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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-13

j. F. Frazier has moved his photo
graph gallery from up stairs in the Frick
building to the rooms formerly occupied
by F. Vermilya in the Overholtzer
building. room on the rear has been
built for his photographing work. The
front rooms will he occupied with art
rrnnHc
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-13

Peter Bremlson was transacting bust
ness in Extra between trains yesterday.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-13

Chas. Evans Jr. left last night for
Perry to visit with his sister for some
time.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-13

f. M. Leet attended meeting OF the
officers OF their bank at Manning Tues
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-13
Try the Glove cigar.

Miss Lucy Lieb went to Atlantic yes
terday for few days visit
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-13

E S. Repass, of Freedom, Ohio. came
last week for visit with his brother,
Prof. D. P. Repass, his mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth R"pass, and sister Mrs. Ida c..
Smith. He has not seen his relations
for number of years. He went to Ex-
ira Monday, but will visit here again be-
fore going home.-The Dexter Sentinel.
Corn is pouring into the market here
now, the weather and roads being
so good. The husking is mostly finish
ed and the shelters are running. There
is much more corn fed in this county
than formerly, yet considerable is still
bought at the elevators. Last Saturday
Musson & Son took in an even one hun
dred loads.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-13

G. Justesen is in luck on his guessing
contest. The Marquette Coal Co. whose
mines are at La Sale, Ill offered some
premiums to those who bought coal of
them this fall and guessed nearest on
McKfnley's plurality in Iowa. The
result is that Mr. Justesen and some of
his customers gets four of the six
premiums given in the state out of
several hundred guesses made in the
state. Verne Culver guessed Mckinley
would have 81 $50 plurality in Iowa and
gets three tons Love Estes guessed
$500 and get four tons. DOC" Hol-
lenbeck had two guesses, making one
44,O0O and for fun made the other
$4,000 and thus made the closest guess
the company received in the state,
getting five tons of coal as his premium
and winning the first premium for the
yards for Mr.. Justesen for fifteen tons
more. 1t was lucky guess and Mr..
Justesen is surely under obligations to
the republicans for making SO big a
majority.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-13

According to all reports the mothers
meeting in the high school room yester-
day afternoon was very interesting
occasion. The topics we're, H ome
Authority" introduced by Mrs. Cole in
the absence of Mrs. McFarlane, and
followed by Mrs. Talbot, Mrs. Kuhn,
Mrs. Watson, Mr.. Hooker and others in
an interesting discussion. "The best
way to keep our boys home evenings"
was presented by Mrs. Watts in a very
helpful and suggestive paper, followed
by Mrs. Mott, Mrs. Hinkhouse, Mrs.
Green, Mrs Hooker and others. The in
terest in these meetings is growing. The
next meeting will be held the last We'd
nesday in January. M ISIS Larson, Mrs
Green and Miss Crow will prepare the
program.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-13

Harry Minor, of Harlan, is visiting
friends here.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-13

F. M. Hollister, of Melville township,
Is preparing to move his family to Hamp-
ton, Custer county, Mont, in a week or
two. He is going to herd and care for
cattle out there on the ranges. We hope
he will be pleased with his change al
though we regret his going.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-13

Cut glass and hand painted china with
a few silver pieces makes dinner table
more inviting w. Fl. Cowles has some
handsome cut glass bowls and trays
which are not very expensive. Also
some china nut bowls, salad dishes, and
a number of ornamental vases, etc. In
silver he has candy eabras. water sets.
nut and salad bowls, trays, cake and
fruit dishes, and numerous articles suit
able for table USE Call and see him.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07

