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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
"The Head of Snite ~

A huge, hideous face of a woman Is
fixed on a house In Berlin, and Is
known as "The Head OF Spite.' The
Emperor William |. had 1t erected as
a warning against Ill will.
The Emperor stopped one day at q
blacksmith's to have his horses shoe
reflxed. Next door was q rival black.
smith, and the daughter Of this man
of muscle put her tongue out and dis
torted her face, which was never very
pretty, with a horrible grin, In order
to show her contempt for the King.
His Majesty took no notice of the In
suit at the time, but the next day he
ordered a well known German sculp-
tor to produce In wood a monstrous
face of a woman with n tongue lolling
out of the mouth. The Emperor him.
self superintendent the fixing OF this
strange ornament above the doorway
of the b~lacksmith's shop. where the Ill.
bred m resided, and there II has
remained ever since.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
Buried by Life Preservers.

Life ~preservers came near being the
death of two men in Long Island City
yesterday afternoon. says a New York
dispatch, The men were in n buck
board automobile and were In a hurry
TO catch n Thirty-fourth street ferry
boat. The machines rushed down Bor
den avenue and swung around the cor.
ner, at the Long Island railroad sta
ton, on two wheels.
AS the automobile shot across the
plaza in front OF the ferry entrance n
large baggage truck, heaped high with
life prescrvers, came along. pushed
by half a dozen porters, The baggage
truck struck the automobile amidships
and the load of life preseryers tum.
bled on top of the two men In the au.
tomobile. They shouted for help, but
their cries were quickly stlfed by the
life p~reservers,
A big crowd saw the accident, and
when they had recovered from laugh.
ing The two men were rescued. They
escaped with crushed hats and n few
scratches. They declined to give their
names.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
A Book.

In the library Of the palace OF the
Rajah of Ulwar, a city In India, there
Is a manuscript book called The Gu
l%istan," which Is claimed to be the
most valuable volume in India.
. The librarian insists that II Is worth
five hundred thousand rupees, which
Is equivalent to about a hundred and
seventy thousand dollars. and declares
that the actual cost of the gold used
in Illuminating 1t was more than fifty
thousand dollars. II Is a modern man.
uscript copy of a religious poem, made
in 1S48 by a German scribe at the or
der of the MaharaJah Bani Singh. The
miniatures and other pictures were
painted by a native artist at Delhi,
and the ornamental scroll work upon
the margins Of the pages and the In.
itial letters were done by a resident Of
Ulwar.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
Lesson for Women.

Jersey Shore, Pa, Aug. 2Sth (Spe-
ciaD-"Dodd's Kidney Pills have done
worlds Of good for me- That's what
Mrs. G. B. Earnest OF this place has
to say of the Great American Kidney
Remedy.
II was laid up SICK" Mrs. Earnest
continues. "and had not been out OF
bed for five weeks. Then | began to
use Dodd's Kidney Pills and now | am
80 | car work and go to town without
suffering any. ! would not be without
Dodd's Kidney Pills. have good rea-
son 10 praise them everywhere"
Women who suffer should learn a
lesson from this, and that lesson is
cure the kidneys with Dodd's Kidney
Pills and YOU suffering will cease"
Woman's health depends almost en-
tirely on her kidneys. DEEDS Kidney
pills have never yet failed to mako
healthy Kidneys.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
.ETEZHT WALGH

the natural beneficiary in the absence
of the latter's descent from the foun-
der.
The gift is another item in a long
list of benevolences of Gen. de Pey-
ster. In the few years he has given
thousands of dollars to charity. 1t is
believed that at his death his large
fortune will be divided among the in
situations he has founded or aided. He
is now 80 years of age.
He has established a home for girls
at Tivoli and a sanitarium for consum-
at Tivoli and a s%anitarium for con-
sumptives and training school for
boys at Verbank. He has also given
New York a statue of Col. Abraham
de Peyster, which stands in Bowling
Green. The colonel was the first
chief justice of the colony of New
York.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
Tattooed Women,

There are two sorts Of tattooing in
use among the women OF the Congo.
One is common to all the members Of
tho same tribe, and indicates the orr.
gin and birthplace OF the subject. It is
an infallible and perpetual certificate
of birth and nationality. The other
sort of tattooing is simply fantasy and
coquetry. But among certain tribes
there Is a third kind. The women re.
cord upon their bodies the epochs OF
their existence. A horizontal line
marks marriage, oblique lines the
birth of children, a vertical line wean-
ing, another line change of residence.
Thus the autobiography Of the woman
is written upon her person, and re-
garded with pride II 1t is full Of events.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
GIFT TO ORPHANS OF GOTHAM
J. Watts de Peyster Transfers His
Country Mansion to Institution.

