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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-04-27

what he feared It was intended for
Lady Waters, the page confessed.
You see, sire, the name in the note is
Elaine-it was her name"
All" the King said
/ should. have been hard to please,
indeed, if l had not been satisfied
with the Kings change of manner.
"Crazed he left the court, without
seeing either the King or his wife.
IT'S matter of history how he joined
Cromwell, forsaking the King"
Yes" he cried impatiently. "But
why did he not see the King and have
the note authenticated? Why act
like jealous fool?"
Eyes, why?" / said HE was too
sensitive, l think"
'He had great provocation if it were
true" he said, "but not enough, me-
thinks, to join that assassin's army
and give him service, and good serv-
ice, too" he finished bitterly.
mot so good, perhaps, as Cromwell
would have wished, however" | ha-
Stoned to say, "else the war had been
sooner ended and his Majesty a pris-
oner sosle months ere he was"
How so?" he asked.
after the battle of Marsden, Lord
Waters had the honor of taking his
Majesty a prisoner" ! said.
mo? An improbable tale" he
cried.
Il have proofs" retorted.
I held out to him the tiny brooch.
He took it with shaking hand.
His! not doubt of it," he whis-
pered; "the martyred King's!"
He got up and paced the floor, look
ing at the jewel in his palm.
Yes, as a child have seen him
wear it," he murmured. "By what
Vaccinations did Lord Waters obtain
this brooch?" he said cuttingly.
Il told you, SIRE" | replied with
dignity.
He paced the floor with a more hur-
ried tread, while he frowned and knit
his brow in deep thought. He said:
Now, l remember having heard that
after the battle of Marsden, being sep
arated from his guards, he had been
captured by man serving on the
other side, but when the man found
that it was the King he held, he had
released him, even given him safe
conduct to his men, so that he should
not be retaken. 1t was told me by
General Lauderdale, to whom my
father had related the incident.
Strange! the King, my father, did not
recognize so familiar man at court
as Lord Waters"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-04-27
The Man Who Loves Words.

"Other folks, of course, have their
poor pleasures" says Richard lie Gal
lienne in Harper's, "but for man
who loves words no JOY the world can
give equals for him the happiness of
having achieved a fine passage or a
perfect line. When Thackeray struck
his fist on the table, as the story goes,
when he had finished the scene of Col.
Newcomers death, and exclaimed, by
God, this is genius, there was no en-
pire he would have accepted in ex-
change for that moment. We often
hear that your true artist is never sat
isfied with his work. His ideal escapes
him, the words seem poor and lifeless,
ETC., compared with the dream. Who,
ever started that story knew very lit
tie about the literary temperament or
he would have known that-the words
are the dream. The dream does rot
exist even as dream, or only very
imperfectly, till it is set down in
words. Yes, the words are the dream"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-04-27
Pumping From a Stream.

To pump water an elevation of fifty
feet by hand requires considerable ex.
ertion, although, OF course, It can be
done. With a two.inch cylinder Il
would require force Of ten to fifteen
popunds at the end of tho pump han.
die to deliver water fifty feet high,
and the finch cylinder, with the same
leverage, would require four tlpas
that force. Unless strong meI, there
fore, were to undertake TINS work, IL
does not seem to be practicable to in.
stall hand pump. II hand pump Is
installed, II should have cylinder
not larger that two inches, and In any
event the force pump to raise tho
water this height should be furnished
with an air chamber which will assist
the working A windmill would. of
course, be an ideal means OF pumping
the water IL sufficient elevation can
be given to It. 30 that IL can catch
the force Of the wind A situation for
the windmill one-half way up the
slope, which would be twenty-five feet
lift below the piston and 25foot
force action from the pump to tho
outlet, would be the best plan. With
good plumbing, this Is quite practIc'
able, namely, to have 25 feet exhaust
below the piston and such situation
for the windmill would probably give
it sufficient exposure TO make 1t prac-
ticable.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-04-27
Master of the Bed Chamber

