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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-24
THRIFTY FEMALES.
There are Many RemuneratIve occops-
lions for Women.

There are Many RemuneratIve occops-
tions for Women.
One thrifty woman who had watched
the vegetables and fruit rotting day
by day at her grocer's, aad which were
dead loss to him, proposed that they
enter into an arrangement in the flu
ture whereby she should preserve and
pickle his entire surplus, either fo.'
regular pay or upon commission, in the
latter case he furnishing the sugar and
spices. Another woman. with sharp
business instincts, butchers wife,
made up soup stock, and found ready
sale for 1t to many overworked house
keepers. Still another, who knew but
one thing thoroughly, and that was
cookery, called every morning at GER
tain physicians offices and formed a list
of families in which sickness prevailed.
To these families she offered to come
every day for an hour or so and pre-
pare in their own homes mutton broth,
beef extract, chicken jelly. panada,
gruels, fruit and herb drinks. wine
whey. custard, ETC., furnishing her
time and labor cheaper than the arti-
cles could be bought at restaurants OF
women's exchanges. Some women are
specialists in one branch, such as
handkerchief embroidering, lamp
shade making, fan painting, feather
curling, glove cleaning, and the like,
or can make beautiful neck scarfs. or
launder fine laces. Such can easily
make their speciality pay, some by the
aid Of friends, some by the patronage
of dealers in such goods. some by a
house to house canvass made by them
selves. A young girl in one OF the large
eastern cities was recently puzzled by
finding herself left almost helpless an6
homeless, with no talent in any one
direction. There was but one thing Of
which she never tired, and that was
of children, all of whom seemed tc
adore her; so this young girl went Out
at SO much an hour to amuse sick an6
irritable children. Many a worn-out
mother found her, presence most
grateful repose. She was indefatigabla
in inventing new games and perfecting
old ones, and her naturally retentive
memory came also to her aid as a
story-teller. 1t is the woman who takes
advantage of opportunities, the woman
who can plan as well as execute, whom
the world wants and for whom it will
push its ranks apart to make place.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-24
LITERARY NOTES.


In Outing for January Charles q.
| ID. Roberts contributes one of his in
comparable nature sketches, "The
Moonlight Trails" Guy Wetmore
Carryl tells of, and Hy S. Watson il
lustrates, THE Automobile in French
Recreative Life" Horace Kephart
gives practical advice on "Rifles for
Big Game"
There's Only One Moo York." and
| the hero of the first of series of
| sketches of 'Some Americans
Abroad" which appears in the jan
uary Century, makes frequent refer
| ence to that fact. Charles Battell
Loorlis met his homesick fellow
couDtryman abroad last summer and
submits his case for the commisera-
ton of all good Americans.
In the January Atlantic r. b. John
son gives an admirable summary of
| the years results in his Letter from
England. He touches on the Boer
war and its consequences, the deaths
of the year. The great productions,
! literary, scientific and artistic, are
graph !cally summed up and the fu-
ture of the coming year suggested.
Mrs. Hill, one of the three famous
editors of the Domestic Department
| of the Ladies' Home Journal, will
contribute to that MAGAZINE during
the coming year series of Illus
trated lessons in marketing, showing
to a wonan's eye in photographs
what has hitherto only been explain
ed in type. Several pictorial pages
will show just the thing to do at
market-in fact reduce market-going
to simple science, shoru of vexa-
tions.
An attractive and characteristic
feature of The Worlds Work for
January is an article by Henry Har-
rison Lewis, describing "a Days
Work on a Snow Plough" as it is to
be witnessed on the mountain divi-
sion of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
How man and the machine combine
to do successful battle with the great
storms which yearly sweep the Rock
les is set forth in graphic fashion.
The February number of McClure's
Magazine contains graphic narra-
tive of fernando de Soto and his dis
covery of the Mississippi, by Cyrus
Townsend Brady, whose powers in
picturesque and adequate historical
writing have won him so much es-
TEEN from the reading public. The
article is fully illustrated.
In the February number of The
Delineator is an article of great in
terest, written by Laura B. Starr, as
the result of journey across the
ocean with Madame Gadski, the
opera singer. Madame Gadski's de-
scription of the difficulties and
thorns that beset the way of those
who aspire to operate honors, will
be very interesting to all women and
| most men.
The Hon. Hugh L. Lusk writes in
the January Review of Reviews on
THE Australian Commonwealth
It's People, Resources and Outlook"
giving a good outline of the situation
in the new federation at the moment
of launching.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-24
kepticism. II YOU do not believe In

