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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-07-07
READ BIBLE TO GET PENNIES
Woman in State Of Washington Has
Found That Scripture Study
May Be Purchased.

There is complaint that people no
longer read their Bibles. Mrs. Caches
of La Conner has found way to pop
ularize Bible reading A few weeks
ago she offered to pay a penny a
verse to every child or adult who COM
mitted to memory verses from certain
chapters in the Bible. And now she
is receiving the heaviest mail in La
Conner-reports from the children
and brethren who have. earned their
pennies and want them at once, Glen
NJ. Foley writes in the Seattle Post
Intelligencer. 1t would require one
persons time to answer all the letters
and mail pennies. Requests have
come from all parts of the United
States and there have even been APP
plications from foreign countries.
Hence, general Bible reading, we
note, Is only a matter of going out
and buying 1t. Mr.. Rockefeller and
others Of his fairness might make Bible
reading the avocation Of the whole
country by detaching a few million
dollars and turning them into pennies.
But will that variety of Bible reading
do any good? WIN it stimulate the
readers who are after pennies TO fol-
low the Christian life? Or is it sim
ply estimated that nobody can read
much in the Bible without some of
1t sticking to him?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-07-07
MANY TIMES CLOSE TO DEATH
Cowboy Must Have Had Creepy Feel.
ing When He Realized What
He Had Escaped.

The best story of horses jumps
which comes to mind Is that of cow
boy He was taking steers to Lead
vile and had camped for the night on
Bear river near its junction with the
Little Snake. In the middle of the
night something occurred to stampede
the cattle. The cowboy mounted his
broncho and rode hither and thither
on the flank of the herd until their
fright had died away. Four or five
times the rider felt his horse give ire
mendOus leaps and with daybreak dis
covered the cause.
The cattle had climbed to a level
plateau which is intersected by a cam
yon four miles long and from 1900 to
1000 feet deep. Its walls incline
toward each other at the top, where
the distance is fifteen to twenty feet.
In riding, the man had kept his steers
circling about this plateau. A dozen
of them he found had fallen down the
canyon and been killed.
Hoofmarks showed him that the
great jumps made by his horse We're
occasioned by the animals clearing the
canyon each time it came to the TAX
ing-off spot.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-07-07
How to Use vioIets.

Violet time is at hand. In addition
to bouquet making these flowers have
a number of uses which might well be
more widely known. We are told that
the blossom is a cough remedy, an
emollient and medicine for increasing
the perspiration. 1t is also used In the
treatment of various infiammatory Ill
nesses. A hair tonic may be made
from violets by slowly pouring over
them oil of sweet almonds, which abb
serbs their fragrance, and mixing this
with quarter of its volume of so per
cent alcohol. This emulsion is said
to prevent the hair from coming out II
used daily. To perfume linen: Detach
the violets from their stems and put
them In small bottle In alternate
layers of violets and table salt. When
the bottle Is half full, seal II hermeti-
cally and put it in corner of the
kitchen near the stove. AT the end
Of three weeks the stopper may be
drawn and the bottle placed among
your linen, will infuse the garments
with the fragrance of violets. The
next day take the bottle out and re-
cork 1t. The process may then be re-
peated whenever your linen needs per-
fuming.-From lie Petit Parisien.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-07-07
Fossil Fish Eaqs.

A news item the other day spoke of
an oklahoma town that was built on
a deposit of fossil fish eggs, which
through the processes of nature had
been converted into limestone.
AS matter of fact. many towns in
that state, as well as In Missouri and
Arkansas, stand upon deposits Of the
same kind, which are known TO the
geologist as "oolite," because the ma
terial is made up of small round white
bodies resembling eggs.
The notion that these bodies are ac-
tually accumulated roes of multitudes
of bygone fishes has long been enter
tanned by the ignorant. OF course,
such an idea Is a wild absurdity. But
science itself is puzzled to know the
reason why of this peculiar formation,
one theory being that the limy mate
rial was precipitated from sea water
in the shape described by the action of
certain bacteria.
There is great deal of this "oolite"
to be found along the shores of the
Great Salt lake, in the form of sand
Kansas City Star.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-07-07
PARROT AS MUSICAL CRITIC
Pet Of Jean de Reszke, Famous
Teacher, Mlnces No Words When
Singing Displeases Him.

