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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
WAS GOING TOO FAR.
Mail Carrier Thought Advertising


Mail Carrier Thought Advertising
Was Being Carried to Excess.
Yes" said the rural mail carrier
believe that advertising pays, and
all that; but some people overindulge
in it. Now there is Mr.. Whooper,
the rich city man, who owns the new
house-calls it his country residence
down the Brownsville road. It's on
my route. you know. Mr. Whooper
made his money selling corn salye
he invented; and he's got nice place
out there. I'll say that certainly,
but it's spoiled for me-"
What's the matter with it?" asked
the postmaster.
We'll, you know had mail to de.
liver there this morning, the first mail
since the Whoopers arrived yester-
day. And what do you think? On a
big rug at the front door there was
the world 'salve' in letters foot long.
Advertising corn cure, and on a foot
wiper in front of his own door, too.
I'm Disguised"
"Oh, you pronounce the word
wrong" said the postmaster. 1T has
two syllables, and is Latin and
sounds something like 'sal-ve.' At a
portal it means welcome
Il don't care. It's too suggestive,
that's what it is asserted the car
rier, as he turned to the ice water
tank.-New York Times.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
METHODS OF KEEPING SOCKS.
Is a Lead Pencil Worth More Than a
Pen?

The supervision of every store
should extend to the books.
The simplest is always the best
method of expression. Why use a
pen, penholder, ink and erasers, when
q pencil with rubber on the end will
supply all demands better, cheaper
and with less labor.
Is there any good reason why re
tail merchant should not keep his
books in lead pencil? One of Chica.
go's largest wholesale houses does.
II pencil is used then the books
used can be of cheaper paper and cor
respondingly less expensive. There
fore, l think retail merchants books
should be kept with hard lead or
indelible pencil.
II is easier, cleaner, takes less time
and makes the correction of errors
quicker and easier Ink is no safe.
guard against errors or dishonesty. A
man can falsify and steal as easily
through ink as through pencil.
Bookkeeping is only memorandum
work anyhow. Make it as simple and
easy as possible. Don't waste profit
in ink. 1t is the little leaks that eat
up the profits. Unnecessary labor is
e leak. Expensive paper in books is
wasteful, | believe in cheap paper
and pencils, sbright boys and girls
who can add and subtract, and good
common sense business Judgment to
tell them how to put the figures down
so they will add up something to
show the movement of the business.
Victor Robertson in Credit Mans
Bulletin.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24

wonderfully erect, martial figure.
He threw his head back when Pope
approached and exclaimed in a calm
deep voice:
why have you boarded me, sir?"
Pope answered, We are gentlemen
of fortune. We are sailing the high
seas in search of an estate and you'll
help us in that quest"
He could not but be deferentiaI to
the fine old fellow. He was a gentle
man by birth, an Irishman, the son
of clergyman, and no fierce and
bloody pirate as yet.
Pope's men, breathing short, looking
restless and wild, bloodshot, hairy and
rugged, every man with a cutlaSs in
his nand, stood about the companion
way waiting, while the following con-
versation took place between Pope
and the tall, lofty and commanding old
gentleman.
Il am Earl Fitzgibbon," said the tall
old gentleman, and am proceeding
from the Azores to England. | beg
that Tou suffer me to depart. You
will discover nothing in this vessel
worth your attention. Examine the
cabin by all means. You will find
everything plain, and such money as
have in the ship you are welcome to,
about ninety guineas."
Thanks, my lord. 1t is our custom
to make ourselves welcome without
invitation" says Pope. I'VE cannot
let you depart for ninety or nine
hundred guineas. We must transfer
you and your crew to that brig"
But why, sir? But why?" cried
his loruship, suddenly exhibiting
signs of agitation. What would you
do with me? What would you do with
my vessel and the men? Name the
price of a ransom, sir?" He stretched
forth his hand, which trembled ex-
ceedingly. ANY sum in reason you
shall have, if you will suffer me to
proceed"
Pope cooked his ear at the word
ransom; it gave his an idea wholly
new to him. He reflected, staring into
the eager gaze of my lord kept fast
ened upon him. Then his face
heightened, he glanced at his men
who stood near, and said to the noble
man:
We're not brigands, we can't talk
of ransoms. You and your crew must
go aboard my ship, my lord. Gypsy
ahoy!" roared Captain Pope, giving no
heed to his lordship, who. with alarm.
ed, yet commanding gestures of his
arm, was endeavoring to make him
self heard.
"Hallo!" answered Captain Crystal.
Send a boat for the crew of this
schooner" sung out Pope Get the
longboat over. Come aboard, Mr.
Crystal"
The square man fourished his
hand.
I'm Gods name, sir" exclaimed his
lordship, suffer us to proceed on our
way. Name a sum that will satisfy
you and you shall have my draft"
Pope smiled.
ON my word as British noble
man." continued the fine old man, all
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
ATTORNEY GETS ESTATE
OF DECEASED CLIENT
Administrator Named by Court Is un.
able to Find Any Property Not
in Hands Of the Lawyer.

