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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-23

I rested little in front of the empty
school house, then set out to find suit
able place for my purpose.
Some distance from the school house
there was thick growth of hazel and
In the midst of this set my trap. I
placed the triggers SO as to fall easily,
then laid grains of corn in two long
rows leading away from it, placing the
grains few inches apart, so as to entice
the game nearer and nearer and to final
capture.
1t was very quiet there among the
hazel. 1t had been moist and warm all
day and the clouds above me were heavy
and hanging low. Somehow after all I
did not feel as happy as had expected.
1 was inclined to be tenderhearted and
the thought of trapping the timid little
science. But 1 consoled myself by
thinking that probably would not
catch any and if did I could let them
go. Then I ran home and believe I
was more quiet than usual during the
evening.
About dusk it began to snow. A few
inches fell during the night, then the
weather cleared and turned cold. All
day Sunday it grew colder and Sun
day night the thermometer fell below
zero. Monday morning it was too cold
for me to go to school. Tuesday morn
ing the weather had moderated. I hur-
ried down my breakfast and fastened
to my trap. Before L got to it could
see through the brush that it was down
and partially covered with snow.
My heart was beating with excite
ment as ran to it and looked in be-
tween the Stats. Then L raised it up
and flung it back, bottom upward. I
had caught a quail, just one, and twas
lying there frozen--dead. arb = 4
1 believe that as child my imagina-
ton was unusually vivid. l could SEQ
the little creature, lost from it's mates,
seeking food and a place of shelter
from the storm; finding at last the
scattered grains that led to what
seemed protection; pecl>ing at the ear
until the heavy trap fell and shut it
in forever; sitting there crouched down
and frightened; beating against the
Stats or pulling nimbly at the finty
kernels that chung stubbornly to the
broken ear. Colder and colder the wind
and fine snow blew in through the
crevices. All night it had sat there
trying to get warm-perhaps by Sun
day morning it had been too numb to
stir-surely it had died by Sunday
night.
I united the hickory bough from the
trap and kicked the oaken Stats in every
direction. Then 1 hid the little dead
quail and covered it up with sticks and
leaves from beneath the snow. On the
way back to the schoolhouse 1 said
little prayer. never told of my trap
and have never set another to this day.
Howard White, in BROOKLYN EAGLE.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-23
APPENDICITIS.
Craps Seeds Not the Only Cause Skillful
SureicaI Oneratfons. -

Surgical Operations.
All over the country many people
have almost entirely given up the use
of grapes and other small fruits on &c
count of their fear of appendicitis. In
deed, so much has been said on this
subject that such articles of diet are
recorded as almost on the list of things
prohibited. a physician of wide expert
ence, and one who has performed many
operations for appendicitis, says that
in all of the cases that he has handled
he has never found a seed of any sort
as the irritating cause. Any little par
ticle of undigested food may get into
the entrance to this little sac. provided
1t is open far enough to receive 1t. 1t
is not supposed to be necessary that any
trouble begins Immediately, although
no one knows positively anything about
IL.
Appendicitis may begin by a cold,
strain, or any predisposing cause of in
fammation. The question has often
been asked why we have appendicitis,
when aforetime such a disease was
never known. The only reason is that
physicians have learned to locate what
was formerly considered an inflamma-
ton of the bowels, or peritonitis, or an
abscess, the cause and progress OF
which were involved in obscurity. Sur
gerry has done much to alleviate human
suffering, and if people would only use
a little more intelligence and reason in
matters of this sort, could do much
more. Of course, it is not unnatural
that the idea of an operation fills the
average mind with horror. In years
past this was almost equivalent to a
death warrant. Very few people sur
viyed operations, and the suggestion
was, indeed, appalling, but now we'll
equipped hospitals, modern appliances,
antiseptics and skill have changed all
this, and one may enter an operating
room and go through the ordeal with
OS chances in 100 in ones favor, provid-
e6, of course, the system is in condi-
ton to resist an ordinary shock.
It is said that appendicitis is not nee
essarily fatal disease, but that proper
care and treatment may oftentimes re-
lieve the patient and do away with the
lSSd VI OH opSu illOh' ny SlCldlS, HOW
ever, claim that in cases of this sort "a
recurrence of the disease is not unlike
ly. However, operations may be under
gone with safety, provided the sur
geon is sllillful enough. II he is not, it
is an unfortunate fact, which one must
expect to face. Good surgeons are
born, not made or educated and if one
can fall into the hands of the few men
who have positive genius for surgery,
the undertaking is likely to be gone
through with successfully, and the pa
tient is ever after thankful and COM
Portable. But in the ranks of the med
ical profession there are found many
men who will not hesitate to operate
for the sake of the experience it gives
them. They always report a successful
and brilliant operation, even though a
few days later the patient may be dead,
"unfavorable symptoms having set in"
N. Y. Ledger.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-23
DUTCH POLlTENESS.
Social Etiquette In the Netherlands-Law
of Street Salutations.