skepticism. II you do not believe In
anything else. you believe in love-a
fathers love, a mothers love, a wife's
love, child's love. Then let me tell
you that God loves you more than all
these together. The great heart OF
Christ aches to have you come in, and
he looks into your eyes this moment,
saying, Other sheep have which are
not Of this fold"
/ want to tell you that God loves
to take hold of very bad case. When
the church casts you off, and when
the clubroom casts you off, and when
society casts you off, and when BUSH
ness associates cast you off. and when
father casts you off, and when mother
casts you off, and when everybody
casts you off your first cry for help Will
bend the eternal God clear down to the
ditch of your suffering and shame. The
Good Templars cannot save you, a.
though they are grand institution. The
Sons of Temperance cannot save you,
although they are mighty for good.
Signing the temperance pledge cannot
save you. although | believe in it.
Nothing but the grace of the eternal
God can save you. and that will IL YOU
will throw yourself on it.
The Modern Catacombs
They talk about the catacombs OF
Naples and the catacombs of Rome and
the catacombs of Egypt, the great buri'
al places under the city where is the
dust OF many generations passed on,but
| tell you New York has its catacombs
and Washington its catacombs, and al!
our cities their catacombs. They
are underground liquor dives. full OF
dead mems bones and all uncleanness.
There is no need of going into the art
| gallery to see in skillful sculpture that
wonderful representation of a man and
his sons wound round with serpents.
day that are wrapped in the martyr
dom of fang and scale and venom, a
living LAGOON of ghastliness and hor
ror.
But I turn to outsiders with an ex-
pectation that thrills through me,
body and soul. "Other sheep I have,
which are not of this fold" You are
not gospel hardened. You have not
heard many sermonJ during the last
few years. You feel the Holy Ghost
this moment in your heart. You do not
weep, but the tear is not far off. You
sigh, and you have noticed that there
is always a sigh in the wind before
the rain falls. There are those here
who would give anything IL they could
ind relief in tears. They say: ION,
my wasted life! Oh, the bitter past!
Oh. the graves over which have STUN
bled! Whittier shall fly? Alas, for
the future! Everything is so dark, so
very dark! God help me! God pity
mel" Thank the Lord for that last Is-
terance. You have begun to pray, and
when a man begins to petition God
steps in and beats back the hounds
Of temptation to their kennel and round
about the poor wounded soul puts the
covert Of his pardoning mercy. Hank!
hear something fall. What was that?
1t is the bars of the fence around the
sheep-fold. The Shepherd lets down
the bars, and the hunted sheep of the
mountain bound in. some of them their
fleece torn with brambles, some OF
them their feet famed with the dogs,
but bounding in. Thank God!
Other sheep have, which are not Of
this fold
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-24

The Louisville & Nashville r. R., to-
gether with its connecting lines. has
inaugurated the Chicago & Florida
Limited, which is a daily, solid train.
wide vestibuled, steam heated. gas
lighted, with dining car service for all
meals en- route from Chicago to Thorn
asyille, Ga, Jacksonville and st. Au-
gustine, Fla. The train leaves Chicago
over the Chicago 6 Eastern Illinois
tracks at HOO a. m, running via Ev-
ansville, Nashville, Birmingham and
Montgomery, Plant System to Jack
sonville, and Florida East Coast to st.
Augustine, arriving at the latter city
at 1880 the next evening, making the
fastest time ever made between these
points. The train has annex sleeper.
leaving st. Louis at 2:15 p. m, which
also runs through. Mr.. c. l.. Stone.
General Passenger Agent, Louisville &
Nashville r. r., Louisville, KY. will
answer all inquiries concerning this
train and furnish printed matter con-
corning It
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-24

