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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-14

did you not?" she asked, lifting q
white face to his for a moment. "He
seemed confident he could find Perley,
uncle.'
80 he did Constance. Well, the
night is warm, and Perley won't be
| apt to suffer much except in his feel
! ings,' said Mr.. Carter as cheerfully as
! he could.
ooh, but my baby out in the dark
woods all alone!" and rush of tears
checked her words.
Mr.. Carter choked at the thought
and started off again down the street,
this time followed by Constance, who
fancied she saw lights coming toward
the village.
Yes, lights, and shouts, and cheers.
They have found him." cried Mr..
Carter, hurrying away, and Constance,
faint with sudden Joy, though she al
most feared to give it room, was
forced to loiter for a moment.
Not many rods away now came the
tramp of forty men and boys who held
their torches high above their heads
and made the village ring with a pro-
longed shout as soon as they left the
woods and entered it, Mrs. Hamilton,
with wildly beating heart, was at the
entrance to the bridge, made darker
by the flashing torches beyond its
range. AS she entered it she saw not
far away man with something in his
arms, who no sooner saw Mrs. Hamil-
h.
charged with feeling that it vibrated
upon her nerves like an electric shock,
Il found him. l knew l should. He
lay fast asleep with his head on his
arm, in hollow shut in by tall trees.
But I found him."
ooh, thank you, thank you! My
baby, my baby" taking the boy, still
sleepy, into her arms and covering his
face with kisses. Poor little darling,
to get LOST"
mo one could find him but me-" said
the man again, with his childlike air,
as if longing to be praised again and
again, an air strangely at variance
with his thought-seamed brow and we'll
shaped head.
After this. it was impossible to one
Of so grateful a disposition as Con-
stance to be unmindful of Primus Edes.
She felt that he had claim on her
kindness which it was a pleasure as
we'll as a duty to requite.
With one so absent-minded it would
be easy, she fancied, to make changes
in his surroundings which he would
never notice except in vague way, or
suspect that they came through her.
By gradual evolution, therefore, his
room at Mrs. Fry's came to wear the
dainty look that white drapery, pic
lures and books could give it. Next,
as cool weather approached, stove
mysteriously found its way there, and
a comfortable dressing gown, or loose
coat, if he chose to call it that, was
found hanging in the closet.
(To be continued.)
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-14

pearances truthfully. "a stranger gave
them to him." he said.
He is a harmless person, you can
see that" said Swan, "and an ignorant
one. Dan Fry says he cannot write
nor read, but is anxious to learn.
saw a copy that Dan wrote for him and
the fellow tried to follow. Here 1t is.
All capitals! Down here he has put
some of the letters together. CON.
Your name, as l live, Mrs. Hamilton!
I remember you signed your letter
Constance Hamilton"
Yes" said Constance, woefully
ashamed of the miserable scrawl
which told so much to the keen-eyed
detective.
He is evidently trying to learn how
to write your name first of all, and he
looked at her hesitatingly. do you
think-may l ask"
ASK what you wish" she answered
with an effort.
Then perhaps you will tell me
whether he seems to regard you with
more than ordinary INTEREST,""
Il am afraid he does" and Mrs.
Hamilton mentioned the fact of his
having watched her house many times,
but forbore to speak of his glances at
church, though not that he had
touched her little girls hair.
Swan smiled little, but looked puz-
Zled.
Il should dismiss the matter from
my thoughts if were you, madam" he
said after a little thought. This man
evidently has no connection with the
subject of your husbands disappear
ance. He has seen you and admired
you, that is all"
A simple solution of a great mystery,
thought Constance, if only she could
believe it. 1t looked plausible after
she had thought of it awhil3, and she
was indignant with herself that she
had allowed so slight a matter to
ruftie her, when she was already borne
down by such heavy burdens.
Primus Edes did not come to her
house now. She never saw him eX'
cept at church, and then he did not
glance at her. But he did at Perley,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-14
Reign Of Barbaric Display Over

