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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-06
to exhibit herself there was rush Of

to exhibit herself there was a rush Of
Bovianders, Indians and negroes.
What a TODD there was! Such q
shouting and hand clapping! The pace
was set by an old negro granny, fat aid
jopinl. and younger negro wench who
accompanied the bride from her cham
Der and danced around her whilst the
naked Indians looked on in stolid as
constituent. The wedding procession
was about to start for the mission, a few
miles up the river. Whilst the bride
retired to doff her finery and prepare
for the trip, Bunting explained that he
we decided to submit to the inevitable
and attend at the function.
The hymeneal procession started con-
sisting of huge freight bateau, square
as a packing case, but comfortably
seated for the occasion, and half dozen
Indian canoes into which the guests
owerfowed from the state barge Each
boat carried flag, and the bateau had
two. The scene was pleasing as it was
novel, and not too brilliant to outmatcl
the vivid sunshine that beat on the
CLASSY rivers ruddy tide and the bewil-
dering green's, crimson, white, purple
and blue of the wild foliage and flowers
along the steep banks. Shouts and
song and laughter made the air tremble
and woke the woodland echoes. The
bride and groom sat together, and so
far from resenting the personal remarks
made about them freely joined in the
jokes and laughter. The procession
momently grew. Every descending
canoe we passed joined it on the occI-
pants hearing what was up. At each
accession the blushing bride would clap
her little hands and cry out in pleased
welcome and-yes, and kiss the groom:
wedding is rare on the river, and poor
chloe had no presidents, only the die
tates of her heart; SO judge her mild
~.
The little chapel was radiant with
flags and flowers and palm leaves, but
the novelty Of the scene lay in the peo-
pie. After dressing up for the cere-
Inony, the negro and Boviander women
were something to look at. What with
the unaccustomed boots and corsets,
they could but walk in limps and
breathe in gasps-but they were fash
ionably attired, and that was the point.
They smiled, were admired by the men,
and what more was to be wished?
There followed the wedding feast,
and such feast as it was. The for
ests had been ransacked by Bunting's
Indian relations. OF fried. boiled, roast
ed and stewed, there was no end; tho
meats of deer, labba, acouri, parrots and
other bush fowls steamed along with
all sorts of fish from the river. OF
fruit there were oranges, mangoes,
pineappes and lot else. Growing all,
on the bridal table. stood the mighty
wedding cake specially ordered from
Georgetown, and fanlled with glass
decanters containing wine, and a dozen
or so of cheap porcelain dishes and
plates of assorted patterns. The wine
was served in tumblers, cups. pans,
calabashes, etc. and the brides health
was formally drunk. All bands then
fell to feasting, Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-06
KCHN'S UNICYCLE.

fore and aft of the wheel beneath the
saddle. What kind of mechanism the
bulbs contain the inventor refuses D.
disclose, claiming that it is simple
idea and one that will astonsh the
cycle trade when it is made public.
The tire is of the ordinary pneumatic
order, made twice the usual weight, to
make it twice as strong. The running
gear of the model is so inches, but can
be made to suit the rider. The weight
Of the machine is % pounds. 1t is the
patentee's belief that man or woman
can get greater speed out of one of his
new machines than those in use, from
the fact that there is less friction in q
single wheel.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-06
oRuMsLlNG AT GRAvITATloN
Impatiencs with Natural Law IL Irrcver-
ence Toward God.