OF street SalutatlOnS.
Social etiquette in the Netherlands
Is as interesting as it is peculiar, and in
its extraordinary manifestations it is
revelation of what constituted the Gus
toms of New York hospitality of two
centuries ago. The French are polite,
but their politeness is nothing as COM
pared with that of the Dutch. The
visitor notices it as soon as he arrives
In the country, and as he sees it in the
street salutations. Everybody bows,
nobody mods, and mere touching of the
hat is unknown. AS in France, the
gentleman bows first; but, although
he may have bowed for ten years, he is
denied the privilege of addressing the
lady. a bow is given to every acquaint-
ance. A Dutchman gives an order to
workman and takes off his hat with
bow that would not bring discredit to
dude. If he meets his neighbours foot
man or kitchen girl, he salutes her as
he does her mistress, and the men serv-
ants give their recognition on meeting
ladies. Every one bows on passing a
house where acquaintance reside, and
IL IS amusing 10 see men go by ana Jake
off their hats at the windows-it is
quite immaterial whether any of the
family are visible. Moreover, ladies
make a polite bend of the whole body
as they pass houses where they visit.
Tradesmen salute all of their custom
ers. A lady is bowed to by all of her
fathers, brothers or husbands friends
and if Dutch boys father or brother
has ever met lady, that boy must rec
ognize her. Every man takes off hia
hat to every other man that he knows,
the dustman and the pastor bowling as
politely as two lords.-Golden Rule.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-23
NOVEL PLAYHOUSES.
Westwood Children Receive Nice Gif
from a Railroad Company,

Westwood Children Receive q Nice Gift
from a Railroad Company.
The boys and girls of the big village
of Westwood o., which was recently an
nexed to Cincinnati, enjoy what are I'M
doubtedly the most novel playhouses in
the world. The playhouses are moth
ing more nor less than the old castaway
horse cars, which have been useless
since the trolley road has been intro
duced into Westwood. There are whole
colonies of these abandoned horse con-
veyances; in fact, the backyards of the
village are full of them, and every day
their number Is increased.
Strangers cannot understand how so
many of the cars have got off the track.
1t seems to them as If there must have
been tidal wave, which washed all the
Queen city cars into Westwood and left
them stranded high and dry on sand
hills and in hollows. When the electric
cars took the place of horse cars the
street railway companies asked them
selves: What is to be done with the old
cars?" 1t would cost more to split
them up than they would bring for
kindling. The problem was solved by
Shrewd resident of Westwood. He put
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-23

for some years. Supervision of food
by the authorities is, in a word, most
thorough and effective, and not NOR
sci of anything eatable is wasted; OH
the other hand, for even the meat
remnants, the bits of bone and the
scraps left over from the regular sale
by the butchers are subsequently Of
fered the poor at public sale-and find
ready takers.
The Berlin market halls have cost
the city nearly S7,OOO,OOO Exactly e.
975,776 marks), of which nearly one
half was for sites. From the first
ii was aimed to make them self-sup-
porting, and they are. For the past
year the receipts were 2,609,0S4 marks.
the disbursements Gncluding salaries
Of officers, Lighting, cleaning, disin-
fecting, expert examination, etc. q.
4lS,9i9. leaving a balance of 195,l64,
OF which l34,ss4 went to the sinking
fund. the rest into the city treasury
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-23
Music as Medicine.

