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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06

THE LATE JOHANN STRAUSS.
curious vein of artistic jealousy in Jo-
ham, the elder As father he loved
his heir apparent, but as a musician he
| would tolerate no rival and no sue
| cessor. When, on October 49, 1874,
| young Johann threw aside all conceal
ment and boldly accepted the position
OF conductor at Dommayers, at Hvist
| sing, near Vienna, the storm broke.
The old gentleman left his home and
refused for a while to have anything
! further to do with his reCalCitrant fam
| ily But the nineteen-year-old conduC-
| tor sprang into immediate success.
Vienna admired his audacity. The
young heir apparent had a party as
| enthusiastic as his royal father. He
| showed his appreciation of the latter
! by conducting his famous "Lorelei"
Walt2es and followed those by a num-
Der of his own compositions. Johann
| died in lS49. Then Johann II Joined
together his fathers orchestra and his
own and made a successful tour in
Austria, Poland and Germany. For ten
years he undertook the direction Of the
summer concerts in the Petropaulow-
ski park at st. Petersburg Mean
while, in 1853, he had been the first
| to introduce fragments of "Lohen-
grin" in Vienna, and later it was he
who first played portions OF the "Meis-
tersingcr" in the same city. While
! thus showing appreciation and fore
sight, he did not neglect his own orig
| inal talents. He wrote in all some FIVE
| hundred waltZes, of which THE Beau
tiful Blue Danube" the Thousand and
| One Nights" the Roses from the
| South" and Wine, Woman and Song"
were among the most successful. lie
also produced a number OF light oper-
| ettas. The best known are Indigo"
| and The Forty Thieves" Q87D, THE
Carnival in Rome" QS73), Die Fled
ermaus 0S7D, "CagliOstro," Prince
Methusalah," The Merry War" and
The Queens Lace Handkerchief" His
single effort in the line of regular OPP
era, Ritter PANAMA." achieved only
success d'estime, when produced at the
imperial opera house, in Vienna, in
1893. From 1863 to 1870 Johann had
held the much coveted position OF court
ball musical director to the emperor OF
Austria. This he resigned in the lat
ter year to his brother, Eduard, in or
der to devote himself to composition.
He had also made public appearances
in London and in Paris. During the
great Gilmore Jubilee he car-" to the
United States, but without his orches-
ira, which was first heard in this coun-
try in 1893, under the direction OF his
brother Eduard. In October, 1894, the
corporation and citizens OF Vienna
joined in a monster celebration Of the
golden jubilee Of her most popular
musical composer A new operetta by
Strauss himself, entitled The Apple
Feast" was produced for the first time
in the Vienna theater, and during the
week which marked the duration OF
the festival every theater and opera
house in Vienna performed selections
from his dance music or produced
some one Of his operettas. The occa-
sion wound up with a grand banquet.
congratulations and presentations Of
addresses and floral tributes. Strauss
was thrice married, but he leaves no
children of his own.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06

to the Defender. She is fiatter at the
after end and is almost of the nature
of a fin keel. Although somewhat
after the pattern of skimming dish,
the stern is a trifle smaller than that
of the Defender. She has a bigger
beam with .fiaring sides. She is a
strong looking boat and her lines were
greatly admired in the brief glimpse
obtained while she was descending the
ways. 1t is evident that she is pow
erful racing machine.
C. Oliver Iselin, who, with J. P Nor
gan, made possible the construction Of
the Columbia; Mrs Iselin and their
four children were on the platform N
the starboard bow as the boat slid
down the ways. These same persons
occupied similar positions on the De-
fender four years ago when she was
launched, and Mrs. Iselin, who at that
time christened the Defender, perform
ed a similar Office for the Columbia.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06
The Yacht Which Viii Defend the Americas Cup Takes
Her Maiden Plunge.

