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Seek Reason for Halt in Alien Tide

steady demand for labor, can be held
responsible for the continued decrease
which records kept now show. Seri-
Gus objection is made in certain coun-
tries of Europe to the rate at which
emigration to the United States has
reduced their population. The United
States will now seek to learn through
it's representatives abroad whether
the methods taken to keep immigrants
from this country are such as to mis-
represent conditions here.
The number of immigrants for May
was 3G,317, as compared with 1S4, 1886
last year, and 150,927 in May, 1906.
The immigration from Russia, which
was 35,506 in May last year and 2S,S17
in May, 1906. this year, dropped to
$3.50. immigration for six months, in
Guiding May, show an equally large
falling off, the total for the period be-
ing only 227,2S3, as compared with
GA 6Sf last year and 616,508 the pre-
vious year.
Austria Hungary, Italy and Russia
show the largest decreases. The de-
crease of those coming from Italy for
the month of 1881 suggests that
peCnage prosecutions have been well
and perhaps not always truthfully ad-
vertised. Small increases are shown
from China, the Pacific islands, British
North America, British Honduras and
| Mexico; all other countries show de-
| creaSeS
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-16

hands inertly outlying-terror still
quivering in his lips and nostrils.
Blood slowly oozed from his mouth
and nose, and a livid red mark began
to grow upon the depression in his
forbead which the blow had made.
One moment-twO-the old man
looked down at this. Then he under
stood that he had done it, and with a
savage animal-cry he swept the boy
into his arms. SeTy doubled inertly
upon him, as the dead do. His father
raced frenziedly home with him, leap
ing fences like a hound. He put him
upon the pretty white bed the boy had
been wont to make with such care
for himself. 1t was dainty and smooth
now. The blood dripped from Seffy's
face and from his own beard and
stained the white coverings. The sight
was full of horror! He staggered
drunkenly away. He looked hastily
for his gun--meaning, perhaps, to kill
himself. But then it seemed to him
that Seffy sighed. He fell on his
knees and agonized for the life he
thought he had taken. Then he felt
a pulsebeat. With a hoarse cry he
rushed out into the road, calling for
the doctor. Two people we, coming
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-16
Spies Hired by Both of the Goulds

1t will be alleged, according to re-
port, that Mr.. Gould has for several
years been training this womans
voice for the grand opera stage under
the best masters in Europe, and that
she accompanied him on long cruises
on his yacht. A specific act of mis-,
conduct with the young woman will
be alleged to have taken place three
or four years ago at Sidney, N. S.
There will be much testimony from
former members of the Helenita crew.
This, it is said, was only one OF a
number of acts of misconduct to be
charged by Mrs. Gould against her
husband.
Mr.. Gould has had his wife shad'
owed for a long time, though it was
not until her old butler, Paul, found
one of the jealous husbands paid
agents peeking through keyhole that
even the servants suspected the house
was filled with private detectives.
At the present time acquaintance
of the Goulds say, Mrs. Gould has
spies in her husbands establishment
and the husband has spies in his
wifp'S
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-16
SYNOPSIS.

The crowning desire in the life Of old
to Obtain possession of the beautiful
meadow which lies just between Baum
gart>ar'p property and the railroad sta
ton. fne property in question was IN n,
herited by Sarah Pressed very pretty
-oiely to her. At length Baumgartncr
anne to realize that his only hope OF
obtaining the property would be thronEn
the marriage of his son Sephen,jah TO
Sarah Pressed In a mock auction 'Seny,
as Sephenijah p. BaumEariner, Jr'' IS
popularity known, is ratilcd off by ms
~ incapicitated to win in any contest of
love or life. Sarah Pressed is quite tne
opposite of Seffy. She is all lie and ami
nation. Her one fault is very high
temper. Baumgartner gives Sety some
lessons in cOurtship Baumgarther mas
caused himself to be appointed guaTd!an
Of Sally. seny is unable to resist s5 ne he
kisses her She promises him, however,
that she will never kiss any man put
him. Sam Fritz, drunken grocery
Clerk-Old Baumgartner calls him mo-
lasses tapper''-calls on Sally and inter
rupts the kissing. They go into the par
Tor and begin sitting up contest. IN
accordance with the customs OF the place
and the time, the one who is defeated
in such a contest is unworthy the hand
of the girl Seffy goes to sleep and be
gins snoring. Sally leaves the room IN Il
Sefiy tells his father of his humiliation;
of how Sam Fritz had pinned to ms
bosom while he slept a pasteboard tomb
stone bearing the inscription: ,Sephen!-
jah p. BaumEartner, Jr., went to his
rest, June 10, 1871, i'm tho twentieth year
of his age Gone but not forgot. Read
backwards" Seffy and Sally meet at the
Poison spring. She urges him to do some
thing to redeem himself The father adj
vises Seffy to take Sally home from
church. This would be the crucial test
according to the custom of the times
which often meant disgrace or even muir
der and suicide. 1t was the rule in such
a test that the one whose arm the girl
accepted when leaving the church would
be the favored sutton, and the rejected
one was disgraCed and must leave town
or triumph over his opponent by force.
Seffy breads the church ordeal The
church is crowded in expectancy of the
enactment of the romance and a crowd
awaits without. Seffy takes up his po-
Sition outside the door to wait for the
services to end and for Sally to come
out. Sally appears, radiant in her eX-
peCtancy. She walks down the steps
alone, and on down the walk alone. Still
SeTy hesitates. Alone she walks nearly to
the gate while her face burns with the
humiliation. Then Sam takes Sally's arm.
She says: Il am satisfied" and Seffy is
left in disgrace to be held up to the ridi-
Cule and scorn of the vicinage. Sam con-
tinues his drinking and Sally begins to
acquire the habit Old Baumgartner is
disguised at Seffy's miserable failure at
the church test.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-16
When Spring Came

