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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-03
BILLY BEAOLE'S LETTER
Says the Rebels Over There Were All
for Bryan.
Arayatt, P. l., Oct. 81 1900.

Arayatt, P. l., Oct. a 1900.
Mr.. Cole.
Dear Friend II thought a. ! am not
busy now ! would write you letter to
let you know how am getting along.
I am as we'll as could be expected.
The insurgents are not doing much
lately. There is an American Niger
that deserted out of the Oath Infantry
who is raising little trouble. He has
the rank of major and band of Q
couple hundred "niggers.' He was
within three miles Of here the other
day. He captured steamboat going
up the river and looted the boat, took
away everything of any value. Took
the men prisoners. That was only five
miles from here. Thirty men started
out after him and recaptured two of
the Americans. They chased them for
three days, away up into the mountains.
Every man around here swears il they
lay eyes on Fsgen that they will do
him. Chat is the ''nigger's" nsme).
There is not much talking about
election among the soldiers for they
all seem to think it one sided affair
and there is no use arguing about it.
There is no use Of Q soldier meddling
with politics for he cannot vote any
way. Idon't think will be here much
longer-I mean in this town. Soon IS
the volunteers begin to leave we will
move to some other part Of the island.
I am on out post duty but not at this
moment. You see here are three of us
o,, ono v,<,k opI - % k,yo h.>u~s ~, vo.k
and four of. There is no corporal on
so the private that has the longest time
is in charge. So that falls to me. We
are on main road and we search every
body that comes and goes out for con.
trabands Of war and all goods and
bundles and anything that passes our
post. suppose you know how 1t is.
Things are quiet now to what thew
have been, but think things will be
worse than ever right away after cleo
ton. The "niggers' are all sure that
Bryan is going to be elected and they
tell us what good man he il and how
bad Mckinley is. do not know where
These ''niggers" find ont so much about
Bryan. They are getting so they talk
a good deal about the election and they
keep asking how many days it will be
until Lryan is elected. They do not
ask when the election is coming of,
they are sure Bryan is the man. / tell
them that day will never come.
Well will soon be in this God-for.
saken country nearly two years. I will be
glad when the day comes that I can tell
ADDE'S. That is good bye in Spanish.
can talk more of this native language
than can Spanish. I don't think
that either language will do q fellow
much good. Well this is all for this
time so good bye. WIN. II. BEEDLE.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-03

Rockafellow has made another big
donation. We suppose he will put
kerosine up little now for q while.
The big Standard Oil trust Expresses
as lightly and as gently as any trust
perhaps. 1t scarcely Expresses the
people at all. All in all we believe ii
has greatly benefited the public.
But we are simply grumbling ut some
Of its secondary results. Its great
manager occasionally bears down a
little harder on the people Q little
while, collects few extra hundred
thousands, donates it to q charitable
or educational institution and takes
all the credit to himself. That excess
whichhe gives away 90 generously is real
ly the peoples money, not his. He and
Carnegie and such men, who give, per-
haps, to ease their conciences, and OBJ
tain praise as benefactors, are in some
respects like the managers of the ia
nous Louisiana lottery at New Orleans
in years gone by. They gave their ILL
gotten gains to found hospitals, and as
to themselves. Such peo-
pie do better by giving to such benev-
olences than by selfishly keeping all
they can make, but they would do bet
ter still by wringing less from the peo-
pIo
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-03

