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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22

ke0epeok
The windows are gay with new novels
that shine
In bindings of wonderful hue:
They are wondrously FAR Is they stand
there In line
To tempt any one wh< may view.
There are books about fairies
And big dictionaries
And histories grave AMI the rest
Yet OF all the wise prints.
Tales OF practical hipts.
Ny grandnother's copk book seems
best.
When stone bruises can't to my Juvenile
heel
II told how to conquer NE pain.
And how to make soap or apply lemon
peel
To remove some insidio,s stain.
What to do. It PORTRAYED.
For q drowning man, aid.
And how to make blackberry wine:
And how to clean paiit
And euro people who faint
Ny grandmother's cook book was hne.
No frivolous poems! No tction to fill
Our lives with q vague discontent!
No long. prosy essays! Twas written
with skill:
The author said just what he meant
OF cooking. It's true.
What my grandmother knew.
Twas beyond any volume to state.
But for hot drops and such,
When we'd eaten too much.
My grandmother's cook book was great.
-Philander johnson In Washington Star.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22

There are very conclusive reasons
why the present tariff tax on wood
pulp and printing paper should be re.
pealed, and there IL no reason In the
interest Of American industry that
pleads for the continuance Of these
taxes. They are now simply an ele-
a,ent OF robbery under color Of law.
and they should be sffaced from our
statutes.
The paper trust Is now taxing the
newspaper and book publishers Of the
country many millions. not because OF
any such actual increase in the cost OF
producing paper. but because the trust
has the power to extort from the pur-
chasers of paper up to the extent that
would make tariff-taxed foreign paper
and pulp cheaper than the prices de-
manded here. This trust has played its
scheme of extortion to the uttermost,
and congress should at once remove
the tax that protects no American In
dustry and that has become only an
agent to rob the consumers.
Two-thirds of the wood pulp used In
the manufacture OF paper for American
consumption should come from Can
ada, but 1t is excluded by a tariff tax,
and we are now rushing headlong In
the destruction OF our forests. while
Canada, with Its almost limitless sup
ply of timber. cannot reach our mar
kets because OF the tax imposed by
the tariff.
| The two conclusive reasons which
should make congress act promptly are
first, that the paper trust should be
at once halted in its rapid destruction
VI our American forests by the admis-
sion OF free wood pulp from Canada:
and, second, that the present extortion
practiced by the paper trust upon pub
fishers Of newspapers and books shall
cease to have the protection OF the gov
eminent.
The time has come when any trust
that makes arbitrary profits by tarif
duties must cease to be protected by
the government. Where American In
dustry needs protection 1t Is reason
| able to permit IL, out Wnere aiiescu
protection Is used only for systematic
robbery, It must be overthrown.
We can now manufacture paper as
cheaply as any country in the world
There is no excuse whatever for tax
upon the manufactured articles. and
the raw material should be free, not
only because the general principle is
correct, but because II It shall not be
done promptly our forests will be prac-
tically destroyed within few years by
tariff taxes excluding the lumber oil
Canada from our markets.
Paper and pulp must be made free
Of all taxes.as the paper trust has dem
onstrated that these taxes serve only a
single purpose-that is to invite rob-
berry under color Of law.-Philadelphia
| Times.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22
ovERiNDULoED CHILDREN.
Truth Which ID Worth the Attention OF
American Parents.

Truth Which ID Worth the Attention of
American Parents.
John Ruskin, at rs, had as keen a
sense Of taste as most men have at 20,
and greatly enjoyed new fiavors, says
the Youths Companion. My palate"
he once said, serves me now SO well,
because when was a child l was Civ.
en- only the plainest food. When ]
was q boy. too. had but one or two
toys and no amusements. Hence the
keen delight which l take now In ev.
cry little pleasure" NJ. Repan ex-
planned to a friend his habitual cheer.
fulness in the same way. when l was
young" he said. my life was simple
and bare. ! had few amusements. ]
kept all my illusions; hence little
things. which an INDUCED child in q
luxurious home would scarcely notice,
now give mean old man--real hap
ptness." Here is the hint of q truth
worth the attention Of American par.
ents. II they have wealth. or even q
moderate income, their fond effort US.
ually Is to give to their boys and girls
all the pleasures In miniature which
belong to middle age. Children are
early made familiar with the idea of
fashionable clothes and jewelry. They
have their formal luncheons and din
ner parties. and even balls, In which
there are the state and ceremony, and
sometimes the dishes. which are to be
found in the entertainments Of adults.
They are overloaded with costly toys,
for which they care little. The dis
appointed father and mother wonder
why the child is bored by new pleas
ures. They do not see that they are
robbing him in youth of the relish and
keen sense Of enjoyment which was
meant to give zest and happiness to
his whole life. Still more cruel kind
ness is that of parents of moderate
means, who accustom their children to
life OF luxury. living to the full limit
of their incomes. and when they die
leave them unprepared to struggle with
the world.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22
:HE FEMININE pHiLosopI

