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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-25

A. l.. Campbell and wife, of Des
Moines were in the city Tuesday visit
Ing old friends. Mr.. Campbell was at
one time cashier in the Citizens bank at
this nlape
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-25

J. A. Humiston returned from few
days pleasure trip to Chicago Tuesday.
Clint Russell, of Manning, took his
place while gone.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-25

See ]. T. Carmichael for pianos, or
gaDs and Singer sewing machines at
Rasmussen & Jeusen's store. If
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-25

The carpenter gang on the @. & n. w.
we're relaying the platform around the
depot the first Of the week.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-25

Frank Nelson left Monday evening fol
Glendon where he has position as
Operator
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-25

j. p. Nedrow, OF near Gray, was among
our callers yesterday.
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Nj. Fred Lynch, of this city, and Miss
Nellie Minor, formerly of Des Moines,
were married last week.
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Mrs. o. Kennels is very sick, having
been down for about week.
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Thomas Campbell and wife are thu
parents of baby boy born to them las
Sunday night.
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w, III. OConnell went to Chicago tC
buy stock Of goods Tuesday evening
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Sheriff Anderson was serving papers
in Atlantic Monday.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-25

j. A. Musson went to Chicago Satur'
day evening on business.
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Mrs. James Burkey went to Bennett
Monday evening for short visit.
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John Gray, of Casey, was an Audi
bon visitor this week.
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Mr.. and Mrs. +. s. Watts were passen
gers to Omaha yesterday noon.
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L. A. Cooley, Dedham, is 10 town thil
week the guest OF his brother, Henry.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-25

Rev. Matheny went down to Indianoll
Tuesday for visit with his con.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-25

Ed Freeman is painting over south of
Manning,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-25

Rev. OFlyng went out to Omaha yes
terday on business.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-25

Kerwin Il Kennedy bought sixty-ive
head of hogs Of John Davidson Tuesday
at S435 per hundred.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-25

just Justensen is expected home from
Montana soon.
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SPECIAL BALLOT.
AUDUBON COUNTY.

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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-04-13

While Easter is for every age and
condition. there are none to whom il
can have deeper meaning than TO the
invalid and to the aged. and none 10
whom loving ministrations can bring
trucr joy. The beautiful lilies. the
helpful Easter booklets. the appropri-
ate pictures. the written verse. the
bright greeting. are thrice welcome to
the ''shut-ins" who have less varied
sources of happiness than have 9TH
ers. Let them not he forgotten. the
aged mother in the neighbours home
nor in ones own-the fever GONZALES
CEN in the hospital. the cripple in the
laundress' family. tire suffering daugh-
ter in the house on the hill. The ex-
preston need not represent cxpendi-
ture of money. IL may take the form
of a letter, dainty and cheerful. or of a
short poem. prcttily copied. delivered
personally or by post, and IL a flower go
with the Easter message 50 much the
sweeter is il.
The observance of Lowell's %inIunc-
ton. to make sunshine in lifc's shady
Places is never more fitting than at
Easter-tide. when il is right that mind
and heart sunshine should be the por-
ton of all.-Chicago Standard.
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The Currency Question.
PEOPLE ROBBED OF MILLIONS
Magnates Thrive ON y Three Cent Ads
vance In the Price Of
Goa OIL.