That was a cold and lonely winter
for the old man. The bay mare stood
in the stable and whinnied for Seffy.
The old house was full of harsh
echoes. It's spirit seemed to have
gone. Seffy's father knew now what
a rare thing is joy-and what joy
Gus creature Seffy had been.
The ground was hard to till. And
often he thought about what he had
said of Seffy's mother
Then he would toll up the steep
stair to the garret-he had become
quite feeble-and take out OF an old
German chest a daguerreotype OF her
with Seffy in her arms. And some
times he would cry over it until his
beard was wet
God bless you, my little boy" he
would sometimes say. that you cared
for hor more than l did. You meier
called her no names.
81 didn't know / could be so mear
to the dead-who don't deserfe 1t, ant
can't talk back. And, God-amishty
If any ones to be called names, III
me!-not her nor-you, Seffy, nor you
For l expect I'm a murderer"
And sometimes, when his LONELINESS!
was too hard to be borne. he would g
out and sit for hours and talk to thu
old bay mare-about Seffy. He fancieC
she quite understood, and do, too.
| When the spring came he plowet
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-16

toward him. 1t was Sam and Sally, re-
turning from their marriage.
By what he saw on old Baumgart-
ner's face and hands, Sam was
sobered. Both understood that they
were approaching some tragedy.
"Who% asked Sally, suddenly OBJ
livious of Sam.
SAM" she turned upon her hus-
band with command Bring the doc
tort"
Sam went with satisfactory haste.
Who hurt him." asked Sally, as if
she were ready to STAY him who did.
81. l killed him because he would
mt marry you. You wouldn't marry
him! Oh, you devil"
1t was at that instant that the great
change in Sally came. She leaped be
fore him into the house and up tC
Seffy's room. When the old man slow
Iy followed she was herewith eyes
bent upon Seffys bloody, unconscious
face So she kept her eyes. She die
not speak. And when the doctor
came she was still there-as at frs
unconscious as he, the doctor said.
He was not dead, and presently hi
breathed again. But his eyes remained
closed, and, late that night. when h
had drifted from Inconsistencies int
deep sleep, they put out the light ant
left him.
When they came again he had dis
appeared.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-16
Clear Proof.

Young Brown had caught the craZo
for muscular development, through
which, like teething. humps and
measles, most of us must go. More
over. he had caught it badly.
He was always prating to his friends
about some new method, or apparatus,
or system. or something. At last the
worm turned.
One you hful companion, after listen,
ing patiently to a lengthy discourse
on how exercises made people more
healthy, increased their strength and
heightened their lives, turned on
Brown.
Look here, old man." he said, how
about our ancestors? They didn't use
muscle developers, did they""
Brown looked thoughtful for mo
ment. Then his face frightened.
WELL" he retorted, land where are
they now? All dead!"-Royal Mag
aZine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-16

