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ASKS FORGIVENESS.
But So Far Has Failed to Put Up Any
Money.

General Passenger Agent Francis Of
the Burlington is engaged in CORE
%spondence TO- with a %repentant sin
ner who lives in Helena, Mont, and the
letters which have passed between
them SC far have been productive of
much amusement to the attaches of
the general passenger Office. The Oma-
ha Bee says that recently Mr.. Francis
Montana man had scrawled a confess
sion that he had been guilty of steal
ing rides on freight trains. He stated
that he had embraced the religion OF
the Seventh Day Adventist faith and
wanted to make his peace with all men
before he should be called into the
hereafter. He continued: Il find it
utterly impossible to calculate thesi
debtedness and | humbly ask your for
giveness and promise it shall never oc-
cur again."
Chief Clerk J. E. Buckingham decid-
ed to Investigate the sincerity of the
mans purpose and replied to the first
postal, stating in part: A honest
confession is good for the soul, but /
think a sincere repentance would urge
your making al estimate of the value
Of the rides that you have stolen from
US and remit us for same"
This reply vas evidently somewhat
Of a sumner for the new convert to
the Seventh Day Adventist faith, but
yesterday. after a lapse OF several
weeks, another card, replying to the
letter forwarded, was received. In
substance the %repentant sinner stated
that his convictions had been in &C.
~cordance- with the suggestions made by
the passenger ONCE but" he wrote,
there is 40 standard by which to esti-
mate the value of a ride on the bump
ers. and as l cannot tell how much II
has been of value to me, and as I new
er rode on the B. & NJ, but the Chica-
go. Burlington & Quincy. l may not
have any Indebtedness to you, but
thought you represented the whole
road"
Chief Clerk Buckingham replied that
there were nc discounts offered for rid
ing on the bumpers and sent a folder
to the Montana conscience-stricken ex-
box car tourist, asking him to desig-
nate the towns between which he stole
his rides, whereupon an account Of his
, 1900-02-13
THE SPECIAL IN ALASKA.

Through Mr.. Emil johnson, our
worthy townsman, The Republican has
been handed a copy of the Douglas ISL
and News, published at Douglas City
and Treadwell. Alaska. The News is a
bright and enterprising paper. con-
tanning much valuable information
concerning Cape Nome and Alaska gen.
orally. In speaking of the illustrated
edition Of The Laramie Republican. the
News says:
Through the kindness Of Emil ].
johnson We are in receipt Of a copy Of
the Illustrated edition Of The Laramie
tWyo.) Republican. 1t is a beautiful
publication containing much interest
ing and useful information concerning
the state of Wyoming and the City OF
Laramie. Mr. Johnson has our
thanks"
, 1900-02-13
OUR l T PARK.

From time to time The Republican
has urged the necessity of doing ONE
thing toward the Identification of III
city parry. This course has met with
the commentator OF every property
owner and the city council is now set
ting aside a certain sum monthly to
be expended for park purposes. The
agitation has borne fruit in another d.
rection, the editor of The Republican
being in receipt OF the following COM
munication:
Laramie, Wyo., Feb. II, 19OO.-Mr.
w. E. Chaplin, Dear Sir: l am very
glad to see that you agitated the city
park question from time to time in
The Republican. Some people assert
the present park cannot be made q
thing of beauty on account OF the al
kali, but 1 would invite their atten-
ton to some of the yards Just across
the road from the park. No one could
wish for inner parks than Mr.. Paul May
and Mr.. Holmes possess, and in Mr..
Thomas Gilman's yard most beautiful
flowers grow n blossom until late in
the fall. To be sure. these yards have
been filled in, but would 1t not be much
more economical to fill in our park
than to purchase a new site and plant
new trees? II the manure that is con-
stantly being drawn out OF town was
utilized, and when the streets are
cleaned in the spring, the tomato can
and brickbat could be separated from
the very best OF fertilizers, at very
slight expense and be scattered over
the park under the supervision OF, we
will say the above mentioned Mr.. Gill
man, who is a fine landscape gardener,
and under whose magic touch the uni
versity campus and green house i'm
proved wonderfully last spring. If this
compost were utilized. much would al
ready be done toward filling in the
park, at perhaps even a saving to the
city when the time consumed in draw
ing these loads out OF town Is taken
into consideration.
The president OF the Woman's club
says they have some money that is to
be used for the city. perhaps they
might be induced to use some Of it fol
the park.
l am not interested in securing EN-,
ployment for Mr.. Gilman, neither an
1 seeking newspaper notoriety, as this
is not intended for publication-simply
food for thought.
Yours very truly, one who knows We
could have a beautiful park.
, 1900-02-13
ICE CATACOMBS.
Remarkable Cavern Said to Have Been
Discovered In Big Horn Mountains.

