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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1897-01-08
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Allpar'ics indebted 90 mcareTeqBe.l
odtpclIl my ofic. and settle lhe same
II not settled within tHe next two weeks
tbeaccauut ViII De placed iu the bands
OF j. S Haley iof collection.
December 90. 1896
W.p. McGuL.
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From the Poplar Bluf NO. OitlEan.
From the CarrolIton IIlN Gazette.

The ST. Louis Republic fooled no one in the cam
pagn that closed on Tuesday last It's milk and
water support Of Bryan was very apparent to the
most careless observer.
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-02-04
CONSPIRACY IN THE HOME.
To Those Who Have Children This Il
Realistic.


To Those Who Have Children This Il
Realistic.
He is q trife over three years old.
many people who have had children.
To others will say that it usually pro-
ceeds like this, though many and varl-
Gus are the manifestations of his curl
osity:
The Boy-Pop, why do like to eat
more than you do?
Myself-Because you are growing
more than l am.
"Why am L growing more than you
are?"
Because you are younger than /
am"
"Why am 1 younger than you are?"
"Oh, let up. Go and play"
(Silence for few moments).
Say, pop, why do women wear diff
ferent clothes than men,?
Because they have to-"
why"
81 thought you were going to play ?"
(Silence for few more seconds).
Say, pop, why can't we walk on our
hands and feet, like dogs and horses?"
81 don't know"
"Are dogs better than men?"
''Very much; especially better than
the grocer who has sent in his BILL"
docs God like people better than He
does dogs and horses?"
NO"
"Why not?"
"Oh, go and ask your mamma"
Mamma says you know lots more
Than she does and to ask you things"
''She does, eh?"
"Yes, sir"
swell, I'll buy you five cents worth of
candy if youth go to your mamma and
ask her questions, one right after the
other, from now until supper time.
Do you think you can get up enough
questions?"
The Boy (marching off on his errand
of mercy)-Just as easy!
Myself Ito myself)-I am temporarily
saved, but he has smart mother and
fear her next move.-N. Y. Truth.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-02-04
Cheese CrOunettes

Place four ounces of coarsely chopped
cheese into mortar with three ounces
of sifted breadcrumbs, one ounce of
grated ham, two ounces of butter, a
tablespoonful of finely minced onion,
and a good seasoning of cayenne, dry
mustard and salt; pound these ingredi-
ents to smooth paste; add sufficient
beaten egg to thoroughly moisten;
then make up into tiny balls about the
size of walnut; fatten these out
slightly, and dip in light, rich frying
batter, and drop into saucepan OF
boiling lard. When colored delicate
brown, drain the croquettes carefully
on blotting paper, and pile them UP
tastefully in a high mound, on folded
table napkin on very hot dish. Serve
as soon as possible. - Ladies' Home
Journal
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-02-04
HUMOROUS.

--"Hang this fog!" whats the mat
ter?" "Why, it's SO thick just walked
into one of my creditors. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Hostess entertaining two lady
friends, to herself) - "Oh, dear, do
wish one would go--I have so much to
tell either of them about the other!"-
TitBits.
"A Literary Hint-In producing
literature write only on one side of the
paper, as the great publications of the
day do not, as rule, care for both sides
of a story.-Detroit Journal.
Miss Prion (quoting)-"Wise men
make proverbs, and fools repeat them"
Miss Smart (musingly)-"Yes; won
der what wise man made the one you
just repeated. "-Tit-Bits.
My child,' said the old herring to
the young herring, by way of parting
advice, "the whole ocean is before you,
but don't go too near those canneries
along the coast of Maine unless you
want to be taken for sardine."-Chi-
cago Tribune.
-Fuddy-"Haven't you always had a
contempt for that slothful servant who
wrapped up his talent in napkin ?'
Duddy-"On the contrary, have often
thought him deserving of praise. just
as like as not, you know, his talent was
one for music. Boston Transcript.
Obstacles to Art.-"There is one
thing" said the heavy man of the the
atrical company, "that'll have to be at
tended to-" What is it?" asked the
stage manager. you remember the
scene in which L pledge the princess
health in this crystal goblet of foaming
wine?" yes" "Wel, you can do one
OF three things. You can make that
cold tea weaker, put some sugar in it,
or else get some man who isn't in dam
ger of making wry face to play the
part. "-Washirgton Star.
The late lord chief justice of Eng
land used to tell his friends this anec.
dote at his own expense: Driving in his
coupe towards his court one morning,
an accident happened to it at Grosvenor
Square. Fearing he would be belated,
be called a cab from the street rank,
and babe the Jehu drive him as rapid
ly as possible to the courts of justice.
"And where are they?'' What, Lon
don cabby, and don't know where the
law courts are at old Temple Bar?"
"Oh, the law courts, is it? But you said
courts of Justice. Bits.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-02-04
SHORT AND INTERESTING.

