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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-22

Where am 1 at! l DO declare!'
King Ken replied: I'm the speakers chair"
Senator Thurston, of Nebraska; Sena-
tor Baker, of Kansas, and many others
of celebrity. He several times re-
marked: THE pictures of public men
which are prepared and printed in the
newspapers are very good likenesses.
i would know Senator Allison, and
Senator Quay, and Senator Hoar, and
many others here, from the pictures
which | have seen In the papers. 1t is
exceedingly complimentary to the prog.
ress of the profession in these days
that the pictures printed should so well
represent the men"
After an hour spent in the senate
chamber, the visitor went over to the
rotunda, which is the central part OF
the capitol, and there he met Kennedy
the king of the guides. He is gentle
man of education, refinement and most
pleasing manners. He knows the CAPT
tol building, from foundation stones t.
the top of the dome. He led the visitor
TO statuary hall, the room formerly
nsed by the house of representatives
There he showed the marvellous atura
echos of the place. 1t would make ;
book 20 write. il all in detail
In .ke rotuddn the guide pointed on
e.. -sniiiceE, iresco work encirclins
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-22
An Approprinte vehicle.

The late Catholic bishop of New
foundIand had piano of which he de-
sired to dispose and which a friend, a
Protestant doctor, desired to purchase,
Considerable chaff ensued before the
bargain was struck at price which the
bishop declared ruinously low. The
only vehicle to the town which would
accommodate the piano was the hearse
and in this it WIS driven to the doctors
door, who came to the bishop in high
dudgeon. "Why on earth" he asked,
ibid you sen1 my piano in hearse?'
The bishops eyes twinkled as he an
swercd: way? Oh, because it was
such dead bargain"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-22

the Inner part of the dome; and he also
called attention to the lamentable fact
that some of those paintings have been
ruined, because, through the negligence
of somebody, the dome has been in a
leaky condition. and the paintings are
smeared and completely destroyed.
Next came a visit to the hall of the
house of representatives. There was no
session, SO the guide took his visitor
on to the floor of the house, and point
cd out all points of interest. The Wis
itor assembled the dais, and for few
moments sat in the speakers chair:
the chair which is occupied by Tom
Reed, the mighty man from Maine, who
holds the house in the hollow of his
hands.
The speakers lobby was then visited,
and there, upon the walls along the
lengthy corridor, the portraits of all
the past speakers of the house of rep
resentatives were seen. This completed
the trip over the main floor of the cap
itol building, and the visiting editor
took the cars, went down the hill, and
around to the botanical gardens, where
he saw some of natures marvels.
One of the most interesting things
there seems to be the palm trees, of
various families, which do as fine weav-
ing as spiders, or skilled human work
men. The palms grow in sections, and
they are so weak that they would droop
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-22
Fighting Bicycles.

Capt. Gerard, of the French army, has
formed an experimental company of 60
men riding bicycles, and intended for a
fighting corps on wheels. The captain
has invented special form of bicycle
for his. men. The cross-bar is hinged, SO
that the machine can be folded and car.
ried on the back when ground imprac.
ticable for wheeling has to be crossed
1t is thought that companies trained to
maneuver on wheels may be very use
full in light sl1irmishing and scouting
Each rider carries Lebel rifle and
bayonet.-Youth's Companion.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-22
Caprices of Fashion.

Plaids, checks and stripes in ribbons
will all find favor in the fall.
Colored linen edges the turned-over
points of the white linen collar.
Gauze ribbons, with gay flowers scat
tered over them and with edges of satin.
are especially beautiful.
The embroidered, laceG-edged lawn
ties are wound around the neck twice
and tied in front in a four-in-hand knot
For all practical purposes-yes, both
looks and wear-much of the valen.
ciennes edging is superior to the real
article.
Perhaps next to white the delicate
pinkfsh grays are the most refined and
beautiful of all the fashionable colors
that the summer has brought forth
Chicago Record.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-22
SHE WAS IN DOUBT.
Seriously Considered Marrying Papa
Instead of His Son.

