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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-02-25
Slams Progressive King.

The king of Siam, the fiftieth ami.
versary Of whose accession to the
throne was %. recently celebrated at
Bangkok, is only 65 years of age, for he
assembled the throne at Is. Mrs. Leon.
owen, an English governess, whose pu.
p.l he was for six years, described him
az an apt scholar, handsome, affec-
Tomato and generous, with lofty ideals.
Chulalongkorn has verified that char.
acter by progressive rule. He has
given Siam an enlightened government
ard yet zealously guarded native Gus.
toms and institutions. Hence, while
building canals, railroads, lighthouses
and hospitals, he still serves as 9
priest in the Buddhist temple. He
has organized his army on the German
model, but his bodyguard is still com.
posed Of Amazons-400 daughters OF
his mobiles. He has also abolished the
second king, who exercised one-third
of the royal power, and has established
instead legislative council Of mobiles.
AZ these cabinet councils one of ths
sacred white elephants is always pres
eat
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ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION WILL BE
GREATEST EVER HELD ON EARTH
Is
Forty o Fifty Million Dolars-N1ies of
in fore ThanT ZEN Buildings

II is now a little more than two
months before the gates will open
upon the Worlds Fair at st. Louis and
the public will be invited to see the
greatest exposition that has ever been
created. The vast exhibit palaces are
complete and many of them have been
finished for several months. Within
the next two months all of them are
to be frightened with new coats Of
paint so that, ON the opening day, the
magnificent array Of palaces will ap-
pear as fresh as a newly blossomed
rose.
No one, no matter how vivid his i'm
agiration, can picture to himself the
scene that will be presented when the
Exposition Is complete. The more one
sees this great collection Of exhibit
palaces and countless other buildings,
the more deeply impressed he be-
comes with the grandeur of the under
taking. AS the days grow longer and
the air becomes balmy with the
breezes of spring, the Exposition will
take on far greater activity than 1t
has seen during the boisterous days
of winter. in spite Of the severe
weather, work has not ceased upon the
construction of the Worlds Fair for
more than day or two at time and
there is every expectation and prom
Use that it will be complete on the
opening day.
The buildings and grounds, magnii-
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woman Goes A.WooIna.

In Mexico one would little expect
to discover any phase of the so much
ridiculed new woman, nevertheless,
the wooing is all done by the lady
there. A young girl sets her heart on
some young man and at the next festi-
val she goes to work to fascinate him
by her dancing, but never once glances
at him, keeping her back turned to
him all the time. Later she turns one
last fantastic circle on her toe and
sinks beside the object of her art. To
complete her capture she sings In a
low tone, plucking at his blanket, and
throws pebbles at him. If he returns
this last attention she is happy. for
that is a sign Of their betrothal
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-02-25

