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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-17
PETERS BABY CARRIAGE,

ter his idea, and in an hour little Peter
triumphantly rode into the front yard
with his tricycle. made over into baby
carriage.
The carpenter had fixed the axle and
wheels which Peter found TO a board
and had fastened the board TO the rear
axle of Peters bicycle. On the board
he had nailed box large enough for
Tom, and there was Peters idea put
into practical shape. ........
On almost any fine afternoon Peter
and Tom may be seen on the long walk
in Lincoln park; Peter on his tricycle.
and Tom in the box behind holding the
reins with which he drives his two
legged horse. When Peter gets tired Of
pulling Tom he pushes him and guides
the tricycle. by means of Toms reins,
hich he ties to the handle-bar.-Chi-
cago Record.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-17
, DOWN ON SAM WHITE.
He Wanted His Old Partner to Feel a.
Badly as Possible.

A freight train had struck an open
switch and score of cars had been piled
up in the ditch. OF the three tramps
stealing ride on the bumpers two were
taken out dead and the third fatally in
jured. When the doctor had told him
that he could not live beyond an hour
the wayfarer seplied
That's cutting it pretty short, but
I'm not kicking I've no relations, but
thar's Teller on. in Chicago l. wish
yon'd. drop q line to. His name is Sam
White, and we used to be partls."
what shall say to him ?" asked the
doctor, as he prepared to make notes.
II want you to speak of the accident
and say that among the distinguished
passengers on the Inflated tram was
Mr.. William Burton. I've always been
called Bill. but you kin make it William
this once"
"All right"
Say that he was on his way to Florida
to spend the winter at 6rst-class re-
sort" .....
Eyes"
"And that a search of his. personal ef-
fects brought to light the sum of 60
cents in cash and enough grub to last
for two days" ~
81 have it down"
"And when he was told that he must
die he exhibited great stoicism and did
not utter a single complaint
ayes. Anything more?'
add 20 that something to the effect
that he had been tramp for 20 years,
and that he died as he Hved-without
bringing disgrace to the cloth. Hitch
on trailer by saying that he had gone
to his reward. You needn't make any
guesses as to where he has gone or to
what the reward is, but leave it an open
question. I want to make Sam feel as
bad as kim"
''rhen he injured your" queried the
doctor
HE did, and never kin forgive him.
After trampin' with me fur ten years
he left me to open a grocery store and
became an alderman and gin other
tramps the cold boot and dsgraced the
purfesb. Durn his hide, doctor, but put
1t strong to him and finish up by sayin'
that the most superficial observer could
see that was gentleman, and that my
gain is the loss of the fraternity. II
you have room you kin say that
that"
THAT he passed quietly away and the
railroad buried him at it's own expense"
finished the doctor, as he turned away
from the dead.--Washingto Star.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-17

home it is! For the boy 1t has been q
prison and cage.
The doctors who have studied Wil!ic's
case say it is the queerest one they have
ever heard or read about. For ten long
years young Collins has been kept in
captivity by his mother, who flogged
him nearly every day, and kept him
naked and in heavy chains all the time.
Is it wonder that to-day Willie eats,
drinks and barks like n dog, or that he
should be pronounced by the lunacy
commissioners of California as n dan-
gerous, raving maniac! If you were in
one room and this poor, bedraggled lad
in another, you would easily believe
that the strange noise which Willie
makes with his throat was the bark OF
dog or the cry of wild beast.
Think of spending the first ten years
of your life in small, dark room,
chained to the floor, with bundle OF
filthy rags for bed! Is it strange that
this unfortunate boy should become
crazy and dangerous? Gradually Will
lies reason faded away until now he
cannot talk, and does not recognize any
one. All that he seems to understand il
that piece OF meat flung down before
him is something to eat. For ten years
Willie Collins has never left his black
little room, full Of foul smells and as
bare as the back Of your hand. Those
who remember him when he was a baby
say that he was very bright and good
tempered. Surely it would have been
much better for him II, like Mowgl!,
he had been stolen by the wolves and
reared under the free skies, going
wherever he pleased and breathing the
fresh air of the woods. Even now he
walks about on all-fours and snarls
when you toss him n bones
Neighbors Of Mrs. Collins often COM
planned to the police of Oakland that
she was abusing her son, for they FREE
quently heard his cries in the night
But in all those years no one has done
anything TO bring this unnatural
mother to justice. An investigation OF
Willies case has been made. Mrs. Coli
Inns will probably go to Jail, but Willie
will probably have to spend the rest OF
his life in the insane asylum, where he
has just been placed. The doctors say
that light and good food and sunshine
have come TO Willie Collins too late
His brain, once bright enough, is now
n blank.
Such is the true story of the Amerl-
can Mowgli, who, wild boy indeed,
had none of the privileges OF Mr..
Kipling's young hero, who never knew
Il mothers love, and who must end his
life in chains even as he began tn.
Y. Recorder
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-17
THE OLD RED scHooLHousE.

