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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.


brown university has conferred the
degree of NJ. S. upon Nathaniel HERES
hotf, the famous designer and boat
builder of Bristol, r. /.
John Z. Parsons, of New York, the
sugar magnate, will give schoolhousc
10 one of the suburbs Of New York in
memory of his children. 1t will coat
$4,000.
English schoolboys seem to be over.
conscientious. Two of them at Sutton,
in NottinghamsEire, 12 years old, were
caught getting candy out of an auto
matte machine without inserting the
penny in The slot, when they went Oft
to pond, tied themselves with hand
kerchiefs and drowned themselves.
The Methodist Episcopal publish
Ing houses in Lucknow, Madras and Cal
cutta are on n far more satisfactory
basis now than ever before. They have
invested in property and plant above all
liabilities some 275,oo0 rupees. They
are in the beginning of great work for
midas evangelization.
MIR. Rowlands, @. c., recorder of
Swansea, who has just embraced Cathol-
icism, on graduating from Oxford he
came a clergyman of the Church of
England, then head master of n grant
mar school, and in 1871 turned lawyer,
was made queens counsel, entered
parliament and later was appointed 20
the bench.
IL arlx,
tor of the Baptist church of Cold Spring,
N. Y, is now a machinist in the Hall
Signal company's works at Garwood,
n. j. He says he prefers working dt
his old trade rather than be n burden
on his relatives while waiting for a
church to call him. He is making three
times as much as he did when n pastor.
The late George Munro was n most
generous benefactor to Dalhousie uni
versity in Halifax, and he was held ir.
high esteem all through Nova Scotia.
He had given the university more than
100000, and it's special holiday, known
as Munro day" was celebrated with
enthusiasm by the students every year.
Mr.. Munro was himself an admirable
classical scholar.
Forty thousand Japanese have be-
come professed Christians through the
efforts of missionaries. Among these
are many high in social rank and of the
greatest intellectual power and influ-
ence. Independent in all things, the
Japanese now desire to direct the af-
fairs of the native churches themselves
and are growing FESTIVE under the lead1
ership and control of mission boards.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13
BLIND BOYS PLAY BALL.
Their Game Differs In Many Details from
the Regular One.

Their Game Diners In Many Details from
the Regular One.
Prof. Il. Il. Huntoon, of the Kentucky
school, describing baseball among the
blind, says: The baseball game differs,
of course, in many of its details from the
regular games. The diamond is not Of
regulation size, but it Is of regulation
form. The distance between bases is
but 40 feet. The fielders are stationed
the same as in the National league game,
with the exception that there is a right
shortstop, thus making ten men to n
side. In the outfeld, in public games,
there is an unlimited number of players,
each taking turn at the bat, first NOV
ing up one position whenever u BATS
man is put out.
The catcher sits on the ground, we'll
back from the home plate, and, to guard
against injury, he wears n mask and a
chest protector. His position is such
that when n pitcher delivers bali 10
strikes the ground just between the
knees and is taken on the short bound.
The batsman takes his position at
the plate with heavy fiat bat, some
what like those used in cricket. The
umpire, who must be a man of unim-
paired vision, calls upon the pitcher to
get ready, and then clearly sings outs:
zone, two, three!" At the word three
the pitcher must Loyalty deliver the
ball. He pitches in the slow, underhand
way peculiar to the game 25 or 80 years
ago, the idea being to deliver ball that
can be hit by the batsman, who, stand
ing there in the darkness, with n sharp
ened sense of hearing and wonderful
conception of the time that must
elapse before the ball reaches him, in
prepared to strike.
IL the batsman should miss the ball
bounces into the catcher's lap, and is
returned to the pitcher by single toss
with precision that Is wonderful.
When the ball IL batted the umpire calls
out quickly to the fielder in whose di-
rection it is travelling, and he, guided
by sense of hearing, either catches
the ball or follows IL in its course
| through the. grass. Six strikes are an
out. In fielding any number Of bounds
are permitted. II the batted ball Is IL
hot liner" and travelling straight for
an infelder's head, the umpire shouts
warning, and in such cases the player
ducks or falls to the tuft.
1t is possible, in fact the ball is fire.
| quently fielded to first in time to put out
thee runner. When throwing to first
the assisting player, who is guided by
| the voice of the bntsman, calculates
the distance with nicely and throws the
| ball so that IL strikes the ground few
yards in front of the batsman. The
latter hears it coming and usually gets
| it without further assistance. Running
bases was formerly n difficult thing.
There were then three trees on the dia-
| mond, toward which the runner ran
| with outstretched hands. Bags have
since been substituted for bases, and
| the runner Ii guided by the voice OF
the batsman, who is required to shout
First, first, first!" In like manner tho
| other bags are won. Once OH a base the
runner is pretty sure to get home, un-
less his side dies Mt the home plate. Six
outs put side out.-Boston Transcript
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13
1t Was True.