Much attention has been given lately
to the power of music as a curative
agent. One experimenter has discov-
cred that music affects the heart, stimu-
lating the action of the blood and catls-
ing it to coincide with changes in breath
ing. Another says that the functional
action of the skin is increased by music.
A Vienna doctor has used music as a
medicine when patients were in frances
and proved that man without music
in his soul does not exist. One man,
aged 40, normally insensible to music,
was hypnotized and had a Wagner selec-
ton played in his hearing. His pulse
and respiration increased, and when
aroused he stated that he had not heard
the music as sound, but only as general
sensation, a feeling like rushing through
space.-Chicago Tribune.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-23
HOMELY ROYALTY.
A Pleasant Picture of the Queen and He
Children.


Her majesty kept the religious in
struction of her children largely in her
own hands. When Mr.. Birch had been
appointed tutor to the prince of Wales,
the queen wrote:
1T is an important step, and Gods
blessing be upon it; for upon the good
education of princes, and especially
those who are destined to govern, the
welfare of the world, in these days, very
greatly depends" ........
story is told that, when the arch
deacon Of London was catechizing the
young princes, he said: "Your gov
erness deserves great credit for instruct
ing you so thoroughly" At which the
boys piped up: "Oh, but it is mamma
who teaches us our catechism." 1t is
not, perhaps, generally known that the
queen occasionally taught Bible class
for the children of those in attendance
at buckingham palace.
The princess royal when a child, and
the prince of Wales, too, needed the
curb occasionally. Once the princess
at military review was coquetting
with some officers of the escort, and
took no notice of warning looks by the
queen. Finally she dangled her hand
kerchief over the side Of the carriage
and dropped it Intentionally. There
was rush of young officers to pick it
up, but the queen babe them desist, and,
turning to the princess, said in stern
voice: Now, pick up your handker-
chief yourself" There was no help for
1t. The princess, with flaming cheeks
and saucy toss of the head, did as she
was told. Another time it was "Prin-
Gle" who received wholesome lesson.
He was riding in company with his IA
ther, and for once forgot his usual po-
likeness and neglected to acknowledge
the salute of passer-by. Prince AL
bert, observing it, said: Now, my son,
go back and return that mans bow"
and he had to do it.-Woman at Home.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-23

Inc reCelptS are ldTBety COulposcu Va
stand and stall rents, to which must
be added quite an amount for fines.
The Berlin dealers, though at first they
did not take kindly to these giant
market halls, now like them, and de-
clare they are both economical and
practical, and the public at large like
them still better, as in these halls they
find the greatest possible choice and
variety, keen competition among tho
dealers assuring low prices and fresh
wares.
How unlimited the choice of articles
on sale is had occasion to observe when
l undertook. some time ago, visit to
the largest Of the city market halls,
the Central on Alexander platz. Whole
train loads of vegetables fruit, game,
fowl, fish, slaughtered meat, ETC., ar
rive there, many of them in the iden-
teal freight cars on board of which
they had been placed at their points of
starting - apples and pears and
oranges from Italy, southern France,
Dalmatia; fish from the Med
iterranean; game from Syria and
the Alps, the forests of Russia and
the plains of Lombardy; young pota-
toes, caulifower, artichokes, aspara-
gus from Algiers, Sevilla, Mentone.
etc. One got an idea this way how a
large city nowadays is supplied in both
dainties and necessaries by friend and
foe, by both hemispheres; in fact,
mutton and beef from Australia and
Argentine were also among the staple
articles, and Cuba and Florida had sent
some of the choice tropical fruit.
This Central market hall on AleXan-
der square is an immense place, solidly
constructed-with a successful at
tempt at architectural beauty-of
cream-colored brick, terra Gotta, iron
and glass, and large enough to hold
some $4,000 stalls and buyers to the
number of 100000. Being located in
the very heart of the city, it is the spot
where the economical, sensible house,
wives of thewhole quarter meet on COM
mon ground, and it Is very interesting
to watch these thrifty ladies, with
their bonneted cooks accompanying
them, haggling and pricing, buying or
refusing to buy-in the latter case, in
deed, it is all the more interesting o
the onlool1er, for there the eloquence
and sarcasm of the stall-owners reach
unheard of heights.
This Central Market hall, however,
is but one of dozen, for smaller halls
exist in every other part of the town,
even in the very outskirts. And that
this centralizing of sale and purchase
really has the effect of cheapening
prices is most clearly seen by the fact
that outside the city, in the suburbs,
though rents there are much lower,
food comes higher than in the city it.
self. In one of these suburbs, though.
in johannesburg, is the greatest
geese market in the world. Nearly the
whole of Germany is here supplied
with the succulent bird, whose excel
lence as a Sunday roast is proverbial
in all the Fatherland. During Novem-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-23
ON THE WAY TO THE MARKET HALL.

