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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07

the Date List c. w. Hoovers Big Public Sale
slow working weayers.

There are weayers who turn out
only one yard of stuff year. They are
the Gobelin tapestry weavers, who work
In the factory In Paris, which IL own
ed by the French government They
average In the year only from one to
three yards of goods, according to the
fineness Of the weave and the intrlcacy
Of the pattern. These weavers work
ut hand looms, where they put In the
filling. or weft, with shuttle held In
the left hand. The back of the tapes
try is toward them. A mirror shows
them the other side. Baskets of wool
In every shade or color surround them.
They use 1,400 tones In all. Skilled rs
these workmen are, their pay Is no
bigger than that OF the ordinary Amer
lean laborer. They get about 5000 a
year on an average, or about $12 a
week. These Gohelln tapestries, re-
curing years In the making, are of
course very expensive. An offer OF
$4,000 wouldn't get some OF them.
New Gobollns you can't buy ut all.
The French government has them
made to give away us presents to It's
frlends--pcople of power and position.
New York Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07
Noses of Great Men.

Prominent noses seem to have been
the property of many great men. Ly-
curgus and Scion had noses six inches
in length, and Ovid was surnamed
Naso on account of his large nose
Scipio Nasica derived his name from
his prominent olfactory organ, and
Alexander the Great and Cardinals
Wolsey and Richelieu all had large
noses. On the medals Of Cyrus and
Artaxerxes their noses came clear out
to the rim of the coin. Washingtons
was the true aquiline type, indicative
Of firmness and patience, as was the
nose of Julius Caesar. Mohammed had
a singular nose. 1t was so curved that
writer has told us that the point of 1t
seemed continually striving to insert
itself between his lips. The noses Of
Franklin, Shakespeare and DR.. John
son all had wide nostrils, betokening
strength and love of thought. The nose
Of Napoleon was exquisitely though
firmly chiseled. He often said, "Give
me a man with plenty Of nosew Fred
erick the Great had so large a nose
that Lavater offered to wager that
blindfolded he could tell 1t among TO-
600 by merely taking it between his
thumb and forefinger.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07

One does not often attribute the vir
tue of patience to snake. Letters
From Surgeon" however, contain ~
anecdOte In which its existence IL cyl
dent. DR.. Perry, surgeon Of the Tween
tleth Massachusetts, Weakened In CAM
one morning to find himself tightly
held in the clutch of DR.. Hayward, hi
senior officer.
Don't move, John, till l say threcv
ordered the senior sharply. "Thcl
seize my hands and spring to your feet
One, two, three"
At the word DR.. Perry jumped. nnt
he never made cleaner leap. He was
Just In time to see moccasln dive IN
der the coat which he had been using
for a pillow. Armed with sticks. they
dragged the coat away, but saw only
the hole into which the snake had Gid
ed. The surgeon had accidentally block
ed the entrance to the reptiles abode,
and It had lain all colled under the
back OF his neck, waiting patiently for
him to move so 1t could enter.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07
Whistler a brilliant TnIker.

Whistler was brilliant talker and a
great dcbater. / shall never forget my
surprise when heard him shy for the
first time, "Bacher. am not arguing
with you; am telling you." never
forgot the lesson. Later | found that
he had used this effectively In one of
his letters to the London World when
he said: Seriously. then, my Atlas, an
etching does not depend for It's impor-
lance upon its size. / am not arguing
with you;I am telling you" He spoke
French nuently, German less readily.
His Italian was very good, especially
under excitement, though occasionally
a French word slipped in unawares.
adding to the picturesqueness. / recall
that lie considered Poe our greatest
poet.--Otto ii. Bacher In Century.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07
AnnrccintinR NnRner.