Holt county was organized and colonIzed
by the army Of defeated Fenians, who I'M
dertook to capture Canada some three de-
to get back TO the United States alive, and
General O'Neill organized his colony and
located L In the then virgin soil OF the
great buffalo range, and Holt county and
the city OF O'Neill are the result.
The county Is large. and great portion
Of 1t very good soil. But Il has suffered
for want of sufficient rainfall In some OF
the years past. There In much excellent
farm land and many good farms. but the
grazing and haying are more reliable.
keep the statistics, failed to report, and
we are unable to give much. II Is To-
cality In which the katfir corn ought to
Ss e aW nee With rhs sna Is ag
seat. The Fremont. Elkhorn Missouri
Valley railroad runs through the county
from east to west. The Eikhorn river.
through the county. Also a number Of
small streams. These latter are generally
filled with brook trout. which were planted
years or more ago by the Nebraska state
fish commission, and they now furnish good
sport and better eating for the sportsman
One industry ha. developed to a pront.
able frultion In Holt county, which has not
been done elsewhere, to our knowledge, In
the west, at least. That Is the SreedinS
now numbering, I understand, some Zoo
has been grown. and with very handsome
profit. In fact, we are told, more pront
than that Of sheep. The soil, grass and eli
mate are adapted to the goat culture. ana
they are generally free from diseases and
troubles which are troublesome to sheep
o.Ssr parts ~ the .sate ans osSss Serss
uable and abundant, commanding much
:Sse W. q. snsS. 70 give fuil osssises
a. then.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-24
TRIO OF OLD FOLKS.
Three Phiisdeiphians Whose Ages Reach
Total OF $50 Years.

Total OF $50 Years.
Philadelphia has the most celebrated
trio of old folks In any city in the
United States. Each one OF the re-
markable group has attained the CEN
fury mark, and the Oldest has exceeded
it by thirty years. II the ages OF these
three venerable Philadelphians could
be added together they would reach the
astonishing total, of $50 years and
make a span of life which would ex-
tend clear back to 1850. contemporaries
Gus with the time Of Elizabeth ans
Shakespeare!
The Oldest of the trio Is Mrs. Mary
Mcdonald. according to the best OBJ
tainable information the Oldest woman
in the world. Mrs. Mcdonald is coll
ored, an inmate OF the Home for Aged
and lnfirm Colored Persons, and Ia
now almost 100 years old; next comes
Mrs. Celestina Nigro. aged Ill, an
Italian, and who. when she arrived in
Philadelphia from Campagna, Italy,
nine yers ago, was conceded to be the
Oldest immigrant who ever came to
the United States; the youngest men,
Der OF the group, and Phlladelphia's
oldest male citizen. is Michael Mooney.
a healthy young STRIPPING Of 100 years.
who resides at the Home Of the Little
Sisters Of the Poor. at Eighteenth anS
Jefferson streets.-Boston Journal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-24
OLD CHECK CASHED.
1t Was Drawn Twenty Years Ago, but
Was Good for the Money.

It Was Drawn Twenty Years Ago, but
Was Good for the Money.
In the year 1879 c. w. Merchant of
this city was engaged in buying cat
tie all over this part of Texas, says
the Galveston News. In those days
Fort Worth was the headquarters for
banking business, and Mr.. Merchant,
in common with all cowmen, had his
money on deposit in one of the banks
there. While in Haskell county that
year he purchased five head OF beef
cattle from Mr.. Mobley and gave his
check for 500. On account of the
distance from Fort Worth and the IN
convenient facilities for trsasactins
such matters, Mr.. Mobley did not pre-
sent the check for payment until six
months after its date. When p.e-
sented the cashier informed the gen.
tleman that Mr.. Merchant had long
since closed his account with the bank.
Nothing further was ever done to col
lect the check, until recently both gen.
tlemen met in the town OF Haskell,
just twenty-one years later, and began
talking OF 'old-times. Mr.. Mobley
suggested to Mr.. Merchant that he held
an unpaid check signed by him and
dated in 1879, and wanted to know II
1t was still worth 100 cents on the
dollar. He was informed that it was,
and on inquiry as to how it came into
his possession explanations followed
and Mr.. Mobley got his 500. In speak
ing Of the incident to the News corre-
spondent, Mr.. Merchant said that in
1879 he purchased something like $780,
900 worth Of cattle, and most OF them
in small herds, and that, with sad
die horn" for memorandum book. 1t
was very easy to lose run Of 500
check
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-24
White Feather

