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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-18
CHAPTER XIX.

UNCLE PETER BINES COMES TO
TOWN WITH HIS MAN.
One day in December Peter Bines, Of
Montana City, dropped in on the fam
ily-came with his gaunt length of
limb, his kind, brown old face with
eyes sparkling shrewdly far back I'M
der his grizzled brows, with his rough.
resonant, musical voice, the spring of
youth in his step, ana the fresh, con-
fident strength of the big hills in his
bearing.
He brought Billy Brue with him, a
person whose exact social status some
of Percival friends were never able to
fix with any desirable certainty. Thus,
Percival had presented the old man,
the morning after his arrival, to no
less a person than Herbert Delaney
Livingston, with whom he had smoked
cigar of unusual excellence in the
cafe of the Hightower hotel.
"If you fancy that weed, Mr.. Bines,"
said Livingston, graciously, to the old
man, 1--we a spare couple Of hundred
I'd like to let you have. The things
were sent to me, but l find them
rather stiffish. If your mans about
the hotel I'll give him a card to my
man, and let him fetch them"
my man." queried Uncle Peter,
and, sighting Billy Brue at that mo-
ment, why, yes, here's my man, now.
Mr.. Brue. shake hands with Mr.. Liv-
ingston. Billy, go up to the address
he gives you. and get some of these
se-gars. You'll relish 'em as much As
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nan TO speak of her as he did without
positive knowledge. Now please give
me some tea and funny little cakes;
I'm famished."
Speaking of Mr.. Bines," said Mrs.
an Geist, when the tea had been
brought by Sandon. 81 read in the
paper this morning that he'd taken a
party to North Carolina for the quail
shooting, Eddie Arledge and his wife
and that Mr.. and Mrs. GARNER, and
Of course Florence Akemit. Should
you have thought she'd marry so soon
after her divorce? They say Bishop
Doolittle is frightfully vexed with
her."
Really hadn't heard. Whom is
Florence to marry?"
"Mr. Bines. to be sure! Where have
you been? You know she was on his
yacht a whole month last summer
the bishops sister was with her
highly scandalized all the time by the
drinking and gayety, and now every
ones looking for the engagement to be
announced. Here, what did do with
that Town Topics Cousin Clint left?
There it is on the tabouret. Read the
paragraph at the top Of the page"
Avice read:
can engagement that is rumored
with uncommon persistence will put
society on the qui vive when it is
definitely announced. The man in the
case is the young son of a mining
Croesus from Montana, who has in
herited the major portion of his IA
theirs millions and who began to daz-
zle upper Broadway about year since
by the reckless prodigality of his ways.
His blonde innamorata is a recent d.
vorcee Of high social standing, noted
for her sparkling wit and an unfiag-
ging exuberance of spirits. The inter-
est of the gossips, however, centers
chiefly in the uncle of the lady, right
reverend presiding over bishopric not
a thousand miles from New York, and
in the attitude he will assume toward
her contemplated remarriage. At the
last Episcopal convention this godly
and well-learned gentleman was a We
hement supporter of the proposed
canon to prohibit absolutely the mar
riage of divorced persons; and though
he stoutly championed his bewitching
niece through the infelicities that
eventuated in South Dakota, on dit
that he is highly wrought up over her
present intentions, and has signified
Enthusiastically his severest disapproval.
However, nous verrons ce que nous
verrons."
But, Mutterchen, that's only one Of
those absurd, vulgar things that
wretched paper is always printing. l
could write dozens of them myself.
Tom Banning says they keep one man
writing them all the time, out of his
own Imagination, and then they put
them in like raiSins in a cake"
But, my dear, I'm quite sure this
is authentic. l know from Fidelia
Oldaker that the bishop began to cut
up about it to Florence, and Florence
defied him. That ancient theory that
most gossip is without truth was ex-
ploded long ago. AS matter of fact
most gossip, at least about the people
we know, doesn't do half justice to the
facts. But, really, l can't see why he
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Leather Trimming.