"You lie! Tam not mad"
me. Think of it! / hammered on the
door and told him I'd smash every
panel, unless he let me in, which he
finally did. But not n word would he
speak about his trouble. Put me off
ON every lead, and when blurtcd
right out and said, Dad, you've just got
to tell me what's the row. lie only nut
tered something that sounded like
saving others What does he mean?
And why in time didn't somebody call
in DR.. GreyT'
mo use, Tom, my boy. Forty doc
tors couldn't mend your fathers condi-
ton. Medicine for the body, but for
the tortured mind, what?"
"You don't mean to say, Mr.. Flint,
that my father is insane"
mo, Tom. He is not insane. That's
putting it strongly. But under the in
fuence of n strange delusion"-
Here / stopped short. remembered
my promise. had said too much al
ready.
"Then you know what the mischief l.,
that torments his soul?"
The question, shot straight from the
black eyes rather than from the deter
mined lips, was difficult to meet. What
could / answer?
"Do you know, Mr.. Flint?"
Lawyers often must think, weigh,
act with decision flashed by intuition.
That promise? Did 1T hold when a
human life might he at stake? The
case was now Far more serious than 1t
was three days ago. 1t was profound
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07
To Be Continued.

The large ana increasing circulation
of The Iowa Homestead in this county
is a matter for congratulation to the
publishers and to good farming, fer, OF
all the papers of its class in the coun-
try, it is easily the best and most help.
full. Its Special Farmers Institute
editions, issued with the regular edition
the first week in each month, have been
for years the admiration of all practi
cal farmers. Written wholly by farm
ers, they are full of actual experience,
and smell of the soil. We have been
fortunate enough this season to secure
terms for The Homestead and its Spec
ial Farmers Institute Editions, together
with The Poultry Farmer and The
Farmers Mutual Insurance journal,
four of the most valuable farm publi-
cations in the country, that enable US to
offer the four in connection with oul
own paper for $3.50 for the entire five.
one year. This is emphatically good
thing, and no farmer in this county
should fail to take advantage of this
offer. For large line of thoroughly
practical farm reading nothing has ever
been offered before that equals it. A
county paper, q farm paper, poultry
paper, farm insurance paper and thu
Special Farmers Institute, all for $3.50
| Come in and order them,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07
.Mho brought it?~

81 do not know. The maid described
him as young man, who swiftly ran
away after leaving the inclosure."
"Humph!' l added contemptuously
'Not at all strange that he should run
in sheer disgust at his own fool at
tempt to draw shekels from your cler-
ical pocket. Know the writing?"
Not the slightest clew."
"Have you shown this to Tom?"
Uom was the doctors eldest son, a
strong, athletic, clever fellow of six
and twenty and a rising young physi-
cian.)
"Tom is away from home and will
not return before Friday"
"And your daughter Margaret?" The
doctor was a widower.
Equally ignorant Of the torture I
suffer and the cause of it."
"Torture? My old friend, what tor
ments you? Have you looked as you
do tonight since l went away?"
I'll haven't been well for some
weeks" answered the doctor evasively,
pressing his nerveless hands to his
heart.
"Of course, or you would have
thrown this miserable scrawl into the
fire and laughed at the poor, hard up
crank who wrote it. But who the devil
pardon my slip, Dominie-is Alice
Edmunds? Any such Hypatia in
town."
Here my clerical companion momen-
tarily reused from his stupor. His eyes
cleaned with strange, ominous light.
"4Alice Edmunds? Is it possible you
do not know of her? She is the second
| authority in America-if not in the
, world-on monumental inscriptions.
That woman is prodigy. Layard,
Lepsius, Won Bernstein. Beerbohm,
| Stalzburg, are children in her hands.
She is a demon for investigation, q
siren for allurement of literary style
md n sponge for absorbing informa-
tion." Here he stopped abruptly and
| stared modify at the floor.
"And has Miss Edmunds really lost
her unpublished monograph? You see
l admit my ignorance. I've been dead
to the world for four weeks"
wanted to draw him out and divert
his mind from himself.
Eyes. The manuscript is gone" Here
the doctor quivered like an aspen
"The author has no trace Of it. Sht
told me with her own lips that thu
work of years had disappeared. Sh'
recalls that she had it in her possession
after leaving the publishing house
whittier she had gone to make terms
After that Miss Edmunds visited tn
Lester library and then went home
She may have lost it on the street"
Here 1 detected n peculiar and bite
smile wreathing his fevered lips.
"Then you know Alice Edmunds"
"Well, I have discussed Egyptolog
with her for hours at time. Nor
than that, she has read to me tn
greater portion of her book. You ma
not be aware that some years since
also published an article in The Biblic
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07