There is no need to mention the
name of his regiment here. That is a
secret that belongs to the army alone
Suffice 1t to say that his comrades are
proud Of his name.
He should never have entered the
army at all, much less hard riding
cavalry regiment which had a reputa-
ton to sustain by a yearly tribute of
broken necks and collar bones.
His proper vocation was that Of a
linen Diapers assistant, and he had
filled that occupation very satisfactory
till one evil day he had fallen in love
with girl. silly, shallow girl, at
whom no practical man or boy would
have taken a second look.
He adored her, and she adored SOL
diers. In their walks abroad she would
direct his steps toward the Horse
guards or Wellington barracks, that
she might gaze in admiration at the
nne, strapping soldiers who were to
be seen there, and every time she
pinched his arm and exclaimed: ooh,
Jack, look at that lovely soldier!" his
heart gave him a pang at the thought
that he was only diapers assistant,
with nothing in common with the
military but the handling Of red cloth!
He was a dreamer by nature, and fall
ing In love did not lessen his weak
ness in this direction. Dreaming is
pardonable In poet, but an unpardon-
able crime in a linen Diapers assist
ant, and as he stood at his counter his
mind was far away from his work. In
stead of listening to the Forward"
Of the shopwalker ne could only hear
the short-fung word OF command and
the blare of the bugles that sounded
through his dreams; wherefore 1t was
not long before he came into conflict
with his practical chief. A few sharp
words passed, He threw up in three
seconds position 1t had taken six
years of hard, unremitting labor to at
lain. Then he enlisted.
He gained his title on his first dis
play In the riding school, where, after
4 short ride on the neck Of the riding
masters pet buck jumper, he turned
deathly pale and cried aloud that he
might be allowed to dismount
The horse at once gratifed his desire
by throwing him on to the tan, where
ne lay trembling in every limb, much
to the diversion OF a couple Of rough
riders who were standing by. They
were quick to inform their respective
squadrons. and. his former occupation
being known, he was promptly chris
tened White Feather.
In those dark days II was the Joy
of the more hardy recruits to take him
aside solemnly and request the service
Of three-pence three farthings worth
Of white feathers. Any morsel OF
Gown or fun that might float into the
barracks was promptly captured and
presented to him with due ceremonies
By Trumpeter Pipes, the low comedian
Of the regiment.
The older men f,rbore to join In
with these somewhat firing repetit.ons
" Q stale Joke. They rememee ed
tAair own experiences In the riding
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-24
IEET NNN EN TN ENE TWTz
CHAPTER xI.-(Continued.)

CHAPTER X.-(Continued.)
No one ever knew what passed in
that interview. Harvey briefly told
his wife he had begged for forgiveness
and gained 1t, but the Old relations
between Gladys and himself would
never be renewed-she was through
with the life of which he had been a
part. When Helen threw herself in
his arms In a passion Of grief for hav-
ing done him hurt while striving only
for his benefit, he kissed her sadly. 1t
was all a mistake, he said; he had
been the more culpable Of the two.
Together they would take up life I'M
der the new conditions, never allud-
ing to the errors OF the past.
He was very kind, very gentle; but
there was that in his manner and look
which told her Harvey, the boy, was
dead, to make way for the grave, al
most stern man who henceforth walk
ed by her side through life, affection
ate and true, yet with the ineffable
quality that tinges the humblest mar
riage with romance forever stricken
from his love.
Within year after her departure
Gladys was married to a man slightly
her junior, whose wealth doubled hers.
Her beauty and vivacity made her the
center of a wide social circle, and hay-
ing been shut away from city pleas
ures SO long she enjoyed them now
with childlike enthusiasm. Engrossed
In a bewildering happy present the
past became to her dream, and after
the arrival of her first child, half
forgotten one.
The house in Rockville was sold,
and long years passed before she again
saw Harvey. In the careworn man
with STOPPING shoulders she found 1t
difficult to recognize her once hand
some boy. He was only forty, but
life had gone hard with him. There
were many mouths to feed at home,
and all Helen's thrift could not make
one dollar do more than the work OF
two.
Long ago Gladys had wholly forgot
gotten her grievances, but not the af-
fection for which she had sacrificed
80 much. Even now, though she had
many sons of her own. she loved her
unfortunate boy too well to allow him
to endure anything approaching pri-
walton, and with her husbands assist
ance secured to Harvey an annuity
sufficient to place him and his family
well above need. Phebe, an old wom-
an then. grumbled when the news
was told her; but really she was
pleased; even her anger could not en-
dure forever. And Harvey had been
her boy as well as Gladys.
So all were in their way happy and
content-all but one. 1t Is hard for
the covetous soul to come near to for
tune yet never grasp it; and even
when better days had dawned, and
want was forever set at bay, the bit
ter knowledge that she had doomed
her husband to struggle with pow
erty that robbed him of youth and
hope and ambition was with Helen
Atherton all the days OF her life.
(The End.)
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-24
CHILD POLITICS.
The "Junior Republics" Alarm the City
OF Detroit.