Impatience with Natural Law IL Irrcver-
ence Toward God.
Emphatic, and even profane expires.
sions often fall from the lips Of indig-
liant humanity over the way in which
some inanimate things balk and an
roy them. These when analysed mean
that humanity is engaged in grumbling
at the best, kindest, most faithful and
patient friends it has, natural laws
laws that are increasingly at work to
further mems plans and undertakings.
Every one OF these disugreeable an
noyances is in exact obedience to these
beneficent laws. 1t is not the moral
depravity of inanimatc objects" which
causes all this friction and disturbance,
but failure to observe and comply with
the action of law under varied condi-
tions. 1t would be copsoling to shout
der some of our depravity OFF upon
innnimate objects, if it could be done.
but it cannot. Their obedience to law
IL too uncrring.
II the law Of grnvitation, for instance,
should net less absolutely than il does,
making exceptions when the falling oh
ject Is to bruise us, or the heavy object
would ensue? Confusion worse con
founded. Ifyou could not tell when you
sat down whether you were to go
through the floor or not, and when you
threw thing into the air could not
tell whether it would ever come down
agnin or not, what could you do but
grow insane with the rest OF creation?
1t Is because natural laws are so uni
form and reliable that we are able to
use them with such magnificent pre-
rision and such astounding results.
Let one stand at night at some great
railway junction and watch the trains
coming in and going out, examine the
system of Signals and switches and all
the varied appliances Of n great railway
system, and he will be impressed not
only with the wealth of human ingc-
| nuity and intellect, but also with the
dclicacy and strength Of the materials,
| forces, laws, by which all this is made
possible. Suppose that the steel out OF
which the boiler Of the locomotive ~
| COuS OF llldb III bDc BIDTlllP OI lU'
engineers watch, could not be relied
upon to be as "true as STEEL" what
would become of modern railway
travel? The whole vast undertaking
would vanish in an hour. II is becausc
we can depend upon natural laws, that
Is, because we have what the Psalmist
calls "a faithful Creator" that life can
be carried on with such intimate adjust
mcnt TO environment.
Therefore, patience, when the great
law which keeps the heavenly bodies in
their orbits and ourselves from flying
off into space causes us little difficulties
and annoyanccs. We should not quar-
rel with the Friend upon whom our
very lives momentarily depend. He IL
too mighty for us. With undisturbed
| good nature He will thwart us az long as
we disobey Him and help us as soon MS
we work with Him. Impatience with law
is impatience with Him who made law
and sustains it.-John Wright Buck.
ham, in n. Y. Observer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-06
Unseinshncss of Love.

Love thinks first and most of what
it can do, rather than Of what it can
get. So long as one is thinking OF
personal gain from loving, or from be-
ing loved, there is no pure love in the
Heart, no true JOY in loving. But when
love dominates the heart, then the pre-
yailing thought is of what one can do
for the loved one, and Of what gain
to the object of love can come through
this love. Love must be unselfish in
order TO be love. There is really no
such thing as self-love, or as selfish
love. AS soon as love is in the heart.
it refuses to stay there. 1t goes out of
self toward the one loved more than
self. This it is that makes love Sod
like. Love is of God, and he that loveth
loveth not self, but God and that which
represents God. Selfish craving is not
love, but lust.-S. S. Times.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-06
The Adjustment OF Bearings.

The ball bearings ordinarily used on
bicycles should be so adjusted that no
side play" is perceptible, but not tight
enough to bind" This is in reply to a
number of readers who have asked
whether the bearing should not be loose
enough to allow the shaft to move
slightly sidewise. In the language of
prominent bicycle manufacturer,
bearings should be absolutely tight
and yet perfectly loose" Although
seemingly paradoxical, there is point,
and not very narrow one either, where
the bearing may run perfectly free, and
yet be tight enough so that no ''lost
motion is APPARENT. w. Bulletin.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-06

derstands the appellation. In point of
fact, however, nine out Of ten people in
the states are at loss 10 know whether
it means Il bushman. boatman, guide
or trailer-for it might mean either of
these. In reality the word implies
either, according as used, but means
neither.
The Bovianders of Guiana are q dis
tinct race of half-breeds, descended
from the intermarriage of the original
Dutch cOionists with the Indian women
of former generations. There are also
black Boviauders, descended from the
intermarriage of Indian braves with
runaway sla"e women, who fled to the
wilderness N the days of slavery; but
these are not nearly 80 numerous as the
white class, by whom they are looked
down on These people inhabit the wide
and indefinite region now known as the
disputed territory, lying between the
Orinoco and Esse9uibo, and maintain
the freest relations with the native In
dams on one side and the negroes of the
British colony on the other. They are
spread over the whole country, but
CuPlF cLlcl uTc 10 LIe
English than the Venezuelan side.
In color the Bovianders of Dutch eX
traction are a light .brown-yellow,
somewhat fairer than mulattoeS, and
with the European cast of features far
more strongly developed. They are
we'll formed, and, for the most part,
handsome. The black class are of a
dirty reddish black, fat featured and
ugly. In habit and manner, the white
is tidy, clean, pleasant and attractive;
the black slovenly, foul. sycophantic
and repulsive. Their language is Eng
Iish, but so full of Indian and Dutch
idioms and variations as to be a sort of
No!apuk.
The customs of the Boviander like
his language, are an admiNture Of prim-
;tive savagery and civilization. In him
socially as well as ethnologically the
European and the native Indian meet;
and it is often difficult to tell where the
one ends and the other begins. Former
y the Bovianders lived their peculiar
life pretty much to themselves, being
but infrequently disturbed by wander
ing explorers. With the opening up of
their country consequent upon The dis
covery of gold, they have been brought
more into immediate touch with civ
;lization, and the dozen or so of years
that have elapsed have wrought quite
an interesting change.
Let us visit the Boviander and have a
passing glimpse of him in his home be-
yond the first line of the cataracts-
;ah ha 10
tween the colony proper and its back
woods. What we wish to see is low he
combines his Inheritance of primitive
customs with the new ideas of civilized
life that he has imbibed. and nothing
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-06
Novelties for wheeiwomen.

