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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-08-11
THE ISLANDS OF THE SEA.

God is shaping the great future of the
islands of the sea;
He has sown the blood of martyrs and the
fruit is liberty;
In thick clouds and in darkness, He has
sent abroad His word
He has given naughty nation to the can
non and the sword.
He has seen people moaning in the thou
sand deaths they die;
He has heard from child and woman ter
rible dark cry;
He has given the wasted talent of the stew
ard faithless found
To the youngest of the nations with His
abundance crowned.
He called her to do justice where none but
she had power;
He called her to do mercy to her neighbor
at the door;
He called her to do vengeance for her own
sons foully dead;
Thrice did He call unto her before she
hardened.
She has gathered the vast midland, she
has searched her borders round
There has been mighty hosting of her
children on the ground;
Her searchlights lie along the sea- her guns
are loud on land;
To do her will upon the earth her armies
round her stand.
The fleet, at her commandment, to either
ocean turns;
Belted round the mighty world her line of
battle burns;
She has loosed the hot volcanoes of the
ships of flaming hell;
With fire and smoke and earthquake shock
her heavy vengeance fell.
Be jubilant, free Cuba, our fleet are ON your
SOIL
Up mountain road, through jungle growth,
our bravest for thee toll;
There is no blood so precious as their
wounds pour forth for thee;
Sweet be thy joys, free Cuba-sorrows have
made thee free.
Nor thou, o noble nation, who vast sc
slow to wrath,
With grief too heavy-laden follow in duty's
path
Not for ourselves our lives are; not for
thyself art thou;
The star of Christian ages is shining on thy
brow.
Rejoice, mighty mother, that God hath
chosen thee
To be the western warder of the islands OF
the sea;
He lifteth up, He casteth down, He is the
King of kings,
Whose dread commands DER awe-struck
lands are borne on eagles wings.
George E. Woodbury., in N. Y. Times
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-08-11
HE ENTERED THE TRAIN HAGGARD

HE ENTERED THE TRAIN HAGGARD
look as if you'd done heavy days
work"
II have" he said. "You've hit it in "a
word. Pm under medical treatment,
and L wish could exchange with some
convict at hard labor. They get their
toll spread over the day; I've got to do
mine before breakfast. GO to big
gun and explain that I'm as weak as a
rat and have palpitations and head
aches and thousand things, and in
stead of sending me to the sea and
making me take stimulating food,
and plenty of old wine and so forth,
he's given me a regime that would ex-
haust steam engine"
"Tell me-" said.
you're sympathetic and intelli-
gent You'll understand" Jones re-
piled. swell, to begin with, / don't
like cold water. 1t may be heredi-
tary instinct, but the fact remains.
l hate it anywhere, and if there is one
place / hate it in worse than another
it is my bath of morning. like my
bath at blood heat-always have it so.
Now I've got to take it cold. / bar
gained for all l was worth about it.
It's my business to bargain, of course,
and did it well; but he wouldn't hear
a word. Absolutely cold baths are
what you want he said; and that's
what I'm having. This weather, too!
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-08-11

/ go in a normal color, and come out
purple. The rot that's talked to me
about beautiful warm glow would
make Job swear if he'd had circula-
ton like mine. Warm glow indeedl
When I'm dry 1 present the appear
ance of an Indifferent statue with blue
nails and st. Fitus' dance; and don't
get warm again till well on in the aft
ernoon. 1t can't be right. And before
I go in have to strip and do variety
of absurd things with dumbbells. This
takes about 20 minutes and leaves me
SO Frustrated that when Go gtS IN to
my bath l scarcely have strength
left to crawl out again. Then, when
I'm partially dressed, I've got to do a
lot of other degrading things-jumps
and hops and skips, and silly sort Of
performances you might teach dog.
These are designed to harden me.
When it's all over 1 generally have to
send my wife fer nip of old cognac
before l can shave. Look at my chin
to-day. My hand trembles so that I
can hardly hold the razor. It's cruel,
y y
was, and by the time I've finished and
dressed and put on my boots and said
my prayers, you could knock me down
with feather. l totter to breakfast,
feeling as if hadn't slept for week.
lose my temper with the family, say
things regret all day afterwards, and
only just begin to steady after an
ample meal. Then comes the medicine,
/ needn't weary you with description
of that. In fact, no words would con-
vey the faintest hint of the flavor
What combination of drugs achieves
this frightful result / know not. But
the bouquet, when / draw the cork,
renders my whole family circle un.
easy. | have to take it three times a
day, and life is one long agonized sus-
pense. am exhausted and ready for
bed before l can be said to have really
got up. BY the way, did you see what
'Kaffirs' did yesterday? It's the work.
house for me and mine if this goes on. u
/ did not see him again for fort.
night, and feared the worst. Then he
appeared, the picture of health.
'How goes it ?" I said.
He had evidently forgotten his for.
mer doleful tale.
"Never better" he declared, thanks
to chap in Harley street-a perfect
genius, I assure you. The simplicity
of the remedies, too! These special.
lists are wonders. Blessed if I know
how they do it! I went practically a
| dying man, and look at me-"
"What was the elixir?" / asked.
"Cold tub and dumbbells," said Jones
"and just some trifing physic- quite
agreeable to the taste. I've got abso
lutely to like it. Do you have cold TUX
and dumbbells? If not, let me implore
you to begin them. They'd make a
man of you. Such glow! Such an APP
petite! Nothing like it. BY the way
did you see that terrific jump in KAT
frs" Congratulate me. 1 person
ally"
Here'he became confidential.-E. P.
in Black and White.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-08-11
A wooden Chain.

