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Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Joke May result Fatally.

For joke Otto Lerch knocked Fred
Claybourn's chair from under him, in
ficting what may prove fatal injuries
in Sioux City. Claybourn was sitting
with his chair resting on two legs
against an ice chest. When Lerch saw
him he was asleep. In the fall the vic
tim of his witticism struck his head
against a faucet. His condition was
critical Lerch was under arrest.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
SEVENTEEN ARE KILLED,
Men Employed In Mexican Mine
Crushed by CaYe-In.

Ell Paso, Tex, Sept. 27.-News has
been received here that the San Pedro
mine in the Corralitos group, 12 miles
from this city, in Mexico, caved in Sat-
urday, killing II men who were at work
ates were buried alive under 30 feet of
rock and dirt. The San Pedro is one of
the oldest mines in the group and rich
with silver. 1t is the property of the
wealthy Corralitos company, the prin-
cipal stockholders of which reside in
New York.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Bank President Dead.

st. Paul, Minn., Sept. 23.-Edward
Mccormick, president of the Citizens
national bank of St. Paul, one of the
wealthiest men in the state, died here
Wednesday. He but recently returned
from Europe where he went for his
health. He made fortune as a rail-
road contractor and was well known in
this and adjoining states.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Fight with Rioter..

A gang of telephone linemen became
Intoxicated and started riot at Eddy
vile. Officers attempted to arrest the
men, and in the fight which ensued
Marshal Closson had his jaw broken
in two places and was otherwise seri-
ously injured. One deputy also received
severe injuries. Sheriff Stodghill and a
posse from Ottumwa captured four of
the ringleaders of the gang and placed
them in iail
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
big Fire at Creston.

Fire at Creston destroyed property to
the amount of more than $4,000. The
principal losers are Mackemer &,
Stearns, furniture, $12, 1000; r. N. Jones,
dry goods, $4,000; j. B. Schnauber, jew
eler, $4,000. The other losses are dis
tributed among number of firms and
professional men, ranging from $500 to
$1,000.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
To Fortify Montreal.

Birmingham, Sept. 24.-The organ'of
Joseph Chamberlain, secretary of state
for the colonies, the Birmingham Post,
says the government of Canada, early
in 1898, will make large purchases of
heavy field batteries and a number of
defense guns, the latter being for a
new scheme for the defense of Montreal
and the river below that city.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Want the War Renewed,

Athens, Sept. 27.-A large meeting
was held Sunday afternoon in Concord
square, where resolution was adopted
calling upon King George and the cabi-
net to renew the war with Turkey rath-
er than accept the terms of peace Of
fered by the peace conference.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30

To perpetuate the memory of Tenny-
son, cross of granite 32 feet high, has
been reared at the summit of Freshwa-
ter Down, and viii be known as the Ten
nyson Beacon. Raised by subscription,
this memorial was handed over to the
corporation of Trinity House on Au-
gust 6, when the inscription on it was
unveiled by Lady Tennyson.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Arrafcned. for Murder.

Belle Plaine, Ia, Sept. 27.-Frank A..
Novak was formally arraigned in court
Saturday morning before Judge Cas-
well, charged with numbering Edward
Murray. Through the reading of the
indictment Novak remained standing,
cool and calm, and in pleading to the
charge in clear and distinct words, re-
piled: mot guilty"
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
EIdon Bank Robbery Cases.

''Buck" Murray, the Chicago safe
blower, was sentenced at Ottumwa to
nine years in the Fort Madison peniten-
tiary for completely in the robbery of
the Bradley bank at Eldon on January
81, 1897. Jesse X. Hamilton, who was
indicted for completely, was acquitted,
and C. ]. Stevens, the Eldon marshal,
was found guilty of opening the bank
and letting the robbers in.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Tragedy In Pennsylvania.

Shamokin, Pa, Sept 27.-The bodies
of Arthur w. May, aged "a years, and
Miss Cora Kaseman, aged IS years, both
of Shamokin, were found lying side by
side in the blacksmith shop of Joseph
Smink Saturday morning. May had
shot his sweetheart and then blown out
his own brains. The parents of the
young woman objected to her marriage
with May and this caused the tragedy.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
MAY Re Pardoned.

