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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-06-13
sympathy Among Birds.

Once upon a time while Olive Thornc
Miller and Florence Merriam, two writ.
crs on bird life. were taking notes In
Lewis County. New York, they found
n widowed redstart and her baby lu
the wood lot. Like all babies the little
redstart was constantly teasing for
something to eat, and, like most moth.
ess, the rcdstart was Just wearing her.
sclf into the grave trying to supply the
demand. And then came the kindly
hand OF good.hearted and wholly uu-
selfish neiGhbor to help her. A jolly
bachelor Of o chestnut-sided warbler
heard the baby cry and saw tho wcari.
ness OF the over-worked mother, and
he duttered his wings at the thought
that here was q chance to be courteous
% one Of the other sex, without any
one being able to say that he had an
alterior purpose In the kindly attentions
he might give her.
Gathering a goOdly worm the bach.
sloe carried 1t to the baby. At hrst the
Door widow didn't know about that.
She might be without her natural pro.
tcetOr, but no meddling strangers need
think her unable to take care Of herself
and little one; and she made some prtt.
u harsh remarks to the chestnut-sidGd
warbler. But he, good fellow, did not
mind that. He would have taken the
baby In his arms and walked up aud
down to soothe 1t, had that been the
fashion with baby birds, but a. It was
Ae kept on bringing worms and other
things until even pert little Mrs. RED.
start was Gained into peaceful state
OF mind and, the baby being satisfied,
vas able to smooth out her much.rria
pled skirts and attend to the gloss Of
her beautifully cOntrasted breast and
arms. II was most charming little
episode in bird soclety.-FrOm the
Chautauquan.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-06-13
OF the Same VARIETY.

Gus Morrow, the present Mayor Of
Jonesboro. brought this one up from
his town recently:
Il was met" said Mr.. Morrow, by
one Of my colored constituents, an old
man, the other day. He asked me:
"Lookle hyar, boss, is you for dat
shrubbery bill:'
.Shrubbery bill! Uncle, what are
.sou talking about?"
The Mayor Of Jonesboro paused and
thought. II there was such thing az
the shrubbery bill, possibly he might
he for IL, and here might be vote gone
forever, IL carelessly answered.
:" 'Shrubbery bill? I must say, old
man, I know nothing Of such a BILL
"'Sholy, boss said the negro; 'you'se
hyard oh dat bill--dat Bush billv ~
Atlanta Journal.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-06-13

"OOAvu8 y 1u0Crs
N catch q tiger with hook ana line
GDunds like an impossible achieve
Osat. but II was actually accomplished
s0eently. IL we are to believe the &C.
counts published in several newspapers
- Calcutta. A resident Of the city,
Walher by hame, went out with Q
6ook and line to fish In the Hoogly
0aver. This kind Of sport Ii not com.
ION there, and as a matter Of prccau.
oDn, In case large game should be %
E0untcred. Mr.. Walker was accom-
panied by native carrying q rife.
The fisherman placed himself BY the
shore Of the river. on the edge Of .
Jungle. and dropped his hopk-a very
large one. as he was looking for large
1sh-into the stream. In due time he
lad Q bite. and with great effort landed
. Dish. which weighed about twenty
sounds.
without detaching the hook from the
mouth Of the fish, he was making his
Wv with It to spot more suitable
foe ID disposition, when he saw BIG
tiger coming down the ravine. The
sleee had not caught sight Of him, and
~ quick movement walker was able
- conceal himself behind some rocks.
But, In his haste. the still living nSh
Wriesled out Of his grasp. and with the
Aeok still In Its mouth, slipped down
ssto the path.
The tiger. which had stopped to look
toward some possible prey In the
Jungle, now abandoned that quest and
came directly down the path. A. he
~ -. the Ash topped on the ground
oafore him.
Now q tiger IL % fond Of Ash - any
ether kind Of cat, and 80 reluctant 70
enter the water In pursuit Of them. To
And q big live ash right In his path IN
The Jungle was therefore great luck
for the wild beast.
He pounced upon II with eagerness,
and In an Instant, with his paws on
The ground. was chewing the hsh's
had. In another instant he was claw.
lng the ground, with bowls Of pain and
rage. He had imbedded the big hook
ARMY In his Jaw. The Englishman
had q tiger on his line!
Mr.. Walker was now seized with the
idea that he could capture the tiger %
easily rs he had captured the fish. He
began to play" the beast at the end OF
che line. as II he had been trout or q
salmon. In the midst Of It, however,
he indiscreetly let the tiger catch sight
Ct him.
with a howl the tiger prepared to
spsing upon the Englishman; and
probably he would have made short
work Of him. In spite Of the hook In bid
jaw, II the native had not ut that mo-
n,ent come up with the rife. and skill
fully put bullet through the animals
heart.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-06-13
streets with Gold Pavcmeuts.