The truth of the Scotch proverb:
"Mony . mickle makes a muckle." y
amply illustrated in the fuctuating
price of coal oil. A few cents increase
in the price per gallon is mol much,
only q "mickie." but in the aggregate
what a ''mucklc."
The increase in the present price OF
oil over that Of two years ago is three
ca cents a gallon-a mere bagatelle-
not even good for a car fare. But con-
slider the multiplication of that measly
three cents!
The Standard Oil company produces
one billion seven hundred millions
u,700, 0O0) gallons of coal oil per an
NUN, and its sells $4,000 of gallons in
the United States. Any ~schoolboy can
multiply the ''mickle." three cents, to
find the "muckls," $25.500.c0o, as the
profits OH the increase alone, and
add as much more TO the foreign
sales we have the ~stupendous sum of
S5l, 200. 900 poured into the Golfers Of
Mr.. Rockefeller by the poor people Of
the world in a single year. And 1t
should be remembered that this $751;
000.0 DOC is only a part of the swag; for
the dividends of the Standard Oil COM
pany show hat its profits are exor-
bitant without.this $51 .00O, COO.
The company has just declared a
quarterly dividend Of 25 per cent. on
it's 500, 900, 900 capital. which is at the
rate of S100,0 900, 900 per annum. Is ii not
well said: Give me all the money in
the country, and l care not who makes
the laws"
I'm the meantime" says the New
York Journal, "the worlds great army
of workingmen-the ground moles who
dig coal, the hard-handed toilers in
jumpers and dungarees. men of myriad
lines of labor-dig on. sweat IN, starve
on. not realizing that by paying a few
cents additional for their meager
nightly light they are putting into the
hands of their greatest enemy a two
edged sword, to be turned against them
at every opportunity"
Bear in mind hat this tremendous
sum Is all in cash, and is based upon
500. 900, oc0 of capital stock. of which
there is no telling how much is water!
When we consider that there is in this
country a trust capitalization of over
1000. COO. 900 of other concerns, pro-
ducing incomes proportionately enor-
nous for the robber barons. for they
are all raking in money, and al Of them
doing 1t in accordance with the Scotch
proverb. and that the system has grown
TO its present gigantic proportions un-
der William Mckinley, is fostered by
him and will be perpetuated by his adj
| ministration. with added to il the inn
pounding of all the circulating me-
dunn by the banks, and pet Standard
Oil banks at that, may it not occur to
American citizens who desire nor
than the mere allaying of the pangs Of
hunger to ask: "Can ii be possible for
any administration to be worse pill.
pois State Register.
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> The statement of expenses incurred
in our military operations in the Phil
ippines for one year from May 1. 1895,
to November /. 1899, sent into congress
by the war department, shows a total
of $4S, 92s, 060.34. The quartermaster's
department expended s25,715.901.61;
the subsistence department. $780, 600;
the pay department, $lo,s33, 134.9o; the
ordnance department., $1,s60, 239.42,
and miscellaneous expenses were
So 1898. With the $~2o.O00,O0O paid
Spain for her quit claim deed added.
the tax payers have paid out for ~
months Of empire building nearly $780,
00O, 900.
But all this money, in comparison
with the thousands of precious lives OF
brave and useful American men and
youths that have been sacrificed on the
affairs of insensate greed and blood
gorged imperialism-in comparison
with the homes made desolate by fa-
theirs. brothers. sons. slaughtered to
make . pasturage for hungry place
hunters and a feeding ground for
g~rasping syndicntes to fatten upon. Is
a matter Of trivial and i~nconsequcn.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES City Times.
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thoughts set vibrating in those two
practical, middle-agcG hearts were to
have swifter results than either
dreamed.
Two or three days later. just before
Easter. Lii Burdell was carrying a
basket along the village street. She
wore a made-ovcr calico gown of'Miss
Thusa's. shoes and stockings, warm
Undertaking. and a neat straw hat
on her smooth hair. Proud of her de-
cent apparel and the trust reposcd in
her as represented by a quarter
tightly clinchcd in one hand, she ex-
amincd the houses along the street,
and finally stopped hesitatingly be-
fore one.
miss Thusy said. a white house
with green Shutters but l can't re-
| member whether she said the first
or the second. I've forgot the name,
too. so | must run my chances.
There's some hens a-sgaawkin', any
, way
She opened the gate and walked
boldly upthc tagged walk to the front
door. The true city gamin. male or
| female. is u~ntroublcd by bashfulness.
Her ring was answered by a tall,
thin. gray-haired man with melan-
choly gray eyes. ILL held out the
| basket in one nand and the quarter
in the other. saying:
"Miss Thusy says will you please
let her have a dozen fresh eggs
for Easter. an che wants 'em good
an big"
Henry Gleason stared at the odd
little figure. who stood s~tock-still aft
err delivering her message.
Miss Thusy! Was the world com
ing to an end? Then the explanation
occurred to him. Thusa must have
sent this queer child to his next
ncighbor. Mrs. Wilson. who sold eggs
regularly. and the girl had mistaken
the house.
A sudden thought whirlcd into his
mird. Not being widely read in the
poets, the line
Take the goods the gods provide thee.
