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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11
FLOOD KILLS HUNDREDS.
Thousands Of Houses Washed Away
and Many Vessels Wrecked.

Victoria, B. c.. Sept 6.-Floods have
caused heavy loss of life and great
damage to property In some of the dis
tricts of Japan. In Hiroshima 70 per
sons lost their lives and 90 were in
jured. while many houses were washed
away and vessels were wrecked. IL
Yamagushi IS were drowned. 10 crush
ed to death, IL washed away with then
houses and Is injured. Several thous
and houses were. inundated. In Siamc
province 246 persons were drowned
and four crushed to death. Cholera
has claimed many victims along the
Asiatic coast.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11
CHEROKEE HOSPITAL FILLED.
State Now Has $40 Patients at the
New Home for the Insane.

New Home for the Insane.
Des Moines, Sept. 5.-Judge Kline
has returned from Cherokee, where he
was for several days In connection
with the opening Of the new insane
hospital of the state. One Of the pa
tients brought from independence died
since reaching the hospital, but the
state was fortunate in that there was
no illness because of the journey
across the state of the patients. There
are now $40 insane at the hospital. In
the general dining room 400 insane
receive their meals at one time. Every
thing is running as smoothly as could
be expected with such large force
of comparatively new employees and all
the arrangements new and strange.
The physical culture teacher has ar
rived and is organizing the classes
The farming and gardening is being
finished and the potatoes on the
farm are said to be very fine with a
yield Of 800 bushels to the acre.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11
WILSON TO AMES.
Warrington People Are Discussing Pos
siblllty of Resignation.

Washington, Sept. 5.-A rumor IS
again current that Secretary Wilson
will shortly resign to accept the presi.
dency of Iowa State college at Ames
If he does resign it VII. be on his own
motion. President Roosevelt desires
him to remain. 1t is reported here the
trustees have offered the presidency to
Wilson. and that he declined, but with
the understanding the place would be
held open for a year. Secretary vii
son is not here and the story cannot be
vari6ad
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11
Sultan Wants To Settle.

Constantinople. Sept. 5.-The Uni
ted States minister. John G. A. Liesh,
mann. who intended to start with his
family on vacation from Constants.
nople Thursday, has postponed his de.
parture from Constantinople until Mon.
day. because Of request of the sultan
to see the minister before the latter
left. All the recent claims of the Uni.
ted States are in course Of settlement.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11
BOY KILLS BROTHER.
Picked Up a Rifle Used by oIdest
Brother.

Jamison, Sept. 5.--At $3.50 last even
ing 6.year-old Forrest Prime acciden
tally shot and almost instantly killed
Wetzel Prime, his 4-year-old brother
An older brother had been hunting
with % caliber rife. Coming home,
he sat the gun down to open a gate
when the younger boy picked 1t up
pointed IL at his tie brother and
shot him Just under lie left eye. All
three are sons of e. V. Prime of Jami.
son.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11
FARMER COMMITS SUICIDE.
e. N. Robbins Shoots Himself With
Shot Gun.

Elkader. Sept. 4.-E. n. Robbins, o
farmer living near Mederville, Clayton
county, committed suicide by shooting
himself with a shotgun, the charge
completely removing the head from the
body. The rash deed was performed
at a. M. just after arising. He was
a man Of so years OF age, and had been
afflicted with a nervous trouble for
which he expected to come to Elka
der for treatment, having made ar
rangements for treatment from local
doctor. Evidently his trouble brought
on temporary insanity.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

A great many young women in Eng.
land are gaining social prominence by
being reported engaged to Lord Kitch-
ener, but the hero of the South Afri-
can war appears to be successfully
conducting his famous skirmlsh line
tactics.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

A Kentucky girl who has had $50
offers of marriage has decided to re-
main single and devote her life to mu.
SIC. When she gets on the stage, how
ever, she will probably cease to re-
gard marriage as a thing to be much
dreaded
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

