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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-10-12
"ShOVlNG THE QUEER"
The Graceful Way In Which COun-
terfeiters Pass Their Product.

Counterfeit money showers form a
distinct class of criminals" said an old
federal officer. They have nothing to
do with making the queer but simply
put it in circulation. They go about
their work very Systematically and re-
duce the chances of detection to mini
mum.
"a woman shower, for example,
starts out to unload on the big retail
stores. Her dress is quiet, but elegant.
and she has the surface appearance of
a refined lady. In her hand is pocket
book containing one bad bill and q
number of good ones. She goes into a
store, makes some trifling purchases.
tenders the counterfeit and pockets the
change AS she passes out she brush
es against n boy, who slips her anOth-
er queer bill and then drops back a
few PAGES in the crowd.
I'm that way she makes the rounds,
and if she understands her business
she can get rid Of an astonishing num-
Der Of counterfeits In the course Of a
few hours. If the bill she offers Is de-
ttSlSu thc cpoty ohC hSNSA uttShipto
any argument. Dear me! she eX-
claims. L wonder if have any more
of the horrid thingsv And thereupon
she empties her pocketbook on the
counter and asks the clerk to examine
the money and see whether it is all
right.
'Tn 90 cases out Of 100 that disarms
suspicion at once. If she happens TO
be arrested, only one bill is found in
her possession, and there is nothing to
disprove her assertion that she receiv-
ed it somewhere in change. Meanwhile
the boy who carries the roll quietly
disappears. Often he sells newspapers
as blind. Have n paper, miss? he
will cry and hands the shower a bill
under the folded sheet. Altogether
it is highly skilled trade. The upper
class showers are very seldom caught"
New Orleans Times emocrat.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-10-12
A Thousand Tongues

Could not express the rapture of
Annie L. Springer, of 1925 Howard at.
Philadelphia, Pa, when she found that
DIR. Kings New Discovery for Consump
ton had completely cured her of Il
hacking cough that for many years had
made life a burden. All other rem edies
and doctors could give her no help, but
she says OF this Royal Curs-"it soon
removed the pain in my chest and |
can now sleep sOundly, something can
scarcely remember doing before.
feel like sounding its praises through
out the Universe" SO will everyone
who tries DIR. Kings New Discovery
for any trouble of the Throat, Chest
or Lungs. Price Soc. and 81 90. Trial
bottles free at A. II. Roberts drug store;
every bottle guaranteed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-10-12
foundation In fact,

foundat1On In fact
Who Are Favored by Exemption.
The burdens of maintaining q form
of government, both state and nation
al, are not so severe as they are pict-
ured by those whose stock arguments
are appeals to prejudice. They are, it
is true, severe enough, and they should
be reduced to the minimum, and made
to rest as equitably as possible on all,
giving preference always to those who
are least fOrehanded, and upon whom
the struggles of life necessarily rest
most severely. The statutes of this
state, l am glad to record, have been
drafted with these wise purposes in
mind. The farmer has exempted to
him from taxation all his grain, his
colts. his calves, his pigs, his lambs,
his poultry, his wool, ana ten colonies
of bees. None of the earnings or prof
its of the banker or the merchant or
the lawyer are exempt The farmerAa
machinery, the professional mans Ii,
brary, the workingman's tools are ex~
empt from taxation, but there are no
corresponding exemption 20 the mer-
chant, the manufactures, the banker,
or the business man generally.
Wise Distinctions.
These distinctions, however, are
wise, and were accorded by broad.
mined legislators. l have taken occa.
sion to examine the history of these
provisions, as we'll as the provisions
eXempting property from execution,
and those safeguarding the homestead,
and the team, and other exempted
property from alienation without the
joint signature of husband and wife,
and l have found they were all pro-
posed and introduced by lawyers,
bankers or merchants. These be-
neficent and wise statutory reliefs were
all of grace, and none of them were
sought by the beneficiaries thereof. None
had to be petitioned for. These facts
make me prouder still of Iowa and OF
her citizenship. They also afford adj
ditional proof that IN this agricultural
state none Of our people are SO out of
touch and sympathy with the farmer
and the wage.earner as to be unmind,
full OF their needs.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-10-12
Horses Wanted.