The old red schoolhouse was the crown
That capped the highest hill in town. 3f
It calls 10 mind those former days
Our grandsires trod in learning's ways:
Twas where they ciphered numbers
through, %shf
And solved deep problems hard to do.
Then found in games to boyhood dear
Escape from study too severe;
In forest shade-''the wolf to spy"
Adown the hills on sledge to fly
In nearby field with ball and bat
To play at two and three old cat;" ..
And there as fox, with pace not slow,
To chase the geese across the snow.
That men should teach the winter school
Became the universal rule;
Much Drawn the teacher must POSSESS,
Though he might have Of knowledge less.
The switch was large and toughened
through s
And freely piled whenever due.
One thing promoted discipline
And held the roguish nature In ~
1t was the neyer-failing rule Z;
Two strokes at home for one at school
The schoolhouse wasa place where met
Staid learned men of every set;
The doctor came, the lawyer, too,
And clergyman, each with his cue; .
But twas the school committee man
Who terrified the little clan.
Just twice he came in every term b - /,
To tell them what and how to learn,
And show the school and teacher, too, .
How very, very much he knew. r.gsHs..E
How generous teachers then were found;
They aired spare beds the district round!
To spend those long, cold wintry nights
f'2t teachers went on queer Invites"
at close of school one winters day
bonny lass was heard to say:
We've butchered pigs and killed the COW,
We're ready for the teacher now"
This boarding round was not in vain.
The childs and parents hearts they'd
gain:
And were they what they ought to be. ".
The family life in some degree
Would rise, expand and nobler be. ss..
Among our teachers, not few
Were noble souls as e'er we knew;
In school they more than science taught,
Taught manhoods worth in life and
thought. swFsMH g2. .Em.se|r
And if we could, we'd let them know p 1&
How through our lives their teachings
flow.A -. .a
But they'll not lack their need of praise;
Their work will live in other days,
And with an influence sublime
VIII leave its mark throughout all time.
REV. A. II. Simons, in Connecticut Quar-
terly. .......s ..a.. ...r.'.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-17
Fish Pudding Made with Rice.

Boil one cup of rice for ten minutes in
plenty of sailed boiling water. Drain.
Take one pound of fish (cod, whitefish
or halibut), wipe and saute in hot but
ter. The fish should be fried golden
brown, but only cooked sufficiently to
allow of it's being broken into flakes.
Peel and chop one small onion, and
saute In the same pan. Grease mold,
and fill it with layers of the rice, fish
and onion, highly seasoned with salt
and pepper-the first and last layers be-
ing of rice. Steam As minutes, and
serve with any appropriate fish sauce
n. Y. Ledger.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-17
us; he was still our friend. but his boy.
iahness and lightness of heart seemed

