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Reward.

A reward of FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS will be paid by the A. 7 q
S. F. Ry., Co., for evidence sufficient
to convict parties who pulled spikes and
removed rail joints at Bridge 447 be.
tween MANZANOLA & FOWLER.
Which resulted in wreck of No. 6.
about A, NJ, Oct. 30th.
II. u. Nudge. Gen'l. Mgr.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
Hay Fong. was ON the 18th day Of December. A.
ID 1909. duly appointed Administrator " the Els.
tate Of Sam FonR, deceased All persons having
claims against said estate are required 10 present
the same duly verified within one year from the
date Of said appointment, the time allowed by law
for the presentation OF such claims and " not Sc
presented and filed such claims will bc barred 10y
virtue Of the statute in such cases made and pro
vided.
An persons indebted to said estate are request.
ed To settle with the undersigned,
HAY FONG
Administrator Of the Estate Of Sam Fong de.
ceased.
A. A. TEMKE,
Attorney for Administrator.
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cent, while the capitalization of the company has
increased less than Is per cent This brief state
ment emphasizes the story more than can" =.
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K An exceedingly attractive and widely po-
pular westerner is the young and fine looking
chief executive of New Mexico, Gov M. A.
Otero, who is at the New Willard, with his wife
and little son, says the Washington Post
I am just taking few days rest and have
come east to spend the holidays" said the Gov
ernor 1T is pleasure to say that our territory
is in excellent financial situation and that all our
interests are flourshing, especially as to our mines
cattle, and sheep. We have coal and iron in
such abundance as to rival Pennsylvania and
our wealth in copper can scarcely be overstated
1t would perhaps surprise many of the Post
readers to know that New Mexico has turquoise
Mines from which come big output of the
handsomest gems in the market; one big New
York house gets its whole supply there. The
territory has very small debt, and pays cash
for all it buys. There is money to meet every
appropriation and no warrant has been served
for years. The great activity in railway build
ing in our borders is sure indication of the
wealth and progress that will ultimately lift
New Mexico into very enviable place"
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News and Comment Gathered From Other Pens

AS far as the returns have been received the
governor of Tennessee is ahead in the matter of
Christmas pardons. Twenty-seven persons who
were rendering the State some service were given
their liberty as a Christmas present among
them six colored gentlemen to whom the courts
had given teams ranging from Is to 80 years. for
the usual offense. Albuquerque Journal
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X A Washington special gives this as the lat
est statehood gossip: Territorial delegates in
congress and other persons interested in state
hood for the territories that are asking admission
to the Union, are losing no time even at the ho-
day recess to push matters pertaining to the
subject which is of such great Importance to
them. Delegates Wilson and Rodey of New
Mexico and Arizona have remained here and are
attending to matters in the different departments
for their constituents Mr.. Rodey said today:
Along about January 10 to 20 there will be
something doing in the statehood question, in
my opinion. believe there is disposition on
the part of members of this congress to enact
legislation which will forever eliminate the ques-
ton of statehood for the territories from further
consideration. Either we will be admitted, or a
portion Of the territories will be taken in and
provision made for the others to enter statehood
when the proper period and conditions as to
requirements have been met. There is DISPOSE
tion have observed, to eliminate the whole
subject. 1t would, of course, be very desirable
to US to have the subject ended with our ad-
mission, and think have said before that the
bills will pass both houses this session."
This is leap year, and the ladies have a right
to speak for themselves. 1t is privilege they
rarely enjoy, says an exchange. Isit?
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AS soon as they had finished their Christmas
dinner at Mesa, Arz., the people began to collect
to see the local cowpunchers rope steers says an
exchange Some very clever exhibitions of quick
work were seen. Several came under the so
second mark Arthur Woolf won first money by
tying his steer in 98l seconds A very laughable
event was the mule race. Five mules were en-
tered but not one of them desired to go its limit
of speed. Large applications of lariat were put
on them, and finally the three hindermost mules
came to the front. The race would have been a
d lad heat between the first two mules, but the
rider of one leaned forward and showed his mule s
ears ahead, and so won by an ear.
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Some weeks ago, says well-known journal
Sir Hector Macdonald, gallant soldier, commit
ted suicide as the result of some stories printed
about him in the newspapers. He was, next to
Lord Roberts, the English military idol. No adj
vantages of wealth were his; he rose to high posi-
ton by his own efforts. His name of Fighting
Mac" was term of endearment and a popular
honor. His whole life was given to his country
and his services were great Commissioners
were appointed to investigate the charges against
him. They reported as follows I'VE find the
late Sir Hector Macdonald had been cruelty assas-
sinated by vile and slandering tongues" We
hope all our readers appreciate to its full extent
the meanness and wickedness of SANDER.
In the opinion of Vice-Presdent Morton of
the Santa Fe system, the present large traffic on
that line will continue next year. He states that
the Santa Fe net earnings in 1903 were over two
and half times as large as they were in 1897
He says: Our present average passenger earn
ings per mile of road are greater at present than
those of the St. Paul. There has been within the
past few months marked improvement in Kan
sas, Oklahoma, Colorado and California; every
where in fact, both in passenger and freight
traffic. | attribute this very largely to the grow
ing recognition of the advantages of these differ
ent sections for agricultural development and also
that several years of prosperity have made people
mage of the Santa Fe has increased 12S per cent.
its passenger traffic 152 per cent its gross earn
ings 1903 per cent. and its net earnings 200 per
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This is leap year, and the ladies have right
to speak for themselves. 1t is privilege they
rarely enjoy, says an exchange. Isit?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-08-04
ANTS THAT SPIN WEBS.
Keen Scientist Notes Specimen of
Unusual Intelligence.

