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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-14
THE PIANO DETECTIVE.
Work That Keeps q sIeuth busy
Nest Of the Time.

hoss " Nhe
Did you ever hear Of piano detect
iveT'
The city hall detective scratched his
head retlectively and then was compel.
led to admit that he had never heard OF
such an individual.
We'll. there are n dozen or more of
them In Philadelphia, and they make
good money too
Their work Is simple. You see, n
great many piano firms sell instru-
ments on the installment plan. That Is.
the purchaser pays, say, $50 down on a
5000 or 5000 instrument and agrees to
make good the remainder ut so much n
month by far the greater number OF
such purchasers are as honest as the
day Is long, but once In while a man
comes along whose little scheme Is to
move out the plano n day or two after
1t Is delivered and sell II for couple
of hundred,
1T Is the business Of the piano de-
tective to circumvent this sort OF thing.
AS rule, some suspicious movement
on the part of the would be defrauder
of the piano dealer causes him to be
placed under suspicion. The dealer
can't step IN and take his Instrument
away unGer the contract, and the only
thing he can do is to watch It. Here
Is where the piano detective comes In.
He hovers around the house In which
the suspected purchaser lives, night
and day, watching any attempt to make
way with the piano. Usually three or
four weeks are long enough TO settle
the question one way or another. If the
plano buyer Is crooked, he is practically
certain to make some sort of a move
before the expiration of that time. IL
he doesn't, II Is pretty safe presumption
that the suspicion is groundless and
the piano detective Is called Off by his
employer, with no one but himself and
two or three others the wiser. But the
precaution Is n necessary one."-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-14
RECIPE FOR RAlNMAklNG.
subsuIphuric Acid. Water and Zinc
Create Artificial storms.

Create Artificial storms.
Some years ago Kansas was overrun
with so called "rainmakcrs'' who did a
with drought The Rock Island rail-
| road had rainmaker who Travelled
about the country In special car and
made rain from Texas to Iowa. At the
time the process employed was guard
ed as n secret, and no doubt the mys-
terry surrounding the operation had
| much to do with the interest aroused
| among the people. But now comes
| George Matthews In the Wichita Eagle
with n full exposition Of the means
employed by the Rock Island wizard
and others, and the following is the
| recipe given by him:
"Ten fluid ounces Of subsulphuric
| acid.
Fifty fluid ounces OF water.
give ounces of zinc.
Renew every hour and stir every 30
minutes day and night until rain
| comes. The moment rain begins to
fall remove jar or crock. In territory
west OI huuSus use Onc-tHlru icsss "
sea level use double the quantity. In
Kansas work only on southerly winds,
which are the moisture bearing winds.
Begin an experiment only In clear
sky. One station of the experiment, IL
successful, will produce n rain 30 to 30
miles In diameter. A better and more
certain result can be secured by having
three or more stations 40 or 80 miles
apart"
According to Mr.. Matthews, this mix
ture left In an open mouthed jar gen
crates hydrogen gas, which rapidly
ascends. The theory IL that this gas
ascending creates shaft through tho
hot air down which the cold air PUSHES,
creating a storm center and gathering
moisture for precipitation. Matthews
claims that Of the 200 experiments
made by him at least 1870 were success
ful.-Kansas City Journal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-14
Contrary.

81 think my Uncle jerry" said Aunt
Mehitabel, @was the contrariest man
ever see. I remember Of his pickin
up hot p'tater once when we was
eatln dinner, an there wasn't no COM
pany at the house, nuther. An what
do you s'pose he done with itr
"Threw 1t at somebody conJectured
one Of the listeners.
"No; he held It In his hand till 1t
blistered him."
"What did he do that forp
"Cause anybody else would "a drop
ped it"-Youth's Companion.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-14

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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-14
Frankfort (Ky.) Roundabout.