few last words with you. When you
started over town, was singin Bar.
bara Allen and thinkin my days might
be long In this land. Not i've minits
later the summons come. ] had just
started to wash the dishes, and I had
that cracked blue platter In my hand,
but ! hadn't gin 1t over two wipes
when the dishcloth fell to the door
with a great spat. You are hearin
what ] say. amt you. SamuelY'
Mr.. Gallup wasn't. He was devour.
Ing the second testimonial. which gave
the case Of a woman who had been
given up BY over 50 doctors. and yet
two bottles furnished her with q new
pair OF lungs.
"When that dishcloth fell. knew
that my time had come. That's the
wsy Mrs. Grover and Mrs. Taylor
went. Their dishcloths fell, and in "a
hours they was In heaven. ! shall be
up there by tomorrer night, Samuel,
while you'll he free to stay out all
night to hear the political news. I'd
hev died before you come back home,
only wanted to talk with you q leetle
about the funeral. Let's see. II die
tonight. you'll hold the funeral day aft.
er tonorrer. won't you. at O'Clock In
the afternoon
Mr.. Gallup was listening to q noise
outside. He heard something to re-
mind him Of hen trying to crow, and
he wondered II It could be that 90 long
after dark.
III you want It day sooner, you
can hev It," continued Mrs. Gallup
after sobs and gasps and sniffs at the
bottle. "but you must look out or the
payburs will talk. Better hev It day
after tomorrer. and I hope. for your
sake. It won't be q rainy day. I've
sometimes thought I'd like big fu-
neral when went with over 20 wag-
oas In the purcession and the church
bell a-tollin and the dogs a-howlin, but
I've given that up. No. Samuel, you
needn't make any spread over me. I'm
one Of the kind that kin 60 to heaven
without any hurrah and fireworks. II
there Ia ten wagons In the purcession.
shall be satisfied. Don't you think
ten ought to be nun for . person like
mel"
II wasn't direct question. but had
It been Mr.. Gallup would not have
answered. lie was devouring the third
testimonial and making up his mind
to try bottle on the sly.
"Ten wagons In the purcession. Sam
uel, and the bells needn't toll nor
nuthin else happen. II anybody ID
diggin taters or maxim soft soap or
dyein carpet rags, they needn't stop on
my account II % people come to the
house. that will be nun. We've got
'lsven chairs altogether. countin them
with broken backs. and MIRA Walters
WIN lend you the rest You1l hsv our
eMn Rssaches. Of coerse. hgt h aeedn't
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-03

Gov. Shaw remains the most talked
about man in Iowa politics today. We
believe he is secure in the confidence
and esteem of the people and Ct the
leaders. His actions toward other
leaders show he is free from the petit
ness and jealousies that often mar the
acts of public men. We do not know
whether he wants third term as gov
ernor or not, but we think Iowa people
desire to keep him in high public SER
vice
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-03
About the Farmer.

1t is unfortunately, or fortunately
true that ell the country grows urban.
Looking forward to the twentieth cen.
fury, we seem to see land Of endless
railroads aud trolleys. people arrayed
in garments Of one fashionable cut, the
farmer shooting along in his automo-
bile, the letter.carrier trudging over
the lava beds, the remaining Indians
playing golf. But the farmer who
does not live in the heart Of q village
the necessarily rather isolated and
lonely farmer Of today, must have
changed his nature greatly il he would
not rather 60 for his mail than have it
brought to him.
The village post Office and the vii
lage store are his exchange, his club,
his Rialto. There he meets his towns
men, cracks his joke, tells his tale,
forecasts the weather with an unerring
eye, discusses crops, and prices and
politics, cows, sheep, horses, steers and
shoats, and pretty much every thing
else from Calvinism to catnip. There
he makes his social inquiries, congratu-
lations, condolences. There he buys
and sells and swaps. There is his live
liest hour of the day not even except
ing his mornings between services on
Sunday. Some day some young DAN
iel or Ancient Solomon will try to set
down millionth part Of the wit, the
humor, the shrewdness, the general
peep into the universe of the farmers
at the post Office and the store; and
that will be book to buy.
1t may be that the farmer has
changed. Often he Is too busy to go
to the post Office, and he may be eager
to have his mail brought to him. Peo-
pie are much alike anyway, and more
alike now than ever. Still, we believe
the farmer to be wise and therefore we
cannot believe that he is in feverish
anxiety to get his mail. That is or
should be the vice of cities. In the
country there should be more time,
more elaboration, . greater kindness
to the nerves. A man should not get
letter too often. The edge Of his
sensibilities should not be nicked: and
If he be good man and true, he should
turn over letter half a dozen times,
investigate the superscription and post
marks carefully, and prolong the min
ute Of opening with the formula, Il
wonder who i've from. "-Exchange.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-03