Exposition season, thousands of birds
representing many species and climes.
The largest hotel ever built, contain
ing 1900 rooms. is within the Worlds
Fair grounds. The largest statue ever
cast will stand in the Palace of Mines
and Metallurgy as the exhibit of the
Iron Industries of Birmingham, Ala.
Twelve acres are devoted to a mining
gulch containing all manner of mining
machinery and exhibits. A floral clock.
112 feet in diameter, the hands Of
which weigh more than a ton each.
will tell the time of day upon the slope
north of the Palace Of Agriculture. A
map Of the United States, six acres in
extent, planted with cereals and other
plants common to the various states.
Is an interesting display by the United
States Bureau of Plant Industry.
Forty acres are devoted to the Phil
ippine exhibit and thirty acres are de-
voted to the Indian display. Six acres
are devoted to the garden of roses.
Twenty acres are set apart for the &C
commodation of airships, which will
participate in the contests for prizes
amounting to 100000. The Quadren.
NAL Olympic games will be held dur
ing the Worlds Fair upon the athletic
field of the Exposition Grounds. An
intra-mural railway, having fourteen
miles of track will convey the visitors
to any part Of the Exposition. Some
forty restaurants will feed the multi.
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It was the beginning Of the ball.
These were the first arrivals. At
the head Of the hall, far off. sat three
musicians. negroes alleged to play
violins and an accordion. an by that
merit raised to bad eminence.
After vast hiatus the door at the
main entrance was pulled cautiously
open, little ct time. Evidently
some one was looking IN. * krE.h
the door opened and two figures en-
tered affrightedly, those Of Hank Pc
terson. a neighboring rancher. and
his wife. Hank, having forthwith de-
coyed to the row OF men sitting silent
against the wall, he duly reached that
harbor and sank down, wiping his
face and passing his hand across his
mouth uncertainty.
The door opened again and yet
again. Two or three engineers, rod.
man, a leveler and an axeman came In,
near behind them more cattlemen.
From among the guests of the hotel
several came, and presently the clerk
Of the hotel himself. The line of men
grew steadily, but the body upon the
opposite side Of the room remained
constant. immobile, and unchanged.
Say, Curly" whispered Del Hick-
man hoarsely to his neighbor, "ef
somethin' don't turn loose right soon
I'm due to die right here. I'm thirsti-
erin If this here floor was the Staked
Plains"
Same here" said Curly In NUT.
tered undertone. But reckon we're
here till the round-up's made. When
she do set loose. you watch me rope
that littlest waiter girl. She taken
my eye, fer Shore"
Sam, the driver, was sitting rapt,
staring mutely across the great gulf
fixed Letween him and Nora. the head
waiter. AS she sat. the light glinting
upon her glasses, her chin well up
held, her whole attitude austere and
commanding, Sam felt his courage
sink lower and lower, until he be-
came abject and abased. Fascinated
wnone the less, he gazed, until Curly
poked him sharply and remarked:
Which 'un you goin' to make q
break fer, Sam?" -
II d-d-dont know" said Sam.
startled and disturbed.
Reckon you'd like to mingle some
with Nory, hey?"
"W-w-w-well-"b began Sam. do
fensively.
But she don't see It that way.
Not In a hundred. Why. she'll be
dancin' with Cap Franklin, or Batty.
er some folks that's more in her line.
you see. Why in HI don't you pick
out somebody more in yer own bunch,
like?" Curly was meaning to be only
judicial, but he was cruel. Sam col
lapsed and sat speechless. He had
long felt that his ambition was pre-
sumption.
Ito be continued)
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MARKETING FOR THE SEA COW.
Il Is Necessary Now to Cut Through
/ Ice to Get at the Pei Grass,

Il Is Necessary Now to Cut Through
/ Ice to Get at the Eel Grass.
The man who does the marketing
for the Aquarium sea COW has had to
90 some lively hustling this winter to
keep that big animal supplied with
food.
! The sea cow Is eight foot long.
weighs 800 pounds, and has healthy
appetite. In the first eighteen weeks
after its arrival here from Florida, on
Sept. last, it. ate ninety bushels Of
eel grass, six bushels Of fennel-leafed
pond weed and two bushels of ulva,
or sea lettuce, making ninety-eight
bushels of aquatic plants in all in
eighteen weeks, or an average Of
about five and one-half bushels a
week, which is about its present rate
Of consumption.
The eel grass and other things for
the sea cows table are gathered in
Gravesend Bay or the waters there
with connected. Baymen say that the
present has been the hardest winter
hereabouts on the water In twenty-five
years. On many days it has been nee
essary to cut through the ice to gel
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wiped his knife on the leg of his
CHAPS" and his mouth on the back
of his hands.
But say, feflers," he said, II plumb
forgot what I come over here for.
They'se goin' to be a dance over to
town, an / come to tell you about it.
o course you'll come"
what sort of a dance can 1t be,
mani" said Battersleigh.
Why, plumb dandy dance: reg.
lar high steppin' outfit; mucha baille;
best thing ever was in this settle.
ment."
I'm curious to know where the
ladies will come FROM" said Frank
lin.
Don't you worry" rejoined Curly.
'They's plenty O. womenfolks."
And when does this all happen,
Curly, boy?" asked Battersleigh.
why. night after to-morrer night.
to the big stone hotel. They're going
to clean out the dinin' room for US.
Three niggers, two fiddlers, an a
'cordion-oh, we'll have music all
right! You'll be over, of course?"
"That we will, me boy" responded
Battersleigh. Man, wen be the
first"
Now, as to a ball, Battersleigh,
well, then, so long. fellers," said
Curly. Il got to be movin' along a
little. See you at the dance. sure"
said Franklin, argumentatively, when
they were alone, how can go? I've
not the first decent thing to wear to
such a place"
Tut, TUT" said Battersleigh.
There speaks the coxcombry of
youth. You're able to pull out your
blue uniform, know, an b'gad! the
uniform of an officer is full dress the
world overt"
Franklin grinned amiably. Thank
you for the suggestion about the uni
form, at least" he said. Now, If we
can fix you up as WELL"
Battersleigh came and stood before
him, waving long forefnger.
Listen to me, Ned" he began, IAN
III lay down to ye a few of the fun
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damental rules OF conduct and ar

