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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
Emerson's american Scholar"

Emerson has left behind him nothing
stronger than this address, "The Amer
lean Scholar" 1t was the first applica-
ton of his views to the events Of his
day, written and delivered i'll the heat
of early manhood while his extraordi-
nary powers We're at their height. 1t
moves with a logical progression, of
which he soon lost the habit. The sub
ject of 1.-THE scholars relation to the
world-was the passion of his life. The
body of his belief is to be found i'll this
address, and in any adequate account
of him the whole address ought to be
given.
DIR. Holmes called this speech of En-
erson's our Intellectual Declaration OF
Independence, and indeed it was.
1.-THE Phi Beta Kappa speech" says
Mr.. Lowell, was an event without any
former parallel in our literary annals,
a scene always to be treasured in the
memory for its picturesqueness and its
inspiration. What crowded and breath,
less aisles, what windows clustering
with eager heads, what enthusiasm OF
approval, what grim silence OF foregonc
dissentr'-John Jay Chapman i'll AT,
lantic
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
protea,,nr an Atlantic Cable.

The GORE is now finished. But as
it now stands it is in no wise fitted to
meet the shocks that await it at the bot
tom of the sea- 1t must be protected
against the chatting of sands and rocks
and the possible wrcnches Of anchors.
This protection lies i'll sheath of steel
wires, separated from the soft gutta
percha of the core by packing of jute.
The jute is spun about the core exactly
as the II copper wires of the conductor
are spun about central wire, and about
all, finally, IS spun the steel sheathing
in the same fashion.
As one goes about among the spinning
machines he notices that the sections of
steel sheathing vary much i'll thickness.
Here is one woven of "a wires, one Of Is
and one of II. And the wires also vary,
so that the section Of fewest wires is the
largest in diameter. Here is a section
made not of single wires at all, but Of
stands of three wires. In fact, one sees
seven different varieties The occasion
for such diversity is this: In the middle
of the Atlantic a cable is dropped to a
depth of two or three statute miles, and
as it is payed out to such depth it
must have great burden to sustain in
its own weight. To make the weight as
little as possible consistent with need
full quality and strength becomes, there
fore, important. The deeper II cable is
laid the less it's liability to disturbance,
and the deep water sections, therefore,
may be made much lighter than the
shallow water sections. AS the cable
draws nearer the shore, where the dan
gers grow greater, d heavier and heavier
sheathing is adopted, until, i'll what is
known as the "shore end" comes the
heaviest of all -McClure's Magazine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
Feed Themselves,

Nobody does anything well for moth
ing, and certainly not a lawyer. Lord
Mansfield was so sensible of this that
when on one occasion he had to attend
to somo professional business of his OWE
he took some guineas out of his purse
and put them into his waistcoat pocket
to give him the requisite stimulus. Sir
Anthony Malone, an Irish attorney gen
eral, was so imprudent as to omit this
precaution and was grievously punish
ed for it, for he was so inattentive re-
garding some property he bought for
himself that he lost e3, 900 % year by
it. In future he caused his clerk &c
make an abstract of the title deeds of
any property he bought and lay it be-
fore him with a fee of guineas, prop,
erly Endorsed, which the clerk was
scrupulously to account for, after which
Sir Anthony made no more mistakes, as
regarded at least his own affairs. -Sar
Francisco Argonaut.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
Grant on the Battle of the wilderness.

The general i'll chief, Grant, talked
for some time with officers of the staff
about the results of the battle of the
previous days. He said in this connec
ton: "All things in this world are rela-
tive. While we Were engaged i'll the
Wilderness could not keep from think
ing of the first fight I ever saw-the
battle of Palo Alto. AS looked at the
long line of battle, consisting of 5000
men, felt that General Taylor had such
a fearful responsibility resting upon him
that I wondered how he ever had the
nerve to assume it, and when, after the
fight, the casualties We're reported and
the losses ascertained to be nearly 80 in
killed, wounded and missing, the en-
gagement assumed magnitude in my
eyes which was positively startling
When the news Of the victory reached
the States, the windows in every house
hold were Illuminated, and it was
largely instrumental in making General
Taylor president of the United States.
Now, such an affair would scarcely be
deemed important enough to report to
headquarters. - He little thought at
that moment that the battles then in
progress would be chiefly instrumental
in making the commander himself pres.
ident of the United States.
Horace Porter in Century.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
The Childhood of Genius.

