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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-10-02

topVNAai
HE habit which prevails In
Florence of marking by me.
! mortal slab bearing a fitting
kzS Inscription the place rendered
notable by the dwelling of
great man has also spread to Rome.
In that city, however the records are
fewer by far than in Florence, though
1t is evident this cannot arise from
dearth Of notable personages, for the
gates of Rome have ever been opened
wide to men of mark.
The memorials that are affixed to
the walls bear the names of men from
many lands---here a Polish poet, there
Neapolltan sculptor; in the Via dele
Mercede marble slab affixed to the
wall of large house marks it as the
dwelling place of Sir Walter Scott;
on the Palace perospi (now TheodolD.
a slaD records that there Shelley wrote
THE Cenci;" the house in which Keats
died in the Piazza di Spagna is de-
noted by marble slab; and SO Leo
pardi, the Recs natl poet, whose muse
affected all italy, is remembered by a
slab at his residence in the Via Con
dctti.
There is but one American, so far
as | know, thus remembered in Rome
by an honorary inscription on the
walls of the house in which he lived.
This is Samuel Finley Breese Morse,
the artist and inventor. whose name
Is indissolubly associated with the
earlier stages of development Of the
electric telegraph.
The slab was placed on this house In
1883. 1t is worthy of note that the
great reputation Of Morse was &C.
knowledged in Rome welInigh TWEEN
ty years before the propriety of raising
statue to him was discussed at
Washington.
There are, however, many other
memories of Americans in Rome. asso-
ciated with different places, although
not recorded in sempiternal bronze or
inscribed marbles. 1t is impossible to
say who were the first visitors from
the newly discovered continent of the
west to the Eternal City; but It is
hOlOIiouS ludt TIC
carved wooden ceiling of the greas
church of Santa Maria Haggiore was
gilded with the first gold brought To
Spain from South America, which WIS
presented to Pope Alexander W., him
self Spaniard, by King Ferdinand
and Queen Isabella. From this there
is long gap before the American tJav-
eller makes his appearance in Rome.
il ordinary records are to be trusted.
Among the earliest visitors from the
United States to Rome in the last cen.
fury was William Kicking Prescott.
the historian Of Mexico and Peru.
whose delightful account of Ferdinand
and Isabella Is a classic. In 1916 he
made visit to Rome. coming from
Paris. after leaving which he and his
companion, John Pickman Gray,
stopped day at La Grange TO pay
their respects to Gen. Lafayette" as
his biographer, George Ticknor, re-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-10-02
A Catch In the Back.

Grand View, Iowa, Sept. 2sth.--Mrs.
Lydia Parker OF this place says:
Il was troubled with backache all
the time for years. When | would
stoop over q catch would take me In
the back and could not straighten
up for some time.
Il tried everything could think of
but got no relief till sent and got
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Il used one box and part Of another
before the trouble all left me. but now
] am well and strong and / have not
been troubled with my back for some
months.
II believe my cure Is permanent
one and ! am very grateful indeed. to
Dodd's Kidney Pills for what they
have done for me.
Il would most heartily recommend
them to anyone suffering with lame
back, for believe they will cure any
case of this kind.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-10-02
Beautiful Mummy Blue.

Hamlet reflected curiously upon the
fact that the body of a great ruler
might yet come to be used to stop q
hole to keep the wind away" but mod
ern ingenuity has discovered more
useful, IL not more honorable. uses for
the bodies OF departed emperors.
Manufacturers of artists colors now
often use mummies in making their
colors, and II is almost certain that
small percentage Of some ancient
Egyptian rulers went to compose
some of the colors used by various
r. AS in painting their portraits for
this years Academy. Mummies were
usually preserved in bitumen or the
best pitch, and this blended with the
bone of the mummy gives peculiarly
beautiful tint. especially il brown or
dark blue. The export of mummies
is now forbidden. but one will last q
manufacturer for years. The colors
so made are principally used by por
trait paiIters.-London Taller.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-10-02
THE WEALTH OF WASHINGTON.
Hss Fortune Would Not Be Considered
Large To-day.

