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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03

The man who can't afford to travel
enjoys It more than the man who can.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03

A two dollar bill goes a long way
toward changing some mems political
opinfGuS-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03
Nroravian Barley md spolts.

Two great cereals makes growing and
fattenirg hogs and cattle possible IN
Oak, Mont, Idaho, Colo, yes, every
where, and add to above Salzer's Bill
lion Dollar Grass, Teosinte, which pro-
duces so tons of green fodder per acre.
Salzer's Earliest Cane. Salzer's 60 Day
Oats and a hundred OF other rare farm
seeds that he offers.
JUST CUT THIS OFT AND RETURN IT
with 10c in stamps to the John A..
Salzer Seed CO., La Crosse, Wis, and
get their big catalog and lots Of farm
seed samples. CIV. N. u
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03

CASE 8.
Brown EAEs. wynne. Ark. ego
q. Had severe case OF malarial
hemataria or swamp fever. Gave
necessary liver medicine. calomel and
padoph, and morph. -sulph-. TO re-
1ieve pain. and ordered Dosn's Pills
for the high state of congestion and
inflammation OF tho kidneys. Re-
'covery resulted in two weeks. Pro-
scribed Doan's Kidney Pills. to be
continued until the kidneys were
thoroughly strengthened, and all pain
in back subsidized
CASES.
ELIJAH ELLIOTT. larry. Ark.
age "a. Pain in back and legs and
headache. Uric-acid poisoning. Pre-
scribed Doan's Kidney Pills After
taking several boxes pain, subsidized
urine became normal, or natural
and patient able to resume: his work.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03
JUST CUT THIS OFT AND RETURN IT

1t ought to be pleasure to live
right
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THos. OxELL. Bear. Ark. ago 60.
Pain in back for several weeks, thea
chills, irregular sometimes. severe
rigors followed by fever. Gave good
purgative Of calomel and padoph.
and Doan's Kidney Pills. After
taking four boxes of the pills, patient
up aud enjoying good health for ora
of his age
CASE 2.
MRS. SMITH. larry. Ark. ago -.
mother of four children. Had female
complaint and kidney trouble. mani-
fest by pain in back and urine irregu-
lar; sometimes very clear. changing
to cloudy. and with much sediment
on standing in chamber. Gave local
treatment for female complaint and
prescribed Doan's Pills; after using
six boxes she regards herself as,
cured
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03

These few of the typical which have used Doans Kid
Pills. In them with
results while with indicated
believe by judous Doans Pills
pcation ncurabe Bghs
disease prevented.
have often found that box of the pills all that
effect until all
entirely absent and the eecual and Yours truly
feet fisgr Kineya
!: &c. A~@zz1l.
ARK
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-10-29
Artistic Menu Stands.

Artistic menu stands are always &C
ceptable novelties, and some little jap
ancse ones greatly admired at lunch
con The other day could easily be
copied and made at home by clever
fingers. These consisted of the ordi-
nary plain cardboard stands surmourt-
ed by small Japanese tissue paper COW
cred hoops These hoops had burst
to allow the passage of the head and
shoulders of the daintiest little Japa-
nese dolls. little thin wire had
been put inside one sleeve, so that
thus stiffened it could project. IN
some cases the little people held tiay
branches of almond blossom, some
times miniature lanterns on the small
est OF sticks. or else little fans were
used All the body below the waist
was cut off to avoid a clumsy and
top-heavy effect. and the edges of the
dress were neatly gummed behind at
tie back OF the stand. They were
charming.
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those strange combinations of strokes
on Chinese laundry ticket mean, yet
no one is likely to take up the study
of language to crafty satisfaction
so unfruitful. That there is a genuine
value in q knowledge of the Chinese
language is vouched for by DR.. Wal
ter Brooks Brouner, of Columbia uni
versity, and Flung Yuet Nov, Chinese
missionary in New York City, IN their
volume. just published by the Mac
milan company. entitled Chinese
Made Easy
In explanation of the comparative
ease with which spoken Chinese may
be acquired, for il must be understood
that there is a difference between the
spoken and the written languages,
take for example, the word hand. In
German we must remember whether
the word hand be Of masculine, femi-
nine or neuter gender; in French,
Spanish or Italian We must recall
whether the word be of masculine or
feminine gender; whereas in Chinese.
AS il English. all we need burden our
memory with is the word hand. which,
in Cantonese Chinese. is SOW. Once
leaned. the word SOW is irreyocabiy
fixed in cur memory. The simplicity
of such language is at once self-eyi-
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Eads of Wealthy women.

