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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06
A FAMOUS STAR O
The Constellation Orion Ina Legend
and Literature.

The Constellation Orion In Legend
and Literature.
The constellation Orion il mentioned
In the literature Of all ages. In Egypt
It represented Horus, the young or ris.
Ing sun, In a boat surmounted by stars,
closely followed by Sirius, which was
shown as a cow. 1t has also been
found sculptured on the walls Of
Thebes 5000 years ago. And on the
men of that early time 1t shone down
from the same position and with the
same brightness N 1t does on us today,
a striking example of the unchange-
ableness Of the heavens.
From the days Of the early Hindoos
to the present the constellation has for
some reason borne always a stormy
character. illusions to Its direful infiu-
ence are found everywhere among the
classic writer's. Thus Milton wrote:
When with fierce winds Orion arrived
Hath vexed the Red sea coast.
The loss Of the Roman squadron In
the first Punic war was ascribed to the
fleets having sailed just after the ris-
ing Of Orion. The group has also been
employed as a calendar sign. Its morn
ing rising indicating the beginning Of
summer, its midnight rising the season
of grape gathering and Its early eve
Ing rising the arrival Of winter. with
its attendant storms. In recent times
the group has always represented a
great hunter or warrior. Its present
title came into Greek astronomy from
the E%uphrates and originally signifed
the light of heaven.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06
PROFITS OF THE DUMP.
Good Money In Many Old Things
That Are Thrown Away.

That Are Throw Away.
II get" said a Philadelphia dump
boss, "a Il week, free rent aud the dis
posal Of any dump of value.
Tin cans, for instance, belong TO me
II they are dumped here. and | make
a pretty penny out of them. They are
turned, you know, into tin soldiers and
80 forth.
"Corks are another %perquisite of
mine. Many and many an old broken
bottle on this dump had n good cork In
II. l get s cents a pound for all the
corks l find.
"Old shoes are never too old to be
sold. They have always one good
~piece-the piece over the instep-that
can be used again. The smaller pieces
of good leather cut out of them are
made into purses and wristlets.
'Eggshells also have value. Some
thing like 100000 pounds of eggshell
are used every year In the manufacture
Of kid gloves and print callcoes.
"Do you see those eighteen barrels
behind there? Well, each Of those bar
rels contains It's own variety of assert.
ed marketable dumpage. Each will
sell when filed at n good price. There
are, l believe, ~ifty-seven varieties OF
marketable dumpage, and some dumps
yield all the varieties. Mine yields
Observation-Disclosures Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06
EAR OF DIONYSluS,
One of thn Famous Whispering PiaceA
of the World.

Sh the ~orh0s
Among the notable whispering places
Of the world Is the Ear Of Diony.
sius" of ancient Syracuse. 1t is In
the shape OF a p~arabolic curve, ending
In an elliptical arch, with sides par.
allel to its axis, perfectly smooth and
covered with a slight stalactitic incrus,
tation that renders its re~percussions
amazingly sonorous. Ii Is "a feet high,
from II to 35 in breadth and 1877 deep,
1t has an awful and gloomy appear.
ance, which, with its singular shape,
perhaps gave rise to the popular and
amusing paradox that Dionysius had II
constructed for the confinement Of
those whom he deemed inimical to his
authority and that from the little
apartment above he could hear all the
conversation among the captives who
were brought to the ancient town Of
Syracuse In the time of Its splendor,
when 1t was the largest In Sicily. The
sound Of words uttered with a low
voice is augmented In vaults or gal,
leries so as to become audible at Il ON
siderable distance from the speaker.
A like effect takes place In q less de,
gree when sound ascends from the bot,
tom of n deep well or when words are
uttered at one extremity of n long cor,
ridor or passage In a building. IL a
pin be dropped into a well the sound
produced when 1t strikes the water is
distinctly heard ut the mouth or the
sounds Of words spoken near the sur
face of any well is similarly augment.
ed, Try it.-New Orleans Times Demo
crat.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06
sou For s1FrOm."

