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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23
Church of Christ.

Morning subject, 1.-The family of
Christ" Evening, 1.-The Thief on the
Cross" Bible school at 10 a. m. and
c. f.. at $50 p. m. The prayer meet
ing last evening was especially good.
Yours in Hope.
w. f. MCCORMICK,
Minister
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23
Incubator for Sale.

A high grade machine either l2O or
25O egg size. Also eggs for sale from
high scoring Black Langshans and
White WyandOttes. l6w2
HIRAM WEBSTER.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23

The next mothers meeting will be
Wednesday at 3 p. IN. Village i'm
provement will be discussed. This is
the last meeting of the year and a
good attendance is desired.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23
For Sale.

Mrs. G.. r. Russell offers for sale
her residence. Any one wanting n
beautiful home could not do better
than take it at once. l7tf .
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23

A. Fl. Roberts was elected lay dele
gate to represent the local M. e.
church at the conference to be held at
IndianOla next September.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23
Lost

a big black SOW, weight about $50
pounds. Liberal reward for .infor-
nation as to whereabouts. l7w4
JAMES LAW
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23
Notice to fiOrsemen.

Preston Bros can take a few more
horses to break or train for the track.
Horses clipped for $500. We call for
and return them without extra charge.
Phone No. 80.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23

You will miss it if you do not hear
COnwell next Wednesday evening.
We seldom have opportunity to hear
such q man as he.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23
Horses Sal

I have constantly for sale gooc
work horses and also young colts.
tt +. .. NIKLASON.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23
Plymouth Rock Eggs

For sale, so cents a setting of Is or
three dollars a hundred. l3w10
JAMES HUNT.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23

The Audubon High School alumni
is arranging for a bunquet for May
10Th.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23

Carpenter work has commenced on
the improvements at the feed barn of
Blanchard q Perry.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23

Geo. COSSOn was business visitor
in Manning over tuesday evening.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23

Plymouth Rock eggs per setting or
per hundred for sale. Write to or
inquire at the nursery or of Z. N.
Taggart. IT,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23

Miss Emma Culver was quite sick
last week with pneumonia, but is re-
covering.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23

j. B. Rendleman and Bid Workman
drove up from Extra Tuesday.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23

Ed Rice, of Gray, was in the city
few hours Monday evening.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23

Joe Ellwood went up to Storm Lake
Monday on business. a.'.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23

The brick work on the Watts build
ing has commenced.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23
Plymouth Rock Eggs
For Sale.

For sale so cents setting of Is or
300 a hundred. If l.. HUDLFR.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23

One of L. G. Johnson's little boys is
sick with pleuriSy.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23

Bodo Oelke is home from his run as
mail clerk. ..
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23

Terms for Marocain, Seton, Laroy
or st. Blaze, $3.50 to insure colt to
stand and suck. All accidents at the
owners risk. Parties leaving county
or state or disposing of mare will be
held liable for service fee and it be-
comes collectihle at once
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23
Laroy 1920

the French Coach stallion, is seal
brown, weight 400. There is no bet
ter Coach horse that ever crossed the
water than Laroy. He took first prem
ium at the Iowa. State Fair in 1899.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23

The REPUBLICAN, is but $l00 per
year. Subscribe now.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23

Marocain, Seton and Laroy will be
at the p. l.. Anderson Feed barn, the
old Henry Cooley stand, Audubon, the
entire season. Call and see me.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23

Inc Finest and Best display that you will find i'm
any retail house i'm the state of Iowa and at prices to
suit Your pocket book. If you intend of purchasing
carriage this season it will pay You to call and
anime our line as we can you money and sell you
GOOD goods for less money than you can buy else
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23

sire Marocain is Chestnut Sorrell,
coming three this spring, weight 1850,
is a very promising colt. When ma
tured will weigh ton.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-10-22
More Hat Story.

