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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-31
HER SALT CELLARS.
The Guests Regarded Them as Beautiful
Souvenirs.


The custom of giving souvenirs
on nearly all occasions sometimes leads
to painful mistakes and a certain Am.
erican. we'll known in London as a
hostess, has reason to regret it was
ever heard OF. She was the happy
possessor of dozen salt cellars Of
repousse silver, very beautiful and al
most the apple Of her eye and she was
giving luncheon at which covers were
laid for fourteen. In the arrangement
OF the table the precious salt cellars
had been placed for the guests, another
kind being supplied for the hostess and
her daughter. The cards designating
the places had been laid upon them,
and through an oversight had re-
NAMED there. SO that the absence Of
salt in them was not discovered, says
the London Onlooker. Presently .
lady took up her card. saw the empty
salt cellar, and, remarking upon its
beauty, said 1t was a lovely souvenir,
and slipped 1t into her pocket. Her
example was promptly followed by the
rest OF the company with the exception
Of one woman, who had no pocket. The
hostess was petrified with despair and
horror as she saw her cherished pos
sessions calmly appropriated, but In
the face of the torrent OF acknowledge
ment and compliment, she had not the
moral courage to offer the necessary
explanation. After she had heard the
adieux of the last guest she sat down
and wept. and when it was discovered
that the woman without a pocket had
forgotten her prize she seized upon It
with the concentrated affection which
the parent bestows on the last Of many
children. Her Joy, however. was short
lived, for next morning came a polite
note from the pocketless woman, say
ing that she had forgotten her beau
tiful souvenir" and would Mrs. F. be
so very kind as to send It?
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IN DREAMLAND.


noat down the river of siumber
Alone. meath the moonlight's pale
ny spirit no burdens cucumber
IN the mystical region of dreams,
Ana anchor my boat In the harbor
where the morn of eternity CLEANS.
Enraptured. enchanted my vision!
Ihe loved of our own household band.
Long gone to the mansions Elysian,
=. NOW clasp me again by the hand,
And lead me to that happy country
Ihat mortal eye never hath scanned.
Vno home that I pictured ideal,
Afar from earth's tumult and din,
was but a dim view of the real,
where spirit life now / begin
On the border-land of the eternal.
onfettered by conflict and sin.
enter the wide open portal
with feelings too sacred for speech,
And gaze on the glory immortal
1nat human eyes never can reach,
Ana list to the music of angels,
That human lore never can teach.
IN voices of praise TO the giyer
Unite the glad. glorified throng,
Lnes fountain and clear flowing river
IN harmony joining the song
and all the fair isles of forever
IN chorus the anthem prolong.
IN rhythmical. thrilling completeness
hacn pulse OF my being is stirred
Ana chimes with the exquisite sweetness
VI all the grand melody heard;
Tho' my spirit the TIE Deum echoes,
MY lips cannot utter word.
y wsken In regions terrestrial;
On my pillow the suns early beam
Looks down from the pure land celestial,
AND whispers each shimmering gleam-
Sad heart. there's a brighter hereafter
thah pictured your beautiful dream"
$. J. Stevens
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Jack" called her "his Marian"
a long, close embrace. "God help you.
dear" she said, and passed out.
All that night Gyp lay unnoticed
upon the foot Of the bed. while the
sibilant breathing from the depths
of the laces and pillows told of the
battle fought out in the darkness.
And SO the days went by. but now.
when they walked the sands, there was
man who Joined them; and soon
there was another man. who never
seemed to know that they were COM
ing; but somehow, always managed
to meet them. He never was in q
pleasant humor; but the girl"
laughed always, that cold little laugh.
as the three paced the beach together.
Mr.. Ronald was the first mans name:'
then. after a time, she called him
Jack" 1t was puzzling. very. At
last, there came a morning when
Jack" and the girl" went down the
sands. and Gyp followed. The "other
man" was not there. They found a
sheltered nook behind pile of drift
wood, and Gyp sat up very straight,
and listened, as little dogs will, when
Jack" called her This Marian" and
then-he found his Miss Polly. as the
girl" grew pale, faltered, and bowed
her head, as Jack" plunged into the
old, passionate story whose echo never
dies on human lips. The little waves
danced up at their feet. with the sun
gold of the sea. Far out, the gull
wings flashed against the brazen blue
of the sky, under the throb of the sea-
voice. the mans voice rang, tender
'yes," Gyp shivered with delight. He
was certain now that 1t was Miss Polly,
but he did not approve OF this-there,
there, little dogs cannot understand
these things. Really, it passed belief;
but Miss Polly did not seem to object
to the strong arm that drew her
tawny head down to its resting place
against the rough tweed shoulder.
Gyp sprang up and barked as loudly
as he could. but too late, the "other
man" had rounded the pile Of drift
wood.
There was long moment-a mo-
ment, when the shimmering irides of
Miss Polly's gray eyes flashed mes
sage across the desert of ten wasted
years. Heliographs, that signaled
sleeping host; a mighty thing. that
rose and beat its self-manacled hands.
Keeling. staggering. with tense hands
clutching at his throat. the 'other
man" fell headlong on the sands: and
Gyp shivored. as her laugh rang out
the laugh of the 'girl In the picture"
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DUKE AS REPORTER.
The Fun Manchester's Feiiow-worksrs
Had with Him.

