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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11
EMPLOYMENT of Wet Nurses.

1t is said that if mother is COM
PEELED to allow another to nurse her
child, if the nurse does not remain be-
yond the first year and the mother is
closely associated with and devoted
to the child, it's love is not appreciably
affected. But if the nurse is allowed to
practically take the mothers place, it
will reflect her manners, ideas and in
dividuality, and may even become indif-
ferent to the mother. Mental and ply
steal ailments may be asquired from
nurse, hence she should be selected
with great care. She should be healthy
and near the same age and complexion
as the mother and be fed literally
with food best suited to her needs and
the development of the child. 1.-THE
strength of nation is in the care Of
its children"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11

~ worked with colored beads in geo.
metrical patterns, and with special
design on either side of United States
flag. Mrs. Colby states that she never
looks at the two little flags, wrought by
the poor Indian mother, without Il
feeling of intense sadness that United
States bullet should have ended one
loyal life. The little flags, if nothing
else, Mrs. Colby says, would make little
Zintka dear to her foster parents.
The training of the little one, Mrs.
Colby says, will be watched with inter-
est. Full-blooded, beyond doubt, and
of a tribe that has proved itself almost
uncomfortable, the development Of the
child with civilized surroundings will
in the future have weight.
Zintka attends kindergarten now, and
the differences between her and other
little ones have not yet been marked
enough for comment. In disposition
ct home and in the kindergarten she is
extremely affectionate, willful, but
amenable to reason. She is a model
Sunday-school baby, and asks questions
on her spiritual being after the simil-
itude of other bright children. She is
fond of music, and in her baby fashion
makes harmony on the piano. One pc
culiarity, however, is her ability to read
the thoughts of those about her. She
has on several occasions interpreted
looks from strangers and impetuously
answered their unspoken inquiry in her
own baby fashion. She is as obedient,
Mrs. Colby says, as any little lassie in
a favored home. Her skin is brunette.
and her hair, long and silky, readily
yields to the civilizing curl papers.
Mrs. Colby is one of the prominent Of
ficials of the National Woman's Suf-
frage association and editor of the
Woman's Tribune, the organ of the
body. Her home is in Beatrice, Neb.,
though her duties call her frequently to
Washington, d. c.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11
An Ann sing Egg Trick.

Here is trick that will amuse you.
Puncture the shell of raw egg with a
pin, and through the hole thus made
extract the contents. When the shell
has become dry pour fine sand
through the pinhole until the egg is
about one-fourth filled. Then seal up
the hole with white wax, and your
imitation egg will be as natural
in appearance as a real one. Then
tell your companions that you can make
On egg obey your slightest wish, stand
ing on the edge of knife, the rim of a
glass, or whatever you will. OF course,
no one will believe you, but you can
prove you are right. The only secret is
to tap the egg gently every time you
change it's position, SO that the sand
will settle at the bottom, and keep the
egg upright in just the position you
wish
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
MAKE a BEGINNING.

II you never make beginning. lad,
You will never come to the end.
Why, stand ut the foot of a mountain, lad
When you can to Its brow ascend?
The way is weary. and steep, and long
A toilsome journey, and slow.
But you cannot jump to a summit, lad;
Up, step by step, you must go.
There are many weeds in your garden. lad
You must pull them, one by one.
In the time we waste, only dreading work
Half LIES labor can be done.
Just begin. my lad, and in years to come
That day you will surely thank
That you put your first seed in the earth,
Your first dollar in the bank.
A beginning Is a promise, lad
"A foundation for vast store,
For we have the sweet assurance, lad
He who hath can hope for more.
Therefore hesitate no longer, lad,
Hold your head UP, and begin:
If you make a start, and then persevere,
LIES stern battles you will win.
Mary e. Lambert. in Golden Days.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11
Snuce for Ronrt Game.

Put half pint milk on the fire to boil,
put in it small onion, in which you
have stuck one Glove. While it is boil
ing rub some stale white bread on a
wire sieve or crater. You will want two
tablespoonfuls of crumbs. When the
milk boils, put in the crumbs and half
an ounce of butter. Let these ingredi-
ents simmer gently for about ten min
utes. Take out the onion and Glove and
add half tcaspoonful of salt and few
grains of pepper. Mix well and serve
hot.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11

arsenal, West Troy, n. Y; Frankford
arsenal, near Philadelphia, supplies the
AMMUNITION for small arms, and the
gun carriages, as we'll as the ammuni-
ton for large arms, are turned out at
Watertown, near Boston.
visited the last-named place this
morning. 1t is in charge of Mai.
James William Reilly, who was sent
there on February /. 1892, when the
capacity of the arsenal was first in
creased from that of small shop to
that of gigantic manufacturing es-
tnblishment. The arsenal at Water
vliet. which made the barrels, had been
put into operation some year earlier.
The supply of gun barrels is therefore
considerably larger than that of
carriages, and consequently some of
the latter are now being made by Fri
yate parties. Thus contract for 100
guns was let some four years ago to the
Bethlehem iron works.
ut will take them just again as
long" remarked Maj. Reilly. Ito finish
the Job. The making of big gun car
rage is no mean undertaking. II re-
quires tremendous machinery. all of
which mus, be both made and manipu-
lated with the most minute accuracy.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11

