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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-25
One of the Family,

1t may interest some of our readers
to glance through this short character
istic sketch of James Seymour. born in
London in 1909, which is more strongly
impressive than many longer memoirs
The fact that he displayed fondness
for drawing and painting in boyhood
and subsequently gained celebrity by
his skill in designing horses is too we'll
known to comment upon. Once the
proud Duke of Somerset employed Sey-
mour to paint a room at his seat in
Sussex, with the portraits of his running
horses. Having admitted the artist to
his table, he one day drank to him, say.
ing:
cousin Seymour, your health"
The painter replied, my lord, I real
ly believe that have the honor of being
Of your grace's family"
This hurt the pride of the duke SO
much that he rose from the table and
ordered his steward to pay Seymour and
dismiss him. Finding, however, that
no one in England could complete the
pictures begun, he condescended to send
for his cousin. The painter responded to
the message in these words:
my lord, will now prove that
am of your grace's family, for T won
come. "-Harper's Round Table.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-25
Lamp Snakes.

There is in Natal--or at least so the
natives say-a kind of snake which, if
its domestication were possible, might
make less important the question of
municipal gas works. For this serpent,
according to the stories told about it, is
provided with an Illuminating apparatus
beside which that of other light bearing
creatures, including men with lanterns.
is hardly worth consideration The rep.
tile is supposed to frequent swamps or
lakes, and it is of a size so vast that on
an occasion when one of the species was
attacked and killed by Boer hunting
party its carcass filled two wagons. In
fact, the animals proportions are al
most unlimited. The light emitted by
this monster is said to be bright and
dazzling in the extreme and easily dis
cerned from a distance of several miles.
Some OF the negroes call the snake
"umningi, while by others it is known
as the "ivimbela," name also applied
to serpent whose dwelling is in the
sea, and whose powers, though great
and marvellous, are not displayed in
lakes and rivers or fraught with magic
light. No European traveller has ever
seen one of these snakes, but the Zulus
declare that they are not uncommon in
the pools of the Umvoti river. and that
they are white in color, except for o
few brown patches. 1t is thought by
some that these tales may have foun-
dation in fact, as there are great .brim-
stone caves in parts of Natal, and in
them there may be phosphorescent
fauna not yet studied or even seen by
civilized men. Another peculiar inhab-
liant of the same region-still on native
authority-is the "intokoloch. 1t is q
species of dwarf or manikin, akin in its
attributes to the yahoo of Dean Swift,
is amphibious like the lamp snake and
bears character not unblemished. -
New York Times.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-25
The Instinct of Birds,

Some wonderful facts concerning the
instincts of birds are narrated by a
writer in The Popular Science Monthly.
The oriole, for example, has fondness
for bright colors, and yet prudence leads
the little creature, in building his nest,
to select the least conspicuous hues. He
also shows architectural skill in attach
ing string to his hanging nest and
fastening it securely, by number of
turns and knot, to branch above. in
order to prevent the weight of the young
brood from breaking the branch from
which the nest is suspended. Is not this
good deal like buttressing a weak
wall? Birds also show a progressive
spirit. Formerly the tailor birds of East
India used to stitch the leaves of their
nests together with fine grass or horse
hair. Since the introduction of British
manufactures they use sewing thread
and Rawlings from cloths. In the dis
tricts in Switzerland where watches are
made the wagtails have learned to
build their rests of fine steel shavings.
Sparrows, which usually build in chinks
Of walls or under roofs, if forced to con-
struct their nests in trees or any IN
sheltered spot, usually cover them with
a sort Of hood to keep out the rain.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-25
Grants Big Heart.