They are going to trim gowns with
leather this fall and this, while it may
be good news to the woman who can
afford leather, is sorry tale for her
who cannot aspire to 1t. But, for the
woman who cannot afford leather, 1t
may be- related that there are dull
silks which take the place Of suede
very nicely. II she does not care to
buy dull silk, the woman who is doing
her own home dressmaking, can get a
very good lightweight cloth Of dull
finish. This is quite as good as leath
err, for 1t resembles 1t so closely.
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fancied Florence Akemit. should
have thought he'd want some one bit
less fiuttery."
II dare say you're right, about the
gossip, l mean" Miss Milbrey re-
marked when she had finished her tea,
and refused the cakes. II remember,
now, one day when we met at her
place, and he seemed so much at home
there. OF course, it must be so. How
stupid of me to doubt it! Now I must
run. Good-by, you old dear, and be
good to the cold"
Let me know what you do"
Indeed / shall; you shall be the
first one to know. Ny mind is really,
you know, almost made up"
A week later Mr.. and Mrs. Horace
Milbrey announced in the public prints
the engagement of their daughter
Avice to Mr.. Rulon Shepler.
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Marguerite Luncheon.

At a Marguerite luncheon, described
IN What to Eat" there was a small
glass bowl of the white marguerites at
each cover and a large bowl in the
center. The ice was served in daisy
cups and the salad decorated with
daisies made of hard-boiled egg white
and yolks. The cakes were spri,,kled
with petals of slices of almonds.
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Iowa and Standard Oil.

IOWA ana STANDARD Oil
Des Moines.--Iowa people contrib
uted about s5,O00,000 to the volume Of
business done by John ID. Rockefeller
and his associates last year, by the
purchase Of kerosene oil and gasoline
alone.
The amount which the people o.
Iowa added to the business done by
Mr., Rockefeller and his companies In
railroading, sperm candles, axle
grease, electric lights, electrical ma
chinery and steel is not disclosed by
the reports of the oil inspectors to the
secretary of state, compiled In that
office for the last year. But that S04,-
S4l barrels of kerosene oil and 224,73
barrels OF gasoline were shipped into
Iowa and only $500 barrels were
shipped out, was disclosed by the re-
ports. Under the Iowa law Ii takes
tifty-iive gallons to make a barrel OK
any liquid, from whiskey to water.
Therefore, nearly 100000 gallons OK
kerosene and nearly 100000 gallons
of gasoline were consumed by the
people OF this state during the year.
The Rockefeller companies supply
practically all of 1t.
1t Is estimated that the average
price OF kerosene to the customer was
Is cents and that the price OF gasoline
was 10 cents. The prices change.
This Is due to some inscrutable rule
locked up In No. 26 Broadway.
The inspection netted the state
$24,OSl. The sum of $4,000 was col
lected In fees, but the pay OF the
inspectors, amounting to Sl6,7S2, and
their expenses, amounting to $4,793.
and the fees OF deputies and branders
amounting to $6,572, came out of the
total collected from the Standard OIL
and other oil companies for the in
spection service
or all the $4,000 barrels OF oil and
gasoline which came into Iowa, only
329 barrels were rejected under In
spection. The reports do not show In
the summary whether these belonged
to the Standard or some other oil
concern.
Under the law the oil companies
which ship oil into the state and then
out get a rebate of the cost Of inspeo-
ton. This amounted to $lO23 last
year.
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Old Soldier In Quandary.

Joseph Roth, an old soldier who
lives on the Saylor road, almost wepi
with disappointment when Deputy
Clerk Maher told him he would have
TO wait five years before he can become
4 citizen under the new naturalization
law. Therefore, Roth must do with
out a pension, although he believes he
Is clearly entitled to draw money from
Uncle Sam.
Roth stated that he came to this
country when mere boy. He served
In the civil war, but has never applied
for a pension until this month. Pen.
sion officials discovered that his father
GAS never naturalized and Roth has
asked that he now be made a citizen.
Unfortunately for him the new law re-
quires five years after the first appli.
cation, and Roth has grave doubts
whether he will be In existence by the
time that period has elapsed.
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SaT0Sy q. g NNSS
MksS DIES MONIES LETTER 81
Ko9 Items of Correspondent SaSVS
W#Ie{S2> the State Capital nThiEg
Ask Bluffs to Keep Pledges.