"The Ring Of the Niebelungen" was
first produced In London under the
special patronage of King Edward VII.
when he was Prince of Wales. He
Loyalty remained In his box from begin.
ming to end, although he confessed aft
erward that II was the hardest work
he ever did. When Wotan came on the
darkened stage to an accompaniment
Of discords the prince took n doze and
an hour later was awakened by dou.
BILE forte crash of the large orchestra.
He fell asleep again, but in fifteen min.
utes was startled by another tremen-
dous crash and found Wotan still sing.
ing against time. After the perform
ance the prince told the manager In
great confidence that II there was Il
Wotan in other Wagner operas he
would withdraw his patronage.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07
Crushing a Critic.

School superintendent in New York
among their many duties are expected
to report on the personality of the
teachers In their district. 1t is not al
ways easy to get "a line" on that quail
ity Of teacher, so many are lenient in
the work. One Of the superintendent,
however, is never satisfied until he has
made the test for orderliness by asking
the teacher to open his or her desk.
One day he found one Of his fair sub
ordinates with things in great confu-
sion. She was evidently violating
heavens first law.
'My DEAR" said he to the blushing
delinquent, II don't believe you would
make good housekeeper."
The desk closed with bang There
was fire in her eye as she calmly re-
piled:
"Oh! Are you looking for house
keeperT-New York Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07

Hip, hip, hurrahp Is modern
phrase. The "hlp" and the "hurrah"
do not seem to have come together be-
fore the nineteenth century. In the
eighteenth century hip amounted to
just "hl" or "hello" while "hurrah"
was then usually "huzza." 1t Is like the
cossack "Oraw but 1t Is supposed to
have been n German cry of the chase
adapted by the German soldiers to war
and borrowed from them by the Eng
fish, perhaps first OF all ut the time Of
the Thirty Years war. "IIurrar' Is said
to have been the battle cry Of the Prus-
slams In the war Of liberation QS1213).
STILL the curious fact that seventeenth
and eighteenth century writers call
"Huzzaw sailors shout lends sup
port to the conjecture that 1t may
really have been the hosting cry.
"IIIssaW
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07
India Rubber.

Caoutchouc was introduced to Eu-
rope by NJ. dc In CondamIne on his re-
turn from Peru In 1896. 1T Is" said
It's dlscoverer, - most singular resin.
"a much by the use to which 1t Is de-
voted rs by its nature, which Is
problem TO our most expert chemists.
II flows from tree growing In several
parts Of America and IL called caout-
chouc by the MaInas Indians on the
banks Of the Amazon" Long before
Charles Macintosh began TO make his
watciproofs in 1893 the natives of Qul-
TO were using the rubber for the same
purpose rs well rs for boots and bot
ties ana many other things. The new
and mysterious material had hard
struggle for popularity In England. DR..
Prlestley probably did more than any
body else to make It's novel qualities
known, for In 1870 he popularlzed II
forever by showing school children how
1t could be made to efface pencil marks.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07
The Fly That Buzzed For MendeIsso hp

The following story is told of the
music of the overture to "a Midsum.
mer Nights Dream" While Mendels.
sohn was deep in the making of this
same fine overture he went riding one
day with friend. In order, after
awhile, to rest their horses the two
boon companions dismounted and
stretched themselves out under the
shade of great tree. Suddenly there
came an excited "Hushw from the
great composer, who half arose very
cautiously. A large fly was buzzing
over them, and Mendelssohn was anx.
ious to catch the true sound Of the in.
sect's hum as it gradually drifted far.
ther away. Many days later when the
overture had been completed the artist
called his friends attention to that
passage in progression where the vio-
loncello modulates in the chord of the
seventh of the descending scale from
B minor to F sharp minor There,
that's the fly that buzzed past us at
Schonhausen," said Mendelssohn.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07
when Dogs Were Cooks.

'"There was time," said the anti
quarian, "when dogs did our roasting
for us-at least they kept the meat
turning so it would not burn. Spit
dogs they were called, and we call
their descendants 'spitz' to this day.
Spit dogs were trained to turn the
spits on which roasted chickens, beef,
ducks and turkeys. The little fellows
did their work well. They were never
known to let fowl burn or to snatch
a mouthful or two from It, AS late as
1916 spit dogs were employed in the
old Philadelphia inns on Second and
Third streets"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07
Even the Sultan.