official scrutiny before being admitted
to barter and sale, and each piece is
plainly stamped with the city seal.
Only a fortnight ago large plot
was unearthed, in which a band of
wholesale cattle dealers and wholesale
butchers were the culprits. Their
scheme, though a mighty cunning one,
had, however, been in force but few
days when retribution overlook them,
All meat, before being passed, is sub
jected to careful microscopical exam
ination by experts, and that, doubt
less, is the reason why in this city
of nearly two millions no case of trichi-
nosis or other diseases consequent on
infected or tainted meat has occurred
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-23
Sad and singular Meeting.

Az Akron (O.) man died recently, and
telegram was sent to two of his sons
in the New England states to come to
the funeral. The two brothers had not
met for 20 years, and it happened that
they took the same train at Boston for
the west. In the same coach, sitting
on opposite sides of the aisle, they
Travelled all the way to Akron, and
neither suspected the Others identity.
They left the train, oad taking differ
ent routes, met again In front Of their
fathers house, and after exchanging a
few words, discovered that they were
brothers. 1t was both sad and sim
guIar meeting.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-23
Predicament of q Baby Prince.

Prince Boris, SO European journals
hint, was not admitted to the Russian
church in a really orthodox manner
The difficulty is said to arise from the
holy oils used in the act of conservation
The oils of the Bulgarian branch of the
Orthodox church are not recognized by
Russian theologians as eff?cacious, so
that Prince Boris, according to Russian
ideas, really belongs to no religion what
ever. The position of prince who
grows up to find himself an agnostic
solely on account of the disputed valid
ity of particular kind of oil certainly
entities him to compassion.-Dctroi
Free Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-23
HOWARD's QUAIL TRAP.
How Its Poor Little Captive Froze to
Death I'm n SnOwstorm.

Death In o SnOWStOTms
Twenty years ago was little boy
going to school. I lived in the country
and the school house was small frame
building in the edge Of the woods, about
half a mile distant from my home. Dur
ing the winter some of the older boys
made traps which they set in brushy
places for rabbits and quails, for there
were good many of both there at that
time. The traps were attended at
mornings, during the noon hour and
evenings after school. Now and then
a rabbit or quail was caught by some
one of the boys, much to the envy of the
others.
One Saturday made a trap, too. I
had watched the older ones and knew
how. 1t was what is called log cabin
trap, being made of narrow strips OF
oak, laid up two and two like log
cabin and drawn to a peak at the top,
the whole held in place by hickory
bow bent over the top and tied by the
ends to the two lower pieces. 1t is set
with figure 4 triggers, the long one
pointed sharp and pushed into a broken
ear of corn. ....-....-.
In the afternoon went to the school
house, carrying my trap. There was no
school, it being Saturday, but could
not wait. / was a little boy and the big
oak trap was very heavy, but tuggel
it across the plowed field to the woods
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-23
Trade Tricks.

"Mr. Willoughby," said Mr.. Pailtor,
of WilloLghby, Pailton & CO., 81 am
told you have ordered those new bon
nets on sale at $50. They'll never sell
at that figure. In fact, they only cost
S2.29 apiece"
Il know that, Pailton, my boy, but
peXt week We'll mark 'em down to $25,
and they'll go like hot cakes. "-Har.
per's Bazaar.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-23

YIN Of NONtL flIA1 dOOSEo
one in the back yard of neighbor and
told the children they might use it for
playhouse. The children were almost
"tickled to DEATH" The little folks
came for miles and peered through the
pickets of the fence. Then they went
home and leased for a street car and
kept on teasing.
That first car was like the first boys
bicycle, in an out-of-the-way town. 1t
created demand. Now they are used
for offices, lunch rooms, and in one a
big contractor pays his men every Sat-
urday. One man has six On vacant lot
fixed up as lodging houses. But it is
as playhouses that the old street cars
are most successful, and the juniors of
Westwood are among the most priv
legged of their kind in the whole land.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-23
VAST MARKET HALLS.
The Pride Of the City Of Berlin
and It's People.
How Buyers Are Protected by the Authori-
ties = Tons of Provender inspect
ed Daily b. the Food
Constabulary.
Especial Berlin Germany Letter !

