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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01

Who homesteadad less than 100 acres
prior to June %, 1874, even IF they
q abandoned no me stead, are entitled to
additionals. will buy. Address,
s. b WILCOX,
AS Shcidley Bldg, Kansas City. Mo.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01
Beauest for EIri, .caa.,v

Elgin, ILL.,, Jan. 29.-The late Or
lando Davidson, father of Mrs. Ma
thaniel c. Sears of Chicago, left prom
erty to the value of nearly $50. 900. Ell
gin academy receives a bequest of
$4,000.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01
Trolley Plant for London.

st. Louis. Mo-, Jan. 29.-The st.
Louis Car company has decided to es-
tablish a branch in England. The
plant will probably be located in Lon
don. and will cost 100000.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01
NRhon i Found Chilly

Chicago, Jan. 29.-Jeremiah McMa-
hon, on trial before Judge Bretano for
the murder on Sept. last of Richard
McGraw, was found guilty, the jury
fixing his punishment at fourteen
years in the penitentiary.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01

Florida, West Indies and Central Am erica.
The facilities of the Louisville &
Nashville Railroad for handling tour
lists and travellers destined for all
points in Florida, Cuba, Porto Rico,
Central America, or for Nassau, are I'M
surpassed. Double daily lines of sleep
ing cars are run from Cincinnati,
Louisville, Chicago and st. LOWS
through Jacksonville to interior Flor,
ida points, and to Miami, Tampa and
New Orleans, the ports of embarkation
for the countries mentioned. For
folders, etc, write Geo. B. Horner, d.
Z. A., st. Louis, Mo.
Loves golden dream oft has silver
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01
French Blue Jackets at Pektn.

Paris, Jan. "a dispatch to the
Figaro from Shanghai states that a
detachment Of French blue jackets has
arrived at Pekin.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01

Moves the bowels each day. In or.
der to be healthy this is necessary
Acts gently on the liver and kidneys.
Cures sick headache. Price 25 and 500
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01

1t requires no experience to dye with
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. Simply
boiling your goods in the dye Is all
that's necessary.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01

1ts'hy
The Des Moines Daily News Is sent postpaid 70
any address for ii year, Is cents for six
Is cents for one month cash In ADVANCE
IL Is condensed newspaper, giving all important
news OF both wars congress, Iowa legislature mar
kets and all other events In brief form for busy
readers The News is a member Of the Associated
Press ana Is first class paper In every respect
splendid department for children. Address,
THE NEWS. Des Molnes Iowa
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01

THE GRIP CURE THAT DOES cURr.
Laxative Bromo Quinins Tablets removes
the cause that produces La Grippe. E W.
Groves signature Is on each box go.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01

Piso's Cure for Consumption is our only medi.
cine for coughs and col is,--Mrs C. Beltz 40 8th
Ave, Denver, Col, November 8, 1905.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01
Chicago n GARD OF Trade,

Chicago, Jan. 26.-The following Ia.
BILE shows the range OF quotations on
| the board of trade today:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01

A husband and wife should Away.
be lovers
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01
Winter Tours.

Cupid's conserva tory harbors many
fOrpet-me- nOtS
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01

Dropsy treated free by DR.. 81. II. Green's
Sons, of Atlanta, Ga The greatest dropsy
specialists in the world. Read their adver.
tisement in another column Of this paper
Why is mourning so essential 70
women and not to men?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01

Courthouse widows usually dress in
light clothes, cemetery widows in
black
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01

Baker's Chocolate and Cocoa.
Look for the picture Of LA Belle Choc0laticTe.s
II II on every genuine package.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01

Your character, not your crest, is
the proper American standard.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01
Lanes Fla mily Medicine.

Box-toed shoes look as old now as
boots.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01

SOLD by Druggists, T5c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01

1t Is better to be bald-headed outside
your head than inside.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01

Mrs. winslow's Soothing syrup.
For children teething softens the gums reduces f-
uamnation allays pain. wind cole. CSC bottle
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01

Some men never fail to attend all
the fires.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01

A woman with baby always has
the respect of everybody around.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01
Danish West Indies.

LONDON, Jan. 24.-The Copenhagen
correspondent of the Daily Mail says:
Negotiations for the sale of the Dan
ish West Indies to the United States
are likely to undergo a new develop
ment. The United States government
intends to acquire asphere of influence
in China. In that case Denmark, for the
benefit of her newly founded CONNER
cial connections in East Asia, would,
through American concessions, obtain
a valuable equivalent for her western
colonies"
Most Of the damsels of Honolulu are
expert swimmers. American residents
amuse themselves by announcing a
diving contest. Ten or twenty fair
maidens arrange themselves on a dock
or float, and the spectators throw silver
dimes into the water, which is usually
not very deep. AS each coin Is thrown
the maidens dive, and in less than two
minutes the coin is held aloft by the
lucky winner.
Blackpool, England, a city Of 10000
population owns and operates her street
railways. 1t transports passengers for
31-3 cents per fare, lays by a sinking
fund, pays interest and taxes and
makes n profit.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01

The number of penniless men In
Klondike is placed at 5000.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01
STATE OF oHro. CITY OF TOLEDO, =.

