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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04

rival packet are getting friendly - @1n
what respect?" said the captain, briefly.
"Why, Miss Sally and Mr.. Tolliver APP
pear to be great friends, aren't they,
and" "Out with it." said Carter,
grasping the others wrist till it ached.
what do you mean?"
An explanation followed that sent
most of the captains blood surging to
his temples. His daughter and that
scoundrel! "oh, he would shoot him
dead at sight" He FASTENED home.
Miss Sally? "She had gone over to Miss
Susie's Miss Axtell's, sah."s The dis
tracted parent rushed over to the Axtell
household, rang the bell and 1t was an
swered BY giggling darby girl, Julie.
about IA years old. Miss Sally? Oh!
yes, sab, gone away with Miss Susie and
Mars Dandy Jim to Beckett's Landing.
Dey's gwine git married, reckon, he'll
he!" grinned and Chartered the girl.
IThe- captain did not waste n minute.
He got into hack and was driven to
his boat at gallop, regardless Of one
or two shouting minions of the law.
Once on her decks and he was himself
again, cool, determined and perfect
fiend for. energy. He stopped the load
ing of the boat, got her off and away
after the Silver Crescent and was fair
ly on the way with his daughter and her
lover only scant three-quarters of an
hour the start of him. He issued his
orders in trumpet tones. .,s,g -,.
haf ~ he ~
Pile in that lard, boys. Anything to
catch the Crescent We've got to get
her before she reaches Beckett's." He
cursed and commanded in swift altera-
ton, but never losing his head. He sent
his negro boy for his double-barreled
shotgun, drew the loads of fine shot,
substituted 'buckchot and Gaping the
weapon walked the decks with it, his
face set in an implacable resolve. He
would kill Tolliver, he muttered, like
a dog, but he would forgive Sally. It
was all this scoundrel's fault. He was
trying to revenge himself upon him
Carter by striking Mt him through the
child. He writhed with the thought for
an instant and then become steady and
cold. ..'.
At bend of the river the Crescent
came in sight, and the view of her put
new life into the captain, and he threw
terrible vigor into his commands, en-
phasized with the menacing shotgun
that sent the frightened darkies skur-
rying here and there like rabbits from
brush heap.
But those on board the Crescent were
not idle in the meantime. Everything
portable and combustible was brought
to the furnaces and fed regardless of
everything but to make speed. 1850
Their course now lay up the Mis-
sissippi, and the Tom Benton was gain
ing slowly. But she was gaining sure
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04
he WOULD RUN NO RISKS.
Not Disposed to Hazard S1.75 on q Doubt-
NtlN full Seizure. NsM

Not Disposed to Hazard ellis on q Double.
full Seizure. 49,
This is said to have happened in the
wilds of Aroostook shortly after the
Bangor & Aroostook railroad had COM
menced to exert its undermining in
fuence" and bringgto the, newly 7estab-
lished express Offices certain com
modities, the sale of which or posses
sion with intent to sell is contrary to
the wise laws of the goodly common
wealth of Maine. A certain dep
uty sheriff was informed that
there was deposited at a ger.
tain railroad station within his jur-
isdiction package containing matter
subject to confscation. The railroad
station, which also included the express
office, was some distance from the vii
lage,, and the .minion of the law con-
cluded to reconnoiter a little before
taking the hard journey, perhaps for
nothing. There was telephone con-
| nection, and after communication was
duly established the following CONVEX
sation took place: .,adier oiAAlstlu
Is Hello, there, Be you the express
agent?" 49,.
81 be-" .''.. q"
iI"Well, hain't there a box there marked
for Mike Pommerlow?s 4.f,a fecI .Hs
~ believe, there is. Be you Mixer"
mo, hain't Mike, but I'm deputy
sheriff, and believe there's Ticker in
that ere. Say, will We let me seize 1t
II come over?" si}.fB gfrg.eHh TsdIunH
t"Will let We seize it? Why.
The agent "tumbled" to use q horrid
slang expression. He saw that the dep
uty was ignorant of the nature of the
Maine law, and continued: l"nt tgrA Tor
well, there's ,$1.75 due for charges,
ard if you'll pay that, SEEM as how
you've got the law on your side, I s'pose
Pll have to stand by and see you seize"
Anil don'tseize unless L pay the ex-
press?" ,,Gr.y u.,, t.y.4,,,et ynir~
Don't nothin' go out of this Office I'M
less the charges are paid, Them's the
orders" ''.' -. '.... 'al.'' .II
wall, wall, but 'sposen seize the
box and faint rum after all, do get my
$1.75 back?"
Ammo. We don't let out rum boxes
on approval, nor L halnt got all day 10
talk, either" o. w n," o. ~
"Well, now look here, young Teller,
you must think I'm a fool to pay ex-
press before know whether it's rum or
not. don't seize nothin' but prepaid
boxes, rum or no rum. Ye can't fool
your Uncle Dudley outer no two dollars
on onsartainties." ... ..,.l
There was q sharp click on the other
end of the line, and the express agent
turned around with a grin just as a
muddy blackboard drove up with the
owner of the box in highly nervous
state. The charges were paid, the con-
traband disappeared around the bend
in the road toward Caribou, and the
agent took down his fowling piece and
started down the track to shoot few
cartridges from the telegraph wires
Lewiston (Me.) Journal. ....H..
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04
THE TOM BENTON BLEW UP.