Late in the evening report spread
through the train that we had as fell
low passenger a man worth $20,000,-
600, who had got on at Buffalo. made
inquiry of the porter of my car, and he
replied:
"Dat's what dey say, sab, but yo'
can't allus tell. He's IN de next cab,
but I can't dun say if he's rich till
mawnin'."
Next morning the porter beckoned
ine into the smoking compartment and
said:
"Dat story was all true, sah."
"Then he's worth $20,000,O00, eh?"
Gall of dat, sab, an mebbe mo-"
"How did you find out?"
"From de odder po'tah, sab. De
gemlan has jest gin him ten cents,
while everybody else has cum down wild
a quarter!"-N. Y. World.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13
The Cranherries Sonred.

One of the prominent physicians here
in town owns cranberry bog up on
Cape Cod. Two or threa years ago he
entertained an English cousin, and at
dinner one night there was cranberry
sauce. The Englishman was delighted
with it. Indeed, he expressed his
after he had returned to London the
doctor sent him over a barrel of fine
Cape Cod cranberries. A month or so
passed, and then came a letter from the
Englishman. "My dear so-and-so," it
said, sit was awfully good of you to
send me those berries, and thank you.
Unfortunately, they all soured on the
way ."-Washington Post.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13
"FllRTATION WALK"
She Saw It, But Her Visit Was Five
Years Too Late.

Years Too Late.
One of the guests at the West Poin.
ball the other evening was a lieuten-
ants wife who had never been there
before. Five years ago she married a
West Point man, and, rom hearsay.
she was familiar with every stick and
stone about the place. But it was the
first time she had set foot upon West
Point soil. She was, therefore, highly
delighted at this first experience. Her
enthusiasm knew no bounds, and her
husband declared her to be the worst
West Point struck girl he had ever seen.
She was, moreover, determined to enjoy
the experience to the full. Now, Tom,"
she said, after she had "taken in" all
the regulation Sights" "ycu must take
me to Filtration walk All my life
long have wanted to go there. Why,
I'd rather see it than all these other
things put together" The lieutenant,
being a dutiful husband, accordingly
piloted his wife toward "Flirtation
walk"--the sylvan retreat so rich in
sentimental associations. "But, oh,
what a disappointment said the lieu
tenants wife in recounting the expert
ence later. "Not the place itself, you
know, but the way 1 was hustled
through it. AS matter of fact, l really
saw nothing of it, so speedy was our
gait. Instead of the leisurely, romantic
loiter had looked forward to we tore
along at a mad pace over the sticks and
stones, my husband in the lead and
every now and then calling: Hurry
up, Polly over his shoulder. Wait
Tom would cry, 4 just want to see
this shrub, or rest a minute on this
bench Not bit of it. Utterly deaf
to my entreaties and to all sentimental
associations, my prosaic better half
forged ahead as if he were taking part
in a walking match, We reached the
end of the walk, warm, tired AMI
breathless. Well, that's over re-
marked my unromantic spouse, as he
mopped his brow. Where do you want
to go now, Polly?' Nowhere I re-
piled, stifIiy; I want to sit right down
and weep, because our visit to 'Flirta
ton walk was just five years too late!"
IN. Y. Sun.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13
HArPlN USED ON A DONKEY.
How q Soft-Hearted woman's Patience
Came to an End.