General Granville Dodge, who was
with Grant all through the war, and
who both before and. after that period
was civil engineer for the Northern Pa
cific railroad, told little story illus
trating the spontaneous kindness and
thoughtfulness Of Grant when a young
man. Many years before the war he was
sent to Oregon as lieutenant, and while
at Vancouver started out one evening
in company with Rufus Ingalls, to ride
to Williamhamite for the purpose of
calling upon some young ladies visiting
there
When they had covered about half the
distance, they came upon a poor emil
grant, whose heavily loaded wagon had
become hopelessly stuck in the mud
The young men, of course, stopped.
After looking over the situation, Lieu
tenant Grant said to Mr.. Ingalls,:
"What can we do to help this poor
fellow out?"
His companion did not seem to think
that anything could be done. But after
a moments consideration Grant silent
ly dismounted, offered his horse to the
stranger in distress and gave him a few
concise directions as to how to extricate
himself. Then telling the grateful emf
grant where to deliver the horse over to
him at Williamhamite, he continued
his journey-still distance of seven or
eight miles-on foot-Atlanta Consti-
futiOn
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-25

cause the majority of big sicknesses, are
the trivial arrangements of the digestion
that most people pay no heed to. Good
digestion feeds and builds up man bad
digestion starves him in every tissue,
muscle, nerve-fber, and brain-cell.
Bad digestion leads to consumption,
blood and skin diseases, and nervous ex-
haustion and prostration. DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery corrects all
disorders of the digestion, invigorates the
liver and prevents and cures consump-
ton, blood and skin diseases, and nerv-
Gus troubles. 1t is the great blood-maker,
fesh-builder, and nerve tonic. Druggists
sell it and have nothing else "just as
good"
II have lately given DR.; Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery a trial ~ writes Miss c. M. Malette
of Houston, Harris Co., Texas, and it has COM
pletey cured me Of very serious and obstinate dis
orders in which the hearts action was impaired
took II for two weeks. / began to experience
less discomfort from my illness, after about the
fourth dose and in four or FIVE days still less, and
several days after was surprised to find that
curry symptom, had disappeared"
The man or woman who neglects con-
stipation is storing up in. the system a
store of disorders that will eliminate in
some serious and possibly fatal malady.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are safe,
sure, speedy and permanent cure for con-
stipation. One little Pellet" is gentle
laxative, and two mild cathartic. They
never gripe. Druggists sell them.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-25
sourse. Of G.tta pereh..

Gutta percha, like india rubber, is OBJ
tanned from the juices Of certain trees
and climbers. The best is produced by a
tree, the Isonandra gutta, of the order
Sapotacea, which formerly abounded
at Singapore and in all Malaysia, but
which now tends to disappear under
the rayages committed by gatherers.
Gutta, in Malay, signifies gum or lime;
percha signifies scrap. Incisions are
made in the bark, as ON rubber trees,
and the liquor flows of perfect white
ness, darkening at contact of air. Coag-
ulation takes place spontaneously in a
short time. Like rubber, the liquid
forms film ON top. This cream is re-
moved, kneaded into large lump and
pumped into boiling water. Under the
action of high temperature it softens
and forms the cake usually found in
commerce Other trees in Malaysia and
farther India, in Cambodia and Cochin
China, produce coed gutta.
In Hindustan different grades are
mixed by the natives Chinese mer-
chants, in their depots, mix and manip-
ulate to give good superficial appear
ance TIC the product, as the price is con-
stantly advancing. AS the gatherers al
so do not scruple to add vegetable de-
bris, earth or sand, it has become diff
cult to secure pure article. An inferi-
or quality is obtained from trees and
climbers i'll Africa and Madagascar.
and, with the development of those
countries, more may be expected
Clarke Dooley in Popular Science
Monthly.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-25
Sam Clark fleets rlcKinley.