1t is estimated by competent author
tiles that 100000 tons Of water tumble
over Niagara every minute, day and
night.
The famous dragon tree, which for
merly stood on the Canary islands, was
estimated by Humboldt to be 5000
years old.
AS late as the year 1545 the people of
France entered complaint against cater
pillars, and had lawsuits to stop their
devastations.
Over $4,000 penny-in-theslot gas
meters and $4,000 cooking stoves issued
Herewith have been supplied to resi-
dents in South London by one company.
1t is worth remembering, especially
when staying at hotels, that if the bed
clothing is not sufficiently warm, two
or three newspapers spread between
the blankets will insure comfortable
night.
Some Chinese, after having labored
for years in foreign countries to amass
an independence, will gamble the whole
away during the first few days cf their
homeward voyage, and Lave 10 work
their passage in the next ship.
The great city of London, Invested of
fable, began on the bank of the Thames,
surrounded on all sides except the river
by bulwark of forest, interspersed
with swamps, and Paris rose on an
island of the Seine, with protecting
wall of water all around.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-02-04
WHEN HUNGER GIVES ZEST.
A Typical Camp Dinner with Hale
Around 1t.

Around 1t.
l have not lost all taste for an al
fresco feast in camp style; but there are
pleasures of many kinds and they are
not always comparable. l only draw
the line at those messes called clam
chowders, fish chowders and the night
mare provoking clambake. These may
be classed as coarse feeding, but I have
had as delicious trout, venison and 9TH
er game served in camp as ever tickled
O tongue. Yet service in courses, the
varied products of the vineyards. the
fruits and desserts-I like all good
things, but the best of all is good COM
pany, whether in evening dress or fan
mel shirt; yet don't admit that camp
cookery eXcels the best hotel cook
cry, taking each on it's merits, out
side of sentiment. We deceive ourselves
in this; we come in hungry enough
to eat a bear before his skin is off, and
hunger is the best of sauces."
You have often come into camp with
string of trout and had to clean and
cook them before you could eat supper.
You stuck stick in the gills with bit
of pork in the mouth and stood them up
before the fire and turned them when
necessary. When you thought they
were done you sat down and ate them
half raw and half burned, and your
hunger tempted you to say that you
never ate such trout before in your
life. If trout cooked in the same way
were set before you in a restaurant
you would reject them as unfit to eat.
But the memory of camp dinner, with
an appetite only six hours old, but very
large for it's age, has a halo around
it that should properly encircle the APP
petite. Though not taNidermist. ! havo
stuffed several thousand first-class ap-
Petites, but never could preserve one
Forest and Stream.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-02-04

change IN ,he OLD man. His face ceased
instantly 10 be face; it became mask,
gray thing, with horror written about
the mouth and eyes. He hoarsely
shouted at the foot of the little, rckety
stairs, and Immediately, it seemed, there
came down an avalanche of men. No
one knew that during this time the old
lady had been standing in her night
clothes at the bedroom door yelling:
whats tn matter? What's TIL mat
ter? What's tn matter?"
When they dashed toward the barn
it presented to their eyes it's usual APP
pearance, solemn, rather mystic in the
black night. The Swede's lantern was
overturned at a point some yards from
in front of the barn doors. 1t contained
a wild little confagration of it's own,
and even in their excitement some of
those who ran felt gentle secondary Vi
bration of the thrifty part of their
minds at sight of this overturned lam
tern. Under ordinary circumstances it
would have been calamity.
But the cattle in the barn were
trampling, trampling, trampling, and
above this noise could be heard hum
ming like the song of innumerable bees.
The old man hurled aside the great
doors, and a yellow flame leaped out
at one corner and sped and sped and
wavered frantically up the old gray
wall. r 1t was glad, terrible, this single
flame, like the wild banner of deadly
and triumphant foes.
With his open knife in his hand old
Fleming himself had gone headlorg
into the barn, where the sitting smoke
swirled with the air currents, and where
could be heard in it's fullness the ter
rible chorus of the flames, laden with
tones of hate and death, a hymn Of
wonderful ferocity.
He flung blanket over the old mares
head, cut the halter close to the manger.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-02-04
New Line to Washington.

The popular Monon Route has established
a new through Sleeping Car line to Wash
ington, d. c., via Cincinnati and Parkers-
burg, by the G. H. g. d., B. IL o. s. w. and
B. & 0. Rys. The sleeper is ready for oc
cupancy in Dearborn Station any time after
9P. M, and leaves at 2:45 A. M. daily, ar
irving at Washington at AZ the following
morning. This schedule will be in effect on
January 24th, and thereafter. AS the sleeper
goes through without change, and the hours
OF leaving and arriv ng are mostconvenient,
this will prove altogether the most COM
Portable, as well as the most picturesque,
route to the national capital. City Ticket
Office, 23o Clark St., Chicago. Depot, Dear
born Station.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-02-04
PLEBEIAN Triple.
Properly Prepared, 1t Makes Delight
full Dish.


