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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-15
AVOID DANCER.
Tho Danger of Catarrh Ointmsats That
Costain Mercary.

Costain Mercary.
This Journal, although more particu-
iarly devoted to all that interests
finance, commerce and manufactur-
ing, is nevertheless always awake to
the need and wants OF its readers, let
the subject be what II may. We were
asked to investigate and report upon
the merits Of the various catarrh RENE
dies on the market The production
of preparations Of injurious compost
ton cannot, unfortunately. be stopped
or restricted at present, or until our
state legislatures can be induced to
pass such suitable and stringent laws
as will efrectnally prevent their APP
pearanee on the market. In the mean
time, the people must look out for
themselves. In this matter, We have
made q most careful and painstaking
investigation, realizing the confidence
that would be placed in our reply. Our
medical stan employed to make such
Investigations were most favorably
impressed with the preparation known
as Halls catarrh cure, manufactured
by +. J. Cheney & Co. Of Toledo, Ohio.
and agreed that this peerless remedy
deserves our highest Endorsement
Many Of the catarrh remedies on ths
market contain mercury, which de-
stroys the sense OF smell and deranges
the whole system when entering
through the mucous surfaces. From
analysis we found that Halls catarrh
cure contains no mercury. 1t ia taken
internally, acting directly upon tho
blood and mucous surfaces OF the sys-
TEN. We have no interest whatever
in this matter beyond faithfully serv-
ing our readers, and as our indorse-
ment is extended without reward OF
any kind, end is wholly unsolicited by
this company, and will be received
with the full eredenee that all our
statements have met with for the past
eighteen years.-Southern Review OF
Commerce.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-15
sTORYETTRs.

Some evenings ago Says the New
York Tribune) a man was seated in tho
corridor of one of the large hotels
smoking q fragrant cigar. On tho
lounge next to him were seated
woman and her daughter, the latter
next to the smoker. The draft blew
the smoke across the younger womanS
face, to which the smoker remained
oblivious or indifferent. Finally, after
several quite audible remarks TO her
mother apropos of the rudeness OF men
in general, which passed rapidly into
a somewhat hectic comment on this
smoker in particular, turning savagely
TO the tormentor, she said: III yos
were my husband, do you know I'd
poison you?" And do You know.
madam" replied the man, calmly re.
moving his cigar, were you my wife,
I'd take that poisonP"
On the opening day Of the session OF
the Fifty-sixth congress (says the Cri-
terion), a tall, gaunt man, shambling
of gait, with "high water" trousers, .
slouched hat mashed in any old way,
and an overcoat that needed brushing,
presented himself at the center door OF
lhe house of representatives. He
Gtartsd to walk right in, but was stop
ped by one of the doorkeepers, who
said to him, testify: Say, don't you
know you can't go in there?" mo, I
didn't know it, my friend; thought
could" he said, mildly. Nobody but
members allowed in to-day" well,
I'm a member; Congressman Cushman,
of Washington" "oh! l beg your
pardon: walk right in" As Mr.. Cush-
man strobe into the hall the astonished
doorkeeper looked after him for .
moment, and then, turning to his as
sistant on the door, said: Say, Bill,
did you See that? Well. after that I
amt got the nerve to stop anything
When William Jennings Bryan first
went to Nebraska he was hired to take
the stump against Thayer. who was
running for governor, AID said some
hard things against TIE candidate.
"Thayer was elected" Bryan is quoted
us saying in the Chicago Times Herald.
AFTER he took the governors chair he
was called TO be toast-master at .
banquet at which was set down for .
speech. l did not care to go to that
banquet. i did not wish to meet tho
governor remembered all that I
had said about him, and felt cheap.
But went, and sat there through the
early proceedings quite uncomfortable.
Finally it came time for the governor
to call upon me. He rose from his
seat with the program before him and
slowly said: Mr.. Bryan-Bryan.'
Then he slowly turned his eyes upon
me and addressed me: DO YOU speak
or sing?' That is all ever heard from
Governor Thayer rs to what he thought
of my campaign speeches against him"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-15

Jefferson. Wis. Feb. 10.-Ed Cruel
and Henry Saum. together with Gustav
Dumke, on Sept. IT, assaulted Police
man Bruegger Of WATERFOWL. Dumke
was shot and killed by Bruegger In
self-defense, and the other two were
arrested. They had their trial in the
Circuit court this week and were found
guilty by the jury. Judge Dunwiddie
sentenced them to one year at hard
labor in Waupun.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-15

Kansas City. Mo-. Feb. 12.-Henry
d. Lee Of Salina, Kan. selling agent
for the United States Tobacco COM
paay Of New York has resigned his
position and has gone to the latter
city to reside. His action means that
the effort begun by the Continental
Tobacco company on Jan. to control
the prices and regulate the sale Of
practically the entire tobacco market
has failed
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-15
lava. Valley of Death.