Something disturbed her. That was
evident. She knitted her brow and
thought and thought and thought, and
she was not a girl who was habitually
given to such enervating practices.
Hes proposed" she said, by way of
explanation, when her best friend
called.
"Harry?" asked her best friend.
She nodded.
"Of course you accepted him." said
the best friend, in a regular feminine
f1utter of excitement, already planning
her own gown as maid of honor.
The girl who had been thinking shook
her head.
what" cried the best friend.
81 took time to think it over" eX-
planned the thoughtful one. ut is a
very serious problem, and 1 am in
doubt as to what ought to do"
"Why, he's a prize! He's the most
liberal young man in the city, and he
has the most money"
"Are you sure?"
The best friend looked at the thought
full one in establishment.
Hasn't he sent you roses every day
for month";" she demanded.
Eyes,
Hasn't he had carriage every time
he asked you to go anywhere?"
Eyes"
HAS he ever even limited at such a
thing as permitting you to ride on a
street car when you were with him?"
"Ncver."
Hasn't he bought opera tickets and
theater tickets and concert tickets and
! subscribed literally to your pet chart
! ties?"
"Of course"
| Hasn't he been extraordinarily lavish
with his money in every way?"
| "He has; and that's the very thing
that makes me hesitate. My obserya-
ton has been that young man who
spends money so very lavishly is usually
spending his fathers money and not
his own, and you never can tell what the
old gentleman will take it into his head
to do. 1 don't want to be fooled, and
the only sure way is to marry the man
with the money. I understand he's a
widower, too."-Chicago Post.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-22
VEGETABLE FLY.TEAP.
The Sundew That Catches and De-
YOURS Small Insects.

The Sundew That Catches and De-
YOURS Small Insects.
There is an article on "Plants That
Feed Upon Insects" written by Thomas
IL. Kearney, Jr., in st. Nicholas. The
author says:
Perhaps some of the readers of St.
Nicholas nave noticed the little plants
chilled sundews, that dwell in boys in
almost every part of the world. The
commonest of these in the United
States and in England is the round-leafed
sundew, which has rosette of roundish
leaves on slender stalks. Out of the
midst of them rises leafess stem,
bearing number of small flowers, that
open one by one when the sun is shin
ing. The leaves are fringed and covered
on the upper side with small, dark-red
bodies, called glands, borne on slender
stalks, like tiny, round-headed nails.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-22
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
DOLLY.

Dolly's plump and fair to SEQ
Dolly thinks lot o. me,
Always smiling pleasantly,
Ever jolly.
Is this winsome maid so fair;
Sparkling eyes and fluffy hair,
Lips the red that roses wear
Lovely Dolly.
Dolly meets me on the street.
Dolly's often indiscreet-
Never was girl so sweet,
Full of folly.
Every day 1 steal a kiss;
Dolly simply laughs at this,
Never thinking 1t amiss-
Never. Dolly.
More, she sits upon my knee
True. she's all the world to me,
And this very day she's three,
Is my Dolly.
-Sigel Roush, in Up-to-Date
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-22
AAinm Ton Ear.

You're an old reprobate!" exclaimed
an indignant and much-abused wife to
her husband.
Hold on there!" he shouted; II OBJ
iect to The word old "-~Demorest's
Magazine
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-22
A DIVERS ADVENTURE.

He Landed with a Turtle on His Head
and a Clam on His Foot.
Charles G. ID. Roberts, in his book
~Around the Camp Fire." tells a good
story of pearl divers perils. The
diver. Al Johnson, suddenly found his
foot caught in the grip of monster
clam. His steel handspike had fallen
where he could not reach it, and he re-
solved to give the signal to be pulled
up.
Just as I came to this resolve" he
continues, "a black shadow passed over
my head, and l looked up quickly. 1t
was big turtle. l didn't like this, I
can tell you, but l kept perfectly still,
hoping the newcomer would not notice
me.
He padded along very slowly, with
his queer little head stuck far out, and
presently he noticed my air tube. 1t
seemed to strike him as decidedly queer.
My blood fairly turned to ice in my
veins as / saw him paddle up and take
hold of it in gingerly fashion with
his beak. Luckily he didn't think it
would be good to eat, but knew that
if he should bite it / would be dead
man in about minute, drowned inside
my helmet like rat in hole.
I'm my desperation 1 stopped down
and tore with both hands at the shells
and weeds for something l might hurl
at the turtle, thinking thus, perhaps,
to distract his attention from my air
tube. What do you suppose happened?
Why, I succeeded in pulling up a great
lump of shells and stones all bedded to-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-22
An ley RetOtrt.

"This," said the ice man, sis the time
Of year when cut considerable ice."
"You," said the kitchen lady, don't
cut half as much as you are paid for"
--Yonkers Statesman.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-22
She CouIdn,t he blamed.

"Were you surprised when Charley
asked you to he his wife,"
surprised is no name for it. Why,
Belle. never gave him any provoca
tion."-Demorcst's Magazine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-22
A Good Reason.

Mother-Do you know why your pa
called Mr.. Blowhard a Mar, Tommy?
Tommy--Yes'm; he's u s,nallev man
.Lan pa -.;unrlsm Life.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-22
Inc the lind of Edom.