s. M. Clark in Keokuk Gate City: /
called on President Mckinley in his
Office at the White House. 1t was
busy day, as all his now are. Senators,
congressman. cabinet ministers. promi-
inent and unprominent people are
moving on him in regiments. Fl Aos
been in public life so long that II is all
very easy to him. He is p) sasant cor.
dial, prompt brief, dispo' Is OF persons
and subjects in short o caer
He recalled pleasantly the many
years we had kr avn each other lis
tened 10 the case I had to submit and
WIN luil I'D Il comprehensive attention.
IL was al over in two minutes and the
three California congressman waiting
pe hind me stepped up, had the same
, Grief attentive hearing and gave place to
| Others. So the ceaseless procession
moves in and out. Mr.. Mckinley is a
small man; much smaller in body, face
and head than would be thought from
his pictures. And he is 80 white in his
face that he would easily look frail.
| He is consummate master of the art
of public life. He starts off well. He
has made his relation to Washington
city and the people that of Lincoln,
and you can feel everywhere that an
atmosphere of good will is pervading
all about him. The people know as if
by instinct when president loves and
trusts them, and they are quick to re-
spond to it. His sending away the po-
lice and detectives and soldiers, his free
admittance of everybody, his daily walks
among the people on the avenues and
streets has swept the heart of Washing
ton to his side. Under Cleveland the
the official austerity of Washington has
not been very different from St. Peters
burg and the rule of the car. McKin-
ley has brought back in day the free
rule of the people, and one can feel
the difference. 1t may not be wise from
the standpoint of personal safety, and
yet it is the highest wisdom. A man
can die but once. Cleveland, who sent
a substitute to the war, guarded himself
from danger like the most timid of the
sultans. Mckinley marched in the
ranks as a soldier, and that cured the
fear of physical death. Now the people
have made him president and he is
going to show that ae trusts them and
he drops the fear of physical death at
the hands of crank out of the case be-
cause he is the chief of the seventy mil
lion people who are not cranks. That is
wisdom and craftsmanship. If as an en-
listed soldier he was willing to take the
risk at any hour of four years to be kill
ed for government of the people, why as
the four years presidential head of all
those people should he be more cowardly?
There are no more murderous passions
of any sort now left in our politics. There
would be no limit to the rage OF the
seventy millions of Americans now if
anyone should harm Mckinley because
he has dismissed police and detectives
and soldiers and trusted his country
men.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-25
Remarkable Juggling Feat.

There is always an abundant supply
jugglers and acrobats. One who moves
about perched upon single long stick
is the latest novelty. This performer is
mounted on a bamboo pole about 15
feet high, the top of which is tied to q
girdle worn around his waist. A small
cushion is fastened a few feet down the
pole, which acts as a leg rest. The aero
bat hops around a large space in the
liveliest way, uttering cheerful shouts
and accompanied by the tapping of a
curious drum. He also executes sort
of dance and goes through little pan
tomime. 1t is a marvellous feat Of
equilibrium. To walk on pair of stills
as high as this would be a performance
worthy of exhibition Oh our variety
stage. But to hop around on one is quite
another thing.
The same man can do many other
wonderful things He appears absolute
ly perfect in the art of balancing. He
can balance very light stick on his
nose and heavy one ON his chin and
then throw the heavy one into the air
with his head and catch it ON the end
of the light. When balancing these two
sticks, end ON end, he will make one
revolve in one direction and the other
in the other. He puts one hand on a
fiat, circular stone, throws his feet up
into the air and balances stick on
each of them. At the same time he re-
wolves rapidly on the pivot formed by
scrint
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-25
There Is Nothing So Good.

There is nothing just as good as DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton, Coughs and Colds, so demand it
and 90 not permit the dealer to sell
you some substitute. He will not
claim there is anything better, but in
order to make more profit he may claim
something else to be just as good. You
want DR.. Kings New Discovery be-
cause you know it be just as good.
You want DR.. Kings New Discovery
because you know it to be safe and re-
liable, and guaranteed to do good or
money refunded For Coughs, Colds,
Consumption and for all affections of
Throat, Chest and Lungs, there is
nothing so good as is DR.. Kings New
Discovery. Trial bottle free at A. III.
Roberts drug store. Regular size so
cents and $l.00. 3
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-25
Learning by Experience.

AS look at young men and women
just entering consciously the world of
self directed activity it seems easy to
advise them. The desire to do so is Of
ten irresistible, and justly so. We must
say to them from our own experience
the words that ought to help them avoid
the mistakes that we have made and to
hold fast the blessings that we have let
slip. Yet they must live their own
lives, and of all we can ever say they
can use only that which really belongs
to them and has become part of their
own minds and wills. -Christian Regis
ter.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-25
Men and Women Diners.

