davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15
o2Uza9zz2 4aS % zaz7e SzzY

"And you tell me she he's consent
ed to this?"
81 have said so. Expect nothing bat
coldness from her. She Is Georgia
girl and bitterly opposed to all North
ern soldiers. Make up your mini that
you will never see her after tbs nigh-.
Allow this strange romance to fade
out of your mind. Lyndhurst s'ill be
saved and In twelve months the cour 8
will set you both free again. This
is a marriage of business and con-
venience-no dancing, no blushing
bride, no happy hearts. The growl OF
Sherman's heavy guns Is the only
music, and that sad enough to South
ern hearts. Decide in five minutes
whether you care to live Benedict or
die bachelor"
John walked up and down. Life
was sweet to him, for he had much to
accomplish, duties to perform. Be-
sides, what mattered 1t under these
peculiar circumstances? AS yet the
romance In the affair did not appeal
to him.
before ueClue one way VI IHS
other, will you allow me to see the
young lady who has offered herself a
sacrifice in orde- to save Lyndhurst?"
81 don't see why you show any
curiosity in the matter, as she will be
your wife in name only. However,
am disposed to be lenient. Step
this way-she stands by the table In
the other room under the light. Tell
me, Yankee, will you accept and liver"
John held his breath.
He had not expected to see such
a charming girl as the one who raised
her head and looked coldly, yet with
some little show of curiosity, toward
him.
81 will sign the paper, SQUIRE" he
said, quietly, while to himself he NUT
tered: "If I have to be sacrificed on
the altar of connubial folly, l could
hardly wish for a more interesting
partner in the ceremony"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

try, 1t may be admitted that the story
of the boy who could not tell lie is
as permanently linked with the name
of George Washington as Is the tale
OF Romulus and Remus with the his
tory of Rome. And the value of such
an association may be of greater in
fluence upon American life and Amer
ica's future than are some of the bet
ter-authenticated deeds Of Washing
tons career.
There will always be hypocrites,
but, as hypocrisy is said to be the
tribute that vice pays to virtue, the
more people are led toward truth
In word and deed the less easy 1t will
be for hypocrites to maintain their
standing in society.
Consequently Washington's reputa.
ton as a truth-teller deserves the
highest recognition among his coun-
trymen of to-day when, in both poll
tics and business, there is a tendency
to ignore the strict truth IL there
should be anything to gain by false
hood.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15
CEREMONY IN sPYs EXECUTION.
In English Army 1t Follows a psfin-
tie Precedent.

The ceremony of disposing. of con.
demneu spy in the English army al
ways follows a definite precedent. The
unfortunate man is surrounded by
detachment Of infantry, and, after
he is provided with pick and shovel,
he is marched off to a selected spot
and ordered to dig his own grave.
This done, the tools are taken from
him and his eyes are bandaged. The
attending chaplain reads portions Sc
lected from the burial service and
from the ranks of the escort twelve
men are selected at random by the
officer in charge. These men, having
staked their own rifles, are led to
where twelve other rifles are awaiting
them, six of which are loaded with
blank cartridges. One of these is
handed to each man, so that no one
knows whether the rifle he holds con-
tains a bullet or not and none can say
for certain that the shot fired by him
killed the prisoner. The firing party
then marches to an appointed position.
The commands Present." 'Fire!"
are given and almost before the last
word rings out the volley is fred and
the spy falls in to the grave he has
dug. Nearly every man is more or less
affected on being selected to form one
of the firing party and many men
have been known to faint away on
being singled out, while others are
en- overnome "a tn he scarcely able to
pull the triggers of their rifles.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15
Canadian Irrigation Schemes.

