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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11
what Manhattan leland was.

Never say Manhattan Island when
you mean the island of Manhattan. The
briefer term was properly applied in
such o way that now it cannot be ap-
piled at all. The place that bore it is
no longer discernible. Manhattan Is
land was a knoll about an acre in ex-
tent which lay near Corlears Hook, sur
rounded by marshes and partly sub
merged by high tides. Later ON it be-
came the center Of a place which did us
noble service, but again has been oblit-
Grated, save for the lingering nickname
Of Drydock Village. Here were built
most Of our ships in the days when no
ono could build them quite as we'll as
we.-Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, in
Century.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11
WHAT FOGS ARE MADE OF.
Nebula Pulverea and Their Airy Relati, 81.
of Town and Country.

Nebula Pulverea and Their Airy Relative.
of Town and Country.
A convenient though not strictly sci
entific classification of fog types is sea
or coast fog, valley or hill fog and town
or dust fog. The last named has been
given the euphonic designation nebula
pulverea. 1t is an artificial rather than
a natural condition. The Rev. Clement
Ley, who gave large portion of his life
to cloud study, says, in his book,
"Cloudland, that in some parts of the
globe nebula pulverea is occasionally so
thick as to obscure almost totally the
sunlight, and in Abyssinia has led to
the tradition that the plague or dark
ness in Egypt was in reality an unusual
dust fog. The amount of moisture varies
so much in different fogs that the terms
dry" and ''wet" are used, the scien-
tific name Of the latter being nebula
stillans. In wet fog the particles are
apt to be larger than in dry fog. A still
further division, due, we believe, to
Robert II. Scott, is anticyclonic fog, or
fog in which no rain falls, while the
temperature, generally low in the morn
ing, continues TO rISe during the day,
and cyclonic fog, in which rain does
occur, while the temperature remains
about temporary.
Before leaving these town fogs we
may notice the part played by them in
affecting the health of the community.
Mr.. Scott has given figures showing the
mortality from diseases of the respira-
tory system for some Of the more memo
rable fogs of London. We have room
for but one of the many periods he gives.
From Jan. 26 to Feb. o, 1880, London
experienced eight days Of fog. The aver
age temperature at 8 O'Clock in the
morning was 26 degrees F. The total
death rate was 49,. per 1000, a rate
unequaled since the last cholera cpl
demic, and there were no less than l, 557
deaths from diseases of the respiratory
organs.
1t is not always an easy matter to
trace direct relationship even where the
statistics are carefully gathered, but
there can hG little doubt that these town
fogs are unwholesome. Indirectly they
affect the health of the community in a
way few would imagine. A town fog is
an excellent trap for noxious gases. hold
ing them ciose to ~ ground pr. II.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11
CRAWFlSHlNG.
How the Ugly but Toothsome
Are Caught SaN0i

Esrna
Are Caught.
Mr.. A. Ulrich Of CT IL.
u;th tho ,,"..on - and is familiar
sends IN The Of which he speaks,
account sc ~ " following very interesting
are to- 4 the way in which crawfish
He >cen by the men who fish for them.
says.
Abound New Orleans there arc
swa1nps which are always being hunted
for crawfish, and yet the supply is UNI
limited. So numerous are they that one
cannot leave fish ON string in the wa
ter, for they will tear the fish into
shreds.
"a small net about the size Of but
terfy net, about ten cords, each two feet
long, and cents worth of meat COM
plete the outfit for one person.
In the swamp there are small islands
and long necks of land which intersect
one another in all directions and upon
which the catchers go.
'"The start is usually made in the
early morning, when the sun does not
shine SO fiercely and walking is much
easier.
Arriving at their destination, they
cut their meat into small pieces about
two inches around. Each piece is now
attached to one of the cords After this
they are thrown into the water, and the
other end of the cord is attached to a
stick which is stuck into the ground SC
that the crawfish cannot pull the meat
away. One usually waits a few minutes,
and then when the cord is gently raised
the catcher will see about half dozen
crawfish with their pinchers stuck into
the meat, eating ravenously.
"The net is now gently put into the
water directly under them, and with q
sudden jerk they are landed, for as soon
as they strike the air they will let loose
Of the meat.
1.-THE crawfish are of a large species.
The writer has caught some measuring
10 inches from tip to tip. These are by
no means uncommon.
1.-THE average catch for three persons
is about an ordinary bucketful The
meat when prepared right makes de-
licious delicacy Forest and Stream.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11