Now comes Harry w. Lee register
ing kick OF wrath and wounded
dignity Mr.. Lee directs nay, COM
mands Tribune to do him JUS
tice in the matter of exchanging
hats. BE SAYS that Niagara w. Hall
is the beginning and the end Of the
trouble: that, Notwithstanding there
has been close friendship between
him and that gentleman for years,
he is forced to tell the truth. Mr..
Hall is kleptomaniac OF hats. Some
call it that collector and put him
on footing OF old earthenware and
stamp collectors. But that is not so;
he is sure enough ''swiper' OF
hats. He has his dugout. his cellar,
his attic, his barn and hay loft full
Of old hats, ranging in size from NO.
5 to No. big enough to cover
Cleveland's head.
And each of these hats has a his
tory neatly written and tucked under
the sweat band and dark gloom, days
when the barometer is down and air
feels disagreeable N. W. hies him 10
one or the other Of the hat store
rooms and gloats over the recitals as
penned. Oh yes! n. w. is master
worker in the matter of corralIing
hats and pity the man who sits on
a jury or attends social gathering
with the COLLECTOR" for he will be
shy one head piece, especially If 1t be
of the latest fashion or design.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-10-22
Matinee Races.

Reader, do you love to see a good
horse race If so, visit the Gentle
mems Driving association track this
Afternoon and you will have a chance
OF witnessing a couple of hours good
sport. Tie best stock in this section
of the county will be there and you
will feel well repaid for the time
spent. The track is but a few min
utes' drive to the northeast of town
and the roads are good.
Last THURSDAYS races were post.
poned Til the next afternoon, the
track being too heavy after the storm
OF "Wednesday night. Friday there
was a fair gathering and the racing
was exceptionally good. There were
three races, the first being for 30
horses, half mile heats, best two in
three. After a bit of jockeying that
added to the excitement, NJ. II. Nor.
gan's Jennie Morgan, and Milton
Seaman Barbed Wire Babe got off
in good order. But Jennie won out
in two straights, though the Babe
was a close second. Time l 80 and
l:291a.
The next race was free for all,
but ouly two entered and started.
1t was trial between A. L. Camps
Lillian McHenry and George VAN
Sickle's Euchore and the latter
played even on the defeat OF the pre-
vious week. though Lillian captured
the first heat in l:l315. Euchore
winning the next two in :l34 and
IA.
The last race was for green horses.
The enteries were Asmus x Sons
bay gelding, Denver: d. J. March's S
gelding, D. j. NJ; and Harvey Wilt
wer's Haryey's Girl. Denver won
in two straight. Time. 20 and
:33. D. j NJ. is likely beast and
some day his speed may astonish the
other fellows. Mr.. Witwer's animal
is a standard bred Wilkes mare of
mature age. She has the speed to
throw dust in the eyes Of many good
horses, but lacks track training. Be-
sides she was not herself that after
noon and The best of horses cannot be
relied on when ''otf Color
The Greeley tribune., 1903-10-22

vieV be st. Nrain valley at his
leistH There is no doubt more
whes in this valley than upon
any ground OF similar area in Colo.
rado. Fall wheat is becoming pop
u!aI there, as it gives farmers an op-
portunity to do great deal of work
in the fall that would otherwise have
to be crowded into the few spring
weeks. The soil of the valley is as
fertile as any in Colorado, and the only
reason the farmers there are not max
ing a speciality OF potato growing as
in the Poudre valley is the made
Quacy OF the reservoir system to fur
nish sufficient water for late irriga-
tion. The Importance OF storage res
eIvoirs has now forced itself upon the
farmers there through the experience
OF their neighbors to the north, and
they are making efforts to remedy
this defect. Some consideration
must, OF course, be given to the great
number OF small reservoirs to be
found in the country about High
landlake. Nearly every farm of any
size has private reservoir ranging
in size from one to twenty acres.
From these sufficient water can he
drawn to help out the regular ditch
supply, nut it is not like the reser-
vOirS OF the Poudre valley holding
from 500 900, 900 to 1000, 600, 900 cubic
feet OF water. II is likely, however,
that the next few years will see the
completion of several large storage
reservoirs that are under considera-
tion to supplement the water supply
in the Highland and other bitches Of
the St. Vrain valley.
Wheat is not the only product Of
Importance in that country. how
ever, as potatoes are grown with con-
siderable success. 1t is also one of
the best alfalfa countries in Colo
RADIO. Sugar beets, where 1t is not
too far to the railroad are also grown
extensively. Apples, peaches, plums
and small fruit make an important
part OF the products of the well reg
ulated farm there. The farmers are
full of hopes for the future of t e
country as we'll they may be, having
secured a foothold in section that
has no superior any place in the
world.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-10-22
No Exaggeration.