Gen. j. Watts de Peyster, the Red
Hook philanthropist, for a considera-
ton of 81 has transferred Rose Hill,
his country seat in Duchess county,
to the Watts Orphan House of Yonk-
ers. Gen. de Peyster is now living
there in retirement.
The domain is extensive, says the
New York Times. It's name is de-
rived from the country place of the
the owners great-grandfather, John
Watts, ST., who gave the title Rose
Hill to a large section of northwest
ern New York half a century ago.
The property at Red Hook includes
a mansion of the old English country
style, ia feet long by 81 deep, with
a tower in the real containing a IL
brary of between 80, 900 and 40, 900
volumes of special interest to the bib
liophile and curio hunter and a magni-
icent collection of firearms, swords
and bronzes.
The Leake and Watts Orphans
house, which will take the handsome
estate after Gen. Peyster's death, is
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
HOW vINSON WALSH WAS KILLED AND
OTHERS INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT

ton, and both were still sSTy youpg.
Thomas Walsh's home is 1920 New
York avenue Washington. He came
from Tipperary, Ireland, in 1870, as a
poor boy of 10 and settled at ice in
Colorado. All he touched turned to
riches. There are few wealthier mine
owners than Walsh in the entire ooun-
try. Educated only in the public
schools, he made a close study in his
young manhood of metallurgy, min
eralogy and geology, and to good pur.
pose. He invented new methods of
mining and his great property is the
Camp Bird mines in Ouray, Col. Five
years ago he was made n of the ne
tional commissioners to the Paris Elk.
position. He has taken a great in
terest in the agricultural development
of the west and is president of the
National Irrigation Association.
That Mrs. Jimmie" Kernochan
should be injured in an automobile
accident is one of the travesties of
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31

fate. For over a long period of years
there We're no people more opposed to
the motor car than the Kernochans Of
Hampstead. Both superb cross coun.
try riders. probably the very best in
America, they not only we're against
the automobile, but they opposed 1t
tooth and nail.
The other members of the party
were immature youths. Herbert Pell,
jr., is a son of Herbert Pell, who mar
ried Katharine Kernochan, a sister OF
James L. Kernochan. The Pells home
is at Tuxedo, and they are active in
Newport and New York society. Young
Harry Oelrichs, Charles NJ. Oelrichs'
son, is a nephew of the famous Her.
man Oelrichs, who married Tessie
Fair, one of the Fair heiresses. Will
lam K. Vanderbilt, Jr., welded the
other, Virginia. The Charles Oelrichs
are very rich and live on Madison
avenue, Manhattan. Mrs. Oelrichs was
Blanche de Loosay.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
MAJOR CONGER TENDERS
HIS RESIGNATION

Oyster Bay, Aug. 23.-Edwin III.
Ccnger of Iowa has resigned his post
as American ambassador to Mexico,
to take effect Oct. 10, next, and Pres
ident Roosevelt has accepted the res
ignation.
Mr.. Conger's retirement from the
diplomatic service was foreshadowed
in the dispatches last week. 1t was
indicated then that he might be sent
to Picking as a special commissioner
of the president to adjust, if possible,
the differences which have arisen be-
tween this country and China over
the boycott of American goods by
some of the Chinese commercial
guilds.
While no official statement is OBJ
tainable here regarding that mission,
there are reasons for the statement
that it either has been abandoned by
the president or it has been declined
by Mr.. Conger. At any rate, it is
believed Mr.. Conger will not go to
China as a representative of the gov
eminent.
IN rendering his resignation Major
Conger said:
at is with feelings of regret that
I leave a service the duties Of which
| have found so interesting and in
which | have received so many evil
deuces of your confidence and such
inyariable kindness and courtesy at
your hands, of which I shall always
cherish most valuable and pleasant
recollections, for all Of which / thank
you, Mr.. President, with all my heart"
In reply the president wrote ~
follows:
"In zeal, efficiency and singlemind.
ed devotion to public duty, you have
been the kind Of official of whom
Americans have a right to feel proud
and , congratulate the country on
having had your services"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
CORTElYOU MENTIONED.
AS Probable Successor to Secretary
Shaw.