Master of the Bed Chamber to
Charles l."
The King frowned, and thought 1t
best to get to the very gist OF what
| had to tell at once without any pref
acing.
1.-THE two beings he held dearest in
life were His Majesty King Charles
and his young wife. One night-it
was the night of the 10th of January,
1639-being stationed in an anteroom
by the express command of the King,
page came to him, saying, "A mes
sage from the King Thinking it only
an ordinary missive pertaining to the
business on hand, he took it from
him, opened and read it. Here is the
paper"
took from a jeweled locket I wore
fastened to my waistcoat by a rosette
of ribbons the paper l had received
from my father. had kept 1t secure
ly hidden in its jeweled. receptacle
did not intend it should be stolen from
me a second time
The King took it daintily, rather
disdaining that old slip of paper. He
opened 1t with a bored look; that look
turned to animated interest when he
saw it had his deceased fathers sig
net attached to it.
"a love letter." he asked.
nodded. Read it, SIRE" / begged.
"a torgery-cleverly done-and
signed with the Kings signet!" he
calculated when he had finished.
'Who would have dared?"
"a forgery, as you say" l said;
"and so Lord Waters, my father, in
his later years came to think. but not
at the time The artlessness of the
page, young Kenneth, son of old Sir
Longville Che is dead, so nothing can
be proved and the King knowing he
was on duty out of the way, all tended
at the time to lend confirmation to
the deed Lord Waters questioned
the page. He told him that he had
made a mistake, and handed him an
other note, which proved to be merely
a message from the King sending him
upon a. mission that should take him
from the court for a few days. AS ne
was delivering a cutting reproof to
the careless page before letting him
go, he saw something in the fellows
face that made him stop and ask him
to whom he was to deliver the other
note? The page stammered and APP
peared so confused that Lord Waters
hand was not light and he soon knew
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-04-27
!, indeed"

profitable business, indeed" he
sneered.
Evidently Sir Raoul Dwight had not
had the ear of the King for naught.
Not So" l replied; you, sir, have
been misinformed. l threaten no
lady"
Say you so?" he retorted. Then
where is this paper l have heard so
much about-the court is wearied to
death with the various stories afioat
concerning it, would see it,
"If it is the promise of marriage
won from the lady's father you mean,
have it not in my possession" said.
Promise of marriage" he repeated.
~Poof! it is nothing. | can do away
with it as easily as I can squash
this fly"
He raised his hand and brought it
down upon, he supposed, that trouble
some insect, buzzing about so late
I'm the season. When he raised his
hand there was nothing under it; the
ty had flown to the wall.
st is not always so easy to squash
even so mean thing as a fly" l
murmured.
Think so?" he questioned.
He rang a bell. One of his guards
came at its summons.
There is a fly on the wall to the
right; kill it," he commanded.
The man proceeded upon the chase.
It required some effort His Majesty
leaned back with half-closed eyes,
waiting, while he fingered the long
coat of one of his pets. Once he
tapped his foot impatiently at the
mans delay. l watched the fellow
with more interest than the case de-
manded, and had been in any other
presence than the Kings | should
have laughed at his frantic move
ments and the cleverness of that
small insect.
At last he had him-his day was
done-the man held out his hand to
his Majesty, and in his palm lay the
crushed fly.
at is done, your Majesty" he said.
The King commanded him to leave
the room, and again resumed his play.
81 see," | said after pause. "A
mans word goes for naught in King
Charles court But your Majesty, II
/ have your permission, | will tell
YOU my reason, or rather my mission
In London"
He nodded. Having successfully
demonstrated his object lesson he was
in a good humor.
my father, you already know, is
Lord Waters of Long Haut, and was
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-04-27
Automatic Coupler for Airbrakes.

On a model of recently invented
automatic buffer coupling attached to
two model cars now being exhibited
in London the coupling not only con-
lects the vehicles, but at the same
lime couples the air brakes. The out
standing feature Of the invention is
hat no lever is required to complete
he act of coupling, the whole opera
ton being perfectly automatic. The
attachment has both an up and down
and lateral movment, thus adapting
Itself to loaded or empty cars and to
sharp curves. The model, in fact,
shows the cars on a two chain curve,
more acute than any English or CONT
rental curves in existence. 1t is also
said no alteration in the general con-
struction of rolling stock Is necessary
to affix the attachment to present
equipment.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-04-27
Nervous School Children.