NJ. w. Davis, of Iowa City, has on
exhibition at his drug store chain
cut from a solid block of cyprus wood
by H. r. Clifford, private in company /,
volunteer infantry corps, at camp Gu
ha Libre. Jacksonville. Fla. bearing
date of June 20. 1t is 13 feet long, con-
tains II links. each link containing the
original signature of all the officers
and privates in the entire company,
headed by Gen. Fitzhugh Lee.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-08-11
IOWA STATE NEWS.
A G,.at Success.

The northwestern sangerfest held
at Davenport was a decided success,
singers of note from all parts of the
country taking part in the exercises.
The so societies attending the fest took
part in parade, the line being mile
In length. A picnic closed the jubilee,
and its success left the Davenport
singers with plenty of cash to pay all
bills, after entertaining the north
western singers in a style surprising
any of their previous festival expert
ences.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-08-11
Two Men Made Happy.

Two men were made happy by a
chance meeting at the Hotel Bruins
wick in Minneapolis. One of the men is
L. II. Chase, a prominent hotel man at
Fort Dodge. The other, ID. C. Chase,
conductor on the Chicago, Burlington
& Northern. They met in the rotunda
of the Brunswick for the first time in
1s years. ''Why, DAM" exclaimed the
Fort Dodge man. Lawrence, by thun-
der!" responded the Chicagoan. Then
followed conversation telling of the
trials and successes they had each en-
cOuntered
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-08-11
Nominate Judges

The republicans of the Eighteenth
judicial district met at Marion and re-
nominated II. M. Remley, of Jones
county, and w. G. Thompson, of Linn
county. The contest for the third
judgeship, which position was created
by the last legislature, was between
Warren Hartman, of Cedar Rapids, G.
w. Kepler, of Mount Vernon, and w.
N. Streichler, Of Upton, the latter
winning on the ninth ballot by one
majority.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-08-11
News In Brief.

l.. Trepanier, leading merchant or
Des Moines, died of heart disease.
David shoff, aged 16, was drowned
in the river close to Madrid.
Hog cholera has broken out In Du-
buque county and Is raging unchecked.
In Vernon township the loss has been
heavy, one man losing $50 hogs, an
other 100.
Trains collided in Eagle Grove and
Engineer Charles Schaeffer was fatal
ly and Fireman Mcdonald seriously
scalded and four freight cars were
converted into kindling wood and one
locomotive into scrap iron.
A man giving his name as Edward
Brikman and claiming Eagle Grove as
his former residence succeeded in pass
ing several forged checks at Fort
Dodge and made good his escape.
Miss Roberts, blind girl, was killed
by lightning during storm in Chari-
ton.
Ole Edvenson, farmer living near
Nevada, died from the effects of n kick
in the head from horse. He leaves
wife and - children.
Dennis Hustled, wood chopper, was
run over and instantly killed by
train near Muscatine.
Bert Riley's large barn two miles
northeast of Stanhope was burned and
four horses were killed and rs tons of
hay destroyed.
John Yoelkel, aged 20, was found
hanging in his barn In Burlington, hav-
| ing committed suicide because of dis
enlargement. He leaves several chill
dren.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Liddy, OF Little
port, celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary.
At the meeting of the Iowa BARRIERS
Protective association in Davenport
w. j. Bilderback, of Dubuque, was
elected president.
A rainfall at Dubuque and vicinity
| lasting for "a hours was the heaviest
in two years-2.45 inches. Much dam
age resulted to crops and railroads.
The Russian thistle is being ndin
large quantities in Story county, but
at present its growth is confined to
districts near railroad track beds.
Il
Alfred c. Bebb, of Columbus juno
ton, aged 46, died in San Francisco.
| His was the first death in company r,
Fifty-first Iowa, and the fifth in the
regiment.
The Central house was destroyed by
fire in Iowa City, causing loss OF
$4,000.
Two smooth individuals entered the
McManus building in Davenport and
held up DR.. Daniels in his Office, secur-
ing $115.
The twentieth annual encampment
of the Story County Veterans asso-
citation was held in Nevada.
George Josselyn, of Cedar Rapids,
who died recently, was the architecl
who drew the plans for the Iowa hos
pital for the insane at Independence
and for a number of years was resi-
dent of that city.
Daniel Mickey, pioneer of Washing
ton, and veteran of the Mexican war.
died in Omaha.
The Warner lock factory building
in Clinton was completely wrecked by
wind, the loss being $4,000.
The safe in the Consumers Grocery
and Merchandise company's store at
Uentervil'e was blown open and $50
taken.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-08-11
Victims of storms.

