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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-12-08
Verdi and the Priest.

Verdi, when boy, had a gift for
Latin, and the village priest advised
him to become a priest. Meanwhile the
lad became an office boy in Barezzi's
wholesale grocery store, and for a little
over 81 year played the organ in the
church at Roncole, but one day it hap
pened that Rev. DR.. Seletti, who had
decided that the boy should be monk.
was officiating at mass while Verdi
played the organ. The priest was struck
with the unusual beauty of the music,
and at the close of the service expressed
a desire to see the organist. Verdi ap-
peared, and the priest recognized him
as the pupil whom he had sought to
turn from music to theology.
"Whose music were you playing?"
asked Seletti. ''It was beautiful.
Verdi said shyly that he had brought
no music with him that day and had
been improvising. $50 played as 1
felt" said he.
"Ah" exclaimed Seletti. II advised
you wrongly. You must be no priest,
but musician.
After that the way was easier. The
priestly influence on his side opened
many a door to him.-Youth's Com
panion.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-12-08
Royal Hotel Keepers.

The king of Wurttemberg may be re-
garded as a hotel keeper as well as a
monarch. This has long been tradi-
ton in his family, but not until lately
was it discovered by the rulers of the
beautiful little German kingdom how
profitable innkeeping can become. When
Peter the Great was travelling incognito
through Europe, he refused to stop any
where but at an inn. To circumvent
this whim the then king of Wurttem-
berg put a tavern sign outside one OF
the royal palaces and, dressed as an
inrkeeper, himself welcomed the czar
This royal personage's descendant now
owns two large hotels, from which he
is said to derive revenue equaling
$50, 600 year
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-12-08
A Cemeterx For ola Clothe..


In the north Of London there is lit
tie plot of ground where old clothes are
buried and afterward exhumed for a
curious purpose. 1t is fat, barren and
destitute piece of ground and presents a
very melancholy spectacle. Little wood
en- stumps, bearing numbers, mark the
graves.
There is paper mill near by, which
finds it rather difficult to get suitable
material for the manufacture of special
paper.
The ordinary old rags are no good.
The rags themselves have to be manu-
featured. Old coats, old trousers and
old dresses are covered with wet soil,
and after few weeks rotting are ex-
humed.
A corner is set aside for old linen
goods. The linen is placed in layers in
a box, with soft rich soil between each
layer, and then buried.
Limewater is then sprinkled over
the grave, and after fortnight's rot
ting the linen is reduced to mere
skeleton, which is taken out of the box,
laid fiat in a warm blanket and rush
ed off to the paper mill.
Though it is only the size of foot
ball ground, it contains 1000 graves,
which are marked by 1900 wooden
stumps, each bearing number.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-12-08
How she GOO Her Name.

Mrs. Dayton of Highland Park had
just engaged new cook. The addition
to the servants looked promising as she
came in arrayed in all her finery and
waited for "the missus" to talk with
her before going to work.
"What is your name?" asked Mrs.
Dayton.
"Lay-ouris. ma'am," said tho Gull
nary expert.
Lay ouriep' exclaimed the lady Of
the house. "What peculiar namel ]
never heard it before in my life. Is that
nickname or was it given yen when
you were christened?"
cts my real name" said Lay
ourie." "I've gone by it all my life. y
"How in the world did you come to
have it?" was asked.
"My mother got it out Of novel, I"
said clay -ourie.
Mrs. Dayton finally asked her to
write it. After much hard work the
owner of the name wrote out in q
cramped hand, "L.a-u-r-a.
"Why, that's pronounced Laura, I"
said Mrs. Dayto
"Well, don's know about that,
ma am" said the new cook my ma
never heard it before, and she called it
Lay -ourie. I've been Lay -ourie' for
81 years. and guess now it's too late
to make change"
So "Lay-ourie'' she remained. Chi
cago Journal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-12-08
Pats Correction.

Two men, a German and French
man, who met in New York, had a
heated argument over the question
whether the wife of a state governor
had an official title or not One con-
tended that she should be addressed as
MRS. Governor So-and-so." The other
stoutly insisted that she was simply
"Mrs. Blank, wife Of Governor Blank. "
They finally agreed to leave the matter
to the first man they met. He proved to
be an Irishman. They stated the case to
him and asked for his decision.
'Nayther of yez is right" he said
after moment Of severe cogitation
"the wife av a governor is governess. y
Exchange.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-12-08
The Mote and the Benin.