Prescott. the capital Of ArizOnn,
boasts TINT It Is the nearest approach
to the New jerusalem, as described In
the Bible, rs It's streets IRE being paved
with gold. The granite used for pave.
ments contains - In gold and 20 cents
In silver to every ton, 30 that In time.
when less expensive methods Of re-.
ducing ores are used, It may pay the
city to tear up and crush Its street
Davcmcnts.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-06-13
LonR.I.ived Animals.

II Is generally agreed among nat
uralists that the tortoise Is the longest
flyed of all the animals. There are
many instances Of them attaining the
extraordinary age Of $50 years. while
one ID actually mentioned as reaching
the unparalleled age Of 405 years. Not
outstanding these examples, which, OF
course, are exceptionally rare, the Or
binary tortoise only lives on an aver
age from 100 to $50 years.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-06-13
A New GunbOat.

A new gunboat has been devised to
Gail in shallow water, and the inventor
claims for 1t the advantage Of great
speed with a light draught Of water.
and a continuous and simultaneous FIR
Ing ON both sides Of guns specially man.
ufactnred for the purpose, the crew all
the time being safely under cover.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-06-13
CALIFORNIA; "Rugged Old Bard"

Joaquin Miller has been charging the
6,aiifornians with laziness and lack Of
public spirit, and il much abused f0r
his plain speech. II Is something Of
sseompense, however. to have the San
Francisco News Letter call him 1.-THE
rugged old bard of the hills"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-06-13
Delicate Question settled,

The Project Of Police In Paris has
decided that an unmarried woman 80
years Of age Is IN old maid.--Buffnlo
News
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-06-13

II costs ~ much TO keep . boy sup
Oa,sd with shoes ~ II does TO keep
Q1n1Io ltes1h n saoals-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-06-13

People often feel like saying thiIgs
to other people that they never DO shy.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-12-24
SEALED HER OWN DOOM.
Revenge Upon the Woman Who Biighte,
His Earthly Happiness.

Revenge Upon the Woman Who Blighted
His Earthly Happiness.
The evidence was indisputable.
Smithkins had killed the chambermaid
| who took charge of his rooms in the
big bachelor apartment house where he
lived. The deed was done in the heat
| of anger, it is true, yet when it was all
over and Smithkins felt the cold clasp
Of the iron bracelets upon his wrists he
seemed to be as one who had found
peace and joy.
The judge turned to Smithkins in a
perfunctory way and asked if he de-
sired to take the stand in his own be-
half. The jury yawned YEARLY. A man
accused of murder too often sounds his
own death-knell when he takes the
stand in his own behalf. The court and
spectators felt that Smithkins' doom
was sealed.
"My name is Algernon Smithkins,"
began the prisoner, "and what I have to
say is merely a confession. make no
defense. My provocation, however, was
greater than could bear"
Silence filled the courtroom, broken
by nothing.
II engaged apartments" he continu-
ed, Eat the first of the year, and pro-
ceeded to furnish them according to the
dictates of my own taste. Then this
woman came into my life. She was a
chambermaid.
"'You haven't enough chairs in your
parlor,' she said one morning, and when
l came home at night l found to my
horror that the cane-seated bedroom
chairs had been dragged out in company
with the mahogany tables. bore it as
best could.
"On the following day the artistic
chairs which had gathered from half a
dozen marts were ranged in row
against the window seat. The effect
was maddening. fell upon the floor
and cursed in impotent rage.
"'Mr. Smithkins,' said that woman to
me few days later, that's an awfully
old table you've got. just got nice
red and blue spread for it.
"'Woman!' 1 cried, for anger was
strong within me, if you repeat such
an offense your life shall pay the for
felt
She smiled and went away.
THAT night I found that she had
darned the rat holes in my ancient
prayer rug, and had spread strip of
ingram carpet along the sides of the
room, because she said them scraps Of
heather drugget don't half-cover the
floor
"Then slew her"
The jurymen looked at each other in
silence and without leaving their seats
gave a verdict of "Not guilty."-N. Y.
Herald
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-12-24
Tombs of Ice.