us; he was still our friend. but his boy.
iahness and lightness of heart seemed
gone. VA
Hell get me yet" was all he said
when we asked him the trouble. "He,"
of course, meant the captain, who for
some unaccountable reason had taken
a strong dislike to the lowly drummer.
Things went from bad to worse. DUN.
pey was in the guard house continual
ly; first for one thing and then another,
which, though trivial enough in their
way. were rapidly building up bad
reputation for him, which he did not
really deserve. as# -
The end came when they found him
drunk on guard. The general court,
which tried him, found him gniltv and
sentenced him to be drummed out Of
the service. The colonel wrote, to the
reviewing authority rather strongly in
his favor, but Dumpey was doomed.
Nothing could save him, and the SEN
tence was duly confirmed.
Never did sun shine brighter, never
were skies bluer, never was nature
more generous than on that dreadful
May morning almost 80 years ago. We
had all been to see Dumpey at the
guard-holse the night before. We had
shaken hands with him and carried
him such boyish gifts as we could to as
sure him of our loyalty and friendship,
and he, poor old boy, had turned his
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-17
oAkLANp.s WILD BOY.
Has Been Kept In Chains for Ten Years
by His Mother.

Has Been Kept In Chains for Ten Years
by His Mother.
If you have read any of Rudyard
Kipling's stories about Mowgli, the
wild boy of India, you will see the point
of this true narrative, which is really
news, and is doubly Interesting because
1t is in our own country.
Mr.. Kipling's wolf-boy hero was
brought up by the wild animals of the
jungle, and very happy boy in his free.
fierce way he was, too. Willie Collins,
about whom this story tells, was
brought up by a wicked mother, who,
In many respects, Is worse than any
wild animal, for the latter nearly al
ways look out for the welfare of its
young, and guards them tenderly.
Willie Collins, as the result of his
mothers cruelty and neglect, is more
like wild boy than any lad eser
brought up in a large city. Willie's
home is in Oakland, CAL, and what .
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-17
PETERS BABY CARRIAGE.
How Chicago BOY Put n Celevr Iden
Into Practical shape. ..Hf

How Chicago hoy Put Celevr Iden
Into Practical shape. ..f
Peter was such bit of lad that he
could scarcely reach the crossbar of the
handle of the baby carriage. On ordi-
nary occasions Peter cared little
whether he was tall or short, but he
always wished he was two feet taller
whenever his mother put Tom in the
baby carriage and told Peter to mind
him." The broad walk which extends
along the west side of Lincoln park is
half mile long.
Until the policeman in gray uniform
put stop to the fun the boys on the
north side of Chicago found great
deal of sport in racing down the long
walk on their bicycles. To be sure, they
bad to dodge scores of baby carriages
and nurses, but this only gave 2est to the
pleasure. ... .a. ..
Peter owned tricycle.. 1t was one of
those cheap machines without rubber
tires or springs and was timed all over
to give n good appearance. But Peters
sturdy little legs could make the tricy-
Gle spin down the long walk, and al
though he never won he always raced
with the boys who rode bicycles. il
Peters mother, whenever the day was
fine, would put Tom, the little brother,
in the baby carriage and push him to
the lonk walk in Lincoln park. Then
she void tell Peter to push the car
rage. He was so short that he could
not look over the top, so he was obliged
to peep ahead by looking around the
corner of the baby carriage. ..
One day he found pair of wheels and
the axle of an old baby carriage. He
took them home, and was playing rail
road" with them when he thought of
something. He mounted his tricycle.,
and carrying the wheels and axle hur-
rled to the carpenter, who had his shop
down in the alley. He gave the carpen-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-17
Rescued by an Elephant.