The cup defender Columbia, ON which
the hopes of yachtsmen on this side
of the water depend for the defense of
the America cup, was successfully
launched at Bristol R. l.. at the other
evening. Immense crowds of people
covered the docks in the vicinity, and
the harbor was full of craft that had
come from near and far with entnuSi-
astic yachtsmen and others eager to
see the handsome yacht enter the wat
er. All day long the crews arrived by
land and water. Extra trains, regu-
lar and special steamers, yachts and
other private craft brought thousands
until the town and it's water environ
ment contained more people than ever
before were there at time. All day,
too, the Herreshoffs and the workmen
at their shops were busy putting the
final touches to the boat and making
the last arrangements for the launch
ing tonight. 1t hardly seemed as
though the work could be completed
by the time set, but there was little de-
lay, and fourteen minutes after the
hour fixed, 8 o'clock, the fastenings
were loosened and the beautiful Co
lumbia was lowered in her cradle to
her home in the sea.
The launching was accomplished
without hitch or mishap and the
yacht took the water as gracefully and
easily as could be wished. The launch
ing made a grand and brilliant scene.
The shades Of night had so fac fallen
when the boat entered the water that
but little could have been seen by the
host of spectators had it not been foy
the searchlights with which number
of the craft in the harbor were sup
piled. These were turned on the boat
house and the ways as the time for the
launching arrived, and when the yacht
glided down the ways it was as though
she slid through a path of light, while
the flags on the bow cleaned in the
radiance, guns belched out salvoS of
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06

only about eighty grains troy, so that
1t would take seveRtytwO OF the birds
to weigh one pound. The length in the
feathers is about three and a half
inches, and the stretch of the wings
about five inches, but when the feath-
ers are taken off, the length of the
body does not exceed an inch. Fir
plantations are it's favorite resort, and
there it may be seen hopping about the
branches, running round them, head
dOwnwards, in search of the insects
hidden beneath the bark. Its note is
weak. but very pleasing and much re-
sembleS that of the common wren. The
nest is an object of great beauty,
usually placed on the under side of a
fir branch, sheltered by the overhang-
ing foliage, and often further protected
by a large bunch of cones forming a
kind of roof.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06

why he has got to take exercise. He
has ordered from a famous carriage
making firm Of Oxford street a peculiar
vehicle, for exercising purposes. The
carriage has a light body, and is pro-
PEELED by an arrangement of bicycle
wheels from the rear Two stalwart
AfghanS sit on saddles over these
wheels and pedal with all their might
to drive the fat king over the terrible
roads of AfghaniStan. When the Ameer
feels inclined to take exercise a little
more violent than merely sitting down
in the carriage, he does so by pushing
two pedals arranged in front of him.
In this way he can add about half
small boys power to the efforts OF the
stalwart Afghans pedaling away be-
hind him. The carriage is a handsome
one, and the body is patterned like an
old English Georgian phaeton. 1t is
fitted with silk cushions, rather lux
uriously, Besides the carriage for his
personal use, the Ameer has had an
other built for the use of members of
his harem. The carriages have cost
$1,000 each, and are capable of main
tanning a speed Of twelve miles an
hour. 1t will be a relief to everybody
at Cabul the capital of Afghanistan, if
the Ameer's health should improve. In
his present state of ill-temper he is
very apt to cut of peoples heads. He
was a great soldier in his day, and is
a very capable monarch but his tenn
per has lately been very uncertain.
Some time ago he had bad toothache
and the English dentist who accepted
an invitation to go to Cabul and pull
it out felt very nervous until he had
secured the tooth and got out of the
country.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06
NOT IN HIS LINE.
How Henrp Ward Beecher Tried 10