Some novelties Tor wheelwomen have
been brought out recently. A compact
little cycling case for strapping on to
green or maroon morocco, or in pig
skin, and it contains card case, n
purse, scent bottle, mirror, a pin
box and watch, which latter is fixed
into the lid in such a manner that the
dial is seen from the outside, and the
case need not be opened to see the
time. Another receptacle for all these
necessary articles is in the shape of a
bag, which can be had in mo"s green
or maroon morocco, AMI also in brown
green or heliotrope crushed morocco.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-06
MORAL ADHESIvENESS.
Patient Continuance la Well-Doing II
tho Art OF Great Living.

Patient Continuance la Well Doing II
tho Art OF Great Living.
More than any other one thing, the
measure OF n mans power, the criterion
Of the amount of effect that he will
likely produce in the world, will be not
the brilliancy or the impetuosity with
which he takes hold, but the holy dog
gedness with which he hangs after he
has taken hold. Every once in awhile
] am told that such and such brilliant
young man or woman has just come
into our congregation, and that he or
she will be likely to prove n great ac-
QUESTION. / confess that it is bait at
which I nibble less than / used to do.
II ! want n light to read by, l had
rather have good long tallow dip
than streak of lightning. A very
small river will carry n great deal Of
water to the sea if it keeps running.
Patient continuance in well doing Ia
the art Of great living-it makes the
man himself great; it ennobles the
world he lives in; 1t leaves behind a
Request that can never be diverted to
unattended purposes, and it puts man
distinctly upon the track of having full
filed to him the promised award of the
Lord: well done, good and faiGSfu!
servant, thou hast been faithful over
few things, / will make thee ruler
over many things; enter thou into the
10y of thy Lord."-Charles IT. Park
hurst, d. d., in n. Y. Independent.
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could be more apt to the purpose than a
little experience of my own.
Bunting was to provide us will! boat
men to go up the river, but on arriving
at his settlement a delay occurred.
chloe, his daughter, was to be married,
and all outstanding engagements must
await the event. Now Bunting was
q Boviander. and the groom elect was
Il white man OF local. celebrity, o MIR.
Gordon, of Glasgow. Apart from its
annoyance the incident was n very in
teresting affair. We were fortunate
TO he in the nick of time to witness a
full dress [wedding dress) rehearsal,
too. AS we approached the Bunting
homestead Miss Chloe emerged onto
the balcony radiant in the best up-to-
date wedding Costume, fresh from tie
Georgetown mlliners. She was / fall,
slender and very pretty girl, and sp-
peared in sharp contrast with her pres
snt surroundings. Az she came forth
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-06
THE CATARACTS WERE A MILE OR
TWO BELOW.

