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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25
FINDS OLD GUN IN A STUMP.
NeIs Olson Discovers English Weapon
Buried Half a Century AGO.

Forest City, May 22.-Nels Olson
brought to town yesterday from his
farm, five miles southeast of here,
curiosity in the shape of a Eastwood
stump the size Of a washtub and en-
bedded in the stump was the barrel OF
an old time flintlock gun. 1t is esti-
mated that the age of the stump must
be at least forty years and as the
gun barrel was a foot below ground,
it must have been buried over a half
a century ago.
The word London appears on the
gun barrel, which shows that the fire.
arm was made in England. Many
conjectures as to how the gun came
to be buried have been advanced.
Some think it belon- I'd to some early
trapper while others think it be-
longed to some Indian.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25
4 Mason City Boy Hurt.

Mason City, May 21.-Frank Camp
bell, a Mason City boy, who with
three other boys, Wesley Nick 9en,
Lee Davis and Ed Wells, went from
here as DRIVERS for the United States
Express company in Chicago as strike
breakers, is reported lying in the hos
pital of that city badly injured from
the effects of mob treatment. All the
boys have returned except Campbell,
whose condition is not known. They
all had experiences with the strikers.
McKeen being badly bruised by stones
not willing to risk their lives any
longer so returned home.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25
CAB DRIVERS WILL NOT STRIKE.

Chicago, May 1S.-A truce is in
prospect between the livery owners
and the union. Officials of the driv-
ers' organization are said to have de-
cided not to force the issue with the
employers organization A. B. Peril
go, president of the joint Liverymen's
association, said yesterday that the
drivers had decided not to carry out
the boycott plan against department
stores and other strike affected
houses, but to permit passengers to
be carried anywhere they might desig-
nate. A meeting of the executive
board of the Cab and Carriage Drivers
union tonight is expected to ratify
this action, and bring about settle
ment, so far as the livery business is
concerned.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25
A M. & st. l.. freight train composed

A M. & st. L. freight train composed
of seven cars was, with the exception
Of one car, completely demolished in
a disastrous wreck which occurred
two miles north of Ogden. AS near
as can be determined at present the
wreck was caused by broken fiange
on one of the first cars. The tender
of the engine was derailed but the
front part of the engine, the rear
wheels of the last car and the ca
boose remained on the track. For.
tunately no one was seriously iniur.
ed although the trainmen in the ca.
boose, also two lady passengers. were
slightly bruised by being thrown from
their seats.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

what did you discuss at your lit
erary club this afternoon, dear?"
asked the husband in the evening.
Let me see," murmured his wife;
ooh, yes, l remember now. Why, we
discussed that woman who recently
moved into the house across the
street and Longfellow."-Ex.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25
M'MILLAN MUST TESTIFY.
Prosecution Will Put United States
ATTORNEY on Stand

Cedar Rapids, May 1S.-After watch
ing for three weeks Deputy Sheriff
Shields yesterday succeeded in serv-
ing a subpoenae on United States At
torney II. G. Mcmillan, who is wanted
as a witness in the Dennison case at
Red Oak next week. Shercliffe al
leges that Mcmillan met him at Bur
lington just after Shercliffe was re-
leased from the penitentiary AID
tried to brighten him into leaving the
state. The alleged Dennison state.
ment of expenses" incurred in secur.
ing parole for Shercliffe contains an
item for $4,000 as paid to Mcmillan
for his work in behalf of the parole.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25
Is Attacked Ru Pirates

Paris, May 21.-The Temps pub
lished dispatch from Tangier, Nor.
Deco, announcing that small British
vessel, cruising on the Moorish coast,
was attacked recently by pirates, who
fired on the crew and riddled the yes
sci with bullets. REPRESENTATIONS, it
is asserted, have been made by the
British minister at Tangier with the
view Of obtaining redress.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25
SMALLPOX Claims Four Victims.

Fayette, May 19.-There are ten
cases of smallpox at the county poor
farm in this county. Four deaths
have occurred. Most of those having
the disease are the insane patients,
and the large number of fatalities is
attributed to difficulty of controlling
these patients. The cases are thor
oughly quarantined and it is believed
that the pest will be confined to the
inmates of the farm.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

One of the largest farms in the
United States, comprising 23,5O0
acres, in Atchison County, Mo-, is
owned by David Rankin and his son,
w. ]. Rankin, of Tarkio. They have
just added to this by purchasing $500
acres in Fremont County, Iowa. The
Rankins employ about 800 persons.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

Somehow" said Mrs. Oldcastle, 81
can't work up any enthusiasm over
Titan" Cant your" replied her
hostess. "How do they do it--with a
crochet-needle, or is it something in
the drawn-work line?"-Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25
seven-Pound Bass From Blue Lake.

