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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04

bratfon, and they had ridden hun
bred miles and back for nothing. 1t
soon turned out that the rustlers them
selves had caused the false report to
be circulated. rs
must say that Florence is now a
person of considerable reputation in
these parts.-F. w. Crissman In
Youths Companion.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04

straw ropes. They are about half an
inch thick, and the cost of four is
about two cents.
Mrs. Strongmind-Why don't you
go to work? Tramp-Please, mum, /
made solemn vow twenty years
ago that I'd never do another stroke
of work till women was paid the same
wages as men.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04

The Hon. A. ]. Won Szilassy, presi-
dent Of the Y. NJ. C. A. Of Buda-P esth,
a member Of the Imperial Diet, and
leader in all philanthropic movements
in his country. will attend the jubilee
convention Of the association In Bos
ton In June.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04
Ladies' Can Wear shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens
Foot-Ease, powder. 1t makes tight
or new shoes easy. Cures swollen,
hot, sweating, aching feet, ingrowing
rails, corns and bunions. All drug
gists and shoe stores, Csc. Trial pack
age FREE by mail. Address Allen
S. 0lmsted, Leroy, n. Y.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04

1t is the only cure for Swollen.
Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken in
to the shoes. At all druggists and
shoe stores. csc. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. 0lmsted, Leroy,
n. Y.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04
YELLOW STONE PARK.

Extended tour, leisurely itinerary
with long stops in the Park. Private
coaches for exclusive use on the drive.
Pullman sleeping and dining cars.
Established limit TO number going.
Escort OF the American Tourist Assoc
citation. Reau Campbell. General Man
ager. 1923 Marquette Building, Chica-
go. Colorado and Alaska tours also.
Tickets include all Expenses Everywhere.
Train leaves Chicago via Chicago.
Milwaukee & st. Paul R'y, Tuesday.
July 8, 1000 p. m.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04

To be thrice happy. use Russ Bleaching
Blue. Don't be deceived by fraudulent imi-
tations. Sold by all grocers.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04

Louis GODDARD, the famous French
Aeronaut, who will soon try to cross
the Atlantic in balloon. is the son
of noted balloonist. He has made
nearly thousand aerial journeys.
AT the baptizing last Sunday"
says Georgia exchange, Brother
Johnson was caught by the left foot
by an alligator, and will have to be
baptized over as soon as he is able
TO be out -
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04

Nearly all of the fruit crops around
Naples, Italy, have been destroyed
this year by caustic rain, caused by
the immense volumes of poisonous
smoke issuing from the crater of
NeeuviuS
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04

Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE
STARCH, the only 16 OF. package for
10 cents. All other Decent starch
contains only 10 OF. Satisfaction
guaranteed or money refunded.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04

A thing to which n fool does not
consent, know as the right thing.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04

Mrs. winsIow's Soothing syrup.
For children teethng, softens the gums, reduces In
nammation aays pain. wind collie. Csc bottle
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04

.yirtuama Tablets cure "Drain-fag" nervous
vital mental and physical debility In men and
women. Great restorative for weak people. ~
Cant be cured cheaper. Mailed by Kidd Drug Co.,
Elgin. M. j. HurlbutCo.. Des Moines, Iowa, or
H. T. Baker sioux City, who carry full line OF sy-
ringes. hot water bags. ETC.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04

Ladies' who take pride In beautiful, clear
white clothes should use Russ Bleaching
Blue. Refuse limitations. Sold by all gro
GERS,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04

Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE
STARCH, the only l6 OF. package for
10 cents. All other 10-cent starch
contains only IL OF. Satisfaction
guaranteed or money refunded.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04

The egg of today is better than the
hen of tomorrow.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04

Time proves all things. II has seen
wizard OIL cure pain for over forty
years. Many people know this.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04

Look before, or you'll find yourself
behind.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04

Never put off till tomorrow the
creditor you can put off for thirty
DAYS.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04

Women's thoughts or men are
mostly afterthoughts.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04

The educated pig did not acquire
his knowledge in a day.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04

Weighty questions ask for deliber-
ate answers
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04

He who is unwilling to face failure
can never secure success.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04

A wife is either a mans best pos
session or his worst.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04

Never look gift gun in the muz-
gle; better honor it in the breech.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04

Alaska has only one inhabitant for
every eleven square miles of terri
tory,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of
AS a cough eure.--J. w O'Brien, I'D Third
Ave n Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. Q, 1900
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04
Are You Using Aliens Foot-Ease

The man who is never idle has no
time to be mean.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04
STORlETTES.