Probably the most respected and
feared parrot in the world is that green
feather little autocrat known as Coco
which is the pet and inseparable COM
panion of Jean de Reszke. For Coco
has acquired an ear for music and he
makes his likes and dislikes known
especially the dislikes-in a most en-
phatic manner. Nor does he mince his
words. With Coco voice is either
good or rotten-there is no middle
ground-and when he forms the latter
opinion, look out
The story of De Reszke and his par
rot Is told by pupils of this great figure
In the music world who have been ac-
cepted In the studio he has established
In France since his retirement twenty
years ago.
To begin with. Coco is entitled to
special consideration In the Nice villa
because he was the pet Of De Reszke's
only son, who was killed in the war.
II was after that tragedy that Coco and
the father of the dead boy became such
fast friends And this friendship be-
came so warm that Coco not only was
permitted free access to his masters
studio. but was provided with a perch
on the musicians own broad shoulder.
And there he sits every day through
the teaching hours, which sometimes
last from 10 In the morning until at
night, apparently as deeply interested
In the work as Is De Reszke himself.
At first Coco merely perched and
looked as wise as 1t is possible for a
parrot to look, but as the months wore
on he began to feel his importance
and gradually he began taking hand
In the teaching. And now he yields
power all his own.
II one of De Reszke's forty pupils
sings passage In poor form the master
probably will draw attention to the fact
something after this fashion. "That
was not as good as usual. We must
try 1t again."
But the parrot from his perch cries
out something like this:
"You blockheadl Try again. You
can't do worse. Poor blockhead You
help to make a sad world"
And when pupil sings particularly
well the bird gives praise, but 1t is not
nearly so emphatic or pointed as his
criticism. for 1t consists mainly of a
gurgling noise and the rubbing of his
head against the masters cheek, so that
his manifestation of praise must be ex-
planned to the pupil, while the blame
never requires elucidation.-NewY York
Sun.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-07-07
Night in the Forest.

Through the forest is great silence,
but no stiffness. The whippoorwill
swings down and up the short curve
of his regular song, over and over the
owl says his WHO'D. These, with the
ceaseless dash of the rapids, are the
web on which the night traces her
more delicate embroideries of the pn-
expected. Distant crashes, stealthy
footsteps near at hand; subdued
scratching of claws; faint sniff, the
mournful cry of the loon, instinct with
the spirit of loneliness the ethereal
call-note of the birds of passage high
In the air; pattern among the dead
leaves, and at last, from the thicket
close at hand, the beautiful silvery
purity of the white-tbroated sparrow
the nightingale of the North--trem-
bling with the ecstasy of beauty, as
though shimmering moonbeam had
turned to sound; these things combine
subtly, the Great Silence overarches
the night and draws you forth to con-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Edward White.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-07-07
Hobbies of Authors.

Authors have their hobbies as well
as their style. p. Phillips Open
helm is an enthusiastic golfer Israel
Zangwill is an expert chess player
Marie Corelli Is devoted to music and
plays several instruments. Cricket APP
peals to Sir j. NJ Barrie and Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle. while yachting
is the favorite pastime of %" (Sir
Arthur Quiller-Couch). Work and
play are combined by Sir Rider Hag-
gard. He enjoys travelling In strange
lands, and his adventures have been
as thrilling as his romances. Big
game hunting and travelling are the
principal pastime of Cutcllffe Hyne,
the creator of Captain Kettle. Max
Pemberton used to be devoted to cy-
cling, but like many another. he has
fallen victim to the little white ball.
and now devotes most Of his spare
time to golf. Arnold Bennett Is q
devotee Of art and has a collection of
modern paintings.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-07-07
WILLING TO SHARE HUSBAND
Curious Custom That Came Under the
Observation Of Traveller
in Persia.

