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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

pocahontas. He was Ia years old last
December. His father and mother are
of normal size.
So proud is Pocahontas, Va, of Gilmore
Sheppard that the citizens decided to
enter him for the great fat boy contest.
He was accordingly weighed in the
presence of Attorney w. w. French
and DIR. Haler, of that place, and his
weight was found to be 1863. pounds.
Then he was carefully measured.
He was found to be feet inches in
young giant measures So inches.
Around the waist he measures 70
inches.
His thigh is "a inches in circumfer-
cnce and the calf of his leg is only half
an inch less than feet in circumfer-
encc. His feet are stout, but of aver
age size and length. He is active and
in good health and has a voracious appe-
tite.
This latest of fat boys smokes a
cigar "when ne can get one" as Poca-
hontas gentleman states. He is good
natured, like all of his race, and he can
read and write, and his mind is bright
and acquisitive.
He wears a r.. hat and measures II
inches around the neck and 90 inches
around the upper arm. He has gained
20 pounds in weight since the 28th of
December and is still gaining.
Several other fat boys have turned
up who were of colored parentage, and
they were all good natured, which may
have some mysterious connection with
their size and health. No boy can hope
to be fat who is cross or ill-natured,
and the same appears to be true of men.
Here are some of the fat boys weigh
ing 200 pounds or over whose friends
or parents have written to the World
about them:
Fay Houser, Groton, N. Y, ~ years
old, PIP pounds. ......
Joseph Young, No. 773 Columbus
avenue, New York, ID years old. 2o4
pounds. s...-
Theodore Tieman. Cincinnati, O., IA
years old, 244 pounds.
- Angel, Mantle, r. l.. IS years old.
315 pounds.
Martin p. Burman, Coopersville,
Mich. II years old. 265 pouuds.
Charles Schwartz, No. ~ Perry street,
New York. IS years old, pounds.
Howard N. Gosner, Eleventh and
Huntingdon streets, Philadelphia, II
ears old, 200 pounds.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

cluded after 96 moves, on Saturday,
when a draw resulted. Pillsbury
(white) and Tschigorin drew queens
gambit declined after so moves, and
Steinitz and Lasker drew a queens gam
bit declined after A moves.
The total score:
Emmanuel Lasker won 11h, lost 6k;
w. Steinitz won 9h. lost Sh; II. n.
Pillsbury won 8, lost 10; NJ. Tschigorin
won z, lost IL.
The St. Petersburg Chess club had the
following expenditures in carrying out
the tournament:
To Lasker. total in purses, $500; to
Steinitz, total in purses, 1910; TO Pills
hurry, total in purses, 1926: Tschig-
Grin. total in purses, $235; travelling
expenses TO the first three PANIED play
ers, 5000; hotel and other expenses for
the players. $3.50; sundries, 500; total.
S3.O4O
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

That's it."
mo longer have any interest in your
work ?"
Correct"
"Sick and Disguised with every
thing?"
"Rightagain.'
81 think l understand the case" said
the physician, with a self-satisfied air.
"fou have been working pretty hard,
haven't you?"
Very hard"
~ thought so. The fact is, sir, that
you are tied down too close to your
desk. You don't get variety enough"
'1-what?" demanded the patient.
II say that you ought TO have a change
IF scene" explained the physician.
"Monotony and close confinement are
killing you. You ought to arrange to
take long trip-say. to the Pacific
coast"
do you really think that would do
me any good?"
Beyond question. By the way. what
is your business? You have neglected
10 tell me-"
I'm Pullman car conductor on the
run from Chicago to San Francisco"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
ENGLAND rs COWARDLY.
win DO Nothing to Relieve the
Arme nian Situation.
Lord Saiisbury's Humiliating and DIS
gusting Confession The Work Of
Slaughter to Proceed without
@ Further Objections.