French priests at Jerusalem have
been exploring the land of Edom and
have found number ,,f new inscrip-
tons on tombs IT Petra.
The morning times., 1897-03-09
The World of Business

The week in Wall street was for half an
hour at its beginning of a fine, strong
tone. After that, as far as the record goes
for one day, it flattened out badly The
bulls say that the market was dominated
by the more reassuring adviees from Crete
in regard to the Grecian-Turkish compli-
cations. Local operators, who sold stock
freely during last week ON the war scare,
covered freely at the opening, and in a
short time prices advanced IA to L 1 8
per cent right through the list. This may
be true. 1t is certain that during the first
hair hour of the day yesterday a good
many shorts covered. However, all the
business on the exchange yesterday was
professional, no commission buying of sig
nificant amounts being done. 1t looks to
me more probable that in reality this little
bulge Of the early Monday morning was Il
manipulation solely. After the first half
hour prices dropped all over the board. In
"a majority OF Instances the highest quota
tions Of the day were attained before the
expiration Of the firststhirty minutes busi-
ness. During heremainder Of the day bus-
ness was slow and the market weak The
total transactions amounted to 152, 1926
shares The condition of the market at
present is most favorable to further de
clines
The morning times., 1897-03-09
BETTING ON THE RAIN.
The Queer Gambling Game Played
at Calcutta.


One OF the most curious forms OF gam
bling in the world is rain gambling"
which at this season OF the year is at it's
height in Calcutta The principal rain
gambling den Is in Burra bazaar.
No one who has not visited that place can
have any conception OF the vast crowds
which at every hour OF the day and far
into the night pass in and out.
The great majority are Mawaris, who are
born spectators, but there are as wei
plenty of weiLtO-dO Europeans, EUrasians.
Jews, Armenians, and Greeks, and women
too. All swarm into the small court
yard where this strange form of gaLdhling
is carried on, through narrow entrance
barely three feet wide. The courtyard is
about zoo feet square The far-famed tank
with a spout falling into the courtyard
is the one spot where all eyes are fixed
The tank stands at the edge of second
floor roof. 1t is about six feet broad by
four feet vide and nine inches deep, with
the spout opening inward, some three or
four inches from the bottom From this
it will be seen that it requires a pretty
heavy downpour for at least ten minutes
to cause the spout to flow. intermittent
driZZles, which partly fiji this tank, do
not count, as the shower To fill it must
pour down uninterruptedly, and then the
bets are won or lost
Chances are taken either for or against
the spout running. a gray-haired, wizen-
ed old man is the owner of the den, and
there is another similar place across the
road, only smaller, on the roof over the
fifth floor there is small, square watch
tower, in which are stationed five or six
men, whose duty it is to scan the horizon
closely and report on the formation OF
rain clouds on. these reports the odds rise
or fall.
bet made and won one day is always
paid the following morning. Everything
seems to be ''en the square," and. indeed,
there is little Chapce for cheating. The
odds range as high as ! to T5 on some
days, evcnin the rainy season Many have
made fortune in single day one per
son recently won $50, 900 in the course OF u
few weeks But he worked the system op
scientific methods.-New York Herald.
The morning times., 1897-03-09
No Undue Influence Used.

In the case of Towson ct al against
Moore ct al. Judge Hagner yesterday dis
missed the bill of the complainants, with
costs, and decided that there was no un-
due influence used in procuring the bonds
The bin IN equity was filed last April by
Blanch K. Towson and some of the other
representatives of Leonidas c. Campbell.
deceased, a son Of the late William H.
Campbell and Wife, Mary ]. Campbell. de
ceased, against c. Virginia Moore and
Julia A. Russell, the only daughters Of
w. II. and M. ]. Campbell Frederick L.
Moore md Alexander w. Russell were made
defendants, as executors Of the will of
Mary ]. Campbell, and in which bill the
complainants alleged that certain United
States bonds, acgregating S13, 900, given
these daughters by their mother in 1885,
were obtained from her by undue influence
The complainants were represented by
Judge II. o. Clayton and Mr. A A Birney,
and the defendants, Mrs. Moore and MI.
and Mrs. Russell, by Mr.. Charles II. Cragin.
The morning times., 1897-03-09
Baltimore Markets .