Iho Junior hepuDilcs' Alarm the Sity
of Detroit.
Detroit is learning that the Junior
republics" established in the various
schools Of the city, which at first
thought was fine thing. is having
evil results. The mayor protests and
shows a condition that is hardly bene-
fetal. The citizens OF these junior re-
publies, for example, ballotted recently
on such questions as these: Do you
favor city ownership of the street rail-
way system at the appraised value of
s17 100000? Do you favor the appro-
priation Of $4,000 for the erection
of another high school building? Do
you favor expansion? (this involving
discussion OF the Philippine ques-
tom But more than this the Junior
citizens" developed so rapidly as to
become lobbyists. Children were ask
ed to interview aldermen or school in
spectors to urge appropriations for
schools. In short, the junior republics
did not confine themselves to theory.
but got into practical politics with a
unanimity and dispatch that was
something appalling. The Detroit
Free Press protests that innocent chill
dren that are already struggling
against ninety-nine fads in learning
to read, write and cipher, ought not to
have their heads further muddled by
an attempt to master the methods and
processes by which the people Of the
country are governed.-Indianapolis
News.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-24

cheer that swept along the lines as
he was carried In.
Perhaps l shall get that comnls-
sion after ALL" he said to himself;
then she will think more OF mel"
Perhaps it was Just as well tha. he
died Ave minutes later-this faithful
worshiper of a goddess OF clay.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-24

1t is said that Ruth Bryan, daugh-
ter of William Jennings Bryan, start.
ed to school one morning, not long
ago, and, after a desperate run for q
street car, finally succeeded in catch
ing it. AS she took her seat she
gasped: "Well, I'm glad one Of the
family can run for something and
get it."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-24

1t is not work that kills men; II
Is worry. Work is healthy; you can
hardly put more on a man than he
can bear. But worry is rust upon the
blade. II Is not movement that de-
stroys the machinery. but friction
H. w. Beecher.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-24

A good story bears repeating. Use Russ
Bleaching Blue, don't be deceived by fraudulent
limitations. sold by all grocers
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-24

To enjoy good health it is necessary to
keep the digestive organs in perfect con-
dition: Garfield Tea is the most success
full remedy for all forms of indigestion.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-24

Police expenditures In st. Louis this
year will foot up Si.s3o.oo0. or one
third Of the total revenue OF the city.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-24

Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE
STARCH, the only 16 OF. package for
10 cents. All other 10-cent starch
contains only IL OF. Satisfaction
guaranteed or money refunded.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-24

Tabasco sauce Is mild compared
with the temper of some women.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-24

The solitary bivalve is the most
sought after at the oyster social.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-24

Some men acquire that tired feel
ing from looking for an easy job.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-24

A quarrel is as hard to make up al
q resetting of broken china.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-24
AN INNOVATION.

There are few men who do not like
their wives to eulogiZe them,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-24

Oh. men. skeptisal and struck
through with unrest! beg you come
of that great Sahara desert of doubt
into the bright and luxuriant land OF
gospel hope and peace. You do mo-,
want your children to come up in tina,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-24
HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA.

A coal miner is always ready to get
down to business.