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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01
BEAR THIS IN MIND.

Some Day the Advice Here Given
May Keep You from Drowning.
The human body weighs pound in the
water, and single chair will carry two
grown persons-that is, it will keep
the head above water, which is all that
is necessary when it is q question of
life or death.
One finger placed upon stool or
chair, or small box or piece of board,
will keep the head above water, while
the two feet and the other hand may
be used as paddles to propel the body
toward the shore. 1t is not at all
necessary to know how to swim to
keep from drowning. A little expert
ence of the buoyant power Of the water,
and faith in it, is all that is required.
We have seen small boy, who could
not swim n stroke, propel himself
back and forth across a wide, deep
pond by means of board that would
not sustain five pounds weight.
Children and all others should have
practice In the sustaining power of
water. In nine cases out of ten the
knowledge that what will support a
pound weight is all that is necessary to
keep ones head above water will serve
better emergencies than the greatest
experiences as swimmer.
A person unfamiliar with the buoy
ant power of water will naturally try
to climb to the top of the floating OBJ
ject on which he tries to save himself.
If it is large enough, that is all
right. But generally it is not large
enough, and half a struggling group is
often drowned in the desperate scram-
BILE of life and death struggle to climb
on top of piece of wreck or other
floating object, not half large enough
to keep them all entirely above water.
This often happens when pleasure
boats capsize. All Immediately want
to get out of the water on top of the
overturned or half-filled boat, and all
are drowned except those whom the
wrecked craft will wholly bear up. If
they would simply trust the water to
sustain ninety-nine hundredths of the
weight of their bodies and the disabled
boat the other hundredth, they might
be saved under most circumstances.
An overturned or half-filled boat will
sustain more people in this way than
it will carry. 1t would keep the heads
of as many people above water as could
get their hands on the gunwale.
These are simple facts, easily learned,
and may some day save your life
Golden DAVIS.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01
FUTURE OF THE GIRL.
She Is Promised Much by the World
but Given Little.


but Given Little.
One of the problems of the day is the
girl of the future, or, rather, the future
of the girl, for certainly she is in
transition stage, and what will be her
developments at the beginning of tho
century it is impossible to predict. 1t
must be acknowledged that the outlook
which a decade ago promised SC much
has been most disappointing. AS
young business woman aptly expressed
the situation the other day: ''The bar
riers have undoubtedly bee removed,
hut there are no end of stumbling
blocks which are just as bad, if not
worse!"
All careers are open, but it is almost
impossible to adopt any of them with
any chance of success, for a variety of
causes. In the first place, the charac-
teristics which make a man successful
handicap a woman. To be shrewd and
pushing is not attractive, and bold en-
ergy is looked upon with suspicion, as
being akin to the above Objectionable
qualities. Another almost ipsuperable
obstacle is the want of faith that even
their well-wishers have in their per-
formances. How few would trust
woman to take the responsibility of a
critical illness, to erect an important
building, to argue an involved case of
law! 1t will take a number of genera
tons to overcome the prejudice which
is so universal, not of the world at large
against the idea of woman entering
the profession, but of individuals who
are unwilling to employ her in any Of
these capacities.
professions are overcrowded as it is.
Now, then, can they support the great
influx OF new aspirants? How can the
men with the best intentions afford to
be generous AID just to women when
they usurp (for as possession is nine
tenths of the law, it is natural that they
should consider it usurpation) their
privileges?
AS long as women are not considered
as competent the question resolves it,
self into the survival of the fittest,
which is comparatively simple just now,
for up to the present time there is prac-
tically no competition.
Truly, as the young woman said:
There are, to be sure, no longer any
barriers, but the stumbling blocks are
many and discouraging."
In the meanwhile what is to become
of our daughters who have no indie
pendent means? Marriage solves the
difficulty for some, but by no means for
all-hardly nowadays for the majority.
Let us hope that before long intelligent
young women will be given the chance
they deserve. and that the beginning
of new century will be more practical-
ly helpful than the end of the old,
which promised SO much and has in
reality done so little.-N. Y. Tribune.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01
THE MERRY-GO-ROUND.
How the Boys and Girls Can Make
One of Their own.

How the Boys and Girls Can Make
One of Their own.
Sometimes we see a merry go-round,
or revolving swing for children, made
by simply pivoting strong board on
a post. A better arrangement is that
shown in our illustration. 1t revolves
with greater ease and does not neces-
state the children sitting on opposite
ends to balance each other.
Let the board be ut least 16 feet long,
and at the center attach, by mortising,
four-inch post eight feet long, which
is braced in an upright position by
means of wire or small iron chains
passing from near its top to a point
well out toward either end of the board.
In the base of this post a one-inch
rod should be firmly set, and project
several inches below the board. This
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01
PoRPoIsE HUNTING.
Dangerous Sport Followed by the
PassamaQuoddy Indians.

