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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-10

r HE bureau of engraving and print
! ing has completed designs sug-
yested by Postmaster General Meyer
for new Issue OF United States post
age stamps. The new stamps will be
Of the following denominations; One
cent, two cent, three cent, four cent,
FIVE cent, six cent, eight cent, ten cent,
Is cent, so cent and one dollar. The
two and five dollar denominations now
In use will not be reprinted. The
twocent stamp will be the first dis
Lributed.
The new issue has been designed
with the object of obtaining the great
est simplicity commensurate with ar
tistic results. The profile has been
taken In each instance instead of a
full view, giving basrelief of effect.
All the stamps are of a similar design
containing a head in an ellipse. The
lettering is In straight lines. at the
top being ~. s. Postage" and at the
bottom the words two cents"
The onecent stamp contains the
head of Franklin, while all the others
will bear that OF Washington. taken
from busts by Houdon.
Thus one OF the most notable differ
ences in the new issue will be the
minimum Of lettering. The colors are
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-10

THE advance guard of the Office
j seekers is on the ground, indus
triously finding loose ends of political
wires to be pulled when William H..
Taft gets on the presidential job.
Mr.. Taft's popularity with these
hundreds "dyin' to give their services
to their country" can be seen by the
$500 jobs to be distributed. Formerly
there were 100 more, but President
Roosevelt, wearying OF attempting to
Gil the many consular positions, placed
them in the competitive class.
The richest job that President Taft
will pass before the beaming faces
along the federal pie counter will be
the governorship Of the Philippines,
which pays $4,000 yearly.
In aggregate. the president has 30
appointments to Offices which pay $l2,.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-10
CONGRESS OPENS
CUMMiNS WILL TAKE THE OATH
OF OFFICE TODAY.
SESSION BEGINS AT NOON
The First Business in the House Win
Probably Consider Means for
Taking Thirteenth Census

Washington, ID. c.. Dec. To-day
will convene for the beginning of the
second session OF the sixtieth con
gress. Vice President c. w. Fair
banks and Speaker Cannon are both
in the city, and the former will open
the senate while the latter will pre-
side in the house. Practically no
business will be tranacted in either
house. In the senate Ex-Governor
Cummins of Iowa will take the oath
Of office as the successor OF Senator
Allison of that state, as will Carroll
S. Page of Vermont, as the success
sor of Senator Stewart, In the
house, seven members who were
elected in November to succeed mem
bers who have died or resigned 10
that body will also be sworn in.
In addition to the administration OF
the oath the two houses win appoint
committees each to notify the other
house and the president that the two
bodies are organized and prepared To
go forward with the business of the
session. The senate will then ad
journ for the day out of respect to
tho memory of Senator VIM. b. ALI
son, who died during the recess
The house will also terminate Its
brief session with resolutions com
memorative Of the lives OF members
who have died since adjournment last
May.
Tuesday will be given up by both
houses TO the reading of the presi
dents message. AS this is the last
annual message which the president
will send to congress there is un
usual interest in It. 1t is expected
that the house will begin business
Wednesday morning with the con
sideration Of the bill providing the
means for the taking of the thir
teenth census.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-10
" EGETARIANIsM is meeting WITH

" EGETARIANISM Is meeting with
few shocks In Washington. These
come after members of Washington
society partake Of the hospitality OF
Mrs. John Brooks Henderson, wife OF
former senator from Missouri, at
ner vegetarian dinners at her home at
Sixteenth street and Florida avenue.
One society woman. a guest at the
most recent dinner given by Mrs. Hen
derson, Is at present confined to her
bed. Dyspepsia was the doctors YER
dict. Friends OF the Henderson fam.
lily say that the former United States
senator is also suffering from the
same trouble and others say that Mrs.
Henderson herself was somewhat In.
disposed from the same cause not long
ago.
Mrs. Hendersons vegetarian dinners
recall that couple of years ago the
contents OF the famous Henderson
wine cellar were poured into the gut.
ter. Mrs. Henderson had put the
ban on all fermcnted wines. Guam
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-10
THREAT TO CLOSE SHELTERS.
Roosevelt Says Smoke Hurts the Big
Western Forests.