As a stranger In Philadelphia I was
much amused by certain provincial
isms. One Of these was the use Of the
word or instead of from" please
buy flowers OF me-" say the youthful
street vendors. One day while waiting
for some groceries a young lady, evil
IDENTIFY unused to housekeeping, ap-
preached the raw Irish clerk and tim
idly asked: II want some mutton to
make broth. Shall / get 1t of the
neck" s"So, ma'am," was the solemn
reply as the clerk pointed TO the butch
er busy at his block, I'VE git 1t of that
neutrality-suspicious..
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06
Fig Sunday,

Palm Sunday Is known In England
as Fig Sunday because In many dis
tricts figs are freely eaten on that day.
The custom Is common In the villages
Of Bedford, Bucks, Hartford and
Northampton and is found In some
parts Of north Wales. AS Palm Sunday
approaches the shop windows of Dun
stable are filled with figs In readiness
for the crowds who go to the top Of
Dunstable downs to regale themselves
on that day. At Kempton, In Hartford
shire, to keep warseP' Is to feast on
figs or fig buildings with your friends
on Palm Sunday. Fig Sunday Ii proba-
bly, connected with the story Of the
barren fig tree, which forms part Of
one Of the lessons for the day.-London
Mail.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06
Charity is Not Gone.

There are those who think real char
ity is gone from the heart and pur-
pose of our people. We mean that
which causes one, when trouble comes,
to help another without expectation
of recompense. To have that spirit
one has to forget self in sympathy for
his fellow man. We contend that
~selfishness does not have complete
dominion among people yet, that it is
not gaining in the hearts of the peo-
pie, that the Good Samaritan and the
Pythian stories of h~elpfulness and
sacrifice are acted over again in our
midst, and often never known to the
public. Here is a story from real life
here in Audubon, which came to our
notice only last week:
A man came to Audubon some
months ago poor, sick with consump-
ton and having a family dependent
on him. AS time went on his strength
waned and it seemed almost imposs-
AoIO w hiCCp eHC iahili . WdhtS. n
physician of the town was treating
him, giving what help could be given
in such cases, and expecting no fee.
The physician recommended the man
drink considerable milk, as it was
nourishing. The poor man said they
had no money to buy milk with. But
the sick mans little girl had heard
the doctor and her father talking
about it. She had a girl friend at
school to whom she told these things,
that her father "a slowly dying and
what the doctor recommended, and
this little girl friend told her father
who is a farmer near town. The next
day the farmer although he did not
know this sick man, yet the extreme
want and the little girls story touched
bis heart, and he sent a COW from his
herd to the sick mans home in town,
and sent word for them to care for
her and when she quit giving milk to
fetch her back and get another. 1t
was a simple act, done quietly, with
out parade or ostentation, but it
illustrates the fact that our natures
have a better side as we'll as a sordid
npn
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06
YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
Make Up Your Mind 10 seek IL Ratl
or Than Wait For IL.

Make w Your Mind Ia seek IL Rath-
81 Than Wait For IL.
II IL a dangerous thing to wait for
opportunities until 1t becomes a habit.
Energy and inclination for hard work
ooze u In the waiting. Opportunity
becomes Invisible to those who are do
ing nothing or looking somewhere else
for 1t. 1t Is the great worker, the man
who IL alert for chances, that sees
them. .tw
Some people become 80 opportunity
blind that they cannot see chances any
where-they would pass through a gold
mine without noticing anything pre-
c~lous-while others will find Opportuni-
ties In the most barren and out OF the
way places. Bunyan found opportu-
nifty In Bedford jail TO write the great
est allegory In the world on the I'M
twisted paper that had been used to
cork his bottles of milk. A Theodore
Parker or a Lucy Stone sees an oppor-
tunity to go to college In a chance TO
pick berries. One boy sees an opening
to his ambition In a chance to chop
wood, wait on table or run errands,
where another sees no chance at all.
One sees an opportunity to get an edu-
cation In the odds and ends Of time,
evenings and half holidays, which an
other throws away.-O. y. Marden In
Success Magazine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06
SUNDAY MEALS.
DO Not Overeat and You VIII Feel
Better ON Monday.