damental rules OF conduct and ap-
par1.
"A gintleman never lies: a gintle-
nan never uses unseemly haste; a
gintleman is always ready for love
and ready for WARRIOR, Ned, my boy,
without love and war we'd miss the
only two joys of life. Thereto, a gin
tleman must shoot, fence, ride, dance,
and do amy of 'em like a gintleman
But if We found yeself bit low in kit.
as Batty is this day, what would We
say, Ned, me hoy. was the first salient
what is the first essential in the
dress Of a gintleman. me boy?"
Linen" said Franklin. "or is 1t
gloves?"
Ned" said Battersleigh, solemnly,
laying a hand upon his shoulder.
white, white, me boy, is the first
color of gintleman! White, to show
the integrity of his honor and the
| claneness of his merit ron. A touch
| or white at neck and wrist amy gin
| tleman must show who presints him
| self at a ball"
But, now, how?"
Grasping his companion by the
arm, Battersleigh stepped outside the
house, and strobe of with long steps
across the prairie. Come" he said
Franklin followed for a quarter of a
mile. Then, bending his gaze in the
direction of the march, he saw afar
| fiuttering like signal of distress In
the engulfing sea about. little whip,
| ping flag of white, which was upheld
! by the gaunt hand of a ragged sage
bush. This, as he drew near, he dis
covered to be portion of an old -four
sack, washed clean and left bleaching
in the sun and wind. ..
Battersleigh made dramatic ap
proach. "There!" said he, pointing
with triumphant dignity to the fiutter
ing rag.
"Yes, see," said Franklin, but
what do you want of this piece Of
sack?"
Sack" cried Battersleigh, offend
ed. Sack say you, but say
'White!' A strip of this at me necl
and at ME wrist; me hat, an me
saber and me ridin' whip-I r-ride W
to the dure. dismount. throw me
rein to the man. inter the hall ant
place me hat and gloves in order a.
they should be. I appear-Batter
sleigh, a gintleman, appears, standin
in the dure, the eyes of all upon him
I bow, salutin', standin' there, alone
short on allowance, but nate ant
with me own silf-respect Batters
leigh, bit low in kit and In allow
ance, with white at neck and wrist
bows, and he says, Ladies and gin
tlemen, Battersleigh Is here!"
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10000 p,ant, for 1co.


This Is a remarkable offer the Johni
A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis.,.
makes. They will send you their biW,
plant and seed cataiog. together with
enough seed to grow
1000 fine, solid Cabbages.
1000 delicious Carrots.
1000 blanching. nutty Celery,
1000 rich, buttery Lettuce.
1000 splendid Onions.
1000 rare, luscious Radishes.
1000 gloriously brilliant Flowers
This great offer Is made In order to
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for when you once plant them YOU
will grow no others, and
ALL FoR But Ice POSTAGE,
providing you will return this notice.
and If you will send them zoe in post
age, they will add to the above pack
age OF the famous Berliner Caulihower.
lW. N. W
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Wall OF THE PESSIMIST.
Change Of Belief Result Of Visit to tbs
Dentist.

Change of Belief Result Of Visit to tbs
Dentist.
"Bah!" snorted my friend the Optim-
list, what's love but the imbecile de-
sire of some lunatic to spen1 81 on q
girl Tor every dollar he spends CD
himself? Don't talk to me Of such
iGiocy!
And, friendship, too" he growied.
Whats it but a man scheming to
have some place where he can borrow
money without paying interest on the
Ian? This talk about friendship
gives me a severe shock.
and truth and itegrity," he went on.
growing more excited. There's loads
and loads of truth and integrity scat.
tered around. amt there? Read the
papers, look at our courts, observe the
legislatures, glance at congress. do
business with any man, and figure ur
how much truth and integrity you'vs
hunted into. .".
"And honor" continued the Opt
mist, sneering until his nose looked
like a section or copper sheathing.
Honor? What is it? Where'l you
find it? Have you ever seen speci.
men of it in man, woman or child? Go
talk metaphysics to, an ass, but don't
talk about honor to me-
l had always found the Optimlst's
cheerful outlook upon things in gen.
eral so hopeful and rosy that I was
aghast at these morbid sentiments,
SO looked imploringly at his wife for
some explanation. .' ...a
"Oh, you mustn't mind John to
night" she responded "The dentist
put a wedge between two of his teeth
| to-day"-Philadelph Ledger.
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Swiss Industrial Schools.