Several farmers object TO A. r.
English 5 position on the crop ques-
tion Or the Greeley belt, as ex.
pounded in last weeks Tribune.
While they admit that many false
and exaggerated reports are OCCASION
ally sent to the papers, it is fact
| that this section often produces
phenomenal crops of wheat, oats and
potatoes, and they cite John Hick S
returns:. as samples. MI. Hicks rents
farm from W. A. Hopkins. He
seed - acres with potatoes. Ten
acres of this had been in alfalfa for
two years and the yield of potatoes
was 5000 sacks or s 900 bushels in
round numbers The other fifteen
acres old land-yieden about l25
sacks the acre. Mr.. Hicks refers
all unbelievers to the Lever brothers
for proof OF the ten acres yield, as
they saw the potatoes dug and
sacked. From is acres of wheat he
threshed and weighed "A, $40 pounds,
or l,247 % bushels, an average OF
80 DIS bushels to the acre. From
six acres Of oats he got GAO bushels,
machine measure as given to him by
the thresher. Harry Anderson. This
would bring the yield to $50 bushels,
allowing two and a half pounds excess
in machine measure to the bushel,
an average of lis bushels the acre.
Mr.. Hicks is ready to prove the truth
of the foregoing yields ny reliable
witnesses.
The statement by Mr.. English that
it is impossible for 300 sacks OF pota-
toes to be grown on one acre OF
ground, as the earth would not cover
such an enormous growth is poo
hooed by many farmers. The Hon.
II. NJ. DeVotie says that when boy
III New York state he knew and
heard of many farmers growing as
high as 800 bushels Of potatoes to the
acre. But after the great rot and
blight OF the '4Os the yield grew less
and less aud the potatoes poorer In
quality and all efforts on the part OF
farmers have been unavailing to get
back the great yields. 1t is also re-
| ported that A. L. Mumper has topped
the yielding point this season with
337 sacks from one acre OF ground,
staked out.
With these facts and figures to dis
prove Mr.. English's statement
tab nd
farmers say it is up to that gentle
man to apologize and set up the
cigars.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-10-22
Ollie, Where Are You?

The farmers at the lower end OF
the north branch OF the Boomerang
lateral are anxious as to the where
abouts OF Ollie O'Farrell and appeal
through the Tribune for information.
Surely he cannot have failed In get
ting u good crop this year, as every
thing was favorable to that end;
water was plenty, therefore obviat-
ing the necessity OF compelling man
20 walk ditch banks all night-wor-
ryinR over the future: hail did not
visit that section and the early frosts
did no harm. Yet Ollie has not
been seen In weeks. No wonder his
farmer frie.ds are crying anxiously
aloud, collie, where art thou?'
The Greeley tribune., 1903-10-22
Saved His Life.

j. w. Davenport, Wingo. KY, writes
June, 1902: II want to tell you believe
Bsllard's Snow Lniment saved my me-
/ WAS under the treatment OF two doc
tors, and they told me one of my lungs
was entirely gone. and the other badly
affected. i alsc had lump in my side;
/ don't think that l could have lived
over two months longer | was induced
by friend to try Billiards. Snow Llni-
ment The first application gave me
great relief; two 50-cent bottles curel me
sound and we'll 1t is a wonderful medi-
cine and recommend ii to suffering hu,
manity." 25c. SOC, sl.0o. Sold by all
druggists.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-10-22
Do You Wish to Go to Arizona7

Now is the opportunity The rate
from Denver is only $500 via the new
DaIhart-El Paso route. Write L. Il.
Fisher, q. p. A., Colorado & Southern
Rv.. Denver Your inquiry will receive
aspecial attention.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-10-22
Eve. Ear, Nose and Throat

