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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-09-02

sides, and 80 inches high in the center
to top of peak. 1t will take three or
four boards for each of these; to hold
them together, nail strips, or battens,
across the inside. Then make bottom
board and the two sides; the latter
should be 20 inches high and IL inches
wide.
Next, with a key-hole saw, cut the
holes in the front for the pigeons to go
in and out, and then fasten the sides
and back to the bottom. Arrange three
shelves, one on the line formed by the
bottom of each tier of holes; fasten on
the front, and lastly the roof.
Each floor can be divided into three
compartments ifdesired; but they must
not be too small, else they will be use
less. Cut five small angular brackets
to support the shelf outside each line Of
holes. To support the bottom shelf
nail strips to the under side and carry
them on under the cote where they may
be nailed fast to the bottom.
From smooth shingie or other thin
piece of wood, cut an arrow for a
weather vane, and make it fast to the,
top of a small stick with very thin
steel-wire nail. This stick is to be fas-
tened to the front of the cote at the
peak in an upright position, as showp
in the drawing. Balance the arrow
nicely, and take care when boring the
hole through which to pass the nail
that you do not split the arrow shaft.
This cote may be painted any desir-
able color to correspond with that Of
the house or out buildings, and two
good coats should be used.
When finished the cote can be mount
ed on post or fastened on the side Of
barn, and the effect will be found
quite ornamental.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-09-02

many other smaller claims. To obtain
$500 or $500 from a single pan of dirt
was a common occurrence. Many re-
markably rich pockets were found on
Red Hill years ago. In one instance two
prospectors found beneath bowlder
$1,40O worth of solid gold. 1t was in
one irregular mass, in shape more like
platter than anything else, the golden
Jumps being joined together with fine
wires of gold.
All of these rich strikes were made
near the city, none Of them two miles
away. Notwithstanding the great
quantity of gold that has been taken
out in this vicinity since 1s49 there are
yet untold riches buried here in the
gravel and quartz mines for which Ne
vada City district is noted.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-09-02
WHY. YOU AMT LINDA"

her fireside, refusing to be comforted
by bright faces and merry voices, now
she sought her long-delayed rights, and
welcomed them, along with her youth,
back again.
The children with their songs and
dances made her glow and grow radiant,
so that her dim eyes began to sparkle,
and her cheek made acquaintance with
the dimples as of yore.
"Oh, mother is young woman yet"
Linda would say, when mention was
made of improvement. "You see she
is being built up with new thoughts,
frightened with new life-environments.
and made to feel that this earth is a
young and giddy thing yet, full of good
cheer and innocent healthy enjoy
ment."
Folks listened and commented. In
sensibly there grew up in the town a
wholesome love of the beautiful. Maids
and matrons benefited by the change.
Linda's coming had done it all. The
clergyman preached healthier sermons,
the doctors shortened their faces by the
sick-bed. The lawyers stopped their
conventional lies-well, there were only
two of them, and the bald-headed one
seriously contemplated buying himself
a wig. Grocer. and baker, and candle
SHOEMAKER felt the change. The only
complainant was the undertaken, who
said business wasn't so good as it used
to be. But nobody sympathized with
him.
And 80 the influence of thought, the
wave of feeling, rolled over and per-
meated the town, sweeping out old
ideas, old edicts, old superstitions, and.
best of all, old age, and it was Linda's
coming home that had done it ALL.
| Eleanor Kinks Idea.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-09-02
LOVES GREETING.

Molly meets me at the door
When the toll of day Is DER,
When the summer sun at setting.
Flashing through the leafy fretting.
-sFlecxs with molten gold the floor
With smile of Loves begetting,
Molly meets me at the door.
Molly meets me at the door,
Meath the porch's fragrant store,
Meath the sweet wistaria, clinging,
With its purple cluster swinging,
And the apple-blooms galore.
In her voice a welcome ringing,
Molly meets me at the door.
Molly meets me at the door,
Fair as In the years before,
When our vows of love were spoken,
And 1 begged the ribboned token
At her dainty throat she wore.
With our love-knot still unbroken,
Molly meets me at the door.
Molly meets me at the door.
All, pray God, for evernore.
Till my last faint breath is fieeting,
Till my heart has ceased its beating,
May she meet me as Of yore;
Grant for aye, with CHEEKY greeting,
Molly meets me at the door.
Joe Lincoln, in L: A. W. Bulletin.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-09-02
UNLIMITED GUESTS.
A Kind of Bee That Makes It's Homo
with the Bumblebee.


