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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
WHY SHE DIDN'T SING.
Superstition kept Her From Becom

0uPGEBtAliOn IAcpt hcE TO" DcCohA~
ing a Prima Donna.
II have come across a great deal Of
foolishness Of varying degrees and
kinds In my life" said the man who
teaches singing, but in all my born
days / never before met anybody as
hopelessly feeble minded as Q young
woman have been taking an interest
In lately. She is a stenographer by &C.
cupation, and / happened to hear her
hum popular song one day when
was in her employers office. OF course
the production of her tones was all
wrong, but her voice was as soft as
velvet and big and deep and clear as
cathedral bell. 1t was voice such as
teacher doesn't get chance to work
on twice in lifetime.
II went to her and asked her to let
me try her voice. 1t proved to be bet
ter than had hoped. 1t was magnifl-
cent l wanted her to begin studying
at once. She had no money, but !
didn't want money for bringing out
voice like that. She hadn't much time
either, and she told me she was too
tired to sing in the evenings after
working all day. l told her to get up
early and practice an hour or two be-
fore breakfast. 1 thought she looked
odd when 1 told her to do 1t, but she
didn't say she wouldn't.
weeks passed, and her method con-
tinued as bad as ever. l couldn't I'M
derstand 1t. Each lesson found her
just where the preceding one left her.
At last one day asked her If she were
she wouldn't practice before breakfast
flushed and then broke down. She
said she hadn't dared to sing before
breakfast because 1t Is bad luck.
Using before you eat, cry before
you sleep is the saying, and that idiot
of a girl believed it so implicitly that
she wouldn't practice before breakfast
even for the sake of that glorious voice
of hers, and as before breakfast was
the only time she had to practice the
result was-well, gave her up. She'll
live and die stenographer when she
might be a prima donna, and it will
serve her precisely right She has sac
rificed her future to an idiotic super
stition." Post.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
LOG JAMS.
Tlfs Force They Exert and How They
Are Broken I'd,

TlAs Force They Exert and How They
Are Broken Up.
"a log jam is one Of the most for
midable problems we have to encoun-
ter In our line of business" said Mis-
sissippi lumberman. How they begin
is difficult to explain: \ few dozen
logs will become wedged for an instant
in q narrow part of a stream and in
less time than it takes me to tell it
hundreds of others will come Swooping
down and pack themselves in an intri-
cate, close knit span, reaching from
bank to bank, and almost as solid as
a rock. The force they exert is some
thing marvellous. During one jam in
my section 1 saw n lot Of logs plunge
under the edge Of the blockade, and a
few seconds later they pushed their
way up through the very middle Of
the pack, tossing timbers as big
around as a mans waist into the air
like so many toothpicks. The noise
they made as they drove through the
mass was simply deafening. 1t sound
ed as if the solid earth was being torn
up by its foundations. When the logs
passed under the jam, they were evil
IDENTIFY caught in such n way as to
still further Obstruct the imprisoned
stream and were hurled upward with
all the irresistible energy of millions Of
gallons of rushing water.
1.-THE breaking Of a jam is a very
ticklish operation and seems to be
largely matter of instinct with old
riyermen. The lines and angles Of
strain in such q blockade are so com
plicated that the best engineer in the
world is apt to go wrong In indicating
the proper point of attack. A veteran
lumberman, on the contrary, will often
take a long look at the mass and then
point out the key log The key log
Is the timber on which the strain cen
tiers, and when it is blown out or pried
out, the pack, in almost every instance,
will break up of itself. / had an old
fellow in my employ a few years ago
who could locate a key log nine times
out of ten. He couldn't read or write,
knew nothing about engineering and
was unable to explain how he arrived
at his conclusions. He said 1t came
kinder naCh'ral.'" - New Orleans
Times-Democrat
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
Ball Game with the Four c's.