DO Not Ovsreat and You VIII Feel
Better ON Monday.
II II Is desired t. begin the week re-
freshed and ready for labor, rested In
mind and body, the eating customs Of
Sunday will have to be ~readtusted.
Have a later breakfast, IL desired, but
have then a very light n even IL you
are hungry, or, IL 1t must be hearty,
then do not upset your digestive hab-
its any more than may be avoided and
have but two meals on hat day and
eat no other. 1t would be far better to
have three light meals, lighter than
usual, II that could be arranged to fit
with the other household arrangements.
The custom OF noon dinner on that day
arises from the usual absence Of cook
or maid at the later one, and this may
be unavoidable. Very well. then; treat
this AZ a rest day for cook and diges-
tive apparatus az well as from other
labors. Have a light breakfast, a light
dinner and a chatting dish supper as
ear the ordinary hours Of meals as
possible and remember az you are 60
Ing to take less exercise than usual
you demand u lesser amount Of more
easily digested food.-Helen Johnson
In Good Housekeeping.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06
The Nourishinu Chestnut.

The London Lancet finds that the
chestnut Is the most digestible nut and
cannot only take the place of the pota-
to, as In France, where chestnuts, boil
ed and mashed like potatoes, make a
delicious dish, but in reality they are a
more perfect form Of food. According
to the Lancet's analysis Of the potato
and the chestnut, the latter contains
less water, more proteid, more fat and
starch, but less mineral matter, than
the potato and is more digestlble than
the latter. Like the potato, also. Its
nutritive and digestive qualities are
greatest when baked or roasted.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06

The death of John Hay has called
out universal expressions favorable
to him. 1t was the writer's privilege
to hear him speak last summer at st.
Louis. His voice, language and
manner on the platform indicated the
statesman as well as the scholar and
mar of percision and clearness. He
was appointed secretary of state Aug.
l6, 1898, serving nearly seven years,
or longer than any other man ever
served in that high position. He was
perhaps the best equipped of any liv-
ing man for that great Office. His tai
ents, temperament and life training
.eminently fitted him for it.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06
THE %PORCUPINE.
10 His Liking For Salt an Acquired
or "a Natural Tnstef

or "a Natural Tastef
Some men who were camping In the
Adirondacks several years ago on
breaking camp In the autumn left an
old tub which was saturated with
salt brine. On returning to the same
camp the neSt year they found that
the tub had been gnawed until little of
II was left. They We're not long In find
Ing out what animal had done the
work, for the camp was oceirun with
Canadian %porcupines. At night they
became such n nuisance that the camp
ers were obliged to kill them to protect
their property. The handle of Il paddle
was gnawed half through.
The explanation Of their presence in
such numbers during that year. when
they had not been n%oticeably abundant
In the previous year, IL that they had
made n rendezvous OF the camp, being
attracted by the old brine tub. On
this they Toasted all winter and for
that reason were greatly pleased with
the locality.
An interesting query Is this: Is the
liking for salt nm acquired or n natural
tnste? Were they ever able to crafty
that taste to any extent before man
gave them u chance TO do so?-St. Mich
olas.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06
PUNISHED BY PROMOTION.
Curious Laws That Prevailed In the
Fiorentine Republic.

CURIOUS Laws that In the
FIorentine Republic.
The Florentine republic had a unique
method OF dealing with It's too ardent
democrats. In 1903 the state passed
the famous magma Charta OF Flor
ence," to curb the cruelty and rapacity
Of the lawless mobiles, who, In defiance
OF the law courts, We're accustomed to
fog and torture their dependents at
will. The act practically DISTINGUISHED
these titled harpies by a clause which
excluded them from the signory-a
body in the state corresponding to the
British cablnet-unless they renounced
their nobility.
This curious provision prepared the
way for a still more extraordinary
clause, which enacted that any member
Of the democratic party who made
himself obnoxious to the government
and was by them declared to be guilty
of treason to the commonwealth" should
be given a patent of nobility and thus
at the same moment be raised In the
social scale and reduced to a political
nobody at the Will Of the state.-Lon-
don Telegraph.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06
Time and Books.