When Lord Morris was chief justice
Of Ireland, young Junior barrister
arose in his court one day to make his
first motion and spoke in the hard
brogue Of the north of Ireland.
"Sapel," said the judge in a low
voice to the registrar Of the court, "who
is this newcomer
"His name is Clements, my lord"
"What part Of the coonthry does he
hail from in the name of all that s wun-
dherful?" asked the judge.
County Antrim. my lord" was the
reply.
"Well, wellr' said the judge. Ibid
you liver come across SIGH a froightful
accint in the whole coorse of yer born
loife?''
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-12-08
Seryian Justice.

A murderer in Servia must be execut-
ed on the very spot where he committed
his crime. There a pit is dug. he stands
in it LlindfoId, and a firing party shoots
him. If he is then still alive, revolver
is held to his head to finish him. ana
finally the earth is shoveled in upon his
body. There seems certain poetic JUS
tice about this procedure
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-12-08
a Sure Cure.

Anxious Pareut-Doctor. my daugh
ter appears to be going blind. and she
is about to lie married.
Doctor Let her go right on with the
wedding. Ii anything can open her
eyes, narliage " nl--New Orlean
liues- Democrat.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-12-08
Some Verdicts.

A Kansas jury of inquest found that
deceased met his death sat the hands
of his saddle horse"
An Arkansas verdict over the body of
man who died on board boat is that
deceased was taken off ten minutes
after he was taken on. '-Exchange.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-12-08
Not DAYS Enough.

"You ought, like us, to have holi-
days in honor of your great men. !" said
the Russian beauty.
"But in the American year, " said
the major, "there are only 365 days. "
philadelphia Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-12-08
Commercial Zeal.

Claudia, is the young man indus.
trious to whom you are engaged?''
industrious? Why, papa, he intend
ed to propose to me month ago, but
was too busy. Chicago Record.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-12-08
An Appropriate symbol.

"Snagsby is member of the Vege-
tartan club, isn't hep
II guess he is. notice he wears an
IL carat badge" - Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-12-08

1t rains on an average of 208 days in
the year in Ireland, about $50 in Eng
land, at Kezan about 90 days and in
Siberia only 60 days.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-12-08

The extraordinary preoocity of the
children of India has called forth the
establishment of recent traveller, who
says that many of them are skilled
workmen at an age when children are
usually learning the alphabet.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-12-08

Central African natives mine, smelt
and fashion iron very skillfully.
The National tribune., 1898-03-31
FAa aE Hi0NT'Nez!Rle Ml1
(s91Asyy r. g.. ON IAEJ177\\ - 31sssytf;h
::.S<TSs ~6MAIZONS

would otherwise have soon bristled, and
fecked Jaws, with its little eyes cleaning
red, the long, pendulous upper lip writhed
pack and twitching cOnvulsively, we
closed upon either shoulder.
The was a last furry of dead twigs and
earth, scattering of natives and dogs,
then two steady lance thruSts. one directly
IN front, the other driven home on one
side, finished our hunt.
My companion expressed sentiments con-
corning this affair To which there could he
no demurring. We had washed in pool
got something to eat, and were lying in the
shade, smoking our pipes, when he said:
NO more Spearing of tapirS for me-
There is something ridiculous in making
preparations as If one were going against a
really formidable wild beast, and then
encounterlng such an animal as this.
Hereafter / Will shoot antaS for food and
not make any pretenses."
Both strictly adhered for the future to
that view; this was our first and last pur-
suit of Il tapiT in the character of sports
men.
AS for the Hopes crew, they enjoyed
themselves; fish. flesh, and fowl were
plentiful there was no sign of danger and
their caulliing and other repairs that had
neceSSitated our stopping could be pro-
ceeded with by small inStallmcntS; here
also. grew wild bananas and cacao to
make wine with stores of honey that
could easily be fermented Our men
seemed disposed 10 attribute these bless
ingS To our collision as doctors with the
powers that lie.
The National tribune., 1898-03-31
PARTIAL PROSPECTUS.
National
Some Features of The
Tribune, 1903.