Raven food is positive cure for
chicken cholera, roupe, gapes and all
diseases of poultry. 1t regulates the
bowels, blood, and digestive organs,
produces bone, muscle, and larger
fowl and makes hens lay in winter.
Young chickens will grow rapidly free
from disease. Try dollar box and IL
not satisfactory money returned. For
sale by Riddlesbarger & Fay.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-14
An Easy One.

He entered the cheap restaurant ant
took seat at one of the tables.
"Wlll you have Is cent dinner or
25 cent one? inquired waiter.
as there any real differenceT
Certainly"
"What Is itT'
"Ten cents."-Ohio State Journal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-14

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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-14

NameIess and Dnteless Tombstone.
Speaking Of tombstone literature, we
have some In our own cemetery which
read little queer. On one Of the
stones which mark grave not SO
very old is the following:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-14

In Henry Wits time lamp was
found In a monastic tomb that had
been burning for 1000 years.
The woman who is lovely In face,
form and temper, will always have
friends. hut one who would be attrac.
tive, must keep her health. III she Is
weak, sickly, and all run down, she will
be nervous and irritable. Ii she has
constipation or kidney trouble, her i'm
pure blood will cause pimples. blotches
skin eruptions and Il wretched com
plexion. Electric bitters Is the best
medicine in the world to regulate stom-
ach, liver and kidneys and to purify
the blood. 1t gives strong nerves,
bright eyes, smooth, yelvety skin, rich
velvety skin, rich complexion. 1t will
make u good looking, charming woman
of a rundown invalid. Only 80 cents
at A. III. Roberts drug store.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-14

Mailed free for IL lion heads cut from
Lion Coffee wrappers and q 2-cent stamp.
An unusually fine picture, from the brush
of the noted German artist, Gabriel Max.
Lions Bride" The story is interesting
and we send with each picture a hand
some folder, containing copy of the poem
and telling all aboutit. Size, l5X26 inches.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-14

The western part of Persia Is In
habited by species of camel which is
the pygmy Of Its kind. They are snow
white and are on that account almost
worshiped by the people.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-14

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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-14
Stylish Belt-Buckle.

welcomed for "dressed-up" occasions by
the ladies who like to wear different
colored sashes The gold-fnish goes well
with any of them. Given for 20 lion
heads and 2-cent stamp.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-12-14

EsrRAY NoTIcE. There is a stray 2
year old colt at my place in Greedy.
Owner come and prove poperty and pay
expenses. 48w2 s. M. GARDSER.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-02-17
Who Is To Blame.

Kidney trouble has become so prevalent
that 1t IS not uncommon for a child to be
born afflicted with weak kidneys.
II the child urnates too often, if the
urine scalds the flesh, or If, when the
child reaches an age when it should be
able to control the passage, and it is yet
afflicted with bed-wetting, depend upon
IT, the cause Of the difficulty is kidney
trouble, and the first step should be to-
wards the treatment of these important
organs. This unpleasant trouble is due
to a diseased condition OF the kidneys
and bladder and not TO habit as most
people suppose.
II the adult has rheumatism; pain or
dull ache in the back: if the water passes
IN irreguler quantities; or at irregular
intervals or has bad ordor; il il stains
the linen or vessel the color of rust; il
the feet swell if there are puffy or dark
circles under the eyes; your kidneys are
the cause and need doctoring. Treat
ment Of some diseases may be DELAYED
without danger, not so with kidney
disease.
Dr. hilmer's swamp Root the great
kidney, liver and bladder remedy prompt
y cures the most distressing cases. Its
mild and extraordinary effect is soon
'ealized. Sold by druggists in 6fty.cent
md dollar sizes. You may have
ample bottle and pamphlet telling all
bout 1t sent free by mail. Address DIR.
Ailmer Il Co., Binghamton, n. Y. When
writing mention that you read this
enerous offer in the Farmville HERALD.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-02-17
TRAINING THE VOICE.
ben"ty Of Utterance. In Speech or
Song. Is n Mark Of Culture in
All Good Society.