ly, and it was apparent that the Silver
Crescent was going 10 stop at Beckett's
Landing and settle the matter there.
Dandy Jim's partner was in the pilot
house and Jim himself, with double
barreled rifle, was experimenting the
furnaces.
The Crescent gained the landing first
and swung into the wharf. The two
girls were in their stateroom fearful of
what would happen when the men met.
the Tom Benton slowed up as she came
toward the other boat, and Capt. Car
ter was seen standing alone, gun in
hand, on the forward deck The bells
jingled aboard of the Benton, the boats
nose touched the wharf, there was a
bump, q shudder, and then with ter
rifle roar, blaze of fire through black
clouds of smoke and scattering of
timber and debris the Tom Benton blew
up.
Curses, cries and shouts resounded
through the air. The crew of the Cres-
cent, which boat was set on fire by the
explosion, worked manfully to rescue
those of the other boat, who were in
the water. The Tom Benton sank rapid
ly till she grounded with her upper
decks out of water, One. third OF her
crew were lost, and as for Capt. Carter,
he came to the surface some two weeks
later with death-grip on the shotgun
in his hand.-Chicago Chronicle.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04
GRANDMOTHER'S kEEPSAkES.

II Is only dark green pasteboard box,
Tied up with bit Of string;
But we all love It; in our eyes va qh'Hs
1t is a sacred thing.
The corners are ragged. the cover is thin,
But grandmother kept her keepsakes
within. @ ''n '.A" .E'. .'.
How well recall her caressing touch
AS she gently fondlcd them o'er;'
Her face SO sweet sometimes grew sad.
Though she priced them more and mora.
We children loved the treasures old,
And knew by heart the stories they told
There is a picture in its case,
OF grandmother's soldier brother;
An only son was he and brave. PAU ''....
And tender to his mother.
But he obeyed his country's call nUB
And he fought like hero-only to fall.
And this is the first gift grandfather gave
To his sweetheart long ago; h''|''t l.'.
a curious little cedar box. fFl UE Eaft.s
Carved by himself, / know. .ra g.. ,saf
II holds brooch. well-worn ring, . -.
And some fancy buttons on string.
The fancy buttons came from coat
OF her little boy that died;
And these are the first shoes Uncle John
wore; -. .1.N. ~ -" ssIG-4 1852
With ribbon they are tied. Htt s.fa...atf
Her first silver thimble. all worn smooth,
And quilt patch pieced by friend of her
youth. ...,..s,.- ...,....r..t...
This faded needle-case Of silk it'. "..
What think you is in there? - r
Fastened to papers yellow with age, 80 10 .
Are baby locks of hair. ..a ~ .. /;
s'Finer than silk" my grandmother said,
And there's one gray lock from grand
fathers head. "
--R. E. Parmele. In Farmers Union.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04
An English Doctors Mistake.