In st. Nicholas there is an article on
'Some Common Bees and How They
Live" by A. Hyatt Verrill. He says:
Unlike the honey bees, the bumble-
bee queens, to their credit be it said,
are not of jealous disposition, but
live peacefully together in one nest
until in the autumn the family breaks
up, the old queens, workers and drones
perishing, while the young queens, for
saken and alone, crawl away to some
protected spot, wherein to pass the VIM
ter and reappear in the spring and
found another colony.
If you should examine a bumblebee'a
nest you would probably find among
our busy, Woodworking friends num-
Der of individuals who never labor for
their living, and although they come
and go with perfect freedom, never
bring pollen or honey, nor aid in MAX
ing wax. These are the guest bees"
or inquilines, species which depend
on their host the bumblebee to fur.
nish them board and rooms rent free.
The inquilines, like the. European
cuckoo or the American cow-bunting
among birds, lay their eggs by stealth
il the bumblebees' nests. The young,
when Matched, are cared for by their
foster parents, and when full-grown
are treated with as much consideration
as though they were guests of honor.
Why the bumblebees should permit
their unlimited visitors to remain with
them is mystery; for although some
species closely resemble their hosts in
size and color, others are quite differ
ent. 1t can hardly be supposed, there
fore, that they are mistaken for right
full members of the colony. On this
account many naturalists have thought
that they perform some important
service in return for their hospitable
reception; but of what this duty, if
any, consists has never been discovered
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-09-02
OLIVE OIL BEFORE WINE.
Then the Drinker VIII Keep HIS Head
Clear All Evening.

Clear All Evening.
The glasses were going round when
the man who had been in the navy
spoke, says the Louisville Courier-Jou
nal wait minute, boys. We've had
several. Let me give you tip that l
learned when / was on the China sta
ton. You are pretty good drinkers,
you Kentucky boys, and you could hold
your own with anybody east, west or
north who tries to put you under the
table. But unless you carry out my
plans don't you ever stack yourselves
up against an Englishman, and espe.
cially an army or naval officer. You
could knock them out on whisky, but
they don't drink it, except in smoky
Scotch and Irish denominations. But
with champagne, brandy, claret, ale,
sherry, port, pulque in Mexico, saki in
China, palm liquor in Africa, bamboos
and shandygaff in India, steer clear of
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-09-02

| USED 10 call me an OLD cnllu. why, i N
every bit as young as these two chill.
dren. Catch me growing old!"
swell, / declared" and her mother
watched her as she threw aside her
wraps and helped the children off with
theirs; you don't seem as if you'd ever
had care in your life"
"Oh, yes, I've had plenty, but play
with care. + don't allow it to pillow
over my face and trample on my heart.
What's the use of living if you're going
to turn life into graveyard"
"But you have lost four of your chill
dren, an"
"Oh, no, didn't. I never felt for a
moment that they were lost. l simply
gave them to the keeping of One who
could do better for them than l could.
Lost! oh, no! / sometimes think they
are nearer than these two here. But we
are tired and hungry, and the table
looks so nice! Shall go right into my
own room, mother? / hope it isn't al
tered bit. Come, children
"Land! 1 wish 1 hadn't put away
them things" said Mrs. shippins. "I'n
put 'em oil back to-morrer."
1t was a happy family party that sat
down to the strawberry shortcake. The
old mother stared like one in dream.
Nancy Holland helped them all, and de-
clared that she never did see such we'll
behaved children nor handsomer,
brighter woman; and there was new
life and beauty in the old house.
Mrs. Shippins had put away her hand
kcrchief with sigh, for she felt that
she was cheated out of her sorrow.
Tears were not in order. That daugh-
ter of hers could not look on the dark
side of anything. She reconstructed
every room in the house and made them
cheerful with flowers and pictures and
tides and all the bric-a-brac she could
muster. Laughter and music had come
with her-absolute determination to
see good in everything. The clergy
man, who had been asked by his de-
voted parishioner to come on visit of
coincidence, left the house and had Sc.
we're fit of penitence when it occurred
to him that he had actually forgotten to
pray for this our sister in affliction.'
But them" he soliloquized, 81 don't
see where the affection came in, and l
guess she is one of the kind who are
abundantly able to pray for them
selves"
Everybody noticed the change in
everything except Linda's cheerful
spirit and sunny face.
"And I'm just going to make mother
over" she said to her friends. "She has
forgotten how to be young"
Mother made protest at first, but it
was very faint. When the children
capered round grandma because she
had discarded the hideous cap and al
lowed Linda to do up her hair, she grew
almost child herself, and the years fell
off all the time she was pooh-poohing
and pshawing, till her next-door neigh
bors told her she had grown ten years
younger since Linda had come home.
Roses in her bonnet! no, never! that
she would not endure; but in her laugh
ing way Linda insisted, and the close
black frame gave way to a bright-look-
ing gray bonnet, with just cluster Of
violets. And presently the woman
found herself in the midst of cheerful
gatherings, and where she had Rugged
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-09-02
The Wheat King.