One of the most interesting obser-
vations made in ant life, says Andrew
Wilson, the scientist, was that which
showed that a certain red ant has
evolved the habit of webspinning.
The ways of this species were noted
in the botanic gardens at Peradeniya,
Ceylon, by E. G. Green. The extraor-
binary part Of the story is that these
ants used larvae as their spinning ma
chimes, the larvae employing their silk
threads, used to make the cocoons, as
their sewing machines. Mr.. Green
took some leaves which had been
sewed together by the ants and I'M
fastened the stitches. The separated
edges were drawn together by the
ants and then an hour afterward the
larvae or grubs, held in the mouths of
the ants, were seen to be passed back
ward and forward across the gaps
made in the leaves. The movements
of the grubs were duly directed by the
ants and the silk threads spun by the
mouths of the larvae soon repaired
the defects in the, leaves.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-08-04
Diet of the Crocodile.

OF crocodile, which measured sew
enteen feet in length and which a
noted hunter shot, he writes: "On
cutting him sopen he was found to
contain the remains CT an Mpala ram
with horns intact), which he had
probably caught while it was drink
ing. On one occasion cut up croc-
odile which contained no less than
forty-nine bangles of ivory and cop
per- showing that he had swallowed
one or more natives, SO | always get
the boys to cut up any we shoot.
They are loathsome reptiles, and
never consider shot at them wasted.
Many a native while drawing water
after dark is caught by the arm and
dragged into the river. A fine old
hunting dog which had served me for
two years was caught by crocodile
right under my nose one day In
small stream, where he had gone to
drink after running down a wounded
puliu." ~ ..
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-08-04
LOCUST PLAGUE IN EGYPT.
The Invasion of Insects Is Very Sc.
rious One.

The Invasion of Insects Is a Very Sc
rious One.
There is every probability Of the
plague of locusts which has now de-
scended on Egypt proving a very Sc
rious one. Great anxiety is felt for
the young cotton and other crops.
The lOcuSts first arrive in eompar-
atively small numbers, but they null
tiply very rapidly as soon as they
reach the edge or cultivation. With
in ten days the young insects, though
still wingless, advance in solid pha-
lanx sometimes two or three feet deep
and several miles in length.
1t is essential that at this stage
they should be destroyed, as it would
be impossible to cnecI the ravage3 Of
flying locusts.
The method adopted during the last
visitation, that of 1890, was to dig
deep trenches. sometimes miles in
length, between which and the ad-
vancing swarm huge heaps of straw
were laid and fired. Any locusts
which succeeded in escaping tina
flames and smoke fell into the
trenches. where they were destroyed
by natives under the supervision of
English instructors.\
1t is a providential habit of young
locusts never to turn back or aside
when once started, no matter what
obstacles are put in their way.-Cairo
Correspondent London Daily Mail.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-08-04
CHATTER VII.
As the .Norns Decree.