| did not occur to him. but he acted on
the principle implied. He took the
| basket and the money. and babe the
| child come in. lie was alone. the
| housckcepcr having gone to the next
| town TO do some trading and the
| hired boy was blowing.
Faster cgrr! Thusa should have
| such an Easter basket as no young girl
in the village could boast. In the bot
| tom OF the basket. he arranged two
dozen Of the finest, freshest cggs he
| could find in the henhousc. Then he
wrote q hurried note-not h~igh-snund.
ing, but with true love In every line.
Truly he was making up for lost time.
Tic slipped the money inside. sealed The
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drank the last Of her tea, and ate the
remainder Of her bread and butter,
looking fondiy NJ her little brown
lowered plate ms she did SO.
IL was long past the hour for steady
going villagers to be in bed. Jill Bur-
dell, fed, washed. consoled, was sleep
ing like an infant. in u of Thusa's
lavcnder-scented ~bedgowns. Her ben
efactress sat by the small window,
gazing out across the fields. She
was restless, and her thoughts were
OF her old lover. Ministering to the
starved and homeless waif had set her
thinking Of what might have been, II
she had not been so proud and defiant
in those early days. Henry had sure
ly been entitled to an explanation.
All, but that bitter. rcproachful look
OF his. She could not forget it. He
might have had more faith in her, in
stead of marrying Cicely Mellen with
in a month. II he hal waited, he
would have seen that Nathan Burn
side was nothing more than an or
binary friend. (Alas. he had e It,
after he had forged his own fettcrs.)
So pride and regrctful love battled
in the lonely heart. The night wore
on. and Lii Burdcll dreamed lavcn-
der-scented dreams. IL was halfway
to dawn when Thusa, ~reproaching
herself for wasted time and strength,
crept into bed beside her adopted
child.
Henry Gleason was also keeping
vigil with memory. A chance word
with Nathan burnside had led to an
explanation of that summer evening
ride SO long ago. Was il too late to
sue for pardon? Would Thusa be de-
ficicnt in proper pride, if she would
listen to n second avowal? She still
remained young and lovable in his
eyes. Yet. after all. she had been to
blame in not explaining the breaking
of the appointment.
So pride and affection contended in
the widower's heart also. The circles
made in the ocean by the casting in of
a pebble go on widening; and phi
l~osophcrs tell us that every physical
movement produces ~never-ending vi
brations in the cosmic ether. The
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amt had scarcely a bite for two days,
an when I see them things in the
dish. | Jest had to take en-"
"Come around 10 the kitchen
door," said Thusa. pityingly. She
spread a second slice of bread. and
poured into "A little pink-sprigged cup
her own slender allowance of milk.
In view Of such abjcct misery, what
mattcred milklcss tea and a short
ened ration Of bread and butter? The
girl slipped around TO the kitchen door
and stood there, ragged. unkcmpt, al
together wretched. Thusa watched
her compassionately. as she ate and
drank like a starved animal-for the
time being she was little more. TAX
ing the u from the grimy fingers,
and going back TO wipe the shelves,
Thusa brought out a third slice OF
bread and butter.
BY gentle questioning. she learned
that the girls name was Lii Burdell;
that she was - years old: had lived
with a woman in New York, who beat
and abused her, trying TO make her
steal; and that she had run away;
tramping and begging by day; sleep
ing in barns at night: honestly try
ing to get work at the f~armhouses;
and ~nervously warned off the prem
ises OF most. with a few cold pieces,
! as If she had smallpox, that dread OF
rural districts.
Her clothing was literally rags
fastened about her. heaven knows
how! yet there was a certain frank
| and independent look about the small,
| sharp features. despite the stolen
prunes. Thusa's starved maternal
| feelings ycarned over the child. She
| brought her in to sit by the fire, then,
softly closing the door between
kitchen and sitting-room. she told
| her mother the pitiful story. Mrs.
Hill let the tea grow cold in her cup
as she listened.
II was thinking" said Thusa. as
she rcflled her mothers cup. "that we
might-if you are willing-takc this
| poor child in. TO help around the
house, and give me a chance TO do
moro sewing"
III You think IL would be best,
Thusa. / should hate not to take her.
II IL wouldn't be flying in the face of
Providcnce-with the interest money
| 60 meet. and ALL"
"Thc winters about over. The
Lord seemed TO put u into my head.
/ believe Hell open the way for US to
afford II. And I don't sec how IL can
be flying in the face Of Providence, 20
follow the verse that says: Feed my
lambs.'"
"wcli, you're the one that keeps
things a-going. Thusa. You've the
best right 60 say" and the old lady
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pie, anyway. There's that nigh,rown
OF Sally Myers 10 be finished, for we
need the money right away: and /
promised To 80 and watch with Cynthia
Warner tomorrow night. She's very
bad. they say
Her mother looked at her doubt
ingly.
You don't look any too well your
self, Thusa. don't believe You're
strong enough to watch with the sick.
Folks that work hard's you do can't be
broke OF their nights rest without pay
ing for it,"
II know H." was the answer. sbut
Cynthia would come and watch with