science and in the mechanical indus
tries connected with it as fairly to rev.
oiutionize the entire art of war. Should
European conflict break out to-day, the
campaigns would be conducted in al
most as different fashion from those
OF '61 as the latter differed from the mil
itary engagements of chivalry.
In our country the camor for coast
defcnses was needed during Cleveland's
first administration.
The building of men-of-war has since
been undertaken on large scale and
our navy to-day is far more efficient
than most people imagine. On the Pa
Cific coast, San Francisco has been pro-
Vided with as thorough Notifications as
any European city could desire, and
the Columbia river at Portland, Ore,
has also been well fortified. Guns are
now building for the Boston harbor,
which is already fortified, and these will
be so arranged that 1872 projectiles filled
with dynamite may be simultaneously
showered upon hostile fleet. Quite a
number of cities on the Atlantic coast
are in a position to rebuff the largest
lttI OOuu Dull To-
gether could send across the Atlantic.
So far as the excellence of army
equipments is concerned, the United
States is fully the equal of European
powers. In fact. it is generally adj
mitted that we are making the best
rifles in the world, while in the manu-
facture of large pieces for army serv-
ice Germany alone can claim to be a
rival, and none our superior. Nearly all
the supplies are made by the govern
ment at it's manufacturing arsenals.
The navy has establishments at Wash
ington, New York, Norfolk. Va, and
Mare Island, Cal. The army's manu-
featuring arsenals are five in number.
One located at Springfield, Mass,
makes the infantry rifles; another at
Rock Island, ILL.,. manufactures exclu-
sively the horse equipments for cavalry
and artillery: the barrels of artillery
guns are manufactured at Watervliet
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11
FAMOUS CHORISTER.
Youngster Whose Singing Has As
tOnished New York ChurchKoers.

Youngster Whose Singing Has As
tonished New York Churchgoers.
Harry Chauncey Smith, 10 years old,
is the name of one Of the most famous
singers in New York city. When a
toddling child four or five years of age
he used to sing every song he heard,
and later began to pick out his accom-
paniment on the piano with one hand;
but on these occasions, when trying to
"play like lady," he would allow only
his sister to be present. He would coax
her into the parlor. shut the door, and
then beg to have the piano opened.
After this was done he would stand by
the instrument for hours, singing
hymns he had learned at Sunday school
and finding the notes to suit.
When Harry was nine years old his
parents moved to New York city, and
he became one of the chorister boys at
All Angels Protestant Episcopal
church. Two years later he, with sew
eral of his young companions, were
transferred to the choir of Grace church.
Here Harry's health improved, his
voice gained sweetness and power, and
he found himself one of the most ia
nous boys in his country.
He is sweet-faced, delicate-looking
lad, with large gray-blue eyes and short
blond hair. He is small for his age, and
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11
LOG CABIN IN WHICH LINCOLN WAS
BORN.

lance of AZ miles, and then taking an
other road from Elizabethtown to
Hodgensville, a ride of IL miles. The Lin
coin Spring farm is three miles from
this quaint old town, on Nolin's creek,
directly on the public road leading
from Hodgensville to Buffalo, village
six miles to the east. 1t is pleasant
20 minutes drive over good dirt road,
through a poor, but interesting coun-
try.
The original Lincoln cabin had been
torn down and the materials had been
moved away, as stated by man named
Tom Davenport, who used the logs i'm
his own house.
Mr.. A. w. bennett, New York gen.
tleman, not long ago bought the Daven-
port house, recovered the logs, and, aft
er much difficulty restored the cabin
exactly as it was originally, using the
very same timbers, door, window and
frames. 1t occupies the former site,
and is in much the same condition as it
was when the Lincolns left it. The
cabin is IS feet long, 16 feet wide, and
about IL feet high, counting from the
floor to the ridge-pole. There is only
one door and one window-the latter an
opening 20 inches square. A large
open fireplace, built in the most print
tive way, occupies nearly the whole Of
one end of the cabin. The chimney
is made of small logs, placed together
just as log houses are built. Inside
of it, fat stones placed on the ground
made the hearth, and wide fiat stones
placed against the logs kept the fire
within bounds and protected the wood
en- chimney. The inside, from the
hearthstones to the top of the chimney,
was thickly daubed with clay. The
chimney reaches only half way to the
roof of the house, and is rounded off
with small sticks. This simple fire.
place furnished most of the light, all
of the heat, and the sole means for
cooking the meals of the family. The
cabin did not have even a loft, or Sec
ond story, as have most cabins. III
was built by Thomas Lincoln, father
of the president, some time about 1904
or 1905, and was entirely constructed
with an AK and saw, the simple tools
VI O1C plohCClS. hC CldpLodAu IOOA
was anchored down by small logs, laid
lengthwise on top of rows of oak boards,
There were no nails or hardware. The
door-hinges were of wood, and the
pancless windows had an inside board
shutter, held in place by raw-hide
thongs. There were chinks and mud
between the logs, and the puncheon floor
was pegged down. 1t is probable that
after Abraham Lincoln's grandfather
was killed by the Indians at Long Run
Westinghouse, in Jefferson county, KY,
the family went further into the forest
and took up section of land in La Rue,
then part of Hardin county. Later, to
better his fortune, Thomas Lincoln left
this farm on Nolin's creek, and settled
on Knob creek, dozen miles from
Hodgensville, and from there he went
TO Indiana, and later to Illinois,
George II. Yenowine, in st. Nicholas.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11
SCIENCE FOR BOYS.
How to Produce a Fierce RainstOrm
in q Tumbler.