The most eminent doctors are liable
to make mistakes of diagnosis on occa-
sion. But, however able d doctor may
be, one distrusts his power of entering
a cell at police station and pronounc-
ing at glance whether a man is drunk
or not. A case of this kind came before
the Marylebone magistrate recently. A
cabman was arrested for being drunk
while in charge of his cab; he asked to
see doctor; the doctor came, looked at
him, pronounced the single word
drunk" and went away again. Mr..
Plowden most properly marked his
sense of this kind of examination by
discharging the cabman and disallow-
ing the DOCTORS expenses London
Chronicle.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04

James Howard, the Robert E. Lee, the
Golden Eagle, War Eagle, and dozens
OF other boats, side-wheelers and stern
wheelers. piled the river from St. Louis
TO New Orleans, and carried passengers
and freight up the Ohio as well, and
there was also a line of Missouri river
boats. ...a... ..,-l,
The Tom Benton, one of the Missouri
river packets, was trinl-built steam
boat of the sidewheel pattern, and
favorite passenger boat on account of
the popularity of her captain. Every
one in st. Louis who had any business
up the Missouri would wait over day
or two if by so doing they could catch
the Tom Benton. A Mississippi river
packet at that time was perfect marvel
of cleanliness, comfort and elegance so
far rs her upper decks were concerned.
Parlors draped with the costliest fur
nishings, grand piano, mirrors, brass
hand rails down the stairs, everything
polished to glitter; it was luxury to
travel on good boat that the unhappy
occupant of sleeping car never at
tains to.
And then it was such lazy delight in
the daytime, lolling in the shade, watch
ing the life on the river and along the
shores, occasionally climbing up to the
pilot house to exchange q few words
with the king in charge there and for
the rest a little music, smooth, easy
motion, the ever-varying panorama of
sky, water, land and air.
Capt. Carter, of the Tom Benton, was
a widower with one daughter. Sally
Carter was as pretty a girl as ever
whirled in the maZes of a waltz or
twirled a fan at bewildered adorers, and
If the captain did worship anything on
earth next to his boat, it was my
daughter Sally" and if the captain
hated anything worse than he did the
captain and the pilot of the rival Mis-
souri, river packet, the Silver Crescent,
his friends had been unable to find it
out.
The captain, indeed, "Old Ned
Powers" as he called him, was not so
much an object of Capt. Carriers wrath
as of his derision and contempt. But
the pilot, Dandy Jim" Taliaferro (pro-
nounced Tolliver), he hated with a con-
Stunning, silent rage. For Taliaferro
knew the river-that is, both the Mis-
sissippi and the Missouri-as u virtuoso
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04
MARYLAND Riscuit.

