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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-10-19

fire at Stockton recently destroyed
the large elevator of Il. 5. Johkheck.
The fire started in the engine room OF
the building and was beyond control
when discovered. The building anG
contents were a total loss, it being
filled with grain at the time. A barn
standing near by was also burned, to,
gether with a wagon, threshinf
machine and some tools. The total
loss is estimated at sl9, 900, only par,l.t
insured.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-10-19
Funston's Views.

ba SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12.-General
Funston, when asked what he thought
Of the. Filipinos, said: They have
some pretty good fighters there. and
some pretty good shots, but the major
ity of them are poor" He added that
While some Filipinos are intelligent,
lie did not think they are capable ol
self-govcrnment. He declared he il
not candidate for the presidency
and said he expected to be mustered
ont very soon
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-10-19
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The man who is satisfied with him
self is usually disappointed with other
people. 8uid'on I24".77H.' al 20i"..'"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-10-19

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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-02
Antiquity of EcIls.

Before the time OF bells various In
struments were used to aumrlon con-
gragations to worship. In Egypt they
ar. said to have followed 5owish GUS
tom in using trumpet. In some Or
iental churches kind of rattle gave
tha signal. In mopastores monks
took 1t in turn to go round the cells,
calling the inmates. to their deyotions
by knocking with hammer, which
was called the awakening inst"';-
mont" Bells of one kind or another
are, however, OF very great antiquity.
having been used In religious cere-
monies by many of the ancient nationa
as means of honoring their gods and
summoning them to the fcasts. For
example. the feast of Osiris and Isis
was always announced by bells. Pliny
says that bells were in use long before
his time, being called Tin tin nabula."
The use of small bells (nolac) in Eng
land. says William of Malmesbury,
may be traced back as far as the fifth
century. and 1t is clear from Bede tha,
even those of the larger kind (cam-
panae). such as sounded in the air and
called numerous congregation to d.
vire service. were employed In Eng
land as early as the year ESQ. being
that In which the Abbot Hilds died.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-02
Justice for tho Wives.

You can stand by now for whole
lot of gags In the newspapers about
the bum cigars. the unsmokable pipes.
and the delirium tremens neckties
bought by wives as Christmas presents
for their husbands" said department
clerk whose speciality is puncturing
current fallacies to his own satistac.
tion. Its about time this particu.
lar brand Of Christmas humor were
shelved. I've made n careful canvass
on the subject. and l have ascertain
ed. after questioning all the men
know. that the Christmas cigars pur-
chased by women for their husbands
are generally about five times as good
as the husbands are used to; that
the Christmas present pipes assay
three times as high as the ordinary
pipes bought by the husbands. I've
got one myself that my wife bought
for me Christmas present three years
ago. and it's as sweet as n nut at
the present moment; and. finally, that
the neckties given as Christmas pres
ents to husbands by their wives arc.
in nine cases out of ten. the acme of
taste and judgment in selection. New
ertheless. suppose this especial brand
Of joke will go on outliving Its truth.
as SO many others do"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-02

Napoicon'a Strange. Plan Of Conquest.
A German historian is said to have
discovered Napoleon's original plans
for the invasion Of Great Britain in
the year 1889. and accident wills 1t
that this discovery was made at the
same time that the French agitation
for submarine tunnel connecting
France (via Spain). with her African
possessions Is renewed.
One hundred years ago Napoleon
was still General Bonaparte. He had
humbled Italy, and had captured the
pope: free Switzerland was vassal
of France. Then the general set out
to be lord OF the sea.
He decided to tow an army over
to the British coast on great floating
forts. with large bodies of troops lined
up in battle order. They were then to
fight their way ashore. and land on
the coast without resort to lighters.
The troops were to march ashore in
the order Of their regiments. preceded
and backed up by the artillery.
1t will be remembered that Napoleon
has often declared that he would have
been Us great an admiral as he was
general with half a chance. But" he
added. "the French are useless as SAIL
ors. They gre too fussy, too excitable.
At sea one needs q calm mind. quiet
fortitude. and energy"
To many on this side Of the Atlantic,
the words "engine house." marked on
Napoleon's plans. are Of peculiar In
terest. Fulton. the American inventor,
launched his first experimental steam
boat on the Seine In 1903, but his con-
nection with the French government
dates from 1897. when he offered his
submarine torpedo boat to France.
Failing in this. he turned his attention
to steam navigation. From his draw
ings. 1t would seem that Napoleon
meant to try steam navigation with his
ferries one hundred years ago.
No doubt Napoleon used Fulton's
plans. but there was still another
American inventor at his service
John Fitch. of Connecticut-whob built
the first unsuccessful sidewheelers in
17SS to 1870. and three years later
went to Paris to sell improved plans
for steam navigation to the French
government.
Bonaparte's ferries were built in
Brest, in Cherbourg. and in Boulogne,
but when Napoleon inspected them. in
the spring of 1898. his faith in the new
tangled marine monsters wavered. He
abandoned the proposed invasion Of
his famous expedition to Egypt.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-02
White House Clocks.