Drive Four-.n-Hand.
Henry Ward Beecher once told me
this good one on himself" continued
the doctor, He was going up among
the White mountains on a stage coach
drawn by four horses. After while
II stopped before an inn. The driver,
a staiwart fellow, threw the reins to
Mr.. Beecher and asked him to hold the
horses while he went into the inn for
few moments. Mr.. Beecher felt very
proud when he held the four-n hand.
II Is dangerous thing, you know, for
minister to take the reins in his
hands. He is liable then to want to
have everything his own way. Mr.,
Beecher was no exception to the rule.
lie drew the reins very tight. What
bright Idea he thought, to take a
spin around the inn in the absence of
the driver and show his friends on the
piazza what he could do with a four
INLAND. He popped the whip and the
horses started. He pulled on the reins,
wrong, OF course, and the horses went
zigzag. the leaders trying to turn
around and come back, while the wheel
horses forged forward. In some I'M
accountable way the horses managed
10 fall over against each other and wig
gled around the building. The wheels
OF the coach barked a big tree. The
horses whirled right on, turning in all
the time. the hind wheel cut off
slice OF the back yard fence, the coach
went right up en- the side wheels, but
fortunately settled back as the horses
pranced Sayly in mixed-up fashion to
the front of the inn, and the front
wheel tore away the post OF the veran-
da, and at last the team drew up in the
front yard with the heads of the wheel
horses facing the south and those OF
the leaders poked into the parlor win
dow. Reef in the sail of the off horser
shouted the driver from the attic win
dow, but Mr. Beecher sat in that box
as ignorant Of what to do next as an
Egyptian mummy. Things were not
Strengthened out until the driver
rushed down, mounted the seat and
took hold Of the reins. That driver
was the king. lie did in trIce what
Mr. Beecher could not do with all his
learning, wisdom, and eloquenCe. The
driver had noticed how to manage
horses, but Mr.. Beecher knew no more
about them than an unborn babe IL
was not his line. you see. Atlanta
Journal
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06

when flying in long lines. The light of
the cucullo is rarely strong enough to
serve as candle. 1t is also very deli
cate, a fine green luminousness like the
effulgence shed by emeralds upon a
lovely neck. But the emeralds of sui
tan or inca may soon be counted, and
these glories, on the contrary, are
showered indifferently into the veran-
da of the noble and the barracoon of
the slave. Children delight in them
and keep them shut up, by forties and
fifties, in little cages of reeds. They
are carefully washed at morning and
night, and fed sugar-cane. In this way
they may be kept alive and shining for
many days.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06

good thing, he declined absolutely
to have anything to do with it. or
course he was proceeding on the we'll
known theory that it is folly to waste
money improving the service when
you don't have to, but the farmer
couldn't grasp the idea, and he began
a pilgrimage from one headquarter Of
fee to another, appealing, expostulat-
ing and explaining the merits of his
apparatus. What bewildered him was
that everybody freely admitted the
utility of the thing but nobody would
consider it's adoption. Finally the war
came on, and everything else was
swept into the background for four
years. After peace was declared Nc
Lean began again. confident as ever
He had been worth 1000 or $50 900
when he started, and he eventually re-
duced himself to penury. Everything
went into the NAV Of the Invention,
and along about 1868 he died broken
hearted. The coupler patent then
pdSSSu lIIUO ll6 udnuS Vi Il CUuSlu,
who was a merchant in Louisville.
When he studied the device he became
an enthusiasts. and began a new cam
paign where Mclean left Off To
make long story short, he sunk
everything he had on earth in an eff
fort to get it adopted, and finally com
mitted suicide. His lawyer took the
coupler for back fees and inherited the
hoodoo. In a little while he was de-
voting his entire time and attention to
the work of promoting, and seemed
continually on the verge of reaping a
big fortune. He kept at it until health
and resources came to an end together,
and the last | heard OF him he was
working as a clerk in Los Angeles.
Meanwhile the coupler had been out
classed by new devices, and only few
months ago ! saw the old model in a
Chicago railway office, where it had
been left as curio. Strange, isn't it,
that a really valuable and useful in
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06