washington, Aug. 28.-Who will
be the man to succeed Secretary Shaw
when he retires from the treasury?
This Is the question that has been
~agitating the political sachems OF
Washington for months. 1t has late
ly been the more discussed because
the impression has become strong
that Postmaster General Cortelyou is
the presidents selection for the pos
ition. From sources close to Mr..
Roosevelt the information has come
in a positive way in the last few days
that Mr.. Cortelyou has been settled
upon. Indeed, well informed persons
neal the White House do not hesi-
tate to assert the succession has been
decided in Mr.. Cortelyou's favor for
several months.
w N u Bess
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31

Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 27.-There
was no rupture in the peace negotia-
tons yesterday. Peace is by no
les assured, but an important
crisis has been tided over and the
Tact that the life of the conference
has been prolonged into next week,
adds materially to the chances of a
favorable issue. p.
according to the Russian version
It Was Japan and not Russia which
weakened yesterday afternoon. M.
Wittes publicly announced after the
sitting that 1t was Baron Komura who
asked for an adjournment until Mon
day in order to have time to submit
q new proposition. Yet it is known
that M. Witte has received instruc-
tons sent after the presidents in
tercession at Peterhof through Am
bassador Meyer to agree to the divis-
ion of Sakhalin and to permit liberal
compensation for the Russian prison
ers Of war and the cession OF the
Chinese Eastern railroad, but to con-
tinue absolutely to refuse to pay war
tribute under any guise. This a
described as Russia's "ultimatum"
leaving the same old question of
money the stumbling block to an
agreement.
In the regular course of procedure
after the presentation of the Japan
ese compromise proposition on We'd
nesday the diplomatic move passed
to Russia, and it was M. Whites turn
naturally to present the counter prop
osition of his government. If he sue
ceeded, as is intimated, in withhold
ing his card and forcing the Japan
csc to play again he undoubtedly
gained a point in the game. But no
adequate account of the proceedings
at yesterdays meeting is forthcom-
ing.
The plenipotentiaries by agreement
excluded the secretaries. There was
no minutes. There Is no record. This
in itself is extremely significant.
When men who are fighting a desper-
ate battle lock themselves in a room
clone, it is the best evidence that
they are terribly in earnest. 1t is a
hopeful sign. All that is formally an
nounced is that the minutes OF the
last session were approved and upon
Baron Komura's motion the confer
ence adjourned until Monday at j
o'clock.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
LAPsEs OF GREAT WRITERS.
Best Authors Do Not Use Most Per
feet Language.

There is not a single great author
in our literature in whose works num-
erous errors have not been pointed out,
or thought to be pointed out. They are
charged with violating rules involving
the purity if not the permanence Of
the language. A somewhat depressing
inference follows from the situation
thus revealed. The ability to write
English correctly does not belong to
the great masters of our speech. 1t is
limited to the obscure men who have
devoted themselves to the task of
showing how far these Wanted writ
ers have fallen short of the ideas of
linguistic propriety entertained by
their unrecognized betters. AS a re-
suit of these critical crusades there
is no escape from the dismal conclu-
sion that the correct use Of the Ian
guage is not to be found in the au-
thors whom every one reads with
pleasure, but is an accomplishment re-
served exclusively for those whom no,
body can succeed in reading at all
Harper's Magazine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
NAME NEW SUPERINTENDENT.
w. G. Blerd of Rock Island System
Will Assume CHARGE.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, Aug. 2S.-Theo.
dore P. Shonts, chairman of the 18th.
milan canal commission, was a dinner
guest of the president and Mrs. Roose,
welt Saturday. He came to talk over
with the president some matters in
connection with the canal work.
Chairman Shonts said in respon.e
to inquiries about the resignation Of
superintendent Prescott of the Pan
anna railroad that Mr.. Prescott had
resigned presumably because Of strict
ures made upon his conduct Of the
road. He said that Mr.. Prescott had
been succeeded by Mr.. Bierd Of the
Rock Island system, who is now en-
route to Panama to assume his new
duties.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
caIifornia Girl Wins Praise,

