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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-27
CARD-PLAYING STORIES.
They Must Have Been Perfect Ladies',
In Those DAYS.


In Those Days.
One OF the most notorious female
gamblers of the eighteenth century was
Miss Pelham, the daughter of the
prime minister, says Temple Bar She
not only ruined herself at cards, but
would have beggared her sister Mary
as we'll had not their friends inter-
vened and insisted en- the sisters sep
arating. Horace Walpoie gives a pitt
full account of poor Miss Pelham sit
ting up all night at the club without
woman, losing hundreds a night and
her temper and beating her head"
Another writer says that the unhappy
woman often played with the tears
streaming down her cheeks. Lady
Mary Compton, an old maiden lady. a
contemporary of Miss Pelham and like
her, addicted to gambling, had the
same propensity to tears. When she
lost, we are told, she wept bitterly
mot for the loss itself" she was care
full to explain, but for the unkindness
of the cards" Both ladies'. when luck
went against them, lost their tempers,
as did many others, and among them
| Mrs. Give. The actress, after her re-
tirement from the stage, lived at
Twickenham, in a cottage lent her by
Horace Walpole. The place had then a
reputation for quiet card parties. In
| Montpelier row lived four aged danes,
known in the neighborhood as Mantle,
| Spadille, Basto and Pinto; terms
| drawn for the game of Quadrille They
were accustomed to assemble every
night at each others houses to play
| cards. On the first of the month each
in turn gave a grand party A relative
| Of one of the ladies has left an &C
count of enc of these functions at
which he was present. Mrs. Give was
one Of the guests and happened to have
for her opponent an old lady with very
white hair, who in the course of the
game displayed two black aces. There
upon Mrs. Give flew in a rage and
screamed Two black aces, Here,
take your money, though l wish in
stead I could give you two black eyes
you old white cat"
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HER FIGHT FOR HER TREES.
Great Aid to Forest PreservatIon-A
Womans Efforts. /;

Woman's Efforts.
Mrs. w. S. De Camp owned a tract
of land on Moose river in the Adiron-
dack region through which the lum-
bermen wished to float logs from the
forests above, says the Utica Observer
To make the stream capable of floating
logs it was damned below and the
backing of the water was Of great dam
age and annoyance to Mrs. De Camp.
1t killed the timber on her land and
destroyed the natural stream. She
went to the courts and after indefinite
litigation secured an injunction that
prohibited driving logs through her
property. Then the lumbermen went
to the legislature and secured an act
designating Moose river as highway
for the purpose of floating logs. The
constitutionality of this law was
promptly attacked by Mrs. De Camp
and the Court of Appeals has sus
tanned her contention. The decision
haltS lumbermen in their campaign of
destruction against the Adirondack
forests. The decision declares uncon-
stitutiOnal every law making Adiron-
dack streams public highways for the
floating of logs. 1t protects the forests
by prohibiting the lumbermen from
trampling all rights under foot in the
pursuit of the logging business. 1t
saves the streams for the fishermen
and puts an end to- the destruction Of
forests caused by damming streams. It
is the most important aid to forest
preservation that has been received
for years.
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Gladstone bag. Wed better take a
copy, l suppose"
Yes, l suppose so. What has the
old fellow done-left everything to
that rip OF nephew"
No, | answered unwillingly. Nora's
name had become sacred word to
me, and l hesitated to pronounce it
in such a presence.
No? Then what has he done with
the estate? | thought he had no other
relations"
He had niece" I replied, fumbling
for the key of my bag. oh, here it
ls!'-taking the key from my pocket.
Jennings must stay and make the
copy, and send it down"
"A niece" interrupted Rowton.
Who is she? Never heard of her.
What's she like? Young or old? Does
she come in for the land and all? Why
don't you speak out, man."
II will in a moment" | rejoined
What on earth is the matter with
this key?"-holding it up to the light
Something in the barrel-dust, |
dare say" suggested Rowton careless
ly. But about the niece-Pm inter
ested, Fort. Is she young and beau
tiful, and an heiress?"
It's the lock-" | exclaimed. "the
keys right enough, and yet the bag
has scarcely been out of my sight
What the | stared at my partner,
whilst l felt every vestige of color
leaving my cheeks. This bag isn't
mine; tt's-it's-look at this"-point-
ing TO half-effaced label of a foreign
hotel adhering to the bottom of the
Gladstone. Il have never been at
Venice, and" examining it more
closely-"this is not my bag; the key
doesn't fit"
'Whew-w!" whistled my partner.
"A case of exchange no robbery
You've bagged somebody else's, and
he's bagged yours"-laughing at his
own pun. "Awfully disguised he'll be
when he sees the documents"
It's an impossibility, l calculated.
The bag was put into the carriage
and taken out again by my own hands
and it never left my sight throughout
the journey. 1t was on the opposite
seat. can swear there's been no mis-
take. It's robbery! Send for the
police"
The words died on my lips. ter
rible suspicion darted into my mind.
Mona Branscombe had carried black
bag-a Gladstone, the facsimile of
mine-and l had deposited it beside
my own on the vacant seat. In her
precipitate flight she had taken the
bag, leaving cloak and book behind
her, and, as l remembered now, eff
fectually covering up the Gladstone
she had left. In her agitation she had
evidently exchanged the bags by mis-
| take ....
Robbery? Nonsense-it's case of
exchanged persisted James Rowton.
Cant you remember who had the
other? Did he come all the way"
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Where Ladies Coal Ships and Resent
Being Cuffed.