One of the most extraordinary Gus
toms in the world is that observed
by certain Persian tribes.
When a native woman wishes to
display her affection for a friend of
her own sex, she proposes that the
latter shall become her husbands wife
on equal terms with herself.
This is the greatest compliment
she can bestow," wrote the late Dr..
Elizabeth Macbean Ross, who. spent
some years as doctor among the
tribes of North Persia. She had the
hand of many Persian husbands Of
fered to her in this way.
II must say it is somewhat embar-
RAISING she said, in her remini-
sciences, according to London Tit-Bits,
"when the gentleman himself happens
to be present, and l have sometimes
wondered what the effect on the wife
would be If her generous offer were
accepted.
"When I told them it appeared to
me curious thing that one wife
should select another, was informed
that it presented many advantages.
1T is much better for us to choose
our husbands wife, then we get some
one we like and with whom we can
agree"
If a husband dies his wives are
divided among his brothers, the eldest
having first choice and taking all or
as many of the women as he fanciess
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-07-07
Netting Wild Animals.

Netting animals is one of the cas-
lest and best methods of collecting
them, says Charles Mayer. in Asia
Magazine. The size of the meshes
will depend entirely upon what one
hopes to capture. The net is placed
at spot where animals are sure to
pass; 1t is suspended across the trail
and held In place by light bamboo
poles. Leaves and grass are scattered
over II until Ii can not be distin-
guished from the ground. When an
animal steps into it, the net falls,
and he begins to struggle, instead of
quietly working his way out. Within
a minute he has himself so tangled in
the meshes that 1t is sometimes nee
essary TO cut the net to get him out
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-07-07
Natures FireIess Cooker.

Western towns have lately been pre-
pairing and maintaining camping
grounds, equipped with water and
lights, for the convenience Of automo-
bile tourists. There is at least one
spot where natural fireless cookers are
among the gratuitous provisions for
the comfort of the touring public. This
unique inducement is found at Hot
Springs, New, where boiling water has
been spOuting up from the unknown
depths of the sun-baked earth. Near
this remarkable hot spring there are
several cooking holes" excavations
about three feet in depth, whose sides
are lined with sheet iron. AT the bot
tom the boiling water gurgles. Into
these holes visitors lower the vessels
containing their food or drink. Be
cause of the boiling temperature and
the heat Of the surrounding steam
which fills the cavity, the process of
cooking is rapid.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-07-07
Ae Had ths Proofs lam Rluht.

High School Johns three spinster
sisters were all sentimental. They
treasured all the relics of their early
romances-"trash" that John would
joyfully have discarded so that he
could have more room for trophies,
etc.
One night he scornfully called the
family's attention to gayly decorat-
ed clock on the mantel. tits no earth
ly good" he said. 1T won't run and
it's out of style, too. Let's get one
of those mahogany ones like the
Browns have"
One Of the sisters looked at the
relic. "Oh. let's don't" she slmpered.
Lets keep It for memory's sake. 1t
has licked so many happy hours for
all Of US girls"
"Yes, I'll say 1t has," John agreed
scornfully, "and according to present
evidences 1t has sounded good many
alarms, too"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-07-07
WON FAME AS PROPHECIES
Legends Concerning mother. shipton"
Tell Us Little Of Real Life of
Remarkable Woman.

In the four centuries and more
since Mother SYMPTOMS birth, her pre-
dictions have from time to time been
recalled, especially as some new in
vention or historical development has
seemed to bear out her prophecies.
According to the Encyclopedia Britain
MICA, Mother Shipton was born near
Yorkshire good many years before
Columbus discovered America, though
the exact date is in doubt. The leg
end concerning her states that she
was begotten, like the Wizard Merlin
of King Arthur's Round Table, of a
union of phantom Of Apollo or
some other aerial demon in that guise,
and a beautiful young orphan girl Of
Yorkshire named Agatha Southill. The
baby was christened Ursula Soulful
by the abbot of Beverly. From early
childhood the prophecies displayed
her weird powers, which developed in
scope as she grew older. She mar
ried carpenter named Shipton, ac-
cording to the legend, and died at
the age of seventy-three years. Con-
trary to the custom Of those times,
Mother Shipton, despite her suspect
ed connection with the devil and the
powers Of darkness, escaped hanging
as a witch, due largely to the fact
that she had never been known to
harm anyone. Her "evil eye" was
never turned toward any person, but
exerted its baleful power in piercing
the veil of the future.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-07-07
palm OIL as Fuel.