me, II ! was in her place"
She set the table in the little sitting
room-they played at being well-to-do
IN numberless innocent, childlike WAYS.
these two slim sparrows-and put on
the two little brown-fiowered plates.
the thin china cups and saucers with
the tiny faded rosebuds and the almost
invisible line of gilt. and the worn sill
yer spoons, the last of the mothers
wedding outfit. Thusa cut the bread
and butter. set the tea to draw. then
went 10 the buttery for the prunes.
The window looked on a side lane. and
Thusa was startled TO see that it was
open. while n white, wolfish, hungry
face was framed in the aperture, and n
desperate hand was emptying the bow!
of prunes. scattering the purple juice
recklessly yer the snowy shelves.
Thusa suppressed a little scream.
that she might not startlc her mother,
and stared at the intruder. The crea-
ture. as II turned 10 stone. held its hand
arrested midway from bowl to mouth.
\ childish terror began to overspread
the sharp features. and Thusa stepped
nearer to the window.
Poor soul" she said. gently. "Are
you so hungry that you have TO rob
our shelves? Don't be frightened. |
wouldn't hurt you for the world.
Take this"
She quickly buttcred "A slice OF bread.
and the maraudcr. ciutching it, burst
into tears. which she wiped away with
her juice-stained fingers. creating a
fearful effect.
II nsyer stolcd." she cried, 'but !
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The PascIal candle Is the name given
to the light which appears on the Cos
pei side Of the altar during mass ana
vespcrs from Easter to Whit Sunday.
lt.symbolizcs the rising from the grave
of Christ, the Light of the World"
In the year 1457 IL was recorded that
the candle used at Canterbury was Of
200 pounds weight. There is also men
toned e. a matter o. history that on
n occasion the rnschal candle in the
church at Norwich, England, was so
tall that It had to be lighted through
nm opening in the roof ove- the choir.
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letter and lai1 81 on the eggs. folding
a paper over ali. Then he went 10 the
housekeeper's cherished window plants
md loaded The basket 10 the very
handle with Easter lilies and roses.
saint there no change from the
quartcr?" asked sharp, city-bred Lii,
looking curionsly from him 10 the
flowers and back.
"Inside-in an envelope. Miss Thuca
will understand"
ibid he spose Id lose il, II he gave
il to me in my hand?" said Lii TO her.
self rather scornfully. trudging OF
the fuwer-laden basket was dumped ON
the Hills kitchen table by breathless
Lii, who had come as near to running
az the safety oI the eggs would permit.
HE SEN YOU all these lots an lots
of flowers, Miss Thusy, an the eggs an
change is at the bottom of the basket.
lie said you would understand"
He. What was the clild talking
about?
Didn't yon go to Mrs. Wilson's.
Lip"
81 went to the first white house with
green shutters"-Miss Thusa dropped
white and trembling into the little
kitchen rocker-"whcre the hens was
a-squawkin'', an the man that come to
the door give me the eggs an the flow
ers. ] didn't see no woman any
where's"
Thusa sprang suddenly from the
chair and lifted out the flowers. Lii
bringing water for them in an old
fashioned pitcher. When the note APP
pearcd, Thusa caught il up and fled to
her room. scarcely CHANGING at the
eggs. Kneeling beside her patchwork.
covered bed. Thusa wcpt and smiled by
turns over her old lovers note. in which
he told her he would be with her in an
hour. Then. w~omanlike. she got up
and began to freshen and improve her
faded face and hair. her plain gar
ments. But the greatest beautifier was
the soft light in her changed eyes.
On a lovely summer morning. Lii
Burdell. plump and rosy from weeks of
care and Kindness. stood on the back
porch of the Gleason farmhouse. scat
tering corn to a flock of hens. Mrs.
Hill sat near, Smelling peas freshly
picked in the morning dew; and Thusa
Hill Gleason. looking years onn~e-
and prettier. was stirring ia a house
wifely fashion about her spacious
kitchen. getting ready a substantial
breakfast.
Look. grandma" said Lii. .ain't
they pretty? An squawkin' jes' like
they did the Cay / came for the eggs
m neither me nor them a-dreamin'
how soon we'd all be Twin here to-
gether."
All, Lii, you little guessed what you
were doing that day. when you stopped
at the wrong housc-the first house
where the hens were "a-squawkin'.'
Nor did your Miss Thusy-who will al
ways be Miss Thusy" to ~you-realize,
on that cold spring evening. hat the
ragged. tempted little tramp. with
whom she shared her own scanty meal
was an angel entertained
Leslie Dane. in Good Housekeeping.
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The Dubuque Telegraph, referring
to the ''gold money trust bill" rs il
calls il, predicts financial disaster:
'Thc gold standard is about to be
ushercd in, and on the foundation It
will supply is to be reared a vast
supcrstructurc OF bank circulation
and credits which in time will topplc
and reduce the most disastrous
fnr Il and industrial results ever
experienced. The banks are to have
the power to expand and contract the
currency AT willard possession Of this
power will make them rs potential to
control all industries as any trust II
to control q particular industry. The
money trust, the most colossal Of oil,
Is on the eve Of making its bow, and
the country will be indebted to repub-
lican leadership for it, introduction"
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1AufA HILLS