The astonishing statement made by
Lord Salisbury at the banquet OF the
Nonconformist Unionist association
touching the Armenian question will
leave the world in some doubt as TO
whether England is Indifferent or inn
potent, or perhaps both, as to the
massacres in that afflicted country and
the methods necessary to prevent their
further continuance. THE Berlin
treaty" Lord Salisbury said, merely
bound. the signatory powers that if the
sultan promulgated certain reforms
they would watch over the execution of
those reforms" The Berlin treaty pro-
vision went further. than this. The
lsIIltan bound himself in explicit terms
to give the Armenians equal rights
under the law and the same religious
privileges as all other subjects in the
Turkish empire. This he has failed to
do. On the other hand, he has sane
toned if not inspired the slaughter of
thousands of Armenians and the de-
struction of their property for the
reason, on the one hand, that they de-.
; manded these privileges, and on the
other to render it impossible for them
to make similar demands in the future
} by. reducing their numbers, their infu-
ence and their property-holdings
through the horrible 'cruelties of the
Kurdish and Circassian butchers. But
even if Lord Salisbury's statement
were absolutely correct, if the powers
were only to watch over the execution
of certain reforms, which it is notori-
Gus are not being executed, of what
avail is it for the war vessels of these
powers to remain at the Dardanelles?
AS no reforms are being executed,
what is there to watch?
Lord Salisbury goes further and
makes the humiliating confession that
there is nothing in the convention
which obligates England to interfere
in behalf of the sultan's subjects. Then
why not call off the English tieetand
leave these subjects to his tender
mercies? Lord Salisbury then pro
ceeds to-, gloss over, the conduct
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

of the sultan, while acknowledge
ing that his government is weak.
wretched, impotent and powerless;"
to attribute the massacres to the
hatred of race and creed factions; to
assert that England has not the power
of military usurpation to prevent them,
that none of the European powers wish
to interfere, and that if England does
not act with the great powers she must
act against them and produce far more
awful and terrible calamities than the
Armenian atrocities" s a.
1t is evident from this humiliating
confession, says the Chicago Tribune,
that the Armenians are to beleft to their
fate, and that the great powers, civil
lied, Christian England among them,
are disposed to give the sultan all the
time he wishes in the prosecution of
his infamous policy. Lord Salisbury
says: ut is our duty to give the sultan
time. 1t is not for me to pass judg-
ment on that view, but no other remedy
has been suggested" -.-
That is exactly what the sultan wants.
Leave him alone and give him time
enough, and what with killing, burn
ing, plundering and starving there will
soon be only remnant of the Armenian
race left, and that remnant too small
and weak and too terroriZed by the
Moslems to dare ask for the rights
guaranteed with these indifferent pow
crs. 1t is little wonder that the Lon
don Chronicle Indignantly declares this
Utterance will do England grievous
harm and that his confession of failure
with regard to Armenia is most ig-
nominious admission, and that the
London Daily News says: "The little
monster who gloats at Constantinople
over the butcheries will receive Lord
Salisbury's statement as glad tidIngs.
1t will be read with inexpressible shame
by thousands of decent men and women
in England. We might at least abb
stain from encouraging the sultan in
his hellish work." Even the great
Thunderer is compelled to-regard Lord
Salisbury's statement as apologize
and inferentialy to regret it. The
world will echo the sentiments of these
newspapers. and will learn with pro-
found sorrow and Indignation from the
lips of the English premier that there
IS no hope for the Armenians and that
the work of slaughter must proceed un-
til they are reduced to a condition so
weak and helpless as to be unable to
utter complaints or demand rights
promised them in solemn, treaties.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
COUNT GOLUCHOWSkI.
Why Austria-Hungary's Minister of For
eign Affairs Is Popular.


eign Affairs Is Popular.
Count Agenor Goluchowski, the min
lister of foreign affairs for Austria-Hun-
gary, is not yet so years of age, but has
had n brilliant career as u politician on
the continent. He has been premier of
Austria and has filed other important
Offices for that government. He is
descendant from an ancient and illus
tious family of Galicia. Parisians
claim him as one of themselves, for
much of his life was spent in the capital
OF France. Indeed, he is French by
marriage, for his wife was Princess
Murat. 1t was in Paris that he took
tho first steps that led to his career
as a successful diplomat, although there
was nothing of special merit in that ca
rcer that could be considered respon-
sible for his elevation to the place that
hud been filled by Count Kalnoly, his
predecessor as prime minister of AUS
tria. 1t was said that this large honor
was conferred on him chiefly because
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
AMOURS OF A TOMTIT.
This Bird Maintained a Harem In
q Flower Pot.
He Had Four Wives and Each of Them
Had u Nest--A Curious Case of Polyg-
amy Which Has Agitated and
Shocked Morallsts.

