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fhem, save one little mongrel of no par Acular breed, rescued by Miss Neither Acle year or two ago from an untimely 4eath at the hands Of brutal butcher 8oy. Then comes breakfast, a simple heali and then correspondence and sudy' this earnest young actress never aermitting one day of her holiday sea son to pass without an hour or two
 el helpful, serious thought. Later in sne morning, a strolling musician or Ane owner of dancing bear and his
 elarge may invade the grounds. This \ the signal for rollicking half hour 4le Inmates of Durby Dene, including Ale servants and the dogs, coming to alP lFont of the house to watch the per 4lmance. No matter how bad the ex- s4lO'lon nor how unprepossessing the Reiiormer, substantial reward sends gun rejoicing on his way.
 ltis Miss Nethersole's chief delight to +a'e With her, during her visit to Durby i ssVne' two or three friends of congenial spS'es and habits. On bright mornings
 slinea'ately after "study honr," you
 +.ay md her surrounded by these com
 FaNiohS on the sea shore, sitting per 4aps on smooth, glistening powder
 Sl91i the shadows east by the cliffs that sA aiA this wild and rugged portion of
 KY Sastern coast. Perhaps one of the
 s4lper IS reading aloud from a book, < sV.uer n engaged in fancy work, Miss ssnefsole idly lounging, her slender
 Sra. ,as earessing the silky hair of her rO'i'e dog, Barrie, the beautiful collie aO last winter was with her in Amer
 b s,,. me afternoon is usually devoted 4ing, driving or walking, and with
 siiiNlng of the sun behind the pie asSque old cliffs. the evening meal l or sHes day of restful, healthful diver 5rnn m n the gleaming a stroll through Bss s@A stubble fields to carry sugar to dool. lpsorlte horse, pastured in pad- sba Sohd, or a walk to the sea shore, sl m 'ne sullen roar of the surf makes of +stu tt accompaniment to the sound Ic 'Ieir i voices, forms fitting preface N;. night of sweet, unbrolxen rest. Df ti,~ ss Nethersole spends q great deal |he ',,1e oo',. aflFing u pair of ponies about Dp Suty Sotntry in low English phaeton. he %a', na.Srdays she usually drives into Iussir Lasket town, to spend hours in dis bo .n produce prices and in bargain
 Il is 1Iu Purchasing. On the return trip wara;i, rer special pleasure to put in at Incip1as 14iae cottage for tea with some bucb thu. tune. In this way she learns Ives ot Snat s, Is strange and pathetic in the Sbo 7. 'nese simple people.
 hon.. counts large number of friends he nese s shese humble-folk, all of whom Ear' 'sleelly ;s devoted to her. So back ksole b .ile olstrict in which Miss Meth Der n,a aas elected to establish her sum- p'ace that most of the inhabitants
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cuisine, an ideal example of an old Eng fish kitchen, with its stone floor and the big iron oven built into the wall. Miss Nethersole delights in experimental cooking. Armed with an iron spoon and large yellow bowl, white apron enveloping her figure, she may often be found in this quaint old room mixing ingredients that when baked are savory and luscious eating.
 In all matters of sport Miss Neither sole takes the keenest interest and, in particular, fishing and goling are great favorites with her. There is only one thing she cannot do well, and that is horseback riding. She declares that it is her nerve, or lack of it, that has pre- vented her accomplishing what othep women have in this direction.
 Like all supremely gifted people, Miss Nethersole eultivates simplicity; yet with her magnificent personality and thoughtful, luminous eyes, it would be quite impossible to mistake her for any thing other than an artist. Her face is pale with the healthy amberglow that accords with her red-brown hair; she has eyes that in certain lights are hazel; her voice is low and well modulated, and her hands expressive. Yet there is an entire absence of pose, and an avoidance of anything that suggests the theater The priceless, fleeting bloom of youth is upon her, the ''beaute du diable" Ot the French. Had Elizabeth Browning answered in physique to the ideal ot those who read and have her poetry, she would have looked like Olga Nethersole
 JEAN PARDEE CLARK.
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tematic workers the development of the most important part of the hands has been left undone.
 The strength of a chain is only the resisting power of it's weakest link; and the power of any set of fingers for even and uniform execution is entirely dependent on the development of the weaker and universally neglected fourth and fifth fingers. There is, to use a phrase employed in speaking of uneven action in the members of boat crew a "break" between three and four. h a boat, this would mean that the man rowing In seat No. was too quick for No. i, or vice versa. Using the same phrase in the case of the fingers it means that the first, second and third fingers are in 99 out of 100 hands de- veloped far and away beyond the power of the fourth and fifth fingers to keep up with them. Hours and hours of the hardest work have been put in by conscientious students to even up the work of the fingers, and yet the very exercises used have often made the mat ter worse. Why? Simply because the strong fingers of the hand are not only used very largely in general playing, but are actually given from two-thirds to three-quarters of all the work in techni- cal exercises. There can be but one re- suit; the strong fingers get stronger and stronger and the gap between them and the neglected members becomes wider and wider.
 This is not an article on degenera- tion. It is written with the fullest be- lief in the eonscientiousness and earn estness of those who have taught and studied Yet those who are sincere in their desire to get at the real truth can take no offense at plain straightfor- ward mathematical proofs of serious faults in practically all our regular technical exercises; for these exercises should be the very foundation of all good playing Let us get at the figures in the case:
 First, look at Table No. 1, which con- tains the regular major scale i'll the key of c, beginning at middle c with the right hand and extending two octaves to the O OH JDe SecOnu llLe dD0sc lllC treble clef.
 The number of the finger used is printed above each note; and counting the times each finger strikes note we get the following result: The fifta finger is used once, the fourth twice, and the first. second and third four times each.
 This is fair sample of the way the developing work is piled on the strong fingers and kept away from those that really need 1t. The table shows that in the regular scale the three strongest fsgers have twice the work of the weakest and four times the work of the next weaker fingers.
 Yet scales are the very foundation of all general playing and arpeggios are equally important. Table No. shows the lingering of the arpeggios of the
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A Natural Gift.