The perennial streams of water
flowing from high levels and fed by
the melting SHOWS of the Rocky noun
tain ranges serve the double purpose
of furnishing electrical power for me-
chanical uses and for adding vastly
to the agricultural capabilities of the
great plains and arid spaces of the
west by means of irrigation. Canada
will not be behind the United States
in the utilization of the mountain
streams. The Canadian Pacific road,
with view to the better develop.
ment of grazing and wheat-growing
prairie lands In Alberta, has begun
the construction of system of canals
intended to irrigate three million
acres, the production of which will be
tributary to its lines. Five million
dollars are to be expended in digging
these canals. 1t Is expected to find
future market for Alberta grain pro-
ducts in Japan and China.-P hiladel-
phia Record.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15
A BOYS BREAKFAST
There's Natural Food That Makes
Its Own Way.

Its Own Way.
There's boy up in Hoosick Falls,
N. Y, who is growing into sturdy
manhood on Grape-Nuts breakfasts.
1t might have been different with him.
as his mother explains:
"My 11-year-old boy Is large, well
developed and active, and has been
made so by his fondness for Grape
Nuts food. At five years he was
very nervous child and was subject
to frequent attacks of indigestion
which used to rob him of his strength
and were very troublesome to deal
with. He never seemed to care for
anything tor his breakfast until I
tried Grape-Nuts, and I have never
bad to change from that. He makes
his entire breakfast of Grape-Nuts
food. 1t is always relished by him
and he says that 1t satisfies him bet
ter than the ordinary kind of meal.
Better than all he is no longer
troubled with indigestion or nervous
ness. and has got to be splendidly
developed fellow since he began to
use Grape-Nuts food" Name given by
Postum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich. :.
There's reason. Read the little
book. THE Road to Wellville." in
pkgs.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

them, are grouped about these. Eacl
has an interest peculiar to itself; bu
above and beyond them all In sacred
associations and hallowed memories
Is the room in which Washington
breathed his last. The bed upoi
which more than one hundred years
ago he lay dying stands in the same
spot to-day. Near 1t is light table
stained with the marks Of medicine
glasses, and at Its foot the chair Ii
which the faithful wife sat watching
through all the weary hours, and upon
which. when all was over, lay her
open Bible.
One must climb another flight OF
stairs to rSch the room occupied by
Mrs. Washington after this--a low.
narrow roof room, very cold in win
ter, for there was no way of heating
1t, and hot when tie summer sun beat
upon 1t. Through its single dormer
window, however, she could look out
upon her husbands tomb. and there
she remained until the silver cord
which bound her to life was loosed
and she went to join him in his long
sleep by the river.
A negro sentinel guards the graves.
who tells you, In the vernacular of the
race, how the key which locks the
vault behind them, and in which forty
of their kindred are buried, has been
sunk in the Potomac.
Not" he adds, where 1t can be
dragged for, but deep. where it will
never more be found. Grace De-
vinne Bostwick, in Los Angeles
Times.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15
ARMENIA CAN De CURED
DR.. Williams Pink Pills Make Now
Blood and Strike Stra MT at the
Root Of Disease,

Anamia is just the doctors name for
bloodlessness. DIR. Williams Pink Pills
actually make new blood. They cure
an9mia just as food cures hunger. They
cured Mrs. Thos. j. McGann, of IL
Lincoln Place, Plaiufield, NJ and they
AN do as much for any other pule. weak,
ailing, bloodless person.
{" In the spring of 1903 did my usual
house cleaning" saws Mrs. McGaun,
land soon afterward began to have the
most terrible headaches. My heart
would beat so irregnluly that it was
painful and there came morning when
could not get up. Ny doctor said / had
aummia and he was surprised that had
continued to live in the condition L was
III. was confined TO my bed for nearly
two months, the doctor coming every
day for the first few weeks, but I did
not improve to amount to anything.
altogether l was sick for nearly two
years. / was as weak as n rag, had
headaches, irregular heart beats, loss OF
appetite, cramps in the limbs and WAS
unable to get good nights sleep. NJ
legs and feet were so swollen that /
feared they would burst.
Gone day, while was wondering how
long | could live, feeling as l did, I re-
ceivcd a booklet telling about DIR. VIII
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People. /
read it and told my husband to get me
some of the pills. Before the first box
was gone Ifelt q change for the better.
| have taken about twelve boxes and al
though was MS near the grave as could
be, now feel as if / had new lease of
life. have nomore headache, the heart
beats regularly, my cheeks are pink and
feel ten years younger. feel that
have been cured very cheaply and have
recommended DIR. Williams Pink Pills
to lots of my friends"
For further information adm sss the
DIR. Williams Medicine Co., Schenec.
tady N Y
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