If the crown prince Of Siam has
read what the newspapers have been
saying about the crown prince of Ger
many he may think a second time be-
fore venturing into the American
girls country.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

All other theories regarding the
suicide of young Remington may be
disregarded since the fact became
known that his last act before the
shooting was an experience with
teleDhone.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

AS a result of an automobile acct.
dent Sir Thomas Upton received a
shock. But it didn't trouble him. He
is used to shocks. He received few
In the yacht races.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

A Chicago man has been denied the
privilege of crossing Niagara Falls on
a tight rope. This is quite proper.
1t is much better that he should await
the regular visit of the fool killer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11
SOMETHING FOR YOUR GRAND
CHILDREN.

What is pleasanter than saying this
beautiful high post bed, or handsome
old chest of drawers, or this lovely
quaint sofa was mothers? Chase Il
West, 712 Walnut street, Des Moines,
have the finest and largest stock In
the state, of good furniture. They
carry many colonial and antique styles.
Freight Is prepaid
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

If the United States mail is deter
mined to suppress lotteries, they
should suppress the mail. The aver
age mans mail is a whole lot of lot.
terry to him.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

Mr.. Schwab leaves his home in a
private car, but just now he no doubt
would be glad to trade places with
a man of sound nerves going to a pic
uic behind a team of mules.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

A Boston landlord who tried to col
lect his rent in kisses from a pretty
widow was fined SIS. There are some
freakish landlords and peculiar wild
ows in Boston.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

Pocahontas, Sept. AIRS. Claus
Light, wife of the man in Jail here,
charged with attempting to murder
her, is dead. County Attorney Hazlert
took her dying statement which cor
roborates the testimony on which
Light is held.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

There are 100000 Jews in New
York, according to The Jewish
World. That city can now present q
pretty strong claim to being the New
Jerusalem.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

The man who tied dynamite to his
sick dog and lost his house when the
animal wagged his tail has by this
time learned that cruelty does not
pay.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

When last heard from the crown
prince of Germany was beginning to
eat solids and cast shy glances at
other girls again.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

A Kentucky undertaken became in.
sane after conducting SO funerals in
81 days. he is probably one of those
men who cannot stand prosperity.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

A New York orchestra leader has
quit rather than play for troupe Of
trained monkeys. Hurrah! Art hasn't
been completely knocked out yet
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

The world at large hangs very little
Grape on it's door for the scorchobo-
list who parts company with life at
an S0-miles an hour gait.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

AS the Chinese rebels are being ex-
ecuted at the rate of 1000 a day, it
is predicted that the rebellion will not
last more than a year.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

w. c. Mead refused a drink and
was shot by the genial gentleman
who offered to treat him. This did
not happen in Texas.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

The Chicago discovery that the color
yellow scares away mosquitoes won't
help women to whom yellow is not be-
coming.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

How many loving wives will envy
Mrs. John r. Drexel her birthday gift
of a check for 100000 from her hus-
band
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

The work of amassing a fortune of
S1S,000000 cost Mr.. Schwab his
health, and it was not very hard
work either.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

Grand Duke Boris says Chicago is
big and ugly, but good-hearted. The
same thing may be said of John l..
Sullivan.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

J. Pierpont Morgan, it is said, re
fuses to 'tip" hotel walters. This
is another Of the advantages of being
all-powerful.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

Some persons might think that eat
ing fifty ears of green corn was about
as pleasant a way to die as any.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

Think as kindly as you can of the
mosquitoes. They work while you
sleep.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

Lucky is the Chinese diplomat who
comes to this country. 1t is not only
more sociable, but safer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

Prof. Schenk will always be remem-
bered as the man who thought he was
posted on the whims of the stork.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

King Edward has COMPOUNDED the
soothsayers, and that's not a small
job, even for a man who weighs 25C
pounds.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

Germany is beginning to think the
auto invasion worse than the Ameri
can invasion.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

The sultan has again promised to
be good. It's way the sultan has.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

A noiseless mosquito is no i'm
provement on the other kind. 1t leaves
him too much time for actual business.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

There is a sweeping movement on
foot to organize broom trust
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

AS the late Horace Biglow would
say, the underpinning of Venice is
purity constable out of lint.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11

Wireless telegraphy is almost as
wonderful as a talkless woman.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-10

This is one Of the stories told Of
a recent grand opera engagement
q Boston: During q presentation
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-10
Don't Start Wrong.