1t was long way TO the. Kings
fire, but al, last it lay before her; be-
fore and below her, for it had been
built in depression of the little open.
The last charred log had fallen apart,
spreading swarm of golden glow
worms over the black earth, but there
was still enough light to reveal ring
of muffled forms sprawling around
the sloping sides of the hollow. with
their feet toward the fire and their
heads lost in darkness. PausihS in
the tree-shadow. the girl thrilled with
sudden hope. Since their faces were
all hidden, how was she to distinguish
her victim?
At that moment, the warrior d.
rectly in front of her stirred in his
sleep and flung a jeweled hand over
his face. Those broad gold rings
with the green, stones that sparkled
like serpents' eyes as they caught the
light! They were fixed indelibly in
her memory, for she had seen them
on the rapacious hand that had seized
upon her while it was still red with
, her fathers blood. Suddenly, in the
rage that rose in her at the recollec-
ton, she found determination for the
deed.
There was no time to lose, she told
herself feverishly, and moved forward
with snake-like stiffness. Between
the sheltering arm and the neck of
the steel shirt there was space of
naked throat. Setting her teeth, she
raised her knife and struck down at
it with a strong hand.
The point never reached its mark.
! For an instant she could not tell what
| had happened. Fingers closed like
| iron bands around her wrist, pulling
her backwards 20 that the pain of her
| twisted wound wrung cry from her
| lips. They were not Norman's fingers,
yet he also was stirring; while dart
ing flashes from the dusk about them
told that the other sleepers were draw
ing their weapons. Then some one
| threw branchful of dead leaves up
on the fire.
The fame that flared up showed her
arm to be in the grasp of the Lord
Of Ivarsdale.
You mad young one!" he gasped,
as he wrenched the blade from her
hold.
.. (To be continued)
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Ethelred's temper that moved him to
spend an energy. much better directed
against the Pagans, in laying waste
two of his own shires. Remember
what happened wnen your father
raised himself against Ethelred."
FESTIVE under the restraining hand,
the young noble faced him desperate
ly. Morcard, in Gods name, what
would you have me do? / will not
bend to it, nor would you wish me to.
Or sooner or later"
Let it be later, lord. After you
at your back"
After a while, the Etheling yielded
and turned aside. Let it be as you
have said-though | cannot believe
yet that it will happen" Coming back
where fallen tree made messy seat,
he dropped down upon it and sat star
ing at the ground in frowning abstrac'
| ton
The motion dropped him out Of the
range of Randalin's vision. and her
| eyes wandered away discontentedly
! If there was nothing more to look at
she might as well go to sleep. She
was just losing consciousness when
the figure of second yeoman-soldier
moved across her vision, looming
black against the fireglow. His whis
per came sharply to her ears.
1T is done. chief. May they have
the wrath of the Almighty! Their
hands have met, Edrics and the
Kings, and his thames and Norman
of Baddeby's, who is with Edric."
Norman of Baddeby!" the name
leaped out of the rest to bite at hel
like dog. worrying deeper and deep
err through the wrappings Of heI
stupor. Her eyes widened in troubled
questioning. She heard the angry
voices rise, and she saw the Ethelins
leap to his feet and shake his clencheC
hand above his head. Then she los
sight of everything, for the fang haC
pierced her torpor and touched her.
| Norman of Baddeby"-her fathers
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slayer! Memory entered like poison
! to spread burning through every vein.
Her father-Fridtjof- Jotun-the
battle Her ears were dinned with
terrible noises; her eyes were scared
| by terrible pictures. She crushed her
| hands against her head. but the sound
came from within and would not be
| stilled. She buried her face in the
| leaves, but the visions pressed faster
before her. Helpless in their grip.
! she tossed to and fro in agony-to and
| fro.
Though it was SO tortured that she
| could not tell it from her waking
| thoughts, sleep must have come to
| her; for when at last she reached the
point where she could endure it no
| longer and struggled up, painting. to
her elbow, to try to recall herself by
a sight of those about her, she found
that the hum of excited voices was
| stilled, and the silence throbbed with
! the deep breathing of sleepers.
Almost at her feet, the Etheling
was stretched out in his cloak, mo-
tionless as the fallen tree. Her face
was slowly relaxing when, a second
time, memory betrayed her. Just so,
| she recollected, Leofwines son was
lying, not hundred yards away.
The next instant, she had thrown
' herself down with terror-widened eyes,
and was trying to bury her face in
the leaves, while the tongueless mouth
of every .shadowy shape seemed to
shrek above her.
"Odin sends you revenge!'-"It is
the will of Odin that has drawn you
gether!"-"Would you become like
the girl with the necklace?"-"Are
| you coward, that you do not prefer
to die in good repute rather than live
in the shame of neglecting your duty?"
She flung up her haggard face in
appeal. No. no, | am not a coward, "
her spirit cried within her. II was
brave in the battle. 1t is not death
| fear; but / cannot kill! Odin, have
mercy on me! l cannot kill. | have
tried to be brave, but l am really a
wcman; it is not possible for me to
have a mans heart"
The grinning shadows mouthed at
her. t"You have not dared to be a
woman, they Knocked. You have
not dared to be woman, so you must
dare to be a man"
| night wind shuddered through
the trees, and the lowering shades
seemed to hiss in her ear.
Coward! Traitor! Nithing! Do
you not get afraid that you will ex-
perience the wrath of the dead?
Listen! Is that the wind rustling
the leaves? Or is it"
A gasp burst from the white lips,
and the die was cast. While the cold
drops started on her pain-racked body,
she dragged herself to her knees and
fumbled with trembling hands about
| her belt. For an instant, something
| like moonbeam glimmered amid the
shadow; then her lips closed convul-
sively upon the steel. Tipping for.
ward upon her hands, she tested eau
| tiously the strength of her wounded
leg, smothering groans of pain that
seer ed to tear her throat in the swal-
lowing. Inch by inch, she crawled
steadily toward the iilckerlng light
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CHAPTER vi-con,inued.