Butte. Mont, Dec. IA special
from Washington to the Intermoun.
tain says that at conference at the
White house President Roosevelt
told John ID. Ryan that he intends to
close every smelter in America where
fumes injure the forests, unless a
means can be made to make sulphur
smoke inocuous to vegetable life
He mentioned the smelters at Ana
conda and at East Helena. Mr.. Ryan
secured a stay OF execution until In.
vestigation can be made with a view
OF rendering the fumes inocuous. II
is believed that this will delay ac-
ton some weeks IL not months
Mayor Cordy, the president of the
Business Mems association and of
the Merchants association and other
men of affairs called a massmeeting
to protest against the threatened
closing of the smelters by the fed.
eral government.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-10
lndla,a Many LANGUAGES.

One hundred and fifty different Ian.
guages are spoken in India. most of
them unwritten, and this fact fire.
quently leads to trouble in the courts
of that oriental country. Strangely
enough. Indians frequently drift into
that capital who can find no one able
to understand their vernacular. Meth
er the court nor the court interpreters
understand some of the litigants and
witnesses involved in some of the law.
suits.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-10

do It? They look to me to be nice,
weil-behaved children"
"They are as good children as you
will find in the state. sir; but the
spanking must go on"
Eyes, the spanking must so on"
added the wife.
l couldn't say any more, of course,
and went out to the gate and waited.
Tho nine were called up one after an
other and put through the machine,
and Their the man, who was breathing
hard from his exertions, Joined me at
the gate and said:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-10
WHY CHILDREN ARE SPANKED

tier opened the door and invited me
in. saw nine children standing UP in
a row, and the tenth one sitting down
on the other side of the room. The
man thought some explanation should
be made, and he said:
Its the way | do every Christmas
time, and had just begun when you
rode up. Can you wait till / have
spanked the other nine?'
"Of course. but may ! ask why you
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-10

There, the last one of 'em has
been licked, and now I'll show you
where Brown lives"
Thanks, but would you take II
amiss IL asked what your ten child
rem had done to deserve punishment"
you may ask, sir. and | will ex-
plain" he replied They hadn't done
nothing. l was licking 'em so they
wouldn't expect any Christmas pres
ents in their stockings tonight"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-10
New Minority Leader.

Washington, d. c. Dec. 7.-Repre.
sentative Champ Clark OF Missouri
was chosen minority leader of the
house OF representatives at a caucus
OF the democratic members OF that
body. Mr.. Clark's election was un-
animous. His name was suggested
to the causrs by the retiring minority
leader, Senator-elect John Sharp VIII.
liams of Mississippi. Resolutions
were adopted thanking Mr. Williams
for his service to the party on the
floor of the house
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-10
GOODS TO BE SEPARATED.
Chicago University Wants Different
Boarding Houses

Chicago, Dec. THE University
Of Chicago has issued rule that
after Jan. l. women stusents will not
be allowed to live at the same board
ing houses which are occupied by
male students. 1t Is the custom OF
the university to assign" students
to suitable boarding places and as
landlords are thus somewhat Deepen.
dent upon the institution, the faculty
hope to be able to enforce the new
,ule with difficulty. The landlords
are to be instructed to provide recep.
ton parlors for the young women,
where they can receive calls at suit.
lble hours"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-10
Taft Red Cross Head.

Washington, ID. c., Dec. THE
fourth annual meeting of the Amerl-
can National Red Cross will be held
in this city tomorrow and President
elect Taft will be reelected to the
presidency of the society, which he
has held since February, 1905.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-10
Arkansas Flood Subsidies.

Pine Bluff, Ark, Dec. THE
Arkansas river, which for the past
several days has steadily encroachej
on this city, was at stand last night
and the danger Of another great loss
seemed over. Rain has again fallen,
which will add more damage to tho
softening banks. Thr-v buildings, "a
store and warehouse building and two
smaller structures, were swept into
The stream late yesterday. The actual
losses during the week are estimated
at $368,100.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-10
REoRGANlZE BIG MILLS.
PilIsburs-Washburn Company to Get
Back on Feet


Back on Feet.
Minneapolis, MINI, Dec. Com.
plete plan of the reorganization OF
the Pillsbury-W ashburn -four mills
company was received by the share.
holders Of the company here. 1t was
adopted by the shareholders and
creditors committee in London last
week with a view to determining the
receivership granted by the federal
court of Minneapolis on Aug. 8, pro-
viding for the payment of the claims
of unsecured creditors Of the com.
pany for the estimated amount of So
203,564. An operating company with
name to be agreed upon will be
formed In this state to subscribe ST.
100000, which will take lease OF
the mills and milling business OF
the company for twenty years.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-10
How the Settler Prepared the Young
Ones for Christmas.

