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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-19
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
a WISH" AND II WILL"


81 Wish" and II WILL" so my grand
Were two little boys in the long ago.
And II Wish" used to sigh while II Will'
used to try
For the things he desired, at least that's
what my
Grandma tells me, and she ought to
II Wish" was so weak. so my grandmother
says,
That he longed to have some one to help
him about,
And while he'd stand still and look up at
And sigh to be there to SO coasting. II
VIII"
Would glide past him with many shout.
They grew to be men, so my grandmother
And all that II Wish ever did was to
dream,
To dream and to sigh that iife's hill was so
high.
While Il win" went to work and soon
learned, If We try,
Hills are never so steep as they seem.
81 Wish. .livedin want, so my grandmother
- says,
But Il wnl' had enough and portion
to spare;
Whatever he thought was worth winning
he sought
With an earnest and patient endeavor that
brought
OF blessings bountiful share.
And whenever my grandma hears anyone
''wish,",
A method she seeks In his mind 10 instill
For increasing his joys. and she straight
way employs
The lesson she learned from the two little
boys t.H
Whose names were II Wish" and II
Will"
Nixon Waterman, In l.. a. w, Bulletin.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-19
A Strange Feast.

A curious feast is observed by the
Mohammedan inhabitants of India, in
which the origin of the custom known
US painting the town red may possibly
be traced. 1t is called the Holi, and con-
sists chiefly in the plentiful sprinkling
upon all and sundry Of certain red
preparation called Holi powder. 1t
stains the white clothes of the natives
with an ugly dirty-looking red that
conjures up before timid eyes dread
visions of bloody fights and CHASTITY mu-
TIMES. The powder is made in two
shades--the one vermilion, the other
rose-red--and both are used impartial
ly by the observers of the ceremony,
who delight in bedaubing their faces
with the powders until they look like
strange and hideous denizens of Hades
come up, still glowing with the fires of
that region. Amongst the better class
this custom is falling into disfavor, for
it leads to many unpleasant excuses.
and had it's origin in some decidedly
dissipated scene in ancient heather his-
tory.-N. Y. Journal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-19
Her Scruples.

Mrs. Ha tfeld-I can't stand dishon-
esty, and L think this specializing is
just as dishonest as gambling. BY the
way, see that Mrs. Hendrix has anoth-
er beautiful ring. l wonder how her
husband can afford to buy her so many
diamonds?
Mr.. Hatfield--He runs bucket shop.
Mrs. Hatfield (after long silence)-
John, wonder if you couldn't get into
that business ?-Cleveland Leader.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-19
THE WOMAN WHO is OUT.
Goes Everywhere, Knows Everyone and II
Never at Home.

Goes Everywhere, Knows Everyone and Ii
Never Mt Home.
One of the most characteristic fig
ures of the present social Etate-which
we seem to have derived full grown
from Americas the woman who is
never at home. Do we not all know
her? Does she not know eerybody, go
everywhere and dine out every day ot
her life? Her business in life seems
| TO be to GO out. 1t is commonly sup
posed by her friends that she sallies
forth directly after breakfast and re-
turns home just in time to dress for
dinner, as preliminary to starting out
| again Nobody has ever found her
home on week day, called they never
so late, and in some cases experience
shows that such an errand is as un-
profitable even on Sunday. She will
| tell you herself that she has not time
for reading, not time for calling, NJ
time to stay sufficiently long at any
party even to get to know her new &c
quaintances by sight. She is perpetually
hard at work, laboring to keep level
with the requirements of her engage
ment book and the day is not long
enough for the fixtures thereof. Not
that she is disposed to resent the serv-
itude to which she is bound. On the
contrary, she has voluntarily rivetel
the letters about her neck and hugs
the chain as if it were valuable heir
loom. When by any chance she has
day or an hour free from gratuitouS
entertainment she is off to theater,
or restaurant or spectacle, she
seizes eagerly on the unsettled" pc
Rod at the beginning and end of sea-
sons to 'do a round" of sightseeing"
and when she is in the country she is
never happy unless there is a shooting
Iarty, races, ball, n baZar, or even n
bicycle picnic, to relieve what she calls
the dead level'' of rural life. In short,
she seems to be entirely occupied by
thirst for perpetual amusement. She
cannot stay at home for single even
ng without being thoroughly overcome
by the duilness of the regulation even
ing. She tres very rapidly, moreover,
CT every now sensation. The highest
praise which she can bestow on any
thing is the wish to "see it again."
London Journal
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-19