A well-known bishop who takes a prominent interest in everything af' fecting the working classes, wishing to judge for himself what a journey in a worllingman's carriage was like, took a ticket and joined the miscellaneous crowd which fills these trains on the Great Eastern railway. After most undignified struggle for seat he found himself damned in between a navvy smoking a strong, black pipe on his right and an artist in house painting smelling strongly of his craft and eara- fully balancing can of green paint, on his left hand. In 6;"ition to apprehen' sions for the safe balance of this can and the very unpleasant odors arising the good bishop was very much shocked by the bad language which garnished the conversation of his neighbors. After a particularly strong expression from the navyy, the bishop, touching him gently, inquired: My good man, please tell me where you learn the language you have just made use of." The nayvy replied, with suspicion of pride in his tone: "Learn it. gug'nor: You can't learn it. It's gift. Ihat's wot it is."-San Francisco Post
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1+ry OLGA NETHERS0LE.
..,,abtanl Hone Life on Her T r tTayn at Durby Dene.
Pc a Dairy Maid-Extreme . "ouid ',a,tv of Her nabits-Seen in simpt'nrn Avn Kitchen Welding " a Big Iron Spoon
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..re Miss Olga Nethersole a
 To p,sid psid would seem to require an |sry ma % vivid imagination; yet she strsIae,s .sscently said: eff l had not sr.fil n actress, think I should have zen an 'f farmer, and believe I should eeoIne 5o an excellent dairy maid" Iaye lnq~s q1ronderfuIly clever English girl
 Ihls ,sa s0 entirely apart from her stage
 as q 'lI f is her fondness for rural life, EaIseI' e.o If the country and the sweet er los9 s.r folk who live in the little ham E0ppuy .y4lino close by her farm, Durby
 in Norfolk, England.
 |fne' in nene is situated within 100
 Dulo3 { London. The country seats of lgs agol ga bighness the prince of Wales Els iO3 s;. royal highness the duke of York E n' in in the same county. From the the |S IL .n windows of her quaint little Ppps. bnilt of rubble stone with red ' Eou5', ,oof one may look out upon the lsu ,.s of tbe German ocean. A private loads from one of her paddocka
 | tiff to the sea shore.
 Nice Nethersole is an excellent swim 7. n''- During her annual visit to Nor llt che takes a daily plunge, enjoying ~botb in company with a great New .ndland dog, whose fidelity in watch bis adored mistress is charming :, America Miss Nethersole retires at .ns .. m.. rising between ten and eleven, ..ro when a morning rehearsal is called Is- when nine o'clock sharp is her ris- pa hour An unusual characteristic I9opg 9 dramatic stars, at least-is her .anctuality; she has never been known 'o bo five minutes late in keeping pro- Essional appointment. But at Dnrby pone her habits are in harmony with |be pastoraI tone of the place. With the Esing of Ehe sun she is up and dressed, rd after drinking 3 cup of black coffee Bay be seen scampering with the aban-
 oI of a schoolgirl on the broad lawn, bIowed and jumped upon by seven 5eautiful dogs, thoroughbreds all of
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09

