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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-27

the hunt, active, bright-eyed. alert, Wig
orous and pushing. Then, with a
successful kill. there would naturally
be a little gorging of meat. followed
by long and lazy rest.
Now, while we. their descendants.
are not quite as savage or quite as i'm
provident as were our primitive fore
and while 1t is true that we are not
distressed with alternate scarcity and
redundancies OF food, we inherit the
stomachs and the general digestive ma
chinery of those active old fathers OF
ours, and reasonable degree of alter
nate gorging and starving is good for
US. Unfortunately, however. most OF
us have to attend to business year in
and year out, and we cannot lie idle
around the woods digesting of our
gorges, whereas fasting is not to be
thought of by persons who work at
occupations very different from hunt
ing.
But we can do this: We can cut
down, or cut out. our meat diet at iri
regular and fairly frequent intervals;
go without meat altogether for week
or so; be vegetarians. not regularly,
but quite irregularly. for short lengths
of time. And then when We give
meat its inning. we will be better pre-
pared to appreciate IL, and to extract
from 1t the health and happiness we
need.
The vegetarian Is therefore here
with supplied with a scientific princi.
pie" as sound and as negotiable as a
golden eagle. But II he adopts 1t he
will have to cut himself in two.
Copyright, 1911, by the Columbia Press
Syndicate.)
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-27

as far as Basel. Just across the Swiss
frontier. and small sea-going steam
ers ascend II as far as Mannheim. This
mighty river has been improved by
the Germans at cost of more than
S12,500,000, and its waters bear an Inn
mense trafic In coal, iron ore, iron
and steel manufactures and other
heavy freight. The Rhine valley,
dotted with picturesque ruined castles
and saturated with legend and ro-
nance, Is also one of the busiest dis
tricts in all Europe. for 1t is densely
populated and contains numerous i'm
portant industrial cities. Canals con-
meet the Rhine with the Mouse. Saone,
Seine, Danube and Ems rivers. The
ne-Rhone canal follows the course
of the river from Strassburg almost
to Basel, and Is generally used instead
of the river.
The Elbe is second only to the
Rhine in commercial Importance. II
Is navigable throughout its whole
course in Germany and along It lie
some of the chief silver and coal
mines, salt fields. sheep pastures and
beet-root areas in the empire. More
over, 1t links Berlin, the capital, with
Hamburg, the chief port. by the canals
of the Havel and Spree river systems.
The Weser, the Oder. the Vistula
and other rivers are Of great impor-
lance as commercial highways. and
60 to make up Germany's grand total
OF nearly 5000 miles of navigable riv.
ers. of which about 1.400 miles are
canalized.
Germany's canals are many, their
total mileage being something like
1900, and large sums are spent on
their improvement. The most import
ant internationally is the great North
Sea and Baltic ship canal. which ira
verses Schleswig- Holstein, saving two
days time by steamer between Ham
burg and all the Baltic ports OF Ger.
many. This canal was begun In 1887
and was opened to traffic in 1895, and
Is a source of much pride to Emperor
William. The Ludwigs canal In Bava-
ria united the Danube with the Main,
thus supplying continuous water
way from the North sea to the Black
sea. The Plauen canal connects the
Elbe with the Havel and there are
systems connecting the Oder with the
Elbe and the Mcneil with the Pregel.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-27
"ECZEMA ITCHED so |
COULDN'T STAND 1T"