1.-THE clocks In the white house." re-
marked an official clock-winder to a
Washington Star reporter, "are by no
means the most urinteresting things
about the house, though but little has
ever appeared about them in the news
papers. Strange as it may appear, but
one of the old clocks is of American
manufacture, though all that have been
purchased of late years are. The one
clock referred to was made in New
York and was purchased when James
Monroe was president. It is one of
the permanent fixtures in the green
room and has been there ever since 1t
was purchased. AS a timepiece 1t COM
pares favorably with any of the for
eign-made clocks, though It was made
at time when America was not as
famous for its timepieces as 1t is now.
The most interesting clock there, of
course, from its history is the clock in
the blue parlor, which was once the
property of Napoleon Bonaparte, who
presented It to General Lafayette, and
the latter presented 1t to General
Washington. The frame of 1t is made
of alabaster and French gilt bronze.
It has to be wound but once month.
It keeps time today as accurately as
when first made.
What Is known as the Lincoln
clock, purchased when President Lin
coin was in the white house, is an OBJ
ject Of interest in the red room, and
is OF ebony and gold. 1t strikes the
quarters. halves and hours. In Mrs.
McKfnley's room ia n clock which boc
been running without the slightest in
termission for nearly thirty years. The
clock at the foot of the stairs leading
up to the presidents office is the one
that the public generally sees. It is
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-02
A Dance in n Church.

According to a very old-established
custom dance takes place yearly on
the 1st of May in the parish church Of
Musgrave, in Westmoreland, in connec-
tion with the custom Of rush bearing.
Twelve young maidens Of Brough zap
proved by the Vicar). assemble on the
LIST OF May at 10 o'clock in the morn
ing at the foot of Brough bridge, their
white dresses decorated with flowers
and garland on their heads in the
shape of crown. formed OF rushes.
with flowers entwined on the outside
Accompanied by a band the maidena
proceed through the fields to Mus
grave, about mile distant, the band
playing and the rush-bearing dancing
On reaching the church the rush boar.
ers are led up the north aisle and bnno
up their garlands on the side wall.
there to remain until the next van
The gospel is read by the clergyman
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-02
New Napoleon Letter.

The historic chateau of Malmaison is
being restored by NJ. Osiris, n wealthy
Napoleon worshiper. It is his inten-
ton, says the London Chronicle, to
turn 1t into a Napoleonic museum, and
to present 1t to the state in time for
it to form one of the attractions of
he great exhibition in 1900. In re-
pairing tie library a very interesting
find was made in the shape of a let
ter from Napoleon to Josephine, dat
ed from the Trianon. August Is, 1913,
reproaching her with not saving mon
ey. He advises her to put her affairs
in order, not to spend more than gf).-
900 year and to save the other G60,-
900. Thus in ten years she would
have accumulated a fortune for her
grandchildren. Instead of doing this.
however, am told" he continues,
that you are in debt. II you wish to
please me take care to fill fat stock
ing. What do you suppose would be
my opinion Of you If knew you TO be
In debt with an income of 5000 900
francs n year?"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-02
Queer Dev,c. for Ga milling.