From st. James Budget: Mary
Kingsley tells an amusing story about
West African woman. There was a
beautiful young black government Off
cial, in uniform complete, and fate
ordained one day that he should be told
off TO superintend the coaling of lit
tie gunboat. The cCaling was being
done by ladies. He, full of zeal and
DESTROYS of demonstrating it, shouted
talked and gave directions to those la
dies, as he stood, uniform and all, I'M
der the government flag, on the gov
eminent quay. They went on with
their work merrily and paid no atten
ton to him. Presently, other govern
ment officials being about, he, still de-
sirous of demonstrating zeal, cuffed
one of the ladies and said something
disagreeable. They turned upon him,
threw him into the thin black batter
that goes for water in that part of her
majesty's dominions, and went on with
their work A sicker chicken than that
man when he returned to society you
never saw. His uniform you could not
see for mud, and the other government
officials behaved in an unfeeling wa.
They roared with laughter
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BOSTON WARMED UP.
Whole Audience Was On It's Feet. Sob-
bling and Singing.

The major had Just returned from
boston, where he was present at tne
Decoration day services in the Bos-
ton theater, says the PHILADELPHIA
Press. It lays away over any SIM
lar celebration | ever saw" he said.
mere was nothing mushy or hack
neyed about it. Ii was the real thing.
| never imagined possible such genu-
Inc sweeping emotion as was awak-
ened by the singing of The Battle
hymn Of the Republic. | always knew
it TO be the greatest thing of its kind
ever written, but it never had a fair
chance before. It's the one poem
for its a poem-that can make me
cry. I'm a blatant fool every time
hear it, If Boston'S cold that song
thawed ii and heated it to a wild vol
cano on Tuesday. There was the
packed, still house. Myron w. Whit
ney started to sing First he bowed
TO box and then We first recognized
Mrs. Howe seated by the Misses Wheel
er. You should have heard the yell.
w t'S'A ~ NSiSDi otCu OUlH
day few days before she got an ova-
ton equal to that given this octogen-
arlan. You could see the splendid
white head trembling; then her voice
Joined in as Whitney sung:
In the glory of the lilies Christ was
born across the sea-
and by the time he had reached the
words,
AS He died to make men holy let us
die to make men free
the whole vast audience was on it's
feet sobbing and singing at the top of
its thousands of lungs. If volunteers
were really needed for the Philippines
Mckinley could have had us right
there"
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knew what fruitless attempts she had
already made to enlist me on her side.
This idea did not perhaps remove the
primary and greatest difficulty of the
situation, but | hailed it eagerly. 1t
gave Miss Branscombe the loophOle
which my love demanded. l was con-
tent to wait my lady's pleasure-nay,
| was more than content forgot all
the doubts and fears which had har-
assed me a moment ago in the rap
turOus delight of the thought that she
trusted me. she turned to me for help
in her difficulties. A man in love will
forgive any indiscretion of which he is
himself the object and by which he
profits.
The train sped on, the afternoon
shadows heightened The express
stopped at few stations on its rapid
journey, and as one after the other of
these hating places was passed with
ont a sign from Miss BransCombe,
began to conclude that her destination
was the same as my own-or, was she
only sitting out the fellow passengers,