Onawa, May 21.-The biggest bass
caught in Blue Lake for the past fifty
years was caught yesterday by At
torney J. H. Pritchard of Onawa. The
fish weighed seven pounds and one
ounce. He was a little over two feet
in length and is the largest bass ever
seen here.
The fish was weighed in the pres
ence of the sheriff, deputy auditor and
others and is surely the boss bass Of
Blue lake. The largest bass captured
heretofore weighed five and three
quarter pounds, but this one is a won
der,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

"Ah," said Mrs. Oldcastle; $50
you're reading Mrs. Binkleton's new
story? Don't you think her style Is
almost too idiomatic?" 81 hadn't
noticed it," replied her hostess, "but
wouldn't be surprised if it was. You
know it runs in the family. She had
a niece that was only half-witted"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

1t has been discovered that wire
cables often rust and break in the in
terror when there is no manifestation
of this on the exterior. Sometimes
the defect can be detected by GER
tain slackness and yielding to pres,
sure at the point infected. Corrosive
water may be responsible for this hid.
den decay.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

Office boy-"Miss Keyes, please let
me look at your face?" Miss Keyes-
What for?" Office boy-"Why, the
boss said some of the paint was
scratched off his typewriter. l didn't
know whether he meant you or the
machine. Chicago News.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

A Pennsylvania Judge declares that
he never heard of or saw kitty"
Wonder if he thinks he can put that
bluff" through? Or is it really a
case of justice being not only blind,
but deaf?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

A New York woman has started a
school for the training Of children in
which there is to be no discipline, no
'don'ts." She must have got her in
Bpiration from some of the homes she
GAS visited.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25
A Nebraska woman discovered tbo

A Nebraska woman discovered that,
owing to an error of the court, she
aad been divorced from her infant son
and her husband placed in her custody.
Why does not that give her an excel.
,ent opportunity to chastise her nus.
band? He probably deserves It.
Several persons in Pittsburg were
Frustrated in consequence of eating
dmburger cheese. At this distance
from the scene of the catastrophe,
aowever, it is impossible to say wheth-
err the trouble was caused by the
strength of the cheese or the weak
ness OF the consumers.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

Queen Elena's baby loudly demands
regular meals, whereupon italy is in
clined to believe he is "just common
boy" Until the little fellow learns
to be afraid of a bomb, let him enjoy
himself.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

Marie Corelli says she is in favor
of the simple life and Hall Game an
nounces that novels are better than
sermons. Marie and Hall still believe
IN going to almost any kind of trou-
ole for the purpose of being interest.
Ing,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

Kind Lady-"You can get work
beating carpets two doors from here
they are cleaning house." Homeless
Holmes-"Thanks mum. / mighter
bumped right inter it if youse hadn't
warned me. I'll steer clear of it,
mum" -Cleveland Leader.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

Goodness! I'm sure I'll be late"
cried Mr.. Fussey; lis there any hot
water? I've got just about five min
utes to take bath" "Say, pa" in
terrupted little Willie, that's what
you call Rushin' bath, amt it?"-
Philadelphia Ledger.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

The gourmet--"I tell you, certainly
am fond of Swiss cheese sandwiches"
The dyspeptic-"Oh! That's the
cheese with the holes in it! Very in
digestable." The gourmet-"They are,
Ell? Well, l never eat them. "-Phila-
delphia Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

The girl who wears hoopskirts can
never sit in the parlor and spoon with
her young man. The distance is 100
great.-Albany Times Union. And
get there were marriages thirty-ive or
torty years ago.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25
First Gay Was Last.

Hiteman, May 2O.-Thomas, the IA.
year-old son of Thomas Dryer, was
instantly killed at noon yesterday by
a fall of slate. Yesterday was the
first day the lad was in the mine. He
was working in a room with his
father, but the latter ESCAPED injury.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25
MANY CUB WOLVES KILLED.
Shelby County Hunters Reap Good
Harvest From Bounties.