Dangerous Sport Followed by the
PassamaQuoddy Indians.
In the northern part of Maine and In
Nova Scotia there are still many
Indians of the Passamaquoddy tribe,
and these Indians follow pursuit that
is almost unknown to the outside world
They shoot porpoises. Everybody ia
miliar with the sea has watched these
queer creatures. They are less shy
about showing themselves than any
other inhabitant of the ocean; but to
see them tumbling over themselves in
their odd regular way is all the world
in general ever has to do with them;
the Passamaquoddy Indians, however,
not only shoot them, but make their liv-
ing mainly out of porpoise, and a living
well earned it is, too, for there is no
occupation in the world that calls for
more bravery, skill and endurance.
The money is obtained by SELL
ing the oil, and pure porpoise
oil brings the Indians about 90
cents a gallon; the oil obtained
from the paws sells higher; it is tried
out by itself because of it's superiority,
and is valued by watchmakers and
others, who want an OIL of very fine
lubricating quality. The Indians eat
the porpoise flesh-it is very much like
fresh pork and many white fishermen
around the coast like it well enough to
give the Indians fresh fish in exchange
for it.
There are no game laws to protect
porpoise, and the hunting goes on the
year around, though the blubber is
something like two inches thick in win
ter, against one and half in summer;
but then the danger and suffering to
the Indian, not the fish, are far greater
in cold weather.
Make guess as to how long big
porpoise is. He does not look, when
seen from shore or from steamers
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01

deck, as if he were seven feet long;
but about that he frequently is, and
five feet about the girth, and with six
or seven gallons of oil in his queer
body.
Birch bark canoes are still used by
the Indians for this sport, and the way
they handle them in the wide, stormy
waters of the Bay of Fundy is a revela-
ton as to the seaworthiness of those
wonderful little craft. Boys must be-
gin their training as porpoise hunters
when they are 10 or IL years old, going
out with an older man in good wealth
or first. The Indians generally go two
together, for, while shooting the por-
poise can be done easily by one in
smooth water, it is not the shooting, but
the landing of him that is the ticklish
business. After he is shot he is speared
to finish him, and then the Indian runs
two fingers in the blow-hole, takes hold
of his fin with the other hand, lifts the
great fellow until at least half his
length is above the canoes gunwale,
and then drags him aboard. Imagine
doing that in birch bark canoe on a
rough winter sea. Yet man alonei in HE
canoe under such conditions will often
accomplish the feat, and not so rarely
he will fail, and lose his life to boot.
The usual thing is for two to work to-
gether, and then accidents are COM
paratively rare. A man has to stand up
to shoot, if the water is rough. OF
course he could not see his game if he
didn't. One of those Indians can stand
and shoot, and at the same time adapt
every movement to the swaying of his
boat, keeping her on an even keel with
success that is simply miraculous.
There are many sharks in these wa
tiers, and there are perfectly autheRti-
Gated stories of sharks cutting por-
poises in two just as the Indians were
hauling them aboard, but they don't
seem to mind the sharks at all, driving
them off with their long spears when
they are too encroaching, with perfect
GOODNESS. Ns
PASSPORT, Me-, is the market where
the Indians sell most of their oil
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01

forms the pin on which the swing re-
wolves, and should fit loosely in the
socket, hole in the top of the post
which has been set in the ground so as
to project about II inches.
At the top of the post similar pin is
inserted and passed through a tri-
angular piece of iron, which any black
smith can make for you. AT each
corner of the triangle the metal is
drawn out and curved upward into a
loop, from which chains or wires pass
to the trees at little distance
American Agriculturist.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01