at the head of the middle table, Bunt-
ing and wife at the foot. Those who
could not find room at the tables squat
guests did likewise outside. Plates
were scarce, and knives and forks
scarcer; but there was plenty of banana
bush and no lack of fingers. So tho
feast went on without hitch.
The hitches-plenty of them, too
came later, after the half-dozen demi-
johns of rum began to circulate. The
Indians were the first to be affected.
A wild war-dance broke up the festal
groupings, and thenceforward il was
every man for himself. Gordon wisely
cleared away with his bride, wishing to
catch the falling tide and the George
town steamer. The orgy that fol-
lowed battles description. The curious
mixture of savagery and civilization, of
wedding gowns and nakedness, decan-
ters and calabashes, plates and plantain
leaves, toasts and swearings, got stirred
to the dregs, and babbled up into a
pandemonium. Then we saw the
Boviander at his worst-and that is
pretty bad.
I will not conveniently say, "let US
draw veil over that orgy" / see no
reason to do so; the fact, honestly adj
mitted, is that when it got to the pass
of drawn knives, fiourished clubs and
flying stones, mr. companions and de-
termined that discretion was the better
part of curiosity as well rs valor-and
we made tracks for the mission station.
Returning to the settlement after dawn.
we met gold diggers' supply canoe.
deeply laden, adrift on the currentwith
the crew fast asleep. They had been
among the volunteer wedding guests,
and had been able u make a morning
start-and no more. The cataracts
were a mile or two below.
T. p. PORTER.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-06
PENNINGTON MOTOR CAR

pressed, and when nearing the end Of
the stroke = spark mingles with the
charge, converting it into a perfect gas,
which is rapidly ignited by the second
spark. This takes place when tho
crank has got well over the dead center.
To illustrate how very different tho
Pennington motor is from any other:
a four-cylinder engine developing four
actual horsepower when running at
500 revolutions per minute weighs 100
pounds. This is at most one-fifteenth Of
the weight Of the ordinary type Of
cngine.-N. y. Herald.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-06
CRANkLESS BICYCLE.
Pedals Which Allow a Straight instead
of u Rotary Stroke.

fedals Which Allow Straight Instead
of IA Rotary Stroke.
Various inventors have of late tried
to change the propelling mechanism of
a bicycle, so that the riders foot will
not describe circle, but move to and
fro in nearly straight lines. 4. G.
Gates, of Hoodville, Pa, for instance,
has hit upon the following plan: On
each side of the frame, a little forward
of the rear wheel, he puts rocking or
swinging attachment, to which is fast
ened one end of strap or chain. Tho
latter is carried back under and part
way around a sproolet-wheel, which is
loosely mounted on the same shaft as
the rear, or driving wheel; then it goes
forward and upward, around another
sprocket-wheel pretty near the saddle,
and finally downward, almost straight.
1t is now fastened to II nearly hori-
Zontal bar, a pedal, whose rear end in
pivoted to the frame, and to the front
end of which the foot is applied. When
the pedal is depressed the chain 10
pulled down, the front or upper
sprocket wheel revolves n little, like n
pulley, and so does the rear or lower
sprocket-wheel. A pawl attachments
to the latter engages a ratchet on tho
big rear wheel, to which in consequence
the motion of the chain is impaired. At
the end of the stroke the rocker pulls
the chain back again; and in the mean
time the other foot is operating the
pedal and chain on the other side of the
machine.
The particular means employed to
fasten the chain Tor strap to the pedal
bar is n sliding clasp, which ordinarily
would be very close to the foot; but on
occasions the clasp could be showed
part way back toward the pivot. A
greater leverage would thus be secured,
and more power, but with reduced
speed
Mr.. Gates system would add slightly
TO the weight of bicycle, and it would
be necessary to stop in order to make
change in the adjustment of tho
clasps. But the inventor claims that
these can be set so as to represent any
gear, aEd "a greater variety of grada-
tons Of speed are thus attainable.
Moreover, the full power of the leg is
exerted at all stages Of the stroke
(Which is not true with revolving
crank, and he believes that he gets less
friction.-N. Y. Tribune.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-06
IN CYCLEDOM.
THE BICYCLE FOOT.
Additio<a to tho List of Ailments Peculiar
Tn wheelmen.