Good fat horses and mares weighing
from 1850 to 1000 pounds, blocky built
and good lockers will buy some big
boned draft colts three year old. l want
your good horses and will pay the high
est market pIice for good chunks and
nice cnes. l will also buy good mules
from to 10 years old Highest mar
ket price. Will be at Ferguson's livery
barn, Audubon, Iowa. Monday, October
16, 1899. One day only.
T.. Il. POWELL.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-10-12
Another Ru,e with Executions.

"Do you believe asked the young
woman who had started upon a liter
airy career, that success is in store
for everyone who keeps honestly try
ingT
We'll" replied the gray-hared au-
thor II am sometimes disposed to
doubt If, ] have been honestly trying
for thirty.thrce years to get my wife
to take an interest in what | write,
but success seems to be as far away
as ever"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-10-12

Notice

We have hog remedy that is said to
cure sick hogs, by those who have used
it. IT your hogs are not doing we'll we
think this medicine will start them and
ward off the disease
3S-tf THOs +. NILSSON Il Son.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-10-12

Low prices on water tanks, doors,
windows and all kinds OF mill work. Be-
fore buying elsewhere call on Hart &
Eddy at the Planning Mill, If
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-10-12
During the winter of 1897 Mr.. James

During the winter of 1897 Mr.. James
Reed, one of the leading citizens and
merchants of Clay, Clay Co., W. Va,
struck his leg against cake of ice in
such manner as to bruise it severely.
1t become very much swollen and
panied him so badly that he could not
walk without the aid of crutches. He
was treated by physicians, also used
several kinds of liniment and two and
ahalf gallons of whiskey in bathing it,,
but nothing gave any relief until he
began using Chamberlain Pain Balm.
This brought almost complete cure
in weeks time and he believes that
had he not used this remedy his leg
wonld have had to be amputated.
Pain Balm is unequaled for sprains,
bruises and rheumatism. For sale by
A. ii. Roberta, druggist
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-10-12
For Sale.

Two gearing Short Horn bulls
good ones, will be sold, worth the money.
JNo. KRYDER,
Alb Nelson, la.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-10-12
Bathing md Nose Blowing.

A number of people come home from
the seaside quite deaf, and very many,
il not deaf, are much harder Of hearing
than when they left home. The cause
of this Is blowing the nose after bath
ing.
OF course one blows his nose because
there is some salt water in it, which
makes him uncomfortable. This water
he forces into the little eustachian tube
that runs from behind the nose to the
ear. Here the water remains for days,
and the particles of salt set up inflam-
nation. The next step is that the eu-
stachian tube gets blocked and remains
more or less 80 permanently, causing
partial deafness.
You should always wait some time
after your bath before blowing your
nose, and then you should do it gently.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-10-12

Il wish to express my thanks to the
manufacturers of Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera, ard Diarrhoca Remedy, for
having put on the market such a won
derful medicine" says W. w, Massin-
gill, of Beaumont, Texas. There are
many thousands of mothers whose
children have been saved from attacks
of dysentery and cholera infantum who
must also feel thankful II is for sale
by A. A. Roberts, druggist,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-10-12
THE Rock ISLAND WALL MAP OF THE

The Rock ISLAND WALL MAP OF THE
UNITED STATES. Is the best offered to
the public. 1t is very large and es-
pecially adapted to school purposes.
Every teacher of geography and every
business Office should have one. 1t
will be sent post paid to any address
on receipt of fifteen cents In postage
stamps or coin.
Address, JOHN SEBASTIAN, G.. p. A.,
Chicago, Ill. 40-w.-6.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-10-12

Ray Hibbs has opened sand yard in
and is ready to fill all orders.
If
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-10-12

see j. Il. Carmichael for pianos, plan
olas spd organs at Blackman's shoe
store, II.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-10-12
Other Speeches.

The other meetings were held ut
Grinneli by Congressman Lacey and
Hon. q. ID. Perkins, Shenandoah by
Congressman Mcpherson and He
burn; at Stuart by State Treasurer
Herrcott: at IndianOlR by Congressman
Hull at Algona by Congressman Cou-
sins The limits of this article will not
permit of reference to all of them and
they must be reserved for another
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-10-12
State Debit

Two years ago an attempt was in
dulged by the triple alliance to make
state issues play an important part
in the campaign. The reports of state
officers of June 80, of that year, showed
debt of $4,000. No member of
either of the three political parties,
whose joint forces confronted us in
that year, ever entered the capitol to
examine as to the correctness of those
reports, but it was openly charged
that in fact the debt exceeded 100000
and some claimed it exceeded a mil
lion
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-10-12
Change In Revenue Laws.