Hunger is a sure cure for love.
Liars should possess good meme
Cold weather never contracts
price of coal.
There are very few cynics 70
among the successful
All problems are SO simple to Il
who are not asked to solve them.
A woman's conscience is dead In
matter of appropriating hotel towe
The brightest blaxes of happiness a
commonly kindled by unexpecs
sparks.
There are very few really new idea
It is the treatment Of them that smac
I novelty.
The persons who grumble the nj
at the boarding house table are g.
orally the ones who do not have hl
as much or as good at their own
There is no man so reliant or ind
pendent that he doesn't like to ha
the woman who loves him treat him
times as though he were q great B
baby.
II is so much easier to be bra
when we 60 to the dentists the I'll
time than 1t is at the second Wis
when we know what We have to
through.
II more so-called vocalists und
derstood the distinction between 81
ing and making a noise the con,
tours would undoubtedly be m
profitable.
There is one fiction a woman ma
herself believe by repeating 1t
quently-namely. that she could
married very wealthy man II she
been so inclined.
1t is very embarrassing to q
who has a poem on the grace
charm of his first wife accepted to
1t published Just when he is abou
marry the second.
The endeavor to make themse
look smart on an income adeq
only to make them look decent is
reason SO many women become WI
led and ugly before their time.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22
TO MEET STEAMSHIPS
A New Service by the New York
trail Railroad.

George II. Daniels, general pass
agent Of the New York Central
Hudson River Railroad, has ado
steamship bureau to the equipme
the passenger service of the road
has engaged Captain Louis Ingw
and F. A. G. Schultze to superb
the bureau. and one of their dutie
be to meet all incoming trans-At
and the principal coastwise steam
to assist passengers who Wish =
the city via the Vanderbilt 9
Capt Ingwersen will have cha
the American, Cunard, White Sta
lantic Transport, Wilson. Ancho
Allan-State lines, and Capt. Sc
has been ass gned to the North-G
Lloyd, neutrality-suspicious., +
Rotterdam, Red Star and Thin
lines.
They will meet all incoming
ships. and will be prepared to {
railway tickets. parlor and sleepi
accommodations and to assist p
gers with their baggage and ci
to points on the line of the IRA
after It has been passed by tn
inspectors. They will also fur.
sengers with cabs operated by
road company, and furnish tim.
and general information to pass
The two men have also been
to assist passengers who come
city with view of going abro
such passengers will be met
Grand Central Station on in
trains and conducted to the ste;
Their baggage will be attended
steamship tickets can be proc
advance by communicating "
Daniels.-From the New Yor
merc--l Advertiser.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22
SECRET SERVICE AMONG THE B0[Rj

The South African war has shown
one thing In which the Boer IL supe-
ricr to the English and that thing is
secret service. As Spy the Boer Of
the Transvaal has no equal. as the
English have found to their cost
Since the opening Of hostilities there
has scarcely been q move made on
the part Of the British that did not
seem to be fully anticipated by the
Beers. In fact. the different signal
defeats which have befallen British
arms during the South African cam
paign may be attributed to the EN-
cheney Of the Boer secret service.
Dom Paul and Joubert, It is well
known. have spies everywhere, and
owing to the peculiar conditions under
which the war is being carried on. 1t
70 practically impossible for the Brit
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22
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ish authorities to put stop to the
leaking out of information. The pres
ent situation in South Africa Is some
thing like that in the Philippines. Of
dcers find It difficult to determine just
who are friendlies and just who are
TO be counted among the enemy. How
many spies, for instance. there may
be among the supposedly disahected
burghers Of the cape 1t is impossible
20 tell. This peculiar position Of af-
fairs forced General Gatacre not long
ago to Issue proclamation that any
Cape Colony burgher travelling from
town to town would be arrested on
suspicion. He forbade them to 60 to
market towns oftener than once q
week. This was obviously to prevent
the dissemination Of information re-
garding the movement and disposition
Of the British forces.
IN the town OF Mafeking. too. early
In the war. Major Cecil was forced to
post up notices to the effect that in
formation had reached him that spies
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22