As far as / have studied the child
hood of genius it commonly shows itself
less in performance than in character,
and, alas, not agreeably. The future
genius is often violent, ferocious FOND
of solitude, disasreeable in society.
The great Du Guesclin, the scourgc
of the English invad.ss of France,
was most odious boy. his parents had
to make him dine at table apart He
was rude, furious, a bully; he beat cv-
cry boy he could lay hands on; he ran
away from home; he led companies of
peasant children against other compa-
MES; he was the terror of the neighbor-
hood and the ugliest page az he be-
came "the ugliest knight in France. "
This was the boyhood Of q great min
tary genius; the boyhood it was of q lit
tie savage.
Scott's childhood was noisy He yell
ed old poems at the top of his voice. He
loved the lonely hills He read forever,
when he was not wandering alone, and
/ he remembered anything that he read.
He was a dreamer, teller of romances
to himself. He delighted in fighting, as
did Keats. He studied everything ex-
cept his books His enthusiasm for po-
etry made Il lady recognize him for a gen.
ius at the age of 8, but his father
thought he would end as strolling fid-
der.
Napoleon, again, was sullen, lonely,
dreamer, and always "spoiling for a
fight" like Du Gucsclin.
Unluckily, sullen, dreamy, pugna-
cious boys are not at all uncommon.
They do not become Scotts-not that he
was sullen--nor Du Guesclins nor Ma
poleons nor Byrons-for Byron, too,
was a passionate, lonely, morbid kind
of boy, with terrible fits of temper. His
early poems were trash.
Shelley's early poems We're trash.
Scott We're as almost any clever school
boy can write, and there is no promise
at all in Tennyson's Poems by Two
Brothers. Andrew Lang in North
American Review.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
Modern Pilgrims.

Eyes, Dusty" declared Weary Wag-
giles reflectively as he regrotfully laid
down the tomato can which he had
drained of its contents to the last drop,
"a genius must be dead many years to
be appreciated.
Huh" replied Dusty, who was
wanting in the ability to express his
thoughts with the elegant grace of his
fellow wandcrCr.
Nov, there's them pilgrim fathers
that you hear people making so much
fuss about. Do you know what they
are?"
Dunno as does"
"No, of course not. You see, you
haven't such good education as this
here gent Well, then, you just look in
the dictionary, and you will find that
pilgrim means wanderer who journeys
on foot. Now, amt that just what you
and me are?''
Yes"
well, guess it was just the same
with them as with US. Nobody made
any fuss over them until they Were
dead for hundreds of years. When we
are dead hundreds Of years, people will
be making 3 fuss over US We will be
pilgrim fathers sure, if the dictionary
is right and we get married. We strug
gle now, but our posterity will be max
ing a big fuss over us. I'd rather some
fuss was made over us now But, Dusty
such is life as the immortal poet re
marks. -
But Dusty had fallen asleep. Chicago
Times Herald.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
Did You Ever

Try Electric Bitters us Il remedy for
your troubles? If not, get bottle now
and get relief. This medicine has been
found to be peculiarly adapted to the
relief and cure of all Female Com
paints, eXerting wonderful direct in
huence in giving strength and tone to
The organs. If you have loss of appe-
tilr, 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. II. Roberts
drug store. 8
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
After the Garden Party.

After the guests hidden to a garden
party given by the queen have with
drawn, the police, with staff of men,
go carefully through the grounds exam
lining the interior of the marques and
scrutinizing hooks and retreats in search
of lost jewels. Everything that is found
in the way of trinkets, sticks, lace hand
kerchiefs and love letters is forwarded
to the lord chamberlain's office. Phil
adelphia Ledger.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
At = Bookat0Pe.

Customcr-But this book bears date
prior to the invention Of printing.
Dealer in Rare Volumes-So much
the more valuable, sir-so much the
more valuable. It is proof Of its an
tiquity. 1t was only after the invention
of printing, you know, that the counter
feiting Of old volumes was possible. -
Boston Transcript.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
Light and Love.

The women have a quarrel with Edi-
son.
They won't let him invent an illu,
minated night keyhole.
They don't want their husbands,
when coming home late from their
clubs, to slip in and up stairs and catch
them asleep when they want to make
believe they have been sitting up wait
ing for them all night. Exchange
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28

The two principal German fortresses
on the Baltic sea are at Konigsberg and
Dantzic. Central Germany has three first
class fortresscs-Spandau, Magdeburg
and Kustrin; on the French frontier,
Metz and Strasburg, and on the Belgian
frontier, Cologne and Coblenz.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE.
PLAYING Cards,

Send IL cents in stamps to John Sc
bastian, Gen'l Pass. Agent G. r. I. & P.
R'y, Chicago, for the slickest pack Of
playing cards you ever handled, and on
receipt of such remittance for one or
more packs they will be sent postpaid.
Orders containing 10 cents in stamps
or postal note for same amount will Sc
cure 5 packs by express, charges paid.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
Not a Good Subject.

Chumpley-That hypnotist is a fraud.
He couldn't control my mind at all last
night.
Pokely-Of course he had some ex-
cuse.
Chumpley-Yes. He said there was
no material to work on. You ought to
have heard the audience give him the
laugh. Free Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28

when Mrs Rswton lived In Paw
paw, she wouldn't wear gown unless
it was made in Chicago"
Eyes, and now that she lives in Chi
cago she won't wear any gown made
outside Of Paris. Chicago Record.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
A Decided Change.

