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The Holly chieftain., 1901-11-15
SENATOR LODGE WANTS
To HAVE RECIPROCITY

Boston, Nov. 11.-An exceptionally
large number of members of the Mid
dlesex club attended the dinner of the
club Saturday afternoon. The gather
ing included many of the Massachu-
sets delegation in Congress, state and
national officers and many prominent
Republicans. Senator Lodge was the
principal speaker He strongly urged
the lines mentioned in President Nc
Kinley's Buffalo speech, and the up
building of the navy.
Senator Lodge began his address
with q. brief allusion to the recent elec-
tons, and then delivered an eloquent
eulogy upon the late President McKin-
ley. He made lengthy argument for
general reciprocity in our commercial
relations.
ITO this subject" he said, "it lie GER
tain that most anxious consideration
will be given by President Roosevelt
and by Congress Mt the ensuing session.
Whether 1t will be deemed best to put
this policy in execution by means of
some general Legislation equivalent to
n reciprocal arrangement with all the
nations of the earth, or by Il series of
separate treaties, 1t is yet to. early to
say"
He said that he considered reciproc
ity with Cuba as the first and most
important. for political as well as eco
pomical reasons.
He then briefly discussed the reci-
prOcity treaties now pending in the
Senate, and concluded this portion Of
his remarks by saying:
Last we come to the treaty with
France, which is more important eco
nomically than all the other treaties
put together. l should like to see the
treaty made with France. 1t Is n
country with which l fain would
strengthen our good relations. re-
gard such treaty as politically and
economically desirable in very high
degree"
The Holly chieftain., 1901-11-15

In conclusion he advocated legislA-
tion which put the American merchant
marine on an equality with that Of
other countries the building up of the
navy. He said:
1.-THE whole country. think, favors
the building of an Isthmian canal.
believe, from what little ! know, that
we shall have treaty with England
Mt the coming session which Will re-
move, hOnorably for both nations,
whatever obstacles now exist to the
building of the canal in the Clayton
Bulwer treaty. II such treaty is
submitted to us by the President, there
is no more pressing duty than it's i'm
mediate ratification to be followed at
once by the passage Of the canal bill.
There is only one point of danger.
and to assure pence we must protect
ourselves In that direction. Firmly but
quietly the Monroe doctrine must be
rigidly upheld. The entrance Of any
great European power into the Amer-
can hemisphere, either by the acquisi-
tion of territory or the establishment
Of forts or naval stations, would be
the instant menace of the peace we
are so anxious to maintain"
The Holly chieftain., 1901-11-15
A WASHINGTON BELLE.

in Washington society, has just re-
turned to the capital from Honolulu,
where she made a long visit to her
brother. who is a banker there. Her
mother is a member OF the Jerome fam
lily and cousin OF Mrs. George Corn
wallis-West, formerly Lady Randolph
The Holly chieftain., 1901-11-15
NURSE HELD FOR CRIME.

In the big, red Jail at Barnstable.
Mass, Jane Tappan sits all day in
her cell. as calm and placid and ap-
parently unmoyed as If she were spend
ing pleasure holidays at the quaint old
town by the sea instead OF being a pris-
oner accused of crime so deep and
black it has few parallels in history.
The Holly chieftain., 1901-11-15
GREAT UNKNOWN ISLAND
sAFPiNLANOIs NEXT TO GREEN
LAND IN S'ZE.

vass IsaaaA N MsstAsrn British Aasrsea>-
Has Dssa 0hswn o. the Mse ~ AaoS
JslesAs-t oasaias Two 1aossass uAhso
-LasSss Thaa the ststs 81 rsHas bae
Composed Mostly Of Herrss kocks
Fartly Covered With lee.
The Holly chieftain., 1901-11-15