The wheat king of the world belongs
to Argentina. He is an Italian emf
grant named Guazone, and his broad
acres are situated in the south OF the
province of Buenos Ayres. His crop oc-
cupies an area of 66,27o acres. He mum,
beers his workmen by the thousand, and
each one receives certain share of the
profits. When his seasons crop is har-
vested he fills over 5000 railway trucks
with grain.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-09-02
PRACTICAL DOVE COTE.
Any hoy Can Make One Like That
Here Described.

Any hoy Can Make One Like That
Here Described.
There are many boys who have pi-
geons, but every boy who owns them
may not have good cote. Mere boxes
with holes in them answer practical
purposes very well, but they are not
nearly SO nice in appearance as the
house-shaped cote with pitched roof
and landings under the windows.
The illustration shows one that can
readily be made by anyone who can
drive nail and push handsaw.
Obtain from grocery store two large
soap boxes, and carefully break them
up, taking care not to split any of the
boards. Make front and back for the
cote of corresponding size, about "a
inches wide, 20 inches high at the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-09-02
Progress I'm Uganda.

Uganda has advanced enough in civil
cation to have a hospital established by
the government at Mengo, the capital
1t will have mems ward with six beds
woman's ward with four beds, al
operating room and storeroom. A
missionary doctor will be in charge.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-09-02
Birds Nest on Sleeps Back.

What is certainly an odd occurrence
is reported from Michigan. While a
farmer was shearing sheep, a little
brown egg fell from the. fleece and
broke on the floor. The shearer inves-
tigated and found birds nest on the
sleeps back, so constructed that with
ordinary treatment the eggs could not
roll out; but the bird had not figured on
the clipping of the wool. The nest, of
course, was warmer than the ordinary
kind would have been; but how the
mother bird could distinguish which OF
the flock of sheep bore her nest is diff,
fcult question to answer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-09-02

Russia, according to the recent CEN
sus returns, has a population close to
10000, 900, about equal to that of any
other three European states. Half a
century ago its people numbered very
nearly what ours does now; that is,
they have just about doubled in that
period.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-09-02

are not in a position to invest in elab-
crate and expensive sets of apparatus,
says it is not generally known that by
means of very simple optical illusion,
an almost perfect imitation of the won
ders of the photography can be shown
without the trouble and expense of in
duction coils, tubes or fuorescent
screens. All that is necessary is to take
small feather from pheasant or tur-
key, and holding it close to the eye
look through the radiating ribs at the
end of the feather at the fingers of the
hand held up towards the sky, or
againit~the window. The flesh of the
fingers will then appear to be trans
parent, with the Opaque bone running
down in the center, as shown by the true
photography. If it is desired to exhibit
the phenomenon by gaslight piece of
ground glass must be held in front of
the flame to diffuse the light.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-09-02
A Peculiar Optical Illusion.

The correspondent of Photographic
journal, in speaking of the special in
terest that attaches to the Roentgen
rays among photographers, who often
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-09-02
MARY, THE FIRE-DOG.