so many an English title, castle and
coronet from decay, have not been
remiss in displaying the insignia of
their mission of succor-why should
they? 1t is what they are in England
and at court for. But they did not set
the fashion; they only conform to it.
For thirty years or So ever since the
photographs of Lady Londonderry,
Lady This, That and Tother-duch-
esses, countesses, warehouses;, and
so on down the order of precedence
have been sold in London and New
York shops, it has been well under
stood by the common people that "the
richest and rankest" pile 'barbaric
pearl and gold" on stately heads,
around columnar necks, on swan-like
breasts, on snowy arms and marble
fingers. The fair American salvors Of
decadent aristocracy would have
been boorish not to accept the estab-
lished order of things. Nevertheless,
the Queen deserves honor for her turn
of the tide.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-14
FRUITFUL FURNACES
INTENSE HEAT PRODUCES
PRECIOUS STONES.
Scientists Have Succeeded In Pluck
ing Real Diamonds and Rubies from
the Crucibe of the Furnace.

Recent advices from France state
that Prof. Moissan, the eminent sci
enlist and inventor, has actually sue
ceeded in making genuine diamonds
and rubies. He employs for this pur-
pose the electric furnace, which has
been SO improved that O. degree of
heat can be produced, approaching the
extreme temperatures, which were I'M
doubleday factor in the formation Of
minerals and gems in the interior of
the EARTH
The rubies obtained are of large
size, weighing 10 or 10 carats, and in
quality and color equal and even sur
pass those found in the earth. The
natural forces attending the formation
of diamonds seem to have been more
complicated, and so far the diamonds
resulting from the efforts of the sci
entists have been very small, but still
they are positively identified as the
carbon crystalline diamond. They
are remarkably clear and bright, and
on a small scale as fine specimens as
natures own product.
The electric furnace has enriched
chemistry with a whole series of
new compounds. Probably the one OF
most value to mankind at large is Cal
cium Carbide. The simple applica-
ton of water to Calcium Carbide gen
crates the gas Acetylene, which IS
now being commonly used for light,
ing.
The peculiar merits of Acetylene
light are its brilliance and high can
die power, ease of installation, eco
nomy and its adaptability for e5hting
buildings of every description, regard
less of their location
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-14
FIT FOR PRIZE RING.
Prize Fighters Verdict on His Portion
Of the Steak.

or the STEAK.
Richard Harding Davis, when he was
a reporter in Philadelphia, delighted
to disguise himself as tough" young
man and to mingle with the odd char
acters of the Ninth street district Of
the Quaker City.
Mr. Davis got to know this district
with peculiar intimacy It's prize
fighters he knew especially well. Not
seldom, in the gathering of some news
item, he would accompany a third
rate pugilist to his cheap boarding
house and dine with him on the most
unpalatable fare.
Il used to know one fighter" said
Mr.. Davis recently, who was a char
acter, a wit, a man Of no mean intel
lect.
"One lay ] dined with him at his
boarding house, a typical boarding.
house, tpe of those where the land
lady slts at the head Of the table and
serves The dishes to the submissive
pensioners ranged in two lines below
her.
MY Stend got piece of steak that
was fuh of gristle. Finding this steak
tolerabie tough he began to amuse us
all will, burlesque attempts at carving
It. He turned back his cuffs and
carved. Then he took off his coat.
Then he held his knife like a chisel
and pretended to hammer the handle
with u biscuit.
THE landIaiy, up to this moment,
had heen too busy serving to notice
the pugilist's antics. Now she spoke
up.
"Is there anything the matter with
your steak?' she said in stern voice.
THE pugilist smiled politely and an
swered:
eft is a trife overturned, perhaps,
madam; but, really, I never saw a
harder muscle"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-14