Cn the morning of the day before
Christmas | dismounted at the door OF
a North Dakota cabin to inquire the
whereabouts OF man living In that
neighborhood, and the sounds from
within told me that one of the child
rem was. being spanked. When the
spanking had been concluded the set
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-10
New Postage Stamps Nearly Ready

the reds and blues Of the early
stamps.
Director Ralph Of the bureau OF ens
craving and printing regards the new
stamps as the most artistic ever Is.
sued by the government.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-10
Encouragement in New South Wales.

The first poll taken under the provi-
sions OF the new liquor act in New
South Wales gives the temperance peo-
pie much encouragement. The bal
lots show an aggregate of 17S,600
votes against license. Owing to the
provisions of the law calling for a
three-ffths majority. no district dis
credited license. The agitation will be
continued, and another campaign win
be carried on.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-10
crossed over Froxen oeean,

The Rhine was frozen over and
loaded wagons crossed it on tbs zee In
1892. Travellers also crossed from
Norway to Jutland on the ice the same
year,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-10

All lie is music II we but touch
the notes rightly and in time.-Rus-
kin.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-10

> g n sas q 81 % 6 sgsre& asetl,
Sheltered within the hollow of her arm !.
The Son of Man lay sleeping. On her &
cheek
She felt his warm breath stirring, like :.
the faint :.
And fragrant breeze that fans the ;
silver leaves q
Upon the slopes of Olivet. Her eyes,
Still Swallowed with the pains of moth
erhood, :
Dwelt tenderly upon the placid brow
And cherub features of the infant
Christ, {
The babe In swaddling clothes, whose
destiny
Led to Golgotha's summit, where the
Cross
Was yet to groan beneath the sacred
weight
OF his perfected manhood. All the cave
Was luminous with starbeams, and her
face,
Like some pale lily, dropping on its
stem,
CLEANED pearly white
In that strange radiance. Somewhat
apart
And leaning on his staff, the carpenter,
Joseph of Nazareth, musins, stood: 4
"Lord, who am q" he marveled In
his soul,
"That thou shouldst deien from thy
exalted Mace
To cast thine eyes upon me and to say
Behold! he shall be warden to this
pearl,
This pearl of perfect womanhod,
more pure
Than any of the daughters of mankind
From the beginning of the world and
down
Through all the ages that are yet to
dawn!
Lo! shelter she shall find, and sus-
tenance
And one round arm encircIed the fair
child
AS If the neWIy-awakened mother love
Lay listless, with transparent fingers
curved
AS though she clasped some blossom
in her sleep
Some rare, sweet flower she was fain
to keep
And cherish always. Joseph took the
hand
And held it in his rough, toil-hardened ;
palm,
Wondering at it's softness, the blue
veins
That threaded all it's whiteness, and
the bloom
That made sea-sheII Of each finger
tip.
But he forebore, though sore his heart
did yearn,
To clasp the little sleeping newborn
babe
Whose golden head lay piIlowed on
her arm,
Thinking: at were not we'll for her
or him
That he should waken suddenly" A
sigh
Heaved the soft breast of Mary, ard
her eyes,
Like heavenly blue flowers, opened
wide,
Meeting the gaze of Joseph, as he
knelt
In reverent alteration. Her low tones
Thrilled like aeolian strains; her ten.
der smile
Flooded his soul like sunshine as she
spoke:
"Joseph, my husband, | have dreamed
a dream!
The Angel Of the Lord hath been
again,
Saying: Behold! that which thou hast
brought forth
This night rs the Redeemer OF the
World
Even Messiah!'" But grave voice
cried
As she ceased speaking: "Peaee to all
within!"
And, 10, there stood upon the thresh.
old one
Who bore much gold and frankincense
and myrrh
In his two hands. And Joseph an.
swered: "Sir,
Peace be unto thee, now and ever
morel"
And, 10, there came two others bear
ing gold
And precious spices, who likewise
did say,
"Peace and good will" And Joseph
made reply:
"Peace unto thee and thine forever
morel"
Then spake the foremost stranger:
"Where is he,
Born King of Jews this night in Beth
lehem?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-10

