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The Worth Of Toll.

The noblest men / know on earth
Are men whose hands are brown will
toll:
Who. backed by no ancestral graves.
Hew down the woods and till the soil
And win thereby a prouder fame
Than follows kings or warriors name.
The w~orkingmen. whate'er their task
To carve the stone or bear the hod-
They wear upon their honest brows
The royal seal and stamp of God.
And brighter are their drops of sweat
Than diamonds In a coronet.
God bless the nobl workingmen'
Who rear the cities OF the plain,
Who dig the mines n build the ships
And drive the OF the main.
God bless them. for their swarthy hands
Have wrought the glory of our landsi
Technical World.
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ant Sunday afternoons. 1t is but one
story and a half in height, and OF the
first floor are three rooms, one of them
a kitchen. The second story is scarce
ly more than an attic, but In one Of
the small rooms, that in the southwest
corner, the poets beautiful wife, Vir-
ginla GLENN Poe, wasted away with
consumption and died at last in the
midst of extreme %privation. She mar
ried Poe when hardly more than a
child, and, though he was devoted to
his young and frall partner, her short
life was full of hardships, for the gen
ius of Poe was not recognized then as
1t has been since, and the rewards of
his literary labors were small. There
is a story that she was wrapped up in
her husbands overcoat in her last sick
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In May last she married her secretary
William Rapp, an American. When
the prima donna undertook to bring
her elder SON from Germany and to
obtain the estate left by her husband
she encountered difficulties. Her sons
were detained on the ground that they
were liable TO military service. She
appealed to the American state depart
ment for assistance, urging that. hay
ing taken steps to become naturalized
here and having married an American,
she was entitled to bring her sons to
this country with her. The courts OF
Saxony have now ruled In her favor
on this question and have also award
ed her husbands fortune to her on the
ground that she earned 1t.
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THE OLD POE COTTAGE.
A Reminder of sad Scenes In the
Life of n Poet.

Many admirers Of Edgar Allan roe
have made pilgrimages to the cottage
In which the poet spent some Of the
most melancholy hours Of a most mel
ancholy life. This cottage is at Ford
ham. once a Dutch village and In Poe's
time quite a distance from the city OF
New York. but now well within the
limits of the Greater New York n a
part of the borough of Bronx. The
cottage is near the old Kingsbridge
road and is not far from Bronx park,
where a famous geological collection
attracts thousands of visitors OF pleas
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from Mr.. hOoseVeu
as to the provisions
which the bill, to
be passed, should
contain. Mr.. Lodge
has had a wide ex-
perience In matters
pertaining to legis-
lation ON foreign
affairs, and in the
Dominican treaty
discussion and the
proposals for con-
auiar aQryicp re-
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of satire and cpl
gram. He was born
in Ohio ~thirty-four
years ago, and when
he was first elected
to congress was on
iy Twenty-Five and
went by the name
Of the hoy con-
gresham" He has
a brother, Charles
B. Lands. who Is
also a member of
the house from In
diana. and four
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psople he was q very busy and usefui
man, but his influence was far wider
than the bounds Of his parish, for he
showed other ministers and congrega-
lions how to make the church OF great,
er value to the community. DIR. Rains
ford was born In Dublin. Ireland. In
1850 and came to this country as q
young clergyman in order to dement,
his health. He became very rugged
through devotion to exercise and sports
and until recently looked the perfec-
ton of physical manhood. He holds
that a church door should hardly ever
be closed.
Il was not always SO keen for open
churches" he once confessed. but a
~four-year-old girl settled my mind on
that point. / was walking with her.
listening to her childish prattle. when
we passed a tightly closed and locked
church.
81 s'pose God has a key to let him
self In she remarked, looking thought
fully at the barred door. but the peo-
pie have to go to the sexton
II didn't have a church then" con
tinued the doctor, but l made up my
mind that when l did have one the
people would not have to hunt up the
sexton to get w."
Major General John F. Weston take
issue with Thomas A. Edison on tn
question of the proper amount of sleeI
for the average Individual. Mr.. Ed
o says ave hours sleep and Ave min
utes for d meal are sufficient and tina
the great vice Of Americans Is overeat
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there would have
been much more
occasion for sorrow.
In the interval be-
tween these years
DIR. Rainsford has
carried out ideas
that are now prov
ing Of immense val
ne. not only in the
extensive work OF
his own parish, but
In hundreds of 9TH
er churches. AS the
rector of a church
Misunderstanding IN 4"
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Ing. Generdi VICE
toms rule Is "plen-
ty of exercise, plen-
ty to eat and plenty
Of sleep" He has
had opportunity to
observe the effects
of different systems
of living. for he
made a study of the
subject while In the
commissary depart.
ment of hi army.
Ua ooruad a nv
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Dissolution Of Partnership
EUREKA, New. Feb. 26, 1906.