There was time, and that not many
years ago, when the market hall facil-
tiles of Berlin, Munich and other large
German cities were far from satisfac.
tory. At that time the magnificent
market halls of Paris, especially the
Centrale, were looked upon with envy.
To-day Berlin is supplied with such
public halls for the purpose of domes-
tic provender in a manner second to
none in the world. The immense Cen
trail cattle yards and abattoir in the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-23

"You say you have been engaged to
be married three 50" said Dallas
society youth to Miss Birdie McGinnis.
yes"
'Well, then, / don't think it will be
any use for me to make an engagement
to go to the theater tomorrow night?'
"Why not?"
Because you don't appear to keep
your Recommendations Sitter.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-23
The Difference.

Billlns lin rage)-Hang the con-
founded luck! Now my wife has
smashed another 500 vase, and
Little Willie-Oh, no; it was Marie,
the new pretty French maid
"Oh--ah-ahem! Accidents will
happen."-N. Y. World.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-23
Horace Mann's Advice to Bows.

Horace Mann gives bit of advice tn
boys: "You are made to be kind, boys.
If there is a boy in school who has q
club foot don't let him know you ever
saw it. If there is lame boy, assign
him to some part of the game that
doesn't require running. If there is q
hungry one, give him part of your din
ner. If there is dull one, help him to
get his lessons. If there is a bright one.
be not envious of him; for, if one boy
is proud of his talents and another is
envious of them, there are two great
wrongs and no more talent than before.
If larger or stronger boy has injured
you, and is sorry for it, forgive him.
All the school will show by their counte-
nances how much better it is than to
have a great fuss. And remember who
said: Love your enemies and .Bless
them which curse YOU"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-23
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
IHE POT oE GOLD.

I'm going way Off to the rainbow's end
And I'll have more, money than I can
spend,
For there shall find me pot of gold
AS big--oh! as big as my arms can hold.
It's there, know,
Nurse told me SO,
And I'm going to fetch It" said little joe
must hurry away with all my might
And come back with my gold before tbs
night,
Or mamma will worry" and off he went
And ran and ran till his breath was spent
II would like to know
Why the end Of the bow wtFgFuN
Is not where It was at FIRST" pulled Joe
With an anxious look on his rosy face
He still sped on at his fastest pace;
On the rainbow's end he fixed both eyes,
So oft In his race for the golden prize
He stubbed his toe,
And that hurts, you know,
But It didn't discourage brave little Joe.
1t was tea time quite when little Joe
Came limping back with his head bowed
low; H.b.. H.'l.. @ l. tE
And his saucy sister mocking cried:
"Oho! did you go
To the end of the bow"
y Mind your business" growled cross little
Joe. -..as.-----..-s
In his search for wealth do not know,
But It's certain he found no pot of gold,
And now when he hears the story told
a OF treasures below s ..E
The end of the bow
He smiles and says nothing-wise little
Joe. |.t." "''' -'..
Clarence H. Pearson. in Detroit Free
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-23

Pretty Marine Smile.
The fish are ships that swim the sea
In sunshine and in gales;
Their tails the trusty rudders are,
Their fling the spreading sails.
--HarDer's RoundTablA
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01
NOTES FOR BEEkEEPERS.

Cold weather will not kill bees in u
swater-tight hive.
Queens have been known to live and
do good work Tor five years, hut this Is
an exception.
The best remedy for sting is to
plunge the part into cold water or apply
ammonia or soda
To make the most out of his bees.
every beekeepcr should understand
the sources Of honey in his locallty.
At least sufficient number of bees
should be kept on every farm to furnish
honey for the table, but begin with a
few hives.
Desa require very little air during cold
weather, but should wnrm spell come
and they find themselves closed up,
they get excited and will often smother
themselves to death.
Do not pull up covers that the bees
have scaled down unless compelled to
do so. They want their hives alright
at the top to prevent ventilation or cold
draughts in winter.-St. Louis Repub.
io,