81 suffered with eczema on my neck
for about six months, beginning by
little pimples breaking out. l kept
scratching till the blood came. Il
kept getting worse, couldn't sleep
nights any more. It kept itching for
about month. then I went to doc
tor and got some liquid to take. Il
seemed as If was going to get bet
ter. The itching stopped for about
three days, but when 1t started again
was even worse than before. The co
zema itched so badly couldn't stand
1t any more. I went to q doctor and
he gave me some medicine. but It
didn't do any good. We kaye been
having Cuticura Remedies in the
house, SO decided to try them. I
had been using Cuticura Soap. SO I
got me box of Cuticura Ointment.
and washed OF the affected part with
Cuticura Soap three times day. and
then put the Cuticura Ointment on.
The first day I put 1t on, It relieved
me of itching SO could sleep all that
night. 1t took about q week, then I
could see the scab come of. I kept
the treatment up for three weeks, and
my eczema was cured.
my brother got his face burned
with gunpowder. and he used Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment The peo-
pie all thought he would have scars.
but you can't see that he ever had
his face burned. It was simply awful
to look at before the Cuticura Rem
edies (Soap and Ointment) cured It."
(Signed) Miss Elizabeth Gehrki. For
rest City, Ark, Oct. 16. 1910.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment are sold by druggists and deal
ers everywhere. q liberal sample Of
each. with 32-page booklet on the care
and treatment of skin and hair. win be
sent. postfree. on application to Potter
ID. & G. Corp, Dept x, Boston.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-27

his work. And although he might not
have admitted 1t were he charged with
it, knew he was afflicted with a dis
order of the digestive apparatus that
always accompanies vegetarianism. He
was. in fine, the victim of a prejudice
that left him unequal to the work he
was compelled to do, and which he was
doing at the expense OF his health,
happiness and success in the world in
which he moved.
Upon what grounds does the prac.
tice OF vegetarianism rest its claims !!
The answer is. on no grounds what.
soever. unless 1t be those of the man
who has an idea" that II he looks
over his left shoulder at the moon, or
sees black cat on the thirteenth day
of the month, he Is dead sure to have
bad luck.
And yet II is only when 1t is ridden
to death as hobby that vegetarianism
can be charged with inanity When 1t
is practiced occasionally and for a linn
tied time, and at irregular intervals, 1t
becomes the useful servant OF scien.
tine intelligence. There is soul of
truth" in vegetarianism, as there also
may be, so far as you or I know to
the contrary, in the belief that II you
see black tabby on Friday the thir-
teenth, you will lose regularly at
poker for some considerable time
thereafter. This soul of truth takes us
backward bit in the natural history
of man.
The primitive ancestors Of Euro
pean races. like the savage races of
the present time, were naturally fitted
for, and therefore needed" a certain
amount of irregularity In their feed
ing. Sometimes game would be plenty,
and sometimes 1t would be scarce.
When It was scarce. or not to be had
at all, those primitive ancestors of
ours were necessarily limited to a
starvation diet. They were very hungry.
and their hunger made them keen on
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-27

ates mind picture of canals, and in
deed that little land of dykes and
bitches is completely cut up into
small islands by its extensive system
of waterways. They cross and inter-
lace one another like the threads of
some large fishing net. The North
Holland canal vas considered. until
recently, to be the finest of the kind in
Europe. The southern part of the
country is especially favored by ma
ture, for the Rhine, entering Holland
divides up into numerous arms, the
chief of which are the WAL, the LEX
and the Yssel. The Mouse joins the
WAL. thus mingling its waters with
those of the Rhine, and all of these
rivers carry an immense traffic. Four
fifths of the river trade of Holland is
carried on the Rhine and the WAL
The Scheldt has it's estuary mainly
in Holland and carries ocean vessels
to Antwerp.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-27
IMPORTANT THAT PUBLIC SHOULD
KNOW ABOUT GREAT
KIDNEY REMEDY

The testimonial I am to give you comes
unsolicited. / have been suffering from
lumbago for ten years and at times was
unable to stand erect. A Mr.. Dean of this
city, saw me in my condition (bent over)
and inquired the cause. told him that
had the lumbago. He replied, "f you get
what tell you to, you need not have it. !"
i said would take anything for ease. He
said, "You get two bottles of DIR. Kill
mer's Swamp Root and take it, and If ID
does not fix you o. X. will pay for tho
medicine myself" / did so and am well
man. For five months have been as well
as could be. Before / took your Swamp
Root was in constant pain day and night.
This may look like advertising, but it
seems to me most important that the
public should be made familiar with this
treatment as it is the only one / know
which is an absolute cure. owe a great
deal to DIR. Kilmer's Swamp Root, and am
anxious that others situated as was
should know and take advantage Of it.
Hoping that this testimonial may be Of
benefit to some one, / am
j. A. ROWLAND,
1874 Humboldt st.
Denver, Col.
State of Colorado L..
City and County of Denver
Personally appeared before me, . Notary
Public in and for the city and county
of the State of Colorado, j. A. Rowland,
known to me as the person whose name
is subscribed to the above statement and
upon his oath declares that it is q true
and correct statement.
DANIEL Fl. DRAPER,
Notary Public.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-27