EUREKA, New. Feb. 26, 1906.
Notice to whsp it may concern that the CO
partnership existing between John Dali and
Alfred Huebner, under the firm name and
style Of Dali & Huebner. doing a restaurant
business in the Corner Chop House in Eureka,
Eureka County, Nevada. is hereby dissolved
by mutual consent. Said John Dali takes
over the interests Of said Alfred Huebner
and will collect all debts due to the firm and
pay all obligations.
JOHN DALI,
ALFRED HUEBSER.
Date of first publication. March IL, 1906.
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AN CASE.
NINE. schumann-Hefnk and Her sue
cess I'm German Courts.

A curious controversy arose not lone
z as a result of the efforts OF Nine
schumann-Heink. the great eontralto
singer. to assemble all her children
about her in The United States. III Is
unusual for a prima donna to have
large family of children. but Nine
Schumann-Helnk has nine. and she
once said. II have a new note IN my
voice with each new baby" The ia
nous German contralto liked the Unit
ed States so much that she decided tc
make her home here and take out CIT
izenship papers. Some two years ago
her husband, who was a noted German
music teacher and conductor, died, and
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Her suffering ended with the day.
Yet lived she at its close
And breathed the long. long night away
In statue-like repose.
Blu when the sun In all his state
Iflumed the eastern skies
She passed through glory's morning gate
And walked In paradise.
james Aldrich.
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alton by that committee and voted
against reporting the bill TO the full
senate. II was on bis motion that Sen
ator TiIlman OF South Carolina, q
Democrat. was given charge OF the blu
reported by the majority OF the com
mittee. Mr.. Aldrich Is very rich, and
his daughter married John ID. Rookie
Teller, Jr. Not long ~ the senator
and Governor Magoon Of Panama oc'
supIed adjoining apartments at q
washington hotel and had the same
valet. One night Governor Magoon
took some ladies' to the theater. As
n of the ladies' stepped from the car
rage she dropped her far. Governor
Magoon stopped to pick 1t up. There
was a horrible tearing sound. The gov
ernor knew what had happened and
excused himself. At the hotel he found
Senator Aldrich mutely gazing at q
pair of trousers that Tapped around
him.
by George, Magoon." said the n
tor. II am glad to see you. DO you
know. that stupid valet has mixed up
our dress trousers? You have ON mine.
and | cannot wear yours. They are too
large for me. / trust you have come
back to change. for I am late Tor my
dinner engagement as 1t stands
.Indeed I have come back to change"
said Magoon. "Gimme those trousers.
They are mine. As for these have on.
Won are quite welcome to them"
Senator Aldrich shucked on Ma
rooms trousers, but when he came to
nut on his own. which the governor
had been wearing, there was a success
sion of loud EXPLANATIONS. He stayed
at the hotel that night, but Magoon
hustled back to the theater In his own
trousers.
When the Rev. DIR. william 8. Rains
ford resigned the rectorship OF 81.
Georges church, New York. a short
time z on account Of III health, there
was widespread regret, but 1t was re-
marked that had his resignation beer
rendered in 1886 instead of In 1905
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form has been q warm supporter OF
the plans of the administration.
Senator Lodge Is a great whist play
er. Not long ago a friend who enter
tains certain extremely revolutionary
ideas with reference to the game pub
lished a brochure embodying his views
thereon, a copy of which work he for
warded to the senator.
The author was q little taken back
when, shortly afterward, meeting Mr..
Lodge, he asked the senator what he
thought of the work and the statesman
replied;
"Blank, / have read the book care
fully. 1t seems to be a very good
game. but not so good a n as whist!'
Senator Lodge is known as "the
scholar In politics" He Is a volumi-
nous author and an orator Of no small
power.
After looking oyer the upper branch
of congress from the reserved gallery
Mark Twain was asked what ne
thought of the United States senate.
"Oh. / always make 1t a point not to
criticise my neighbors!" said Mr.. Glenn
ems. =.
How does that apply to the senator
was asked.
Why, I live in Connecticut and MT
Aldrich lives In Rhode Island"
Frederick Lands. who Is winning O
reputation as one Of the orators OF the
present congress, represents In the
house of representatives the Eleventh
district of Indiana. His speech on In
surance revelations a few weeks since
won national attention for Its brillianc,
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this. to prevent control OF the institu-
ZION by Standard OIL interests In 80
doing II is said he has endangered his
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position as head OF
the Illinois Central.
He recently resign
ed as a trustee OF
the Mutual In order
to lead q policy
holders movement
for reform.
Mr.. Fish Is a son
Of the late Hamil-
tor Fish. secretary
Of state in Grants
DISQUALIFICATION Hfa
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years In that branch of the service and
succeeded General Eagan as commits
sary general In 1893. But his war rec
ord is not confined to the department
of subsistence. He was In the civil
war. enlisting as a boy Of sixteen, and
he won a medal OF honor for cour-
ageous exploits on the battlefield. Aft
erward he fought Indians under Cen
eral Custer. His promotion to be a
major general about six months ago
came as a surprise. One day when he
called at the White House the presi-
dent said to him: Look here, general;
you case has been up before the pres
ident Of the United States. He and ]
have had a long consideration OF II. i
argued with the president that you
were too old to be promoted to the
rank Of major general. The president
argued that he had In mind your long
and gallant service and the ability and
merit you have always shown as a sol
dier. He wants to promote you, and
/ guess the president will win"
1t is a peculiar position In which
President Stuyvesant Fish Of the ILL
nois Central railroad finds himself. As
a trustee OF the Mutual Life Insurance
company he sought to end he Nc
Crrdy regime and, when successful In
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MINING TAX.