Ten cups of flour, one cup Of lard
Clutter or drippings may be used), two
small teaspoonfuls of salt; mix with cold
water to stiff dough; knead 20 min
utes. Now comes the difficult part.
Spread out the dough and pound it with
a rolling pin, club or mallet until you
are exhausted. Then call in strong col.
ored man and order him to work over it
with club or the fat part of an AK I'M
til he is exhausted. Cut out, the, bis.
cults with 1, small cutter, place them in
a hot CREASED tin without touching
each other, and bake in a quick oven.
--Boston Globe. ...u-.. H.g ..a..tE.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Oxford, Cambridge and Dubl1
alone of all the British universities re
fuse to grant degrees to women.
Durham university has granted the
honorary degree of doctor of divinity
to Rev. Sukius Baronian, archpriest Of
the Armenians in England.
Camille Mazzella, and his twin
brother, Mgr. Ernesto Mazzella, arch
bishop of Bari, are 6s years old, The
archbishop's coadjutor is his nephew,
Mgr. Orazio Mazzella, who is only SO.
At st. Georges Episcopal church.
New York, on Easter Sunday the choir
of vested women walked down tho
aisles in procession, with the vested
choir of men and boys singing the beau
England is once more afflicted with
bogus diplomas, purporting to be is
sued by American univcrsities.T The
latest of these frauds calls itself the
National University Of Illinois, (Uni-
versitas Nationals Iilinoiensis). Its
offices are in London.
Germany is now the besteducated
nation on the .contipeht, yet only 100
years ago German teachess in many
parts of the country were SO poorly paid
that they used to sing infront of houses
in order to add to their income by. odd
pence, ksN j n l.. =, :
There were 1906 students in at
tendance at Russian universities at the
beginning of the year, divided as fol-
lows: Moscow, 3,Sss; st. Petersburg,
2,625; Kieve, 2,244; Helsingfors in Fin
land, 1878; Dorpat in Livonia, 1854;
Warsaw, 1885; Kharkev, 1900; Kezan,
s25; Odessa, SIS, and Tomsk in Siberia.
In the, private chapel at Windsor
castle, which is octagonal in shape, with
q lantern roof, the queens pew is in the
gallery, in the division next to the organ
loft. The household sit below, the
women on one side and the men on the
other. There is choir of three men
and two boys, drawn from St. Georges
chapel. E.
H. Laroche, the new resident-gen-
eral in Madagascar, has asked the SUI
perior of the Trappists in Algeria to send
Catholic missionaries to Madagascar.
promising land grants, free passage and
and the special protection of the gov
eminent. The compliment to theTrap-
pists is the greatest in that M. Laroche
is probably the last person who has
been communicated by the Catholic
church, owing to his evicting the re-
ligious orders at Montpelier and thathe
has lately turned Protestant.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04
A Thnnrhtfnl Creditor.

RESPONSIBILITIES, you remember that
fifty loaned you two years ago
Wilkes-You are not going to press a
friend for payment, are YOU"
Hobson-Certainly not. Take your
time. only wish to borrow IL foi
awhile.--Bay City Chat.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04
Whom tho summer Breeze

Blows through the trees, most Of US who
cross the Atlantic Whether 1t is business
or pleasure calls one from home, Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters Is the best accom-
paniment Of o voyage or an outing. Yachts
men, sea captains, commercial travellers
and emigrarts concur in this opinion. The
Bitters Is unrivalled for bilious, malarial,
dyspeptio or liver disorder.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04
Frosted Apple Pie.

Make an ordinary apple pie, leaving
off the upper crust. When baked, beat
the whites of two eggs to stiff froth,
add one tablespoonful of powdered
sugar, spread over the top of the pie and
place in the oven until delicate brown
N. Y. Ledger.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04
All About Western Farm Lands.

Tho Corn Belt" is the name Of an illus.
trated monthly newspaper published bv the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy r. r. u
aims to give information in an interesting
way about the farm lands of the west. Send
25 cents In postage stamps to the Corn Belt,
200 Adams St., Chicago, and the paper viii
be sent to your address for one year.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04
Piano and organ Agents.

WANTED-Reliable men to take the agency
for our pianos and organs in every county
not already represented. Money can be made.
Only men of good habits who can give first
class references need apply. Address EsTET
s. CAMP, No. 233 State ST., Chicago, III.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04

knows the keyboard of his piano, and
he never grew careless and lost his men
tai grip of the situation.
1t was curious knowledge, this pilot
lore, born of days and nights and years
on the river, the most acute and watch
full observation, keen eyes to detect
signs that passed unnoticed to an un-
practiced sight and memory marvel
Gus in its scope and accuracy. Much pa
thence, too, and a sixth sense of subtle
river craft that OWNED things like a
seer. And Dandy Jim" was 26, tall,
handsome, with. the most immaculate
of white shirt fronts, where glistened a
perfect bull's-eye of diamond. Hs
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04
HOT RACE FOR HIS BRIDE.
BY ERNEST MGAFFEY.

the b ig
b ri d &c w a s
stretched from St.
Louis to East St.
Louis t h e river
trade was at its
height, and steam
boats lined the
levee from north to
south for a long
dis lance. 7 h e
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04
l. G Q L.