I'm sorry far him. once knew a
young man who was trying to do the
very hardest kind Of work-the mixed
kind. which is physical and mental,
too-on diet that a healthy rabbit
would hesitate about adopting unless
guaranteed that the quantity would be
absolutely unlimited. This young man
would make breakfast of bit of
bread, small plate of boiled rice. and
glass of water; he would luncheon
on small quantity of butter-beans.
or some other equally insubstantial
airy nothing. and then he would top off
the day with a piece of cake and a
cup Of tea-always weak tea, too.
Occasionally he would go on what
might be called a veritable feed.
ing bat" and would wildly
dissipate on two bananas for
breakfast, boiled rice with green corn
and an apple for luncheon. and a
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-27
Blames Accent for Change

Il know what makes US bring these
men over here. It's their accent. New
York is foolishly enamoured Of the
English accent.
1--WE natives say ut for it. "dawg'
for dog derby for bowler waist
for blouse 'cawfee' for coffee clerk
for clark and we have number Of
colloqu,alisms about making reserva-
tons and delivering the goods and
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-27

age are small so that rates are very
reasonable and the total of heavy traf-
fic Is large.
Through close and effective study
of economical transportation. Belgium
has built up an excellent system of
canals and canalized rivers, 20 in num-
Der. These are used partly for trans
portation and partly for irrigation.
Both the Mouse and the Scheldt are
navigable throughout their entire
length In Belgium. and many of their
tributaries have been canalized. In ad-
dition to these natural advantages,
there are canal systems that unite
Brussels and Louvain with the Rupel,
Brussels with Charleroi and Mons
with Condo. Then, too, there are two
fine ship canls which by uniting Client
and Bruges with the sea coast have
restored to those cities much of their
old time commercial importance.
Mention of Holland instantly Gre
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-27
Alpine Death Toll Large

Der Of deaths for the year amounted to
1913, as compared with 144 in 1909. The
very unfavorable weather prevailing
last year prevented many tourists from
making ascents. and this probably &C
counts for the decrease in the acct
dents recorded. OF the victims, 10
were clNR bling alone and SO had friends
or with them. Sixty-six fell
fl or grass slopes. ~ slipped
or ice, fell into crevasses
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-27
Labrador's Future.

According to statements made the
other day by DR.. Grenfall Of Labrador.
the Cinderella of British possessions.
has brilliant future before It. DR..
Grenfall. who has lived twenty years
in that snowy country. says that In
days to come 1t will carry a popula-
ton az easily as Norway does today.
1t is, he says. better country than
Iceland. and to be greatly preferred to
Lapland, Finland. Siberia and North
ern Alaska.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-27

steaming under the thousand guns
that arm King Georges tremendous
fortress on the rock. So the project
seems almost equally important from
commercial and military view, and
doubtless will be carried out.
Altogether, France has nearly 5000
miles OF canals and 5000 miles Of nav
igable rivers. and in the last rs years
the rate of increase as regards ton
mage and ton-mileage has been more
rapid on the waterways than on the
railways.
In the Rhine and the Elbe, Germany
possesses two commercial waterways
of the first magnitude. The Rhine Is
navigable for small river steamboats,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-27
saskatoon OFFERS You Success

If you are an intelligent, handwriting
agriculturist in any branch. You could
unless you actually came and saw. Why
not come? If you do. you will be sorry
you had not come years ago. Perhaps you
are not getting along very well, except in
the matter of years. Better do something
for your children's sake Join our pros
perity. For all information write the
Commissioner, Board of Trade, Saska-
toon. Saskatchewan, Western Canada.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-27

and were swept away by avalanches
The greatest number Of accidents &C.
Cured in July and August (22 and 23.
respectively. and the fewest In March,
November and December lone each).
Among those killed were ~ Germans,
"a Austrians, 10 Swiss. 8 Italians and
4 Englishmen.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-27

poor man or poor
woman trying to
W orry alo n &
through an all-too-
limited and not
over-joyous life on
a diet that is fit
only for guinea
pigs, rabbits and
kline.
| have no quar-
rel with the vege-
tartan or with his
principles; !" in
fact, | don't know
and have never
been able to find
out just what his
principles are. But
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-27
CLANS for Temporary Use.