Women as diners out are rarely sought
after. At conventional dinner party
they are present in numbers equal to
matching the men guests, but in select.
ing the couples the hostess usually asks
her women for their beauty, toilet or
because they happen to be wives Of the
men she desires-very seldom for any
individual quality they possess, not
more than one of the sex in 500 ever
being able to meet the requirements laid
down for men. One reason for this is
their incapacity to disguise their utter
indifference to stories and anecdote. -
New York World.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-25
COnsOling.

A New England congressman once
went to Franklin Pierce demanding an
office for a constituent. Pierce sent him
to James Guthrie, secretary of the treas
ury. By and by the congressman return
ed to the president in great dudgeon.
"What did Guthrie say to you about
appointing your friend?" inquired the
president 'He said he would be ID
if he would.
did Guthrie talk that way to your"
"He did,
We'll, that's the way he talks to
me, too, was Pierce's consoling reply.
San Francisco Argonaut.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-25
Did You Ever

Try Electric Bitters us a remedy for
youE troubles? Ifnot, get bottle now
and gey relief. This medicine has been
fouDH to be peculiarly adapted to the
relief and cure of all Female Com
paints, eXerting wonderful direct in .
tluence in giving strength and tone to
the organs. Ii you have loss of appe-
tile, constipation, headache, fainting
spells, or are nervous, sleepless, excit-
able, melancholy or troubled with dir
zy spells, Electric Bitters is the medi-
cine you need. Health and strength
are guaranteed by its use. Large bot
ties only fifty cents at A. H. Roberts
drug store. 8
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-25
Jaya's Population.

Java is very thickly populated, and
cultivation is pushed to an extraordina-
ry distance up the steep slopes of the
hills. The plain of Leles in the month
of July sis pc sea Of ripe golden rice,
with here and there village of brown
thatch roofs nesting in group of green
cocoanut trees" In the middle of the
island white chimneys of sugar mills
peep above miles and miles Of sugar
cane fields
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-25
Texas Hogs.

The business of shipping southern
hogs to this section as feeders to con-
sumo our cheap corn has grown to be al.
most fad, and the indications are that
it must be profitable one. Several OF
our farmers and feeders have been en-,
gagged for couple OF years now in dem.
onstrating that the genuine Texas razor.
back, although never remarkable for his
beauty, is nevertheless susceptible to the
civilizing influences Of good feed and
care and may be made into jnicy hams
and bacon at cost which leaves a fair
profit on the 10-cent corn consumed in
the operation. Ed Benedict the Pitcher
boys and some others have been rather
the leaders in this new industry, but
Fred Sears has now on the road what
will probably be the largest invoice OF
southern hogs ever shipped in at one
time. He has full train load coming
1000 head and they are expected to ar.
rive in few days. Fred does not ex-
pect to feed them all himself but will
sell them off to other feeders in lots to
suit.
4. But think of the latent possibilities in
connection with 1000 head of razor back
hogs! Saying nothing about the array
of pigs feet, chops, sowbelly and 'sich'
if the one item of squeals could be bot,
tied up and utilized there would be
noise enough there to run both sides of
political campaign or to stock up a
dozen grand opera companies.
But, seriously, it looks as though the
long neglected southern hog had sud
denly sprung into considerable impor,
lance in the world of commerce. He is
hardy and healthy, and of course il
takes mighty high fence to hold him
in, but when once confined where he
can't run the fat off faster than it can be
put on, he fattens comparatively easy,
and the small cost Of producing him
renders him by no means an undesirable
feeder.
Those INDECENT southerners may yet
waken to the fact that they have bo-
nanza in their energetic razor-back hogs.
Ida Pioneer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-25
The Discovery Saved His Life.

Mr.. q. Gaillouette, Druggist, Beaver
svilie, H., says: "io IN Kings New
Discovery owe my lie. Was taken
with lie GrIq,t ana tried all the ply
sicians for mErs about, but of no avail
and was gwen up u d lold | could not
live Having Or Kings New Discov-
cry in my store seat for a bottle and
began lis use and from the first dose
began To get better, and after using
three bottles was up aud about again,
1t is worth its weight in gold, We
won't keep store or house without. it."
Get o trial at A. ii. Roberts Drugstore,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-25
Art md the Ballet.