Unofficial word was received at Sioux
City that w. B. Lysle, cashier for Inger-
son G. West, live stock dealers, and a
social leader, convicted of embezz,e-
ment year ago and sentenced to 21s
years Imprisonment, would be par
doned from the penitentiary. The jury
was alleged to have been improperly in
fuenced to convict.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Cyclone I'm Italy.

Brindisi, Italy, Sept. ga cyclone
swept over Sava, Oria and Litiano, all
in the province of Lecce, Tuesday even
ing. Forty persons We're killed, 70
wer injured, 20 houses were destroyed
and telegraphic communication with
the scene of the disaster was cut off.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
broke WorId's record,

Philadelphia, Sept. 23.-The PAGERS
John R. Gentry and Robert j. Wednes-
day afternoon on the Belmont track
lowered the worlds double team rec
ord for mile to 2:09. The previous rec
ord was 2:O9A, held by Mrs. w. f. d.
Stokes Miss Rita and Josie B.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Congressman BeIknap WEEDS,

Marion, Ind, Sept. 23.-The marriage
of Hugh R. Bel1nap, congressman from
Chicago, and Miss Marietta Steele,
daughter of George w. Steele, congress
man from this district and ex-governor
OF Oklahoma, was solemnized at the
Gethsemane Episcopal church in this
city Wednesday evening at seven
o'clock
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
q. S. warships OF for Honolulu.
VIII Next Meet In Baltimore,

Louisville, KY, Sept. "a. - The su-
preme council of Chosen Friends Fri.
day morning selected Baltimore as the
next place of meeting and fixed the date
for the third Tuesday in September, the
committee having reported favorably
on the amendment to have biennial
meetings. The session will adjourn
Saturday
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Brothers Found Guilty

Patrick and Michael Mccarthy, BROTH
ers, aged 73 and rs years, were con-
victed at Marshalltown of manslaughter.
They killed Thomas Jordan. The jury
men joined in asking the court to ex-
tend mercy to the convicted men.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Rapid Growth of London.

London, Sept. 27.-The growth of
London is astounding. The latest re-
1900 houses are erected monthly in the
metropolis. Between the months of
August, 1896. and August, 1897, 14,59l
houses were built
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Was Assistant Forry-Four Year.

Washington, Sept. 27.-Among the
fourth-class postmasters appointed
Saturday was r. G.. Wallace, who was
named for the Office at Hammondsville,
o., to succeed his father. who recently
died after serving the post Office depart
nent for 6s years. Saturdays appointee
had been his fathers assistant for A
years prior to the latter's death.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Winter I'm France.

Paris, Sept. 23.-The weather is Sc.
verely cold here and there have been
heavy snowfalls in Auvergne, Lower
burgundy and elsewhere. Eighteen
inches of snow has fallen at Craponne,
Ia the department of Haute Loire. At
Auxerre, in the department of Yonne.
snow has fallen, the earliest on record.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Fatal storm in Florida.

Jacksonville. Fla, Sept. 22.-Florida
was visited by West India storm Tues.
day. At Fernandine considerable dam.
age was done along the river front
Two people, names unknown, are re.
ported 10 have heen drowned
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30

Ardmore,I. T.,Sept. 24.-United States
Judge Kilgore, ex-congressman from
Texas, died here at 40 Thursday after
noon after a short illness.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30

Didn't l tell you that if you went
swimming again would punish your"
asked the stern father. ~ didn't for
get" replied Johnnie, whose hair was
dripping, "but can't swim stroke"
Detroit Free Press.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Wages Go Up Ten Per Cent.

Duluth, Mimi, Sept. 25.-The Mime
sofa Iron company has decided to in
crease the wages of all its employees ten
per cent. October l. Mining operations
will be conducted with full force all
winter.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Copdftion Of Treasury,

Washington, Sept. %. = Thursdays
statement of the condition of the treas
ury shows: Available cash balance,
S215, ,62O,T62; gold reserve, 6,745, ,17S.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
Lived Nearly n Century,

James Blake died in Mason City,
aged 81 years. He was the oldest man
in northern Iowa. He shook hands with
La Fayette on his farewell visit to
America and voted for Monroe for
president. He had been married four
times and had 27 children and over 200
grandchildren
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
A Great Loss of Life.

Bombay, Sept. 27.-Recent advices
from the scene of the wreck of the
bridge of the Bangalore-Mysore rail-
road. near Maddur, indicates that $50
persons were killed and IA injured.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30

London, Sept. 25.-A private dispatch
from Rome says that about 40 persons
were killed and many others injured
by an earth-slip at the sulphur mines
near Girgenti.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
More Troops for India.