Lady-And you escaped from the
wreck?
INDECENT Seaman-Yes, mum.
Lady-How did you feel when the
waves broke over you?
Seaman-Wet, mum-werry wet
but now. mum, feels dry-werry dry
--Tit-B Bits.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28

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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28

1t is believed by some naturalists that
wasps, like bees, establish sentinels at
tho door Of the nest to prevent the en-
trance Of intruders.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28

The peach blossom indicates submis-
sion, though why nobody has been able
to guess.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28

The little

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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
SUFFERING I'M SILENCE.

SSE u
Women are the real heroes of the
world. Thousands on thousands of them
endure the dragging torture of the ills
peculiar to womank ind 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 nrodesty seals their lips. They
prefer pain to humiliation. Custom has
made them believe the only hope of
relief lies in the exposure of exarnina-
ton and Iocal treatment"
Take ten cases of "female weakness"
and in nine of them "local treatment"
is unnecessary, There is no reason why
modest, sensitive women should sub
NIT to 1t. McELREE'S
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-02-15

really means to grant reforms,a good
starter would be for them to with
draw Gen. Weyler from the island
and place man there who has not
quite the blood thirsty reputation
which Weyler has, and who will be
able to realize that he cannot kill all
the inhabitants of the island off even
though he wishes to and will pursue a
more concilliatory course towards
the Cubans than is now being pursued.
They should set at liberty large
number of the political prisoners
which they have cooped up ready to
be shot and stop killing women and
children. When some of these things
are done the Cubans may begin to
think that Spain is sincere in her
talked of reforms, and they may take
the time to consider them.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-02-15
FAIR PLA Y.

Several of the State papers are
using considerable space in discuss
ing the merits of the three supposed
andidates for Collector of Vermont.
This is an Office quite important in
itself, sought after chiefly on account
of the salry connected with it. The
supposed aspirants for the Office are
Col. G. G.. Benedict of Burlington,
Col. q. M Mansur of Island Pond,
and Hon. Olin Merrill of Enosburgh
F alls. Nothing can be said against
t he character, ability or fitness of
ither. The MONITOR is not at all in
8 ympathy with those who, wishing to
urther the interests of either one,
try by some sort of ssfaint praise to
damn" another. Certain papers are
tr ying to use their opposition to Mr..
Benedict and Mr.. Mansur because
t hey have been prominent before the
people of the State and have held
Their offices. 1t is an attempt to
8 NUT their names because they have
been deservedly popular and the
State has recognized their worth and
ability. They are scorned because
they desire another Office. We have
known something of Vermont men
and have learned that some of the
most hon ored and worthy have been,
in sense, office seekers. To have
condemned them for the foible or
vice Of Office loving, would have been
to have put other men in their places,
of less experience and value-men
doubtless equally eager for any pre-
ferment which might come in their
way.
1t is perfectly right that Mr.. Man
sur seek the place and it will not
make him less worthy that he has
had many offices and deserved hon.
ors already. 1t will be unfortunate if
his friends are disposed to disparage
his merits on claims that have no
force in them and are only used to
stir prejudices.
Here are the facts in brief: Mr..
Benedict is of good ability, ripe ex-
perience, untarnished honor. He has
held this position once with honor to
himself. Mr.. Mansur is younger
man, one armed veteran, a capable,
conscientious business man of affairs.
Mr.. Merrill is bright, active, cour-
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-02-15
General News Items.

From many sources report are very
favorable in regard to business 1t
seems to be starting up along most
lines.
The warm weather of last week, ac
companied in many places with rain
caused many freshets and some loss
of life during the last week in the
western states, notably Ohio.
Bran, the seaman who was tried
some time since for a triple murder
on the high seas by a Massachusetts
court fails, after strong effort on
the part of his counsel, to get a new
trial and must hang.
The Canadians are very anxious to
effect some reciprocity relations with
this government. The prospective
tariff, without reciprocity seems liable
to hurt their markets badly. They
make sale of an immense amount of
lumber and farm produce in the Unit
ed States.
There is a lively prospect of war
between Greece and Turkey over
trouble on the island of Crete There
and Turks, and the cruel Mohammed
ans are seeking new victims. If the
great Powers of Europe dare not in
terfere it is hoped that Little Greece
will have courage to make war on the
cruel nation which is making Asia
Minor red with the blood of the Ar
menians.
Several of the big war ships of the
navy started out last week to go to
Charleston, S. O., where there was to
be naval parade off the harbor and
met on their way hurricane, which
came near sending the whole fleet to
the bottom of the sea. Each vessel
had it's decks washed by the big wav-
es and several men were washed over
board while many others were injur-
ed. 1t was narrow escape from a
CATASTROPHE
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-02-15

I Our guarantee is like Bank
] Check-if your purchase does
not suit you, bring back the
goods and draw your money.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-02-15

Hon. Cassius Peck of Brookfield has
moved to Burlington and assumed
the management of the State Expert
ment farm. Mr.. Peck is one of Yer
months practical farmers, an excellent
business man and just the person to
fill the position he has assumed.