Uncle SNOWFALL. Pussonal Rekollek-
shuns of an Army Cook. A series of in
imtable sketches depicting the ludicrous
side of camp life.
Public Buildings of Washington. By
Kate Brownlee Sherwood.
ST Klegg as a Veteran One of the
most popular stories ever written.
"Three Months in the Confederacy."
By Col (now Lieut.. Gen Fremantle, of the
British Army.
A Hunting Trip on the Amazons. By
Dr. j. III. Porter.
The following, among other things, Will
appear in future at an early date:
A Loyal Home Worker Abroad By
Elsie Pomeroy McElroy. This is q series of
writer, with whose work our readers are
familiar.
Inside Of Rebellion. By Dr. J. p
Cannon. A second instalIment of this graphic
narrative, going back to the beginning of tue
war.
The Truth of History. This will be the
actual history of the war, drawn from official
sources, told in an interesting way, and set in
opposition to the rebel side OF the story.
Battle Days of the Roundheads.
sketch of the famous Tooth Ia. BY J. r.
Holibaugh.
The Brady WarViews. From photo
graphs taken during the war.
The Santa Fe Trail in the Old Days,
and A Journey to the Manitoba Coun-
try in 1849. Both by Gen. John Pope.
"reminiscences of Gettysburg. By JAS
Fulton, NJ. ID
War Events in East Tennessee By
W. E. Doyle.
Sabers Again to the Front. By Birney
Mclean.
The Shelby Raid. BY Wiley Britton
The Pennsylvania Reserves. By r.
E. Mcbride
The Firing on Fort Sumter. By
young Ohio mechanic
Scouting Adventures Thrilling cpl
sodes of array life By Maj. Henry ROmeyn.
And many other attractions,
arrangements for which are in
progress.
The National tribune., 1898-03-31
FREE TO EVERY READER

supplies and reinforcements. Daily they
were pushing their approaches nearer
the beleaguered Unionists, and daily
cramping their sources of food. Hunger
promised to soon either force the Union
army to surrender, to attempt disas
trous retreat, or to so weaken It's men
that they must yield to an assault.
Davis told these facts to them in
every speech, and addressing the crowd
gathered around on the lofty summit he
told them that the Union army was al
ready more than half conquered Its
ruin was certain. Their victory was
sure, and soon the last Union soldier
would be swept out of Tennessee. He
left his point of observation to hold
council-of-war with Bragg and his SUBJ
ordinates, at the conclusion of which he
gave Bragg instructions to leave enough
men in the works to hold the Union
army in Chattanooga while it starved,
and with the remainder move off to the
left, destroying Rosecrans's line of COM
munications, driving back the relieving
force of Hooker capturing Nashville
and carrying the rebel line forward to
the Ohio River. 1t was bold, compre-
hensive plan, and looked as if it ought
to succeed. But the heavy rain which
came up and was such an affiiction to
the Union troops also prevented Bragg
making the prompt, decisive swoop
which his chief had planned.
he cont;nued)
The National tribune., 1898-03-31
BY DIR. J. ii. PORTER.

The rhinoceros, elephant and hippopota-
mus of Asia and Africa-more particularly
the firSt-ramed animal-are represented on
this continent by an animal that, although
small when compared with these ponderouS
forms, is yet very far from being insignia
cant.
On the main streams of the Amazon and
La Plata, as along all their triIutarIeS,
tapirs abound. They never unite in bands:
but those innumerable damp ravines. clad
with luxuriant vegetation, the dense forest
on river banks, together with basins OF
Jungle that become lakes when munda-
tons occur. furnish lairS and feedIng
places to tapirs in immense numbers.
At early dawn this sedate beast leaves
its covert and goes Eravely along some
deeply-trodden pathway to stream. III
heads towards the river, also, when pur-
sued by dogs or men, being able to swim
and dive with great expertneSS. Never
theless. il is there, by its protecting flood,
that the hunter awaits il in his hght
canoe. From time mmemorial this crea-
ture has adopted the same eXpedient Tor
security and failed to save itself: Yet,
this can scarcely be said to be an lllustra-
ton of the mental deficiency shown by
certain animals and strongly contrasted
with the high intelligence sometimes dis
played in methods of escape among other
species: for the truth is, hunted tapir
has little choice between means OF safely
When reused from its lar TINS heaVy,
r,a-Siva hr,tte cannot 90 on land where
The National tribune., 1898-03-31