HUSA HILL A Il
come into the lit
tie front yard for
a breath OF fresh
air, before putting
on the kettle for
tea. Her life was
encircled by such
a narrow horizon
that this was the
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Among the GreRorian Armcnians the
periodical "blcssing OF the house" takes
place Mt Easter. This consists Of the
repetition OF a prayer by the priest,
accompanied by the burning OF in.
cense. rad the ~sprirkling with holy wa.
ter in The 'sala' or central reon h
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Gentlemen of the conference COM
mittee on the currency bill: Some Of
you may be thinking Of going OH tho
stump this year. What excusc can
yoa give for paying the bondhclders
. bonus OF $500. ooo. 900 for keeping the
country in debt for a generation,
when the surplus Of the gov
erumcnt would pay on the whole ma
tional debt in ten yearsf--N. =. Jssr
nal
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IN OLD os....
EASTER BONNET

Gal. =; :; : :; ; {: :: :: ! : !; :: {; G: 6:
HIZ~ days were now
JJ-M H|S like those that
III JSk once l knew.
NOUGM the bonnet plain.
with ribbon-bows
OF blue:
,,h.u We walked TO Sunday meetin' DER
me meadows green and sweet.
v-h.-e lilies waved In welcome. with vio-
lets at our feet.
T., amt the fancy nxin's ] mind so much
the bills
ror birds and fluffy feathcrs-atl the fine
new-fangled frilis.
r.r Know that fashion cf.anges-that Il
rules the world complete:
ns, the old-tlme Easter bonnet was 90
simple and 50 sweet.
is ribbons matched the color OF the blue
sky overhead.
A. the lips that smiled beneath II seemed
10 mean the words they said,
The lips that smiled so s-weetly-never
KNOWN any art
An the eyes whose sunny chances made a
light around you heart,
I've rothln' 'gainst the fashions-they've
got 70 have their day.
INT / loye the simple bonncts of the far
an far away.
AZ thlnkin' how she looked In '~em-therc.
In the long ago
SIGH. an praise the Lord ron whom all
bltssin's used TO flow.
Fl T. stanton. in Atlanta Constitution.
The Portland daily press., 1900-06-25
GEN. WHEELER MAY RETURN.

Huntsville, Ala, June 23.-General
Joseph Wheeler may become candidate
for Congress when the unexpired term
recently resigned by him, expires. A cir
cuiar letter from General Wheeler init
mates that he will be at the disposal OF
his friends at that time.
All candidates who are contestlng fer
General Whesler's seat entered with the
understanding that the man who wins
will also be entitled to serve the full
Congressional term Of two years which
follows.