1dt 9C bS-days
Whether Washington can be put into
sae envied category of millionaires no
one can assert positively. According
to the late Paul Leicester Ford, whose
work, The True George Washington"
has received wide recognition, 1.-The
Father of His Country" when he died.
was worth s530.0O0. This fortune did
not include his wife's property, but
nevertheless it made him one Of the
wealthiest Americans Of his time.
Ford adds: And it is to be questioned
II fortune was ever more honestly
acquired or more thoroughly de-
served"
John Adams, however. probably
would have differed with Ford on this
point, had the two ever come together.
In one of his recurrent moods of Bit,
terness and jealousy toward Washing
ton Adams asked: Would Washington
have ever been commander of the rev.
dictionary army or president of the
United States II he had not married
the rich widow of Mr.. Custis?"
According to Mr.. Ford, it seems that
he would. for he had achieved colonial
military fame before his marriage.
That the Widow Custis vas a desir-
able ''partie' is not to be denied, how
ever, as her part of the GUSTS prop
erty equalled fifteen thousand acres
of land, good part of it adjoining the
city of Williamsburg; several lots in
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-10-02
OBJECT LESSON FOR WIFE.
Cincinnati Mans Device to Show Her
Value Of Money.

taiuc OF Money.
The following story is told Of GER
tain wealthy financier of Cincinnati
reputed to be penurious. His wte in
tended going TO fashionable summer
resort, and desired TO equip herself
with proper wearing apparel. When
she told her husband that she needed
about $1,000 he nearly tainted. She
pleaded for the money and said that
she needed every cent OF 1t in order
to make respectable showing
against other rich women. He at first
could not see IL that way His wife
maintained that 1t would be no tr0u-
BILE to write out check for the 81 900
but he demurred and finally told her
ae would think it over.
The next morning shortly before
noon man knocked at the front door
of the bankers residence and asked
for the wife. She appeared. where
upon the man said: MIR. sent me
up here with the $1,000 you wanted"
IL is needless to say that her face
frightened up. and she was so glad
that she almost Rugged the man who
bore this good news.
We'll" she said, where is the
money? Give 1t to me-"
You'll have to get someone to help
me. brought it up on dray," he
answered.
1t turned out that the banker had
sent up 1000 silver dollars carefully
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counts. Then they went on by Lyons.
Mont Gents, Turin, Genoa, Milan, Ven-
ice, Bologna, and Florence to Rome.
There they remained about six
weeks, but there is no mention, at
least in Ticknor's life of Prescott, of
the place where this historian resided
In later times the number of visitors
from the United States increases
George Stillman Hillard, Boston law.
yer, beheld Italy for the first time on
Sept. 2, 1S47.
In 1856 another lawyer who had for
saken the art of persuading by words
for the art of winning by sculpture,
William Wetmore Story, entered Rome
for the third time. In the later years
of his life Mr.. Story was not only a
representative American artist, but his
residence in the magnificent Palazzo
Barberini was a center to which the
great bulk of the intelligent and prom
inent Americans were attracted. Few
strangers know Rome as Mr.. Story did
He had seen 1t wnen Ii was an artists
paradise; when the Pope might still be
seen driving along the Corso or walk.
ing in the avenues of the Pincian Gar
den; when living was cheap and when
talent was regarded as far above ru-
bles. And then he was such an excel
lent talker! He had fund OF anec-
dote which, when in humor for talk.
ing, he gave forth in words that were
the best suited for his narrative. He
was one of the last Of the converse.
tionists. Another of them was a
painter named Freeman, who had seen
much and remembered much of the
artists life in pre-Italian Rome.
In Story's most notable book, "Roba
di Roma" condition of life no longer
existing is depioted with mastery
skill.
A contemporary Of Story's in
Rome a generation ago was the poet
and painter. Thomas Buchanan Read.
a man of most winning personality
and remarkable ability. He then
lived In the Via Babuino, having the
windows Of his apartment on the
fourth floor, looking into the Piazza
di Spagna, that beloved resort of the
Ens'ish-speaking foreigner in Rome.
This house wan afterward inhabited
for several years by the distin-
guished Archaeological, Commentators
Rodolfo Lanciani
Early In Story's days in Rome, the
ablest among American artists Of bis
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-10-02
Bianketinq Cows.

