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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-16

ture. He was succeeded by a line of
chiefs famed for wisdom and liberality.
and they in turn gave place to a semi
republican form of government, which
continued until 81 Il. c., when the island
became part of the Roman empire.
In the partition of the dominions of
Rome Crete fell to the Byzantine, or
Eastern, empire, by which it was held
until A. d. 1923, when it was conquered
by the Saracenes. These daring SOL
diers held possession until the tenth
century, wheI. the island became a
Genoese province. From the Genoese
1T passed by gift to the marquis of
aiontferrat, who sold it to the Vene-
fians in 1904. Venice, then in the height
of her glory, held it for four centuries,
an the course of which Crete developed
unto one of the most prosperous and
wealthy states in Europe. After Il
terrific struggle, which lasted "a
years, and in which number of Ital-
ian states took active part, the country
was wrested from the Venetians by the
Turks, and made Turkish province in
1869.
The natives were oppressed by their
conquerors and the numerous indus
tries established under the mild Vene-
tan rule were taxed out of existence
From being the most nfflUent people in
the Greek archipelago the Cretahs be-
came the poorest. But persecution did
not extinguish their national pride, nor
did wauton cruelty succeed in compell-
ang them to renounce the Christian re-
legion. The fire of hope burned in their
hearts, and scores of resolutions at
test that they preferred death to slav-
cry. In 1921 and againin 1871, popular m
surrectiOns taxed all The resources of tile
Turkisa government. In both instances
the patriots were defeated only after
fierce struggles, but after the CON
quest the hand of the oppressor rested
upon them heavier than ever. In 1912
the sultan placed such unjust restric-
tions on the commerce of the island
that the few industries which had sur
yived the determinations of years were
completely paralyzed. In 1853 another
insurrection marked the history of the
island. 1t was under the leadership of
remarkably able men and conducted
with such skin that the sultan granted
many OF the requests made by the pa
1riots, But The concessions then made
on paper were never carried out, and the
deceived patriots inaugurated another
revolt IN 1866 and demanded annexati
20 Greece. They were compelled TO
submit in 1869, without obtaining any
relief. Since 1869 part of the popuia-
tion y. 'een in constant revolt bu,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-16
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The greatest Methodist was John
Wesley, the founder of this denomi.
nation.
Rev. DR.. j. NJ. jefferson, of Vlr
ginia, has been elected to the new chair
Of divinity in the University of Cali
fornia.
Pupils in the German Gymnasia
and Real Schulen are steadily decreas-
ing in number, preferring to go to the
schools, where English and French are
substituted for Latin.
DIR. Herbert B. Adams, head of the
department of history and political sci
ence in Johns Hopkins university, has
gone to Europe to investigate the sub
iect of popular education for the
United States bureau of education.
Rev. Jonathan Van Cleave, pastor
of the Indian Creek Baptist church in
Montgomery county, Ind, is more than
81 years old, and has been preaching
IS years. He is still vigorous in mind
and body, and performs all his pastoral
duties.
On the Malabar coast in SOUTH
western INDIA there are 2Uo,UOO Catn-
olics, who came originally from Chal-
dea, and are HISTORIANS. They have
hitherto had Latin bishops, but the
propaganda has decided that they
should have two bishops of their own
rite.
An appeal has been issued by COM
mittee of the vestry to those who wor-
ship at the Church of the Transfgu-
ration, New York city, widely known
as the "Little Church Around the Cor.
ner," for funds to arrest "the prog
ress of decay" in the older portions OF
The building. The estimated amount
needed is from $4,000 to $4,000.
instruction is absolutely gratuit-
GUS in the universities and faculties of
France. They are open without reserve
to strangers as well us native students
and the grades established are the
same for each. II is required, how
ever, that both foreign and native stu
dents should give evidence of certain
preliminary study.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-16
BOMBARDIER BEETLE.
Supplied by Nature with Strange
Weapon for Protection.