Ing is positive proof Of thin, weak, i'm
pure blood; for If the blood is rtoh, red,
vitalized and vigorous, it imparts life and
energy to every nerve, organ and tissue OF
the body. The necessity Of taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla for that tired feeling IL,
therefore, apparent to every one, and the
good it will do you is equally beyond ques-
ton. Remember that
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04

Coop nature is the very air of good
mind, the sign of large and generous soul,
and the peculiar soil in which virtue pros
pers.-Goodman. I'D 81.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04

On EVEN TERMs.-''Why do you always
select q poor partner at whistr $50 thaI
we can understand each others mishaps"
Detroit Free Press
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04
n ia 4 m
I red

Feelingiby great force of will. But this In
unsafe, as it pulls powerfully upon the
nervous system, which will not long stand
such strain. Too many people "work on
their nerves." and the result is seen In un-
fortunate wrecks marked nervous pros
tration," In every direction. That tired
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04

Mcvickcr's Theater, Chicago.
"Lost, Strayed or Stolen, ;" will be tha
next attraction, beginning May "a. Seats
secured by mail.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04

MONEY is handmaiden, II thou knowest
to use it; a mistress, il thou knowest not
Horace ...
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04

THE COMPOSITION OF MAN-Dollie-"Do
you believe that man is made Of dustp
Cholie-"He has to be to get any notice
from you."-Detroit Free Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04
Choice Farming Lands in South Dakota
A long the line Of the CHICAGO. Milwaukee "a

Along the line Of the Chicago, Milwaukee 50
St. Paul Railway can nov be had upon
never better and glorious harvestfor this
year Is already assured. Thousands of acres
of unoccupied lands in over twenty counties
ARE now open for settlement For further
Information address H F. HUNTER. 1mmi-
grafton Agent for South Dakota, No. 206
Dearborn street. Chicago, Ill.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04

PISo's CURE is the medicine to break up
childrens Coughs and Colds:-MEs. NJ. @.
BLUNT, Sprague, WASH, March 8, '4.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04

WHEN we put our picture in the magaz inc
or newspaper, we always select the photo
that was taken good while ago.-Indian-
ADolis News Z
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04
Sudden change of diet is someti,

ouUUcH CIIdIISC UI UIeC rs SUIntClmeA
dangerous. During the revolutionary
war soldiers from the southern states
became mysteriously i'll when marched
into the north. They longed for fat
bacon, and most of them recovered
when this was served out TO them as
part of their rations.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04

A MAN will tell you Of every Improvement
he puts on his property, but he never tells
you of the mortgage that he has put on the
mprovement.-N. Y. Advertiser.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04

THERE Is nothing of which men are so
fond and withal so careless as life.-Bru-
we're.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04

The sun, rejecting upon the mua
of strands and shores, is unpOlluted il
his beam.--Jcremy Taylor.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04
] 7; at

Extreme tired feeling aflicts nearly every
body at this season. The hustlJrs cease to
push, the tireless grow weary, the ener-
getio become ehervated. You know Just
what we mean. Some men and women
endeavor temporarily to overcome that
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04
Arc You Go,nr to Cripple Crack ?

The Santa Fe Route is the most direct and
snly through broad-gauge line from Chicago
and Kansas City to the celebrated Cripple
Creek gold raining district. Luxurious
Pullmans, FREQ reclining chair cars, fastest
time and low rates.
A profusely illustrated book, descriptive
Of Cripple Creek, will be mailed free OF
charge on application to G. 7. Nicholson,
General Passenger Agent, Chicago, or Q
copy may be obtained from any agent OF
Atchison, Topeka Il Santa Fe Railway.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04

-Tully was not so eloquent az thou,
thou nameless column with the buried
base.-Byron-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-04

GENUINE love, however rated as the chief
passion Of the human heart, is but poor de-
pendent, retainer upon other passions
admiration, gratitude, respect, esteem, pride
In the obiect.-Mrs. Inchbald