short-sighted mortal, it seems to me
that the sloth should have been better
equipped for the battle of life, or else
left out of it altogether.
The sloth lives, moves and has his
being by hanging underneath the
smaller limbs of trees and eating leaves
and fruit. He is the slowest animal OH
record, and for speed in travelling long
journey, say from one side of tree
top to the other, the tortoise is light
ming express in comparison. 1t takes
a good field-glass to enable you to see
him move. His hair is coarse, wavy,
and precisely the color OF gray moss,
OF rough bark, although sometimes it
supports a minute vegetable organism
which gives it an olive-green hue. His
feet are simply four hooks, by which he
hangs himself very comfortably when
feeding in the upper story of forest.
but in walking on the ground they are
worse than useless. But the sloth has
no use for the ground, and never goes
near it of his own accord.-William I.
Hornaday, in st. Nicholas.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09
4 CALIFORNIA BEE VILLAGE.
where the Honey In Fsund That Rivals
the Nectar or the Coda.

!"
the Nectar or the Gods.
The month of May is the carnival Of
bee life in California, and at no other
time of the year is the half work, half
play of "bee-ranching" so wholly fasci-
rating and delightful. After spring
showers are over, delicious warmth
and fragrance steam up from the cir
cling foothills, where every notch and
byway is choked with Towering Wild
wood. The long blooming slopes
stretch sunnily to fruitful valleys, and
the whole riotous floral zone is voiced
by honey-hunting bees. Their lilli-
putian cities are seen just without the
open arms of canyons, the white hives
arranged with the precision of DWELL
ings along the streets. Sometimes
these mimic thoroughfares are shaded
by scattering oaks and sumac, or the
green umbrellas of elderberry bushes,
now fringed with freighted, creamy
clusters. Where there are no indigen-
Gus trees it is not unusual for the
thrifty apiarist to plant grape-vines
and orchard rows between the hives,
which serve the double purpose Of
shade and forage. A neighboring bee
ranch is often four to five miles dis
tant, and again this Palestine of the
new world shows leagues on leagues Of
ideal pasturage, left solely to the har-
vesting of wild bees and various species
of wasp and humming- bird, or to that
interesting lover of sweets, the Mex
lean honey-ant.
A typical western apiary belongs to
the foot-hill region of southern Califor-
mia. Here the atmosphere has that de-
gree of heat and dryness essential to
an abundant saccharine flow, and the
high gravelly soil grows a luxuriance
of notwithstanding plants, the chief of
which are the numerous varieties OF
sage. During the blossoming of these
aromatic spikes the amount of honey
stored by strong colonies is almost in
credible. A summers product will
often average rs to 200 pounds hive,
and instances are not uncommon where
a single Italian swarm has produced
1000 pounds of extracted honey in
one year. This sage honey has rare
Virtues, anu 10 Sttiu W NC Luolc uciCSo-
able than the famed nectar of Hymet-
tus or Chamouni, and whittier and finer
favored than the celebrated honey
combs of Atacama. To set ones teeth
through an exquisitely frail comb
trimming with the delicate nectar Of
the white sage-Audibertia--is gust
tatory relish not to be otherwise
equaled. More especially is this true
if one has all the concomitants-
warm clean stone under singing syca-
more, mountain air spiced with count
less odors, the monotone of bees at
their voluptuous toll, landscape bill
lowing up to gigantic SUBMITS, and a
stream hard by to keep the shout up
in the heart.-Ninetta Games, in Har-
per's Magazine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09
ENGLAND'S PREMIER.
Lord Salisbury Is Well Up In Science NJ
Well as Statecraft.