to answer that kind of letter. He was
not mistaken. The reply came three
days later, and it was in bold and
peaked handwriting in which both ink
and space were lavishly wasted. The
letter called him "Mr. Barnet, J" and said,
among other things:
Under these extraordinary circum-
stances / suppose j am justified In writing
to you-a stranger. No, not stranger,
either, for have heard so much about you
Through Katel that / suppose / can al
ready claim a halfway acquaintance
Alas, to say it: / cannot come to Chicago
for your little dinner, which will doubtless
be lonely. We are in the throes ofprepara-
ton for wedding here (my cousn), and
until she is safely away on her wedding
tour I shall be deliriously busy. It's too
bad. Perhaps next month / shall be in
Chicago. and you may be sure / will be
prepared to feign proper surprise and en-
barrassment when Kate presents you. /
wouldn't for worlds let her know / had
written this letter."
"Say, she's all right" This is what
Joe Barnet told himself as he read her
letter and grinned like vealy boy'over
his first love note.
Joe studied the letter again. and
cOnCluQeu UndC the young woman niu
not been seriously offended. So he
worte another letter, setting forth
some of the June attractions IN Chi
cago, and hoping, rather more fervently
than in the first letter, that she would
accept the Lester invitation. He re-
ceived an answer expressing regret that
no absolute promise could be made.
and incidentally suggesting that the
writer would be pleased to learn soma
Of the particulars in regard to the lit
tie dinner in honor of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lester. Joe construed this as an open
consent to keep mp the correspondence,
and in one short month thereafter his
letters began: "My Dear Miss Rhodes"
and she addressed him MY Dear Mr..
Barnet" this being the set and ac-
| copied form, although not commonly
used between young people ,whQ have
never met. .Ns ~
In the meantime Mrs. Lester rontin-
Jed to show the photograph to Joe and
lecture on the superlative merits:of her
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-19
A PHOTOGRAPH GIRL.
as to matrimony.
by GEORGE AIDE.

as to matrimony.
Many bachelor, after spending an
evening at the Lester fiat and rioting III
the simple delights of dutch lunch, .
would remark to some other bachelor
as they were walking homeward: "Say
if knew where there was another Mrs
Bert Lester, I'd be a married man IN
less than six months"
The Testers had a dozen or more
friends, 1nostly of the hotel kind, bit
Joe Barney held the record for constant
attendance. When there was any sort
Of a social gathering at the Lester fiat
Joe was neither absent nor tardy. He
and Bert Lester had been good friends
long before there was any Lester fiat
Mrs. Lester believed that Joe was a,
lawfully nice fellow" She had laid CO.
tain plans for his future.
Louise Rhodes had been preached to
Joe Barnet for a year. ..
Her picture was on the Lester mantel
and her name went back and forth be-
tween the Testers.
"Oh, Joe, I must have Louise come
up to visit me-" Mrs. Lester would say
when she had dragged Joe up to the
photograph for the hundredth time
''You'll like her immensely. She's as
clever as she can be, and pretty-Joe
her father has plenty of money, too;
think of that"
81 don't see why that would inter,
est me-" Joe would Seply, with an il
difference which was wholly assumed.
"Well, If / was a man, there wouldn't
be many girls like Louise Rhodes run
ming around single"
"You couldn't marry more than one
of them"
you're very bright tonight, aren't
you? Wait till you see her. l know
you will fal. in love with her, and Their
it will serve you right if she refuses to
look at you at all"
Mrs. Bert Lester and the much.
tall1ed-of Louise Rhodes had been class
mates in girls seminary in Ohio. Aft
er graduating Kate Townsend returned
TO Chicago, and promptly accepted
Bert Lester. Louise resumed coun'
where her father owned grain ele-
ator, bank, general store and q
hub and spoke factory. His country
possessions were marked by white
farmhouses and huge red barns. Mrs
Lester once visited Louise at Flavius
and when she returned home told
fanciful stories of the Rhodes posses
sions.
Last spring, while Mrs. Lester was
writing to Louise, coaxing her to come
to Chicago on visit. Joe Barnet did q
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-19
UMBRELLA CARRIERS.
Ants, Sea Urchins and Ansmones That
Affect Sun Shades.