Some of the smart New York wo-
men have fad for cooking and have
favorite recipes. Mrs. Peter Martin,
formerly Miss Lillian Oelrichs, is a
devotee of the chatting dish.i and in
vites her friends to the little suppers
where she presides over the chahng
dish with great skill. She has a re-
cipe for cooking reed birds and potato
balls that cannot be excelled. Mrs.
John Jacob Astor loves salads and des-
serts and has discovered many new
combinations, the secrets Of which she
will not disclose. Her pride is mac
aroon basket, for which the ingred-
tents are prunes, macaroons, whipped
cream and sherry. Mrs. Payne Whit
ney, formerly Miss Helen Hay, adds
to her literary ability fruit salad
that is pronounced DELICIOUS. This
she makes of Malaga grapes, bananas
orange juice and shredded endive and
serves it in banana skins, with a mix
ture Of French dressing and mayor
naise. Mrs. George B. De Forest loves
baked things, vegetables or fruits. One
OF her luncheon dishes is original and
delicious. This is nothing more nor
less than large Bartlett pears stuffed
and baked until brown.
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CttlNE55E
"a MANI EASY

dent when We are told that words have
neither gender nor declension; that
verbs have no conjugation (and may
be either active, transitive, neuter, or
even casuaD; that the language is
composed mainly of mOnosyllabic
words. which are really root ideas;
and that a word may be used either
as a noun, verb, adverb or conjunc-
ton, depending simply on the context
or as the exigencies of the surround
ing words demand.
The Chinese have never constructed
a grammar for their language as we
understand a grammar, but the Ian
guage does adhere to certain forms in
the use of speech, which are necessary
to speak and write the language cor
rectly. The Chinese language is with
out an alphabet, but for the purposes
of grading, the number of strokes in
a sign, which is a word, to some ex-
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Not That lllustrious.

The editor Of New York magazine
was talking the other day about the
late Frank Norris, author of THE
Pit" and half dozen other strong
novels.
While Norris was still at Harvard, !"
he said, "he sent me a striking essay
on Beaumont and Fletcher. accept
ed 1t, and a little later Norris came
on to New York for week.
During that week innumerable
changes in his work occurred to him.
and three or four times a day he
hurried to my office to add a para
graph about Beaumont or to cut out
page about Fletcher from the manu-
script. His enthusiasm amused me,
but the clerk who had to get his
proofs grumbled and growled consIa-
erably over the trouble he was caus-
ing
"One day as 1 was returning from
my lunch saw Norris hurry out of
the building. The clerk sat in my
ONCE. and 1 said TO him:
Anybody been in. John?'
Yes said the clerk. that trouble
some chap. Beaumont or Fletcher,
whichever his name Is /"
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acters used to write these sounds
mean beauty prosper and the verb
dun, which means to bow the head.
Washington's birthday becomes in Chi
nese literally Beauty prosper to bow
the head live day" which does not
sound very impressive, but the Chi
nese appreciate the real meaning.
The word this is always expressed
as now in Chinese. For instance, this
morning is now morning." or, in Chi
nese, KUN chee-oo." Once thorough
ly grasped the use of the Chinese verb
is not nearly so difficult as is the verb
in other languages. The Chinese
verbs express the idea only and I'M
dergo no change of infection on ac-
count of tense or mood. Consequently.
there is nothing like a conjugation to
be remembered. To express the time
of action other words are added to the
verb, which by their presence give an
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Interrupted Description.