George Caldwell writes the following
story to the Denver News. No one
ever questioned the veracity Of the
author of Winchester William
Cloud peak, the great snow noun
tain Of the Big Horn mountain range
and northern Wyoming, is the scene Of
a latet and interesting discovery.
Jaques Moulin, better known locally
as Frenzy" a French Canadian hun
ter n trapper. long familiar with the
forests and the footpaths, SHOWS and
submits Of the mighty mountains of
northern Wyoming, thus tells the tale:
Last December, while trapping for
~fur-bearing animals, l %excavated, far
up towards the summit of Cloud peak,
a snow hut for shelter and living pur-
poses. This nut was in the mids of
an immense nov and Ice drift which
clings to the mountain side. On the
floor of my snow cabin | had a fire for
cooking uses and it is to this fire that
l W the discovery in question.
"On rising one morning | found in
the floor of the hut a yawning hole, the
heat of the fire having melted the in
termediate ice and nov and opened
an entrance to what proved to be a SER
les of vast intermountain galleries of
ice, or more properly speaking a NAM
moth ice cavern, traversed by these
galleries.
Taking a long and stout rope, l
fastened one end of it securely in the
hut and lowered myself into the hole,
taking with me my pitch pine for
lighting purposes. The opening rap
idly broadened, and at a depth of for
ty feet I stood upon the fioor of the ice
cavern.
"All about me was a white light.
coming from the presence Of immense
crystalized ice masses. The atmos-
phere was very cold and l at once as
cended to the hut for the purpose of
putting on my winter fur clothing.
Thus protected I once more lowered
myself into the cavern mad attaching
a big ball Of wrapping cord to the end
of the rope, l lighted my torch and
paying out my cord as | proceeded,
started on my icy path of extraordi,
nary exploration.
"The way led straight toward the
very heart of the big mountain, the
cavern growing loftier at every step
,pt;l .,t - A;,t,-oo 80 1En ,,,rle fr1n,
my starting point. the vast icy root
lifted itself at least seventy-five feet
above me. And here l found myself at
what seemed to be a central, or radiat-
ing point Of gallery distribution. On
all sides the galleries stretched away
into apparently interminable cavern
GUS space with their lofty ice walls
and columns, the gallery widths run.
ming from ten to fifty feet. The ice it.
self was as clear as cyrstal and as the
fame Of my pitch pine torch fell upon
the converging ice lines and angles II
looked as il my startled eyes were be,
irridescence Of myriads of diamonds.
The cold had now grown SO intense
that 1t was no longer bearable and
made my way back to the opening ant
assembled to my hut.
! Il afterwards made several visits t
; the point of gallery junction in the cav,
ern to feast my eyes on the marvelOu.
sight created and revealed by the fam,
3 | nf tha fnrrh ht,t nwtnU To fha intanu
, 1900-02-13

ing celebrity were executed by infantry,
the cavalry being the slow-moving arm
Of the service.
Horse bones make, it is said, an even
better grade of button than the bones
Of the OK.
The French army on a peace footing
has 10000 horses in the cavalry and
$4,000 in the artillery. All told, the
number Of horses employed in the
French army is 125,019.
When Napoleon crossed the Niemen
on his march into Russia the\draft and
cavalry force comprised 100, 900 horses,
of which 5000 died during the retreat
from Moscow.
The horses of Tartary are small, not
larger than the mustangs of America,
but are exceedingly tough and capable
of travelling long distances without
food, water or rest.
The Thessalians were the FIRST Euro
peans to use the horse for war purposes,
and thus originated the Greek fable Of
II SChNdul, q Ouol VI mail uoI 80
and half man.
The German army on a peace foot
ing has 6 $1,000 horses with the cavalry
and 5000 with the artillery. Every
horse in the German Empire is regis
tered and available for service.
The first mention of the horse in the
Hebrew scriptures is in the blessing be-
slowed by Jacob upon Dan, in which
the patriarch alludes to the animal as
well known: Dan shall be a serpent
by the way, an adder in the path that
biteth the horse heels, so that his rider
shall fall backward"
In Paris there are scores of restau-
rants where horse flesh is regularly
served as an article of food, and the use
OF this meat mas recently extended to
many other cities Of Europe.
Cromwell kept a stable Of fine horses.
"As good a Protestant as oliver Crom-
wells horse" was a common saying in
England long after the death of the
great Lord Protector.
IhC MINUS bdlley AIduldu was
brought to England in the reign of
Queen Anne. From this and two or
three other noted Arabians are de-
sceDded most Of the race horses Of
Great Britain.
One Of the o remarkable adapta-
tons of nature of an object to its prop
err uses is found in the hoof OF the
horse, which combines lightness with
strength and is suited to every kind of
ground.
The name of Odin's gray horse was
Sleipnir. He had eight legs, and could
traverse either land or sea. The horse
ltypiies the wind, which blows over
land and water from eight principal
points.
AS early as the time of Julius Gaze
sar, "a B. c.. British horses were ia
nous for their size and strength. In
his writings Caesar mentions them as
exceeding in most particulars those OF
the continent.
Most Christian readers will be snrpis-
ed to learn that the archangel Gabriel
is provided with a steed, named Haiz-
UNI. To Mohammed, in the Koran, Is
due the credit OF mounting Gabriel in
good style.
, 1900-02-13
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, 1900-02-13
HOW IS YOUR w1FEl

