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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-04-08
ON THE CONGO RIVER.
A Beautiful Country Rich in Nat
ural Resources.
European Emigration to Tropical
Africs. Is Increasing from Day to
Day-DeplOrableC Condition of the
Women of the Native Tribes.
Especial London letter.


The newest new world is che vast
region watered by the Congo river and
it's numerous tributaries. 1t is over
100000 square miles in extent, and has
been discovered and mapped, and some
parts settled, annexed, and even par
TALLY civilized within the past quarter
of century. 1t is a strangely beau
tiful new world OF which Henry NJ.
Stanley was the Columbus. whose
wealth and fertility and scenery are
gradually becoming better known.
Where ... Al.
Far away through forests old
The Congo rolls DER sands of gold"
Unlike some other great rivers of
the old world, the Congo empties into
the Atlantic ocean in single stream,
seven miles wide and of enormous
depth, and although cataracts and rap
ids interfere with it's continuous nav
igation, there are between these imped-
iments, in the Congo and the Aruwimi,
it's chief tributary, over 1000 miles of
navigable waters.
The Congo valley, that is the country
of the Upper and Lower Congo, is a
wonderfully fertile land. At present
the chief commercial products ere
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-04-08
The Things That Are Lovely.

Some very earnest young Christians
make mistake in putting too light a
value upon those graces of manner and
little courtesies of speech and conduct
which might commend their excellent
qualities to others, and give them the
vantage ground of personal influence,
says certain writer. If a merchant
has diamonds to sell he does not shut
them in drawer nor display them in
rough box. He does not say: moth
ing can add to the value of diamond,
and / will not condescend to any tricks
70 catch admiration or draw customers.
If man really wishes to buy he will
come to me-" What he does is to put
his jewels upon beds of satin, in cases
of velvet; to use every art to display
their beauty. He knows very well that
people who have never thought serious
ly of buying may be attracted by the
beauty that catches the eye and arrests
the attention. Your Christian princi-
Piles ought to be rendered so attractive
by your personality that those who
know you will associate goodness with
graciousness.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-04-08

he has done in Equatorial and West AT
RIGA, and occasionally cities and culti-
waited regions are destroyed for miles by
the Arabs SO as to capture slaves.
Among the many natives which peo-
pie the Congo region there may be
found as many varying types as In Eu-
rope, and some of them are as strange
in their appearance as they are in their
manners and customs.
A favorite facial adornment with the
Ba Yansi, Usindi and Mabinga is the
cuTled barb of the beard which is
stiffened with gum and grease so as TO
give it the most elegant curve. DR..
Baumaun, who was one of the first trav-
elers to follow Stanley's footsteps in the
Congo valley, had pleasant experience
among the Usindi. They believed that
he was reinbodiment of their last
king and had come back from the
moon! The Urundi, or Unsindi, claim
that their former kings were lineal de-
Scendants of the moon, and in this re-
spect exhibit an extraordinary parallel
with the belief of the lncas of Peru.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-04-08

palm oil, rubber. spices, gums for med
icinal use, and ivory. Gumcopal, wild
coffee, camwood powder and fruit IN
great abundance are produced. These
yield a revenue of about $25 100000 an
nually. In what is termed the lake re-
gion of the Congo there are valuable
iron and copper mines and gold and
silver deposits.
The Upper Congo region, between
the Congo and the lakes, is said to be a
fine field for colonization. The climate
is salubrious and temperate. the alti-
tude ranging from 1000 to 5000 feet
above the sea. The rich river valleys
and Did lake bottoms yield immense crops
of rice and grain and there, as well as
on the uplands, is found some of the
most valuable timber in the world, the
logs making the most costly transporta-
ton profitable.
Speaking of the Congo valley as New
World is only figuratively true, for
those lazy old pioneers, the Portuguese,
have been settled at the mouth of the
great river, and many grand family in
Portugal has been kept flourishing for
the past 200 years on the profits of the
Congo slave trade. Thanks to the inter-
vention of the British, principally, this
iniquity is being broken up, the only
transgressors nowadays being the
Arabs, next to the "unspeakable Turk"
the most despicable member of the
human family. Wherever the influence
Of the believers, in the false prophet ex-
tends the traveller expects to find that
the natives are treated with cruelty,
and that neither age nor sex is spared
when those demons are aroused. What
the Mohammedan is doing in Armenia
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-04-08
YOUR MOTIVES.
Too Much Talk Concerning Them
What 1t Suggests.