y Babylon is one of the elephants in a
circus exhibiting in Chicago, and
"Growler" is n bear, which is chained
near the elephant. Not long ago a lit
tie girl, the daughter of one of the cir
Gus riders, was playing near the ele-
plants, when Growler seized her in his
claws. Babylon, who witnessed the cap
ture, promptly brought his trunk down
with crushing force on Growers head.
The bear was stunned by the blow and
released the child, who had tainted. The
elephant then picked her up and placed
her where the bear could not reach her.
Attendants then came running to the
rescue, but too late to deprive Babylon
of the honor of saving human life
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-17
face away from us and wept like a

face away from us and wept like a
child
1t was the first and only time 1 had
service. 1 can never again see such a
shocking sight of mans inhumanity to
man.
Almost 80 years ago-I was very
young boy then, still I remember that
the sun was bright and that skies were
blue; remember that the air was soft
and balmy; l remember that the flag,
emblem of liberty and equality, threw
out the glory of its stars and stripes
straight and strong to the morning
breeze; / remember that we all stood
huddled together, waiting nd-then
it came.
First the drums and flies; then two
platoons of men fully armed and
equipped, their bayonets flashing and
sparkling in the sunlight, and between
them, Dumpey, with head closely
cropped, and on his back a board
marked "Drunkard."
And still-the sun shone, the skies
"SiC DluC, anu uilS nag hipPSu Bdyy
overhead.
On they came, the drums and flies
playing the 'Rogues' March"
Poor old soldier; poor old soldier,
Tarr'd and feathered and then drummd
out
Because he couldn't keep sober.
Our hearts were in our threats, but
we clenched our hands and held our
places like men.
There was no music in the march; il
was simply wailing and sobbing of the
drums-the drums to drum Dumpey
out of the service; Dumpey, their cham,
pion, their hero, their king
But on they came
Poor old soldier, poor old soldier
Just as they passed us we heard some
one ask:
What makes him walk SO queer? He
seems to be limping."
Every boy there could have told Kim
that it was the bullet he got at Mission
Ridge, which the doctors had never
been able to take out.
And on they came
Tarr'd and feathered and then drumm'd
out
At last they reached the sally port
Because h~ couldn't keep sober,
shrieked out tie flies, and a moment
later Dumpey stood outside the fort, a
free man.
And then-this worthless outcast,
this drummed out drunkard, this limp
ing, hating, wounded ex-soldier, who
had played mans part in the bitterest
war the world has ever known, this
drunken Dumpey, halted, quietly took
the board from his back, and, bearing
his closely-cropped head to the morn
ing sun, looked up toward the flag and
bravely cried out:
"Three cheers for the Stars and
Stripes"
l have never forgotten it. Please
God L never will.-N. Y. Sun.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-17
A Reason for His knowledge.

A party of us were up i'll the White
mountains last fall on camping-out
trip. We were walking along one after
noon when we met a native of that To-
cality coming down ravine with about
a bushel of blueberries in a box strapped
to his broad back.
We stopped and asked him a number
of questions ABOUT distances and locali-
ties, and his replies manifested such
familiarity with the neighborhood that
one of the party said:
you seem to be well acquainted all
along here"
"I'd ort to be-" was the reply; 81 was
born all along hyar." - Detroit Free
Press
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-17
JOHN AND HIS POCKETBOOK.
While In Wonderland the X Rays Showed
UP Its EmptIness 49,

While In Wonderland the X Rays Showed
... Up Its Emptiness M.
Between this brass rail and the plat
form on which the Y ray exhibition was
being given recently in Wonderland a
continual stream of people passed for
hours. Carried by the current were
two persons who kept an affectionate
hold of each Others arms. Just as they
passed within the rail man who saw
n conductors punch in n pocketboolt
loudly asserted that 1.-The thing had been
fixed" The affable exhibitor smiled
and shouted out:
use your own pocketbooks, ladies
and gentlemen. You can't see papers
or tickets, but you can see the outlines
OF the money"
Johns turn came.
use your own pocketbook, john"
said tn girl.
"Oh, OATS all right, Mayme," said
John. ode t'ing's straight. I don't
carry none, anyhow"
Eyes, you do, too. You took some
out of it to buy me that popcorn"
"Dat's so. l forgot But come on,
Yves blockin's de pat"
But the girl insisted and John pro-
duced the pocketbook. The exhibitor
held it in position. Mayme looked
through, but she saw no shadow of
coin. She said the X rays were no good.
The exhibitor, in self-defease, opened it
and showed her that thei'e was not
cent in it. The crowd laughed, Mayme
blushed and John looked ipad.-Detroit
NawS
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-17
Hunter Attacked by Cranes.