Augustus Hare says that the bishop
OF Winchester and the dean of Wind
sor were walking together down the
street of Windsor one day, when
they saw little boy struggling to
reach bell. "Why, you're not tall
enough. my little man; let me ring
the bell for you," said the bishop. So
the bishop gave the bell good pull.
Now, then, run, sir-run like the
DEVIL" shrieked the boy, as he made
oil as hard as he could.
In the series of debates between
stephen A. Douglas and Abraham
Lincoln in 1858, on one occasion Doug
las sneeringly referred to the fact
that he once saw Lincoln retailing
whisky. "Yes," replied Lincoln, 1T
is true that the first time saw Judge
Douglas | was selling whisky by the
drink. ] was on the inside of the
bar and the judge was on the outside,
j busy selling, he busy buying"
Which is about as neat a retort as the
annals of the stump afford-rich but
not malicious.
In his volume on life and Sport
on the Pacific Coast" Horace Annes-
ley Nachell says that once at n per-
Torrance he attended in this city
some youths were guying the princi-
pal character, to the annoyance of
everybody else. Suddenly man said
to ther., very politely: "That lady
on the stage is making so much noise
that we cannot hear what you are
saying. But | hope we shall have the
pleasure of listening to your criti-
cisms later. when the act is over" ST.
lence followed the remark.
A woman, who is of high social dis
tinction in America, was presented to
the kaiser at some dinner that was
not attended with royal state. She
was talking to him when she was Of
fered n famous German salad. 1t was
handed on her right and the kaiser
was on her left, which put her in
predicament. Size did not dare turn
her face from the emperor to help
herself to the salad. The situation
was TOO much for her. The emperor,
seeing the condition at glance,
looked at her for an instant and
laughed, as he said: "A kaiser can
wait, but salad cannot"
Lord Cardwell was in the habit of
asing the church prayers Mt family
prayers. One day his valet came to
him and said: II must leave your
lordship's service at once" "Why,
what have you to complain off"
Nothing personally. but your lord
ship will repeat every morning: we
have done those things which we
ought not to have done, and have left
undone those things which we ought
TO have done Now / freely admit
that have often done things ought
not, but that I have left undone
things that 1 ought to have done,
utterly deny; and l will not star
here to hear it said"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04

Always put of TIL tomorrow the
revenge you could accomplish today.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04

Hear sixty advisers. but be guided
by your own conviction.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04

One bird tied is better than hun
dred flying.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, ibc.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-03-20
FLOATING FIELDS.
Besides Their Beauty They Are of
Practical Use In China.

1t was DR.. MacGowan who some
years ago described the manner in
which floating fields and gardens are
formed in China. In the month of
April a bamboo raft 10 to - feet long
and about half as broad is prepared.
The poles are dashed together, with
interSticeS of an inch between each.
Over this a layer of straw an inch
thick is spread. and then coating two
inches thick of adhesive mud is taken
from the bottom of n canal or pond
which receives the seed. The raft is
moored to the bank in still water and
requires no further attention. The
straw soon gives way and the soil
also, the roots drawing support from
the water alone. In about 20 days the
raft becomes covered with the creeper.
and it's stems and roots are gathered
for cooking. III autumn its small
white petals and yellow stamens,
nesting among the round leaves, pre-
sent a very pretty appearance. In
some places marshy land is profitably
cultivated in this manner.
Besides these floating vegetable gar
dens there are also floating ricefields.
Upon RATS Constructed as above reeds
and adherent mud are placed rs a
flooring soil, which, being adhesive and
held in place by weed roots the plants
are maintained in position throughout
the season. The rice thus planted
ripens in from 60 to 20 in place of
100 days. The RATS are cabled to the
shore, floating on lakes, pools or slug
gish streams. These floating fields
serve TO avert famines. whether by
drought or flood. When other fields
were submerged and their crops sod
den or rotten, these floated and flour
ished, and when drought prevailed
they subsidized with the falling water
and while the soil around was arid
advanced TO maturity. Agricultural
treatises contain plates representing
rows of extensive ricefields moored to
sturdy trees on the banks of rivers or
lakes which existed formerly in the
lacustrine regions of the lower Yang-tse
and Yellow rivers.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-03-20
shakespeare In the Bible.