She Is n Recognized Member of the
Memphis Department..
Mary is only a yaller dog, but, like
many another heroine who has not a
fine coat to her back, she has many
sterling qualities of head and heart.
Mary belongs to Capt. Roga's fire squad
that is stationed on Poplar street, Mem
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-09-02
Safe.

Mother-Willie, where are those APP
Piles gone that were in the cupboard
Willie-Oh, they're with the ginger
bread that was in the pantry.-UP-to-
Date.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-09-02

teal result, and that has enabled us
Yankee boobies to go home cheerful
and clear-headed many an evening
when our foreign cousins were speech
less
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-09-02

You cannot dream yourself into a
character; you must hammer and forge
yourself one.-J. A. Froude.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-09-02

Wrap your fruit jars in newspa-
pers and set in cool, dark place. The
wrapping will prevent the fruit from
bleaching.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-09-02


s % doze Ee eseh SO
Msrsans VIII no be-
The record-union., 1897-11-25
Weather Reports.

The Weather Bureau reports show
the highest and lowest temperatures
yesterday 10 have been 81 and 36 de-
grees. with gentle southerly winds and
cloudy weather prevailing The aver
age temperature was A degrees and
the normal % degrees, showing yester-
day to have been g degrees cooler than
usual for the 24th of November.
The barometrical readings at : a.
m yesterday was 5000 inches.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were So and
40 degrees, with 055 inches of rain. and
one year ago to-day "a and i5 degrees,
with 0.04 inches of rain
The rainfall yesterday was 10 of an
inch. making for this season 274 inches,
as against AIS inches to an equal date
last year
The storm Of year ago began on
November 18th and ended during the
early morning hours of the 25th, after
which time there was no appreciable
precipitation until the 18th day of De-
cember when a storm set in and re-
mained constantly with us up to and
including the 18th, after which time
clear and pleasant weather prevailed
until the 10Th when a storm began
which continued daily until the 31st of
the month. The year of 1897 was ush-
cred in with fine, pleasant weather.
The record-union., 1897-11-25

porter. Private shippers with special
rates and rebates make honest compe-
tition out Of the question, and honest
merchants would like to see such condi-
tions made impossible.
The Merchants Association contends
for uniform classification of freights-
the same price for the same public SER
vice-and common carriers should be
honest enough to grant it.
1t is an encouraging sign that railway
officials have at last begun to realize the
extent to which the values of the proper
ties they manage are being menaced by
rate cutting, ticket scalping, and SINH
lar evils, and that in an attempt to
remedy these evils they have joined
forces with the reputable element which
has built up the railways Of the coun-
try and from whom the best and most
substantial support will always come.
With the doing away of the evils
sought to be abolished the transporta-
ton lines will be on better business
basis than they have ever been before.
Securities will become more substan-
tial properties because earnings of
comman carriers can then be predicated
en- a known basis.
The record-union., 1897-11-25
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Hill OF Chicago
are at the Golden Eagle.
Mr. and Mrs. o. w. Raap of Court
land are visiting the city.
Mrs. VIM. II. Avery of San Francisco
is stopping at the Golden Eagle.
0. r. Runyon, the Courtland fruit
grower, was in the city yesterday
Mr. and Mrs T. A Carson and son
of Cincinnati are guests at the Golden
Eagle.
Mrs. E. NJ. Houx of Maxwell, Colusa
County, is visiting her cousin, Mrs.
Hearth.
William X. Lindsay, Jr., who is at
tending the State Medical College, has
returned to spend Thanksgiving with
his parents.
At their future home, 1919 F street,
David Farr and Miss Lucy Gett were
married yesterday by Rev. Mr.. Vaughn.
The young couple left for San Fran
cisco on their wedding trip.
Mrs. George e. Dye. wife of the pas
tor Of the First Baptist Church of
Willows, is a guest of Mrs l.. C. Hitch
cock of 515 Fifteenth street Mrs. Dye
and Mrs. Hitchcock will be "at home
to their friends on Friday afternoon.
Frank Wells Graves Of Tillotson &,
Sons great literary bureau in New
York, accompanied by his sister, is
making a short visit to Sacramento.
Mr.. Graves is one of the brightest news
paper men in the country and one of
the keenest judges of the value of "fea-
lures in the business.
The record-union., 1897-11-25
SCATTERING HIS ENEMY.
His Pipe Proved Mightier THAI
His Trusty Gun.