Notice is hereby given that the taxes on the
proceeds of the mines of Eureka County for
the quarter ending December 81, 1908, are
now due and payable to me at my office IN Eu-
reks and the law in regard to the same will be
strictly enforced. Fl. G. McTERNEY,
Assessor OF Eureka County, Nevada.
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IF Your Watch
Stops take it to our agent, !. e. G. Whit
more. at Wells-Fargo's Office in Eureka,
and he will send it to us. 1t will be re-
turned in frst-class order. We have re-
paired over $1,000 watches 10 Nevada.
Prices always reasonable.
r. HERR 4 BRO,
THE RENO JEWELERS.
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The Worlds
Greatest
Meteorites

COLLECTING meteorites Is apt
to be an expensive fad. Not
\ many private individuals could
afford TO indulge I'm II. but with
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Gossip About
People Of
Prominence

MEL
y SON W. AID
RICH of Rhode
Island. who Is a
member of the SEN
ate committee on
Interstate COM
MERGE. acted as
chief spokesman OF
the extreme con-
~servatives while the
railway rate bill
-. ,nIor rnnefdQr-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-09-06
han Dr.. Hervey W. Kendan, who at

than Dr. Hervey w. Kendall, who at
last was mysteriously murdered
In more ways than one DIR. Kendall
was a remarkable man. His temper
ament was such that he seemed to de-
light in things that Mortified other
men. He was a student at the medi.
cal college, where he was known as a
man who was not brilliant student,
but as one who could do things better
than most men when he made up his
mind to do so. To look at the man
was to see that he was out of the
common. One who knew him we'll de.
scribed him as follows:
If Hervey had lived in the days of
pirates he would have been a rival to
Capt. Kidd. In the first place, he
looked the part Nine out of ten men
would turn to get look at him on
the street. Almost six feet tall, he
was sinewy and 1.-THE to a degree.
There was not an ounce of fat on his
body, and his muscles were magnifi-
Gently developed. His neck was UNI
usually long, and surmounted by a
head that was remarkable. His fore.
head was high and intelligent, his
eyes deep-set and sparkling black A
mustache of metallic blackness ap.
peared blacker than it really was, by
reason Of his waxy complexion, which
was almost corpse-like in it's yellowish
whiteness. This mustache, which was
long and flowing, gave him an air of
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officer testified that he did not believe
there were a dozen graves in the
cemetery containing bodies. But these
ghouls even visited nelghboring viii
lagos and the aristocratic buryins
ground at lakewood. So bold did they
become, and so powerless were the
police to check them, that many citt
zens buried relatives and friends in
distant cities.
Kendall was suspected, but hc
adopted a hundred ruses to throw the
sleuths Off his track. Time and time
again he was almost captured in the
act, but always made good his escape
Cemeteries were guarded and patrols
placed about tombs, but still the med
ical school was supplied and Kendall
remained at large.
His end was as tragic and mysteri
Gus as his life had been. On May 8
1882, Thomas Powell, an attendant al
the county courthouse, looked from
one of the windows and saw through
the morning mist the body of man
lying in an adjacent field. There was
bullet hole between his eyes, but he
was still conscious. He gave his
name, but refused to divulge the name
of the man who had done the deed
He died a few hours later, with his
lips still sealed.
Near him lay piece of carpet, two
shovels and satchel containing a
cant-hook. rope, dark lantern, q
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-09-06

Boston.-One need not have the
wealth of the late Russell Sage in or
der to purchase a ghoul-proof casket,
for the same thing, or at least one
equally burglar-proof, can be secured
here for from 500 to 5000. They are
not in great demand hereabouts, for
the same dangers do not exist as for
merly, or exist at all, save for men of
such prominence as this late eccen-
trio millionaire. said a member of a
prominent firm in speaking of this
Nype of sarcophagus
Il cannot see how any such sum as
Ithat mentioned in the newspapers
could possibly be paid for steel cas-
sket. They can be secured for little
over 500, and even if made to order