In shakespeare name lies the key
to a wonderful cryptogram. The SPELL
ing Shakespeare" ~as the poets nom
de plume. while "Shakespere" was his
name. an evident change from shakes
pear" In each of the two spellings
last given are ten letters-four -vowels
and six consonants. Combine these
two figures. and we have the number
46. the key to the mystery.
Turning to the Forty-sixth Psalm in
the revised version, it is found that the
psalm is divided into three portions,
each one ending with "selah." Remem-
Der the number-4G.
Counting 46 words from the begin
ming of the psalm. one reads the word
shake" in the first portion, and count
ing 46 words from the end Of the psalm
one reaches the word spear" There
is "Shakespear" as plainly rs letters
can make it.-London Answers.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-03-20
MASTER OF HIMSELF.
The Test Was n Unique One, but the
Roy stood IL.

That was unique way I'm which Mr..
Smith. Il merchant of an eastern city
In want OF boy, Is said to have tested
the young applicants who came to him.
He put sign In his window: Wanted,
a Boy; Wages 81; So to the Right One"
AS each applicant appeared the mer-
chant asked, Can you readY Then
he took the boy into n quiet room, gave
him an open book and babe him read
without a break until told to stop.
When the reading had been going on
for few minutes, Mr.. Smith dropped
a book to the floor and then rose and
moved certain articles about the room.
This was sufficient to pique the curiosi-
~ of some of the candidates. They
looked up, lost their place on the page,
Numbered, and the merchant said:
''You may stop. | shall not need you
at present. | want a boy who is mas
ter Of himself"
If the reader was undisturbed by Mr..
Smiths movements, a lot Of roguish
puppies were tumbled out of a basket
and encouraged to frolic about the
floor. This proved too much for most
Of the boys. They looked, hesitated
and were dismissed.
Boy after boy underwent the same
treatment until over 80 had been tried
and had failed to control their curiosi-
ty. At length. one morning, boy read
steadily on without manifesting any
desire to look at the puppies.
stop said the merchant finally.
''Did you see those puppies?"
mo, sir" replied the boy. Il could
not see them and read too"
you knew they were thereY
Yes, sir
Are you fond of dogsY'
eyes, sir"
"All right | think you will suit me-"
said the merchant. Come tomorrow
Your wages will start at 81, and if you
prove master of yourself, as l think
you will, you shall have Sc, perhaps
more"
1t was not many weeks before the
wages were Sc, and promotions follow
ed. Now the young man fills q high
position in the store. - Youths Com
panion.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-03-20

In n certain North Dakota town there
are two physicians, one with a long
record of cures and the other popularity
rated as mo good"
The favored doctor found his services
In great request. but as payment was
not always forthcoming he made a rule
that certain class Of his patients
should pay in advance.
One winters night he was reused by
two farmers from a hamlet ten miles
away, the wife Of one Of whom was Sc
riOusly i'll. He told them to 60 to the
other doctor. but they refused saying
they would prefer his services. VERY
WELL" replied the medico. "In that
case my fee is so, the money to be
paid now"
The men demonstrated. but the doc
tor was obdurate and shut down his
window. He waited, however. to hear
what they would say. well, what will
we do uOw?" asked the farmer whose
wife was i'll. And the reply that was
given must have been as gratifying as
it was amusing to the listening doctor.
1t was: Il think you would better give
it. The funeral would cost you more"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-03-20
Pins.