not one of whom had left us?
The question was presently answered
in a startling and unexpected manner.
Motion, a large busy junction, was
reached. We were on the point OF
leaving it again after a three minutes
halt when Miss BransCombe, with a
hurried glance at the platform, stared
to her feet, and before could assist or
prevent her. she had snatched her bag
from the opposite seat, beckoned to
a passing porter, and left the carriage
as she had entered it-swiftly and sud
denly.
| sprang after her
Just starting sir-time's up" called
the porter.
i gave little heed TO the warning:
but stream OF passengers lust ar
rived by the branch line interposed
between me and Miss Branscombe, the
whistle OF the express sounded. and
the remembrance of Col Branscombe's
will. left behind me in the carriage
recalled me to my duty. | dashed back
Just In time, mad with disappointment
and bati1ed curiosity and regained my
seat in a condition which reused my
somnolent fellow-travelers.
Young lady not coming back, sir?'
said one of them, portly squire, with
humorous twinkle in the corner of
his eye. She's left her cloak and her
book"-pointing to the latter where it
lay on the floor. Not coming back
eh!"
Il suppose not" l answered as in
differently as l could, STOPPING to pick
up the dropped volume. On the fy-leai
was written in pencil the name Mona
Branscombe."
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YES" said confusedly, putting my

YES" I said confusedly, putting my
hand to my head. Il remember; she
got out at Motion"
"She!" echoed my partner. WAS 1t
a woman? And with a Gladstone!"
Yes" | answered, heartily vexed
with myself for the involuntary admis-
sion, lit was a woman. I'll go back to
Euston and wire to Motion at once.
The mistake may have been discovered
and my bag left there; and will fol-
low the message by the first train
of again." exclaimed Rowton rue
fully. There's a weeks flag here
pointing to a pile of documents which
filed the table.
Cant help it," l retorted. "The
funeral takes place the day after to-
morrow. ! must be present to read
the will, take executors instructions,
and so on; and there Is other bust
ness which must be attended to-"
Cant | run down." proposed Row.
ton. "Is the heiress there? | should
like to see her"
Il must find the will" / replied.
There's no time to be lost. The Col
onel gave me special instructions;
must wait"
You're off them" said Rowton, re-
luctantly. We'll, ta-ta, old fellow!
Wire when you've got the bag. It's
an awful joke, though-such sell for
the lady"
Don't let the chief hear of it,"
stopped to request as | left the Office,
the fatal bag in my hand-"it would
upset him"
All right" nodded the chiefs
nephew. 1T was an awfully fiat thing
to do, you know, Fort-to let wom-
an run off with the old Colonies
will. And a steady-going fellow like
you, too! Now, if it had been L"
stayed to hear no more. My han
som was waiting. and my Jarvie
ceived his instructions to hurry back
to Euston with the equanimity of his
order. What did it matter if all the
world had gone mad so long as his
fare was a good one?
My message was soon dispatched.
and whilst | waited for the answer
made my way to the refreshment room.
But, notwithstanding my long fast. |
was too fevered and excited to eat,
and could only swallow a glass of
wine and break biscuit. Then
lowered impatiently about the door OF
the telegraph Office, musing on the
complication which this unlucky acct
dent had brought into the whole af-
fair.
(To be continued.)
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CHAPTER vI.-(ContinuedD