When the Honorable Artillery Com
pany of London were being entertain
ed by club at the Revere House
when they were in Boston, the COM
mander of the Fall River Naval Re-
serves was tracing with great earnest
ness his ancestry and descent from
A wellknown family in England. A
captain Of the English company, who
had been enjoying ever since he land
ed the hospitality of the Bostonians,
sravely remarked, with a decided
drawl, that his father was born In
the Highlands and his mother Just
across the border, so he was half
scotch and the other half But
before he could say the remainder
an official standing by "butted In"
with "Soda!"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15
HIS PLACE IN HIsToRYs PAGE.
Washington Pre-eminently the Great.
est AII-Around American.


est AlI-Around American.
"Of all the great men in history"
says Lecky, in his England In the
Eighteenth Century" Washington
was the most Invariably judicious, and
there is scarcely rash word, action
or Judgment recorded of him. Those
who knew him we'll noticed that he
had keen sensibilities and strong pas
sions; but his power of self-command
never failed him, and no act OF his
public life can be traced to personal
caprice, ambition or resentment. In
the dependency OF long continued
failure, in the citation OF sudden sue
cess. at times when his soldiers were
deserving by hundreds and. when ma
lienant plots were formed against his
reputation, amid the constant quar-
rels. jealousies and rivalries of his
subordinates, in the dark hour of ma
tional ingratitude, and in the midst
of the most universal and intoxicating
fattery, he was always the same
calm, Just, wise and single-minded
man, pursuing the course which he
believed to be right. without fear.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

A schoolmaster teaching from a
window was an unusual sight recently
witnessed in Gournoceral, France.
The mayor had dismissed the school
master, but the latter barricaded him,
self in his school, so as not to be ex-
PEELED pending an appeal to the pre-
feet of the department. The town
then beheld the extraordinary sight
Of the children standing in the street
outside, and being taught through the
window by the schoolmaster. The
teacher triumphed, for the mayor
finally yielded.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15
Costly Gift for the President.

"He de biggest, fattes' 'possum
ever see," said the old darkey, "an' /
gwine give him ter de President when
he come
"That'll be flne."
ut orter be, sub; an hope he'll
'preciate him, for it took six dogs en-
seven niggers two days ter ketch him,
en- I had to pray whole week fer
grace ter Keep FUN eatin' him. At
lanta Constitution.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

Misguided Waits (of slender roper
toire, but vast persistence)-"No
Noel! NOEL" Saturnine household
er-"Isn't there? If come down to
you I'll make you alter your opinionl"
Punch.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

and frequent. and very bad in appear
ance. 1t was in 1903 that Doan's Kid
ney Pills helped me so quickly and
cured me OF those troubles and I've
oeen well ever since"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

A Paris physician is in great de-
mand by stage beauties. He has per-
fected method by which eyes may
be colored to suit the fancy of their
owner. This is accomplished by the
injection of liquid into the eye be-
hind the pupil. By his system, pale
blue eyes have been transformed into
deep-violet orbs in few seconds.
with no apparent injury to the pa
tent.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15
A vepgeful editor of an Arizon,

A vengeful editor of an Arizona
newspaper got square with delin-
quent subscriber in the following no
tice of his death: Deceased was a
mi,d-mannered man, with a mouth for
whisky. He came here at night with
another mans wife, and joined the
church at the first opportunity. He
owed us seven dollars on the paper"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15
A Difference.

who Is young Mrs. Oldboy In
mourning for?"
Il cont know but she . IN black
for her husband"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

1 know. Z had
eye trouble. back
ache, cate b e $
wnen lying abed
or when bending
over, was languid
and often dizzy
land had sick
headaches an d
bearing d o W n
pains. The kid
n ey secretions
were IN r0nintta
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

George Washington, Truth-teller.
Without discussing the evidence
concerning the cherry.tree incident in
the history of the Father Of His Coun-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15
CHAPTER III.