While an Indiana man was out hunt
ing he had desperate fight with a
flock of cranes. He had shot and
wounded one crane and attempted to
capture it alive. The wounded bird
fought furiously, striking him repeat
eddy with its beak and trying to peck
out his eyes. In addition it made such
an cutlery that the rest of the flock re-
turned to it's assistance, and all sur
rounded the now frightened hunter
He actually had to fight for his life,
disabled II of them with his dubbed
gun that the rest left him. Then he
was completely exhausted, his cloth
ing in fragments, and his face bleed
ing in n score of places.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-17
The Modern Mother.

In her love for the picturesque many
n modern mother is in danger of i'm
violating her child's sensitiveness or
bashfulness on the shrine of the little
ones clothing. For example, woman,
who has collected many quaint and
pretty things in frequent trips abroad,
lately asked her small daughter if she
would like to wear a certain Dutch cap
at church on Sunday morning. The
little girl hung back at first, and no
wonder: the white head-dress had two
great lace flaps, which swung on each
side of the head like wings, and at
tracted as much attention when the
Juvenile consent was finally gained as
did the minister's preaching. That
mother. although in the main wise
sort of person, never paused to reflect
that she was doing one of two undesira-
bile things-either the conspicuous
dress would wound the wearer's feel
ings by the notice which it obtained, or
it would make her callous to the same,
and so bold that she did not mind
stare or laugh. Either of these re-
suits Is real evil, and one to be de-
plored. Public Ledger.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-17
INDUSTRY OF BIRDS.
Some Build Their Nests and Rear Their
Families In summer

Some Build Their Nests and rear Their
Families In summer
Birds are the most interesting of the
lower order creatures with which men
have to deal, and they are also the most
Industrious, though according to the
ideas of some men their notions of in
tlustry are sadly perverted.
The English sparrow is an industrious
bird, but it's industry is not appreciated
to any favorable extent save by natur-
Glists who are not prejudiced. The
English sparrow raises several broods
of chicks every year, the female begin
ming TO build new nest almost as soon
as the young are out of their shells, and
leaving them to the care OF the male
while she hustles for new location and
new material for a nest.
Many of the minor birds build extra
nests. The robins may sometimes b."
seen these days putting up nest, hav-
ing built one and got rid of a first brood.
Blackbirtls are occasionally industrious
in this way, and the warblers are like
wise good breeders.
The little field sparrow and it's cousin
the song chip lay eggs in the spring and
in summer, and their young are still
under tpition in September.
The woodcock. the rutfed grouse and
other large birds sometimes build late
nests as well as early ones. The late
broods are probably those of birds
whose first lot of eggs was destroyed by
n fox or some other predatory animal.
But the early broods may be safely as
cribed to n young pair of birds, year
lings, who think the first pleasant day
of springtime to be harbinger of many
such days.
Hawks and predatory birds are the
powers of bird society. They live by
the lives of the weaker birds. They are
aristocrats, almost ranking with the
eagles and herons. Their children are
few but mighty, being princes of the
air when young, and becoming kings
and queens before their parents die
n. Y. Sun.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-17
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
NEVER AID THE WRONG.

Never aid the wrong. boys,
Never aid the wrong.
First and foremost In the fight.
Bear a hand to help the right.
And
Always keep the truth in sight.
Stand erect for right, boys,
Though you stand alone.
Please. dear boys. remember this,
It's q mark of manliness.
@ When
You cease to fear the towards hiss.
Never aid the wrong, boys,
In the sports you choose,
Mind the blessed golden rule,
Never. never be tool
A
Wicked hand may use.
N. ]. Meader Smith, in Farmers Union.