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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
Jews In Senate Chamber.

Simon Guggenheim will be the sixth
Jew to sit as a member in the United
States senate. The first Jew chosen to
that honor was David Yules, who rep
resented Florida from March. 1910, to
March, 1853. He was born in the West
Indies and his name was David Levy,
by which he was known when he was
elected as member of the house Of
representatives in 1841. The second
Jew in the senate was Judah P. Ben.
jamin, who served from 1852 to 1857.
He also was born in the West Indies.
He represented Louisiana. Benjamin
T. Jonas was born in Kentucky and
represented Louisiana in the senate.
Joseph Simon was senator from
Oregon from 1898 to 1903. Isidor Ray
ner was chosen as senator from
Maryland in 1904.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
Lincoln Eminently Fair.

Gen. Taylor was triumphantly elect
ed, and it became Lincoln's duty, as
whig member of congress from I'LL
nois, to recommend certain persons to
thll government Offices in that state,
Says Helen Nicolay in st. Nicholas.
lie did this after he returned to
Springfield, for his term in congress
ended on March 4, 1S49, the day that
Gen. Taylor became president. The
letters that he sent to Washington
when forwarding the papers and appli-
cations of people who wished appoint
ment were both characteristic and
amusing; for in his desire not to mis-
lead or to do injustice to any man,
they were very apt to say more in
favor of the men he did not wish to
soc appointed than in recommends.
ton Of his own particular candidates.
This absolute and impartial fairness
to friend and foe alike was one OF his
strongest traits. governing every ac-
ton of his life. II it had not been for
this. he might possibly have enjoyed
another term in congress, for there
had been talk OF rejecting him. In
spite OF his confession 10 Speed thar
"baing elected to congress, though /
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
FEARFUL BURNING SORES.
soy In Misery IL Years-Eezema In
Rough Scales, itching and In
Manufactured by Cusicura.

4 wish to inform you that your
wonderful Cuticura has put a stop to
Twelve years of misery l passed with
my son. AS an infant / noticed on
ais body a red spot and treated same
with different remedies for about five
years, but when the spot began to-
get larger / put him under the care
Of doctors. Under their treatment the
disease spread to four different parts
Of his body. The longer the doctors
treated him the worse it became. Dur
ing the day it would get rough and
orm like scales. At night it would
De cracked, inflamed, and badly swol-
en-, with terrible burning and itch
ing. When l think - his suffering,
1t nearly breaks my heart- His
screams could be heard downstairs.
The suffering of my son made me
tull OF misery. l had no ambition to
work, to eat, nor could l sleep.
One doctor told me that my sons
eczema was incurable, and gave it up
Tor bad job. One evening saw an
irticle in the paper about the wonder
'ul Cuticura and decided to give it
rial. tell you that Cuticura Ointment
worth its weight in gold, and when
:. had used the first box Of Ointment
there was great Improvement, and
by the time had used the second set
CT. Cuticura Soap Cuticura ONT
Dlent, and Cuticura Resolvent, my
child was cured. He is now twelve
Years old, and h.. skin is as fine
and smooth as silk. Michael Stein
man, Z Sumner Avenue, Brooklyn,
N. Y, April 16, 1905"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
CHINESE HAD FIRST zoo.
lnDtltution of Menaseries Was Due to
Two Incentives.

The Chinese had the first zoo. Me
aageries are thought to owe their
Tigin partly to the cult of sacred
animals and partly to the ambition of
rulers to possess specimens of rare
and valuable creatures from foreign
lands or savage beasts from their own.
In the simplest forms geological gar
dens were one of the earliest develop
ments of culture, and were familiar to
the Chinese, Indians, Greeks, Romans,
and pre-Spanish Mexicans in ancient
times. The Oldest recorded menagerie
is Chinese, dating from 1850 B. G. The
den of lions kept by Darius, as de-
scribed in the book OF Daniel, is an ex-
ample of one of those primitive me-
nageries, while the cult of sacred
white horses by the ancient Greeks
and Romans and that of so-called
white elephants. in Burma and Slain
are instances of a second type. A live
giraffe was received at the menager1e
of Schonbrunn as early as 1928.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
Forbids Grain Men to Combine.