A series of experiments. begun In
1914, but interrupted by the war. has
recently been resumed In Brussels on
the use Of palm oil in internal COM
bustion motors. A Swedish two-cycle
semi-Diesel engine was found which
would run successfully on palm oil
According to analysis by Belgian chem.
lists. palm oil is mixture of palmltate
and oleate of glycerine. with some
variable quantities of paImitic and
oleic acid. 1t contains about 95 per
cent Of fatty acids and appears as a
pasty substance of yellowish or salmon
color. Its caloric power Is estimated
at 9.22S calories (Barthelot- Mahler).
and II is inflammable at 2l0 degrees
centigrade.-Scientific American.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-07-07
CALLS FOR STEADY NERVE
Duty Devolvine on Cook for East
African Monarch Can Not Be
Called a Sinecure.

The Rev. John Roscoe, rector of
0vington Norfolk, kept members of
the Royal society wondering for more
than an hour while he lectured on his
journey through East Africa, where
he went on tour of investigation on
behalf of the government and the
Royal society.
King George was amused by the
travellers description of the royal serv-
ants at Bunyoro,. one of the places
Mr.. Roscoe visited. He described their
duties In his lecture In London.
'"The kings chief cook has very
trying job" said Mr.. Roscoe. "The
custom is that every morning he
brings to the king a pot of specially
prepared meat, with which he must
walk all around the royal enclosure.
With his face whitened he enters the
presence, and In dead silence
throughout the court, which may not
be broken by coughing or sneezing On
pain of instant death, the chief cook
puts a piece of meat at the end of a
fork into the kings mouth.
"Ele does this four times, but IL by
chance or nervousness he touches the
kings teeth with the metal fork he
dies instantly.
These servants find the ordeal so
trying that they can only carry it out
for a few days, after which they are
sent away for six weeks holiday.
That is all the meat the king is sup
posed to have in day and for the
rest he lives on milk."-London Daily
Mail
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-07-07
Freeze Frult to Keep il.

Strawberries, grapes. cherries, rasp-
berries, and other small fruits, as well
as tomatoes and some other vegetables,
can be kept long time intact from the
germs that bring about decomposition.
Germs may be present in the air and
in the fruits, but their activity is
suspended by freezing.
The department Of agriculture has
found that fruits frozen to tempera-
ture as low as 10 degrees Fahrenheit
or higher, up to 80 degrees, and then
stored in a temperature not above IS
degrees, will keep for several months.
Popular Science Monthly.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-07-07
Keen Control Of TEMPER.

Repeated outbursts Of violence have
the same effect on your delicate men
tai and nervous mechanism that they
have on the machinery which controls
the energy generated by the waterfall
In a very little time the person CIV
en- to violence will be unable to con.
troll his energy. 1t will burst forth
at all times, as in the case of badly
spoiled child. And then there will be
little work and no thought. All the
energy that is generated by the mys-
FERROUS processes of life will be vast
ed, never again to be recoyered.-John
Blake in Chicago Daily News.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-07-07

'Kill-To dream you kill some one
signifies that you will inherit a small
fortune by the death Of an old friend.
To kill friend denotes sickness. To
kill relative foretells failure in your
undertaking. TO dream you are killed
signifies great loss to him who kills
you. To kill wild beasts denotes do
nestle happiness. But to kill tame or
useful animals. great family troubles.
Buttons-To dream of bright but
tons is always good; II rusty, 1t por-
tends misfortune; II covered, happi-
ness; if he has lost his buttons, it is
a sign he will not live long.-Chicago
American.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-07-07
SAW COLONIES AS A NATION
According to Old Almanac, English
Nobleman Was Gifted With Re-
markable Prophetic Spirit.