could not be brought above cost Of
$1,000. They are of simple construc-
tion, consisting only of a steel case
which locks from within with spring
locks The ordinary kind cannot be
opened without the use of a steel
chisel, and then the heads of the bolts
would have to be cut away.
They are an absolute protection
for such as possess the fear Of body
snatchers, but they are not, used very
much here in the east. Now that the
medical schools are we'll supplied, I'M
der the law, there is little incentive
for this type of criminal to operate.
In the south and west, however, they
are in quite common use."
do you ever have request for a
casket which shall be provided with
safeguards against burial alive?" was
asked.
No More Burials Alive.
mo. Under our present methods
burial alive is an impossibility. To be
sure, there are some eccentric indi-
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| agreed that it would be impossible to
expend this amount of money on the
| steel Enclosure. TIE said:
Our prices range from $500 to per.
| haps $500, and should such thing be
made to order, of heavier steel and
with special arrangements, it might be
brought up to over $1,000, but scarce.
ly more. l have heard nothing to the
effect that Mr.. Sage's sarcophagus
was bought of our firm, but if it was it
is scarcely probable that any such
price as this was paid for it,"
Have you in ordinary use especial
arrangements like electric bells or
other means of safeguarding against
burial alive?"
mo; although, of course, such
things could be made, to supply a
within. The steel casket is common
enough, especially in countries where
there is a great deal of rain, or in
remote regions where the grave can
not be watched"
If as big a sum as $4,000 was &C.
tually expended on the burial arrange
ments of Mr.. Sage, it must have been
in other directions than for the mere
Enclosure. Local undertakers doubt it,
and maintain it is absurd.
Grave Robberies Common.
Although the danger from grave
robbing never became so acute in
Massachusetts as elsewhere, up to
within 25 years the crime was of COM
mon occurrence here. But in New
York a series of startling exposures
revealed the fact that there was a
well organized body of men engaged
in the work of supplying medical
schools with the necessary cadavers
for dissection. Until 1883, when the
so-called anatomy bill was passed in
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ferocity which was really startling. He
wore in winter a long ulster thai
came almost to his heels"
Skilled in Use of Weapons.
A glimpse of his living rooms in
Warren street, Syracuse, was reve
lation of the tastes of the man. The
walls were hung with foils and a reg
ular armory of weapons. An expert
fencer and a dead shot, he led an ex.
istence that drew him away from all
but very few intimate friends.
His skill with the revolver was
noteworthy. AS an illustration of
this, an acquaintance of his said:
II never knew a surer marksman;
he was absolute lightning. On one
occasion he and l were in the old
medical college one night, and had to
go downstairs into the cellar, where
the cadavers were kept in huge bar.
rels of brine. | went ahead, carrying
a candle, while Hervey followed me.
He had cigarette in his right hand
and a package in his left. When half
way down the stairs, in the inky black
ness, heard a noise in one of the coal
bins. Almost before l had time to
catch the CLEAN from a pair of vel
lowish eyes, and to realize it was a
prowling cat, heard the report of a
revolver. dumped, and when re-
covered myself looked around, to see
this man kicking aside the dead body
Of the cat. He was laughing at my
fright"
To a man of this morbid nature and
one who, moreover, was absolutely
fearless and who courted adventure
this grewsome work of body snatch
ing had it's destinations. 1t was IL
legal, and the best brains of the police
force of the country were busy trying
to stop it, which added another in
centive to this man. 1t was a con.
test of mind and pluck, as he looked
upon it. And so, while still student,
he organized small gang of men who
supplied cadavers to colleges even as
far west as Michigan.
Emptied Numerous Graves.
The poorhouse graveyard was their
favorite hunting ground, and at the
inquest over the body of Kendall an
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platt tn Gtur Eurru
Mnrkrr Il narattntt
By SAMUEL s. KOENIG,
New York Politician.