THERE are several jobs in New York
i for women that are going beg
ging." The work pays ten dollars or
more per day, and in some instances
over a hundred per week, yet there
is practically no one to take up the
occupation.
There are only three women in
New York who do this work, which is
embalming," said the night. manager
of an undertaking establishment.
These three are kept so busy that
we are compelled, in numerous cases,
to confess our inability TO comply with
the wishes of patrons who prefer WON
en- embalmers, and so we have to in
trust the work to men instead"
1T is really much easier than nurs'
ing in a hospital" said another, 'for
the embalming methods Of the present
day are very simple. But where there
are thousands of women who are
anxious to become nurses there are
none who desire to start on this work
"A woman can show greater
amount of sympathy for the bereayet
relatives than a man is capable Of
doing.
In many ways they seem so fitted
for the work. and it is beyond my
comprehension why women don't enter
this profession.
THE fact that they do not fear the
presence of death can be easily proven
by inquiry at tbs morgue or at any po
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-16

IOHN WESLEY GAINES, the silver
j tongued orator of Tennessee, the
guardian of the Jackson Hermitage
and bearer of the Democratic ark of
the covenant in congress for II years,
will no longer grace the floor of the
house.
After his present term expires he
will return to Tennessee to take up
the simple life and muse on the ashes
of empire" and what might have
been"
For John Wesley Gaines had ambi-
ions as we'll as ability. He dreamed
Of a day coming when the southland
would claim its own and when another
Andy Jackson would sit in the presi-
iential chair and scatter the evil birds
from the sacred temples of DemoC-
racy.
But from these wild dreams Mr..
Gaines has just received a rude awak-
ening.
In the primaries in the Sixth Ten
nessee district he was defeated for the
denomination. Joseph w. Byrne, a
cold-hearted corporation lawyer, who
told the voters that Mr.. Gaines was OF
no account in congress, seems to
have been taken at his word, for Mr.
| Byrne won over Mr.. Gaines by a big
majority. AS the nomination is tan
tamount to an election, Mr.. Byrne will
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-16

lone. And this Ios hardest q
To pillow around and around his "a
fields with no one to meet in o.
other furrow- mo one to talk, to snilc
to laugh to--then, when noon came.
sit under the shade of some tree rc1,
lent with memories of the pretty It'll,
boy, where he and Sefy had sat, fror'
his childhood to his manhood ald eat
the food which choked.
Oh, if he could only have laughed
at himself, at Seffy, at the mare, at
anybody or anything! If he could only
have laughed!
And he knew that every animal on
the place wondered and hungered for
little Seffy and questioned him with
pathetic eyes, while he, at first, guiltily
kept silent-then tried to confess his
shame to them.
Vas" he told the mare, Il done ii
Il struck him-here, right here! In
the face-while his eyes was looking
in -pleading-and here was
blood-and here and here-and dust
in his hair-and his eyes was closed
and when | run home wiss him his
legs dangled like he was dead. And
he crawled away somewheres to die
Il don't know why they don't come
and hang me. | hat told 'em all that
| killed him. But no one don't arrest
me-"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-16

no more. l ought to hat guardeen
myself. And peoples making such
fuss-you amt treated us right-no,
be mixed in. They say that you mar
ried a drunkard and killed-a man
and got to be a drunkard yourself. But
| know better bout one sing. l killed
him. Yet they say that you married
Sam chust to spite poor Seffy-and
yet lofing Sef. Oh, Sef-Sef-why
didn't she tell you SOL"
He went on heedlessly till he knew
that Sally was sobbing. He raised her
face and looked into it curiOusly and
saw for the first time that pathetic
wanness of which, also, people began
to talk.
Sally" he said then, you not
well?"
Quite WELL" said Sally.
Then you got trouble-trouble, too,
Sally?"
"Oh, pappy," she pleaded breathless.
ly, don't you turn away from me, too.
| have no one but you No. l have
not treated you right. But, oh, life is
so lard to mel"
No" he said, smoothing her hair
with his gnarled old hand. 'Tfe had
my eyes turned within, But l didn't
know you had trouble. l heerd that
Sam had took to hard drinkin' and
sought you didn't keer. You was SC
reckless"
Yes" she sighed, Il am reckless!
And-yes--I drink sometimes. But
it is that way l can forget"
81 don't turn ag'in' no one in trouble
efen if they don't treat me right-ant
drink"
Forgive me! Oh, forgive me, pappy
The suffering is mine!"
"Yas," he said, "yas-don't cry. Blu
the suffering amt all your'n."
NO" she said. Not all-not all!
But, Sally, if | take the papers
back, you won't drink no more? l
amt Hice-efen if you air the wife o
} drunkard"
No If you will be my friend, will
: try to be what | would have been a
Seffys wife,"
IT'S a bargain-and I'm sorry
spoke so harsh, Sally. Mebby, mebb
} God knows!-we ken comfort on
another. I-Sally-I need some one
: tool"
Eyes! Will you let me? will hav
no friend but you"
"Yas! And l won't have no frien
but you, Sally"
Twill you let me kiss you?"
do you want to-" he cried tremr
lousy.
5 YES" whispered the girl.
D me? Sally, lem me kiss you'll"
She put up her lips almost solemn
! and with that their compact wa
sealed.
CTo BE coNTiNUED)
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-16
SIP AkING
II ER MIND