You don't mean 10 say, NIT. Fttnt, WQt
my t0ther Is 5nSdncf"
theca refuting the skeptical differences
of Won Bernstein based on the Mem
phian bas-reliefs." And the doctor for
an instant brlstled with something Of
his old time pride of scholarly attain
ment.
But IL my lady has lost her precious
document-for which l am sorry
enough-and madcap blackmailer,
or, more likely, lunatic escaped from
Bloomingdale, and calling himself
0-11-13-15, involves DR.. Tetlow as par
ticeps criminis, how, in the name of
common sense. does that wreck your
peace OF mind? Come, old fellow, If
wished to insult you should be COM
PEELED to say, as lawyer obliged to
frame a theory, that you yourself
know something about this matter!"
My words were testing and spoken
In lightest tone. Most unhappy their
effect OIL DR.. Tetlowl The veins in his
forehead began to swell and his deep
set eyes glowed with all the intensity
of his fierce, hot nature-a nature that
burned in subterranean depths of fet-
tered passion beneath the jovial ex-
terror l knew so well.
"Ned," he finally burst forth, as II
his uttcrance choked him, will you
solemnly bind yourself to keep my
secret inviolable?"
Little suspecting the nature Of that
secret lightly promised.
"Then I will have no concealment
from you. know the thief and !
know exactly where that manuscript
Is! The hand that seized it-God help
me-is the hand Of a woman, and she
Is as ignorant Of theft as newborn
babe. But the present possessor is q
man, Intimately and confdentially
known to me. Ask me no more us you
love me, and l entreat you between
this Tuesday evening and Saturday to
find, beg, persuade, even buy the
writer of this note to keep silence
And my poor friend pointed to that
insignificant scrap Of paper, as though
it were scorpion.
Unmindful Of his appeal in my
amazement at this disclosure, the
words fairly hurled themselves from
my lips.
"Are you mad, Justin Tetlow? YOU
know the possessor of d document OF
| priceless value which the thief refuses
| to surrender, and the loser Of 1t YOU
| friend? Forgive me, but this black
mailer tells half truth after all.
/ tn, l,n .of, <,Ft 1,t,
paper without delay"
Impossible" replied the doctor. :"
cannot speak," Then he added softly
even gently, as II communing will
| himself: II can save others-myself
| may not save. But, oh, the disgrace
the ruin, the expulsion from my pulpit
how can 1 bear that? You must pre-
serve me from exposure, dear Ned
! for Here he sank into the chair from
which he had risen, picture of hope
less misery.
Exposure? Let this blackmailer full
fill his purpose. One swift denial iron
your honored lips is sufficient to laugl
his threat to scorn. But, shades o
Kent and Story, where is my wit tina
did not see that this man who send
you his summons cannot profit in TIL
least by his act! He asks no money
appoints no rendezvous, has no con
federate. IL ever lawyer had such cas-
before, pity him" And paced VI
and down the room all at sea in til,
presence of mystery without clew.
DR.. Tetlow looked me squarely In tn
i eve with stlffenlng Of his old. cain
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07

Nos p and 90 run between Dubuque and Fort
Dodge.
Nos IS and 24run between Dubuque and Lyle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07

feet June 10, 1890.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07
ly critical. resolved to make con

ly critical. i resolved to make a con-
fldant OF young Tetlow.
'Tom," slowly replied, 81 will tell
you all, because you are entitled to
know everything. Perhaps together we
can solve the riddle. have to see the
prosecuting attorney on a little per-
sonal matter. He is conducting the
famous murder trial at general ses-
slons. Step over with me-"
On the way to court l laid the story
before him, not emitting n single de-
tail. Tom uttered hardly word I'M
til, just before we entered the court
room, l mentioned the peculiar numer-
al signature attached to the message,
911-13-15.
An exclamation burst from his lips,
and understood him to say, "Could
it be Burke --?" But lost the name
in the confusion prevailing at the
court entrance, and a moment later we
stood within the bar railing.
AT that instant the prosecutor was
cross examining, and l could not well
interrupt. / waited in hope of tenn
porary rest of proceedings. The cause
ut issue was that Of an Irish homicide
whom the opposing counsel We're de.
Tending with n plea of insanity. A
chief witness for the defense was d
certain DIR. Swain, an expert alienist
who previously had seen and examined
the criminal and pronounced him insane
The prosecutor was seeking to break
down that testimony by cross eNamina
ton. The seats for the spectators rose
in sort Of amphitheater, tier on tier
with court and bar below.
The prosecutor had just inquired
''How did you determine that this mar
was insane, doctor? Was 1t by look
ing at his face?"
"That was one thing" said DR.
Swain.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-31