Aristotle said: at is not only nee
essary to have something to say. il is
also necessary to know how to say it,"
\ well-trained voice is a mark of cul-
ture in all refined society. This is as
true in speech as in song; the same
principles govern both. but are even
more important in relation TO speech.
Song implies a distinct art, whereas
speech is universal. Modern civiliza-
ton eNacts purity Of speech and dis
tinct articulation. but
IT'S not enough the voice be sound and
clear
It's modulaiion that most charms the ear.
Sir Morroll Mackenzie says: "Itisa
mistake to think that speaking requires
no special training and exercise. Even
in ordinary conversation speaking is an
art. and a difficult one" For the club /
woman and the woman Of society not I
TO specially cultivate the speaking or
conversational voice is TO handicap
them with a defect wholly unnecessary.
a well-moduiated voice may be ac-
quired in adult life. but the preferable
period of requirement is in childhood
and youth.
The generality of mothers are not
lwake 10 the beauty of U;terance. If
hey were they would consider the ac.
luisition of a weli-modulated speaking
II conversational voice should go hand
p hand with piano-playing and sing
ng. If the cultivation Of the every
lay speaking voice had been given
he attention and study that piano
llaying has received. the disagreeabe
lement so often complained Of in the
american voice would have disappeared
ong ago.
Sturgeon said: 81 believe that every.
ne should train his voice and body I'M /,
er some system Of elocution First. ,
Dr the health it affords; second. for q,
s educating effects; third. for the ad- >,
antage il gives over others for use :,
illness. Chicago Post.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-02-17
A TALK ABOUT TEA.
Some II Affects Most PIensontly
Others Are Seriously Poisoned
by Single Cup.

Among "the cups that cheer but NOT
ineoriate' tea and coffee stand pre-
eminent. Tea is, as rule. the favori p
in nothern attitudes. while the con-
sumption Of coffee is greatest in warn,
countries.
Like most things in this world. es-
pecially like most stimulants. tea has
ITS good and i,s bad side. When taken
III moderation, and by one with whom
IL does not disagree-for some persons
cannot drink even a small cup without
symptoms Of poisoning is a stimu-
liant, relieving mental and bodily IA.
igue' promoting intellectual activity.
curing tired" headache and CAUSING
a most agreeable sense of well-beinp or
even eXhilaration.
Part Of this effect is doubtless due n
the hot water-in itself a powerful
siimulant-yet not all. for cold tea acts
almost equally well. When one feels
cold. the heat and the alkaloid caffeine
or theine-in a cup Of tea act as
siimulants 10 the heart. Increasing /
the warmth Of the body. On the |
other hand. hot tea is asserted TO bs
cooling in hot weather by reason of the
profuse PRECIPITATION which il induces.
The evil effects Of overindulgence in
tea are greater than the good effects
just mentioned. Taken in excessive
quantity. or even in moderate quantity
by one with whom il does not agree.
ten causes marked dyspeptic and ner,-
Gus disturbances. Tea drunkards suf-
fer from catarrh Of the stomach. fatu-
.ence. inactivity OF the bowels-or
sometimes the reverse-palpitation of
he heart nervous unrest. muscular
wiichings and wakefulness.
Some people, who can usually drink u
ca without any evil consequences. find j.
hat they cannot do so if they happen s
o be worried or in mental distress: at b
uch times the beverage instead Of r,
heering, aggrayates the worry and I,
dds 10 IL the misery Of Indigestion. 81
ome Of the dyspeptic troubles pro-
uced by tea are doubtless due TO the
lnnin which is contained in il in vary
~ amounts. according TO the kind and IL
lality, and which is extracted from p,
ie leaves especially by long sleeping
by boiling.-Youths Companion. ot
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-02-17

The wives of some of the Indian
braves have names as odd and often as
droll as their husbands. They seem to
have cognomens Of their own too and
not to take those Of their spouses only.
Some Of the actual names given in
census Of the families Of the scouts al
one place include Mrs. Short Nose. who
was before her marriage Miss Piping
Woman; Mrs. Big Head. formerly Miss
Short Face; Mrs. Nibbs. formerly Miss
Young Bear; Mrs. White Crow, former
ly Miss Crook Pipe; Mrs. Howling
Water, formerly Miss Crow Woman;
also Mrs. Sweet Water. Miss Walk High,
daughter of Mr. White Calf. and Miss
Usage, daughter of Mr.. Hard Case.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-02-17
Dangers Of the Grip.