Don't be too sure about your motives.
They are very agile, cunning, deceptive.
You hide, protect, defend and shelter
them. You seek alliances for them.
You dress them up in pretty clothes.
Your blood is interested for them.
1t is an old story how blind parents are
to the fault of their own children.
Sometimes when everybody else can see
that your child is mean little scamp
you are sure he is a lovely little angel.
Just SO it is with your motives. Don't be
too sure about them.
Don't talk too much about your mo-
tives. It's delicate business, this mat
ter of your motives, and the fact is
people are a great deal better satisfied
with the judgment they form by watch
ing your motives in action than by any
thing you may say about them or claim
for them. 1t does no good at all for
you to proclaim: "Now, my motive in
this is perfectly noble and high. am
sticking this knife into my brother
from pure love to him and the cause of
Christ. Before God, am actuated by
pure love, and my wounds are the faith
full wounds of a friend. My anger is in
dignation for the Lord of Hosts. call
God to witness that am upright, true,
fair, loving, brotherly, acting in the
spirit of Christ" You might as well
save your breath. No wise man will
pay the slightest attention to all these
declarations. In fact, this kind of thing
is disgusting to all right-minded men.
Il makes, and rightly makes, bad inn
preston. Intense zeal in declaration
of good motive raises suspicion OF
bad one. The fact that you feel ne
cessity of protesting high and good
motive is indication that you perceive a
bad or doubtful look about the act it
produces. Do what you do in demon
stration of the spirit of Christ. That
will go great deal farther than any
loud ofessions.-Christian Guide.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-04-08
"Wiid Oats"

Aswords quicken thought, so thought
begets action. Phrases forerun conduct.
To say in matter-of-fact way of a re-
forming man that he has "sowed his
wild oats" is to imply that men must
be expected to sow wild oats, which be-
gets lenient attitude toward all the
viciousness that ''wild oats implies,
Thus the peoples ideals of manhood are
lowered. and this lowers men. 1t were
better to look with surprise that man
should be expected to sow wild oats
than to take it as a matter of course
that he is sowing or has sowed them
S. 8. Times
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-04-08
LEGAL OLLA-PODRIDA.
Funny State Of Affairs in the Dis
trict Of Columbia.
what Is an OfYense ON One Side of
Rock Creek Is Perfectly LeEiti-
mate on the other
Side.
Especial Washington letter.

The laws which are enforced in the
District of Columbia are peculiar. Many
of the old laws of Maryland, which were
made before this land was coded to
the federal government, are still in
force. Then there are federal laws which
were enacted before the creation of the
territorial form ofgovernment: lawson
acted by the territorial legislature,
and laws enacted by congress since the
present form of government was Gre
ated in 1872.
The ancient city of Georgetown was
an independent corporation until re-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-04-08