Statistics gathered by various
School Boards, show that large per-
centage of school children suffer from
different forms Of nervousness, mild
or exaggerated. Some showed ten
dency to melancholy, others mental
depression, and many the nervous
twitchings OF mild chorea, or st. Vitus'
dance. Most Of these troubles can DO
overcome by proper food, sufficient
sleep, and DR.. Caldwells Oaxatiye)
Syrup Pepsln. II is a universal chill
dren's medicine, because, II good food
Is eaten, It insures that the food IL
properly digested and Indigestion and
nerve poisons properly thrown out.
1t Ia pleasant to take, and safe and
sure In results. Try 1t. Sold by all
druggists at soc and $1.O0. Money
back II IL fails.
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Table and Stove.

Both table and a means OF heating
foods and water are of the nature of
necessities around the sick room and
nursery. and 1t has remained for q
woman to combine these features as
shown in the accompanying cut. There
are number of novel features about
this arrangement. The heating Is done
by lamp Of the ordinary character,
such as Is to be found around most
any household. Placed on the floor,
tho top of the chimney is allowed to
come just below the table top, and
the table, being supplied with tele-
scoping legs, can be placed at any de-
sired height. Any small utensils
flled with food or water may be
quickly heated by merely placing 1t
on the table over the opening.
The hinged extension leaf may be
made to answer several purposes. In
the first place, Il increases the capaci-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-04-27
WATER GARDENS IN THE YARD
A Plea for Something Different in the
Small Home Enclosure.

Small Home Enclosure.
A small outdoor water garden is
just the thing to make ones place diff
ferent from the general run of COM
monplace gardens, says a writer in
the Garden Magazine. Why not try
some hardy water lilies this year.
l have two pools in my garden, and
both are a source of great pleasure
to my family and myself, as well as
the stranger in my gates. One is
planted with water lilies and the other
with lotus. In the former we have
flowers from early spring to late
autumn. The colors are white, yell
low and pink. The lotus blooms for
a period of about two months, and
have nothing in my garden to COM
pare with it's flowers in beauty.
If you are lazy gardener try water
lilies. They require no watering, when
everything else is drying up, and no
wedding at any time. They multiply
so fast with me that most of them
have to be dug up evory spring, and
the increase sells at good prices. Do
not grow geraniums, cannas, coleus
and the like, when so many beautiful
plants can be grown so different from
your neighbors.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-04-27

"He was much changed, SIRE" I
said, "and affected the puritanical
style. 1t was also dark and he wished
to be unrecognized."
What strange creatures men are!"
sohloquized his Majesty.
II would have you know, SIRE" I
continued, "that after that the old
love for his King returned to Lord
Waters. He resigned from Crom-
wells army. end went to his estate in
Long Haut. There he obtained a
divorce from his wife, and, after liv.
ing in retirement, married my mother,
who died in childbirth. During the
years of my minority the thought that
he might have wronged the King and
his first wife never left him. 1t made
him what he has been ever since, a
miserably sick man. Owing to his
condition he was not able to come
himself, so he sent me to lay the mat
ter before your Majesty and plead for
forgiveness"
had finished and knelt before
him.
Fore God! you shall have IT," he
cried, as he motioned me to rise; "but
it seems to me that it's to Lady
Dwight you should go as your fathers
emissary to plead for forgiveness"
Lady Dwight" | exclaimed.
I was too astonished to say more.
"she is your fathers divorced
wife," he explained
my fathers wife!" l repeated.
even So" he affirmed, none too pa
tiently.
Light dawned upon me and under
stood my lady's fainting fit; she, too,
was overcome by circumstances.
"And Sir Raoul Dwight" / ques-
toned fiercely.
"Your halfbrother," he answered;
"born in France, six months after
your father left in such importunate
haste"
my God!" cried. "And they talk
about instinct; | had not the least in
nate feeling toward him. Why, we
were ever as cat and dog whenever we
came in sight of one another"
Gwen brothers will quarrel over a
woman" he smiled.
"There need be no more quarrelng
upon that score" l replied: che is
welcome to the lady"
"That is good, he enjoined. "You
will return the paper at once to Lady
FELTON,, and renounce all claim to her
hand"
Certainly" I replied. 81 never in
tended to keep her to it. I will get
the paper from the person who has It
and make her present of it tonight
before | sleep. Had the lady been in
town she would have had it before
this"
"Been in town." he began. "Ah.
yes. So you shall gladden. Raoul
Dwight's heart; he but now went
from here with a hanging head be-
cause | would promise him nothing"
His Majesty yawned and then dis
missed me.
Ito be continued)
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-04-27
CHAPTER Kill.
An Interview with the kinq.