CHAPTER VI.-(ContinuedO
My heart sank as | remembered the
incident of last evening, the evidently
clandestine meeting in the shrubbery
at Forest Lea Could this journey be
Connected with that meeting, and could
the timid modest girl | had known at
Forest Lea be capable of planning ana
carrying out secret arrangements, sur
rounded by so many difficulties in her
circumstances? What did it mean?
The endless green panorama still!
fitted by; not a sound, save the occa-
sional rustling of a newspaper, broke
the silence of the railway carriage;
the passengers were either sleepy or
unsociable. An irrepressible desire to
speak to Miss Branscombe possessed
mel could bear the situation no
longer. | turned toward her with the
paper | had been reading in my hand,
intending to offer it to her. She was
already occupied with a boOk-one CT
those thin paper-cOvered volumes
bought at bOok-stalls-and she did no.
raise her eyes from it or otherwise
appear to have noticed my movement
There was no doubt of her wish to
ignore our previous acquaintance. And
a conclusive further proof of her iden-
tlty was given me in her dress, which
l now had the opportunity of seeing
more distinctly. 1t was of a brownish
shade, and the pattern a little check
a simple girlish costume which | re-
membered she had worn in the morn
ing of the day Col. Branscombe died.
Could l forget the least detail con-
heCted with her?
sudden inspiration flashed through
my mind. Miss BransCombe had sought
this method of communicating with me
privately, away from her family circle.
and the reserve she maintained was
necessary for the moment in the pres
enCe Of our fellow passengers, some of
whom might be known to her by sight
at least. When the proper moment ar
rived she would explain herself. |
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kNTl-FREAk LAW.
To Prevent the Exhibition of Deformed
Persons to BE Tested.

To Prevent the Exhibition of Deformed
Persons to BE Tested.
Chicago Chronicles: George Middle
ten Of the Clark Street Dime Museum
has been arrested for violation of the
new freak law, which went into effect
July l. A warrant sworn out by A. j.
Dickson, a collector, was served upon
Mr.. Middleton yesterday morning
while he was in conference with his
manager in his office in the museum
Barney Nelson, the armless cOlOred boy
named in the bill as the freak in ques-
ton, drew crayOn portraits yesterday
with as little concern as though his
means Of earning living were not up
for final settlement. The freak and
criminal law, which prohibits the pub
lie exhibition of deformed persons or
those persons bearing criminal no.
toriety, is an outgrowth, it is said by
museum proprietors, of a disagreement
between Mr.. Middleton and Represen-
tative Stephen Malato. During the an
archists trial Nina Van Zandt gained
considerable notoriety through her en-
gagement to Anarchist Spies, a leader
III the movement. Portraits of both
Nina and her lover were bought and
exhibited by the Clark street museum.
Later, when the girl married Repre-
sentative Malato, she regretted the
hanging of her portrait and tried to
have it removed from the public gaze.
The museum people refused, knowing
that the picture was among the most
interesting of their collection For
many years the battle ragged before it
finally found expression in the anti
freak bill, which was aimed as the
death blow to the museum business.
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A farmer in Huron. Kansas, was in
trouble, and he thus wrote to the ed
itor of the local paper: What ails
my hens? Every morning I find one
or more of them keeled over to rise no
more The obliging editor promptly
replied: "rhe fowls are dead. 1t is
an old &C mplaint, and nothing can be
done except to bury Them
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-27

The Baltimore e Ohio Railroad,
at the request of numerous business
organizations of Baltimore and Phil
adelphia, has arranged for a ten days
stop-over at each of those cities under
the usual procedure of the passenger
depositing the ticket with the ticket
agent upon his arrival. The Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad now grants ten
days stop overs at Washington, Balti-
more and PHILADELPHIA.
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stiiI More Counterfeitinx.

The Secret Service has just unearth-
ed another band of counterfeiters and
secured quantity of bogus bills, which
are very cleverly executed. Things of
great value are always selected for inn
ltation, notably Hostetter's Stomach
Buffers, which has many lmitators but
no equals for disorders like indiges-
ton, dyspepsia and constipation.
The man who serves his friends
never lacks employment.
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Remember that cholera morbus,
cholera infantum, summer COM
plant, bilious collie. diarrhoea' ana
dysentery are each and all catarrh
of the bowels. Catarrh is the only
correct name for these affections.
Pe-ru-na is an absolute specific for
these ailments, which are so COM
mon in summer. DR.. Hartman. in
a practice of over forty years, never
lost a single case Of cholera infan-
tum, dysentary, diarrhoea. or chol7
era morbns, and his, only remedy
was Pe-ru-na. Those desiring fur
Their particulars should send for a
free copy of Summer Catarrh."
Address DR.. Hartman, Columbus, 0.
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A Naughty Pun.