How Soft-Hearted woman's Patience
Came to an End.
For the purpose of aiding in the
amusement of his numerous guests, the
host of handsome summer house not
far from Chicago purchased a donkey.
The idea was that the ladies would be
able to extract any amount of fun out
of trying to ride the patient animal.
He was as nice little donkey as could
be found anywhere, but he had the pc
culiar traits of his race. When he made
up his mind to stand still there was
no earthly power that could persuade
him to charge 1t. There were horses
and ponies and everything on the place
that one could wish to drive, but when
there is donkey it would seem that
there could be no reason why he should
not be used occasionally. So the other
night the host harnessed the long-eared
steed into n donkey cart and started to
drive him out into the road. He went
all right until he arrived opposite the
piazza, where he stopped, and, beyond
pensively waving one ear, refused to
move. The driver was tender-hearted,
but at the end of a series of gentle, per-
suasive requests to move, the walloping
began. There was a chorus from the
piazza, where there was charming
asemblage of ladies. ooh, DON'T"
"Poor little fellow" "You'll hurt him."
TRY a little coaXing." Then the driver,
with contracted brows, jumped 10 the
ground, and remarked that if there wGs
anyone on that piazza who understood
coaXing a donkey, he would like 10 see
him or her try. The challenge was ac-
cepted. A young woman who might
have been a Hebe or a Venus, or any
thing which signifies everything Iowa
BILE, tender and womanly, arose. She
drove more firmly into her fluffy locks
the jeweled dagger which held in plsce
called hat. She gathered up the laces
and ribbons of her skirts, and descended
TO the ground. Then began a solo:
"Poor old boy" "Good fellow" mice
old sweetheart" Come along" That's
It," "Come-m-m- along" "Come-along,"
"Come, / say!" "You wretch-ed old
BEAST" The last part of it came out
in jerks, because with each word there
was tug at the bride. Then there was
flash of white hand in the masses
Of chiffon-feathery millinery; another
fash of jeweled dagger, and a great
uproar Of laughter from the piazza.
That lovely, tender, sympathetic wom-
an was stabbing that tender donkey
with her hatpin. There isn't any dom
key in that establishment now.-Chi-
cago Chronicle
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13
FISH EATING GRASS.
Oregon Farmer Claims That Carp Are
Denuding His Meadows.

Oregon Farmer Claims That Carp Are
Denuding His Meadows.
A rancher whose place is on the bot
tom along the willamette slough, be-
low Holbrook Station, was in the city
the other day to find out whether he
had recourse to the United States fish
commission for the introduction OF
carp into the rivers of this section.
He says these fish are destroying his
meadows by eating his grass and grub
bling up the roots. AS the water over
flows his meadow the carp follow it
up In thousands, the small ones weigh
ing about three pounds pushing their
way up where the water is only three
inches or so in depth and clearing off
all vegetation, so that when the water
recedes he will have mud flats in place
Of meadows.
He says that while looking at the fish
eating mis- grass he got so mad that he
took off his shoes and stockings and
went out into the shallow water and
attacked them with hoe. He slashed
a lot of them in two, but when the drove
became alarmed and made for deep
water .hey bumped their noses against
his shins and came near knocking him
off hi, feet, and his ankles are black
and blue from the humping he got.
As for driving the carp away, he says
ne might as well have tried to sweep
back the rise of the Columbia with a
broom. Portland Oregonian.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13
WORKING FOR HIS FOOD.

draws up n miniature bucket, from
which they drink, and then, loosenlng
their hold, the water pail drops down
to the bottom of the cage. You see,
these birds have been taught to work
for their meals, and they seem to enjoy
the labor immensely.
A crowd of children is always gath
cred in front of the BARRIERS window,
eagerly watching every movement of
the birds, and exclaiming with delight,
when they are about lifting their food
within easy reach of their bills.-N. Y.
Recorder.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13
THE PROFESSORS RIDE.
n Wasn't ~ Much Fun for tho Boys N
They Thought 1t Would he.