Ask Bluffs to Keep Pledges.
Des Moines.-The people of Council
Bluffs are much worried over the re-
ceipt of a letter from the state board
of control, addressed to the city coun-
Gil and the Commercial club. suggest
ing the propriety of the redemption.
OF certain agreements made at the
time the school for the deaf was re-
built and one of which related to ne
cessary transportation facilities In go
Ing to and from the institution.
Judge G.. S. Robinson wrote the let.
ter, according to the Council Bluffs
recipients, and 1t suggests to the au'
thorities of the Bluffs and the Cone.
mercial league which made promises
that after three years waiting some
sign should be given OF an intention
to redeem the pledges on the basis
or which the school was rebuilt at
Council Bluffs instead OF being re-
moved to Des Moines.
The letter received by the Council
Bluffs officials and commercial organ.
ization and which is to be presented
to the meetings OF those bodies i'm.
mediately as given out there follows:
when the question of rebuilding
the school for the deaf was before tho
Thirtleth general assembly, objection
was made to the site because It was
at great distance from the railway
station, business houses, churches ana
places OF amusement of your city;
that there were no means of transpor
tation to or from the city except by
expensive conveyance and that this
condition resulted in great hardship
to officers, employees and students or
the school and to others who had oc-
caslon to visit Il.
This objection was met on the
part OF the city by representations TO
the effect that convenient and cheap
means OF transportation would he
provided within very short time;
that arrangements had been made for
the construction OF an interurban rail-
way which would connect the institu
ton with the city and that this rail-
way surely would be built.
These representations were made
by the newspapers OF the city, by n
large number of prominent and repre-.
sentative citizens who visited the gen.
eral assembly while the question or n
change OF site was under considera-
ton and had hearing before at least
one Of the legislative committees, by
many representative citizens to the
legislative committee which visited
the site before final action was taken
by the general assembly, and in other
ways.
There can be no doubt that these
representations were relied upon by
the general assembly In making the
general appropriation It did for re.
building purposes and we have hoped
that the representations would b.
made good. 1t seems to us the people
Of your city are In honor bound to
see that the means OF communication
included In representation referred
to or others as good are furnished In
tho near future.
1--WE trust that you will pardon our
action in calling attention to this mat
ter, but It Is Of such great Importance
to the best interests OF the school that
we can not remain longer silent with.
out feeling that we are neglectlng the
interests inptrusted to our care"
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Musical Bed.

A native ruler owns musical bed.
The weight of the body sets the works
in motion, and it plays half an hour,
while sife-sized figures of Grecian
maidens at its head and foot finger
stringed instruments. Fans are waved
by a concealed motor, which keeps
them going the whole night long.
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Woman to Build at Once.

woman to Build at once.
Impatient over the delay In the
opening Of Fifth street between Grand
avenue and Chestnut street, the Broth
erhood of American Yeomen has de-
cided to go ahead at once with the
erection Of a home Office building on
ground purchased for the purpose at
Fifth and Park streets. Preliminary
plans for the structure have been
drawn by Hallett & Rawson. archi-
tects.
Henry Lehman, vice president OF
the society, who has the building pro-
ject In hand, has been anxious to
have the matter Of opening the street
decided, so that the building could be
erected to the new grade which would
be established In event the street
was opened and brought to an even
incline.
1--WE can't wait indefinitely, how.
ever, on this point" said Mr.. Lehman.
1--WE expect to go ahead after having
notified the city that II the grade OF
the street is changed after our build.
ing Is erected, we shall demand Dam.
ages"
The specifications provide for a
brick building, four stories and base
ment, with stone trimmings. The d.
mansions are 100x60. The cost will be
about $4,000.
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Irish Goods from japan.

Erin-go-Bragh" was stamped on a
cup purchased by patriotic member
of the Clonmel (Tipperary) Industrial
association. He was surprised on ex-
aiming the cup to find that 1t had
been made In japan.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-18

To prevent soap from dissolving so
rapidly in the water buy 1t in as large
quantities as you have room for and
pile it, dollhouse fashion, In a light,
airy place. A shelf above the stove
is a good place. II dried thoroughly
before using you will find 1t will last
twice as long.
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New and Old Combinations Are Both
In Style.

