her of her peace of mind, sleep
and even Of health. The Partisan phys
icians had the rudeness to deny the ex-
istence Of this animal, ignorant, as they
were, but the poor lady suffered martyr
dom. A fortunate chance made her ac-
quainted with DR.. Cabarus, brother-in-
law of De Lesseps, and to him she told
her tale of woe. He felt, with seri-
BUSINESS worthy of Hippocrates himself,
the pulse of the fair patient, inquired
after various symptoms, and when the
charming aristocrat had exhausted all
her store of arguments to prove her pet
delusion, the youthful doctor said, after
a well-feigned pause: Madame, the
frog is there, but will remove it." He
then prescribed an innocent c7'etic md
went to the nearest noWCl-oAop, Wnere
he bought small, green frog. Armed
with this confederate, he presented him.
self once more before the Duchess, and
placed q basin Of water in readiness
The emetic began to take effect, the
Duchess eyes filled with tears, and the
doctor took advantage of the opportuni-
ty to slip the green frog into the basin.
On seeing the frog, load was removed
from the Duchess heart. The next in
slant, she turned pale, and, as DR..
Cabarns supported her tottering frame,
she cried, in q despairing tone: "Oh,
doctor, am not cured, for the frog has
left little one behind" 'Stopr cried
Cabarus, without allowinga trace of en-
barrassment to be seen in his manner;
''that we shall soon see." He then threw
a searching glance upon the frog, which
ne had by this time taken in his hand.
and uttered, with certainty that settled
the whole question, these words: "Mad-
ame, that is an impossibility, for the
frog is male"
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-06-26

The most comical mishap that ever
befell fire engine occurred recently
at Toledo. The noise OF an approach
ing Ere apparatus startled sixty-five-
year-old countryman and his wife as
they were making their way along the
sidewalk. TO grab his wife's green
umbrella and rush into the middle Of
the street directly in the path of the
,oncoming steeds was the work of a mo,
ment for the excited farmer. His gyra+
tions and shouting brought the horses
to sudden stop. The fire laddies
drove off swearing. but the crowd
.cheered the old fellow as he returned to
the sidewalk, muttering: "Tarnation
fools, let EN- run away If they want to.
III never risk my life to save their
nC..ISs gain.''
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-06-26
COURT DATES.

Be it enacted by the legislative
assembly of the territory of New
Mexico:
Sec. /. The terms of the district
court hereafter to be held in the cOun-
ties of Santa Fe, San Juan, Rio Ar
riba and Taos. shall be held in said
counties beginning at the times here
matter fixed and continuing until ad-
journed by the order of the court, to-
wit:
In the county of San Juan. on the
Sd Mondays in April and October.
In the county of Rio Arriba, on tn
first Mondays in May and November.
In the county of Taos, on the thIo
Mondays in May and November,
In the county of Santa Fe, on thu
second Mondays in June and Decem-
Der.
Sec. 2. The spring 1893 term in the
county OF Lincoln shall be held begin
ming on the second Monday in April in.
stead of the second Monday In March
as now fixed.
In the county of Chavez, beginning
on the fourth Monday in March instead
of the thnd Monday in February.
In the county of Eddy, beginning on
the second Monday in March instead OF
the first Monday in February.
In the county of Dona Ana, begin
ming on the third Monday in March
the third Monday in September.
In the county of Sierra, beginning or
the fourth Monday of April and The
fourth Monday in October.
In the county of Grant, beginning OF
the third Monday in May and The
third Monday in November.
Sec. 8. After the spring 1898 term
all terms of court for the counties ol
Lincoln, Chavez, Eddy, Dona ant
Grant. shall remain as fixed by the law
of 1891.
In the county Of Colfax, on the 4tl
Monday in March and the I'd Monday
in October.
In the county Of San Miguel, on th'
second Monday an April and Novem
ber.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-06-26
HYsTERIcAL INVENTIONS.
A Wonderful Sweeping Machine and an
Automatic Roelrtng Chair.