May Sutton. the California girl who
went to London and won every tennis
match she played, also won u~nstiIted
praise by her simplicity of attire and
manner Magnifcently muscular, she
cared nothing for the minor graces be-
ing absorbed in the game. There was
no tripping after the ball with her, no
slowing off of her figure. One writer
81 rs: "She gives the impression of be-
ing just a fine. strong, healthy, athletic
American girl"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
Jerome May Bun For Mayor.

New York, Aug. 26.--The city com
mittee of the Citizens union last
night, by a vote OF 80 to 16, decided
TO offer the nomination for the may,
orally to District Attorney William
Travers Jerome.
The executive committee of the re-
publican city committee yesterday
decided in favor of fusion against
Tammany in the coming mayoralty
contest. All anti-Tammany organiza'
tons were requested In a resolution
to meet at the Republican club, Aug
ust 81.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
Miner Has Remarkable Record.

Patrick Sweeney, a 70-year-old min.
err, residing at Coaldale, Pa, claims
to have the most remarkable record
of any miner in the world. He has,
according to his figures. driven nine
miles of gangway himself and mined
enough coal to supply the country for
half a year. During this time he was
never seriously injured, but he assist.
ed in carrying from the mines 115 men
who had been killed and 300 injured.
In his home town he has for many
years been looked upon as the leading
citizen. He has acted as p~allbearer
at 997 funerals and has stood sponsor
of ia children.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
cuTIcuRA GROWS HAIR.
Scalp Cleared Of DandruH and Hair
Restored by One Boz Of cuticura
and One Cake Of Cuticura
Soap.

A. w Taft OF independence, Va.
writing under date of Sept. 10, 1904.
says: II have had falling hair and
dandruff for twelve years and could
get nothing to help me. Finally I
bought n box of Cuticura Ointment
and one cake of Cuticura Soap, and
they cleared my scalp Of the dandruff
and stopped the hair falling. Now
my hair is growing as well as ever. I
am highly pleased with Cuticura Soap
as a toilet soap. (Signed) A. w. Taft.
independence, Va"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
French Painter Hoarded Wealth.

Concerning the late Jean Jacques
Henner a curious legend vas current
in France. He was as fond of money
as his English colleague Turner, and
his great popularity enabled him to
make $4,000 a year. OF this he evil
IDENTIFY did not spend the twentieth
part. According to popular belief, he
was saving the rest for the purpose of
some day buying back Alsace and LOr-
raine from Germany. He was an AL
satan, and after the war he estab-
lished his fame by painting the heads
of Alsatian girls, which had a large
sale. | H
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
Must Use Mosquito Screens.

New Orleans, Aug. 26.-If all houses
are properly disinfected and screened
there are reasonable hopes Of a COM
plete cessation Of yellow fever on or
before October /, was the message
given by Surgeon White to a meet
ing that filled st. Paul's Episcopal
church and over which Bishop Ses-
sums presided, II the c~itizena will
not do this, the doctor said, they will
deserve the commendation OF the
civilized world.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
New sneeies Of Birds.

DR.. e. A. Mears his dis
coyery of several new species of birds
on the summit of Apo, a volcanic
mountain on the Island Of Mindanao,
in the Philippine group. The animal
life on this peak differs not only from
that of the lowlands, but from that of
the other highlands of the archipelago.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
Sleeps in Lofty Bedroom.

Robert M. Thompson, president of
the New York Metal Exchange, prob
ably sleeps in the loftiest bedroom in
the world. 1t is located on the TWEEN
ty-ffth floor of the Wall Street Ex-
change building, 800 feet above the
heart of the Gotham financial district
and when MI. Thompson looks from
his window at the cross on the top of
Trinity church steeple his gaze must
take a slightly downward direction.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
Charitable Wealthy Women.

Mis-. William X. Vanderbilt, Jr.,
Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay and Mrs. o,
III. p. Belmont are taking active inter
est in the Nassau hospital at Minerva,
Long Island. Among them they have
established a free ward for women
patients and a new nurses home, and
now a %children's ward, diet kitchen
and dressing room are to be provided.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
Curious Japanese Statue.