Keep in mind, lord, that it is no
more than a week that you have been
at his heels,' he said / III III X'E'k8i
Likewise bear In mind whose son
he is the man with the drinking.
horn added grimly if81
Flushing, the young noble ceased
examining his sword-edge- to meet the
eyes bent upon him.
Il hope you do not think J stand In
need of rebuke for lukewarmness,
Morcard. he said gravely, Il have
no more forgot that King Ednund's
father gave the order for my fathers
murder than have forgot that Edric
was the tool who did the deed. But
what sense to continue at that after
Ethelred was dead, and the valor of
his son was to that degree exalted as
If he had sprung from Alfred? Your
self counselled me to join him at
Dillingham;, and take the post under
his banner that my fathers have al
ways held beside his fathers
Two of the three warriors made no
other answer than to gurgle their
drink noisely in their threats; but the
one whom he had called Morcard an
swered dryly, 1T is not against test
ing the new king that we would ad-
wise you, Lord Sebert; it is against
trusting him" He lifted his hand
suddenly to his ear. Horses feet!
And stopping by the Kings fire"
What else he said Randalin did not
hear. Her wits had ecrawled heavily
after the sound of the hoofs. Now
the beat changed to a champing and
stamping among dry leaves not many
rods to her right She wondered in.
differently if there was any likelihood
of their running over her; then forgot
the query before she had answered it.
The Etheling was speaking again,
with ali the earnestness of hero-wor.
ship. H. d.. BE-.
G. the battles he has fought, the
abundance of warriors he has gath
cred together, the land he has won
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back since his fathers death! Only
take to-day"
Soft, my lord. Yonder comes
Wikel making strange signs to you.
All heads but Randalin's turned in
the direction he was looking She was
still too lethargic for curiosity; and
she found a kind of dreamy content
in lying with her eyes upon the Ethel
ing's handsome face. #3s8 5|t#
Presently, however, between her
and the comedy apparition there in
teryened the brawny figure of yeo
man-soldier.
He said breathlessly, "Cbief-before
YOU go to the King-be it known to
you that those horse-feet you heard
belong to the mounts of Edric of
Mercia and his men-and he is with
King Edmund now!"a r".'a-....~~
The three stolid old warriors got to
their feet with curses. The Etheling
bent forward to gaze incredulOusly in
to the mans face.
"Edric of Mercia? With the King?
Why do you think so?"
Il was a little way beyond the
Kings fire, watching a fellow who was
showing how he could jump over the
flames, when | saw the Gamer ride
past; and | followed him, as near as
the guards would permit-near
enough to see that the King received
him-let him settle it with Saint
Cuthbert"
There was a pause of utter stupe.
faction; then. from all within hear
ing. a clamorous outburst: "Ay, there
it is!"-"Ethelred's blood!''-'It is no
more to be counted on than is wa
ter" What could have moved him
to it?"1
1t appeared that the Etheling had
recovered from his surprise, for now
he said steadily, Il will not believe
it. Until their oaths have been spok-
en- and their hands have clasped and
my own eyes have witnessed it, will
not believe 1t of him."
Motioning them from his path, he
was starting forward a second time,
when the old cniht laid hand lightly
upon his shoulder. a. AZ
Here me, Lord Sebert! If them
to weigh all perils like a soldier,-if
then, you do witness it with your own
eyes?"~ - X
The blue gave out flash of smitten
steel.
Morcard answered as to words
"You will be one against many, lord"
"You cannot mean that the Witan
will comply with him!" the Etheling
cried.
How is it possible that they should
do otherwise? The odal-born men
could not prevent it when Ethelred
took AlfTic back. And tonight, few
but thames have resorted thither-
men whom the Redeless took from
ploughing his fields to gid with no,
bility. Is 1t likely that they will op-
pose the hand that can strip off their
gilding?" N
1t appeared that the young man
could find no answer to that, for he
made none.
cat least once, my lord, Ethelred' s
wilfulness has shown in his son, when
he set aside the Kings command to
take possession of Sigeferth's widow
and her estates. And | think it was
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-08-04
Arrivinu at a Verdict.