In the island Of Java Is an oval
shaped hollow, near the summit Of
mountain, about thirty-hve feet In
depth, and half a mile wide, which
from the deadly nature Of its atmos-
phere, is known as the Valley oil
Death" or the Poison valley" This
atmosphere is loaded with carboniC
acid gas, and although not at once
fatal to human beings, proves so to
either dogs or fowls. The valley has
seldom been explored much beyond Its
borders. as from there 1t q seen that
the surface of the grousd is strewn
with the bones of tigers, pigs, deer and
all kinds of birds, and also Of human
beings.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-15

Columbus, Ohio. Feb. I'm the in
voluntary bankruptcy case in the
United States court brought by George
r. Sutherland against the Delaware
(ohio) Water company, Judge A. c.
Thompson sustained a demurrer to the
petition. holding that the bankruptcy
laws provided that only manufactur-
ing, printing. publishing. trading and
mercantile concerns could file petitions
in bankruptcy. AS the defendant COM
pany was engaged in the sale Of water,
natural commodity. 1t did not come
under the law.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-15
DEAD R0BBER IS KNOWN,

Police Idsutify Body OF Man Killed ~
woerner's Saloon.
Chicago. Feb. 12.-rhe inquest held
Friday afternoon over the body OF the
robber who was killed late Wednesday
night In C. A. woerner's pavilion. 1859
West Madison street. resulted In YER
dict generating from all blame Ed
ward Sommerfeldt and Frank II.
Bramm who were engaged In the fray.
Investigation by the police clearly re-
vealed the identity Of the dead man.
His name was Frank Spencer. and be-
hind Thursdays holdup lies long rec
ord Of crime. expiated with much pen
itentiary service.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-15
Photor raphing tho Inside Of tho stomac

Photor raphing the Inside OF tho stoma CHI
Photographing the inside OF the
stomach has the sound Of very diff
cult operation, whereas 1t is really a
very simple undertaking. The pa
tient merely swallows the camera and
electric light and conducts operations
by a cord attached to the Aim. There
is also a conducting wire which ex-
tends from the electric light out to an
adjacent battery. The photographs
are taken by pulling the cord. which
enables the film to run past the lens.
the electric light is then turned on I'M
til the sensitive plate has been i'm
pressed with the image. The light is
then turned on and another section OF
the film is brought into play. When
the film is exhausted the apparatus Is
withdrawn and the films developed and
enlarged.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-15

Chicago. Feb. 12.-Attired in khadi
uniforms and bearing the insignia OF
the Red Cross society. thirty-nine stall
wart representatives OF the United
Irish Societies Of Chicago will leave
the Lake Shore depot Sunday morning
at 1880. bound for Pretoria to serve
as q hospital corps with the Boer
forces. Eleven volunteers from Bos-
ton will join the Chicago contingent
In New York. increasing the corps to
fifty men. all OF whom have had mill
tary experience, the majority having
served through the recent war.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-15
wiater In the City.

Winter In the City.
We sit within the gasiit room
As evening wears along.
By the steam heaters iron Side
We hear its clanking song.
And underneath our gravest word.
Or lightest laugh that rang.
We hear the heater sizzle,
Oh We hear the steam go bang!
Our fathers love to tell us
or long past nights of mirth,
When chestnuts In the shovel popped
And apples on the hearth.
We buy our roasted chestnuts now,
And when our apples bake
It's In a gas-stove oven
or the very latest make.
They tell how when. as now. It SHOWS,
Orchard and field were white.
And fences huddled meath the drift,
That deepened through the night
We have our drifts as well, for see
Out In the whirling snow
How high upon the fire-escape
The huffy masses grow!
They tell how. bedtime being come,
They raked the ashes low,
Put on n green log then. and left
The quiet CHEEKY glow.
Each took his candle to depart
And climbed the ancient stair,
CTnru OF the heat put out the gas).
What queer old times they we're!
Florence L. Pratt
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-15

ST. Cloud. Mimi, Feb. 1.-the Daily
Journal prints the startling announce
ment that the city OF Minneapolis is
suffering from a terrible visitation OF
smallpox. 1t is declared that seventy
five cases exist and that the pesthouse
is overlooked. 1t Is reported that the
news has been suppressed by the Min
neapolis papers.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-15

Chillicothe. Ohio, Feb. 12.-August,
the 7-year-old son of Peter Hurley,
shot and fatally wounded his sister
Friday. He found his fathers shotgun
under the bed. got 1t out and aimed
1t at his 1l-year-old sister Dora. The
gun was discharged, tearing away her
right thigh. making fearful wound,
from which she died later In the day.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-15