From time to time blanketing OF
cows is advocated. This has been
tried In various parts Of the world
in the United States. Europe and Aus.
tralia. 1t has several times been re-
ported on quite favorably. Yet 1t al.
ways drops out Of sight again In this
country. Some Of the Dutch farmers
have the habit well fixed. One of the
leading butter makers In Wisconsin
has In past years followed the prac.
tice OF covering his cows. Generally
the covering Is done to keep on the
cold, but sometimes to keep on fiies.
Covers for the latter purpose are OF
course too light to be Of use in cold
weather. and II covering were exten.
sively practiced summer and winter
1t would require two sets of covers.
For the present there is little likeli.
hood that American dairymen will
take kindly to the blanketing idea
certainly not so with those that be.
lieve a wire fence is all the protection
q dairy COW needs In winter.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-10-02
TraaedY Of the Tenements.

Kaiser is the name of a big dog
Early one morning he discovered the
dead body of Rebecca Ettelman, the
nine-year-old daughter Of his mas
ter, lying at the bottom of an air
shaft in Fourth street tenement,
down which she had fallen during
the night. No one heard her fall, and
the dog. knowing that something was
wrong. sought the father, who was
sleeping in a doorway. and. awak.
ening him. led him to where the
body lay. The night was hot, the
quarters close, and all the inmates
of the house slept on roofs and fire.
escapes in doorways. This is typi.
cal tenement-house tragedy.-New
York Letter.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-10-02
CHAPTER W.

Meeting a Friend With Bad News.
1t is necessary at this point in our
story to return to Clarence Berry's
party. which we left on the top of the
Chilkoot Pass in raging storm. All
through that terrible night Clarence
Berry lay thinking of his young wife,
whom he had packed away as com
Portable as possible in that terrible
height in the frigid zone. Day dawned
bright and clear and he arose early
and called to his wife:
Ethel, Ethel are you alive?"
There came no answer until he had
pulled away some of the packages
that formed her apartment; then he
heard her voice answering:
II am al right, Clarence"
Thank God!" calculated the hus-
band. 81 feared you had persisted dur
ing that terrible storm"
Dick and "Hemstitch," the Esqui-
maux. were self-constituted cooks. and
prepared breakfast of pot of boiled
beans and little coffee, which froze
on the slightest provocation.
When breakfast was over two sleds
were loaded with supplies, and with
out dogs or any one to draw them.
started down the mountain. Two
weeks we're consumed in reaching
Lake Linderman. Here they wers de
tanned another week, completing a
boat with which they could make their
way down the river.
One night. after day of arduous
toll, they camped at the foot of
mountain protected from the north
wind by steep precipice. The dogs
had been embarrassed, fed and lay
sleeping about the sleds. The tired
Indians, having had supper. were
stretched before the fire. Ethel, at
tired in furs, sat on a sled which had
been drawn up before the blazing logs.
Her proud husband declared she look.
ed like an angelic Esquimaux queen.
Dick reclined on the skin of musk
OK telling story in which there was
blended Bowery slang and western
dialect. Suddenly one OF the dogs
started up and gave vent TO a low
growl. cutting the story short. The
guide gave sharp whistle and seized
his rifle. TIE others at once laid
their hands on their guns and stood
on the defensive.
A few moments later a large object
could be seen in the distance slowly
advancing toward them. Owing to
the dim. uncertain light all at first
were of the opinion it was bear,
and one or two cooked their guns
and stepped out short distance from
the light to get better shot at the
animal. The guide suddenly called:
Hold It's a mani
"Course 1t is" growled a voice in
the distance. What did ye think II
was--a walrus?"
A man clothed in furs, holding q
rifle in his hand. came forward and
advanced toward the fire.
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Ethel rose trembling with fright at
;he appearance of this strange appa-
-ltion. and chung to the arm of her
husband.
who is he?" she whispered.
Where did that terrible man come
FROM
Though the question was not in
tended for the ears OF this strange
man, he heard them, and In a voice
like the deep tones of far.off thunder
he answered:
Il am from the Klondyke, where
you seem to be going; place where
gold can be raked up by the handful"
Who are you? What is your
name?" Berry asked, advancing
toward the Klondyker and extending
his hand toward him.
81 am called Glum Ralston." he an
swered.
What are you doing here"
Hunting for friend"
By this time Clarence Berry had
clasped his hand and brought him
near the camp fire. where he babe
him be seated and tell his troubles.
Il haint much at spinning yarns, "
the exsailor answered. MY friend
was robbed on the Klondyke few
months ago, an at the same time
laid up for repairs"
Ethel grasped her husbands hand
and mentally calculated. 1t was
Paul"
She listened with the keenest in
terest to the story of Glum Ralston,
and tears gathered in her eyes. She
knew the missing companion was
none other than Paul Miller. whose
fate would perhaps never be known.
.Oh. heaven, poor Laura! how shall
we break this terrible news to her,
Clarence?" she sobbed.
The young husband made no an
swer, and Glum Ralston, lighting his
pipe, proceeded to smoke In silence.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-10-02
Industry and Idlenesa.