Mrs. Wesley Thornton and infant
child were killed in a cyclone, near
Hawthorne, three farmhouses were
demolished, and 30 head of cattle be-
longing to William Shapcott were
killed. Seven miles northeast of Red
Oak w. II. Henry was killed by light
ming and nine fine horses in pasture
two miles north were killed. The
Swedish Lutheran church at Wallin
was struck by lightning and burned.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-08-11
The Crop Outlook.

The weekly weather and crop bull
letin issued by ]. r. Sage, director OF
the Iowa weather service, says:
During the past week substantial relief
has been afforded to the crops that were
beginning to suffer from the effects OF ex-
treme heat and drought. Fairly well dis
tributed showers and cooler weather, with
copious dews. have been very beneficial to
corn, potatoes, grass and vegetables. In
the grain fields stacking and threshing are
In progress. Reports OF yield give promise
of more than an average output OF wheat.
rye and barley, and the oats crop Is better
than early reports indicated.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-08-11
Personal Property Assessment.

The personal property assessment of
Iowa fell off between $7000,000 and S.
100000 in 1898, as compared with 1897.
The report says:
Thirty-nne counties show an increase OF
over 5000, 900, while SO counties show de-
crease of over S12, 900. One county. Ma
haska. has not yet reported. The principal
decrease Is in the items OF furniture, live
stock and merchandise, as follows: Fur
niture. $,OO0.000: live stock, ~, 30O, 900: mer-
chandise, A,9o0.000 The principal increase
was In money and credits, amounting to
about $S,000,000. almost entirely within
Scott county alone.
Evening journal., 1898-07-27
PENINSULA NEWS PARAGRAPHS

Sampson Harmon, a negro, died at
Salisbury recently, being, according to
his own reckoning, 119 years old, and
conceded to be over the century mark,
for he is on record long enough to
prove that He was the model from
which George Alfred Townsend
wrought out the hero Of his queer
novel, The Entailed Hat"
1t is said that seventeen babies have
died in Lewes since Decoration Day.
The Board of Commissioners of Re-
hoboth at a recent meeting, decided to
sell number of lots, and in accord
ance with that decision, they have ad-
vertised August 1 as the date to sell
them. 1t Will be a public auction, held
at the excursion house.
DR.. Young, officer in charge of the
Delaware Breakwater Quarantine Sta
tion, is engaged in examining the
crews of the life station in that dis
trict this week. The full compliment
of men goes on the LIST of August.
Otis Robinson, the boy whose skull
was fractured yesterday by a piece OF
oak plank in the hands of Joseph NJ
Wilson, spent quiet and restful night
and is doing fairly well. Wilson is in
the hands of Sheriff Johnson, where he
will remain until the injured boys
condition is such as to warrant his re-
lease on bail.
Evening journal., 1898-07-27
NEWS OF NEWPORT