In all this discussion | make no al.
iowance for the change In our revenue
laws made by the Twenty-sixth gen
eral assembly, which authorizes the
assessment of property ut one-fourtb
of its actual value instead of actual
value; because it ia conceded that prop
crty never has been assessed at its full
value, and the change In the law was
made In the belief that 1t would ef-
rect an increase In the assessment of
the state,
Assessments Compared-1s77, 1898, 1900.
The Republican party has been
charged with having had a panic in
1877, and it is quite generally known
that the Democratic party had a panic
IN lS')3, but no one, except few poll.
tlcians, claims there Is any panic now,
Let us therefore compare assessments
or 1877, 1893 and 1890. The cattle of
Iowa Were assessed In 1877 Mt $10.26;
in 1893 at $500 and in 1900 ut $6S5
per head. The horses of Iowa were as
sessed in 1877 mt. $30.48:- in 1893 ut
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-10-12
whose Aye simple Faets.

I am not complaining; l am simply
giving the public the result Of these
inquiries, believing that to know the
facts win remove many erroneous i'm
pressions created for the sole purpose
of influencing voters and without
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-22
SlGNERS AND kICKERS.

\ near contemporary seems to think
that we print the names of some of the
signers of the non-partisan address of
1897 merely to embarras those gentle
men. Nothing could be further from
the truth.
But when Messrs. ]. Z. Dooly, P. H.
Lannan, c. c. Goodwin ct al. openly
and repeatedly question the COM
potency Of certain appointees Of the
mayor for whose election upon the
pledges Of that address they worked, it
is time to enquire what they thinlo, of
their achievement; and time to ask
the public what it thinks of their con-
sistency.
There are men whose names were at
tached to that proclamation who are
not complaining of conditions for
which they are responsible. Their
names have not been used for these
reasons. But the organ of the obstruc-
tionists wants to know why two gen.
tlemen whose names were not signed
to that address are not mentioned
among its signers. Such thing is in
explicable to our neighbor.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-22
-. THE HERALD'S
Home Study Circle.
Copyright, 1899, by Seymour Eaton.)
Directed by Prof. Seymour Eaton.
+++++++ ~ y ~ ++++++

tally in tragedy, that French poetry in
the seventeenth century had represen-
tation that may be described as being
of the first class. The only poet not a
dramatist of the whole age that had
any real poetic power, any real origi-
nality or individuality, was La Fon-
tame Q621-1694), the immortal author
of the Fables" and the Tales" But
even La Fontaine was a clever versifier,
a brilliant teller of tales in poetic form
rather than poet. The gifts of poetic
imagination and poetic insight were not
his.
Equally destitute of striking merit.
though prodigious in its extent, was the
realm of prose romance in the earlier
half of the century. But there was one
department of prose in which French
literature in that age achieved a sue
cess that will last for all time-the de-
partment of philosophic and theologic
speculation. Descartes Q5s6-16oO) was
not only the master of prose style
which, in its own realm, only that or
Plato can match, but he was also one
of the greatest philosophers, one OF the
greatest metaphysicians the world mas
ever known. Pascal (1623-1662) was the
master of a prose style which, when
employed in irony, as it was in the Ia
NOUS provincial Letters" proved 10
he the most polished. disturbing and
effectiy. ever shown in literature. BE
sides. he was the possessor or an intel
lect which, in the realm OF pure hiath-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-22
AN AMERICAN PRODUCT.