Last Monday base ball team picked
up here in this county played at the
fair grounds against team travelling
under the name of the Capital City
Commercial College, or the G. g. G. G..
base ball team. OF course they brought
no credentials to show they were all
students of that institution, but they
played ball just as well, perhaps, as if
they had credentials. Indeed some Of
them made motions on the diamond
indicative of knowledge of the game
usually only acquired by professional
players. However, the game was for
fun only, and division of the gate re-
ceipts, and they were all had before
the game was finished.
Will O'Connell umpired. That sim
pie statement means whole lot. The
visitors did some vigorous kicking
They wanted to put their judgment up
against that of the umpire on whether
hits were foul or fair and whether balls
were balls or strikes. But Will stood
his ground and the crowd yelled 1t
must be admitted, however, that The
visitors acted gentlemanly.
When the Audubon boys made a
score of seven in one inning the visi-
tors became scared and our players and
rOoters went pretty wild. But that
pace could not be kept up. The game
quit at the end of the fifth inning so
the visitors could catch the train TO
Sac City.
Pollock, of Brayton, pitched splen-
did game. He had good curves and
great speed. They were harder to bat
than those on the other side. DR.. Koob
caught well. Several of our boys play
ed well. What they lacked most was
practice together so as to know how to
support each other. Below is the
score:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

The republican state convention at
Des Moines yesterday nominated the
following ticket:
Secretary of State-W. b. Martin,
Adair county.
Auditor of State-Frank F. Merriam
Delaware county.
Treasurer of State-G. s. Gilbertson,
Winnebago county.
Attorney Generate. W. Mullan,
Black Hawk county.
Judge Supreme Court-Emlin Nc
Claim, Johnson county.
Railroad COmmissioner-D. J. Palm
er, Washington county.
Presidential Electors at Large-John
N. Baldwin, Pottowattamle county; Ole
o. Roe. Polk county.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02

plays are not very long. The actress
who plays Portia has $50 lines to
study. Rosalind has TAO. Cleopatra
has go and Juliet 541. Desdemona
has only 3S9. Beatrice has 300. Only
20 Of Shakespeare's women have more
than 300 lines each, and some of the
most famous Of the great bard's femi-
nine creations have comparatively lit
tie to say. Cordelia in King Lear"
has only 115 lines, Kate in Tanning of
the Shrew," although so conspicuous
and voluble, has but 900, while Lady
Macbeth has but oil Baltimore Amer
lean.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
SHAKESPEAREAN PARTS.
The Melancholy Dane Is the Longest
of Them All.

Ihe MelauChOly Dane Is the LOnSest
of Them All.
The longest part in any Shakespeare
an play is Hamlet, who is before the
audience almost constantly. Hamlet is
a constant talker, and it is surprising
that in the circumstances he says so
many wise things. He has to his share
1860 lines Richard III is another long
part, as the character speaks 1,161
lines, and next comes Iago, with LII
lines. Henry V has 1903 lines.
One would suppose from seeing the
representation or from looking over the
play that Othello had more lines than
Iago, but it is not the case, for the val
liant Moor has only 1888 lines. Coriola-
nus has $50, the Duke in Measure For
Measure" $50 and Timon SS3. Antony
in Antony and Cleopatra" does not
seem a very long part judging by the
appearance If the prompt book, but in
reality he has $50 lines.
Brutus in Julius Caesar has 727,
Falstaff in Henry V" 719. Macbeth
appears a long part judging from how
much he is on the stage in the repre-
sentation, but in fact he has only 7O5
lines. Romeo has 61S, which is only a
few more than the King in Hamlet"
who has 551. CaSsius in Julius CR-
sar," although first class part, has
but 507 lines
The female parts in Shakespeare s
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
His SunnOaitiOn

A philanthropic lady of Pacific
Heights, one of the sort of superior
Stun raisers shown up in Fables In
Slang" met on one Of her tours a lit
tie boy who was swearing roundly.
She seized him at once and gave him
a good shaking, adding: you ought to
be ashamed Of yourself! l never heard
such language since the day l was
born" The boy into whose desolate
home she had just been bringing light
pulled himself loose. "Yes'm," he said,
IL s'pose dere was a good deal O.
cussin de DAY you was born" San
Francisco Wave.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
"Frtcasseed NiGhtmare.O