The greatest danger from La Grippe
Is OF It's resulting in pneumonia. II
reasonable care is used, however, and
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy taken,
all danger will be avoided. Among
the tens of thousands who have used
this remedy for la grippe we have yet
20 learn Of single case having resulted
IN pneumonia which shows conclusive
~ that this remedy is a certain pre-
ventve Of that dangerous disease. It
VIII cure la grippe in less time than
any other treatment. 1t is pleasant
ana safe to take. For sale by Cum
ningham Drug Co.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-02-17
A TALKING GLOVE.
Mover CONGREGATIONAL ENpcdient Of a
Young Woman Who Il Mind,
Deaf and Dumb.

Blind Matte" is an inmate Of tbe
Newark almshouse, says the New York
'ress. This Kind Of home life would
TEEN sad enough. but for Matte II mai
iers little where She lives so LONG as
people about her are kind and consid-
crate.
Not only is she blind. but She is also
deaf and dumb. and can neither smell
nor taste.
With all this anliction She possesses
mind of remarkable activity and even
briliiancy, for she can rhyme HYMNS
which She loves to compose. and. in
deed. there is in many Of them n real
poetic pathos. She is 80 years old. but
looks much older.
Her sad life has attracted much at-
ientien. and recently She received q
talking giove"-a gift from deaf
mute in Hartford. Conn. who had read
of Mattie's afliction and who invented
the glove to help mitigate them.
IL Is a common white cotton glove.
with the alphabet put on #. each letter
on the balls of the fingers. Matte isso
quick AT learning with touch that in
single day She bad memorized the posi-
'lon OF every letter, so that now the 7.
people about her can talk to her by
'peiling oat the word on the letters of
-he glove
She is happy now. sitting by her little
'ot' waiting for some one to talk TO
ler' Over and over again her lips
move in spelling out words. and while
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-02-17

she sits and waits She talks TO herself
and often kisses the simple little cotton
thing. her key to everything about her.
Blind Matiie's story is remarkable.
She was born healthy and perfect. and
until She reached her eighth year
showed no signs Of disease or deform-
ity.
When She was eight years old her
brother died. and she was dreadfully
shocked by the event. One dav She en-
tered a vacant room in her home in
Newark and there imagined She saw her
dead brother, and that he said TO her:
Matte. where's pap"
The sound Of his voice struck her
dumb, and when She was found She had
lost the senses which never returned.
One Of the saddest parts Of this is
that the shock which caused her great
sorrow was only imaginary. Doctors
from all parts of the country have
worked on the case, with no food re-
suits.
She remembers how the sky looks
and what it is like to hear sounds. but
never again ON earth will she enter the
light Of material things.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-02-17
Troops Of children besiege travellers
even now, singing:

GOOD mOrrOW, Valentine.
First it's yours, then tbs mine,
So please give me a Valentine"
Here is a good design for a dainty
valentine to send your true lover 1t is
intended to be outlined in silk. on
white ground, surrounded with blue
forget-me-nots. with the delicate line
Of the Mercury in bright red. healthy
looking heart being at its base. There
is 'cute" little cupid in the left hand
corner, that can be made to harmonic
with the red Of the Mercury and the
pale gold of the sentimental lettering.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-02-17
Nails Never Grow Equally.

The nails Of two fingers never grow
with the same degree Of rapidity. The
nail Of the middle finger grows with
the greatest rapidity. and that Of the
thumb least. II has been computed
that the average growth Of the finger
nail is one-thirty-second Of an inch per
week. or little more than an inch and
9 half per year.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-02-17
VALENTINE FANCIES.
Here Is Good Design for n Dainty
Little Novelty to Send TO Your
True Lover.