The Fun Manchester's Feiiow-worksrs
Had with Him.
The reportorial stan OF the newspa-
per down town on which the Duke of
Manchester made his one journalistic
flight year ago has smile for the
face of each member Of 1t when men
ton of this ducal interlude is preached.
On the whole. he seems to have been
fairly decent chap, with no super
cilious airs about him, but 1t is hardly
necessary to say that he was not re-
garded with any particular awe, to
those who know the New York news
per men, says the New York Telegraph.
Among the titles with which his
quondam associates amused themselves
by addressing him recall the follow
ing: Your lordship, your grace, your
highness, your reverence, your emf
nence, your joblots, your giblets, your
nibs. your dukeship. your worship.
duke, earl and Manchester. l don't
think he enjoyed any of these modes
OF address except the last, by which
he preferred being known. Several OF
the reporters offered to write his sto-
ries for him, but he declined their ser
vices, telling them with great serious
ness that he was quite in earnest In
taking up the newspaper profession,
and insisted on supplying his own
copy" And, indeed, his story Of the
horse show Of last year, which was his
first attempt. was not half bad though
1t was not entirely his own unaided
effort.
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s.sk Farmer. from Japan.

A novel experiment In oolonizing L.
about to be made in the Argentine re-
public. It has been found that the
French, German and English immi-
grants for the most part have selected
the cities and large centers Of popula-
ton for their residence. In these places
they have got control of many indus
tries, and take leading share in the
commerce Of the country. The Ital-
ians have been engaged heavily In
river navigation, while the stream Of
Irish, which used to supply the de-
mands for agricultural labor, filled up
the shlpyards and supplied the labor Of
docks, flows no more. Some French.
Swiss and German peasants have
founded agricultural colonies and in
certain places the Russians and Poles
form the bulk OF the rural population.
But the Argentine government has de-
cided that none OF these nations sup
plies In sufficient numbers a rural
population for the development of the
country, and have decided to import
Japanese i,rmers. A great concession
has been even in the province Of For
mosa for the first colony and arrange
ments have been made to bring over
10000 japanese farmers and settle
them there.
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greatest? The day of our arrival there
will be to us one Of the two greatest
The second greatest, think. will be
the day when we shall have put in
parallel lines before us what Christ
did for us and what we did for Christ.
the one so great, the other so little.
That win be the only embarrassment
in heaven. My Lord and my God!
What win we do and what will we say
when on one side are placed the Saw
ior's great sacrifices for US and our
small sacrifices for him: his exile.
his humiliation, his agonies on one
hand and our poor, weak. insufficient
sacrifices on the other To make the
contrast less overwhelming let US
quickly mend our nets, and, like the
Galilean fisherman, may We be divine
ly helped to cast them on the right
side OF the ship.
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pIFFRAcrIoN GRATING.
what Gives the Oyster Shell Its Beas.
tiful Colors.