On one occasion when the famous
Nasr-ed-din was pressed for money he
went to the sultan for permission to
levy tax of penny on every man in
Turkey who was afraid Of his wife.
The sultan gave him leave, and at the
end of a few months Nasr-ed-din re-
turned with a hundred mules laden
with gold. But what am to get out
of all this?" inquired the sultan. 81
have brought you beautiful Georgian
slave" replied the sage. "Hush!" said
the sultan, glancing over his shoulder.
Don't let my wife hearv' And the
willy Nasr-ed-din Hedja added another
penny to his store.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07
Falling Into Hole In Air.

One of the strange experiences of a
balloonist is that of falling into "a hole
in the air." which Mr.. Rolker reports
as follows: $50 you continue sailing,
enjoying the present with little thought
of the startling surprises that may be
before you. Ahead of you, unseen, may
be what the balloonist calls hole in
the air. resembling the vortex of a
maelstrom, and down this you may lit
orally fall at rate which is terrifying
until by sacrificing two or three bag
fuls of sand at once your pilot checks
your downward fight. But these holes
are scarce, and as a rule the atmos-
phere is of uniform carrying power
American Magazine
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07
More Exciting.

Tout-Has Jones quit the race track
because of reform, or what? Jockey
Reform nothing! He wanted some
thing more uncertain to bet his money
on. Tout-But what could he find
more uncertain than a horse racer
Jockey-He's taken to betting whether
or not the weather man will correctly
predict the days ondition.-Florida
Times Union.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07
The One Execution.

The topic of debate at the Poets
club meeting was, (Which of the Sexes
Contributes Most to Life's Happi-
nessT
81 think" said a woman called upon
to speak on the feminine side, that
there is no doubt that man contributes
most to the life happiness of woman
that Isl upon second thought unless
he happens to be her husband"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07
Rritish choral societies.

If In the pure artistic sense the Brit
ish people cannot be said to lie mu-
steal, there are, 1t must be admitted.
individuals In multitudinous numbers
who cultivate with eagerness both vo-
cal and Instrumental music. But there
Is unquestionably no people who de-
vote as much time and earnest study
and practice to choral singing as the
English. and this from the sheer love
of it.-Edward st. John .Drenon In
Strand Magazine,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07
Had Plenty OF Confidence.

Augustus Thomas, the well known
playwright. was talking about first
nights and the heartrending anxiety OF
them. "On my own first nights" he
said, 81 am pitlable object. utterly
without hope, convinced in advance
that my play is bound to fail. At such
times often wish I had the self con-
fidence of Charles Reade. He, after
lie had dramatlzed his novel OF Never
Too Late to Mend wrote on the mar
gin OF certain passage, IF the audi
ence fails to weep here, the passage has
not been properly acted"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07
there's quite enough work for two of
us."-New York Press.
Historic New York.

New York city has more points of
historical interest than any other city
on the continent, there being scores Of
them, extending from Fort Amster-
dam, where the new custom house
stands, at the Battery, on the SOUTH
to Fort George, Fort Washington and
the Van Cortlandt manor house on the
north
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07
Not Cheap.

Aged Husband-You are going to
ruin. me with your extravaganza. You
don't need that cape any more than a
cat needs two tails. How often have
| told you never to buy anything be-
cause it is cheap? Young Wife with
an air of one who has got the better of
the argument)-But it was not cheap
1t cost 10 guineas.-London Fun.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07
The Servant Question.

The proud millionaire entered his
garage haughtily. Francois" he said,
you took out the new sixty horse
power again last night without per-
mission. I'm afraid I'll have to get
another chauffeur"
II wish you would, sir" Francois
answered. with those four big cars
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07
Cure For Profanity.

The cure for observation-disclosures
and educators please make note-is
merely wit enough to handle your
words so that swearing will seem like
baby talk in omparison.-Patriot.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07
EquaIized.