Squire Granger was a man of bust
ness, as he proved by producing the
document In question. At signal
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15
DEATH SEEMED NEAR.

How ChIcsgo Woman Found Help
When Hope Was Fast Fading
Away.
Mrs. Il. T. Gould. sl4 w. Lake
Street, Chicago. Ill, says: "Doaz's
Kidney Pills are all that saved me
from death Of Bright's Disease. that
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-10
The Traveller,

SKA -a2
Two travellers on lonely road,
And the black night coming down.
Each bowed with the weight Of deadly
Each far from the goal he sought to win,
And the. guerdon-a golden crown.
Said one to the other. where 60 you. my
brother?''
And the other he made reply,
az follow me for yon reckoning star,
But tho way is long, and the tall clitfs
bar,
And fear that death is nigh
Said one to the other. What bear you,
my brother,
That cumbering burden within7''
It's burden of gold wherefor I have
The pride Of my youth ana the joys Of
old:
Ills burden OF hard bought sin"
Then black night fell on the lonely road
But the ghostiy moon shone out.
And q towards knife took toll Of life,
And heard the murderer's shout.
TO the gates Of the land Of Hearts De.
sire
A lonely traveller came.
A double pack was upon his back.
. And his heart WAC faint and his soul was
black
with murders lasting shame.
But he turned from the gates of Hearts
Desire,
For a white soul barred his way.
And the traveller knew he could not pass
s through,
FOR the soul was the soul of the man he
4 slew, X
And he heard the spirit say:
EYE must go back by the road We came
And bearing my sins and thine.
ye freed my soul that won my goal,
And thy broken heart hath made mine
whole.
And the crown We sought is mine.''
ST Selected.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-10

one month and the banks know that
they would be compelled to keep such
currency long time after the need for
1t had expired. The result is that
when the season of mercantile activity
begins and business asks the banks to
do an increased amount of work just
at thet time the governments revenues
begin to pile up because goods are
moving in greatest volume and goo
money needed for bank reserves IL
withdrawn from circulation and locke
reason why Secretary Shaw is trying
to deposit government money back in
The hunks. He is trying to put it back
into circulation. What the banks want
is the authority to issue their own
bank notes in response TO this demand
without being compelled to buy bonds
for security They want to issue bank
notes on their own security. The pub
lie would be asked to accept SIS bill
signed by the average national bank
without further collateral security than
an insurance fund. which, according to
the experience of the past, would be
ample to pay in full the notes of all
failed banks. In accepting such "a note
the public would be putting the same
faith in the bank which 1t does nov
when citizen deposits SIS in national
bank except that the bank note cur
rency would be insured by the guaran-
ty fund, while the deposit is not in
sured at all. This is asset currency.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-10
DITcH1NG OUT IOWA LAKES.
Lake Mills Graphic.l