Quantity phrased weather warnings,
interlarded with old-fashioned words
Of wisdom, including a prediction of
a successful revolt in America, while
the colonists were still praying for the
health Of their English ruler, are con-
tanned In collection Of almanacs
owned In Keene, N. III. Some of the
paper-bound booklets date back to
1854.
The prophecy dealing with the Rev
olutiOn was printed in copy issued
about the time that Washing on was
following the peaceful pursuits of a
surveyor. 1t was made by Lord
Kames, British nobleman, who said !:
sour North American colopies are
in prosperous condition, increasing
rapidly in population, in commerce
and in opulence and they have the
spirit of a free people and are en-
famed with patriotism. Their popu-
Ia ion will equal that of Britain and
Ireland in less than century and
they will be match for the mother
country If they choose to be independ-
ent. A people animated with the new
blessings of liberty will not incline to
a kingly form of government"
Young men are urged to go West
into the wilds of Ohio and purchase
land at 20 cents an acre in Spanish
money, by an almanac editor who
wore knee breaches and ruffied shirt.
In his mortuary statistics, based on re-
ports received in 1897, he asserted
that half of the United States died
before reaching the age of seventeen
years, smallpox, for instance, being
more fatal to girls than boys at that
period. However, one in every 3,125
of the population attained or passed
the century mark in life.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-07-07
Prehistoric Creature.

The remains of what is described as
the largest and most mysterious land
animal that ever walked the earth
have been found in Baluchistan. The
creature was probably more like a
rhinoceros than like any other animal
Of today, but 1t had neck that sug-
gests that of the giraffe. Two of the
neck bones, compared with similar
bones of the largest previously known
land animals, make them look small,
and nothing but dynamite or stump
puller could have drawn one of its
teeth.-Youth's Companion.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-07-07
Coal on Farms.

The United States uses about 100,-
100000 cords of wood annually for
fuel. of which so per cent is consumed
I'm the rural districts.
In spite of the fact that most Of
our farm woodlands occur In the sew
enteen states making up New England
and the lake states, the farmers and
rural population Of this section annu-
ally use In excess Of 100000 tons Of
coal.
If by substituting wood one-quarter
less coal could be burned on farms
and one-tenth less In villages, the total
saving would amount to nearly 3,OO0.-
600 tons, or between 65.O0o and 10000
carloads.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-07-07
Making Them Learn History

Enactment by the state legislature
OF Indiana Of law to make the teach
ing of American history compulsory
In every public and private school Of
the state is urged BY the national
Americannation committee Of the
American N4egion. The bill provides
also for the compulsory teaching Of
civil government in the high schools
and colleges o1 the state.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-07-07
Puzzled Expert.

AS two friends were conversing an
I old college professor passed them In
the street.
"The professor is a wonderful man."
one of them remarked. He's a great
mathematician and boasts that he can
figure out any problem"
"Not any more" returned his friend.
THE landlord boosted his rent and
has him sitting up nights trying to
solve the housing problem. Toledo
Blade.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-07-07
But win II sell7

"Tve invented new one, boss"
said the soda clerk. "You take dab
Of violet ice cream and serve 1t with
crushed blueberries on top"
{ 1T sounds good" admitted the boss.
sWhat are you going TO call it?'
"Why, a blue sundae, Of course
Judge go
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-07-07
Mundane utiIItarlanism.

The man from Mars was having his
first look up Michigan avenue last
night.
We'll" he said. you people evil
IDENTIFY believe 10 turning everything
to account. ] see you even make COM
mercial use of the structures that have
been built TO hold up those electric
signs."--Chicago American.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-07-07
Not Entirely to His Liking.

A South Grand avenue business
man was getting chummy with his
six-year-old son the other day.
wouldn't YOU like to grow up and
be a, motor car salesman like meT
the father asked.
The boy thought it over a minute.
please, papa, couldn't just grow
upT ne nswered.-Kansas City Star.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-07-07
Heard at a Rseeptlar

"what was Ann talking so earnestly
10 you about?"
"oh, art, culture and that sort OF
thing. I'm afraid ! dropped of once
or twice"
Had a sort of Ann esthetic effect.
ehr-Boston Transcript.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-07-07
considered ! Freak.

The Tampa Tribune says that girl
must choose between dressing sensibly
and attracting attention. In some cir
cies. brother, It's the girl who dresses
sensibly who attracts the most atten-
ton. Boston Transcript.