Queen Catherine obtained pins from
France. and, in 1913. an act was pass
ed: THAT no person shall put to sale
any pinnes but only such as shall be
double headed and have the heads sold
cred fast TO the shank of the pinnes,
well smOothed, the shank well shapen,
the points well round filed, cauted and
sharpened."
At this time most pins were made Of
brass. but many were also made Of
iron, with brass surface. France sent
a large number Of pins to England
until about the year 1926
In this year one John Tilsby started
pinmaking in Worcestershire. So sue
cessful was his venture that he soon
had LOO persons working These pins
made at Stroud were held in high re-
pute.
In 1886 pinmakers combined and
founded corporation. The industry
was carried on at Bristol and Birming-
ham. the latter becoming the chief
center. In 1775 prizes were offered for
the first native made pins and needles
in Carolina, and during the war in 1912
pins fetched enormous prices.
Pins vary from 80 inches in length
to the small gilt entomologists' pin:
$500 weighing about an ounce.-Good
Words.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-03-20

Colonel George w. Anderson, a man
of splendid genius and rare oratorical
gifts, was stumping for Greeley and
Brown down in southwest Missouri.
One night In the midst Of his speech an
lad fellow arose in the back Of the
house and said:
Colonel Anderson, Is IL true that
Governor Brown was SO drunk at that
Yale alumni dinner that he buttered
his watermelon
Colonel Anderson reared back on his
pastern joints, Strengthened himself to
his 6 feet and with lions roar an
swered:
Eyes, il is true that Governor Brown
buttered his watermelon at the Yale
alumni dinner, and / am happy to in
form you that that is the only way in
which waterlnelons are eaten In polite
society"
AndersOns happy retort was greeted
with shout of laughter and a roar of
rogator sat down discounted, and that
was the last ever heard Of the story
Of the buttered watermelon-all Of
which goes to demonstrate the value
Of Dantons famous motto: T'audace!
L'audace! Toujours laudace!'
Colonel Anderson was n wonderful
stumper He was most emphatically
a rough diamond. In the rough and
tumble, catch-as-you-can style Of debat-
ing he never had a superior in Mis-
souri,, which is saying a great deal. He
was an adept in the use Of every Je-
cies of oratorical weapon.-Champ
Clark in Saturday Evening Post.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-03-20
wouIdn,t Sell the House.

The house in which Joan of Arc was
born is still faithfully preserved in
pious veneration at Domremy, where it
is looked upon almost in the light of a
shrine. Passersby invariably cross
themselves and utter prayer for pro-
lection as they go by.
The story goes that a rich and eccen-
trio Englishman tried hard to buy the
place in 1887. 1t was at that time the
property of n farmer named Girardin.
The Englishmen offered to let him
name his own price, but the old man
held firm. mo, no, no." he cried. II
would not sell it even to n Frcnchman,
much less to a foreigner and especially
an Englishman. People here would call
me traitor and q coward were l to
part with the house from which Joan
of Arc set out to serve France"
The Englishman convinced himself
that further bargaining was useless
and went his way.
Soon after an officer from the kings
household arrived in the village and
asked to speak with Girardin. Before
the whole village, assembled in the
street, he said "Girardin, the king has
learned that you have refused to sell
your house to an Englishman. He de-
sires to reward you, but not in coin
He knows that you no more want the
money of the French than of the Eng
lish, therefore has he commanded me
to present you with the cross of the Lee
gion of Honor"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-03-20
THE WRONG MAN.
BY CHARLES z. LEWIS.

l was ut Stockholm simply as a tour
list and sightseer, and was all alone.
had no idea Of meeting any one
knew, and surprise awaited me on
the first night Of my arrival when a
man whom | clearly saw was a Po-
lander edged along up to me on the We
randa of the hotel as l smoked my CT
gar and said:
you are discretion itself, Mr.. Grel-
ling. You have registered under an
other name. How were matters in
London when you left?"
81 don't exactly understand you"
replied as | looked him over and made
sure that we had never met before.
81 admire your caution" he said with
a laugh, "but you need have no fear OF
me. You see l have my credentials"
He took Il card from his pocket on
which was inscribed three capital let
tiers of the Greek language with a GU
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-03-20
A COufusiOn of Ideas