A thin man and fat man started
out on the east side the other day
to sell lemons. says the New York
Times.
The thin man was energetic and
impressed one as being a hustler:
the fat man was lndolent. as fat men
are apt to be. Gathering himself to.
gether, the thin man would yell.
Lemons, nice lemons, two
for five, five for ten. twenty a dozen,
sixteen for a quarter"
After he was through the fat man
said:
Here, too"
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Copyright, 1897, BY RoBHsr BosSrn's soEs.
All rights reserved.
CHAPTER III.-(continued.)

CHAPTER lli.-(Continued.)
He closed his eyes and in a few
moments was unconscious. When he
awoke he found the strange hermit at
his side bending over him and gazing
eagerly into his face. He turned
slowly away and went back to the
fire.
A moment later he brought him
some meat and said:
You had better eat; you are weak"
This was quite long sentence for
the hermit, and he paused after speak
ing to rest. Paul took the broiled steak
and ate sparingly. 1t was very juicy
and nutritious. and he began to feel
stronger in few moments after he
had finished. The hermit meanwhile
had resumed his seat on a large stone
in front of the fire.
There was now another expression
on his face. 1t was an expression of
sadness. The more Paul studied the
features of this strange man the more
mysterious they seemed. He lay for
long time looking at him and ask
ing himself a thousand questions.
Then he grew weary of gazing and
thinking and closed his eyes. Con-
seriousness had almost slipped away
when a movement in the cavern
caused him to again open his eyes.
The hermit was preparing to leave.
He took up the rude lamp, in which
burned some kind of oil, and went to
the opposite side of the cavern. He
set the lamp on fat stone, and put
ting his hand into sort of crevice in
the rocky wall pulled forth something.
II was in roll. He unrolled it and
gazed at 1t intently.
From where he lay Paul saw that
the object when unrolled was part of
tanned hide of some sort of an ami
NAL.
Il hope ne will leave it," thought
Paul. IF he does | will examine it.
There is writing on 1t, and II may con-
tain some clew to this Klondyke mys-
terry that so nearly drives me mad"
All the movements of the hermit
we're slow and deliberate. He went
WI Ciuhy to"oiu thc chtiuhSc vi inc
cavern. Long Paul lay on the couch
listening for the slight tread of the
maccasined feet, but he came not
back.
"He has gone!" said Paul
He rose to a sitting position and
gazed about the cavern.
After few moments he rose to his
feet. With wildly beating heart he
began his tour of exploration. The
oil lamp had been left burning on a
square stone, and he picked it up and
went along the great natural corridor
for some distance until he came upon
a great chamber with lofty ceilings.
He began to search for the crevice
in the rock where he had seen the
man place the skin on which was the
writing. Paul found the roll and drew
II out.
1t proved to be piece of walrus
hide covered all over with strange pic
lures and hieroglyphics such as the
Indian picture writers use. II was
almost round, and he could find no
beginning nor end to 1t.
The report of gun near the mouth
of the cavern caused him to thrust the
walrus hide into the crack and hasten
into the deeper recesses Of the cav
ern.
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Americans in Rome
Historians, Scuptors and Authors That Have Lived
in the Eternal City.

time, William Henry Rheinhart OF
Baltimore died. He also was a
sculptor, and all his fellow artists Of
America and all the Italian artists
who were capable of Judging good
work were unanimous in placing him
far above any Of his contemporaries
from the United States, and equal to
the best of others.
IN the Piazza Barberini, short
distance from the palace in which
Story resided. Louisa Alcott took VI
her residence. Here in this house
that stands between the Was s
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-10-02
A HAfo STRUGGLE,