conference the agents had gone over
the list of articles the rates on which
were objected to. They had found in
the list commodities that were not ar
ticles of commerce between the two
sections. He also assured the commits
sion that the freight rates had nothing
to do with war between the caue and
beet sugar makers. The newly estab-
lished beet sugar industry of Colorado
had nothing to fear. he said, from the
rates made by the railroads. His road
was anxious to do all 1t could to build
up Denver and the inland cities. He
went over part of the list with w. B.
Harrison, representing the Denver
Chamber of Commerce. and agreed that
reductions might be made on some of
the articles.
In the afternoon L. A. Watkins, W.
A. Hover and several other witnesses
for the Chamber of Commerce testified
regarding the Use of certain commodi-
ties. They did not entirely agree with
Mr.. Monroe on all points, though they
did on many. The testimony was
largely technical, concerning the
branches of business In which the wit
nesses were engaged.
The railroads did not bring forward
any witnesses, having secured chance
to be heard later in Washington IL they
should wish 1t.
At the hearing the Union Pacific was
represented by William II. Kelly. the
Denver & Rio Grande by Frank Wad-
leigh and the Santa Fe by Henry A.
Dubbs and w. A. BisSell.
The Holly chieftain., 1901-11-15

Denver has dude burglar and Judging
be long time before he is subdued
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26
PLow.

ELECTRICALLY-O PLOW.
his fields with the old single plows Of
the past, and SO he utilities the electric
current, and multiplies the number OF
plowshares to suit himself. In the West
this is practically necessity. on ac-
count of the large size of the fields and
the cost of labor and teams. Our Illus
tration shows a convenient form Of
motor pillow which has been designed
by an inventor of fredericksburg, Ger
many. 1t consists of two electric mo-
tors operating winding drums on sepa-
rate carriages, which may be placed at
any required distance apart, only one
motor being connected with the main
feed wire. To supply power to the sec
ond motor a feed cable lying parallel
with the traction cable Is readjustedI
at every trip of the pillow to follow the
latter down the field. The mechanism!
is SO adjusted that when once set I'M
motion the apparatus practically oper-i
ates itself. moving the carriages for,
ward at the beginning of each trip to-
bring the plowshares In position for
the next row Of burrows. Tho plows
are attached to a two-wheeled truck.
which is pulled back and forth across
the field, moving forward at the end
of each set OF burrows as long as the
power is turned on.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26

the weight Of the load, with CORE
spending decrease in power. As an i'm
provement over this form Of wheel
Pennsylvania inventor designed the
wheel here illustrated, the object being
to utilize 20 the fullest extent the
weight of the water throughout the en-
tire downward trip of the buckets,
and empty them at the lowest point.
so as to offer the least possible resist
ance to the return to the point of I'LL
ing. To accomplish this result each
bucket is suspended between two pivot
pins to right itself by its own weight
whether full or empty. At the lowest
point of the revolution a tripping de-
vice is fixed, which the buckets roll
across as they begin the upward jour-
ney, thus emptying out all the water.i
Owing to the pivotal support Of the
bucket it remains full until this point IL
reached, and after passing the tripper
readily rights itself again. 1t is be-
lieved that this invention will increase
the power obtained from the wheel
fully forty per cent.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26
A Ring-Necked Tribe.

An officer Of native troops was on
outpost duty at Fort Stedman. In the
Shan Highlands, Burmah, and was
sent on an expedition to wild part
of the interior, where presumably foot
of white man had never trod before.
Here he came across tribe called
"Paloungs." He observed the women
were decorated with curious coils of
brass around neck, arms and legs, and
on inquiry found that 1t was a canon
of unwritten law that all the high
er-grade ladies be thus adorned. He
was Mortified to be an eye witness of
the operation, the coils being put on
a young girl of II. who lay shrieking
and firmly held to the ground while
the rods were bent and hammered on.
The neck coil has the effect of gigan-
tic spring, elongating the muscles into
a curious deformity. Each well-born
ringed lady has child following her
with pannikin of water, when in hot
sun, to sprinkle the coil, as the brass
gets intolerably hot. and testers the
skin into horrible sores. This is one
of the most curious customs ever heard
of and in spite of the pain is willing
ly adhered to, as showing high rank in
the wearer.-London Sunday Maya
zine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26
End of TIE .SfeeI STRIKE.