1.-THE queerest gambling device that
I ever saw was check perforator."
said ]. H. Irons of the United States
marshal's Office to n Pittsburg News
man. II went Into a downtown bank
not long ago at the noon hour to serve
a paper on the president. There was
a board meeting on in back room.
noticed all OF the clerks In a bunch
playing some game. and l went over
to see what 1t was. They had one
OF those revolving check perforators
with numbers on 1t from o to 0. One
man was spinning and acting as bank
err while the others were laying bets
on the numbers. They were operat-
ing on the old wheel-of-fortune sys-
TEN. I got SO deeply interested that
forgot all about the paper 1 had to
serve until there was sudden scat
tering Of the group and a disappear
ance OF the perforator and tho cash
on the board. I turned and saw the
president. When he entered the bank
ing room every clerk was busy at his
desk"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-02
WHEN roLsro, WRITES A BOOK

Count Leo Tolstoi is such an original
author that 1t is not In the least sur
prising that his modus operandi when
writing book is equally SO. AS soon
as he has decided what the plot of O
new novel is to be he makes a rough
sketch of the whole, leaving out de-
tails, using for the purpose quarto pa
per of the commonest description,
probably from motives of economy, as
his handwriting is SO large that he
uses an enormous amount OF paper for
very little work; this he gives to his
wife or one of his daughters to rewrite
and reduce to something like neatness
AS soon as the first manuscript is ready
he works up the plot and fills in some
Of the details, writing his own COM
ments and ideas, for future alteration.
on the margin.
From the first copy second and
third are made. each in the same way.
II there is any part with which Count
Tolsoi Is very much dissatisfied, he
will take the trouble to write and re-
write it as many as eight or nine times,
oooAel pass uhJ thihS Will WHICH
he is not quite pleased; he very seidoli
succeeds at once in describing any
very remarkable scene, and when any
great difficulty presents itself he adopts
the highly original way of getting over
1t and collecting his ideas by playing
q game of Patience"
Critical as he is about his own work,
Count Tolsoi meets with still sharper
criticism from his wife and family, and
as he places great reliance on their
Judgment and good taste in all things
relating to literature. as soon as u new
novel is completed he reads 1t over to
them, in order that they may suggest
such alterations as they think advisa-
BILE; some of which suggestions he acts
upon. When the proofsheets are sent
In their correction absorbs his whole
time and attention, and 1t is said that
no living author gives his publisher. 80
much trouble. owing to the numberless
alterations he insists upon.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-02

NEEDN'T look at me again. and you
are safe. Go-go!"
They went; and Helen Dsnnys, who
was supposed to have been drowned
seven years ago, sank back into her
seat and covered her face with her
hands in passion of despair and
stormy revolt, almost as fierce as that
which swept her the morning she tried
to take her husbands life.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-02
Tho Broken Honrt.
(An Old Favorite.)

IAN Olu fuNoIlteJ
Now lock my chamber door, father.
And say you left me sleeping;
But never tell my step-mother
OF all this bitter weeping.
No earthly sleep can ease my smart.
Or even awhile reprieve It:
For there's a pang at my young heart
That never more can leave 1t!
Oh. let me lie and weep my I'LL
Der wounds that heal can never.
And oh. kind heaven! were 1t thy Will.
To close my eyes for ever.
For how can maids affections dear
Recall her love mistaken?
Or how can heart OF maiden bear
To know that heart forsahen!
oh, why should vows so fondly made,
Be broken ere the morrow
To one who loved never maid
Loved In this world of sorrow!
The look Of scorn 1 cannot brave.
Nor PHYS eye more drcary:
quiet sleep within the gravs
Is oil for which l weary!
green.
And banks of broom so yellow!
Too happy has this bosom been
Within your nrbors mellow.
That happiness is fed for ny,
And all Is dark desponding-
Save in the opening gates of day.
And the dear home beyond thcm!
-Hogg.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-02
CHAPTER XVII.