Representative Stillman of Greene
county has introduced bill designed
to prevent grain dealers and elevator
men from organizing or combining to
prevent free competition In the buy.
ing Of grain. Among its objects Is to
prevent the postal card system now
In vogue In Iowa, whereby the prices
paid for grain are made uniform
throughout the state.
The bill provides that It is made un-
lawful for any person or company en-
gagged In handling grain to enter into
any agreement with others handling
Tor the pooling of prices of different
and competing dealers or buyers or
to divide between them the aggregate
or net praceads of the earnings Of
such dealers or for agreement upon
regulating or fixing the price which
any other grain dealer shall pay for
grain and to form, enter into, o. main
tain any trust, pool combination, or
association OF persons which has for
its objects the prevention of free
competition among buyers or sellers
Or dealers in grain.
In case of sucn a pool. the bill pro-
vides the offender shall be liable to
those injured for the full amount of
damages sustained. For violation OF
the act penalty is also made OF a
fine not less than $500 nor more than
$4,000, and half the fine imposed shall
go to the person who shall furnish
information on which conviction shall
be found, and imprisonment In the
county Jail not exceeding six months
or both fine and Imprisonment.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07

am very grateful to our friends for
having done it, has not pleased me as
much as l expected" this must have
been fattering. But there were many
able young men in Springfield who
coveted the honor, and they had en-.
tered into an agreement among them.
selves that each would be content
with single term. Lincoln, of course.
remained faithful to this promise. His
strict keeping of promises caused him
also to lose an appointment from Pies.
ident Taylor as commissioner of the
general land Office, which might easily
have been his, but for which he had
agreed to recommend some other iii
nois man. A few weeks later the
president offered to make him gov.
ernor Of the new territory of Oregon.
This attracted him much more tina
the other office had done, but he d.
clined because his wife was unwillin
to live in place SO far away.
His career in congress proved {
great advantage to him in after life
having given him close knowledge
of the workings OF the federal govern
ment. and brought him iHto contat
with political leaders from all paris
ths union.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
PROFESSOR HAD LAST LAUGH.
Final Erasure Neatly Turned Joke on
Students.

President Hadley, Of Yale. was talk.
Ing about his student days. II remem-
Der a stately and venerable professor"
ae said, upon whom some sophomores
ance tried to play trick.
The professor, one morning, being
unable to attend to his class on &C.
-opct of cold, wrote on the black
pard:
DR.. Dash, through indisposition, is
enable to attend to his classes to-day
''The students erased one letter in
his notice, making it read:
DR.. Dash, through indisposition, is
unable to attend to his lasses today
But it happened few minutes later
that the professor returned for a box
ne had forgotten. Amid roar of
laughter he detected the change in his
sotice, and, approaching the black
soard calmly erased one letter in his
Srn.
Now the notice read
DR.. Dash, through indisposition, is
v1able to attend to his asses today"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
Famous Illinois Tavern.
Where Lincoln, When a Circuit Rid
ing Lawyer, Snapped Stories.