Wrens and tomtits are the smallest
birds that hover about civilization.
Hitherto tomtits have been regarded as
harmless and pretty little things.
They always excite the affection and
admiration of ladies because of their
timid, shrinking modesty.
But now. says the New York World,
tomtit has struck blow at organized
society. He has shown that prevailing
customs in the social life of nations are
at variance with nature.
1t was an English tomtit that has
done this. He has thrown food of
light on the relations of the sexes and
shocked many moralists and elderly
ladies.
The moralists and philosophersseek
ing arguments to support organized
society as it is at present have always
drawn illustrations from the animal
world. That man should have only
one wife was supposed to be shown by
the fact that the births of males and
females are about equal in the human
race, and that the same is true among
some birds and animals.
The Mahometans repudiated this
doctrine and fixed the proper number
of wives for n man at four. The Nor
mons went still further and maintained
that it was the duty of every man to
marry as many wives as he could sup
port.
This doctrine has been carried to its
extreme length in the case of the king
of Ashantce, who has 1888 wives,
which everybody admits is more than
he ought to have. But the animal king
dom was supposed to show that each
male should have only one wife, just
as it is assumed that there are 1889
miserable Ashantees now wandering
about in n wifeless condition.
Tomtits were thought to be models
of propriety, and for years they have
been fed and encouraged by old ladies'
on this theory. Now, however, matri-
monial customs have been shaken to
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

Of Count Kalnoky's recommendation.
When he took the place he had little to
trouble him, for his able forerunner had
left the affairs Of France and Austria
in most satisfactory condition. Yet
he handled the Austro-Hungarian di-
plomacy with skillful hand. The af-
fairs of two monarchies, finances, war
and the administration of Bosnia and
Herzegovina offered no sinecure. In
his present position the count has not
appeared at disadvantage. He is of
rather small stature, broad shoulders,
strong physique and has n smiling face,
with abundant grayish whiskers. He
was much liked in Paris for his gayety,
viyacity and iollitY of his temper.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
THE FATTEST FAT BOY.
Young Colored Giant Heads the
List Of Heavy Weights
He Is Fourteen Years Old and Weighs 36s
Pounds = Some Surprising Measure
ments OF Gilmore sheppard. Who
In Still Growing.

A great number of fat boys have been
heard of since the New York World
printed the picture few weeks ago of
one fat boy who seemed to be unusually
large for his age. He has been wholly
eclipsed, however, by later reports,
which have been coming into the
World Office from all parts of the coun-
try.
According to these figures, there does
not now seem to be any use Of wasting
time on fat boys under 200 pounds and
in the neighborhood of IA or Is years
of age. There are a good many of these
boys scattered about, and each of them
seems to have been offended at any men
ton of boys not quite so fat.
Their fathers have been writing let
ters to the editor of the World demand
ing recognition of these prodigies. In
one or two instances the old gentleman
has been indignant as if at an unjust
discrimination against his son.
Fathers of fat boys have hurriedly
taken their sons out to be photo
graphed. They have likewise taken
them to the corner grocery. to be
weighed, and in one or two instances
they have gone to the trouble of en-
listing the services of n notary public
who has certified to the weight and
other measurements.
1t now seems, however, that these
fond parents will all have 10 cease
boasting of having the latest boy in
the world or else try to regain the first
place by stuffing their sons like the
stalled geese that go to make Stras-
burg pie. A colored boy has turned up
at Pocahontas, Va, beside whom all
others pale into insignificance.
This boy is named Gilmore Sheppard.
he is IA years old and he tips the scale
Mt the astonishing figure of 1863 pounds.
Sheppard was born in North Carolina
aud left that state with his parents
when nine months old, going to live at
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