What was Freiberg maxim so
many noises about to you this morn
ng?" inquired Miss Reifsnider of Miss
Mcnamara at the noon hour. AS she
spoke she removed the rubber band
from her lunchbox and slipped it on
her wrist for safekeeping.
Jaw, it was about them statements
for the old man." replied Miss Nc
Namara, producing a sandwich from
the depths of newspaper parcel. She
regarded it critically before biting of
corner of il with an air of satisfac-
ton. He's always pickin' on me about
somethin', though. Seems like he
can't be happy without he's jawin' at
somebody" She proceeded to con,
sumo her sandwich with energy.
He certainly is a fright" agreed
Miss Reifsnider, cracking the shell OF
a hard-boiled egg by tapping with it
ulsn her desk.
HE used to be bad enough" re.
sumed Miss Mcnamara, "but since
they give him roll-top desk he thinks
he's the whole thing and then some
A kid like that tryin' to boss me!
Would l stand for it? Not any.
made up my mind the next chance
got I'd show him. | did it this morn
ing good and proper, l tell you those
"D'you call him DOWN." Miss Ref
snider's face lighted up with sympa
thetic interest.
4.
old mans Office looking awful chesty
| s'pose the boss'd been pattin' him or
the back-Freiberg can always get
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-16

THE filing OF suit for absolute di-
i vOrce by Mrs. Frank J. Gould has
revealed how both Mrs. Gould and her
husband have been employing private
detectives to watch one another. Mrs.
Gould placed detectives on her hus-
bands yacht, Helenita, and it is said
the evidence secured by these men
will play an important part in Mrs.
Gould;s suit. Mr.. Gould in turn placed
detectives in his wife's home as serv-
ants, it is alleged.
Mrs. Gould will seek her freedom on
statutory grounds. The most sensa,
tional feature in the action has to do
with an episode on Mr.. Gould's yacht,
in which a young singer, whose name
has not been divulged, played lead
ing part.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-16
CHAPTER X.-Continued.

Seffy laughed at the absurdity of
the thing. But it was unmirthful.
"Gosh-a' mighty! On a time like this
you ken laugh! You right, you amt
no good-no, begoshens! You air an
nor nefer will be! I'm sorry I'm you
daddy. l am, begoshens!"
Then, as his wrath mounted, he
raised his huge fist and threatened
Seffy.
Cit away from me, or I'll break
your head! l cant stand you no
more! You not worth a dam'-not
dam'-to nobody. You look like you
mammy's relatifes-and they was all
no good-git away, tell you"
He roared ominously; for Seffy,
amazed at this from his gentle old
father, was looking straight up at him
out of a child's round eyes, his lips
parted, his throat exposed. Slowly, as
his parent heaped cOntumely upon
him, his sensitive young face whiten-
ed, and the light left it. Only, when
his father mentioned his mothers
name, he said with infinite sOftness:
Why, pappy!"
But he stood without fear under the
great fist-as he had often done.
You hear! l told you to git away
or I'll smash your face in! l don't
want you no more. Go to your NAM
my's realities out west"-he laughed
horridly-"and see what they'll do for
you! You'll live on bread and water
they amt got Messing else! You'll
work all day and all highland you'll
hat no fun-they don't know no better
--go!"
Yes" said Seffy, turning dumbly
away.
There was no doubt that he meant
to go now. His dumb acquiescence in
his sentence raised his fathers wrath
to fury.
"Yes-go, and be mighty quick
about it. I'm chust itching to smash
you. I'll nefer send for you if you rot
in the pCorhouse. I'll meier mention
you name as long as lif-no! ! dis
own you! Never let me see you dam
face again-go!"
1t was ali so utterly unbelievable
that Seffy turned back. This ravine
mailman his jolly old father, who haC
reverenced the memory of his mother
and had taught him to do SOTO men
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-16