London, Sept. 22.-Drafts from eight
regiments of cavalry have been Or
dered to make ready for shipment to
India
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30
weyIer Wants Help.

Madrid, Sept. 27.-Capt. Gen. Weyler
has cabled request to the government
to send ll3 additional administrative
officials to Cuba.
Audubon Republican., 1897-09-30

st. Petersburg, Sept. 23. - 1t is as
serted that the Russian government
will shortly prohibit the expectation OF
wheat from Russia.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-12
The DRAGONS of the Ancients.

1t is food for thought If the ancients
were so far wrong after all in their
stories about dragons and other mon
sters. Modern geological discoveries
prove that animals quite as dreadful
in appearance as the dragons, ETC., once
lived, and it is only question whether
or no the earlier peoples were not ac-
quainted with living examples of these
monsters. 1t has been suggested that
the dragon was nothing more or less
than the gigantic lizard, called by sci
ence the megalosaurus, which grew to-
the length of GO feet. Again the ugly
and ferocious looking icythyosaurus,
several skeletons Of which have been
found. was in fact the terrible sea mon
ster which threatened Andromeda.
They were bad enough appearing in the
natural state. and the ancients may
well be pardoned in adding a foot or
two to their length and improving their
appearance a bit in the adverse direc-
finn
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-12

The youngest student Of geology or
Gossil-hunter knows what an ammonlte
=. but perhaps he does not know that
the only living representative OF the
very large family OF ammonites Is the
pearly nautilus, an interesting creature
allied to the cuttlefish, about the
growth OF which In It's younger stages
hitherto little has been known.
In order to study the subject COM
pletely, DIR. Arthur Wiley Of University
College, London, sailed for the South
Seas, two and n haf years ago, In
search of the eggs Of the pearly
nautilus, and 1t has recently been re-
ported to. the Royal Society-under
whose auspices the research has been
undertaken-that after considerable
trouble, and by the construction Of a
submarine cage, IN which specimens of
the nautilus were fed daily, a numbes
OF eggs had been secured.
Each egg Is as large as a grape, and
Is deposited separately. 1t is neces-
sary, In order to understand the struc-
ture and manner OF construction of the
beautiful chambered she'll of the
nautiles, that the gradual growth of
the young In the egg should be care
fully observed, and doubtless by snow
this hitherto blank page in the book
OF knowledge has been filed in.-
Chambers Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-12
Two THIRsTs WITH BUT SINGLE GLASS
Philadelphia to a St. Lou

Philadelphia to st. Louis Republic
reporter. Il am 62 years old, and wake
up every morning with the sun. Time
was when l used to regard it as hard
ship to be walked before 8 O'clock. That
was when 1 was young. When
reached 30 l began to wake with the
sun, and no matter how late I sat up
the night before, l found myself tired
of sleeping beyond the hour of the suns
rising. Many men about so you meet
now will tell you that they find them
selves sleeping less than formerly, and
are unable to account for 1t. Whenever
one Of them complains to me, | know
what his age is. no matter how young
he may look. There Is something In us
that responds to reawakened nature
when we reach the half-century post In
our journey through life, and all the
drugs in the pharmacopoeia will not
arrest the tendency to sleep no more
after daylight comes. In the future,
when n friend complains to you of his
inability to snooze after 'glooms SILVER
Off and lights creep in just tell him
that he will find this habit fixed upon
him for the remainder Of his life, be-
cause 1t Is a sure sign of advancing
age"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-12

appeared, and it made such an impress
sion that she was hailed as one Of the
greatest poets of the century.
Poems Of Jean Ingelow" appeared
at an opportune time to attract atten-
ton. Tennyson had been silent for a
long time, and the novelty had worn
off Longfellow's TALES Of Wayside
Inn" Her poems even ranked next to
Longfellow's and above Tennyson's at
that time. The English-speaking
world was especially captivated by
High Tide OFF the Coast of Lincoln
SHIRE" a ballad cast in strange form,
so musical that it sang itself, so quaint
and tender and exquisite in it's turn Of
phrase that there was never a word
for it's defects. Her second volume Of
poems, entitled "A Story of DOOM"
followed in 1867, and her third in 1885.
In addition to her poems she has writ
ten various prose works for children,
and four novels. Her "Song of Seven"
Divided" and "Laurance" are sup
posed to be autobiographical. Many Of
her verses were set to music. Among
these is "Oh, Fair Dove, Oh, Fond
Dove" the sweet but mournful tale of
a sailors love. "Mopsa, the Fairy" was
q fantasy that attracted much atten7
ton. Then followed her first novel,
-Off the Skelligs," her best work in
that line, but Miss Ingelow is known
to the present generation only as a
poet
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-12