A genius with profound thought
mill has taken up the subject Of dusting
and sweeping by means of suction
draughts. He mas perambulating ma
chine which, by means Of fans and
hydraulic pressure, gets a draught
through spiral hose with Q nozzle
shaped at its terminus like the trouble
end of trombone. He starts up q
grand racket on the carpet till the dust
flies, then turns on this blizzard ma
chine and condensed cyclone is i'm
mediately precipitated. He moves his
hose end round like the snout Of Jer-
sey hog, and wherever the cloud of dust
arises the suction of his mechanism
draws II, and 1t immediately goes ''up
the spout" so to speak. The idea is all
right; the only difficulty which stands
in the way is the possibility Of his get
ting too big draught on and shooting
in stray leaves from the family text
book, odd socks or sisters bangs.
This idea, which is chronicled as an
invention in the Patent Office at Wash
Ahk oOlf 10 Oii u poi WiOh bhO AOOhAhB
chair which came out eight months ago,
says the Pittsburgh Dispatch. The in
ventor arranged under the rockers Q
pair Of bellows attached to series of
pipes running up the chair back to about
where your neck would rest. As you
rocked the chair the bellows worked
and you were given hysterical breezes.
1t worked all right for the man whe
could stand shower baths, but 1t cost
one furniture dealer / know of three
good customers by neuralgia, pneu-
monia and Group. In another case the
customer tried it and had to run block
to catch his wig. It's a good idea,
though, but, like all those things,
you have to get some one to think so.
AS for myself, think the sweeping ma.
chine would be better employed shoot
ing coal into cellar, and the man with
the bellows-rocker would make fortune
If he worked it up around the caves Of a
roof and blew the snow into the next
county instead Of down the back of the
neighbor who always gets under the
roof atthe wrong time. r.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-06-26
Caased by Tight Collars.

DR. Forster, director OF the Ophthal'
mic University at Breslau, has figured
outa connection between tight collars
and short-sightedpess. He alleges that
in three hundred cases that have come
under his attention the eyesigbt had
been affected by the pressure Of sach
collars upon the muscles of the neck,
disturbing this cireaiatdOA cf =
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-06-26
OFFICIAL REGISTER
Sierra County Officers.

Nicholas GALES. Councilman for the coun-
ties of Sierra and Socorro
W. E. Martin and Jose iArmijo y Vigil re-
presentatives for the counties of socorro
and Sierra.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-06-26
TERRITORIAL.
Court of Private Land Claims.

Joseph r. Reed. of Iowa, Chief Justice.
Associate Justices Wilbur II. Stone, O
Colorado.
Thomas @. @ Fuller, of North Carolina.
William NJ. Murray, OF Tennessee.
Henry @. Sluss. of Kansas.
Matthew G Reynolds. OF Missouri. U. S.
Attorney.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
The Origin of Bonfires.

1t is just as we'll that the police and
the insurance companies object to bon
fires ON election days, Indifferent to the
fact that streetprchins are simply reviv-
ing the rites Of Baal and Moloch. When
Christianity ruled, old ways and Gus
toms could not be abolished, and so the
heather, still hankering after the an
cient deities, but half controlled by pope
or bishop, made their bonfres on the
eve Of ST. Peter or st. John. One use of
bonfres in the not so far distant past
was as means of disinfection. In his
History of the Plague" Defoe tells of
bonfires in London streets. There is rea-
son to suppose that In kindling such
fires there was still remnant of super
stition left. 1t was in measure a sac
rifice to Baal. As to the excellence of
the method Of making fires to drive
away plague, the benefit would be
questionable. Anyhow it may be dwelt
upon as the earliest effort made toward
cremation, for it was of some slight use
when an infected neighborhood caught
fire and was reduced to ashes; but then
the remedy might have been worse than
the disease. New York Times.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
THE OLDEST OBELISK.
1t Stands OF the Banks of the Nile No
Far From Cairo.