Some one, in speaking of tripe, called
it ''the poor relation in the meat fam
ily." A wise housewife, however, says
that it is nutritious and healthful, be-
sides being one of the most easily di-
gested of the animal foods. Tripe, when
it comes from the butcher, is boiled or
picked. 1t should be soaked in salt and
water, then thoroughly washed and
again put in the water and allowed to
simmer q short time, or until it is ten
der. This is a sure way of treating it,,
and when it has been so treated the old
saying, tough as tripe," will not be
suggested. When the tripe becomes
cold prepare it in any way desired.
Honeycomb tripe will not require so
much cooking as the plain. For stewed
tripe cut cooked tripe into pieces, and
for one cupful of tripe soften one table
spoonful of butter in frying pan and
then stir into it tablespoonful of -four.
Stir until it is frothy and cooked, but
not Drowned. Turn in slowly half n
pint of rich milk, stirring all the while.
Season with half teaspoonful of onion
Juice, some salt and cayenne pepper.
Then add the prepared tripe and toss it
in the sauce until it is heated through,
then turn into hot, covered dish and
serve. For broiling use the thicker part
of the tripe. Honeycomb is the best.
Sprinkle it with salt and pepper, rub
with melted butter and dredge with
-four before laying it on wire broiler
and lightly browning each side over
clear fire. Put the tripe upon hot
platter and pour little melted butter
over it. Serve at once, garnished with
parsley and sliced lemon. This makes
an excellent breakfast dish. When tripe
has been in the pickle and it is to be
broiled it should be rinsed in cold wa
ter and stewed in part milk and part
water before it is seasoned and broiled.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-02-04
HERRMANN'S GREAT TRICK.
How He Caught Bullets Hot from Rifles
Held by Good Marksmen.

no" he Saugnt Bullets Hot from Rifles
Held by Good Marksmen.
Now that Hermann the Great is gone,
there can be no harm in explaining how
his wonderful trick of catching the bull
let's shot at him by six national guards
men was done.
On both occasions the famous pres
tidigitateur stood alone upon the stage,
while six picked marksmen from the
state national guard fired point blank
upon him from a platform built in the
audience. On both occasions Hermann,
pale of face and painfully alert, caught
the bullets previously marked by a COM
mittee of noted army men, and handed
them back hot from the barrels for
Identification.
OF course, it was d trick, but it was
a dangerous trick, and one that Herr
MANN disliked to do. But even he was
less nervous than the marksmen, who,
acting in perfect good faith, feared that
they might kill the plucky magician.
Many have been the alleged explana-
tfons of this trick published in various
newspapers. They have all been wrong
hermann himself told the Herald how
it was dome, and here it is:
Of course, there was an accomplish.
and this accomplish was not one of the
marksmen, but the sergeant in charge
OF them. This sergeant took the six
regulation army bullet cartridges on
a silver platter to the committee
The committee examined them, made
sure they were genuine, marked them
plainly and replaced them on the plat
ter. The sergeant instantly raised the
platter in plain sight at arms length
above his head, walked over to the
marksmen, and they themselves each
took a cartridge, examined it and
placed it in the rife. Then came the
shooting.
The trick lay in the platter, which
had q false bottom. Under this bot
tom lay six other cartridges, identical
in size, weight and appearance, but
holding bullets made of composition
OF plulnbago and mercury. When the
sergeant held the platter aloft he
touched spring, and by a clever mech
anism these six fake" cartridges
jumped into the platter, while the
genuine cartridge disappeared beneath
the false bottom.
So it was the composition cartridges
that the marksmen unknowingly put
into their rifles, and on firing this COM
position was instantly melted by fric-
ton through the barrels and dissipated
in the air.
Meantime, however, the supposedly
empty platter was taken behind the
wings, where the genuine cartridges
were drawn out, quickly heated and
carefully placed by an attendant on a
table, where Hermann, Just before the
firing. carelessly picked them up and
palmed them. Holding them in his
hands during the firing, he Immediately
produced them as the smoke cleared.
A simple trick, but very dangerous
one, for if the plauter's mechanism
failed to work completely, one or moro
of the genuine cartridges might have
got into the rifles of the marksmeD
and thence into Herrmann's body.-N.
Y Herald
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-02-04