The only man In the United 0on1D
who lives I'm church steeD1o -
Hezekiah Bradds. the sexton e -
Baptist Church at Westport,, . snh.fb
OF Kansas City. The room b 0nall
scarcely larger than a dry goods hsx-,
II is just under the bells. In that ny
room he cooks, eats and sIeepA
Through the small windows that anuy-
nish light In the daytime he Can - =
portion of Kansas City. Above -
head the swallows twitter as they ~
In and out through the lattice wuEk
In his small room Is a bed, a dresser, q
tiny stove and a table. He has bean
sexton of the church for several yeara.
and has occupied his room IN Tie
steeple since his wife left him Gnwe
years ago he married widow win .
grown son. The son proved a bone q
contention, and after numerous QUAR-
rels the wife left her husband, taAu1nG
the furniture with her. Then rs
church trustees suggested that Mr..
Bradds move into the little room -
meath the bells. Church members fSnE-
nished the room comfortably, and sl1cD
then Mr.. Bradds has lived lonesome
life.-Kansas City Times.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-12

william Seely finished his Sunday
chores and turned the COWS out to
pasture and then went into the stall
where the young bull was chained up
20 turn him out also. Unhooking the
chain. Seely started to drive the beast
out, but he was not jn the humor for
going and turned upon the farm hand
with an Angry bellow,, Seely had
nothing with which TO defend himself
and the bull had him at his mercy.
Penned in the narrow stall, the young
man was knocked, down by a terrible
thrust of the bulls horns and trampled
upon and damned agaipst, the parti-
ton. He cried wildly for help and
bravely fought for his life, but the
odds We're so greatly against him, that
there was small hope for his escape.
In the narrow confines of the stall,
however the maddened beast had little
room to move about, and this was the
farm hands advantage. His cries for
help finally brought his employer. and
with q pitchfork he managed to divert
the animals attention sufficiently to
permit Seely to- crawl out to safety.
Bleeding from a score of cuts and
bruises from the hoofs and horns. Seely
was hurried to the hospital He will
recover.-PhiladelplI Record.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-12

mems especial prerogatives. Whether
women's faces are more mobile and
more ready to receive an imprint or
whether women are less given to self
restraint and so express more Of their
inner feelings is not definitely under
stood, but the fact remains that on
nearly every feminine face is indelibly
stamped some impress of her favorite
pursuit or amusement.
The bicycle face is well known, with
its tightly drawn muscles, resolute,
of resignation, as II it were saying: IF
death whirls around the next corner |
will meet it with fortitude." The long
distance lens Of the golf-eye is also
growing common, but the card face is
comparatively new. The more expert
enced Sherlock Holmeses Of society
claim that they can detect the differ
ence between the whist face and the
countenance nodded by progressive
euchre, but the card face in general is
recognizable by the veriest tyro.
There are women who have thrown
themselves into card playing so fever
ishly, with such intense excitement,
that it Is no longer diversion, but
serious task. Whether they play for
money or points or for some trumpery
prize which they would not admit to
their drawing-room except as an evil
dence of their skill at the game, the re-
suit Is the same. The strain on their
nerves is expressed by closely drawn
brows and an eye eager and watchful
for an opponents plays and misplays,
while greed and the desire for gain
show themselves in ugly lines about
the mouth. This description applies, of
course, to the worst victims of the
craze, but the same symptoms, in
more or less modified form, are appear
ing on the faces Of not few of So
ciety's maids and matrens.-Munsey's
Magazine.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-12

dress and take good long turn with
my skipping rope. After resting for
about an hour, don bicycle costume
and, mounting nineteen-pound wheel,
am soon taking a spin out of the Riv-
erside drive or through Central Park.
This lasts for two hours. After lunch
con l take long walk and devote the
remainder of the time before dinner to
reading, study, vocal practice, writing
letters, etc. or course, the above rou-
tine has to be varied somewhat when
rehearsals claim considerable portion
of my time. Again, when l am on the
road travelling from city to city, my
habits must be somewhat changed, but
even then adhere to my dietary rules,
take my skipping-rope turn, and exer-
else all l can In the open air. BY these
means 1 prevent my weight from ever
exceeding $50 pounds.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-12