Inc posi- .4dlities for the attainment
OF very real and solid artistic success
III Che erection of the ballet are not
sun ~ ytepsly noted in this country. While
e ballet is not considered such an in.
, 6fispensable entree here as abroad, yet
our national fondness for comic opera
with spectacular choruses offers de-
mand that has but seldom been supplied
with adequate skill An occasional pro-
duction has, 1T is true, exploited a bit
! of good taste but, as rule, American
ballets. while expensive enough, are
rather gaudy than gorgeous, lacking in
unity Of idea and unanswered without
much eye to effect
The qualities that make genuine ar
tistic success possible in the ballet make
gross error more than probable. Success
here demands ability both in the large
and in the small Working closely with
his lieutenants, the designer of costumes
and the dancing master, the director of
the ballet must give each coryphee or
each small group an individuality, and
this must merge smoothly into the
| whole. The manipulation of horde Of
dancers in whom unusual intelligence
is rare and might be dangerous requires
skill in the movement of large num-
bers. a quick eye for effective evolu-
tions. exact tactics that will bring the
right body to the right place in the
right way, and presence of mind in
emergencies that demands of the ballet
director generalship of limited range
indeed, but of much acuteness and much
responsibility.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-25
Dog Extremes.

There are dogs standing over three
feet high at the shoulder. measuring
nearly seven feet from the nose to the
tip of the tail and weighing so much as
200 pounds, and at the other end of the
scale the little Mexican lap dog is I'M
der seven inches in length from nose to
tail tip and weighs only few ounces.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-25
In a BAD Way.

"How is Diggles getting alongl
haven't seen him for long time"
"Worse than usual" was the reply
in tones of the deepest sympathy. VERY
much worse than usual, poor fellow!"
"Are you sure of that?'
Certain. I recently had my salary
reduced. and can't lend him nearly as
much as I used to. ''-Washington Star.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-25
Drink In the Middle Ages.

The middle ages lasted about 1000
years, and in that period the feudal
lords hunted the fox or the stag all day
and went to bed dead drunk every night
of their lives. Their existence was one
grand carousal. Kings, princes, lords
and vassals lived in their cups New
York Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-25

Astrology was the invention Of Chal-
dean and Egyptian priests. There is
reason to believe that astrology was
practiced i'll 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, 1897-03-25
A Pointer,
Pilger-I always pay as I go.

Pilger-I always pay as go.
Dickson-No wonder, then, that peo-
pie are unwilling to accommodate you.
Why. I always keep my tailor at least
one suit of clothes behind, and then,
when I pay him, in addition to allow
ing me good stiff discount, he invaria-
bly, gives me box Of cigars. You're too
innocent for this world. Cleveland
Leader
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-25

"What made Homely SO tearing mad
at the bal masque last night"
"They requested him to remove his
mask, and he had none ON. Detroit
Free Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-25

1t is considered that japanese men
are among the best needleworkers III
the world. their only equals being the
women Of Russia.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-25
SUFFERING I'M SILENCE.

Women are the real heroes of the
world. Thousands on thousands of them
endure the dragging torture of the ills
peculiar to womankind in the silence of
home. They suffer on and on-weeks,
months, years. The story of weakness
and torture is written in the drawn
features, in the sallow skin, in the list
less eyes, in the lines of care and worry
on the face.
Unborn 1lrodesty seals their lips. They
prefer pain to humiliation. Custom has
made them believe the only hope of
relief lies in the exposure of examina-
ton and "1ocal treatment"
Take ten cases of "female weakness"
and in nine of them '1ocal treatment"
is unnecessary, There is no reason why
modest, sensitive women should SUBJ
NIT to it. NHcEH REEFS
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-25
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-25

The slippery elm contains in its inner
bark a great quantity Of mucilage,
which gives it its peculiar property and
name.