With the demolition of the old KEEL
ley tavern, torn down to make room
for barn, there passed one of the
famous old hostelries of Illinois. Built
In 1899, the old tavern became the
stopping place of all west bound trav-
elers, it being the only hotel between
Danvile and Urbana on the state
road.
! For years it enjoyed great popular
lty, especially during it's ownership by
Joseph Kelley, who operated it from
; 1910 until 1864. During the sos it
was the regular stopping place of the
, old time circuit riding lawyers, among
whom were Abraham Lincoln and
, Judge DAVID Davis. Both Lincoln
and Davis Were warm friends of Kel-
ley, whose ready wit and great fund
9 of stories made him favorite with
bSCh men.
Often Lincoln's coming, being her
aided about the surrounding country,
drew scores of farmers to the hotel,
and not infrequently residents of Ur-
bana drove down to enjoy the contest
between the two great story tellers.
However we'll equipped with new ma
terial was Mr.. Kelley he always found
himself yanquished by Mr. Lincoln,
whose fund of anecdotes seemed in
exhaustible. Old residents say that
the two champions frequently told
stories almost all night, Lincoln sit
ting in an immense armchair, with
wide rockers and a buffalo robe cush-
ion, known to the household as "Abe's
chair" The old chair is still in the
possession Of the Kelley family, one
! of its most cherished heirlooms.
The old tavern played an important
part In the social life of the commun-
lily. Here during the winter months
assembled all the young people for
miles around to dance and enjoy
themselves. In the yard were held
the turkey shoots on Thanksgiving
sand Christmas, when the pioneers as.
sembled to prove their wonderful
skill with their old muzzle loading
firearms. Whisky on these occasions
flowed freely, and some famous fights
,aave occurred about the old building,
but for the most part the early settler
was good natured, even in his cups.
and no serious damage was done in
these encounters
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
As Wallace SaO Lincoln.
Famous Author Wrote Entertainingly
of First Meeting.

The charm of Lew Wallace's Auto
biography consists not only in the
fact that the author was a famous
general and famous novelist, but that
so many of his recollections are rem.
iniscent of the great.
One of the most fascinating des.
criptions is that of his first sight OF
Abraham Lincoln. 1t was in 1850, at
a tavern in Danville, Ill
Wallace writes as follows:
= There was one of the contestants
who arrested my attention early, part
ly by his stories partly by his ap,
pearance.
His hair was thick, coarse and de,
FAINT it stood out in every direction.
His features were massive, nose long,
eyebrows protrusive, mouth large
cheeks hollow, eyes gray and always
responsive to the humor. He smiled
all the time, but never once did he
laugh outright. His hands were large,
his arms slender and disproportion.
ately long. His legs were a wonder,
particularly when he was in nara
ton; he kept crossing and increasing
them, sometimes it actually seemed
he was trying to tie them into a bow
knot.
Altogether, / thought him the
gauntest, quaintest and most positive
ly ugly man who had ever attracted
me enough to call for study. Still
when he was in speech, my eyes did
not quit his face. He held me in un.
consciousness.
About midnight his competitors
were disposed to give in; either their
stories were exhausted. or they were
tacitly conceding him the crown
From answering them story for story.
he gave two or three to their one. AT
last he took the floor and held 1t
And, looking back, am now con
vinced that he frequently invented his
rePlications: which is saying he pos
sessed marvellous gift of improvisa
ton.
Such was Abraham Lincoln. And
to be perfectly candid, had one stood
at my elbow that night in the old
tavern and whispered: Look at him
closely. He will one day be president
and the savior of his country / had
laughed at the idea but a little less
heartily than laughed at the man.
"Afterward l came to know him
better, and then | did not laugh"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
NERVOUS HEADACHES
Or. Williams Pink Pills VIII Cure
Most Cases and Should interest
Every Sufferer.

Or. Williams Pink Pills VIII Cure
Most Cases and Should interest
Every Sufferer.
Nobody who has not endured the
suffering caused by nervous head
ache can realize the awful agony OF
its victims. Worst Of all, the ordin.
airy treatment cannot be relied upen
to cure nor even to give relief. Some
doctors will say that If a person is
subject to these headaches there is
nothing that can be done to prevens
their recurrence.
Nervous headaches, as well as neu.
ralgia. are caused by lack of nutrition
the nerves are starved The only
way to feed the nerves is through the
blood and 1t Is in this way that DR..
Williams Pink Pills have accom-
plished SO many remarkable cures
Mrs. Addie Merrill, of 50 Union
Street, Auburn, Me-. says: "For
years l suffered from nervous head
aches, which would come on me every
five or six weeks and continue for
several days. The pain was SO severe
that l would be obliged TO go to bed
for three or four days czech time. Il
was particularly intense over m$ right
eye. ! tried medicines but got no re-
lief. had no appetite and when
the headache passed away felt as il
/ had been sick for month. My
blood was thin and was pale, weak
and reduced in weight.
II read about DR.. Williams Pink
Pills in a paper and decided to try
them. / first noticed that they be-
gan to give me an appetite and !
commenced to gain in weight and
color. My headaches stopped and
have not returned and have never
felt so well as l do row."
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold
by all druggists or sent, postpaid. on
receipt of price, sc cents per box. six
boxes $3.50, by the DR.. Williams Medi
cine Company, Schenectady, NJ Y.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
Anti Treating Bill.