Thousands of new readers every week make
it proper to again call attention to some OF
the good things in our literary locker
Awake and imbued with the spirit OF this
enterprising age, we have stopped at nothing
i'm the wav of trouble and expense to secure
attractions.
Our object is to enlist the largest army of
readers marshaled under the flag of any pub
Usher in America.
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE is q current
review of the great questions which occupy
mems thoughts from week to week. The in
terests of the Nation are paramount. and
therefore such important matters as the Span
ish- Cuban situation, Hawaiian annexation,
British complications, and Alaskan gold dis
coveries are treated i'll cyclopedic manner as
they arise. New pension rulings of great
importance appear as fast as issued, and fire.
quently exclusively in our columns. The
great questions before Congress and subjects
dominating the attention of the executive
branch of the Government also find full and
safe exposition here.
With all these features THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE is pictorial paper, illustrated as
well as any monthly magazine. We are now
publishing
A File of Infantrymen. By John
McElroy
Charles A. Dana's Letters. Mr. Dana
was the personal representative of President
Lincoln and Secretary Stanton in the field,
and wrote fully about men and things with
out fear or favor.
The Story of Paul Jones. By Angus
tus Buell., author of "The Cannoneer"
This writer needs no introduction, rs his
place in the regards of the readers of
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE is established.
The American Conflict. By Horace
Greeley. The most trenchant review of the
events of the war period extant. A complete
history.
Fighting Them Over. Brief stories of
thrilling incidents contributed by soldiers
themselves
The Forbes War Pictures The truest
and most spirited sketches of army life pro-
duced by any artist of the war.
Napoleon and His Marshals. By j.
T. Headley. Splendidly illustrated.
The National tribune., 1898-03-31

Nor is this ALL We have now on hand
here but two days rations for the troops,
with bad mountain roads from hence to the
west base of Walden's Ridge, while from
thence to Bridgeport the roads pass through
the bottoms of the Sequatchie and the Ten
nessee, which O little rain will render i'm
practicable.
In addition to all this the road used for
empty trains from here to Walden's Ridge
was yesterday rendered impossible by few
rebel sharpshooters posted on the south bank
of the river at a place some five miles from
here, where this road runs for mile or so
along the bank. 1t is true that we have here
at Chattanooga one steamboat in good run
ming order which can navigate the river with
81 inches water, and that another is nearly
completed at Bridgeport which will run with
II inches, and that flat-bOats for tOwage have
been prepared there.
JEFF DAyIs's VISIT.
For two terribly-rainy days the
enemy made no aggressions, but the
rain was worse than the rebels. 1t
made the roads over the mountains
almost impossible. and the rising river
threatened the communications with the
north side. All hopes of help from
Burnside had vanished, and presently
the army began to fear that he would
be in serious trouble. Jeff Davis was
keenly alive to the necessity of getting
both Burnside and Rosecrans out of len
nessee, and buoying up the rebels with
expectations that it would be done. He
arrived before Chattanooga early in Dc
tober, and spent several days riding
through the camps haranguing and en-
couraging his men. One day he as
cended to Pulpit Rock, the northern
most extremity of Lookout Mountain,
and from which view, unsurpassed on
the continent, can be had of hundreds of
square miles of mountain, valley and
river. The whole scene spread out at
his feet like a map. There was the
Army of the Cumberland, huddled on
small tract of ground, On the south bank
of the Tennessee mere spot on the
far-reaching landscape. Around it,
from the river above to the river below,
was mighty chain of rebel forts, breast
works and rife-pits, manned by tens Of
thousands of soldiers, who had great
States back of them from which to draw
The National tribune., 1898-03-31
THE CIPHER WORRY.
To Mai. Eckert:


Oct. II; ga m.-The dispatch disclosed was
the first one of Sept 90. Gen. f. S. Granger
explains that, being very anxious for news
he went with Gen Gillem TO the telegraph
office as my dispatch was passing through,
some portions of which were guessed at by
the operator The person who guessed out
the dispatch was Mr. Smith, who informed
US at the time it was mere surmise, as he
had no key to the cipher" 1t is rather curl
Gus, however, that the agent of the Associ-
ated Press at Louisville, in private printed
circular, quoted me as authority for reporting
the battle as a total defeat. while Horace
Maynard repeated in Cincinnati the entire
second sentence of the dispatch. If practi-
cable, send me a cipher whose meaning no
operator can guess out
THE SIEGE BEGINS To PINCH.
By Oct. II the army began to feel
the investment sharply. The enemy
was constantly present, enterprsing and
aggressive.
Supplies were constantly dwindling, in
spite of every effort. Worst of all,
Rosecrans's blunder in giving up Look
out Mountain gave the rebels command
of the only practicable road on the
other side of the river, and there began
to be serious doubts as to his ability to
extricate his army or do anything with
it.
To Mr.. Stanton
Oct. IL; 8 a. m.-Reports arrived last
night from up the river to the effect that the
rebels are concentrating a force on the
Hiwassee at n point about II miles from its
mouth. These reports lack confirmation,
but they are very probable. and agree with
the apparent disappearance of Longstreet from
our front.
If serious attempt should be made by
Bragg to march into Kentucky, this army
will lind itself in very helpless and danger
Gus position. Owing to the destruction of
our wagon train by Wheeler, on the I'd in
slant, with all the forage on board which had
been brought to Stevenson, and the sub
quent occupation Of the railroad transporting
Rockers troops, with its interruption by
The National tribune., 1898-03-31
PUZZLES AND QUERIES.
Some Problems Which are Really
Worth While Working Out.
Questions. Second Series.)