SAAAk ASAs "A
Presently the door opened again, and
q portly nurse. laden with gorgeous
ly-clad baby, waddled in, speedily fol-
lowed by the owner of the gay voice
and begemmed fingers, namely. Mrs.
Dennys OF Colworth, stately we'll
conditioned lady, on whose lovely
blooming face not the faintest trace of
shame. remorse, regret lingered-a face
that was the embodiment of supreme
| dissatisfaction and unshadowed pros
perity. Helen looked into 1t long and
deeply with hungry eyes, then turned
to the wall, when q shower of hot
tears dimmed her sight.
Il tell you, Halpin. the box is some
where In the station; the porter dis
tinctly saw it being lifted out of the
last train, and won't leave the sta
tion until 1t is found. really never
met such helpless and stupid woman
as you; 1t is unbearable!" cried Mrs,
Dennys angrily, stamping her foot,
'Hullo, Hullo. wife. what's the storm
about?" interposed mans voice. rs
half you're nursery missing, or WHAT"
my bonnet-box from Elsie's is miss
Ahtb Aii. iIChhs anu tcliluS
pin that won't leave the station until
1t is forthcoming; I'll not have the his
tory of my emerald bracelet repeated"
Mr.. Dennys made half-soothing,
half-bantering reply; at the same time.
seizing his little girl. he perched her
on his shoulder. The child clung to
him fearfully. her eyes fixed upon the
dark figure, which nobody seemed to
notice.
Helen's lips moved in incoherent ter
rife prayer. her hands pressed to her
eyes.
Help me. help me. o Heaven!" she
prayed. "Oh. do not desert me after
seven years struggle. don't let my sac
rihce be all in vain! have suffered,
have struggled! Oh. for PHYS sake
help me now, or IL ruin-ruin him
love! Paul. Paul. II you love your
wife. your children. your happy home.
go-go quick. before my strength
leaves me. before I look at you-before
look at you again"
She leaned forward rocking herself
to and fro in the fever Of temptation.
moaning feebly. until some one touch
eo hcI upt tdiSeu arm, anu ueE MANU- ieii
instinctively. Edith's husband was
standing beside her. speaking to her.
II beg your pardon. madam. there
is parcel under your seat. Would you
allow me to see II It is the one we are
looking for No. 1t is not: thanks.
am sorry for disturbing YOU"
He moved away. not gleam Of rec
ognition in his face. and she looked
after him dumbly. her hands lying on
her lap.
At first she could not see him plain
ly for a red mist shrouded her eyes;
but It passed away. and he stood clear
before her. man In the prime of life:
stalwart and shapcly. with handsome
sunny face as insouciant. free from
remorse and care as Edith's own. q
man whom the world used well, who
had obeyed her last request In the
spirit as well as the letter Changed:
oh. SO little changed since the summer
days long ago. when she watched him
died on her lips. the tumult in her
her god among men-a little fuller
in the body and redder in face. but
otherwise unchanged. unchangedi
ho
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-02

rather modern in co.s.:uceicH Ct the
regulator pattern, AID is very :alta5ic.
THE clock in Private Secretary Po.-
ter's room Is admired for fits cathedral
gong rather than anything elsa. but
1t Is :. good clock and has SO proven
itss!f for the ten or Gfteen years 1t
taa been there"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-02
Health for Ten Cents.

Cascarets make bowels and kidneys M,
naturally, destroy microbes, cure headache.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-02
CHAPTER XVI.

SAAFhh A<As ~
One cold gusty evening in October.
seven years after the pen had fallen
from Paul Dennys' hand. two women.
wearing the garb Of the good Sisters
of Nazareth, wended their way across
the little country churchyard of Col
worth and stood silently before a white
marble cross bearing the following In
scription-
Sacred to the memory of Helen,
the beloved wife OF Paul Dennys Of
Colworth, who died END OF July. 1877,
aged 49,"
ut stood few yards away from the
huge stone monument under which
generations OF Dennyses slept, the
reeds and rushes from the river. flow-
ing close by, rustling mournfully
around 1t, making the spot so dismal
and ghostly that the elder sister, n
woman Of vigorous and unimagin-
ative disposition, shuddered involun-
tarily and exclaimed half-pettishly to
her silent companion
well, sister, is our journey at an
end? Is this the spot we have travelled
over two hundred miles to visit?"
Eyes. I wanted to know II this
Helen Dennys was buried here. and
find she is. l am ready to go back now,
Sister Agatha, when you wish" She
stopped to pick spray of ivy grow
ing round the cross, held it in her hand
irresolutely for a moment, then flung
1T into the river and moved heavily
away.
mo; wait moment and rest your
self-you look quite exhausted. Don't
sit on the grass, child; do you wish to
get your death OF cold? Sit here on
the slab beside me-" cried Sister
Agatha, laying motherly hand on her
companions shoulder.
She obeyed. tossing back her heavy
Grape veil, and lifted wan listless
face to the low murky sky.
Poor. Helen" she sighed presently,
with a weak laugh. They haven't
given her very dry bed, have they?
They might have moved her little
farther, even though it were only her
memory mouldering there"
Sister Agatha made no reply, but
read aloud the inscription, comment
ing softly, aged ninteen. That was
young to bid good-by to earthly hap
piness. Was this Helen relation
any one you loved-Sister Clothilde?'
II knew her all her life; though she
died young in years, she was old in
sorrow"
And yet she was beloved?"
80 the stone says-so the stone
says. oh. sister. sister," burst out the
young nun, with sudden, bitter cry,
"of all the lies, uttered or recorded
in this world Of lies, there are none
none, I say-so shameful, SO bare
faced AS those that defile the grave
yards of our land!"
Hush, hush, my dear sister" re-
proved the elder, In n shocked voice.
Pray, pray compose yourself-you do
not know what you are saying; how
nnbecoming-"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-02