Addftio<, to tho List of Ailments Peculiar
to Wheelmen.
Horror of horrors-here comes the
bicycle foot
Think of it, madam, if you persist in
bicycling it will eventually swell your
foot! 1t will swell the muscles, thicken
the bones, spread the joints, enlarge the
cartilaginous tissues, destroy the con-
tour of your ankle, broaden your heel,
and-this in strict confidence, madam
it will make you wear bigger shoe.
The important question before wheel
women to-day is: Shall bicycling be
abandoned and the diminutivenes of
the foot preserved, or shall the health
of the body be preserved, even at the
expense of the poor foo? This, of course,
is a matter that each lady must solve
for herself. 1t lies entirely between
her conscience and her foot.
Here is how the feet are married. The
hinge joints between the tibia and fibu-
la and astragalus is capable of very
little motion, consequently the effect of
continuous motion is felt mostly in the
calculations of the small tarsal bones
and the bones of the metatarsus. Grad
ually the ligaments and muscles unit
ing these bones become elongated and
enlarged, the bones spread slightly, and
the result is an abnormal development
of instep and ankle. Then again, con-
slant pressure upon the sole of the foot
hardcns the fleXor longens ligitorum,
or long feXor of the toes, and thus de-
stroys that pretty curve that is sup
posed to be the index to aristocracy.
Even the calcis, or heel bone, feels the
effect of this violent exercise. The ten
don of Achilles is brought permanent
~ into action, and is greatly strength
cned and enlarged, thereby rounding
OUT normally slim heel, much to it's
owners displeasure.
Each of the small bones of the tar
sus has two or more ligamentous at
tachments, and there are from II to 20
muscles uniting the seven bones of the
tarsus with the four metatarsnl bones
and the II phalanges; consequently,
when each of these muscles is developed
ever SO little beyond the ordinary size
It. cannot help but make the owners
feet considerably out of proportion to
the rest of the body.-N. Y. Journal.
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True Service.

would have you invoke God often
through the Jay, asking Him to kindle a
love for your vocation within you, and
saying with st. Paul: Lord, what
would'st Thou have me to do? Would'st
Thou have me serve Thee in the lowest
ministries OF Thy house? Too happy
If may but serve Thee anyhow" And
when any special thing goes against
you, ask: "Would'st Thou have me do
IL? Then. unworthy though be. Twin
do Il dly."-Trancis de Sales.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-06
GUIANA'S BOVIANDERS.
Origin and Social Customs Of q
Remarkable Race.
they Inhabit the Disputed Territory Be-
tween Venezuela and British Guiana
Curious Admixture of Civilization
and Primitive Savagery.
Especial Kingston (Jama,ca, Letter

Especial Kingston (JamaIca) letter.
The Guiana boundary dispute between
Great Britain and Venezuela has at
tracted considerable attention to the
wild and practically unknown country
about which it arose. For months past
the press of the United States has
teemed with more or less descriptive
articles in which the word "Boviande."
frequently occurs. 1t seems to be quite
freely used without definition, on the
assumption that the general reader I'M
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FOR SUNDAY READING.
PSALM XIII.
NY shepherd il

My Shepherd Is the Lord OF NIL:
No want into my lot shall fall
While / have Him beside me-
He makes me rest in pastures green:
And where still waters flow between.
He graciously doth guide me.
My soul to health He doth restore:
In paths of right He goes before;
And lcadeth, ever near me.
Yea, though / walk within deaths vale,
No evil thing shall make me quail:
Thy rod and staff they cheer me.
Before my foes Thou dost appoint
My table: and my head nno!nt:
My cup IS still outgiving
Goodness and mercy tend my days,
Gods house, the goal OF all my ways,
Where I'll be ever living.
Richard A. Greene. In N. Y. Observer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-06
Tho Man with Two Talents.

Extremes are interesting and attract
notice, but it is after all the average
man who is not only most numerous
but most useful. Between the extrem
of wealth and perjury, the masses Of the
people gre found to be. The average
man is neither perfectly happy nor mis-
cradle. His influence proves to be
greatest in the end, IL it is not most
marked. The same is true in nature.
Bet Seen the giant of the forest and The
dwarf stand The trees that IRE to supply
the worlds need. Between the summit
Of Mount Hood and the sea level lies the
continent. Let us not be either ashamed
or afraid to be only average men and
women--United Presbyterian.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-06
KUHN'S UNICYCLE.
Queer Invention Made by an Ingenious
Brooklyn Mechanic.

Brooklyn Mechanic.
There is a modest young mechanic,
employed in bicycle repair shop On
Washington street, Brooklyn, who
threatens to revolutionize the bicycle
world. For several months this young
genius, whose name is W. +. Kuhn, has
been secretly working on a unicycle,
which, he claims, will show greater
speed and maintain balance with less
eXertion than is spent on the two
whec led machines that are in use to-day.
After considerable thought and ex-
perimenting he at last discovered what
he claims will maintain man equilib-
rum on a unicyc1e, or single wheel.
They are two hollow bulbs, containing
moving mechanism, which projects