in a Tumbler.
To produce a realistic illustration Of
a rain shower and the winds that &C
company it's formation is an interesting
experiment, though your rain will not
be of water but of alcohol. Take a
glass cylinder closed at one end, about
eight inches high and four inches in
diameter. and partly fill it with 90 per
cent. alcohol. Cover it with an Or
binary china saucer, and immense it
in bath of hot water until the whole
becomes warm, but without allowing
the alcohol to boil. Then take the YES
sci out of the bath and place it on a
table in a cool room. Soon you will
notice marked change taking place
in the contents of the glass. Thick
vapors will appear on the surface of the
saucer until an exact reproduction of
clouds in miniature floats high above
the surface of the alcohol, and tiny
raindrops fall into it. This rainstorm
will continue for nearly half an hour.
Then you will perceive the upper sur
face Of the clouds is gradually clearing,
and that condensation is taking place
further down the glass.
Here you have the ocean represented
by the alcohol, over it the rain descend
ing from the clouds, and above all the
clear atmosphere and serene sky.
Should you wish to witness genuine
storm, veritable tempest in tum-
bier, you have but to replace the warm
saucer by cold one immediately upon
taking the glass out of the bath. The
rain will then descend in torrents and
gusts, as if driven by fierce wind,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11
Curious Marriage Custom.

A very peculiar custom is prevalent
in Lithuania. On the occasion of the
celebration of marriage the mother OF
the bride, IN the presence of numerous
witnesses, administers to her daughter
a vigorous box on the ears. In case of
dispute between the husband and wife
at any later period this blow may be
cited as a plea for divorce, she con-
tending that she was constrained to
enter the bonds of matrimony by
nhysical force.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11
WATERFOWL ARSENAL.
Where Uncle Sam Makes Ammu-
milton for Large Arms.
The Manufacture of Gun Barrels and
PrOjectiles Demands the Utmost
Precision and Nicety-TheL Latest
Disappearing Carriages.
Especial Boston Letter. I

Especial Boston Letter
There is an old Latin proverb-si Wis
pacem pare bellum, IF you want peace
prepare for war;" ...,
1t has not been until very recently
that our country has come to realize
the truth of this saying. For 20 years
after the close of the civil war, the
American people Stunned every act.
Legislative or administrative, that might
suggest bloodshed. The terrible fury
of that four-year conflict and the sad
fact realized by all that it was a fight
or brother against brother combined
to effect an almost morbid disgust for
anything suggestive of militarism.
In Europe, on the other hand, the two
decades following the close of the
Franco-Prussian war in 1871 were so
fruitful of developments in military
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11
AN OLD LOG CABIN.
The Humble Home In which Lin0oln
Ffrat Saw tho LiRhf

The Humble Home In which Linooln
First Saw the Light.
Twelve years ago the cabin in which
Lincoln was born was torn down, and
the logs were hauled to an adjoining
farm and used in the construction Of
another house. The old farm has prac-
tically been abandoned, and nearly all
the people in the neighborhood had
quite forgotten, second time within
a decade since the death OF Lincoln,
that he was born on the Lincoln Spring
farm" as the place has always been
called. The Lincoln birthplace is "a
miles southeast of Louisville. It can
be reached from Louisville by going to
Elizabethtown, in Hardin county, a dis
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11
SCREEN FOR SICK ROOM.
1t Contains Receptacles for the Trinel
Needed by All Invalids.