1t Stands OF the Banks OF the Nile NOT
Far From Cairo.
The Oldest of all the obelisks is the
beautiful one of rosy granite which
stands alone among the green fields on
the banks of the Nile not far from
Cairo. 1t is the gravestone of great
city which has vanished and left only
this relic behind. That city was Beth
shemes of Scripture, the famous On,
which is memorable to all Bible readers
as the residence of the priest of On.
Potipherah, whose daughter Asenath
Joseph married. The Greeks called it
Heliopolis, the city of the sun, because
there the worship of the sun had its
chief center and its most sacred shrine.
1t was the seat of the most ancient uni
versity in the world, to which youthful
students came from all parts of the
world to learn the occult wisdom which
the priests of On alone could teach.
Thales, Scion, Eudoxus, Pythagoras
and Plato all studied there; perhaps
Moses too. 1t was also the birthplace OF
the sacred literature of Egypt, where
were written on papyrus leaves the orig
inal chapter of the Oldest book in the
world, generally known as "The Book
of the Dead" giving a most striking
account of the conflicts and triumphs OF
the life after death, whole copy or
fragment of which every Egyptian, rich
or poor, wished to have buried with
him in his coffin, and portions of which
are found inscribed ON every mummy
case and ON the walls of every tomb. In
front of one of the principal temples of
the sun in this magnificent city stood,
along with companion long since de-
stroyed, the solitary obelisk which we
now behold ON the spot. 1t alone has
survived the wreck of all the glory Of
the place. 1t was constructed by User
tesen /, who is supposed to have reigned
$500 B. c., and has outlived all the dy-
nastic changes of the land and still
stands where it originally stood nearly
AZ centuries ago. What appears of its
shaft above ground is 68 feet in height,
but its base is buried in the mud of the
Nile, and year after year the inundation
of the river deposits it's film of soil
around its foot and buries it still deeper
in its sacred grave. Pail Mall Gazette.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

most wonderful sound in all the world.
1t is the voice of London-an ever
changing, inarticulate, pregnant solil-
oquy. One day it will be the gentle
murmur of a sea shell. Again it is the
harsh grinding of the mill of the gods
crushing human grain beneath its upper
and neither millstones. The mighty but
distant reyerberation is sometimes a
triumphant harmony, sometimes minor
note, melancholy and despairing. The
myriad tongued voice which comes from
the east is sullen, protesting, enduring
that from the west is careless chorus
of pleasure and prosperity; that from
the north is hopeful strain Of patient
progress; that from the south is a ca
dence of struggle and sorrow, and the
whole is a symphony of human life, ma
jestic, inspiring, infinitely pathetic.
Nowhere save in this spot does the
greatness of London impress itself upon
me. Boston Transcript.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
One Who Analyses Fashions Says We Are
Still Half Savage.


The prevailing motive not to appear
singular accounts for the continuance
of certain fashions, many being the re-
suits of superstition, religious observ-
ances and the desire to be cup to date. y
We are acquainted with what facility
hair may be fashioned into various fan
tastic shapes for personal adornment, and
when part through the middle is de-
creed it is worn without regard to con-
tour, and whether it may add to or de-
tract from ones intellectual appearance
no thought is given.
If fashion says crimp, we crimp; if
curl and wave, we obey. And the Gus
tom of keeping the head closely shaved
prevails, as among the Fijian women,
while the men cultivate long hair, thus
reversing the conditions met with
among highly civilized nations.
The lips, ears and nose offer variety
Of possible alterations aud arc means
Of ornamental display, and, says Cap
tain Cook, over hundred years age, IN
describing the naked savage o. the cast
coast of Australia, their principal fG.E
of ornamentation was EJGe, which
they thrust through the cartilage which
divides the Dostrils from each other.
The lip ornamentations by tho Bolocudo
Indians and the Tlinket Bella arc dis
gushing in the extreme, and in the heart
Of Africa among the Bongo women a
clamp or clasp is worn at the corners Of
the mouth, as if they wanted to contract
the orifce and literally put curb on
| its possibilities
The teeth cannot escape, and the Ma
lays view in disgust the natural tint
and stain theirs a jet black.
One views in horror the Chinese meth
,od of foot binding, but which is much
mitigated when considering by degrees
the fashionable toe used in the last cen
| fury.
Thus we can see that fashions letters
torture and harass equally civilized men
and savage vanity. Are we not the same
in kind, but differing only in degree
from the savage?-New York Adver-
tiser.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
A Genius For Farming.