tiful Coiors-
OF all the delicate and wonderful in
struments invented by scientists there
Is hardly one that is not duplicated in
nature. However ingenious 1t may
seem and however original, Mother
Nature generally has Its counterpart
hid away somewhere. When the as.
tronomers began to analyze sunlight
they found that it was made up OF
many different colors. A plain bar of
white light passing through a prism
was broken up into a very rainbow.
each separate color of which was found
to represent chemical element-iron.
sodium or some other ingredient OF
which the sun is composed. But
prisms did not seem to divide light
finely enough to suit the astronomers.
so they went to work and made some
thing better. Upon a plate of metal
they scratched an infinite number OF
invisible lines-scratched them in q
marvellous machine, which they invent
ed for the purpose, 10000 Of them to
a single inch-and called the metal
plate a "diffraction grating" With
this instrument and a long series OF
calculations and experiments they were
able to arrive at very correct ideas Of
the suns chemistry, and later they
found that the light of a star could be
taken to pieces in the same way. It
was great discovery and the astrono-
mers took a deal of pride in il. But.
10, Mother Nature had been using the
same principle for ages. The countless
changing tints of an oyster shell were
so beautiful of themselves that most
people had been content to enjoy them
without seeking their cause. But ev-
srything has a cause-usually a most
interesting one-and the iridescent
mother Of pearl resembled the astron-
omers' diffraction grating so closely
that they decided to look into the mat
ter. Everything upon our little world
obtains its color by dissecting white
sunlight in its own peculiar fashion.
and when the oyster shell was not un-
der microscope 1t was seen to be
simply a diffraction grating, nothing
more. Its apparently smooth surface
was made up of thousands of minute
lines and 1t got its rainbow tints by
dividing the sunlight into its original
elements. The wings of iridescent In
sects-beetles, for example-were ruled
in the same way, and an impression OF
them In white sealing wax gave of the
same colors. So the astronomers. who
are not in the least jealous. decided
that IL any patent rights we're due on
the invention they belonged to Mother
Nature by priority of discovery.
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Gyp's Miss Polly.
BY CURRAN r. GREENIEy,

ol CUhhAN X. GREENLEY,
Vopyright, 1900. by Daily Story Pub. Coz
Inc hrelight flickered and fell along
tne wall In glancing rays, that CEN
tered upon Miss Polly's down bent
mead and the crumpled mass of paper
IN her tightly clenched hands.
TO the world at large It mattered
little that Edmund Garrett announced
his marriage to Louise Lotion; but TO
the woman who had cast her youth
promise on the altar of his ambition,
Il was finality,
The fire died down. but Miss Polly
did not notice that. She was far away
In the byways of dead years, and the
way was dark. Long ago one voice
had said: Wait, sweetheart, till the
tide comes in from the Fortunate
Isles" The tide came in, but the ship
that rode its crest was not for her.
The room grew chill. Gyp, the fox
terrier, came and thrust his cold nose
against her hands. Gyp was not a
stranger to surprises, but the dark and
cold were new to him, and he snug
gled still closer. Suddenly Miss Polly
arose. lit the gas, and replenished the
IRE. Gyp wagged his approval. This
was in his limit of things understood,
but 1t went beyond when Miss Polly
deliberately took her seat in front Of
the mirror, scrutinizing each feature
as II 1t were a face seen for the first
time. Masses OF fluffy hair drawn Sc
verely from the pale oval of wistful
face, lit by the clear, gray of the black
fringed eyes--a face, in which youth
had died; as yet untouched by age. A
long time those two gazed at one an
other. Miss Polly, and the weary wom-
an that fronted her; then Gyp beheld
transformation. Across the sweet
cure OF the patient mouth, there grew
hard. tense line, and new fire leapt
into the tired eyes. Miss Polly left
the room, returning with small box;
this she placed near the mirror, then
turned to the. curious little black
trunk that Gyp knew contained her
treasures. Gyp sat up and looked
puzzled as Miss Polly dragged 1t over
to the crate. One by one, they were
thrust Into the glow of the flames. A
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-31
GREAT DISCOVERY.
Earth which Il Found In but Few
Places In America.