That terrible struggle between love
an duty, which took place all inside
o. half minute, will never be wiped of
my memory.
Switch her over, you fool!" yelled
the plate-layer, who had now got close
up to the box; but then he, too, caught
sight of Nelly an was silent, for per-
haps he, too, had got little girl at
home.
His shout did not rouse me, however,
for wicked thoughts filled my brain.
Who could say wi any certainty what
was the reason it / didn't turn the
course O. the train? Most likely it
would be supposed that the shock had
dazed me an rendered me incapable
o. actin promptly, as had been the case
WI so many men afore me. Why
shouldn't let the express go on un-
checked, an save Nelly?
Thank God, though, the horrible
temptation wasn't for long! Twas one,
but what was 1 compared WI all the
vast host O. wives an daughters, an
husbands an fathers, that would be
thrown into sorrow an mournin' if
any accident happened to that train?
/ should be branded ever after with the
curse O. murder, an worse than murder.
No. I would do my duty at all
hazards, an the big drops o. sweat
dropped from my forehead as thought
o. the sin I'd been very near committin'.
smelly, Nelly" shouted through the
window, as loud as my parched throat
would let me, "lie down, lie down." an
1 pointed between the rails; then, wi
one brief prayer that came right from
the bottom O. my heart, 1 flung the
handle back only just in time.
l heard the points come over, the
engine almost strikin' them as they
did so, but just swervin' in time to get
on the loop-an' then knew no more,
for my senses were mercifully taken
away an 1 fell to the floor of the cabin
in dead swoon.
When / came to again l was lynn
in my own room at home, WI Jenny
bendin' over me an passin' her hand
over my hot brow.
Nelly" I murmured, shudderinly,
eXpectln' to be greeted wi burst o
sobs.
To my surprise, however, Jenny went
away, an in a few seconds, durin'
which 1 lay in kind O. sleepy wonder,
not havin' quite recovered from my
swoon, returned, leadin' by the hand
our little girl-unharmedl
After I had caught her up in my
arms an kissed her passionately again
an again, they told me how, on hearin'
my shout, she had obediently lain down,
an how the big express, by some merci-
full dispensation O. Providence, had
passed clean over her wi'out harming
her so much as scratch. That's about
all, sir, an here's your train a-bein'
signaled. The passengers, when they
got to know about it, collected sum
O. money for me, an called me hero,
but none o. them ever dreamed O. that
terrible temptation.-Tit-B
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01
Treasure Hunt in Texas.

Eighty thousand dollars in gold and
silver bullion is the sum which band
of fortune hunters in Texas are looking
for; or, at least, they think they are
looking for it. The story which started
them on their search is that some years
ago wagonload of the precious metals
was thrown into a deep spring near
Garlic, Tex, to prevent its falling into
the hands of brigands. Only one man
who was aware of the hiding place sur
vived the fight with the robbers, and
the present searching party was organ
lied by him.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01
EnIarsing n Girls Skull.

In Georgia town lives girl of IL,
with the intellect of an infant. She
was bright enough until she reached the
age of seven, and then she began to
lose memory and speech. The case was
a puzzle to physicians, until a young
member of the profession announced
that her skull was too small to permit
the brain to grow. THIS suggested the
idea of charging the skull, and, such
are the triumphs of modern surgery,
the operation was performed, the girl
survived it, and now, after the lapse of a
month, she is physically as well as ever
and the mental improvement is most
marked. Perhaps, some day, we can
have our heart and lungs made new
again as surgeons grow still more
clever.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
A BIRD OF LETTERS.

"ABC, ABC. ABCP'
The parrot cried, proud as could be.
I'VE birds who know letters
Are surely your betters,"
He called to the birds in the tree.
But the birds in the tree-top at play
All chirped in the jolliest way:
I'VE don't know ABCs,
But were quite at our ease
In these higher branches" said they.
n. l.. Bridgman, in ST. Nicholas.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01
Sunshine and Sadness.

The redbird sings, and the sunshine filings
its gold through my window pane. And a
sweet perfume steals into my room, from
the roses in the lane. The skies are
clear; in the school-yard near, the children
romp in glee; the earth is bright in the glad
For, across the way, there is din to-day.
that tortures my weary brain; the maiden
fair, with auburn hair, is at the piano again.
-Up-to-Date.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01
Try Grafn-o! Try Gr,,n.o,

Ask your grocer to-day to show you a
package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink
that takes the place of coffee. The children
may drink it without injury as well as the
adult. All who try it like it. GRAIN-O
has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java
but 1T is made from pure grains, and the
most delicate stomachs receive it without
distress IA the price of coffee. l5c and
% cts per package. Sold by all grocers.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01
Ere the FarewelI I. snoIxen

On the deck of the steamer, or on board the
train that is to bear you away from those
dear to you, You will, if you are wise, have
safely slowed away in your luggage suffi-
Gent supply of that safeguard against i'll
-Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Com
mercial travellers, tourists and pioneer emf
grants concur in testifying to the fortifying
and saving properties of the great tonic.
Use for constipation, biliousness, malarial
and kidney complaints and nervousness.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01

Aliens Foot Ease, a powder for the feet.
1t cures painful, swollen, smarting feet and
instantly takes the sting out of corns and
bunions. It's the greatest comfort discovery
of the age. Aliens Foot-Ease makes tight or
new shoes feel easy. 1t is certain cure for
sweating, callous, hot, tired, aching feet.
Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and
shoe stores, 25c. Trial package FREE.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01
for cemeteries, etc.,

Monuments for cemeteries, etc.,
are soon to be made with slabs of glass
or metal, joined at the corners and
braced with anchor rods across the
center, the hollow space being filed
in with cement or concrete; stained
glass being used to vary the colors, or
white glass with colored substance be-
tween it and the cement
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01
Only $500 to San Francisco.