With the return of the men to work.
in the Eastern steel mills recent,
ly the futile strike of the Amalga-
mated Association came to an igno-
minious end. AS predicted some time
ago, President Shaffer and the other
officials of the association have been
compelled to end it on the best tsrma
obtainable. Those terms naturally in
clude no concessions from the United
States Steel Corporation. On the con-
trary, the Amalgamated Association
gives up its right to control in large
number OF mills where it formerly
held sway. 1t comes out Of the fight
broken and discredited. Its ofiicials ala
the best thing that was left to them
when they ordered the conference and
the capitulation Of last Saturday. n
they had not given up the fight the
individual lodges and members would
have done so for themselves.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26

A bridge on western railway had
been washed away, and it was neces-
sary to replace it with temporary
structure. The chief engineer and his
staff were ordered in no. haste to the
place, draughting room was estab-
lished in an adjoining station and the
scene became one Of great activity.
Two days later came the general man
ager to add more pressure to the al
ready tense situation. Alighting from
his private car he encountered the
master bridge-builder The latter was
a type evolved by the railroad situa-
ton of the past generation-heavy
handed, hard Of head, with some
knowledge of books and vast expert
ence. John" said the manager, and
the words quivered with energy, II
want this job rushed. Every hours
delay costs the company money. Have
you got the engineers plans for the
new bridget" Colonel" said the old
man (the general manager of a west
ern road never ranks lower than col
oneD-"Colonel, l don't know whether
the engineer has got the picture draw
ed yet or not, but the bridge Is ur and
the trains are passing over it,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26

Certainly" he said, "if you lead me
In safety from the bonds that now en-
compass me, l will give you such re-
turn as you may desire. You may re-
main with me, II you like, or l will
give you safe conduct into the land
Of the Syrians."
Your word is enough, my master;
and henceforth Selim and / are your
servants. We change our allegiance,
and the proof of our fidelity shall be
manifest in this first act of our serv-
ice, We have dangers to meet, sir"
Talk not of dangers" cried the
chieftain. Throw off these chains;
give me sword; and lead me to the
upper world; and ask no more. Once
again / trust you, and II you prove
true, my gratitude shall be your while
l live?"
Without further words Osmir pro-
ceeded to the work he had come to
perform. Selim held the lantern,
while he ioosed the irons from Julian's
limbs; and very soon the chieftain
stepped forth with his limbs free.
There is no time to waste" said
Osmir. as he cast the chains upon the
floor. We have good swords at hand,
and for the rest we must trust to our
wit and strength. There is danger
enough between this dungeon and the
open air; but / am ready to meet it.
by the gods" cried Julian, as he
placed in his hand. Il can laugh at
danger now. Lead on, and let this
present hour be the last of Horam's
power!"
ITO be continued1
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26

Why, there is Shylock, my neighbor.
has withdrawn his lawsuit Of foreclos-
ure against that man. and because he
has had so much sickness in his family
he is going to have the house for one
year rent Free There is an old lawyer
in that young lawyers office. and do
you know what he has gone in there
for? Why, he is helping to fix up
case which is too big for the young
man to hardle, and the white-haired
attorney is hunting up previous de-
cisions and making out brief for the
boy Do you know that a strange
thing has taken place in the pulpit,
and all the old ministers are helping
the young ministers, and all the old
doctors are helping the young doctors,
and. the farmers are assisting each
other in gathering the harvest, and
for that farmer who is sick the neigh
bors have made 'bee,' as they call 1t,
him get his crops into the garner? And
they tell me that the older and more
skillful reporters who have permanent
positions on papers are helping the
young fellows who are just beginning
to try and do not know exactly how to
do it. And after a few erasures and
interpretations on the reporters pad
they say, Now, here is a readable ac
count of the tragedy; hand it in, and
am sure the managing editor will take
it,"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26
Ole Scourge
ofDanaSCNS
A Story Of
the EAst...
BY
SYLVANUS
COBB. JR.
Copyrighted 1891 BY Robert Bonner's Son,

meath the low arch-and his tone
showed that he did not speak lightly
your mistress does not dream Of the
danger l must undergo in this work;
but will be true to my promise, will
do all l can. II Selim will not join
me, there is the end; but If he falls in
with me, then we both put our lives
at stake, and the prize may be won.
hope We shall succeed"
The bondmaiden watched the re-
treating form until 1t was lost in the
darkness, and then she closed the
gate, and turned her steps back
towards the house.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26
Shot by His Dog.