II Contains HcCeptacIes for the Trl0e0
Needed by All Invalids.
For the especial delectation of those
who must stay in bed much of the time,
there is screen made which not only
shuts off dangerous draughts and Curl
GUS eyes, but has receptacles for many
of the trifies necessary for the invalid
beth day and night.
1t has three panels, the central one
purely decorative and the two outside
fitted with shelves, pockets and brack-
cts. There is a candle on an extension
arm, place for the morning paper and
one for the many letters that come to
the "shut IL" ="
A bracket placed conveniently low
holds watch to tick away the hours,
and there is place for any medicine
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11
Her Personal EIcctrician.

The public generally is not aware
that Fannie Davenport carries with her
personal electrician whose duty it is
to fix lights and mirrors in her dressing,
room so that she can see exactly how
her magnificent attire looks from every
point of view.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11
Use for Christina. Cards.

With regard to the question of what
to do with old Christmas cards, cor
respondent says that they are much ap
preciated by missionaries for distribu.
ton in India and China. The fact that
that have handwriting on them makes
the cards all the more precious in tn.
ewes of Indian children.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11
He Knew.

Observation-Disclosures, do you
knowwhatitisto be pressed for money?
Rockingham Sterlingworth, I am o
married man OF ten years standings
Detroit Free Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11
Cannot Understand 1t.

"What / can't understand" said Will
bur, sis why in winter, when it's cold,
and we'd like to keep warm, we've snow
balls to play with; while in summer.
when we'd give million to be cool
they give us fireworks on the Fourth of
July "-Harper's Round Table.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11
Her Upward Flight.

Hewitt hear your servant left with
out giving you any notice.
Jewett-Yes; she lighted the fire with
kerosene.-N. \. Tribune.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11
A Waiting Game.

"The ideal man whom l would desire
to marry is not born yet"
but won't you be trifie old, my
dear, by the time he has grown up?'--
Judy.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11

Curly hair never looks well after a
bald spot begins showing on top of q
mans head.--Atchison Globe.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-05-01

Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure Deafness and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inhamed condition of the mu-
cuous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube gets inhamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed Deafness is the
result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to it's
normal condition, hearing will be destroy
ed forever; nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an
inhamed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Props.
Toledo o.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-05-01
CALIFORNIA CONVENTION.

The Universalist Convention of Califor-
fornia will meet in annual session with the
Pomona parish, May II, IL and 10.
The Convention will open at 10 A. M.
Tuesday, and close Thursday at 4 P. NJ.
Reduced rates on the railroads may be
expected. The hotels and boarding houses
will make special rates to those desiring
to entertain themselves. Other delegates
will be entertained by the Pomona peo-
pie.
The Womans Association will meet
Wednesday afternoon and the Y. P. C. u.
Thursday afternoon. A large attendance
is expected
Each society is entitled to one delegate,
and an additional delegate for every ten
families contributing to parish expenses
Ministers and Superintendent of Sunday
schools are delegates.
Societies should select their delegates
and send their certified list at once to
Rev. w. M. Jones, Pasadena, Assistant
Secretary, so the roll of Convention can be
prepared
Those desiring entertainment at the
Convention, either by the parish or at re-
duced rates at hotels or boarding houses,
should promptly write to A. l.. Robinson,
Pomona. The Pomona parish will heart
lily welcome all who come, and believe
the above arrangement. They will do all
they can for large and profitable meet
ing. ASA NJ BRADLEY, Secretary
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-05-01

and connects with the B. & o. S. w. a
few miles east of Manchester. Those
nearest the Cleveland, Cincinnati & Chi
cago, or "Big Four" route will take that
road to Columbus, and thence on the
B. & o. to Manchester. Those going
from points west of Toledo will take
either the Columbus, Hooking Valley &
Toledo or the Ohio Central for Columbus.
Our people at Attica and Marguerite will
find the Columbus, Shawnee & Hooking
their best route. Those living at or near
Westville, Conover, Plattsville, Miami
City, Greenville, New Madison, Pales-
tine, Ell Dorado, New Paris, etc, will find
the P. G. G. Il st. L. to Columbus the
most direct route. Those going from
Eaton, Hamilton, Springboro, Ridgeville,
Mason, etc, will take the most conven-
lent line to Cincinnati, and thence to
Manchester via. the B. & o. S. w. Ry.
Our people at GAINESVILLE, McConnells-
vile, ETC., will take the Cincinnati &
Muskingum Valley route to Washington
Court House, and there transfer to the
B. & o. All residing in Columbus, and
road at Columbus Our friends at Spring
field and London may find the Ohio
Southern road to Washington Court
House the most convenient route.
1t is our opinion, although we are not
positive, that those residing near the
B. & o. and B. & o. S. w. roads can
purchase through tickets and obtain GER
tificates to Manchester from any station
on their roads. To be certain, however,
you had better make inquiry of local
agents.
In order to secure reduced rates on all
roads connecting at Columbus and Gin
cinnati, tickets and certificates must be
obtained at stations where through tickets
to all points are Sold
J. w. HENLEY, Secretary.