II Wasn't as Much Fun for the Boys as
They Thought 1t Would BE.
The late Prof. w. Ii. Harrison. who
for many years was ut the head of n
popular boys school in Amelia county,
Va, was much loved and respected 10y
his many pupils, and had a rare faculty
for managing them. HE wasn't for
ever nagging us, but, as some of us
learned by experience, he let the pun
ishment fit the crime" So said one of
his former pupils, now prominent
lawyer in Richmond; and then he re-
lated the following story:
The professor was accustomed 30
take q drive every sunny afternoon
in a heavy, old-fashioned coach drawn
by large gray horse. One day, shortly
after he had returned from his drive,
half n dozen Of the boys espied coach
standing in the driveway, where it had
been left temporarily, and were seized
with the idea that it would be great
sport to secrete it.
Chuckling softly among themselves,
they stole near to make sure that the
colored driver was busted with the
horses inside the stable. Then they
took hold of the thills, three on one
side and three on the other, and drew
the coach out of the grounds and down
a long hill into pine grove.
won't the old Goat be puzzled 20
know where his coach is?" said one fel.
low, with q laugh in which the Others
joined.
"Old Goat" was term of affectionatc
familiarity which the boys applied to
the professor behind his back, and
which really savored nothing Of dis,
respect.
The roguish youths INDUCED in
Jokes and merriment as they tugged
the coach into position out of which
it would be difficult to remove it. This
they had just accomplished when, &c
their CONSERVATION, Prof. Harrison
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13
A Physlcian's Explanation.

DIR. is little boy, four years old,
had never seen a funeral procession,
for they are of rare occurrence in the
quiet side street where the doctor lives.
Lately, however, one of the doctors
patients died, and there was burial
from the street.
AS the procession moved along the
little boy came running to his father,
and, pointing to the hearse, asked:
"Oh, papa, what is that?''
"That, my child" said the doctor,
with a deep sigh, sis an erroneous dag
nosis!"-Youth's Companion.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13
HOOP PARINGS A PANACEA.
Blacksmith Tells Queer Tales of super
stitious Persons and Dogs.

Bla cksmith Tells Queer Tales of Super
stitious Persons and Dogs.
What becomes of the parings from
the hoofs of horses in blacksmith
shops? A horseshoer who was asked
this question let his hammer fall on his
anvil and told reporter some queer
things - that dogs make away with
most of the parings, which are esteemed
great delicacy in canine households;
that a choice pairing is a fancy tidbit
which can be secured by the commonest
dog if he be watchful and industrious.
The glue in the pairing is probably the
part relished, the smith said.
Negroes have superstitious fondness
for hoof parings. Some are said to
carry piece for good luck. Others use
the parings to make decoctions for va
rious diseases. An old white-haired ne
gro, suffering with toothache, went into
a Grant aveuueSshop not long ago and
said that if he could get some horse
hoof parings TO smoke in his pipe he
could cure his ,toothache. The black
smiths helpers were ready to assist
him, and being a waggish lot of fellows
they did even more than was expected.
The old negroes pipe was filled with par
ings, horse hair and other things that
made the vilest smell imaginable when
a match was touched to them. One of
the helpers inhaled the smoke from q
cigarette, which act the old negro i'm
itated with his pipe. 1t was mo-
mentarily expected that he would col
lapse, but he didn't. He walked away,
saying: young gentlemen, I'm done
cured; when yer get de toofache, jes
smoke boss hoof."
A story is told that gypsies tole away
valuable dogs by occasionally dropping
a small pairing which the dog finds and
cats. The animal continues to follow
the gypsy until he is caught and carried
away.
Horse hoof parings are not the only
thing in demand at blacksmith shop.
The scales which the smith hammers
from the glowing metal are considered
valuable ingredient for medicines
which negroes make. Iron scales and
molasses boiled together are admins
tered for dropsy and liver complaint.
Housewives also mix the scales with the
soil in which geraniums are planted.
This is said to cause the blossoms to
take on a much darker hue.-Kansas
City Journal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13
WORK FOR THEIR FOOD.
Canariss Which Afford Lots o: Fun to
New York Children.

Canaries Which Afford Lots o: Fun to
New York Children.
In the big window of fashionable
BARRIERS shop uptown there are several
queerly made bird cages, in which live
the yellowest of yellow canaries. At
tached to each of the cages, and pro-
jecting from their sides, are flat pieces
of brass, on which slide up and down
tiny little wagons filed with seed.
When the birds need meal, they pull
string fastened to the fronts of these
little carts, and drag them up the in
clined brass plane within reach. After
the canaries have had their fill they let
go the cords, and the small carts slide
back to their buffers, outside the cage.
When water is needed the birds are
compelled to pull on long cord, which
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13
Baked Lemon Pudding.