The larynx of man is twice the size
on an average of the same organ in
woman, although this disproportion is
equalized by the fact that woman uses
her larynx little more than twice as
much as man.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07
Not TnnnaRnt-

Tommy, I'm going to punish you
severely"
what for, pap
"Now, don't try that innocence game.
know all the bad things you've done
today"
mo, you don't, pa. You don't know
where hid the strap you whack me
with"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07

81 have here a neat and pretty little
letter opener" began the agent.
$50 have I at home" said the bust
ness man sadly. "I'm married"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07

One might call employment agencies
The laboratories in which human lives
are Observation-Disclosures.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-29

be taken into consideration. and Of
these, the chief one Is tho location
OF the station Uncle Sam might
give us the finest exhibition OF plant
culture in the country. but unless
that exhibition Is so situated that II
can be easily and conveniently seen
by the vast multitudes OF homeseek.
ers who arc flockIng to the Panhan-
die, the majority OF whom, must pass
through Amarillo, the enterprise
will not have fulfilled its purpose
and the funds of the people will not
have been expended to the best ad-
vantage, II we are to have an ex-
perimental station, let Il also be a
demonstration station in every sense
OF the word, In order to be a dem
onstration station 1t must be exhibit
ed, and in order TO be porperly ex-
hIbIted, II must be easy OF access,
and so located, that II will not re-
quire extraordinary or unusual effort
to bring It to the attention OF pros
pective setetlers who want to know
what this country will grow In
other words, gentlemen, don't hide
your light under a bushel and don't
stick that experimental station away
off in the brakes where 1t will take
a days ride to see what Is being
done, and all sorts OF persuasion to
get even a>small percentage of our
visitors to view 1t, Put It where 1t
can be seen and must be seen by ev-
cry homeseeker coming into the Pam
handle.
Uncle Sam isn't tied down to any
one particular spot. All good land
looks good to him, and soil condi-
tons being equal, the matter OF con-
venient location will have something
to do with his decision. The writer
has had more or less dealings with
Uncle Samuel on few previous oc-
casions, and with the department OF
agriculture, and he knows that the
department wants to do best IL can
for this community in an agricul-
tural way. Therefore, with the
proper agitation the department will
be glad to locate this station where
1t can be seen during every minute
of daylight by every person coming
to this country who wants TO buy
farm that will produce like 1t.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-29
THURSDAY, AUGUST a9, 1907
THE ELL PAso MEETING.

The Amarillo contingent to the
Five Million club meeting at El Paso,
returned home last evening, report
ing a splendid time. They did not
bring the next meeting OF the club
home with them. but they got a
promise OF the next one. In February
in Amarillo. The delegation made
the people down at Bl Paso know
that Amarillo was on the map, and
gave this city and the Panhandle
country splendid advertisement,
which cannot help but rebound TO
the benefit OF the city and country
In time to come.
As recognition OF Amarilo's mer-
It's. the club gave the honor OF first
place on the responses to the ad-
dress OF welcome, TO Mayor Miller,
OF Amarillo To say that Miller did
himself and Amarillo proud, 10 put
ting It mild.
Such meetings are a good thing
for the state. A good attendance to
them from any city is good thing
for the place, and Amarillo has
made herself name In lower Texas
by the way she went after the meet
ing OF the Five Million club.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-29
A ROTTEN TELEPHONE SERVICE