vada mountains. The traveller comes
upon it just after crossing the toll
bridge over the Humboldt river, which
PUSHES like a cataract through the
humboldt valley far below, making
Chicken Soup spring seem rather in
significant; but in reality this won
derful little body of water has been
sounded to the depth of 1900 feet,
while the turbulent waters below are
shallow in comparison.
The south side of the pool is deepest,
and seems to be the source from which
the peculiar solution flows; for the
bubbling, boiling water on that side
will cook goose egg in two minutes.
1t is common sight to see tourists
vending their way with bags of crack
crs and cups in their hands.
The neighboring road bed is ballasted
on one side by what appears to be COW
ering of hardened lime; but it is in re-
atty pure crushed lava of Enthusiastically
Volcanic origin, for lying in close prox-
unity are evidences of volcanic erup-
tions.
The pool has been dragged many
times, but nothing has ever been taken
from it's depths but cedar. Cedar trees
once abounded in this locality, and the
bark, which bears marks of consider
able age, was probably thrown in by
the Indians while building their RATS
and canoes. ....rs
This wonderful freak, lying about
az miles from the rough little mining
town of Elko, is never visited by the in
habitants unless they are passing that
way and feel hungry. The miners and
the rest of the matter-of-fact popula-
ton have long ceased to wonder at
natures partially and accept the ex-
;stence of this boiling soup caldron as
convenient fact. Whether it is due
to the mineral properties Of the soil
or to the close proximity of lava beds,
or is itself volcano in a mild state of
aqueas eruption know not. But there
it is, and anyone who will go to Elko
can easily find the spring and sample
the soup to corroborate my statements.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
Pigeons In Mining Camps.

Experiments are being made in Ari.
iona in the establishment Of carrier
pigeon messenger service between re-
mote mining camps and the nearest
towns or railway shipping points. Sc
far as tried the service has proved sue.
cessful and very valuable. The trails
out from some of the large camps are
long and difficult to traverse at times
and the carrier pigeons insure grea:
saving of time in exchanging communi-
cations.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
CHICKEN SOUP SPRING.
A Wonderful Freak of Nature Found In
Elko County, New.

A Wonderful Freak of Nature Found In
Eiko County, New.
The free soup houses might have been
dispensed with during the hard times,
IL the people of Nevada had only put up
barrels of the chicken soup that bubbles
from the foot hills of the Sierra Ne
vadas, in Elko county, New, and had
dispatched it to the poor in our great
cities.
Incredible as it may seem, it is never
theless a fact that soup is natural
product; and / have often, writes Fran
els Fox, satisfied my hunger from this
boiling hot spring, which, judging by
the palate. is simply natures soup
tureen.
I The pool, scarcely 100 yards in di-
ameter., lies just of the stage road
among the foot hills of the Sierra Ne
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
DON vALERlANo wEYLER.
Cuba's New Captain General Has Quite .
Successful Record.


Successful Record.
Cuban revolutionists fear that the
new governor general, Don valeriano
Weyler y Nicolan, will inaugurate pol
icy of blood and fire. Gen. Weyler, it Is
said, told intimate friends just before
he departed for the Cuban capital that
he would issue q proclamation giving
the rebels eight days in which to lay
down their arms. If the order be not
obeyed execution will be the fate Of all
rebel prisoners. The proclamation is
to include all abettors of the revolution.
and swift punishment will be melted out
to those known to be in sympathy with
the revolutionists. The new governor
general is IN old hand at the governing
business. He was born in 1910. When
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
Mapping In the Afternoon.

For the healthy nap in the after
noon is not necessary, and the brain
will not demand it. If a man finds
himself mapping at that time, either he
has eaten too much Mt his midday meal
or his cerebral circulation is feeble.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
DUBUQUE MEMORIAL.
Monumental Tower for the Grave OF the
Founder OF the Iowa city.

The neglected grave of Julien Du-
buque at Dubuque, Ia, is proposed as
the site of monument TO the city's
founder. Dubuque was French miner
of liberal attainments who came from,
Prairie du Chen in 17ss to explore the
lead mines to which he gave his name.
These mines were found in the village
of the Sacs and Foxes, with whom Du.
buque established friendly relations,
and his grant was confirmed by Baron
Carondolet, the Spanish governor OF
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
DIAGNOSING A CASE.

Why = Chicago Doctor Forgets to Collect
His Consultation Fee.
The physician looked at the patients
tongue, felt his pulse, put silver spoon
down his throat and punched him two
or three times in the ribs
"You are badly run down." he said, at
last.
81 feel that way" replied the patient
"You have feeling of lassitude, as
I understand it," continued the ply.
stefan.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
Physicians In Insane AsyIums.