God has given us capacity to enjoy
food. That is not the principal object
in eating. One goes to a dinner and
after eating all that he really desires
and more than is beneficial thinks he
will add little of the compounds they
call dessert-the invention of the dew
Hand becomes uncomfortable and
wretched. Most Of the desserts we
have might be called "fricasseed night
mare" or "escaloped Indigestion" Eat
ing becomes idolatry If it becomes I'M
fitting for higher service. 1t Is crime
to gorge and be uncomfortable or to
induce headache. 1 once attended a
dinner at the invitation of a parish
Toner and was asked to accompany q
lady to the table. / did not need to
eat, but offered to help her to what,
ever she desired, and she asked for
chicken salad, remarking, "It always
gives me a wretched headache, but i
am going to have some" and replied,
''Then you may help yourself, for
will not."-Address by DR.. Pierson.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
Moon View. FROM che Grant Tomb

Persons of romantic temperament
have discovered that the best place in
New York from which to watch the
moon rising in the east is the porch OF
General Grants tomb. Standing, as it
does, away from all other buildings,
at the highest part of the Riverside
drive, with the beautiful Hudson river
flowing softly along n hundred feet be-
low, the noble edifice in which lies the
hero is as full of poetical charm as the
Alhambra itself. AS the moon rises
one can see the rays touching column
after column of the mauSoleum, throw
ing into deeper shadow the recesses
and giving the whole building an ethe-
real aspect which is strikingly beauti-
full. Young couples who are strolling
along the dive make 1t point to go
up to the tomb to watch the moon rise,
and the idea is becoming so popular
that the charm of solitude at least has
certainly departed.-New York Letter
in Pittsburg Dispatch.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
Cameron Township,

Chas. Krauel was quite sick during
the latter part of last week.
Hans Christensen, of Audubon, was
visitor at the home of his brother, Nels
last Sunday.
|. Smutney, of Audubon, was in Cam
eron last Sunday.
Mollie Bridenstine was on the sick
list last Sunday.
Mr.. COglan, Of Audubon, visited with
his son, Timothy, last week.
John Bridenstine is the owner of a
new top buggy.
Two car loads of lumber, one of rock
and eleven wagon loads of sand have
been hauled during the last few days
for the new church at the Sands.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
ANOTHER FILIPINO STORY.
Admiral Dewey Denies the Latest State
ment From the Insurgents.
j. w. r.

Admiral Dewey Denies the Latest State.
ment From the Insurgents.
Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota,
one of the most rabid of the anti imper-
ialists in congress, last week gave to
the press copy of letter which pur-
ports to have been written to
him by one General J. nejan-
drino, Ia Filipino general, who has
recently surrendered to the American
forces. In this letter the writer claims
to have been present at an interview
with Admiral Dewey ON the Olympia
VI the bay of Hong Kong in April. 1898,
,efors che battle of Manila, and, in fact,
before there was an open rupture be-
tween America and Spain. At that
ii me this so.called general claims to
have said to Admiral Dewey that it was
evident war was imminent between
Spain and the United States, and that
they, who were the adherents of Agui-
naldo, were willing to take part as
"allies of America" SO long as the war
was carried on with the object of free
ing her colories from the yoke of Spain
and giving them their independence.
To this statement of an alleged CONVEX.
sation had, as it will be observed. some
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
The Sleep1ess Seven.

'There were seven of the L." said
one of the discharged jurors In speak
ing Of the matter next morning, who
didn't want to sleep themselves and
wouldn't let the rest of us sleep. When
ever we dropped into a doze, they came
around and shook us till we were wide
awake again."
"And you had to submit, l suppose,
for they constituted the majority?"
YES, they were the rousing majori-
ty," said the hollow eyed juror, with
a pensive attempt to be facetious.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02

II 10 NY aim III IlIC, 1c Sdltlb W
make men happier"
"Why not women?" she ask ad.-Chi-
cago Post.
Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady, in mar
rating the experiences ORA Missionary
In the Great West" recalls in The La
dies Home Journal his visit to a town
which had been more or less abandon
ed for II years.
II could not" he says, find a single
member of the church left except one
old lady who had been bedridden for a
number of years. Yes she said in an
swer to my inquiry, 4 am still a men,
Der of the Episcopal church, l reckon.
We did have about a dozen members
once. There was And she called
over a number Of names. | interrupt
ed her in each case by asking what
had become of them. She's Joined the
Latter Day Saints was the answer
when the object Of my question had
neither removed nor died. 1T seems to
me everybody has joined the Latter
Day Saints l commented. Yes she
replied; most every one. They had a
revival here and got them all except
me- why didn't they get youY l ask
ed. 4 reckon because / was bedridden,
and they could not get at me- she said
frankly"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02