were operating in the town and that
unless the same left Mafeking by noon
of the following day they would be ap-
pretended and punished according to
the law governing all such cases.
The startling number Of times the
British forces have been led into am.
buscades or have marched unsuspect-
ing against a Boer force thoroughly
prepared to meet them mas naturally
given her majesty's officers q very dis
agreeable consciousness that their
movements were only too we'll known
by the enemy. In fact, it Is known
that Cape Town itself Is full Of Boer
spies. yet no effective move can be
made toward stopping their opera
lions. The knowledge which the
Boer possesses of the country. his
we'll guarded means Of secret COM
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22

Transvaal." It Is said, indeed. that
some of the most influential cont.
mental newspapers have been subsi-
dized by the Transvaal government
through the willy DR.. Leyds, and 1t Ii
known that he approached Lisbon over
and over again on the matter Of the
purchase Of Delogoa Bay. but could
not succeed In shaking Portugars
friendship for Great Britain. 1t is q
recognized fact that Leyds, by some
means or other, has found It possible
to obtain audiences with European
rulers unwarranted by his own ofiicial
importance or the Importance Of the
government which he represents But
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22
WHY HUMAN sEiNos LAUGH.

~esss"~
Oscillation Il . Faculty We Acquire
with Increase Of Isteiligence.
Anthropologists say that the abili-
u to laugh comes to the child as It
grows older. The first smile Is OBJ
served when the child Is about 40 to 60
days old. but 1t does not begin to laugh
until some time after that. According
to Mantegazza and others the power OF
laughing has to be acquired. just as a
child learns how to talk or walk.
Laughter Is observed at the earliest
only after they are 3 months old.
Children and women laugh more than
men, not because the cares Of life lie
less heavily upon them. but because
the former are more excitable. and be-
cause the moderating power Of the
cerebral hemisphere Is less In them
than among men generally. Profound
study makes men serious. and 30 fool
fish people are sometimes noted for
laughing immoderateiy. Yet laughter
is not SO much an index to intelligence
as II IL to the condition Of health.
Healthy. vigorous people are Of pro-
verbally good humored, joyous, laugh
ing natures, while tho "sallow. gloomy
eyed dyspeptic" Is description SCI
entincally accurate. although 1t has its
origin from the brain Of poet. The
envious. wicked and malevolent rarely
laugh, because. psychologists say. they
are impregnated with bile, and are
therefore morose. The naughty, the
vain and the awkward also laugh very
little for fear of losing their dignity.
The Spanish people, who are proverbi-
ally grave, are a good example. Peo-
pie who have lines extending down
ward from the angle Of the mouth to-
ward tAe chin well marked rarely
laugh, and. moreover, show tendency
to pensiveness In youth and melan-
choly In after life Those who have
lines raging outward from the eyes
are. on the contrary. people who laugh
. good deal. especially when the upper
lip IL framed by two deep furows run
ming down to the mouth. Lavater. the
noted physiognomist, states that q
frank. easy. copious laughter indicates
. good soul devoid Of vanity" Such
people often have q great many wrin-
kles running obliqucly outward and
downward from the eyes. They also
have full. open lips and round. large
eorehsad.-New York Herald.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22

wigglesby is the most earnest coll
lector OF souvenirs ever saw. When
he was abroad he gathered trunks full.
Some he bought. some he took when
nobody was looking. Did you hear
about his backing out when he had q
chance to kiss the Queen of Italy's
hand"
What frightened him."
HE couldn't trust himself. He was
afraid he'd be tempted to pull on one
of her fingers"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22