81 came across an old sign down by
the shore the other day." observed the
Long Islander. The old chap who
has lived and done business there for
half century has painted up over his
door:
BOATS AND CLANS TO LET"
- New York Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-27
A Backhanded One.

He-The great trouble with Cab
bleigh Is he talks too much.
She-That's strange. When he's
been with me he's scarcely said
word.
He-Oh, he's too much of q gentle
man to interrupt
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-27
Hundred Tourists Killed on Loft,
Peaks Last Year Due to Climbing
and Plueking Flowers.

According to statistics furnished by
the Decentralization Alpine Associa-
ton, there were in 1910 just 100 fatal
Alpine accidents. to which must be
added 20 lives lost through. plucking
Alpine flowers and similar "semi-Al-
pine pursuits. SO that the total num-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-27

| owing 10 the leYel cOnOltlOn Oh tue
| country, the construction of canal
in Holland involves but comparatively
little labor and expense. Many OF the
| canals are used constantly as substi
tutes for public highways. and in the
winter their frozen surfaces offer con.
venient roads for the skaters who
throng them on their way to and from
market and about their various occu-
pations. So complete is the canal
| system that by means OF II resident
of Rotterdam could breakfast at Delft
or The Hague. dine at Leyden and
sup at Amsterdam, or return to his
home before nightfall. Since not only
| the surface but the beds of many of
Hollands canals are above the level of
land, the drainage is of the greatest
Importance. This is effected by means
Of pumps worked by the windmills
that are such characteristic feature
of the Dutch landscape. The banks Of
the canals are maintained by the fam
lilies that live along them, each being
assigned portion to keep in repair.
Emory r. Johnson, professor of
transportation and commerce in the
University Of Pennsylvania, who re.
Gently made a study Of European wa
terways, as the special representative
Of the National River and Harbor con-
gress, calls attention to the way in
which Germany, France, Holland and
Belgium have co-operated In estab-
fishing standard dimensions for their
canals and barges, and connecting
their systems. In this manner the
through shipment of international
traffic has been facilitated. Another
feature of the waterway policy of
these European countries" he says.
is that care is taken to provide wa
terways with adequate terminal and
harbor facilities, and to make such
physical connections between rail-
roads and waterways at all inland
harbors as to guarantee the easy and
economical transfer of traffic from
cars to boats and water to rails. 1t is
realized that terminal facilities and
rail connections are as essential part
of the projects for making waterways
useful as are reliable channels of ade-
quate width and depth. The Rhine
river. for instance, has So harbors
equipped as fully as commercial needs
require, with storage and transfer IA
cilities. At 10 of these terminals the
direct transfer of goods from trains
to boats and river to rail is possible.
Many of the harbors include large
basins, some of which are used for
the transfer and storage of commodi-
ties, while others are constructed to
enable big Industrial plants to locate
on water frontage. Each city con-
structs is own harbor with but little,
II any. aid from the state, the expense
being borne by the city. aided In some
instances by private interests"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-27

rove What Sw.mp.Root viii Do For You

Prove What Swamp viii Do For You
Send to DIR. Kilmer & Co., Bingham
ton, N. Y, for sample bottle. 1t viii
convince anyone. You win also receive
q booklet of valuable information, telling
all about the kidneys and bladder. When
writing, be sure and mention this paper.
For sale at all drug stores. Price fifty
cents and one-dollar.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-27
Contrary signs.

what made you think Jiggsby was
the goat in this AFFAIR.""
Because he seemed 70 sheepish
about It,"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-27
Adamant.