A skeleton has been found in one OF
the assures of the Ademello glacier.
in the southern Tyrol, which is thought
to be that of an American tourist OF
the name of Ruth, who disappeared in
1890. These assures cleave glaciers at
all angles, and it is easy to slip into
one of them. When once in it is hard.
ly possible to escape without help from
above, and the warmth of the bod.
melts the ice around, so that the victim
slowly descends by his own weight into
the depths of the glacier, and generally
starves to death. On looking into theee
assures the most beautiful play of light
in blue and green and rainbow color,
is seen. But these are best enjoyed from
the safe vantage ground of the upper,
outside world, rather than down in the
depths and close at hand. In some
instances, it is said, bodies have been
preserved in these assures in the ice
for years.--Cincinnati Enquirer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-12-24

to have money in order to take up the
option and put the property on the re-
tail market for colonization purposes.
Strangely enough, the capitalists did
not snap at the proposition. Some were
shy of southern land ventures. Some
had been bitten. Some had conflicting
interests. Some thought the price was
too high, and others would not have it
at any price.
At all events, after a month of weari-
ness and a return to cheap hotel night
ly for sleep of encouragement, Kin
sey gave up the idea of forming a syn
dictate.
'I'll just handle the property at re-
tail myself" he vowed, land I'll sell it
so fast can keep up the payments with
the retail sales.
AS first preparation journey south
was necessary, in order to familiarize
himself with the detailed facts as to
situation, drainage, climate, soil, health
fulness, communication and so on. And
money was going out all the time. That
trip to the southern paradise was de-
light to the old man, every moment Of
it, till he reached the particular portion
of the southland in which his own in
terest lay. Then he bowed his head in
sorrow.
If any man wanted to use area for
any purpose, 100000 acres of area, this
tract was as good as any on earth. But
it was not good for any other conceiva-
BILE purpose. 1t wasn't the right kind
of land for anything dry or anything
wet. Of all outcast acres that Abner
Kinsey had ever seen, these were the
worst.
He retraced his way TO Chicago.
"Well, 1 must get my money back II J
can," determined the old man.
So he rented cheap desk room, not
such as his fancy had pictured, but a
plain pine table in a crowded office. On
the table and his quota Of wall he hung
the maps and placed the glowing circu-
lars. And there he waited for customers
| to come.
A month or two later, when Kinsey
returned to Harbor City and resumed
active management of the general
store, he didn't want to say much about
the recent experience.
| This doesn't seem to be lust the
most favorable time to sell southern
land" was almost the only explana ton
he vouchsafed.
He didn't talk quite as much us usual.
At night he used to monopolize the best
seat by his own stove and think about
the fortune he expected to make and
the land syndicate that didn't go.
But he has never really understood II
Chicago Record
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-12-24
THE PHILOSOPHER.

Gossip seldom Injuries man who is
not little guilty.
Loud conversation Is hardly neces-
sary and frequently annoying to others.
A woman is about as sure to lose her
spectacles as she is to lose her pocket
book.
A tear in your trousers will never
worry you as long as you are in
ignorance of it.
Almost every woman cherishes sam
pie of the first dress her husband ever
bought her. r...a
People in love do lots of making up
without quarreling, and lots of quarrel
ing after marriage without making up.
An Atchison man eats the raw oysters
himself and gives his wife the juice
with which to make herself stew.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-12-24
MARGARET'S LULLABY.

The brides have tucked their heads under
their wings,
And cuddled down closely, the dear little
things;
And my darling birdie is here in her nest,
with her heart nestled close on her own
mothers breast.
The wind sings sleepy song soft to the
roses,
And kisses the buds on the tips Of their
Shall I sing sleepy song soft to my
And kiss the pink toes Of her precious wee
feet?
Tho butterflies fold their silver-gauze
wings,
And now sweetly sleep with all the flutter-
ing things;
VIII you fold your wee palms. my dear
little girl,
And rest the tired FOOTE'S. my dainty rare
Pearl?
The violet sweet has closed its blue eye,
That has gazed all day long at the clear
summer sky;
Now droop the dark fringes over your eyes
They are weary with holding great looks
Of surprise.
The fiower-bells have dropped their meek
little heads,
And laid themselves down in their soft,
messy beds.
Your golden head droops and your eyes are
shut quite;
Shall lay you down soft on your pillow 30
white?
-Grace Livingston Hill, in Herald and
Presbyter.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-12-24
lNCIPIENT CONSUMPTION.
How One Woman Cured Herself With a
Homemade Sirup.