The economy of saving time is wise.
but there is an economy of spending
time. In reading, especially, hurry Is
most wasteful. Reading is the making
Of thoughts, Of ideas, Of pictures in the
brain. All young photographers know
how little Is to be made out of an "un-
~derexposed plate" but do they under
stand that there may be such a thing
as an ~underexposed brain? 1t takes
time to make impressions OF the mind.
II you read too fast, either aloud or to
yourself, or skim over your reading,
the mind receives poor impressions or
none at all.-St. Nicholas.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06
FLORlDA'S EXTENT.
h Everglade state IL Larger Than
Most Folks Imagine.

But few people have any conception
OF Florida's extent. Jacksonville Is
about as far north of Miami as he Is
south Of Charlotte, n. c.; about as far
north of Key West as she is south of
Danville, Va. Ignorance of the extent
Of Florida leads to many amusing mis-
takes. We sometimes hear the rail
roads of the state charged with max
ing poor time. Why, it takes over
cola to Miami. The man who makes
this remark would think he was travel
ing on a fiier II he made the trip from
Pensacola to Chicago in the same
length OF time Ii would take him to go
to Miami. But there is very little diff
ference In the distance. A land trip
from one end of Florida to the other Is
as long as from the lakes to the gulf.
A citizen of Maine who makes up his
mind to come south may get on the
ears and pass through Maine, New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connect
cut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania, Delaware, Maryland, the Dis
trict of Columbia and far into Virginia.
When he has done this he has taken
no longer ride than he could have TAX
en- by an equally direct line from II
Florida town to another, and there are
some men green enough to think they
are making poor time when they find
1t takes them longer to go from Pensa-
cola to Miami than from the eastern
to the western side of Maine. OF
course the old stagers do not make
these amusing mistakes. They have a
pretty clear conception of the geogra-
ply Of Florida. There are many, how
ever, who come on their first visit with
very hazy ideas of the state.-Florida
Times Union.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06

The mutiny of the Russian war ships
on the Black Sea is another indication
that the navy and army of that great
nation is crumbling. disagreement
at home is responsible for the condi-
ton. The heads of government have
been so much more interested in re-
tanning their own power than in doing
justice to the lower classes, that the
recoil from wrong doing is coming.
Japan had amucheasierjobbecau
of this disaffection in the Russian
navy and army.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06
CHATEAUBRlAND IN LONDON
A Picture of the English Capital of
q Century Ago.

u century AgO.
"All the English are mad by nature
or by fashion," C~hateaubriand writes
nonchal> ntly in the book of his en-
bassy in London Q82D, but he had a
very gay time with the same lunatics.
We hear Of dinners, Almack's and 10
beau monde. THE day was thus dis
tributed In London: At q o'clock in the
morning one FASTENED to a party OF
pleasure, consisting Of a breakfast in
the country; one returned to lunch In
London; ore changed ones dress to
walk in Bond street or Hyde park; one
dressed again to dine at 1880; one
dressed again for the opera; at mid
night one dressed once more for an
evening party Cor rout. What a life of
entertainments! l should a hundred
times have preferred the galleys." One
smiles and reads on. He found London
full of recollections of Bonaparte. "The
people had passed from the utilization
Of Nick to a stupid enthusiasm His
colossal bust by Canova decorated the
Duke of Wellington's staircase"
At an evening party at Lord London
derry's, the English premier, II was
presented by his majesty to a severe
looking lady seventy-three years old.
She was dressed In Grape, wore a black
veil like q diadem on her white hair
and resembled a queen who had abdi-
Gated her throne. She greeted me in a
solemn voice with three mangled sen
fences from the Genie du Christian
isme;' then she said to me, with no less
solemnity, 4 am Mrs. Siddons.' If she
had said to me, 4 am Lady Macbeth l
should have believed ~her."-John J..
a'Becket in Catholic Quarterly Review.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06
Bishop Brooks Joke.

Some years ago Bishop Phillips
Brooks was recovering from an illness
and was denying himself to all visitors
when Robert Ingersoll called. The
bishop received him at once. II ap-
preciate this very much" said Mr.. In
gersoll, "but why do you see me when
you deny yourself to your friendsr'
ut is this way" said the bishop. II
feel confident Of seeing my friends In
the next world. but this may be my
last chance OF seeing you"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06

A Viennese naturalist declares that
nearly all reptiles that die from nat
ural causes close their lives between
nightfall and midnight, only a few be-
tween midnight and morning and few
er still in daylight. Most reptiles seem
aware Of their approaching death, seek
ing out particular places and there
awaiting the end, while those whose
lives are spent underground come to
the surface before death.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06
The Descending Scale.