That he was from Cariboo there was
no doubt. Why, nuggets from Omineca
were nothing compared to what
grew" in Cariboo, neither for gold nor
''b' ars.''
1T was back In the fifties when my
partner set out to do little work on
some ground we owned, and he had to
camp for the first night on the banks Of
a creek. He set out his pack, and de-
pCsited at a safe distance several sticks
of giant powder, caps and fuse. Then
he went to the creek for pan of water.
While there he heard a great rumpus,
and, looking back, saw big grizzly
bear at his explosives. He yelled and
threw stones at it, but the grizzly was
too much fascinated with the sweet
tasting giant powder; but when Bill be-
gan to fire larger rocks Mr.. Bruin got
down to business and made a bee-line
for him.
Bill did not stop to discuss the mat
ter, but went up the nearest tree like a
wildcat. Now, a peculiar thing about a
grizzly bear is the fact that it cannot
climb a tree; so Bill felt safe, at least
for awhile. But, though a grizzly is
not a climber he can play a waiting
game to perfection, having that faculty
abnormally developed; so he sat and
waited for Bills pleasure to descend.
Bill was much happier up above, how
ever, and had little use for terra firma
at that moment.
"Then the giant powder must have
occurred to the bear again, for he
walked over to where it was and COM
menced to gulp it down, taking for des-
sert the cap and fuse. Then he campei
at the foot of Bills tree again. Bill
was enjoying a smoke, when happy
thought struck him. A lump of fuse
was protruding from the grizzly S
mouth; so, reaching down as far as he
could, he knocked the burning tobacco
out of his pipe, and it fell on the fuse
A few moments afterward there was a
loud explosion, and Bill descended to
gather up enough bear meat to keep
him all winter. World.
The record-union., 1897-11-25
MIDDLE-OF- F-THE-ROAD P0PULISTs
THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE IS
SUES AN ADDRESS.
Propositions to be Embodied In the
Platforms for the Contests
Of 1898 and 1900.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 24.-After an all
night session of the National Organiza-
ton Committee, representing the mid
dle-of-the-road faction Of the Populist
party, they reconvened to-day behind
closed doors. This afternoon Abe Stein
berger of Kansas gave out the follow
ing address. which he said was unani-
mously adopted by the committee:
Recognizing the Importance Of act
I've and aggressive work to the end Of
lining up all reform forces for future
campaigns, we, the National Organiza-
ton Committee of the Peoples party,
hereby call meeting of said organiza-
ton at the Laclede House, st. Louis,
for January II, 1898.
To the end Of restoring perfect har-
mony in the ranks of the party and ef-
fectlng a more compact organization,
we respectfully invite the National
Committee of the Peoples party to meet
US in conference on the above date, ap-
pealing to their patriotism and sense Of
duty to aid US in restoring to it's once
splendid estate our party organization.
Feeling it due to the members of the
Peoples party to outline the object Of
this call, we submit the following:
I'VE recommend the holding of Ma
tional nominating convention on the
first Wednesday in April, 1898.
I'VE recommend the holding Of con-
ventions at which delegations to the
National convention shall be chosen on
the third Wednesday in March, 1898.
I'VE recommend that the nomina-
tions of Congressman be delayed until
after the holding of the National con-
vention.
'We recommend that the platform on
which the contest for 1898 and 1900 be
waged should embody the following
propositions:
"F'irst-Absolute paper money, based
upon every commodity and resource Of
the nation, full legal tender and re-
ceivable for all dues to the United
States
'Second-Free coinage of gold and sill
yer at the present ratio, the coin debts
Of the United States payable in either
at the option of the Government.
"Third-All money to be issued by
the Government and paid out directly
to the people for services rendered, or
to be loaned to them at a low rate Of
interest on safe security and without
the Intervention Of private banks, pro-
vided that the volume of currency shall
not exceed $50 per capita.
"Fourth-Governmen ownership and
operation of railroads, telegraph and
telephone lines.
"Fifth-Opposition to alien owner
ship and holding Of land for speculative
purposes.
'Sixth-Opposition to court made
laws.
"Seventh-Opposition to trusts.
"Efghth-We especially recommend
the initiative and referendum and the
imperative mandate"