DR.. Sapero. the Denver specialist,
will ag"in be in Greeley october ",
20 and 81 at the Oasis hotel Con-
sultation and examination free. Call
early.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-26

There has fallen a splendid tear
From the passion-fower at the
gate.
She is coming, my dove, my dear;
She is coming, my life, my fatei
The red rose cries, "She is near, she
is near!"
And the white rose weeps, "She is
late"
The larkspur listens, "I hear, I
hear;
And the lily whispers, II wait"
She is coming, my own, my sweet!
We're it ever so airy a tread,
heart would hear her and beat,
We're it earth in an earthly bed;
Ny dust would hear her and beat,
Had I lain for a century dead;
Would start and tremble under her
feet,
And blossom in purple and red.
Alfred Tennyson.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-26

sThfs is No. II9 of our series of the Worlds
Best Poems, selected especially for The Pro
gressfVe Farmer by the Editor. In this series
SeIeetIons from the following authors have
already appeared: Burns, Bryant, Mr.; and
Mrs. Browning, Byron, Goldsmith, Holmes,
KfDIing, Ianier, LOngfellow, Lowell, Mark
nam, MacauIay, Milton, Moore, Poe, Pope
Read. Riley. Ryan, Scott, Shakespeare, Shell
ley, and others.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-26

The Marvellous Story of Helen Keller.
The student of life hardly needs
to be assured that "a mans life con-
sisteth not in the abundance of the
things which he possesseth," for too
many evidences of the truth crowd
upon our view. While u senses
constitute the natural and necessary
avenues of communication between
the outer and the-inner world, it
sometimes seems that the closing of
one or more of these means the in
crease and the more diligent use of
those that are still open. Few things
are more profoundly touching or
more beautiful than to know the
happiness that remains for those
whose souls are partially shut in by
insurmountable barriers across the
natural, pleasant highways into the
beautiful world around us.
"The Story of Ny Life" by Helen
Keller, brings such thoughts most
wildly to mind-the story of the
only w~ell-educated deaf and blind
person in the world. Every one
knows of the little girl who lived I'M
til nearly seven years of age con-
scioUs of an increasing rebellion of
the dawning impulses of a naturally
brilliant mind against the ~impregna-
bic wall of closed senses. Up to this
time Helen was like any other child
in her condition, willful, selfish, un-
loving, and quite uncontrolled. Hav-
ing wise friends, the thought of de-
veloping the possibilities of the little
girl was put into action, and a teach
er, Miss Sullivan, was engaged, by
communicating with the director of
the Perkins Institution for the Blind,
in Boston.
Probably to both teacher and pupil
the process of development seemed
slow, but to the reader of the story
it seems nothing short of miraculous.
Miss Sullivan began to teach the lit
tie girl on March 3, 1887. The child
did not know a single word; she made
herself imperfectly understood by
signs, and threatened to destroy all
the good of patient teaching by her
ungoverned fits of temper. It is mar
velous to know that she began to
write letters in June, and long be-
fore a year had gone she wrote in
a delightful, childlike style showing
but few limitations, and quite as
good as that of most little maids of
eight years. The part of the book
devoted to Helen Keller's story writ
ten by herself is of absorbing inter
est.
When she was about ten, she de-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-26