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Root Tea has cured these Ills for half
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Money refunded II results are not salts
factory. Frank H. EEsieston. druggist.
, 1900-02-13
Bloody Homestead

Boone's Bloody Homestead
Talk about buying a war! There
ought to have been an anti-expansion
cry when Daniel Boone went out into
the woods and took up Kentucky as a
MISUNDERSTANDING World.
, 1900-02-13

W. S., Philpot, Albany. Ga. says.
"DeWftt's Litte Early Edsers did me
more good than any pills I sver took"
Tho famous little pills for constipation.
~biliousness and livsr aAd bowel trou-
bles.-A. H. Cordiner. Druggist.
, 1900-02-13
DiqestS what you eat.


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Get it of your drugg;ot or send 10 cents to
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, 1900-02-13

Indebtedness to the Burlington will be
forwarded him. The passenger men
will have more faith in the sincerity
Of their correspondents purpose II
they hear from this last letter.
, 1900-02-13
STATE r E COMMENT.

Goodbye Briggy-
And now Roberts will retire into the
desuetude. Ia ia, Briggy. See you
later.-Saratoga Sun.
, 1900-02-13

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equally for piles, injuries ard skin
diseases. 1t is the original Witch Hax-
81 salye. Beware Of all counterfeits.-
A. H. Cordiner, Druggist.
, 1900-02-13

The Derrick is on the trail OF Sena-
tor Warren, Senator Clark, Represen-
tative Mondell and a few cabinet Off
GERS, who probably will resign il that
paper keeps up its fight against them.
-Natrona Tribune.
, 1900-02-13

Extra copies Of The Laramie Repub-
lican's illustrated edition may BE- had
at tim omcs o. It ~ AswS depot Tor
Is cents Per COPY.
, 1900-02-13

The Laramie city council has defeat
ed a proposition to close the saloons at
IL o'clock. Most Of the councilmen
took the proposed ordinance ~ an In
situation that they don't know when
to go home at night.-Wheatland
World.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-03-22
Ross.

L. A. Bates baled a couple of cars of
hay last week.
Chas. johnson is hauling the lumber
for his big barn.
j. j. Courtney had slight attack of
the grippe last week.
Alfred Bamsey moved his barn on
Main street last week.
VIM. McCaw marketed four hundred
bushels of corn last Monday.
Miss Jennie Killinger visited at the
home of 1. Sherman last week.
Miss Mamie Stewart is doing the
house work for Mrs. Williamson.
Little Gordon Fry who has been
verylsick of lung fever is convalesing.
Ruhs & Beers, of Ross, sold buggy
to L. NJ. Leet, of Audubon, last Satur-
day.
VIM. Williamson and wife are the
proud parents of bouncing baby boy.
Weight eleven pounds.
Roberts Bros. photograph gallery is
located in Ross for short time only.
Come early. Satisfaction guaranteed
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Viola Center.