Baltimore, ,MarchS.-Flourdull unchanged
receipts, Z ,724 barrles; exports, none; sales,
500 barrels. Wheat dull and easy-spot,
SO A bid; May 81 3-4aS2 receipts, l. q
779 bushels; exports, none; stock, 4S9,-
023 bushels-souGhern wheat by sample,
91a92; do. on grade, S4 3-4aS9 81. Corn
firmer = spot, 26 3-4a27; month, 26 3-4a
26 IS; April, 2Ta27 1-S; May, 81 5-Sa
27 7-S; steamer mixed, % 1-4a25 1-2-re-
ceipts, 210,990 bushels; exports, 81, ,992
bushels-southern white corn, 20 La 26 3-4::
do, yellow, 26a26 IL. Oats steady, fair
The morning times., 1897-03-09

dcmand-No. white. % -2a24; No.
mixed, 22a23-receipts,1 6,O12 bushels:
exports, none; stock, 3SS, 994 bushels
Rye Steady-NO ?. 40a4O 1-2; western. IL,
sales-receipts, oslo bushels; exports,
none; stock, 1852 bushels Hay quiet
but firm-choiCe timothy, $I3.5OaS14
Grain freights quiet, unchanged. Sugar
steady-granulated, S4-33 per 100 lbs
Butter steady-fancy creamery, I9a20; do.
imitation, 15a16; do. ladle. 13a14: good
Iadle, 11a12; store packed, Sa1O: rolls.
12a14 Eggs weak-fresh. IL Cheese
Steady-fancy New York, 6Opounds, I2 ii;
do, 80 pounds, IL 1-2; do, % pounds,
IL 3-4a13
The morning times., 1897-03-09
why Cat Plays With a Mouse.

1.-The idea that cats out OF cruelty play
with mouse before killing it is a mis-
take said cat fancier.
Notice what happens when cat catches
a sparrow. The bird is not played with,
but slain at once. If the cat tried any
game with it, the sparrow, though wounded,
could easily fly out of reach.
"a mouse cannot escape in that way, so
the cat practices upon the unfortu tupate
animal a variety of experiments in order
to keep it's powers as a hunter up to the
mark. That is why it gives the mouse
chances OF getting away, and the harder
the task he sets himself the more will his
skill be improved. II he did not take
suchlessons he would soon become second
rate mouser.''-AnswerS
The morning times., 1897-03-09

The Journal of Commerce and Com
mercial Bulletin will say today:
The fire loss of the United states and
Canada for the month Of February, as
complied from our daily records, shows
total of SS,676,750, as compared with
Sc. .73O, 100 for the same month last year.
During February there We're 1S9 fires
of a destructivcness Of not less than
$4,000 each. The fire loss for 1897,
so far. is very close to the figures for
the same period of 1896. March has
opened up very expensively, and it is
not unlikely that the record for the first
quarter will exceed that for the first
three months Of 1895.
The morning times., 1897-03-09
Marriage Licenses

Licenses to marry have been issued as
follows:
Edward Wheeler and Catherine Robin.
son
Lawrence Rucker dMary E. Kavanagh.
Thornton F. Robinson and Ruth A Whit
ing.
Temple Carlton, of Orange county, va,
and Ella Dickerson, of Greenville, Va.
Alfred L. Hoffman and Lillian Rosenberg
Richard l.. Meredith and Mary 4. Lucas.
Timothy Drinkwater and Eva Owens.
The morning times., 1897-03-09
Virginia State Populist Conference,
Lynchburg, Va. March IL, 1897.

For the above occasion the Southern
Railway will sell tickets from Washington
to Lynchburg, Va, and return, March
10th and 11th, final limit March 10,
1897, at $500 for the round trip Cor
respondingly low rates from points in
Virginia. 1t
The morning times., 1897-03-09
Mason sentenced to Five Years.

Boston, March S.-Allison z. Mason,
former president OF the Globe Investment
Company, who recently pleaded guilty
to the charge OF embezzling So 900, was
sentenced to five years imprisonment in
States prison today.
The morning times., 1897-03-09
DR.. WALKER,
14i1 Pennsylvania Avenue
Adjoining Willard'S Hotel,
Cures All Forms of Chronic
And Nervous Diseases.
Advice and Consultation Free.

Patients who have for years been suffer
Ing from Catarrh, Rheufiiatisih, Asthma,
Bronchitis, Dyspepsia, Constipation, Kid,
ney, Liver and Bladder Troubles, Skin and
Blood Disorders, Varicocele, Lost Vitality.
anu various other deep seated and obstinate
diseases OF long standing are being cured
daily by Dr. Walker
The morning times., 1897-03-09

The legislature OF Alabama passed bin
exempting ex-confederate soldiers from the
payment OF peddling licenses anywhere in
the common wealth.
The morning times., 1897-03-09