IT can't understand Professor wb,o.
ems great popularity as lecturnrkt,.
"rhats easy; the women enjoy his hi.
at the men and the men enjoy his hits s,
the women" " IL
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-02

There, is nothing more. uncertain tb,,
a horse race" exclaimed the man with'
tendency to talk loud; And the melan
worked in a weather bureau, did youo"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-02
IN THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND cURIoGs THINGS
AND EVENTS.

White House Clocks-Some of TheM
Are Famous and Have Histories
Nspoleon's Strange Plan of Conquest
Antiquity of BelIs. sa
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-02

Richards' Magic Catarrh Expellant O.
Omaha. Neb. Write for particulars. w.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-02

wife, what lot of grammatical error
you make!" what OF it? Aren't tbev 4,
good AS those your mother used L
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-02

know that my life was saved by P,so,,
Au Sable, Michigan, April 81, 1895.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-02
CHAPTER XV.-(Continued.)

y ( : CHAPTER XV.-(Continued0
my dear boy, wait a moment, just o
moment" pleaded my uncle, his hand
grasping my arm. I'VE will give you
all the particulars we have CLEANED.
Don't-don't be afraid. Unfortunately
up to the present we've have no re-
liable clue to your wife's whereabouts
more than the letter has probably
given you; but we hope"
There's her hat-the hat she al
ways wears in the garden; 1t looks all
wet and muddy-she must have drop
ped 1t in the grass. Give 1t to me
give 1t to me! Finlay. what on earth
have you jngling there? lit looks
-"
II don't know what 1t is; do you
recognize it, Mr.. Dennys?" he an
swered, holding up block of bruised
metal from which hung light rusted
chain entangled in a rag of blue rib
bon.
THAT rubbish?-no. At first in the
shade there thought 1t looked not un-
like a steel girdle and chatelaine my
wife wears-one that bought her at
the Palais Royal last spring. IL don't
know what put It into my head. Give
me the hat. Where was 1t found? An
swer me, answer me! Are you all
struck dumb?"
Then they told me. two or three OF
them taking up one another nervous
~, that the hat was picked up the
morning before by the children OF the
Grange lodge In n bed of rushes down
the river; that the chain and mass OF
metal had been found twisted round
the big wheel OF the Red Mill. and that
1t was recognized by Carter. my wife's
maid. as part Of the chatelaine she un-
doubtedly wore the day she disap-
peared.
"You-you wish me to understand
that my wife went down the river un-
der the mill machinery like the girl
long ago? You-you want me to be-
lieve that? Great heavens"'
"My dear boy-no. no. As long as
there is no further confirmation. OF
course we've must hope for the best;
but-but you see. unfortunately the
night was dark. and the river unusual
ly swollen: 1t is so dangerous down
by that broken bridge. SO easy to miss
ones footing In the-the-I say, catch
him. catch him! oh, poor fellow, he's
falling!"
saw their faces crowding round me.
the room seemed to heave convulsive-
ly, and then I remembered nothing
more for many weeks.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-02

Champagne was first made by monks
in the seventeenth century.