"A New York man has invented an
arship that looks when up in the
clouds like gigantic cipher"
IAN airy NOTHING. ehp"
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Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, 75c.

The average boy has the bump OF
destruction.
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CHAPTER VII.

Five minutes past four" I said to
myself as ! sprang out on to the plat
form at Euston Station. II shall just
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Cats wills at night tend to make
patriots tremble
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Piles OF Pain

Many kinds ofpiles itching, bleeding all painful.
terrible tortures but all uuckly cured bv Ca
carets Candy Cathartc. All druggists, Zoe 25c zoe.
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WANTED-Case OF bad health that R-IP,A.N-S
VIII not beneft. Send cents to RipanS Chemical
Co.. New York. for 10 SAMPLES and 900 testimonials
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REGISTER OF TREASURY.

Hon Judson w. Lyons, Register OF
the United States Treasury, in letter
from Washington, d. c., says:
April %, 1899.
Pe-ru-na Drug Mfg. Co., Columbus, O.:
Gentlemen find Peru-na to be an
excellent remedy for the catarrhal at.
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Talking to prosperous man makes
one feel rich
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FITS Permanently Curc, No fits nervousness after
irst day of DR.. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer.
Send for FREE S2.0O trial bottle and treatise.
DR. r. II. KLINE. Ltd. 93l Arch ST. Philadelphla, Pa
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Goes Cough Balsam
Is the oldest and best 1t will break UP cold uiC' err
than any thing else. 1t is always reliable. Try it.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For child. teething softens the gums, reduces in
alavs pain. cures wind collie &c bottle
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high collar and a humid day are
forever at variance.
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Biackwaxy mud stic<eth closer thar
some friends.
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FaithfulncsS is characteristic Of a
frIanl anJ dor
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There are about 100000 houses il.
Ireland.
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We will pay salary of $1,000 re" week for man
with rig to introduce Perfection Poultry Mixture
and insect Destroyer in the country. Or can fur
nish employment on liberal commission for local
agents everywhere. Address with stamp, Perfec-
tlon Mfg. Co. Parsons, Kan.
The oyster is resting up for his fall
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$1,000 Per Week

The saddest thing about love is the
fact that one can love more than once
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How strange wife will shield a
worthless husband.
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Farming in Colorado and New .!exico.
The Denver & Rio Grande railroad,
"the Scenic Line OF the World" has
prepared an illustrated book upon the
above subject, which will be sent free
to farmers desiring to change their To-
cation. This publication gives vaIu-
able information in regard to the agri-
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interests of this section. and should be
in the hands of everyone who desires
to become acquainted with the methods
of farming by irrigation. Write S. X.
Hooper, g. p. & Il. A., Denver, Colo.
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A Greek phalanx consisted of 5000
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Pisos Cure FOR Consumption is the only
cough medicine used i'll my house. d. &.
Albright, Mitt1imburg. Pa Dec II, '95
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Treasury.
fections of spring and summer, and
those who suffer from depression from
the heat of the summer will find no
remedy the equal of Pe-ru-na. 'h
Judson w. Lyons.
No man is better known in the finan-:
cial world than Judson w. Lyons. HIS
name on every piece of money of recent
date, makes his signature one of the
most familiar ones in the United
States. Hon. Lyons address is Au-
gusta, Ga. He is a member of the Ma
tioral Republican committee, and Is
prominent and influential politician
He is a particular friend of President
Mckinley. ~
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Love is subject of which one sell
dom gets weary.
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Sliali
Ease, a
tight o
CornS.
SweatiI
Shoe 81
AuuIeS
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without
500 or