How One Woman Cured Herself With q
Homemade Sirup.
you would not believe that I was
once elected to die of consumption"
said very robust-looking woman at
the five o'clock tea; yet such is the
case. I had had lung trouble for four
winters, and when started in on it for
the fifth the doctors said there was no
hope for me unless 1 succeeded in get
ting the better of it at once. I was
young and gay, and very far from want
ing to die, so 1 set myself to work and
by dint of persevering unremittingly i'll
two simple remedies l gained the VIC
tory, and l would advise some of you
who are suffering from cold and coughs
to try at least the simpler of these two
cures. The first requires such con-
stancy of purpose that am sure no one
would keep it up unless pretty far
gone, though it is nothing more than a
daily sun bath. All that winter long,
every day that the sun shone found me
sitting, stripped to the waist, for two
hours in the morning sunshine. Some
times my back was almost blistered,
but I knew that the warm rays were
bringing me back to health and happi-
ness, so 1 never once yielded to my in
clination to skip day.
1.-THE other remedy was mullen sirup,
which I have since found effectual N
many cases. of chronic coughs.
Take two quarts of compact mullen
leaves-picked from stalks that have
never lowered. Place these in a stew
pan and put enough water on them just
to cover them well. Let them simmer,
not boil, until the strength is all out of
the leaves. Strain this juice, add a
cup of brown sugar and simmer again
until a strip is formed. Then add a
pint of Jamaica rum. Take a table
spoonful of this strip three times day,
or, if thought better take less guam
tity whenever obliged to coueh.'-At-
lanta Constitution.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-12-24
BOOKS AND PAPERS.

It is said that Sir Edwin Arnold has
contributed nearly 10000 leading arti-
cles to the London Daily Telegraph.
w. Fl. Mallock is to edit new London
weekly modelled after the Spectator and
to be sold at about half the Spectators
price.
Baring-Gould has finished personal
life of Napoleon Bonaparte, upon which
he has spent the leisure moments OF
several years.
Ii Hung Chang. it is announced, will
write book on America. Perhaps that
IL the reason for his never-ceasing ques-
tons while here.
A volume of travels. written by his
private secretary, but recording the
impressions made upon the car of
Russia while travelling through Egypt
and India, has just been published in
London. Hundreds of illustrations are
scattered through the two volumes, al
ready published.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-12-24

land down south, lying right alongside
of the Gulf of Mexico and good as any
land wants to be. He got it cheap, and
then decided it was too big thing for
him to handle, and wanted me to take
1t off his hands. don't believe it's too
big for me, and I'm going to try it.
"Just think, boys, as much land in one
patch as there is in this whole county,
and not house or settler on it! 1t
lays right along the water, and it's never
cold there in the winter nor hot in the
summer. You can grow any kind OF
grain or vegetables or fruit in that eli
mate, and get out of this country, where
you freeze in winter and bake in sum-
mer. knew you'd all go into it with
me, SO I just took an option on the
tract, and here I am"
There didn't seem to be any enthu-
siastic burst of delight at this chance
to be let in on the ground floor, and
Mr.. Kinsey was puzzled.
'Never mind" he assured them, when
he saw their money was not ready.
"I'll save some Of the stock for you, and
you'll all be glad enough you have the
chance when the scheme advances a
little"
After q month Of getting things In
shape to leave, putting the administra-
ton of the store temporarily into the
hands of one of the clerks and getting
some ready money in hand, Abner KIM
sey started for Chicago.
The spare moments of the month had
been devoted to planning how the busi-
ness would be put under way and an
ticipating the profits.
In the evening, when the loafers were
sitting about the store, whiting and
talking, Kinsey would describe the Of
flee he expected to have in Chicago, an
Office the like of which he had visited,
but they had never seen, with antique
oak furniture and private rooms, and
office boys, and plate glass around the
cashiers desk, and telephone, and
maps and carpets.
They listened with pleasure to these
relations, and all promised to call when
they came to the city.
Once in Chicago, things didn't seem
to go just right. Kinsey had maps lith-
ographed and pamphlets printed de-
scribing the land, with estimates Of
how much money the settlers could
earn the first year and the second year,
and so on, increasing almost in geomet-
rlcal ratio. When preparations were
all made, but before renting an office, he
sought the prospective partners for
whom he had been looking.
Of course land syndicate had to
have members, and the members had
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-12-24
TEACHING BY PHcNoGRAPa.
A Curious and Clever Scheme of New
York Professor of Languages.