There are industrial schools for
clock and watch making In Geneva,
Locle, Chaux-de-Fonds, ETC.; there are
art and industrial working schools in
Zurich and other cities for women,
and there are industrial schools for
the hand trades In most of the cities
and towns of the country. The sub
tects taught in these schools are draw.
ing, arithmetic, geography, bookkeep-
ing, German, French and practical In
struction n the trade chosen by the
pupil. ...
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been 10th to believe such a statement
But such is the tact. The exhibit pal
aces Of the Louisiana Purchase Elk.
position average much larger than
those Of Chicago and are greater in
number. About 100 acres Of floor
space are provided in the various pal
aces of the present Worlds Fair and
more than twenty buildings will be
used for exhibit purposes. The larg-
est of these is the Palace of Agricul.
ture, which covers twenty acres. The
next In size Is the Palace of Transpor-
tation, covering fifteen acres and con-
tanning four miles of railway tracks
for the exhibit of locomotives and
cars. At the Chicago Exposition
there were practically no outdoor ex-
hibits. At this Worlds Fair about 100
acres are given up to outdoor displays,
supplementing in most pleasing
manner the hundreds Of thousands of
indoor exhibits. At the Chicago Elk.
position one building was used for
no less than three important depart
ments. At the Worlds Fair in St
Louis four buildings, covering forty
five acres, are given up to the same
four departments.
The total cost Of the Worlds Fair
Is estimated at from forty to fifty
million dollars, exclusive Of the value
of the exhibits. The Palace of Ma
chinery alone will contain exhibits to
the value of eight million dollars.
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How the Starfish Feeds.

A starfish can neither see nor hear.
Neither has 1t the sense of smell. In
spite Of those seeming, impediments.
nevertheless, 1t seeks and devours Its
prey as neatly as an ordinary fish. The
starfish lies upon its prey and folds
its arms" or rays completely about
IT. Then It pushes it's stomach out
through its mouth and will wrap even
a large oyster and shell within the
folds OF the stomach. The mouth Of
the starfish Is in the center of Its
rays.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-02-25
CHAPTER XIII.
The First Ball at Elllsxllle.

The wife of the section boss sat in
conscious dignity, as became a leader
of society. Below her in order of
station came Nora, the head waiter.
and the red-headed waiter girl. and
the littlest waiter girl, and the wife of
the new grocery man. These sat
silent and unhappy at one part of the
long row OF chairs that lined the side
of the hall. Opposite to them, equally
silent and equally unhappy, SGT lit
tie row of men.
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CHAPTER xII-contlnued.