DR.. Talmage, according to the Bos.
ton Waterman, is In trouble. The Doc
tor was to get such surplus as there
might be from the church receipts OF
all sorts after DR.. Sutherland's salary
had been paid and all expenses for
sexton, choir, light, fuel, ETC., had been
met. At first this system contented
both congregation and pastor. The re.
ceipts were very large. But when the
Clevelands left the church the audi.
ence fell Off rapidly, and for the last
four months there has been nothing
left for DIR. Talmage. This summer
the church is to be closed, something
that has never happened before.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-12

Nothing on earth can smile but the
race of man. Gems may flash reflect
ed light, but what is a diamond fash
compared with an eye flash. Flowers
cannot smile. This is charm which
even they cannot claim. Birds cannot
smile, nor any living thing. 1t is just
the prerogative of man. 1t is the light
10 the window of the face by which the
heart signals to father that friend is
Mt home waiting. A face that cannot
smile is like bud that cannot blossom,
end dies upon the stalk. Laughter is
day, and sobriety is night; and a smile
is the twilight that hovers between
both, and is more bewitching than
either
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-12
His Idea OF. It.,

An old Sussex farmer visiting Lon
don for the first time, WAS taken into
st. Paul's Cathedral. He stared about
him in amazemnet,. and his astonish-
ment at the magnitude of the building
seemed too'great forrutterance
Hswas oniyswhen he stoodsunder the
dome and gazed down the vast nave
and up to the dim and, misty roof that
his admiration at last found vent in
words: ~
MY! what a foine barn this nd
makew
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-12

acids are valuable agents In the re-
duction of flesh. Bananas and crack
ers are also important features of my
matutinal meal. Milk, starchy, or sac
charine foods of any kind l entirely
avoid. 1t has been truly said that the
only proper way to chew tobacco Is to
eschew it, and / think the same re-
mark applies with equal force to such
foods as / have mentioned, if one de-
sires to become thinner. After break
fast don loose gymnastic bloomer
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-12
Try Aliens Foot-Ease.

A powder to be shaken into the shoes.
AT this season your feet feel swollen
land hot. and get tired easily. III you
have smarting feet or tight shoes, try
Aliens Foot-Ease. 1t cools the feet
and makes walking easy. Cures and
prevents swollen and sweating feet.
'blisters and callous spots. Relieves
corns and bunions of all pain and gives
rest and comfort. Try 1t to-day. Sold
by all druggists and shoe stores for Csc.
Trial package FREE. Address, Allen
s. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-12
The Rarleycorn.

The table of measures says that three
barleycorns make. one inch, and so they
do. When the standards of measures
were first established, three barley
corns, well dried, were taken and laid
end to end, three being understood to
make an inch in length The hair
breadth, now used indefinitely and con
ventionally for infnitesimal space, was
a regular measure, 16 hairs laid side by
side equaling one barleycorn.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-12
Elephant Rescued a Child.

A striking example of the intelligence
Of elephants was seen in MiddietowRs
Conn, the other day during a circus
parade. A small child on Broad street
got away from it's mother and toddle6
out into the street. Before anyone
could realize what the child was up to
it was directly in front Of the herd ef
elephants. Everyone expected 10 SEQ
the little one crushed to death, but tie
leader Of the herd carefully picked tn
babe up with its trunk and swung Il
out Of danger.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-12
Fossil Butterflies.

Less than score of specimens of
fossil butterfiies-of nearly as many
genera-have been found. They occur
only in tertiary deposits, which have
yielded vast numbers Of other objects
from the small ancient lake Of Flor
ssant, in Colorado, were found but
eight butterflies. OF the genera repre-
sented, two exist to-day In both Eu-
rope and America, but the other spe-
cies are all extinct.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-08-12
secret i'm Naval Circles.

Great secrecy is observed over the
construction of a number of shallow
draft gunboats now building for the
British government by the Yarrows
The destination of the boats, as wei
as the model, is being kept dark. They
may be for China, the Nile, or thu
Niger, though some believe that they
are to be used on the Zambesi in the
event Of war with the Transvaal