The world, wholly immersed in the
South African conflict and its moment
Gus issues, seems to have forgotten
the threatening conditions which the
thinned British garrisons in India are
called upon to face at this juncture,
and the harassing anxieties which be-
set them. Private correspondents de-
scribe the natives as following the
progress Of the "a in South Africa
with keenest Understanding like
tigers crouching for a spring." What
wonder then, few and scattered as they
are. that the minds Of English officers
and soldiers alike should be a prey
to ceaseless apprehensions? An off,
Ger writes: Murders and raids are
becoming common. We are hurried
from station to station. just to demon
strate that we are still here. I sleep
with six hundred rounds Of ammuni-
ton under my bed. You at home do
not realize these things"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-31

Through the efforts of Prof. John
Milne and Prof. George Davidson, an
earthquake pendulum" costing $3.50,
has recently been sent to Hawaii,
where it will be employed to study the
tremors to which our newly annexed
island group is subject. This under
taking forms part of a great seismic
survey of the world, through which it
is hoped to obtain a fairly complete
knowledge Of the location Of the earth
quake centers of the globe, and Of the
direction and intensity of the earth
quake waves which radiate from them.
The station at Hawaii will be among
the most important.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-31

Human science owes many a debt,
especially on the practical side, to the
instinct of the lower animals. One of
these obligations is intimated in a re-
cent scientific review of the subject of
dams. Engineers frequently build
dams straight across streams, the OBJ
ject being, in some cases, to save ex-
pense by sparing material. But the
beaver arches his dam against the cur
rent, and experience has shown that
this form of dam is best to resist floods
and the impact of floating ice. Acting
upon the knowledge which is instinc-
tive with the beaver. and which hui
man calculation approves, the great
Bear Valley dam in California and
some other recently constructed dams
have been so made that their stability
largely depends upon the resistance
which their arched form presents.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-31

An extended popular plebiscite on
the hundred best books" for children
was taken recently in England. The
result placed Robinson Crusoe" at the
head of the list by a nine-tenths vote.
while Hans Andersen's Tales" stood
second. and "Alice in Wonderland"
third. Such is the expression of what
we may fairly reckon "the common
sense of most" and its soundness will
be challenged by few.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-31

Mems proper business in this world,
says Ruskin, falls mainly into three
divisions; first, to know themselves,
and the existing state of the things
they have to do with; secondly, to be
happy in themselves and the existing
state of things; thirdly, to mend them
selves and the existing state of things
as far as either are marred and mend
able.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-31

Mr.. E. A. Martel, the French ex-
plorer Of caverns, whose discoveries
underground, have attracted much at
tention within the past few years, re-
ports that he has found in the depart
ment of Hautes Alpes a cavity in the
form of a natural WE'LL" whose depth
exceeds that of any other known. He
has sounded it to the depth of about
1,017 feet, but he believes that the &C.
tual bottom has not yet been reached
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-31