"One of the most interesting sights <
have Witnessed" remarked natural
list TO group of listeners, twas an
army of ants marching through South
American jungle. l had been out all
day hunting butterflies with native
guide, and, almost overcome by the in
tense heat, had stretched myself out
beneath great mass of vines which,
hung from a large tree, when / noticed
a column of ants moving along at my
feet.
There was nothing remarkable in
this, as it was nm ant country, where
they literally overran everything; but
these ants, as though recognizing the
tropical heat, each bore highly-eol-
cred umbrella in such position that
il was more or less shield and pro-
lection. The umbrella was bit OF
leaf that had been carefully bitten out
in semi-oval shape, and was an UNI
hrella in fancy only, hundreds being
carried to line a subterranean nes.,
deep in the heart of the jungle.
"One of these nests" continued the
naturalist, Il found by following up
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-19
HAD BEEN THERE HIMSELF.
It Was Therefore Pretty Hard to Pull the
= Wool Over His Eyes.


Wool Over His Eyes.
The old gentleman looked rather
solemn when his beautiful daughter
entered the reception room in response
to his summons.
"Rosalind," he said, with the air OF
q man who has made disagreeahle
discovery, "you and young Mr.. Harkina
were in this room last evening, be-
lieve."
Yes, papa" she answered, with
downcast eyes. "George-that is, Mr..
Harkins-called last evening, and re-
ceived him here"
He calls about three times a week,
according to my count" said the old
gentleman, land l suppose you put in
the time discussing literature and al
that sort of thing?"
I'VE are both very fond of good lit.
erature,' ventured the beautiful
daughter.
|. :''Of course you are replied the old
| gentleman, sarcastically. 1T takes
three sessions week for you to keep
up with the times. Oh, know all
about that, and 1 am willing to make
lscertain concessions in view of your lit
erary tendencies, but l don't exactly
understand this"
K 1.-THE old gentleman pointed to four
I4cigars that were lying on the mantel-
/ piece. The blood instantly mounted
TO the face of the beautiful daughter,
but she did not lose her presence of
mind.
t"Oh, dear, how stupid of met she
cried. "George-that is, Mr., Harkins
left those for you last night, and l
forgot to give them to you"
Left them for mel"
'Yes. You see, they're a new brand
thatYhe thinks particularly good, and
he wants you to try them and see what
youSlrinll of them. He has great con-
fdence in your Judgment, and he"
eShe stopped, for the old gentleman
had. critically examined one of the ci-
gars and then smelled of it, and he was
now looking at her over the tops of his
glasses in very disconcerting way.
"'That's the same cigar he has
smoked for six months to my certain
knowledge" he said. .'r......
oh, then he must have made a mis-
take"
!: "Rosalind," interrupted the old gen.
tlemRn, why will you insist upon for
getting that your mother and 1 went
all. through this, and know all about
it? Mr.. Harkins is in the habit of car
rying his cigars in his upper left hand
vest pocket, just over his heart"
"Ye-es."
"And being wise young man of
considerable forethought, he removed
the cigars from what he considered a
dangerous locality last evening, and
| he was so elated when he left that he
forgot them. Am l correct?"
7 "Ye-es, papa" .
f"And when may expect him to call
upon me?"
''He said he was going to see you this
afternoon"
Every good. He's a careful and
painstaking young man, and I'm ready
to accept him as a son-in-law, but ]
don't want any daughter of mine to
think she can pull the wool over the
eyes of an old man who has been
through it all."-Chicago Post.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-19
classmate. In her letters TO Louise she
eulopiZed Joe.