Paul Denucci, OF Long Branch. N. j.,
met peculiar death recently through
the agency of his dog. Mr.. Denucci, in
company with his son, went out to
HINT doves. With cooked gun he
boarded the wagon and earelessly
placed the gun across his knee. His
Scotch collie dog got his paw on the
trigger and the gun was discharged.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26

considerable extent have been formed.
and while the cultivators have notsuc-
.eeded in initiating the fine havors Of
Chinese, Ceylonese or Indian teas, yet
the demand among the peasants for
tea Of some kind is so great that even
the Caucasian variety finds market.
The Russian government is trying to
encourage the cultivation.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26

casus. Nearly haN
a century ago IL
was found that the
tea plant could be
grown in gardens
on the shores Of
the Black sea. but
at first 1t was cul-
tivated only as q
curiosity or for
ornament. Since
1890 plantations %
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26

Six thousand copies Of . recent
French novel were seized the other
day in the bookshops of Vienna and
burned by the police.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26

bODS ana hlt are TWO coal black
kittens which love excitement They
are about six months old and were
born at the No. hook and ladder
house, says the louisville Courier
Journal. Their mother had spent her
whole life in the fire department, hav-
ing lived at several of the engine
houses and having moved from one
to another whenever her owner was
transferred. She has slept on the top
Of the hook and ladder truck since she
has been at the No. A house. and has
been carried to fires with the COM
pany a number of times. II an alarm
came in when she was asleep on the
truck she never took the trouble to
move, but would remain on the truck
until 1t returned from the fire. Her
two kittens seem to have inherited her
love for the fire department. and since
they have been old enough to run
about they have gone to almost every
fire. When an alarm comes in the kit
tens will make run for the truck and
climb to the top of it. AS the big
truck sways through the streets the
kittens hang on, apparently enjoying
the exciting ride. At the fire they
never venture off the truck, but curl
up and go to sleep. Several times the
firemen have attempted to make the
kittens stay away from fires, but every
alarm that comes in finds them at
their post on top of the truck.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26

The population Of New York city.
Chicago and Philadelphia is almost
one-twelfth of the population Of the
whole country.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26
RusSion 6eo,

The Russian people are fond Of tea.
and efforts are being made to develop
important tea plantations In the eau
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26
(To be continued.)
NARROWING BLUE WHALES.
The Harpoon Gun Is a Cruel Instrument
of Destruction.

Inc harpoon Gun Is q Cruel Instrument
of Destruction.
To pursue the blue whale success.
fully is, according to an interesting
article in Parsons Magazine, COM
plicated undertaking. For instance,
one of the requirements is a boat that
can steam twelve knots an hour and
which is furnished with a formidable
weapon known as the harpoon-gun.
The harpoon-gun is a ponderous piece
Of apparatus laced on raised plat
form on the prov of the whaler, and
consists Of short. stout cannon,
mounted on a broad pedestal on which
1t can rotate horizontally The gun
has also vertical motion, and can be
turned quickly in whatever direction
the prov of the ship dominates. On
the top of the gun are sights" for
aiming, just as in rife. Behind is
the stock, which is grasped in the
hand when firing the gun, and be-
meath it the trigger. The breech is a
box-like arrangement, situated Just
where the stock is fastened to the gun
proper The gun is loaded in the or
binary way from the muzzle, and the
harpoon is tightly rammed into it. To
discharge the gun, small cartridge.
with wire attached, is first put into
the breech. Pressure on the trigger
causes pull on the wire, which ignites
the cartridge and discharges the gun
simultaneously. The harpoon is about
six feet in length and very massive. 1t
consists essentially of three parts, the
anterior conical portion, the movable
barbs, and the shaft The anterior
conical piece is an explosive shell filled
with gunpowder, and screws on to the
rest of the harpoon. The explosive
shell is fired with time-fuse after the
harpoon is imbedded in the whale.
Taken all in all the harpoon-gun is
about the most exquisitely cruel in
strument of destruction devised by the
ingenuity of man! But it is only
when one sees and knows the prodigi-
GUS brute it is meant to destroy, that
one realizes that it is nevertheless
none too effective. The gun is never
discharged at greater distance than
fifty feet, and seldom indeed at more
than thirty from the whale. To be
able to get SO near requires not only
very fine seamanship but a very in
innate knowledge Of the habits of the
animal.-Philadelp Times.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26
As the World
ReUOIpeS
Improved Wafer eS,beeL