One of the greatest attractions re-
Gently added to the Earl's Court Ex-
hibition in London is a fountain in
which quicksilver takes the place of
water. When illuminated at night,
the flashing streams of liquid metal
make a dazzling display. They flow
over the edge Of an elevated black
bowl. about four feet in diameter, and
fall into a larger bowl placed beneath.
In the lower bowl, pieces Of rock, fiat
irons and similar heavy objects are
seen floating about as cork would float
in water. The quicksilver is drawn
off from the under bowl and conducted
through a concealed pipe to an in
genious elevator, consisting of an end
less chain Of cups. like a chain-pump.
which, driven by an electric motor,
carries the quicksilver up to a reser-
yoir. whence it flows back to the upper
basin, and thus keeps the metallic
cataract ceaselessly falling.
The Crown Prince of Japan is to
have a new palace designed to resist
the earthquakes which are so frequent
and destructive in his country. The
palace will be 270 by 400 feet in area,
with a height Of only sixty feet. The
skeleton will be Of steel and the entire
structure will be anchored upon con-
crete by means Of 400 steel columns.
Around this strongly braced skeleton
will be placed the marble and granite
slabs and blocks. forming the outer
skin Of the building. American steel
will be used and American engineers
are engaged in the work.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-31

Wealth" says the philosopher, sis
the source Of trouble" What is the
use Of wasting any more time trying to
guess why so many people are always
out hunting for trouble?
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-31
FOREIGN Gossip.

Foreign Gossip.
Russia has a club that can be used
on Turkey.
The sultan yields railway concessions
to the car.
Isthmian canal commission was feted
in Nicaragua.
British subjects in Colombia are in
need Of protection.
The Paris exposition will not be
ready before June.
The Panama canal commission has
800 surveyors at work.
There is talk Of an international
demonstration against China.
The Canadian premier promises to
increase the Celestials' poll tax.
Surplus labor in Porto Rico Is to be
given employment on public works.
The Chinese dowager empress and
her aids have begun an autocratic rule.
Leo XIII. is preparing an encyclical
letter on South Africa favoring peace.
The federal council Of Switzerland
has declined to mediate in the Boer
var
The prince Of Wales is to be rein
stalled as grand master Of English
MasOns.
Emperor william declares that the
/ open door in China should be main
tanned.
Bubonic plague caused 1900 deaths
in India in a week. Seven hundred
were in Calcutta.
Vaccinations with the sultan's broth
er-in-law caused the exile Of eight
/ ladies Of the palace.
The gunboat Wheeling left Manila
recently for Tuku, China, to protect
American missionaries.
Russians are said to be melting the
Armenians against the German rail
way in Asia Minor.
The situation Of missionaries In
China is serious. The ~anti-foreign
movement is increasing.
At a meeting Of Irish Nationalist
memberssof the house Of commons 1t
was agreed that the Irish commoners
should not be allowed hereafter to pair
with either Liberals or Unionists.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-31
In General.

Large lumber docks are to be erected
at Ashland, Wis.
The cold wave in the South proved
disastrous to fruit.
Speaker Henderson is in favor of an
eight-hour day law. 80.
Macrum will not withdraw a word OF
his published charges.
Prohibited tobacco articles will be
seized after April 20.
!. The Canadian Pacific will resist the
anti-commissfOn rule.
Dave Sullivan defeated Kid Broad in
a twenty-five-round bout.
Americans are given a chance to bid
on the Siberian railway.
The weekly trade review shows that
business continues brisk.
The heroic act Of a colored man in
New York saved six lives.
+ Smallpox broke out in a camp of rail
road laborers in Montana.
The st. Louis & Cairo road has been
foreclosed by the Mobile & Ohio.
The Northern Pacific denies that II
has designs ON the Oriental trade.
The Rockefellers carried the village
election in North Tarrytown. N. Y.
American capitalists r to invest
$1O,OOO,OO0 in o steel plant in Mexico.
Indiana's female heavyweight. $50
pounds, died while playing dominoes.
Ofncials Of the Chicago and Mime
apolis lines may agree to q combine.
There is trouble at Cape Nome, and
soldiers have been ordered to Alaska.
Girl babies are born in Cleveland
Ohio, which resemble the Siamest
| twins. y
Illinois coal production last year was
23,4s4,445 tons, an increase Of 25 pei
cent. .
The Texas antitrust law has beer
upheld by the United States supreme
COURT
Independent telephone lines in Wis
cousin have decided to work as ono
system. ;.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-31
-wAsaBURN. : NORTH DAKOTA

That friendship only is indeed genu-
lne when two friends without speaking
a word to each other, can nevertheless
find happiness in being together.