Questions. (SoCOnO Seri0Ss)
81. Where is the knee of a horse located?
90. Does a COW arise from a kneeling
position forelegs first or hindlegs first!
90. What is the difference in directions OF
rotary storms in the Northern and Southern
Hemispheres?
IS. Whence are the potash salts Ckai-
mite, etc. now universally used as 1ertiI-
izers, derived?
81. What influence do the continents ex-
ercise on the level of the sea near them
81. What are the so-called coral in
sectS'?
as. What benefits do the higher forms OF
life derive from the existence OF the
bacteria?
So What are the relative amounts OF
water delivered by the Mississippi, St.
Lawrence and Amazon!
100. What is bromine? ~
Answers. Second Series)
81. There is no very good Solvent Oh
vulcanized rubber fordinary rubber GOODS
known Such solvent, if cheap, would be
a valuable discovery. TuTpentlne shaken
with 10 per cent. of its weight OF strong
sulphuric acid Ito remove water), allowed
to stand over night, and then decanted
gives fair results. To use it, the TuDDer,
which has been allowed to hang IN a
closed vessel over sulphuric acid 1or sew,
eral days, is cut into small pieces ana
stirred up with two parts of the turpenune,
being gently heated meanwhile. Ihree
parts of rubber. dried as described, may be
cut into bits, placed in a linen bag, ana
hung in 100 parts of petroleum benzine:
After three or four days, the benzlne VIII
dissolve out 40 to 60 per cent. OF the ruDher,
leaving the residue enormously SWoolen.
If benzne alone is too volatile, a portion OF
The National tribune., 1898-03-31

pIeteIy cured OF severe 'KIleuHldusIII, anu
kidney and Bladder disease, by Alkayis.
He gratefulIysWrites as follows:
lam now So years old and have used various
kinds OF medicines. For the past ten years i
have sui f;.red from rheumatism, and have sui
fered from kidney and bladder trouble Tor the
past five years. have been treated by oil our
home physicians and by three different spec,
ialists, besides having used various so-called
specifies without receiving the least benefit.
NV bladder trouble became SO troublesome
that had to get up from five to twelve times
during the night to urinate. In fact, was in
misery the whole time and was becoming very
Respondent q have now used Alkavis
and am better than have been for five years.
know Alkavis will cure bladder and kidney
trouble. and can most heartily recommend it
to all sufferers. & 1t is the cheapest and
best treatment ever used. feel so grateful TO
The National tribune., 1898-03-31
CONSUMPTION CURED.

An old physician, retired from practice. had
placed in his hands by an East India missionary
the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for
the speedy and permanent cure of Consumption,
Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all Throat and
Lung Affections also pos tive aud radical cure
for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Com
plants. Having tested its wonderful curative
powers in thousands of cases. and desiring to
relieve human suffering. | will send free of
charge 10 all who wish it, this recipe in German,
French or English, with full directions for pre-
pairing and using. Sent by mail, by addressing,
with stamp. naming this paper, W. A. MOVES,
$50 Potcers' Block, Rochester, " ].
The National tribune., 1898-03-31

A. n. Beadle, Treasurer, First and Fifth
Corps Association, Oswego n. Y, writes Z" /
have applied to the Quartermaster-Gene
and the Adiutant-General of the Army for the
dies used TO cut the First and Fifth Corps badges
that we wore on our hats during the war.
Neither Office can inform me what has be-
come of them. ! want to make the exact
badges Of each for members of the Associa-
ton. Does any comrade know who has the
dies?"