Gods glorious gem-a rosy checked
girl.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01

Kemp's Balsam win stop the cough
at once. Go to your druggist to-day
and get sample bottle free. Sold In
IS and SO cent bottles. Go at once,
delays are dangerous
Bicycle tourists commend the hotels
In Switzerland, as the food therein
furnished is cheap, excellent ano we'll
served. A good breakfast or supper
can be had for twenty cents, and .
tive-course dinner for fifty cents.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-03
FOR RENT-HOUSES.

FOR RENT-F'ive-room cottage. at 3l5 s.
Washington, SO per month. Dean Cor
don. 1885,
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FINANCIAL

MONEY TO LOAN-On cnattels, collat-
eral, tax titles, or on real estate INSTALL
ments. Dean Gordon. 33-sun-wed-tf
UNLIMITED FUNDS to loan on choice
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5455-56-57 Zimmerly block. Whine &
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-03

FOR RENT-Furnshed and unfurnished
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crate. 1873 5. Topeka. 1tl-6tx
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-03

FOR RENT-Two good rooms. 3SS South
Emporia. Inquire of Singer & Donuell.
122-tf
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sALEsMEN WANTED.
AGENTS WANTED.

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WANTED-Agents for the best laundry
lib Kansas. Liberal commission Ad-
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-03

HELP WANTED-WoFk for men. women
and children. Magnificent climate. Per
feet system Of irrigation. NJ failure Of
crops. Immense Beet Sugar factory now
in course of construction. q cost one
million dollars. Ten thousand acres Of
Deets to be cultivated this season and
every season. The American Beet Su-
gar company will aid industrious men
of families. who want ID settle i'm this
valley. I'm getting located large
number of men viii be employed during
the construction and operation Of the
factory. Others. and women and chi
dren. will easily find work in fields
Come in time. About zoe hands are
needed to take care 81 tho crops. Work
will commence the middle IF MAY.
Good wages paid. For further informa-
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Company. at Rocky Ford, Colorado.
4-2q-7Tx
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-03

FSR SALE-The let with foundation. on
North Lawrence. in third block. east
side Owner Wi. MI I'D LOT after cot
taEe is built. An S-Toom cottage can
be built for Sl,5o0 thar viii zen; for SD
per month. Price OF Tot, x,o09. Cali on j.
ii. Knapp, So Sedgwick block.
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HELP NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
yNANTED--A cook at the Topeka Ave
! nue. Hotel Wichita. 143-4tX
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PERSONAL.
POULTRY.


Barred Plymouth Rock Eggs; best in
the state; 40 premiums last two seasons.
Send for circular. Agent for Lees Lice
Killer and all kinds of poultry remedies.
Sharp's Hog Cholera Cure, best made:
Lawn Fertilizer, Bone Grit and Shell
Spratts; Cooked food for Chicks.
OTTO WEISS, Wichita, Kan.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-03
and Adorn Your Home.