Barnes, studying this question, found,
by inspection Of gas plants near London,
that in foggy weather the escaping gas
was held in concentrated form in and
near the works There are other sources
of contamination in foul emanations
from the ground, sewers, etc. On clear,
bright days, even if no wind is blowing,
the law Of diffusion Of gases acts more
effectively and helps disperse the gases.
-Harper's.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11
Neatly Stated.

Rather q neat way of stating an awk-
ward fact was adopted by recent ap-
plicant for pension. The applicant
had been wounded while his regiment
was in retreat, but he did not say it
that way. II received my wound" he
said, "while marching rapidly in front
of the enemy"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11
The Discovery Saved His Life.

Mr.. 6. GaillOuette, Druggist, Beaver
sviille, H., says: gro DIR. Kings New
Discovery owe my life. Was taken
with lie Grippe and tried all the ply
sicians for miles about, but of no avail
and was given up and told could not
live. Having DR.. Kings New Discov
cry in my store | sent for bottle and
began its use and from the first dose
began to get better, and after using
three bottles was up and about again.
1t is, worth its weight in gold. We
won't keep store or house without it."
Get . trial at "A. III. Roberts Drugstore
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11

Astrology was the invention of Chal-
dean and Egyptian priests. There is
reason to believe that astrology was
practiced in connection with astronomy
in Chaldea and the valley Of the Nile
between 1000 and 5000 years B. G.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11
~ Per Cent SEED
~ Test. CoRN,

Send five one-cent stamps to J. b.
ARMSTRONG, Shenandoah, Iowa,
for 20 page book Hints on Corn Grow
ing-and sample packages of best va
rieties. 1914
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11
A Plain Case,

George--Is it true that your cousin is
in love with Jack Fitzbooby?
Fred-You can judge for yourself.
She eats her dinner before she opens his
letters. II oxbury Gazette.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11

before entering the cars and thus prevent
swimming OF the head and nausea, to which
Ihave been subject for several years"
DR.. Miles Remedies are sold by all drug
gists under positive guarantee. first bottle
benefits or money refunded. Book on Heart
and Nerves sent free to all applicants.
DIR. MILES MEDICAL CO.. Elkhart, Ind.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11
-xs ~~N
WISHING.
that rOana

] wish were the fly that roams
Around on yonder wall,
For he can ride a bicycle
And not fall off at all.
wish were the bird that swings
Her nest in the cool green
OF yonder tree, high in the air.
Her house is always clean.
But most envy the old wall,
So dingy and so dim,
For ] adore the poster girl,
And she is stuck on him.
-Somerville Journal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11
Bucklen's ArnIca Salvo

The best salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup.
tions, and positively cures Piles or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price % cents per box. For sale by A.
II. Roberts.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11

kwAHE NAME Of Mrs. J. E. Harwell. tnee
Julia Emma Flemming) is familiar
- one in the state Of Georgia. She
writes; ut is with pleasure that express
nv gratitude for the wonderful benefits !
have received from DR., Miles Restorative
Remedies, especially the Nervine, the Nerve
and Liver pills, New Heart Cure aud Anti
Pain Pills. Actual experience has taught
me their great worth. No family should be
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11

Mistress-Johanna, you navei,' oook>
ed anything today, and it's my birthday
too.
Cook-Excuse me, I haven't quite
finished my poem to you yet, missus.-
Household Words.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11
On Half RatiODS.