Canal Dover. Ohio, Feb. IAN ex-
plosion Of nitroglycerin at Scio. several
miles east OF here, blew an unidenti-
fed man to atoms. Hermann Bros.
extensive oil operators, had recently
been missing quantities of nltroglyc-
erin from their store near that town
and efforts to catch the thief were I'M
successful. The explosion occurred in
an unoccupied building. where the
stolen explosive had been hidden.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-15

San Francisco. Feb. 10.-The body of
Burton H. Hardiman. cousin Of Mrs.
J. X. Miller Of Oakland. better known
in the literary world as Florence Har-
diman Miller, has been washed ashore
on Angel island in the bay of San
Francisco. Whether death was caused
by suicide or accident Is unknown.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-15
B.ar.k,u. Sent From This Country.

Owing to the growing scarcity Of the
American black bear. from which bear
skin caps are made. and the consequent
rise in price. a brigade committee has
been appointed to report to the British
war office as to the expediency of abol
ishing this ~ The troops who now
wear the bearT.n are the brigade of
Guards. the Scots Greys and the Royal
Engineer band. The official lie of a
bearskin is eight years, and when n
third battalion shall have been added
to the Scots Guards. the number OF
bearskins required win be about 1000
annually.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-15

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Florida. West Indies and Central Anne,

Florida, West Indies and Central Am erica
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FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR READERS.

Rover and the Charn They Ate the
Buttons - Only . Spider. but II
Helped the French to Win . Great
BattIs--Duat Baths
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-15

With the prospective retirement OF
Mr.. Vest from political life at the end
OF his term. the last OF the confederate
senators will have gone.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-15
ID. o. IsINs, u. : q J. h.t
Palestine, Tex.

The largest ostrich farm in this
country is in Fullerton, Cal. On it are
three hundred birds. One of them
lately surprised its stomach by swal-
lowing a gimlet.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-15

No doubt the sharks mouth is placed
SO much beneath the projecting muz-
zlc, under which also the nostrils lie,
that It may serve its proper purpose
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-15

This peace like a river is not up
in the mountains, but down In the
valleys, down in the home. In the store.
in the factory. Anything that units
you and myself for the ordinary
duties Of life and makes you unwil-
ling as n parent to care for the child
as an honest man to pay the butchers.
grocer's and clothier's bills is no Cos
| pei peace at all.
"As far as can make out, holy wa
ter with most Of us means we can
tumble upon God all meannesses and
sins, and expect Jesus to do every
thing and we do nothing. Oh. for q
practical gospel, for a religion to live
by. as well as to die by. as q rivera
gentle river
Lastly. our peace. like a river. must
have its source from above. An old
axiom says water cannot run up hill.
The physical law Of gravity draws
down. does not push up. But in Solo
mons writings we read: All rivers
run into the sea, yet the sea is not
full unto the place from whence the
rivers come, whittier they return
again And in the last chapter OF
neVeiations 81. John saw heaven as a
pure river OF water. clear as crystal.
proceeding out OF the throne of God
and on either side OF the river was
there the tree OF life and the leaves OF
1t were for the healing OF the nations
Then we turn back to the ffty-fifth
chapter OF Isaiah and read AS the rain
cometh down and the snow from hea-
ven and returneth not thither, but
watereth the earth and maketh 1t
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-15

New York, Feb. 12.-wiiilam J..
Bryan spoke at the Academy Of Musk
In BROOKLYN Friday evening.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-15
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
LESSONS OF THE RIVER" SUB
JECT THEREOF.

Isaiah 80, Is, 20 That Thou Hadst
Hardened to MY Commandments I
Then Had Thy Peace Been Like .
River"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-15

Some French physicians recommend
pigs milk as nourishing food for in
ANTS.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-15

The biggest workhouse in the world
is in Liverpool. 1t has accommods-
tons for five thousand inmates.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-15

Chicago, Feb. 9.-Ths following Ia
Bile shows the range OF quotations on
the board Of trade todcy:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-15

II Is q sign Of rain when flies bite.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-15

Turn to the thirteenth chapter OF
Matthew. If ye have faith as a grain
of mustard seed ye shall say unto this
mountain. Remove hence to yonder
place. and 1t shall remove. and moth
ing shall be impossible for you And
in the ninety first psalm David wrote:
He shall give his angels charge over
thee to keep thee In all thy ways.
They shall bear thee up In their hands
lest thou dash thy foot against q
stone
Does the Bible literally mean we
can say to mountain 'Begone!' and
1t will tumble into the sea. or that we
can jump of the ledge Of rock over
hanging Niagara. and the angels will
fly down and catch us before We are
flung under the falls? OF course not.
your answer. God expects every man
TO use his common sense. Jesus never
helped anyone unless that person
was first willing to help himself. He
said unto him sick of the palsy, Arise.
take up thy bed and walk He COM
manded the ten lepers. Go show your
selves unto the priests, and 1t came to
pass as they went they were cleansed.
And way back in the time of Job we
read: The Lord turned the captivity
OF Job when he commanded him to
pray for his three friends In other
words. God did not help Job until Jobs
heart was ready to forgive his fellow
men.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-15
God Ia Our Refuge.