milwaukee, Wis. Sept. 21--The
sheriff is looking for Attorney Samuel
I. Mock. Judge Carpenter ordered
that Mock be brought into court, but
The officers made return that Mock
vas in California.
Interesting testimony taken before
Judge Carpenter caused him to refuse
10 probate the will of Charles Winter
Geld. who ignored his heirs and LETT
&l2a.00O to Attorney Mock. Members
,f the Winterfeld family who were
ignored In the will testified that Mr..
Winterfield was in an unfit mental
condition at the time he signed II and
the Witnesses to the will testified that
they did not know what they were
signing and they did not think M.
Winterfield did either.
Mr.. Winterfeld had another will
drawn besides the one contested, but
It cannot be found. The Citizens
Trust company, which has been made
administrator of the estate, cannot
lind any property which is not in the
hands of Mock.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
DRESS OF EARLY STATESMAN.
Kansas Representative Like Solomon
in All His Gtory

Kansas Representative Ike solomon
in All His Glory.
The Eldorado Republican gives q
picture of an early statesman and his
picturesque attire:
When Hon. David L. McCabe was
elected to the legislature from Butler
county. in 1865, and went to Topeka
to be sworn in, he astonished not only
the natives. but everybody else, as
he was the most gorgeously dressed
statesman the county had ever pro-
duced.
He was very dark with long black
hair. On his head was coonskin
cap. the tail of the coonskin hanging
gracefully down his back. His coat
was made of wolfskins, nicely tanned
and lined with red flannel. Six hand
some tails hung from his coat tails
and tapped in the breeze as he mean
dered up to the speakers desk to take
the oath.
He wore a spotted doeskin vest,
buckskin knee breeches, handsomely
fringed; top boots, gloves made Of
beaver skin, a watch chain done in
beadwork, a flannel shirt with a fam
ing red bandanna pocket handkerchief
around his neck; and needless to say
he created a sensation.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
The Turtles Eiqhty.one Lives.


The way cats cling to their proven.
bal nine lives Is well known, but the
average turtle will make tougher
stand than nine ordinary cats. Per-
laps boiling will kill a turtle at once,
but any other method seems hopeless.
The severed head of swapping
turtle will bite for an hour after sepa.
ration from the body. But more won.
Gerful is the Indifference OF the green
turtle of the West Indies to mutila
ton. A party of naturalists lately re.
turned give AN account of an expert
ment which proves beyond doubt that
the green turtles intelligence does
not lie in its head.
A green turtle, found on the beach,
turned and made for the water One
of the party severed its head with
an axe and turned the body around
The headless turtle ran, then stopped
and turned towards the water again
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
CHAPTER Viii.
The Earl.