A woman who entertains great deal
tells a writer In Harper's Bazaar that
she is heart. brain. nerve and soul
weary Of clever people, and she longs
to know somebody who neither writes.
sings, recites. toots. fiddles. nor even
has ideas. She even proposes a toast
to the stupid people who do not In
trude, and those who, while not stupid,
often pretend they are. for the sake
Of the quiet and peace they know you
will appreciate. Cleverness runs in
families nowadays. Even the house
hold baby Is hauled out at deadly night
hours to do his little turn. and the
grandmother Of the family Is clever.
All. a rare and satisfying person to
meet Is the family woman who Is not
clever. who makes no pretensions to
cleverness. who mas not prepared a
paper on any Of the burning questions
of the hour.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22

The Iowa Central Railway Il
shortest and best line to all objt
points of Homeseekers. Rec
chair ears, free, on day trains, a
giant day coaches and palace 6
cars on night trains The
Homeseekers' excursions are +,
March 9th and Goth, April Ord q
1900. Information as TO
reached, connections, etc, can
by inquiring Of any coupon
agent, or the undersigned,
Batty, G. p. & 7. A., Marsh
Iowa.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22
Edward Caller Discharged.

Southampton. Feb. 17.-Edward Ca
Ter. a deck cadet on the American Line
steamer st. Louis. who was arrested
here Feb. 9. for the alleged theft of two
bills Of acceptance for 2l.l34 marks In
transit from Berlin to New York. was
brought up in court and discharged. as
the robbery took place on board of an
American ship Just outside Of English
Jurisdiction and as the United States
has given no intention Of demanding
extradftiOn
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22
RECENT INVENTIONS,

Motormen will appreciate a !
brake attachment, which has a
working vertically instead o
zontally, a pin being inserted
floor to lift the rachel with tn
wheel mounted on the brake
Wood figures can be readi
Gated by a new carving mach
Ing two pedestals on which
and block are mounted. wit
and sliding support for the
cutting tool. a flexible shaft op
the latter.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22

San Francisco. Feb. 1.-THE United
States steamship Nero. during Its re-
cent survey for transpacific cable.
broke the record for deep-sea sound
ings. One sounding near Guam Island
marked 5.160 fathoms. and another
$3.50 fathoms. only sixty-six feet short
of six statute miles. That is deeper
than the height Of the highest noun
tain peak on the land surface Of the
globe.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22

A new method Of lighting tunnels Is
about to be adopted in one constructed
In Paris for an electric road. Electric
lamps will be turned on automatically
as the train enters the tunnel and cut
on automatically as 1t energies. The
lights are arranged on each side on q
level with the windows Of the cars. SO
that during daytime 1t will not be nee
essarry to turn on the light in the
cars. This mode has been devised by
a French inventor. and doubtless will
be found Of great utility.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22

When the British empire Ia at war.
as might be said Of that empire during
the present time. the war ONCE Ia able
to call upon subjects from all corners
Of the earth. Canadians. Australians,
lrishmen. East Indians-all are ready
to respond to re call OF the homeland.
and curious indeed are some Of the
forces which 60 to the front under the
union Jack. Perhaps the most out
lsndish element n rnis motley army
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22

Lansing, Mich. Feb. 17.-Secretary
of State Stearn, as chairman Of the
state board Of auditors. has authorized
Sheriff Porter to offer reward of
$1,000 for the apprehension Of ex-
Quartermaster General William l.
White. who is wanted on a charge al
leging embezzlement Of state funds
while a member of the Michigan mill
tary board and who disappeared sew.
sral weeks ago.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22
Genera, Z. c. Williams Dies.