Miss Annie Dennis Of Talhottom, Ga,
is fine looking young woman CT %,
who scoms to have genius fer farm
ing. According to Georgia paper, she
owns handsome estate of 900 acres,
which she cultjvates with great skill
and success. Upon it she conducts Il
dairy, a stock farm, cannery, Pre-.
serving establishment, vineyard and
wine distillery and Il pi&sery. Each OF
these Is prosperous to high degree.
The owner is public spirited and OK
hibits her piGducts at every fair and
exposition. She began this work in 1888
and i'll seven years has carried of nearly
100 prizes. She asclibas her success to a
good education aud careful reading She
makes special study of the application
of science, particularly chemistry, to
her fields of industry and utilities every
new idea which appears.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
WIN come up this year.

win come up this year.
its adopted was led by President Beard
shear, who succeeded IN getting
the matter referred back to the
committee, which was enlarged. The
committee will report again, but will
adhere to its former classification.
While according to the report 10 COL
leges will be recognized, two divisions
will be made-classes 'An and "B." In
class "A' are placed only three colleges,
the State university, Iowa and Cornell
colleges. These are the only institu-
tons coming fully up" to the commit
tees requirements, but seven other in
stitutiops are admitted to class "B" on
the grounds that they do excellent work
These are: Penn college, Oskaloosa;
sJes Moines college, Des Moines; Drake
university, Des Moines; Tabor college,
Tabor; Parson college, Fairfield; Simp-
sen college, Indianola; Gee college,
Cedar Rapids; Upper Iowa university,
Fayette; Luther college, DEBORAH; Iowa
Wesleyan university, Mt. Pleasant ;Pella
college, Pella, and Western college, To-
ledo
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
LoNDON'S GREAT PARK.
The Hum of the Metropolis Penetrates It
with Ever Varying Cadence.

The Hum of the Metropolis Penetrates IL
With Ever Varying Cadence.
The greatest attraction of Hyde park
is one which Londoners and most visit
ors fail to discover and appreciate. 1t is
a unique and subtle charm whose mean
ing only those can know who have fall
en- under its SPELL Hyde park, be it re-
membered, is the only great plot Of
verdure in the world set in the very
center Of great city. Boston Common
is but garden compared with it, Cen
trail park may SOON be hemmed in by
New York's teeming millions, but not
yet Hyde park is o grateful refuge Of
silence in the midst Of turmoil Only
upon its outer borders does the restless
mob infringe. Within, away from Rot
ten row, away from carriage drive and
fashionable promenade, there is always
rest, tranquility, silence -no, not 81
lence, but In its place the thing which
is the mysterious charm Of the spot.
Find seat upon bench in the midst
Of the wide, sweeping, open green where
the eye sees only grass and trees, with
no sign of the vast city on any side. SIT
for few moments and isten-listen,
and there will come t0Honl ears the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
Did You Ever

Try Electric Bitters as remedy for
your troubles? Ifnot, get bottle now
and get relief. This medicine has been
found to be peculiarly adapted to the
relief and cure of all Female Com
plants, exerting wonderful direct in
tinence in giving strength and tone to
the organs. If you have loss OF appe.
tite, constipation, headache, fainting
spells, or are nervous, sleepless, excit-
able, melancholy or troubled with diz.
zy spells, Electric Bitters is the medi'
cine you need. Health and strength
are guaranteed by its use. Large bot.
ties only fifty cents at A. III. Roberts
drug store. :
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

of the Grain Shippers Association of
Northwestern Iowa will be held here on
Jan. 8. The call for the meeting states
that the shippers believe the
courts will compel the railroad
companies TO put in the rate that
the interstate commerce commission
decided was just aiI,i equitable one,
and also cause them to refund what
hey have wrongfully collected" The
shippers will also demand that the rail
ROADS give bill of lading showing &C
tual weights.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
Bucklen's Arnica Salve

The best salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
sChilblains, Corrs, and all Skin Erup.
tions, and positively cures Piles or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price 20 cents per box. For sale by A.
II. Roberts.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
Omaha Woman Commits Suicide.

! ARCADIA, Ia, Dec. 26.-Mrs. Gallant
of Omaha, who was spending the holt
days with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M.
Meimers of this place, was found dead
lin her room. Death was caused by an
Overdose of morphine. The general
opinion is that it was a case Of suicide.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

Lucy-The wretch! And so ne mas
been proposing to both Of us?
Jenny-It seems So
Lucy-I wish we could think of some
fearful way to punish him.
JENNY have an idea.
Lucy-What is it?
Jenny-You marry him, dear. Pick
Me Up.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
Wasted Energy and Expense.