~~"~~~s~~~~~rs~s~s~~~s~~~s >~~~SNS~S~~s~s~~-~~~~
greeting and from thousands of ihroa:s
arose deafening cheers for the gallant
cup defender.
Beside the Iselins upon the deck OF
the yacht were two or three score
prominent society people from New
York, Boston and other cities, and
many well-known yachtsmen, and all
over the boat swarmed her crew busy
with their duties. The marine rail-
way worked to perfection and the
launching was an unqualified success
in every feature.
The crowds upon the wharves, esti-
mated at least Ave thousand, the
yachts in the harbor probably num-
bered half a hundred. The new cup
defender now afioat will be completed
at once, and in a few weeks will be
ready to fight for the victory in the
catching circles of the world
Among the yachts in the harbor at
the time of the launching was the De-
fender, which sailed up from Newport
with her manager, w. Butler Duncan,
and a party of friends on board, tha5
they might see the new cup defender
take the water. Defender will remain
at Bristol now and go along with the
Columbia, which has just left to be
cleaned. Thus the old and the new
defenders will for few days at least
both be in Bristol harbor.
Tho uyoc 5raccad
for her christening. In the mast hole
forward the private colors Of Messrs.
Morgan and Iselin, and in the main
skylight opening was the New York
Yacht Club signal, and on the stern
the American yachting ensign.
Pickpockets were about in the big
crowds and were no respector of per-
sons, for among those relieved Of cash
were John B. Herreshoff, one of the
builders of the Columbia, who had 5000
taken from his pocket.
The dimensions of the Columbia are:
Length over all, 131 feet; load water
line, 80 feet; breadth of beam, "a feet
21A inches; draught, 20 feet inches;
depth from deck crown to base line If
lead keel, % feet; length of over-hang,
Al feet; length of lead keel over ali,
20 feet The Oregon pine mast is 107
feet long and % inches thick. The
main boom measures 100 feet, the GAIT
20 feet, bowsprit SO feet, top mast IS
feet and spinnaker boom 70 feet. The
sail area is estimated at over 1900
square feet.
The boat bears a strong resemblance
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06
STORY OF STRAUSS.
THE GREAT COMPOSER WHO
RECENTLY PASSED AWAY.
He Had Been Cut Out for Business
Career, but Managed to Learn Music
In Secret-How He Won the Admira-
ton of tho Musical World.

Johann Strauss, the famous Aus
trian composer, whose death has re-
Gently been announced, was born in
Vienna, October %, 1925. He was the
eldest and most distinguished of three
sons, who followed more or less ste
cessfully in their fathers footsteps
Johan, the younger, was destined for
business career. He was, however,
enabled to study music secretly by
the aid OF his mother. When only six
years old he composed his first waltz
cFfrst Thought~. Carefully instruct
ed in harmony and thorough bass, he
was, even as a youngster, a clever vio-
linist.
But until he was Is the secret was
kept from his father There was a
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06
From a Grateful Newark Woman.

"When l wrote to you l was very
sick, had not been well for two years.
The doctors did not seem to help me,
and one said / could not live three
months. had womb trouble, falling,
ulcers, kidney and bladder trouble.
There seemed to be such drawing
and burning pain in my bowels that I
could not rest anywhere. After using
Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and Sanative Wash and follow
ing your advice, feel well again and
stronger than ever. My bowels feel AS if
they had been made over new. With
many thanks for your help, remain,
l.. G., "a ANN ST., NEWARK, N. j."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06
samoan Time-Keepers.

A very singular timekeeper is en-
ployed by some Of the islanders Of the
South Pacific, including Samoa. The
kernels of the nut OF the candle tree
are used. These are washed and
strung on the rib of palm leaf, which
is placed in a vertical position and the
upper kernel lighted.
As all the kernels are Of the same
size and substance, each of them burns
a certain number of minutes, and then
sets fire to the kernel below. The ma
tives tie bits of bark cloth along the
strings at regular intervals, so as to
mark the divisions OF time.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06
What q Little Faith Did
FOR MRS. ROCKWELL.
lLrrrER TO MRS. rIxxuAM NO. 6o.ss.l

ILEIrEK TO Hks' FIKkHAM NO. bo,S84I
~ was a great sufferer from female
weakness and had no strength. 1t was
impossible for me to attend to my
household duties. / had tried every
thing and many doctors, but found no
relief.
MY sister advised me to try Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
which l did; before using all of one
bottle felt better. kept on with it
and to my great surprise / am cured.
All who suffer from female complaints
should give it a trial. Mis-. Rock
WELL, 1909 S. DIVISION ST., GRAND
RAPIDS, MICH.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06
New Kind of Matches.

The French match factories are now
turning out friction matches which
will ignite on any surface. but which
are free from the objections raised
against white sulphur No smoke or
odor is perceptible in the factories. The
inflammable ingredients OF the paste
are sesquisulphide of phosphorus and
thlorate OF potash.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06
His Pertinent Offer.

The conversation has turned upon
clubs and bachelors and bachelor quar-
tiers. why is it," she asked dreamily,
that men don't marry?" With your
permission" he replied, Il shall be
pleased to prove to you that they do.
Chicago Post.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06
Not Very We'll.