"Since I've been married I don't get
half enough to eat"
well, you must remember that we
are one now. New York Journal
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11

The slippery elm contains in its inner
bark great quantity of mucilage,
which gives it its peculiar property and
name.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11

without them. They
have fully restored
me from a complica-
ton OF disorders chief
ly affecting the heart.
nervous system and
kidneys. When I trav-
ell / always take one Of
your Anti-Pain Pills
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11

Suburban (entering station in hur.
ry)-Was that my train?
Ticket Seller--It was only the bell
announcing the departure of your train.
If you hadn't stopped to ask the ques-
ton, l have no doubt you might have
caught it. Too bad, isn't it?-Eostou
Transcript.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11
You some.

You some.
times hear men
telling with
foolish conceit
of how hard
they overwork
and that they
neglect tn e II
health in the
pursuit of mon
ey. There are
thousands o (
men who admit
} these t hi IS
with a sort of
pride, and slap
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11

The voyage between New York and
Christiania is $500 knots in length.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11

themselves on the chest and laugh at the
idea they will some-day regret their reck-
lessness and neglect. They laugh at Death,
but in short while, a very short while, the
laugh is on the other side. Death waits
while they laugh. He who laughs last,
laughs best, and in due time Death dances
on the PROSTATE body of the Laughter. There
are many funny things in this world but
death is not one of them. Neither is ill
health for it Is one of Deaths weapons and
the most effective
When hard working man feels out Of
sorts, and has poor appetite, and doesn't
sleep well, and goes to work in the morning
tired-out and heavy headed, he should take
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery II
is the best health -bringer and health keeper
known. It corrects all disorders of the di-
gestion, invigorates the liver, restores the
appetite and keeps it hearty and keen. II
drives impurities from the blood and dis
ease germs from the body. It builds
healthy flesh, firm muscles steady nerves
and active brain cells. 1t brings restful
sleep and restores ambition. 1t cures nerv-
Gus irritation nervous exhaustion and nerv-
Gus prostration. 1t cures 90 per cent. of all
cases of consumption. 1t is the discovery
of an eminent and skillful specialist Dr.
r. ". Pierce, now and for thirty years past
chief consulting physician to the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11

CHAS. BAGLEY,
A TTORNEY AT LAW. Office in First Ma
y tOnaI Bank building.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-11

l. L. STATZELL
A TTORNEY AT LAW, EXTRA, IOWA. ONCE
~ over Hhaws Furniture store.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-08
COMING ELECTION IN JAPAN.

The Irrepressible Soshf Ready TO
Annoysor Shed Blood.
According to news received in Eu-
rope from Tokyo, says the New York
Tribune. a good deal of uneasiness pre-
walls in Japan with regard to the gen.
eral election, which is to take place
Immediately after the new year. Live
ly times are expected, >and the Soshi,
or Samurai, as the former two-sworded
petty mobiles and their retainers are
called, have already begun, as usual,
to advertise their services at the usual
fixed rates, their charges being regu-
lated according to whether Parlfa-
mentary candidate merely wishes his
opponents annoyed and hustled or de-
sires their blood to be spilled.
At the last general election there
were twenty-five people killed around
the hustlings in the Tochi Ken alone
Politics in Japan is difficult to follow
Parties are in a nebulous state, unit
| ing. dividing and forming new sections
with a facility and frequency quite
bewildering to the American mind. In
the seven years that have elapsed since
| the last general election there have
been no less than seventy new parties
| formed, most of which have private
rather than public ends in view, while
| it is notorious that judiciOus distri
button of the coin of the realm will
purchase the votes of any section IL
Parliament.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-08
CENTR PACIFIC DEBT.
Government to Take Action should 1t
BE Necessary.