The pocket OF the ordinary oyershot
water wheel began to discharge the
water soon after starting on the down.
ward trip, which, of course, decreases
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26
The Grace of Forgiveness.

But are you waiting ana hoping for
some one to be bankrupted or exposed
or discounted or in some way over
thrown then kindness has not taken
possession of your nature. You are
wrecked on Malta where there are
no oranges. You are entertaining a
guest so unlike kindness, that kind
ness will not come and dwell under
the same roof The most exhausting
and unhealthy and ruinous spirit on
earth is revengeful spirit or retaliat-
ing spirit, as know by experience.
for l have tried 1t for five or ten min
utes at time. When some mean
thing has been done me or said about
me. have felt: IT will pay him in
his own coin. will show him up.
The migrate! The traitor! The liar,
The villain!" But five or ten min
utes OF the feeling has been SO un-
nerving and exhausting have aban-
doned u. and cannot understand how
people can 90 about torturing them
selves Ave or ten or twenty years
trying to get even with somebody
The only way you will ever triumph
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26
PIosDinS BY Electricity.

The up-to-date farmer with large
creage finds it slow work to plow
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26
Kindness of Action.

WOulu Will uis ioOI ucculcSsly crush
a worm. That is what our assassinat-
ed President Lincoln demonstrated
when his private secretary found him
in the capitol grounds trying to get a
bird back to the nest from which 1t
had fallen. and which quality the illus
trious man exhibited years before
when, having with some lawyers in
the carriage on the way to court passed
on the road a swine fast in the mire.
after awhile cried to his horses. "Ho"
and said to the gentlemen, II must go
back and help that hog out of the
mire." And he did go back and put
on solid ground that most uninterest-
ing quadruped. That was the spirit
that was manifested by my departed
friend. Hon. Alexander H. Stephens Of
Georgia-and lovelier man never ex-
changed earth for heaven-when at
Washington. A senator's wife, who
told us OF the circumstances, said to
him, "Mr. Stephens, come and see my
dead canary bird" And he answered,
mo; could not look at the poor thing
without crying" That is the spirit
which last night ten thousand mothers
showed to their sick children coming
to give the drink at the tenth call as
cheerfully and as tenderly as at the
first call
Suppose all this assemblage and all
TO whom these words shall come by
printers type should resolve to make
kindness an overarching, undergirding
and all-pervading principle OF their life
and then carry out the resolution. Why
in six months the whole earth would
feel 1t. People would say. "What is the
matter? 1t seems to me that the world
is getting to be better place to live
In. Why. life after all is worth living.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-07-27
namInp a Iananese RoyaI Baby.

To-day every house in Japan is dec
grated with two Japanese flags crossed
above a white lantern which bears the
motto, Long Life to the Mikado," IN
celebration Of the birth of a son to the
Crown Prince of the realm.
The eighth day of the little princes
life is set apart for the ceremony of hair
shaving and the bestowing upon his
.oyal highness of the prince name"
This baby hair will be carefully kept
,ntiI death, when it will be placed, with
similar relics, in a small bag of silk and
tied around the neck and buried with
the body in a hitsugi filed with ver-
million and charcoal.
The prince name is selected by GER
tain court officials after much considera-
zion. and-should the customs of his ans
cestors be followed-the young prince
viii be given a name never before borne
~ ary one, but one chosen as appro-
pirate to the present time. He will be
called by this name until he becomes
M;kado. His tomb name" given after
death. will be one especially characters
tic Of his life or reign.-Chieago Record
Herald.