Supplied by Nature with a Strange
Weapon for Protection.
Of creatures inhabiting the land the
bombardier beetle certainly has the
queerest means of defense. When pur-
sued by an enemy he discharges an eX-
tremely volatile fluid which is secreted
by special glands and which has the
curious property of turning into cloud
of light blush smoke. Some say tina:
this smoke blinds the pursuer for u
time, others say that it only confuses
him. If the first discharge is insult
cient the bombardier can repeat it as
many as 20 times, but he usually es-
capes before carrying the lombard
ment to this length.
OF sea creatures, the globe fish, or
putfer, uses the most extraordinary
means for protecting himself against
or escaping from his foe. In quies-
cent state it's body is somewhat thick,
and fiattened on the under side. AS
such, he would make nice mouthful
for good-sized enemy, but when he
finds that he is about to be seized he
pumps water into himself until he
swells out into a globe from IL to IS
inches in diameter, and at the same
time erects a multitude of short, sharp
spikes, and so becomes very awkward
mouthful. Sometimes, even in this
state, he gets within the jaws of some
large enemy, and then he suddenly col
!apses to his original size and swims
out, leaving the jaws to close on moth
g--Philadelphia Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-16
A NOcturne.

All was darkness in the basement.
Leaning against the wall stood a BIZ
cycle. Presently the sound of conversa-
ton was distinctly audible:
Don't you think the Lubricator and
the Oil are getting pretty thick?'' muir
INJURED the Sprocket.
NO" replied the Pedal; "the Lubri-
Gator seems to be stuck on the Chain"
That's what thought" said the Sad
die; ''but get sat on so, 1 don't dare
speak"
81 think the Lamp and the Oil would
make good pair" added the Sprocket.
Eyes, except that the Lamp smokes
and goes out nights" whispered the
Pedal.
That's why spoke of the Oil. What
the Lamp needs is good Match"
'If there's going to be a wedding"
said the Bell, ''I'll furnish the ring"
Then the converse ton ceased, and not
even Wheel spolle.-Harper' Bazaar.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-16
FACING A GhIzZL Y.
A Brave Boy Kills an Angry Bear VITA .
Blow of an AK.

A Brave Boy Kills an Angry Bear vita .
Blow of an Ak
1t was in September-and the Col
orado sun had done its duty and made
Phil as brown of face and stout of limb
as any of us--that the geology class,
consisting of the professor and ten pu-
pills, made an excursion into the range
with the object of taking practical
lesson among the limestone beds at
the back of Lincoln peak.
Away we went-feeling very hilarious
at the idea of making an independent X-
petition, even with Blinl<ers for gen.
eral-scrambling ever rocks and fallen
trees, chasing squirrels and chiNnunks.
throwing stones at birds and abbit3
and behaving generally just like what
we vera parcel of schoolboys.
Presently we emerged from the trees
and came out upon another little open
park-like stretch of ground. Half way
across IL our attention was suddenly at
tracted by stir among the high grass.
and out jumped little, dark-colored,
short-legged animal, which looked like
o woolly pig-if there be any such thing
in nature.
Away it scuttled, and away we all
went, with shout, IN pursuit.
Phil happened % be some distance
behind at the moment, being busily en-
gagged in digging tarantula's nest out
Of the ground with his knife; but as
soon as he saw what we were doing, he
came racing after us, shouting: "Look
out! Look out! It's a."
We did not hear what, we were MAX
ing so much noise ourselves.
But the little animal, whatever it was,
was too quick for us and disappeared
into some willows while we wee still
20 yards behind. The next moment the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-16
Two Thousand an Hour.

standing on the boulevard the other
night at Eighty-siXth street, New York,
watching throng of bicyclists," said
west slider, II counted those going
north between the hours of $40 and
9:1O. There were 54S men and 70 wom-
en-, 623 altogether. did not undertake
to count those going south at the same
time, but should say that at moderate
calculation there were at least half as
many more, making the total number
passing that point in 80 minutes about
1000. The currents vary in strength
later there would be fewer going up
and more going down; but in the buster
part of the pleasant evenings total of
1000 an hour would be a reasonable es-
timate."--N. Y. San.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-16

not until the beginning of the present
year did the uprising assume proper
tons of such magnitude that the
Turkish war Office had to send special
troops to Canea and other strategic
points.
Nothing could give the reader more
comprehensive idea of the misgovern-
ment of the Turks than a mere state
mcnt of the fact that the population
OF Crete, which was 100000 when the
Venctians lost control of the island,
had fallen to 100000 in 1870, and to 2O0,-
900 in 1890.
The massacre at Canea is seriously
embarrassing the government of Greece.
The Cretans have always had the SYM
pathy of the people of the Hellenic
states. and several times the royal
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-16
DOG CATCHES FISH.
Has the Reputation of Having Never Lost
Victim.