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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-10
IN THE SPRING.

i In the spring the whlskersd
| farmer drinks hard cider from q
can, throwing wads of burning Ian
iguage at the indolent hired man
q the spring the granger plants
his succotash and corn, and the
chinch bugs come and eat it while
he sleepeth in the morn. In the
spring the old SOW wanders to
some quiet fen or brake, and re-
turns with seven piglets toddling
cutely in her wake. In the spring
the good dog Rover hides behind
the bushes damp, waiting always,
wailing ever for a chance to nail a
tramp. In the spring the bull SO
gentle, which has been a pet for
years, cores the poor confdino
farmer, sits on HIM and eats his
ears. In the spring the youths
and maidens go to picnic in the
woods, packing with them in their
baskets sandwiches and other !
goods; and they fall into the river. |
and the chiggers eat them up, and |
they come back from the picnic |
swollen like poisoned pup.
l have hot pains in my larynax
and my liver is out of whack, there
are rumblings in my stomach.
there are creakings in my back
WhenI 90 to bed at evening / can
only roll and groan, for nv mouth
tastes like a hens nest, and my head
feels like stone. And | read the
daily papers, where they tell Of
Shoppers pills as sovereign spe.
:ific for these kinds Of. yeriial iils
And ] ny the pills and eat them.
md | feel g, whole lot worse; there
IRE times when I am longing for 4
leigh ride in hearse. And the
,ncient danes come to me. ard
hey brew their magic tea, ana
hey say if will take it Phi feel
Apply as a flea. But their dismal.
ark decoctions only make me q
brick and wall, and l wish that :
i herb doctors could be carted 4
q to Jail, In the spring the WI
stranger )mes to sell patent
at, and he gets the names of VIC :,
ms to a thousand dollar note mi
le .spring you make a garden
all OF things you like to eat. and
le chickens como and scratch II
to thunder and repeat. In the !
'ring your lawn is pretty and @
on point to it with pride. tilII :
me cattle come and spoil Il - 4
. silent eventide. ne
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-10
Easter Sale. THE LEADERS Easter Sale.
THE LEADERS, GUARANTEE.

4 Make comparisons by seeing what other
stores have and then come to us, and you will buy
our goodsl You are donDly assured Of good values
because You have the past as a guaranteed We
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-10
New Books.

1.-The Role Of the Unconquered..
,'Lespidus, the Centurion"
Siege of Lady Resolute."
III | Were King"
"Leopard's Spots.''
Silent Pioneer"
audrey"
Surprises Of An Empty Hotel"
"Bolanyo"-By Opie Read.
IN, By Rudyard Kipling.
Ihrali OF Left the Lucky"
a new line OF Of paper novels. All
The April magazines at
GILKEY's BOOK STORE.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-10
WE ARE OUT.HTTERS.

t!seg First last and all the time. We do not han
die dry goods, groceries. bicycles or thrashing ma
chines--nothing but what men wear. II you want
a suit Of clothes, a new hat, q comfortable shoe,
stylish shirt or tie can satisfy you thoroughly
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-10
HOW HE ExLAINED IT.