Women of the state of Missouri arc
circulating petition to the governor,
asking him to appoint only married
men as resident physicians in the In
sane asylums of the state.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
Lake Michiean's Depth.

The deepest place ever measured in
Lake Michigan showed a depth OF $40
feet. or about one-sixth of mile. The
mean depth is 325 feet, or one-sixteenth
of q mile.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
Marriage In Seryia.

Marriages can only be celebrated in
Servia between sunrise and noon, the
bride and bridegroom must be COM
pletely fasting. and only one couple
may be married at the same time.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
LASkER is CHAMPION.
Crowns Himself King OF tho Chessboard
at st. Petersburg.

at st. Petersburg.
The international chess games at ST
Petersburg ended recently. Lasler
took the first, Steinitz the second, Pills
bury the third, and Tschigorin the
fourth prizes. The game left unfinished
between Steinitz and Tschigorin on
Thursday, an Evans gambit, was COLI
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-12-12
THE soLDlEss MAKE A RAID.

The Womens Relief Corps was sub
jected to a raid at their meeting last
Saturday evening by the G.. A. r. men
and unlike most warlike demonstrations
the occasion was decidedly pleasant
one. Ii appears that some time last
summer the ladies' one day invaded a
Post meeting and carried with them
lot of ice cream, cake and other good
things by which the sturdy veterans
were ANONYMOUSLY captured. The ladies'
aftrwards boasted that the men could
never retallate "tecanse men cant fix up
anything good to eat without getting
their wives to help them" This some
what nettled the heroes OF hundred
battlefeids and so on Saturday they
quietly prepared superfine oyster sup
per and when the Corps meeting was at
Its height rap caused the outside guar
dian to unfasten the door aud before she
could say ''scat" in walked a regiment
Of soldiers. everv man bearing rations
for dozen aud every ration the perfec.
tion of tae culinary art. A table was
provided and before the ladies' hardly
understood the nature Of the raid they
were invited 10 partake Of soldiers
hospitality. Oysters and other good
things were served in profusion AID the
heroes Of the occasion demonstrated
their ability to cook and keep secret
and to do both well. F. H. Vanderhoh
was chief cook Of the occasion and al
other members of the post proved abl,
and willing assistants. 4 number o
invited guests were also present. and al
report the best supper OF the season.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-12-12
HOW TO Kill A NEWSPAPER

The following receipt is offered by a
Western paper:
Just let the subscription 90. It's only
a dollar or two-the publisher don't
need il.
II he asks for il get as mad as you can
and tell him TO stop the paper-you
never read il anyhow. Then 20 and bOr-
row your neigh5or's.
When The reporter comes always be
busy. Make him feel as If he were iu-
truding. When the advertising and job
man comrs tell him YOU don't need 10
advertise-every body knows yol, sAal
you will Try TO get along without aug
printed stationary-it Is 10 exprnsi, e
you must economize.
Never drop IN 10 see the editor unless
you want IA free complimentary notice or
lengthy obituary for beloved relative.
Never recommend the paper to any bod,
When you do speak Of 1t say "les. We
have little sheet, but it dOu't amount
to much"
Keep il up tor year or two and you
will have a dead newspaper. dead sci
OF merchants aud dead town.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-12-12

about the pair, and soon learned from
John Glass that Hoyt and the coat stop
ped at his place Wednesday morning
and inquired the way to Pearl. Hoyt
told Mr.. Glass that he bought the coat
in San Francisco for sl5 but he may
have told that story just to eep in
practice for the next fish and snake sea-
son. He was next heard Of going up
the Sand Hollow road towards Pearl.
where he was met by Park Wardwell
and John Murray.
A warrant for his arrest. on the
charge Of allowing another mans over
coat to elope with him. was placed in
the hands of Constable Blanchard who
went to Pearl Thursday morning and
got both coat and man. Hoyt had dis
posed Of the coat but it was recovered
In Judge Williams court. next morn
ing, Ho' pleaded guilty and the court
said. Fifty dollars. and thirty days.
Next" Hoyt Will scarcely need an
overcoat again this winter.