Martin Luther's favorite chapter
was Psalm XVII, God is our refuge and
strength. very present help in trou-
BILE. Though the waters thereof roar
and be troubled. though the mountains
shake with the swelling thereof And
In the forty-third chapter Of Isaiah We
read. When those passeth through the
waters I will be with thee, and through
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-06-08

up from time to time, many Of them
being obtained from caverns. In
earlier days the birds seem TO have in
habited both the north and south
islands Of New Zealand, where they
must have been exceedingly numerous,
though they never found their way to
any other part of the wOrld-a fact not
at all surprising, inasmUch as they
could not fly at all.
Until recently their determination
has been attributed to the Maoris, but
now it is thought that they we're more
probably wiped out by a race Of people
who preceded the present natives of
New Zealand, the date when the giant
fowl became extinct being set back
some hundreds Of years.
NaturaIists say that these birds went
about in pairs, with their young ones,
and used to have tremendous fights,
two against two, using their feet with
formidable effect. They fed chiefly
upon a kind of ferns which they dug
up with their feet and their nests were
huge heaps Of dried grass. One species
had such remarkably big feet that it
has received the scientific designation
of elephant footed. Many of the bones
have been obtained from burial places
of the early natives, but most
Of them are derived from caves or
from the swamps. In one half dried
lagoon nearly four tons of the osseous
remains were dug out.
Nobody knows why or how such
numbers of the birds happened to
leave their bones together in swampy
localities, but it is imagined that there
may have come a change in the climate
500 years or so ago, which caused the
moas to gather about hot springs for
warmth. Then, perhaps, there arrived
blizzard which wiped them out in
floeks. Under such circumstances
their bodies falling into the pools the
water would be likely to preserve their
bones for an indefinite period.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-06-08
GERMANS FINE CITIZENS.
They Make Up Tenth Of Our Total
PoPuIaffon-In Greater Numbers
Than the Irish.

aThe Germans have come to America
in greater numbers than the Irish, and
their fBauence has been just as great
in various ways, though it may not
seem so apparent According to the
last census we had with Us 27S4, 894
Germans, and only 1871 500 Irish. I do
not myself believe this a fair showing,
as the census takers do not ask a man
MS nationality, but inquire where he
was born. And we find that there are
9O9,O92 English in America, nearly BALI
as many as Irish. That seems incred-
IDLE. I am inclined to believe that at
least one-third Of these English are
Irish born in EngIand-msybe, half Of
them. But they are set down as Eng
lish. IF, however, all we're Irish, still
the Germans would Outnumber them.
Industrially, the Germans have been
Of incalculabIe benefit. They have
made our best tradesmen of certain
kinds, they supply a great number Of
skilled artisans, they have introduced
and almost mOnOpOlize many manufac-
lures notably beer-and they are fam
Gus farmers and gardeners. Moreover,
they almost invariably bring with them
a satisfactory quality Of knowledge,
and no class encourages more literally
the diffusion of learning in its ele-
mental forms. To them In large mea-
sure we owe the fact that we are a
music loving people, and the most gen
erOus and appreeiative patrons Of
music in the world. Jean de Reszke,
if he sings in Berlin, gets two hundred
dollars a performance; if he sings here
be gets at least a thousand. Wealth
and taste combine to make this great
reward. The GeFmans directed and
encouraged the taste, while assisting
greatly in creating the wealth.
POLITICALLY, if the Germans held to-
gether as tenaciously as the Irish do,
they would be wonderfully powerful
At this time we have something like
three million native Germans in the
United States, and at least four mil
lions more of German parentage. If
these held together they would be an
immense power. But they do not al
ways combine, though politicians very
frequently attempt to bring up ques-
tiOns which will cause them to do this
Nor do they settle, as some other north
Of Europe natiOnalities do, in cOmmu-
mites composed mainly of themselves.
They appear to go where there is the
best opportunity for each In the field
he chooses. For instance, in the north
Atlantic division Of the country we
have 898,321 Germans; in the south At