"My brethren, ''sald the old col
ored preacher, sit was this way:
When the Israelites passed over It
was early in the morning. while II
was cold and the ice. was strong
enough SO that they went over ali
right; but when the Egyptians
Came along it was in the middle of
the day, and the sun had thawed
the ice so that it gave way under
them and they were drowned"
AT thisa young man ia the congre-
cation who had been away to
school and had came back, rose
and SAID. / don't see how that exc
PLANTATION can be right, parson.
The geography that I'ye been
studying tells US that ice never
forms under the equator, and the
he'd Sea Is nearly under the
There now, said the
old preacher, t'that's all right. |
Use been sspeckin' some of You |
smart Alecks would be askin' lest |
some such fool question. The !
time | was talkIn' about was be-
fore they had any iogafries or |.
quators either. Times. Demo-
rat.
This is one Of the stories told Of
recent grand opera engagement
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-10

of 'sTosca" q number of Italians,
sitting in box, became convulsed
with laughter. As Ternina wa S in
the midst of her impassioned love
song to Mario the people about
them first wondered what they
were laughing at, and then became
incensed at the foreigners. Final.
W an usher was sent to find Out
the reason of SO much hilarity
One of them said:
''Do you know what Ternina is
singlng9"
mo, answered the attendant,
swell, instead of a love song,
she is singing in impassioned &C.
cents; Don't turn around; your
trousers are torn. Don't turn
around; your trousers are torn. :"
Washington Star
Col. Sam Reed was breakfast
ing at Delmonico's. After look
ing over the French menu he said
to the waiter:
''Yol may bring me some eggs
blushing like Aurora, and some
breeches in the royal fashion, with
velvet sauce, and for dessert be
sure You bring a stew of good
Christians and a mouthful Of Ia
dies" #
The astonished waiter said:
"Sir, we don't serve such
Dishes 4
Eyes, you do, said the guest,
pointing to the bill of fare. 'sOeufs
q la Aurore culottes la royale
sacque velout- compete de bon
cretients-bouchee de DANES"
"All right" said the waiter;.
ready in two minutes, sir.
What to Eat.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-10

FOR RENT---Nice rooms over Mis-
sissippi Store. Apply to Ben Sarason
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-10
HEBRON & KINNlsON.
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAw,
Leland. Miss.

ASiduu, MISS.
WIN practice in all the courts of the
sIaCe, we loan money on improved
plantations at 5 per cent interest. Cali
ana see us about loan. It will, be to
your advantage. m1 "
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-10

BARGAINS
they W. doubt suh values Offering were given anywhere under
actual worth We bought stock the largest and fashionable chie
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-10
..,.PICKED Up.


Spider Riley and Knoxville Bill
lyI will have d boxing contest some
time soon under the auspices d
the Onion club on north Washing
| ton street. The Onion club
should be strong enough backing
for any two light weighters, and il
tits not a little garlic might be
added. -Vicksburg American.
A Nebraska editor after looking
over the situation has concluded
that some people 60 to church to
weep, while others go to sleep.
Some go to tell their woes, others
go to show their clothes. Some
20 to hear the preacher, others 60
I'd hear the solo screecher. Boys
go to reconnoitre, girls 60 because
they orter. Many 60 for some re-
Elections, precious few to help col
.lections. Elk.
Another odd thing about wo-
men0' said the gentle philosopher,
stroking his long white beard, sis
that she can grasp at q glance the
meaning Of the dotted lines, solid
lines and punched holes in a paper
pattern, but when she tries to To-
cate San Francisco on a railway
map she looks for it somewhere
between Chesapeake bay. and tile
coast Of Maine. And even with
two college diplomas to attest to
her strong mentality she has never
yet been able to understand rail
way timetable. Judge.
my son, follow not in the foot
steps of the loafer, nor example
him who was born tired, for YER
ly ! say unto you, their business
5 overstocked, the seats are all
aiken and the whiting places all
occupied. Its better to saw wood |
It two-bits cord than whlttle at
loafng match and cuss the gov !
! nment. My son, while thou hast
y thy skull the sense Of jay bird
void the cigarette habit, for 10,
by breath stinketh like gluefac-
Dry and their whole appearance is
sss Intelligent than a stone dunn
~. Thou art a cypher with the
I'M knocked off. Elk. ala.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-05-10
The Time to Buy When Others Must SeHWE MUST Sell