A new advertising wagon introduced
in New York is fitted up with two cyl
inders which keep revolving, giving a
momentary view of various business
announcements. There are people who
would rather spend $40 to catch the eye
of 2,o00 or 5000 people with contrap-
tion of this kind than invest 80 cents to
reach 100, 900 readers in good news
paper. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
Winter Tourist Rates via the Northwest
ern Liue. tfsNsas

The North. Western line is now sell
ing. excursion tickets at greatly reduced
rates to the health and pleasure resorts
Of California, Florida, Texas, Mexico,
New Mexico, Arkansas, Louisiana,
Missippi, Georgia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee and Ala
bama. For tickets and full informa-
ton apply to agents Chicago & North.
Western R'y.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
Gilbert SCOOPS Everything.

DAVENPORT, Ia, Jan. AT the
West End Gun club tournament Fred
Gilbert of Spirit Lake again scooped
everything in sight, winning first money
in five out of six events, missing only
five shots in S3.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

CHEROKEE, Ia, Dec. Bob. Cohen g.
- dry goods merchants of this place,
made general assignment to D. M.
Kahn. Liabilities, about $4,000, be-
sides mortgage Of $4,000 held by the
Cherokee bank.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
Ground to Pieces Under the Wheels.

Fort DODGE, Ia, Dec. 31.-Larsen
, Berg, freight brakeman on the Illinois
! Central railroad, fell between the cars
at Carbon Junction and was cut to
kpieces. He lived at Waterloo and
leaves wife and two children.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
BANKS REFUSED TO HELP THEM.

L-wiS Investment Company People Make
an Assignment.
Dies MONIES, Dec. 26.-The Lewis In
vestment company, one of the oldest
financial concerns in this city, and al
ways regarded as strong, assigned, nam
ing Nelson Royal as assignee. The
company has 100000 capital. The
failure was directly caused by refusal of
local banks to further carry the COM
pany's accommodation paper.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
Gathering Their Com IN skiI

RED BUD, Ia, Dec 30. The Okaw
River, five miles east of here, is out Of
its banks. It is reported the water is
four feet deep in the bottoms. Farmers
are gathering their corn in skiffs.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
Pride of DUBUQUE Dedicated.

uDUBUoUE, Ia, Dec. s1.-Dubuque's
first Office building was dedicated with
a public reception. It is 7-story fire
proof structure, 1o2 by ia, with 175
apartments, and was built by insurance
men and bankers
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
Iowa Editor Married.

WEBSTER Cry, Dec. 28.-Will F.
Duncomb, son of John F. Duncomh and
one of the editors of the Fort dge
Daily Chronicle, was married in 'ort
Dodge to Miss Mary Sherman.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
Proposed Finish Fight.

CHEROKEE, Ia, Dec. 30 - Billie
O'Donnell, the well known feather
weight of Sioux City, and Charles
Davis of Chicago will spar 10 rounds
for scientific points at the Grand
Opera house in this city Jan. .. Five
ounce gloves will be used, and purse
of $500 and gate receipts will go to the
winner
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
Fire at Belle Plaine.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Dec. 30.-At Belle
PLANE two frame store buildings, to-
gether with contents were destroyed by
fire, causing a loss of nearly $4,000,
partially insured Mrs. Huston, who
lived over one of the stores, narrowly
escaped with her life.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

North Carolina has risen rapidly in
the line of manufacturing states. At
present her factories employ 36,214
hands and turn out $40, 1916, 400 worth
of product,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
President of Tabor College Hurt.

TABOR, Ia, Dec. 3l.-Wilham M.
Brooks, president of the Tabor college,
and his 16-year-old son, Edwin, while
on the way to the train for Des Moines,
were thrown from their bu ggy and
severely hurt. Each had his right arm
broken near the shoulder. The presi-
dent was on his way to Des Moines to
take part in the state teachers meeting
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
Dissolved Partnership and Assign.

Sioux CITY, Dec. 31.-As result Of
hard times and slow collections, the
firm of Peavey & Stephens, among the
Oldest and largest furniture houses in
the state, dissolvey partnership. A
chattel mortgage for $4,000 was first
given the Iowa Investment and Trust
company and J. M. Clelland was ap-
pointed receiver.