The night passed quietly: and the
dGH came along draped in sober gray,
w.ti long lead-colored swell freckled
by some sea-fowl within gun-shot of
the quarter. In the afternoon OF this
day, the sky being gray and dry and
the sea-lne clear, sail sprang up
right ahead. The two captains were
at dinner when the boatswain put his
ugly face into the skylight and report
ed her. Both came up leisurely,
knowing the wind to be little more
than a small draught, Pope with his
radiant spyglass under his arm. He
leveled it at the sail; Crystal peered
at her through the briggs telescope.
Shall we attack her or pass her
Speak, Crystal"
The square man considered. When
he spoke his speech was slow. his de
livery solemn, and he looked fierce
with his scar
I'm for passing on" said he. For
more, I'm for putting the briggs helm
over, and giving yonder vessel a wide
berth"
what de say, Grindal?" said Pope,
rounding upon his boatswain.
"This is a clear sea-" answered the
boatswain, and a fust-class opper-
tunity. I'm for boarding her, taking
all she's got that's worth having, re-
moving her people, then sinking of
her, afterwards transferring her crew
G,.ef I'M MO inl-
bound west or south
I'm of Grindars mind" said Pope.
Right, If you sink the vessel" in
terjected crystal. I
So the order was given for the guns
to be loaded, and the small arms
served out. They loaded the carron-
AIDES. and ran them out. The two long
guns were also loaded the boats were
seen to, all was made clear for action.
VI Hoist the ensign" said Pope.
''Haul up your courses, and back the
fore-topsail. Down hellum."
The little vessel was hove-to right
athwart the course of the approaching
craft, which might now be some two
{, or three miles off. The sails of the
stranger were remarkably white.
"A gents pleasure boat" said Grin
dal "A proper craft for our flag,
guess"
"Ive been thinking that" says Crys-
tai, looking at Pope, who made no
, answer.
The stranger came ripping along
toward the brig with pathetic unsus-
picousness And she was now within
half mile. perhaps within reach of
trumpet, when all Of a sudden, as
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
SAYS BEAVERS
IS SCAPEG0AT
Attorney Alleges That Govern
ment Is Attempting to
Shield Others.
DECLARES CLIENT INNOCENT
Lawyers Contends That IL Given the
Opportunity He VIII Demonstrate
There Is No Probable Cause to Be.
lieve He Committed Crime.

New York, Sept. 21.--Attorney
Steuers, for George W. Beavers, the
Indicted former head of the s-.aries
and allowance division of thu nostal
department limited at his clier,'s pre-.
liminary hearing here that the latter
is being made scapegoat. and that
the government Is attempting to shield
other officials of the department
Beavers, though indicted in Brook.
Ign, was arrested in New York--an.
other judicial district--and his law
yers have been trying to compel the
government to show its entire case as
a preliminary to his return to the
district where the indictment was
found, With this object subpoenaes
were served on District Attorney
Youngs and his stenographer, in
Brooklyn, and on Postmaster General
Payne, for the production of certain
papers,
All three subpoenas were ignored,
and in passing on the case Commits
sioner Hitchcock held that, nasmuch
IS they were served in another dis
trict, the persons subpoenaed are not
in contempt
Charges Unfair Treatment.
For the first time on record In this
district" said Mr.. Steuers, the gov.
eminent seeks to have this accused
sent to Brooklyn without the prelim
mary examination that has been &C
corded every defendant arraigned for
extradition in quarter of a century.
I'VE want to know whom the gov
eminent seeks to shield by this indict.
ment. We contend that, II permitted
to go into this case here we will prove
that there Is not only lack OF prob.
able cause to believe that crime has
been committed, but. so far as Beavers
Is concerned, that 1t Is a case of alb.
solute innocence. and we hope to
prove It., But for some reason the
government seeks to suppress this evi,
dence." ..
District Attorney Burnett replied
that, from what Mr.. Steuers proposed
to prove 1t was evidently the intention
Of the defense to turn the examination
into trial.
Disobey Summons.
After adjournng the session until
next Tuesday. counsel for the defense
accompanied by Commissioner Hitch.
cock and Attorneys Burnett and Wise
appeared before United States Dis
trict Judge Holt for process compell
ing District Attorney Youngs and his
stenographer, Miss Wrenn, to obey the
subpoenas and appear before Iommis
sioner Hitchcock Tuesday.
Judge Holt ruled that to bring the
matter before him, the defense would
have to make an application to punish
for contempt the witnesses who had
disobeyed the subpoenas. Lates the
application was formally made, Judge
Holt being asked to decide the ques'
ton at issue some time before the next
hearing.
Commissioner Hitchcock announced
during the hearing that he had decid.
ed to override the motion made by the
defense at the previous hearing to dis
miss the proceedings because of the
invalidity Of the indictment.
The defense contended at that time
that the indictment charged three
separate and distinct offenses under
one section of the Federal statutes, in
stead Of one as provided by law.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
CHAPTER vlI.-contInued.