to Take Action should 1t
Re Necessary.
WASHINGTON, November 19.-The
is actively engaged in the
of it's case against the Cen
trail Pacific Railway in anticipation OF
the eompany's default in it's payments
due January /, 1898. What action will
be taken in case of default has not yet
been decided upon. The only present
purpose of the Government in looking
I'D the law in the case and preparing
statement of it's financial transactions
with the company is to be in readiness
to institute proceedings should such
course be decided upon. A representa-
tive of the banking firm of Speyer &
Co. of New Work has recently been in
consultation with the President and
the Attorney General in regard to Cen
trail Pacific matters, but the nature is
not known.
The following is said tol be an ap-
proximately correct statement of the
Government account with the COM
pany should a settlement be made on
January LIST, on the same basis as that
with the Union Pacific.
Bonds maturing January 1, 1898, $1O,-
GA, 120; bonds redeemed by the Gov
eminent, s6,O74,OO0; interest paid by
the Government, $44,640,22 interest
due January 1, 1898, $594, 1893; bonds
maturing January 1, 1899, $9,197 900.
Total debt, 81, 49, 73.
| The credits are as follows: BY trans
portation, $685., 500; by cash repaid
1858 ,2S3; by unpaid judgments and
claims against the United States, 81
473 ,3O6; by cash in sinking fund, ST..
003, 500. Total credits, $18, 1853. Me-
amount of debt, $52,926,816.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-08
PHOTOGRAPHS THOUGHT.
Paris Physician Declares He Car
Do Ii.

Paris Physician Declares He Can
Do Ii.
The New York World says that a |
Paris doctor seriously declares that he |
has discovered a process by which he |
can photograph thoughts. or course
the world will strike an attitude OF in
credulity on hearing this Neverthe-
less il has no particular right to do so
in view of all that has gone before
Should the French doctor make good
his claim to this discovery there will
be an interesting field where he may
practice his art among the dumb ami
mails. Beings gifted with the power OF
speech and pen need no assistance In
getting their thoughts before the pub
lie: but to know, to know beyond
shadow of doubt precisely what robin,
say. or a chickadee thinks of you when
he cocks his head on one side and looks
at you with that quizzical expression
of birds. that would verify be interest
| ing. Then all other possibilities that
would be developed from this discovery
are too bewildering to contemplate
even in their barest outlines.
| What a fascinating research would
| be afforded the investigator who could
compare donkey thoughts with mans
thoughts, kitten and cat thoughts with
women's thoughts! After exhausting
the cogitations of the birds OF the air
and the beasts of the earth the student
could descend into the deeps and re-
turn with the musings of whales and
oysters. We do, indeed, live in peer
ling, prying age; when even bumblebees
may we'll beware how there use their
lcraniums. But on second thought. this
new prospect is not one of pure delight.
If all the reflections, memoirs and me-
citations of our hitherto dumb kindred
of the plains are to be published. many
an author will be driven to the wall
and reviewers will faint beneath their
tasks.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-08
Russia Offers To Pay.

VICTORIA, (B. c., November 20
Owners of the schooners Willie Mac
Gowan and Ariel, seized by the Rus
sian cruiser Seabiaka off the Cooper
Islands in 1891, have received word
that the Russian Government has Of
fered $4,000 for compensation. They
will accept it. The schooners were
seized for being within the prohibited
zone but it afterwards turned out that
the commander of the Seabiaka was
insane. The owners claimed $4,000.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-08

LONDON, November 18.-Sir Henry
Doulton, head of the firm of Doulton
& Co., Lambeth Potteries, is dead. Sir
Henry was born in Cauxhall in 1920
and began training for potter at the
age of II. He commended art pottery
and the manufacture of the famous
Doulton ware in 1870. Sir Henry was
a Chevalier of the Legion OF Honor
and received the Albert medal OF the
Society or Arts. He was knighted In
1887 by Queen Victoria for his services
in the cause of British art.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-08
M,KENNA FOR THE PLACE.

Said to Have Been Formally Selected
for the Supreme Bench.
CHICAGO, November 18.-A special
to the Tribune from Washington says:
Attorney General MCKenna's appoint
ment as Associate Justice of the Su-
preme Court to succeed Justice Field
has been formally decided upon by the
President and heartily approved by the
Cabinet. The succession to the De-
partment of Justice is still open. Judge
Waymire of California appears to be in
the lead thus far. A number of letters
from New York suggested John ]. Nc
Cook.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-08
BARON POLLOCK DEAD.