CIV. ]. L., in New York SUM-
Mr.. James Jeffr1es is a native Amer
ican''
Columbia. the Jim of the ocean,
Here's loking directly at you,
Our bosom is filled with emotion
And also the Red, White and Blue.
Columbia the Jim of the ocean.
The way that YOU knock out your foes
Assures yOd our warmest devotion
And makes us feel sorry for those.
Columbia the Jim of the ocean.
You re made of the stuff that is hot
You re all right on quickness of motion,
And your lighting is chuck full of swat
Columbia. the Jim of the ocean
1Ou re great on the land and the sea-
And you've recently upset the notion
You re not what you re cracked up TO be-
Columbia, the Jim of the ocean.
Inc nome of the free and their land.
Our bosom is filed with emotion,
ana likewise our craw's full of sand.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-22

comedies. We will, however, following
Comedies example. divide the plays
into classes according to their merit
and consider only the first class. >IIr
which we viii put not the tragedies
given by the author himself as the best,
but those that posterity, a much better
Judge, counts as his masterpieces.
They are LIE Cid" Horace" China"
and POLY four tragedies. either
one of which is alone sufficient to make
it's author one of the greatest dramat-
ic poets of the world.
Pierre Corneille was born at ROuen
in 1866 and died in Paris in 1854. AT IS
years of age he was admitted to the
bar, but. although he seems to have
been punctual in performing the duties
of the two offices he had bought and
which he kept for several years, never
theless his pOetical instincts did not
allow him long to devote himself exclu-
sively to his profession, and in 1929 his
first comedy, Nellie" was played in
Paris. where it met with great success.
Yet. in spite of some good verses. Me
lite is considered today as a most I'M
interesting comedy.
In 1856 LIE Cid" the first maSter-
piece of Corneille and of the classical
drama, was played at the Theatre du
Marais. 1t was followed in 164G by
Horace" and China" and in 1913 by
"Polyeucte - Corneille's creative power
was. therefore. at its best during those
seven years beginning with lie CID
and ending with "Polyeucte." Before
and after these two dates his work is
inferior.
Can we say that the great success of
lie Cid is due only to the merit of
the tragedy? Shall we not add that
the enthusiasm it created was caused
in part by the state of the French
stage when it appeared? France has
had since then two other epochs in
which the public demanded and OBJ
tanned a masterpiece which would over
throw the WORKOUT drama of the day
and give a new era of dramatic poetry.
The first was in 1880. when Victor
Hugo's 'Hernani" gave the death
blow td\ the then Anticipated and de-
cadent classic drama; the second in
our days, when Rostand's ''Cyrano de
Bergerac." with it's ideal hero, made
France and the whole literary world
breathe a sigh of relief at being deiiv-
cred. for a time at least. from the NOR
alists and psychologists who for years
had made or the French stage a dis
secting table for the human heart
Since the renaissance had brought
into France from Italy that admiration
for the ancients which was to have
such an influence on French literature,
not a masterpiece has been produced.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-22
RACINE.

~ disproportionate to his merits was 10
French literature what Pope lOO years
later was to English literature, only
with infinitely larger possibilities LOT III
Later on in the century greater IN
fiuence made itself felt, unfortunately,
toward the same end. Boileau (1b55-
l71D continued the dominion of the
same narrow rules of taste and art
which Malherbe had instituted. French
poetry ceased to be vital and enectlVe.
For 200 years no great French poet
can be named.
There were apparent exceptions In
the great seventeenth century drama
fists: Corneille Q606-l6SD, and Racine
Q639-1699) are among the foremost
names in French literature. But both
these great geniuses were weighed
down by the critical standards OF their
time. Neither of them. apart from the
dramatic excellence of his work. can be
called a great poet. Comedies pas
sion is mainly oratoricai and declam-
atory; Racine's mainly a refined and
highly polished improving upon the
workmanship of antecessors. Both, IN
Difference to the uninstructed prefer
ences of their age, meekly followed
models of dramatic construction that
had been set up by the dramatic writ
ers of the previous century-models
that in the first place had been adopt
ed from the dramatic literature of
Greece and Rome-the plays. for eX-
ample of Euripides and Seneca. DOM
mated by Evolutionary standards such
as these, and in the literary treatment
of their plays by the narrow, critical
standards of their day. their work
could not be other than deficient in in
1ividuality 1t may he faultless, per-
haps, but it lacks both in originality
and power.
The three great names of imaginative
literature in the seventeenth century
are Corneille, Racine and Moliere. Cor
nellie had faculties that resembled some
of those of Shakespeare. Racine. while
destitute OF these. had far more art
His best plays are the ne plus ultra of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-22
Wedding Bells al. Goshen.