There is one young woman with two
bright nephews who has learned the
unwisdom of taking youngsters riding
on open and crowded trolley cars.
where their guiIeless conversation can
be overheard easily. She did this the
other day, however. Can you tobcg-
gan. auntie?" asked one little cherub
with well developed lungs Auntie
nlurmured that she had done so one
winter in Minneapolis. But the small
boy did not have i'll mind that kind.
Why, we mean in your bath tub. of
course. You try it, auntie. All you
have TO do is to soap yourself all
over Stop here, please" said
auntie to the conductor.
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The hurried bachelor who exchanges
little piece of Manila paper. covered
with cabalistic and terrifying blots
and strokes, for his shirts and collars
in a Chinese laundry, has an inherent
conviction that Chinese is the most
difficult language to acquire. If he
ever does give it a thought, it is more
than probable that he has satisfied
himself that, given the brief. space of
] 900 years and a comfortable resi-
dence on a desert island, so that his
attention would not be distracted, he
might learn to count up to 100 in the
language in which is enshrined the
analects OF Confucius and ether mas
terpieces of Eastern literature. To
be told that there is a way by which
Chinese is made easy" is likely to
prove too much for his credulity.
While undeniably there would be a
fascination in being able to know what
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indication of the exact mood or tense.
There are the verbs ending in the
sign equivalent to 'gee," which means
to dwell, to live in, to rest or to stop.
Thus TO sit in a carriage is chow gee
mar ebay" meaning sit to rest horse
car" the in being understood.
In writing Chinese one has first to
understand there are PA radicals, ar
ranged according to the number of
strokes required to make them, which
is, in a sense, equivalent to being al
phabetically arranged in English
There are six styles of Chinese writ
ing First, the fanciful sun shu,'
form found i'll bronze tablets, on por-
ceIains, ETC.; second, the die shu,'
or the plain style. This square form
of writing was formerly used for Of
fetal purposes. Third, the guy Shu,"
or pattern style, the model of good
writing Fourth, the harm shu,"
stiff running" hand, used in business.
Fifth, the "cho shu," or free running
hand, an abbreviation of the harm
shu,'' or a kind of shorthand, which
is not always ineligible to an edu-
Gated Chinese. and sixth, the ''soOng
shu," the elegant form, the charac-
ters used in printing.
Chinese characters are also divided
into the hieroglyphic. signiicative,
topographic. antithetic, metaphorical
and phonetic. The names very aptly
describe these forms, all being the
subscribe of ancient forms which have
been modernized, and bear only
slight resemblance to their originals.
Philadelphia Ledger
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BRINGING UP A PRESIDENT.
Pointer for Ambitious Mothers of the
Coming Generation.

Pointer for Ambitious Mothers of the
Coming Generation.
1t is a fortunate thing to be tall
and straight and of a vikings Shout
ders where one strives for political
popularity, since the hopeless per cent
of people come by their opinions
through the eye. 1t is what they see
rather than what they hear that turns
to be impressive.
Washington was equal to running
broad jump of % feet; Jefferson lifted
! 900 pounds with his bare hands, and
was known as the Strong Man of Al
bemarie.
The world has had its Caesars and
Napoleons, but it adopted these little
people slowly and after trial.
The first thing to remember in
bringing up president is his health;
his stomach should be thought of as
often as his head. A dyspeptic would
find the road to the white house full
of double difficulties, and he would
make a dangerous president-nay, he
might even invite impeachment
A. good stomach and a good heart
go far as raw material in the construc-
ton of a best man. They are the bed
plates for that engine called the mind
Alfred Henry Lewis in Good House
keeping.
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VIII PRgsgRvE Eoon LONG.
New Method That Promises to Give
The Rest Ree,tI4S

New Method That Promises to Give
the Best Results.
Al Ingenious method OF preserving
food has recently been devised which
is based On the fact that powdered
gelatin, or thin sheets of the same
material, not only do not spoil. but
are capable Of protecting Incorporated
substances from bacteria, moisture,
and other agencies which bring about
decomposition. Thus to make a con-
centrated beef extract, tea or coffee,
extract, soup, etc, the LIQUID is mixed
hot with 1 per cent of primary gela-
tin, which differs from the commercial
article in not having the gluelike taste
of the latter.
After cooling a jelly is formed and
this is cut into thin films and dried by
a current of cold air until it becomes
brittle. When this condition is reach
ed the sheets are then reduced to a
fine powder. which will keep indefn-
itely. While it will absorb moisture
it does not do SO TO a degree to oc-
casion decomposition, and the moist
ure is subsequently given of in dry
air. The powder, while likely to cake,
1o4HS d OI1lIe CAKE, NOT INTERFERING
with its use, while it is too hard for
insects. When placed in warm water
it dissolves Immediately, and is thus
ready for use. If heated above the
temperature of boiling water before
packing all disease or other germs
will be killed, and to secure the best
results the powder should be packed
alright. Such a concentrated food
possesses many advantages, and is
susceptible of wide application, as
upon orations.-Harper's Weekly.
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A Need of the Hour.