Felt trimmed with velvet, is an old
combination, but velvet with felt Is a
new one. Nine out of ten hats show
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Dlphtheria Scare.

Alarmed at the possibility of an
outbreak OF dlphtheria In the schools
Of Des Moines. the school authorities
have caused the fpmigation of several
buildings during the last few days.
Every precaution possible rs beng
taken to prevent spread Of the dis
ease, which in some localities is re-
ported serious. No great number Of
malignent cases have come under the
notice OF the authorities, but several
children have been taken down with
the disease while attending school.
Several school buildings have been
thoroughly fumigated and the rest
will be.
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doomed for Warden.

Friends of County Jailer Capt. p.
w. Madden have launched a boom
for that gentleman as new warden at
Anamosa penitentlary to succeed
Warden Hunter. County officials will
write to the board OF control recon-
mending Captain Madden for the posi-
ton. The new candidate held down
the position for three terms Of two
years each, serving under Governors
Drake, Boise and Jackson. He was
retired because at that time three
year custom prevailed. Captain Mad
den is being recommended because
of the splendid administration that
he gave while at the head Of the instL
tuition.
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Enforce Pure Food Law.

EoSu LAW
The Iowa pure food law went into
effect July 4 and became really oper-
alive with the organization OF the
force OF Inspectors Oct. 1.
Prosecutions under It, looking to It's
enforcement, will be commenced by
the state food and dairy commission
or the coming week. This statement
Is authorized. A large number or
samples of food offered for sale In the
markets, have been CT emically anal
yzed and sufficient evidence has been
gathered, to indicate wide nonoD-
servance OF the law. While no prose
cutions are TO be based on analysis
so far made, they will be begun here
after upon disclosure OF violations.
Among the food analysed by the
dairy and food commissioners chemist
at the state building were twen."-one
samples OF sausage and hamburger
steak, ten samples of lard, three sam
| pies OF cherries, one sample Of pulver
lied sugar, and four samples OF cod
| fish. or the sausage and hamburger
steak ten samples were found perfect,
while eleven samples were adulter-
ated with sodium sulphite.
or the lard, four samples were
found to be adulterated with beef
stearine. The other six samples were
sold for lard, but were withdrawn by
the sellers when they discovered that
the purchasers were pure food In
spectors.
or the cherries, two samples were
artlfcially colored and one was adui-
terated with sodium benzoate.
or the sugar the sample was found
free from impurity.
The four samples OF scottish were
found adulterated with boracic acid.
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Detectives Do Little.

Chief of Police J. w. Jones is seri.
ously considering cutting down the
number OF men on the detective force
and placing the reserve men on the
night patrol force. According to the
statements of Chief of Detectives
George McNutt, that department has
had few important cases to work up
on since May /. The department con-
sists Of chief and six men. The chief
believes that three OF the detectives
could be of service walking extra
beats, while the other four could
handle all Of the cases referred to
them.
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Dickinson Wants Change of Venue.

SIH VoHto VI SOIucs
DR.. e. e. Gadd and II. b. Dickinson
may be tried In another county for
the murder Of Irene Blydenburgh.
Attorneys for the defendants are con.
sidering a motion for a change or
venue when the case is called up at
the November term of court.
Attorneys for both men say that the
citizens Of Polk county are unduly
prejudiced against Dickinson and
Gadd because of newspaper publica-
lions and that they could not get
Justice in Polk county. The motion
will be resisted by County Attorney
Miller.
One Of the Herman Lee Ensign
fountains, which was recently decided
20 the city, has arrived In Des Moines
md will soon be located at Eighth and
Cherry streets. The second fountain
which is to be placed near PennsyI.
yania and East Grand avenues, is ex.
pected within few days. The gifts
we're secured for the city through the
efforts of Mrs. Elizabeth Jones and Ed
Crawford, officers OF the Iowa Humane
society. The fountain Is OF granite
The main bowl Is seven feet across.
It weighs approximately 10000 pounds.
1t is even more attractive than wa.
expected.
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Teach Boys and Girls Together.