Harrisburg. Pa. Feb. 17.-General
e. c. Williams, who served with dis
tinction In the Mexican and civil wars,
and had the honor Of raising the nag
ON the citadels of Chapultepec and the
City of Mexico. has just died at his
home in Chapman. Snyder County.
aged eighty-eight years.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22

Boston, Feb. 17.-Colonel Thomas
Wentworth Higginson made vigorous
attack ON Captain Mahan, the anti
Boer writer whom he charges with
gross falsehoods before the Twentieth
Century Club. in which he said:
II wish no III to Captain Mahan.
whose books read with pleasure. but
a rawhide In the hands Of Boer farm
er might teach him q lesson In the
right Of self-government."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22

are the Indian bearers who did such
good work at and after the battle Of
Reitfontein. Although acting only In
the capacity Of nurses and camp fol-
lowers. these experienced and intre-
pid gatherers Of the wounded were the
means OF saving many a Britishers
life by the dispatch and thorouShness
with which they went over the battle.
field and carried the wounded to places
Of safety. where surgeons and stimu-
lants were awaiting them.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22

1t Is rumored that this same gov.
eminent instructs its European
agent to scatter his gold lavishly
when once he has ascertained where
such gold will do the most good. II
Is worth while noting that the
special" expenditure. as such funds
are termed, Of the Transvaal gov
eminent has amounted to $l1. 435..
600 during the last fourteen years.
This goes to show that the secret ser.
vice Of even such small republic as
the Transvaal il no Insignificant AZ.
fair.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22

A very simple statement proved very
unfortunate to savings institution In
the rural district recently. An editor
in writing Of the institution In his pa
per said:
THE president Is a very tall man:
the cashier IL short"
And in less than an hour the excited
depositors were asking. How much?
how much."-Atlanta Constitution.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22

Fairbury. III. Feb. l9.-After three
weeks strong legal battle in the Llv-
ingston county Circuit court the Right
sell murder trial came to close by
the jury's bringing in verdict find-
ing Rightsell guilty OF the killing OF
Chief of Police Fred Baird Of this city
q year ago. and giving him twenty
years In the penitentiary.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22


One Of the applicants for q consulate
In Japan while James @. Blaine was
secretary Of state was the late Samuel
Kimberley Of Baltimore. who died In
the service In Central America. says
the Chicago News. After he had pre-
scented his credentials. Mr.. Blaine said:
II should like to appoint you. Mr..
Kimberley, but have made It q rule
TO recommend no one who does not
speak the language Of the country to
which he IL sent. Do you speak Japa-
nese?" Certainly. Mr.. Blaine" said
Mr.. KimberleN ASK me something
In Japanese: I'll answer yoc." Mr..
Blaine had word to say. but the
japanese pos Mt to another man.
~ The Same. kimberley went to
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22

Tife-Do you know what you re-
mind me Of! Husband-No. but I do
know what you remind me Of. Wife
What! Husband-Of every little thing
1 forget to attend to that you ask me
about.-Detroit Free Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22

Berlin. Feb. 1.-THE report, pub
lished In the United States that the
newspapers here have announced that
Nine. Nellie Melba. the Australian
prima donna. IL engaged to marry DR..
Joseph Joachim, the violin virtuoso. 10
wholly fictitious
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22

Pencils from slate dust nodded by
hydraulic pressure are now made In
large quantities. They are much more
popular than the solid-cut slate pen
ellis. One factory last year made rs
000. 900 nodded pencils.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22
Bewitching is the blush of a
eyed beauty, a black-eyed belle.
Florida, West Indies and Central 4

Florida, West indies and Central Am
The facilities Of the LoujsSil
Nashville Railroad for handing
lists and travellers DESTINED 70
points in Florida, Cuba, Pbrto
Central America. or for Nassau, a,
surpassed. Double daily lines of
ing cars are run from Cinci
Louisville, Chicago and st.
through Jacksonville to interior
ida points, and to Miami, lamp
New Orleans, the ports of embarl
for the countries mentioned.
folders, etc, write Geo. b. Horn,
7. A., st. Louis, Mo.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22

Tife-Do you know what you re-
mind me Of? Husband-No. but I do
know what you remind me Of. Wife
What? Husband-Of every little thing
forget to attend to that you ask me
about.-Detroit Free Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22

Friend-What queer language your
husband uses. He pronounces every
word a half dozen different ways.
wife-Yes. he has dozen different
dlctio3aries.-New York Weekly.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22
What Money Would Do

Perry Patetick-Say. watts de mean
In OF dolce far niente?" It's in de
paper here. Harvard Hasben-Dat's
wat de world would call dis perfession
Of ours II We only had money.-Phil-
adelphia Press.