Put six ounces of bread crumbs,
three tablespoonfuls of sugar, juice and
rind of a lemon, one-quarter pound
sugar and butter into a saucepan and
stir them gently over the fire few min
utes. Let the mixture cool and stir in
the yolks of four eggs, with the whites
beaten to a stiff froth. Pour the mix
ture into a buttered pie dish and bake
for an hour in a moderate oven.--St.
Louis Republic.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13
Too Bad.

"Its too bad" said the young woman
who wants to be new.
"What's the trouble?" asked Der
mother.
"Just as soon as we've made up oar
minds to show the world that we are not
the weak, timid creatures we have been
pictured the announcement comes that
the trees are full of caterpillars this
year."-Buff.llo Times
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE LITTLE PIANlsT's PLANT.

One--two--threc-fou
Practlcing Is such bore!
How my little finger aches!
Wish / didn't make Mistakes!
One-two-three-fo
Guess that's Bessie at the door.
Yes, she's teasing Tommy's pup:
Wish my quarter-hour was UP
One-two-three-fo
Practicing is such bore
-two-three-four--
oh. 1t rains. It's going to pourl
And my kitty's out at play:
| must fetch her right away!
One-two-three-fo
Practicing Is such a bore!
Emma c. Dowd.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13
Ina CITY Fat building.

A little girl who is now enjoying her
first experience of living in block
thus described it in letter to another
child. This is very queer place.
Next door is fastened ON orr house. ~
Chicago Record
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13
Cost nf Herfillzers.

The department of agriculture states
chat the average cost of fertilizers for
an acre of wheat in New Hampshire
IL $3.50. In the newer states this item
cuts little figure.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13
Mere Force Of Habit.

"Force Of habit is great thing"
"What makes you think 500"
"I Just saw Jawlins and his best
Rirl OH a tandem, and they had the
lamp turned down until il was almost
estinguishea."- n. Y. World.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13

Moses was the ablest law giver who
ever lived. He was also an executive
manager of matchless resources. and
the system of state government founded
By MIN has ever since been q model
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-08
BACKACHE.
From the Press. Neas York City.


Few people have suffered more from
pain in the back than Mrs Lille B. New
ell, of No. 2313 Second avenue, New York
city. For several years she was so atdlct-
ed with this distressing malady that she
was hardly able to get around, and could
do little to care for her children which
made her suffering all the harder to bear.
Her husband, Charles Newell, who is a
well-known New York optician, tried in
every way to find a remedy for his wife,
but no medicine seemed to have the power
to remove her pain.
Mrs. Glynn, q sister of Mrs. Newell, is a
professional nurse, and was familiar with
the symptoms of her sisters sickness.
Mrs Newell was away on a visit when q
reporter called upon her, but Mrs. Glynn,
who lives at No. 416 East One Hundred
and Twentieth street, told the story Of
her sisters recovery.
A doctor was called when Mrs. NEWELL
condition became serious and he prescrb-
ed small pink pills which, in short time,
medicine had done. after awhile" Mrs.
Glynn told the reporter, 1--WE learned that
the medicine the physician was giving my
sister was nothing more than DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People. Know
ing by experience how excellent q remedy
these pills were, Mrs. Newell bought some
at a drug store and continued taking
them. The effect was most gratifying,
for in six months my sister was perfectly
well and the pain in her back was nothing
more than an unpleasant memory. Both
she and / have recommended the Pink
Pills to other people, who have not failed
to find them ali that is claimed. All the
doctors my sister had been treated by, be-
fore taking the pills, had done her no ap-
parent good
Pink Pills are sold in boxes at 80 cents
a box or six boxes for $3.50, and may be
had Of all druggists or direct by mail from
DR.. Williams Medicine Company, Sche-
nectady, n. Y. The price at which these
Pills are sold makes course of treat
ment inexpensive as compared with other
remedies or medical treatment.