INCIDENTS OF INTEREST TO THB
RESIDENTS OF THE LITTLE
TOWN.
Special correspondence Evening Journal.
Newport, July PA festival was
given in the Red Mems Hall ON last
Saturday evening by Active Lodge, A.
o. U. w.
oscar Bratton, Charles Sindall.
George Hanke, John Cunningham and
Paul Cranston have returned from
Wilmington.
Willie Bratton, who has been very
sick. is slowly improving.
Charles Hyland, OF Wilmington
spent Sunday with Willard Wood
Robert Seiffert and family, Of Phila-
delphia, are visiting Mrs A. W. Ever
son.
The Sunday school of the NJ. e
Church will picnic at Shellpot on Sat
urday.
Miss Edith Day, who has been spend
Ing her vacation at Elkton, Md, has
returned home.
Alexander King, of Wilmington. is
visiting his cousin, Wilmer King.
Charles Hilyard. private OF Com
pany f, First Delaware Regiment, has
been visiting his parents here.
Mrs. William Gallagher, who re
Gently broke blood vessel in her arm
is slowly improving.
Miss e. Hemmingway, who has beer
visiting Miss Mary Green, has returned
to her home, in Mississippi.
w. G. Washingtonw has been i'll i
slowly improving.
Miss Hattie and George King, o
Wilmington, spent Sunday with Mrs
King
Thomas Young is i'll.
Miss Clara Weldin is visiting Mis-
Florence Chandler, OF Oxford, Pa
Charles Tull, of Elkton. has beel
visiting here.
Alfred Craig, who has been on tn
sick list is able to be about again.
Misses Ella Johnson, Alice Johnsoi
Mary johnson and Miss Emma Kilving
ton are visiting at BTandywine Sunni
camp.
Mrs. Frank Jones has been wsitln
here.
Robert Seiffert, Alexander Everso
and James Carmel spent Monday al0n
the Christiana catching fish.
Mrs. William Crawford is visitin
at Georgetown.
Willard Wood is having his propert
improved
George Porter has been visiting her,
Harvey Gregg, who recently had hi
hand badly hurt, is improving.
Ralph Finn and Raymond Finn, c
New Castle, spent Sunday here.
Evening journal., 1898-07-27
LIGHTING A ROOM
Points to DO Observed in Paperina
and Decorating Walls and
Ceilings.

Considerable care should be taken to
choose a wall paper or wall decoration
that win light up well. Some colors
have the power of absorbing the light.
Scientific decorators measure the
amount OF light different colors require
about as follows: A room papered
with dark brown paper Of certain
given size will require 81 candles TO
light it. If the same room is papered
with dark blue. ~ candles will light
it. If it is pale yellow, so candles will
be sufficient, and a white room may be
lighted with Is candles as thoroughly
as If the same room when papered with
dark brown paper were lighted with 81
candles. AS the power Of most lamps
is reekoned by the number of candles
they equal in light, candle-lightis, there
fore, the standard to judge by. It should
be remembered, however, that no room
is all white or all dark brown, though
papered in this wHy, and that the fur
niture and various objects in the room
all tend to absorb or intensity light.
according to their color. 1t is not dc.
sirable to have a white paper, because
the color or want of color is too glariue
for the eyes. A creamy tint of paper
with an indistinct pattern is a desirable
choice for the wall Of sitting-room. in
which the family gather for reading
around the evening lamp.-N. Y. Led.
ger.
Evening journal., 1898-07-27
SOCIAL ARD PERSONAL EOTES

ames McIvor's baby is much better
udge Charles B. Lore was in town
lterday.
aerritt Hunter of Warren, Pa, arrived
New Castle yesterday to visit his
kndmother, Mrs. John Merritt. Mr.
lter is studying for the Episcopal
lstry.
lexander Sterlith visited New Cas-
friends yesterday.
Dhn Tlmms' baby was taken with
ims yesterday.
H)rpOrals Charles M. Lee and Harold
ieldinger. of Fort Delaware, visited
Misses White, OH South Fourth
Net, recently.
Professor Andrew will move To
adelphia and take a course of stud
at the University OF Pennsylvania.
en- interested in the horse blanket
isory were looking at the Red Mems
II yesterday for a factory building.
lie Misses Loftland, who have been
ling their cousins, have returned to
Y 1imore.
rs. Laura Webb is spending a few
at Port Penn.
! rs. B, T. Holcomb, Mrs. John NJ.
on, Mrs. William Myers, Miss
ie King, Patrick Ahern ana War
Rodney visited Camp Tunnel this
aplain Munson, Privates Fred w.
man, David Eckert, Tridle and
ard Truitt were in town last night.
arence Green, OF Wilmington, Wis
friends in New Castle this week.
Ayton Plat, a former resident OF
place, visited here on Monday.
Evening journal., 1898-07-27