Disagreeing with the proposed pol
Icy Of the University Of Chicago to
segregate the sexes In colleges, DR.
Hill M. Bell. president of Drake uni
versity, declares 1T bis idea that Il
would be a detriment to keep them
apart while in college, because each
sex exercises refining influence over
the other. 81 am heartily not In
favor of the idea of establishing such
a system in Des Moines or In Iowa."
declared DR.. Bell emphatically. "The
trial of this idea In Chicago Is little
better than an experiment and I be.
lava It will prove unsatisfactory.
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vestre springs bearing baskets OF goa
things to eat and drink. II b not
far. We win have . day long 70 b
remembered
When the lunch had been spread
under the shade Of the trees. Leona
said: There Is one thing lacking
but Il Is within easy reach. II Arno
win come with me. we viii add flavor
to the occasion"
The girl led the way. singing 1 love
song, and Arno followed BY her side.
Cherry Mellnote sat choking, and her
pretty face was Is white a. her dress.
Five minutes had passed when the
party at the springs heard shrek
thss caused them to spring to their
feet.
Leona's Vengeance.
This Is what had happened. Ap
preaching . peculiar looking plant r..
sembling ! large cactus with many
thorny arms, Leona said:
There. cut leaf Of that. II has
= delicious fragrance" The youth
was standing by the terrible minotaur
tree--a carnivorous plant that lives
upon the flesh Of birds and AMI
mails
He had no sooner touched one Of
the stems than long arm, like ths
horrible tentacle OF the octopus.
Kissed through the air and wrapped
about his body. He had only time to
see the smile on Leona's face when
other long thorny arms grasped him.
Powerless and screaming for help.
he felt himself being drawn into the
awful tangle Of crushing leaves.
Cherry Mellnote was frst to answer
the cries for help. Others quickly fol-
lowed. and fortunately . company Of
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could not sleep. Leona had told him
that he might hope.
I think l love you q little" she
said. Then she gazed flxedly at him
and pointed toward Texas. He
promptly placed his hand over lid
heart and shook his head. The little
pantomime was full Of meaning She
accused him Of having I sweetheart
Ct home and he lied with alacrity and
without shame.
The next day Selma said to him:
"You are too rapid: you should have
waited until Cherry comes
Who is Cherry?" said Arno.
Tho most beautiful girl IL the
world" was the reply.
Impossible! There can be no other
like Leona-"
Selma laughed. 'Leona could moi
hold candle By the side Of Cherry
Mellrote.' she said.
No matter. shall not fall n love
with her"
Before she IL here I week you
will be rolling in the dust It her
feet" NJ
Cherry Mellnote win arrive to-
day." exclaimed Mercedes. clapping
her hands Il have letter." This
was at breakfast one morning,
Tell him All about Cherry. papa, !"
said one Of the girls.
Story Of Cherry Mslinote.
THAT viii with pleasure" said the
old gentleman. You must know.
Senior Savry. that Senorita Mellnote.
who IL the most beautiful young won.
an in all the world, is an old friend Of
ours. She attended school with my
girls. She IL 2 living romance. she
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there he often saw ~Woo WiIlies
Keller play Miller was Z mite Of =
lad in those days. and because Of
Keeler's ANAL stature the local boy
took . liking to him. and after each
exhibition In which he witnessed the
great fielder. Higgins would come to
the town lots and do his best to imi-
tate him.
1t has been asked many times
through the papers and Of the corce-
spondents in the press box. why
does Higgins hold his bat slmost In
the middle?" The one answer to this
IL ''Keeler." This was one OF the first
things in the scientific point Of the
game that THE Rabbit copied from
the fielder.
He would study this. and for Z long
time could not realize why this should
be done except that Keller batted
that way. and Keller was well up In
the 800 ranks every season. As he
grew older his batting became the TEA
ture Of the amateur diamonds around
this city, and finally he landed in big
company.
But this was not the only thing that
the crack second baseman learned
from his celebrated idol. HIS every
movement on the bases was practiced
and followed out. and before he had
been In the American association half
= season he was renowned for the
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