round him-and he strutted up to my
desk tryin' to look as If he's six foot
tall-the little sawed-off!
He says to me: How many of
them statements have you got done"
What statements? says |, awful
sweet and as innocent as you please,
but l knew what he's talkin' about, all
right.
Them statements : give you
yestdy afternoon he says.
"'How many am | liable to have
done says l, when you didn't give
me no figures for any of EN- yet?
"'Whyn't you ask me for emf he
says.
81 asst you three times says |.
"'Whyn't you remind me again?' he
says.
What dyou want me to do?' says
L. Set off an alarm clock under your
chair every Is minutes"
His face begun to get red" pro-
ceeded Miss Mcnamara. This amt
no time to get funny he says.
"tWho's tryin' to be funny?' says I.
Then he looks at me real ugly and
he says: You better cut that out,
young lady, or first thing you know
I'll show you where you get off at
well, wouldn't that astonish the
Dutch!" exclaimed Miss Reifsnider.
The idea of him sayin' that"
You bet it made me red-headed,"
said Miss Mcnamara. Il just looks
him in the eye and says, just as sar,
CASTLE can be awful sarcastic when
want to- says to him: Well, you
certainly are the most ignorant person
that ever come up the pike l says
You show me where | get off at! Not
you, sonny. l tell you one thing. I'll
get off where | please and when
please and it amt likely you'll be
there to see me do it, l says. Then
walked off and left him standin' there
maddern the dickens"
My" sighed Miss Reifsnider, 81
wisht | could think of them sarcastic
things to say when l get mad, but
never do till afterwards. l bet that Il
keep him quiet for while!"
We'll, if it don't it had ought to,
returned Miss Mcnamara much graft
fed by Miss Reifsnider's appreciation
Miss Reifsnider wrapped her lunch
box neatly in piece of manila paper
and replaced the rubber band which
she had taken from it. Miss McNa
mara laid a piece of cake on her desk
wadded up the newspaper in which
she had carried her luncheon anC
threw it into the waste-paper basket
1--WE got 20 minutes yet she said
"You eat half this piece of choc'lu
cake and then let's get on our thing!
and go over to State street and rub
Der in at the store windows"
"All right" acquiesced Miss Reif
snider, eating the cake rapidly, while
she stood up and brushed the crumbs
from the front of her skirt. Say WI
do."-Chicago Daily News.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-16

WASHINGTON. - immigration Off
w Gals who at first regarded the de-
crease in immigration as of tempo
rary character, have determined upon
an investigation to discover its cause.
The continued falling off cannot be ac-
counted for and it is considered neces-
sary to take steps to ascertain wheth-
er anything not now apparent to the
United States is being done to deter
people in foreign countries seeking
new homes from finding them here.
1t is known that the peonage inves-
tigation in the south has resulted in
the posting of notices in some coun-
tries of Europe warning its laborers
not to come to the United States, but
this has never been seriously regarded
as a reflection upon conditions here.
When the unusual departure Of the
laboring classes to Europe occurred
during the early winter it was at
tributed to the dull times following
the financial furry. II is doubted if
this condition, which has now been to
a considerable degree supplanted by a
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-16
Gaines VIII Be Missed from thu House

take his seat next March.
But Washington will miss Repre-
sentative Gaines. For, in truth, he
was one of the most popular men on
the Democratic side. Above all will
be missed his annual request for an
appropriation for the care of the Her
mitage."
John Wesley has filled more pages
of the Record than any living human
being since the beginning of the gov
ernments history. If speech be sill
yer, he has coined more of it than all
of the minis since the crime of '73
John Wesley first sprang to fame
when Bob" Taylor was governor Of
Tennessee. One day there came to the
gubernatorial sanctum a tall youth
who said:
Il am John Wesley Gaines"
"Have a chair, Mr.. Gaines" said
Bob"
Il am Col. Coles son-in-law," i'm
pressively added the visitor.
Take two chairs, Mr.. Gaines" said
Bob"
"HeTSupOu JOuH "SSloy noShiAS
| famous. He campaigned against j. X.
McReynolds for congress when that
young scion of the tennis cabinet
chartered a street car and a brass
band and went out to create bigger
noise than John Wesley. He didn't.
and Gaines went to congress.
Now cometh young Joe Byrnes to
smite the Goliath of the Sixth Tennes-
see district While he may fill the
place with credit, there will be an
aching void of dense and dignified
silence where once the corridors OF
the national house rang with the
| echoes Of p DeODle'S wrongs.