Representative Dye of Decatur coun-
ty has presented a bill making the
practice of setting up" the drinks il
legal.
The bill makes 1t unlawful for any
person to give or sell or furnish in
any way any intoxicating liquor to
another. 1t makes exception in the
case of authorized physicians, but
throws strict rules about their pre-
scribing or administering intoxicants.
Mr.. Dye points out that it has be-
come a custom for the young men of
Iowa to carry about with them
pocket flask from which they offer
drinks to their friends and acquain-
tances. The bill, should it become a
law, would put an end to this, but it
would also effect the social drink"
in the saloon, for each man would
have to buy his own.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
Economy as the Bow Saw I

Paul Morton, in recent address on
insurance, said OF a certain proposed
economy:
That would not be an economy, but
an extravaganza, in the long run. It
reminds me of the boy and the jam.
My son. said this boys mother,
isn't 1t rather an extravaganza to eat
butter with that superb jam?'
No, ma'am, it's an economy the
boy answered. The same piece of
bread does for BOTH"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory il the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, 1t is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty ami fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only DESTROYS the
appearance, but also affects the wear
Ing quality Of the goods. This troubla
can be entirely overcome by using De-
lance Starch, as 1t can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
er strength than other makes.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07

and how to cure
them. Mrs. w. G.
Davis Of Groesbeck,
Texas. says: Back
aches hurt me so /
could hardly stand.
Spells OF dizziness
and sick headaches
frequent and
the action OF the
ktdnava wac srroUu-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
Tannic Acid for the skin.

One OF the most annoying results Of
eye strain is the baggy condition un-
der the eyes. which is very disfigurfnx.
To restore the condition OF the skin
fannie acid is generally effectuai,
using 20 grains to an ounce of giyce-
rine. 1t Is applied to the puffiness with
soft camefs hair brush night and
morning.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07

An autograph letter of Abraham
Lincoln, writer more than half CEN
fury ago to his lifelong friend,
Thomas J. Turner, of Freeport, Ill.,,
afterward a colonel in an Illinois regi-
ment, Is here reproduced as an object
OF national interest.
The value of this letter to the fam
lilies to whom it has descended-like an
apostolic successiou-may be estimat-
ed from the fact that it has passed
from deathbed to deathbed as sacred
charge in the Turner generations, the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07

Tnre s more Catarrh in this section of the country
than ali other diseases put together and anti the Ias
few years was supposed to be tncurable For great
many years doctors proEs.nced Il local disease and
prescribed local remediee and by constantly failing
To cure with local treatment prGno1Saed it
science has proven Catarrh 10 be a dis
ease and therefore requires treatment
hairs Catarrh Cure, manufactured by r. J. CheaeF
Co.. Toledo Ohio ts the only Constitutional cure on
tne market. IL fs taken Internally In doses from 10
drops to tesspoonful 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case 1t fails to cure. Send
Tor circulars and testimonials.
Address: +. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo Ohio
Sold by Druggists, 55c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
Ownership of National Ranka

The ownership of the national
banks of the United States is not in
the hands Of the rich few, as is COM
monty supposed, because fully one
half of the banks have a capital of
less than 100000 each. Twelve per
cent have capitalizations Of from
100000 to s25O,000, while only seven
per cent. range between $2SO,O9e and
100000.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
To improve Passenger Service.