A copy of the Optimist lies on our
table. 1t is the new Iowa magazine
and is published by H. s. Kneedler,
at Boone. Mr.. Kneedler has for sew
eral years been recognized as one OF
the most gifted aud polished writer's of
the west. The Optimist is quite orig
inal and unique in mechanical makeup
as we'll as contents. II says it is de-
voted to criticism, review and inspira.
ton and its pages do not belle its
claims. The little journal deserves
he notice and support of Iowa people.
Its price j, 81, 90 a year. Good club
Ting arrangements made with il at
this Office.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-03

60 on for an hour or two and tell how
good ! was and how much you'll miss
me. II be says that my toll Is DER. and
that you won't never find more savin
wife. that'll be about nun. Shall you
Do any cryin at the funeral. SamuelY
No answer.
I'D do leetle bit II was you-jest
leetle. II you don't folks will talk
about It same a. they did about Jim
Dewitt He never cried AT all. and to
this day folks say be didn't use Han.
ner right. ! dou't ask you to break
down and sob and git up an excite
ment. but you kin gasp few times and
wipe your eyes and blow your nose.
I'm sorry you'll hev to take that long
ride to the graveyard. as you could be
playin checkers Oh s....-!., nat | don't
zee how you are TO cit CIT OF 1t. How
ever, you won't never hey TO go up
there ag'in. When you .il ready to
buy me gravestun you u send It
mp by a man. s'pose y0J'.l buy Il
stun Of some sort. won't you:"
Mr.. Gallup didn't hear. In the fourth
testimonial a man declared that he had
been saved after one whole lung and
three-quarters Of the other were gone,
and It was a sketch to thrill the reader
clear down to his toes.
''Of course l don't keer about no
gravestun for myself" said Mrs. Gal.
lup as she tried to wipe away her tears
with the glass stopper Of the bottle,
but IL you don't put one up the nay
burs will call you stingy. Get cheap
one, however. II you kin git one fur
SO and trade lot Of carpet rags In.
I'd do It. used to think I wanted a
whole lot of readin on my gravestun,
but I've changed my mind. Jest put
on that Susan Gallup expired In the
forty ninth year Of her age Of gineral
disability and that she has found rest
where asthma, boils, backaches and
rheumatiz cease from troublin. You
needn't say a word about maxim 40
yards Of rag carpet and bar'l Of soft
soap last year while enjoyin sore eyes
and boil on rly arm or that allus
kept catnip. smartweed and pepper
mint herbs In the house and was
nurse to all the nayburs. No, Samuel,
you needn't-say word-about them
things. Make tia cheap-gravestun,
and you needn't-never go up there
and-and"--
And when Mr.. Gallup had finished
the testimonials and fully determined
to buy at least three bottles and hide
them in the wood shed he rose up.
yawned and stretched and looked
around to ind Mrs. Gallup asleep and
the camphor wasted on the floor.
NJ. QUAD.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-03
NO RldHr 10 HOLINESS.

The woman who Is lovely in face
form aud temper, will always have
friends. but one who would be attrac.
tive, must keep her health. Ii she is
weak. sickly, and all run down, she will
be nervous and irritable. Ii she has
constipation or kidney trouble, her i'm.
pure blood will cause pimples blOtches.
skin eruptiOns and wretclned CON-
plexiOu. Electric bitters Is the best
medicine in the world to regulate stom
ach, liver and kidneys and to purify
the blood. 1t gives strong nerves,
bright eyes, smooth, velvsty skin, rich
velvety skin, rich complexion. II will
make u COED looking, charming woman
OF a rundown invalid. Only 30 cents
at A. H. Roberts drug store.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-03
THERE WASN'T ANY ROW.