and one Sabbath the boy surprised
her by leaving her side and walking
off with Primus Edes. When repri-
manded by his mother he only said:
"Oh, | know him. I've seen him
lots, and like him. He has made me
a KITE, and now he's at work on a
ship for me-"
But is he a good man, Perley?"
asked she, seriously.
"Oh, yes. He says I must mind my
mother, and he hurrieS me to school
so l won't be late"
lncoEtestible proofs to Perley, but
not to his mother, though she could
not think wholly i'll of him. Indeed,
the time was coming when she was
to feel inexpressibly grateful to him.
One day Perley did not return as
usual from school, and for some time
his mother was not alarmed, as she
supposed he had called to see his
friend Edes, but by six o'clock Mrs.
Hamilton experienced a sudden thrill
of fear that he had not returned.
She went to the mill at once and to
her uncles Office, but he had not seen
! Perley.
Where does Mr.. Edes work, the one
who boards at Mrs. Fry's? Perley may
/ be with him"
''Edes? oh, he takes away from the
saw. l will go with you"
1t was the first time she had ever
| spoken to him, she thought, for all this
wild questioning of her heart and of
other people. But it was but for an
instant this occurred to her for she
was not little alarmed about Perley.
Il will go out and hunt him up" he
! said, putting on his coat that lay near
on pile Of shavings. 81 saw him this
morning, not since then"
"Oh, if he should have fallen into
the water!" cried Constance. Have
! you any idea where he can be-"
mo, but l will find him." he said,
confidently. Il will find him"
Mr.. Carter looked at him in some
surprise. We'll, I hope you can get
him home before nightfall. He may
be somewhere in the neighborhood
| with the other children.
Inquiries were made through the vii
lage, but no trace of the little fellow
could be found. Nothing had been
seen of him since he stood in the yard
at the close of school; but one little
girl prOfessed to have heard him say
he was going after beechnuts. With
this clue a company of men and boys
at nightfall started to scour the woods
with lanterns and torches. Constance,
nearly frenzied by this time, sat with
tightly clenched hands, listening for
any sound she might hear from the
direction of the woods Glare had
cried herself to sleep on the sofa, and
Mr.. Carter walked nervously about the
yard and down to the edge of the
woods a score of times.
u wonder where Edes went. didn't
see him with the men" he said to
Constance.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-14
Cure to Stay Cured.

Wapello, Iowa, Sept. 18th Especially
One Of the most remarkable cures
ever recorded in Louisa County is
that of Mrs. Minnie Hart OF this place.
Mrs. Hart was in bed for eight
months and when she was able to sit
up she was all drawn up on one side
and could not walk across the room
Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her. Speak
ing of her cure, Mrs. Hart says:
Yes, Dodd's Kidney Pills cured me
after | was in bed for eight months
and | know the cure was complete for
that was three years ago and have
not been down since. In four weeks
from the time started taking them
| was able to make my garden No
body can know how thankful am to
be cured or how much | feel | owe
to Dodd's Kidney Pills"
This case again points out how
much the general health depends on
the Kidneys. Cure the Kidneys with
Dodd's Kidney Pills and nine-tenths
Of the suffering the human family is
heir to, will disappear.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-14
The Gate to the Orient.

The American people are beginning
TO discover that the Golden Gate is
the front door to the orient. While
the nations officially are contending
for political settlement in Asia, the
food of travel has started through
San Francisco bay in pursuit of com
mercial opportunity in every region
beyond the Pacific slope. Time was,
rot long ago, when the point to move
from was on the other side of the con
tinent. But that is changed now. The
momentum is westward and the activ-
'ty radiates from the metropolis OF
California. The people who think of
going to the orient realize that when
they pass the Golden Gate they enter
at once into an extensive area of I'M
exploited possibilities. - Arthur L.
Street in Sunset Magazine for September.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-14
Or Roses Fair. That Please and
Never Cloy. Is just Freckled
Barum Scarum. Rowdy =
Dowdy Boy"

rhe purple morning glories run
Wild riot on the wall,
And yellow roses fling afar
Their petals, and as tall
As a small tree sunflowerS stand
And face the rising sun,
And white moonfiowers drcnched with
dew
Spread, though the night is done.
rhe white moonnowers drenched with
dew
Their blossoms soon will fold
And go to sleep and gloTies, too,
With one dew drop to hold
Win close their blooms till new morn
Will wake them up. and then
rhe morTow's morn will be as bright
AS this is again.
.Jncaring aught for all of these
a freckled urchin lies
n his white cot beneath the caves
With closed unseeing eyes,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-14
Never TO Be Trusted Even When
Seemingly Most Innocent -
Humorous Tricks Played on
Modeler While at Work.

wild animals have a great many
Ways of showing their contempt for
humankind" said an artist who has
made specially of modelling animals.
Every one has an idea that ele-
plants become tame and even fond of
people, but this is altogether wrong.
They are easily trained, but are never
tanned. They are docile just so long
as the keeper has his goad in his hand
or the memory of a burning endures.
had proof of this one day while mod
cling one of the elephants in big an
iInal show. I was sitting in his stall
with my modelling stand, not knowing
that on certain days he was given an
extra allowance of chain. Suddenly
he flung his trunk around with such
force that it smashed the stand to bits
and sent me dozen feet outside the
stall.
He never forgot his failure to finish
me, and soon afterward he expressed
his dislike in a more vulgar if less dam
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-14
Queen Alexandra Has Set Her
Face Against the Wearing of
Profusion of Offering Jew
elry by Women.