Kushequa. Pa. Aug. L. (SpeclaD-
In this section OF Pennsylvania there
IL a growing belief that for such hid.
ney Diseases as rheumatism and
Lame Back there Is only one sure
cure and that Is Dodd's Kidney Pills.
This belief grows from such cases as
that OF Mrs. NJ. J.. Dawson of this
place. she tells the story herself as
follows:
IL have suffered from rheumatism
for thirty years and find that Dodd's
Kidney Pills have done me more good
than any medicine have ever taken.
was also bothered with Lame Back
and can only say that my back
hasn't bothered me since took
Dodd's Kidney Pills"
Considering that Mrs. Dawson only
took two boxes Of Dodd's Kidney pills,
the result would be considered won
derful II II were not that others are
reporting similar results daily. Kushe-
qua Is fast arriving at verdict that
"Dodd's Kidney Pills are the one sure
cure for Rheumatism"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-08-04
Some Great Russian Wars.

which Russia has entered within the
last three-quarters of century. 1t
involved an expenditure of 100000
900 and a loss of 10000 men. That
was in 1928. Twenty-six years later
came the Crimean, in which France
and Great Britain took a hand. 1t
was spread over 1856, and cost ST.
525,OOO,O00 and $4,000 men. Then in
1877 followed a further fight with
Turkey. in which $3.50 100000 was eY-
pended and 1870 900 men disposed Of.
Russia is said to have an available
war fund OF s500,OO0,0O0