York Professor of Languages.
Many novel projects have been de-
yised in the way of language teaching,
but never until just lately has the
photograph been made part of the out
fit of the linguistic professors. 1t is
difficult at first to see how this instru-
ment can help along teaching of any
kind, but thereon hangs the tale. The
man who has adapted the photograph
to this profession is r. d. Cortina, and
he has been so successful that already
he has sent out over 500 machines, all
loaded with his instruction and primed
with his voice.
Until the phonog raph was applied to
languages it was necessary for anyone
wishing to study a foreign tongue to
sit literally at the feet of the master
and learn the pronunciation and the ac-
cent from his very lips. Books might
be pored over and language partially
learned in that way, but the voice of
the teacher had to be heard. The idea
came several years ago to Mr.. Cortina
that through the photograph he could
practically duplicate himself in every
corner of the civilized world.
His method is simple. With each
monograph there is sent his textbook,
90 loaded cylinders and 20 blank ones.
Each lesson in the book is arranged in
the form of questions and answers.
The pupil, ready to begin, puts the cyl
Under of the first lesson in the machine,
the tubes in his ears and starts the
monograph.
Keeping his eye on the book he hears
The words and phrases repeated, with
their proper accent, just as if the pro-
lessor stood at his side. There is an adj
eiitional advantage that the lesson can
be repeated 20 or 100 times if neces-
sary, until every sound is familiar to
the pupil.
Then, having thoroughly learned
these sentences, he puts one of the I'M
used cylinders in the machine and re-
peats the lesson. In a little paper box
the cylinder goes back to New York,
and at his earliest opportunity Mr.. Cor
tina pops it into his own machine.
At his side is the stenographer. As
Re listens to the lesson repeated back,
now stopping the photograph, now
starting it going again, he dictates his
criticism, where the pronunciation is
wrong, what is right, what the mis-
takes are and where they have been
made.
The letter and the cylinder GO back to
the pupil, who reads and listens to his
own voice reproduced. Then, taking
up the original cylinder once more, ne
IS able to tell just where the difference
| Ees.-N. Y. Herald.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-12-24
HUMOROUS.

mabel has lot of sense" "How
does she show it?" "She never permits
herself to appear more intelligent than
the man who is talking to her."-Chica-
so Record.
--Vague.--Mack -" Whnt do you
think of Scribbler's new book?" Rob
bins-"I haven't formed an opinion"
"You must have been reading the criti-
cisms. Life.
-Crawford-"How is it that the jani-
tor of the fat is such an autocrat?"
Grimshaw-"I suppose it's because
wherever he goes he generally gets in
on the ground fioor."-Judge.
Point of View.-"Bilker, you ought
10 be ashamed to wear such good clothes
when you owe me so much money"
"No; you ought to be proud to lend
money to a man who wears such good
clothes. "-Chicago Record.
-"Can you support my daughter in
the style to which she is accustomed?"
asked her father. pretty nearly" re-
piled the sutton. "Of course can't keep
up the engagement luxurics 1 have
given her rever."-Harper's Bazaar.
Yes" remarked Satan, firmly, II
would rather yield something to liberal
theology than resign myself into the
clutches of any coal trust" According
ly he gave orders to have gasoline stoves
substituted for the ranges hitherto
employed.-DetroitT Tribune.
-"Happened to see your wife on
wheel yesterday. If remember, ]
heard you declare you would never al
low her to ride" ayes, know. But
she had a chance to trade off her pug
dog for wheel and thought would
choose the least evil. "-IndianaFolis
Journal.
ibid you attend the big meeting at
Old City Hall last night?" asked one
Pittshurgher of another. NO" "Why
not?" well, my name was not on the
list Of vice presidents, and knew that
II all those men were there I would not
be able to get in the hall."-Pittsburgh
Chronicle Telegraph.