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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-05
power Of resistance was gone before

power of resistance was gone before
he fairly knew what opposed him.
Sir Robber," spoke the Israelite
bending over the PROSTATE chieftain.
you are my prisoner, and henceforth
you are in my keeping until deliver
you up to my master. You cannot es-
cape me, so do not trouble yourself
with the attempt"
you are Judah" said the chieftain.
II am"
And these others are professed to
be Of Aleppo?"
Yes"
"And you three serve the king OF Da-
mascus"
You have guessed the truth"
by the GODS" muttered Julian. as
though communing with himself ~
should have guessed this before. I
have been blind. l have acted like a
child. But i am not yet quito lost.
/ am still within the
The Israelite had been watching him
narrowly, and when he saw chat the
chieftain had disposition to call for
help. he sprang upon him and stopped
his mouth.
do not blame yourself, Sir Robber.
Judah of Damascus has done more diff
ficult work than this; and you may
take to yourself the assurance that
when he set out upon his mission the
deed was sure of Its accomplishment.
All, here comes Selim with the horses.
You shall have an easy ride and a
quick one; and when you are in the
presence Of the king you can plead
your case as eloquently as you please.
I have not time to listen; nor have
the power to Judge"
The Scourge of Damascus, in the full
vigor of robust manhood, and possess
ed OF a strength and daring beyond
any of his stalwart followers, was
prisoner in the hands of
three slaves-a prisoner within
sound Of his own camp-and so surely
a prisoner that he had no way OF es,
cape. His steel-wrought muscles were
powerless beneath the cruel bonds, and
his mouth was stopped from the utter
ance Of alarm. He was lifted from the
ground and placed upon the back Of
a powerful horse, and in a few mo-
ments more he was being borne swiftly
away from his friends and compan-
ions-away towards the city where
dwelt his deadliest enemies.
Ito be continued.)
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-05
Potatoes from California.

stockton, Cal, Sept. "A special
train of forty car loads of potatoes left
here for the middle and southern
states. The potatoes are raised on the
liver islands west Of this city and
towed here on barges. The demand
for potatoes, onions and cabbage
throughout the middle states is large.
owing to the drought. and hundreds OF
car loads will be sent there from
Stockton this year. Local dealers are
paying from $3.50 to $3.50 hundred
for potatoes on the river bank. To-
days shipment is the largest single
consignment Of potatoes ever sent out
of the state.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-05
CHAPTER v.

The circumstances which might have
fed another to hasten his operations,
led the Israelite to greater care and re-
dection. He had not supposed that
Julian would take the two black men
to service so near his own person, and
when he found that such arrangement
had been made, his first inclination
was to hesitate least suspicion of the
slaves honesty had led the chieftain to
place them thus near him. However,
Utter the lapse of few days, Judah
was satisfied that no suspicion was en-
tertained against himself or his COM
panions. and he began to turn his at
tention to the work he had In hand.
On the morning of the fourth day
Julian announced his intention OF NOV
Ing, and gave orders that his men
should be in readiness. A spy had ar
rived during the night with intelli-
gence that large caravan was on its
way from Tyre to Damascus, and the
chieftain had determined to intercept
Il. Some wealthy merchants from
Rome were In the approaching train.
and 1t was probable that they bore
wealth for Koran.
Just as the sun was rising. while Ju-
dab was In the wood after his horse.
he was accosted by Osmir. who had
been out on an errand for the chief
tain.
"Ah, my MASTER" said the black.
gazing carefully around to see that he
was not observed: Il am glad that
have met you. have been wondering
whether you meant to carry out the
plan which brought us here"
why have you wondered at such q
thing?" asked Judah.
Because" replied osmir. Il have
made up my mind that II the choice Of
masters were left to me ! should
choose to serve Julian rather than the
king Of Damascus. like him much
the best. He is not such q terrible
man as he has been represented. he
"a q kind. generous man, and j blame
him not for his hatred of Horam.
well, sir" said the Israelite. speak
ing quickly and sternly. do you tninH
Of turning your face from the work w
have to do?"
mo. no, my master. ] am not SC
determined. shall follow you. YOU
commands must be my law. II you say
proceed ! am with you
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-05
See schooner Sink In Lake.