Crystals face cleared little and he
smoked thoughtfully and in silence.
Pope eyed him askant, somewhat
darkly. but on meeting his gaze his
face lighted up with one of his fine
cordial, Irish smiles. 1t was clear
from this and further discourse they
held that they had as yet formed no
plans after they had obtained as much
plumber as would satisfy them.
The crew made merry in the dog
watches that evening, wearied as they
well might be after the labors of the
night. Just before shutdown the boat
swain Grindal lurched through the
yellow sheen to the quarterback.
Captain Pope" said he, the men
han't seen their flag yet Is there
any objection to its being hoisted, that
all hands may make sure of the colors
they sail under?"
"Certaiply," says Pope with great
heartiness. pipe ALI hands aft and
let them salute the flag with a glass
of grog apiece"
Grindal chirruped somewhat tipsily,
and the crew came tumbling on to the
main deck. A bucket of gin was
drawn and the hands were ordered
not to drink till the, flag foated over
them.
Pope went to the fag-locker Just
abaft the wheel and took out a little
bale of stuff that was like a pail rolled
up. He bent this weired flag to the
main-royal signal halyards Then took
turn round his hand and shouted
to his man to bring him and Crystal
a glass of grog. He then addressed
a few words to the pirates. and,
iweaking the line he held, the flag
at the masthead broke and blew out
large, glossy, and black at the ravens
wing again the fading scarlet over.
head.
The whole ships company roared
out three cheers, ard then drank, the
captain and his mate drinking with
them.
The flag was a black ground. 1t
lacked the melodramatic ghastly de-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
DIES ON CROSS, AS HE wIsHEr
Bloomington Man Found LifeIess on
Structure He Had Made.

Bloomington. H., Sept. 21.-Out-
stretched on cross that he had made
himself, Carl Mccoy was found dead
at the county farm. He was an epilep,
tic patient. and often expressed wish
to die by crucifixion, as did Christ II
is supposed that he was stricken while
constructing the cross. lie was mem
Der OF well-known family here and
was "a years old.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
FLOOD FORCES MANY TO MOVE
Immense Damage Is Done In La
Crosse, Wis.,, and Vicinity.

la Crosse, Wis. sept. 2l.-The
worst food experienced in this por
ton of the Mississippi valley for years
Is submerging thousands of acres OF
farm lands along the river. sweeping
away stacks of hay and grain, drown
Ing live stock in fields and doing I'm
mense damage. The food has entered
La Crosse and In the lower portion OF
the north side sixty families have beea
forced to move out of their homes
The rover overlooked the Milwaukee
tracks on the levee. The local wealth,
err observer predicts the river will rise
nearly foot more at this point.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
ATTEMPT TO POISON A FAMILY
Paris Green In Well and Phosphorus
in MIX Of Iowa Mine Owner.

Oskaloosa, Ia, Sept. 21.--An attempt
was made to poison the family OF w
A. Durfee, a prominent coalmine own
err of What Cheer. A large quantity
of paris green was emptied into the
well and the residence was entered
and several crooks OF milk were
tainted with phosphorus. An early
discovery Of the attempt at poisoning
prevented fatalities.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24

vices or skull and raw bones. 1t was
not flag. however, that man would
continue flying. After it had fioated
aloft five minutes, it was hauled down,
rolled up and slowed away. The men
went forward, and one produced a fid-
die, and many of the sailors turned
to and danced in the beautiful fading
light
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
Unerrinq Childhood.

The child is so often right 1t has
not the miscellaneous knowledge OF
the grown-up person who reads news
papers and keeps a tame Encyclope-
dia Britannica in a carefully devised
cage. But the childish mind has an
unerring logical faculty, not In any
way confused by superhuity Of infor-
nation.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
ROBBERS SHOOT AN OPERATOR
Night Man In Railroad Office at Lake.
ton, Ind, Is Badly Wounded.

Wabash Ind, Sept 2l.-lIerbert
Aughenbaugh, night operator of the
Erie railroad at I.aketon, was shot and
perhaps fatally wounded by two rob.
bers, who fired bullet into his head
after he had resisted their demand for
the roads money In his possession.
The robbers escaped. They secured
several hundred dollars.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
BURN THE PRINCIPAL IN EFFioY
la Crosse Pupils Disapprove Placing
Study Before Football.

La Crosse, Wis, Sept. 2l.--A crowd
of pupils of the high school gathered
on the campus and burned an effigy
of Principal Hemminway because
some Of their number had been re
fused permission to play on the school
football team this season, their
scholarship not coming up to the re
quired standard.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
Chicago Board Of Trade.
Chicago, Sept. 1S.-Quotations on
the board OF trade to-day:
NeMsnaper Writer Dies.