A door opened and courtier Git
vas my bette noire, Sir Raoul Dwight)
came from the anteroom, into which
was waiting to be admitted. 1t was
evident that his Majesty's mission
had not retained him from court so
long as he had anticipated.
A frown was on his brow and his
head hung. He would have passed
me had not my deep look forced his
eyes. The frown broadened, and a
curse burst from his sullen mouth.
His hand slid to his sword
"Will not tomorrow be time
enough, Cousin RaouP?" l asked.
Fore God! I'll kill you then" he
growled venomously.
"At your service" said.
My name being called, turned my
back upon him and walked to the
room where l was to have my inter-
view with King Charles II. Had
Raoul Dwight knife then and no
one been about / doubt not but that
l should have felt it between my
shoulders.
His Majesty sat surrounded by his
dogs, pulling the ears of one, slapping
another over the nose with his lace
kerchief, Gliding yet another who
would be too fond. Doing thus he
kept me standing, inwardly chatting at
the delay.
At last, tired of this play, he con-
descended to speak; before doing so,
however, he gave the dog nearest him
a vicious twist of the ear, which sent
him yelping back of his masters
chair.
go" he said, go this is the re-
doubtable Quentin Waters, son of that
renegade Lord Waters of Long Haul,
is it?"
He looked at me long with a heavy
frown on his thin face. Not an aus
picious opening certainly.
YES" l affirmed, 81 am Quentin
Waters at your command, sire"
And why does Quentin Waters,
son of Lord Waters dare venture into
London?" he questioned imperatively.
why have ventured into London,
and seek this interview is-well-I
am come upon my fathers affairs"
managed to stammer.
81 see," sarcasm rang in his voice.
Meanwhile you spend your time
threatening a fair subject of mine
with a meaningless piece of paper
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-04-27
Device for sendIna Pine Found.

Great improvement over the old
method of bending sand filed pipe by
land is promised by the invention Of
4 new bending machine by means of
which one man can bend a piece Of
two inch pipe into an IS" in three
minutes. The machine is operated
by hand wheel carrying pinion, the
after engaging a quadrant gear, which
in turn operates the bending quad
rant. The pipe to be bent is held In
position at one end by n "V" shaped
clip, while a pine or roller, placed in
a platen, engages the other end. Plac-
ing the pin in different holes in the
platen governs the curvature obtain
ed. While the machine is portable
it's chief value will be to those shops
where a large amount of tubing is
bent.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-04-27
TAYLOR
He KNEW THE CREED.
Proved That at Some Time He Had
Attended Sunday School.
Ito be continued.)

Attended Sunday School.
There is no clergyman who enjoys
n good story more than Bishop Pot
ter, even though it touches upon af-
fairs of the church. One OF the recent
occasions on which he INDUCED in
hearty laugh was while listening to
the experience of young man who is
engaged in city mission work on the
east side.
Among those the young missionary
tried to interest in church work, were
two rather hardened characters, who
in their boyhood days had, however,
attended Sunday school.
"Oh. that's all right, boss" said
one, 81 don't need no church going
learned all that as kid and so did
Jim here. Why, l know the prayer
book backward"
"I'll bet you DON'T" interrupted his
friend. "Ill bet you dollar you can't
say the creed now"
THAT goes. I'll take you," was the
reply. He then proceeded to repeat
the Lords prayer, laboriously but cor
rectly. while his friend listened in as.
tonshed silence.
well, I'll give in" said he, when
it was ended. Il don't see how you
could remember the creed all these
years. Here's your dollar, confound
you!"-New York Herald.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-04-27
THE TEACHERS FOE
A LIFE ALWAYS THREATENED BY
NERVOUS PR0STRATI0N.
Ono Who Broke Down from Six Yenrs OF
Overwork Tells How She Escaped
Misery of Enforced Idleness.