Representative Bonwell has offered
a bill empowering the railroad com.
missioners to order railway companies
to operate motor cars. The object of
the bill is to give better passenger
service along branch roads in Iowa.
It provides that, along railroad lines
where but one passenger train is run
each way each day, the state board of
railroad commissioners may order the
company operating that rord to run
motor cars along the line at g. schedule
fixed by the commission.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07

The extraordinary popularity Of fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice of Starch matter Of great i'm
portance. Defiance Starch, being free
from all injurious chemicals, is the
only one which is safe TO use on fine
fabrics. Its great strength as stiff
ener makes half the usual quantity of
Starch necessary, with tie result of
perfect finish, equal to that when the
goods were new.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
Abolish Offices Printer and Binder.

Senator Thomas Lambert of Jack.
son county has proposed the
adjustment of the offices of state
printer and binder.
He introduced bill to achieve that
end, in the senate, and it was referred
to the printing committee. 1t will go
into effect Jan. l, 1908, If enacted
into law.
This is the renewal of the fight
which Senator Lambert, then a mem.
Der of the house of representatives
began in 1897 for the adjustment of
these Offices. He has offered bills for
that purpose in several successive
sessions of the assembly.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
Senator's BY Direct Vote.

Senator ]. A. Smith Of Mitchell
county has offered in the senate a
resolution making application to the
congress of the United States to cali
a convention for proposing amend
ments to the constitution OF the Uni
led States. This is the outgrowth OF
the recent conference of states ON this
subject in Des 4Ioines, and in pursu-
ance of the recommendations Of tbs
governor in his recent message. An
Identical resolution will be offered In
The legislatures of thirty states of the
1nion.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
PLAYING at occultism.

There is danger to-day of psyehi-
cal research degenerating into a fash
ionable society amusement without
practical aims, and there are promi-
nent members of the Society for
Psychical Research who do less than
little to discourage this tendency
Occult Review.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
To Shut Out Criminals,

The legislative committee which
visited the inebriate hospital at
Knoxville, has recommended that
labor OF some kind be furnished the
inmates, and that hardened criminals
who have been in the penitentiary be
sent elsewhere.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07

That an article may be good as well
as cheap. and give entire satisfaction.
Is proven by the extraordinary sale of
Defiance Starch, each package con-
tanning one-third more Starch than
can be had Of any other brand for the
same money.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07

man to whom IT was written treasur
ing the series of Linooln's correspond
ence in order to bequeath to members
of his family souvenirs whose value he
foresaw with prophetic eye.
Any letter of Abraham Lincoln's
would be of interest to the people OF
Illinois, especially one written before
the period of war and turmoil, when
the Springfield lawyer was engaged
in the vacations of peace. The owner
of the letter-a Freeport mans now
living in Chicago
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
To Suppress G. o. D. Liquor Evil.

Senator w. ID. Jameson of Page
county has introduced two bills which
he believes will strike hard at the
c. o. d. liquor evil. His bills provide
that the express companies shall keep
open record of all c. o. d. shipments,
SO that the names of the consignees
Of liquor may be published to the
world and the record used in evil
dence, and that the title of the LIQUOR
shall vest in the person to whom 1t
is delivered at the instant of its de-
livery; and 1t is further provided
that the persons receiving the liquor
shall not give any of it away or con-
vey it more than 100 feet from the
point of delivery.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
Reformatory for Women.

Representative Bixby has presented
his reformatory bill to the legislature.
The act provides for a reformatory
for females and has been one of Mr..
Bixbys pet measures for three ses-
sions. 1t has many friends In both
houses and Mr.. Bixby Is of tho opinion
that the measure will go through this
winter.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07

lar. Soon after began taking Doan's
Kidney Pills passed several gravel
stones. got well and the trouble has
not returned My back is good and
strong and my general health better"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents box.
Foster-M ilburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07

II Is great folly not 30 part with
your own faults. which is possible.
but to try. instead, to escape from
other peoples faults. which 10 impos-
sible.-Marcus Aurelius
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
New Two-cent Fare Bill.

Senator Gillilland in the senate and
Representative Jones in the house
have offered new 2-cent fare bills con.
tanning new feature. While rate
of 2-cent Is provided 1t also Is pro-
vided that when railroads sell family
mileage books Of 500 miles, good till
used. at 2 cents, they may charge
pa cents on branch lines alono.