LORD ls wen IN 6cioucc ~
Well as Statecraft.
Personally Lord Salisbury is deeply
read and cultured man. He spends a
good deal of time in his laboratory, is
very fond of chemistry, possesses much
practical knowledge of electricity, and
has delivered more than one able adj
dress before such bodies as the British
Association for the Advancement of
Science. He is not physically as strong
as he looks, and the immense volume of
work he accomplishes, coupled with
very little exercise, makes him in real
ity somewhat delicate man. In APP
pearance he is impressive without be-
ing handsome, and his ordinary de-
meapor is one of apparent Indifference
and aristocratic hauteur. Like him
self in character, his oratory is imperi-
Gus, forcible and effective. At his IA
nous seat in Hertfordshire-Hat
house-Queen Victoria has been more
than once entertained by Lord Sails
curry, as in past century his ancestry
entertained Queen Elizabeth, and there
he thoroughly enjoys, whether in or out
VI power, tne generous country hio
and open hospitality of the historical
and typical fine old English gentle
man."
Taken altogether, the present Eng
lish premier is an extraordinary and in
teresting figure in the politics of this
period. His patriotism is strong and
sincere, but it rests upon the forms of
the constitution and upon loyalty to
the crown rather than upon the mod
ern principle of loyalty to the imme-
date and changeable will of popular
democracy. And Lord Salisbury in
this case undoubtedly embodies the nat
ural hereditary and inherent conserva-
tism of the English people,. Castell
Hopkins, in Chautauquan.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09

on one rope. He seemed kinder hurt
about it, as though he thought there
was some trick in it. We tried to eX-
it again, and next time to jump on
sooner. But he wouldn't; leastways,
not on the fall.
"But he'd jump onto the other parts
of the tackle and ride them down,
KNOWN that if his ride stopped before
he got down there were plenty of ropes
close to him to climb down on. One
time, though, he warn't lool<in' out for
his tail, and it got dragged into the
lower block. He let out an awful
screech, and we Stacked away till he got
his tail clear; but he'd never ride down
halliards after that, though he'd still
help us on the yard.
"Bimeby, as he got bigger, he got too
strong and ambitious, and his claws
made little holes in the sail. That
wouldn't do, and yet we didn't like to
discourage him worlkin' he was real
help on the yard. So the mate got a file
from the carpenter, and filed his claws
blunt, but he filed Of too much, and next
time Quartermaster started to go aloft
he only got about six ratlines up. He
couldn't hang on.
"He tried it again, but it warn't no
use; he had to give it up and went right
aft and below. He stayed down whole
day, and then came up and walked
round loollin' so pitiful and discouraged
like that we felt sorry for him.
There wasn't a man of us who
wouldn't ha' been willin' to mend chat
sail in his watch below just as fast as
that cat could tear holes in it, if we
could have him aloft with us again, and
the mate was willin' to file the
stumps sharp again, but Quartermaster
wouldn't let him. The poor critter knew
what the trouble was, and wouldn't
never go near the mate again; but he'd
sojer round among us, and whine and
hold up his paw. SOS we could see what
kept him on deck when he was needed
aloft.
I'VE hoped they would grow sharp
again, and perhaps they would in time;
but Quartermaster wouldn't wait for
that. He felt himself disgraced and ne
use aboard at all; and he moped round
and got thin, and one mornin'we found
him curled up under the wheel-box dead.
He just died of a broken heart, nothin'
else.
''We buried him that day like sailor
tell you, we all felt bad, and the mate
cried. The old man swore that if that
cat had lived he'd have put him on the
articles next voyage and rated him able.
seaman"
AS old Johnson finished, a long, trem.
ulous snore arose from the other end of
the forecastle, and reaching out his
head, he peered around and growled;
Blast 'em, there all asleep"
MORGAN A. ROBERTSON.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09
HUMOROUS.