Glen Haven. Mich, Sept. "A re-
port was received here from Empire
that schooner had been seen to sink
In the lake, by men employed on the
docks. The vessel was two masted
and was first sighted during the morn
ing flying signals of distress. It was
then six miles out. 1t apparently was
without cargo and was making bad
weather under foresail and reefed
mainsail. Suddenly the vessel was
seen to pitch forward and go down, ac-
cording to the report received.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-05
Agreed to DIE Together.

Clarendon, Ark, Sept. 2.--As the re-
suit Of compact between Rosa Pride
and Minnie Smith, girls IS years OF
age, the former committed suicide.
The young women had agreed to end
their lives because Of disappointment
in love and two bottles of laudanum
were procured. Miss Pride swallowed
her poison and died, but Miss Smith
did not carry out the compact.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-05

Washington, ID. c., Ang. 30.-Assist-
ant Commissioner Richards of the
general land Office has received a tel
egram from the new town of Anadarko
in Oklahoma. saying that the govern
ment sale OF town lots in that place
had been completed. Eleven hundred
and twenty-four lots were sold. The
aggregate amount received is $1ss, ass.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-05
rooo,ho,. Prevent. Collisions.

An instrument named the ''topo-
phone" has just been invented for the
prevention of collisions at sea. The
topophone registers even slight sounds
far outside the range Of the human
ear, and by enabling foghorns to be
heard at immense distances. will great
ly minimize existing risks In thick
weather.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-05
steamer Strong In Danger.

Houghton, Mich, Sept. Captain
Norman Mcclure of the steamer New
York arrived here at Z o'clock last
night, reports passing the steamer
Liza H. Strong lying sixteen miles
southeast of Stannard Rock Light.
water logged and decks too. with partt
of the deck cargo of lumber lost.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-05

Mrs. James Little. who lives near
Atchison. Kan. who was herself a
twin and the son Of twin. has given
birth to her second pair Of twins, the
first pair being about IS months old
when the second pair made its appear
ance.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-05
steal. an Infected BED.

Cedar Falls. Ia. Aug. So.-Dell John
SON was arrested for stealing a bed
from the smallpox detention hospital.
He 10 Guaranteed In jail.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03

ment something like banjo, which
will keep them amused for hours.
Singing, however, is the soldiers
greatest pleasure, and chorus singing
is a great feature in the Russian ar
my's accomplishments. The number
of songs an ordinary soldier knows is
beyond belief. Singing is encouraged
by the officers, and the men with the
best voices are especially rewarded.
Among illiterate people the singer will
always be able to exert a great influ-
ence. One has hardly to see Russian
regiment on the march to understand
what moral power the singers can give
the soldiers.
According to the latest returns for
1901, the statistics for the Russian ar
my are as follows, on peace footing:
Infantry, 900 battalions Of foot, or
100000 bayonets; cavalry, SO regi-
ments, or $1,000 sabers; artillery, 400
batteries, or LOO guns; Cossacks
$4,000 men and 10S cannon. The gen
eral total on peace footing, including
those not in the ranks, garrison
troops, and local reserve forces,
amounts to 100000 men, with 100000
horses. On a war footing, including
the reserves, the soldiers of the czar
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03