One of the strange races of the great
forests of the mid-Congo basin is the
Batwas. Before the early traveller and
pioneer had become familiar with the
Batwas he had heard them described as
cannibals, though better acquaintance
proved this to be incorrect The Batwa
averages only four feet three inches in
height, but is well built, active and
much stronger than his height would
lead one to expect. A dwarf woman
was bought by DR.. Il. Fl. Parke. who
paid her former owner, an Arab, for her
IA handful of beans. IL cups of rice and
six cups of Indian corn" He tells us
that he was obliged to be very kind to
her at first to prevent her running away.
but when she had, ceased to have any
dread of cruelty, her devotion was un-
bounded. ITO her constant attention
and care,' he said. II owe the enjoy
ment of good health andgood foods-as
far as forest weeds can be foods--dur-
ing months of what would, without her,
have been absolute starvation"
The first of the forest dwarfs that
was measured was found to be ex-
actly four feet in height. 1t is sup
posed by scientists that the pigmies
represent the earliest type Of African
humanity, and that through the CEN
turtles they have remained Unaffected
by the partial civilization that has
corue to their larger-hmbed fellows of
other tribes. 1t has been found that
these dwarf races are not deficient in
mental ability, that is, as compared
with the other races of the Congo.
Among the 50,Oo0,000 or 60,0o0.OO0 of
natives, divided into many different
nations, there is q wonderful diversity
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-04-08
Comfort.

There is time in life when one wants
to grapple with great truths, to con-
tend earnestly for the faith, and there
is also a time when one wants not to
reason or argue. but to be comforted.
Man has Alright to recognize his own
need Of comfort. The Son of God did
not live alone. He leaned on the love
OF human friends ard on His Father in
Hcaven.-Rev. C. C. Hall.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-04-08
Solitaire.

Mrs. Runluck-Why weren't you al
the whist club last night?
Mrs. Briden-Because Jack said he'd
rather stay at home and play solitaire
with me.
Mrs. Runluck-But two people can't
play solitaire together. Why do you
call your game that?
Mrs. Briden-Because-oh, well, be-
cause we use only one chair.-N. Y.
journal.
Nobody in Particular.
did you wish to see anyone in par
! ticular, madame" asked the floor.
| walker.
"Oh, no." replied the lady, with a
4 gi2gle; Il made an appointment to
meet my husband here"-Yonkers
Statesman.
The herald., 1897-11-13
IN THE PUBLIC EYE

An undertaken in Jersey City bears the
name of Stiff.
The people of Albany. N. Y. will on Nov.
18th observe the one hundredth anniver-
sary of the birth of Thurlow Weed.
Literary London is pleased over the pros
pect of a visit from G. w. Cable and offers
a warm welcome to the novelist who has
shown delightful hospitality to many
British authors when they have been in
the states" as one paper puts it.
Governor Pingree in discussing his trip
said that he liked the dinners well enough
that were given to him in Venezuela, but
they would have been better had they
given him cup of coffee when he began
instead of when he finished.
It was in reagrd to the New York mayor
atty contest that ex-President Cleveland
and DAN Lamont had their first political
disagreement. Mr.. Cleveland favored Seth
Low Mr.. Lamont being for Van Wyck, the
regular Democratic nominee.
Mr.. Gladstone always writes a letter to
his grandchild, Miss Dorothy Drew, on her
birthday, and these epistles, which are of
a humorous, fanciful nature, 1t is said, are
being treasured up in a locked casket
among the little lady's most valuable pos
sessions.
A statue to Guy de Maupassant is here
after to adorn the Pare MonceEa, the pret-
tiest of the small parks of Paris. M. Zola
was chosen to make the principal address
at the unveiling. and all the literary and
artistic world of the French capital mani
Tested its interest.
Governor Taylor of Tennessee made q
speech in Texas the other day, in which
he said Texas was the largest waffle on
the griddle of North America; she was
sweetened with the honey of Happiness
pouring from the bunghole of prosperity
and buttered with pure Democracy"
The herald., 1897-11-13
Real Estate Transfers
FRIDAY, Nov. 10, 1S9'