classmate. In her letters TO Louise she
| eulogized Joe.
ALI this was preliminary to her
subtle plan for matchmaking. -
In July the correspondence had be-
come so cordial in it's exchange that
| Joe felt at perfect liberty to slip away
to night train and go to Flavius, Ind.
He told the Testers an elaborate { lie
about going to indianapolis to settle y
| tax claim against some property lett
| TO him by his uncle. Miss Louise
Rhodes, having been advised of his COM
ing, told her parents an unblushing
falsehood to the effect that she had be-
come well acquainted with Mr.. Barnet
while she was attending the seminary
! in Ohio.
That day at Flavius settled it. They
strolled Under the naples and went
driving along a winding creek road,
an ardent Flavius couple in the front
seat and the overhanging bows sweep
ing the canopy top of the Rhodes fam
lily carriage.
They sat side NY side in the big din
jng-room, while State Senator Rhodes.
III lIle uCdu VI Vic ldUle, OIuCItl Tic
timid hired girl to deliver immense por-
tions of spring chicken to the young
man from Chicago. ~
From that time on the development
came with the rush of closing chapters
in a novel. Joe wrote almost daily, and,
after an interval of two weeks, he was
called to indianapolis to settle another
70 pIoir, IN tha Oooo cior IF bis cacnn1
visit to Flavius he proposed, but ne was
not definitely accepted, with the full
consent of the state senator, until he
had paid third visit. #& -, .
All this time he was pretending to be
carelcssly Indifferent to the photograph
in the Lester fiat, and Louise Rhodes, in
her letters to Mrs. Lester, sometimes
mentioned that she would be glad to
meet Mr.. Barnet, having read so much
about him.
Last week the Flavius girl came to
Chicago for the long-delayed visit.
Joe had been advised that the photo
graph girl was coming. He appeared
at the flat promptly at eight o'clock.
Mrs. Lester, futtering with Importance,
met him at the door.
Joe did not wait to be welcomed. He
slammed his hat and coat on the rack,
rushed into the parlor and then and
there threw his arms around Louise
Rhodes and kissed her.
Mrs. Lester shriel1ed and then tot
tered over against an armchair, actually
faint with terror. She thought that
Joe had gone stark, staring mad.
There had to be an immediate ex-
PLANTATION, but it did not satisfy Mrs.
Lester. She said the two of them were
no better than the people who go to
matrimonial agencies or put sloshy
personals" into obscure weekly pa
pers. She was shocked beyond express
sion,and did not fully forgive them until
they had pleaded for at least five min.
utes.-Chicago Record.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-19
An Earthquake Center.

Russian savants have discovered
that the bottom of the Sea of Marmora,
lying between the Bosphorus and OAR
danelles, contains three profound and
nearly parallel burrows, the deepest of
which, that on the east, attains a depth
of one mile. This particular furrow
lies in the center of the region from
which proceeded the earthquake that
seriously shook Constantinople and
was felt at great distances two years
ago, aEa soundings show that the bot
tom there has sunk below the level it
occupied before the earthquake. There
is no evidence, however, of volcanic dc-
ton occurring in the bed of the Sea OF
Marmora, 80 that the earthquake was
probably due to the slipping or caving
in of underlying rockn.--Youth's Com
panion.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-19
THE PHOTOGRAPH ON THE MANTEL.

IJ1E ff1olOIhA1f1 YIN lftE MANIEL.
very unusual thing. He wrote letter
to Miss Louise Rhodes, of Flavius, Ind. :,
young woman whom he had never
seen.
Mark the cunning of the scoundrel.
This is the way the letter ran:
"Of course, you dare not overlook nv
vast presumption in thus addressing you.
One fact You must consider, however. am
with the Testers so much of the time that
am, to oil intents and purposes, mem
Der of the household, and this may entitle
me to the privilege of Joining in the invita-
tions. You may remember that May will
mark the third anniversary of their mar
riage. / am arranging to give little din
ner in their honor, but 1 want to make 1t
surprise to them. AS you are Mrs Les
ter's most intimate friend it would be al
most a calamity If you were not present at
the dinner. You will understand of course,
that could not have forwarded this infor-
nation through the agency of Mrs. Lester.
Don't tell her that have written to YOU.
do not want her to learn of the dinner
and there are other reasons"
The letter closed with final plea TO,
pardon, and Joe mailed it in the con.
seriousness that he had done a very
clever thing. He believed that any
young woman, no matter how strict her
seminary training had been, would have
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-19
Making q Hole In Glass.