Topeka, Kas., Sept 2l.--Harmon D.
Wilson, 80 years old, one OF the best
known newspaper writers In Kansas
died in this city Of typhoid fever. Mr.
Wilson contracted the disease while on
an outing in Oklahoma. He leaves
a widow and one child.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
Fire chiefs, Directors.

Atlanta, Ga, Sept. 21.-The follow.
ing board Of directors of the Interna
ti0nal Fire Chiefs association was APP
pointed by President w. r. Joyner of
this city: ID. G. Larkin. Dayton, o.; j.
#. -Mullin. Birmingham, Ala; Fillmore
Tyson, Louisville, Ky.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
Mine Is Not Safe.

Mahanoy City, Pa, Sept. 2i.-The
Mahanoy City Colliery of the phila-
delphia and Reading Coal and Iron
Company, employing 500 men. has
been closed owing to the unsafe con-
dition of the mine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
Train Kills Two.

Erie, Pa, Sept. 2l.-Thomas L. Ed.
ridge. aged % years. son of Post.
master L. o. Eldridge OF North Spring
field, and Miss Minnie Rutland, aged
20. were instantly killed by the Lake
Shore limited two miles west OF NORTH
Springfield.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
In southern Legislatures.

There are two Republicans in the
Arkansas legislature, one in Florida.
three In Alabama, four in Georgia,
none in South Carolina, and Missis-
sippi, Louisiana has one anti-organiza-
tion Democratic.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
Noted LAWYER Is Dead.

Washington, Sept. 21.-Charles Man.
rice Smith, a prominent member OF the
Washington bar, died OF appendicitis,
complicated with kidney trouble. He
was 50 years old and native of Din
widdie county, Virginia.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
Fear Sixty Men Are Lost.

Cape Charles, Va, Sept 21.--Two
fishing steamers, the Beatrice. belong
ing to the Atlantic Fisheries company,
and the Swan of Harborton, are miss
ing, and 1t Is feared that both. with
their crews of thirty men each, are
lost.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
Stocks Decrease in Value.

In two years there has been loss
of about billion dollars in the cur
rent value of the stocks Of ten great
corporations.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
EXPECTS RATIO TO De FIXED

Mexican Banker Returns From Con
ference in European Capitals.
New York, Sept. 2l.--Enrique c
Creel. the banker Of the City Of Mex
leo, who was chairman of the Mexk
can commission on International ex
change, has returned from Europe Mr.
Creel expressed himself as enthusiast
ic over the result of the conference
held in London, Paris, The Hague, Der
lin and st. Petersburg. He believes
that the conferences eventually will
result In u fixed ratio of silver and
gold.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
Aces of Cardinals.

Cardinal Rampoila is more thar
ten years the junior of the new pope
Cardinal Gibbons is one year Older
than Pope Plus.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
The Mathematics of L.

She had fifteen million dollars.
Placed in bonds and shares and
-ents;
He had fifteen million dollars,
So they merged their sentiments.
Now they've raised a son who's val
ued
At exactly thirty cents.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
Gold Production.

During the last year California
produced twice as much gold as
Alaska, and Colorado produced more
than three times as much.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
Most Powerful Auto.

The most powerful automobile ever
built is the Gobron-Brille racing car,
having 120-horse power.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
Foreian Cheese.

Holland produces over 40 varieties
Of cheese, Switzerland about As, Italy
200 kinds and Denmarks 60 brands.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
Montana Glaciers.

There are in Montana some of the
finest glaciers in the world.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
sunfIower Is Water Blend.

A sunfiower sucks up 145 pounds Of
water during It's growth.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-13
YOUNG GIRL ELOPES
WITH GYPSY LOVER
Milwaukee Miss Declares She Is IS,
Although Parents Claim She 10
Five Years Younger.

Milwaukee, Wis. Aug. 1o.-While
camping near Pewaukee lake recently.
Kittie Reynolds, daughter of Winfield
Reynolds, Lincoln avenue, became in
fatuated with Alexander Williams, a
young gypsy camping near by. The
band of gypsies left for Racine. Will
hanson returned to the Reynolds camp
and spirited Kittie away to Milwaukee,
where they were married. The girls
parents say she is only Is years old.
but Kittie swore her age was IS, and
obtained special dispensation. As
soon as Kittie was missed the Milwau-
kee police were notified and searched
for the couple. They were finally
found in the gypsy camp near Racine
and taken into custody. The girl told
the police she did not know whether
she wanted to remain with William
son or not. They were released, as
the Milwaukee police would make no
charge against them.