TnlO<A l. 1NOSs 46, 4oots
Los Angeles Olive Growers association to
A. Johnson-Lot 4, block 81, Los Angeles
Orange Growers Association tract. five
acres, $3.50.
University Bank of Los Angeles, trustee,
to Los Angeles Orange Growers associa-
tion and Los Angeles Orange Growers as
sociation to Stephen Akers-Lots and g.,
block 149, same tract, $500.
M. Wheelock to G. Freymuth-Lot T.,
block 4, West Rosas tract, $S200.
S. Shrpser to c. Steele-Part of Section
4, N. 12, $3.50.
c. and A. A. Steele to s. Shirpser-Lot .,
Peck's subdivision, Mount Pleasant tract,
$3.50.
l.. N. and A. Sylvester to M. j. Ellis-Lot
16, block 46, Electric Railway Homestead
Association tract, $3.50.
G. H. and o. M. Peck to H. Kolkhorst-
Lo< Z, Peck's subdivision of Palos Verdes
rancho, S564410
j. Chronister to S. G. Lehmer-Lot g.,
block 10, Phillips tract, $1,000.
G. w. and 2. J. Swygert to ]. H. Spires
Lot 40, Reid's addition to Los Angeles, $500.
M. S. and G. E. Benedict to F. ]. Gilmore
Lot 16, block G. Wiltshire Boulevard tract,
$500.
American Building and Mortgage Com
pany to +. ]. Gillmore-Lot II, block 6, VIII
shire Boulevard tract, $500.
F. W. Sprague to J. F. Mendenhall-Lot
12 block 4, Los Angeles Improvement Com
pans subdivision, block SO H. s., $500.
O. E. and E. Roberts to 3. o. Clinton
Part of Section Q. S. II, $500.
S. and M. b. Farrar to S. B. Mulford-
Part of Cienega ranch and other lands,
s3757.
s. J. Swartwout to F. D. Swarwout-Part
of Section 5, A 8. II, $500.
Summary Deeds. 81; nominal, %. To-
tai, s42,S4S.60
The herald., 1897-11-13
PERSONAL

]. Y. Barker of Berkeley is guest at
the Van Nuys.
Percy Bonebrake returns to Lower
California today.
George d. Lunt, of the firm of Toll &
Co., Chicago. arrived here yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Perry were at the
Lick house, San Francisco, Thursday.
J. G. Darden, wholesale grocer from
San Francisco, is in the city on business.
c. N. Sterry of Los Angeles registered
at the Holland house, New York, on
Wednesday.
Leon Honisberger, of the firm Of Bauer
Bros, San Francisco, importers Of laces,
is in the city.
Col. w. H. Wosswick who is owner of
an asphalt mine at Guadalupe, is visit
ing friends in the city,
H. c. Smith, manager of the Sanger
Lumber company at Fresno, is among
the recent arrivals in the city.
w. r. and J. E. Stubbs, of the Santa
Fe railroad, arrived here yesterday from
the east, and are at the Van Nuys.
James D. Quinn, travelling for the Bur-
nett Extract company, of New York, is
looking after his firms interests here.
F. M. Frank, who owns extensive min
ing interests in the vicinity of La Colo
RADIO, Mexico, arrived in the city last
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. D. Rix, Mrs. Augusta
Hartje and Mrs. I. N. Thorn of Pittsburg,
Pa, arrived here yesterday on the Sun
set limited.
DR.. w. L. Grimes and wife of Jackson
vile, ILL.,, has arrived here for the winter
John L. Spiers of Redlands was in the
city yesterday.
w. NJ. Griffith, United States mar
shal at Phoenix, Ariz., is in the city.
Marshal Griffith is one of the Oldest set
tiers of the territory. Years ago he ran
a stage from Yuma, to Fort Worth, Tex
The herald., 1897-11-13
Superior to All Other Labor

American labor is acknowledged to be
more efficient than the labor of any other
country. We are fortunate in the pos
session of q class of skilled mechanics
who are endowed with sufficient brains
and alertness to quickly master the most
intricate machines. Our common school
system, which has been maintained for
100 years, has laid the foundation Of SUI
perior average intelligence, and our nu-
merous excellent scientific schools and
schools of technology have given great
opportunity to boys Of practical and
mechanical turn of mind.-Minneapoli
Tribune.
The herald., 1897-11-13
LEGAL NOTICES