Is envied by all poor dyspeptics
whose stomach and liver are out of or.
der. A II these should know that DR..
Kings New Life Pills, the wonderful
stomach and liver remedy, gives a
splendid appetite, sound digestion and
a regular bodily habit that insures per-
feet health and great energy. Only %
cents at,A III. Roberts drug store.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
Puzzled.

A Bangor shipmaster wrote home to
the vessels owner telling Of the condi-
ton of the freight market where he
was-out In the Windward islands.
Business was dull, and the vessel had
been in the same port for some time,
and the captain wrote, 1--WE are in
statu quo" The owner for the next
week was engaged in searching the at
las of the West Indies trying to find
out, as he put 1t, where in thunder
this ere statu quo isr
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
He Fooled the Surgeons

All doctors told Renick Hamilton,
of West Jefferson, O., after suffering IL
months from Rectal Fistula, he would
die unless n costly operation was per-
formed; but he cured himself with five
boxes OF Buckl,n's Arnica Salve, the
surest Pile cure OH earth, and the hest
salve in the world. 25 cents II box.
Sold by A. H. Roberts, Druggist.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
*Batted for BOals in fifth.
AUDUBON
Summary: Earned runs-Aud

Summary: Earned runs-Audubon
6, Four C's 5. Two base hits-Bailey,
Walker, Woodward. Three base hits
Walker, Fitzgerald. Struck out
By Reese 7, by Pollock 4. Bases on
balls-Off Reese =, off Pollock =. Hit
by pitcher-Reese l, Pollock l. Time
of game l:30. Umpire, O'COnnell.
Attendance 100.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
Corroboratiye Evidence,

Miss Summit-What lot of old CHI
ma Miss Spindle has! And she says II
was handed down in her family.
Miss Palisade-Then it is just as I
expected.
Miss Summit-What is?
Miss Palisade-That her ancestors
never kept servants.-Harper's Bazaar.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02

The soothing and healing properties
of Chamberlain Cough Remedy, its
prompt and permanent cures have
made it great favorite with the peo-
pie everywhere. For sale by A. HI.
Roberts, Druggist.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
POLITICAL DEFINITIONS.

BY C-TO SIS.
You ask me
What's Paramount"
Don't you know!
Well, guess
Your education
Didn't come very high.
Why
Turn your ears
Towards me
And listen.
Me and Bryan
Know what's Paramount"
It's BRYAN,
Our great
Leader;
And he says
IL to
Is Paramount"
With him.
And l, FL.
Even l, myself,
Not wanting
To embarrass Bryan,
Say so, too. J. w. r.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02

Mothers endorse it, children like it,
old folks use it. We refer to One Min
ute Cough Cure. 1t will quickly cure
all throat and lung troubles. E. Prick
81 Son.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02

A real scene of troops in action hard
ly exists. Pictures Of them are taken
at odd spells and out of dangers reach,
guns and troops being used for the
purpose.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02

For information about North Dakota
lands enquire of J. c. F. Wicker, Audu-
bon, Iowa. If
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02

Truth is as impossible to be soiled
by any outward touch as the sunbeam.
Milton.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
Epigams From Roosevelt's Speech.


mo matter how honest and brave a
man may be, if he is natural born
fool you can't do anything with him.
He must have the saving grace of COM
mon sense"
Il do not address you as Republican
addressing Republicans, but as an
American addressing his fellow Amer
leans, urging them to stand for honesty
and the honor of the flag"
1--WE ask support for President Nc
Kinley because of what he has actually
done, of what he now stands for and
typifies, and because of the marvellous
work that has been accomplished under
his administration. We ask the sup.
port of all upright citizens because
against him are arrayed the forces OF
chaotic evil.
"Of all idle chatter the talk of thu
danger of militarism is the idlest."
A popular author whose handwriting
was none of the best used to maintain
that it was a matter of principle with
him not to write too well. He declared
that for the use of printers, good hand
writing was only a snare and a delu-
sion, tending to encourage carelessness
and mistakes on their part. The COM
positors, he asserted, were compelled
TO devote their very best care and at
tention to bad handwriting, with the
result that. when it was deciphered, 1t
was so fixed in their minds that it was
impossible for them to set it up in
correctly. He therefore declared that
the worst handwriting was the best
for the printers.-Truth.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02