locality where diversion would
be practical probability without the usual attendant loss of time and
\ money, it would be most commendable .......
The plan have in mind is outlined much folws:
institution object purpose Civ
vacation without idea of profit ITSELF and
surplus except that which held against claims
To arrange that by the payment of small weekly monthly
might sufficient with give him
with further concern the chance leave his work and have
place country with money equivalent weekly pay
Dsnd with charge for his accommodation
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-09-06
Gets Ames Scholarship.

The third annual contest for tho
5000 scholarship at Ames, offered by
the state department OF agriculture.
resulted In a victory for Alex Wilsoa
of West Liberty. He won by a score
OF 538, but his next competitor, How
ard Stewart of Ainsworth, had 524.
while two others were 523 or above.
This is the second time that West
Liberty boy has won the scholarship.
In 1904 1t went to Charles f. Steen
of that city. 1t is located In Musca-
tine county, which has reputation
for producing good stock and good
crops. J. A. Mclean was in charge
of the department. The score given
is the total out of a possible 500. 200
points being the maximum record in
four different departments Of judging
cattle, horses, swine and grain.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-09-06
League Of Municipalities to Meet.

Secretary Frank Pierce OF the Iowa
League of Municipalities has issued
the programme for the ninth annual
meeting OF the league. which will be
held in Des Moines, Sept IL, 10 and
IA. The league Is one Of the most.
notable organizations In the state and
It's conventions are attended by a
large number OF officials and others
interested In the betterment of muni-
cipal government. The headquarters
OF the league will be at the Slavery
house. On Wednesday, Sept. ~, the
reception and registration of dele
gates will take place at the Slavery In
the forenoon and number of COM
mittees will meet. In the afternoon,
Mayor Mattern will formally welcome
the convention and President Caster
of Burlington will deliver his annual
address. The report OF Secretary
Treasurer Pierce will be made at this
session, as will the report Of the COM
mittee on Legislation. and other COM
mittees.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-09-06
If there was some eco

If there was some eco
nomic scheme or plan by
which the thousands of
the underpaid and over
worked men and women
of our large cities could
be given a week away
from the surroundings
that become so monot-
onously impressed on the