For Many Years Member Of High
Court of Justice.
LONDON, November 22.-Sir Charles
Edward Pollock, Baron, of the Queens
Bench Division of the High Court of
Justice. died this morning in his 18th
year. Baron Pollock was born October
81, 1923. the fourth son of the Rt. Hon.
Second Chief Baron Pollock. He was
educated at st. Paurs School. From
1841 to 1874 he was private secretary OF
his father, then Attorney In
1S47 he was admitted as barrister OF
the Inner Temple. He was made
Queens Counsel or in 1866; Baron OF the
Excheuuer in 1873; Justice of the Ex-
cheuuer Division of the High Court OF
Justice in 1875 and 1879 was appointed
to the Queens Bench division, with
the rank of Baron of the Court.
Baron Pollock was one OF the most
popular of the English Judges, and
was very kind and mild-mannered
man on the bench. He listened with
grave and flattering attention to the
most callow lawyer who appeared be-
fore him, and often helped stumb-
ling young man with a difficult argu-
ment. Advocates were delighted to
appear before him because of his
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-08

courtesy and good temper. Although
as anxious as any to see that justice
was done, he had great respect for
legal rules. He took a great interest
in a pretty technical point, and ex-
pressed profound respect to a we'll
reasoned argument in support OF 1t.
Yet he would not allow mere tech
nicality, however we'll supported, to
defeat the cause of the just and right.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-08
PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS.

GET THEM IN TIME for Christmas!
Do not leave 1t until the last moment; take
time and have first-class work. See that
your portrait has the modelling and char
acter that shows an intelligent face. and
not retouohed out of recognition.
Appointments made by Telephone 4oz.
Sole proprietors of the Bas-Relief and
Iridium processes. Large collection of re
cent Island Views.
Specimens can be seen on the ground
floor, MOTT-SMITH BUILDING,
COR. FORT & HOTEL SITS.
a. Photographic
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-05-05

The reported deportation of DR.. Ter
tucha, the alleged be5rayer of the Cuban
General Maceo, is on par with The Span.
iards' lack Of faith in other historical in
stances. The Cubans have never ceased
to denounce Zertucha as Maceo's be-
trayer. After the latter was killed by
the Spaniards DR.. Zertucna surrendered
the Cuban outposts tn the Spanish colo
mel in command of the detachment that
slew the Cuban general. For time he
was treated with great consideration by
the. Spaniards, but from some cause, or
because of the natural perfidy of the
Spaniards, he has been arrested and i'm
prisoned, and it is now said that General
Weyler has ordered his departure to
Chafarinas Island, the Spanish penal sta
ton OH the coast of Africa. 1t locks like
the traitorous doctor has met his deserts
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-05-05

Senator Chandler's bill "to authorize
the issue of certificates OF Indebtedness to
meet temporary deficiencies of revenue"
seems to be nothing more nor less than
n preparation for another bond issue, as
it provides that for any temporary def
cheney now existing or which may here
after arise in the national revenues the
Secretary Of the Treasury is authorized at
his discretion to issue certificates of in
debtedness Of the United States to an
amount not exceeding $50, 600, 900, paya-
bile in three years after their date in law.
full money. of denominations of 500 or
multiples thereof, Mt 3 .per cent interest,
and to sell the same for not less than AN
equal amount of lawful money of the
United States. The certificates are to
have the same status as the bonds issued
under the law for the resumption of spe.
Gle payment.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-05-05

Governor Johnson, of Alabama, has
taken two Mormon elders in that State,
who were recently whipped by differing
religionists, under his protection, and has
instructed the sheriff of Jackson county
where the outrage is said to have occurr-
ed, to take the elders es pecially in charge
Both the governor and the sheriff will
have ali they can do in protecting these
emissaries from Utah if the people of
Alabama once conclude that they must
leave that State.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-05-05

The primary tonight for the nomina-
portant gathering, as upon the character
of the men selected will depend the sue
cess of the municipal government 1t is
very important that Roanoke should be
represented in the local legislature by her
best business talent as well as by men of
industry and integrity of character. BY
bearing this in mind voters tonight will
be able to do much toward promoting
good municipal government. Nominate
men in all respects cnpable of filling the
positions to which they aspire and all
will be we'll