A new material will soon be placed
among the rare things mined from the
Black Hills. Fuller's earth is a valu-
able material found in but few places
in America. The finest quality Is found
in England. where is practically the
worlds supply. Recently a large de-
posit OF this material has been found
in the Black Hills, and 1t most closely
resembles that found in England Of
any deposit in America. The fuller's
earth Of the Black Hills contains from
60 to rs per cent silica, with from Is to
25 per cent water after being sun-dried.
The fuller's earth Of the hills is gener-
ally found in shallow basins covered by
few feet Of surface soil. Below this
is a layer OF plastic clay from two to
six feet thick. and then layers of full
ler's earth from two to twelve feel
thick, OVERLAPPING bed Of sand. Full.
ler's earth is dug out and allowed to
remain in the sun. where II undergoss
certain amount of bleaching, turning
from greenish color to a creamy
white and losing about so per cent Of
its weight. The United States produces
a considerable amount of fuller's earth,
something like 10000 tons per year, re-
lates a special to the Boston Trans
cript. The discovery of a superior
grade Of the earth In the Black Hills
will mean. in short time, the adding
Of another rare material to the already
long list found in the hills. Eastern
parties are negotiating for the deposit
Of limestone, called by some alabaster,
that has been found in Custer county.
The stone Is found In thirty-foot
ledge. and when it is quarried It is soft
enough to be cut into any shape de-
sired. After being exposed to the air
it becomes hard and takes a beautiful
polish. The quarry is being operated
by two Deadwood men.
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LATE QUEEN WAS VERY RICH
The Contents Of victoria's win
Examined.
IT WILL NEVER Be PUBLISHED
Estimates Made by the Beat Informed
Persons FIX the Fortune 1T s1s5,-
o0o.o0o-Ths Princess Beatrice. IL Il
Believed. VIII Get Largest Share.

Cowes. Jan. 26.-Queen victoria's
will was opened and examined by the
duly constituted authorities. Nothing
to the provisions of the instrument or
the amount Of her private fortune. II
Is generally supposed that this pre- imi-
nary inspection was made in order to
follow exactly her majesty's directions
In regard to her funeral.
1t is known that the queen made q
Will early in her reign, which was re-
peatedly altered and added to as child
rem and grandchildren were born, and
as her estate rapidly advanced in value
This proceeded until 1886, when her
majesty decided to have an entirely
new document drawn, and with great
personal care this was accomplished.
Those in position to make any sort
OF a guess as to the provisions Of the
queens will declare that the Princess
Beatrice, widow of Prince Henry OF
Battenberg, will be the principal bene-
ficiary. She is the governor Of the
isle Of Wight and will probably inner
~ ooDOEut MUSE ana Iu6 WuUI6 CoIaIo
surrounding 1t. Then the duke Of
Connaught and his sons, who have
been great favorites with Victoria, will
receive large portion Of the fortune.
The duke will probably become the
owner OF Balmoral and the Scottish
property.
The grandchildren who are expected
to receive the largest requests are the
two children Of Victoria's youngest
son, the former duke OF Albany.
The queens second daughter, Prin.
cess Christian Of Schleswig- Holstein.
Is not rich. and it Is expected that she
and her four children will be Literally
provided for.
Edward VII, who will be amply pro.
vided for by the country, and the duke
OF York. who comes into the duchy OF
Cornwall and will be the prince OF
Wales. will probably not be sharers In
the late queens private fortune.
Estimates made by the best informed
persons In the financial field fix the
value Of Queen Victoriats private es-
tate at something like s125. O00. 900.
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Gyp wagged his approval.