One Who Broke Down from Six Years OF
Overwork Tells How She Escaped
Misery of Enforced Idieness.
~ had been teaching in the city
schools steadily for six years. said Miss
James, whose recent return to the work
from which she was driven by nervous
collapse has attracted attention. "They
were greatly overcrowded, especially in
the primary department. OF which had
charge, and had been doing the work
OF two teachers. The strain was too
much for my nerves and two years ago
the crisis came.
~ was Frustrated mentally and ply
sically sent i'll my resignation aud never
expected TO be able TO resume work. It
seemed to me then that was the most
miserable woman on earth. / was tor
tured by nervous headaches, worn out by
inability TO sleep, aud had so little
blood that / was MS white MS chalk.
"After my active life, it was hard to
bear idleness, and terribly discouragng
to keep paying out the savings of years
for medicines which did me no good.
elbow didyou get back your health?"
"a bare chance aud lot of faith led
mo to cure After had suffered for
many months, and when / was on the
very verge of despair, happened TO read
an account OF some cures effected by
DR.. Williams Pink Pills. The state
ments were so convincing that / some
how felt assured that these pills would
help me. Most people, / think, buy only
one box for trial, but purchased six
boxes ut once, and when had used
them up, was indeed well and had nc
need of more medicine.
"Dr. Williams Pink Pills enriched my
thin blood, gave mo back my sleep, re.
stored my appetite, gave mo strength to
walk long distances without fatigue, in
fact freed me from all my numerous all.
ments. i have already taught for several
months, and | cannot say enough III
praise of DR.. Williams Pink Pills"
Miss Margaret M. James is now living
ut No. 1913 Clay street, Dayton, Ohio.
Many Of her fellow teachers have also
used DR.. Williams Pink Pills and are
enthusiastic about their merits. Sound
digestion, strength, ambition. and cheer
full spirits quickly follow their use. They
are sold IL. every drug store in the
| world.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-04-27

What would be the cost of a
cement wall under barn 36x50 feet,
8 feet high? 2. What would be the
approximate cost of barn 3Gx50 feet,
with IA feet posts, with stalls for
four horses, young cattle and COWS?
The basement would require 40 bar.
rels of Portland cement, AS yards OF
gravel, and IA yards OF stones for
filters. Five men would build tho
wall in three days. The superstruc-
ture would cost about five hundred
dollars, according to tho local price
OF lumber and labor.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-04-27
Concrete or Stone for a Wall.

A concrete wall one foot thick IL
as strong, and viii keep out frost as
well as a stone wall eighteen inches
thick. II is much dryer and gcner-
ally cheaper than stone work. To
make good concrete always use clean
gravel Stone filters can be used in
building concrete walls, In size from
six TO eight inches In diameter, thor.
oughly bedded into the concrete, and
kept two inches from both the inside
and outside surface. You could use
sand, three parts; small stones. FIVE
parts; to one part Portland cement.
but In this case you could not use
the stone filters mentioned above. All
material should be free from loan or
clay. A foot wall 20x40 feet and 0
feet high with footings would take
Portland cement, thirty-three barrels;
gravel, thirty-fve yards, and stone
filters, ten yards. Six men would do
the work in five and one-half days.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-04-27
An AccomplIshed pauahter.

Mrs. b. suppose you find yoai
daughter very much improved by her
two years stay at college?
Mrs. Proudmother--La yes! Mary
Elizabeth is a carnivorous r>adei
now. and she frequently improvishees
music. But she amt bit stuck up
she's unanimous to everybody, an she
never keeps caller waitin' for her
to dress; she just runs in nom de
plume, an you know that makes one
feel so CONFERENCE.-The >
Magazine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-04-27
Improvement on Idea.

One Improvement might be sug-
gested to the genius who proposes to
utilize cats for the generation Of an
electric current for lighting. He pro-
poses to round up the cats and drive
them through a chute so they will
pass under rotating brushes, which
will abstract the desired current. II
he can but train mice to race through
the chute ahead of them, the cats
might be drawn through by Undue
ton.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-04-27
FOR A SMALL BARN.
Plans Of Permanent and comfort
able Bujldinu.

For barn to hold four cows, tw.
horses and twelve tons Of hay, an
S-foot wall on all sides Is the bas'
plan. The cost would not be much
more than an 1S-inch wall at the front
and a 6-foot at the back and ends.
and comfortable. permanent stable
would be the result. The superstruc
ture could be used for hay and may
be filed by means of a horse fork from
the ends. Chutes could be built from
the ceiling of the basement to near
the roof Of the barn In order that hay
may be thrown down through them
for the stock. The chutes need only
TO be Slated at the sides so that hay
may be forked into them at any
height.
Tho frame structure, 20x30 feet,
with l2-foot posts, would hold more
than twelve tons of hay. Time and
labor for the stone wall would cost
about S104, The cost of the super