II Was simply . Case Of Sp0ntane-
Gus Combustion.
He was very young man, almost
too young to be out on the street Mt
that time Of the night, $50 p. M, and
his general appearance indicated that
he had been picked up by q cyclone
somewhere during his meanderings.
He was not utterly demoralized. but
there was something In his manner
that would lead the close observer to
the conclusion that all had not been
well with him.
~"Geer' he exclaimed as he spun
around the corner and went bump into
q policeman.
"Hello," calculated that worthy, in
stinctively grabbing at him; whats
the rowr
There wasn't any," responded the
youth. 80.
"What are you running like that
forr' persisted the policeman.
I've Just been up against case Of
spontaneous combustion"
you look too green to burn" chuc-
kled the bluecoat.
tits on me. Just the same. My girl
lives around the corner. and went to
see her. thought It was all'-
"Where does the combustion come
inr' interrupted the officer.
"Come out. you mean." corrected the
youth.
"Come OIL" exclaimed the officer.
Tell me what the row IL before !
chase you" IT,.
"Well. that's what I'm trying to do"
pleaded the boy. "The girls old man
and don't harmonize q little bit. and
when he met me at the door he fred
me 40 suddenly that had vertigo. II
you don't call that spontaneous COM
bustion. what the dickens do you call
itY'
"Oh, excuse me-" apologized the po-
nceman, you run along home and get
into your trundle bed! and the blue
coat gently waited the remnant on its
way.-Detroit Free Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-03

We learn that Egan, Anderson &
Co., publishers of the Atlantic Tele-
graph, have bought a new press and
will enlarge their printing building
and plant. These young men are en-
terprising, honorable and able, and
deserve the success they are achieving.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-03
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-03

McKinley's plurality over Bryan in
1900 was, according to the official re-
turns just completed, $50, 1874. In 1896
it was 60l,S54. A gain Of over quar-
ter Of million was pretty good for
Mckinley in view Of the big predictions
made by Bryan's managers.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-03

The most soothing, healing, and anti.
septic application ever devised, is De.
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-03
HER SUMMONS CAME.
a SIGN IN WHICH MRS. GALLUP READ
HER DEATH WARRANT.
ehs DrepDed the Dishcloth ana After
That Fatal warning speat the Bal-
anee Of the Evening In Telling Mr..
Gallup How she Theught He Ought
- Run the Funeral.

~ Rsn the Funeral.
fcopyrisht. 1900. By &. =. Lswi.l
A. Mr.. Gallup lighted his tin lantern
after supper and started out to buy
half q pound Of Rio coffee for break.
fast and call at the postolhce Mrs. Gal
Imp was In excellent spirits and had
most Of the dishes ready for washing.
He was absent SO minutes, and when
be arrived home he found her huddled
up In the big rocking chair, with pill
low behind her head and the camphor
bottle In her hand. She took three long
sni6s at the bottle and gave three long
drawn slghs a. he entered. but 1t was
labor thrown away. Mr.. Gallup blew
ont his lantern and hung II up behind
the cellar door, and. having deposited
The coffee on q shelf In the pantry. he
removed and hung up his coat and hat,
sat down and took OF his shoes and
then, taking q circular from his pock-
ct and putting on his glasses with
great deliberation, began to read. II
was 4 circular regarding new discov-
cry In the cure Of consumption, and he
had not yet finished with the nrst tes-
timonial when Mrs. Gallup sobbed four
times in succession and family asked:
samuel Gallup. do you know that
your dyin wife ID present in the roomT
He made no reply. That testimonial
from one who had been cured after
his cofin had been purchased made
him hold his breath a. be read.
"Yes: she q present" dolefully con-
tinued Mrs. Gallup after several sniffs
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-03

II troubled with . weak digestion,
belching, sour stomach, or il you feel
dull after eating, try Chamberlain
Stomach and Liver Tablets. Price,
as cents. Samples free at e. Frick &
Sons drug store.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-03