dainty silken gown, redolent with the
sweetness OF long-dead roses, a broken
tan, letters-ah so many, and a pic
ture that was held face down, and
Gyp struggled still closer, as a faint
moan came from Miss Polly's white
tips. 1t crumpled into ashes, and VITA
o quick movement, Miss Polly rolled
che little trunk back to its place,
empty, and resumed her seat before the
mirror. With deft fingers che
ioosened, brushed, and wound the
shining mass into picturesque dlsor-
der. Then-Shades OF the standards
that were! Miss Polly applied the
contents OF that small box; and Gyp
knew that the laughing girl in the pic
ture below the stairs was really his
Miss Polly.
In the days that followed there came
q revolution into his small life. He
was actually left to the care of Bridget,
while Miss Polly only came and went,
attended by a small army of women
with bundles. No more quiet even
tngs; but a tumult of making ready
for what he could not tell; yet Miss
Polly moved through 1t all, quiet and
determined, unheeding the protests OF
an excited family, that clamored tor
an explanation.
1t was a very disgruntled household
that a week later waved its good-bys
TO the carriage that bore Gyp and his
mistress away-away to the far south
ern town. Gyp sat perfectly still. and
eyed her new suit case with becom-
ing gravity. Clearly there was some
thing In all this-something his dog
gish brain could not iathom. Then
came a horrible time In the baggage
car with man, whose familiarity he
treated with well-bred contempt.
At last he heard Miss Polly's voice.
but 1t was that girl in the picture
that came down the platform. and his
Miss Polly was not there at all. He
never found her; but the girl In the
picture" claimed him. and they drove
away to a big house. where another
girl caws cut and called her "dar-
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ling Marian" II was all very puzzling
to small doggie; but very pleasant.
for the girl" took him for long walks
down on the sands, where he lay In
the sunshine and listened to Miss
Polly's voice. although he never could
The girl came and went. as Miss
find her.
Polly had never done One night the
maid forgot to put him to bed. and he
lay on his cushion long time in the
dim-lit room. The door opened. and
the girl" came in. Gyp was almost
afraid of her-and yet, she was very
lovely, in the glisten of the white
gown slipping down from her Shout
ders, and the bright things in her hair.
Then the other girl came in.
Marian. did you talk with Edmund
Garrett?"
"Yes-that is-well; we were not
together more than a minute"
He is very brilliant; but his wife
Ugh" said Margaret.
"Who was she?"
who? Well simply a nobody with
an unlimited bank account. They are
new people. War contracts, be-
lieve."
THE girl" laughed. She always
laughed nova laugh like cold lit
tie bells, that made Gyp SILVER. His
Miss Polly had never laughed like
that.
These new people are your pet
aversion, my Margaret; but the world.
our world, gladly accepts that bank ac-
count in lieu of grandfather"
Marian" the other girl had grown
earnest, there are things that have
died; but do not trample too nard upon
their graves. What are you going to
do with Jack Ronald? Is he merely
a resource?"
The two looked at each other, and
the girl" began hurried pacing over
the room; her white robe agleam In
the dusky light.
"Well?" said Margaret.
II mean to marry him." The words
fell heavily; and there was silence be-
tween them for little space. then
Margaret folded the shining figure into
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-31
rep.r.,,ns Alcohol from water.

It is perfectly easy to separate al.
cohol from water by subjecting the
mixture to heat; the process Is called
distillation. Alcohol boils. and is
consequently converted into vapor. at
40 degrees Fahrenheit. while water re.
Quires 2l2 degrees. II the mixture.
therefore, be subjected to a tempera-
ture OF. say. $50 degrees. the alcohol
will pass on as vapor. leaving the wa
ter in its liquid condition. The dis
filling apparatus is fitted with pipes
surrounded by cold water. and iat7
them the vapor is carried. where tn
lower temperature condensss 1t in
alcohol again. and as such |, runs our
into vessel placed to receive Il
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-31

Washington, Jan. 26.-Following ID
the text of the reply which the presi-
dent received from King Edward VII
In answer to his message Of condo
lence on the death Of the queen:
Osborne, Jan. 24.-The President.
White House. Washington, d. Gam
most grateful to you for your KIND
sympathy in the irreparable loss which
the nation and have sustained. ]
felt convinced that It would be shared
by you and the American people.
EDWARD r..
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-31

A wealthy Greek. who recently died
at Corfu. hit upon novel way of dis
posing OF his wealth. According to his
viii. he has left in trust his money to
tbs. archbishop of the island. who is
to hand over the interest on 1t to one
1oor Crctan every year. who will be
elected by lot. Each year the names
II claimants will be sent in to the
archbishop, who is required to make
full investigation into the merits OF
'ach case. Those thus chosen will then
ballot for the coveted charity.
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rhnipplas Commlssio. Fsvors Civil Gov


Manila. Jan. 2s.--The Philippine sit
uation Is rapidly improving. The work
Of the civil commission meets with
popular favor, but the present power
vested In the commission Is inadeQuat.
The immediate establishment of civil
government Is urgently demanded.
The passage Of the Spooner bill Is
greatly desired by American business
men. Thousands OF natives are petit
tioning congress to take action this
session. The commission thinks the
time Is ripe for civil government
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Adds rnur to PanuIation.

Nashville. H.. Jan. 2s.-Mrs. Alice
Gains, wife Of Thomas Gains, living
fourteen miles northwest OF this city,
gave birth to four children. two boys
and two girls. Both the mother and
the babies are doing well and are ex-
pected to live. Mr.. and Mrs. Gains
are both under thirty years Of age and
the children born today are the first
born to the couple.