a beautifully bright sky gives the sun
almost absolute power over the water,
especially in those districts where lit
tie or no attempt at conservation has
been made. Moreover, In the early
days OF the colony, when the most ter
rible and gloomy accounts Of droughts
in New South Wales were written those
which have Afforded such abundance
Of sensational material to later writer's
having no personal knowledge of the
Australian colonies, the nearest place
from which supplies could be obtained
was the Cape OF Good Hope. Those
were the days Of slow sailing vessebs.
and the delay and difficulty expert
enced in obtaining the necessary sup
plies naturally assisted in magnifying
the terrors Of drought. But those
times have passed away. Intercolonial
railways and ocean steam navigation
have completely reyoluionlzed the
situation. Moreover, only COM
paratively small portion OF the island
continent was settled
with the progress Of settlement came
change, for drought does not by
any means AFFECT all ihe Australian
colonies at once, and the need OF one
becomes met by Tho abundance OF an
other, so that droughts have become
shorm OF their olden terror, and 1t Is
only in the pastoral districts, the Aus
tralian dry country" that they be-
come formidable But even there the
utilization of vast, subterranean sup
plies Of water, by means OF artesian
wells, is efecting a bright and well
come change Then, again, droughts,
as a rule. seldom or never involve the
whole 0f a colony, even of New South
Wales, at once. and It Is a common
/ thing when a district is visited by a
/ drought to move the live stock TO an
other in which water and feed are
plentiful. 1t may also be mentioned
in connection with the losses Of live
SlOck ludL lut llNluthb auHNl AhHNN
ance OF grass and water continually
tempts the pastoralists to overstock
their runs, so that the feed fails much
earlier than it otherwise would. The
subject is an easy one for exaggerated
word painting and the employment O
startling, but unreal verbal coloring
Under a hot and copper sky" "luri'
light upon an awful scene Of death anS
desolatlon;" the "sun rises on a hazl
morning, sails in a white heat Through
cloudless sky. and sets round, rec
ball OF fire" etc. are characteristic ex
amples of this inflated style
and it must be admitted tha
1 serious as a drought is at any time
the impression conveyed by such lam
guage is cruelty untrue. and sets th'
Imagination NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
tion.-From John Plummer's Austnal
Ian Correspondence.
Evening journal., 1898-07-27
EEW CASTLE NEWS NOTES

ere was the st. James day service
Emanuel Church on Monday.
ere are several small boys camp
but at Cofield's. They will remain
|ek. .t.:t
ere are several good views of the
in Company G on exhibition at
s. store window.
ere was a bathing party at CO.
last night.
Rporal B. T. Holcomb has been
first sergeant Of Company H, n.
prge Hilshy, who has had charge
se beaming and twisting depart
S Of the wooden mills, resigned on
day. He was succeeded by Acting
rlntendent Ryan.
IS Ella Burke, OF Philadelphia,
,harge OF the work at the shirt
ry.
Evening journal., 1898-07-27
aL srIRuCK by ENGINE.

ster, July PA Philadelphia,
ington and Baltimore shifter
( Miss Annie Hagen, Of Third
Highland avenue, in Thurlow
this evening, crushing an arm
|njuring her side. Miss Hagen
ployed in Trainer No. / Mill, and
IN her way home. The arm viii
|putated.
Evening journal., 1898-07-27
CONE TO CAMP BLACK.

wv. Herbert Kemp, Of Syracuse. New
prk, and a grandson of Mrs. Annie E.
trbert, has enlisted with Company
/. 2O3d N. Y. v. l., and is now sta
Fned at Camp Black, Long Island.
/. Kemp goes as first sergeant. lie IS
Unknown in New Castle, where he
ent all Of last Winter.
Evening journal., 1898-07-27
.R NRAR cH!EsrIERroMN.

stertown, Md, July 27.-Th
ng on the Thomas Strong farm,
ed by A. McCluskey, was de-
d by fire. Captain William Tay-
I the steamer Gratitude, of the
|r River Line, was passing on
|heel and discovered flames issu-
|om the room. No one was at
except Mr. McCluskey, who is
|zed, and his aged wife, who was
unable to remove her husband
the burning building. Captain
] rendered the necessary assist
! land the aged invalid was re-
/ to a point of safety. But few OF
susehbld effects were saved. .rhe
\ Of the fire is supposed to hare
z5ron a defective fiue.