,lten1. -5SsS 8 s ~
Three kings are we that come to v,or-
ship him,
For we have seen his star in the Far
East
Beyond the deserts. We have jour.
neyed far,
Startled, and, 10, II standeth DER this
roof,
A sign celestial!" Then each laid
aside
His mantle and his sandals, bowling
low
( Before the mother and the holy child,
Crying: "All hail, Redeemer of the
World!
King of the Jews, all hall" and they
did break
Boxes of precious ointments, and the
air
Was heavy with the perfume of rare
gums
} And costly spices, cinnamon and
myrrh,
And sandalwood and cedar, and the
8 scents
z Distilled from blooms in gardens Of
\ the East,
; And ambersris and frankincense and
nard,
And they laid down their offerings of
price,
Soft yellow bars and bags of shining
dust,
All intermixed with amethysts and
pearls
> And carbuncIes and diamonds and the
2 pale
Z Lack-luster topaz. And the foremost
guest
Unclasped the heavy chain Of beaten
gold
y That hung about his swarthy throat
; and showed
= Its curious pendant, fashioned In
z strange wise
! And hammered from a nugget, soft
!, and pure,
Fer uncouth sembance to a rugged
cross,
Speaking in awed, low tones of
prophecy:
"a voice cried in the desert wastes,
: 'Arisel
5 Take of pure gold nugget large and
bright
8 And hammer il into massive cross
! Such as the common criminal, con.
demned
Z To die, yields up his shrinking
spirit on,
8 And hang it to the chain about thy
> neck,
And when thou contest to the jour-
Z neys end
= Lay it within the mothers hand, that
she
May read therein a sign 10, have
done
According to the world" And Mary's
; Grew wide with terror, as her fingers
y closed
2 About the cleaning symbol, for she
Y saw,
( AS in a dream, three crosses on hill,
70 And, nailed between two thieves of
8 aspect vile,
= Upon the middle cross, tortured form
Z That .2noved her strangely with
sense of loss
II And woe unutterabIe, for multitudes
suraed round the sufferer and scoffed
at him,
Crying, in knocking tones: "Hail, King
of Jews!"
But he that hung cast downward pity
q ing eyes,
) Full of meek pardon and Of tender
Al love,
q easpins: "Forsive them, Father! oh,
sS forgive
Thy children, for they know not what
70 they dol"
"a And in those dying orbs compassionate
3 She saw semblance of the holy light
Z That shone within the eyes OF her
fair babe,
" And moaned: "Take II away-the
cross of gold!
I shudder at the phantasies It brings!"
At which the strangers out Of the Far
East
Arose and gave their blessing to the
q child
: And passed into the night. And Nary
n slept
e The sleep Of sweet forgetfulness,
" while he
y Who stood ir place Of father to tbs
babe
Ne Watched the sweet pair until the morn
p aWoke
The songbirds In the clustering olive
% trees
VI And tinged with light the roofs OF
Bethlehem.
LiLITA LEVER.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-01-22
Now for the Trial.

The court at Harrisburg has decided
that the former Superintendent of Public
Grounds and Buildings, Mr.. Shumaker,
is not so i'll that he cannot attend the trial,
and has refused to postpone the State
Capitol graft cases. Possibly the lawyers
representing Mr.. Huston, Mr.. Csssel,
Mr.. Sanderson and the other defendants
may be able to find some other excuse
for delay, but it is the intention OF
the court, judging from its decision
regarding Mr.. Shumaker, to push on
to the end. This is well. A special
session of the court has been called
for the 9th, there was perfectly under
stood agreement between prosecution and
defense that the cases should then he
called, and it is now difficult to see how
the trials can be blocked. Now let us
have the facts as they are presented be-
fore Judge and jury.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-01-22

THE editors of Woman's Home Com
panion, for whom Jack London is sailing
around the world in his little boat
"Snsrk, )" state that he is now more than
a month overdue at Tahi of the Society
Island, for which place he sailed from
Hilo, Hawaii, on October 9th. The gas
engine with which the "Snark" is
equipped was not working we'll when Mr.
London left Hawaii, and it is supposed
by his publishers that he has experienced
some more trouble with it, or that he has
encountered the doldrums, and that his
boat is rolling about, becalmed, some
where in the Pacific. London sailed from
San Francisco on May 4th and reached
Hawaii about a month later. He is ac-
compsnied on his voyage around the
world by his wife, captain, an engineer,
one sailor and two Japanese servants.
The brilliant sailorwriter expects to spend
seven years on his voyage around the
world, stopping at all sorts of interesting
and out-oi-the-way places along the route.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-01-22
POrkey.