From Chicago via the Northwestern Line
Chicago & Northwestern Railway, the
famous California in Days" Route, June
E. Convention. Similar rates will be made
eastbound. For full information apply to
ticket agents G. & NV. Ry
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01
Good as New.

Jack Dashing Why, there is not a new
face here tonight
Penelope-Oh, yes, there is, Miss Made
ups face has just been reenameled-Up-to-
Date
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01

When a fellow carries corkscrew, it is
presumptive evidence that he doesn't use it
brushing his te- .h.-Washington Democrat.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01

tMe by talked win he wor two wakes
old" CHATS nothing. The Bible says Job
cursed the day he was born"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01

Whenever a mans business begins to
drop off, others say it is a Judgment for
crooked dealing.-Washing Democrat.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01
oStnr Tobacco"

As you chew tobacco for pleasure, use
Star. 1t is not only the best, but the most
lasting, and therefore the cheapest.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01

We have not been without Piso's Cure for
Consumption for 20 years.-Lizzie Ferrel,
Camp St., Harrisburg, Pa, May 4, '94.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01

People who say they cannot write a
plain hand because they are so nervous, talk
as if they Expected to be believed.-Wash-
ington Democrat.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01

Young Speadthrift - IT didn't get you
any birthday. present, dad-thought you'd
rather keep the money."-Tit-Bits.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01

''That affair on the end of my TAIL" said
the rattlesnake, may not seem handsome,
but" He skillfully threw a coil. Its
rafting good thing. Yes"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01

If there's one thing above another that
some people like to answer it's an unanswer.
able argument.-N. Y. Weekly.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01
"see That Hump."

"Bicycle-riding contracts the chest"
Eyes, but look what fine, round Shout
der Tau get "-Up-to-Data.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01

Some girls wouldn't look nearly so inter-
esting if they didn't wear glasses.-Wash-
ington Democrat.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01

"Cows were once used for money
money in their pockets in those days"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price 75c.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01

Suuueniy cOlu WI III NE, an SeuU tuc
blood surgin' up to my temples till my
brain felt on fire? Passin' my hand
across my eyes, looked again-surely
1 must be mistaken!
No. 1t was no delusion-there was
my little girl wallin' in the four-foot-
thing she'd never done afore to my
knowledge-right in the track O. the
advancin' express. She had got the
basket in one hand an was holdin'
her little hat up in the air wi the other,
an 1 almost fancied 1 could see the
laugh O. childish glee on her face as
she watched the bright ribbon fiutter-
in in the breeze.
SHELLY, Nelly" / shouted, desperate
ly, but she evidently didn't hear, for
she took no notice.
A sickenin' forebodin' O. i'll came over
me, an l stood wi my hand on the
lever irresolute.
Has it ever struck you, sir, what a
lot o. things can pass through your
brain in the space O. half minute
1t struck me for the first time then;
a whole series o. thoughts seemed to
flood over me in that terrible few sec
onds.
If pulled the lever back it meant
almost certain death to Nelly-chub-
by, rosy-cheeked little Nelly, the dar-
lin o her mothers heart; the little,
winsome child I'd played WI on my
knee ever since she was baby; an
if | didn't, it meant equally certain
destruction to the express, WI its heavy
freight o human bein's, which was by
this time not more than a couple O.
hundred yards away.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-04-29

A. 2. Davis, the druggist, re-
turned to the city hist Saturday.
So h. j. March, of Minneapolis, al
rived last Saturday to look after
seeding on the March farm.
FOUND: A lady's chain and
locket. Owner can get same by call
ing at the SHEAr office and paying for
this notice. III.
"A. G. Isaacson, of Augsburg,
visited with his cousin, A. b: Isaac
son, register OF deeds, the fore part
OF the week.
Frank Seign and F. F.. Keppler
have come from Ada with two fine
stations. They are. full-blooded stall
lions. Will stand for mares.
-Ne!s e. Rood is the assessor in
Nelson Park, and he was in to get
his books last Saturday. He also
gave the SREAF friendly call.
&C. F. Blackberg, the blacksmith,
who has bought a half interest in the
shop OF Mr.. Lindroth, arrived with
his family from Duluth last week.
p. Dahlquist will conduct SER
vices on Sunday, May 2, in Foldahl
at 10 80 O'Clock A. NJ. and in the
Turnlund school house in Comstock
at 3 O'Clock P. NJ. !