by the example OF Gn0 p11uu gill
Norway, Raginhild Kaata, who had
been taught. Miss Fuller, OF the
Horace Mann School, Boston, un-
dertook the task, which, after much
patience, and with the aid of Miss
Sullivan's genius, untiring perseVer-
ance, and devotion, was accomplish
ed. We quote the words of the hap
DIV girl herself, words that must
cause every sensitive soul to thrill
with sympathy: "When I had made
speech my own, I could not wait to
go home. At last the happiest OF hap
DIV moments arrived. I had made my
homeward journey, talking constant
ly to Miss Sullivan, not for the sake
of talking, but determined to m
prove to the last minute. Almost be-
fore I knew it the train stopped at
Tuscumbia station, and there on the
platform stood the whole family. Ny
Y e fill with tears now as | think
how my mother pressed me close to
her, speeches. and trembling with
delight, taking in every syllable that
[ spoke, while little Mildred seized
my free hand and kissed it and
danced, and my father expressed his
pride and affection in a big silence.
It was as if Isaiah's prophecy had
been fulfilled in me: The mountains
and the hills shall break forth before
you into singing, and all the trees of
the field shall clap their hands,"
Constantly attended by the wise
and loving teacher Helen "saw," as
she says, many wonderful sights. She
visited Niagara, and was deeply inn
pressed by its wonders and beauties,
of which she says: "I cannot fathom
or define their meaning, any more
than I can fathom or define love, or
religion, or goodness" She spent
some weeks at the Worlds Fair, and
by especially permission was allowed
te-"see" everything with her hands.
In those days, she says, she took a
long leap from the little child's inter
est in fairy tales and toys to the ap-
probation of the real and the earn
est in the workday world.
She spent two happy years in New
York under instruction of the
Wright-Humason School for the
Deaf, working on ordinary subjects
in addition to vocal culture and lip
reading. She says with unconscious
pathos that they did not quite reach
their goal III the latter effort. Her
whimsical humor shines out thus: "I
still regarded arithmetic as a system
of pitfalls. [ hung about the dan
gerous frontier of guess avoiding
with infinite trouble the broad valley
of reason. When [ was not guessing,
L was jumping at conclusions, and
this fault, in addition to my d~ullness,
aggravated my difficulties more than
was right or necessary" The abso-
Iutely sweet and sane spirit shown in
all her estimates of herself, and her
appreciation of others, is marked in
n so young and in one who must
ALWAYS attain nv OvproomiDn Az
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-26

wise Lltrle college girl, to find that
out in her freshman year! She oro~
came with heroism the tremando-
handicap always hindering her botI
in classroom and in examina+io~
The simple tale of her trials and .,o
cess moves the heart and stirs H.
blood. "Every struggle is a victorr
One more effort and I reach ~
luminous cloud, the blue depths ~
the sky, the uplands of my DESIRE
She gives a lively description Of
her feelings when undergoing exami.
nations: "You are amazed at all tho
things you know which are not on tho
examination paper. In desperation
you seize the budget and dump everv-
thing out, and there in a corner il
your man, serenely brooding on his
own private thought, unconscious Of
the catastrophe which he has brought
NSAV
upon you. Just then the proctor in
forms you that the time is up. With
a feeling of intense disgust you kick
the mass of rubbish into a corner
and go home, your head full of revo-
lutionary schemes to abolish the d.
vine right of professors to ask ques-
tions without the consent of the
questioned"
"Little Lord Fauntleroy," that de-
light of children, was the first book
she read Understandings, and then
she, was about eight years old.
In her criticism of real literature
she shows delicate discrimination and
much poetic fancy. "The word
painting of Virgil is wonderful some
times; but his gods and men move
through the scenes of passion and
strife and pity and love like the
graceful figures in an Elizabethan
mask, whereas in the Had they give
three leaps and go on singing. Vir-
gil is serene and lovely, like a marble
Apollo in the moonlight; Homer IS
a beautiful animated youth in the
full sunlight with the wind in his
hair"
After her world of books come
her love for her many friends and
her true appreciation of natures
beauties. She says, with unusual
thoughtfulness: "It seems to me that
there is in each of us a capacity to
comprehend the impressions and
emotions which have been expert
eneed by mankind from the begin
ming. Each individual has a SUD-
conscious memory Of the green eartn
and murmuring waters, and DIM
ness and deafness can not rob nln
of this gift from past generations.
This inherited capacity is a sort Of
sixth sense-a soul-sense which Sees
hears, feels, all in one"
The peculiar adoption Of the I'D,
lures and minds of this pupil ana
teacher to each other has producer
the remarkable result that seems al
most miraculous to Observers D0'H
unusual in their way, they acted up
on each other only with the hap I1aS'
results. To Miss Sullivan the ll,.i'
-LI-a 20 her inteIli-