They say, observes the Springfield
Republican, that Queen Alexandra.
feeling that the display of gorgeous
jewels at court or opera or other So
cial functions is becoming too vulgar,
has set example of a change of fashion
by wearing studiously simple orna-
ments, such as a small pearl collar or
mere diamond brooch, which has set
in so sharp contrast the bedizened cor
onetG and necklaces and hands quite
orillig with rings ("brillig," vide the
Jabberwocky ballad in alice in Won
ierland'O, that the titled women of
he court are gradually decreasing
heir ostentation. But we object to
he slur that American women" are
especially responsible for this excess
If jewels. 1t is true that the Amer
can millionairesses who have rescued
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-14
Gambling Establishments Set Up
by Shrewd Employer of Cfii-
pino Labor to Keep His Nsn
at Their Work.

Victor s. Clark, in his report on Ia
Dor conditions in the Philippines,
states that Incidence in the interior
Is usually due to the fact that the la
borer cannot make use of the money
he earns. He tells of novel device
adopted by an American officer to rem
edy the difficulty. This officer" he
says, needed labor in order to carry
out certain necessary public improve
ments. He engaged sixty natives for
this undertaking at stipulated wage
of 80 cents silver currency Q2h cents
American currency day The first
day all the men deserted, because
rumor got around that the Americans,
like the Spaniards, would not pay
them for public work of this charac-
ter. The men were persuaded to re-
turn to work and were paid their full
wages regularly, as promised. AS
soon as money began to circulate
among them the agents of the nearest
Dattos and Sultan came into town in
order to get the money away from the
workmen on various pretenses. AS
this discouraged the industry of the la
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-14

An interesting story comes from
Paris of the unusual way in which
prominent young Partisan made the
acquaintance of the stage beauty OF
the hour. The lady was lunching in
a fashionable restaurant, accompanied
by her equally well-known poodle.
The dog was running about from table
to table, picking up pieces and col
lecting morsels from other diners,
and presently, when it returned to it's
mistress, she was astonished to see
written on it's back in red chalk:
Tell your mistress that she is sim
ply adorable" The gentleman signed
his name. After this formal intro
duction was no longer necessary.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-14
Poorly Paid and Badly Fed. but
the Uniform Is Thing of Joy
to All Beholders - In Their
Leisure Time:

George A. Sanford of the army Y.
M. G. A. thinks that the Greek is
reaching out for his old-time military
supremacy. Mr.. Sanford writes:
Modern Athens is full of soldiers.
They are mostly uniformed in two
shades of blue, not unlike the old
service uniform of the United States
army, but with added trimmings of
red. The kings own regiment is at
tired in ruffled shirt waists with gold
buttons, short plated skirts of white
material like a ballet dancer, which
are said to contain sixty yards of ma
terial, red pointed shoes with big
rosette on the apex, jaunty cap
without visor, but with a long tassel
and histrionic cloak. Were it not
for magazine rifles, revolvers and
knives, you would mistake a group of
these soldiers for a greenroom outfit.
At the annual carnival this regiment
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-14