One morning Battersleigh was al
work at his little table, engaged, az
he later explained. upon the compost
ton of letter to the London Times
descriptive of the agrarian situation
In the United States of America
when he was interrupted by knock
at his door.
Come In. come in, Ned, my boy
he exclaimed as he threw open the
door and recognized his visitor
What's the news this mornin'?"
"News?" said Franklin gaily, hold
ing his hands behind his back. "I've
news that you can't guess-good
news"
He held up a small bag before Bat.
tersleigh's face.
IT'S not potatoes, Ned?" said Bat,
tersloigh In an awed tone of voice.
Franklin laughed.
mo better than that" he said.
Battersleigh approached his face to
the bag and snuffed at it once, twice,
thrice, as though his senses needed
confirmation. He Strengthened UP and
looked Franklin in the face.
Ned" said he, his voice sinking
almost to whisper, 'its-it's ap-
ples!"
Right" said Franklin. and isn't
that news?"
THE best that could be, and the
hardest to believe" said Battersleigh.
"Where'd you get them, and how?"
Never mind that" answered Frank
lin. Tell me. do you know how to
make pie?
Ned" said Battersleigh, looking a:
him with an injured air, do you sup
pose I've campaigned all my life and
not learned the simplest form of
cookin'? Pie, indeed. is .it?"
Well" said Franklin, you take
some risks. but we'll chance it. Go
ahead"
Battersleigh busted himself about
the little box which made his cup
board and soon had out what he called
his "ingraydeyints."
"Of course. we've to take little
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cent though they be, are but the set
ting for far more interesting display.
In all the buildings the best products
Chat the world can offer will be arrang
ed in the most attractive order and
will convey to the mind better idea
of what the wide world is doing than
would years of study and inquiry.
Fifty-one nations of the world and all
of the states of the American Union
will be represented in this extensive
portrayal of the worlds present-day
effort.
Those who are familiar with the
Columbian Exposition at Chicago have
often asked if the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition would equal in ex-
tent or grandeur the celebrated Ex-
position of 1893. When told that it
would be twice as large In extent Of
grounds and so per cent larger in
exhibit space IN buildings, they have
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at the eel grass required for the sea
cows food, sometimes through ice ten
inches in thickness and often through
ice of five or six inches.
Sometimes when the ice had moved
out with shift of the wind, leaving
open spaces, access to the eel grass
would be easy, but frequently the ice
would have closed in, and then 1t
would be necessary to cut holes in it
to get at the eel grass below.
So the work of supplying the sea
cows table has been so far this win
ter attended by more or less difficulty,
but there has never been a day on
which the sea COW has had to go hun,
gry.-New York Sun.
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-four" he said. that's for the osseous
structure, so to speak. Ye've to add
a little grease of some sort, lard or
butter, an we've nayther; the bacon
fat'n do, methinks. OF course there's
the bakin' powder. And, lastly, max
in, as l may say, the roundin' out OF
the muscular and adipOse tissue OF
the crayture, as the sowl of the pie
we must have the apples. Now, thin.
over the top Of the whole sprid this
thin blanket of dough, thus. And now
dint in the circumference with me
thumb, the same as July Trelawney
did in the Ould Tinth. And there we
are, done, me pie, an may God have
mercy on your sowl!-Ned, build up
the fire."
They sat at the side Of the little
stove somewhat anxiously waiting for
the result of Battersleigh's labors.
Every once in a while Battersleigh
opened the oven door and peered in.
AS they sat for moment silent
there came the sound of approaching
hoof-beats, and presently the cracking
and popping of the feet of a galloping
horse fell into a duller crunch on
the hard ground before the door, and
a loud voice called out, "Whoa-hope,
Bronch! Hello, in the housed"
Come in, Curly" cried Batter
sleigh. Come in. We've business of
inheritance this mornin'."
Curly sat down on the edge OF the
bed, under whose blanket the newspa-
pers ratified to the touch. Seems
like you all mighty busy this morn
in ;" said he.
Yes" said Franklin. You can't
guess what we're cooking"
mo; what?"
pie"
Go Iong!"
Yes, sir, pie" said Franklin firmly,
Curly leaned back on the bed upon
his elbow, respectful but very incred'
ulous. WAS you sayin' I'm in on this
here pie?" ...
Certainly you are. You walt. It'll
be done now pretty soon," said Frank
lin.
IF ye can poke straw into thin
they're DONE" said Battersleigh orac
ularly. Curly, hand me the broom
Curly passed over the broom. and
the two, with anxiety not unmixed
with cynicism, watched Battersligt
as he made several Intellectual at
tempts to penetrate the arnlor Of the
| pie.
| stop lookin' at me like brace o.
evilminded hyenies," protested Bat
tersleigh. "Ye'd make the devil him
self nervous, a-regardin' one so like
a object o. suspicion. Mind We, In
goin' to take II out"
The others watched him eagerly a!
he removed the hot tin from the over
and set 1t upon the bare table. Curl!
drew his clasp knife from his poke
and cut into the portion assigned t.
him. Franklin was reserved, but Cur
ly attained enthusiasm at the secont
bite.
"Rile Irish" said he, I'm not 81
sure you're such hi of a. militar.
man, but as cook you're burnin
success. You kin sign with our outfl
to-morrer If you want to-"
The pie, startling as 1t was in som
regards, did not long survive the dc
] Isrrined assault made upon it. Curl,
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To mention the big things of the
Worlds Fair of 1904 would be to give
a catalogue of the greatest achieve
ments Of man in many lines of en-
deavor. For example: We shall see
the largest locomotive ever built,
weighing ninety-five tons and having
twelve driving wheels. We shall hear
the largest organ in the world in the
most beautiful festival hall ever built.
We shall see some Of the greatest sea-
coast defense guns manufactured for
the United States government In the
Government Building, which is the
largest exhibit building ever erected
by federal authority at an Exposition,
there will be a model of a half of a
battleship for the Navy display. The
United States Government has also
erected bird cage 80 large that tall
trees grow within the Enclosure, In
which will be held captive during the