cit seems to me-" said his friend.
that your college ought to establish
4 chair of gambling"
"a chair of what?' said the profes-
sor.
Gambling. It is the great occupa-
ton of many if not most OF us, and
the average college graduate is apt
to take 1t UP in some form or other
in spite Of all the warning he may
receive. Therefore, why not train him
to follow it with skill and success
Why not have, say, lectures on how
to play poker, on how to play the
races, on how to speculate in stocks,
and so on? If you could have these
subjects properly handled you might
turn out a corps of experts who would
cover their alma mater with glory
and reap a golden harvest for them
selves"
But, supposing the movement to be
a success, it would simply ruin the
public"
We'll, judge that's what the pub
lie IS for. 1t is simply a question of
who gets the money"
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SIX Doctors Failed.

South Bend, Ind. Oct. "a Especially
After suffering from Kidney Disease
for three years; after taking treat
ment from six different doctors with
out getting relief, Mr.. ]. o. Laudeman
of this place found not only relief but
a speedy and complete cure in Dodd s
Kidney Pills. Speaking of his cure
Mr. Laud'eman says:
Yes, suffered from Kidney
Trouble for three years and tried six
doctors to no good. Then took just
two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Fills and
they not only cured my kidneys, but
gave me better health in general OF
course l recommended Dodd's Kidney
Pills to others and I know a number
now who are using them with good re-
suits
Mr.. Laudeman's case is not an ex-
ception. Thousands give similar ex-
periences For there never yet was 4
case of Kidney Trouble from Backache
to Bright's Disease that Dodd's Kid
ncy Pills could not cure. They are
the only remedy that ever cured
Bright's disease.
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WHAT A Bull FROG Will EAT.
1t Thinks Nothing OF Swallowing
Birds and Young Ducks.

Birds and young DUCKS.
Many years ago when collecting
birds in Southern New England,
shot on the salt marshes a swallow.
which fell in shallow pool in the
marsh, says writer in Forest and
Stream. My brother, who happened
to be sanding near the pool. saw the
bird fall, and saw a huge bull frog
make two or three sprawling leaps
over the mud and through the water
and swallow the bird. When / came
up the head of the bullfrog remained
above water with the wings of the
swallow sticking out the corners of
his mouth
Recently story was told me by a
friend who resides at Flushing, L. l.,
OF certain happenings on neighber' S
place. This neighbor mas some wa
ter inclosed- in which he keeps some
domesticated wild fowl, and not long
ago. the opportunity occurring to pur-
chase five gigantic bullfrogs, he in
troduced them into the water.
This spring, as it seemed a posi-
bility that some of his wild duck could
breed, an effort was made to get rid
OF the frogs for fear they might in
jure the ducklings, and three of them
were killed, but the other two could
not be found Some time in May a
female pintail duck came of with
three young ones, which after two OF
three days disappeared and were not
seen again. A day or two after their
disappearance the missing bullfrogs
were seen and killed and in their
stomachs were found the remains OF
tn little pitfalls. fancy that there
is nothing living that a bullfrog will
not eat.
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tent fix its place in the lessons, which
begin with ''yot," which means "one,"
and the sign for which is a single
horizontal stroke. When it is consid-
cred that some English words con-
tain large number OF letters. there
are few Chinese word signs with over
twe:ty strokes. although the word
sign "Jarn," meaning Ito praise con-
tains twenty-six, but if it is used as
seldom by the Chinese as it is by the
Enelish-speaking peoples it is no hard
ship to write it.
To express the seasons and years it
will be found the Chinese are poeti-
cal. Next year is bright year." New
Years day is very properly, if not ele-
gantly, Begin day" the four seasons.
''see-see," is Four Times; last month
is up month" and in this word will
be found what is known as a "classi-
fer" The sounds for up month are
Saying llo yut;" the "ko" is a CLASH
fer. which is nsed in n manner SINH
lar TO our "a length of rope" a piece
of business" ETC., and has also it's
phonetic value.
For the word mot" there are several
variations-"ung-h high" equals not is;
'ung" equals not; mo" equals not and
but" equals not. The word high" is
used according TO the context for
either is 1T is or are" The word
have is sometimes inferred in a SEN
tence and not expressed, as II not
wine cup" meaning Il have no wine
glass;" put to express Il have wine"
or Il have" anything else. the word
vow" meaning have" is used. If
Il have not" anything the have is
omitted.
Il" me" and my" are al repre-
scented by one word, ''ugaw:" to say
mine" the possessive kay" is added
20 the ''ugaw," and il becomes ''ugaw-
kay" The word very is awkwardly
expressed by ''sup-fun" or ten part, al
though there is the equivalent joe"
Men are male persons" the plural is
shown by the number of men and not
by any addition excepting the classl-
fer Women are female person" The
lenses are represented by a sign, HE
has gone away" being rendered He
go" and sign of past tense; thus ''il0-e
hOo-e he-oo (past tense signul lar"
The query is represented by several
different signs, may" and may" be
ing the most common ones.
a birthday in Chinese is a live
day" or sarn yot. When the name OF
a foreigner is to be expressed. it is
done so Theoretically. Thus Washing
ton, whose name is more familiar TO
Chinese than is generally credited. is
Expressed by the sounds whar sun
dun. which is fairly close. The char
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Selecting a Physician.