When you have q bad back, back
that's lame. weak or aching it's
hard struggle sometimes to find le-
lief and cure, but it's harder strug-
gle when the dangers beset you of
urinary disorders, too frequent urina.
tion retention of the urine with all
the subsequent pains. annoyances and
sufferlg. There are many medicines
that relieve these conditions, but you
want remedy--a cure. Read this
statement; it tells of cure that
lasted.
Veteran Josiah Heller. place OF resi-
dence 706 South Walnut St.. Urbana.
ILL.,, says: "In the fall OF 1889 l pro-
cured DoaL's Kidney Pills at Cum
ningham's drug store in Champaign,
and after taking the remedy conscien.
tiou3ly | made a public statement OF
the results. ! told how Doan's Kid
ney Pills relieved me of kidney trou-
Bile, disposed of my lame back and
the pains across my loins, beneath
the shoulder blades, etc. During the
interval which has elapsed | have
lad occasion at times to resort to
Doan's Kidney Pills when noticed
warnings of another attack, and on
each and every occasion the result
obtained was just as satisfactory as
when the pills were first brought TO
my notice. At this time Just as EN-
phatically indorse the preparation as
did several years ago"
A FREE TRIAL of this great Kid
ney medicine which cured Mr.. Heller
will be mailed on application to any
part of the United States. Address
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y. For
sale by all druggists. price so cent,
per box.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-10-02
Cleanliness and Goodness.

The bishop of Fano. in North
Italy, provides for the association OF
cleanliness with goodness in his in.
struction to pastors. In all churches
after feast days. the floors are to be
cleansed with sublimste solution
IL 900. At least once a week pews
and confessional benches must be
wiped with a damp cloth, and the
grating of confessionals washed with
lye.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-10-02

Via the Chesapeake and Ohio Ry,
the Rhine Alps and Battlefield Line,
through the grandest scenery and most
historic section Of the U. 8. For Illus
trated pamphlets address w. Z. Conk
lyn. ga Clark street, Chicago.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-10-02

A certain Dyersburg woman assured
ner husband she never told him a
lie and never would. He told her
he did not doubt it. but hereafter
would cut notch in the piano when
he knew she deceived him. mo you
WON'T" she screamed. I'm not ga
ing TO have my piano all ruined!"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-10-02

The love of truth for its own sake
is the love of God. BE not afraid to
contemplate with unflinching eye
aught that is. Truth is absolute; lies
are accidental.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-10-02

Professor Won Note--.You haf
vine collection of classic music here.
Music Dealer--Thats for young ladies'
to look over previous 10 asking for
copy of The Honeysuckle and the
Bee"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-10-02

Kraft's wife, you don't mean to say
you bought gold brick in town."
Yep. Cost me seventeen cents" re-
piled Farmer Kraft. but I'm tellin'
everybody it cost fifteen hundred dol.
lars. You see. il folks hear o. me
spendin' that much fur a gold brick
I'll be able to get all kinds o. credit"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-10-02

No chromos or cheap premiums, bat
better quality and one-third more of
Defiance Starch for the same price Of
other starches
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-10-02

II Defiance Starch does not please
you. return 1t to your dealer. II ii
does, you get one-third more for the
same money. II will give you salts
faction and Will not stick to the iron.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-10-02
MORE rLExrpLE AND LASTING,

A good many prize fighters seem 10
be interested in paper mills.
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Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF
IS u cough cure.-J, w. o'Brien, 81 Third
Ave, N, Minneapolis. MINI. Jan G. 1900
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-10-02

The front-door bell rang furiously.
A head adorned with shaggy and un.
manageable whiskers was thrust out OF
the chamber window. and a voice that
fitted the beard inquired. Who is it?"
"oh, is this Mr.. Higgins?" came
shrill voice from the shade of the
doorway below. Yes" please come
to No. Al High street just as quick
as you can, and bring your instri-
ments." II amt no doctor-I'm a car
penter. DR.. Higgins lives two doors
below" and the window was coming
down with slam. when please. sir"
said the little voice. its you we want.
Pa and ma is shut up in the foldin'
bed, and we can't get 'em outf'
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-10-02

A fair-weather friend is one who
refuses to lend his umbrella.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-10-02

A man is always known by the com
pany that refuses to keep him.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-10-02

The unsightly farm is the one on
which the farmers family is aiscon.
tented.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-10-02

wont shake out or blow out: by using
Defiance starch you obtain better results
than possible with any other brand and
one-third more for same money.