The Panhandle has had innumer-
able kicks on the service rendered
patrons OF the Amarillo Telephone
Co., OF late. A doctor OF the city
related TO the editor OF the Panhandle
day or two ago, how he tried TO
talk to a relative OF patient he had
at the sanitarium. and was cut off In
the middle of the conversation, and
before he could again get connected
with the number It was necessary
for him to go TO the telephone office
personally and demand connection.
In the Daily Panhandle office
Wednesday. tho Ibookkeeper was at
tempting to take some advice over
the telephone from a lady customer
when the connection was cut off In
the midst. The bookkeeper kept try
ing to get central but was unable, and
found himself connected with Car
ter's grocery. Both tried for some
time TO break the connection, but
we're unable and gave up the trial.
After an hour or so the customer
again got the office phone, and told
how she had been trying to get con-
nection WITH the Panhandle while the
Panhandle had been trying to find
the disconnected wire.
This is only an every day occur
renee With most every patron OF the
present excahnge, and the general
public, who are dependent upon this
company for service, are praying for
the time to arrive when the new
company will avail itself OF the fran
chise granted It, and give to ANA
rlllo decent telephone service
The Panhandle does not know
where the trouble lies. 1t may pos
slbly be because OF inability OF the
company to secure competent help.
II may be for other causes. We do
not know where the trouble lies, but
we know II is there and is in evidence
every day to every patron of the
Telephone Co.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-29
NEEDS A SHOWER OF GRACE.

why don't you give that Water
Works company h---l?" and
please give the Telephone company
HI" are common expressions of
disgust on the part OF prominent cit
liens and business men OF Amarillo,
when they meet the Panhandle man.
Amarillo Panhandle.
"If the Panhandle Is really telling
the truth 1t would seem that ANA
rillo needs an old-fashioned shower
of grace. Such profanity, II common,
must indicate truly depraved state.
Fort Worth Telegram.
II the Panhandle ever uttered
truth, it uttered It in the above As
10 the shower, one OF water from the
water works, is more needed, and
while the Telephone company might
need shower of grace, 1t gets plen-
ty of showers Of cussing for the SER
vice 1t renders. ...,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-29

1t would seem to the Panhandle
that the force in charge of'the streets
should drain the ponds along side the
streets, an dopen the cutters, clean
out under crossings, So the water
would run off, instead of standing
along side of the streets, till the
sun and wind evaporate IT. 1t has
been several days since the rains,
but water is still standing on Polk
street, near the new opera house,
and on Seventh, just off of Polk.
Culyerts should also be put In at
all street crossings, SO that the sur
face water may run off, until such
time as storm sewers can be put in.
Let a little more thought and work
be given to the appearance OF our
streets and crossings, and the cutters
along the streets
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-29

The Panhandle's exchanges On
the Panhandle are having a good
deal of sport at the expense OF ANA
rillo and her water works conditions.
This paper knows they have been
and are bad, but they need not have
been that way IL the water company
had kept pace with the growth Of
the city. The works were built for
a village, and as such we're ample.
As the city began to grow by leaps
and bounds about two years ago,
the Water company made no effort
to increase its ability to serve the
people and keep pace with the growth
OF the city. Instead 1t rested on its
oars, until shortage for the needs
OF the growing city stared them in
the face. They have been moving
some since, but only in an expert
mental and not in permanent way
to solve the problem. 1t will be
solved though, and that soon. There
is plenty of water in and near ANA
rillo. II proper arrangements we're
made to store it up. The Chamber
OF Commerce will soon take hold of
the subject, and with the city coun-
Gil will soon have the problem
solved. =.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-29

commonplace reports begaD, and the
editor left.
The Daily Panhandle thinks the
new Chamber OF Commerce should
take up the water question at once
and have II settled right. They
should call public meeting. have
the matter thoroughly discussed, and
pass resolutions. and appoint com
mittee TO work with the council In
solving this vexauous problem. and
that at once. II Is a question more
serious than sewerage. or ordinary
sanitation, for without water to flush
the sewers, what good are the
sewers?
The best and most substantial cit
liens interested In the future pros
perlty OF the city should take this
matter In hand at once, and not quit
TN they have completely solved
the water question for Amarillo for
all time. 1t can be done. We are
no nearer solution OF the problem
than we we're year ago. How
much longer is the city going to be
injured In the eyes OF the outside
world. and citizens inconvenIenced,
by present conditions?
II is high time the matter was be-
ing loked squarely in the face, aud
something being done.