prison q pace TO get honest work?
Did you pick up a child fallen on the
curbstone and by a stick OF candy put
in his hand stop the hurt on his
scratched knee? Did you assure bust
ness man swamped by the stringency
Of the money market that times would
after awhile be better Did you lead a
:Magdalen OF the street into midnight
mission, where the Lord said to her,
Neither do condemn thee. Go and
sin no more?" Did you tell man
clear discouraged in his waywardness
and hopeless and plotting suicide that
for him was near by LAYER in which
he night wash and a coronet Of eter-
nal blessedness he might wear? What
are epitaphs In graveyards, what are
eulogiums In presence Of those whose
breath is in their nostrils, what are UNI
read biographies in the alcoves OF a
city library, compared with the imper-
ishable records you have made in the
illumined memories Of those to whom
you did such kindnesses? Forget
them? They cannot forget them. Not
withstanding all their might and
splendor there are some things the
glorified Of heaven cannot do, and this
Is one Of them. They cannot forget an
earthly kindness done. They have nc
cutlass to part that cable. They have
no strength to hurl into oblivion that
benefaction. Has Paul forgotten the
Inhabitants of Malta. who extended the
island hospitality when he and others
with him had felt. added to a ship
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03
amount to 100000 men and 100000
TIE Japanese Maiid.

A japanese maid is now an absolute
necessity to the society woman who
desires to be strictly up to date.
Prominent women in New York are
all adopting the. idea, and they are
finding that the pretty Jap women can
attend to their wants far better than
the French maid. who for SO long has
been in such demand by the smart set.
There are several reasons why the
Japanese woman makes a better maid
than the French, German or English
woman. In tho first place she is the
most cleanly person on the face of the
earth, and that counts for whole lot.
Then she knows how to dress the hair
better than any of her sisters and she
knows more little secrets which are OF
value. in miladys boudoir than the
woman of any other nationality.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03
Craven ON Gods Hand.

There is another and more COM
plete defeat for oblivion, and that is in
the heart Of God himself. You. have
seen q sailor roll up his sleeve and,
show you his arm tattooed with the
figure Of a favorite ship, perhaps the
first one in which he ever sailed. You
have seen a soldier roll up his sleeve
and show you his arm tattooed with
the figure Of a fortress where he was
garrisoned or the face of dead gem
eral under whom he fought. You have
seen many a hand tattooed with the
face Of a loved one before or after mar
riage. This custom of tattooing is all
most as old as the world. It lis some
colored liquid punctured into the flesh
SO indelibly that nothing can wash it
out. It, may have been there fifty
years, but when the man goes into his
coffin that picture will go with him on
hand or arm. Now, God says that he
has tattooed us upon his hands. There
can be, no other meaning in the forty
ninth chapter OF Isaiah, where God
says, Behold, have craven thee on
the palms Of my hands!" 1t was as
much us to say: ~ cannot open my
hand to help. but think Of you. I
cannot spread across my hands to bless
but think of you. Wherever go up
and down the heavens 1 take these two
pictures Of you with me. They are SO
inwrought into my being that 1 can
not lose them. AS long as my hands
last thelmemory Of you will last Not
on the back of my hands, as, though
to announce you to others, but on the
palms Of my hands, for myself to look
at and study and love. Though / hold
the winds in my fist, no cyclone shall
uproot the inscription OF your name
and your face. and though hold the
ocean in the hollow Of my. hand, its
.billowing shall not wash out the
record Of my remembrance. Behold, r
have craven thee on the palms Of my
hands,! RS
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03

III

Those Americans who fled out OF
Westminster Abbey all possessed by
the idea that there should be one bur-
ial place for American presidents were
ssingularly Indifferent to the most inn
pressiye feature of President McKin-
ley's funeral. Perhaps if they had
been a little nearer home themselves
they might then have caught the full
meaning Of that last homecoming.
The man Of the people goes back to
the people in death as he would have
done in life had he survived his term
of Office. 1t is that close grip Of the
neighborhood, Of the old circle of
friends and acquaintance Of the fam
lily. that habit Of regarding his
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03
Russia,s Near Hrmy.