Teacher (suspiciously)-Who wrote
your composition, Johnny?
Johnny-My father.
"What all of it?"
"No'm. helped him."-Truth.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
The Appetite of a Goat

Old newspapers for sale at this office
at cents bunch of two dozen, tt
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-26
Preparins to Sell the Corwin.
JONES INTRODUCES BILLS.
Affect Several Matters In Which the
People of Washington Are
Much Interested.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-Representative
Jones today introduced the following bills:
To repay to settlers who have purchased
lands within the limits of railroad land
grants, subsequently forfeited, s1.25 per
acre. This is similar to the bill just passed
through the senate by Mcbride. of Oregon.
To pay to each honorably discharged
volunteer soldier who served in Cuba in
the late Spanish war $3.50 and to each vol
unteer in the Philippines $3.50. Mr.. Jones
believes it better to make such payments
than to go to the trouble Of figuring out
travel pay and subsistence, as provided in
Senator Turner's bill.
To establish twelve lighthouses and fog
signals on the Alaskan coast at a cost
not to exceed $300,0O0
Prohibiting the establishment or extern
sion of forest reserves in the state OF
Washington except by act of congress.
The senate committee on commerce has
reported favorably the bill providing an
appropriation of $4,000 for new lightship
for use on the coast of California, Ore
gon, Washington and Alaska
Visitors to Washington.
G. N Gibson, of Seattle, and Louis
Campbell, of Tacoma, are in the city.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-26
MAIL HELD AT BOUNDARY.
British Columbia Health Officers
and American Postal AuthOri-
ties Clash.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
SPOKANE, Jan. 25.-The postal author
tiles of the United States and the health
officers of British Columbia have clashed
over the bringing of mails into British
Columbia from this side without being
fumigated.
British Columbia officers issued regula-
tions requiring the fumigation of all mail
matter from Eastern Washington and
Northern Idaho. but the postal authori-
ties on this side refused to fumigate. say
ing British Columbia could do the work
If she wanted to. The result Is all mail
from this section during the past two
days has piled up at Northport, near the
International boundary line, and Is still
accommodating.
The departments at Washington and
Ottawa have been appealed to for set
tlement OF the difficulty.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-26
FUNERAL OF JOHN RUsKIN.
Remains Inferred With a Ceremoni-
al TypicalIy Rural, and With
Many Floral Tributes.

LONDON, Jan. 25.-The remains OF John
Ruskin, which were removed from Rrant-
wood yesterday, were inferred at Coniston
this afternoon, amid universal signs of
sadness and with ceremonial typically
rural.
The coffin was hidden beneath mass Of
blooms, including floral tribute from the
queen The body was laid in a grave
lined with white tiles, and close. accord
ing to Mr.. Ruskin's desire, to the last
resting place of three Misses Seavers. to
whom he addressed his famous "Brant-
wood letters. All parts CT the country
were represented at the graveside.
memorial service in honor of Mr.. Rus
kin was held In Westminster Abbey this
afternoon, which was largely attended
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-26
BULLER TO HIS TROOPS.
cry and to Rush the Enemy IL
Ever in Close Quarters.

LONDON, Jan. 25.-In Gen, Buffers let
ter to his troops. the substance of which
has already been cabled to the Associated
Press, after warning them to beware of
false orders, he concluded:
"Our generals will only give one order,
namely, Advance Should anyone at any
time be surprised by a volley at close quar-
ters, he must remember that the only way
to safety and victory lies In rushing upon
the enemy, for the one thing that the en-
emy cannot stand Is hand-to-hand fight
This war has been forced upon us from