Adamant.
There are a lot Of girls who don't
ever intend to get married"
How do you known"
I've proposed to several"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-27

going some that creep into the pulpit
Creeping in, they drive us out. and
the British preacher, with his 'cabn'tS
and fahsts. gets our jobs"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-27
American Minister Declares English
ciergymen Are DlspIaclng Them
Owing to Their Odd Speech.

The minister smiled.
First we got DR.. Chrales F. Aked
from Liverpool" he said. "and now an
other alien preacher is coming to New
York from Birmingham. II this keeps
on. our metropolitan churches viii
soon be As foreign as our metropolitan
opera
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-27

Constipation causes and aggravates many
serious diseases. 1t is thoroughly cured by
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The favor.
lite family laxative.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-27

To be conscious that you are ignor-
ant is great step to knowledge
Benjamir pisraeM.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-27

A waterway expert has said that there
are too many small craft on the Ger
man canals to keep the cost of trans
portation down as low as it might be.
but the governments charges for lock-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-27

sometimes despair for the future
Of the human race when | see some |
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-30
FINE BUILDING
 FOR DEMOPOLIS

Demopolis, January 29.-(Special.)- Work has begun on the s40,000 post office ana IS to be completed in about eight months. Demopolis Is justly proud of the honor of having the finest postoffice of any town its size in the United States and prouder of her con gressman who secured it. George w. Taylor.
 w. s. Wynn of Denver, the contrac- tor who las undertaken to complete the work on lock No. 2. has moved his family to Demopolis and they are stopping at the Inn.
 J. w. Sanders of Tuscaloosa, an ex- pert cotton mill man, spent some time the past week In Demopolis conferring with the owners of the Elmore Manu- featuring company with view of re- opening the mills here.
 The Demopolis Driving club has se- cured the servces of w. T. Sandidge, an expert trainer of Danville, Ky. Demop- oils has a very fine track and a large number of fast horses will be kept in training tor the fall fair.
 The mid-term examinations in the public scnuol were held the past week and the new term will begin Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-30
AMENDMENT GHOST
 IS HARD ID DOWN
Governor O'Neal Discusses
 Speech of Hobson
DREAM OF AMENDIsTs
tion Into the COnstitution-Con- gressman Discusses Affairs
 at Washington
BY HUGH w. ROBERTS

Montgomery, January 29-(Special.) Commenting on the statement of Con gressman Hobson in his lecture this afternoon that the only remedy for the ceaseless agitation of the liquor ques- ton was constitutional prohibition, Governor ONeal said:
 Tt is plainly in evidence that further argument Is useless. It Is the time for action. The people must fight The amendment is dead but the ultra pro hibitionists still hear the shrieks of its ghost I believe the amendists still en- certain dreams of constitutional prohi- bition. The time for action is right now"
 Congressman Habson after his lec- ture told the newspaper men:
 q am not on a political mission. am conducting an educational campaign. I am not preparing to fight any meas ure which is now pending before the house return to Washington imme- diately and will not be here again during the session of the legislature"
 Governor ONeal laughingly referred to the statistics which Congressman Hobson uses to prove his argument against the great destroyer
 "Hobson takes the position.' stated the governor, that the death of man who takes drink and then is crushed by an automobile is due to the drink. And he argues, too, that man who takes a drink and contracts pneumonia would not have taken pneumonia had he not previously taken the drink
 The governor attended the lecture of Hobson and spoke glowingly of the oratorical and dramatic powers of the congressman and his personal mag netism. In his remarks Hobson was especially complimentary to the pres ent administration. The two distin- guished Alabainians met in the lobby of the Exchange after the lecture and talked together for 10 minutes.
 To the reporters Congressman Hob- son stated that the vote would be taken on the place for holding the Panama exposition Tuesday. T will vote for New Orleans" he stated, and hope that New Orleans will win. But 1t is very doubtful. The San Francisco people have done splendid work in the last few weeks
 In reference to ship subsidy Captain Hobson stated that a compromise is pending which will. he believes, be ac- cepted by the republicans. and (which will result in taking the problem but of politics.
 He made one very significant remark He stated that he would not be given the chairmanship of the naval com mittee. and then intimated that the reason was that he did not desire to be confined to Washington. This is taken to mean among other things that he is planning to continue his tour of 1ao