ings, structures and improvements and the
amount to be expended thereon and tnere-
for to be sSO.0Oo.OO. and to be paid from the
funds Of the whittier Reform School
fund" for the use of Whittier State School.
All buildings are to be erected on the
present school grounds. and are to be
grouped in the most convenient and de-
sirable position about the present admin
istration buildings and be connected one
building with another by walls, arcades
and gateways, SO as to enclose the area
OF the site now In general use.
Each shop and department is To have Its
own separate water closet and to be well
lighted. and be designed for durability,
convenience of arrangement for economic
transmission and application of power and
for perfect independence of the workers in
the various shops.
1t Is the desire of the board in the con-
struction of these buildings to utilize. as
far as practicable, the labor of pupils Of
the school. and to have them employed at
ratio of three pupils to one skilled me-
chanic. and plans and estimates may be
based with reference to this arrangement
DRAWINGS
The drawings shall be the usual working
scale drawings In black and white-no
color.
1t is desirable that block plan and
bird's-eye view showing the present ad-
ministration buildings with the proposed
additional buildings grouped about the
same should accompany the general plans,
but this will not be an absolute require
ment.
architects competing are referred to a
Typographical map of the site of the
school. to be seen upon application to
Charles T. Healy, civil engineer, Baker
block. Los Angeles, Cal.
PREMIUM AND COMPENSATION
The architect whose plans shall be
chosen shall receive commission as archi-
tect for improvements and be paid for his
services as premium and compensation
according to the rules of the American In
stitute of Architects, namely:
For preliminary studies (block plans,
perspective. etc.,, per cent.
For plans and specifications, 21a per cent.
Details, / per cent. And for supervision,
II improvements ordered. III per cent ON
the cost of the improvements.
The plans and specifications must be de-
livered to the Board of Trustees at Whit
tier State School at Whittier on or before
the 29th day of November. 1897.
The trustees reserve the right to accept
or reject any or all plans submitted.
By authority of the Board Of Trustees of
Whittier State School.
ADINA MITCHELL,
President Board of Trustees.
T. B. VAN ALSTYNE, Secretary.
The herald., 1897-11-13
aR1D1EY's GOOD FORTUNE
His Protege's Mine Promises to Be
Bonanza

Police Clerk Ed Gridley has returned
much elated from Ensenada. The mine
which he went to look at proved all and
more than he imagined The romantic
story Of how " interest was offered to
Gridley by James McNellis whom the
police clerk had befriended when in
destitute circumstances here, was told
in The Herald few weeks ago.
Gridley returns with quantity of ore
from the mine. The property that Nc
Nellis has filed upon is located in the
same district as the Visnaga mine
owned by Davis & Hartzell Of this city,
and is believed to be an extension Of the
same ledge. The samples Of ore which
Gridley has brought back are very rich.
He believes that the mine will prove a
bonanza.
AS soon as he has arranged certain
matters here Mr.. Gridley will return to
Ensenada and expects to begin working
the mine. Meantime he is receiving the
hearty congratulations Of his many
friends.
The herald., 1897-11-13
At the Van Nuys

N. Nathan and wife, San Francisco; w.
r. Stubbs. ]. E. Stubbs, Chicago; e. Cook
ingham, Portland, Ore; II. P. Cullen, wife
and children. Glendive, Mont; j. w. Lidg-
erwood. Chicago; Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Weld, New York city; ]. M. Gamble st.
Louis: ]. l.. Barker, Berkeley; William
Stephens. H. H. Payson, San Francisco;
A. r. Gilchrist. New York; Fred Thorpe.
Azusa; ]. A. Titcomb, Brooklyn, N. y;
Clifton Wharton. jr., w. w. Stewart. H.
Settle, New York; A. L. Scott, San Fran
Disco; E. B. Gould, Chicago; c. Won Beren-
berg-G -Gossler. Hamburg; Fl. v. Lawton. u.
s. A.: Mrs. j. s. Hayes. Mrs. F. J. Ryan,
Santa Monica; Mrs. w. P. Culburtson,
G. C. Felton, Santa Barbara; Henry T.
Oxnard New York; L. Hache, Chino; w.
H.Woedward, I4ordsburg; Chas H. Brown,
T. ]. Ryan, city.
The herald., 1897-11-13
LEGAL NOTICES