The big ditcher located on Town
Lake will soon be in operation, the
machinery and all necessary material
now being on the ground and it will
only be matter OF two or three weeks
until excavating begins. The boat,
which was completed about two weeks
ago, is 1Sx65 feet and 10 feet high, 5
feet in the water. The machinery re-
ceived from Marion, Ohio, last week il
now being installed upon the boat and
end Of Town Lake, will begin, the ditch
running north as far as the road which
adjoins Main street to the west.
With this stretch of ditch completed,
the boat will turn and work begin at
the south end continuing on until Rice
Lake is reached.
Contractor Berdine of Hebron, Ohio.
states that under favorable circum-
stances little better than "a mile a
month can be covered, the scoop lifting
a square yard of earth at each opera
ton. When asked if they would reach
Rice Lake this fall. we We're told that 1t
all depended upon the workings of the
ma cllinery and the weather, but that
under the most favorable circumstan-
ces they did not expect to go beyond
the lake this year.
Mr. Bardine's contract calls for II
Males OF straight and miles Of lateral
ditch. making total of Is miles they
expect to cover. 70 perform this work
requires seven men divided into day
ana night shifts in order that the
machinery may be- continually at work
A small dynamo furnishes electric
lights for night shift. The djtcher m
operation is a sight we'll worth visit
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-10
CAN'T KEEP MEAT MEN DOWN.

II makes very little difference wheth-
er republican leaders wish to postpone
tariff discussion within their party or
NOT the organized associations of live
stock men want more markets abroad
for their products and they are going
to keep on saying 50. At Kansas City
Monday, the National Livestock Assoc
citation. the Cattle Raisers' Association
and the Corn Belt Meat Producers As
ISOLATION in their Joint convention
adopted resolutions demanding the me-
gotiation of reciprocal treaties which
will extend their markets abroad.
The Prairie Farmer, a farm paper
published in Chicago, has presented
statistics of cattle sales for export at
the Chicago market which show that
the price of cattle would have dropped
$3.50 per hundred weight if the export
demand had been cut off. From this
the editor argues that an increase Of
such. export demand could easily raise
the price of cattle by the same amount
and he advises farmers to familiaraze
themselves with the situation and de-
tmand the enactment of reciprocal
treaties which will extend the foreign
market for American meats.
In Canada there is tariff discussion
in progress now with one great party
advocating an increase. of tariffs
against goods manufactured in the I'm
tied States for the express and avoWed
purpose of driving our factories across
the line into Canada, where they will
build up Canadian cities and eat Cana
dian produce.
Germany has enacted a prohibitory
tariff on our meat products and other
foreign countries are getting ready to
do the same
4 The tariff is bound to come UP for
discussion, whether the politicians like
it or not. The farmers of the west
upon whom the west depends, should
study the situation and prepare them
selves to demand that which will pro-
mote their interests.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-10
NorHIn' BUT HOW 70 MAKE MONEY.

"Fingey' Corners is affording amuse-
inent for New Workers. just now, but
s sFingey,s" life offers lessons of far
greater value than the political morals
It teaches. "Fingey" has fought his way
= thru life. with his fists and seemingly
he has licked" every opponent he has
found ill his way. But "Fingey'' is
still fighting Once dock laborer, then
a roust:about boss, afterwards a .sa-
loon keeper, then a millionaire and
owner OF both the Buffalo Enquirer and
Buffalo Courier, "Fingey" would be
pronounced success by many critics.
But sFingey' is still fighting against
odds whichwould battle many a stronger
man. .'F'ingey." when he found himself
rich. thought of his family; something
"Fingey'' and many another man have
forgotten to do while they were. getting
rich. sJFingey'' bought a lot in But
falo's most exclusive neighborhood and
built him a palace. He had his gar
dener put on the lawn floral setting
with civilian j. Corners, ESQ., work
ed into letters six feet high. Mrs.
Metcalfe. the social leader of Buffalo,
came along in her carriage, put up he-
lorgnette and read the name, exclaim-
ing, THE poor man, he must think that
he is railroad station" aud "Fingey''
found his family barred from social
recognition in spite of the palace he
had built.
..Fingeyr confided in friend who
advised him to discard his fiaring red
vest, his loud clothes and gaudy dia-
monds, which sparkied all over hin.
He did so, and even put his saloons
in another's name. altho the system of
brass checks, which forced the steve
dores to pay tribute at his bars, was
not disturbed Even this did not bring
him Buffalo's certificate of respect
ability for his family and one Sunday