Has the Reputation of Having Never Lost
Victim.
William Clawson, a fisherman Of
South PiainfieId, n. j., is the owner of a
dog of which he may well be proud.
The animal, which looks like an ordi-
nary cur, is possessed of an intelligence
far above that of other animals of his
species. The dog has become one of
the most expert fishermen in the vicin-
ity, and has the reputation of having
never lost fish. Mr.. Clawson and the
deg work in company. Arriving at the
stream, his owner will get the lines
ready, the dog watching with more than
ordinary interest, and when everything
has been arranged to the mutual salts
faction Of the two the dog will watch
the water until he gees that fish has
taken hold of the line, and then he will
assist in landing it But it is when his
master gees gigging that the dog is in
his element. Nearby Mr. Clawson'5
place is u bridge ever small stream
il, which are number of carp. 1t is
Mr.. Clawson's habit to stand IN the
bridge end let down line into the
water which is so arranged that fish
in passing VIII run his head into the
LOOP prepared to receive him, and so
get caught. The moment that the fish
is caught the dog does his work. Leap
irg into the water, he grabs the strug-
Cling fish and brings it in safety to the
shore, and he has never been known 70
lose u fish caught by him in this mar
ner.--Ciucinnati Enquirer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-16
FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM.
The Cretan Struggle for Liberty
and independence.
Heroism ID spIayed by the Poorly-Fed
Patriots of the Island of Crete-Turkish
CxEolty Gives Renewed Strength
to Their Cause
Especial letter.


Recently the cable brought the ter
rible news that in Canea, the principal
city of the island of Crete, 900 persons
had been massacred by Turkish troops.
Five hundred women and children es-
capped from the Infatuated mercenaries
of the sultan by seeking refuge in the
Christian churches, where they would
have starved to death had not the Eng
iish and French warships stationed in
the harbor come to their rescue and
furnished them with the necessities of
life. All the bodies of the slain were
mutilated, and in many instances the
eyes of the victims had been gouged
out. And all this in the face of the fact
that six great powers-Russia, Ger
many, Great Britain, France, Italy and
Austria Hungarian pledged to pro-
fect the porte's Christian subjects.
The Turkish government excuses the
horrible crime on the protest that the
Cretans are in revolt against the pad
isaiah, that $4,000 armed patriots are
fighting to overthrow the Mussulman
domination established in 1869, and
that they have been guilty of murder
ang turkish troops IN cOlu DIOOu. WINE
it is true that the Cretans are endeav-
oring to secure freedom, the charge
that they have been guilty of anything
like the atrocities committed by Aeir
taskmasters is absolutely silly. The
natives of Crete love liberty, are re-
markable for their agility, activity and
swiftness, noted for daring and BRAY
cry, are by some reputed to be vindic-
tive, but they are not cruel. Whenever
the patriots have met their opponents
on the field of battle they have treated
them fairly, and the Turkish gov
ernor has been unable to prove a single
case of harbarity against them.
The Cretan is classic people. His
tory tells us that the island of Crete,
or Gambia, which forms the southern
limit of the Grecian archipelago, was
anciently settled by colonists from the
Phoenicjans. Pelasgians and Dorians,
and fable has it that it was first gov
erned, by Minos. whose laws are ia
miliar to every student of Greek litera-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-16
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
A QUEER LITTLE HEN.

There was once little brown hen,
A dear little, queer little hen,
Her work was to lay
just one egg every day;
And she did it, this good little hen.
She'd fly up in a tree, and right then,
Seated high on branch, this queer hen,
Her egg she would lay,
Her one egg every day,
This good little, queer little hen.
Twas strange thing to do, I must say,
Lay an egg from tree every day.
And what good was the eggs?
Just tell that, / beg
That fell from the tree in that way?
But some people do things just as queer;
I know it; I've seen it, my dear.
They have a good thought,
But it just comes to naught;
From the wrong place they drop 1t, my
dear.
There's a lesson for you and for mo
From the hen that laid eggs in tree.
If we do a right thing,
If a good thought we bring,
Let's not choose wrong place you and me.
-Gazelle S. Sharp. In N. Y. Independent.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-16
NEST In A POCKET.
Wrens Establish a Cozy Habitation In .
Queer Place.