Miss Lula Coffield is suffering Will
la grippe.
The little baby girl of Ed Prathe,
is quite sick.
Homer Davis attended the hall dance
Saturday evening.
J, g. Bonwell is hauling his oats tC
the Dedham market.
Bessie Brenton was in Audubon
Friday and Saturday.
T. O'Connor will teach the spring
term in district No. s.
]. &. Bonwell spent Sunday at Dr.
Jewels in Coon Rapids.
Literary programmes are still being
rendered every Friday evening.
c. c. Browning made hurried trip
to Glidden Saturday, returning Sun
day but not alone.
G. G. Browning and mother returned
Tuesday from few days visit with
relatives in Glidden.
Bert Reynolds, who assisted o. j.
Smith in moving to his new home re-
turned to Viola Monday.
Ida Smith will close very successful
term of school in district No. 4, Iel-
vile township, next Saturday.
Miss Gertie Fox, of near Templeton,
who has been visiting her sister Mrs.
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tion stands as follows: C. A. Marlin,
mayor; Frank Gault and Alfred Voor.
hees, councilmen; J. M. Thomas,
recorder; N. p Christensen, treasurer
H. l.. Wissler, assessor. These are all
good men and as there is no other
ticket in the field ought to make good
run.
While enroute to Chicago last week
with cattle, Geo. McClain and J. J.
Dimick stopped off at Geneseo, Ill.,, to
feed and while waiting were royalty en-
tertained by 1. n. Wilson, father of
our townsman, Eugene Wilson. The
boys say they never enjoyed themselves
so well and don't get over talking
about it to their friends.
Miss Verna Croy received letter
from her sister, Mrs. Minnie Anderson,
at Anaconda, Colo. +, in which she stated
that John Anderson, son of Mr.. Ander-
son, her husband, had died. He has
been suffering from lung trouble for
months and put forth every effort to
overcome 1t, spending many months in
California. The friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. Anderson here extend their sym
pathy TO them in their trouble.
Word was received here on last Sat-
urday, much to the sorrow of friends,
that Mrs. NJ. A. Mills who resides at
Earlham, Iowa, was dead. This was
sad news indeed, as Mrs. Mills was we'll
and favorably known here, having
some years ago been employed in our
public schools. She had many friends
here who bow their heads in grief, and
extend to the grief stricken husband
and children their heartfelt sympathy.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-03-22
Fiscus.

Clint Ross shelled corn last Tuesday.
Mr.. Krause and wife are poorly with
the grippe.
One of VIM. Nights little children
is on the sick list
William Hight made business trip
to Botna last Saturday.
r.. M. Dickey and wife were visiting
at Walter Jordan's last Sunday.
Jason Fiscus is having fight with
the grippe. 1t has got the upper hold
on him.
Quite large congregation were out
Sunday evening to church at Liberty
school house.
Ada Ross and Hattie Fiscus visited
over Sunday at the Hockett home,
near Manning.
The funeral services held in memory
of Isaac Speas last Sunday was well
attended by friends and relatives. Rev.
Ragan delivered The discourse.
Grace Dickey and her brother,
Frank, made trip to Extra last Sat
urday where they went to get the
youngest daughter of Mable Whitfield
who has been visiting with her grand
parents for some time.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-03-22
Cameron Township.

Ray Ballou, of Hamlin, visited in
this vicinity last week.
Nettie Walker, from near Gray, was
in this vicinity last Sunday.
Mrs. George McCuen is recovering
from her recent severe illness.
Tom Rutherford and wife are the
happy parents of little girl born last
Monday.
Mr.. and MRS. Albert Fancher gave a
party to their many friends last Tues
day evening.
Rev. Bertch, of Gray, visited the
people of this community last Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Willie and Henry Schrader visited
at the William Smith home in Leroy
township Saturday evening and Sun
day.
The little child of Watt Fry and wife
has been very sick with fever for
several days but is improved now.
DIR. Jackson was in attendance.
THIGH ~ NOrtlup purcndSeu tHree
car loads of cattle west of Audubon
last week which were shipped to Chi,
cago by way of the Rock Island.
The gentlemen who left this town.
ship last fall for a visit in Denmark
started on their homeward journey last
week and will be here to farm again
this summer.
Corn was 28 cents in our berg the
other day. Under the preceding adj
ministration corn was sold for seven
cents in this township. A comparison
of these prices shows which was the
more prosperous time.
An evening party was held at the
August Schrader home last Thursday
at 1880. 1t was given in honor of Will
liam Schrader, it being his twentieth
birthday. About forty young people
were present and enjoyed themselves
till late hour when they departed for
their various homes.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-03-22
Melville.

Mr.. Browning left Tuesday for Ne
braska on business.
An Easter program will be rendered
at Melville Center on Easter Sunday.
Rev. o, L. Nichols departed Monday
for visit with his family at Mt. Yer
non.
The Misses Edna and Irene Hollen-
beck will entertain a company OF
friends Friday evening.
John Hammack departed for North
Dakota where he and his family ex-
pect to make their future home.
The school board elected the follow
ing teachers Monday: No. /, Gertie
Dean; No. 2, Ida Smith; No. 3, Fern
Baxter; No. 4, Ella Mcclure; No. g.,
Mae Schrieber; No. 6, Katie Mcclure /;
No. 7. Ethel Clark; No. 8, Eta Burr |;
No. 9, Winifred White.
The following directors were elected
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GEo. v. CossoN ,,
COSSON & ROSS,

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in Melville townships No. |, Mr..
Dean; No. 2, NJ. 4. Foley; No. 3, Z.
L. Clark, No. 4, VIM. Andrews; No. 3,
Albert Hunt; No. 6, Geo. Ohm; No. Z,
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