Harvest From Bounties.
Harlan, May 22-The wolf bounty
industry is fourishing in Shelby
county. Within the past few weeks
no fewer than thirty young wolves
have been brought to the county
auditors office. Not only have dens
of them been found in the little belts
of native timber in Shelby county,
such as Galland's grove, but they
have been found in the pastures on
several of the farms that have been
titled for several years. The wolf
likes to dig her home in some sharp
point, or knoll. No old wolves have
been killed. Either they or the hunt
ers are too wary.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

It is encouraging to read in a head
line in the financial column that the
supply of money is steadily increas-
ing, even though your lower right
hand vest pocket doesn't look that
way
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

Don't you ever go to school. Jim
mie?" well, yer see, it's dis way,
kid-ma gives me a nickel week
ter go TO school an de teacher gives
ne dime ter stay away.''--Judge.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

I'm going to try and prove that
excessive drink will weaken a mans
mental faculties" Il will help YOU"
Good. How "You furnish the ex-
cessive drinks and I'll be the horrible
example. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

A Pennsylvania town Of 5000 in
habitants has just erected its first
church, though it has been in exist
ence for 1870 years. Evidently it has
lad no occasion to pray for it's may
prs and aldermen in public.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

Hiram What are you waiting in
this big store so long for, Mandy
Mandy-"I wanted pair OF undressed
kids, and they don't seem to have
them" Hiram-"Well, can't they UNI
dress pair, Mandy Boston Post.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

Nothing makes man feel so down
hearted" observed the cigar store
philosopher, "as to come home from
paying the last coal bill of the winter
and fine sis wife looking over a pile
summar resort iiIeratura"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

The Chicago Inter Ocean notes that
the modern Sucker" is not exclusive
ly a rural product. The innocent city
man will bite at a bare hook when a
farmer is suspicious.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25
Tipped Bottle Of Acid on Face.

Cedar Rapids, May 1S-The eight
months-old child of Lewis Dows, a
farmer near Fairfax, is dead as the
result of tipping bottle of carbolic
acid on its face. The acid was care
lessly left within rea III of the child.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

Word comes from Pittsburg that
there's trouble in the stogey trust.
Has somebody been putting real to-
oacco in the torches?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

The Boston Globe asserts that
''using the typewriter is in many re-
spects a kindergarten exercise" 1t
may be so in Boston, but not all
places are so cultured.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

When Mr.. Baer says there is no SEN
timent in the coal business" he over
looks the lively sentiments entertained
and frequently expressed by the con-
sumers.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

1t is generally thought that nacn'
elors should either be taxed or segre-
gated.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

Whisky may not be property" &C
cording to the Kansas supreme court.
put it has made many a man feel as
though he owned the earth.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

is Ell Azhar, meaning "the splendid"
situated in Cairo. 1t is the greatest
Mohammedan school, and has been a
popular school since the year 975.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

Never argue with a man who disa-
grees with you. Congratulate your
self because of your superior wisdom
and let it go at that.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25
Charley Harlan a we'll known Won

Charley Harlan. a we'll known young
man living near Stockport, committed
suicide by taking chloroform. He left
a note saying he was tired of this
humdrum existence. No other reason
is known for his rash deed. He left
some property.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

This proposition to have a sane
Fourth of July" ought surely to be ap-
proved, if only for the reason that the
other kind drives SO many people
crazy.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

One of the sons of the late William
c. Whitney is building a $4,000 fence
around his country home. The tax
rate on fences must be low where he
lives
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

If it is true that King Alfonso
speaks six languages, he ought not
to be at a loss for words for a pro-
posal when he gets his eye on the
right girl.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

A 14-year-old boy is practicing law
in New York. This looks an infringe
ment on the rights of our rundown
politicians.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

AS a OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, pushing
the lawnmower is even better exercise
than snow shoveling.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

Burglars have just robbed the
home of an author. They escaped
without losing anything, as the au-
thor was not at home when they
called.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

What makes the plain girl pretty?"
asks somebody, and the answers
easy. Love!
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

AS to Mr.. Brandegee, the new SEN
ator from Connecticut, both parts of
his name have a familiar sound about
them.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

do not lead a double life" says
Ella Wheeler Wilcox. But surely she
would not have everybody lead a sin
gle life.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

A Semitic temple has been discov-
cred which goes back farther than
the recollection of the oldest resident.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

Boy wonders are all right, provided
they do not become premature Old
Fogies.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

Prune when the knife is sharp, but
never when the wood is frozen.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25

The fools are not all dead. In fact
lot of them haven't been born.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-05-25
AIfaImO Poultry Feed

A complete balanced ration, alfalfa meal, grains
meat products, etc. Sample free. Alfalfa Meal
Co, 1895 Farnam Street. Omaha.
The Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1905, 1905-04-15
oLD-MAID INSURANCE.
Denmark Has Scheme for Support Of