Sugar acts queerly. 1t is having no inn
portant fluctuations, but constant changes
in quotations of point or so. II fingers
persistently around 116. There is to he
large speculation in Sugar, as the rumors
begin to circulate more freely and more
UNFORTUNATELY as to the tariff changes.
The effect of these rumors should probably
be to force the stock downward somewhat.
There seems very little reason, however.
Co believe that any serious damage will
be done to Sugar by the makers of the new
tariff. Such action would be inconsistent
and inexpedient.
The morning times., 1897-03-09
Care AMI SkillfuI Attention,

DAILY OFFICE H0CRS, 10 to S; Sun
days, 10 TO II, Monday, wednesday, Thurs
uay, and Saturday evenings, 10 g.
The morning times., 1897-03-09
FIVE DOLLARS A lNONTH
COVER ALL DISEASES

The majority OF patients who seek DR..
Walkers aid do not take his treatment be
ca use the cnurge is SO exceptionally low,
but because they are satisfied by the eyi-
dence before the world that the treatment
is founded on Sounder theory, and attended
with better pracucairesuits Than any olher
Speciality system known.
Every Patient is Given the Most Earnest
The morning times., 1897-03-09
New York Stock Market.

Corrected daily by W. B. Hibbs & Co,
Rankers and Brokers. Members of the
- STOCK EXchailoe. 1I2l r Strnef
The morning times., 1897-03-09

The most marked weakness during the
day was exhibited by MGnhattanand Jersey
Central. Manhattan dropped from 81 IL
TO 81 IL OF renewed reports that the di-
recturs at their meeting today VIII reduce
the rate of dividends from TO 4 Per
cent per annllrn The story is out again
in !ull force that Russell Sage is deter
mined that the dividend shall be reduced
90 per cent, and that he wished such re-
ductioE three months ago but was over
ruled at that time. Gould, On the other
hand, ~ salu To be radically in favor OF
6 per cent. 1t seems almost 20 be
failing out between Insse two gentlemen.
The full boa rd is conpos sd of George Gould.
Howard Gould, Russci! Sage, Samuel Sloan,
and K. M Galloway. or this boa rd no one
Will make definite statement except
Mr. Sage, who seems quite confident that
he VIII win oIt III the matter. However,
Il careful consideration of the facts will
probably allow one TO hazard the prediC-
ton without much danger that Mr.. George
Gould is the gentleman VINO will win out,
and thai the dividend today will he S per
cent instead of l. The moment the diyi-
Gcnd is lea r9ed, if IT is al tiie higher rate,
maGhattan will he a fine purchase for
three or four points Iise. Otherwise it
should drop further.
The morning times., 1897-03-09
Medicines Furnis nei Free.

DIR. WALKER realiZesthat many are dis
couraSed, skeptical or financially unable
TO pay large fees for treatment and another
blll at the drug store. 1t is To reach and
beneIlt these Lha he ma akeS his fee of
The morning times., 1897-03-09

The Lexow committee reports today
The report Will probably be very antag
oniStiC to trusts, but what effect will
this have? Presumably the temporary one
of serving as a leader for the bears to get
Il couple Of points fall out of the market.
Otherwise, Mr.-LcxOw and his committee
and its findings are of surely slight Inn
tance. Nothing viii follow them. Some
thing more serious than Lcxow trust is
required really to accomplish anything
with the trusts, if anything is necessary.
The morning times., 1897-03-09
SPECIAL NOTICE.
washington, d. G., March s, 1887

washington, ID. c., March b, 1897
Orrlce of the Commissioners ID. C..
To Whom IL May Concern: Notice is
nereby given that the Commissioners OF
the District OF Columbia intend to put
~ the necessary water connections upon
the Following streets, asses snents for
cost or said work TO be levied as pro-
ylded III public acts No. SO, approved
March IA, 1894, and No. III approved
August q, 1894. These water cOnnec-
uohS are necessary fu advance or the
paTlng or the roadway OF the streets
concerned, as follows, the material 10
De used Will be IL inch cast iron pipe.
Il street, between 18th and I4th streets
southeast-In square IO42, lots 10 be
assessed, Nos: 3, and 8; estimated
4 street, between 18th and I4th streets
southeaSt-in square U43 lots 70 be
assessed, .. ~, - and 20; estimated
total cost, $685.
All owners or property 10 be assessed
may appear and present objections 10 the
improvements, etc, at a meeting OF the
Board or COmn.issio ners which viii be
held at the District building on WedneS-
day, March "a, 1897, at IL a. m, for
Tie nearing thereof
j ". ROSS,
GEORGE TRUESDELL.
CHAS- r. POWELL
Commissioners ID. @.
The morning times., 1897-03-09
Washington Stock Market.

Sales Metropolitan Railroad, at 10;
Pneumatic Gun Carriage, 20 at 20 cents.
Iauston Monotype, 100 at : 81