The Morgan hotel at Goshen was a
scene Of joyous festivity on Thursday
evening, June 10. The occasion was the
marriage ceremony and reception of
Mr.. Albert Cox and Miss Pearl Nor
gan. The nuDtial knot was tied at 9
o'clock by Bishop Peter Okelberry. after
which lis guests sat down to tables
which fairly groaned with the good
things of earth. The parlors We're dec
GRATED with roses, carnations and smi-
lax. The east corner was an attract
i've bower Of roses and carnations,
where the happy couple received con-
CALCULATIONS of their many friends.
The bride wore a dainty gown of
cream duchesse satin, trimmed with
all-oVer lace and ribbon, and carried a
boquet OF brides roses. The maid Of
honor Miss Kate Okelberry, was gcwned
in White swiss. with trimming of lace
and ribbon. She carried white carna-
tons, and Mr.. William Okelberry acted
as groomsman.
The bride and groom are both well
known and very popular among a large
circle Of acquaintances. They Will
make their future home in Goshen
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-22
UNFAIR COMPETITION.

And Robertson talked next. That's
what the report of the city council pro-
ceedings says. and nobody who knows
Robertson will doubt it. Robertson
talks first, last and most of the time.
He talks before and after and in be-
tween, by installments in advance or
on maturity, just as the spirit moves
him. He's the only Scotchman alive
who can talk an hour at a stretch
without saying anything; and he does
that every time the council meets.
Robertson's a whole show in him
SELF but it isn't fair for the council to
compete with the other amusement
places. They ought to charge admis-
sion when Robertson is on the pro-
gramme, or else pay license.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-22
MOTHER AND GUARDIAN.

Protection newspapers are discussing
the weakness of H. o. Havemeyer,
the head OF the sugar trust. AS an evil
dence of it they cite his recent confess
sion that tariff protection is the
mother of all trusts"
According to Governor Pingree. the
Republican leader in Michigan, who We
toed a sugar bounty bill not long ago.
the bounty system has been a sort of
step-mother to the sugar trust. For,
while it doubtless owed its existence to
the tariff. it was brought up on nour-
jshnent derived from every other
branch of industry. ostensibly collected
for government necessities, but paid out
In the shape OF bounties to the indus
try OF which Mr.. Havemeyer has OBJ
tanned control.
But. like the old woman who lived
in a shoe. the mother of trusts has
more children than she can attend to;
so the railroad corporations of the
country have kindly consented to act
as guardians for some of them. The
Standard Oil company is one of these.
1t owes its greatness to freight tariffs
more than TO impost tariffs. While
other monopolies were scheming
against outside competition and enlist
ing the aid of the Republican party to
give them a corner on home consump-
ton, the Rockefeller trust was fortify-
ing itself against the possibility of
other oil companies enjoying the intsr-
nal shipping facilities Of this country.
Havemeyer may be weak, but it is
strange that protectionists never found
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-22
SLANDERING TIPPERARY.

Here's a howdy-do! Mike Morrissey, a
Tipperary man, knocked out before the
Lenox Athletic club in the first round
by "a light punch on the breast and a
right cross TO the jaw"
That's unbelievable. Such a man from
Tipperary, where folks fight before
breakfast just to get up an appetite;
where five-year-olds carry a knob-stick
and a scrap has all the formality of a
religious ceremony?
This man Morrissey is some chicken
hearted, weakened, pasty-faced cock
ney from down Whitechapel way, trav-
cling around under a good old Irish
name, bad cess TO. him. From Tip
perary? Never,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-22
III. The Classical Drama.

The sixteenth century was an age of
freshness, of naivette, of exuberance, of
invention, and of true and unrnistak-
able inspiration. Its writers, whether
in prose or poetry, followed no models,
or, if they did, the models were of their
own choosing. Yet, just because of
this vigor, this power, this forceful in
dividual character, it was also an age
in which the forms and the language
of literature became more or less set
tied. The seventeenth century accept
ed what the sixteenth century had sst
up as standard, and followed it. Yet
not wholly so; or else seventeenth GEN.
fury literature would have been much
less stereotyped and characterless than
it actually proved to be. Unfortunately
its opening years were dominated by
critical influence which made even the
following of models impossible, except
within narrow and well-defined limits.
Malherbe, who was recognized in his
day both as a poet and a critic, but
whose critical authority was immense