Such little pills as Dewitt's Little
Early kisers are very easily taken, and
they are wonderfully effective in cleans-
ing the liver and bowels. E. Frick &
Son.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-03

For information concerning good lands
Ut reasonable prices IN southwest Me
souri. wnts TO ,Jno. d. Moore. Rich Hill
Missouri" 625'
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-03
The Conceited Peer,

A certain conceited nobleman once
observed to Charles Townsend. when
! happen to say foolish thing. I al
ways burst out a-laughing." Town.
send eyed him curiously and at length
remarked In the most deliberate man.
per, "Ah. envy you your happiness,
for you must certainly live the merri.
est life Of any man In Europa"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-03
THE AUDUBON REPUBLICAN.
~ D. c. MOTT.

OFFICIAL PAPER OF AUDUBON COUNTY
AND OF THE TOWN OF AUDUBON.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-03
woeful Ignorance.

Farmer-See here, you! You remem.
Der putting two lightning rods on my
barn last spring, don't you? Well. that
barn was struck six weeks after and
burned down.
Peddler-Struck by lightnin?
1T was"
"In the daytimeY
"No; at night"
"Must "a been dark night, wasn't
IT."
ayes; dark as pitch"
Lanterns burninY
"What lanternsY'
didn't you run lanterns up 'em on
dark nightsr
"Never heard Of anything like that"
"Well. II you don't know enough to
keep your lightnin rods shown you
needn't blame me. G-lang" New
York Weekly.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-03
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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11
1t Happened in a Drug Store.

One day last winter a lady came
to my drug store Int asked for a
brand of cough medicine that I did
not have in stock" says Mr.. c. R.
Grandin, the popular druggist of On
tario, N. Y. "She was disappointed
and wanted to know what cough pre-
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to her that l could freely recommend
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and
that she could take a bottle of the
remedy and after giving it a fair trial
if she did not find it worth the money
to bring back the bottle and I would
refund the price paid. In the course
of a day or two the lady came back
in company with a friend in need of
a cough medicine and advised her to
buy a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. l consider that a very good
recommendation for the remedy" 1t
is for sale by Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11
FOR TREES
Novel Idea to ~Perpetuate Memory OF
Murdered President,

Governor Toole has received a let
ter from Orlin M. Sanford of Pitts
burg, Pa, and which is a copy of a
letter sent by Sanford to all the gov
errors Of the country, asking his opin.
ion regarding the suggestion to have
trees planted next Arbor day in every
state to the memory of President Nc
Kinley. Mr.. Sanford also writes that
in all the replies he has received the
suggestion has been favorably enter
tanned and that he belives the next
Arbor day proclamations all over the
nation will contain special reference
to the late president.
To a Helena newspaper the govern
or said he had written to. Sanford
acknowledging the receipt of his let
ter, but had not yet given his opinion
on the subject of the inquiry. The
fact, however, that the governor
further said that it's meets with his
heartiest approval may be accepted
as proof of his intention to follow the
suggestion and when he issues his
annual proclamation will bear it in
mind.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11
First Publication Aug. 80, 1905
Notice for Publication.


Department of the Interior, Land
Office at Lewistown, Mont, Aug. rs,
1901.
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing-named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof in
support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before T. A. Will
liams, clerk of the District Court in
and for the County of Yellowstone,
State of Montana, at Billings, Mont.
on Saturday, October -, 1901, viz:
John w. Newton who made HE No.
1884 for the SEA NEA, NJ SEA,
SEA SEA, sec. Is, TIP. s N, r. 26 E.,
M. M.
He M the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation of said land, viz:
Sidney H. Erwin, of Roundup. Mont:
Gerald F. Corwin, of Billings, Mont;
Allen B. LaMott, of Roundup, Mont;
Thomas Hurley, of Roundup, Mont.
EDWARD BRASSEY,
'.. Register.