do you notice any change in Dunn
ley r'asked the tall man. mo, don't"
snapped the other man, sourly. He
was Dumley's tailor.--RoclSland Trib-
une.
He-"I wonder you're not afraid of
going to Nice after those terrible earth
quakes." She-"O, surely those things
are always confined to the poorer quar-
tiers of the town.""-Punch.
Mrs. Ayebee-'.Men are such funny
things. When Ayebee asked me to be
his he was the most disconsolate man
imaginable" Mrs. Cedee-'I can well
believe that."-Boston Transcript.
~ want an additional clause put
on the anti-smoke ordinance" said Gas
well. go on" replied Dukane. IT
want every cigarette smoker to be COM
PEELED to consume his own smoke."--
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
-She-''You don't care for my kisses
any more" He-"The idea! Before
we were married / used to expect a
dozen or so in payment for a box of
candy, and now deem only one of them
sufficient payment for new dress."-
Indianapolis Journal.
Are you going to call on our new
neighbor, Mrs. L. ?" II think not. The
fact is, met her yesterday, and she
evidently does not belong to the best so.
ciety." 'How do you know?" "Be.
cause she has such pleasant manners"
IN. Y. Tribune.
-Informers stand slim chance in
Georgia. Here is unique paragraph
from rural newspaper: "Any person
driving over this bridge faster than a
walk shall, if white man, be fined five
dollar, and if a negro receive rs lashes-
half the penalty to be bestowed on the
informer." Constitution.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
YELLOW JACKETS.

Once on time. no matter when.
Two rosy little barefoot men.
Upon bright and sunny morn
Were trudging through field of corh.
A hollow tree within the field
Some lively fruit began to yield
A fruit that sported legs and wings
And yellow coats. and also stings.
Hurrah for fun!" said little Jack.
This fishing pole upon my back
10 long and strong. and tough and true:
Well punch the yellow jackets through
The pole, you see, will be their game.
For you and me they will not blame
The yellow jackets do not know
A pole needs hands TO make 1t CO."
All right" said Jim, st will be fun,
Well have them at 1t. every one"
30 recklessly they went to work.
A chance for fun they would not shirk-
Though very doubtful fun at best.
Invading yellow jackets nest.
The troops within, warned by their scout
And sundry knocks. came pouring out
The yellow men were full of fight,
And stung the pole with all their might.
But brains. though often very small,
Are better than no brains at all.
So one old veteran, buzzing low,
Said: This Is not our real foe
At least this end OF It is not:
Another end we should have sought.
1t may be like Achilles heel,
The one spot where pole can feel.
Well see. my comrades, ready, so!
Draw up In line! Now here we got!
And down upon those urchins came
That army. like a sea of flame.
So hot, so very hot it grew,
They both In frantic terror flew,
And wildly swung their arms about,
In vain. their tiny foes to rout
But not until their breath was spent
Was yellow jacket wrath content.
At last, with vengeance satisfied,
They turned about in warlike pride.
q. All. Jim." said Jack. these little things
Are sharp in wits as well as stings;
The yellow Jackets had the fun,
They must have laughed to see us run.
We're smarter now with stings-and sense
They turned the fun at our expenHel"
Matte MoCashlin, In N. Y. Independent.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09
A Little Too Economical.

A gentleman residing III New York
recently hired colored boy for valet
The boy proved valuable acquisition
in everything except one, and that was
his practice of economy. He was for
ever endeavoring to save money for his
employer. One day he was sent to get
some letters stamped and TO post them.
Upon his return the gentleman asked
him if he had attended to il all right.
The boy replied: IFS found a lot of
gemmen getting stamps, and as they
didn't charge them anything to put the
letters in the slot, / saved you 20 cents,
cause / slipped yours in without
stamps" That colored boy was too
economical, and he was dispensed with.
-Harper's Round Table.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09
Homicide In Mexico.

The Mexican Herald, a newspaper
printed in the City of Mexico, calls at
tention to the statistics for 1894, which
show that during that year there were
432 homicides in the city, and TITS per-
sons were wounded. This makes 125
homicides for each 100000 of the popu-
lation, and 2,25S wounds for the same
number. Now, in other countries the
homicides per 100000 of population
stand as follows: Italy has 1857, Spain
1910, Austria 3.11, Belgium 2.52, Eng
land 1.s0. This is the percentage per
year for each 900 inhabitants, while
the City of Mexico has 1926 per 100000.
A murder is committed in that city
every "a hours, and in every rs hours
81 persons are wounded. = St. Louis
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