her hknd went down into the sitting
room, as she thought, unObseryed; but
Mrs. Fry had seen the act as she
CHANGED to glance back, and wondered.
Mrs. Hamilton'S first act after re-
turning home and removing her wraps
was to write to Swan and send him the
three strands of hair, neatly grmmed
to paper.
The hair" she wrote. was 2ombed
from the head of person resembling
my husband in some respects. Do no:
mistake me. | Go not believe the man
to be Mr. Hamilton, but wish to know
that he Is not. Please submit the hair
to a specialist in such matters, if such
a one can be found, and learn whether
it has ever beCn dyed
Swan knew Of no specialist in such
matters, but Re felt convinced that a
pTacticed dealer in human hair might
give him points Of elucidatiOn. Ac
cordingly he went to the large estab
Iishment of Springer & Hollis on
Washington street, Boston, and as it
CHANGED was fortunate enough to see
Mr.. Hollis and state his errand to him.
There is one person in this build
ing on whose judgment you may rely.
Ambrose, tell Mr.. Hawkes. to step this
way"
In . moment quiet, gentlemanly
individual made his way toward them,
and Mr.. Hollis showed him the strands
IF hair, after Introducing the detective
and stating his errand.
Mr.. Hawkes. took it and disappeared
with it for few moments. When he
handed it back to Swan the detective
fancied it to be slightly wet.
"Well?" said he, interrogatively
at has never been cOlored. 1t is the
natural shade"
"You may count on Mr. Hawkes.
opinion as reliable" said Mr.. Hollis.
us it what you expected to learn?"
Hardly. suspect the one who sent
il to me thought it might be colored,"
replied Swan.
The detective answered Mrs. Ham
ilton's inquiries in person and he could
see she was relieved somewhat when
she learned what Hawkes. had said.
Indeed, she told him so. At his re,
quest she told him the few facts she
had learned regarding Primus Edes,
which, however, did not appear to i'm.
press him much until the matter OF
the marked shirts came up.
Il suspect such things-always did,
he said, for never knew people OF
the sort to count in a suspected per
son. Guilty people, or those with any
thing to conceal, don't give one name
and carry about articles Of clothing
marked with contradictory initials"
Il should think your reasoning good,
said Constance, much impressed. Per
haps Dan Fry is right in thinking tina
some one gave him the articles"
u will find out If can" said the de
tectiye. And he did to his own salts
faction that very day, for he learns
that Dan had asked the question al
ready, and been answered 10 all al
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-14
ABOUT THE IDEAL ROMEO.
London Critic Believes Only an Italian
Could Play It.

Could Play 1t.
Mr.. Max Beerbohm suffers us to
have no illusions, says the Ladies' Pic
torial. He has now assured us that
no one has ever seen Romeo and
Juliet" properly acted, and for this
reason, that there is no actor or
actress who could express the first
awakening of love in adolescence,
which was what Shakespeare intended
to present in this beautiful love TRACE
dy. No young Englishman has the
power to do so, while the mature man
who has the power only shows us
mature love. The consequence is, he
says, that the ideal Romeo will never
be seen unless he is a young Italian
actor who can speak English perfectly.
One cannot help seeing the force OF
this argument, but as we cannot get
what he suggests, we must obviously
make up our minds whether we will
be content with the representation OF
matured love, or whether we will do
without technique and get quite young
people to play for us. Most playgoers,
one fancies, will prefer the imitation
of loves young dream by actors who
understand the art of making be-
lieve," which is as near nature, after
all, as one expects to get on the stage.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-14
Soldiers of Modern Grecian Army

includes in its evolutions some high
stepping and ballet dancing.
"Greece's army on a peace footing
consists of $4,000 men. Every young
man is expected to serve in this capa-
city except oldest sons. The soldiers
pay is equivalent to about $3.50 a
month. A typical days rations is said
to be about as follows: Breakfast,
black coffee and bread; dinner, soup,
meat and wine; supper, bread and
cheese. The wine issued by the quar-
termaster's department is said to
have been treated with rosin and the
resulting mixture reminds the unini-
tiated of the juice of green persim-
mons.
Almost every soldier smokes, and,
in spite of the ubiquitous and iniqui-
tous cigarette, few survive their en-
listment No provision is made for
their leisure. We are told that they
spend their time reading posters on
the dead walls, walking about the
streets or drinking a few sous worth
Of wine at one of the sidewalk cafes
as they watch the street procession"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-14

A member of Parliament, while
electioneering visited working
mans house in which he saw a pic
ture of King William facing portrait
of the Pope. He inquired the reason
for this queer mixture, and found
from the wife that she was a Roman
catholic, while her husband was not
only Protestant, bat an Orangeman
to boot. How do you get on to-
gether?" asked the astonished poll
Uician. Very well, indade, barring
the twelfth of July, when my hus-
band goes out with the Orange pro-
cession and comes home drunk. Then
he always takes the Pope down and
jumps on him, and then goes straight
to bed. The next morning / get up
early, before he is awake, and take
down King William and pawn him
and buy new Pope with the money.
Then | give the old man the ticket
to get King William out"