Sir Henry Howorth is n writer Of
mark, certainly Of research, for his
History of the Mongols" took many
years Of steady and arduous inquiry.
And thereby hangs tale which. it is
said he has often told against himself.
One evening. when taking in to dinner
a lady who had been lightly primed as
to his great subject, there was a
strange conversation:
Il understand, Sir Henry, that you
are fond of dogs. So am l."
dogs. madam? really must plead
guiltless. | know nothing at all Of
themv'
Indeed! And they told me you had
written a famous history Of mongrelsw
Yorkshire Post.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-03-20
FORGIVENESS.

My heart was heavy, for its trust had been
Abused. its kindness answered with foul wrong.
So, turning gloomily from my fellow men,
One summer Sabbath day strolled among
The green mounds OF the village burial place,
Where, pondering how all human love and hate
Find one sad level and how, soon or late,
Wronged and wrongdoer, each with meekcned face
And cold hands folded over still heart
Pass the green threshold of our common grave,
Whittier all footsteps tend, whence none depart,
Awed re- n.-s"' and plying my race,
Our common s,Tow, like a mighty wave,
Swept all my pride away, AID ,,vmblingly for
gave.
Whittier.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-03-20

The "Sonnets OF the Portuguese"
which were written by Elizabeth Bar
rett Browning. were never intended for
publication. but when she showed them
20 Mr.. Browning. whom she had mar
ried after they were written. he real
lied the fact that in them was sung
the most perfect love song the world
had ever heard. and he concluded such
poems should not be hidden. Mrs.
Browning was unwilling to publish
them In her own name. and as he was
fond Of calling her his Little Portu-
guese" II was decided to have them APP
pear under this name. They are Pc
trachian In form and among the most
beautiful of the language.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-03-20
Two Pointers as to the Goat.

you may go into the goat business
and educate the people Of the middle
west TO eat goat meat" said Wiley O.
Cox yesterday, but you will not learn
from books what my father learned
from experience" and then Mr.. Cox
gave away trick Of the trade.
The man who goes in for Angoras
will find that it is true they will jump
anything under 100 feet high and climb
sapling. They will get at the neigh
boris wash as sure as it goes on the
line, and there will be lingerie to pay
for. But if you would be on the safe
side and keep the billy there turn him
up and cut away the little creeper that
1t will not hurt him to lose it, but it
ruins his ambition as a mountebank
1t will save lots of trouble to have q
chiropodist get at the Angora with a
nail trimmer"
Goat meat cannot be distinguished
from mutton ordinarily. In every car
of sheep that comes from New Mexico
there are sure to be from two to a doz-
en- goats in the lot. They all go to the
same block at the packers. and the
good wife who takes home goats chops
for lamb chops is never the wiser Nor
is the butcher. a goat is only q goat
when he has his pelt on. After that he
is sheep.-Kansas City Journal.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-03-20

At small seaport town a star ac-
tsess of the third magnitude appeared
US Juliet.
II cannot do justice 10 myself" she
Snid to the manager, IF l do not have
lmelight thrown on me when l APP
pear at the balcony"
I'VE amt got no fimelight, miss, but
think we could get you a ships blue
light" replied the obliglng manager.
and to this the lady agreed.
The lad who went TO the shop to buy
the blue light brought back signal
rocket, which was given to him by mis-
take. The prompter took the rocket in
good faith.
Romeo-He jests at scars who never
felt wound.
Juliet appears. Prompter lights a
match.)
But, soft! What light through yon-
der window breaksT
(This was the match lighting the
fuse)
"Arise fair sum-"
The sun-or rather the rocket-did
rise with q terrific hiss. Juliet was
knocked off the balcony. the fly borders
were set on fire. and the theater was
filed with a sulphurous smoke, while
the audience. which was fortunately a
small one, made stampede to the
doors.
Since then Romeo and Juliet has
always been looked upon in that town
as dramatic work that could not be
witnessed without personal danger
New World