we use any kind q PAINT you dszifs,
but m al eases recommend TIE best
known materials. namely Fbks
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the best rrafsrt4ia are fha rhpa oaaf
we also Bsa the FAMOUS BROOKS
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brush sEateu This mefHrd g. being gHsf
almost exclusively iu ~. eaEferu states.
an1 IS coming into grlrsrsal sac Sc chs
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

~~~-~-~-~~----~>~~~--~-~-
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-03

FOR RENT-A few good houses. Hills
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5-21 TO Xxx
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WANTED-Girl for homework. S46 n.
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WANTED-A good lady cook. Hote
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FOL. RFNT-Nine- room house. barn and
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FOR SALE-Butchar sAop. $50 y Main
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FOR RENT-Nine-room house. northeast
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FOR RENT-A five-roo-n cottage. newly
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FOR RENT-Unfurnished room and barn
800 y. Market street 14i-4tx
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1900-10-11
cosTLIEsT THINGS ON RECORD

The eostliest toy on record was a
broken-nosed wooden horse which be-
longed TO Napoleon Bonaparte and was
sold a year or two ago for 1000 francs.
The costliest cigars ever brought to
this country were Of the brand made
for the prince Of Wales in Havana, the
manufacturers price for which was
sl.s7 apiece.
The largest sum ever asked or offered
for single diamond is 430, 900, which
the nizam Of Hyderabad agreed to give
10 Mr.. Jacobs, the famous jeweler of
Simla, for the imperial" diamond,
which is considered the finest stone in
the world.
The costllest mats in the world are
owned by the shah OF Persia and the
sultan OF Turkey. The shah and the
sultan each possesses a mat made OF
pearls and diamonds, valued at over
$2,500,000. The largestmat ever made Is
owned by the Carlton club OF London
and is a work OF art.
The costllest meal ever served, ac-
cordlng TO history, was supper given
TO Aelius Verus, one Of the most lavish
OF all the Romans Of the latter days, TO
a dozen guests. The cost was 5000 ses-
tertia, which would amount to 4s,5OO,
or nearly n quarter Of million dol
lars. A celebrated feast given by VI
tellius, Roman emperor OF those days,
TO his brother Lucius, cost more than
100000. suetonius says that the ban
quet consisted OF 1000 different dishes
of fish. and 100 different fowls. besides
other courses,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1900-10-11
CLASS OF NAUGHTY-NAUGHT
The End of the Century Class in
school and College Has su-
perior Advantages.

The class OF 1900, in school and coll
lege, in thought will salute its prede-
cessors, near and remote, on the com
ing graduation day. As an end-of-the-
century class. says Youths Compan-
ion, its interest may go out sympathet-
ically to the graduates OF 1900.
It may congratulate itself on its SUI
perior advantages and surroundings.
The picture, for example, Of New
York man on his way TO the commence
ment exercises n century ago would
suggest certain changes and develop
ments. He saw no telegraph, telephone
nor trolley wires; no electric light
posts, no street car, no bicycle, no au-
tomobile, no steam fire engine no gas
fixture in window, with baseball glove
and catcher's mask suspended thereon;
no one OF many conveniences and abb
solutely necessary contriyances us we
now estimate them.
Nevertheless, II would be mistake
to infer that the material side OF the
environment was fair indication Of
the mental equipment and possibilities
OF that day. A diploma Is commits
sion TO do something in and for the
world, and II must be owned that the
class OF 1900 and other classes of that
general period set an example OF per-
formance that our candidates for GER
tfcates and degrees may well initiate.
1t is the use, and not merely the num-
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1900-10-11
SCHOOL PEOPLE AND AFFAIRS

Ii Hung Chang's son, Lee, has passed
his entrance examinations to Harvard
with honors in Greek, Latin and Eng.
lish.
Two professors OF the University OF
Leipsic-llcinze and Wundt-recently
celebrated their twenty!fifth jubilee as
professors, and both Of them left the
city to escape ceremonies and congrat-
ulations.
Talk Of introducing course OF in
struction in agriculture in colleges is
being ridiculed by western newspapers,
one Of which declares that "the aver
age Kansas boy or girl knows more
about practical farming than the aver
age college professor could find out
in ten years"
Between 1870 and 1897, 1l9 women
obtained degrees from Italian uniyer-
stiles. or these o. were graduated in
arts, 10 In physical science, IA in mathe-
MATES, seven in philosophy, four in
law and 10 in medicine. Last year the
number OF women students at the sev.
eral universities was 261.
Hhe new courses in higher CONNER
cial education and public administra-
tion just organized at the University Of
Michigan include instruction in his
tory, constitutional law. politics, pollt-
ical economy, finance, sociology, sta
tistics, international law, administra-
tive and municipal law, general and
commercial law, Roman law and Rom
an insiltutionk.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1900-10-11
GERMANS IN THIS COUNTRY.
Among the States Wisconsin Leads
In the Number-Pereentage
of the cities.

Milwaukee, famous for its beer, may
now claim distinction as being the
German City" of the United States
There are more Germans in Milwaukee
in proportion to its population than in
any other city. The percentage Of pop
ulatiOn is sc, and Hoboken is a close
second, with 81 per cent. New York
has only 80 per cent, and Chicago 81
per cent. Boston is al the bottom Of
the list, with German population Of
only seven per cent. of the total De-
troit, Buffalo, Cleveland, Newark, Gin
cinnati and Jersey City have larger per-