The Russian soldiers diet is largely
vegetarian. Favorite dinner dishes in
clude "stche"-a cabbage soup-pota-
toes. peas, beans, macaroni and vari-
GUS kinds of porridges, eaten with on
Ions and lard. Only half a pound of
meat is allowed each man daily, and
the Russian pound is ten per cent less
than in this country. Mushrooms are
consumed in great quantities when in
season. Three pounds of black rye
bread are included in the daily rations
and il any is left over the men are
at liberty to sell the remains AS the
soldiers bread is very nourishing and
purer than the ordinary bakers, the
extra rations sell we'll. In the way of
drink, beer is too great a. luxury for
him, SO he quenches his thirst with
"qyas," cheap substitute made from
fermented black bread. On high DAYS
the soldiers are RECALLED with vodki.
often at their officers expense.
Their games are of the most print
tive character. Their greatest pleas
ures are singing, dancing and playing
on the "garmonika,' musical instru-
ment like a concertina, or on the e'bal-
lallaika, a national musical instru-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03

TX Ii . /. = = :. -
But while the last resting place ~
the body may be In Canton, or Spring.
field, or Cleveland, there is no reason
why national memorial should moi
be erected at Washingto.. 80 any
president or for all the presidents. 4
single magnificent presidential arch
would have room for many inscrin-
lions covering the succession for many
years. Or II it were desired to select
one man for special honor the struc-
ture might be made q beautifully artis..
tic tribute OF regard for him and his
work
Such monuments could be built most
appropriately in the capital and with
out affecting the question Of burial.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03
AY OF THE FUNERAL.

Official experience as but an incident
OF his American citizenship, that makes
him in the truest sense a national
character.
A great pantheon at Washington
would rather separate him from the
people than bring him to them. It
would have too much Of the official
stamp, would have but one narrow
significance as regards all Its dead ten
ants, whereas the grave in the distant
cemetery gives to the idea Of the pres
idency the broadcast significance pos
sible. II is through belonging to his
town, his county and his state that a
president belongs in the most intimate
way to the nation.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03

wreck, the drenchi1ig rain and the
sharp cold?s Has the victim OF the
highwayn,an on the road. to Jericho:
forgotten the good Samaritan with AZ
medicament Of oil and wine and a tres
ride to the hostelry? Have the Eng
lish soldiers who went up to God from
the Crimean battlefelds forgotten
Florence Nightingale? Through all
eternity will the northern and south-
ern soldiers forget the northern and
southern women who administered TOT
the dying boys In blue and, gray after
the awful fights In Tennessee and
Pennsylvania and Virginia and Geor-
gia, which turned every house and barn
and shed into an hospital and incarna-
dined the SusQuehanna and the James
and the Chattahoochee and the Savan-
nah with brave blood The kindnesses
you do to others will stand as long In
the appreciation Of others as the gates
OF heaven will stand, as the "house OF
many mansions" will stand, as long as
the throne OF God will stand.
Defeat Of Oblivion. Il
Another defeat OF oblivion Will be-
found in the character Of those whom
we resclle, uplift or save Character is
eternal. Suppose by right influence
we aid in transforming bad man into
good man. q dolorous man into q
happy man, q disheartened man into
courageous man, every stroke OF that
work done will be immortalized. There
may never be so much as one line In
newspaper regarding 1t or no mortal
tongue may ever whisper It into human
ear, but wherever that soul shall 20
your work upon it shall go, wherever
that soul rises your work on It will 4
rise, and so long as that soul will last
your work on 1t will last. Do you sup
pose there will ever come such an idi-
otto lapse in the history Of that soul
In heaven that it shall forget that you
invited him to Christ; that you, by
prayer or gospel word, turned him
round from the wrong way to the right
way? No such insanity will ever smfte
a heavenly citizen. It is not half as
well on earth known that Christopher
Wren planned and built st. Paul's as It
will be known In all heaven that you
were the instrumentality Of building
temple for the sky. We teach a Sab
bath class or put Christian tract in
the hand Of passerby or testify for
Christ in a prayer meeting or preach
sermon and go home discouraged, as
though nothing had been accomplished,
when we had been character building
with q material that no frost or earth
quake. or rolling Of the centuries car
damage or bring down.
There is no sublimer art on cart
than architecture. With pencil /. an
rule and compass the architect sit
down alone and in silence and evolvesS
from his own brain cathedral or
national capitol or massive home be-
fore he leaves that table, and then he.
goes out and unrolls his plans am
calls carpenters and mason and
sans of all sorts to execute his
and when 1t Is finished he
around the vast structure and 81
completion Of the work with hi
isfaction, and on a stone at son
ner OF the building the architect'
may be chiseled. But the stoy1
their work, and time, that tak6S
everything, will yet take doI60
structure until there shall not anSs
stone left upon another. But the
a. soul in heaven. *
81 , - s
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03