After reading about the English spar
rows that set up housekeeping on the
elevated railroad structure, one of our
girls Mabel Taylor, of Greenfield, Ill.
writes about the doings of two funny
little wrens. One day they spied an old
coat hanging in the corner of the back
porch. 1t belonged to one of the farm
laborers who wore it only when the
weather was chilly. Mrs. Wren thought
it would be good place to live, and Mr..
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-16
PHIL KEPT COMING ON SLOWLY.

willows waved and bent and out
With yell of dismay we AL turned
and scattering like a flock of sparrows
when a cat jumps into the midst of
them, fled for the nearest trees. Blink
ers, quite forgetting that he was the
general of the little evolutionary
force, made such Use of his long legs
that he was safely up tree before any
of the rest of us had reached one.
AS for me, 1 never reached one at ali.
In turning to run, l tripped over the
ak, and though I was up again in an in
slant, the check made me the last Of
the fugitives.
The chase was very soon over. In six
jumps, as it seemed, the great beast
caught me, and, with one blow of her
paw on the middle of my back, sent me,
face downward, to the ground. with
every atom of breath driven out of my
body.
This last circumstance was good
thing for me; could not have moved q
muscle if / had wished to. Consequent.
ly the bear supposed that / was dead,
and instead Of tearing me up into small
pieces, as l expected, she began shifting
me all over and turning me about with
her claws.
Suddenly, however, she ceased and be-
gan to growl, and heard Blinkers up in
his tree call out: $50 back! You CAM
do any good. You'll only get yourself
killed, tool" From which / concluded
that Blinkers and the bear had one
thought in common; they both sup
posed me to be dead.
Twas beginning to recover my breath
a little by this time, and in my anxiety
to see what was going forward, 1 made
a slight movement with one arm, and
in an instant the bear had that arm be.
tween his teeth. II hurt me so horribly
that I tainted, ana all that happened
afterwards 1 gathered from the other
boys.
Phil, when he saw me knocked down,
instead of climbing up tree like the
rest, ran back to where I had dropped
the ak, and, picking it up, advanced to
my rescue.
1t was mad thing to do, there is no
doubt about that; but Phil did it-and
without thought of his own danger.
1t was in vain that Blinkers calledto him
to go back; he did not seem to hear, but
kept coming on slowly, with his eyes
fixed on the bear, and the AK held in
readiness to strike.
The bear dropped my arm and adj
vanced IA step, standing across my body,
growing and turning up her lips until
all her great white teeth were exposed;
but still Phil came on. At six feet dis
lance he stopped. The bear took step
forward, and then another, and then,
with ali the strength of his body doubled
by the intense excitement of the mo-
ment, Phil struck at her with such force
and precision that he split her skull
clean in two.
But, even in dying, the bear sue
ceeded in doing some mischief
With a last convulsive effort she
struck out, and, with her great claws,
tore away the front of Pills coat, vest
and shirt, and made three deep cuts all
across his chest from the left shoulder
diagonally downward. Another inch
and Phil must certainly have been
killed. AS it was, he stood for q moment
swaying to and fro, and then fell for
ward upon the dead body of the bear
Sidford f. Hamp, in ST. Nicholas.
Certainly She Does.
what number shoe does she wear"
"A full size too SMALL" Chicago REQ,
! ord
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-16

Wren quite agreed with her. So they
brought straw and strings and built
house in one of the pockets, making
It as cozy a little flat as anyone could
desire. When the wind blew the old
coat would swing gently and rock Mr..
and Mrs. Wren to sleep.
But chilly weather came and the
farmer wanted his coat. He went to
take it down and he found the nest.
OF course, he hung it right back again,
ind now there are little wrens pceping
out of the ragged old pocket.-Chicago
Record.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-16
A Broad Hint.

Madame, you have here certainly a
most charming country residence, but
don't YOU find it rather dull some
times?"
Dull! Not the least, assure you;
we have so very few visitors, / am thank.
sul to y."--Fliegende Blaetter.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-16
a Youthful View.