of the hickories lazily swished his tail.
The warm sunshine made an oblong OF
vivid yellow on the floor of the grocery
store.
Gould you see the whites of their
eyes" said the man who was seated ON
a soap box.
Nothing of the kind" replied old
Henry, warmly. Just lot of fitting
figures, and let go when they 'peared
to be thickest. Bang!"
"Nlr. Fleming" said the grocer. His
deferential voice expressed somehow
the old mans exact social weight. "Mr
Fleming, you never was frightened
much in them battles, was you?"
The veteran looked down and
grinned. Observing his manner, the
entire group Uttered. "Well, guess I
was" he answered, finally; pretty well
scared, sometimes. Why, in my first
battle I thought the sky was falling
down. l thought the world was COM
ing to an end. You bet was scared"
Everyone laughed. Perhaps it seemed
strange and rather wonderful to them
that man should admit the thing,
md in the tone of their laughter there
was probably more admiration than if
old Fleming had declared that he had
always been a lion. Moreover, they
knew that he had ranked as an orderly
sergeant, and so their opinion of his
heroism was fixed. None, to be sure,
knew how an orderly sergeant ranked,
but then it was understood to be some
where just shy of a major generals
stars. So when old Henry admitted that
he had been frightened there was a
laugh.
"The trouble was" said the old man,
n thought they were all shooting at
me. Yes, sir. I thought every man in
the other army was aiming at me in
particular, and only me. And it seemed
so darned unreasonable, you know. /
wanted to explain to 'em what an al
mighty good fellow I was, because I
thought then they might quit all try
ing to hit me. But I couldn't explain,
and they kept on being unreasonable
blim!-blam!-bang! So 1 rum"
Two little triangles of wrinkles ap-
peared at the corners of his eyes. Evil
IDENTITY he appreciated some comedy in
this recital. Down near his feet, how
ever, little Jim, his grandson, was visi-
'bly horror-stricken. His hands were
clasped nervously and his eyes were
wide with establishment at this terrible
scandal, his most magnificent grand
father telling such thing.
When little Jim walked with his
grandfather he was in the habit of
skipping along on the stone pavement
in front of the three stores and the
hotel of the town and betting that he
could avoid the cracks. But upon this
day he walked soberly, with his hand
gripping two of his grandfather's fin
gers. Sometimes he kicked distracted
ly at dandelions that curved over the
walk. Anyone could see that he was
much troubled.
; There's Sickles' colt over in the med
der, Jimmie" said the old man. Don't
you wish you owned one like him?''
"Um,'. said the boy, with strange
Jack of interest. He continued his re-
Elections. When finally he ventured:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-02-04
D;ppinc into TbeoIopx.

A man asked an Irish priest what q
miracle was. He gave him full eX-
planation, which did not satisfy the
man, who said: Now, won't your
reverence give me an example of a mir
acle?"
"Wcii," said the priest, "step before
me and I'll Sc, what l can do"
AS the man did so he gave him n tre-
mendous kick behind.
"Did you feel that?" he asked
"Begorra | did feel it, sure enough"
"Well." said the priest, lit would be g
miracle If you diin't."-Boston Pilot.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-02-04
Invalid Comforts.

A book rest is one of the greatest
comforts to an invalid who is able tc
sit up and read. The more recent ar
rangemcnts enable the book to be held
in any position over the bed without
touching it.
A special table, ON which food is
served, is almost necessity.
A rope or strap should be placed near
the end of bed ON which an invalid
rests. 1t is often of assistance in NOV.
ing.-N. Y. Tribune.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-02-04
Modern Art.

"Why did you put the plush album
away?"
''Oh, we don't need it any more. Mary
wears her fathers photograph in her
brooch, her mothers in her belt buckle.
the boys in her watch and bracelet,
while grandma is on the coal bucket
and grandpa on the parlor vases."-De-
troit Free Press
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-02-04
Tho Strongest Fertilization

Against disease, one which enable US to un-
dergo unscathed risks from hurtful climatic
influences, exposure, overwork and fatigue,
is the vigor that is impaired to a debilitated
physique by the peerless medicinal safe
guard, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. You
may possess this vigor in a higher degree
than the trained athlete, alth ough your mus
cular development may be far inferior to
his. Vigor implies sound, good digestion
and sound repose, two blessings conferred
by the Bitters, which remedies malarial,
rheuma attic, nervous and kidney trouble.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-02-04
Frills on Pillowslips,

Pillowslips look very pretty when
trimmed all around with frilling.
Sometimes they have a large satin
stitch monogram worked in the middle,
this side being turned over against the
bolster at night, so that the plain side
is uppermost. Very smart pillows are
covered with brightly colored silk. The
slips are then ornamented at the ends
with lace insertion, and other open
work, through which the colored cover
is visible Chicago Tribune.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-02-04
A Day OF Enjoyment.

Mr.. Gabber-Where's Mrs. Gabber?
Servant-Somebody told Ter an i'm
portant secret this morning. and she
has been out all day, going from house
to house visiting her friends.-Spare
Moments.