Mrs. Laura Bell returned on Monday
after weeks visit with friends at Barnes.
Harry GODDARD, of Erie, who is paying
visit to his brother, John GODDARD and
family, at Bluejsy, called on friends in
town on Tuesday, between trains.
Mrs. Wesley DuInell was Truemans
visitor on Tuesday.
Mrs. VIM. Slocum was at Hastings on
Tuesday afternoon.
VIM. Shaw of Clarendon, visited friends
in town a couple of days last week.
Mrs. J Ohm Lore was shopping at Shef-
field on Friday.
J. w. Littlefield and wife and two sons
Frank and Claude were business visitors
at Warren one day last week.
A. +. Highgates and family, of Hast
ings, were guests of Mrs. HIS parents
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Slocum, over Sunday.
Mrs. D. W. Downey has been quite sick
with the grippe during the past week.
The new school bell has arrived and
been placed in neat little belfry which
was erected for it by Lafayette Llttlefield.
Mrs. Jas. Welsh visited her daughters,
Mrs. Jas. McMichael and Miss Lois, at
Sheffield, last week.
Rev. Montgomery took dinner with
Ed. Gillespie on Sunday.
Rixie Ohler returned TO Geo. Blum 8
last Friday, after a three weeks visit
with friends near Oil City.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-01-22

The following is taken from the Pbila-
delphia Press, OF Saturday: 1.-THE Hen.
Joseph c. Sibley does not show much in
clination to live up to the announcement
made by somebody else-that he would
again seek election to Congress. He de-
clares he is going abroad and that there
will be no more politics for him. Mr..
Sibley did not have to retire from Con-
gress. He could have been re-nominated
and reelected in his district right along if
he had cared to be. But in the last Con-
gressionsl csmpaign he refused to run
again, and Nelson p. Wheeler was elected
as his successor. Being in, under all the
circumstances, Congressman Wheeler de-
sires to stay in for a while, and there is
no doubt that if Mr.. Sibley sought the
nomination this year he would have the
fight of his life on hand. If he has con
cluded that he does not want to return to
Congress it will be great deal more
peaceful in that particular district"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-01-22

JANUARY 27 is the date set for the trial
of the Capitol graft cases. 1t is now in
timated that postponement will be asked
for on account of the physical condition
of John NJ. Shoemaker, who is reported
to be suffering from nervous prostration,
or something of that sort. II the illness
of Mr.. Shoemaker is such as TO prevent
his appearance in court, that is no reason
why the trial of the others should not
proceed as arranged. The public has
been more or less impatient of the delay
in these cases, and any further postpone
ment would justify the suspicion that
there was something rotten in the state
of Denmark ."-Punxy Spirit.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-01-22

The announcement of the candidacy of
Hon. n. p. Wheeler for reelection to
Congress. which was made last week, has
given pleasure and satisfaction to his
friends and admirers everywhere, and
judging from the expressions of the press
throughout the district his willingness to
again permit the use Of mis- name as a can
didate has we'll nigh settled the matter so
far as anything like opposition is con-
cerned, and there is scarcely any question
but that he will haye clear field for the
nomination at the spring primaries. The
voters seem to recog nize the fairness of
this proposition at a glance, and especially
so in the light of the excellent record
Mr.. Wheeler has made in the short time
that he has been in Congress. Few men
in that body have been accorded such
marked consideration, all of which is a
qualification to his many friends.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-01-22
City seizes Locomotive For Debt.

William Smith, city tax collector
of Rochester, N. Y, went to the East
Rochester yards of the New York
Central railroad and seized locomo-
tive. The engineer was Just prepar-
ing for run when the collector ap-
peared and served him with a war
rant issued by the city treasurers Of
flee for back taxes He ordered the
engine uncoupled from the train and
took 1t to the roundhouse as directed
by Collector Smith. The New York
Central Railroad company owes the
city $G,G99.29 and interest for taxes
due on July l, 1907 The city will ad-
vertise the locomotive for six days
and then sell it unless enioined in the
meantime.