=
Inspectors. James Booth. J. F. Green
ough.
Judges. L. p. Crane, Henry Kerney.
Clerks. Charles Won der Kuhlen. M. Eich-
horn.
Ballot Clerks. Thomas strohm. J. H. Seq
gsrs.
EIGHTH WARD: Los ANGELES CITY
ELECTION PRECINCTS Nos. STA, 67B.
taA, 6SB, 50. 90. 81. 90 and 6s.-At 3a2 Also
btreet.
inspectors. John Flood. c. oerson.
Judges, Edward Booth. Tim Horgan.
Clerks, Oscar Macy. John r. McManus.
Ballot Clerks. A. q. Dickson, Asa Todd.
NINTH WARD; LOS ANGELES CITY
ELECTION PRECINCTS Nos. "a. 65. G6.
81 and 6S-At Fire Engine House, First
street. near Chicago street.
Inspectors, Geo. Cummings, J. II. White.
Judges, a. H. Sanborn. Samuel Rees.
Clerks. Geo. Furgerson. J. p. Wylie.
Ballot Clerks, James Light, ]. r.. Cate.
cARvANzA. GLENDALE AND LA CAN
ADA ELECTION PRECINCTS.--vote
ct Glendale School House.
inspectors. II. Zuber, r. G. Doyle.
Judges. p. T. Byram. g. T. Bathey.
Clerks. q. L. Davidson, Daniel ]. Green.
Devine.
NORTH PAsAA-. a ELECTION PRE-
CINCT.-At Ping.s Block. cor. Fair Oaks
ana Logan streets.
Inspectors D. 8. Burson. Elliott Lewis.
Judges. M. H. Salisbury, Chas. s. Sea-
man.
Clerks. Geo. A. Winner. A. @. Broner.
Ballot Clerks. o. L. Clyde. Geo. w. Mum
del.
LANKERsHIM ELECTION PRE-
CINCT-At School House.
Inspectors. T. b. Cumpston. VIM. Gil
breath.
Judges r. varney. 8. p. Noble.
Clerks, w. c. Weddington. A. McCor-
mick.
Ballot Clerks. M. Beamon. J. L. Sargent.
SAN FERNANDO ELECTION PRE-
CINCT.-At Maclay Hotel.
inspectors. r. A. Hoyt, John M. Jenifer.
Judges. Peter Niblock. w. e. Wilson.
Clerks, E. L. Brown, G. C. Wallace.
Ballot Clerks. 0. F. Rinaldo. F. F. Stra-
der.
ACTON ELECTION PRECINCT.-At
Soledad School House.
inspectors. Logan r. Rayburn. J. H.
Jones.
Judges c. H. Odell. Joseph Gilbert.
Clerks. Ed Brough, Paul Bachert.
Phetridge.
NEwHALL ELECTION PREcINcr.-At
School House.
Inspectors, ]. H. Arnott, w. N. Forker.
Judges. J. F. Powell. w. E. Pardee.
Clerks, J. E. Wright. ]. R. Moore.
Ballot Clerks. w. e. Erwin, c. A. Mentry.
SOUTH PASADENA ELECTION PRE-
CINCT.-At City Hall.
Inspectors, J. ]. Young. A. ]. Moody
Judges. Chas. D. Clapp. Aaron T. Mercy
nolds.
Clerks. H. J. Cone, c. H. Gardiner.
Ballot Clerks. w. c. Brainerd. Albert
Gibbs
BY order Of the Board Of Supervisors.
w. L. WOODWARD.
Chairman of Board Of Supervisors.
(SeaD Attest T. Z. NEWLIN,
County Clerk and ex-of1cio Clerk Of the
Board of Supervisors Of Los Angeles
County, California.
By C. w. BELL. Deputy. 11-6-S0t