Professionalism is the best time for
gathering apples?
Young Student-Please, sir. when the
farmers back is turned and there is no
dog IN the orehard.-Tit Bi.s.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-16
The Living and the Dead.

a minister having walked through q
village churchyard, and Observed the
indiscriminate praises bestowed upon
the dead, wrote upon the gate-post the
following: Here lie the dead, and hero
the living lie!"-Tit-Bits.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-16
To BE EnvieJ.

"The first thing the children did," she
said, "was to go on their hands and
knees on the new par!or carpet"
YES" replied ier husband, 81 envy
them. There they are playing on velvet
from their very infancy. City
Chat.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-16
Certainly She Doe,

What number shoe does she wear 2"
"A full size too small!"-. Chicago REQ
ord
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-06-26
MnsvsLL.,..eoUs ITEMS.

Alabama has 27 national banks
with combined capital of SO, 694, 900.
The state banks number Ii.
-All the members of the yanceboro
(Me.) board of health are quarantined
on account Of scarlet fever in their fam
inA.
-Of the eighteen people who died
at Norwich, VT, during 1895 ten were
more than 10 years old, and of these
ten five were more than so years old.
"A box of earth has been sent from
The grave of Gen. Lafayette to the
Daughters Of the American Republic
at San Francisco, in which to plant a
tree Of liberty.
"A hunter in Dracken county, KY,
last week cut down a tree to get at a
'possum, and when the tree came down
he found it contained four 'possums,
two coons, five young squirrels and
about 100 pounds Of honey.
An authority on deaf-mutes says
that the ratio OF dcaf-mutes to hear
ing is about one TO each 1,C0e, accord
ing to which there are about 10000
such persons in the United States and
about 100000 in the worlds entire
population.
The oldest postmaster in New
England, in point of continuous sery-
ice, is believed to be Samuel S. Fuller,
OF Mansfield, Conn. He has been post
master in that place during the past
IS years. lie is democrat, but his
place has never been threatened by
political considerations.
The Norwegians are supposed to
have been the first who attempted the
perilous enterprise of killing the
whale. The Biscayans engaged in
regular whale fishery in the twelfth
century, but the whales then caught
were of small size and were employed
as food. Whalebone appears to have
been then used for the first time.
The boundary line between Cana
da and the United States is marked
with posts at mile intervals for great
part OF its length. Cairns, earth
mounds and timber posts are also used,
and through the forests and swamps
a Inc rod wide, clear of trees and un-
lerwood, has been cut Across the
lake artificial islands have been put
to support the cairns, which rise about
eight feet above the high water mark.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-06-26
SMUGGLING BY RAILWAY.
Engineering Appliances as Carriers OF
COotraband Goods.

Engineering Appliances as Carriers OF
COutraband Goods.
There is story of several years
standing to the effect that at one time
u locomotive on one of the lines run
ming across the German-Russian from
tier was used most successfully as a
carrier of contraband goods, and that
the fraud, so long practiced, was dis
covered only while overhauling the en-
CINE in the repair shops. The exact cir
cumstances cannot now be called to
mind, though the essential facts OF
such Illegal use having been made of
a legitimate piece of engineering work
IS brought back to memory by re-
Gently published item which chronicles
a somewhat similar bit of deception.
The Belgian customs authorities, 1T
appears, knew for a long time that
large quantities of jewelry We're SNUG
gled over the French border, but how
it was done puzzled them. In the lug
gage, van of the express which runs
between Paris and Brussels is case
which holds the accumulators when
the train is electrically lighted. key
of the case is held by the conductor
of the express, foreman porter and an
excise official of the border station,
but none of these ever appear to use
it. The other day, as the train ran into
Quevy, the border town, a customs in
spector took it into his head, more
through oficiousness than suspicion.
tc open the chest. To his amazement,
it was filed to the lid with watches,
chains, rings, bracelets and all kinds
of dutiable iewelry. 1t was found that
the foreman porter at Quevy had, for
a long period, been carrying on con
traband traffic for a well-lInown Paris
jeweler, who, it is said, had had to dis
gorge heavily, both in jewelry and hard
cash, in consequence of the disclosures
of his frauds.-Carrier's Magazine.