lar congregation is only 81. The fol-
lowing telegram from Washington tells
of the presidents first Sunday at this
church. The service on Sunday was
the President Joined with the congre
cation in singing the hymn, "Jesus,
the Hope of Israel, the Desired Of All
Nations" The pastor announced as
his text Ephesians iii, 1913: "That
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03

President Roosevelt attends divine
service at the German Reformed
church. of which the Rev. DR.. ]. M.
Schick is pastor. The church is stu
ated at Fifteenth and o streets, North
west, Washington.
The church is small brick struc-
ture with slate roof, and the regu-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03

Christ may dwell in your hearts by
faith; that ye being rooted and
grounded in love. may be able to COM
prehend with all saints what is thu
breadth and length and depth and
height: and to know the love OF
Christ, which passeth knowledge, that
we might be filled with the fullness
of God"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03
Australian Apples.

Parts Of Australia are becoming i've;
.ly rivals to Canada and the United.
States in the European apple trade.
Tasmania, especially, has been found
q first-class apple-raising country.
There are 1873 acres in apple orchards
there and the product in 1890 was $685.
915 bushels.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03

General Charles Haywood, command
ant of the United States marine corps.
holds the Oldest commission in either
branch Of the fighting force. Next to
him comes Admiral Dewey
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-03
spaniards Proposed : Bailnxht.

spaniards9 Proposed Ballfght.
They tell story to the effect that
when the Society for the Prevention Of;
Cruelty to Animals proposed to estab-
slish a branch in a leading city: OF Spain.
the municipal body courteously accepts
ed the proposal and offered TO hold q
grand bull fight at once to furnish the
funds. Troy Times.
The Florence tribune., 1901-08-10

the indefensible position of doing noth- ing itself or allowing any one else to improve this great natural reservoir site.
 7. We firmly believe that the inter- ests of humanity dictate that the h. dians should be gathered on the reser- vations, have lands allotted to them in severalty, and that they be furnished with farming implements and an mex haustible supply of water for irrigation of their lands, to the end that they may become self supporting. By this means will home life be furnished for the Indian and he will more rapidly advance in civilization as conse- quenee. He will abandon his nomadie life; his children will be kept at home and educated in neigh borhood schools, instead of being sent to large Indian schools at distance where they 1 are kept Gas it would seeml for mere i purposes of show. After being in- structed in the arts of civilization for a time they are returned to savagery to become more unhappy and diseon- tented than if they had never received the questionable advantages. We feel l that the present policy of the Indian department is all wrong in this regard
 3. The Pima and Maricopa Indian reservation contains 350, GOO acres of as fertile land as lies within the bound aries of Arizona, and is admirably adapted for homes for these people. as well as the wandering Papagoes, wh. are now compelled to prey upon tn, herds of our farmers and ranchmen fo subsistence.
 1. The construction of storag
 reservoir at the Buttes by the Govern
 ment offers plain business proposi
 ton for the correction of these evils
 Resolved, that the Secretary of tn
 Territory be instructed to transmit
 copy of the foregoing Memorial to ou Delegate and Delegate elect iu Cor
 gress, and also copy each to tn President of the Senate and Speake of the House of Representatives