More than 1000 years ago Rhaze. s
an Arabian physician, gave this adj
vice to his patients with reference TO
the selection of a physician: Study
carefully the antecedents of the man
to whose care you propose to confide
all you have most dear in worId-that
is, your life. and the lives Of your wife
and children. II the man is dissipat-
ed, is given to frivolous pleasures, cul-
tivates with too much zeal the arts
foreign TO his profession, still more so
if he be addicted to wine and debauch-
cry, refrain from committing into
such hands lives so precious"
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WORK Of comedIe Francalse.

In the Figaro of last week were
published some interesting statistics
relating to the dramatic fare present
ed at the Coincide Franchise since it's
opening. From 1850 to 1903 the works
of AIoliere received 20,949 representa-
tons. Racine came next with 6,c37,
and Corneille with 1851. The returns
for Regnard. Yoltaire. Marivaux and
Beaumarchais during the same period
are. respectively. 5,2S2. 1850, 2.445
and 1,196. The most popular play in
the Moliere repertory is lie Medecin
Malgre Lui'' With regard to Racine
and Corneilie the most frequently
staged works were "Phedre" and lie
Cid. Pail Mall Gazette.
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neeeptlon in rextlIes.

The amount of deception that is
practiced in the manufacture of all
kinds OF textiles is far greater than
most people have any conception of.
There are very few heavyweight
WOODEN cloths that are free from such
substances as shoddy or Gotten. They
serve there a useful purpose of giving
weight and warmth TO the garment at
a comparatively low cost. without de-
tracing from it's outward appearance
aud possible richness Shoddy is the
article mostly depended on for heavy
weight goods, but for the lighter
weight goods cotton is the thing. be-
cause it can be spun to finer thread.
y. ondon Laundry Record.
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Insect Migration.

There are so many insects that mi
CRATE from one quarter of the globe
10 another by means of the vessels
which ply between distant ports. In
deed, the spread OF nearly all kinds of
living creatures has been dependent
on the ships of civilized nations
Winged pests and blessings have been
steadily carried 10 new countries by
this means
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New York. who has just remarked
his divorced wife. tried George Mere
iith'S scheme. but found it didn't
work He discovered he couldn't get
any substitute Cor the woman he
loved
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Excitement in East Africa.

There is no lack of excitement along
the line of the Uganda, East Africa.
railway At Nairobi. one Of the prin-
cipal stations, the postmaster found
a lion on his front stoop one morning;
several natives and more than one
white officer along the road have been
eaten by lions; on one occasion an en-
CINE could hardly make its way
through miles OF Iocnsts on the track.
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NaturaI ProaressIon.

Mrs. Ascum-How about your
servant girl? The last time 1 was
here, you know, you complained
about her being so slow.
Mrs. Hiram Onen-o. she's pro-
crossing.
Mrs Ascum-Yes2
Mrs. Hiram Offen-Yes. she's get
ting slower and slower
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1t is sad fact that thousands o.
substantial American citizens arc
less interested in the announcement
that Mr.. Jenries is going off the stag
than in the news that Mr.. Jeffrics IS
going on.