We are worried for room. be-
cause in this store there is over
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-20

cutters. But they really are just col
lectors, like the men who go around
collecting money for the butcher or the
baker or the grocer with whom your
parents deal.
Then there are all the collectors who
go around all over the country to get
money from the folk who make liquor
and cigars and drugs and other things,
who Uncle Sam thinks should pay for
the privilege of doing business in his
domain.
But all this money goes only a little
way toward paying expenses. If Uncle
Sam tried to live on it alone he would
be like any other business man who
tried to get along on the money that he
might make by collecting rent from
such parts of his establishment as he
could let out to other folk while he
let's the rest lie idle. So Uncle Sam
must do a great deal of business to
make ends meet. And to do 1t he has
an army of commercial travellers. No
other concern in the world except the
British government has SO many. He
sends them everywhere. If you were
to go to Madagascar, or Peru, or Bor-
neo or any other outlandish place you
would be sure to find one of them.
They do not travel with sample cases
like other commercial travellers, al
though some of them have done that
too, when necessary. And their goods
are not limited to any particular line.
They are sent out with orders to sell
anything from shoes to railroads.
These commercial travellers of Uncle
Sam are known as consuls and con-
sular agents The big ones among
them, something like the head sales
men of business houses. are consul
generals They have other duties be-
side those of selling goods, but to push
Uncle Sans products is their chief
business.
Like the travellers of private business
firms. Uncle Sans drummers send
their reports regularly, telling him just
what they have done and just where
there is chance 10 sell things and
what prices may be obtained for them.
Thus, several Of Uncle Sans statesmen
went away and away up the Orinoco
river a few years ago. They Travelled
more grandly than most travelling
statesmen do, for they went up in a
gunboat. the beautiful little Whining
ton. That was a wonderful business
trip indeed. Perhaps there never had
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-20

been so romantic one since Solomon
sent his great fleets to the mines of
Ophir to bring back gold The Will
mington went into the heart of South
America, where white men and their
ships never had been seen before. Her
guns and the roar of her steam and
the rushing of her propeller frighten-
ed strange painted men and giant
anacondaS and jaguars and countless
other forest jewellers in regions that
were quite unknown till then. She
steamed on and on until she could go
no farther. And when she stopped
she was almost at the foot of the An
des. This was a story book voyage.
indeed, and il was almost all for the
prosaic business of finding new mar
kets for American shoes and cloth and
agricultural implements and wind
mills, and anything else that you can
imagine if you imagine hard for "a
hours.
There was another traveller of Uncle
Sam who heard one day that the Brit
ish were going to build a railroad in
Africa. So he hurried to look for bus
mess. He couldn't take a train be-
cause there was none. He Travelled in
all kinds of ways, from horseback to
canoe, and when he discovered that the
report was true he wrote Uncle Sam
d lSllSTf anu Uncle Sdm sent IL to all
his partners. You know who those
partners are. Only they are not called
Uncle Sans partners usually, but Just
citizens" And one of them dispatched
his own salesman and got the order
for rails and locomotives before the
British merchants knew what was
happening.
Another salesman was in the Bible
country last year. and he noticed that
all the inhabitants were still pumping
their water as they had done in the
days of Christ-with clumsy wood an
windmills, rude water wheels and still
more rude well sweeps. So he wrote
all about it to the assistant business
manager in the State Department, who
is called chief Of the Bureau of For
eign Commerce.
Now, in an ordinary business house,
the. manager would merely have to ask
the shipping clerks and the superin-
tendent and other employees and find
out what they had that would be good
TO send to that country. But the
manager Of Uncle Sans business must