When a girl is first engaged she fig
ures on a ten house in the swell
part of town. AS time goes on the
house gradually decreases in size until
1t Is a four room structure. Then all
the fancy trimmings are left off, and
saxt the house is located in a remote
part of town. Finally when the we'd
ding comes off 1t is announced that the
couple will reside with the brides ia
ther.-Atchison Globe.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06
Landi landi Landi

have quite a few choice farms in
Guthrie county ranging from $35 to
a garden patch up to 300 acres. | sell
on straight commission and deal fair.
| have a few choice quarters would
take an so in exchange if taken soon.
Call on or write me at Guthrie Center.
Phone 81. If d. L. CANAL.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06

~ think / never saw Rymer so utter.
ly crushed as he was when his first
poem appeared In print"
"What was the matter? Some typo
graphical error in the poem"
"No. that wasn't 1t. What crushed
him was that the paper was sold for
a penny a copy, just as usual"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06

Virgil White is still lost to the Des
Moines newspapers but found by his
friends. Were he a less noted mans
son his escapade would cause but little
comment and the facts are probably
very commonplace when they are got
ten at.-WhatC Cheer Patriot.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06
Bills and Boards,

Bill had q billboard. Bill also had q
board bill. The board bill bored Bill SO
that Bill sold the billboard to pay his
board bill. SO after Bill sold his bill
board to pay his board bill the board
bill no longer bored Bill.-Yale Ex-
positor.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06
Old md

"Well, well, that's a funny thing"
"What is?"
Miss Passay was an old maid be-
fore she married, and now that her
husband is dead she has become a
young widow."-Catholic Standard and
Times.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06
In the History Class.

"Who set fire to the temple Of Diana
at Ephesus?" asked the teacher. look
ing sharply at the boy.
I'll don't know, ma'am," answered
the frightened urchin. "As true as
I'm settin' here, l didn't have nothin'
10 do with It,"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06
Notice.

The Ross N. Z. telephone company
voted an assessment of fifty cents per
member at their last annual meeting,
and the central fee of 300 is now due
and should be paid to the secretary.
26-3 l.. q. KoPP, Secretary.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06
Love-. Young Dream.

A Washington youth wrote home
after the elopement, II am married
now, and all my troubles are over"
Married men, please don't titter.-Chi.
cago Journal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06

"Why do you always agree with your
wife In e~verythingf" she said.
ct find 1t cheaper to do that than to
quarrel with her and then buy dia-
nonds to square myself"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06
Horses Wanted.

am buying horses at all times for
shipment. Am in town every Satur
day at my barn. Also have some
good mares for farm use for sale. If
you cannot call at my barn send me
word and | will come and see you.
+. O. NIKLASON.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06
Authorization.

Deacon Jones-In the better land ev-
erything will be made known. Mrs.
Prye-Won't that be fine? I've always
wondered how old Sarah Wilson was.-
Boston Transcript.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06
Couldn't spend IL.

"Say, Bill. once l had more money
dan I knew what to do WITH"
Eyer don't NEAR it,"
"sure. l found a quarter in a tenn
p'rance town."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06
An Inference.

Clerk-The old nan thinks you are
pretty. The overwhelmingly Has
he said SO? Clerk-No, but he doesn't
criticise your spelling. = New York
Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06
Other peopIe.. Business.

Jenny-Their engagement has been
broken by mutual consent. Kate-Isn't
that tantalizing! I'll never be salts.
fed until find out which one broke
it.-Smart Set.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06

The eyeball is white because the
blood vessels that feed Its substance
are so small that they do not admit the
red ~corpuscles.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06

Nobody ever prizes into another mans
concerns but with a design to do or to
be able to do him mischief.-S0uth.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06

Our flour is guaranteed. Try it.
Corn, oats, hay and mill feed always
on hand. Phone l41.
TT PAT MCCALL.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06

Avoid popularity; 1t has many snares
and no real beneft.-Penn.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-07-06

Experience is the extract Of suffer-
ing.-Howe.