Denmark Has Scheme for Support OF
Spnsters.
In Denmark there is what is called
"old-nlaid insurance" says an ex-
change. Young women who fear they
may never have good opportunity to
marry, or who, for some reason best
known to themselves, choose to re-
main unmarried, need not be over
anxious about their maintenance in
old age. By paying a certain sum
each year until they are 40 they re-
ceive a pension for life. If they marry
before 40, what they have paid in pre-
miums goes to swell the amount avail
able for the benefit of tLeir less for
tunate sisters.
1t might be a wise plan for bachelor
maids on this side of the Atlantic to
borrow the idea from their sisters in
Denmark and organize an insurance
company on similar lines.
One particular advantage to an in
surance company of this kind would
be that none of the insured would be
impatient about proving their claim to
the pension. What bachelor maid OF
40 years would promptly state her age
and call for her dues unless dire ne
cessity compelled her to acknowledge
the fact? She would willingly pay the
premium year after year long after the
age of 40, happy in the thought that
her age wae 2 secc~~et not to be admit.
ted even to herself.
The profits to underwriters from
such cases would be immense, and it is
strange that enterprising Americans
have not already made themselves rich
by insuring old maids who will never
reach the age Of 40.
The Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1905, 1905-04-15
SWEDES ARE WEALTHY.
Have Made Splendid Success of Wy
oming Colony

I'm the southeastern portion of Lara
rnfe county, Wyoming, forty miles from
Cheyenne, the capital. and ten miles
from the Union Pacific railroad town
of Pine Bluffs, is located the famous
Swedish Home colony, or Salem, as
it is now called. Established in 1887,
on a tract of the rolling and grass-clad
uplands of Laramie county, this Swe-
dish settlement has progressed until
now it is the wealthiest community,
per capita in Wyoming.
Recognizing from the start the gilt
edged stock farm opportunities given
into their hands, these settlers speed
lily added to their original homestead
entries the purchase of from one to
three sections of railroad land for
stock grazing purposes. AS the frugal
seasons of these Swedish-American
settlers passed on, there came the in
evitable growth of land and stock val
ues, until now each Swedish family
counts it's cattle herds by the hun
dreds and it's land acres by the thou
sands-these stock farmers being
worth from $4,000 to $4,000 each and
living in comfort and independence.
The cattle of the Salem colony are
noted Off their high Hereford and
Shorthorn grades and heavy beef
weights Garden vegetables are freely
~aiced with notatOes as an especial
crop, recent tuber yield recording
$50 bushels from two acres.
This Swedish settlement. in it's
chosen Wyoming home, is as replete
with civilization as it is with coin hav-
ing now four public school houses and
being virile with exemplary religious
and social life.
The Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1905, 1905-04-15
Not So, Ysaye.

Not So, Ysaye.
':Give me two tickets for Eye-Say's
concert" smiled a young woman.
Next in line was an elderly gentle
man.
Three seats for the Ee-zaw-ye re
cital," he said.
"Any good seat left for Iz-eye?" ask
ed a young man.
"Hows the Isaiah sale going?" in
CURED a man about town.
I'D like box for the Yiss-a-yee at
fair announced portly patron OF
art.
'Let me see what you have left fo1
the Izzy musicale stylish matron
purred.
1.-TWO tickets for Easy. How much?
said a brisk business man.
There came a lUll in the seat buy
ing.
"How should it be pronounced?'
asked an observer.
81 knew once" replied the clerk
"but you can search me now."-New
ark IN. j. News.
The Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1905, 1905-04-15
BELATED SKI TOURNAMENT.
RoImenkoi Sports Postponed a Month
by the Weather.

RoImenkoI Sports Postponed Month
4 by the Weather.
Norway had her annual ski tOurna
ment at Holmenkollen after all. II
had to be postponed until March 13
and IA, and although the snow by that
time was pretty soft, the sport was
good. In the cross-country run Pei
Bakken was the winner in the first
class Omitted to former prize win
ners), and Thorwald Hansen was sec
ond. In class two, Rolf Vigorg, Tune
was first and Karl Liam, Stenkjer, sec
ond.
The jumping contests were not made
uSder favorable conditions and no rec
Ceds were broken. The judges had diff
ficulty in awarding prizes, but finally
announced the following winners; 10
mas Holmen, the Holmenkol medal;
Thorwald Hansen of start" kings
trophy; w. Durban-HansOn Of spring,
Holmenkol trophy; Hr. Salberg, ladies
cup; Robert Person, old mems prize.