Magistrate-You are charged with
stealing a dog. What have you to say?
Prisoner (sullenly)-The dog followed
me 'ome. Magistrate-But the consta-
BILE says it did so because you had
some liver about you. Prisoner Jim
0udently)-Well, a man can't walk
about without is liver. can e?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06

A Montclair On. JJ"clergyman pub
licly gave boy whipping in church,
the other day, for cutting his initials
on the back OF a pew.
Give some men a finger in the pie
and they will claim the whole bakery.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06
AlInu anRaE-

Mrs. Cadger-"They tell me, Henri
eta, that your husband is unkind to
you" Mrs. Howes-"Yes, John is not
very gentle in his manners, l must
admit; but there is one thing | will say
for him-he never kicks up rug or
creases a tidy. "-BostOn Transcript.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06
WronRPd.

Chicago Times Herald: Mr.. Rock
What! Trust my daughter in
your care for life? Never! Why, to
begin with you haven't the faintest
idea of the value of money! Young
Courtleigh-I haven't, Ell? Say, what
do you think | want to marry her for,
anyway?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06
AUTOMATIC COUPLERS.
The First Invention, Its Inventor and
Others in Ruin.

Others in Ruin.
"The successful fight of the train
men for automatic couplers reminds
me of curious story" remarked a del
egate to the convention, in this city,
says tho New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat. The idea of self-locking cup
Ter suggested itself to inventors many
years ago, and away back in 1856 or
thereabOuts a prosperous Kentucky
farmer named Mclean figured out a
device that seemed to fill the bill to a
dot. 1t consisted Of a pair of inter-
locking levers, controlled by very
simple mechanism, and the model
worked like a charm. Mclean was
satisfied he had a fortune in sight, and
went north to interview a big rail
road magnate. To his surprise the
magnate failed to enthuse and, while
he admitted that the invention was
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06
The True Word and the Joke

81 used to buy neCkties for my wife. d"
he said, but had to quit it. Those
bought for her never suited her" 80
she buys them herself now, does she?"
mo; she takes those / buy for myself.
They always seem to suit her. "-Chice-
20 Post.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06
AN ODD IDEA OF EXERCISE.

Ameer of Afghanistan Follows His Doc
tors Orders ComplacentIy.
From the London Mail: The Ameer
Of Afghanistan has been ordered by his
doctors to take exercise, and he has
probably discovered the easiest way of
taking it that was ever thought of. The
Ameer is getting fat, and has been suf-
fering from indigestion, and that is
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06
A Warm Patriot

Excuse me, but thought you were
one of those fellows who is for his
country whether it be right or wrong. .
~ would be, II she ever could be
wrong. Indianapolis Journal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06

The cucullos of Cuba, which have
been called the "'watchmen of the in
sects," are perhaps best described as
living meteors, owing to the effects
they produce with their double lights
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06

Piso's Cure for Consumption Is our only
medicine for coughs and colds.--Mrs. &.
Belt2, 430S th Ave, Denver, Col, Nov s, %.
Love is the spiritual cement which
binds us to God
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06

vention should have wrecked so man.
lives?"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06

Men drift because the engines Of the
will lie idle.
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Hinder TMinc HI.torX.

The single strand binder Irvine, in
general use today, was the original
conception Of Mr.. William Deering OF
the Deering Harvester Co., Chicago.
The value Of the Idea is apparent, since
without 1t the modern Irvine binder
would be impossible. Tho Deerins
Harvester Company is the largest
manufacturer of binder Irvine in the
world.
A woman who argues real well Is
never fnvorite in society.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teothing softens tho gumH reduces ir
Gamnation. allavs pain, cures lind collie 25G bottle
Make education II science and it viii
become IN art.
Goes Cough IInIsam
II the oldest and hest II will break up cold quicker
ham utlI ail IL ~
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06
Smallest of European Birds.

The golden-Crested wren is the
smallest, not only of British, but of all
European birds. Its average weight is
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06

suffering Is unnecessary IHsCae = Candy Ca har-
tick IL disease germs clean ont the body, he
first causes of suffering, All druggists Toe Doe SOC
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06

God can make prosperity curse and
n ttlictiOu "a blessing
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DIR. w. w KEEN

published work on the sequels OF ty-
phoid fever and his books on surgery
are standard.