One of the largest and most curious
statues In the world stands In Toxic.
Japan. 1t represents HachimaD, the
God of War, and is made entirely OF
wood. The head Of the figure Is large
enough to accommodate twenty per.
sons In It's interior, and is fitted with
an automatic arrangement correspond
ing with the human brain. Hachiman
holds in his right hand a wooden
sword thirty feet long, and In his left
a golden ball twelve feet In diameter.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
Americas First Iron Bridge.

Up to 1910 there were 10 iron
bridges in the United States except
suspension bridges, in which iron
links were used in the cables and sus
penders, the floor system being OF
wood. The first bridge In America
consisting of iron throughout was
built in 1910 by Earl Trumbull over
the Erie canal in the village of Frank
fort. n. Y.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31

Landmarks, N
Now, as l look the landscape DER,
There comes unto my gaze
Inc spots l knew SO We'll Of yore.
In distant wintry days.
Here where the stately rosebush stands,
In summers ruthless glow.
With chilly feet and weary HANDS,
1 used to shovel snow.
And where the dandelion SMILES. H
Beneath the balmy spell
Ihats woven by each breeze's wiles-
That's where l slipped and fell.
To songs OF other days. I vow,
listen all unmoVed;
Ihe days that we are getting now
Are much To be approved.
Washington Star.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
Output of One pistiIIerY.

Ore distillery company in Kentucky
turns out every seyen days, 1900 bar,
rels of sweet mash whisky. The out.
put for a year would be $1,000 bar,
rels. The cost of all this to the man,
u%facturers may be fairly estimated at
S374,O0O.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
Many Stitches in Quilts.

A Cambridge (England) lady finds
on careful computation that two quilts
which she has just made contain
about 2,S34,199 stitches. In one gar
ment there are 1882 stitches in each
of the 1850 pieces. making a total.
with border work, of 1~,61S,02J.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
Break Auto Record.

E. L. Whitman and r. C. Hamlin ar.
rived in San Francisco, recently. hav'
ing come from Los Angeles In an au'
tomobile in Twenty-Five hours thirty
minutes, thus clipping two hours four
minutes from the record.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
More Flexible and LASTING,

ont shake out or blow out; by using
Defiance Starch you obtain better re-
suits h possible with any other
money.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
Transport Kingio Sinks After Collision
With British Steamer H%aralong.

Toxic, Aug. 24.-The Japanese
transport Kinjo was sunk in a COLI
sion with the British steamer Bara-
long on Aug. 22, in the Inland sea.
One hundred and twenty-seven in
valid Japanese soldiers were drowned.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
Watch Kent Time Under Water.

Ray Jenkins lost his watch over.
board in fifteen feet OF water at Ba-
kers Island. Mass. Two days later
Frank Turner found the watch while
diving, and examination showed that
Il was in perfect running order.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
Vessels for the Hawaiian Trade,

The trade of the Observation-Disclosures
company has grown Immensely during
the last few years. 1t has eight large
steamships in service, and has just
let contracts for the building of two
more at San Francisco.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
vaccinators Go on Strike.

A strike among public v~accinators
is the latest novelty reported from
Austria. In one district 70 child has
been vaccinated for the last three
months.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31

A woman can take a veil, u couple
IF ribbons and a smile and beat all
the work that nature ever performed
for human beauty.-New York Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31
GEAR BALKS ON
MONEY QUESTION
Ultimatum of Russian En-
peror Has Been
Received.
READY TO DIVIDE SAKHALlN
And Pay Literally for Russian Pris-
oners of War Plenipote ntiaries
Met Saturday But Adjourned Till
Monday on Request of Japanese.

Portsmouth, N. H, Aug. 29.-There
Is a persistent report that President
Roosevelt has made a new appeal to
the emperor Of Japan,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31

When 1t zones to getting money
the lawyer takes fewer chances than
the burglar.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31

Some people feel terribly cut up
II their left hand doesn't find out what
their right hand is doing.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31

FITS permanently cured. No as Or nervousness after
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-31

Money talks of its own accord, but
a frugal man makes every penny
count.