centages of Germans in their popula-
tions than either New York or Chi
cago says the New York Herald.
Among the states Wisconsin leads in
proportion of residents born in Ger
many. 1t is estimated that 2s3,O00 ma
tive born Germans are now located
there, or II per cent. of the total popu-
lation, New York, however. has the
largest number of native born Ger
mans-553,O00, but this is only nine per
cent OF the population. Illinois has
$4,000, or ten per cent. Minnesota,
with 129,OO1 is equal to Illinois in per-
centage. Iowa has 144.0O0 Germans,
hut a percentage Of only eight, while
Massachusetts stands about at the bot
tom of the list, with 3l0G0 Germans,
and a percentage Of one The United
States is credited altogether with
2g93,O0G German-born residents.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1900-10-11
BoERs AS PASTRY COOKS.
Housewives of the Transvnai Are
Fond Of the old Dutch Dainties
of New York.

About ~ years ago, when the first
gold rush took place TO Che Witwaters-
rand gold fields. the place was only
approached by road; there were no
railways for some years afterward.
laundering mail coaches brought the
miners from Kimberley or Natal to
johannesburg, says the Chicago Even
ing News.
On the road were stopping places
where the teams were changed and
the passengers refreshed. These
houses were usually Boer farms, and
the farmers made good thing out OF
dispensing hospitality 10 wayfarers.
In the middle of long table stood
the dishes. Everyone helped himself
by digging a two-pronged fork into
the dish nearest him. There was no
tablecloth; everything was dirty and
unappetizing But the farmers wives
are clever at making preserves and
they particularly excel in a prepara-
tion Of tangarines preserved in sugar
sirup. Slices Of melon, pumpkin and
ounces are also preserved this way.
The clingstone or yellow peach, which
grows on every farm, makes a splen-
did jam, and dries excellently. But
the best preserve is made Of stoned
and sun-dried apricots, fiattened ard
picked with salt and sugar.
Boer housewives are very fond Of
the old Dutch dainties OF New York
described by Washington Irving and
eaten to this day-"oily keoks," or
doughnuts fried in fat.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1900-10-11
GARDENS UNDER A BRIDGE.
Located Benenth Madison Avenue
Structure In the Harlem
River.

II is not often that one finds a garden
in the middle Of a river flowing through
great city, and thronged with all man.
ner OF craft, but the Harlem river at its
busiest section contains two Of them,
says the New York Post. They are To-
Gated beneath the Madison avenue
bridge, on each bank of the river, and
rows OF lettuce, potato stalks and to-
mato vines shut out the roar OF the city.
Few cross the bridge without being at
tracted by the two green patches, and
the uniformed employees are constantly
piled with questions by the curious,
"Oh, it was old Patsy over there who
started the gardens" they say.
"Old Patsy is a watchmnn, whose
duty II is to keep things clean and in
order on the bridge 81 was something
of garner, SIR" he says, "in the ould
country, and had nice place iv me
own wanst, before the hard times come.
and | saw them thriangles out there.
and the clay in them, and just thought
30 meself cou,d rise a few vegetables
for tn ould woman, And set TO work
here lasht year, and, what dye think.
but we had lashins iy pratics and things
for the whole winther, The place is
fun o rats and they do be playin' havoc
wild things. But maybe afther all IN
have u dacint crop"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1900-10-11
A MATTER OF ALTITUDE.
Her Unrehned Papa Wns the Only One
TO whom II Made No
Difference.

81 was on a train coming east not
long ago" said a government official to
Washington Star reporter, "and !
struck up an acquaintance with lit
tie girl about seven years Of age, who
was travelling with her aunt. She
was from the west, but had pissed thc
greater part of her life in boston auo
was the most thoroughly Bostouur
youngster ! ever saw. She was really
overwhelming in her maunerisms. but
none the less interesting On that ac-
count. | had, spoken TO her Of my own
little girl about her age being in North
Carolina.
"'Do you think" she said, in her
elaborate manner, that the altitude is
proper thereY
81 suid | thought It was about right.
"I had thought it was too low.
perhaps She went On. but | suppose
you know best. With us. aunty andT L
and BE ,aid 'ahnty' in real Boston
,st--'g -gfer the lower attitudes and are
going to Boston. Mamma and brother
prefer the higher attitudes and are GO
ing TO the mountains. or rather they
have already gone
"'And your father?' l asked, where
does he go?'
"'Oh,' she exclaimed, in quite a hope
less tone, papa isn't at all refined; any
kind of an altitude suits him."
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1900-10-11
MAYFLowERs ON CAPE COD.
Many People Kept Busy In Gathering
the Wax Like blossoms In
the spring.

AT Cape Cod, and not far from where
former President Cleveland has his fa-
nous summer home at Buzzard's Bay.
the inhabitants have an odd occupation,
says the Providence journal! When the
first fragrant buds Of the trai.ing ar-
butus or May flower appear ON the hill
sides of the big cape the woods are fair
ly alive with men, women ard children.
all in search Of the delicate flowers.
They are not out collecting because
they are charmed with the carli bios
SONS, nor do they wander through the
woods pIuckiug wild blossoms for their
heath. Their industry is strictly com
mercial, for the May flower is favor
ite In New York. Boston. Philadelphia
and other large cities Of the east, and
every spring The woods are stripped Of
them and they are packed in moss and
shipped to town, where they are sold at
high prices
So regular IS the demand for the
dainty waXlike blossoms that pfofcs-
sioual flower hunters make business
OF searching ont the secret blooming
grounds Of the arbutus. stake out their
claims rs they would take up mining
claims every spring, and wait for the
blossom harvest, Gathering May flow
ers has become one of the important
industries Of Cape Cod.