1t used to be an English custom for
children to rise up early in the morning
Of Valentines day. in order TO be the
first TO say Good morrow. Valentine"
The one addressed would have to re-
ward the well wisher with a gift
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-02-17
For LaIGrippe.

Thomas Whitfield q Co., 2iO Wabash
av., corner Jackson-st., one Of Chicago's
Oldest and most prominent druggists,
recommend Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy for la grippe, as it not only
gives prompt and complete relief,
but also counteracts any tendency Of la
grippe TO result in pneumonia. For
sale by Cunningham Drug Co.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-02-17
HumiIiating Blood Diseases

Humiliating blood diseases can De cured.
rms Is not theory, IL is "A fact. Cures are
being made every day, though they are not
made In a day. The reason why so many
suffer without hope is because they have
Deen so often induced to try impossible rem.
edies. The man who says that blood dis
ease can be cured by local application or
operation Is fraud There is but one way
the blood must be purified. When that lis
zone the disease disappears. The best puri-
fer Is Davlds Sasapariila. It does the work
when Others fail. For sale by Winston q
Gray.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-02-17

Some people are made criminals by
the harshness and permanency Of their
punishment and for these society has
toanswer Unfortunately prison walls
cannot speak and society as whole
has no time to heed things or persons
that are out Of sight; were it otherwise
our ears would tingle at the maledic-
tions upon us by those who in the first
Instance wronged society but at the
last were wronged themselves and that
for life. Many we'll intentioned lad.
for serious Ofense has been placed |
where those long in the way Of crime |
could influence him, or where he him
self was so lacking in demands on his
mind and his hands that he brooded
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-02-17
Terrier, salt-Rheum and Eczema.

The intense itching and smarting
incident TO these diseases, is instantly
allayed by applying Chamberlainis Is
Eye and Skin Ointment. Many very
bad cases have been permanently cured
by 1t. 1t Is equally efficient for itching
piles and a favorte remedy for sore
nipples, chapped hands, chilblains,
frost bites and chronic sore eyes. 25cts
per box. For sale by Cunningham &
Co., Druggists.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-02-17

Some people fall under the Ian OF
the law and become criminals by hap
penings that are almost accidents.
A pinch Of the pocket, a crowdng by
obligations, a favorable opportunity
and the hitherto respectable member
of society is arraigned and sentenced
and confined.
a little quarrel, harmless enough at
the outset-and liable to occur with
the best Of us-fres uncomfortable
passion and bodily injury is done to
the opponent. Then the culprit pos
sibly less guilty or at any rate less
annoying than the one he knocks down
is put where he can do no further
harm.
Or perhaps the complaining voices of
hungry children and the wistful woe
Of a suffering wife make man lend
ear to the tempter who urges him to
take from those who well can spare to
give to those who need and society's
organized protectors descend upon the
unhappy, needy, bewildered being and
he is put where the immediate result
is to reduce his family to still greater
need.
Society Of the century yet to come 3
will be found more willing to set free
iuch as these than to shut them up. ; n
The system of suspending sentence i
'ver a first offender, and enforcing il d
My after the commission of a second p
nisdeed will be found much more i'm Il
ogue forty years from now by those II
T US who survive so long. No pro- u
hecy can be surer for such action will n
My be along the line of common "
snse towards which the Interpretation n
law is beginning to tend more and o,
lore. The wisdom Of the act consists nj
understanding human nature and q,
lerefore knowing that to an unhard- 80
led criminal the dread of a sentence q,
Iii in suspense will be punishment lo
Id deterrent enough. Society will Of
I'VE had all needed protection and the ",
imam creature that society is dealing to
tn will have been given a chance to a.l
ow that his wrong. doing was not the of
'ult Of evil tendency; and the eyes Of m,
r grandchildren will be saved from wa
2 shameful sight Of remedial insti- in
ions being filled with those who are no,
mayed in self-respect by the asso- do,
tions to which mischance has viii
,jected them. hos