Everybody who has tried under
stands how difficult it is to bore hole
in strip or sheet of thin glass. The
following method is said to be success
full: Press "a cake of wet clay upon
the glass and then make hole through
the clay of the desired size, laying
bare the glass at the bottom of the
hole. Then pour melted lead into the
hole, and it will drop through the
glass, making round aperture. The
explanation is that The sudden applica-
ton of heat cracks the glass in a circle
corresponding in size with the hole in
the clay.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-19
Bacon Sandwiches.

Thin slices of the best bacon, broiled
or cooked in the spider until crisp and
witch filing for delicate persons who
do not relish fat in any form. Lay
the slices while hot between thin slices
of well-bakel white or brown bread.
These sandwiches will lie found vecy
appetizing. Hard-boiled eggs grated
and mixed with a little olive oil, salt
and pepper are also wholesome and eN-
cellcnt if spread on thin slices OF bread.
These sandwiches are improved II ten.
der leaves from the heart OF u head
Of lettuce are laid in.--St Louis GLOBE
Democrat.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-19
ELEPHANTS FRANKS.
Being Full of Life He Likes to Have II
with the Iippopotnmus.

with the Hippopotamus.
The sense of the humorous was UNI
usually well developed in an elephant
in the Jardin DIES Plantes in Paris. lie
was kept in the great inclosure out in
the open air, so that he had plenty Of
room to roam about. In the same in
closure was "a very large hippopota-
mus, for whose comfort and amuse-
ment a great stone basin had been
built and filed with water, and the
hippopotamus in turn furnished
amusement for the elephant. l was
quite early one neutrality-suspicious. the
hour for admitting the public to rbe
garden-when / noticed the elephant
walking around on the stone edge OF
the basin curiously watching the hip
popotamus.
Just as soon as the ears of the hippo
potamus came into view the elephant
quickly seized one of them with his
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-19
Better Than Position and wealth.

See here, young people! Not all can
gain high position, or great wealth, or
social influence, or wide reputation.
But all-aIl may have that which is
better than position and wealth and
social influence and reputation all
may possess pure heart and a clean
life. An upright, unselfish life srcnt
amid poverty and obscurity is larger
life than that lived by a king or queen
who knows not God and righteousness.
Detroit Free Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-19
The Eggs of the Mosquito.

The eggs of the mosquito are fas-
tened together by a yiscid secretion
from the insects body From ESQ to
200 eggs are laid at time, and the
little boat-shaped mass is so construct
ed that it viii not overset. 1t cannot
BE sunk nor in any way injured by
wind, rain or water. 1t is abandoned by
the insect, and the eggs are Matched
by the heat Of the sun or atmosphere.
A temperature below freezing is said
not to destroy the vitality of the
mosquitoes eggs.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-19
The Proper Course.

eve are going to have an amateur
opera. Would you put in any gags?"
Eyes; gag the performers, by all
means."-Town Topics.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-19
Not I'm the Mood.

First Elubman-Are you gon TO
Mrs. De Styles musicale tonight?
Second Clubman--No. I'm not in a
mood for talking.-N. Y. Weekly.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-12

A young woman, daughter Of one
Of the new Cabinet in Hawaii arrived
here a few days since, having left the
island for the first time in her life. She
was accosted the journey by an
acquaintance, who, hearing her de-
scription of the revolution during the
days of Admiral Stevens, exclaimed:
''How well you speak our language
considering the fact that you never left
Hawaii,
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ALL FREE.
ITO be continued.

Those who have used DR.. Kings New
Discovery know its value, and those
who have not, have now the opportuni-
ty to try it Free. Call on the adyer-
tised druggist and get Trial Bottle,
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Fl. f. Bucklen & Co., Chicago, and get
sample box of DR. Kings New Life
Pills Free, as well as a copy of Guide
to Health and Household Instructor,
Free. All Of which is guaranteed to
do you good and cost you nothing.
JOAN Y MacRae's drug store.
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4 Kilkenny PERFORMANCE.

We learn from the Atlanta Consti-
tuition that Hon. Holle Smith has ut
terly failed in his effort to explain
his changed financial mind, and the
Atlanta Journal assures us that Hon.
Charles r Crisp has been thoroughly
floored by the clean cut logic of the
Secretary Of the Interior. Washington
Post.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-12
DO NOT DO THIS.

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